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A L’EMPIRE.
•
Bosnia, they sav| Is but just seventeen.
Yet she crushed at a blow all thofo|is of the
The very first time she appeared on the scene
In Fomenting she calls a directory gown.
It Is < ut in the picturesque fashion Of old.
With a limp, clinging skirt ami the scantiest
waist.
And wandering over its soft silken fold
Are garlands of roses enchantingly traced.
They iv l,prh ^ 8iQC « 1110 wonderful
WbenVandmamma ,,
danced at the emperor's
A da. d ting beauty who laughed vitb d«
To mi .*■ I dt whispered the fairest of all.
All 1 Li, ■a her pink flowered frock as she step
ped
Through , .r'u> and gavotte with a gay cavalier
Who,- 1 p;\ v i uate vows, never meant to be kept.
Fell now and agaui on her innocent ear
Then a liny spot still on the ancient brocade.
l. • i ic )>osy s!ie gfive him had lain at her
A Hi • ■ it one side where the satin itfTrayed
lue Uiifk jv.vtjJotJ tiilt of bis sword may hare
But u.c ah ! Uosina, revenge is so sweet,
Tti a, - /randmamma's sake, lain glad you
look down
With i a the dandies who sigh at your feel
< iiea v,.>r you wear that directory gown.
31. E- W.. in The Century.
1 i-liiiAL CURIOSITIES.
F • < STAUFFER'S RESEARCH AF
' i THE ORIGIN OF WORDS.
3Mfari> 1 ,.,,,-cssicns Yh*t Sound Awkward t ,
Eedmidant f- stl a Sensible IJegin
IVords That Have Been Twisted
i s t ii v Their Original Significance.
acri -m of some words is as peculiar
■ ,„l deflection of their
a tin; . riment ’stin
mean in m te - HU The word tariff i.u
had a queer origin. A promontory called ;
Tarifa. in 81 -i-'liorn ..■..a in Hnain opmn, juts iuts into into the me
Sf rails of Gibraltar and commands the
t ai’.uiu- ,. J.*.. into (h(> (he Mtuiteiranean a 1 ( 1,1 if prr'i nnen vpu sea.
The ancient Moors built a fortress upon
i! ano hoied a duly on the merchandise i ,.
earned by tlio passing ships, this tax
vsas called “tarifa,” which was finally
shortCHd to t.,,111. Another word with
a ;u. . origin is t ic word stoker. I £
old Fngli-h “steik means to “shut, -
a A • stole " to “shut up.” Chaucersavs:
“ Then bads* thou the gate stoke” (shut),
The man on the engine who puts the
t oai i o the furnace, and' then “stokes”
tlr >1 ct, becomes a “stoker,” or shut
“MON SALUTATION.
imial fair in the Isle of Ely was
i ailed St. ud rev's fair, and much ordi
l but showy lace was sold to the
Ci mtrv st s. St. Audrey’s lace soon
lx Vi me ct vcrbial, aud from tliat cause
t;i;«dr; a corruption of St. Audrey, was
a common expression to
( n do not only cheap lace, but any other
l \ i i mid'' dress which was more
1 -. appearance than warranted , , by
nalit-y or value. \io ovv spell the
Vv I i;!\v(h y and use i iri the same
iho - ' lutation, “How do you do?”
tunds like an awkward and redundant
entc 1 <t in origin was a setisi
Dow' in old English, pro
do, means “to be able,” “to
-to prosper.” It should not
dundaucy, for it is equivalent
• How do you thrive?” “How
. osper?” The colloquialism,
d( I ss (tlow-less) fellow ” had
U; ( ,ri in, and means one who is
v, uk or 'Inftlesi to prosper.
‘•Vh Amcrirahs, wo use the word
t!> s< use of “clever" or “shan>,”
i w ,n ne legmina-e, t winch ,
! be said " her. we use it instead of
Ain't it cute? ' lias been adopt
i!ie fair sex to an exasperating ex
t hi vv ben we hear a speaker say “sist-
1 ! 1 ! - tors wo consider him lacking in
i Inc . t is as legitimate a word as
“hi * 1 i m,” and both words date back to
i..e of Chaucer, who called the
“(die fatal sistren.”
1; '<:!IT TO SAY “ANYWHLN.”
It l roper to sav “anyhow” and
“any icre why is it not proper to say
* * a; w Th^othirs merolvsurvived
r-niif ! ,.Tv,r ’ . <T
V ill .mute , . over wnb yon rr , any
.out n “V,
n ., OU ,n J K ‘[' tin,, '. St< w C l J° r ‘ „ up- 1 1 .
pb ' vvormnan or l;i> work, is
u >vu “baucA. meaning intlil
i i. I, ing the cart before tlio
la a union expression for begin
r a thing ot the wrong end,
;> i.u-e ns early as 1533, and lirst ap
ed in the Greek of Luc ion,, nearly
vein's ago.
•, .H '-lh a slung expression which
* i\‘ after the Mexican war, is
.-anms, “let ua go.” To
r to worry or torment
l liil pig manner, is said to have
Lx u i from the noisy way in
w ■h dr. .Vi rs take bullocks to market,
Ik '’ll. , is a corruption of Borgeso, tlie
m.m who at one time flooded
the west d southwest with counterfeit
ic F tjier is said to have been
ii a sergeant, who cried out
to t vo i new nt talkers, one at each ear,
“ Lm a L .th ear me.
•« of tho few words in tho
j i. a languago which passed into a
b >i*( :.-ti tongue and was afterwards taken
bai k in a modified form. The Saxon
Cabcd it a “tincau,” but the Gaul, as is
want, placed the noun before the adjec
tive. tnd pronounced the i as e, thus
rendering it canteen. It became a French
military term, and the English incorpo
rated it am rig their military terms. The
changes that have occurred in tho Eng
lish language ate remarkable. Going
SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS.
back to the time of yueen Elizabeth, we
can readily note them. In the time of
Chaucer and Gower , little more than 500
years ago, the dialect has a half foreign
look, while as early as the days of King
Alfred it Is unintelligible without the
aid of a glossary.—Frank S. Stauffer in
Detroit Free Press.
He Heard About IIis Grave.
‘-Do _ know dug ,
you my grave was m
this town during the war for me to be
p^Tw' a ^ eman m OUr 0 1Ce
iast inursuaj.
“No sir; we never met you before.
“Well, it was. My name is Crane,
and I was sergeant m company G One
Hundred and Twenty-fourth Indiana
regiment. I was sick: nigh unto death
m a hospital m Marietta and heard he
doctor say to a man "no en eu ic
room: ‘How many graves are you having
dugf ‘Three, was the response Well,
cig one ax»u» a oo ongei lai. le
usual length, for that tall sergeant will
be dead by morning,’ and the instruc
tions were carried out, but you see I did
not fill that grave.”
“No, you don’t look like a resurrected
cor ”
“The reason I didn’t die was I got bet
ter the next morning and ate raspberry
jam, determined not to fill a grave that
was dug before I died.’’-Marietta (Ga.)
Journal
Card Etiquette.
Here are a few points m card eti
quette, which it would be well to re
tnember:
Ihe card should be written or print,
ec . Never use a blank card unless
HlMTlk LuippBllS to bo yOUI* naibG.
White cards are considered in the
best taste, even in the best colored so
c j eP
Ti,e 108111 gentleman's card should con
tain . ^ caller! except the namo and
dress of the It is bad taste to
| uave one , s business nusiness written wntten on on ii it, par mr
ticularly • if L lie be an undertaker and
tnuc • fllo tlio house.
is sickness . nM , 1.1
When calling f on any “L one at a hotel,
, , •, ’
i ^ •
' *• 1 \
the It T • *
receiition room. is not , good ,
fom , to v i is it the bar more than twice
while writing or°more
JLhold if two lndip« in tin,
the turningofcow
the ufel . laSies. signifies that the card is for ail
immediatelv Turning around a corner
after leavino- iM ,ii ( . a , os
that the caller is thirsty and is looking
for a saloon in the vicinity. In leav
abroad ing the city J for a permanent 1 residence
it is customary to send out
cards to intimate friends, adding the
initials P. P. C.—presents parting
compliments. that It is also a reminder
a berth has been secured in a
Pullman palace car. —Texas Siftings.
He handed over to the wild eyed ed
itor an article of some length, no bad
cigars Jy remarked; accompanying it, and cheerful
“1 don’t suppose you’ll use this.
When 1 first wrote it 1 thought it was
about as smooth a piece of literary
wor | t as had been produced in recent
yeni's, but seven editors have refused
U, and 1 am beginning to think that
irv talents lie m the direction of saw
ing wood rather than writing essays,
If you don't care to read it, tire it
away, as 1 won’t have anything more
to do with it. I can’t afford to have
its hair cut.”
The manuscript was torn to pieces
with a good deal of enthusiasm, and
the ideal contributor was assured that
be had sized himself u)Q accurately.
“ u ' y°« were writing for a street
car,’ were the feeling words used,
“you wouldn’t get the slot in the far©
box.”
Oh that tliere were more idea con
t j.jbutoi*sI—Nebraska State Journal.
T!k*o used to live in Waldo county,
Me., Blake, an itinerant shoemaker named
who never lived in any house
over three months at a time, and was
on the go so much that his acquaint
anees called him “Moving Blake.” In
addition to a large family of boys and
girls, he was always accompanied bv
-a flock of faithful hens that went with
D D‘°in .asserted place to place.
1S on good church going
,1Ui Uicse liens became so
used to moving that when they saw
the shoemaker’s scanty furniture com
ing ()Ut o( door, W!l , luulKC) t hev would u ,, lk
up to the throw themselves ll.it
on their lacks and, crossing their legs,
would !;e t'-ere until I'dako came out
a nd tied tliem together with a string.
Moiv then a dozen reputable residents
Searsnort a f Frankfort, Prospect, Stockton and
can vouch for the remark
able intelligence of Blake’s hens.—
Boston Globe.
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A few clays ago un Old town squaw
went into an Oiutown drygoods store,
where she purchased a cheap dross pat
and tern, thunbia together with Alter the tie,ethos, purchase thread
a she
asked to be allowed logo mto a rear
to “sew somettug little,” as site
expressed it, hut the room being oceu
P ir d bl, c eus told to pass uj) the sLurs
und 111 ° a vaoiU:l After awhile
the Saleswoman softly stole u)> to see
w hat she was about, but as she was
seated on the floor and busily engaged
in plying a needle she did not disturb
her in one hour she again made her
appearance, und to the surprise of ali
she wore Lite dress and also a very
triumphant air. Bangor (Me.) Com
mou weal.
The local department of this paper fell
out of a cherry tree Monday even mg, or
rather sailed out of it on a broken branch,
which was not equal to holding the com
bined weight of local and a gallon of
cherries in a tin paiL No injury was
done, except to the tree,—Ashland (G.)
Times. ,
Pure Air from Coal.
An Englishman is credited with the
discovery of a method of producing per
nectiy pure air from tire combustion of
coal. The process is very simple, and is
described as follows: It consists of a
brick chamber about 5x2x2 feet, built
upon the ground. At one end is a feed
chamber and a fuel chamber, and at the
other a £ powerful exhaust and blast fan.
piaced termediately between the chain
ber anJ thefanaro baffic plate5f splitting
plates, a standing bridge with perfor
ations at the back, and a hanging bridge
^ perforations at the front. There
anj severa , carefully proportioned
suppIv V ' the exact quantity of air
isito fo erfect combustion. Issu
ing ° froIU a fan mouth of twelve inches
iu diameter> come9 mshing a column of
} 10 t a j r , marking Uniform on the pyrometer at its
n steadv , temperature of
500 deg3 . Fa ] ireilh eit. Not a trace of
smo j- e or f UDie i 3 visible to the eye; not
a Uint ot anj UnU 13 perceptible P CTCe P tll)le to to the tlie
taste or smell.—New York Telegram.
On the New York Elevated.
^ htis been , Stiid ., , by people . ot . superficicil „ . ,
observation that the impulsive, excitable
man on the platform near the middle of
the car just as the train is coming to a
stop, who ... is jumping . back and , forth, „ un
certain which do:>r to run for, is tliemost
miserable man in the world, but he is
not; the most truly wretched is the one
\ vbo has put his ticket in his pocket and
dropped a dollar and ninety-live cents'
worth of change into the silent, immova
ble chopper box which never gives up
its victims.—New York Tribune.
^ r, r rv 1 i 1 * ^ P r0 e es ' j0r r anatomy in
' °. ‘
the . American college at Beirut, Syria,
f ■“'!*''.f ^ "'twesting results of
lue examination of a collection of hu
man skulls winch are stored away in
an old monastery in the Kedron valley,
- j between f Jerusalem Jerusalem and nnu the me
Dead sea. He has made a careful com
narison panson oi of tnese these skulls skuhs wit wit s- those ttiose of oi
the same race at the presen r- day, and
finds some aufm>M-u si cnificant uwui differences u ucicuias. Tlie
^ au f asian skul1 ^ las duian .S ^ ,ast
thirteen centuries increased m circum
fereuce ""ff* »early two inches, aud has
*» capac
T1 ’ c re ha ? ^ een “O increase m
and ^ th width— -. The , , brain l. e., there has gamed has been in height a de
vel(, P m(jnt of the upper and anterior
the brain, the parts which we
SlU) U ( e .^p ec t to increase by education
and , civilization, they preside
as over
the moral and intellectual functions.
The lower portions of the brain, in
which the lower or more selfish pro
pensities are centered, and which give
breadth to the head, have, in the march
of the centuries, failed to grow as
rapidly hence the as the higher brain centers,
non-increase in the width
of our skulls.—Chicago Times.
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“It ain’t cv’rybody I’d put to sleep
in this room,” said old Mrs. Jinks to
the fastidious and extremely .nervous
young minister who was spending the
night in Ii. ut her house. “This here
room is full of sacred associations to
me,” she went on; “my first husband
died in that bed with ins head on these
settin’ very pillers, and poor Mr. Jinks died
times when right in tliat corner. Some
I come into the room in
the dark 1 think I see him settin’ there
still. •
“My that own father died layin’ right
on Poor pal lounge he under the winder.
was a speeritualist, and
he alius said he’d appear in this room
again, after he died, and soinetimes
I’m foolish enough to look for him.
If you should see anything of him to
night, you'd better not tel i me; for it'd
bo a sign to me that there was some
thing in speeritualism, and I'd hate to
think that.
“My son by my -irst man fell dead
of heart disease right where you
stand. Flo was a doctor, and ther’s
two whole skeletons in that closet that
skulls belonged to him, and a half a dozen
in that lower drawer.
t» Yv T el ,7 1 good night, and pleasant
dreams.”—Yruo Flag.
One « perhaps, .
may, presume so far
upon old acquaintanceship as to in
dulge c;d joke, occasionally in a mild practi
but to attempt familiarity
Wklil strangers is “another pair of
shoves. A city gamin was wont to
P lii y rather roughly with a good na
tured bull cog, owned by a shopkeej)
er of the neighborhood. One day the
he boy was waVnng tvilli a crony, when
saw tho dog approaching.
“Hi! there’s Towsel" lie cried. “Now
St -’ e nie head him off."
He stepped in front of the dog, with
arms extended, and partially blocked
the passage. Fhe animal looked sur
sidered prised, stopped, and evidently con
within himself what would bo
best do.
“1 never knew him toact like that.”
said the joker, “llo aller 3 lays down
on iiis back and rolls. Guess 1 11 stir
him un u little!"
With that he sprang at tho dog, and
caught pulling him turn about. by the ears, and began
Tow.se was evidently amazed, but
he proved equal to the occasion. Fas
tening startling bis teeth in the boy’s trousers,
m nearness to an expanse of
bare knee, ho held ou like a vise.
Just at tliat moment the boy caught
sight of an unfamiliar spot of white on
the annual's head, and dropped iiis
hold to take at once to Iiis heels, leav
cloth ing a in goodly tho portion of his woolen
creature's mouth.
“Run, Daisy, run 1” lie shouted to
his chum. “lie’s cone and turned
.. myself .... anotlior
Companlou. into dogl — ,r \outh® ...
CLAUDE DIXON EUGENE DIXON
DIXON BEOS.
C __ IMIex*cIb_£ixxi';S.
0 ~PQ, I_j
AND
G-ROCER
WE KEEP EVERY THING USUALLY FOUND IN A COUNTRY STORE, AND SELL
AS LOW AS THE LOWEST. HIGHEST CASH PRICES ALLOWED FOR COUNTRY
PRODUCE. WE SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE
(jj 5
—Dealers in:—
sd Merchandise a
JSF"WE KEEP ON HAND ALMOST EVERY THING TO SUIT THE TRADE. RESIDES {.
FULL LINE OF G ROCERIES. WILL RE FOUND, HATS, SHOES, CLOTHING, COFFINS, CAS
KETS, FURNITURE. ETC., AND WILL SELL GOODS AS CHEAP AS ANY MERCHANT IN
SOUTH WEST GEORGIA. SOLICITING TRADE, IT IS OUR OBJECT TO PLEASE ALL, AND
GIVE VALUE RECEIVED FOR YOUR MONEY.
MURRAY – WILLIAMS,
Ellaville, Ga.
i—iii i | MI
0 a 2 EASE eIs dens!*?
ELLAVILLE, G A.
Dealer in
) )
Paints, Oil–V amislies
FARCY GOODS, NOTIONS, ETC.
£ 2 T*Also, Perfumery, Toilet Articles, School Books, and Stationery.
THE STATE FAIR PREMIUMS.
The following . is . a list of premiums
for country produce displays at tlie
state fair: the total list of premiums will
be $ 10 , 000 .
To the county making the
i nr „ Qel . nT .,i dienlav
Q f { nrodticts, ’ grown 7 or pro
,, .., ...
' acec esn e l – o u
county. $1,000,00
To the county making the
second best .display as
above. 500,00
To the county making ° the
thir<1 be8t dls T la >’ as
above. 800,00
To the individual maksng
the largest and best dis
play of products grown or
produced bv him or her
b ic nl . h-rdin.pt
tion. 300,00
To tlie individual making
the second best display as
above. 250,00
To the individual making
the third best display as
above. 150,00
To the individual making
tlie fourh best display as
above. 100.00
The articles entered also os an vndivid
ual display and for special premium by
tlie producer or grower. In order to
reach more satisfactory award, the fol
lowing scale of points as to merit will
be adopted by the Judges: , i Recognizing
100 points as perfect, agriculture will be
rated 40; garden vegetables, 15; home
industry, 15;fruits. 10; manufactures, 5 :
works of art 10 -woods 8 * mirera! 9 —
sumu?l q Kcimmuan. R ,
Dr. Cheney, who is frequently called
out into the country professionally, says
lie is often asked if the editor of the
news will take country produce in pay
ment for sutisciption. He says he meets
many tanners who speak well of the
paper and are anxious to subscribe and
have produce to spare, but no ready
cash at this season of the year. Of
course we will i. Many times country
produce comes in handier than cash.
£^”A 11 Subsciptions must be paid in ad
vance. We put the price down to only
one dollar, tiie actual cost of blank paper
and postage, in order to get a large cir
culation and make a profit on advertise
ments, but as we pay cash in advance for
paper and postage we must demand the
tame of our Subscribers, no matter how
good their credit may be.
If you. who hare not advertised—
Can’t sell your goods—don’t be surprised.
There’s no use putting prices lo .v.
Unless you tqt thq people know.
SCHLEY COUNTY.
oil Schley from Sumter, County is Marlon composed of teritovy counties.! cut j
and Macon
ii was organized in 1859, and named for one of,
the old Colonial Governors of Georgia; Gov
ernor Schley.
Its location miles. is General Southwest-Central. features, Area inter-J ls)J
square hilly,
spersed with level plateax. The soil is very,
fertile all over tlie county-, but varies in color,
some places being red clay, some dark brown,
very sticky in wet weather, some pebbly uni
some sandy, under-laid with clay subsoil.
Cotton, corn, sugar-cane, oats, peas, pots
toes, pumkins, melons, rice, wheat, rye, bar.
ly, peanuts and ehufas; peaches, pears .pruned
pomegranates, plums, apples, apricots, quin-1
ecs, cherries, grapes, mulberries, strawberries,!
raspiieiries,goose Denies, beets, cabbage, cu-j
cumbers, squashes, tomatoes, turnips and otfe!
or iio'd, orchard and garden products, grofl J
here to perfection.
The fence corners, waste places in old
and forest, abound in all kinds of wild fruit)
such as blackberries, blueberries, gooseberries
whortleberries. May haws, black haws, pUmd
cherries, crab apples, persimmons, fox grapes
Winter grapes, muscadines, chinquepiisJ
hickory nuts and chestnuts.
Besides the native crab, crowfoot and otlut
grasses, ed grasses many do well of the here, best especially varieties of Barmui'A) linpon-j
herds, (due and orchard grass.
The no fence law prevails hi tlio county,5**
stock raising is rapidly becoming one of tfo
leading industries of the bounty some of tk
finest liorses in the South are raised here,
tfie rich golden butter and sweet country !ia®l
that are daily brought to market by the ftf'
mors of Schley, could not be beaten nuvwhett
Cotton happily is tlie the day money has crop of the county, b a J
past and forerevr m
when the people of Schley depended on ctM
sections for their meat and bread. Nearly W)
erj farmer in the county makes plenty of oW
and bacon for home consumptions and raifcil
of I hem make a surplus to sell. No paidiculrt
attention people have is given all the^ to ponlfry for rtiising, .vF ^
want home u?e
one man with a horse and wagon keeps W o
the year round hauling chickens and eggs'M
Sehiey comity to Americus.
erngo The elevation health of the being county is excellent, thousand the^ 1*
near two
above sea level aud drainage Is generally iff"
an epidemic of any diseases, was never kno"t
hero.
The farming people of Sehiey are intclk^
cultivated mid refined aenny agvicuitiavd P®
pie in the world. The county Is dotted " ,l
school houses and churches, and a half
person who cannot read and write is seido®
if ever met with, and of the negro race nio*
of them since freedom can read and writ®"
Hill Ej IfWi llii
ini m
Caveats, aud Trade-Marks obtained, and a ’ 1 ^
ent business conducted for Modcrate Ft:5 (lCt
and Our we Officc can secure is Opposite In U. less S. PatentO'S, time tl>a n
remote from Washin^toit. patent
Send model, drawing photo., with ore jp. y
tion. We or not. "N
charge. Our advise, fee if due patentable or scd'JJ
not till patent Is x
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