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the best values for the money that have been shown in Covington. Nt " hlU Ha * h ’* 1,50 ’ 2 ’ ' , 0 ° and Mens New Fall Suits, 7.50, 10, 20, and 25. Mens New Fall Pants, $1.50 lhoys Hnvs , New Now Fall hall Knife Suits, # ---- * - .uy/, aim iucua new ran i ants, 2.50 - all( i * eu\ $1.50, 2.50, o cn 3.50 o 5 and 10. „ Mens New Fall Shirts and Underwear, Garment, 50c 75c y $1. New Fall oes for Men, Boys, Women and Children, 50c, 75c, $1, 1.50, 2, 2.50, 3, and $3.50 Pair. of [ailor from $10.00 per A Lot Made Suits to $25.00. Fine Millinery at all Prices. Covington’s |{is Store. \‘i\ IN THE STAGE. of the Olden Days In New , York City, ij many years ago, long before pers and rapid transit were of and New York was just a ring town, they used to tell a „t was ghastly enough to cur blood of the most skeptical [keep Lmtke people nights. of nervous temper [tale went that wife, of a returning summer i husband and om the theater, entered a Fifth stage far downtown and for locks were the only occupants, above Fourteenth street, bow ke stage came to an abrupt k door was opened, and three tea entered. One of the three fatly been drinking heavily i companions were obliged tc lm to his seat. The door was Behind them, and the stage cou¬ ps journey northward, t ten blocks farther on one of ; men rose and. bidding his good night, stopped the stage Ighted. A few minutes later lond of the three said. “Well, ight. Dick,’' pulled the strap. I to the sidewalk and walked High one of the side streets, remained in the stage only the land wife and the young man is obviously under the intlu f liquor and who sat In a ng attitude In a corner of the nder the dim flickering lamp, i a time the husband noticed be young man’s head seemed to [ping as if in sleep, and. fearing might be borne beyond his Itto. he rose, tapped him on the [t and called attention to the l of the street they had just There was no response, and and repeated his words, lean Iras he did so. Then be sud praightened up, turned to his fi said quickly, “We will get *?ac to protest, but he simply i the words, pulled the strap ^ her to alight. As they inder the corner lamppost she 'insisted questioningly and asked him bus on their getting out so far below their destina >®e." he replied, “that young wiatwas cut from ear to ear.” %e of Polstead, Suffolk, ■ stands a famous oak which as proved to be 2.000 years , re f has a girth of ttairty t »»d . , has been known ° ak siuoe always an ' undPr if the '"“Saxons unsstonuries preached to thirteen centuries a' eDt ' S comrDe “orated *r ,^7 bv a special service held un- . ►?« *r« »v. a a a »r. .r. »?. ►?« »r« »r« .r. »r. * * * ^ * T « * T * Mood Farm Land for Sale y farm 2 1-2 miles of Covington L ^le of Oxford and 1 -4 mile of the I r jj la Railroad for sale at a bargain. )nn CUl U P * n ^ arms 100, 1 50 [ 1 ,. acr es. Thss *■ I1UU is A%J some of VI the best , m Newton county and lies well. pa y you to see me. w - B. SHEPHERD, °''“Stan, Georgia W. Cohen, Covington, Ga. FELT HATS. Evolution of the Fluffy Fur Into the Finished Product. It is an Interesting matter to follow stage by stage the evolution of p little pile of soft, fluffy rabbit fur iuto the finished hat, whether a fight colored crush or a raven bla.-k hard bat of the derby shape. The general idea about such a hat Is that it is cut and made or molded out of a sheet of felt, so that amazement comes when oue is shown bales and heaps of rabbit fur and is told that it is out of this that hats are made. Felt indeed is not so much a primary material, hut felting is the process by which wool, fur or hair is matted together and formed Into a close fabric. For bats rabbit fur is the material used. The first step in its treatment is the thorough cleansing of the close clipped fur in a machine, which winnows it of all dirt or foreign matter and leaves it in a soft, fluffy condition resembling the finest and lightest down. Anything less resembling a hat it is impossible to imagine. But the mar¬ velous ingenuity of the nest process accomplishes au almost magical change. In the central bos of a hop¬ per-like machine a big copper coup re¬ volves. From above the soft, fluffy fur Is fed down in a shower, which clings like gray snow on the revolving cone, while jets of water and steam spray on the fur mat and plaster it into a complete covering. In a minute or two the coue is covered to the depth of one-eighth of au inch with this matter and saturated fur, which is now become felt. The machine Is stopped, the cone Is taken out, and the workman dexterously peels off the felt covering. Being built up on the cone. It is also cone shaped and looks like a gigantic sugar loaf bag. It is the em¬ bryo bat. In this first state It is a soft. wet. felt cone, measuring 24 by 30 Inches. Roiled up, it enters upon a series ot processes and is shrunk together so that it measures 10^ by 14 inches. The hat, now r a browny-gray felt cone, like a clown’s cap. is smoothed by being placed against rapidly revolv¬ ing sandpaper. It is stiffened by be¬ ing dipped in shellac, dyed black by immersion in a vat and then passes on to be shaped. Warm water gives the felt pliability again, and the man pulling out or “earsing" the apex oi the cone draws and smooths it down to a wooden block of the exact shape and size the bat is required to be. As it dries It takes its destined shape and firmness as regards the crown, while the brim is still flat and untrimmed. The body of the hat is now practi¬ cally finished. Then comes the shap¬ ing of the brim, whicb is worked down and bent over a wooden frame of tne exact curl and Hue of the ordained de¬ sign. _ THE LOVINGTON NEWS Evans Lunsford W. T. Milner. LUNSFORD & MILNER Wholesale and Retail BUILDERS SUPPLIES Lumber, Laths, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Blinds - - - Paints, Lead, Oil, Lime, Brick, Cement, Mill work a Specialty A Complete Stock of High Grade Roofings and Wall Plasters We carry the largest and best assorted stock of Building Material in this section of the state, and as we buy only from the best mills in the south, our gradings are considerably ABOVE THE AVERAGE. Estimates and prices cheerfully given. Contract work at closest prices consistent with honest work and material BE SURE TO SEE US BEFORE YOU BUILD WE WILL SAVE YOU MONEY, TIME AND WORRY Highest Endurable Temperature. It is difficult to say what the high¬ est temperature is that a human be¬ ing can live in. In the kitchens of some of the great hotels and in the stokeholds of some steamships the temperature gets to 140 or 145 de¬ grees. Cooks and their helpers and stokers have to endure that tempera¬ ture for hours at a time, and they seem to get along pretty well. The hottest place perhaps where human beings work Is in the vulcanizing fac¬ tories. where the Temperature Is -12. the boiling point of water. There are a few who can stand this heat for a little while at a time, but man can en dure no more.—New York American Vesuvius. Vesuvius cut but a small figure in history till the latter half of the first century of the Christian era. in 73 B. C. its crater served as a camp ot refuge to a band of gladiators, lu t>3 A. D. the serenity was broken by a violent grumbling that manifested it¬ self in a severe earthquake that shook up the surrounding region, tor sixteen years the subterranean rumblings con¬ tinued at intervals, and in the year .y A. D. came the great catastrophe in which Herculaneum and Pompeii were overwhelmed. In 1631 there was an¬ other terrible explosion, and since that time Vesuvius has seldom been at rest for many years together.—Exchange. A Culinary Tragedy. “What’s the matter, dearasked Mr Justwed as be came into the house and fobnd his wife crying as if her heart would break. “I am so discouraged." she sobbed. bothered little wife.' ^ “What has my “I worked all the afternoon making custards, because 1 knew you were so fond of them, and-and - Here she be gan weeping hysterically again. “And what, darling i “And they turned out to be spouge cakes.’ The Cleverest. Wlllv— You see. It was this way all three so dead in love They were eligible that to set¬ with her and all so the tle the matter she agreed to marry one who Arthur-And should guess did the she. nearest V\illy o her age. that she mar -l don’t know. 1 know who guessed the low. st. rled the one Naturally Who was Noah's wife, pa of Arc. my hoy. Now run “Joan <nnlnrott*S. ___r WE CARRY AN IMMENSE STOCK OE One and Two Horse. COLUMBUS WAGONS. These wagons are built of the very best material and ar to stand rough usage. If you are going to buy a wago want the best, come in and let us show you the COLUIV We are anxious to sell them and if you will give us a look, we’ll sell you the Best Wagon tf can buy, and guarantee every part of it. We appreciate your patronage. The Fincher-Norris Hardware Company, Covington, Georgia. Alphabetical Writing. Undoubtedly the most important in¬ vention in human history was that of the art of alphabetical writing. The first alphabet was devised by the Phoe¬ nicians, who gave the idea to the Greeks. They passed it to the Ro¬ mans. whose alphabet is the basis of nearly all of our modern ones. Capi¬ tals were used altogether till the sev¬ enth century, when small letters be¬ gan to come in. Punctuation, unknown at first, was introduced about 250 B. C. and was finally reduced to a system in 1500 by Aldus, the famous Venetian printer.—London Answers. Our Extravagance. Discussing England and the English from an American point of view, a re¬ cent American writer in England ob¬ serves: “Nobody, from the king down, is ei¬ ther ashamed or afraid to be econom¬ ical. In England a man or a woman is thought to be a fool or a vulgarian who is not careful of expenditure, while in America our waiters have been clever enough to make it appear that economy is mean, and as a nation we suffer accordingly. We are fools to be fooled in this manner. 1 * The People’s Bargain Giver Positive Proof. A lawyer going into the parlor of his home noticed pencil marks on the wall, put there, as he rightly supposed, by one of his children. He called his little five and six year old son and daughter lu to see which one had done the mis¬ chief. Of course each one blamed it on the other, so the father said, “Well, my son, a little bird told me he was sitting on the fence and saw you through the window marking the wall.” The little fellow answered, “Get that bird and make him prove It.”—Delineator.