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ber K, HO", at tile pent office at .Jackson, fia.
under act of Congress of March ii. JH7O.
For Administration.
GEORGIA, Ttutta County.
Butts Court of Ordinary, Aug.
1908. It being made known to
the Ordinary of said County by
satisfactory proof that Miss Eliza
Bankston, late of Butts County,
Ga. has departed this life, intes
tate, and no one applies for ad
ministration on her estate,
whereby great loss and inqury is
daily occurmg to creditors, that
there is an estate consisting of
land owned by said deceadent at
the time of her death in said
State and County' worth ($2000)
two thousand dollars, which
should be taken care of. All
persons interested are required
to appear at the next September
Term of this Court and show'
cause if any they have why ad
ministration on said estate should
not be vested in the Clerk of
Supreme Court or some other fit
and proper person.
Given under my hand and of
ficial signature this Aug. 3, 1908.
J. H. HAM, Ordinary.
FOR SALE.
Five room cottage now building
in Parkland. New, convenient and
cheap. SIOOO.OO easy terms. I
sell farms and city property.
Will find you a buyer if price is
reasonable. No sale, no expense.
Try me.
JAMES WARTHEN.
P. S.— I have a few more of the
Matchless Pen Policies left and
can fit you with the safest insur
ance at lowest cost.
Young Man
If you are looking for the and neatest
buggy on the market
BUX THE
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*
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MYSTERY OF THE TIDES.
Queer Reasons That Were Assignee
For Tl\eir Ebb end Flow.
The tides, those mysterious pulsH
tions of the sea, have been the
theme of curious speculation ever
since man began to ask the reason
of what lie saw around him. Many
sages and clever brains in the ages
of the past tried to explain away
the periodical ebb and flow of the
ocean, and many plausible if er
roneous ideas were seized upon and
used to solve the problem, and some
of the curious notions of these old
world philosophers are worthy of in
terest.
Aristotle, who tried to find a log
ical reason for everything in na
ture, thought that tides were caused
by the sun, which moves a&l whis
tles the winds about so that they
fall with great violence on the At
lantic, the only great ocean known
to the Greeks, which thus swells
and causes the tide. Plato account
ed for them as being caused by an
animal living in a cavern, which, by
means of a huge orifice, created the
ebb and flow. The ancient Arabs
believed that tides were caused by
the moon heating the waters and
causing them to swell, while others
averred that they were caused by
the alternate decomposition of the
sea by the air and of the air by the
sea, thus causing an ebb and flow.
A writer as late as the thirteenth
century coolly remarks that tides
are caused by the efforts of the
earth to breathe.
Saintly St. Jerome explained the
mystery by means of caves, and
Bede stated that the ebb and flow
were caused by an enormous ser
pent, who swallows and vomits the
water. Another old sage thought
that they were caused by the melt
ing of the ice at the poles. In Rus
sia, dwellers by the seashore popu
larly believe that the tides are gov
erned by the water king’s daughter.
The Shetlanders used to believe
that periodical tides were caused by
a monster living in the sea, or, to
quote from an old Shetland worthy,
“a monstrous sea serpent that took
six hours to draw in his breath and
about six to let it out again.” The
Chinese believe that supernatural
beings, weird and wonderful, cause
the tides, while the Malays aver that
they are caused by the movements
of a huge crab. Some of these old
thinkers have been very near the
solution of the problem, while some
of their crude notions are onty fan
tastic.—Scottish Nights.
Stevenson as He Talked.
He used to stand on the hearth rug in
the smoking room, says Walter Crane
in his "An Artist's Reminiscences" of
Robert Louis Stevenson, the center of
an admiring circle, and discourse very
much in the same style as that in
which he wrote. It gave one the im
pression of artificiality rather—l mean
his manner of speaking and choice of
words, as if carefully selected and cul
tivated. if a remark was offered by
one of the company lie would perhaps
accept it and turn about, much as a
conjurer does when he borrows a band
kerchief or a hat from someone in his
audience, or perhaps he would work it
iuto his next sentence, returning it to
his interlocutor improved-wrapped in
silver paper, metaphorically speaking.
His personal appearance was quite as
unusual as his speech—a long, pale,
thin face and lank hair, quick and pen
etrating eyes and a rather sardonic
smile. The world in general, especial
ly in clubland, wore white shirts and
collars as a rule, but Stevenson sported
black ones.
A Queer Ad.
“An Italian with a piano organ was
turning the handle of his machine rap
idly. but uot a note was to be heard. I
stopped at once. What on earth could
be tlie matter?"
The speaker, an advertising agent,
smiled.
“Finally," he said. “I went up close
to the man.
" *A breakdown?' I asked.
“lie pointed to a small placard on
the organ's front, and I read:
“ ‘The interior of the Instrument has
been removed. The relief that in con
sequence you experience is as nothing
compared with that which Immediate
ly follows a dose of Sure Cure Cough
Mixture.’
"It was an original ad..” the expert
ended, “and I followed it up. From
what the Sure Cure people told me. 1
found that the same ingenuity and
money put in legitimate newspaper
advertising would have brought 50 per
cent more returns.” New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
A Lion Tamer’s Secret.
The boarhouud growled, and the
great yellow lion leaped back in fear.
“The lion could kill the hound.” the
trainer said, "but he doesn't think so.
lie thinks the hound could easily kill
him."
"Why?"
"When the lion was a cub this boar
hound, full grown, lived in tire cage
wit!) him. The big dog could, of
course, lick the little cub, and the cub
therefore feared and respected him.
Now the cub is grown up. but he still
thiuks the hound is the better. We
rear a cub with a full grown hound in
this way for a reason. The hound is a
protection to us trainers afterward
when the cub is grown, for then should
he become rambunctious one look from
the dog will send him, subdued and
ashamed, slinking-oflf to the cage’s far
thest corner.”—Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Story of Zero.
The word “zero" is from the Spanish
and means “empty,” hence nothing. It
was first used for a thermometer In
1790 by a Prussian named Fahrenheit.
By experimenting with snow and salt
Fahrenheit found that he could pro
duce a degree of cold equal to that of
the coldest winter day. It happened
that the day on which he made his
final experiment was the coldest that
anybody could remember, and, struck
with the coincidence of his scientific
discovery, he hastily concluded that he
had found the lowest degree of tem
l>oruture, either natural or artificial.
He called the degree “zero" and con
structed a thermometer graduating up
from zero to boiling point which he
numbered ”12 and the freezing point
32.
On# of Three Things.
Fred Jones. a man of no small di
mensions, was <i popular conductor on
the Boston and Maine railroad, making
•daily trips between Boston and Plym
outh. One day several years ago while
collecting fares he encountered a man
under the Influence of liquor who
would not show a ticket. After reason
ing in vain with this passenger Mr,
Jones said. “Now, see here, you'll
have to do one of three things—give
me a ticket, pay .tour fare or get off
•and walk.*’
“Yoti've '(hlc) got to do one of three
things." was the reply—"eat less (hie),
hoop yerself (hlc) or bust.”
- His Nerve.
■Speaking of a Wall street operator, a
broker said: ‘‘The man’s nerve is arnnz
tug. It shocks me. It reminds me of a
money lender to whom a friend of
mine, a great rider to hounds, once re
sorted. ..
” *Yes,’ said the money lender to my
ehibnrrftssed friend. *1 will renew your
note, but only on one condition, sir—
namely, that during the next paper
chase at Lenox you scatter, from yonr
bag these 5.000 pink slips bearing my
name and the words, “Money advanced
on easy terms.” Is it a go, sir? ”
V .. • i• —:
The Alternative.
A Frenchman applied to a local offi
cial for a passport to visit Klatter
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P. S.— Remember that
for drugs and properly
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Read the article on ADVERTIS
ING on last page of this paper.
DO NOT OVER-LOOK
1 THE GASOLINE ENGINE
You make a mistake if you think you run your
= farm economically or profitably without a gasoline engine,
is no * ov erlook the possibilities of a gasoline engine for
= farm use. A gasoline engine will furnish power to do the
H hundred and one little jobs about yonr farm which make
farm work drudgery if hand, wind or horse power is used.
=j Thc gasoline engine is so reliable, so simple, so safe, and—
so economical to operate that you can not afford to over
== look lL the gasoline engines on the market, the
LH. C. engine stands first because it is designed by men
—— who understand the requirements of a practical and flc*p
=Eg g farm power.
SH. <I. r LH. C. engines are made in sixes
- from 1 to 2S horse power in vertical cr
| [ horizontal stationary and portable types,
kfjjj We have one that will fit your needs. Call 1
I on us and we will gladly explain. #
IJ CARTER & WATKINS