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In civilized countries to-day government documontsare sent free through
the mails and bear stamps showing that such a privilege has been accorded
to them. On each of these stamps appeal's the name of the country or city
where it is issued, the number of the document and the letter R, which is
the initial of the French word “Recom mnndee,” and which indicates that
the document is franked, or, in other words, is exempt from the usual postal
charges. The stamps are issued in the following countries: Russia, Chile! Italy,
Finland, Japan. Uoumanta, Mexico, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Greece,
Sweden. Ecuador, Germany, Austria, United States of America, Colombia.
Holland, Hungary, Persia, Great Britain, Switzerland, Montenegro, Costa
Rica, France and Uruguay. As graphologists maintain that the character
of every human being is revealed in his or her handwriting, so it is claimed
that national character is In each case revealed in these stamps, and espe
cially in the manner in which the capital R is formed. That the formation
of this letter is not the same on all the stamps can be seen at a glance. On
some it is strictly regular, while on ot hers it is more or less artistic, as the
graceful curve of its tail shows.—New York Herald.
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In a pamphlet by Alfred F. Sims,
$gepa EC <»’ g8 g a a d
General Electric Company, there is
given some interesting data about the
history of a thunderstorm, from which
the folowing is taken:
The attendant phenomena of a thun
derstorm vary considerably, but are
usually as follows: First, cirrus haze
appears in the morning. Then dark
clouds are seen lying low In the west
ern sky, usually in the afternoon; the
air is warm and sultry. Eater on the
clouds mount to near the zenith, and
the air near the ground “n solemn
stillness holds.” The clouds on the
front of the thunderstorm are grayish
white or reddish and hang over and in
front of the main rain cloud. Above
these dense dark gray and violet eu
mulo-stratus clouds are seen, also the
towering cumulus clouds which arc
separated from the cumulo-etratus.
Often these are interspersed with one
or more thick cumulo-stratus cloud
layers and above all is the widely dis
tributed cirro-stratus.
Tlie herald of the storm is heard be
fore the cloud reaches the zenith, and
the first rain commences after it The
interval between the first thunder aDd
the beginning of the rain varies from
a few minutes to half an hour or more.
About five minutes before tbo rain be
gins there comes from the v est or
northwest a brisk wind which sud
denly increases in violence and be
comes a squall.
The time of heaviest rainfall varies;
sometimes it occurs at the beginning
and sometimes in the latter part of the
time the rain cloud draws over a local
ity. The lightning strokes and loudest
thunder occur some minutes after the
rain begins. Gradually the western
horizou loses its dark aspect, lightens
up a little, and finally opening clouds
appear. The storm clouds pass by
overhead and the rain ceases shortly
before their western edge reaches the
zenith. The last thunder is usually
heard after the rear edge of the cloud
has passed to the zenith. The usual
direction of translation of thunder
storms in this latitude is easterly,
and they revolve around a horizontal
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axis, whereas tornadoes revolve
around a-vertical axis.
Before the thunderstorm the meteo
rological conditions undergo the fol
lowing- changes: The air pressure and
the relative humidity decrease, and
the temperature rises; the wind is
light. At the moment of bursting of
the storm the air pressure and relative
humidify Increase very rapidly and the
temperature falls; the .wind suddenly
subsides almost Immediately after
ward, while at times it Increases un
tll near the close of the thunderstorm.
Toward the end of the thunderstorm
the air pressure and the relative
midity reach their maximum and the
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For Western Farmers,
The ,,,, up-to-date „ , , „ farmer with . , a large
acreage finds It slow work to plow
his fields with the old single plows
of the past, and so he utilizes the
electric current and multiplies the
number of plow shares to suit him
self. In the West this is practically
a necessity', on account of the large
size of the fields and the cost of labor
and teams. Our illustration shows a
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ELECTKICAimV-OPEKA.TED PLOW.
convenient form of motor plow which
luis been designed by Conrad Melss
ner, of 1 riodriclisburg, Goimauy. It
consists of two electric motors oper
ating winding drums on separate car
riages, which may be placed at auy
required distance apart, only one mo
tor being connected with the main
feed wife. To supply power to tlie
second motor a feed cable lying paral
lel with the traction cable Is readjust
ed at every trip of the plow to follow
tlie latter down the field. Tlie mech
anism is so adjusted that when once
set iu motion the apparatus practically
operates itself, moving the carriages
forward at the beginning of each trip
to bring tlie plow-shares in position
for the next row of furrows. The
plows are attached to a two-wheelcd
truck, which is pulled back and forth
across the. field, moving forward at
tlie end of each set of furrows as long
as the power is turned oil.
The Rhine is only 960 miles long, bui
drains a territory nearly double tin
area of Texas. _
VIPERS AND TOADS.
Some Storist of the Queer Doing, of the
Creature,.
Oru friend, the toad, in addition to his
faculties for clearing gurdens of slugs
and insects, sitting in holes, ravaging
beehives, and being found alive in the in.
side of snakes and coal strata, ha# other
interesting qualities. If I may believe
the accounts given me by my elders, a
toad may have a taste for religious mu
sic. At about tlic age of live I kept a
pet toad, for whose benefit I used to
catch flies, beetles, slugs, etc. I clearly
remember his taking these from mv
hand, as well as his lumbering cheerily
toward me whenever I came atone into
the garden. 1 am also told that he lis
tened with rapt attention while 1 sang
to him, "Oft in sorrow, oft in woe, On
ward, Christians, onward go.” This
circumstance, I may say in the sacred
cause of truth, 1 do not remember very
distinctly. I do, however, remember
very distinctly bringing him saucerful!
of milk, which afterward became empty.
This consumption, may, however, have
taken place vicariously, after the man
ner of the disappearance of offerings as
related in ' Bel and the Dragon,” for ex
ample, by substituting pussy for priest
Passing to matuerer years, I once
came across a ‘‘fearful wildfowl” be
longing to the batrachian tribe on the
bare waterless veld of Mashonaland, or
rather Makalakaland, between the then
so-called forts of Tuli and Victoria. He
was as large as many of our toads put
together, had a head like a bull dog, only
uglier (if bull dugs are ugly), and large
pimples on lus back, and he moved him
self by means of clumsy but fair-sized
hops, instead of shuffling or waddling,
as his little English relative usually does,
unless much frightened or excited. I
nearly walked over him. and he at once
made for me open-mouthed. I held out
a stick, which he laid hold of and held
on to as though he were a terrier. A
young bull dog I had with me then (and
n °w still treasure in his old age), either
n °t recognizing the likeness or being
insulted by the grossness of the parody,
made a grab at him, and was with diffi
culty hauled and called off, and was
afterward fully occupied for some min
utes in choalung, making faces and scat
tering frothy saliva: and thereafter look
Colonial wagon owners, with whom I
was a passenger, called this creature
(phonetically) a “pod.” or “podder ”
How the word i. spelt I never found out,
but I heard elsewhere that it is really
the Cape Dutch for some kind of frog;
though what Cape frogs are like I know
not, never having lived in the oolonv it
self. My friend (or enemy) I should
be inclined to dub a “bull toad,” if he
has not a name already. Perhaps some
naturalist can enlighten me. The Boers,
by the way, call a tortoise, of all things,
a “shell frog," in the same cheerfully
indiscriminate and topsy-turvy way
that they call a cheetah a leopard, a
leopard a tiger, a hyena a wolf, a bust
ard a peacock, a sand grouse a (Nama
qua) partridge, an ant-eater an earth
pig. a giraffe a camel, and a locust a
iump-cock or spring chicken .—Letter in
Pali Mail Gazette.
Science Versus Romance.
How the shades of the old poets and
fable-writers would tremble with amaze
ment and indignation i'f they could come
back to the upper world and stand once
more in classic Greece! Right in the
center of the famous land of Boeotia a
company of enterprising Englishmen
have laid desecrating hands upon a body
of water once sacred to the gods and the
heroes, and, having drained it. they are
now using its fertile bed as a great truck
farm . Melons, colza, beets and other
v< , gm blcs are cultivated where naiads
used to disport themselves, and the erv
of the teamster as he carries the “truck”
marke t, is heard close by the spot
where once stood a famous oracle of
Apollo. The body of water is Lake Co
pais, the largest in Greece, which has
thus fallen a victim to the base uses of
modern trade.
A DECEIVING WORLD.
Madge—Did you ever love a man you
wouldn’t marry?
Dolly—Certainly! Sometimes it takes
a long while before you find out he
hasn’t any money.— Puck.
TALUUIjAH FALLS EXPOSITION
One Fare Round Trip From AIL Points
In Georgia
Account Blue Itklge and Tallulah Falls
Exposition Kept. 17th, 18th and 19th. For
information apply to It. It. ticket agent or
W. K. Erwin, decretory, Tallulah Falls, tia.
City There which is one has savings bank in New York
surplus deposits of more than $(18,
000,000 and a of more than $7,000,
000
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces luflumma
tiotgaliays pain, eufos wind colic. Zoo a bottle
Times must be pre< hard when a man
can’t even collect ills
I do not believe Piso’s Cure for Conramp
tion has an equal for coughs and ooids.— John
F. Boteh, T rin ity bp rings, Ind;, Fel l. 15,1900.
Taking Everything into consideration
suspension bridge is without a pier.
Sou advertl£Mineiit <>f EE-M (’ntarrh Cure Ju
another column- Uh; beat remedy made.
Married women are usually advocates
of home. rule.
YANKEE CHECK.
An American visitor to this country,
annoyed at being pressed for settlement
of a bill by the landlord of the hotel at
which he was staying, threatened to
leave.
“You don’t stir from this hotel until
you have paid up,” protested the man
ager.
"Just put that in writing, and I’ll stay
here for the remainder of my days,” was
the retort.— Tit-Bits.
Value or a ’Inti's Lire,
The Supremo Courts hove decided that the
life of the averuga man is worth just what ho
in able to earn. A man's earnings depend to
a great extent upon his physical health. The
stomach is tho measure of health and strength.
Every man may be bright and active if his
digestion is normal. If it is not. Hostittor’s
Stomach Bitters will make it so. Try it for
dyspepsia, flatulency, indigestion, constipation, ’bilious
ness, liver or kidney troubles.
There are more Chinese (107.000) in the
United States than Dutch (81,000), and
almost as many as French (113,000).
When tlie Eyes A re Sick
Something nuiet bo Uono nud done When quickly.
Little neglects bring big diseases. tho
eyes are sore or Inflamed use John It. Dickey’s
Old Reliable Eye-water. It stops Inflammation^
cures granulated lids, and brings 25cts. ease at Dickey once.
It causes absolutely no pain.
Drug Co-, Bristol, Teuu.
The area of Texas is 266,000 square
miles; of Rhode Island, 1247.
FITK permanen Uy cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first dav’B use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. ®2 trial bottle and treatise free
Dr. B. H. Kline, Ltd., Ml Arch St., Phil*. Pa.
The girl who is lost in admiration
easily finds herself in love.
We refund 10c. for every package of Pcr
nam Fadeless Dte that fails to give satisfac
tion. Monroe Dru g Co., UnlonviUe , Mo.
The shortest terms of Governors are in
Massachusetts and Rhode Island — one
year each.
It's the hard rubs of the world that
make a man bright.
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There la more Catarrh in this section of the
., „ , together, -
country than all other diseases put
and until the last few years woa supposed to bo
incurable. For a great manv veara doctors
pronounced it a local disease constantly and prescribed failing
local remedies, and bv to
core with local treatment, pronounced it in
curable. Science has proven catarrh to bo a
constitutional constitutional disease and Hail’s therefore Catarrh require* Cura,
treatment.
manufactured by F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo,
Ohio, is the only constitutional oure on the
ffiWkSi- Jt4iiflmnte.4emriiy.tedee® teaspoonful. It acts directly
10 drops to a on
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any case
it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi
monials. Address F.J.Cheney A Co.,Toledo, O
Bold by Druggists, 76c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
South Dakota has more Indians (11,000)
than ^nv other State. Of the Territories
Indian 'Territory has 56,000 and Arizona
25,000.
Best For (be IS (firsts.
No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, von will never. get well until your
bowels are put right. CAsexnsTfe help produce nature,
cure you without & gripe or pain, 10
eaay natural movements, coat you juafc Cas
cents to start getting your health back.
carbts Candy Cathartic, the tablet genuine, haa C.C.C. put up
in metal boxes, it. every of imitations.
stamped on Beware
miE Z
in breadth is Montana (580).
Black Hair , ?
“ I have used your Hair Vigor
for five years and am greatly
pleased with it. It certainly re
stores the original color to gray
hair. It Keeps my hair soft.”—Mrs.
Helen Kilkenny, New Portland, Me.
Ayer’s Hair Vigor has
been restoring color to
gray hair for fifty years,
and it never fails to do
this work, either.
You can rely upon it
for stopping your hair
from falling, for keeping
your scalp clean, and for
making your hair grow.
$1.00 a boflle. All druggists.
-awbf’ri .
If your drugs doll isfc and cannot v/ill supply you,
send us one ar and we express
you of a bottle. nearest lie sure office. give the Address, name
your express Lowell,
J. C. AYER CO., Mass.
A Bad Breath
A bad breath means a bad
stomach, a bad digestion, Pills a
bad liver. Ayer’s are
liver pills. They cure dys- con
stipation, biliousness,
pepsia, sick headache.
25c. All druggists.
Want your moustache or beard a beautiful
brown or rich black? The en use
BUCKINGHAM'S DYElftSR ers
60 ct*.' or Drugoibts, on R. P. hmi \ N. H.
DO YOU SHOOT?. v «nd address postal , cara „ for >
If you do you should send your name on a
WINCHESTER
Arm* Co., Haven, Conn.
WE PAY R. R. FARE akp uhdto $5,W
Deposit. Guarantee
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COST. Write COI.l.Ktili, Quick to MACON, (iA. At. A. GA
HtlHINKKS
pkffitSs* \ ! Foe Mure Tlntii n Quarter of a Century
The reputation of W. I,. Doughts comfort $3.0* and
nud 83.50 slices for pfyl.o* innkca sold
wear has excelled till other si
these prices. This excellent reputation bar
been won by merit alone. W. D. Douglar
shoes have to give better satisfaction thnn hi*
other $3.00 and $3.50 slu es because
reputation for the best, s'i.00 and $3.5€
shoes must be maintained. The standard
has always been nlaced so high that tito
wearer receives rtuire value for his money
in tho W. L. Douglas £3.00 and $3.5C
3hoes than he can get elsewhere. $3.56*
W. D. Douglas .sella more £3.00 and
shoes than any other two manufacturers.
W. L. Douglas $4.00 Gilt £dge Lino
cannot be equalled at any price.
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W. L e Oouglum
ahoom aro mnda of tho ******
grado Icaihorm u»od in $6 and $3
shoos and aro Jumt as good. everywhere.
Sold by the best shoe dealers
Insist upon having W. Is. Douglas bottom* sIhm*
witli name and price stamped on
now to a....... by Mai!.-if w. (- fns.viot
are not sold In your town, send order direr, >»
‘gffi?.: ciwtoindepartment will make, VLHt JL
pjJfeg ^ BfmliSiZ'ihS?!;*.*?!? Take measurementa R <*s
I fc ^iW^vteltrair^'liTaSd^SS wear.
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cu.at free. W. L. Uougiaa, Brockios,
EE-M Catarrh Compound
Cures Catarrh. Hay J Fever. Astto
ma, Bronchitis and Colds.
A mild. cool, pleoflont smoke, jure I y vegje
tftble. which any ladr can urh. We give
it’oti-clad guarantee that its proper use wtlE
cure CATAKKH or your monev refundodL
References: Dunn’s. Bradstreet’s or iuls
batik in Atlanta. EE-M is not a makeshift.
For tobacco users we make EE-M medicated!
cigars and smoking tobacco, compound. carrying Sans- same
medical properties as the
pies Free e. One box, one month’s treatment*
one dollar, postpaid.
EE -« Company, - Allan.., <i.
$900 TO $1500 A YEAR:
We want intelligent Men and Women mm
Traveling Representatives or Local Managers;,
salary $)<*> to *1500 a year and nil exneuarA,
according to experience nud ability. We *laa
want and local commission, represent*lives depending ; salary $9 to the ftp time m
week for particulars upon ■“
devoted. Seild stamp full
•ale position preferred. Address, Dept. U.
THIS BKLL COMPANY. Philadelphia, P*.
ASTHMA-HAY FEVES?
/!) FREE TRIAL BOTTLE
Address Dr.TAFT. 79 E.I30 T - ST.. N Y City
RED RIPPER HAY PRESS
Full circle ; horse power; simple, cheap, dur suita.
mended First prize ut Du. HtateFalr, UHR>. Capacity, Used and 20 recon*- b aha*
by Gu. State prison farm. SCO.
per hour. Fully intarnnteed. iV Price, Ilclnm, O'au
tured by HIRES lilt OS. CO.,
graph College, Louisville, Ky., open ili«* w\wH frc<*.
year. Stude/utB can cuter any time. Catalog
$75to$2C(l I’er Month MADE HY
AGENTS.
Elegant Premiums Fret
Address, SCO IT REMEDY CO., Ic uisville,
Ky. Wh* n .von write mention this paper.
HDAOCY new discovery ; to***
■ Muck relief and curon vrnetf.
caHGH. Hook ol te.-tinJoriHih and 1 O dayn’ treatm««c,
Free*. Dr. H H. OREKN'BSOWB. Uox B. Atlanta. Gh*.
“Th* fltuce Chat made IVeit Point famanaj®
MclLHENNY’S TABASCO.
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Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use
\n in time, hold bv druffflrlsts.
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