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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. 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