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THE AMERICUfc DAILY T1MES-REC0RDER: WEDNESDAY, MAI 27, i89l.
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FREAKS OF SMUGGLING.
QUEER ARTICLES SENT BY MAIL
FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
Wutueii Find It mfll>
to Hring In I*r
Daly—People Who Arc
•pectN Honest, Client lit
Women are ej»i**eia!ly
the enticements of smut
beeu said that no woman
temptation to make an «
goods stibjecj
house officer, and it i
by certain officials in
•that if every passenge:
ing ocean steamers \v»
completely scare!:
is probable that
would lie found L
lurements of just
gling t<> add rnms
ing. Oftentimes
dutiable go*his i>
lack of knowlcdg*
SOFT SOAP AND HARD.
E. I*. FARRIS, Pies. I3LOOM BROWN. Sec. * Treas. C. P. PAYNE, M’g’r.
Tlie Floqu
n Bowery Fakir Is Po-
I;(«t Side Audience.
A street fakir of the tin«*st type stoo*l
at the corner <>f the B*-\v»ry and a cross
street, and addressed the attentive throng
with all the rhetorical flourish of a
United States senator.
•*I was once a poor l»oy.” said he,
••with only two cents in my poeket, and
1 found myself here in this great city
and without a friend,
reserve you from anv
I saw, dear gentlemen:
Pres
gilt f
office, hut it is a fact
nd which reflects much
department, that such
ecret as any portion
isity,” said a man
gling the study of
home" iiave’ih-.
tirnate was m.i
and were only 1
found by tic- -
name high in ^
religion-, financ
has been uj* *n
treasury agent'*
worthy of note,
credit upon th
• matters are kept
of the work.
“There is no nect
who had made sniuj
his life, and who i. 4
custom house, “for dragging these legal
and governmental skeletons-in-the-closet
into the light of day. Oftentimes it is a
sad fact that they have occurred, and for
our own satisfaction (for we are, withal,
at times, men of some sensibilities) we
prefer to let them drop and remain uu-
mentioiled. Then, again, there may be
certain arguments used of a more or less
persuasive value which would naturally
induce the inspector to give as little pub
licity as i>os.sible to the details of the case.
A CURIOSITY IN BOOKS.
“I do not mean by this to imply that
the practice of bribery is in vogue to any
extent. This fact may not be due to
original lack of sin, but it is true, never
theless, although honesty is enforced to
-a certain degree by the remembrance of
ibe previous good record of the special
Treasury agents department.”
Perhaps the most novel and popular
form of amusement for the smuggler
nowadays is to use Uncle Ham's post
bags for his exciting trade. A number
•of books have lately been entered at the
:postoffict?, sent from foreign countries,
which were not altogether intended for
reading purges. Several months ago
there was received at the New York post-
office a handsomely bound volume of
Italian poetry. The book was printed on
a high grade of paper and bore the date
“Padua, lTod.” Its title was “LeTrege-
die Di Giovanni Delfino.” It was prob
ably supposed that the jiostoffico author
ities would “pass” the book on looking
at its title on i* examination. Unfort-
uuatuly in this, as in all cases where
books are in the mail, the volume was
opeued and carefully examined.
A section of the center of 200 leaves
was cut out, through the l»ook, and in
the cavity thus formed was placed a
green table spread, with eotton embroi
dery, upon which an extreme valuation
of three dollar* could barely be placed.
Buyers of antique books who have ex
amined the volume, which is now in the
•customs seizure room, say that had it
not been mutilated it would have readily
been worth $100. It was addressed to
Judge William Allen, of Southampton,
Mass., but Judge Allen has never read it
OTHER VOLUMES.
Lately this volume has been followed
by a volume of the “Report of the Brit
ish National Fisheries Exposition,”
which was uot all a report, for quite a
collection of jewelry was placed in a
neatly scooped out Orifice in the center
of its leaves. Extremes met when a
Latin dictionary was put in use as a
carton for transporting a pipe, and the
“Odd Fellows’ Quarterly Magazine” did
duty as a packing case for two razors.
A novel called “The Great Tontine”
held two diminutive and very prettily
decorated Chinese vases, but the height
of incongruities was reached when the
Maermons of Bishop Brookfield, of Lon-
uoii,” drifted into the New York posfc-
'fttfko artfully surrounding several sets
of false teeth.
It is not generally known that no mer
chandise other than books cun be shipped
through the mails from foreign coun
tries. Cigars, cutlery and china ware,
jewelry and fabrics of cotton and silk
are often started on their long journey,
with notations accompanying them stat
ing that they are samples or gifts, bat
these casual remarks never save the
goods.’ They find their way to the
United States custom house seizure room,
and there remain until the yearly auc
tion.
Steerage passengers of the kind who
seek the services of philanthropical peo
ple on landing are no freer from the
taint of smuggling than their more aris
tocratic brethren above deck. One of
tlie customs inspectors saw an Italian of
mean dress and ]>oor appearance who
wore on the little finger of his left hand
a diainoud ring which glittered in the
rays of the sun shining over Miss Lib
erty's left shoulder as the vessel was
coining up the bay. lie thought the oc
currence unusual and investigated. Two
thousand dollars’ worth of jewelry was
taken from the immigrant's person. He
had fallen a victim to his own vanity.
He was unable to resist the delights of
making a display before his fellow pas
sengers.—New York World.
“One word more,” said a shaker,
“and 1 am done.” And the reporters
found when that word was written
down that it contained 1,500 syllables.
The famous word of Aristophanes was
outdone. The same fellow is the speaker
Americas Supply Co.,
Successors to HARRIS & PAYNE,
Plumbers and Gas Fitters.
Machinery Supplies.
We are now in our new building in Artesian Block,
and ready for business.
A Full Line of Cooking Stoves and Ranges, j
Gas Fixtures and Sanitary Goods a Soecialty. j
Globe, Angle and Check Valves,
Te r ra Cotta and Iron Pipings and Fittings.
Greneral Repair AV ork
deci-tf TELEPHONE
FOR RENT.
Two dwellings, one of them
for boarders.
litable
FOR SALE.
No lti.
ill black
bag with him, very similar to the one
am carrying, and in this bag were sum
cakes of soap, which the gentleman w;
offering for sale at twenty-five cents
cake.
“Now, I did not much stand in need
, , . . of soap at just that moment, notwith
employed by the ; staadinj; the very thorough bath I wa,
about to give myself, and I should not
have stopped to listen to that gentleman
had I not perceived that he was offerin;
a very remarkable inducement to the
public to buy his wares. Will you be
lieve it, gentlemen, in many of the pack
ages of soap contained in that bag were
wrapped greenbacks ranging from the
one to the five dollar denomination! I
was seize* 1 with an immense longing to
try my luck in that soap lottery. Prov
idence was watching ine at that mo
ment. The soat» vender l<x>ked down
and saw my sail face and tattered gar
ments.
“ ‘There is a lad,’ said he, ‘whom 1
shonld like to help. He will be |>er-
mitted to draw a cake of soap from this
bag without charge, and we shall see
what his fortune will be.’
“I drew, gentlemen, as I was directed,
and, joy of joys! there was a five dollar
bill in my cake of soap. A year later 1
had $1,000 in tlie bank, and now I am
proud to say life is a perjx-tual delight.
So much do I feel my indebtedness to
ward the gentleman who saved me that
I, too, have taken up the philanthropic
work of distributing bank bills among
the needy. And I always make i t a prac
tice to precede my sales by allowing
some poor, ragged hoy in my audience
to draw a cake of soap from the bag free
of charge.
“Ah! there is a most unhappy face.
My boy, select a cake of soap from the
bag. It will cost you nothing!”
The j>oor, miserable lad thus impor
tuned did as he was directed, and as the
crowd watched him unfold tho paper
wrapper it was seen that a five dollar
bill was inside.
“Yon see,” exclaimed the fakir, un
wrapping several of the cakes to display
the money within, and then throwing
them back into the bag, “you can
scarcely help drawing a prize.”
Instantly there was a rush in the soap
business. As fast ns the fakir could
make change coins fluttered into his
hands. The excitement continued for a
number of minutes, and then some one
in the crowd began to complain that no
prizes were turning up. It was then
that the fakir discovered a policeman
approaching, and hastily shutting his
bag he hurried down tho cross street,
and turning sharply to the right after
going a short distance, disappeared, and
in a few minutes was joined by the
ragged boy who had been allowed to
draw the five dollar prize. His profits
on the soap must have been fully $10.—
New York Sun.
ESTABLISHED 1867.
INCORPORATED 1890.
Ah Expert Opinion.
Tho New York State Meter inspector’s
deputy was asked this question tho other
day: "Could a gas company make meters
record more tlmn was necessary to be
consumed by tenants by putting on an
increased' pressure through the pipes?”
The inspector replied: “Of course, an in
creased pressure will make more gas go
through the meters than is necessary for
the lights. The companies have to put
on a lot of pressure about 0 o'clock in
the evening when everybody is lighting
up. That is what makes tl)e gas jump
sad flare so. All the gas coming through
the pipes is not burned, and that is
where the patent governors and regula
tors step in.
But tlie consumer can regulate that
just as well without a governor by turn
ing tho gas partially off at his meter un
til he gets a stream jnst about adequate
to the uumber of lights he uses. It
makes the light steady, and saves about
20 to 25 per cent, of gas to the consumer.
I have done it for many years, and found
it to work just about ns well as a patent
governor.”
Juot Think Ovpr It.
Who has not at some jieriod of his ex
istence puzzled his bruin over this query:
If a goose weighs ten |x>unds and half
its own weight, what is the weight of
tlie goose?
Many persons have undoubtedly bc*n
tempted to answer fifteen pounds at,
once, wheu the correct answer, of course,
is twenty pounds, as they discover after
giving the problem a little thought.—
New York Tribune.
The largest comity in the United
States is Yavapai county, A. T.,
which lias an area of almost 30,000
square miles. Nine states of the Union
are each smaller than this one county.
It is larger than the whole of West Vir-
JAMES FRICKER & BRO.
I have just returned from New York,
where I purchased a very large stock of
DIAMONDS
WATCHES
at prices that will enable us to sell
lower than ever before. Our stock is
immense, assortment complete, prices
lower than any one. Call and see for
yourselves before buying.
C. A. FRICKER,
President-
409 JACKSON ST., AMERICUS, GA.
(Barlow Block.)
Central and suburban property at bar
gain figures.
M. CALLAWAY,
Heal Estate Agent.
Americus Iron Works,
-BUILDERS OF-
Engines, Boilers, Cotton Gins,
Presses, Feeders and Condensers, Saw, and Grist Mills,
Shingle Machines, Pipe and Pipe Fittings, Boiler
Feeders, Valves, Jets, Etc.
Shaftings, Hangers, Boxes and Pulleys
8@“Special attention given to repairing all kinds of
Machinery. Telephone 79. 2134m
Saw Mill Men, Attention!
Are you in need of machinery of any description? If so, write us your wants,
stating just what you desire and we will make you low prices. Our special busi
ness is heavy machinery such as
ENGINES, BOILERS, SAW MILLS, AND WOOD-WORIING MACHINERY,
and for first-class machinery, wo defy competition. We are general agenta for
B. B. SMITH MACHINE CO.'S celebrated Wood-working machines, and can dis
count factory prlcea. Bo sure to write for circular of “Farmers’ Favorite’’ saw
mill; it is the best on the market. Second-hand machinery constantly on hand.
Write for prices and see if we cannot save you money.
Perkins Machinery Company,
67 SOOTH BROAD STREET,
Mentio 1 rnE Times WhenfYou Write.
ATLANTA, GA.
Jnne24-d«£wlyear
J. HENRY FREEMAN,
41J3 COTTON AVE.,
Contractor* and*Builder.
Estimates cheerfully famished. Also dealer in Building Materials.
Doors, Sash, Blinds, Brick, Shingles, Laths,
Wall Papers, etc.; Leads, Oils and Averill Mixed Paints, the best in j
tho world. Call and see me when you need anything in my line.
Yoni* Attention Please!!
ALLISON & AYCOCK,
Tlie Lamar street Book Sellers have about three hundred dollars worth
of Pictures and Moulding that they will let go at COST for tho next 20
days. Fine Steel Engravings at 26e, formerly 50c; and just listen at the
prices of our Fine Pictures: Fine Oak Frame steel engraving, size 18x24,
$1.50, former price $2.50; Fine grade of Oil painting, size 24x36, going at
$1.50, former price $2.50, others in proportion.
We have as good an assortment of Moulding as has ever been brought
to this city and we will sell it to you at actual cost for the next 20 days
only. Moulding from 6c up to 40c foot, formerly sold from 10c to 60c,
all sizes and styles. We mean business; we are over stocked with these
goods and they must go as we need the money. If you have any framing
to he done do not let this opportunity pass. Remember yon are saving
from 25 to 40 per cent. Remember the place.
310 LAHtK STREET.
AMERICUS. OEO ROIA
J. R. HUDSON 6c CO.
-PR0PIIIETORS—
Americus-Bottling- Works,
BOTTLERS OF ALL KINDSOF
Soda and Mineral Waters, Cider and Cinger Ale’
* ORDERS BY MAIL PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
824 LEE STREET- - - . AMElCUS. GEORGIA-
R. L. Me MATH.
E. J. McMATH.
B. H. McMATH
McMATH BROTHERS.
-DEALERS IN-
Groceries, Prorisions, Country Produce
BOOTS, SHOES, ETC., ETC.,
WHISKEYS, TOBACCO & CIGARS, SPECIALTIES.
207 FORSYTH STREET, AMERICUS, GEORGIA.
We solicit a share of the patronage 6f the tripling public, guaranteeing satisfaction
low prices, and good goods. We deliver goods anywhere la the city. Call and see us.
McMATH BROTHERS.
A BARGAIN.
NOTICE TO MILL MEN.
.n!?.*’ *3? sn£&
Cheap For Cash or Bankable Ppiers
C. A. BELL.
i at Anterleus or cull and see :
MERY
R. F. NEHRING,
proprietor.
Jackson street, Duller Allen flom
AMERICUS, GA.
LIGHT BREAD A SPECIALTY!
Country Merchants gupplled with bread at wholesale price*.
IB TT O C3- I
1 will Mil you the bent buggy lu Georgia, price .nd:quallty considered. Repairing ol
all.ktuds solicited and executed promptly and neatly. All work warranted
T. S, GREENE.
Cotton Avenue.,
Opposite Prince’s Stables"
Americus, Georgia.
W. H. R. SCHROEDER, fonQ Qniirl BAR AND r ESTAURANT
, UUIIO UUUul __ W. T. RACA N, PrOprtetor.
(Successor to Schroeder £ Htrickland,!
724 Cotton Avenue. AMERICUS, GA.
Manufacturer of Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron |Ware, Galvanized Iron Cornice,
Tin and Iron Roofing, Hot Air Heating Etc. Iron Smoke Stacks.
Exhaust Piping for Saw Mills a Specialty.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.
W. T. RAGAN, Proprietor,
xxro. 807 Lnrnar Street.
that can S^t*mrTbfe^hT'lm^'rtSSlBum. Gin and Whlekle.
ggagfegas fit
W.D. Haynes & Son.
REAL ESTATE.nSTOCK ANb BOND