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IN EVERY
household
It is necessary to have on hand
some physic ready for immediate
use, and for this purpose we con¬
fidently recommend
Robinson’s
Black Bitters
They are no sure cure remedy,
.,ut they do act on the stomach,
li er, kidneys, bowels and other
vital organs pleasantly, promptly
and as a rule do not gripe or pain.
Are Guaranteed
To be of benefit in cases of slug¬
gish feeling, can’t sleep, dark
rings under the eyes, sallow skin,
sour belches, heartburn, full feel¬
ing after meals, backache from in
a< ive kidneys, constipation, loss
oi appetite, headache from billious
ness, constipation or over-eating,
indigestion, pain in stomach after
a hearty meal, etc., etc.
It’s a liquid medicine prepared
only
t
By One Person
Dr. Luke Robinson, and cannot be
prepared by anyone else. For he
alone knows from 20 years practi¬
cal experience how to so combine
the following 17 roots, barks, herbs
gums, etc., to make a palatable
sure relief
Household Remedy
Stillingia, Berberis-Aquifol, Bur¬
dock Root, Prickly Ash, Sarsapa¬
rilla Root, Polk Root, Rhubard
Root, Columbo, Gentian, Aloin,
Tr. Nux Vom.. Iron, with styptic
taste removed, F. K. Ginger, F.
E. Guiac, F. E. Cascara Segranda,
Tiniture Peppermint, 8 year old
I pure corn whiskey to preserve the
I ingredients.
Ask your family doctor about
- the above ingredients and he will
tell you that they compose largely
Ids main drugs in the above cases.
* I feel quite sure that one in any of
^the above conditions can find
No better
iicine than Robinson s Black
ets for their troubles. Remem
every bottle sold on its merits.
iot benefitted call on the agent
bought of, carry your bottle
i
t write vour name on the label
tell the agent what you were
ing it for and say your case was
benefitted and get your money
k Isn’t that fair? I have
yet had a bottle returned,
rer as
does that speak for the
low
Houdin’s Experience Among the
Marabouts of Algeria.
AN ARAB TRAP THAT FAILED.
The Great French Conjurer Stood the
Test and Then by Another Trick
Cowed His Infuriated Antagonists.
The Story of Palmer’s Curse.
There are some points of resem¬
blance between the story of the great
French coqjurer, Robert Houdin, and
the maraboots and the story of Palm¬
er’s curse. The first named tale is,
strictly speaking, incredible only when
regarded from the oriental point of
view.
In the fifties the administrators of
the French African empire were seri¬
ously hampered by the fanatical mar¬
abouts, who by their tricks of juggling
persuaded their followers of their own
supernatural powers and used this be¬
lief to fan the spirit of insurrection.
Houdin was seat officially on a French
warship to Algeria to confound them.
While his task proved easy, the trip
was not without'its dangers.
In Algiers he had allowed himself
to be shot at vjdth pistols loaded by
the marabouts. But once In the inte¬
rior, when he was absolutely without
the tools of hia profession, he was
forced to repeat the experiment. He
was frightened, but he did not allow
his fears to be perceived. He persuad¬
ed his audience to postpone the test
until next morning In order that he
might pass the night In prayer, as he
was without the talisman that he
needed If the feat was to be perform¬
ed Immediately.
The night he devoted not to prayer,
but to insuring his invulnerability, and
the next day before a great horde of
Arabs he submitted to the test. The
French conjurer insisted that in the
sight of every one fbe pistols should
be loaded by his enemies themselves.
Then he calmly tocte his place and
gave the signal. The •eound of the pis¬
tol had oot died away when Houdin
opened his lips, showing the bullet
held firmly between Us teeth.
His infuriated adversary reached for
the other pistol, but the conjurer was
too quick. “You could not harm me,"
he said, *1aut now see how much great¬
er my powers are than yours. Behold
the wall.'’ He fired, and out on the
whitewash at the exact spot of his
aim there crept slowly a great splotch
of blood. The marabouts, in terror,
cowered before the prowess of the Eu¬
ropean magician.
Less fortunate in his fate than Hou¬
din was the English orientalist E. H.
Palmer. He fell a victim to fanati¬
cism, but the story of his terrible curse
will long be repeated and cause shud¬
ders to run round Bedouin campfires.
Only upon the theory of metempsycho¬
sis can be explained his extraordinary
powers of assimilating the languages
and ideas of the east.
He was brought up In the conven¬
tional! atmosphere of England, but
when he turned his attention to orien¬
tal subjects he did not merely learn;
he simply absorbed. Not only were
Persian, Hlndoostanee and Arabic per
fectty familiar to him, but he knew
every obscurity of the slang of the
camel drivers, and during his long
voyages In the east his European ori¬
gin was never suspected. Just as
Houdin had been officially employed
by the French government, so Palmer
was by the English, but in a more
intimate capacity.
Before the exploit that proved fatal
he had many dangerous adventures.
Once he was led away by a treacher¬
ous guide and betrayed to an Arab
gang who meant to rob and kill htin.
He guessed their Intentions, and when
they began to inflict upon him petty
annoyances he pretended not to notice
them. Finally, however, the abuse be¬
came too obvious to be longer ignored.
He sprang to hia feet and drew out a
letter that he had received from an
English lady. “This to me! Down on
your knees, you dogs, and kiss the
handwriting of the sultan!” Down on
their knees, cowed and groveling, fell
his flOO captors.
In 1882 Palmer was sent on a secret
service mission among the Bedouin
tribet to persuade them against Join¬
ing tfiie rebellion of Arabl Pasha. He
was betrayed and shot. But Just be¬
fore his death he laid upon his assas¬
sin* the weight of his terrible curse.
Now, In the east a curse is something
not to be regarded lightly, and Palm¬
er's was one of particular awfulness.
It was his last means of defense,
amd, while It did not save him, It blast¬
ed the hearing and destroyed the lives
of those upon whom It fell. They
shrank away from one another In hor¬
ror. Some of them confessed their
crime and were executed; all of them
within a few months came to violent
deaths. Palmer's curse is still remem¬
bered with terror In the east.—Book¬
man.
Got More Than the Cigar,
He was dining at a restaurant In the
neighborhood of Leicester square, and
while he was 6ipping his black coffee
and fMng 500 glances to the minute at
a girl In a fluffy pink and white dress
a stranger gracefully commandeered
hia overcoat. He had Just reached the
door when the owner tapped him on
the shoulder.
“Pardon me, sir,” he said meekly,
“but would you allow me to get an¬
other cigar from my coat pocket in
case I do not meet you again?”
Keep alive in your breast that little
gpark of celestial fire called conscience.
—Washington.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
HOLLAND HOUSE.
One of England’* Picturesque and His¬
toric Mansions.
Few mansions In or near Londoa
are more picturesque in their sur¬
roundings or more interesting from
their associations with the past than
Holland House. The doifmln In which
It stands Is a perfect rus In urbe—a
green oasis in a w ilderness of bricks
and mortar. When you pass from the
noisy traffic of Kensington road and
enter the great gates there is a trans¬
formation scene. In a few paces Lon¬
don has disappeared, and you find
yourself all at once in the heart of the
country. You might be In the ftwwt
of Arden, a hundred miles from Pic¬
cadilly—lawns shaded by noble cedar
trees, woodland glades, a green lane
with over arching boughs, and farther
on terraced walks, the stone balus¬
trades and the formal parterre of the
Dutch garden. The house itself has a
long, irregular frontage, a fantastic
medley of turrets, gables, arcades and
oriel windows. The series of -sitting
rooms on the first floor are warm,
comfortable and homelike and filled
with a priceless collection of family
portraits and heirlooms. No wonder
that Charles Fox was devoted to the
place where he had passed a careless
and happy boyhood and in his last Ill¬
ness drove over from Chiswick to
view once more the famillur scenes,
which he regarded with a special ten¬
derness and affection. Naturally his
memory is cherished here, and he la
still to some extent the tutelary geulua
of the place. There Is a statue of him
at the end of the avenue in the park;
there la a bust of him by Nollekena
In the entrance hall; there is a charac¬
teristic note in his handwriting on the
hack of a miniature of Robespierre—uu
scelerat, un lache, et un fou (a rascal,
a coward and a fool—and there is a
picture of him by Sir Joshua as a
youth with two charming damsels,
one of whom made a romantic mar¬
riage with an actor, while the other
refused the hand of a king and lived
to become the mother of the heroic
Napiers, Almost every room has Its
tradition. In fact, wherever you tread
“a history is beneath your fee
Blackwood’s.
DUELING IN ITALY.
Prince Henry of Orleans.
Turin and Prince Henry of Orleans.
manuel.’
prince’s Impulsive action and Inter¬
fered. “But," said King Humbert, bis
father, “how can It be stopped? Our
honor is now Involved.” Crlspi thought
t morneDt and then exclaimed: “1 have
it! The Count of Turin is Victor Em¬
manuel also!” And thus he was the
one who fought.
This, was followed by one of those
genial practical Jokes which convulsed
Europe. France at that time hated
Italy and never lost an opportunity to
sneer at her. It must be explained
that In Rome there was always at car¬
nival time a characteristic figure of a
little old man with an Immense sword
riding a donkey, who was a caricature
of the age of chivalry and was called
"General Mannaggia la ltocca.”
One day In the French papers ap¬
peared an imposing announcement that
General Mannaggia la ltocca threw his
glove at the feet of the entire French
nation and cast their base insinuations
in their teeth, inviting any or all to
mortal fight. Replies were not long In
coming, one of which was from a not¬
ed fencer and duelist of Ills day, M.,
Tomegueux, appointing his seconds and
announcing their arrival In Rome.
France was on the qulvlve, from gov¬
ernment personages to the bumble
bargee, and when the trick played
upon them was discovered all Europa
shrieked with laughter, and France the
loudest of all.—Pall Mall Gazette.
England’s National Anthem.
There Is a fourth verse of the na¬
tional anthem with which very few
Englishmen Indeed are familiar. But
it was given, apparently In all good
faith. In an old Hanoverian musical
work, and the daring of the last rhyme
almost reconciles one to the shocking
character of the sentiment:
God save great George, our king!
Long Uve our noble king!
God save the king!
Send us roast beef a store.
It It's gone, send us more,
And the key of the cellar door.
That we may drink.
—London Chronicle.
Bright Pupils.
“You have two Tery bright pupil*.
Miss Winsome,” remarked Mr. Sweeb
ly to the schoolma’am.
"Which ones do you mean, Mr.
Sweetly?”
“Why, those In your eyes, to be
sure. Pa t h fl nder.
A Righteous Judge.
One. Sunday morning a minister's
wife saw her eon chasing the hens
with a stick. 8he went to the door to
Investigate and heard him say, “I’ll
teach you to lay eggs In a minister’s
family on Sunday morning!”—Deline¬
ator.
The Growlers.
Stage Manager- I wish we could work
In a few more realistic touches in
this woodland scene. Now, how would
It be to have some one growl like a
bear? Author—The very thing! We'll
call in the critic*.—Kansas City inde¬
pendent
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Covington, Ga.
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In Covington, Ga., ONE FULL WEEK
December 13 to 18 Inclusive
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