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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FORGING ANTIQUITIES.
SNAKE DIVINITIES.
I mu it citiidi'Uiit! for Tnx Oolleotor,
lorthc uiiexpired term of the lata H. II.
Davie* Will appreciate the support of
eve ry voter of Coweta county; and, If
elected. Will try to semi the people
faithfully and fill tho office to the liest
of tny ahility.
As It ts only a short time until the
primary, nnd I am confined in the oftioe
nt this busy time of year, it will bn iru-
possible to see many of the voters l>or-
aonally; but 1 trust all will remember
me on day of primary. My candiclary
is subject to action of Demoeratio
primary.
J. W. WILOOXON.
To the voters of Coweta County:
I am a candidate for tax collector for
the unoxptred term 1 take this method
only to appeal to tlie voters, for I haven’t
the time to make a house to house can
vass, as 1 shall bn bnsy in the school
room, and 1 haven't the inclination, as 1] number of Creeks seated on a parnpet
do not think it necessary to nppcnl to of ruins. Wo had been cruising long
intelligent voters by kissing all the enough among tlie AAgenn Islands to
Rven Kxperta Tricked In Dlatln*
(■lakiss Real Iron tha Spnrlona.
Dr. Oliver Tonks In the Outlook Mag-
ar.lne shows the difficulties of dlstln-
gulshlng real from spurious antiquities.
Here Is one of his snecdotes:
At times the forger Is content to take
ancient fragments of ancient vases or
statuettes and complete them with clay
or plaster of parts. These now “old"
wares he then paints up and passes to
the uneospect Ing, and sometimes sus
pecting, purchaser as real antiques.
The story is told of a forger In Athens
that be protested that when he had fin
ished “Improving" an antique he him
self could not always tell where the
genuine part ceased and the false be
gan. Under such circumstances it
may not be wondered that at times
oven experts are tricked.
Tlie following Incident shows how
forgeries turn up In very unexpected
plnens: One hot day a party of us were
tolling up a steep aseen f In the island
of Melos when we sav, above us
linhie*
iHhnll appreciate your help.
Respootfnliy,
F. <>. W ATKINA
know that these people of the place hnd
Keen our ship drop anchor In the water
below nnd were now waiting to sell us
antiquities. At tho sight of these
Oreeks one of our numbpr, a tireless
1 hereby announce myself a candidate Scotchwomen, scrambled ahead of us
for the office of lax Collector to fill the} to the top. where wo could soon see
uucxptrcd tormofllev.il. K. Davies, | her, wind blown and outlined agnlnst
deceased, and will appreciate the in , the blue sky, bargaining for a vnse.
IIueiiee and support ol the Democratic ' When we reached tho top after a more
voters of the county. My candidacy is j M^vroly climb she put her purchase In
, .. , . „ ,, my hands and nsked me what I thought
of course subject to the act lop of the of ^ My |mn(1 , wero lnol . t w| „, per
Deinooratin jsirty.
W S. HUBBARD.
sptrntlon from the exertion of the climb,
nnd for answer to her question I held
them out to her nil blackened from
grnsplng the vnse. The sweet hnd at
tacked the modern paint with whlcb It
was covered, and by thus coming off
on my hands the color bad betrayed Its
falsity. The whole vase bad been
I hike this ineiiiml of notifying my
friends that I am a candidate for Tax
Oolleotor to fill the vacancy caused tiy
tho death of Kov. II. K Davies. I need
the office, and will Is, grateful for the j 'six or^ovon"piVcM
support of my friends. My candidacy I ind then pll | nted ov «r to conceal the
is subject to the action of the Demo- repairing,
orntin party.
THOS. J. WILKINSON. , 4 « . l)( . ttM .
JmI <• Urn Rawer.
A happy man or woman la
thing to And than a five pound note.
He or she Is a radiating focus of good
I ho elegant, ( hintl dinner Slit; w m ( 8nd their entrance Into a room Is
given away atj Itradloy’s drug as though another caudle bad been
stoic was won by C. T. Ilydo. Ho
bold tho I tick > ticket, No. 1,111.
It is a Iseiiitilnl present and w ill
is highly prized by Mr. Hyde and
J is lamlly.
Howinaii's < 'urholiited Fniully Salve
oil res uutH, burns, ulotirs, old sunw. piles,
ling worms, tetter, oezeiiin, and all Mkin
rilsoaseH, also for vaoninated arms mid
Hiiiall|>ox. I*i ire ’-'.Hi | er hex ut Reese's
Drug Store
lighted. We need not care whether
they could prove the forty-seventh
proposition. They do a better thing
than that. They practically demon
strate the greet theorem of the livable
ness of life.—R. L. Stevenson.
net Miffs.
Flat muffs will agnlu be carried, as
they have won general favor. Round
muffs were little In evidence last win
ter. It seemed as though many own
ers of n round muff had It made ovar
into a flat one.
Business
Announcement
Piitastle Forms of Worsklw •»
Boitkwost Const of Isfls.
Serpent worship and the propitiation
of anake divinities, which once sprend
all over Asia, still maintain a tena
cious hold on the little native states of
Cochin and Travancore, on the south
west coast of India. Here Hindoos
high and low revere the cobra in, they
did a thousand years ago, and It Is con
sidered a heinous crime to Injure the
reptile or neglect Its interests.
In the district of Travancore alone
there ore between 15,000 nnd 20,000
shrlnee dedicated exclusively to the
worship of snakes which possess ex
tensive and valuable properties for
their maintenance and for the cost of
the ceremonies which the keepers have
to perform front time to time.
In these shrines the Hindoos set down
fantastic Idols of serpents on a stone
base, nnd the shrine Is protected by a
mud wall. Householders to assure their
welfare should make offerings of
dough, milk and cooked rice to the Her-
pertlne habitues of the shrine and
place lights and chant hymns In order
to he assured of tlielr favor.
Every morning the king nnd queen of
tho serpents nre bathed, nnd fruit nnd
milk nre offered to them, to he followed
nt noon by cooked rice and fried grain.
On certain days tlie Idols In grove and
household temple are carried in pro
cession to the house, where propitia
tory offerings are made. The presiding
functionary must be the eldest femnle
member of the family, who has to prac
tice celibacy from the day sbo attnlns
the position.
At famous snake festlvala nt Trnvan-
core pious folk gather from all parts
to Join In tlie worship, bringing offer
ings of gold, sliver, grain, pepper,
spices, oil,-sandalwood, silk and other
things. The cost of the festlvala Is de
frayed by the revenues of the |>addy
fields and gardens attached to the
; shrines. It Is believed that unless the
ceremonies are conducted with rever
ence the largest cobras of the grove
will come out and ahow themselves to
tlie members of the house. The na
tives also believe that snake bites in
the neighborhood of these shrines nev
er prove fatal. Bo that as It may,
deaths from snake bites are very rare,
though many groves contain as many
as thirty cobras and the shrines In Tra-
vancore number between fifteen and
twenty thousand.
The snakes of India are rarely ag
gressive, but generally keep to them
selves, and, being so kindly treated nnd
benevolently attended, It Is not aston
ishing that they become docile and
harmless. All over Travancore the peo-
plo when they see a anake approaching
say, "The god Is coming,” nnd make
way for the divinity. Children play
fearlessly about the groves while their
serpentine friends are gliding about or
bnsklng In the nun nnd have never been
known to be hnrined. When tho groves
become overrun with serpents the sur-
' plus population Is removed and sent to
other shrines, certain ploua Brahmans
being especially applied to for this pur
pose.—New York Herald. •
To our Friend* and Customers:
This is to give notice that wo have sold
our entire stock of goods to 1). W. Boone,
and will retire from business. Mr. lloone
will retain a good force of our help and con
tinue the business at our stand without
■alakit Olasa.
Soluble glass, or wator glass, as It
ts sometimes called, Is an artificial sili
cate of sodium or potassium or a dou
ble silicate of both of these alkalis, and
thus In Its essential Ingrodlents the
same us ordinary glass. But ordinary
glnsa is to n slight extent soluble In
water, owing to the alkali which It
contains, and by varying the propor
tion of the alkaline constituents the
I compound becomes readily soluble to
any desired degree. Atteutlon wae
first directed to It by Fuchs, a German
1 chemist, about 1824. It has been used
| to some extent, nnd quite successfully,
In preventing the deeny of stone walla
anil edifices under the action of the
weather. The surface Is covered with
a coating of a suitable solution, and,
the water soon evaporating, a thin,
transparent glaze Is loft over the stone,
effectually protecting It from the dis
integrating action of the utmosphere.
Several public buildings In various
ports of the world huve been success
fully treated In this way.
change ol policy. Mr. Boone is n former
clerk of the senior member of our firm, and
will treat you right. We ask for him a lib
eral shure of your valued patronage.
Thanking one and all for the liberal pat
ronage extended us during our business
career, we are Yours truly,
J. W. Stripling & Son.
Wonderful Indian Runners.
An Indian 1ms been knowu to carry a
letter from Gunzapurcs to Chihuahua
and back again lu five dajA the dis
tance being nearly 800 miles. In some
parts where the Tnrahumnrls serve the
Mexicans they are used to run lu the
wild horses, driving them Into the cor
ral. It may take them two or three
days to do It, sleeping at night nnd liv
ing on a little pinole. They tiring In
the horses thoroughly exhausted, while
ihey themselves nre still fresh. They
\wL.outrun any horse if you give them
tlngrinough. They will pursue deer
lu twt»i ujw or with dogs, In the rain,
for tW *> hd days, until at last the anl-
mnl Is (Sfcnered nnd shot with arrows
or falls nil easy prey from sheer ex
haustion, its hoofs dropping off.
Fool* and Wise Men.
If you are dealing with a fool, dic
tate. but never argue, for you will lose
your labor upd perhaps your temper;
If with a bigot, say nothing or you will
certainly lose both. Never dispute with
tile man who asserts a paradox. If he
does not believe it, be is amusing him
self with you; if he doer, the same dis-i
tortion of mind will make him incapa
ble of appreciating his own sophistries
or your arguments.—O. W. Holmes.
And Wasn't Aakaaied.
Mr, Devoff—Why don’t yon wear that
dress to the party?
Mrs. Devos—I’d be ashamed to be
•era in it
Then she put on a sleeveleaa affair
cat four Inches lower in the neck andi
went.—Judge.
Time marks the title page of our
lives, death the finis, and the grave be
comes the binding.
PRIZE CONTEST
<8*
Public interest in our
contest far exceeded our
expectations. We re
ceived so many lists that
we found it impossible to
name the winners in this
issue; and, therefore, de
fer the announcement
until next week.
&
NVNNALLY S BARRETT,
The Bay Street Grocers
Telephone 55
91
is the lucky number that gets
the Chiffonier. Should that
number not lie turned in by
Jan. 4, we will draw again.
January Sale
58-inch table linen; damask,
worth 50c 28c
Ycry soft cambric bleached do
mestic, worth 12 l-2c at 9c
Everybody wants lace now-
torchon lace, 10c kind, 3 l-2c
in 12-yd. pieces.
Here is the biggest bargain
you ever saw in glass pitchers
1-2 gallon worth 35c at 19c each.
Special bargains in crockery,
English ware. Look here, lot
a limited time only we will sell
the #1.00 plates, white and gold
at 85c set; the green or blue,
the 85c ones at 68c set. These
are the 9-in. siz-*; smaller sizes
same cut price. Only those
who have seen this ware can ap
preciate these values.
We Wish You
All prosperity in the com
ing year and trust eaelt
day Avill not only be free
from sorrow and sadness,
but filled with joy and
gladness.
S' $
ORR & POWELL
Atlanta & West Point R. R.
Co., the Western Ry. of
Alabama.
Furniture!
*
Furniture!
See ns. Your credit is good,
and we’ve got ’em at the right
prices.
J. B. Hutchens
West Side Square
of all that is new in the fashion world,
to say nothing of the many features of
literary excellence. Of particular in
terest is an article by Postmaster Gen-
„ , , _ , | era! Cortelyon, describing woman’s
Very low rates to New Orleans, place aild 8hare of work in the p09tal
La. and return, account General j service. The article in the “Safe Food’*
Convention Southern Cotton As-1 series is devoted to a discussion of the
sociation, January 11-13, 1906. | real valne of K lnoostf as a food product.
Tickets on sale January 9th and! ^ ci f ia 1 . L f, fvu6 f ves her of
, x “Ophelia,” a character winch ahe has
10th; limited to midnight, Jannaty acted . with 8ncceg8 , and N . Hudson
15th, 1906. Moore writes of ‘‘Old-Fashioned Beds.’*
For further information and! “The President of Qaex,” Helen M.
sleeping car reservations, apply to j Winslow’s clnb story, is continued, a
nearest Agent, or write
J. P. Billups, t
General Passenger Agent.
F. M. Thompson,
Traveling Passenger Agent.
Atlanta, Ga.
serious note being introduced in the dis-
! cussion of child labor. “At Spinster
Farm" is concluded, as well as John
Luther Long’s clever story of the stage,
“Castles in Spain.” The education of
the child is the subject of a thoughtful
I paper by Dr. Grace P. Murray, and the
p vstimes for little folks include the first
of a series of fairy tales by Alice Brown.
! The various departments are filled with
The Delineator for January
The Deliueator begins the New Year ’ of interest aud value to the wo
with an attractive cover and a display mau home.