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COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
A FIVE DOLLAR JOKE.
Mr. Lee Fairchild, who is coming
to the front as a humorist, visited
San Francisco not long* ago and,
Eke many literary pilgrims to the
west, determined to pay a visit to
Mr. Joaquin Miller, poet of the Sier
ras, who lives in a charming villa in
the Contra Costa foothills across
the hay from the Golden Gate.
“What will yon charge me to*
drive to Joaquin Miller’s?” Fair
child-asked of an Oakland cabman.
“Five dollars,” was the response.
The humorist got' in and started,
away over the long, rugged road
leading to. the poet’s side hill her
mitage. It was evening when he
Btarted. The night had settled, and
the moon was up when he arrived.
He jrnid the driver and was about
to open the rustic gate to the fa
mous home when the cabman said
dryly:
“I suppose you know that Joa
quin is not in California at the pres
ent time.”
The humorist thought quickly
and, smothering his indignation, re
plied:
“Oh, yes, of course; I merely
wanted to see how his place looks
lap, Jr,, and L. D. Puckett pres
ent, Minutes of last meeting
read and adopted.
Petition of Mrs. Pfeifer asking
mayor and council to permit her
to put up an awning in front of
her brick building on Myrtle
street read and on motion, grant
ed, with the provision that the
roof be of corrugated iron or tin
and the posts be of iron.
Petition of the Gainesville and
Dahl onega Electric Kail way Com
pany respectfully shows that it
desires to amend i f s petition of
Jnne 21,1901, for the right to
construct its line of railroad
along and over eertain streets of
the city of Gainesville by striking
out Bradford where it appears in
said petition and inserting in lieu
thereof the word Main, and also
prays that said order granting
said petition be likewise amended
by striking out Bradford where it
appears and inserting Main in lieu
thereof.
THE COMMON ENEMY
Kidney disease Is the enemy we have most to fear as a result of the
feverish restlessness of our modem civilization; It is & treacherous
enemy, working put its deadly effect under cover of the most trifling
symptoms. The first indication of changes in the urine, frequent head*
aches, digestive troubles, should be the signal for prompt remedial
measures. PRICKLY ASH BITTERS is a kidney remedy of great .
merit. It is soothing, healing and. strengthening, quickly relieves the^
aching or soreness that always appears in the advanced stage, checks the
progress of the disease, and through its excellent cleansing and regulating
effect in the liver and bowels, it brings back the strength and ruddy
glow of vigorous health.
Hrs. Frakk Cartes,
j Merrill Street, Amesbury, Mass.
jc letter* should carry Faith
MtiConvrotitm to tfa&H&arta
jf all Sick Women*
<1 goffered with inflammation and
Ijiug of the womb and other dis-
Ireeable female weaknesses. I had
Smells every two weeks that would
Efrom eight to ten days and would
Ire to go to bed. I also had head-
L and "backache most of the time
Hfiucli hearing down pains I could
yiy walk across the room at times,
[doctored nearly all the time for
but two years and seemed to grow
Eise all the time until last September
Ls obliged to take my bed, and the
fetors thought an operation was the
By thing that would help me, but
is I refused to have done.
FThen a friend advised me to try the
nkham medicine, which I did, and
ter using the first bottle I began to
prove. I took in all five bottles of
dia E. Pinkham’s Blood Purifier,
c boxes of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Dry
rm Compound, three boxes of Liver
Is and used three packages of Sana-
»Wash, and I am as well now as I
r was. I am more than thankful
ry day for my cure.”—Mrs. Pram:
iter, 3 Merrill St., Amesbury, Mass.
Price, $1.00 Per Bottle*
Camphor Eaters.
The latest fad among the fashion*
able women of the country is cam
phor eating. The idea seems io pre
vail that' this gum, taken in small
and regular doses/ gives a peculiar
* creaminess of complexion, and scores
of young women buy it for this pur*
pose. The habit is, moreover, very
difficult to cast off, for camphor
j produces a mild form of exhilara
tion and stupefaction; and in many
instances where very large doses
have been swallowed the habit has
become a sort of slavery. These
camphor eaters aU have a dreamy;
dazed and very listless air, and in
most of them there is an ever pres
ent longing to sleep or at least to
Test. Extreme weakness generally
follows the taking of regular doses,
and cases have been seen where it
has been almost difficult to tell the
effect from those of alcohol. As to
the complexion, if a ghastly pallor,
be an improvement, camphor cer
tainly produces it.—-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
SPECIAL AGENTS, E. E. DIXON & CO
Brine springs flow under the
town of Norwich, England, They-
have been there for centuries,* and
were used for the production of
salt long before the Christian era.
HOWTHE CHINESE GET RAINf
Peculiar Practices In Vogue In fke
. Celestial Kingdom.
It Is one of the peculiarities of the
Chinese that, while they have develop
ed elaborate philosophies, none of them
has led to any confidence In the uni
formity of nature. Neither the people
nor their rulers have any fixed opinion
is to the causes of rainfall. The plan
fn some provinces When the need of
rain Is felt is to borrow a god from a
neighboring -district and petition him
for the desired rain. If his answer is
satisfactory, he is returned to his home
with every mark.' of honor; otherwise
he may be put out in the sun as a hint
to wake up and do his duty. A bunch
of willow is usually thrust into his
hand, as willow is sensitive to mois
ture. . : y /
Another plan in extensive use is the
building of special temples in which
are well? containing several iron tab
lets. When there is a scarcity of rain,
a messenger starts out with a tablet
marked with the date of the journey
and the name of the district making
the petition. Arriving at another city,
he pays a sum of money and is allow
ed to draw a new tablet from the well,
throwing In his own by way of ex
change. On the return journey he is
supposed to eat only bran and travel
at. top speed day and night. Some
times he passes through districts as
greatly in need of rain as his own.
Then the people in these places way
lay him and, temporarily borrowing, his
tablet, get the rain intended for anotbr
er place. r
Prayers are usually made in the fifth
and sixth months when the rainfall is
always due, and a limit of ten days
Is set for their effective operation. Un
der such conditions rain usually falls
during the prescribed time.- When the
prayers are in progress, the umbrella,
among other objects, comes under the
ban. In some provinces foreigners
have been mobbed for carrying this
harmless article at that tiina.
year 1902.
The committee on public prop
erty was authorized to' have the
public school building, known as
central, examined by an expert
architect and make report on
same.
On motion the council went in
to the election of an extra police-
elected
And petitioner prays
the right to construct its line of
railroad along and over Main
street from the Southern depot
to the public square and to Wash
ington street,
H. H. Dean, Petitioner’s attorney.
Bead, considered and allowed,
ft 1b hereby ordered that the peti
tion and order granting same on
June 21, 1901, be and the same , is
hereby amended as prayed for.
Ordered further, that the
man. *W. E. Smith
on first ballot at a salary of $33,-
33 per month, with perquisites of
office, and to work under the di
rection of the chairman of com
mittee on police.
No further businees, on motion
[The decision of the directors of
Irconi’s Wireless Telegraph
mpany to insure the inventor’s
b for $750,OCX), splitting the
ge risk up among a number of
isrance concerns, is only an or-
iary business precaution. The
ne precaution naturally sug-
its itself in the case of Santos-
imont, who is now defying the
jrrns in his airships, but the
surerb might feel it the part of
sdom to make their rates proh-
itiive. -
road along Main street from
Southern depot to public square
and Washington street, upon the
same conditions, stipulations and
restrictions promised m said orig
inal order of June 21, 1901, as to
said Bradford and other streets.
A petition signed by many citi
zens asking mayor and council to
appoint a policeman so as to give
that portion of the city known as
New Town, more police protec
tion was read and action deferred
to be considered nnder the head
of unfinished business.
Alderman Hubbard asked for
further time for the measurement
ot the proposed extension of the
water main on Broad street and
the same was granted.
The following ordinance was
read, the rules were suspended and
after a second reading passed: Be
it ordained by the mayor and
council of the city of Gainesville
that from and after the passage of
this ordinance, it shall be unlaw
ful for any minor under the age
of 16 years to stay or loiter, or be
about either of the railroad de
pots, or within one hundred feet
thereof without a railroad ticket
unless employed by the officers of
said railroads, or unless in charge
of a parent or guardian. Any
person violating this ordinance
shall be punished as prescribed by
section 68 of the city ordinances.
The following accounts were
read first time and referred to fi
nance committee : T. S. [Campbell
& Son, $13.10; S. B. Taylor, 7
seats city school, 7.00; Gaines
ville Telephone Co., 5.00; Gaines
ville Iron Works, 11.25; Hardie
& Son, .70; A. S. Hardy, 9.25; E.
E. Dixon & Go., 2.95; Queen City
Planing Mills, 7.76; W. R. Can
ning & Bro, 101.14.
On motion, the salary of C. C.
and W. S. Dunbar was increased
to 35.00 per month each for the
WM
P. N. Parker,
• Mayor,
J. Blalock,
Clerk.
His Negative Side.
Eli Minch, known as the “learned
farmer,” of Bridgeton, N. J., who
died the other day, recently made
the following confession: ,“I have
never been married or Jn love, never
smoked, chewed or touched a drop
of beer or other intoxicants; never
played dominoes, checkers or cards
of any kind and cannot tell one
card from another. I have never
been to a play, even in church, or a
circus; never saw the inside of a
theater, have never skated with a
girl on the ice, although I .was when
a hoy considered quite a skater, and
I think few men experienced the
pleasure that I" did when a young
man.” -
The Ways of the Walking Stick.
Art excited controversy is raging
among the young swells of Paris as
to the disposal of one’s walking
stick when making a call. M. Le
Bargy, the well known actor, de
clares that a walking stick is a vital
necessity to help out conversation.
“In the play,” he says, “you may
see it swinging backward and for
ward when I am anxious, affection
ately caressing my collar when my
mood is endearing, vibrating with
menace when I am angry, trailing in
melancholy fashion behind me when
I leave the room dejected.”
“If the liquor vote drifts toward
Savannah and the prohibition vote
toward Macon, and the Populist
vote stays home and be’r good,
who’s’ going to whoop ’em up for
t’other candidates?”asks the Jesup
Sentinel.
ie family that keeps on hand and
occasionally the celebrated
kley Ash Bitters is always a
•regulated family. Dr. E. E. DIX-
The drink habits of the Cana-
ms are gradually changing,
bolting in an increased consump-
lon of beer and a decreased drink-
ng of wine and liquors.
Favorite Nearly Everywhere.
Constipation means dulness, depression,
headache, generally disordered health.
DeWitt’s Little Early Bisers stimulate
the liver, open the bowels and relieve
this condition. Safe, speedy and thor
ough. They never gripe. Favorite pills.
Robertson & Law.
“Why is it that every other sena
torial district in Georgia adopts
the rotation system except the
Eighteenth? This question can be
answered by saying that Richmond
county- is boss and carries things
heir way, ’’ says the Gibson Record.
LwiAJL.L WAjLlljust begin
ning to be
reciated. Wood’s Descriptive Catalogue
; all about it as a forage crop for seeding
i Cow Peas. Also about all other Southern
ge crops including Teosinte, Sorghums*
or Cat-tail Millet, Rape, Beggar Weed,
«hes, Soja Beans and Velvet Beaus.
Catalogue mailed free upon request.
W. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmeu,
RIGHM0HB, - - VIRGINIA,
COTTON.
toe’s Cotton Planter Win Save You. 81.00
’on every acre you plant. ,
kLE’S COMBINATION PLANTER
E positively and absolutely without an
equal as a Money and Labor saver.
™ Cotton, Corn, Peas, etc., as well
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» special machine ever built.
® prove it in your own field at -our ex-
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IH $ COLE MFG CO.. CHARLOTTE. ST. C.
The treatment of Catarrh with antiseptic and ^
astringent washes, lotions, salves, medicated tobacco
and cigarettes or any external or local application, is
just as senseless as would be kindling a fire on top of
the pot to make it boil. True, these give temporary OkJP
relief, but the cavities and passages of the head and the A
bronchial tubes soon fill up again with mucus. H A
4 Taking cold is the first step towards Catarrh, for it WHEBBw
checks perspiration, and the poisonous acids and NK Wf
vapors which should pass off through the skin, are —
thrown back upon the mucous membrane or inner skin,
producing inflammation and excessive flow of mucus,
much of which is absorbed into the blood, and through the circulation
reaches every part of the system, involving the Stomach, Kidneys and other
parts of the body. When the disease assumes the dry form, the breath
becomes exceedingly foul, blinding headaches are frequent, the eyes red,
hearing affected and a constant ringing in the ears. No remedy that does
not reach the polluted blood can cure Catarrh. S. S. S. expels from the
S —— — i circulation all offensive matter, and when rich, pure
ifN blood is again coursing through the body the
mucous membranes become healthy and the skin
ND) KD) active, all the disagreeable, painful symptoms disap-
pear, and a permanent, thorough cure is effected.
S. S. S. being a strictly vegetable blood purifier does not derange the
Stomach and digestion, but the appetite and general health rapidly improve
under its tonic effects. Write us about your case and get the best medical
advice free. Book on blood and skin diseases sent on application. #
: TBS SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga,
Front Street, Nome,
It’s a little zigzag street. Every
building was erected according to
an independent notion as to front
age and rearage. The effect is star
tling, and after negotiating a few
blocks of it you feel like “the crook
ed man who walked the crooked
mile.” On sunshiny days the en
tire population sallies forth and oc
cupies the sidewalk, overflows into
the street and down the little by
ways on to the beach, with dogs fill
ing all the intermediate space on the
ground floor.—Seattle Times.
Work of Children.
About 600,000 trees are planted
each year by the school children of
Sweden under the guidance of their
teachers.
FUNERAL director
. and DEALEFflN
binds of funeral furnishings,
6 teams and prompt attention
iehf ca ^ s either day or
n a Parlors and ware rooms
ooufh Bradford street di-
y in front of court house,
Gainesville, ga