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THE SANDERSVILLE HERALD.
HERE THEY ARE!
ihey seem a little queer at first, but we’ll soon get used to ’em.
- Timely < ttrtoon by 'l’riggs, n the New York i-'r*
KNEW NO MAN TILL 20, THEN SHE WED THE FIRST
Miss Pratt, of “Women’s Commonwealth,” Was Reared in the
Belief It Was a Sin to Marry—Belonged to Strange Sect
Founded by a Woman Who Left Her Husband
and Formed a Colony Who Saw No Men.
Philadelphia. — Rack of the inar-:
riag- ot Miss Adah Pratt, of 1437 I
Irving street, Washington, to B. |
Franklin Hoover,of Philadelphia, lies
a story of unusual romance.
Miss Pratt lived until she was
tv nty-ntne .'-ears old without form- |
I lug the acquaintance of a man. She |
t born and raised In a community ’
of women taught to believe that mar-1
riage was a sin. She was bound by
teaching and belief always to remain
single. Then she married the first
man to whom she ever had been in
troduced. She did more than half
the courting herself.
Yearly thirty years ago, in Texas,
when .Mrs. Hoover's mother lived at
the time, a Mrs. Martha McWhirter,
of Waco, announced that she had had
a visitation from the Almighty, and
had been told that it was sinful to
live with man. Accordingly, she left
her husband and, gathering about her
a small party of women followers,
went to the little town of Belton and
there established headquarters of the
new creed
It was called the Woman's Com
monwealth. Its members were all
well to do and self-supporting. Some
were spinsters, some had been mar
ried and some had childiwn. Mrs.
Pratt was one of the convb ’s of the
religion, and, leaving her husband,
she joined the colony where, two
months afterward, the present Mrs.
Hoover was born. There were ten
ehildren in the colony, all girls.
ten years ago the"commonwealth”
moved to Washington, taking up a
farm of 172 acres in Montgomery
County, Maryland, and a large house
in the city. The children were taught
to beware of men. They never were
Permitted to have acquaintances with
[any of them.
( H course they saw men. Mrs.
Hoover says she often had noticed
’hem. Hut she never paid attention
. any 01 them until she met Hoover,
this is the way she told her story:
j I'tyc of the girls grew up;” she
8ai( f’ "and then slipped away to be
iWarrlcd. Of course they were re
garded as sinners. 1 thought them
Norfolk, Va.—The indications are
nat men will be aboard the monitor
torida when that vessel is made a
. a 'get lor the test of twelve-inch gun
I two or three weeks hence. An
,observation tower, sixty or seventy
! ® et a '»ove ihe main deck, is being
obstructed from the stern of the ves-
-here could he no use for such a
* )ut to observe the effects of
p fire. The tower w m He large
hm iT to con(;a f n several men. Their
vight from the deck will minimize
Nn-
Angeles.—General Superinten-
*'• B. Weaver, who has charge of
onstruction work of the new Y.
A. building here, has discharged
fo Christians. He declares that
hristians do 25 per cent, more
than the church members.
One of the
Essentials
of the happy homes of to-day is a vast
fund of information as to the best methods
of promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge of the world’u
best products.
Products of actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthfully presented
and which have attained to world-wide
acceptance through the approval of the
Well-Informed of the World; not of indi-
bad. But about a year ago I went
down town with a girl friend and she
Introduced me to Mr. Hoover.
"Somehow or other I could not get
him out of my mind. I found myself
wishing I might see him all the time.
1 knew it wasn’t right; at least, 1
thought, it wasn’t.. Later I met him
down town again, and several times
after that. Then he told me he was
going to leave the city and asked me
to write. I told him I would.”
From her story it seems that Hoov
er, who is a hotel clerk, went, to Chi
cago, then came to Philadelphia, and
wrote his intention to Miss Pratt in
Washington.
"I was crazy to see him,” she ad
mitted, "and decided to risk the fear
of my mother's displeasure. So I
slipped quietly out of the house in
Washington and came here. When I
found Mr Hoover he was greatly sur
prised.
“ 'Why, Adah, have you come up
here to marry me?’ he asked
“ ‘I don’t know that I thought
much about that,’ I replied, 'I just
felt I had to see you again.’
” ‘Well, will you marry me?’ he
asked. It took me by surprise, al
though I was not wholly unprepared
for it.
“ 'I’m willing,’ I said finally.
“‘Right away?’ he asked. This
was so sudden it took my breath
away.
" ‘Can’t you wait until to-morrow
night?’ I asked him, and he said he
\v ould.”
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. J. B. G. Pldge, pastor of the
Fourth Baptist Church, at the parson
age. The same evening the bride
wrote to her mother, but has not re
ceived an answer as yet.
“I’m afraid she never will forgive
me,” she said. “She always was very
strict with me. There are still three
unmarried girls atthecommonwealth.
They are twenty-three, twenty-eight
and thirty-three years old.”
Mrs. Hoover is tall, of a striking
figure and stylishly dressed. She has
a wealth of chestnut hair, brown eyes
and an expressive smile.
Lancashire Spinners Abandon the
Plan to Huve American Estutes.
Manchester. — The Lancashire cot-
’ 1 spinners have abandoned the
erne to purchase cotton growing
a Ut * S bi the Mississippi Delta, ow-
to legal impediments against
tv. S 10 , lliill K real estate.
he Cotton Spinners’ Association
. hiready appointed a committee to
, e Preliminary steps to form a com-
,,. y take control of a cotton plan-
■°n in the United States, this be-
h» n n , e , of tbe results of the visit of
- British delegation to that country.
PRINKS FAR APART.
Plants ss Well as Animals That
Thrive In Arid Regions.
It is difficult to comprehend the
part that water, or rather the lack
of water, plays In shaping the life
of the desert. Mice and other small ro
dents native to arid regions have
been known to live on hard seeds
■without green fcod for periods of sev
eral months or even as long as two
or thre« years, and nothing in their
behavior indicated that they ever
took liquid In any form.
Similar adaptations are exhibited
by a large number of plants. The vidunls onlv, but of the many who have
guarequi of Sonora is a member of the happv faculty of sc i ectin „ and 0 btain-
the squash family, inhabiting a re- ■ ., ,, ... .. _ .
v .. , . , ,, _ mg the best the world affords,
glon In which the annual rainfall oc-
curs within a few days In the autumn. 0nc of the P™lucts of that class, of
The base of the stem at the surface known component parts, an Ethical
of the ground becomes swollen to remedy, approved by physicians and com-
the size of a market basket In the mended by the Well-Informed of tihe
adult plant, and this serves as a res
ervoir for water. During the hot
rainy season the thin vines are sent
up, leaves are formed, and the small,
aquashllkp fruit Is formed; then the
vines qpd roots quickly perish, leav
ing the guarequi resting on the sur
face of the sandy soil like a bowlder
until the next rainy season, when the
vegetative activity is repeated.
One of these huge tubers was pick-
d up under an acacia tree In the Son
ora sandB in February, 1902, and plac
ed on a shelf in a museum case with
a number of preserved exhibits; in
the summer of that year, and hi eve>ry
year since, It has sent up its thin
stems and spread its leaves at a time
oo.rro*pondlng to its active season in
the desert. These have soon died
down in a very natural manner, all
the plastic material and water not
used being carried back Into Ihe tub
er, which now goes into a sleeping
or resting condition for another year.
Six times has this awakening occur
red. and no change in the firmness of
the guarequi or of its external appear
ance has taken place. It has already
lived six years upon water which it
had in reserve, the last addition to its
Btore having been made in October,
1901. It would not be unsafe to say
that this plant accumulates a reserve
which may last It for a quarter of
a century.—From the Outing Maga>
zlne.
MEN TO BE ABOARD MONITOR FIRED AT BY BIG GUNS.
They win p erc h | n a ' Tower High Enough to Minimize
Danger From Cannon Balls.
the danger which they will run. It
is possible that volunteer officers and
men will man the tower. One of the
twelve-inch guns has been taken from
the turret of the monitor and a stub
installed in its place. The stub will
be fired at.
A heavy plate of armor has been in
stalled between the other gun and the
stub to prevent injury to the gun,
and a bullet head lias been constructed
in the forward part of the vessel so
that should it be struck at or below
the water line the vessel will not sink.
BARS SISSY CHRISTIANS FROM Y. M. C. A. JOB.
IcJing Boss Discharges Them—Says INon-Bellevers
Do Much More Work.
"When I began I had some Chris
tians, but they did not deliver the
goods. I fired ’em. They were a
sissy lot, and thought because they
belonged to the church they should
get the soft end of everything. I’ve
,uu.cn memoers. hired fellows who make no profession
Here’s not a Christian on the job and I’m getting twice as much work
as I know,” said Weaver. | out of them.”
had
$7,000,000 Plans of Obscure
young Architect to Be Realized.
London. — The London County
Council has decided to proceed with
the building of the proposed County
Hall on the site selected on the banks
of the Thames at Westminster. It is
estimated that it will cost ?7,000;000
and take seven years to build.
The architect is Ralph Knott, who
till he won that position by competi
tion was an obscure assistant in the
city architect’s ofiice. He is twenty-
nine years old. His fees as architect
will amount to about $200,000.
v .. '
World as a valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of Senna. To get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine, manu
factured by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
'nly, and for sale by all leading druggists.
A New Derelict Destroyer.
The new derelict destroyer Seneca
will fill an important function in the
protection of shipping. It will be
the duty of this vessel to patrol the
coast to rid It of the floating dang
ers and to be In readiness at any
moment to cruise wherever a dere
lict may be reported, either by ves
sels entering port or by wireless mea- .
sages. Each season there is a list
of ships missing for unknown causes,
an.l a.s It is probable that these dan
gerous hulks have much to do with
sending sound ships to the bottom,
the activity of the Seneca may be
expected to reduce this list. There
will be other uses Tor the derelict
detroyer, such as supplying sails
and provisions for vessels In distress
or taking off crews from unsea worthy
or sinking vessels, but its real value
will be in ridding the sea of one of
its greatest dangers,—Boston Tran
script.
Duties on a number of fancy and
ornamental stones are to be Increas
ed fivefold by an order which cus
toms officials are to put In force Mar.
1G.
Hemp Plant Along Gulf Coast.
The valuable nature of the work
how being carried on in Texas by the
United States Agricultural Depart
ment is again shown by the discovery
that the "abaco” or hemp plant can
bo successfully grown In the South
west Gulf coast country. Experi
ments have been carried on the last
year and the horticulturists are con
vinced that this valuable addition
can he made to the list of Texas
crops.
It has long been the theory that the
hemp plant would not grow success
fully In any section of the world ex
cept the Philippine Islands. Efforts
have been made to transplant it to
Africa, India and South America, but
with little buccpsb Heretofore Manila
has had a monopoly of the hemp trade
and the finest ropes and cordage come
from that city.
The hemp plant Is a variety of
banana and has exactly the same ap
pearance as the broad leafed plants
found growing in many San Antonio
yards. It was quite by accident that
the discovery was made that the
hemp plant could be successfully
grown In Texas.—Sun Antonia Ex
press.
Oarfield
Digestive Tablets.
From vonr druggist, or the Garfield Te*
Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., 25c. per bottle.
THE MAN WHO SWEARS BY
THE FISH BRAND SUCKER
is the man who
has tried to get
the same service
out of some
other make
Clean Light-Durable
Guaranteed Waterproof
and Sold Everywhere
'*t $300
ULUITMHO uuioe
flit roll TMt RWKINO
DO YOU WANT
$5.00
IT
PER DAY^
•
CAN BE EASILY MADE SELLING OUR
LINE OF HOUSEHOLD SPECIALTIES
FITS, St. Vitus’ Dance: N ervous Diseases per
manentlycured bv Dr. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. #2 trial bottle and treatise free.
Dr. H. R. Kline. Ld„W»l ArehHt,. Philn., Pa.
Probably a miser saves money be
cause he doesn’t know what else to
do with It.
EPILEPSY
ITS
It you rniOsr from Fit,. Falling Rick no* or
Spwmi, or lisve Children that do «o, my
New Discovery end Treetment
will sire them Immediate relief, nnd
nil you urn linked n. do le to anod for
a F roe llottle of Dr. May'.
EPILEPTICIDE CURE
noil nml DniRn Artof <1on».„_
Complete direetionn, aim tee
tlmonlaln of Ol'HICR. etc FKKK by mall.
Ktjnut /"repaid. Give AGIC and full addreu
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fseturing canvassing house tn the country.
Wo refer you to any hank, express com
pany, or commercial agency ns to our
responsibility.
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30 100 Tecumseh St., BUFFALO, N. Y-
CURES j
Constipation, Biliousness and
rfEA Indigestion
TRY A BOTTLE
NUBlftS
Does Not Gripe. Pleasant to Take.
Ask your dealer for it.
BURDEN ENOUGH, NOW.
“So you are not In favor of hating
the Government own the* railways?”
"No," answered Farmer Corntos-
sel. “It strikes me that the Govern
ment has slnfulDess of Its own to
keep It busy for the present.”—Wash
ington Star.
DON'T CUT YOU R CORN'S.
If you suffar with corns, bunions, eora,
callous spots on the feet or soft corns be
tween the toes, go to your druggist or send
25c. by mail for aubott’s east Indian corn
paint. It cures quickly and permanently
without outtlng, burning or “eating" the
flesh and leaves no pain or soreness.
Address The tnuorr Co., Savannah, Ob.
Happiness consists in being less un
happy than your neighbor.
cure .0 Maude E. Foryie, of Leesburg,Va*
months ago, mv little boy began .. * -w- \.t. orri .
,t with itching sores. 1 doctored writes to Mrs. Pmkham:
BABY’S AWFUL ITCHING HUMOR.
Nothing Would Help Hint—Mother
Almost in Despair—Owes Quick
Cure to Cuticura.
“ Several
to break out with itching
him, but as soon as I got them healed up
in one place they would break out in an
other. I was almost in despair. I could
not get anything that would help him.
Then 1 began to use Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment, and after using them
three times the sores commenced to heal.
He is now well, and not a sear is left on
his body. They have never returned nor
left him with bad blood, as one would
think. Cuticura Remedies are the best I
have ever tried, and I shall highly recom
mend them to any one who is suffering
likewise. Mrs. William Deeding, 102 Wash
ington St., Attica, lAd., July 22, 1907-.’’
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Work after hours. LIBERAL PAY
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This woman says that after
months of suffering Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
made her as well as ever.
Manufacturers of ind Dealers in All omds of
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AND SUPPLIES.
Portable, Stationary anti Traction Rnuine*. Holler*,
flaw Milli and Grlat Mill*. Wood working and Bhin-
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Write for catalogue price*. Addle** all communica
tion* to Atlanta. Oa. We have no oonnectiona In
.Jacksonville. Fla.
(At 18-’09)
I1M I-L-U ni.DG., DAYTON, OUI
160,000 Value Given (i too
THERACYCLE^fJc^ThSSW
iM.atmnon ohelu, H run* and olTaib
hill* *ulcr than otlinr blcyolM. I* thi
luvrat soiling bleb grad* whoel la th
world. Wllll**t»Tir*lim«. We maker
abwD RACYctn bo t you can gat your* 1
AT FACTORY PRICBttSSiftff
log»ndp*mphl*t**ntPaso. Itt*ll«i'
RAGYCLB Mid bow to g*t the ggO.ga
Rmnfmthuu or m uenu, feikunn. a
If anUrtrtl
with wrnk
eyes, use
Thompson’s Eye Water
Occasionally an honest man tires of
the game and takes up politics.
ANTIDOTE FOR SKIN DISEASES
That’s what tetteiune is; and it is more.
IS Is au absolute cure for eezema, tetter, t , , . ..
ringworm, erysipelas nnd all other Itahlug periodic paiflB, b&cktiche, that liear-
cutaneous diseases. In aggravated eases W-down feeling, flatulency, indigP9-
of these afflictions its oures hava been phe nmormu. nmotrotinn
effe
I want other suffering women to
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months I suffered from feminine ills
so that I thought I could not live. I
wrote you, and after taking Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, and
using the treatment you prescribed I
felt like a new woman. I am now
strong, and well as ever, and thank you
for the good you have done me.”
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty yearft Lydia E. Pink
ham’s Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
■women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera
tion, fibroid tiunors, irregularities,
Bomenal. It gives instant relief and effects
permanent cures. 50c. at drug
mall from J. T. Buur raim
Vannah, da.
druggists or by
«e, Dept. A, Sa
lt’s easier for a fool to ask questions
than it Is for a wise man to stop him.
tion, dizziness or nervous prostration.
Why don’t you try it ?
Mrs. Pinkham Invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
a worn soil
NOT NUBBINS. BUT—
two shapely ears and more per
stalk.
Ears that are solid from tip to butt.
Every grain plump and heavy and rich.
That is the common record when
is properly treated with
POTASH
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Looks
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Woman’s good looks depend, of course, very largely upon her health. If you
are weak, sick, miserable, and suffer from pain or other symptoms of womanly ail
ments, your face and appearance will quickly show it, and nothing will bring back
your good looks, until you cure your female troubles.
Wine of Cardui
is the medicine for you tp try, when sick. Mrs. Sarah Avery, of Moark, Ark., writes:
I suffered with womanly troubles for two years, and nothing helped me until I took
Cardui. Now I am well. ’ Try it. Sold everywhere, in $1.00 bottles.
WRITE FOR FREE BOOK Repaid. 8 Lodi ° 0 d ' et ’ * xerci,e *i n-quoit wrappcrTbj^luU
Prepaid, Ladle*' AdvUory Dept, The Chattanooga Medicine Co. Chattanooga, Ten a.
There /s Only One
“Bromo Quinine”
That le
Laxative Bromo Quinine
{ffgn the world over to cure a oold w ore day.
Alwayi remember
W.LD0VGLAS
^iSHOES^f^
MEMBER OFTHE FAMILY,
MEN. BOVS, WOMEN, MISSES AND CHILDREN.
OCT- W. L. Douglme me horn and eallo man
men’m AS.SO, $3.00 end $3.30ehoaa
than any‘ other manufacturer In the _
world, booeueo they hold tholr
•heap, fit hotter, woar lonoor, and
Wgs*- ora of proator value then any other
mhoem tn the world to-day. tfi©
W. L. Dcuglas $4 and $5 Gilt Edge Shoes Cannot Be Equalled At
-•Ip A-4TTIOIV. W. I*. Doofftae name and price is stamped on bottom.
Sold by thjJ><*t_»hoe dealers everywhere. Shoes mail^from “