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A* 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.