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E.J. Mt'MATll.
B. H. McMATH
R. L. McMATU.
McMATH BROTHERS,
THE AkEUICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER: SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1891,
A WONDERFUL EATER.
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HERE IS A MAN WHO 18 A TERR
TO FREE LUNCH COUNTERS.
St Schedule, No. 22, tn Effect Feb. 22th.
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°““ Coute«t U. At. eis.73 Worth ot
' Plain Pood—He Derourrd Pour Gal
lon. of Oysters on Anothrr Occasion.
rH|* Digestion 1. Perfect.
•William Green appeared at the four
courts and before Assistant Prosecut
ing Attorney Dierkes swore out a war
rant charging Otto Feldt with embez
zlement. Feldt lives at a,511 BL-ur ave
nue. It is alleged in the information
that ho borrowed from Green a photo
graphic outfit of the value of $40. which
he has refused to return.
The prosecutor, William Green, is
something of an eater. In fact, lie is the
champion of the country in his lino, hav
ing defeated all comers at numerous
matches. Years ago the challenges sent
ont by his friends, who wished to back
him to ont eat any man in the Uuited
States, were never accepted, ami forfeits
which had been posted were taken down.
Green has a record. The first match of
any note in which he was engaged came
off in 1872. From his boyhood he bad
recognized that he had an enormous
capacity for any kind of food, yet his
fare for n day or a week would compare
in quantity with that of any ordinary
working man. It was only when he tried
to eat that ho devoured such nn immense
amount of food.
GREEN'S HISTORY.
In 1872 Green, who is a collector, wus
at work with a number of bills in South
St. Louis, when he met three men at the
lnnch counter. One of them was a tailor,
another a constable and the third a dep
uty marshul. Green felt a little hungry
after his walk and set in to eat the whole
of a five pound sausage; The tailor, the
constable and tho marshal thought they
could eat a little bit themselves, and a
match was prepared by some of the by
standers. It was agreed that the man
eating tho least was to pay the whole
bill, and the quartet set to work. Such
confidence bad Green in his own abilities
that be took bets right and left at even
money that ho would beat the others.
As the contest proceeded he offered ab
surd odds that he could win with pounds
to spare.
He was not known about the place and
the bystanders fairly crowded for his
money, having seen what the marshal
and constablo could do on various occa
sions. Everything in the saloon went on
the bill of faro and the men ate for an
hour. Then tho tailor gave it np in de
spair and sat down to watch the others.
Ten minutes later the constable had a
pain under his jacket and retired. The
murslml stood it for another half hour
and then gave np in disgust. Green ate
with such a vigor that everybody was
surprised. When he finished he lmd de
voured $18.75 worth of food and his ap
petite was still good.
Green collected Ids bets and went
home. The story of the match spread,
and the following day Drs. Gregory,
Mndd,'Ludwig and Hess called at his
residence expecting to find him dead. He
was as chipper os a cricket, however,
and regaled his medical visitors with
the stories of his eating feat. Sworn
statements of the amount the man had
eaten were made and accounts of the
affair were telegraphed all over the eonn-
try. -
gastronomic feats.
Green made no more matches for a
number of years, being decidedly averse
to obtaining notoriety on aocount of his
peculiar abilities. On several ooCariona,
however, he went with some of his
friends to places about the city, and sur
prised all spectators by devouring ever}'
morsel of food on the lnnch counters.
Proprietors of restaurants where the
sign "All yon can eat for fifteen cents”
. was hnng np soon grew to know him.
and barred their doors when they saw
him about to enter.
Finally his friends becked him to eat
cove oysters against the record. A Con
necticut man had devoured eight quarts
of the bivalves, hut Green almost dis
counted him by swallowing twelve quarts
in an honr's time. When the craze over
the eating of one quail a day for thirty
days was on Green won numerous wagers,
first by eating ono quail a day for twenty-
five duys, then for thirty days and finally
for fifty days. His friends offered to back
him to cat two quails a day for a month,
but could get no answer to their challenge.
Green's latest match was less tlian
three months ago. He was in a small
country town collecting for a St. Louis
glnss company and met a horse trader in
u restunraut. Tlia horse trader thought
he could eat oysters with the next man
and offered to back himself against the
crowd. Green took all the bets ho coaid
get, and then bet his opponerit two to one
that he would eat two quarts to his ono,
The horse trader was game and the beU
were mode.
When Green offered him three to ono,
however, lie weakened, and the contest
was commenced. The horse man swal
lowed three quarts of the bivalves and
quit By this time Green had pnt him
self on the outside of five quarts. He
then offered to bet that he could eat as
many more and won all the money in
sight by covering an additional ten
quarts. This made almost fonr gallons
, of the molltuks which had entered his
-stomach, yet be was not even "phased.”
[ Green is a middle aged man, of medium
height, yet (hart in build. He weighs in
the neighborhood of259 pounds and has
never been sick in his life. His appetite
is normal, but his capacity is abnormal
to say the least.—fit. Louis Post-Dispatch.
When one speaks of “No Man’s Land'
we generally pretnms that he refers to
that little neck of land in. the IniRan
territory, lying between Colorado and
Kanina on thd north and Texas on the
south. But each Is not always tho case.
The original “No Man’s Land” is a little
tongue of land extending a few miles
south of the Masou And Dixon line, be
tween the states of Maryland and Dela
ware. Every now and then somebody
starts the story that this tract is, prop
erly speaking, part ot no state, literally
out of the jurisdiction of the United
States; that it is one of the left over
pieces of the whole country, wherein no
one owns the ground upon which he
lives. On the maps the ground is cred
ited to Pennsylvania, but. according to
these same authorities, the claim is a
shadowy one.
This triangular bit of territory was
marked off in a curious way. The east
ern boundary of Maryland was early de
termined, but the southern boundary of
Pennsylvania was long a matter of dis
pute. Finally Mason and Dixon began
their work at the eastern boundary of
Maryland, and proceeded westward,
while the northern boundary of Delaware
was declared to be a semi-circle, whoso
center was New Castle. In surveying
the semi-circle it was found that the cir
cumference did not touch the boundary
of Maryland at its junction with the
Pennsylvania line, thus giving rise to
tliis triangular bit of land, which has
been discarded by the three states and
only allowed to attach itself to Pennsyl
vania for judicial purposes.—St. Louis
Republic.
**ThA uaa of ‘Castor!** Is so universal and
1U merits ao well known that it teems a work
pf supererogation to endorse It Few are the
intelligent IsmlUes who do not keep Cestoria
within e^rrech.^ ^
New tork &ty.
Lite Pester Bloomlngdato Reformed Omroh.
Edwin F. Passes. M. Dm
“The Winthrop l "l»lh Street and 7th Ave.,
New York City.
Th» OnRAoa Oonrear, IT Moboat Stexxt, New Yoxz.
Cere in Drawing Drinking Water.
From first to Inst the water supply
should ho under the care of the head of
the household, and not trusted to serv
ants. They wili not take the trouble to
draw off the water the first thing in the
mornings that has been standing in pipes
all night to corrode lead pipes or absorb
sewer gas from adjacent waste pipes
which have the usual pinholes eaten
through them. “Lead pipes will be eaten
away by water containing free oxygen
without carbonic acid; therefore pure
rain water injures lead pipes,” says Capt.
Oalton, and the infusion of lead in the
water standing over night is quite
enough to give the babies colic and re
new the symptoms of the grip in the
elders of the family unless tho stream is
allowed to run until it is cold and clear.
This water need not run to waste, bnt
may be saved in a firkin for washing
uses. A supply of fresh drinking water
for the day should then be boiled in,
bright till lined or enameled kettle, for
the copper line ! teakettles are only an
other of tile deadly devices which abound
in housekeeping. Tea mndo from water
boiled in a copper lined kettie is a cor
rosive infusion equal to upsetting the
digestion in time, if it does not ruin the
vital economy altogether, liko so mnch
arsenic.—Shirley Dare in New York
Herald.
A Female Ball Fighter.
The heroine of the hour jastnow in
Lisbon is a German girl, Fraulein
Johanna Moestrick. Fraulein Maes trick
was born near Berlin, bnt went with her
parents as a child to Portugal. r When
she was 17 sir impresario, struck with
her size and beauty, offered to train her
as a female bull fighter. The agent
sent his pnpil, who is not yet 20, to
compete at the show of female beauty
which took place at Lisbon, where die
carried off the first prize. The adver
tisement proved an excellent One, forever
since the impresario has been bombarded
with letters from persona of all classes,
wishing to know when the beautiful
"torera” is to make her debut.
She lias not yet appeared in an arena,
but last week she came ont in a trial
fight at Oporto. A huge crowd collected
to see tho unusual right. The yonng
lady quickly laid two balls in tho sand,
and rode off followed by a band of music,
amid thnndere of applause. Crowds of
people collected before the windows of
the hotel at which the “torera" was
staring, and far into tho night she was
obliged to appear on tho balcony in
responso to their calls for her.—London
Globe.
The Proper Weight.
Growth is very irregnlar in children
and young people generally. Perhaps
two inches may bo gained in two
months, and for the next ten months
'not another inch, oven up to the age of
10 or 12 years.
While growth is thus rapid fatigue is
readily reduced. During the pause
weight is gained, and work or training
can go on again.
As a general rule a child in the fourth
year should he a feet high, and weigh
more than 28 ponnds; in the sixth year,
84 feet high, and weigh 42 pounds; in
tho eighth year, 4 feet high and 66
oonnds in weight; at 12 years old, 5 feet
in height nnd 70 pounds in weight is a
fair averago.
At the term of adolescence 28 pounds
should he udded for a gain of 8 or 4
inches in height; 112 ponnds is about the
average weight for 5 feet 0 inches; 126
pounds fur 3 feet 8; 140 ponnds for 6 feet
10; 154 pounds for 5 feet 11, mid 168
pounds for 0 feet.—Hall's Journal of
Health.
To Clean Fare
TtV is the way they clean and reno
vate ton in Bnaria: Some rye flour is
>pnt into a pan upon the stove and
heated, stirring constantly with the
hand, so long as the heat can he borne.
Then spread the floor all over the tor,
nibbing it in well; then brash it gently
with a very dean brash, or beat it softly
all the flour is removed. Itiscloimed
this method will mako the tor ap-
ir nlmost or quite liko new.—Good
isekeeping.
Colon and Health.
In a recent lecture on decoration Mr.
George Aitcliison, A. R. A., stated that
certain colors and tones are prejudicial
to health. Very dark rooms are so, and
red and yellow are also prejudicial in
the same way, if we have to remain in
rooms so colored all and every day. The
lecturer said that a manufacturer had a
woman's workshop painted yellow, and
found sickness increase in his hands.
His doctor recommended whitewash,
and normal health was restored.-^
Chatter.
E. P. HARRIS, Pres. BLOOM BROWN, Sec. a Treas. C. P. PAYNE, M’g’r.
Americas Supply Co.,
Successors to HABBIS & PAYNE,
Plumbers and das Fitters.
Machinery Supplies.
We are now in our new building in Artesian Block,
and ready for business.
A Full Line of Cooking StoYes and Ranges.
Gas Fixtures and Sanitary Goods a Specialty.
Globe, Angle and Check Valves,
Terra Cotta and Iron Pipings and Fittings.
Greiieral Hotair ork
TELEPHONE No IS.
Americus Iron Works,
-BUILDERS OF
Engines, Boilers, Cotton Gins,
Presses, Feeders and Condensers, Saw and Grist Mills,
Shingle Machines, Pipe and Pipe Fittings, Boiler y
Feeders, Valves, Jets, Etc.
Shaftings, Hangers, Boxes and Pulleys
jjST’Special attention given . to. repairing all kinds of-
Machinery. Telephone 79, ... .'pH*
Solid Trains with Sleeping Oars B»u«n Havana.h and Birmingham.
For further Information relative to UokeU,eehednlee, beet ronton etc. ate.,apply to
A. T. MAXWELL. Agent, J. C. MCKENZIE, Sup't, B.T. CHARLTON,Gen. Pare. Ag'L
Amerlcua, Ga. gmlthvllle, Oa. Havannah.Oa.
D. H. BYTHEWOOD, Division Pars. Ag’t., Columbua, Ga.
D D. CURRAN, Sup't, Colnmbua, Ga. J. C. HMAW.Trav. Pure Ag’t., Savannah Ga.
Cooks’ Pharmacy,
AMERICUS; GEORGIA.
CORNER LEE AND LAMAR STREETS,
I am pleased to announce that I have a full lino of
' GARDEN BEEP _A SPECIALTY-
Prescriptions Allied at all Hours, Day or
Night, W. A. COOK, Proprietor.
HOTT & CO.,
MERCHANT * TAILORS.
(Successors to Mrs. BREMSTELLER)
110 Lamar Street, over Peoples’ National Bank,
Americus, Georgia.
We are now opening a FIRST-CLASS TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT and will have a line
line of good, of LATEST STYLES AND FASHIONS In Mock, and will
GUARANTEE PERFECT FITS.
Prices satisfactory. Come and see us before placing your orders and you will
be more than satisfied with our styles and prices.
Mr. Rott lived here four years ago, and was with Mr. Bremsteiler, and ia no
wbi
stranger to the people of Americus who wear good clothes.
3-3 lm.
• DUNLAP HATS.
THE LATEST STYLES AND SHAPES.
ARTHUR RYLANDER,
Corner Lamar and Jackson St
Groceries, Provisions, Coitry Proflnce
BOOTS. SHOES, ETC., ETO-,
WHISKEYS, TOBACCO & CIGARS, SPECIALTIES.
iast Tennessee,
NOTHING SUCCEEDS
LIKE SUCCESS.
207 FORSYTH STREET. AMERICUS, GEORGIA.,
W. solicit a .hare or the patronage or the trading publle, guaranteeing eatlsfactlon
low pricey and good goods. We deliver goods anywhere In the oily. Call and see un
McMATH brothers.
Virginia and
Georgia R*y
System.
J-M THE ONLY—
Short and Direct Lino to the lortb, East or
Vest.
This line 1. conceded to he the beat equipped
and run. the Burnt Pullman, Bleeping Care In
the Sooth.
A New Core tor Toothache.
Jl Russian practitioner recommends
the use of byoscyamns seeds for tooth
ache. His plan is to bom the seeds, and
to convey the smoke through a little pa
per tube to the hole in the tooth. He
declares that in nearly all eaaee one ap
plication, or at moat two, will suffice to
cure the toothache.
Elegant Pullman Sleeping Cara, between
Jacksonville and Cincinnati,
Titusville and Cincinnati,
Brunswick and Louisville,
Chattanooga and Washington,
Memphis and New York,
Philadelphia mid New Ot leans,
Chattanooga and Mobile,
Atlanta and Chattanooga,
Without Change.
For any Information address
' B. W. WRENS', Gen. Pass, and Ticket Aft.
Knoxville. Tenn.
C. W. KNIGHT, Ass't Hen. Pass. Agt.
Atlanta, Georgia.
KILLER
M0H TRULY AM COMECTIY C4LLE0
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Of bepelemand
sons NOT SBAPTOmr EXPECTATION!
NOTICE TO MILL MEN.
I have (Or sale Two Mill Rocks nnd fixtures complete, One Rice Mill, One I>ol-
laher. One Fan, One Bolting Cloth complete. Three PalrHcaiee, One Fifty Horsee
Power Engine aod Boiler, One Planer One Gang Edger, Five Gins, one Clark Cotton
Clearer, One Preas. HhanfUnge and Pulleys world without end. All or the above
property will be sold
Cheap For Cash or Bankable Papers.
C. A. BELL.
dd rest meat Amerlcua or call and tea me.
REAL ESTATE BARGAINS.
I.ofTer for a
rer onebouiio and lot on College Hill, targe lot JldxTtv, fronting two atreeu. The prel-
' <a \loe house uml lot on Jackson street, fronting tlie College. Large lot, s room, t
comparatively new home wl'h cook room and bath tonne attached, nice out house
* 8 place.
lam on the place. Call for bargain*-
HUGH M. BROWN,
Killer than by all othc/ tnedicinea combined.
Wo request a thorough in\v*«igatlon.
History o! the Microbe Killer free by
FLEETWOOD A KUSSELL, Sole Agent*
for Sumter comity. july22-dlyr |
705 Jackson St- :
Fifteen aha ea Furniture Factors Huiek for He
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