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THE AMERICUfc DAILY T1MES-REC0RDER: WEDNESDAY, MAI 27, i89l. h. 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