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GOING GJ A VISIT?
V ell, Her s the Proper Cap&r tn Ct,'
Ex. >sive 3 cles.
Guests in fashionable American
country life must of course do their
share. They fetch their own motors,
for although the host does his best,
no one with only five or six cars
can really make his guests comfort
able. They bring their own maids
and valets, it goes without saying,
and one host encountering an un- j
familiar manservant in the hall is
said to have been told that the.
stranger was one -of the valets'
valets.'
One lady, when she comes for
longer than a week end, is accom
panied by her cook and butler in
addition to her maid and chauffeur.
This is really sensible, for if you
have any special breakfast fads or |
any health regime (the lovely lady .
in question lives almost entirely on i
noodles) it is tiresome to have your ,
food prepared by your friends’ in- I
competent chefs. Os course if you :
send your hostess your diet list 1
ahead it is easier—many people find
it worth while to telephone a menu, !
even for a single meal. A great
deal of course can be managed with
the modern vacuum bottles and can- I
nisters. One of the queens of so-,
ciety is said to arrive with an <
especially designed silver gilt din-;
ner pail containing boiled rice,'
dried toast, Bulgarian sour milk and .
other food requisites.
Such precautions to insure your i
own comfort while visiting are, it ;
appears, not merely permitted, but ;
almost expected in society. There i
remains, however, a considerable
experimental region where ultra 1
luxurious and fashionable women ■
are still working to reorganize'
country life on more rational lines, j
Some of these ladies, for example,
arrive with a trunk of their own
bed linen, their pillows and their
bathroom towels —an obvious step,
one would say, nearer perfect com
fort for the guest.
Yet queer, reactionary people are I
found wlm say that this is not a j
compliment to the hostess; that ill
is, in fact, distinctly the opposite. I
Pioneers and martyrs for any cause i
have always met such opposition, i
Even though one feels it unneces-:
sary, one would like here to encour- i
age these devoted women at their
work of civilization. If America
in the twentieth century could real
ly make visiting in other people’s
country houses anything but ex
treme physical agony she would
have made a historic contribution ,
to the history of the race —would
really have conquered the social, as
she did earlier the physical wilder
ness. —Harrison Rhodes in Harper’s ■
Magazine.
illustrating a Definition.
In proving a match to the brow
beating lawyer the woman witness
is probably in the majority. At a
recent case in court a woman wit-:
ness was giving very damaging evi- j
dence against the prisoner, and the |
attorney for the defense, nettled at
her manner, decided to embarrass
her if he could.
"In giving your testimony, mad- ■
am, I observe that vou are constant- i
ly using the word ‘irony.’ May I ask i
if you comprehend its true mean-!
ing?”
“Well, 1 think 1 do. I will illus-1
trate. If I were to call you a gen- ;
tieman I should unquestionably be-;
indulging in most decided irony.” (
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Mohammed and the Mountain.
When Mohammed first announc-;
ed his religion the Arabs demanded :
some supernatural proof of his
commission. The prophet replied,
that it would be tempting God to '
ask for such proof, but upon their j
insisting he commanded Mount
Safa to come to him, and when it
stirred not at his bidding exclaim
ed: ■ “God be merciful! Had it
obeyed my words it would have fall-;
en on us and destroyed us. I will
therefore go to the mountain and
thank God that he has had mercy ;
on a stiff necked generation.”
A Tactful Reminder.
Edward was the proud owner of.
his first pair of pants. On the oc-;
casion of his first wearing them a
neighbor happened to come in and
was chatting with his father, but,
much to Edward’s disgust the all
important subject was not men-!
tioned.
The little fellow stood it as long i
as he could, then in a very indiffer
ent manner remarked, “There are
three pairs of pants in this room.’’.
—London Tit-Bits.
What He Feared.
Hobson, who is to say the least a
little absentminded, was on his way j
to his own wedding, when some
thing impeded the progress of the 1
carriage, which stood at a stand
still so long that Hobson put his
head out of "the window and said to
the driver. “Hurry up. or the whole
thin.? will be over before we get
there!” —Chicago News.
DISCHARGING A BUTLER.
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Nerve Racing Experience of a New
YoSociety Woman.
While obtaining a satisfactory
servant is an increasingly difficult
matter generally, especially if one
has certain standards o.f efficiency,
getting rid of an unsatisfactory one
is not infrequently attended with
much embarrassment on the part of
the mistress of a household.
i William was a satisfactory butler,
as butlers go nowadays, but his
manners in the servants’ hall of a
well known New York woman were
much criticised by those who were
beneath him in rank. When one
day he blacked the eye of a house
. maid it provoked such a storm be
low stairs that his mistress decided
he must go.
| On the day appointed for the but
ler to depart he was called in and
paid off. He asked the lady of the
i house to write a reference for him,
i and this she did.
( After he had carefully pocketed
the envelope containing it the but
ler said, his manner changing:
“There is a small bill you owe
me. It is for money 1 have paid
out for messengers and parcels. It
amounts to $18.75.”
The lady of the house could not
: remember any occasion when she
; had not personally met any small
! bill of the kind. However, rather
than provoke a dispute, she silently
: counted out that sum from her
. purse and handed it to him.
i Still he did not go.
“I have another small bill,” he
■ announced, still more boldly. “In
the fire that burned down your
: country house I lost all my effects.
> I have made out a bill for them.”
The woman looked at him aghast.
She knew he had saved everything
he had. “What is the amount?”
she finally found voice to say.
“Fifteen hundred dollars,” he re
plied coolly.
The two were alone in the room.
Fearing violence, the woman made
an excuse of going upstairs to get
her check book. Once in her own
room she called up her lawyer on
the phone and laid the case before
him.
“It looks like an attempt at black
mail,” he said. “He has absolutely
no claim upon you.”
Summoning her maid the lady
hurried downstairs again, went
bravely up to the butler and quietly
told him to leave the house immedi
ately. He went. Then the woman
fell back into her maid’s arms.—
New York Times.
A King’s Escape.
During his service as a private in
the foreign legion, King Peter of
Servia fell into the hands of the
Prussians. This mishap occurred
on Oct. 11, 1870, at Salbris, a small
town on the banks of the Loire,
where a detachment of the legion
was surprised by the enemy and
forced to surrender. Prince Kara—
to give the name under which he
enlisted —happened to be wearing a
belt stuffed with £4OO in gold.
When his captors discovered this
they started disputing about the di
vision of the spoils and in the con
fusion the prince managed to give
them the slip. He reached the river
bank and, plunging in, got safely to
the other bank, none of his pur
suers caring to risk drowning in or
der to recapture him'.
Sickness and Superstition.
For the cure of epilepsy or the
falling sickness numerous were the
charms that were invoked long ago.
A very common remedy among the
poor people about London, and par
ticularly in Essex, was to cut the
tip of a black cat’s tail in order to
procure three drops of bood, which
were to be taken in a spoonful of
milk and repeated three days suc
cessively. If the patient was in
formed of the composition it lost its
efficacy. The patients also were tc
creep head foremost down some
three pairs of stairs three times a
day for three successive days.—
London Answers.
The Opals.
The opal used in jewelry is dis
tinguished from other varieties of
less value by calling it precious or
noble opal. Opals differ very great
ly in their color effects, and these
are known as the pattern of the
gem. The shape and size of the
flashes of color vary from very
small, when the stone is called pin’s
point opal, to larger, squarish span
gles, when it is a harlequin opal.—
New York Sun.
The Persian Carpenter.
In accordance with the invari
able custom of all eastern artisans
the Persian carpenter sits upon the
ground while at work. Instead of a
bench a strong stake is driven down
before him, leaving about ten inches
above ground, and upon this he
rests his feet. The facility with
which the work is executed in this
position has always been a matter
of surprise to European workmen.
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HOAXED THE CITY.
One of the tUany Pranks Perpetrated
by Theodore Hook.
In the earlj part of the nine
teenth century great preparations
were made in England to receive a
Spanish ambassador wl?o was ex
pected to arrive at Southampton. A
mischievous idea came into the head
of Theodore Hook (born 1788, died
1841), novelist and journalist and
above all contriver of that diversion
known as the hoax. The English
fleet was lying off Southampton.
Hook, then a young man, knew
many of the younger officers. He
formed his scheme, and one morn
ing a launch set out from the fleet
and drew up at the quay.
In this launch was he who pur
ported to be the Spanish ambassa
dor in almost royal robes, arrived
two days before the expected time.
The mayor of Southampton, who
was to receive the Spanish envoy,
was greatly flustered. It was all so
sudden. He did the best he could.
Several companies of soldiers, some
on foot, some mounted, were called
out. The bells were rung. The
ambassador, accompanied by a num
ber of young officers of the fleet,
was escorted with much pomp to
the mayor’s palace. There was a
banquet and speechmaking, one of
the young officers acting as inter
preter for the ambassador.
After it was over and the Span
ish envoy was supposed to be on his
way to London the true ambassador
arrived. There was but a sorry re
ception for him. The other am
bassador, who was Theodore Hook,
having perpetrated the greatest
hoax ever known on a mayor and a
city, had exhausted the hospitality
of the town. iThe scandal was so
great, the mayor and the people of
Southampton had been so out
rageously sold, that to make any
stir about the affair would only
cause them to be laughed at all the
more. With the exception of the
dismissal of some of the naval offi
cers who had taken part in it little
was done, and the affair was allowed
to blow over.
“The Old Beast.”
An old story concerning Lord
Beaconsfield is worth repeating.
One day, while walking about his
country place in the easy coat and
general careless attire he liked to
adopt when among his farmers, he
encountered two women, strong
partisans of Mr. Gladstone. Suppos
ing him to be the keeper or garden
er or something of that sort, they
inquired if he would show them
over the place. While they were
walking about they overwhelmed
him with questions as to the habits
of the master of the manor. “Do
you think you could manage to get
us a sight of the old beast him
self?” asked one of them. “Mad
am,” replied Lord Beaconsfield,
“the old beast has the honor to
wait upon you now!” London
Graphic.
Worth of a Prairie Owl.
The prairie owl searches for food
in the afternoon. By making these
afternoon journeys he is easily dis
tinguished from the other members
of the owl family as they seldom
go out until night. The prairie owl,
known sometimes as the marsh owl.
eats insects, rabbits, mice, brown
squirrels, gophers and now and then
quail, grouse or water birds. More
than 95 per cent of his food con
sists of destructive quadrupeds and
insect pests. In appraising the
yearly value of a single owl to a
farmer it would not be amiss tc
make it S3O. —Farm and Fireside.
Why They Went tc School.
The master of Manchester Gram
mar school says that to the ques
tion, “Why do boys go to school ?”
put to a number of scholars one re
ply read, “To learn to enjoy life
while young.” Another boy wrote,
“If I didn’t go I would not be joy
ous, as lam now.” A third went tc
school “to help to enlighten other
people’s burdens,” a fourth “to learn
how to get the right change for a
ten shilling piece.”—St. James’ Ga
zette.
Enemies of Jewels.
The pearl is nothing but car
bonate of lime, and vinegar or any
other acid will eat away the polish
ed surface in a few minutes. As
for the opal, hot water is fatal to
it, destroying its fire and sometimes
causing it to crack. Soap is a
deadly enemy to the turquoise. If
a turquoise ring is kept on the I
hand while washing, in a short |
time the blue stones will turn to a
dingy green.
Bachelor Taxes.
In the days of William 111. any
commoner in England who remain
ed single at twenty-five had to pay
a shilling vearly, and the amount
was increased with rank or title. A
duke was supposed to be a special
offender in not taking a wife and
had to pay for his selfish whim to ‘
the extent of £l2 per annum.
MARVELS OF MAGNETISM.
Seme of the Pe.t ; _r Properties of This
Mys-.cal Force.
The true nature oi magnetism as
such, of course, is not known. All
that we can be sure of is that mag
netic attraction does not radiate
outward in all directions as does
light, but simply acts along lines
consisting of closed curves and call
ed lines of force, these lines con
necting the two poles and not ex
tending very far outward between
them. These curves may be found
very nicely by placing a horseshoe
magnet under a thin sheet of paper
and sprinkling iron filings on top.
The tilings will collect along the
lines.
Now, as to the different kinds of
magnets, there are natural, artificial
and electromagnets. The natural
ones are found as magnetic ore in
the earth, the artificial ones are
made by stroking a piece of iron or
steel with a magnet, and the elec
tromagnets are caused by the action
of an electric current.
Some peculiar things have been
noticed in regard to magnetism,
among which are the following
facts:
It has been observed that fire
irons that have rested in one posi
tion during the summer months are
often highly magnetized, no doubt
having been caused by the magnet
ism of the earth itself by the proc
ess known as induction. Other iron
articles that stay in one position
and do not come in contact with
fire or other heat are often found
in the same condition, such as iron
bars to jail windows and iron rail
ings in front of houses.
The most peculiar observation
made, however, was that the upper
part of the steel tire of a carriage
wheel attracts the north pole of a
magnet, while the bottom part or
part in contact with the earth at
tracts the south pole. This is in
the northern hemisphere only and
is fully in accord with the theory
of induced magnetism. Os course
in the southern hemisphere, where
the earth is under the influence of
the south magnetic pole, the con
ditions are reversed.
A magnet dipped into boiling wa
ter loses a great part of its mag
netism, which is miraculously re
stored to it on becoming cool again.
A sharp blow given to a magnet
will cause it to lose its magnetism.
Also the application of heat will
have a like effect.
If a magnetic needle be placed
over a rapidly revolving plate of
copper, although it be separated
from it by a thick plate of glass,
the needle will revolve in the same
direction as the plate.—Exchange.
First Postal System.
The first letter post, in the mod
ern acceptation of the word, seems
to have been established in the
Hanse towns in the early part of
the thirteenth century. z\ line of
letter posts, connecting Austria
with certain towns in Lombardy,
followed in the reign of the Em
peror Maximilian. In 1481, when
Edward IV. was at war with Scot
land, a system of relays of horses
was established in the north in or
der to provide the king with the
latest news from the scat of war.
The first regular post route be
tween England and Scotland was
established by Charles I. in 1635.
Good Men.
Nature seems to exist for the ex
cellent. The world is upheld by
the veracity of good men. They
make the earth wholesome. They
who live with them find life
glad and nutritious. Life is sweet
and tolerable only in our belief in
such society and actually or ideally
we manage to live with superiors.
We call our children and our lands
by their names. Their names are
wrought into the verbs of language.
Their works and effigies are in our
houses, and every circumstance of
the day recalls an anecdote of them.
—Emerson.
Her Choice.
Bobbie and Elsie were told that
there were two apples on the table
for them. Being taught to consider
each other first, Bobbie said, “Take
your choice, Elsie.” “No,” said
Elsie, “you take your choice.” Each
kept insisting that the other take
first choice, until finally Elise broke
the deadlock by taking the bigger
apple. Instantly Bobbie’s eyes
flashed, and he exclaimed wrathful
ly, “Put that back and take your
choice.” —Boston Transcript.
Curly Hair.
The reason why some hair curls
and some does not is a perfectly
simple one. Curly hair is flat and
has a natural inclination to as
sume a spiral form, just as a shav
ing has. Straight hair is cylindrical,
and it is one of the properties of
the <-v!inder that it has a greater
in<kSition tn -tay =traight than
• r < r form of matter; hence its
;• • formation of bones.