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6 THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER: TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1891. An Eaten Ont Town. On the occasion of the visit of Presi dent Harrison to Topeka, Kan., the ho tels, restaurants and hoarding honses were overran by the great crowd. Peo ple clamored for food ns the crowd clam ors to get iuto a circus, and guards were placed at the dining room doors to keep back those who could not lie at once ac commodated. A gentleman who had tried every public place found at a late hour in the afternoon a restaurant in an out of the way place. He went in and asked if he could be fed. The proprietor said he had been eaten out. •Til give you a dollar for a glass of milk and piece of pie,” said the stran ger. “Ain't got uomilkand ain't got no pie,” replied the hungry proprietor. “Whitt's that in that showcase—isn’t that pie?" asked the stranger, pointin; ont a pnmpkin pie. The proprietor look ed at it in a languid manner and an swered: “That's all we have left for ray family. If 1 sell that they won't get anything.” “I'll give yon a dollar for the pie, said the hungry stranger, growing des perate. The proprietor took out the pie and was in the act of handing it over when his jaw opened and about half the pie disappeared, the other half being handed over to the stranger, who refused it. "Sell it for a quarter," said the pie man, realizing now that his chance was growing smaller. But the stranger re fused the ragged moiety and went away sorrowful and ns hungry as when he came.—Chicago Tribune. Nlcfp fnr School Children. We all know how much greater is the need of children for sleep than of grown persons, and how necessary for their good it is to be able fully to satisfy this need, but how great it is generally at any particular nge of the child is very hard to define exactly. The amount varies under different climatic condi tions. In Sweden we consider a sleep of eleven or twelve honrs neocssary for the younger school children and of at least eight or nine hours for the older ones. Tet the investigations have shown that this requirement lacks much of being met in all the classes through the whole school. Boys in the higher classes get hut little more than seven hours in bed, and as that is the average it is easy to perceive that many of them must con tent themselves with still less sleep. It is also evident from the investiga tions that the sleeping time is diminished with the increase of the working honrs from class to class, so that pupils of the same age enjoy leas according ns they are higher in their classes. It thus ap pears constantly that in schools of rela tively longer hours of work the sleeping time of the pupils is correspondingly shorter. In short, the prolongation ot the working honrs takes place for the most part at the cost of the time for sleep,—Professor Axel Key in Popular Science. Xumber Both Doors. The golden rule, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” is violated in a petty fashion in New York which is intensely irritating. Many peo ple when finishing their houses neglect to put the numbers on properly, with the result that strangers in search of a particular residence wander up and down the semi-lighted street cursing volubly. This absolute neglect of the law, however, is not as irritating as the practice of painting the name on the outer door and omitting it over the inner door. Until 10 o’clook the greater num ber of storm doors stand open. The light from the hall chandelier illuminates the inner transom, but the outer one is a dull blank, on which noth ing can be read. You stare at wlmt yon know are figures, finding yourself utterly unable to distinguish them, and you are reduced to the ignominious course of ringing the bell and asking what the number is, which invariably produces on the face of the servant who appears an expression of n conviction not flatter ing to your sobriety. Good Christians there be who put the number on both transoms—may their homes be exalted and their examples imitated!—New York Telegram. The HwlM President. Under the Swiss system the president of the confederacy has no more author ity than a member of the cabinet. The head of the government is n council elected by the parliament. This council selects a chairman from its members, who thus becomes president of the re public, and assumes a cabinet portfolio, usually that of foreign affairs. He is clothed with no powers of api>ointuient to office. His co-members of the cabi net, even the judges of the supreme court, are all elected. He can servo but a single year; hence his time and tal ents, instead of being devoted to tilling offices and seeking a re-election, are given to the service of his country. He is helped in his efforts for pure and eco- nomicalgovemment by a corps of trained statesmen.—8. H. M. Byers in Harper’s. nakiiwu. The scholar is always ready to pick up a thought, and a born man of business is ever on the lookout for a trade. A good natured coachman overtook a tired looking peddler, and offered him a lift to the next town. At the end of the ride the peddler, by way of emphasizing his thanks, offered the coachman the pick of his wares, but the proffer was de clined. "Well, then,” insisted the euterprising pack carrier, “if you won’t take a pres ent don't you want to buy something?”— Exchange. Alnmlnam In Sesrrh of m Name. To end the long dispute which has been waged with reference to the right designation of the metal which is now aannnlng such importance, it is urged that the largest producers in the world favor the form aluminum, which also has the advantage of greater brevity, and that therefore foreign scientific journals sad scientific men should fol low tho example of American journals and call it onco for all aluminum.—New York Commercial Advertiser. Vancouver's Illjf Bridge. The great steel bridge across the Co lumbia river at Vancouver will be a mammoth concern. It will l»e 6,000 feet from the Washington to the Oregon shore. It will l>e double tracked, with a roadway on top for teams, and will be erected upon pneumatic piers. The piv otal pier, or draw pier, will support a draw which will give an opening of 200 feet sjKice on either side for vessels to pass, and the span immediately south of the draw span will be 075 feet. The whole strnf#kure is to be of steel, built ten feet above the high water of 1870 and forty feet above low water. On account of the sandy formation it! will be necessary to go down eighty feet j below low water to get a firm founds- j tion. There it rests on a foundation of coarse gravel similar to that upon which the great bridges across the Missouri river are built. This gigantic structure will cost over $1,000,000. and employ hundreds of men in its erection. It will be Jan. 1, 1892, before the cars can pass over it. The company is pushing its bridge and also its road as fast as men and money and its present perfected plans will permit. It has now between here and Kalama over 2,000 men and 1,500 teams at work.—Columbian. BMPS! For Rent: Two Excellent Melon Farms ONE RESIDENCE. Anglophobia | n France. it wonld be a pretty question whether the English or the Germans are the more heartily detested in Paris. It is certain that the rancors of Waterloo have not been softened by the humiliations of Se dan. The fact is that yonr Frenchman has an unlimited capacity of hatred. j A newspaper has been started which is called The Union Franco-Rnsse, and the main object is to rake np stale fictions and to invent new libels on the English people. In curious contrast to the vul- QiiVinuKon Q nrl "Rnei gar dislike is the undisguised admiration IdUUUl UctXl CtUU.XJu.9I. - of English people and English enstoms which runs through the smart circles ol Pnrisian society. They imitate the cut of our coats and reproduce the Latest thing in London huts; they buy English a f P'W horses and English guns; they talk En- a ” glish slang. They always did admire English girls, but that was inevitable.! It is a higher compliment when they . copy English dandies.—St. James’ Ga zette. A Tramp with 91,400. The worshipers at St. Bonifacins’ Ro man Catholic chnrch, on Norris square, were excited on Saturday evening by the discovery of a sleeping mnn in the organ ! loft. Ho was put ont, bnt shortly after-j ward returned, when he was arrested, j On being searcliod at the station house $1,000 in English gold was found ubont his person. When ho was asked where j he got the money ho pulled ont $400 more in Bank of England notes, and told the following story: “I lived on a farm in England. My mother dying a short time ago I sold the farm and came over hero one week ago. On Friday night I slept at fifteen-cent lodging house at Ninth and Race streets with the money on my per son. I don't see why you think it strange that I have so mnch money." The man had the look of a typical tramp.—Philadelphia Record. -FOR SALE:- Some Central and ness property, and Choice Stocks. BUY NOW, CUlWufcok-* We can now say WHOLESALE DRUGS, and as an evidence, call and examine our Stock and Prices. As to RETAILING DRUGS, we will give this department MORE and CLOSER attention than ever Indore, assuring everyone of prompt and competent attention. Goods from us will be delivered to any part of the city, and free on board the cars. We are offering a very large stock, for Americus, of the following articles:— In Patent and Proprietary Medicines. Ferry Davis’ Pain Killer, 3 sizes, King’s Discovery, 2 sizes, Simmons’ Liver Regulator, Cutieura Remedies, Tutt’s Pills, Carter’s Little Liver Pills, Derma Lotion, 2 sizes, Stone’s Cod Liver Oil, Ilosford’s Acid Phosphate, Barker’s Horse and Cattle Powders, Warner’s Safe Cure, King’s Royal Germatucr. ». S. I*. 1*. I J - B. B. B. C. C. C. R. R. R. W. W. C. I). I). G. Scott’s Emulsion, Brown’s Iron Bitters, Bearsfoot and Sarsaparilla, Lemon Elixir, 2 sizes, Tall Story from Clarion, Near Raine’s floor mill stands a hem lock tree, which Is probably 100 feet high, at the butt is all ot six feet la cir cumference and is minus ot limbs at least ten feet up its jagged trunk. On the extreme top of the tree a wild grape vine blossomed and bore fruit this sea son, and a number of the young lads have climbed the tree at various times to secure tho fruit. Dr. E. M. Sloan’s little daughter, 7 years old, was missed from homo tho other day, and her mother discovered her standing ononoof the topmost limbs of tho old hemlock, gath ering grapes. Tho child camo down os nimbly as a squirrel. It was a daring feat,--Clarion Republican. Yacht,men Threatened by n Waterspout. During the severe storm which pre vailed here and over tho Sonnd Oct. 19 a hngo waterspout was seen off Charles blond. A party of New Haven yachts men were eloso to it in a naphtha launch, and for n time were in danger of being swamped. The waterspout come from a sonthorly direction. It drew up the water of the Sonnd and created addi tional disturbance to the turbulent sea. It finally broke between Charles Island nnd Bums’ Poiut by tho wind changing to northwest. It would have been de structive to uny boat which camo in its path.—Cor. New Haven Register. Eighteen thousand acres of land, heav. ily timbered with hemlock and other hard woods, the last of tho famons Penn sylvania hemlock belt, has been con veyed by J. K. P. Hall, Ridgway, to Andrew Knul, of St. Mary’s; Sampson Short, of North East, and S. S, Bnllis, Clean, N. Y. Tho purchuso prico wns $100,000. This land lies in tho vicinity of St. Mary’s and Johnsonlmrg. Three railroads run into it. M. Callaway, Real Estate Agent. Feb. My THE There are 20.000,000 acres of unsnr- veyed land in tho state of Washington, and mnch of that great extent of coun try is almost impenetrable, being cov ered with a magnificent growth of the finest kind of timber. Surveyors have literally to cut their way every foot, be cause of tho thick unde-brash. A rug valued nt $1,000 was bought in London lately. It was abont thirteen feet square and hail abont Salt stitches to the iueb. - The material was wool combed, not ent, from the animal, and worth more than its weight in silk. FURNISH THE LATEST PAPERS NOVELS, MAGAZINES Fashion Plates. Will receive subscriptions for any paper or oubication. ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED, In Rubber Goods. tin Syringes bolding from pint to e-half gallon, Fountain one A Good Family Syringe, from 75c. to $2.50. Water Bottles holding pint to half gal. Nipples. Nursing Bottle Fittings. In Perfumery. Lazzell’s Odors, Persian Bouquet Special. Crab Apple Blossom. LaBelle Cologne. Lunborg’s Perfumes. Edeina. Swiss Lilac. Goya Lily. Soaps. A very Largo Assortment of Pears’ and Fel’s Toilet Soaps. TWELFTH ANNUAL STATEMENT of. TH* im-m-mras, 914 Wilut Street PkMelplii, Fa. Income to .Tan. 1,1801, Including balance, -.. .|S4f,750.30 Disbursement* Mr Losses and Ex pense of Management ^9M»9.ll IXYESTEO ASSETS. Bonds, Htoeks untl Tru-t Co . 12 .'54.00 Bills R*-celA’»l»le, Ledg er balances, etc 40,167.10 $355,400.19 Contingent Assets 755,34901 Total Assets $1,098,1*0,36 — 196,112.84 INSURANCE IN KOUCE. Jan. 1,1891,12,170 Policies, repre senting 426,055,050.00 Total IiO-seBand Payment* to Members In 12 Years 1,037,2-6.76 _ lugs a he first five years, us agaln*t i average expense cofct about |11 In old line companies. ie«. eragecost of over $4u lu old line coinpnn- are twen •. The cash assets of the Fidel! ty-elght times its nseeria ned liabilities, as against a rat loot |1.12 to each fi liability in old line companies. The Fidelity has already saved to Its poliov holde> a in twelve yeais.us compar ed with old line premiums, over iliree million dollars. Its policies are plain, « ntechnlcal, and r re guaranteed on the same principal that DUNN & L0YLESS, Managers d-tf AMERICAS, GA. Thermometers. Fever Thermometers, Urinomcters, Lactometers, “Old Probabilities.’' Garden Seed. Field and Flower Seed. Mixed Paints. W kite Lead, Linseed Oils, Varnishes, Colors in Oil, Paint Brushes. Toilet Articles. Combs, Brushes, Tooth Brushes, Nall Brushes, Face Powders. Pocket Knives, Scissors, Eye-Glasses. Wo bottle largely Cologne, Castor Oil, Turpentine, Bateman’s Drops, Paregoric, Laudanum, Spirits Camphor, Extract Lemon, Extract Vanilla (from best Beans) and many other preparations. We eollcit patronage. RETAIL. WHOLESALE. Respectfully, • DAVENPORT DRUG CO., 1)22-3 m 222 Lamar St., 318 Jackson St, C. M. WHEATLEY, Pres’t. CRAWFORD WHEATLEY, Vice Pres’t. B. II. JOSSEY, Sec'y & Treas. C. C. STONE, Supt. The Americus Construction Company, Successors to C. M. Wheatley & Co. Have the largest stock of Dry I umber For Sale. A VALUABLE FARM, formerly known tho Robt. Ho 'ges plantation,situated e ght miles northeast of Americus and two in ilea southeast of Andersonvllle, containing fourteen hundred acres of land; six hun dred of which Is in a high state of cult va- tivation, the balance, or eight hundred acres, In original timber, consisting of Oak hickory amt pine. About three fourths o this land lies level, while the ImlAnce is slightly uuderlatlng. It Is well watcied bv branches and springs. It l« he«lthy,f?rtlle and productive. The farm house Is a two story frame structure, containing ►even room-. Tenant houses and neat frame cabin* of sufficient number to cotuloriahly house the necessary labor lor working the farm. Being convenient to market,schoo)s and churches, and In an Intelligent and thickly settled neighborhood, this farm offers superior Inducements to any one desiring a country home. For additional information, apply to J. B. FELDER, DEALER IN REAL ESTATE. THE BEST THING OUT Both Rough and Dressed, ever held in the city, with unequalled capacity for the execution of tine work. Thoy will furnish the trade with Sasb, Doors, Blinds, Mantels, Stairwork, Pulpits, Pews, COUNTERS, SHELVING, MOULDINGS, ORNAMENTS, ETC. Prompt attention given all orders. Write for Catalogue and prices Office and Factory, COR. BAY JACKSON STS. Telephone No. 78. Uptown Office, No. JACKSON ST. Telephone 110. CRAWFORD WHEATLEY, Pres. ARCHIE R ELDRIDGE, Gen'l Mang* PLACE. Thu rolling mill department of the United State* Rolling Stock company at Anniston, Ala., ha* completed a piece of (hafting 23 feet long, 71 inches in diame ter and weighs 8,040 pounds. It i* to be u*ed in the work* at Anniston. The chlorination proccs* for the ex traction of gold from it* ore* ha* been greatly improved within recent year*, and now promi*e* to b* adapted to the treatment of low grade non-concentrat- ableorec. MTq Mardre’s Book Store. Americus News Go. The Americus Refrigerating Go. Respectfully state that their new Ice Factory will start the manufacture of Ice in a short time and will be prepared to furnish Pure Crystal Ice in any quantityfrom a pound to a car load. Their Refrigerating Chambers will also soon be in readiness for the preservation of all perishable food products and will be perfect in every particular. For further partio ulars either telephone, write or call on THE AMERICUS REFRIGERATING CO., Office & Factory Cor. Jackson & Bay Sts., on Central R. R. RE8T YOUR WIVE*! YOURMh*TERH! YOUR COUSIN'*! and YOUR AUNTS! Wants all the ladies to call and see the latent sewing machine motor. Slappey^Bulldlng near Artesian Corner. SHINGLES -AND- LUMBER Bnving Just finished an ontflt to manu facture the ubm'- naim-d art kies, we are prepared to furnish hem «n »h« rt notice. Satisfaction guarantee *. Will deliver at Parkers Mutton, fen miles from Americus, J* MoVEY, proprotor, Manufacturer of Every Variety of Raws and dealer RAW MILL SUPPLIES. Special attention given to Repairing. Agent forW. L. Power & Co.’e Celebrated. Wood Working Machinery. L*r(.ud W.IJ Belwtod Stock read, tor •Mpamt PricM low. Literal tone*. Write for catologna. -ATLANTA, -GEORGIA aayt-dAvlyMr SUFFERERS :OFi Youthful Errors Lost Manhood, Karly Decay, etc., etc., can accure a home in ati*e free by addrea.iug a fellow niHerer, V. W. Lock, P. O. Box 816, RoBiinke, Virginia. LUMBER! Having located a mill at Cobb Station, I am prepared to furnish Lumber of all kinds on abort notice. First clean Lumber furnished on short notice., J W. CASTLEBERRY. M’ch 15,-d-lm. Cobb Station. Ga. KNIG-HT3 OF HONOR The Louge In Americus Is eve ten years Insures for *2,000. Assessments light Safest and cheapest life Insurance. For ^formation applv to D. K. BRINSON. may \7- Repoicrt -HIIMmjaaj: - V Mteb