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[ Xr. J. L. Hammett has been quite si k
since Sunday.
Th» Deni icr icy drew sccon 1 blood in
Arkansas last week. The peopLL p r ty
3, , ! out « fu ! ticket and discussions w. re
i,ad in every county in the stat •. The
Democratic rind.dale wa^eiected bv
50,000 majority. The peop e’s p.ny
carried only one county in the state.
Cottou is bringiug 0 3 4 cents iu Ho
bsrla low.
The joint discussion in the 10th di—
messed almost entirely to the negroes
n:,d are very incendiary in their charac
ei. Aa a result the white people
about are ali to Rocking to Black. It is
get itself down to the
•old Democratic and ralical fighy
%/> vegro ..nd ... white man, a great of
tiie best negroes the many
seeing consequences
reiii-e to support Watson in his attempt
to array the whites and blacks against
U o.t l.
Stieiiff Culverhouse has six boarder*
I wit a a prospect of more.
Mr. J. J. Williams hat shipped some
Isplendid horses from Atlanta this week.
[Any [would one do desiring well consult a bargain Jud. in horse fl sli
to
J -I. Mr. Martin, Lee Martin, of this son of Hon. Thom s
[position county, lias accepted a
ns salesman with Met-rs. Wri'riit
kV Alien. ‘ Mr. Martin is au upr ght,
Courteous nn I popular young man, and
["'ill k mpb’yerS. no vloubt incretse the trade of his
jMiss Li lias Jack will leave next Tu $
flay kuii and to enter Industrial upon her School studies at Milledgc- the Nor
at
A'iile. Miss Lillias h-s nude a splendid
btcord as a pupil in the Knoxville school,
ritsd later as a teacher, and wiil uo doubt
firing home new honor from Mi Hedge
ville.
Miss Bessie Smith visited her grand¬
pa ther. Sirs. Pe sons, uear MuselL last
poturday aud Sunday.
Mr. K. P. Lowe is again with Wilson
Lk Mathews at Roberta, an i would be
jgiad for his friends to call aud see him.
Dr. J. N. Smith, of Hickory Grove,
was in town Sunday.
Miss Anna Fincher, of Itobley, is visit.
|i:ig Lila. friends in Tuskegee and Gadsden,
Mrs. Fannie Harrison, wife of Mr. S.
|R. Harrison, is quite sick.
Miss Clara Trice, of Concor 1, is attend
[ing school in Knoxville.
The election in Vermont for governor
feast week show, da Democratic orain of
lov rten thou and votes. In Maine i ris
hv ek it shows Democratic gains of about
[twelve [gaining thousial. all along the The lilies. Democrats are
[critically Mrs. Harr son, w ife of the president, is
ill at Lo rn L ke, New York.
Mrs. R. J. L-Suenr was quite sick for
In few d ys the first of the week, but we
[are glad to fay that she is about well
again.
It is said that after this week It berta
will have three cotton buyers w in an
[pose <>f Mi to keep Bring the market iu fully up ti that Ro¬
con. your cittoato
bert-.
Messrs. U. F. Sanders and 'L B. Cansy
unde a business trip to Birnesville last
week.
ltov. Thomas Bizemore, of West Point,
Gj., brother to our D. 9. Baz more has
been spending a few -I oys in Robert r and
Crawford county this week. He is a very
[jibe [church. divine of the Primitive the school Baptist hull
IPs s rinon at e
Im Roberta, on Sunday a'ternoon. wa
If rid to have been very forcible and iu
Iftruciive.
U Lit tie Finch, son of II. T. Sanders,
■whose ii 1 ncs ‘ we mentioned las', week is
■ride t - go out riding, thongh stili quite
■veak.
' Dr. Rorers, of Reynolds, visited i!o
[berta this week cn profissional business
Miss Malt e I/m Blasingam <■, of Mu
sella, h s re urued home after n visit to
relatives in Walton.
The protracted meeli at the B^ip . i-t j
g
church in Knoxville closed last Monday
night. Rev. Mr. Moncrio f is one of the I
finest preachers in G. or ia and it is al ,
ways a treat to the people of this vicinity!
to hear him.
The candidates have cooled off a lit'le
and arc just sputing in their hands |>re
paratory to taking a frtsli hold.
At a joint discus-ion between Elder
Livingston and Rev. Thad. Picket last
Saturday at Covington, the lie was pass¬
ed between them with a good deal of
gusto. Livingston capture ! the crowd
though.
The edi’ors of tho Herald h .ve b en
•sick for several wo ks, O.ie has rccov
ed and the other s r c veriag. W hope
to give better suffice herealter.
Mis J. F. Andrews is recov ring—her
babe is still quite sick.
Mr. J. E. Harris and some of his f imily
have been -iek f -r several days.
Gr.y Andress, of the “bloody third,”
was in town Tuesd iy. \Vo lder why ho
went by Salem to get home?
Cotton is cheap, meat is not. This is
very str ng evid- nee that th • interests of
the > orthwes and the South are not by
any means identical.
Crawford is pretty well up on corn,
peas, <• round-peas and has quite a killing num
ber of hogs that will be re dy for in
the coming wint r. Let the acreage
tee crops and small grain crops be i *1—
creased till ther; is but little r om for
cotton, and our people will 1-e prosper¬
ous beyond question.
Recent rains have been quite refresh¬
ing to the people aid fiae on turnips,
potatoes and late pea .
At th s writing a pro racted meeting is
in progress at the Baptist chutcli in
town.
Miss Corinne Trammell le't Sunday to
visit relative- iu Monroe county, after
wh ; cb she will return to her home in
i '3' ’ «$n H IK
I > . SE I p ^ dtr;
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! Shiloh, She
i ,s The is a most estimable youii '
j py- best that The Herald ”
Wlsh wiil ht can
g° e ' * ' r -
j L nc e Adam Horfcift ia has been qu te
SIck » hu is h >w up a .d stirnn - ar.ua i
Some ‘ ^
,
! II n. .7. M Terrell mine over v
| from Gr, enville on business ID i* book-*
1 for a speech on the occasion-! i„ ,j.
present campiren °
Mr, VV. T. Bliss ;v, of the firm of .Mal
ptss and Bussey, was in Rohm lathis
week. He continues to grow falte.t
among all the fat.
irir him considir s Vr S:
seen his condition one of
emergency. Vit he cannot be ifecetv d
into ihe asylum < u accbunt of its over
crowded condition at th s time. Appli
has been made by the ordinary
twice, over the wires and through the
mails, to Dr. Powell, the superintendent,
asking that he be received, if there Were
any pofi ib e chance. He repli d that it
Was impossible to comply with the re
quest. This is writt n principilly to
ebtidition bring to the attention of the'public the
of the asylum. The people in
every county in Georgia should insist
11 i m their repiesentives in the ttekt leg
islature urging to its pa-sige a bill ap
prop iating sufficient funds to enlarge it
to the extent tha- there wili be ample ac¬
commodations for ad who in ly in tUe fu¬
ture be sent there for treuaneut and
c;re.
Mrs. M. II. Carney, who has been quite
sick for some time, is somewhat better,
aud strong hopes are entertained of her
recovery.
The infant child of Mr. J. F. Andrews
died Inst Wednesday and was buried on
Thursday. It had been sick since its
birth.
Prof. Smith's school continues to iu
c ease and flourish.
The chances are that the A. & F. R.
R. will be extended lo Cordele soon.
Mrs. Sarah ,T. Culverhouse, mother of
John C. CulVerhou-e, has be-n quite
sick at her son’s house for ov-r a week
Powell is the leader in low prices.
Just received a lot of spring
goods which T will sell at prices that
defy’ competition.—W. I. Powell.
Strange things will happen. But
the strangest of all is to see W. W.
Jordan sell goods at prices that seem
to be less than the original cost.
Call at the new brick store of
Wilson & Mathews’ if you want
goods cheaper than you can bny
them in Atlanta or Macon.
Ordinary’s Citation.
Georgia, Crawford County:
Appmisers appointed to set apart the to
Mary E. Adams a yen’s support from
estate of Howell Adams, late of said
county, deceased, have filed with me
their return. This is to cite all persons
at interest to show cause b-fore me on
the first Monday in September next, if
any they can, whv their return should
not be made the judgment of the Court
of Ordinary. hand officially, this July
Witness my
35 ;■-, 1892. Ordinary.
tf o P Wright.
If you want to save money buy
Dry Goods, Notions and Groceries
from W. I. Powell.
Buy dry goods and groceries of
W. AY. Jordan, His prices are
commensurate with the times.
For the latest styles and new
goods at the lowest prices call on
the old reliable firm of Wilson &
Mathews.
GEORGIA, CRAWFORD COUNTY
The appraisers appointed guardian to for set Geo. apart E. lo
J. Elisha Harris, the of
Miller, a year’s support from estate
lames F. Miller, late of said county, de¬
ceased having filed with me their return
This is to cite all persons at interest to
show cause before me on the first Manday
^ o cto bur next, if any they can, why
thpir retum should not be made the
: udo . meot 0 f t h e court of ordinary. Wit
” hand officially, this 26th day of
, les mT
Jul 18g3 p, Wright,
Ordinary.
Bargains at Powell’s.
Buy your groceries from Powell
and be made happy.
If you want to make a bargain
go to see \V. \V. Jordan before his
stock is picked over._
BABIES IN PASTURES GREEN.
A Gentleman who made a bicycle tour
round the world, tells of a queer sight he
saw in an out-of-the-way part of China,
where the people have many quaint Chinese cus
tomes: “I saw about twenty
infants tethered to stakes on a pitch of
greensward, like so many goats or pet
lambs. The length of each baby s tether
was about ten feet, and the bamboo
stakes were set far enough apart tang.ed so t.iat
the babies wouldn’t get all up.
Each baby had a sort of girdle and or the kam- end
merbund around its waist, the back
of the tether-string was tied to
of this Some of the little Celestials
were crawling about on all fours; others
were taking their first lessons in the fea*
of standing upright, by steadying. them¬
selves against the stake they " ere tied to.
AVhat queer little Chinese mortals they
all looked, to lie sure, picketed of out calves on
the grass land like a lot young the day.
whose mothers were away for
Iii t! ,is respect thev did, indeed resemble
young calves; for I could see their
mothers at work in a ricefield a few hun
quTetfv'conteirted All the babies seemed
with their treatment
I stood and looked at them for several
minutes, from pure amusement «t their
unique position; but although they re^
carded me with wide-eyed curiosity, I
Sever heard -a whimper fromi w»v of
them.”— [Childrens Work for Children.
ROBERTA, CRAWFORD COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 1892,
philosophy.
demember, O remember, while years are
floating by,
Wme s Pringtims scenes of joyous youth are
measuring the sky,
r °« arnerin for lat8r yaar '> whea llts may
,0S * itS ^
rhat , treasure which of treasures all is ever.
fever blest
A brave Philosophy 1
Remember, O remember, while manhood’s
summer grows,
While striving ’mid tha piercing thorns to
pluck ambition’s rosp,
Though failure, pain and sacrifice may mar
thy daily path-,
That these do sheath their keener pang for
him who al ways hath
A wise Philosophy!
Remember, O remember, whan youth is far
behind.
With only mem’ry’s cloak to shield from
autumn’s chilling vViriti,
That ttou rnay’st purchase refuge with the
treasure thou has won,
And fairer, warmer radiance than shed by
summer sun,
With thy Philosophy 1
Remember; O remember, wlien winter’s Icy
hand
Draws tighter and yet tighter life’s slender,
golden band,
That there i^hopa and peace anl joy and
happiness indeed,
And confidence beyond despa r, whatever be
thy creed,
In true Philosophy 1
—Carlyle Harris, in New York World.
THE SNAKE BROOCH,
HAD settled myself
•A 'vWhll |£§ iu my corner and the
train was already
kw* i tin. swinging at'a good
afJs’T'itTMr/ pace down the “Gold
JIM en valley” before I
>-8M'! noticed, first, that I
JLXaSStox OX/'*’ was not alone, and
j”' second, that I was
not in a smoking coin
partment, My feilow
•<>'' traveler
f ^ was a lady, cloth d
from head to foot in a traveling ulster
with a deep cape, and closely veiled. I
wanted a smoke very badly, and so 1
ventured to ask her if she had any objec
tion _
Imagine my astonishment when, in¬
stead of replying to mv question, she
sobbed out something utterly incoherent
and burst into tears. This was startling
enough, but when I saw that she made
no attempt to take out a haudkerchiet to
dry her eyes, but simply sat still with
her hands folded under her cape, surprise
very quickly gave place to bewilderment.
In such a situation a man does not
reason; he simply acts on instinct.
In a moment I was at the other end of
the carriage, begging her in a clumsy,
masculine fashion to tell me what was
the matter with her. For an answer she
suddenly parted her cape and held up
two tiny claspel and daintily gloved
hands. As she did so I heard the cliuk
of f and shown in
the lamplight.
My fair companion was handcuffed 1
Before she attempted any explanations
she opened her right baud aud showed
me one of the regulation screw keys
which alone will open tiie steel bracelets
that restrain the exuberance of the unruly
or dangerous criminal.
“Please unlock these horrible things
for me and then I will tell you every
thing,” she said, and the request was
supplemented by a beseeching glance
from a pair of tear-dewed eyes, to whose
witchery many an older man than my¬
self would have succumbed.
I took the key, and, after a little fum¬
bling about the strangely contrived locks,
set free the dainty little hands that were
stretched so appealingly toward me.
Not knowing exactly what to do with
the handcuffs, I slipped them lor the
time being into the side pocket of my
ulster.
As soon as she got her hands free she
unbuttoned her ulster and threw it back
a little. As she did so I noticed that she
wore a strikingly curious brooch at the
neck of her dress. It was formed of
two thick gold serpents, coiled as if
ready to spring, with their heads thrust
forward side by side and their emerald
eyes gleaming with an unpleasantly life¬
like expression.
It was a pitiful tale and to a great ex¬
tent one which the newspapers have of
late years made too commonplace.
Forced by social and pecuniary consid¬
erations into a marriage with a man old
enough to be her father, and possessing
no single taste in common witn her, she
had, under sore temptation, broken her/
forced troth and lied from Ins house.
Too proud to follow' her himseif, and
yet mean enough to punish her by sub
mitting her to an unheard-of indignity,
he had .put a private detective upon her
track, told him she was tainted with a
dangerous mania, and given him strict
orders to bring her back to London
when caught, handcuffed like a felon.
The detective, when be overtook her
at Hereford, had given her a letter from
her husband in which he told her that if
sbe did not submit to his instructions he
wcu’.d prosecute her for stealing one or
two articles of jewelry—the brooch that
she was wearing among them—which
she had unwittingly taken away with
her in the hurry of her flight. To avoid
the disgrace and public shame she had
submitted to the brutal but private
tyrannv of his revenge.
At Gloucester her escort had got out
to telegraph to her husband to meet them
and had lost the train through a porter
tellinsr him that the stop was five minutes
instead of three, and she had just seen
°“V >the platf0rm as thC trila
round the carriage in
which she now lound herself fre , un
•hackled, she saw the key of her hand
cuffs, which must have fahen from hi*
ticket pocket as he jerked his overcoat
on. Bhe tried hard to open the locks,
she told her tale; we conversed upon
the strange occurrences of the night, and
the only stop before Paddington was
now Reading. Here my traveling com
panion decided to leave the train, as by
uo means could she avoid fUDuing into
her husband’s arms at the terminus.
Despite her gentle winning manner, i
felt instinctively that persuasions would
be useless, and so I opened the door,
got out, and helped her to alight‘from murmured
the carriage, and with a few
words of repeated thanks she was gone.
IVhen I got back into the carriage I
lit a cigar and lay back on the cushions
to think over my adventure. By the
time the train dre.v into Paddington I
had exalted my beautiful unknown into
a heroine of romance, and, I regret to
say, myself into something like a
knight errant of the days of chivalry.
*
‘‘This is it: twelve-ninety: Arc you
there, Fred?” The traiu had stopped,
an^ a lamp flashing into the carriage
woke me up from my day dream to hear
these strange words, and to see a couple
of men in police uniform aud a railway
inspector “Hullo! peering this into be the compartment. Tllsy
must wrong;
aren't here, aud yet this is the right
number. Excuse me, sir, lioW far have
you come in this carriage?”
“From Stroud,” I replied, a bit dazed
by drowsiness and my strange reception.
“Have you come all the way alone?”
Some mad idea connected in a con¬
fused way with the beautiful woman
whose soft, clinging clasp I could still
feel on my hand, stopped tho truth that
rose to my lips, and instead uttered the
foolish lie!
“Yes, I have been alone in the carriage
all the way.” all
A moment later I would have given
I possessed to have recalled my words,
for as I uttered them the railway inspec.
tor turned Iris lamp under the seat
opposite to mo and said m a hoarse
whisper: what’s that?
“Good Heavens!
My eyes followed the glare of 1 10
lamp, and I saw the toe of a man s boot
on the floor of the carriage a few inches
back from the front of the seat.
A minute later and the corpse ot a
somewhat qm-ers.zed man, whose lace
was still drawn in tho agony of a violent
death, was dragged out, lifted up and
laid upon the seat.
Of course I spent the night in . the
cells, for if I could have procureJ bail to
any amount it would not ha/e been
accepted. charged with the most
Not only was I
terrible of all crimes, but the charge was
supported by prima facie evidence that
looked practically conclusive. The
handcuffs had l>een found in iny pocket,
and I was accused of procuring the
escape Horn ju^rice of tho notorious
Maria S——, the "wife of a member of
the Nihilist Inner Circle, then serving a
life sentence in Siberia.
No fewer than four murders had been
traced to her, and now I was charged
with complicity ... in a fifth, , that of a
well known English detective who had
sought to make a brilliant coup by taking
her alone.
Sim seemed to have the power of fas
cinating men with her beauty till tney
became her slaves, and then striking
them dead by some terrible au-1 mystei -
ious agency that left no trace save death
behind it.
There is no need to dwell on the hor
rors oi I* 113 * :lme f°II°weJ my arrest,
Everything that money and skill could
Go for me was done, but I was com
fitted for trial on tac circumstantial
evidence to answer the charge of mur
der.
While I lay in jail awaiting my trial
the search for Marie S- became an
absolute hunt to death.
Despite ali this, so perfect was her
skill iu disguise, and so unlimited her
fertility of resource, that she might have
evaded pursuit after all, had it not been
for one of those slips that the cleverest
of criminals seem to make sooner or
later.
A smart young chemist’s assistant, at
a fashionable watering place, one even
ing on the pier made the acquaintance
of a very pretty girl, who said that she
was studying chemistry for the science
and art examinations,
This turned the conversation on chem¬
icals, and she ended by asking h lin to
get her a quantity of a very poisonous
substance which she wanted for an ex¬
periment, and which she could oot buy
because she was a stranger in the town.
Tiie chemist’s assistant was a sharp
young fellow, and he saw thq chemical
she asked tor was not in the syllabus of
the science and art department.
He told his employer of the occurrence
the next day, and in the evening took
the girl some crystals of a harmless salt
which resembled what she had wanted
somewhat closely,
“This is not what I asked for,” she
said, as she looked into tae packet.
“No, you can’t make prussic acid out
of that,miss, but it’s safer to play with,
coolly replied the youth, aa i as bespoke
a man who had been leaning over the
rail of the pier a few yards aw'ay moved
silently up behind the girl, pinioned her
arms to iifer side and held her down to
the seat.
Tiie detective called a cab on the es
plenade, and the three got in and drove
to the police station, pulling up the wiu
do .vs to avoid any possible obsevation
as they went through the streets,
When the cab reached the station
there was no sign or 3ound of movement
inside it. The cabman got a “ d
opened the door, and as be did so he
staggered hack an . fell gasping lor
breath to tiie pavement,
Inside the cab Mary-,—-—sat with
her two vouM-becaptors—-dead, and on
the face of Mca coqise thcMQ was the
features "of dead m«i who was taken
out of
5\ heu tue clot ? - • _
came solved to by to « V T V/nHf Thi
most in.er T j n ,, e nious contrivances
that have the iusfabove purpose of
the
found two small rubber bail pumps, such
as are used for ordinary snray producers.
From these two tubes led up to a bottle
suspended round the neck.
This had two compartments and two
necks closed by rubber coiks, through
which ran thin tubes, which ended in
the mouths of the two golden serpents
coiled in the form of a brooch;
The horrible apparatus was so Arranged
that, ou working the ball pumps by
pressing the right arm against the side
two sets of vapors could be ejected from
ine serpents’ mouths. These jets when
united formed what was practically a
rapor of prussio aeid, which would be
blown directly in the fade of any one
within a couple of feet of the brooch^
and would of course kill them almost in
stantly. brooch
To the wearer of the there
would be little or no danger, provided
she held her breath for a couple of min¬
utes and moved quickly away, as and the
gas mixes very rapidly with the air
is soon lost. In a confined space like the
cab the atmosphere would soon be so
saturated that it would be death to
breathe it.
All this was, of course, told to me
after my release, which was ellectcd im¬
mediately after the mystery was Cleared
up.—Sheffield Telegraph.
Detecting Bad Colas.
“Here’s the way we test coins in the
Treasury.” And the expert swiftly
poised the dollar piece horizontally on
the top of iris forefinger, holding the
thumb a quarter of an inch away from
it and gave it a brisk tap with another
coiut A Cleat, silvery ring sounded out.
“Good, but here; listen;” and he re
peated tho operation with another Coin
that gave out a dull, heavy clink that
ceased almost as soon as it began.
“Type metal and lead; moulded, too.
That; is a wretched counterfeit.” “How
do you tell that it was moulded?" He
held the two coins so that the light
struck on their edges. “Just compare
t’ue reeding, will you, or milling, as
most people call it. In this geuuiuo
coin this is very clear and sharp cut; in
tho counterfeit it is coarse and dull,
That is beeause moulded instead of be
innr stamped in cold metal, like the
Government coins.” Why do tho coun
terfeiters not use the same cold process?”
“It costs too much aud makes too much
noise. With a mould, you sec, a coun
terfeitcr can carry ou his work iu a gar
ret, and i; a policeman comes iu ho can
shy the whole outfit out of the window,
But it takes great power to run a die.
Still some high flying counterfeiters do
U30 them, and their work is usually
harder to detect, though it is never so
perfect as that of the Government Mint.”
“What is the surest test for counterfeit
coin for popular use?” “The looks of
the reeding, as I was telling you—the
milling, by the way, is on tho face of
the coin, aud uoi, ou the edge, as most
people think. That’s the surest and
easiest thing, but of course other tests
have to be used, especially for weight
and thickness. A little scale for weight
and measure is the handiest thing to set¬
tle that. Then, for plated cam, a drop
of acid squirted on the edge where the
plating wear3 most will ciiew up the
base metal in a hurry.” “What acid dc
you use?” “For gold coin a mixture ol
strong nitric acid CJ drams, muriatic
acid fifteen drops, auii water live drams,
is used; for silver, twenty-four graius of
nitrate of silver and thirty drops of ni¬
tric acid, with one ounce of water. One
drop is sufficient. If the coin is heavily
plated we scrape it a little before put¬
ting ou the acid.”—Springfield Repub¬
lican.
lie Makes Cj clones.
Professor Douglass has succeeded in
manufacturing miniature cyclones and
tornadoes by means of electricity, thus
proving the electrical character of the
“prairie terrors.” In carrying out his
plans ho suopended a large copper plate
by silken threads and charged it from a
battery. He then used arsenious acid
gas, whereupon the combination of gas
and electricity could be seen hanging
from the underside of the plate in the
form of a perfect funnel-shaped cyclone
cloud. When everything was ready,
the Professor swung the plate and the
miniature cyclone to aud fro across a
tabic litered with matches, pieces of
paper, pens, pencils, etc. Tho lighter
objects were instantly sucked up, tho
heavier scattered in all directions. The
effects were exactly those of destructive
cyclones. These curious experiments
explain cyclonic phenomena. Low
clouds become charged with electricity,
descend and form a connection with the
eaith. Then a violent electrical com
motion ensues, finally settling into a
whirl which continues until an electric
equilibrium is established.—St. Louis
Republic. __
Lefthanded Suddenly.
Three years a<ro ^ a young lady of Fall
Riy . er Ma<w w s hit on the left side of
^ j,g 3C j hy a falling sign as she was
V.\. Iking along a street in Boston. This
was followed by a brain fever.
After some weeks she was as well in
mind and body as ever, but from a right
handed person she had become so left
handed that 3he could neither cut, sew
nor write with her right hand, but
found it easy to dc all these things with
her left.
Her right hand was just about as use¬
ful as her left had bee a beiote she was
hurt. What is strange is that, with so
recent a change in the use of her hands,
she never makes an awkwar-l mdtion,
and is as graceful in the use of uet left
hand as if she had been bora lefthanded.
—Boston Post.
To Utilize Icebergs.
^ hM !*>„ organized it
Newfoundland to gather ice from tee
Sfe^hL^ and the arrival of
^meHo^ ber-fs U much PUley'a Isl- a
and. The ice is said to be purer
and harder than that harveste 1 from
and ponds, and a Urge demand
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS*
go CAN tomatoes.
An easy way to peel tomatoes js to put
them in a wire frying basket an t .ml,
basket in boiling water for two minus.
the skin will then cotue oh ^ easily. After
iu slices and drain on ^ at. ^
peeling, cut thorn in a pr>rce
the juice you can, pour >lit
lain kettle and add t to season
to the taste, cook half or . tree 'on: ft
f hour. Have large glass jars hot
c an would
d All the same as you pu- uo
an add ttand
fruit. Screw on the covers
them on their heads to see 1 l,lW J
air-tight.—The Housewife,
to preserve oilcloths.
To ruin oilcloths, clean them with hot
suds, and then leave the n half
soap and will look Very bright
wiped while’wet, but* tfccv din;v aul dirty
verv
when dry and will soon crack and peel
Off. But if you wish to pre erve tnetn
aud keep them looking as nice as new,
wash them with soft flannel and wr.o
them perfectly dry. If you viMi to ta.se
the trouble to make them cx.ni nice,
wring out a cloth in skimrne . .ail ; a. ter
they have been meaned and run over,
thou drv with a clean, dry cloth, lo re¬
store old oilcloth when not greatly woru,
baint tha spots to match (on the worn
places only) with oil paints. Let «ry
thoroughly, arid then go over the wuoie
with a mixture of common iurnitura
varnish thinned with turpentine to the
consistency of cream. Let dry very
dry and hard and your floor covering
will look like a new one. —Detroit Free
Press.
HINTS ON CItKEBBS*
Most housekeepers quail before that
part of thd family marketing waich re
lates to the purchase df cheats —and wish
the man of the house, who is usually toe
chief consumer as well as the conuois*
geur, would always buy it. Such any
find the words ol au authority o! value:
“A cheese with an indication of gooil
ness will stand square ou the shell, and
will have au even-colored not mott.cu
rind. The moment you press your huger
tips on the rind, you can begin to judge
of the interior make up of a caecse. H
it yields readily to the pressure of tno
fingers, and the rind breaks, or does not
spriug back readily wneu toe pressure is
withdrawn, you have struck a sott a‘'“
cle, caused by the slack cuoliug of 1 ll °
curd, a want of acid, or both. At. >ca¬
it will have an insipid flavor, and will
*g 0 oli’ as it ages. L Cheese which feels
so hard that you cannot press it on tho
riuu k either sour, salted too heavily,
cooke 1 too much, skimmed, or an tiering
from a touch of uil these comt-min s. A
good cheese will be mellow t,. tho t inch j’
yet firm; its rind will bo of an oven tm
elastic and free from pulls; an l tho
sample will reveal firm, close-grained,
buttery cheese of a nutty flavor. New
York Times.
WASHING SILK STOCKINGS.
The proper washing of silk Blockings
is a matter of moment, i?o.v that they
are commonly worn, White silk st-ic t
ings should be washed in a strong lither
made of castile soap or any go xl whAo
soap aud warm water, Lay tiie s' >ck
ings in the lather and rub the soiled s-.o’S
gently with the hands. Then rinse tl 10U1
very thoroughly to free them iro n all
soap. Wring them dry iu a cloth, turn¬
ing them wrong side out. When they
arc almost dry stretch aud rub the a in
the hands to make them smooth and
bring them iu shape, but do not iron
them.
Black stockings may bo washed in the
same way, but should be kept so - arate
from white stockings iu the washing.
Borne people go so tur as to rub their
stockings when they are dry with a cold
iron, always making the passes one way
to make them smooth aud glossy. It is
a great mistake, however, to iron any
stockings. It always makes an ugly
crease down the centre and ces not add
to the appearance, It is far better to
rub them into shape, fold them up and
allow them to fit themselves to tho limb.
—New York Tribune.
I7SEFUL RECIPES.
Tomato Cat up—Take three cam
(quart size) of best tomatoes, an i put
them into a porcelain or bell-metai kettle
with one pound of brown sugar, ont
pint of vinegar, one tableopoonful o
salt, two onions cboppe 1 very fine, s
tabic-spoonful of celery seed bruised, and
a teaspoonful of powdered slowly, cloves, then strain B.i!
for three hours very
through a tine sieve, hot: c, and it is
ready for use.
Tomato Figs—To eight pounds o;
one peck of small tows 033 put thre-i
pounds of brown sugar, Peel them, and
let them scald until the .-ugar penetrates
them aud tiiey look clea-, but are not
broken. Take them oat of t ie syrup
with a ladle, un 1 . tprei l tii; 1 on dimes
to dry. The nex. m ». i-i; diteitien
with a spoon, aud a id soma of the syrup
to them. Do this uutil ril i i: r i;» has
been consumed and the tomatoes are
thoroughly well dried, i’he i pack the n
in a jar or box thus: One layer of to¬
matoes, men a layer of grama tci sugar,
until tha receptacle is fun. U'.jver
closely, iiud lay a weight on the n. *Y.th
nine persons this is a t ivoato conserve.
Cucui.Ler Pickle—If the cucumoers
are large, slice liiem in pieces an iach
thick, aed pack t .am in a jir—i layer
of fruit and a layer of seaming. r->
j wo gallons of c c - - s ail-.).’/ five
pout: is o. s :_rar—u s you p/efar
j/ e iuineL sour pick' 9s W£k6Q tllO
cuing may be omitten oti of
a!M-:ce„ two ounces Oi clove--, t>ve
* of nutr , two ;es of mace,
four ounces of celery sec two ounces
of black peppar, one q ouions
pee'.cl and sliced, \v non .do jar is
nearly full, pour i CUT aga vinegar to
cover the cucuiiih rs. Set the iir in a
of water, aud let the , 3 cook
long done: enough tor tiie cucumbers to be
wed To test this, ,,e w nether !
you can stick a straw turou -h the fruit,
This piccle is rca iy i- r .i lie
up securely, and it will L*. well.—
NO. 33
ASKOUSUEtfESTS.
FOR COUNTY COM if [39 ION KB.
I respectfully annou ce myself a candi*
date for the office of County Commission¬
er of Crawford county, subject to the
Democratic nomination.
1 1 J. L. Sanders.
For Ordinary. _ _____
I hereby respectful y announce »ny>e!f
candidate for ordinary of Crawford
countyj object lo the aciioo of tha
Democratic primary, and ask the sup¬
VO rtof the voters of said county,
e*} Ci uii \,
For County Commissioner;
j re pectfully office announce of County myseif Commission- a candi-,
3„t e f 0 r the
,. r 0 f Crawford county, subject to the
Democratic primary, and ask the favor
able consideration and support of all tha
peo^p le. Rosp ctfully,
W. E. Champion.
For County Commissioner.
We are authorized to announce the
name of Wm. J. Dent as a candidate for
the office of County Commissioner of
Crawford county, subject to theuction
of the Democratic primary, and to ask in
his favor the support of all the voters, tf
. For County Commissioner.
Wc are authorized to announce the
name of W. B. Davis as a candidate foT
County Commissioner of Crawford coun
ty, subject to the nomination of the Dem¬
ocratic party, and to ask the support of
the people in his favor. tf
For Tax Receiver.
I hereby respeotfully announce myself
a candidate for Tax Receiver of Crawford
county, subject to the notion of the Dem¬
ocratic primary, and a-k the support of
my friends and fellow citizens.
Rfiftoeciful 1 v s
*W. B. Spain.
For Sheriff.
I hereby announce my c elf a candidate
for Sheriff of Crawford county, suhj ict ta
the Democratic primary. I appreciate
the support of my many friends iu the
past, and wall kindly usk them to rtuiem
b r me in the future.
Respectfully, Culveruousk.
Jno. O.
For Ordinary.
I respectfully announce myself a candi¬
date for tlte office of Ordinary of Craw
ford county, subject to tlu) action of tho
Democratic primary, and ask the favora¬
ble coii|jdorntion and support of my fel¬
low citizens. Respectfully, B. Trammell.
Eugenio
For Clerk Superior Court.
I hereby respectfully announce myself
a candidate for Clerk of the Superior the
Court of Crawford county, subject to
Democratic nomination, and ask the sup¬
port of nil the people. J. W. Jack.
For Tex Collector.
To the voters of Crawford county: I
respectfully announce myself a candidate
for Tax Collector of sani county, subject
to the action of the democratic primary.
.Tab. M. Moody.
For Clerk Superior Court.
I respectfully announce myself the a cau- Su¬
didate for the office of Clerk of
perior Cpurt of Crawford ( -unty, subject
to the Democratic nomination, and ask
the favorable consideration and support
if the voters of said county.
Respectfully,_
tf Frank Danielly.
For Sheriff.
1 hereby announce inyself ns a candi
da;e for sher ff, subject to the nomina
tio - by the < e noerscy of Crawford
unty, and with the utmost respect at
mv command. I ask for the support of
a 1 tl c people.
B. A. Hartley.
For Sheriff.
I respectfully annouuce myself county, a can¬
didate fot Sheriff of Crawford
subject to the Democratic nominutiOD,
and ask the favorable consideration aud
tup port of all the voters.
Respectfu ly, C. Hicks.
tf D.
The friends of Joel N. Mathews an¬
nounce his n me as a candidate for Ordi¬
nary of Crawford county, subject to
Democratic nomina ion, hereby pledging 1 will
themselves, if he is elected, that a of the
be done to give the couoty one
b st officials she has had in a number of
year* Friends.
• I
Yon can fool all the people part
>f Hie time, ar.d part of the people
all the time but you can’t fool all
of the people all the time, The
wise, prudent, careful and economi¬
cal buv their Drv Goods, Groceries,
Shoes, Hats, Notions, etc. from W.
I. Pc well. Go to see him, he wiii
treat you right.
A fine line of new and stylish
Clothing just received direct from
factory. From the cheapest to a
Dude’s Outfit at prices that will as¬
tonish you. Call and inspect them
and you will be pleased with what
we have to show you.—Wilson <fe
Mathews.
W. W. Jordan is offering good*
of all kinds at astonishing low
prices.
The Herald and the Atlanta Con¬
stitution, Loth one year, for $1.50
at this office.