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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>. HQ W/W P A \ / 'i-'J •.» 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 : CURE io* I JIMJBI JIB ill J all 25 * SO * DRUGGISTS 1 RRQAT TITVT V fITK D N KTfVD to cure any case of constipation. Cascarcts are the Ideal Laxa. ' HDuuLUIuLI vUflßnl" 1 ijuv tire, never strip or rripe. hut cause easy natural results. Sam ' pie and booklet free. Ad. STF.BI.ISfi BF.MFUY CO.; Chicasrn. Montreal. Can.. orXew York.- sit. 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, j 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