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VOL XXII NO 52
VIENNA, GA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 11 1001
81 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
Vim and vigor are vital forces in
achieving success.
The mercantile fleet of Japan
ranks seventh, in the world’s ship
ping.
As whisky improves with ago,
the longer a mail lets it alonojthe
belter it is for him.
The population of Japan is
twelve times aB dense as that of the
United States.
The Church of England enjoys
an income of about ono million dol
lars a week,
Being tricky does not lood smart.
A' man is smart when he knows how
lo be honest, and is honest.
When you are paying for things
bought on the installment plan, the
weeks overlap the shingles on a
roof. 1
Tho presses of the bureau of en-
grving ana printing are. how run
ning night and day on new national
bank notes:
Chemulpo, tho port of Seoul, the
capital of Korea, looks out over a
vast shallow bay, where tho tide
rises 30 feet.
The revenue derived from the
lumber industry on tho Paoific
const "exceeds that of all other in
dustrics combined.
Tho refitting and redecorating of
•the Iroquois Theatre, Chicago, will
cost 822,000. It will probably be
ca.llcd the Northwest.
Truth is immortal, The Bword
cannot pierce it; fire cannot con
sume it; prisons cannot incarce
rate it; famine cannot starve it. •
The Pennsylvania railroad com
pany has paid out nearly $126,000
in pensions m the past four years to
3,000 employees who have been re
tired.
Germany owns 10,220 miles of
telegraph cable, or one-twenty- 1
tourth of the entire system of the
' world, while Great Britain owns
two-thirds of the total mileage.
Say this to yot.rself often: “I
shall pass through this world but
once. Any good thing, tncreforo,
that /I can do, lot me do it now,
Let me not defer nor neglect it, for
1 shall mt pass this way again
An-official report says that at the
time of the American occupation
there was not a school house in
Porto Rico; there are 50,000 child
ren now in school, but there are
310,000 cnildren unprovided for
Wrought to measure our actual
lot and to fulfill if; to bo with all
our strength that which our lot re-
• quires and allows What is beyond
it is ne calling of ours. How much
peace, quiet, confidence and
strength would people attain if they
would go by this plain rule.
The daily papers report that dur
ing the late cold snap a Morman
•out m Utah froze between two of
his wives. Later news reveals the
fact that one of his wives lives in
Balt Lake City and the ‘other in
Grigham City, some 80 miles away,
v j The unfortunate man was caught in
' t a blizzard while driving fnom one
•city to the other. ,
There are only, three countries
whose exports exceed a billion dol
lars. The exports from the United
•States and Great Britain are almost
•exactly. even--$l ,457,000,000 from
•one, and; $1,415,000,000 from the
the other, .Germany..experts amount
r-o.ity $1,201,011,011. j
Some western ehurohes have mus
tered in “beautiful girl ushers.”
They pass the contribution box with
astonishing success.
To bo a good lady means to be a
good many things. It meau3 mod
esty; gentleness, self-control and
thoughtfulness for other’s welfare.
Thank heaven for the woman
who sees herself as others see her;
and who looks herself straight in
the eyos as it were, and says: Stop
and think of the times when you
have howled jour eyes red, and’the
hours in which you fretted yourself
ill. Lost time, nmo dead; precious
Try to realize that it is better to moments gone to me dogs. Some
be ladylike than to be “.stylish ’ of your troubles never materialized
and many of theso that did come to
light weren’t so bad ill the'sunshiue
of the day. Isn’t it true? v
when to be tho latter means that
you must wear a ridiculous hat and
impossible shoes.
What a difference there is in wo
men about doing house work! Some
go about it quietly and make every
move count. Others---well, they
don’t,. That’s tho difference.
Hero is the way an eastern lady
writer of experience sizes up the
love business: “Eirsf love is apt
to be funny. Last love is apt to be
terrible. The conlfortabio one
The woman with tact knows that j comes somewhere in between, when
a man doesn't want to be askod his' crass youth has gained dis'priinina-
reasons for everything he does, j tion, and mental congeniality adds
Nine times out of ten he doesn’t its rare flavor to physical magne-
know what they are himself. itism.”
A cool-headed woman stopped a
panto in a St. Lois theatre other
light. What the poor men-folics
Under tho laws of..many slates
a woman has no voioo In tho govern
would do without tho women be-jment; N biit the lowest brute of a
oomes a greater problem every day. man can cast a vote that is aH po-
Try to" Hympathiso with girlish tent 88 l ^ ftt $?• t * ie P ur ? 8t and S 1 ’ 08,1 '
flights of fancy oven If they do
Tho reason some mon never go t
along is bcoauso thoy take their
own advice.
Tho average yield of wheat in
Russia is less than half that of tho
United States.
Thirty-eight' thousand persons
work in various industries in tho
Chicago stock yards.
More gold bricks are 'sold to city
folks than to those residing in tho
rural districts.
Somo folks never know whon thoy
arc beaten. That is why thoy come
out on top iu tho unit. Sticking to
a thing, liko a dog to a foot, tolls
in the long run. •
Lots of folks work thdmselvcs
half to death trying to got some
thing tor nothing. Half tbo work
honestly done would bring far more
of wealth and happiness.
A country hog goes to tho large
paoking houses at four and a half
ceuts a pound aud comes back
breakfast bacon at 16 cents a pound
He is not the only hog in tho trans
action.
seem absurd to you. By doing so
you can retain your influence over
your dadghters and not teaoh them
to seek sympathy olsewhore.
In the “sweat shops” women
make blouses at 36 cents a dozen,
and by working from early morniug
until midnight thoy can make a
dozen. Others make plain shirts at
0 cents a do2?u. . /
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A fashionable woman or flBuuio
age advises eve y young woman a»
follows: “Never merry a man un
til you haveoseen his upper lip.
Man has an advantage over us, be
cause he can read us throngh our
lips. We cannot read him through
his mustache, whioh, no matter how
beautifnl, is an expressionless adorn-
mebt. The upper lip tells thoohar-
est statesman. The mothor may be
compelled to bear children, but can
not say what laws ’shall govern
them. Until she has equal power
witn her husband, to s^y what taxes
she shall pay and what laws she
shall obey, we should cease sending
missionaries tno savage ohief who
struts in feathers while his v?ire
builds his tepee and grinds tbo corn,
says a woman-aulfragoist.
How to tnuke a negro baby white
is the problem on whioh Dr. Jacob
W. llill, of South Beud Ind,, has
boen working, and whioh he believes
he will solve soon by an experiment
at a hospital. A prospective moth
er has consented to be the subject
of the experiment. A room in a
hospital will be provided which will
be comfortably furnished in red.
Recipe for kcoping off tho blues:
Work every day at something. It
is the man who sits down aud does
nothing but oat who has ft lazy liver,
and a lazy liver brings on all sorts
of ailments. Keep busy.
Bu/l’i means rising at six o’clock
in tho morning and not spending
moro than half your income; mind
ing your own business and not mod-
ling with other people’s; trusting
in God aiiil your 6wii resources;
keeping your appoiutmo-.ts and
leaving nothing worth doing to
ohanoe.
There has never boon as bright
an outlook for good roads in Amer
ica as there is today. Thirty thou
sand orders for automobiles have
already been plaood with the Amer
ican nranufaoturers this year; and
for eaon one of these orders there
is another oitizcu wbo will work
and vote for better roads.
Noah didn’t make much of a pa
rade, did Lo, with only ono float?
Thoro are over 500 umbrella fac
tories in the United States, aud. *
more than half the umbrellas used
iir this country ooinc from Phila
delphia.
A man who profors tho oitv wook-
ly to a homo paper because “it’s,
got moro in it,” reminds us of a
man who piokod out tho largest
pair of boots iu tho box because
thoy cost no more than a pair that
fitted him, says an exchange.
Opportunity is only good enough
to occasionally moot a man halt
way. Don’t make a fool of your
self 1)7 waiting for her lo come af
ter yon in an automobile. •
Wny should a groooryman ad
vertise spasmodically? Ills olorks
work every day, his capital is in
vested evory day, people buy groce
ries every day arid his wagons do-
liver every day. Why not keep
his advertisement running evory
day.
Have hopes - for tho future. If
ypu have a droad for what tho fu
ture might have stored up for you,
you will not be prepared to moot
its emergencies. Bo ready to over
come any obstaolo, lot it bring
,u win. A ooward oan novor
accomplish auylhiug. Have cour
age and faoe your circumstances as
they arise. •
If you got discouraged ir. busi-
^ ness and don’t fool like you arc dq^
Moro than forty schools in this
acier of both men aud women. If Walls, ceiling, flooring and furni
long and thick there is coarseness, ture, bed clothing and ourtaiDS are
If thin there is cruelly. If short to be of that color, patient, attend-
and Cupid-bowed tbere is deliuaoy. ing physicians and nurses will wear
If straight and wdl drawn against red gowns, while tho only light will
the teeth there is resolution. Be- come through red-globed lamps and ! country aro teaching forestry, aud
fore- saying ‘Yes’ to your lover red window-panes. In the mean-1 jet one may see more widespread
innke him shave a month. You time he is keeping an eye out tor; slaughter of the timber while pass-
will then learn his character.” the fool-killer. ] ing through the country today than
cvci before. Something more than
schools is needed to save the trees.
If every maii who cuts a tree would
plant ono to take its place, me for
ests and streams would hold their
own.
American farmers have always
thought they know a thing or two
about farming, but Dr. H. J. Web
ber, director of the labratory of
plant breeding of the government
department of agriculture, says,
that they arc a dismal failure.
When our best states produce twen
ty-five bushels of wheat, England
produces thirty-five bushels. Where
our best cotton laruis yield 190
pounds to the acre, Egypt yields
500. Other countries can raise
more' corn than Illinois, the corn
state.
dinning Notice
The Vienna Cotton Oil Company will run both
the up town and down town Gins this season. The
ilanagement has taken the trouble to put both
these plants in first-class condition. The one down
town will pack both round and square bales, while
the up town gin will pack square bales only.
riessrs. A. J. Shell and C. A. Joiner, both well
known by the people .of this section,, will, have
charge of these gins, Mr. Shell having tfee-rmanage-
ment of the up town and Mr Joiner the doivrf town
gin.
We propose to give first class service in every re
spect at^d we wish to notify the public that we will
not gin any wet cotton knowingly as it will not only
gives a poor sample, but interferes with the opera
tion of the gin, thereby, causing our patrons to wait
an unnecessary time to get their cotton and a use
less expense to koep the gins in repair, therefore,
parties bringing such cotton to the gin and causing
us to shut down on this account, will be charged the
actual cost of time lost.
Thanking you for past patronage and asking for a
continuance of same, we remain,
Very truly yours,
VIENNA COTTON OIL CO.
ing'any good for yourself, don't
surre ider to your morose or morbid
toolings, but get out and do some
thing for somebody olso. If you
cannot do anything else get out and
say a kind word to some one who
needs it, and you will find you havo
done yourself a great servioe.
If you are ready at all times to
do whatever you are callod upon to
do yon will establish the habit of
reliability. You can form no habit
that will he worth moro to you. If
you are trustworthy you will oora-
mand tho respect and esteem of
every one, while if you are careless
and not to be depended upon people
will not care very much for you.
You are to gain everything and lose
nothing by following this rule, It
will cost you very little effort to
bccomo master of yourself and bo
reliable in everything you do. The
sooner you 6tart at it the better it
will be.
There is said to bo a church in
the wiregrass. section of Dooly
county where the young people are
not very well up on good behavior.
Some of theWyoung bucks, it
seems, do - not regard a gospel
sermon with any solemnity what
ever, and they kioa up different
kinds of capers during, the service
that lots of civilized communities
would not tolerate. Trie church of
ficials lack the courage to reprove
them, not wishing to rumple the
feelings of any one, and thoy are
very much at fault in allowing such
conduct to continue. Talking aloua
in church, detraoting the attention
of others from the preacher, is
enough to bring one to aocount be
fore the courts for disturbing pub
lic worship. A man from Vienna
is going to visit that church soon,
and there will be good oonduct that
There is one thing that 1
gnawing away just as ceaselessly
as interest, and that is rust. Every
minute of the day and night rust
keeps its teeth cutting into our
tools, if we give it a chance. It is
a close race between interest and
rust to see whioh shall do the most
to hamper the farmer. Interest we day or some of the offenders will b«
( may not always be able to cut off, 'called upon to face the next grand
rnst we surely can. I jury.
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