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INDIRECT FIRING.
Hew Gunner* Shoot Accurately at an
Enemy They Cennot See.
The indirect method of firing by
artillery batteries is now in almost
universal use and has been prac
ticed by the batteries of New York
state for some years. The French
are given credit for the adoption
of indirect firing, but it has been
adopted by all modern armies. In
indirect firing the artillery men
shoot at a target which they can
not sec. They can shoot from the
rear of a hill over the crest and hit
the enemy or the target with dead
ly regularity. In fact, artillery of
licers assert that modern field guns
can be fired more accurately by in
direct firing methods, properly di
rected, than by direct firing, where
the target is in sight of the artil
lerymen.
Indirect firing is based on tin* use
of the triangle, and its application
requires the officers to be skilled in
the use of geometry and trigonom
etry. The officers arc stationed a I
some little distance from their guns
and communicate their orders fix
field telephone and flag signals. The
officers are posted at some point,
usually the* top of a hill, a church
tower or something of the sort,
where they can observe the position
of the enemy through powerful
glasses.
The officers’ station is one point
of the triangle, the cannons’ an
other, and the enemy or the target
the third point of the angle. The
base is the line between the officers'
post and the position of the can
nons. This is a known distance,
and the two angles at the base arc
ascertained. Then the use <>f trigo
nometry makes it easy for one who
knows how to find the distance of
the enemy or target. Then the
gunners are instructed over the
field telephone or by signal flags to
give their guns a certain elevation
or range and to direct them to
ward a certain point of the com
pass.
If everything is done properly
the shell is mathematically certain,
or almost so, to strike the target.
The artillery officers from their
post of observation watch the effect
of the artillery fire and correct
their instructions or change them
as they discover errors or as the
target moves. Solid shot, explosive
shells or shrapnel can be fired as in
direct firing. But the man who
loads and fires the cannon docs not
see what he is shooting at or what
effect his tire has. Ho must depend
on his officers.—New York I’ost.
Like a Gaa Mater.
Jackson Wentworth, after an nb-
Hcnce of thirty yenrs, returned to
the homo of his youth. Jackson had
a slight affection of the skin which
made his nose very red; hence,
when lie called at the parsonage the
old minister remarked:
‘‘Jackson, Jackson, my man; I’m
afraid you've become a hard drink
er.’’
“Don’t judge by appearance*, Dr.
Steenthlv,” said Jackson Went
worth. “1 hardly average two
glasses of beer a week.”
“Well, then,” said the minister
in a soothing voice, “1 guess your
face is like my gas meter. It reg
isters more than it consumes.”—At
lanta Constitution.
How Old Spider* Live.
Old spiders, .which have neither
web nor the materials to make one,
often hunt about to find out the
webs of other spiders, younger and
weaker than themselves, with whom
they venture battle. The invader
generally succeeds, and the younger
spider is driven out to make a now
web, and the old spider remains in
possession until a stronger spider
invades the web and drives it out.
When thus dispossessed the spider
seldom ventures another attack, but
tries to subsist upon the few in
sects that may fall accidentally into
its clutches and eventually dies of
hunger.
Impossible.
A lustv lunged auctioneer v
holding forth in ilowery terms on
the virtues of a particular brand of
cigars he was endeavoring to in
duce his audience to purchase.
Holding up a box of cigars, he
shouted: “You can't get better,
gentlemen. I don't care where you
go, you can’t get better!"
“No,” came a cynical voice rom
a man in the crowd, “you v.ufi 1
smoked one last week and I'm not
better yet!”
Tr and Feather*.
So far as is known, the first rec
o 1 of punishment by tar and feath
er. is in the year 1189, the first of
Siehard I. At that time a law was
passed that “any robber voyaging
with the crusaders shall be first
shaved, then hot pitch shall be
poured upon him and a cushion of
feathers shook Over it." After this
the criminal was to l ut ashore
ft the first place the el up c ante to.
CAUGHT THE MOOD.
Pathetic Incident That Helped Verdi
With Hie “Miserere.”
Men of genius are confessedly
creatures of mood. Grief and ad
versity have often been a real help
to them rather than a hindrance.
Poe, it is said, produced “The Ha
ven” while sitting at the bedside
of his sleeping hut dying wife.
Many similar instances might be
cited, but an anecdote ol \ erdi,
told by Carlo Cecarclli, will suffice.
On one occasion when Verdi was
engaged on his well known opera,
“II Trovatore,” he stopped short at
the passage of the “Miserere,” be
ing at a loss to combine notes of
sufficient sadness and pathos to ex
press the grief of the prisoner,
Manrico.
Bitting at his piano in the deep
stillness of the winter night, his
imagination wandered back to the
stormy days of his youth, endeavor
ing to extract from the past a
plaint, a groan, like those which
escaped from his breast when he
saw himself forsaken by the world,
All in vain!
One day at Milan lie was unex
pectedly called to the bedside of a
dying friend, one of the few who
had remained faithful to him in
adversity and prosperity. Verdi at
the sight of his dying friend felt a
lump rise in his throat, lie wanted
to weep, but so intense was his
grief that not a tear flowed to the
relief of his anguish.
In an adjoining loom stood a pi
ano. Verdi, under one of those
sudden impulses to which men of
genius are sometimes subject, sat
down at the instrument and there
and then improvised the sublime
“Miserere” of I lie “Trovatore.”
The musician had given utterance
to his grief.
A Rare Orchid.
The late Joseph Chamberlain was
passionately fond of orchids and at
one time cultivated them assidu
ously at his Birmingham estate.
One morning when an officer of the
British embassy at Paris und Mr.
Chamberlain were walking together
on the Quai aux Fleurs, the great
statesman suddenly caught a
glimpse of a rare specimen of his
favorite flower.
“What is the price?” he asked,
making his way to the person car
rying the blossom.
“Five hundred francs, monsieur.
It is the only one of its kind in
France.”
Mr. Chamberlain paid the price,
crumpled the flower in his hand
and scuffled it underfoot.
“I have it in my collection,” he
explained to his astonished com
panion, “and 1 don’t wish a foreign
er to possess one like it.”
Both Rather Flippant.
There is it curious parallelism be
tween two stories told respectively
of the lato Mr. Spurgeon and of
Dean Swift.
Mr. Spurgeon on hearing of the
devastation wrought by an earth
quake in Essex merely remarked, "1
am glad to hear that my county is
moving at last.”
The dean of St. Patrick’s, Dub
lin, was watching with a friend t he
roof of a building on which several
men were at work fixing slates.
Suddenly one of the men vanished.
Thereupon the dean turned to his
companion and said, “I like to see
a man go quickly through his work.”
Jupiter and Lightning.
Among the ancients, especially
the Greeks and Homans, one struck
dead by lightning was held in great
honor. The supreme deity in the
Greek and Homan religions, Zeus or
Jupiter, was supposed to be the
manipulator of the lightning, and
the person struck down by one ef
the iiery bolts was especially dis
tinguished, inasmuch as he had
.been felled directly by the king of
the gods. The dignity of the killer
was reflected upon the killed. In
addition to this the opinion was
quite universal that the bodies of
those struck by lightning were in
corruptible.
The Mad Parliament.
The name "mad parliament” was
given to the parliament which as
sembled in the year K’oS and broke
out into open rebellion against
Henry 111. The king was declared
deposed, and the government was
vested in the hands of twenty-four
councilors, with Simon de Montfort
at their head. To De Montfort be
longs the honor of having started
what might be called popular gov
ernment in Great Britain.
Use Found For It.
,r Do you believe that music pre
vents crime?”
“To a certain extent,” replied Mr.
Sinniek. “When a man keeps botli
hands and his breath busy with a
cornet you know lie can't be pick
ing pockets, attempting homicide or
slandering his neighbors.” Ex
change,
HANKS CCUNTT fOURNAL, HOMER.CA.,
To Our Subscribers
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Journal please call in and settle
the bill. All can pay the small
amount they are due us and it will
relieve your conscience and our fii
nandal strain.
DIET AND
UINT3
By DR. 1. J. ALi.fcN
Foiml Speclftllst
RECOVERING HEALTH.
Germ* are the nrtural mean*
of reducing dead or dying mat
ter back to Its original ele
ments. Nutrition is the means
by which the elements are
made to maintain life. Only
when the processes of nutri
tion fall or are weakened, are
the germs required to perform
their proper function—the total
failure of which would soon
make life Impossible. The low
ering of vitalty through over
work, worry or avtc intoxica
tion Is a predlspooing c to
any disease, seen particularly
In the contraction of pneumonia
or consumption. Infections
need to be combatted and
there ere all artificial means tr>
assist nature in antedating and
overcoming Infections a-.d of
aiding Iter In strengthening vi
tal resistance. The body may
be regarded as a nutritional ma
chine that needs to be kept in
good running order, by adjust
ment and repairing, but the es
sential fundamental condition
for the maintaining and restor
ing of health is the mainte
nance of normal, vigorous nutri
tion by simple, who'tsome food,
pure air, water, sunshine, ex
ercise and good mentai vondl
tions. The recovery of health
depends upon discovering the
nature of the abnormal condi
tions that constitute disease,
removing the causes, and lead
ing back gradually and care
fully to the normal conditions.
Violent means and sudden
changes are to be avoided al
ways.
<o>pyrilit. 1311, hv Joaeph It Tl- vlevj
But Not for Help.
"What did you do when he kissed
you—holler for help'”’ "No, I hol
lered for witnesses " Cleveland Plats
Ue*', r
Stop In Atlanta
At Hotel Empire
Opposite Uuiou Depot on Pryor
Bt. Renovated anil refurnished
throughout. Reservations made
on application. Hot and cold
water,private baths, electric lights
and elevator.
First class accommodations at
extremely moderate rates. Euro
pean plan 75 cents up.
John L. Edmondson,
Propietor.
'-'-.v To Give Quinine To Chlldre t
HRIUNE is the trade-in Htnu* given torn
proved Quinine. u-vs Syrup, pleas
t to take and does not dihiu.Li the *t much,
ihlren take it and never kn v it Quiniu\
so especially adapted t > nduiu who c.muil t
ordinary Quinine. E t v roseate n> r
tse nervousness north's.- m* j 4, the head. Tiy
he next time you need <m . . i r r.ny pur
se. A“k for 2-ounce or'ni’o ’ i-ncl.tge. The
me FiiURILINK is blown in bottle. 25 cents.
Stop your had E.f.lh
Unlb*
SMART FROCKS FOR FALL WEAR *
Easy to make at Home when Developed by the Use of
f*ial Review Patterns
The New Russian Tunic Dress,
No. 5811, will cost you $11.28 WT/t
if developed as follows: Sue y '
36 requires— / j V
4 1-2 yards Black Satin, for
tunic anti waist / I / •
inch material at $1.50. K>./5 M , ■ ML
2 yards Homan stripe Silk. M j x MY MjL
for skirt, collar, vest, f * i MfM
belt: 4lln*hrs wide; at JM
1 5-8 yards UnteKbSS inches Jfm •
7-S'aniweMilnc. St stay. Mr wSR
2 hieh**s wi<!e; at COcyard -I*
5-8 yard All-over Lace; IS
Inches wide; for shield } * J
and collar at 75c yard. -47 wS 1 ' r fl
IS Jet Buttons: long, dia- J ' | | I
mood-cut shape; at 39c
7-8 yard Snap Tape, at 25c
I Spool Sewing Silk.
f -m 1 Pictorial Review I'attern \ t i 1M rP i 1
/No. 5811: site 36.. 15 If ■! ml • ? \t4
Total C\*t *1 • .5* ifll M * JV \
5990 —Ladies Reclincote Dress f m : S\* \
* if made as Illustrated: Sire ( \
♦ 3® reQuires l • | l \ (| |
I \ 3 1-4 yards Blue Broadcloth. / I L ■ f! n
O \ for Rrtlln;ote: s<>-lnch / 2 1 ■ \\
material; at $2 00 yard. 5o 50 -9
I \ 2 1-4 yanls Black Satin, for / n li i l\
\ sleeves and lower I’art of / 's 1 : 1\
skirt; 36 inches wide; at =•' -1
1 * I \ UiJ-t 13-8 yards Linin’, for upper ?
K A 8-L 'll \i 1 part of foundation gores: t -41 : ll' - ■ V * 1
M' h i'U at 2iV * yard .. . . M 11 W .
-8 yard White Satin.for col
lar and ct fTs 27 inches <
\ x \ | aide, at $1 25 yard .42
\ V\ 1 1 dm. Jet Buttons .5# taa
10 yards Sttk Braid; at 10c
/ I* \ \ 7-8 Snap Ta-w> .18 / \ V
l Srvk'l Sowing Silk -0* 2~7T+ Y "a
\ 1 1 Pictorial Review Pattern. A W
V No. 599 ti slue 36 .15 ▼
Ruiun Tumc CoUamr 5811—15 c Total cost. Jll 1 Co:umt 5 00 0—U*
Mrs. J. T. Smith,
MaysviHe, Georgia.
Fall Millinery
At Gotten Prir ?■'
This beautiful Line of Millinery eclipses
anything’ ever before brought to Ivlays
ville. Can please you in style and price
WOMEN and CHILDREN’S SUITS
We have a big line of Women and Childrens Suits and Cloaks.
Never take a railroad trip to another market until you have in
spected this stock.
You'll find in our stock many exclusive novelties both in style
ind patterns found in no other shop—it will p ly you to bring your
riends here where the selection is so large that ther * is no possibil
ty of a mistake in choice and where absolute satisfaction is posi
lvely guaranteed.
You’ll get the best values for the least money if
you buy your Fall Goods here.
Mrs. J. V. Smith,
NI AYSVIIA JO, - - (JEOKAI4
HOME MsDE SYRUP
I have a large quantity of as fin
!syrup as nas ever mac e. Put op
in 10 11*. buckets. Price 50c pm
I (ticket, Amounts ot 50 buckets
or over will be delivered.
.1. .1. ( v roki.i,,
9 21-8 t Homer, (id.
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Take Grove’s
The Old Standard Grove’s Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally vuluable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic propertiesof QUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents.
FOR SALE
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tage paid. Journal Office.
CURIOUS BITS
OF HISTORY
LIVING WITHOUT FOOD.
By A. "W. MACY.
That was a t rrible experi
ence which Liei tenant Greyly
and his companion underwent
In the frozen region* of the
north during the winter o 1883-4.
From November 1 to March 1
the dally allowarce of food for
each man was only 14.8F unces
of solid food. It wil' K e ap
preciated what this meant when
It Is rememuered ttat th daily
army ration allowed each oldler
is 48 ounces. From Mamh " to
May 12 tie daily al'owance to
each member of— Qrecly
party n- reduced to t unces
of bread ad r eat, with one to
three ounces . shrimps. From
May ir. *-> June 22, a period of 40
days, there was no allowance, for
there w no food The only
things to be ha to eat were a
f-w shrimps, r. ndeer moss and
black che craped from the
reel s. On Jure 22 a rescue
party, ir J er the command of
Winfield 5. Schley reached the
all but famished men, but only
stven of the o • jl twenty-five
remained ai'
• lv rlif'.t B BwV ia
Jaobace P/t nts
&
•V .viii- r i duiitns have lieeu
lt>.b u;:<1 ian justifiei in dying
.Siat you can't buy any better
plants, and l fee! sure you will be
more than pleased with them at
:he reasoi able price offered. Va
* i-ties; Kiriy .Jersey. Charleston
Wakeiieid Euly aud Late Elat
Dutch, Early and Late Succession.
Price s<X>. 75 eeuLs; -?1.00 per 1000;
5000 and over 85 cents per I"c0.
Special price on large qoanities.
Belt, Lettuce and Union
Plants ready after December Ist.
Write for price on these.
Plants by mail 35 cents per 100.
Shipments are in ide -ame day
order is received aud satisfaction
will be cheerfulh given.
AppreciatiuTyour tavors,
Alfred Jcuannet,
Mt Preaeant, S- U.
MET AND KEAFTI
HINTS
r, ;-b. r t. a-:.r.N
food *-r
REDUCED WEIGHT Of! MON
ODiET OF APFLE3.
A reader of there H’r s un
dertook an exclusive diet of
apples for ten days for the re
duction of weight. He reduced
seven pounds without inconven
ience or interference with work,
but on resuming the usual diet
woe much troubVd for -rversl
weeks with d'ecstive dc. o j--
rre-t. The e- “cr was in rh* ig
ir suddenly to sppie? ami ?9
so ■- ! enly resuming the ordinary
diet. I have repeatedly cau
tioned against sudden changes,
even in the adoption of an im
proved diet. The syst-m will
adapt Itself to any ordinary diet
ir, time, even In an old p--son,
but sudden changes are always
tn be avoided: weaning is r.ot
confined to Infancy. The shock
resuiting from a great change
indicates that there is a con
stant condition of disturbance
when the diet Is greatly varied,
hence the benefits derived from
the monodiet, partial or com
plete.
DIET AND HEALTH
HINTS
By DR. T. J. ALIEN
Food Specialist
FRUIT AND VECETADLCS
INCOMPATIBLE.
“To take fruit into th* stom
ach along with vegetable*.”
says Dr. R. S. Ingersolt, “will
caust; trouble, for the fruit can
not be separated frem the vege
tal les.” Vegetables require
*rcn two to f:ur hours te di
gest, fru.ts about c”e hour, so
that theee classes of foods are
incompatible. The fact that the
stomach discharges its contents
at Intervals makes food* requir
ing dlrrerent times for digestion
none the less Incompatible, for
examination of the contents of
the stomach two hour* after eat
ing such a combination shows
the fruit, or a part of It, mixed
with the ether food, and It is
reasonable to suppose that the
effort to separate the two, after
the fruit is prepared to pass, Is
wasteful of vitality and tend* to
weaken the normal action of the
stomach, and accordingly we
fnd that In severe cases of dys
□en'ia a sjitab’e monodiet is
?cer*ary.