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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. tn * -*"■* *» n Utter mUt er.im*mu •Ji&Kjfasar*“^ n ” wi ^ i A IPL1XD1D OWOETOiltf W WI* A FORTUXK. ELKVJCZTII GKAN» DRAWING, OLAM K* 12V TUN AOAJDKMT OF MUSIC. NBW ORLEANS. 3'UISDAT. *•▼•»*•» li 1SS4 -lrZtb RToatUyDraw' Inf. 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 S do tfioo,; lojti ,500 do to, M,00« 1000 do SMOe 9 Approximation Prison of |7H |e,7M *_ •• tSS 1.M1 Prim, UDOUUllif U .(Mi,M( 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 imW OHUSUI HATIOHAI, UK Mem Orlua., u. 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. ★ BAKERT, Cotton Arcane. Copartnership Notioe. I hen |M» toy eeeoeltto* »IU m* t. H. ut OoniilMto. IrubM. Hr. C. JLIXU/U M. lamraitaiu, a vMitol ■ Oeitta Arenee. eater Iht trm mem* tot Mil* tit. H. COHESHCU. RaputrUlf/* ,1. V.UOUH.