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FIXING THE SEASONS.
Snmr IVcipIc* Still Polios fhi* An*
cl*nl l*'in|ithin Mothoil*.
Tlio inhabitant* of Hornon i.'.uke u-a*
of the same menu* fur fixing tin* times
of 'heir o -.i ■«-iiitn:-.tI -imsom us wore
us<*4 li.V the parly Britons mid in Egypt
between 1tO(i nnd - w It. < ways tie-
.ToumnI of tin* Asiatic S "'li*ty They
rely, that in to any. on the time of rls-
lug of certain constellations Just In*
fore the mm, known to astronomers
n* their liollaeiil rising. Many an
cient temples are found to lie orlenloil
to Hie point of the horizon, whi b
marks the liclliteal rising of the I'lel-
inles on a kluy morning.
The natives of Horneo are using tiie
rising of the siiiiu* coUKtellatlon ns a
guide to the proper time to prepare
llicir ground to grow their fisnl sup
ply. When the dry season Is peiveiv
eil to Ini iipproiiehllig two men are sent
out Into the Jungle to observe. There
they watch, perhaps a few nights, per
haps a month, until Hu* Pleiades are
seen on tin* horizon Just before the In
er.-using sunlight causes the stars to
fade. Then they return to the village
and Iinnolime the fuel. The Inhabit
nuts now know Hint work on Hut for
est must be commenced. If by any
means they bn * missed the h.■lineal
living of tin* Pleiades and have delay
etj operations till Orion's belt Is seen
rising Just before the sun. tl.ey know
that they t .1 I work double sbl 11 I li •
ground being ebsired, Him 11m*u wait
till Hie |* 1 ch are lit the Ze ill at
sunrise b.*fii. , e they set lire to tin* rub
blsli.
The above la Pie method a ' ipte I by
the liyaks. Oil,or iieighboriiig tribes,
tin* Keiiyalis and Kaynns, make use of
the length of the shadow cast by a
stick ni noon to delermlno tlndr sea
sons. Situated ns they are between
the tropics, the shadow Is cast 011 the
north or south of the stick, according
to the time of year. The length of Hie
shadow also varies as the sun pusses
from t'niieer to t'aprleorn and bark.
The shadow Is measured by menus of
a notched stick. The notches repre
sent the lengths of shadow which ex
pcrlcncc Inis shown to correspond with
favorable times for their various agri
cultural operations.
The Samoans, on Hie other linnd, tlx
their seasons by the appearance of a
curious marine worm, which they call
Hu* pnlolo. The viiI pnloto, or time of
the pnlolo, Is the name of one of their
seasons, ns spring Is one of ours. This
strange worm lives In tin* Inlersllcos
of the coral reefs and at certain sea
sons makes Its nppenrnucc In llu* open
sea In Immense numbers. It Is eagerly
gathered and eaten by the natives.
IT the swarm appears, say, at .'t
o'clock In the morning, It has totally
disappeared by t) o'clock. Ilnili male
and female worms break up Into In-
uumernble fragments, and tbo eggs are .
fertilized In the water. Tbo coming
of Hu* pnlolo Is regulated by the moon,
ami yet, strange to say, In the long run
It keeps solar time. If the dates of Its
appearances were separated by twelve
lunar mouths, then, reckoning by the
day of llu* month, It would bo eleven
days earlier each year. On tlio other
hand, if It came every thirteen months
It would be eighteen days later oneli
year. This Is recttill'd by having In
every cycle of three years one Interval
of thirteen and two of twelve mouths.
Finally by the addition of mu extra In
terval of thirteen months In a cycle of
twenty-nine years tbo error Is less
than one day In a century.
Tri"iurn|ililcnl Slips.
Mistakes In punctuation have often
led to ridiculous blunders. Some time |
ago In an article telling of the opening !
of a new hospital In New York the
writer was made to state that "an ex
tensive view Is presented from the
fourth story of the Hudson river."
'I lie omission of a comma In a paper 1
announcing the death of a famous man j
made the sentence rend, "Mis remains ■
were committed to that bourne whence
no traveler returns attended by bis
friends."
The reputation of I>r. I'ond, tin emi
nent theologian, was nearly ruined
hack In the Utiles of the lust century
by n typographical error. A patter
came out with an account telling how
tin* divine bad given a series of lec
tures In Hunger, Me., to the effect that
theology was no science and that there
was no truth in It whatever. Tint
world rose In arms, and the unfortu
nate I’ond was heaped with abuse as
being a gross Inlblel. In time the pa
per In which tin* Urst account appeared
printed a paragraph acknowledging
that the excitement w as all caused by a
typographical mistake, the typesetter
having used the word theology iustenti
of phrenology.
Hot* Animal* llonr l*ntn.
Take horses, for Instance, In battle.
After the Urst shock of wound they
make no sound. They Itenr tbo pain
with u mute, wondering endurance,
and If at night you hear a wild groan
from the battlefield It comes from
their loneliness, their loss of that hu
man companionship which seems abso
lutely Indispensable to the comfort of
domes) lea ted nnlnia Is.
The dog will carry a broken leg for
days wistfully, but uncomplainingly.
The cut, Injured by a stone, ts-ars In
alienee pain which we could not en
dure. Sheep and other cattle meet the
thrust of the butcher's knife without a
sound, and even common poultry eu-
dure Intense agony without complaint.
The pigeon, family wounded, flics to
some furoIT hough and dies in silence.
The wounded deer speeds to some
thick brake nud In pitiful submission
waits for death. The eagle, struck In
midair, fights to the Inst ngninst the
fatal summons. There Is no moan or
sound of pain, and the defiant look
never fades from Its eyes until the lids
close over them never to uncover
again.—Loudon Mail.
THE CIRCUS.
It Is th** Father of CiinlPmpnrarr
American Urn inn.
No problem is more fascinating to
the student of Elizabethan drama than
li.* ntlnuipt to trace Its splendid
ifliiev s cut to its earliest sources.
Tlii* Me -t leads one hack to primitive
f<lk p :v to secular Improvisations
aiel ii. liieval renderings of sacred
story. 1.i d all study of perfected types
shows <■ early here and there the de
terminate influence of these first at
tempt «.
It l< I that no one has undertaken
a slink r Investigation of our Ameri
enn dr.min, a species of art so ills
t'-I *tlve from drama proper that Wi
an* not only Justified in seeking, hut
are eon. pel led to seek a partially d 1
feretit or g ;i. The material drawn
from American life, developed by
American 1.1!-lit and appealing l<
American audiences Inis peculiar char
aoterlalies pointing Irreslsiihly In con
ception. development nud execution to
our first ark tie achievement, the
American civenn, and linitilry ns to
nrlg .. tal us hack to our own
shall I - y •n"kiaevalV days, when I’
T. Harm was perfecting tie* enter-
talnmetil lliai was In burst upon the
yes of .111 ’ ilk lied w arid.
Though v. e. a hardly lie said to
him* 1 Hired new species, we Imvt
given Hiirli marked coloring to exist'nx
tyi 1*1 of eoiMi-dy Unit we may fairly
1'aim tin* 1 -I- • I It of creating new vn
li'-i'es The local color play, the so
e.’et pi:. in* ineliiijnima. the comic
open, (I ntrlslt ns strictly national pro
duet ion upon our soil, dlfTcivnlin lic
it: , per' ; more (Irmly established In
?!. c.i r oi the first two than of the
others. In all, motif, pint, eli iraeter'za
Hon, Netting, show r. ml :[■< .■ idy the In
(liience of Hu* great prototype already
suggested.
( Irch's and circles of unrelated ae
Hon, swift galloping from one to an
other lest the atn .elicit r!: mid Ita
little to think, the ruling out. of cause
and effect In order that hoiii 'tiling, n
nmlter what, may happen every to n
tile do not our pin! i hetrny their ort
glu hi (lie planning of a circus day .
I venture tu nlllrni Hint in no ol’;et
country can legs wriggle so swtfky.
cun the swinging and leaping of the
trapeze performer go so alertly and
firmly on. I would [ill our contortion
Ists nud our lump Jumpers against
those of all oilier lands. With <**|llitl
firmness I assert that In no other
drama dues action follow so swiftly, so
ttncouneetedly, ns In out* own.—Herlb
ner'ts.
\Vnyn of •Ttintloe.
Ono oft<mi hours comments pussoil up
on the ndmlnlstriiHiin of the law by
local inaglsiraleN, hut while It may
sometimes leave a Utile to hit desired
It Is not s i glaringly crude ns it often
was In earlier times.
It is mi record Hint the Montrose
linllle, after hearing the evidence In
a breach of the peace case, lined both
th * accused and all the witnesses "lml!
a croon."
The witnesses natiirall.v resented till
decision, hut tlu* linllle, with Ills mind
made up. refused to hudg.* from tin* po
Kit Ion In* bail taken up ami defended it
with the remark:
“it dlstm mailer; he hml nut* business
there. II ill - 11 croon apalce."
Tin* name linllle was trying another
ease ill which a illllletllly arose regard
lug the nnimppoiirnttcc of a witness.
The court was Informed that the wit
ness was defunct. The magistrate,
who was a self made and highly sue
cessfttl business man and who had
gained elevation to the bench solely on
account of his commaud of "siller,"
had never heard that particular form
applied In dentil and, thinking It was a
legal phrase, called out In command
ing times, "Bring forward the de
fund!" which brought down Hu* house.
W. Johnston; K. K. Jackson;
V. < R. B. Durrett; R. N., \V.
H. A stilt; A. R. S„ T. I). Wat
kins; F. S.. V. M. Steed; Conduc
tor, Homer Oullatte; Warden, J.
Grantville is still growing. Mrs. S.
E. Leigh has let out contract to build 8
new houses; also will have store room
occupied by A. J. Parks enlarged. T.
M. Ze liars is having two new cottages
erected. Eight or nine 'phones have just
<». Morris; J. *S., R. L. Bentley; <). been placed in so many dwellings.
S., John Boynton; ('., Joe H. Sunday John T. White, J. E. Dean
,, , „ ,, „ and T. L. Lambert were guests of W.
Hudson; Irea-surer, \\ . H. Hall; ,, „ .. ,
’ ’ B. Evans on a surry ride. Among other
11 nstees, • hat les Jackson, (J. A. places lie carried them to his own farm,
Keith and If. W. M ingo.
Grantville,
The Ladies Parsonage .Society have
had tin* M. E. Church thoroughly
cleaned, floors painted, and have pur- j“ rK V-',mn.s lU.’cT'other meat on' i.a»7d
clinsed handsome new carpet,which will
where lie has a fine ootton crop, with 30
acres of extra corn. They next visited
the wat rtnelon patch, where two or
three hundred line melons were seen.
Each visitor was given one to bring
home as a memento Hts farm is en
tirely s-If-siistahiiog; lie also 1ms several
be laid this week. The cost will proba
bly exceed $ I DO, and outside ofalittlo
help from tin* Home Mis ion and Juven
ile Societies, the expense will he borne
by them. They are a good stand hv for
tin* church and parsonage.
Lust Thursday several of the girls en
joyed a spend-the-day pnrfy given by
Mrs. Frank Word, of Hognnsville, to her
charming daughter Miss Mary Beth,
The large shady grove surrounding the
lovely home was a (it plnee for such an
occasion, while the menu served was all
tout could he desired. The following
guests were present; Misses Rosalie and
Dessn Eubanks, of Atlanta; Annie Mer
iwether, ot Alabama; Bernie Vickers.
R. I Sewell lias a 12 acre patch on
which lie expects to make 18 hales of
ootton. Although not a Moke Smith
supporter. In* uses his variety of cotton.
T. L. Lambert, another prosperous
farmer, purchased the O'Kelly placed
years ago, making 10 hales of cotton,
and now s'nce building up and improv
ing land, li - expects to make 1 bale per
iter, . The farm contains 80 or 100 acres.
Mill town.
The infant of D S. Hunt and wife has
been quite sick the past week.
David Slmw and sister, Miss Louise,
from Rockdale county, spent a few days
of Fail bum; Beulah Pirkle, of Monroe; with their brother. Rev, James Shaw,
Bulletin Orr, ot Newtiau;Estelle Zellurs, last week.
I iiiniiiic Whit** and Sulla* Holinmion.
B. F. Farmer and wife, from ('amdl-
Mrs. J. D. Moreland, Mrs. W. G. Sad- ton. visite I the futility’ of Mr. Farmer's
•r and Lowndes Sadler left Tuesday for
.1 K Farmer,last Saturday night
New York. Tle*y will spend the first and Sunday.
two weeks at Asbury Hark, after which
they will he in Now York City and other
Mrs. .1 W. Kelley was taken serious
ly ill last Thursday and her condition is
points East. Mrs. Moreland will return critical.
Coiiuelti
IllrUs—Your wife Is a mighty seasl
hie woman, Isn't she?
Wteks Sun*! She married me.—Som
erville Journal.
Cotton Statistics.
New nan’s cotton figures show
that the receipts this season, up to
August 1st, amounted to 15,5)00
hales. The 11105 receipts to same
tittle were 15,(iS5 hales, and the
15)04 receipts weie 11,15)5 bales.
The stock on hand this season
w;ts 1,8(10 hides; lust season. -40
hales, and in 1001, 147 hales. July
receipts this season, 40 hales; in
1005, 144 hales; in 1004, one
hale. Total receipts to September
l, 1005, 1.8,7JS lades; to Septem
ber I, 1004, 11,15)0 bales.
Ncwnatt, Ha. J. 11. Summers.
in time to take charge of lu*r music class
at tin* opening of school.
Mrs. Dollie Parks, of Atlanta, is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. VV. A. Po-t.
Mi-s Louise Matthews, of Tlioiiiuston,
who lias been the guest‘of Miss Luoilc
Arnold, Inis returned home.
Miss Vickers, of Fairborn, and Miss
Pirkle, of Monroe, who have been visit
ing Miss Hnlliti Bohannon, returned
home Tuesday.
N. (). Banks and wife, Ethel and Don
ald Hanks left Saturday for Attalln,
Ala. N O. Banks returned home Tues
day; Mrs. Bunks and children will re
main several weeks visiting relatives in
Attalln, (Jodnrtown, Rome and other
places.
Hugh Carter, of Atlanta, and Earl
Chandler, of College Park, spent Sun
day at the home of H. A. Camp.
Boe/,-r Payne spent Sunday with his
parents in Hogunsville.
Will Word, of Atlanta, visited his
wife nhd children at (’apt. T.E. Zellurs’
Tuesday.
Misses Sophia and Bnrnell Evans, of
Bnrncsville, were guests last week of
Misses Fannie ami Ella Hopkins
A. J. Parks and wife. Ernest Parks
nnd wife and Miss Annie Lnu Parks
spent Sunday with friends in Greenville.
Mrs. James Lester and little daughter
are at Judge T. M. Lester's.
Mrs. Clark Situs and little daughter,
Kathleen, are visiting J. R. Cottrn and
wife.
Miss Lnoile Hanl.s was tin* guest a few
dns last week of Mrs. Allie Mobley in
Hogunsville.
Raymond White nnd Irving Lambert
spent Sunday at St. Marks.
Sim Zellurs, of Palmetto, is visiting
his brother, Cupt. T. E. Zellurs.
Misses Nellie Kate and Bessie Lam
bert are spending the week with Mrs.
Hugh Jackson, of Lutherville.
Miss Juitelle Payne, of Hogunsville,
spent last Wednesday with Miss Luoilt*
Arnold.
Miss Willie Jeter is attending the
Chnutuuipm in Newnan tins week.
Mrs. Ben Sims, of Alabama, returned
Saturday ro the home of her daughter,
Mrs. H. A. Camp, after n visit to rela
tives in Newnan.
W. H. Walker spent several days this
week in Atlanta.
L. S. Sewell was in Newnan Monday.
Jr. O. U. A. M. Organized in
Palmetto.
Palmetto Counoil, No. 42., Jr.
O. C. A. M., was instituted in that
town last Monday night by a team
from the Newnan Council. Thirty
nine well-known citizens of Pal
metto compose the Council and the
number will he increased at a
later date. The Newnan Juniors
report it good time and say they
were cordially received ami enter
tained in Palmetto.
The officers ol' Palmetto Coun
cil are the following named gen
tlemen:
J. P. C. and Representative, E.
Fred Reese and wife, from Moreland,
visited tin* lartei’s mother, Mrs. Taylir
Pye, last Sunday
Mrs. W. A. Klmbrell is having chills 1
and fever.
,T. T. Smith moved from Franklin last
Monday and has gone to work oil tin*
new cotton null.
Mrs. Opltulin Slmw received intelli
gence lust Friday that her husband 1
Thomas Slmw, was dead.
Miss Mary Wellborn from Lindnle is
tin* guest of her grandmother, Mrs. E.
S. Wellborn.
Mrs. W. H. Boatright was sick last
week.
Joint Dewberry nnd wife visited the
latter’s mother, Mrs. Nancy Brown, in
LuGrnnge last Sunday.
Tom Mndaris, who teoently moved
from Cedartown, is occupying rooms vn- j
onted by Hiram Mobley’s family.
Miss Mattie Motes, from Hognnsville,
is spending 'In* week with.the family of
her brother, Frauds.
D. M. Wood was confined to his bed
the latter part of the week by sickness. |
Miss Callie Hanson, from Emily, Ga.,
is visiting Mr. Broom's family.
Win Cash and wife left last Saturday
for Grnpeville, On., where they will
spend Home time with the' letter's pa
rents, Mr. Rainey and wife.
John Newsome and wife were called
to the bedside of their daughter, Mrs.
Osborn Attorsou, in Palmetto, last Sat- 1
urday.
Henry nnd Jesse Wlmtley, with their
wives nnd children, left last Saturday
for Carroll county, where they will
spend several days visiting relatives.
Miss Burnmh Hansom, from Banning,
visited Miss Alice Mobley last week.
Lois, little daughter of James What-
ley.lins fever.
John Avers returned last Saturday
from n v:sit to relatives nnd moved with
his little daughter, Maud, to Carroll
county.
James Jordan nnd Arthur Hamrick,
in company with Misses Maud Mobley
and Maggie Tarpley, went out riding
Inst Sunday afternoon nnd ns they were
returning something broke about the
harness, causing the horse to run, Miss
Tarpley jumping from the buggy and
spraining her ankle.
Mrs. James Askew, accompanied by
her little son, Martin, went to Ophelia
Hon. W. A. Post attended court in Saturday to spend a tew days with her
Newnan last week.
Roy Bohannon, of Newnan, was in
Grantville Tuesday.
Frcd Slinddix and wife, of Moreland,
ami Paschal Moore, of Lone Oak, spent
Sunday with Mrs J. P. O’Neal.
mother nud other relatives.
Lemma, little daughter of Z. T. Hud
son and wife, has been sick the past
week with fever,
Ben Yarbrough nnd daughter, from
Palmetto, visited the faintly of John
Jack Chaffin and wife, Doc Robert- Davis last Saturday night and Sunday.
son mid O. J. Davis attended an all dav
singing in LaGrauge Sunday.
J. G. Smith and Irby White were in
Newnan Saturday.
T. M. Zellurs and wife are m Newnan
today.
Mrs. T. M. Zellars gave the young
l>eoplu a candy pulling Monday after
noon complimentary to her guests.
Misses Annie Meriwether, of Alabama,
and Rosalie and Dessa Eubanks, of At
lanta, At 8 o'clock, the guests, Misses
Vickers of Fairburn, Pirkle of Monroe,
John Yearta, who moved away not
very long ago, moved back lust week.
Will Cobb has the sympathy of the
entire neighborhood in the loss of his
mother, whose death occurred last Sat
urday night at Griffin.
Thomas Ellis and wife are very much
delighted over their newcomer. It’s a
boy.
Mrs. J. S Creel, from Campbell
i county, came down last Saturday aud
; s|H*ut the past week with her sister,Mrs.
Wharton.
W. A. Hamrick and wile returned
Nall, Estelle Zellars. Sallie Bohannon, | ho,ue t0 B ™ vi U e Saturday.
Gladys White, Martha and Mary An- Mrs. J ’ H Summers has taken a class
drews and Janie Nall assembled at the m B ,e Clmpel Sunday school again nud
home aud with the guests of honor, re- solicits a full attendance each Sunday
paired to the kitchen where the process morning. She is an old teacher and has
of candy making was gone through taught here before. ✓
with much merriment and blistering of Brother Layton will be on hand to
fiugers. In the evening the young men preach for us next Sunday. Let us give
were invited to come aud partake of the him a full bouse and good attention, as
delicious candy. Misses Annie Meri- be always comes with a heart full of
wether aud Tommie C. White were j good things.
awarded the prize for making the best The many friends of Miss Locy Mo-
oaudy. Clare wilt be delighted to learn that she
The Grantville bank has bad a nice i is oouvaleseiug rapidly uow and hopes
tile floor laid. j aoou to be oat again.
MIDSUMMER MILLINERY.
■ . ——
Midsummer time is near, hut there is no unus
ual decrease in the volume of our trade. We are
-till selling millinery goods nnd pleasing all pur
chasers with the extent nnd quality of the stock.
Seasonable lints and millinery accessories tire
here 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 fine millinery. We'
litiv from the largest and most reliable houses of
tlie country, and always know the quality and
wjrth of the goods offered our customers. You
cannot make a mistake by placing your millinery
order here. Remember this fuet.
Mrs. Lela Adams
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Sold by All Grocers
For Hut Tea
ASK FOR OOLONG
For Iced Tea
HUY INDIA AND CEYLON
For General I ’se
BUY THE MINED
Nothing is more refreshing than a cup of iced tea; nothing
more beneficial when tired than a cup of hot tea.
Always the Same
Always
Notwithstanding a most satis
factory spring we have dupli
cates of nearly all the individ
ual styles that sold so quickly
and attracted so much attention
ORR AND POWELL
Rock Spring.
Joe Morris and S. O. Houston spent
several days in Atlanta last week.
M. D. Thurmond and daughter at
tended the general meeting at Mt. Leb
anon church at Sharpsburg last Friday.
S. O. Houston and W. M. Jackson
spent Monday in Palmetto.
Robert Wingo passed through here
last Sunday, en route to Lougstreet,
where he visited relatives.
M. D. Thurmond and daughter. Miss
| Minnie, spent last Sunday in Palmetto
wirli friends.
.Tames Harper visited in Palmetto
Tuesday.
Mrs. J. W. Haynes and children re
turned home last week, after a two
weeks visit to her sister, Mrs. Will Cor
nell. of near Corinth.
Win. McGee and wife and Miss Liz
zie nnd Frank Parrott spent several
days this week with relatives in Doug
las county.
The trustees and patrons of Rock
Spring school are contemplating build
ing a new school house; the old house
was sold on Tuesday to J. W. Lewis.