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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1884.
WORLD’S EXPOSITION AT NEW ORLEANS,
Ambricus Recorder
‘ FUBLISHKD BY
iirtTCEON COTTON AVENUE.
Louisiana State Lottery Co.
“Wtdo hsrdy certify that w tuptrttu
the arranyemtnte far all the Monthly and
Semi-Annual Dronings of Tht Louttiana
and that the tame art conducted with hon
esty, fairness, and in good feith tossard at
parties, and tee authorise the Company to
uet thie certificate, icith Jac-timdee of our
signatures attached, in its adtertisementt."
SStsCt&e and semi-tropical
corn. rye.o»m, rice.Irlib
ud tweet potatoes, peannta. chufan,
ainn pea, tuger cine. apples, Mare.
Mtchw. grap 08 . ploms » B “ other frnlla.
ft. cltmpte ft mild and .qosble,
of the moet healthy intheworM
bring pure sod pry i
Inng nnd tbrosi di —- —---—-
onldoor work can be performed without
inronroulenoe from tnmmer beat or
•later cold. Amerloue bat a population
rfC OPO, it beautifully eituated on high
ted rolling ground and ooa.tt of somei of
lb. bandaomeat busineta blocks in the
Sooth:' To* e*ty ha ilne publio eohoolt;
conil churches; a large pnbtio library;
ooo daily, one semi-weekly and two
weekly newtptperuj a new opera home,
completely fnreiahed wiiu scenery and
capable of eeallng 1.000 peraone; a well
organized fire department, including
tt,i line eteamep*; the etreeta are weU
oared, sewered- Jibd lighted; there are
two flooring mills, a cottonseed oil mill,
planing mill and variety works, carriage
- s. and one
healtbv in the world, the air
and qioetbenefiolal lor
C. R. XcCRORY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ellaville, ga.
TERMS—All claim a (tom |30 or under, |S;
from i» to §500, ten pcT cent.; orrr *
ftr nut. No charges onleia collectloi
Ksylltt, “
MI8CBLLANEO UB.
Ed we J. Ui'ler. O. Horace McCall.
Monumental Marble Works,
MILLEB * McCALL, Proprletort,
Bouthweat Corner of the Publio Square,
AMERICUB, GA.
' Monuments, Tombs, Etc,, Etc
•ftha beat Italian sod American Marble.
to* fUUIng far Oagiitary BbsIm-
urai, s Specialty.
$2,000
At small cost out b« secured for your
loved ones, by joining tbo
Knights of Honor.
jejerwy husband aud father do 1L Rega
in* Mga nesting tint and third Friday
>r. w. Forparticnlnra call rn
E. TAYLOB, Die.
Or, D. K. Bnrxaox, lteporter. decllyl
Mis. M. B. FOSTER
fishes to inform her old patrons and
riende that aho will confined In Urn
Iren Making business, but has mored
> her reslds-oe, in tba bouso with Mr.
. Cohen, oorner Church and Forrtat
tracts, where eke will be pressed to see
1 her old customer, and friend*.
deolStf
DURHAM’S
STANDARD TURBINE!
la ike heat eMurracted tad Sn-
Cheap Baginoe.
I hart for sale ■ few Coopei Portable
Joignn, the beat madA which I will eell
ft cheap
•ep!7tf
dirt cheap if called for icon. I
* B. T. BYBD.
WANTED!
OYE FBE-H MILK COW to giro not
J5£*J«TwoO*Uona milk per day. Ap-
Speclsl Correspondence Recorder.
New Orleans, Dec. IT, ’84.
The great World’s Industrial and
Cotton Centennial Exposition was
opened yesterday with the impos
ing ceremonies usual to such ooon-
sions, and is now ready for the re
ception of the thousands of visitors
who are expected for the next few
months to daily throng the elegant
buildings and capacious grounds.
Like all other great expositions,
it bn* taken an immense amount of
labor and money to get things in
shape, and even now the exhibits
are not fail; want of time and facili
ties having prevented exbibltore
from getting their exhibits into
shape. Ueorgin’s exhibit has not
yet been placed in position, but
will be in a few daye. It will prob
ably be several weeks before all the
exhibits will be in perfeot shape,
and for this reason it is impossible
to givo anything like a detailed dc-
ecription ol the many things to be
seen, even if it were possible for
my pen to deptot them or any paper
to publiih the account of them in
any one issue. I shall therefore
attempt only a general description
of the buildings and grounds, and
in order that your readers may gain
a general idea of their appearance,
I send you an illustration of them,
kindly furnished me by Mr. Win.
H. H. Judson, Chief of tbo Depart
ment of Printing and Publishing.
Many people have been puzzled
to know why it is called a “cotton
centennial,” but the explanation is
simple. The time chosen for the
exposition, wben.it was first pro
posed, was 1884, from the fact that
it would then be just one hundred
years since the flret cotton was ex
ported from this country, to Eng
land, which was from the port of
Charleston, 8. 0. It is but two
rears since the project was con
ceived of holding ibis exposition,
and the progress achieved in that
tinre has been remarkable. No other
enterprise of a similar ebaracte rand
litudo was sver brought to
a stste of perfection in as
short a period of time, and it con-
tradiots the prevalent opinion that
the people of the South are slow-
moving nnd withont energy.
The msin objeot of the exposition
waa to Illustrate the wonderful de
velopment in the production, menu-
featuring, uses and consumption of
that greatest o' Southern industrial
products—cotton. Afterwards, by
reason of receiving the generous
aid of the United States govern-
meat in (be lo%n of amillion dol-
ltrs, the scope and general plan
waa enlarged, and in place of an
exposition dsvoted to sn exhibit of
one iadnetnr. II now embraces all
the world, ancl becomes s means of
‘isr the maebiner,"
gathering together the machinery
and.exhibits of the progress of all
civilised nations.
A worlds’* exposition, wh^ro ev
ery thing evolved by nature and
'it by man can be seen vol-
tt^OBif Vfoltcd, .ar.Dtlerijjr
soft attractively gartuebea who
magnificent and abundant housing,
with all possible adjuncts of exhib
its nnd display, cannot fail to
arouse curiosity and assure gratifi
cation. A world’s exposition held
nt the most unique nnd attractive
city on the continent—a city cloth
ed in perennial verdnre, while else
where nature assumes her most rug
ged and forbidding aspect will cer
tainly draw by this token many,
many thousands. When every lino
of transportation readily and hear*
tily recognizing its widely perva
ding influence in promoting gener
al prosperity, its surprising utility
in developing and extending trade
relations, decreasing its rales to n
minimum, it cannot fail to move
multitudes.
To the people of the United
States and the Canadas tbo rich,
quaint and varied exhibits of Mexi
co and the Central American coun
tries will prove an unusual attrac
tion. The archaeological treasures,
relics and evidences of that remark
able civilization which t'to Spanish
conquerors so ruthlessly destroyed;
the abundant specimens and variety
of tropical products in fruits and
from the fields, forests and mines,
and profuse exhibits of the choice
and peculiar handiwork oi native
skill and industry, will provo in
tensely interesting and instructive
tolhe visitor. Gulf excursions will
prove a potent attraction. The
coasts of Mexico, Yucatan, Cuba,
and the Keys of Florida can be
reached in two or three days' sail.
The coast of Central America, the
Islhpius of Panama, the Bay Is
lands, Jamaica, and others of the
West Indies can bo reached in a
day or two longer.
The exposition is held under the
auspices of the United Slates gov
ernment. the National Cotton-
planters’ Association, and the city
of New Orleans. The general gov
ernment has appropriated $1,300,•
000 for its purposes, the citizens of
New Orleans have contributed
(500,000, tbo city of New Orleans
has appropriated $100,000, the
state of Louisiana $100,000, nnd
various other states and countries,
cities and towns have appropriated
amounts varying from $500 up to
$35,000 for the purpose of having
their exhibits prepared and made
at the exposition; of foreign coun
tries Mexico lead* with an appro
priation of $200,000, while many
others appropriate amounts from
(500 upwards.
. The^xposition grounds arc lo
cated along the banks of the Mis-
sisiippi river, in the upper suburbs
of the city. They embrace many
sores of ground, which have been
laid out aa perfectly as the resour
ces of time and money will permit.
There is no natural soil in New
Orleans—all the ground must be
made by importing earth ami fill
ing up the marsh which surrounds
the city in every direction, excepr
out in the broad waters of the
Mississippi itself. There was no
public park available for the uses
of the exposition, as Philadelphia
had in Fairmonnt prrk in 18T6.
The only two pot/lie parks or
-breathing placet, are the Spanish
Fort and Weal End, both situated
on the shores of Lake Ponebartrain
and several alias distant. Bnt in
(pita of all tba natural obataelea to
be overcome, tbo grass baa been
made to grow about the grounds
and the rioh and rare tropical
plants sent from other countries
will appear growing outdoors in
all the luxuriance of their native
lands.
Mexico has set in the exposition
grounds a garden, where, as from
aa opened book, tho thoughtlul
student may read the pages of her
vegetation. Its leaves will ne em
bellished with cacti of strange
forms, agaves, yams, capsicum
pepper trees, pimentos, indigo,
ipecacitaua and India rubber.
South Amerioa has followed the
example, for she, too, is an inter
ested party. Look well at her
S ard on plat, for it is a realm where
aring feet have hitherto ventured.
Now undaunted by (corebing son,
or matted jungle or poisonous sur-
I lent, you may examine at your
eisure plants and flowers rarely
seen by any other eye thin that of
the bright-winged bird of the
tropics; Brazil-nut trees, cannon
ball trues, cow trees, trumpet trees,
Boup trees, esutohoue trees, and
the glorious Victoria regina. Uu-
justly perhaps, but very naturally,
Agricultural hall baa robbed South
America of its greatest gift to the
race, the useful potato.
From tree to blossom, from
blossom to fruit is a pleasant trans
ition, and brings us at once to
Horticultural ball. It is larger by
many feet than tbo horticultural
building and the pomological an
nex at Philadelphia combined, and
it overflows with a wealth of fruit
and flowers from every land.
Under the opaquo roof is the
tong center, 600 leet in length by
fifty feet in brcsdtb, filled with
tables bearing the 25,000 plates of
fruit which oompete for tbo gold
and silver medals nnd tbo various
premiums; apples, peaches, pears,
grapes, and email fruits of the
hardy north, oranges, lemons, pine
apples, bananas, npd citrons of the
south. These stand side by aide
in generous rivalry with the same
varieties from foreign ahorea.
Here Florida's famous and favorite
orange appeals to the palate for a
verdict in its favor, while Louisi
ana, California and Italy, through
their fruits, contest the' claim.
Young aa the United States it, in
, ah<
years, she Baa proved heraelf right
to be called the food prodooing
country of the world. Agricultur
al hall and its grounds demonstrate
what an attractive homo a farmer
or a planter may possess; wbat
his fertile sores may yield in grain;
what Weil descended, plump, cash
bringing, animals may, with pro
per care, fill his stables, cattle
sheds, sheep folds and pig atyt.
-H-tlie farmer o(-Europe is able to
put more of comfort and beauty
into bis home, more of solid money
value into bia field and herds, than
bis neighbors in America, he must
prove it beneath this roof and the
satisfaction of competent judges
From agricultural to art, from
perfect animal, perfect grrln, and
model home to the picture or the
sketch of the master, is a distance
easily passed. In ert hall yon
study the canvass glowing with
scenes of nature, history or human
life.
Let ni now make a tour of tht
grounds in ono of the beautiful
little cars propelled by electrioity,
for the double purpose of resting
and getting a view of the main
building. Look now! See how
it looms above you, no longer a
dream, but palpable in its gland
proportions. Lift your eyes to
the dome which riser 115 feet
above the entrance; let them travel
slowly over the long, long fronts,
gay with flowers and fluttering
flags, elaborate with blgh-arohed
doors and paneled windows, and it
will dawn upon you for the first
time what thirty-three acres mean
when they are enclosed under one
roof. Grand at the building is, it
is bnt the symbol of grander facta.
It commemorates two dates—1784,
when the infant south sent out her
first tiny cargo of six cotton bales;
188f, wbon she exports 85 per
cent, of tho material for the cloth
ing of tho whole world.
Thus, with almost reverent anti
cipation yon orosi the threshold to
pausejdlsrnayed, for while all the
world is before you, “where to
eboose a plaoo of rest” is a prob
1cm. Ail of the sovereign states,
all the territories, nnd twenty-three
foreign nations invite you to come
at once to their department and
see wbat they are dolpg for man
kind and themselves under the
monster roof, sj vast that the hun
dreds of supporting columns seem
to light and graceful for their task,
are 1,656,600 squire,feet of surface,
and every foot represents some
thing fair to the eye or stimulating
to the brain. Here a year could
be spent in this one building with
profit and interest to the sightseer.
When the Georgia exhibit ia
placed I will try and give you a
detailed description of it, aa well
aa many other exhibits of interest
to yonr leaders. In tho meanwhile,
let your readers possess their souls
with paticnco and wait a few week*
before visiting the Exposition, al
though at present they could find
much to see in the city itself.
F. B. C.
ACABD.
To all wh* era suffering from the error,
tod IndisertUons of joule, nervous
weakness, early decry loss of manhoods
fte., I will nnd a ip* that will curt
you, FBEE OP C RABGE. This gnat
remedy was discovered by a missionary
in Booth America. Sendaself-addrenep
envelope to tho Bet. Jotara T. Iehse
Station D, Nets York City
Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson,
of Mississippi, advises the Pro
testant Episcopalian* not, to em
ploy negro clergymen for the
Southern negroes, Separate con
gregations with white rectore are
what he recommend*. He believe*
that the blaoks entertain no res
pect for ministers of tbeir own
color.
Houses' sore curb mouth wash and
dentifrice is an infallible cure for Ulcer
ated Bore Throat, Bleeding Gums, Son
month and Ulcers. Cleans the'Teeth and
keep* the Gams healthy. Prepared sole
ly by Du. J. F.4V.K. Holmes, Den
tists, 102 Mulberry Stfket, Mason, Ga.
Fotaaiabj Dr. W. P. Bast,
,J. S. Hail, and aU druggist* and
UtMIHllllaMn.
Incorporated in IMS lor ft ytara b; thi LftgMa*
lure for Kdncntional and CfuriUtbfo pnrpoasa
with a cftptul or 11,000,000-to which • rcionro
ftuvt of urer #550,000 baa tines been aided*
By sn overwhelming popnlnr rota Ita ItonchU#
wna made a part of the preoent State Conetitnttoa
adopted December 2d, A. D.. 1119.
The only Lottery ever tried ea end wrfwwd If
IhtptopU tf any Statu,
It neter icalei er poitponn.
Its Grand llngls Nnmber Orawlifi
taka place month?.
A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO
WIN A FORTUNE. FIR8T GRAND
DRAWING, CLASS A. IN TUB ACADKUY
OF MUSIC, NBW ORLEANS, TUESDAY.
January IS, 1883 -lTflth Monthly Draw
CAPITAL PRIZE, $10,000. i
100,000 Ticket* at Five Dollars Each.
Fractions, In Filths, In Preportloi.
LIST OV PRIZE?;
1 CAPITAL PRIZE (71.000
1 do do 23,000
2 PRIZES OF 1M00
• do 2,0011 10,000
10 do 1,000,..., 10,000
10 do MO, 10,000
100 do 100, *0,000
1000 da 3$,
0 Approximation Prize* of ’ $750 o)T60
J_ :: :: fc::: tSS
1,907 Prlzea, amounting to §9li,M0
Application for rates to etob* should bo made
only to tho offleo of Urn Company in Mew Orleans.
For further Information writs clearly, giripf
K 11 ad tires*. POSTAI* NOTKI, Bspraae
oaey Orders, or New York Exchange to ordU
nary letter. Currency by Express (all some of
K and upward by Expres* at oar expense) ad-
eaed
M. A. DAUPHlMg
Mow Orleans, La,
or H. A. DAUPHIN, '
0OT Invent* Mt., Washington, D. C.
Maks P. O. Money Orders payahls and address
Registered Letter* to
NBW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK
Now Orleans, La.
SANTA CLAUSE
CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
And now boy. sines w. have gathered
onr crop* and hnng np oar meat, lot ns
ill go right to GYLES THE OLOTH1EB
iND HATTER at Am.rlons, Oa, and
ret u. nob a nloe suit of ClotbM, Shirts,
B et u. eaon a nloe sou or uiotnee, nntris,
Irawera, Under-Shirts, Handkerchief.,
book., Gloves, Neok-wear, Bospenders,
an Umbrella and real Leather Valise.
Something useful, ae well as ornamental.
None of your ''gew-gaw.” for ns, W*
want •nbetanliab, and Gyles baa the
goods and the plao. to get yonr money's
worth. Ho won’t sell yon a shoddy artl-
ol*. No be won't.
The big enstom ho ha* Jnst freezes to
him beoaes* they know ba won't mlartp-
recent, never mind under wbat eirenm-
stance.. Bo now gather up the boy. and
tall into the proem ion, ana th* orche.tr*
will ttrik, np to the tan, of “Yaakso-
Doodle.”
We ell of ns hava come to town
And come these many mile*
To buy onr clothes of first elsss ityle.
From clothier, Frank A. Gyle*.
Then whoop up, boys don't mind th.
howl,
Them other merchant, make,
Fcr Gyle, yon know esn beet them all—
He always uke, th. cake
SCHOOL BOOKS
All School Sioplies
HRS. FRED LEWIS.
Americas, Ga., Ang^H 1884, tf
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