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W Union Banking Co., j. M. ASHLL I*i' .-,i 'out; J. S. LOTT, V. President- C. E. BAKER Cashier. Directors, J. J. LEWIS, LLIAo LOTT J. M- ASHLEY, J. S. LOTT, HENRY Vi.; ..,KS, J. W. QUINCEY, JOHN McLEAN. Accounts i I i Jividuals, Herchants and Corporations Solicited. ENDORSED TO THE. EXTENT OF These figures represent the amount of Annuity Insurance sold in this state by the Empire Mutual Annuity and Lite Insurance Co., of Atlanta. It is a practical, matter-of-fact endorsement of this company and its insurance by of good Georgia people who back up their opinion with their money. & & These facts are your safeguard, and justify you also in insuring with us. Write for further information, EMPIRE MUTUAL ANNUITY & LIFE INSURANCE GO. Peters Building. Ga. J. D. LOCKRIDGE. Agent. DOUGLAS, - - GEORGIA. f TWENTY-ONE! 1 OF THE Best City Lots in Town for Sale. Now is the time to buy you a good lot to build on, Buy while you can select a good location, on the Prin cipal resident street in town. Every one of these lots is high and dry, and can be Bought for Less Money now, than ever before, li vou want a good home, or if you want J O V to double your money in six months, by investing don’t delay, until this opportunity is gone. r Property in Douglas is increasing in value every r'day. Now is the time to buy. Terms easy. For further particulars address, Lawson Kelley, DOUGLAS GA Sheriff Sales for June- GEORGIA, —Coffee County. Will be sold on the tirst Tuesday in July, 1905 at the court house door in the city'of Doug las, said county, during the legal hours id sale to the highest and best bidder the iol lowing described pioperty: lot of land So 48 in the 6th district of Coffee county. Ga., containing four hundred and ninety (400) acres, more or less. Said land levied on to be sold as the property of .lease Lott, Sr., under and by virtue of a li. fa. in favor of Georgia Supply Co. and Hart felder-Garbutt Co. against Lott-Tyler Lumber Co, issued from the city court of Douglas. Also at the same time and place there will be sold to the highest and best bid iier the following described property: one hundred and ninety (UK)) acres, more or less, o i laqd lot No 8 lying and being in die Ist district <sf said Coffee county, and bounded south, east and north by the or iginal land lot line and on the west by the Nine Mile creek, together with ali im provements thereon; levied on to be sold as the property of H. J. Solomen, one ol the defendants, under and by virtue of a li. fa. Psued from the city court of Doug las in favor of Dwelle A Dwelle against H.J.andJ. L. Solomen. Also at the same time and place the fol lowing described property: eighty (80) acres, morvor less, of land lot No '528 it) the sth district of Coffee county, Ga., hounded north by the B. A W R. R., on the sout h by land of Lewis Bectom, on the west by land of John Graham and on the east by land of T. M. Ponsell. Also twenty (20) acres, more or less, of land lot No 548 in the sth district of—Coffee cottV ty, Ga , and hounded as follows: on the north by B. it \V. R. It., on the west by land of John Graham, on the east by land ot T. M. Ponsell and on the south by , Lewis Bectom. The said tvv* tracts con taining one hundred (LOO) acres, more or less, and being almost in the square. S lid property leved upon as the property of Rachel Holt under and by virtue of a li. fa in favor of J. A. Danghtrey,' Admit - istrator on the estate of Peter Vickers, de ceased, from the city court of Douglas. This li. fa. being based upon a judgement for borrowed money seem ed by a deed up ion said premises, the deed reconveying said described land to Rachel licit, as re ' united by law, has been executed , tiled and recorded before levey was made. Also at the same time and place will I e sold to the highest and best bidder tlie following described land : a tract or par cel of lani situated on the north side of the right-of-way of the A. A 1!. 11. R. in the town of lhishnell, <ia., said county, same being one hundred and fifty (150) ft front and running back north of equal width as front two hundred and fifty (250) ft, more or less, and the land whereon ;'is situated the storehouse now occupied by .lames Smith. Said property levied upon and sold as the property of the defendant, James Smith, under and by virtue of two li. fas. from the city court of Douglas—one in favor of the Fitzgerald Mercantile Co. against James Smith and the other in fa vor of Meinhard. Kchnul A Co. against James Smith and W. W. Willis This oth day of June, 100.5. W. W. SOUTHERLAND Slier; JT The I»Ie of Mnn. The Isle of Man Is situated in the Irish sea, nearly equidistant from England and Ireland and belongs to Great Britain. The government is vested in a lieutenant governor, execu tive council and house of keys. It was ruled by Northmen from the ninth or tenth to the thirteenth century; was annexed to Scotland by Alexander 111. and was afterward ruled by various kings. It was ruled by the Stanley family from the beginning of the fif teenth century to 173.5, when it passed to the earls of. Atbole. In 1765 the British government acquired most of the royal rights of the Athole family, the last rights falling to the crown in 1820. English is generally spoken, and the native Manx is fast disappearing. It has an area of 220 square miles and a population of 56,000. The three legs used on its coins are the emblem of the Island and signify “The Isle of Man kneels to England, kicks at Scotland and spurns Ireland.” Lord Liverpool’s Rape of the Teapot. Lord Liverpool, who was traveling incognito, after breakfasting at a hotel In London, ordered his valet, a raw Sussex youth, to clear the table and pack everything in a portmanteau. By this order, of course, -was meant Lord Liverpool’s letters and papers. But the youth took it to include the silver teapot and spoons. When Lord Liver pool was driving down Oxford street a cry of “Stop thief!” was raised, and the landlord of the hotel arrived in hot pursuit. There in the street the prime minister lia< the mortification of hav ing his luggage opened, and in it was found the plate. Never would the statesman laugh at the episode even years after, so great was his fear that the story might get into the newspa pers.—London Spectator. A Political Secret. Do fore Napoleon 111., emperor of France, became interested in the Mex ican empire project he had a plan in mind for certain mysterious military operations in Morocco. A writer says: ‘•The Germaji agent of a firm of Liege gunsmiths used to go at dead of night to a private door in the Rue St. Hooore, press a button and be received in secret by Louis Napoleon himself. The Ger man was to secure arms to the order of Napoleon, but all was to be secret. Payment was to be made through a Swiss banking house, as part of the capital of a railway in the Grisons. But it all came to nothing. Mexico claimed the horizon and the German and his guns were forgotten, and the' secret of it all is still to seek.” A Queer Insect. The “walking sticks,” “walking leaves,” etc., are among the most curi ous forms of insects inhabiting tropical America. They belong to the great family of phasmldaes and are as odd specimens of animated nature as one could well Imagine. The type of the family Is an elongated creature with a cylindrical brown body, looking exact ly like a small limb or twig with the bark on. Some of the branches of this numerous family live in the torrid por tions of Africa, where they attain enor mous sizes. Vane, the great traveler, said he had seen them so large that “they had the general appearance of great, animated clubs moving up and down the branches and trunks of the gigantic tropical trees.” “Handle With Care.” If you send a package marked “Han dle With Care" by freight, the railway employees will take every opportunity to tumble It around and dump it on the depot platform as though it were a bale of hay. We once saw a railroad employee so sick he could scarcely hold up his head, but when Ills wandering eye happened to. fall on a package marked “Handle With Care” he arose with an expiring effort and threw the blamed thing the length of the depot platform, danced upon it, then shrieked and died.”—Alma (Kan.) Signal. Sensitive Nerves. When the points of a hairpin are passed along the cheek from a point near the eye to the edge of the upper lip they seem to separate. The reason Is found in the fact that the nerves of the upper lip are more sensitive than those of the cheek and consequently differentiate the two points. Portions of the back are so little sensitive to the touch that two points throe inches apart will create the impression of but one. The Highest Tides. The highest tides in all Europe occur in the Bristol channel, where at spring tides there is sometimes a difference of over forty feet between high and low water. The highest tides In the world occur at Fundy bay, Nova Scotia, where the difference Is over seventy feet. The lowest tides in the world ex ist at Lake Michigan, where the differ ence between high and low water is only three inches. HomemaktiiK. Men do not make their homes unhap py because they have genius, but be cause they have not enough genius. A mind and sentiments of a higher order would render them capable of seeing and feeling all the beauty of do mestic ties.—L ords worthy A iJoict tret. In Thomas E. Parish's book, “Gold Hunters of California,” are some good stories of the old days. Here is a yam about the biggest gambiug Mr. Parish knew of in that time of big betting; “A man of the name of Moore had been betting and lost over and over sums aggregating several thousands of dollars on the game of faro. Finally, as he turned to leave, the dealer asked, ‘Are you through V’ Moore halted, hesi tated, then, turning and taking from his pocket a key, held it up and said, •I will bet you everything in my safe, which this key unlocks, on the ten.’ •How much is in your safe?’ inquired the dealer. ‘I do not know, but it is a large sum. If you win take the key, open the safe and secure all the money you find there. If I win we will go to the safe together, count the money and you must cover the amount,’ was the answer. The challenge v,as ac cepted, the bet made, and Moore won something over $47,000.” London's ‘-Mohocks.” At the beginning of the eighteenth century a number of ruffianly young men of the higher classes—called by Swift “a race of rakes that play the devil about the town every night”— known as “Mohocks,” infested Lon don, sallying out drunk into the streets, carrying short clqjos loaded with lead at both ends and perpetrat ing shameful cruelties upon peaceable passersby, wantonly wounding and disfiguring the men and subjecting all alike to atrocious insults. Lccky says that matrons inclosed in barrels were rolled down the steep and stony Snow hill. Watchmen were un mercifully beaten and their noses wore slit. Coaches and chairs were overturned on rubbish heaps, and coun try gentlemen visiting the theaters had to be accompanied by their armed re tainers as if in time of war.—Pearson's Weekly. A Fitting Reply. Major Lomax of the United States army w;ts visiting in Canada soon after the war of ISI2. Ho was enter tained in Quebec by the officers of one of the royal regiments. After dinner speeches and toasts be ing in order, one of ‘ho British officers, having imbibed too generously of the champagne, gave as u toast, “The Pres ident of the United States, Dead or Alive!” The toast was accepted with laughter. Major Lomax rose to respond, saying, “Permit me to give as my toast, ‘The Prince Regent, Drunk or Sober!’ ’’ The British officer sprang instantly to his feet and in angry tones demanded, “Sir, do you intend that remark as 911 insult?” To which Major Lomax calmly an swered, “No, sir; as the reply to one.” A Funny Blunder. According to Law Notes, Sergeant Ballantine used to tell this story on Lord Chief Justice Coekburn of Eng land: One night while Ballantine was passing along Piccadilly he came across a policeman who was arresting a woman he claimed was drunk. He stopped to expostulate and stated that the woman seemed to be ill rather than intoxicated. Just at this time Lord Coekburn, who was then attorney gen eral, came by on his way home from the house of commons and Joined in the discussion. Immediately another of ficer rushed up and, seizing Coekburn by the collar, exclaimed, “I arrest you also.” “Arrest me!” cried the astonish ed attorney general. “What for?” “Oh,” replied his captor, “for many things. You are well known to the po lice.” A Wonderful Record. The Rev. Air. Mattisou was curate of Patterdalc, England, for nearly sixty years. His income for many years was £l2 and never exceeded £lB per annum. He married and lived comfortably and had four children. He buried his moth er. He married-his father and buried bis father. He christened his wife and published liis own banns of marriage in the church. He christened and mar ried n!l his own children. He educati on Ills own son until he was fit for col lege. He lived till he was ninety-six, and died worth £l,ooo.—London An swers. His Closes* Relation. "Mamma," said a young Great Bend hopeful the other day, “who is my closest relation? Are you?” ” “No,” sweetly replied the mother, “your father has that distinction. He never gives me a cent unless I ask him for it.” And it was a full half hour before the old man discovered that the paper he was reading was upside down.—Larned Tiller and Toiler. Permanent Ideals. To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent ideals—that is what keeps a man patient when the work', ignores him and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him. —Balzac. A Snrprlse In Store. Sweet Innocence —Fapa says that you can’t afford to marry. Guileful Youth—Oh, how absurd! Why, it only costs a few dollars! Sweet Innocence — Is that so? How foolish papa Is! I’ll tell him.