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the HADLEY .STATUE. I
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» rl luim is On a Pice*.
Irwin'.on Appaal.
One of the meat remarkable cases
that I ever beard ot, or saw, said a
Jones county gentleman to us a
few days since, is a negro living on
Mr. John McCullough’s place in
the upper part of this county. Five
years ago be was as black as the
ace of spades. At that time small
white splotches began to appear on
his body which spread and enlarged
until now he is a half white man, so
far as color goes. He is in sound
health, and was never known to
have a day of si .-knees. One por
tion of his face is white and the
other black, which makes him
frightful object. The skin is not
merely of a yellowish cast, but he
is as clear and transparent as that
possessed by any Caucasian belle.
One entire arm, from the fingertips
to the shoulder, has turned while,
and it is perfectly easy to trace the
blue veins beneath the transparent
skin. He weighs 180 pbunds, and
farms on Mr. McCullough’s place.
He has been offered $100 per month
by some enterprising showmen to
go with them, but always refuses to
entertain any propositions of the
kind. “Why don’t you go with
them, Clayton?" I asked him one
day. "Die nigger ain’t no tool,
boss. Dem Yankees jist wanter
git me up dar to make! preserves
out'n me. I ain’t er gwine a step.”
and there he stays. It is certainly
a stange freak of nature.
When Did It Get There t
Fonjrlh Advertiser.
Mr. Wiley Britt, residing near
Forsyth, exhibited to us the other
day a shingle which had been riven
from near the centre of a pine tree
thirty-two inches in diameter, and
in which was imbedded a small
bullet. Actual measurement show
ed the location of the bullet to be
about thirteen inches from the cir
cumference of the tree; and by
close inspection no trace of its
penetration could be seen. How
it got there, and how long it bad
been there, this deponent sayetb
not.
Southern Beauty reigns trium
phant this year at the national
capital. At a late assembly Mrs.
Pembroke Jones, of North Caro-
linia, Miss Hampton and Miss
Keith, of South Carolinia, and
Miss Rose Winston, of Memphis,
were the acknowledged belles.
A coocking kitchen on wheels,
easily drawn by ono horse or a
mule, is the latest reported novelty.
It will cook rations of any kind
in the Held for a regiment, and
will bake, boil and stew while on
the line of march.
A solid silver balustrade, which
has stood in one of the Mexican
churches since the time of Cortex,
was torn down not long ago anu
taken to the mint and coined, pro
ducing 60,000 silver dollars.
The official residence of the
President of Venexuela is called,
in part imitation of our White
House, the "Yellow House.”
remains that limy do fail. And
that should be convincing and should
servo as a warning.
Three-quarters of tho Wall street
operators of to day are striving, not to
increase tlioir fortunes, but to get
back what they have lost. There is a
fascination about winning n few hun
dred dollars that overbalances the re
gret of losing a few thousand. A man
will lose four times running and yet go
in tho fifth time with a.1 assurance
within him that ho can win back all ho
has la. t. If ho chances to win #1,000
after he lias lost $1,<100, lie instantly
belies that ho can mako his fortune,
lie never loses that belief while ho has
$100 remaining, and when tho hundred
is broken he repairs to a bucket-shop-
having become a ghost of Wall street
firm in tho belief that on a cash capital
of $10 or $20 ho will rccu|iorato enough
to tako him back into a regular broker's
office whore he will pilo up the monoy
until he is rich aguiu. And so lie gam
bles every cont on which he can put
hands. .
Marriage In Sumatra.
[St. Louis Globe-Democrat.)
Before tho native institutions of Su
matra were suppressed by tho conquor-
lig ..uites, there woro three kinds of
innrriago in use among tho natives, one
in which tho man purchased the woman,
ono in which tho woman purchased tho
man, and ono in which the transaction
was on terms of oquality. Tho first is
easily understood and no way novel; the
second is somowhat curious. The
father of a young woman of high rank
looks around for a proper husband for
bis daughter, and generally takes him
from an inferior family. Tho young
man's relations pay a stipulated
sum for the honor ho is about to receive,
a feast is mado, and from that time “tho
good and bad of him,” a peculiar
.sumatrar. expression for the better or
worso, is vested in his now owners. Ho
is between a son and n servant; if ho
docs mischief his wifo's family pay his
fine; if ho is killed they rcceivo tho
blood-money for him, and, whnt is most
peculiar, all ho cams by his work be
comes their property, and if they got
tired of him they can send him nway
without a cent, as poor as when ho
came.
In the allinnco on terms of equality
each contributes in nil equal degree to
the common stock, and if tho marringo
proves inharmonious a separation is ef
fected and the goods nnd nil that has
been gained by tho common labor are
divided o pially between tho partios nnd
each departs to seek now amt more con
genial bonds. %.
IlritUli Cutlery In Cold Weather.
(Chicago Tribune.)
Ono fatal defect which hastened the
death-knell of British cutlory on this
side was the fact that the handles, both
ivory and horn, were not tempered to
resist climatic influence. Though far
ther nortli than Chicago, tho climate of
(•rent Britain is much milder, and be
cause of its oceanic oxposure the atmos
phere is moro humid. Knives mounted
in Sheffield and received in Chicago
wore all right till tho cold wcatbor come,
but nights of extreme frigidity proved
so disastrous to the British cutlery that
ivory, pearl, and horn hnndles would
cut up like so much corn in a hopper.
lown-town firm bad a night-watch
man who heard strango noises in the
cutlory department every night, nnd not
only believed it to bo the abode of ghosts
but actually gavo up his situation from
sheer fright. Tho stock was overhauled,
and it was found to bo damaged to tho
extent of soveral thousand dollars.
Even in showcases of retail houses, or
in any locality where they would be ex
posed to low temperature, tho handles
of th iso goods would crack beyond the
poss’bility of concealment or repair.
One Hundred Year* Old.
[Chicago Tribune.]
Tde Collego of France, at the recent
Elysiau levee in Paris, was headed by a
rival of Sir Moses Montetiore, M. Chov-
roul, dean of that body, who will be 100
years old next August Hu tills the
chair of chemistry, and is at the head of
the chemical department of the (iobe-
lius. Though he comes from a wine
country, ho is a water-drinker. Not
withstanding his ago, ho rises at 5 and
takes a long matutinal walk in all
weathers in the Jarden des i’lantes,
where ho lives and attends to his profes
sional duties, which are arduous. His
father was a doctor. Though he enjoys
the present, ho takes infinite pleasure in
thinking about the past and recalling
the images of most of the celebrated
French men and women of the century.
He dresses according to the stylo that
was in vogno in Charles X's reign, but
is too absent-minded to be neat in his
apparel. In going to the levee he forgot
to put on the white muslin neckcloth
which selves him as a cravat.
Th* Monsoon's Lightning.
[Foreign Letter.)
In the plains of India at the com
mencement of the monsoon, storms
occur in which the lightning runs like
snakes all over the sky at the rato of
three or four flashes in a second, and
the thunder rears without a break for
frequently one or two hours at a time.
Yet it is very rare that any tree or
animal is struok by the electric current.
Robert Weidensall: AU branches of
the world’s business that amount to
anything are seeking for the best men
that can be found and employing them
at whatever cost
Th* Oliost, of Wall Street.
[New York Cor. Chicago Tribune.)
Wall street is foil of ghosts of men 1
Who huvo been rich and wtac 1
vrw York, March 12.—A huge 5 0W are penniless. They march
* , * hplted with iron bands and Oo\rn to tho street every morning
jould, beitea wuu “ *“ regularly as do the millionaires, and
eavily , we '^ £’ lhP ne P nrv B in wander from ono broker s office to an-
irge work room in ibe Henry Ban- other, bending over the tape, and talk-
• rd Company’s works at NO. 237 rag all day long about tho market, and
[»rcer street yesterday afternoon, predicting its course. Once in a while
,.r,.wd of well dressed men in- they put up a bill in a bucket-shop
- ", a it curiously from a safe »»<* strut around like fighting cocks ft
pe Lhila workmen in naner th °y wereas# it to $10; but that is the
istance, while workmen I P P end, for they immediately stake tho $10
igps, who spoke and shouted in an( j ) oso it There are ex-railroad pres-
’reneb, drew hod after hod of red idents, ox-bank presidents, and ex-
ot metal through a hole in the floor fiverybodys. it is sad to sue thorn nnd
1 j poured their contents into a sadder to hear them talk; but it is tho
"1 cauldron. When it was lull old story of fortunes thrown away in
u 8 e , . , j ; hir meann gambling—for Wall street operating, as
t aas hoisted into the air by means U8Ually eon , luctcd ou b
f a crane and hung suspended gambling .-iinon pure, and you cannot
ver the mould. At the command mako anything olso of it. Ninoto -n out
0 ..] c t her go,” given in French, of twenty of tho men who engago in it
Ithc seething metal ran sputtering leave money. They always have some
and emitting green dimes into the - explanation of why they tail, but
mould. The on lookers held their ' - Iact
breath for a moment. Then a cheer
rent the air and the foreman shook
hands with Robert Cushing, the
sculptor, who bad watched the pro
ceedings anxiously. “It is all
right," he said. The first attempt
bad been made to cast a colossal
statue requiring four thousand
pounds of bronze In a single piece,
and it had been successtul. To
morrow, when it has cooled off
sufficiently, the mould will be
broken and the casting disclosed
The statue represents Colonel Wil
liarn M. Wadley, the late president
of the Georgia Central railroad
and the Vanderbilt of the South
iu heroic size, standing with a scroll
bearing a map of his railroad sys
•cm. It was paid for by subscrip
tions of the employes of bis road
and will be set up at the intersec
ticn of the principal streets In
Macon, Ga. No attempt has ever
before been made to cast so large
a statue in a single mould, and the
wsrk was watched with interest by
a number of artists and profes.
siorral men. Robert Cushing mod
eled the statue. It has taken the
company four months to prepare
the mould, which contains 1,400
pieces.
” A C’ALI'jo SEURO,
. If Tou Want
APPRECIATING THESE TWO LAMENTABLE FACTS,
L.B.B0SW0RTH
-18 OFFERING THE-
OF ALL KINDS, GOTO
DRUG STORE I
THEY HANDLE SEEDS FROM
Largest and Finest Stock of Grecerie;
IN AMERICUS,
AT TI1T1 VJJR.T LOWEST
Spot Cash. Prices !
FOR THE MONEY. III8 STOCK COMPRISES THE
BEST BRANDS FLOUR,
SUGARS. TEAS, COFFEE. SPICES, DRIED FRUITS, CHEESE. -
AND THE USUAL STANDARD GROCERS. WITH
A POSITIVELP FINE LINE OF
Canned Goods!
WHICH ARE OF FULL WEIGHT AND THE BEST QUALITY.
IIE ALSO KEEPS
TURNIPS, CABBAGES, POTATOES,
AND OTHER VEGETABLES IN THEIR SEASON.
BBAN AND MEAL
AT LOWEST PRICES. HE WOULD ALSO CALL ATTENTION
TO HIS STOCK OF
Which are perfectly pure and
fresh Remember that they
make a specialty of Seeds and
handle only the best. It is
cheaper to buy good seeds at
first, for then you will not be
disappointed or lose your time
and labor.
J. A. &D.F. DAVENPORT,
LAMAR STREET,
GATE CITY STONE FILTER I
and Beer,
WHICH ARE OF THE BEST QUALITY AND PARTICULARLY
ADAPTED TO FAMILY USE.
jJ^ir'Give him a call, examine his goods and prices. You
wilTfind him on
JACKSON STREET, ONE DOOR EAST OF POST OFFICE,
AMEBICTTS, CA.
March 7. 1885. yl
PURE WATER, HEALTH* LIFE I
MCBRIDE & CO, Atlanta,
Sole Owixora.
McBRIDE A CO . Atlanta, Southern Agt
Seth Thoms* Clocks.
Sol* Agent* Lambeth’s Fly Fans, and
Dealer* in
Crockery, China, Cattery, Silverware,
No Horn Eye-IHasses
VVcak
More
Eyes!
MITCHELL’S
EYE-SALVE!
▲ Certain, Safe •») Effect Ire Remedy for
Sore, Ml Inflamed yes,
Prod trim n Lotto-Stahted urea. and Jle-
eferfuy the of the hid,
CUR US TEAR OliOl'S, GRANULATION,
KTYLE TUtfOKS. UKl» EYES. MATrED
RYE LA8rtKH, AM* I'KODIJCINO OUlCK
RELIEF AXD PERMANENT CLUE.
Alan, equally •fllcxcloM vrhwt need In other
malfrliee, inch m Uleer*. Fen r Hoiea, Turner*
Belt It beam. Bum*, File*, or whateecr InfliitMR.
tlo* exUU, MITCHELL'S HALVE m*r be a»ed
to idviiiiur.
8old ty *11 Erufgirt* «t 35 cent*.
fcblS-tm
Jas. Pricker & Bro.
JEWELERS,
Savannah, Florida* Wfstorn
HATT iWAT.
liLrfdira'iim^ 1nnl b r CfMml (00)
Alena Ian time, which 1a 86 minutes slower th-u*
Savannah time.)
Superintendent'* Odlee, l
n*A» iL
Sumsge'.Tnlnaw Hilt road will run ,.tot
ATLANTIC COAST LINK KXPREB&
Leare H*$snn*b dally <i«. n
Airlre at Rtvantiab dally *t 7 40nm
ArrWe.tJeaupdally I J,oSS
Arrhre *t Wavcro**daily at * Oiilm
Arrive at Callahan dally at **n SJS
Anive at Jacksonville dally at ..ff » p aa
artJiiSinrtE"^ 8,nmh
FAST MAIL.
leave Savannah drily at. 101 • m
Arrive ntSnr.nniili dally*! , ’ Slfnm
ArriveMJewpd*ll,JC.“ .;;: JJig®
Arrtieat W./erowdailyet fljonnl
Arri ve *t Callahan daily nt i ,| a * m
Arrive m Jack* n v11N■ drily n t 12 00 m
Arrive u I runout d..ll/«t.f ...".11 li.m
Arrive *» vjdo.udniiy *i.:;;:::::;::::j2oeJS
Arrive at Ouinnnn dnilv *r. 1040pm
Arrive at Tl oms-viUo daily *1 “..ISO Em
Arrive at Biinbridne dally at 8 X* p m
Arriv* *t Chattahoochee dally at 3 53 p in
Stop,only »t,t.tlon« named above and at all
•tnlion, between Thonuuville a-d Chntlnbnoefcee
tor Bniniwlck take thia train, tr-
IldSp ra. B, “" ,wlck <”* & * W. Hallway) at
Fernandln*, Wald*, Ocala, Lee*.
K»r "ad all tutiona on
&£ ima“ ” Jr ‘ Di N ‘ T ‘* ,Uoa Company taka
n.yiiT^r- ^""yetton* «t .Taclconrille drily for
® M” 1 *! 8 b Atturifa#, i'a’atka, En-
terprUe, Sanford ind,iU landing on St. Jobn'e
Pimnpn fur Panaaeota, Mobile, New Orleaar.
Tjririlli 0 point, take tbU train!
Arrirlnaat PenaaeuUat 1006p m„MobU* J4*a
nkNew Orlean* at 7 4S a m.
NewOrfii!®**** Waycrom to
CHARLESTON EXPRESS,
Lear, Savannah drily at. ..13* p at
ifril! »*!•»*"“'> ■MUly a 1 to p m
Arrive.tJ«np<laly nt 331am
AiTlra at Jackaontillvdaily *$. ....600 p m
b ‘ ,wm ‘ 8 * v * nn,l ‘
Pallmui parlor car. Sannaab to JaekaoaTtllo.
JESCPEXrRESS.
&Seaa^^:::r:::::45SS
*2 Te 11 d*Uy at. oup m
ALBANY EXPRESS.
Leave Savannah dally aL 7 90 p m
Arrive at Savannah dally at 6 Iff a m
Arrive at Jeeup daily at 9 56 n m
Arrive at Rayen-aa daily at. U 86 p m
Arrive at Callahan daily at 4 45 a m
Arrive at Jacksonville dally a* 615 a nk
Arrive at I)u, out dally at 1 VO a m
Airlv* at Live Oak dally at. 8 47 a m
at OalneevjlIe dNtly at 7 00 a ra
Arrive at ValdonU dai'y at 8 80 a m
Arrive at tytftman dally at 4 80 a m
Arrive at *1 botnasvllle dally aL 6 00 a m
A pK? §t A,b * n y 1010 a m
QnIne*vfile • lee P ,n * Mr « Bavanaah to
I'ullmnn buffet and sleeplnf cart Bavanaah to
Jacksonville.
Paa enters for Bruns wick rlr. Jeeup take thl
train, arr.vlnjr at Brunswick at 616 a m.
Paaaeiiuera from Fe nandina, Oni? eavllle, Cedar
'TvOcila. W!Id wood, faecuburs and all station*
'2? t* Navlaatfon Company and
Flwlda Southern Railway take u>la irMluT
P*aoettuem for Mndlaun, Monticello. TaUahaa-
ie and all Middle Florida points take this train.
Connections at Jacksonville dally with People's
Line Steamers and Railroads for IH. John's river.
Tbroavh ticket* sold and rleepiaf ear berth ac*
epmmodatio'M secured at Bren’a Ticket Offlce,
No. 22 Boil street, and at the Comjany’a Depot,
loot of Liberty street. JAS. L. TA $1 OR,
n a, m Otn’l Pass. Afent.
R. O. FLEMING. Oen'l 8up t.
AND DEALERS IN
PIANOS
Barlow Block,
ORGANS,
TENTS, pgtgy
Offlce, end have prvp.tr
Americus, Ga.
We desire to cell the attention ot tb* publio to the bet that we have at last go
Milled in onr new (tore on the PUBLIO SQUARE and have on hand a large and
handsome etook of every thing in our Une. Our etook oonsiet* pertly of)
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, of All Kinds 1
SOLID SILVER AND PLATED WARE,
TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY,
GOLD PEN8, PENCILS AND TOOTHPICKS,
WALKING CANES, OPERA GLASSES,
GOLD AND AND SILVER THIMBLES, ETC.
Ws ore Headquarters for
Spectacles and Eye-Glasses!
Can suit any and every one in Gold, 811v*r, Steel, Bronze, Zylonite. Celluloid or
Rubber Frames. We are Sol* Agents for KING'S CELEBRATED PATENT COM
BINATION SPECTACLES—the beet in the world. We sell the
Davis and Williams Singer Sewing Machines!
and have constantly on hand Needles, Oils, Attachments and Part* for all Machines.
Ws have tbs beet equipped ebop^for the
Repair of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
In this section of tne State. We employ none but firat-class workmen and guarantee
all onr work.
Dr. W. P. BURT,
DENTIST
Amorlouo, On.
F OM and altar thl. data I wtl! not work '«r ,
Ul on* rarap’. fat CASH, or a«w|it*bl* ,
pap.r which will ramauad w».K> at th* bank. I I
do food workatnamaablaiinvc-, «*l In nuara |
PIANO AND ORGAN DEPARTMENT.
This branch of onr business is steadily increasing and all we ask is that parties
wbe expect to bay a Piano or Organ will cell and examine onr stock and get onr
prices before they boy. If wa eannot do a* well or better for yon than yon can do
for yonrselvee we do not oak your patronage. The foot that we have sola Pianos and
Organs to dozens of th* best business men in Americas shows plainly that we eell as
low aa any on*, and wben yon bny from ns yon bav* no freight to pay and save tb*
trouble of unboxing the instrument, aa w* place it in your bones and Rive yon s
FIVE YEAR'S guarantee. We also have on band a Urge stock of smell Musical In
struments, consisting of Violins, Gaiters, Banjos, Tambourine., Acoordsona and
Harmonics*, and also keep Strings of tba very best quality. Violin Bows, Tell places,
Bridges, Rosin and ail kind of Musical Instrument Trimmings.
The Office of the Southern Express Company
is in onr store and theirJAgent, Mr.’S. O. COOPER u in onr employ as Book-keepei
and Salesman and will ba glad to serve all who are needing anything in onr line.
*7f7Y BOR fTnc nti’.t eovlltf
CALL AND SEE US D? OUR *F,W STORE!
JAS. FRICKER & BRO
P*r#dat«hort notic* and on reasonable Urm<.
gan ™
TDK SIMM OF LIFE. ONLY $1
I 'M .HYSELFis
A Great Medical Work on Manhood.
Kxhauted VIUHty, Kcrrons and Phjnderi 'Da.
bllltjr Premature lleclinn In man. Krrora of
Tonte, and lb* untold mlwrleafraanliliiz from in-
diicrealon or ncane. A book tor evarv man
yonaa; rntddla are nnd old. It contain. IS pro.
icription. for nil scot* and cbmtuc dbaain, each
ona of which la lnralumbls. Sotonnd bv tin au
thor, whom rsntrience for M rear. I* inch aa
probably nerer before Ml to the lot of any nhyit-
rian. ISO papas hound la brantunl Ftenah mods,
emboasad rorsrs, fun flit, znatantsed to baa datr
WO* In every t-anae—inrcbanicnl, Hlrnuy and
profeuional—than any other work raid Is thia
eonntry lor (I^o, or ihs mousy will ba ra funded
In ayary fnataaea. Prlc* only tl by mail, past
paid, fllnalntive sample 4 costs. Srsd sow.
Gold modal swarded ib* author by th* National
Medical Amodulon, to th* offlce ra of .wttlcbfho
Tho8dcBcoofLifflahosMhor**dbvtha'yonz
for Isdroctiow, and by the afflicted for rrllik U
nrffl basest alL—Londoo (snoot.
There Is ao mamba* of aoottiy to whom Ike
Salases of Ufewfll not ba saafnl, whether youth,
parent, faardlan, laatrnctor or dtrtynua.—Ar»
Sonant,
Address the Peahody Medical lastttata, *r Dr.
Ifaaa, who may bo aonaaltad on t
qnirtuff skill asd cxpcticsce. Chronic nnd ooatl-
t.ala ducaaaa that hara baffled tbeUITA I skill
of all other phyaiciaaa a apociriCALrity
Such treated tudorfillrallLTUVOCI C
out an IniUnca of tali arc. I H YOLLP
Mtntlon this paper. nor 19ml
H. T. FRETWELt, ED. BMITO.
Fretwell & Smith,
Maaafactcrera lad Repairer* of
Buggies and Wagons
FROM CHEAPEST TO BEST.
CaU and See us at our Dew Stand {
BACK OF WATTS’ STORE.
REPAIRING OF ALL KIND A SPECI
ALTY. ALL WORK WAR
RANTED.
rcltfmS FRETWKLL A SMITH.
CONSUMPTION.
I hfflvu A poKitWo rwinetly
■ th- UaAtl-lSOf«f
■uodtaebavabewn
tnltsefflcRcr." - 1
t«*jr*th*r with
1
• wurti bird and •( long
-ld*.|. roet ton*lorn* faith
d TWO BOTTLKS FR11,
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