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MAPLESS REGIONS An Eighth of the World’s Land Surface Still Unexplored. AREAS WRAPPED IN MYSTERY. "The Dwelling of the Void” In Arabia 1 Is Supposed to Be the Most Desolate Waste on the Globe—New Guinea Has Baffled Countless Expeditions. It would seem as though this little world of ours should be pretty thor oughly known by this time, yet there are many unexplored territories which have yet to receive the impress of a human foot and which doubtless, like the north and south polar regions, will take their toll of heroic victims from the hardy explorers who first enter their closed portals. On a rough estimate about 7,000,000 square miles, or one-eighth of the to tal land surface of the world, are wait ing to be discovered. Some 200,000 square miles of this lie in the arctic regions of the north, but among the frozen tracts that form “antarctic” in the south, where Scott and his gallant followers were penetrating, nearly 3.000.000 square miles are relegated to the sole use of whales, seals, pen guins. petrels and other animal and bird inhabitants of frozen homes. It is true that human habitations could never be formed in such climes as these, but the scientific world is ever eager for the discoveries of ex plorers, and even among uninhabited districts their work is never wasted. In Arabia there exists a tract of un explored country nearly five times as large as Great Britain. It stretches from Mecca almost to the southeast coast and is called Dahkna, or “the Dwelling of the Void.’’ Probably no more desolate waste is to be found in the globe, for not a single river is es timated to flow throughout its entire 400,000 square miles. Imagine Ger many and France combined without river or stream and you will gain some idea of the parched condition of Dahk na. The Sahara is a blissful retreat by comparison. Some authorities state that the whole desert is not worth the price of a good malacca cane. Others give cre dence to the legend that treasures and hidden cities lie in the heart*of the sands. Os quite a different character are the enormous mountain fastnesses of South America, which lie along the upper Amazon and in the districts of Colombia and Peru. The celebrated treasure of Cuzco lies secreted among the Peruvian heights. Impenetrable forests, mountain jungles and innu merable fever spreading rivers hold the most intrepid adventurers at bay. to say nothing of carnivorous ants, malignant snakes, water moccasins and those most deadly of serpents, an acondas. During recent years over a dozen expeditions have been either wholly or partially wiped out in their efforts to wrestle with these regions. Although the famous El Dorado, which set the sixteenth century ablaze, has never been unearthed, the country generally might fittingly be called El Dorado, from the rich minerals and priceless stones emanating therefrom. Strange, wild eyed men descend oc casionally from the mountains, bring ing wonderful fragments with them. But they refuse to act. as guides to those who would accompany them back. ff is curious to realize that vast’por tions of the British empire have never been seen by British eyes or the eyes pf any white men. Nearly a quarter pf Australia is still unexplored, mainly in the west, where the population av erages only one person in about every twenty square miles. New Guinea has bullied countless expeditious, though many are still try ing tii tight their way inland from the coast. Despite the fact that the inte rior of this island is practically a geo graphical blank, it is neatly divided pn the maps between Britain, Germa ny and Holland. Among its products . ie birds of paradise, spices and can nibals. Another parti ularly interesting dis trict which lias so far defied civiliza tion lies secreted among the Himalaya jnoqntains. Rumor accounts that it js presided over by women, who are responsible for siich rude laws as are necessary oven in a lawless district, manage the affairs of state and live in a luxury <’f inverted Mormonism by possessing four or five husbands apiece. To the hill men are relegated all the ropgh tasks and menial labors. “Mere xnan’’ is of small account beside these Himalayan amazons. But we may as sume that in due season the men will rise to claim their vote. ■ The foregoing selection does not ex haust bv any means the list of geo graphical blanks waiting to be tilled. Before the atlas complete can lie on pur shelves we must penetrate the darker haunts of Borneo, North Ameri ca. the Kongo basin, the 700 mile mountain range that stretches from Der Fur into the heart of Sahara and numerous other spaces. London An swers. Could Spot Him. Yeast—So clear is the mountain at mosphere at Quito, under the equator in Ecuador, that persons dressed in white have been distinguished seven teen miles away. Crimsonbeak—That's no place for a man to owe his tailor money—Yonkers Statesman. The barriers are not erected that can say to aspiring talents and industry, •‘Thus far and no farther.”—Beethoven. TAMED THE MONARCH. , The Part a Silver Inkstand Played In a National Crisis. The pages of history re ord many in stances in which trivial incidents have shaped the destinies of nations. Ac cording to a story in the New York Tribune, a small silver inkstand and the quick wit- of a prime minister once played an important part in the history of the Netherlands. William 111., king of the Netherlands was a man of violent and ungovernable temper. Although in general a clever statesman, he was inclined, for some reason or other, to involve Holland in the trouble that was brewing between France and Germany in 1870. He was deaf to the appeals of his ministers, who foresaw the ruin to the country that war would bring. Thorbecke. the prime minister, re solved to make one last attempt to change his soverign’s resolution. On entering the royal presence Thorbecke was greeted with a rough “Good morn ing! What’s the news?” “Nothing particular, your majesty. Only the people of The Hague are talk ing a great deal of nonsense about your majesty.” “About me!” exclaimed the monarch, in wrath. “What do they say about me?” “Well, sir,” answered the old states man, “The Haguers declare that your majesty has become stark, staring mad!” Before he could utter another word King William, his face purple with fury, jumped up and seized a heavy silver inkstand, with the inten tion of hurling it at the head of the premier. Fortunately a projecting an gle of the inkstand caught in the table cloth and dragged it off the table with everything upon it In the confusion the discharge of the missile was delay ed for a moment. “Sire,” exclaimed Thorbecke quietly, “if your majesty hurls that beautiful inkstand at my head The Haguers will have much reason for their assertion!” For a minute the angry king gazed in silence at his minister. Then he grad ually lowered his arm and replaced the inkstand on the table. He walked to one of the windows and stood looking out for a few minutes. Returning to the table, he resumed his seat and said, as if nothing had happened: “And now tell me what you have got to say.” An hour later, when the statesman left, he carried with him the monarch’s promise to issue a proclamation that would declare the neutrality of Hol land. A PETRIFIED WATERFALL Algeria’s Stone Cataract Is Called "the Bath of the Damned.” With all the beauty of a cataract of living water there is in Algeria a re markable petrified waterfall which re cently has been engaging the attention of scientists. This is the Hammam- Meskhutin, which means “the bath of the damned,” and it is located sixty-two miles from Constantine, on the site of the ancient town of Cirta. This solidified cascade is the produc tion of calcareous deposits from sul phurous and ferruginous mineral springs, issuing from the depths of the ear:h at a temperature of 95 degrees C. “The bath of the damned,” even from a near viewpoint, looks for all the world like a great wall of water dash ing into a swirling pool at its foot, yet its gleaming, graceful curves and the apparently swirling eddies at its base are as fixed and immovable as if carv ed from the face of a granite cliff. Many centuries have, of course, gone to the making of the deposits, and the springs were well known to the ancient Romans. The name Hammam-Mesk hutin was given to the stone cataract in an allusion to the legend that the waterfall was petrified by Allah, pun ishing the impiety of unbelievers by turning all the members of a tribe into stone. At night, so the story runs, its stone dwellers of the remote past are freed from their strange fetters, come to life and resume their normal shapes. —lllustrated London News. Old Love and New Rug. “Those people next door to us have been married a long time, haven’t they?” “Perhaps they have, but their honey moon isn’t over yet.” “How do you figure that out?” “Well, it was awfully sloppy last night, but when he came home she made him step inside and kiss her be fore she told him to go back on the porch and wipe his feet.” “Well, honey, wouldn’t you”— “No, I wouldn’t! We've got a new rug!”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Fork and Cake. A correspondent points a curious an tipodean fashion. In New Zealand la dies eat cake with a fork, and the rea son is the shortage of domestic serv ants. You don’t see the connection? Well, the New Zealand lady so often has to do her own housework that it is the fashion at afternoon teas to keep gloves on—in mercy to possible rough ened hands—whence the fork of the cake.—London Chronicle. Modest Child. At a social gathering a little girl re cited “The Charge of the Light Bri gade." Reaching the line "Into the jaws of death, into the month of"— she paused and. looking around, added: "Where papa told uncle to go last night.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Different. Jones—James. 1 heard you using pro fanity to the horses this forenoon. Coachman—No. suh; no, sub! I’s very careful ob de horses, suh! I was talk in’ to my wife, suh! —Kansas City Star. ROE P/RKLE /$ CAPTURED 1 WAY OUT IN TJEXIf. Passing by Name of Mitchell and RaiSNßop in Lone Star State. • Sheriff Spencer returned last Sat urday night from Texas after being gone a week. He brought with him Roe Pirkle, who was badly wanted hy his bondsmen. Amos Fuller and Mel Charles. Pirkle was charged with burgling at Flowery Branch some two yeais ago. He gave a bond of SSOO and then pulled for the tall timbers. The Sheriff hajT been tracing hian in his western whereabouts for sever al Weeks, aijdWme time ago sentott some (‘‘Rewam!’ cards to places whdrml’irkle vLafc thought to be. LsiaopweekLagot a grapevine mej sagaynrMn Maxfield, Texas, that living on a farm under the ndjhejtf Mitchell. The Shmftff, in ordpr to make sure, went out there armed with requisi tion papers and had no trouble in getting his man. v Pirkle had planted a crop in Fety ruary and was getting alojig picelji bufeame back without giving trouble. His wife was very obstreperous on the way back, and the Sheriff had to put her in the sleeping car to 'get rid of her. \ ) Pirkle will probftW be triectf*^this month in superior Vourt. \ Odd-Fellows at Clermont. On account of the meeting of the| Twentieth Division I. O. O. F.jaf Clermont on July 16, special train, will be operated over the Gainesvilfej & Northwestern Railroad,' leaviijb Gainesville at 9.10 a. m. and returii-. ing leave Clermont at 5.00 p. m. All Odd-Fellows and their friends are cordially invited. Some noted speakers are booked for the occa sion and a grand day is expected. J. R. Marlow, D. D. G. M. Sewing Club in Camp. The members of the Sewing Club and their young men friends pitched camp Tuesday at Lake Warner, where they are enjdying their two weeks annual outing. A They have a big time generally in their forgetfulness of the carel and worries of domestic duties, fol under the excellent supervision Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Simmons th3r tents are kept, and all kinds of deli cacies are prepared to tempt “waning” appetites. The party is composed of Misses Isabel Charters, Carol Dean, Ruth Smith, Susie Ham, Fay Simmons, Helen Estes, Leia Robertson, Zills Johnson, Sadie Robinson, Pope, Aline Palmour, Annie Lou Paget, and Mary Lucy Turner of Atlanta; Messrs. Sidney and Henry Smith, Leonard McConnell, Edgar Dunlap, Walker Smith, Jim Ru dolph, Claud Burnett, Henry and Charlie Estes, Roy Strickland of Athens, Price Charters, Dan Denton, Lawrence Atkins, Baylor Hjcknian, and Sam Brown. ? .J ' Ls Several visitors from a distancoj will join this jolly crowd the last oi< the week. 1, Miss Mary Ella Perry left Monday for a visit to friends and relatives in South Carolina. ~ 1 • “KIDDING” THE NEW YORKER Little Rock Merchant Has Some Fun With Traveling Man From the Metropolis. A traveling salesman blew into Little Rock, Ark., and, going to the' leading merchant, said pompously: “I’m from New York. I want t» show you the newest line of—” “Where did you say you weye* from?” asked the merchant, getting ready to do some “kidding.” The swell-headed manner of the New Yorker had ruffled him. The sales man seemed to think the fact that he was from New York was thing to make rural merchants’ jajfrs drop open. He was what we western people call a “New York fool”—the one kind that’s hopeless. “Why, I’m from New,York,” re> peated the gingery, swell-up geek. “Who runs the hotel in that town?” asked the merchant in a friendly manner. WANTED—WOMEN. The total population of the world is estimated to be 1,700 millions, and the proportion is said to be It 000 men to 990 women. The propoif tion varies considerably according ti the region. In Europe there are, for each 1,000 men, 1,027 women ; h Africa, 1,045 ; in America, 964; id Asia, 961; in Australia, 937. Th? maximum feminine population is id Uganda, where there are 1,467 won* en to each 1,000 men, and the mini mum in the gold countries of Alaska and in Malaysia where there ar® found only 391 and 389 women, re spectively, to each 1,000 men. ALKAHEST CHAUTAUQUA PROVING GREAT SUCCESS. Attractions Varied and Interesting—Large Audiences Attending. The Alkahest Chautauqua is prov ing its predicted»success. Large audiences attend the attrac tion in the afternoon and in the evenings, and And that the most va ried tastes can find amusement and pleasure in the productions. The musical selections range from the grand opera airs down to the present rag-time, embracing the folk-lore songs of different nations, with the ever-sweet lullabies. The Chicago Ladies’ Orchestra gave a beautiful and varied pro* gram at the opening performance, which was followed that evening by Mr. Ralph Parlett’s lecture, which was a veritable masterpiece of wit and humor. ' The Boston Lyrics were splendid too. They coußL.Aing you to sleep with their swe#t ; melodies, and Swiss bell-ringing one minute, and have you the-' next” ori a verge o laughable collapse by th£lr oeomic’ readings. The remaining program will be just as attractive, and one will be able to find just what they like best. Council Proceedings. j Council Chamber, June 26-30,1913 ’ Council met in regular session, Mayor Robertson presiding. j Roll called and following Council x men were present: Walker, Hardie, Lathem, Crow, ’ Mitchell, Parker. Minutes of the regular meeting June 12 and call meeting June 20, 1913, read and adopted. boiler insurance on the boiler at pumping station, and the : steam fire engine having expired, Council voted to take out insurance on both. Application of Mr. C. C. Moore for permission to cut out shade trees along the route he proposed to move the Episcopal church from 1 College avenue to Washington street. On motion council voted to ref(?r this matter to the Street Com initteg. Dr; P. Ham proposed to buy some of the stone posts from the city. On motion proposition was referred to the Street Committee, with power to act. The Mayor and being de sirous to complete the concrete cul vert through from Spring street to Washingtion street, the parties in terested—Dr. E. P. Ham, B. F. Bennett and C. N. Davie —were re quested to meet with the Council in order that a satifactory agreement could be made between Mayor and Council and the above named par ties. On motion the following con tract was proposed and adopted by the Council. Same was submitted, - Ao Messrs. Ham, Bennett and Davie, ; who accepted and signed same. • Codtract entered into this the 30th , day of June, June, 1913, between the City of Gainesville and E. P. Ham. B. F. Bennett and C. N. Davie, wit nesseth that for and in the consider ation of the City of Gainesville building a concrete culvert through their property from spring street to Washington street, they agree to .. pay the following: Dr. E. P. Ham to pay one-sixth of the cost of 100 feet, more or less. B. F. Bennett to pay one-third of the cost of his side, 202 feet, more or less. B. F. Bennett to pay one-sixth of _ E. P. Ham’s 100 feet, more or less. C. N. Davie to pay one-third of tlie cost of 102 feet, more or less. ' City to pay one-third of the entire 'cost of said concrete culvert. E. P. Ham. B. F. Bennett. C. N. Davie. P. E. B. Robertson, For City of Gainesville. Witness: Jas. H. White. Clerk. There being no further business, Council adjourned. P. E. B. Robertson, Mayor. J. H. White. Clerk. * > Mrs. J. P. Savage Died at her home at White Sulphur Station Tuesday. r- The funeral yester day by Rev. Highsmith at Dewber -1 ry Church No. 2, and the inter ; ment was at the same place. She was 63 years old, and is survived by j her husband and five children. . j TF - A TEXAS WONDER. The Texas Wonder cures kidney | and bladder troubles, removing gravel, cures diabetes, weak and Jame backs, rheumatism and all irregularities of the kidneys and bladder in both men and women. (Regulates bladder troubles in child, i ren. If not sold by your druggist, will be sent by tpail on receipt of SI.OO. i One small bottle is two months treat ment, and seldom fails to perfect a ; cure. Send for testimonals from this j and other states. Dr. E. W. Hall, 2926 Olive street, St Louis, Mo. i Sold by druggist. About Hall City Court. To the Citizens of Hall County: i About a year ago an advertise- I ment appeared of an intention to in troduce in the Ligislature a bill to abolish the City Court of Hall County. I circulated a petition ad dressed to Hons. J. O. Adams and S. K. Christopher asking them not to abolish the Court. This petition was signed so extensively that said Adams and Christopher became sat isfied the people did not want the court abolished, and they abandon ed the idea of trying to pass the bill, and it was not introduced. Now Mr. Adams, being returned, has again advertised his intention to introduce a bill in the present legis lature to a&jlislr’the court. Now, in order that the people may know what the City Court has done and what it is doing, I took .the trouble.on myself, with the help of the clerk and chairman of the Com missioners of Roads and Revenues, and the Treasurer, to find out what the court is doing, -which will ap pear from the certificates of these officers, as follows: CLERK’S OFFICE OF THIf’sUPERIOR AND CITY COURTS. Number of criminal cases dis posed of from Jan., 1912. to June 1, 1913 313 Number of civil cases disposed of for the same time 198 Number of criminal cases dis posed of in the Superior Court from Jan. 1, 1812, to June 1, 1913 171 Number of civil cases disposed of from Jan., 1912, to June 1, 1912 61 This June 30, 1913. R. W. Smith, Clerk Superior and City Courts. treasurer’s office, hall county It appears of record in my * office that the City Court of Hall county has cost the county from Jan. 1, 1912, to June 1, 1913 $3,351.35 And the Superior Court from Jan. 1, 1912, to June 1, 1913, has cost 8,219.28 This June 30, 1912. George Lathem, Treasurer Hall County. Hon. John A. Smith informs me that the County works on an aver age of 20 convicts from Hall City Court on the public roads of the county, and has had this number since Jan. 1, 1912. He further says they are worth to the county SI.OO per day. They are therefore worth for said time $9,634; but as the County gets only 60 per cent of this (the Solicitor, Clerk and Sheriff get 40 per cent), the County is only entitled to $5,634. Now take the $3,231.50 from $5,634, leaves the sum of $2,403, which is the net amount the City Court pays into the Treasury, in cash and labor of convicts. I have tried and disposed of, in vacation, since Jan. 1, 1912, 157 cases (which are included in the above 313). This is a great saving to the County in jail fees, etc. . J .“ Now, the facts speak for them selves. If you want to abolish the court, all right. It is your business. Respectfully, Geo. K. Looper, Judge City Court. Successful Meeting. The Chattahoochee Baptist Sun day School Convention convened last Saturday and Sunday at Candler. In the whole association th r, re are 39 registered churches, and ten that are always regularly represented in this 3rd district convention. A number of people from this city attended the meetings, and report that a generous amount of work is being accomplished by this associ ation. An interesting and beneficial pro gram was carried out, and new offi cers for the ensuing months elected: T. H. Robertson of this city pres ident. and A. C. Jones of Candler Secretary. The next meeting place will be at Chattahoochee Church, this county, on Saturday before the fifth Sunday in August. These assemblies are always on the fifth Sunday. Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by teonstitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mu cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condi tion. hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of tenure caused byCatarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. Me will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (causedi by catarrh ' that cannot becured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send tor circulars, free. F. J. CH ENY CO.,'Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 75c. Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipaion. - Tom Little. I have purchased half interest in the Barber Shop located next door to the Southern Express Office, and will appreciate a share of your pat ronage. Hair Cut 15c, Shave 10c, Bath 15c. T. A. LITTLE. C. A. DOZIER Real Estate And Insurance No. 1 State Bank Bldg. Will be glad to sell to you, or for you, and will insure your property in the very best Companies at the lowest rates possible. COME TO SEE ME C. A. DOZIER FOR SALE My home at 85 .West Washington street, Gainesville, Ga.; 9-room. house, large level lot, good shade, East front, garden, orchard, pasture barn, chicken-hbuse, tiled side walks, city water, healthful location, best of neighbors, close in. If you want to buy a good, home, this is the place for you. Price and terms reasonable. A. R. BAKER, Care State Banking Co. For Weakness and Loss of Appetite The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, GROVE’S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out. Malaria and builds up the system. A true tonic and sure Appetizer. For adults and children. 50c. DEEDS, NOT WORDS. Gainesville People Have Ab solute Proof of Deeds at Home. It’s not words but deeds that prove true merit. The deeds of Doan’s Kidney Pills, For Gainesville kidney sufferers, Have made their local reputation. Proof lies in the testimony of Gainesville people. Mrs. W. K. Owen, 32 W. High street, Gainesville, Ga., says: “I willingly endorse Doan’s Kidney Pills again, for nothing has occurred to make me lose my faith in them.” Mrs. Owen is only one of many Gainesville people who have grate fully endorsed Doan’s Kidney Pills. If your back aches —If your kidneys bother you, don’t just simply ask for a kidney remedy—ask distinctly for Doan’s Kidney Pills, the same that Mrs. Owen had—the remedy backed by home testimony. 50c all stores. Foster Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. “When your back is Lame —Remember the Name.” Notice to Debtors and Creditors Miss Elizabeth Payne having de parted this life June 17, 1913, and I. O. P. Payne, having been guardian of the person and property of Eliza beth Payne, I am now ex-officio ad ministrate!, and notice is therefore hereby given to all parties having: claims aga>nst the estate ot Miss Elizabeth Payne to file the same with me as required by law; and alt parties owing sa.d estate are hereby requested to settle at once. Th’s June 28, 1913 O. P. Payne, Guardian, and Ex >fficio Adminis trator of Miss Elizabeth Payne, Deceased. A® You a Woman? I * Mui The Woman’s Tonic I FOR SALE AT AU DRUGGISTS I F, | The Best Hot Weather Tonic GROVE’S TASTELESS chill TONIC enriches the blood, builds up the whole system and will won derfully strengthen and fortify you to withstand, the depressing effect of the hot summer. 50c. lectnc Bitters Succeed when everything else fails. In nervous prostration and female weaknesses they are the supreme remedy, as thousands have testified. FOR KIDNEY, LIVER AND STOMACH TROUBLE it is the best medicine ever sold over a druggist's c rJnier.