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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 | - • 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 &#1 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. - . 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*