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■ l .{v, sc • 't - —' - mHMHHHI .. ■ !.“&SSjfSS» •' • -^1- . ••■ >-V*C ‘ • - - - - • • • ■CALL, at- Arthur Rylander’s AND SEE THE LATEST STYLES IN Dunlap Hats Nellie Bly Caps. WE ARE ON THE TOP ROUND CARTERS Tmi LARGEST STOCK. AT THE LOWEST PRICES. CALL AND SEE US. Calvin Carter and Son. BOYS’ OL.OTI3CIWG First claims parents' attention. We are more than ready In thin de partment, The Suits, The little Trousers aud the Boys Furnishings; Hats and Capa begin to go, ere the men begin to think of changing theirs. We’ve often thought of calling our store The Mothers’ Clothing Store, because the mother is the best economizer in the household and she gen erally finds out that the dollars go the farthest at JU S. SUITS, ill GhuDfini Clothitr i kfast tafia, ANDJI’ltOPRItTOR OF: "The Eagle” Shoe and Hat Store, 117 and 119TORSYTH;8T. AMERICUS, GA. W. W. Wheeler & Co. are now in their now quartern. HAM9-MAOE AND NORTHERN HARNESS BY THE WHOLESALE ANT RETAIL. CALL AND SEE THEM. They have also secured the rervtce*]ot A First-class Shoemaker, Repairing a Specialty. Price* reasonable and Satisfaction Guaranteed STRICTLY mm w ID A Y. ^BR ice. a? Recorder For To-day only I offer 100 Baskets O rapes at 40c to 65o basket. 60 Bbls Apples at 40 to 50o peck. The applet at 40o peck are very fine In flavor. Must be sold to-day, a large lot of fine Celery from Kalamzon. The finest and large«t lot of Pro. serves. Jelly and Mince Meat you ever saw in a retail store at prices very low. Batter and Cheese, the finest ,lu large lots. E. D. ANSLEY. THE FANCY GROCER bonafi. to paeeersby tho c63 andrefrab tog lemonade, ft theta la wind any where It always seemato fihd a funnel up Spruce street, and Boreas was d oing some of bis best work on his favorite, thoroughfare one day. A young woman m her beat bib and icksr, with the Inevitable young man. as erasing from the poetoffleo In tho direction of tho bridge. A particularly strong puff of wind neatly blow off her B. D. Blackmon Uvea in gnat retire ment at his pretty villa residence, “Shortwciod," close to Tbddiugton sta tion, which latter place, by the way, It an innovation not at all to the taste of the veteran novelist, who built his homo before the station existed, and now re grets its proximity. Mr. Blackmon's bobby is his garden. In front there is a trimly kept lawn, surrounded by flour ishing bods where rhododendrons, pico- tecs, roees of every hue and old fashion ed country flowers vie with each other in abundance. Behind is the fruitful orchard, his groat pride, whore straw berries, currants, stone fruits, pears and apples an to bo found in such plenty that much of it is sold in tho fruit mar kets. It has always been Mr. Blackmon's custom to work a few hours daily in his garden, and this seems to be his favorite recreation. Mr. Blackmon is now over 70 years of ago. and a widower. His two nieces reside with him. In figuro bo is rather short and thick set, with white hair and whiskers; his face is strongly lined, and tho blue eyes and bushy cyo- brows ore very characteristic. Ho re minds one somewhat of "Undo Corny” in his latest work, “Kit Kitty," the hero of which, strangely enough, is a market gardener living at one of the river vil lages a little higher np than Toddington. —Toronto Mail. DIAMONDS AND WATCHES! GEORGIA BEEF MABKET. took charge of her drees, and as it blew Senator* and Flower*. ' Senator Teller has one of tho prettiest gardens in tho northwest And oh! whnt stories the roses could tell therol The senator’s favorite relaxation all sum mer is to pay diligent attention to his flower beds. Constituents, caucus managers and other gentlemen who want to whispec Uttle suggestions in the senator’s car find him every evening armed with u hose sprinkler going aronnd among the around got entangled with tho only I flowers, and ns they talk they follow three glasses Bridget hod on her stand. They fell on the flags, to be simply smashed Into smithereens. For a moment thero was silence, then tho owner, in pure Hibernian, gave vent to her feelings, and tho lnngnago was not really ladylike. The young man was, however, equal to the occasion, and diving into his pocket produced and g ive to Celtic Heho a dollar Mil. Tho ttcr looked at the note for Bomo sec onds and then disappeared into that un discovered country, so far as men aro concerned—a woman's pocket. Jack and Jill hod passed on; of this the vendor of cool drinks made certain. She then deliberately took np her bucket of water, dashed It on the ground, picked np her lemons, and folding up her tem porary stand mado a too lino for homo. She had dono a good day’n business.— Now York Tribune. Gold Watehes from $25 to $200, Filled from $16 to $40. Sliver Watobea $6 to $25. My Solid Gold Wateh Is the best VALUE for the money ever offered to the public. Beautiful line of Ladles’ Gold Watches. In DIAMONDS I can give you first- class goods for lkss money than any dealer In the larger cities. Small expense, Small profits. PRICE and QUAL ITY guaranteed. Diamond and Watch Clubs. JAS. T. COTNEY, Fleetwood and Russell Corner, Americus, Ca. Selling tho Queen n Tombstone. Mr. Andrews came pretty near selling tho qneen a sample of his marble—that would have been a great thing for him. Ho was telling mo all abont it the other day. "O. R. Johnson, the vice consul,” said he, “got mo a card to tho qaeen’s draw ing room in May, and 1 went to it at tired in a court dress which 1 hired at a shop in Bond street There woe an aw ful crush, but 1 contrived to get pretty near the bead of the procession by tip ping a sixpence to the lord chancellor of the privy chamber. 1 bowed and kissed the qneen’s hand in great shape: told her I had always admired and sympathized with her—that 1 particularly revered her for her devotion to tho memory of the deported. My words seemed to touch her deeply. She answered that it was her determination to keep that memory forever green. ‘In that case,’ said 1, ’lot me give you a pointer—buy a fifty foot slab of my verd-ontique marble!"’ “What did she say to that?" I asked. “She didn't say anything,” replied Mr. Andrews, “but a rude fat man in gilt lace and a cocked hat told mo to keep moving on aronnd to tho loft I’d have closed a sale if it hadn't been for him.” —Eugeno Field in Chicago News In til. Coining*. Fir. Boom. Very few of thoee who watched the torpedo boat Cushing as she took her spins aronnd tho harbor, or os she ap peared in her cradle in the dry dock, re alized how trying is service on board the little vessel, even in time of peace. When tho Cashing is nnder way the temperature in the little ongino room gets up to anywhere from 130 to 150 degs., and In the narrow quarters where in tho twenty-three officers and men are stowed the thermometer for hours at a time will register 100. Bat such things must be when you put 1,700 horso power machinery into a boat of only ninety tons displacement and the safety valves are set to blow off at 250. Tho fire room at the Cushing when Bho is making her highest spoed, 81.4 miles an hour, must give the unfortunate men in it a vivid idea of how salamanders feel.—Boston Transcript A Practical Experiment. Fledgely—1 have loved yon, Alice, these—these two weeks! Do yon love me In return? Alice—I do not know, Mr. Fledgely. bat we will see. In the Princess' new book, “Love, Loving, Loved,” is the passage: “When Algernon Dunbar en circled, os an equator, Marigold's dainty finger with the delicate fillet of gold, her heart leaped into her eyes, her soul ivered like an aspen leaf, and then i knew sbo loved him." If while yon are patting on the ring I undergo the same sensations 1 will bo able to an swer your question more completely.— Jewelers' Circular. No oily substance, poultice or liniment should b* put into the ear, because great injury is liable to be dons. Warm water is the best possible, and abont the only safe, “wash.” Do not scratch the oars with any metal: pin heads, hairpins or ear picks should be tabooed. Do not scream if an insect esters the ear; warm water win drown it, and wash out the "remains.” The ear to not nearly so liable to injury from the intruder os frantic effort* to dislodge it— Journal 'nail ” him aronnd from bush to bush. They might not get all they want but the senator has pleasure and relaxation from his garden work, and boasts the prettiest kept lawn and flower beds in his neighborhood. Senator Evarts has a nice garden, but ho does not deserve any special mention for it It is Mrs. Evarts’ particular caro and prido to spend her mornings weed ing the bods, and when the senator and herself sit down for their after dinner talk they get a great deal of pleasure from viewing tho bright blossoms all around tho windows.—Washington Let ter. “Money Coes." The old saying that “monoy goo was illustrated recently. A customer tendered a $20 bill. Tho tradesman had it changed by a neighbor, who, being in a harry, gave n pocket piece of $10 in gold of tho issne of 1801, which he prized highly and did not want to part with. He went to the tradesman as soon ns ho had given the valued coin, and tho lat ter went out and bunted up tho custo mer to whom ho had given it He had bought some cigars at a neighboring store and hod given the gold piece in payment Upon going to the cigar store it was found that tho proprietor had trans ferred the coin to a saloon keeper near by, and at that placo it was found that the saloon keeper had used it in liquida ting his brewery bill. The next (lay a neighbor went to tho brewery and found that tho cashier of that institution had just parted with tho coveted piece of money to a dissatisfied employe. The individual was at hut located and the coin recovered.—Chicago Times. AND SO ARE OUR CHRISTMAS GOODS. Borne of them aro here. We have Invoices and bills of ladings for the balance, and as we look over our store, already crowded with it* immense assortment, we realize most ssrlonsly that we are obliged to make room. Everything that Is large, that takes up much space on our counters or shelves will go now at a Slaughtered price. From Nov. 15th to Nov. 25th we are going to inaugurate a TEN DAYS SALE A11 Bulky Stock All kindB of baskets, buckets, tubs, brooms,tln water sets, oil stoves, ewers and basins, foot tubs, Infant bath tobe, sponge bathe, Ironing boards, tinware of all kinds, yellow bowls, etc. Everything that will help to clear our coun ters. Our motto from Nov. 15th to Nov. 25tb shell be “Make Room” Rather Than Mae Money and you will have a chance to “buy yourself rich,” at ARTESIAN CORNER Sutler tfc Berry’s Lee and Lamar Sts. Americus, Ga. 320 Lamar Street, TELEPHONE 52. ARGO & ANDREWS, ^ancy - and ■ Family - Groceries, CANNED GOODS: PencheSj Pears, Apricots, Pineapples, Tomatoes, Roans, Swoet Corn. All at Bottom Pbioes Cigars a Specialty. Confections, Crackers, Lunch Milk Biscuit. £“£ Dt I 'i our ' Magnolia and Gold Band Hams. All Goods Delivered at your Door. Open to receive order* from 5 a. m. to 7 p. m. American Ilnzor* in Demand. The best razois no longer como from Sheffield, and even Englishmen are alive to tho fact Tho best customers for ra zors are of English and Scotch descent, os very few Germans or Irishmen act os their own barbers. Formerly nothing j without a genuine or fraudulent Shef- 1 At 1 ,F AfvKCfTJM field trado mark cut into tho blade would 1 onUMOUIll vj 1 , bo looked at by an ex-subject of Queen Victoria, but now American goods arc generally preferred, and some eastern makes ore very popular. Tho greatest run the lost two years has boon on a razor with a distinctly military name, and although I have sold a great many of the kind I don't know where they are le. But the fact is immaterial, for no purchaser ever finds fault with any thing connected with ono in any respect save price, and even that is not serious ly objected to. —Interview in 8L Louii Globe-Democrat. Mrs 3M. T. Elam. Fask&easkble MiUiaesy —and— Fancy Goods. - - AMERICAS, GA. Qono Qnimi BAR AND restaurant, UUilO UUUul W. T. RACAN, Proprietor, Wo. 807; Iiamar Street. My Saloon Is furnished with Ih. best Wines, Brandies, Ram, Ola and Whlxdles that can be bought for tb. onsh. Imported Liquor a Specialty. You can And st mv Sir V,V! h J nf J' ou v» nl '°'Irlib from aplu.of Cold Milk or Beer to the Finest an/onlr Whisky-Hour III Americus. My Hoauturant Is supplied with the beet the market aflortU, ami with the belt cook In the Hlate, and a set of good welters, I xm suio that I an plussc the most fastidious. * * A Uriel Wedding. A certain Georgia editor, who is alec a real estate agent, a building and loan association director, on attorney at law, clerk-of the town coonpil and pastor of the village church, was recently asked to marry a couple. He was in a great hurry, and tho conplo surprised him iu tho middle of a heavy editorial on the tariff. “Time is money,” said he, with out looking up from his work. “Do you want her?” Tho man said yes. “And do you want him?” The girl stammered an affirmative. “Man and wife,” cried tho oditor. “One dollar. Bring mo s load of wood for it—one-third pine, bal ance oak.”—Atlanta Constitution. Homing Pigeons In Haul.. Tho Russians established pigoon sta tions in various parts of their territory abont sixteen years ago. They have eight stations in all. There are fire offi cers, twelve trainers and twenty-font servants connected with the pigeon aer- vico. It is their dnty to look alter the carrier pigeons, and see that they aro al ways in perfect health and condition, and ready for use at any moment A bushel of grain is allowed to each bird. —New York Evening Bun. A baggago smasher calls for a baggage lifting machine.!. Ho says tbo baggage wears oat almost u fast aa the trunks he is thought to take such a fiend- ish delight in breaking. No mortal man caaendireth* strain of lifting hundreds of huge, unwieldy trunks ady after day, year after year, and no mortal man ought to be expected to stand it 200to 400 Pounds. We want every mao weighing from 200 to 300 pound* to know that our “Stouts and Extra Size” Suits, Pants and Overcoat* will fit yon llko order garment*, coat mnob less wear just as well and win you over In the way of bringing yonr fellow -ufi'erere to us. 8PECIAL SIZES known as ”LONGB” for tall men The right length of Sleeves, length of Waist and Skirt to Froek Coats length of Pants and general proportlonlngjnst pleases onr LENGTHY friends. Regular men, of coarse, we can fit to the “Queen'sTaste.” Did you ever try JOHN R. SHAW and didn’t get fitted? Ifyo “a long time ago.” . If yon did It «m SUITS MADE TO ORDER. We represent First-class New York and Baltimore Houses. SAMPLES NOW READY. Measures Taken and Pertaot Vita Guaranteed—NO FIT—NO BALE JOHN R. 8HAW.I The Champion” Clothier of S, W. Georgia v ; V*