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i r .-^-- _ THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER: WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1891. HOW TO RIDE A HORSE WHAT MUST BE DONE TO HAVE A CORRECT SEAT AND SADDLE. Beuoni Why Many People Who Ride Bare So Much Trouble with Their Stirrup*—A Bldtnf Meater Give* Some Excellent Rule* end Suggestions. A saddle is constructed right if it give* the rider the greatest possible com fort and the most secure seat, with al most total absence of exertion of mus cles of his legs in order to maintain his balance. Almost every riding master prefers a certain make of saddle, and teaches a certain style of seat as the liest, and his pupils, taking perhaps little or no trouble to study others auil to in vestigate further, have to accept hia But, irrespective of the science of rid ing, there is one shape of saddle which is Utp most comfortable, viz., the saddle which is so constructed that, in accord ance with the laws of gravity, the rider’s body will and most sit in balance with out trying to do so. Mnch lias been said and written abant ■'how you should sit on the horse." Per haps you have ls-en tohl to grasp the saddle or the horse firmly with thighs or knees, to have yonr toes higher than your heels, to keep the heels away from tho horse, to bend vour back to lie springy or to straighten yourself to sit firmly, etc. Perhaps your teacher lias made great efforts and exhausted all re sources of his knowledge to impress upon you how yon should sit, and yet a a trot yon lose the stimipe, you lose yonr balance, and unless trotting very ■lowly, and unless yonr horse lias an easy trot, you have to bring him to a walk to regain the stirrups. If you are not experienced, and your horse trots ronghly, von are in discom fort and in danger of losing your seat. If yonr horse is nervous and not well broken to tbe touch of tbe heel the flap ping of the stirrups against his flanks renders him uneasy and prolongs the task of “getting yonr foot in the stirrup. WHERE THE TROUBLE LIES. Examine yonr saddle; it seems nice, soft and comfortable; tho stirrnps at heavy as should be—even their tread cov ered with leather or rubber to prevent slipping from yonr foot; but slip they wUla Why? Look at the shape of your ■addle, at tbe positions which the saddler has assigned for yonr seat, thighs, knees and fast, end see where he has attached the bars for the stirrnp leathers on the saddle tree. Yonr saddle is perhaps too long and, as most English style saddles, flat; ita lowest point, instead as near as possible to the center, is back toward the end; yon are almost sitting on the cantle. In order to bring yonr knees to the knee puffs, which are too far front, yon have to stretch yonr legs forward. This obliges you to curry your stirrlps for ward with your feet away from and in front of tho place where they would hang by their own weight, and in order to keep them at your feet you have to shorten tho stirrup leathers and bear heavily on tho stirrnps, otherwise they will slip lock. What is tho result? As soon ns yonr foot loses the stirrup the lattet, accord ing Wttae law of gravity, returns to the lowest position which the length of stir rnp leather allows far behind yonr foot; then yonr foot, too, haying lost its sup port, and with nothing to bear against, together with your leg. according to the daw of gravity, tries to slip back in order ito hang as near as possible to the center •of gravity; and then yonr legs will hang Jar bark the knee pifffs, perhaps on the •bare horse almost behind the saddle skirts. ( To avoid this by musculur exertion yon try to force yonr legs up and front into u position very tiresome to main tain. But if you, according to the law •of gravity, have the lowest point of tbe ■addle in its center; if yon have this oentcr as close as possible to the horse's back by reducing the thickness of tbe :saddle to a minimum: if yon drop your self into this lowest point of tbe saddle to stay there; if you drop your legs to where they will staybytbeirown weight Instead of holding them forward and -raising them by mnscular exertion; if yon have the stirrnp leather bars attached far enough book to be in a lino with that place where your feet meet the Stirrups, with stirrup leathers so long as to raiae your toes high enough to give you £s elastic tread on the stirrup with out cramping the muscles of your thighs and knees, then your body, legs, feet and stirrups will maintain their posi tions by their own weights according to the law of gravity; after each displace ment resulting from tho movement of the horse yonr body will fall back into the lowest part of the saddle; yonr thighs, knees and feet will not become tired because you are not using muscu lar exertion to hold thernlu their places. By the law of gravity they always fall back into them. Yonrstirrups and feet, even if disengaged from each other, will, as it were, meet unintentionally nt their places. If turning yonr toes slightly to ward the horse the stirrnp will by its own weight try to find its place and slip on your foot. The displacements from their positions of yonr body, thighs, knees, feet and stirrups will bo followed by-their involuntary movements accord ing: to the law of gravity to fall back iqto the places which their weights as sign to them. Have, yonr saddle built so.that no macular exertion be required to keep yon in ita lowest (centre) part: that year legs, thighs,.knees, feet and stirrups re- ' tun their positions by their own weight, and you will enjoy that comfort which yon cau never find in a flat saddle -with the lowest point baclt at the cantle, with tbe knee puffs too fur front, with tbe saddle pad raising you several inche s above the horse and with leather and straining, etc., built up high be tween yonr legs. Have the tree open longitudinally in tbe center from the front to tbe middle, allowing circulation .of air between yon and tho horse and you will have more ease to yourself and less sore backs for yonr horses.—Cl Brossmann In Philadelphia Tiroes. Sen Serpent*. Mr. tiuruiau, in a lecture before the Boston Society of Natural History, gave Sit interesting synopsis of sea snake or sea serpent literature, Itesides exhibiting a specimen of the real scrjicnt to the as tonished audience. Tho professor first gave an historical resume of the earlier literature upon the subject, going back to the time of Pontoppidan and review ing it down to date. Further on in hie lecture he gave figures of some of the queer murine monsters which have from time to time frightened sailors and oth ers almost to death, deftly drawing each of the figures on u blackboard special!; provided for the occasion. Mr. Gannutt also spoke of a most re markable recent discovery which has brought to light a species of shark gen erally lielieved to have become extinct many thousands of years ago, tbe re mains of the animal Iteing now found in tho rocks of the Devonian system. He it of the opinion that this recently discov ered sea tiger is the original of more than one blood curdling sea serpent story The length and general outlines of this should lie fossiled shark are such as tc ause any one except a bom naturalist to take it for un immense serpent, nn opinion which would, of coarse, lte heightened by viewing a dorsal exposure of tlte creature through a glass in ti troubled sea. Professor ' tarmun does not discredit sea serpent stories, however, nod is ot the opinion that there are many slimy monsters lying far down upon tho bot tom of the seu, the like of winch human eyes have rover yet beheld.—St. Louis Republic. Professlomit Men Slay Advertise. I am firmly of the opinion that there it a profitable field for development ill the direction of advertising by professional men. After giving the subject a good deal of thought and weighing tbe ob jections already raised and to be antiri lotted I have a settled conviction that the lawyer, the doctor, the dentist, the architect or any other professional man can call to his aid tlte limitless power ol printers' ink, and advertise in display type in the advertising columns of the newspaper or magazine to his advantage and without loos of self respect or pnblic estimation. This question has received the attention of professional men as well as the Advertising fraternity, and, witk due respect to those who have discussed it, I maintain that they have failed tc approach tbe subject from its tme point of observation. I am aware that custom and a sup posed unwritten law, which is fostered by the exclusive and super-dignified ele ment of all professions, frown upon the mere mention of this subject. It does not follow that their bail of displeasure and sarcastic comments in any utunnei reflect upon the enterprising and inde pendent man, who, confident of Ills own worth, his professional ability, moral and social equality, trampling on cus tom, appeals to the common sense of the public for tbe correctness of his acts and motives.—A. L. Teele in Printers’ Ink. A IV mi mi Barber. A Persian barber works in a style very different from that in vogne in this country. A typical shop was a square room, with one side open to the street. In tho center was a tiuy bed of flowers sunk in tho floor, from the middle of which rose an octagonal stone column about three feet high. The capital of the column formed it receptacle for tho water in which tho bnrber dipped his hand ns he shaved his customer's scalp. In Persia they do not lather. Tbe shop wan very clean. In two recesses stood four vases filled with flowers, and the implements of the barber's art—scissors, razors, lan cets, hand mirrors, largo pincers to ex tract teeth, branding irons to cauterize the arteries in amputating limbs, strong combs, but not a hair brush, for that im plement is never used by Persians. From the barber's girdle hung a round copper water lKittle, his strop, and n pouch to hold his instruments. In his bosom was a small mirror, the presenta tion of which to his customers is u sign that tho job is finished and that tho bar ber waits for his pay. Tho barber shaves tbe beads of bis customers, dyes their beards, pulls their teeth, blisters and bleeds them when ailing, sets their broken bones and shampoos their bodies. —Exchange. Tlte Art of Being Kntertalnetl. Let everything dark melt away before a sunny nature. If yon go to a homo for a social visit, lie merry, be easy of man ner, ready to join in what has been pre pared for you. Learn tbe great art of adapting yourself to yonr surroundings. Don't forever expect your friends to ac company you or show you around. Go off by yourself, even though you have no special errand. Show yonr hostess that you do not expect her or her family to coirtiunolly wait npon yon. Enter into the family circle. Bo one of them in spirit, so that, after a hearty handshake at the station, it may lto said of you: “What a pleasure she has been! How easy to entertain!"—Ladies' Home Jour nal. Strictly Truthful. It was in a crowded Columbus avenue car that the following laconic conver sation occurred, which cause-1 a brisk laugh, although tlio gentleman in the cose laid uo intention whatever of being ••funny." He got up and offered his seat to a lady who was standing. “Don’t rise!" said site. “But I have!" said lie.— Boston Times. The Influence of * Tramp. The president of a Delaware savings bank refused to give a tramp ten cents, and tbe tramp went about hinting that tbe bank was unsafe, and in twenty-four hours there was a run wbieb took ont many thousand dollars, but fortunately not enough to occasion any inconveni ence to tbe bank.—Detroit Free Press. ■Broker Robert B. Davidson, of Phila delphia, is tbe only, surviving clerk of tho old. United States bank. He is S3 years j|d, and was ofaployed In tbe bank from 183? to 1830, whilo Nicholas Biddle was president of it HOW SIR RICHARD DIED. Stately m bridegroom to a fc.isc Sir Richard trod the scaffold stair. And. bowing tc the crowd, untied The love locks from ills sable hair; Took off his watch. **Give that t» Ned; I've done with time.” be proudly said. Twa* hitter cold-it makes 1dm shake. Said on*.*, **.\h! see the villain's look!" Sir Richard, with uiicornful frown, ('ried. "Frost, not fear, my body shook 1" Giving a gold pieoe to tho stare. He laughed, "Now praise me. master They pointed, with a snccriui smile, * Unto a block lr>x. long aud rrrim; R.it no white shroud nor htul.rc jf death Had |r»wer to draw a tear from him. "It nwi* uo lock,” he said in Je*t. "This chamber where to-night I rest.” Then rryin** out, “Hod save the king!" In spite of hiss and about ami frown; Ho stripped hi* doublet, dr-'ip-ji hit cloak. And [tnvciho headsmanV,' ..ui;»< rown: Then "On for heaven!" he proudly cried. And bowed his head—ami so ho died. —Waiter Thsrnbnry. A Cntarurt lit Lubrtitlnr. The interior of Labrador undoubtedly i« the lurtfoKt unexplored urea on thin continent. Up the Grand river, vrhich empties into tiie Atlantic ocean ut Ham ilton inlets are the Grand fall,;, which, if everything is true about thorn Fiat is reported, are the most ntupendon* falls in the world. They are only alvn.it 160 miles up the river, but only two white men have ever seen them. *!r. R. F. Holme tlire*} years nyo went fr /..» Film land to visit the Grand falls. He organizedlittle parly $«» accom pany him inland, and arrived within about fifty milei of the falls, when he was compelled to return on account of the failure of his provisions. Tit© Labra dor Indians sav these falls arc haunted, and they carefully avoid them, believing that they will die if they look npon them. The two white men who lmve seen them are Mr. Maclean, who, as ha was ascending the river in 1839. was stopped by tho falls, and Mr. Kennedy, who over thirty years ago had charge of Hudson flay post, in Labrador. Mr. Holme says the height of the fnlb is not certainly known, but in some respects there is little doubt they are the greatest in the world.—Goldthwaite’s Geographi cal Magazine. S. H. HAWKlhS 't H. C- 6AGLCY. Vies Pnt't W.t. lIRPhEY. Cashier. ORGANIZED 1870. -»8The Ba.ik of Americus.0*- Designated Depository State of Georgia. Stockholders individually liable. Capital, ... fill50,0CM) Hurplus, ... $ioo,OOo -j U FA. ORB :- H. C. Bagley, Pres. Americus Investment Co. P. C. Clegg, Wes. Ocmulgee Brick Co. Jas. Dodson, of Jos. Dodson Sc Son, Attorneys. G. W. Glover, Pres r t Americus Grocery Co. 8. H. Hawkins, Pres’t 8. ▲. Sc x. Railroad. 8. Montgomery. Pres’t Peoples National Bank. J. W. Sheffield, of Sheffield Sc Co., Hardware. T. Wheatley, wholesale dry goods. W. K. Murphey, Cashier. FOR RENT. Hfiiiftfteati tbe Landscape Painter. As we stand before a great lundseap* by Rousseau like the “Ravines of Apre- mont." lately In tlte collection of M. Munuontel. or of the “Hoar Frost." In that of Mr. Walters nt Baltimore, one mast call np a powerfully built man of middle size with a full brown lteard wide, high forehead, which his friends declared Olympian; a Hlmpely. straight nose: hsir worn rather long, after the fashion of forty years ago; direct limpid gaze from eyes of unusual largeness and grayish blue in color, nnd a mouth whoso lines indicate the absorbed msu and the reticent. He was an extremely thought ful man. not by any means smileless and tlie-furthest remove from stupid: he was oue of those who are hard to win for a friend, but once afrit-ml. eminent ly the person with whom to pan weeks In tho pursuit of a worthy study. There is the sympathetic uisn who talks, and the sympathetic ‘titan who is silent. Rousseau was the lutter. Yet he could talk, and talk well, on nature, art and music, and lie wrote a charming letter. —Charles D« Kay ill Century. THE BANK OF SUMTER T. N. HAWKES, O. A. COLEMAN, President. Vice-President. W. C. FURI.OW, Cashier. DIRECTORS-O. A. Coleman, C. C. Hawkins, B. H. Jossey, T. S. Hawkes, W. C. Fitrlow, W. H. C. Wheatley, R. S. Oliver, 11. M. Brown, W. M. Hawkes, Dr. E. T. Mathis, Arthur Pylandor. Liberal to Its customers, accommoda ting to tho public and prudent id its management, tills bank solicits deposits and other business in Its line. S. MONTGOMERY, Prist. J. C. RONEY, Vic. Pet. JNO. WINDSOR. C'r. LESTER WINOSOR Ant. C’r. E. A. HAWKINS, Attorney NO. 2836. THE Peoples’ National Bank Of Americas. Capital, •30,000. Surplus, »25,000 ORGANIZED 1883. Small Farms. * One of tlte mistakes of the times is the popular belief that everything in a busi ness way must be big. The idea has grown ont of our haste to grow wealthy and from snperficiul calculation, such as, if oue acre pays $100.100 acres would pay $10,000. Men seldom make such money out of vury largo orchards, and while a source of envy to small bidders they are often, in fact, jnst Idling on or are running ahead on bo-rowed capi tal. • Tho men who make money and are getting rich out of horticultural pursuits are those who do not attempt more than they yan look after personally. From ten to eighty acres are tbe siked tracts which pay tbe highest percent, of profit, if they are properly conducted. The idea Hint a living cannot bo made out of small pluce has retarded many from go ing into a business in which they might now lto making nn independent living.— California Fruit Grower. When riuck IV» Stuns. This wonl affords an instance of tbe way in which slang words in the course of time became adopted intocurrent Eng lish. Wo now meet with pluck and plucky as the recognized equivalents of “courage" and “courageous.” An entry In Sir Walter Scott’s “Journal" shows that in 1827 the word had not yet lost its low character. Uc says (vol. 11, p. SO), “Want of that article blackguardly called pluck.” -Its origin is obvious. From early times tho heart has been popularly regarded as the seat of cour age- Now, when a butcher lays open a carcass he divides the great vessel* of tlte heart) cuts through the windpipe and then plucks out together tho united heart and lungs—lights he calls them— and he terms tho united mass "the pluck."—Notes aud (Queries. Aimrilole of Michael Ajiffeln. Michael Angelo, at n time when Italy paid so much attention to ancient art that modern laid no chance of being judged fairly, had, it is said, resort to a stratagem to teach tho critics the fallacy of shaping their judgments by fashion or imputation. He sculptured n statue representing a sleeping beauty,and break ing off an arm buried it hi a place where excavations were being made. It was soon found and landed by critics and tbe public us a valuable relic of antiqui ty, fur superior to anything done for centuries. When Angelo thought it had gone far enough ho produced the broken arm, and, to the great mortifica tion of tho critics, revealed himself as the sculptor.—New York Ledger. He Osfbt to Bsv* Xlnewn. Cochran—I suppose your name on this umbrella Indicates that -ft‘belongs to yon? 1 • • GUroy—Which, tbe name or the um brella? Cechran—Tbe name, of course.—Puck. H. G. ]t*o Lev, Pres. W. K. Hawkins, Sec. & Tr. Americus Investment Co. Investment Securities. Paid up Capital, $1,000,000.' (Surplus, $260,000. DIBECTOBS: H O Bagley, W E Hawkins, S W Coney, W S Gillls, J W Sheffield, P C Clegg, WM Hawkes, BF Mathews, G M Byne, W B Murphey,SI Montgomery, J H Pharr. Two dwellings, one of for boarders. FOR SALE. Central and suburban property at bar gain figures. M. CALLAWAY, Real Estate Agent. CAPITAL STOCK, .... $100,000. SURPLUS A Undivided Profits, • *70,401,22. * Bank of Sonttsestern Georgia. * M. SPEER, J* We WHEATLEY, President. Ylee President. W. He C. DVDLBY, A* W. SMITH, Cashier. Assistant Cashier. DIBECTOBS I J. W. Wheatley, B. J. Eldridge, C. A. Huntington, H. R. Johnson, R. J. Perry, J. C. Nieholson, A. W. Smith, W.H.C. Dudley, M. Speer. E. Burnt, Jit., Pres. H. M. Know, V. P. O. A. C01.EMAH, Sec, a Treas, Georgia Loan & Trust Co. Negotiates Loans on improved Farm and City Property. B P Hollis, Attorney, J E Bivins. Land Examiner. W. 0. MURRAY. PRESIDENT. 4. E- CLARK. CASHIER. Planters’ Bank of Ellaiille, EUaville, Georgia. PAID UP CAPITAL, - - •23,000 Collections a Specialty. Liberal to its customers, accommodating to tbe public and prudent in Its management, this bank solicits deposits and other business in its 11 e Jan8-dawly. LOA-HSTS. »■ Loans negotiated at LOWEST RATES. Easy payments, on city or farm lands. J. J. HANESLEY, not 5 ly Americus, Georgia. NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS. WH. RADAM’S GROBG KILLER MOST TRULY AAD C08RECTLY CALLED The Greatest Medicine In tbe World A WONDERFUL TONIC AND BLOOD PURIFIEB ALMOST WBACTJL0U3 CUBES Of hopeless and Apparently incurable diseases are constantly being made. It is expected to perform the impossible, by curing cases given up by physicians, and it SOBS NOT DISAPPOINT EXPECTATIONS. Mors people sis being cured by Microbe Kilter then by all other medicines combined. We request a thorough Investigation. Bistory ol the Microbe Killer live by FLEETWOOD A RUSSELL. Sole Agents for Sumter couuty. july22-dlyr Baseballs, Baseballs, Bats, ats. Our stock in this line cannot be surpassed in South Georgia. HAMMOCKS! HAMMOCKS! It will pay you to see us before placing your order elsewhere. Cro quet Sets, Croquet Sets! We have just received a fine assortment in this line, and can save you money by trading with us. We would not forget to call your attention to the fact that we have added to our general line of Books and Stationery a full line of Moulding and Picture Framing ma terial, and we have an experienced man at the head of this department, and can do you as good work as you can have done in Macon or Atlanta Mail orders will receive special attention. ALLISON & AYCOCK, 810 LAMAR STREET. AMEBICUS. OEOROIA. J. R. HUDSON & CO. -PROPRIETOR8- BOTTLERS OP ALL KIND8-0F Soda and Mineral Waters, Cider and Oinger Ale 5 ORDERS BY MAIL PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 824 LEE STREET* «, - AMEICUS* GEORGIA* R. L. McMATH. E. J. McMATH. B. H. McMATH McMATH BROTHERS. DEALERS IN— Groceries, Provisions, Country Produce BOOTS, SHOES, ETC.. ETC., WHISKEYS, TOBACCO & CIGARS, SPECIALTIES. 207 FORSYTH STREET, AMERICU8, GEORGIA. We aollelt a .hare of the patronage of thatradlngpobllo, guaranteeing satisfaction low prlcos, and good goods. We deliver good, anywhere In tbe city. Call and aeaua. McMATH BMOTHERS. NOTICE TO MILL MEN. i.herr6ne lw Fan*'one 0 ^UniMCIothlreniplet^'nii^Paif Scaled^ ()nn^FlIly D fl(jnna Power Engine and Boiler, One Planer One Gang Edger, Five Gins! On* SSsSlf “ dPun “ y * "•sraffir’.‘ft. 1 ’ air sra.'KSs Cheap Fop Cash or Bankable Papers. C. A. BELL. ddrjss me at Americui or call and aee me. "An Ideal Summer Reeort.”—Hewkt W. Grady. SWEET WATER PARK HOTEL, Llthlm Springs, Georgia. Elet’Unco and comfort. Table, service sad Ifurnl.hlngs above criticism. Th. best forth. J 1 SmrttSmVSii.* , W^!?SSa I In the United Mates, i Tbs moss vahmMs natural mineral ,g_— isSSSS qua with Ita brilliant . ion postal card), to wnifl Onc ;i n gue.t mny#-3nt. R. F. NEHRING, PROPRIETOR. teksoi Street, Diner Alien fleu AMERICUS, GA. LIG-HT BREAD A SPECIALTY l for Cate of iS Kinds Proajlly Fil'd! Brad ud Cob Wops 6wi o$ M> Country Merchants supplied with bread at wholesale prices. 33 XT <3- O- I I will sell you the beat buggy In Georgia, price andiquallty considered. Repairing ot all.kind, solicited and executed promptly and neatly. All work warranted. T. S, GREENE. Cotton Avenue., - Opposite Prince's Stables' Americus, Georgia. SansSouci BAR AND RESTAURANT W. T. RAGAN, PrOprtrtor. Wo. 8O7 x«*m*r W, D. Haynes & Son. REAL ESTATE.flSTOCK and bond Americus, G& 3101 -2'Lamar .Street, ■BHi