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THE RESOURCEFUL MOLE.
Hr t,ei» \sv«r With Ks»e When Vou
Think Ton Have Him.
"Hnenklng of quick mill resourceful
iinlinhIk, Hu 1 mole leads easily so far m
my experience goes," said 11 man from
(In’ country, "and I dare say there are
many inen who have made observa
tions that will confirm my contention.
As you probably know, tho mole plows
In the surface of the earth, generally
making a small ridge anywhere from
two to three Inches high
with remarkable raffidlty
the ground in which lie Is burrowing Is
hard When operating In soft ground
he moves along at n surprising gait.
Hut this is not the point I wanted to
make. I was thinking of the remark#
lily goist hearing of the mole mid the
i use with which he can get away Juat
at the moment when you think you
have him cornered, of course now and
then you can drive a spike through the
mole la-fore he Is aware of It. If you
do you will have to walk ns light ns a
iid and will have to net ns quickly ns
tin* same iinlmiiI when the time comes
to net In nine eases out of ten the
mole will hear the first footfall. At
once he will quit plowing, lie Is gone.
Search us you mny, you emiiiot find
him. I hate seen men dig for fifty
yards, following the ridge nnd Its off
ah ads, without finding any other traeo
of the mole than the ridge. The mole's
hearing Is peculiarly keen, nnd I sup
pose this Is so because he cannot sen.
Hut even more wonderful from my
standpoint Is tip* ease nnd quickness
with which he gels away. Mow does ho
manage It7 Where does lie go? You
know, the element of superstition In
my makeup Is slim, nnd I don't believe
In gliosis, lint somehow 1 have nltvays
Inclined Just a hit to the ghost theory
when thinking of the mysterious antics
nf these blind burrowers. 'I7ie mole Is
more like a ghost In Ills conduct than
anything I have ever known, though,
nf course, the mole Is a real and not an
liniiglnwy nnd mythical tiling.”—Now
Orleans Times Demoernt.
EARLY DIAMOND BUYING.
laitk Africa's Hirst Hinds Were Paid
For In Cows.
South Africa's first dlnmonds were
paid for In cows. The ntory Is told by
Josojih H. Kohlnnon, one of the wealthy
pioneers of that country. In 1879 he
gave eight oxen nnd a wagon loaded
with sugar nnd tobacco to a rative In
exchange for a twenty-three curnt
gem. “The news spread like wildfire
through the countryside that n white
THE ANCIENT ZORA.
It Was the Hirst Corset and Was
lard la Cleopatra's Time.
It was hack In Cleopatra's time that
the corset wns first thought of. Who
knows hut perhups tho dusky beauty
of the Nile thought to hold Mark An
tony’s fickle fancy longeroeBlil she add
some new charm to her fbqR-or figure? |
Anyway, It was then that the em
bryo corset first apjieared In the shape
of a stiffened linen girdle called a
He moves ! man was giving awHy wagons and “xora." Sometimes It wns worn out-
even when I oxen for hits of stone,” ho says. "I 1 "Ido tho tunic, tightly laced and much
nut all the natives who came to work Jeweled.
to seek for diamonds on one aide of the ! Then fashion wearied of the “xora.”
Vaal river, and I brought up my own nnd for twelve centuries the corset
fifty men to hunt for diamonds among languished.
the hushes and scrub on the other side
of the stream. I had bought the land
on Iwith sides of the river, so that I
was working on my own property.
Next morning at sunrise, when I wns
hnrlng my coffee, I was startled by
a loud hullnhnloolng, nnd, looking
out, 1 saw tho whole gang of my men
rushing townrd mo In a stale of wild
excitement.
"One of them had found h dlnmond
of good size. They all had come to
hoc what I would do with It. ‘Wlint
will you give me for It?’ said the
Under. ‘I will give you ton cows,’ I
replied and sent the man Into the herd
to take Ills pick. Ho marked ten of
the hest cows as his own. Tho men
had never dreamed of making such a
bargain. Ten cows for a hit of stone!
Off they went again nml found dia
monds every day. They became rich,
and I accumulated a good store of
precious stones.
"After we bail accumulated a large
qunntlty we decided we would better
send them to London. We ninde n l>elt
full of small pockets, In each of which |
wo placed n diamond. When the belt
was filled my partner girded It ntmut
bis body and started for Cape Town.
He never took off the belt until he
reached Ix>nrinn. And It was In this
way the first consignment of African
diamonds reached London."
A MEMORY OF LEE.
The Greeks and Romans next held
sway, and beauty unadorned was good
enough for them.
In the sixteenth century along onmo
Catherine dn Medici, that energetic
Indy who meddled In everything, from j
empires to Imlrplns, nnd she revived !
the corset with a vengeance.
She not only won* It herself, but also
Issued an edict that nil women of birth j
nnd breeding should wear corsets
which should reduce their waist meas
ures to thirteen Inches.
This corset wns called n “corps" nnd
was stiffened In every possible nuui-
ner. In this the body wns pinched
nnd forced, while over the “corps” was
clasped a perfectly fitting corset cover, j
constructed of thin plates of steel, .
fashioned In two pieces and opeidng
on a hinge.
This Instrument of torture lasted un
til the early part of the seventeenth 1
century, when more pliable materials j
were adopted.
Beautifully quilted satin bodices re
placed Catherine's Invention.
The next change In the corset's his
tory took place In the early part of
the eighteenth century, when leather
stiffened with whnlebone came Into
use.
Since then It has gone on steadily
Improving until todoy for every type of
woman there is a specially adapted
corset.—New York American.
APACHE SHREWDNESS.
He Ilnil Much lllsnltr nf Rearing
and Heaafr of Kaea.
Him in after the Confederates began to
enter the town (Kllr.Hlietlitown) I met a
friend of mine, the son of I)r. Doyle,
who told uie that Ills father had Juat
ls*en sent for to see Iasi and that I
might go, too, If I ran as fast na my
small legs could carry me, ami wo
found the doctor Juat starting. Dr.
Doyle waa a man who had lieen In
rommunlratlon with the enemy from
the heglnulng of the war, but had so
far managed to esenpn the fate of
many Innocent men. Two of his sons
had Iks*11 arrested a short time before
and were lying In Jail when their
friends arrived and set them free.
The doctor wns In his old gig and,
being an Immense innn, left no room
for any one else In It, so we two boys
aut ou the aprlngs behind. It wns on
the Williamsport pike, about half a
mile from the town, that we met Gen
eral 1am* He had dismounted nnd was
standing by his horse, a small sorrol
mare, whleh, I was told, It was his eus-
tom io ride on the march. Ills staff
was brilliant In gold lace, hut he was
very simply dressed. No one could
have seen that man without being
greatly Impressed with the dignity of
Ids hearing nnd the beauty of his fnce.
Ills lmir nt tills time whh almost en
tirely white, nnd those who lind seen
him the year before said ho had aged
greatly III the short spare of time which
had elapsed since the battle of Antla-
tnm. 1 could not help thinking of
Washington ns 1 looked nt that oalm,
sml fuee. It has been said since by
those who were near him that he had
no expectation of conquering the north
and that nt the most he only hoped to
Win a great battle on northern soil In
order to affect public opinion In Europe
nnd lead to the recognition of the
Southern Confederacy. However that
maj he, there was nothing about hla
hearing which looked like ii great hope,
- Ucv. Dr. Leighton Park In Century,
••Thrre'll He No IMe.”
An energetic pastor who was mak
ing preparations to build a new church
received all kludN of advice from par
ishioners. and the greatest amount
came from those who had contributed
the least toward the erection of the
church. So at the regular services on
tin* following Sunday lie said:
“1 have l teen receiving lots of advice
during the last few weeks. 1 hnvo
been told by certain members of the
congregation that It will not do to
have too many fingers In the pie. I
cun assure you that 1 will attend to
that part of It. There will lx> no pie."
—Harper's Weekly.
The Indian’s Rail Wan Hand, bat tka
While Man Dlda’t ••Bite."
With the Apaches a really bravo
niun does not stand aa high In public
estimation ns does a elever thlof. Ill*
chief excellence, from nn Apnehe stand
point, Ilea In hla ability to outwit the
white man. Bays Mr. Cremony, tho au
thor of "Life Among tho Apaehos.”
I was sitting, says Mr. Cremony, In
front of my tent, writing a letter, when
a young Apacho came «p and asked
what I was doing. I replied I was talk-
tug to my friend In Washington.
"How can you talk to your friend so
far away?"
“When nn Apnehe wishes to talk of
speed to a distant friend,” I answered,
SOURCES OF COLORS.
Blue black Is the charcoal of the vine
eta Ik.
Itnw sienna Is the natural earth near
Hlenna, Italy.
Ivory chips produce the Ivory black
and bone black.
Turkey red Is the madder plant,
which grows In Hindustan.
Prussian blue Is made with Impura
potassium carbonate. This moat useful
discovery was accidental.
Cochineal Inflects furnish many of
our ino«t gorgeous colors—carmine,
scarlet, crimson and purple.
India Ink 1s made from burned cam
phor. The Chinese are the only inanu-
No Opium In Chamberlain’s Cough
Remedy.
There is not tho least danger in giving
Oliaiiiberlaiu’N Cough Remedy to small
children as it contains no opium orottier
harmful drug. It has an established re
putation of more than thirty years as
the most successful medicine ill use for
colds, croup and whooping cough. It
always cures and is pleasant to take.
Children like it. Hold by Dr. Paul Pen-
iston, Nuwiian, Ga.
Rossini nnd Meyerbeer.
Koanlul, walking one dny on the bou-
r— ... ~ . ... „ . ... levard with tho musician Braga, was
he sends him n picture of o bird; If ha 1 greeted by Meyerbeer, who anxiously
talks of something sweet he sends
picture of a flower. Instead of pictures
the white man has theso little signs
which all understand."
The Indian took up the letter and
srrutlnlBod It carefully.
“I do not believe you.” ho sold. "You
try to make a fool of mo. These little
fllgns are nil alike."
“1 will give you proof. I will write on
this little piece of paper that tho sutler
la to glvo you some tobacco. Go take It
to the store nnd aco If I do not speak
the truth."
The Indian snntched the paper nnd
wns off. A few minutes Inter I saw
him slowly coming townrd mo, a piece
of tobacco In his hand nnd a look of be
wilderment on his fnce. Suddenly his
expression changed to satisfaction, and
he hurried forward.
"Did you get the tobacco?" I asked.
"Yes, but I do not believe you. You
nnd ho lind an understanding before so
that you might deceive me. Now If you
will write some more of those little
signs on paper telling the sutler to glvo
me much more tobacco nnd If he does
then I will believe you."
But the Indian’s ruse failed. I did
not "rise" to the occasion.
secret.
Cuttlefish give us sepia, which Is
nothing more nor less than the Inky
fluid which the fish discharges to ren
der the water black when It Is at
tacked.
Wiilniit* nml lluttcrnnta.
Tlie city hoy on n visit to the country
Is often puzzled In trying to distinguish
black walnuts nnd butternuts In tho
green state. The leaves are almost
alike, being compound and having a
variable number of leaflets arranged on
n long stem. The butternut stem has
from nine to seventeen leaflets, and the
black walnut from fifteen to twenty-
three. The teeth on the latter are larger
and sharper than those on the butternut
nnd lack the fuzzy stem, hut the real
distinguishing feature Is the odor. Hav
ing once smelled the crushed leaves of
a butternut nnd a black walnut, a per
son can never fall to know them there
after. St. Nicholas.
Hiding Their Spears.
An explorer In the backwoods
Australia tells how some timber cut- |
tors took big risks. "I had given In- |
■tnictlons to the men In the bush that ;
on no account were they to lay uslde
their flroarma," he says. "After hav
ing been nbsent for n short time I re
turned and found that they hnd slung i
their revolvers and carbine# on a small
tree nnd were working at about fifty
yards from- them. I can toll you they
heard of It. The natives have a play
ful habit of drugging their spears
through the grass with their toes and
ull the while looking as Innocent as It
Is possible for them to look. If the
natives had only thought of It they
might hnvo given the cutters a warm
time.”
Lurking Hunger.
A farmer who wns much troubled by
trespassers during the nuttlug season
consulted with a botanical frleud. The
botanist furnished him with tho tech-
Inquired after tho health of his dear
Rossiul. "Bud, very bad,” answered
the latter. "A headache, a side ache
and a leg I can scarcely move." After
a few moments’ conversation Meyer
beer pnssod on, uud Braga asked the
great composer how It was be bad sud-
of denly become so unwell. Smilingly
Kosslnl reassured bis friend: "Oh, I
couldn't be better. 1 only wanted to
please Meyerbeer. He would be so
(lad to see me smnsh up."
The Mobn In Servln.
Servian peasants help each other by
menus of on Institution known us the
mobn. A innn who has not bands suf
ficient to plow or reap his farm calls
in the moba—thnt Is to say. Invites all
his neighbors to come and help him.
He pays nothing for this service, pro
viding only generous supplies of food
and drink; but when any of them ap
ply for the mobn it Is understood thnt
ho will take his turn.
Not In Her Experience.
"This proverb," said Mrs. Hiram Of-
feu over her evening paper, “nlways
makes me tired."
"Whnt proverb's that, dear?" asked
lior husband.
ideal name of the hazel, and the farmer I " ‘Too ninny cooks spoil the broth.'
Seasonable Things
for the Table
Sond us orders for any of the following seasonable,
standard goods:
Heinz’s Baked Beans, Tomato Soup, Mince Meat,
Pickles, Olives; “Telmo” English Peas, French
Peas; Canned Hominy, Kraut and Asparagus;
Canned Apricots, White Cherries, Plums, Peaches
and Gooseberries; Deviled Crabs, Shrimps, French
Lobsters, Sardines; Plum Pudding; all kinds of
fruits and nuts for fruit and nut cakes.
Our stock is large and everything is fresh. We make
prompt delivery of all purchases. We want the pub
lic to test the quality of our goods and the character
of our service. Give us a fair trial.
C. P. STEPHENS & CO,
The Prompt Service Grocers.
placed tne following notice at conspicu
ous points about bis premises:
"Trespassers take warning! All per
sons entering this wood do so nt their
own risk, for. although common snakes
are not often found, the Corylus avei-
laua abounds everywhere about here
nnd never gives warning of Its pres
ence."
The place wns unmolested that year, •
and the farmer gathered Ills crop in
peace.
I don't believe there ever wns such a
thing as too many cooks."—Philadel
phia Prpss.
girl over
Tlio Wny of It.
"Who Is that sprightly
there?"
"That's Miss Jones, who took part 111
the amateur theatricals last night."
"And who are those nineteen tired
looking women near her?"
“Those are her mother, sisters, aunt#
nnd cousins who helped her to get
ready!"
A llnoniy Hotel.
A story Is being told In Athens of an
American woman who visited Greece
on a cruise of the Mediterranean. When
she entered the train nt the Plrneus In
Put Thom OIY Till Tomorrow.
Some things are very much better put
off until tomorrow. Among them are
the reprimand you mean to deliver, the
defiance you mean to express, tho resig
nation you mean to lmnd in to a heart
less employer. Put off doing these
and you’ll probably discover that you
don't have to do them.
In Praise of Chamberlain’s Cough
Remedy.
There is no other medicine manufactur
ed that has received so much praise and
so many expressions of gratitude ns
Ordinary’s Notices.
GEORGIA—Coweta County.
Catherine E. Glenn, Admx. of estate
of B. L. Glenn, deceased, having ap
plied to tho Court of Ordinary of said
not be granted. This Dec. 4tli, 1905.
L. A. PERDUE, Ordinary.
Impatlfut.
The Single Aunt You should be most
assiduous to keep yourself unB|>otted
from the world, Cornelia. You are so
licitous, are you not, to enter heaven
after you cross the river? The Bud-
Yes. But, auntie, I’m not averse to a
little heaven on this side.—Puck.
HU Own Self.
There Is a time In every man's edu
cation when he arrives nt the convic
tion that envy Is Ignorance; thnt Imi
tation Is suicide; that ho must take
himself for better, for worse, as his
portion; that, though the wide uni
verse Is full of good, no kernel of
nourishing com can come to him but
through his toll bestowed on that plot
of ground whleh is given to him to till.
—Emerson.
The Sill of It.
Maud—Is It true that Millie's engage
ment is broken off? Clara—Yes; she
accused Jack of stealing a kiss. Maud
order to reach the city she was ob- —Why, that's nothing, surely. Clara—
served by a fellow traveler to be vlsl- ^ i, ut he stole it from another girl.
bly disturbed and wns asked to explain j
the reason for her distress. "Oh,” she
replied, "I've been wondering what ws
shall do. I hear we shan’t be able to
get rooms at the Acropolis, and I don’t
know the name of any other hotel!"
Absolutely Necessary.
Nan—l don't see why Miss Mugley
should want to marry him with all her
money. Dick—I guess she had to. I
don’t believe he'd have taken her with
out it—Philadelphia Preae.
Heroic Sararery.
When the Medical and Ohlrurgleal
society of London was founded in 1906
the barber-surgeon waa still more or
lefs tolerated. At one of lta early meet
ings one Dr. Wardrop advocated tho
“excellent custom" of bleeding patients
till they fainted, so that they might bo
the subject of surgical operation while
In an Insensible condition.
Memory Is the primary and funda
mental power without which there
could be no other Intellectual opera
tion.—Johnson.
How It Happened.
“I suppose he clasped you in hla arms
when the canoe upset?”
“No; quite the opposite."
"Quite the opposite?”
"Yes; the canoe upset when he clasp
ed me In hla arms.”
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It is I County for letters of dismission from
effective, and prompt relief follows its i ier said trust, all persons concerned are
use. ’Grateful parents everywhere do | required to show cause in said Court by
not hesitate to testify to its merits for : f | ie first Monday in January next, if any
the benefit of others. It is n certain j they can, why said application should
cure for croup and will prevent the at
tack if given at the first appearance of
the disease. It is especially adapted to
children ns it is pleasant to rake and
contains nothing injurious. Mr. E. A. . GEORGIA—Coweta County.
Humphreys, a well known resident and Tlie return of the appraisers setting
clerk in the stork of Mr. E. Lock, of apart twelve months’ support to the
Alice, Cape Colony, South Africa, says: family of.M. Salbide, deceased, having
“I have used Chamberlain's Cough j been filed in my office, all persons con-
Remody to ward off croup aud colds in oerned are cited to show cause by the
my family. I found it to be very satis- first Monday of January, 1906, why said
factory and it gives me pleasure to rec- application for twelve months support
onimend it." For sale by Dr. Paul Peu- j s i 10U l(l not be granted. This Dec. 4th
lst0 "’ Newlmn ' ^ ! 1905. L. A. PERDUE, Ordinary.
New Map of Georgia.
_____ . GEORGIA—Coweta County.
The new map of Georgia shows ! T * F - Rawls, Admr. of Mrs. Mattie
.. , Lambert, deceased, having applied to
new counties, new railroads, new the Court of 0r dinaiy of said Codnty
banking tow us, etc., etc. More * f 0 r letters of dismission from his said
features than any Other map. Made ! trust, all persons concerned are required
from new plates. Cloth map for ! 10 show cause in said Court by the first
#1.75; best paper map for #1.00. Mondayin January next - if an y the y
r, , , . , T can, why said application should not be
Be ready to give an order when 11 gmuted . This Dec 7th . 1905
call. WILBKR E. Morgan. L. A. PERDUE, Ordinary.
Seuoia, Ga. 4t
Holman llunt'a 1‘alatlmt.
Mr. Holmau Hunt spent seven years
on his great painting “The Triumph of
the Innocent*,” and then waa not at oil
na Untied with It. while “The Shadow
of I>eath" took him three years.
TX<> Beet Way.
Barber—Shall I take a little of the
ends of your hair off. sir? Customer-
Yes. I think you had better take It off
at the ends unless you can get It out of
the middle.—New Yorker.
He who can conceal his Joys is great
er than he who can hide hla griefs.—
ILavater.
The very curse of an evil deed is that
It must always continue to engender
evil.—Schiller.
When a highfalutin editor la la a
hurry he doesn't waste words by say
ing. “It rained." He simply writes,
"After many days of arid deaiccatloa
the vaporing captains marshaled their
thundering hoets and poured out upon
scorching humanity and the thoroughly
incinerated vegetation a few laches at
aqua plnvIaUa."
Nothing multiplies so much as kind*
ness.—Wray.
Cure for Sore Nipples.
As soon as the child is done nursing
apply Chamberlain’s Solve. Wipe it off
witli a soft cloth before allowing the
child to nurse. Many trained nurses
use this with the best results. Prioe 25
eeuts per box. For 6ale by Dr. Paul
Penistou, Newuau, Ga.
King of All Cough Medicines.
Mr. E. G. Case, a mail carrier of Can
ton Center, Conn., who has been in the
U. S. Service for about sixteen years,
says: "We have tried many cough medi
cines for croup, but Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy is king of all and one to
be relied upon every time. We also find
it the best remedy for coughs aud colds,
giving certain results aud leaving no
bad after effects.” For sale by Dr. Paul
Peuiston, Newnan, Ga.
Low Round Trip Rates via The West Point
Route for Christmas and New Year Holidays.
Tickets will be sold December 22nd,
23rd, 24th, 25th, 30th, 31st and January
lst, with final limit January 4th, 1906.
F. M. Thompson,
Trav. Pass. Agent.
C. L. Wickersham,
City Pass. Agent.
J. P. Billups,
General Pass. Agent.
Atlanta, Ga.