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“LIMERICK" CRAZE
AND ITS MEANING
Not Eive-Line Verse, As
Now Used.
PHILADELPHIA, PA., October 26.
, Special) — Much attention has been
focused on the “limerick” on account
of its employment by many daily pa
pers as an advertising scheme. The
best “filler-in” of the last line gets
some sort of a prize, while the others
get “honorable” mention” in some
cases.
A writer in the Ledger tells what a
limerick really is, though under his
definition many of the alleged “lim
erick” contests would have to take
another name. He says:
>'ot a 5-Line Terse
As to the form, it is not a five-line
verse as so generally stated, but a
four-line verse, with a double rhyme
in the third line. This double rhyme
is of frequent occurrence in English
verse; one of the earliest and most
notable instances being in the drink
ing song in “Grammar Gurton’s Need
le.” The verse itself is in the meas
ure called anapaestic, one of the most
musical metres in the English lan-
K guage. Without being too technical,
this metre may be described as an
eight-syllable line, with a strong ac
cent on the second and succeeding
fourth syllables, and the music to it
is always in triple time.
As to the origin of the particular
form called limerick, 1534 is usually
given as the earliest date, but it is un
questionable that Edwin Lear, al
though disclaiming its invention, was
the first to make it popular by the
issue of his “Book of Nonsense” in
1546.
Limerick a New Term
As to the term “limerick” that has
not been traced further back than
IS9B. This particular form of non
sense verse appears to have been
very popular among convival socie
ties, members being called upon to
improvise one toward the close of a
session, all the members joining at the
end of a verse with a refrain, “Who
will go up to Limerick,” or words sim
ilar. Why men who were convivally
inclined should be so anxious to go
to Limerick has not yet been discov
... ered, as that town has not been fa-
mous above others for its convivial
ity.”
IGNORANT VOTERS VS
SELF INTEREST VOTER
NEW YORK, Oct. 26.— (Special)—
Justice William J. Gaynor, -whom
many regard as the likeliest of “dark
horses” believed to be eligible for
entry in the presidential race, has de
livered himself of some timely ob
servations on the subject of religio
political cant.
“In these days,” he said “when
the people are resolved to bring an
end to certain evil conditions in
which they live, and to make all men
and corporations obey the law, there
are men in the churches who holdup
i their hands in horror and want to
tone down the wrath of the people in
their struggle for their rights. You
hear a great deal about the vote of
the enlightened citizen counting for
little because of the large ignorant
vote. I say that the most dangerous
vote, and at the same time the most
miserable vote, cast at our elections
is that of the wealthy man warped by
self-interests. We have a Governor
who is seeking to end corporate abus
es, to restore to the people some of
the rights that have been stolen from
them. Here in this community, I am
sorry to say, we have men who say
he is a dangerous man. They cry
that he is ‘hurting my business.’ It
makes me sick to see these men
marching to church every Sunday
and boasting of their Christian cit
izenship. If you are that kind of a
man your Christian citizenship
amounts to nothing.”
After Once Tasting
ytHoi
3io one wants an old-fash
ioned cod liver oil prepara
tion or emulsion, because
Vinol is a much better body
builder and strength creator
/ for old people, weak children,
\ £nd for coughs, colds, bron
chitis, etc. If it does no good
we will return your money.
Dodson’s Pharmacy.
Americus, Ga.
RISE IN PRICE OE
MEAT MAKES BIG SUM
Each Cent Means $168,=
000,000 to Consumers, j
WASHINGTON, D. C., October 26.
(Special)—A special report, by the
Department of Agriculture, on the
question of meat supply, consumption
and surplus shows that the price of
meat has greatly increased within
the last few years; that the retail j
meat bill of the country is over two
billion dollars, and that every in
crease of a cent a pound in the nat
ional average retail price of meat
raises the total yearly expense to
consumers $168,000,(WO. This is
equivalent to saying that the addi
tioif of a single cent a pound would
increase the profits of meat dealers
to that extent.
The report given out by the de
partment today with these figures
was prepared by Chief George K.
Holmes, of the Division of Foreign
Markets. Among other things it de
clares :
“Investigations of meat prices by
the national bureau of labor indicate
that the average price of meat per
pound paid by consumers in 1900
was 12 3-4 cents, 13 cents in 1901,
13 1-2 cents in 1905, and 13 3-4 or
possibly 14 cents in 1906. It follows
that the retail meat bill of this coun
try was $2,052,279,000 in 1900, and
about $2,304,000,000 in 1906. Every
increase of a cent a pound in the nat
ional average retail price of meat
raises the total yearly expense to
consumers by $168,000,000.”
NEWS EVENTS TOR
THE COMING WEEK
Trial of Pettibone Monday
at Boise.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ October 26.
(Special)—The trial of George A.
Pettibone, charged with complicity
in the Steunenberg assassination, is
now scheduled to begin next Monday
at Boise, Idaho.
Michigan day will be celebrated
Tuesday at the Jamestown exposition
by an attendance of Governor War
ner and a large party of other not
ables from the Wolverine State.
A constitutional assembly will con
vene in Santo Domingo Tuesday to
incorporate into the constitution of
that diminutive republic the recent
treaty concluded with the United
States.
Delegates from various parts of the
United States, Canada and Europe
are expected to take part in the Na
tional Poultry Congress, which is to
meet at Battle Creek, Mich., Thurs
day for a week’s session.
Several events will take place dur
ing the week of special interest to
those concerned in the remarkable
prohibition campaign that has swept
over the South during the past twelve
months. On Monday a special elec
tion will be held in Birmingham, the
metropolis of Alabama, to decide the
prohibition issue. On Friday the
Pendleton law will' come into opera
tion in Tennessee, which means that
after that date saloons will exist no
where in that State except in Mem
phis, Nashville, Chattanooga, and La
follette.
Out of Sight.
“Out of sight, out of mind,” is an
old saying wliich applies with spec
ial force to a sore, burn or wound
that’s been treated with Bucklen’s
Arnica Salve. It’s out of sight, out of
mind and out of existence. Piles too
and chilblains disappear under its
healing influences. Guaranteed by
Eldridge Drug Co. 25c. lmo.
Express Companies Investigated
OMAHA, NEB., October 26.—(Spe
cial) —Special Examiner George N.
Brown, acting for the interstate com
merce commission, will on Monday be
gin an investigation of the charge that
western express companies are deal
ing in the commodities which they
carry, thus entering into unfair com
petition with private dealers and
commission merchants. The hearing
will be continued in Kansas City on
Thursday.
Proposes Long Walk
PORTLAND, MEi, October 26.
(Special)—Edward Payson Weston,
the old time pedestrian who is now
in his seventieth year, has fixed upon
5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon as the
time for his start on a walk from this
city to Chicago. Forty years ago to
the hour Weston departed from Port
land on a similar trip and accomplish
ed the task in 30 days.
THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORKER. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 27. 1907.
PROHIBITION WILL
GO MARCHING ON
Provided Jeff. County .Ala.,
Votes Dry Tomorrow.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA., Oct. 26.
(Special)—Uuder the provisions of
the local option law passed by the last
session of the Alabama legislature a
special election to decide the prohibi
tion issue will be held Monday in Jef
| ferson county, in which the city of
Birmingham is located. No political
campaign in the history of the city has
been fought with greater intensity
and in none has the result been await
ed with greater interest. More than
thirty counties of Alabama have al
ready adopted prohibition and it is
generally conceded by both sides that
if Birmingham goes “dry” the chances
are that the entire State will- adopt
prohibition in a very short time..
The prohibition forces are confident
over the outlook. Since early in Aug
ust they have waged a campaign that
has set the .pace for the opposition.
Noted leaders of the anti-saloon move
ment have been brought here from
other States and prohibition rallies
have been held almost nightly. Mass
meetings have been held in all the
churches and every preacher in the
district has been working for the
cause. The women of Jefferson coun
ty perfected an organization and even
the children have been enlisted in the
campaign.
The anti-prohibitionists have been
equally active in the fight, and a large
sum of money has been spent in be
half of the liquor interests. At first
they conducted their campaign by
means of literature but soon they
were forced to follow the example of
the prohibitionists and resort to ral
lies and speech-making. The liquor
men have been aided considerably by
certain business men and manufactur
ers who believe that prohibition w r ould
injure the commercial interests of Bir
mingham.
The Anti-Saloon League of Alabama
is confident that the election will show
a substantial majority in favor of the
cause. If the fight is won in Birming
ham the league will immediately ar
range to take up the campaign in
Montgomery and Mobile counties, in
which two other large cities of Ala
bama are located.
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Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the
ear. There is only one way to cure
deafness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inflamed condition of the mucous lin
ing of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is inflamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed,
deafness is the result, and unless the
inflammation can be taken out and
this tube restored to its normal con
dition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out of ten are caus
ed by Catarrh, which is nothing bui
an inflamed condition of the mucous
surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
culars free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all druggists,
75c.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for con
stipation. lmo.
Superb line of hand painted China,
most appreciable as wedding gifts,
just received, by the A. W. Smith Fur
niture Co.
Uncle Sam has given the Tobacco
Trust something to put in its pipe and
smoke.
Bis Dear Old Mother.
“My dear old mother, who is now
eighty three years old, thrives on El
ectric Bitters,” writes W. B. Brun
son, of Dublin, Ga. “She has taken
them for about two years and enjoys
an excellent appetite, feels strong
and sleeps well.” That’s the way El
lectric Bitters aflect the aged, and the
same happy results follow' in all cases
of female weakness and general de
bility. Weak, puny children too,
are greatly strengthened by them.
Guaranteed also for stomach, liver
and kidney troubles, by Eldridge
Drug Co. lmo.
In art squares and rugs the largest
slock and prettiest designs is found at
the A. W. Smith Furniture Co.
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WILLIAMS’ KIDNLY PILLS
Have you neglected your Kidneys
Have you overworked your nervous
system and caused trouble with your
kidneys and bladder? Have you pains
n loins, side, back, groins and blad
der? Have you a flabby appearance
of the face, especially under the eves?
Too frequent a desire to pass urine? If
so, Williams, Kidney Pills will cure
you,—at Druggist Price 50c.
Williams’ M’s g Co. Preps., Cleve
land, O.
Sold by W. A. Rkmbkbt.
HEARSES OUT AFTER
JEROME'S SCALP
Monster Petition Circulated
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In New York.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 26. —(Special)—
According to reports, the petition cir
culated by a New York newspaper, ad
dressed to Governor Charles E.
Hughes and demanding that he re
move District Attorney Jerome from
office, has reached imposing propor
tions and will soon be brought before
the governor. The petition, which has
been signed by thousands of New York
voters, declares that Jerome has been
guilty of “notorious neglect of duty.”
It is as follows:
“As a citizen of the county of New
York, convinced that the failure of
District Attorney Jerome to act in the
matters of the ice trust, the insurance
investigation and the Metropolitan
Traction exposures constitutes a no
torious neglect of duty warranting ex
ecutive intervention, and believing
that the best interests of New York
county require that William Travers
Jerome be replaced in the office of dis
trict attorney by one who will be
faithful to the trust thus reposed in
him, I do most respectfully urge that
you, as governor, pursuant to the au
thority vested in you by law 1 , will
forthwith summon before you said dis
trict attorney, William Travers Je
rome, to show cause why he should
not be dismissed from office.”
The movement for the ousting of
Jerome from office originated with
William Randolph Hearst, but has
since spread beyond its original sour
ces and is now advocated by many
who were formerly admirers of the
district attorney. His failure to act in
many matters of public interest has
aroused widespread hostility among
those who were at one time his sup
porters.
DOCTORS MISTAKES
Are said often to be buried six feet undei
ground. But many times women call on
their family physicians, suffering, as they
imagine, one from dyspepsia, another from
heart disease, another from liver or kid
ney disease, another from nervous pros
tration, another with pain here and there,
and in this way they present alike to
themselves and their easy-going or over
busy doctor, separate diseases, for which
he, assuming them to be such, prescribes
his pills and potions. In reality, they arc
all only symptoms caused by some uterine
disease. The 'physician, 'ygnoraiit of the
cause of suffcnngVkgeps upTrkitreatment
until large bills are nride. TUm>yffering
patient gets no bettei\J>tJmi?tHi«j>Ktho
wrong treatment, but probably worst?:
proper medicine like Dr. I-’iermds Fa vorjtn
Prescription. ilircetntlo the cause would
have entirely removed tne disease, there
by‘dispelling aTTtEose clisCl-cssing symp
toms, and instituting comfort instead of
prolonged misery. It has been well said,
that "a disease known is half cured.”
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a
scientific medicine, carefully devised by
an experienced and skillful physician,
and adapted to woman’s delicate system.
It is made of native American medicinal
roots and is perfectly harmless in its
effects in anu condition <ir ihc Ternary
gi/xfi lu.
As a powerful invigorating tonic "Fa
vorite Prescription” imparts strength to
the whole system and to the organs dis
tinctly feminine in particular. For over
worked, "worn-out,” run-down,” debili
tated teachers, milliners, dressmakers,
seamstresses, "shop-girls.” hoiia-keepers,
nursing mothers, and feeble women gen
erally, Dr. Pierce’s FaVorite Prescription
is the greatest earthly bcon. being un
equaled as an appetizing cordial and re
storative tonic.
As a soothing and strengthening nerv
ine "Favorite Proscription ’’is unequaled
and Is invaluable in allaying and sub
duing nervous excitability, irritability,
nervous exhaustion, nervous prostration,
neuralgik, hysteria, spasms, St. Vitus’s
dance, and other distressing, nervous
symptoms nommonly attendant upon
functional and organic disease of the
uterus. It induces refreshing sleep and
relieves mental anxiety and despondency.
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets invigorate
the stomach, liver and bowels. One to
three a dose. Easy to take as candy.
Another missing earthquake re
ported every time Secretary Taft
sits down to a new banquet table.
To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. Druggists refund money if it
fails to cure. E. W. Grove’s signa
ture is on each box. 25c.
Mon. Wed. Fri.
Beautiful toilet sets in all styles of
decorations. Are pretty for tile home
or for a wedding gift. A. W. Smith
Furniture Co.
HEALTH
INSURANCE
The man who insures his life is
wise for Ills family.
The man who insures his health
is wise both for his family and
himself.
You may insure health by guard
ing It. It Is worth guarding.
At the first attack of disease,
which generally approaches
through the LIVER and mani
fests itself in innumerable ways
TAKE —.
Tutt’sPills
Ants save your health.
jr A' I
BiUimire and New York R
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SMART FALL SUITS.
Do it now! Buy your New Fall and Winter Suits today
A long, cold winter is before us. Be prepared for it- Have
the advantage of wearing your New Clothes the whole season.
You can buy right here now to best advantage. We carry
a larger stock, more fabrics,more shapes, more sizes than you
can find elsewhere. Moreover, every Suit we sell has an un
usual style about it —a look of genuine smartness that you’ll
find it hard to equal.
We are showing all the latest thingsjin Brciwns, Blues
Greys and the new mixtures in fancy fabrics. We can fit any
body and no njatter how much or how little you pay we will
give you the greatest value your money can buy. Come in!
$7.50 to $35.
Hamilton & Co.
Sell it For Less.
m
It’s Only a Question of lime
when every one having financial
matters to look as er will realize
the need of a Bank Account.
To the modem bushiest* man it is
simply-indispens>b!e. Be p*ys
his tiills by check and lias a receipt
and the correct change every time;
and it promotes ha' its of system
aud accuracy in the conduct of his
affairs. Open an account with our
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
Bank of Southwestern Georgia.
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In The General
prosperity of our country to-day by
having steady work and better wages
than ever before!
What are you doing with your
share?
Prudent workmen are “making hay
while the sun shihes”—they’re build
ing a Bank Account week by week
while times are prosperous—getting
4 per cent interest on their money at
Our Savings Department.
Why not join them?
The Planters of Band Americus
Fish Tales
are often exaggerations, but we have
no need of stretching the truth in our
business as
FISH DEALERS
Freshness is an absolutely indis
pensable quality in unsalted or un
smoked fish and we handle none about
which there may be the slightest
doubt. We keep every kind in sea
son from the gamely trout to solid
mullet. And we don’t t ity to make a
fortune on every pound of fish me sell
either.
SHERLOCK & CO.
PHONE No. 32.
W. H. LASSETER
Contractor and Builder, Estimates
given on
Brick, Wood or Stone Houses,
Bolton Bros. Store, Lamar St.
DR. W. H. BOWDOIN.
OSTEOPATH.
Office over Sparks-Mashburn Co.
All diseases treated without use of
drugs. Chronic diseases a specialty.
Consultation free. Office phone 416.
Residence phone 133.
Robt. L. Miller,
Tin work of all kinds, repair work a
specialty. Cotton avenue, opposite
Harrold & Johnson warehouse. Phone
522.
Painting and Calciminitig.
FIR VT « LAS-t WORK,
ISR'E. JOHNSON
119 Cotton Ave. 10-1: i