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THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENT.
It Was First Discovered by a Daring
Yankee Sailor In 1821.
History presents from time to
time some curious anomalies, and
not the least among these is the
story of the original discovery of
the great continent surrounding
the south pole, says Outing. A
grim, inaccessible coast, guarded
from man’s approach by fields of
l impassable ice floes and bergs, it
resisted all efforts of the ablest of
early explorers to win its shores,
only to be discovered at last by a
boy of eighteen in command of a
little forty ton sloop.
Nathaniel Palmer was the lad’s
name, and he came of the best of
old New England seafaring stock.
After some preliminary training at
sea, young Palmer sailed in 1812 or
1814 as second mate of a bark
bound for the sealing grounds of
the south Atlantic. After some
weeks of fruitless exploration and
terrific struggles with the wintry
gales of the region about Cape
Horn they came at last to the south
Shetland islands and soon had fill
ed the vessel’s hold with a fortune
in furs.
This voyage made such a stir in
all the New England seaport towns
on their return that before many
years a second expedition was fitted
out and Palmer, now Captain Nat,
was given command of a little down
east sloop called the Hero, which
was sent along in consort with the
larger vessels. This diminutive
craft could hardly have been more
than sixty in length, but she
weathered successfully the rigors of
wind and sea and arrived in due
course at her destination.
At this time nothing was known
of the existence of any land of
continental extent within the ant
arctic circle—nor did Captain Nat
much care whether there was such
or not. What he was looking for
was seals. So when he came upon
long stretch of coast line facing
to the north in the vicinity of the
sixtieth meridian west of Green
wich he examined the shore for
possible rookeries and, finding noth
ing but ice and penguins, sailed
away back again to the north’ard.
A few days after this the little
Hero fell in with two tall ships of
the Russian navy under Command
er Bellingshausen. When young
Palmer went on board for lunch at
I the commander’s invitation and
h mentioned casually his discovery of
to the south’ard he must have
Woeen surprised, indeed, to learn that
J that which he in his little sloop had
• blundered upon unsought and had
turned away from in disgust, these
mighty ships of the czar of all the
h Rugsias had for two years—been
( seeking in vain.
Commander Bellingshausen, to
do him justice, gave young Palmer
full credit for his discovery, and
this —the first portion of the ant
arctic continent to be seen by man
—is set down upon the maps today
as Palmerland in enduring tribute
to the daring of the Yankee sailor
lad who first caught sight of it from
the deck of a little sailboat in the
year of grace 1821.
Getting Even With Justice.
The prisoner at the bar of the
police court was sore over his treat
ment and could not conceal it
wholly.
“If I should express my opinion
of this court, your honor,” he said,
rising from his chair, “would you
fine me for contempt ?”
“I certainly should!” replied the
judge decisively.
«“Thank you,” bowed the prisoner.
“1 wish to extend my congratula
tions to your honor and all those
connected with the court for the
very fair and impartial trial that I
have received at your hands.”
Then the prisoner sat down and
the judge was flabbergasted.—
Judge.
Good Evidence.
Katherine had been brom 'it up
to believe that talebearing was de
spicable. but there were times when
her greedy twin strained her prin
ciples to the snapping point.
“Katherine, said her mother
one day, “is it possible that you and
Howard have eaten that whole bag
of peppermints that I meant to
take to grandmother, just because
1 left the bag on the table?”
“1 didn't take one of them, moth
er." said Katherine indignantly,
“but Howard well, 1 shan't tell
tales, but just you smell him!”—
You th‘s Com panion.
Justice.
“All right.” fumed Jiblets. hand
ing over $lO. “I’ll pay, but let
me siy.lo vour honor that it is rank
injustice. Why, look at the dam
age In mv <ar from your rotten
roads- the mud’s an inch thick on
ever\ bi* <>f that machine.”
where the justice comes
in." - rhe local Solomon. “At
.‘■l •;!<! it'll cost us about $lO re
s' mud vour old machine
i l; ; ■ ..■>?:• i-uarherin’ up outen our
I ig:. •• i-> ” -Harper’s.
PRAYING FOR PREY.
The Mantis Seems to Be Doing That
While Awaiting Victims.
Most persons know the prayingi
mantis —that large, greenish, grass -'
hopper-like insect which holds up 1
adoring arms as if venerating some
deity of the woods or making an in
vocation —an oracle among insects.)
as the old Greeks thought it. Bur.
these attitudes of prayer conceal
the most atrocious habits. These
supplicating arms, to fall into
Fabre’s picturesque phrasing, are
lethal weapons. These fingers tell
no rosaries, but exist to seize the
passerby. Although a member of a
vegetarian family, the mantis feeds
exclusively on its living prey. It is
a tiger in ambush, and if only it
had sufficient strength its ogreish
appetite and its horrible facility
of concealment by color and form
among the grefen leaves where
peaceful insects travel would make
it the terror of the countryside.
At first glance it does not look
very terrible. Its neck is flexible,
and it can turn its head and look
with sharp eyes in all directions,
but no formidable jaws affright a
victim. In its powerful uplifted
fore limbs lies the hidden danger,
the cruel trap. Each long thigh,
shaped like a flattened spindle, car
ries on the forward half of its lower
face a double row of steely spines,
alternately long and short, and
three needlelike spikes, longest of
all, rise behind the parallel rows,
between which the fore leg lies
when folded in “prayer.” This
fore part of the leg is similarly arm
ed, but with smaller spikes, and
terminates in a hook with a blade
(ike a pruning, knife and a tip as
sharp as a needle. Handle the in
sect incautiously and this.armament
discovers itself to you instantly,
thrusting its needles and blades
into your flesh, gripping you in a
stinging vise and forcing you to
i crush it to get free.
When the mantis is in repose
these weapons are folded and press
ed against the chest, showing noth
ing of their ferocity. The bandit’s
sword is sheathed, and it seems at
its devotions. But let a victim
come within reach and the ruse—
if ruse it be—is abandoned like a
flash. The three long joints of the
deadly fore limbs straighten and
shoot out their talons, which strike
the victim like the unsheathed claws
of a cat and drag it back between
the saws of the thighs. The vise
closes with an upward motion, as a
man would bring his hand up to
his shoulder, and no cricket, grass
hopper, beetle or spider can strug
gle out of the crook of that terrible
elbow.—Harper’s Weekly.
Friendship.
A little boy got out of bed wrong
one morning and was so hateful all
day that his father finally found it
necessary to punish him.
A little while after the ordeal
was over his mother found him out
back of the barn tenderly caressing
and potting an old ram that was
pastured there. Her heart was
touched by this display of kind
heartedness on liis part, and she
watched him tenderly for some time.
Then, walking over to where he sat,
she inquired :
“What makes my little boy so
good to the old sheep?”
He did not stop or look up, but
answered, stifling a sob:
“ 'Cause he just butted pa.”—
New York Times.
Profitable Discord.
While passing an old fashioned
inn in Scotland some tourists were
•attracted by an aged bagpiper,
wh > was tooting atrocious sounds
through an instrument that was
both dilapidated ami squeaky.
“Croat .Jericho. Sandy!” exclaim
ed one in. desperation. “Why don’t
you have your bagpipe repaired?”
The old man ceased playing and
looked up in astonishment.
“Havers, mon. ye dinna under
stand! If ma bagpipes wor in good
tune the inn mon wadna gie me 2
shillings to move on.”
Shuts Off the Black Looks.
“What a magnificent bouquet of
flowers! For your wife, 1 pre
sume?” [
’Yes. I am a little on the outs ini
that quarter just now, and”—
“And this is to square yourself?”
“No, not exactly. These flowers
are for the center of our dining
table. Always get ’em when the
wife and 1 have a little tiff. Big
bouquet in the center of the table
gives us each something pleasant to
look at while we eat. She can’t see
me and 1 can't see her. Get me?”
—Brooklyn Times.
A Pointer On a Pointer.
Farmer—ls you want to get to
the village you must go this way.
Tourist—But the guidepost point?
in the other direction.
Farmer—That is right. We have
pointed the finger in the wrong di
rection to keep beggars and robbere
from entering the village.—London
Answers.
The Some Kitchen.
Painst your kitchen walls-a»«i wood
work white above the wainscoting
It keeps soiled hands a.waj. Its
cheerful brightness is always invit
ing. One quart of Turpentine added
to ane-halt gallon of L, & M. Semi-
Mixed Real Paint niuk.es S quarts of
the highest grade of pure paint, and
it is enough to paint a kitchen and
two more rooms. For outside paint
tng the very highest grade of long
life paint is made by adding three
quarts of pure Linseed Oil to each
one gallon of L. & M. Semi-Mixed
Real aint. Sold by M. C. Brown.
“Esquire” Not Understood.
A letter addressed to John Bvown,
Esquire, rested comfortably in a little
town of Germany in the “E“ com
partment of the post department
waiting to be called for by Mr.
Esquire. One of the guide books
warns against the use of this form of
address explaining how £ may be
mistaken for a name.
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Most Chidren Have Worms
Many mothers think their child
ren are suffering from indigestion,
headache, nervousness, weakness,
costiveness, when, they are victims
of that most common of all child
ren’s ailments—worns. Peevish,
ill-tempered, fretful children, who
toss and grind their teeth, with bad
breath and colicky pains, have all
the symptoms of having worms, and
should be given Kickapoo Worm
Killer, a pleasant eandj lozenge,
which expells worms, regulates the
bowels, tones up the system and
makes chiidred well and happy.
Kickpoo Worm Killer is guaran
teed. All druggist, or by mail.
Price 25c. Kickapoo Indian Med
icine Co., Philadelphia and St. Louis.
For Sale by M. C. Brown and Pied
mont Drug Company.
Shake Off Your Rheumatism.
Now is the time to get rid of your
rheumatism. Try a twenty-five cent
bottle of Chamberlain’s Liniment
and see how quickly your rheumatic
pains disappear. All dealers.
Absent.
Come along to the “movies.” Fol
low the crowd. We sob when it sobs,
and, in turn, laugh aloud. Our hearts
freely leap to the maid on the cur
tain, whose job is to weep when her
feelin's are hurtin’. We pity the chap
who has landed in prison—would glad
ly exchange all our pleasures for his’n.
But where is the fellow with pity to
feel for the soul in the coop who is
turning the reel’ —Judge.
New Shoe Machinery.
I have installed in my Shoe Shop
a complete outfit of the latest im
proved Machinery, consisting of
■Stitchers, Trimmers, Scourers' Fin
isher§, Etc. and I am now prepared
to do all kinds of work in the'’most
artistic style and-at the very short
est notice.
No. 7 E. Spring street,
11. A.A’hamblee.
Stove Wood.
See Geo. W. Moore for your Stove
Wood. Phone 155.
When Your Feet Ache
From Corns, Bunions, Sore or Callous Spots
Blisters, New or Tight Fitting Shoes, Allens
Foot-Ease the antiseptic powder to be sha
ken into the shoes, will give instant relief.
Sold everywhere, 25c. Don’t accept any
substitute. For FREE sample address, Al
len S. Olmsted, De Roy, N. Y.
For Weakness and Loss of Appetite
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
'.ROVE’S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out
lalaria and builds up the system. A true tonic
cd sure Appetizer. Foradults and children. 50c.
Hera is Relief fcr W< men.
If you have pains in the back, Urinary,
Bladder or kidney trouble try Moi her Grays
.VRO3IATIC LEAF,a pleasant herb remedy
for women’s ills and a great tonic laxative.
Ar Druggists or by mail s(ic : sample FBEE.
Address, Mother Gray Co., Deldoy, N. Y.
Tax Receiver’s Notice.
I will be at—
Gainesville June 2 to 20.
For the puri ose of receiving Tax
Returns, and ali properly held and
possessed February Ist is subject to
taxation.
All property not returned will be
double taxed.
Come early ami avoid the rush.
W. B. Buffington,
Tax Receiver.
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’Electric!
I Bitters I
| Succeed when everything else rant i
i In nervous prostration and female
| weaknesses they are the supreme i
* remedy, as thousands have testifier,. ’
; FOR KSDWEY, LIVER AH J i
i STOMACH TROUBLE \
1 it is the best medicine ever so,.i
4 over a druggist’s c--r<er I
jf .crsotia ?t»v • *
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days
Your druggist will refund money if PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching,
Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days.
The first application gives Ease and Rest. 50c.
IF YOIT ARE ILL )
from- any disorde rof the STOMACH, LIVER or-j
KIDNEYS, or if y.w bowefe are inactive at; i 1
times, or you should sulf er-frotn headaches,,
geta 50 cent bottle of SEVEN. BAKES of your
druggist. If runsfo.waaaddon’t feel
as young and chipper as-.you used to, save
SEVEN BARKS J*fair trial:. it will purify your
blood, clear your sygsm. and brain, and
make life worth, living; It is absolutely
harmless, is.highly pa&Utble, and wifi. Mt
disturb the must delicate stonmeh.
For sale 1- dr-iggista at 50 cents per
bottle. Don’t f.. ■. *ry i*. Address
LYMAN BRWH, C 3 LLx.-TcjSt,NewYwk,N.Y.
for /S\
Ke4 and Wold. t»etailic\O/
*. sealed with Blue. Vnr
ether. Hwy rs —ai V
ttAat. AskforOUXu
| Cholera 1 |
A Hog Cholera, Chicken A
A Cholera, and other diseases *
X of stock and poultry, make Z
X you lose money. Can this I
• loss be avoided? The •
• answer is: YES! Give *
Bee Dee
STOCK & POULTRY MEDiGiftc
promptly, when the first A
• symptoms appear. It acts a
2 on the liver, and gets it to £
g working 4 freely. A disor- J
• dered liver causes these W
V (and most other) troubles; V
Qi of stock and poultry. Qi
Ah Price 25c, 30c and SI.OO per ca&.
• “Bee Dee Stock <& Poultry Medicine
is a splendid cure for livdr trouble, roup, NP
dEh chicken cholera and other diseases.”—
F. J. Stowe. Purcell, Okla. P. A 15 W?
HfLPFUL WORDS
From a Gainesville Citizen.
Is your back lame and painful?
Does it ache especially after exer
tion?
Is there a soreness in the kidnej.
region?
These symptoms suggest weak
kidneys.
If so there is danger in delay.
Weak kidneys get fast weaker.
Give your trouble prompt attention.
Doan’s Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys..
Your neighbors use and recom
mend them.
Read this Gainesville testimony:
R. R. Eberhart; 25 Summit street,
Gainesville, Ga., says: “I still think
highly of Doan’s Kidney Pills and
confirm what I said about them be
fore. You may continue to use my
endorsement. Doan’s Kidney Pills
were taken by one of my relatives
who complained of kidney trouble
and they brought relief. I know
that this remedy does its work well.”
For sale by all dealers. Price of
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name—Doan’s—
and take no other.
Cures Old Sores, Other Remedies Won’t Cure.
The worst cases, no matter of how long standing,
are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr.
Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves
Pain and Heals at the same time. 25c, 50c, SI.OO
€5 AV
Uarlber &liop!
I have opened a First-Class
Barber Shop Opposite South
ern depot, and will be piad to
have my friends call on me.
Hair Cut 15C; Shave 1O<£;
Neck Shave FREE.
1 need no introduction to the
public; have been in business
in Gainesville for 15 years.
W. I> T . Adam.**
| Are You a Woman ?
T * Cardui
The Woman’s lonic j
FOR SALE AT ALL DRUGGISTS
THE GOOD- O-I.D SUM SI ER' TIME
f J WOMEN. ALL.WAST A MOJkITORISELF-
HEATING IRMJf.. Saves half ttw time,
ilflWrK JL salt5 alt l he !ab °Uandall the worry of ironing
.-X/ Ju .*}’• T r °*’uml keep e«oL Sample Sat-
'C istactiors guaranteed. Fifty representatives
T* - ' jOTp wanted at naake 870. C > i>er week.
«• rmSF ri VI WriSdfor tdrms.
1 G. W U IJll* FV**’ ROYSTON I SON
*■ —Roysteuj, Ga.
Buy Gainesville Real Estate
—There s Money Id It!
Will buy 2Tacres ©f land nea® city fiimits, norTtF
Gainesville, containing; a splendid youngt wchard of:
peaches, pears, etc. This place has a> nice, fresh
strwn of water cwungt through it: and would maka a
modern poultry &np, might later be cut up and
sold tn city lots. Thmk of this, oaly per acne.
a ho “ se close ir on Gjneen
Street Circle. Property is advancing rapidly on, this
beautiful thoroughfare.
$2000.00 Will buy one five-room house and lot knowa
as No. 32 Academy street, with all modern
ces, about one block from Green street.
StGOO.OO Will buy a good six-room house on RiresvH
Nice, large shady lot, garden, outbuildings,
would just about cost $1600.W to put the improvemel
on the pJace. House is comparatively new.
$1250.00 Will buy a beautiful lot close in on
Street Circle. 95x500 feet.
ROPER t WASHIHCTOhr
12 E. Washington street Phone fio. 6.
i CJ oiiie a>iid See It Work
THE STERLING SLICER!
Slices Breakfast Bacon
and Boneless Ham!
i Cuts Smooth and Even and
■' Any Thickness You Want!
PLENTY PURE HOME-MADE LARD ~ «
CALL AND SEE
i BYRON MITCHELL.
GAINESVILLE RAILWAY AND POWER CO
OWNED LOCALLY
Furnish Street Car Service, Electric Lights and Power
Reduced Rate® on Cars by Purchase of Street Car Ticket**
Schedule and Prices Furnished at Office
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Or. E. G. GRIFFIN’S
$ a ■
d Gate City Dental Rooms
| Whitehall St. Atlanta, Ga.
k ; Established Over 20 Years 1
I Come to Atlanta j
| > and have your dental work done by expert dentils.®
d j sou save Money. Our office is equipped with mos?M
g j modern appliances for the rg- 7-= —U
1 i painless practice of our I OCt Or I C6tfe
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ih work and best materials. Bridge V/
| Gold and Amalgam Fillings and all other work at
| All Work Guaranteed
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j rc Hl4 I you anc * s et a tu ’ De <pO X \
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Office Hours Bto 6. Sundays 9to 1.
24& Whitehall St
j Over Brown & Alien’s Drug Store
I Bell Phone 170841 . JT W