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urn town CJEZTTE, ruRLieuEU every Wednesday at HOMER, - - - GEORGIA. BY THE Banks County Publishing Cos. SUBSCRIPTION: On* year - - - - (1.00 Bix months - * * .50 To Correspondents. Write Ibe news. Write plainly, and tire proper names correctly. We will eorreet improper spelling, and punctu. alien. Notices of marriage*, deaths, a*rU •nltural and educational matters, Cbarch and Sundayscbool work are Specially requested. Entered at the Postoff.ce at Homer, Ga ., at tecond-clatt mail matter. Homkk. Ga., Wednesday, Feb. 11. Athens is putting in a fire alarm system, and with a paid fire depart ment the property of Athens will be better protected. Mr. John F. M. Cain, of Guinett county, committed suicide on the 7th by shooting himself with a double barrel shotgun. The people of Augusta are becom ing alarmed at the continued rise of the river at that place, and it >s feared that the city will again be covered with water. Lewis Sims, colored, shot a man by the name of Johnson in Madison county on the night of the 4th. The negro made good his escape. Emmtgrant agents are getting in their work in Worth county, and la bor is becoming scarce. The negroes are going to Louisianna. The grand jury of Laurens county recommended a tax of SIO,OOO on a license to sell whisky in that county. This is right. Every county in the state should do likewise. Rev. Sam P. Jones and the mayor of peleotiue, Texas, had a fight a few days ago and Satnmic flogged tho gentleman severely. He says he criticised the mayor’s conduct last November, and he deserved criticism. Maj. E. Berkley, superintendent of the A. &> C. division of the R. & D. railroad has moved from Atlanta to Richmond, Va., whore he will have charge of the R. &D. division of the road. We are sorry to give him up. Mr. C. T. Hammond of tlo Georgia Pacific succeeds Major Berkley. The Georgia Alliance Record Improves with each issue, and is one of the very best all-round Alliance, agricultural and literary papers printed. Bio. Christopher was the first newspaper man in Georgia to print an Alliance paper and the Alli ance people should patronize him. Price $ l per year, 8 pages, weekly. Sample copies sent on application. Address Alliance Record, Montezuma, Georgia. Tobacco Culture. Some of the weekly papers in the State are urging the farmers of the country to quit planting cotton ami go to raising tobacco. Why is this? Why do they want the people to do a thing t hat is morally wrong, and in the second place, to do a thing that is injurious to the land. You had as well advocate the man ufacture of whisky as that of raising tobacco; for there is but very little difference between the two. They are both things that do the people no good, but on the contrary does evi>y man that uses the vile stuff an injury. The |>eople had better and will continue to raise cotton, corn, wheat and oats, and let the tobacco culture go. It would be better if there was not a stalk of tobacco grown in the United States. Thousands of dollars would he saved to the people. Why raise and use a thing that would be a curse to generations yet unborn? It is damnable and ought not to he tolerated. We long to see the day when there will not l>e a pound of tobacco or a drop of whiskey, or spir ituous liquors of any kiud sold in the United States. Then yon will see many a glad heart, our people happy, carrying strong bodies of physical manhood. As to the second proposition, by raising tobacco you ruin your land, thereby rendering it valuleas. The farmers in Georgia are mak ing money raising catton and not de stroying the value of their lands, but on the other hand the lands in Geor gir are enhancing in value every year. Let well enough alone, manufacture your own fertilizers at home, raise 3 our corn and meat, thereby saving your country and yourself. There are many men in a town who are willing to reap the benefits which a live and well conducted news paj>er gives, but are unwilling to aid in the work to the extent that they should by giving it a substantial sup port in the way of patronage. They acknowledge the benefit of the paper, but when asked to advertise in it re ply that their peculiar business does not need advertising, they are too well known, etc. Yet these same peo ple get a fair portion of the trade which the paper influences towards a town or prevents from going else where, and are among the first to proffer advice os to how the paper should be conducted.—Dahlonega Nugget. Maysville. Rain and mad are very plentiful these days. We were very glad to see our friend T. N. Henderson, formerly with Carr & Bacon but now going to school at Brasstown, Ga., in town Sunday. Neal failed to put in an appearance Saturday and Sunday. Neal you will have to give Miss A. an explan at ion. Prof. Ware, of Arp, Ga., was in town Sunday mixing with his many friends—especially the ladies. The mail from Homer failed to get here Saturday We guess it was on account of high water. Capt. T. J. Carr and Bijl Adding ton leu Teusday with a drove of mules. The Maysville band went serenad ing Saturday night and gave the citizens some very fine music. Several of our boys went to Homer Friday night to take the “royal bumper" degree in masonry. Rev. Mr. McCarty preached a very interesting sermon Sunday at the Baptist church. Garrison Bros, have bong t anew engine to run their saw mill, which is stiuated about one mile from this place. Dr. Strickland is one of the pretti est men in tow n also a very fine phy sician. Mr. James' A. Garrard’s wtf* pre sented him with a very hansome birth day present —it was a bouncing boy. Our friend J. D. Cox has purchased a very fine violin which cost him forty dollars. He knows how to use it also. Rev. N. Trimble was sent back as pastor on this circuit of the M. E. church. Owing to so much bad weather there is a great deal of sickness in this community. Maysville can boast of having two of the la rgost attended Sabbath schools of any other place of its size in Georgia. Prof. Brock’s school is increasing every day—so mote it be. Our new mayor, J. M. Eberhart, will be installed in office at the next meeting of the council—he is a good man. , Col. Mack Edwards was in town Friday, be is always welcome. Long live the Gazette. Jimbo. It Pays, That’s Why. The advejtiser in a sin ill way often stands aghast nt the large sums of money which certain masters of the art are known to spend annually in bringing their goods before the public. Having bad experience only within his own narrow circle he asks in a bewildered way how it is possil 1 • that they can make it pay. He tak s pen cil and paper and begins to figure it out. Supposing their profits on a single side to be so much, he deter mines how many sales they would have to make to cover their entire ad vertising expenditure. About the time he reaches this result he gives up in despair and falls back on the old but safe conclusion that these princes of advertising nre conducting their business for the purpose of mak ing money, and that if they did not find their advertising paid they would not continue it.—Gainesville Eagle. O’FARRELL & FUNKENSTEIN, Furniture Dealers and Undertakers, and LEADERS OF LOW PRICES Vh Ocean Cnee la England, The “ocean cure” for consumptive* is practiced by English physicians in this way: The patient is ordered to em bark at the end of the month of Sep tember on a sailing vessel bound for Australia. Once past Cape Flnisterre —for Europeans, in former times, the “end of the earth"—the traveler may see no land for two or three months. He is far at sea, with little to remind him of anything in his past life, breath ing an atmosphere which is free from dust and smoke, and also freer than any atmosphere on land from the mi crobes which often cause disease. For the most part, he is in a kindly climate, and the slow progress of his vessel accustoms him gradually to such changes of air as he must undergo. He arrives in Australia in the summer of that latitude. Here he is advised to remain for a month or six weeks, and then to re-embark on a sailing vessel bound for England. Ordinarily he reaches England on his return in June, when the dangers to consumptives from the climate of that country are . well nigh past. Out of fifty-six cases of consumptives in whieb this treatment was followed, and of which records were kept, forty four reported marked improvement. In five cases the condition remained the same; in four it became worse, and only one patient died.—Youth’s Com panion. Talleyrand*, Entry Into Society. The cold manners, the outward shov of reserve I had adopted had made some people assert that I was a clever man. Mine, de Gramont, who dis liked any reputation of which she had not been the prime mover, proved use ful to rue at my debut in endeavoring to embarrass me. It was on the occa sion of my first supper at Mine, de Bou flier's, at Auteuil. I was seated at one end of the table, barely venturing an occasional word with my neighbor. Suddenly, in a loud and iionh voice Mme. de Gnunont calls me by my name, and asks me what had struck me so forcibly when entering the room after her as to mako me say, “Ahl ah!" “Madaine la Duchease," I reply, “has not heard me rightly; what I said was not ‘Ah! all!’ it was ‘Oh I oh!’ ” My answer, poor wit though it was, raised a laugh. I went on with my supper, and said no more; but on rising from table, I was greeted by several of tho guests, and received for tho following days various invitations which enabled me to make the acquaintance of per sons whom I was very anxious to meet —Talleyrand's Memoirs in Century. Tho A partir Criterion of Wire*. The plural wife system prevails nt San Carlos, where it is regarded by Apache bucks os profitable for ihe rea son that wives are tireless toilers. They chop wood, carry water, pack liay lierd stock, build wickiups, cook, and in fact do all tho labor calculated to contribute to the necessity and com fort of the camp. Apache women are mereliantable—are bought and sold. A buck’s wealth is estimated in part by tho number of his wives. The value of a wife is calculated by the weight she can carry; therefore those ha vi ng defect ive spines and unable to pack a sack of flour, or bundle of hay, or an eighth of a cord of wood and a pappoose at the same time, aro not regarded as valu able property, and ore less appreciated by their masters than a pony or a burro. -Globe Silver Bell. Wooden Ramis to Prevent Them Bo rating. The natives of several of the South Sea islands cut off cylinders of hollow trees and slip them up over the feet and legs to the armpits, thus leaving the whole stomach and abdomen rev ered with a solid wooden band. In this condition they begin the feast wliich celebrates both the beginning and tho ending of tho rainy season. Sumard mentions seeing them so tightly wedged in these improvised casks as to be utter ly incapable of extricating themselves even by outside help. Tho misery endured by these poor fanatics while in this helpless condition must bo terrible, as it is well known that the roots, fruits and plantaiu they use for food causes misery to tho user, even when not fettered by .bonds of any kind. Yet it is not strange that these savages should have such rites •when our forefathers of but a few oen turies ago did ns bad or even worse, not oven providing a wooden band.— 8b Louis Republic. A Core for Warts. I removed a formidable wart from my daughter’s hand by the application of simple lemon Juice, which is an in fallible cure. The wart requires satu rating with the juice once or twice a day for three or four days, or about a week in some cases. The wart dimin ishes gradually and disappears alto gether without pain, and leaving no mark and without incurring any of the risks mentioned in connection with the professional process. Another equally efficacious and harmless method is to saturate the wait with potato water daily for about a week, or, better still, with tho froth obtained from the water while tho potatoes are being boiled.— Cor. Home Queen. To Oui Credit. Tho canned fruits and meats ex ported by tho United States have im proved 30 per cent, in the last two years, and ure again being Largely pur chased In tho countries which laid al most outlawed them. Packers found i that adulterating their goods, in haste to get rich, simply killed a market in one season, and only first class goods are now shipped.—Detroit Freo Press. Clothing. Clothing, HATS, GENTS'FURNISHINGS,Etc. Largest Stock in the City. Prices to Please All. j When here come ar.d inspect our slock. Geo. Mune Ac Cos. The CLOTHIERS, 38 Whitehall Street, ATLANTA, GA, Book s and Stationery. D. W. M c GREGOR, The BOOK STORE ATHENS, GEORGIA. Fire Works, Christmas Goods and Booke in everv variety. Wholesale prices to merchants. Picture*. C. W. Motes ARTISTIC. Photographer 34lWhitehall St, ATLANTA, - GA. Jewelry. ~A.S. M A NDEVILLE DEALER IN CLOCKS, JEWELERY, SILVER AND PLATED WARE, Repairing and Engraving done with care and warreuted to give satis* action. Op. the college, Athens, Gn. Money to Loan. Money to I^oan. Parties wanting to borrow nionev cheap on farm lands can get it on ver short notice by coming to see me or wriiiug to me at Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga. J. W.HILL. Shoemakiny. W. F. HILL, f Boot ancLShoc MAKER, HOMER, ... - GEORG'A. Repairing of all kinds neatly done. FSEE FOS EYEHY OftE WHO WILIi TAKE THE TROUBLE TO ASK FOR IT. THE WEEKLYCONSTITUTION SUBSCRIPTION PRICE SI.OO PER YEAR. THE GREAT SOUTHERN WEEKLY, 151,000 WEEKLY, READ BY NEARLY A MILLION READERS, NT Agents make $25 to SIOO per month working for us. Send for Outfit Easleat paper in America to get subscriptions for. "fe® BEND BIX NAMES FOR SAMFI.E COPIES. 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BARRETT, Our Special Washington Oorreepondeut. Mrs. Wot. KING, The Kditree, of Woman's kingdom and our Childreu'a.Departmeat. NOTE.—If you want TbeSoaitaera lam the beat monthly for rarmers ercr printed, send *1.65 and both Farm and CONSTITUTION wiU be sent you for n year. • * Address THE COMSTITUTiOW, ATLANTA, 6A. ' tThis Space Still Belongs And if any of the good people of Banks want to buy a PIANO or ORGAN or any other Musical Instrument they can find it at our Music House, and we will sell them at a lower [trice and on easier terms than any music house in Georgia. Call and see ns at NORTH-EAST GEORGI A MUSIC HOUSE, 112 Clayton Street, Next door to Pcst-office, Athens, - - - * (weorgia. i/\ oldV^ ’ r/ reliable Mason & HanriiiA ** in use. Baby Cab nets, for Trachkbs, *22\<X We sell a spleodid Case, 6 ft 1 in high. Octave 4V lers. double action Organ 'for it if vou can. Pianos front to We deliver the /.^ tjXo-i in at your House kker akgb. No money ’ the place. Y. 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