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VOL. XVI.
UNLUCKY HOUSES.
Three Dwellings In Kondon Attended With
Unfortunate Histories.
In Catholic countries one not infre
quently a priest, attended by ac
olytes, in the act of blessing a house
prior to its adoption as a residence.
On these occasions Protestants are
apt to smile at what they are pleased
to consider a remnant of the age of
superstition. I am not so sure of this.
“Superstition” is a relative term, as
applicable to piety as to prejudice.
But let that pass. I wish to state a
fact and not to preach a sermon.
There are within my knowledge
three houses in London that are fate
ful to the last degree. Ido not know
what their previous records may have
been, but having observed these
houses with passive curiosity for
some years I notice that they con
stantly change owners while the
neighboring dwellings do not and
that their occupants Eire soon in
volved in disaster. For the sake of
convenience I will designate these
houses as A, B and C. In A during
the last six years three persons have
died. Neither of them was in fail
ing health previous to occupation,
nor did he die from an accident nor
from any malady caused by defective
drainage.
The greatest possible care was tak
en to insure the sanitary condition of
that house, and its inmates were un
aware of any rumors in connection
with it. I have said that three per
sons died. I may add that two of
them actually died on the same day.
Tn course of time the remainder of
the lease was sold to an officer then
in the prime of life and in perfect
health. He resided in that house for
two years and died there somewhat
suddenly last year.
Although B is situated in a fashion
able quarter and is a bright and
pleasant dwelling, it is but rarely oc
cupied. It has not, within my knowl
edge, been occupied for more than 12
months at a stretch by any one fami
ly, and yet, during the last six years,
two persons previously in affluent
circumstances have been financially
ruined. C has a mystery of another
kind. Although of tempting appear
ance and situated in a favorite quar
ter in the west end of London, it has
been tenantless for the last 16 years.
The house has often been painted and
redecorated, as well as structurally
improved, but hitherto in vain. The
bill “T<cLet” stands in the window
and is only removed occasionally to
make room for a fresher announce
ment. I may add that there is not
the faintest suspicion of a ghost about
the house.
Possibly other readers could give
similar experiences. lam not super
stitious, but in my humble opinion it
would not be altogether unreasonable
to employ a clergyman as an exor
cising medium in dwellings where
misfortunes so unaccountable are of
such frequent occurrence. Haunted
houses have of late years occupied
general attention, and in some cases
a cure has been effected. But un
lucky houses, though possibly far
more numerous, have escaped notice.
—Cor. Notes and Queries.
Some Friday Events.
Mayflower landed on Friday.
Bastille was burned on Friday.
Moscow was burned on Friday.
Shakespeare was boro on Friday.
Washington was born on Friday.
America was discovered on Friday.
Lincoln was assassinated on Friday.
Queen Victoria was married on
Friday.
Battle of Marengo was fought on
Friday.
King Charles I wag beheaded on
Friday.
Battle of Waterloo was fought on
Friday.
Julius Cossar was assassinated on
Friday.
Battle of New Orleans was fought
on Friday.
Joan aj Arc wasburued at the stake
on Friday.
Declaration of Independence was
signed on Friday.—Brooklyn Stand
ard-Union.
A Letter Writer Without Modesty.
The contents of a great portion of
the White House mail if given out
for publication would afford infinite
amusement to the public. During the
last Eidministration Mrs. Harrison re
ceived a letter in which the writer,
after stating at legnth the pleasure
she had experienced in reading all
published descriptions of Mrs. Hairi
son’s gowns dqring the season, closed
with the request that the mistress of
the White House would kindly for
ward samples of each one. In order
any undue confusion might be
avpideu it was further decided that
to the samples should be appended
tags giving the (late and occasion of
note on which the gown was first
worn.—Kate Field’s Washington.
§paln an<] Her polonies.
formerly £ conquering and
colonizing power, hag last the great
er part of the foreign territory
which she once ruled. But she still
bolds Cuba and Porto Rico in Anierl
ca, the Philippine and other islands
In Asia and possessions of consider
able importance in Africa. —New
York Sun._
The MUlstoue.
One of the Twins (decidedly)—One
of us must accept him.
The Other—Why!
The One—Why, you know mam
ma is under obligations to his mother
for that marmalade recipe.— Truth.
THE ONLY ONE EVER PRINTED.
Can Yon Find the Word ?
There is a 2-mch <li«pl*y #<herti'e
ment in this paper, this week, which has
no two ’words alike except on® word
the sv-oe «tfue of e»eh new one apr
pcating each week, from the Pr. Harter
Medline Co. rbir honsa plaees a
The Hartwell Sun.
The Popo und the Yonnc Capmaker.
I do not wish to leave the Vatican
without relating an anecdote of a
poetic and touching character, which
possesses also the merit of showing
the great veneration in which the
person cf the holy father is held by
devout Catholics.
Aware of the fact that a perfect
traffic in the garments of his prede
cessor was carried on some years
ago, the present pope rarely yields
to solicitations of this nature. Never
theless he is not immovable when he
is morally certain that there is no
arriere pensee of a speculative char
acter in the request.
Not knowing to whom she should
apply and being determined at all
hazards to get something belonging
to the pope, a young lady had re
course to an ingenious and bold piece
of strategy. With her own pious
hands she made a white skull cap
precisely similar to the one that is
worn by Leo XIII. At one of the re
cent pilgrimages she appeared be
fore his holiness, and holding out
her handiwork boldly asked the
good old gentleman to swap caps.
At first the pope looked astonished,
but soon his face became lighted
with a kindly, paternal smile, while
the cap remained in the outstretched
and trembling little white hand.
The pope’s smile gave her courage,
and yielding to the impulse of her
ardent piety she pulled off the holy
father’s cap and presented him with
the one she had made.
Leo XIII laughed, swapped caps
with her and gave her his blessing.
—Rome Cor. Figaro.
Curiosities of Glassmaklng.
The art of glass manufacture goes
back into antiquity to a time “when
the mind of man runneth not to the
contrary,” yet we cannot penetrate
the mists which hang over the infan
cy of what has for ages been a useful
industry. Its original discovery is al
leged, on the authority of several rep
utable writers, to have been the re
sult of an accident in which some
nitrum (supposed by some to have
been salt) was fused with sand. The
date of this event is not even approx
imately given, but is said to have
taken place on the banks of the Be
lus, in Palestine, where some mari
ners had landed and were cooking
their meals, using blocks of nitrum
to hold their pots in position.
Sir Gardner Wilkinson gives a cut
of a piece of Egyptian sculpture work
which represents two glass blow
ers plying their art in a manner
which strikes one as being surpris
ingly like that practiced at the pres
ent time. Sir Gardner informs us
that this sculpture was executed
about 3,500 yeays ago during the
reign of Beni Hassan. Theban paint
ingsandsculptures, which are known
to date back to the time of the exodus,
1400 B. C., show glass drinking ves
sels of delicate patterns and fine
workmanship, in some instances ri
valing similar vessels pf modern
make.—St. Louis Republic.
She Changed the Menu.
It was about 4 o’clock in the after
noon when the tramp knocked at the
back door of a house on Baker street,
and it was about 4 o’clock >uid one
minute when the lady of the man
sion opened it.
“Will you give me something to
eat, lady?” inquired the caller, touch
ing his hat.
“Yes,” and the lady went in and
came out with half a pie, and good
pie, too, for the women on that street
know how to make pie fit for the
gods.
The tramp didn’t offer to tako it
from her hands.
“Don’tyou want something to eat?”
she asked to
“Yes, lady, but pot pip."
“Why not? I made it myself. 1 ’
“That would be sufficient to make
it fit for kings, lady," he said hope
lessly, “but, lady, I cannot eat pie
for breakfast. I was not reared in
New England.
“Why, this isn’t breakfast time,"
she exclaimed.
“It is for me, lady," ho said sadly,
“inasmuch as I’ve had nothing to eat
since last night.” And she changed
the menu.—Detroit Free Press.
Thoughts on Dining.
Dinner is a refreshment and should
be such most of all to the anxious,
as Leigh Hunt well says, and who
has written more entertainingly
concerning eating than this neglect
ed essayist ? Hunt disliked to see a
yr oman carving, “acting the part of
Judith and heaving away a great
piece of beefZ He did not like the
custom of serving up dishes “that
retain a look of ’life in death’—cod
fish with their staring eyes.” Nor
would he allow “anxious subjects”
so be discussed at the table. Hunt
Was not alone in his careful regula
iion of gulosity. Dr. Johnson often
remarked “that wherever the dinner
|s ill got there is poverty, or there is
ayariee, or there is stupidity,” and
jong before him i| was said in Eccle
siastes, “ft cheerful stud good heart
will have a care of his meat and
drink."—Buffalo Commercial.
Metals That Fuse With Dlaaaondii.
Metallic iron when heated to its
melting point combines energetically
with the diamond, and crystals of
graphite are deposited as the fused
mass of iron-awl diamond cools. It
will be remembered that graphite
and diamond are two of the forms in
which native carbon occurs —Ex
change.
Ths Best Bleed Remedy.
August A. KUgss, 810 St. Charles
street. Baltimore. writes : “From
my youth 1 suffered from a poh-onous
taint in tn v Vlood. My free and body
wss continually affected with eruptions
and America, but no remedy overcame
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HARTWELL, HART CO., GA., FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1893.
THE TALE Or A TRUNK.
One Journey Stiffict d to Turn a Thing nt
Beauty Into a Wreck.
When I left the shop last June, I
was a thing cf beauty, and in conse
quence considered myself a joy for
ever. My complexion was faultless,
a beautiful underdone veal color, and
my buckles were polished like a
patent leather boot. My straps were
smooth an* their holes symmetrical
and as round as the letter O, and my
lock operated inevitably in obedience
to the turn of the key.
I well remember when I left my
mistress’ house, filled to repletion
and my girth supported and sustain
ed by a lusty strap of leather. As I
reposed at the rear of the carriage
which bore me away, I could not but
pride myself upon my beauty and
perfect health. But my tranquillity
received a rude shock when, upon ar
riving at the railroad station, the
hackman yanked me from my perch,
letting me drop on my end upon the
pavement with a truly dull, sicken
ing thud.
Save the breaking of one of my
hinges, however, and the demolition
of the leather on one end which re
ceived the blow, I sustained no detri
ment from this downfall. I was then
seized by one of the railroad em
ployees and dragged across the depot,
relinquishing two of my casters in
transit, and given in charge of the
baggage master. By him I was
checked and chucked onto a truck
for conveyance to the car. If I re
member aright, I dropped off only
twice on the way, but I had become
used to falls by this time, and my ad
ditional contusions I hardly regarded.
Arrived at the car, I was seized by
two men, and away I flew through
air.
When I landed my lock was broken,
my remaining hinge shattered, and
the tongue of the buckle to the strap
which encircled me giving way my
lid came off, and my contents were
exposed to the vulgar gaze and run
ning over upon the floor of the car.
The clothing and things were foi’ced
into me again and my cover forced on,
and what with the strap, a few nails
and a few yards of clothesline I man
aged to hold myself together during
the journey. I will not weary by de
tailing my various trials. Suffice it to
say that what with knocks and falls
and divers other misfortunes 1 be
came what you see me. What is
that you say? You see no trunk?
Only a handle? Well, that is all
there is left of mo.—Boston Tran
sci-ipt.
Proving a Joke.
At Harnett county (N. C.) superior
court a few years since, Judge Sliipp
presiding, the trial of a cause had
been protracted till near midnight.
The jury were tired and sleepy and
showed flagging attention. Willie
Murchison, who was addressing the
jury, thought to arouse them, so he
said, “Gentlemen, I will tell you an
anecdote.” Instantly the judge, the
jury and the few spectators pricked
up their ears and were all attention,
as Murchison was admirable in that
line, had a fund of anecdotes, and no
one could tell them better. But he
soon proceeded to. tell one of the
dullest, prosiest, most pointless jokes
possible. Everybody looked disap
pointed. The judge leaning over
said in an unmistakable tone of dis
appointment, “Mr. Murchison, I
don't see the point of that joke.”
“Nor I, either,” replied the witty
counsel. “But your honor told it to
me on pur wfty down here, and as I
thought the’ lack of appreciation
must be due to my obtuseness I con
cluded to give the joke a trial by
jury.”—Green Bag.
The Matter of Faith In Being Cured.
If you could persuade people to be
lieve that the application of a cat's
tail to a rheumatic limb would cure
them, it is beyond a question that
such an application would do them
good. On this, then, rests many of
the stranger fads of practice, such as
the faith cure, directly and indirect
ly, the grape cure, the milk cure, the
water cure, the rest cure, and in fact
nearly all of the cure alls. As in the
water cure, some of these have dis
tinctly hygienic conditions which en
able nature to do lier best for the pa
tient ; but, added to these and largely
aiding them, comes the belief which
brings about the curative influence
of the mind on the body.—Cyrus Ed
son, M. D., in North American Re
view.
Men Are Quicker Than Women.
In spite of the nonsense which is
written about the identity of the
mental characteristics of men and
women there is a marked difference
between the two sexes—a difference
not necessarily implying superiority
or inferiority, but an essential dis
tinction in character. The possession
of the faculty of quick determination
is not as well marked in {he case of
the majority of women as it is iq
pen, and the question presents itself
whether this useful faculty is papp
i)ie of cultivation. —-London Queen.
New York City’s Population.
The city of New York, the popula
tion of which is now beyond 2,000,-
000, must within a very few years be
the second city in the world. The
next census will most likely show its
population to be greater than that of
Paris. This city is growing more
rapidly than any of the other ebirf
cities of the world. There were but
60,000 people here at the opening of
the century.—New York Sun.
Shiloh's Consumption Cure.
This is beyead question the most sue
cessful (lough Medicine we bare ever
sold, a few dwes inearibly cure th«
worsf cases of Congh. Crppp and broftx
first discorerr it has
IN AN UNCONSCIOUS STATE.
Sensations Experienced by One Who Has
Been “Knocked Ont.”
Seme weeks sinefe, when attending
the field trials conducted under the
management of the Pacific Coast
Field Trials club, I met with au un
usual experience. Three gentlemen
and myself were riding out to the
grounds in a surrey. The morning
was unusually cool. A damp, thick
fog lay over the valley, rendering
the drive somewhat chilly. In order
to vary the monotony of the drive
and give expression to the great
amount of animal spirits which we
possessed an impromptu boxing
match, without rules or referee, was
indulged in by myself and another,
the “other” being a regular “Gentle
manly Jim.” Several rounds were
enjoyed when I was caught with a
good strong blow “jn the right
place,” as the “pugs" put it, in the
region of the heart.
Immediately I felt a warm, sicken
ing sensation in the region of the
stomach, and the wave of heat seemed
to sweep upward. I immediately
realized that I was going to faint.
The next instant I had passed into
entirely different environment —into
a new state of being. From a state
of chilliness I became warm, and,
while retaining my power of sensa
tion in so much that I can now recall
every object as it then seemed to me,
yet it was entirely different in feeling
from the sensation experiencefl in my
normal condition.
The sky and atmosphere seemed of
roseate tint, and I lay at ease, float
ing unconcernedly through the air.
What seems strange to me now is
that I saw myself, was watching
myself, floating along in all the
luxury of unefforied progress, as
if I, the observer, and I, the ob
served, were two separate and dis
tinct beings—a segregated duality.
I have heard of this sensation being
very common in dreams, but this
was my first experience of the im
pression. Below me I could see but
Indistinctly the forms of men on the
ground, houses, trees, lakes and riv
ers.
The sensation changed slowly, and
the music that had so charmed me
died softly away in the distance, and
then I began to feel a shudder pass
over my body. Then I heard faint
ly the sound of voices, and next I
could make out but dimly the forms
of those about me. Then like a flash
sight and hearing were fully restored,
and I heai'd my friend, the doctor,
say: “We've saved him. He will be
all right.” Then I was informed of
the fact that my heart had ceased
action for quite a minute and a half,
and that two minutes of inaction was
the limit to which it could have ex
tended and any rational how hayo
remained of my recovery. There was
no indication of any pain whatever.
I had no thought of fear.—Cor. Breed
er and Sportsman.
Single Men and Working Women.
According to the last census reports,
there are over 3,000,000 bachelors in
the United States—by which is meant
there are 3,000,000 men over 30 years
old who have never been married.
How many of these 3,000,000 bache
lors are single from choice rather
than necessity?
The factors affecting the ability to
support a wife have been much
changed under the newer industrial
and commercial conditions. So great
has become the competition for places
among the higher pprapjtg, and feu
largely have women come to fill posi
tions once exclusively occupied by
men that the bureaus of industrial
statistics show a larger and larger
percentage of men in these pursuits
whose incomes, from their point of
view, will not permit them to marry.
It is easy to scold the young men
in this matter—quite as easy to find (
fault with the young women who are
looking out for husbands with plenty
of ready money.- But there is noth
ing in the published census figures
regarding the average earnings of
certain classes of workers which at
all warrants the conclusion that the
majority of these 3,000,000 unmar
ried men remain single through wil
fulness rather than what they deem
necessity.—Philadelphia Times.
A Boy’s Revenge.
Dr. Wines had been formerly the
principal of a boys’ school. One day
he had occasion to “trounce” a boy,
and it is to be supposed did the work
thoroughly. The lad took his revenge
in away that the doctor himself
could not help laughing at
Dr. Wines’ front door bore a plate
on which was the one word, “Wines.”
The boy yrrote an addition fn big let
ters, so that the inscription ran:
: Wises and Omen Likehs. :
—fiostim Glpbfr
Salaries of Brlfiaft c
The salaries of the British exnbasr
sftdora are: To this country, 135,000
a year; to France, $45,000; to Austria,
$40,000; to Turkey, $40,000; to Rus
sia. $39,000; to Germany, $37,500; to
Italy, $35,000; to Spain, $27,500. The
British embassadors have also official
residences.
Why He Hold. Her Arm.
No, George, that is not an officer
of tke law, and he is not carrying
that .young woman off to prison. He
has not captured her, but she has I
captured him. That is why he grasps
her arm so clingingly.—Boston Ti-an
script '
ef my customers came in to-day
and asked me for the best cough medi-
I cine f had,” says I* w Young, q propL
I neat druggist of Jiewpian Grove Neb.
I “Qf Course I shared ftiw Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy, and be did not ask to
| sea atty• ether. I b*r» never yet sold a
| medicine that would loosen and relieve
|a ee.we oold co .piiokly as that Remedy
jdoea. I have sold four down of it within
last 00 days and do not denote of a
Lri* «•« ‘t lfae
satisfactiw..” 50 cent hot-
A Roland For His Oliver.
Theodore Hallam was standing on
the steps of the Covington jiostof
fice when an oid colored man came
up and touching his hat asked:
“Kin you toll me is dis de place
where dey sells postage stamps?”
“Yes, sir; this is tho place,” re
plied the lawyer, seeing a chance for
a little quiet fun, “but do you
want with postage stamps, uncle?"
“To mail a letter, sah, of co’se.”
“Well, then, you needn’t bother
about stamps. You don’t have to
put any on this week.”
“I don’t?"
“No, sir.”
“Why for not?"
“Well, you see, the conglomera
tion of the hypothenuse has differ
entiated the parallelogram so much
that the consanguinity doesn’t emu
late the ordinary effervescence, and
so the government has decided to
send letters free.”
Tire old man took off his hat dubi
ously, shook his head and then with
a long breath remarked:
“Well, Ikjss, all dat may be true,
an I don't say it ain’t. But just
s’posen dat de ecksentricity of de ag
gregation transubstanshuates de ig
nominiousness of de puppendickeler
and sublunites de puspicuity of de
consequences, don’t you qualificate
dat de government would confisti
cate dat dere letter? I guess I'd jest
better put some stamps on anyhow
fer luck.”
And he passed solemnly on,—Cin
cinnati Commercial Gazette.
School Punishment, a Generation Ago.
School discipline was maintained
a generation ago mainly by coercion.
The rural pedagogue plied the switch
mercilessly. Ferules were in con
stant use in the schoolroom. There
were many barbarous punishments.
One of these savage martinets in
New Jersey devised a collar and hal
ter for lifting big boys off their feet
and nearly strangling them. He
also strung up small boys by the
thumbs until they were blue in the
face. One day he put a demure,
modest gill to shame for the trivial
offense of whispering. He called her
to the platform and ordered all the
boys to file by and kiss her.
A few lads, giggling as they went
forward, kissed the poor girl, who
was blushing scarlet from mortifica
tion. Then a champion appeared in
her defense. A tall, reaoluto boy, in
stead of following orders and increas
ing her mortification, made a dash
for the desk and assaulted the teach
er. A pitched battle ensued, in which
the teacher was defeated. His pres
tige suffered from this reverse. He
had to abandon the field.
The natural effect of brutality was
the conversion of country schools
into breeding places for bullies. Boys
who were flogged for small misde
meanors and tortured for mischiev
ous pranks grew up with hard, resent
ful natures.— Youth’s Companion.
The Chinaman In the Household.
As servants the Chinese are very
ca]>able in many respects and very
undesirable in others. They never
gossip about the affairs of a family
that employs them. They learn
whatever it is desired they should
know, acquiring skill with apparent
ease by means of their wonderful
power of imitation. They are per
fectly willing to do every sort of
housework, and the average servant
will act as cook, chambermaid, laun
derer and waiter all for one salary. i
They cannot bear to be ordered <
about by women. They will take any
amount of scolding or fault finding
from a man and none from a woman.
In two cases of which I hearfl the 1
Chinese servants chased their mis- I
tyesses out of their houses with axes. I
A very vexatious thing is that they
never give warning when they are 1
going to leave a place. They sud- 1
deuly announce, “Me want to go,” 1
and the utmost questioning is not 1
likely to elicit any more than “Me 1
want to go; me tired. ’’ —Julian Ralph 1
in Harper’s Weekly. 1
r i
Authors For the Young.
Why do all the world love Dickens
as they have never loved any other
writer? Because his books make us
gentler, kinder, braver for the read- 1
ing, and they must be true because
of it. It is surprising how young l
children understand and appreciate
him, and the treasure house once
opened they will wander at will un- 1
til they shall become hopeless cynics.
It is to be supposed that all girlft
are familiar with Miss Alcott’s
but many of them do not knoiy Miss
Muloch. For good, wholesome views
of life no writer has ever excelled
such works as “A Noble Life,” “A
Woman’s Kingdom” and “John Hali
fax, Gentleman.” —New York Times.
Queer Russian Beligioua Sect*.
There ar£ pot less than 15,000,000
followers of insane and cranky po
tions in the empire of the czar These
communities of devout and deluded
beings are constantly being enlarged
in spite of all efforts made to the con
trary by the government.
One of these sects is known as the
“Runaways.” As soon as they em
brace the new faith they fly from
their villages and towns, destroy
their identity as much as possible and
henceforth live as savages.— j
delphia Press. ,
UH Flito.
“Why do you always speak ill of
your friends?” i
“What would you have? I don’t (
know any other persons. Figaro. |
Eternal Yigtlaace
Js the pric® of health. But with all our
precaution there are enemies always 1
lurking about our systems, only railing
a favorable opportunity to- assert them
selves, Impurities in the blood may be 1
hidden for years or even for generations:
and suddenly break forth, undermining
health and hastening death. Fer all dis
eases arising from impure blood Hood’s
Sarsaparilla is the unequalled and unap
proached remedy. It is King of them
ail, for it conquers disease.
AN EVERYDAY REALIST.
No doubt I’m one of the big coarse crowd that
men of teaming oft rate as fools,
That work for bread when they've matched
their e.hance of a few fleet years at the
common schools.
I’m only a carpenter that lives in a cheap New-
York Eighth avenue flat
With a plain but tender and trusting wife and
one boy baby, funny and fat.
Yet it cheers if 1 read for an hour or more
(when I'm not too tired to keep from bed).
And 1 choose past all what the poets write,
with their rhymes that haunt me in heart
and head.
For the trip and the tinkle, the swing and ring
have away of setting my blood aglow
Uko the gurgles from cold moss borderer!
brooks when willow stem* feather and
south winds blow.
I’m a city bred fellow, and yet I've gained some
few glad glimpses of streams and trees.
That is why nearly all of my favorite verse Is
so filled with the echoes of birds and bees.
Yet I can’t help wishing some poet would dress
his melodious language In spells that deal
With the tunes and tints of such days as mine,
their cares and comforts, their woe and
weaL
I should love some poem that deigned to tell of
my toil with chisel and adze and saw.
Os my resolute hammer, my whistling plane,
my tawny shavings, my plank’s tough
flaw:
1 should love the laugh of the line to trill with
my Mary’s voice and my babe’s gay ooo;
I should love the light of the lines to beam
with their four sweet eyes of so bland a
blue.
I should love to read of the lowlier lot which
is mine and people's of my degree—
The neat, prim parlor, the stubborn Steve the
company coming for Sunday tea.
The wide open windows while summer broods,
the jingle of cars in hot streets unclean.
The holiday spent at West Brighton beach
and the planning of just what its cost
may mean.
Ob, these are the sights and sounds I should
prize In the pictures and music my poets
make.
Though perchance thus to prize is to prove my
tastes are but trivial and shallow beyond
mistake.
Yet I feel these poets would pardon outright
my impudence, boldness and faults like
that
It they knew what a welcome their song* have
won even here in this humble Eighth
avenue flat.
—Edgar Fawcett in Youth's Companion.
A Novelty In Trolleys.
In a recent electric road construct
ed in England a radical departure
from American methods has been
made. A trolley wire is suspended
from arms projecting from steel
columns. No guy wires are em
ployed, as the steel wires are especial
ly designed to withstand severe
strains. At the corners the trolley
wire, instead of following a curve of
the same radius as the track, as in
the American systems, is turned on
an angle, the whole System depend
ing on the flexibility of the trolley
arm, or side collector, as it called,
which automatically engages the
trolley wire in any position from 2to
12 feet from the side of the car. An
other change from American prac
tice is the adoption of a pressure of
only 350 volts. The cars are only 22
feet long and are equipped with two
motors of 15-brake horsepower run
ning at 400 revolutions.—New York
Telegram.
Art and Fating.
A set of dessert plates valued at an
enormous price are to be seen in the
window of a large china shop. Each
one is adorned with an exquisitely
painted head of some French beauty.
It is another instance of good work
perverted. Charming as the result
is, one is forced to remember Oscar
Wilde's sarcasms st the expense of
those who “take their canvasback
duck from a flower, and send down
A sunset to be washed by the cook.”
As he observed, “We want fine
painting, but in its place—not to eat
from it nor to desecrate it with the
addition of food to hide it.”—Phila
delphia Press.
White the Color of Cheap Beitauraat*.
A surprising number of new res
taurants of tho cheaper sort are
painted white. Probably their pro
prietors are following a fashion set
by a New Yorker whoee bill of fare
consisted largely of milk, who intend
ed $o imply as much by the cream
colored front of his place. The so
called “dairy” restaurants and coffee
houses that are scattered about the
land and that are painted white are
numbered by hundreds.—New York
Sun.
Roumanla'i Royal VWWIU
The royal crown of Roumania is
made of bronze, the metal having
once done service in the shape of can
nons. Samples from 62 war tested
guns, each of which was captured
from some enemy, are included in
the makeup of this royal insignia.—
St Louis Republic.
■ ' l»P-LL , -l . - -
At three of the large London rail
way stations—Charing Cross, Cannon
Street and London Bridge—as many
as 32,969 movements for signal and
point levers have to be made every
24 hours quite apart from the tele
graphic operations.
The oriole’s loud, fifelike notes
ringing from the high tree tops in the
morning are an ample refutation of
the old theory that melody and
bright plumage have never been be
stowed on the same bird.
It is unreasonable to suppose that
a given remedy will strike every case
of the disease for which it is intend
ed. The patient is to be treated—not
the disease.
Maria de Medici, the wife of Louis
XU, fund as she was of flowers, gen
erally speaking, could not disguise her
repugnance to roeee—even painted
ones.
A German savant declares that all
diamonds found W this eart u came
from the moon on ierohtee or me
teorites.
Beserriag Praise.
We desire to say to oar citizens, that
for years we have been sailing Dr. King’s
New Discovery fer Oonsumptien, Dr.
Kings New Life Pilis, Bock lets *8 Arnica
Salve and Eisetnc Bitters, and have never
handled remedies that sell as well, or
that Lave given such universal sa'.isfao
tUa. We do not hesitste to
them every time, and we stand ready to
refund the purchase price, if satisfactory
results da not follow their use. These
LESSENS PAIN—INSURES SAFETY 1
to LIFE of MOTHER and CHIU.
My wife, after having used Mother’s
Friend, passed through theordeal with
little pain, was stronger in one hour
than in a week after the birth of her
former child. J. J. McGoldbiok,
Beans Sta., Tenn. I
Mother's Friend robbed pain of It* terror
and shortened labor. 1 bare the benlthta**
child I ever saw.
Mu. L. M. Ahzbx, Cochran, Go.
Sent by expreM, charge* prepaid, on receipt
of price, fl 50 per bottle. Book "To Mother*"
mailed free.
_ HeQUUtTdt co..
For Sale by allDniggUta.
Hart Comity directory.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Ordinary F C StephnaMa
Clerk Superior CourtM M RicuriiMi. _-
Sheriff JR Le&ra
Tax Collector Jeese C Vhfcwjf ■
Tax Receiver AL McCurry
Treasurer...Thoe H Burtou
County School CommissionerJ. R. Stsphess
Poor honse StewardW. C.Myers J
Coroner Wm. E. Cleveland
SUPERIOR COURT CALENDAR.
JudgeHamiltea MoWherier
Solicitor GeneralW M Howard
Spring Term—Third Monday in March.
Fall Term—Third Monday in September.
JUSTICE COURTS CALENDAR.
1112th District. Harwell—lst Thursday.
J H Skelton, J P., H. J. Goes, N F
1113th District, Ray’s—lst Saturday.
Ira M Brown, J P.. EG Brown, ■
1114th District, Smith's—lth Friday
L M Cuaningham, N P
1115th District, Reed Creek— 2d Saturday.
R H Martin, J P., B J McLesky, X P
1116th District, Hall’s--2d Wednesday.
John S Roe, J P.. M A Duncan, M P
1117th District, Shoal Cieek—4th Saturday.
J C Walters, J P., J A Adams, N P
meth District, McCurry’s—3d Saturday.
B A Teasley, J P., CH N Brown, N P
119th District, Alford’s—Friday before 3d Satd'y.
W A Sanders, J P., Lit Richardson, N P
CHURCH CALBNDAR.
METHODIST-UAKTWELL CUtCUIT.
PrMidiag Eltter.—R«v J F Mixon, D. D.
Preacher in charge Rer R B O England
Hartwell—-2d and 4th Sundays, 11.30 am; 7.3* p m
railroad time. Prayer meeting Wednesday
Bight, 7.30 Sunday School Sunday morning
at 10 o'clock. M,L Parker, Superintendent.
Bethesda—lst Sunday and Saturday before. Prayer
meeting every Sunday night. Sunday Schonl
every Sunday morning. B A Teaaley, Sup*. •
Cokesbury—3d Sunday and Saturday before Sun
day School every Sunday morning. D O Chap
man, Supi.
HARTWELL MISSION.
J N Walll'aater
New Bethel—Sunday and Saturday before. Sun
day School every Sunday morning, a L
Adame. Supt.
Liberty Hill—2d Sunday and Saturday before.
Sunday School every Sunday morning. A J
Mullanlx, Supt.
Mt. Zion- 4th Sunday and Saturday before, tarn
day School every Sunday morning. Mia* ana*
uie Tyler, Supt.
Redwine-Rev A H S Bugg, Pa»tor. M Sunday
and Saturday before.
Macedonia— A H S Bugg. Paster, let Sanday
and Saturday before.
Fellowship—A H S Bugg, Pastor. M Sunday
afternoon.
BAPTIST.
Hartwell—Rev AV. Keese, Pastor, tel'ud M
Snudnvs. 11 am and S pm. Sunday School
10.30 am. D C Alford. Supt. Prayer maattag
every Friday evening at 8 o’clock* S M Bobo,
Leader.
Cellar Creek—Rev. T J Rucker, Pastor. 4th Sun
day and Saturday before. Sunday School »a.
m. H F Hailey, Supt.
Bowersville—Rev J II McMullan, Pastor, let
Sunday Ham. Sunday School 10 am.
Sardis—Re>. J R Earle. *1 Suuday and Saturday
before. Sunday School 10 am. MM Kicharn
son, Supt.
Heudrys -Rev J G Christian, Pastor. 2d Sunday
and Saturday before. Sunday School 10 at»
Shoal creek—Rev Purcell. 4tb Sunday and
Saturday before Ham. Sunday School 10 a m.
Cannons—F M Cote, Pastor. 2d Sunday and Sat
urday before. Sunday School 10 am.
Creaa Roads—Rev F M Estes, Pastor. 4th Sunday
and Satutday before. Sunday School 1* am. -
Rock Springs—Rev F M Estes, Pastor. 3d Sunday
and Saturday before. Sunday School >0 a at.
Mt. Olivet—Rev A J Cleveland, Paator. Ist Sun
day.
New Prospect—Rev J J Iteek. Pastor, let Sunday
and Saturday before. Sunday School.
Mt. Hebron—Rev T R Wright, Paator. 2d Sun
day and Sal urday before. Sunday School 1*
am. KA Vickery, Supt.
Milltown, Rev T A Thornton, Paator. 3d Sun
day and Saturday before. Suuday School IS
am. W A Sanuera, Suit.
Bethany—Rev B J McLeeky, Paator. 3d Sunday
and Saturday bsfore. Sunday School IS a m
Read Creek-Rev B J McLesky, Paator. Sth Sun
day and Satuiday before. Sunday School IS
■ a m.
Bio—Rev. G. J. Cbriatian, Pastor. 3d Sunday
and Saturday before. Sunday School 1# e’eteck
every Sunday morning. BL A. Teasley, Supt.
Flat Shoal—Rov. E. R. Goo*. Paator. 2d Sunday
Oak Bower—Rev. B. R. Goes, Paator. tth Sun
day.
Mt. Hermon—Rev. T. A. Thornton. Paator. la*
Sunday aud Saturday before.
HcHySpringa- -Rev. W. J. Vickery. 4th Sunday
■* *lHUy' TX*IDf
Hartwell-Rev R E I ollol ! J! I ’UaMC-_3d*jj*»
mon lag and night. Prayer
night.
Pleasant Hill—Rev R E Tettsrd. bum 4tb
Sunday, 11 am. Sunday School »JS am.
Royston [Franklin Co ) —Rev R E Telford, Paa
tor. Ist Sunday morning and night
HARTWELLDIRECTORY.
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS
D A Perritt Mayor.
J R Meredith, Secretary A Treasure*.
T P Haiti*,
O C Brown.
V K Satterfleld.
Marshal-F M Carter.
THE HARTWELL BANK.
Capital, t4o.ooU.te.
X B Benson Pre*. J W WUlam*. Vtea Proa
' S W Peek. Cashier.
Director.; J W William*. J D Math Men, J M
McMullan, D C Alford. E B Beason.
Bank hours, trom 10 a m to 4 p m.
HARTWELL INSTITUTE.
rsCVLTT :
Prof. M L Parker, A M, PriacipaL
Prof. S M Bobo.
Mrs M L Parker.
Mrs R E Telford, Music.
Tklsti.es . E B Benaen. J M Tbovatee, D W S
Johnson. M M Richardson. J H Magill.
MASONIC.
Hartwell Lodge Ko. 188 F A. M_ «ret
A Thursday awht in each month.
-/Vm-OfltoereTj R Meredith. W M; A X
XX Alford. 8W ; JID J Wt
/XX j m Tfeon*’ 0 "' \
SO; K f ID; J P Roberto, »». £» I
A Porritt, JS; J E Scott Tytor.
KNIGHTS OF HONOR. \ J
Frat Tuesday and Thlvd Saturday J
OSoore: M L Parker, Dtetam; W Y HoOm£_l
ZSSFi SfA’WSMSiJS;
Thoretetu Jtopreeentative Grand Lodge.
MOYAL ARCANUM.
” - w-g r*. AS
SHERIFF'S SALE.
'tTTILL BE SOLD before the Court Homo *at J
V y te Hartwell, Hart cor.atv. Ga. during the
on <’■« west eeatamiisg two hundred terea, 73
NO. 42.