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PACE SIX
WORRY DOES KILL
It Slowly but Sitrely Destroys the Cells
of the Brain.
Modern science bas brougnt to light
nothing more curiously interesting
than that worry will kill. More re¬
markable still, it has been able to de¬
termine just how worry does kill.
It is believed by many scientists
who have followed carefully the
growth of the science of brain dis¬
eases that scores of the deaths set
down to their causes are due to worry
and that alone. The theory is a sim¬
ple one, so simple that any one can
readily understand it.
Briefly put, it amounts to this: Wor¬
ry injures beyond repair certain cells
of the brain, and, the brain being the
nutritive center of the body, the other
organs become gradually injured, and
when some diseases of these organs or
a combination of them arises death
finally ensues.
Thus worry kills. Insidiously, like
many other diseases, it creeps upon
the brain in the form of a single, con¬
stant, never lost idea, and as a drop¬
ping of water over a period of years
will wear a groove in the stone, so
does worry gradually, imperceptibly
and no less surely destroy the brain
cells that lead all the rest, which are,
so to speak, the commanding officers
of mental power, health and motion.
Worry, to make the theory still
stronger, is an irritant at certain
points, which produces little harm if
it comes at intervals or irregularly.
Occasional worriment the brain can
cope with, but the iteration and the
reiteration of one idea of a disquiet¬
ing sort the cells of the brain are not
proof against.
It is as If the skull were laid bare
and the surface of the brain struck
lightly with a hammer every few sec¬
onds with mechanical* precision, with
never a sign of a stop or the failure
of a stroke. Just in this way does the
annoying idea, the maddening thought
that will not be done away with, strike
or fall upon certain nerve cells, never
ceasing, diminishing the vitality of the
delicate organisms that are so minute
that they can be seen only under the
microscope—Journal of Physiological
Therapeutics.
Truth Will Out.
Hubby (with irritation)—Why is it
that you women insist upon having
the last word?
Wifey (calmly)—We don’t. The only
reason we get it is because we always
have a dozen arguments left when you
stupid men are all run out—Ladies’
Home Journal.
Fate of a Speeder.
Gunner—Bigwood, the millionaire,
started off for a banquet and was ar¬
rested for speeding. Guyer—Then he
wasn’t wined and toasted? Gunner
No; instead he was fined and roasted.
—Chicago News.
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financial affairs with us—to let us
help your business matters. We try
to meet our customers wants—some¬
times it Is very inconvenient to/ do
htis, but we know that no financial «
Institution has stood by its customers, ?
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COVINGTON, GA
FRESH Groceries at JOHNSON'S
Fresh Seedless Raisins at 10c per pound.
Old Manse Maple Syrup, 35c a can
EVERYTHING Fresh in the Grocery Line
Bonham Johnson, Phone 1
CASK OF GLYCERIN.
The Admiral Had to Prove That It
Was Harmless.
Life in Ireland is never devoid of
the humorous, and when Admiral, then
Captain, John Moresby was stationed
at Queenstown, in 1S69, he had his full
share. He narrates in “Two Admirals”
that it became his duty to survey a
damaged ship laden with casks of
glycerin. For purpose of repair he
directed a portion of the cargo to be
landed and stored and thought no
more about it.
What was my astonishment next
day, he says, to find the whole town
in a panic and to be informed that
every life was in danger from the
deadly compound stored under one of
the principal offices of the place.
The town council assembled and sent
their health officer to stop all dis¬
charge of cargo and to remove the
vessel to the outer anchorage, and the
people gathered at the street corners
in agitated crowds to meet their doom
in comfortable companionship.
I vainly contended that it could be
nothing but pure glycerin.
“Pure glycerin, is it?” said the chair¬
man. “Well, there’s mighty little dif¬
ference between pure glycerin and im¬
pure glycerin, and the ship must be off
before we have the place blown about
our ears."
All I could say was: “Well, gentle¬
men, if it is nitroglycerin a blow will
explode it. I propose that a cask
should be put in a field, and I will fire
a shot at it. Will this satisfy you?”
After much deliberation this hand¬
some offer was accepted. I shall nev¬
er forget that procession nor the ago¬
nized countenances of the bearers who
lifted the cask to a cart as softly pad¬
ded for its reception as if it had been
an invalid in the last stages of disease.
“Patsy and Jim Dempsey had great
courage entirely,” was the comment of
the crowd as they followed at what
they believed to be a safe distance.
We wended our way into the coun¬
try attended by the prayers and bless¬
ings of all the old women of both
sexes whom we met en route, and the
gilded pinnacle was put on the terror
when in lifting the cask into the field,
far from all human habitation, one of
the bearers stumbled and almost fell.
He turned a face of wan appeal to
heaven as he recovered himself.
But we got it there. I can still re¬
call the town council crouching among
the brambles of a distant hedge and
watching with expectant eyes and
manifest intention of instant flight.
The shot hit the cask fair and
square, and amid an awful silence a
few slow tears of glycerin oozed out
and trickled down its side. That was
all.
The Difference.
A fool is unable to see his ow T n faults.
A wise man, seeing his own faults, is
able to keep other people from noticing
them.—Chicago Record-Herald.
THE COVINGTON NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1910.
PRANKS CUPID.
Celebrated Men Who Married Their
Domestic Servants.
Many celebrated men have married
thbir domestic servants. Sir Henry
Parkes, premier of New South Wales,
is an example. One night when dining
at a friend’s house he was struck by
the appearance of a servant girl who
waited upon the table and persuaded
his host to allow her to enter his .em
ploy. This she did and for a short
time held the position of cook in Sir
Henry’s household. Then he made her
Lady Parkes.
But more illustrious than this is the
case of Peter the Great. One day he
was dining at the house of Prince Men
shikoff. He noticed one of the servant
maids particularly, and, though she
was not handsome, she caught his fan¬
cy. Her name, the prince told the
czar, was Martha. She had been a
servant in the house of a Lutheran
minister of Marieuburg, and when that
city was captured by the troops of
Russia she had been taken prisoner
by General Bauer, who had passed
her over to the prince, w’hose servant
she was. The count politely made a
present of her to the czar, who even¬
tually married her.
William Cobbett, the great writer,
when he was only twenty-one years of
age, one morning chanced to see a bux¬
om servant girl busily engaged in
washing the family linen. The girl
was pretty, so Cobbett spoke to her.
learned her name and the same even¬
ing called upon her parents and said
he would like to marry their daughter.
The parents of the girl informed the
young man that they had no objec¬
tions to him as their son-in-law, but
that he would have to wait until their
daughter was of a marriageable age.
Five years later Cobbett, true to his
early love, married her.
A WEIRD INCIDENT.
Chopin’s Funeral March Was Inspired
by a Skeleton.
Late one summer’s afternoon, said
Ziem, Chopin and I sat talking in my
studio. In one corner of the room
stood a piano and in another the com¬
plete skeleton of a man with a large
white cloth thrown, ghostlike, about it.
I noticed that now and again Chopin’s
gaze would wander, and from my
knowledge of the man I knew that his
thoughts were far away from me and
his surroundings. More than that. I
knew that he was composing.
Presently he rose from his seat with¬
out a word, walked over to the skele¬
ton and removed the cloth. He then
carried it to the piano and, seating
himself, took the hideous object upon
his knees—a strange picture of life and
death.
Then, drawing the white cloth round
himself and the skeleton, he laid the
latter's fingers over his own and began
to play. There was no hesitation in
the slow, measured flow of sound
w T hich he and the skeleton conjured
up. As the music swelled in a louder
strain I closed my eyes, for there was
something weird in that picture of
man and skeleton seated at the piano,
with the shadows of evening deepen¬
ing around them and the ever swelling
and ever softening music filling the air
with mystery. And I knew I was lis¬
tening to a composition which would
live forever.
The music ceased, and when I looked
up the piano chair was empty, and on
the floor lay Chopin’s unconscious
form, and beside him, smashed all to
pieces, was the skeleton I prized so
much. The great composer had swoon¬
ed, but his march was found.
An Empire Sold at Auction.
The Roman empire was once sold to
the highest bidder. On the death of
Pertinax in 193 the Praetorian guards
put up the empire for sale by auction,
and after an animated* competition be¬
tween Sulpician and Julian it was
knocked down to the' latter for 6,250
drachmas. The Romans held auctions
of various kinds, the proceedings be¬
ing much the same in: all cases. The
auctio sub hasta, which,was a sale of
plunder, was held under 1 a spear stuck
In the ground. The magister auctionis,
or auctioneer, was chosen from among
the argentarii, or moneychangers, and
his assistants were the cashiers.
Those Little Dishes.
Tommy ate his first meal at a coun¬
try hotel when he was nine years old,
and the experience was an event. He
was especially interested in the col¬
lection of small, thick dishes contain¬
ing side orders scattered about his
place. When he went home he gave a
graphic description of the meal.
“And what do you think, mamma,”
he concluded, “we ate most of the
things out of birds’ bathtubs.”—Wo¬
man's Home Companion.
Clearing Houses.
The function of a clearing house is
to enable bankers to ^exchange drafts,
bills and securities, thereby saving
much labor and trouble and at the
same time curtailing the amount of
floating cash that would otherwise be
required. By means of the transfer
system made possible by the clearing
house transactions to the amount of
millions are settled easily and expedi¬
tiously.
Speech/and Writing.
“Many people/talk (much more agree¬
ably than they'write/' said the literary
person.
“Yes,” replied Mr. Owington. “My
tailor does that.”—Exchange.
An Example.
“The evil than men do' lives after
them.” Even when the amateur cor¬
net playes dies he leaves the fatal in¬
strument behind.—Loudon TR-Bits.
Land For Sale.
I have I 70 acres of land, about 1 25 acres of which is new
grond and balance in timber. A good dwelling, good barn and
two tenant houses. On railroad and public road leading to At¬
lanta from Covington. This place is close to schools and will
mate 60 bales of cotton, 200 bushels of corn and plenty of oats
and hay. Train stops in 100 yards of house twice a day and two
daily accommodations. Write me for prices.
C. H. HUNT, ovingtan, Ga., Route No. 2 .
I am located in this city and am building all kinds
of wagons, both farm and delivery, exactly like you (jjS
want them. My place is in same building with J. W. SS
Wright, in rear of Bank of Covington. I also do re-
7IK pair work on all kinds of vehicles. Give call. I m
me a m
guarantee my work. Horse Shoeing a Specialty. m
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IH. F. Sanders, Prop. Covington, Georgia. XX XX
Fall Goods
We have a bran new line of La¬
dies Fall Suits in various styles and
the prices are from $7.50 to $25.00.
These suits are something of inter¬
est to any lady who wants a nice suit
on economical basis.
American Beauty Corsets 25c to $1.50
W. B. Corsets $1.50 to $3.00.
We have a fine line of Shoes that
will fit your Foot and the Price will
fit your Purse.
SWANN CO.
The Store of Good Values.’
Covington, Georgia
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