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. 1 fir tobce_ofjb*vity. Mow H W«uM Affect Man’s Weight on j the Csioetiai Bodies. If the planet Mars be really Inhab ited the people who live there must be >an exceedingly agile race. The av erage weight of a man la about 140 pounds, but the forco of gravity on Mars Is so much less than on the •earth that the 140 pound man would ,,weigh only fifty-three pounds If be were transported thither. With Buch light weight, and still retaining the •same strength, an Individual would ibe able to run with the speed of an •express train, go skipping over ten foot walls and do various other ex traordinary things. On the moon a man would be even lighter. But on the sun our 140 pounder Would have his troubles. Instead of ibeing an niry Individual he would weigh In the neighborhood of a ton ■and three-quarters. He would prob ably .have the greatest difficulty In raising his hand, for that member would weigh about 300 pounds, • According to scientific computation, a man who on earth weighs 140 pounds would on the other celestial bodies weigh as follows: The moon. 23 pounds; Mars, 53 pounds; Venus, 114 pounds; Mercury, 119 pounds; Neptune, 123 pounds; Uranus, 127 pounds; Saturn, 165 pounds; Jupiter, 371 pounds, and the ■sun, 3,871 pounds.—Chicago Tribune. A SAD STORY. The With Misfortune That Came Terrible Tumble. Fowling Is now very little practiced In the Shetland Islands, although mar- eggs are Secured annually. Many thrilling stories of fowling adventure are told by the Shetlanders. A man who had undertaken to climb n. certain steep cliff was neither very experi enced nor very brnve, although he boasted .of being both. He pushed up. ward, however, briskly without look ing behind untll 'he bad got up about 150 feet, when be stopped to breathe. The pause was fatal to his self posses sion, and he called out In tones of ter ror, “Men, men, I am going—X am go ing.” But he still held on for a little, and It was not till he had shrieked many times “X am going” that he did fall headlong. His comrades, having thus been warned, moved th^boat out of the way so that the poor rellow came sheer •down into the deep water. Mighty was the plunge, but at length he rose to thB surface, when of course he was instantly caught hold of and dragged into the boat After many gasps and much spluttering of sea water from his mouth his only remark was: “Eh, men, this Is a sad story. 1 have, lost my snuffbox.”—“Sketches and Tales of Shetland.” The Last Ditch. When William, prince of Orange, afterward William III. of England, was elected stadtholder of the United Netherlands In 1672 and found himself In the midst of war with England and France he was asked by the Duke of Buckingham whether he did not see ruin impending over his country.. “Nay,” he answered. “There Is one certain means by which I can be sure enough' to see my country’s ruin, will die In the last ditch." And, reject ing all terms of peace, he checked the invasion of France by opening sluices and flooding every tract of land, drove them from Holland In 1674 and made honorable terms with England and finally after varying effort brought the war to a successful close by a treaty with France in 1678. Taken at His Word. The doctor was telling how he came to lose one of his best paying patients. The man was a hypochon driac, who was always Imagining that something terrible was about to hap pen to him, and the doctor, who was a great jollier, was kept busy trying to reason him out of his morbid con dition. “You have worried yourself until you are bordering on a nervous col lapse.” said the doctor to him one day. “You shouldn’t think about your symp toms all the time, but Just attend to your affairs as if there was nothing the matter with you.” “All right, doctor," replied the pa tient "I’ll 1 do as you say. You needn’t come to see me any more.”—New York Times, Wc Can Sell You Property in the Banner County o( the State and Lend You Hall ol the Purchase Price at) a Low Rate of Interest. wiaHr, PxealouNr. w.r. cruwford, okn-l Mom uno snsr Mo r >3. WIGHT, VlOB-ntBIOUNT, \ R. O. BULL, CCtNBRAl. OOUNCtt., SOUH GEORGIA LAND AND LOAN COMPANY. CAPITAL, $10,000.00. r| . : i , City, Farm and Timbered Reed Estate, 5 Years, 6 Per Cent. Farms and Loans Negotiated. Cairo, Grady County Georgia. WE WANT TO BUY Your r far Grady County, the most inviting agricultural section of southwest Georgia. For Corn, Cotton and other sta ple products it stands unsur- The Culture of Tobacco which has proven highly suc cessful is one of its richest sources? of revenue; $300.00 to $800.00 is the average profit per acre. Georgia Cane Syrup’s na tive home is Cairo, the coun ty site, the second largest syr up market of America; this product yields farmers an abundant income. Do you contemplate buying or selling any property in Grady county? If so, we want you to come to see us. Invest your money in the properties that we are of fering for sale; besides the excellent rent values af forded by them the enhancement of value will prove to be marvelous. The best proof of this fact that we have to offer is the record of the past. Remember that if you haven’t tne full purchase price we are prepared to help you. We are in the market at all times for good property in this county, and especially farms ranging in size from 50 to 500 acres. Don’t sell until you see us. We are buyers as well as sellers. Cairo, the county seat of Crady County, is a hustling, thriving little city of 2,000 E ple. Owns its electric ts and water system. Has two banks, about 40 stores and many other pros perous enterprises. The Pecan industry, though yet in its infancy, is bringing | investors here annually. Our lands are acknowledged to grow the finest quality of Pe- Grady County lands are all well drained, no marshes, ponds or other sources of ma- laria. They possess the fer tility without the unhealthful- ness some times attributed to this section of the State. Her citizenship is of the highest and most progressive type. I. R. Boyett’s place, near Calvary, contains 225 acres, well improved farm land, 100 acres cleared. Price $2,750. Geo. Cook farm, 6 miles ol Cairo, 3 miles oi Pine Park; 87 1-2 acres, nicely improved, high state ol cultivation, 26 acres cleared, 15 acres good pasture land. A bargain at $1,500. j. T. Cone’s place, 6 miles south ol Cairo, 60 acres cleared, 100 acres good timber, well improved; look It over. We will sell for $3,000. 200 acres known as the Parnell placg 3 1-2 miles ol Ochloch- nee. Price $3,000. , „ , The Mose Maxwell place, 5 miles southeast of Cairo, 500 acres’well improved, 150 acres cleared, good timber, and line pasture. An ideal stock farm. 6,500. ■ ■ „ The John D. Thompson place,better known as the W. G. Lewis plantation, 5 miles south of town 450 acres, well Improved, lots ol advantages not found in the average farm. Gin, syrup works, etc., well worth half the price of the land; in high state ol cultivation and It’s a bargain at the price of $10,000. Go see lor yourself and affirm our opinion. ... ' John Wades place, near Ochlochnee, Thomasville and Cairo, 366 acres, 125 cleared, well improven, good state of cultiva tion; worth $5,000, but will sell It lor $12 an acre In order to re invest in small farm. . _ . „ The Whit Gainus place, six miles north of Cairo, 277 acres, 100 acres cleared, 175 fine yellow pine timber. 5 goofl tenant houses besides the main buildings, etc. Also the Odus Gainus place of 62 1-2 acres adjoining it directly north. This land Is in high stale of cultivation and desirably located. Go see It, we will sell all or most any part of the place you want at a price that will please you. Sixty acres within two miles of town, 15 cleared, well Im proved, new houses, etc. Forty-live acres good timber and a bargain at $1,200. Has doubled its size in the past three years; and is stead ily growing. Ships annually 7 to 10 thousand bales of cotton, 15 to 20 thousand barrels of the famous Georgia Cane Svrup, several hundred cars of mel ons and many thousand dol lars worth of meat. Its educational, religious and social advantages com pare with those of any town its size. Its advantages should be investigated by those wishing to locate or invest in a live, progressive South Georgia town. 1 We will be pleased to communinate with those in terested. City Property We Have to Offer. Tl-.e two places on north side of town owned by L. G. Merritt. We will make yon a price on this property so low that you will find it a paying investment. The place now occupied by R. L. Forester on Walker street. Nice house and a half acre lot, close in. A bar gain at $1,800. South Georgia Land and Loan Company, W. T. CRAWFORD, Gen’l Manager. OFFICE IN COURT HOUSE. CAIRO, GA. THE STEEPLE JACK. w And He Wasn’t, r "Victoria,” said her husband, you will not mind it, I presume, If 1 should happen to be detained downtown lato this evening?” “1 shall not mind It,” austerely an swered Mrs. Vlck-Senn, “because you will not be detained downtown late this evening or ; any pther evening."— 'Chicago Tribune. ... A Bold Jollies-. Mrs. Hashlelgh—Yes, we’ve been hav* ng considerable trouble with our milk ately. Do you take your coffee with >r without? New Boarder—I take It within.—Bos ton TranscrloL —— 1 He Must Conquer Many Difficulties In His Dangerous Work. The successful steeple Jack must possess determination, perseverancy and Ingenuity. He must solve many a practical problem in hoisting great bodies aloft He must know how to fasten a hook over the summit of a skyscraping chimney. He must have the nerve to paint a steeple that sways like a pendulum ut the.slender top. He must be able to tear down, build up. gild, paint, place electric wires and do many another task that would be difficult enough on the solid earth. There are many ways of getting up on a steeple, and when all others fall the man will tie a rope around It and then, with a coil on his back, walk round and round it until the entire steeple Is covered with rope, and In such case he has probably been round it fully 800 times. But a steeple Is not the most diffi cult height to climb. Straight, tall chimneys are the hardest of all. There a man has to work with might and main to lift himself 1 Inch by Inch from the ground to the top. Sometimes the top Is 300 feet high. When it is reach ed a hook Is placed over the edge, a pulley Is made fast, the swinging chair Jp hauled up and work begins. When the, chair Is near the top it Is easier to work, because the ropes are Bhort, but when they lengthen as the ground, is approached there Is a ten dency to owing, and the wind gives Impetus. The steeple jack’s safety depends upon the hook, and until he has raised himself almost to the top It Is Impos sible for him to see whether or not the hook has been properly adjusted. More than once a steeple climber has seen when within ten feet of the top that corrosion of the lrod and the col lection of soot have so thickened the Wall that thn book is cnerelv haluiw'iiu. *■& . 4 cm tne too. so tuat 'tne slightest pull m tne wrong direction would drag It off. Again, the bricks are often loose at the top, and the hook Is likely to tear them away. One of the natural difficulties to con quer Is the swaying of all high stee ples and chimneys. In a gale a steeple point will sway a foot and a half. Usually It sways from seven to nine Inches. Painting it means reaching for a spot on the right side, and find ing it on the left, and. when making a dive for it ou the left, to see it sway back to the right Yet In spite of the constant danger a born steeple jack ex ults In his work and 1b at home, like the Ironworker on the skyscraper, only when high above the world. He can .stand triumphantly at any height, if he can have two and one-half 'square' Inches to bear his weight—Harper’s Weekly. A QUEER UNIVERSITY. A Silk Produoing Caterpillar. In Assam, where the natives call it "eri,” a silk producing caterpillar has been used for silk spinning for cen turies, but, strange to say, Its employ ment for the purpose has been restrict ed almost exclusively to that region. One of its advantages la that Its co coons are not sealed like .those of the common silkworm. One end of the co coon Is closed only with converging loops of silk. This renders It ulineces- sary to kill the insect when Its silk is used. Rubbing It In. “What made tlie boss glare so at that bmn who just went out?” said one waiter to another. “When he paid; his bill for a flft; cent dinner he asked if there wor an place in the neighborhood, anyhow, where a fellow could go and get a decent meal for fifty cents.”-Ne^, York Press. Cairo Has the World’s Oldest Educa tional Institution. "When we think of Harvard or Yalo, the former dating from 1638 and the latter from 1701, we think of them as old universities,” snys a writer In the American Educational Review; “but when we pass to the other side of the world we discover that even the oldest American universities are In reality very young iustitm'ons. “The uldest educational Institution in the world Is the University of El Ashar, Cairo, founded in the year 988 by the great Saladln. It Is the central seat of learning for the whole Mo hammedan world, as well as a foun tain of spiritual life. It occupies an ancient mosque In the Arab quarter of Wanted at Once Cairo, surrounded by a confusing maze of narrow streets where the population Is made up of representatives of every race that follows the prophet “The old mosque covers several acres and consists of a series of courts sur rounded by long cloisters with low roofs supported by forests of columns. The floors of red tiles are covered dally by a multitude of men and boys, squat ting in semicircles around their teach ers, who sit with their backs to the columns lecturing in monotones. “The chancellor of the university is always a descendant of the prophet and is usually a man of ability and learning. He occupies apartments In El Ashar and is not only the supremo educational but the ecclesiastical head of the church of Egypt “There Is no organization similar to that In, modern universities. Any rep- An envious man waxes lean at t his neighbor.—Socrates. utable mian who desires to teaqb can obtain the privilege by application and is assigned a column where he may sit and Impart the truth as he thinks propot. His fame or ability will at tract more or less students and dis ciples, who pay him fees according to their means.” \ — Three or four nice 2 to 4-horse farms from 3 to 4 miles of Cairo. Price must be right. WE HAVE THE CASH. Smith & Coppage Cairo, Ga. If It Is Neat Printing you demand YOU SHOULD Let this Office do your work. Promptly negotiated at reasonable rate pf inter est. Now is the time to arrange for your fall on or write R. C. BELL, Cairo, Ga. . .. , ... ■ ■/'■=■' Ml