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The Covington Star.
Covington, Georgia, ’ovember 15, 1898.
eliable farmer girl
COOKING STOVES
ARE THE BEST.
:n you need a stove, try one of these and be convinced.
We have received another lot of
J
a great many other beautiful goods. We would be de¬
led to have you call and examine our elegant stock before
purchase. No trouble to show goods.
W. IS. LEE & CO
SOUTH-EAST CORNER PUBLIC SQUARE,
ViNGTON, GA.
98 . 1898.
.C. SWANN.
an enormous stock of goods of every description, where
pan buy lor cost or on time almost anything, at prices
p you can’t afford to not see before supplying your wants,
nstance, you can buy a keg of steel nails for $1.65 ; steel
p and scooters for 2 cents a pound ; pair of cassimere pants
5 cents; the goods they are made of is worth more
\y. Everything on same basis. See the goods anci prices
be convinced. No trouble to show you through.
T. G S'W JL
ington, Georgia.
.E.EVERITT
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
MIFACTURER OF FINE HARNESS.
-DEALER IN
|o clothing, Buggies, Wagons, Surreys, Phaetons,
kv Carriages, Sewing Machines, Mowers, Binders,
itakes, Cane Mills, Pianos and Organs.
0 large store rooms filled to overflowing with well select
•ods, and at prices to please you. 1 manufacture all my
’ess and guarantee every set to give satisfaction. They
iade of the best material and in the best style. I do all
of Harness repairing at very moderate prices. Robes,
e( T a well selected stock of Saddles, Collars,
Dusters, Storm Aprons, Buggy Cushions, lops, Um
as i W hips, ombs, Brushes, Oils, Paints, Back Bands,
&c.
A(;OX MATERIAL.
arr y tvagon material, such as w heels, axles, spokes, rims,
■--shafts, bolts, iron, dash leather, &c.
CHICLES. VEHICLES.
i’ vehicle department is filled with the best styles of open
PP buggies, phaetons, surreys, road and and farm what wagons. buy to
ars °1 experience has taught me how to
r m y trade. I have now in stock more than three car
f °1 fine buggies.
DEWING MACHINES.
( vp a good stock of standard sewing machines, which
U I'l-date in every respect. Guaranteed to giv ive satisfaction.
CHAMPION MOWER.
tampion Mower is without a doubt the best machine of
l,1( on the market,—strong, simple, fast cutting, every
ne eded to make it the best mower on the market.
1‘IANOS AND ORGANS.
,s >c lovers are invited to examine my stock of pianos an
' lave the goods, and at correct prices on easy terms.
, , aftord
Ivn. 111 a ^ orc I nc >t to examine my stock, I can t to
P 0 "'trade. Yours to please,
E. EVERITT,
V| ncton GA.
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The Ethnology of Kissing.
The kiss waa unknown, 1 think,
among the aboriginal tribes
America and of central Africa.
the most ancient times, however,
has been familiar to the Asiatic
European races. The Latins
it into threo forms—the
the basiuru and the suaviurn,
first being the kiss of friendship
respect, the second of ceremony
the third of love. The Semites al¬
ways knew the kiss, and Job
of it as part of the sacred rites as
is today in the Roman church.
The Mongolian kiss, however,
not the same as that which
with us. In it the lips do not touch
the surface of the person kissed.
Tho nose is brought into light con
tact with the cheek, forehead or
hand. The breath is drawn slowly
through the nostrils, and the act
ends with a slight smack of the lips.
The Chinese consider our mode
kissing full of coarso suggestiveness,
and our writers regard their method
with equal disdain.
Darwin and other naturalists have
attempted to trace back the kiss to
the act of the lower animals who
seize their prey with their teeth, etc.
An interesting recent study of the
subject is by M. Paul d'Enjoy, in
i i The Bulletin” of the Paris Anthro¬
pological society, volume 8, No. 2.—
Dr. Daniel G. Brinton in Science.
The Old Marine Band.
The big man in tho band of formei
days in the Marine band in its in
fancy was the man who marched in
the front and played a chime of
bells which was rigged up on a long
pole. He was an entire band in
himself. Behind him marched two
or three others who had similarly
arranged chimes, though of smaller
proportions. There may have been
cornets, trombones and bass horns
in existence then, but certainly none
of them was evor carried by tho
Marine hand until after 1835. I was
married that year and remember
very well seeing the band parade a
day or so before my marriage, and
I am certain there were no horns
carried by tho band except bugles
or trumpets. I don't know that
their music was not as sweet as it is
today. It sounded to us folks of
that day so anyhow. There seemed
u> u« more music ia tn» string auu
reed instruments than in the various
horns of today, and tho men who
oarried the chime bells could, for
sound at least, double disoount any
of the performers in the band to¬
day.—Washington Star.
A Yard of Ale.
It At Eton,” says the London Globe,
‘‘any one who is so minded may at
‘tap’ essay the feat of drinking a
yard of ale. This is only a pint in
liquid, but a yard in linear measure,
being contained in a long horn
shaped glass, so constructed that un¬
less the diinker drinks with caio
most of the contents are spilled over
him. A book is kept of the time in
which the yard can be drunk, and
for years until lately the ‘record
was ten seconds. This is an icono- j
olaetic age, however, and some one
lately disposed of his three feet of
«le in nine seconds^___
A Nansen Poem.
This snowless ice plain is like a
life without love—nothing to soften
it. The marks of all the battles and
pressures of the ice stand forth just
as when they were made, rugged
and difficult to move among. Love
is life's snow, It falls deepest and
softest into the gashes left by tha
fight, whiter and purer than snow
itself. What is life without lovof
It is like this ice—a cold, hare, rug¬
ged mass, the wind driving it and
rending it and then forcing it to¬
gether again, nothing to cover thfl
open rifes, nothing to break the vio¬
lence of the collisions, nothing to
round away the sharp corners of
the broken floes—nothing, nothing
hut bare, rugged drift ice. —Nansen
in “Farthest North.”
How One Reads.
The average person believes that
in reading a newspaper paragraph
he reads the whole of each typo f
impression, while, in fact, he on y
notices the upper half of each letter
Cover the upper half of a line with
sheet of paper, being careful a
a exactly themidd 4
hold the paper in
of the letters, and you will nog
without difficulty, decipher a word.
Then place the paper over the lowei
half of the line. It can be read
without the slightest trouble.-Phil
adelphia Press.
twa of the Tnnoel.
Miss Easte End-Tfiey tell me you
naughty Chicago men always
advantage of the tunnel when
ride through it. generally do.
Mr. Bluster-Yes; I
Miss Easte End— And do you real¬
ly kiss girls you don’t know I
Mr. Bluster— Kiss girls. I don’t
kiss any the girls. conductor.— I P«J P lu ^,S
ters on
Of the 119,900,000 old copper oenti
which were sent out from the mint
n,
000.000 6een in circulation. —-
I RoVal
1 Baking Powder
Made from pure
cream of tartar. ;
Safeguards the food
against alum *
’
___ M
Alum baking powders are the greatest
menacers to health of the present day*
BOVAl BAKING POWD€f> CO., NEW YORK.
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Facts Tersely Told
No man can pray right who
wrong.
A square acknowledgement of
is the first step toward riddance.
If God dwells in us, let us
the house clean for so pure a
If you always do good a|
have opportunity, you will
be idle.
The only way you can bring
child up is the way you’re
yourself.
He loses character who
himself on a level with the
erving.
Let anyone be idle long enough,
and he will break out in some fol
ly.
God will hear no prayer that
does not come from a heart of good
will for ever}' one.
If we must give an account of
every idle word, take care also lest
you have to answer for an idle si¬
lence.
The right kind of Christianity is
the kind that never waits forian in¬
troduction to anybody it can. help.
There isn’t a sin on earth- but
that breathes freer when it cot
an apparently gu,od man to endorse
it.
Cruelty and religion don’t fit to¬
gether. How can a man love God
who mistreats a poor helpless dumb
brute ?
It is always a definition of a gen¬
tleman to say that he is one who
never inflicts pain ; he is tender
toward the bashful, gentle toward
the absurd.
but pie LAugaage.
Simple language is ou all accounts
preferable to higb sounding words
when ordinary matters are discuss
ed. We wish that young people
be taught that it does not add
a j oot to t b e gtature of a house to
cft jj a “residence;” that a church
Qr everl aineeting house is as vener
a fci e a6 “the sacred edifice;” that it
is no nlore genteel to say "retire”
than go to bed; that the garment so
covered with side plaitings and so
quickly frayed out ulong the pave¬
ment is really a gown and not a
"promenade costume,” that it need
not bring a blush to the fair cheek
of even Mr. Popsnap’s young person
to say leg instead of “limb,” when
leg is meant; that the supper at an
ev eniug party is not "the entertain¬
ment,” and that there are well
founded objections to the use of
"nicely as an adjective describing
one’s health.—New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Without Kegard For Their Comfort.
| Vddlepate—There is one thing 1
j cawn't understand, doncbernol
Noddlekins—What’s that?
Addlepate—Why, when we stop to
consideh—aw—how uncomfortable
it is in a crowd—why, aw I cawn't
see why it is that there are always
more people in a crowd than there
are where there is no crowd I— Hart
ford Courant.
Africana
Will cure Rheumatism.
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Will cure Scrofula.
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Will cure Old Sores.
Africana
, Wil] cure Syphilus.
^fnCailtl #
Will cure
Africana
Will cure Exzema,
tarrh and all blood
Skin Diseases.
Africana
Never Fails.
It is the true remedy for
Blood Diseases.
For sale by Brooks &
ITEMS OF INTEREST
The railroads are all doing a
heavy freight business now.
The “colonel,” at the Kimball
flouse—he still holds the fort!
The negro office holder in North
Carolina has had his day. Ht
must go, now
The Maria Teresa has arrived at
the Norfolk navy yard for repairs.
She will be a valuble addition to
jur navy.
The movement of troops to Cuba
has been deferred for the present,
>n account of yellow fever. There
will not be many sent there before
the first of December.
It takes nearly $100,000,000 to
run the city government of Greater
New 7 York. But Greater New
York is a great city, and has a great
deal of money—in hank.
But few Americans would be
willing to pay the Spaniards $40,
000,000 for the Philippine islands
We just know the Star would
not pay that much for them !
The new comet seems to be flying
shy of the earth. It is estimated
to be 135,000,000 miles away from
our planet. As long as it “keeps
its distance’’ from us, it may pass
on.
Mrs. Nancy J. Berger died at
her home in Belle Fonte, Pa., on
Tuesday last, at the reputed old
age of 106 years and one month.
She left five children, the oldest
one being a son, aged 84 years.
She lived in the same house for
60 years.
The Piedmont Virginian says
the pickle factory at Berryville,
Va., has put up over io.oco.ooo
pickles, this season, and that all of
them were grown ir. that vicinity.
me mliuij ai rreaencKSDurg nfis
put up more than three times as
many, or over 30,000,000 pickles.
The “pickle crop,’’ it says, is the
most profitable crop raised in Vir¬
ginia. The same could be said
here. Anything is as good or bet¬
ter than eottou:
Lillian Russel's Names.
The airy-fairy Lillian Russel,
the beautiful, but fickle queen ol
the stage, is a muchly married
woman, though she is supposed to
be < a heart whole and fancy free, T f
at the present writing.
Here are a few of her numerous
names, picked out at random from
her “personal name directory, »>
which we give as a matter of
curiosity :
Helen Louise Leonard (maiden
name.)
Lillian Russell (stage name).
Helen Louise Braham (as the
wife of Henry Braham).
Helen Louise Solomon (as wife
of Edward Solomon).
Helen Louise Braham (after the
annulment of her marriage with
Solomon).
Helen Louise Leonard (maiden
name resumed).
Helen Louise Chatterton (as wife
of John Cha'terton).
Helen Louise Perugini (with
deference to her husband’s stage
name).
Lillian Leonard Russell (a name
conferred by the courts last May,
prior to her departure for Europe,
tor use in signing legal documents
in foreign countries).
Worked in ■ Theater.
When Joseph Jofferson’s oldest
son was a child, tho family lived in
a quite exclusive neighborhood in
New York city. Master Jefferson,
being a true boy, joined in play
with the other boys in the street
One lady who was very particulai
aB to with whom her children played
admonished her boys for playing
with a stranger, saying:
“I don’t know that Jefferson boy.
Who is his mother i »>
»> We don't know who his mother
is,” was the reply, “but his fathei
works in theater. n
a
Abscntminded Professor (in the bath
tub)—Well, well, now I have forgotten
wbat I got in here for.—Fliegende
Blatter.
Physicians declare that the most nu¬
tritions article of diet is butter, and ba¬
con comes next.
Every square mile of sea oontain*
1 120,000,000 fish of various kinds.
Qur Starlight {{ye f
AT $1.00 PER QU A 111 1
IS SUPERIOR TO ANY GOODS ON THE MARKET.
i'Zt'* FOR FAMILY USE
our ales, beers, whiskies, bran¬
ffij dies, gins, are the finest on
the market. For medicinal pur
£ poses they are unequaled, as
’r Hgy.ta they and made by the
are pure
most reliable distillers of Eu¬
y.
b rope and America.
H nr* o • oV,
CbpTRi ® .
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We beat the world on pure Mountain Corn Whisky.
LANGSTON LIQUOR COMPANY,
WHOLESALE LIQUORS,
- 43 Peachtree Street.- -
ATLANTA, G-A.
CIJETMN BR05.
We begin the Fall and Winter Season with a stock
larger and richer than ever before. We bought our
stock before the tariff question was settled, and are in
a position to sell Clothing, Hats and Furnishings even
less than the prices that ruled last year. The following
quotations are proof:
Men’s Suits from $5 00 up. You’ve known
Children’s Knee-Trouser Suits from $1.50 up. us as the origi¬
Boy’s Long Trouser-Suits from $1.50 up. nators of cloth
ing economies and fair, open, plain figure, one-price dealing.
For over thirty years this house has stood for honest methods.
In order to serve you better and cheaper. we, manufacture all
the clothing we sell. Inis policy saves you the mictnie man s
profit. No other house in the south does it.
E1SEMAN BROS. X os. 15 >in<l 17,
Whitehall Ht.
NEW STORE AND
NEW Q02DS.
I will open on the first of October, in the store, second
door east of the court house, in Covington, a full line of
Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing Men’s d Boy’s
Overcoats, Capes, Jackets, Hats, Shoes Shirts
Suspenders, Handkerchiefs, Hoseiry and
all other articles ol furnishing goods usually kept in a furnish¬
ing store.
All goods will be sold at the very lowest prices to please
everybody.
I have capes from 89 cents up.
u.fj
2 d DOOR E AST OE COURT HOUSE,
COVINGTON, GA
Bon Air COAL 1 Bon Air
is the BEST. Try it, and be convinced.
I SELL THE MITCHEL AND LEWIS
t AND 2 HORSE WAGONS
WITH A 12 MONTHS’ GUARANTEE.
I o;ive my personal attention to
Storage and Weighing
COTTON
R. P. LESTER, Covington, Ga.
