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I announcements. 1 ~ Olerk Suptrior Court. V Kcß P ect,a^ [ M THOMAS . I For County Surveyor. I i hereby announw myself » candidate I * County Surveyor, of Spalding county, g subject to the democratic P ri “ ar^« f / L une i For County Commissioner. I Editor Call; Please announce that I 1 ma candidate for re-election for County ■ Jvanmissioner, subject to the action of the I democratic primary, and will be glad to I£„ .b. ..PP»rt 0} ’^ ELU fl At the solicitation of many voters I ■ hXbv announce myself a candidate for fl SJTLL Commissioner, subject to the dem fl primary. If elected, I pledge my- I £tfto an honest, business-like administra- I Son of county affairs in the direction of | {"’"ertwes. R. F. STRICKLAND. ■ 1 hereby announce myself a candidate ■ for County Commissioner, subject to the ■ democratic primary to be held June 23, BR. -ext. If elected, I pledge myself to eco »! jomical and business methods in cunduct- ■ ing the affairs ot the county. W. J. FUTRAL. I I hereby announce myself a candidate ■ ' for County Commissioner of Spalding ■ county, subject to the Democratic primary II ofjunci 23d. _W. W. CHAMPION. I To the Voters of Spalding County: I I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to the office of County Commis- I stoner of Spalding County, subject to the I democratic primary to be held on Jnne 23, I 1898. My record in the past is my pledge I for future faithfulness. * I , D. L. PATRICK. „ For Bepresentatiye. To the Voters of Spalding County: 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 the action ot the democratic party. I shall be pleased to receive the support of all the if elected will endeavor to represent the interests of the whole county. J. B. Bell. For Tax Collector. Z 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 ot 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 respectfully announce myself. a candidate for election for the office of County 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 friende. W. P. HORNE. ' 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 faithfol in the per formanee'bf my duties in the future as I have been in the past. J. 0. BROOKS. For Tax Beoaiver. 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 23rd, and respectfully ask the support of all voters of Riis county. Respectfolly, 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. 8. 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 of all my friends and the pub lic. If nominated and elected, it shall be my endeavor to folfill the duties of the of fice as faithfolly as m the past. M. F. MORRIS. A A in CASTLES IN SPAIN the Don dreams of when he dreams of the powers “sitting down” on Uncle Sam. Any one can enjoy day drcams and an exquisite siesta when they have a place to dream in. We can furnish an inspiration to dreamers in the coolest summer bed room furniture, brasfi beds, airy hangings, curtains, soft pillows and reed sofas. Everything to make life easy and pleasant CHILDS 4GODMRD. A KINGDOM FOR A JEST. How William I'g Fool Got tho Title of Klag ot Yvetot. Gerald Brenan writes for St Nicholas an article on “The Kingdom of Yvetot,” After telling of the bare facts of history to bo gathered from legal'papers Mr. Brenan Now for tradition as unearthed by M. d’Hauterive from many a musty tome or taken down by tho good cure of the village from the lips of old parishioners. This “Ansfred, styled ‘le drolc,' or ‘the humor ous,' ” was, it seems, none other than Wil liam I’a court jester, and his stone image, in cap and bells arrayed, stood In the din ing hall of tho Chateau d’Yvetot until those terrible fellows, the revolutionary soldiers, pulled down both house and statue. Those who love to stray in history’s by ways will remember that when William the Conqueror landed on the English coast he tripped and fell with extended arms upon tho strand. Most of his followers would have regarded this as a bad omen had not the monarch, with rare presence of mind, quieted tbolr fears by exclaiming that he was “grasping the soil es England in his arms.” Now, tradition in Yvetot has it that the person who whispered this cunning reply into the ear of the prostrate William was our witty acquaintance, the court jester Ansfred. When England had been won, the story goes that tho king remembered his hum ble jester’s timely whisper and, calling to him to the foot of the throne, bado him ask a boon byway of reward. Ansfred jestingly replied, “Ah, my good king, I have an ambition too lofty for you to gratify!” Greatly piqued at this speech, even from such a. privileged joker as hip “ court fool, ’ ’ William insisted upon knowing what the ambition was which the sovereign ot Eng land and Normandy could not make good, whereupon, jingling his golden bells gay ly, Ansfred said: “In sooth,, friend Wil liam, I desire to become a king, like your self. Nothing less can satisfy me. ” At this the nobles of the court set up a mighty shout of laughter, looking upon the affair as another of Ansfred’s sallies, but the king laughed louder than them all. Recovering from his mirth, he cried out: “Ansfred shall have his wish. When we get back lo Normandy, wo win give him a kingdom of his own. ” Then, sum moning his ’chancellor, he demanded the name of “the very last place to all his do minions, tho most barren and waterless waste in his possession. ” The chancellor consulted his great books and found that the last place mentioned was the hamlet of Yvetot. Moreover, this hamlet stood in the treeless, springjess plain of Caux and was an extraordinarily desolate spot, little thought of by tho abbey of St. Wandrille, to whose monks it belonged. William laughed again when he heard of Yvetot, and in pursuance of his pledge when he returned to Normandy he took Yvetot away from the abbey and gave it to Ansfred, the jester. In the nearby vil lage of Bolbec, amid great merriment, Ansfred was formally crowned ‘‘‘king of Yvetot.” Everybody looked on the coro nation as a joke— everybody but Ansfred himself. As was often the case with these jesters, the folly of this “fool” was only on the exterior. No sooner had he acquir ed possession of his small kingdom than he built himself a tower there and set about planting the wastes around. The trees grew, but King Ansfred could think of no plan that would supply Yvetot With water. Always, till he died, Ansfred re tained the title of “king,” and, William the Conqueror’s sons being busy with their wars, none tried to take It from him. Ansfred’s son and heir, Richard, second king of Yvetot, went to the crusades in 1096 and fought with great bravery. Mexico’s New Capitol Building. The city of Mexico is to have a national capitol building worthy of the great re public. It is to be built of stone and ac cording to a Chicago architect’s design. The dimensions are to be 830 by 880 feet — that is to say, a perfect square on the groundplan. The height will be one-third the breadth, with central porticos on each face, supported by four columns and hav ing heavily ornamented architraves and gables. Colonnades extend right and left from each portico, resting updn the base ment nnd extending to the‘top of the building. The four corners present solid faces, except where pterced by .windows. To add to* the imposing appearance of the building a square tower, composed of 82 columns, rises above the roof in the center, bearing a heavy cornice and equal ly heavy parapet, with statues placed on pedestals at each upper corner. Equestrian statues ornament the base of this tower at the four corners, and at each angle of the tow sloping roof of the main building there are to be placed bronze ornaments, griffins and the like. The style is Boman, modified by the introduction of Italian renaissance effects. Prominent architects say the building will bo one of the finest architectural efforts of modern times. It Will cost about $5,000,000. Baltimore Sun. Brigandage In Italy. Brigandage still flourishes in Italy. As Signor Romanln-lacur, a well known dep uty, and a dozen other men were going toward Grossetto the other day for the purpose of Inspecting a newly constructed aqueduct they suddenly met a man, dress ed like a huntsman, who leveled his rifle at them and ordered them to halt They obeyed, whereupon the brigand command ed them to empty their pockets. Strange to say, not one of them made the least re sistance, and as a result the brigand ob tained a few thousand francs, Deputy Ro manln-lacur’s involuntary contribution being five bank notes of 100 francs each. Having secured this booty, the fearless robber disappeared, and no trace of him has since been found. On the following day a wealthy landed proprietor was stab bed and robbed by a brigand within a few miles of Rome, but fortunately the police were near at hand, and they, arrested the miscreant before he could escape. As his victim is said to be mortally wounded the chances are that the criminal’s career is practically ended.—New York Herald. At Governor Atkinson’s Expense. Governor Atkinson of Georgia tells this story at his own expense: “It was during my recent inspection of the convict camps. Among other places I visited were the coal mines, and in order to make a thor ough inspection it was necessary to go down into the mines and see convicts at work. Two guards accompanied me; down, into the mines. They showed me everything of Interest and finally took me; where the convicts were at work. As we approached them one of the convicts rush-' ed over to me, crying: ‘Good Lord! Bill Atkinson, as sure as I live! I never ex pected to see you here. What on earth, Bill, did they convict you of doing?’ I readily recognized the man as one whom I had known since my boyhood." CANADA’S.NEW GOLDFIELDS. Tbo Vast nation That laAboat to Be Open ad In Jforthern British Columbia. Lying between the Yukon, basin and Caribou is a vast, untrodden region, which oilers tempting reward for thorough ex ploration. The territory is a continuation otttmtgwat gold beating beit ot which California, Colorado, Nevada, Kootenai, Caribou and the Yukon, are sections. The riches of Caribou were long ago unlocked to the world, and .soen prospectors will have overrun every part of the famous Yu kon. but the wild mountain fuFtneaara of this unexplored territory have so far re sisted the white man's entrance, and the great area stretching between latitudes 54 degrees and 58 degrees and extending from . the Rocky Mountains on tho east to 128 de- Swest longitude, remains a terra in to. That streams tributary to the Yu kon, Peace riefr and the Liard, known to be rich in placer gold, and rivers flowing through Caribou and Cassiar. noted for their gold beds many years ago, all take their rise bn the outskirts of this vast ter ritory, would indicate the presence of Min eral wealth in the unknown field. This supposition is supported by more than mere probability. Since 1885 Indians and half breeds have vaguely talked of gold “up in the interior” and taciturn Chinamen in ragged clothes have com'o down to the coast with bags containing large and small quantities of the precious metal. As the industrious celestial has been washing gold in old placer beds for years, earning a pittance which the white man would not consider worth his labor, the appearance of these uncommunicative, mysterious fellows at Pacific ports excited little interest until Klondike discoveries aroused every ona Then prospectors be gan to suspect the existence of hew gold fields south of the Y ukon an 1 last summer miners ventured along the margin of the unknown -region. Two men who had been washing gold along streams of this outlying district brought out $48,000 worth of the yellow dust. During the summer one prospector found a nugget worth S7O, and in October 1 large nugget worth S3OO was sent from 6 southern part of the territory. With the past few weeks tho discovery of exten sive bodies of fine milling gold quartz was reported to the British Columbia minister of mines by prospectors who left last sum mer to explore the southern outskirts. Winter had prevented more thorough ex ploration, but the veins were said to be of extraordinary width and were exposed for miles across tho country. Samples Os quartz, rich in gold, accompanied tho re port, but so wild and inaccessible is the region that these deposits cannot be worked until the Teslin Lakq-Telegraph Creek rail way or the Cassiar Central has been built.. The unopened territory is variously des ignated by the names of its different sec tions, as the Omlneca, the Peace river, the Liard country. Roughly speaking, it is bounded on the east by the Rocky moun tains, on the west by the Yukon and the Pacific slope and on the south by Caribou. The nearest point on the Canadian Pacific railroad is almost 600 miles from itsqouth ern limits, but the Omlneca can be reached byway of the coast, going up the Skrena river and following a thirty clear trail for 150 miles. «, Discovery of gold in Omineoa caused a great rush northward from Caribou jtnd the coast in 1870, but without modern hy dremlip appliances the gravSl was difficult to work. When rich diggings were found in Cessiaf, the crowds stampeded to the newer field. During the eight years that followed at least $1,000,000 in gold was taken from Omlneca by miners satisfied with moderate returns. The general im pression that the diggings on the southern outskirts were shallow discouraged explo ration until last fall, and then, when the discoveries were announced, the season had advanced too far for prospecting. - - For hundreds of miles north of Omlneca is a vast expanse absolutely Unknown to the white man. It lies between Peace riv er and the Yukon. A party under Lord Avonmore is spending the winter in the Liard country In order to be on hand for thorough exploration of that section of the t£rra Incognita when the season opens. Between the Peace and Liard rivers the climate is not so rigorous aqd forbidding as In the Yukon. The country Is densely wooded. There is a superabundance of timber tor fuel and for building purposes. Game, large and small, is plentiful. For naturalist, sportsman and prospector no part of the unxeplored world offers more attractive prizes.—New York Sun. Wasps Assist In a Tragedy. “Oneof the most comical experiences in the history of the stage,” saida local man ager, “befell tho Tom Keene company in a northern New Yorktown. The company was playing ‘Julius Caesar,' and at the last moment it was found that the prop erty man had failed to d’end up the regular throne chair used Id the senate scape, and an old rustic chair was hastily procured from the loft of the theater, and after be ing covered with draping was pressed into service. In the midst of the scene a large wasps’ nest was discovered attached to thS chair, and its Inhabitants, becoming in dignant at the disturbance they had suf fered, began to swarm about the stage seeking revenge upon the Romans in their low necked and short sleeved dresses. The wasps seemed to be particularly offended with Cossar, and it is doubtful if Casar’s death scene was ever acted with more feel ing, for at the moment he was being pierced by the conspirators’ daggers the wasps were most industrious in their work. “In the tent scene, where Caesar appears to Brutus, one might almost bave doubted its being the true Casar- It was the same in form and dress, but the face was no longer the same. In the last act Brutus had one eye closed, Antony a swollen lip, Cassius, an enlarged chin, Lpclus an iu equallty ln the size of his hands and Octa vius Caesar a nose that would have done service as .the famous now of Bardolf in , ‘Henry IV.’ “ The tragedy came very near becoming a roaring comedy, when Mr. Keene, as Cassius, said, ‘Antony, the posture of your blows is yet unknown, but for your words they rob the Hybla bees and leave them honeyless,’ and Mr. Hanford, as Antony, replied, ‘Not stingless too.’ ’’—Cleveland Header. Lily Baiba With Shortly after the holidays a congressman from one of the western states received bis quota of bulbs and garden seed from the department of agriculture and forthwith distributed them among his constituenta In most instances they were fully appre ciated, as scares of letters attested. But it is doubtful if a more appreciative constitu ent has been recorded since the distribu tion of seeds was inaugarated than one writer whose wife had been sent some of the lily bulbs. “Many thanks for the vegetables so kindly sent,” said the writer. “The onions were particularly fine and greatly enjoyed with our beefsteak. ’’—Chi cago Record. OLD CATERER ON TERRAPIN. —— When It la Ready, the s-UetoUon U la < ‘‘Eating It All YounelL” James Prosser, a famous colored ca terer of this city, dead long ago, fur nished the following formula for pre paring and serving terrapin, which was published in a gastronomi journal at the time when he wag on earth; “You can’t enjoy terrapin unlesb the day isnippin. Temperature and terra pin go hand in hand. Now, as to your terrapin. Bless you, there it all the difference in the world in them. The more northerly is the terrapin found the better. You eat a Florida terrapin— needn’t despise it. for terrapin ja terra pin everywhere—but you get a Chesa peake one or a Delaware bay one, or, better still, a Long Island one, and there is just the diffurenc > between $lO i dozen and SB6. Wtrin water kinder washes the delic ite fl. vor out of them.. Don’t you let Mr. Btrgh know it, but your terrapin must bo boiled alive. Have a good big pot, with a hot fire un der it, so that he shan’t languish, and when it has got on a full head of steam pop him in. Wbai lam goin to give is Axecipe far a single cue. If yon are aw fully rich and go in for a gross of terra pin, just use your multiplication table. Just as soon as he oaves in watch him and try his flippers. When they part when you pry them with your finger nail, he is good. Open him nicely with a knife. Bilin of him dislocates the snuffbox There ain’t overmuch of it, more’s the pity. The most is in tho. jints of the legs and side lockers, but if you want to commit murder just you smash his gall, and then your terrapin is gone forever. Watch clorely for eggs and handle them, gingerly. Now, bav in got him or her all fnto shape, put the meat aside. Take three fresh eggs— you must have them fresh. Bile ’em hard and mash ’em smooth. Add to that a tablespoonful of rifted flour, three tablespoonfuls of cream, salt and pepper Cred pepper to a terrapin is just depravity) and two wineglasses of sher ry wine. Wine as costs $2.50 a bottle ain’t a bit too good. There never was a gotega in. all Portugal that wouldn’t think itself honored to have itself mixed up with a terrapin. Now you want quite a quarter of a pound of the very best fresh butter and put that in a porcelain covered pan and melt it first—mustn’t be browned. When it’s come to he oily, put in your terrapin, yolks of egg,'wine and all. Let it simmer gently. Bilin up two or three times does the business. What you are after is to make it blend. There ain’t nothin that must be too point ed in terrapin stew. It wants to be a quiet thing, a suave thing, just pervad ed with a most beautiful- and natural terrapin aroma. You must serve it to the people that eats it on a hot plate, but the real thing is to have it on a obafin dish, and though a man ought not to be selfish there is a kind of divine satisfaction in eatin it all yourself."— Philadelphia Times. ANCIENT STUTTGART. Postal and Traveling Accommodations of the Old German City. The post relations of ancient Stuttgart were unpretentious. The two maid servants of thi postmaster distributed through the city the daily letters, which they carried in the same basket with the family marketing. Letters were carried out of the city by postilions. There was a number of couriers, and as a surety against mistakes there hung in the post office, beside the curious mail bags, a huge whip, with which, when the com mission had been given to the courier, a powerful blow for the strengthening of his memory was dealt him. Coaches and post wagons were inno cent of any suggestionxof comfort—a high, clumsy wooden box was secured by thick leathern straps, and in the cavernous bottom wefe confined together packages and passengers. Up and down hill, over ruts and rocks, the cumbrous vehicle rattled on its way, the hapless travelers being ever on the defensive against the assaults of fumbling boxes and bundles. And then the weary slow ness of the way 1 Formerly the journey from Stuttgart toi*Tubingen was made in 12 hours. The same journey is now made in four hours. The < postilions alighted to take refreshments when It pleased them, and one traveler has left a dismal record of a journey that he once made, during which the driver took the horses from the carriage and attached them to a hay wagon that had been left mired in the mud. The man drove the wagon into the next village, and when there he joined the grateful neighbors in a carousal, while the tired passengers languished on the dusty country road.—Elise J. Allen in Har per’s Magazine. The Modern Afnoetlc. We look at our churches with their congregations, growing in numbers and dwindling in faith, says H. G. Chap man in Hhe Atlantic, and we ask our selves: In all these buildings, cheap or costly, what real prayers rise, and of those that rise do any get above the roof? What God hears them and has there ever been an answered prayer? We look at the face of the dead and repeat a burial service. If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephe sus, what advantageth it me if the dead rise not? And os we say the words we ask ourselves, “Do the dead rise?” And if any one is found who believes these things he knows that there is another at his elbow who believes them not a whit or an atom, and these two can hit on no universe that shall satisfy both, nor can one be poet to the other. Suspicion. “Do you remember that girl who came here and said that what she moat desired was a good home?’’ asked the housewife. “What is the matter now?” respond ed her husband. “Have you missed something else?” “Yes. I guess she has a good home pretty nearly paid for by this time.”— Washington Star. - AN OPEN LE I IER To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THB EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD CASTOAtA," AND “ PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” AS OUR TRADK MARK. Z, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, 908 the originator of “PITCHERS GASTOIW the same that has borne and does note I hear the facsimile signature of wrapper. This is the original u PITCHER’S CASTORtA,’’ whigh has been used in the homes of the Mothers of America for over tWy years. LOOK CAREFULLY of the wrapper and see tnalit is thehM j/ou have atwai/sbouW on and has the signature of wrap- per. No one has authority from me to use -my rname > eept The Centaur Company of which Chas. N: h ‘ President zf y 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 does not know. - “The Kind You Have Always Bought* BEARS- THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE CF -t-''i ' ' Insist on Having 1 The Kind That Never Failed lon. > I -•umiajMii 3 SHOES, - SHOES I IN MENS SHOES WE HAVE THE LATEST BTYUCB-COIN TOES, GENUINE RUSSIA LEATHER CALF TANS, CHOCOLATIB AND GREEN AT $2 TO $3.50 PER PAIR. 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