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Established 1879.
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Americus Recorder
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1884.
AMERICUS.
loerlcnl le the oountv Mrt of Sumter
onoty* Georgia, rilueted on the Booth,
.stern railroad, 71 miles eoothweet of
Ison, end shoot 80 miles north of the
Snide line. It is eitueted in the finest
Jetton of Oeorgie, reUlng e meUr reri-
3, of agricultural end hortiooltorsl pro-
■tnets then any other pert of the Booth,
anbining elf the froite. grain end rego-
. Sta of the temperate end semi-tropical
mea-wheet, eorn, rye, oete, rioe, Irish
aid eweet poUtoee. peenota, ehufae,
'cotton pees, auger oene, apples, peara,
aoebes, grapes, plnms end other fruits.
He climate 1« mild and eqoeble, end one
eftbe most healthy in the world, the air
hater nun end tin end most beneficial lor
togand throat disease* All kinds of
ontdoor work can be performed without
toonrenienoe-from summer beet or
sinter cold. Americus has a population
cl 6 000, il beautifully situated on Ugh
and rolling ground end coasts of some of
the handsomest business blocks in the
Sontb. The city bee fine public schools;
good churches; a large publio library;
one daily, one semi-weekly and two
weekly newspapera; a new opera house.
Completely furnished witu scenery and
enable of seating 1,000 persons; a well
otgtoized fire department, including
two line steamers; the streets are well
pared, sewered and lighted; there are
two flouring mills, a cottonseed oil mill,
placing mill and rerlety works, carriage
factory, and a number of minor man facto
ries; about two hundred firms are engaged'
in mercantile business; three banks with
an abundance of oapital; two good
hotels furnish good aooommodattion.
Americus is tho centre of trade for six
counties comprising the richest agricul
tural section in Georgia, the arerage an-
nnalcotton receipts being 30,000 bales,
which will be largely increased by the
completion of the Preston and Lumpkin
railroad now in process of construction.
It is the largest city in Bouthwest Geor
gia, and has been appropriately named
the “Commercial Capital” of thatsee-
tktb, and It is rapidly meowing in popu
lation'and wealth. Asaplaee of busi-
ness residence it presents attractions
equaled by few cities in the South.
Property of all kinds is comparatiwely
cheap, although rapidly adsanoing in
nine; the inhabitants of both city and
country are cultiwated, courteous and
hoep!table,with a cordial welcome to im
migrants. To enterprfliing tradesmen, ju-
dictons capitalists and industrious farm-
ets this section of Georgia offers fine op
portunities. Any information in regard
to city or country will be cheerfully fur
nished byaddressing the Ahebicus Be-
commit, Americus, Ga.
Hew
BARLOW BLOCK.
Mrs. IS. WARL1CK & CO.
PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS CARDS
C. R. McCRORY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
JsLLAVILLEy GA.
TIRMS—All claim■ from $20 or under, $3
from 930 to §500, ten per cent: orcr tSOO, aerci
Kf cent. No cbargci unleea collections are made
MIS CEL LANEO US.
Edws J. Hitler. O. Horace HoCall.
r ' • > —
floDomental Marble Works,
aiLLKK ft NeCALL, Proprietors,
Bonlhwect Corner of tbc Publio Square,
AMERICUS, GA.
Monuments, Tombs, Etc., Etc
««tt# best Italics and AMkpi Hartls.
Iran Hauls, tor Cemetery Bncles-
M, we*.»Specialty.
$2,000
if small coat can be. sccnrcd for your
bred ones, by joining the
Kaigh.ts of Honor.
Jj'wery husband and father do it. Bcgu-
fir *t end third Friday
i r. u. Forpaitionlan call on
„ ' K. TAYLOB, Die.
"■ D - Bniston, Boporter. deellyl
MILLINERY!
Ladies’ Fancy Goods
Trimmings I
Underwear I
Dress Goods!
Eto., Etc.
WOULD INVITE THE LADIES OF
AMERICUS AND VICINITY TO
CALL UPON THEM AND EXAMINE
THEIR GOODS AND PRICES, BE-
LIEUING THAT THEY WILL FIND
OUR GOODS AS GOOD AND AS
CHEAP AS ANY IN THE CITY.
uoTlSnt
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
TH« powder never varies. A marvel of purity
itrenftli and wholenomenogs.^More economical
than tho ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in
competion with the multitude of low test, short
wolfht, al am or phosphate powders. Sold only in
Un cant. ROYAL BAKING POWDER 00,106
Wall St root. New York. dee23yl.
JLm
Daily, Per Year,...*6.00
Weekly, “ ... 8.00 ’
Mrs. Smith's Case, and what the Hew. Mr.
McKlastry kai to say about lte
To thx Publio: X have been a fearful sufferer
for fifteen years, most of the time with what has
been called Eczema or 8alt Rheum, Psortonto and
Lepra, and the like, and have alweye been told UiaI
there wee no core for me, and have been so die*
red that/ Wa. 1 di» at lire. I have been
oonraced that / W tu toon di» at lire. ]
so badly afflicted sometimes that there
smalleat spot from the crown of my head to the
eolee of my feet that wae not dleeaeed and as red
as:crimson. It would commence in small white
spots, which had a silvery appearance, but were
not deep, but if I attempted to heal them, or soon
after their first appearance, they would burn and
run together until there wae a complete dry, red
■cale, which would become so inflamed as to crack
and look fiery and angry, and the burning sense*
Uon would bf almost Fntolsrable.
I was at times so lame that I could scarcely get
about, end could not dress myself without assist
ance. I have tried many remedies, end havo paid
6100 iom single instance to a physician, but have
ever obtained only temporary relief. Although
helped for a time, 1 aoon relapsed again to be as
badly troubled as ever, end during the winter of
1861 and 18831 suffered so much as to bo entirely
B iuraged. I*et June, however, I wae advised
llder and Mrs. L. O. llcKinstry, who ere well-
in in these .regions, to try your Cuticuea
EDI**: end I felt somehow a little courage,
from their favorable opinion of them, to try their
virtne. About the second week of July last I
oommoneed taking the remedies, and within aix
‘ to aee a permanent improvement^
Mrs.M. B. FOSTER
to Inform her old patron, and
Mauds (hat she will confined in tha
otm Making bnaineaa, but baa morad
a “i r ,l*»ido-icc, in tho house with Mr.
|~ Oobtn, corner Cbnroh and Fomat
whan aka will be pleased to eee
“‘barold onetomenand Mends.
declCtf
•®SH*W |
DURHAM’S
UfBOTIO
STWDIED TllBIIE!
Ii tk«.beat nutroctrU and tn-
lekea, glTta Utter Mmali,,
t pewer.endte Mtd (or twa
New pamphlet wot fra a. by
B., VrlrTwIr. Milfoil
Cheap Bnginen.
gJJjw for trie a few Cooper Portable
JHB?! “>• t»>t made, which I wifi tell
B.T.BYBD.
WA2TTEDT
u" E 'BEsH MILK COW toglre noi
GYLES,
SANTA CLAUSE
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
And now boys tinoe we hare gathered
onr crops end hnng np our meet, let nt
aU go right to GYLES THE CLOTHIER
INI) HATTER at Amerlons, Ga., and
B et ut etch a nice enlt of Clothee, Shirts,
Irawera, Under-Shirts, Handkerchiefs,
Socks, Gloree, Neck-wear, Sutpenders,
an Umbrella end real Leather Valiso.
Something ctefnl, ee well at ornamental.
None of your "gew-gawe” for ns. We
went substantial!, end Gylea bee the
goodt end the place to got yonr money'e
worth. He won't tell you a shoddy arti
cle. No bo won't.
The big enetom be baa jnetfreezee to
him becacae they know be won't mierap-
reeent, never mind under what circum-
atauces. So now gather np the boyt end
fell into tho proeeeeion, and the oreheetra
will strike up to the tune of “Yankee-
Doodle.”
We til of ns have come to town
And come these many miles,
To buy our clothee of firat cleat ilyie.
From clothier, Frank A Gyles.
Then whoop np, boya, don't mind the
howl,
Theee other merchant! make,
For Gyle, yon know eto beet them all—
He elwayt take, the cake.
THE SCIENCE OF LIFE. ONLY $1
y/M HYSELF.
A Ureal Medical W»rk on Manhood.
.OUBf, uldtgg asro and old. it contain* 1 .
•crlptiOM fcrall acute and chronic dUcaac*, each
•ne of which Is Invaluable, lo found bp tka am-
thor, whow experience for ** T**r« to «uch as
probably never before toll 10 the lot of any phyn-
cton. 800 p*fw bound to beautiful French nnulln,
embossed covers, foil (lit, (uaiantecd to be n finer
work in every sense—mechanical, literary and
professional—tnan sty other work.sold In tkto
country for $t.30, or the money will be refunded
In evwnr instance. Price only f 1 by mail, pest
paid, illostretire sampled cents. Beml now.
Gold medal awarded the author by the National
Medical Aasodatlon, to the officers of.whfcbfbe
The Science of Llfo should be read bptbefoyunf
for Instruction, and by the afflicted for relief U
will benefit afl—London Lancet.
Thera to no member of coeicty to whom (be
Science of Lifewfll not be netful, whether youth,
irent, fuanlUn, Instructor or clergyman.—Ar»
Address the Peabody Medical XnetUute, or Dr.
W. B. Parker. N<x 4 Bull!neb Street, Boston,
Main, who may ho cone u I ted on all disease# re
quiring eklll and experience. Chronie and obetU
cate dtoeaeaa that havo baled thojj PS 8 skill
of all other physicians a apartVICMI-a!tjr
£3BKK % *THYSELF
1 gan to L- _
lOct. 1), I am about ,
my flesh to as the flcab of a child.
MRS. BENJ. SMITH.
foertify that the above statement of my wife is
correct, and I-Join with her.in expressing my graii-
l cemry mai one »oor, *awiu.ui
Smith to a prominent man in th
where he Uvea. He to a welljknown
and hit statement, with that of 1
entitled t
Lattjl-I have aeen Mm. Smith recently and
believe her to be thoroughly and permanently
L. C. McKINwTItV.
&«•» uJmi a. a*/., r. Q■ n ««•> "■ *
Boston Sept.», 1884.
CUTICOTIA R»*. A.VKHT. the new bloodpnrlfler,
and Ccticuka, and Guticujja Soap, the gtoatEkin
enna and beautifiera. are sold everywhere. Brice,
Cuticuka, 60c.; Soap, 25c.; RgsoLVwrr, $!.«».
Foster Drag mod Chomlsol Cn., Beaten.
OVERSTOCKED
AND CROWDED.
The goods bought on my aecond plait
to New York have come in, and my New
York buyer, wiabiog to redeem himielf
of hi* short-comings, whiob necessitated
my second trip, bays and ships new
goods with every steamer, and at prices
that cannot foil to please iu Style, Qual
ity and Prices.
My store-room is filled, every available
apace having been used, and many arti
cles that ongbt to have conspicuous places
are bidden.
To avoid more orowding, I have de
cided to offer during the coming month
goods of all descriptions at prices that
mast make them go whether you wi«b
to bay or not.
Never before, and perhaps never here-
vfter, were the Americas trading people
offered suoh extraordinary bargains.
Especially is that applicable to my
large stock of Clothing, Cloeks, Dolmans,
end Ladies Hats end Trimming*.
Theee goods most go and will be sold
(like goods sold at auction) at the beet
price obtainable. Don't delay coming,
but come now. Now is the accepted time
and yonr coming now will save you tha 4
sorrowful but common expression, ‘T
wish I had o.ime sooner." My Dress
Goods Department is replete with choice
and atylish fabrics, in Silks, Satins, Cash
meres and every other kind ot Dress
Goods usually bat often not found iu
other Dry Goods stores, and here they
are at tho mercy of. yonr own bid and
prices. Please remember that the Bar
gain Store offers no leaders. Here you
buy everything, Domestics and finer
goodg At close prices. Respectfully,
f* . a M. COHEN,
The Bargain Kan.
Bed Mammoth Sign afid Flag, Cotton
Avenue.
FANNYELSSER.
B«tk of the WarMfeana Dex.tr—
Prtaervlxx Her beet, t. xx Ex.
trextelr AErxxeed A,«--Tke le
er.t or Elx.x e. I'Ex.l.i—
Remlxieeexeee xt Her
Late Year..
Translated k, the N. O. Tim «•-Democrat.
Prom th. Vl.nneM Corrcpendent of tho
Some fifteen years ago, at a r«'
ception given by Mme. , tbe
mistress of the mansion, kindly
announced her intention of as
senting me to tbe youngest Isay
who was present at ber ball; and
taking my arm she led me toward
a group of gentlemen in blaok
dress-coats surrounding a tall and
very beautiful woman, robed in
pink silk. Her toilet was simple,
but elegant; sbe wore scarcely any
jewelry, but many knots of ribbon
which cnrled their loops of satin
at her corsage, her shoulders, and
even in ber dark-brown hair. Her
age was difficult to guess; she
might have been thirty-five or for
ty, perhaps less, perhaps more.
1 could not repress a start of
surprise when I heard the name of
this charming woman pronounced.
It was Fanny Elisler, the illustri
ous dancer, who was then in bor
sixty-first year;—and ma foil It
always startles ua a little when we
unexpectedly hear one of those
names almost forgotten by the
generation to which we belong, yet
which in other days bad only to be
uttered in order to oreate a hurri
cane of admiration, a very convul
sion of enthusiasm.
It seemed to me so delightful to
be able to beg the favor or a waltz
from the woman who bad once bad
tbe whole world under the tips of
her feeti I will not tell you that
Fanny Eissler danced admirably;—
I might aa well repeat that Vol
taire was witty. But I must con
fess I could never have wearied of
gazing at that woman, who after
having turned tbe heads of the
lions of 1830, oould still fetter ear
youth’ of 1810 to the train of her
rose-colored robe.
Her beauty was still perfeet; ber
profile ol a purity without blemish;
—her eyes bad the vivacity of
twenty years. And even as she
bad appeared to us in her magnifi
eent youth, even so has this as
tounding woman remained in her
later years. The famous dancer
disolaimed, as she had always done,
nil the artllcea of tbe toilette
Never did she use range, never a
sprinkle of rice-powder. She had
never needed their aid. Old age
seemed aotually afraid to approaoh
her Impossible to discover one
silver thread In her rioh hair, or
one wrinkle in the clear llnei of
her face.
She was one or those very rare
matrons who could wear the toil
ette of a young girl without ever
producing an observable disso
nance. She always came to a ball
robed in pink or in white; at the
theatre itself she only wore bright
colors, which became ber marvel
ously well. Black she detested.
And nevertbcless sbe said to
herself one day: “Fanny, my
dear, you are getting old;—you
must begin to dress accordingly.”
And ah* ordered a dark dress.
Bnt she never wore HI “Take
that thing out of my sight; I can’t
bear to look at it,” she cried to
her cousin Kathi, her laithlnl and
inseparable companion alnoe 1893.
Wbat a difference there was be
tween those two women, who, for
more than thirty years, bad always
been seen together at every first
performance in the. Viennese thea
tres* and at every Viennese festival
The one, Kathi, was a small,
meagre atom of an old woman,
aa dry aa any ancient scroll of
parchment;—the other, Fanny, the
very type of beauty eternally young
was a marval ot nature. And yet,'
be it observed, Fanny was older
by five years than ber contin.
***
That: beauty of hers was pre
served by an iron health, by • con
stitutional vigor which was only
strengthened by tbe very fatigues
of ber long triumphant career.
Nevertheless, two years ago, that
wonderful health felt tbe Brat at
tacks of old age. A cancerous for.
mation in the breast rendered it
necessary that Fanny sbonld en
dure a surgical operation made by
Prof. Welulechuer.
Tbe story ot tbit little drama 1*
very curious. Fanny received the
great surgeon in ber parlor, in fall
evening toilette, with knots of rib
bons everywhere, and her bands
' antly gloved, according to cus
tom. Without betraying tbe least
nervousness, she talked of this
thing and of that; sbs chatted about
tbe theatres,, the belle—perbape
even ebont the triomphe of her
youth—although tbe latter tub)tot
wae one that she rarely touched
upon, leaving always to her cousin
Kathi tbe lenoeent pleasure of
resurrecting tbe splendors of tbe
past.
Then at last, gracefully rising,
the opened the door of ber bed
chamber.
“Now, Professor, if you wish, we
shall retire here.”
“After yon, Madame I”
And sbe entered her room, and
submitted herself to tbe surgeon's
knife as graoionsiy, as though she
bad only bean asked to exeoute tbe
famous “Oaohuoha” of other days.
It were only natural, however,
that a women whose beauty had so
long remained intact, should have
fought with a little coquetry to con
ceal the outrages of time when they
firat began to make themselves visi
ble. Never did she mention her
misfortune to a human being; and
her most intimate friends had never
more than the vaguest suspicion
that she bad been under medical
treatment.'
»'
And sbe is dead, the incompara
ble Fanny, at tho age of seventy-
four. We have just deposited her
remains at Hietzing—a little town
near Vienna—in tbe sepulchre of a
Polish countess who had loved the
great dsnoer, and had mado her
swear that she would come some
day to sleep tbc eternal sleep be'
side her.
Shelled the last of her family.
Two brothers and two Bisters had
preceded her to the tomb.
When we look back to the epoch
of her birth (1810), there appears
to us the shade ot a very illustrious
personage—that of Haydn himself,
author of “The Creation.” He was
the benefoetor o' the family, the
patron of the father, Eissler, who
accompanied him upon most of his
trips, and for nearly all of whose
ohildren he was god-father.
It was Joseph Haydn who held
over tbe baptismal font Theresa—
the sisler'or Fanny, and like ber a
great dancer—who afterward be
came the morganatic wife of Prlnee
Adalbert of Prussia. And Haydn
would also havo been Fanny’s god
father had be not died a year be
fore her birth.
All of Elssler’e children hecsTe
artists, except the eldest son, who
became a monk. In 1823 ho for
sook tha musical world to join tbe
order of Franciscans, where he took
the name of Brother Paoifious, end
lived until 1856.
Both sisters, as is well known,
became dancers; another brother,
who followed tbe profession of sing
ing master,(died some years ago at
Berlin.
Fanny had two obildren, a son
and a daughter, both of whom died
before their mother. One day the
son shot himself (nobody ever knew
why;) the daughter died of doe-
sumption. Bnt both were married,
and left children behind them—
two charming little girls, each bear
ing that name of Fanny whiob ie
hereditary in the family; and whiob
if pronounced the last time the
family was assembled would have
made five or six beads torn toward
the speaker simultaneously, from
tbe beautiful bead of Fanny the
First, to that of the child barely
able to lisp tbe name of its illustri
ous grandmother.
Waltm Vooht.
(That Isa Billionf
Wbat is a billionf Tho reply is
simple enough: ' A million times a
million. This is quiokly written
snd still more qoicklv pronounced.
Very few, however, nave tbe true
conception of what a billion is.
While on the subject at Crawford
k Co.’s drag store, yesterday, a
gentleman gave tbe following del
ation, which may add to tbe com
prehension of wbst en immense
sum a billion really is. Bald be
“Yon may count 160 or 1T0 a min
ute, bnt let ne suppose that yon go
at high as 300 a minete. Then an
hour will produce 19,000; a day,
988,000, and a year, or 365 days,
105,130,601. Let at suppose, then,
that Adam, at the beginning ot bis
existence, bad begun to count, had
continued to do so, and was count
ing atfll, he would not even now,
according to tbe generally sup
posed date ol Adam’s creation,
(5,645 yean), have counted enough
to make a billion. To count a bil
lion would require 9,512 yean, 34
days, 6 hours snd 20 minutes, at
the above mentioned rate of 2M a
minute.”
Holmes' subs cmui mouth wata bed
dentifrice ie an infallible cmn for Ulcer
ated Bon Throat, Bleeding Gums, Bon
mouth andUlcen. Claeaa the Teeth aad
keeps the Gome healthy. Prepared cole-
ly byDra. J. P. k W. B. House, Deo-
tleta, 101 Mulberry Street, Maeoc, Ga.
Portal.by DrlW. P. Bait dentist
J, Z. HeU,Mdslldn|gistssad4iatitti
The lew Cable at fferfc. 1
New York Tlxea 4
Lights shone from the polished ’
windows of No. 91 Wall street last
night to signalize the opening of
business by tbe Commercial Cable-
Company,. known better aa tbtr
Maekay-Bennett cable. Mesiag«|,..>
had fluttered to and fro for several'
days, in the main conveying the
regards or viaiton at tbe London
office to visitors at the office on
this side and getting the operators
of the two continents acquainted
with each other. Last night the
first steps were taken toward real
ising ssmethlng on the Investment
It had been arranged that business
should begin.at tbe same hour
from both sides, end as midnight
was tbe hour here the London
operator* bad to begin work* ’at 5
o’clock in tbe morning. A few ■
business messages were left-last
evening at the Welt street offloee,
whiob were doty sent; and several
such messages were received. In
addition to a batch of preM dis
patches. Beth offices will remain «
continuously open for day and
night business. Tbe publio. rate
will be 40 eeata a word, whiob Is
10 cents under that of tbe Old
company. Press rates will be 20
cents a word, exoept when tbe
eable* are free from other business,
when 10 cents will be charged,
A bill now pending In the Oeor-
i;ia Legislature ba* received tbe
i ’avorable consideration of tbe com.
mittees, adding an extra 825 a night
to all ball shows, in addition to
present State, connty and blty
taxes. The passage of tbia bill
would result In tbe closing of all
tbe theatres in this State. The tax
already is enormous enough and
there seems to be no necessity of
levying this additional burtben.'lt
will kill tbe theatrical basinets,and
Georgia will stand alone a* tbe only
State in the Union where the .tbea-
tro is abollsbed.-r-Telegrapb and
Messenger.
Ronte'of the Nicaragua Canal,
Lake Nicaragua is ninety mlleSi
long and forty miles at ita greatest
width. Tbe water is fresh, and af
fords abundant depth for vessels
of tbe deepest draught. Several
island* give facilities for establish-.
Ing coal itatlons, supply depots,
harbors, and places for repair*.
The lake is 100 feet above tide wa
ter. Six look*, or five intermedi
ate levels, are proposed. Seven
teen and on* half miles of the canal
lies between tbe Pacifio and the,
lake; the distance across tbe lake
is sixty-three miles; from tbe month
of the Sen Carlo*, where the canal
will leave the San Juan, to the har- -
bor of Qreytown, the distance Is
thlrty-six miles, whiob, it is hoped,
will by new surveys be 'shortened 1
ten miles. The total oanal excava
tion would be thns from forty-throe
and one-half t# fifty-three end one-
half miles, and tbe lake and river.,
navigetloa, amounting to 119 mile*
by tbe present survey, would be
somewhat increased if the new sur
veys ere (ueoeeafuL' From New-
York to Sen Franolsco, by this
route for sailing vessels, tbe time
Is ten day* shorter than by tne
Panama route; to Hong Kong twen
ty-seven days; to Shanghai thirty-
four days; to Callao fifty-two day*.
. A Deg Collector.
New York Sen. ‘ *
A (tout German in tbe Seven
teenth ward keep* a beer saloon
and a big Siberian bloodhound.
There was a time when he kept
only the ealoon. He 1* of a peace
able disposition, end would rather
loeearoued of drinks than fight
for tbe money. He lost so much
that he took, lo keeping the dog,
which he has trained to do hi*
fighting for him, Saturday night
two half drunken men entered the
saloon and drank two glasses of
beer. - n’ • •• -
“See if you can remember that l *
owe you ten eeata until to-mor
row," said one of the men. “Jf yon
don’t forget It, maybe I’ll com*
eronnd end pay yon, and maybe I
won’t.”
“Ob, I link id bat better been oof
yen bay now, ebentlemene,” eeld
tbe German mildly. Tbe men
laughed and turned to go out.
“Nerol”sald the German sharply.'
Tbe blookhonad sprang out of the
back room and stood In front of
the door growing omtoouely. The .
men heeltated a moment, snd then,
one of them dragged ten cent* flrom
bis poeket end laid it on the bar. " '
boom avay off, Nero, and ltd”'
does nine ebentlemene go oud.V
Th* dog retired, and paid no atten
tion to tbe men, who swore at Jiim..
Exw.l •'
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} tattle that oMaeeoaat.
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