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Some Choice Farms For Sale
BY SOUTH GA. LAND & LOAN CO.
153 acres west of Cairo 1 mile, 40 acres cleared, will sell , cheap, well
improved, good'timber, conveniently located.*
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100 acres north of Cairo, two horse farm open, well situated.
’ 590 acres, the Wm. Allen place, 7 miles of Cairo and Whigham, 5 horse
•farm open, nicely located with fair improvements.
32 1-2 acres between Cairo & Pelham, $1,000.00,
For Particulars See W. T. Crawford at Farmers & M'er-
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Exaggeration in the Truth!
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When you know a thing andyou knew you
know it, ’ ere is no harm in saying so,
although it may seem a little egotistical.
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The Earth
Has been searched by us for the very best of everything
that goes to make up good glasses—the lenses, the
frame, the material, the spring and adjustable ho
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.
Cairo,
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Curious Storage, of Hay.
An English traveler, through
Kashmir found, in practice: there a
novel method of putting fodder up
for winter use. The country lies
in a. Valley among the Himalayas.
The chief industry of the people
consists, in raising fine wool und in
making this into fabrics, which have
carried the hairie of the country all
over the world. A curious custom
in some places'is that of hanging
quantities of hay up among the
branches of trees. Why it was done
was more than I could guess till
my guide said .that in winter the
snow lies five and six yards in
depth and that, tlie supplies of hay,
which now look only as if they were
meant for cameleopards, -are then
easily reached by the floQkSof sheep
which abound there. - ,
CURIOUS PLEASURES.
THoy Wore Costly as Woll Since tho
Price Was Death.
! The late. King Ludwig of Ba
varia frequently ordered perform
ances of opera for his private de
lectation, but arj Englishman, Cur-
: tis Donnythorpe, maintained for his
. personal entertainment a troupe, of
j dancers, at one time one of the most
I noted organizations of the English
music hall stage.
Mr. Donnythorpe was an invalid
and, being unublc to gratify his pas
sion for dancing in his own person,
engaged the Kplby troupe. He had
a stage built in nie;horde, whereon
they performed daily. It was his
habit to suggest new steps, und.
while encouraging them to fresh
endeavor one day. he brought on
the attack of heart, disease which
ended his life.
lie was not the only one killed
by, his pleasures, for Theodore Bot-
ley, another Englishman, devoted
his whole life to his stomach. He
had agents throughout the world
in search, of new dishes, and, that
he might cat more frequently.than
nature demanded, it was' his prac
tice to-engage in manual labor for.
the purpose of getting up an appe
tite. He lmd tho largest library on
the subject of eating that lias ever
been gathered together. In the end
he died of starvation because his
stomach was unable to assimilate
ordinary nourishing foods. ,■»
He had his complement in Charles
Pj Cashel, in whom the sense of
smell was as keenly developed as it
is ip, a hunting dog. He reveled in
the'.-rieliest perfumes' and in the
end' lost his sense jbf smell com
pletely through ovorindulgence in
the perfume iOf a South American
flowp'r. This left him unnbje to de
tect the/ 6,dvr, of .escaping gas, and
he was asphyxiated.
The Russian <Count Ivanoviteh of
the time of the first Emperor Nicho
las died of fright at the announce
ment that th.'i emperor had declared
his iiitontio) ■ of visiting hire and
sending him to ,Tailor in the salt
Curious Geological Shifting*.
Although In the geological pnst vast
ciittngcH of level occurred on the bor
ders und even in the center of conti
nents, It Is n debated question wheth
er at present similar elevations ami
subsidences call be detected. The fta-
qnenily repeated statement that to*
coasts of. Massachusetts and New Jot-
se.v are perceptibly sinking has been
often disputed, (be appurem stibul-
deitep being ascribed to simple change*,
of shore line. Nevertheless some cu
rious records kept bu Europe seem to
Indicate tlmt actual Uuctuntloiis of the
level of the land may occasionally bo
observed. In the valley of the Mote
a church tower hidden behiud a moun
tain screen has since lHtH gradually
risen Into plain view from the cti*t<*v
of Stroensendorf, and stUI farther in
the same direction another church
tower, which began to be visible fro hi
Stroesseudorf eighty year* ago, la now
clearly seen above the horizon and
said to rise higher as time goes on.
Similar records exist tn Bohemia, la
Switzerland, In Spain and In tho
French Jura,—Harper's.
Dresden Rune a Paper.
Dresden appeurs to be the oiHy
town where the principle of inunio-
ipal ownership extends to newspa
pers. Chi his death some years ago
the proprietor of the leading Dres
den newspaper bequeathed ull his
property to the town where he hu<l
built up his fortune, and the muni
cipality has siuce run the puper on
striotly business lines. The profits,,
in accordance with the terms of Dr.
Gunt’s will, are devoted to beautify
ing and extending the open spaces
of the town.
Beauty of the Zebra.
The zebra Is perhaps of all quadru
peds the best made und most beauti
fully clad by the hand of nature. To
thp figure and graces of the horse 16
adds the elegance of the stag, and the
black and white bands with which Its
body Is ornamented ate arranged with
such wonderful symmetry that we
might almost be disposed to. Imagine
that rule ami compass bad been' em
ployed in their formation. • These al
ternate bund's are narrow, pawllel and
exactly separated. They extend not
inly over the body, but tile bead, thigh
mines if ho diX pot leave Fished to' um i i,. us -tail ,. v «q over the ears und
welcome him For years he had tail. They follow sp •exnc.tl.v the oou-
ncyer left bod and ijidulged in tour of the different- forms that they
T . , , , . i liq'itid.fPods as being the hr re easy exhibit the entire' umire In the most
Joseph. . Jefferson ywas A .■ playing.: t '- eat . . ° ‘ advapfagenus point of view. In the
inridfin's coined v of «<Tho*Tfi.vS is” - 'female these bauds are alternately
Warren .arid Jefforsoni
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The Cairo ginnery is now ready to gin £your cotton.
I have had this gin overhauled and everything is in
goed 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 siy that Mr. Walter Harper, a stockholder
of the Grady Gin Co., will be with the"Cairo Ginnery this
Rpanpot-fnlhr
> season,
Respectfully,
I. D. Lewis.
Tho Turks and the Crescent.
When Philip of Maeedon
Sheridan's corifedy of '“‘The Ttivals’.'
in Bostbn oil one 'occasion lpttny
.yearsta'^o.' His version of 1 the pl’ay
had been arrtingq&fra such a was as
tp give Bob Acres, considerably, more
prominence perhaps than the au
thor originally intended; occasional
ly at the expense of tlie other char
acters. William Warren, the old
comedian, sat the piny out and at
'i;ts''conclusion was asked, “IIoW do
you like Jeft'erson’s Bob Acres?”
“Capital, capital,” replied War :
reh, wSk
away.
" “‘and Sheridan twenty miles
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Wise Dogs..
“Why IS it that 'the uog Is always
referred, to ns tlie most Intelligent ani
mal?"
••Because be knows bow to get a
good living without doing any-work."
replied the horse.—New Orleans Plea-
THE DA! BllloU OF JAPAN.
A Husband’s Dream.
“Here is some money, my love,”
said a husband.
“I don’t want any,” replied his
wife.
“Come, now, darling; take this
ten dollar bill and go out shop
ping 1”
“Thank you dearest, but I really
don’t care to. I would rather, stay
at home and help the maid!”
Then he awoke.
Ho Know Kis Business. I When Philip of Mueodon ap
The elderly woman was walking protiched by night with his troops
along with a young woman, evident- to scale the walls of Byzantium the
ly her daughter, and a young man. moon, then new -or in crescent,
A newsboy persistently asked the shone out and discovered his design
voung man to bu v a paper. , to the besieged, who repulsed him.
“G’wan and b"v one. 1 Ant to The crescent .was after that adopted
nil out and git : omo to my maw! ns 'the favorite badge of the city.
File’s by herself.” The boy,hung on When the Turks took Byzantium " r * ie
"until he was dismissed by a nega- they,found the crescent in every , raaQ y
five nod. Then he approached the public place and, believing it to’-j mau > J
elderly woman.
“YoU buy one,” lie said.
“No; I can’t read,” said tho wo-
r an, witli. a smile. “I’m a German,”
Thpn the young inun was np-
pVoached again. “You kin read. Go
V-'.’qad and buy onc v You kin read it
her;"
| possess some magical power, adopt
ed it themselves.
Whippad Cream.
“Look here,” shoutbd the irate
neighbor b.vdr- the fence, “your
youngest sou lias been stoning my
cats and pilfering my apples! lie
“No; my eyes are bad. I can’t see is a scamp
very well.” ! “Don't talk that way about my
But the rtetVsboy wns determined son,” blurted (lie fond parent,
to itmlcd'a sale. “Well, buy one'for “Why, lie is considered tlie cream
•' jour; ’girl,”, indicating tho. younger of our family." £,
i wo nan. “She’s got pretty cycs!”| “Tho.cronm, ont? Well, Yd like
And, needless to say, ho made tho to see him whipped.” — Chicago
sale.—Indianapolis Nows. News. - .
The'“Original” Old Man. in.
“Why do you spend so much time
in the society of that old tnan ?”■/.-
“He is such an original bid chap
that I love to hear him talk.”
“In what way is lie original?"
“He says he was a private in the
war, that he was hot one of the best
ball players among the boys of bis
day, that lots of other boys could
swim better than he could, arid any
boy in to#'n could.bent blm fighting,’
and that he wns’not at- all good
looking, and that he was never a
favorite with the girls.”—Houston
Post.
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Her Method of Darning.
“The worst case of a henpecked
ever saw/’ said the traveling
is up in my little native place
among the Berkshire hills. The
lien in this cube is a smart woman,
who runs a farm and keeps every
thing shipshape except her husband.
She is coujeut to let him get along
in any .ofipfiShiW, so long as he
does not interfere with her work.
One day lie askpd her apologetically
if slip wouldn’t- darn at least one
pair of his stockings, for tjvery pair
lie owned had holes.
“She gave him a crushing glance-
arid said, -If every pair has holes,
wear tub; paij'S, and the good places
in one will cover the hoicks in thr
other.’ And she made him do it
too.”—New York Press.
These Statues of Buddha Are Often of
• Enormous Proportions. .
A most familiar sight .in Japan .is
the Dai Butsu, or statue of Buddha,
of which there are a- great many
scattered throughout that country.
Most of them are ancient relies arid
are convincing monuments of tho
skill, zeal and piety of. the monks
and nuns of the “good old days” of
Japan. As they are, moreover, usu
ally found in some beautiful grove,
or near some spot.conspicuous for
its natural attractions,-these quaint
figures of the “Light of Asia” fur
ther testify, to the excellent: taste of
their creators in the choice of a lb-’
cation and:setting for votive monu
ments.
Some of these figures of Bqddha
are of huge size, those at Kamakura
and Nara are-famous. The-fourth
largest Dai Butsu in Japan, is the
quaint old bronze statue at Uyeno,
the celebrated sacred park and re-
Bort at Tokyo. This figure is n<?t
so largo as the others referred, to,
but is still j>f quite imposing dimen
sions, being some twenty-one and a
hrij-f feet in height. It dates from
about 1GG0, so that it is a compara
tively .modern production, as such
things go in Japan. . -
This Dai Butsu is most charming
ly situated lit Uyeno park, famed
for its many ancient temples arid
tombs of>the shoguns,; one of the
most attractive of sricb resorts in Ja
pan. Here amid stately cr-yptomerias
and other, majestic forest trees, the
famous cherry trees that at tlie
time of the great cherry blosspm.
festival delight all the,inhabitants
.of the region with their gorgeous
display, old stone lanterns, centuries
old pagoda's, gilding and carving,
black and white. In the mule they
are block and yellow, but always <St
a lively anil' brilliant tint. They also
rest upon a around of short. Iliie amt
copious,hairs, whose 1 llisrif consldera-
hly augments the tfenei-ariieauty ol’ the
eolora..— Esehii.iure .
Gilhoucttos.
“For a long time/’ said, the serv
ant to Iter mistress, “1 have want
ed to ask who those black faces
are*in the picture over tlie writing
table.”
“Those are silhouettes,” explain
ed the mistress. “They tire the
gra'ndpareuts of my husband, atiiil
the little girl is his mother as a
child.”
“Yes, but the tiling that seems so
strange to me is that your huaban'fl
is white, while his ancestors were
blacks.”—Der Guckaoten.
Mirabeau’s Trump*t Voice.
Mira beau hud a voice like a trum-
! pet, and when he raised it in threat
or denunciation the effect was awe
inspiring. The impression he creat
ed was greatly heightened by his
manner, his personal appearance
being exceedingly imposing. He had
a .way of lifting his head and shak
ing it to give emphasis, to his peri
ods that made the- beholders in
voluntarily draw back with fear.
Wonderful.
Two sailors were pasting an eye
hospital, when one said to the oth
er: “Jack, there’s a wonderful place.
Why, man, in there they’ll take your
eyes out- and put them on the table
arid leit yon look at thom.”-~Bostoa
Transcript.
Wonderful Monastery.
' At Solovetsk, in the Russian gov
ernment of Archangel, is the most
remarkable monastery in the world.
The monastery of Solovetsk is in
closed on every side by a wall of
granite bowltlers which measures./
pearly a mile in circumference,
[rite monastery itself is very-strong
ly fortified, being supported by
round and squarp towel’s about
„i, '“““"walls/
the statue of the great teacher rises ■ thirty foot in height, with
in impressive size. The placid fea- twenty foot in thickness. The mon-
tures seem to reflect the beauty of. astcry consists in reality of six
tho scene with singular/ttness. churches, which arc completely
Though the great figures of Bud- ^filled with statues.of qjl kinds and
dha found throughout Japan vary precious stones. Upon the walls
considerably in artistic merit, their arid the towers surrounding these
great, size makes them striking as
well as characteristic, objects, when
viewed in their usually effective set
ting.—American Traveler’s Gazette.
churches are mounted huge guim,
which in the time of the Crimean,
war were directed against the Brit
ish White sea squadrom ... _ ,
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