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THE AMEBICPS DAILY TIME8-REC0RDER: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1891.
WAHTEDr
999 Gentlemen, Ladies, Boys, Girls and Babies
of all ages.
To call at our elegant new store, 414 Jackson street, corner under new
Hotel, and take advantage of the low prices we offer on reliable
Footwear for the next thirty days. We extend a cordial welcome
to all whether you buy or not.
Bemember the Place:
414 JACKSON STREET.
WILLIFORD. MATTHEWS & CO
QUAIL IN CAPTIVITY.
YOUNG BIROS HATCHED AND RAI6ED
IN PHILADELPHIA.
Oh Man B» Evidently Dlacovered a
Method of Fssdlnf Infant Quail So aa
to Bring Them to Maturity—,low He
Manage.—III. rood la a Secret.
■ It is a fact well known to naturalists
that animals are much easier to tame
than birds. That is to say, mammalia
are more tit to undergo the conditions of
captivity than the winged and feathered
tribes. The result is that the habits of
many of the most common and interest
ing birds are practically unknown. The
reason is that the bird requires more
freedom and air than four footed crea
tures.
Among the birds which are rarely seen
in captivity, although the species is ex
tremely common, is the quail, the popu
lar American Bob White. Although
frequent attempts have been made to
raise them a6 other poultry, they have
generally been unsuccessful, flame pre
servers have kept quail nmU r ihe most
favorable conditions, and have iaduc-d
the wary birds to lay eggs and I o hatch
their yonng, but they can mo more.
When once hatched, the chicks die. The
conclusion, therefore, lias been reached
that the feeding of qnail is not properly
understood.
These facts being generally recognized,
it may bo a matter of surprise to many
to leant that a Philadelphian has for the
past three years Iteett successful in hatch
ing ont and raising quail. Most men
have their hobbies, and the rearing of
qnail ia Mr. Harry Rudolph's jiet amuse
ment. It is aticb an original hobby that
it may well be asked how he acquired
such uu idea. Mr. Rudolph is u thor
ough sportsman, and. to quote his own
words, “would rather gun than eat.”
Qnail and pheasant shooting is his de
light, and he confesses that he always
had a fancy for the game little Bob
White. About three years ago lie was
given a brace of live qnail wliilo gun
ning at Newkirk station, in New Jersey.
These were the nucleus of his present
stock. He bronght them to his home,
and fitted np a cage for them in his little
hack lot.
HOW HE STARTED.
He gradually acquired a few other
birds, which paired off and commenced
to lay and hatch eggs during the sum
mer. The small ones were successfully
hatched out, but died very shortly after.
Mr. Rudolph determined to discover the
cause of their early demise, and, know
ing it most lie lack of proper food, de
termined to watch the hubite of the old
er birds and experiment npon them with
varieties of grain and insect food.
In spite of the amusement of his
friends, who considered bis attempt im-
possible, Mr. Rudolph set to work in
earnest to raise quail, and, after numer
ous failures, was able, in hU second year,
to successfully hatch and raise a brood
of qnail. He had bit npon the right
method of feeding them, and the yonng
birds were oa strong and healthy os if born
under natural conditions. Since then
he reckons that 05 per cent, of his yonng
birds have been successfully brought to
maturity. As statistics show that hard
ly SO per cent of wild gome birds attain
their fall size, owing to the nnmber of
their natural foes, stich as hawks and
vermin, this is an extremely good rec
ord.
In a small yard, scarcely twenty feet
square, Mr. Rudolph keeps his pets.
The inclosure is shat in on three sides
by a wooden fence, and on the fourth by
the rear wall of the house. Around the
borders are beds of geranium and small
shrubs. In the center is a patch of
grass, witli a tall plant in the middle.
On one side of tho lot are the cages, in
which three brace are paired off in sep
arate coops.
RAISING Qt?All-
In tho fourtii cage is a lonely and dis
consolate hen, while ruuning loose about
the yard are two cocks and a hen with
three chicks. The latter are a remark
able brood. They were hatched, with
five others, on the 8th of July, whioh is
nearly one month ahead of the breeding
season. The defunct ones were killed by
the inclement weather or some other
cause common to Infant qnail, bnt the
survivors remain perfectly healthy.
When the next brood is born, the
chicks loose In the yard, together with
the parent birds, will be shat npto make
room for the uewoomera. Owing to the
extreme pugnacity of the cocks it is im
possible to let more than one pair iooae
at a time, or the Una of the birds would
bo endangered. The pairing off of two
cocks with one ban, although rare, is oc
casionally found. Tba two mala birds
who champion the little inotbw hen live
in peace and harmony, and both work
together at making the neats and take
their torn in sitting on the eggs.
The principal food which Mr. Rudolph
gives to his pets is grain; grasshoppers
also form part of their dietary. Bnt the
secret by which be mauages to raise the
yonng Mr. Rudolph refuses to reveaL
He says that it is something natural to
the birds in wild life, bnt beyond that
he will not commit himself. The qnail
are very fond of hempseed, bnt they get
so fat on It that its value as wholesome
food is very small. It wonld soon kill
them off. It ia nsefnl, however, in feed
ing hens which have been sitting in or
der to bring them back to their proper
condition.—Philadelphia Ledger.
The Emperor as sa After Dinner Speaker.
As an after dinner speaker the em
peror has no superior in Germany. He
speaks readily without notes, expresses
himself with rigor, never descends to
conventional commonplaces, and, above
all, gives the very best assurance that
his worde are not prepared for him. I
have heard conspicuous speakers in Eng
land and in onr own country, nnd, if
comparisons are not in this case invidi
ous, 1 should say that the German em
peror need not fear to meet such an au
dience ns even a New England society
dinner assembles. One of the prettiest
speeches 1 have listened to was delivered
by the emperor in answering the toast to
his wife in the province where she was
bora. It was during the great combined
naval and military maneuvers of 1800, at
which the United States was represented
by Commander Ward, and Great Britain
by Admiral Hornby.
The emperor's words were: “I desire
to express to you, my dearest sir, the
gratitude felt by the empress nnd myself
for thp hind words we have just heard.
At the same time onr thunks to the
Whole for I la- day we have passed and
for the lei epnnn which the province has
prepared Tea n» This day »'a-. Iu-w
ever, uof needed In order to assure i:s j
of the warm friendship we have found
here.
The bond that unites me to this prov-
THE MOUNTED POLICE.
A Talk with One of the tad) Wlio Look
After Evildoer* In Canada*. Northwest.
If a squad of the Canadian mounted
police were suddenly to appear on Broad
way in their gandy uniforms they wonld
make quite a sensation. These strap
ping fellows are scattered all over the
Canadian northwest in barracks at the
principal settlements. They nnmber a
thousand, are splendidly mounted and
are quite a feature in the life of the
northwest territories; Half a dozen of
them may always be seen at the more
important stations on the line of the
Canadian Pacific railroad, where they
form quite an attraction for tourists, un
til they cease to be a novelty.
Their uniform is one of the gaudiest
ever donned by a police force. On their
heads they wear a black flat cap mneb
like a skull cap, with a broad yellow
border, and a leather strap fastened to
its sides and resting on their chins.
Their jackets are a bright red. with a
profusion of gilt bnttons. nnd their trou
sers nre black, with broad yellow side j
stripes. They always wear spurs and
generally a Mt full of cartridges, and i
make quite a -trikingupjie,-trance.
•Our I . • l- not such a very easy one,"
May Interest Yon.
I have accepted • managing position
at the home office of the New York Auc
tion Clothing Company and will remove
to New York aa soon as I can dispose of
my real estate here. I have several
houses and lots that I am anxious to sell
at prices satisfactory to the purchaser,
and on terms that cannot help but
pleaso.
I offer the houses at a nominal pay
ment down, the balance 83.00 per week
until paid for, and the vacant lots at
one dollar per week with 8 per cent. In
terest. The property is in one of the
best neighborhoods In the city, and this
offer should command the immediate
attention of Intending purchasers.
Respectfully,
27scp-lm 8. M. Cohen.
H. E. Pratt has removed from 505
Jackson to 610 Cotton avenue, opposite
Harrold A Johnson’s, where he is better
prepared than ever to do all kinds of re
pairing of furniture. septn dtf
AAMnitIMJS IIALI.K.
P. P r. stimulates I lie appetite nnd
Us the process of assimilation, cures
nervous troubles anti invigorates and
strengthens every otgan >.t tbe hotly.
Nervous prosttaiion is also cured by the
great and posellill P. P. P. Its eifevta
are permanent am! lasting.
ince ami chain., me to her in a manner | gootl deal uf barrHcl: work to perform. I
and every little while wo are sent on a
said one nl ihem the other tiny. “To be
sure we il l not drill much, except in the 1 “The road to fortune la through piint-
•arly part of onr service, but we have n ers’ ink.—P. T. Ilarniim.
Applying at llraclqusrters.
"I understand that yon have been at
tending the lectures on ‘First Aid to the
Injured,' Miss Rosalie," said the young
man.
"Yes,” answered the sweet girt.
“Can—can yon tell me,” whispered
tbe youth, drawing a little nearer, “what
yon wonld do for a bro—broken heart?"
—New York Troth.
“I say, bid fellow, here are tbe five
all about it" - ^ , < . .. ,
m’XXiSss&SSLsi
555k
different from all others of my empire
the jewel that sparkles at my sale, her
majesty the empress. Sprung from this
soil, the type of the various virtues of a
German princess, it is To her that 1 owe
it if I am able to meet the severe labors
of lay office with a happy spirit and
make head against them."
The words of the etiqieror were unex
pected, and to no one more so than to
Ills wife, whose face beamed with happi
ness at the compliment she so publicly
received Nor 'lid any etie who listened
to the sjteaker at that dinner think to
question the spontaneity and honesty of
the language. — Poultney Bigelow in
Century. .
Two Ilemttrkabla Marriages.
Among the romances of the last cen
tury is handed down one of a certain
nobleman who was making ready for bis
wedding ceremony with the Indy of his
choice when he learned from a frighten
ed messenger that the lady bail elojied
with another lover. Not ut nil discon
certed. he coolly continued his toilet,
and when it was completed he asked his
housekeeper which one of his servants
was without tbnt excellent thiug in life
—a lover. Learning that the kitchen
maid was the only one, he sent for her.
bade her don her Sunday frock, per-
snaded her to accompany him to the
the chnrch at the time appointed for
his wedding, and brought the simple
country maiden back a peeress of the
realm.
The marriage tamed ont very hap
pily, like the more recent tnuriage of an
English gentleman in New York, who
fonnd a yonng emigrant girl of his own
nationality who hod missed her friends
and was alone in the street. He asked her
after a few moments' conversation if she
had come to America to find • husband,
and when she answered coyly in the af
firmative he took her to the nearest
chnrch, and they were wedded, and are,
according to the latest reports, happy
together.—New York Sun.
lumt after hon:e thieves or other crimi
nals. or down numb to the Indian reser
vation to settle come little trouble among
the Indians."
"Do yon wear this uniform when yon
nre chasing horse thieves?" the police
man wr.s asked. “Your red jackets
must advertise your presence on these
flat prairies ns far as the eye can reach.
“Oh. no." lie replied. "When wo are
off on a limit for criminals, we dress en
tirel v in black. Sometimes we are gone
for two or three weeks on this service.
Occasionally we take a week's rations
with us. but we do not like to burden
onrselves on a rapid march with heavy
haversacks, nnd when [sissible we rely
for food upon any settlements which lie
in the direction we are taking. As a
rule, we are successful in catching crim
inals, even when they have some days
the start of us. On these great plains
they cannot conceal themselves aa they
might iu timbered countries, and, more
over, they find it necessary to visit some
settlement or ranch for food, and if they
appear at any town the telegraph is quite
sure to put us on their track.”
The pay of the Canadian mounted po
lice is thirty dollars a month and found.
They first enlist for a period of five
years, nnd the government is glad to re
enlist them for three years longer at ad
vanced pay. Some of the northwestern
territories nre very nnxioos to become
provinces, bnt even when this change in
their form of government takes place it
is probable that the system of mounted
police will he continued for many years
yet The territory they police is enor
mous, and so long na it is thinly settled
no other means of preserving tbe peace
and bringing criminals to justice Is
likely to prove so economical and ef
fective.
Many of them ro-enlist at tbe end of
their term of service. They are all tall,
well developed fellows and fine speci
mens of manly health and vigor. Moat
of them like their way of living und are
particularly prond of their horsemanship
and of tbe fine animals provided for
them.—New York Sun.
lit-Witt's Sarsapiitiliit destroys such
I'l'ismis as s nifiilH. skin disease, ecze
ma, rliPtimatRm. lie liim-ly use saves
ninny lives. Fur sale In U,. Dav. njjurt
Drug Ciiinpaii).
Latest designs in Wati-tus. Large
stuck, all kinds,
James Fkickkk & lino.
Notice to Advertiser!.
Copy for ohange of advertisement
must be handed in at this office before
12 o’clock on day before publication.
This applies to all and will be enforced.
Times Puiilishing n -6,
July 28.1801, tf.
A Men Who Palms Things.
Two gentlemen shook hands in the
street a day or two ago, and ns they un
clasped their hands n small wad of pa
per fell to the-'side walk. “What is this?"
said one of the men. stooping to pick up
the wad. “Oh, tbnt is my five dollar bill,"
sold the other man. "1 made a ball of
it and palmed it when 1 left the home
in order that I wonld not forget to stop
in ut my grocer's and pay a hill. But 1 I ... —— ; . ,, ,
forgot nil nliont the confounded thing." I Me are exact in counting tho tribula-
"Do you mean to say that you have l Hons which afllict us; aro wo equally ex-
carried that wad iu the pului of your actin counting the sins which drew them
hand for an hour or two without reuliz- upon us?
ing that it was there?" |
‘‘Certainly: I frequently carry small
articles in the palm of my hand for sev
eral hours. They never fall out. and
they don't bother me. 1 learned tbe
trick of palming when 1 was a boy, aud
I have practiced it ever since. I can
palm half a dozen coins at the some
time and retain them concealed in my
hand all day if 1 wuut to
“I can eat my dinner, smoke a cigar,
read a paper, and do almost everything,
except (hake hands, without disturbing
the palmed ooina. I find tbe palming
knock very useful sometimes, particu
larly when I want to conceal any small
artlsls temporarily. *—Now-York Times.
GAMHKINUH HAI.l.K
P. 1*. P. cures si-rofuls, sail rheum
and all humors, djspo|t-iu. sick head*
uvlie, biliousness. It cures that iired
feeling, creates an appetite, strengthens
the nerves aud builds up the nliulo sys
tem. P. P. P. is unrivalled, and since
its introduction has cured more cases of
blood disease than all tbe other blood
purifiers put together
For your toilet, powders, toilet creams,
and in lact all toilet preparations, call
at Dn ki.DiunoK’
Tho knowledge of one's defects Is the
more bonutlful, inasmuch as it is not the
most necessary of sciences alone, but tbe
most rare also.
The True Way
TO BID THE HUMAN BODY OP
The Poison of Disease
IS TO FOBCB IT OUT THROUGH THE SKIN.
SWIFTSSPECIFIC
tlwayi does this effectually. It treats the
disease instead of the symptoms, and re
moves the cause, thereby making a core.
Mrs. & t. Rowxu, No. 11 Qalocj 8t, Medford,
Hus, mjs that her Bother hit been cared of
8crofnls.tr the us of four bottles of SL B. SL,
after haring had such other treatment, end being
reduced to quite alow eeodltkm of health, u it ms
thought iba could not lire.
Treatise oa Bood and Skin Disuse* millod free.
SWOT SPECIFIC CO.,
Drawer 3. Atlanta, Go.
Why lee Fleets.
Did yon ever wonder why it is that
ice, being formed of congealed water,
floats? And why. oa some still lakes, R
begins to form at tbe bottom before it
does oa the surface? Scientists explain
these enigmas this wise: Ice is specifical
ly lighter than water just about to
freese, aud therefore floats In it This
is one reason why the formation of Ice
usually begins at tbe surface.
Another is its peculiar law of expan
sion. The general law is that cold in
duces expansion; this law holds good
with water only to a certain point
When water has cooled down to within
7.4 degs. of freexing it ceases to contract
as before with increase of cold and be
gins to expand till It freezes.
This expansion causes the colder por
tions of the water to rise to the surface.
The formation of “ground ice” or
anchor ice,” os it is sometimes called,
is the only exception to the rule given
above.—St Louis Republic.
it, to kerp them with us still,
lAivlng hearts send up the cry.
wife ami mother, O, how ileur.
Fading like a mist away.
Fatbur, let na keep them here.
Tearfully to Und we pray.
Many a wife and mother, who seems
doomed to die because she suffen. from
diseases peculiar to women, which saps
her life away like a vampire aud baffles
the skill of tbe family physician, can be
saved by employing the proper remedy.
This remedy is Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription, tbe greatest boon over con
ferred by man on weak, raftering, de
spairing women. It ia • specific for all
phases of female weakness, no matter
wbat their name.
n* Weighr4 045 Pounds.
A very few old Philadelphians who
were rammer visitors to Milford, Pike
county, fifty year* ago. remember Lewie
Cornelius, who kept the old Sawkill
House, and well they may, for he was
one of the big men of Pike and of Penn
sylvania, perhaps tba biggest of his time
or any time. He weighed, without
—^* - neaSted 6 feat is
a around the waist,
the waist and
Moo. He died
to Mil —Philadelphia
Never to tire, never to grow cold, to
be patient, sympathetic, tender, to look
for the budding flower and tbe opening
heart, to hope always, to love alwayi
this Is duty.
A Mon Thermometer.
Lean men make the best thermome
ters. Fahrenheit never Invented better
ones. If tho weather is warm and sun
ny they are cheerful. If cold and frosty
tuey are Irritable and snappy. If damp
cloudy tboy are downcast and
gloomy. But if either lean or fat men
aro suffering from biliousness, head
ache, constipation or indigestion, the
weather will always bo damp and cloudy
In their locality, unless they use Dr.
Pierces’ Pleasant Pellets. These pellets
are small, sugar coated granules, calcu
lated to start tbe liver and digestive or
gans Into healthy activity, ana thereby
raise low spirits, and dispel gloom.
GAHBKINU8 IIALLK.
For Sola.
A valuable piece of truek farming
property can be had by applying to
■cp23-tf -The Bank of Sumter.
Talkativeness has another plague at
tached to it, even curioolty; for praters
with to bear much In order to have much
to say.
. People with Impure blood may bo said
to exist, not live. Life Ir robbed of
half its joys whgp tb* blood D loaded
with impurities and dleeaee. Correct
this condition with DeWItfs San
rills, it is reliable. For sale by
Davenport Drug Company.
The Next Attraction!
The Word's Greatest Magician,
HERRMANN,
Prince of Prestidigitateurs
King of Illusionists!
Emperor of Magic!
Aided by
Mme. Herrmann
Direct from hie Cozy Pslsce of Amuse
ment at New York. Assisted by
ABDUL KAHN,
Presenting Hie Most Brilliant and Be
wildering of ell Entertainments,
Including the Latest Puz
zling Sensation,
STROBEIKA AND BLACK ART!
This Is bis First and Only Appearance
in this Section of the Country In Seven
Years.
MONDAY. OCT. 19.
DIAMONDS.
I have just returned from New York and other northern and east
ern points, where I purchased the largest nnd most varied stock in
our lino ever.brought to Southwest Georgia, consisting in part of
Diamonds, Watches, Clocks.
Bronzes, Japanese Goods,
Jewelry of all kinds, Solid silver and plated
ware. Latent style Canes, and Novelties,
which we have not space to mention.
These goods ore nrrivjng daily, nnd nre being opened os fast as
we can arrange space to display them. We'cordially invite every one
to call and inspect our beautiful stock, aud be sure to keep watch of
our show windows. Bemember too that we carry the largest stock of
Pianos and Organs to be found in this part of the state.
0. A. FRICKER,
PRESIDENT OF
JAMES FRICKER & BRO.
409IJackson St. AMERICTJS, ga.
REAL ESTATE
BusinessfProperty,
Residence Property,
Vacant Property,
Suburban Property,
Small IFarms,
Large Farms.
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^ APPLY [QUICK.
ifERREL CALLAWAY,
ONE CENT A WORD COLUMN.
o
NK copy each of Harper’* M»n*lneof
Ik comber, 1888, May, 180. March. 1880.
J, PSO. “— “—
pt 24-lf
Lime, Cement, Brick,
Plaster Paris. Hair, Laths.
|For sals tor cash by
A. J. H A M I L ,
m arp»tmj1m , l ,1Q *’ N * W HwnU Building.
Taken Up.
pmtodSOWy wltowiuu^i
The PHARMACY,
Cor. Cotton Ave. and Forsyth St.
I carry as lino and varied a stock of
Drugs, Chemicals,
Standard Patent Medicines,
and Imported Toilet Goods
as can be found, I am not under enormous expenses and can sell you goods rad
fill your
PRESCRIPTIONS
at reasonable rates. Give me a call and save money.
W. 0. RUSSELL, Proprietor.
H. D
#
WATTS,
Wholesale and Retail Groceries
Has come to the front a
Watts Building, 1
sin, and can be found on the corner,
r ith on elegant lino of fresli
Groceries Confectioneries,
which he will sell at rock bottom prices. Country merchants
will find it to their interest to coll and see him when
needing anything in liis line.
WHISKIES & BRANDIES
and plenty of Jugs in the rear, which will be shipped to any
part of the United States and Georgia.
SEND HIM YOUR ORDERS.
SeptlBdAw ,
T. M. Allen.
E. Taylor.
BEAL ESTATE.
To Quick Purchasers, Two
T. E. Allen-
In small farms. Part Cash. Good terms.
V&oolxj Several