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I J berebJaUnre
• or County SurwWJ county,
I «nbiect to the democratic primary oi June
F* *sw-.- r -
For County OommiMioner.
I subject to the action of the
I jpmccratic primary, and will be glad to
1 k «the support oi all the voters.
J have the supp j ; a. J. TIDWELL.
I *t the solicitation of many voters I
I i-wbv announce mytolf a candidate for
I rronty Commissioner, subject to the dem-
|l i hereby announce myself a candidate
I County Commissioner, subject to the
I democratic primary to be held 'June 23,
I next. If elected. I pledge myself to eco-
I nomical and business methods in conduct-
I inK the affairs of the county
I 114 W. J. FUTRAL.
| I hereby announce myself a candidate
| j or County Commissioner of Spalding
i county, subject to the Democratic primary
I ofjune23d. W. W. CHAMPION.
I To the Voters of Spalding County: I
I herebv announce myself a candidate for
re-election to the office of County Commis
| stoner of Spalding county, subject to the
! democratic primary to be held on June 23,
| 1898. My record in the past is my pledge
i for future faithfulness.
I D.L. PATRICK,
■t • V-'v'* 1 i -i'
For'Beprssentatiy'e.
I To the Voters ot Spalding County: I
I am a candidate for Representative to the
legislature, subject to the primary ot 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 tne action
of the democratic party. I shall be pleased
to receive the support of all thß voters,and
if elected will endeavor to represent the
interests of the whole county.
J• B. Bell.*
—*-
' For Tax Oollector.
J'■ II respectfully announce to the citizens
of Spalding county that I am a candidate
for re-election to the office of Tax Oollec
' tor of this county, subject to the choice or
the democratic primary, and shall be
grateful for all votes given me.
T.*R. NUTT,
For County Treasurer.
To the Voters of Spalding Cotnty: I
respectfully announce myself a/andidate
for election for the office of Ootfaty Treas
urer, subject to the democratic primary,
and if elected promise to attend faithfully
to the performance of the duties of the
office, and will appreciate the support o.
my friends. W. P. HORNE.
L To the Voters of Spalding County: I
I announce myself a candidate for re-elec
| tlon for the office of County Treasurer,
■ subject to democratic primary, and if elect
i 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 Roosiver.
Editor Call : Please announce to the
voters of Spalding county that I am a can
didate for the office of Tax Receiver, sub
ject to the Democratic primary of June
23r1, 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.
p-,8. M. M’COWELUZ
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
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 as faithfully as in the past.
M. F. MORRIS.
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SPRING REMKES
For "that tired feeling,’’ spring fever and
the general lassitude that Comes with
warm days, when the system bain’t been
cleansed from the impurities that winter
harvested In the blood, you will find
in our Spring Tonic and Stomach Bitters.
For purifying the blood and giving tone
to the body they are unexcelled I
N. B. DREWRY * SON,
28 Hill Street.
* Registration Notice.
“Pen at sooo ** regißtration bo °^ B ta® no *
aU q2l2£?to do!Sa£Sd%i®Sd
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SMOKELESS POWDER.
1 CORDITE THE MOST POTENT EX
’ PLOSIVE OF MODERN TIMES. I
It !• Composed of Nltroflyoerlu, Gon Cot
ton and VaMllno—The Intereitlng Proc
** b* Which It* Dangerous KUmanta
Are Combined. Sh&l
Since the advent of the speedy torpe
do boat and since rapid firing guns have
been placed on battleships and cruisers
an explosive that would allow to the
officers and gufiners an . nnobstrucrted
view of an enemy Under all conditions
has been sought, and thousands of dol
, lars have been expended in the effort to
obtain a satisfactory substitute for black
gunpowder. Cordite, the latest explo
sive, is said to be the most satisfactory
propellant of modern times for naval
warfare, and the expert opinion seems
to be that in a few years gunpowder as
now understood will have vanished.
The earliest records of established
powder mUl< show that there was only
one in Operation in 1590, this one being
in England. During the year 1787 the
Waltham Abbey Powder mills were
purchased by the English government.
They are still.ootiducted .by it TheFa
versham ifiiils, which up to that date
were the largest in thewdrld, passed
into the hands of a private corporation
in 1815. The manufacture of powder
was continued without much improve
ment, except in the efficiency of the
grinding and mixing machinery, until
about 35 years ago, the formula for
black powder being saltpeter 75 parts,
charcoal 15 parts and sulphur 10 parts,
the whole* farming a mechanical mix
ture and not a chemical compound.
Smokeless powder, however, became
absolutely a necessity, for the reason
that smoke producing powders masked
the object aimed at, and the torpedo
boat, which was becoming a recognized
feature of naval warfare, could dash up
hfid discharge one or more deadly mis
siles under cover of the smoke.
Smokeless powders were first pro
duced in France, and for some time the
secret Os the manufacture was. guarded
jealously. As soon as the necessity for
this kind of powder became
however, a number of manufacturers
devoted attention to it, and as a result
various brands of smokeless explosives
were placed on the market.
The most satisfactory results eventu
ally made their appearance in cordite,
which was produced through experi
ments made by Professor Dewar and Sir
Frederick Abel. Cordite is composed of
nitroglycerin 58 per cent, gun cotton 37
per cent and vaseline 5 per cent- Nitro
glycerin is an oily, colorless liquid and
an active poison. It is produced by mix
ing a quantity of sulphuric acid with
almost double the amount of nitric acid
and allowing it to cool. About one
eighth of the total weight, of glycerin is
then added gradually, the mixture be
ing kept below a temperature of 70 de
grees F. by passing air and cold water
through it After the mixture has stood
a sufficient time the acids are drawn off,
and the residue (nitroglycerin) is wash
ed and filtered.
Nitroglycerin cannot be ignited easily
by a flame, and a lighted match or ta
per plunged into it would be extinguish
ed. It is sensitive to friction or percus
sion, either of which will detonate it
Another peculiarity is that the higher
the temperature the more sensitive it
becomes. It will solidify at a temper
ature of 40 degrees, and its explosive
force is estimated to be about twelve
times that of gunpowder.
One of the most approved methods
used in the manufacture of gun cotton
is this: The raw cotton is torn into
shreds, dried and dipped in a mixture
of sulphuric and nitnc acids. It is then
placed in a stream of running water and
washed thoroughly. The cotton is then
wrung out, usually in a centrifugal ma
chine.
It is afterward boiled, dried, cut into
pulp and pressed into disks. When the
gun cotton is finished, there should be
no trace of the acids remaining. Vase
line, the other component part of cor
dite, is the well known extract from pe
troleum, and its usefulness is chiefly to
lubricate the bore of the gun and thus
lessen the frict&m and the
projectile. It also has a tendency to im
part a waterproof nature to cordite.
A colorless liquid prepared from ace
tate of lime- called acetone, is used as a
solvent in tne manufacture of cordite.
The method of preparing the explosive
is: The required proportion of nitro
glycerin is poured over the gun cotton,
and the two, with the addition of ace
tone, are kneaded together into a stiff
paste. Vaseline is then added, and the
whole compound, after being thorough
ly mixed, is put into a machine and the
cordite pressed out and cut into lengths,
after which it Is dried.
To the artnterist the nature of cordite
is represented by a fraction whose nu
meYator gives in hundredths of an inch
the diameter of the die through which
the cordite has been pressed, its denom
inator being the length of the stick in
inches. The cordite known as 30-12,
which is Che size used for the 6 inch
quick firing guns, signifies that its di
ameter Is three-tenths of an inch, and
it is 12 inches long.
It is necessary to use a fine grain
powder to ignite a charge of cordite, it
being secured in such a maimer that a
flash from the tube firing the gun will
cause the explosion of the charge. A
full charge of powder for a 12 inch gun
is 295. pounds, while the cordite charge,
having the same efficiency, is only
pounds.
Cordite is one of the safest explosives
known, and is not dangerous unless it
is confined. It can be heldjn the hand
and lighted without danger. It bums
slowly and with a bright flame. Al
though comparatively a new discovery,
it is used extensively in every navy
throughout the world. It was manufac
tured first in Great Britain and was in
general use on her battleships before
Jlopted by other powere-N™ York
Sun.
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TOURISTS ABROAD.
Th. Money A m o«u So L
0,000,000 » Year.
Tro amount of mcney expended by
tourists in Europe has, if official records ,
abroad are to be accepted as authentic,
increased enormously ot late years.
There has been recently filed with the
Swiss minister of finance and customs '
at Bern a detailed statement of hotel
receipts in that country, from which it
appears that the gross receipts of Swiss
hotels rose from 52,800,000 francs in
1880 to 114,838,000 in 1894. The entire
annual expenses of the Swiss republic
amount in a year to between 80,000,000
and 90,000,000 francs (the budget for
this year la given at the latter figure),
and it would seem, therefore, very much
as if the hotels of Switzerland take in
in a year more than the government it
self does.
The Swiss figures are not the only
ones furnished in Europe recently on
this point A French record shows that
every year there are 270,000 foreigners
who pass from a fortnight to a whole
winter on the Riviera. Every person is
supposed to expend on an average 1,000
francs, or S2OO, in the country. In oth
er words, the foreign visitors spend in
the country every winter the sum of
$54,000,000. The English are put down
as contributing one-third of this amount;
the French themselves contribute anoth
er third; Germans, Belgians, Dutch,
Russians and Americans contribute the
remainder. From being a pear country
when it was annexed to France in 1860
Nice has become one of .the richest de
partments of the republic.
Some figures recently compiled of the
revenues to hotels from tourists in Paris
show the average number of foreign
Visitors to be 60,000. It is customary
to estimate at 10 francs, at $2, a day
the hotel bills of strangers in Paris.
Estimating at $2 a day each the hotel
bills of 60,000 tourists and at about as
much more their other outlays it is to
be seen that tourists in Paris can be put
down for an expenditure of nearly $250,-
000 a day.
• The ,total sum expended by tourists
in Europe in a year is probably not very
far from $700,000,000, and a very con
siderable portion of this comes from the
pockets, the purses and the bankers’
balances of Americafis, who are pro
verbially the most liberal among travel
ers. Russians come second, Brazilians
third. —Exchange.
SLEEPWALKING.
Strange Thine* Meh Do While In a State
of Somnambulism. , f _
Readers of that charming work of my
late friend Wilkie Collins, “The Moon
stone,’’will remember the sleepwalk
ing feats of Mr. Franklin Blake when
under tne influence of an opiate. What
the novelist describes as a piece of fic
tion may be paralleled from the sober
records of science.
McNish, in his classic volume on
“Sleep, ” tells us of a shepherd lad who,
wrapt in dumber, walked miles to the
place where his flock was pastured,
waded through a river and returned
home without waking. In another case
a lad in his Meep scaled a precipitous
cliff and brought home from it an
eagle’s nest, which was found under his
bed in the morning.
Abercrombie’s case of the Scottish
lawyer who, when worried over a per
plexing case, was seen by his wife to
rise from his bed in, the night is an
other illustration of the occasionally
purposive character of somnambulism,
when, directed by its private secretaries,
the sleeping ego is apparently roused
from its couch and made to act the part
of a pure automaton. This individual
went to a writing desk which stood in
his bedroom, sat down before the desk
and wrote for some time. Then, replac
ing the paper within the desk, he re
turned to bed.
In the morning he told his wife of a
dream he had experienced, in which he
imagined he had given a satisfactory
opinion on the case which was trou
bling his mind. He expressed regret
that he could not recall the train of
thought represented hfe dream. On
his wife directing hfin io his writing
desk, he found therein tho opinion in
question clearly written out and in
every respect satisfactory.—Andrew
Wilson, M. D., in Harper’s Magazine. '
Have Yon Seen It?
Every big railroad in this country has
a freight car in its equipment bearing
the number 12,845, and yet I’ll lay
reasonable odds that you may tramp
this town over and you will not be able
to find a man, I care not how much he
has traveled, who has ever seen a car
with that number. Among railroad
men it is kqpwn as the “sequence car’’
or the “one-two-three-four-five car.”
Perhaps you never looked for it. I have.
For years in my travels I made it a
'practice to get out whenever the train
stopped and take a look at the freight
cars in sight, and I have met drummers
who told me they did (he same thing,
but never a glimpse did I get of that
car nor did I ever run across a man
who had been so fortunate. Try it. Go
up to the freightyards in this city or
across the river. You will find hundreds
of cars, but itis $lO to a pint of peanuts
that car 12,845 will not be among them.
—St Louis Republic.
Ancient Pinyin* Cnrda.
The ancient Tarot packs were the ear
liest playing cards known to our forefa
thers. They consisted of 72, 77 or 78
cards. These cards are still used in re
mote parts of Italy, France and Switzer- j
land and are made in Florence, the de
signs being handed down from genera
tion to generation.
Ostriches, which are supposed to flour
ish only in very warm climates, have
been raised successfully in southern Rus
sia, the feathers being of good quality
and the birds healthy.
To be perfectly proportioned a man
should weigh 28 pounds for every foot
of his height
HOW A MAN MADE $7,000.
th. Chap Wbo HI.
BuklMU I. * C»f*.
“Don’t discuss your private business
affairs in a public place,” said an old
Brooklynite to the New Yorker who ap
proached him in a case near the city
hall. Than the Brooklyn man, pointing
out a real estate dealer, said:
.“Talkipg about a buainess deal in
this very case cost that man $7,000, and
the money Went into my pocket too.
You aee, he represented a syndicate that
wanted to build on some property in
which I was interested as the owner of
one house and city lot. The .agent did
not know me from a Canarsie olammer.
Well, he came in here with a friend
one of the syndicate—for luncheon on
an afternoon in last July. They took
seats at this table. I sat at the next
one.
“I began to’take notice, ’ as grand
mas say, when I heard the strangers at
the next table discuss quite loudly a
deal in relation to the property adjoin
ing mine/ The agent had ordered a fine .
layout for luncheon and was evidently
well pleased with his deal. He said to
his friend:
“ 'Well, I pulled off the trick for
. that property at 319 Cheap street today.
The owner thought I was doing him a
favor. I started in at $15,000 and final
ly closed with him for SIB,OOO. He bit
in a hurry. Why, the property is worth
$25,000 if it’s worth a dollar to us.
Now I must look for the chap that owns
221. He’ll be glad to get SIB,OOO for
his house. It's lucky for us they’re not
on to the fact that we want to buy that
entire block. ’
“I didn’t need to do any eavesdrop
ping, you see. That little speech of the
agent cost him exactly $7,000. You can
readily guess that I, as the owner of 221
Cheap street, was not especially anxious
to sell after that. I kept Mr. Beal Es
tate Man on the jump for nearly five
months, and when I let up on him I
got my price, exactly $35,000—-a neat
little profit of $7,000 above what I
would have gladly accepted. So you aee
the point of my remark to you, ‘Don’t
discuss private business affairs in a pub
lic place.’ Now we’ll go to my office,
and I’ll listen to your proposition.”—
New York Sun.
HIDDEN GOLD IN PARIS.
Macy Yanatlerfipend Their Live* Hunting
For Burled Treasure.
Some Parisians are actually kept from
wandering by conviction that there is
hidden treasure behind the walls or be
neath the flooring or in the chimney
hook or under the roof, says Chambers’
Journal.
You are told that during the number
less sieges to which Paris has been sub
jected and the internal revolutions it
has undergone there exists not a cellar
or a garret but has become the recepta
cle of some part of the immense riches
accumulated in religious houses and old
families. There is, perhaps, nothing ir
rational in the supposition that in thq
good old times when convents were
made the depositories not only of the
secrets of the aristocracy, but of the
familyjewels likewise, instances must
have occurred wherein these deposits
were buried and remain undiscovered,
together with the treasures of the con
fraternity. But human folly has of late
years exalted this rational possibility
into dazzling certainty. Every means is
now resorted to and more gold and pre
cious time expended than the most val
uable treasure could repay in order to
seize the secret which still resists dis
covery. “While you of the matter of
fact, plodding Anglo-Saxon race are
toiling and broiling in Australia and
California, searching for gold, we gold
seekers of Paris find it here beneath our
fegt in the old quarters of the city round
Notre Dame and the Hotel de Ville,
where gold is teeming in greater plenty
than amid the rock bowlders of Califor
nia or beneath the soil of Ballarat,”
said Ducasse, the great treasure seeker.
The Art of Ugntlag a Pipe.
Now, comrades, not to waste time
talking of style of pipe or brands of to
bacco—tastes differ in those things—try
this: Keep pipe and stem as clean at
possible, and the time to clean them is
immediately after a smoke. Fill the
bowl with your favorite brand andpres*
down firmly, but don’t strive to see how
solid you can pack it If you make it as
solid as wood, it will burn like wood
and make a coal fire about as hot and
ungrateful. Don’t light the entire sur
face. Don , t“puir’asthoughyouhadno
more matches and feared it would “go
out” Light a small spot directly in the
center. Smoke slowly until it works its
way gradually downward. If it under
takes to spread, press it down again
with thumb or finger. A half minute’s
care in. starting is all that is required.
Now smoke slowly. The little fire con
tinues downward, .delicately roasting
the tobacco on the sides, and presently,
when yon cave this off, there will come
a revelation in soft, mellow smoke, so
cool, so delicious, so soothing, that you
will never regret having read this.—
Sports Afield.
Ven. J
. In Germany “von” implies nobility,
and all persons who belong to the no
bility prefix “von” to their names With
out any exception. Persons who do not
belong to the nobility cannot have the
right to put “von” before their names.
A man who is knighted for some reason,
however, has the same right to put
“von” before his family name as a per
son of ancient nobility. For instance,
when Alexander Humboldt was knight
ed he became Alexander von Humboldt
All his descendants, male and female,
take the prefix.—Philadelphia Press
Switzerland enjoys the unenviable
distinction of having a larger percentage
of lunatics than any other country. In
the canton of Zurich there are 8,2*1 in
a population of 839,000.
In 1564 a pair of shoes made in Eng
land cost tenpence.
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AN OPEN LETTER
To MOTHERS.
WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE
EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “CASTOBIA,” AND
“PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” as our trade mark.
l 9 DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, qf Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of “PITCHER’S CASTORIA.” the same
that has borne and does nw everi(
bear the facsimile signature of wrapper.
This is the original" PITCHER’S CASTORIA,’’ which has been
used in the homes of the Mothers cf America for ov&r thirl i
years, LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you have always bought on the
and has the signature of
per. No one has authority from me to use my name ex
cept The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is
President. * a ,
March 8,1897.
Do Not Be Deceived.
Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting
a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer yo“
(because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in
gredients of which even he docs not kr.c\r.
“The Kind You Have Always-Bought”
BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE CF
' i-wy
f t ~\
Insist on Having
The Kind That Never Failed tou.
VMS CCWTAUn COMPANY, TY MURRAY SYRtCT, NSW YORK
SHOES, - SHOES I
IN MENS SHOES WE HAVE THE LATEST STYLES-COIN TOES,
GENUINE RUSSIA LEATHER CALF TANS, CHOCOLATES AND GREEN
AT $2 TO $3.50 PER PAIR. *
, IN LADIES OXFORDS WE HAVE COMPLETE LINE IN TAN, BLACK
AND CHOCOLATE, ALSO TAN AND BLACK SANDALS RANGING IN
PRICE FROM 75c TO $2.
ALSO TAN, CHOCOLATE AND BLACK SANDALS AND OXFORDS IN
CHILDREN AND MISSES SIZES, AND CHILDREN AND MISSES TAN LACE
SHOES AND BLACK.
IE 3 .
WE HAVE IN A LINE Os
SAMPLE STRAW HATS._
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