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he Th« it i lor )UII :mi th ul 1 irdi :pti cw im N lrtt le M at •in) he re >» ' I tat it f ini la I :ri 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 rb & 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.