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A Sw«>live KMtay to all 1*“‘ »“»■>.
ytU , irex and wane, Hie good and true re-
He “u«t lore i. mine own heart telletli
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. Jtothe crowded street, unwittingly,
,ffih,ve passed
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our ear to Earth’s lips, wo Bliaff hear her
-to thfkrk I am seeking new gems for my
w> wSdrsam of green leaves, when the
woods turn brown.
-[Lucy Larcom,
' DAmFNATURE’S ZOO.
wbat Professor Pell* L. Oswald
Mfs of the Upper Hilo Heston.
[Cincinnati Enquirer.)
The country of the Upper Nile was,
oar excellence, the wonderland of the
Koman world, as it is still tho grandest
outdoor museum of natural curiosities.
Zoologically there is no more densely
populated country. All tho wild beasts
Jnd birds, made homeless by the de
vastation of northern Africa, seem to
have taken refuge in the Nubian high
lands. In the terrace-land of tho Nu
bian and Abyssinian Alps there roam
herds of elephants, buffalos, wild goats,
wild sheep and fourteen ortifteen differ
ent species of antelopes. Further bo-
low the hippopotamus and white rhin
oceros haunt tho rivers wamps. Pro
fessor Blanford enumerates 200 species
of water birds.
With these harmless settlers less de
sirable guests have crowded in, the
spotted hyenna, the jackal, the black
and yellow lionf four species of smaller
cats, wild dogs and, above all, tho cyn-
ocephalus, the wily and mischievous
baboon. Three varieties of thoio Dar
winian pets inhabit tho rocks of southern
Nubia; the little babuin, the cynoceph-
alus proper, and tho cclada, or mantle
baboon, a fierce and powerful fellow,
whose -shaggy mane protects his body
like a cloak, and enables him to brave
tho climate of tho upper highlands.
Professors Kuppel, Holton nnd Maj. W.
C. Harris agree on tho fact that a troop
of these brutes, in ravaging a corn-field,
will not only hold their ground against
all comers, but on tho slightest provo
cation tako tho offensive in a way not
likely to bo forgottin by tho unarmed
natives.
Dogs have no change watover against
a full-grown baboon. The old males do
not wait to be tackled, but charge them
at once with an energy and skill of co
operation that would do credit to a troop
ot well-drilled soldiers. Tho hyrax, a
queer pachydorm, allied to the Euro
pean badger, coinhabits tho rocks with
a hibernating marmot, aud tho coast
jungles swarm with wild hogs that mul
tiply undisturbed, for tho Abyssinian
natives share tho pork prejudice of their
Mohammedan neighbors.
The Life Inaurance Intercut.
[Inter Oeean.l
The imraonsity of tho lifo insurance
interest in this country is as yet hardly
more than half understood. The
united assets of tho companies are now
over $300,000,000- tho oxwit amount
Jan. 1, 1384, was $495,040,506.80. This
vast sum, belonging to tho policy
holders, and held in trust for tho pres
ent aud futuro payment of thoir claims,
is $100,000,000 moro than the not an
nual rovenuo of tho United .States gov
ernment; five times largor than tho
total annual salo of monoy postal ordors,
and nearly $100,000,000 greater than
the total combined capital invested in
the iron and steel and lumber business
m this country. Tho wholo amount of
lie insurance now in force is nearly two
billion dollars.
Even taken by states separately tho
amounts aro stupendous. New York
policy-holders havo an aggregate of
f'-44,44o,?32; those of Illinois and
y u ,jo each moro thau $123,000,000. The
uailv newspaper property of tho coun
ty « very valuable, but tho li.e insur
ance m forco in either ono of the two
latter states alone is considerably in ex
cess of tho cash value of the daily jour-
nau m the United States combined.
c,r * **»• Pumpkin a Chance.
[American Agriculturist!
. .* ,l ®P u ropkin is an outcast, crowds it
■elf through the world, and gets along
aswstit may. We object to its being
S despicably treated. For dairy cows
the pumpkin is highly valuable, and in
™ wa >* objectionable. It is rich in fat
mu sugar, tending to increase the yield,
whilo its yellow color adds to
juc appearance of tho butter. A wcll-
known authority claims that a ton of
immpjaos j s more valuablo for dairy
vows than two tons of ruta bagas, ami
«»eral times as many white turnips,
ihe narU-Bholl varieties can bo kept well
on into tho winter, if stored in a very
«y place with hay or straw packing,
uere are worse things for farmers to
»n a field than sixty-pound pump-
A Store of Stall*.
[Pittsburg Chrou ice -Telegraph. ]
. I 1 ** important to prevent the multi
“w, at seasons, from turning away
i5? m , useful men, and following with
jjnd admiration those who have no
Pnume talent—who have, in fact, only
u miscellaneous stuff, good, bad
type* 601 ' havo absorbed
Buek to the Old School,
p , [The Current.]
to ^ discussion as to the
ti»/ J* t * 10 fiction-literature of the
tofi}* *aay he remarked that the aver-
2it2!.' reader » aalhited with the triv-
of the analytical school, turns volumes each,
pleasure from them to
*»• Soatbwortb, ud Ked
A Japan... Drr.UIn*.
[Bostou Herald.)
Ono of the largest dealora m Japanese
goods and brio-a-broo in New York has
fltted into the back of his slore a real
Japanese house in minature. Only two
rooms, however, aro represented, corre
sponding to our reception room and
panor, but these aro complete anil exact
ill detail. The house was brought to this
country from Japan in sections, and
was put together hero by a Japanese
artisan, after their custom, without
nails, glue forming the necessary substi
tute. The material for the framework
is of Japanoso cedar nnd bamboo- a
strong transparent paper forms tho little
square panes for tho window, glass be
ing only used by tho lower classes. Tho
moldings fit the rooms aro of lacquer of
a very artistio and bountiful pattern,
and the ceilings are of bamboo, braided
in different designs nnd colored in differ
ent shades of brown.
Tho floors aro especially curious, be
ing made very elastic, a sort of split
bamboo or straw forming a padding un
derneath tho squares of matting, which
are finished separately with a neat bind
ing. The rooms in a Japuneso house
arc designated by the number of pieces
of matting required for each, as tho
seven, six or flvq mntted room. Tho
reception room is ’urnlshed with a side
board with a rounded front placed in
one corner, on w| ieh are richly orna
mented tea caddies, a huge teapot, and
all tho accessories of a hospitable cup
of tea,which thoy offer to all callors, and
a very elaborate lacquer and bronzo tablo
near by holds a decorative jardiniere. A
light sliding door of paper, gayly
painted witli Japanese flowers, separates
this room from tho inner ono or par
lor. This is the "five-matted room,”
and has on tho floor a very curiously-
wrought artistio bronzo incense-burnor,
and on ono sido of it is the box holding
the materials for burning tho incense.
A laquor reading desk stands near, on
which is a book, a scroll, nnd a pair oi
exquisite candlesticks. Handsomo raw
silk rugs, which serve -for chairs, are
laid on the floor.
Stenting tlio Proclamation.
[London Times.]
There are some very trilling events in
tho make-up of local history, but which
aro yet not without a certain degree of
importance. It is posriblo that the first
public reading of President Abraham
Lincoln’s emancipation proclamation in
Poston may rank itself in this category,
and tho following is tho history of the
fact: Tho evening of tho day on which
the proclamation was issued at Wash
ington, a copy thereof came by tele-
graj h to Tho Poston Journal office, and
the same evening a meeting of Free
toilers had assembled in Tremont tem
ple. Whilo tho night editor of The
Journal was engaged in preparing tho
dispatch for transmission to the com
posing-room, Judge Thomas Russell cn
tcrod tho editorial sanctum, all out of
breath, and inquired as to the truth of
such a proclamation having been pro
mulgated by tho president, and was
shown tho dispatch sheets on which it
was written.
He bogged tho loan of them for a
quarter of an hour, but this was refused,
as boing against all rule. Tho judgo
then seized them, and ran with all speed
from the editorial room, followed by the
night editor in pursuit, but was not
caught. Ho reached the platform of
the Tremont temple, interrupted tho
speaking, and read tho proclamation,
when a scene of excitement followed
which Imftled description. Some talk
was had about tho proprietor of The
Journal having Judgo Russell arrested
for tho theft, but this did not take placo.
This was the first time tho proclamation
was publicly read in Boston.”
Dally Papers of the Orient.
[“Ichnbod” in Inter Ocean.]
Tho local English newspapers of the
Orient havo been quito high-priced, but
thero is a reaction, nnd they aro cheap
ening now. Tho dearest that I know of
are two, one in Penang and tho other in
Amoy (I believe), which cost 40 cents
per single copy. Tlioso in Japan cost
from 10 to 25 cents each as a rule.
Thero are dailies in Yokohama, Shang
hai, llong Kong, Singapore, and tho large
Indian cities. Tho two excessively high*
in icod journals are tiny four-page week
lies. It is said that tho missionary
editor of a weekly at Bangkok has
grown rich off from his venture. Jeru
salem did havo a Iittlo periodical in
English, but it died a natural death,
and thero is nono now in Syria, Palcstino,
or Asm Minor. Egypt has a daily paper,
printed at Alexandria, half in English
and half in French. Constantinople
has several such dailies, half in English
nnd half in French. Calcutta has an
English daily, Tho Statesman, owned
by u rieh native, which fights the
government, and sinco tho llbert bill
troubles it has beon quito popular.
Daily papers in tho native language
are common in Japan, Egypt, Syria,
Turkoy nnd India Thero aro throe or
four Chinese dailies issued at Hong
Kong, but none in China proper that 1
know of, unless it bo at Pekin. The
Arabic dailies in Bcyrout, Alexandria,
and Cairo arc quite enterprising, eveu
giving accounts of al* important events
transpiring in America.
In Good Shape.
[Lime-Kiln Club.]
A quarterly report from Cyclone
Thirst, secretary, announcod that the
branch club at Island ,Shoals, Ga.,
had settled dowtiHo business and was
meeting with splendid success. The
branch now numbers ninety-eight mem
bers ami sinco its establishment, more
paper dollars, toothpicks and bottles of
hair oil had t*een sold in that coun
try than for twenty years previous.
DISTRIBUTION
■Americus Recorder
TO ITS ADVANCE PAYING 8UBSCIUBERS.
PIANOS
Barlow Block,
ORGANS,
Americus, Ga.
Mssday, 18SS.
Desiring to increase the c-rculation of the Kv-
cocDF.it, oud at the same tnno to encourage the
payment of enhtcription® Inaivanc?. wo havo for
the past t*o year* annually dDtt United a number
of valuablo ant] aeoful present* among those of
our aubscribeta wto pu'd up all arrears and one
year in advance. Theae Distributions were »o
fairly conducted, nnd tho presents gave such gen
eral satisfaction, wo hav® determined to make
another diattiballon on the 2d of March next, nt
which wo shall distribute among tho.-® of ojr
subscribers who pay up all arrears and one year
In advance the following presents: .
(3TMASTODON GUANO P&l
tWMASTODON GUANO l^fl
i, Americus, Ga. Thin brand is anknowt
. _ :o be without a superior in Its fertilising
qualities, being of high grade nnd manufactured
of ihe beat materials. . This ton will he distrib
uted in throe pr*es—onn of on.: half ton, onoot
GOO pounds, and ono of 400 pounds.
ONE TON
HTCOTTON SEED MEAL I'm
GTCOTTON SEED MEAL 1"^|
Manufactured by tho Americas Oil Company. As
a fertilizer tills Meal has proved to ta of the
greatest value. It not only produces Immediate
re'-nits, but its effects can bo seen on tho roil for
-• ,vcral years after. It ia also a tine food lor stock.
Ititso'dby the Oil Company at their n 111 lor
$22 per ton. Thie ton will ho distributed in three
prizes-one of one-half ton and two of ono-qunr-
WHITE SEWING MACHINE!
WHITE SEWING MACHINE 1!
WHITE SEWING MACHINE!!!
6 MONARCH 6
&W BOUND BOSOM SHIRTS!! -^3
From the' well.knovm h^ua® of Geo. B. Clnctt,
Bro. A Co., Troy New York. Theao ahlrt aro
the very host made, both in material, ent and
workinanihlp. They are handsome, durable nnd
never fall to give satisfaction. 1 biy can be seen
at the store of Joh# It. Shaw, on Forsyth strict,
who ia agent for their sale. Go and see thorn.
The club lmd discussed tho following
questions:
1. That the flavor of tho ’possum is
gradually but surely deteriorating, and
that some action of congress seenu im
perative.
2. That a clean shirt once in a week
or two doe3 not injure tho physical sys-
3. That the more a man’s mind is cul
tivated the less he will hanker to break
into a smoke-house or run down e lira
hog
Paris has nearly eighty new popular
libraries which havo over 100,000
Uore than 100 memorUto have been
•noted on the battlefield of Gettyeburg
Manufactur'd by the • White Sewing Machine
Company, Cleveland, Ohio. This machine bM n
Fancy Cover, Drop I .cat, two Drawers ut each
cud ot Table, aud Is handsomely Hulvhed through-
There go with It nil the modern r.ttach-
j. and It is warranted tor live y« »r*. This
Improved Machine Is tho crown«nz feature of
of sticceveful efforts; is n model of beauty,
tevcelM workmansblr, • mbodying all the
latest Itnpruv. rn.nl* kuov/u t • m-wiux machine
•chanUm, e.vcn!In? a I rger ot work and
nz it letter than till n hw machines ootuMuod.
ic machinec.)ii *-•*:n a tho Dry t.f otis store
JOllS H. Ml AH’, on Fryth who fs
bt le Agent far l s sa o in Aimiims.
BTGENTS* FINE IIATP&l
To ho selected by the Imky man from the large
i iliu entile stock.
CS-l'AUt OF LADLES' FINE SHOES !
Htrl'ilc- i CV, tli .-ini , oblii. - ho i.av.
talned a national reputation in tn- n line. JI
•Does are the handsomest pair ever broughl
Americas, nnd retail at t*J t er | »r. ’• lu-y
1** reen at tho Dty Good* and Slio* Mere o .1
H Shaw, who I® bole Ag* ut for ihc-e soo>l
s\ meric; is.
1000-TWO BOXES-1000
DUKE OF DURHAM CIUAHETTES!!
finest in :
l. D».0o.
Mannfiteiured by W . Duke, ?*■•!
Sotth Carolina, who have m-oi-
throughout tho world as tt.c
from old North Car»»-'ba leaf,
wor:J. The value of the*- M.
ord-r that as many a* (•osebk
they will b« dlstrlbntrd in , atk
HANDSOME
tSTSETH THOMAS CLOCK
furnished by McBride A C*., of Atl-rnta.
tST ONE BOX-FIN E FOUNDS
"MAY LEE" BMOKING TOBACCO!
Manufactured by W. Duk-, Son® A Co, Dnrbam,
N. C., from old North Carolina leaf, t*-® finest
•moving leaf In the wort Tb# fox i® fully
ro:tb St. Joltotq ul »lII
ONE BOX-FIVE POUNDS
“CROSS-CUT” SMOKING TOBACCO
Mnnnfactnrcd bv W. Duke, Sobs & Co., Dur-
bam, N. C., from old North Carolina leaf, and put
up In handsomo foil packages. As we would uke
as many as posslblo to try It, we ;®hall distribute
it in packages ot one pound each.
FIFTEEN BOXES—
TWENTY BARS EA(
/ LIGHTNING SOAP ! !T^
Manufactured by W. O. »Neff A Co.,VAtlnnta
This Is a new soap, one of the most wonderful dit
coverte® of the age. By n new proccsn this soap
is in via so tbn v»h wash doiblng almost with
out the use of the wash board, at the tame time
clensing without in the lenst mjnrlng the fabric.
It ia the finest laundry soap ever made, and In or-
do 1 * ts give aa many as posslblo an opportunity
of r?t y, it will be distributed in]|boxes of 20
100—B-O-O-K-S!—100
BY STANDARD AUTHORS !!
BOUND IN CLOTH AND GOLD !!!
These book® are all by the tno®t popular authors,
E rfnlod on good paper, handsomely bound In
loth and bold, and would make a valuable ad
dition to any library..
C2T 8-I-L-V-E-U W-A-T-C-H ! ^
Fine Case and Good Movement',
fraudulent goods, fbr when a man r
be wants ono be can rely upon.
BTSILVER BUTTER DISH !
with Cover, a I/andsome Article.
SILVER PLATED TABLE SPOONS,
SILVER l’LATED.TEA SPOONS,
SILVER PLATED FORKS.
CHAMBER SETT-FOUR PIECES,
CHINAJFItUIT DISH,
SILK H ANKERCIIIEF8,:
BRONZE LAMP,
HANDSAW,! *
JEWELRY,
BUDDY WHIP,
And a Number of Other?Articleft.
MANNER OF DISTRIBUTION:
The Distribution;* ill lie made In the fallowing
manner: Tho mune'nnd post'offlee of each sub
scriber will bo written on a slip of paper ond pat
in un envelope, and all placed In a box. The
name of each of the present® to be drawn will
nlsoleplared in envelope, and jut in another
box. On tho day of the distribution these boxes
will be turned over to a committee ofresponsible
gentferaen, wh®, before the drawing begin®, wll
rail upon some of the audience to mix the con
tent® of the taxes .to their satisfaction. After
this, two toys, one at each, will take envelopes
Itfft'eonslv from Ihs boxes ard bund them to
the cotcmlttcv, who will first rend the .ame and
thru the present. The secretaries will keep
correct ll«t of the names of tho subscribers and
ibe articles drawn as they are called out. This
will coutinuc until every article has been drawn
from the box of present*, when the committee
will declare the distribution completed.
In the box of pretents there will be >o blaxks,
ber.ee every name drawn; ft-om the box of names
before the.preseutf are exhausted wii^gelfoue of
these articles, most of which or® worth many
titiK-s the amount paid for sabacriptioo.
Remittances may bo m®d» by post office
order or reglJterrd letter.
Clulis,—Wc will give a copy of tho psper free
to any one getting ups club of ten subscribers
cither new or old cues renewing.
Cash to. accompany names ia all eases,
if Any one can act as agent for the HECORDKC,
but we will not be responsible until we reseire
the mon*>y for subscription.
$ v \Ye jmirsntec to furnish n paper worth at least
the price asked for it-f*-b«sfdes giving an op.
portuntty to get one of tho >l*ove^bandaome
presents, a
Remember that yooJtannotftoauUy Invea* 89
la a better way tkaa ;by lultcrlUaf tor the IUC*
CORD KB. Address,
We dosire to oall the attention of the pnblio to the fket that we hate At last got
settled in onr now store on the PUBLIC SQUARE and have on hand a Urge and
handsomo stook of everj thing in our line. Our stock oonalfts partly of
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, of AH Kinds!
SOLID SILVER AND PLATED WAKE,
TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY.
GOLD PENS, PENCILS AND TOOTHPICKS,
WALKING CANES, OPERA GLASSES,
OOLD AND AND SILVER THIMBLES, ETC.
We nro Headquarters for
Spectacles and Eye-Glasses!
Can suit any and every one in Gold, Silver, Steel, Bronze, Xylonite. Celluloid OT
Rubber Frames. We are Sole Agente for KING'S CELEBRATED PATENT COM
BINATION SPECTACLES—the best in the world. We sell the
Davis and Williams Singer Sewing Machines 1
nnd have constantly on baud Needles, Oils, Attachment* and Part* for all Machine*.
We have tho best equipped shop for the
Repair of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
In this seetion of tno Stato. We employ none bnt first-class workmen ond guarantee
all our work.
PIANO AND ORGAN DEPARTMENT.
This branch of onr business is steadily increasing and all we ask i* that [
who expect to buy a Piano or Organ will call nnd examine our stock and get onr
prices before they buy. If we cannot do as well or better for yon than yon oan do
for yourselves wo do not ask yonr patronago. The fact that we have sola Piano* and
Organs to dozens of the best buwlness mon in Americus show* plainly that we eell aa
low as any one, and when yon buy from us yon have no freight to pay and aave the
trouble of unboxing tho instrument, ns wo place it in yonr home and give you a
FIVE YEAR'S guarantee. Wo also have on hand a large itook of amall Muaical In*
strumeuts, consisting of Violins, Guitars, Banjos, Tambourines, Aooordeon* and
Harmonicas, and also keep Strings of tho very best quality, Violin Bowa, Tall pieces, ’
Bridges, Rosin and all kind of Musical Instrument Trimmings.
The Office of the Southern Express Company
la in onr store nnd their Agent, Mr. 8. 0. COOPER is In our employ os Book-keeper
and Salesman and will be glad to serve all who are needing anything in onr line.
CALL AND SEE US IN OUR NEW STORE!
,„ vmr JAS. FRICKER & BRO
UO TO - *
CALVIN CARTER & SON
Taw seeTS*Asn>
Public Square, . . Americus, Qa.
AEST GOODS
FOR
LEAST HONEY!
New Store
and;
New Goods.
Under Commercial Hotel,
FORSYTH ST., - - AMERICUS, GA>
New Goods! Low Prices!
Hitt
TO FILL MY NEW STORE I HAVE ORDERED A LARGE STOCK OF
Bools, Stationery. Toys, Fancy Goods, lie,
Testaments and Bibles from 5 cts. to $14.00 each.
Albums - • * from 25 cts. to JO.OOeach.
l’apetries ... from 15 cts. to 5.00 each.
Toys .... from I ct to 6 00 each.
WRITING PAPER AND ENVELOPES A SPECIALTY 1
Large Stock of Blank Books, Ink and Pens—Bert Quality.
Best Grades of Tobacco and Cigars.
Goods to suit all tastes and purses from Candy and Chewing
Gum to Quarto Dictionaries and Bibles.
PLEASE CALL AND EXAMINE PRICES!
[pySpecial orders receive prompt attenrioiL . v/Yvnp
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