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By the Bul»lishingr Company.
VOLUME XXXVIII.
SHOES I
We have just received the largest shipment that ever came to
Gainesville. Over one hundred caseses of the famous
HAMILTON-BROWN SHOES I
From a stock of over
6,000 PAIRS.
We can fit any foot from A to E E, and any U£C
pocketbook from to O
Any and every pair is FULLY GUARANTEED
and will wear like FLINT.
I
Men’s Shoes in Black and
Chocolate, of Russian Calf,
Box Calf, Harvard Calf, |
Cordovan, Kangaroo, Vici
Kid, Patent Leather, etc, in 1
all the latest toes, and any
last from C to G. t
VC
Women’s Shoes in Lace
and Button, Chocolate and
Black, wide and narrow,
heel and spring heel, heavy
and fine, cloth top and kid
top, in the newest toes,
widths from A to EE, any
price from 75c to $3.50.
Good line Ladies’ 1898
Bicycle Boots.
Shoes for Boys and Girls : We have them laced, buttoned,
chocolate, and heel and spring heel, in the prettiest toes.
A big line of Babies’ soft soled Shoes. Men’s and Ladies’
Rubbers and Ov' • _ alters. Nice and convenient places for trying
and fitting shoes. ittons fastened on our shoes free of charge.
R. E. aNDOE & CO..
14 Main St.
Telephone S>.
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Fine hand made Harness a specialty. Repairing neatly and quickly
done.
Thomas <& Claris..
Next door below Post-office, ... GAINESVILLE, GA.
S. C. DINKINS & CO.
This is the Place to Get
Blacksmith Tools,
Cuttaway and Tornado Harrows,
Turn Plows,
COMPOST DISTRIBUTORS.
Farming Implements
and
HARDWARE.
S.C. DINKINS & CO.
Gainesville. Get.
THE GAINESVILLE EAGLE.
We call special attention to our
Hamilton. Brown Shoe Co.
Wife'
Wut[|KElH° h
HARRISOH a HOST,
Marble Dealers.
Monumental Work of all Kinds for
the Trade.
We want to estimate ) p XINPQVHT P fl
all your work. J UnlnEiulluLEi, Un.
Thomas & Clark,
Manufacturers of and Dealers in
HARNESS, SADDLES, WHIPS, ROBES,
Blankets and Turf Goods.
J. G, HYNDS MFG, CO.
Wholesalers and Retailers 1
We invite the Trading Public to Inspect Our
ENORMOUS STOCK
of Spring Merchandise which has just Arrived I
We are Able to Show Some Special Bargains :
2,000 yards white Dimity Remnants, 1 to 10 yards lengths,
value 12 l-2c, 15c and 18c, A-t 100 yard
1 »000 yards white Lace Striped Dimity. Value 25c,
Special Sale 15c yard
1,000 yards white Lace Striped Lawn. Value 15c.
A.t 100 yard
1,000 yards figured Lawn, latest styles and full line patterns,
10c quality, «A_t 71-2 c VSLrd.
2,500 yards figured Organdies, more than 100 different pat
terns, elegant line colors, value 12 1-2 cto 15c, -At. IOC
2,000 yards Percale Remnants* 2 to 10 yards,, the 10c grade,
Atsc
2,000 yards Shirting Prints, seconds, remnants,.. A/t A l-2c
We are having large sales daily of our 4-4 Bleaching Rem
nants, best goods made, . .A-t €5 1 -An
3,000 yards 36-inch Merrimack Percales, perfect goods and
beautiful patterns, over 50 styles. Sold every where for 12 1-2
and 15c, -A-t IOC
10-4 Sheeting, worth 15c, -A-t lOc
Our line of Laces and Embroideries are said to be the Newest, Hand
somest and Cheapest ever shown in this City! •
If you are not a customer of ours already you should be. We offer
bargains daily, bought through our Wholesale Department,
which are not obtainable by any retail merchant
in North Georgia.
J. G. Ilynds Co’s Wholesale and Retail Stores,
GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA.
A. K. HAWKES
RECEIVED
GOLD MEDAL
(2J-
Highest Award Diplsma as Honor
for Superior Lens Grinding and Excellency in
he Manufacture of Spectacles and Eye Glasses,
jold in 11.000 Cities and Towns in the U. S. Most
Popular Glasses in the U. S.
, ESTABLISHED 1870.
11 II Tift IN These Famous Glasses
IjjlU | lUn A Never Peddled.
Mr. Hawkes has ended his visit here, but has
appointed M. C. BROWN & CO. as agents to tit
ana sell his celebrated Glasses.
LIME!
Cement, Plaster Paris.
LARGE SUPPLY always on
hand. Can fill orders at short notice.
WILL OFFER Special induce
ments to those preparing to build.
Lime house and office No. 16
Grove St.
C. L. DEAL.
PH. C. White & Sod,
HOTOGRAPHERS!
Gainesville, <■*.
All work executed in the highest style
of the art, at reasonable prices. Make
a speeialtyof •opvipg and snlaraing. OalUry
sT*rtTieait «fae ■lnre.
Established in iB6O.
GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1898.
» read-mater I
Vho uses Igleheart’s Swans Down |
our is always sure that her bread a
:omes from the oven will be feathery |
as white as the flour from which it |
superlative patent flour, milled |
• finest winter wheat— f
Swans Down Flour f
is the sweetest, the most wholesome and the most economical
that grocer ever sold. > Ask for it at your grocer’s. >
IGLEHEART BROS., Evansville, Ind.
CATHARTIC
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BICWELL l GOWER'S—
i ii era i p Q They are
J— THE BEST MADE.
Oarriages the most durable.
S ’ THE PRETTIEST.
“XA7"agOnS, They are
GUARANTEED.
Phaetons. cheaper than ever.
Big lot of Hara ess of beet make. Co use and examine nur goodi.
VANDERBILT’S START,
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iMulel Drew’* Story of the Help Given I
by Mrs. Vanderbilt.
“One story about Commodore Cor
nelius Vanderbilt was told to me
many years ago by Daniel Drew,
and I have no doubt but that it is
authentic,” said a man who has
known intimately the men who have
made New York history during the
last half century. “Various stories
have been printed about the begin
nings of Vanderbilt’s fortune, and
they all go to show that luck played
a very insignificant part in them.
Vanderbilt made money because of
his energy and his shrewdness, but
I don’t believe that it is generally
know’n that Mrs. Vanderbilt aided
him very materially at a time when
he thought a good investment was
slipping through his hands because
he had not enough money to take
advantage of his opportunity.
“Daniel Drew knew Vanderbilt
well, and before his death he fre
quently entertained his friends with
stories about the commodore's early
life. It was when Vanderbilt was
simply an energetic young cap
tain connected with the Union line
for Philadelphia and Baltimore,
‘through to Philadelphia in one
day,’that the incident of which Mr.
Drew’ delighted to tell occurred. In
those days the steamer Emerald,
Captain C. Vanderbilt,left her wharf
on the north side of the Battery at
noon every day, Sundays excepted,
with passengers for New Brunswick
and back by boat for the pleasure of
the trip. New Brunswick's hotel, or
halfway house, was dirty and ill
kept. Mrs. Vanderbilt saw her op
portunity. She suggested to her hus
band that they should take the ho
tel, refit it and run it in a style that
would attract guests. Vanderbilt
thought well of it, and after leasing
the hotel he took his family from
his father’s little house at Stapleton
to live in New Brunswick. As Mrs.
Vanderbilt had suggested the
scheme, her husband told her that
she might run the hotel herself and
have the profits.
“Mrs. Vanderbilt was a strong,
industrious, frugal woman, and she
turned the hotel upsidedown, clean
ed it and made it fit for guests. She
named it Bellona Hall, after the
steamship Bellona, which her hus
band then commanded, and in a very
short time the fame of it had spread
to New York, and parties were
made up to visit it because of the ex
cellent fare to be found there. It
also increased the profits of the line
for which Captain Vanderbilt work
ed, and his salary was increased to
12,000 a year. For 12 years Mrs.
Vanderbilt managed Bellona. Hall
with profit to herself and pleasure to
her guests.
“During these years Captain Van
derbilt had been studying steam
ships and investigating the chances
for profit in traffic on the Hudson
and along the sound. He wanted to
be one of the transportation mag
nates of this city, and, although his
fortune was small, ho had valuable
ideas, gained from years of practi
cal experience as a steamboat cap
tain, and he felt sure that if he could
get the right opening he need not
fear the greater wealth of his rivals.
He had never questioned Mrs. Van
derbilt’s management of the hotel,
but he knew that she had saved
some money. In 1829 his opportu
nity came. He had a chance to get
a controlling interest in a steamship
for SIB,OOO. He had $5,000 in cash
which he had saved, but he didn’t
know’ where to raise the balance. He
told his wife about this steamship
which he wanted and explained to
her his plans for making money if
he could get the ship.
“ *1 need $13,000 more,’ said the
captain, ‘and I don’t know where I
can get it.’
“ ‘I will give it to you,’ said Mrs.
Vanderbilt. And to her husband’s
surprise she pulled the money out
from under the bed. She had saved
it from the profits of the hotel. Cap
tain Vanderbilt bought his boat, and
then he bought many others, but his
first ship he owed to his wife.”—
New York Sun.
An Artist’s Bese.
A Roman cavalier commissioned
a great artist to paint his portrait,
no definite price being agreed upon.
When the portrait was finished, the
painter asked 100 crowns in pay
ment. The highborn sitter, amazed
at the demand, returned no more nor
dared to send for his counterfeit
presentment, whereupon the artist
hit upon the happy expedient of first
painting bars across the portrait,
then affixing the doleful legend,
“Imprisoned for debt” and finally
pacing it in a prominent part of his
studio, to which Roman nobles fre
quently resorted. Ere long a rich
relative came to the rescue and re
leased his kinsman.—London Truth.
Hobson —Some people make me
tired. They never accept anything
as a fact without wanting to know’
the why and wherefore of it.
Saphed—Yes. I wonder why it
is?—Philadelphia Record.
The Pity of It.
Bobby—Pa, who are the “deserv
ing poor?”
Mr. Ferry—Those who don’t de
serve to be.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Biliousness
Is caused by torpid liver, which prevents diges
tion and permits food to ferment and putrify in
the stomach. Then follow dizziness, headache,
Hood’s
insotnina, nervousness, and, ■ ■ ■
if not relieved, bilious fever I I
cr blood poisoning. Hood’s 111
Pills stimulate the stomach, " "■ ■
oose the liver, eure headache, dizziness, con
i' pallon. etc. 25 cents. Sold by all druggists,
l ix-oidj Fills to tabs with Mood's Sarsaparilla.
#I.OO Per Annum in Advance.
GEMS MAD£ LOVELIER. ’
How Jeweler* Cleverly Paint and Join
Broken Jewel*.
It seems truly like painting the
lily and gilding refined gold to at- <
tempt to embellish and increase the
delicacy and beauty of the precious
stones —diamonds, rubies, emeralds
and sapphires—which have taken
nature centuries of labor to perfect
in their pristine chaim. So fastidi
ous, however, has man become that
he is no longer satisfied with the
delicate shades and hues in the gems
of nature’s own making, and he
must improve upon them and adapt
them to prevailing tastes and fash
ions.
A process frequently used to im
prove the appearance of precious
stones that are faulty, dull or of an
ordinary hue is that of burning.
Blemishes are removed by this proc
ess, or the color and brilliance of the
stone are enhanced. Very often the
color of the gem is entirely changed.
Even the delicate turquoise must
occasionally resignitself to artificial
embellishment. Many sensitive tur
quoises become bleached and faded
from exposure to the sunlight. Am
monia and fatty substances are ap
plied to restore the original blue col
or, but such treatment does not ac
complish lasting results. By anoth
er process the faded turquoise is im
pregnated w’ith prussian blue. The
pigment does not penetrate very
deeply, however, and may easily be
scraped off with a knife. Such arti
ficial coloring is easily discernible by
lamplight, which transforms the
delicate shade into an unsightly
gray.
Artificial methods are adopted also
to render gems colorless. The yellow
tinge of Cape diamonds obscures
their luster and cheapens their val
ue. It is therefore found profitable
to deprive them of the objectionable
tint, and the method is very simple.
The yellow diamond is placed in a
violet colored chemical liquid and
after being dried is found covered
with a very thin scale of the violet
substance.
Highly ingenious and deceptive is
the art of joining precious stones.
Upper and under layers are fre
quently fastened with mastic in this
fashion, and so cleverly as to de
ceive even the experienced eye.
Joined stones are quite common, for
the significant reason that a large
solitaire diamond or other gem is
far more costly than two smaller
ones.
The art of “doubling” is carried
to the extent of making false doub
lets, which are naturally manufac
tured at slight cost when inferior
stones or imitation ones are used.
Some doublets are composed of an
upper portion of colorless glass or
mountain crystal and an under por
tion of colored glass. The latter im
parts its hue to the former. The ef
fect is also obtained by placing a
layer of coloring matter between
two colorless portions, or using a bit
of leaf metal or tinted gelatin.
There are also hollow doublets,
pieces of crystal or glass in which
are sealed drops of colored liquid.
Many sharp practices are in vogue
among jewelers in the mounting of
stones. Where the setting is not an
open one and the gem rests in a solid
bit of metal, opportunity is given for
many shrewd devices to enhance the
appearance of the jewel, conceal its
flaws and increase its brilliance. A
pigment comjjosed of burned ivory
and mastic is commonly applied to
the surface of the metal setting
where it is found necessary to con
ceal the presence of dark and un
sightly spots in precious stones. The
black pigment is placed beneath
those portions of the stone that are
free from the dark flaws.
Even more frequently thin bits of
gold, silver, copper or zinc foil, re
taining their original color, are laid
beneath the gems, rendering them
more brilliant and improving their
color.—New’ York Commercial.
Give Him » Chance.
A now famous physician relates
that early in his career in the city
where he was located there resided
an elderly physician who was al
ways ready to give him wholesome
advice. One morning the young
practitioner was called to visit a
man w’ho was very sick. On his
way he happened to meet bis old
friend, the doctor, and, as usual, he
had something of importance to say.
He drew it out so long, however,
that the younger man grew impa
tient and finally said: “Doctor, you
will have to excuse me. I am on my
way to visit a gentleman who is
said to be dangerously ill.”
“Oh,” was the unexpected reply,
“give the man a chance,” and the
old fellow resumed the subject he
was discussing.—Chicago News.
On • Toot.
“I Was conveyed,” related Love,
in speaking of it afterward, “on the
dulcet strains of a flute.”
The gods and goddesses exchanged
glances.
“On a toot!” they exclaimed as
with one voice. “Why, the very
idea!”
The affair, in fact, made lots of
talk in Olympus.—Detroit Journal.
Muscular Fish.
The most prodigious power oi
muscle is exhibited by fish. The
whale moves with a velocity
through a dense medium of watei
that would carry him, if continued,
round the world in something less
than a fortnight, and a swordfish has
been known to strike his weapon
clean through the oak plank of a
ship.
MOOD’S Sarsaparilla is the One
!■ True Blood Purifier, Great Nerve
Tonic, Stomach Regulator. To thou
•andt it« jjreat merit Is KNOWN.
NUMBER 8.
RUSKIN'S SHEPHERDLAND.
A Picturesque Region Always Dear to the
Artist's Heart.
Shepherd land, as Mr. Ruskin
christened the fells and dales near
Brantwood, is little known to the
ordinary tourist, who keeps to the
main roads, and its hardy sons, who
earn their living either by sheep
farming or slate quarrying, still
possess those virtues of self reliance,
unceasing industry and sturdy in
dependence characteristic of all
mountaineers. A reserved race, like
all northerners, and by no means
inclined to respond promptly to
every casual greeting, travelers
from the more effusive south who
have strayed among them have
often gone away complaining of
their rudeness and moroseness. And
yet by no race is such condemna
tion less deserved, as all those who
have penetrated within those bare,
stern looking, gray stone farm
houses and enjoyed the hospitality
and confidence of their owners will
agree, and certainly nowhere in
England do better housewives exist
than those who bear sway in the
fell farms and slaters’ cottages of
the two Langdales.
The farmhouses themselves are
built of the “waste” of the green
slate quarries and are straight wall
ed, unornamented structures set in
the most sheltered places at the fell
foot, their chief characteristic being
the deep porch, built so as to pro
tect the kitchen or “house place,”
into which it opens, from the driv
ing wind and heavy winter snow.
The cottages, also built of “waste.”
are generally plastered, and show
as brilliant and pleasing patches of
dazzling white against tho dull pur
ple of the fellside heather and whin
bushes. Occasionally the porch will
be gay in summer with the vivid
scarlet tropieolum, that most ca
pricious of plants, which will cover
a wayside cottage window with a
curtain of glowing color and abso
lutely refuse to put forth a single
bud in some W’ell kept garden, to
which its koboldliko mind has taken
exception.
Within both farmhouses and cot
tage are alike in two particulars—
their spotless cleanliness and the
beauty and appropriateness of their
furniture. That healthy pride in
one’s goods and chattels which the
cheap, bad furniture, miserable, jer
ry built cottages and frequent moves
necessitated by the exigencies of the
labor market have almost destroyed
among the southern laborers still
exists in all its old strength in the
hearts of the shepherds’ wives of
the north. Indeed such is the
set upon furniture and the pride
with which it is cherished that
within the last 30 years both chil
dren and servants stood to their
meals lest the treasured chairs
should suffer from scratches made
on their rails by careless feet, the
result being that no home in Eng
land can show a more picturesque
interior than that seen through the
open porch of a lakeland farmhouse.
Hours are very long in tho north,
for work at the quarries begins at 6,
and a house must be astir by 5 if its
master be either slater or farmer,
though the mistress will often be
found still busy over mending or
ironing as late as 11 at night. The
children, too, must bo started on
their walk to school by 7:30 at lat
est, and many whose homes lie still
farther from the schoolhouse even
earlier. When all have been safely
set on their way, housework begind
in earnest. The mistress and her
maids feed the poultry, milk the
cows and even look after the wants
of such sheep as happen to be folded
in the “intake” near the house.
Such is the spirit possessed by the
w’hole race that no woman shirks
her burden, and work is done and
children bred up in honesty and
health, blow the wind never so cold
ly or lie the winter snow never so
long.—London Chronicle.
Discouraging.
A young matron of an inquiring
turn of mind consulted a fortune
teller the other day. “Os course,
I’m not really superstitious,” she
said, as she recounted her experience
to a teacup coterie. “But I had
heard wonderful tales of his skill in
palmistry, and as I had always had
a horror of a lonely, loveless, poor
old age, I thought I’d ask him what
he could tell me about my future. ”
“Oh! What did he say?” asked
a young thing, in her teens, who
was making calls under mamma’s
wing.
“He told me my disposition first.
Told it very well too. Said I was
married and would never be a wid
ow; that I was well off in this
world’s goods and would probably
have a good deal of pleasure before
I died. 1 insisted on the old age ques
tion, whether or not I would be hap
py or lonely at 70. His answer was
cheerful. It has put my doubts to
sleep. He said, very solemnly,
‘Madam, you will not have an un
happy old age, as it is extremely
unlikely that you will live to be 40.’
Encouraging, wasn’t it?” New
York Commercial.
Solving a Problem.
Sir W. R. Hamilton kept a head
strong horse, to which he had given
the name of Comet, and used to gal
lop it in circles, or perhaps in
ellipses, round the lawn. On one oc
casion he mounted him in Dublin
just after a curious mathematical
problem had suggested itself to him.
i The horse took a mean advantage
i of his abstraction and ran away,
i “When I found it impossible to stop
him,” he said, “I gave him his head
. and returned to thp problem. He
ran for four miley rnd stood still at
my gate—just asVhe problem was
solved!”— of Aubrey