Newspaper Page Text
*7 i »r s •.' ;h f \ Jp.VvS ; j£*jSjl K<r 4 'f’v ^ .’’ ^ * y'‘\\ 'V' > \ '"
:;
Dolly's First Sail.
‘"Don’t forget, Dolly, you must
steer properly or else you’ll upset
your boat, and if you did that I
could never take you for a sail
again.
A Dumb Parrot.
Hetty Green recently bought a
parrot of a bird fancier of no par
ticular standing. The man war
ranted the bird to be a splendid talk
er, but Mrs. Green found after some
months that it never made a sound
approaching the semblance of
word. She called on the bird fan
cier and demanded an explanation.
“Well, ma’am,” said that worthy,
“that there bird was brought up in
my humble home, and I expect when
it went to your residence and saw all
the beautiful, luxurious surround
ings it was struck dumb with sur
prise. I dare say it won’t ever talk
again, but that ain’t no ways my
fault, so I can’t take it back.”
New York Times.
:
FOR THE LITTLE ONES.
The Fashion 3preads.
“Oh, doctor,” moaned the suffer
ing young woman, “I have such an
excruciating pain in my side!”
“Um—yes. What seems to be the
nature of the pain ?” asked the phy
sician. “Does it cover the side, or is
it confined to one spot ?”
“It seems to be scattered all over,”
explained the patient; “just as if it
were in a hundred little spots all at
once.”
“Ah,” mused the physician, “this
corroborates my theory of the in
fluence of current fashions upon the
human system. You have what we
would colloquially term a drop stitch
in the side.”—Judge.
How ^ Bright Boy May Perform Mag
ic With a Siphon.
Here is a little feat that any boy
can perform and yet it looks like a
trick of a magician. If you wish to
entertain a company with it, tell
them that you have a bottle and a
goblet, both full, to the brim of wa
ter, and that you are going to emp
ty the goblet by means of the bottle
without taking a drop of water from
the latter.
This is the way to prepare for it:
With a redhot wire bore two holes
through a cork and into them in
sert two straws, one of them extend
ing above the cork as high as the
goblet is deep, the other about twice
as high.
Now, with a little kneaded bread
or wax close the upper end of the
shorter straw and then force the
cork into the mouth of the bottle
until the water spurts out through
the longer straw.
Meanwhile you have the goblet of
water on the table near you and also
a basin or bowl and a pair of scis
sors. Hold the goblet over the basin
with your left hand and with your
right hand turn the bottle upside
down, putting the shorter straw in
side the goblet. As you do this have
some one take the scissors and cut
off the closed end of the shorter
straw. Water will at once begin to
run out of the longer straw into the
basin and will continue to run until
the goblet is empty. You must, of
course, hold the bottle so that the
short straw will reach down to the
bottom of the goblet.
This is simply the operation of a
siphon.
The Southern Cultivator
is the best Agricultural m gazine
published in the South, and is is
sued twice a month.
We will furnish the Cultivator
and the Home Journal one year
for $1.75, cash in advance. Send
subscriptions to this office.
WANTED—SEVERAL INpUSTRIOUS PER-
SONS in each state to travel for house estab-
liioed eleven years anti with a large capital, to
call on merchants and agents for successful
and profitable line,
ekly cash salar;
Weekly
pensea and hotel
week. Experience not essential. Mention refer
ence and enclose self-addressed envelope. to30
THE NATIONAL, 334 Dearborn St., Chicago.
ESTABLISHED IN 1881.
THE OLDEST WHISKEY HOUSE
IN GEORGIA.
Curious Habits of Spiders.
The water spider carries air down
with it when it dives. Dr. McCook
saw one remain forty-five minutes
under ,the water.
One water spider builds a nest un
der the water attached to the stem
of some plant and in the shape of a
diving bell, with the opening down
ward. It fills this bell with air by
taking down a bubble at a time.
Coming to the surface, it incloses
an air bubble under its body and in
stantly descends. Getting under the
nest, the bubble is allowed to escape
into it, arid this process continues
until the nest is full of air. The
CONDENSED STORIES.
A Lawyer Squelohed by a Nation For
a Writ of Habeas Corpus.
“When I was a boy,” remarked T.
E. Ryan of Waukesha as he caught
sight of some old patriarchs -who
sent him into the retrospective mood,
‘T went into the circuit court room
in Madison, where George B. Smith
and I. S. Sloan, two of the greatest
lawyers of their day, were trying a
case as opponents. Mr. Sloan had a
habit of puncturing his address to
the court with the expression, ‘Your
honor, I have an idea.’ The case
had been dragging its weary length
through the hours of a warm sum
mer day, when Mr, Sloan said:
“‘Your honor, I have an idea’—
“Mr. Smith sprang to his feet, as
Burned a dignified position and with
ft--- -‘1-
all solemnity imaginable said:
“ ‘May it please the court, I move
that a writ of habeas corpus be is
sued by this cou'rt immediately to
take the learned gentlemans idea
out of solitary confinement.’
“The judge smiled, the lawyers
laughed, the spectators burst forth
in a round of applause, and Mr.
Sloan was effectively squelched.”—
Milwaukee Sentinel.
A Thirsty Party.
Bishop Coleman of Delaware takes
a long walking trip every summer.
Usually he goes alone, but on one
occasion several gentlemen accom
panied him.
On an August afternoon they
stopped, very warm and thirsty, at
H ■'I—f —
spider then lays its eggs there, in-
ilo ■
closed in a cocoon, and leaves them
for the young to grow in this under
water palace, safe from all flying
foes.
When these water spiders are seen
under water they look like balls of
shining silver. Little bubbles of
air seem to cling among the hairs
of their bodies. As spiders, like
insects, breathe the air at little holes
along the whole length of the body,
they can easily make use of these
bubbles of air for breathing.
The Wily Giraffe.
Perhaps the most difficult of all
wild animals to capture is the f gi-
raffe. In addition to being very
rare, giraffes are exceedingly timid
and are very swift footed. There is
no special way to capture a giraffe,
as almost every way has been tried,
and all have been almost equally
unsuccessful. The method which
has occasionally resulted in a cap
ture is by using a long cord, at each
end of which is a round weight.
This cord is thrown by the hunter
in such a manner as to wind round
the animal’s legs, either bringing it
to ground or rendering it incapable
of escaping before it is made a pris
oner. Most of the giraffes in captiv
ity have been caught by chance
when young.
Old Sharpe Williams, guaranteed
eight, years old; by the gallon, $3.00;
four full quarts $8.50 express prepaid.
George J. Coleman Rye, guaranteed
six years old; by the gallon $2.75, four
full quarts $3.00 express prepaid.
Anvil Rye, guaranteed four years old;
by the gallon $2.50, four full quarts $.75
express prepaid.
Clifford Rye, by the gallon $2.25,
four full quarts $2.50 express prepaid.
Old Kentucky Corn, guaranteed eight
years old; by the gallon $3.00, four full
quarts $3.25 express prepaid.
Old Pointer Club Corn, guaranteed
four years old; by the gallon $2,50, four
full quarts $2.75 express prepaid.
We handle all the leading, brands of
Rye and Bourbon Whiskies in the mar
ket, and will save you from twenty-five
to fifty per cent, on your purchases.
Send for Price List and catalogue.
Mailed free upon , application.
As an Economic Question.
“What is that, porterhouse steak
worth?” asked the professor.
The butcher weighed it.
“Eighty-five cents,” he said.
“Well,” sighed the professor, “I’ll
take it, but cannibalism would be
cheaper.”—Chicago Tribune.
Altmgiyeir & Flaftau Liquor Co.,
608.5081510^12 Fourth Street;
Macon, Georgia.
Ban a Ten Penny Nail Through
His Hand.
While opening a box, J. C
Mount, of Three Mile Bay, N. Y*
ran a ten penny nail through the
fleshy part of his hand. “I thought
at once of all the pain and sore
ness this would cause me,” he
pnv 0 . “nnd immediately applied
Chaini'vrIain’s Pain Balm and
Occasionally afterwards. To my
surprise it removed all pain and
soreness and the injured parts
we're soon healed.” For sale by
all druggists;
llxe Place To
Staple Groceries, Stock Feed, Farm
Supplies, Bagging and Ties
is where the stock is complete, the goods of best quality
and the prices right.
a
MY STORK IS OF HAT KIND.
I invite the farmers of Houston county, and other readers
of the Home Journal, to give me a share
of their patronage.
GOODS GUARANTEED TO BE AS REPRESENTED*
T. E. MERRITT,
111, 453 & 455 Third St.
MACON, GA,
II l|IM > m i ■■■■■ ^ jy l| | ^ I
Jr=L. Xj.
Oil. Second andfjPoplar Scs. MACON* G-A
MIDDLE GEORGIA AGENCY FOR
AMERICAN FIELD AND HOD FENCE
4*
! 1
9
3!»
IN.
s
39
IN.
't
C«
,JN.
1
a
, W
,?N.
Foil
'•%
s
vtl
T!
■*.
Kk
Regular Style
Stays ia in. or 6 In. apart
Spoclal Hog, Horse and Cattle Stylo
Stays ia In. or 6 In. apart
Made of large, strong, high-grade steel wires, heavily galvanized.
Amply provides for expansion and contraction. Is practically ever
lasting. Never goes wrong, no matter how great a strain is put on it.
Does not mutilate, but does, efficiently, turn cattle, horses, hogs
and pigs.
EVERY ROD OF AMERICAN FENCE GUARANTEED
by the manufacturers and by us. Call and see it. Can show you how
it will save you money and fence your fields so they will stay fenced.
FOR:
Biliousness.
r The liver must be gently stirred so^
r thatthe bile will be thrown off In the right’
'channel; the system must be invigorated^
“ONE would think, gentlemen, that
YOU HAD NEVER BEEN WEANED.”
farmhouse and bought several
quarts of milk. This did not as
suage their thirst; therefore they
bought more milk. Even now,
though, they were unsatisfied, so
the farmer’s wife fetched from the
spring house no less than three gal
lons of milk in a pail. Setting this
before them, she said:
“One would think, gentlemen,
that you had never been weaned.”
L that completely does the work without shocl^
( or injury to any part of the system.
COMPLETE TREATMENT
m
25 doses 25 cents
at all dealers. ■
Bismarck and Beaconsfield.
In his biographical sketches Mr.
Bryce repeats a remark attributed
to Bismarck at the congress of Ber
lin, who is reported to have said of
Lord Beaconsfield, “Der alte Jude,
das ist der mann!” (“The old Jew,
he’s the man!”) says the London
Chronicle. This is the first time one
has heard of that mot, and it is
doubtful whether Bismarck ever
gave utterance to it. But what is
authentic and certain is that at one
of his parliamentary soirees, when
asked whom he considered to have
been the ablest plenipotentiary al
the congress, the chancellor replied,
after a little reflection, “I don’t
know about the ablest, but certain
at least the second ablest was Lord
Beaconsfield.” The prince’s inter
rogator inferred that be had made
mental reservation of the first place
at the congress for himself.
Gained Forty Pounds in Thirty Days.
For several months our young
er brother had been troubled with
indigestion. He tried several rem
edies but got no benefit from
them. We purchased some of
Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liv-
TabMs and he contme'nced
Drawing-Room Vestibule Sleeping Cars!
BETWEEN BIRMINGHAM. COLUMBUS. ATLANTA, MACONi AUGUSTA
AND SAVANNAH. OA.. AND BETWEEN ATLANTA AND ALBANY. GA.
er
tfckins 1 Pfrn. Inside of thirty
day? lie hud gained for'v pounds;
in flesh, ife'i's now fully recov
ered. We have a good trade on
the Tablets.—HoiiLBY Bros., Mer-
:cb&nts, Long Branfeh, M‘0. For
sale by all druggists.
Pullman Sleeping Cars
BETWEEN ST LOUIS, NASHVILLE. CHATTANOOGA. ATLANTA.
MACON. GA.. AND JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
Parlor Cars on Day Trains
BETWEEN ATLANTA. MACON AND SAVANNAH. OA.
W. A. WINBURN,\ U. C. HAILt. s
m
m