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exry BERGH’S story
lM „t the society forth. Prevention
* of Cruelty to Animal*
. . lhe onE»uUmilon W.. flr.t Kui-
«l«a to It. mature Prnldent
lor oppoollloit to
VIVlMCflOD.
[Philadelphia Praa.1
, the lirst place" raid Mr. Bergli
'rathersadly." dont suppose 1
tt-oiiltl have undertakeu this work
liL. tate had curacd me with a very sen-
E^natnre, easily movcii at the speciaclo
j Irueltv or injustice. It was at ht.
iBtsburir "here more thnn than twenty
„ I held the position of secretary
1,Klimt, that the idea of a society for
Ktectionofthe brute creature first
' rr „| to me. In St. Petersburg the
„ of the drosky, as the Russian
coaches are called, frequently ill-
ietr horses in themost tdiameful man-
In uo other city are the coachmen
, (ootmen of the diplomatic corps so
Ceously attired. I used to take pleasure
Orbing out in.the carriage of our mints-
Cr c»«ius M. ('lav, and instructing the
f . 10 take to side streets. Whenever I
» a drosky driver abusing his horse 1
0 „r coachman rate him soundly, and
' molding and the sight of so much
ill laic often brought the man to his
in abject apology for his mlsron-
1 knew the Russian government
,uld not object to what I did. Encour-
.[t mv success, I made up my mind
when* 1 came home I would prosecute
' . tt ho persecuted poor dumb brutes,
,i would try to compel justice to the
‘ Rtr animals, from whom mau derives
rvtbinls of the benefits he enjoys. ”
H«t is that really so, Mr. Bergh?”
*(s it not? I.et a man look at his boots,
clothes. Where did the wool, the
tiher. or even the horn buttons ami
v shirt-stud* come from- is there
civilization where the • > not?
-Hut to continue. Whe . « .ii.atly came
I began the wo k L have undertaken
1 at oti.e wro.e ton number oi
eminent citizen^ of New York. The
iticeonly contained three lines:
-The undersigned hereby consent to
a i,l in the formation of a society
Laving for its purpose the preven
tion «F cruelty to animals.”
•Then I went to a number of leading
[kens and appealed to them personally
sign the paper. One hundred of the
.a men in New York signed it. That
lit if still in my possession. It is a specie*
,f declaration of independence for those
»bo believe as I do, and I firmly believe
that the day will come when it will be
heitl in almost ns much veneration as tht
jim-uorn and honorable document st
tan fully preserved in your state house.
"Alter these gentlemen had signed tht
ijht the next thing was to hold a meet
ic, which twenty-five of them attended
n, if my recollection serves me, a very
tormy night. I called Governor IIofTman,
f New \ ork, to the clmir and then laic
ji* subject before them. It resulted it
setr appointing me president of the in
titution. I wrote out a constitution ant
set of laws, which I took to the stub
ezislature. and, with the aid of my very
»r friend, the late Secretory Folgcr, got
wed.
‘This was in 1805, hut the society wn>
lot thoroughly organized until 1800. A
mmlx-r of ainusiug stories might bo toll,
lout ray earlier efforts on behalf o!
aimak The public showed so mud
p.ithy and inditierenco that I thought it 1
cod plan to do something to stir them u(
ml set them to thinking.
"Having heard thut a vessel with a nnm
or of turtles on board had arrived at New
ork from the south, and that the turtle.'
ere tying on their bucks deprived o:
ourfcluncnt, I took several policemen tin
•tate places at my disposal and went 01
hmni the vessel to arrest everybody 01
her, captain uud all. I marched the party
up to the Tombs pollco court, amid llu
>hmits and howls of fishmongers- niu
nmglw. On arriving at the court the c.-vsi
ww culled at once. When I opened tin
aw I saw at once that the sympathies o.
,l "' court and the crowd in it were agnins
The counsel for the cuptain am
v said: ‘If your honor please, we ad
that there are laws for the protectioi
>f animals, hut I claim, sir, that the turtli
knot unanimal ut all.'
As you can imagine, the # crowd lielc
their sides for laughing, and * 1 reinaincc
the only mau who looked uud felt uncom
iortahh- in court. ‘May it please yout!
honor,’ I replied, ‘I have acquired nt schoo
•he information that there were hut thrci
Kingdoms In nature—the unimal, mineral
and vegetable kingdoms. Now a turtle h
freely a mineral, and who will dare t<
tral 1dm a vegetable? If not a vegetabh
nor a mineral, what is lie?” Some of tin
trowd laughed on my side this time, bu
me cam. went against me for all that
1 happened about sixteen years ago.
1 i * 0st |Hy case, 1ml awakened in teres'
he public. On the following clay Tin
aerald gave me u whole page, represent
a convention of all the animals it
60,1 with myself as clmtrtnnu
'UpiKHc ;l million of i>eople read it.
the society gradually made its wjy
lotoiiuhlie confidence, and is now reeog
“ as indispensable. It is entirely self
Gaining, and, though its annual ex
I*?** umo, i»t to if20,000, it owes nobody
“Qilar, and I have in my possession witu
'lueathiug half a million of dollars ti
tfcjcletv. From nothing it has become
^ood, and has spread itsel
Imi *“[ rt y-®lgl»t states and territories
mg the same law* for the protectioi
WttK l, ‘“ lni ’ alw of having eu
in Now York , .gblccn year. ago."
00 you oppose vivisection?"
Ji course—all the talk about its heinj
•cttss&ry is nonsense. I.qok at that clock
‘• out the works and breuk a cog of
»am Hhtr ’ The clock stops. In th
Way an animal, tied down to a tabb
WSirated on With a knife, is in an ab
^.condition ami does pot am*we
AN EXPENSIVE CITY.
fbat Is What Foreigners Think of
New York.
[Cor. London Times.]
Kew York La. become tiio most ex-
penslre city in the world—except, per
haps, 8t. Petersburg, of which I know
nothiug. A modest house fora small
family in a respectable locality
can not l>e had for less than
401) to (UK) pounds sterling. In
the enormous .‘‘Hat” houses, which are
rapidly going up all over the upper part
of the city, ad apartment of seven or eight
rooms, in no wise luxurious, costs 200 to
400 pounds sterling, and in less eligible
localities and most moderate in pretension
and accommodation, rarely less than 100
pounds sterling. At a well-known com
mercial restaurant I lunched off the
joiut the day before yesterday, and
with a pint of cider anda cupof detestable
black coffee, my lunch cost me Us.,
and was in no wise equal to the half-crown
lunbh of a London restaurant. The beef
that is sent from here to England and sold
at fld. to lOd. a pound costs us here in New
A ork twice that, the fillet 4s. per jxmnd,
and everything in proportion. A style of
living which in London costs i,uoo pounds
sterliug a year here will cost 2,000 pounds
sterling. The large profits are met by pro
portiouate exposes. A man grows reck
less of the dollars.
At the hotels you not only pay enormous
bills, but the greed of theatteuduuis makes
It impossible to get decent service without
continually tipping them, and not in the
imxtest way one does in England. There
is no charge made for service, but if you
want your lunch served quickly and well,
y ou must fee the waiter when you give
the order. He marks every habitue who
tips him or who does not, and the tips uro
on the American scale — anything
less thau a "quarter” (a shill
ing) is contemptible, and the
true American will never conseut to be
contemptible even in the eyes of a waiter.
He will at all costs avoid the reputation
of meanness and has little inclination to
distinguish Iwtwecu meanness and econ
omy, and bciug always in a hurry to get
back to business says that he loses more
than a shilling by the delay which the
waiter imposes on him. At the hotel tho
guest who does not fee iu advance soon
finds the zeal of the waiters fall off. I
stopped three days at a fashionable hotel
recently, and found that the second day
my energetic waiter of the first found oc
cupation at another table, and that of the
second day failed on the third, on which
day I was attended by a decrepit old fel
low, whom on leaving I tipped for his
self-sacrificing spirit, us he must have
known I did not fee the others. You pay
a bootblack u dime (5d.), and so on to the
end of the list.
And we have no suburbs to cheapen life
iu. The Hudson river blocks us on on«<
side with its uncertain winter navigation:
and Brooklyn, across the East river, is aa
dear as New York. I was offered a fur
nislied fiat of seven moderate rooms there
for 25 pounds sterling a month. And
everybody is so intent on his own getting
on thu. lie docs not stop to think thut this
system of enormous profits for everybody’
cuts up all his surplus gains; und a man
who gets 500 pounds sterling a y’ear here
is no more comfortable thnn a London
clerk at 250 pounds sterling. There is the
chance of a great hit, and he believes iu
his luck. Aud the devotion to business is
certainly phenomenal. If it is wise and
healthful the future will toll better than
to-clav.
Sugar as nn Antiseptic Dressing.
[Medical Journal.]
Trials of u satisfactory character have
been made recently with sugar as a pul-
veriform antiseptic, used with equal parts
of naphthaline or with a fifth part of iodo
form, inclosing it iu gauze bags, which
arc fixed over the wound after the applica
tion of sutures. When the skin is defect
ive the sugar is strewed over the wounded
surface, and the wound is disinfected
during the operation by means of a 1 per
cent, sublimate solutiou. The dressing
may' remain on the part from a week to a
fortnight, until the sugar becomes dis
solved, the secretions from the wound dif
fusing themselves equally throughout the
sugar; if, however, the sugar is applied
too thickly it forms into lumps. The
wouuds thrive under the sugar, the dress
lug emitting no bad odor nor exhibiting
bacteria; the granulations are well de
veloped, having no inclination to bleed,
and cicatrization proceeds rapidly. In
wounds united by suture primary union
hus always been obtained by r this treat
ment.
lie meant Uunluona.
[Minneapolis bazoo. 1
During Sherman's famous march to the
st a the boys in blue sometimes resorted to
strategic measures to fill the mess pot
One day a burly soldier attached a strong
linen thread to his bayonet. At the other
end was a small fish hook seductively
baited. Passing nn Irishwoman’s cabin,
he dropped his hook among a fiock of
geese and caugli* a hjg gander. As he
started off on thodoublo-qufck, the woman
noticed her pet gander rapidly foiiowiug
the retreating soldier, und, not suspecting
the cause, came promptly to the rescue
with, "Arrah, now, me durlint, dou’t run’
Shure, the gawnder won’t hurt yez, me
honey!” “I know he will! The durnrd
thing means business!” replied tho de
fender of the flag, us he disappeared over
a hill with the squawking gander iu hot
pursuit.
Tbs Concilium! Cru
[Puck.]
Coachman (to millionaire)—"Well, th*
situation don’t suit; the ladies ore not quite
my style. ’*
He Forgot the IVIaln Feature.
[Arkansaw Traveller.]
The other day while Major Dodridge was
sitting iu bis dooryanUhe gate opened nnd
a strange looking mau hastily approached.
“Is tins Major Dodridge)”
“Yes, sir,*’
“Of the Eighth Arkansaw during the
“Yes,” beginning fro look with interest at
the stranger.
“Don’t you remember me, Major)”
“N'o, I can’t place you.”
“Take n look at me,” shoving back his bat.
“Don’t remember that I ever saw you be
fore. ”
“1 am Hnnk Pnrsons!'' exclaimed thema
bracing himself as though lie expected th.
major to rush into hi* arms.
“Don’t recall the name,” said the major.
“Is it possible) I did not think you would
ever forget me. I’ll refresh your memory.
At Shiloh, while the battle was raging in
murderous fury. 1 found you lying on th*
field shot through both legs. I took you
on my back and curried you to a spring it
the shade. Now, don’t you remem ta*rl”
“Let me see,” mused the major. ‘*1
member having!been wouiidod; but I c
recall the fact, if it* be a fact, of any
taking me to a spring.”
“This is, indeed, strange," said the disap
pointed man. “I looked forward to meet
mg you with sqch anticipations of a warm
greeting. Well, well; tho world has, in
deed, reached its ungrateful age. The oc
currence is as fresh to my mind as though it
had taken place yesterday. I gave you n
drink of whisky and—”
"What!” exclaimed the major, springing
to his feet. “Gave me a drink of whisky
Oh, yes, I remember now,” seizing tho man’i
hand. "Oh, I’ll never forget that drink!
The whisky was so new that corn meal was
floating round in it, but we enjoyed it. Re
member you! Why, 1 should cavort. Why
didn’t you guard against possible embar
rassments by mentioning some of the main
features of tho occurrence?”
A Uurhelor, and Inexperienced.
[Philadelphia Call.]
GO TO • •
CALVIN CARTER & SON
ro* soots <axvs nuaoaue.
Public Square, . . Americas, Go,
BEST GOODS
FOR
LEAST HONEY!
/ . y
Chatty Old Bacholor: "There’s a most re
markable likeness between those two chil
dren, nurse.”
Nurse: "Yes, sir. Twins, sir!”
Old Bachelor: "What, both of’em!”
“’Ik hour
only wish to see the remaining state
.Armories come into our humane con
. and I shall feci that my life 1m
*'**»lived in vain."
Counteracts Morphia.
b [Exchange.]
-*nt experiments on dogs have showi
«. hypodermic injection of solution o
Cli e active Principle of tea, ulmos
KiS* 9° u “ lcra(> ts the effect of morphia
*iioi nf !\? V u g bccn revived after th
up,^ had ceased to be pci
h >adlar properties are possess
^‘4re^tLf' l ^ clple ut
111 d«2u 2 the PoNceoien report at ono
lad the h learn of a casualty
upo a ‘fdepartment not only relie
the pom? w 011111 * of ,uc h matters frm
put employs succiallv tramn i wiuun me structure mere wui u« . Uviwr T
“"•ton Policemen.
Why He Bought the Bonds.
[Wall Street News.)
He had just completed negotiations
with a Richmond broker for $1,000 worth
of Nickel-Plate stock, when he met ^
friend who exclaimed:
“Great Scop! hut arc yot losing your
pegd?”
"Why?”
"To buy such stocks. Didn’t you know
they were dov*n to 6[?”
"Yes; that’s what I paid. ”
“And you took’em as an Investment?”
"Wall, sorter. Down iu our locality u
man who holds bonds edn run the church,
boss the prayer meetings, dictate the
Fourth of July, make all the s[)eeches,
and predict the weather the year around,
and the bonds are accepted for poker chips
at their face value. "
A Discovery in Slatiatlea.
[Chicago Heraid.l
Brodstrect's lias made the discovery that
iu gathering crop statistics 8 per cent,
be added to the estimates of observers in
order to make good the tendency of the
human mind to occupy the safe gTound of
unde? rather than over statement. r J his
rule may perhaps do for corn and cotton,
Vut not fuF political estimates.
A Big Building.
[Chicago Herald.]
Some New York capitalists pro|K>se to
invest $2,000,000 in a building which will
include a theatre, concert rooms, restaur
ants, music halls* dancing pavilions and
within the structure there will be every
Advice Croni an Adopted Uncle.
[Puck.]
Anastasia Euphrosyno Jane, joy of my
heart, daughter of my soul, I have somewhat
to sny to you. Your rosy ear is resting on
your rosy palm. Lift it, and hear tin,
words of wisdom which your uncle will
pour forth.
Yon have come back from tho seashore;
from threolong months of riding and rowing
and swimming and lawn tennis. You bare
liml what you love to call a good time, ami
you aro naturally sorry that it is
there is a deeper sadness in your breast than
natural sorrow will account for.
It is that athletic young fellow in hLs
junior year at Harvard, who won tho tennis
fiminpionship with you, down at the sea
shore. He is what’s the matter. You are
perfectly certain that he is back at Harvard,
forgetting you. And you are probably
quite right. And you can’t forget him.
New Store
AND
New Goods.
B. T. BYRD,
INSURANCE AGENT,
OFFICE IN COMMERCIAL HOTEL BLOCK,
Forsyth. Street, - - - ■ Americas, G*
AGENT FOR THE LEADING
IN THE COUNTRY, GIVING YOU THE BEST INSURANCE AT
THE LOWEST HATES.
3 AG-BNT FOR TH3B
GULLET and LUMMES COTTON GINS,
Tlio £3o.t;0-lxl. axadoit
CALL AND SEE ME, WHEN IN WANT OF INSURANCE OR GINS.
scptl8m3 H, UC 1 . '
3STBW ADVERTISEMENT.
must go through all tho winter’s
revelry with that dull pain at your heart.
i)li, no, I don’t at all deny that you aro in
love, and I uni willing to admit that he
plays tennis very woll, und is a fair sort of a
fellow, altogether. And I don’t deny that
you have got a dull pain at your heart, and
that, by judicious "missing,” you can make
that dull pain last through tho winter. But
don’t do it, Aun«taHia K iphrosyuo Jane. It
won’t pay. A dull pain at the heart inevit-
ahly brings on dyspepsia.
And then, bless your soul, what’s tho uset
You aren't in love with him, do you know
11 f You are in lovo with tho happy sum
mer: witli a thousand pleasant memories
with which his white flunueled image has
ebauced to get entnnglod.
Jas.Fricker&Bro.
AMERICUS. GA.
About September first we shall move into
our new store, at the old stand, Barlow Block,
Public Square, where we shall open the most
elegant assortment of goods in our line ever
brought to Southwest Georgia. At our pres
ent store on Cotton Avenue, we have a large
stock of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, Solid
Silver and Plated Ware, Pianos, Organs and
Sewing Machines, and everything else usually
kept in a Jewelry and Music Store, that must
be reduced to save moving and make room
for new goods. Therefore, for the next
Twenty Days, or until we move, will sell any
thing we have in stock at prices lower than
have ever been reached before
|*-OA»lTAI. rMUltWN,Ji
TlakataazIyM, Ufa
Louisiana State Lottery Go.
"Wi da ktribt certify Out ut imu
tht arrangmtrUt fvr all th* Monthly <m4
Semi-Annual Dravingt <$ Tht touuiana
Slate laitery Companj,andinf*n*n man-
at* and control the Jkaeiis?, titmtel***,
and that the tame art ctnduottd ttilh hen•
etlf./aimttt, and in good faith totiord all
farHet, and tee authoriu the Company It
tut thie certificate, with Jac-timilte if tut
eignaturet attached, in Ot adtertienunU."
InMrpMxtrf in 1M fer UMnty tlu U.I.U.
Bju mnk.taut»«WI>».o'fclb fruabk.
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OF MUSIC. NBW ORLEANS. 3'UISDAT.
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CAPITAL PRIZE, *94,00*.
100,000 Tickets at Five Oellart Cask.
Fractions, la fIftks, In Pr#HrU«u
LIST OF PRIZS0;,
1 CAPITAL PRUK fTMet
1 do do iSm
s prizes or natt . iiftS
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,500 do to, M,00«
1000 do SMOe
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Application rornmto club. almM b. aul*
>ly totb. oSJceofth, OtarttT In Hi* OrlMM
f°r ftmb.r Inronniilon wnui olMrlr.
M.A. DAtIVHM.
__ . Mem QrtMU,u,
•Of i.T.Btk ■«.. WHfciHUa.v.i’.
Make P, it. Monet Otdtrt ftjMt ui UMam
Bbsl.terrd Leman to
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S(M BOOKS
‘i wooed a maid on the ScjAt-mber *nn(t*. n
I’ve been there, my girl. Many yearn ago.
when Long Branch wan nwtu\ I wooed u
maid on tho Sepfoml>er aandH. Bha hung
her gentle head, but nho rrbj-ut.nl me. Wo
are now glad aha dvL b^*h of un. She ha.**
married very "oil, and lias a charming
daughter. I, for my part, have bad lota
more fun than I should if f,ho had accepted
me. Our present divided felicity comen of
not cherLbing dull ache* at the heart. Taka
pattern by us. I am your wine old mentor,
guide and adopted undo. Hba in your es
teemed mother. Nay, Merer fear that your
papa will Us jealous. She won ten ami l
wan eight, Kuphrosyne, when we hail that
dull aching match by the sounding sea,
Burdette: Don’t believe tba world owes
a living. The world ow« you nothing]
Come and] examine our stock, get our
prices, and we will guarantee that you will
be convinced that we mean what we say
We eaUtbeattn*ina4f te Habit
that 1
Bread, Cohen,Gna4y. Rta* after;*** **>»"
food nnd pare. We k«» at* Qte*ill
QroccrUi, which va Mil at the rallaf prince
Remember we have great bargains to offer for w——»•
CASH and the time in which to secure them
is limited. Come one, come all, and don’t
fail to come early.
JAS. FRICKER & BRO.
Americus, Ga., Aug. 13,1884.
MRS. FRED LEWIS*.
Americus, Ga., Aug. 14,1M4. tf
AND CAN BS FOUND^AT
BUG CHAPMAN’S
and nlnepea t^Trte bed. IrerytLlnf het^Ute
renornud ead in avent ead ell**. lWiil»#i
wine cellar
liquors fire 8 to 1* fan Mil
CiOuli.Mr.ii.HtHM Iwctulk.
•omeihlnf to net sad drink.- Word* eaaaet nz-
jffpswsfss
aeptltal BBNRT a JOSKSON.
W. J. PRILI IPS.
do**#, jane.
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BAKERT,
Cotton Arcane.
Copartnership Notioe.
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ut OoniilMto. IrubM. Hr. C. JLIXU/U M.
lamraitaiu, a vMitol ■ Oeitta
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