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... ' ■ Mm te Sl|j i ■ Wi te gSraS Wm §m \ Y Oil for Fuel. Savannah Nowa. One of the effects of the. c&al strike is tso turn the attention of manufacturers, railroad and steamship men to oil as a fuel. Just now a great deal of soft coal is being used in New York city. The smoke from this coal is so objectionable that there is a gen eral protest against it, Manufac turers are therefore experiment ing with oil, and they are finding * it so satisfactory that it is thought that in a comparatively short time most of the factories in that city using Steam power will be using oil as fuel. It is said by manufacturers now using oil that they will never go back to coal, even if coal should be cheaper af ter the strike thap it was before. One manufacturer who was in terviewed in regard to oil said that he had equipped some of his boilers for burning oil, and that lie was equipping the others as fast, as he could. He claimed that with oil he could maintain a steady and uniform heat under a boiler, something he could not de withooal. Besides, it requires less labor to feed the fire with Oil and the fire can be turned on and off at a moment’s notice. That is the cannot be dona when coal fuel. And it is found that oil costs less than coal. The manufactur er interviewed said that he Was paying the Standard Oil Compa ny $1.05 per barrel now for crude petroleum, and at that price oil was the cheaper, but he expeotpd, lie said, to get oil from Texas in a short time at 50 or 60 cents a barrel. At that price oil, it will be readily seen, is much cheaper than coai. A ship owner was also inter viewed in regard to oil as a fuel, and he said that of 'the eight steamers under his control one ‘ had been Changed to an oil burn er and the others were being changed. It will be seen from the forego ing that the strike is bringing oil into use as fuel, Of course, if there had been no strike oil v would have gradually made its way into general use, but the strike has given it an impetus that threatens to greatly lessen the demand for coal in the imme diate future. ' — — Reason in the Hawkers’ Yell. “Hi-ee! lii-oel” jittered in a rather harsh voice is the strange cry with which an aged oolored man in Chestnut street oalls at- f tention to his roses and carna tions, says the Philadelphia.Rec- ■ ord. Some one asked him the other day why he yelled, “Hie- ee! hie’eel” instead of “Here y’' are, fresh flowers!” or something equally sensible and apropos. “ Weir,” the old man replied, “I used to yell good plain common sense when I was young in the business, but I found out by ex perience that the crazier and fool- isher my. yell was the more trade came to me. ‘Pine ropes, 50 cents a dozeul’ is, you see, a yell that don’t muoh attract the people’s attention. They pass right on by without thinking of it at all. But ‘Hoop-la!’ or ‘Hie-yee’! is odd and silly, and when they bear suoh an idiotic sound, the people look at you' and notice that you are selling flowers, and maybe they buy a bunch. I know ; one hian w,ho calls ‘Murder 1’ or ‘Green shirts!’ or any silly thing he happens to think of, and you wouldn’t believe how-the people laugh at him, 1 aud liow many flowers he sells.” „ A Steal Friend. “I suffered from dyspepsia and ■ indigestion for fifteen years,’’says W. T. Sturdevant of Merry Oaks, N. C. “After I had tried many doctors and medicines to no avail one of my friends persuaded: me, to try Kodol. It gave immediate relief. I can eat almost anything I want now and my digestion is. ‘ good. I cheerfully recommend Kodol.” Don’t try- to cure 'stom ach trouble by dieting. That on ly further weakens the' system. “You need wholesome, strengthen ing food. Kodol enables you to assimilate what, you eat by digest ing it without the - stomach’s aid, Holtzclaw’s drugstore. Subscribe for, the Home Journal Hope for the Future. The Pretoria correspondent of the London Times before the Boer sarrender, complacently summed up the results of the war in say ing that England has “practical ly captured, killed or wounded a whole nation.” The correspon dent was apprehensive of the fu ture, however, and advocated im portant concessions to the defeat ed race such as a pledge of local self-government on and after a fixed date. Otherwise, “bitter ness will gradually grow up—that awful bitterness of a Boer who will, nurse his resentment for years—ancl we shall have a big population hating us with a deep and deadly hatred, all the more dangerous because it is ponceal- ed.” The British ministry, and especially King Edward, have shown an appreciotion of this fact by their liberal terms to the Boers," which, if thVBritish news reports from South Africa .are honest, show, that the Boers are as well satisfied as a conquered people can be with the terms im posed. The test will come when the new' machinery of civil aud miliary government gets in oper ation, and the 25,000 Boer pris oners in distant camps return to their homes, and the men and women of the concentration camps join them. There, is no doubt of the fact that the Boers, have won the respect of the Brit ish army and people, and this will go a long way in the direc tion of a peaceable solution; A Business Parable. / One farmer had 1,800 bushels of corn, which he sold not only to a single merohant but to 1,800 different merchants, a bushel each. A few of them paid him the cash, but far the greater num ber said it was not convenient then, but would pay later. A few months past and the man’s bank account ran low. “How is this?” he said. “My 1,800 bushels of grain would have kept me in affluenoe until another crop was raised.” “S-» lie posted up a notice and asked those that owed him to pay quickly,but few came. The rest said, “Mine is only a small matter, and I will pay him one of these,days.” Things went on thus. The man got to feeling so badly that he fell out of bed and awoke,' aud running to his granary found 1,- 800 bushels safe there. He had only been dreaming and had not sold his corn at all. Moral'—Next day the man went to the publisher of his paper and said: “Here, sir, is.the pay for your paper, aud when your next year’s,subscription is due you can depend oil me to pay it promptly. I stood in position of an editor last night, and I know how it feels to have one’s honesty earned mon ey scattered all over the country in small amounts.—Ex. \ Road It in His Newspaper. George Schaub, a well-known German citizen of New Lebanon, Ohio, is a constant reader of the Dayton Yolkszeitung. He knoivs that this paper aims to advertise only the best in its columns, and when he saw Chamberlain’s Pain Balm advertised therein for lame back, lie did not hesitate in buy ing a bottle of it:for his wife,who for eight weeks had suffered with the most terrible pains'in her back and could get no relief. He says: “After using the Pain Balm for a few days my wife said to me, ‘I feel as though born anew,’ and before.using the* entire contents of the bottle the unbearable pains had entirely vanished and she -could agai'n take up her house hold duties.” He is very thank ful and'hopes that all suffering likewise will.hear oilier wonder ful recovery. This valuable lini ment is for sale by all dealers in Perry, Warren & Lowe, Byron. ■ T , Am observer who claims to know what he is talking about declares that 28 per cent, of the habitual drunkards in London are women. That, sho.ws how much more a man can stand than a women can, and not be drunk.—Mont. Ad. To Cure a Cold in On| Day- Take Laxative Btohio Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove’s signature on each box.25c. Senator Bacon as a Cook. United States Senator Augus tus O. Bacon, ,or Georgia, who has been taking a! very prominent part in the senate debates, is one. of the most dignified members of that assembly. He never seeks in his speeches to provoke the mirth of his colleagues. His grav ity is not studied, but natural, says the Philadelphia Post. "‘Even in his social moments he rarely indulges in humor,” said Congressman John W. Mad dox, of the same state, who was speaking admirably of the sena tor’s ability in statesmanship. “Senator Bacon is fond of hunt ing aud fishing,” continued Mr. Maddox, “and last year I bad the pleasure of accompaning him on an outing. The senator would listen to funny stories, but only once did he venture to tell one himself. That one, however, was so good that we haveu’t got over laughing at it yet. “One day I. caught a big yellow legged terrapin. The senator was delighted, and stayed in camp the next day to superintend the soup-making. The soup was de licious, aud we said so unreserv edly. Even the senator told his story. In preparing the terrapin he had assisting him a colored man of the neighborhood, whom we had employed. The man didn’t know us, and never dream ed that the man in rough raiment presiding over the steaming kettle was a United States senator. “The colored man was given a bowl of soup, and smacked his lips and otherwise displayed his sense of bliss. “You like the soup, do you George?” asked the senator. “’Deed I do,” was the v reply. Then ha added: ‘Say, boss, I’d like to ax you a little question. “ ‘What is it?’ responded the senator. ‘Go ahead.’ “ ‘I’d like to know,’ said the darkev, between eager sips of the terrapin soup, ‘is you jes a plain o io| or is you a steward? ‘Foh ymi do cert’nly know yore busij ne.sa.’ ” In some of the Swiss valleys the inhabitants are all afflicted with goitre or “thick neck. ” In stead of regarding this as a de formity they seem to think it a natural feature of physical devel opment, and tourists passing through the valleys are some times jeered by the goitrous in habitants, because they are with out this offensive swelling. Thus a form of disease may become so common that it is regarded as a natural and necessary condition of life. It is so, to a large extent, with what are called diseases of women. Every woman suffers more or. less from irregularity, ulceration, debilitating drains, or female weakness, and this suf fering is so common and so uni versal shat many women accept it as a condition natural and neces sary to their sex. But it is a con dition as unnatural as it is unnec essary. The use of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription strengthens the delicate womanly organs and' regulates the womanly functions, so that woman is practically de livered from the pain and misery which eat up ten years of her life —between the ages of fifteen and forty-five. “Favorite Prescrip tion” makes weak women strong and sick women well. The Philadelphia Ledger re marks upon it as beiug some what curious that the Boers and Britons, after the declaration of peace, fraternized and sang the same songs that were sung by the Union and Confederate soldiers under similar circumstances thir ty seven years ago-: “Home Sweet Home,” “Auld Lang Syne” and “Hard Times JCome Again No More.” But sentiment now is pretty much the some: as it was then. There'is in the human breast the same love of peace and home that there was formerly. : — ■ ■ •, My little son had an attack of whooping cough and was threat ened wit,h pneumonia; but for Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy we would have had a serious time of it. It also saved him from‘sever al severe attacks of croup.—H. J. Striclcfad'en, editor World Her ald, Fair HaVen j Wash. For sale by all dealers in Perry, Warren, k Lowe) Byron. ? Y WE SELL ' Harvesting Machinery, Disc Plows, Harrows, Hay Presses, Buggies, Wagons, Harness, Laprobes, &c We sail quote you some mighty low prices now. A big lot Second-Hand Buggies at your own price. THE WILLIAMS BUGGY COMPANY, ♦ . 4 • . i. * MACON, GEORGIA. i - *• ;:4 OFFER!! ■A t I 6 - enn^EEO \V ' ‘-V V' , •*2122313? whiskey For mnny y ears we havo sold our Whlsklos and Cigars to Wholesalers only andburbrandsareproferredbythem.astheyaroeuperlortoallothers. In I ordor to give the Consumer tho bonefit of tho largo profits of Dealer and Middleman, we havo decided to now soil direct to the Consumer our Most Popular Brands of Whiskies and Cigars at loss than wholesale prices. 14- BE A UJ-IF U t.P.B 1IESJE R Ef onkwui/gkt^iikm^m With every quart bottle of our famous 10 year old Queen CltyClub Pure Bye and ono box of our Justly celebrated genuine Cuban Hand-Made lOe elear Havana Cuban Speelals.we will give ADSOMJTKLY FREK ono of tho hand- , earnest open face, extTa heavy nlokol Gent's Watches nado.tno ladys) stem wind and set, genuine American movomont and case, best timekeeper on earth, does not tarnish and will last a lifetime, 1 extra line Vienna Moor* | Whiskey and Cigars ln-f|iI|I V°©0 O'! 0.0. D. with privllegoof ex- eluding tho 14 prizes for UHL I QusO I amlnatlon, while Whiskey and Cigars alone cost more thnn we ask for the entire lot. Our Whiskey ts an Absolutely Pure 10 year old Bye and our Cigars genuine Cuban hand- uede.clear Havana,made In our own factory! These cigars are far bettor __ ga, than anything ever advortl6od before. Wo Guarantee tho goods and reWlaaMMMiaB-iJH the money If not EDCE I An Extri Premium of an elegant Pocket knife with two blades, l cork-screw, 1 cigar outwr and! unrepresented. TIICC t glass cutter, If *3.97 is sent in advance with otdeT. Goods sont In plain package. Write for wholesale Price Lists of Liquors and Cigars. Responsible agents wanted. Order to-day, V. 8. DISTILLER'S DISTRIBUTING GO.—Dept. O., 431 North Clark St., Chicago, Ills KEEP POSTED CONCERNING:— Houston County Affairs • ; , , * ; \ . . ^ ? ■ ' :■ - BY READING \ “* HOME JOURNAL. THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. We strive to make the pajber a welcome visitor to every household, thereby deserving patronage, Snbscription Price $1.50 a Year, j ' ‘ .7, • • ' • ■ .-..i-. V- .V /1 Liberal reduction for cash one l year in .advance. 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