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. n cbeap Blcctrieltr Bfc.il H««
gopeneded stem.
[Chirac Tribune.]
while the spokesmen ot “the age ot
** in a search for a moans of gon-
e Kf electricity directly from the
er * mntion of coal. In a conversation
STnow York reporter ho gives an
• iJtine glimpso of what ho b
i^teraad what he thinks are his chances
1 ,,irec‘s What ho dosim to aecom-
K to do away with the intcnnodi-
fiv boiiers, furnaces, steam-engines and
dynamos that are now used in tho pro-
ah a inn of electricity, and to procure
ftrt powerful force directly from the
fa as electricity is now gotten from the
Station of zinc m the battery. In
Sequence of the complicated methods
hv which the combustion of coal
?/ „ oW converted into electricity
, „neut cost ten times as
much rail should. We now, as is well
JL™ get from coal but one-fifth to
on-tenth part of tho power it contains.
Wison reports that he has found no
trouble in obtaining a slight current of
electricity directly from the combustion
of fuel but ho has struck as yet an in- *
suieraiile barrier to further progress.
He ore this barrier his experiments, like
tlic similar successes of Jabloohkotf am
some German investigators remain mere
laboratory curiosities. He will give
himself live years to unlock this secret
0 fSure and will think himself lucky
if he succeeds in that time.
The description Edison gives of the
happy results that would flow from the
realization of liis dreams of cheap elec
tricity justifies his enthusiastic declara
tion that the inventor who succeeds in
-dting at it will do the world tho great
er material service yet rendered to man.
The unscientilio world, ho says, lias nc
conception of what suchij discovery
would mean. It would put an end to
boilers and steam engines; it would
make power about one-tenth at
cheap as it is now; it would on-
able a steamship to cross tho Atlantic at
a nominal cost; it would enablo every
poor man to run his own carriage. 11
would revolutionise tho industrial
world. The olectric motor is the ideal
motor for all kinds of work. What we
want is somo moans of producing the
current cheaply. Now it costs ten
times as much as it ought to. When we
discover tho short cut from tho com
bustion of coal directly to electricity wo
can heat and light houses, do till the
cooking, move all kinds of machinery,
vehicles and boats—do all tho world’s
work, in fact, for almost nothing com
pared to what it now costs us. There is
a good timo coming for somebody.
There is another possibility In tbit
possibility of cheap electricity which
Edison docs not refer to. Babbage, the
great English mathematician and philos
opher, predicted that if a power was
ever discovered which could bo cheaply
distributed from a common center to the
houses and shops of tho working classes
it would completely revolutionize tho
tendency of steam to ma3s capital and
labor in great factories and swarming
hives of industry. “Tho de
serted village would live again.
Tho efficiency of production gained
by tho consolidation of multitudinous
home forges, homo shuttles, homo shoo-
benches of the old regimo into the
steam-driven mills of to-day lias bcoii
paid for at a ruinous social price. Happy
villages liavo been swallowed up in
murky factory towns, and tho division
of labor lias been carried so far thal
every laborer is but tho fractional pari
of u man. If cheap oleetricity will do
all that Edison claims for it on tin
purely material sido, and will, ns Bab
ongo prophesied, reduoo tho inflamma-
A* Set Forth In Ilia Recent Artlela
on tbe “Battle or Bull Bun.”
tGeu. O. T. Beauregard In The Century.]
I was convinced that our success iav
In a short, quick war of decisive blows,
before tho l-'edcrals, with their vast re
sources, could build up u great military
power; to which end a concerted use of
our forces, immediate and sustained
was necessary, so that, weaker though
we were at all separate points, we migli't
nevertheless strike with suporior streugt h
"* some chosen decisive point
lory evils of our congested industrial
centers, its discovorer will certainly do t lit
world tho most important material ser
vice yet rendorod unto mon.
Gentlemen at Large,
[Boston Budget.]
Wo hnvo among us n class of men wh<
deserve neither our commiseration, sym
pathy nor pity, who nro miserable by
choice, and ot no vnluo in society. Wt
allude to thoso who hnvo lived a life ol
penurious celibacy, until tho property
amassed by niggardly savings and self
mortifying deprivations hovers ovci
them by day and by night • in visions 01
distrust, disquietudo and fear. Thcst
are they who never lisfcn to tho petitiol
of the widow nor tho cry of tho orphan,
whoso charities olid whero they liogan, at
home, if he mny ho said to have a homo
who has no toolings in community wilt
the world nor its families.
Wo hnvo ono such in our mind's evt
at this moment; ho is a man who neiti.ei
Indulges in the vicious nor the innocent
pleasures of tho age; his life is ns rcgnlai
and monotonous as an eight-day clock
ho is punctual in wnking and rising,
punctual in lying down and sloqiin
punctual at breakfast, punctual at ha
desk and tho performance of his retrain-
duties, punctual at church, except whet
there is to bo a collodion, and tlion lit
>s suddenly indisposed; punctual in liii
appearance at another's dinuer table,
most dilatory in making a return. Ilf
[eaves the city in the spring, to nvoic
high taxation, having flrst bargainee
with tho selectmen of somo county
•own that they will only assess him foi
about one-quarter of tho valuo of what
he really owns. Ho was never knowr
•o giro candy to a child or to "tip” c
servant. In short, ho fa a selfish, miserly
Wmw, but nevertheless a gentleman al
and after victory there reach for victory
now mado easier elsewhere, and tin-.
sum up success. Instead of this,' tvhii ■
In war wo call concentration, our nt im
policy was diffusion, an inferior ( mi
federate force at each separate point dc
fensively confronting a superior Fedi-r
force; our power daily shrinking, th.it,
the enemy increasing; and the avowi
Federal policy of “attrition” of the 11
gci- masses left free to grind tho small,'
ono by ono, 'ra naught. Out of tlii.
state we nov<.- omerged, when tho direc
tion of the g ivermnent was, ns almo.i
always, necessary, excepting via-
“Richmond” was immediately in dan< r ci
Thus, in tho fall of 1801, about time
mouths after tho battle of Manassas
aftethig throwing my wliolo force for
-Ward to Fairfax Court House, with out
posts Haunting our flags on tho bills ii.
sight of Washington, in order to cimii
the Fcdcrals to another battle, but with
out success—I proposed that tho arinv
should bo raised to an effective ol
(10,000 men, by drawing 20,000 for tin
immediate enterprise from several
points along tho sea-board, no:
even at that time threatened, and
from our advanced position bo swiftly-
thrown across the Potomac nt a point
which 1 liad carefully surveyed for that
purposo, and moved upon tho rear nf
Washington, thus forcing McClellan to
a decisive engagement boforo his organ
ization (new enlistments) was con,
prated, mid while our own army had the
advantage of discipline and prestige
seasoned soldiers, whoso term, howevo:
would oxpiro in the early part of t)
coming summer.
This plan, approved by Gen. Gustnvu.-
W. Smith (then immediately command
ing Gen. Johnston's own forcesi as well
as by Gen. Johnston, was submitted to
Mr. Davis in a conference at my head
quarters, but rejected because ho would
not venture to strip thoso points of I In-
troops wo required. Even if thoso point-,
had been captured, though none wore
then even threatened, they must hnvo
reverted as a direct consequence to so
decisive a success. I was willing, then,
should it have come to that, to exchange
Richmond temporarily for Washington
Yet it was precisely from similar combi
nations and elements that the army was
made up, to enablo it next spring, under
Gen. Lee, to encounter McClellan's (lieu
perfectly orgauizod army of 1.10,000 men
at tho very door of Richmond.
If that which was accepted as a last
defensive resort against an overwhelm
ing, nggressivo army had been used in an
enterprising offensive against that same
army while yet in (lie raw, tho same
venture had been made at less general
risk, less cost of valuable lives, and with
immeasurably greater certain results.
The Federal army of tho Potomac would
liavo bad no chance moanwliilo to be
come tempered to that magnificent mili
tary macliiuc which, through all its de
feats and losses, remained sound, and
was stronger, with its readily assimilat
ing new strength, at tho end of tho war
than ever before; tho pressure would
liavo been lifted from Kentucky and
Missouri, and wo should have main-
tained what is called au aetivo defensive
warfare, that is, taken and kept the of
fensive against tho enemy, enforcing
penco.
THIRD ANNUAL
DISTRIBUTION
Cnder Alaskan Glaciers.
[Exchange.]
After a visit to some of tho Alaskar
glaciers, Mr. Thomas Meehan states thal
beneath the Muir glacier, said to bo 40(
miles long, flows a rapid torrent, which
«e estimates to bo loo Tcct wide and
tour feet in avorago depth, and which
runs summer and winter without inter-
Option. At its termination tho gjaciei
bangs over the sea, and gives off ice
torgs. Mr. Meehan remarks that tin
gnat ico-shects have their lakes, rapids,
waterfalls, hills and valleys; that tht
water ways ebango their courses at times
Stage-Door Hangera-On.
I Now York Sun.]
Thero Is practically no green-room on
the American stages, by which I mean
thero is no such green-rooms as you find
in Paris or London, where friends of
tho managers may congregate (hiving
tho play to chat with tho women of tho
stage. Tho American managers are
very particular n!*out this, and it is the
most difficult thiug in tho world for a
man who has no business thero to get
on a well-ordered New York stage.
There are, of course, one or two
actresses in New York, notably tho
stars, whoso fortunes are ample, aud
who are attended to and from the
theatre by their husbands, but that
doesn’t count, you know. The greatest
crowd of hangers-on about the stage-
door of a theatre is to be Joujid when
light opera is running.
If you have never seen a crowd of
this character it would pay you to go
and stand near the stage entrances of
tho Casino and tho Bijou theatre somo
night and look at file crowd of eight or
ten men whom yon will iind Joiteriug
about there. I don't thiuk you oan. find
the price of nn oyster supper among j\
dozen of them. They are the poorest
specimens of humanity that the world
can turn out, nud if the ambitious girl
who dreams of triumphs which come
after a great performance on tho sta-'u
could look them over once she would
-iprobably keep on doing housework or
'‘teaching school, and give bp forever tbe
idea of becoming an act res
M VALUABLE GIFTS,
Americus Recorder
Jas. Fricker &
AND DEALERS IN
PIANOS
Barlow Block, - - - - Americus, Ga.
Wo desiro to call tho attention of tho pnbllo to the fact that wahavo at lait got
settled In onr now store on tho PUBLIC SQUARE and hare On hand a largo and
handsome stook of every thing in our line. Onr (took consists partly of
TO ITS ADVANCE PAYING SUBSCRIBERS.
MQEvd.cn.yv Maxed* 2»d r
Desiring to Increase the ciiculutlon of tb« 11k-
coiidkh, and at tho name time to encourage tho
payment of Btibaeriptiona In advance. wo have for
tUo past two year* m nuniiy dJAtilbntod a nnmbcr
of valuable and useful pro-ent* among those of
our subscriber* wt o paid up all arrears and out
year in advance. These Distributions -were m
fairly conducted, and tho present* gave such gen
eral satisfaction, we have determined to make
tor distribution on the 2d of March next, ut
which wo shall distribute among tho** ol
tseribers who pay up all arrears and ono year
in adv.inco the following present*:"
0 MONARCH 0
53T BOUND BOSOM SIIIItTS! I
Can suit any and every one in Gold, Silver, Steel, Bronze, Zy Ionite. Celluloid OT
of- .Bobber Frames. We are Sole Agents for KING'S CELEBRATED PATENT COM
BINATION SPECTACLES—the best in tho world. We-eell the
of (leo. B. Cluett,
ONE TON
CafHHASTODON GUANO
&TMASTODON GUANO
Toiidee, Amorious, (
.. brand 1* anknowh
rlorin Its fertilising
qualities, boingof high grade mid immuiocturcd
edged
qualit.- ,
of iho host
lid on| of400 pound*.
J2TCOTTON SEED MEAL.!*^fcJ
tarCOTTON SEED MEAL HSS
Manufactured by tho Ann-ricus Oil Coinpnny. As
a fertilizer this Meal ha* proved to Iki of tlio
greatest value, knot only produce* Immediate
. effect* can be seen on tho soil for
yvorai venrsafter. It Is also n line food lor rtock.
t Is sold by the Oil Company at their n ill for
21 per ton. This ton will he distributed In three
prize*-ono of oue-lialf ton and two of one-quar-
WHITE SEWING MACHINE!
WHITE SEWING MACHINE !!
WHITE SEWING MACHINE Hi
Hro. A Co., Troy New YO’fe. These shirt
i he very best mnde, both in material, rat and
workman-lilp. They oro handsome, durablo nnd
never fail to give ffnfJaJ/wdlon. "J b?y can bos
nt the store of John it. Shaw, on Forsyth stn
who is agent for fhclr sale. Oo nnd see them.
ONE BOX-FIVE POUNDS
“CROSS-CUT” SMOKING TOBACCO !
foil uacki
. , ible to try .
it In packages ol ono pound each.
would ffkc
we ;shnll distribute
FIFTEEN boxes-
TWENTY BARS EACH-
LIGHTNING SOAP !!!
Manu/aetured by Vt, C.' Neff A Co.,*Atlanta.
“ "— *«»np, ono of tho most wonderful dls
By a now process this soap
Tbl* is
corerks of tho
I s . M** ,c waah uiulhlng almost with-
it is the flriodt laundry soap
is posalblo nn op{>ortunUy
distributed Inftboxea of 20
bars ouch.
100- B-O-O-K-S!—100
BY STANDARD AUTHORS !!
BOUND IN CLOTH AND GOLD 11!
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, of All Kinds!
SOLID SILVER AND PLATED WARE,
TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY.
GOLD PENS, PEN0IL8 AND TOOTHPICKS,
WALKING CANES, OPERA GLASSES,
GOLD AND AND SILVER THIMBLES, ETC.
We are Headquarters for
Spectacles and Eye-Glasses!
Davis and Williams Singer Sewing Machines!
and havo constantly on hand Needles, Oils, Attachments and Parts for all Machines.
We have tho best equipped Bhop for tho
Repair of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
in this section of tne State. We employ none bat first-class workmen and guarantee
all our work.
PIANO AND ORGAN DEPARTMENT,
This branch of onr business is steadily increasing and all we ask is that parties
who expect to buy a Piano or Organ will call and examine oar stook and get oar
prioes before they bay. If we cannot do ss well or better for yoa than yon can do
for yourselves we do not ask your patronage. The foot that we have sola Pianos and
Organs to dozens of the best business men in Americus shows plainly that we eell as
low as any one. and when yoa buy from us you have no freight to pay and save ths
*• fm * ” ’ “ * -*
trouble of unboxing the instrument, as we place it in your house andnlvo you s
FIVE YEAR'S guarantee. Wo also have on hand a large stock of small Musical In*
strumeuts, consisting of Violins, Guitars, Banjos, Tambourines, Acoordeons and
Harmonicas, and also keep Strings of the very best quality, Violin Bows, Toil pieces,
Bridges, Rosin and all kind of Musical Instrument Trimmings.
The Office of the Southern Express Company
their Agent, Mr. S. O. COOPER ii in onr employ u 1
end Salesmen and will bo glad to servo ell who are neoding anything In
is in oar store and t
as Book-keepor
' onr line.
CALL AND SEE US IN OUR NEW STORE!
JAS. FRICKER & BRO
o book a arc nil by tbo moat popular author*.
e ilniod on good paper, bandaomclr bound in
loth and i old, and would muko n vaiuablo ed
ition to any library.,
S-I-L-V-E-R W-A-T-C-II! ^£3
Fine Caao and Good Movement .
frnndulciit good*, for when a man
ho want# one he can roly upon.
Manufnct
Fancy C
ed by tbe White Sowing Machine
ievoland, Ofcio. Thl* machine ba* u
r, Prop Deal, two J>rnvr< ra »t cncn
Titbit*, and i* hnn'i*' > ni«*ly UnUhod |urough-
Thcre Ho with it nil the modern »ttach-
„i OUV i, mid It 1* warranted lor live y» ar». Thl*
Imi roved Marbino I* tho crownln : feature of
K - -ii'—.-. i- « utodul of beauty,
loho'ljir.g all tbo
of rucccrafnl cliorf*; i* « m«dol of beauty,
.. , . «.i. til
mvhli
-hanUm. “ViKniInc :i | »-gcr ol “"J*
lo ng li hotter than ail o hu um-litar* combined.
*he Iimouln • t .n !*»-• *c*-.i a ti.f Ihy *•<**!• store
o?JOHN 11- KIIAW, Vtvtci, who la
lo Agent for i t »a.e u» Ami n i».
earGENTS' FINE HAT Hs=3
Novel Festivities III France.
[Paris Letter,]
At sonic of tho crack country houses
of France there liavo recently bo.-n
festivities of u novel character. At ono
chateau a hidden orchestra played ilur-
Ing dinner, nud when dessert was on tho
table a troop of beautifully dressed
damsels appeared from behind tho cur
tains, nnd danced around the table, of
fering fruit and flowers to the guests.
At another house the shooting party
were surprised, on Arriving at the lodge
At which they wore to Inncb, to find it
converted into a country inn, where tho
fair hostess and her friends wore wait
ing to attend the sportsmen, elaborately
got up as waiting-vromen.
A Child’s Idea,
[Five Pres*.]
A lady of Detroit was trying to ex
plain to a little giri, who was on her way
Cngh^h^S^^Tn^T^nTne to Niagara Fafis, ’.ho phenomenon of
iCSX if “ eI S tho perpetual rainbow seen.there. . ..
Ptogreasee freely in the son’s rays, but
hot in tho shade.
ansds upoftriflfs,
trifles—
for thf
Is it always at the falls(” asked the
l-ttle girl, sagely. .
The lady replied that it was.
"Then,” said the iittlo one decidedly,
that fa where the rainbow lives.’
IIW foP*-
■-. Ti i* m-
tiijk'-t ifce tin-
■arPAHl OF LADIES' FINE SHOES!
Krim tlie cel.tn.lM niaoiihctio ioS
or Su-ibley A C >., cti- Ini. el,” il„. ah*,
i,In, J . iwtloDot tcpuUliao ui II.- it Ural
tSTSILVEB BUTTER DISH I
with Com, a lliWlMm. Article.
SILVER PLATED TABLE SPOONS,
SILVER PLATED.TEA SPOONS,
SILVER PLATED FORKS.
CHAMBER SETT-FOUR PIECES,
CHINAJFBUIT DISH,
SILK HANKERCIIIEFS,;
BKONZE LAMP,
HANDSAW, j
JEWELRY,
i BUGGY WHIP,
And a Number of Other^Articlea.
MANNER OF DISTRIBUTION
l* ram ,t to. Dir *tu«.*l« -w"
It Shaw, wlu> I. Bole At f.l [or
A Inchon,.
1000—TWO BOXES—1000
DUKE OF DURHAM CIGARETTES!!;
Mann far
North C:
through*
from old Nonh Cir**U
;j. The value of
"rS,7 tll.t «« iwiny «i t,o-b:. may enjoy th.n
tUt-y will be dihtriuuttd it ,» ko.od U .Ul - adb.
HANDSOME
ITTSETll THOMAS CLOCK !'®i
FurnLbcS by McBrU. A V,o ol Atlonln.
ts~ ONE BOX—FIVE POUNDS ~i-l
••MAY LEE"SMOKING TOBACCO!
A Co, Purhotn,
North t aiollna leaf, t'fln^t
tmoYing ta the Ti.« »ox ir fully
rmtb fiva liolla:*. and t bo arprtjclafcd by a
Tho Diatribulion>iII bo made In tho (bliowhif
manner: Tho namo'antl po»t.'ofTlce of each aub-
acri'u r will ba written r.u a «iip of paper nnd pat
in an envelope, an<i n'l placed (u a box. The
name of tnph of tho prcieun to Ixj drawn will
n)4<> to f.l need in envelope* and j-nt in another
box. On tbo day of the distribution these box**
will be turned over to a committee of responsible
H nt't iiic-n, who, before the drawing begins, wll
call upon tome of the aodlence to mix tbe con
tents of the boxes Jo their latlufnctlon. After
this, two Loya,one at each, will take envelopes
; simulUi euualv from lb* boxes ai.d baud them to
[ the committee, who will first read the tamo and
| th*n tho present. Tho secretaries will keep
! ciirroot li*t of the names of the subscribers and
I the nrtidi-s drawn a* they nre called out. This
j will continue until every article has been drawn
I from the box of present', when the committee
j wilt declare tbe distribution completed.
In the Lox of pment* there will be lo blaibs,
hence every name drawn’ term tbe box ot names
! Iteforo the presents arc exhausted wUI*gel{one of
i then- articles, mo*t of which are worth many
, timee the nmoanl pal l (or *uhacriptlon.
1 Itcinlttnucca may b» mado by post ofllc*
| or ler fit rfg’iterrd letter.
j Club*,—We will give a copy of the paper free
I In any one^i'tling up a club of ten aubeerfbart
j cither new or old inea renew log.
| Cash to accompany name* In all cases,
j fj Any one can act as agent for the It Kt.'ORDKB,
j hat we will not be responsible until w* nzeire
I the money for subset iption.
J ^ We gfl tiat tea to furnish a paper worth at least
t the price *»ked for it—f5l—beaidcs giving an op-
j pcrtunily to get one of th* .above.bandaouj*
prerents.
! Remembar that you>noot poaslUy inrsa* 9S
: la a better way than ;bjr »ulscribing for the BK*
[ COKDEB. Addrm,
I w * a*
IPS’ uU™ • •
^ CALVIN CARTER & SON
Tor sooTa:ain> azsoaeat.
Public Square, . . Americus, Ga.
JtEST GOODS
FOR
LEAST MONEY!
New'Store
ANLfi
New Goods.
AGNES AYCOGK,
Under Commercial Hotel,
FORSYTH ST., - - AMERICUS, GA'
New Goods! Low Prices !
TO FILL MY NEW STORE I HAVE ORDERED A LARGE BTOOK OF
Bools, Stationery, Toys, Fancy
Testaments and Bibles from 5 cts. to $14.00 each.
Albums ... from 25 cts. to 10.0Q each.,
l’apetries ... from 15 cts. to 5.00 each.
Toys .... from I ct to 6 00 each.
WRITING PAPER AND ENVELOPES A SPECIALTY !
Large Stock of Blank Books, Ink and Pens—Beit Quality.
Best Grades of Tobacco and Cigar*.
Goods to suit all tastes and purses from Candy and Chewing
Gum to Quarto Dictionaries and Bibles.
PLEASE CALL AND EXAMINE PRICES I
(pgPSpecial order* receive prompt attention. ____
■mm AGNES AY00CX.
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