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bbbbbbbblf That hacking cough continues Because your system is exhausted and your powers of resistance weakened. Take Scott*s Emulsion* It builds up and strengthens your entire system. It contains Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphites so prepared that it is easy to take and easy to digest. ALL DRUGGISTS: 50c. AND SI.OO I The Rich Are Poorer Than Beggar*. L* So also the wise man will not admire •simself even If many rich men admire mlm, for he knows that they differ In Tio respect from beggars—nay. are even more wretched than they, for beggars ikfrant but a little, whereas rich men Bprant a great deal.—Seneca. I SOUTHERN RAILWAY I OFFERS UNEXCELLED SERVICE [North, South, East and West I For rates, routes and schedules or any other in formation, address, G, R, PETTIT, Trav, Pass, Agent, Macon Ga aagMHWirwmT.ratt r z\r ’ie’ixaiT'Tno ll m imimibiiihh hiii—h■ muhi■— bii■ mi ■!■■■ iwn ■min imnnir—i VERY LOW RATES TO NORFOLK Va. and Return Account Jamestown Ter-Centennial GpiftiN Via SOUTHERN RAILWAY, lutiMMM.uiMWWiniM ■ mil i iiiii ii Fin 'ms ,!■ hot—n ——niiwannw ititith—i n —w— Season, sixtj day and fifteen day tickets on sale daily com mencing April 19th, to and including November 30, 1907. Very low rates will also be made for Military and Brass Band s n uniform attending the Exposition. Stop Overs will be allowed on season, sixty day and fifteen day tickets same as on Summer tourist tickets. For full and complete information call on Ticket Agents South ern Railway, or write J. f. LUSK, Disk, Pass., Agt., Atlanta fia. JAMESTOWN TERCEN TENNIAL EXPOSITION APRIL TO NOVEM BE R 1907- Exceedingly low rates have been authorized by the Southern Rail way to Norfolk, Va„ and return, account Jamestown Ter-Centen nial Exposition. Stop overs will be allowed on season, sixty day and fifteen day tickets, same as granted on Sum mer Tourist Tickets. Tickets will be sold daily commencing April 19th, to and including November joth 1907. The Southern Railway is tak ing a vary great interest in this Exposition and doing everything within their power to promote its welfare for the reason thot it is located on historic and Southern Grounds, and has evidence of be ing one of the most important and attractive affairs of this kind tha* has ever been held* Through train service and sleeping car service to Norfolk du ring the Exposition has net yet been announced, but it is expected that most excellent schedule* will be put in effect so as to male* the trip comfortable and satisfactory in every way. With these very liberal rates in effect everyone in the South has en opportunity to visit the JAHES TOWN TER-SENTENNIAL EXPO SITION. The right place for the bed, many people seem to think. Is against a wall, where it will be fairly well out of the way of the occupant of the room iu the daytime. The right place for the bed is, however, always away from the wall, so that there may be free cir culation of air all round the sleeper. Full and complete information will be cheerfully furnished upon application to any Ticket Agent of the Southern Railway Company ATTENTION ALL This is the season of the year when your buggy ought to be repaired, and repainted, JUST LIKE NEW. Also, the time to have your stock shod for FIFTY CENTS, when paid in cash. THIS I DO. All work done in my shops, is done with dispatch and, an accuracy only attained by an EXPERIENCE COVER ING TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS. Not six years scouting, or scuf fling about. Everything guar anteed, and at lively prices. The old reliable, Q. W. KINSfIAN. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SCHFDULE FOR JACKSON. Local * Passenger (rains pass th Oepot, at the times mentioned below. NOKTH BOUND. So .7 10:02A.M. No. 15 2:10P. M. So. 9 818 SOUTH BOUND So. 16 7:38 A. M. No- 8 8I '', M Few have any idea of how much o! London’s 77.490 acres is water. Two thousand and fifty-one is river, 02* foreshore and 855 lakes an > ponds. Onto • uiiiv.u t Uws. A fashionably dressed young woman tame hurrying iuto a bookstore re cently and approached a salesman with the statement: "I want to get a book— It's a red book—not very thick! No, 1 don't know the name of it or what it Is about, because I haven’t read It. It has a picture in the middle of the cover —at least I think It is a picture—lt is something round, done In gilt. It may be the name. “I wish you would hurry aud hunt up the book, because I nm taking a train to New York and I want it to read on the trip. I saw someone reading it cn the train the other day and laugh ing over it. aud that’s why I want it. “Of course I am not expected to know what it is, but I should think any one who kuejv books and was handling them all the time ought to know! “No, 1 don’t think It was either of those books—lt was thicker than that one and more on the cerise shade than that one. “Well, I can’t wait any longer for you to hunt It up.” As the young woman passed out of the shop she turned to her companion and remarked audibly: “Strange how stupid some of these clerks are! Well, I wasn’t going to really get It anyway. I just wanted to lind out what it was!” —Youth’s Companion. Cakes and Sausages In Germany. “Germany is the land of variety iu sausages and cakes,” said William George Bruce. “When I made my visit to that country recently I took occa sion to eat at restaurants in practical ly every city I came to. I nm not stretching it a bit when I say that 111 one restaurant in Dresden there were 200 varieties of sausages on the bill ol' fare. “The same holds good of cakes. You enter a restaurant or a bakery in which coffee is served. The obliging waiter will set before you a specially designed cake bolder on which the several va rieties are placed Iu convenient tiers, so that you pick out any kind you want without disarranging the whole “There is another feature of restau rant customs in Germany that struck me as out of the ordinary. While per haps a dozen calces are set before you to choose from, you only pay for the exact number you eat. When you are done with your luncheon the waiter will count up what is remaining aud charge you for the difference.’’—Mil waukee Sentinel. Incidental Music. One afternoon a couple from an ad joining town presented themselves to a Boston divine and asked to be mar ried just as he was about to enter the pulpit 1o conduct an afternoon service. The minister replied that he regretted that lie could not at that moment com ply with their wish, but that immedi ately upon the conclusion of the serv ice lie would take pleasure in perform ing the ceremony. The lovers, after demurring, seated themselves in the rear of 11 it- church. When the minister had finished the service he made the following announcement: “The parties who are to be joined in matrimony will present themselves at the chancel im mediately after the singing of hymn -115, ‘Mistaken Souls That Dream of Heaven!’ ” A Rhyming Will. Perhaps the moat peculiar will ever written was probated In England at doctors' commons, July 17, 1780. It ran as follows: I give and bequeath. When I am laid underneath. To my two loving sisters, most dear. The whole of my store. Were It twice as much more. Which God's goodness has granted mo here. And that none may r*"vent This my will and Intent, Or occasion the least of law racket. With a Bilerrm appeal I confirm, sign and seal This the true act and doed of Will Jacket. —Chicago lL*eord-lleral.L A Wonderful Creature. The polyp Is the most remarkable creature on earth. If cut transversely or longitudinally Into several parts, each will become a perfect animal. Trembly turned them inside out and they ate and enjoyed themselves as much as ever. lie slit two lo: gifudi nally, placed the halves together and united them into two animuls. lie divided two transversely and created one with two heads. He pushed one down the throat of another, a third down the throat of the second, and thus formed a creature with three heads. Paternal Doties. Modern life with its haste and hustle leaves too little time for the Joys of fatherhood. One father comes home late from business, tired and peevish, and cannot devote much time to his children, even if lie would. An other has had enough of the cares and worries of the day and seeks dissipa tion outside the home. Yet fathers can give their children something bet ter than money; they can give them selves. Deutsche Monatschrtft. Which Did He Mean? Slysoke ‘.inducing friend to his private closet, Now, mind, not a breath of this before my wife'—Puck. A youth with untouched face walked slowly past a barber shop, t!en back again, then passed and repassed, each time drawing nearer and nearer. Fi nally, as though he had just reached a determination, lie turned in aud hand ed Ids hat, coat and collar to the offl ciating “shine.” When It casno his turn lie got Into the chair with an air cf assurance which was rather out. of keeping with his haunted eyes. “Hair cut?” queried the barber. “Xnw; shave,” said the jrouth. “Just once over, and be kind o’ careful of the neck whisker." The barber put his hand over his face to hide n grin and went to his lather cup. lie turned 011 the hot water and passed a wink down the line until ev ery barber had his gaze that way. Then, with ponderous care, lie lathered the face and coolly began shaving his customer with the back of the razor. “Does she pull?" he asked after a lit. “A leetle raw,” said the customer, with fine discrimination. ‘'Got a v ire edge, hasn’t it?” The barber replied by stropping liis own hand violently, then resumed shaving with the back of the razor. “How’s that?” he said. “Fine as silk.” said tfje customer, now grown veteran. “I tetl you it’s all in the stropping. Jack.”—Baltimore News. Solf Winding Watches. “Watchmaking is no longer what it used to lie,” said a collector. “Where will you find today artists making and selling readily watches worth $2,500 apiece? B roquet was the greatest watchmaker the world has ever seen. He was a Swiss, but he lived in France. The watch collector who hasn’t a Brequet timepiece has a sad ly incomplete collection. Brequet watches were the acme of beauty, of originality and of accuracy. One played a tune every hour, another had on its dial little figures that danced, a third was a self winder. They were very ingenious, those self winding watches. They worked on the pedom eter principle. The of the body in walking kept thorn wound. I have a Brequet self winder, and some times, out of curiosity, I carry it for a week. My stride winds it. At never runs down, and it keeps, after all these years, fairly good time.”—Now York Press. The Address on the Lotter. “It is not spelling nicer* that has been smitten b.v the hand of the do stro.ver,” lamented the port;***. “Punc tuation has also gone by the hoard. When I first began to handle United States mail ten years ago the direc tions on envelopes wen; punctuated according to schoolbook rules. Abbre viations were finished off with a pe riod. names were followed by a comma, and so so. Now the envelope that is properly punctuated is a rarity. Some times, just out of curiosity, I take time to look carefully through a bunch of letters. Out of, say, twenty, more than half will be entirely destitute of punc tuation marks. Io the few cases where an attempt lias been mmle to punctu ate hysterical dashes take the place of the periods and commas that once prevailed.”—New York < I lobe. Proof of His Innocence. A southern negro was brought into the courtroom accused tf stealing a neighbor's chickens. “.Mister George Washingtap Shin topp, did you steal tins,*-; whiekens?" asked the judge pointedly. “No, sah, jedge. Ah is toe >#ec table fo’ dat." “But it is stated on good authority that a bundle of fcatlwis was found in your back yard the day before Christmas.” “Dat ’sinnerntlon. jedge, den proves mah innocence, coz how could <!e fod ders ire found in mah b:ck yard de day iiefo' ('inis'!:.us when mail wife didn't pluck dose ehioko;.* n.-nfl de day after Cliris'musV"—Circle. A Queer Argument. It is often urged that eloquence and affectation are inalienable, lent I main tain flint tlx* peculiar pronunciation of certain words if that constitutes af fectation—is o pardonable fault, of which many eminent orators are them selves guilty. In vast cathedrals and large hulls where tlx* acoustic proper ties are of an unusual order It is clear ly manifest that some pronunciations are preferable to others, for some words by the very composition their syllables are not so far reading in their sound as others, so that*' a ruse is adopted to gain the desired effect surely it is detrimental to no one— London Academy. Putting In the Sting. Clara- I understand that .Mr. Fenth erley paid me a very pretty compli ment today? Ethel Yes. What was it? Clara—lie said that among the Host beautiful young ladies at the par ty was Miss Clara Smith, Ethel (with a cough) Yes, I noticed you among •' .-r.ondon .Mail. The events of fortune are unexpect ed and therefore can never lx.- guarded against by men.—Axioalcus. n*••c *’ * * . 1 WvlW V/ A Notice of election to determine the ques tion of issuing bonds for the purpose of extendingand perfectingtli water-works system in the city of Jackson, Ga. Notice is hereby given by the Mayor and Council of the City of Jackson pennant to an ordinance duly adopted on the 6th. day August 1007, and in compliance with the provisions of Sec. .”77 of the code of the state of Ga. 180.5, that on tile 7tli day of September 1007 an election will be held in said City to de termine the question of issuing bonds, a mounting to Ten Thousand Dollars princi pal, for tile purpose of extending aud per fecting the water-works system in said City. All of said bonds to bear date the first (lay of December 1007 ; to be issued iu denomi nations of Five.Huudred ($.500.00) Dollars each; to bear interest at the rate of live (fi) percent per annum payable semi-annually on the first days of June and Decemberln each year; both principal and Interest to be payable in gold coin of the United States of the present standard of weight and fineness, and the principal of said bonds to fall due and become payable in the following man ner; Five Hundred(sfioo.oo)Doliars of thoprinci" pal of said bonds shall fall dueaml become payable ten years from the date of the issu ance thereof and Five Hundred ($000.00) Dollars of said bonds shall fall due and be come payable upon the corresponding date of each year for the term of nineteen years thereafter, so that all of said bonds shall fall due and be (ally paid within tidrty years from the date of the issuance thereof. All qualified voters of the City of Jack son, desiring to vote in said election, must register therefor in the book open for that purpose by the clerk of the City of Jackson at the city clerk’s office in said City, which book will bo kept upon from the Bth. day of August. 1007 to the Hist, day of 1007, both inclusive, Sundays exo’udod, be tween the hours of Ba. m. and 4p, m. of each (lay. Those desiring to vote in favor of said issue of bonds for the purpose of extending and perfecting the water works system ill said city will do so by casting ballotshaving plainly written or printed upon them the words “For water-works Bonds” and those desiring to vote against the said water-works bonds will do so by casting ballots having plainly written or printed upon them tb words ‘Against Water-works Bonds,’, The election will lie held nt. the Council room in the city Hall in the City of Jack son, Ga. on the date tunned between the hours of 7a . m ami 6 p. in. Dated August 6th . 1007 J. 11. Wall, Mayor. . S. O. Ham, i J. 11. Cm-mirlmcl, f (’. If. Gresham, J, It. Carmichael. i Aldermen. j Attest Aug. 6, I0<)7 . Geo. Carmichael. OierK. <1 A Man of Many Part*. Here is Au amusing old handbill - printed and circulated In Cumberland, England, early in the nineteenth cen tury: I “I, James Williams, parish clerk, sax tone, town cryer and bellman, inakd and sells all sorts of huberdasbaries, groceries, etc., likewise hair and whig drest, und cut, on the shortest notice. Also— “N. B. I keep an evening schook where I tench at reasonable rates, read! Ing, writing, singing and sums. , "N. B.—l plays the booboy occasion ally, If wanted. “N. B.—My shop Is next doore, where I bleed, draw teeth and shoo horsoe, al with greatest soil. “N. B. ChWdren taut to dance, 14 agreeable, at six pence per week, by, me, J. Williams, who buy and sell old iron and coals.— shoes cleaned and mended. *'N. It. A hut and pair of stocking* to be cudgelled for, the best in 5, o* Shrof Tush,lay. For particulars inculre within, or at the horse sh<>o nn<l bclk near the church, on tother side of th way. “N. It.—Look ov<*r the door for 11m slglin of the 3 pigeons. “N. B. I sell good ayle, and some times cyder loggings for single men." - I A Lite Sentence. Said Mr. Joacker, who wus readinj| the paper, “Another poor wretch ha| been given u life sentence at hara labor." Said Ail's. Joacker, who wan embrokb ciiug blue roses: “Probably he da serves it. What is he guilty of?” "Fraud and no visible means of sup port. lie obtained clothes and a fine turnout with no money und nothing collectible, ID seems to be larger and stronger than most of that class, yet it Is pin In that he has never done a tap of work, though he has managed to live well so far. But the poor fel low takes his sentence hard and cries piteously, protesting ids innocence." "Tlx: wretch! He must have dealt with perfect fools!” “No; his victim Is our own friend, Jack Smith.” ' That clever lawyer! Do read to me all about it!” "Bom to Mr. am! Mrs. John Kroitltf u twelve pound boy.”—Bohemian.