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ROCKALYTE PAINT! Js rapidly becoming recognized as the very best pamt for paper, canvas, felt, m*tal and wood roofs, and all kinds of composition roofing. It is used in the South, where the scorching sun fails to injure it, as well as in the extreme North, where sudden changes in the climate do not in any way affect it. No matter what the temperature, Rockalyte Paint will slay on the roof and make it impervious to water. IMPORTANT! It will not Scale, Blister, Peal or Crack, but wiil r >of absolute Water proof. €jjFor Sale By COCHRAN LUMBER CO. FOR SALE CHEAP One Cood Second Box Friction Cotton Press lin First Class Order. Reason for sale, wish to Replace for Steam Packer. :: :: :: :: :: :: :: This Press is Lccated at Empire. A. V. HORNE. COCHRAN, GEORGIA. Wonderful Victoria Falls. “It Is well nigh impossible to de scribe » scene of such wonder, such wildness," says Lady Sarah Wilson in her “South African Memories” of tile “Victoria fails. Uut“ she gives this graphic description: "Standing on a point flush with the river before It makes its headlong leap, we gazed first on the swirling water losing it self In snowy spray which beat re lentlessly on face and clothes while the great volume was noisily disap pearing to unknown nnd terrifying depths. The sightseer tries to look across, to strain his eyes nnd to see beyond that white mist which ob scures everything, but it ts an impos sible task, and be can but guess the width of the falls, slightly horseshoe in shape, from the green trees which seem so far away on the opposite bank nnd are only caught sight of now and then as the wind causes the spray to lift. At the same time his attention is fixed by a new wonder— the much talked of rainbow. Never varying, never changing, that perfect shaped arc is surely more typical of eternity there than anywhere else.” Smart Bobby. Minister—So you are going to school now, are you, Bobby? Bobby (aged six)—Yes, sir. Minister—Spell kitten for me. Bobby—Oh, I’m further ad vanced than that. Try me on eat.— Chicago News. A Great Thinker. “Bliggins puts a great deal of thought Into his work.” “Yes; he works ten minutes and then thinks about it for an hour and a f'igvre it c„«. • lourseir. Tf you want a hard case there is the case of a man who late at night bought a bottle of whisky at a public house—price. 3s. fid.— says the London Globe. He handed over a five pound note, aud the publican would not change it. "All right,” said the cus tomer. “Give me the whisky nnd li>s. fid. and keep my five pound note.” Next morning the customer came In. planked down four sovereigns and said, "Give me back my five pound note and we shall be straight" The publican and the sinner looked at each other. Can you tell at a glance which got the better of the bargain when the customer went away with his five pound note in his pocket? The question puzzled a whole office full of literary, financial, sporting, philosophical and editorial men—until it reached a girl of eighteen w ho is en gaged in dealing with cash. All the rest were calculating on paper aud reaching the result by devious ways. The cash girl saw it lb a flash of the eye. Do you? Shut your eyes and do It in five seconds if you wish to beat the cash girl. Thermometer Down. Little Willie—Say, pa. doesn't It get colder when the thermometer falls? Pa—Yes, my son. Little Willie—Well, ours has fallen. Pa—How far? Little Willie—About five feet, nnd when it struck the porch floor it broke. Her Prize. Daughter—Did you have to fish much, mamma, before you caught papa? Mother—Fish, my dear—fish! I was bear hunting.—London M. ‘A. P. The Beet Kiteflier In Town Some years ago there died in Ns braska a man named Walsh, who. as a boy, started a suspension bridge. When Walsh was about ten years old the first steps for the construction of the suspeu-ion bridge at Niagara were taken. »The first thing necessary was the stretching of a single wire across the eb ism. The engineer in charge had thought of a way to get it m-ross. “What boy is the best kiteflier in town?" he asked. The Walsh boy was named as the best kiteflier in the town of Niagara Falls, and the engineer accordingly asked that he be brought to him. He waa made to understand that he must fly his kite across the Niagara riTcr. He flow it across and allowed it to come down on the other side. Men were there to seize it. Then the en gineer attached a wire to the string on bis side, and the men on the other side detached the kite aDd by means of the string drew the wire across. By this, in turn, a cable was drawn across, and the bridge was well begun.—Har per’s Weekly. Antiquated Custcms. There Is no court in Europe more tenacious of its etiquette—which was Inaugurated several hundreds of years ago—than that of Spain, it is said thnt King Ferdinand VII. once made a minister resign because be bad ac cidentally touched his band. One of tbe quaintest ceremonies is the closing of tiie royal palace gates at Madrid every night. Electric light has been in use in the palace for quite a long whll;. but nevertheless every evening at 11 o'(flock tiie officiating gentleman in waiting appears, acb»*uipsiiiied by several servants, who carry ancient iani ■i ns. to demand a huge key from a higher official to lock the doors of the palace. This is all tiie more amus ing as the huge key does not tit the modern keyholes. The key is then re turned to a third official, and every night gentlemen In waiting have to patrol the corridors of the palace, though sufficient guards are about, to watch over tbe slumbers of their royal master. Paul the Tyrant. Paul I. of Kussia was very deaf nnd also very tyrannical. One day an aid de-cauip. Intending to please him, ap proached and cried in ills ear. “I am glad to see, your majesty, that your hearing is much Improved:” “What is that you say?" growled the czar. Raising his voice, the atd-de-camp acid, "I am glad that your majesty's hearing is so much Improved!" "Ah, that's it, eh?” chuckled the czar and then added, “Say it once more.” The aid-de-camp repealed the words, whereuiKjn Paul I. thundered: "So you dare to make fun of me, do you? Just wait awhile.” Next day the aid-de-camp was on his way to tbe mines of Siberia. The Lesson She Learned. A fair western co-ed and one of the mule seniors fell violently in love aud neglected their studios shamefully. Both were expelled. The fair co-ed therupon wrote this interesting reply to the faculty: Gentlemen—You have expelled me for neglecting my studies, yet 1 have learned at your Institution more than you will ever know. I have learned the meaning of love. What Is the use of studying bot any if I am not allowed to gather roses? Why should I devote myself to astron omy If 1 may not look at the stars? What does It profit me to spend years on mathematics and neglect my own figure? You have expelled my fiance also. Do you think he Is unhappy? We were mar ried last evc-umg. —Exchange. Sand Swept Asia. In the arid lands of central Asia the air is reported as often ladeu with line detritus, which drifts like snow around conspicuous objects aud tends to bury them in a dust drift. Even when there is no apparent wind the air is described rs thick with fine dust, and a yellow sediment covers every thing. In Ivhotan this dust sometimes so obscuras tba sun that at midday one cannot see to read fine print with out a lamp. It Really Happens. The Woman—Here’s a wonderful thing. I’ve Just been reading of a man who reached the age of forty without learning how to read or write. He met a woman, and for her sake he made a scholar of himself in two years. The Man—That's nothing. I know a man who was a profound scholar at forty. Then he met a wo man and for her sake made a fool of himself in two days.—Cleveland Lead er. A Silent Man. Jorklns—There's Perkins—you know Perkins—entered into an agreement with his wife soon after their mar riage, twenty years ago, that when ever either lost temper or stormed the other was to keep silence. Boh—And the scheme worked? Jorklns—Admi rably. Perkins has kept silence for twenty years. Josh Billings used to say that when a man begins going downhill all ere-; ation seems greased for the occasion. 1 PHONE NO. 58 ...for- FRESH MEATS, FISH, ice: FANCY GROCERIES. Your Patronage Solicited and Prompt Service Guaranteed. T. S. REEVES. in Every P lc of Life fj A. P. URQUHART, SOLE AGENT. jj DO YOU DRIVE TO TOWN? unfavorable for your produce? The farmer **“*•*• who has a telephone in his home can telephone first. The useless trips thus saved are worth the cost of service. Under the plan of the Bell System the service costs but a trifle; the farmer owns the instrument and the equipment. Write to nearest Bell Telephone Manager for pamphlet, or address Farmers* Line Department SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO. jt jgl lj SOUTH PRYOR STREET. ATLANTA. GA. hj Llot Troubled. Irate Tenant—l asked you when I rented this place if you had ever been troubled by chicken thieves, and you said no. Every one of my chickens was stolen last night, and I am told that the neighborhood has been infest ed with chicken thieves for years. Suburban Agent—l never keep chick ens. Why Ho Desired a Cannon. It is related that an Indian chief once approached General Crook and wanted to borrow a cannon. | “Do you expect me to loan you a cannon with which to kill my sol diers?” the old veteran inquired. “No,” the chief replied; “kill soldiers with a club. Want cannon to kill cow boys.”