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;■* s I jit'. ■■ ■ :!l!i=ll|li=l ||! % There Can Be No § Exaggeration in the Truth! When you know a thing and you know you know it, there is no harm in saying so, although it may seem a little egotis tical. Has been searched by uslfor the very best of everything that goes to make up good glasses—the lenses, the < frame, the material, the spring and adjustable jn pad—everything with a view of pleasing our customers both as to quality and price. Our Service is also THE BEST. WIGHT & BROWNE Leading Druggists. S Cairo, : : : Georgia. S fft illli==illlt= 11111=11111 & GIN NOTICE The Cairo ginnery is now ready to gin your cotton. I have had this gin overhauled and everything is in good shape. I wish to say to the public that I have always tried to give good service and hope to give better service this season than ever before. Bring me your cotton and I will endeavor to give you satisfaction. I wish to say That Mr. Walter Harper, a stockholder of the Grady Gin Co., will be with the Cairo Ginnery this season. Respectfully, I. D. Lewis. He Minded a Little Bit. Hans Christian Audersun, the gentle fabulist, often displayed the cuprices of n lovable and sensitive child, whose floods of sunshine are followed by del uges of ruin, George Braudes, the Dan ish critic, told this story of the soft henrtecl fairy tnlo writer: “Andersen was a child of the pcoplo and never, even in his-old ago, did ho lose his wonderful childlike simplicity which. If It threw the glumour of fairy land over Ills creations, was neverthe less not without its amuslug side. “He was peculiarly sensitive to crit icism of any kind. One day in a cafe a friend noticed that he was reading In tently a spiteful criticism of his work written by an unknown scribbler In a newspaper of no account and said to him: “ ‘Surely you don’t mind what a newspaper like that may say about you ?• “Anderson looked up, and the friend saw that tears were rolling down his cheeks. “ ‘Yes,’ he snld, hesitatingly, ‘I do mind—just a little.’ ” Tho Artist's Need. “Do you know what Is the great es sentia.] to tho artist—to whoever cre ates ? The sense of privacy, the power to Isolate bis own genius- from every thing; in the world, to be absolutely concentrated. . To tfreate we must be alone, have strange, unuttered thoughts, just ns In the realms of the soul every human being must have moments of complete isolation- thoughts, reveries, moods, that cannot be shared with even those we love best. You understand that?’’ “Yes, I do.” “At tho bottom wo human beings come and depart absolutely alone. Friendship, love, all that we instinc tively seek to rid ourselves of, this awful solitude of the soul, avail noth ing. Well, what others shrink from the artist must seek.”—Owen Johnson In Century Magazine. \ Bismarck’s Prophetio Pips. Prince Bismarck was a great pipe collector, and the gem of his collection had a.curious history. Many years ago Bismarck was accosted by a peddler and asked to buy a plain meerschaum pipe of the type that he most affected. At first he declined, but the peddler claimed for the pipe a power of fore cast and told him he would serve three emperors as minister and that three important changes in life would be foretold by accidents befalling the pipe- Laughing, Bismarck bought the pipe. He served threo emperors, ami two dnys before the historic occasion when lie was refused an nudlence the stem of the plpo fell to pieces. Lnter lie chipped a piece from the side of the bowl accidentally, and within a month his practical dismissal by tho emperor occurred. Odd Tips For Lottery. Stranger tips for choosing lottery numbers havfc been given than eveu communications from n deceased aunt. Grunt Duff had from Lord Houghton the following In connection with the death of Sir William Stirling-Mnxwell In 1878: “When ho arrived nt Venice on his lust journey the hot;cl keeper, seeing Ills arrive alone, gave him an In different room, No. .10. When he be came ill he was transferred to a better one. No. 8, and, when he became very III, to the best tho man hud nt his dis posal, No. 4. After he died the serv ants took the numbers 10, 8, 4, ndded 50, the uumber which stands, ns It ap pears, for death 111 the lottery lan guage, and playing on them won 80,000 francs.’’—London Standard. An Explanation. .The steamboat came splashing along her course at full speed, and the llrst thing the passengers knew had crashed head on Into the pier. “Mercy!" cried u passenger as the bow crashed and the splinters flew. “I wonder what Is the mutter?" “Nothin’," said I’nt one of tho deck Bands—“nothin’, ma’am. It looks to me ns If the cuptnln just forgot that we shtop here.”—Harper’s. Old English Eleotions. As an Illustration of the violence that was once common during political campaigns in England Is a quaint bill from a lawyer after an election at An dover In 1708: “To being thrown out of tile George Inn. Andover, to my legs being thereby broken, to surgeon’s bill and loss of time and business, £500.” • Knew His Business. Willie—Say, pn, you ought to see the men across the street raise a building on jncks. Bn (absently)—Impossible. Willie, you can open on jncks, but a man is a fool to try to raise on the— er—I mean it must bavb been quite a sight—Exchange. Hopeful. Pessimistic Wife (weeping)—And that cook promised to come today without fail. Optimistic Husband—Cheer up. my lovel It still wants ten minutes of midnight—New York Times, TRY TO SEE CLEARLY. The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thou sands can think for one who can see. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.—Ruskin. . Where Lovo Is. A little girl was lost on the street and was brought Into the police sta tion. The officers tried in every way to learn her nnme. Filially oue of the offi cers said: "Tell me, little girl, what nnme doea your mother cull your father?" "Why,", responded the child inno cently, "she don’t call him any nnmes; she likes him."—Youth’s Companion. Her Line. “Now our cook hns gone away I don’t know whnt wo shall do.” “I thought you told me your wife was such a good cook?” “Not n bit of It. 1 told you ray wife was an expert In broils, roasts tpid stews.’’—Baltimore American. Rhode Island’s First Newspaper. The first newspnper published In Rhode Island was nt Newport, 1732, by Anne Franklin, a widow of the pub lisher. She was printer to the colony, printing pamphlets, Inws and alma nacs, as well as calicoes and UnenB, The Way He Put It. She (after a tiff)—You will admit you were wrong? He (a young lawyer)— No, but I’ll ndmit that an unintentional error might have unknowingly crept into my assertion. His Snore. Hub (angrily)—Herel Whnt do yon mean by wnking me out of a sound sleep? Wife—Because the sound was too distressing.—Boston Transcript. Wants His Money. Visitor—Whnt lovely furniture! Lit tle Tommy—Yes, 1 think the man’we bought It from Is sorry now he sold it Anyhow, he’s always calling. Habit. Habit Is what makes one hang on to chewing gum after the fluvor Is gone.— Atchison Globe. Mm AT ABE POLLER’S HAS OPENED UP IN FULL BLAST N • . On account of the Bad Weather a great many people did not get one of my circulars. I will send them all over Grady County this week. Don’t fail to get one and compare Prices with come and compare Quality with Quality. I have hundreds of bargains left that will make you wonder. Dont fail to come; if you dont you will regret it. My Ladies Coat Suits, Coats and Sweaters are of the latest styles and are the best quality all it will take is a look aKhese and you will surely buy. Yours for patronage ABE POLLER’S NEW DEPARTMENT STORE CAIRO, GA. KiKimnn mr Mb