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WIIAT A FORTUNE
Is a good healthy,pearly skin, Few are
tnVare of the short time it takes for a
disordered liver to cause blotchos on the
face, and a dark greasy 6kin. One bottle
Of Beggs’ Blood Purifier and Blood Ma
ker will restore the organ to its natural
and healthy state, and cleanse the blood
of all impurities. It is meeting wiih
wonderful success. Wo guarantee every
bottle. M. F. Word, druggist. mch7-ly
BBOKtEN'S ARNICA SALVE.
The best salve in the world for cuts,
bVuises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
Bores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
iporns, and all skin eruptions, and posi
tively cures piles, or no pay required.
It is guaranteed to givo perfect satisfac
tion, or money refunded. Prioe 25 oents
per box. For sale by J. R. Wikleds Cos.,
druggists. mch!7-ly
English Spavin Liniment removes all
hard, soft or calloused lumps and blem
ishes from hordes. Blood spavin, ourbs,
splints, sweeny, ring-bone, stifles,
sprains, all swollen throats, coughs, eto.
Save tOO by use of one bottle. Warran
ted. Sold by M. F. Word, druggist
Cartersville. novl-ly
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.
Mbs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup,
for children teething, is tho prescription
of one of the best female nurses and
physicians in the United States, and
has been used for forty years with never
failing success by millions of mothers
for their children. During the process
of teething, its value is incalculable. It
relieves the child from pain, oures dys
entery and dyarrhcea, griping in the
bowels, and wind colic. By giving
health to the child it rests the mother.
Brice 25c. a bottle. augl9-ly
WHY IS IT
That people linger along always com
plaining about that continued tired feel
ing? One bottle of Beggs’ Blood Puri
fier and Blood Maker will entirely re
move this feeling, givo them a good ap
petite and regulate digestion. For sale
byM.F. Word. may7-ly
A GOOD COUGH SYRUP.
There Is nothing parents should be so
careful about as selecting a oough syrup.
Beggs’ Ohery Cough syrup costs no
more than tho cheap and inferior nos
trums thrown on tho market. The bet
is nono too good, be sure and get Beggs*
Cherry Cough syrup. We keep it 6n
hand at all times. M. F. Word, Drug
gist. may7-iy
CHILDBIRTH MADE EASY
By a wonderful medicine offered by us.
This remedy, after thirty years’ trial,
proves to be tho panacea for woman's
sufferings.
After an active practice of thirty years
Madam Chavel'e began tho use of this
remedy, which she calls Legacy to suf
fering -woman. It gives tone and vigor
to tho muscles enfeebled by long con
tinued distention, and relieves the gnaw
ing, grinding pains always experienced
by pregnant women, and when the hour
of confinement arrives, tho parts having
been previously put in good condition
by the use of this Legacy, the labor is of
short durations, the pains neither so se
vere nor so prostrating ns usual, the
womb is held in its proper position,
which could not have existed without
its use. Price SI.OO. feb2s-ly
BEGGS’ CHERRY COUGH SYRUP
Is giving splendid satisfaction to the
trade and the sales are positively mar
velous, which can be accounted for in no
Other way except that it is without doubt
tlje best on the market. Ask for and he
you get the genuine. We keep it.
M. F. Word, druggist. may7-ly
My motner nas nan a eougn ror twen
ty years, pneumonia leaving her with a
bronchial trouble. Two years ago, her
lungs becoming involved, she became
very much emaciated and lost all
strength, being under regular treatment
of a physician and taking medicine sul
the hours of the day. This continued
until a year ago when I saw your adver
tisement of Acker’s English Remedy for
consumption and procured a bottle, as
the tickling in her throat was unremit
tingand so irritating as to make talking
impracticable. She was so much re
lieved that another bottle was procured
and we now buy by the case, she never
being without it. She has no physician
and takes no other medicines. She re
marked lately that if she had not pro
cured it when she did she would be dead.
We have recommended it to others, who
always receive benefit from it. If any
ohe desiring further particulars will ad
dress me with a stamp I will answer
with pleasuro, as I deem it the best
medicine made. A trial only is neces-
Rary to convince any one of its merits.
Very respectfully,
D. W. Simmons, P. M.,
jan3l-ly Cave Spring, Ga.
For sale by J. R. Wikle A Cos.
I desire to state voluntarily and for the
benefit of the public, that having been
troubled with a severe bronchial d'ffl
culty and a terrible cough for the past
two years, so that at times I felt almost
discouraged and even despaired of get
ting better, T have, through the use ol
Dr. Acker’s English Remedy for con
sumption, been entirely cured, and can
not say too much in its favor. Judging
from its effects upon me,l consider it the
greatest remedy in the world for all
throat, bronchial and lung troubles.
jan3l-ly G. G. Leake,
CedaHown, Ga.
For sale by J. R. Wikle & Cos.
CHEAr MONEY.
The Atlanta Trust and Banking Com
pany is prepared to negotiate loans on
Bartow county farm lands, atG and 8 per
cent., with rc ~sonable commission.
Apply to Dougdar Wiki/e,
tf Attorney at Law.
Prof- Loisette’s
MEMORY
DISCOVERY AND TRAINING METHOD
la spite of adulterated imitation* which mis* th*
theory, and practical results of the Original, in spita of
the grossest misrepresentations by snvious would-D#
competitors, and in spite of ‘ ‘bass attempts to *ob” him
of the fruit of his labors,(all of which demonstrate th#
undoubted fcuperlnrity and popularity of hi* teaching).
Prof. Loisetta f s Art of Never forgetting is reeognirsd
to-day in both HemispMres as marking an Epoch in
Memory Culture. His Prospectu*(ssnt post fr#s)gite#
opinions of people fn all part* af the globe who have act
ually studied m*Bystm by correspondence, allowing
that hi* System i# used only t chile bring studied, not
aftrrtbafas: that any book can fo-Uamsdin a ninol*
remHng.inindAcanflmrKffnred, die. ForPro*pectu*,
Tdftffs and Testimonials address
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nov2l-3m.
THE JOKER’S BUDGET.
JESTS AND TARNS BY FUNNY
MEN OF THE TRESS.
Scared Her Out of It—A Woman’s
Revenge—Not Prepared to Die—
Why it Rang, etc., etc.
SMART JOHNNIF.
Mrs. Brown—l told you, Johnniet, if
you did that again I’d lend you fSom
the ab'e.
The Darling Johnnie —Yes, ma, I know
you and and.
Mrs. Ifctnvn—Then why have you
dona it?
The Dari ng Johnnie—Because I’ve
finished.—[Life.
THE CIDER OF THE FARMER.
When yen meet n man who’s tasted beer,
you'd better stand aside
And give him room to pass you with his
load;
And if you think ’twas whisky which he re
cently has tried,
’Tis best to let him have full half the road.
lint should you ever meet a good old farmer
down in Maine,
Who is paralyzed on eider of his own.
e next time that you see him, should you
chance to meet again,
You’ll climb the fence and lenve him all
alone.
—[Chicago Herald.
AT THE AUTHOR’S CLUB.
Brown—Who is that seedy looking
individual with the long hair?
.Tones —That is Starviing, the renown
ed poet. H s great masterpiece was
published in the last number of “Scrib
bler’s Magazine.”
Brown—And who is that well dressed
gentleman who just snubbed him so uu
merc fully t
Jones—He is also a poet. He writes
the advertisements for Blum's soap.—
[Life.
CLEVERLY CAUGHT.
“Mrs. Mulligan,” said Mrs. Ginty,
11 it is we’l yrr fa! n the day ! ”
“ Yis, veiy well.”
“An’ shtrong? ”
“Y s, quite sh’rong.”
“Then p’r’aps it’s able ye’d be to
bring back Iho two wash-tubs yoz bor
ried last Monday.”—[Merchant Travel
ler.
PROGRESSIVE.
Jonhs -Fay that horse you sold me
the other day limps !
Jono3 —Ye)- don't say so? I could’nt
get him to move when I owned him.—
[ Argosy.
THE BOY GOT SQUARE WITH HIM.
Small Boy—l saw my sister kiss your
plio ogra >h.
Smith (delighted)—When, oh, when ?
Small Bov - Yesterday ; she kissed it
on the other side where Charlie Smith
lial written a few insulting lines to your
memory, —[Epoch.
DEARER EVERY YEAR.
“ Before I married her,” he said,
"She used to call me ‘Precious dear;
’Tis many moons since we were wed,
Yet she grows deurer every year.
“ Last year 1 bought a senlskin sacque,
And now she wants two diamond rings.
A wife who’s fond of show, alack!
Is dearer than all earthly things.’’
—[New York Journal.
A CONVINCING ARGUMENT.
Mrs. Skinnphlint —John,
there's a peddler at the door with a rug
worth $lO. He offers it for #l. I
would like to buy it, but I’m afraid it
wouldn’t be just exactly honest. He
must have stolen it or he wouldn’t offer
it so cheap.
Mr. Skinnphlint (excitedly)—What?
A $lO rug for $1 ? Why, certainly he—
But no. If he says he didn’t steal it,
and of course he’ll say so, that will set
tle it as far ns we are concerned. We
can’t prove it, you kuow. I’ll question
him myself. (Goes to the door and ad
dresses peddler jocosely.) How much
did you say you wanted for this rug?
One dollar, hey ? m’m. It’s worth per
haps half that. I’m afraid—ha ! ha! —
I ni afraid you stole this rug somewhere,
my friend.
Peddler (terror stricken) —Yes, sir, I
did! But don't gve me away, for
heaven’s sake 1 I —I—
Mr. Skinnphlint (somewhat taken
aback, but recovering himself and hast
ily exchanging a silver dollar for the
rug)—That’s all right, Mary Jane. We
don’t know whether he’s telling the
truth or not. A men that’ll steal will
lie about it.—[Chicago Tribune.
A REMINDER.
Winks—Hello ! Been away ?
Minks—Only for a day. 1 ran down
to tho shore to see how my cottage w-as
faring in the storm. Did you over see
the sea in a storm ?
ggWinks -Bv George! That reminds
lno I must hurry into that store before it
shuts u-. 1 had nearly forgotten an er
rand which I promised to do for my
wife. —[New York Weekly.
MORE ORNAMENTATi THAN USEFUL.
Adolphus—l understand the presents
displa ed at the Blan ,ue Dashe wed
ding, the other night, were numerous
and costly.
Augustus—Yes, there was quite a
lavish display. The most valuable was
a set of diamond jewelry from the groom
to the bride, worth about SI,OOO.
“And the least valuable?”
“Her father's check for $5,000." —
[New York Ledger.
PREPARED TO DEPEND EITHER SIDE.
Publisher Mr. Delver, have you
gone over those s'atistics about the use
of bicycles among the masses ?
Del.er—Yes, sir.
“And you have analyzed them care
fully, so that you can give an intelligent
opinion as t > their effect upon the pub
lic health (”
“Yes, sir.”
“Well, then, you may write it out.
We want it as soon as possible.”
“Yes, sir; but you haven't told me
which side I am to prove, whether they
are healthful or the reverse.—[Boston
Transcript.
WHY IT RANG.
Miss Giddy—Why does that bell on
your typewriter ring ? J
Opeiator—lt rings when people ask
me silly questions. It's going t 0 ring
now.
JACK HAD BEEN A|BAD BOT.
Young Lady from Buston—l notieo
that you always personify the ship—call
it “she,” “her,” etc.
Jack Servenmalot—Aye, mum.
“Why so?”
“The ship reminds us of our mothers,
mum.” 0
“indeed ! What is there about a ship
to remind you of your mother r”
“The spanker, mum.”—New York
Sun.
LIKE A FISH.
“Do you see that man across the
street?”
“Yes.”
“He drinks like a fish.”
“Didn’t it ever strike you that the
expression ‘drinks like a fish’ is all
wrong?”
“Not in a case like this.”
“Why not?”
“He takes his liquor by gills.”—[Mer
chant Traveler.
TRUTH FOR OKCE.
©fc’3 I’m glad I let that follow have
*fle small loan. He seemed overwhelmed
with giatitude, and said he could never
lepay me.
Merritt—. was strange. He told
you tho truth Harper’s Bazar.
IT W* T THE PRINCIPLE.
A young man with excited stop and
flushed face halted an officer in front of
the City Hall the other day and stated
that he had been robbed.
“When and where?” naturally in
quired the officer.
“Out on the exposition grounds this
forenoon.”
“How much?”
“Well, as near as I can figure it,there
was about forty cents in the portmon
naie.”
“Have any suspicions?”
“No. I missed it after coming out of
the snake show.”
“Isn’t it a pretty small matter to make
complaint about queried the offie r,
“or is it the principle of the thing
wlreh actuates you ?”
“Principle of the thing bo hanged!”
hotly exclaimed the young man “Wl at
I’m after is my forty cents, and if I
don’t get it I’ll have to walk thirteen
miles on the railroad track ! Principle
is ail right when you have a big boodle,
but I’d see a ton of it blowed high-sky
before. I’d walk thirteen miles!”—[De
troit Free Press.
OUGHT TO BE FILED
“Was Bronson a carpenter before ho
began to write humorous items ?”
“Yes.”
“H’m! That accounts for the old
saw she uses so much.” —[Bazar.
ANOTHER BUNKER HILL.
Pompous English Author—My ambi
tion, sir, is to be buried at Westminster
Abbey, beside the great men of Eng
land s past.
1 merican Person—lndeed ! Mine is
to remain alive and kicking among tho
ordinary men of America’s present.—
[Lowell Citizen.
PURE LABOR.
Young Man —Does your s'ster play
the piano, Hobby?
Lobby—Play it! No; but she works
it about seven hours a day.—[Texas
Siftings.
AFTER A CURTAIN LECTURE.
“Joe, your wife looks as fresh as a
morning glory. ”
“Bill, I wish she was a morning
glory.”
“Why so, Joe?”
“Because she’d shut up at night.”
A SWEET REFRAIN.
She (at the piano)—Listen ! How do
you enjoy this refrain ?
He—Very much! The more you
refrain tho better I like it.—[Chicago
Globe.
NOT PREPARED TO DIE.
Jack—What are you doing, Mabel?
Mabel—Making angel cake; don’t you
want some?
Jack—No, thanks; I don't want to be
an angel.—[Puck.
TO A REJECTED DOVER,
Search well the code of the littlo god Love,
And this maxim you’ll find to be true;
The best way to be off with the old love
Is to haste to be on with the new.
—[Life.
SCARED HER OUT OF IT.
“Dear, don’t you think we ought to
get a folding bed 1 They are so orna
mental and fashionable, you know.”
“Folding bed ? Great Scott! you’re
crazy! Why, is it possible that you
never saw Ovalback, that lives over "the
way ?”
“What, you mean that unfortunate
old gentleman that has curvature of the
spine ?”
“The very same. That’s tho way lie
got it, too-sleeping in one of those
folding beds. —[Richmond Dispatch.
A woman’s REVENGE.
Mrs. Hinton (recently married)—Did
yon know my husband was veiy ill ?
Miss Carrington I supposed lie
must be, my dear. Before he married
you he told mo that I had broken his
heart.
THE WAY TU *0 IT.
Perturbed Mother—Little Johnnie
is bawling upstairs with, the tooth
ache.
Experienced Father—Take him to the
dentist’s.
P. M.—Where’s the money ?
E. F.—Oh, never mind the money.
As soon as he reaches the dentist’s door
his tooth will cease aching.—[Boston
Courier.
Our Woman’s Jewelry,
Tho precious gems with which Mrs.
Mnekav wife of the California bonanza
king, decks herself a e about as well
known in Paris and London as she is.
Among them is a flawless sapphire
nearly half an inch in diameter, which
is sad to ha.e cost $185,000; the finest
emera'd known to exist, for which a
fabulous price was paid an almost price
less set of rose-pink coral jewelry; and
a pai a, >f diamond solitaires valued at
S4OO, PjO. —[Harper’s \V eekly.
WITH A RATCATCHER.
CLEARING A BIG RESTAURANT
CELLAR OP RODENTS.
Row Rats Are Caught and How
Tl ey Are Killed Ry a Profession
al—Weasel Against Rodent.
At 11:30 o’clock at night, three men
stood in a dark corner of the cellar un
der a large downtown restaurant. One
of the men carried a dark lantern. He
was William Penney, a professional rat
catcher. !llie other two men in the cel
lar were Wil’iam Lsaac-en and a le
pot-ter, The rata atelier’s dog, Kit, ha 1
woimed herself into a pile of baskets
filled with o} slots, piled one above the
other in the corner. One en lof Kit
whined. The other end vibrated like a
metronome. Kit smelled ar.it.
“Catch him, Kit!” sad Penney, as
he began lifting down the baskets or.e
by one. Kit be< ame frantic. In a few
minutes Penney was covered with c <b
webs and oyster juice from the baskets.
The sweat trickeled down his fa :e in
streams. Each basket weighed seventy
pounds. It was hard work for tho rat
catcher. In the cousre of ten minutes
Penney uncovered a Hour barrel without
a head. Kit jumped into the barrel and
began stratching at some fire bricks
that partially filled it.
“Watjh him, Kit!’’ sad the rut
cab her, as he began lift ng out the
bricks one at a time. The scent became
hotter as Penney lifted out an old table
leg, two empty tomato cansaud a worm
(atenbag. Jsa u sen held the dark lan
tarn so that its rays illumined the inside
of Ihe barrel. Pi nney leaned over and
lifted a piece of sacking. The men held
their breath in suspense. Theie was a
whisk of brown fur through a hole ne ir
tho bottom t f the barrel. Kit’s jaws
closed upon (wo inches of a long rail
and the tat disappeared. The dog
jumped out of the barrel and ran whin
ing around the cellar. A joyful hark
told the men that site had found the
hole into which the rat had darted. It
led into the masonry of tho foundation.
“Fetch the f< rret!” said Penney.
The ferret was brought in a small
wooden box. Penney took the animal
in his hand and stroked its silky m ck.
Its eyes shone like beads in the light
of the dark lantern. The f rret weighed
eleven ounces. It had been starved for
thne days. It was hungry and thirsty,
Kit stood with dilated nostrils at tho
mouth of the hole. Not a muscle of her
body quivered. She stood as if carved
in bronze. Penney put the ferret upon
the eoncie’e fleor. The animal stood
st 11 for an instant. Then it got the
fcenthotin its nostr K With a slow,
sinuous movement, and waving its head
from side to side the ferret crept toward
the hole. Penney pulle 1 the dog away.
The ferret entered the hole. The light
of the lantern was turned full upon the
aperture. The dog resumed its posi
tion. The men wait ■;!. One minute
went by and the second hand of t'.e
open-faced watch held by the reporter
was fast consuminganother minute when
a faint squeal came from the wall.
“He’s coming,’’ said Penney. “Get
back, Kit; I want to catch him alive.”
Kit retired reluctantly. Penney drew
on a pair of buckskin gloves. The sus
pense was trying. Overhead could be
hoard the shuffle of feet in the rt stau
rant. Kit panted with suppressed ex
citement. Suddenly a rat's head ap
pe Ted at the mouth of the hole and was
as quickly withdrawn. The fingers of
Penney’s right hand encircled the open
ing. Then another faint Fqeal was
heard. The rat spiaug outward and was
caught by Penney. His thumb and
fore-finger encircled its neck anil the
other fingers w ere wi apj e 1 gently
around the rat’s body. The ferret, fol
lowed quickly and was picked up by
Isaacsen and placed in the box. The
rat was in a vise. It could not move.
It palpitated with fear and expos si its
sharp teeth in ineffectual remonstrance.
It was placed in a stout canvas bag and
tlio hunt was resumed.
Seventy traps, i a h about three inches
in diameter, were set in the cellrr. To
each of these a small chain about two
feet long was attached. At the end of
the chain was a small ring which is
dropped over a peg driven in the ground
when the trap is set out of doors or in
a barn. There was also a small iron peg
attached to the chain, which could l>e
driven into a ei a k in the floor to hold
the trap. Penney set these traps almost
as fine as tho hair trigger of a duelling
pistol. He placed the traps in the run
ways of the rats—alongsUam-pipes, be
hind barrels, in niches in the masonry—
until seventy-five of them gaped for un
waiy feet. By 2 o’clock twenty rats had
been caught. The legs of a few of them
Were broken by tho jaws of the traps.
All tho rats were put alive into the can
vas bag.
At 3 o’clock this morning the party
loft the restaurant and went to a room
only a short distnic) fiom the Brooklyn
Bridge. The room was about 12 feet
square. There was no carpet on the
floor. The only a-’ticles of fnrnitu e
w ere a stove and tw > < h drs. The chairs
wo e placed outside the door.
The room vascaiefully exurninod and
nil p-ssible avenues of is ape closed.
The only light was lui n shed ly the
bull’s-eye lantern which was placed
upon the mantel. Each man tucked his
trousers into his sto, kings. The hag
was kept in motion to prevent the rats
from gnawing their way through the
canvas.
By this time Isa icsen had pna ured a \
young fox (errier. He wanted to try the
mottle of the animal. Penney opened
the mouth of the canvas 1 ag, and put
ting his hand into the aperture he felt
around among the animals until he had
caught one by the back of the neck.
Ho said, as lie drew out the s ;uealing
animal:
“Rids won't bite in the dark.”
The rat was a monster. The experts
said it would weigh eighte-n oum es,
w hich is a* least four ounci s mo:e than
the w-eight of the ordinary brown rat.
Its feet were tied together with bits of
string. Then the animal was put into
Pi nney's to it po k-1 When everything
was realy the bag w s laid upon the
floor and the rats ran cut. Headed by
a big fellow-they ran aiound the walls,
examining all the cracks for a possible
exit. They made the circuit of the room
twice. When they realized that there
was no es -ape they showed fight. They
made u noise resembling that produced
hy filing a saw. (Some of them rau to
the men standing in the middle of the
room and tried to climb up their trous
ers legs.
The young dog was then brought in.
When the lain saw the deg, which was
held in the arms of its owner, struggling
to get free, they ran to one corner and
ranged thenis dves in two irregular rows
diagonally aero s the corner. 'ili -v
stood up and uttered cries of fe ir and
anger. Tlie dog sprang to the floor and
rush datti e rats. He caught one be
tween his jaws, but the others fastened
themselves upon his body, hanging from
his ears, his tail and back. The pain
caused by the sharp to th of the lats
ffuade the dog weaken. He whined and
ran to Penney, who plucked the rats
from the brute as if he were gathering
blackberries. The rodents lesnmed
their position in the owner. The young
dog was put outside th ■ door and the
experienced Kit was brought in. S' e
did not lush heedlessly at the rati as the
young dog had done, b t win n .-he had
got to within three feet of the rode.its
she stood still and waited.
A big rat m the front row, win) e\i
dently acted in the capacity of captain
of the company, ate pted the dog’s im
plied challenge and sDrang at tiro ter
rier. Kit was prepared fov him. One
snap of her teeth and the captain was
dead.
In the meantime the other rats had
fastened their teeth in Kit’s sleek hide.
But it was of no use. She stood still
and picked them from her body one by
one. And when they were all lying
around her upon the floor whenever one
showed signs of life by the movement of
a leg or the twitolling of a inus le Kit,
walked around over the field of battle
and gave them an extra nip t > quiet
them.
Ihe dead rats were gathered up end
put into the canvas l ag. Then occurred
a scene of intense interest. It was a
tight betwo m a jat atul a ferret.
While Kit was killing the rati, the big
fellow in I’eniiov’s pocket had ohewi cl
the string wliic h tied its legs together,
crawled cut and jumped t> the floor.
Before Kit could catch it the was told
to lie down by Penn y, and then she
was ordered to go out of the room.
A piece of coarse sac king was then
thrown down in the middle of the room.
Tiie rat in tin meanwhile was making
an examination of the room iust r.s the
others had done. After smelling at al
most every inch of the bare board, the
rat gave up the search and hid itself Uu
der the sacking. Its movements could
he traced by the mound like a mole’s
track in the sacking, until it rest and
quietly in one corner of the bag.
The ferret was then let loose and it
took up the trail just where the rat h id
alighted on the floor and followed ex
aetly in the fugitive’s foot teps. Whor
e. or the rat had stopped to examine a
crack the ferret stopped. Every inch ol
floor travelse.l by the r.it was gene ovei
by the fern t until it reached the bug.
A shrill scream of terror arid anger in
dicated that the rat had b on found.
The rat darted out of the bag and be
gan a wild flight iiromicl the room. Be
lentksily upon its trail came the ferret,
never inciea“ing its speed, Lu with a
' slow movement of the I ead from side to
s'de which was fascinating in its sug
pestlons of subtlety and deadly intent.
The circuit of the room must have been
mad i twenty five time; bei’ere the rat
showed any signs of weakness. Then
its pace began slowly to slacken.
The tr ig, dy was nearing its climax.
The rat began to chatter as if smitten by
an icy wind. It t )ok refuge in thecor
| ner where its comrades hud fallen, with
; its 1 ack to tha wall. Standing upright,
with drooping paws, it uttered a cry so
fraught with terror that it. soundc cl nl
! most human. It was its death cry. 'lhe
animal instinctively knew that its time
ha l come.
The feint kept on the tiail around
the room. The rat recovered from its
terror and jumped up to the window
ledge and sit still. The ferret lest ihe
trail and went snuffing an uud with its
nose in the air. The rut had another
paroxysm, and limping from the window
ledge ran to the comer and up a s out,
rough c ine standing there. Heie the
f; rret found its prey, and it stood on the
floor looking upward at the 1 rat. The
two animals gazed at ea li other until
the rat cr.uld stand it no longer. Utter
ing another s ream, it sprang at the fer
ret. The latter animal kept its fc re feet
upon the cane, turned its hi at aside to
avoid the shock, and, ns the rat shot by,
fastened its teeth in its victim’s neck.
The movement was almost as rapid
light, The force of the rat’s descent
( arried both animals six hot over the
flour. The f ‘rret threw one fore leg
over the rat’s hack, leloafoi the hold
first secured and buried its t eth in the
centre of the rat’s ne k, crush'ng the
bockl) n>, and the huit was over.—
f New York Hun.
The Biggest Ruby and Cat’s Eye.
Tlh> biggest n id in every way tin' best
i ruby in cx.stcn ;e, so fur ns ctn:nois*um
know, is on sil ■at a fam uv rjhop in
London. Fi ty ill us,uhl dollars is tin
price asked ft r it. It is broader tl an a
filbert nut and gives out a deep red glow.
Queen Victoria s:ghe l wiie i sir- stw it
and declared i’ lad no i a aUol in the
crown jewels, an I tl e Duchess < f Edin
burgh c itried it all the wav t > St.
rofersburgli for the Czar t > Lave a look
at i\
'llte world’s big; es 1 and tin st beauti
ful < at’s eve was taken lo London not
long ago from Ceylon. It weighs 170
carats and is insured for -10,000 rupees.
It casts bat four opalescent rays, which
are -ai l to combine to form one single
stream of li.kt. Cat’s eyes of suebbril
liancy are now said to sell for a-t ntrclt
as dittmoi ds. Ordinarily the cat’s eye
is considered only a semi-p:ec.ous stone.
—[New York World.
A Diver in a Mine.
• ’llte first instance ill which a pro'es
sional diver lias been employed m th
mine-of Pennsylvania is that at Rich
moml’s new shaft, on the rutskiits oi
Scranton. The shaft is e.l< se to the
La-kawnuna river, and w is flixxled a few
weeks ago by a rite in the l iver. It w.is
sunk n ue f> e;, and (he water could not
b r -movi and because the strainers in tiro
])Ufnps that n a h from tin- top to the
bottom of the opening became filled
with sand. John ltiee, a New York
diver, was engaged to go down end clean
out the stiain rs. He b gau the work
and finithed it in two day-, and pumping
was resumed.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Mourn it ns we may, it is nevertheless
true that there are many deserted farms
to-day in New England, and many more
that are likely to be abandoned in the
near future, says the Congregational]’st.
It is equally true that farms remote
from large towns or cities have been
steadily decreasing iu value for several
years past. There may be a difference
of opinion as to the causes which hove
tended to produce this unfortunate state
of things, as well as the best way, if
thero be one, to counteract the evil. No
one who goes about the country towns
remote from large centres can fail to ob
serve that many farms—especially on
the hills—which in former times were
considered valuable, and on which
several generations lived and prospered,
are now left to grow up again to forest.
In many cases nil the ;< mug men and
women have left for cit'vß, ami it is only
a question of time—and that not very
long—when the old folks, now well ad
vanced in life, will be gathered to their
fathers, and then in a tew years the old
farm is no longer to be cultivated.
So much fun has beeu poked at the
tramp, and so much censure has been
heaped upon him, that it is a p'easure
to be able to suy a kind word for one of
his species. Out iu lowa a tramp dis
covered a broken rail on the Ch'cago &
Northwestern where the read makes a
short curve, and wlie.e there was an
added element of (lunger consisting of a
high embankment with the river at its
sue. The tramp actually ran three
miles to sound the note of warn ug, and
the section hands, by means of a hand
car, reached the spot just in the nioh of
time, and, by flagging, prevented the
limited passenger trn n from reaching
the broken rail, thus probably averting
a terrible smash up. Home one ought
to handsomely reward that thoughtful
and heroic tramp and provide honest
work for him for the remainder of his
life. His running three miles, which
very few tramps have ever undertaken,
bliows that there is plenty of “work" in
him.
Pkoff.ssou Fkrnow, of Washington,
veiy strikingly said at Toronto: “While
our Government is ready to go to war in
order to protect its fisheries, it has never
even known the value, as food supply,
of the game which has been killed m its
persistent inaction in rognrd to the forests
of the National domain. Whole races
of animals have been extirpated before
there was population enough to require
the meat. While with one hand we pay
exorbitant pri-. es in laud and wasted
energy to get the plains reforested, and
that with poor success, with the other
hand we offer a premium for forest de
struction in mountains by leaving them
without proper administration. And
now wo propose to establish irrigation
systoms, neg’ecting to provide first for
those conditions which assure a regulated
water supply—namely, by forest pro-
Eervation.
In an article by Dr. Hobson Ro. so in
the Fortnightly Review in “ The Art ol
Prolonging Life," it ii stated that “the
medical profession supp ies but few in
slam os of extreme od age, and the
average dnrut on of life n rung its mem
bers is decidedly low, a fact which can
be easily accounted for. Broken rest,
hard work, anxieties, exposure to weather
and to the risks of infection eaunot fail
to etert nu injurious influence upon
health,” blit that, “as a general ru’e,
the duration of life is not shortened by
literary pursuits. A man may worry
himself to death over his hooks, or, when
tired of them, may sock recreation in
pursuits destructive to health; but ap
plication to liteiary work tends to pro
duce cheerfulness, and to prolong rather
than shorten the life oven of an infirm
man. ”
Ir may be a very nice thing in some
respects to he the Ci ar of all -the Kus
slas, but when it comes to (raveling un
der constant difficult es, such us a daily
prospect of being shot, s abbed or blown
up by seme blatant Nihilist, the autocrat’s
crown, even coupled with a Greek Pope’s
t ara, loses some of its bewitching
charms. Even while visiting Germany,
Alexander 11. had to hr as closely
guarded as if he v ere a gold statiio likely
to be stolen by daring gangs of high
waymen. When he landed at Kiel he
left his fortress-like imperial yacht Ber
jorva only to be surrounded at once by
German soldiers and carefully escorted
to the iron-clad train which was to carry
him, a glowing prisoner, to enthusiastic
Berlin.
Says a correspondent: “Eminent
men besides Boulanger have found se
curity in Jersey when forced by political
exigencies to fly their native lauds. The
thought is doubtless consoling to the
General that besides his illustrious
countryman, Victor Hugo, Jersey was a
refuge for Charles 11., of England, when
Cromwell ruled Britain. ’! he rooms tbo
King occupied at Mount Orgueil and
Elizabeth Castles are among the interest
ing sights pointed out to visitors to these
fortresses."
Italians are not very strong in do
mestic tics. Of 43,000 Italians that
landed in Castle Garden, New York city,
last year, 34,000 were males. The emi
giation of females from Italy is smallei
than from any other country, averaging
but thirteen per cent, of the whole'num
bir who landed. From Geimany the
percentage is forty; from Leland, forty
five.
The friends of temperance in England
are grieved by statistics that seem to
show that drunkeness is increasing there
faster than the meaus taken to suppress
it. Tha consumption of liquor has
fallen off, but the cases of drunkennoss
glow iu number with remarkable
rapidity. Liverpool is the most drunken
city.
More than twice as many visitors
paid to see the Paris Exposition be
tween its opening in May and October 1
ns were admitted to tlio Exposition of
1878 during the same period. The
exact figures are: In 1878, 9,640,482;
in 1889, 19,331,580.
It is said that Postmaster General
Wanamaker means to recommend free
postal* delivery in a’l places having 8,000
inhabitants or SB,OOO annual lcports for
postage.
Executor's Sale.
G" TORES’*I E F n I OW , BOUNTY.— EXECU
theconn of Wni?
iriti win ho anM v a , Bartow county, Geor
forty.nine and one half foot ® 7”*
f Z7o?Z° w UM ,? nd lot lng
ZZd 2 hirtL 1 ’ fr ° nt "* °" Mnln treet, J 7 feet
ncheß ’ more or less, and running back
lot ST 165 fPet ' raore r,r leß9 - On this
3rd TliftS tt on - tory frame store ho
51“; Ihe frame store honse and lot Ivtmr tmine.
dlately treat of the last above described* (No 21
fronting 22 feet and four (4) Inches ™ m.i„
baok
g b M ass. £■&
York and state of South Carolina, for the pu r !
(Heal'd Jn„p n '“rv nrdanC l w [ th the lan " m "
or v7 a t! a —**5°- * • aa(J Nancy R. Hood, conies nt
ed ln ‘ Ordinary's office 0 f said county
a J? d the < ? tler requirements of the
laws of Georgia compiled with. Terms of sale
?h“ a nd, <aßh ' on9 ' t ' l| rd In one rear and one
th rd In two years, with Internet from day ol
!?: 8e P 6r eent.ou deferred payments. Bonds
for title given or deed given and mortgage taken
to secure deferred payments, as the undersigned
may olect at time of sale. 8 80
, SAMUEL S. PLEXICO,
Adm r debonls non enm testa mento annexe ol
John P. Hood, deceased.
SAMEL 8. PLEXICO,
'Thia >-4J^v ecUto u °* Nancy R. Hood, deceased.
This 2 ( th November, 1889.
/~VFFICE OF ORDINARY BARTOW COUNTY,
V/Cartersvllle Ga , November 28, 1889,—T0 all
whom It may concern; The appraiser appointed
by the court to set apart a twelve months’ sup
-81??n and her 8,1 mlttor children
out of the estate of her deceased husband, Robert
bloan, have made their report as required by law,
and the same Is now of die In my office, and all
persons are hereby notified that if no good cause
is shown to the contrary, the same will be made
the Judgment of the court on the first Monday In
January. 1890. O. W. HENDRICKS, Ordinary,
OfficeTjFordinary BARTOW COUNTY.
Cartersvllle, Ua„ November 28. 1889.—John
F. Stegall, administrator of G. F. Vaughan, de
ceased, ln due form, has applied to the undersign
©d for leave to sell the lands belonging: to the
estate of said deceased, and said application
will be heard on the first Monday In January
next, O. W. HENDRICKS, Ordinary,
(GEORGIA, BARTOW COUNTY.-Notice to
J Debtors and Creditors. All persons hold
ing claims against the estate of R. M. Arnold,
late of Bartow county, deceased, are hereby no
tified to present the same to the undersigned at
once, ana all parties indebted to the same are
requested to call and make settlement.
J. M aud 8, R. ARNOLD,
Administrators of R. M. Arnold, deceased.
Georgia, bartovv county. ~
Whereaa, L. P. Gaines, administrator of
Moses Motes, represents to the court In his peti
tion, duly hied and entered on record, that he
has fully administered Moses Motes’ estate. This
is therefore to cite all persons concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if any they can,
why said administrator should not be discharged
from his administration, and receive letters of
dismission on the first Monday in February, 1890.
Q. W. HENDRICKS, Ordinary.
OFFICE OF ORDINARY BARTOW COUNTY.
Carters ville, Ga., November 28.1889.—T0 all
whom It may concorn: Ben. P. Schooler, ad
mlnlstrator of Mary A, Schooler, deceased, has
in due form applied to the undersigned for leave
to sell the lands belonging to the estate of said
deceased, and said application will be heard on
the first Monday in January next.
O. W. HENDRICKS, Ordinary
g \ EGKGIA, BARTOW COUNTY. To all
\JT whom It may concorn : William C. Baker
has ln due form applied to the undersigned for
permanent letters of administration on the es
tate of Mrs. Partbenia Baker, late of said coun
ty, deceased, and I will pass upon the said appli
cation on the first Monday in Jauuary next.
Given under my hand and official signature, this
December 2nd, 1889. G. W. HENDRICKS,
OFFICE OF ORDINARY BARTOW COUNTY",
Cartcr.vllle, Üb,, November 28. 18*8. Notice
le hereby ipven to all pereoue concerned, that on
the day of 1888, Anthony Richey, late
of eald county, departed this life Intestate, and
no person has applied for administration on the
estate of said Anthony Richey. In said State.
That administration will be vested In the Clerk of
the Superior Court or some other fit and proper
person, after the publication of this cltatloa, un
less valid objection Is made to his appointment,
on the first Monday In January, 1880. Given un
der my hand and official signature.
G. W. HENDRICKS. Ordinary,
riEORGIA, BARTOW COUNTY. -
\JT Whereas, L. P. Gained and D. H. Beasly,
administrators of the estate of Mrs. M. F. Beasly,
deceased, represent to the court In their petition,
duly filed and of record, that they have fully ad
ministered said estate. This is therefore to cite
all persons concerned, both heirs and creditors,
to show cause, If any they can, why said admin
istrators should not be discharged from their ad
ministration and receive letters of dismission on
the Ist Monday in February. 1890
O, W. HENDRICKS, Ordinary.
OFFICE OF ORDINARY BARTOW COUNTY.
Cartersville, ia., December 2, 1889. This is
give notice that a petition by the citizens of the
828th district, G- M., of said county, has beea
filed this day in the Ordinary’s office, in terms of
the statute, preparatory to submitting the ques
tion of “ For Fence or Stock Law," to the legal
voters of said district. Therefore, all persons
objecting to the same will file their counter peti
tion to tbs same in the Ordinary’s office on or
by the 2d day of January, 1890, else said election
will be ordered as petitioned for.
GEO, W. HENDRICKS, Ordinary.
FFICEOF ORDINARY BARTOW COUNTY.
Cartersville, Ua., December 4, 1889. —Where-
as, Elizabeth Aley and I. W. Alley, adrainiatraw
tors of Isham Alley, deceased, represent t to the
court in their citation, duly filed and entered on
record, that, they have fully administered Isham
Alley’s estate. This is therefore to cite all per
sons concerned, kindred and creditors, to show
cause if any they can, wbj said administrators
should not be discharged from their administra
tion and receive letters of dismission on the first
Monday in March, 1890.
__ G. W. HENDRICKS, Ordinary.
OBIFPICE OF ORDINARY BARTOW
County.—Cartersville, Ga., Oct. 24th, 1889.
Whereas, W. J. llilburn, administrator of J. C.
Aycock. represents to the court in his petition,
duly filed and entered on record, that he has
fully administered J. C. Aycock’s estate. This
is therefore to cite all persons concerned, heirs
and creditors, to show cause, if any they can,
why said administrator should not be discharged
from his administration and receive letters of
dismission on the first Mondavin Februarv, 1890.
G. W. HENDRICKS, Ordinary.
Money to Loan.
fW-APPLY TO
C. H. AUBREY.
Office: Up-stairs below P. O. novl4
Notice of Stockholders’ Meeting.
The First National Bank
OP CARTERSVILLE.
CABTERSVII.I.E, Ga.,
December 3rd, 1889.
Notice is hereby given
that the regular Annual meeting of
the shareholders of The First National
Bank of Cartersville, Ga., for the elec
tion of a Board of Directors for said
Bank and for transacting any other
business that may be brought before
said meeting, will oe held at their Bank
ing Office in Cartersville, Ga., on the
second Tuesday in January next he
tweep the hours of lO o clock A. M. an