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THE VALDOSTA TIMES, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1907.
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QUAINT BRITTANY.
GOT HIS REWARD.
Oimer Old Superstitions That Survive The Duke, tin C*w Driver and a Ml*« : But That Ona Mom.nt Had Given
Among the Nativea. inf 8avarelgn.
The Brittany folk doubtless hold The father of the present Duke
to more old superstitions and tra- ®f Bucotouch was not averse to a
ditions than any other people of the l°k® as regarded his identity, and
civilized world. They have the •» amusing anecdote, with a some-
greatest faith in divination also.' »hat serious ending, is told about
h* a Brittany person would know ' him. His grace purchased^ a cow
the number of enemies he has he ^ rom * tenner near Dalkeith and
takes twenty-five new cambric nee- d* Te orders it should be sent up
dies, places them in a deep platter the following morning. According-
or dish, being careful to arrange ty the cow was sent, and the duke,
them in such a manner that no two vb° was walking in the avenue, es-
of the needles touch each other, and P icd « ™ al1 boy who was attempt-
then pours water over them to the *“? ineffectually to drive the ani-
depth of half an inch or so. The The boy; not knowing the
number of needles that cross each 1 duke, cried out: ^
other during this process designates ' ® 0 ?> come here an’ gi’ us a
the number of the experimenter's. “ an> this beast V*
enemies. | The duke, greatly amazed, deter-
If the Brittany man wishes to! mincd to have a joke. He walked
know the length of his life he wilh ®“ slowly and took no notice. At
gather a fresh fig leaf, writing on it i the little fellow called:
with his finger nail the question,! “Come here^mon, an* help us, an
“How long shall I live?” Then the , as anything I’ll give ye half I
leaf is placed on a shelf or in some. . ‘
place where it is safe from hand or i * entreaty had the desirea ef-
wind and allowed to wither uj7. if iect. The duke gave a helping
this is done rapidly the diviner’s. hand.
life is numbered by days or by I “And now, said he, mow much
weeks, but if the process of wither- \ ^ 0 y° u think you will get for this
ing is a long one the diviner’s life ; j°b
is to reach the threescore and ten, „ 'Ow dinna ken, said the boy,
mark without a doubt. T>“t 1 am Bure 0 something, for
To cure a child of toothache or tbe folk up at the bouse are good
tbe . colic in Brittany there is a i do a bodies,
strange remedy. It is called the A 8 ncared the house the
“touch of the molefied hand.” The! duke left the lad and entered by a
“molefied hand” is obtained in thjs different way. He called a servant
way: Catch a mole and squeeze it| an ,d put a sovereign into his band,
to death in the palm of the hand.'*®" 111 ? him to give it to Uie boy
While the hand is still warm fromlyjo brought the cow. The, duke
contact with the tortured animal i then returned to the avenue and
the magic is worked by placing the was there met by the boy.
palm on the afflicted part of the suf
fering child.
One of the oddest of Brittany
folks’ old superstitions is the magio
“Well, how much did you get?”
“A shilling,” said the boy, “a
there’s the half of it to ye.”
“But surely you got more than a
of the “traveler’s walking stiejr.” i B b"" n ?J
The secret of possessing the much I "®»
coveted stick is set forth here: I “ata all I got.
“Take a thick, straight branch! “There must be some mistake’
of elder, extract the pith, then sub-1 »“d *b« duke, “and as I know the
atitute as filling the eyes of a wolf,i duke if you return .1 think 111 get
the tongue and heart of a dog, three you more,
green lizards and the hearts of
three swallows, all of these having
been reduced to powder by the sun
as they lay folded between two pa
pers sprinkled heavily with saltpe
ter. On top of this paper during
the drying process place seven
leaves of vervain gathered on thv
eve of St John the Baptist, togeth
er with a 'stone of- divers colors,
which is found in the nest of e
lapwing.” It iff foid that this odd
ly prepared stick, by name “the
traveler’s walking stick,” will pro
cure food and lodging wherever its
owner desires to stop in his wander
ings.—Exchange.
BETTER THAN MEDICINE.
Breathe Hyomel'e Tonic Healing and
be Cured of Catarrh.
Nature has a remedy for catarrh,
a treatment that Is far better than
dosing the stomach with medicine
' It Is the healing oils and balsams
of Hyomel which medicates the air
you breathe, reaching the most re
mote air cells in the nose, throat and
lungs, killing all catarrhal germs,
and restoring health to the mucous
membrane.
In using Hyomel you are treating
your catarrhal troubles with the only
natural remedy, for It gives a cura
tive air bath to the air passages that
has as powerful healing and antisep
tic effect as that found In the moun
tains where the pine forests give off
their fragrant and healing balsams.
Breathe the Invigorating and heal
ing Hyomel, and see how quickly you
will get relief from your catarrhal
troubles. A. E. Dtmmock has seen
so many cures, even of the
cases of catarrh, with
breath, raising of
sneezing, droppings In the throat and
spasmodic coughing, that he feels
warranted la selling Hyomel under
an absolute guarantee to r-fund the
money If It does not do all that 1*
claimed for it. He takes all the risk.
The boy consented, and back they
went. The duke rang the bell and
ordered all the servants to assemble.
"Now,” said he, “show me the
person who gave yqu tile shilling.”
“It was that chap there,” point
ing to the bntler, who, ntterly con
fused, attempted to apologize. The
duke cut all explanations short and
ordered him to quit his service in
stantly. As for theiboy, the duke
was, so delighted with Us honesty
that lie sent him to school and edu
cated him at his own expense.—
Kansas City Journal.
An Eye to the-Main Chinee.
Lucinda had a large box of choco
lates. Every few minutes she would
pass the box around to her mother
and her mother’s visitors. “What
a dear little thing!” exclaimed one
of them. "She is the very soul of
generosity. Most children would
satisfy tho dictates of conscience by
passing the box' around once, but
she seems to wish to share the
whole box with us.”
Lucinda’s mother smiled know
ingly, and when the little girl went
out of the room she said: “Don’t
count too much on Lucinda’s gener
osity. I know it looks that way,
but us a matter of fact she is mere-
•ly working for herself. I don’t per
mit her to eat much candy, but she
knows that every time she passes
the box around she’ll get one her
self. She knows I won’t scold much
so long as she is passing her sweet
meats around to others.” — Ex
change.
Her Seorlffoe.
A teacher in a certain Sunday
school had been impressing on her
worst i girls the need of making sema per-
offon«lv> sonal sacrifice during Lent. Ac-
mucus, frequent cordingly on the first Sunday of
FALTERED FOR AN INSTANT.
Marlborough Viotory.
At fi o’clock Marlborough launch
ed the great attack. Slowly at first,
but gathering' momentum as they
advanced, the long lines of horse
men came on. The air was- frill of
the clangor of scabbard on stirrup.
The squadrons were just stretching
themselves out into a gallop os they
reached the summit of the ridge
when they were smitten by th,e fire
of the French infantry and artil
lery. So deadly and close'was the
volley that the leading squadrons
went down before it, and for a few
wild minutes, under the canopy of
whirling smoke, Marlborough’s
horsemen were in fierce confusion.
That was the moment for g Coun-
terstroke! Tallard saw it nnJtguve
the word to his cavalry to charge.
They' were more numerous than
the British, yet tligy faltered. “1
-saw an instant,” wrote tho un
fortunate Tallard afterward, “in
which the battle was gained if”—■
his cavalry, in brief, had charged!
But it failed to charge. The .mo
ment of possible victory vanished,
and over - the crest, with bent h<
and wind blown crests, the gli
of a thousand swords and the thnn-i
(ler of innumerable galloping hooter
came the British cavalry. ' „
Tallard’s center was broken as
with the stroke of a thunderbolt I
His infantry was swept into ruil
his cavalry hurled into disorder
flight and his army fairly' cut in
twain, nis left wing fell back,
fighting desperately, but his right,
the elite of his army, was hopelessly
shut up in Blenheim itself. As
night fell Marlborough drew his
lines closely aronnd the village.
Webb, with the queen’s regiment,
blocked one avenue of escape, and a
cavalry force, one regiment of which
consisted of Scots grays, guarded
the other. Tbe French general in
command of . Blenheim, believing
the situation to be desperate, igno
bly abandoned his mien and tried to
swim his horse across the Danube
and was very properly drowned in
the attempt.—ComhiU.
A Well Treated Thermometer.
A prominent physician of Balti
more tells of an amusing experience
of the early days of his practice
when he was residing in a small
town where by far the majority of
the workers were miners.
“I was greatly distressed at the
Sr
that penitential season, which hap
pened to be a warm day, she took
occasion to ask each of the olass in
turn what she bad gives np for the
sake of her religion. Everything
went well, and the answers were
proving highly satisfactory, until
she came to the youngest member.
“Well, Mary,” inquired tbe teacher,
“what have you left off for Lent?”
“Please, ma’am,” stammered tbe
child, somewhat oonfuaed, “I—I’ve
left off my leggings.”
Carried Convict Beck to Perry.
Officer Presley left yesterday after
noon for Perry. Fla., with the white
man, Fletcher, who was captured at
Stanley’s still near here by the guard
there. Tbe 6Ulcer wrote to Perry to
an office there asking about the re- The 8efe Wey.
ward and he received a reply saying a coal miner in the east of Soot-
that he “could probably get $25 for ( Und was visited by t friend, and
the man.” On the same mall, the, among the places of interest shown
policeman bad a card offering a re-' was, of course, the pit mouth. See-
ward Of $100 for the fugitive. The ing the cage lowered into the pit
reward will be divided between the, with the stout steel rope, the min-
.officer and the guard at Stanley’s eris friend exclaimed:
cgnjp t | “My word I I shouldn’t like to go
Fletcher worked at Perry two days down there OB that rope.”
.... n. I..J ! ttUTtlV w BToloimsut fill
to explain to each household the im
portance of maintaining a whole
some atmosphere in their sleeping
rooms. I laid in a stock of tner-
mometers, which were distributed
to the household where they were
most needed. I took pains to point
ont to each- family in turn just how
the thermometer would indicate the
proper degree of temperature.
“As I was making the rounds one
day I inquired of tho woman at the
head of one establishment, wherein
I, observed my thermometer proud
ly displayed at the end of a string,
whether alio had followed roy in-
stru turns.
“‘Vos, sir,’ answered she; ‘I’m
very careful about the temperature.
1 watch the thing all the time as it
hangs up there.’
" ‘What do you do when the tem
perature rises above 68?’
" T take it down, sir, an’ put it
outside till it cools off a bit.’”—
Harper’s Weekly,
Methodist Minister Recommends
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
We 3>ave used Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy In our boms for sev
en years, and It has always proved
to be a reliable remedy. We have
found that It would do more than
tbe manufacturers claim for It It
especially good for croup and
whooping cough.—Rev. James A.
Lewis, Pastor Mllaca, Minn., M. E.
Church.
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy U
gold by A a Dtmmock. W. D. Dim
way, Ingram and Ramsey, Valdosta,
Georgia.
8luggleh Liver a Foe to Ambition.
Ton cannot accomplish very much
If yonr liver la Inactive as you fee)
dull, your eyes ire heavy and light
exertion exhausts you. Ortno laxa
tive Fruit 8yrup stimulates the liver
and bowels and makst yon feel
bright and active. Ortno laxative
Fruit Byrup does not nauseate or
gripe and Is mild and very pleasant
to take. Ortno la more effective
than pills or ordinary cathartics.
Refuse substitutes. Ingram and
Ramsey, Valdosta, Go.
Appendicitis.
Is due In a largo measure to abuse
of the bowels, by employing drastic
purgatives. To avoid all danger, use i
only Dr. King’s New Life Pills, the
afe, gentle cleaners and Invtgora-,
tors. Guaranteed to cure headache.
Complies with all requirements of the National Pure Food Law, Guarantee No. 2041, filed at Washington.
Advice of the largest coffee dealers
in the world is always to buy the old-
fashioned Arbuckles’ ARIOSA Coffee in
ihc sealed packages. Don’t ask for a pound of Mocha and Java, or buy by the price.
for Coffee fluctuates and you cannot get the same coffee for the same priceall the time
you pay too much for it. Most of the so-called Mocha and Java Coffee is simply
lucrading, and is not nearly as good coffee for you as Arbuckles’ ARIOSA, the blend
the Brazfljan Coffees most suitable to the taste and health of American people. By the
lofikl there is no difference between roasted Java and Brazilian Coffees: nnny people drink Brazilian but pay for Java,
The principal difference is that Arbuckle^^osts^oujcss. It is a mistake to believe that a high price guarantees
quality. When you buy Arbuckles’ AkiOSA Coffee, you get a full one pound package of the leading Coffee of the
.world. Its sales for 3? yean are greater than the combined sales of all the other packaged coffees. By giving better
TGoffee for the money, we have built up a business exceeding the combined businesses of the four next largest coffee firms
igrthe whole world. If your dealer will not supply the genuine, write to ARBoaag Bros- n» y«k at,.
For the Kidneys, Bladder
and Rheumatism.
Pineules
30 days’ treatment for $1.00. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded.
Sold by Ingram & Ramsey, Valdosta, Ga
BACK-ACHE
RINGS DYSPEPSIA TABLETS
Rattar* IndlgMtion and Stomach Trouble*.
City Tax Notice.
Your city tax is now due
Books will. close in a few
days. Pay now and save
costs. J. J. NEWMAN,
- Clerk.
IvlanZan Pile Remedy
ineir couagcs, Baye me aocior, relieves whfm hthfrs fail**
“and, among other things, I tried
RELIEVES WHEM OTHERS FAIL
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For Sale!
1,000,000
Cabbage Plants.
I will be ready to turnish my ensa-
tomers with plants by Nov. SOth.
My plants are grown from high
class seed. Can guarantee then! to
bead true, producing fine heads,
weighing from 5 to 10 lbs. T
Plants are packed in light baskets
to redpee express charges. In or
dering give P. O. address as well as
Express office.
1000 C. O. D. by Express - $1-50
1000 Cash with order - $1.23
5000 Or more - - • $1.00
D. W. MAYER,
Box 119. Beaufort, S. C.
Town&Country Mixed Paint
The Very Best Made
Berry Bros., Varnishes, Atlantic Whit
Lead, Spencer Kellog’s Linseed Oil, At
and Lehigh Portland Cement, White Rose
and Hydrated Lime, Brick, Mantels, Orates,
Tiling, Window Glass and Wall Paper.
I Gasoline Engines, Best Made
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113 WEST HILL AVE. VALDO&A, GEORGIA.
Telephone 36-x
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other hermfsl drag «nd miy keglrea asatO-
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Now is the time to enroll with us. Our school
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before that time. He Is a native of
Elnland and had been master on some
big ships. He was seatenced for
drug stores, Valdosta, Go. 25c
The New Pure Food and Drug Law.
We are pleased to announce that
8h. Had a Duun.
- , . . , ■ The Bev. J.—Tut, tutl How dare ,,. H , ,ihk. — —•
taking a big rope from a tug boat and ( _ on before me and ask me to Foleri* Honey .and Tar for coughs,
selling 1L j nurr, you when he i. in that dis-colda and lung trouble la Mtrijd
.! graceful condition T \ N.UonU Pure Fbod ■«
Chapped hand, are qulcklr cured - ^uld Be Bride-Weol, sur, pi***, S^h« h^mtol^^ an“ « «£
ft, * p «tx. n pS^r a e 1 beTl no come whoa he’s sober, ommend It oa a safe remedy for ehtv
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Cures Coughs, Colds, Croup, La Grippe, Asthma, Throat inm.
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INGRAM & RAMSEY, Valdosta, Ga