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Mr John R, Cooper has announced
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I'he elegant reception and lunch to
be given ‘be university alumni in
Athena next June is being arranged
for. The committee of Athens alumni,
Messrs. 0. M. Strahan), Harry ILjdg
,> , 0 and T. W. Reed, who are in charge
of the affair will take all the necessary
sieps to make the occasion a most en*>
joyable one.
Vienna Progress: Quite a romantic
marriage occurred in this city Friday,
G. K Varnadoe and Miss Myrtle Mer
ritt were the contracting parties. They
drove into town, secured a marriage
license and were happily married while
sitting in the buggy in front of the
residence of Rev. J. M. Kelley, who
performed the ceremo y.
An application has been filed with
the adjutant general of the state signed
by forty of the most prominent joung
men of Thomson, Ga., asking for ad
mission into the militia of a company
that is 'to be formed in that town.
Thomson has never hid a military
company, and the nearest command
of the state military to the town it
Augusta, so io case of a riot, a serioug
difficulty would present itself to the
Governor of the state should he de
s're to send troops to that point.
The Peruvian Oobre Company, a
prominent mining corporation, of
Cartersville, has gone into the hands
of a receiver The receivership was
granted on the application of J. C.
Ora.n, one of the members of the com
pany, the other members being E. P.
Earle and Mumford Martin, of New
Yolk. Capt. J J. Calhoun has been
appointed temporary receiver, The
company has been for about seven
years mining, manufacturing and
shipping ochre, their large mill being
located at Emerson, Bartow county.
Ordinary’s Advertisements.,
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 Gth, 1899.
Consumption
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To the Editor :—1 have an absolute
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thousands of hopeless cases have been already
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who have Consumption,Throat, Bronchial or
Lung Trouble, if they will write me their
express and postoffice address. Sincerely,
I. A. SLOCUM, M. C., 183 Pearl St., New York.
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DEATH ABOARD SHIP.
HOW BURIALS AT SEA FROM OCEAN
LINERS ARE MANAGED.
Little Cere nonj anil lln-ty Funeral*
the Huie When Sailor* or Steerage
I’amenurr. Ire the Victim* Ef
fort* to Cheat (he Shark*.
There is no place when- death is more
unwelcome than on board a passenger
steamer. and between the death and
burial of a sea traveler the melancholy
influence of the event extends to every
one on board. The limitations of space
are very likely responsible in part for
this, for there is the feeling that until
the body has been cast into the arms of
the sea there is no getting away from
it. So spake a man who has crossed the
Atlantic ocean many times and who on
more than one occasion had been a pas
senger on one of the big liners when
death had claimed a victim from among
those on beard.
Sailors dread a death on board their
vessel as much as anything, and when
one occurs they are all anxiety to ren
der the body the last service, and this
fact is often responsible for the haste
and scant consideration with which
burials at sea are too often conducted.
But the days of such ceremonies are
fast dying, and efforts are now being
made which will permit of the body be
ing carried for the remainder of the
journey after death and properly buried
on land.
Even now it is generally only sailors
and steerage passengers who are buried
at sea, and frequently these are cast to
the waves without so much as the ves
sel being slowed down and within an
hour or two of their death.
Often enough a death occurs in a ves
sel without the fact becoming known to
more than one or two of the crew or
steerage passengers. Every effort is
made to keep the event secret, and in
the stillness of night, when better class
passengers are comfortably curled up in
their bunks, a little band of men, mov
ing like shadows across the deck, bear a
body from below, and, while the vessel
is plowing the sea, the mortal remains
wrapped in canvas or inclosed in a
crudely made box, are quietly slipped
over the ship’s side into the mysterious
deep.
The presence of a dead body on board
has sometimes not even been suspected
by the passengers until some one has
noticed the sharks that are following,
for it is no mere sailor’s story that
sharks know when a ship contains a
corpse. A vessel carrying a dead body
and passing through waters frequented'
by sharks is almost sure to be followed
by one or more of those fishes, if it does
not outspeed them.
Rather than bury a corpse while
sharks are following a vessel the captain
will sometimes have the bedy placed in
the ice chamber and full steam put on
the engines until the hungry fishes have
dropped astern completely.
In one case at least a body was ac
tually cremated on board by the cap
tain’s orders because of the sharks. But
sharks are not often obstacles to prompt
burial, and, generally speaking, when
a death occurs at sea, the body is slip
ped into the water at night with none
to witness the proceeding but a couple
of the crew and the captain, who reads
an abridgment of the service from the
prayer book.
The manner of burial of course de
pends greatly upon the captain's own
feelings in respect to the dead, and it
must be acknowledged that these feel
ings are in some cases all that they
should be. Some captains have the
greatest objection to “dumping” a dead
body into the sea and, when it is un
avoidable, will do their uttermost to
condui t the ceremony with all possible
revere. :e and respect.
For all that, there is always the feel
ing of the ship's crew and the melan
choly effect of the presence of a corpse
to be reckoned with, and the argument
that more consideration is due to the
living than the dead often prompts a
captain to “dump” a steerage passenger
in the dead of night without mention
ing the event to more than a couple of
hands.
Thus it often happens that while a
concert or a private theatrical perform
ance is going on in the saloon the cap
tain is engaged making arrangements
for the burial of some unfortunate crea
ture.
The “Change of Air” Core.
“There is no sense,” said a New
York physician, who has passed the
days when he must practice even if he
does not wish to, “in the haphazard
way in which a patient is sent away
from home to exhaust his strength and
spend his money in the hope that a
change of air will do him good. There
is no use in sending a person away to
die.
“Many physicians are not at all con
siderate about this sort of thing. There
are some cases in which the influence
of climate is a potent factor in the
treatment of certain diseases, but not
half so many of them as is generally
supposed. Quiet and rest at home, plen
ty of sunshine, good food and pure air
are worth far more than a change of
climate, that is so often recommended
as a cure till.’’—New York Herald.
Condensed.
“Do yon buy condensed milk, mad
am ?”
“I presume that we must, but I never
thought of it before. I always order
two quarts and pay for two quarts, but
it never measures more than three
pints."—Detroit Free Press.
A custom peculiar to Buddhists is
that of wandering about the country
with hammer and chisel and carving
holy symbols upon rocks by the wayside.
The term “filthy lucre” originated
in Scotland and referred in the first
place t.> the well worn £1 notes of that
country.
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BOILED IT DOWN
The Sittit rt« It Wax DeKiancd nnd Ml
It t i>|ien >•<■<!.
A journeyman hatter, a companion
of Dr. Franklin, was about to set up in
business for himself and wished to have
an appropriate sign to put over his
door. He designed one that bore the fol
lowing inscription: “John Thompson,
Hatter, Makes and Sells Hats for Ready
Money.” Following this was a picture
of a hat. But he was not quite certain
of the suitability of his sign, and he de
cided to submit, it to his friends for
their criticism.
The first that he showed it to object
ed to the word “hatter,” because it
was followed by the words “makes
hats,” which sufficiently explained that
he was a hatter. The word was struck
out.
The next said that the work “makes”
was useless, because the customer#
would not care who made the hats so
long as they were satisfactory and the
price was not too high. He struck that
out also.
The third man said that the words
“for ready money” might as well go,
as it was not the custom to sell hats ou
credit; every one who bought expected
to pay. These words taken out, and the
inscription read, “John Thompson Sells
Hats. ”
His next friend said “sells" might as
well come out. because nobody expected
him to give them away. What, then,
was the use of the word? “Sells” was
accordingly struck out and “hats” was
all that remained, following “John
Thompson.”
Even this, short as it was, was fur
ther diminished, and the sign finally’
stood, “John Thompson,” with the fig
ure of the hat following it.—Harper's
Round Table.
HIS THREE WIVES.
They Were All In One Picture, but
Did Not Stay There.
Allan Cunningham, in his “Lives of
British Painters,” tells a story of Cop
ley, the father of Lord Chancellor Lynd
hurst, which reveals what a portrait
painter endures from the vanity and
eccentricity of his sitters.
A certain man had himself, his wife
and seven children painted by Copley
in a family piece.
“It wants but one thing,” said the
man, on seeing the finished picture,
“and that is the portrait of my first
wife—this one is my second.”
“But,” replied tho artist, “she is
dead. What can I do? She must come
in as an angel. ”
“Oh, no; no angels for me. She
must come in as a woman.”
The portrait was added, but several
months elapsed before the man again
called at Copley’s studio, and when he
did, a strange lady held on to his arm.
“I must have another sketch from
your hand, Copley,” said he. “An ac
cident befell my second wife; this lady
is my third, and she has come to have
her likeness included in the family pic
ture. ”
The painter introduced the likeness
of wife No. 3, and the man expressed
himself satisfied with the portraits of
his three spouses. But the lady remon
strated. Never was such a thing heard
of. Her predecessors must go. The
artist painted them out; then the man
disputed the price. Copley sued him,
and his son, the future Lord Lyndhurst,
signalized his call to the bar by gaining
his father’s cause.
You Can Boil Anything.
A successful experiment was made at
Columbia university in boiling away a
silver dime. The dime was cut in strips
and laid in the cup of one of the car
bons of the are light. The pointed car
bon of the arc was placed above this
and a strong current turned on. Under
the intense heat the dime melted, sim
mered and then boiled like water. In
two minutes it had boiled away into
vapor. Professor Pupin, who conducted
the experiment, declared any substance
on earth, even granite rock, may be
boiled away in similar fashion if only
sufficient heat is brought to bear on it.
He also stated that any gas or liquid
would freeze if it could be submitted to
sufficient cold.
Compliments of a Corpne.
“I spent one summer at an obscure
place in the Virginia mountains,” said
the business woman to me, “and I took
with me a maid whose home was some
where near. One day she came to me
and asked for a day’s leave. I asked her
where she was going, and she very
proudly drew from her pocket a sheet
of paper on which was written, with a
superabundance of flourishes:
“ ‘Miss Selina Jackson respectfully
requests the honor of your company at
the funeral of Miss Amanda Juliana
Jackson, Friday morning at 10 a. m.
Compliments of the corpse. ’ ”—Wash
ington Post.
A Sure Test.
The schoolmaster put to his class the
question: “Two jars of gas, one con
taining nitrogen and one carbon di
oxide, are given. How may the gases
be discriminated?”
One eager little pupil said: “Get a
man, and let him take a deep bieath of
both. When he gets the carbon dioxide,
he'll die. That's the way to tell. ”
The Pressure Cure.
Dr. Negro of Turin has succeeded in
curing 100 out of 113 cases of sciatica
by digital pressure over the painful
part. The pressure is applied with all
possible force for 15 or 20 seconds and
is repeated for same length of time
after an interval of a few minutes. In
many cases six treatments are all that
is necessary.
Quite n Side Show.
Missouri is said to l>e the best circus
state in the Union. This may account
for the pleasing tradition that a Mis
sourian has to be shown. —St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
limiOll 01-’ LUNATICS.
I
ASANE MAN’S EXPERIENCE IN AN IN-
SANE ASYLUM.
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the Time lie Got Tiiroiitth Being
Cooled h, the inmate* He VVn»
ltend> to l»l«tru»t Even the Super
intendent nf the Institution.
“I never knew until I went out to
California this time that insane people
have a powerful s.-n,,. hnnior, ” said
a Washingtonian who recently returned
from a trip to the coast “I confess that
I've alway f. ;:i I a mtr.'bid sort of in
terest in going through noted insane
asylums, and so I armed myself with
the proper credentials in San Francisco
and went up to Napa county to have a
look over the splendid asylum for tin
insane there. I asm :< has I wanted to
see a few thin wit: nt the attention
of a guide. I didn’t ; : i.t my letters,
but just rambled around the beautiful,
spacious grounds for awhile. 1 hadn’t
spent three minnO s <■-. .mining the ex
traordinary rose ■'-•i. 1 ns in front of the
main asylum loHditr' before a tall,
slender young i. ..a. w> ii dressed m l
exceedingly well groomed, emerg< d
from a clump of oleander trees and ap
proached me.
“Taking a look around, eh?" said
he to me.
“ ‘Yes, ’ I said. T only arrived here
a few minutes ago, and I’m taking the
liberty of nosing about without any
official guidance.’
“ ‘Well,’ the tall young man said,
pleasantly, ‘I don’t suppose I fall out
of the classification “official guidance. ”
seeing that I am the assistant superin
tendent here, yet I should be pleased to
show yon about and at tin-same tin---
try not to place any restraint upon you
by my awe inspiring presence. ’
“Well, the young chap’s manner was
so pleasant and winning that I could
only thank him for his kindness, and
we started over the grounds. We
hadn’t gone far before a middle aged
man, also well dressed and well groom
ed, appeared some distance in front of
us down the gravel walk, and he beck
oned to my companion. The young
man excused himself courteously and
went up to the middle aged man The
two conversed earnestly together for a
few minutes, and then, linking arms,
what do they do but coolly walk off,
leaving mo standing there in the mid- I
die of the gravel path, a good ileal non
plused.
“ ‘Surprised over tho way they de
serted you?’ said a voice right back of
me. ‘Yon mustn't mind a little thing
like that, though. Both of those men
are as crazy as loons. ’
“I turned around, and there, stand
ing behind a hedge about ten feet to my
rear, was a little old gentleman, neatly
dressed in black, and with a quizzical
smile on bis features.
“‘Surely,’ I said, ‘you cannot mean
that that rational speaking, pleasant
mannered young man who was conduct
ing me about the grounds is bereft of
his wits?’
“ ‘Mad as a March hare, ’ repeated
the old gentleman flatly. ‘lncurable
case. Harmless, but incurable. The
man that he went off with is also a
very sad case—very. Thinks he is the
Maharajah of Bludblud, or something
like that. But you mustn’t mind ’em.
Lots of visitors are taken in the same
way. If you care to, I’ll just show you
around. lam one of the board of visit
ors of this institution and just happen
to be here in my unofficial capacity to
day. ’
“Much marveling over what the old
gentleman told me, I fell in with him,
and we rambled around the huge gera
nium arbors, and finally entered the
enormous glass building where the cul
tivation of violets is carried on.
“‘Nice array of flowers, isn't it?’
the old gentleman inquired of me, wav
ing his hand at the beautiful beds of
violets in bloom. Tam not inordinately
vain, my friend. I hope yon will under
stand, and yet I cannot but congratu
late myself upon the introduction of
this violet raising feature here, for I
myself was responsible for it and only
succeeded in having this hothouse con
structed after enormous exertions with
the authorities of the institution.’
“I congratulated the old gentleman
upon the result of his labors and was
just about to ask him to take me into
the main building and introduce me to
the superintendent when he suddenly
excused himself, saying that he had
left his spectacles on a bench in the
gardens and would be back directly. I
waited for him for fully ten minutes,
but as he did not return I started on
out of the glass building.
“ ‘You didn’t really expect him
back ?’ I heard a voice say, and then
a pleasant faced man, dressed as a la
borer and carrying a watering pot,
came from behind a group of palms.
He spoke with a Scotch brogue.
“ ‘The old gentleman you were with
is very bad up here,’ said the man with
the watering pot. touching his f re
head. ‘He's been here for 2') years, and
he fancies he owns the place. lam the
head gardener here, ami he tries his
best to run me. But he don't -no, sir,
he don't. He can’t. No crazy man can
run me. ’ And the Scotchman went down
the length of the raised violet beds, wa
tering the plants.
“I passed out of the glass building
and started for the entrance to the main
building, there to present my letters.
As I was about to walk up the steps to
the entrance a man with side whiskers
and rather a sharp, piercing eye walked
up to me.
“ ‘You have business here?’ he in
quired of me in a rather sharp tone.
Well, I thought he might be another
of ’em, and so I kept right on He fol
lowed me up the stairs and into the
office, and I had to hand my letters to
him. He was the superintendent He
smiled when I told him of my expert- |
ence in the grounds.
“ ‘Which of them was really insane?' j
I asked him.
“ ‘AU of them.' he replied. Wash
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