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V An Ant Kur n l*»t. One of tbe queerest little pets ever •ecu (s the tame ant belonging to o well known scientist. Tills man keeps tribes of unts In nests which be has made himself and feeds them with honey or sugar through a tube that connects with the nests. One day he saw that one of the nnts kept coming Into the tube to eat up the honey In the gl.'.ss bulb at the end. When he tools out the cork that closed the bulb, the Insect came to look for the food, and he offer ed It some honey on the point of u needle, says the New York Tribune. The nut shrank back at first, then drew nearer, feeling about with Its an tenna;, until It reached the needle. Soon It learned to take the honey oh Its keeper's finger, although ants art among the most timid of living things, and a new odor or the lenst movement outside their nests usually drives these little Insects away. This nnt Is now so tame that It quits the bulb ns soon ns the cork Is removed and goes to find the honey on the sci entist's finger. When Its meal.ls over. It does not try to hurry away, but waits till Its master lifts It on a bristle and carries It hack to Its nest. A Rattlesnake Story, In "Life and Sport on the Pacific Coast,” Horace A. Vacbell relates one of his nnrrow escapes from a friend’s bullet: "My couslu and 1 had been comping mid hunting for several dnya In a sort of parndlse valley. One day, during a long ride on horseback, we had seen a grent many rattlesnakes and killed a few, an exceptional ex- perlcnce. Thnt night my cousin woke up and saw, by tbe light of the moon, a big rattler crawling across my chest. He Iny for n moment fascinated, hor ror atruek. watching tbe sinuous curves of the reptile. “Then he quietly reached for his six shooter, but be could not see tbe rep tile's head, and he moved nearer, noise lessly, yet quickly, dreading some movement on my part that should pre cipitate the very thing lie dreaded, nnd then he Raw that It was not a snake nt all—only the black nud yellow stripe of my blanket, which gently rose and fell as 1 breathed. Had he fired—well. It might have been had for me, for he confesaed that his hand shook.” Xnro Snperstltlop. Many of tbe negro superstitions In Kentucky are quite Interesting. An old philosopher told me with great gravity: “If you want pcppnhs to grow, you must git mnd. My old 'onion nn me Imd a spat nn 1 went right out nn planted my pcppnhs. an they come right up.” Still another saying Is that .peppers to prosper must be plnnrcd by a redheaded or by a blgb tempered person. The negro also says that one never sees a Jnyblrd on Friday, for the bird visits Ills satnnlc majesty to “pack kin dling" on thnt day. The three signs In which negroes place Implicit trust are the well known ones of the ground hog's appearing above ground on the 2d of February, thnt n hoe must not he carried through a house or n death will follow and that potntoes must be plant ed" in the dark of the moon ns well as all vegetables that ripen In the ground nud thnt corn must be planted in the light of the moon. Lord Southey's Guillotine. The most eccentric action of au eccen tric man was Lord Southey's cool ar rangement for auldde by means of a guillotine. He had a magnificent one erected In the drawing room of his bouse In the Rue du Luxembourg nt il'arl*. Tbe machine was of ebon., In laid with gold and silver, tbe frame work carved with artistic skill, tbe knife, sharp ns a razor, was of polished and ornamented steel. Preparing for death, his lordship had bis batr cut close, and. clothed In a robe of white silk, be kneeled upon the platform under the knife before a mirror nnd pressed tbe spring which should release the knife. But tbe spring failed to work, and tbe would be suicide decided to give the guillotine to a museum iu- stend of making a second attempt to end bis life. It Is said that be made nn annual pilgrimage to see tbe guillo tine until tbe end of bis life. UtgMn Saved the Ship. Humor has beeu credited with tbe . saving of many things, but perhaps never before lias a ship been saved by its judicious application. In a great storm mauy years ago a ship's crew were all nt prayers, when a boy burst Into a tit of violent laughter. Being re- ; proved fsr his 111 timed mirth nnd asked the reason for It, be said, “Why, 1 was -laughing to think what a hissing the boatswain's red nose will make when It .comes In contact with tbe water." This .ludicrous remark set tbe crew laugh ing. inspired them with new’ spirits, .-and by a great exertion they brought the vessel safely Into port.—Liverpool Post A Professor on Rowing. A story Is told about a well known •Oxford don who knew more about tbe travels of Ulysses than about tbe boat be sailed In. He went down to tbe river one day to watcb tbe eight prac ticing. He gazed for a while In silence. "Yes," be said at last "they look very nice—very nice Indeed. 1 may say—but bow extremely awkward It must be for them to learn to row backward." . i. n sktimd, Oolumtous. - Georgia* All kinds of Builder’s Supplies, Lime, Plaster, Cement, Nails. Horse and Mule Shoes, Paints, Oils, Glass, Brushes, Sash, Doors and Blinds, in fact anything you need for building pui ; loses or in a Blacksmith Shop, Take advantage of the low freight rates on the river, write me and let me give you prices. T. L. GRl’ZARD. COLUMBUS. GA. Bids Submitted on All Kinds of BRICK: or : WOOD : WORK. 121 tf ALBERT GRICE, Tonsoral Artist, COLQUITT, - GEORGIA. Uest Work. Satisfaction Guaranteed Shirt waists 80c. 40c, 50c, 60c. $1.00. $1.20; Ladies Black Worsted Skirts 90c. 98c, *1.20, fl.00,11.95. $2.35; Silk Skirts $4.50, assorted in Fancy Brocades; Black Crepon Skirts, $4.50; Brocaded Satin Skirts, $7.00; Fancy yard wide Percales in the best makes at 0c per yard, worth fully 12$r India Linen 5ic. 7c, 9c. 15c, 20c, 25c. 30c per yard; Lawn and Dimmities 8c, 10c. 15c per yard; Slippers 75c, 95c, $2.00; Special Bar gains in Notions; Suspenders 8c; 12 yards of Lace, 5c; Cologne 5c, t0c ) 15c; Ladies Hose 5c, 8c, 10c, 12c. 15c, 20c, a pair; 24 sheets notepaperSc; 8 Bnt-s Sweet Soap 5c; 6 Cigars for 5c; a good umbrella 48c; 5 papers of pins 5c; 6 papers needles 5c; 12 safety pins 3c; Men’s Oil Grain Congress Shoes $1.10; Lace Pillow Shams 19o. Everything sold cheap at the 1 lew York Racket Store, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. It artificially digests the food and aids Mature in strengthening and recon structing the exhausted digestive or gans. It is the latest discovered digest- ant and tonic. No other preparation can approach it in efficiency. It in stantly relieves and permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea, ,3!ck Headache,Gastralgia,Cramps,and all other results of imperfeetdigestion. Prepared by E. C. DeWItt A Co. ;.blc jflo. WATER STREET, BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA. CORDON BOWER, General Ileal Estate Agt. Buys. Rents and sells Farm, City and all other Kinds of Property. Bainbridge, Gh, E. A.Wimberley, COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS *I OR FLORIDA, upkriok Court Commissioner, No tart Public, (with seal.) iffice with Clerk Superior Court. Bainbridge, Ga J. B. Grant, PRACTICAL PLUMBER... Steam and Oas Fitter. All orders left at MacDonalds’ Hard ware Store promptly attended to. OLIt (90l.lt ANI> HII.VKR. Have you any of this? Why not biing it to Subers, Bainbridge, Ga., and re ceive highest price either in cash or trade? Will buy an -* article in gold or silver. jul\6-4t JOB PRINTING Legal Advertisements. J, E, MYTiiii, lontractor and Builder, BAINBRIDGE, GA. PANACEA MINERAL ^hotel> ■ JP * W> Ddta «-> Man,, Situated °n Dickinson’s Bj., Ideal Resort for Ken*' Recreation Finest mineral waters. rU fresh and salt,, T r trams. A hotel wu!, J' equipments. A week 6pe eoea may restore your 1 save a doctor’s bill. 1 RATES, $1. PKR Address F. W. Pan: 1W NOTICE. Get your work done at the ( liable stand of A. OUT, Boot and ShoeMaW On Water Street, NO BUSINESS! Can be properly run without be Advertised, And no advertising pays better than newspaper advertising. The news paper goes into the bonus of the people and is read through. If bar gains are offered, they make a note of it. IT IIAZZLK6 THE WORLD. No Discovery in medicine has ever created one quarter of the excitement that has been caused by Dr. King’s new discovery for comsumption. It’s sever est tets have been on hopeless victims of consu tnption. pneumonia, hemorrhage pleutisy and bronchitis, thousands of whom it has restored to perffet health. For cough, colds, asthma, croup, hay tever. hoarseness and whooping cough it is the quiokest. surest cure the world. It is sold by K. L. Hicks who will guar- satisfaction or refund money. Large bottles 50o and $1.00. Trial bottles free. COi'NTY TAX-LEVY FOR 1901 Georgia—Decatur County: It appearing to the board of county commissioners for roads and revenues of Decatur county, Georgia, from at, inspection of the tax digest of said county for the year 1901, that it will be necessary in order to meet the current expenses of said county for th- year 1901. and to pay for the construe tion of a new court house suitable aiu adequate for the business of the county that a levy of of live dollars and fifty ((cents on each one thousand dollari- worth of property be made. It is there fore ordered by the hoard th at there be levied against all the property in t.he county of Decatur for tbe year 1901. a tax of five dollars nnd fifty 6 cents tor each one thousard dollars worth of pro perty held or owned in said county, for the_ following purposes to wit: 1. To pay the legal indebtedness of the county, due or to become due dnnng the year, or past due ... $ 0.00 2. To build or repair court houses, jails, bridges or ferries, or other public improvements according to contract (including tne amount, to be expended during said year for a new court house) - - - 8.58 3. To pay sheriffs’, jailers.’or other county officers’ fees that thev may be entitled to, out of the county .... .go 4. To pay coroners all fees that may be due them by the county for holding inquests - . 0.00 5. To pay the expenses of the county for bailiffs at courts, non resident witnesses in criminal cases, fuel.servant hire, station- ery, and the like .10 6. To pay jurors per diem compen sation .60 7. To pay charges incurred in sup- porting the poor of the county and as otherwise prescribed by by the code - - - - .80 8. To pay for educational purposes, to be levied only in strict com- pljance with law ... 0.00 9. To pay _ any other lawful charge agaiaet the county. - .50 $5.56 It is further ordered that a copy of this order be published at the court house door, and a copy of the same be fur nished to the tax collector as required by law. Witness the honorable board of coun ty commissioners for roads and revenues for Decatur county, Georgia, this Sept 6* 1901. K. A. Litlk, Joe H. Gilpin. Chairman Clark. Don’t wait until you beogme chroncal- ly constipated but take DeWitt’s Little Eariy Risers now and then. They will keep your live- and bowels in good or der. Easy to take. Safe pills. R. L. Hicks TIE SEAEGH-LI a first-class advertising mediu As it is read by the people very generally in this county and by many in adjoining counties. PUT AN AD. I And work up your business to| payin point. Job Worfcl Our book and job office is busy turn ing ont first-class job work all the time, and we propose to give satis faction ^..reasonable prices. If yOtt. weed anything in tbe job printing line, write to ns or see ns before plajnnj'$pnr order. It will pay yon; R&SFSCTarTJLL? THE SEARCH-LIGHT.