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CHURCH 1>I RECTORY.
Lumpkin M. E. Church,South,
L. W. Copson, Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday morning
and evening.—Sunday School—8:110
a. in.
Junior League—Sunday afternoon.
Juvenile Missionary Society on 1st
Sunday afternoon.
Epworth League every Tuesday even
ing.
Prayer-meeting every Wednesday
evening. Regular Church Conference
on Wednesday evening before 1st Sun¬
day In each month.
Fast-day Service on Friday morning
before 1st Sunday in each month, look¬
ing to the regular Oummunion Service
on 1st Sundays.
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
an Monday afternoon after 1st Sun
days. Society
Woman’s Parsonage Aid on
Monday afternoon after 2ml'Sundays.
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dot* u: Let us kneel before the
cur Maker.”—Bible.
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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED IN THE POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS 0 Y STEWART COUNTY, GEORGIA
BEN FRANKLIN’S PURCHASE
An Oiil hleclrioul Machine Hitting
Back tu tUo Revelation,
Nearly every schoolboy of a genera
tloa ago was familiar with tlte friction
al electricity machine, never of very
much practical value, hut of great in
terest to youthful minds on account of
the spark that could he made to pass
from condenser to youthful linger,
Nowadays the size of the spark lias in
creased as the size of the machine has
diminished, but an example of the ear
lier type is still preserved at the .leffor -
son physical laboratory at Harvard,
where an interesting collection of an
liquated pieces of apparatus gives the
visitor to Cambridge au opportunity to
compare the earliest with tlte latest
methods of studying physics and as¬
tronomy.
This special piece, moreover, is par¬
ticularly interesting in that it was orig¬
inally purchased for the college by
Benjamin Franklin when acting as
American commissioner to France dur¬
ing the Revolutionary war. it is a cum¬
bersome affair that, would require a
horse and a small wagon or a whole
automobile to move, but the principle
on which It Is based is the same as In
its modern successors. Aside from size
the most noticeable difference is in the
use of a glass globe about a foot In di¬
ameter to produce tie electricity by
friction instead of fie big circular glass
plate seen in later machines.
Despite its size and the ldg globe,
however—which is supported on posts
resembling those of a colonial four
poster bed—the old machine never ex¬
ceeded a spark two Indies long and
was even proud of that modest per¬
formance. How modest It really was
may be seen by comparison with a
modern machine In the next ensc, so
much smaller than Franklin’s that it
can be held In one hand, that produces
a spurk of electricity of nearly seven
Inches.
PICKINGS FROM FICTION.
If silence is golden, a discreet silence
Is away above rubies.—“X.ife on the
Stage,”
Most men are Inventive enough in
the matter of personal justification.—
“Papa Bouchard.”
The man in a man can only’ be recog¬
nized by the woman iu a woman.—“By
the Higher Law.”
It Is human nature to shrink from
confessing onest-lf wrong tn one’s an¬
ticipations.—“Lassie,”
A girl is never too young to form
opinions of her own sex—or to express
them,—“The Destiny of porls,"
The world may doom you to plain
living, but only you can deny yourself
plain thinking.—“Deafness- and Cheer
fulness.”
Women love good men, but are inter¬
ested ip men whose goodness is more
or less impaired.—“The Man Front
Glengarry.”
The power that prepared the high¬
ways of life seems to have arranged
that the fingerposts along the primrose
paths shall rarely point to the prom¬
ised land.—“Captain Rluitt.”
Think not, us many say, there is hut
one springtide of life, that it Is hut a
green and sappy youth which rushes to
a brief summer and all else of life is
hut a winter, long and drear and gray
and lonely. Through all our life our
springtide Is renewed. — “Mistress
Brent.”
Why tl<> Healtated,
The Brooklyn Citizen prints an expe
rience of a man who traveled all oyer
Europe and declares that lie did not
meet hut one person who hesitated
over the acceptance of a fee:
I was wandering through an old
graveyard In an English town and had
stopped before a stone which had not
been long in place. A man who most
hare been following me stepped up and
Bai< '
“Ah, sir, but she who lies here wifi
be missed for years to cornel ishe was
for half it lifetime the president of the
charity hoard.”
In an absentminded way I handed
him a sixpence, said the traveler, lie
received It, turned it over In his hand
in a hesitating way and finally stam¬
mered:
(l As she was my own wife, sir, and
as I was here to plant flowers on her
grave, perhaps It would not be exactly
proper to accept a fee,”
I replied that but for him I might
never have known about her being
president of the board, and he swal¬
lowed his scruples and pocketed the
sixpence with one motion and with evi¬
dent satisfaction.
Office nml Man.
Once upon a time a postmaster who
lived In a Kansas town was seated In
his office reading postal cards when a
native cyclone maidenly came Ills way.
The wind carried him through an east
window and iu the direction of a chest¬
nut grove three miles distant.
In n few seconds ho was safely seat¬
ed in the top of a high tree busy pick¬
ing chestnut burs out of his hair and
clothing when he saw the building
that ho had so suddenly left coming
directly toward him.
“I declare," he exclaimed, “there
comes the old shanty looking for me!”
Moral.— Sometimes the office seeks
the man.—New York Herald.
Menninftn of Word* nml Children.
One of my children was reading to
me In lier English history how the
mayor killed Wat Tyler. “1 suppose it
kicked him," she remarked. I explain¬
ed that the mayor was a man. “Qh,”
she said, “I thought a mare was an
old gray horse!”
My mother told me that tho word
m s , |p (U , ei(leJ her own mind it r0 .
fp, ' m5 to ,ha bot nr ‘ d Iantl ot Pa,eS '
t'ne.«nere where the me Bible hi me was was written—a witueu
Win dry place.—Good Words.
LUMPKIN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1902-
s !>!’ 1 A
BlAClBMUGnT
THE ORIGINAL
LIVER MEDICINE
r A sallow complexion, dizziness,
biliousness and a coated tongue
are common indications of liver
and kidney diseases. Stomach and
bowei troubles, severe as they are,
give immediate warning by pain,
hut liver and kidney troubled,
f iKHigh less painful at the start, are
much harder to cure. Thedford’s
Black-Draught never fails to bene¬
fit diseased livertuid weakened kid¬
neys. It stirs up the torpid liver
to throw off the germs of lever and
ague. It is a certain preventive
of cholera and Bl ight's disease of
the kidneys. With kidneys re¬
inforced by Thedford’s Black
Draught dwelt immune thousands of persons have yel¬
in the midst- of
low fever. Many families live in
perfect health and have no other
doctor than Thedford’s Black
Draught. it is always on band for
use iu an emergency and saves
many expensive calls of a doctor.
Mullins, S. C;, March jO, 1901.
! have used Thedford’s Biack-Draiight
for three years and I have "ot bad to go
to a doctor since I have, been taking it.
It is the best medicine for me that is
on the market tor liver and kidney
troubles complaints. and dyspepsia Rev. A. ar.d LEWIS. other %
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Amsterdam, Sept. 24.—The Boer
geneva Is, Rothn, DoWet and Pu
Larey, have issued a manifesto in
the shape of an appeal to the civ¬
ilized world. This document re¬
calls how, after the terrible slrug*
gle in South Africa, and the Boers
were compelled to accept the Brit¬
ish terms of peace, the generals
were commissioned tp proceed to
England and appeal to tlie new
government to allay the distress
which is devastating the polonies,
and, in tin. event of the failure, of
the mission, to appeal to the civ¬
ilized world for charitable coutri?
buttons.
Continuing, the generals say
that, having failed to induce Great
Britain to grant farther assistance
it only rewtajny for them to ad¬
dress themselves to the people of
Europe and America.
Altuonnh, Pa., .Sept. 24.— Pr. :
dent Kcmseyelf passed the most
comfortable night last night that
he lias had since hie western trip
began.
He slept woii until 8 o’clock this
morning, the pain in his leg 1 eing
less than for a number of days,
His twepdr-nturo is normal and
he was bright and cheerful when
breakfast was served him in bed.
He had a slight fever ycafertlay.
Doctors I ding e.,„l Richardson arc
highly pleased with their p.iliotit’s
coiulii iott.
Japkson, Mi**., Bept. 211.—Re¬
ports truiii sonic of (Jib southern
counties of’ the statu are to the ef¬
fect, that the cut,ton crops lor tl-ig
season have beep picked 1 >y the far
merit, and in many instances mar¬
keted. As soon as the cotton is
picked the stock is ttinp'd Into
the field- to graze, and on n nny
farms the cattle can )» seen roam¬
ing.
Reports from all over the -state
show that the notion crop this
year will ho very short, and in
some instances not half a crop his
been raised.
Atlanta, Sept. 23.—Gov.
h-r will make no rf , f’;>nti:n , tn!'ntm:i
to the general assembly thin fail
■ n the interest of extra appropria¬
tion*. Hi- nta{e(l t-ortinv that he
thought tin! appropriation Inr each
,f tIn' ilopartmenh; find Cm .stale
iisstita’i is amply t-ttflioio.il
itl! j>r> .< . t nm-tG, in zfvorni in
St:: K’OS ho thinks tlte
timis i.;v i;j excess of what is m i
eg •; i ry.
Atlanta, Bepl.,2o.—Accortliiig to
reports of Revenue. Afp-Mit D. A,
GiiL s, v. hioli !•)«»'!ay forwsml
. J to the i:ul!;< lilies nF'Vi’ashiliff
tun fifty-bine illicit distilleries
wore (hkti't.yed in Georgia during
the inofiih (•!' August. .
Latimer's Infallible Ointment
Hires nius. it} it.
THE MAJOR’S VENGEANCK.
McKinley »n <5 the Reporter V.<>„
Persistently Ammiled Him.
During one of Ills congressional cam¬
paigns Major McKinley win; followed
from place to place by a reporter far a
paper or opposite political infill, wlm Is
described as being one of those
“shrewd, persistent follows who are nl
ways at work. t;uiek to see an opjitir
tunlty and skilled in waking the most
of it." While Me. McKinley was an
noyed by the inisreprestjntation to
which he was almost daily subjected.
he could not help admiring the skill and
persistency with which he was assail
od. His admiration, too. was not tin
mixed with compassion, for the re
■ porter was 111 , poorly clad and had ail
annoying: cough. One night Mr. Mr
Kitiley took a closed carriage for a near
by town at which lie w as announced to
speak. The wenth.r was wretchedly
raw and cold, and what followed is
tints described:
He had not gone far when he hoard
that cough ami know that the
was riding with the driver on the ex¬
posed sent. The major called 10 the
driver to stop and alighted. “(.M down
off that seat, young man,” he said. The
reporter obeyed, thinking the time for
the major’s vengeance had come.
“Here," said Mr. McKinley, taking off
his overcoat, “you put on this overcoat
and get Into that carriage."
"But. Major McKinley," said tbs re¬
porter, "1 guess you don't know who I
pip. 1 have been with you the whole
campaign, giving it to you every time
you spoke, and 1 am going over tonight
to rip you to pieces If 1 can,”
"J know,” said Mr. McKinley, “hut
von put on this coat and get inside and
get warm so that you can do a good
job.”—Glia uta uq nan.
THE MAGIC NUMBER.
A Suggestion l»y tlie Cynic Tltnt Set
the other* Thin Mug,
<‘| often hear of the magic number,"
Brt'd some one. “What number Is it V”
"Why, nine, of course,” replied some
one else. “There are nine muses, you
know, and you talk of a pine days'
Wonder. Thop you bowl at uiueplua,
8Ull a cat has nine lives.”
“Nonsense!” broke In another. “Sev¬
en Is the magic number. Seventh
heaven, don’t you know, and all
seven colors i;t ;Ua minnow, seven
days In the week, sevcntlf sou of a
seventh son—great follow—anil”—
"Tush, tush!" remarked a third,
“Five’s the number yoq menu. A
uiati hast five fingery mi his Imml and
iive toe* on his foot, and he has tive
senses, aud”—
“Three is undoubtedly the magic
number,” Interrupted another, ’’in'cuus"
people jrlye tUron oheers. 11 ml .'.-.mail
was Inside a whale three days and
three nights, and If at lirst you don’t
succeed, try, try again—three tlmea,
you see!”
Tips was i-eeetveil with some con¬
tempt by the company, and a soulful
youth gushed out:
“Two. oh, two Is the magic num¬
ber—oneself and one other,, thy a doted
one—Just two!’’
A bat’d featured individual, who had
been listening to the conversation hith¬
erto unmoved, here remarked tn a
harsh voice:
“The magic tiumlMS’ la number omt
In ffufi world, ami if you want to suc¬
ceed never forget it.”
An interval of deep thought on the
part of all followed, after which they
Went lU silently to supper.—Pearson’s.
No Word For Love.
In comparison with tlie English
tongue foreign tongues seem parslmo
ulotts In some ways of expression and
ivastcriil in others.
Vw lnr,ta,ict ‘’ “ ls Impossible to “kick”
a m.TU in French. You must give him
a “blow with the fo-t.” The Portu¬
guese do not “wink” at one; they “close
and open the eyes.”
In the languages of the American In¬
dians there is no word with which to
convey tlte Idea of “stealing,” perhaps
because the idea of property is so
vague. B is related of one of tho early
missionaries that in attempting to
translate the Bible Into Algonquin he
could find no word to express “love”
und was compelled m Invent It.
A Hep.
Some of you who think you are well
up in spelling just try to spell tlto
words ia tills little sentence)
“It ls agvwa’iiiu to witness the un
paralleled ecstasy of two harassed ped¬
dlers endeavoring to gauge the sym¬
metry of two peeled pears.”
Read It ever to your friends and seo
how many of them can spell every
word correctly. The sentence contain*
many of the real puzzlers of the spell
Ing book.--Loudon Tit-Bits.
HI* F-v.'ryitiiy Suit,
Dixon—1 don't fieilt-vo young Short
leigli I* half us extravagant as people
say he Is.
Hlxou—Perhaps not. but I’ve notleed
that he tics n suit of clothes for every
day of the week.
Dixon—is that so? Why, he has al¬
ways hud the same stilt on every time
I met him.
Hlxun—Well, that’s the one.
Mu < limiting.
“Ah, my fj'icjjd." sighed old Skin
flynt. who was d/h g. "I'm going a
long, long Journey.”
“Never mind.'’ ivjJ'cd the friend, who
knew him. “It's all down hill.”—Phila¬
delphia Record.
A Wicked luslnnnllou.
Ml** Serelna r Fashion septus to tend
toward costume* of the bust century. ;
Miss May Timid [low nice!
people will he able to make Country. over their j
old dresses.-Tonn aud
A hypocrite Is like the letter p—the
first ill pity und the lust In help.—Chi
eogo News.
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To cure SICK HEADACHE,
HABITUAL CONSTIPATION,
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Kens ms i\ir £: liferenees In Tl.;t 4*1
Coin* <>) I-'rt*llt-li !U,ulnae.
Borne time ago a Frenchman pku 311
together 11 number of gold coins of
French mintage of the beginning, mid¬
dle and end of the last century. Tie
was much surprised to see that limy
differed In color, lie set about (hiding
out the reasons for this difference, and
the results of his Investigations have
boon published in La Nature.
There is a paleness about the yellow
of the 10 and 20 franc pieces which
bear the effigies of Napoleon l and
Louis XVIII that Is not observed in
the gold pieces of Inter mintage. One
admirer of these coins speaks of their
color ns a "beautiful paleness" arid ex¬
presses regret that it is lacking In later
colus. The explanation of It Is very
simple. The alloy that entered Into tlte
French gold colus of those days con¬
tained as much silver as copper, and it
was the silver that gave the coins their
Interesting paleness.
The coins of the era of Napoleon 111
were more golden in hue. The silver
bad beep taken out of the alloy.
The gold coins of today have a stilt
warmer and deeper tinge of yellow.
This Is because the Paris mint, as well
ns that in London, melts tlte gold and
the popper alloy In hermetically sealed
boxes, which prevents the copper front
being somewhat bleached, as it always
Is when it is attacked by hot air. So
the present coins have the full warm
tjosst of tint that a copper alloy can
give.
If the coins of today are not so band
some I 11 the opinion of ani.'lb'dr collect¬
ors as those issued by the first Nnpo
Leprs, they are superior to those of ei¬
ther of tliy Napoleons in the fact that
It costs less to make them. The double
operation of the oxidation of the copper
and cleaning It off the surface of the
00 ip with adds Is no longer employed,
and the large elimination of copper
from the surface of tlie colus. formerly
practiced, made them less resistant un
der wear and tear than are the coins
now in circulation.
Why He Moiicsvo.l Ills Youth,
“Why, Brother Dickey, I hardly
knew you, you’ta looking so young and
spry! What’s up now'.'”
"Well, suit, I’ze study In’ ’bout glttln’
married ergin. fiat's all.”
“Getting married?”
“Yes, suit. 1 made de ’quaintance er
a young gal terilay, en she ’lowed dat
el’ I'd shave off my gray whiskers, en
chop off de hair what on my head, en
stop limpin’ wifi de rheumatism, en
wear cloze what come out de sto’, en
smoke se-gars stldder pipe, en stop
preaehln’ 'gin dancin’, en secure my
life In her favor fer a hundred dol¬
lars she’d marry me. Dat how conic I
look so young!”—Atlanta Constitution.
U nr.is mill Sen lit h.
In cases of burns or scalds, when
the sltlit is unbroken, cover the burn
with white lead paint, glycerin, fresh
lard, linseed, olive, sweet or lard oil
or soapsuds. If the skin is broken,
pour a mixture of oil and llmewater
(either linseed, olive, sweet or lard oil)
In equal parts over the Injury. Then
place a soft piece of white linen or
muslin wet with the oil mixture on Un¬
wound. Then loosely wind u bandage
over this, removing It from time to
time to wet the linen with the oil mix
turn Never attempt to uncover the In¬
jury.
Tlie Fin Intitule Touches.
A girl who had been very clever at
college came home the other day aud
said to her mother:
"Mother, I’ve graduated, hut now I
must inform myself In psychology, phi¬
lology. bUdl”—
“Just wait a minute,” said the moth¬
er. “1 have arranged for you a thor
ough course in roaistology, hoilology.
stitolmlogy, darnology, pntehology and
general doinqi^icology. Now, put on
your apron and pluck that chicken."
Unfort uni»f'‘ly.
They were driving together when
Miss Rocks, unsolicited, gurgled forth
ber views upon matrimony. “Love is
a dreary desert," she said, “nrnl mar¬
riage an oasis,” whereupon Mr. Shy
ly remarked that “certainly it did re¬
quire a deal of sand.”—Boston Trav
eler.
A Gooil Nairn*.
T(*ss-~Oli. yes. slie married a man
with a highly honored name.
Jess—What! I never considered
Scadils a highly honored name.
Tess—Well, you should see the way
It’s honored nt the bank.—Philadelphia
Press,
~~~“ “ ~
A man should not lose Ms tempei
oftoner than once In ten years, aud a
politician never.—Atchison Globe.
The first Sunday paper in this coun
try was The Sunday Courier, begun al
New York la 1825.
I A TALE OF TWO CITIES.
j Tlie Perils of T-1 v I n tx Xetir Hie Mex¬
ican Bnnntlary l.lne.
| “Some peculiar conditions prevail at
the twin cities of Nogales, Mexico,
and Nogales, Aria..” said the Detroiter,
who recently returned from a visit to
Mexico. “The International boundary
line is formed by a street that divides
the two towns, and the boundary
stakes are set out with a very nice
regard for technicalities. There is a
saloon there which has more than a
local reputation, and the proprietor is
j certainly an enterprising Individual.
! Ills saloon is located on the street di
. «* «■«» - "1
a,„l denned, flic patron i:lK ' of 1S this l,ot ‘• saloon |0ttr, - v
buys bis drink In America, and, stop
avoids the duty on imported cigars
and can provide his customers witlt
the bent make at lower prices than
most of hts competitors.
“They toll an amusing story about art
, American who imbibed to > much light
lug Wlilsky at this saloon. When he
arrived at a certain stage, he allowed
his prejudices to get the better of him,
and. standing near the boundary line
of his own country, he heaped anathe¬
mas and hurled defiances at the people
across the border. A couple of Mexi¬
can officers stood across the street al
most within teach of the pugnacious
American, hoping that he would stroll
across into Mexico. lie did get over
there after awhile, although the trip
was wholly unpremeditated. During
a harangue against Mexican Institu¬
tions in general and the police in par¬
ticular he happened to lurch loo far
over to starboard and fell into Mexico.
The alert cops promptly grabbed him,
and, though he didn't get a chance to
take in the sights, he paid quite an ex¬
tended visit to the country ho hud so
eloquently maligned.”—Detroit Free
Press.
LONG RANGE BAPTISM.
CkrUtenlna: In Section,! Wn■ Con
(lnetetl l>!(I!cn!tie».
Itl wide- and sparsely populated high¬
land districts of Scotland it not Infre¬
quently happens that ti parent is oblig¬
ed to walk a distance of ti *0 or six
miles with an Infant for baptism.
It Is related of ;t minister of the
north that he agreed to accommodate
a parishioner thus situated by meet¬
ing him at a stream midway between
the parents’ house and the manse and
there baptizing the child at the run¬
ning water.
It so happened that by the time the
parties Came to opposite sides of the
bourn heavy rains had swollen It into
ft rapid torrent, so that .neither party
could approach the other.
I'nwilling to turn back with the
“bairn” unbnptised, the farmer pro¬
posed that the minister should splash
water across. Accordingly the minister
stepped down to the stream and en¬
deavored to throw handfuls of water
on the farmer’s baby.
“Iln’o ye got ony o’ that?” he cried
“De’il a spairge,” was the reply.
At last ti few of the splashes were
communicated to the Infant's face,
and the ceremony was then concluded
In tlte usual form.
Before retiring to their respective
homes the farmer produced a bottle of
whisky, crying across, “As 1 ennna
offer ye a glass owre the. held o’ this,
here’s the bottle—kepp!” And he threw
It across the stream.
The bottle was caught, it Is related,
with a precision that betokened on the
part of his reverence, if not considera¬
ble practice, at least considerable dex¬
terity.—Stray Stories.
Cniiirlit a Turtnv,
Like so many of his learned brethren
In the Church of England, the late
Canon Carter was the terror of com¬
positors. His was perhaps, after Dean
Stanley's, the very worst handwriting
of the last century.
About 1SS0 the then bishop of Lich¬
field, Dr. Maehtgan, surpris'd one of
his secretaries by saying: “I have
hardly ever received an anonymous
letter, hut I got one this morning. It is
very lmdly written, and 1 can hardly
make it out, hut from the signature it
is sure to he abusive. The man has
signed himself ‘A Tartar.’ See if you
can make It out.”
The secretory, who knew the hand¬
writing. rather startled his lordship by
rejoining: “It’s nothing alarming. It’s
only a note from Canon Carter of
Clewer!”—London Tit-Bits.
I.Icm of the White Kind.
The whole fabric of social Inter¬
course is Interwoven with what would
be lies according to a strict code. Some
are pleasant fictions that deceive no
body. Most of them have their genesis
in a kindly, cheerful desire to avoid
giving pain. These polite untruths tiro
the lubricant of society. They wear
away the rough edges, take away the
sling out of uuc-unfortable facts. They
are the flower of courtesy, “the pine
apple perfume of politeness.”— Wash
inglou Times,
TI»« Lifter.
Ilham—That boy of yours what went
to college could do some powerful 11ft
lug with the clubs and dumbbells.
Silas -Yes, but 1 always thought more
of the other cue’s lifting powers,
llirani—-Did he lift dumbbells aud the
ike?
Silas- No: lie lifted the mortgage.—
Philadelphia Record.
With every exertion the best of men
can do hut a moderate amount of good,
hut It seems In the power of the most
contemptible Individual to do inealculn
hie mischief.—Washington Irving.
The man who gets up to make the
fire does not always get his share of
the heat.—Saturday Evening Font.
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