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J HE COFFEE PLANT. A Nuthc of \ I,,» *•. I n I :i I lint \\ m TrnnH|iiirti*ii to \ ratlin. Tili‘ origin of ru.i'i* i- Inti in llic mints III :iillii|ilit> . till! ti l- lilnilt Is Ilf lioVI'll til In' M Hilt i \ i‘ III Abyssinia mill to Inn'' i m i n- I llii'ii' i' Into Arnlila oiirlj mi iin Ilftt-Miili «■’ itiiry. whi'iiro tin' Mi • imi inly: • »li < . rind II In nil |inrth ill .In' M ■ i iliim<;iiii;i World. A liiiriMii nl • ■ nmii• ri i' mnl Inliof |illb- lii'ii I inn nolo- Unit lliirlnu In Ills “Anat omy uf Mil'll liiily" il'l.l) tunkt*M Mils In ii; "Turks Iniv«* n ili-InU < .ill'll I'lillin . mi iin iiiml fi'uiii ii berry lilm k ns - mi mnl an Intli'i', \< Ii > ii limy nl|i n | > lint, i . 11 m ■ limy Ii ml My | mrl- i in i' Mint M ll. ml nl ilriiil. '.I list'd liolpt'Mi digestion j 11111 i in > n x • i < ■ 111 n liit* rlly." Allli'iilL'Ii 1 ii'iiiil:lit I" \ • 11i •• liy n |iliy ■Ictflll III 1501, II WON I'lil;. in 11152 that II ■ ■: ■ ll I" 11 In I.iiiiiIiiii, I il Hilly l"'' ilim In-lilnli iilih in I' in in li|l||l. i.i ■. Ilm .Him mil limit y. England gradually forsook fiilT' i- f"i' Ion, lull llio |>r<r<•- ■ of llio I it • vt'l'n u • though -T * -\ i • i, win -li'!i(llii|' In rrniii'i*. I mil itHMl, win i il"' nutt Ii beg .ii to sinn 'sillily Li'im l oiii'o ii'i'hs In .Mini from Mu- M. 11.1 in r llmlim 1 ••■n n. nil oof nmo from Nr I In- oolfoo onl III |*o of ll"' \ V t" I I : ■ I it's mill < 'olltml mill South N :11<'I'll' i li.nl Its liogiunltlgs, it Is si:ilil. In i' 1111 Inkoii from n troo In tin* 1 >ot n n Ii * garden* .it I’ni'is, wliloh li.nl "In;iin ■ I . i.■"• 'in • "f mil. from n cutting siri it) to imvo I ii •! n stolon from I In* li. ii i nii ,ii i. i \ nisi iiil i m. All tlio plantations nl llio oliI mnl now vm-lil iio piM'i" Mil il'ilvoil from llio Spoolmoli' I ikon Irm A:\ilil.i. tll'st lo 11III In . Illl'lno lo 1: l V i l : 11" I I IsowllOI'O. ANTIQUE SEVRES. ^ mi I ii ii \ I u m % •« I»• •». I tut ii l-.li (Ilf Cil*fi ll I III* Iin ll** (•llillllfl. St»vp-4 in tin* I»ri»* >* hrnr whops Is ml oil" I , • • 1111 i 11 < ■ liy " roptiMi I ilo lion|i'i*s" In l.omlon mnl I’ni'is ns well iis In Now t irk It Is old, It is trim, hut only n old ns llio "I'l'siornlloii” In 1 r.iioi. Mill ill; Ii llio murks would I m 11 onto u muoli im1ior mnl honor porlod. I III . mu' i l i limy iisiinlly ho do toi (oil lo llio in of llio gliding In tlio io.il It w is I m r n Is I tod In linos hy no in of iiioi.il nulls with rotinduil points, wliloli woro sol In u plooo of Wood Tlio 111111 -i t Ions of Intor ilnio I linn llio roiil Imvo lioon luiriilsliod in ii slmllnr iiiiinnor. hut with nn nitnto. It ro iiulrod I'linsliloriihly more foroo to oh tnin ii bright Niirfmo In tlio lini'lonl niolliiid III.in hy tlio use of llio iigato point. Iioni'o tlio InirnIkIh'iI linos In llio genuine w iro nro poroopllldy sinikon, wlillo In tlio I'lninloi'loll wnro tlioy nro llns.li with llio general siirfuoo of llio gilding Tlioro nro other menus of "spotting" llio I in 11 n t Ioiih, siii'h us llio Inexact eopyliiK of llio murks wliloli Imvo Morvod mIiioo 17511 to denote the ilnio of fnhrli'iiliou, mid (lie use of rhronio green, which wns not dlsoov (■rod until 1 SHU. hill llio test of (lie liurnlsliod purls of llio gilding is llio ciiNlest for the ordinary hliyor. Now York lloruld. I.iiitIiius. (5Iris who nro loud of earrings tuny Itorlmps ho luioroNtod In honrliiK n few finds u I ion I them. Slid ll Is for llio cmmii'lpntod woiiiun of the present (Illy lo li'iirn Mini those fnshlonuIdo or lliiuii'iils woro ori k! l in I ly a mark of History In bygone duys tlio slnvo nl Nvu.vs wore Ills nmstor's earrings. In the oust tlu'y wore ii slim of oiisio mid wore htirlod with llio (lend. Some mi clout earrings won'very oliihornto, mid iiimi.i slut nos hud iliolr ours horod in romllnoss for votive offerings of onr riiiKs. In England the onrllost earrings worn very I'umtiroiis mid nuido of Htono or wood Tlio eighteenth I'cnllU'j H'iw tlio trior I Hi-:i t Ii >n of tlio earring, fuslllomilili' lioaullos outvying eneli otll or with llio rnrost mid most houiitlfiil Jewels. I.oiiilou (irupliio. A \r« V eeUoin Ion o( Hcrlpliirc. Tlioro Mils ro.loft'lug in llio village nl the ki 11111yr of n pig, Heing dcnil, it xvns i iil up. A neighbor's oat stolo so croily Into llio lnnlor mnl annexed a ploi'o of pork, m li loll she liroiiyrlit In triumph to her mlaiross Next diiy the clergyman of the pnrlsli visited tlio old woinuii. who ivciuintod to him tlio ro innrkuhlo sagacity of tlio honst. "ll wns ipilto houiiiifiil, sir,” she an Id piously, "to see llio wny the sweet crontnro brought mo llio piece of pork. It brought lo my iiilud wliut we rend In the Mihlo about KIIJuli mid the ra veitn." Slit irrlng, Nm lli-llr. lint, Ill ere was n man In Nottinghamshire who discontinued llio pollution lie hud rogulurly imulo for a ..mo lo u mls- slounry society. When asked ns to his reasons ho replied: "Well. I’ve traveled a hit In my lime I've been us far ns Kleuford, In l.lneolnshlre, mid 1 never saw a black man. mid 1 don't believe there are any."— 1 ..union Standard. The I'hy.lcnl. The morality of clean blood ought to be one of the ttrsi lessons taught ns by our pastors mul teachers. The physical Is the substratum of the spiritual, arid this fuel ought lo give to the fixxl wo cat and the air we breathe a transcend ent significance. Tyndale. THE SUDAN NATIVES. Oner Jlinnvllt Wlillo Mon to lie Hu loon rl in* Monsters. There is passage In one of the an cient Arab histories lo the effect flint "the white | i e come from the oilier side of the -cn." Tills Statement Ims become so distorted mining certain Irilies of uni ices of the Sudan Mint they believe Mint the white men come from tile l"iltnm of the sen. A wily Arab lender In tills district otice In formed III- followers flint they hud nothing to fear from the white men, ns they could not live a way from the wilier. The fact thill ii high olllclnl took Ills l>.itil dully was further con sidered eonllrmiltor.v evidence of the HUtunnrlne origin of the white mini. The Arabs lu order to retain their In lllieuee over the unlives, spread broad cast the report that the white men were ennui lulls. The fuel Mint they did mu cut black then was explained ns due to their devilish cimnlug. They w inted to make themselves strong In the I'oimir.v before beg lining their hor rid pmellees, Mul ns ilioj could not al together do without this kind of food they brought human llesli with lliem in i ;. i - Ill V '-I \ I l ien 11 I'riJIlell expeill- tloll hud Me HUforllinnle experlenee of Ibidiiig ii portion of ii liimimi Huger - old oil, no doubt, hy Home neeldenl In II I'll ol meal I III e we. fl'esh mill conclmdvc coiilirmaMon of the story. In which the people had almost censed lo believe, and ll was only lifter u con Hlilernhlc lapse of time Mini the Idea was nl length eradicated. ('Iilcngo News. QUEER MARRIAGE CUSTOM. '( lie M i ln< II n t 11,-1- lll'llll' 11II N Teel Ii I llol Inn). Some of the tin 11'mu I marriage cits lone of other countries are distinctly 1111.-1 i 111 and Interest lug and lo u appear curious enough, our COIIV eiMlomil white satin and orange hlnssnuiH lire eerlilliily traditional, Inn ollicrwlse we indulge In no iv ii madness a pm i from the throw lug of rice mid old slides. An ImOmirc of a curious marriage eusloni Is Mini of lower Ceylon, where a I'oeoaimt. xvhli h is regarded ns a sort of oracle. I • a rill' e l lo the deities and dolls as a solemn offering. In .Inpmi the symbolic girdle, so mill'll more expressive Ilian our simple wed ding ring, is the outward sign of mar pinge, while hi Hiiriiui the piercing of ill's Is the prelude to Hill I I'l 1110111III eoiiHldernt Ions. In Malay, however, the poor bride experlciiccN a had <|tini'tcr of an hour before her marriage, Inastiiuch as she has to have her teeth tiled down iiiniost to the level of her gums, a process piteously painful as well as disfiguring. In spile of this palll, however, she Is expected to partlelpali 1 III the wedding dime" and festivities generally.—Lon don Standard. Vtirxf. mill fin* Clorff)’. A proiii Ini'iit I .< it ii h ii i clergy mmi. In referring lo the fact that llio tendency 10 encoili'ilgc llio visitation liy llio clor g\ of tile sick III lieiltc eases Is less than 11 was, remarked that "Mils Is probably one of the results of the nuiro caroful si stem of modern nursing, which lays stress on Hie Importance of keeping the sickroom «| ii let Tile old Idea was that the friends of the sick person should lie allowed lo crowd Into the room. Now the nurse shills them out, with good results lu the lillllu. The nurse has, therefore, become mi exceedingly powerful force in regulating the nr rnugcnicnts uf the modern household w hen there Is Illness In the home, mid II nfl en pl'ilcl li'ii liy resls with her, more than with the doctor, to determine whether llie patient shall he visited hy the parish priest." ( iirliiiis ( nines,• Pliixltiur (arils. \ pack of Chinese playing cards Is a genuine curiosity They are generally printed in black on thin card hoard, the average width and hreadlh being about that of the linger of a human being, lu some eases they are only half an Ineli broad and about three and a half Inch es lu length. Tlio length, no odds what the si/e. Is always at least six times lb it of the width. Some of the packs have queer representations of our "kings,” "queens" and “knaves" stamp ed upon them in black. Others are dec orated with the tlgures of animals, birds mul llslies. Those used by nuili- durlns and high ulllelalH bear only tig urea of mythological creatures. FLOWERS IN JAPAN. Ei-rii (hr llrKuar Will Spend Ilia taut < nin For n IIIossoin, Anicm-uns and Europeans may have a love for Dowers, but the iteople ol Jap,in show in many ways that beau tiful bio- oiiih till a much larger place in tie ir hearts tlmti in those of any other people. From the members of the royal family to the poorest beggar ill the streets the love seems to he ill- Ufltc. Iu the palaees of Tokyo there are exquisite vases of every descrip tion, which are daily tilled with rare blossoms. Mill Hie peasant in his paper hut Is quite as particular to till his bamboo vases with some blossom. Should one chance lo stay at a hotel more than twenty-tour hours he will tiinI fresh How ers every (lay lo re plenish those which greeted lliIII on Ills annul. Kveii the half naked cooly w ill have a lloiver of some kind stuck behind his ear. At every corner and all along the -Ireels there are iitiiner- ou (lower mcrehanis. and it is seldom that n Japanese beggar will hesitate to part with his last coin to purchase a blossom. i'arents choose (lower nae.es for their daughters, and a Jap uni c lady always miorns her person with tlie Mowers which are npproprlaie :t> the season. No \i . it or to the land of the cherry hlo-aim fcslii M has failed to describe tiii- most Import mi occasion. The opening of the easuU Is tin- blooming of Mils Dower, and It Is a national holi- day. Thousands of people, dressed lu their best, w ander about all day under the arch of overhanging rose red trees, refreshing themselves with ten or rice wine at the ten houses or Inlying son veim id the ocea Jon at the many llllle sh ips erected for the day. Knelt ownet oi a i berry orchard lma his own inhale festival and sends out invita tions ornamented with cherry blos soms lo his especial friends. All sorts of games are played, and in the even ing thousand if lanterns are hung on the trees. The royal court Invites (lie nubility mid the diplomatic corps to a gmien party. It la also the boo sou for family picnics, which are looked forward lo throughout llio year liy the humbler classes. Only too HO 111 Is the cherry blossom festival at an end. The Japanese cherries are not In tended to lie eaten, lint their value Is simply In the blossom. It Is the most luxuriant lilooin of all and of such Im portance that before the bursting of the blossoms the fact Is advertised lu all the local papers. The cherry tree sometimes grows as tall ns an oak. and during the time of bloom it Is so 'mien with Dowers that not u vestige of leaf Is visible. Tile Dowers have also a singular and delicate perfume. Japanese women have a pretty cus tom of making their dresses corre spond to the flowers which are In sen- son. At tlie cherry blossom festival she wears a kimono embroidered with tin* (lower so much In evidence then. When the azalea comes, Mils garment Is re placed with one covered with effective sprays of the varicolored azaleas, and this In (urn gives way before the wis taria and chrysanthemum. In the armiigeineut of their flowers the people of Japan show great artistic taste. Knell separate hud Is allowed Us chance to tie admired. A single flower held hy a crystal vase makes u feast for the eyes which is not forth coming when dozens of the blossoms aie crowded together and their indi vidual charm entirely lost. TRADE MARK REGISTERED "Imitation Is the Sincerest Flattery” The unprecedented popularity of Royster’s FARMERS’ BONE fertilizer has induced some of our competitors to advertise Fish Guano, claiming theirs to be “just as good.’’ FARMERS’ BONE is the original Fish Guano, and, to prevent being imposed upon, buyers should be sure that our trade-mark is on every bag. This is the only guarantee that you are getting the genuine Farmers’ Bone IVIade with Fish Norfolk, Va. Columbia,S.C. F. S. ROYSTER GUANO CO. Tarboro, N.C, . Macon, Ca. The career of Mr. Frederick Mac- A-.tlfllltcl H rl i lift ><l(.l (J<). r:r.!T The Western Railway of Alabama. enough to reach up to the top of the .___ kitchen table, he modeled lit tie figures Direct Lines lietweeti North, East, South and Southwest. U S Fast la dough. Two years later he discover- Mail Route. Through Palace Sleeping Cars. Dining Cars. Tourist Sleepers to California. II** Hail II****ii Th«*r«*. The clergyman was holding a chil dren's service at u continental resort. During the lesson he had occasion to catechise his hearers on the parable of the unjust steward. "What Is a steward?" he asked. A little hov, who had arrived from Knglnnd a few days, before, held up his hand, "lie is the man, sir," he replied, with a reminis cent look on- Ills face, "who brings you a basin."—London Globe. Art of ki'tlli'ii niv ( um. "I have been trying to discover what your system Is In helping women off the car,” said the man on the buck platform to the conductor. "1 thought at tirst that you assisted only elderly women. Then, when I saw you help three or four young womeu 1 thought perhaps It was their good looks that appealed to your gallantry. Mul you knocked that theory in the lieud when you assisted that sour faced, homely creature. What Is your system, any way V" "It's very simple," replied the con ductor. "I help only those women who seem to need assistance. The others l don't bother with. 1 know the minute a woman rises In the ear wjiether she Is the sort who will need my help lu alighting or is perfectly capable of tak ing care of herself. If a woman march es to the door the minute she siguuls for the car to stop anil then gratis the door Jamb so site won’t be thrown nt the sudden Jar stopping, I know she will get off with her face to the front and needs no help. Hut if she rises just as the car is about to stop and lurches uuil bumps along to the door, 1 know she needs a helping hand, whether she ho young or old, pretty or homely, for If left to herself site will get off back ward."—New York l'ress. eil a better material for Ills purpose. At that time a white wax chewing gum was much in fashion among chil dren. Young MucMouuicK a.vi'il his odd pennies until he could buy what he wanted of It, and then he made from It an equestrian statue of George Washington, which Is still umong the family treasures. When lie was ten years old Marniliu's circus came to town. He was an en thusiastic admirer of the parade, and when the elephant nppeared lie became intense, lie watched every motion mid studied every line of the strange beast. Then he rushed Into the luitise and, working ns fast as lie could, modeled from memory a clay elephant of which he need not be ashamed today. At thirteen he curved a likeness of a pet bullfrog out of a Helginu paving block, willi mi Ice pick for a chisel. W orld's Work. A TiiukIi Meal S(ory. Of the food served to the sailors In the Hrltisli navy of lou years ago a recent historian says: “A ship’.' com pany had to start a cruise upon th • KKAD DOWN SCHEDULE IN EFFECT APR. 23. 190S. 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I'otinectloiis at Now (irloans for Texas. Mexico, Oallfornla. At Chehnw for ruHKugi't 1 . .'lilsU'iul for IullnlrisM'f. I.n(irnni(t' ni'oomiiiniliiHoii li'iivc Atlanta daily, except Sunday nt 6:1)1) p. m Returning Trn i Uii and ;'.i'i I ’ ll 11 in ill ■ ideoporii Xo.v York and New Orleans. Tlirniigli conches Waxhlne- on and New Orli'iuiv " Trains n? and as Wnslilngti ti nml smitlnu'torn I.imbed. I'albnan sleepers, compartment earx. iiliM-rvatiiui and dlalng enrs. Complete service New York and New Orleans Train H7 Malted States fust mail. Through day e..aches Atlanta and New Or'eans it rite i• ir mans, seliedales and informaiiim. I'. M. THOMPSON, J. p. BILLUPS, 1. 1'. A., Atlanta, Gn. G. P. A., Atlanta Ga. CIIAS, A. \\ It KKRSHAM, Pres, and Gen. Mar.. Atlanta, tin Tho April Delineator. A Story of Voltaire. One day when D'Alembert and Don dorcet were dining with Voltaire they promised to converse on atheism, but Voltaire stopped them at once. "Walt," said he, "till my servants have with drawn. 1 do not wish to have my throat out tonight." 8!iort of CmaIi. t'ncle George Harry, 1 suppose you keep a cash account, llnrry No, Dn- cle George; I haven’t got so far as thut, but I keep an expense account. Cnrdlnlli y. Cordiality Is the least expensive and farthest going of all commodities, and Its pnictltlouera represent our tll'st suc cesses. It is the key which unlocks the social and business doors, bringing men closer together, helping them to better work together, lightening their bur dens and changing the twilight of trou ble into the sunlight of happiness.— “Gumption.” by N. D. Fowler. Jr. To Do (iood. It Is itu eternal and inevitable condi tion that to do good we must be good. When any one is a truly good tnatt. then even If he takes uo part whatever itt holy wars against the sin of the world his mere unconscious Influence becomes a blessing to ethers.—-Wom an's Life. Life is to Ih» fortified by many friend ships To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.—Syd ney Smith. An Achievement. Judge Thatcher of Mississippi was an obstinate bachelor and rather prided himself upon having resisted the charms of lovely woman when on all sub's his friends had falleu victims to the Insidious arrows of fate. He was a solemn looking utuu, but with plenty of dry humor lu his nature. He had a ’ pleasant home, over which his relatives sometimes presided. Upon oue ocea- i slon a lady called on some charitable errand, and. the servants being out for the moment, the judge answered tho bell. The caller, who was a stranger, asked for the "madam." In a grave and deliberate voice the judge replied, “There is uo madam." The stranger instantly detected a sor-! row and spoke with sympathy in look j uud voice: "Alas, I see! Pardou m^— n bereavement.” This was too much for the bachelor! pride of the judge, who felt that he j could not be worsted of his years of I victorious solitude, so with triumphant reiiiomberanee he shouted with joy and animation. "No, madam, not a be reavement. an achievement, thank heaven—an achievement!" i IIotmom anil Medicine. Healthy horses require no medicine, but there are so many intestinal para sites and so many kinds of worms that affect horses that constant supervision pays. Almost all young horses are bet ter for it few feeds of sulphur in the springtime. Many horsemen like to give a little worm medicine, and each titan has hts favorite. A good many worm medicines are harmless, uud If administered to a healthy colt will do uo harm. Usually a keen borsemau knows whether worm remedies are nec essary or not, but in case of doubt It Is a little safer to give the medicine, pro vided the medicine Is really harmless. Some medicines are harmless and some are not. Stimulants are not necessary. old meat returned from various ships 'leaves LiiUrnnge nt i:Sn n. in. arrives AMinitn sij and routed out from the obscure col- """ K lars of the victualing yards. Frequent ly It had been several years lu salt he fore il came to the cook, by which time it necilcd rather a magician than a cook to make it eatable, ll was of a strong hardness, fibrous, shrunken, dark, gristly and glistening with salt crystals. Strange tales were told about it. Old pigtailed Hciimcn would tell of horseshoes found In the meat casks, of , ”. curious barkings and nelghlngs heard woman of fashion the in the slaughter houses and of negroes April Delineator will be more than who disappeared near the victualing welcome( for it contains an array yards, to hi* soon no more. Tho salt . 1 pork was generally rather better than attractive garments that will cp- tke beef, but the sailors could carve able her to select and develop in i fancy articles, such as boxes, out of her own home everything neces- elther meat. J ° sary for any occasion. Apart from matters of style, there are two stories by well known writers: “The Flight of Jim Charles,’’ by ! Albert Bigelow Paine, and “The i Stolen Speech,” by Joseph A. Alt- • shcler. In the latter, love and politics are equally blended, and the hero not only wins the pas sage of the school bill for which he is fighting, but the girl who spurs him on. A new series that is sure to pKasi many is, “Famous American Songs,” and in this number of the magazine the au anil stimulating medicines should never thor, Gustav Kobbe, tells of that be giveu except on the advice of a S ong of the homesick, “Old Folks veterinary.—St. Louis Republic. _ tt „ . . T j . 'at Home. “An Amencan Ladv s Gladstone's speech Fop irvin*. Housekeeping Experiences in Mo- Gladstone was a great admirer of Sir r , cco , the Land of the Btigands,” Henry Irving, and this admiration was , shown one day In the house of com- wl11 P rove 'n r -eresting reading, but j minis. Irvlug was under the gallery lu it is doubtful if many will care to j the house when suddenly, without ap- transport themselves and their! ess country, noble heroine of Lemons as Medicine •' U4IIXUUII iiiciiiacivco parent reason, Gladstone leaped to his , ... , . feet and delivered an imnnaalonod families tO that laWit Portia,” the feet and delivered an Impassioned speech, set off with all the expression and dramatic gesture for which he was so famous. The house seemed sur prised. -Members looked at one another and murmured. "What Is the old man now up to?” They thought it was some deep political game. Rut a week or two later a friend of Irving's, eucoun-1 character, tering Mr. Gladstone, mentioned the actor's visit to the house, and Gladstone eagerly Inquired: "What did he think of my speech? I made it for him.” Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Ven ice," is the subject of a clever j sketch by Dorothy Donnelly,based j j “One on her own impersonation of the ! 1 Their Wonderful Effect on the Liver, Stomach, Bowels, Sidneys and Blood. Lemons are largely used by The Mozley Lemon Elixir Company, in compounding their Lemon Elixir, a pleasant Lemon Laxative and Tonic—a substitute for all Cathartic and Liver Pills. Lemon Elixir posi tively cures all Biliousness, Consti pation, Indigestion or Dyspepsia, Headache, Malaria, Kidney Disease, Dizziness, Colds, Loss of Appetite, Fevers, Chills, Blotches, Pimples, all Impurities of the Blood, Pain in the Chest or Back, and allotherdis- cases caused by a disordered liver and kidneys, the first Great Cause of all Fatal Diseases. WOMEN, for all Female Irreg ularities, will find Lemon Elixir a pleasant anil thoroughly reliable remedy, without the least danger of possible harm to them in any condi tion peculiar to themselves. 50c and $1.00 per bottle at ^ ALL DRUG STOKES Dose Convinces.’ Dr. Anderson, Dentist, Salbide Building. tf V > • Hides Wanted—Will pay best price for green hides for uext few weeks. G. 0. Carmichael, Newuau, Ga.