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«,«»T A PHILOSOPHICAL TAILOR
SAVS OF CLASS AND STYLE.
Jlergymen, Doctor* lawyer* Sparta,
iclon, ami Politician* Array Them-
^lec^laffycra the Wont Drew
era in the World—The Dude*.
INew York Star.]
•There are always certain classes of
* ( n who have styles, of their own. They
»little attention to the latest fashions
to modify them luto the direction
StlSr own ideas. This habit, iir," said
1 tailor, with dignity, **'
“ I regard as the
“Lumnate flower of a high civilization.
Hrcs the individual a marked.character.
^^Srmshes him'from the herd. To
1 .vrirfiian his garments are as much au
Ser.ce of the calling—to one who can
Resigns—as his uniform to a soldier
livery to a footman. There are
JLnmeu, for instance. Who can mis-
Sone, even though ho doesn't affect
Clerical cut, which he ought to, by the
I cut for a number of prelates, and
.[y you, sir, tbey.have got to wear a coat
I-* a straight collar ana a vest that but-
around the neck—Church of Eng-
wcostume, sir, or none at ali from my
gjiUlsliment. ”
how." inquired the reporter, “are
pi to distinguish the doctor and the law-
^On!y a novice would ask that question.
Miviitfans In good practice—and, of
eotirsc, I have none other among my cus
tomers—are the most particular of men.
Tcke a Madison avenue practitioner as an
esantple—and'he's the. ideal doctor for
• trifle
NEW BRITAIN’S CANNIBALS.
Savages of the Pacific Island* Hvho An
but Little Known.
[Cincinnati Enquirer Interview.]
,, Itt • Bottom saloon, seated by
himself and never mingling in tbtpolifc
ical discussions of the various callers,
was seated a short, strongly built man,
whose hair and whiskers were tinged
with gray. The barkeeper said he wai
Engur 1 -
dresses in fine black diagonals, with rich,
Hack kersey top coat, and all must tit him
without a wrinkle. Sometimes he in
dulges iu a .fancy cashmere vest, nud
ilic Dig bunch of seals he dangles at his
fob sets off the neatest stomach to tit iu.
the world. In hat, gloves, and boots h«
U umcaptioual nud extravagant. Hbi
ecftrii *re the richest, his'linen and cam
bric the finest, lie wears three diamond
studs—no other jewelry but the seals.
Well, sir, he’s on impressive spectacle,
ricb, neat, elegant, finished, nud more
plowing to the eyes of a rich woman than
Lot bouse flowers.
“But lawyers —pshaw I They’re the
worst dressers in the world if they amount
to auyildug. Want something black and
take the first goods tlmt come to hand.
Never want a new suit till their old oue
gets disgracefully shabby or falls to pieces
entirely. Boots generally look well, for
they like warm feet and pay big prices.
Jlut bats!—-shocking! The worst tiles in
ibis town are partly distributed on the
beads of our most eminent lawyers. Vou
ran hardly get them to come hero and try-
on a suit, hut must send it ou the chance
of fitting. They’ll always tako It, don’t
care how it looks, if it goes on easily. But,
bless you, that isn’t what a true artist
wants. Big lawyers have paid me high
prices for suits that when I saw them
sent a shiver through mo. Such garments
would fiivo any establishment but mine a
bud name.
“Another class who dress characteristi
cally," eoutined the tailor, garrulously,
“arc wen of business. .They want a dozen
costs and as many trousers and waistcoats
I and the like, in multitudes, after the latest
| fashion. Yet your true man of fashion is
! no dude. Ho is never pronounced, and
never has on shining new clothes. As the
general effect—the elegance that comes
only tridi long experience or a careful
valet-that shows, and it’s what the mere
dune can never catch on to. The dudes
and all the noodles who merely copy the
most extravagant fashions, while they are
our best-paying customers, don’t compel
our fldmiruUou. It’s the man who knows
h» style and dresses up to It who is the
true dresser.
“Of course, oven you can always recog-
•Porting: man. lie is a species
wuu divers classes. The racing mau
drosses differently from tho yachting man.
loo dog fancier nas silent peculiarities un
like those of tho horse fancier, and the
were gambler, who looks on sports of nil
sorts as simply opportunities for book-
Miking, has u stylo all his own. But thev
differentiate iu little thiugs-trinkets.
nnen and tho like. They arc all fond of
high colors and unique patterns. Their
Jellow-stitchcd gloves and pointed shoes,
fhdr caues remind you of the nock and
J* 43 ® °f h stork, with tho long hill on the
K / toy are a knowing crowd, mostly,
tkey’ro as Innocent as
“Closely allied to sporting men arc
Bciors—from a tailor's point of view,
mu there's a wide difference essentially,
ihc sporting mau wants to dazzle you;
jue actor to Impress and overcome you.
sporting man will distribute his mag-
™“[* nce Wl over him; tho actor relics on
such concentrated effect as a seal-
X? W or * low-cut shirt collar and a
"Wc-brimmed hat. Ho wants hi* clothes
{w, not to fit him, but to drape h;ui, and
*7*®.?** himself In attitudes favorable
[J* classic folds. Actors arc liberal cus-
KS* when they have money. But pol-
HWans stand high with us. They are the
fov new clothes! The,- want
everything sleek and shiny, sp'ick and-
5X*’ “d brand new. They are the best
-I* 0 /* Mocks, too, and afford more pleas-
artist’s eye than tho merely
c*8*nt fellow who distracts attention from
clothes to himself. ”
fltJi Avenuo Children.
_ [Joe Howard iu Boston Herald.]
Fortunately, children are scarce in Fifth
iveauc; the necessities of fashion forbid
•Tga families. Such ns come receivo
11 Be of. n mother's care until they are old
»ough to be put on exhibition, to accom-
“mamma" in a drive through the
•ric, or to occupy the front seats of the
Worn box, when they should be soundly
«cp!ug in their beds. They are dressed
o death, trealways in charge of a maid
[hen cut for a walk, and know little of
** pure/ free joys of childhood So they
jwnup to btfpiothature men and women,
uted oniy to imitate the follies, and. alas,
®f> often to repeat the bitter experiences
their parents.
An Old Man's 311*take.
u IV. iL iU-A. Wotehman.l
aien do grow old whether they feel it
I*® 1, aadnothfngcxdtcs so much con-
.~TP l among men as an old man trying to
!H.! on lo yourtg men's ways, and to keep
“cn as btt companions. Buch men
®*usuaUy the jest of those who, for In-
■crested motive*, tolerate their companion-
°rleans Picayune: It Is libelous
dm” «5:» a u,an telling the truth about
malicious intent The troth
1?Lm if it would do him good,
d wilii lhc bsat of intentions.
an English sailor, waiting to ge
to New Orleans. By dint of a few
glasses of grog an Enquirer man infused
a little sociability into this chunk df John
Bullism, and found in him a man who
bad visited a part of tho world that to
civilized people is an unknown and ltd-
explored region. Ho had cruised three
years on an exploring expedition to the
islands of Now Britain and tho duko of
York, which lie- in tho Pacific ocean,
cast of New Guinea and northeast of
Australia. These islands aro inhabited
by natives, who ore cannibals of the
worst description, and who aro so hos
tile to white men that missionaries and
traders have been aliko murdered,
chopped up t cooked and eaten by them.
“How did you got out into that
country?”
“Why, I was laid up in Australia,
and striking Sydney, which is quite a
place, I shipped abroad a small vessel ot
fifteen tons burden, but small as it was
it was big enough for the reefs and
dangers we went through.’’'
“They aro terrible flesh-otters, are
they not?”
“Yes, no doubt of that. Tbr.yhankei
after white man’s flesh. They have f.
chief who has two assistants; one is a
talking man and tho other a butcher.
The first fellow docs the talking—praises
up the chief—and the latter docs the
killing and cutting up. Thoy never eat
tho head, and thoy lot the entails severely
alone. The log and arm bones of men
who are their enemies thoy put in the
butt end of their spears, for tho natives
lielieve that when this is dono it gives
them tho strength of the man whose
bones they carry. Then, again, they
think it makes them safe against any
wounds which the eaten man’s relatives
might.inflict.”
"Hqw do they cure wounds when they
aro inflicted—by medicine men, like the
Indians?”
“On, no. They have surgeons, and
their instrument are queer enough.
Why, they cut off a man’s leg with a
pieco of obsidian.”
“And what’s obsidian!”
“Something that comes out of volca
noes. Then they uso a shark’s tooth
and a picco of glass. Now take a
broken arm. I’ve seen a native surgeon
t.*eat such a case. He goes to work and
cuts the flesh to tho bones, thon draws
the bones into position and puts a piece
of bamboo to keep tho bono in place,
and then binds tho wound up.
“What becomes of the bamboo—stays
in tho wound?”
“Oh, no. It works out after a time,
and the wound heals yp.”
“What medicines do they uso?”
“O, thoy bJocd for everything. If a
man has got tho headache they cut
gashes in the skill and let tho blood
flow, and then stop it with burned
lime.”
“Have they any religion—any ideas
about a future state?”
“That’s hard to say. I don’t think
thoy have any idea of a God that now
exists, but they have got some rude
ideas about a suporior being that lived
at sorno reraoto poriod. Oho of them
once told me, pointing to the mountains
and valleys with which the island
abounded: ‘A big nig rooted them up,
and down and niailo thorn.’ But they
have queer ideas about their dead
friends, arc very superstitious on the
subject, l'or instance, thoy say they
lmvo a good or bad influence on them,
and that they go across tho water to the
moon and then to the stars, which thoy
consider lamps in tho sky to guide
them.”
“But how do they get there?”
“In their canoes, by water. Thoy
think tho ocean, some way, is connected
a way off with tho skies.”
“How aro tho dead buried?”
‘That depends upon how important
they are. If thev aro of littlo import
ance, they aro placed in a sitting p03
turo on a reef at low water, where they
will, when tho tido rises, bo carried off
by sharks, but generally they are placed
in a ennoo and buried under ground. ”
“IIow about tho chiefs?”
“Then they havo a timo. His body is
laid in his canoe, surrounded by scented
herbs. His relatives givo a great feast
and ask in all tho neighboring chiefs.
Tho mourners give each visitor a fathom
of taboo, Tho body is covered with co-
coauut mats and raised to its resting
K in tho forked branches of trees.
dancing begins, and lasts for sev
eral nights. Now comes in tho uso of
tho talking-man. lie goes around to
each guest an l discourses upon the
many virtues of tho deeeasod. Borne
timesdho chief’s head is cut off and the
fikull preserved.by his son and succes
sor. who wraps it up in banana leaves
ana places it in tho hut.”
“Do you <o back?”
“Not if 1 know myself.”
An Electrical ltainbow.
Regarding an “olectrical rainbow,"
Mr. B. S. Nowall, ot Forendene, than
writes to The Nature: “I was ono of a
deputation of Itiver Tyne commissioners
who visited the Booth Foreland to ice
tho experimental lights now on trial
there. We were walking across tho field
from tho lights toward the observii
hut No. 2, a distance of about a ml
audahalf. There was a fog, more or
less, and a shower of rain as wo were
approaching tho hut, and every time the
electric light from ‘A’ tower rovolvod n
rainbow, very like a faint lunar bow,
made its nppcarance. X could not see
any prismatic color, and the bow was
only produced by tbo Urge electric
light, with carbons of It Inches in diam
eter. There was no bow visible from
the old light, which |has carbons abont
! inch square, and none from either the
gas or oil lights. I was informed that
this was tho first timo sneh a phenom
enon bad been observed.
Milk tor Dricht’. DtaeaM.
rchieazo Inter Ocoao.1
Dr. G. Johnson lately told the British
Medical association ot a patient of his,
53 years old, who had lived upon milk
diet for five years. He took a gallon
of milk a day, bat not a particle of any
other food. The treatment cured him
of Bright’s dUssss. •
Under Commercial Hotel,
FORSYTH ST., - - AMERICUS, GA
New Goods! Low Prices
TO FILL MY NEW STORE IIXAVK ORDERED A LARGE STOCK OF
Trstaments ond Bibles from 5 eta. to $1400 each.
Albums - - - from 25 cts. to 10.00 each.
_ I’ii petries ... from 15 cts. to 5.00 each.
Toys .... from 1 ct to 6 00 each,
WRITING PAPER AND ENVELOPES A SPECIALTY
Large Stock of Blank Books, Ink and Pens—Best Quality.
Bist Grades of Tobacco and Cigar a
Goods to suit all tastes and purses from Candy and Chewing
Gum to Quarto Dictionaries and Bibles.
PLEASE CALL AND FXAMINE PRICES!
[pW^Spccial orders receive prompt attention.
AGNES AYCOCK
R. T. EYED,
INSURANCE AGENT,
OFFICE IN COMMERCIAL HOTEL BLOCK,
Forsyth. Street, .... Amerious, Ga
AGENT FOR THE LEADING
ompames
IN THE COUNTRY, GIVING YOU THE BEST INSURANCE AT
THE LOWEST RATES.
AX,ao agent.for tbb
GULLET and LUMMES COTTON GINS,
Tlio JBeat.'O-ina'Mado I
CALL AND SEE ME, WnEN IN WANT OF INSURANCE OR GINS.
sepll8m3 Jrt, *1*.
•Wheatley’s Comer.
Ho! every one in need of Clothing,
“COME AGAIN” to Wheatley’s Comer and buy
1 :-o splendid succcu which atteuacd|our>fforl*;in Introducing the file of
FUN K CLOTHING
• in oar n , has Inrim-e^us to bring out ibr tho Spring trad* the largest, handsomest end
most complete line of
Perfect Fitting Clothing
EVElt SHOWN IN AMERICUS t
These goods litre been selected with greet care end poeeese* en elegance of design, beauty of finish
and durability of texture, that few indeed can equal, end none surp**s. In every lestence we
GUARANTEE PERFECT FIT OR NO SaLE
Wo here>lso e lerge end well selected stock of perfect fitting
Shirts, Collars, Cuffs, Neck and Underwear I
And every thief in Ibc way of Gent's Furnishing Coops. Tolite end ettoetlTeJSeleimea will teke
pleasure in die; laying these beautiful goods whether yon wish to hey or not.
THOKNTON
Wheatley’s Corner,
IN THE LINE OF
MR ill PRIVISIMS.
• * -V • ;
L.B.BOSWOR’Efr
FORSYTH ST„ AMERICUS, GA.
Hu jut received tha following now good, for tho Holiday., to wbioh be invito,
special attention.
Dried Fruits, Citrons, Prunes,
Currants, Raisins and Figs,
MALAGA GRAPES AND MINCE MEATS
FRESH APPLES-ORANOES, APPLE BUTTER FRESn AND GOOD, MAPLE
SYRUP, BUNKER HILL PICKLES AND GHERKINE
CHRISTMAS CANDIES !
CHOICE, FRESH, MIXED CANDIES, TOY CANDIES, ETC.
Canned Gkx>ds!
I have the flout lino of Canned Goode evei brought to America*, .11 (of whioh ere
fall weight uni fint-olu. goods, imbruing
BARTLETT PEARS,
STRAWBERRIES,
PEACHES.
GREEN CORN,
CODFISH BALLS,
PINE APPLES,
BLACKBEHRUS,
TOMATOES.
STRING BEANS.
it
FULTON MARKET BEEF,
PRESERVES AND JELLIES OF ALL KINDS,
PICKLES—BUNKER HILL, GHERKINS, CHOW-CHOW. MIXED.
BUCKWEAT FLOUR AND OAT MEAL,
CODFISH AND YANKEE BEANS. CANNED MACKEREL,
CANNED SALMON. BEEF AND HAMS. DRIED BEEF,
CREAM CHEESE, FINE 008HEN BUTTER,
:amd nrxmiBiHo eue /w.rnjr.ixjvR or
FANCY AN1) STAPLE GROCERIES.
ALSO KKVl'H THIS FINEST Bit ANUS OB
LIQUORS AND OIOARS.
Budweiser Beer on Xoe, Bto.
Xu S. BOSWORTH.
American, Go,. December 3,1884. ml
Jas. Flicker & Bro.
AND DEALERS IN
PIANOS
ORGANS,
Barlow Block, - - - - Amerious, Ga.
WHEATLEY,
: : Americus, Ga
GYLE®,
SANTA CLAUSE.
CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
And now b'y« rinco we have gathered
our crops and buug np our uieni, let ua
all go right to GYLLS THE CLOTQIEE
AND HATTER et Aramcm*. Gt., end
3tt ue ouch a nic»- Miit ot Clti'Ue*, Sltirle,
Drawers, Undershirts, Handkerchief)*,
-ocJfj>, Glove*, Neck-wear, Suspender*,
in Umbrella and rer.l I*»iher Valise.
Something useful, hh well am orn imenUL
None of your "gew-gewi*” for na. We
want substantial*, m d Oyles has the
■iootls and the place to gel jour nejr*a
worth. He won't >i II yon n shoddy arti
cle. No be won't.
The big cue ora he h> • just fr<H2?a to
him becatee they know t e won't misrep
resent, never miuU under what eireutn-
stanceO So now gather np the bo>a mod
f«U into the proccttlon, and the orchestra
• ill atrike op to the tune of “Yankee-
Doodle."
We'all of u» have home to town
And come these many mil:*,
To buy our cloth., of first ciese ilyle.
From ctothif r, Frenk-A. Oytie.
then wbcop up, boy,, don’t mild the
Three niltt-r merchant, make,
For Ot U. von Acow can beat them all—
He tikes the rake.
CHRISTMAS
IS COMING, AND
Mi CLAUS
THE CONFECTIONERY STORE OF
W. E. CLARK,
On Lamar Street.
wfit:ee calf BR’tvrcxn a bkautiful
.ELECTION OF
CANDIES,
FRUITS,
NUTS,
CANNED GOODS,
RAISINS,
CAKES,
•y* ; • . PIES,
A *"”CwrwKsaMW"**
W« desiro to call the attention of tb. pnblio to tb* Diet that w* have at hut got
aattled in onrnaw atora on the PUBLIC SQUARE and hava on band a large and
handeome atook of every thing in our line. Onr itook oonatata partly of
Watches, Clocks and Jeweliy, of All Kinds 1
SOLID SILVER AND PLATED WAKE,
GOLDPENS? PENCILS ANDTOOhlPICKS,
WALKING CANES, OPERA GLASSES,
OOLD AND AND SILVER THIMBLES, ETC.
We ere Headquarter, fur
Spectacles and Eye-Glasses!
Cen enlt any and every one in Gold. Silver, Steel, Bronx,, Xylonite. Celluloid ot
Rubber Frame,. Wo ara Sole Agents for KINO'S CELEBRATED PATENT COM.
BINATION SPECTACLES—tho beat in tb# world. We sell the
Davis and Williams Singer Sewing Machines!
and have oonatantly on hand Needlca, Oita, Attachment, and Part* for all Machinal.
We have tbe beat equipped chop for the
Repair of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
io this section of tne State. Wa employ none bat fint-etaw workmen and guana tea
alt onr work.
F«rtkeUtrl*neeet very Low Wew.
tSTOrdera for Caktaand other Baking
attended to promptly.
PIANO AND ORGAN DEPARTMENT.
TbiabranchofonrbuineuisetaadilyinereaiiBgaadaUwo aekta that parttea
wba expect to boy a Piano or Organ will call and examina onr atoek and get onr
prtMt before thay boy. If we oannnt do ax well or better for yon than yon can do
for Toorulvaa we do not ask yonr patronage. The fact llutt wa ban .old Piano* and
Onui to doxene of tb# beat buatoero men in America* ehowa plainly that we eeltaa
low a* any one, and wban yon bny from na yon hava no freight to pay and aava tha
trouble of noboxlng tbeioitrnmenf, aa wa plaot it in yonr bona* and civa you *
FIVE YEAB'8 guarantee. We alio ban on hand a large atook of am*U Musical In-
atrooeota, eonxlrtiog of VinliM, Onltara, Benj™, Tamboarinex, Accordeon. sod
Harmonica*, and atao keep Strtnga of tb* very best quality. Violin Bowe, Tail pieeae,
Bridge*, Rosin and all kind of Mtuical Instrnment Trimming*.
TheJJOfflcefeof the Southern Express Company
b In onr atoro and th*ir Agent, Hr. a O. COOPER u in onr employ ae Book-keep**
and S«i>«"ia" and will bo glad to aarvo all who are needing anything in oar Ho*.
CALL AND SEE US IN OUR NEW STORE I
' JAS. FRICKER A BRO.