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Tha Mrm of l.a rrrnsa.
La Pmimn Ik tlio greatest aud most
Influential paper In South America Its
offices are In Buenos Ayres, Argentina,
situated In a magnificent building In
the Avenldti. This building Is snl«l to
he one of the most Imposing In the
world. It has a tower crowned by n
great golden statue of a young woman
representing the Spirit of the Press
The proudest possession of l.a Prensa
Is a C,00n horsepower steam operated
siren. Whenever there Is an appalling
dlsaster the death of a crowned head
or other event of worldwide Interest-
whoop goes La ITetisn’s siren and Is
heard for a while throughout the city
The locnl government exacts a line for
this performance, $100 pur minute,
with a minimum of $1200, and If the
(Inc is not paid on the nail the charge
Is double, so when one man Is sent to
operate the seroeclier another Is sent
running with a two hundred dollar bill
to the courts. The next operation Is to
drape the above referred to young
woman's torch with red velvet in case
of n catastrophe; with crape In the
event of a death. All this causes the
most extraordinary sensation.
A Ural f elrhrltr.
The local pride of the natives of f’npe
Elizabeth, Me., Is so Intense thnt It
takes the attitude of pity for all who
have the misfortune to dwell else
whore. This, says a writer In the Lew
iston Journal, Is known to regular
summer visitors, and by most of them
Is respected. One rainy dny a new
comer, who Imd Joined the gathering
In the store, composed of fishermen and
summer visitors, ventured to enumer
ate some of the distinguished men who
lind come from Maine.
“There's Umgfellow,” he said, “and
Hnnnllial Hamlin, and James (1.
Blaine, William Pttt Fessenden,
Thomas It. Heed and''—
Here nil old fisherman looked up
from Ills work of splicing grass blades,
and broke In. "fynnrt? Those fellows
smart?" be questioned. “You Just
come down nit* see Josh Plllsbury skin
fish:"
Nil not I iik From mi I'.lrphant.
The elephant’s howdali Is thnt bed
of ProertiHtPN. In which one enn neither
sit nor stand with any approach to
reasonable ease, and In which a re
cumbent attitude Is Impossible, says
Blackwood's Magazine. Its advantages
are, llrst, Hint standing In It a mail
can shoot on every side of Idm; second,
that It Is convenient for the carriage
of the occupant's paraphernalia—his
guns on racks on either Hide, Ills am
munition In a trough In front, Ills
other requisites In leather pocket* hero
and there on the sides of the machine
and tils bod blanket ou the sent—and,
third, thill In ii hinder compartment
nn attendant call stand to hold that
monstrous umbrella over Ills head, or
when quick loading Is required lake
from Ills hand the gun Just tired ntid
recharge It. Those are the advantages.
Otherwise the bowduli Is tin abomina
tion.
Most Famous Saving.
“What Is the most faiiiuiis saying
ever made by man?" an editor asked.
Home thought that Caesar, some
thought that Socrates, some that Lin
coln, some that Nelson, had said the
most memorable thing; hut llunlly the
palm was awarded to Euclid, the
iiiiitlioiiin tli'iati.
Oortlir's I.aat Momenta.
The story of the deathbed of Goethe
reveals a striking picture of fortitude,
artistic: calm and Intellectual activity
under the chilling dews of death The
Information Is gathered from a letter
written on Mnrcli 23, 1H32, the day aft
er Goethe's death, by Frnulelu Louise
Soldier, an art student and close
friend of the poet's family. Ou the
evening before Ills dissolution, with an
ley coldness taking possession of him
and the death rattle beginning to be
audible, Goethe, with his chnrralng
dnughtor-ln-luw by his side, would talk
of nothing but Ills pet theory of color,
of the treaty of Basle, of his desire
that the children should go to the tliea-
t< r, of Ills plans for the nenr future.
As sleep did not come with the night,
he cnlled for n newly published volume
of history, and covered Ills Inability
to rend It with n Joke. Evpu ut 7
o'clock the next morning, JuSt threo
and a half hours before lie died, be
sent for n portfolio to talk optics nnd
was setting lilinsel/ to classify some
pupers when the last agony seized him.
lie then lay motionless, notwithstand
ing Its violence, till respiration ceased
nail the heurt stood still.—London
Globe.
■ low to Handle Your Horae.
Decision should never In handling
horses be confounded with unwise de
termination to have things your wHy.
Town Without Horses or Wheels.
The town of Funchal, In the Ma-.
deira Islands, Is a town with no horses
and no wheeled vehicles. In traveling
about one either drives In a sledge or
Is carried In a hammock. The streets
aud adjacent ronds are paved with
small and curiously smooth cobble
stones, nnd from the first It was found
thnt runners were better than wheels
both for speed nnd comfort. For In
stance, when you come to n hill the
oxen draw your sliM^to the top nnd
are then unhitched. Your driver then
proceeds to toboggan your conveyance
gently down the other side, while the
team trots on behind. Horses are not
nvnllable In Funchal, ns the nature of
the cobblestone roads would soon ruin
their feet. This Is why the ox, with
his flexible hoof. Is the draft animal of
Funchal. For expeditions Into the
country the hammock Is uso^ This Is
siting on a pole, carried on the shoul
ders of two men, and Is perhaps the
most comfortable conveyance in the
world—no Jar and no need to guide It.
OPp<5S‘
at
A City on the t lifts.
Precisely why the town of Bonifacio,
in Corsica, Is built to the sheer edge
of the cliff which forms the sea front
age of that part of the Island is u ques
tion always naked by the truveler who.
views Bonifacio for the first tlniq, und
he relterutcs his question whon he ol>-
in this'a indication 'it moans thelacultV 1 upon visiting the environs of
of doing the right thing at the right In- 010 P ,aco ' tImt ,hcro I,lont y of room
slant nnd may Is? cultivated by fre
quent practice with all sorts of horses,
and of course no hands were ever de
velops! by handling any ono nnlninl or
any sue kind of a horse. It I* decision
thnt gives the baud the moment the
horse yields; that uses the roughest
methods nt n pinch, for hands are by
no means always delicate of touch;
that frustrates the most determined at
tempts of kicker, rearer or bolter; that
picks the best road; that makes the
animal carry himself to the hi>st ad
vantage for the purpose of the moment.
Deelsloti Is very close to Intuition In
effect. Decision dominates the situ-
iitInn at many critical moments, and
tl e horse Is quick to discern and to pre
sume upon its absence. There Is no
stieli tiling ns a safe partnership with a
lioi'se. You must he the master or lie
will he, to your certain future discom
fiture.- F. M. Ware in Outing Maga
zine.
Ills Item*tits nt London Theaters.
Betterton, In 1701), when Ills salary
wiis £1 a week, had a benefit and re
ceived i7fi iih Ids share of the receipts
and £4fiO In the shape of donations.
The biggest benefit performances of
modern times have taken place at
Drury Lane. That for Ben Webstar,
held in March, 1H74, realized £2,000;
the profit oil the Buckstono celebra
tion, In June, lH7tl. was £1,200; for the
Nellie Farreii benefit performance, lu
March, Ihiih, there was obtaiued
£7,2110, though half of this amount was
secured from private donations, which
flowed In when It was known that the
Messrs. Rothschild had volunteered
to Invest what sum was realized, give
the popular cotucdlonnn an annuity
nnd, on her death, grant the theatrical
charities half of the capital.—London
Chronicle.
for the town to have sprend out In an
Inland direction. The onrly Corsicans
apparently thought thut farm land wns
worth more than city real estate nml
so crowded their dwellings to the dizzy
edge of their 2nd foot precipice. One’s
first Impression Is that these houses,
with their walls on a vertical piano
with the cliff, were purposely so shu
nted thnt the body of a victim of a
dark vendetta murder might be con-
venletitly dropped out of the window
Into the sea beneath, with no one the
wiser, Certainly there Is a suggestion
of romance and mystery In the aspect
of the town. It forms, at any rate, one
of the oddest sky lines lu the world.
Bear IlnntltiK.
Boar hunting, with the assistance of
guides supplied with n well trained
puck of hounds, may ho satisfactory If
merely the killing of them Is desired,
but It certainly Is no sport and de
serves not even to he ranked with trap
ping bears, ns In the latter case the
hunter must possess at least some
knowledge of the quarry's habitat and
habits, Unlike a fox, a bear, when
once found by the hounds, stands no
chance whatever of escaping, and
there would be Just as much sport In
shooting the animals In a park nr pen
ns to kill a run to Imy bear. And,
while this truth applies to mountain
tlous also, there Is not even the ex
cuse of the animal's destructiveness,
which Is applicable as far ns the lat
ter Is concerned. -Field and Stream.
To Insure Privacy of Mall.
All private ami confidential corre
spondence, according to a postoffleo lu-
Euclid went to Alexandria to teach j *» wctor ' " hould , e,thp r bo , B « nled " lth
wax or else addressed and stamped ou
the back Instead of the front. Healing
with wax Is au excellent Insurance of
privacy, .but It Is n difficult and awk
ward operattou, and wax and a match,
cundle nml sent nrc not alwnys nt
hand. The other method Is much the
better. After fastening down the flap
of the envelope firmly, a til x the stuiup
across the flap’s Junction and write the
Ptolemy Holer, the king of Egypt,
mathematics. Ptolemy plodded at Ills
problems a week or two, and then
asked Euclid Impatiently If there was
not some special, shorter way by which
be could be taught.
"Hire," Euclid answered, "there Is no
royul road to learning."
The Poodle.
Why Is a poodle, so called? Home
one says: "Probably the natural an
swer would recall the old lady who
said that no credit could bo given
to Adam for naming the pig, since
anybody would have known whut to
cnll It. 'Poodle' seems so obvious n
nnmo for this dog. And, In fact, this
Is not far from the truth about the
origin of the word., It Is quite recent
lu English, not being found before
1S04, apparently. It Is the Uertuan
•pudel,’ which comes from the Low
Gcrtnun, 'pudeln,' to waddle, nnd the
dog must have been so called, us Hkeat
says, either because he waddles ufter
his ltinster or because lie looks fat und
clumsy on account of Ills thick bulr.”
To sweeten,
To refresh,
To cleanse the
system,
Effectually
and Gently;
There is only
one Genuine
Syrup of Figs;
to get its bene*
ficial effects
Dispels colds and
headaches when
bilious or con
stipated;
For men, women
and children;
Acts best* on
the kidneys
and liver,
stomach and
bowels;
Always bay the genuine — Manufactured by the
glS Lovjiisville, Ky.
•V
Sm\ Francisco, Cal.
/tewYork.A.Y.
The genuine Syrup of Figs is for sale by all first-class
druggists. The full name of the company—California
Fig Syrup Co. — is always printed on the front
of every package. Price Fifty Cents per bottle.
ar
Olarenoe Hollis, Andrew Jenkins, I
practical painters:
Don't pay $1.30 a gallon for canned
oil, which ought to oost but HO cents a
gallon. Heady-mixed paint is half nil
nml half paint. Buy oil fresh from the
barrel and add it to the L. & M. Paint
which is Homi-mixed.
When you buy L, & M. Paint you get
a full gallon of paint that won't wear
off for 10 or 16 years, because L <*fc M .
Zinc hardens the L. & M. White Lund
und makes L. & M. Paint wear like iron.
4 gallons L. & M. mixed with !! gal
lons linseed oil will paint a moderate'
sized house.
Actual oost L. & M. about $1.20 peri
gallon.
Hold in the North, East, South aud
West.
O. 8. Andrews, Ex-Mayor, Danbury,
Conn., writes: "Painted my house lfi
years ago with L. & M. Looks well to
day." Hold by
ALEXANDER POPE,
Newuau, (iu.
Whitesburg.
K~V
The New
BARGAIN
York
STORE,
-on-
A. M. nnd P. M.
Here Is nn excellent catch: Ingenu
ously ask any friend or acquaintance
the meaning of n. in. nnd p. ni. You
will receive some such answer ns,
"Why, morning and afternoon," or "Ho
fore dinner and after dinner," or "Up
to 12 o'clock high noon and after 12
high noon," or "From midnight to noon
nnd front noon to midnight," or "Ante
meridian nnd post meridian; before nnd
after mum." It Is u conservative wager
that every one to whom the question Is
put will stake Ills happiness on the
word mertdtau, while the correct word
Is meridiem. Ante meridiem nnd post
meridiem are abbreviated to a, m. und
p. nt.
Pavla* Him Mark.
“Will you please pull the bell?" said
uu elderly woman In a car to a young
college looking fellow hanging to a
atrap In front of her.
“No, madam, hut 1 shall be glad to
pull the cord which ring* the bell,” he
unawerod.
"Oil, never mind," the aald. "The
cord la connected with two boll#—front
and hack—and you might atop the
wrong end of the car."
address across It as well. Then It Is
absolutely Impossible to steam open
the letter und close it again lu such a
way ns to escape detection.
The Creole.
A pure creole Is a person boru lu
Louisiana of French or Spaulsh par
ents. It Is a inlstukcu Idea to suppose
that a creole lias negro blood In his
veins. A creole negro Is one whose
forefathers were owned by the early
French and Spanish settlors and who
spoke a corruption of those languages
known us "gumbo.” Their descend
ants are the creole negroes nnd should
never be conflicted with creoles In the
true sense of the term.—New Orleans
Timea-Democrat.
| Whitesburg, Ga., Oct. 8, 1110(1.— Ou
1 aooount of the very inolemmit weather ,
last Saturday evening the spelling bee
was postponed until Friday evening, j
: Oct. 6th. Please keep in mind the date
mm be on hand promptly at 7:80 o'clook
Friday evening.
j Sunday morning at 11 o’clock Rev.
N. E, MoBrayer preached at the Metli
Wkr, latwlt
At an examination of Hunday school
children tho following wus one of the
questions put upon the blackboard:
“Why did yonr godfathers and god
mothers promise these things for
you?*' Tho auawer of a bright girl,
written ncutly on the slate, wae,
“Why, Indeed T" She got marks.—
Christian Life.
Har Valsablr Tip.
“Here'* a letter from a woman," said
tho ana wars to correspondents editor,
“who wants to know how to make a
lemon tart."
“Ttjat'a Just like a woman," rejotnod
the snake editor. “Tell her If the lemon
lan't tart to begin with ahe'd better con
sign It to the dump and let It go at
that"—Chicago Newa.
Nat to Blame.
Father (sternly)—Now, Sophia, some
thing must be doue to reduce your ex
penses. You are actually spending
more than your allowance.
Daughter—It lan't my fault, fathar,
I’ve done my beet to got you to In
crease It—Brooklyn Life.
Culdnem of Ire.
It seems strange to think that some
Ice Is colder than other Ice. Tho term
"Ice cold" always seems to signify a
definite tompnrnture. All water under
similar conditions freezes at n certain
definite temperature. But when tho
thermometer falls below that it con
tinues to affect the Ice, milking It hard
er and colder. The test has been made , , „
by placing a piece of Ice from the j odist church. At 7 o clock Sunday
north and a piece of Ice formed In tho evening Rev.E. G. Golden preaohed.
vicinity of New Y’ork near n stove to- A number of Whitesburgans went
gether. The former took much longer over to Sargent Sunday afternoon to at-
to melt than the latter.—New York teud a singing. Of course all Imd a real
Tribune. ; good time,
; J. A. Lott has scoured a position with $
It ha, "r:“«;" U r:rmK>n for: the centra. Railroad as boss of a paint g
the devoted teacher who took six of |.crew.
her pupils through the Museum of Nnt- ! John Ansley, who is night operator
urul History, but her churges had en- | for the Central Railroad at Carrollton,
Joyed every minute of the time. ! spout last week iu the oily with home J{
'Where have you been, l>oys?" asked ! folks.
W. T. Strickland went over to New-
nan Saturday on business.
Mrs. J. A. Lott and sister. Miss
Deauie, visited relatives at Carrollton
Rubln.t.ts on Plaao Flarla*. lMt weflk '
When a pupil happened to ask Rubin- ; M. Watkins weut down to Turin
stein how certain passages should bs ; Saturday for a few days,
construed, he lnvnrlubly showed them. ! Mrs. J. S. Askew, of Dacula, Ga., Is
But If a pupil asked, "Shall I play this visiting her daughter in the city.
In thla manner or that?»-botb equally George MoBrayer, who is a flagman
correct—Rublnateln Invariably replied: QU tbe 0e ntral Railroad, spent Sunday
"Play a. you feel. I. tho day rainy! 1 h oit wlth hig parents.
22 b ‘ 9 J" l he day ' Unay ? Allen Grain, of Coweta, vlsi
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29th,
Will break the record with our great fall opening
of the greatest values in fall and winter merchan
dise, or clothing and dry goods in the history of
our business. Bright and desirable merchandise
bought at such low prices until every department
is ready with tremendous bargain surprises. An
early visit will handsomely profit you. Our prices
will plead their own cases. A glance through our
store will at once remove all doubt from your mind
as to where you can buy the best assortment for
the least money.
the father of two of the party that
night, nnd tho answer came with Joy
ous promptueaa:
"We've been to .a dead circus."
Play It the other way."
At th. Wrong I'oiatnr.
The lady who weut to the book de
partment of a big modem store and In
quired for "Osbbe’a Tales" wae told
that fish nnd provisions were ou the
ground floor. —Boston Herald.
Doabtfal.
Lady (In dry goods store)—And la
thla color also genuine? Salesman—
Aa genuine as the roses on your
cheeks, miss. Lady—H'm! Show me
another one.—Kleines Witxblatt.
r-lsited friends
in Whitesburg last Sunday.
Cattlnc. | The rains still continue with no signs
A certain photographer Is exhibiting of abatement. Very heavy rains fell
in his window the photograph of a here during the past week, and cloudy
young man with the following inacrip- weather has been continuous for about
tion attached to it: “This Is the man two W eeks. Farmers are getting very
who put bis hair In curls to have his blae ftn( , di800urftKe d on account of the
Don’t Forget the Place!
New
YorK Bargain
Store
^ <0*
A Paadl y Wnpos.
The gentle wave of a lace edged
handkerchief has carried more poor
fellows to tbelr doom than the might7
breakers of the sea —Exchange
J va t Badness.
Father—That kid ought to have •
spunking'. He's altogether too preco
cious; knows more than I do! Moth
er—But, dear. I wouldn't call that pre
cocious.—Detroit Free Press.
photograph taken and then can’t pay
for them."
It Might Have Been Worse.
I.ydla—I’m Just aa mad as I can be
with Charlie. He kissed me right be
fore dll the girls. Georgette—Well,
isn't that better than if he klsoed all
the glrla before you?
Reprove thy friend privately, com
mend him publicly.—Solan.
Only the Illiterate and the social elect
oan afford to treat the language reck
lessly— Rratnerd.
continued bad weather. Cotton is be
ing gieatly damaged—sprouting in the
boll considerably, or iu wagons or bas
kets, where left exposed to the rain.
Though the olouds are lowering, we
have the steadfast hope the sun is still .... . . . , .
shining brightly ou the other side, and which they create, makes one fee. joy-
| will still beam’upon us iu all it* efful- ful. Price 26c; samples free at Peuis-
: geuoe soon. ton & Lee's drug store.
They Make You Feel Good.
The pleasant purgative effect experi
enc'd by all who use Chamberlain’s
Stomach and Liver Tablets, and the
hpaltliy condition of the body aud mind
Experience is the great test of truth,
and la perpetually contradicting the
theories of men.—Dr. Johnson.
You have to reach down tiefore
you can lift up.
The greatest successes are often
i founded on failures.
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