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he ■ Bulloch Herald
ol. II.
Y LIFE IN NICARAGUA.
he f amily Is Broke, the Wife
DI SS a l.ittlu Gold.
i . >V . in , rr® twaneno _ , district,
ugoy L, said a visitor who is
n eiested in mining- in Central
•’ an ° I ? P ° ltuuit * > °* ®®f
jeTasy r natives tap natures
n lei need some sui.iL c-iifliuge.
our camp by the river was a
ipied. by a typical Honduranian
consisting of husband and
;v:unRather and grandmother
ozfm or so qf assorted children,
jy one of the and crowd smoke who did
g except rest was
p. At Intervals of perhaps a
lie would sully out? with the
inpan, erstwhile used fbr cook
l proceed to an old placer dig
the river bank. Lheie siie
'squat, throw a few gourdfuls
into the pan. fill it with wa
begin the usual circular motion
washing.
was very skillful and
ittle sheet of dirty water spray
i the cljjO like a miuiatiiii
• M hen tin? watoi was ex
, ,i few spoonfuls of sau.i
e left in tHe bottom of the pan,
fading it out thiu wit^ a bit of
ie would go ovef it grain by
yoking for color. W iienever
a speck of gold she moistened
v on her tongue aud [licked up
iclo by adhesion. Each bit of
Ions metal was stored away in
plugged with clay at tlie ends,
ave known her to take out as
; a ((barter of an ounce in the
f one day.
lly her' limit was about $ 2 .
on die got that she stopped
ie head of the house would
iguidly and-start for the n«ar
. 12 miles away. Sometimes lie
rade the whole amount for
hut. as a rule, he brought back
alt. meal or calico.
are Mildreds of native fami
live la exactly that manner.
?lio. Sometimes the woman
lucky enough to strike or%nore a rich
f; lhat will yield a dollar
'wit they never dream of wash
t at once and getting a stake
f ttieaus that they can secure
lal iuuouut with less work.’’
eaus Times-Democrat.
4 9 OPERTY*' ESCAPES.
wr Thi*«r« to Do Sm In n
Cliinw Theater.
he audience rests a setth*d.
Je stillness, unbroken even by
No expression referable to
ympnthy. joy or tears lighten*
k, dfcad wall of the face*
inman Is Impregnable. Only
his eyes change, and that is
i property man Is on the stage.
a never off U.
u , ho riPAnni^w
‘
T-iiajiD
. off wltb Item. lie woulB enter
^L-e Itanquet bad while tba,
iIIq’s . -kneed tnonnreb was eierclslns
gbest. gather up the gohleta
» one arm and Macbeth a
with the other and carry them
■ ,,t'lle would pluck the roses from
s breast; he would take the
from Juliets dead hand; ho
^Hutemipt Hamlet s soliloquy In
.archyait u a request $or
■ "i skull, and he would interpose
Arder of Desderoona to remove
S f ! er °
•
s Wee - l y. '
^ „
V . !
~ap%.o tone of Big It'™, the fa
nirius Loudon clock—and musicians say
41 is a terribly bad “E,’’ at auy rate
fcfbry one will acknowledge that the
ek in the house of commons tower
a wonderful timekeeper, not vary
•/ secoml iu time all the year
lb rough. The mechanism for setting
motion the massive hammer which
out the tone of Big Ben’s It;
Lk ;>('ll is very interesting. The strik i
machinery is driven by Weights of
ton and feet a deep, half, and which it Is hang on j !
suriri 171 so ar
XLoqjk'atRier a-TiAt-d Hint after the chimes are over j
falls ou the big hell with I
in one second of Greenwich mehn '
tune j |
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Min “Dc«r O i Jim.” i
•‘•T'ovbctt is m.v friend and benefac- !
■ -. »• Kt 1 y S y[r. Jeffries. “1 was once ’
•-.aanrlnis •*<* ''-ra ' 1 ' 11
41 gentleman. Hence I have
Statesboro, Ga., Friday. Feb. 9,1900.
gladly agreed to fight t^lm as a return
for favors. I am bound by all the ties
Of friendship and gratitude to give
him a chance to fight mo." Was there
ever such a touching instance of devo
tion? Ah'. Jeffries will reward his oft
patron int0 uJ and benefactor knocking by beating him
P P his head off.
One can fancy him saying, as be puts
his terrible right into his friend’s ribs,
“Dear old Jim.'"'-Kansas City Star.
T1,e biiiim« and Cooing.
Uncle George \ on do not ^
appear to
think It necessary to spend so much
time at home ns you did ivbeta you
were first married, i suppose the bill
ing and cooing are  over now.
Hariy There doesn t seem to be
much of a let up ih the billing, and.
as {or cooing. I* am dreadfully
afraid of it. It is sure«to mean a new
hat or a new gown or a ,ne*v some*
tliing.-r-Boston Transcript,
Shin. ft
Each average human being has about
15,000 square feet of skia to look after
«iud neaily •i, 000,(»00 oil and sweat
glands. I lie outer layer of skin-ls con*
stautlj v>oaring off and must bo con
stantly removed to Allow the uew skin
beneath to form fresh, white anif beau
tifnl.
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.
rh * Barber shoj. Bos*
You , re next, sir, said the buss liar
ber, indicating a fat man who was
biM'ieTl behind a newspaper. “I'll wait
for awhile.” replied the fat man. H I’m
* !1 n ° hurry;” As another man climbed
into the vacant chair tin* fat man hail¬
ed over to another customer v l - > was
waiting his turn and confided t he
In a , »*««T. a deuced ... hurry, nut . he
™iM rather lose l.tjf turn than he
scared by Hie proprietor of the-shop.
“ lt tliat 1 >' : »ve any grievance
against this particular barber.” lie
Trt> nt on. “l>nt I shun afl !>oss barbers
ns i would a plague. In the first place.
pntioiiizos j on. and. iu the S'coud
P laot ‘- 1|( ‘ is invariably the worst bar
^ the shop. ! hen. too. it takes
Wui nbout twk ‘<* » s !««»• He wiH lather
0D<? ^nie of your face aud then go over
to ,,!t> <k ‘ Kk ( ° nuike change for a eus
tomer who is going out. for he is gen
orally his own cashier, fie considers
k duty to exchange airy persiflage
wit, ‘ **»ch customer as he leaves the
shop, and b.\ the time he gets Imck to
jow >our face Is caked iu cold lather.
“Ihis usually happens four or five
times while you are getting shavcil.
aud you may consider yourself lucky
if a salesman for a perfumery or soap
house doesut tome in to talk up h:s
wares. In that event you are bo«n<*o
b ® waitin ^ for 10 or * minutes.
and wh« you are finally , lt slaved jmur
pea<-e of mind !* destroyed tor the res*
of the day. No boss burlier* In mkie.
I know em too well, aud I wait every
time. Exchange.
no less than 40G latbs and ponds, I,>4
brooks, fi 8 rivers and 204 mountains.
* bls ms K0 cr e “‘ 8 - T f IM l,a8
^ , , , I
" Alabama lias UB creek, er«k. am
8 ‘ rl ^ r *„‘ <,wn f a "“ ot ,h “‘
rMordl 222 takM and
14® rivers.—New York Pxess.
vocation.
HIcks _ It tg a ghame the way Buster
, s brlnginR lip that boy of hig . The lad
doesn . f know how to reftd or wrlttf> nnd
there is no indication of his ever being
sent to 8chool .
wlck 8 _B„ster knows what he Is do
ing, yop can depend upon lt. Probably
h e intends when that boy reaches man
hood he will hare all the business he
can attend to ns criminal court juror.—
Boston T»«cript.
Sneeeastve Wave*.
The following waff is going the
rounds of the state press: We are told
of a young lady In a neighboring town
who waved her hand at a stranger, and
in three days they were married. Two
days later the young lady waved a
flatiron at her husband, and the next
evening he came home waving a dl
vorce.—Nashville Banner.
Spanish , ^ Are . Charitable.
10 ■ pnmsl) are rwuong the most
c writable people on earth. Without a
tax ’ S,)anisl) foramnnities of '»<).
b 00 self supporters feed a pauper pop
uiatjon of 5.000'or more.
Hearts may be attracted by assumed
brfls^’J™;e!arj/by l th n ie C tka° are n ' y
roa , _ De Moy
THOSE BOER LADIES.
By Middle Life They Are Almost Too
l-'nt t-o Walk.
The Boer woman is very little like
the trim, handsome Dutchwoman of
her ancestral Holland. She is seldofb
pretty. Her complexion is hpr princi
pal charm, rt|»U / sbe guards this care*
fully whenever she goes efut. Sbe is
never peaked seen bonnet outdoors her wirtidu^i bead, her great visits
on
to church befog made behind an al
must orieutal seclusion of veils. This
is necessary to preserve the pink and
white c.’ her skin, for the climate
would otherwise soon tan it to the col
or 0 f sole leather. Her eyes are small
and set close toge/ber. and her features
are irregular. Her cheeks are broad
and flat, aud l»ep hair i* naturally light
in color, although rime and weather
seoo bleach it frdm its early straw
color. At a very early age she loses
all her teeth, for she is constantly
chewing sweet cokes and confection
ery.
a European woman would replace
tlic molars that nature has depriv^t)
her of with well mounted works* (ft
art, but the Iioor woman does not do
this. She thinks it would lie impious
thus to trv to duplicate the work of
the Creator. Her figure is thick aud
almost waistless. W : idle still a young
womao sho begins to grow fau ami
by the time middle life is reached*she
is often so unwieldy that the only ex
ercise she is aide to take is to waddle
cumhrously from one a rib chair to an
other. She is dad in a loose, seantiiy
made gown, devoid of trimming and
apparently waist less. The day gar
meots of tlie Boers are also their night
doilies. *so „ K . vn is literal,v* wrin
kte< i._ C harleston News and Courier,
Saaon*. TniktnK Man.
Samoa's talking max, or “tolhfaii."
j s a oharaeter. All which* the affairs of state
t [ 10 village in he holds office
aix* carried upon liis slioulders in or
dinary he is the chief adviser. periSuad
conviucer and restraiDer of the
j oa ding chiefs,
n av i«g Hie gift of eloquence, he
uiak( . g t j, e most'of it He enjoys Iih
UU3nit y f rou , many things. He conftot
^ spokt!U 0 f j a or <iiuary spiak*of terms. If it
s .j lou j < j [ )e ae eess;uy tq
‘
eycs or hls movitl , 0 r tlls ihnbs. special
honorable w;or<ls must bo used, words
which attach to him alone and have
neV er ^eca ordinary appliisl met. .to the |K?rsonal
ot
As h e stands to-deliver his soft, per
Buasive . nK .ju flvioUR oratory, with staff
of in his haml am , hig flv „ n#t ,. r
throv ,- u ovt>r hJ « shoulder, any one can
^ tha| , H . |m , IjaD of . ^ at hnjH>r
fanct , or , f f! ,. s ls not a pp aPeIlt trovJ
h is attitude H may be gathms! from
fhe , ltenfloll [kai(] to h is utterances by
^ haircM chiefs and by youths ami
maiden,s. If the talking man is «i clev¬
er fellow and understands his busi¬
ness. he Is the chief ruling power Imlfs
trjbe, although the nominal headship
archal lit fltj^ays jigurohend. vested In n chief or patri¬
Slow Suicide.
A, source of great evil among all
workers Is the widespread habit of
eating a hearty meal hurriedly when
the body Is in a state of exhaustion.
Toot often, alas, the e\Hl ls enhanced
by th 6 fact that the food ls Innutri*
tious. badly cooked aud clogging in
Itself. This Is one species of slow sut
cide, causing a long train of evils
which are usually, attributed to over¬
work. Now, it were better to go With¬
out food than to take It under these
conditions. Your dog knows Jjetter
than to eat when Be is tired, and If
you will watch him you will n otice
that he ls always reluctafit toTe’eiD
ticed into play after eating. Left to
himself he will take a nap, or at least
drop cafe for awhile and rest. Hu
manity might raise its standard of
health by following the example set
by the instincts of thb brute crea¬
tures.—Health Culture.
Queer Curd* of Stirev.it l.-nvjrr*.
N'ot all men of the Is* t -cofession
are content with tlie severe inscrip¬
tion on their cards to which etiquette
and custom usually coniine them. Art
Ohio lawyer who makes a specialty of
collect-ions calls attention to tills fact
by a novel device pflnted on his cards
and letter heads. Oti a great red splotch
intended to represent a drop of blood
are the words, “Claims collected in
cold blood," the capital "C” for the
three first letters of those words being
of sufficient size to encircle the other
words.
In Maryville, Mo., a lawyer presents
his portrait on his card, with the sug
gbstive motto: “He that Is not with
you is against you. See me early.”
■MONEY f0 LOAN.
I have arrauged to lend money In Bulloch, Sfflng
ham and Screven Counties on Improved farm lands
on five (51 y cal's’ time at eight (81 per cent Interest.
Can pay back any amount of principal at any time.
No loans made on less than 100 acres; no amounts
less than $200. Address
H. T. Mathews, Sylvania, Ga.
Farm Lands
For Sale Cheap.
185 acres in the 46th Dis¬
trict of Bulloch County, Ga
eight miles from Statesboro,
on Banks Creek, being part
of what is commonly known
as the Walker lands.
For further particulars
address:
Howard M. Smith,
Macon, Georgia.
Rote to Farmers:
I am prepared to furnish my patrons and
the public generally with guano again this
season. I handle only first-class goods, at
reasonable prices, and respectfully request
you to call on me before making your pur¬
chases in this line.
Messrs. S. C. Allen and lx H. Klngery are
associated with me, and will take pleasure
in serving you.
W. S. PREETORIUS, Statesboro, Ga.
a
Short Poem on Shoes
A few words said
Are quickly read.
Therefore we say:
WE SELL SHOES!
And tliat’s good news.
The above, though quite creditable as such, is not
intended so much for poetry as a simple statement of
fact. That fact we would keep ever before you—that
WE SELL SHOES! Try us once.
GROCERIES! GROCERIES!!
This is the season of the year when a little
well-regulated Grocery talk ought to be engaged in, for every
family is more or less interested in
Some good to eat—we have Groceries for sale also.
people become wedded to a grocer, and will buy
inferior goods from him rather than trade elsewhere;
but that is an imposition upon one’s palate.
The best is the cheapest in Groceries, and
The best is what we sell, always at right prices. Try us once!
Highest Prices Paid for all Kinds of Country Produce—Hides,
Tallow, Wax, Syrup, Eggs, Chickens—100 Bushels Shelled
Corn Wanted, for which highest Market Price will be Paid.
MRS. A. MOORE.
No. 2
FARM LOANS.
Brannen & Moore, States¬
boro, Ga., negotiate loans at
the lowest rates.
The Johnson House.
Permanent and transient
Boarders can get good ac
commodations at reasona
ble rates at the Johnson
House, on the Court House
square.
By flic month, $lo and $12.
Single Beals, 25 Cents.
A share of the public pat¬
ronage is solicited.
♦ ♦ ♦ Mrs; A. M. JOHNSON i ♦ ♦♦
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Proprietress*