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Tncrear>' i he Beauty
and Yah; e of Your
Farm and Home 20fa
(A Vera ft iters* e St* to tlmn'ing,
rtfortnl by rcul 0iiut4 Jeultrt.)
The pi an tine of f?*. fruit aa-l ornamental
treca will quickly uht-.iv the valite of your
home in accordame ?ith the percentage quoted..
At small cost y?u may hsva j>ec?n, persimmon
?nd liK treat that will a?>?n yxld a piafit.
Rosea, flowering ut?i ub? and viae? are inex
trnsive. Tlicy add l.-auty and valu? t? tli?
ime and pleasure to the uwaer.
Everythinf needed to Ixaut'fy your lioca?
grounds and itarHen ui 1 tried in *ur acw il
lustrated catalogue. It will be mailed fra#
on request. Writs for it tuday.
GRIFF ING'S
INTERSTATE NVRSKRIBS ^
Jacksonville, 1-lurid*
WANTED? uVi tilizer A sent
for Perry aui Houston County
wanted by lar.;o fertilizer com
pany. Brand* w??|| known every
where. Com pain in business over
fifty years. A?Mr?s* X care Hous
ton Home Jourua'. Pnrry (in.
6 6 6
Is a prescription for
Golds, Gx*ipp?t Dengue,
Headaches, Constipation,
Hill' >usness.
It is tbe " ? ?i>* i?'ly remedy
\v ? .low.
HONi i O LOAN
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Re^i Katuiu ? umuifMion,
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Guaranteed hosiery, samples
your size fre<- to agents. Write for
proposition p^ing $75,00 weekly
iull time, $ .50 m hour spare time
selling guaranteed hosiery to wear
or; must we;u or replaced free.
Quick sales, repeat orders- Inter
uational Stocking Mills, 3154,
Norristown, I'a.
Pyorrhea
AtAOAOflfM^trn In ft few hours. If
>UU suffer from Pyor
rhea, euro anil spongy giwns, loose teeth
?ir othor inouth irritations, 1 wnnt to
???ml you my simple home treatment un
4lt-r plain wraprer. Thousands say It
stopped Pyorrhea after everything elso
failed. Alertly Bend ntiroe for generous
10 day free trial offer of iuy secret treat
ment and rid yourself of your trouble for
pood. KINO RBMBDIES CO., 60S Gate
way Station, Kanunp City, Missouri.
Toll's Pills
Unequal cd cm an
Mm-BiUOUS MEMCME
?timuUt? torpid lirer, atrenxtben
dl*eutiTo or cans, regulate the
bowel*, teller? tick headache.
MOB1LOIL >vns need in Aero
piano? Hying rotrnd the world
and if you want the best get it
from the Standard Oil Company
or McLendon Auto Company,
iperry Ga.
?FOR SALE The W L Henry
home on Macon street with al'
to o tern equipment. Apply to A
? Smonk, Parry, Ga
Acetylene Welding-at
McLendon Auto Co
?Call in and get our new low
?ricea on those good Ooadyear
Tires. McLendon Auto Co.
DUNCAN * NUNN
A'JtrUf* A C*nae?U?ri at Law.
t F/aetico ia AH Cvorta.
? PKRItY, OA
?FOR RENT?Two rooms and a
??nail kitchen. Apply Mrs. Z. T.
MiHlsbrwks, Pe?ry, ft*.
Eddie Pops the
Question
By JULIUS B. SMITH
1V26. Wviturn Kew?p?y?r Union.)
uXriOLKT Is sweet! Violet 1?
* tempting 1
Violet would l>e my bride. . . ."
There In* stuck for a rhyuie and fin
Ished it in prose:
"If I Just had nerve enough to ask
tier."
Then, as doubt rame upon him, hr
ndded : "Maybe she wouldn't have me."
He eyed what he had written, mused
upon It for u while, then pulled the
sheet from his baby typewriter and
inserted it In Its proper place in a
loosoleaf book across the cover ot
which was lettered In gilt the word
"Diary."
Turning back the record leaves of
his most intlmnte thoughts, he read
page after page of ravings about bis
Violet, then c'osed the book with a
sigh. Also he elosed his eyes and
leaned back in his easy chair, to day
dream. If he Just had the courage.
A cool breeze blew through the
op??n window against Ills b-ow. S?me
thlng struck him In the face. Lie
dragged himself from the land of
Morpheus and discovered it wns Just
a prank of the wind?a paper, a sheet
of common, ordinary newspaper.
He commenced folding up the pa
per, then his eye caught a heading:
MAN PROPOSES TO WOMAN IN
HIS SLEUP
Somnambulist Sued for Breach of
Promise?Denies He Knows Any
thing About It?Jilted Female Wants
S?0,000 Heart B ,:m.
His eyes widened as he read. An
I lea slowly evolved in his brain. He
would do it; yes sir. he would do It.
He said as much aloud. With fever
ish activity, he went across the room
to a bookcase and took down from Its
shelves a prominent hook on autosug
gestion. He'd try It out on Violet.
He'd propose to her In Ids sleep.
He read and read and rend . . .
"ITou must go to sleep; you must go
to sleep; you must then go to Violet's
home and propose to her; you must
give her the ring you've been carrying
hround in your vest pocket for weeks."
Hours later he awoke. He tried to
recall just what It wns all about . . .
then he remembered?he had Intended
proposing to Violet in his sleep. He
wondered if he had done so?If the
experiment had worked. He felt In
his pocket fo the ring?it was gone.
His eye espied a typewritten sheet
In his portable machine; it wns the
very page of the diary he had last
written. Then he saw added the post
script:
"I've Just been over to see Violet;
proposed; gave her the ring; we're to
be married Immediately?she will tell
me when."
That was nil; businesslike and to
the point. He'd done it; he hud pro
posed in his sleep; had come back and
written an account of It.
With a whoep of Joy, he landed on
his feet and rushed for the telephone,
and told Violet he'd be right over.
He drove to the heme of his sweet
heart, found her awaiting him. She
proudly held out her hand, his ring
upon It scintillating in the bright sun
light. He gathered her Into his arms.
"When shall we be married?" he asked.
"This very afternoon," she told 1dm.
And they were.
The mountain breezes were fanning
their cheeks as they sped along. "Do
you know," he told her. "I have n
confession to make. When I proposed
to you, I was not awake." And he
went on to fell her all about it.
"She laid her band upon his arm. *
"Ami I, too, have a confession to
make," she said. "You won't he cross
with me, will you. Eddie dear? 1 was
outside your window when the paper
blew in that awoke you?in fact, I
held it and let the wind blow it
against you. I was Just playing a
prank. You were sleeping so peace
fully it seemed almost a shame to
disturb you. I dodged to ofce side
when I had done it. and then you be
gan talking, talking to yourself, and
you said things that sounded so?so
rapturous to my ears?nnd when you
read something in that paper about a
man proposing in his sleep and you
decided to do likewise?I?I kept on
listening, heard you tell where you
kept the ring?you dear, I didn't
know you had it?nnd when yon quit
talking, I peeped In to see If you were
asleep, and you were. And then
??limbed through the window and?and
' took the ring. Eddie, and I saw your
!lary. and?it wasn't very wrong for
ue to read parts of It. was It. Eddie?
And what I read made me certain you
wanted to marry me; and I to?.k out
the last written sheet and wrote on
it what yon thought you had written
In your sleep. 1 was horribly afraid
the click of the typebnrs would wake
you. And then I hurried home and
[waited for you to call me up. And
?J?at'? all?only bere we nre?and bat
rled?anil I'm ko happy."
' Abruptly he stopped the car. "Chang*;
seats with me," he directed. "You are
a better pilot than I. And besides,
I want both hands to love you."
Mad as March Hare
There la no such animal as a
"March" hare. The common expres
sion nhould be "mad as n Marsh hare."
Hares thut live In marshes are usual
ly very wild and ungovernable, hence
when one Is unduly excited, he Is as
mad (or ns wild) as a marsh hare.
However, the March hare has become
an established figure of speech.
Fish's Change of Color
As a quick-change artist the parrot
fish has few equals. Swimming about
In the tropical waters, the parrot flsh
is a clear turquoise green during the
daytime. Finding a quiet nook
among the stones and weeds. Its color
fades to a dull olive. Further changes
go on whilst it sleeps. Numerous red
dish brown spots appear on Its body.
Placed In an aquarium having a
plain green bottom, the parrot flsh re
tains Its coat of green and does not
put on night clothes. But if a few
large stones are dropped Into the
aquarium, corresponding blotches ap
i pear on the sleeping fish.
The Glove in History
The use of gloves dates back to re
mote times. Xenophon sneered at the
Persians for wearing gloves to keep
their hands warm. The Greeks and
Romans also scorned the use of gloves.
The glove appears to have become a
well-known article of dress In Eng
land ahout the Fourteenth century.
The materials used for making leather
gloves are principally the skin of deer,
6heep and lambs, goats and kids, the
latter being the most Important,
though far more kid gloves are made
of sheep than of kid leather.
Planes Spread Terror
The terrifying effect of airplanes
upon wild fowl is so great that if any
general use should be made of them
in hunting, the result would be ex
ceeding disastrous, according to a
bulletin of the biological survey of the
Depurtinent of Agriculture. Probably
110 other single method of pursuit of
wild ducks and other game birds
could parallel their deadly effect in
reducing the number of wild fowl.
It is for this reason thut the biolog
ical survey has called upon all sports
men and conservationists interested
In the maintenance of this country's
supply of wild fowl to gnther and for
ward to It In Washington accurate
Information concerning such viola
tions of law.
Weights and Figures
The grain Is the one unit which Is
the same In troy and avoirdupois
weight. An avoirdupois pound Is
7.0(H) grains, a troy pound 5,760. The
avoirdupois ounce is 437.5 grains, and
the troy 480 grains. A hundred avoir
dupois pounds of gold would be
worth $129,100.67.
The American billion Is expressed
by a unit and nine ciphers?1,000,000,
000. In Germany. France and else
where in Kurope the same figure Is
called a milliard. The British billion
and the German, too. Is expressed by
a unit and 12 ciphers?1,000,000,
000,000.
Weather and Health
Different kinds of weather affect
different people In different ways, but
ns n rule we feel better when the sun
Is shining. Damp Is an enemy of
health; a cool, bracing day a friend.
Doctors frequently order their pa
tients a "change of scene," and they
are now learning that the benefits of
such a change are greater even than
they had thought, because a change
of scene usually means a change of
climate as well. Temperature, the
amount of moisture In the air, the
height above sea-level ? all these
things can affect our health.
Mind Had Slumbered
A curious case on record is that of
a blacksmith, Paul Stengel, who was
kicked In the head by a horse while
lu the middle of a sentence addressed
to his assistant, and rendered uncon
scious for several days. On recover
ing, his mind was an absolute blank,
until one day be fell down a flight of
steps, pitching on his head.
He was picked up In a dazed condi
tion ; and on recovering his senses thp
first words he uttered were the com
pletion of the sentence that had been
Interrupted by the horse's kick some
months earlier.
Took a "Day Off"
The longest night In history. Sep
tember 2. 1752, was when the Ore
gorian calendar was adopted In Ens
land, through the Influence of Lord
Chesterfield. The calendar arranged
by Julius Caesar, by not making suf
ficient allowance for leap year, had
caused the English date to become 1!
days behind the right time. These
<ays were omitted after September 2,
so that the next day wa* reckoned u
September 14,
COLE PLANTERS
Today Is None Too Early to See Us
About that Cole Planter.
Every year about planting time, there is a rush for
these planters so we advise you to come in and get
yours now, while our stock is complete.
t
We have repairs for the Cole Planters and Distribu
tors. Also a good stock of repairs for Gantt Plant
I
ers and Distributors, Chattanooga, Oliver and
Lynchburg Plows.
B. H. Andrew & Son
Perry, Georgia
"AT YOUR SERVICE"
The Charm of the Stairway
2 N most houses, the stairway has
JL a very prominent location in the
entrance-hall or living-room, and
consequently is the first object that
meets the view of all who enter.
This means that the appearance oi
the stairway is responsible, in a great
degree, for the reputation of the
whole house.
The stairs must be well and strong
ly made to withstand hard and con
stant usage, the materials must be
good, and the finish must be care
fully maintained for both economy
and beauty.
The color scheme for the stairs
sho.uld blend with those of both upper
and lower floors, and, if the house
is of period design, it should be in
hnrmony with the period.
For the house of English or Mis
sion or chalet type if the hall is well
lighted and the rest of the house
schemed to permit it, the woodwork
and stairs may be of a soft nut
brown, rubbed to a dull gloss. This
finish is at its best in a rather stately
hall, and blends perfectly with pew
ter fixtures and petit-point tapestries.
In the house built on Colonial
lines, and in fact in many other
types of houses, ivory enamel, in any
one of its many tones, with the fresh
severely simple atmosphere it car
ries with it, will transform the hall
beyond belief.
Where the paneled woodwork and
doors of the hall, the risers and slen
der spindles of the stairway are of
ivory, ebony treads and handrail will
be found a delightful variation of
the conventional mahogany.
Just below the stairway may be
placed to advantage a table and
chair of mahogany, beautifnlly fin
ished so that the charm of the fin?
old wood will show to greatest ad
vantage and at the same time be
kept in an excellent state of preser
vation. Other appropriate articles ol
furniture may find a place in the
fover, but as a rule it is best to use
only a few pieces and place those
few to the best advantage.
CORRECT ENGLISH
MONTHLY MAGAZINE
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Agents Wanted Everywhere.
Clear as Mud
Said a lawyer In addressing th?
court, "If this argument Is not clear,
your honor, I have another that U
equally conclusive."
? ? I I. M I
Queer, t en* t It?
Mrs. Sauer?"Tell a man something
and he lets It In one enr and out the
other." Mr. fiauer?"Yes. hut a woman
lets It In at both ears and out of the
tnoufh."
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A New Vegetable
Growers of the dasheen, a new po
tatolike vegetable, have organized In
Florida to develop a market for their
product before the Industry has be
come fully established on a production
basis itself.
The Joseph Gallery
In tb* salt mine at Tor4o, Ramanla.
there is ? gallery known as the Jo
seph gallery, where one may hear M?
voioe eefaoed and re-ecUo?4 tlite?
| . Like a Thunderstorm
A big knockdown-nnd-dragout argu
ment Is like a thunderstorm. There
are muttering* and growlings for long
afterward.
Record for Reading
Sixty-foar members of n church la
Council Bluff?,* la., reading In IV
minute relays, from 8 o'clock In
morning until 11:15 at night, con*
pleted tbo New Testament in one day.
Used Cold to Decorate
Vttle g?M now the standard ff
value threughrtt the world. In tb*
<?yt of old ?aee?e gold and ailter
were commonly vaed in the deaoratigo
ef buildings.
Modern New*
Country now don't have to
gather arosad the stove In the g*o
cery to (Uncase pohtte questions. They
get all that Is their newspapers an4
t great teal mora.