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STATE NEWS- M uvly Brinson was kill at Hogan FH.M 'A' b ‘‘ ingpi, ct 3 11 r ’ P ' peikirif’ mill. Hrs body was haribly o” ,n ß |wl ’ alld lb uh wa9 in ' Nobody «is looking .4 (I),. in.-taiH. but it is stippjsed that he m nde a misstep while uca thes.i.v j[e didn’t have an opportunity to make an outcry. As soon m Hie -iw struck him it prostrated him ind cut into bis vitals. Before it could be stopped it bad almost sev red one part ol ti.e body from lheo'her. H irry K ibrich, the alieg' .! default ing city clerk of Fitzgerald, W'aa ac quitted of the charge- agai:; ' him a* Irwinvillc Friday, anil ;■ hi 1 The evidence again t him'Win cimsid* red insufficient, and he Was re'eawd by the court without a regular trial. Ka« brick immediat'dy went to Fi’z;e:bd and received the congratulations of bis many friends, some of whom think be was unjustly persecuted but there are many citizens r.- .•■::> think otherwise. Glynn’s County Conimissio ers have borrowed $20,000 in cash Inin a firm of New York brokers. The into reel rate is 5 p*r cen 1 , annually, a against 8 per cent, her to ore paid <*u Joans Br itis'on, F .md._' A' Go., ne gotiated the loan It wis made upon assurances fi >m C inn’y Attorney F E 1 witty as ! o the legal points in volved The semiring of this mom y places the county’s fimiucis in fair shape. It is believed it will h a question of on v a few mouths time before all the fl ating indebtedness is wiped out. It is sail S oi r A. 0. Bicon opened his campaign for r -election to the United States Senate in his speech before the Fulton club in At lanta Fnday night. The senator was the principal speaker at tbs reception which was tendered the two Georgia senators by the club. Four hundred members were present, and the speech was undoubtedly the opening gun of the next senatorial campaign The senator spoke on a line which indi cated that the campaign would be made on the anti-innexation of the Pnilippines and anti-imperialist policy. Ordinary’s Advertisements. QTATE OF GEORGIA, O 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, 1599. J. A. DREWRY, Ordinary. February Gth, 1899. rmiimpliOD < Jl and its "cure p To the Editor :- I have an absolute remedy for Consumption. By its timely use thousands of hopeless cases have been already permanently cured. proof-positive am f of its power that 1 consider it my duty to send two bottles free to those of your readers who have Consumption,Throat, Bronchial or Lung Trouble, if they will write me their express and postoffice address. Sincerely, X. A. SLOCUM, M. C., 183 Pearl St., New York. The Editorial and Business Managoniont of thi* Paper Guarantee this geiiuu is I’ro’jositioiu TO THE <><> 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 iß.o> Atlanta to Philadelphia via Wash ington 18.50 Atlanta to Mew York via Richmond and Washington 21.00 Atlanta to New York via Norfolk, v a and Cape Charles R >ute 20.55 Atlanta to New York via Norf .Ik, 'a, and Norfolk and Washington steamboat Company, via Wash ington ' 21.(K1 Atlanta to New York via xNorf.dk, a., Buy Line steamer to Balti- more, and rail to New York 20.55 .nt Ne "' Y ° rk Via Norfolk , a “ d Old Dominion S. S. Co. > neais and stateroom included) 20.25 Atlanta to Boston via Norfolk and s earner (meals and stateroom in clu-cd) 21 . rj0 via Washington lo'I o '- 1 Aew 5 ork 24 00 t n r> r^ e mentioned above to Washing an i'w . ltnore > Philadelphia, New York r > ?^ on are t ; < less than by any other •>«». In ?7. The above rates apply from Tickets to the east are sold from Snnho Ph* nts in the territory of the viatic States Passenger Association, I v nr* Air Line, at $3 less than b y any other all, rail line. tio->' r n ets ’ keeping car accommoda tions, call on or address 18. A. NEWLAND, Gen. Agent Pass Dept. TP a BISHOP CLEMENTS, ■ ■ A., No. f> Kimball House, Atlanta A I’l.’fi 'EI,ESS RELIC. 1 , THE I AM' !JS BLACK STONE OF THE 5 TEMPLE OF MECCA. > Isou iI»!n iHuMJte ot l.wlam Ippeiir* «< the Present J)a> and the Various n oi I;* Origin—l.uarth-tl by • Aiohiintm* tliiiiM. So carefully is th * black stone of the temple us Mecca guarded, even to this day. t bat I ho aecounts given by different writers a* to the nature and appearance of the black stone exhibit some consid erable variat ions. for orthodox Mussul mans cannot I > prevailed upon to give a straightforward description of it. and mere adventurers, like the several Eu ropean hndji.s (Burckhardt, Burton and the others ! could only gratify their in telligent curiosity by stealthy investi gations. Detection in tiro act of pursu ing such investigation would have cost tiie travelers their lives, in pursuance (as Mohammedans suppose) of the law of the prophet. Your faithful Mussul man cannot understand that any other motive than worship should lead any < ine to visit Mecca. Tin* Mohammedans believe that this famous stone was brought down from heaven by angels. It is set in the wall of the Caaba, which stands within the great colonnade The stone is four feet nine inches from the ground and is kissed and ti nched, with great vener ation by every pilgrim to Mecca. Mr. Bate mentions what intelligent travelers have recorded concerning the nature of the black stone. One of them tells ns that it is undoubtedly a large aerolite— an opinion which scarcely harmonizes with its reputed quality of floating in water, since aerolites usually contain a large percentage of heavy, metallic matter, such as iron pyrites. Another traveler reports that it looks like a piece of lava, containing small extraneous particles of some white and yellowish substance Still another of these authorities affirms that it is a fragment of volcanic basalt, sprinkled throughout its surface with small, pointed, colored crystals and varied with felspar upon a dark ground, like coal, excepting one of its protuber* antes, which happens to be a little red dish. Others, again, claiming an equal title to exact knowledge, give it as their opinion that it is nothing else than an ordinary piece of stone from quarries in which the Meccan territory abounds. These last mentioned travelers, how ever, appear to overlook the circum stance that this opinion of theirs does not take due cognizance of that proper ty of the stone to which we have just alluded and also the circumstance that the only kind of stone yielded by the Meccan quarries is a sort of gray’ gran ite. Not so difficult is it to form an idea as to its size and present appearance. In form it is an irregular oval, the in equality of its two longer sides impart ing to it a somewhat semicircular ap pearance. It measures about 6 inches in height and 8 in breadth, the diame ter on its lower and wider side being k' . inches. The surface is protuberant and somewhat knobby or undulating and has the appearance < f being com posed of a number of smaller stones of different sizes and shapes, securely fit ted together with cement and perfectly smooth. Its appearance is as though the orig ; | inal piece of stone had been broken to I pieces by a violent blow and then re- I paired. And, as a matter of fact, this I appears to be the true explanation of this irregularity’ of the surface, for it is recorded by the Arabian historians of the Caaba that in the year 413 of the Hejira ah emissary of a certain Egyp tian. Ilia, known as “the Mad Khali fa Hal. .1.” shattered it to pieces by a stroke of a club, and they relate that after this event the pieces and even the dust also were carefully restored and the fragments cemented together. The protuberances mentioned are I'3 or 15 in numb, r and are such as to im part to the surface of the stone a mus cular or pt bbly appearance. Near the middle there is a hollow which reaches to about as much as two inches below the outer edge of the stone and is of a kind to suggest to the visitor the sur mise that one of the protuberances may have been removed. The color of the surface of the relic is at the present time a deep reddish brewn, or. as some have described it, a metallic black, and, notwithstanding the polished appearance imparted to it by the constant touching of unnumber ed myriads of devotees, it yet bears on 1 its undulating surface what appear to , be evident marks of volcanic origin. These muscular protuberances, how ever, are attributed by’ the Moslem au thorities to the incessant osculations and tubbings of the faithful. The smoothness may perhaps be attributable to this cause, but the obviously frac tured and p* bbly appearance is not ac counted for in this way.—Asiatic Quar terly Women nnd Their Cntw. Louis Wain, the famous cat painter, i prof, ssi sto believe that a cat owned by a woman is the mirror of its mistress' temperament He says that if a cat ’ that has boon constantly with its mis tress. is suddenly removed from her so ci dy the creature will show the char ' acteristies madame has displayed. If she has been snappish, pussy will i scratch; if she has been sulky, pussy will sulk too If this were really true, i it would pay a prospective husband to steal the cat of his ladylove before tak ing the fatal matrimonial step. As the cat is al ■ nt the most independent crea -1 ture alive, one can't help being skep ‘ ti‘al of Mr Wain's theory. A From h writer has ascertained that Napoleon s favorite dish was bean salad, and that he held that 60 cents a day ought to be enough f r any one's meal- Louis XV. on the contrary had • a f.v iite dish, mad*’ of the eggs of various birds which lost SIU9 SONG GF THE TOP. | M■. lovu i- tin- wind. nnd Ihs heart i* mine I Mt it* under the nndtiigh? ; V.V -Im-; . a’l-l we dn-iim in the starlit gleam And wrtl.f tr tin bird's «*ry. When the day conics back and the sails unfurl i As l-iiic billow tbitT into f ain. j We laugh in delimit at the hurricane s flight J And kiss when the ships come home. I —Herbert Randall in Connecticut Magazine UPSET BY AN UMBRELLA. It < nine Very Handy, but Made Three Men Miserable. “Talking about stealing umbrellas," said a New Orleans business man. “I had a whimsical experience last week. One afternoon, when it was raining, 1 happened to s<*o a very good umbrella in the hall, and well, 1 annexed it, or rather 1 established a protectorate, in tending to return it before night to the gentleman in the adjoining office, who, 1 supposed of course, was the owner. “But somehow er other I didn't, and for several days I dodged him in and out of the building, feeling particularly uncomfortable and guilty. Finally he dropped in and, seeing the umbrella in the front office, walked off with it. 1 witnessed the incident unobserved from the rear room and naturally said noth ing. Next day we encountered in the elevator, and he handed me the uin brella. ‘“Here’s your parachute, ’ he said. ‘l'll have to own up that I appropriated it yesterday, but it was raining, and the temptation was too strong for my morals.' “I took' it rather gii. ,'erly and re frained from offering any explanation. That afternoon I set it just outside my door and had the satisfaction of seeing it disappear under the arm of an archi tect who is a prominent member of my church and generally regarded as a very moral man. Since then he has had pressing business whenever I hove into Sight, and I infer that he is suffering a duplicate of the pangs recently experi enced by’ myself and my neighbor. The fellow who originally left it hasn't turned up, so 1 suppose that he, too, is a member of the robber band.”—New Orleans Times-Democrat. Saw How It Worked. A scientific demonstration which caused some amusement is described in a recent number of The Criterion: “A certain physician had a large Toepler- Iloltz machine which gave a spark like a young streak of lightning. His wife was much interested in it and watched the doctor manipulate it until she fan cied herself master of the apparatus. One day a party of friends called when the doctor was out, and the good wife seized the opportunity of paralyzing them with her knowledge of science. “She was a very dignified woman of portly presence, and, after leading them into the office, she began her exjilana tion with all the impressiveness of a lecturer. She spoke briefly of the pre liminary’ manipulation of the machine. ‘And then,' she said, laying her hand upon one connection, ‘the electricity i goes from here to here;’ whereupon an angry’ white spark leaped out from the ■ brass ball indicated with a report like a horse pistol and smote her upon the extended finger, causing her to sit upon the floor with a violence that shook the window paries. “The guests stood around in expectant attitudes, looking at their fallen hostess in pardonable surprise. Only for a mo ment did that capable woman leave them in doubt. fherel’ said she, in the most matter of fact manner, as though events had simply followed the usual course. ‘Yon see how it works. Now let’s go into the garden and look at the chrysanthemums. ’ " Famous I.num'll Plant of Arabia. The seeds of the laughing plant of Arabia produce Iho same effect upon persons as laughing gas. The plant at tains a height of from two to four feet, with woody stems, widespreading branches and bright green foliage. Its fruits arc produced in clusters and are of a yellow color. The seed pods are soft and woolly in texture and contain i two or three black seeds of the size of i a Brazilian bean. Their flavor is a little like opium, and their taste is sweet; the odor from them produces a sicken ing sensation tmd is slightly offensive. The seeds, when pulverized and take n in small quantities, have a peculiar i effect upon man. He begins to laugh loudly, boisterously; then he sings, dances and cuts all manner of fantastic capers. Such extravagance of gait and manners was never produced by any other kind of dosing.—Ladies’ Home Journal. Thi» Mun Is In Trouble. Some queer letti rs find their way to an editor's desk. Ami here is cue of them, which is warm with life and feel ing and means business To the Miter: Stu—l sent yon three weeks ago come Sun day a sketch of poetry which was wrote l.y my wife on her birthday. I t’ id you to print it on Sunday and send the bill tome; tut nary a sketch 'fit or l>ill lias Isi on. You has placed me in a damagiil perdicament by not printin it ‘cordin to instructions, for my wife thinks I either didn’t mail it er gut • full'' and lost it. Will you please drop me a line and set me . right about it? I know I mailed it to you in the jiostoffii-e, but I ain't got n , witnesses. If you will set mo right in the matter, I will write a yii- e for you myself! ■ Atlanta Constitution A lii.ngrrrnldi- Neighbor. ’ ! “I notice a coolness between you and . ; Mrs. Nexdorf*. What is the trouble d” “She setit her little boy over yester day for a st pladib. r we borrowed of i !)■ r two years ago The artful woman ■ let it stay here all that time so she • could send tor it some day and make ■ me fe 1 cheap."— Chicago Tribune. In Loud.in i • f-.wvr than people live four and more to the room, * and of these 3.0' ’ 1 are jacked to the ,x --1 tent of eight or mo:-.* to the r< i ! Previous to the sixteenth century I every physician in Eur .; •* w. r>.- a ring < n his linger as an iuiiicutioi: . f i.is profession ' . J The TtiMin Jnn Devil. Th. am- ..7 ki.own : i Australia a« ' ti T..-m:!: a d vil is .:. of the only ■ tv. :--;rviv ■ f what must nt one time have I- n a wid. ly distributed class of ; animals, to judge ft >tn the fossil re j I mains already found in many parts of ; | Australia. Lik- m arly every mamma- | lian quadruped of the c< ntirnnt. the I devil is a marsupial, but with the soli i tary exception of the so called Tasma t nian wolf h * is th ■ only surviving mar j supial animal f! is carnivorous and I may be regarded as a beast of prey I The devil is now very . ar< <- and will i si ■ n bi exf jit 1 I in tl.e early . .n vii tdaysci the island when T;i«ina 11. . •’! .: ■d- V wu ■ the ;il it!' nt Io: t! « : class . f Briti h < ts tiny weml plentiful, and i ,an ghastly stmi were all. at <f t 1 ira’ upon escaped I eonvi- t ’ -. h.. i 1•.. to tlw bush It is be!;.. • o th: ’ ■ fame of devil ! was bestowed on th.- inimalft by the I c< tn .< t■. who h 1 learnt <1 to look upon them with t pi: -titious f ar. partly in < i • , ■ ■ • I tie ir ap] ■ar am e, but st i! , . .:; to t heir un tiring per ■ . ■ wing up an ’ em my to the i. . with what 10. ked liI: ' ' undying hatred No specimen has < v r been found on the e intim nt of Austin lia. Lippincott's Mag.izin Brlltaiuii-H at Sen. In The Pall Mall Magazim- W Clark Russell quotes the instructions given by the Earl of Lindsay in 1 635 to his cap tains “The keynote is struck with the de votional spirit, of the age The chief in command is to take care that all the offic. v* and ■ mpanies of the ships worship God twice a day. Swearing, drunkenness, robbery, sleeping on watch find the like were to be punished ac cording to the order and < nstom of the sea. Punishments were brutally severe in those times. They marooned that is, they set a man ashore alone mi a deso late coast or island ami bit him to starve, to bo destroyed by savages or wild beasts. “They keel hauled that is. tiny dragged a man -naked by yard arm whips under the bottom of a ship, and drew him up raw and bloody with tin 1 harsh wounding of barnacles and spike like adherenees, only to be submerged afresh ere the unhappy miscreant could fetch a full breath. They nailed a man to the mainmast by driving a knife through his hand. For murder (that was often manslaughter) they tied the living to the dead, back to back, and threw thrnn overboard.” I*r<>K noNt lent The old superstition, which h i- : grown into an adage, that rats desert a ship which is no longer seaworthy, is still an article of faith with the fresh water sailors of the great lakes. Sundry well authenticated instances seem to justify this belief. Here is one The Yernon was a three master which did a tramp business. Built in B ffalo in IS-50, she was for many years regarded as one of the best craft on the lakes. Late in the fall, about 15 years ago, she unloaded a cargo of grain in Buf falo, and reloaded with package freight for < 'hicago. She was about to sail one rough November night. Just before the lines were let off one of the seamen saw a rat run over tin* hawsers to the wharf. In a moment another was seen. The seamen called others of the crew to see the unusual sight. Between 50 ami 75 rats poured out of the ship and took refuge along the wharf. The crew re fused to sail, but the captain was ob stinate, shipped a fresh crew and sailed forthwith. The ship was lost, with all hands. -Household Words. An KinpreMN* Pen. 1 heard an interesting fact regarding tlie former empress of the French the other night which shows in what direc tion her thoughts run. Whenever she has occasion towrite anything about her lamented husband, she always uses the diamond pen which signed the treaty of Paris. All those who pariici pated in this historical occasion wanted tie pen as a memento. But so keen was the empress on possessing it that she begged that only one pen should be used, which she thought she had a right to retain as a souvenir. This was agreed to. The pen takes the form of a quill plucked from a golden eagle's wing and richly mounted with dia m -mis and gold. Woman's Life The Coll lew mid Amen. 1 once witnessed a phase of prompt evolution of practical and of devotional religion in Scotch sheepdogs on a com munion Salibath among the mountains. Th*; churchyard was crowded with shepherds, accompanied by their dogs, which lay quietly asleep at the feet of their masters The sermon was finished, the psalm had been sung, the final prayi r was being offered, and there was m> sign of impatiem ■, but the moment the benediction commenced the devo tional doggii > all rotis, d themselves, nnd before th-- “Amen” they were in marching order “Newman Hall, ”an Autobiography Preparing For the Fenxt. Lieutenant (to his orderly • John, I go to the restaurant and bring im- a , beefsteak with onions. Orderly Lieutenant, I tak*- th*' lib i erty of reminding yon that y :i are in- I vited out to dinner today. “Where have I been invited out to dinner ?” “You have been invited to dine with | Mr Holdfast.” “So I have to dine with theold m— Tt I I must not go there unprepared. John, go to the restaurant and bring me two Is-efs.teaks with onions. London Tit- Bits. From a quarry <>f soft redstone in uthem Minnesota. th<* nlv stem* probably of its kindin the w. rid th** Indians for centuries obtained materials f .-r the pipes, which were probably arti cle- of commerce, as they ar* f, nnd in Indian graves from the gulf to Canada „ lICASTORIA ! ; —---s For Infants and Children. CASTOR! A The Kind You Have u “ ™ Always Boughs AVcCekiblcrrcparalionrorAs- Kslmilaling the food atulßcs?ula # bl lingUicStamathsaiidßobcbof 1)63,18 tll6 X Signature //I y H PromotesDtgestion.Clieerful- # 1a? nessand Rest. Contains neither ■ A | f : Opium. 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