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PRE-EMPTED TED BIRDS. *fk» noddles That lira Bird lay, ' tht Sal# mJ Veilto, Out In the gulf 01 Mexico slxty-llv, miles from Key Wmt toward the net ting aun rlae half a d nen barren aand bars from the exqulalw tnrqnoiae blue water*. One of theme, darden key, la a .government fort and coaling elation; -another la the Loggrrb-ad key, our laat -outpost toward Cuba and Central -America. Other Islet* are untenanted ■are when the great aea turtle* crawL One alone. Bird key, la pre-empted by (be bird*. It would be bard to And a more desolate- or taolated region. Though the dlmat* Is warm through out the year. It la not until Uay that the feathered boat* arrive from the far south at this sandy rendesvou*. In the van come the noddles, a few about the 1st of May and tho rest within a few -day*. A week later the sooty terns -pour In, and It Is said that within a week of their arrival both kinds begin to lay. At tbe time of our coming nearly all the birds bad egg* and war* devoting themselves to their family carea. To reach tbe buildings from the little landing place wa had to pass through a tract of bushes, and her* It was that I saw tbe first neats of tbe noddle*. Up on the tops or In the forks of the bodi es each pair had built a rather rude yet (airly substantial platform of sticks, only slightly hollowed, and upon each one sat a daQt gray bird. There waa something about these graceful little creature* that Instantly took me by otorm, a ease of Ibv* at first sight The noddy la very much like a dove-ex- -cept for Its wobbod foot—In size, In form. In tbe softness of Its plnmage, the expression of Its large dark eyes and Its gentle, confiding ways. There Is no wild affright as the stranger ap proaches. Just n shadow of fear Is evi dent but tho birds alt quietly on their neats, hoping and trusting, and do not dy unless approached almost within arm’s reach. Then they flit gently away, alighting upon a neighboring bush until the Intruder has withdrawn, when they return directly to tbclr charge. It seemed remarknble to find birds so perfectly tame.-Outlng. PITH AND POINT. When a friend telle you of his wrongs be wants sympathy and not an argu ment Before a man’s first baby Is a week old ho knows more than be bad ever dreamed about Speaking of ’’secret sorrows,” It la a good plan to keep them so, as telling only multiplies them. When a man wants to give you ad- vlce you can’t lose anything by listen ing, but you will make an enemy by refusing. A man occasionally breaks even. When It come* to wall paper the wlfa does tbe picking and tbe buaband does the kicking. Every one should have saved np enough money to take things a little waster by the time the age comes for taking a nap In a chair.—Atchison Globe. Trained Tor to fees. Japanese and Korean showmen In addition to their skill aa Jugglers and acrobats display a truly marvelous aklll In teaching animals tricks. They siot only exhibit educated Sears, span* tela, monkeys and goats, bnt also train ed birds and, what la tb^nore aston ishing of all, trick fish. One of the most curious examples of patient training la an exhibit by an old Korean boatman of a doxen drilled iort^ses. Directed by hit songs and a small v metal drum, they march in line, execute various evolutions and conclude by climbing upon a low table, the larger ones forming of their own accord a bridge for the smaller, to which the feat would otherwise he la possible. When they have all mounted, they dlsposo themselves In three or four piles like so many plates. A LITTLE NONSENSE, A LITTLE NONSENSE. Buelneee Arrangement of e Men Whs I Ho Hold Up e T roln, but Twis Net of Wet Too Hsavy. The big man was annoyed. “The fact is,” the tailor had told him, “that yon are so mnch larger than tbe arerago man that we’ll have to males an extra charge for your suit", Tbs big man hid been np against the same proposition before, and he did not like it. “Do ypu make a reduction to small men?" he asked. “Well, no; that isn’t our custom,” the tailor admitted. ' The fat man felt that the tailor thus scoured an _advantage that he ought not to have. “How much cloth docs it take to make a suit for a man of good size, but not too large to get* in at the regular price ?” Tie asked. “In oth er words, what’s the maximum that you allow?” The tailor told him, “Suppose 1 order double that amount of clhth made up into two •uits?” “Thai’s all right,” said theatallor, *but I don’t see what good it will do you.” “I’ll get them both at the regular price, won’t I?’’ “Certainly.” ‘“And it’a nothing to you wheth er there irtho same amount of ma terial in each or a lot in one and very little in the other?” «x 'No-o.” “All right. Just take my order for two suits. I’ve got it fixed with a little skinny fellow in the next block to go in with me on thia, apd we’ll just about make the average weight. I’d rather ‘divide what I save with him than let a tailor glv, mo tho worst of it.”—Chicago Poet. Weary the Crook In Hard Luok. The Study of Natart. t con fens 1 have not much sympathy with the laboratory study of nature ex cept for economical purposes. Nature under the dissecting knife aud the mi croscope yields Important secrets to tea .students of biology, but tbe unpro fessional students want but little of all this. I know a young woman who took a ‘postgraduate course In biology at a noted summer school, and the one thing she learned was that certain ba cilli were found only In tbo nqueons humor of tbe eyes of white mice. Tbe world Is full of curious facts llko that, that have no bunmn Interest or educa tional value whatever. — John Bur roughs In Country Idfe In America. . voting Weary the Crook, “hand over that fat pocketbook, please, at once. the Railroad Variety. The traveling men in the smok ing compartment of the Pullman were “reminiscing.” The conversa tion turned to each man’s most thrilling experience, and each sought to resohnt a tale in which ho had played the hero’a part. One told how he bad carried a beautiful girl down the ladder from'the Up .story of a burning hosse. Another'gave a thrilling' account of how he had put two burglars to rout, pistol in hand, at 3 o’clock in tho morning. Still another told how in tho midst of a train wreck he had extricated two men from beneath the burning timbers just as the flames were about to engulf them. All the ex periences, if not yarns puro and simple, were highly colored by the vivid imagination of the narrators. The conversation had been listen ed to by oitnall, mild mannered, in offensive looking man and a “rank outrider.” Seeing a smile hovering about tho corners of his mouth, one of the drummers turned to him and said, “Perhaps you can tell us .some experience of yours of this kind.” "Well, maybe I can,” replied ttto stranger in a way which seeped to indicate that thrilling expfficnccs wero to him an everyday occur rence. “I’vo done several things in my time. For instance, onco I held up a train.” “What I” came a burst of incrcd- nlous surprise. “You don’t look it, man. You all alono held up a train ?” Their tone seemed to indi cate wonder as to what ho was do ing outside of a jail. “Yes, alono and unaided I held up a train.” “Tell us about it.” They crowded around expectant ly and lighted fresh cigars. “Oh, gentlemen, I don’t know that 1 caro to talk about it. Are you sure you want to hear it ?” “Ccrtaidly. Go ahead,” came the chorus. “Well, I said that alono and,un aided I held up a train. Yeu see, it waa this way: I was nine years old, and f was a page at my big sister’s wedding. The train was pretty heavy, but”— He got no further. For onco the laugh was on tho drummers.—Now York Times. The Luok ef Lucky Lucas. I ’Clews and notes 3 Carnegie will be compelled to testify in the Chadwick case. The town of Port Arthur is .now being demolished by (lie Japanese. Judge Swuyne of Florida is to bo impeached. Mrs Chadwick seems over whelmed by news of indict ments. Two duck hunters frozen to death near Wilmington, N C. Tho Citizens Bank of Wrights, ville, Ga., has suspended busi ness. Hussia seems to bo a house di vided against itself. Governor Vardman, of Mis sissippi, says: •• ‘Wo tried for many years to live in Mississippi and sliaro sovereignty and' do minion with the negro, and wo saw our institutions crumbling, we raw the public funds squan dered, we snw tho civilization that our forefathers had taught for passing away, and the law of self-preservation being the first law, we observe it, we rose the majesty and. highest type of Anglo Saxon manhood and took the reins of government out of the hands of the carpet bagger, and negro, and, to help us God, from now on wo will-never slmro any sovereignty or dominion witli him again.’ ” < “That’s right. Now, I sKbuldn’t be surprtafl if it contained a cool hundred in bank notes. It’s fat enough.” Kane Defter. Mrs. Wise—I wouldn’t bnve bought cigars (or my iqisbuinl If 1 were you. A tn:tu doesn't 111id bis wife to do that Mrs. McBride—1 know It’s risky unlaaa you're very careful to get tbe bosL but .1 waa careful. Mr*. Wise—Were you? airs. McBride—Vos. I picked out a box •.ailed “Finest made.” There couldn’t possibly be anything better tban that, you know. Pride of Ancestry. **We can't afford to recognize them. Their ancestors were in trade.’’ "Weren't ours?” ’ “Of coarse, but onr trade ancestors arc two generations further back tban Jbelra’’—Chicago Post llut-it didn’t. It only contained u lot of advertisements for situa tions vacant which that young man had meant to apply for. Unfortunate Phrase. “Oil, John,” cried Mrs. Subhubs (ho moment he got home, “you told the cook tliis morning to clean up the silver, didn't you?” “Yes,” lie replied. “Why?” “Well, 6he cleaned up the silver and a lot of other things and#he’i f pnc with them.” — Philadelphia 'rcss. * • • Cause and .Effect. “She’s terribly troubled with corns.” “Why, she told me she hadn’t one.” “I know. They’re her husband's, and they make him too cross for anything.”—Philadelphia Bulletin. “What’s that ?’’ cried the motoriat as his tire exploded. “Broken bot tle, eh? I believe that— It would he reasonable, under tho circumstances, to suppose that Mrs Chadwick had hoped for the death ofjAndrew Carnegie before those notes ramo to light. $100—Dr. K. Decthon's Anti-. Diuretic may be worth to you more than $100 If you havo a child who-soils bedding from in continence of water during sleep. Cures old aud young alike. It arrests the treuble.at once. $1, Sold by the Gem Pharmacy, Way- cross, Ga - LAWYERS. L AW °TL E 8°£eaTA80R Oflles In Raw Lott and Bitch Building. Anoaaav'a A Cotm.sioaa at Law. Loll A Bitch Building, Waycroas, (la. OfBc* In holt A Hitch building. Soltdtor-Oen.ral of •>* Brunswick Circuit Waycroas Os. —“fliat fellow put it thcro on jiuqmsc. I’ll mnko an cxamplo of j New I ott Building! Wayeroai. Oaorsla —just then tho motor started off, and tho motorist was so busy run ning after it (hat— Mesa. Mias Mdgley-I always try to retire before midnight I don't Ilk* to ml** -my beauty sleep. Mias Pepprey—Ion ■really abonld try harder. Ton certain kj coa t get enough of It—Exchange. a*fs never any pity for conceited poo- gbe, hectnso I think they carry thalr comfort shout with them. —decrx* Little Willie. ' Willie—Mr. Oldboy, why do they I Lucky Lucas. ! jay you are in your second child-' ' hood? Mather—Willie 1. Willie—Oh, I know; it’a because you are baldheaded, just like baby Dick.—." ' “ —he left his coaf and hat and a nice fat pocketbook in charge of -Boston Transcript The Great Condition. Lover—Hay I have your aazwcr now? Father—Can you keep my daugh ter supplied with expensive automo biles aa she has heed used to?— T troit Free Press. An Available Excum. lie—I’m afraid my picturo of Mitt Gotrox was not quite satisfac tory. She—Oh, well, art should not be held responsible for nature.—Puck. WALTER BKNNKTT. JaAWYlJR. Watckou, _ • - Okoumia. Loll A Hitch builUlntf PHYSICIANS. WALK HR A IZLAIl Office up tUira Walter A Mtf'ul.aj block: Office hour* !i to 10 a. ni., 3 to 4 p. m.. aud (ito 8 p. n>. Dr. Walker'* residence on Gilmore street. Dr, IiWf reeideuce Gilmore etreet. Telephone motion* at office* end rceidcncea. Order* Bhonld be left et 8iel* I’harmaet, Office et Residence, LRrunel Htn-et, Telephone No. 140 Office over Hter Clothing? Store. Keen denee next corner. Office bonr* H U • a. m It to 1 p. m. W. W. An'ley. Collector. DENTISTS. Quit. Nactssary. Hr. Swift—Why on earth art you taking my revolver to the party? Ibe. Swift—It is a card party, my dear. — Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. up stain in McCnllty A Walker's tend*!* hi* professional sarvloas Waycroas, Gaoftl* G U. LOVELACE, DaoUsL a Ofiks ttMtain, Rsddinf Bulldln* Plant Avenue. Baaldaon* at Mis. Olaman’A I twill b* to venz intaraat to as* m bafor* haying work don* f ——Ma*.«w-»rAd-ff’iiiwi' ***■■*■ President Suspenders Ease Comfort Freedom Durability Metal Parts Ruit Proof. Pos!tive]y Guaranteed if "President"lion buckle*. Everywhere SO cts„ or by mail postpaid. light or dArk. wide or nor. ■**, C. A. EDGARTON MFG. CO. Bex 365. Shirley, Mass. RECORDS Two Millions a Month ms wtfweous orrmir or count**. nor* ueo enmeot treoees tMwmitl arc wrui-s; j au v:er. i. always mam i P;.’:: r; Cents Each Best Records tor Us* cn AM Type; of Cylinder Talking Machine* GRAND PRWl. AVIS, 1008 Cylinder Marhine*front » to ' ik li.tc UacLIn** from IIS to Hi. $2.25 EXPRESS PRE-PAID1 OUR CELEBRATED COBB COUNTY CORN 18 GUARANTEED 3 YEARS OLD. Copper distilled lx (he good eld fashioned style owe* a open tmrmeoe, which gives a d.lloaoy of ■avow not to fee bad in other bnusds. Order to-day sad wo will ship la plain ooao aoo gallon of thle exo.ll.at Whiskey exproaa pr.-p.IS ter nab. Harris Favorite Rye « 11 Years Old 4 Full Quarto, Express Prepaid, $3.00 This fla* old Rjro Wkliktjr 1mm no nuI bo matter what yon pay. It ia tho kind of mallow taste, Rood, too, for medicinal u*. Wo will also ahlp 1 f illoa Cobb County and 1 quart Harris Favorite yo together for 93.00, axpraee prepaid. Sand u your trial ordar to-day. OUR GUARANTEE If yon are not antlroly s pleased and onr Rood* are nut as represented, wo refnnd yonr money by nert mall. Wo moke no C. O. D. shipments. Onr refsrenoest Third National Bank or Express Office. Send Express or Postoffioe Mono * Order. A. H. HARRIS. It Walton Street, ATLANTA. CA. II Whore Are You Going * My pretty maid? I’m goioglo Tybee, Siv, she H P . • P said. And that’s the place where the people are “ Pj '"g”ing this year to have a good lime, | HOTEL TYBEE * P. With its many attractions, its fine orchestra, its H P j ^ splendid bathing an i its excellent cuisine is the ’j P ▼ most Dopulav - easirfc resort on the South At lantic Coast. Rate-, 82.50 per day; $12.50 and ^15 00 per week. THE PULASKI HOUSE * It tht .newt popular place In 8avani>|b and sbouldjbe you^beadquar- ter* wlwn In tbe city. WRITEjJFoR ILLU8TRA ED BOOKLET. # CHAS. F. GRAHAM. Prop. Be Sure to Consult the Herald l A |, Vt/rtwLr Before PlacingQ Your.Order for OUU VY Urlv