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HARK COINS FORGED The counterfeit pieces do not FOOL THE EXPERTS. l)u I cm Arc ( linuu 'I ntnl Mint WiirL- Arc ln:itnlcil, lull There \ re 11 \v n >■ Cllll. .IGnio That Itcvpiii the Krtmil —Kven < «-nt I'lerm Attorrd* Uhr<‘ Unltuil Mules coIuh l in t hp counterfeited ho ns to puss inuslei," Ml Id an i» I eniii dealer inn |>lmt iial Ity. “T here Is no inure elm lice of die look its being aide to m ike an exnct coon terpurt of a coin tDun there Is to Inn tale siieeessl'ully the Impression of n ■ iiiiii'h llmuili. "That there nre iniltntioiiH Is true ciiollgli, hut they are cllllusy. Most o. litem are simple alleralious of date. 'I hey eau he told at a glance hy toga* ns uiifiilllne as the sun. "While the coins of a series of years may seem III lirst Kin nee to lie all of one exact pattern, yet close observe tion will reveal distinct dllTernnees No hotter llliislratloii of this can lie iliown than the rare cent pieces of 17111. "I’ifly slx distinct varieties of cents were issued lo that year, and all of them closely le emliled one another, t'areful study enuhles experts to tell them apart. It was In this way that coin export’ found that there were so lullll> dhi'orenl dies made for the cent In 171N lor the mint reenrds make no tnentlon of th ' im i. “’I In- I a vnritc coin with those who al ter dales Is th” rare I7hh eenl, which is worth if'Jtsi and more If In unclreii lilted <'011(111 loti. The 17118 eenl Is the Issue that most closely resembles tills eenl, and tills Is the coin that Is used lor alteration. .No collector should he lalieii In hy one of these altered speci mens, for there were only two varieties of the I7ith cent, and each has marked dltl'erenees from the coins of the previ ous year. "The Hot dollar Is another tine ex ample. Thill Is the rarest American coin. Yon would naturally suppose that there would lie many attempts to counterfeit this dollar, lor It Is worth from ifl.iHHi up. There has never been n single attempt to counterfeit this fa molts coin, hut a lllllllher of ruins have been turned out with the mile nllcrcd. "The design of the I .Hill dollar Is the Mime to all prnclli'itl purposes as that ol the year preceding It null In fact ns far buck as I7!ts The silver dollars of 171 ih. 17uh, isotl ism, Hp'j, jsp.t and Hill are all supposed In he alike, with the exception ol the date, and they do look as much alike as two peas to the mu lee. let the die makers each year have left trilling differences that make the variety ami the year of Issue as clear as daylight. "In almost every ease when attempts have been made to Imitate the 1S(H date the dollar of Hu] has been used, a specimen of which Is only worth a eoitple of dollars. To all appearnnees an 1801 dollar Is precisely like the IMiil colli, with the trilling dllTereiice In dale, and thus the person making the alterations seems to think he Inis noth lug to do luit simply change the 1 Into a 4. Yet the reverse of tlm 181)1 dollar hears little variations that show the year In which It was struck. "IMauallile tales are nearly always told hy persons with such altered coins to sell. Not long ago a man enuic Into my plaee from the far west. Out of a chamois hag which Im carried around his neck lie took two coins carefully wrapped In tissue paper. "Tenderly lie laid the coins In my hand, lie was not a coin col loo tor, he said, tint Imd heard that these two pieces were very valuable and had bought them al a low figure. "One of the coins was supposed to he an ism dollar and the other the rare 1853 half dollar, e Itliout the arrow points alongside of the date, which ought to have hoou worth from $75 to S loo They were certainly beauties, , both of them, and the old man told their history, which went something like this: “Hack In the early forties a farm seeker, with Ids family and all Ills ef fects In a prairie schooner, came to a halt at a ferry landing on the eastern side of a river In Kansas The tnaii was at the end of his tlnaiiclnl re sources, and the only thing In the way of money lie had left was a large sliver dollar of 1804. "lie persuaded the ferryman to take Ills outfit across In his tlnthont and left with him this dollar, which the pioneer hhhi was a rare one, worth $10 or $12 haek In the states, and he made the ferryman promise to hold the coin until he called for It and paid the price of the ferriage, "The owner of the dollar never call ed. After keeping the dollar for many years the ferryman died, and his son disposed of It to the present owner, | who bad picked It up for the bargain yrtce of $300. The ferryman's son, who was a good uatnred fellow, gave the buyer as good measure the 1853 half dollar, which, he said, was also a rare Colli. "Now, that was u very likely story and ought to sell any coin, but not here in the east. They were Inith very tine Hpeelmona, and they looked good to the eye. but they were both Imitations and not worth any more than the metal of which they were made except ns curi osities. "The Him dollnr was one altered from 1801 which a glance at the re verse showed, although the substituted '4' would have given the thing away, for this last tlgure was raised very per ceptibly higher than the 'ISO.' "As for the 1853 half dollar, It bore no arrow points on either side of the date, for the very simple reason that they had been rubbed away The work had been done very, cleverly and thor oughly. One would hardly suspect that It had ever borne arrow heads, for there wuno Indication left to show tills, lint t!i; industrious workman had •or itteii to rub away tin* rays behind lie; e.igic on the reverse of tile coin. "'l l. we were two varieties of half <’.>! rs made In 1853. One, the coin- i.i iriety. lutd arrow points on oi- th >r sale of the date, while on the re vi-r.-e ray*- shot out in nil directions at the' buck <>,' the eagle. The other va- r. -ty. " >i< h Is the valuable one. had m- ia.-r rays nor arrows. "A 'en.,its have been made to Iml-. late the cent of 1815. No cents were Issued In that year, nnd yet I have seen a uo7.cn specimens bearing the date. "Now the latter day Imitators have taken tip the task of adding mint let ter; to certain coins to make them re semble rare varieties. The aeeuinula- tion of coins bearing these mint marks Is taking a good deal of the attention of collectors nowadays, and the Imi talers think they have an easy Held, but their time is simply wasted, lor - tlielr productions meet with no better mu - s than the Imitation of the earlier coles and can be singled out in a mo ment. "The coin most often Imitated Is the half dollar of 1858, made at New- Or leans. There were only twenty of tle-se coined, and each one Is worth from $75 to $|i o. To all appearances th coin is Just the same as many other- Issued at other branch mints during the same year, with the excep tion m the tiny 'o' beneath the bust. "rrom time to time persons have tal.i- i an ordinary half dollar of tills late and with Inllnlte pains have sup- pi,el It with (Ills mint letter. In the ir jorlty of eases the work lias been To: - so skillfully that the letter has every iippcnriiiice of genuineness to the novice. Hut almost Invariably the let ter Is located In a spot different from that occupied by the 'o' on the genuine coin. "liven If the imitator took care to |d.h i' the mbit letter In its proper po slllon there are other points of dllYer- enro In the dies which rovenl the fact that tlu> coin hits been tampered with." —New \ ork Sun. THE MEXICAN RACE. II Im n III cm ill ng ,,r (lip In,linn With Hip Mi»rn<-S|»niiliiril. The Me .lean Is a blend of the strong and sober Indian race, melancholy, se l ions of thought, with the Moro Span lard, who for "Ullt ceuturlea waged war In the Iberian peninsula. The Moot's lett In Spain something of tlielr blood, mill'll of tlielr speech and not a Utile of tlielr Im I >11 of thought and cus toms. It Is a good stock, that old Arab race administrators, wonderful ctiltl valors of the soil, ehlvalrle as liccomns the rid i s of horses, courteous, with an oriental graelotlsness. The blend with the southern Spaniard made the Audit liisiau race which profoundly intlu cured the tlrst Immigration Into Mexi co. We hear their words, the relies of tlielr speech, and we note often the vestiges of their customs. The Moro Spnnlard has made his Impress on Mexican architecture and customs. Often the Moorish eyes In some Mexl can woman's face, proud, yet mourn fill, arrest attention In the crowded Hi reels, '^he Anglo Saxon Is the newer man, ns It wore, lie Is a until of positive achievements. To him are due the rail way and the steamship, the telegraph and the telephone, the consolidation of business, the nctlvo cnminerehil con tinent of the world's markets, lie In our modern age matches the old Ho mans In many deeds, In world adven ture. Iln Is the younger brother In the great Aryan family, which came Into Kurope ages ago from northern India, Spaniard ntul American, Mexican and Herman, are all relatives, kinsmen long time unaware of tlielr blood rela tion. Spanish, lingllsli, French. Italian and Herman, the basis of Aryan and die Sanskrit Is the common storehouse of the word roots, which wo all em ploy every day. Curious that we should Insist on our dKYerenees when we are all essentially the III me. Whatever Is Aryan In us (and that Is the greater part) is not Semitic. We are blood brothers and not strangers The Moor is Arabian anil therefore Semitic, as are the .lews. Hut most of the blood In Spanish veins Is Aryan, and hence relates whatever Is laitin In the Mexican, the Central or South American, to the Gorman, Kng- llshiiinn and American. Hy magnifying our differences, after all hut our distinctive family traits, we draw apart. If we stopped to traeeour origin we should see that we are not Htrangers, but brethren. Modern Mex ico. Excavation for New Ware house. The steam shovel which has lieen -it work here for several weeks grading for the new tracks to be laid by the A. «Sc W. I*. Railroad, is now actively engaged' in taking out the dirt in the basement of the Farmers’ Warehouse that is to Ik.* erected near the A. & \V.I\ tracks in the eastern part of town. As, soon as the grading is completed, the work of building will lie car ried on as rapidly as possible, and it is expected to have the ware- j house completed early in the fall ami reatly to receive consignments of the South's staple. Overturned Ronts. "When n small boat capsizes," said an old ver man, "the occupants should not try to climb aboard, but should lightly cling to It until help comes. Even a light canoe will In all jifob-ib'llty sustain tlielr weight until assistance arrives If they will only ding as lightly to Its overturned side as possible, ii lowing tile body to float in the water, which It will do. nnd not under any circumstances to attempt to I '.ar down upon the canoe or to crawl upon the overturned bottom. "This Is where the fatal mistake oe im In nearly all boating drowning no- cldonis. A single mall with a good sized plank In the water can In Ills ; I niggles a.ml efforts to save himself push the plank beneath the surface of the water and drown then ntld there, whereas the same plunk will support the weight of three men who are well posted and cool enough merely to grasp 'Is edges with as little downward pres •lire as possible. A single oar lias saved many a sailor's life In this man nor, which n landsman would grasp, push It down In the water and go down with It. Washington Star. Tl-.e Hih-mmIihx Ciio!,-, “I'd give u dollar," said the man who coddles Ills stomach, "to And a cook who doesn’t measure. There ti.seil to h ■ plenty of them. I remember the time when half the kitchens In the land gloried In a guesswork conk. Hating was a plot!sure In those days. It Isn't i tow. In these whirligig times every iliieg lias a machine made taste. That Is because the cooks measure so much. Instead of trusting to Inspiration, ns the heaven born cook Is bound to do. the kitchen queens of today measure even the salt they put hi the porridge. No wonder such cookery lacks Individ uality and is all on the same dead level of mediocrity. Merciful heavens, what ads these biscuits? They're heavy as lead." "1 think the cook made a mistake," said the man's wife. "I gut a new one yesterday one that doesn't measure. I am afraid she didn't put enough link ing powder In the biscuits.”- New York Sun. A lair** For Cock llntiln. Two coins clinked together give so good an Imitation of die robin's metal- lie note that tills device lias long boon employed 111 ICnglniid to attract the welcome "harbinger of spring." For merly male robins were snared by the clinking of two copper pennies near a dummy bird. The dummy was perched on a twig smeared with Idrd lime, amt cook robin, attracted by the sound ami suspecting a rival, flew at him with blood lu tils eye. This Is la violation of the bird laws In the United States, amt no one who lives where robins make tlielr homo lu confluence is likely to give the mid trick so uupleasaut a fluale. The clinking coppers serve a much more agreeable purpose as u means of rendering cock robin socia ble. A Fortune In n Hong, Hoag writing Is oue of the most lu crative of occupations, provided one has the knack of appealing to the pop ular taste. The average writer stands a better chance of making money by producing pathetic rather than so called "comic" songs. "The Lost Chord" has made three or four fortunes. It has been the most lasting success on rec ord, and for years Sir Arthur Sullivan, as composer, and Madam Antoinette Sterling, for whom It was specially written, received a royalty amounting to 15 cents each on every copy sold. It was a gold mine to the publishers too. Rock Spring. Messrs. C. O. Parrott nnd Nathaniel Jones, of Douglas county, visited rela tives and friends lien- last Saturday and Sunday. A. F. Parrott and family were the guests of M. A. Davis’ family, Sunday. Lucius Gamel and family und Homer Gomel and wife, of Palmetto,visited the family of 0. C. Gomel last Tuesday. S. A. Brown and daughter, Miss Mary Belle, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Harper and Mr. nnd Mrs. Willie McGee nnd Misses Georgia and Nora Harper and Lizzie Parrott attended i lie* soldiers reunion at Hopewell, in Fayette county, Friday. M. D. Thurmond and S. O. Houston spent Saturday last in Atlnntn A. F. Parrott made a business trip to NVwnan Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wingo and chil dren, from near Palmetto, passed through here Inst Sunday enroute to Long Street to visit relatives. Miss Nellie Kate Smith, of Palmetto, liasa flourishing school at Hock Spring, with about fifty-two pupils enrolled, Cicero Parrott, of Flat Creek, visited i relatives here last Sunday. A. F. Parrott attended the Masonic Lodge at Flat Creek last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. ,T. C. Lewis visited friends near McCollum last Sundav. Whitesburg. Col. F. S. Loft in, of Franklin, was in Whitesburg, last Friday J. T. Jones and wife are spending the week in Newnaii with their children. Mrs. I). F. Brewster, of Newimn, spent Sunday in tli- oity with her par ents. Miss Ona Gavender, of Newnaii, visit ed relatives here this week. Misses Athalee and Ethel Slingnrt, of Sargent, visited friends in Whitesburg Sunday. Benj. Now and wife, of Carrollton, spent Sundav with the hitter's parents, J. M Stevens and wife, in this city. Rev. N K. MoBrnyer was called to the bedside of his mother Saturday near Calhoun, Ga.. and was prevented from tilling his pulpit at. the Methodist church Sunday In his absence, Rev. K A. Freeman lilled his appointment, J. A. Lott went to Newnaii Monday to see Dr. Davis, under whom he is taking | treatment. W. B. Parks left Monday for a txvo : weeks’ stay at Dnouln, with the latter's i parents. Rev. R. m. Stevens is carrying on his protracted meeting near Carrollton this I week. i David MoBrayer, who is now with 1 llliiok Brothers, of Newuan, spent Sun- | day at home. , Miss Lizzie Stevens is spending a few days in Carrollton with her sister, Mrs. Ben New. Nan* Are Shrewd Shopper*. “Most people take it for granted that when women outer a convent they lose all sense of the value of worldly goods," said a member of a dry goods firm In discussing the patronage of re ligious houses. "As a matter of fact, nothing could lie further from the truth, nnd nuns are recognized every where hi the trade as shrewd purchas ers. Hard buyers, the trade term, might bo applied to many of them. Having taken the vow of personal pov erty, they are nevertheless as canny as nuy business men when It comes to a business proposition or an Invest ment of the moneys of their order, and It is a well known fact that some of the in >At farsighted real estate Investments of the United States are made by the superiors of religious houses. Like most feminine customers, nuns change their minds, and we are frequently called upon to take hack or exchange goods which have been purchased for habits, veils or household supplies. Some Arms make a specialty of re ligious trade, nnd separate apartments are dtted up where the sisters can rest, examine the goods and trans act business 'far from the madiliug crowd.’ "—New York Press. Onion Soup nnd Fame. Membership In the French academy, the hoped for reward of Gallic writers, was once closely associated with onion soup. During the restoration In France a club was formed under the title of “Diner de la Soupe a l'Onion.” This or ganization contained twenty members. It met every rfliree months, when the dinner was opened with an onion soup. The club was to endure until every as sociate was elected to the academy. Tills was accomplished tu 1845, when the last banquet wns held. 1 Miss Clio Drowry, of Carrollton, is the j guest of her aunt, Mrs. J. H. Lipsoouib, ! for n few days. Henry .Stevens, who is now at East Point, came home Friday night and j spent several days with his parents. Mrs. m. F. Fridell is spending the week 1 in Atlanta with relatives. Bernard Jackson, of Sargent, visited relatives here Sunday. Miss Mattie Copeiund will leave this week for Villa Rioa, where she goes to spend some time with relatives. Mrs. Mollia Rnssell and children, of Shiloh, spent, a few days with her sister, Mrs. J. W. MoLeod. Charles Stallings, one of our clever R. F. I), mon, with his family, is visiting relatives near Villa Uica this week. Lumpkin Key, of Roopville, is visit ing his daughter, Mrs. F. F. Fridell, in ! the City. Miss Maggie Stringer, of Thomnsville, who is visiting friends near town, will leave this week to visit relatives in Oar rolltnn. tjtuite a crowd from Whitesburg at tended the big bnrbeone given at Al len’s Crossing, near Sargent, Saturday. Baseball was one of the features of the barbecue. In the morning the second nine from Whitesburg met the Sargent team, the game resulting in a score of 7 to 2 in favor of Sargent; in the after noon the game was called nt 4 o’clock between Whitesburg and Madras, and resulted in a score of 14 to 3 in favor of Whitesburg. Pat’a tSwnpii. An Irishman, meeting another, asked what had become of tlielr old acquaint ance, Patrick Murphy. “Arrah, now. dear honey.” said the other, "poor Pat was condemned to he hanged, but he saved tils life by dying In- prison." She Would. "I'm golug up to interview your wife," said the society reporter. “Do you suppose she’ll talk?" "Do I?" replied the husband. “Why, she’ll be talking when your twenty second edition comes out." A Vacancy Filled. Gerald—I have a cold In my bead. Geraldine—Well, I suppose that Is bet tor than nothing.—New York Press. PETITION FOR CHARTER. To the Honorable Secretary of State of the State of Georgia: Your petitioners, M. T. Edgerton and M. Mason, and W. E. Woods, of Fulton county; J. R. Hosch, Henry Braseltoii, L. F. Shell, of Jackson county; A. J. Alraand, E. A. Kiminel, Jr., and T. J. Fiske, of DeKulb county ;R. W. Tucker, of Rockdale county, all citizens and resi dents of the state of Georgia, respectful ly show: 1. That they, their associates, suc cessors and assigns desire to be incor porated under the name and style of the Atlanta & Carolina Railway. The length of said railway in Georgia will be as nearly as can now be estimated, oue liuudred aud seventy miles, the said railway to begin at any point in Fulton county, and extend'tlirough said county into DeKalb county, md ruu thence l easterly through DeKalb, Rockdale, Gwinnett aud Jackson counties, passing through or near the town of Lithonia in DeKalb county, tiienoe through Con yers on Railroad street iu Rockdale county: also a line passing through or MIDSUMMER MILLINERY. I Midsummer time is near, btit there is no uniis- I uni decrease in the v lume of our trade. We are I still selling millinery goods and pleasing all pur* chasers with the extent and quality '.if the stock. J Seasonable hats and millinery accessories are ' h'd’e in abundance and only await the inspection and orders of discriminating shoppers. Our goods are the newest and loveliest creations ot ex perts in the manufacture of tine millinery. We buy from the largest and most reliable houses of the country, nnd always know the quality and M worth of the goods offered our customers. You I cannot make a mistake by placing your millinery 1 order here. Remember this fact. /i Mrs. Lela Adams ® 4gJ Sold by All Grocers For Hot Tea ASIC FOR OOLONG For Iced Tea HUY INDIA AND CEYLON For General Use HUY' THE MIXED Nothing is more refreshing than a cup of iced tea; nothing more beneficial when tired than a cup of hot tea. Always the Same near Lnwronoeville in Owinuett county, Hosehton, Jefferson and Commerce ( for- merly Harmony Grove) in Jackson county; also beginning in Fulton coun ty and extending westward through or near East Point nnd Oollegp Park in Fulton county, through or near Fair- burn nnd Palmetto in Campbell county, through or near Newnaii, Moreland and Grantville in Coweta county, through Meriwether county, through or near Hogimsville, LaGrango aud West Point in Troup county and through or near: Franklin in Heard county,all of Georgia. •2. The capitnl stock of said railway 1 company shall he titty thousand dollars with tlie privilege of increasing the snme at any time, aud from time to time, to any sum desired, as prescribed by law, the same to he common stock and to be issued in shares of $100 eaoh. The prin cipal office of said company to be located in Fulton oouuty, Georgia. 3. Your jietitioiiers intend in good faith to go forward without delay to se cure subscriptions to the capital stock, and to construct, equip, maintain and operate said railway. They desire the i privilege of using electrieitv, or steam as motive power, and that the duration of this charter be one hundred and one years; that your petitioners have given I tour weeks’ notice of their intention to j apply for this charter, by the pablica-1 tion ot said petition iu each of the news papers of the several counties in which the sheriff's advertisements are publish ed. M. T. Edgerton, M. Mason, W. E. Woods, J. tt. Hosch, Henry Braseltoii, L. F. Beil, A. J. Almaiid, E. A. Kiminel, Jr. T. J. Flake, R. W. Tucker. City Court Proceedings. The following cases have been disposed of since Thursday of last week in the city court uow in ses- siou: The State vs L. B. Gurley et al. misdemeanor; plea of guilty; tine cost of suit. The State vs Babe Hall, gam bling; plea of guilty; tine *1 and costs of prosecution. The State vs Viola Daniel; as sault; not guilty. The State vs Joe Moore; disturb ing public worship; verdict of not guilty. The State vs J. m. Sullivan; misdemeanor; nol prossed. The State vs George Moxie; sell ing liquor; verdict of guilty. The State vs Bill Rains; fornica tion; mistrial. The State vs Jake Stallings; mis demeanor; nol prossed. The State vs Charlie Smith, col., gambling; nol prossed. The State vs John Martin; mis demeanor; nol prossed. The State vs Witt, Stephens; misdemeanor; nol prossed. The State vs Abe Nelson; misde- meai or; nol prossed. The State vs Vein Cavender; selling liquor; verdict of guilty. The State vs Clarence Dennis; misdemeanor; plea of guilty. The State vs Will Brown; mis demeanor; plea of guilty. The State vs Henry Long; mis demeanor; demand. C. O. Hendricks vs Central ol Georgia Railway Co.; complaint for damages; verdict lor defend ant. Attacked by Mad Dog. Sunday night, just after he had retired, Mr. Win. Evans, whe lives near Senoia, heard his pups, which were under the door, mak ing a noise as if disturbed. Mr. Evans removed a loose plank from the floor and stuck his head through to see what was the cause of the trouble. Immediately he was seized in the temple, just ovei the eye, by a savage dog, pre sumably mad. With the dog clinging to him, Mr. Evans called for help aud his father-in-law, who lives within three or four hundred yards ol Mr. Evans’ home, came to his as sistance. The grip of the dog was so persistent that its head had tc lie chopped off before the jaw> could i»e loosened. Mr. Evans went to Atlanta Monday to receive treatment a1 the Pasteur Institute. Heaven is a reward, not a gil Not all “high fliers” are aeria ists.