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privacy of the Home No Bar to Their
Farreaching Authority.
To a foreigner no feature of German
jife is mo re striking than the promi¬
nence and almost unlimited authority !
f the police. Many of its functions
such in the United States would i
are as
intrusted only to a court of law.
be equally strange,
fl-bat seems almost
the greater part of these functions are
exercised quite independently of the
local government. and thoroughness
'Xhe minuteness or
tbe work of the German police are a
constant surprise to the foreigner. The
policeman not only preserves order in
the streets, but exercises a farreach
ine authority in private houses. For
instance, be undertakes the nightly
locking of one’s street door a* a suffi¬
ciently early hour. He sees that one
has his chimney regularly cleaned. He
inspects at stated times one’s stoves
and heating apparatus, and while he
about it he will look into a few
other matters of domestic economy.
One feature of his activity strikes a
good many American visitors with fa¬
vor. In some places singing and piano
playing with open windows are for¬
bidden, and it is a common house reg¬
ulation in large towns that no pianos
may be played after 10 o’clock in the
evening. The German policeman is
also something of a food inspector in
bi S way, and he keeps a sharp eye on
venders of food and of medicines. It
Is not an uncommon sight to see a Ger¬
man policeman halt a milkman’s wag¬
on and on the spot make an inspection
of his wares. Should there prove to
be anything wrong with them they
are promptly seized and destroyed and
the matter Is immediately taken in
hand by the higher authorities.—New
York Press.
A BATHLESS AGE.
For a Thousand Years the People of
Europe Went Unwashed.
When Egypt, Greece and Rome were
at the height of their ancient power
their citizens made bathing a social
function, a municipal duty and a re¬
ligious observance. The public baths
of these nations were magnificent ar¬
chitecturally and important as centers
of hygienic and municipal sentiment.
With the decadence of these coun¬
tries the world seems to have reverted
to a period of mental sloth and physi¬
cal uncleanliness. As an authority on
the matter puts it:
“For 1,000 years there was not a
man or woman in Europe that ever
took a bath, if the historian of these
times, Michelet, is to be believed. The
ancient love of the bath seemed to
have disappeared from off the land.
"There was no Greece or Rome to
bold up the ensign of cleanliness to
the nations of Europe. Small w onder
that the people of the continent be¬
came physical decadents, as indeed
they were in spite of tradition to the
contrary.
“It is not strange that there came
the awful epidemics that cut off one
fourth of the population of Europe—
the spotted plague, the black death,
the sweating sickness and the terrible
mental epidemics that followed in their
train—the dancing mania, the mewing
mania and the biting mania.
“The bath was banished and filth
was almost deified. Indeed, it was
then thought that the sanctification of
the body was only accomplished when
that body was indescribably dirty
Physical Culture.
An Island of Black Cats.
“The Island of Black Cats” is a name
otten applied to Chatham island, one
of the Galapagos. It is In the Pacific
ocean, about 730 miles west of the
coast of Ecuador. It is overrun with
black cats, and cats of no other color
are seen there. These animals live in
the crevices of the lava foundation
near the coast and subsist by catching
nsh and crabs instead of rats and mice,
ther animals found on this island
orses cattle, are
dogs, goats and chick¬
ens, all of which are perfectly wild.
And now they do say that there
Te 801116 People in the western part
0 the county who want
« ou 'ity Rockdale
to annex them in order that
ey can get the roads they believe
11 > are entitled to. Why
1 not let’s
j get together and FORCE Nen
on county to .build the roads that
“ e " ec0 ssary to us all. That would
^uid be more to the point.
: DR. WRIGHTS’
1 HAIR RESTORER
Relieves dandruff and falling hair. Promotes new growth and
r * stores natural color to hair. One of the best hair restorers
gray on
1 6 niarket. Price 50c for large bottles.
SPECTACLES
I make a specialty of testing your eyes by most approved scienti-
1 met hods free of charge. I carry a complete line of Spectacles and
guarantee satisfaction in prices and adjustment.
TRUSSES
I have an experience of twenty-five years in adjusting Trasses.
v ou need a Trass, I am the man you are looking for. I will guar
-
a " ee k° give scientific adjustment and satisfactory prices.
you
DR. J. A. WRIGHT, Druggist
a
| Covington, Ga.
AMBASSADORS.
They Enjoy Some Curious Privileges
at European Courts.
In the popular mind—the American
mind at least—there is very little dif
ference between an ambassador and a
minister, but the former is entitled to
very many privileges abroad that are
denied to a mere envoy.
For instance, one curious privilege of
an ambassador Is that he, and he
alona, when dismissed, may turn his
back to the sovereign to whose court
he is accredited. The mode of pro¬
cedure. generally speaking, is as fol¬
low's:
When the audience is at an end the
ambassador waits to be dismissed by
the sovereign. When dismissed the
ambassador bows, retires three paces,
bows again, retires three paces, bows
a third time, turns on his heels and
walks to the folding doors. But when
the reigning sovereign is a woman,
still politer methods obtain. To turn
his back would be discourteous: to
walk backward would be to resign a
privilege; therefore the ambassador re¬
tires sideways like a crab. He keeps
one eye on the sovereign and with the
other he endeavors to find the door.
By this unique means he contrives to
evince all politeness to the sovereign
and at the same time retain one of his
privileges.
Another privilege of ambassadors is
the right of being ushered into the
royal presence through folding doors,
both of which must be flung wide for
him. No one save an ambassador can
claim this privilege, the most any non
ambassadorial individual can expect is
that one of the doors shall be opened
to him.
One privilege appertaining to the
ambassador, one capable of causing
great inconvenience to the ruler, is the
right of demanding admission to the
sovereign at any hour of day or night.
This was one of the reasons why
Abdul Hamid, when sultan of Turkey,
opposed the raising of our mission at
Constantinople to an embassy. It was
decidedly inconvenient at times to see
the American representative at all.
To the European the most important
feature of the ambassador’^ makeup
is his sword. There the blade of the
sw’ord is a rapier blade with the point
blunted. It has been facetiously ob¬
served abroad that the use the sword
is put to in addition to its trick of
tripping up its wearer is usually the
harmless one of poking fires. One di¬
plomatist was said to file his bills on
his sword when it was not otherwise
engaged, and for a long while it was
a standing witticism of the corps dip¬
lomatique in Europe that the Russian
ambassadors used their swords to file
broken treaties, a circumstance that
was held to account for the inordinate
length of their weapons.—Harper’s
Weekly.
Emmet’s Presence of Mind.
A story is told of Robert Emmet
which proves his secretive power and
resolution. He was fond of studying
chemistry, and one night late, after
the family had gone to bed, he swal¬
lowed a large quantity of corrosive
sublimate in mistake for some acid
cooling powder. He immediately dis¬
covered his mistake and knew that
death must shortly ensue unless he in¬
stantly swallowed the only antidote,
chalk. Timid men would have torn at
the bell, roused all the family and sent
for a stomach pump. Emmet called no
one, made no noise, but, stealing down
stairs and unlocking the front door,
weut into the stable, scraped some
chalk which he knew to be there and
took sufficient doses of it to neutralize
the poison.
Queen Elizabeth’s Amulet.
Queen Elizabeth during her last ill¬
ness wore around her neck a charm
made of gold which had been be¬
queathed to her by an old woman in
Wales, who declared that so long as
the queen wore it she would never be
ill. The amulet, as was generaly the
case, proved of no avail, and Eliza¬
beth, notwithstanding her faith in the
charm, not only sickened, but died.
During the plague in London people
wore amulets to keep off the dread de¬
stroyer. Amulets of arsenic were worn
near the heart. Quills of quicksilver
were hung around the neck and also
the powder of toads.
Loving kindness is greater than
laws, and the charities of life are more
than all ceremonies —Talmud.
THE COVINGTON NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1910.
Griffon” Clothing
li ®§ Is The Best Made
: §
w
r Because they are made of the very best materials that
I
can be procured and the syle and workmanship on the
famous Griffon clothing is second to none. We pride
r / \ ourselves on giving the beet values in town and we are
m this
season giving better values than ever in clothing.
“Korrect Shape Shoes” are the only patent leather
shoes made that are guaranteed. The best abvertise
ment we know for them, is to ask the man who wears
them. Try a pair of these Guaranteed Shoes.
The Best Goods
utimwi ICLOTHES The Lowest Prices
W. COHEN
Special Ad. Column
CLARK BANKING CO., BUILDING
at public sale first Tuesday in No¬
vember. Terms, third cash, third
in one, third in two years, 8 per
cent on deferred payments. 10-5-4t
FARJMS FOR SALE NEAR COVING
ton and Oxford. Also nice build¬
ing lots in Covington. W. B. Shep¬
herd. 10-5-t£
BANCROFT — WINTER GROWN —
Oats, the finest I ever growed, made
over 86 bushels per acre. Also Ap¬
pier Oats, all winter grown and fine
seed wheat refined. S. R. Elling¬
ton, Sr. lm
FOR SALE. — ONE SHARE NEW
ton County Oil Mill stock, $100.00.
H. D. Bush, Covington, Ga., tf.
FOR SALE — ONE SHARE NEW
ton County Oil Mill stock, $95.00.
H. D. Bush, Covington, Ga. tf.
FOR SALE — ONE SHARE NEW
ton, County Oil Mill stock, $90.00.
iH. D. Bush, Covington, Ga. tf.
( FOR SALE — ONE SHARE NlEW
ton County Oil Mill stock, $85.00.
H. D. Bush, Covington, Ga. tf.
FOR SALE, FLOORING, WEATHER
boarding, shingles, brick and lime
W. H. Pickett. tf.
BUY LAND IN PUTNAM COUNTY
Georgia. I have listed for sale
ajmut forty improved farms con
viently located as to schools
churches and railroad at prices
half to one-third less than land
in adjoining counties These farms
will especially interest home-seek¬
ers. Come to see me. W. H. Hearn,
Real Estate Dealer, Eatonton, Ga.
HOUSE AND LOT FOB SALE OR
rent. Five room cottage, just re¬
painted inside and out; in good
shape. If you are looking for a
bargain, see me. J. M. LEV\ r tf
FOR SALE 4 HORSE POWER
Gasoline Engine in good repair.
Will sell at a bargain. J. H. Shir¬
ley. tf.
|ROOMS TO LET—3 OR 5 ROOMS
in house on Conyers street for rent
for light housekeeping. Apply to
Mrs. Dave Bailey.—tf.
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A HOME?
Putnam County offers unusual op
potunities. I have listed for sale
over thirty farms well improved,
near schools, churches and rail¬
road at prices much less than sim¬
ilar lands in adjoining counties.
It will pay you to confer with me
at once. W. H. Hearn, Real Es¬
tate Dealer, Eatonton, Ga.
NICE FAMILY HORSE FOR SALE
at a bargain. Also nice lot of dry
pine wood. Apply to T. A. Cook,
Oxford, Ga.—10-12-3t.
EIGHT ROOM HOUSE AND LOT,
corner Washington and Lee streets,
for sale. Fine residence location
and close in. Apply to J. A. Wright
Covington, Ga.—10-12-lm.
W ANTED—G OOD MULES. WILL
pay highest market price. A. S.
MoGAJUTY.—41.
JUST A FEW MORE
Wagons.
We are closing out under market
It you are going to buy a wagon, see us quick, and save $10.00.
They won’t last long at the price we are making. We also have
a full line of Buggies and Harness, and all kinds of Hardware
and house furnishing goods. Come in and get our prices.
Fincher-Norris Hardware Co.
•I
Have Just Received A
Carload of Mitchell Wagons
Have just placed in my warehouse one one
car of one and two horse Mitchell Wagons.
COME QUICK.
D. A. THOMPSON j Covington, Georgia.
Watches and Clocks
Repaired.
I am prepared Clocks to and repair your fix
Watches and can
them so they will run, for less mon¬
ey than my competitors and guar¬
antee all my work. When you are
eady for your work give me a
trial.
J. SIEGEL
At Dr. J. A. Wrights Drug Store.
A PRETTY UNE OF JEWELRY
AND STANDARD WATCHES.
Not So Green.
“Yeou city chaps think yeou are
pretty smart, don’t yeou?” drawled the
farm lad. “Ever been to one of our
spelling bees?"
Never had the pleasure,” responded
the city boarder.
“Waal, by heck, yeou’ve missed a lot.
Now our favorite catchword Is ice.”
“Why. that only .has three letters.
Why should the word ice be so popu¬
lar?”
“Because it is easy to slip on. Ha,
ha, ha!”—Chicago News.
It’s Nature.
“I noticed In the store we visited to¬
day everybody was crowded around
the perfumery counter.”
“That’s not surprising.”
“Why not?”
“Oughtn’t perfume naturally to be
D scenter of attraction U—Baltimore
PAGE SEVEN
Unpeeled.
Mr. Recentmarrie (who has plunged
a spoon into dish preparatory to help¬
ing to the pudding)—Why, Mary, I
feel some hard, smooth, round things
In the dish. I wonder what they can
be. Mrs. Recentmarrie—Why, they’re
eggs, John; there are six, just as the
recipe says.—Chicago News.
Stupid People.
Traveler—Haven’t you a time table?
Station Agent—We used to have one
until the people began to think the
trains were supposed to keep to it—
Fliegende Blatter.
Hooked.
Mrs. Newlywed—The night you pro¬
posed you acted like a fish out of wa¬
ter.
Mr. Newlywed—1 wen, and very
cleverly landed too.
