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■ANNOUNCEMENTS. " For County Surveyor. I hereby announce candidate tor County Surwor of Spading of June’ object to the democratic ■wife'' *® ra ‘ . • For County Commissioner. wnrroß OAIX: Please announce that I „ . candidate for re-election for County JJLmfjwioper, subject to the action of the primary, and will be glad to JSSewPPOrtot all the voters. • bavetne TIDWELL. At the solicitation of many voters I bert by announce myself a candidate for County Commissioner, subject to the dem ocratic primary. If elected, I pledge my self to an honest, business-like administra tion of county affairs in the direction of lower taxes. R. F. STRICKLAND. • 1 hereby announce myself a candidate for County Commissioner, subject to the democratic primary to be held June 28, next. If elected. I pledge myself to eco nomical and business methods in conduct ing the affiirs oi the county. K _ W. J. FUTRAL. I hereby announce myself a candidate for County Commissioner of Spalding county, subject to the Democratic primary ol June 23d. W. W. CHAMPION. To the Voters of Spalding County: I ‘ hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to the officeoi County Commis sioner of Spalding county, subject to the democratic primary to be held on June 23, 1898. My record in the past is my pledge for future faithfulness. D- L. PATRICK. For Bepresentatiye. . ' >To the Voters oi Spalding County:' I am a candidate for Representative to the legislature, subject to the primary oi the democratic party, and will appreciate your support. J. P. HAMMOND. . Editor Call: Please announce my name as a candidate for Representative from Spalding county, subject to the action ot the democratic party. I shall be pleased to receive the support of all the voters,and if elected will endeavor to represent the interests of the whole county. J. B. Bell; For Tax Collector. I respectfully announce to the citizens of Spalding county that I am a candidate for re-election to the office of Tax Collec tor of this county, subject to the choice of the democratic primary, and shall be grateful for all votes given me. T. R. NUTT. For County Treasurer. To the Voters of Spalding County: I announce myself a candidate for re-elec tion for the office of .County'Treasurer, subject to democratic primary, and if elect ed promise to be as faithful in the per formance of my duties in the future as I have been in the past. % J. C. BROOKS. For Tax Receiver. I respectfully announce myself as a can didate for re-election to the office of Tax Receiver of Spalding eounty.subject.to the action of primary, if one is held. S. M. M’COWELL. For Sheriff. I respectfully inform my friends—the people of Spalding county—that I am a candidate for the office of Sheriff, subject to the verdict of a primary, if one is held Your support will be thankfully received and duly appreciated. M. J. PATRICK. I am a candidate for the democratic nomination for Sheriff, and earnestly ask the support Os all my friends and the pub lic. If nominated and elected, it shall be my endeavor to fulfill the duties of the of fice as faithfully as m the past. M. F. MORRIS. ; -- I st.l. J ■ Wk FOOD FOR STARVING CUBANS should be sent by Uncle Bam with a mus ket to every basketful. Every basket of groceries we send to your order is sent on a guarantee of purity and high grade ex cellence. Our groceries and meats are worthy of your special attention this week J. R. SHEDD. Low Rates to Biltimore, Ki., May 4-28» g' 1893. Account of the quadrennial general con ference M.E. church, south, Baltimore, May 1-28, the Southern Railway will sell tickets May 2,8,4, With final limit May 81,1898, at half rates—one fore round trip; Choice of routes, via Washington, all rail, or via Norfolk and steamer. For full particulars address, 8. H. Habdwick, A. G. P. A., Atlanta. Randall Clifton, T. P. A., Macon. I C. 8. White, T. A., Griffin. ’ ~~~ Notice to Tax Payers. K All city tax fi fas have been placed in tny hands for collection, and levies *’ll be made at once unless settlement ’•promptly made. E J. IBON, Chief Police. I- ' FALSE TEETH TRADE. I , I A REGULAR BUSINESS IN BUYING AND BP SELUNGTHEM. Sometimes the Discarded Seta Are Cleans ed, Brightened Vp and Reeold, and Sometimes They Are Broken Up For the Old Gold In Thejp. “Old False Teeth Bought.” This is the sign which attracts the attention of visitors to the office of a certain dealer in dental and optical sup plies who does business in Chicago. “It’s queer how people are attracted by that sign, ’’said the owner of the establishment. “I never intended it to be prominent, because there are ether lines in my business I am more interest ed in pushing, but it seems to fairly force itself into the minds of everybody who comes here, no matter what his mission may be, and ‘old false teeth bought’ is the only thing they can think or talk about. “There's nothing audacious in deal ingin secondhand false teeth, although I will admit the sign is an unusual one. It is a legitimate branch of our trade. With ordinary usage false teeth don’t wear out and are just as good at the end of a few years as they were when new. The teeth themselves are valuable, and the gold work used in binding even the commonplace kind together is costly. People are forever getting new ideas about their teeth and keep the dentists bugy changing or. building over their artificial molars. Then, you remember that a Whole lot of people who wear false teeth are dying every day. “Ten years ago there was no way Os utilizing this old material. It was all .dead waste, so to speak. But now it is different, and people are more econom ical. False teeth, especially if heavily set with gold plates, are worth too much money to be cast aside when new ones are ordered or to be buried in a grave. Thus It comes that a trade of consider able proportions has sprung up in this line, and old false teeth are a staple in this market.” “Wllo brings them here to sell and what class of customers bny them?” “Small dentists who are hard up financially and lack the inclination or facilities to clean up and build over the discarded sets, which they are sharp enough to retain from their patrons, are the main source of supply. Sometimes they make their patrons a little allow ance for the old sets of teeth, but they' get out of this whenever possible on the plea that they are worthless. Then we _have poor folk who cannot afford to wear false teeth any longer come in here occasionally and offer them for sale. Undertakers? Well, that is a fea ture of the trade I don’t care to talk about I might be misunderstood, and some people are so squeamish, you know. “Why, one woman came in here yes terday to buy an opera glass. She look ed like a good customer and was inspect ing some high priced glasses when I stopped to wait upon a man who fre quently brings in some fine teeth. She saw me take a set from him and pay for them, and then, noticing probably his somber clothes and an end of black crape sticking out of one of his side pockets, she flounced away in a fury without a word of explanation. It is hard to please everybody, and as times are hard I have to be very careful. ” “But what about your sales? Who takes these old grinders and incisors from you?’’ “Principally a class of men who make a business of working over the sets. When the outfit is in reasonably good shape, it is given a thorough cleansing, brightened up, and j;hen re sold to dentists who have a cheap pat ronage. A little tinkering will make them fit after a fashion in the months of people who want to make a show of false teeth at small cost. Where the sets are not good enough to be used entire they are broken, up, the gold either melted down or saved to be remodeled, and the teeth themselves remounted as they are needed for patients. It’s a good thing for poor people, for many of them are thus enabled to get passably fair false teeth at a nominal price, when otherwise they would have to go with out, owing to the great expense. Excuse me while I wait upon this woman.” When The Inter Ocean man left the establishment, the merchant was dick ering with an ample proportioned Af rican “aunty” for a double set of teeth with heavy gold plates, which she said she had found in a hotel where she worked as chambermaid. “Der genman* don’ go to ’at ’ors pital, ” said aunty. “E’s wuz s 8 sick when dey tak’ ’im way he don’ clar forgot ’is teet*, an I doan’ ’speo’ he’ll wau’/em any more. Steal ’em? No, sah; no, sahl Boss, ’e say ’tak’ ole truck ’way. I doan’ want ’em ’round ’ere. ’ Ole truck —umph, umph—why, dat’s jes’ like flndin five dollahs.”— Chicago Inter Ocean. To Suppress Sweating. A large number of the best women of Syracuse, those identified with clubs and those not so organized, have united in a movement to suppress the sweating system, so far as it exists in Syracuse. A consumers’ league has been formed and co-operation with the trades assem bly is hoped for. The movement origi nated with the Political Equality club and was speedily indorsed by the House hold Economic association, and from this start has spread through many club and social circles of Syracuse. The league is formed on the lines of the New York Ind Philadelphia organizations. A French physician who has been investigating the proper nutriment for long distance bicycle riding has con cluded that the ideal refreshment is fruit and milk. In Paris the chairs in the squares and gardens are let out to visitors for a tri fle each. From this source an income of 160,000 francs a year is derived. .• I A CHILD’S USE OF MONEY. Various Anawcra Received From • Large I Number of Public School Puplla. Dr. George E. Dawson of the Bible Normal college has classified answers received from 1,807 pupils of the public schools of this city, given in response to the question, “If you had $5, all your own, what would' you do with it?” Os those who passed in answers 669 were boys and 688 were girls, their ages ranging from 6to 16. The answers are grouped under nine general heads: 44 per cent would deposit the money In a bank, 18.8 per cent would buy cloth ing, 2.2 per cent would buy something to eat, 15.8 per cent would buy toys and other means of amusement, 2.1 per cent would bny jewelry and finery, nine-tenths of 1 per cent would buy fire arms, 1.7 per cent would spend for travel, 14 per oent would spend for oth ers and 6 per oent would buy books, etc; It is interesting to note the large per cent who express a disposition to save. Dr. Dawson attributes this largely to the suggestability of the children. The results in this respect resemble those obtained in other fields of experiment While the children do not realize the full significance of saving, the idea has been engrafted upon their minds and is bound to have its influence. The fact that this idea of saving has been thus forcibly impressed on the minds of so many is very significant and gives us a hint of the immense influence of public instruction. In noting the per cent of those who would buy clothing it should be remem bered that many of the children were in urgent need of something better tiJ wear. Those who voted for something to eat were mostly under 7 years of age. In the class who would prefer amuse ments the girls usually expressed a wish for dolls and doll carriages while the boys mostly desired pigeons, rabbits or other pets. In regard to travel, the figures show that as children grow old er the desire to go out into the world increases rapidly, reaching its height at about the beginning of adolescence. The desire shown by the boys for firearms is an expression of the hunting instinct that awakens when they are 10 or 12. At that age boys like to get hold oi books of hunting and adventure. The tendency to buy books increases steadily as the children grow older. This class numbers about twice as many girls as boys. The class which manifests a feeling of altruism also numbers more girls than boys, showing that the greater generosity of women is strikingly man ifest even at an early age.—Springfield Republican. An Important Coechman. A large part of the charm of the alto gether charming city of Washington is found among the blacks. The drivers, for example, of the various dilapidated vehicles, which are by courtesy called carriages, are thoroughly amusing. One who drove a large, lank animal built on the lines of a wooden horse and with little more spirit in him sat on the box of a four wheeler that would have disgraced the stables of a country inn. The flourish and elegance of that coach man, however, were as fine as if he wore the liveries of the president and held the ribbons over the most prancing steeds. He kept his eyes inflexibly fixed upon the ears of his horse and drew up at a destination with the air of reining in a mettlesome charger. When his car riage was emptied, he passed on with a flourish and sweep, headed around and at once put his entire outfit at sharp at tention. The ceremony of approaching the curb, on seeing his fare reappear, was equally imposing. His green driv er’s coat was ragged and shabby, his hat was slightly battered and knew no shine, his whip was as destitute oi springs as were the seats of his brough am, and the rough coat of his steed was all that saved the animal from gaunt emaciation, yet over the whois establishment that inimitable darky contrived to throw an air of elegance that was as serious as laughable.—-New York Post. Soma Hair Cuts. “There are lots of men,” says a Phil adelphia barber, “who are very particu lar about hair cuts, but wouldn’t have a word to say if they didn’t have to pass inspection before their wives when they go home. I know one woman who goes so far as to accompany her husband to the barber shop. - There’s a regular cus tomer of mine who is always attended by his wife when he gets his hair cut, and she stands right back of me while I work. Every few minutes I atop, and she looks over his bead and makes sug gestions about a ‘little more off here;’ ‘don’t shave his neck’ and a lot of such comments. The waiting customers en joy it pretty well, but I’ll bet you he will want a divorce in a year, if he hasn’t asked for it already. Ex change. Abyaainia’a Emperor. The emperor of Abyssinia is about 6 feet in stature without shoes and ii stoutly built His skin is very dark, and he wears a short, curly beard and mustache. His face is heavy in cast, but is redeemed from positive plainness by an extremely pleasant expression and a pair of most intelligent eyes. His smile takes in a wider section of the circumference of his head than is com mon and displays a particularly fine set of teeth. He generally wears a large black Quaker hat over a white silk handkerchief tied around his head, and a black silk, gold embroidered cloak over a profusion of white linen under clothing. ■ TWO PhMM. “I detest that Mrs. Jones; she always tells what all her clotbeaoost” “Well, I detest Mrs. Brown; she never will tell what she pays for any thing. ’’—Detroit Free Press. ■ „.X. . i JAn latereetins Meeting. . h J “What did you discuss at the clufc today?” Nothing. We just talked.’’—Har per’s Bazar. ’• 1 TRACING A LOST STUD. 1 " '• ■ Xnok ot • Jeweler Who Dropped • Twe Care* Diamond In the Street. Some odd stories of the recovery of lort diamonds are told by an old Union squhre jeweler. One of them is his own “OSTdky fort June,” he says, “I happened to rooblhct that I was going to a reception. Before leaving the store X wrapped my two karat diamond stud in a piece of tissue paper and slipped it into my vest pocket. After dinner, while dressing in my room, I went to my pocket to get the stud. It was not there. I put my hand in my fob pocket, thinking it was surely there; then in the other vest pocket, then in the inside pocket, and then in my four trousers pockets, but it was in none of them. “ *1 left that on my desk,' I thought. *1 will find it there in the morning. I will put on a plain gold stud tonight.’ “The next morning the stud was not to be found at the store. I thought of every step I had taken on the way home, and then called our porter. “ ‘George,* said I, ‘just before I went borne last night I slipped a diamond stud, wrapped in tissue paper, into my pocket, and, starting out of the store, went across Broadway, through Union Guare at Fifteenth street, going to the It of the fountain, and then up the center path to Seventeenth street and Fourth avenue; I went down the right hand side of Seventeenth street to Sec ond avenue and then home. On my walk home I have a distinct recollection of putting my hand into my pocketYor my penknife or something else. I must have pulled out the stud and dropped it. Now I want you to follow that path and look carefully every step ot the way, and I don’t want you to come back until you have found the stud. * “He started out and in less than half an hour returned with the stud. He had found it, still wrapped in the pa per, in the gutter, a few steps this side of Second avenue, and he went home happy that night with a S3O goldpiece in his pocket.”—New York Sun. ANCIENT TIMEPIECES. Various Methods of Measuring Time Prior to the Invention of Clocks. We need do no more than allude to the habit after the reformation, and especially in Scotland, of preachers measuring their discourses by the hour glass m the pulpit. These marked an hour exactly. Those first made in Charlemagne’s day ran for 12 hours. Alfred the Great hit upon a method of measuring time, which shows that there was no Saxon one, though very proba bly some of the monasteries (then the only homes of knowledge) were ac quainted with water clocks and hour glasses, if not by practical knowledge at any rata by hearsay. However, the kingdom in general fol lowed Alfred’s plan, which, though in genious, necessarily lacked anything like the accuracy of the other inven tions. Yet the king’s idea was hailed as a wonderful effort of genius, which, for such an era by comparison with the general ignorance, it was. As every schoolboy (in this case literally) knows, Alfred marked time by rushlights. A long existence, by the way, has the rush light enjoyed, seeing that middle aged people still remember its use in the nurs ery at night and the reflection of the circular boles in the tall metal shades on the ceiling. Alfred, says an ancient authority, “that he might properly know how the hours passed, made use of burning tapers which were marked with lines and fixed in lanthorns, an expedient in vented by himself.” So, by the way, were in 892 the lanterns of scraped horn which still some old fashioned rustics prefer to glass. But tapers, however, were then very expensive. The king might himself use these, but probably the nublight was used by peo ple in general.—London Standard. Lincoln’s Gift to a Fire Brigade. The Sons and Daughters of Illinois held a meeting in Boston at which Vice President Henry Haynie told this story of Lincoln: “The fire hose company at Spring field was very proud of its well equip ped fire apparatus, and, desiring to pro cure some extra supplies, subscription papers were sent around. The small boys, myself among the number, were given a share in the work. I went up to some dusty rooms over a grocery and entered the law office of Lincoln. He asked me numberless questions, and I bad to tell him all'l knew of this fire brigade and its members. Then he said: ‘ Well, I’U tell you what I’U da I’ll go home to supper—Mm. Lincoln is gener ally good natured after stopper—and then I’ll tell her I’ve been thinking ot giving SSO to the brigade, and she’ll say, ‘‘Abe. will you never have any sense? Twenty dollars is quite enough. ” So tomorrow, my boy, you come around and get your s2o.* Chicago Times* Herald. ' ' 1 <Mbe In Berlin. When an American enters a cab in Berlin for the first time, he is said to be absorbed for half an hour in studying the impressive notice hung up there in for the benefit of passengers. Itreads; literally translated, thus: “No passage money has the passage guest to pay, if to him not on the mounting of the cab the valid passage tickets, on height of the for a simple passage to be paid pas sage money, by the coachman down reached become are.”—Chicago Inter Ocean. Mo« Hto VMls. i "Fweddy, why don’t you let your mustache snrow?” “Why don't I let it? Good heavens, deah boy, I da but it won’t.”—Chica go Record. The natives of Siberia prepare a sin gularly intoxicating beverage from a coihmon mushroom. Good cooking was introduced Inta England by the Normans. situ — ■ AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “ O ASTOBIA,” AND “PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” as our trade mark. Z, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, qjf Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator qf “PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” the same that has borne and does now w every bear the facsimile signature of wrapper. This is the original “ PITCHER'S CASTORIA,” which has been used in the homes of the Mothers of America for ooer thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is the hind you have always bought on and has the signature of wrap- per. No one has authority from me to use my name ex cept The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is 1897. 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