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FIGHTING THE SEA. TENNYSON’S MOODS. LOST AND FOUND. IlnllHnil'* Cnnftntiou* I’rrforinnnrf In I'rrmilliiK 1*1,»,**!.. Holland It* a country of wooden pill* and dikes, for tin* people are perpetu ally flglitlni; it^nln-t the ei-.eroueli- tnentK of water, itne bn:; ,ig In Am sterdam re*ts on no t. wet llinn plh'S, thom.1l the (!: *■.- nrolpid the town, whleh have In mi ere-ted at enor- moils expense, e:Tcetn:illj%.revcnt any chnneo of n Hood The streets of the flOlirlshinK port of Hotierd tni even are frequently under water in the winter, <tnd In some parts of south llollnnd the people are euiupclled to do their Rlioppins' 111 hoats. When the Znyder Zee lironks on to the land, those who wade up to their ■knees alone the streets of a llooded Tlllnge meet all manner of flsh. This Is explained hy the faet that the Zny der Zee, with Its mud liottom. Is liter- nlly era mim'd with finny trlhea; and one authority states that If It were well scraped of all Its fish one year. It would he full a train the next. The land of Holland Is really of four distinct levels, and from ten to twelve feet between the highest and the low est. To make the land dry. the water Is pumped from the lowest level to the one Immediately above It, and so on, until the water has been returned ngnlii to the sen. A Inrs’e number of engineers are specially engaged to look nftcr the dikes, and no less a sum than $2.r>00,00n is expended every year In keeping these fortifications against the sea In proper repair. ErcrtHrlr Manner In Whirl* the Poet Rerelrod Some VInIIoi*** It was an eccentric reception that 8!r Henry Rosco was given when lie vi-ite I I.ord Tennyson. The former had been unwilling lo Intrude on the poet, tint <• msented to nceompany a friend. William Mummers, who had a ii".•• i f Introduction from Sir I-owls Morris. They found Tennyson at lunch. Sir Henry writes of It: “Ten nyson at once asked me to sit by him, while Mr. Summers was held In con vei -atloii at the other side of the room h\ I.adv Tennyson. The old man he In England 10 Per tent Is the Rec ognised Reward. “If you lost a wateli worth $100 what reward would you give the finder for Its return?" "Oh. len or twelve dollars.” “Ten per cent, eh? Well, that Is about right," said the detective. “It Is more, though, than the average per son would give. Here In America In lost and found eases there is no rec ognized percentage of reward, hut In England there Is such a percentage, namely, half a crown to a pound; that Is to sn.v, about lo per rent. Ten per gan with the words, 'Your name has cel ,t |„ w liat the finder must he [slid been before ine at every meal,' at j„ England provided lie takes his find which I expressed great astonishment, t0 n polloe station or to Scotland Yard, not thinking that he had eAir heard jj,, always does so, as otherwise the of mo. owner Is apt to give him less than the “And thereupon he produced a small | 0K „| jo per cent. I lost in n London vial containing saccharin, on the out- piltl „ ktt tinK W orth $20. The kit bng side of which was an advertisement wnB returned hy the cabby to Scotland SOFT CRABS. After Shedding the Xr« Shell* Hard en With flrrnS tta|il>l11y. The supply of soft crabs for market Is obtained by catching hard crnlis and keeping them until they shed their shells. For this purpose large rec tangular Hosts, made of lalhs and planking, arc employed, and three or four times every day the stock on hand Is carefully Inspected, all the soft crnlm being picked out and packed without delay. They are put Into shal low boxes of moist seaweed, from fen to thirty live dozen In a Imx, according to the size of the animals. When the packing Is done carefully (lie occu pants may be kept alive from sixty to seventy hours after leaving the water. (Tabs have I shipped all the way from the t'hcMiipeake to I'nuiida. arriv ing al tliclr destination In good condi tion. In summer, of course, Ice Is used. lint where soft crabs arc concerned It Is necessary that they shall reach the market quickly, tlidr now shells Iiii rden with great rapidity. At tile end of twelve hours the shells are like parchment, and In three or four days the crab Is as hard as ever — hence unlit for use In the form most highly approved by epicures. New York Herald. containing ii few lines of some uppre- clatory remarks respecting sncchnrln which I had made In a lecture at the lloyal Institute. This notice 1 had never seen, and on my return home I wrote to the proprietors requesting them to stop Issuing Bitch notices, us I could not have tny name used for ad vertising purposes, and thla they did. "In a few minutes, without further conversation, Tennyson rose and said; •Well, I must bid you goodhy, for I must now lie down. I nm smoke a cigar and go to slec| which lie walked out of the room, giv ing a distant noil to my disconsolate friend. Will Summers, who hijjl come on purpose to Interview the poet, hut with whom lie had not exchanged a single word." Yard ami I left there for him gladly a reward of $2. If thmUiag had been worth $2,000 I'd have been charier of handing out $200, but that is what I'd have to ilo before the Scotland Yard folks would have given mo my prop erly. When you lose anything he pre pared to give at Icust 10 per cent to the finder. Ten per cent Is the reeog- nlzod rewnrd in lost and found cases abroad, and It should he the recognized reward her*'. To my mind It Is little going to enoUK t, nn( i they who give less are to ». pon tnimi iti„linni'*t ”—Philadelphia Bui- There is only One Genuine-Syrup Of FigS, The Genuine is Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. The full name of the company, California Fig Syrup Co„ la printed on the front of every package of the genuine. my mind dishonest." lotln. THE GAME OF CHESS. N.iittesl Ktli|ii**tt«* They were on I heir honeymoon, lie had bought a cat boat and had taken her out to show her how well he could n,,, inspector ever gets you It’s you for MATCHES ON MAIL BOXES. Tlir •iomlrhcr Mliy Aftcrvraril m l.lsht on I'rlnon ll«r>. Mr. Hmokor, see to It that your Un cle Samuel doesn't catch you striking a match on one of Ills mall boxes, lie'll surely make trouble for you If lit! can prove that a certain scratch on the metal of one of those gray boxes on tli** corners was made hy your draw ing the lip of a luclfer across It. That’s about what the mall carrier told the fellow who Is handing you this advice. II was given Just after the adviser had stopped, feeling "smoky" after coining out of an olllco where they wouldn't lot him pulT the stogie he hud In Ills pocket, lo scratch a mu tell <m the mull box. He was rather surprised when the mail carrier, coming up to unlock tho box, said: "Hon’t do that!" "Why not?" lie queried. "I've been doing It for years. It doesn't hurt the box. Other fellows anil myself have scratched matches on the top of this mull box for years, and there Is only u lit lie worn patch on the metal to show for It." "Well, go ahead If you want to, ’ ( sighed the mall carrier. "But remem ber that, If the Inspector sees you, lip you go on a charge of defacing govern ment property. Aud yon know that If Finest Mental Drill master the World lln* F.rer Known. When tho Romans placed over tho door of the temple of Janus “Ex Orl- ente Lux et Ludus Seacchorum" (Out of tin' East Came Light anil tho Game of Cncss) they spoke of the two great est bequests that the storied east had ever made to the young and aggressive west tho light of religion and the greatest mental achievement of man since lie caino through Eden’s frown ing portals. In the middle ages, when the monks and abbots watched from afar tho bru tal soldiery of Christendom swooping down like it pestilence on the sunny plains of the south, they chanted "A furore Normiiiionun libera nos, O Horn- Ine" (From the fury of the North men deliver us, O God) and returned to chess all Unit was left a liohlc soul In a vain and turbulent world. Chess Is the finest mental drlllmnster the world 1ms over known. As a mind trainer It ranks above Greek and ilia lecttcs. But, above nil. It Is the science of bat- tie; It Is war without bloodshed; It Is strife on equal terms, which all the race loves and to which from the cradle to the grave all mortality is subject.— Charleston News and Courier. The Genuine- Syrup of Figs- is for Sale, in Original Packages Only, by Reliable Druggists Everywhere Knowing the above will enable one to avoid the fraudulent imita tions made by piratical concerns and sometimes offered by unreliable dealers. The imitations are known to act injuriously and should therefore be declined. Guy the genuine always if you wish to get its beneficial effects. It cleanses the system gently yet effectually, dispels colds and headaches when bilious or constipated, prevents fevers and acts best on the kidneys, liver, stomach and bowels, when a laxative remedy is needed by men, women or children. Many millions know of its beneficial effects from actual use and of their own personal knowledge. It is the laxative remedy of the well-informed. Always buy the Genuine- Syrup of Figs MANUFACTURED BY THE PRICE FIFTY CENTS FER BOTTLE flew York lminllc ii boat, pulling her to tcml III Mlioct. A puff of wind cnuic. mid tin shouted In no uncertain tonen, "Let go the Hlioct." No renponae. Thou agnln, "Lot go (tint Mill'd, quick." Still no movement. A few nilnnton after, when both wore clinging to ttie bottom of tbe overturn***! boat, lie mild Hcriitchlng mutches on the prison barn for a day or so. By-by.”—Detroit News. How (he (irnt I'rmnla IlMtehe*. It may Interest you to know that the great penguin of the southern cir cle standing with ltd head an high as The Frtni Hutch Ulrl. The etiquette of Holland Is exceeding ly strict In ull classes. Tho young girl Is her aunt, Mrs most carefully chaperoned, and she never goes anywhere, even to church, unless accompanied by her parents, some male relative or other equally trusted Htteudunt. At it dunce the parents sit round the walls sipping their coffoo or wine, and the young men must make the best of their , + With the Exchanges The vote in Meriwether was an excellent vindication of .Governor Terrell—we don’t think.—Bruns wick News. 1 Miss Alma Bonner is visiting in Newnan this week, the guest of Lee Baker—Last Week’s Carroll Tree Press Mrs. F. L Watts and daughter, Miss Florine, are spending some time with Mrs. W. C. Arnall, in Senoia.—Griffin News and Sun. chances In the* opportunities afforded Prof. and Mrs. Grantland Mur- Why didn't you lot go that sheet a mail's waist, hatches Its eggs iu a pe- by the duuce, for when It pleases the , ra y ] e ft f ()r Barnesville last Friday, when i told you' to, dear?" oullur manner. These are not laid guardians to depart there Is no help ' . t he former will OCCUDV the for It, the girls must go too. An un wnLrc lormcr win occupy me "I would linve," said the bride, "If upon the ground and brooded on after you had not been *o rough about It. tho mnnnor of most birds' eggs. Tho You ought to speak more kindly to your female lays two largo eggs. The first Wife."—New York Cost. I.ona Mini Short Hnya, At Hamburg, Germany, the longest day occupies seventeen hours and the shortest seven. At Stockholm, In Swe den, tln> longest lias eighteen nnd a half hours and the shortest five and a half. At St. l’eterslmrg the longest has nineteen and the shortest five hours. Ill Finland the longest Inis twenty- one and a half hours. In the north ernmost parts of Norway the longest day lasts from May 21 tn July 2, the stm not sinking below the horlznn dur ing this period, but skimming along very close to It In the north. At Spit- bergen the longest day lasts three mouths and a half. slu* hands over to the inalo bird, the other she keeps. Tho egg Is held on the upper surface of the largo fiat feet, and is pushed up under the waistcoat of thick feathers. It Is there hold close to the body, whose warmth gradually vitalises tin* young bird. So tenacious are the parent hlrdH of this grip that If you knock on*' of them over It will fall on Its hack with Its feet stuck stitlly out, still clutching the egg to its body. - Saturday Review. The Word ••l , rlvll**r." "Privilege," seen so often of late In the phrase "special privilege," lias been used commonly to signify a right. Im munity or ts'iictlt enjoyed by a person beyond tho common advantages of other Individuals. Primarily, however, tiie wont signifies an ordinance In fu- vor of an Individual, and this Is In keeping with Its derivation—"prlvua," one's own, private, and "lex," law. It is In tills old seuse that Chaucer uses tho word. How lo ArrtY#, Man has to be humbugged If one would command him, and he has no use for the humble person. The way to get Into a publisher's or editor's of fice (or Indeed any other with n man at the head of It) Is with n tremendous •how of bounce Hiid swagger.—A Spinster In M. A. P. Toioitty 111**1 III* 1***1*. Tht) British soldier Is Inordinately fond of Ills ii ill mil I pets mid lias also the reputation of coveting those of his neighbors, particularly dogs and mon gooses. Parrots lie simply adores, ami It is calculated that their strength In the service Is in the proportion of nt least six birds a Tommy. He is sup posed to tench them to be personal In their language, but as a matter of fuct Tommy is for some unaccountable rea son a very emotional mini, and his birds iis often ns not have to submit to a sound musical education, hymns being as often taught them as the comic songs of the day.—Allahabad Pioneer. married girl always tukes the right chair of mathematics in Gordon In - arm of her escort, while the mntrou stitute. takes the left, perhaps because It Is 1 nearer the heart. Mr. Walter Holmes and family, —■— j of Newnan, after visiting in this One of tho most Intimate friends of city, left Tuesday for their home, M. Dumas fils was a retired naval of- accompanied by Mrs. J.O. Holmes, tlcer who lived In a distant corner of w ^ 0 w j|| v j s ^ a w hjj e j n Newnan. Norma inly. As soon as tin* author of , _ .. “Cn nil lie" died tin* otHcer went over I Last week s Carrollton i tmes. all the letters which be Had received E w Hammett, of Newnan, from Dumas a ml destroyed ovary one which referred to any private affairs of ] spent Sunday here, the guest of Un> author. Where letters also con- bis parents, Hon. and Mrs. J. D. tallied literary aud philosophical ills- Hammett . *..) udge ’’ has missions lie carefully blotted out tbe ° personal parts iu order that nothing of a personal nature might ever reach a publisher. This Is an example not often followed. IM6IM We’ve Got Goods. the many friends in this section who areal- 1 ways glad to meet him —LaGrange Reporter. Mr. J. T. Wili ams and family, of Newnan, spent several days in Franklin this week. Mr, Williams ) has purchased from C. E. Eady A voltlltiK tb* Doctor. l>r. Sanderson, un old Scotch phy sician. was a queer character, but a clever doctor. So roughly did ho handle his patients '' . c \ that the Ignorant were chiefly anxioua the house aru l west of court to escape him. The story goes that as house and will fit the place with he was passing along the street one man y improvements for his bot- tling works.—Franklin News and Dob nor* and Rabin, There Is not the remotest connec tion between dog days and rabies; In deed. the records show that the fewest cases of rubles occur tn July and Au gust. There ure more cases tu April, November nnd December than In uuy other months.- Springfield Union. The Same Old lH*h. Two thousand years ago tho chafing dish was used by the Greeks and Ilo- nums. It wus so popular thut It was used for a table ornament. Just ns floral pieces Hre used now. PUny re lates that the tragic actor, .F'so pus, had s dish worth 1,000 seatercll. No doubt then, as nt the present time, the actor enjoyed his hot midnight meal filled with grateful appreciation of the chaf- tug dish. A* Inaptratioa. "Of course." said tho uew rector, “you hope eventually to reside iu a heavenly mansion where"— “Oh, yes," Interrupted Miss Upplseh, “nud I do hope It won’t be too close to the heavenly huts of the poor."—Catho lic Standard aud Times. day a sweep rolled from the top to the bottom of a staircase outside one of the houses. "Are you hurt?" enlled tho doctor, running forward. “Not a bit, doctor—not a bit," replied the man In baste. "Indeed, I feel a* the better." A Fla* Art. Zabxln—How’s this for n neat little work of art? It’s worth over $10, but I managed to get It for $1. Jabxlu— Where’s the art In It? Zabsln—In get ting it for $1, of course. A Good Kinniplr. Generous Uncle— I will make you a monthly allowance; but. underataud me, I will pay uo debts! Nephew—All right, uncle. Neither will I.—Meggen- dorfer Blatter. What men prise most Is s privilege, •ven If It be that of chief mourner at a funeral,—Lowell Believe that every longing of your soul contains Its own prophecy of ful fillment.—Bradbury. Maaaserle at Home. Jones declined to visit the zoo with his friend, says I-oudou Health. “I don't have to go to the zoo," he Mid. “because my eldest daughter does tbe kangeroo walk, my second daughter talks like a parrot, my son laughs like a hyena, my cook Is as cross as a bear and my mother-ln-law says I’m an old gorilla.” Willing to Try- Stern Father—You want to mnrry my daughter, do you? Young Man—I j do. Stern Father—What's your salary? : Youug Man—Oh, I'm not particular. Just give me a trial of three months, and if I fall to give satisfaction as a son-in-law you need not pay me any salary. Mala Vanity, Man believe* himself Irresistible at all ages, and I believe that the older be grow* the more fascinating fee I thinks htaieelf.—Loudon World. Banner. The result of the election in the Fourth congressional district vin dicated the claim of The Reporter made some time ago that nine- tenths of the people of the district were in favor of disfranchisement of the negro. Of the counties in the district Carroll.Chattahoochee, Coweta, Harris, Marion, Meri wether, Muscogee, Talbot and Troup gave overwhelming majori ties tor Hoke Smith, while Heard county is reported to have given a small majority for R. B. Russell. ; Nine out of ten counties is pretty interchangeable Mileage on good, and we feel sure if it was to ~ . n do over again Heard would come Central of Georgia Ry. in and make the verdict unanimous. —LaGrange Reporter. Central of Georgia Railway now Following* our wonderful ten days’ sale, which has just closed, we announce that for the remain der of August extremely low prices will prevail on everything in this store. We’ve got the goods, but don’t want ’em. They were bought to sell and sell them we will, at some sort of figures. Then it naturally follows that no reasonable offer for summer’s sea sonable merchandise will be re fused. We’ ve got the goods, but want to sell them to you, at al most any old price to remove the stock from the store. Fall is com ing and we will need the space for fall and winter stock. So the summer goods must go. Many things are here you will find useful; many things you need. Come, examine the stock and se cure what you want. NEW YORK BARGAIN STORE "" has on sale at all coupon ticket The intense itching characteristic of agencies two kinds of interchange- salt rheum and eczema is instautly al-1 .. , . laved by applying Chamberlain's Salve, able mileage tickets. As a cure for kkin diseases this salve is j For further intormation apply oneqnaied. For sale by Dr. Paul Pea-; „ . ^ 3 lgt o2 I to any agent of the Company. 21 Magnetic Hair Tonic The most effective hair restorer on the market. Prevents baldness by imparting vigor to the scalp— cleanses it and eradicates dandruff. Restores life and beauty to the hair. Every bottle guaranteed. Price 50c per bottle, at the J. T. Reese Drug Store, Newnan, Ga.