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NEW YOHK.
CASTORIA
Por Infanta and Children.
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
of
[a hauhted wheel
Atb months old
Doses-}5Ce.ms
Guaranteed, under t
Exact Copy of Wrapper.
In
Use
For Over
Thirty Years
CASTORIA
THC OCMTAUH COMPANY, NEW TOM NTT.
Six
CLIETT
Hardware Company
EALKItS IN'
Hardware,
/
I mware,
Stoves, Wagon and Buggy Materials
'' 'll hi.pplies, Builders Srj j.Ib t> Glass, Oil*-, Fatten " Ceir-dratcd
S\u> Preof Heady Mixed Paints and White I,tad.
Varnishes and
arming
i»v .sr;
Implements,
Of all kinds, A Specialty.
>9oa Falland Winter 1909'
On Fall and Winter linr s of ready to wear Clothing and
Furnishings for Men, iVomen and Children are now ;e» ly.
We have a large mai 1 order department, in the hands of
<••'111 petent representatives, who wi’l make you' 1 interests their
A complete catalogue, covering our various departments,
will soo: t-c ready, ami will It** n.ailed upon, request tree ot charge
Write f~ r Samples and Self-measurement Blanks
B. H. LEVY, BRO. & CO.
Savann? h, - Georgia.
W O THOMAS
c Urk street,
leriiai Tailor.
BaiMrfRIDUE, CS
Suits Mads To Fit
Dealt pg MJ\ Dry Goods id Jflcfts lot hint*
PRESSING AND DYING SPECIALTY.
Cn*tailir««
M Inert'
Take KALOLA
h.*. rtrmu rxc.A Mixkka *- Water 8ci*kti»ica lli -«.
* PINCH OP KAUC/.A IN A GLASS OF WATER DOE9 TH» WOrOv.
Llt‘RAL GUARANTEE: "TaU Kami* Sh Oljl and Eat *«*<«»
Amt* ’8' RSM2DT tor Indlf. .uooAW.7*afe
, ; - ‘ L ladder Trouble*. Kick A Tw*» BjWw W
'-•* any drurelat. Romnle fro*. or send SOc- »> * °» "* ,!WWO 1
“Yes, sir, that bicycle’s haunted,
and that’s all there is to it. I don’t
know a thing about spirits and
things like that, bnt if you ever
caich me riding that wheel afte?
midnight I won’t know it.”
Thus did George Springwell vehe
mently declare that the supernatural
had taken hold of his bicycle. Tin
tale that Springwell teds is certair.lt
a queer one, and one that is appar
ently vouched for bv a number oi
his friends, dbey deciarc that anv
one riding the wheel after 12:3*0
o’clock on any night will wish he
wasn’t. The sensations experienced
by such a rider are described as
startling in the extreme and accom
panied by manifestations that are
of the hair raising variety.
Springwell lives in a modest little
house on Lombard street and is e
clerk in one of the large dry goods
houses. He went to Buffalo last
July from New York and just be
fore he left the metropolis he bought
a secondhand bicycle from a repu
table dealer. This he took to Buffalo
and has ridden it steadily to and
from his place of business. He is
not what would be called a bicycle
crank, using the machine merely as
a means of locomotion between his
house and the store.
It was only a few w* ' ago that
he was aware of the ^natural
qualities of the wheel ,*aJ5l this he
discovered in a startling manner. He
was accustomed to leave the wheel
in a small room in the rear of the
kitchen every night. One day he
bought a cyclometer, and with the
aid of the instrument he found that
the wheel was haunted.
He took careful note of the miles
registered on the little machine and
soon began to see that there were
small discrepancies, periods of ex
actly three miles, for which he could
not account. Every night as he look
ed at the cyclometer he took careful
note of the amount registered, and
every morning it was just three
miles more. This bothered him con
siderably, but he dismissed every
thing with the thought that the in
strument was defective in some way
or other.
But a few weeks ago he rode oui
into the country for the fifst time in
the evening. He took a trip to the
falls, spent the evening there and
wheeled home in company with a
friend. He reached Tonawauda
about 11 o’clock and waited there
till midnight. Then he slowly ped
aled over the brick boulevard to
ward home. He was somewhat tired,
and his friend, a man named Zeiler,
being more of a wheelman, was
about a sixteenth of a mile ahead.
Just as Springwell reached the
clump of trees on this side of Ken-
more he began to experience what,
if his story is true, is something dis
tinctly marvelous.
He declares that as he was riding
along moderately he struck a chill
blast of air. This was on an August
night and he could not account for
the extreme cold. Then something
began to work in his throat. Before
he was aware he was a prey to a most
horrible and vague fear—horrible
because of its vagueness. Some
thing terrible, he felt, was about to
happen. He glanced from right to
left. Nothing could be seen or
heard. He thought he would call to
hi6 friend ahead, but felt powerless.
Then, as he was riding, a power
ful something seemed to suddenly
wrap itself about him. He could
feel cold hands suddenly seize his
hands as they guided the machine,
l j and he could not release them from
^ j the iron grip. He knew that he was
in the power of some supernatural
| j monster and that the machine had
§ i passed from his control. He wa-
; ■ vered from side to side. The wheel
* i described curious curves and he
* j thought for a minute he was going
ii | to be thrown to the ground. AlJ
^ j this time he did not have any oon-
4 j trol of the wheeL He tugged with
’ j ail his'force at the handle oars, but
• thi- Jl t deviate the wheel from
its pa h a siugle inch.
Tern ‘kJ beyond description, he
* cornu not shout. He felt s sicken-
• ing acA c ation sweep through him.
He felt that something immeasur-
* ably monstrous had complete con
trol of every action. Of a sudden
tL- pedals began tc revolve with a
rapidity that he declares was noth
ing short of marvelous. He flew up
: the stretch th ^intervened between
him and his friend with inconceiv
able rapidity, some unknown power
having its ghostly feet on the pedals,
j On he flew. His friend was passed
as though he were standing still.
. He tried to cry out as he passed
j him, but could not.
i On into the gloom beyond till the
city line was reached, -then on again
over the asphalt. The long stretch
of 'ootb pavement flew from un-
i aer iiu. He jumped ear tracks,
j hardly feeling them as he passed
j Under the white glare of the electric
i h«d.be ns?.-'"a
with his demon
companion. He could fad that ths
ghostly ridtr behind him was pant*
ing under the exertion. He could
feel a clammy breath on the back of
bis neck that sent terrible shivers
through his whole body.
Springwell declares with an ex
pression that is indubitable evidence
of his honesty that he will never for- j
get this awful ride till the last mo
ment of his life. The sensation ac
companying this mad flight, he says, j
he is powerless to describe. There
was not only the horrible thought j
that he was in the power of the su- j
E ernatural, but other emotions that
e says no language can ever por
tray were concomitant. His very
soul was swayed by their intensity
and seemed to be in a shadow of
something inexpressibly terrorsome
and ghoulish.
On he flew, and he could ». 'jr. out
a shadowy something dancing before
him, something vague of outline and
white in color. It danced now her*?,
now there, and he felt rather thar.
saw that it was mo king him. On
in the leadership of this phantom
he flew. He crossed the Belt line
tracks with a bound, then felt ht
was slowing up. But still he kep 1 .
on until the curve that Delaware
ivenue takes before it reaches the
culvert where the Park road passes i
over it. Alioui he could see the .
white shimmer of an electric light
illuminating its tjazzling circle be
neath it. He felt the icy hands that j
had never relaxed their pressure j
from the moment he had first felt ;
them loosen a bit of their grip-
He was regaining control. But
the machine seemed to be dragging j
something behind it. He felt he
could now turn and see the ghostly
monster behind him. He craned his
head a bit, and at that moment he !
felt a terrible blow over the head. !
Stunned, he dropped from his wheel i
and lay on the pavement. He de- !
scribes the half glimpse of the thing !
behind him as something too in ex- !
pressibly monstrous to attempt to i
portray.
He lay on the pavement for some
five minutes, when Zeiler came up.
He was riding like mad. Zeiler
stopped when he saw his friend and
helped him to his feet. When
Springwell told his story at first
Zeiler thought he was joking, but he
was finally / convinced from the look
of abject terror in Springweli’s
face. They revisited the place next
day, Springwell unstrung and hardly
able to wheel. From the spot where
he first felt the power of the some
thing to where he was hit is exactly
three miles and a few rods over.
Springwell wrote to the man from
whom he bought the wheel, and he
received an answer that is certainly
queer. The dealer said that a man
brought the wheel in in good shape
and asked a very small price for it,
and that he, the dealer, thinking it
had been stolen, would not buy it.
The man swore it had not been stol
en and offered to let it remain there
until he was satisfied. He had kept
it through the winter and never a
sign of any claimant; hence he had
sold it.
Springwell is at a loss to account
for the strange occurrence. He is
utterly unable to say what could
have been the cause, save on the hy
pothesis that some man was mur
dered while on it and that it has
thus become haunted. However
that may be, the fact remains that
the cyclometer registers of its own
accord a little over three miles ev-
»ry night.
Plan for
Sommer Comfort
Don’t add the heat of a
Ntf****" fire to the sufficient
Sboomfort of hot weather.
Dae a New Perfection Wick
Bke Flame Oil Cook-Stove
ttd cook in comfort
With a ‘‘New Periection” Oil Stove the preparation of
4rfhr meals, or the big weekly “baking,” is done without
riowg the temperature perceptibly above that of any other
fMH& in the house.
If you oncte have experience with the
NEW
Wick Blue Flame Oil Cook-Stove
you will be amazed at the restful way in which it
enables you to do work that has heretofore overheated
the kitchen and yourself.
The “New Perfection” Stove is ideal for summer
use. Made in three sizes and all warranted. If
not at your dealer’s, write our nearest agency.
The
Rayb
nmr\ « ive * perfect
UrfIjL* combustion
whether hi gh’.
or low— u therefore free from disagreeable odor and can
not smoka. Safe, convenient, ornamental—the ideal Iighfc:
If not at your dealer's, write our nearest agency.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(INCORPORATED
PROM
Established 1860
THE LARGEST
MAIL ORDEI
HOU8E IN THE ^
THE FRANKLIN-TURNER CO., Atlanta, 6a.
We *11 know that knowledge la power;
Ui most of hr art —Mo to Imp books to acquire
knowledge from
However, we have solved the problem.
•adore eowpreRsrod ko giro poo .direct from oor factory.
tko booefit of oar mssp poors of thought ood labor
Every home needs a good library. Bp
oor plan you osa baposs, two or throobooks. or a largo
aoBectioa of boohs. ON CREDIT.
HOW TO GET OUR PLAN
Mark X W lk» b~k or Uofc» n. an iotor^tod in.
..Old Folk.' BiUaa
..S. S. Teachers* Bibles
..Family BiUes
..Red Letter Biblos
..S. S. Bibles
..Pocket Bibles sod Teat'
..Child's Life of Christ
..Child*s Story of the BibU
..Bible Stories
..Bible Dictionaries
..Children's Story Books
..Children's Hiotorioo
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Bank, lor Girl.
Boobs for Bops
Novels, High Grade
Young People’s Library
Business Guide
Cook Book
Stock Book
.....Doctor Book
Dictiooarioo
Kioto of Plstf* m St Pelptl
..WOdBeoo ts.
Star Spsaker
Birds, sto.
Silver Dollars.
A government secret service man.
whose business is with counterfeit
ing, spoils the story that half the
silver dollars are made outside the
government mints and, being of the
6ame weight and fineness of legiti
mate coin, cannot be detected, the
silver in a dollar costing but 50
cents, making a nice margin for the
maker of the queer coins. The de
tective calls attention to the fact
that government dollars, being
stamped cold from silver in sheets,
have clean cut lines, while molded
coin have not and are detected at
once. For counterfeiters to operate
a plant as expensive or as noisy as
Is necessary to stamp out dollars is
Impossible.
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RITICA
If The Huckleber;— ■
Uiv'
is designed for crilica! smchc-3.
Those who app~?ciate a wc'l
made cigar, containing th-.? :?’st f
tobaccos, skillfully khndea, find
the Huckleberry worth while
v- LEE ROY MYEnS CO.
MAKERS
Ask your Cigar
Man
HpCWLfcBERRV
Shorthand
GEORGIA’S-LEADING BUSINESS TRAINING SCHOOL
Next to Governor'* Raaaion.
MASTERED
In Ten Weeks
Willing to Humor H«r.
Doctor—You say you always burn
this lamp in your room all night ?
Woman—Always. I can’t sleep
without a tamp.
Doctor—My dear madam, I can
give you a few simple chemicals
which yon can easily mix before re
tiring. They will give off just ; -
much blood poisoning and sleep in
during gas as a lamp and won’t L-:
half as much trouble.
/^IIJ A D'riL'Q SjTtetr. ronslst<! L .f the
• xl-tVIV 1 ,| r .i, n hi 5 t U-D
simple ruler. Lorn:.. 3 ’• itf
time riajulred for old systems. MimiiredB
holding position:-: with teaili.'.z or--- ovjr
the South after eight to twelve v.-ecSn*
counts. Send for the proof. q
BOOKKEEPING tauz’it bv "Actual
Business Transactions" iron, she -o.rt.
The most praipleal sud eompr*'l..!jjUve
‘it iff the South. One" tvfi-j rom-
course taught
tee our cou
any line of buslm
pletee our course ceu keep any o! Lo.ks
TELEGRAPHY. Thi? department fa In
Charge of an operator of twenty year.-’ prac
tical experience. Railroad wire* run into.
school. We have contract* with railroads to employ all of oar graduates.
We Secure a Position for Each of Oor Graduates, g Good Board at from SI 2.00
to 915.00 Per Month.
Write today for Handsomely Illustrated Catalog.
Cwrut by 1UL J. O. BAGWELL, Pres., 196 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Ga.
His Ignorance.
You.”" Mr. Style was shout to
leave f .r Europe and his frienc-
were at the ferry to see him off.
When the time came for “good
bys” the correct Mrs. De Jcaef
pressed h:s hand and murmured
“Bon voyage!” m her sweetest tones,
“Yes.” said her good
“and, may I be permitted
pleasant journey.”—San
Wi
BESSIE TIFT COLLEGE, FORSYTH. GA
rca GOU AMD YOUNG women.
Faculty composed of University trained teacher*. Horae-life that of a larre family. Every
section of doraaitory onder supervision of a teacher. Every student ui-der counsel of a self *ov-
iaap.
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