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:,v-. .„, , . >„....i^^saass m f # «* % ■ isM! "1" 1 rian Brain is the Oddest of 'Mechanisms. Human brains are the stiangr-st, iirdest pieces of mechanism! No to are alike, no rule governs all, id every man thinks at a dil'fer- it speed. The speed of the hu tan bjain depends entiiely upon he person and the condition of tat person at certain times, Re- Donses to thought vary in speed om a mile a minute to twenty et a second, under normal con- tions, yet at times the telegraph- service from the brain to the or- ns of the body is interrupted ’ v, 'ommunicatton is established ’*er rest or sleep. nder Brewton has discov- to have ideas at will. If o remember something «pped your mind, either tin or hair.g your head low. ~r still, in extreme cases,stand on your head. Dr. Bruton, after one particular hard day’s work, was compelled to finish an important mec’ical treat ise. He sat down, with pen and paper ready—when his brain quit work. Not an idea would come, nor could he write a word, “My brain is the same as yester- ’ay,” he thought. “It worked /ell then, whv not now? It must 'e because my circulation is bad ■rause of weariness.” le studied the problem for some : and came to the conclusion , if the cerebal circulation was oA- *bat there was no mental le must create the circu- f the blood would not brain he would force it i he put his head down le and the ideas began once. After ten min- ..nought he had enough start the article, so he . his head again—but the flowed away. He finished eatise by resting his head 1 the table and writing, ile it requires some time for gan to respond to the order brain, the speed of thought s much faster, nohltz discovered that a . wave travels a mile of na minute, while Hersch J that a touch was recog- oy the brain and responded jne-tenth of a second, f. Donders, perhaps the *st authority and experiment- learned that the brain ac- responding to one of the is 75-1000 of a second. Of >-iooo of a second is con- I by the act of recognition j-iooo to responding, the great brains have their -ities and their weaknesses, ig from unconscious brain Dr. Johnson,!(the great opher, was terribly afraid of and with all his philosophy not overcome the horror and not permit death to be •>ed in his presence; also he stitious. He would not oom with his left foot and if by accident he irst step with his left pped backward in sud- and entered with his i aesar, to whom the mu /reat battler, was sweet, at the sound of thunder ^ cellars under his house where he flight escape the sound. Queen Elizabeth, one of the most fearless of women, trembled like a leaf at the sound of it and changed color at the same word. Marshal Saxe, a hero of many battles, screamed and fled at the sight 'of a cat, while l’eter the Great would not cross a bridge unless it was absolutely necessary and then crossed in terrible alarm, being weak and sick afterward from ter ror. One great American general, recovering from a severe illness, tound that he had entirely lost the power to speak or write proper names or any substantive, but his memory supplied him with adjec tives readily. He overcame his difficulty by designating anyone of whom he wished to speak of by calling him by his size, the color of his hair or eyes, or by his physi cal peculiarities.—Chicago Tri bune. Extending Small Railroads. The Subsidized Press. t f food’s Seeds FALL SOWING. Every farmer should have a copy of our Mew Fall Catalogue It gives best methods of seed ing! andi full information about Crimson Clover Vetches, Alfalfa Seed Oats, Rye Barley, Seed Wheat #Grasses and Clovers iptiva Fall Catalog!)* led free, i^nd prices quoted on request. ''' ' f. Wood non, - Wchi clruwt qu fare the obtainable. It is a tact that the farmer is the stone upon which our national prosperity is built. It would be logical, therefore, to expect that every newspaper in the land would be the sincere friend of the farmer. In this expectation we are woe fully disappointed. It is painfully true that the majority of the promi nent daily papeis of the couptry are not the friends of the farmer, and the reason is easily found. These papers have too many pa trons whose sentiments are an tagonistic to the farmers, and the modern daily paper is in its edi torial columns, as a rule, but a ro flection of the views of the Busi ness Department. These papers try to hedge by safe generalizations and compli mentary phrases, but when a prac tical question comes up, where to take the side of the farmer might alienate an advertiser, they are either silent as the grave, or open ly hostile. We have had a recent illustra tion. Nothing is more harmful to the farmer than future speculation in farm products, and yet when the Boykin bill for the suppression of future gambling in Georgia was pending in the legislature only two daily papers in all Georgia showed the slightest favor to the measure. The Macon News was outspokenly for the bill; the Atlanta News suginted at it favorably, and if any other daily paper gave it counte nance, we failed to find it, though searching diligently for such men tion. And why? Because the gamb ling bouses were advertisers. This is the plain and simple truth. The average daily papers prate qf vir tue and make cesspools of their advertising columns for money. The average daily paper would calmly see the whole country de bauched, demoralized and bank rupted, if the debauchers and bankrupters were liberal adver tisers. If this is not being sub sidized, we do not know what it can be called No one prates more loudly of the proprieties than the daily press, but their advertising columns are open to any filth and rascality that will pay a good price. And-they pay the price, in loss of the public respect, in a steadily declining in fluence, and in that still, small voice, which tells them daily what hypocrisy is. The country press yet has con victions and stands for them, but the convictims of the great ma jority of the city dailies are meas ured by the cash box. Painful though it be to say it, nevertheless it is true, a majority of the Southern daily press is dis loyal to our people and their inter ests and loyal to outside specula tive capitalistic influences. This is Toryism, as rank and as dangerous as that which nearly wrecked our infant nation in the days of ’76, and just as deserving pf condign punishment as was meted out to the Toryism of ’76 by our outraged forefathers,—Cot ton Journal. Easy won, poorly kept. We have pointed out more than (Mice in these columns that the de velopment in railroads in this sec tion is one of the most notable fea tures of the growth and progress of the South. It has been shown that there is almost a famine in pig iron, so great is the demand for structural iron throughout this section and the demand for rails alone would largely account for this fact. These lines are to be used in developing and handling the output of indus tries such as coal mining, lumber ing, phosphate mining, the gath ering of naval stores, etc. T h e Manufacturers’ Record points out that there is scarcely a state in the South in which the building of small lines is not in progress in a number of localities. In the mountains of Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee much of the construc tion of small lines is done by the trunk roads as feeders, although not a few independent pieces of work are underway. In the states named a large proportion of this new building is on account of coal, although lumbering figures in the situation to some extent. Farther south, in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala bama, Mississippi and even be yond in Arkansas and Louisiana, the development of timber land and the products therefrom is mainly responsible for the build ing of many short railroads. This type of construction is particular ly active just now throughout ! these states and how useful it be comes in tin* later development of ' the country is now shown by the utilization of several small lines in Georgia, by means of connections in making a through route from Augusta to the Gulf of Mexico. Continuing, the Manufacturers’ Record says: “The activity of this variety of railroad work is in dicated by the reports of new in corporations received by the Man ufacturers’ Record, hardly a day passing without one or more com panies being chartered to build such lines. But.it does not always happen that the tirst building of one of these lumber roads, or even of coal lines,is of small extent. For instance, the Goodyear line in Mississippi, a lumber road, is to be one hundred miles long from the beginning, construction for that amount of track being already under way, in addition to the trackage of the line previously built and which was purchased to form the nucleus of this railroad. On the other hand, the Tidewater Railroad, which will Ik* over four hundred miles long in Virginia and West Virginia, is an example of what an influence coal mining may have upon the developing of a new line. “The construction of small lines of railroads promises to continue indefinitely throughout the entire Kouth, the riches of the country in both mines and forests being so great that none can now see the end of their development.”—The Georgian. Congressional Committee to Democratic Voters. To All Democratic Voters: If there ever was a time in the history of the Democratic party for the manifestation of loyalty and patriotism on the part of its members, it is right now. If we are to win a victory and elect a President two years hence, we must first elect a House of Representatives this tall. A Demo cratic House can and will investi gate every department of the Gov ernment. With all of them honey combed by “graft,” the edges of which, only, have been touched by recent exposure and prosecutions, there will be a revelation of rotten ness that will astound the country and create a demand for a Democratic administration to clean the Government workshop. To win the House we need money to defray legitimate ex penses and get out our vote. We have no protected monopolies from which to draw to fill our coffers, as they do those of the Republican party. We must, therefore, ap peal to loyal Democrats for con tributions. Will you send us #1.00 at once, and in return for this we will send you copies of our campaign litera ture as issued by the Committee. You will have the thanks of the entire Democratic party, for your favorable response to our request. Address all remittances to J. M. Gkiggs, Chairman, Munsey Bldg., Washington, D. C. The Mirth Cure. Do It New Mr. Business Man, we are speaking of giving that order for the printing you’ll need lor the autumn aiid winter— mi it noM'1 This shop is ready to take your order now and will deliver the printing “on time.” Give your order now. The busiest season of the y ear will be upon us in a few weeks; and then, in the midst of hustle and bustle and work and worry, some day you’ll discover that your slock of stationery lias disappeared or that a job of printing y|oii'-' should have ordered done weeks before, is not realty. Don't lose out in this way. Place your order at this shop for all needed printing—and no it now! This shop is always responsive to hurry (‘tills for print: ing; and no matter when your order is received, we'll get it done “on time”—but we’d rather do it now! ‘There is a lull in business just before the beginning of 1 lit' busy season; we are not crowded with orders now as we will be later. That’s why we prefer to do it now. You should have it done now because your printing will cost just the same, and when 1 Ik* busy season bears down upon you, that printed matter will be ready to use instead of being a bother and n hindrance. Place your order for printing NOW and place it at The !) News office. There are reasons. Prompt execution of orders, reasonable prices and high grade work are some of them. These ought to he sullicient to secure and hold your business. A few trial orders will settle the matter and you’ll become a permanent patron of the News Print ing (’ompany. If your name is nol on our books, let us put it (here. We want to get acquainted with you, if you are 11 patron of print shops. Finally—just remember—do it now! NEWS PRINTING COMPANY Anything in Printing, but Never Anything but THE BEST. . . . il Regulating Railroads. The Canadians have gone a long j way ahead of this country in regu lating railroads, the Canadian commmission having been granted all the power necessary to prevent ! unjust discrimination or extortion ate rates. One of the great re forms the Canadians have accom- | plished is the prevention of stock watering, so that the people shall not be made to pay tribute on J bogus stock, as the people of the United States are compelled to do. Our Hardmans, and Morgans and Vanderbilts, and Cassatts, and the i other manipulators that have is sued fictitious stock from their Wall street dens, must las made to I disgorge. The railroad question, ; like the trust and tariff issue, will ! never be settled until justice is done and we have only just enter ed the opening wedge on^ regulat ing the great highways of the na tion.«-Ex. \ “r*- . ' ' ' . ■ Rusting out is not resting. Of all the wavs and means of healing the sick and weary, the one that surely appeals most warm ly to the human understanding is the Mirth Cure recently advocated by a French physician. And real ly this method is not so novel a thing, for it is thousands of years since the great King of Israel de clared that a merry heart doeth good like a medicine, while Shake speare speaks of “that merriment which lengthens life”—not the life of the merry-maker alone, but of all who brush his garments. Every one who is sick wishes to be well, and ail who are weary desire rest. Science and medicine and surgical skill must do their part; common sense and patience and care must of necessity be exercised; disease and weakness must be combated by more than ordinary forces, but honest mirth cures many a care, and a merry companion is the one we want to go with us hand-in- hand. “There is nothing worth the wear of winter save the laughter and love of friends.” Watch the effect of a cheery, smiling visitor in the sick-room. It is like the sunshine let in—only better, because there is nothing, even in the warmth of the glorious light of the sun, that equals the helpful human touch. It is through lips and hands and mirthful minis trations that the Divine ministers to suffering humanity Everyone of us who carries a smile and a merry word of comfort to the needy is a physician duly author ized and comrniss'oned to practice, arid the invalid who dispenses cheer, instead of gloom, is the one who stands the fairest chance of recovery. I do not know just what course the French physician would pursue, but we may be very sure that his physic would be given in pleasant doses. Ilo you know that laughter is a good thing? Let us have more of lit among ourselves and in the home. The father who does not make merry with his children misses half of life, and mother who has no patience with innocent j hilarity needs to be taught a les son. The person who never ex periences what it is to “double up, with laughter” over a good joke,; or the fireside that does not ripple J round with mirthful fun lacks the essential elements of living. Let j us laugh more, not the silly giggle, I which speaks the vacant mind, but ; the merry, spontaneous laugh that is sincere and contagious. Do nut be afraid to, open the house door to, the KfhgTifMirtb.Tor.with hipi comes Health and happiness, aed' + LEGAL BLANKS Of all kinds are on sale at The News office. The stock includes snch blanks as are used by attorneys, justices of the peace and con stables, as well as all blanks in daily use by business men. All forms are those in gen eral use in Coweta and adjoining counties, f All blanks are printed on first-class paper, and, from a typographical standpoint, they are not sur passed by the blanks furnished by any printer ip the State. The News will be pleased to receive or ders for legal blanks and all orders will be promptly filled. Mail orders will receive prompt attention. This office is always pre pared to make special blanks to order on short notice. I \ I lr’ if" {'.I 'is |j. !U, I $15-PRIZE-$1!P Tradition says that “Toots are Lorn, not made.”^ ^ There are lots of people who believe they can write'| (lj poetry, and many who don’t know they can, hut * " could if they tried. f n a re- Some poetry comes by inspiration, hut those whominenil have achieved success know that hard work is th basis of the best verse. It took Gray nine years tv* bring write his masterpiece of elegance, the “Elegy in sand are Country Churchyard. jousump- Jt may be hard work for you to write a poeiu, bii'I lu * H,,<1 surely it is worth your w.hije to try. You may think , '* l ' ve '* Jittle of your effort, hut it may win you the prize. , ,Q °r e Somebody will get it. Why not you? haters We know that a poem-writing contest is rather odd lll .' l| t H l | and extraordinary, and that is just the reason we have chosen it as a means to advertise our magazine, “The Mocking Bird.” This is our offer: For thr ork Cl,y ’ best poem written about or to that prince of Souther/ 0 New songsters for whom our magazine is named, we will pay the writer a prize of $10 ; for the second best, $5* f . rt) ( Write today for conditions of contest to sketobn itud to THE MOCKINC BIRD, leaving * ) ticket P. G. Box 15 NEWNAN, CA. Wear aids to contentment. Agriculturist. -Southern Misses Frances and Mae Her ring, of Newnan, and Miss May Belle Williams, of Macon,are visit ing Miss Gladvs Kirk ai' her home, E‘*t Fiqe street.-r-Sonday Journal. I Have your mules and horses in- ut. sured in the Mutual Life Stock In surance Company of Georgia. Fuji face valne of all policies will be paid. For information and terms, call on or write ,to J. W. Will coxon, agent for Coweta and roll fouiituM, Newnan, Ga.