Georgia Historic Newspapers

    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.
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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 .
Tlie ladle,,
flie pleasant effect and perfect safety with
which ladies may use the California liquid lax-
stive, Syrup of Figs, under all conditions
makes it their favorite remedy To get tho
true and genuiue article, look for the name of
the California Fig Syrup Co., printed near the
bottom of tho package.
Indigestion. tv Sour stomach. DraS. Want of Bu”re.th, Appetite, Doblll.
After Rating, and all evils Distress
weak or disordered stomach. arising It. from a
from the first dose, and builds up
care the a bottle or two will
life, excellent worst cases, and insure a good appe-
ous health and digestion bnomney and result in vigor-
of spirits. There is
tong lire than to keep the stomach rig
do TYner’s this. Dyspepsia Remedy is guaranteed to
The Tranquilizing After-Dinner Aft^r-Dini
prink. 1) or sale bv Druggists. Mnniifnctui
Every Mother Should Always ITiiv>
i bottle of Parker’s Ginger Tonic. 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¬
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musolee will grow stronger. Hood's Sarsa¬
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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.
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Write for Prices CHARLOTTE, Terms. N. O.
and
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