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BILL NYE'S HUMOR. It Is Not Sufficiently Appreciated These Days, Says a Wrltor. There are. too few of this genera tion who appreciate the humor of Bill Nye. The fame of Mark Twain outrivaled his. ,Tho two were entire ly apart in their methods. Nye con- M... ' vulses you in the twinkling of an eye. Mark Twain draws yo,ur sense of humor with the deliberation of tone'p'rdparing you for the, treat. Nye was’ clpser ,to \the west , than Twainj hnd he was later, Twain went, Vvest with the gold . Nye followed the railroads, followed - the newspaper Vith' 'hnOvdn suppess. in City; Nevi,‘ and became With bis dwh possibilities us a writer, It' was 1 ohd of his .early of hiimof that lost Nye. h' oho Laramie (Wyo.) pap duce'd : his' ! Jtidh'ds " ’td Boomerang. 5 /§6me of'tl friends her InWvV . , „ mM,' I "h'-tvT7''ff"l T, ' , T>~d^ accession .11 <»• the •, prqsequting attor- on . and. in- *1 mbitions II fice. Ir is ii.« likely that;tl^.r'eapoa- sibilities ! of .i in.;~iiffice,.apd,the .'pros- neqt pfi a legal fcareer, sroujahave urned VNyd'-s talentsjiritot', serious prtunhtelyL , ; Nye> -p'rpppnsi^jMf, pect liP turned’ fortuna hyinoi* biwgePned eqrly «ifti career. ;n$ ;-v *•%.*« ji , # : »^i»i;li WhPh hq wjw‘ ; a $m, piflttid peace in Laramie his/ottiee,,was,'over Dll.’ UUJ ,1011 ; V1 ^tll Mj take; the elevator.” f If his hiimpr was spontaneous,, his spnse pf injustice was just as lC6G13* Pll»lnoAr\l»ir 4-T-i r\-w*n nrnn *n' ti'n Philosophy there was in'his work. Humor is, in, fact, largely philosophy. v “Men will fight,” wrote Nye, “un til it is educated out of them. Most wars are arranged by people who stay at home and sell groceries to the widows and .orphans npd, old maids at 100 per cent advance.”— Collier’s Weeklj He Wasn't Impressed. Sir Wemyss Roid wrote ns follows of,one of his early experiences ns u reporter: “On tlie first occasion of witnessing an execution, as 1 stood trembling at the foot of the scaf fold on whfch the victim was about to appear, 1 noticed an Old reporter for whom I entertained a great per sonal respect pacing up and down beside me reudiug the New Testa ment. In the passion of horror and. pity that filled ray young heart I concluded that my friend was seek ing spiritual comfort in view of the event in which wo were about to' take part as spectators and record-, ers, I snid something to him about the .horror pf the act we.were short ly tp witness. He looked up with a placid smile frdln his reading and said gently,:for .he was essentially a gentleman,/Yes,-very sad, very sad, but let us be thankful it isn’t rain ing.’ And then he calmly return ed to his daily reading'of the word.”' ' A Gentle Hint. A bachelor ha,d counted, a girl for a long, time without coming, to No Cause For Fear. Husband-r-Tbnt’s q foolish habit you women have of carrying your purses in your hands when in the street. Wife—Why is it ? Husband—Because a thief could easily snatch them and get nway. Wife—Well, if the husbands of .other women don’t give them any more to put in their purseB thqn you give me to put in mine the thief would stnrve to dentil. Maddenad by Canaua. Questions. 'Serious, results folloyed the tuklng of the first census In Jnpaii years ago. Observin'!: With approval the work ot western countries,, the authorities thought It, advisable ti> take statistics of populate population and for that purpose scut out to all householders notices, unjoin ing them to.furnish them, With full pur- of their families, tlculurs of their families, age. sex. etc This step, vyos, misconstrued in oueot the villages; vybere; suppljelon? wap ex pressed that Jiipahj whs about to -be sold ;at-.Ighat ihome of the people were to be sold to foreigners who were desiriCusl .o.f'; ascertaining the 'iiumhei of, malps,. eff:, v j{)efoi;e,.closing the bur blooj} thut. ( yrohj4 bo .forthcoihlnW. 5 jffi wuis a Japanese bjftief ’the' forefshers (rucer.ed'fthe IBlo'ocf- OwilPww into their power. Excited anil,enraged' mobs soon collected and attacked the Village office's.' and It’'was'some'time TO Ifet'ybiir^gbat''In fieXioo has "he nooning tpthet-i tjy»n' -to.',ln£ nnl&wful aiffis pn the tiuhdiruped. " Npe ^oht .Is) i>. Mexihlr'Wliht the sbedp lq'to Aus rulin'-and : heef to old iEuglhna, wild ore. because j it' is both.. m'Oat and rink. The republic pf bullfights and landits could* not get alotag without f ie humble Itttle aulmat we have al- ')iyS associated with Harlem back yards and. a diet : of tin cans.. Its flesh sells at 14 cents a pound. Mext- cun money., and a steaming stew' of tender youug kid is not to be despised by a hungry map. Every Mexican hotel serves goat meat In some form or other. A fat goat sells for $3 on the hoof, arid a than‘one brings only SjL.50. The 'tallow sells at Ik 'ceuts .a, pound and is, commonly.used In place of lard. The skins are worth ifl.ut: each,‘and the milk retails pt 12Vj cents a, quart.—A’ew .York press. . The Zodiacal Light. There is a strange light in the heav ens appearing after sunset- in the lute winter and In .spring and before sun rise In the autumn, but few' persons in orir latitudes have ever seen It. In the equatorial regions, however, and In certain sparts of the tropics the zo.- dlacal light dppeurs with great spendor. pud some remarkable views of It were obtained by a French expedition to the ipterlor of the Sa lull-:#, Undertaken for tile, purpose of studying the effects of the unclouded sun on the, /dry air of the desert. TJbe mysterious light, in the form of a vast "triangle, rising high In the heavens, appeared nearly’ three times as, bright? us the Milky way. Science has not ' entirely solved the prdbiem of the origin of this light, blit it Istlidught that it IS an uppeiidage of the sun.i-rHarper'8‘ WeeUly., , v , Georgia State Board of Health Stfesfr ea importance of Pure Water In Protection of Health. Atlanta, Ga.—(Special.)—How many 4 illy ' ' '■ Qeorglans daily drink water Wtthuqij knowing anything about Its purity; t. knowing whether or npt.lt is contaminated by dangerous, and ,per haps deadly disease germs? . Pare .drinking water; Is'of such, vi . pHpiMHHEm Young Women Read what Cardui did for Miss Myria Engler, of Faribault, Minn. She says: “Let me tell you bow much only every copa^uplty, but ea.ch/iso lated family, should be absolutely sat isfied as to the quality of the Water' it, '■> Bad. water-water .P.ol^tefl ,by Uu mhn excreta—la* a Trpquent source, of typhoid fever; It. tUay’ ‘ bo the cause of .opiqemlgSi ith, $a.. With 8.000 inhabitant! bad i,000. bases oir'-Hj^Hoid'^knd i '10 deaths because; throufihi carele'ssnetiL. the' Infected excreta from one typhoid’ patient, thrbwn odt up'on the hllii ' sp’oWsJ g'dt i Inth ’ its Souiree 6i drlnt water. The cause 1 Was discovered he-' yond question, buf wl)ep ,l(; w;ai joo; late; the damage had been' done; Wtef M'sr-attpraT ioifVeyfcr. ; of Jholera and, tl^ere can' ;b« ,llt.Ue doiibt, >f dysentery and other diseases., Be- ildes,! pplluttHfMWhter; ^even f - if ' frte rom these disease;:germs,- iS ideblH- atlng to the system and /unsafe lor iso - by ' Children’ diid ' thrfse'With tleli- ate- stomachs. ‘ r * ' '• Water, to' be good, should not only pe clear and 1 colorless that is free from, suspended matter giving rise to 4 cloudy or milky appearance, but it should, above all, be free from all kinds of tmimal contamination, partic- ijlarly that which proceeds from/man qnd' which Is the real cause of trans ^srred disease. For domestic use It is best that,it be soft or free from an excess of mineral matter. 1 1 City and town water supplies from should al- rfvers or small streams, Tays be filtered before distribution, '(lliration Is essent.al; it has been Tiown in many instances to reduce aterlally the number of typhoid ,ises. The,purity of, the water, when it reaches the' home is dependent upon the care exercised in preventing animal and human pollution in the, Bpuice, and the thoroughness of filtra tion and purification uefore . d.strlbu- tlon. Artesian water, if from a good depth, may be easily, kept in Its state °f_°riginai purity by protection from. at the mouth of the .Contamination well. Hedgehog as Food, Tlie hedgehog us fobd is eVen moire neglected than, the frog, yet those who her to a concert, The orchestra played No. 6, a se lection that seemed to tlie bachelor very beautiful: He belit over his eompanion and whispered: “How lovely that is! What is it ?— have tasted a properly cooked hedge; i ' ilaiifiitt 'rui " U JliVliVI.J USUtjCj bog proclaim It' the' best' eating of ail the .point. One evening he took native wild, animals. According' to Mr. Harwood, Bplprley... “the .hedge hog may be stewed or spltchcocked. toasted «r roasted. But It tastes best baked In clay In a .wood fire. V * * As the .Incrustation comes off It brings also the adhering spines and all the skin, leaving a luxurious little Jolut. do you know?” j..completo, emitting an appetizing re- She smiled demurely and replied minder of anything from hare to in a low, thrilling voice: , .voting pork. The.hedgehog so trented . -■ i i • | consists of white, sweet, tender flesh. “It is the ‘Maiden’s Prayer.’ ” “The ‘Maiden’s Prayer?’” he re peated in astonishment. “Why”— But she handed him her pro gram, pointing to No. 6 with her finger. He read and stared, for the real name of the selection was Men- uou'ise inferior to sucking • pig or n spring chicken, the flavor being even more delicate ‘than the savor."—Lon don Chronicle./ A Good Exouao. After the Duke of Wellington's vic- , .... B toripus campaigns the University of delssohn’s “Wedding. March.” .He .Oxford complimented the duke blnv Bought the ring next day.—Ladies’ R elfjand his principal officers, by.con- Tl«— _ *f _| * I ferriRp UpO n tllnm +hn hnnnnnnn nnd Home Journal. ing upon them the honorary and not Very appropriate degree of doctor of civil laws. At that 1 time the fees werq heavy, and one of the distinguish-. Mill 'Well Planted. The beadle in a rural district in Perthshire • had becomie tdo feebld , hopoir th f an profit 'in ‘the' whra heclinPd to perform his duties as minister's the proffered, degree in the’ following man and gravedigger and had to verse: , ( . ... Oxford. I know you wish me well, ■ : 'But prithee let me be. get an assistant. The twp, did not agree fell, but after a few months Sandy (the beadje) died, and Tam- mas had to perform the last serv ice for his-late partner. The min ister strolled up to Tammas while he was giving the finishing touches to the grave and casually remarked, The Board of Health has for some time been engaged in the work of examining the water supplies of Geor gia cities and towns with a view to determining their'purity: In thfe ma jority of instances the board’s ex amination has found, that .the water. 'Supplies: were comparatively’ pure; but in some eases, contamination or probable sources of contamination, . . - in thp, ( ga|e,. with • the' protection/ of ! the town and city water supply, is .the preaer-, vation of' the purity of'the well and spring water which must, b6 usCd'ev erywhere in the country by the fam llvl Otlrl. fwanunnih, — 1« i *. _ _ •» country community, and then the in-, faction’ may;disappear from the well before the disease - develops, while' impurities are f purities are irequently washed into the well- or spring from the pig. pen or the barnyard, it is the unsanitary privy that is the chief source , of danger and disease. It is the- privy whose seepings drain into the ground and are carried to the well by rains; it is the filth which may gather around the top of the well or spring and be washed into it by the first, shower that comes- it is th'e filth which may he left around the well by uncledn. feet, or on the bucket, by unclean hands, that is likely to put the disease germ in the next dip per of water that is taken for drink ing purposes.. Cleanliness around the .well is all important; it may best be protected by a. .surroundlhg layer of concrete: But-best of all is the covered well with a pump. Speaking, from a sani tary" standpoint, -the open''well' with its old-fashioned and too often germ- laden bufcket, is a' back number; safe nnnf AnHAfi ' kf /lt'lnlrln « tirn Jntv.' n _ j*/■ protectioh of drinking water demands the covered well and puiflp,, and the covering must be of some material impervious to /water, such as concrete and cement', through which -no filth may' trickle. most important lesson which V. nnr. I cap't. alas, be D, C. I* FCr Want of £ a. d. Mermaids. A|1 the world over there are legends about mermaids. The Chinese tell sto ries not unlike others about the sea “Have vnn nut "w OQ l j.™' 1 wpman of their southern seas. Mau- , Weel ^ 0Wn ' kind-"Is taught on the most excellent a ns. T hev that, sir, said evidence that a mermaid was captured .•lammas very decidedly. “Sandy.i nt Bangor, on the shores of the Bel- _ eople of Georgia mOst learn’ par ticularly in the country districts, at j the school house as well as at the home, in order to prevent ive contam ination of drinkiiig water, is the ne : cesslty of constructing ajyi useing the sanitary dry closet; The Board of may get up, but he’ll be among the fast lough, in the sixth century, while hindmost.” I .. : another caught at Edam in 1403 was Health will be glad to furnish, upon ibatlon, approved plans for the appllbation, approved plans for hulldfng of sanitary dry closets which' may be considered perfectly safe. The Board of Health will also make free analyses of drinking water, for communities or individual families. Municipality: schools, factories or other communities where many per sons drink from one source, and carried to Haarlem aud kept there for < ' yhich are , d ?, Blro11 ® of , , such , analyp j? rnimv vt»nr« and examination, should make annli- ’ jears. , nation direct ip Dr. H. F. Harris. Sec- good Cardui has done me. • As a young girl, i always. Iwd >, 1 was to suffer so much with all kind of palm Sometimes, so weak that I could hardly stand on my feet. I got a bottle of Cardui, at the drug store, and as soon as I had taken a few doses, I began to feel better. „ Tpday^i ^ei ^ well as, aiiy^W tan." ; ''' j , ‘ WomaniTonic Are you a woman ? Then you 'ate subject to a large ftumber of 'troubles and frregularitles, peculiar to women, which, in time, often lead : to nor* serious trouble. A tonic is needed to relieve weakness, headache; the signs cif weak nin^es ai you over the hatd places, to other unnecessaiy pains, over-woric. , , - ■»<$!*,;’ For a tonic, take Cardui, the woman’s tonlcl You will never regret K, for it will certainty help yon. ,vtA* yo«r druggist about fe^'Hb'thdwk- frcS&mzr* parowgiBisuBCSMii :r f>. LEADING. GROCERS ■! Everything in Staple and Fancy GROCERIES For Quick Delivery PHONE ~ 31 White & Stringer / Everv article that critically and is not < our standard. ■■■>'■ ' . ' ■' : Don’t buy ybur ? ty .picture, See it, examine it, pay for . it.! accepted unless it measures up to Watbh firbin a pTet* ) OPM- / -;V.1 -if / ; ■'•!I*’l be sure of it before you ; ’ ‘-o. r t :\ 9 y i ^ , ,-v - « You cannot do this with a “mail order” watch; 1 "We .like to recommend to men who appreciate good timekeepers, our watches. We give a printed guaran tee with every watch we sell; C. F. Gairo, SANDERS, Jeweler. Georgia. refary SfaTe Bparff of - r-fealth, XFIanfa. Individuals desiring their well water analyzed, should apply, through the member of the board residing in their congressional district. While the samples, of water for. analysis may be. ' U tlior ' ent In' any convenient', thoroughly terilized vessel, , it will be. found nuch more ’ satisfactory and gener ,lly productive of better results, tr arrange . with the State B6ard o f Health to, have forwarded’ Its special ly nrepared kit containing sterilize- 5 bottles which mav be returned nacli- M S'» and shipment of samples for arthlysl* Making It CIMn “Dear me,” said the kind hearted pedestrian, pausing and putting on his pince nez, “have ybu fallen through that coalhole?” “Not at all!”, replied the man, who was still endeavoring to extri cate a leg from the hole, smiling winningly, “As you seem intereste- Parrots and Trees. •There seems to be a species of par rot adapted for each of the more con- . spicuous kind of trees which are found in tropical forests. Thus. If the tree is, a palm which'has a single stem and can afford nourishment for a bird only , at or near the top of that stem, then the species of parrot that feeds on it Is an air bird, capable of flying over the forfest In search of such trees. When this Is the case the body of the bird is light and the tail long. On the other hand, the parrots which inhabit trees with many branches have stout bodies and short tails and are short < flighted. 8ilhoustte. Silhouette wns the name of a French minister who endeavored .to raise the revenues by taxing the no bility. In consequence he becaipe very unpopular, and, the fashion of; profiles in black coming in about/ the same time. in the matter I will tqll you what slon silhouettes, the nobllttv olntmlngr happened. 1 chanced to be inhere, that they had their portraits cone in they ; were called In derl- tb and they built the pavement round me.”—Loudon Answers. black because they were too poor to have a full picture taken. - Si