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Americus PUBMBBKD BI Established 1879. sr.. 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 •' While th* ootton la rpUiag is, ie e good } tattle that oMaeeoaat. ImtewsM AtmmA 1 "