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The Covington Star
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Covington, Georgia, November 16
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//' Fom Jre Thinking
of Refurnishing Your Home
Remember that we are headquarters for House
ing Goods of every description, from the smallest
tide up to the largest—all of the reliable
sort—at
lowest prices.
\\ e are handling a much high er grade of goods
than we have in the past, and see no reason why
should fail to suit you in our line.
See us before buying— no trouble to show goods.
W* LEE & CO.*
SOUTH-EAST CORNER PUBLIC SQUARE,
COVINGTON, GA.
Juewis Freeland,
Near Georgia Railroad Depot
General Wood and Repair Shop,
COVINGTON, GA.
I am better prepared to do work in my line than ever
before, at prices very reasonable. 1 make a specialty of re¬
pairing Buggies and Wagons, and guarantee every piece of
work that leaves my shop, None but the very best of mate
rial used. 1 have in connection a Blacksmith Shop which is
charge of one of the best smiths in this section. Try me.
1 IE COVINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
FALL SESSION
Monday, September 6, 1897.
DEFARTMFHMT’S :
Giammar School—Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Grades. i
High School—First, Second, Third, and Fourth Grades.
CORPS OK TEACHERS:
W. C. WRIGHT. ) All High School Grades and 8th Grammar School
MISS LEILA WALKER ,) Grade; Elocution, French and Greek, specials, but
ittiout extra charge.
MRS. E. V- SPENCER—Fifth, Six and Seventh Gradea.
MISSC. V. GLANTON—Third and Fourth Grades.
First and Second Grades—Teacher to be supplied.
MISS MARGARET E. BRIGHT, Teacher of Music.
Calisthenics taught in all the grades. design o!
\ The school building is a magnificent brick structure of the latest
ieorgia’s best architect. The building is equipped with the best furniture, also
ilnekhoarda in all available space, six large windows to each room, leek tvn
famson system of healing and ventilating.
Tuition in Primary, Intermediate and Grammar School Departments is Free to
residents between the ages of six and eighteen years. Non-residents pa)
per month. Tuition iu High School Department is >2.00 per month to res
and non-residents.
Music per month, $3 50.
W. C. WRIGHT, Superintendent.
D ON’T ON’T WAIT Lose Any ! Time.
-N all and in re
erre one, come see me
I gard to your Fall and Winter Clothing.
- M / the
. Now is the time. My prices are man
ufacturers’ prices, therefore, you can get
i clothing cheaper from me than anywhere
else. I am a professional tailor and cut
ter, having been engaged 1 m this line
1 N r \ business from of the childhood. best and largest Have
for some
m establishments in New York and
Remember I
guarantee to fit mH
. . every body in
i 7
all American
Fashions. Only
itst-class goods sold, So come and
convinced. All kinds of Patterns
to measure. Special attention
p Ladies out-of-door garments.
Also clothes cleaned, pressed and -
hpaired.
DAN’L S. 9
Up Stairs, Star Building, Rooms Nos. 3 and 5
COVINGTON Gr-A-
knowledge.
In India there is an idea that
Hon cannot be induced to attack
prince or any scion of a
house.
A Turkish turban of the
size contains from ten to
yards ot the finest and softest
Iin.
The letters in the various alpha¬
bets of the world vary from twelve
to 202 in number. The Sandwich
Islanders’ alphabet has twelve,
the Tartarian, 202.
Several kinds of birds are known
to cows, horses and other stock
about the pasture for the purpose
of feeding on the insects disturbed
by the feet of these animals.
Wild ducks, cranes, swallows
and several others assemble in
flocks as the time of migration ap
proaches, and seem to discuss the
departure and the route.
Prof Booteasy says : Cats die at
an elevation of 13,000 feet, even
though they are reputed to have
« < nine lives, I » when on a level
with the ocean. Dogs and men
can climb the greatest known nat¬
ural elevations.
An evidence of the striking uni¬
formity of size among the Japanese
is found in the fact that recent
measurements taken of an infantry
regiment showed no variations ex¬
ceeding two inches in height or
twenty pounds in weight.
The sun, if hollow, would hold
300,000 earth globes, and an eye
capable of hourly viewing 10,000
square miles would require 55,000
years to see all its surface.
acres. The plants are all labeled
with red labels, medicinal, green
tor alimentary, yellow for ornamen¬
tal purposes, blue for art and black
for poisonous plants.
Cockroaches are never willingly
slain by Chinamen. They consider
them sacred insects, and think it
portends ill-luck to step on them.
As they never make any effort to
exterminate them, the Chinese
quarters are usually overrun with
these pests.
Doa’t Tobacco Spit aad Saioke Tour 1.1ft Away.
To quit tobacoo easily and forever, be me*
aetlc, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To
Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 10c or *1. Cure guaran¬
teed Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy & Chicago or New York.
How Pullman Was Named.
According to the Chicago Trib
une the town of Pullman was not
, Mr.
ostensibly named after the late
Pullman himself. The story is
that W. W. Beman, the architect
of the town, being justly proud of
his work, went to the proprietor
and asked that it be named v . Be
man. 1 t
< 4 Um’rn, »> said the magnate.
< 4 Fact is, I had thought of calling
the place ‘Pullman’ from the man
who built it and paid for it.
However, »t Mr. Pullman added,
as he observed a look of disappoint¬
ment on the architect’s face, 4 4 lam
not particular, Now what do you
say to compromising ? Suppose
we take the first syllable of my
name ‘Pull,’ and the second sylla
ble ot your name, ‘man. There,
we have it, ‘Pull, ‘man,’—Puil
man You see that combines your
with mine. »»
idea
Mr. Pullman’s suggestion pre¬
vailed, and the name, it seems,
was a compromise, though it is
reported that Architect
was gladly pleased^ t hereby.
How to Cur* Blltonu Colie.
I suffered for weeks with colic
Dili ns in my stomach caused by .all
nrns and hid to take medicine
while 11 ntil I need Chamberlain s
Cholera a nd Diarrhoea Remedy
cured roe. I t.»ve since Mrs. t. «"<
to a good many people. Persons
ire Fairhaven. Conn. ward
subject to bilious colic can
the attack hr taking this reme.W
soon as the first symptoms appear,
bv Brooks A Smith.
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L^TusTdo your Job
Where Prayer Prevailed
There was an evangelist on
train who was going to hold
at Custer City that *1
among the passengers
proached him to shake handjt
wish him well was a rough
ing old fellow, who said: A]
* i I’m also goin’ to git otf *i
ter, and raebbe I could htlp
out a little tonight.
<« Perhaps so,” the
was
reply.
< t If you want me to stand
and tell what the Lord did for
over at Deadwood I should be
to do it, I » continued the old man.
“What happened over tliere?”
4 < Wal, I passin’ tfiKJugh
was
town, when the sheriff arrested me
fur horse-stealin’. I tried to
him down, but it was no go. He
lugged me off to jail and said I’d
git about ten years. * 1
• « And did the Lord assist
you to
break out?” asked a passenger
nearby.
- - Oh, no. About midnight that
night a mob took me out of jail to
hang me. There was about a
hundred men, and they was fierce
fur blood. Nuthin’ I could say
had the least effect on *«*&, They
carried me along to a five, and
then stood me up on a ha r’l and
put the noose over my jhead. I
called upon heaven to witness that
I was an innocent man, but they
hooted at me. r 1
< i But they didn’t hang you? tt
observed the man who had spoken
before.
< I That’s where my p’nt comes
in,” smiled the old man. 4 < When
all was ready they gin tie three
minits to pray. I knelt down on
that bar’l and offered up sich a
prayer as was never heard in that
town before nor since. It just
went right to the hearts of some of
’em, and when I w»S through
r * '
agin they took the rope o£f
tny neck and leinme go. One fel¬
low gin me his boot as I went, but
he was a mean cuss and not worth
the minding .”
l i And you think the Lord deliv¬
ered you?” asked the evangelist.
I < I know it. I prayed for it and
I got it. » t
“You were arrested for stealing
a horse, you said?”
i ‘ Yes, sir. *1
( < But you were an innocent
man? * I
I 4 That’s where my p’int comes
in agin !” laughed the old man, as
he rubbed his hands together. ‘‘I
can stand up before a crowd and
show ’em what comes of prayer
and having faith.”
( * I don’t exactly see. » »
I 4 Don’t you ? Wall, when I was
arrested I had three stolen hosses
out in the hills, and when they
let me go I stole another and got
away with the whole four!”
OABTOKlA.
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Gen. Gomez has issued a
mation declaring that nothing
0 f comp i e te independence will be
accepte( } by the Cubans. The
surgen ts throughout the island
said tc be inspired to renewed
and effort.
o. TOftZA.
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dalit
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We cannot hope to regenerate
sinful world in a year,for its
propensities have been growing
luxuriating for several
years. —Helena Independent.
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It Will mtf
«t|»*ta»» 1
1
The retirement of Lord
from the English premiership
make an opening for some
fellow to get himself into
—Houston Post.
Ta Cars C®a«tl|**tl«a Wavavar.
TakeCaacmreta Csaflr C*M>»rUa , ISe
It C. C. C- tali te eura, dnyw-au reftns
His Foolish Presumption
<4 No,” said Evangeline
ning, according to the
Leader, as she looked down at
floor and nervously twisted
slim little fingers; ‘‘no, Alfred,
am sorry, but it cannot be. »»
Alfred Doncaster had loved
beautiful girl from the moment
had first seen her, and he had
ly believed that she looked
him with more than ordinary
vor.
„„„ . - , ,
»»d the future stretched
black before him.
The *rt „ strong; . llanU , , „ me
man sighed, and was silent for a
long time. At last the sweet
maiden said ;
- - Try to be brave, Alfred. Look
at me. See how I am bearing
up. » I
He turned toward her in wonder,
and said :
I4 Why should bid do
you me
this ? What have you to bear up
under? » »
< • Oh, Alfred, if you only knew! ft
< 4 Evangeline!” he cried, catch¬
ing her in his arms and holding
her in a strong embrace, 1 < you
love me ! Ah, darling, you can
not hide the truth from me ! Tell
me it is so. I f
\ I Yes,” she said, - * I love
you
Alfred. »>
t < Oh, heaven ! t f he groaned,
* < this is terrible. Oh, if you only
hated me—loathed me ! Then my
fate would be less bitter. 11
She was frightened, and drew
away from him.
i < Why,” she asked, do you want
me to hate you ?”
< t Ah t ) he auswered, “I might
bear my own burden, but how can
I survive knowing that you too,
suffer? * t
* 4 Yet, why should either of us
suffer ?” the trembling girl inquir
doomed to everastmg
and misery ? Are we not to be
l t
*‘0h,” she interrupted, I « you’re
not going to let a little bluff stop
you right at the start, are you?
Did you want me to tumble into
your arms the first thing, as if I
had merely been waiting for the
word ? You must be new at this
business. t »
Then she became so angry that
it took Alfred Doncaster nearly
seven minutes to win her back
again.
Annual Report.
Report of Dr. T. O. Powell,
the Georgia Lunatic Asylum, from
which we make the following ex
tract:
On the first of September, i8q6,
there were white patients on hand,
i,373, and colored 629, making
total of 2,002. There have been
received since 412 whites and
colored, making a total
676.
There have been discharged,
moved, eloped and died during
year 510, leaving on hand
ber 1, 1897, 2,168, of whom
are 46 whites and 6 colored on
lough not discharged.
The average number of
under treatment during the
was 2,085, while the total
receiving treatment was 2,678.
It will be seen that the
number receiving treatment
173 more than last year. We
166 more patients on hand than
the close of last year.
The report of the efficient
ard, Mr. L- J- Lamar, shows
the finances of the institution
conducted with all possible
my, and his books will show
the welfare of the patients and
proper preservation of the
ty, has been properly and
provided for. The per capita
diem for the past year has been
11-100.
Dr. Powell thinks that a
al should be provided in
with the penitentiary for the
inal and convict insane, and
t y 1 j s class of insane should not
sent to the asylum.
SCIENCE NEWS
One-quarter of all the people
born die before six years, and one
* half before they are sixteen.
Some of the condors shot in the
Andes Mountains have a spread of
wing from fifteen to twenty feet.
Copper wires are used for Mex¬
ican telegraph lines, so that they
will hold the weight of the birds
and monkeys that crowd them at
night.
The oldest book in the world is
r?,*^y** P ‘ pr * ,Par “ Pns "- “ **■<* the “
attributed to the thirty-fourth cen
tury before Christ.
The annual deaths by suicide at
Monte Carlo amounts on an aver
age to forty.
The Esquimaux give the doctor
his fee as soon as he comes. If the
patient recovers he keeps it; other
wise he returns it to the family.
Seltzer water derives its name
from the village of lower Selters, in
Nassau, where several springs, un¬
ited in one basin, yield 5,000 cubic
feet an hour of this sparkling min¬
eral water.
The air is clear at Arequipa, Peru.
From the observatory at that place.
8,050 feet above the sea, a black
spot, one inch in diameter, placed
on a white disc, has been seen on
Mount Cbarchani, a distance of
eleven miles, through a thirteen
inch telescope.
Teddy the Ferret
As one of the most prominent
young burglars of San Francisco
was walking out of court the other
day, just after having secured an
acquittal regarding his latest job
by a prompt and business like
I < divvy” with the powers that be,
at the usual rates, a well to do,
but anxious looking stranger
areivt yoii lr**in*Nl 4 abu$aBftd him
< * the man who was tried today for
safe cracking. 11
M Well, what of it ?” replied the
house breaker.
t 4 Why, just this—you’ll excuse
my' speaking so low—but the fact
is I’ve come all the way from the
San Joaquin to look up a party in
line of business. t »
your
i 4 Have, eh?”
t i Yes—I—well, I’ve a little pro¬
position to make you. t t
4 4 Exactly, l » said the Ferret
calmly ; you’re a bank cashier
down in the foothills. »t
< 4 How did you know that ? » t
stammered the gentleman, much
amazed.
4 4 And your accounts are to be
gone over by the directors on the
first, and, as you can’t realize on
your stocks, you want me to gag
you some time next week, shoot
your hat full of holes, find the
combination in your breast pocket
and go through the safe in the reg¬
ular way. > >
4 4 Great heavens, man ! How
did you find all that out ?”
4 < Why, I guessed it. It’s the
regular thing, you know, Got
three orders to attend to ahead of
yours now. Lemme see. Can’t
do anything for you next week, but
might give you Wednesday and
Thursday of the week after. How
will that suit you ?”
The cashier said he thought he
could make that do, and in less
than five minutes they had struck
a bargain and arranged the whole
affair.—New York World.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury
_j as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it throiiKii
the mucous surfaces. Such articles should
never be used except on prescriptions
from reputable physicians, as the darn
a*e they will do is ten fold to the good
you can possibly derive from them.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
F. J- Cheney * Co., Toledo. O-, contains
no mercury, and is taken internaily,
acting directly upon the blood and mu¬
cous surfaces of the system. In buying
Hall’s Catarrh Cure be sure you get
genuine. It is taken internally,
made in Toledo. Ohio, by F. J.
A Co. Testimonials free. Sold by
gists ; price 75c. per bottle.
Family Pills are the best.
Frequent .. and ,_____ constant .
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vertising brought me all I
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I —/\. 1 . OtCWart,
Royal flukes the food pure,
wholesome end delicious.
mi
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Absolutely POWDER Pure
ROYAl BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
Tempered in Liying Flesh.
It has been long believed that
some, if not all, high-grade an
cient tools of steel were tempered
in human blood, and a discovery
made three years ago in Syria sub¬
stantiates the belief. In the re
mains of an armorer’s smithy was
found a parchment written in Syr¬
iac characters, giving directions
for making the famous ‘‘Damascus
blades, » > The receipe reads as fol
lows :
4 ( Let the workman be furnished
with a slave of fair frame, and let
the Ethiopian be bound, shoulders
upwards, upon the block, his arms
fastened underneath with thongs,
and his head and neck projecting
over and beyond the edge of the
block. Then let the master work¬
man cold-hammer the blade to a
thin smoothe edge. Next let it be
thrust into a fire of cedar-wood
until the color of the blade
red, like the rising sun.
with a quick motion, let
pass the blade six times, from
the hilt to the point thereof,
through the most fleshy portions
the slave’s back and thighs, or
a sufficient number of times to
it until the color is f purple. r
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blood flowing from the body.
Postal Banks Needed.
At a recent meeting of the In¬
diana Bankeis’ association at In¬
dianapolis, Mortimer Levering, of
Latayette, recognized as one of the
best financiers in Indiana, made an
address on postal savings banks in
which he said :
i i The government is in a posi¬
tion to manage this thing through
its present post office system, and
will scarcely increase the expenses
of the department, while it will
enhance the accumulated wealth
of the people throughout the
whole United States, It was
thought that building and loan as¬
sociations would care for the sav¬
ings of the masses, but people
have become suspicious of them.
It is well known that lawyers in
Indiana are making as much as
$10,000 a year out of these institu¬
tions, and officers are making
much money out of them, We all
know that trust companies are not
organized as elemosynary institu¬
tions. We want a system of sav
inRS banks that are for the poor
people. What greater pride could
a man have than to think himself
a depositor of the United States?
There is a worse epidemic in
Maidstone, England, than there is
in any infected city or town in the
yellow fever district in this coun¬
try. Out of a population of 32,000
in Maidstone there are 1,400 cases
of typhoid fever, from which fifty
six deaths have already resulted.
Did You Ever
Try Kleetric Bittern as a remedy for
troubles 1 If not, get a bottle now
your This medicine has beea
and get relief. adapted te the
found to be peculiarly all Ferns Com¬
relief and cure of .
plaints, exerting a wonderful direct >n*
fluence iu giving strength and tone to
the organa If you have Lose of Appe¬
tite, Constipation, Headache,
Spells, or are Nervous, Sleepless. Lxoit
Bulem is the medl
need . Health and strength are
guarantee dby its ubs. Large bottle*
on i, fifty cents at Brooks A Ivy’s I>n»fl
Store.
