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An Ingenious Accuttlon,
“The favorite horse of the Chinese
Emperor Tsi,” said a Chinese states¬
man, "died through negligence on the
part of the royal master of the horse.
The emperor was so enraged at this
that he drew his sword and would
have run the careless functionary
through the body.
“But the learned mandarin, Yen
«, struck up the emperor’s sword,
•ayittfr:
“ 'Sire, this man has not yet been
formally accused of any crime. He de¬
serves to die, but his accusation should
come first. It is the law.’
•••Well,’ said the emperor, ‘tell me
what he has done.’
“ 'Listen, you rogue,’ said the man¬
darin, turning to the trembling master
of the horse—'listen to a catalogue of
your heinous offenses. In the first !
plate, you have allowed a horse to
perish that his majesty had intrusted
to your care. In the second place, It
is on your account that the emperor
became so exasperated that he was
actually on the point of disgracing
himself in all his i>eop!e’s eyes by
killing a man for the sake of a horse.’
’* ’Enough,’ said fhe emperor, appre¬
ciating the rebuke. T.et him go. He
Is pardoned.’ ”
Breaking it tienlly.
“Laura,” said Mr. Ferguson as he
buttered a biscuit and passed his cof¬
fee cup for a second filling, “I don’t
miss anything, but after 1 had come in
last night, nbout 11:30, 1 found the
house had been broken into. Some¬
body had smashed a pane of glass In a
basement window, crawled Inside and
matte his way up the stairs to the first
floor. There hasn’t been anything dis
turbed in the pantry, the china closet
or the sideboard, has there'?’’
“No,” answered Mrs. Ferguson.
“But, mercy, who could it have lieen
and what do you suppose he wanted V”
”1 Biispoet,” he rejoined, clearing bis
throat, “that I--or--dld It myself and
that 1 wanted to get Inside without
disturbing anybody. You hod all gone
to bed. and I had left my latchkey In
my other trousers. It will cost about
25 cents to repair the basement win¬
dow. The weather man, i see, pro
diets possible showers for today. —
Chicago Tribune.
Three Kinds of Idsrhtnin*.
The Etruscans of old believed that
there were three kinds of lightning
one Incapable of doing any injury, an¬
other more mischievous in its character
and consequently only to be Issued with
the consent of a quorum of twelve
gods, and u third carrying mischief in
its train awl for which a regular de
cree was required from the highest dt
vinttlee in the Btruscau skies. Curi
ottsiy enough, modern scientific men
agree with the view that there are
three kinds of lightning, but their vari
etleS differ from the Etruscans. The
first Is known as forked lightning and
runs fn zigzag lines, the second as sheet
lightning, because it ts seen in a body,
apd the third as globe lightning, as It
sometimes runs In the shape of a ball.
The latter variety is rather slow in
moving.
The Word “Xlr^"
“Nice” is one of the exceptional
words which have risen on the scale
nud improved with age. It la from the
Latin “nesclus” and originally sign!
fled ignorant. To Chaucer it regularly
meant foolish—“wise and nothing
nice.” ln Spenser’s time it still meant
effemiuute. From general foolishness
there was probably first a specialize
tion to fooltsh fuselness about trifles.
Then the idea of Ignorance dropped
out and the word meant particular
about details, accurate. It was credit
able to be a “nice” observer or to
show “nice” Judgment. And so in the
end the positively agreeable meaning
of today was evolved.
A garage Polaon. *
The Juice of the green pineapple is
accredited in Java, the Philippines
and throughout the far east generally
with being a blood poison of a most
deadly nature. It Is said to be the
substance with which the Maluys poi
son their kreese* and daggers and to
be also the “finger nail” poison for
merly in use among the aborigine Jav
anese women almost universally,
These women cultivate a nail on each
hand to a long, sharp point, and the
least scratch from one of these was
certain death.
The Meanest Man.
The meanest man has been located
in Philadelphia. He dropped a large
roll of bills on the street, and a boy
who found it returned the money to
him the* Counting put^it the bundle carefully,
owner in his pocket. "My
sou” he said benignly to the boy, "I
am'rejoked to see that you are earnest guided
by lofty principles, and as an
V>f my approbation shall retrain from
charging you Interest for the time you
bare had my money.”
A ;*- „ ,
They were ufltry on
their first visit to London, and a notice
in their hotel puzzled them consider¬
ably. It ran: “Breakfasts, 8 to 11; lunch¬
eons, 12 to 2; teas, S to 5; dinners, 6 to
8 ; suppers, 8 to 11.” "Say, Garge,’
said one to the other, “’cordin’ to this
yere, there bean’t so vary much toime
fer soightseein.’ ”—St. James Gazette.
Advantage of Being a Brule.
“Do you think animals fee! pain as
fleqplj as we do?’
'T’ve never studied the subject, but
it is safe to say that they d°ut worry
as much as we do over pains that have
not yet been felt.”—Ch.cago Iiecord
Herald.
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In our relation with one another we
at e apt to neglect the little things
which count so much In making our
lives happier.
Qocihe's Lust Moments.
Tiie story of the deathbed of Goethe
reveals a striking picture of fortitude,
artistic ealtu and intellectual activity
under the chilling dews of death. The
information is gathered from a letter
written on March 23, 1832, the day aft¬
Goethe's death, by Frarj^n Louise
Seidler, an art student and class
friend of the poet's family. On the
evening before his dissolution, with an
icy coldness taking possession of him
and the death rattle beginning to be
audible, Goethe, with his charming
daughter-in-law by his side, would taik
of nothing but his pet theory of color,
of the treaty of Basle, of his desire
that the children should go to the thea¬
ter, of'his plans for the near future.
-^ a sleep did not come with the uigbt,
ht ‘ vailed for a newly published volume
history, and covered his inability
*° reu d it \yith a Joke. Even at 7
o’clock the next morning, Just three
n bd a half hours before he died, he
sent for a portfolio to talk optics and
was setting himself to classify some
papers when the last agony seized him.
He then lay motionless, notwithstand¬
ing its violence, till' respiration ceased
and the heart stood still. -London
Globe.
Him to Handle Your Horse.
Decision should never in handling
horses be confounded w ith unwise de¬
termination to have things your way.
In this application it means the faculty
of doing the right thing at the right In
stunt and may be cultivated by fre¬
quent practice with all sorts of horses,
and of course no hands were ever de¬
veloped by bundling any one animal or
any one kind of a horse. It is decision
that give- the band the moment the
horse yields: that uses the roughest
methods at a 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 cany himself to the best ad¬
vantage for the purpose of the moment.
Decision is very close to intuition in
effect. Decision dominates the situ¬
ation at many critical moments, and
the horse is quick to discern and to pre¬
sume upon its absence. There is no
such thing as a safe partnership with a
),orse. You must be the master or he
will be, to your certain future discom¬
fiture.—F. Ms Ware In Outing Maga¬
zine. *
His Benelux nt London Theaters.
Betterton, Su 1709, when his salary
, Y1(S f j n week, had a benefit and re
ee j ve< 3 ns his share of the receipts
ftn( j £450 (n ([,<, B hnpe of donations,
-y| le biggest benefit performances of
modern times have taken place at
p rur y Lane. That for Ben Webster,
lu March, 1874, realized LTOOO;
t)le l>ro fjt on the Ruckstonc celebra
tl()n ln j une , 1876, was £ 1 , 200 ; for the
jj e nj e parren benefit performance, ln
March, 1808, there was obtained
£ 7 , 2 «j, though huff of this amount was
8W . U red from private donations, which
g oww j j n w lien it was known that the
Messrs. Kottfcclilld had volunteered
(0 (nves t what sum was realized, give
,j ie p 0 p„j. u . comedienne an annuity
and, on her death, grant the theatrical
charities half of the capital.—Loudon
Chronicle.
To Insure Privacy of Mall.
All private and confidential corre
gpondeuee, according to a postofflee in
Bpw tor, should either be sealed with
wa x or else addressed and stamped on
back Instead of the front. Sealing
wtt jj wax j s mi excellent insurance of
p r j va ey, but it is a difficult and uwk
vvu ,.j operation, and wax and a match,
oandle and seal are not always at
baud. The other method is much the
better. After fastening down the flap
of envelope firmly, affix the stamp
acros8 the flap's junction and write the
address across it as well. Then it is
absolutely impossible to steam open
the letter and close it again in such a
way as to escape detection,
The Creole.
A pure creole Is a person born in
Louisiana of French or Spanish par
eatg . it is a mistaken Idea to suppose
that a creole has negro blood in his
ve ins. a creole negro is one whose
forefathers were owned by the early
French and Spanish settlers and who
spoke a corruption of those languages
known us “gumbo, Their descend
ants are the creole negroes and should
never be conflicted with creoles in the
true sense of the term —New Orleans
Tlmes-Detn dgrat.
why, indeedt
At an examination of Sunday school
children the following was one of the
questions put upon the blackboard:
"Why did your godfathers and god
mothers promise these things for
you?” The answer of a bright girl,
written neatly on the slate, was,
* Why. indeed ? She got marks.—
Christian Life,
Not to Blame.
Father (sternly)—Now, Sophia, ! some
thing must be done to reduce your ex
penses. You are actualiy spending
more than your allowance.
Daughter—It isn’t t*y fault, father,
I’ve done my best to get you to In¬
crease it.—Brooklyn Life.
Doubtful.
Lady (in dry goods store)—And ts
tills color also genuine? Salesman—
As genuine as the roses on your
cheeks, miss. Lady-H'm! Show me
another one.—Kleiues Witzblatt.
Just B»dne««.
pother—That kid ought to have a
J w , He>s tt]t 0 g et her too preco
knoW8 more than I do: Motb
^ dear 5 wouldn’t call that pre
cocious.—Detroit Free Press.
Only the illiterate and fhe social elect
can afford to treat the language r«ck
iessly.—Erainerd.
THE MURRAY NEWS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. 1000
GRIGGS BOASTS
MANY MURDERS
But He Refuses to Give Any
Particulars to the
Officers.
Canton, Ga., 8ep. th—There
Are no developments in the
picions surrounding Henry
who is confined in jail here
said to have killed two or
men in New Orleans last
or November. He still
that be is a murderer, but
es to give particulars that
aid the ollicers in locating
crimes he has committed. The
New Orleans officers are
gating as belt they can with
information furnished from
and today telegraphed for
description of Griggs and
definite details and description
have been forwarded. Griggs,in
the meantime, is held here
charge of horsestealing.
DeWitt’s Wfteh Hazel Salve
For Piles, Burns, Sores.
Snake Up His Sleeve.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
It was in harvest time, when
grain was still cut with a cradle,
raked and bound by hand, We
were in our usual costume for
harvest, in those days consisting
of hat, shirt, trousers, boots or
shoes, with shirt collar and shirt
bosem wide open.
It was a hot day, and we were
taking our usual hour after din¬
ner, which on this day was dot e
out in the field under a large
shade tree. One of the men said
he was going to take a nap, a *d
getting a sheaf of wheat for a
pillow, lay down with his left
arm at right angles with his shirt
collar. IIis sleeve opened at the
left armpit, loose, while his right
arm was extended at his side.
He soon fell asleep, and we were
all quiet, when one of our boys
pointed at the sleeping man. A
blue racer was slowly
up over his (right) bare shoul¬
der, near his neck, and started
across his breast. When
snake’s head was about even with
the man’s chin he awoke, and
seeing the snake’s head, his
assumed an expression of horror.
Turning deathly pale, he
moved a muscle, while the
ducked its heod, entered the
shirt sleeve at the armpit,
slowly dlagged itself across
man’s naked breast and
coming out at the end of the
sleeve. The poor fellow
hardly able to look on while
killed the snake. He said
words could express the
and mental strain he endured
while the snake was dragging its
c dd, clammy body across
breast. When the time for work
came he could hardly do his part.
I never believed that
could climb trees till one Sunday
when a boy l was on my way to a
neighbor’s house, and on
a tree by the roadside saw what
we called a bull snake slowly
going up the trunk of a tree.
was about seven feet up when I
knocked it off with a club. I
never saw any hoop or joint
snakes, but have heard of them
often. They seemed to flourish
away back in the East during the
time the ghosts and witches were
so plentiful in that part of our
country,
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TYNER’S DYSPEPSIA REMEDY
Many Have Dyspepsia and Don't Know It.
Do you belch up wind? Taste
your food after eating? See
specks before your eyes? Are
pale auid haggard? Does your
heart flutter? Are you dizzy?
Do you have pains in side or
back? Risings on the skin? Are
you low spirited? Is there a sour
taste? Breath had? If so, you
have Dyspepsia, and it is a dan¬
gerous condition. Do i’t delay,
but take Tyner’s Dyspepsia Rem¬
edy. It is made for just such
troubles and symptoms. Tyner’s
Dyspepsia Remedy removes acids
from the stomach, strengthens
weak stomachs, helps digest your
food. Sold by druggists, 50c a
bottle. Money refunded if it fails
to cure, Medical advice and
circular free by writing to Tyner
Dyspepsia Remedy Co,, Augus
i ta, Ga.
Dismissed Wiili Prayer. i
A Denver man tells a story of
mining days in Colorado when
the greatest excitement prevail¬
ed by reason of the discovery of
silver deposits in Gilpin county,
says Harper’s Weekly.
A Mexican who had repeatedly
evinced a weakness for robbing
the sluice boxes was caught for
the third or fourth time. In
view of his numerous olfenses in
this respect, it was promptly
decided that the greaser should
be strung up.
Among those prominent in the
proceedings was a big hearted
Denverite, afterward elected t<
a high federal position. He said
that, much as he regretted tin
necessity of suspending tin
Mexican, he was, like the rested
the “committee,” in favor of it.
Now this Denver man wanted t(
give the doomed individual i
chance to pray, but as he declin¬
ed to avail himself of the privil¬
ege the master of ceremonies
started in to give the Mexican
what the miners called a “good
send of!'.” After recounting the
man’s crime as an excuse for the
hanging, the petitioner said :
11 This man is unfit to live; he
cannot associate with honest
people, he is an outcast, the very
worst in Gilpin county—and so,
O, Lord, take him to Thyself. >?
The Mexican was then properly
hanged. *
No one would buy a sail boat
with sails that could not be reef¬
ed. There is always that possi¬
bility of a little too much wind
that makes a cautious man afraid
to go unprovided. The thinking
man, whose stomach sometimes
goes back on him, provides for
his stomach by keeping a bottle
of Kodol For Dyspepsia within
reach. Kodol digests what you
eat and restores the sfomach to
the condition to properly perform
its functions. Sold by S.H.Kelly.
t How He Was Reformed.
Baklurkifi also liked his booze
—in fact, along with his other
accomplishments, he was the vil
lage drunkard. Finally, howev
er, he was reformed in a most
remarkable manner.
One day, while at the tavern
enjoying his schnapps, save the
Pittsburg Dispatch, a stranger
sat down opposite him at the ta¬
ble. “1 used to live here about
thirty years ago,” remarked the
stranger.
“So?” replied Baldurkis, who
did not recognize the man.
“Do you know an old party
'
named Balkurkis?” was 4he
stranger’s next question.
Baldurkis saw a chance to hear
something about himself—proba¬
bly praise—and he replied : “I
used to know such a person ; what
ever became of him?”
“I don’t know,” said the
stranger; “he was a sort of worth¬
less old cuss and I guess he killed
himself by drinking.”
It is said Baldurkis never took
a drink of intoxicating liquor
afterward.
In these days of rush and hurry
courtesy is often forgotten. In
the mad, pell tnell rush of our
life little things are done to of¬
fend that we rather remained
undone. A hastily eaten meal
and its resultant headache $ay
cause us social or financial loss.
The wise man or woman is the
one who relieves little ills of this
sort by a little dose of Kodol For
Dyspepsia. It digests what you
eat and puts your stomach hack
into shape. .Sold by S. H. Kelly.
Another “Private John” Yarn.
“Private”Allen,of Mississippi,
while in congress, was fond of
telling about a fine old gentleman
down in Tupelo, whose habit was
to sit on a dry goods box and talk
politics, says an exchange. His
hobby was that the offices should
aee.K the man and not the man
the office, and he waxed eloquent
in the discussion of his chosen
theme. Finally he determined
to become a candidate himself
and went out upon an election¬
eering tour. When his friends
twitted him about his change of
front he replied: “Oh, yes, the
oilice should seek the man, but
the man should be around so that
the oflice may find him.”
FurniturE
Our big stock is now ready for Fall Trade.
We have bought heav¬
ier than usual for this
Fall and will give our
customers good de¬
pendable goods at less
prices than any other
concern in the country
“Goods well bought are
half sold.”
COME AND SEE
FOR YOURSELF
LEONARD, McGHEE FURNITURE GO.
DALTON, GEORGIA
THORNHILL WAGONS
Are The Best wagons in this Section.
If you need a good wagon and want it very
cheap, be sure and see me before buying.
THOMAS J. BRYANT,
DALTON, GEORGIA.
Low Rate Excursions
VIA
Southern Railway
To Knoxville, Tenn.
Account Summer School of the South,
,ju„e i 9 -.Iuly 27. T.ckets will be sold
from all points, June 17, 18, 19,!3,24,80,
.July 7, 14, 15. Limit fifteen days from
date of sale. Ti.ke:s may be extended to
September 30, 1906, by deposit and pay
inept of fifty cents at time of deposit.
To Asheville, N. C.
Accuunt Annual Conference Young Pe i~
ple’s Missionary Movement, .Iune29,Julv
8 I960. Tickets wilt be sold from all
, with final limit
points, June 26, 27, 28, Commercial Law
duly 10, 1900, and also
League, July 30, August 4, 1906. Tirke s
will be sold from all points Ju y 25, 20.27
Limit ended August Sept, 8 1906. 30, 1996, Tickets by may d>-posit by
ex to
and payment Of tiny cents at time of
depotit.
_ 10 .. NaShVillC, , ... ™ lenn.
Account Peabady College Summer 8 . Imul
Hot icachets, June 11-Augus 10. Ti.-keu
will be sold from all points June, 10, 11,
12, 18, 19, 20, Jniy 5, 6 , 7. Umii fifteen
days from date of sale. Tickets m >y lie
extended to Seqt. 30, 1906, by deposit
and payment oi fifty cents at tune of
deposit.’
There are many delightful summer resorts on and
reached by The Southern Railway in “The Land of the
Sky,'““The Sapphire Country,” East Tennessee, West¬
ern North Carolina and Virginia. Sleeping
For further information about rates, Car ret*
ervations, etc., call on or write any agent of the company.
R. L. BAYLOR,
Trav. Pass. Agt., Ill W. Mintb St.,
Chattanooga Tenn.
WE Are Here to Give
Our patrons what they want. We do not try to induce
them to take something else. If a customer wants Hood’s f
Sarsaparilla, he gets Hood’s Sarsaparilla, He is not inaft *
portuned to take our own make. We like to treat our V
customers right. It is both pleasant and profitable. We
have built up the largest drug establishment in Dalitou by t 4
gratifying our patrous’ wishes. There is no, reason why h
everybody in Murray Oonnty should not trade here. We **
can give them decidedly the best service and our prices
are fixed altogether according to what things are worth.9B
• •• Fincher & Nichols
W hen you have a cold it is well about preparations containing
to be very careful about using opiates. Use Kenndy’s Laxative
Honey and Tar v which stops the
anything that will cause consti¬ cough and moves the bowela..
pation. Be particularly careful Sold by S. H. Kelly.
•
To Richmond, Va. ■
Account Biennial Meeting Grand United
Grier of Odd Fellows, Ociober 2, 6 .
Tickets may be extended to August 11,
1906, by deposit and payment of fiity
cents at time of deposit.
To Memphis, Tenn.
Account International Convention llroth
erlio.nl of St. Audiewsof >|ie Protestant
Episcopal church, Oct. 18, 21, 1906.
Tickets will lie soul from all points Oct
15, 16 , 17, 18, 1906. Limit Oct. 80, I90f.
Tieke s may be extended to Nov .30,1906,
by deposit and paytn in of fifty cents at
time of deposit.
To Washington, D. C,
Account Negro Young People's Christian
and Educational Congress, July 3, 8,1906,
Tickets will de sold front all puiuts June
29 and July 2. 3, 1906, Limit July 11,
1900. Tickets may be extended to August
H, 1906, bv deposit and pay ment of fifty
««nt» <•"»>« of deposit,
Tn 10 I'lllWaUKee, MilivanL-eo Wlc Wl»,
Account Grand JE, ie Fraternal Order of
Eagles’ August 14, 18. 1907. Tickets Will
be sold from all points August 10, 11, M.
Final limit August 22 , 1900.