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I For County Commissioner.
I pnrTOB Cali* : Please announce that I
I » candidate for re-election for County
o mmissioner, subject to the action of the
I !» mocratic primary, and will be glad to
■ the support oi all the voters.
■l. ure the supp J. A. J. TIDWELL.
i the solicitation of many voters I
f harebv announce myself a candidate for
f rvmntv Commissioner, subject to the dem-
I Cratic primary. If elected, Tpledge my-
I Sf to an honest, business-like administra-
I of county affairs in the direction of
|fe tower taxes- R. F. STRICKLAND.
I 1 hereby announce myself a candidate
<or County Commissioner, subject to the
f democratic primary to be held June 23,
I next If elected. I pledge myself to eco-
B nomical and business methods in conduct-
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I I hereby announce myself a candidate
i for County Commissioner of Spalding
■I fionntv. subject to the Democrat ic primary
I f June 23d. W. W. CHAMPION-
I To the Voters of Spalding County: I
# hereby announce myself a candidate for
It re-election to the office of County Commis
| gtoner of Spalding county, subject to the
democratic primary to be held on Jnne 23,
K » 1898. My record in the past is my pledge
For Representative-
To the Voters of Spalding County: I
am a candidate for Representative to the
legislature, subject to the primary of 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
ol 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 conntyAhat 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
i have been in the past.
J. O. BROOKSx
| For Tax Receiver.
i Editor Call : Please announce to the
I voters of Spalding county that lam a can-
I didate for the office of Tax Receiver, sub
ject to the Democratic primary of June
23rd, and respectfully ask the support of
all voters of this county.
Respectfully,
R. H. YARBROUGH.
I respectfully announce myself as a can
didate for re-election to the office of Tax
Receiver of Spalding county .subject to the
action of primary, if one is held.
S. M. M’COWELL.
For Sheriff.
I respectfully inform my friends—the
Bjl people of Spalding county—that lam a
candidate for the office of Sheriff, subject
to toe 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 of all my friends and the pub
lic. If nominated and elected, it shall be
my endeavor to fulfill the duties of the of
fice ss faithfully as m the past.
M. F, MORRIS.
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. | DO PEOPLE READ POETRY?
One Newspaper Answers the Question,
I Showing They Do.
> I An eastern periodical has been trying to
> answer the question, "Do people read po
etry?” and to that end has interviewed
publishers and various literary persons
supposed to have information on the sub
ject. The conclusion drawn from the data
: so laboriously gained is to the effect that
■ they do read it. Os course they do, but It
i Was hardly necessary to take such pains to
» find out. A little reflection and observa
tion would have answered as well.
A magazine or newspaper editor must
be aware, if he will stop to think, that if
only those people read poetry who write it
; a large proportion of the population may
be classed as readers. Perhaps the readers
of other people’s poetry are hardly so nu
merous, but there is no doubt that poetry
, is widely read and is favorably regarded
by persons who make no literary preten
sions. Ask the very domestic woman or
the woman in a remote farmhouse If she
i keeps a scrapbook, and she will in all
probability acknowledge having thus pre
, served a few "pieces of poetry”—taken,
the most of them, from the ono weekly
paper thatr eomes to her home.
The clubwoman reads poetry, of course.
She has to if she would stand well, but it
is not so certain that she engages in the
perusal for personal enjoyment. It is
sometimes because she must know about
“tone color” and who the“poet prophets”
are, and what Browning meant, and
what Whitman was driving at, and all the
rest of the poet lore—but she reads it, and
the clubwoman, as we all know, makes
up a good part of the community. What
she reads and professes to like is of
course only that class of verse admitted
by magazine editors to be poetry, and it is
not exclusively this which is meant when
it is asserted that all men and women
read more or less poetry.
The verses that the woman out on the,
farm has in her scrapbook, that even the
clubwoman has tucked away in her desk
or her pocketbook along with samples of
silk, or that the man of. business carries
in bis vest pocket until the bit of paper is
worn out, would not always pass muster
with the critics. Their meter may some
times be faulty, the thoughts may be mere
platitudes, but they somehow express a
sentiment that appeals to the heart; they
touch the emotions, not the intellect alone;
they speak of common experiences—of
love and longing and loss, of home, of
mother, of child, sometimes of religious
faith, but always a tender sentiment. The
man and woman who cherish these verses
would resent being called sentimental, but
one so callous as not to be moved by gen
uine sentiment, even crudely expressed, is
rare. ' ■ j-y
Comparatively few read volumes of
verse—poetry, the best of it, is a luxury
that even the elect are apt to take in small
quantities—and the public' has learned in
stinctively to pasr by most magazine vejpe
as having nothing in it. That it is perfect
In form and classic in thought means
nothing if soul is not there, and it* is
mechanism rather than soul that is usual
ly discernible. It is the poetry found in
the corners of newspapers that is read ar d
out out and learned by heart, the verses
perhaps contributed by amateurs, perhaps
taken from the masters, but chosen be
cause they speak the thoughts and aspira
tions, the hopes and loves and griefs com
mon to humanity. Not all of It is what
the critics know as poetry, but it is poetry
to the readers, and if that is not a final
test it is one sufficient to answer the ques
tion mentioned in the beginning.—ln
dianapolis Journal.
Why Horseflesh Is Good Food.
Everybody is aware that the horse is the
cleanliest of all domestic animals. It will
not eat anything but good, healthy food
nor drink any but pure water. A horse
would rather starve than swill the rotten
stuff often given to pigs and cattle. It is
nothing but prejudice that prevents us
from eating horseflesh. A similar preju
dice retarded the introduction of the po
tato 100 years ago. Today we could not
get along without it. Yet the prejudice
against potatoes can be explained. The
people had been told that this American
root caused fever and rendered the ground
unfit for all other crops. The exception
against horseflesh is not even founded
upon anv objection to its properties. It Is
solely duh to the influence of the church.
The clergy did everything possible to
prevent the newly converted Saxons from
returning to their heathenish practices
and prohibited the use of horseflesh to
stop the sacrifices to Odin and Thor. A
long time passed before these sacrifices
were altogether discontinued. The na
tions of Europe have suffered enormous
loss by this prohibition of horseflesh.
Especially from the humanitarian point
of view the reults are most deplorable.
Millions of people are forced to live on po
tatoes and similar food wanting in nutri
tive qualities, while millions of pounds of
the very best meat are wasted. Horse
flesh is the most nourishing of all meats,
and its taste is hardly to be distinguished
from that of beef. The flesh of a horse
fed on oats has a smell similar to goose
flesh. The fat is preferable to lard. Above
all, it should be remembered that no flesh
is so healthy as that of the horse. Trich
inosis and similar diseases are unknown
in horseX —Golden Penny.
In Place of a Wardrobe.
For the girl whose bedroom boasts no
wardrobe and only a single closet to hold
her everyday garments it is necessary to
utilize any recess there is. To do this get
a board the width of the recess and as high
as can bo conveniently reached. Have
screw hooks placed upon it for the waists.
Against the wall stretch a length of cre
tonne or muslin. Let this hang down just
twice the length of the recess. Under the
headboard have a six inch board with
screw hooks on it for the skirts. Then on
the Very front edge of the headboard have
very small hooks screwed in and corre
spondingly tiny rings on the extreme edge
of the long piece of cretonne. When the
skirts and bodices are hung on their re
spective pegs, turn up this cretonne and
catch the rings into the hooks, thus, as it
were, inclosing the dresses in a loose bag.
Outside of this recess, a few inches higher
than the headboard, have a little brass
rod fastened, on which, by rings, one can
bang a pretty curtain, which will conceal
the cretonne bag.—New York Post.
Derivation of Settle.
An amusing Instance of irresponsible
derivation is given in the “ Dictionary of
Architecture,” published under the aus
pices of the Architectural Publication so
ciety, under the head of “Settle," which
is stated to be “perhaps derived from ‘seat
i all people,” ex temp. Henry VIII, at the
Green Dragon public house, Combe St.
; Nicholas, Somersetshire,” and “settee,"
, which Professor Skeat calls “an arbitrary
' variation of settle,” is defined to be a
i stone bench, the word being actually de
rived from the Anglo Saxon sctl, a seat. —
; Notes and Queries.
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A HARVEST OF HUMAN HAIR.
Millions of Foauds tvory Tear Got ThagM 1
Vp la Conin.eree.
Perhaps there is no staple article
about which losk is known by the aver- (
age person than human hair as an ar
ticle of commerce. It will doubtlew
surprise many when it is stated that
the dealers in human hair goods do not
depend on chance clippings here and
there, but that there is a regular hair
harvest that can always be relied upon.
It is estimated that over 12,(K* 000
pounds of human hair are used annu
ally in the civilized world for adorning
the heads of women. In New York city
alone over four tons of this class of
goods are imported yearly.
“Not a little of the hair used in this ’
country, ” said a New York dealer to
the writer, “comes from the heads of
American women, and it is fully as fine
in shade and texture as the imported ar
ticle. We had a big harvest during the
craze that the fair sex had not long ago
for having their hair cut short Many
thousands of women who then had their
locks sheared have since bitterly regret
ted it, as in many instances their hair
has grown se slowly that they have
been compelled to wear a wig or a
switch since the fashion changed. After
the majority of women reach the age of
80 the hair seems to partially lose its
vigor, and if cut it will not grow long
again.
“Two-thirds of the ladies nowadays
use false hair more or less. The decree
of fashion, or the desire to conceal a de
fect or heighten a charm, is the reason
pf; course. One woman, for
has a high forehead and wishes to re
duce it in appearance. Another has
worn off the front hair by continued
frizzing and would like to conceal the
fact Both make use of a front or top
piece, with a choice of many styles.
“Ladies’ wigs cost from S2O to $200;
half wigs, top pieces and switches from
$lO to SSO, according to quality.
“The largest supply of hair comes
from Switzerland, Germany and the
French provinces. There-is a human
hair market in Merlans, in the depart
ment of the lower Pyrenees, held every
Friday. Hundreds of hair traders walk
up and down the one street of the vil
lage, their shears dangling from their
belts, and inspect the braids which the
peasant girls, standing on the steps of
the houses, let down for inspection. If
a bargain is struck, the hair is cut and
the money paid on the spot, the price
varying from 60 cents to $5 in our
money.
“A woman’s hair may grow to the
length of 6 feet, and I know a lady
who has been offered and refused SSOO
for her crown of glory, which is over
6 feet long. A single female hair will
bear up a weight of four ounces with
out breaking, but the hair thus heavily
weighted must be dark brown, for blond
hair breaks under a strain of 2% ounces.
There are some 2,000 importers, manu
facturers and dealers in human hair in
the United States.—Washington Star.
Valorous Cows.
The editor of the Condon (Or.) Globe
saw a deed of cow valor that was worth
recording as well as seeing. A herd of
cattle, and among them two cows, ac
companied by their calves, were graz
ing in tall dead grass when the calves
became separated a little from the rest
of the herd.
Just then two huge, hungry coyotes
crept up through the grass, cut off the
calves from the rest of the cattle and
started in pursuit of them. After run
ning about 200 yards the calves came
to a high, five wire, barbed wire fence,
and, being small, managed to get
through it On the other side of the
fence was an open pasture.
The wolves quickly followed the
calves through the fence and were rap
idly running them down on the other
side, when the two cow mothers discov
ered what was going on. Each uttered
a loud bellow, hoisted her tail and
started for the rescue.
It appeared to be a hopeless chase,
for the wire fence -intervened, and the
cows were certainly much too large to
get through it They knew well enough
that it was there, and could, besides,
see it plainly, but both cows plunged
together straight intodt
The watching editor, horrified, look
ed to see them hurled back, frightfully
wounded, but instead one of the posts
gave way under the onslaught the
wires sank down, and in another mo
ment the mothers were on the pasture
side of the fence, badly cut and bleed
ing, but still able to charge the wolves
successfully and put them to flight
Soon the cows were licking the res
cued calves affectionately, and the coy
otes were howling a disappointed duet
from the summit of a knoll near by.
Cat Basket*.
Cat baskets are made especially for
the convenient carrying of cats in trav
eling, and they are also used to some
extent for small dogs. Those of Ameri
can manufacture are made of whole
willow and are oblong in shape. Cat
baskets imported from Germany are
rather more costly, and are made of
split willow. The German cat basket is
oval in form, made larger at the top
than at the bottom, and with the top
finished rounding. There is in the side
of the basket a grated door of willow
rods, which opens on hinges and gives
the cat -light and air. In each end of
the basket, higher up than the door,
there is a small square window.
Cat baskets are made in various sizes,
and in the course of a year there are
sold a considerable number of them.—
New York Sun.
Perhaps She Came Down Too.
She—So you are engaged to Miss
Spry?
He—Yes, but it’s a Mg oome down
for me.
She—Why, I thought she was such a
sweet girl
He—She is, but she rooms on the
first floor and I’m on the eighth.—New
York Journal
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small stuffed alligator, which may also be
made to servo a useful purpose. Why*
lucky nobody know*.
One man, whose stock in trade is al
ways an infallible Indication of popular
taste, says that ho Is selling upward of
to the demands mode upon it. He Re
ceives orders, too, for small alligators ar
ranged in a variety of original ways and
has sent no small nuinlxw of the baby rep- ’
tiles to the various summer resorts, where
the summer girl and man are trying to
beat their previous records tn the way of
golf and tennis. As a mascot or fetich
the alligator is considered far superior to
the old time rabbit’s foot, and he or sh<
who finds and captures one personally is
indeed lucky.
AH sorts and sizes of the Infant saurlans
are liked, and the fad id by no means an
inexpensive one. Two dollars and a half
Is the sum required to purchase even the
smallest representatives of alligatorship,
with an ascending scale which reaches the
sls mark for specimens 1 % or 2 feet long.
The very large or very tiny ones are best
liked, and these are mounted with the
greatest care. The “seconds” —those spec
imens which arc less perfect or have been
marred In the killing or mounting—com
mand but slightly smaller prices, how
ever, and even those which show marks of
shot or other wounds are anything but
hard to dispose of. “Anything so long as
it Is an alligator,*' seems to be the watch
word of superstitious people just now.
The conventional way of mounting the
precious creatures is by bending the tall
backward in such away as to support the
< body in an upright position with the as
sistance of the hind legs. The front feet
are extended to serve as a support on
which to place the painted seashell, small
saucer, match safe or other trinket which
is to render the ugly thing useful. In
some cases the body is fantastically draped
with bright colored silk or chefesocloth,
and the addition of a gaudy cap is of fre
quent occurrence. Thus decorated or
merely in a state of nature, the quaintly
traced figure is placed in the entrance hall
to receive cards, upon the smoking table
with matches, cigars or tobacco, or, If the
owner is a summer girl, In her room,
where it acts as a file upon which to pin
all sorts of scores, records or memoranda
of the season’s games.—Chicago Times-
Herald.
How the Phonograph Was Discovered.
Possibly the most widely known of all
Edison’s inventions are the telephone and
phonograph, and the latter was discovered
by the merest accident—namely, an acci
dent happening to the right man.
“I was singing,” says Mr. Edison, “to
the mouthpiece of a telephone when the
vibration of the voice sent the fine steel
point into my finger. That set me think
ing. If I could record the actions of the
point and send the point over the same
surface afterward, I saw no reason why
the thing would not talk. I tried the ex
periment first on a strip of telegraph paper
and found that the point made an alpha
bet. I shouted the words, ‘Halloa, halloa!’
Into the mouthpiece, ran the paper back
over the steel point and heard a faint‘Hal
loa, halloa!* in return. I determined to
make a machine that would work accu
rately and gave my assistants Instructions,
telling them what I had discovered. They
laughed at me. That’s the whole story.
The phonograph is the result of the prick
ing of a finger.”
All this sounds remarkably simple, and
Mr. Edison has a habit of speaking of his
inventions as though they had dropped
from the clouds, but needless to say, after
the principle of the phonograph had been
discovered, there were days and nights of
anxious thought and experiment before
the famous talking machine, with which
even the nursery is familiar today, had
reached its present perfection.
- Barbarism In Africa.
It is satisfactory to note that there is
considerable indignation at the Cape re
garding the mutilation of the remain* of
the Bechuanaland chief, Luke Jantje.
The statement is that the head Was cut off
and boiled in order that the skull might
be preserved, presumably wa curio.
However this may be, there seems to be
no doubt that a volunteer was found in
the laager “endeavoring with all his might
to sever the dead chief’s head from the
trunk,” and that when he was spoken to
on the subject he replied that he was
“merelyacting under orders." Aboard
of inquiry has been appointed; and it is to
be hoped that the matter will be probed
to the bottom. There has been some ugly
work in South Africa during the past
year or two, but that is no reason why
barbarous inhumanity on the part of vol
unteers or any others should be tolerated
for one moment. Surely, even a Bechu
analand chief’s bones “cost more the
breeding than to play at loggats with
them. ” —Westminster Gazette.
A Fault of Young Men.
“A grave fault with a goodly number of
young men is a disposition to quarrel with
their surroundings, whereas the real fault
is not there,” writes Edward W. Bok, in
“Problems of Young Men,” in The La
dies’ Home Journal. “Young men do not
seem clearly to realize that where they are
they were Intended to be, and for some
mighty good purpose tea The place
where a young man finds himself is exact
ly where his Creator meant that ho should
be. Therefore he is capable of filling it.
God makes no mistakes. But it is meant
that we should grow of our oWn efforts;
get strong through the conquering of diffi
culties. When a young man starts out to
live a useful life, and starts out with a
right determination, an adherence to hon
orable principles and a faith in God, no
power on earth can retard him long, seri
ously interrupt his career or effectively
stop him. He is bound to win. Our fail
ures are always due to ounelvee; never to
other people nor to our environment*.”
Maddened Him.
Ex-Governor Stone of Missouri recently
told this story of Colonel John T. Crisp:
When Colonel Crisp was running for con
gress, he proposed to use the same speech
all over the state. An old man who heard
it the first night was so delighted that he
asked Crisp where he was to speak the
-next. When the colonel saw the old man
in his next audience, he was forced to
change bls speech to give it a semblance
of originality and so delighted theoldman
that he insisted on knowing the colonel’s
next engagement. He followed Mr. Crisp
all over the state and so worried him by
forcing him to constantly alter his speech
that the colonel at last, in dwqwir cried,
“I speak in sheol tomorrow night, in
sheol, bo gad, sir, and I hope you will be
first man I see when I get thore!"
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