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a APF«* ta tbt Intarlor 01
jfiuiuippl*
l *Vw‘" , ’n»* V"« n p, *“ ,u
by me Iload.Id*.
MW .i], nearest railroad, and Itnv-
** with my wife of a
IJ® wc deckled to go by prl-
S"2»reyance, Inking with us food for
» tt „nd all that was needed for
W S“«Sd cooking hy Iho roadside.
‘o’aSfi"tothefotol few generations to
ri(ne*s so complete a soeinf add political
Son as that which has taken place
fS*southern states. Ills not soap
,;„i .lone tho great lines of travel as in
” iote ratal districts like that through
Kb we were now passing. Plantation
o in the typical life of the southerner
1 She war It was on the phtntatiou
tat he spent most of his time, and there
K V developed those traits, whether
Sjltorbad that made him so different
Suls countrymen iu other sections.
Sthe period since tho war tho aban-
gSLtof that life has been go ng on;
r,y all who can do so shaking tho dust
It,c plantation from their feet and set
s', £ towns and villages. In conse-
, of this tendency there nre to be
through the “black.belt» of the
oath residences that It cost time nnd
L,do erect either wholly abandoned
, tenanted hy uncleanly and destructive
'Solace that wc stopped to examine
ri » s striking illustration of the present
tate of tilings. In the midst of a park of
nter oaks and magnolias stood what was
w a fine mansion, now going slowly to
eciy The road that led .to it from tlio
highway was hardly passable; tho
ence was down iu many places; the gate
IT the binges. A portico ran tho length
the house, and a hall ran through it
side, the wall, a few: feet above the boor,
# still hnudsomelv papered, while that
icnr the floor was denied and mutiliated.
U our lummons there came to tho door a
lounly looking negro woman, with two
r three negro children clinging t6 her
kiits and peeping at us timidly.
-Pe white folks what use ter lib
me done leff long ago, ” said she. “Mo
n’ my ole man reuts part er dc Ian' an’
ike kcer er de house. * Such care I
A mile further on wc came to a cottage
hat showed some signs of prosperity.'
kre were attached to it a well-cultivated
mien and an orchard that had evidently
erne its full quota of fruit the past sum-
nr. Three negroes were picking cotton
nan adjoining field, and we entered into
onvcrsfttion with the oldest of the trio,
rho proved to be the father of the other
80. ljM
•Vans, snh; 0, vaas, sah; "lie said iu
aswer to my question. “I mik a libbin.
f a man’s got do dispersition, he kin al-
rays do dat sort o thing, you know,
ieep yo’sclfs movin’, * he said to his boys,
ho had never ceased to work steadily on.
Devil fetch it! Young people dese days
in’ truth a notch on a stick, sail. O yaas,
ieen libin’ long er white folks all my life,
ih; long cr my own white folks an T none
ryo’ common sort Dat big white house
ick vonner b’longs to my people. All
a bait ter do, sail, was to set aown nil*
int. Da am blecgo ter do morc’n dat
ion-. All de lan’ yo’ done been pass
longs to dcm.
“1 ain’t use to dis 'sort’er tiling myself,
»h, ” glancing. contemptuously at tjio cot •
on sack hanging from liis neck. * Brought
o it by de wah, snh. Use ter drive my
itstess in de ker’dge. Anybody kin tcu
o’ dat, sah.
“Who lib in de great house now? Nig
er*, sah, niggers. Bleego tor say it senso
o’ax me. Tain’ right, tain’ right. I
ebber goes nigh, dyar me. now, sail?”
One day, as tho hour for camping ap-
roftched, there was every indication of
iln. and we felt fortunate in finding our-
fives at a negro church that stood by the
MfUide. It was a rude structure of un-
srked logs, and was furnished with
enches of undressed lumber.
Before the sun went down wo counted
liny-four negroes that rodo by the church
Q mules, all going in tho samo‘direction,
all dressed precisely as ho of “the
«mp bridges M had been—viz.: In shirt
cu trousers of white Lowell’s. They
ere plow hands returning from the field.
They passed singly and in groups, and
• ill we had to explain why it was that
r were putting -up at the church, and
Press a hope that there was no objection
One not accustomed to the ways of tho
juntry would have thought, at tho sight
i 10 many negroes, that he hud come into
region given up wholly to that people,
i t . e , , w fr° m the fact that they were
te ‘clothed alike that thoy were iu tho cm-
at oi somo white mrin. who was
he agent of an absentee proprietor
[.f* Proprietor himself, striving to keep
ptomething like tho old plantation sys-
Here and there we may meet with a
*5i*I w b°is partially successful In j :ch
hSSuJSkS,* ,ae maJorlly ' V|,H ,ry '
“••‘tna an Undo Sam’s Million..
INew York Tiraaa.]
•'Kratlrman called at the United states
M. 1 * le Ollier day and oaked.
a much eagerness, if It was true tliRt
fcre«umeiothan *50,000.000 In cash
ut'•»“»« of that building.- He ex-
EM he liojl made a little het with
uteua that there was not so much actuul
™ in any one building in this country.
•' inquiring stranger waa Informed that
AuoTor f OM 0neyla tllC sub ' ,re “ ur I r
J“ A®* tnuch of that Is lu actual
W raihr naked the stranger. .
°t It la in cash, ” was the reply.
El- on ?' h * lf of it—*71,870,630—la In
,$34,020,400 la In silver coin;
■«,OCO In gold certificates; $13,899,000
L, certificate!-. *9,500,400 la la
w $195,057 In national bank
*5* ,Ilcre aro aavoral humlrod
<l0 Hat» in minor caah Items. !*
r'S U m, ,!l“ nk you: I guess I’ve lost
k Lb 1“ U Ul# stvangor, as he politely
Social Revolution
FARMING IN QERWANT.
The Germans as on Agricultural Peo.
pie—Rsiates—Crops—Labor.
[American Agriculturist.]
Although carried out. upon an old-
fashioned plan, farming in Germany is
really superior in its development to
that of any other section of tho continent
of Europe. The sterling industry, intelli
gence and skill of the Germans as an ag
ricultural people is shown by tho promi
nent position they occupy among the
farmers of the New World. Emigra
tion Lrings to our shores no
class of agriculturists so alive to
the possibilities of their profession, and
so ready to labor and expend money
on its improvements as they. The
enormous area of the various European
states now comprehended in tho Ger
man empire, over 208.000 square miles,
is prolific of nearly all the leading crops
known,to civilized man. The vegetable
products comprise a very large propor
tion of the European flora: The north
is especially rich in the ordinary cereals,
all of which aro extensively cultivated
and exported, chiefly from Wurtemburg
and Bavaria. Tho latter state eujoys its
“he developed those traits, whether principal distinction, however, from its
“ i nr bad that made him so different hop crop. Chicory is another of its pro-
fcoodor -- — duets, which 1ms an Kuropcan reputa
tion. Tho chicory grown in Bavaria,
T* Hake ike World Balter,
Ifcydl* Marta Child. J <
r *oul lias' the germ of some
*oa ttkuu. I always told you that not
. sunshine was what ailed
lawn 1110 pooplo happy and
Ini! 00 . 1 ** half the quarreling or n
PM of the wickedness there is.
Call: Powerful / steel
' i- - = > liVftlt*i *
and throughout the districts between
tho rivers Elbe and Wcser, supplies the
placo of coffeo to more than half the
people of Europe.
While the grains grow best in northern
Germany, the central districts are most
prolific of hemp and flax, madder,
wood, safflower, and similar products,
which they export in enormous quanti
ties. The best vine districts aro found
in the valleys of the Danube, Bhino,
Main, Neckar and Moselle, but tho vine
yards extend over the country in all
directions, as far north as Prussia, and
produce wines of excellent qualities.
The great plains which border tho em
pire on the North sea, are noted for
their magnificent breeds of horses. Tho
famously fine wool of Germany in chiefly
derived from Saxony, Silesia and
Brandenburg, where sheep flocks are
bred to a high degree of perfection.
Tho rich alluvial flats of Mecklenburg
and Hanover arc celebrated for their
cattle, and nil the forests of northern
and central Germany produce a superior
and famous breed* of swine. South
Germany still abounds in various kinds
of game,.;. r *: n .
Standing- next to Great Britain in
tho caro and success with which its
great agricultural possibilities have
been cultivated, Germany is in
many senses better circumstanced
than that country, as far as
its agriculturists are concerned. There
is far less abject and grinding poverty
amohg tho lower order of agricultural
laborers, and a more permanent pros
perity among tho middle-class farmers.
Not a little of this is. duo to the agricul
tural colleges, established by tho states,
and which, by educating tho youth of
the country, have made farming as
honorable a profession as medicine or
the law. Several of the states have also
done much to.advance agriculture by
tbs periodical agricultural exhibitions,
which promote the adoption of the latest
improvements in machinery, and extend
among tho lowost order of peasants a
practical knowledge of tljo advance of
the times. • : i • * 1 *
Many of the great German land-own
ers cultivato their onohnous' Estates
personally, and live lives of an almost
patriarchal character, devoted to the
improvement of their teeming acres, and
of the people who populate and work
them. Tho state also owns vast tracts,
which are cultivated by lessees or fore
men, as tho case may be, and whoso ag
riculture is carried oh by an army of
laborers, with military strictness and
precision. Tho middle-class farmers in
many instances live upou farms which
have belonged to their families for cen
turies. Those farmers i constitute
a sort of rural aristocracy,
like that of tbo country squires in Eng
land. As in all the rest of tho Old
World, however, the fanner’s lot in
Germany is one of much work and little
pleasure. Upon a German farm of the
more modest order every ono works-
women as well as men, and children as
soon as they are itfrie to bo triad® tiso-
ful. Labor begin* with the dawn, and
ends with tho day. Tho country is a
groat garden, bursting with tho wealth
of its soil products, but it is so because
those who populate it aro an industrious,
skillful and tireless pcoplo, who per
mit no toil to stand between them and
success,
A Human Skye Terrier,
[Chicago Times,]
Theodor Jo Jo, a boy of 16, woll
known among the curiosity folks as tho
human Skye terrier, arrived in New
York by a recent, steamer. HU ffceo is
covered by a lorig.vraty mass of silken
hair, which in color is between light red
aud silver gray. It hangs upon hiB‘
brow down to the eyes, parting in the
centre aud waving ofr to either sido like
that of a fancy terrier. It droops from
his cheeks in long wavy lock i, grows
from the nostrils, and hangs from'both
ears. The length of the luxuriant
growth of hair varies from two to four
inches- Tl* ayta'ot tHs dog-faood boy
also resemble very closcly'taosi) of n
terrier. They aro ..lightly bluish in
color, also perfectly round, and the
white* nro visible entirety around tho
pupils. His mouth ia furnished with
only the two canine teeth above nnd two
incisors below, nnd all four nre thin nnd
sharp, resembling miniature tusks
rather than human toeth. lie speaks
Hussion and Gmtaan with tolerable
fluency., , • '■
Spooning Coeoanuia.
[Foreign better.]
I send out a boy every morning to
come back with a basketful of tho nuts,
from, which we drink tho pure, cold
water,- sometimes scrapo tbs flan of
white “jelly” from the interior with
spoons, ana throw tho rest away, wo
have SQO eocoanut trees on tho place,
about sixty if them bearing, the others
not quite old enough.. These sixty will
furnish us with about fifty e ,K0 »'
nutaevery umrah.gdntlwye.r. -
Dlrtr St. Paul!..
An American visitor sari that St.
Paul's cathedral, London, is In as dirty a
state as it can poMibly be, and that the
" THIRD ANNUAL
200 uiuu cm,
Americus Recorder
TO ITS ADVANCE PAYING 8UBSCIUBEII8.
Jas. Fricker & Bro.
AND DEALERS IN
PIANOS
ORGANS,
Barlow Block, - - - - Americus, Ga.
Meadayv Maxeh Gad, 1305.
Denli-inu to tncrewe tho circulation of the Rk-
cordku, and nttlio uime tanoto encourage the
payment of subscription* In advance, wc have for
the pitsl two years annually dUtrlbutod a number
of valuable and useful presents among those of
our subscribers who paid up nil arrears and one
year In advance. These Distributions wero no
fairly conducted, and the presents cave such gen
eral satisfaction, wo have determined to mnke
another distribution on the 2d of March next, nt
which we shall dUtrlbute among thoie of oer
subscriber* who pay up all arrears nnd one year
In advance the following presents: ‘
ONE TON
HTMASTODON GUANO
HTMASTODON GUANO !“^I
Munmacturcd by ilie Georgia Chemical Works.of
Augusta, Ga., and sold hy Toole, McGarrah dc,
Tondee, Americus, Ga. This brand Is acknowl
edged to bo without n superior in It* ffcrtlhnnr
nnalitie*, being of high grade and mnnufacturcci
of tho best material*. Thl* ton will l>c distrib
uted in throe pruet—one of one half ton, one oi
COO pounds, and one of 400 pound*.
ONE TON
tSTCOTTON SEED MEAL.r<SI
tSTCOTTON SEED MEAL PS
Manufactured by the Americus OI! Compnny. As
i fertilizer this Meal ha* proved to Ihj of the
rreatest value. It not only produce* Immediate
e til It*, but It* effects can bo seen on tho aoil for
-roral years after. It Is also a fine food for rtock.
t Is sold by tho Oil Company at their mill lor
!2i per ton. This ton will be distributed In three
price*—one of one-bolf ton and two of pfoo-quar-
WHITE SEWING MACHINE!
WHITE SEWING MACHINE 11
WHITE SEWING MACHINE II!
M.uul«ol«rc4 bj tlio Wblt. Sswlw, XablM
Company, Cleveland, Ohio. This innchlne ha* h
Fancy Cover, Drop Leaf, two Drawers at each
end ol Table, and i* handsomely finished through-
out. Thu* BO »llh,ll| .n ib«. yu.ay. »tt«b-
Thu
ff Iftfhb'crbwhlng foature of
- wsful efibrt*: Da model of beauty,
ji unexcelled workmanship, embodying all the
lutes'. I in prove in<nt* known t« sewing machine
mccbanlani, execuilaz » tufger rainrc of work ami
du itg It ^ ^ ' ‘ ii '"' ^
>j tb HtreeT, who I*
lima. . . i
The machine cun !*• se»*
of JOHN U. HI AW, ..
jfcjo AgvntLirj'sia'g.i
/ ,
E2JTGENTS’ FINE UATHEI
m selected by the lucky m.n fiom the large
-and tine utsKk o» Calvin Cai * r it S .o, ihe popu-
lur Shoo and list dealer* el Amerlen*. Thw in*
*uie* the i-oysettaor ot the firtunato tick- t the fin
est bat to. be.found la Anfcjp'co* a* heoeit wleet
any nyle from the entire sto h.
HTI’AIU OF LADIES’ FINE SHOES !
Froui'the celebrated u»*t'Ufavtur»oa eotuWlaliment
of Slrtbley A C'> , Uwlnr.ail. Ohio. »ho have at-
tslnrd a national reputation In th* ir line. Tin *c
fihoe* aro t he handsome-1 P»lr ewr biwngbt to
Americus and rerall at 1« per r*lr. Ibeyeos
«mn at the I)iy Goods and Sl.ov More o J.ibn
It Shaw, who is Sole Agent for ihc- goods In
Amerlcu*.
1000—TWO BOXES—16w0
DUKE OF DURHAM (TOAltKTTEH !!
it C’Oh Durham,
M*nnfa»-tnred by W. Dukft, fj
L'.f, i
world, iue »»i»e OI
orrfer tbftt,. EU..V a,
they will bo dktribut«d lb too *acb.
HANDSOME
tSTSETII THOMAS CLOCK
FaruUbcU by JIcnrt'lei Co., o( Atl ir.lt
BT ONE BOX-FIVE POUNDS 13
••MAY LEF."SMOKINO TOBACCO!
UMUbctnml bv St*. Son. A Co, Dorbaro,
N. C., fruta »la Korth iMIjiM «n™«
in, in n, sortil. 111. i-os i, tally
SSgaftisywewj
0—MONARCH fl
1ST BOUND BOSOM SHIRTS!! “ffcl
From tbo’ well-known house of Geo. B. Cluctt,
Bra* Co., Troy New York. These shlitare
the very beat made, both in material, cut aud
workmanship. They are handsome, durable nnd
never fall to give sntllfnctton. Thiy can be seen
at the store of John It. Hhav. on Kor*vtb street,
wlio it agent for their sale. Go and $ee them.
ONE BOX-FIVE POUNDS
“CROSS-CUT” SMOKING TOBACCO !
Manufactured by W. Duke. Sons & Co., Dur
ham, N. C., Irom old North Carolina leaf, and put
up Ip handsome foil packages. As wo would Itko
a* many aa possible to try it, we (s'jull distribute
it In packsgos of one pound each.
FIFTEEN BOXES-
TWENTY BARS EACH-
LIGIITNING SOAP J!!
Manufactured* by W. C/'Neff & Co.,Atlanta
This is a new soap, one of tho inoet wonderful dls
coverlea of tho ngv. By a now procoas this soap
i* mads so that it will wash clothing almost with
out the use of the wash board, at the same time
clensmg without in tho tenet injuring tho fabrlo.
it is tho flncjt laundry soap ever made, and In or
der to give as many ns poaslblo an opportunity
“ U wilt be distributed InUboxes of 30
of try Ing It, It
100- B-O-O-K-S 1-100
BY STANDARD AUTHORS 1!
BOUND ’IN CLOTH AND GOLD !!!
These books are all by the most popular author*,
printed on good paper, bandactnely bound in
C.o«h and bold, and would make a valuable ad
dition to any -library.-.' * *
tsr 8-I-L-V-E-tt W-A-T-C-111 ”^1
Fine Cate and Good Moremont'.
fraudulent goods, for whan a man i
lie wunt* ono be can rely upon.
C5f SILVER BUTTER DISH 1
with Covor, a Handsome Article. ** •*»
SILVER PLATED TABLE BPOONS,
SILVER I’LATED.TEA SPOONS,
SILVER PLATED FORKS.
CHAMBER SETT-FOUR PIECES,
IClIINAfFRUIT DISH,
SILK UANKERCHIEFH,:
BRONZE LAMP,
•HANDSAW,!
JEWELRY,
.. BUGGY WHIP,
And * Number of Oth.r^Artlcles.
MANNER OF DISTRIBUTION:
The Distribution.will be made'ln tho following
manner: The name>nd,;pot«t£ofl]ce of each sub
scriber will be written on a slip of paper and put
in nn envelope, and all placed In a box. The
name ofench of the present a te be drawn will
also be placed to envelope* and pat in another
box. On tho day of the distribution hese boxea
will be turned over to a committee of responsible
geutUmpn, wh*. before the drawing begfno, wll
call upon tome of the audience to mix the con-
teuta of the boxes [to ^tbeir satisfaction. Alter
this, two toy*, one at each, will take envelopes
•fmiiltaneouslv from the boxes ai d band them to
the committee, who will first read tbt same and
th»n the present. The secretaries will keep
correct ll«t of tho names of the subscribers and
the articles drawn m they are called out. This
will continue until avery article Was been drawn
from tbe box of presents, when the committee
will declare the dUtrlbntiou completed.
In the box of prssent* there will be ao maxis,
hence every name drawn from the box of names
before the present* are exhausted wiifrst^one of
eee article*, meat of which Ms worth many
me* the amoBul paid for subscription.
Remittances may bj mad* by post office
order or regGterrri letter.
Clubs.—W# will give & copy of the paper free
i any onefgettiog up a elsb of ten esbecriber*
either new or old tnea renewing.
Cash to* accompany names is ell case*.
(Any one can act gs agent for the UKCOUDER,
hut we will not be re$poo*iUe until we receive
tbe money for sobecriptioa.
It We guarantee to furnish a paper worth et least
tbe prtce $»ked Lt it~$a—besides string an op
portunity to gel one of the >bov«iband*ou»e
We desire to oall tb® attention of th® pnblio to tb® foot that we btv® at Uat got
sottled in onr new atore on tbe PUBLIC SQUARE and hare on htnd ® Urge end
handsome itook of every thing in our line. Qnr atoek oonelete pertly of.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, of All Kinds!
SOLID SILVER AND PLATED WARE,
TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY,
GOLD PENS, PENCILS AND TOOTHPICKS.
WALKING CANES. OPERA GLASSES,
GOLD AND AND SILVER THIMBLES, ETC.
Wo ore Ilondqunrlors for
Spectacles and Eye-Glasses!
Can salt any and e.ory ono in Gold, Bilrer, Stool, Bronn, Zylonlto. Celluloid or
Rubber Frames. Wo ore Solo Agents for KING'S CELEBRATED PATENT COM
BINATION SPEOTAOLES-tho best In the world. Wo;s«U Ujo ; , .I
Davis and Williams Singer Sewing Machines I
nnd have constantly on hand Needlee, Oils, Attachments and Parts for all Machines.
We have the best equipped shop for tbe -•*■■■
Repair of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
in this section of tno State. We employ none but first-olase workmen and guarantee
all onr work. ... ,n>. ; .v
PIANO AND ORGAN DEPARTMENT.
This branch of onr businesa is steadily increasing and all we aak la. that parties
who expect to buy a Piano or Organ will oall and examine our atoek. and get onr
prioes before they buy. If we cannot do as well or better for yon than yon can do
for yourselves we do not ask your patronage. The fact that we have Bold Pianos and
Organs to dozens of the best business meo in Atnerioue shows plainly- that we sell as
low ns any one, nnd when you buy from us you have no freight to pay and save the
trouble of unboxing the instrument, as we place it in yonr bouse and give you a
FIVE YEAR’S guarantee. We nlto have on hand a large stock of email Muoioal In
struments, consisting of Violins, Guitars, Banjos, Tambourines, Aocordeons and
Harmonicas, and also keep Strings of tbe very best quality. Violin Bouts, Tall pieces,
Bridges, Rosin and all kind of Musical Instrument Trimmings.
The Office of the Southern Express Company
is In onr store and their Agent, Mr. S. O. OOOPER ts in onr omploy as Book-keeper
and Salesman and will bo glad to utYo all who uo needing anything in onr lln,.
CALL AND SEE US IN 0UB NEW STORE!
ovlltf JAS. FRICKER & BRO
RememWr that yoa|c«aooqi«uUy Iona* M
Is a »«t« way tkaa Oy lataestMpg fee ta. U>
r ; , v .,,.
IPjf oozo l •
^ CALVIN CARTER & SON
Fo> 8OOT0>AXra aXSOB*.
Public Square, . . Amerlcu*, Oo.
BEST GOODS
FOR
LEAST MONEY I
New Store
AND »
New Goods.
Under Commercial Hotel, , ! "
FORSYTH ST., - - AMERICUS, HA.
New Goods! Low Prices!
TO FILL MY NEW STORE I HAVE ORDERED A LARGE STOCK OF
J, wiuiavuui j,
Testaments and Bibles from 5 cts. to $14.00 eacb.
.Ubums ... from 25 cts. to 10.00 each.
Fapetries ... from 15 cts. to 6.00 each.
Toys .... from let. to 600each.
WRITING PAPER AND ENVELOPES A SPECIALTY!
Large Stock of Blank Books, Ink and Pens—Best Quality.
Best Grades of Tobacco and Cigala 1
Goods to suit all tastes and purses fro m Candy and beying
Gum to Quarto Dictionaries and Bibles. ,i ■
PLEASE CALL AND EXAMINE PRICES I
USTSpecial order* receive prompt attention.
4 r r AGNES AYOOtaC.