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Great Salt Lake Drying Up.. Within fifty years from the pres ent time the" Great Salt Lake of Utah—the most remarkable body of water of its kind ii^ the world, says the Saturday Evening Post—will have ceased to exist. It will have dried up, and its place will be occu pied by an unattractive desert, save perhaps for a few irrigated, farms. Suob, at all events, is the opinion of geologists. Prof. W. J. McGee, of .Washing ton, remarked in a conversation the other day that half a century was an outside estimate for tho survival of the lake. He was inclined to think that it wolild be dried up twenty- five years from now. Already its waters show signs of receding from' the shores, and causes are in opera tion which lessen t,o a great extent the supplies furnished this curious inland sea by streams. The lake is about 75 miles long by half that in greatest breadth, being in shape somewhat irregular, and is rather shallow. There may be-places where it has a depth of as much as 100 feet, but over most of its area it is less than 50 feet deep. The reason why it is so salty is simply that it has no out let save through evaporation, and the streams through ag6S past have been carrying into it. The contrib uting streams are now beginning to be utilized on a. large scale for irri gation purposes, and thus the cus tomary water supply is being with held to some extent from the lake. Before long immense reservoirs will be constructed in the mountains to hold the storm waters during the rainy season, in order that they may be conserved and poured out over the fields in the dry time. Opera tions of this kind, conducted so ex tensively, must lower the level of the lake quite fast. Leads Them All. The Story of The Locomotive. “One Minute Cough Cure beats all other medicine I ever tried for coughs, colds, croup and throat and lung troubles,” says D. Scott Currin of Loganton, Pa. One minute Cough Cure is the only ab solutely safe cough remedy which acts immediately. Mothers every where testify t" the good it has done their little ones. Croup is so sudden in its attacks that the doctor often arrives too late. It yields at once to One Minute Cough Cure. Pleasant to take. Children like it. Sure cure for grip, bronchitis, coughs. Holfcz- claw’s drugstore. The latest theory in connection with drowning is that no water en ters the lungs, and that, properly applied, with artificial respiration, will resuscitate persons who have been under water an hour. This feat has been accomplished by. the doc tor who advances the theory. \ For biliousness use Chamber lain’s Stomach & Liver Tablets. They cleanse the stomach and regulate the liver and bowels, ef fecting a quick and permanent cure. For sale by all, dealers in Perry, Warren & Lowe, Byron. A H0M&.L1K& HOTEL HAYING LEASED THE Mulberry St., MACON, GA„ Next to Academy of Music, It is my purpose to conduct a hotel that will be home-like and satisfying to all guests. It is specially suitable for ladies or others visiting Macon for a day or longer. We Strive to Please. George S. Riley. GARDEN AND FIELD BEANS, CORN, ONION SETS, EARLY AMBER and ; , ORANGE SORGHUM. .KAFFIR CORN, j ’ PEANUTS, ’ WATERMELON, CANTALOUPE ‘ ^ w ^ ... ^ ... Stock and Poultry Powders. L. W. GRAY, Mag’v. 466 Poplar St. MACON, GA. Albany Herald, In the Philadelphia Record re cently Mr. John H. Converse tellB the story of the Baldwin Locomo tive Works, and, incidentallythe story of “The Development of the Iron horse” is told. The story is an interesting one. : The history of the locomotive in the United States practically covers the history of railroad achievements throughout the world. Without the locomotive there would have been no rail ways, Mr. Converse’s recital is a plaiii and unadorned marshalling of facts, covering a period of sev enty years, beginning.with the la- borous building of Mr.. Baldwin’s first locomotive in 1882, which cost a year’s toil, and traversing the vicessitudes and triumphs which end in the magnificent ac complishment of the present time, when with a plant covering thir ty-three acres of ground and em ploying 11,500 men and 7,000 horse power there is a constructive capacity of five locomotives per day for every work day in the year. It easily outruns the limit of the human imagination* when any one undertakes to compass and set forth the part the loco motive flayed in the advance of civilization in the latter years of the nineteenth century. It has compacted states by tying them together and making the surplus of ofie the supply of the other. It has bridged the continents. It has so cheapened the movement of men and of material as to bring all products to all markets. It has uplifted the masses by lowering the cost of living and facilitating the spread of intelli gence. Perhaps the Surest test of its benificent contribution to the sum of- human comfort an$ hap piness would be realized 'if we should undertake the conception of how we should get along with out it. Items^of Interest. The Consumption Of Liquor. The consumption of spirituous liquors for drink in the United States is gradually diminishing, whSn considered in comparison with the increase of population. The official reports show that the average production and importa tion of distilled spirits for the entire country do not amount to , \and 90,000,000 gallons .a year from this not less than ten per cent must be deducted for spirits used in manufactures and the arts. This would leave a little over a gallon for drink to each head of the population in a year, which is far below the average in Great Britain, France and Ger many. The fact is apparent that the consumption | of spirits for drink in the United States is far from keeping pace with the in crease of population. While some drink more than their share of liquor, a temperance reform is silently but steadily in progress among the masses of 'the Ameri can people.—Ex. Don’t Fail To Try This. Whenever an honest trial is giv en'to Eleqtrict Bitters , for any trouble it is recommended for a per mane lit cure will surely be ef fected. It never fails to tone the stomach, regulate the kidneys and bowels, stimulate the liver, invig orate the nerves and purify the blood, It’s a wonderful tonic for run-down systems, j Electrict Bit ters positively cures Kidney and Liver Troubles, Stomach Disor ders, Nervousness, Sleeplesness, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, and ex pels Malaria. Satisfaction guar anteed. Holtzclaw’s drugstore. Only 50 cents. The Atlanta Journal says: “We are reliably informed that Hon. E. L. Rainey, of The Daw son News, proposes to introduce a bill in the next house to pre vent the drinking of "liquor jpn the capital premises. He holds to the opinion that a man who does not like. liquor well enough _ to walk down town for a drink oughtn’t to have it.” fill REST UADRWADC M “ Fire escapes were first made in Paris in 1761. Dog lovers in Berlin have to pay a tax of $5 a year on each of their pets. Stamps are first mentioned by Sy- nesius, Bishop of Oyrene, about 300 A. D. |j If Hardware, - Harness, - Saddlery. Full line Agricultural Implements. Great Britain now produces scarce ly enough anthraoite coal for home consumption. Gold prospectors in Alaska say they can go farther and accomplish more hard work on rice and* bacon than on any other ration. People usually live longer in isl ands and: small peninsulas than on continents. Barbadoes, Greece, Ma deira and the Shetlands are all fa vorable to long life. Arabic is the sacred language of 200.000. 000 people who dwell in all quarters of the globe, and at least 2.000. 000 are now under the care of the United States in the Philippines The wasp is an insect highway man. Wasps have often been ob served to rob bees while those in dustrious workers, laden with the fruits of an expedition, are return ing to the hive. In the Gulf of Mexico there is an island where the beache's change color twice daily with the tides. Wheu uncovered the sands are pur ple, but the inflowivg tide speedily transforms them to gold. Typhoid fever in South Africa has been spread largely by means which sanitation could not cope with, the germs being conveyed into food and water by flies and by the dust which pervades everything. Owing to the tax on cocoa being but a penny a pound, while that on tea is sixpence, the former beverage is rapidly gaining in popularity in England. A further tax on cocoa is now suggested. The government of the Malay Pe ninsula is planting gutta percha trees on a large scale and it will not be necessary to cut them down, as gutta-percha can now be extracted from the leaves and twigs without injury to the trees. Of Kentuckians but 2.4 per cent are wage earners. The largest num ber of these are employed in railway shops. The number occupied in the production of liquor, spirituous and malt, is but 1,703—a falling ofi of 800 from a year ago. Ex-soldiers will in future be em ployed as clerks in all departments of the British war office. Preference will be given to such as possess first- class certificates of education, or have been invalided from active ser vice by wounds or sickness. The Bank of Netherlands is n'6w lending $5,000,000 less than it did one year ago, the Bank of Italy $5,-' 660,000 less, the Austro-Hungarian Bank $17,450,000 less, the Imperial German Bank $16,450,000 less, and the Bank of Spain $26,000,000 less. The 2,500 inmates of the New York almshouse last year were fed at a per capita of. about 10 cents a dfty. Thos& persons lived on bread and coffee for breakfast, bread and stew for dinner and bread and tea for supper, without sugar, butter or vegetation. Of what does a had taste in your mouth remind you? It in dicates that your stomach is in bad condition and ’ will remind you that there is nothing so gopd for'such a disorder as Chamber lain’s Stomach & Liver Tablets after having once used them.They cleanse and invigorate the stom ach and regulate the bov/els. For sale at 25 cents per box by all dealers in Perry, Warren & Lowe, Byron. BEST GOODS. # CLOSEST PHICK. . Harness Repairs a speciality. ‘MACON, CFORG 463-465 Third St, OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE I ha STATE ASSOCIATION. Subscription Price 50c, a Year. —ADDRESS GA, POULTRY HERALD, VALDOSTA GEORGIA. The Herald FREE one year to every Home Journal subscriber who pays 41.50 striotly in advance. C, H UHN, wm ) DEALER IN SPORTING GOODS.: Hi Bicycles, Baseball Goods, Fishing Taoklej Guns, Pistols, etc. Hand some Spfecialties, Pocket and Table Cutlery, Mechanics’ Tools. Repairing of Guns* Bicycles, Etc. 520 MULBERRY ST. . - MAOON, GEORGIA ■ » r ■ In ordej.’ to prevent suicides on the Central London Railway the company has removed the planking at its various stations between the central rail and the line next the platform. Any one who jumps in front of a train must, it is stated, fall into the recess thus formed. Roa Jtliy Kidneys Mean Long Life. If you want to restore, ypur kidneys, to their former healthy state,' take Smith’s Sure Kidney Cure. 50 cents at Cater’s Drugstore. Subscribe for The Home Joprnal. If You Suffer from Kidney Troubles Use Smith’s Sure Kidney Cure. Noth ing like it for diseased kidneys. 50 cents, at Oater’s Drugstore, The trouble with the man who knows it all is he can’t prove it. This signature is on every box of the genuine Laxative Brom(HQuiiiine , r»biet» j the remedy that emrea a cold in one day. toy Infants and Children -t-..:, HsUf.. AVfegetablePrepQrfltM"' !hr As similating Ihe Food hi 1 .. ula- ling the Stomachs anclll Promotes Digeslion.CheerfuL ness and Rest.Contains neither Opium,Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NAI*C OTIC. Jhtye of OlH Hr SAMUEL PITCHER Pump/sin SauL' Rochelle clause Seed —'TpSead- mg tecy/een- Flavor. Aperfecl Remedyfor Constipa tion , Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Feverish ness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Facsimile Signature oP NEW YORK. * A.(. for. i ri o 111 li «w ol tj ■s' \ 1) if. isfr>i» : EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. 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