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I _ ■ - Ln r —-| | - .HM*. - Mb Jsm a Candida te for re-elect ion. ana so icit th e vote °* eT ® r y man ,a 1110 coani y- ■ li(;SP ' wM.M. THOMAS.' I For County tamyor. a »“ b i eft t 0 the democr&tlc P ri p ar [.^ f r J l une S For County Commissioner. I vditok Caul : Please announce that I I I Socratic primary, and win be glftd to ■ 2.VP the support ot all the voters. ■ hsvetues pp j A j TIDWELL I At the solicitation of many voters I ■ h«ebv announce myself a candidate for ■ County Commissioned subject to the dem- ■ Cratic primary. .If elected, I pledge my- I to an honest, business-like administra- ■ won of county affairs in the direction of I lower taxes. R- R STRICKLAND. ■ i hereby announce myself a candidate ■ tor County Commissioner, subject to the K democratic primary to be held June 23, K next. If elected, 1 pledge myself to eco- M finical and business methods in conduct- ■ in« the affairs oi the county. [■ W. J. FUTRAL. ■ I hereby announce myself a candidate m for County Commissioner of Spalding ■ county, subject to the Democratic primary ■ d June 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 sioner of Spalding county, subject to the democratic primary to be held on Jnne 23, 1898. My record in the past is my pledge for future faithfulness. D. L. PATRICK. For Representative. To the Voters of 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. Editob 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 ZI 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 fee grateful for all votes given me. T. R. NUTT, . For County Treasurer. To the Voters of Spalding County: I I respectfully announce myself a candidate * f or 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 offlce,and will appreciate the support o» my friends. ,W. P. HORNE. To the Voters of Spalding Connty : 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. -—j For Tax Beooiver. 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 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 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 snpport 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 tny endeavor to fulfill the duties of the of fice as faithfully as in the past. M. F. MORRIS. a CASTLES IN SPAIN 'he Don dreams of when he dreams, of the sowers “sitting down” on Uncle Sam. Any one can enjoy day dreams and an *^ Qisi te £ie »ta when they have a place to r*® in - We can furnish an inspiration dreamers in the coolest summer bed furniture, brass beds, airy hangings, g’ rtains ; soft pillows and reed sofas. ® Ter ything to make life easy and pleasant. ® LBS 4 CODBARD. ' tricks of thieving. j —— • ♦' I HOW SHOPLIFTERS PILFER IN NEW YORK’S BIG STORES. Women Who Use Clever Children Trained to the Business as Aide In Their Nefa rious Calling—The Close Watch of the Store Detectire. Schools for shoplifters are not adver tised, but they thrive. Female Fagin* are no longer regarded as phenomenal criminals—they are considered well es tablishe<l enemies to the police. Vigil ance versus shoplifters, though, is a contest In which the store thieves are invariably brought to grief. As a woman leading a little girl pass ed from counter to counter in a Sixth avenue store one day last week another woman closely followed and never took her eyes off her. The woman with the little girl walked and talked rapidly. They asked for nothing; their eyes sought much. Their stops at various counters seldom lasted more than a second. When they had reached the jewelry department, their pace slack ened. As they passed a counter where a sale of gold mounted combs was in progress the woman’s arm flew out from beneath a black cape and back again. With the arm on its return trip had gone one of the moat handsome and expensive combs. On the woman and the little girl passed until they came opposite a tray of earrings. .The clerk was about to re turn the tray to its case. “What pretty stones, mamma!” ex claimed the child. “Yes, my dear,.” responded the wom an. “ but we won’t look at them today. ” “Oh, yes. Let’s stop. You know you promised to buy me some earrings for my birthday.” “I know, but your birthday is still faraway.” “Why, mamma, you know that it is next Tuesday. ” “My goodness ! The child tells the truth. How time does fly! Well, we’ll look at them, but I’ll not promise you to buy them today. ” Then begins the examination of chil dren’s earrings. Mother and daughter look at them critically—they admire most of them. This goes on for several minutes, the mother protesting to the child that the purchase should not be made today. Diamond earrings of all sizes are in the tray. A customer steps up to make an in quiry. The clerk turns her eyes for an instant toward her questioner. One of the largest of the diamond earrings gives a flash and is gone. The little girl comes between her mother and the counter. When the customer is gone, the little girl has two small earrings in her hand and says: “Won’t you get mamma to buy me this pair?” While the clerk smiles and the moth er is saying they will call again in a day or two the large diamond earring is being fastened inside the cape. The mother thanks the clerk, then they hurry from the store. They are scarcely out on the sidewalk before a command is whispered in the woman’s ear: “Return that stolen property.” The girl takes to her heels A man follows and catches her. The woman calls it an outrage. She protests; says she’ll make them pay for the insult. She grows hysterical. They lead the two back to a side door. They take them into the searcher’s room. Then the woman detective carefully ex amines all their clothing. The child cries. The woman becomes silent. She sees it’s all up. What’s the use of go ing to the trouble of making another scene? The child is 12 years old and has been tut a week under instruction. Be ing arrested is new to her. A society takes the child. Her teacher in crime, the woman who posed as her mother, is held for trial. This is but a sample case. In the same store last week there were 15 ar rests for shoplifting. Those of the pris oners who had never been in. such scrapes before were released. This par ticular store tries to avoid the courts as much as possible. One woman who was arrested were a shoplifter’s skirt. This skirt consists chiefly of pockets. There are pockets of all widths and depths. This skirt is usually worn as an underskirt. An . opening is provided in the overskirt, through which the pocket filled skirt is easily accessible. In the concealed pockets of the wom an mentioned were found two pieces of embroidery, several rolls of silk braid,, six remnants of silk, several pieces of jewelry and a pair of shoes. Two of the store detectives, a man and a woman, had watched the purloining of all these articles. It is the rule of most stores that no shoplifters are to be arrested until they reach the street. Scenes, caused by ar rests are very undesirable in a place of business. Besides this, those placed un der arrest in stores often make the de fense that they did not intend to take the goods away—they simply desired to examine them in a good light. One shoplifter, arrested last week, and one on whom the stolen goods were found, had six children at home. The youngest was 6 months old. The wom an’s husband has a good business. He furnished bail for her. When the pro prietors of the store learned that the woman had a 6-months-old child at home they withdrew the complaint against her. The woman’s husband said he could not understand why she should wish to steal. Store detectives deny that there is tiy such thing as kleptomania. ■ “Kleptomania is a mistaken notion that some women have that stores are easily victimized, ” is the definition that the detectives give.—New York Tele gram. A ber of lead cooled to about 300 de grees below zero, according to an ex periment of M Pietet, gives out when struck a pure musical tone. HUNTING ELEPHANTS AN EXCITING ADVENTURE IN THE UP PER KONGO REGION. The Mad Baah ot the Startled Giant* Through the Dense Forest Folia** _ A Shot and a Tumble Into a Swamp Bole J net In the Nick of Time. Mr. Herbert Ward relates in Cassell's Magazine some exciting experiences that befell him in the course of an ele phant hunt in the forests of Mobunga, a district near the upper Kongo river. This country, which is inhabited by Mobunga cannibals, had not been visit ed by a white man before. Having been successful in reaching a favorite ground for elephants, his guides left the hunter at midnight, returning In their canoe. “After floundering about for some time,” he says, “I at length found an elephant path. The cane was trodden into the sodden ground about four feet in width, and the path led‘straight across the middle of the bamboo patch. On either side of the path the cane grew so thickly that I found it almost impos sible to penetrate. A storm was raging. I distinctly heard elephants forcing their way through the forest in order evidently to reach some open space where they might be safe from falling trees. “In the intermittent flashes of light ning I occasionally got a glimpse of their great, ghostly forms approaching the cane patch, and as the storm in creased in fury the sound of elephants stampeding in all directions through the thick mass of bamboos impressed me in a most uncomfortable manner. Each moment I feared being trampled. The floundering, heavy footsteps occasional ly seemed to approach'within a few yards erf me, and I'distinctly heard the frightened squeals of baby elephants as they plunged and stumbled in the swamp. “The storm ceased as suddenly as it came, and in the subsequent lull there was a constant dripping of water in the forest and the sound of falling branches. The elephants appeared to be standing motionless, and the air was once again filled with the eternal music of mosqui toes. < “With the first indication of dawn my spirits rose, and I carefully wiped the mud from my rifle with the ragged sleeve of my shirt. While it was still too dark to distinguish the surround ings, I could plainly hear elephants stirring in all directions. Crawling some little distance along the sloppy path, I suddenly distinguished the out line of an head and.baok cut ting sharp against the gray morning sky. It was impossible in that light to estimate distance. “Creeping cautiously forward, I was startled two or three times by a low, rumbling sound peculiar to elephants, and which is in some 'way connected with their digestion. The cane patch appeared to be a perfect haven of refuge for elephants during the storm, for on every side there came audible evidenced of their presence. “When within what I judged to be 20 paces of my elephant, I was just able to discern his ears, flapping spasmod ically to beat off the mosquitoes and sand flies that hovered around him, and his trunk swinging listlessly among the trampled cane, as if in search of some thing edible. Gradually I noticed a cer tain restiveness, as though the animal was conscious of danger. Raising hid trunk in the air, he sniffed in various directions until his head was turned straight toward me. “Realizing that my presence was dis covered and that there was not an in stant to lose, I took a steady aim at hid left shoulder and fired. The recoil of my eight bore rifle knocked me back ward, and as I struggled in the cane en tangled slush, enveloped in smoke, I was conscious of a deafening uproar. The rifle report echoed strangely through the forest, and the startled elephants charg ed madly forward in every direction, crashing through the dense foliage like giant locomotives., “By the time I regained my feet and had run aside to be clear from the smoke I found my elephant slowly ris ing from the ground. By this time I was within 15 paces of the beast and fully realized the necessity of firing a fatal shot. Trembling with excitement, I fired point blank at the animal’s fore head, and, quickly stooping below the smoke, I caught sight of a jet of blood spurting from the wound, while the ponderous beast slowly sank to the ground again—dead. “Reloading in haste, I took two snap shots at an elephant rushing past me, without other effect, however, than to stop his progress. He stood for a mo ment gazing at me and twitching hit tail. Owing to wet or dirt I found diffi culty in opening my, rifle, and in spite of frantic efforts I could not make the lever act. I can well recall the feeling of blank despair when the wounded beast, with coiled trunk and ears erect, rushed forward with a shrill scream. “I darted aside and fortunately fell, lost to view in a swamp hole, complete ly covered with a mass of vines and branches. There I lay breathless for some moments, listening to thefloun derings of the wounded elephant. At length the noise died away, and with daylight all was still again.” Platinum »ud Gold. A package of wise that weighs 25 pounds and resembles ordinary fine pol ished steel wire was entered at the ap praiser’s department of the custom house some time ago and valued at |5,- 000. This is almost as much as the same weight of gold would be valued, and the wire attracted a good deal of attention. It was platinum wire, and foa that rea son worth its weight in gold. A man who viewed it said that the demand for it had apparently increased greatly, as much more platinum, crude and manu factured, was coming through the cus tom house now.—Duluth News-Trib une. NEVER MET HER HERO. New Stary ot Blanche V.Ulls Howard. Writer la • Kindly Novelist. The original of Blanoho Willis Howard’s “Marigold Michael,*’ tho leading story in her book ot short tales, la the Englishman, Edward Carpenter, one of the bort known writers on socialism of the day. . M(gs Howard admires him extremely, as one may see from the story, and has corre sponded with him for acveral years. Re markably enough, they have never met, for Miss Howard, er. as she la known to her friends, the Baroness von Teuffel, Ktde the greater port of her time In neo and Germany, and Mr. Carpenter rarely leaves his home in an English ahiro, even to go to London. Recently, however, while the baroness was stopping with her dear friend, Alice Meynoll, the charming English poet, a meeting was arranged be tween the two oh! correspondents, which Mr. Carpenter wua coining to London to bring about. It v. ouid be Interesting to know how be reully impresses Miss How ard, for Michael is a wholly ideal concep tion. Miss Howard’s life is filled with many kindly acta which the world never hears of, and, more than ever, since she became a widow, more than two years ago, she has devoted herself to trying to lighten ofher folks' lives. For many months after tho death of her husband she Was entirely crushed—so much so that she, took no in terest in anything and for more than a year did not put pen to paper—but her in tercourse with those whom she had be friended gradually brought back her in terest In life and the desire towrite again. Last winter, while staying with Mrs. Meynell, one of the children, Miss How ard’s godson, was sent to the hospital to undergo an Operation for his eyes, which kept him there some weeks. He waa heart broken at the thought of leaving home, and his godmother’s promiso that she would come at 11 every morning to read to him for an hour did much toward paci fying him. The promise was faithfully kept, and after a few days Miss Reward noticed that the patients in other oots Were craning their necks to hSar, too, and it. ended by her moving her chair into the middle of the room and reading to them all. ,So Interested did she becoffie in hour that when the boy was sent Mmo she continued to go daily to the hospital and read *to tho other patlentejind made it a duty that was one of heirgreat pleasures all during the winter. It is several years since Miss Ito ward has been to America, and she and hsr hus band were coming together the spring that he so unexpectedly died. Lately, for the first time since then, she has spoken again of coming, and it is probable that she will come over again next fall.—New York Press. Possessions. “Ownership is use,’’ writes Professor George Harris of Andover in bis book, “Inequality and Progress.” True owner ship, and not the mere possession of valu ables, is what Professor Harris means, and all that he has to Bavin this connection is Interesting and variable. An inquisitive boy asked a driver as the horses toiled up the mountain road, “Who owns Mount Washington?” The driver replied that it is owned by the Pingree heirs, but the mountain really belongs to those who admire its grandeur and beauty. Legal ownership has the value-only of so much timber. A man that is unfitted by ignorance, vanity or selfishness for tho right use of wealth has no ownership in the goods that stand in his name. He may buy books enough to fill 500 square feet of library shelves, but if he cannot read and appreci ate them they are not his. Legal possession is nekpersonal owner ship. Money buys but a small part of In tellectual and aesthetic value. Unless per sonal ambition Incites to attainment and culture wealth is no addition to resources. An intelligent workman reading a scien tific treatise or a volume of history which he takes out of a public library becomes possessor of the value of the book al though it does not belong to him. A rich man who has no taste for reading does not possess his private library although he has paid for the costly editions and has placed his name and Imported crest in ev ery volume. Material goods change hands more easily than mental and moral goods are trans ferred, at least as far as legal title is con cerned, but are not really possessed except as they are rightly used. Jewels of the Austrian Empress. At Cap Martin you may find the empress of Austria, who casts off all the cares of royalty and indulged her taste for simple living and fresh air. She walks for miles every day in the most sensible, serviceable costumes, and any one who met her in her walks abroad, quite unattended and so simply clad, would scarcely realize that she was a great empress and bad at her disposal some of the most beautiful jewels which were ever seen. The Austrian col lection is the finest ooUeotion of jewels in Europe—in fact, the only one since the crown jewels of France were broken up and bought by the modern millionaires. The jeweled arms are quite magnificent, and among the most noticeable of them is the lance of St. Maurice, blazing with precious stones and containing in the han dle the most authentic relio—a nail from the true cross—while the regalia of Charle magne, taken from his tomb at Aix-la- Chapeile, is another valuable item. But the empress’ own jewels are almost equal ly magnificent. She possesses the largest emerald in the world, weighing 8,000 car ats; but, of course, this is uncut. An other, nearly as large, is hollowed out as a bonbonniere, and one of her prettiest ornaments is a watch composed of one dark emerald hanging on to a chain of emeralds and diamonds (tho first jeweled chain which ever was made), and this was a gift from the late shah of Persia when bo visited Europe some years ago.—Lady’s Realm. Clever Detective Work. Captain Tom Maher is one of the most original as well as one of the beet detect ives the city eve/ had. A few years ago ho was detailed to watch a store that it was.said was going to be robbed. He*se creted himself inside,* and wheat the thief broke in and helped himself to a lot of clothing the detective quietly reached out from his hiding place and put a ebalk -mark on the roan’s back. Then he per mitted him to depart and followed him home. Afterward he made the arrest with out any trouble and presented his man in court. The plea of the defense was that the officer had no means of identifying his man, as the night was very dark. « “Oh, yes. I have,” said Captain Maher. "Look on that roan’s coat now, and you i will find the chalk mark I made there when be was In the store?' An examination was made, and there was the mark. It was sufficient to send the man to the penitentiary.—Louisville Commercial. AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE , | EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “CASTOBIA,” AMD “PITCHER’S OASTOBIA,” AS our trade mark. I t DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, qf Hyannis, Massaehusetts, was the originator qf PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” the same K&iSXIX” This is the original ** PITCHER’S CASTORIA, ’ which has been used in the hemes ofthe Mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK W the hind you have always bought y 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 President. 'hUJJjnJ March 8,1897. c Do Not Be Deceived. / Do not endanger the life of child by accepting • a cheap substitute which some druggist may effer yo» (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in gredients of which even he docs not know. “The Kind Yon Have Always Bought” BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE CP Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You. th, ecHTAua eoaamav. rv Hontav arMcr, acwvoaa nwo. ■ I »W-' »»* FT f SHOES, - SHOES I ■ ■ IN MENS SHOES WE HAVE THE LATEST STYLES -COIN TOES, GENUINE RUSSIA LEATHER CALF TANS, CHOCOLATES AND GREEN AT |2 TO |BAO PER PAIR. IN LADIES OXFORDS WE IIAVE COMPLETE LINE IN TAN, BLACK AND CHOCOLATE, ALSO TAN AND BLACK SANDALS RANGING IN PRICE FROM 75c TO $2. ALSO TAN, CHOCOLATE AND BLACKS SANDALS AND OXFORDS IN CHILDREN AND MISSES SIZES, AND CHILDREN AND MISSES TAN LACE SHOES AND BLACK. ■W. I s . HOBUE. WE HAVE Ilf A LINE OF SAMPLE STRAW HATS. —GET YOUB — JOB PRINTING *- ** y '’.r ’f**. 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