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SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. If it be granted that that embalmed beef spoke for itself, it «em« h “ ve spoken through the nose —Pbiladt L phia Times. In a lew day* it wiH not be necessary to mueter out the volunteers now in the Philippics, to judge from the report of casualties —Chattanooga News. There are strained relations in Ma> nils. A* soon as the United Stales troops can come in touch with Aguins aldo things will be understood, and Ag. will go to the guard house—New Orleans Picayune. As that Cuban assembly does not seem to be able to do anything else, it might amuse itself by trying toelect a United States senator. If it pro, ceeds on the Pennsylvania plan it will probably succeed by the time the state of Cuba is admitted to the Union. — Philadelphia Ledger. The best solution of the Samoan question would be the partition of the group. There are three large islands and three powers interested. The island that would naturally fail to us is the one on which we have a .coaling station concession. It has a fine har bor and is not sufficiently populated to give us any trouble.—Houston Post. Ambassador Choate will pay $12,- 000 of his $17,500 salary each year for hie house in London. If Mrs Choate takes $5,000 more, the ambassador will have SSOO left to buy cigars and trousers with. Thus saith a contem porary. Well, there may be a few boated monopolists who need more tljan one box of cigars and a pair of $3 trousers each week —-Boston Trav eler. During Secretary Alger’s absecce the political gossips at the national capital are bandying talk of his re tirement from the cabinet—a vain de lusion, it may be, but yet a pleading possibility in con’emplation. What a welcome Easter gift for President Mc- Kinley would be the resignation of fiig chief of the war department—Phila delphia Record. 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 oi Mrs. J. D. Sherrell, late of said county, this is to cite all and' singular the creditors and next of kin of Mrs. J. D. Sherrell to be and appear at my office in 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 EAST. tsULGO 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 20.55 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 8. S. Co (meals and stateroom 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 IJoston 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. ror tickets, sleeping car accommoda tions, call on or address I B. A. NEWLAND, Gen. Agent Pass Dept. WM. BISHOP CLEMENTS, 1 I. A., No. 6 Kimball House, Atlanta REPORT OF 1 Thos. Nall, Treasurer. a For February, 1899. r Feb 1 Cash on Hand $1 945 26 Feb IPd J H Huff, Secy $ 75 , To EI Ison, Report 53 65 M J Daniel 40 A B Cleveland, license 12 50 El Ison 45 * 6 J W Hill, license 10 R A Gordon 40 i 8 Jack Chapman 10 P F Phelps 40 AB Powers 2 W W Flynt 40 10 Mrs M R Brown & Co 10 M L Connor 40 W H Baker 10 C B Lynch 35 JII Diercksen 10 VV D Davis 33 Douglas Boyd 15 O H P Slaton 25 Boyd Mfg Co 25 W H Beck 25 Douglas Boyd 25 Aleck Jordan 20 Griffin Buggy Co 25 II B Futral 10 Griffin Buggy Co 10 H l{ Jones 10 15 S H Deane 20 L Bishop 3 Mary E English 25 J F Stewart 64 20 J W Bishop 25 Griffin Banking Co 150 16 TM Berry 10 Sue Jones 130 18 Carlisle & Ward 15 R H Allison 1 25 Carlisle & Ward 10 4 Street Hands 8 50 Carlisle* Ward 20 10 Mangham Bros 2 45 W D Davis & Bro 50 Douglas Boyd 70 20 J M Sears 10 11 City National Bank 275 J M Sears 10 Street Hands 8 50 28 Flynt & Co 10 15 Chas Mitchell 2 J G Smith 20 NW Harris & Co 480 TA Fambro 25 NW Harris* Co 330 J G Itbea 15 Dr&y&ge 25 Osborn & Wolcott 25 16 Thos Nall 50 Osborn * Wolcott 10 17 P Dickinson 11 Southern Mutual Ins Co 10 Will Bird 6 Red of W K Howard, Supt 18 j H Huff, Secy 75 Lights and Water 514 30 Lee Cal ham 7 04 Total lax Collection for Manley * Brooks 14 25 February, 1899 5 137 68 Street Hands 8 50 T J Mallory 20 20 20 Davis Bros 47 90 Spalding County 69 50 23 E Reeves, Secy 75 Savings Bank Ex 40 Street Hands 8 50 27 Newton C * L Co 75 25 Walter Brooks 5 08 28 Dr M F Carson 12 50 AV M Holman 2 50 J M Sears 4 55 W D Davis 103 Griffin L & W Co 821 54 Public School Fund I 203 31 Cash to Balance 3 629 92 $8 125 39 $8 125 39 Examined and found correct, being sustained by proper vouchers. HENRY 0. BURR, B. B. DAVIS, March 28, 1899. Finance Committee. HIS FIRST THIMBLE. Inventor John Koftlng* Made a For tune From It 200 Yean Ago. “There is a rich family named Loft ing in England,” said a dealer in fancy articles, “the fortune of whose house was founded by so apparently insignifi cant a little thing as the thimble. “The first thimbles seen in England were made in London less than 200 years ago by a metal worker named John Lofting. “The usefulness of the article recom mended it at once to all who used the needle, and Lofting acquired a large fortune and great fame in the manufac ture of the new accessory to the needle worker’s art. “The implement was then called the thumb bell and was worn on the thumb. “The clumsy mode of utilizing it was soon changed, but when and why the name thimble was given the article do not appear. “Lofting’s thimbles, and. in fact, all thimbles, were made of either iron or brass, and specimens of them extant, many of which are preserved as heir looms, are crude and clumsy looking things compared with the comjnonest thimbles of today, although their cost was many times as much. “Today gold, silver, iron, ivory, steel, sometimes glass and even pearl and celluloid are utilized in making thimbles. Since art needlework became fashionable thimbles of elaborate work manship and great value, to accompany the rich and costly implements and ma terials wealthy needleworkers affect, have found a large sale. “Solid gold thimbles, carved and fre quently set with diamonds, have been found none too good for some people. Thimbles made to order, with the mono gram or initials of the person for whom they are intended set in precious stones, are not by any means unknown.” — Philadelphia Press. HE ATE THE SOAP. Garland Would Have Swallowed It If It Had Killed Him. The late Augustus H. Garland, who was attorney general under President Cleveland, was very fond of practical jokes and during his term of service in the senate frequently turned the laugh on his colleagues. Senators Voorhees and Vest, with whom he was very friendly, finally determined to turn the tables Mr. Garland had a habit, like Voorhees, of munching candy, and Vest and Voorhees made it up between them to take advantage of his fondness for sweets to play their trick. They had some tempting looking chocolate cara mels prepared, with the interior filled with brown soap. These they took to the senate chamber and Voorhees placed them on his desk, The lid being off when Mr. Garland sauntered down the aisle he noticed them at once. “What have you there, Dan?” he in quired. Voorhees looked up carelessly from his writing and responded “Caramels. Help yourself." Garland needed no second invitation and, picking up two or three, placed one in his mouth. Steadily he chewed away, his face betraying no sign of the conflict within him. This alarmed Voorhees, who went to Vest’s desk and said: “He’s eating them. Vest! What shall we do? The stuff will kill him sure!” Senator Vest replied that it could do no more than make him sick. Garland swallowed the stuff, .although he was foaming at the mouth from the soap suds. He related the incident afterward with great gusto and said he would have swallowed it if it had killed him. , —New York Sun. PICTURES OF OLD MASTERS. The Constant Duel Between the Ex perts find the Frauds. In a vaudeville that used to be played at the Palais Royal an upstart is made to say: “Dome see my gallery. I have got 1(5 old masters from the sale, or 16 old sails from the sell. I don't know which.” Many of our experts might say the same thing, because the imitation of old pic tures is becoming a regular and flourish ing business, with its workshops, its art ists and its markets. The other day in one of the suburbs of Brussels a factory was discovered for turning out the works of old masters, and the specimens brought to light were well calculated to puzzle the most skillful experts. As a matter of fact, during the past 40 years Belgium has put upon the market hundreds of Hobbemas, Teniers, Metzus, Ruysdaels and especially Van Goyens, which they have made quite fashionable. It is easy for skeptics to say that, in spite of their skill, the forgers can never deceive men of experiecne; that they al ways make feeble copies or wretched imi tations; that the dash, the life and the evidence of the free hand in execution, which are clearly presented in the genuine works of the masters, are always absent in the copies. But unfortunately this is not the case. There are forgers in art whose skill is no less astounding than de plorable. To prove this a single example suffices: All those who occupy themselves a little with the fine arts know, at least by repu- , tatlon, the two famous portraits of Leo X, one in the Tribuna room of the Uffizzl gallery in Florence and the other in the museum of Naples. Nobody has ever been able to tell which is the original. We aro compelled to acknowledge the wonderful skill of these forgers who suc cessfully seize, If not the details, at least the ensemble of a work. Then, as for the details, they have recourse to another method. There are moments when literary men, to avoid the trouble of consulting a dictionary, put a mark upon a word the orthography of which they are not quite sure, and leave to the proofreader the care of hunting it up. Well, the reproducers of old masters replace the ink mark by a “vegetation,” which is obtained by rub bing with a wet rag the portion of tho picture which Is to bo covered for cause. The water left upon the spot soon pro duces a moldlness and an Infinite number of little spots. The whole forms a stain which, in the slang of the forgers, is called a chanci. i The methods of these swindlers are in- ' numerable. For example, to destroy the < proof that the canvas Is newly painted, , they simply bake it. In this way they ob- ( tain a rough and scaly surface. When the scales do not appear in sufficient quantity, the point of a pin is used to produce the desired additional number. A judicious employment of wet ashes and lampblack , in varying doses suffices to give to the col or those beautiful somber and yellowish * tones that time spreads upon tho works of I past centuries. Spanish licorice is also < used to give modern canvases the appear- c ance of old age. A decoction of wine j must Is sometimes poured upon the paint- ( ing. It is spread with the palm of the ' hand and rubbed until it becomes dry. That is the method of giving to the canvas * what is called the warm and golden tone. ‘ Some time ago the experts discovered a < very simple method of detecting the fraud. 1 The copies, having neither the name nor , t the hardness of the old paintings, were s unable to resist the attacks of alcohol, j which made their colors fade rapidly. But in this eternal duel between the expert and the forger, the latter has the riposte al ways prompt. To make his copies proof against the attacks of alcohol he covered them with a light coat of liquid glue. Over this the alcohol passed just as It might pass over a pane of glass. I It is noteworthy that these forgeries are c well known to tho amateurs who are still c bold enough to purchase old paintings. Tho mania of the collector holds out against ail disappointments and mishaps. —Paris Cor. Courrler des Etats Unis. C -Zk. S T? O X A.. B«ar« the Ths Kind Uti Hava Always L” r DYED DIAMONDS. I Tsttow Stonea < tr i Ft.- “ ,<!•■ to L**k Like Gctna ot the Flrat Water. “There are tricks in every trade’’ has grown to bo an adage and this proverb holds especially good with regard to the jewelry trade, which for “ways that are dark and tricks that are vain” fair ly takes the palm for roguery. Although a great deal of capital, time - and lals>r have been devoted to counter feiting the diamond, very little success has bean obtained from a fraudulent point of view, as the diamond possesses extraoidinnry qualities of hardm-aa and brilliancy, with which no imi tation, up to now, can attempt to vie. “Paste ' of all kinds can be tested by means of a sharp .steel file, which scratch ?s its surface. A method of successful imposition j with diamonds has however, been dis- j covered, and the originator of this swin dle actually defrauded the pawnbrokers of London alone in one year of upward of $500,000. The general public, as well as jewel ers, are aware that diamonds of a yel lowish tinge, or. as tin y are called in ■ the trade, “straws,' are worth very lit- I tie. Large stones of this color, even i when weighing from 10 to 100 carats, I are quite common and will only fetch j in the market from $5 to S2O per’carat. j the value, of course, increasing in ratio [ with weight. Diamonds of the same I weight, if of the first water, or perfect- J ly colorless, would be worth from fivs to ten times as much. The methods of the individual refer red to were as follow- He purchas-d a quantity of "yellow” stones, and then by a simple yet ingenious process suc ceeded in imparting to them an evanes cent purity of color. This was done by procuring two ordinary glasses, a kettle of boiling water and a threepenny packet of mauve dye. The "yellow” diamond, which was perhaps set in a gold ring or pin. was merely dipped in the glass containing the dye, and then in clean boiling wa ter half a dozen times, and allowed to dry, when it presented all the appear ance, even to the eye of an expert, of 8 magnificent stone of the first water. The next move was to place the ring on the finger, and the well dressed dia mond dyer would sally forth, enter a pawnbroker's and pledge the ringfor at , least three times its worth. Within 12 hours, however, the effects of the dye . would have disappeared, and the pawn broker could only wonder what on earth was wrong with his eyes when he advanced so much money on such a yel- | low stone. Fortunately, owing to the magnitude of this individual s operations, the fraud was discovered, and now pawn brokers, if they are suspicious of a dia mend’s color, immerse it in nitric acid, which destroys any dye that may be present wirtiont in any way injuring , the stone. -London Mail. GOOD MONEY FOR BAD NEWS Paid to Learn That Slxht Would Leave Hint In Six Months. Somehow it made me feel bad, thia happening that lam about to relate. I was in the office of an oculist, one of the leading men in his profession in | Pittsburg. A big, strong and healthy looking man entered. His appearance indicated that he had many years of life before him. He was well dressed, keen ly intelligent and of pleasant counte nance. “Doctor,” he said, “my eyes have been troubling me, and I would like yon to make an examination of them and treat them.” After a few preliminary questions the 1 doctor told him to strip himself to the 1 waist. He took off his clothes and stood t there, a magnificent specimen of man- 1 hood. The doctor examined him, pay ing particular attention to his back, fol ' a reason of which I know nothing. , Having finished, he said: “Put cn your clothes. I can do noth ing for you. Your sight may last six months, but no longer. Treatment will I do no good. Blindness is sure to come.” 1 “What’s the matter, doctor?” he 1 asked quietly, with a faint tremor in 1 his voice. The doctor told him in technical lan- t guage and then explained that the trou- 1 ble came from the wasting of a nerve t leading from the spine. e “What’s your bill, doctor?” asked 1 the man when he got his clothes on “Five dollars, ” replied the doctor. s He paid it and left the office without another word. In the fullness of life he r walked out into the blessed light of day, j doomed within six months to darkness a until death. It was an incident to the < doctor; to me it was a tragedy.—Pitts- 1 burg News. 1 j Irving Didn’t Hrnd. C Sir Henry Irving appeared at the c Theater Royal, Edinburgh, in 1857, a and two years later he went to Linlith- ” gow to give a reading there. He was t delighted to see his nani-- in big letters j. on the posters on arriving in the town, r He went to the hall, but there was nd < crowd there -in fact, the caretaker had 1' not arrived, having forgotten all about the reading. Irving went in search of 1 him, and things were got ready; 8:30 o'clock arrived, but no one came to the - hall—not even a small boy In recalling the incident Sir Henry was wont tc say, “I never slept better than I did j that night ” It* Nfitorai Effect. “How many of th'-so sh»-<-p ,t out ! of here?” asked the angry farmer “I don’t know.” replied the new hired man. rubbing his eyes. “After I d watched five or six of ’em jump over the fence I seemed to lose the j count. That always puts me to sleep. ” | —Chicago Tribune. Os No Avail. “Prisoner. ” said the court, “have I you anything to say for yourself?” I “What's the use?” replied the cul prit “yon guys wouldn't believe me.” I ' —Philadelphia North American. I I l !* IBMiWMMMMI e _ICASTORIA I For Infants and Children. 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