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* / ■ / interesting faces. p-rtwits of 8ever * 1 Per * on * wit1 ' World-Wide Fuse. The Veteran Author, H.eonteur and rorrupoudent. . prrlrr Poore, ftoulM Aleatt, iieiirr Lobonebero, the I.M« J.tV. Garre* 1 * The Oumue, Pother end hon, and Other*. A GRAND REVOLUTION! EM TIE OLD PRICE m TIM -AT (WOAPITAt. PRUpMOMM Tickets only S3- Shares l» prepen L.S.L. i Louisiana State Lottery Co. I “ We do hereby certify that tee supervise j the arrangement* for all the Monthly and Semi-Annual Drawings of The I.umtiana State iMtcry Company,and in person man- | age and control the Drawings themselves, and that the same are conducted with hon* , esty, fairness, and in good faith toward all partus, and tee authorise the Company to use this certificate, with Jae-similcs of our • signatures attach'd, in its advertisements THE laT* JOHN W. OARRETT. In the death of John W. Garrett, which ofvurrel on K-pt. tbo country loies the /•iant amonj railroad manager*. Garrett was born in the city of Baltimore, July 31, jy.O. and was the second son of the Into yjlert Garrett, who caino from Ireland iiwr, hut he came a wealthy merchant and hanker. Ilia education was completed at Lefayetto college in Pennsylvania, when he entered hU father’s counting room, end vm shortly after, at the age of nineteen, made a partner in his father’s business. II;i first connection with tho Baltimore nnc' Ohio railroad, was in October, 1857, when be was niude a director of tho company—a time when tho embarrassment of the road wai of a most serious character, in 185$ ilr. Garrett was elected to the presidency if the | BEX; PE RLE Y POORE. Aluj. Ben: Perley Pooro is one of the most j industrious men of our day. He has accom- j plisbed wonders in the various labors he I has undertaken and a mere record of which j would UJ1 a volume, lie was horn in ItGO J at Indian Hill farm, about four miles frem Newbury port, Mass., where his ancestors | have lived in unbroken succession since j BS5Q. At the ago of 7 he was taken to the | District of Columbia, where tho principal i portion of his busy lilo has since been spent ! in public duties. In 1831 he accompanied j his pareuts to Europe, where he bad tho ! pleasure of meeting Sir Walter Scott, Thomas Moore, Gen. Lafayette, and others distinguished in literature. Upon his return from Europe ho was placed in a military school to receive a preparatory training foi j West Point Tho prospects of a military ! life* which bis parents had intended h« should follow, being particularly irksome him; he ran nwuy from school and homo, apprenticed himself to a printer in Worces ter. Mass. After a period of drudgery here he visited his home, when his father pur chased him a newspaper oflL-o in Athens, ' r ‘ where ho spent two years, when he company* which positiun he retained j ceptod a position as an attache to the sd.'nth. Tho practical wisdom of Mr. ! United States minister to Belgium, remain till bis Garret r.t once inaugurated that policy of economy, retrenchment, and personal super vision tiiat has ever since charactoriz.-d his management, tin first practical result of which, was tho payment to the stockholder ing five years, and visited every portion of Europe, the Holy Land, and Lower Ejfypt. On his return in 1817 be began in Washing ton the correspondence for Massachusetts and other papers which ho has sinco routin' tho spring of 1859 of the fir.tt of that an- I ued. In IStfcJ ho wan appointed clerk broken series of dividends that has continued to this day, and raised the value of the stock to (57, the highest quotation at the time when Mr. Gnrrett took hold, to something overl-Ortto-day. Ill the meantime hobos extended the main lino and branches, with out Increasing to any considerable extent th** capital stock of the company, and with- our constructing a debt equtl to that of many roads of far less mileage and business. Mr. Garrett was also tho head of tlio bank ing bouse of Robert Garrett & Sons. printing records for the United States s-'nnte, and has also editod the Congressional Directory. His home at Farm Hill, Mass., is a mansion of sixty rooms. It contain* more historical relics, documents and records than any public library in the coun try, not excepting tho government archiver. It contains an amateur printing oiHco, model of its kind, and ns the major is an t port in the matter of agriculture his farri and stock are not to be surpassed anywhere, A French Dramatist and Novelist, Hilklng n t ow, [New York Star.] When a man milks a cow, he should n-**| i attempt to smoke a cigar at the settle tiu.e. ; A young man out in the country tried it, ' ami got along well enough until he lower* -1 1 bis bend and touched tho cow’s flanks with I the lighted end of his weed. The next in stant himself and tho cigar were dreadfully ••put out.’’ Tho cow introduce i about two ton* weight into onu of her hind lags, and ' then passed it under tho milker’s jaw. When i be ceased whirling around, and tho myriads • had disappeared, he said ( put hi* hand t > the hardest work i could A Very Popular Writer. LOUISA MAY ALCOTT. Lmi*a May Alcott was l;om In German- tftun, Pa, in 1833. Her father wus the social pi) losopher A. Bronson Alcott. She early showed a talent for writing fairy tales, Iter ** * H '°k appeared when she was but '-ti 8lic has since been a contributor to tmmy of the magazines and author of numerous Ixtoki fertile youth. All her writing exhibits tint kindly, charitable disposition of the author, «hich was shown in u practical way by her volunteering nia hospital nureo in thd Union trmy during tho war. The llleycle fit Agriculture, I Springfield Republican. J A Vermont farmer’s hoy has bought him- ■elf a bicycle, and wishes he hadn't. His father has utilized the thing by making is fttniUh motive power for his winnowing will, com sholler and grindstone. Thin tie does by suspending it from the axle, ivr <w* tbs tire irom the wheel and connecting ** Lv an endless ropo with his agricultural Machine, tlien making his son moun ta.i dc Uie propelling. ALEXANDER DAVY DUMAS, | the older, was born in 1803. As a youth h« held a small office in tho household of Loui* Philipp', his African blood preventing him i from holding a very high position in th« court This social ostracism spurred him to extraordinary efforts toward self-education, ] Which resulted in his hoginning at tho early ago of 20 a career us novelist and dramatist which was extremely prolific and profitable. By his novels, which have been widely trans- | luted, he derived a largo Income and fame. Ills Fatten!* Were Not Healthy. [Aiknnsaw Traveller.] | “I understand that you have stopped prao* I ticing," said tlm secretary of state to an eminent colored physician. “Yas, sail, ’eluded tor gin up de trade an’ go tei preachin’. la dis country dor ain’t nt money ter be mode in do practicin’ o* medi- eiuo. W’y, salt, ef 1 hail er ’voted my tin* vs dose to within* else ez I has ter dis busi ness 1 would er been putty well off by <11* time. Ober two-thirds of my patients neb * paid me, sah." “Why didn’t you suo them]' “’Twouldu’t done no good, case da win dead, sail. I g«»t do wus’ class o’ patient*. None o’ ’em tic be r had no health an* consti tution.” A member of the French Academy* The Editor of London Trui HENRY LABOUCHERE. onion papers are more frequently quoted in this country than Truth, and it is mg to the bright and intensely sarcastic j*u oi Its rad.cileditor, I .at touch ere. Though »* himself descend-d from the peerage, al Vr * a f. nn attache of the British ministry takei a speeial delight iu ^ u l* the cumbeniomeness and w*eak- ) rlrr?r “ r ““A®**’* government Lab tu- wf* # * ttract ®d attention by bis “Let* p .. 1 * , sieged resident,” written from Edml»^| Ur v 8 lb ® ln 1W4 he aided M’ar in •hurting Tho London sa»«wa , jassr M, i ALEXANDER DUMAS, JR. Whatever tho defects in Dumas the elder’* fdu- .i.ioii, hit *on, who was bom in 1824, had tae b*st France afforded, besides being at an early age introduced into tho society of lit* rurv people and given the advantages of travel with Ids father. Dumas, jr., hai Lecu n disappointment. Ho has succeeded | H »st as a dramatist, and lie misused hii taU'att in magnifying the worst side cl so. i -ty. In 1875 he was admitted among the “Forty Immortals,’ 1 as the members ol the French academy are called, ani is now trying to redeem his reputation. A VrettfTight Squeexe. [Burlington Hawkeye.] “William Broker,” she said to her ba» band very earnestly, as they sat at the break fast table, “look mo in tbo eye an.l tell ids the truth; are you losing *U your money if a fruit speculation!” Ho was w ared to death when she began, but conscious innocence gavo him strength and courage as tho concluded her question ••No.” ho said firmly, “1 am not" ••I believe you are," the said, choking hei b»ad, “for last night you cried in your sleet and said you bad lost every chip you had if f he world on one little pear." And then he gasped and admitted that hi hsddropped a fsw cases In a UtUideallf MrishaUsfraits. flat it was 1M luMVMt Schumpert & Roneys, THE! ONLY u Spot Cash Store’ I3NT AMEmCTJS. promised in issue of the Recorder of January 2d, to give you some prices so soon a* we arranged and marked down our goods. e are now prepared and ready to give you more goods for less money than any house that sell goods on thirty days time. Con.emplate a few quotations and note the difference in SPOT CASH prices and thirty days credit: Flour. Flour. 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 paid the CASH DOWN. We will sell you First Patent, (entire Roller 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.S0. Choice Family 50 pounds, 1.35. •• 1.65. We guarantee all these Flours as represented, and if not satisfactory you can return them and we will cheerfully refund the money. In future wc will keep on hand the best grades of GRAHAM FLOUR—cheap. Will sell yon 10 pounds ranulated Sugar for $1.00. “ 11 pounds Nelv Orleans Clarified for 1.00. “ 11J pounds NewOrleans (Bellewood) Clarified, for 1.00. “ 13 pounds New York Sugar, tor 1.00, In this line we are fully up nnd advise everybody to seize the golden opportunity and pur chase at once a sufficiency for the year’s consumption. Coffee. Coffee. In this article alone (by buying from us) we can save you money enough in one year to buy ... .he “Santa Claus” you want tor the little ones. We deal 6J pounds Choice Pio Coffee for $1 riiurber’s No. 41, (Roasted) a combination of Java, Rio, and Mocha, for 23c per pound. Sa.lt. Salt. Liverpool, full weight, for $1.20 per sack. Fine Salt, seamless bags, 150 pounds,;$1.05 per talk Commlsslaasrs ( ,S ?* for » >**r. by tho Leg.'l.. hire for Kilucntlonsl and Charitable purpose-*— with «capiui or $l,ooQ,ooo—to which • rewrvs fttna of over (550,000 hi* since been added. »y an overwhelm isar popnlar vote it* franebbe ^ixtessgjiuCsimS 40 ^* - " Jt °“! v «»< nutm,d ,1 the people of any State. 9 It never teala er pottpona. t.": Octulicr 1*. J(M If M Hanhl, CAPITAL PRIZE, *TS,000. 100,0001 ickets at rife Dollars Each. Fractions, la Firth*, la Proportion. lirrrov PRIZES:; 1 CAPITAL PHIZK «.000 tl Jo do i.M MktOl 1 do do *.....i ... id not » pbixks ok *0.000 ISSoo J" 2,000, 10,000 ,3K dit 10,000 dll 900, jo.OU) MO do MjtOO /OO do 55,00* 1000 do 28,.., Miaa ® Approxitnntion Prizes of |iW I,WT Prize*, amounting to Application for rates to elQbs'should be mads onW to the odlee of the tJompstiY *■ Mow Orlsasa s.n 0r 5i rth ® r ^vtte rleatly, giving Bill address. Msk* P. O. If oner Order* Devahl* and address UegUtcred Letters to P > NRW ORV.RANN RATIONAL BANK Raw Orleans, La. m *J®*T,AL WOTB* snd erdJssry letter* by M*il or Kxpr*u (all sums of g9 sod upward by bzpres* at our szponitej to 9 M. A. DAUPHIN, : M. A. DAUPHIN aor imut at.. Wuhl**iw, o, o. Tbe Lost is Find! and;can|bk;founi>;at BUG CHAPMAN'S Bar and Restaurant EAT, DRINK AM) BE MERRY, ’'ire* bed. Xvsrything has'bees Liquors from 8 to 13 Yean Old 1 Call and *et your share of the heat Bacchus tho Beroiid In «im*k% a rival oi Delmonico In good Miioir. Cab early sod secure jour bods sod some)hIng to eat and drink. Words eauoot ox- lirtos my thank* to toy Irlcads. Coma sad sss mo and you shall I* istisQed. heptlSml HENRY C. JOHNSON. We are slaughtering at the very low price of $1.00 per cwt. to make room for a 'car load oi SEED POTATOES. Whiskies. Whiskies. In this line we are full to overflowing, and to unload we have reduced the price on all gradps from 25c to $1.00 per gallon. Think ot it 1 Cox, Hill & Thompson’s genuine Stone Mountain Corn Whisk) for $2.20 per gallon, usually sold at $2.50, ^ Tobacco and Cigars. We can undersell anybody—we offer “Lucy Hinton" »' 57c per pound, and all other grade* proportionately. Wc regret that we have not space sufficient to give Full snil complete quotations on all of our goods, Int on will hear from iis occasionally. Iteroemher that by having your goods from us and paying SPOT CASH ou do not pay from 2ft to .,0 per cent, for had debts, as usual in credit store. All School Snflfllios, MRS. FRED LEWIS’. Americas, Os., Anj. 31, US*. If A Word as Regards the Penny ! To ill those who scent at the idea of introducing the Penny in Americus, we say that we stand ready to redeem In goods or llr cash any amount from 5c upwards. Bring them along and get their full value at THE Oil SPOT CASH STORE II AIMS FIRST DOOR SOUTH OF J. W. WHEATLEY & CO.’S BANK. Very truly, SCHUMPERT & RONEY. .imszicu*, a., January 11 1884. rwHIBlffiS:isV-*S5S BATH. fl M*4al a«i4 (XplWM, N A (j mi/ScZET*'L J. KNOWLTON, Am Art*. I Wsid t arisen poasds. Adjss'shh. FOR PHYSICIANS AND FAMILIES Neatest, Cheapest, Beal. “Cleanliness is next to Godliness." ortlT-|y DURHAM'S IMPROVED NTMWBD 11IIIKE! 1* the best censtructrd and Dn- hbri, gives better pntMtagr* pawet, sad VNMler laaa