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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 •Vv. Satisfaction guiuauteed bv lli,-Us. t. ( 4 1 pr? U ! ' : 4 i-i HiJ S ieh lied !0;js as Luis Stiu.lid 1 1 of CX is Lull CO, II W Lu.. \<j ■ jjj W jr J X-/ g." ti Ghosts what yea gstS. It::: ilieia.lly digests the fooa HuJ rJ<2$ y.iturc . ,i sireagtbeuiug nut! r<.cou- thc i listed d! gags. It At he latest diecov tut c.ud tonic. Xsootbcr preparation ion, ... tlmir, : S..; :• S: m.'cb, J.'- usea, ^’cx: headache,Gastr.alg'a Q r. >'b results in , m f .'Sijuiet’by £ C. D:T::t . .,-xjc- 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. S .bscribe for the and get all the news. [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.