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: ’> J, 1 -^ - J -" BBmjjggBMi MMMWII A iti«ti«ntaft scene which occurred »t tl» n, B rn Hoj i the other night. Ut us hope that hr uai merely nhscnt^nilndod. nnil nol jjirtli*' °*iv l < .'ft it not Slntr **»® OId So,, S*» [IdoaUville Courier-Journal. 1 I cannot sing the old songs; The new I can’t, you know. If 1 should undertake them once Your tears would overflow. When bvgoue hours couvj o'er my heart Or present ones inflame, I thump and thump the ivory. Ami shake the picture frame. Put 1 don’t sing the old songs; 1 do not howl the new; I would not raise your dander high Vor leave you feeling blue. Jt I should sing the old songs, Or new ones agitata, Who’d keep policemen off from me ? Who'd stay my bloody fate ? Tile Hot Water Cure In Dlvrrci C'amcm. [Arknnsaw Traveler.] Tiny were discussing divorce. A colored lady, whose face ovincei much decision of rbaracter, said: “Wall, I knows dat ye; jcaint nllu4 git er ’vorco, fur sometimes de jestic^ o’ de peaco shots up dar shops an’ goes tishin’, but yer ken inos* alius git a operation. ” •‘Howf ••By different ways. I Moptod de hot water cure. Daniel, my husban’, got so ’strepulous dat I had ter try it on him. I scalded de ginneruian, an’ he ain’t been back •An- you the young widow who advent ti**d that she desired to make the a* quaint ant e of a young gentleman of culture and reft in* mentt’’ "Yes, sir.” "Well, how long have you had that driver* tbtment in the paper*’’ "Kv. r sinco you wore a youn ; gentleman of culture mid refinement.” HU Lust Merit |>e. [Texas Strung.] A young man who had lo I a rather fust life finally got married to a wealthy but rather worm tempered young lady. Alter the ceremony was over, his father-in-law said: “1 hope you will not getyoursdf into any inure foolish sernpes.” “No, I guess I’d not get into uny ITALY'S QOLD REGIONS. A History Which California Has ltd- prated—Interesting Details, [Milan C‘or. San Francisco Chronicle.] To tho Californian there are two pro* ! eminently interesting regions in Italy ! Piedmont and the Tuscan Apennines. I both of these are gold-mining dint riots: j both of theta are vine-growing diMriVi.*; | both of them aro districts which were ; first explored and settled by miners and I afterwards developed aud sustained by j agriculturists; in both of them there i havo been contentions among the miners j for tho possession of the mines and con- j tent ions l>etweon the minors and farmers for the use of the earth, and from both i of them radiate great networks of water Uitclics and river improvements, which at once prove that the l’o, tho Tibet and the Arno were at first disturb, d h\ miners, whoso works were afterward turned to permanent account bv the farmers, and that hero must we look for those historical examples and legal prin ciples which shall influence the future settlement of California and the regain- ti ,n of its streams and water-ways. Tin* gold regions of Piedmont embrace rim foothills of the Simplon. Monte Rosa ami Mont Blanc; they also extend to the (rtaian Alps, including the valley of the Ono. Altogether (that is, including the mining districts in the Ligurian Apennines) there are twelve quartz nones now being worked in Italy, em ploying 012 laborers, besides eighty orr-ers at the mills, at a total cost for labor of about *00,000 a year. There are traditions of vein mines that were covered up by avalanches while the miners were in them and from 1 which they never emerged alive. The avalanches hardened into glacial ice, the glaciers from above united with it, and tiie whole district remained frozen over , until ages afterwards, when the glaciers melted or receded and exposed to view the mining shafts filled up and the mining works ground to dust. The same thing has happened within late years in Ltnh. The mining ditches of this region are so numerous and ex tensive that in some cases they entirely drained the water-courses and deprived the agriculturists of irrigation. This led to violent quarrels between the miners and farmers, and was the first phase of what we know in California as the debris question. Afterwards (this was in the palmy days of placer-mining), the miners washed so much gravel down into the river beds that, at Hood times, the main stream, tho Po, bestrewed the plaitin with stones and sand and buried th» growing plants beneath the surface. This was the second phase of tho debris question. Then the farmers complained that the miners washed so much sand into the upper stream-?, from which the irrigation ditches issued, as tc render the water of the latter unlit for use. This was the third phase of the question. Finally Turin, which, like Sacramento city, is situated on the main stream and below' the foothill country, was threatened with inunda tions. As Turin, like Sacramento, was the capital and principal city of the val ley and contained many treasures, this danger aroused tho whole? community and the debris question was taken up, discussed and disposed of with delibera tion, wisdom ana skill. The upshot of it was that Turin was saved, the farmers were protected and the miners allowed to procii-'d. 'throughout the gold regions of Italy one finds traces of customs similar to those of California. Water i.* meas ured here and sold by the inch. Fruit is sold by the pound, probably for the reason that originally the cost of carry ing it into the mining regions was an important element of its value. The people are bold, fearless, enterprising, speculative and generous-—very difler- ent from the inhabitants of the plains THIRD ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION IIpgr outu uu CALVIN CARTER & SON For SPOTS ASTD SKOSS, Mile Square, . . Americus, Go. 200 VALUABLE GIFTS, Americus Recorder! TO ITS ADVANCE PAVING SUBSCRIBERS. BEST GOODS KOK LEAST MOSEY! New Store and; New floods. Moadayv Maxeb. 2»d r X.SS5. S5T IlOUNI) BOSOM SHIRTS!! -tf-J Pushing fo Increase the cirnifnt(bn of I lie II*:- | (J -MONARCH ODuiiKR, ami nttt'o name time to encourmio thu payment »f suhscr-ption* in a-lvanca. we have for tiie past t«o year* a 1 nun My *U.‘t ihutnd a number of vnHi.ih'c mill useful pre-ent* among those of our MU'jpcrlVifl w o paid up nil arrears ami one yesr m aUvani'i'. These IMstribiuiuus were *o filr'y coiuliK-teil, nn'l the presents yavc auch gen eral satisfaction. wo have determined to make another nUtiiiiiitton on the 2d of March mxt, nt which wo shall distribute among tho** of our •ubscrilHTM who pay un all urre-ars and one year In advance the following present*: From *ho well-known h uso of (loo. 11. duett ■jr Now York. Th-so shot arc material, out nnd Hr.. A • ho y. r.v best made, both r hip. Thee nr© handsome, durable and R. T. who U agent for their sale. Oo nnd seethem. ONE BOX-FIVE POUNDS ONE TON W“MASTODON «UANO! - %5 UT MASTODON GUANO !“*ff I Tondee, Atnerioii*, Un This install* «• know)- ix'if-d to ho wthoiii a superior in Its lortil.zmg Utio-, holjjg of high grade nnd jii'UJU notured l in I50J pi'ii tcrnl*. Tlil« Is, ami ono of 400 pounds. half I B Ilf | •CROSS-CUT” SMOKING TOBACCO Manufactured by W. Duke, Sons .t Co., Dur ham, N. C , troni old North Carolina leaf, and up In handsome foil racksgc*. As v o would as many as pusdLdu lo try >t, we she)' Hi* ilbuu> it in package* ot one pound each. FIFTEEN BOXES— TWENTY BARS EACH- LIGHTNING SOAP ! !! I reckon I’ll nnver get out of tkii* 1 , , rl , ,, lP •• , nnd islands. There are numbers of lui H ieeunious old tramps around the vil- Hges, \vlto for a lire will show you A l.iiMt ICcMorl. [New York Sun.] “l-et n»e *ec f ”mus?l tho old man, “out •laughter Mnrv is nearly .’I s . isn't shot” “Alas* yes,” sadly replied his wife, “i am afraid that Mary is pawned by, unless- unie-s—'' “t tiles* wliotr “Unless you aro willing: to go to the ex it-use of a coachman.” And Now the Weary Nlaldon. I Rutland Herald. 1 'Hiis (s tho s'hsoii of the year when the young hdy who is so delicate that she c it do nothing to assHt her mother about huUM’hoUl duties, can trump about over the hills half a day ut a time in company with a broken-down dude in u search after dead leaves and w.tiered ferns. How Ted Found the Parson. f Life. ] A fellow named Toddy Mugee, rolling homeward one night from a spree, met the 1 arson, who said: “Ah! drunk ugaiu, Tedf’ •Sho’m I, (arson,” gurgled Magee. All (he Nyiiiptomw. (I'hilailelphia Call, j “lu a single game of lacros.«j nt Toronto, ' “• man wan knocked senseless, a second *‘?dI a tuumb broken, u tiiinl injured hi* •■odar bone and u fourth his arm, to say richest mine on the coast, sir;” whose stock in trade is a bit of “specimen rock,” whose one thought is ‘‘millions,” whoso life has been :t failure from the first fatal moment when they j caught the gold fever. J The Hoorn’ I’m of Water* I [Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer.] I Tho Moors displaced an astonishing ingenuity and for*ili• of invention in their manipulations «»f fountains and baths and running streams. It is plain to see that water from the saute source is made to subserve different purposes in different parts of its course, though there is never lack of water about the | Alhambra, for the hotter and drier the ! weather the more rapidly is the snow melted on the mountains and the more j copiously flow its streams. All the i courts about the Alhambra are arranged i that water may How continually, open ! to the air, and thus give coolness to the ! atmosphere even in the heat of day. At 1 the A.cazarfwhich is Arabian for pal ace) of Seville the water is made to gush ! in crossing jets all along the pavements I of the gardens, and the apparatus of ar i rangcmetit still remains in use. j XVlty the Needle Polutft lo the Pole. | [Brooklyn Union.] i Passing on to the scientific subjects, ' Professor Wiggins was asked bis theory regarding the reason why the magnetic needle always pointed toward the north I ole. The professor said he believed it was caused by a jterpctual current of electricity running over the earth's sur face from east to west, for it was well known that a needle swung freely within a wire coil through which art electric current is .-ent wifi invariably place itself across the current. This would he greater toward the equator, where the the earth s diameter is great- ONE TON £3rcOTTON SEED MEAL t COTTON SEED MEAL H&S a* OH <*.>ini'«py. ah »rov«-d to '<s of tl «* ( reduce* immediate , " *n't* to t its ••ffcctfi ran ho • cn on the -oil tor j •mo a’ vnirmiWr h l» a'*o u tine r..nd or -tock, I l» iav.lhy the Oil (Mnwv »t their n ill or I ’ |H-r ton. Th f WHITE SEWING MACHINE! WHITE SEWING MACHINE!! WHITE SEWING MACHINE ! MannOirfured by ’.V. C. Sr If Jt Co., Atlanta. 1 le of tho moHt wonih-rful ill* lly a new procerM thm nunp I Till- Is n is nudo *o th- 't w II wash elotbing almost with- * * L - - rf t!i! wash b,<aid.ut the •aftl'* tlino •njuilna tin* ffttirle. out tho rleriHioR uitlioui It. is t « fliitvt luuiidri wap ever mmle, nml tier to give ns many ns po*slr<lo an ••|>|n»rtunity oftoltnelt, It Will b* distrlbutiil Inghoxes of in b»r» euth. IffO— B-O-O-K-S *—100 BY STANDARD AUTHORS !! BOUND IN CLOTH AND HOLD ! Them* liooka are nil by | prime I on good pape ; (.' oth ami • ol », and d any I, hi sir. oth and « «P, and would inuko u \ulunl je : tST S-l-I.-V-E-U W A-T-U II ! Manufactured by the White Sewing Machine < "ia;»>nv, Clcve.und, Ol.to. ThU taiichinv lift- a I F.iiiey C>»•«■>, Drop beat, two pmw. rs at imcIi i-nd hi l:ili i, and »• hunosetnely tini-lied t-ireunh* ; • •ut Tin-re go with it ail the modern Httuch- . in- lit-, and it i- warranted t"r live y.ar». 1‘t.l* j Iniiro ed Ma> hitie i* th- erjwn'nt feature of j Fine C««« and OoikI Movemei 1 fiandoleul poods, fo When n ili | lie want* one l e can rely upon. btsilVer BUTTER DISH ! , with (lover, a Handsome Article. I | SILVER PLATED TABLE SPOONS, j SILVER PLATED TEA SPOONS, j SILVER PLATED FORKS. | CHAMBER SETT-FOUR PIECES, CHINA FRUIT DISH, SILK HANKEHUIIIEFS, i BRONZE LAMP, | HANDSAW, JEWELRY, BL'GOV WHIP, And a Number of Ollier Articled. INSURANCE AGENT, OFFICE IN COMMERCIAL HOTEL BLOCK, Forsyth. Street, - - - • American, G» AGENT FOR THE LEADING AUBO agent i>on TM GULLET andLUMMES COTTON GIN?, Tlio Eo«t7Glu* Bludeil CALL AND SEE ME, WHEN IN WANT OF INSURANCE QR OIN8. scpll8m3 Jt-t. TP. NEW ADVERTISEMF1TT. 3“(iENTS FINE HAT! ar-PAIR OF LADIES FINE SHOES I the celeh»atrd maouta< turinu <-*t ihtinhine ot Ntrl 'le\ & Co , (-ti elnt.atl. Ohio wtio tuve hi in d • national re put «t am in tm i- line. Ihei i>.-. (,r< the haiMMo ue t p >lr ever ••fou«ht l 1000—TWO BOXKS-loOO DUKE OF DURHAM CIGAR KITES ‘othlng of several out-and-out ’fight*.” Ps ( t for in both oblate and pioluto LacnkMP tiiu*t bo something like croquet. spheroids electricity collect8 atthoex- Th ‘„ . ‘ ' tremitics of the greatest diameter. I he Serreto of Nun-ena. [Transcript,] Temper and Energy# hurry years ngo a woman <q*me«t u mar- {Justice.) 1 Ublladeiphia, To-day slw it StpDheii Girarl liked to employ clerks •-••rth |iV),(XJ0. There is nothing like pluck, of str ,. U g temper, who had learned to I M;mnFtetu»v*l lyW. Dole, H n. a C.>. IhirhtM. ■ tli (.' r-ltM., who ha-u m ide t*.l- i.triad known thtoiiuli**ut he vo id ns tie ! MANNER OF DISTRIBUTION : The fJisdTbit*fori wil< tie made in the fotiowimr manner: The name and po*t office of each ■ab sent •• r w!H •>« writti'U on a "lip of |>u|-er and put III an envelope, and a't placed in a box. The name of inch of the pretuMiiH to bo drawn will nl«o le |.land In envelope* and jut In another tiox. the day cf the d slnhutf'in these love* w ill be turned over to a c-oimnittre of reapoi.»ible genitemcn, who, befoie the drawing ta'gin*. will call u|x»n iotne of the nndlenee to m<x the con tent* of the I Mixes to their aatU fact ion. After thin, two toy*,one at carh, wl 1 tnko envelojie- rltnolta' poiislv from the boxes ai d hand them to the comm ttee, who will first re d the name nnd th'iithe present. The ►ccietarie* will k*-cp eoric t li«t of tin- name* of the •mliio'rita m and i stood* In th# (irttrlen drawn a* they nn> relied out. Tkit will continue until every art cle lia» be*n drawn Iro n the Iiox of prew-nt •, when the committee will de*'-larn the distribution comph-ti d. In the liox of present* there will lie \ > m.AXax, hence every name drawn fr-un the 'in of naineM liefore the pren-utr are exhausted will iret one of Jas. Flicker&Bro. AMEKICUS. 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 cut 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 the** 1 i »tin i l ,.al I paper uml meal bones at thirty cent* .. I<uaj. Providence News ; "So you aro the new .-aid the toanten to tho now waiter; „p \y name are wo to call your rearl, oaitbiho maid, with a wiucy toss of head. “Un!” iwk-d tho smart boarder, their energy would expend itself in work if not wuued in quarrels. Incarnate Commonplace*. The worshiped idols of the stage are inornate commonplaces. Their utmost .v., achievements are inevitably and gro* ’are you the (Karl of great prio??" “No. tesquely dwarfed when brought face to i mthe ,4:arl that w M cast Ufora swiiu." Wll h the idciLx that tho EUCailCIt Of *oar* was a loni— M *—*— —•— *— tSToTi bTtb> «• HANDSOME | GTSETII THOMAS CLOCK !1Vi ' fiin iihed by M^RrHf A C*., of Atl-n’a. j j Z?r ONE BOX-FIVE POUNDS j -MAY LEE"SMOKING TOBACCO f j • M nufa<*tund t.y W. Drk-, Po' I* 4 Co, Durham, S’ r -Min ul.f Xortli Caroitn* lenf. t‘ * fin»*»t : m..‘ in» Ire* in thi* vori-'. Tl o 'ox is tolly f, five . a--, anil x*i I bu a irfidni br a ; i -o' t*!’ of pore we.il. 1* o r «l«*r that m> re msy | Joy tbi* tine n.b c o, tt will U d Btiikatsd Ui j 1 packages «f oi.# pound M»k i.«i- In the Itemitlsae** mi- ttO.Qu. iu orliT r rep’Ater d Idle “Fj- ^®*”. 1 Clubs. -We will u»i to any .-nr vo-up • •-itber oeir or o|<l« n * r which are worth many or .ut sertp' Ion. ba n ull by poet oitire riiib • Cash lo accompany name* in all case*. Any one can art a* a^eot for the KKOOItltP.R, but we w I no» h<* re*t.on»iUv un'il we rexdre the money for *u» scriptlon. \Va c«>r*r.te* to furnish a paper worth at left tbr price •••kc*l for it—W—beside• giving an op. p.irtuntty to get one of the almve, l.an't-ome presents. Eemember »kst you rannot powsillv I rives* f % In a tetter way ihan by *«1 scribing for the UK- OUliDkE. Ad'lresr, W.L.ObRHXER, _ Amrlcia. Gi Come and examine our stock, get our prices, and we will guarantee that you will be convinced that we mean what we say Remember we have great bargains to offer for 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.