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: 'X- . NtW OHLEANS CEMET^Piea 1 *j£VLnrw I.t. \ c «** ter * [Letter in New Tort Tinw.] Anystranger boro ineearohofcurt-. Jff is pretty .art to go back again S5s±»"«rsc»; gsftK-ES C« curiosities may bo duplicated in other eitire, but there is notlimg like ,he cemeteries anywhere else fa America. They; art so foil, so well tent 80 curious fa their oiraugement, te ’iciet and restful, that it is a pleasure to go into them. Oue of tho oldest of tho French eeneterics ista thOhoartof the city.only • few blocks from Canal street. It is inclosed with a high stono wall, and the entrance to it is through a narrow gateway. Tho grates are aU above {round, as they are in all the New Or leans eemetorios, an. 1 the little bunal houses are ao close together it looks impossible to find room for^notbor boSy. Theioare ft veral large[vaults belonging to benevolent sociitoai and two or three are filled with bodife of c.'oilfederate aokliers. Narrow walks wind among these dwelling booses of the dead, with which the entiro inclosure is filled. Tho inscrip tions on many of the tombs ,how that the occupants eaino years ueo from tho French provinces, but a tail prop ortion of the namo. are Gor man, Irish,or amariesn. Nearly every grave shows Some mark of affection, with its bouquet of fiawen, festoon of .-rape, rotetie of black beads, its tiny cross, or font of holy water. Tho French do not forget their dead friends. There are graven in this cemetery so I,hi that tho plas'or is crumbling away, that still are ornamented with fresh honqnets of flowers. But this old French cemetery in the middle of tho city lias not the cliarm of the'newer ,nes in the suburbs. About three miles from the center of the town, straight out Canal street, there is a Tillage of cemeteries whoso population must equal, I should think, that of the city. It is Just a pleasant walk to them on a fair day. The first 10 bo reached hoars a sign over the gato "Tcmeno, Derecli, Best;” tho next , the Lutheran cemetery, then the Jewish “Comntory of the Congregation Dispersed of Judah,” St. Patrick's cemetery, which probably is not filled with Frenchmen; the beautiful Fire men's eomotery, and tho “Odd-Fellows' best." Tho last to be reached fa point of distance is the largest of all, the Metairie. This word was a sticker, and it took me a long time to find out whnt it meant. I asked several gentlemen whom I met on tho broad gravol walks, and they all told mbit was a race-track, but the exact connection botween a emetery and n race-track was hard to see. It was plain enough, however, alien 1 heard tho story. A few years ago Metaire was tho fa-hionable race-course of NewOrlcans, owned by a club composed of a number of prominent citizens. Tho president of the Loa'ainnn Lottery company de sired to join the aluli, but the respect- •bio gentlemen connected with it did not care to be mixed up with any J 11—44 business, and promptly black-balled hint. Ho modo effort after •■licit to got in, bnt was blaok-halled every time. At last he grow indignant, and said to them: "It’s not much of a race-track, nny- bow. 1 will buy it c.iul make a cemetery ..(it” lie kept hit word. Before long the sporting club wss in difficulties, and the lotterv man got possession of most of its stock. As soon as he was able to control it ho tort down the grand stand, laid the whole place out in burial lots, ami tho old race-track is now tho fashionable cemetery of New Orleans. No choice lots, how ever, are reserved for tbs lotterv com pany's victims who spend their last dollar for quarter tickets and die in the poor-house. This connection atYLE8.gr Aoonwtifc • ■lew the rmMnt iafWNinUlt COLLARS THAT M&N WgXfc A gosp.Maker’s Scheme te Atnniu HU Bulneta. [New York World.] In the windowof a down-town “genis' furnishing” store is a heap of linen collars. A sign above them says: -Odd sizes, 5 conts each.” “What are the odd sizes fa collars '■ a clerk wan asked. “Anything below 14 and above In I I Chester A. Arthur, President of tbs shonld say was .odd," answered the United States." The simplest and host form is to write, “To the President, executive Mansion, Washington,!). C.~ [Washington Cor. New Tort World. J I have been considerably amused fa glancing orer the addresses on letters to public men to notion, the different styles which ere used by. people living at a distance. For instance, some com- muniiatious are addressed to “Hon. swindling lottory company with a cemetery is beautifully appropriate, leaving nothing to he desired hut an ulms-houso on one side of tho big arched gateway and a jail on the other. Utilising Old Corks. [Mineral-Water Trailo Review,] In a low woedon building in Mul berry street old corks aro made ns “good as new.” This is tho only placo in New York where they are dealt in. The dealer buys the corks by' the ber- ml, and pays from 91 to *3. His trade b rnostry in chnmpnguo cork*; Tho sett sad cleanest of these ho sorts and jHj*Jo American champagno-mal.ei s. ■““bottom of the cork, where t'.e first bottle* brand appears, is ahavud off, snu the name of tua second staims 1 on mem. These corks were cut expre.cly lev champagne bottles, end, as tnovcxu “s bought much more cheaply than any 5? w ““*■ the bottlers purchase them, the old-cork dealer obtaina !io conts a dozen for them, and tuakof a handsome profit. . ^l* e broken and dirty corks go lurongh a peculiar process. They are first subjected to a nort of Turkish bath to clans them, and after they havo dried •re cut down. They are put in a ma- chine and turned, while a sharp knife mas across them. They can be cut to *uy size, and, with tho soiled surfneo •Amoved, look as bright as when new. Jmeoorkaent down are purohnsedby ™>t • beer and soda - wafer makers, who use smaller bottles. They can savo a considerable amount by purchasing “3, “fks, which, as it is easy to seo, Will do as well as new onen. The “old cork mxa* ia rushed with business, i J* champagne and root-beor and aoda- botuara take all the cork* he can supply at the ?* IS? Targe or Beatties. WUmaos in Chicago Express 1 The day of military leaders is past. *ns dat of political leaden is past. I J~"t whether there will ever be a new dmi .«•»•* church. I „ f *hethsr they arc needed. I see z“S“*“g better abend; I see that cor- 2U~?l fa ths old parties and in the old young man behind the counter. -Hi- average aiza ia 15. We sell more 14. 13, aud 151 than any other aizeH. j h.’ Mizes in collars run from i;j to 31 Thirteen ia a boy’s size. We keep I'• instock. A 20* collar would neuviv slip over tho head of a man wearine \ No. 7 hat. I think wo sell mor»* \ than any other ono size. It depend* » good deal on the class of trade one hr. v A collar to net well ought to be hall ;• »izo larger than tho shirt.” “Are collars ever mado to order ?' “Yes, sometimes. Shirt*makers t.ikt* ordors for them and then send the or ders to a collar factory. Usually, though, tho collars that come back ur** uot just the kind the customer wauted. Tlte heat linen collars iu tho world nude in Troy?” wo they patented in any wav ?” “You. Tho trade-marks are copy righted. The names are not copv- righted, though. There is a collar \v»» sell for 2.3 ceuU. Within half a dozen blocks of where wo stand yon can buy a collar with the same name fur in conts. It isn’t tho same collar by au\ tnouiis. It won’t wear as this one will, but it will sell, and three persons out of five would think they were gettinjr k l»urgain.*\ “How ul»ont paper collars V” “Wodon't soil soil thorn. Havent kopt them iu two or three yearn. . \ good many j»eoplo wear them yet, but our customers don’t want them. Xow and then somo fellow who lias been ou a spree will come in aud want to 1»u\ one puper collar. Such fellows would buy half a collar if thoy conld. 1 re member wlion paper collars flr-t began to be worn. I was a youugster then the devil in a country nowspapar office in western New York. The first box I had 1 paid Jlft cents for. When they became soiled 1 pasted clean white paper over them and wore them for an other week. It was not thought to be anything out of tho way. On tho con trary, my ingenuity was commended, and 1 hod imitators. Afterward paper collars were made roversible. 1 be lieve thoy aro so made now. The last wh had wo bought from a ho»i> man. Uo wanted to advertise a new kind of snap, so lie put up a cake in each box of collars. We bought the collars for •■‘‘2.40 a dozen,--or 20 cents a box, niul sold them ut 25 cents. »Somo firm.* kept the soap and sold the collars at the same price they paid for them. ” “ Aro celluloid collars and cuffs sold at all?* “Not much. The lust wo hail we bought for the Georgia minstrels. They lose their gloss after tho first washing. Still, they are a pretty good thing if n man is traveling.'’ .\Miritloiis qualities of Various Foaita [Journal of Health.] The world little imagines I19W largely it is indebted to tho laborious re searches of scientific medical men for many of tho most important truths rela tive to human health, happiness and life. As population increases and the value of food is enhanced, the kuowl- dge which chomiatry has elicited is be coming more and more valuable in a practicable point of view. Some kinds of food are more uutri- tious than others, and if it should be found that artlclos which aro the cheap est have tho most nutriment and give tiie highest ability to labor, then knowledge Incomes money to the poor. Tables vary, but some of the general re suits aro as follows: One )>ound of rioe prepared for the table gives 88 percent, of nutriment, and consequently, a relatively propoi tioual ability to labor, compared with other. articles of food. A pound of beef, costing 15 cents, gives only 2ft per cent, of nutriment. Yet countless numbers of tho poor in New York strain a point doily to purchase beef at 1ft cents a pound, when they could get a pound of rice for ono-thinl of the amount, the rice, too, haviun three times ua much nutriment ai beef, making a practical difference of 800 per* cent., aside front tl» fact that toiled rice is three times easier of digestion tlum roast beef, the rice being digested iu ubout one hour, roast beef requiring three hours aud a half. There is moan ing, then, in the reputed fact that two- fifth*, of tlio human family live on Iu addressing tho president personally, you should always say “Sir. Presi dent.’* “Your Honor,” or “1’onr Ex oellency” is never used, and ia con siderud iu l*od taste, yet it is no uneom- mon thing to hear pnblio men from dif ferent parts of the country open con- ' creation with the president in these terms. Tho official title of the governor of Massachusetts is “His Excellency,” and of the lientonant governor “His Honor,” but the president has no official title, and is called simply “Mr. Presi dent.” In addressing communications to the cabinet officers you shonld, however, write “Thu Hon. Charles J. Folger, Secretary of the -Treasury; I he Hon. William E. Chandler, Secretary of the Navy;” etc.; but in personal intercourse yon xlionld olwsy say “Mr. Secretary,” “Mr. Attorney Ooueral,”01 “Mr. Post master General.” Should yon desire to write to a senator you wonld direct to “The Hod. Goorgo F. Hosr, M. C., Senate Chamber, Washington, H. 0.,‘ and if a formal communication com mouco the epiatlo “Mr. Honator,” which title you should also nso in private con versation with him. Of course, if you weru an intimate friend, you could tako greater liberties, and perhaps call him • Dear George,” or something of tliat sort; hut I am talking now only upon formal communications. A member of the house is not so particular, however. You would oddro-ss him after this style: “The Hon. John D. Long, M. C., Honse of Bepresentatives, Washington, 1). C.” In speaking to a member you would ordinarily address him by his last name, but if he hail ever been a speaker, senator or governor invariably give him that title, for it is not only customary, but it gives him the impres sion that you have made a particular study of his record. Many a mail has wrecked his chancer by calling an ex-senator simply “Mr. I lank.” You must have somo knowl edge of the war in o.der to stoer skill fully mound among these statesmen. If a member has been general, call him that, and you can safely go down as fat as major, but 1 would adviso you t( draw* the lino in tho last-named title for a man who has nerved during the war and risen no higher than a captain docs not caro to have it thrown in hia face after ho has been elected to con gress. I do not know how tho custom was originated to limit tho titlo to the grade of major, but I do know it to be a fact, nevertheless. In addressing the speaker of the houso yon should always say, “Mr. Speaker,” and never Mr. Carlisle, and justices of the United {State* supremo court, the court of claims and other judicial bodies of final resort, as “Mr. Chief Justice” and “Mr. Justice.” This is a republican form of government., whore every man is sup posed to bo as good as every other man, and a little hotter if he can make him- •-elf so, but theso titles which I ha e mentioned are os immovable as the long lino in the court of “Victoria It.” COMPARE THE OLD PRICES WITH THE fiEff ’ A Worn To Bo AS.II.beil. [linor*. Altrrt Townwml.] yuutlcmuu recently remarked to •no that 4h» word “million* Imd dona •ore siueliiel in America tlum any word. Maid lie: “Nobody thinks there is inr happiness fa life unless be Inis got a million. Persons who have got a little more tlum s competence are stretched up to be millionaires, and therefore moderate ox|iectationsnr» out of fashion, and our young men go laboring on with a million m their mind, which they seldom reach, and thereforo are disappointed.” Another person re marked ou this: “A great deal of hap piness centers around words. Tho Frenchman never speaks of his home bnt of his ‘interior.’ He call* the fur nishing and fixing up of his house, ‘a Iniintifid interior.’ Ho remarks 01 Americans, that all they possess in this country is ’afine fafarior. Not knowing much about homo fa tho concrete, it oo- curs to him that it in a great w aste of resources to put everything on the in side of a house.” A Pina* o f Uzhlulec I [Bohemia HcfcotiJK- Exchons. 1 Mr. Kobert Hsensei, of Keichenberg, Bohemia, has succeeded in accurately •hoar tho light of tlie flash under the form of long, continuous sparks, trav ersing the atmosphere. Arkansow Traveler: When » coward takes updo notion o’ fighton’, bo ken whnp • hravomau. Dcinapptn dog vital hooks Inter da fouco eo’aor t< svtul. A Wise Charity. [New York Times.] Tlie lste l’etcr Cooper wisely founded the Cooper Union long heforo his death, ami lmd the pleasure of seeing many thousands of young men nnd women prepare thousolroa for useful and com' fortalile lives by moans of his boned' eenco. The schools of the Union wore so intelligently managed tlmt tbe : r «• uellcnco boro fruit from tho first; they have been steadily increasing in effect- iveneea. For instance, the Woman's Art school, under Sirs. H. N. Carter, lias ten teachers ofboth sexes for the 1100 or 800 pnpilft in lb* free aud pay ing classes. Among theso teachors three are painters of note. Bnt Uua winter, for tho flr,t time jrince Mr. Cooper's death, a complete check has l-oon pnton thesutrtneeotilatf pupils io the freo-band drawfag cSwspf the rroo toheol. . Thore aro from MO to fiOO applicants for, this ,elaa..l#tg to the fact that it forms tho stopping-stone to almost overy kind of artistio work. Tho reason why no opening exists is that pupils fa moro advanced departments have tlia right to clainrpltces in the frcodund dost, in a fV.tanoo with the rules of' tlie trustees. i „ other cla-tee duo beginners can find | faces, if they satisfy the requirements. Between 800 and 400 applicant# urn thus about to b« tnrncd from tho doors of tho art school over which Mr. Cooper nsel to wuteh «ith paternal core. A i'urlowUi'. [Chicago lit ml A veritable natural cnricaity is in thn possession of a fit. Louis mlitor. it is tho head of a 2-yo.ir-.dd rsttlcsnako preserved in spirits, die liues ami. trac ings on the bark of »Iiicli formed a very well defined pictura of thn head ana bust of a woman. The gct.l Ionian state* that he and a party of friends wero rest ing nnder an apple tree iu Cleburne, Johnson connty, l'ox., when thoy per ceived the reptile ou a branch ti>ore thorn, and knocking it down with a whip, killed it nsMSlblsx Artec. [<4. C. Cochran in Thu Currant, j In all the patchwork of hypotheses mot science) the mcnclisnicists cannot account for the “primordial gorra;” nor for tlie existence in man of the abstract zeutimont of good and e.il, for moral sense, for a belief that thorn will lie something after this life which Max Mailer once called -pari of the original dowry of the human *pnL' > • yMriQwW [Arktnsaw I'm velar.] A scientist has discovered that in the uir of Italy rests the secret of the coun try’s fine vocal rnnsio. It is uhl nny ono can breath* the nit of certain no tions of Italy and bacoo# a fin* sfag.r. An enterprising New England,r trill VlQU beginteahip boxuoflteUuialiM tuLs -AT- theim: oistijY m AMBmous. Ws promised in issue of the Kecordkh of January 2d, to give you some prices so soon os we arranged and marked down our goods. We arc now prepared and ready to give you more goods ior less money than any house that sell goods on thirty days time. Contemplate a few quotations and note the difference in SPOT CASH prices and thirty days credit: Flour# Flour. In this article wo stand head and shoulders above everybody, having ransacked the big markets of the West and Northwest in search of the best, and pnid the CASH DOWN. We will sell you First Patent, (entire Holler system) For 50 pounds, $1.75. Old price, $2.15. 2d Pat., for 50 pounds, 1.65. “ ....... 1.90. Funcy, for 50 pounds, 1.50. “ 1.80. Choice Family 60 pounds, 1.35. - <• VidUil't*’®®* We guarantee all these Flours as represented, nnd if not satisfactory you can rattan ,them and we will cheerfully refund the money. In future we will keep on hand the best grades of GRAHAM FLOUR—cheap. Will sell you 10 pounds Granuluted Sugar lor $1.00. “ 11 pounds New Orleans Clarified for 1.00. “ ll j- poundsNew Orleans (Bcllcwood) Clarified, for 1.00. “ 13 pounds New York Sugar, for 1.00. In this line we are fully up and advise everybody to seize the golden opportunity and pur chnse nt once a sufficiency for the year’s romsumption. Coffee. Coffee. In this article alone (by buying from us) we can save you money enough in one year to buy all the “Santa Clans” you want for the little ones. We deal 6J pounds Choice Pio Coffee for $1 rhurber’s No. 41, (Roasted) a combination of Java, Rio, and Mocha, for 23c per pound. Sftlt> Salt. Liverpool, full weight, for $1.20 per snek. Fine Stdt, seamless bags, 160 pounda$1.05 per sack We are slaughtering at the very low price of $1.00 per cwt. to make room for a car load of SEED POTATOES. Whiskies. Whiskies. In this line we are full to overflowing, and to unload wo have reduced the price on all grade* from 25c to $1.00 per gallon. Think of it! Cox, Hill & Thompson’s genuine Stone Mountain Com Whisky for $2.20 per gallon, usually sold at $2.60, ^ Tobacco and Cigars. We can undersell anybody—we offer “Lucy Hinton” nt 67c per pound, and all other grade* proportionately. We regret that w« have not space aiilllclcnt to give full ami complete quotations on ail of onr goods, but you will hear from us occasionally. Remember that by buying your goods flrom ua and paying SPOT CASH yon do not pay from 25 to 50 per cent for bad debts, as usual in credit store. A Word as Regards the Penny ! To all those who scout at tho iden of Introducing thn Penny iu Americas, we say that we etand ready to redeem in goods or the cash any amount from 6c upwards. Bring them along and get their foil value at THE ONLY SPOT CASH STORE I ill FIRST DOOR SOUTH OF J. W. WHEATLEYI& CO.'S Very truly, SCHUMPERT & RONEY. Americui, Ga., January 11,1884.