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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. - St ■ - . .