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The largest FURNITURE STORE in Columbus
is at 1117 Broad Street, next to the New Bank, and is
run by A. F. GIBSON & CO. They buy for FIVE
HOUSES and sell goods cheaper than any other house
in the City. GIVE THEM A CALL when you are
in Columbus and see what they will do for you.
A'
Wordsworth, the poet, in th* course of his
rambles must havo traveled at least 180,000
miles.
John Stuart Mill says in his autobiography
that bo passed most Sundays throughout tho
year in taking long rural rambles.
Charles Dickens considered walking tho
only remedy for sleeplessness, and was
happy without his accustomed walks.
Ilenry Faucott spent much of his timo
tho roads around Cambridge, taking his fa¬
vorite exercise even after he was
blind.
Robert Stephenson was to great a
that his companions woro often compelled to
call for breathing time. He never rode when
ho could avoid it.
Samuel Rogers delighted in pedestrian ex¬
ercise. Tho accident which deprived him of
tho power of walking, he said, was the great
est trial of his life.
Southey invariably sought relief from
health and those worries about “ways and
means,” which pursued him through life, in
long aubui ban rambles.
John Dalton, tho discoverer of the atomic
theory, was an indefatigable walker. He
xnado the ascent of the Cumberland moun¬
tains thirty or forty times on foot
Williarn Hutton, of Birmingham, believed
that os soon as he ceased to walk bo v»ouh.
die. When, in his U&i year, he felt deati
was drawing nigh, he exclaimed . * am go.
to my last; 1 cannot walk another step,”
Lord Chief Justice Denham was fond ol
telling of his walk from Cambridge to Lis
father’s house in Burlington street, London,
at a four mile rata His companion was
Launoolot Shad well, afterward vice chancel
lor of England.
Professor Wilson (Christopher North) was
a remarkable walker. He tramped seventy
miles to bo present at the Burns festival. A:
another time he walked from Kelso to Ed in
burgh, a distance of forty miles, to attend t
public dinner.
An entry in Sir Rowland nail’s journ:
reads; “1 walked to Btowebndgo once
week to give a lesson. This 1 could do wit
out tho least futigjo as it is only tv\c.
miles from hence, uud 1 havo oftou walk
thirty miles iu one day ”
“Bronze John" is a now r ionou Verm urr
the “Yellow Jack.*’
Tho latest English v*>rd in Paris Is “strugg
forlifer,” meaning one who has to struggle to
get a living
There will be an international horse show
in Paris next year, where $45,000 will bo dis
tributod in prizes.
A “stop-back father” {9 a new term ct re
lationship. it designates a man’s connection
with his widow’s sou by a second marriage.
Minneaix»lis has decided to build an an
school. When completed it will bo the finest
building devoted entirely to art erected west
of Chicago.
The old Confederate cruiser Shenandoah,
Waddell’s privateer, is being fitted up at San
Francisco for service in the coal carrying
trade on the Paciiic coast.
A novel summer excursion has been an ex
pedition across Greenland on snow shoes. A
party of Norwegians went from the east to
tho west coast in this way.
Tho largest market for the purchase and
sale of mules is St. Louis, where the trade
leaches $0,000,000 a year. Atlanta comes
next with a trade of $2,000,000.
A w agon road to the top of Pike’s Peak,
which has l>een in course of construction for
some time past, was completed a few days
ago, and tourists may now ride ail the way
to tho top.
Tbo favorite trampiug ground of the sea¬
son is tbo peach district. When picking
time begins the orchards and tho jails are all
filled tuid the harvest of tramps is the largest
ever recorded.
The oldest pupil now attending school in
tho United States is past the age of CO. Be
is Crazy Head, a former chief of the Crow
nation, and is enrobed as a pupil at the Car*
lisle Indian school.
There is au immense quantity of lumber in
tho booms and along tho shores of the St
John (N. B.) river yet unrafted. Tho cut
this year is 140,000,000 feet, which is 40,000,
000 in advance of last season.
Tho richest mine in Australia and perhaps
in tho world is tho Mt Morgan, in Queens¬
land. It is variously estimated as worth
from £12,000,000 to *2OO,O(X),O0& An offer
of £10,000,000 for it was refused.
.
A corked bottle containing a piece of white
paper, with the words; “Lost, May C. Long,
of Fire Island, Aug. 6, 1S88; give up all
hopes,” was found recently by boys in tho
slip at the foot of Forty-third street, Brook¬
lyn.
Miss Lena Loeb, an electric girl at Clinton,
la., pushed five strong men around a room
with tho greatest of ease, and held a 800
pound man “in a chair from tho floor against
tho united efforts of ten other men to pull
him down.”
The receipts from shipping on tho Suez ca¬
nal steadily increase. In July they were
5,340,000 francs, against 5,106,080 fraues in
July of 1887. 'the earnings in tiro first seven
months of the year were 37,071,853 francs in
1888, and 84,340,000 francs in 1887.
Considerate Tommy.
Exasperated Mother—You good for noth
tng little brats! You made so much noise 1
couldnt . near myself speak when Mrs. Smith
was hem \\ hieh one of you shall I spank
first?
Tommy—Take Emma. Ladies are always
served first,—Texas Siftings.
On an Organ Grinder.
Who lios below has gouo tho way which go all
Creatures must;
He turned tho organ handle, he's turning now to
Hust
When r^ t-—
found |- OSigned,
_ For ho luul found that lire
was naught but on©
“demultion grind.”
—Boston Courier.
Rejoiced.
Dick (calls oa Miss Smith, and spies his
rival at tho parlor window too late, having
rung)—Is Miss Smith in?
Biddy—Yis, sir.
Dick—Very glad of it Beastly weather
outside. Don’t tell her I called. (Exit.}—
Tima
A Windy Excuse.
Agent—So you want a pension, eh?
Applicant—That's what I'm hero for.
Agent—You're a healthy looking fellow.
What’s your disability?
Applicant—Caught cold in tl»e draft of
l&rt. Burlington Five Dress,
LOOK AT THIS ! I !
I F you are indeb*ed to me individually
please call at the Drug Store and settle.
My old business must be settled up this
fall. I mean basis.e-ts.
S. G. RILEY.
For Receiver.
[ reppccfiillv announce myself a candi
da 4 e for'lax Receiver of Harris county,
subject to the action of the iewocnoie par*
ty. U. K FORI’.
For Coroner.
I respectfully announce myself a candi¬
date f.»r 10 -election to «lie < ffice of- Coro¬
ner ot Harris county subject to the action
of the dt!im*(T4iie party uud soli' it tlie^up*
port of the people J. A. McCANiS.
BllCkleit’S Ariliea Salv©,
The beet Salve in the world for ents,
bruises, b »res, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sures, letter, chopped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi¬
tively cures piles, or no pay required it
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price 25c per box.
T I W. MITCHELL, PHYSICIAN AND SUR.
# gton. I wiil devote my attention this year to
Surgery and diseases of women, but will devote spe
rial ore and careful attention to any case that may
jj a th j„ treatment and in pr ce. Will treat diseases
of women at niy office on Wednesdays and Fridays,
1 am well prepared to treat any dbease peculiir : o
women—either surgical or medicina'. Can give-ref¬
erences-to a number of cases treated. Terms cash,
unless special arrangements are made.
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Attorney-at-Law.
HAMILTON, GEORGIA.
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Money for Farmers.—I am
p.irmi to negoliat loans for tnimeis at’ a
total commVsion of 12 per cent, with- iu
terest at 8 . er cent, payable once a year,
to wit # O.i Decemi*r 1,-t
L L STANFORD,
.. Coi n spoiideut.