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WAIVING THE WEED. | aquatic huxtimq ground
» jjye Dswribe* Si. Struggle witb
the Filthy Habit
Record of M>« tcodlnj
g Tf nl. Incident to the Terri-
bio conte.l-Fnr Four
Dll* Onlj.
[iitl Nye 1
I Imre an to renounced the pernicious
inrr.hfc to'aeci heuit. M. st eveiy
, I unit smoking ami load a different
ffnr i-'veral vc. -'Ks. and it Is a pleasure
II would not forego. The toy of bust-
'. long-established habit und ns ort.ng
wnly independence of it, e.en for three
tS^co? ( Ttlit'hy'’weed- t >. at it it Is a
.honour and venomous plant this week,
tfi.l be 90 till further uotice. I remem*
Vc r V we.I tbe •trutfil# t hod to break
winter. Tbe doctor suid 1 never
liav* liesU enough on my bones to
gj imp if 1 didn’t stop the use of In » * oca *
, si 1 stopped. For weeks I was | venfy n.i
’n about whether I would ^mr.hr.
Bzc-Gatbertnz In tlio Dull* or tlia
To base* River.
• [Felix I* O wold.]
The tortuga real, or “true turtle," lo o
marine tortoise, but visits tiie co ist rivers
twice a > ear to deposit an installment of
the oily eggs widen in Spanish America
furnish a substitute for both butter and
olive oil. The to. loisc buries her eggs
wmjy in night time. In moonlight
night*, or in tho lirst gleam of the
niotu.ng tw.ligjt, sue crawls up a
sandy beah. selects a suitable spot,
and after looking silently in every di
rection begiu to exea.ate u nes;-hollow,
and in less than half an hour tills it with
forty or fifty yedowisu eggs, sum what
larger than tho a? of a pigeon and inclosed
in u leatiiery tegument instead of a cal
careous egg-she.I. Ait. rcove.iug the spot
and smoo.ui.jg away uD '.race* of ner vNit.
the tortoiso mu run to he river an J per-
urns the t uncut to cam her lack to her
submarine | ns:uris. /.ut the egg-lmuter
IrtLetrales a l her piecaudo is. Long prac
ticeeunbl s him to sele.t the most prom.s-
ing loca.iiics mid a loag-probiug-sticK to
“infy u.s con_eeiu.es.
Lgg-huutiug pays, and in successful sea
sons the tonugeros o*ten employ their
surplus time iu wae. fowl shooting.
Thousands might join iu taut sport with
out etfectiUg a visible decrease in tbe
Sill Xyo On Book PfablUhiusa
“Amateur” writes m • tint ue is aomfc to
publish a book, an l asks m > if I will be kind
enough to *u ;gest toms good, reliable pub
lisher .or him.
This would sUTgast that “Amateur” wishes
to con er his book on sotno deserving pub
lisher wi.ha view to Inii-dto? him up and
pc uring a go den stream of wealth into his
coffers. ‘'Amateur” already, in his mini’s
eyo, r os tbe eager millions of render* knock
ing each other down ami trampling upon
one nm-ther in th«j mad rusk lor bis book.
In my mind, I see his ove. lighted up with
hop*, and, though he liv<*s in New Jersev, )
fancy i can bear his quickened breath us uis
bosom heaves.
f»OUH SH C R5
Jfpict
1 can atUf remember how it w.nt
hu-tliDi? through the air, and how I we .t
hustling through the air, the following
mik. on my hands and knees Jiu.A.ug
^It was about those days that I rashly
resolved to keep a diarv. It hard y shows
the marks of use, but I will sell it at a
reasonable price to any one desiring an
OK-running diary, witb a place in it to
Hi,* the pt nc.’l when not in use. I quote
ifew entries from the same:
a,. 1,1834.—Have resolved to quit tho
of tn!»ac. o und keep a diary showing
; t 1 did each sue eed.ng day, s.* that
j.e generations may kuow the inner
ife of a great man. I also desire t.» keep
rict record here of my various private
^ n*es so that 1 may ^now from mouth
.non.li where my money has gone.
Jan. 2.—How gloomy everything looks
o-day. Made *0101111 New Venn* cull*
■esterdav. i am to d. In on ungnrdcd
momint* per haps. I d-d; but it was unin-
enti. nal. I did not suio. e, however, ves
terday. I feel much better without to-
0 in any form; Think 1 am gain »g
...j. I d<> not notice it so much iu my
ody, but my head and feet are certainly
aucii larger than they were yesterday,
flow mueu more happy and light hearted
we are when out from under t ic thraldom
old vice that has clung to u* for
ears-like a vice, us it wer.*. <
d 50 cents for a r oun( l -of marshmnl-
vs to gladden the children’s hearts and,
while in a «?d-brown s udy on tbe way
me. a e them nil. Wlnn’I quit the use
tobacco 1 notice that I warn to c..t cv-
rything I see. v ume very near eating the
class at
ipuuuce my pipe or not. It was a
ace to me when I was lonely. It gave me
I, li p casure, aad seemed lo me, after a
mivanJ tcinpestuou, career as post- ,
u* to Ik* a very mild sort of vice. Hut , amount of tucli gaiu.'. All ul.ras the
«.ni«l to net fai, so 0.10 day wlicu J «aore»oftUeprluti,.al watercourses Itoroui.
over at Uo t^ack camp I turew my flsll-liaw.s an.l gruyas (it sort of sma 1
over into the woods as fur as tlie cranes), have tueir nest cob u.es, and near
• ’ - 1 *• the ueud-waters of iur..iy tributary bayous
in tue heart of the jungle forest there are
lagoous waere water uml* proper have
their almost inaccessible haunts, safe
from the a tacks o. all but their winged
i enemies. Tue itut sail boats of the Msal
fishermen might ascend the bayou, but in
the b.ts.u of tue lagoons a thick tangle of
water plants reaches anuost from
shore to shore, forming a most effective
ob tucle to a ir.a.L* locomotion, since
swimmers could neither force it uor dive
und r it, though a very light canoe might
mum. go to mu the bloenaue.
Tue oird-swarms of the Tabasco arc not
easily scared. Tuey have the courage of
mass meetings, and disperse only nf.er un
mistakable intimation* of danger, like mi
gratory pigeo..s a~d noc<ts of biac..birds,
tn.it seem to apprec ate the decreasing
raito of i..dividum r.sx waere death has to
aim his de- t* amoug a lug.on. At tue re
port of a gun-shot, however, they r.se in
lu-aven darneoi igcloods, tilling too air
wi.h a Babel Ci.o. us of bird-encs. among
whicu even a native would tiiid it Ui.ucuil
to d.s.ingui'h a fain liar videe,
OtOt-u.Miia Vegetable*.
lCou:;trie*«f tLo World.]
In Greenland attempts have been made
to raise some of tue common p ants of
luropeali gaidtu*. At the 1 anish station
of Goutbauu (latitude t>4 uegrceo, close to
the opm tea, turnips, rod.sues, lettuce and
C aisLy ate almost tbe only plauts that can
e cu.tivated with any success. The tur
nip, indeed, lequires a favorable summer
to produce aiiytliing line tolerable speci-
me. s. 'i be cabbage a are scarcely wortliy
of the m me; but at two inland tUtlous up
the fjord, about tii.rty mbs i ortii of
Godthaab. the cl.ma o ‘is strikingly diTer-
cut. Here, Ur. idnk informs us, turnips
always come 10 pcr.ict.on, carrots prosper
well ami attain a tu»r si/.e und caobages,
though u .able to develop thick slaiks, yet
pr. duce to erably largo leaves, whi.-h tue
provident buucs stow away for winter
lay.
the fcabbaih-schojl yester-
3—1 nin getting a little hit irrita’du
notit e. at.d several of my friends have
tilt'd my attention to it. A policeman
ast evenmgnrst wntlouetl it to me d. wn
. Gum we can fix it up for *o or
I slmll have to gt t an_wco.it and.
*rbnps a new uose. I ta mot tell yet us
o the lose. \>1ku the swelling goes
town. «o I can see over (t hater, i slmii
better able to judge. At present it slims
the landscape a good deal un.l gives
a sinister expression.
Jan. 4.—\\ cut out walking in the woods
To confer hisbook on some deserting pub
lisher.
Evidently ho has nover published a book.
Thore is a good deal of fun ahead of him
that be d.>e* not wot of. I usa.i to think
that when I got tlio last page of my book
ready for pres*,’ the front ynr.l would bo full
of publishers tramping down tho velvet
lawn anl the meek-eyed ponsi*s in their
crazy efforts to get iio.d of tho manuscript,
lut when I ha l written tho last word of iny
first volumo of soul-throb, and had op-no i
tbe basement to look out on the howling,
hungry mob of publishers, with check-books
in one hand and a pillow-case full of scads
in the other, 1 was a lit.le puzzed to notioe
the abrupt and pronouncod muiim*r in which
thi y wore not there.
COMPARE THE OLD PRICES WITH THE NEff
-AT-
Schumpert & Roney’s,
THE OflXTLY
Attempts have been made to cultivate ■
potatoc*. but the tub.r* never utiaiu a
size larger thaa marble*, and are ou.y ;
grown uud eaten ns curiosities. I n ter !
the most favorable c rcumstun cs. gtec.i
pe..s only produce shells hi wli.th the pea*
arc Lardy re. ognLnblc. 'ibis i»
wi.hlu tho Arctic circle, or a ;
least on its immediate borders. In south
Greenland— the Site of the old Norse i.en’s ;
8_ tt.e iients—horucuaure is pmot iced un
der more favorab.e c rcamstanccs. At
—m.v. i mi uui ftunn * uifuuut, some of the posts, in about the sa ne lati
home thinking it miglit bo convenient tude as Uirist.mm, good carrots liavc been
' ionic one who had no pipe. I produced, und in n torc.ng frame, straw
berries have grown well au>l yielded fruit
for several \ears, but they afierwaid died,
owing proLaldv to t.ie severity of the cli
mate. At dudaudianh turnip* of.cn at
tain a weight of more than half a pound,
uud are ht for table in tiie middle of duly,
ltudishes ure tit to be eateu iu the inidd.c
of ouu^. Khub.irb grows preity vigor
ously, aud ra i lie" raised f.o;n seeils.
pe along in the 1 liter part of the.
3. 1 did not want the pipe, and yet,
lun I found it, alter searching three or
>ur hours, I leit a secret thrill of
Icasure. 1 do not know why. I brought
mil who might still be a slave
the abominable habit I have in
. mind a p.rty who might thus 1>c
bnefitted. lie is a young man of great
promise, i nd tu n.; kn rV lnm but to 1 vj
him. none mime idiu but to praise. I will
u \ e the pi|K> for him. lie will Ik? p’cased
aud grutiiied. He is my wife's first bus-
"hen I started out I announced in this Green cab.mge attain* a good size, but
volume that 1 would qu.t the use of to- never tin? normal taste und p ingeu y of
beco nnd keep a diary. I shall continue I U.c vegetable. At da- »•shaven, in Utl de-
tj do so, making, however, a slight; grees l.i minutes, our £*oJ friend Dr. Fluff
k ii?* ^ ,e nrfangement, by whicli
walj keep the tobacco and uu.t the use
used to raise a few radishes, and, the lo-
. _. r —.... xir , <lltl x w . w ... calitv being sheltered, the tiny patch of
lU diary, Th's diary is now for sale, earth on the rocks, which In that remote
c '■ * • • • - — *'iu**ed for a garden, produced
utmost us luxuriant us Uodtbaab
c 77 -'’ **»• umry is uo.v mr kiiu. .
jni. t°hiueo taken in exchange. No place passed
additional charge for the four days’ labor -crops” utmoi
tlready done on the work.
in the south.
*«me blag far Inventor*,
[The Current]
In observing the unsightly appeamrcc
of tue apparatus which makes the eiectnn
J'gut, eipecially where a dozen bum s are
Jung iu from of u budding, one would
:. ‘b* the day did not exist, nnd tint
“'tt'it alone had occupied tho atten.uui of
inviator*. A structure which t.owa- ! wjuaru while the
“) s looi» particularly t]ne it] tac evening 1 lor their scene to
>"£*<»» lorry display in the dayjig.it. ’ ‘
m o l . n ,^ mci as mu v people nre looking
in ti A 'ja.iging arra gement tit to pla« o
„ii, , of a hal.-mill on-dohar facade ha*
801 yet hem invented.
The Growth or Lnudou,
[C.iieago Nows.]
The London Spectator U alarmed by the
ravnurnf.iut growta of the br.tis.i me*io;>-
is ue.-omlag a que*ti n, ’ savs
ia a recent issue, wlietncr the
Pjvp'is.erom grow] i or the capital dm*
t mvoive a grave social danger. Even
, ou gh tiie pace has bean 0 lilt'd
iUdf ’ 1 '° n, nn ad(t * a m w L rigblon to
Children’ll singe Life,
[New York Letter.]
“Do little children enjoy stage life? was
uked a New \ orker manager recently.
“It is one of the provisos in every con
tract nude that the children shall be
treated kindly and tenderly nnd not over
worked. It would do your heart good to
see the children’s room iu tiie Madison
square while tiie youngsters arc waiting
lor their scene to come o:i. It is a gen
uine pli»y-Uoq*e. The lit to tots, u:tim)
ii tiieir stage dresses, ure thore with their
mothers romping, piayingnnd laughing us
thoimli there were no such thing a* a ca 1-
boy to summon them to the itage. but
ttticr? All. my dear fellow, there’s the
rub. After? \\ ell, they toddle h me,
tired out nnd sleepy, nnd lie abed until it)
or 11 o'clock the next morning. Not the
r.nturnl, healthy life a child should ha I,
th/ But they ‘do i't seem to sicken under
it, and so 1 suppose it is all right. ”
Opened the. easement to look out on the
howling mob of publishers.
All of us have to struggle before w*» r**t
catch tho eve of tha spe ik *r. Milton di In':
get ono-fil tioth as much for “Piracllss Las.”
as I got for my first Look, md yet you will
find peoplo to-.lay who claim that if M.hon
had lived he cruld have knocked t e sock*
off of mi with ono Imn l tiol liehinl him.
Recollect, however, that I am not here to
open a discusdon on this matter. Evary
one is en itle.l to his own opinion in relation
to authors. Peoplo cannot agreu on thi re
in: ivo m Tits of literature. Now, lor in
stance, Inst summer I mot n man over in
Booth Pork, Col., who could r ij>eat page
al ter pa re of Shakespeare, an I yet, when I
esko.l him if hj was ramdiar with tho points
oi tin ‘’Swoat Singtir of Michignn.” be
.‘.uriiol u on me a look of stoli l vacancy,
»,nd admitted that bo had never heard of
her in his li.e.
IJST AMERICTJS.
Old price $2.1.*.
*• 1.90.
“ ...' 1.80.
1.6.*.
i the Stage,
Jamalci’a Perr**et Climate.
[Chirngo H?:alL]
Tho climate of Jamaica is said to be the
.. .. . .... , mint iKirf.ct In tUu wn.'M. Aoj>rrt|ni{ tu
Outkllng from jS.ltb) t miisiics tlio »ver«go um oramre u:i t'.io
,bon ! coa-t frara June lo Aovemlicr la DO ilo-
lEf. 1 “JWIHI will bo ooncontretea ia I env . aU iI lroin .November to June 7.1 do.
flatrie' . r.w ^n.^. j# U(1 ut , 4 i0 po fret .hove
Wt prnmisi d in issue of the Recorder of January 2d, to {rive you some prices so soon as
ive arointed and marked down our goods. We are now prepnred nnd ready to give you more
goods for less money than any house that sell goods on thiriy days time.
Con emplute a few quotations and note the difference in SPOT CASH prices and thirty
days credit:
Flour. Flour.
In this article we stand head nnd shoulders above everybody, having ransacked the big
markets of'the West and Northwest in search of the best, and paid the CASH DQNVN. We
will sell yon First Patent, (entire Roller system)
For 50 pounds, $1.75.
2d Pat., for 50 pounds, 1.65.
Fancy, lor 50 pounds 1.50.
Choice Family 50 pounds 1.35.
We guarantee all these Hours ns represented, and if not satisfactory you can returv them
and we will cheerfully refund the money.
In future we will keep on hand the best grades of GRAHAM FLOUR—cheap.
Sugars. Sugars.
Will sell you 10 pounds Cranulnted Sugar for .. $1.00.
“ 11 pnun is New Orleans Clarified for 1.00.
“ 1 Ifl pounds New Orleans (Beilewood) Clarified, for. 1.00.
“ 13 pounds New York Sugar, lor 1.00.
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.
Coffee. Coffee.
In this nrticle nlone(by buying from us) we can save you money enough in one year »o buy
nil the “Santa Clnus” you want lor the little ones. We deal 6J pounds Choice Rio Coffee for $1
Thurber’s No. 41, (Rousted) n combination of Java, Rio, and Mocha, for 23c per pound.
Salt. Salt.
Liverpool, full weight, for $ 1.20 per sack. Fine Salt, seamless l ags, 150’pounds,J$l .05 per sat k
r.u,«, Warn i„ u„ world.
Ti, . ^n.io i T.Ir'gr,!)!].]
fi, . "•w* 1 # the world run off
k*. i 10 : 0 " "’•*<' d. whctlijr the wi. .I
‘f lst ** "N-ol. they have e liolldny
IwlituUtofs or 10 diwreii
without tho in
nJhS" 10 '*'’"**»• lan >t Any mart
»le rrainT?,' IS ii’ ^ ' fore “ •iron- water y
hue tlle worn will kp w etc ip igut.
“f the h-oh w,licit follow Uis ship.
01 in ** an * ,,re ’• Oinrr,
MW 0 , 1 * 1 '* lUat “nee. upon a
E;,X .Wbucliaz, W. \i. to
1‘ff While the
lnm. l-hjr payed tire ilddlo for
(he year rou ci. Tho*' mercury U never
known to go higher tliau U> degr'*es. an.l
that vi rv rarely, njr below CU degree*,
bitua c?d la the traex of tiie trade wiud* a
nnst hialtlifui b.t?eze bl.*wjo,erthei*land
tioirly evc^y day in the year, an.l at night
nd. g -n.io breeze comes down from Uc
Pin)* lo Pit the Actors.
[Mirror of American Sport-.]
rjay-wrliing is now like tailirring. The
ord.r is, *1 am a comet >in; take my mea
sure for a play;” and wnen it is cone the
purc..a cr wants a lit.le padding here, aud
a piece cut cut there, until so small a por
tion remain* of the original t-At the
author can scarcely recognize it.
An Bxcrpilnu,
, L There is nothing Impossible to the de*
Traye’er: Poverty end riches termined spirt^-ays a | hllotophir tvl.
Tk V w *W** u >n«
i ruufup whiud hltilwutdar to (ttlbsM . «£ nWKd<*(atklh*M*
1 elUwuU»l*tomteiUptdi4iii. 1 ■
We are slaughtering at the very low price of $1.00 per cwt. to make room fer a car load oi
SEED POTATOES.
Whiskies. V/hiskies.
■i». S^XU'iiSS In this line we ore full to overflowing, and to unload we have reduced the price on all grades
Lrekei,* heaver h.t«, who pioy, popular from 25e to $1.00 tier gallon. Think ol it! Cox, Hill & Thompson’s genuine Stone Mountain
tretire’brokerl bioe’i,?*-'i! ; ™n t umeic™ Com Wltisky for $2.20 per gallon, usuully sold at $2.50,
Now gtrccL Ho was dragged into tho Ex- A
change and told to play in peril of bis li.e. ^ h I
Ho Legan, and for fifteen minutes bedlam B^k BAB MM
was set loose. Broker.* forgot about Un* Cea- J. Q HH.ffnn H.Tl fl L^il ^
trai’s new i«sue of boneb* end began to nin; HI KrlMwwV VVlIBM Mr wVM Mfi
"Climbin’ de Golden Slair” and "When w
Thi* was followed by mi M<b jig. Four We can undersell anybody—we offer “Lucy Hinton” «' 57c per pound, and all other grades
bun IreU I rek,™ Uuneeilu reekJur.n” Iu nrnnnrfmnnfi.lv
Lroad Uajilj-ut, .mid the clteklng of the proportionately. ^
!b k «^X‘otdol*Jl.Turwton%toi’!.n<?.'t | We regret that we liave rot apnee siifllcicnt to give full »ml complete quotations -a all of otir groU, l ut
world li .utouing tbrir tr.iuaotiutu with you will ln-ar frutn us oces,ion«ll('. Ri-meinlier tliut by L-—Ing your amnls from us and paying SPOT CAfU
Lreaihlm intenat. chairman Healriqre, ,. ou j u 0o (, .,sy from 25 to 60 per cent, lor bad debts, as usual in credit alore.
wrapped for order in va*n. He distributed j *
reLusts and $1U fin** wi b tmaparing hani,
but all to no purpose. The bjys were bourn*
to have some sport, and they had it.
The colored boy at the en l of twenty min
utes founi b.nvielf ou si.ie the exci.ang*,
with his pocket* filled with silver to the
amount of $45, aul hi went on b>« way r*>
jo icing.
VTlijr She Had no Pnq,
[San FrapciiOn [Nut]
Tho rrvttkst girl at a Bnuc* Iito picnic the
other d ty wa* observed to Set in a most in-
exp U-nbi j manner. Kho ]*rcmptor.ly re-
fM«-d to dance, swing or climb tbe rocks
after rertu. Lit* r in the day she was round
l.y another girl weeping bitterly under a
bust.
"What oa rorth’s the nutter, Gusshf
"Why, you sm, Sophy," sobUI the
«rrep n r. "I can’t have a good tlm *, liar en j >y
my «lf a bl:. I star.ed off hi anch a burry
ihui morning that X forgot t> pat
A Word as Regards the Penny !
To nil llifne who scent at the idea of introducing llic Penny in Americas, we say tbal we stand ready
to re leern in go<n’u or lli? cash any amount from 5c upwards. Uring them along and gel tbeir full vali e at
TOE ONLY SPOT CASH STORE II AMICUS!
FIRST DOOR SOUTH OF J. W. WHEATLEYJt CO.’S BANK.
Very truly,
SCHUMPERT & RONEY.
Aaukus, Go., January 11, 1884.