Newspaper Page Text
■
THE LICK LENS.
Wonderful ECect t pon It of the Heat
1'roul it M:iti'm Hand.
Some years ago tlie writer pnld a vis
it to Alvuu Cl: :k nt CumbrhlKcport to i
witness the teeiln,.' i.f the huge leus for !
the famous Lick tuescupe. At the end ]
of the long. Uurk room the largest Hint j
glass then in the world was set up on
edge. Trout a distance of ahont fifty
feet a petiell of light was Hashed Into
the heart of the disk nod reflected hack
Into the observer's eye. The slightest
imperfections. If any. In the glass would
then he revealed liy the curves of light
and the lines of polarization.
“Now,” mild Mr. Clark, "1 will show
you tho wonderful sensitiveness of the
lens to outside Influences. Every hu
man body gives out heat and when
brought near to extremely sensitive
substances affects them to a greater or
less extent. Now watch.”
He walked down to tho lens and held
his hand under It about two feet away.
Instantaneously u marvelous spectacle
burst Into vit'W. II seemed as If the
great glass disk had become a living
volcano, spurting forth Jets of (lame.
The display was dnzzll^t. Waving,
leaping, dancing, the countless longues
of light gleamed and vibrated; then, lit-
fully, reluctantly, they died away, leav
ing the lens retlectlng only u pure, un
troubled light,
"What Is It? How do yon account
ft# the wonder?” were the eager ques
tions.
"It Is only the radiation of heat alter
nately expanding and contracting the
glass. If 1 had put my hand upon the
lens Itself, the phenomenon would have
been even more violent.”
To a person Ignorant of lenses the al
most supernatural sensitiveness of n
mass of glass weighing several hun
dred pounds was astonishing, hut to
the scientist It Is an everyday matter,
for he has Instruments that will regis
ter with unfailing nicely the approach
of a person fifty or a hundred feet
away.—Youth’s Companion.
CONQUERED HER RIVAL.
A Pretty and Put lift Ic Story of Jenny
UihJ mid UriNi,
We have recently rent I a beautiful
incident Jenny Eind and Orlsi were
both rivals for popular favor In Eon-
don. ltoth were Invited to sing the
same night ut a court concern before
the (pieeu. Jenny Eind. being the
younger, snug Urst nnd was no dis
turbed by the tierce, scornful look of
Grlsl that she was at the point of
failure when suddenly an Inspiration
came to her.
The neeotnpnnlst was striking the
final chords. She asked him to rise
rihI took the vacant sent. Her lingers
wandered over the keys In n loving
prelude, and then she snug n little
prayer which she had loved as a child.
She hadn’t sung It for years. As she
snug she was no longer In the pres
ence of royalty, liut sluglug to loving
friends In her fatherland.
Softly nt first the plaintive notes
floated on the nir. swelling louder nnd
richer every moment. The singer
seemed to throw her whole soul Into
that weird, thrilling, plaintive ’‘pray
er." Gradually the song died away
nnd ended In a sob. There was n si
lence—the silence of admiring wonder.
The audience sat spellbound. Jenny
Lind lifted her sweet eyes to look Into
the scornful face that had so discon
certed her. There was no fierce ex
pression now; Instead n teardrop glis
tened on ilie long, black lashes, nnd
after a moment, with the Impulsive
ness of a child of tho tropics. Grlsl
crossed to Jenny Lind’s side, placed
her arm about her and kissed her.
utterly regardless of the audience.--
Our Dumb Animals.
An Outrnire.
An old gentleman was present nt the
rending of the will of a distaut rela
tive. tie had hardly expected to find
himself remembered In It. hut pretty
soon a clause was read In which a cer
tain field was bcqpcnthed to him.
That was good, but the document went
on to hequeth the old gray mare In the
sahl Hold to some one else—a man
with whom the old gentleman was not
on friendly terms. That was too much
for his equanimity, aud he Interrupted
the solemn proceedings aud brought a
smile to the faces of the company by
exclaiming:
"Then she's eating my grass!’’— I’ear-
sou's.
The CIIgtit-a< Court.
The Denver Times says that when
Tom llaguell was Justice of the
peace at Altman, the highest incorpo
rated town iu the country, standing
l‘J.000 feet above the sen level,
he had occasion to tine a disorderly
character $10 and costs. The victim of
the operation of Justice oh)* eted to the
finding of the court ani aunejuced
that he would take un appeal.
“What? Appeal, would you?" asked
the astonished court. "You can’t come
any o' that. now. This Is the highest
court In the United States, aud you
can’t appeal.”
The most disastrous times nave pro
duced the greatest minds. The purest
metal comes of the most ardent fur
nace. the most brilliant lightning from
the darkest clouds.
Hla One Dally Meal. I
Dr. George Fordyee, iho celebrated ,
anatomist and lecturer on chemistry,
ured to cat one meal a day nnd one
meal only, but It was a mighty one.
washed down with liberal drafts of
wine nnd beer. At J o'clock every day
he used to enter a certain ehophouse
nnd take his rent at a table always re
served for him. A silver tankard con
taining a quart of strong ale. a full
bottle of port nnd a quarter of a pint of
brandy were placed before him Imme
diately.
The moment the waller announced
the doctor's arrival the cook put a
pound nnd a half of rump steak on the
fire, nnd to while away the time until
the steak should he properly broiled
the waiter brought the doctor some
tempting morsel like a broiled eblckeh
or n plate of fish. When lie had eaten
tills. Dr. Fordyee drank half of his
brandy and then began on Ills steak
While eating the steak lie drank the
tankard of ale and after Unit.the rest
of the brandy. The waiter then un
corked the bottle of port, and the doc
tor proceeded slowly to enjoy It until it
was all gone. He spent an knur and a
half dally ut his one meal STM' after ii
returned home to give Ills lectures on
chemistry, which are still quoted ns
classics of that science. He ate nothing
else until the next (Jay.' when- he re
turned nt the same hour to the same
ehophouse for the same sort of a meal
Dr. Fordyee lived to be sixty-six years
oh! nnd kept tip Ills one meal custom to
the last.
Why the Johe Fell Flat.
A big. good uutuml farmer was
nwnltlng the suburban train, neemn
ponied by a handsome Gordon settei
Two sous of Urlta'.n stood near him
Tlie dog strayed away from his owm-i
who was reading it newspaper.
“Hoy!” called the farmer. "Colin
here. Locksmith,” and the dog tuime
(Lately run to his feet.
One of the Englishmen nppronchei
the farmer.
“May I ask,” he said, “what yot
called that dog?”
“Locksmith.” said the farmer.
“And why. pray?"
"Because every time I kick him In
makes a holt for the door."
There was a general laugh, lu whirl
the Englishman Joined.
When he returned to Ids companion
he remarked:
“Most extraordinary name that man
over there calls his dog."
“What?" asked Ills friend.
“Locksmith," replied the first Briton
"And why such a name?”
“Because, he says, every time he
kicks 'Ini he holts for the door."—St
Louis Republic.
The Weight of Ice,
The Iceman ami the coalman an
often suspected of giving short weights
—maybe ofteaer suspected than guilty,
maybe oftener guilty than suspected
The means of testing the weight of
from ten to thirty pounds of Ice are
not always ut hand iu the house, hut a
close estimate of the weight can be
reached by multiplying together tin-
length, breadth and thickness of the
block in Inches and dividing the prod
uct by thirty. This will give very
closely the weight iu pounds. Thus, It
a block of Ice Is 10 by 10 by 0. the prod
uct Is IKK), and this divided by thirty
gives thirty pounds as the correct
weight. A block 10 by 10 by 0 weighs
twenty pounds. Tills simple method
can he easily applied, and it may serve
to remove unjust suspicion or to detect
short weights.
French Knltirn j-s.
Railways In France are forbidden to
carry persons visibly or notoriously af
fected h.v contagious diseases In com
part meats that art- used by the public
In the second place, the dally cleaning
and the periodical disinfection of all
oars are required. Linens of sleeping
cars must bear a ticket indicating to
the passenger the date of the last
cleaning, and they must lie properly
washed and afterward subjected to a
high temperature. Dry sweeping and
dusting, which only serve to scatter
disease germs, are prohibited. It being
required that all floors, seats and wood
work lie wlpi d with cloths moistened
with some antiseptic solution.
The Arctic Wcncrl.
In cold countries where snow pro
rails during a long winter many of tin-
animals change the hue of tln-lr coats
to a white tint. The nretic hear and
fox are white throughout the year
1 he northern hare Is brown In summer
and white In winter The weasel is
especially curious It retains its brown
cent until tlie first snow appears aud
Then whitens lu a few hours.
Hr ller.u'mlicrtMl,
Wife (revisiting the sot-re of tr-r he
trotliali— I retiiemher, Algernon, so well
when you proposed to me how painful
ly embarrassed you were.
Algei uott - Yes. dear, and I renteni
her so well how kind and encouraging
you were and how easy you made It
for me. afler all.-Tit Bits
Wanted.
Tess So Mr. Itorcin called on you las-
eienlug. 1 don’t suppose you got a
chance to open your mouth.
' Jess—oil. yes. frequently. But it
j dldn t do any good. He didn't pav anv
attention to uiy yawus.-I*hlladelphia
IroftSEicrtl Cards
G. R AUSTIN.
ATI C BN EY-AT-LA W.
Office With Townsend & Westmor
and.
BA IN BRIDGE - - GA.
liVilON ISoWEK
GoRDot. Bower.
80WER&B0WER,
At’.orneys-At-Law,
BAlNBlUbGK, GEORGIA.
Practice in tho State courts, Jtederal.
md Justice courts.
Office: Old Search-Light Build-
Oolunibus. - Geo r
All kr. ds of Builder’s £upplie8, Lime, Plaster, Cem^
Hoi-s-; aud Mule Shoes, Paints, Oils, Glass,
Doors and Blinds, in fact anything you netd for |, u j]
I;oses or iu a Blacksmith Shop.
Take advantage of the low freight rates on |
write me and let me give you prices.
t. L. mm.
COLUMud
W. I. GEER,
attorney and Counselor At l aw,
COLQUITT. - GEOKGiA.
Office: In Court House.
ALBERT H. RUSSELL,
AUcr-ey at Law,
BAINBRIDGE, - GEORGIA.
Jttioe Over lmiubridge State Rank
J. aTERLBIG fiGBRETS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
BAINBRIDGE, - - GEORGIA
Will practice in all the courts.
HENRY VAUGhN
-ractical Blacksmith and Wood-
workman.
\lways ready to serve. Lowest p”ice>
for best work.
•say-Shop on West street, near oh
I’ownse.nl Warehouse.
BAINBR1DGE, GEORGIA.
JOE. H. GILPIN
Attorney at Law,
BAINBRIDGE, - - GEORGIA.
jgggr Will practice law together in all
courts, except the criminal branch of the
city court of Decatur county. Notary
Fublio in office.
ESTABLISHED 1885.
THKl STAR
Miavirg Saloon.
West Broughton St., Bainbridge,Gi.
Established bv a home boy.
irst-class material and oolite and a'
tentive Barbeis.
Will T afccxnlcn
PROPRIETOR.
. I,. TOWNSEND. G. F. WF8TMORELAN
^ Attokneys-at-Law,
Bainbrulge, Geor
C. H. GRIFFIN,
DEALERIN
ILL KINDS OF HOMEMADE HARISES!
All Worb U'oa-tly
axid Jrxoi.mp ..ly
SSasaswfcad.
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY.
jtgrTEBMS: STRICTLY OASHBgL
North Broad Street, near Braekin’s
Stables.
BAINBRIDGE, - GEORGIA
l General Jlerdiandisi
* Store! *
CLEAN STOCK,
CLEAN METHODS.
I have genuine ‘bargains
to offer YOU! ~
^rnall profits and quick sales, honest
weight and just rueasme, prompt
attention and courteous treatment
constitute my motto.
Can I Say More?
Make it convenient to call at my
store and be convinced of these
facts.
W 11 0 ASSET T,
ELDORENDO, GA
JOHN C. CHASOH*
attorney-at-law,
BAIN BRIDGE. - - GA.
Will practice.law in all the Courts.
ROB’ L. Z. BRIDGES,
Practicing Physician,
BlUNsON, - - GEORGIA.
. . All calls promptly attended. .
ise.L kalssn Si E W Me
ATTORNEYS A.T LAW
Bain bridge, - Ga.
Will practice in all the Federal and State
Courts Offices: Up-stairs Belchei
Building.
J. .riATHiS.
CONTRACTOR axd jj*
UAlNUEIt GE, ...
Bids submitted on all k
Brick or Wood Work.
ALBERTGRICE,
TONSOIil AI. AHjf
Colquitt, Georgii
Best work, Satisfaction G
J. B. Gran
PR A C2ICAL ;
plenum...
Steam and Gas Fitttr. I
SIC ItfTJS&Es&’CM
Attorney-at-Lw
BAINBRIDGE, - GEORGIA
Will pu.otice in all the courts. Spe,
ml attention given to real estate, ci n
mercial and corporation practice.
#sf Office in old Bank Building.
TOMB STONES,
-AND-
'oyou con template erecting a monument
or tomb Hone, or iu any way im
proving » our cemetery lot? If
so. write me at
CUTKBEET, GA.-
I will submil designs and prices and
vi 11 call at yo ir home to see you. The
iest work of all
isctccf C-ir.ai-tcrsc! be Vi
PRICES TO SUIT YOU.
Cnthbcrt, Ga.
DR. S. J CHESWJT.
P/sloiai ail Sarjm
Treats diseases of the Eye, Ear
Nose and Throat.
E. A.Wimberij
COMMISSIONER OF
POP FLORID^
Superior Court Commissis
tary Public:, (witha
Office with Clerk Superior Cm
Biinh
Boot and ShceM
On Water Street.
GORDON EM
Buys, Rents nnd sells is™
all other Kinds of Property.
RaiuhridgH,'I
BAfiflSASrl
DENTAL SUBGfl
BAINBRIDGE,
fle^-Office- -Corner " « ter
Streets, in Chason Boildiug-
All. calls promptly attended.
office on
Broughton Street
DR. BE. U N?
Dentist
office.
Over H. B. Ehrlich 4 c
Baintridre.
R. J. ROONEY,
Contractor and Builder.
• ~——•
Estimates cheerfully furnished on all
. . classes ol building. . .
— 0 F •
Jl.11 Kin
AT
J1Y ss-
J. w. BURNEY,
ftP v eaiTB®P Mid BUILDER,
BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA.
S@“Agent for Hardwood Mantels,
Doors, Sash and Rln dg. and contracts
or first-class Cement Sidewalks.
Georgia Seed Rye at Draper cfc
Co’s.
iR
ON WATER sTlil
JETEH. P0«
Ail orders left at
ware Store prompt!'
OLD (.OLD
Have yon any of d 1 ' g
it to Sobers, Bainhi'WS-M