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Our Price to You $95.00— Rubber Tired. Our Price to You $55.00 Runabout. Our Price to You $65.00. We Are Hie Only Factory In Tin South Selling Died To You AT WHOLESALE PRICES We guarantee our Buggies to be as good in EVERY respect as any buggy on the market costing you $20.00 more. Call and examine them or write us and we will tell you how you can see them before you buy. Buy from us and save the middle man’s profit. We build but one grade only—the very best. It is to your interest to see our line before you buy. If we havn’t what you want will make it for you. Covington BUGGY Company Always Busy Covington, Georgia. Rubber Tiring and Repairing done by us. The Tragic Career of Picaud, a Cobbler of Paris. |HIS RISE TO GREAT WEALTH Thrown Into Jail by Secret Enemies, He Was Left a Fortune by a Fell*w Prisoner — Released, His Scheme of Vengeance Brought Him Death. That romantic creation of tlie brain bf Alexandre Dumas, “The Count of Monte Cristo,” hail a counterpart lu M ai life in France lu the last century This is the tragic story: In 1807, when Napoleon was at the height of his power, Francois Picaud Has a sturdy young journeyman cob bier of Paris, full of health and uni hwl spirits and happy iu the love of Marguerite Yigoureux, a young girl of his own station in life. On the eve his marriage hidden enemies de¬ nounced him to the imperial govern fueut as a spy. lie was cast luto pris on, where he remained, forgotten by "orld, for seven years. Among his fellow prisoners was a 'Hnuthy Milanese priest, who treated 1Ul lil ' e a son and bequeathed to him J-OOO.OOO , francs on deposit in the Bank if -Amsterdam. Furthermore* this ee - 1 Mastic told Picaud the secret of a F e “jog aled Jewels place in to Italy the where were eon value of 1.200,000 v!!'! pillions. 8 1,11(1 specie amounting to three ’ h tlle ® n empire was overthrown in - I 8 ' 'caiid was one of a vast nam |p I,, r ! 1 e f who P° llllcal were prisoners given their throughout lirM- freedom. ,ruCee(le( I To gather the priest's I ‘‘•tMin- and to plan vengeance upon enemies. Who they were he did n °t know. it!,.'" i( e! i 1 '- v Prihlng as an Italian priest, he sue the least guilty of c,,Us l>irators and discovering the er in (0ry ° f llls ul,doI »K The lead H r u ‘ ,li t lie learned " was one Lott *Vi ■i.r.T, ’ u< " ‘ Ux ll0 prospered had married Marguerite I, - and become the f es f to or Paris. one of the handsomest p to ■ a suhm a ^to^ulse ca Pital and under |"alt> f n obtained work as a P' e H ow ‘-"upaiu's establishment. ■Solar,' l-w-ith , ai S < lTants * (it rvuls there were (Juilhem “ Chaubard, who, jin ^ r had denounced IMoaud ■not w lle Pretended waiter was |a „‘r , 11 bringing his Ifirst C0 vengeance to rnmatlon - Chaubard was the [pierce,i' vi °f his " ruth His body, ■of tK„ a kni te. was found on oue IwSvTr i ^graced, 0Ver the reduced Seine. Lou — to_ pen¬ ury and finally stabbed to death in~the Tullerles gardens Solari was poison ed and died iu frightful convulsions. But speedy retribution overtook the implacable avenger. One night Picaud was seized, hound and borne to an abandoned quarry. In the darkness a terrible voice said: “IMcaud. what name are you passing under now? Are you still the priest Baldiui or the waiter Prosper? You wished for revenge. You have sold yourself to the powers of hell. Ten years you have given to the pursuit of three wretches you should have spared Me you dragged down to perdition. The diamond by which you bribed me was my destruction. 1 killed him who cheated me. 1 was arrested, condemn¬ ed to the galleys and escaped only after years of torture My one thought has been vengeance on the priest Bal dini. You are in my power. Do you know me? I am Antoine Allut. How much will you pay for bread and wa ter?” “I have no money,’’ groaned Picaud. “You have sixteen millions. These are my conditions: I will give you something to eat twice a day. but for each meal you must pay me 25.000 francs.” However, the cupidity of the prison¬ er proved stronger than his huoger He underwent terrible suffering with¬ out any signs of yielding until his captor, goaded to fury at the prolong¬ ed obstinacy, threw himself upon Pi¬ caud and stabbed him to death.—Book¬ man. A Thackeray Story. A correspondent of London Notes and Queries contributes this anecdote of Thackeray: Thackeray once desired to succeed Cardwell as M P. for the city of Ox¬ ford and wheu returning from his can¬ vass said: “What do you think. Card well! Not one of your constituents ever heard of me and my writings.” He prefaced “constituents” with a strongish adjective. Strange, if true. They must have been starving in the midst of plenty. Clerk's Elbow. “To remove shiny spots from coat elbows and trousers seat?,” said a clerk —“I’ll tell you how it is done.” The sun was strong on him as, upon ills lofty stool, he munched his mid¬ day sandwich from thin. JrJ; smeared fingers, but on his old clerk's coat and old trousers no shiuy spots reflected the light. “ ‘Clerks’ elbow’ such spots are call¬ ed.” he said. “It's like housemaids’ knee. To cure It you soak the glitter¬ ing spot In cold water for half an hour Then you take a teasel-that's a very stiff thistle—and you rub the spot with it till a nap or fuzz is raised up. Then with a clothesbrush you lay the nap down the right way, and, presto, the shine is gone.'”—New THE ,COVINGTON NEWS COAL AS FUEL It Was In Use as Far Back as the Time of King Solomon. The first mention of coal in the an¬ nals of mankind occurs in the Bible, Proverbs xxvi, 21, as follows: “As coals are to burning coals and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindle strife.” This was written about 1010 B. C„ at the time King Solomon came into power. Part of his dominion was Syria, and ancient coal mines are worked in that country today. There are several other references to coal in the Bible, all of a later date. Tools and cinders have been found near the Roman wail, indicating that the Brit¬ ons were familiar with the use of coal prior to the Roman invasion in 54 B. C. The first actual record of a coal transaction is the receipt for twelve cart loads of coal written by the good abbot of Peterborough, A. D. 852. Years before the Christian era coal was in common use in China. Anthra¬ cite coal is powdered, mixed with wet clay and rolled into balls. These are I dried in the sun, and the poor use this | fuel In little hand furnaces precisely as they did centuries ago. Marco Polo speaks of seeing in 1275 “a kind of black stone in Cathay that is used to burn better than wood.” Marco Polo’s countrymen refused to believe the traveler’s tale. The earliest historic mention of coal in the United States is by the French Jesuit missionary father Hennepin, who in his journal in 1079 speaks of traces of coal appearing on the hanks of the Ulinols river and makes the site of a “cole mine” on the James river, near Richmond, the first mine opened for the market. In 1700 anthracite was discovered in the Wyoming valley and a sample of the coal sent to Thom¬ as and William Penn In London.—Car • rington Phelps in Metropolitan Maga¬ zine. _ No Sand In Sandpaper. “There is no sand in sandpaper,” ' said the manufacturer. “It is powder¬ ed glass that does the business. That's where the broken bottles go to.” He nodded toward a mass of broken bot¬ tles in the yard. “We powder the glass into half a dozen grades.” he said. “We coat our paper with an even/lay er of hot glue. Then without loss of time we spread on the glass powder. Finally we run a wooden Toller lightly over the sheets to give them a good surface. When iu the past they made sandpaper of sand It wouldn't do a quarter of the work that glass paper does.’’—Cincinnati Enquirer. Bride's Pie Joke. Her—Richard! Why on earth are vou cutting your pie with a knife? Him—Because, darling - now, under¬ stand. I’m not finding any fault, for ! know that these little oversights will occur—because you forgot to give me a can opener.-Cleveland Leader. HUMAN BAIT. Th« Men Who Gather Leeches In th» Swamps of England. Pale and lean, he spoke lu a low voice, crumbling a water cracker: “Divln’ is hard work, and sulphur minin’ Is hard work, but how’d you like to be bait at 4 shillin’ a day? That ain't quite a dollar. “I was human bait for a leech dealer I in England all one spring, it was back in the eighties, but 1 ain’t never recov¬ i ered the healthy color and weight what j I lost. I guess I never will now. “Down Norfolk way I baited—down in the Norfolk broads. Broads is swamps. AH them swamps, together with the mild, moist climate, makes Norfolk a great place for leeches. M# and a dozen other chaps was leech bait. “We would wade in with our breeches rolled up to our knees, and as soon as we’d feel a leech on our legs we'd tear him off and drop him iu a basket slung from the shoulder. Quick as thunder we’d do it, but he’d be considerable plumped out even in that little while. And when a dozen leeches settled on you together the last of ’em by the time you got round to him would bo as fat and heavy as a lump of lead, whilst you'd be that much lighter natcberly. “In the late spring the leeches took to deep water. Then the bait had to strip and wade in up to their chins. With all that surface to look after, we played a losin’ game with the leeches. The quickest of us couldn’t stand more’n four hours of it without most faintiu’ from weakness. And the pain! For some parts of the human bait ts mighty sensitive, I tell you. “The trade’s died out now. There’s no more call for leeches, and it’s a good thing. Bein’ bait is too hard on a man. It’s worms’ work.”—New Or¬ leans Times-Democrat. An Alibi. The milkman stood before her nerv¬ ously twirling his hut In his hands. “So.” she said sternly, “you havu come at last.” “Yes. madam. You sent for me, 1 believe," he replied. “I wished to tell you that I found a minnow in the milk yesterday morn¬ ing.” “I am sorry, madam, but if the cows will drink from the brook iustead of from the trough I cannot help it."— Harper's Weekly. She Was On. Mrs. Boozer (3 a. m.)—This is a nice time for you to lie coming home. Where have you been? Mr. Boozer Been setting up. my dearest, wlz a friend. Mrs. Boozer—How many drinks did you set up?—Cincinnati Enquirer. Friendship consists in being a friend, not having a friend.—Pittsburg PreM. I have begun the manufacture of all the delicate and delicious Candies and am offering the following Specials for the week, all made from the purest ingredients: Peanut Brittle, Cocoanut Brittle, Orange cream kisses Cocoanut cream cakes, Cocoanut cream kisses, Maple Cocoanut cream kisses. Cherry cream kisses, Walnut cream cakes, Italian Cream, Vanilla Peanut and Walnut Flavors. I have also added a Qu ick Lunch tand To my place and am prepared to serve Oysters in any style, and quick lunches to the public at any hour of the day. J. L. Smith, Phone 22L Leader in High Grade Cigars and Tobacco. —Everybody wants to know what are fireless cookers that are being ad vertised so much. They are on sale at Everitt’s Furniture Store. Call and see them. —The Huson Ice Wagons have no tops. They have high red bodies. If you will call phone 62 ice will be sent you promptly. Buy home made, dis¬ tilled water ice.