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Mammoth Sale of Choice and Valuable Building A T SALE BEGINS OVERLOOK PARK Friday, May 21st, Covington, Ga. And Continues Until all LOTS ARE SOLD. Property will be divided into nice large lots of equal size, with 50-foot streets. Watch for the full page advertisement in this paper describing fully everything regarding this sale. ujJuulul Qnapial NntiPQ llUlluU ! Lots ^ r Under ' da T’ May 14th, at 10 O’clock, we will give away Absolutely FREE Ten ■ the fairest Conditions possible. The only requirement isthat when h e receives the free lot he must put building material on that Lot by Tuesday, May 18. It must be new Lumber, shingles or any legitimate material required for building a house, and must consist of two or more two-horse wagon loads. Each party receiving a Free Lot is required to keep this building material on lot and build a house on same lot within twelve months. House must not be less than 3-rooms and cannot be sold to a ne ^ r ° ° r ren * e< ^ *° a ne 8 ro * Deeds will be made to these lots when house is completed. This is a great opportunity and simply means that we expect to build up and improve Overlook Park as fast as it can be done. Every lot sold on May 21st will bear the condition that it can never be transferred to a negro. So be on hand at the greatest Land sale Middle Georgia ever had. A sale conducted in a clean, legitimate business way, designed to benefit everybody and to develop desirable improvements. We pride ourselves on the fact that we do not misrepresent a single thing. We mean to do even more than we advertise. Watch for the page add to follow this and read our circulars carefully. Starr, Adams & White. THE LUMINOUS HALO. [Psychic Explanation of an Oft Wit* nessed Phenomenon. I was summoned one day to the Salt Ipetriere In Paris to see a woman who [lay in a bed in the dark. She was a woman whose body, nerves, brain, had been teased and tortured for years In psychic and occult experiment. What mental perturbation was racking that brain I did not know, and the physi¬ cians at her bedside did not know. [With clinched hands and teeth and eyes open wide the woman lay there. Her breathing was irregular and not Seep. What we saw was this: A lumi¬ nous halo of a vague orange hue that circled her head, even as In the old pictures of martyred saints you see (beheads nalo mooned with faded gold. This was fluctuant. It came and went. It was a light that flickered, grew, (faded, formed itself anew. A miracle, this aureoled head? If you want to call it that. Words are not of great Importance. It was a miracle when it glowed around the bead of a martyr tortured In the arena, tortured by pain nnd fear that his Associated Psychic centers produced (he luminous phenomenon of the exteriorization w energy. Perhaps it were better to call It at pnee a fact a miracle that aud a presclentlflc fact f ~ ' is. v* ieh Is occult, but Is 1 'he way of becoming known. I naked Ur. Frere what he thought pf ‘ this I miracle. have often seen It,” he said. The of his experiments was the mad pouse ipathle at Rleetre. There many neuro patients abide, and often pses of severe headache or of rell T ous ecstasy he has seen these fluctu pat aureoles he around the hend. rays are often twenty f perfect rs ' 1,1 extent, aureole." quite regular, forming a he explained. ere is, then, a form of energy en oucd with luminous properties ng * rom the human body in F if fampton’s n C0n ^ltlons.—Vance Magazine. * amrned ^ » Shark. Tho can/*? 56 1 shark fcver E 11° the ! ' story whlc shark eafs was Win at Charged a steamer. | Em Vancouver* account^T n F har,0tte ’ 8 sound, ' ^ ,Dcldent “PPeared file If stem j; r F yhich ,,aper - The captain only ’ was a small Bn the t0DS or so saw the f ’ lould r aoe 011 ’ l,e P°rt bow tig ► a s| eaist ,he temptation of l<> have’ i iereu P° n the monster, fength, deii)°f KTa,eIy n fully c barged twent the y feet !r The i Itern, I? 1 (,uivered from stem and ,.T ca ,a,n ■hat Els it w P said n „ lk ? striki,) dignis K a rock. . °. teni |a<l had of B Per Master fight —x and 8ank out journal. ^ Bridges In THE BUSY BEES. How the Insects Work When They Are Collecting Honey. Upon the approach of a bee to any flower it flies around the calyx almost always before alighting upon the flow¬ er Itself. This Is a cursory examina¬ tion. and with Its antennae out¬ stretched and quivering it is evidently scenting the honey contained within. Should this prove a fruitful flower and of the flavor required the bee set¬ tles on the center of the stamen and, clutching It with its four front legs, steadies Itself with its longer out¬ stretched two hindermost ones and withdraws the nectar by its proboscis, the wings of the body assuming a vibratory motion the while. The bee’s proboscis is a most impor¬ tant instrument. It is composed of about forty cartilaginous rings, each of which is fringed with minute hairs, having also a small tuft of hair at its extremity, where it is somewhat ser¬ rated. Its movement is like the trunk of an elephant and is susceptible of extension and contraction, bending and twisting in all directions. Thus, by rolling it about, it searches out the calyx, pistil and stamen of every flow¬ er and deposits its nectar upon the tongue, whence it passes into the gul¬ let at the base. The gullet, or first stomach, is the honey bag. No digestion takes place here. In shape it is like an oil flask and when full contains about one grain. It is susceptible of contraction and Is so arranged as to enable the insect to disgorge its contents into the cells of the hive.—Philadelphia North American. ____ Did He Mean to Be Funny? The editor of a newspaper whose policy it is to print many letters from correspondents in neighboring towns recently received such a communica¬ tion from his representative in one place as to whicli he was not quite sure. He could not decide whether the correspondent was unconsciously humorous or whether he was endeav¬ oring to comply with the standing in¬ structions of the paper to “always be on the lookout for any little touch of humor that may brighten up our col¬ umns.” The item read as follows; “Mr. Harry Spinks, the well known butcher of this place, has been losing flesh rapidly of late.”-Lippineott’s. An Amendment. “I’m a terror, I be.” announced the new arrival in Frozen Dog to one of the men behind the bar. “Be ye?” handle “Takes three men to me once I get started." he went on. *••*•** “Oh, well.” he remarked as he arose painfully and dusted off his clothes, “of course if ye’re shorthanded I sup¬ pose two kin do it on a plnch.”-Every body’s. HIS HARDEST TASK. The Bull the Matadore Found It Most Difficult to Kill. There is no description of a bullfight In Mrs. Maud Howe Elliott’s book, “Sun aud Shadow In Spain.” but there is ft record of a meeting with a mata¬ dore In the studio of the court painter. Don Jose Villegas, and the ensuing conversation, a part of which revealed the bullfighter in an unexpectedly gen¬ tle light. It also makes plain the fun¬ damental reason why Americans ob¬ ject to bullfights. "How many bulls have you killed?” some oue asked of the matadore. "In twenty-five years 1 have killed 3,500 bulls." “Were you ever afraid?” “I have been afraid many, many times. On those occasions 1 put my trust in my legs and ran as fast as 1 could. “The bull, however. Is the noblest of animals and the bravest. He never makes a cowardly attack from behind. He is so frank. He Is terrible, though. A man needs nerve to face him w hen he comes into the ring pawing the earth and bellowing.” “Will you tell us about the bull that was the hardest of all to killV” The matadore's face changed. “He was n white bull.” he said slow¬ ly, “and he didn’t want to fight. When he first came in lie put his muzzle In my hand. He followed me about like a little dog. 1 led him with the cloak wherever I wanted to go. Yes. that was the hardest bull of all to kill.” THE “GHOST FLUID.” There Is an experiment, first made by Dr. J. Maxwell, advocate general at the court of appeals in Paris, a dis¬ tinguished magistrate and physician, which may be repeated in any drawing room. Place a screen covered with a dark colored cloth in front of a window so that the light falls full upon it. Be¬ tween the window and the screen put the subject of your experiment. Let him hold his hands, palms toward the breast, finger tips touching, in such a position that they are projected against the dark background of the screen. Then bid him slowly separate bis hands, keeping the fingers extended widely. Standing behind him you will observe a sort of bluish gray cloud which seems to unite one hand to the other. Eight people out of ten will see this, says Vance Thompson in Hampton’s Magazine. in 300 tests made by Dr. Maxwell personally 250 folk of one sex and the other discerned the digital effluvia; about 5 per cent saw It tinged a decided blue, two saw It yellow in tone, and in one Instance the spectator saw It of a reddish hue. The experiment succeeds l>est in a warm room. Cold and damp work against It. The duration of durability is four or five seconds. THE COVINGTON NEWS GAVE THE SALUTE. Th* Old Soldier Obeyed the Command of the Young Officer. At Siboneyduring the Spanish-Amer lcan war a young lieutenant of a vol¬ unteer regiment was officer of the guard one day, aud as ly was strutting about in his new khaki uniform he no tieed a man dressed in what looked like the cast off clothes of a private soldier coming toward him. The man was apparently fifty-five to sixty years okl, of dark complexion, with hair and mustache streaSed with gray, and was clad in a faded blue army shirt, open at the neck, khaki trousers covered with mud tucked into boots in the same condition and a gray campaign hat much the worse for wear and having several holes cut In it for ventilating purposes. He was strolling along, with bis hands in bis pockets, and passed the young lieutenant without a salute or a sign of recognition of his rank. This was more than the young offi¬ cer's dignity could stand, and be stop¬ ped the man with a sharp “Halt, there!” The man halted and faced about, and the lieutenant asked: “Are you in the army?” “Yes, sir.” was the reply. “Regulars or volunteers?” “Regulars, sir.” “Haven’t you been in the service long enough to know that it is custom¬ ary to salute when you meet an officer in uniform?” “I know that. sir. but down here we’ve sort of overlooked salutes and ceremony.” “Well. I haven't, and I want you to understand it. Now, attention!” The man stood at attention. “Salute!” The salute was given. “How long have you been in the service?” “About thirty-five years, sir.” “Well, you have learned something about army regulations and customs this morning. Remember who gave you the lesson nnd when you meet me in uniform salute. 1 am Lieutenant - of the -. Now. what's your name and regiment?” The man who had received the les son had been smiling slightly under his mustache. Now he straightened up, saluted again and replied; “General Adna R. Chaffee, sir. com manding t lie —th division.” When the dazed lieutenant found the use of his tongue again and began to excuse himself the old general said kindly: “That’s all right, my boy. You were right. Of course you didn’t know. 1 suppose I do look pretty rough, and an enlisted man should salute an officer, even if we do overlook it sometimes Always stick as closely to regulations as that and you will make a good offi¬ cer ” The old soltRer nodded pleasantly Now is the time to use a Blood purifier and Tonic. Have you tried Robinson’s Black Billers. If not, Try a bottle. Satisfac¬ tion guaranteed or money back. 50c, 75c and $1.25 Per Bottle. FOll SALE BY Coogler & Wood, Mansfield, Ga. W. S. Marbut, Almon, Ga. Dr. Luke llobinson, Covington. Ga. NICE FRESH GROCERIES You will always find at my store as nice and fresh Gro¬ ceries as can be found in the city, and when you purchase them from me I make it a point to get them to your home just as quick as it is possible for me to do it. FRESH MEATS I also have in connection with my store a first class Meat Market and can furnish you with the choice kind of Meats you like so well. Giveme an order. I will appreciate it and will try to please you. Cigars aud Tobacco. Cash Paid for Hides. R. F. Wright, Covington, Georgia.