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DrnnliiK Hi* Line.
A good story is told it: Missouri at
tlio use of Its once fynimts govern
or, Claiborne F. Jackson. Before he
solved the enigma of lovelock he lirld
married live sisters hi reasonable
lapses of consecutlvencas. After one
wife lmd been lost mid appropriately
mourned be espoused another, r.ud' be
kept bis courting within tt narrow cir
cle of Ids own relatives, for he rather
liked the family.
The antlquiUed I'ntbor of these girls
was almost deaf, and when the gov
ernor went to tills octogenarian to ask
for Ids surviving daughter the follow
ing conversation ensued:
“I want Lizzie."
“Eli 7"
"I want you to let toe have Eiiz-n-
belli.”
"Oh. you want Lizzie, do you? What
CO" 7"
"For toy wife."
“For life."
"I want -to—marry—her."
"Oli. yes. Just so. I hear you. fry."
“I'm precious glad you do," muttered
the governor.
“Well." slowly responded the vet
eran. “you needn’t halloo so that the
whole ni'fglihorliood knows it. Yes.
you can have her. You've got 'em nil
now. my lad, hut for goodness' sake, if
nnyte.ing happens to that ‘ere poor e.iis-
gfrided pal. don't come and ask uie for
the old woman!"
.laekson solemnly prom lead that he
never would.
jonrnfltlstte Errort.
1 do not allude to what are obviously
mere misprints, such as when The
Morning Post announced nt the bend of
Its fashionable intelligence that Lord
Palmerston bad gone down into Hump
shir** with a party of liemls to shoot
peasants, but I refer to blunders due to
crass ignorance of a pretentious older
Perhaps the best Instance was When
one of the "young lions ot The I lolly
Telegraph In n lending article enumer
ated the great masters ot tlreelt sculp
ture as Phidias, Praxiteles and Milo,
j ignorant of the fact that Mlto Is uot n
j sculptor, but ntt island,
j The Times nils even worse when.
' mistaking Prussia for Austria, it de
■ voted a whole lender to discussing why
! Prussia had joined the zollverein The
I Saturday ilevievv once explained at
great length that the population might
' he nourished gratuitously on young
| lambs if killed utiv,caned before they
had begun to crop grass, having there
fore cost mulling to feed Many oilier
Instances will doubtless occur to your
readers —Notes and Queries.
Professional Cards.
DR. II. D. WILSON,
DENTIST.
Office over H- B. I'-hrlich (V Co s Store,
Bain bridge, Goorria.
W. I. GEER,
attorney at law,
hffiee in Court iiouse.
Colquitt. Georgia.
- Sports
0.Iniu ot “Whig."
povornl reasons lmve been assigned
to account for the word “Whig." uni
versally known to all the Ihrglish
speaking people. By some the word Is
Supposed to lie a contraction of a loti
ger one. "whlggitmore,” which in some
parts of England and Scotland, espe
cially Scotland, signifies n drover or
herder.
It was In HIT!) that the word first
became common in the British Ssies,
when the struggle was In progress be
tween the peasantry and the iii'istoe
racy to have or not to have the hill
passed by parliament to exclude the
Duke of York from the line of succes
sion. All who were opposed to placing
the duke In the line of succession were
derisively called "vvhigga mores," or
"drovers." Juat (is the city dude of to
day speakers of the "grangers.” the
“grays," tlie "chip whiskers" and the
"huyseedet'K."
Put Pi etch tradition gives nllowllter
a di.'Tel'ettl re a on for the e.vlslenru' of
the word It Is this: 1 Hiring the ea'.'ily
religious wars In Kent laud the weakest
Of tlu‘ factions used the words “We.
Hope In Cod” as a motto The Initials
of these words were placed oa their
banners tipis. "\Y II I ih." and soon
all the followers of that c!a:i were giv
en Hu* title of "Whi,?." vv,)tfh was aft
erward a tt ae lied as tt party nickname.
I)ry Pot III tile Palntt,
The “unkindest out of all" among un
intentional sayings capable of a satir
ical application was that of an old pew
1 opener In a southern county, f-be was
lti attendance on the rector, the church
! wardens and a city architect down
, with a view to ijiur°!i restoration,
i Said the architect, poking l!-e '.rood-
work with his cane. "There's a gt.-ar
deal of dry rot In these pews. Mr. Bee
tor.” Before the latter could reply the
old woman cut in with. “But, law. sir,
1 it ain't nothin!; to what there is in the
j nidnit:.”— < Mm tubers’ .lournal.
!M j. it d t* n <*-I h 5 Solitude.
( The Canadian northwest Is a preha
| tionary haven for wealthy young Fug
| glishmeti of nomadic instincts. Ntmi
1 tiers of them annually purchase hunt-
j lug and camping ontlits from the limi-
sou Bay company and strike Into the
1 harrcii lands to prospect for minerals
or take up land on the prairies But
most often they return to the civlliza-
' tioti of the towns with nothing but
i hard words for the wilderness.
; The construction of the Temiscnmlng
railroad Induced the younger son of
! one wealthy English family to take a
! trip Into that outlandish district. He
* returned to Ottawa a disappointed
: man. "It's the most desolate country
| yon can imagine,” he said to his
i friends. "I have been out prospecting
| sometimes for a whole day without
1 seeing a sign of animal life. Once the
f only Hying thing I came across was a
bird, and it was so disgusted that It
was trying (0 knock Us brains out
against a tree.”
lie had seetf a woodpecker.—New
York Commercial Advertiser.
J. STERLING ROBERTS,
ALTDUNEY-aT- LAW.
W iil practice in all the courts.
Bitiuhridue, Georgia.
A. L. TcWNSliM). ILL. VV K.-iTXI OKELAN l>
TOWN .SEN 1.)
WESTMORELAND,
-ATT0HNKY8 AT-LAW-
Bainhridge, ----- Georgia.
WALTKOUR WINS.
Atlanta Ecy and ilia Partner, Kcllachorn,
Victors ia Great Bicycle Sace.
New York, December 14.—Bobby
Wabhour, of Atlanta, Ga., of the
bicycle team of MeEaohern and
Waltliour, won the six day race at
the Madison Square. Garden to-night.
Tie crossed the tape 2 yards ahead of
Wilson. Then came Mttnro, Babcock,
Butler and 8amuelson.
The score at the finish follows:
ROB’ L. Z. BRIDGES.
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN,
All calls promptly attended.
Brinson
Georgia.
ALBERT 11. R JaSEI.L,
/ TTOKNEY-AT-LAW
OFFICE: i. )>' v Bui:.budge Grntes Bank.
Gain bridge. . — - — Georgia.
' Team.
Miles.
Laps
Waltliour & McEaohern
2,555
4
Maya add Wilson ...
2,555
4
Newkirk and Monro. . .
2,555
4
Babcock and Turville. .
2,555
4
Bnllwr and McLean.. .
2.555
4
K'lig ami Satnuelson...
2,555
1
Hall and McLauren....
2,442
9
Fredei :eks, and Jaak. . ..
2,403
Lawson and Julius
2,231
2
Tiie record is 2,733 miles, 4 1
aps.
li d) and McLaren, Fredericks and
Jaak and Lawson and
J ulltlH
were
JOHN E. DONALSON &
R. W. F LEMING,
AT'-O IINI. Y ■ AT- LAW. 1
edend and State
stairs, Belcher
scored officially, though the teams
lixd left the race previous to the (in-
nh.
the!
i up
Will practice in :
Courts. Uftie
B iidmg.
Bain bridge, Georgia.
TEAMS TIRED, SAYS BROOK.
Famous I ullback Draws Boms Conclusions
From the Football "easen Just Ended.
V li tc.llo mil t’er I*
iliv nueedote. told
erseif will show
,by Queen Victoria lie
lmr independence of character," says n
writer in The Century. "Very fond of
primroses nod llmling mate la the
royal gardens, she sent word to have
Borne planted. The gardeners, the j
tjip’ett said, made many objections, and.
Ending shortly afterward that her!
(Wishes had not yet been carried out,
kin' ilisi.'Utefieil a messenger I mini ring
the reaemi. ‘I suppose Queen Anne
had none.’ she L'vd. 'so they did net
think it proper for me to have any,
but I sent them wovii promptly that
Queen Victoria would Java aome-and
filu 1 dhl.’ ” ... ^
The dog star Is the brightest star in
tin- firmament, it was so euJltd by the
Egyptians because It watched the ris
ing of the Nile.
Obi Gooseberry For New Stilus.
It may he ungenerous to dispel a pop
ttlar delusion, hut there is no one
among the thousands who witness' a I
ship hiuiieh who does not believe that |
I the bountifully garlanded bottle of j
| wine broken against the stem of a ship
I ts anything but. tlio choicest brand of,
| champagne drawn from the admiral's
' cellar Whenever a ship Is launched in
; a dockyard, the admiralty generously j
j allow £40 as the cost of the jubilation, !
; and Included In tills sum of t-to is the
| Item of I! shillings for wine. Hence It ,
l follows that not only is the wine not .
drawn from the admiral's cellar, but it '
j certainly ts not champagne of foreign
vintage.—English Navy and Military
, Lie cord.
GORDON BOWER,
GENERAL REAL ESTATE AGENT.
Buys, Rents ami sells Kurin, Oily
and all other kinds of- Properly.
B.da bridge, — ■ — - Georgia.
E. A. WIMBERLY.
COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS FOR FLORIDA
Superior Court Commissioner
ary Public (with Seal.)
Office with Clerk Superior Court.
Bainhridge. Georgia.
BYRON BOWER. GORDON BOWER.
BOWER & BOWER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Practice in State Courts, Federal
and Justice Courts. ...
OF FIFE: Oil Search-Light Building.
Bainhridge, - - - Georgia,
George II. Brook, famous fullback
on the football team of the Universi
ty of Pennsylvania, writing in the
Philadelphia North American, draws
the following conclusions from the
foot-bitII season j,.st closed.
1. When a team is keyed to top
notch for one of its big games and
wins that game easily, then the men-
Business fank
A. GUY.
BMT \ Si! 1YII
water
R.J. ROONEY,
Contractor \ tgj
Estimate cheerfully r„ n , isl;e]
classes of butl,ii n g
j. 13. Gran
PR AC lieAL
» plumber,"
Steam and Gas Bitter.
The Star
SB
(Established 1885.)
West. Broughton St, —
— Jv-fahii-Iiefi f.y ;i 1
First-class material, polite mid
attentive Barkers
Will l Thornton. Prop
A General
Merchant!
—Clean Stock, Clean II
I Have Genuine tains
YOU
r.ORiDA till and bodily condition of the play- j Small profits and •“ I
, Not- e:s of the winning eleven will be jj q idt sales j
JOE. II. GILPIN
A TTOK X "Y- AT-I AW,
Will practice law together in all
courts, except the criminal branch of
the city court of Decatur county"
Notary Public in office.
B.iinbriAge, Georgia.
The world owes every man a living,
but doesn't, furnish a collector.—Den-
<vo- Times.
A FIRST CLASS-
Ludden, Campbell, Smith Co.
(2J*Bi2533 S&IS S? MAK'AGit-H)
MclisonvlIIe,
KIMBALL PIANO,
WHITNEY PIANO,
IIE1XZE, PIANO,
Florida.
K.MBAIJ. PIPE ORGANS.
KIMBALL REED ORGAN’S,
APOLLO SELF PLAYERS.
i>f Our Live and villi
;. e.U’EKS KING lm« eh urge of IVeD-vir County
■e for at least One "cel; in Even 1 M< nta.
\Ye s..licit for him your valuable patronage and promise you the \ LLl HE?. 1
IAS i ivF'lKN i S For Tito Foust dioinv.
SIC. NUSSBAUM,
ATTORN k.Y-A T—LAY/
Will practice in all the courts.
Special attention given to real estate,
commercial and corporation practice.
Otfijc in old Bank Building,
B.iinbrid^e, Georgia.
S'PMIKBS A HIGH i-p D.
"I was troubled for t-evi ral years vvitli
chrm.ie indigestion and nervous debili-'
tv ." writes F. J. Green, of I.nncusto, N.
‘L. “N > rented, helped m ■ until I l e-
iran using E’ectric Bitters, which aid me
more good than all the medicines 1 ever
Used. They have also kept mv wife in
eircei.ent licallh for years. S'bo.susy E.ev-
tlie Bitters are just splendid for female
greatly strengthened for the other
and final big games a few days later.
B ,t if a team in its first big contest
is well tired out, then it is very like
ly that it will be unable u< play up
to its possibilities on the final day.
\V itness the Yule. Harvard, Prince
ton and Penn series of the last two
years ar.d other records of the past,
-• 1 lie majority of the teams are
overworked m the effort to teach tlio
men how to play the,game.
3. Tlio perfection of the modern
system of line hurdling and line
backing combirec] riquires a second
line of ileiciiKG*
4. The kicker should stand well
back of the lino of scrimmage when
,about to pant, because then he can
I L'.ke more time in his work, an essen
I tial to the iiighest proficiency in all
j points ot the kicking game.
5. More consideration must be giv
en to the strength of the minor teams
anii the financial end m st be sacri
j lined to a schedule arranged strictly
.it accordance with the, estimated
ability of the material at hand.
In regard to the rules of eligibility
: !l1 * oases which have given rise to any
-doubt should be more carefully cov-
i m ‘ l1 h i' tl'o rules. Any old football
player who goes to a small college
in the capacity of a teacher, but who
goes out to coach the team regularly
certainly places himself
TTuncst weight ami *
just measure. .,
Prompt attention. .
Courteous treatment
^Constitutes niv i
CAN ISAY MORE?
Make it convenient to call at
store ami be convinced
fan's. ■
W. H. Ga*
Eldoren lo,-
IT GIRDLES RHK GL'JBK.]
The fame of Bttckl«n's ArnieT
as the best in the world exterrU
the earth. It's f lies, one perfect
of Cuts. Corns. Burns. BruM-. 1
Scalds, Boils Ulcer. Felons, Ache
and all Sirin Eruptions. Only
Pile cure. 25c a box at Ii. L. HkMj
I “TERRIBLE TERRY."
! Terry KeGovern to Train B r
FiTkc.
New York, Dee. 14 r
' tin, who trains the horw-'
jointly by Terry SlcGo' ; rit|
“Paddy” S.dlivan. ha3 lm 1
! breds quartered on ITc-inj'stcv^ ;
vv Imre they will be wintrivl-
I McGovern recently rent' ! 8
a doubtfiil 1 ,n " ! ‘ 0,1 the f:!nr "
Stuckey CO J. '-O-X ^
Livery, Feed and Bale Stable.
WEST STREET, Batnbtidge, Ga
FIRST-CLASS RIGS, GOOD SURR1KS, POLITE DRIVERS
FOR OCCASIONS.
Transfer Business.
‘B’ s meets all Boats and Railway transdav and night anil our baggage
wagon will tranfev baggage either way. ’P.ione 114 yo. r wants for best
m rv ice.
ja.w, STUCK iY & COX-
troubles: that they .are a grand tonic pcsiitou under tlie present rules I from the village of II« B,
1 have it from inside sources that SOJ " as ll,s tiieatneul eo»”
Cults, the Harvard star, w lien ( le ! expired, “Tern, le Ti-m" '•
a. L. fi:>t w i‘"t out to the Il.irv.-miford ' ^ 1!3 cott:1 S e ,lifi ’1
grammar school, was introduced to a 1,18 wil11 1)avc s,llll ' :i!
1 pmminent alumnus by one of the! McGovern realize- t'*:U
faculty as t’-e new football coach u '"' n faithfully in "" '" r
and invigoratin' for weak, run dv
men. No other medicine can take its
pl..ce in our family." Try tiieiu. Only
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BLO'.VX TO A TO!
Thu old idea that the !h.,( v
:u?eds a powerf 1 dm:tic. i i
has been exploded; for Dr. Kim ; 's N’e
perfectly harmless,
r iu,o ui»vvcto ex-
'. cieiiu-e the systtnu
Constipation and
at K. L Hicks
Lift
Pills vinca a.e
a 1 ■' . stiiuu.a.e live
1 el p - is.,m,us mat ft t
and absolutely cure
•‘•ink Headache. Oul - Ci
uruo store.
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[jy S.'.llivan, and, as he is a ,0! ‘
| to win and get :» return :i '
j “Young Corbett,” he l-m’'
, of-the-way cottage in o;' --- '
uietimes ' lits friends /
pi.lj Part of 1ns training
on his horses. He "v 1
tiied by his little brotr.-'
is anxious to’ shme as
jockey. Sam Harris
of the time with M- '
j “Paddy” S.illivan "
SearclivLtglit occasional trips to
•look the horses over.