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Pongee in all Shades
We have a beautiful quality of Cotton Pongee in all the
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Linen Toweling
Just received some beautiful Linen Toweling in a good
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Curtain tit t
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in curtain goods. We have them in different patterns
and prices from 10 to 35c.
Shirt Waist Madras
Many beautiful patterns suitable for shirt waists, dresses
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LL____J_._c. swm CIMPANY __ [J
KINGOFGAMBLEkS
Francois Blanc, the Ex-Convict,
Who Bought Monaco.
THEN STARTED MONTE CARLO.
A Bold and Reckless Soldier of For¬
tune, He Instituted the Gilded Gam¬
ing Palace That Now Wins Millions
Yearly For Its Wealthy Owners.
Francois Blanc; an ex-convict from
Homburg, bought the principality of
Monaco, boots and baggage. The gen¬
ius of gambling had claimed many uu
Individual, many a noble and his estate
and not infrequently au entire city,
but it had never before undertaken
such a conquest as this.
Francois Blanc is one of the most re¬
markable of all soldiers of fortune. Of
his early history little is known. He
was seized by the authorities of Hom¬
burg for having made fraudulent use
of the telegraph in relation to stock
exchange news received from Paris.
His method was one of the very oldest
—namely, the corruption of the em¬
ployees. it seems that at this time the
German law did not precisely cover
this species of swindling, and he and
his twin brother escaped with a sen¬
tence of seven months.
Francois Blanc was not discouraged
He had accumulated 100.000 francs,
and with that sum he established the
Kursaal at Homburg. The Kursaai
flourished, and Blanc might have gone
on there to the realization of liis am
bltions but for the natioual sentiment
he was shrewd enough to foresee.
Blanc realized that the time was not
far distant when the German people
would put down the sort of gambling
in which he was engaged, so he began
to look about for some new country in
which to set up his temple of fortune.
On the coast of the Mediterranean,
between the kingdoms of France and
Italy, there was a little independent
principality. It was not more than
two miles and a quarter long and hard¬
ly three-quarters of a mile wide, but it
was an independent kingdom, with an
old and royal house.
Lharles III. was the reigning prince,
but he was a tattered monarch, and his
court was a beggarly make believe. In
his desperate situation it is said he ap¬
plied to a shrewd Parisian for counsel,
’"ho advised him to set up gaming ta¬
bles and thereby “ruin other people’s
subjects since you have already ruined
your own.”
( harles 111. followed that pregnant
advice. He sold a gambling concession
in the principality to two adventurers.
I'uial and Lefevre. These men built
I he casino, but their venture was not
nai ticularlv Successful Thev asserted
/Tainsook and Longcloth
Our No. 5224 Nainsook, 40 inches wide, put up 12 yds.
to a box is unequaled at 25e. Our English Nainsook, 36
inches wide, 24 yards to a bolt at 15c. You will be sur¬
prised to see the quality of these goods.
Dress Percales
This assortment is the best yet in styles and quality.
Voile
This is the first showing in Covington this season.
Three qualities in plain white suitable for waists and
dresses. Dainty colored stripes on white ground Solid
lavender blue and pink, beautiful shades.
Pictorial Review Pattern
Remember that we sell the celebrated Pictorial Re¬
view Patterns.
Bed Spread
We have just received a new shipment of beautiful
Bed Spreads in all sizes.
Cotton Crepe
These are the newest weaves, including plain, crinkl¬
ed and crash effects. These will stand hard wear,
are easily laundered and require no ironing.
that Charles' avarice could not be satis¬
fied, and when Francois Blanc arrived
on the Mediterranean, around 1860. he
bought the concession and moved his
gambling establishment from the Kur¬
saal at Homburg to Monaco.
Francois Blanc was a bold and dar¬
ing adventurer. The little principality
was divided practically into three
towns—Monaco, Condamine and Monte
Carlo. It was the last that Francois
Blanc occupied. He employed the best
architect to be had. built a great ca¬
sino, laid out beautiful gardens and ter¬
races and expended over $3,000,000
upon the mere prospect of making
Monte Carlo the gambling headquar¬
ters of Europe.
Francois Blanc, the ex-convict from
Homburg. was no ordinary man. Lord
Brougham said that Blanc was the
greatest financier of his time. At any
rate, bis great financial adventure justi¬
fied itself. Blanc came to live in splen¬
dor. He married his daughters to
princes, he accumulated a fortune of
250,000,000 francs, and he left behind
him an establishment that nets at least
$5,000,000 a year in profits.
More than this, Francois Blanc
bought and paid for the principality of
Monaco. He paid Charles III. 500,000
fraucs a year and all his expenses, with
a percentage of the profits; he kept up
all the roads and gardens for the prin¬
cipality; he paid the police and magis¬
trates and all fixed charges of the
kingdom. Moreover, when the mer¬
chants of Nice endeavored to persuade
the French senate to resist gambling at
Monte Carlo and when the subjects of
the principality threatened to revolt
Blanc, daring and full of resources, had
Charles issue an edict abolishing all
taxes in the principality, and out of his
concession, in addition to what he had
already paid. Blanc paid all the tastes
of Monaco.
When Albert Honore Charles, the
present Prince of Monaco, came to the
throne he remained under the thumb
of the famille Blanc, and in 1898 the
concession they had obtained was re¬
newed for fifty years upon the pay¬
ment of 1O.000.Q00 francs down, 15,000,
000 to be paid in 1914 and other vast
sums, together with practically all fixed
charges of the principality. AU this is
done by a company called La Societe
des Bains de Mer de Monte Carlo.
Aud so the genius of gambling ate a
king and his court, a monarch of one of
the oldest reigning houses in Europe—
a palace, an army, a principality with
its subjects, aud a bishop and cathedral
to boot!—Melville Davisson Post, in the
Saturday Evening Post
Kept Him Posted.
“Conscience is what tells a man when
, he is doing wrong.”
“That may be true in your family."
replied Mr. Meekton, “but my wife’s
name is Henrietta.”—Washington Star
Pay your subscription NOW.
?HE COVINGTON NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1913.
A PAMPERED POET.
Wordsworth Was Waited on Hand and
Foot by His Family.
The somewhat doubtful pleasure of a
visit to Wordsworth in his home at Ity
dal Mount, as described by Mrs. Kern
ble, is thus given by Mrs. L. D. Wal
ford in "Memories of Victorian Lou
don
“It was not a pleasure—the Words
worths were such queer people and so
Wrapped Op in themselves. Even
fhough you were their guests you were
expected in everything to play second
fiddle to the man of the house. Round
him everything revolved. You might
have a poor breakfast, cold dishes, bad
coffee—things were mostly had at By
dal that were only for the interior gen
eral company—but the masters com
fort was sedulously attended to si
different from my other poet friend
Mr. Southey, with whom i also stayed
at the lakes. Southey was everybody -
body, attending to every one. looking
after every one himself, while in tin
Wordsworth household it was the ms
tom for the head of the house to break
fast in bed. wife on one side, daughlet
on the other, both wholly absorbed in
ministering to his wants, while every
other person might go hang!
“And it was the same all through the
day. You might as a stranger ioug to
see all you could of those beautiful
lakes and mountains, and almost any*
hosts would have taken care that you
should, but not so the Wordsworths
If it were a dull day and rain impend¬
ing there was a chance of his getting
wet. and all the pros aud cons were de
bated in your presence, hut without
any reference to your possible witness
If there were a cold wind they shook
their heads with decision; he was nev¬
er allowed to walk or drive in a cold
wind.
“One was fairly sick of it. and 1
would not have stayed even the three
days I did but that 1 was on my way
to Greta Hall and did not like to in
commode the Southeys.’’
A Delicate Mission.
••I’ve got to see a young man today
on a delicate errand.’’
“Ah! He wants to marry your daugn
ter?”
“No. 1 want to marry his mother,
and 1 don't believe he views me in the
most suitable light ” Louisville Cou
rier-Journal
Earning a Whipping.
“Will you take off some ot your shoes
fora minute. Miss SereunV”
“What in the world tor. Johnnie?”
“Mamma said you was gettin crow’s
feet somethin’ awful’’-Houston Post.
Quite Possible.
Student In Physics- Could you get a
shock by bolding ou to the receiver ot
a telepboue? Professor—It depends
upon who is talking —Judge.
Soldiers Who Fores :w Their Fate
on the Eve or Battle.
KNEW THEIR TIME HAD COME.
It Was Not Mere Fancy, but Grim Pre¬
monition, That Moved these Men to
j Read Their Own Death Warrants—A
Case of Red Tape and a Bullet.
Premonitions get little attention, and
those who have them little sympathy
in these days. During the war. how¬
ever, a premonition riime to he looked
upon as a most unwelcome guest. In
the company 1 went out with there
were two Garfield brothers. The young¬
er, a quipt. modest fellow who speut
his leisure time writing letters aud
reading, never joined in camp amuse¬
ments, told a few of his more Intimate
friends while the regiment was in
camp opposite Fredericksburg, Va., in
1862. that he would be wounded in
the first battle lie went into aud die
from the effects of it. Tfie boys laugh
ed at him and tried to cheer him up,
but is was of no use. he never changed
his mind. Aug. 28, 1862. was the first
battle of the regiment. Young Gar
field was as brave as the bravest at
Gainesville.
“This is my first aud last fight, boys,
and i shall do my duty,’’ is what he
said When the regiment plunged into
that battle, in which the lrou brigade
of four regiments and two regiments
of Doubleday's brigade, the Fifty-sixth
Pennsylvania and the Seventy-sixth
New Y’ork, met “Stonewall” Jackson’s
sixteen regiments aud held them in
check for four hours, our brigade alone
losing 800 of its 2,500 men.
“I’m hit; goodby, boys,” said Gar
field, as he fell out and went to the
rear.
“l'ours is a flesh wound in the calf
of the leg and in a few days will be
all right.” said the surgeon to Garfield.
“Tell my parents I did not shirk my
duty,” pleaded the poor boy.
And he lay there without a word of
complaint and died.
Near him was “Kicker” Finch of the
same company with a shattered knee,
a much worse wound thau Garfield's.
Finch demanded attention He forced
the uurses to keep his wound bathed in
cold water, and if they were at all neg¬
lectful he swore at them. Finch lived
to kick about poor hardtack and salt
junk cut from dead horses, but Garfield
is sleeping in the Bull Uuu cemetery.
Frank King was a rollicking young
fellow in the same company, generous,
brave and popular, a singer who always
drew an audience. Like a hero he
fought at Gainesville. Second Bull
Remnant Counter
We have refreshed our remnant counter, this is the
place to get a Bargain for children dresses.
We have a few Sweaters that have been put on the
Bargain Counter this is your opportunity to get a good
Sweater cheap.
Dundee Burlap
These goods have grown to be very popular for
making inexpensive potiers, also pillow covers and
sofa cushion.
Silk Hosiery
Silk Hosiery at 50c $1.00 and $1.50
Linweave
This is the most beautiful white goods ever shown
in Covington. Have it in many qualities from 15 to
50c. You should see Linweave before buying your
thin goods for waists and dresses.
Serges and Dress Goods
The most complete line ever shown in Covington
from 25c to $2.00.
RunTSouth Mountain. Autietam. Fred¬
ericksburg aud Fitzhigb Crossing.
“Lime, this finishes uiv fighting,” was
what Frank King said to Lime White,
a comrade, just as the Sixth Wisconsin
swung into line for a charge the first
day at Gettysburg.
“Killed in battle” is what the orderly
entered after Frank’s name that night
“Hare all the fun with me you de¬
sire, gentlemen; it is your last chance,”
w*as what Major Phil Plummer of the
Sixth Wisconsin said to a company of
officers who were chaffing him about
being so very sober the day before
Grant moved into the Wilderness in
1864. Forty-eight hours later they roll¬
ed his blanket about him and buried
him where he fell. Nothing could con¬
vince him that he would not be killed
in that battle, though he had escaped
in a dozen other great battles.
Captain Rollin P. Converse, who had
won his way from the ranks and gone
through a score of great battles, went
into the first day’s tight of the Wilder¬
ness, May 5. 1864, confident that he
would do his last fighting that day. He
never fought more bravely. They left
him on the field with a thigh cruelly
torn and death looking him squarely in
the eye.
A Confederate surgeon told Converse
that his leg would have to come off.
“That would not save my life, so let
it alone,’’ was his quiet reply. But the
surgeon began to arrange for an ampu¬
tation.
“Let that I eg alone,” said Converse
The surgeon paid no attention to the
wounded captain until Converse had
taken out bis revolver and pointed It at
him. There was no amputation, aud
the next day they buried Converse with
both legs
Lieutenant John Timmons of Com
pany C was entitled to mus,er out July
16, 1S64, his three years having euded,
but red tape intervened and delayed
the order. Days and weeks passed
without the word which would take
him out of the service. On the night of
Aug. 16, 1864, an order came for the
regiment to march. A march then, in
front of Petersburg, meant a battle.
“This is tough.” said Timmons. ”1
ought to have been mustered out aud
gone home a month ago. in a day or
two we shall have a fight, and l shall
go to my long home—be killed.”
The first of the Weldon railroad bat¬
tles, Aug. 18. John Timmons was killed
—died of red tope aud a bullet.—Chi¬
cago Record-Herald.
His Conscience.
“Oh, yes. he's a very fine alderman.”
“Why. Pm told he can be bribed."
“Of course But he has some con¬
science about it."
“How Is that?”
"Why, you can buy him to support a
measure, but he won’t stay bought”—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Now is a mighty good time to pay
PAGE SEVEN
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Covington, Ga.
