Americus daily recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1884-1891, September 27, 1884, Image 3

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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
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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.