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___ . w hbn heart fires dir *** u.nlMi amt undefined, and give no bint {JfJrdawn’s epleudor, or the noon 1 * gold 0u # (]{m star shine*. All hashed ia earth and freshness! Heat and glow of o n sunset dyes! Between you all aid this : gist change most come, abrupt and great Or to5^*^r 'iadlng» outj that scarcely y jlow tlll gone. So, calm age cometb yfi flics die outj but ah! till than—till M' ‘ " IIANU'ACTURE OF OLA83 BEADS, far) aim X m Conducted In Eu ropean Conntrlea. [Jcnmal of the Society of Art.] This mnnufactoro includes turned nsssivo beads, pressed, drawn, and Km descriptions. The first named Undwas manufactured in Venice, and Itont 200 years ago was introduced into flu ficbtolgcburgo district of Bavaria. At Arab the beads for rosaries were the an eiported... . . Portugal, etc. The manufacture is, bowerer, less important than formerly. «j an illustration of the scale of produo- lion If it remarked that a workman oan make of some kinds of beads as many as 36 COOier day. is contrast to the heavier Bavarian descriptions crime the 'Venetian pro ductions. These are mostly for em broidery. The process of manufacture jit canons one. The glass is drawn into thin tubes, and then cut up. The teds are afterward placed in heated drams, where sharp corners are rounded of. After being rubbed in cbalk and charcoal they are strung together. In Bohemia a kind of bead for trimming is made in a similar manner. In making the blown or so-called lamp beads a bellows is employed, with which a paraffin or gas flame is brought to a gas-pipe flame. In this process as carried out in Venice and Thuringia, drawings are made on the glass balls or beads with pointed instruments made of gloss and their designs are burnt in by the flame. The deadening process, so eitensively employed is both chem ical and mechanical in its character. In tbe chemical operation: hydrofluoric acid bused, by means of whlohthe surface of the glass is removed. There was formerly another process used in France, which was a secret. A German work man, however, found it out by accident. This fa the sand process, whieh is now used in Thuringia for tbe operation of deadening. The manufacture of pressed beads is effected by pinchers of suitablo form. The glass isneatod on a moderate firo and brought into the mold. In this manner beads and buttons aro pro duced in very effective styles, both < plain and colored. Of course, the bonds nave to pass many times through the workmen’s hands before completion. To this branch belong the amulets which are sent to tho gold const, and are used In various sizes, according to the rank of the wearer. Originally’ these amulets were made of agate, but as this substance is eight or.ten times dearer than glass the hitter material has been adopted. TRANSACTIONS Of THE RAG TRADE The Business Which Is a Mystery and an Eyesore to the Public. [Chicago Herald.] As an instance «f the every-day trana- aotiona of the rag. trade, a dealer re marked: VSThls htt.lnoo. l. . Stone and Clay Builders of Arabia. [Exchange.] The aspect of Arabia is that of a de cayed country. While tbe anoient Ara bians bored deep welle in tho reek, walled them with stone, and built stono homes, their Moslem successors were day builders, and now the Bedouins only dig shallow pits with their Mads and a stick. . Among the oldest Arabian residents aro hugo erect stones such as would be callod Pruidlcal in Britain, and buildings of hugo irregular biooks, such as are com monly called Cyclopoan or Felaszian. Monuments ot uncertain age, built of unhewn stone, ore frequent in tho vat iuw iidv[uuuv a is tiiu mi- leys and on the surface ot the Harrat (or butte) elAnoyrid, near Uedyln oiUh. They are shaped like beehives, •ad are about twelve feet high and twenty-live across. In ono pieco 150 of them stood together. Each u built over f mpnlchral cell, access to whieh is ob- Wned through g hole in the top.' A Hum>U> ^ppuuif Motes from the diary ot Milo, Trmo ^ isnBrescrlo, First day—On tho high - *"*l stormy weather, duagreeablo com- P*ny. Second day—Captain very *™*Ms; made a declaration of love and Tb®?! me his heart and hand; rejected. marked: ’This bSaiiess'ie e^nalW a mystery and an eyesore to the public, you ought to see how they hurry past that door and window, and sometimes cross the street, when they see the rags.” Turning over a largo ledger on the desk, he continued: ‘‘Saturday was one of 2" r „„!} ul * d “I*i}our salesi ran over a ft >000. There Is a letter from one man offering us forty car loads of one kind of rags, worth in all something over $J5,- 000, and ho is only one out of a great many who make such offers. It Is nothing, to go over to "a wholesale clothier and buy $500 worth of rags from him. A wool mattress-maker left this office a few minutes before you came in who is negotiating with us for tho purchase of 3,000,000 pounds of woolen rags to make mattresses.” A member of tbe largest firm doing business in the city said: “We classify more than 100 different kinds of rags bore, and handle in onr soles and pur chases over 100,000 pounds a day, or something like 25,000,000 pounds a year, on which we employ 175 bands. We work two steam presses, with a ca pacity of 40,000 pounds each, and two hand ones all tho time, pressing our stock.” "Where do you collect this quantity of ragst” was asked. "Well,” said the proprietor, “tboy are collected in the city and throughout tbe whole west—in towns, villagos, cities ard tho country districts. Wo have buying agents at all important points throughout the entire west and north west. "Where do yon find market for your goodsl” "We send the best grades of cotton rags to Holyoke, Mass., and other points east for fine writing paper, and supply tho common grades and all paper stock to the mills around hero for printing papers. The best grade of woolen of all colors go to tho shoddy and rag-carpet makers in tho east, chiefly to Pennsyl vania and Massachusetts. The rest goes to the wool mattress-makers every where. 'We commenced this business with a $5 bill in 1809,” continued tho mer chant. “In 1871, when we wore fairly under way, wo were cleaned out of everything ;by the big fire, and com menced again as best wo could. To day tho business cxcocds $1,000,000 n year, and it proposes to do still better.” The finding of curious and precious relies, and expensive articles among rags and wastes is quite common, and the finds always belong to tho finders. A few wocks ago an.Italian woman named Anita Sosplva, employed in tho rag department ot the Hoboken paper mills at Holyoke, Mass., foand a “small ivlnaa VmftAn’ 1 In an nlrl wnrl rtf alllr ahn Under Commercial Hotel, FORSYTH ST., - - AMERICUS, GA New Goods! Low Prices TO FILL MY NEW STORE I HAVE ORDERED A LARGE STOCK OF Books, Stationery, Toys, Fancy Goods, Etc Testaments and Bibles from 5 cts.'to $14.00 each. Albums - . from 25 ct*. to 10.00 each. Papetries ... 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. 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 FXAMINE PRICES! np£TSpecial orders receive prompt attention. AGNES AYCOCK glass button” in an old wad of silk sho unrolled. On being struck with its brightness and shape she showed it to tbe proprietor, who astonished her with an offer of $200 for her find. Tho "small glass button” was a solitaire diamond worth $1,000. A rag picker admitted to a reporter that the fra ternity often found valuablo things among their daily pickings, and that tbe finding of such things as cuff and collar buttons, shirt studs, earrings, rings, and business papers was exceedingly common. Ho nad himself onco found a cluster dlamohd ring in an old glove. A Snow-Melting Machine. [Albany Journal] A New York inventor has gono to work in proper season to build and test a snow-melting devico designed to clear the streets of that city during the win ter. It is a fumaco-llko arrangement, intended to bo drawn through tho streets on tho railway tracks, and is intended to melt sixty carloads of snow an hour, or as fast as ten men can shovel it in. Tho railway companies In New York are required to clear the streets ot snow, and havo horctoforo been compoHnd to pay from 50 to 75 cents a load for carting it away. They havo also had much trouble in finding a place to dump it without objection. The machine, it is supposed, will molt the snow so that It can bo run off into tho sewors, and to do it at less cost than would bo Involved in carting it away. Third day—Captain returns to tho thorns, charge, threatens to kill mo, commit “rads and blow np tbe whole vosscl, Strange Kellgloiu Sect. [Chicago Times.] In an articlo on tho religious exalta tions of the Orient Dr. fttmbaco de scribes the sect ot Ratals, who in thoir religious ceremonios jump, dance, os cillate, and shriek for two hours at n time, until they fall into convulsions. Whon tho excitement is at its height their power of fooling physioal pain ap pears to bo last, for thoy pierce their limbs and bodies with sharp knives, and often swallow broken gloss, living scorpions, and osotus leaves armod with Fourth day “Saved the lives of 800 persons. The Chinese wall. I Chicago Herald. J , A continuation of the t A continuation of the great wall along the cout from its present termination at * " Tan to the Taku forts has wen. The distance is over Part ot the foundation on *00 mtlr*. I end has beep already dug and > gniat row oyer ten Chinese The object is to prevent tho ; of an enemy anywhere north of On tbs Mountain's Height. [Scientific Journal.] la asoandbighigti mountains the rare- ■n air produces a sense of oxbaustlon “own as mountain sickness. To rent- *®J this difficulty Mr. Wbymper, in ascending Chimborazo, itayedfor a timo « different heights, sometimes aa msuy »• ten days, Until bia party became, as then proceeded without difficulty. Up Vesuvius by Ba'L [Exchange.] rsilwty up Vesuvius has already night^d 1 * 61 ' trains, which ascend *“»»g«re ascending nowadays, whereas i * l^j^*****^ wu, " to#k “* Could Tell by the Smell. [Texas Siftings.) A fastidious Austin dude has his hair curled twioe a week. Tho tonaorial art ist is not very particular, so tho young men said: "I wish you would be a little particu lar with thoso curling irons. You should try them on a pioco of paper first, and It SLui* nha nrtt fitn tint. *' sco if they are not too hot. "I don't need to do that. 1 can al ways tell by the smell of the burnt hair, when the irons are too hot.” John Brown's Port. [Chicago Tribune.] Thomas H. Savory, Of Wilmington, Del, who recently bought the govern ment property at Harper’s Ferry, has B ut up a wood-pulp mill on the site of to famous arsenal Mr, 8avery was offered $4,000 for “John Brown’s fort, the purpose of those who made the offer being to exhibit the reiio in connection with a show. Medical Colleges. The number ot modlcai colleges in the United and Canada is statedto be 180: Of wwllesl .indents there are 12,000, of whom 10,t J are “regulars,” 1,200 are homeopaths, 750 eclectics, and fljfty physio-medicals. Moat of the official* of the railways in itszleo hre Americans. Francs Bakst 7,750,000 umbrellas mrjrjrm GOTO • • CALVIN CARTER* SON sooTa.Asrs aaosa. Public Square, . . Americas, Go. i!FST GOODS FOlt LEAST MOM! New’Store and: New Goods. CHRISTMAS IS COMING, AND SANTA CLAUS W.E. CLARK, On Lamar Street. CANDIES, FRUITS, NUTS, CANNED GOODS, RAISINS, CAKES, PIES, And everything neccaaaiy to'mnke holiday week * happy oil-. A FULL LINK OF T-O-Y-S For the Util* one* at very Low Price*. t3F"Ortkrs for Cakes and other Baking attended to promptly. ffr ifiSiMfM All School Sillies MRS. FRED LEWIS. Americus, Os., Aug/24, 1884, tf The exercises of thia school will be re lumed on Monday, the 6th ot January. Tunis, Bates, Etc.: Primary Department par month,.. ,.12.00 Intermediate, per month 8.00 Flr.t-CIua, per month 4.00 Tuition due at the end of each Scho lastic month. Patronage earnestly solicited. Good, honest true and square work guaranteed. For further particulars call on W. K ALLEN, Principal deolOdlm tin'- STILL LEADS! We invite everybody and the public gen erally to call at our shop and examiao-our immense stock of First-Class Finished Single and Double Seat Buggies and One Hoh^e Wagons, of all styles and sizes. All of which are of our own manufacture, and will be sold as cheap as it is possible to sell such work in any market. In reference to our Single and Double Seat Dexter Buggies, we will say we were the first to introduce them in this coun try, and have from the beginning up to the present time constantly improved them, and we believe we now have them perfect! We keep on hand all the while finished from llTto 25 of these Buggies, with first-class Harness to each buggy, and can sell you a Buggy and Harness as cheap as anybody. All we ask is to give us a trial. A word now to tho'se who have old bug gies and wagons and desire to have them re paired or made new: We will give you more work, and a better job, for less money than any other shop in Americus. Try us and be convinced. ■ Americus Ga., July 25, 1884. s™ > Wlieatley’s Corner. Ho! every one in need of Clothing, “COME AGAIN” to he atley’s Comer and buf 1 !*• opiendldauccaaa which attendcHIour’eftorta^In Introducing tho MlVof fus e: clothing- | tnjoor o i has induetdfu* to bring ont for tbe Spring Irndo tha Urgant) ha&daomfct and; moat compute line of Perfect Fitting EVER SHOWN IN AMERICUS t« Tfaeas good* havo been ae(acted with greet cere and poaaeaa] aa etegenee of daatgn, beantjr of ftnlah and durability of texture, that few indeed can equal, and none aurpaea. In ovary teaUace we GUARANTEE PERFECT FIT OR NO SALE We havafalao a Urge and wall aalectcd stock of perfect fitting Shirts, Collars, Cuffs, Neck and Underwear 1 And everything In the way of Gent'i Furnishing Goo pa. Pellte nod attrntiva|SAleamen will take > [pleasure la dUpUylog these beautiful geode whether you wUh to‘bay or sot. THORNTON WHEATLEY, Wheatley’s Comer, : ; : Americus, Ga* R. T. INSURANCE AGENT, AndersonvilleSchool Will Open SprineTerm January 12th, 1884. Tuition $16.00. $20,00 end $25,00 par annum—lei. public food about $3.00 par pnpil. Baud and tuition ten dollar, per (four weak.) mouth, paid monthly in ad vance. Music $3.00 par month, tor OFFICE IN COMMERCIAL HOTEL BLOCK, Forsyth. Street, ... - Amiioua, C* AGENT FOR THE LEADING Fire and Life Insurance Companies IN THE COUNTRY, GIVING YOU THE BE8T INSURANCE AT THXLOWESTRAT**!"* 1 ‘.\' l Aiiaio AOKKururpR vn' GULLET and LUMMES COTTON GUfS> CALL AND BEB MS, WHKN IN WANT OF INBURANCE OR OIN8. aaptllaiS . R. V. JB7ZVD.