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Satiated. 1* »• . y a U h J Jt-SL, X % » > 'J? t Mr. Wm. Goat—“Say, Nana, will you take luncheon with me? I know where there's a nice lot of fresh tomato cans.” Miss Nana Goat—“Thank you, Billy; but I’ve just eaten half of Mrs. Mooney’s wash, and I couldn’t hold another mouth ful.”— Judge. “Evangeline,” Either of the “Bayard,” following “Monarch engravings, of the Glen” or “The First Step,” without advertising on thorn, size 20x24 inches, given with one 50 cent or two 25 cent bottles of Ideal Tooth Powder. These are not cheap D. Bowman, lithographs, but works of art. A. Dentist, Nicliolia, Idaho, says, I am using your Ideal Tooth Powder, and find it superior to all others. •safely The engraving the 24tli “Evangeline” arrived on of December, making it seem like a Christmas gift. Trusting that Ideal Tooth Powder may flourish, I remain, yours respectfully, Elois Ear west, Denver, Col. One of these engrav¬ ings without advertising on it worth $1 retail is Isfcal given with each two 25 cent bot fites c4 Tooth Powder. General John B. Bowman says in the Kansas City Times: “It is my opinion of that irrigation will be the means doubling the population of every State and Territory w.thin the coming ten years. I further believe that in the 'East, where irrigation the rainfall will is ultimately heavy, but bo mice,tain, insure greater resorted to in o der to regu a itv of crops. Four-tenths of the area of the United States, not including Alaska, require irrigation. This terri¬ tory includes parts of C:i ifornia, Texas, Kansas, Nebra ka, Nevada, Oregon, all of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Wyom¬ ing, Montana, and portions of Dakota and Washington. Through this vast territory there flow a number of streams with narrow valleys capab e of cultiva¬ tion. In these valleys settlers have taken up their abode, cit.es have been built and now the cry is for more room. The room is there, and the only thing needed to make the broad sunburned plains vie with valleys is irrigation. method The sentiment in favor of this •of reclaiming lands is growing will strong, itness sind revolution.” I predict that ten years w a I find Ideal Tooth Powder is without exception tlie best I have ever used. With its aid I keep my teetli very clean and white, which I was unable to do with any other powder 1 have ever tried before. So says Ferdinand E. C’hartard, Baltimore, Md. By tlie way, will you buy and use Ideal Tooth Powder ? We can thoroughly rec¬ Sa¬ ommend it. R. E. Nichols, Dentist, fina, Kansas, says, Ideal Tooth Powder is in my estimation, just what its name indicates. An engraving 20x24 is given with each two bottles. Price 25 cents per bottle. Ika Tripp, the millionaire of Scran¬ ton, I’a., has a peculiar habit. For many years he sraoked cigars until his physician told him lie must stop smok¬ ing or die. Thereupon Tripp lured a negro to smoke all day near him and blow the smoke into his face. The negro did this for years until he died, and his place was taken by a white man. Mr. Tripp is in perfect health. His smoker uses about two ve fin© cigars a day. Tripp seems to derive great method en jovment from this second-hand of indulging in tobacco, a t H I S OLD S TAN D! G. E. THOMAS, The Original “No-Shoddy” Clothier, 3 117 Broad St., Next to 3rd National Bank, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. I am now located in my former place of business, at the above number, and ask ail my friends in Harris and the adjoining counties to call and see my Stock of Winter Clothing. T am not advertising $80 suits for $10, but I feel sure I can sell you goods at as low' figures as anybody. 1 appreciate the patronage heretofore given me and shall endeavor by fair honest methods to retain it. I have a complete line of fall samples now in stock and will have suits made to order for those who wish them, at very low figures. G. E. THOMAS. HARRISON’S SHOE STOKE, 1132 BROAD ST., COLUMBO S, GA Ever, body is invited to call and look at our stock ol AN© SHOES. REG l LAIi “ALLIANCE” PRICES ON EVERYTHING. Honoring a Noted Chinaman. In a description of a recent birthday celebration in Chinatown, Sen Francis¬ co, the Chronicle sa;» s: In a long, iow ceiled room on Stockton street, near Jackson, a s.-ore of Chinese were work¬ ing in Ins rh usl about a big wire frame over which was dialed gaudily painted canvas with tinsel, and the tawdy imitations of precious gems to be seen in the Chinese theatres when a heavy tragedy is being enacted. If any chance visitor strayed into the long, lovf room where the Chinese were working, the first impression of the spectacle presented was unpleasant, as | confronting of giant dragon him was the fantastically monster head j ! puisive a Oriental as imagination re as can conceive, it would frighten a child and make an intemperate man very uneasy. When the dragon is done it will be known as How- U ong Mue and will represent one of the biggest men China 1ms ever contributed to history. Only a part of San 1 rancisco’s Chi¬ nese population is interested in the j dragon, as he was indigenous to the prov I ince of China lying direc ly about Pe kmg and known as Yung Wo. There rre about 3,000 nat ves of Yung Wo ir this city and they will all join in the celebration of the birth of How Wong Mue on the 27th inst. There will be a monster parade, in which the dragon, sixty- feet in length, will be the central figure. Then there will be an illustra¬ tion of the progress made by the people of Yung Wo since Mue was born, a trifle over 2,600 y ears ago. According to Chinese tradition, Mue was a bigger man in Yung Wotlian Con¬ fucius. He was a great soldier and captured a great many towns and many thousands of people whom he sub ligated. His birthdays have been cele¬ brated for over 2,000 years. Through¬ out the province of Yung "Wo there are thousands of big idols representing him con juering the world. He was to the people of that far-off land wliat George Washington was to Americans. His greatest accomplishment is said to have been teaching his people the value of iron and its uses. He is claimed to have made the first iron wea‘ on. The celebration of Mue’s birth con¬ tinued two days. A childless old lady of Stoddardsville, Penn., years ago set apart a small room for spiders to make their webs in, and no broom lias ever disturbed it. The spiders dwell together in harmony, as a rule, although the lady says they some¬ times have regular cat-and-dog fights. ITHAT FIGHT The Original Wins. C. F. Simmons, St. Louis, Prop’r | M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine, Est’cl i H. 1840, Zeilin, in the Prop’r U. S. A. Court Q. Simmons defeats J i\ 1 Liv r. I er Regulator, Kst’d by Zeilin 1868. M. A. S. L. M. has for 47 years i. cured Indigestion, Biliousness, Dvspepsia,Sick Headache,Lost * A Appetite, Souk Stomach, Etc. tAChurcn, Rev. T 15. Reams, Pastor M. E. k q Jkthink Adams, Tenn., been writes: dead but “I I should have nt * I for your Genuine M. A. Sim Hjr—”4^ sometimes m °ns Liver Medicine. had to substitute I have ill Cai/nrml } i “Beilin’s ‘Zeilin’s stuff” stuff” for for your your Medi* Medi c ‘ n e, but it don’t answer the t,««o I ‘ purpose.” purpose. IffOPLEl Dr. J. R. Graves, Editor Thr I received Memphis,Tenn. of Liver says: Medicine, and a package have used your half of i<. It works like a charm. I want no better Liver Regulator and cer¬ tainly no more of Zeilm’s mixture. Np“sr r s 8 <j%r~ mis FEIUE COLLEGE *3 I a Sg ISifcnatwl G'ollepre; L.AiN’.K.R. full at A Athcnp, Literary thorough,cheap Ala., on a Art and Music. BooK-keeping course, itk ira m j}, iiQrega stenography intr also thoroughly and Type-wnt liftilwl a SglGollegeigfully taught, W Sa iBI$8131 fttcllities for equipped obtaining with •• ifi'Sr^0M a KOUn<1 * education. Iw Oatalotrue sent free. Acldree.** Bpi. HK>is, W. (3.WILL1AM*, ATS ALaJf AMA. r I ll li tfiD ■r : r t1 : > a H. A. GIBSON’S ‘ ^ SSB.. ’or- FURNITURE DEPOT. I" 3§?Ss^i ”~==~r 0 jl 44. . : *5 ss <n TO I s i-cv mm H. A. GIBSON, as® Fv-o-rt Columbus, Go, ill |H Wu 11..." A XZ^Al ——8l ZrLrir^- -JJH2Z1 pT* ... . =-*1511155 y^’v flf EM &»■■■ — h - r : '.' Nlaii Our Stock is Largo, Our Goods New, Our Prices Low We Make a Business of Making Bargains in ARTISTIC'FURNITURE -A-TSTD HOXJSE3KT03L.ID DECORATIONS. The Latest Styles, the Finest Quality, Utmost in Variety, have been combined by us in ONE MIGHTY EFFORT FOR TRADE. Our Fall and Winter Offerings Will Not and Cannot be Surpassed. There is a Limit below which Honest Goods Cannot be Sold. We place our Pricos at the Low Water Mark for Safe and Reliable Goods, Sold under Guarantee. INSPECT US, CRITICISE, KNOW US. And you will find we Deal Fair and Save You Dollars. BON MODE FURNITURE STORE. HOUd .ZSIk.a 1145 BROAD STREET A BONANZA KING. THE VERY ROMANTIC CAREER OF JAMES C. FLOOD. His Rapid Rise from a Poor Work¬ ingman to the Attainment of Im¬ mense Weath in California. The late James Clair Flood was born in New York City on October 25, 1826. His parents were Irish of the poorer class, the family depending for a livoli liood upon the daily labor of the father, After receiving a common school educa tion young Flood learned the trade of carriage builder. In 1849, attracted by the glowing lie accounts, his of home tlie California Hamil gold mines, left at ton, N. Y\, and embarked on the ship Elizabeth Ellen for a trip around the Horn. On arriving in San F rancisco he obtained work as a carpenter, for which in those flush times he was of paid this $16 a day. After about one year kind or work he found that tlie cost of living was so great in the city that lie had not been able to lay by much of anything for a rainy day. So he pack cd up his traps, went to the Yuba dig gins, and began his career as a miner. Soon lie had §3,000 to liis credit in the bank said, considered at ’Frisco, and, himself as he rich afterward j a man. With this sum he returned to New York nois, and took where his he father bought and farm mother and settled to Illi- j | a down. His capital proved too small to make farming a success, and he deter miced to return to California. When he arrived in San Francisco for tho second time, says the New York Ttme*, he opened a restaurant, .but failed in business, owing his creditors $4,000. Looking about for another open ing he met W. S. O’Brien, a ship chandler, and like himself of Irish ex traction and a New- Yorker by birth. In 1856 they formed a partnership street, and opened a saloon on Washington near the market. They made friends and soon O’Brien established the a lucrative dressy busi- j ness. was more j member of the firm, Flood attending I . very closely to the work behind the bar. He was known as the best cocktail mixer i on the coast. Their saloon became a i favorite resort for miners, business men, gamblers, and sports of all shades, and while a gam© of cards was going on at one table, important bargains Penniless were ) being transacted at another. miners who had spent every cent that they had in prospecting and had finally succeeded in striking a vein of gold and j had brought specimens of ore with them, ; found ready friends here. The two part- j ners were always willing to help out these miners, to advance them money, buy off their claims, find them custom ers, or enter into partnership vith the ! fortunate finders who were not willing to part with their claims. The partners j began speculating in stocks, and being j moderately successful, they opened a brokerage office on Montgomery street, at the same time continuing made their liquor business. In 1862 they large j profits from fortunate investments in Kentuck, Crown Point, Belcher, and other mines on the Comstock lode. Just about this time, up at Virginia , City, James G. Fair, a sturdy, hard working Irish miner, who was Superin tendent of the Halo and Norcross find Ophir Mines, entered into partnership with John W. Maekay, also a miner of Irish birth, for the purpose of manipu lating mining Rtocks. Francisco, Hoeing tho need of associates in San they de cided to pool their issues with those of Flood & O’Brien. This was tho begin ning of tho famous Bonanza firm, which added millions to tho world’s wealth, ruined thousands of men and women, and marked a new era of life on the Pacific slope. Out of their first (leal, which was in Halo and Norcross, they cleared not less than half a million. Then they determined to secure control of the entire Comstock lode, in whoso richness F’air and Maekay, from prac tieal observation, had unbounded confi deuce. They quietly bought up miners’ claims, many of which were popularly supposed ing tho to have whole been lot exhausted, less than pay for not §70,000. These claims covered the sec tion of the great silver lode where tho famous “big Bonanza” lay. Tho firm combined all these small properties into two—the Consolidated Virginia and Cal ifornia—divided them into 108,000 shares each, and placed them on the market at about §50 each. marvelous Then came the uncovering concealed of the t: .asure hitherto in the Comstodc. The people of Califor nia went crazy, as it were, and every body, from millionaires the to servant girls, entered recklessly into excitement of mining speculation. Tho bonanza people unloaded their stocks at from §300 to §800 a share, and each member of the firm is believed to have netted $20,000,000. Consolidated Virginia paid $34,000,000 in dividends, and share holders in California received $10,000, 000 in the same way, About §112,000, • 000 of silver was actually produced from the mines. Naturally a crash followed. The pro duction fell off; it became the general belief that the lode was exhausted, and the stocks fell, until now tliey can be bought for §8 a share. Tlie victims of this gigantic deal cursed the men who had managed it, but they were undis turbed and secure in the possession of fortunes so vast that how-to dispose of their immense income became a serious problem. Actuated, it is understood, by animosityto the Bank of California, of which W. C. Ralston was Nevada the master ] spirit, they opened §5,000,000, the Bank with a capital of afterward increased to §10,000,000, and on the j death of W. S. O’Brien, in 1878, reduc ed to §3,000,000. The story of the fail- i ure of the Bank of California and the tragic death of Ralston need not be re told. It may be mentioned, however, that Flood was never able to cany out the boast he is said to have made to ex Senator Sharon, when taunted on his former occupation, that he would some , Bank day sell of whisky California, over the counter of the j Mr. Flood was the first President of the Nevada Bank, and devoted most of his time for a number of years to its ac tive management. The confidence bank enjoyed of the almost unlimited the business community until relations in September and OctalK-r, 1887, the of the : bank with the great syndic ate then oper ating in the California wheat were such that it became involved to the extent of over §30,000,000 in the crash which followed. Prior to this time Sen ator James G. Fair had severed all his connections with the bank and tlie bon unza firm, but when tho bank was in trouble ho went to tho rescue with his millions tho President of ready of tlie money, bank, and which became posi tion lie has occupied since, Flood The iron constitution of Mr. had begun to fail some months before this narrow escape of the bank frnm dis aster, and his mends assert that had ho not been compelled to intrust the active management of the institution to the Vice-President, George L. Blander, it would never have become so deeply in volved. After his practically enforced retirement from the Presidency his ail ments rapidly developed into more seri ous complaints. Ho became almost blind, and kidney trouble of tho worst type weakened him exceedingly. accompanied In the spring of last year, by his devoted wife and his daughter, Miss Jennie, ho went to Carlsbad. Before going ho withdrew entirely from tho Nevada Bank. His son, James Xi. also Flood, received was appointed general a director, of attorney and a power would for his father, who feared that ho never return alive. I Personally Mr. Flood was of stout build, head ruddy complexion, thick, powerful with neck. a bullet His set on a manner with friends was cordial, but those having business relations with him were in tho habit of calling him “cold-blooded.” Ho performed many acts of charity, of which the most nota bio was the sending of §25,000 to the suffering people of Ireland, V With all his immense fortune Mr. | F’lood’s head was becoming not turned, and for many years after a millionaire h<3 continued to live in a modest way in a plain house in Eddy his fellow-millionaires street, San Fran But when followed began building example, palatial and residences purchased ho their a tract of land in the town of San Mateo, -where tlm wealth of San Francisco was congregating. Here he built one of tho most magnificent on°the residences that can be found Pacific coast. The build ing is pure white, blue* with a fine veranda, capped midst by a roof, situated in the den, with of a fountains, large, beautifully-kept plants, gar- and fine’driveways. His’house rare in Han Frail cisco, on tlie Summit of Nob Hill is tho only one in built of Connecticut brown i stone that city. It is 100 by 90 feet n dimensions, Roman classic in arehi teeture, Ix-auty.’ without any pretentious to This building, with the decor ations, cost him nearly $1,500,000. g’ood-heart- He ] e ft a wife, an unassuming, cd woman, one son, James L. and a daughter, Cora Jane, who inherit his great wealth, A Salt Lake Justice of the Peace was recently called upon to unite a couple in matrimony. John The name of the groom was Pill. When the justice reached that part of the ceremony where the bride agrees to take the groom for better or worse the justice said, “Do you take this Pill?” the bride was heard to respond “Yes” almost inaudibly while her face w as suffused with blushes. Virginia {Net.) Chronicle,