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*! Wo/olobUVarp^!’ willeoii. tain as a fiontis-piece a cbarralni picture by Mr. Abbey of “Jndltl Shakespeare,” the heroine of Wil liam Black’s story, which nears its close, and will have more of the delightful cngrnvlop;s'fro(n jUjopen- els of Dielman aiid Gibson, illus trating E. P. Roe’# “Nature’s Serial Story,” part eleven. Both .Mr. Bougbton and Mr- Abbey illus- trtUliba Instalment of the formei’s clever “Artist Strolls in Holland,” which will appear in that number. Horace E. Scuddcr will take the reader to Copenhagen, “The Home of Hans Christian Anderson,” and Rufus F. Zogbaum to “The Home {yUnlW UllHii,” Ml’qldile . IMJUpf H $£ IWW? ffoFnfjr Atkins is the popular name for the British soldier, and the home de scribed lathe great camp at Aider- shot. Both these papers will be fully illustrated, the latter by the writer himself. A Mexican metro polis, Montetey, will bo described anil Illustrated in an article called “The OattfWay of tile' Sierra Madras by Frank R.-Brown. Two historical 'papers, one on King’s College (now Columbia), New York, by John MacMullen, and the second by Rev. Treadwell Wilden, on .Westminster Hall; and t#o biographical—ode a remlnis- ifie/icq of Mr, Darwin, with a por trait of him In middle age, the other the remarkable story of a slavo horsc-joekey, Charles Stew- ; art, told by himself and edited by ' a Southern lady, will be features .ortho number. One ol the miscel laneous papers, on “Municipal Finance,” by W. M. Ivins, private , seoretary to Mayor Oraoe, of New York, will attract muob attention, uml tl'ero will be tbs usual variety f of stories, poems, and departments. ~ M liat Can be Rone on lire Acres. The Gridin correspondent ol the Macon Telegraph furnishes the fol lowing interesting item: Ol eoilrso tbore are people in every section of the country who become dissatisfied—want to move to other parts of the world, think ing that they could do so much better elsewhere, etc. But in sup port of a position long since as sumed by many of us, I give the following as an illustration of what can be done In Middle Georgia if people will only go to work right: About eight miles cist of here there lives a family who have a peach orchard of five acres, from which they gathered and dried 2,- 000 pounds of peaches sold hor-: yes- terday at 10c. per pound; total,$200. They could not possibly save all the fruit, so it was converted into brandy, or which they have fifty S allous worth to day $2. Besides toy sold $80 worth of green fruit, bau plenty for home use in the shapo of preserves and dried, and now will gather fully two bales of cotton from off these same five ncies, wortli about $100 more. So hero wc have the following grand to tal as the product of flvo acres: Pried fruit sold, $200; brandy, $100; green fruit sold, $80; two bales or cotton, $100; total, $150, not counting what was consumed at home. Wbora can you beat It? / lilt I r~. ——— One of the most curious inci dents in the history of African slavery In America Is the life of Charles Stewart, a slave owned by tho Johnsons of Virgiuia, and af- terwanls by the Porters of Louis, iana, both of them noted as |>os- sessorsof remarkable racing horse. Ho was a born trainer and rider of horses, aud duiing his long life, time has ridden the winning horse at many of tho great races down South. Uo could not write, and knew nothing about ,figures, but was nevertheless trust- J5 1 pin in .b - COMPARE THE OLD PBICES WITH THE Iff -AT- STILL LEADS! Wt promised in issue of tlnj Recorder of January 2d, to give you some prices so soon as we arranged and marked down our goods. V^e are ilbw prepared and ready to give you more goods for less money than any house ttyit sell goods' ontlhrfydays time. > j* Con.emplnte n few quotations mid note tlie difference in SPOT CA8II prices and thirty our- Flour. ■>/1 Sr. I), In this article we stand head and shoulders above everybody, having ransacked the big markets of the West and Northwest in search of the best, and jiaid the CASH DOWN. We will sell you Pint ^Patent, (entire Roller system) tJ fM"?’ <■ $1.75; Old price $2.15. 2d Pat., for 50 pounds, 1.65. “ 1.90. Fancy, 1or 50 pounds, 1.50. Choice Family 50 pounds, 1.85. We guarantee all these Flours as represented, and if not satisfactory you can return them and we will cheerfully refund the liunicy. In future;we will keen on hand tlie best grades of GRAHAM FLOUR—cheap. CMC-: .uuliliu .iJUlJU - ' ' Sugars. Sugars. Will iqU yt»u:iO pounds'Granulated Sugar for.... $1.00. .■IVulIll" poundi Np w Orleans Clarified for...... ; 1.00. “ “ 111 poundsNewOrleans (Bellcwood) Clarified, for 1.00 13 pounds New York Sugar, lor 1.00. We invite everybody ayd (he publican- crally to call at our shop and examine our immense stock of First-Class Finished Single and Douiile Seat Buggies and One Horse Wagons, of all styles and sizes. All of which arc of our own manufucture, and will be sold as cheap as it is possible to sell such work in any market. In reference to our Single and Double Seat Dexter Buggies, wc will say we were the first to int.ioduee tlrenrtn this conn- try, and have from the beginning up to the present time constantly improved them, and we believe we now have them perfect. Wc keep on hand all the while finished from 15 to 25 of these Buggies, with first-class Harness to each buggy, and can sell you a Buggy and Harness as cheap as anybody. All wc ask is to give us a trial. A word now to those who have old bug gies and wagons and desire to have them re- J 65 paired or made new: We will give you more work, and a better job, for less money than any other shop in Americus. Try us and he convinced. Americus, Ga., July 25, 1884. In this line we are fully up and advise everybody to seize the golden opportunity and pur chase at once a sufficiency for the year’s consumption. e. Coffee. Wlieatley’s Comer. IIo! every one in need of Clothing, “COME AGAIN” to Wheatley’s Corner and lm» <'V'AH H In this article alone (by buying from us) we can save you money enough in one year to buy all the “Santa Claus” you want lor the little ones. We deal 6J pounds Choice Rio Coffee for$l. Thurber’s No. 41, (Roasted) n combination of Java, Rio, and Mocha, tor 23c per pound. Salt. Salt. Liverpool, full weight, for $1.20 per sack. Fine Salt, seamless bags, 150 pounds, $1.05 per sack! by his owners with the caro ami transportation or their stock, nml tho custody of bets aud slakes, aud ho seams always to bare come out right. Ono or the ladies of the Porter family recently took lull 1 ?? ,h ®, ot hi* life os told by himielf, and it will lie given, in bia own negro dialect, in tlie Onto, her Harper’s, with a portrait of the old hero of the turf. Last Thursday, during tlie storm, a hailstorm occured on top oljlhe Washington monument, but not ono of the frozen pellets reached the earth. The stones were so largo as to severely sling the races of the men, against which they before they touched ground would seem to indicate a much lower temperature at tho summit than at the base of the shall, though the ■ize ol the particles would natural ly be diminished somewhat during their whole course through the at- moabbere from their starting point. ■ wealthiest man to the world is the Ohtnes banker Usn-Qua, of Canton. He pays taxes upon an estate of $450,000,000, and la e»U- lualed to be worth 1,000,000,000 taels, which, In our money, would Ik> about $1,400,000,000. Atlanta’s annual trade kT mules aggregates $9,000,000. Fifteen brinW^Sbrt. 0 '*° 8e hMMU * HP®* ■ • We are slaughtering at the very low price of $1.00 per cwt. to maktf Wioirt'fhr ii car load ol SEED POTATOES. Whiskies. Whiskies. In this line we are full to overflowing, and la unload we have reduced the price on all grades on. flunk oTit! Cox*Jffll Sc Thompson’s genuine Stone Mountain Iper gallon, usually sold at $2.50, ■■■ ■ JbotxuB W nag Tobacco and We regret that wo have not space siitlicient to give full and complete quotations on all of our goods, 1ml you will hear from us occasionally. Remember that by buying your goods from us and paying SPOT CASH you do not pay from 25 to 50 per cent, for bad debts, as usual in credit store. ’■ 1 Tin* RpIcihliil.AiiccdM which nili’iMieilJou lx.ii i III trod lining tin* ►»!*• <>f PI NE CLOTHING III onr c . Imu IiisIiicckI ii'h |.j bring out f.»r the Spring irude the largrtt, liainli*4H.ie-t ami most ctiiiiploiv line* of Perfect Fitting Clothing EVER SHOWN IN AMERICUS! GUARANTEE PERFECT FIT OR NO SaLI-1 Wo liavojulao a largo am! well svlucM alock of pcrfrcl lit ting Shirts, Collars, Cuffs, Neck anti Underwear! Aii.I everything in the way of flout’* Furnishing (ioupa. P»,!ito and nt's-mirt .Sult ain. it will ulf .ploiuure in UlHplaying Ihctm bountiful pood* whether you wixh to l.uy or t.oi. THORNTON Wheatley’s Corner, WHEATLEY, : : Americus, Ga. BOOKS ! BOOKS! :ii .!'P UMA J.IA'J A Word HAVING MV STOCK THAT WAS I.EPT PROM THE PIKE IN OKHKH. ANI) ItEPI.ENISHED WITH NEW GOODS, I AM NOW PItKPAIt- ED FOR BUSINESS. NEWUOODS HECRIVED DAII.V. te Penny ! tu ... luose wuo Seoul ai tue mea pi ratflMUCing meirunny laAtoorieus, we say that we stand ready to redeem In goods or tbe cosh any amount from 5c upwards. Bring tbciu along and get their full value at TIG MLF 8MMM .SMI : n MUMS. FWST.nboMOOTMOF4. W. WHEATLEY 4 CO.’S BANK. Veiy truly, , TOI ., „ , ^ ^ - SOHUMPERT & RONEY. It 1884; BOOKS ;0 ; AND £ PERIODICALS AT PUBLISHERS PRICES! Best and Cheapest Writing* Paper and En velopes in town! Croquet, Base 'BALLS, Hammock*,’ Chess, and Light Reading for Summer Days BUTTERICK’S PATTERN GIVEN AWAV. NEXT DOOR TO POST OFFICE. AGrOTEOS AYOOCK- AMSimOCTB OA. Jt itr'f