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ome About Fur,
. [Cincinnati Enquirer.]
noe of the most important fur-bearing
JJSls that wo hava is the common cat;
Spito
1 aw .the pore white, am.
, „„ ..jltese sell well, while the
.Sow and parti-colored cat skins are
Srad and sold under a variety of fanoy
“Lee There is every thing in a name;
foTciample, over 850,000 sknhk skins
go off'as Alaska, sable, Chinese
jKfc Sr something of tho kind. Ohio
mi New York provide the most of them
■ sin the captain of tho lion and
brave men are required. The fur,
, is beautiful, long and glossy,
to meant; the'cheapest of furs. '
iukr»t,ioVe; tf, (Kip,000 and some-
5,000,000 of which are taken every
1 uch used in the manufacture
fh'e'Kew YcvV muskrat are
oTB W9ttf3fffl5iSSB^e and
idritj produce aufu.'mal. worth twico
riach. this' innoesflt creature is
often iitiliied,'hy;Mdtifs!“ak' acAl,'. and,
rben J d)odiSopa3eaapm the public.
tChotp gradeaolr furs are-.made from
‘ the Siberian squirrel, Inuakrats, rabbits,
wildcats, bidgBr"'*nd ’coon. Of lion
.skins 500 are BSMfWBCd by-tho trade
§ /(^bhhffalvloS.OOO ohinohil-
lu and 0,000,000-" squIrMl* 1 havo been
tied yearly htyarious branches of .trade.
Beavers to the number of 20,000 are
vsarly sacrificed,-and it is. Safe to say
million foxeS ftro' Caught yearly, and it
mould seem that they will follow tbs
game fate ;ix pn ' 1
A Patent Spoiuor,
thulisnapolis Journal.]
Anew cash and ticket indicator is
attracting some attention with railroad
men. The device has for its object the
prevention of a diversion of cabh receipts
bain 'their proper destination; being
intended to prevent, conductors from
fobbing moneys collected on the trains,
vials keeping and selling, unCAnceled
tickets, the appllanoe at the same time
famishing the company with a full.and'
complete record of all passengers carried
ontbe trains; Whether they ply cash,
present tickets, or hand in trippassos.
It constats of a box with a glass
front/ ijfle of thoso boxes Doing
placed on a panel between the windows
under tho raok, for each double slat. In
this box tho conductor places the tioket,
which (alls into .one of the two upper
compartments, and remains in sight in
that compartment until the lid is again
lower .compartURlfiVsttU remaining in
sight, but inaccessible by any but the
proper agent at the plaoo or station ap
pointed.
‘ As each now passenger takes a seat he
drops into the lower compartment tho
tioket of his predecessor in that scat. A
passenger can tell from the “indicator”
whether or not a seat fs really occupied;
ahd if if is being “hogged” (or occupied
hv tnmn mvt.hfnal “fpimvl’’ nf tlin nna
by some mythical “friend” of tho
eenger in tho next scat) ho can readily
disprove tho occupancy. At tho same
time, a passenger who leaves his seat at
s station, before his journey's end, has
hii right seat reserved to him, but he
cannot reserve two seats at onoo in the
train. - ■ ■
■etatew laeki or tho Veliow-stona
[Exchange.]
From! a natural platform at the very
fcdgeof tho lower falls, tho sight-seer can
look 400 feet upward to the top of the
heavily wooded banks, and down to tho
foot of the, (alls, 809 (cot. It is not
over forty feet from this natural plat
form to tho 'othor side of tho river, and
the, volume of water compressed into
this narrew space is enormous; but as
soon as lt passes it is transformed into
•nowy fleeoy. foam, and from below rises
a thick mirt as the water is hurled upon
tho roeks that break its fall.
-Gruid as aredbeYaUe themselves, tho
Grand Canyon really gives to the scene
its unrivaled Charm. One may see tur;
IM», totfcrSi'pillars and.cones, and hun-
drods ofptherTautastio' siiapcs, accord-
tog m the thins of fancy are loosed. The
colon of the rock includo every tint of
the rainbow. Below this Is a statum of
htowa rock, gradually shading into rod.
Ikon como orange, or yellow, violet and
white limestone. Yonder Is a bright rod
tower, and besides it is a pillar of black
fllnt stono, Below is a white cono,
above a purple are. .
*h« nind*R»dlnc “Fin Trick."
[Labouchoro In l.ondon Troth,]
Take, for lnstanee, the triok of finding
y. * Pto, the whereabouts of which is
known to tho subject. Tho triok is gen-
tnllf performed In a room full of people,
•no olio know where tho pin is eon-
Collusion, therefore, Is possible,
lali, however, is not necessary, for if the
performer be adroit he knows whore to
fp> owing to the unconscious indications
not far
below the leveisTof'th’e river I have
before mo a city here where the wells
are built above the ground. I have
come upon a city here of nearly a quar
ter of a million of people, where the
earth.
i<^(pre#q>:the«'^
. , - 1 ® buufc on* the top of the ground
In the heart of this mighty and antique
city outnumber the living.
But notwithstanding all that this city
^ Beal^ful eod delicious city. The
have
not yet tried the graves.
New (gleans, on first sight, reminds
, 4 of o smudged
face. Add 1 ti8 to be admitted that she
is a pretty'oH'. pretty girl, too. And
the knows a tremendous lot, I can tell
yon, BntYoralltMiphe is a girl that
you can t ) 9P)p ; falling In love with at
urst sight, to.SAyq yonr life,
, i By the ,haulm, of the. mighty river—
It has amputh; and can speak for itself,
I hear you say. My friend, take off your
hat, and bo serious in his presence.
Millions of thoughtful men of Europe
would gratefully bare and bow their
— Thcpq waters como down
v-Tj-v^.^-Atoany north with their
story of nearly thirty states. Thoy have
nourished and ministered to needs of a
hundred,millions of peoplo. Their work
is done for this year. They are on their
way to thq spas to rest. Thoy arc en
titled to respect:
I havo basked on tho banks of the
Amazon, gone nil the way to the Ganges
to SCO the worshipers of water, made
my home on the banks of tho Nile, but
nowhere have I found a river at all like
this Jj have-come upon here. It is up
and doing and entirely alive. It Is an
American river in its fullest sense. An
independent river is this, too; running
on its own account, turning asido for
nolther Kepublican nor Domocrat. May
bo it is running tho Independent ticket.
May be it is for St. John, tho cold-water
man.
And how few Americans have seen this
mighty river, or either souroo on mouth?
I know plenty of pretty eastern ladies
who are willing to be counted well-trav-
cled. Not ono of them in ten ever saw
this greatest natural wonder of the
world,
It is hard to escape tho intenso' fasci
nation of this vast, surging, ■ sweeping
rivor before rao hero; hard to ccaso say-
New Goods!
tad tho Utter will never find tho pin.
f oikiil Mr. Stlinrt Cumberland whether
weonU fipd a pin under those condl-
no pretense to do more than closely fob
mw indications,' bo replied that he coaid
»ot-
. Appreciation.
(American Homo.]
Pleaso do not carry snob an air of
Persecution. Yon look more and more
disagreeable for it, and you are Uboring
hhderagreat mistake all the while,
and that is nU yon ought to expect.
Tost part of the world which you turner-
wand will understand you, and what
ought yon to care for the rest ofltt If
you carry a clean face into sunshine,
that face will reflect sunshine, or vice
versa.
A Touch of Nature.
hrated her third birthday recently, and
f*d. 10 Hood a time that she wiahed the
Wwversary would go right on. When
i “ e *»ke up njxt morning and found
J world moving along in the regular,
j-faahioned way, she felt as all hare
t Oil timilAF nppmtnni Utd criid Out.
^on similar occasions, and crfadout,
fOk, mum, wb«t I* BT WltMWT
ig things of this tremendous stream,
tills artery, tho lifo-blood of our broad
republic. And, oh, how the poets of
old—tho poets when poets were upon
earth—would havo loved, this river!
There is not a poom in tho world worth
reading that has not rivers running all
through it, from the Meander and the
other littlo rivulets, around Troy, on
down to tho story of tho unhappy Aoa-
dians, whose flpal place of rest I can
almost SCO from my hodsotop. All such
places in tho Bible are mado greon with
running rivers. Paradiso, that it might
bo of matchless elegance and eternnl
verdure, gathered tho three great rivors
in one.
Tho wondrous river here, like. ail
lugs that are great and full of power
and of splendor, is very still, vory doeilo
seemingly, as if it might bo oasify mau
led, or driven anywhere. But
oontemplato its vast volumo os it sweeps
past? Its dopth 100! 2001 800 feet!
That is tho Jlississppi river. And yet,
you American mud-heads, you railroad-
makers, you hardly know wo havo a
river in tho country. Shame on you!
But, sirs, you may neod it, need all of
it, ovory drop of itto—water your stock.
A Tborongli Education.
(it Quad’s totter.]
Do not sigh for “a thorough educa
tion,” unless you havo a target boyond
it, There are plenty of thoroughly edu
cated mon who are a heavy burden on
their friends. Without having dotur-
mined on a profession (hoy rushed off to
college, graduated with tho highest
honors and, walked out: Into tho world
again to find themsolvoa worse off than
bcfoip. j, i. . • l
Book-keepers are paid for being nc-
curato, honest and reliablo. Tho mer-
chant nevor asks to soo any specimens
of thoir Greek translations or essays on
physiology. Cashiers may havo spent
wenty years at college without receiving
a dollar more salary than a man who
;ot his schooling in a villago. If the
doctor is thoronghly educated in medi
cine, and tho lawyer in law, and the
clergyman in theology, wo demand no
more. I have hoard it said of a man
that ho was a scholar and I havo seen
that same man glad of an opportunity
to take the position of a traveler for a
wholesale house. Ho had beeu educated
without any aim boyond it.
Bomsaci of Bascule and Napoleon.
[Pittsburg Dispatch.]
It was at a ball given by President
Napoleon at tho Elyseo, some nights be
fore the coup d'otnt, that Mile. Eugenie
mot her future husband. A romance is
counected with the meeting. Wishing
to avoid tho crowded onii-rooms, Louis
Napoleon, with tho duko of La Mos-
kowa, went into the Elysce gardens,
where be suddenly came upon a radiant,
blushing girl. Sho was tying up her
hair alone, opposite a glass in the con
servatory. Her hair had come down
luring a waltz, and the crowd was too
great to admit of her reaching _ tho
Indies' dressing room. Sho had glided
to this place, hoping to bo unoheervod.
This littlo oireumstanco of tho fall of
her bock hair led to her subsequent ole-
t TO FILL MY NEW STORE I HAVE ORDERED A LARGE STOCK OP
J, or.aaiAWJAVA J ,
Testaments and Bibles from 5 cts.'to $1400 each.
Albums - - from. 25 eta. to 10.00 each,
l’apetries - - * £roml5ct*.to Sj.Opeacfr., r
Toy* - - from 1 ct. to G 00 each.
WETTING PAPER AND ENVELOPES A SPECIALTY
Large Stock of Blank Books. Ink and Pens~Best Quality.
Best Grades of Tobacco and Cigars, ;
Goods t0 i suit all/tastes and pulses from .Cahdyiind Chewing
Gum to Quarto Dictionaries and Bibles; f ':
PLEASE GALL'AND FXAMINE PRICES f j
Special orders receive prompt attention. .Vt?
Mvstr AGNES AYCOCK
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mils* - . 1 a
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CALVIN CARTER & SON
We* SOOTS.ASTS SSOBB,
Public Square, . . : Americus, Ga.
i
dEST GOODS
FOR
LEAST MOSEY!
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Ifhiok nvotn-kAdw hnf rllQT UtlCK HUT JCU W UUf BU^UCm L.W
The wSd^f Ukofo^M ia^aT v * tlonto ^
hhat you aro worth as* t Wws anybody^ Jn,od bT woman "
ever oconplod by woman.
The Melon Mirub.
lExchanga] *m *
A plant called the melon shrub lias
been introduced into California from
Guatemala. It grows to tho hylght of
three feet, beats a beautiful purple and
white flower, is an evergreen,, nnd pro
duces a melon about four inches long
by two or three in diameter, of excellent
Col. HigginsoKTUtSe*daughter oda- *“*"•
- . . . —* Antique Tea-Kettle*.
[Chicago Tribune.]
Sir Samuel B»J(er fa an enthusiast_ou
artistic and antique Japanoso loa-kettlos,
and has a fine collection of about forty
ipeetmcBS. He follow t a long way after
CHRISTMAS
18 COMING, AND
HAS MADE 1118 HKAPOUAUTERH AT
THE CONFECTIONERY STOKE OP
W. E. CLARK,
; • HT N3PVOH I ?
Or Lamar Street. 0
WI1KUK CAN DB FOUND A DKAUTIFUf.
SELKCTION OF
CANDIES,
FIIU1TS,
NUTS,
CANNED GOODS,
RAISINS,
CAKES,
PIES,
And ercirthinjj ntcw«inr to'innlo holLlny week a
Jmppy on**. A FULL LINK t/r
T-O-Y-S
For the little one* at very Low Price#.
£35TOrders for Cnkes and other Baking
attended to promptly,
noriir-ul
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, — — popele^'VftMkiV IR--
‘ityef
r,f nil ctlitr papers of
MENTS.ly
MRS. FRED LEWIS.
Americua, Ga., Ang.’.2i, 1684, tf
The exercises of this school will be re
sumed on Monday, the Gth of January.
Tebms, Bates, Etc.:
Primary Department per month,.. ..82.00
Intermediate, per month 3.00
Flrst-Clua, per month 4.00
Tuition dne at tbe end of each Scho
lastic month.
Patronage earnestly solicited.
Good, bonuL tree and aqaare work
guaranteed. For farther particulars call
on W. H. ALLEN, PrincipaL
declOdlm
HH
Anderson ville School
Will Open Spring Term January
12th, 1884.
Tuition *15.00. *20,00 oud *35,00 par
annum—less public fund about *3.00 par
pupil. Board sod tuition ten dollars per
(four weeks) month, paid monthly in ad
vance. Katie *100 per month. Tor
further InformUton.^y to^^ .
AsdtnoDTiUfp Oit
Isslf-waacdtf
We invite everybody nTirt the pTtijiBe gen**
erally to call at our shop and exnmine.our
immense stock of First-Glass Finished, Single
and Double Seat BuGGiEs iihd Gne Horse
Wagons, of all sttles an^ sizes. j^i i^Hiliich
are of our own manufucture, and will be sold
as cheap as it is possible tb sell |ue|ibw^H in
any mnrke^ Ili re^efeiiCe.to our Sln®and
Doiible Seat Dexter
I eriV,
present time
vnoto.ciwu l
|W .vjiIi
[■say we
aaboto iuM
lice them in this coun-
were the first to in
try, and. have from>< ihe beginning up"to‘ihe
improved themiy and
thorn perfect. We
we believe we now
seep on hand all
25 of these Buggies,’
each buggy, and can sell you a Buggy and
Harness as cheap as anybody. All we ask is
, t § ' ..tlhhiU
togiv© us a trinl ,L»i
. . J j«i i hnai »< I •
A word now to those who have old-bug
gies and wagons and desire to have them! re-
: -still vniy*ol } "I*MIL... flHWi tfiaiq I«*qqid<s
laired 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
- • i »lti It-iJ'j Jnetbuimil ,l (aval.
convinced. ,-.*i
Americus Ga., July 25j 188l4.
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wUr.l'.f*
AkriieEttieszrs comer.
/U f'-"'- llOlT.Hl
Ho! event one in iieed of Clothing, , ,, na , ., „,
“COME AGAIN” tip heatley’s Comer and bu) t »i,
J(I,J Llmi.v VliRifirnW .ii ’ '.tli: •*if I* > vufftift J|
• splendid iuccfififi which at|#iKl»dJaui>ffori«yn lntroduclo|; Rjp, Ml* pf, ; ,
BINE CLOTHING
19 bring oat hr tke Spring Irnd* tho Urgent, hnndnomMt and.*
teMc«ufale|ln*|>r , w ..h b«. t ,ii.T
Fitting Clothing
, hu indnc«0|u« 19 bring oat hr tko Spring tndt tho Urgeat, bindsomait and.*
oo«cmuMe|liWFf A«a^,ii.T •«M
Perfect
. EVERSHOwiflN
The#n good# Jmr« been reltcted w}th grtn«Ar« an£ po«Hpa] an *tognnc# of dailgm baat^of «abk
and durability of texture, that few indeed can equal, and pona anrpaM. la «rery fauUqcawa,
GUARANTEE PERFECT FIT OR NO SALE
Wa hara|aIao a large and wall Mlaoted itoek of perfect fitting
Shirts, Collars, Cuffs, Neek and Underwear 1
And everything In the way of Gent’e Fnrnlehlng Ooope. Pellta and adeatIve|BaIeeinen will take I
(plauure la dleplayin«tbeee hemtIAU geode whether yem wish to bay or hot.
THORNTON
Wheatley’s Corner,
WHEATLEY;
: : Americus, Ga
INSURANCE AGENT;
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OFFICE IN COMMERCIAL HOTEL BLOCK,
Foraytli Stroot, > - - • Amorlous, Q»
AGENT FOR THE LEADING
Fire ^ Idbteinaiill |
IN THE COUNTRY. GIVINOTOUTHE BkST INSURANCE AT
THE LOWEST KATES.
ATiBO AOMOTiyOR TM , .. aJ
Gullet and lumm® cotton gins,
That JBaatKHaam XMta I
CALL AND SEE ME, WHEN IN WANT OT INSURANCE OR GINS.
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