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THE AMERICUS DAIL Y TIMES-RECORPEB? SATURDAY, JULlt 18, 1891.
WHERE WOMAN RULES.
SUMATRA ISLAND IS A PLACE WHERE
WIVES RUN THINGS.
Caitomi That Differ from Thom* of Any
Other Christian or Mohemmeden Peo
ple—The Wife It the Property IIolder.
She Never Leevet Her Home.
A country where the women own the
houses and lands, where gold and silver
are common as flowers in the spring,
where everybody is happy and nobody
does wrong, is the burden of the Btory
that VV. J. Shaw brings from far off Su
matra.
VV. .1. Shaw is one of the men who
modeled things in this country when it
was young and pliable. He came from
New York in 18411. and was about the
first man to hang out a lawyer's sign in
San Francisco. Ho won the cases that
settled the validity of settlers' titles and
resulted ill the Van Ness ordinance, and
he served as a state senator in 1854, when
it was more of an honor to lie a legislator
than it is now.
•In all my years of travel," he said,
"1 never found a happier people than
those who live in Sumatra, in the mid
dle part of the island. The people all
over Sumatra arc believers in the Mo
hammedan religion, but the ppcnliar
customs which make this particular peo
ple unique and different from all others
are confined to one community.
"It would not be correct to term this
branch of the Sumatra people a tribe,
for they do not live in tribal relations at
all, although there is a chief and under
chieftains. These rulers, however, are
not despots, and if the peoplo do not like
the way in which they manage things
they disposo of them very shortly and
put other men in their places.
"Although men are the ostensible
chieftains, the women are tho real rulers.
The customs of tho country forbid the
giving of a man's property to his chil
dren after his death. If a man dies tho
property he owns is given to his father
and mother. Tho woman's property, on
tho contrary, is given to tho children.
Probably that is tlie custom that is re
sponsible for the turning over of all tho
wealth of tho country to tho women.
TREATMENT OF THE BOVS AND MEN.
‘It is the constant aim of tho men to
enrich their wives. Each man has but
one wife, and each wife one husband,
and they live a perfectly moral life. The
teachings of Mohammedanism are fol
lowed upon the question of divorce.
The husband has the right to divorce his
wife whenever he chooses, bnt must al
low her to retain the property in her pos
session. Divorces are not frequent,
thongh, and 1 believe that, in proportion
to the population, divorces in this part
of Sumatra are not one in sixteen com
pared to tho number in California.
“The people are happy there—happy
as they can be. Tho children live at
home with their mother—the boys until
they are thirteen or fourteen, and the
girls until they marry.
“When the daughter gets married she
does not leave her mother’s house. An
addition is built on—a new roof, as they
call It—and the nowly married girl
makes her home there, and brings np
her children. This custom, of course,
results in forming quite large communi
ties where there ore many children.
“1 knew one of these communities
where there were a mother and several
daughters living with their children.
The original house hail grown with each
marriage until it spread over n large
piece of ground.
‘‘When the boys get old enough to
leave home they aro taken to u compart
ment house which is set aside as a home
for them until they wish to rnurry. Tho
girl has the right to choose whom she
will wed, a privilege delegated to her In
few Mohammedan countries.
“Once married, the husband for tho
rest of his life is his wife's lover. He
lives apart from her aud visits his home
only In tho evening to chat with her and
the children. All the money ho gets—
nnd there is plenty of money of Dntch
coinage there—he turns over to his sweet
heart. Sho dresses herself and the chil
dren and shoulders all the petty family
cares.
"Ho is bothered only to earn tho
money to pay for tho things they eat
and wear.
"To get things for them to eat need
not worry him much. The portion of
Sumatra in which these strange people
live is very fertilo nnd productive. It is
n fine country, with beautiful mountains
nnd streams and magnificent scenery.
AU sorts of fruits are grown, and in the
higher attitudes many of tho grains.
DRESSES or THE WOMEN.
"To find dnsses for the family must
be a different matter, for I never saw
such elegantly atttred women as in those
communities. They aro very beantifnl,
boasting the fairest and finest complex
ions and the brightest eyes.
“Never in Christian countries do wo
men dress as extravagantly.
“I remember that onco tho chief told
me he would have two pretty maidens
dross ns they would on their marriage.
The two bright eyed girls were gone
some time, nnd camo back wearing, one
a dross of gold and the other ono of sil
ver. They had bracelets one above an
other from tbo hands and above their
el Dows. At the elbows they wore pecu
liar bracelets, jointed to permit eusily
moving the joint In brief, their arms
mere armored with precious metal. They
had necklaces of gems and other costly
ornaments, and tbo doth-of-gold and
cloth-of-sflver dresses were made loosely
fitting above the waist, and the skirts in
flounces.
“They are not on ignorant people, for
the children aro tanght in their homes,
and many learn to read the Koran. They
observe the proprieties too, os is appar
ent from the rale os to widows
“When a woman’s husband dim she
plants a post in front of her particular
door in the family honse ana bang* ■
The Way It Dies. on tho take.
A purty of yachtsmen were becalmed
ont on Lake Ontario Sunday afternoon,
and while waiting for a breeze the time
was occupied in spinning yarns. There
were two or three old salts on board,
and they did all tho spinning, while tho
yonnger and less experienced tars Bat
and smoked and listened. Finally one
of the old salts took his pipe from be
tween his teeth long enough to draw
breath, and said:
“You fellows give mo u pain talking
atiout big storms. Why, 1 was out in a
storm in the summer of '00 that was so
much bigger than any that you have
ever seen that they are like cat's paws
compared to it."
Then he stopped and began industri
ously to draw upon his pipe again.
Tell ns about it.” said the young fel
lows in chorus.
It was in the month of July in the
year 1809, and 1 was out on the lake in a
yacht of mine," iio said, after pausing
long enough to fill his pipe afresh and
light it. "and the wind began to get
pretty fresh. 1 paid but little attention
Envelope*! Enwlopis'l
Wo have just received a big job lot of
mauilla envelopes of fine quality, that
wore bought at a bargain, and we can
print them for you with card, etc., cheap
er than yon can buy them plain by retail
anywhere. They are more durable than
white, and arc good enough for all busi
ness purposes, and arc much cheaper.
Times Pi iii.isiiino Co.
A Philadelphia lawyer who has just
died left a will of thirty-eight words.
Don't storm the system as you would
a fort. If tiehl by the enemy, consti
pillion, gently persuade it to surrender
with DeWitt's l.ittlo Early Kisers.
These little pills are wonderful enn-
vineers. For sale by the Davenport
Drug C'omj any.
The monetary unit of Italy is tlie lira,
worth 10.1! cents in United States money
Investigate their merits. Do Witt’i
Little Early Kisers don't gripe, cause
nausea or pain, which accounts for their
pretty iresn. i paiu uui mue .siu-w-wu p „ |llll8rity Tll0 Davenport Drug Com-
to it. but it kept blowing fresher and p iU iy says they would not run a drug
door in the family home and hangs a
I flag upon It. While the flag waves the
may not marry again. Bat when the
winds, blowing softly off the sea, have
tom it into shreds and scattered the bits
on the sronnd her term of monrninc is
fresher, and one of my crew asked if wo
had not better shorten sail. I thought
that there was no danger and said that
there was time enough. All of a sudden
the wind began to blow harder than 1
ever saw it in this latitude, and we all
began to get badly scared.
"1 gave orders to take in sail, but be
fore the men could lay hands on n rope
a big puff came atid away went the sails
into ribbons. There we were out in the
middle of the lake with no sails, and the
situation began to look desperate. How
wo were going to get in 1 did not know,
bnt the very storm itself furnished as a
wav and we rodu safely to Bhore."
Here ho stopped und began to smoke.
"How diil you got in?” asked the
youngest sailor of tho lot.
“Why," said tho old salt, “tho wind
blew so hard that It blew the ropes out
flat aud they served for sails."—Rochester
Democrat.
A' Memorable Christmas Dinner.
Tho misery endured during those fonr
months at Donner lake in our little dark
cabins under the snow would fill pages
and make the coldest heart ache. Christ
mas was near, but to the starving its
memory gave no comfort. It came and
passed without observance, but my
mother hod determined weeks before
that her children should have a treat on
this one day. She had laid away a few
dried apples, some beans, a bit of tripe,
and a small piece of bacon.
When this hoarded store was brought
out the delight of the little ones knew
no bounds. The cooking was watched
carefully, and when we sat down to onr
Christmas dinner mother said, “Chil
dren, eat slowly, for this one day yon
can have all you wish." So bitter was
the misery relieved by that ono bright
day, that I have never since sat down to
a Christmas dinner without my thoughts
going back to Donner lake.
The storms often would lost ten days
at a time, nnd we would have to cut
chips from the logs Inside which formed
our cabin in order to start a fire. We
conld scarcely walk, and the men had
hardly strength to procure wood. We
would drag ourselves through the snow
from ono cabin to another, and some
mornings snow would havo to be shov
eled out of tlie fireplace before a fire
conld be made. Poor little children were
crying with hunger, and mothers were
crying because they had so little to give
their children. We seldom thought of
bread, we had been without it so long.
Four months of such suffering would fill
the bravest hearts with despair.—Cor.
Century.
A Victim of Science*
The frog has been called “the victim
of science" because he is always being
dissected for the pnrpose of seeing how
he can get along without his most essen
tial organs, how his blood circnlntes and
how his nervous system acts. He is se
lected for such ends not, as is commonly
Imagined, because his structure is at all
hamanlike, bnt for the reason that ho
will endure being chopped ap to such a
remarkable extent and still retain life.
Yon can remove his brain and he will
get along fairly well without It, swallow
ing whatever is pnt into his month, and
otherwise behaving os usual, though in
an automatic fashion. In fact the ani
mal will live indefinitely under such
conditions, ns experiment has shown.
If yon cat oat bis longs he will not die
for a long time, because he can breathe
very well through his skin. Human
beings breathe through the skin all over
the body- in a small degree, the blood in
the Bnperficial vessel taking np a certain
amoant of oxygen, but tho function is
exercised more satisfactorily by the frog.
Besides, his nervous system affords au
interesting stndy under ingenious tortnre
by tho anatomist, and tho corpuscles in
his blood being remarkably large, that
fluid serves admirably for the instruction
of the seeker after medical knowledge.—
interview in Washington Star.
.tore without ttiese iittlo pills.
The Wheel Is Thousand* of Veers Old.
The earliest mention of wheels in the
Bible is in Exodus xiv, 23, when the
chariot wheels of the Egyptians were
taken off by the Lord; but chariots aro
mentioned in Genesis xii, 43. Bnt there
were older nations than tho Egyptians.
The Chaldeans used chariots; the Greeks
—Homer's poems date from about 800
B. C.—had chariots at the siego of
Troy, 1,000 B. O. Probably In reality
the wheel is about as early a piece of
machinery ns any new existing. Of
course it has been developed, bnt the
bicycle wheel of today ts a lineal de
scendant of the Bcction of a log of wood
nsed by the agricultural peoples thou
sands of years ago.—New York Sun.
Mr. Clews' Costly Bathroom.
Henry Clews, of New York, devotes
a great deal of time and money to beau
tifying his honse. He is particularly
well pleased with any one who expresses
a desire to go through it, and one of the
first rooms he will take a visitor into
it bis bathroom. He is said to bars ex
pended $40,000 on this room. The walls,
A New York broker lias framed sets
of dinner cards, over 1,000 in number,
a memento of the good times he lias had.
DeWitt's Sarsaparilla cleanses tho
blood, Increases tbn appetite and tones
up tlie system. It lias benelitted many
people who havo suffered from blood
disorders. It will help you. For sale by
tbo Davenport Drug Company.
Tho Roman Catholic Ifible is called
tho Douai Bible becauso part of it was
translated in the French city by that
name.
People with impure blood may lio said
to exist, not live. Life ir robbed of
half its joys when the blood is loaded
with impurities and disease. Correct
this condition with DeWitt's Sarsapa
rilla, it is reliable. For sale by tho
Davenport Drug Company.
A Connecticut man has gone into tlie
business of propagating sower rats. He
sell their skins to “kid" gloves manu
facturers.
We caunot afford to deccivo you. Con-
dence is begotten by honesty. Do
Witt’s Littlo Early Kisers aro pills that
will cure constipation and sick headache.
For sale liy tlio Davenport Drug Com
pany.
A Wholesale Clroceryman.
Mr. T. I). Meador of tho firm of Ogles
by & Meador f thinks it is just as im
portant to fortify against the sudden .at
tacks of the bowels, as against the rob
ber that invades tho household. Iio says
Dr. Diggers’ Huckleberry Cordial is a
weopon, a dead shot to bowel troubles.
That tired feeling, pains in the back
and chest, distress after eating, liead-
haclies and like affections, are overcome
and cured by I*. P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke
Root and Potassium.)
July 14, dl2t-w2t.
A railroad engineer has in von ted a
pump with which to squirt hot water on
deaf persons who walk on railroad tracks.
BAD BLOOD I:
Pimples on the Paco J |
Breaking Ont | :
Skin Troubles f ;
little Sores | Hot Skin) 8
. Boils l Blotches | S
| Gold Bores | Bad Breath | •
Bore Mouth or Lips | ■
*fBuffer from M7 •* “
thc»c symptom*, take
ALLISON&AYCOCK
—-—For all kinds of
Books and Stationery,
we mean to lend in onr line. We are headquarters for all kinds of
PICTUEE FRAMES. We keep one of tlie best selected stock of
MOULDING kept this side of Atlanta, suitablo for any and all
kinds of pictures. We have mado special reduction in this line of
our business for the past few weeks and have decided to continue
this special sale until August 1st,
BLANK BOOKS! We have j ust received as largo assortment of these
goods as are usually carried in this country and if we fail to have
what you want in our immense stock wo can have them made up
for you cheaper than nnyono else, as we deal directly with ono of
tlie largest manufacturers of Blank Books in N, Y. City.
We have also added to our line of business, a good lino of FIRST-
CLASS CIGARS and will be pleased to have our geutlomon
friends call and see us. Very respectfully,
ALLISON & AYCOCK,
310 LAMAR STREET, AMKKirus 3EORGIA
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
B@“Special attention given to repairing all kinds of
Machinery. Telephone 79. 213 ""“
Saw MiH Men, Mon!
Are you in noed of machinery of any description? If so, write us your wants,
stating just what you desire and wo will make yon 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 aro general agents for
II. B. SMITH MACHINE CO.’S celebrated Wood-working machines, and can dis
count factory prices. Be sure to writo 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.
FINANCIAL,
'ROAN1ZED ISTO.
-»8The Baik of Ameiicus.S^
De.iCT.ted Depository State of Georel.
Stockholders Individually UableT* 1 *'
Capital, ... ftisa iw,
(Surplus, - . . 5ioo;8t>2
U EC OB8:—
H. C. Bsgley, prei. Americas Investment Ca.
P. C. Clegg, Pres. Ocraulgee Brick Co. ^
Jas. Dodson, of Jaa.Dodaon <£ Son, Attornm
U. W. Glover, Pres’t Americus Grocery c? 71,
8. H. Hawking, Pres’t 8. A. & u. Railroad
8. Montgomery, Pres’t Peoples National Bank
J. W. Sheffield, or Sheffield & Co., Hardware
T. Wheatley, wholesale dry goods.
W. E. Murphey, Cashier.
Capital Stock
THE BANK OF SUMTER
T. N. nAWKKS,
President.
O. A. COLEMAN,
Vice-President,
\V. C. FURLOW, Cashier.
DIRECTORS-O. A. Coleman, C. 0
Hawkins, B. H. Jossoy, T. N. Hawkes.'
IV. C. Furlow, W. H. C. Wheailoy, R. J
Oliver, H. M. Brown, W. M. Hawke.
Dr. E. T. Mathis, Arthur Rylander.
Liberal to its customots, acoommodj.
ting to tho public and prudent in it*
management, this bank solicits depoaiti
and other business in its line.
S. MONTGOMERY, Prat. I. C. RONEY, Vie. Prat
IN0. WINDSOR. C'r. LESTSB WINDSOR Asst.Cr,
E. A. HAWKINS, Attorney
NO. 2830.
Peoples' National Ban!
Of Americas.
Capital, 830,000. Surplus, 823,000
ORGANIZED 1883.
Perkins Machinery Company,
67 SOUTH BROAD STREET,
Mentio * The Times WheniYou Write.
ATLANTA, GA.
junc24-d&wlyear
DOCTOR ACKER’S i
ENGLISH —!
BLOOD ELIXIR!
WHY?"°T,*WSM“”°i
U»T0 yen ever u**d mercury t If to, dldvoor*
trlve ▼ourvclf th« n-od*d *tt«mUon at the t
w« wired not tell jroc
1 a, to en rare 1
fecta Dr. Acker** KnglUh Illood Kltxlr 1*the 5
only known mediclno that will thoroughly •radkl
cat* th* poison from the ft from j
your druggist, or writ* to W. II. IlnoKJEll «b 5
GO., 46 Weat Broadway, New \ ork City. »
CURES SYPHILIS
.ClSJ^oSIlnwSr,
tiffactioa for Um ear, of
aud ToWlary
B. W. RUMWEY,
MERCHANT TAILOR.
Gentlemen wanting fine and good goods, good work in fit and execu
tion of garments, will find it to their interest to call and see
me before purchasing. Cleaning and Repairing
done. Prices reasonable.
UP STAIRS, OVER P. L. HOLT’S ESTABLISHMENT,
LAMAR STREET, - - AMERICUS, GA.
June27d-tf
H. 0.11AOLKV, Pro. W. £. Hawkins, Seo. & Tr.
Americas Investment €0,
Investment Securities.
Said up Capital, $1,000,000.
ISurplus, $260,000,
DinacToBs:
IIC Bagloy, TV K Hawkins, S W Conoy,
VV S (Kills, J W Sheffield, P C Clegg
W M Ilawkes, B F Mathews, G M Byne,
VV E Marphey, S Montgomery, J H Pharr.
B. P. Hollis.
CAPITAL STOCK
SURPLUS A Undivided Profit*, - $70,401,22.
* Bank of Southwestern Georgia. *
M. SPEER, J, W, WHEATLEY,
... President. Vice President.
W. H. C. DUDLEY, A. W. SMITH,
Cashier, Assistant Cashier,
directors:
J. W. Wheatley, E. J. Eldridgo,
C. A. Huntington, H. R. Johnson,
K. J. Perry, J. C. Nicholson,
A. VV. Smith, W, H. 0. Dudloy,
M. Speeri
T5 pyp
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE.
REPRESENTING THE SAFESTAND STRONGESTCOMPANIES.INjTBE.WOED.
Insurance placed on City and Country Property.
Office on Jackson Street, next door below Mayor’s Office.
doc25-dly.
R. h. MoMATII.
E. J. McMATII.
B. H. McMATII
Cjtwrh,
ERPiSi
1 (Wm/Titiff, Be*!* IlMd, •(*'., etc.
tonic and »■ wthni ■
RHEUMATISM
i*$ia* and who* blood It hi
McMATH BROTHERS.
DEALERS IN
Groceries, Provisions, Country Produce
BOOTS, SHOES, ETC., ETC.,
WHISKEY, TOBACCO & CIGARS, SPECIALTIES.
207 FORSYTH STREET, AMERICUS, GEORGIA.
We solicit a share of the patronage of the trading public, guaranteeing satisfaction
low prices, and good goods. We deliver goods anywhere in the city. Call and nee us.
McMATH BROTHERS.
R. F. NEHrTNGT
PROPRIETOR.
ttflsoi; street, Uniter Allen Bn
AMERICUS, GA.
LIGHT BREAD A SPECIALTY!
E. Bunn,iJn., Pres. H. M. Knapp, V. P.
O. A. Coleman, Seo, * Trcas,
Georgia Loan & Trust Co.
J Negotiates Loans on improved
Farm and City Property,
B P Hollis, J E Bivins.
Attorney, Land Examine
W. 8. MURRAY. PRESIDENT.
Planters’ Bank of E1M&
KUariUe, Georgia,
PAID UP CAPITAL, . . 920,000
Collections a Specialty.
Liberal to its customers, accommodating to
the public and prndent in its managment, this
hank solicits deposits and other business in its
Jjjjj* JanW&wly
BAKERY
Country Merchants supplied with bread at wholesale prices.
B TJ G O I 3B S
I will sell you the best bnggy In Georgia, price andlquality considered. Repairing
all kinds solicited and executed promptly and neatly. AU work warranted.
T. S, GREENE.
Cotton Avenue.,
Opposite Prince’s Stablos'
Americus, Georgia-
LIPPMAN m, Proprietor*,
Druggists, Lippman's Block, SAVANNAH, GA.
For sale by the DAVENPORT DRUG
COMPANY, Amcricue, Ga.
W. D. Haynes & Son.
REAL ESTATE. STOCK AND BOND
Caveats, and Trade-Mark, obtained, end til Pat-
tut business conducted for Msdefalt Fees.
Our Office is Otposll. U.S. Patent Offic.,
and wc can secure patent in less time than tooss
remote from Washington.
Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip
tion. H e advise, if patentable or not, free of
charge. Our fee not doe till patent Is secured.
A Pamphlet. “How to Obtain Patents,” with
names ofactunl clients in your State, county, or
town, sent tree. Address,
C.A.SNOW&CO.
Opposite Patent Offico, Washington, D. C.
Drunkenness
w* Liquor Habit.
MMtmwtrwnueismoMa/ug
PHAIlfES GOLDEN SPECIFIC
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