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ODD PRANKS.
%ELL IN LOVE
vVOWEN
THE'B HUSBANDS.
Tlinl «< Time* lot
. Si-a l»i of
Who Won
1'lrd a
l<t one*
bo Pk'
i»Th? Woman
Woman UaltT.
question more than
wticb it * tu f- 1 * or
., ...-i-v ans"'’ 1 ' 11 151 sprely
“"j.j vou fall In low with
|,jy> *[u lit cases out of 20
MlJcfolial'l.v cun!ess candid-
„ 0,5 not (enow or else she
conclusively that she
' ' s ue did. and that ought to
nwasM where the lady oon-
u jeiiare her reason the au-
both Interesting and tu-
l-or made you marry the prls-
fj oti.ica magistrate asked a
Lose five hole "striking" evl-
Lr husband's uffcction. “Be-
aicht' I ill the other fellows’
answered, "and nobody
make love to me."
Looii knl.v confessed that she
„ t ; or husband because
"oulv man who ever dared
t , r e '.Vlale other men were
over each other to pay her
I attention, he nlwuys treated
Ibsolute Indifference mid even
THE UH.UKST bTt.VIHbN bitHV.
was that she de-
to bring hlui lo her feet and
She succeeded, but lost her
lie attempt.
love with my husband.”
| recently declared, "iiecause
, only man about whom no
tver heard to nay on unkind
D u me women, although lie
dal attention, were
[it tie was 'a darling:' and. r>l»
s plalu. almost to^ugll-
lol.l enough almost to be my
loved him and determined to
lang lsnore be had any
gbt «f me."
Yorkshire lady ol
Ibeauiy shocked her friends
|:ap a poor erlpple. It hud
that tie had long lov-
tllcure and had eoliuted each
If lie only caught a Ulstaut
her. She d ls«’even'd that
.■vote sou and brother and
unsn.u gifts ami culture for
? iiusitioti. and. moi’ed by
|lu- sadden, generous tne
Inch some women are Ha
lil,ht an interview with him.
[hot she had learned his se
en" I hlui her hand and for-
way appear a strange and
i:ng. hut thousands know
literally tree.
i !y v. hosc uuirrlage result- |
similar Impulse gives this <
of It. Among the friends I
V was in 'old biu'liclocAvith
a tar entst laces/vrlio had
from a child and.had often
‘a eni’ly days. To her he
hern gentle and kind, nnd
fved UIIU ' in n 'way" as long
|M remetuder.
sbu said. “Why have yon
fled. Mr. r
m.v dear? Why. no one
|r many u grumpy old man
1 they would!” she nnswer-
Jntly. "Why, l would marry
1 1. ray dear!" eamo the un-
i.-'’.vef. "Then we ll consider
; led.’
'.I net- surprise nnd misglv-
l"'l loyally kept her promise,
never had reason to regret
r « tudlscivtluii.”
■aiJ of the writer married
r-l h>r the very illogical re.v
1,1 was an avowed woman
made no secret r.f his ilver-
■ ;, ir sex mid declared tt so
'•■it, as she says. "1 vowed
|0Uvert him ami make hlui
''t least so far as out)
is (•(!•.(.,.cued." He was
a convert, for within 12
J '* torsvvoni his creed so
The recent repot t of Pension Com
missioner Evans lias provoked milch
comment both al home and abroad
and caused many a citizen to wonder
where pension expenditures are to
stop. Tliiriiy-six years after tiie civil
war we are burdened w’th a pension
roll which carries nearly a million
names and req ires an expenditure
of $140,000,1100 a year.
How strange seems now the pre
diction of James A. Garfield, uttered
in the house of representatives nearly
twenty-five years ago, to the effect
that henceforth pension expenditures
would dimmish. T-imc has rolled on
and today there arc four times as
many mimes on our pension rolls as
there were then and the government
pays three and a half times as much
money for pensions.
Since 1801 our cx'peuditures lor
pensions have amounted to the stu-
penduous sum of $2,763,350,033, or
nearly as much as our eutire coinage
of gold, silver and copper since the
foundation of the government.
We talk much about the great
standing armies of European nations
but no people lias, or ever had, a
standing army the maintenance of
which cost as much annually as our
pension roll—$140,000,1)00 a year.
We have the largest standing army
on earth, in bur one million pension
ers, an army larger than that of
Great Britan, Italy and Austria
Hungary combined.
Instead of decreasing our pension
list it is growing constantly.
Last year it lost 43,586 names on
account of deaths and discoveries of
frauds, but 47,792 names were added
to it.
An Incident ShvntnK tbe mill tit. rr
Cooruitv of ch-i* Nonlencffrls,
In military courage the Montenegrin
prahnlily stands al the head of Euro
pean races. The best wish for a liaby
boy la. “May you oot die In your lied!"
and to face dentil Is, to man or hoy.
only a Joyous game. Says XV. J. Still
man In Ids "Autobiography:"
I have aeen ii mini under u heavy
Turkish tire dellls-nuety leave the
trendies anti el.tub the breastwork,
only to expose himself from sheer
bravado.
While lying at liead«iu;irters at Oren
buk. awaiting the opening of the cam
paign lu IS~. I was walking cue day
with the prince, wheu a bey of 10 or is
approached us. cap In hand!
“Now." said the prince. “1'U show you
i an Interest.ng tiling. This boy is the
Iasi of a good family. Ills father nnd
brothers were nil killed In the last bat
tie. ami I ordered Inui to go home and
stay with Ills mother-and sisters, that
the family might not tweonr extinct."
The buy drew near aud stopped Ins
tore us. his head down, his cup iu hand.
••XVhat do you warn?" naked the
prince.
"I wan; to go lack to my Initiation."
“Bill." said the prime, "you are the
last of your line, and I cannot allow q
good family to lie lost. You must go
home and take cure of yottr motlier."
The tmy liegan to cry bitterly.
“Will you go home quietly and stay
there." su'd the prince, "or .will you
take u Hogging and be nllowed to
tighr?"
The boy thought for a moment. A
flogging, he know well. Is the deepest
disgrace Hint can ts'fall n .Montenegrin.
"Well,” he broke out. "sluce It Isn't
for stealing. I’ll Is> flogged.'" .
“No,” said the prince, “you must go
home."
Then the boy broke down utterly.
“But.” he cried. “I want to avenge
my father and brothers!"
He went away still crying, and the
| prince said:. "In sidle of all this he
Will be iu the uext buttle.”
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And no advertising pays better than
newspaper advertising. The news
paper goes into tiie homes of the
people and is read through. If bar
gains arc offered, they make a note
of it.
TIE SEARCH-LIGHT
a first-class * advertising medium.
As it is read by
generally in this
tiie people very
county and by
many in adjoining counties,
CHINESE PROVERBS.
1 Dig a well liefare you are thirsty.
| The r!|<esi fruit will uot fall luto
I your muutU v
j Ureni/^voalth means destiny. Mod
Claims for pensions on account of i »rattj wealth means industry,
the oivil war continue to pour in and | 'flu; p’.'iianre of doing good Is the only
cme which does not wear out.
'YVntcr does not remain on the moun
tain nor vengeance lu n great mind,
i To nourish the heart there. Isnothing
The last battle of the revolution j than to make the deslres few.
When life comes. Il cupnot be de
clined.* XVfien It goes, It cannot he
there are 50,000 applicants for pen
sions on account of the Spanish and
Filipino wars.
was fought one hundred and twenty |
years ago anil there are still nine !
pensioners on account ot that war on
the rolls, widows ami daughters of j
revolutionary soldiers.
The pension list huge as it is now, I
would be costing the country much j
more, but for the fearless and deter- j
mined efforts of Commissioner Evans |
to lop off the frauds he tound ill it'
and to prevent the addition of
others. ,
What petisiot) expenditures will be j
next year nobody can foretell, but|
that they will be larger than they j
are now is a safe prediction.
detained- ,
(JootJ governments get the people's
wealth, white gn&d Instructions get
their hearts.
PUT
ad. nr
TIkuso who labor with their minds j
govern others. Those who Inlxic with I'
their strength are governed by others,
A Small bag cannot be made to con
tain what Is laugc. A short rope can
not he used toOniw water froth a,deep
well. , ”
Let every innn sweep the snow from
before tils own door and not busy him
Bell about the frost ot his neighbor’-
tiles.
And work up your business to a
payin point*
!
Eriprfwi E1fv«tom.
To the man who Is accuntoraed to
buildings where sialrgr.tM's are atlU use-
i fu! us well, us oruumenial the Speed of
| the "express” el< vapors iu New Yojh
in | skyscrapers is disturbing. Recently
tip state”- man, who was TcTn (
M3.1 act
"in’ of the "hated
os t
lp . uu 'l now l«, declarer
n ill,"-Tit-Bits.
Snakes have been discovered
, , , , -, r , i an "tip state ’- man, iviio was bcinj
Ireland. A recent issue of the Glare - Bhowt) abont ^ ei4j . 0y n frl( , n<1 , wa .
Journal reported the recent discov- i taken at, Iasi up to the slxtecuili story
ery and execution of 'two venomous* ol otu»X)f the high buildings. He went J
■ ... cL'-. i uii In a "local" elevator, al moderate
reptiles near the town of Etui s, j | lllt ( . V n n Unit caused him to
suffer tnauy (|imlms ts’for*' lie stepped !
Job Work
Photographs!
G. II. Ghistensen, the photogra
pher, is back in lim old stand, and
will lie pleased to inye any one any
thing m the line of photographs. 2t.
r n ° m * <■« Eclioen.
f n ‘ . J ' s described In guide-
! isperli: s valleys" are fa-
pru f „ r
"fists In all parts
■ mv. however, exceed lu
. Stamslield in Es-
I It" riK’ior of this par-
<srvf ' 11 account of his
■i"i ;V'.?!*'*’ t * ial llls bouse
feel aliove sen
' n;tr 300 feet, while
I 1 ;
wound
: iopc6 away to a
“’low and ugniu rises
• npposUe K »de. From
Z ' lls of G or 15 vIN
v ,'n f,ls,ln Bnished. while
foot!i 'epa and voices
toue may be heard
H.C. Alien Slg Nusstiuuui. S. R. BrJnaou
ALLEN & COMPANY.
Pip ii)2upr$E mw
BAIN BRIDGE,
GEORGIA.
Out on the tlrm landing. lu coni In;
down to street level ngrln tlwy took,
an "express." With out switch of the
hntni.e a uii u few sparks from ipe con
trolling apparatus they e.- iy deposited,
on the ground O'.wr. The city man
askisl the other If "H ot was quick
enough" for him. "Quick enough!" lie
exclaimed. "Why, I might Just us well
have Jumped.”—New York Rost
In Abyssinia the coffee plant grows
wild lu great profusion and derives Its
uame from Kaffa, a district of that
country- ^
-A FIRST CLASS-
•:<£
FEED MD BOARD STABLE!
I am devoting my best attention to the or re oi a limited nurabar of horses
I have only experienced horsemen, and they are under rny direot supervii-ion.
Joy
I
r: f " prefers coffee for
flieu j
Prefer te
suppose you bars
'’r D batw, e y T n,Pro “ toe *
‘■■''“'Prouiwe on
My Dray Line
is RUNNING ON FULL TIME AND IF TOL NEED
ANI HAULINO CALL ON ME.
3rEO. D. GrRIFFIN.
6nr lidok and job office is busy turn-
•iijj out first-class job work all the
Lime, and w;e propose to give silis-
factioii at reasonable prices.
If yon need anything in the job
printing line, write to us or see iik
before placing your order,
it will pay you.
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