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Dakota's K.lltur-Scnator. _ B who knew Hansbrough when ;in Sap Francisco twelve years : dreamed be wonld fetch np in ;ted States senate; Hansbrough f ib a telegraph editor’s desk on the aide for many months, and he was « rattling good editor of news, besides being an expert on head writing. At that time the newspapers here got only a light telegraphic service, because the overland wires were in poor condition and the rates extremely heavy. Proba bly 5,000 words a night was an average report. Under these conditions it was necessary to add any descriptive matter that would supplement a dispatch, and also to make an attractive head. Hans- brongh was an artist in this kind of " work. Once, when Alexander □ made wholesale sweep of a lot of nihilists, shooting several and exiling the remain der to Siberia, Hansbrough headed the rather lurid report of Russian imperial crnelty ns “Czar-Saparilln!” WoAt at a desk, however, proved too monotonous for Hansbrough, and finally, in 1879, he conceived the idea of taking an educated Chinese to the east on a lecture trip. Hansbrough hired Hull, themost accom plished newspaper “fakir” on the coast, who made Denis Kearney famons by writing his sand lot speeches, to prepare the lectnre, and it was a very entertain ing one. The east didn’t bite as Hansbrough ex pected, and the lecture outfit went to pieces somewhere between Chicago and New York. Then Hansbrough went to Iowa and started a paper. When the Dakota boom started he saw his oppor tunity, and now he is reaping the fruits of it. He may not know os much about Jpw or parliamentary procedure as many other senators, but there are few in. that body who have more general in formation than Hansbrough.—St Louis Globe-Democrat. - Precaution Against Floods. Floods may be successfully opposed or escaped. Railways and wagon roads may- and must be laid on river flood plains, but the-embankmeuts and tres tles and bridges should be raised)not only above the latest freshet mark, but well above the great natural flood mark found in the plain itself, and the recip rocal effects of embankments and other structures on future TWshets should be cautiously reckoned. Farms may and ought to bo located bn fertile bottom lands enriched by annual or decennial overflow; but the farmers should dig deep for his foundations and build his superstftictures strong and high. On every flood plain of eastern Amer ica he should provide for the loss of crop and fences once in three, or five; or ten years: and both common humanity and economic policy urge that dumb beasts should be pastured and fed on the up lands, so that the fertile river bottoms may be devoted to their best use—name ly, the production of plant crops. Cities and towns onght not to be bnilt on the flood ridden and miasniatic low lands; yet they have been in the past and will be in the future, so the towns man, like the farmer, should build high and strong and hold himself ready to re move his dear ones and carry his goods to upper stories. And *the flood swept bottom lands of the American riven afford a business opportunity, curiously neglected in the post, though destined to be successfully grasped at no distant day—namely, insurance against floods. The great desideratum is general re cognition of tbe.facts-a-wkicb ore dem onstrated by the observations of thou sands and gainsaid by none, though ignored by multitudes—that rivers ^or their own flood marks in the alluvial plains by which they are skirted; and that men occupy theile plains at their peril.—Wi J. McGee in Forum. A Snake Story from India, j ! There is a belief current in all parts of India-that, a certain-variety of-snake .dhlled 'Shesh Nag, when it attains the age of 1,000 yeflrs, lias a ferocious Jewel formed in its head. The jewel, it is affirfMd, posse** lb# q«ali tyof sacking UP the poison Of the deadliest snake if applied to the wounded part' Strangely enough a Paris gentleman is reputed to poeaets this invaluable jewel, according to a correspondent; of a Gujarati weekly, published at. Wadhwan, in GnJaratL The correspondent says that when the present owner—who, bj the Way, is now sixty-three—was twenty-three years old he lighted upon a snake of the ab^ve mentioned variety which he killed. Then he.fonnd the jewel in his head. It baa already saved several lives. • When Mr. Vidal, the collector of the district, was thebe, it was shown to him foa The jewel is raid to contain a thin, crescent like liber, which unceasingly oeoilliates in the center. The gaikwar of Baroda, the maharajah of Kolhapm. and several of her native princes ore said to have offered several hundred thousand rupees for this unique jewel. The name of the o.wncr is Mr. Framji Dadabbai Goveknr, Tarspnr, Bombay presidency Feline Sagacity. A very much petted cat of mine, aged ten, was nj'th me while sewing recently. Hhe hail seated herself on a portion of the calico which was before mo on a amall table, and before leaving the room for a few minutes I carefully arranged the port of the work with the needle in it so that it hung over the edge of the table and was well oqj of Tiny’s way. On my return I found she had gathered np ’the calico and was sitting upon it, but had kept out the unfinished hem, and was holding.down the needle with her right pat*, purring loudly the while at what she evidently considered a suc cessful imitation of her mistress.—Lon don Spectator. days’ board is outrageous-* regular swindle, sir. Hotel Proprietor—Yon must remem ber that hotel charges ore not based on what a guest consumes, bnt on what is provided. The waste of food at hotels is eaormouft. Guest—Then why don’t yon cook-it better.—New York Wo mgr Uy hoard Is books, loved alnuist ss mymlft U bora, I pat them on the upper shelf; If Mends, I dolly to o lover dollies With his heart’s choice la the eweet carder Where the rich vines to tangled Hot ran. And luscious poaches blush against the ante Steadfast I find »hera here from day to day, Drawn up lil^e soldiers in their stanch array: I open one; behold the trace of tears Shod by aome heart it touched in vanished years; Somo aro new comers, and smiio cheerfully; Somo aro worn old and sad by constancy; I love then: all, llio beaming face or sod, Tbosf that have made mo weep, or made me glad. All but the dull Ones on the upper shelf, Thom ( would fain exchange for needed pelf. .Sometimes I leave them, and go calmly out To where hearts faster b»>at, where children -shout. To feel tlio impulse of tho eager crowd. And hear traffic’s babel, harsh and loud; £ tost them as a man mlffht tcat'hfs wife. To teach her sho is not tho whole of life; A schoolboy’s trick it Is, for so#n I find I’ve loft my better self, my heart, behind. Tho hundred souls whom I go forth to meet Are strangers to me in the greedy street; Tho world scorns nearest when my lamp la lit. And by Us midnight glow I quiet .sit; Volumes with welcome greeting then look down. And night shuts out the noisy, rt^stlcss town: This is my haven, this my marringo bower. Wedded'to my lmoks and happy ovory hour. —Mrs. Napoleon U» Moraugo in Arkansaw Traveler. The Insect World* Entomologists generally concede that upward of 100',000 specieaof insects have been recognized mid classified; eoiuo au thors even place the number as high as 150,000, while it is not at all improbable that this vast nnmber may not represent more than one-tenth of the number ac tually inhabiting the globe. Not less than one-half of the whole nnmber be long to tho order coleopatera, or beetles, which order is by far tho most numer ously represented of all. The lcpidop- tera, or butterflies, have than far yielded some 15,000 species, or abont one-thir teenth of the total nnmber (300,000), esti mated by Speyer for the world at large, and an equal nnmber may perhaps be credited tothehymenoptera(bees, wasps, etc.), the licmiptera (bags) and diptera (flies). Tho orthoptera or straight winged in sects, which include the locusts, grass hoppers, etc., are considerably less nu merous. The species with netted wings (neuroptora) probably number some p|ace between 2,000 and.3,000. Insects aro, of course, most numerously developed in the tropics, but they aro not rare by any as in the coldest regions which have yet been visited by man.—St. Louis Re public. ■ Peculiar Taste lu Dreu. Sir Humphrey Davy, it is said, “rarely washed himself; and on the plea of sav ingtime he used to put on his clean linen over his dirty, so that hahns been known to wear at the same time five shirt* and five pairs, of stockings.” Hero is a rare example <if the indifference of the man of genius to the mere husk, or series of husks, which keep that royal part of him, his mind, in working order. Yet was not Sir Humphrey a mere sloven, content nt all times with the first article of clothing upon which he might lay bis hand. Though he was so reckless in the matter of shirts upon common occasions, when he used to fco fishing “he would wear green,” to resemble vegetable life os much as passible, so that the trout might have some difficulty in 1 distin guishing the bi;>eU from the mere roots of the field; and when shooting he worl a Scarlet cap, "to shield himself from ncci- dent from other guns.”—All the Year Round. • In every town of good size in Mexico there ore public school* These are well attended, thongh most of the rich Mexi cans send their children to the schools of the City'of Mexico or to foreign coun- trice, orhavs private'teachers forthem; and to finish their education - (bey are often sent to Europe or the -United States. The great majority are left at home, however, and the schools are well filled. c - - <; ; In a very judicious dietetic outline for reducing obesity, from ten to twenty drops of liquor potassm aro given in a glass of water three times a day. and the food is largely* composed of flncbdfeed local-fruiti, lemons, oranges, suoculent salad vegetables, acid wines, loan’ meat, white blooded nh, ’ game, arid poultry, lemonade, batter-milk, and tea and toast. Art is always its own best reward, and the poet's dearest object tn life mu# always be to givo to the world “the message that in .him burns.” SHU, he needs friends, requires leisure, wants bread. Thackeray once wrote to a friend, “Our' twopemiy reputations get ns at least twopence-halfpenny.” One peculiarity of the principal dances of savage nations is that in nearly every instance they imitate the movements of animals. This is cvidivjced in the buf falo and bear dances o?vue North Amer ican Indians, tho bear dance of the Kamtcbntknns and the kangaroo dance of the aboriginal Australians. Bells are mostly cast from a composi tion of copper and tin, though' other in gredients are dften used. When the right proportions of these two metals aro combiued and reduced by intense heat to liqnid form the mass is poured into a- clay mold of the desired shape apd size. It is wicked to be wasteful; is it not os wicked to be penurious? Both habits en- tail misery ou others; but os a personal. matter it is more agreeable to hove todo with a spendthrift than a miser, and therefore the-world' loves -tho one and bates the.other.’, , - ' ' * Judge Holmes, eon of the “Autocrat, 1 att&jppretne joys - writing piitr to opinion. His asso- datetpreferopdottertow / r { f The Duke of Edinburgh lias one of the largest collections of postage stamps in England. There ia one private collec tion ha tho kingdom that is valued at $250,000. Companion of irtf liodrsof ii How often wo*re del’ n 1 When lightly thus thy 3 Tho world grows t weather! - • Am I aweary? Turn I then to thee, . “ To thy responsive strings my eoul revealing, And eoon thy sympathetic minstrelsy Sends subtle strength ■through my dulled senses stealing. In lonely moments, what a friend thou art! * My minor moods, my fleeting fancies sharing; Thou canst express the secrets of my heart In accents of rejoicing or despairing. The one whose love 1 so desire to gain. Would surely cease to doubt, it seems to me, If all my longing, all my speechless pain. Could flud a voice, my loved guitar, through thee! —Amy Elizabeth Leigh in Drake’s Magazine. for Infants and Children. Took Him a Long While to See It. A man who returned not long ago from a stay of several months in Lon don has some funny stories to tell of his experience with British wit. “Themind of the Briton is solid, bnt slow,” he said, “and when it comes to his appreciation of a joke he can fee trusted after a while to get to it, but the process is slow. This story is a capital illustration of what I mean: One day l went into a, book shop on the Strand and asked for Hare's 'Walks in London.’ In America the book is sold in one thick volume; the clerk brought it in two. 'Oh,' I said, as I looked at them, ‘yon part your Ilnre in the middle, do yon? “I, sir?’ he said with a bewildered look; “oh! no, sir.” I saw he didn't see the joke, so 1 didn’t explain, but bought the books and' went away. A week Inter I entered the lame shop. As soon as the clerk saw me he rushed from the back of the shop laughing vociferously, and seized me by the hand: “Good!” he shouted. “Capital: ’part your Hare in the middle,’ thnt's capital, sir; capital.” I had thought it was rather neat my self, and it didn't take me a week to Qnd It out, either.—New York Evening Sun. "CnstoiUfeoo wen adapted tocMMmn that I recommend ltoo superior loony prwcriptiop known to me." n. A. AncHX* M. D.i U1 Bo. Oxford St r Brooklyn, N.T.' “A. tim of 'Cojtcrla* Is so nnlrenal and Its marlla ,0 weU known that It sonno O wnft of supwerocotioa to acdone it. Few ore tho Intelligent fimllice who do not keep Coatoria within easy roach.” „ „ „ “■“•“SSaWW ES Wonno. gireo deep, and promote* dl WltlloutInjurious medlcotlo* * For oererol years I hare recommended roar' Outwit,’ and shall olwnys conttnuetq do so as It baslnrarlably produced-benefldal - IteuBs." „ Xowm F. Poods* H. IX, “the WInthrop,” UKh Street ami Tth At*, New York City. Tbs Osmans Ookri*T, 17 KraaOT Stassr, New Yoi Kindness Nat Appreciated. A little incident that amused the pu£- sengers in a Brooklyn bridge car the other day wonld seem to indicate that the semi-tough young man with a baby- in his arms does not appreciate polite- nes* As the semi-tough yonng man is seldom Been carrying a baby it might, however, be bard to prove the rule. But this one was carrying a baby, and the tired looking woman with him was lugging a bag that looked twice as heavy as the baby. The woman was the first to see the only vacant seat in the car And dropped into it. And then a dapper young fellow who bnd been reading intently looked up, and his gaze fell first on the baby. He apparently didn’t notice that it was a man holding the infant, for he jumped up, lifted Ids hat, and said, “Please take my seat’mmlum." The fellow with the child scowled, but all he said was: “If yer speakiu’ to de kid, dat’s all right, but i* yer speakin’ to me I'll smash yer face. See?” And. he stood up all the way over, looking as if he felt much hi-' suited.—New York Time* For Rent! For Rent! ; #• THREE NICE NEW COTTAGE HOMES, $12.50 EACH. ONE HANDSOME NEW RESIDENCE, $25.00. * ONE FIVE ROOM RESIDENCE, $16.00. ONE HOTEL A SNUG HOME. Part Cash/ Balance monthly to the Loan Company. • See my list of Bargains for Vacant and Improved Property, M. CALLAWAY, JUal Estate Agent. C. M. WHEATLEY, Pres’t CRAWFORD WHEATLEY, Vice l'res’t B. H. JOSSEY, Seo’y A Treat. 0. C. STONE, Supt The Americus Construction Company, or ru«. Americua Street Railrc GEORGIA—Hl'mter Cods By vlrtnoofa decree or t! of tn. siilil c tae Central Americus Street Railroad the 28th dayofMay.lwl, sad a me minutes dime .aid court* closing the mortsnse for the bondholders on thep opertyoftho c I will offer for sale at public out-cr highest bidder,Jtoforo the Court Ho of raid county, lu tho city or Amoi tween tho horns of 10 a. m. aud ) p Saturday, ihetffth dnynf June, Ira lowing property, to-wlt: A certain piece or parcel of land < dred feel front by one hundred and In depth, .Hunted In toe ’ county ofHumternnd Rt.t a part of lotnumbct 2011 nt. districts)! Sumter county, ( situate lying and being on Avonuo E.nnd on the West all .. , lln street and being on the corner o streets nnd known on thcplnt of the 1 Bark Land t om. any recently luld out seven nnd eight In block twenty geihcr with all nnd singular the I •neats and hereditaments of sal Company then owned ortl quircd by It, anti also Inch road*,truck •‘.right* ot wny.maln II lines, switches, suptrstruoure*. 1 pot .rounds, station houiei, cngl. car houses, stable*, wood nonsea, * erlng plaocs, work abopt, machine i bridges, via luc's, culbert*, fences, r“ tnres, together with all Its Icnse*, l. hired luuaa, tossed nr hired railroads, its powor works, ongines. boilers, appliances, apparatus, dynamos, a tors, generators, storage batteries, n motors, tender* cables, wires, tract cars, carriages, coaches, trucks, and motor and rolling stock, its tools, weighing Beales turntl wood, coat, oil, fuel, equip a id material of every- acrlptlon.tben held ot quircd, together with all the e privileges, immunities and ft said llullroad Company then held t _ nflor to he acquired, Including the franchises to be A corporation, and A'l the tolls, fares, freights, rents. Income., lames r~ ' th-reor, ami ail tho rever.lon remainder and remainders tl Hsld sale will be for cub, ] , that the bond* and coup mortgage shall be receivable i .iscaiti fur the amount ofcasli would bo payable on such bonds and c _ r out orthe proreedsof said sale, after the p ment of all costa and expenses o' " cost and compensation of the i Purchaser will obtain pessest upo s tho dosing ortho sale. J. B. FELDER,: Americua, Ga., May 20,1891. QHERIFF’BHAIK. O , GEORGIA—Sumter C Will bn sold before tho court 1 Bumter County, til, between the wing dercrlbed P One* douse and lot nnd one store room, in tho city of Americus, Ga., bounded aa "on: South l.y Whcolo Bell’a store room, on .... nue and east by place ocot Johnson, and known as tbr place, and now occupied by .. storo room and by Charley I dwelling house. Levied on as of C. E. Crocker to satisfy three from the County Court of Brnnte favor or Thompton, Wilson A .... said C. K.Cncker. Propertv pointed out by plaintiff's nttorncy; levy mado by former sheriff, W. It. Cobb, April 13. lt»i. Tenant In possession nntifleu In ti t ms o the law. L. B. Forrest, Sheriff. A PPLICATION." A LETiEtta OF ADMINI8TRA Whereas. C. E. Clprk has nu Ion to have w. K. Clark appoint ratorde bonis non on the ' Clnrk deceased. Will pas Monday In July next. Thesoate therefore toclle all parties concerned, whether creditors, to show Mohammed's Descendants. To find families of an antiquity at onto remote and certain we must go be yond Europe and seek Ahem nearer the cradle of the human race. Mohammed died in 033, leaving nine wives and only one child, his daughter Fatima, who was married (as several other ladies were) to All, the prophet's first convert and chief lieutenant. From Fatlma j have descend ed the numberless sultans,' nobles, cber- ifs; kings and emperors who, ever since the prophet's day, have constituted so Important a part of the ruling dose in the world which be organized. Today; after the lapse of thirteen centuries, it is the felood of the prophet that constitutes the title to nobility in the several coun tries of the east,-i-Chicago Time* - Tha Karl last tons. The earliest'known lens is one made of rock crystal, unearthed by Layard at Nineveh. This Jens, the age of which 1* to he measured .by thousands of yean, now lie* in the British museum, with its surface aa bright as when it left the maker’s band* ‘By tho side of it are very recent specimens of lenses which have been tuined by exposure to London fog and smoko.—New York Telegram. The only real work' of art in copper that now 'exlsts in India is the casting of Hindoo and other images for religion* purpose* . These are, of course, mostly to be found in old temple* Almost all the temples which can really claim' An tiquity have images made of copper, which are the perfection of art, and which, with all the assistance of ma chinery, could never be excelled or even imitated by European citie* The largest kitchen in the world is in the Bon Marche in Pari* It baa 4,000 employe* The tunallest kettle contains 100 quarts aud the largest 500. Each of fifty roasting pans is bigienongh (or 300 cptlet* Every dish for baking potatoes holds 225 pounds? When omelettes are on the bill of fare 7,800 eggs are used at once. For cooking alone sixty cooks and 100 Bssiatanls ore always at tho range* A monkey on shipboard Used toarausa hitnselfin the cook's absence by turnfcip the water cocks, in order to enjoy that worthy's surprise when fee,returned and found the water rr-tling over the floor, and tfeere are sc-.<- »11 authenticated iu- stancee of-octual _ ptionpracHoed by animals to gain somo desired tad. In the Went Bsd'td London, at Olym pia; the large Imll there, which is famous at proeent for. it* fancy dross balls, is 440 tect loug; 250feet wideond 100 foot high, arid contains an area of; nearly two nnd a half acres. Twenty seven thousand people wore pre-sent at a n-ftut ball' Denman Thompson recreates at S sea, N. H., the scene of When ho ia there lie imp self. He has built a t has a mortgage t. mortgageable in the t Sdccissors to 0. M. Whkatlkt & Co. Have the largest stopk of Dry •UMBER Monday in Jrili , lion snould not be gran Given under my band ture, this, 80th day ofMi ,1 ulgna- 4PKKR, Ordinary. Both Rough'ond Dressed, ever held' tn the city, with nnequslled capacity for the execution of fine work. They will furnish the trade with Sasb, Doors, Blinds, Mantels, Stairvork, Pnlpjts, Pevs, COUNTERS, SHELVING, MOULDINGS, ORNAMENTS, ETC. . Prompt attention given all order* Write for Catalogue and prices Office and Factory, COB. BAY ft JACKSON STS.' Telefebone No. 78. Uptown Offloe, No. JACKSON ST. Telephone 110. Daniel LKTTKHhv< Whereas J. F. tlon for letters ol of J. B. Klnard enmeflnit Monday Jn Julj Theoo are therefore to cite and admonish all parties concerned, whether kindred or S redltom, to show enuao on or before the uly term of thu Court of Ordinary of Bum- Wrcounty, to bo held on the Aral Monday in July next, why Rnld letters should r * ‘ granted a* prayed for. WltneM my hand nnd ofllctal stem (his 15th day of Mr , 1W1. A. C’.HPKEH, Ordinary. L FPLIOATION, CRAWFORD WHEATLEY, Pm. ARCHIE R ELDRID0E, Gm'I Ming* A* "LEAVE TO SELL. Whereati J. M. Persons atimi n lot rat or of e tateof H.H.Hloan deceased has made a tlon for leave to Mil the real and per... property belonging to aald d*ca*Md. puMon name first Monday In July next. TIiom are therefore to eite and aT ill parties concerned, whether 1 jredltora, to ahow cauee on or July term of court of Ordinary county, to be held on the flret Monday 1 July next, why Mid petition ahouldnot l granted aa prayed for. WltneM «ny official signature, this ! j wi> A. C,SPEER, Ordinary. day of May, .KTTKfi GEORGIA—Wxhstsr.Court v. To whom It may concern: Respectfully state that their new £ce factory will start the manufacture of Ice in a short time and will be prepared to furnish Pure Crystal Ice in any quantity from a.'pound to a car load. . Their Refrigerating Chambers will also soon be in, readiness for the preservation of all perishable food products r a^Kj'o1n, , c i ^&^ fl r 1 S»i. and will be perfect in every particular. For further partic- ‘te’.raViSStoraVcBS^'SBSSSi ■ nlars either telephone, write or call on THE AMERICUS REFRIGERATING ,CO. r Office & Factory Cor. Jackson & Bay Sts., on Central B. B. april5-8mo O. a HAWKINS. O.O. LOVING. HA WINS <& LOVING, DCALEBS IN -^Furniture, Bab; Carriages, Refrigerators,^- METALIC CASES, CASKETS AND COFFINS. 405 Cotton Avenue. • Nl.bt calls for coffins at night attended fc> by G. O. Loving, at residence west aide Brown etreeL Bnrlal robe, ajwaye on band. mayB-ly. S. a\ BYRD, REPRESENTING TDE SAFESTAND STRONGEST COMPANIES INjTHE WORLD. Insurance placed on City and Country Property. Office on Jackson Street, next door below Mayor's Office. • ' •' • • DUNLAP HATS. HE LATEST STYLES AND SHAPES. ARTHUR RYLANDER. Corner I men concerned, whether kind iers, to show cause on or befo._ July term of the court of Ordinary of Web ber county, to be held on the flret Monday In July next, why raid petition nhould not e crant*dAH prayed for. Witness iny official signature, this 2nd June, 1891. W. H. C08B Y, Ordinary, A 1 mCA ^LETTERS OF DISMISSION. GEORGIA—WE118TBK COtTXTY, To whom It may concern:' Whereas, D. Davis, administrator on the estate of Tamrin A. Col lie rt, deceased, hav- injrflled Ills application for letlera of dlamie- Thcsc are therefore to cite and ednn all parties concerned, whether klndn. creiAlors. to ebow cuuSo on or before Heptemljcr term of tho court of Ord' Webster county, to be held on the fli ay fn Keptember next why ea1d nj should not be tranred as ' R: E. Auditor, OFFICE 57i 'JACKSON STREET, AMKKICl’S, GA. Will adjust Rooks and Account aud do a — — ‘ usiue**. A c>mapet«nl n yy!S<^«ring 0 oUttei fllela & Co., Bank of rug Co. Oorreepon- mayJl Jm^H tr - irt-uenil collecting tni-tlinta*. wm r *tu $500 Reward ! WE wfl! par Above reward ftor My mm t>( Uwr Complftlnt. «lck IUmuImIW. Oow ■ttpati-in or we eftoaet ««» «