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cordingly. Hill* due whet, the ndyertiecrrenla are
are
handed in and tho money will bo called lor
when needed.
WILL It. CHAU AM
Mnuoffer «P llil!tor.
DIRECTORY. i
CHURCHES.
1 Battist Onruell.-Rev. Z.T. Weaver,Pal¬
lor. Preaching IhI »ml 3rd Sundays in each
tminth. Sunday-school 9 a. in., .1. E, l'aul
lin Supt. l’rayor meeting Thursday even¬
ing#.
Mktiiohist Ciiurow. —Rev J.O. tiundax Langston
Vaster. ' I .* Preaching 2nd and 4th s in
#!.< hmonth, «,„ bumlay-BelitiOl 1 7t„v ...I,., ,0 11 11 a. , m. „* \<* . A. a
Graham .-upt. Ladies Prayer meeting lues
<lay afteruaon. Young men#’ Prayer l’rayvr meet
Ing-Tuesday evening. evcn’ng. Regular meet
ing Wednesday
PRKSIlYTKItl AX Cni’Bcn. , • u,uMJ , . *
Ri'lio.d ;* a, m.P. 1J. brown S’.ipt,
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
X E. Pntillin,’S.M). Colctnnn. J. F.
Urco!, A. L. Foster,* J. N. Bigbic,
UoUMTY TaKAflimKR. _ J. r vy P. ,r II. Drown r>
I AX Uoi.i.kctor, \\ . It. ll:*i i iM»n.
1 AX IiiF. KIN KR, 1 • I>llVIS.
L’oroxj’.k, .1 D Owens.
MASONIC DIRECTORY.
DaIT.KT I/iIMIK) No. 17.—llegiilar meet- M
ji»« *nt nnd 3rd I). F. Saturday \V. evenii'gs. M. T.
Hrown, See., (iiinn,
1,4FAYKTTK (111AFI'KR N*u. 12—
nu>«>tin«:# 2nd Saturday evening. >\. A.
Gruhnni, II. 1*.
W. A. Graham Council,No. 22-—ilogular W.
meeting III* Saturday evening. A. Giu¬
liani, T I G M.
i K of II. Gain## Lodge No, 1887—tiegular
meeting 2ml and 41 Ii Tu»>du v night ^ v\ . h
J.ig'itloot, Ueiiorter. T M I5i'»>\\ n; Dictator
cthsri.
SfrXBloH CnrwT.-j-ll«m ' TA” ."'* *4.9
Aiuuy# Ml Jiutvli and oepteihber.
Court of Ordinary.—R. T.
Fih>|«, Onlinnrv, It ocular meeting 1st,
Monday in cttvlt month
houNTY Court—G. G. La rk.
Jiulri.
IltWIN tt WARWICK.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
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*r\Vill Practice In Superior Courts ol
Putauhk Circuit. R
J. T. MAN DEVILLE,
PHYSICIAN nml SUKfJEON
Mft Oyncit it Cuntkal Dkuo Stokk.
o. i:. CONE,
UAiimsn.
m Sh“P umlct EM DEK’S Pict¬
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ure Gallery.
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Central Railroad of Georgia.
Not ire fo TrnvrUmj Public:
The best and cheeped passcuirr r«>ut§ to
NEW YORK and BOSTON
D \ni ?? vr.ntmh nnd cl«'.;ant Steamer* thence
l\k»c’u£«'r*, before purchasing tickets via
<After r*mtc5■fty.tld ilo well to inquire Hr.-t <>l
Ilia merits o» tlto route via tunumuih, bv
which they will avoid dust and a tedious
all-rail ride., ltalcs include meal and state¬
room «n steamer. ^
« Vurk'.lffitViTsiiniU tn-».~-Uy. !• jb»t,.n her 1
steamer weekb' fiVm Seveimah. or t art
inforumtion apply u> anv ;*g* V nt *>f this com
or to K T.Uharlt m 1*. A. Savan
Hah', Ga. C. G. A»»i as R, Agt Reamer#,
tfrr bavannah, Ga.
IT WILL PAY YOU
Jim lr XNV>rthSomh, nt te making Lst a trip to nnv
Kd I.» th^lily or Wc-St.
fo anunha bow yomself bit?
with tl*> before atnituig, tar
J^Juln^Tnuc WRITE TO ME.
■Krse.~yjt.rormatjm.dj.i-rd. ».*....-«i-er!>illyflirni#h free
If yon
Svt«7?u.r^rt -tM rilIS.nm
."nirnMlH'rh.'Lku.g m.d
Stye ,mT* of your
wUUmgfpVormtl.arr.^Yrffii.ito tfgage yowr steeping oar Wnlw.
thw* p«rti« will bo vujtcfi if
^ ,'Yc*.r.-ion rhiidran^KotraflEIL'
Vsctrt, '1 ^1 give coh-i
I will kturs to the
Siiftot* : *i.-r»»utc, w1h> will #ec thorn poaaibla safely
through, a».d render any assiit&nco
iirivribntion.dk> mt »w>itato to command me.
No trouble tu be accommudvtmg.
CLY1>E BOSTICK.
Traveling Pn-er^f Agent.Contra!
APil-M glr„,J,tb,,L »# tnfijy *hlrt»y
Book
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YOUR HOME
IS NOT FURNISHED a ! T 1
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WITHOUT ONE I
8AVANX \ri, Ca., Nov. 1 , 1898.
Forty Thoa»ii<id Sontlirrn Homes made
bupw with fln« iuntruiurtito oinee 1870 .
and hI ill the ftioil tvork votN on.
3.1KN) I’lnimi mid Oritan- sold Inst year.
61 WK)onr mark fo. - this year. Loner I*rlces |
better lMHtruun*i<tst Fitsler Terms and
greater Ind.ioeim nts will Ruin us this In *
rrenwd sale.
Thousands of Homes yet nnsnpplled wleh
InstruntentM that miglit usiliiy be en)oyInff
them throitith cur easy system of selling.
CAHI1 to pay do.vn not needed. We hnvo
A PLAN by which, WITHOUT ftlsili.any
one cun obtain tu. Iu strain cut of nnv Style
*»r PHee, tuitkinK either 3IONTHI.V.
QUARTERLY ..r YEARLY PAYMENTS
•Mill paid tor, meanwLile enjoying use of
Instrument.
Minro NoninniMar<prirrs. No r ink. N»For
®f nllnuihpoW iriMtailmentaniB#
^ ot b " Kroiimiy p«M. lontrnet pvrivniy
FAIR nnJ LQI ITUILB. erotrpUa# pnr«
Chiusera Iruin all iiHpowitiou or loan.
WruynMtwi j.-ewitjjmint out thewnyta
Hi'tt. r th H IV h i niff otfervd. i»rit r>
Lnra. iy Ketinv . 1 . Ncti.-c thv.-o spu iAL
OFFERS:
Upright PlJfiQ Only $200
7 l a Octaves— Overstrung Seale—Three
StrinuH—tlosewood—Fully -Sweet rone. Catalogue Price,# linarautecd
600 .
Parl&P OrgSIl • • O n, 3f
Four Rets Roods—It 8tops—Couplers—
.... nuntisomocase. Cuittioguoj'ricc,#<oo.
Stool, Cover, all Instructor, Music Book
Othrr Special ant! Freight Paid.
Cijers ju*t as pood. Largest Stock
South to choose from. TEN GRAND MAKERS.
S'M) Different Si^'m. Can suit all buyers. Write
for catalogues,ci vulars, and Free Copy of our nr.a
0ndFlaU "° ivU ' aJuUw * /uaW *
OtTR LOW PRICES.
OUU KAS%* TERMS.
ONE PRICE ONLY.
11 A.XDSO instruments.” .^IIC OC T T V* ITS.
iiest
all i iiEioirr paid.
13 n A Y#» TRIAL.
j AlONKY SAVED ALL,
LUDDEP4& BATES
JOHifd. GAUDRY,
Heron & Gauiiry,
(Stu'ccris rs to L. J. Guihunrtion & Co.)
COT'l o:v FACTORS.
AND
Comm ission .Machavis.
120 liar Street, -- Savannah, Gkoroia.
I iberul advances ?!t*e. made.on cotton consign
J cd to us for i ot cot¬
ton solicitiHl, and stri *t attention will h« ixiv
en to all buhiness hiitrustud to t;s. 921tiui
BucklcliPsAmicaS.atvo
Tiik Best Sai.ve in the world TorCtits,
Bruises, Sores. Uloora,. Salt Khoum. Fever
Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands Chilblains.
Corns aud nil fekin Eruptions, receive*L positively Is
cures Piles, or no pdy guar¬
anteed to give jH*rfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price 25 ets. per box.
For sale by W, M. Speight.
$.*> TO $15 SAVED.
Complete harness only $7. 25 cent
free. Why pay retail prices "t
sell 800 sett each month. Agents
toil. National H If'aNEss Co.. Whole¬
MANTFAcrniEUS, 14 to 24 Wells St.,
N. Y.
Si
i :i weeks.
r^ho POLICE GAZETTE will bo
In tlw lnttrf S«ttt» tor hwe months on
receipt Li^?ral of ON L IX LLAL.
discount allowed to post a„ent ,
and s dubs. bamplo copies mailed free.
Address all orders te
BICHARDK. FOX.
Franklin Stpiare, N.Y.
JOu *"h>pr>! W. P Ih t’<»teii^'tnviution^ Gk AM’s Job Offic a
Hancock Ht AH
streqU K«it Gain«, Ga.
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FORT GAINES, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 12th, 1889.
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Zesoiutions of the State Alliance in
Regard to Bagging .
The committee appointed to take
into consideration tho subject of
baling cotton, beg leave to
make the following report:
We recommend the adoption of
the following resolutions:
Resolved, 1. That we recommend
the use of cottou only as a covering
for cotton.
2. That we recommend no change
in the size ot tho cotton bale.
3. That a committee of ten of our
best business men be appointed to
take in hand the matter of a supply
of cotton bagging, and make the
test possible anungomeut for the
oorr.ing season.
4. That wc prefer bagging 44
inches wide if it be practicable to
obtain it.
5. That the subject of ties be re¬
ferred to the same committee.
6. That the said committee use
their best endeavors to raako ar¬
rangements with tho cotton ex¬
changes of the world with reference
to tare on bales packed in bagging
lighter than jute.
7. That we pledge ourselves to
stand bv the committee in its ac
at
tion. :
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Under tlieso resolutions the fob
lowing gentlemen woro appointed A.
to curry out , the . purposes.indicated: * 1 .
w W. J Northern, , Sparta; R. ^ \ >. Ev- T ,
clittj Fish; W. A. Wilson, Americus;
I T P.-J..rnc-tl,. K,.onl.n- W. K.
Gorman, Geneva; J. P. Jones, Ncw
man; R. M. Brown, Port Gaines; T.
E. Winn, Lawrencevillc; A. S. Por
ter, Covington; W. E. 11. Searcy,
Griffin
At ti meeting of this committee
it WHH determined ti> open cor re#
pondenco -v .,wi with manutacturers, , nM t on»»ori} who u .i lfl
would undertake to supply the Dec¬
essarv amount ot cotton bagging,
or any part of it, in tithe for the
next season. Any parties desiring
loonier into the manufacture ot
.siLtallo cotton covering, in this
Siato or out of it, will please com
munionte at once with some mern
ber of the committee named above,
gmtiJig amount to be furnished.
weight, general character aud prob <4
aidt* nn Others combined
R i# a sickeuiugsi^Uttobeaold tue world
ie«l captive by the seductive charms of
the money god. None are so foolish as
those who sacrifice their jH-aco aud hap
nihess after itxo deentful things of mam
mon. The hurdest master ou earth to
please is the god of riches. He requires
the body, mind, sou! aud all that per
tmis to the joy Mid com^rt of bis Uevo
tfies, and Avheu all has been luid down
upon Ins aKf.ra h:s requirements are still
felt, there is no satisfy ing hw insatiable
thirst. Sec that ragged miser who do
nies himself the comforts of life, that he
may heap np a little more shining dirt,
Does he not arouse tho sympathies of all
pious hearts to see him S" wedded to the
idol of his heart? God’s greatest ilis
pleasure is incurred by this wild fanati
cism that is so common iu life-running
after aft : r riches. ",^- Some worship ambition J,
and ruth cueastcrudeYoUuu , - r they kneel ,
at tbe footstool of this T e
swelling military aspirant inflames Ins
soltuera by swelling speeches, aud thus
lures them to danger and death. Then
petty tyrants would wade through slaugh
ter to a throne,” and shut the gates of
mercy ou mankind.” The blood of in
noceut men rise np in the judgement
aud demaud satisfaction at the hands of
such as ha\e been instrumental in the
shedding of much precious bloocL
“Fling away ambition, fur by that sin
the au"els hL fell, then how call man, bj tho
Maker, hope to aia it r
bition,.nd to hia eroriaating dr.honor
he tvaprf the reward that w<» justly due
him. He found himself iu his old age,
“naked fo hit enemies.” Let fathers
spirit o< ambition. Some worship the
last of the flesh, they have been over
come by the spirit of darkness, from sin
siu they haie tie progressed Lt until they
^t..allv “sit in Of the scornful
The demon drink has his army of .or
fe | d ppe re he has leaner so enticed tL them that
Ano ****** “> ***-* rtefc The worst
form ol MoUrs- loVo is thd worikip of tho
fc*. “be The ot strong drink binds
,abject forever to " tl.eibrone ot Bac
hus, and it is alummg to . know to . what , .
extent thia monster fa worshipped, Men
an* women are everywhere found,
arc constantly seen among the congraga
tious of the wicked, that flock to the
t«np*« °* the go #M «l~. ««« to
in the worst cf all worship. The
viol .ms of this cod cod be seen every
, Ll v their blu.'dsfc’o! eves and feeble
stran-th speak toit plaSnlv to be mUin
I Y^ng nmn, yon may laugh .» thi
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American Ozokerite.
A company has been formed un¬
der the laws cf New York State to
develop ozokerite, a natural para
! fi,l « w «* x existing in tho Wastach
mountains of Utah Territory about
112 miles east of Salt I.ako C ity
These mil es arc said to contain the
only deposits of this mineral known
to exist, outside of Galicia, in Aus¬
tria, whence the entire world’s
supply of this product has until re
cently been obtained. The Austri¬
an mines arc said to yield a prod >
uct inferior in quality to that dis¬
covered in Utah. The uses of this
mineral.aro constantly enlarging,
and in tula country alcne tbe con¬
sumption amounts to 5C0 tonsy 7 eai
ly*. The chief uses cf Ihe mineral
in its crude state aid the manu¬
facture of waxed paper, iu the lin¬
ing of wooden vessels, in varnish
;md blacking manufacture, and in
tho insulating of electrical wires
Tho American product is said to
differ from tho Austrian article
in that it does not need refining,
but comes direct from the mines
ready* to be melted and applied^
while,the Austrian product must
be refined in order to be applied to
its numerous uses. When refined
this mineral is used in the adulter-
tion of beeswax and as a substitute
for that article in candle making,
tho manufacture of matches and
dolls, and in the making of heavy*
lubricants. In Rb natural state it
is found in veins Varying from ten
to twelve inches in thickness, and
varies in color from a .light
yellow to brown and black. Bnry
shaw, in Galicia, a town of 12,000
inhabitants, is dependent entirely
npoii the mining cf this product
for iIs existence. The price of re¬
.
fined ozoerkite commercially
known as cejl-isin, ranges from 20c
per pound for chemically pure
white, down to 6c per pound for
crude black of a poor quality*. The
company proposes to mino 1500
tons of the wtx yearly, and pay 7
per cent, on a caj ilnl stock of $1,<
240,000 Tlie first shipment from
the American mines arrived in New
York in January Hus v»«” -— ,
iu*... as “jug handle law
practice*” This is nothing for
lomperanto people to bo alarmed
about: It is simply the picturesque
expression for the one-sided prac
Dee in tho departments. Serious
lawyers call it “exparte.
One ot the democratic gentlemen
“ b ^"bSt aDDoVnt whose
q / been &
efl( Ba ; d yosltr d u
to earn a
irig practicing law before Mr.
Cleveland was elected, and I think
L can do it again, but it will not be
in tho old way. 1 have always
been accustomed to trying a cuse
with another fellow on the other
side just as smait or a l.ttlo ^mart^
er than I wus, who was ready to
P'tk my argument to pieces and
“> overthrow my evidence. This
P r * cl,co before the departments better, is
a heap easier and it pays
and more than all, there s nobody
on the other side of the case.
Washington Post.
Chela Contests.
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Now York,' March 30.—The ven
.. M .* R: pd n f Ene-land .’ during °
piaymg . today , in . the , internat
iouai chess tournament, defeated
Martinez of Philadelphia in k game
which several of the experts among
the spectators declared was one ot
*h. fittest they had over soon Mr.
fci< |iame ar Mortinet . lvbo „| ay .
^ while to tho surprise cf Mr
Bir<f . ,^ ed his owfi open ing. H«
oflhem0ot iclcrctsting character,
Mr Bird finaUy Wou m sixl>
movcs .
llol'eck beat McLoed, Gunsberg rcoS
beat Mason, J.W. Baird M
llanha.n to resign at the end of the
thirty-ninth move. Burville lost
W ST.ekU.rp, D.«. Baird Ion lost Show, to
Go«ip. Eelmir lost Burns. t« The
alor. to
games between Tsehigorin and Jn
dual Lep.cbnla resulted in draws,
A Cut of Five Per r Cent.
Harrisburg, Pa.,March 3t>.—No- ,
tice wu given at the Penn. stee.
works about a month «go, o f apro
posed reduction in the wages ot the
employes. Yesterday a schc.ule le<f.
of thp redaction waa po cr It
makes & reduction i of o pc cent in
.wd.wUchdop.rtm.nB Which wra.
enbjeoud U a eorrupondug «
*>»««« will bt aifecitd.
Valuable Fdx Skins.
Tho.*kbr» of'the-black fox, which
b f the .... l. S tho ,
RR >’ » r ravest, jnngs at
Hudson's Bay Company’s annual
auction sales in London, from two
Luitdied dollars io three hundred
dollars, and at private sale some¬
times five hundred dollars and over
The fur is more luxurant than that
of tho common fox, and its color is
a-^'cb, glossy* -blqtk • t .Over tho
sliouldtrs and r.rcund tho neck tho
fur is much luavier, and has tho
appearance of a cape. It is a skin
of this description that commands
such an enormous price.
To give some idea of its scarcity.
I can say*, that during my travels
in North America and Not them
Asia 1 have seen tut three, two in
Siberia and one at York factory^
Hudson’s Bay*. Tho master at tha
latter place, a chief trader in the
company’s service, told me, last
winter, that during an experience
of 27 years as a fur trader he had
seen but five. Tho skin he got
last winter v as prized so highly*
by him, that he carried ..it With
him for two days, and, notwith¬
standing its fetid odor, which is
common*to all foxes, kopt it in his
bedroom at night.—Youth's Com¬
panion.
Naval Affair*.
Washington, Ajiril 5.—The cruis¬
er Atlanta, now at Aspinwall, has
been ordered by telegraph to New
York. Although subject U5 futuro
emergencies, it is the present inten¬
tion to send the York town to New
York on the 20th, so that the easi¬
est efforts at rftval construction
may be seen at.tGo Centennial cele¬
bration. She has been formally ac¬
cepted from the contractors subject
to special reservations of money
on accoii.nt of work J*ct to bo dono
The German corvette Sophie,
Which .sails from Zanzibar to-day
for Samoa, is another fine ship, su •
perioi to either tho Richmond, Ad¬
ams or Alert, which will constitute
tho American squadron fit Samoa,
with h handful of broken feathers
to reward him for his pains. Soon
however, somebody is hold, fortunate and by
enough to gel a good drugged
tj me [, 0 j ias been half
way round the inclosuro tho other
tw0 men arc to be seen firmly ats
tachcd to some part of the body or
w ings of the bird; Then a sack is
P ro <1 “ ? ed i ro,n lh .® ho lL °*
"»«“ » nd . | , over the fioail .
;' h " 0 ^nd’ This ^“atfy lacifi
tatc8 matters, and it is now no diffi
cllU » G b to eteer the strange looking
creature into a corner ot tho corral,
W hich has been prepared for its been re
^. e ption.. Here the fence has
strengthened with strong deal
boards, and another luavy board
j s r t » a dy* to to swung round in
suc h a way as to enclose the bird
aud his captors in a small coi ner,
^ which no amodnt of strug-
g i ln g is possible. plucked old
The first bird was an
raa i 0 . The young birds for tho first
two years of their fife are all of the
same gray color, which tho females
for their lives ; but the
mules, after they aro about two
years old, become very handsome.
They turn quite black, thus mak
ing a very handsomo setting for
the adorn great their white plumes and tails. ^which As
they approach any one who is look
ing for them thoir beautiful bright
black breasts remind him forciby
of funeral plumes. But e **
bto*
-oh'^rtoct hUcknoss, accept in
the muss. The feathers s.ngly are
of a daik, brownish color, shading
into son'leth'ing very near to
er is found but “U tbe black
plumes and tip* sold in the siLores
are dyed. Only the Wing curly-look- and tail
fulled, tho
mg l.Ulc tips on the breast which
the cup.dity ol of th -
bc ^ in b lcft un ^ 0 “ lcl, V:
Tho Ihre. men who have holdo ..
the htrd force him up t.ght ngu.nsl
the inclosure, and the one ot Idem
‘- 1 *>» w doing the pluck,ng-,n th s
ease tbe proprietor, stands on the
side off Horn the wing ho is going
to commence operations, lie rai-
scs the wing, and drawing it
him ever the body of the bird, he
8 elects the feathers ho considers
marketable, and grasping them one
b} . 0 uo firmly in bis b^ttd, gives
t |, em a hard pull and out they come
First the great white plumes, then
the smaller whites, then the larger
blacks. It must be a somewhat
„
the wtng bleed, moro^ or Use &
mostpoinU fr0 W 4rhich several
feathers- k^Uinj# dna • another
finish W bat f ou Begin.
My old great gandmothor Knox
bad a way of making her children
finish their work. If they began a
thing they had to complete it If
they undertook to! build a cob
house, they' must not leave it till it
was done; and nothing of thp work
or play to which they set their
hands would she al ow them aban¬
don incomplcto. I sometimes wish
1 had been trained in this way.
flow much of life has-been wasted
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in unfinished work? Muny'a^man
uses up his time in splendid begin¬
ning. Tho labtir devoted to com
mence ten things and leavo them
useless would finish five of them
and make thorn profitable and tiso
ful. Finish your work. Life 1s
brief; time is short. Stop beginning
forty things and go back and finish
four. — Christian Observer.
America’s Cup to be Contested.
It is hinted that the English aro
building a 90-foot cutter, with
which to again contest for the
America's cup. At any rate indi¬
cations hre growing that point to a
challenge for the cup next year, nnd
at tho lato meeting of tho Now
York Club a letter was received
from the secretary of the Royal
Clyde Yacht Club, asking if a match
could be made the coming season
for the America’s cup under the
sa,*tle conditions that the Volunteer^
Thistle race was sailod, and an af¬
firmative reply was sent. Tbe sto¬
ry goes that tho Earl ofDunraven
is building a boat from Watson's
design, similar to tho cutter Yurn
na, which made such a good show¬
ing last year in British waters.
—Exchange.
■
Dakota Prarif'Fjres.
Yankton, Dak., April 5.—Tho
stories of farmers w*ho suffered by
the flames Tuesday show it was no
ordinary prairie fire. It licked up
everything combustible and grass
and stubble and wood broko into
goes on til all the birds read*
for plucking have been dealt
W ith.
It is very hard work on a
day*, as they not only have great
agility* and considerable courage
an( j perseverance to display Uold^. in
catching tha birds, but even while, tho
ing thorn in the coruer
Packing i* going on involves an
almost continuous struggle, more
op”^ io n takes bird is about caught, 20
minutes after the
and in lhi8 timo 2 50 to 500 feathers
of various sizes are pulled. Each
bird is plucked twice a year, tho
plumes requiring a growth of as
bout 12 months to reach retailed perfection. the
The feathers, if not qn
premises or in Los Angeles’ storeSj, time
are sold by weight. A short
ng0 vhey went as low as |50 a pound
but they aro now going up, the
wearing of ostrieb feotheis in hats
having again become fashionable,
a full grown bird will give rather
more than a pound of feathers bo
tween bis two pluck?, but as they
aro voracious feeders there is not
rauc h profit to be made out of keep
j n g them when feathers aro fetch
ing low prices. They aro fed main
ly 0 n alfalfa? supplemented by corn
atjd tt i most any vegetable food that
come3 handy.—San Francisco
Chronicle,
She Was Grossly Insulted.’
Handy Spillor, a colored lady ’
feworo oat a warrant against Zeb
Snow.
“Wha*. did this man do V the
justice of tho peace asked.
“Ho 'suited me, sah/ dat’s wbat
• i »
..n„ w _ w hat did he say ?”
« Didn ’ t 8dy * nuthin’.”
* did ho insult TOR V*
’ ^
ft wuz “W'y, swoepirt sab, be de com« yard erlong an . grabbed ^har
me an kissed me, ho did.
^ -
J>*f
o D ;(f you try to get .way from
Mmr
«whn*rtaf “Who, mo ( Look Look here un, jeage, iedee,
you th.fik good lookin men is
so plenty deie days dat 1 gw me tor
away frum ono when ho •*«
'
- f f • ww <»0 wllliog/bow
was it an insult , ,*•„
. t
“How wuz it cr insult? W J sr.h,
h e turned mo loose art’ went cross
er lady d.U. old ernntf Ur b. »,
-.ammy, »»*>• Dat’a how ho .ulk
d.--Arkansaw Traveler,
NO. 3T.
Tuosda V was sale day. but out
Slicrirt’ had nothing to sell, nnd therd
were no buyers in .town either. ’ ,
1 lie fruit crop prospects in : 'l. *r. 5> -
county are rtiUisually favorable.*—
Waynesboro True Citizen.
Mr. J. T. day, who has been- n4 feV
ning a ginnery and corn mill a
miles out from Shellinan has moved
it to Hilton Station, where ho will rfc*
set and begin work-ht .once, .jUotd
luck to you.—SheHtiittti Herald ;
Mrs. J. O. Nelms No. 2 of Gordoii
county, and Mrs, Kate (Tucker) Grady, of
Pova, Tenn. are hero io makcit iifterest¬
ing for the gay l igamist, J. o. Nelms, whd
now languishes in our jail, while his
brother Frank Nelms, of Brnnebvffle,'
Ala., is liere to defend liin; —Early
County News. ft
Our best farmes are bringing iu good
sound sweet pot Abu's to I. N. Royal,
who is shipping ihefc to varioiic points,
receiving goods prices for- them. Why
cant all of our farmers raise a large pota-»
to crop? It does not require much landf
and is a very profitable crop.—Fort Valley
Enterprise, ’ • * • [
t 0
The editors of tho Hnwkinsville
Dispatch are plumirg themselves oil
the fact that an item fruip their paper
has been copied into tho IK raid of
Eoiulon. A copy-of that paper warf
received there one day tbi i week with'
the item in it. The Georgia editor*
is bound to come to tho frout.—
Harncsvillc Democrat.
*
Mr. Roy Fletcher of Irwin caughl,tl
large eagle in a ateel trap last week.’
His eagleship measured seven feetf
from tip to.' tip of the wings and seveu
inches across the foot when spread.
This king of birds had been feeding
most too extravagantly on Mr. FleteG- ~
or's swine, hence his misfortune.-
Rarnesville Democrat.
Mr. Tims. Reeves, of Lawton’vultf ■A 1
,
while hunting a frw days ago, on
coiintered a large rattlesnake which
lie killed. It had ten rattles and a*
button. The backbone contained 182
He, htonghU to our office
opening that li olds the ^ac i- ^
in atiawot* ho h ■ Id up to the light
a tiny phial marked would have “poisin,” been anq
said, “There one,' two
to bury* instead of
This man was a professional hat^
gambler,but for liyck. a. long, Ho time had bor¬
played in hard all friends until ho
rowed froth his
could borrow fc no more, then strip¬
ped his house of everything ho
could pawn, gambling and table. al^ had been lost
at the
The idea of a man gambling dead, for
enough money to bury his
wife pjobably never occurred bo>»
fore.—Detroit News.
A Third Mistrial.
4
Another mistrial has occurred in
the Joe Cotton caso. The jury,’
whifeh went out at 1 o’clook Friday*,
having been unable to reach an
agreement up to 11:45 o'clock Iasi
night, and tho court being inform¬
ed that an agreement was not liko-* ■
ly, the jury was brought in, a juror
withdrawn, a, tpistrL'U declared anil
the jury discharged. indicted 1Kb laS^
Cotton was at
term of tho superior court for on twoi )
separate indictnsonts as-au t
with intent to murder Ife.vns during tho
Yamac. aw riot, twico tried
on olje indictment, the first result¬
ing in a mistrial and on tho second
'trial he was acquitted. On tho
second indictmon^.tjiore have been
two mistrials declared., Cotton/
who is an old an ^iis crippled colored and
man. persists in innocence,
still says bo,“trusts in God, who.
will not let tho aJd man bo convict¬
ed.’—Savannah News.
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Man’s Relative Hight and. Weight.'
1 1; I
Fivo fcCt one inch should be 120
iounds. • ■
FiYb feet two inches should be
■*f5.
*
o bo
183. d* > v * *
l^ivo t feet four ioches should bo
136. „ .
\ Fivo feet livejncbe4 libould bo
142.
Fivo feet six inches should be 146.
Fivo feot seven Inches should bo
148.
Five foot cighf inches should
155 /ft
Fiyo fcot nino inches should b«
IG2
Fivo feet ton Inches should bo
1*5 fetft eleven -i inches should •..*., . bo »
rivo
17L l &£&
fo.t high .hould #.igh
n8 ’ Nife
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