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YOUTH FELT HiS LOVE WANE | i
Vv’juld Rather Give Up Idea of Mar¬ !
riage Than Do the Stunts the i
Doctor Ordered. f
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office In 1
It was a naval recruiting
the vicinity of the Strand, and they |
were doing big business on account of
a recent naval battle. A vacant-look¬ ;
1— fcl/ky
“Undress I” said the medical officer.
The man undressed and stood shiv¬
ering in an icy wind that came through
the door. i
“Now, then,” said the doctor, “hop
round the room!”
The man bopped, and nearly broke
his neck in the attempt. !
“Rotten!” said the doctor. “Rotten 1
Now double up your knees and touch
the floor with your hands!”
The applicant attempted to carry
out the order, lost Ids balance, and
collapsed.
“H’rnl” said the doctor, enigmat¬
ically. “Now run around the room as
fast as ever you can; I want to test
your heart.”
“No, I’ll be hanged If I will 1” said
the youth, determinedly. “I’ve changed
my mind. I’ll remain single.”
“Single?” said the doctor. ,
“Yes,” said the youth, “single. They
didn’t tell me I had to go through nil
this nonsense In order to get a mar¬
riage license!”—London Tit-Bits.
UNITED THOUGH FAR APART
Ceremony Known as “Handachoen"
Recognized Under the Dutch Law
as Legal Form of Marriage.
Not so very long ago a Boer In Pre¬
toria was married to a girl in Ameter
dam. Holland, the ceremony constitut¬
ing vhat the Dutch call handschoen,
or glove marriage.
In spite of the fact that a distance
of 6,000 miles lay between the bride
In the Netherlands and the bridegroom
in the Transvaal they were just as ef¬
fectively married under the Dutch law
as if both had been present in the
flame church.
The bridegroom sent to his friend,
or best man, in Amsterdam a power
of attorney to represent him as his
proxy at the ceremony, and at the
same time forwarded his glove, which
at the proper moment, when the two
were made one, was held by both the
bride und the proxy. The wedding
was duly registered at Amsterdam
and at Pretoria, where the bridegroom
filed an affidavit with the proper mag¬
istrate.
This curious form of marriage is a
purely Dutch Institution, the custom
having originated, it is said, in the
old times of Dutch-Batavian rule. It
is, however, a dead letter In the Trans¬
vaal since the English took over that
colony.
Thirsty? Use Belt to Get Drink.
When Oliver Herford comes to a
babbling brook and wants a drink, he
does not throw himself prone on the
mud and try to get w r ater on the
vacuum-cleaner principle adopted by
the cow, nor does he use his Panama
on the Gungha Dhin principle. He
might use a sfaw or a drinking cup. if
he could ever remerber to carry them
with him. A hundred things he might
do, If he could think of them.
But what really happens? Oliver
takes off his belt and winds it up as
lightly as he can. The coils are wrap¬
ped around one another so that a cone
Is built up. That forms a cup with a
nole In the bottom. Olive* uses a
Auger as a atopper for the hole, and
proceeds to dip up his drink in the
fashion set Eng ago by the first civ¬
ilized man.—Popular Science Monthly,
MADE SACRIFICE OF RULERS
Somewhat Remarkable Form of Lim¬
ited Monarchy Was That Practiced
by Tribe of the Caucasus.
“At a certain stage of social evolu¬
tion,” says Sir James Frazer In his
article entitled “The Killing of the
Khazar Kings,” “not a few races ap¬
pear to have been in the liablt of put¬
ting their kings to death, either at
the end of a fixed term, or on the
failure of the king’s health and
strength, or simply whenever a great
oublic calamity, such as drought or
laiuine had befallen the country.”
Among tribes which have practiced
this remarkable form of limited mon¬
archy must be included the Khazars
or Khozars. For some nine hundred
rears this now almost forgotten tribe,
from their home in the spurs of the
Caucasus and along the western shore
of the Caspian—called after them the
Sea of the Khazars—played a great
part In history on the European-Aslan
borderiand. It ic certainly remark
•Me that a people which had reached
each a high level of civilization and
culture should have practiced legalized
regicide. But the evidence collected
ty Sir James Frazer from a very wide
mrvey ol medieval literature leaves
to doubt on the matter.
up to one tlie j
civilian officials,
“Name ?” said
the latter. “Her¬ ;
bert Jones.” ;
“Age?”
The prelimina¬
ries were scrib¬
bled, the poor man
was flung over to
a doctor. !
THE COVINGTON NEWS. COVINGTON, GA., THIKSPAY, FEBRUARY, 7, 1919
TOWN THRIVES ON
Oban, Scottish Summer Resort, Prac¬
tically Supported by Enthusiastic
Visitors Who Buy Souvenirs.
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Oban Is a Scottish town that exists
almost entirely for the benefit of the
tourist. Every other house in Oban
Is a boarding house or a hotel, and
buildings that have escaped this fate
are used as shops where the traveler Is
enticed into buying a beaut if i\l plaid
tartan for which he has no use, 01
Scotch pebbles which are guaranteed
to be highly ornamental in the parlor
cabinet.
If you have a Scotch ancestor Oban
is the place to resurrect hint. All the
plaids of Scotland and a few besides
.ire In the Oban shops. If your ances
tors cannot be located In the Scotch
‘Who’s Who” of the past, any obliging
shopkeeper will unbiinkingly produce
T plaid which fits the name of your
itnsraan and which matches your li¬
carpet.
If you stroll through the quiet streets
to the top of a till you can see Oban
its best. The water of the bay Is so
Vnlningly bine that you at once re¬
to take a trip to one of the tiny
dotting the smooth expanse.
TLc roads that climb the Scotch dills
•;o easily are edged with close-trimmed
jedges, »Dd the cottages are clouted in
and picturesque Ivy.
Off to one side is a great circular
.'difice not unlike a Roman circus. This,
hostess informs you on your re¬
urn, is “Mc-Caig’s Folly.” If you are
>tll! curious you will be told the story
‘f old eccentric filcCaig, who had this
antique-looking structure built
great expense to himself and to tL4
amusement of his fellow citizens.
Winter is the quiet time in Oban.
Then there are no enthusiastic
■strangers to buy expensive souvenirs
>r to hire boats for trips around the
my. The town is gloomy and desert
d. The women are indoors weaving
-laid* for the coming summer, and the
met. are out on the bay hard at work
vttk the fishing fleet.—Chicago Daily
News.
GOT BEST OF ARMY OFFICERS
Leader of Pickaninny Band Showed
Himself Fully Capable of Dealing
With Emergency.
An Itinerant pickaninny band hali¬
ng from an orphan asylum in the
'UnT’j struck up lively airs in one of
he streets und attracted attention, ac
ording to a Saratoga Springs corre
-pondent of the New' York Evening
dost. The doughty little drum major,
Iressed in an imposing collection of
olors, rested between airs and sug¬
gested to bystanders that they make
•ontributtons for the good of the cause.
Four army officers stopped and ban¬
tered the leader until his soul grew
,’exed. Suddenly he had an inspira
ilon and turning to his dozen jazz mu¬
sicians he raised his baton and gave
•he signal for the “Star-Spangled Ban¬
ner," which the darkles played with
^rnostness and drew out as long as
possible.
The officers, of course, Immediately
;:ame to salute and remained in that
posture until the grinning drum major
brought down his baton on the final
note. The officers appeared a bit red
n the face and proceeded along their
way without attempting to “spoof” the
band any further.. They appeared to
•>e making remarks sotto voce.
The Reward of Kindness.
The unusual feature of an individu¬
al devising all his effects to his busi¬
ness partner to the exclusion of hia
children, and not preserving any es¬
tate to devise is contained in the will
of a Chicago citizen, which was ad¬
mitted to probate recently. The tes¬
tator left all he possessed to his part¬
ner. In explanation of his action the
testament reads: “My reasons for this
ire that what worldly possessions 1
have are due entirely to the generosi¬
ty of my partner and I feel that I
mly have a life Interest. Although it
would be a pleasure to leave my chil¬
dren something—in other circum¬
stances—as I am I must be just. They
<ir« young and able.” The peti¬
tion accompanying the document
Tates, however, that the decedent, a
Hebrew, left no estate.
How “Black Watch” Got Namo.
In the old days the regiments of
!be British army were known by the
•olor of their uniforms, as the White
regiment, the Blue regiment, or the
Bed regiment, and so ad inflaltum. It
is quite possible, therefore, that there
was a Black regiment, from whence
came the Black Watch. The Red reg¬
iment, incidentally, was Cromwell’s
Ironsides. But the term “Black
Watch" was also used for the Guards
of the Dominicans or Black Friars,
•and came to be applied also to the
scullions in the kitchens of the great
houses, whose business It was to look
after the pots and pans.
Curious Coconut Crab.
The coconut crab of Christmas is¬
land earns its name by the way it
makes Its living. Except for its an¬
nual visit to the sea, it lives in a hole
in the ground lined with coconut fibers
and -climbs up the coconut trees to
procure its food. According to Ameri¬
can Forestry, this “robber-crab’s meth¬
od of carrying coconuts is to strip
them of their husks and then to hold
the nut under some of its walking
tegs, while it retires, raised high od
the hips of those legs not used for
this purpose.” After removing the
husk from the coconuts the crab
“hammers on the round depressions at
•M and till entrance is effected.”
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! USE FOR TANKS IN INDUSTRY
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\ Many Tasks in Which It Is Believed
They Could Be Employed With
Good Results,
The application of the tank Idea to
industrial carriers seems a likely Idea.
11. Volta, writing in La Nature, de¬
scribes a variety of designs of indus¬
trial tanks, of which the Illustration
is typical.
A machine for Clearing drainage
canals, a farm tractor and other types
of powered locomotives are cited with
an eye to the application of the tank .
princlpl». J
The illustration snows the superior
ity of a truck of the tank type in get
ting over rough ground, and in these
times when city streets piesent the ap-1
pearance of plowed fields and when ;
country roads remain as unnavigable
as of yore, this is no mean advantage
Actual Cast of Cromwell’s Face.
One of the remarkable objects In
the collection offered for sale for war
purposes In New York is a death mask
of Oliver Cromwell, which prob¬
ably would not be so interesting were
it not for the history of the cast which
accompanies it.
It is of plaster, but has been col¬
ored a dark color, near a bronze, and
Is said to be a copy of the original.
The history of the replica is rather
comprehensive, and the mask itself is
of real interest to those who are cu¬
rious about the Pretender.
The original mask was owned by
Richard Cromwell, son of the Pre¬
tender, who left it to his daughter ;
Elizabeth. This has been handed
down in the family, and In 1821 it was
in the possession of a descendant, who
then resided In Cheshurst Park, Eng¬
land.
Thence it descended to Henry W.
Field, assayer of the royal mint, who
was hlmsell a lineal descendant of
Oliver Cromwell. Mr. Field sent the
replica to William E. DuBois, assayer
of the United States mint, in New
York.
Rabbits in Hospital Ships.
Interest In the rabbit keeping move¬
ment is so great In England that there
are few parts of the country In which
clubs and breeding centers are not in
process of formation.
Every day the food production de- j
partment receives offers from experts ■
to take charge of one of the 10-doe,
and 20-doe breeding centers which are i
being established throughout the coun- j
try.
It is hoped shortly to place rab¬
bits In some of the channel hospital
ships, where they would be a source
of interest to many of the wounded
soldiers and would eat the waste
food.
The General’s Retort.
Sir Henry Wilson, unlike many sol¬
diers, has a ready tongue, and Is more ;
than a match for the'average politi¬
cian.
Hia encounter with an eminent If
not too tactful statesman at an early ;
stage of the war is historic. The lat¬
ter thought fit when dicing with our
commander-in-chief In France to ob¬
serve to the company: “Is It not cu- j
rlous that so great a war should have
produced no great soldiers?”
General Wilson replied: “Is it not ;
even more curious that so great a
crisis European in Europe should statesmen?”—London have produced j j
no
Mail.
Khaki From Osage Orange Shrub.
An Interesting dye that has been
worked out Is the one with which the
khaki uniforms are colored. It was
developed from the osage orange In
the Wisconsin forest products labora¬
tory by F. W. Kressftian, a graduate
of the University of Illinois. It Is In¬
teresting to note that the osage wa#
brought to the corn belt after years
of patient search for a soil-produced
fencing that should be “horse high,
bull strong and pig tight,” by Jonathan
Turner. The osage has served its day
—fences can be bought now—but a
shade of its usefulness goes wherever
our boys in khaki march.
American Egg Consumption.
Between March 1 and July 1 this
year In the three markets of New
York, Chicago and Boston, 6,009,089
cases of eggs were received. Last yea;
during this time those markets re¬
ceived 5.843,065 cases. About the same
quantities were in storage In these
cities on July 1 this year as on that
date a year ago. The consumers in !
New 457,434 York, Chicago and Boston used j
more cases of eggs in the four
months than they used in 1917, an |
Increase of about 17 per cent
Popular Talk.
Crimsonbeak—I read in the paper to¬
day that for riding nn water there has
been invented a tricycle with hollow,
water-tight wheels, the rear pair being
provided with blades for propulsion.
Yeast—Yes, old man, this water wag
M Muff seems to be in the very air.
DR. W. C. WRIGHT
DENTIST
fine Rhone No. 195 Residence Phone
No. 230-W.
Office in Anderson Building.
The must sic a rate ihothix's used in
lines of dentistry. Work that pro- j
cuts :m artistic appearance and has j
qualities The late-- methods
lieftsonable prices. Satis
guaranteed. Set- me about youi
ieiiinl work
-V-- b'--c:/•
Used Ford Cars
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FOR SALE
They’re in good rendition and reedy for immediate
delivery. Call and see them. The prices are right and
prospective custcn ers will be pleased with what we have
to c ffer.
Famous Dodge Brothers Automobiles.
Are rapidly gaining tn popularity and prestige and
ciders should be p’aced with us in this territory for quick
delivery, as the demand is steadily increasing. Demonstra¬
tions given at any time and visitors are always welcome.
Repair Work A Specialty.
In the beginning of the new year we find ourselves
better prej a ed tin n ever to render satisfactory service to
cur customers. Don’t neglect your car, but let us prescribe
for its irregularities.
t^a^asesicmassMaBSimis.. ce&z.
W eaver & Pittman
Phone N j. 105, Covington, Ga.
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Buy Horses
We h ave a large number oi young
and old horses and young and old mules
suitable for farm work, which we recom¬
mend to the farmers of Newton and ad¬
joining counlies.
Horses and Mules for Farm Work.
Horses and Mules for Driving Purposes
Come and look them over while our
barns are full. You will find us ready
to supply your demands at reasonable
prices.
We Buy, Sell and Exchange. 11
Automobiles Accepted in Trade.
McGarUy & m
Jackson
Sales Stables,
Telephone No. 261-J, Covington, Gfl.
DODGE FOR P.'.LE—Five-passen
££er model in r _,* condition. V\ ill
-sell at n b. T .aln.— J. h. Elliott
WAN I ! D—To Irani of good farm or
;,u t ss for sale in Newton or ad
j lii.'ug county. State price and
particulars. 11 ('. Denton, Hart
Kelle, Ala
FOR SALE—Seven-room house, in.
eluding bath and stoveroom. New¬
ly repaired. Four blocks of the
public square. J. M. Davis. Cov¬
ington. Ga.. 49-tt
FOR SALE—Oxford, Ga., neat, spa
clous cottage, on two acre j,-,r
Good rubaiti. Ajjlylr‘1), hi nr
!<1 >, Oxford, Ga. 4 y o t
YES! m DO JOB PRIMTING
