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•H f A • ,0 * 1 •* Dear * (FUegewto Blwttar.] jU vi "Mv master expense*“of tho kitchen •in ' hi* absence nt the seaside!” • ••PlraiM toll the matter that one L H | te< .nt doesn’t make any dtffereiUM.” Hutlernnd “Old Huleli.** p'hicago Tribune ] w.t«nn incident in Gen. Butler** re- >ntiou at (’liicnjjo w|jI-.*I» was not m-t , the original programne. V i thi* wi«: I’ihjii the V'Mierat s ie- L trotii hi* tpeechmakinj; bo ah* wain* l | s hotel parlor by sowral geiillt- ng them Mr. U. I 1 . Hn whins-*n. n tneiulier of the boar.! of trade. Ifrttnlllarly known ns “Old Ifuteti.” 'i l.o \r up. n the strength of nu nequiiiii- C dating back mau>* yeais. jmid his iv. Xt.s to liim in tlie most informal manner living him a ringing *lnp upon his l»r,.:i«l T mpaeious hack, evidently exi»-ctinr l when the goucr.nl turned round un i it*- he would full njsm his in-ck in u t of joy nml emtrnrtj him as a life.- z fricinL Tho general did tun Huaataa Jew* in Dakota. ; [Cor. St. I'aul Pioneer Press, l i In company with ona of the toiui- I Jewish farmers of the Crom. : o:!X col- I m.v, yonr correspondent left Mitchell .t daybreak for n visit to the llehrmr iiirmin^ colony, situated niumt twentv- womiies xouthweat of .\:itchell. i .ommcndablo ciiiuacteristie o' those l>oo|ile is their patient porsever- ince. They have come f,, . .tillage limit, nhcro they are uiiac- juninted with the cas'oms.ind lan usge >f the people. They work hard, or- .Hectical, ami look at facts ns thev fiml hem. They are Baying-, nml not a del. hit is wasted, nor is a cent spent for , Irink, anil very few incur ilel,is, and ; then only in caso of urgent necessity, ■ionic of tiio colonists are gutting'u s’lerl start in stock, lint a liuiidvrl.v : land work hare not in yet hecn aide to lay liv enough to buy tin- ini’odi-nu. de,l ; 1 s-tisim... Their numbers will he I largely increased the coming summ r I by rolatio; s and friend, who will eomo from Hus;ia. I'lm colonists Imve a jnivnto school nt . tlm residence of .Mr. lloscnthal, taught j by Mins Bnruos, a highly edncittcd lady. ; | Site i.s bv tmbsi-ription, and tin- ■ ■chool is well attended by tho i{us*iun | children, who are all learning to >q>eak English fluently. They are, ns n pc • I do, fond of music, reading and society* 1 i*.veil tho lowliist lia\o a good o.lu.-a* ' lion, and tho brawniest has n knowledge I i of music. In tho long wintercvouiiij's, j I and on days when it is too cold to work. ! 1 t hey collect together and puss away tho ! i time with music and dancing, and Milting together on matters of practical b",sino.ss. Parties arc frequently hoi I. to which their American neighbors art* always invited and welcomed. There are now a number of llebrew- Kussiim farming (olonies in the bribed fates, but tlioy nro all new as yet. The , most numerous is that of Now Odessa. Ore., founded under tho advice of Michael Ucilpriu, Dr. Julius Gold man, Edward J uinterbjieli, and Judge Isaacs, all of New York city. They claim that the time will soon bo h-r* when Hebrew farmers will lie no novelty in tho t inted States. The -•o'.uiiy, young as it is, and not with standing the fact that ncaily all itn members have eo mnu need without a dollar, embarrassed by nil tho incon venience of pioneer life, is Holf-anstain- IDENTITY. [Hart Vanco In The Current.] A tender awe, an imminence of tears Boded our meeting, and our hand*clai>p ■tart* The old beart-flre, but a formal pbnvw, that part* Our soul* more fatally than all the years, I* either * greetiu/. Placid wont inbt-mi in voice and aspect, and our very hearts Are quenched with modern diauitim nn<l art*. Memory recoil*, und no romuucc appear*. A l»y and girl bent down at once one dav lo pluck oce wild-flower, and her bon J lew A Grand cross hi* face, and be, * ’ * 1 , can {l»t i id both glo ray , iitoiigli her'*, *»!..«-1 ' s|*'. , ll-botitid there!— 1- ** those two* Or have they censed to lie) i COIFABE THE OLD PRICES WITH THE NEff -1 1 oh do (hat iitjnin, *ir," he 1'iMtrnl. vnlved like a top whipped by ai , and a* be fared "Old Hutch” that r eye of his was Waxing with "You do that again, sir,” be , “and I will striko you across the villi this cane’’—the e.mo niennwhib* ing round OM llutch’s head in a bet it manncr. Evidently fancying that •a* one of Butler’s joke?, Old JIuMi •»<! the ojxMntbni with util! more • n • , and prci»arcd hinis-lf fur an nlfti.!- mte recognition. “1 tell you I moan je d at I say,” retorted Butler, and the grift* ti*M«uo|»olist began to put liitu*-lf in it ing trim for the npj)arcnt!v inevitnbx -.bat with tho miBionairc. Wlmt might • come from a tussle between the long I tliiu millionaire on the one baud an I j abort nndlhii-k Anii-Monopolist on the ! • r no one can imtici|Mite, but nil dangci j k avert.d by the retirement of tlm Old I t il from the fluid, followed by Butler - : , idling advice: “Good evening, *»ir; good ■ uiiig. I don’t think that you have np J acheil mo in the projier manner.” And ; ended the ntTnir. |01d Hutch's intentions, of coutvc, were j • ly honorable, but Ibis boisterous and j •naively physical way of approach!ir; n r iMcnuin by ijotinding on hi* back door is pith.'.•!nt. Of course Old Hutch may! ii'o himself by saying that this is the ' Very Nrrioua t'usr. [Philadelphia Cull.] A New York dude was suddenly taken violently ill and a idiysician was hastily summoned. After looking nt his tongue and feel ing .*i - his pulse, tho usual formula, tiio b-cb r remarked: " Ho has evidently been overloading in's stomach. My dear sir,’’ lie con tinued, rousing tho patient, “can yon tell mo what you u‘o to-duy for din* ’Nothing, doctuh, but u glass of «Utah and part of a toothpick,” re plied the sick dude, wearily. "Hiii,'' mused the physioiau, "that in j strange. His faintness certainly comes j from a disordered stomach.” Then he l -utldoniy said: “Bring mo his cane.” ! Tho cano was brought him, and iiftm* i careful examination lie laid it aside, with the remark: Tt is ns 1 thought. A 10-ccut cano, -m l liu has sucked tho varnish otV t!in lead, (live him throe drops of milk ■very four hours, and be can fill uot to ev-eod tiio dose. I’ll call again to- ringr i KcnaiM of -tlcrlt. Tlifl eUqiu tte nf the hoard. iiimon way on iho U»arI, when, friendly ■lings are illustrated by beurtv thwack*on a* back, and nn uiuisual degree «»f j* r*our.' ltoem is indicated by pu*liing y..ur frou i’s “ down over his eyui, but th * etiquette oi ••onrd is hardly a proper cidc |.» fo!!o.v Wing respecth to a ptvsid.'iiti.-il cuud> *s>. Even under the most favorable circtiiie !!<•«* few |«oplu enjoy li tbilinp i*» ;k when not exiwcting it. evju i.,.. •t liavo m*-u tb A party of fifty women loft Bordeaux for New C’alodonia u slioit time ago i nder pec.ill nr circumstances. Tlioy wore women i-eidenoed to long terms of inipiiaoumeut for grave oli'ouses, who have elected to go to tho French penal ; colony, where timv will find husbands j in the convicts of the first class—that * i :h. those convicts who ha.o by their g.,od behavior entitled themselves to a : ' government grant of land and obtained j ! permission to many. Tho women were i • selected from various prisons, and uro • described as young ami good looking, i , »'u their arrival out they will bo housed , hi a religious establishment managed i ' by a community of Sisters, where i bachelor convicts of the lirivilogeti i class will ho permitted to visit them, ' and, as often as a marriage is arranged. ; the Colonial government will provide the bride with a trousseau and set tin* ; couple up in housekeeping in a small Hlilpplug Coin Abroad. i New York Cor. Chicago Journal.] d he ftbipneat of gold to Europe, which has latoiy set iu. is a distinctive feature of New York commerce, siuco n-» other American port does anywlioro near so much business in the actual handling of precious metals, both gold and silver. Gold is handled ill coin and bars in this city to an astonishing degree. Every day at about H o’clo -k hundreds of bankers’ aiul brokers’ em ployes may ho tamn car vying l>ngy of •oiu on special deliveries or to tho "ufety deposit, vaults which abound in I he vicinity of Wall streot, und uro rented out to patrons. Tho strictest "ateli is kept 011 these earthy riches, sin*, man carrying tho coin being ac* npanied us a rule, by somesedatodo- tivo or oJicer of tho corporation or ii owning tho gold. Gold coin and gold bars —bountiful yellow paper- a eights!—are to Iw seen in many bank windows throughout tho city. Silver is not considered as dangerous «s gold in handling. A gold bar the ;i/c of a snuff-box^ is worth about the - line as a bar of silver nearly as large a bar of pig-iron, and quite as much •i a man can carry. A thousnud ounces • silver is worth aliout f 1,000 —tho ame ns fifty ounces of gold, tfo tho T eat bars of silver are simply counted >nd then conveyed on draya to the h alers, the assay offices, or the cars for II msportatiou to tho mints, us desired, t is about tho sauio as haudliug any t!i**r freight, for no one fears tlmt any bief will try to pick up an eighty or liucty-pound bar of metal, tuck it into ’• ve.st pocket, and scurry o.'V with it. 4 nt present, by the way, Europe is getting away with our gold, and jonlous put.'iots foci like calling out, “.Stop, thief.” Joaquin Hiller at Home. [(’Iiicugo Tribune.} Cincinnatus 1!. Miller, poetically known “Wawkeon,” now resides in a •■■•bin in tho suburbs of Washington, lb* docs this in order to be constantly reminded of his dearly-belovcd Sierras, ilo wears a slouched sombrero whon lie visits the city, and strangers never fail to ask who he is. His cabin is ono story and a half in height,contnius four rooms, and is composed of liown logs chinked up with plaster. Tho roof is slanting ami nicely shingled. Tho do >r is kept i’a-Jeued with a common bar, though ' he latch-string hangs out. ltougli logs eiuuposo tho walls; there is no carpot nor mat on the floors; tho small, square windows aro shadod by white muslin •art.tins; a plain. Ion;, low piuo table, littered with old letters and matin- s-rigts, stands in tiio middle of the .ip:irtm*'!it, and a high, broad chimney- place emits from its log fire a most ;:rateful warmth and a ruddy glow that la/ily d.iuccs over the mammoth hearth stone. Ovor in the further corner of l he room is a bedstead of unbarked posts, straight, stanch and houvy, with delicate, gray mosses and liliputian lielious. Tho poet uses bearskins and bn Halo robes for bod-clot hiug. When vViteil the other day tho poet pointed 1 • the moss on tho logs of his cabin and said: “You see Godsautograph hero.” -AT- ! Schumpert & Roney’s, THE : OISTL.Y U Spot Cash Store’ XINT AMERICUS. i I .YcrUt'd In .MpiIIimI l-M 11 catIimi. [rhieagoCiirivi.f.: What is uceded in tiio medical educa tion of this country is rigid preliminary examination of applicants for admission m medical colleges in all important lies taught in literary a 1 ‘ •tty year*. It hurts tho back, umi if i* a "ranches taught 1,1 * »allong« to personal dignity, and G •. ! ‘J 1 * 1 ’ *’°J 0 « us 5 thoiougnnc-s m r "«* *-*ti hit dignity a* a prUidc ui«.! . a 1 hndicil course, and a very decided vhi. il Old Hutch thwa-k.-l hi M»e lunorrd Him. r iMcrehnut Traveller.) L ‘ l H’* go and call on Mb J..n » ” «aidono ludt- to another. “Naw, don’t think I like !f f ., repUwl tho other ono. "Why not! I ««« quite bwight, I think.” "Itee.iiee, i you know, J took licr dwiv.ii,- lei vening, and wbou her *Utah nsk-l her if ‘‘•had had a pleasant dwive, don’t v.»u now, bah Jaw ve, she said, ‘Ye*, it mj.. v .. a . ,0Teljr horse.’” “Why. Chf.llv, f nat a tho hahm in that f Don’t you Ilk-- i.. ave youali horuo coinplinteiiU-.lV’ "V:*. 1 don’t yer know, old |»y, nh-iwlt d . t 11 of tho cours»to threo or four lull years, and a searching ox am illation before certification. This would cut down the number of students nml break up some medical school* which aro con duct ul t.» make money, but it would be far bott* r for the medical profession. I'rayrr rnaunwcriMl. i ltcpuh •udalUm la the Lime Kiln Club. [Detroit Fruo Pr.-si) T.t« dastard who entered Pnradi-. hsll Mi- ‘ber evening by way of the roo . uu l «-nr- ~ threeikull* of Oliver C romwell, nny tver be brought to punidiineut M he left uo dew* behind. ‘h certainly catch it rwl-hot in i club hai now only two *kuli* ..f Oliver “ and these will U» carefully h^ku-l in * “** and preserved t.> poiterity. Th# Wrong Jlan. iNew York Mail and Expres*.] T*.” ulud a HtUe b.,y, ••which Mint uj. hat ‘Tah.; a Util. ,vlr» for tin .tn.ch, ,alter- ,*,.‘h>ul, I beliere.*' Mhoujhutw.uSt. J oku." “• Kt John U a prohlUitiouiM.' 1 An Altoona Uiirglar wont int ^oon .room and hM un.l-r th. U1. tit ore knnwua . A burglar who has n*> JjAoowljdje of bh. bJai* than {hit gwg t* hung ttralght off on general prio* A colored man entered the African Bethel church, and, kneeling down with the converts, imlulgod in an out burst of profanity. He said ho was anxious to see wlmt effect the prayers of the revivalists would have upon him. Them upon e ery member of tho church Iwgan to pray at the top of his lungs. The place was a pandemonium of tit- treatn * aud exhortations, but ubovo everything else arose the stentorian H %••.* blasphemy of tho sinner. After two but Jw j |, oarrt the revivalists gave it tip,aud the 1 si j in ci' walked awuy. Oh. t’rod Mr*, .llarhey! [Undoii Truth. 1 Mrs. Mackey lias given pain to all right thinking persons in Haris by ap pearing in u dress of whit© velvet trimmed all over with the wings of robin red breast*: and, to complete this barbaric toilet, her shoes of red velvet we to entirely covered with the toes of the little robins. The dress is imulo in the princes.se shape, with a | watteau back and a comet train oi portentous length, aud tho corsage is , flagrantly decollete, and ia bordered ! with red feathers, with which all ths I tr*in u edged* , Tlie Happy Go-bunk)' \cjcim*. [John Pnul.J T’lio other day a uogro just paid off from long work on tiio railroad with j-’JO. c.unointo a store, aud, after buying a silk Imndkercliir-f for a dollar, turned ! round aud bought a thirteen and u half ! dollar trunk to put it in. “I huvo it on the word of Thomas (.'.Mitchell, that he j vi\v a negro after buying a high silk , l»:«t too small for him, invest tho balanco of his funds iu eleven pairs of \\ hito kid gloves— the entire stock oil : li'itid—which caught his eye and hai>- P* ued to plows© his fancy. 1, after Christmas time, saw at the station | n group who, their holiday ended, wvro going to* distribute themselves for work along tho j line of railroad. Many a ono with- | oat shoes worn a silk hut, and the creator | art of th-m. div-od in dilap idated shirts and tr.> i-<-.-- carried what i ! • In© they had of cloth-M in bran now ! russet-leather, nickel p'at d traveling ] bugs.” ^ % Yew IVntnrc In I roll Prr«rrvluir- [Dutnii! Km- ■ Pi'i-v*.] California fruit gro ver- have discov- erod tliat apricots bleu* b *d with sul ' plmr fumos and then dried in tho sun are superior to thos - that are dried iu any other manner or that me canned. They regard this fa rt t of v»*»*y great im portance to the w hole state. It enables every fruit culturist, however limited • his moans, and howexer small the prod* net of his orchards, to dry his own We promised in issue of the Kkcordku of Jnnmiry 2d, to give you some prices so soon as we arranged and marked down our goods. We are now prepared and ready to give you more goods for less money than any house that sell goods on thirty days time. Comemplnte a lew quotations and note the difference in SPOT CASH prices and thirty days credit: Flour. Flour. hi this article we stand head and shoulders tthove everybody, having ransacked the big markets of the West and Northwest in search of the best, ami ]Mtid the CASH DOWN. Wo will sell you First Pntcnt, (entire ltoller system) For 50 pounds, $1.75. Old price, $2.15. 2d Pat., for 50 pounds, 1.65. . “ 1.90. Fancy, for 50 pounds, 1.50. “ 1.80. Choice Family 50 pounds, 1.35. - 1.65. We guarantee all these Flours ns represented, und if not satisfactory you can return them and we will cheerfully refund the money. In future we will keep on hand the host grades of GRAHAM FLOUR—^cheap. Sugars. Sugars. Will sell you 10 itounds Granulated Sugar for $1.00. “ “ 11 pounds New Orleans Clarified for 1.00. “ “ 11| pounds New Orleans (Bellewood) Clarified, for 1.00. “ “ 13 pounds New York Sugar, for 1.00. In this lino we arc fully up and advise everybody to seize the golden opportunity and pur clmse at once a sufficiency for the year’s comsumption. Coffee. Coffee. In this article alone (by buying from us) we can save you money enough in one year to buy all the “Santn Claus” you want lor the little ones. We deal 6J pounds Choice Pio Coffee for $1. Thurher’s No. 41, (Rousted) a combination of Java, Rio, and Mocha, for 23c per pound. Salt. Salt. Liverpool, full weight, for $1.20 per sack. Fine Salt, seamless bags, 150 pounds,[$1.05 per sackg fruit for th© market, fipTwutlent of tho ca tii take him vtori«ft. Who II Man For. [Manufu'-tui»-iV Gnz*-i.| At tho Littlo Book, Ark., telephone exchange late) v a • > .tll cam© iu from a residence for a food .store. •Hollo! ’’Hello? What is it?" “Mamma says send up a sack of oats und a halo of hay,” in a chihl it voice. “Whois it for '" inquired the feed man. “Why, for tlm cow," 'lr.,wleil tiie youngster, and clo.ol uj,. How He Won Her. [Chicago H-rald.1 l.iout. Itanouliuwcr is reported to have won liis wife, os Othelio did, kr thrilling tales of hi* “most disastrous chances.” lie tirst met her dating his lecturing tour uml afterward ia prints narrated his adventures ia th* Arotla seas, sad so gainsd hsr h**lt U *«U UMt. I We are slaughtering nt the very low price of $1.00 per cwt. to make room for a car load ol SEED POTATOES. Whiskies. Whiskies. i In this line we are full to overflowing, and to unload we have reduced the price on all grades j from 25c to $1.00 per gallon. Think ol it! Cox, Hill & Thompson’s genuine Stone Mountain ! Corn Whisky for $2.20 per gallon, usually sold at $2.50, j Tobacco and Cigars. We can undersell anybody—wc offer “Lucy Hinton” at 57c per pound, and all other grades j proportionately.- Wc regret lliut wc have not space sntlicient to give full ami complete quotations oa all of our goods, but ' you will hear from it. occasionally, itcwemltcr that by having your goods from us and paying SPOT CASH ; you do not pay front 2ft to fttt per cent, for had debts, as usual in credit store. A Word as Regards the Penny ! To all those who scout at the idea of introducing the Penny in Americus, we say that we stand ready i to redeem In goodu or the rash any amount from ftc upwards, tiring them along and get their fall value at TIIE DULY SPOT CASH STORE II AMERICUS. FIRST DOOR SOUTH OF J. W. WHEATLEY|& CO.’S BANK. A ery truly, SCHUMPERT & RONEY. .tmericus, Ga., January 11, 1884.