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STATE NEWS. Mr. Abraham an old Jewish citizen, ol Macon was buried on Woo ay in Macon The fc raded road from Irwinville to Fhzgerald, which i. being built by the chaiogang.wiH probably be completed oex t week Dr. H. H Cary, formerly first coni' mia.ioner of Georgia died at his home in LaGrange Ga., on the afternoon of the 27th He was about 79 years of age. Cordele Sentinel: Silas Powell has been acquitted. He was charged with killing his cousin, John Keily, last year. Before Keily died, after being shot, it is said that he saked his fami« ly not to prosecute Powell. Powell is now a free man. Pugh Andrew’s, a notoriously bid negro of Quitman, was killed at Halo Saturday night by another negro in a fret-’ot-ill fight. Andrews left Quit man recently to work on a railroad and it seems that Saturday night An drews and several other negroes be came involved in a difficulty, which resulted in Andrews being shot to death, r Dr. J. F. McKibben, o' Jickson, Ga., who has been a' Dr. H. D. Allen’s san itarium for the past three months, slipped off trim his attendant yes terday and went into the woods near by and hung himself. Soon after his disappearing he was missed and a search began but when found it was too late, as life was extinct. Mr. Mc- Kibben was 49 years of age and leaves a wife and family to mourn bis death. Parties have been wor king a great swindling scheme on the old ante-bel lum negroes throughout the Seventh Congressional district by representing that Congress had passed a bill to pen sion the old Southern slaves. The scoundrels have probably got hundreds of dollars out of ignorant and credu lous negroes. Judge Maddox received a number of letters in reference to the matter before leaving Washington, and he has had several since returning home. Ordinary’s Advertisements. STATE OF GEORGIA, Spalding County. To All Whom it May- Concern: J. Chestney Smith, County Administrator, having, in proper form, applied to me for permanent letters of administration on the estate of Mrs. J. D. Sherreil, late of said county, this is to cite all and singular the creditors and next of kin of Mrs. J. D. Sherreil to be and appear at my offleein Griffin, Ga., on the first Monday in April, by 10 o’clock a. m., 1899, and to show cause, if any they can, why permanent administration should not be granted to J. Chestney Smith, County Administrator, on Mrs. J. D. Sherrell’s estate. Witness my hand and official signature, this 6th day of March, 1899. J. A. DREWRY, Ordinary. STATE OF GEORGIA, Spalding County. Whereas, A. J. Walker, Administrator of Miss Lavonia Walker, represents to the Court in his petition, duly filed and en tered on record, that he has fully admin istered Miss Lavonia Walker's estate. This is therefore to cite all persons con cerned, kindred and creditors, to show cause, if any they can, why said Adminis trator should not be discharged from his administration, and receive letters of dis mission on the first Monday in May, 1899. J. A. DREWRY, Ordinary. February 6th, 1899. TO THE $3.00 SAVED BY THE 'SEABOARD AIR LINE. Atlanta to Richmond sl4 50 Atlanta to Washington 14 50 Atlanta to Baltimore via Washing- ton 15.70 Atlanta to Baltimore via Norfolk and Bay Line steamer 15.25 Atlanta to Philadelphia via Nor- folk 18.05 Atlanta to Philadelphia via Wash ington 18.50 Atlanta to New York via Richmond and Washington 21.00 Atlanta to New York via Norfolk, Va. and Cape Charles Route 30.55 Atlanta to New York via Norfolk, Va , and Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company, via Wash ington 21.00 Atlanta to New York via Norfolk, Va., Bay Line steamer to Balti more, and rail to New York 20.55 Atlanta to New York via Norfolk and Old Dominion S. S. Co. (meals and staleroom included) 20.25 Atlanta to Boston via Norfolk and steamer (meals and stateroom in cluded) 21.50 Atlanta to Boston via Washington and New York 24 00 The rate mentioned above to Washing ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston are $3 less than by any other all rail line. The above rates apply from Atlanta. Tickets to the east are sold from most all points in the territory of the Southern States Passenger Association, via the Seaboard Air Line, at $3 less than by any other all rail line. For tickets, sleeping car accommoda tions, call on or address | B. A. NEWLAND, Gen. Agent Pass Dept. WM. BISHOP CLEMENTS, T. P. A., No. 6 Kimball House, Atlanta j “THE WOMAN’S SANDBANK.” Qaeer Leirend of the Once Frond City of Stavoreu. Apropos of the proposition to reclaim the Zuyder Zee by constructing a dike be tween Stavoren and Medemblik, E. W. C. tells in St. Nicholas the legend that ac counts for Stavoren's decline from a proud city to an isolated village. In the olden time the great city stood on the crescent shore of a beautiful bay. The warehouses were full of treasure and the streets thronged with busy crowds. The mani fold noise and bustle of a thriving city filled the air Among the wealthy inhab itants was the maiden Richberta. Beside her wealth and splendor all other posses sions grew dim. No palace could match hers in magnificence. Her ships brought in such gold and gems, such marvelous stuffs and such rare, strange things from overseas as made her the envy of all the town. When she rode abroad in her gran deur, all eyes followed her, and she was proud. But her joy was greatest when strangers camo to view her possessions, for then she knew the fame of them was spread abroad in the land. One day a stately, gray haired man came to her door and asked to behold her treasures. She gave him a gracious wel come and caused her most rare and won derful things to bo spread before him. His strange eastern dress and a certain air of mystery about him fascinated her, and she eagerly watched him as ho calmly viewed the display she made, expecting from him looks and words of astonishment and delight. But none came. His counte nance remained unmoved, and ho made no comment. Then in anger Richberta exclaimed: “Why are you silent, old man? Saw you ever the like of this before?’’ “No, lady,” he answered gently, “not ' even in kings’ palaces, and I have known them in all countries. Only one thing is lacking, and that is the best of all.” “And what is that good thing which I have not?” she demanded in a rage. But the strange man only shook his head and would not tell, but went his solitary way. Richberta's wrath knew no bounds. All her pleasure in her possessions was gone because of the one thing, best of all, that she had not. Nobody could think what it could be, though sne and her wisest serv ants thought about it day and night. She sent her fastest ships to hunt the great world through to find this one treasure. Miserable and impatient, she awaited their return, but when they came they brought her only bitter disappointment. The thing that was best of all remained undiscover ed. One of these vessels sailed to a Baltic town and took in a cargo of the finest wheat, but Richberta in a rage ordered it thrown into the harbor. Now, after many days a strange thing came to pass. Along the shore and far out into the bay appeared a multitude of green blades, and presently the wondering people cried, "It is the wheat!” Because of Richberta's wicked deed the wasted seed, meant for a blessing, had been turn ed into a curse. Mud and sand began to lodge in the myriad blades of this strange growth. Little by little a huge bar was formed, so the ships of Stavoren could no longer sail back and forth over the once splendid bay. Slowly the commerce and the wealth of the great city melted away. Slowly the proud Richberta sank into pov erty. And the wheat grew green and strong, while into every nook and cranny slowly sifted the clogging mud and sand. Then, at last, a yet more cruel misfor tune overtook Stavoren. The outlet for the sea became almost closed. And when, one day, a dreadful storm arose the terror stricken people saw the water come burst ing through the dikes that kept the town from being submerged. They fought the flood as only Hollanders can fight such an enemy, but this was one of those rare times when they were helpless. Their fran tic efforts went for nothing. The city was drowned. All was lost. Richberta had builded Stavoren’s tomb. And to this day remains the Vrouwe Zand, or "Woman's Sand Bank,’’formed by the wasted wheat, and the bay is the Zuyder Zee. Got the Kight Change. On a Western avenue car in Alleghany last night the conductor received 5 pennies from one passenger as a fare and, turning around, handed them in change to a young man who was sitting in a corner by the door. The young man said he did not wish them, but the conductor Insisted that they were coin of the realm and must be taken. The passenger got mad. His face was red, his collar tight, while the con ductor smiled pleasantly and seemed hap py to get rid of the pennies. Finally, to end the matter, the angry young man threw the pennies out of the door, and the other passengers laughed. This made the man who had money to throw away mad der than ever. He glared around the car, but as he saw ho could not whip the crowd, he jumped off the car before it reached the next corner. “That fellow reminds me of a pissenger I used to have,” said the conductor. “Ev ery morning when he got on he offered me a $lO bill. I could not change it and let him ride free. Finally I scraped together 995 pennies and put them in two sacks, 500 in one and 495 in the other. The next time my $lO man got on I gave him the sacks. He started to kick, but I told him to count the change. Then he began to see that the joke was on him, and after that he always had tho right change. ” —■ Pittsburg Dispatch. Aaron Hnrr'a Trick. Tho Bank of Manhattan, in New York city, lias decided to celebrate tho one hun dredth anniversary of its establishment next month, and the old story of how it was founded by Aaron Burr will undoubt edly be retold with many details. The Bank of New York was doing a flourish ing business, which tempted Burr to enter the field as a rival. Ho knew that he could not obtain a charter for a bank from the legislature, so he drew up a charter for a water company with a little joker in it empowering the company to employ its surplus capital in the purchase of public or other stocks or in “any other moneyed transactions or operations not inconsistent with the constitution or laws of the state," and the legislature granted it. The company did build a waterworks, and its old wooden pipes turn up occasion ally when excavations are made on Park row, but it also opened a bank which has longoutlived the waterworks. The dimin utive reservoir, which the company still maintains in order to preserve its charter, is surrounded by tho walls of a building at Chambers street, where New Elm street begins, and is visible from the street. Cnt Diet. One of the most successful English breeders of eats says that frequent change of diet benefits the animals Boneless fish an 1 rice nr.-g ■ ><! for them; so is condensed , ’ an I in warm weather vegetables ahoiild be freely mixed with their food. IN THE TWILIGHT OF LOVE. If years ago you told me, dear, That on a day our dreams would lad* To these halt hearted fancies drear. I should have grieved and felt dismayed. But yit bo softly has the rain Os dead years' a-hes settled on Each glowing passion that the pain Wan smothered ere all light hat! gone. Ah, be it thus with love'* decease! Its day is done; its shrine too high To brave time's destined tragedies. Let us steal down ere night, comes by. —Thomas Walsh in Bookman. EYES LIKE TELESCOPES. 7 The South African BuMhmen Are Gift ed With Marvelous Sl«ht. It has often been remarked that civil ized people tend to become short sighted. This is because in towns and cities their vision is mostly confined to dis tances. Savage races, on the'’other hand, are generally gifted with remark ably keen sight, and few tribes are more noteworthy in this respect than the African bushihen, whose eyes are veritable telescopes. This power is no doubt a wise provision of nature, for the bushmen are a small race, add if they were not able to see danger a long way off they would soon be exterminated by their various enemies, whether sav ages of other tribes or wild beasts. A traveler in South Africa relates that while walking one day in company with a friendly bushman the savage suddenly stopped, and gazing across the plain cried out that there was a lion ahead. The traveler gazed long and earnestly in the direction indicated by the bushman, but could see nothing. “Nonsense,” he said, “there's nothing there.” And he went forward again, with the bushman following at his heels, trembling and unwilling and still asserting that he could see a lion. Presently the native came to a dead stop and refused to budge another inch, for this time, he declared, he could see a lioness with a number of cubs, a fact which made the animal more danger ous than ever. But the European, who could see no lioness, much less its cubs, pushed ahead, declaring the bushman was dreaming. After walking a quarter of a mile, however, he could dimly make out an object moving across the horizon. Still doubting that it could be the object which the bushman said he had seen, he continued to advance, and at last was able to distinguish a lioness, with her cubs around her, walking leisurely toward the woods.—Chums. In the Ilnndn of nn Enemy. “Saw a strange thing in Toledo the other day,” said a citizen who was be ing shaved in a Griswold street barber shop. “I was walking from the hotel to the office of a lumber firm and met a man one side of whose face was black as your hat. “ Every razor along the lino was sus pended in the air and the white of every eye became more prominent. “Wouldn’t datkill you?” gasped the artist in charge of the narrator. “Dat takes de rag su’. An de odder side wa' white t” “No; that was black too.” There was no work done for some time, as all but the man who had done the questioning were shouting their hilarity. He looked so fierce and made such unprofessional slashes with his ra zor that the citizen decided to let his mustache grow, didn’t want his hair combed and left a half a dollar without mentioning change. Detroit Free Press. Guaale’a Bl« Brother*. “Yes,” said the principal of the young ladies’ seminary to the proud parent, “you ought to he very happy, my dear sir, to be the father of so large a family, all the members of which ap pear to be so devoted to one another. “Devoted! Large family!” gasped the old gentleman in amazement “What on earth do you mean, ma’am?” “Why, yes, indeed,” said the princi pal, beaming through her glasses. “No fewer than 11 of Gussie’s brothers have been here this term to take her out, and she tells me she expects the tall one with the blue eyes again tomor row. ” —London Tit-Bits. A Remembrance. “Have you anything besides this photograph by which I can identify him?” asked tho detective. “Yes, I have,” replied the hard fea tured matron, whose husband had de serted her. And, going to her bureau drawer, she took out a bunch of ginger colored hair, tied with a ribbon. “Him and me had some words one day,” she said, “and I pulled all this out of his head.” —Chicago Tribune. Bird* of Significance. “Peace is represented by a dove, isn't it?” asked the man who was looking over some allegorical pictures. “Well,” answered the official who had been to a diplomatic banquet, “doves used to figure in that connec tion. But quail on toast appears to be more popular now. ” —Washington Star. Why He Mara. “No, sir,” said the red faced aider man with great emphasis, “I’m in the franchise fight to stay.” “I suppose, then,” said the little man with wide ears, “that they don't give you your wad until the whole thing’s ended.” Cleveland Plain Dealer. Not Entitled to It. “He wants a divorce,” said the law yer. "because he says his wife refuses to cook for him. ” “He’s not entitled to it,” replied the dyspeptic partner. "No man is entitled to a divorce unless his wife insists upon cooking when she can't” Chicago Post. On the Yukon at a distance of from 700 to 800 miles from the sea there are many points where the river is 20 miles wide. A Chinaman eats twice as much meat as a Japanese. POPI LAR PROVERBS. SOME THAT ARE FAIRLY BRIMFUL OF ABSURDITY. Maxims Often Q noted and nt Times Advanced aw A retime nt Which Have Neither Wit Nor W isdom to < vm mend Them—Contradictory Sa> Ingv. There is a mistaken notion abroad, gays a writer in Loudon Tit-Bits, that proverbs are epitomes of wisdom, the concentrated experience of generations, and that to quote <>ne of them in a dis cussion is to advance nn unanswerable argument And yet what is there to recommend many of them beyond their jingle? Take our familiar friend: Early to Bed and E.:rly to Rise, Makes a Man Healthy, Wealthy and Wise. - Obviously, the i.iain idea was to find a word to rhyme with ■•rise, ' and “wise” was the unfortunate word chosen. And now, trustful little boys are persuaded to go to bed at unreasonably early hours in the hope of b coining a sort of San dow-Rothschild lorn n, though we all know niirkir.en and market garden ers who get up at 5 a. m. and are nei ther rich nor clever, and members of parliament who go to bed late and are, if not clever, at least not poor and in firm, Since the invention of gas and electric light this ridiculous old proverb has outlived its original modicum of truth, and proves we must not venerate proverbs on account cf their hoary an tiquity. The Early Bird Catches the Worm. -- The mistake made here is that it assumes we are all birds. But some of ns are worms. If we were not, what would become of the birds? And, therefore, while the birds do well to be early, let the worms be late the later the better. Tho Pitcher That Goes Oft to the Well Is Broken at Last. —-Note, it does not say “is broken first, "but “is broken at last.” Os course, every pitcher, wheth er it goes to the well or stays on the shelf, is broken at last, and the only re sult of this absurd proverb is to encour age lazy folk to do as little work as pos sible and unnecessarily keep out of harm’s way. If You Want a Thing Well Done, Do It Yourself. —There's shocking bad ad vice with which to start a youth on life's journey. If he wants a button well sewed on, he’s to do it himself; if he wants his hair well cnt, he's to cnt it himself. He must mend his own chairs, shoe his own nag, darn his own socks. In short, from buying a horse to blacking his boots, he must do it him self. Poor fellow! A Contented Mind Is a Continual Feast. —Can any one say what that means? Does it mean that the owner continually feasts on his contented mind or that the contented mind is contin ually feasting? Probably the latter, as we sometimes hear that “a hungry man’s an angry man,” and we all know that a satisfied appetite is the source of contentment. Hence it is not the con tented mind which makes the feast, as the silly proverb implies, but the con tinual feast which produces the con-, tented mind. There’s No Rule Without an Excep tion. —This is not only a proverb; it is also a rule. But obviously there is no exception to this rule, because if there were a rule with an exception this proberb would be untrue. But the prov erb is a rule which has no exception, which, as Mr. Euclid would say, is ab surd. "Which was to be shown. Where Ignorance Is Bliss, ’Tie Folly to Be Wise.—For oracular stupidity this proverb may be classed with the one alxrat the pitcher. Granting it true, the difficulty is to know where igno rance is bliss and of course tho prov erb gives no assistance where it is most needed. Most people quote it as “ignorance is bliss, "in their blissful ignorance, but if a proverb gives rise to error it is not only absurd; it is also dangerous. When people say—- A Little Learning Is a Dangerous Thing—They make that a reason not for learning more, but for learning less. Love Me, Love My Dog. If Igo a-courting. and my ladylove bids me love her scented, dyspeptic poodle, which is not necessary to her health and comfort, must I not much more love her glass eye and false teeth and hair, which are? Yet common sense revolts at the notion, and I therefore assume that a proverb which, logically treated, makes such unreasonable demands on my affections is wrong and absurd. Seeing Is Believing -How can any re flecting person repeat these words? Fot very often we believe we see what real ly we do not. If a conjurer were to take this proverb as his motto, every one would see its absurdity. A straight stick half submerged in water looks crooked. Fortunately, another proverb says, “Trust not to appearances.” And this bring us to the exquisite absurdity of popular proverbs which run in con tradictory pairs and support both sides of an argument Thus one proverb says’ “Look before you leap;” another, "Whohesitates is lost.” Sometimes we hear that “Second thoughts are best;” at other times that "Delays are danger ous.” The desperate man relies on "Nothing venture, nothing have;” the cautious man on "Never venture out of your depth till yon can swim.” The impatient matrimonial candidate be lieves that “Happy’s the wooing that's not long a-doing;” the tardy one that one may “Marry in haste and repent at leisure.” And so on ad infinitum “Ab sence makes the heart grow fonder”—■ “Out of sight, out of mind. ” “It’s never too late to mend"’—“A fool at 40 will never be wise." “Too manycooks spoil the broth”—“There’s safety in num bers” and “Two heads are better than one. “ Therefore, let us examine our prover bial coinage before we pass it into the moral currency. 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