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About The Toccoa news. (Toccoa, Ga.) 1893-1896 | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1895)
A Microscopic Republic. The smallest republic known is that ot Tavolara, an island about eight miles distant from Sardinia. It has a population of fifty-five persons, all told. This domain was accorded in 1836 to the Bartoleoni family by King Charles Albert. King Paul I gov¬ erned this microscopic kingdom for fifty years or more. He died in 1882, and then expressed the desire that thereafter his subjects should govern themselves. No pretender for the royal succession appearing, the in- habitants of Tavolara in 180 3 pro- claimed a Republic, which in the year following was duiy recognized by the Italian Government. This Republic is governed by a President, who is elected for the term of six years, The constitution accords also to women the full right of suffrage Clevelatnl patrons of the game are alarmed over the offers of Chicago and New York, for four of Cleveland’s best players. Chicago of¬ fers fiP .OOO for Young and Childs and New York the same sum for Burkett and McKean. Here if. *20.00) to be had for four players. TIIA9K THE LOTELlVI flThtmJfat«Xhan to Other* la Due th* Fair Play Accorded to Wheelmen. From the beginning of cycling in this ♦ouctry tho makers have been its strongest bulwarks, and to them is due the bicycle the credit for the To nroud position riders of hold. the members of the trade, therefore, we owe much, ns it was their pluck and their mono J that hare made for us our position. ' j -re- r y M v 1 \iWmi m ...... mmWmf r l\v W 7,li. f/l* COT.. BEST. 8. LOVEr-n. of Among the men wno early felt the benefit* cycling, and did not hesitato to expend money, is Colonel Ben. 8. Lovell, of Boston, Treasurer of the John P. Lovell Arms Com¬ pany, of that city. Their firm name has been a familiar one for over fifty years, hav¬ ing been established in 1840. doing a spoil¬ ing goods and gun business. Being in a kindred trade, it was but natural that they should engage in the making and soiling of bicycles. Their success has been unbounded, as Diamond they have made a name for the Lovell hold Cycles that is a familiar house¬ one in every hamlet in the land. It Is not possible to have done that without cost, and a considerable one, too, as readers of current literature will admit, for have not all of us encountered the symbolic words “Lovell Diamonds?” To estimate tho gross amount that has been expended for advertis¬ ing would bo a difficult task, but it is said that them considerably over $100,000 was spent by during 1894. Alt the big Eastern dailies bad entire pages, which cost lots of money, and the magazines filled many pages exploit¬ ing Lovell Diamond Cycles. Can it be wondered at, then, that cycling hns become popular, when men like Colonel Lovell spend such sums to make it so? Colonel Lovell is Treasurer of tho John P. Lovell Arms Company, and is a man of r ire business attainments, acquired by long ex¬ perience In and au aptitude possessed by few. private life ho has won tha respect and es¬ teem of every one ho has boon brought in contact with, while his public record is equally good, on five different occasions rep¬ resenting his town in the Legislature, serving in both branches. He served on the staff of Governor Long for three consecutive years, and is now a member of GovoruorGreenhalge's staff. He has been a delegate to tour National conventions, and there is not an office in the gift of his townsmen which would not be at bis disposal were it not for his great business responsibilities. l.icyolo business There is no man in the Beuj. Lovell, more respcctod than Colonel 8. and no better bicycle is made In the world than the Lov ell .Dinmoud . 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Nothing so food for pain,weakness, colds and sleeplessness Wife used “Mothkr’S Friend” before first child—was quickly relieved; suffered but little; recovery rapid E E. Johnston, Eufaula, Ala. I use Piso’s Cure for Consumption hotl !n my family and practice.—Dr. G. W. Pat- rERSO.N, Inkster, Mich., Nov. 5, 1894. If afflicted with sore eves use Dr. Isaac Thomp eon’s Eye water. Druggists sell at ?5c per bottle Always Tired Describes a dangerous condition, because it means that the vitality is becoming exhaust¬ ed by reason o! impoverished blood. Give! new iifeto the vital fluid and the nerves and j musolee will grow stronger. Hood's Sarsa¬ parilla gives strength, because it makes pure, rich blood. Remember Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is the only true blood purifier prominently in the public eye today. $1; six for $5. Hood’s Pills and 1 S| Columbian lu GETS th* world. THE Agency, Send BE*T Binghamton.N to RAZOR Y Cir. free. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR wm The ★ BEST ★ FOR Dyspeptic,Delicate,Infirm and AGED PERSONS «*_JOHN CARLE A SONS, New York. * S3 F in Syrup. Tastes Good. Use Sold by drnoxitfts. THE SONG. There is ever a song somewhere, my dear, There is ever a something sings always; There’s the song of the lark when the skies are dear, And the song of the thrush when the skies are gray. The sunshine showers across the grain, And the bluebird trills in the orchard tree; And in and out when the eaves drip rain, The swallow? are twitting ceaselessly. There is ever a song somewhere, my dear, \ Be the skies above or dark or fair, j There is a song that our hearts may hear— There is ever a song somewhere, my dear— i There is ever a song somewhere! There is ever a song somewhere, my dear, j la the midnight black or the midday blue; The robin pipes when the sun is here, | And the cricket chirrups the whole night through: j The buds may blow and the fruit may grow, Anl the autumn leaves drop crisp and sere; But whether the sun, or the rain, or the i snow, There is a song somewhere, my dear, | There is ever a song somewhere, my dear, I There is ever a song somewhere, my dear, Bo the skies above or dark or fair; There is ever a song that our hearts may hear— There is ever a song somewhere, my dear-- There is ever a song somewhere! —James Whitcomb CAREER OF A DEAD SHOT. T Tex HEY his any formation reliable in called lieu patro¬ as him in¬ to of proper nymic, and he V f bobbed tip in s that miscellane¬ IJM m ous assortment of hnmanity that flocked to Lead- ville in the first flush of the silver excitement. Tex was an Apollo of the plains, a mere boy, with long, yellow curls, blue eyes and a woman’s complex¬ ion, and with a frame that towered six feet in his stockings. He had been a member of an immigrant train in his ten¬ derer years, which the Indians had at¬ tacked and wiped out of existence. Tex had been adopted by the tribe and had spent some years in this savage soci¬ ety, until General McHenry, com¬ manding regular troops, one day swooped down on the camp and seized Tex and restored him to civilization. And then Tex became a cowboy. That was his history down to the time that he went to Leadville and became a familiar figure about the gambling houses. Everybody, with the possible excep¬ tion of the parson and the few women and children in camp, in those days wooed the fickle goddess of fortune in roulette, or at faro, poker and even keno, and Tex’s occupation as a pro¬ fessional gambler did not lower his social standing by one degree. As a matter of fact, Tex was a great favor¬ ite. He wa3 a big, kind-hearted boy, with a quiet manner and good-natured emile; but, withal, a man—a man, too, capable of being aroused at times, and in that condition one of the most dangerous men in the West. One day Tex sat down in the “Gold Room,” a popular resort on Chestnut street, to a little game of poker. The stakes were high and Tex was steadily losing. When he discovered that his partner was playing with a double deck Tex put his hand on the jackpot and called the other a cur. That party whipped out a six-shooter, but ^ ^ “ hit tawl “ with * hole through his heart before he COllld , bring ...... hlS pi8tol to a level. lex such , expert . with ... , his . was an gun. _ Bret , „ Harte , relates . , that ,, . the gamblers , , in •■Tuttle-. Grocery" calmly con- tiuued their game the day that French Pete and Kanaka Joe shot each other to death over tho bar in the front room. The game in the Gold Room on this occasion must have been less absorbing in interest, for the crowd made a rush for Tex, who calmly turned arouud at the door, and quiet¬ ly advised his pursuers to resume their peaceful occupations at the table if they did not vant to fill a common grave over on the other side of “Capitol Hill.” And very wisely the crowd acted on Tex's advice. And so the matter apparently blew over without any serious annoyance to the young man, who continued to walk the streets in his leisurely way, obvi¬ ously none the worse in conscience for having assisted in the premature taking off of a dishonest gambler. How many men Tex in his short hut eventful career had killed nobody knew; but his bearing on this occa¬ sion indicated that he was no novice. He was greeted respectfully by pass¬ ers, and be smiled as benevolently and kindly upon those he cared to notice as though the pro'ess of shooting a man through the heart was an accept¬ ed act of ethical proprietv. And nothing more would have come of it if people had not begun to twit Town Marshal O’Connor on his failure to do his duty. The Marshal had no hankering after Tex’s society, no vault¬ ing ambition to arrest him. Tex had been somewhat informal in his ad¬ ministration of justice. He might have waited for his opponent to shoot first, and then allowed the regularly elected Justice of the Peace to try the case afterward; but Tex, in his youth¬ ful inexperience and very vague ac¬ quaintance with the proprieties of civilkation, had not stopped to think of that. A cold deck and a suggestive movement toward the seat of Var on the part of an adversary had always been his signal for prompt action, and his triggerless six-shooter had on such occasions always been the arbiter of justice, from which no appeal lay. The merciless twitting to which O’Con¬ nor was subjected had madrirneces¬ sary for him to do something to main¬ tain the dignity of the law. When Tex that evening walked into the Gold Room O’Connor was there. They saw each other at a glance. O’Connor leisurely walked toward Tex and the boy fastened hie keen eyes upon him as though he would read his thoughts. “Tex,” said the Marshal, “you’ve killed Skinny and you know what I’ve got to do with you?” “Arrest me?” said Tex, quietly. The conversation was conducted in subdued tones. “Don’t try it,” con¬ tinued Tex. “I like you and I haven’t got a thing against you. I don’t want to kill you, O’Connor. Now you go about your business and leave mo alone. When the Grand Jury meets you’ll find me right here in the Gold Room, and I’ll go with you and itand trial, but I won’t be arrested.” “Rut, Tex,” said the Marshal, “I’ve got to do my duty.” “And I’ve got to do mine,” said Tex. “I done it this morning rten I drilled a hole through Skinny, and I’ll ilo it wherever a man puts a hand on ine. I ain’t spoiling for a fight, spec¬ ially with you, O’Connor, and if you see your duty, made sure that it isn’t to let me alone. Now go away and don’t trouble yourself any more about toe.” Tex turned to go away, but in turn¬ ing he saw the Marshal draw his pis¬ tol. There was a quick, sharp report, a puff of smoke and O’Connor lay writhing on the floor in his blood. Again the large gambling room was in a state of commotion. Tables were Upturned and loud voices could be distinguished above the din, shouting: “Kill him!” “Shoot him!” There was a general rush in tho direction where Tex had stood, but the boy had disappeared. Then it was that Leadville expe¬ rienced a moral revulsion. When men could no longer sit down to a beguil¬ ing game of stud poker or watch the cards as they were Bilently slipped from the case by the nimble fingers of the faro dealer without being dis¬ turbed by the crack of pistols and the accompanying acts of violence and bloodshed it was time to make a few examples and readjust the moral standard of the community. How much greater was the necessity when, as on this occasion, men made free with the executive hand of justice in the person of the Marshal, whose only offence had been that of trying to cage a flagrant violator of the peace and maintain the dignity of the law, even what little there was of it. But Tex could nowhere be found. Sheriff Tucker began to take the case in hand. He and his deputies scoured the town from one end to the other. They visited all of Tex’s re¬ sorts and calling places, but none had seen him after the shooting. At last fucker heard that he had left town on horseback. He was probably fur over the divide by this time; but Tucker was not the sort of man to be easily Hscouraged. He and a deputy, whose aim was as accurate as his own an 1 whose courage was something to be banked on in all emeigencies, started in pursuit. They had better horses than the animal Tex was rilling and they were soon on tho boy’s trail. Then began one of the hotest pur¬ suits that was ever known. By day¬ light they were in sight of the fugi¬ tive, catching a far-off glimpse of him as he waived his sombrero at them just as he slipped over the crest of a range of hills. Both parties had changed horses several tin es. At one place Tex had traded his broken down bronco for a buggy horse, paying tho difference that the owner asked with- out haggling about the price. Then he had traded the buggy horse for a Ute pony that would try to run up a hill as fast as he ran down, and whose spirit nothing could conquer but death. Once they wero percep¬ tibly gaining on him and tried i few snots that fell short. Just as they thought they were going to close in on him and were putting their horses to their best. Tex waved bis sombrero over his head, standing erect in the saddle, and gave such an unearthly yell that the poor pony was frightened into a convulsive effort that carried him beyond the range of vision of Tucker and his mao. Yet on they pressed, around the shoulder of a hill —and there they saw their man—at their mercy. His bronco had broken his neck stumbling over a bowlder. Tex had been thrown down, hut was too expert a rider not to find his feet, Hi 8 _p volver had been hurled down a bank and,was Beyond reach. His pursuers were upon him and the business end of two revolvers were ominously di¬ rected against his breast. _ lex male , , leap down a the bank. “Crack! crack!” spoke two revolvers, but the bullets missed. The next in- stant Tex had got possession of his re¬ volver, but the leap had broken his wrist, and the Sheriff and his men had the drop on him. “Tex,” shouted Tucker, “throw up ▼our hands! We’ve got you.” “Shoot away!” He tried to level his own gun, but his wrist was limp, and before he could change it to his left hand there was an almost simultaneous report of two pistols, and a pair of bullets had passed into his heart. Tex fell heavily on his side, and as the Sheriff and his deputy saw that they had done their work well they watched him. “Take the pot,” gasped Tex, and died.—Washington Post. BILL ABF'S LETT RE. HE DISCOURSES UPON THE SUB¬ JECT OF BABIES. H» I* Much Pleased that Womankind Love Them so Much. That was a pretty Persian rhyme which laid: “A. new-born child lay crying While all around were smiling; An aged man was dying And peacefully was sniffing While all around were crying.” Sir William Jones put it in better verse: “On parent knea, a naked new-born child Lay weeping, while all around it smiled. Bo live that, sinking in thy last long sleep Calm thonmiyest sm le wh le all around thee weep.” What is more wonderful or more beautiful than the maternal instinct—what an attraction mmSStStSSSRSSA the and the boys s-h re,.”' men w no great concern. The babe; would have a hard an i perilous time if entrusted to them. Bahes are born every day, every hour, by the thousand. It is the meat common and universal event that con¬ death, cern* our for humanity. It is more comm >n than more come into the world than go out it every year, and yet th? excitement of a birth goes on anil is a big thing with matrons and with maids. For a few davs past I have sat in my veranda and ruminated, for :he women come and go and the neighbor t send flowers and kind messages and the girl oli 1 Iren come to see the baby, an 1 the tiniest one wants to hold it in her arm*. Verily, it looks like this was the first and the last one that ever Was born. The three great c-v nts of our life, our birth and marriage and death, are ministered to by woman. Wliat a sad affair would either be without her presence, her care and symp itby. The wonder is that she can go through the or¬ deal that Providence has assigned her, and be bo contented, harbors so calm and serene. What moth¬ er about ever gloomv fears or forebodings her infant child? How hopefully they look upon the future, how happy in the love of her offspring. The poet says: “A mother is a mother still,” The holiest thing alive.” And she is. I wi-h that I was as good, as trne and a3 loving as the average mother in this land. I wish that I was as mre of beiven. Most of them have a chffd up there, and they still treasure every smile, every dimple, every song, and in their waking dreams realiz: what the poet so beautifully said: “Oh. when a mother meets on high The babe she lost in infancy, Hath she not then for pains and fears, The day of woe, the watchful n ; ght, For all her sorrows, all her tears An overpayment of delight?” The maternal instinct! The never fading love of children. My wife is serenely happy now for there is another child to look after, and she moves around with lier old alacritv. I used to help her with her own, but my time is out- As old man Calder said after (he first battle ot Manassas, “I have fit enough.” I used to tote the little chap around the room sometimes half the night and sing my little song until I wore it out, and at times I felt like the tired parent who hugged bis little boy to his bosom and said: “I wouldn’t take a mil¬ lion dollars for you—no I wouldn't—but I wouldn't give a nickel for another.” It is a little weary child. business—nursing and caring for a But it is a part of the bargain, and has to be done, and it has Its rewards. The more the fatlrr helps with tho children the better he loves them and the more ihey love him. The country peo¬ ple, as a rule, have no nur.-'es for their children except the members of the family, and their devotion to the little help ess ones is beautiful. The baby in a country home is common prop¬ erty. All nurse it and tho father does his share when he comes f,om the fi l l. Go to a country church on Sunday and see how many fathers are not ashaund to “tote the child” aud keep it while preaching is going on. Why shouldn’t he? It shows his love to the child and his loyalty to his wife. Tho average farmer has not a very wide I'e’.d for his ambi¬ tion. He is not seeking fame or office or riches. He has no longings for going to New York or Washington or crossing the ocean. His hope and des re is limited to If s f«mffy and his farm, and he lo iks to G <1 for rain and sun¬ shine. There is no.Ling that weans him from his wife and children or that ge s between him and them. Sometimes he talas the family to town in the big wagon, an! sometimes the chil¬ dren go with him to the mill, anl c» Sundays all go to meet in ; , aud s > the-weeks and monti s roll on -proving the truth of the poe ,’s lines— “Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acre: bcund.” It is give n to but few nun in this world to do anygreat thing but all can le happy if thy will be content with their humble lot. I used to envy the rich and great, bur, I do not now. As a general rule grief and soirow are the per¬ quisite? of riches an I of fame. Great men are rarely blessed with loving children. Not long ago one of our nr blest men found himself face to (ace at Delrcnu co’s with a drunken son. His mortification wa? intense and the linra of trouble still linger on his face. Tne pressure of public affa : rs and t c constant strugg.e to keep up socially and politically con-umed the time that should Lave been devoted <o h : s children. In such ca es the mith r is their only saf guard. She may do all she can, but she cannot va'ch her bojs when they get in their teen 7 . She ean 1 ve anl pray and chide, but st’ll they will s ray away. It is pitiful to see tho breaking of a mother’s heart over a on who is on trial ft.r h a life. How c'osely doe? she cling to h m when ail tha world is against him. I n member o c a widow who soldier cow and her h tie fumitiv e aul then went from s or-to - tore begg n i fo a little more nnney to tsk : her to Vi kansas to soe lier sou who was in j it for marl r. Her devotion saved his life, 1 u f not his I I erty. and she wa< thankful, for she found some, work near by and could visit, him in hi* p ison and comfort bin with her lov) and bhs-ing. Wba’ an aw'ul thing it, mils' bo to h ve no on * to 1 >ve you, and yet the e are th' u ands of such in- the prisons of the land. Nothin ; wai so touching in Gover¬ nor A'kins n’s : ffl c i n 'ban his respite of a man who was to be lmng—his tender thought while on the brink of the grave of a poor wretch who was bogg ng for his life. Dan Voorhaes ones hurriel to a distant a ate to de¬ fend a young man a cu ed of murder, and he saved him for his-widowed mother’s sake, be¬ cause her father had b en > o >d to him when he was young and pom. If we m*n do not have love in our hoar's like a mother's, ws honor if and resre t it and adtn re it alt the more. -But Abp in Atlanta Constiiut* >n. gome Old Legal Freaks, There is 6aid to be a law in Massa¬ chusetts making it an offense to give away an object or thing as an induce- ment to purchase other things; for example, to give away a picture with erery certain amount of other things purchased. There was once a law which made it an offense for a man to kiss his wife on Sunday, but was strangely silent about kissing some other man’s wife. Many a man still living can remember when it was not permissable to open the theatres in Boston on Saturday evenings, and there was a law to punish any dissi- pated individual found smoking on the street. Some of these fantastic old legal freaks have been done away with, hut there are seme communities which, bfee some individuals, require quite an unconscionable time to get wide awake.—Boston Traveler. RAM’S HORN BLASTS. Warning Notes Calling the Wicked *• Re¬ pentance. B EFORE we ean pray right we must first do i right Put truth in a picture, and you help God to speak. it Sin cannot be hidden, because God never shuts A his eyes. No man can t V speak for God ex¬ s - cept he to whom hod has spoken. Love never loses by being tested. Nieodemus should come to Christ by day. Eternity Is the infinite expansion of time. The world cannot frown away a soul smile. Monopoly keeps prices up and wages down. Death is the open door to large oppor- tunities. To grow in grace, we must watch as well as pray. Jesus never tried to make a disciple by argument. Our hardest battles are those we fight with ourselves. When Christ enters the heart, it must be by the front door. We can make any kind of hard work easy by doing it for God. The world owes no man a living who is not willing to work for it. If we have a heart to give, God will give us the ability to do it. To close the heart against a brother Is to shut the door against God. If “cleanliness is the next thing to godliness,” soap is sacramental. Every time a saloon is licensed, the devil’s chain is made one link longer. Strike at the face of any kind of a sin, and you will soon hear vipers hiss. It is good to pray, but it is better to bring all the tithes into the storehouse. It is not enough to look upon Christ as He walks. We must walk with Him. Some people keep their nails in mourning as if their fingers were dead. Faith rests and waits. Unbelief re¬ fuses to be quiet because it has no feel¬ ing. The Christian has too much business on hand when he becomes too busy to pray. Church fairs are devices to make the goats pay for the pasturage of the sheep. It will always shorten our prayers wonderfully to first do what God ex¬ pects. Hiring out the preacher’s wife is the way some parishes have of paying their pastor. The right, kind of religion never has to go away from home to find some¬ thing to do. Every sin in Sodom grew from a seed that can still be found in any car¬ nal heart. The man who gets rich at the ex? pense of his conscience, pays too much for his money. Our mistakes will always tell us something for our good if we will but heed the lessou. If we would be more careful where we step, those who follow us wouldn’t stumble so much. That was a thrifty steward who boarded the preacher’s wife for her sewing and housework. When the Spirit leads, it is step by step, but the flesh always wants to do things on the run and jump. We must educate ballots, or be killed by bullets. Thinking ballots are as ef¬ fective as thinking bayonets. Christian character will not take a worldly flavor from its surroundings, but will give a godly flavor to them. The sun goes down the minute a Christian begins to look at appear¬ ances to find out what God Is doing. Prayers are sometimes made in church, that the devil would be willing to take off his coat and help answer. Paul knew that Christ could save the whole world, and that made him want the whole world to know it. Do you? Paul never wrote a line to encourage any kind of a sinner to hope that ha could be saved by his own good works, There are men who repeat the Lord’s prayer almost daily, who never think It worth while to raise a hand against the whisky business. Ever Polite. They tell It of a member of a well- known club that lie never under any circumstances forgets to fce polite. The relations between the gentleman In question and his wife have been strained for years. Last week matters culminated in a row, which resulted In a separation. When the war of words was at its height, the wife cried bit¬ terly: “Then you love me no longer?” “Madam,” replied her husband, with his very latest bow, “I have that hap- piness.” Even in that trying moment, ( he knew bow to live up to his reputa¬ tion. Prize Story from Port Arthur. While storming the first line of forts at Port Arthur, a soldier belonging to the Twenty-fourth Regiment raised his rifle to fire at an unusually conspicuous Chinaman. Just as he was about to fire a bullet from the enemy’s side came whizzing on, and, marvelous to relate, entered the barrel of his own gun as smoothly and neatly as if the'muzafles had been placed mouth to moutli. Of course, there was an explosion, an# the soldier’s piece was shattered to the stock, but without his receiving any injuries wha.te.ver.—Japan Mail, i Equivalent to Writing Twenty Books. An energetic physician in Switzer¬ land has been counting, by means of a pedometer, the number of steps taken by him in a year. The total he finds to be 20,740 per day, or 9,760,- 000 for the year. To discount this a newspaper writer comes forward with the number of words he has written within the same period. He managed to turn out 810,000. An ordinary book contains some 40,000 words; hence the labor of the news- paper man for the twelve months was equivalent to the writing of twenty books.—Chicago Tijses-Herflld- WISE WORDS. Poets write few poem* to their wives. Children need muscle more than money. Beauty may palliate poverty, but it can’t pay house rent. Women may ohange their minds of¬ ten, but not their hearts. A sermon should be as short as the way is narrow it preaches of. Women ate sweet, but not sweet enough to preserve secrets in. If a man buys on credit, he does not know when lie is living within his means. Matrimony which makes the woman a plaything and the man a paymaster is wrong. After a man has been kind several times, it is regarded as a part of his plain duty. There is one thing every man can give without decreasing his own stock —happiness. It is unjust and mean, but natural, for the weak to hate the strong and despise the great. The first thing a girl does when another girl calls on her is to ask to put on her new hat. A man in a position higher than his capacity suggests a cripple contesting with the fleet of foot. Thoughts in the fewest words are generally more forcible than if dressed in elaborate rhetoric. A man should give Lis best moments to himself; for a cultivated self is your best gift to your fellowmen. Possessing real estate should make a runu it better citizeD, ownership in¬ creasing interest in public affairs. The world means to move ; make it move wrongly, there is notoriety; make it move rightly, there is celeb city. Never under any circumstances in¬ terrupt a raau who is telling of his complaints; not even if his house is en fire.. Many a man is well-to-do simply because he is too well to be done by the enterprising projector of specious projects. A Royal Collector, The Czar of Russia devotes a large part of his leisure to his collection of birds’ eggs and postage stamps, in which bo takes as keen an interest as a school boy. Many of the eggs he secured himself when a lad. He was a most daring and expert climber, and on more than one occasion he narrow- ]y escaped death while engaged in clambering some cliff or tree in search of his treasures. 1 fi p gas? I NO W^ ud eSt V) ' ABSOLUTELY PURE Soiretl Tares for Hay, Quite a number of farmers near Cornelius, Ore., have sown tares for hay. Tares are becoming very popu¬ lar with the farmers where they have been tried, making an excellent pas¬ ture for pigs and producing four or five tons of fine hay per acre.—Netf York Post. Tobacco Stinking Breath. Not pleasant to always carry around, but ft don’t compare with tho nerve-destroying power that tobacco keeps at work night and day to make you weak and impotent. Dull eyes, loss of interest in sweet words and looks tell the story. Brace up—quit. No- Tc-Bac is a sure quick cure. Guaranteed by Druggists everywhere. Book, titled “Don’t Tobacco fipit or Smoke Your Life Away,” free. Ad. Sterling ltemedy Go., New York City or Chicago. Notice. 1 want every man and woman In the United States interested in the Opium and Whisky habits to have one of my hooks on these dis¬ eases. Address B. M. Woolley, Atlanta, Ga., Box 381, and one will be sent you free. Every Cause But the Right One. — Your headache: You lay it to every oausa but the true ohe—indigestion. So few people know what, indigestion really is. Hardly know single they have it. The cure is Bipans Tabules. A one gives relief. Ask your druggist. 'Now is the TTme to Cure Yeitr Corns Adth Hindercorns. It takes them out perfect¬ ly and gives comfort. Ask your druggist. 15c. darrh C A. Cure Rood, Toledo, Ohio, says : “ Hall’s Ca- cured my wife of catarrh fifteen years ago and she has had no return of it. It’s a aare cure.” Sold by Druggists. 75c. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children tion, teething, allays softens the gums, reduces inflamma¬ pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle. There will be an enormous peach crop ia the 8tate of Washington this year. ON THE ROAD ■ZzZT-o x to recovery, the ' young woman ^ i who ia taking / Doctor Pierce’s \t Favorite Pre¬ m scription. maidenhood, In wo- ji manhood, wife- , hood and moth- / i •’ i erhood the “ Pre- I i supporting scription ” is a / T tonic fff. and nervine that’s peculiarly <n adapted needs, to her ing, regulat¬ and strength¬ ening the system and curing the derangements of the sex. beauty Why is it so many women owe their to Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription? Because beauty of form and face radiate from the common center—health. The best bodily condition results from good food, judicious fresh air and exercise coupled with the use of the “Prescription.” It reaches the origin of the trouble and corrects it. Exhausted Soils are made to produce larger and better crops by the use of Fertilizers rich in Potash, f Write for our “ Farmers’ Guide,” a 142-pagft illustrated book. It is brim full of useful information for farmers. It will be sent free, and will make and save you money. Address, GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Street, New York, Tnroat raraijsre. (From the Cottriei-Herald, Saginaw, Mtch.J ; It was publicly talked all over Clar# County, Michigan, for some time before the ^Courier-Herald sent a reporter to Dover tqe fully investigate the Coulter matter. He finally went, and we publish to-day his full report. The Coulters are prominent people, though Mrs. C. in response to the question whether she objected to being interviewed,’ said, “Certainly not.’’ Her story follows: ’ ) “About 14 years ago we decided to takt up our abode in Dover and everything went? along smoothly for sewral years, business progressed, and being of a saving tempera-, ment weaecumul it -d quite au amount. Our family increased as the years rolled by and we now have 5 children living, the oldest 15,. youngest 3. but sickness made its way into our household, an l doctors’ bills flooded upon up. until we have nothing left bin our home aud these sweet children. Everything went to satisfy the claims of physicians. “About three year- ago I ha 1 a miserable, feeling at the back of my ears, my right hand became paralyzed and t'n • paralysis extend- • ed to my arm an 1 throat, and would affect my bead an l eye-, sometimes for days I would lose mv sight, my in was deformed, lifeless as it were, my nose was drawn to one ■ side, and I presented a pitiable appearance and never exporting to regain my natural facial expressions. I employed the best phy¬ sicians that could be procured, expending thousands of dollars for their servicas, but couid not obtain relief. At last, th *y stated my ease was beyond the reach of medical end' and it would be but a sh ort time until the would come. This certainly was not very- encouraging to me. but I never gave up* hope. In connection with receiving the at¬ tendance of physicians I have tried every medicine known to the apothecary but never- received any relief until Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People came to my assistance. Before I had tah'u half of the first box the- deformity in my face had left me. aud before four boxes had been con- une 1 the paralysis had disappeared entirely, and much to my surprise I felt like a new woman. I have not taken any medicine sin o last spring, just about a year ago. and my trouble has not appeared since, I owe my health, my life to Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. I “A short time rin * my liltle boy John was afflicted with St. Vitus’ dance. He* could not walk a wo--1’> ■ room without as¬ sistance, in fact he wouul fall all over him¬ self, but after taking a 1ft vr boxes of Dr.. Williams’ Pink Pilis. St. YUuV dance entre¬ ly left him, aud no trace of the affliction is left. These Pills are worth their weight in gold. You may .-:i> in th: connection that I am willing at any time to make affidavit to the truth of the-- statements, and further¬ more. I will answer any communication con¬ cerning my case, as 1 uisidrr it nothing more than right and just that I should assist suffering humanity. Dr. Williams’ Peak rill? contain all tho elements necessary to give new life and rich¬ ness to the bloo l nod restore shattered nerves. They are for ale by all druggists, or may be had by mail from Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company, 8 henectadv, N. Y r ., tor 60 cents per box, or six boxes for $2.50. - Oii the 4 it i * ml Jhoatlv. They have narrow roade in Chitral. Thej' are just wide enough for camels to walk in single file, and when one of llis canie ls fell dead on the march Colonel Kelly was obliged to blow tho carcass up so that tho rest could pass. -New Orleans Picayune. The Greatest riedical Discovery of the Age. KENNEDY’S Medical Discovery. DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS,* Has discovered in one of our common, pasture weeds a remedy that cures every kind of Humor, from tho worst Scrofula down to a common pimple. He has tried it in over eleven hundred cases, and never failed except in two cases (both thunder humor). He has now in his possession over two hundred certifi¬ cates of its value, all within twenty miles of Boston, Send postal card for book. A benefit is always experienced from the first bottle, and a perfect euro is warranted when the right quantity is taken. When the lungs are affected it causes shooting pains, like needles passing through them; the samo with the Liver or Bowels. This is cause i by the ducto being stopped, and always disappears in a week after taking it. Bead the label. If the stomach is foul or bilious it will cause squeamish feelings at first No change of diet ever necessary. Eat the best you can get, and enough of it Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bed¬ time. Sold by all Druggists. .((HINSON’S CHILI, AND FEVER TONIC Colts you 50 cents a bottle ij_D cures you. »nd not a (ingle cent unless it does What doei H cure? ar.d lat. Chill a Fever, 2nd. Bilio ous Fever. Srd. Typhoid Fevme. 4th. Hemorrhagic Fever, Fever. 6th. Dengue fith. Maaelcs. 7th Neuralgia- 8th- La Gi'ifpe. Money back if one bottle faila. Aek your dea'er about it A B- GlRta»E*S. Savanuab, Ga . P.oprielor- D TO AVOID THIS USB) 0„ TETTERINE S pi , The only for the painlesv and of harmless Eczema, C f CLJliE worst type «. D I Tetter, Ringworm, uetj rough patch- II A * es on the face, crusted ecaip. Ground itch, chsfe.-, chaps, piin- H T J pies Poison from ivy or Scrid poi-.on oak. iq C-3 In short ALL nears. 50c. ■ | stamps or e»i>h to J. 1 . Shuptrine. upt H Savannah, Ga.. for one box. . if rout 1 * druggist don't keep it. S. N. U.--23. YOU CAN SATE MONEY By Ordering Your FUkVlTURE, PIANOS AND OMAN’S, ETC., -FROM- E. M. ANJDHEWS , Write for Prices CHARLOTTE, Terms. N. O. and PARKER’S HAIR BALSAM Cleanse* and beautifies the hair. Promotes a luxuriant growth. Never Fails to Restore Gray Hair to its Youthful Color. Cures tcalp diseases A hair tailing, ore and $100 at Druggist#
