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THE BANNER, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1907._
Baltimore & Ohio R. R.
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With all lines to and from the South
Through Vestibuled Trains Splendidly Equipped Pullman Drawing-
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From Washington to
Pittsburg, Cleveland, Chicago
The West and Northwest.
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to
Baltimore, Philadelphia & New York
“Every Hour on the Hour" Washington to Baltimore.
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Manager Passenger Traffic. General Passenger Agent.
INTERESTING FACTS
L
INDIAN BOW AND ARROW.
I’ll.
I'Hv
iilr>
Matei i.$ls From Which They Were
Made—The Quiver.
The hows of the North American
Indians were made of wood, bene o-
horn. Sometimes the how was made
of a single piece of wood, sometimes
of several pieces; perhaps l! was of
wood alone, ir it might he hacked bv
sinew or by the skin of some animal.
The material for the weapon was
gathered, says Forest! and Stream,
v believer it was possible, and a man
might have 111 his lodge a number of
sticks each of which he intended nlti
mately to fashion into a bow, or if he
diil not live long enough for tiiis tie-
how wood would descend to his heirs
As the most important implement of
hunter or wane r the bow was high
ly valued.
Hows of bom- were made sotm tim -.-
of sections of the rili of large ani
mals. spliced and glued together, and
were unusually hacked by sinew.
Those of the antler of the elk were
sometimes in a single piece, and at
other times in sections, bevelled at
the ends and neatly glued and spliced.
Rows of horn were often made of .sev
eral pieces similarly glued and spik
ed. but the horns of the mountain
sheep were sometimes rut into four
long and slender riels which were laid
together, glued and backed by sinew
Another type of sheep horn now
was in a single piece, the hern be
ing cut in a spiral from base of horn I
to in>int. this spiral being steamed or
boiled and then straightened aniljG
caused to dry straight. Rows such
as these were.unusual, but they were
also very powerful, and never wore
out. On the other hand, it is said,
that bows made of hone or of antler
were more for show than for use.
They were good to look at and for a
time were effective, hut after a few
years became dry and brittle.
Next to the bow. and in fact su
much a part of it that it cannot In
separated from it. is the arrow, a
complex implement the development
of which we may imagine to nave
been very slow, and which no doubt
was well advanced toward its present
form before the bow was thought of
We may fancy the sarrow to he th-'
outgrowth of a simple stabbing In
strument. which developed into a dart
to he thrown, similar to certain toys
still in use among the children of our
plains Indians.
The arrow consisted of three essen
tial parts, the head, the shaft and
the feathers. Sometimes the shaft
was compound, consisting of more
than one piece of wood. The prim
itive head was vt;ry various. The
feathering is comparatively a modern
invention, so much so that today tra
ditions exist as to its development
and the various steps toward the im
proved feathering of modern times
are given. Even within the last for
ty or fifty years the children among
our wilder tribes have employed very
primitive forms of arrows, using in
their liunlng of little birds arrows
without heads and having merely a
sharpened, fire-hardened point, arrows
without feathers and gain arrows
feathered after an earlier method, of
which, as practiced by adults, we
know only by tradition.
The bowstring was usually made of
twisted sinew, sometimes put on the
bow green and allowed to dry there.
In the Southwest, however, the
string was sometimes made of vege
table fibre. In other sections It might
be made of strips of raw hide or In
testines of animals.
The bow and its arrows were al
most always carried on the back In
tnd narrow
admit tin
I ii i Tit * liateli
wide
i gully
and bow
in of tin
aiu.-d fm this pur|»>:
HOME MADE
BLADDER CURE
Made by Hon James *ilsor, Od Folks who Suffer Find
Secretary of Agri* Prompt Relitf in Simplb
cu'ture I H»me Mixture.
From the Boston Globe. I Here is a prescription that anyone
The annual report of the Hon. Jas. can mix at home. Any good preserip-
Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, is tion pharmacy can supply the ingre-
documenti full of interest particular- clients named at litffle cost; being
ly to the faijmers of the Fniteil States, composed of vegetable extracts, it is
Indeed, for a variety of reasons, the harmless and inexpensive. Best of
fjrnn rs should be thankful that a all it does its work well, relieving
ar which opened so inauspiciousl/ even the worst firms of bladder trou-
! ti hirer tjn
of tile
kill.*.l
;>ack train
it the tine
vipe n;
buffab
»f the 7th oav
of the Custer
Public Speaker Interrupted
niilie speakers are frequently in
•’ipted by people <• Highing. This
I’d not happen if Foley's Honey
l Tar were taken, as it cure?
uhs and colds and prevents pneti
aia and consumption. The genuine
r sins no opiates and is in a yellow
huge. Sold by all druggists.
RAISES RATS FOR MARKET.
mby (M#ss.) Cor. New YorK
Herald.
Miss Abbie E. C. Lathrop, whose
hone* is a five-mile drive from both
ChirapiM* and Holyok* . in the town
of Granby, has adopted a unique bust
n< ss ps tin* means of making a living
She has established a rat farm and at
pro i itt has more than 1 «»00 rats and
mire of « verv variety under hot
for them has endeidwhtshucMFWY
or them has ended with such plenti*
'nl harvests.
It appears that the production o
he farms, all things considered, i
well up to the average of the previou
five years in quantity, while its value
to the farmer reaches a figure niuen
above that of 190fi, which by far ex
ceed any previous year's wealth pro
duction on farms.
Out of the fanning operations (
the railroads will get an averag
haul of freight, and foreign oountrie
will take a heavy excess above home
consumption.
The fatfim r, says Secretary Wilson
•will have more to spend and mot
to invest than he ever before had out
of his year's work."
Consumers will not begrudge farm
ets their prosperity, hut they will b
apt to wonder why the products o
far.ns should cost so much in citie
•aIn n tiny are so plentiful that foi
idun countries can he supplied wit!
them in immense quantities.
I lore are a few statistics showing
how well American farmers
for other countries;
"During the fiscal year ended June
l!»07,'t.he domestic exports of f
products were valued at $1,055,000,-
000 or $75*.000,000 above the high rf
cord for lfiOtl. Plant products tnad
nI* tor-fifths of this total, c -tton ahuu
amounting to $4'*2,000,000.
"Animals and animal prod
i mostly packing house products)
were exported to the value of $2
non.non The live animals exported
were worth $11.0000.000 and tin- d
product s $«r,ooo.u0o.
‘Cotton is the greatest of all
torts having, in 1007, 20 1-2 per
it of the total value. To aninn
1 animal products must he cred-
1 17 per cent of the total; to grain:
1 grain products 10 1-2 per cent; I
other agricultural products 6 1
• cent, and to forest products 8
per cent. Thus farm and forest pro
filers made up. on a value basis, 17 1-2
jK*r c* nt of the total exports of the
nited States in 1007
Tin* farmer, as the report points
depends not alone on his field
is. He produces meat animals, he
>s dairy cows, he raises sheep
mutton and for wool; he raises
-es and mules, he keeps poultry
animals sold from farms and
hose slaughtered on them in 1007
re worth about $1,270,000,000, or
;itly twice as much as the cotton
rop.
ble, frequent urination, backache, kid
ney complaint, and by its direct ac
tion upon the eliminative tissues of
th<» kidneys, the blood and system of
te matter and uric aci-1 which
causes rheumatism.
Here it is; try it if you suffer. Fluid
Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce;
Compound Kargon, one ounce; Com*
l>ound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces.
Shake well in a bottle and take in
teaspoonful doses after each meal and
at bedtime.
wel known local druggist is an
city for the statement that one
.‘k*s use shows good results in
ne.irly every instance, and such
niptoms as lame back, frequent de-
o to urinate, pain in bladder and
en chronic rheumatism are general
relieved within a few days, the pain
d swelling diminishing with each
dose.
About Digestion.
It is not the quantity of food taken
the amount digested and assimi-
d that gives strength and vitality
to the system. Chamberlain’s Stom
ach and Liver Tablets invigorate the
I stomach and liver and enable them
| to perform their functions. The re
sult is a relish for your food, increas
ed strength and weight, greater en
durance and a clear head. Price, 25
ts. Samples free. For sale by
R. Palmer & Sons. Warren J.
Smith & Bro.. L. P. Canning. E. C.
McEvoy, Orr Drug Co.. Athens. On
STEGALL FREE I Wc can offer some
OF CONTEMPT CHARGEb ery desirab, « huiw-
—— mg lots on Milledge
Judge Jones Dismisses
Charge Against State AvC.and DuBOSC AVC.
Solicitor. I These lots are cheap
and we will be glad
to show them to
you.
J.R.CRANE CO.
♦- The Athens Hardware Co. deals ♦
ers in Hardware, Cutlery, Guns, ♦
ixiintlng out that the officer | ^ Woodenware, etc. Garden Hose, ♦
•f Lawn Mowers, Ice Cream Free- 4
ers, etc. 243 and 250 Broad 4
V Street. ♦
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Montgomery, Alai, December 10.—
Henry D. Stegall, solicitor ot the third
circuit, cited by Judge Thomas G
Jones, of the United States court, on
charges of contempt, appeared in the
office of the judge this morning, re
plied the conversation he had with
tlie deputy marshal, anil was cleared
of any offense toward the tribunal.
Mr. Stegall appeared with his at
torneys, one of whom was president
pro tern, of the senate. Perry Thomas,
and made a statement of just what
happened when the deputy accosted
him to serve the railroad injunction
orders
either did not knew, what he meant or
misunderstood him. His remarks
w< re in no sense to the discredit of
the orders of the court.
The showing was so plain that
Judge Jones did not hesitate to ex
press his belief in tiie enire distn
elitiai.L.n of Mr. Stegall to “misbe
have." In a. statement from his of
flee the judge acquitted the young at
torney of any intentions of wrong
and cougratluated him on the showing
made of his conduct
Badly Mixed Up.
Abraham Brown, of Winterton, N.
Y.. had a very remarkable experi
ence; he says: Doctors got badly
mixed up over me: one said heart
disease: two called it kidney trou
ble: the fourth, blood poison, and the
fifih stomach and liver trouble; but
none of them helped me: so my wife
advised trying Electric Bitters
which are restoring me to perfect
health. One bottle did me more good
than ah the five doctors prescribed.”
Guaranteed to cure blood poison,
weakness and all stomach, liver and
kidney complaints, by \V. J. Smith
& Rro.. H. it. Palmer & Sons, drug-
gh ts, fitic.
It is five years since Miss Lat.hr->
start-d breeding mice as a business
At first site sold the mice to the bird
stotes and fanciers to lie slid again
as pets. Then came the demand from
colleges for rats and mice upon whicn
to try experiments. The medical ei
leges in particular have great use for
them.
Soon Miss Lalhrop's orders liega
to pour in and the business was in
creased until the few tioxos were
turned aside and a shed was used as
a It -me for the animals. Now an ad
ditional building has been erected
anil divided into compartments
the mice. The animals multiply
rapidly that Miss l.uthrop would soon
lie overrun were it not for the fact
that she is continually shipping away
large consignments of them.
Rheumatism
I have found * tried and letted cure for Bheo-
tnatism! Not a remedy that will straighten th.
distorted limbs of chronic cripples, nor turn bony
growths hack to flesh again. That Is Impossible.
But I can now surely Mu the pains and panes of
this deplorable disease. _ .
In Germany—with a Chemist in th. City of
Darmstadt—I found th. last tncredlent with
which Dr. ShOOP's Rheumatic Remedy was mad.
a perfected, dependable prescription. Without
that last lnxredlent. I successfully treated many,
many cases of Rheumatism: but now, at last, it
formly cures aU curable cases of this heretofore
much dreaded disease. Those sand-liks granular
wastes, found in BlMumattaBlood. seem to dlssolvs
and pass away under tfi. action of this remedy as
freely as does safer when added to pur. water
And then, when dissolvod. these polstmoul wastes
freely pass from the system, and the cause of
Rheumatism Is con# forever. There la now no
real need—no actual excuse to suffer looker with-
cut help. WeselLsad lnoocfldenc recommend
Dr. Shoop’s
Rheumatic Remedy
H. It PALMER & SONS.
isl not lie supi»osed, however,
hut (in- farmer reaps all the bene-
nd money indicated by these mil
ion-dollar statistics. On the contro
ls at the mercy of avaricious
lists, middlemen and otiiers. and i
ii geo what he ikies. If he
could treat the consumer better
ould undoubtedly do so. The cost
>f food in this country is excessive,
but it is not the farmer's fault
The general agricultural prosperit
indicated by the report, however, i
>ry gratifying. Every one desires
oil crops, and the fact that we con
inne to have them should increas
he public confidence in the stahililj
f our resources as a nation.
growth of agriculture is shown
by the fact that the value ol the to-
1 farm productions in 1307 exceed
d that of 1906. which was far above
hat of any preceding year. The to
al value for 1907 is $7,412,000,000, an
amount 10 per cent greater than the
total for 1906. 17 per cent greater I “
than that of 1905, 20 per cent above •
that of 1901, 25 per cent in excess of
that for 1903. and 57 per cent greater
than the total value for 1899.
It is superfluous for the report 1o
state that, the prices of butter ai
milk have advanced. So has the prii
of eggs and many other dairy pro
ducts. Still the dairy products of
the country were worth nearly $800,-
000,000 In 1907, or much- more than
any crop save corn. The poultry and
egg products for 1907 are estimated
a-t more than $600,000,000—these pro
ducts being worth more than the
wheat crop.
A matter of special public inter
est is the information that the area
of forest land reserved by the gov
ernment was Increased during 1907
by 43,000.000 acres, making the total
area of the national forests more than
160.000,000 acres. The Income from
these forests amounts to $1,530,000—
twice as much as -the Income for
1906.
ATLANTA BARS
MAYBE CLOSED
On Dec. I8ih Atlanta Fears
Results of Christmas
Drinking.
Atlanta. Ga., December 10.—-That
the saloon.- of the city will be closes
by order of municipal authorities on
December IS. or at least two or three
lays before Christmas, is the report
now being circulated about the city.
Once the barrooms are closed in At
lama, whether it should be on the IStli
or the 22nd. it is generally believed
that they will never be reopened,
because they would have to close for
good on January 1, anil there would
be no little reason to shut them down
for the Christmastide and then open
them again for a few days.
The report is denied by 1111101:118 of
the city, but it is pointed out by those
who believe the rumor, that the city
officers would not desire to have it
known they intended to shut down on
tlie liquor selling in Atlanta, for then
the effect would lie as bad for the
few days preceding the closing as it
would he if doors are shut down De
comber 31.
Saloon men are of the opinion that,
if they are closed out before tlie time
limit set by the state for prohibition
to go into effect that they will be
given just about two hours in which
to carry out the order of the city.
As a consequence, several saloon
dealers in the city, it is said, have
given options on a part of their stock
to Atlantans, which are good on con
dition that they are forced to make a
Given two hours, they
could transfer the liquors to the pu
chasers, making legal sale.
A PISTOL DUEL
E
Results in Death of Well
Known Citizen of the
County.
LODGE DIRECTORY.
Mt. Vernon Lodge, F. and A. M.—
Mount Vernon Lodge, No. 22, F. and
A. M . meets on regular communica
tion every second Thursday night in
each month at Masonic Hall, 3rd
floor Max Joseph building, Clayton
street. All Master Masons are cor
dially invited to attend.
H. R PALMER, W. M.
A.R.HARPER.SEC.
St. Elmo Lodge, K of P.—St. Elmo
Lodge, No. 40. Knights of Pythias
meets every Monday night aX 8
o'clock at its Castle Hall In the Max
Joseph building, corner Clayton and
Wall streets. Phone 202, 3 rings. Vis
iting Knights cordially invited to at
tend.
H. P. LAWRENCE,C. C.
H. NICKERSON, K. ot R. and S.
Keystone Chapter, R. A. M.—Keystone
Chapter. No. 1. Royal Arch Masons
meets every third Tuesday night at
8 o’clock at the lodge room In tho
Max Joseph building. All qualified
companions invited to attend.
J T. TRUSSELL, H. P.
G E. STONE, SEC.
| Athens Lodge, No. 790, B. P. O. E.—
Meets every Wednesday night at
30 o'clock at lodge quarters cor
ner Broad and Lumpkin streets.
E. BRANCROFT, Exatled Ruler.
GEO. 11. PALMER, Secretary.
Valdosta. Ga., December 10.—A des
Iterate |iist.,d duel occurred at a tur
pontine eam|i near Howell, in Echols
county, yesterday, in which E. J. Mer
cor. a well known citizen, was instant,
ly killed liy W. W. Pennington a
promim lit young man.
According to the information receiv
ed hero Pennington was on his way to
call on a young lady in the neighbor
hood when he met Xlercer, his two
sons and another young man at the
turpi mine camp. Mercer is said to
have caught hold of the horse's head
which Pennington drove, and as lat
ter jumped from the buggy Mercer
drew a pistol and fired at him.
It is said that Mercer's revolver got
out of order after he had fired two
shots without effect, Pennington he
ing on the opixjslte side of the horse,
which then became frightened and
away, leaving the men face to
Pennington fired four shots, one
hitting Mercer in the breast, and the
ither in left eye.
Mercer was a man about sixty years
old. and Pennington 28. Roth of them
wore employees of Hon. T. G. Cul-
breuth. a prominent naval store,
operator, it is said that the killing
was . tlie result of bad feeling which
had existed between them for some
time. Only one word was spoken dur
ing the fight, and that was not under
stood by the bv-standers. Pennin;
ton gave himself up.
Soquee Tribe, No. 54, I. O. R. M.—
Meets every Wednesday night at 8
o'clock in the Knights of Pythias
Hall All qualified members urged
to attend.
H. TUCK, Sachem.
J. G. TRUSSELL. C.of R.
Glenn Lodge, No. 75, I. O. O. F.—Meets
every Tuesday night at 8 o'clock *t
I-oilge room in Carlton building, OU
Jackson street. All Odd Fellow* In
good standing invited to attend.
G. A. BOONE, Rec. Sec.
Arrival and Departure nf Trains.
CITY TIME.
Georgia Railroad.
BlFor Weak
Kidneys
Inflammation of the blad
der, urinary troubles and
backache use
DeWitt*s Kidney
and Bladder Pills
A Week’s
Treatment 25c
Leaves
Arrives
7:05 a. m.
12:00 noon
4:10 p. m.
9:10 p. m.
Southern Railroad.
Leaves
Arrives
5:00 a. m.
8.45 a. m.
1:00 p. m.
7:46 p. m.
7:20 a. m.
(mixed train) 3:05 p. m.
Seaboard Airline
South Bound North Bound
No. 41 6:10 a. nt.
No. 51 7:00 a. m.
No. 33 2:58 a. in
No. 53 6:23 p. m.
No. 52 10:30 a. ra
No. 32 2:31 p. m,
No. 50 8:00 p. m
No. 38 1:09 a. m
Trains numbered 50 aud 51 are sot
run north Athens.
Gainesville Midland.
Week Days. Week Days.
| Arrive 11:15 a. m. Leave 7:10 a. m.
7:45 p. m. 2:00 p. in.
Sundays Sundays.
Vrrlve 11:15 a. m. Leave 8:30 a. m.
7:15 p. m. 6:00 p. m.
DEVICE FOR MOTORISTS.
From the New York Herald's Paris |
Edition.
One of tlie novelties of the exhibi
tion is an apparatus for registering I
the quantity of petroleum in the re
servoir, and is exhibited by M. Louis
Guttman. Tlie machine is called the ]
Maximall and is of German manu
facture. It consists of a dial fixed on |
the dashboard and a tube placed ver
tically in- the essence tank with
floater within. The hand of the dial I
is connected with the floater by |THE “LITTLE LOVE" HAS GROWN,
means of a cord. As the level of I From London Punch,
petroleum in Pie Lank increases or In one of her letters Queen Victorie
decreases, the floater rises or falls, wrote of the present King of the Bel-
and the hand on the dial correspond- gians: “He must be a little love.'
ingiy records the consumption. The [This, of course, was many years ago.
device is useful to automobilists when I before he had heard of the Congo. He
touring, lo can easily be fitted to | is quite a big boy now.
any automobile.
Central of Georgia.
Leaves Arrives
I 7:30 a. m. i:io p. m.
| 4:30 p. m. 10:20 p. m.
THE JOYFUL SURPRISE.
Nice rooms and board, Boa Air.
Take DeWltt's Kidney and Bladder From the New York Sun.
Pills; they are for weak back, In Knlcker—Christmas Is coming.
1LC. DeWITTfcCO.. Chicago, UL I flaj-xiatton of the bladder, backache I Bocker—Yes, my wife has already
and weak kidneys. Sold by all drug (hidden a 49-cent tie in the tOD bureau
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGHM8T8. g | at8 . drawer.