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I H a March 1.
The owners
7 character
equired to
9rty owned
this year,
has been
coperty
Kion this year. The date was
Si by the governor, comptroller
Hral and state treasurer. The
B reqn ires them to name the
i l and they have selected March
* Last year the date fixed was
Lh 15, or 15 days later ‘than
fcs year* g
Sungs that are- lazy.
I eJ r Owners Digest Poorly and
■ Catch. Cold Easily;.
L es h air is a free gift, but it is like
L of the gifts of heaven in that we
1st do our share of work to benefit
[it No one would expect to have a
L fire just because a pair of bellows
Lg on a nail by the chimney, but this
[exactly what many people expect of
£ ir lungs, which are really only the
Hows given ns by which to keep the
e of life burning bright and clear
thin us.
tis not too much to assert that lungs
iperly used in a comparatively close
Hom will do more good than lazy lungs
3f an open field. This trick of lazy
S n gs is a habit, like any other, and
■Bar be overcome by persistent effort.
Hany persons, for example, are affiict-
I m \rith a nervous habit of holding the
Heath unconsciously. These are the
Heople who, in spite, of plenty of time
Kent out of doors, yet catch cold easi-
B digest poorly and are always more
B less “under the weather” physically.
Bllany other persons.—and they constl-
afcte the great majority of mankind—
Breathe only with the upper part of the
Bings and although they may breathe
Begularly do not draw in sufficient air
flt a breath to fill all the lung cells.
■ When once the pernicious habit of
Boor, shallow breathing has been bro-
Ben up, the health undergoes such mark-
■d improvement, there is such brighten
ing of the spirits and improvement of
Ihe looks, that the luxury of deep
Breathing is not ■ likely to be readily
foregone.
I A good way to start the new habit is
|o take deliberately a few minutes at
Itated intervals and devote them to
Iroper breathing. If this is done sys
tematically, the reformer will find him-
lelf unconsciously breathing more and
pore, until very soon he is obeying na
ture and really breathing to live.
Besides the gain to the general health
which comes from the habit of deep
'breathing there is creared a reserve
strength and preparedness which is
often of great service in warding Off
diseases.—Youth’s
A CHURCH LIGHTHOUSE.
Charleston, S. C., Has the Only One
In the World.
The only church in the -world; so far
as is known that is also a lighthouse is
St. Philip’s church, Charleston, S. C.
St. Philip’s, which is one of the oldest
churches in America, is known as the
“Westminster abbey of South Caroli
na,” because within and about its walls
so many distinguished men lie buried,
including John C. Calhoun. The history
HIS HORSES WERE WOODEN
HUNTING THE GORILLA/
Tha six weeks-old infant daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Oliver died at the
Gainesville Cotton Mills ' Thursday
afternoon at 3:45 o’clock, and the re
mains were interred at Sardis church
yesterday.
Cut All tlie Same He Had to Pay For
a Livery License.
As “his honor” sat on the bench from
which even handed justice was dis
pensed in the town of La villa, which
flourished way down in Florida before
the days of Greater Jacksonville, he
was amazed to note among the prison
ers at the bar a “paleface.”
Casting the eagle eye of the law over
the room; he was agitated still more to
observe a. ‘^biled’’ shirt and standing
collar and that these were worn, by an :
other white man.
The marshal, being called on, explain
ed that one white gentleman was ar
rested by him for running a “flying
jinny” without a license, and the other
was bis lawyer. To a man cast In a,
An Animal West Africans Say Has
tlie Soul of a Man.
Gorilla hunting is a distinct sensation
even for the veteran hunter. This ani
mal, which has become confused some
what with fable and fiction, is a reali
ty and a decidedly unpleasant one to
engage. The west Africans are mortal
ly afraid of it, believing that the brute
contains the spirit of a man. They at
tribute; to it all sorts of ferocities, like
the carrying off of a human being, who
is permitted to return after being de
prived of toe aqd finger nails.
“Skilled hunters have never observed
any of these doings, but they testify to
the brute’s strength and ferocity,” says
Alien Sangree in Ainslee’s. “According
to a French sportsman, a full grown
gorilla can bite through a tree six inch
es thick in order to secure the sap and
twist a gun barrel with the swollen
bunches of muscle that serve for arms.
His roar is terrifying arid can. be .heard
for a distance o£ three miles.
“‘I shall never forget how the first
bne ! impressed me,’ says the French
man, ‘for I had a bad attack of shakes.
The Woods ha<T been filled sometime
.with a barking roar, but I saw nothing
until my guide clucked softly and
pointed to a tree alongside Which stood
an immense male gorillas There he re
mained but twelve yards away; boldly
facing us with his huge chest, musem
lar arms, fiercely glaring; deep gray
eyes and a hellish expression, until I
moved.
“ ‘At that he dropped to all fours and
came six yards nearer, sitting up to
beat his breasts with his huge fists—a
defiance—so' that it sounded like an im
mense drum. His roar was most singu
lar, beginning with a kind of bark and
deepening into a bass foil that literally
resembled thunder. The short hair on
his forehead was twitehing, his power
ful fangs showed unpleasantly, and,
feeling he was about to attack and In
cidentally being scared green,. I shot
him through the heart. With a groan
something human and yet brutish, he
fell on his face and died quickly, like a
man. He measured 5 feet 9 inches in
length, his chest was 62 inches, and his
arms spread 9 feet. I was glad to have
the specimen, but somehow after that
never cared to kill a gorilla unless he
actually mena’ced me.’ ”
Killed at ClarksvUle.
Conductor J. C. Faulkner, of the Tal
lulah Falls Railroad, was killed at
Clarksville Wednesday afternoon while
coupling- cars. He was a relative of
Col. C. R. Faulker,.of Bellton, and was
known to many in Gainesville and this
section, who regretted to hear of his-
death.
th® old chureii Is closely interwoven
witn that of South- Carolina, and many
of thb most eelebratecT 'events ’in the
Tiistory of the province are connected
with it. , •
It is one of the sights of Charleston,
and strangers are always taken to see
it and shown its graves^iand monu
ments.
The , frost remarkable feature of tbe
old church, however, is the fact that
its lofty steeple serves the purpose of
a lighthouse and is used io guide tbe
seafarer and mariner safely into the
port of Charleston. The use of the stee
ple as a lighthouse dates back to 1894,
when the United States lighthouse de
partment succeeded by dint of repeated
•efforts in inducing . the vestry of the
old church, to allow a lantern to be
placed in the upper story of the steeple
to be, used as a range light for-vessels
entering the harbor tnrough the jetties
at its mouth. v
The light used is very powerful and
is placed at an altitude of about 125
feet above the ground, so that it is
easily visible thirty miles at sea. Ships
making for Charleston harbor at night
always- keep a sharp lookout for St.
Philip’s light and as soon as they sight
it get it into line with the beacon on
Fort Sumter and then make a straight
away run for the mouth of the jetties
and up through them into the harbor
of Charleston.
St. Philip’s church steeple is consider
ed one of the handsomest architec
turally in the world and always at
tracts the eye of strangers entering
Charleston from .the sea by its com
manding height and artistic propor
tions.—St. Louis Republic.
Teachers’ Money Not .Here let.
So far as known, County school com
missioner T.. H, Robertson has not yet
received the checks for the school
teachers of the county, although war
rants were drawn upon the state treas
ury this week for the money, Governor
Candler having signed them Wednes
day. It is expected that the money
will be in Commissioner Robertson’s
hands by next week, when the teachers
may call and get their stipend..
Commissioner Robertson has been
out this week visiting the county
“flying jinny” to pay a license and
threw the court on its “beam ends” by
asking for a copy of the ordinance
book.
No one had seen it in years. Many
doubted if there had ever been one. A
whispered consultation was held be
tween the mayor and the marshal and
a search instituted which revealed the
book, with a brick on top of it, supplyr
Ing tbe place of a missing leg of the
stove.
After looking vainly through "the
book for law on “flying jinnies” bis
honor delivered judgment as follows:
“Ordinance No. 11 requires all keep
ers of livery stables to pay a license of
$10 and imposes a fine of twice the
amount for running without a license.
The defendant must pay both' the fine
and the license.”
“But,” . objected the lawyer,“this
man don’t run a livery stable; he runs
a‘flying jinny.’” ,
“He keeps horses for. hire, doesn’t
he?” •
“Yes, .but they are Ayoodep horses,
and he charges a nickel for one ride.”
“The ordinance makes no fine distinc
tion-. It says livery stableS require a
license. A livery stable is a place where
horses are kept for hire. It makes no
difference whether they are wooden
horses or ‘meat’ horses. Next-case; Mr.
Marshal/’-^-New York Mail and Ex
press.
NATURAL HISTORY,
night on aceount of the absence of one
of the aldermen. However, a resolu
tion was introduced providing for the
appointment of a practical architect to
examine the building and report upon-
its condition, and the probable cost
of properly repairing it and making
sueh additions as deemed best, and ad
equate to the needs of the schools.
The mayor is also authorized , by the
resolution to advertise for bids for the
work to jbe donq, under the plans and.
specifications to be reported by ;the
architect. The resolution will be ta
ken up and passed upon by council at
the next regular meeting of the body
two weeks hence. It is believed the
matter- will be finally disposed of at
that time.
There are forty-eight different kinds
bf house fly known and classified.
Tlie pig is the only domestic animal
in which no case of cancer has been
noted.
The Spanish mackerel is one of the
fastest of food fishes and cuts the wa
ter like a, yacht.
Fish swallow their food whole be
cause they are obliged to keep contin
ually opening and closing the mouth
for the purpose of respiration,
Siamese cats, both in appearance and
character, closely resemble pug dogs.
Even their tails have the curious curl
so familiar in these stolid dogs.
Animals are found to be subject tc
hypnotic influence. • Lobsters, it is said,
can be hypnotized by standing them
on their heads five or ten minutes.
There is no wild breed of fowl to
which the Brahma or Cochin can be
traced. The gamecock seems to be de
scended from the Cingalese jungle
fowl.
The flesh fly produces about 20,000
young in a season. Tbe larvae are
hatched almost instantly from the egg
and at once begin their work of de
struction. *
NOTHING WAS LOST.
An Omission. In a Wedding Ceremony
Timt Didn’t Count
A distinguished officer of the United
States navy once told this story on him
self;
' At the time of his marriage he had
been through the civil war and had had
many harrowing experiences Aboard
ship, through all of which he kept cour
age and remained as calm as a brave
man should. As the time for the cere-,
mony came on, however, his calmness
gradually gave way. At the altar, amid
the blaze of -brass buttons and gold
iace marking the full naval wedding,
the officer was all but stampeded and
what went on there seemed very much
mixed to him. Fearing the excitement
of the moment would temporarily take
him off his feet, the officer had learned
the marriage ceremony letter perfect,
as/he thought, and he remembered re
peating tbe words after the minister in
a mechanical sort of way.
After the ceremony was over and all
was serene again, including the offi
cer’s state of mini the kindly clergy
man came up to him and touched him
on the shoulder.
“Look here, old man,” he said, “you
endow your wife with any
Stone Throwing.
A propensity to throw stones regard
less of consequences has been one of
the earliest signs of natural depravity
among men since time began and, we
fear, must continue that way until the
millennium ushers in the era when bad
boys are no more and stones are con
fined to their proper and legitimate
uses.,
Anyway, the mischief wrought by
this vicious and execrable habit looms
up into serious proportions when the
figures are given out by plate glass in
surance men showing tliat it costs not
less than $250,000 a year to make good
the losses thus caused by reckless boys
in this country alone.'
With stone throwing costing $250,000
a year, carelessness in setting fires cost
ing hundreds of millions more and
heedless accidents causing immense
sacrifice I of 1 property, the good people
have many bills to foot which ought
not to be theirs.—Leslie’s Weekly.
acute pulmonary
Companion.
HE SIGNED HIS NAME
NORTH OCONEE.
Aunt Betsy Eberhart celebrated
her 86th birthday the 11th. , She
is a very cheerful old lady.
Mrs. C. H. Butterworth visited
her daughter, Mrs. Viola Jbne$,
Wednesday.
Mr. Gillstrap is very sick at
this writing. X
X Mr. and Mrs. J. W, Stovall and
MiSs Ora Lyle went on a pleasure
trip to White Sulphur Springs
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Salen Walker and his wife
visited Mrs. Latty Sunday.
Misses Hattie and Mattie Bar
ton visited Miss Florence' Walker
Sunday afternoon.
: The farmers have broken winter
quarters and now they can be seen
going with a hoe on their shoul
ders.
Mr. J. M. Jones is spending a
few days with homefolks.
The school at Stovall’s acad
emy is progressing nicely.
Success to The Georgia Cracker
and its many readers.
for details,” said a former representa
tive of congress who had been in
Washington when Mr. Hatton was
postmaster general the other day, “and
iwhen he entered the cabinet in the lat
ter part of Arthur’s administration he
carried this habit with him. He let it
be known among the heads of bureaus
and divisions that he proposed to fa
miliarize himself with the business of
the department until he had grasped
all the details of the work over which
he presided. .. > ,
“The second day at his desk the ven
erable colored messenger who attended
him brought the usual large bundle of
letters to be signed. It was a pile of
typewritten epistles, inches thick. The
messenger placed them before Mr. Hat
ton and, with a blotting pad in hand,
stood waiting for the signature, as he
had done for Mr. Hatton’s predecessors
since Hayes’ time. The first letter was
a long one on a topic with which the
new postmaster general was not famil
iar and so formal, legal and involved
that one reading did not make its
meaning clear. Mr. Hatton hesitated,
wrinkled his forehead and mused to
himself:
“ ‘What’s this ail about anyway? It*s
all news to me. I don’t know whether
I approve of the things it says or not,
I can’t make head or tail out of it. I
don’t know whether it’s a good thing or
not*
“The old messenger, standing with
blotting pad raised, leaned over and
placed his forefinger on the space at
the end of the last page and answered:
“‘Well, neither do I, but you sign
your name there.*
“Mr. Hatton signed.”—New York
Times. ■ ■ . g
mow Tfiey Grow,
First Year—The biggest trout I ever
caught was a foot and a half long, and
he had a hjg, fishhook in his stomach.
Tenth Year—Did I ever tell you about
the trout I
A Contrast.
“Papa, who is that gentleman over
there on the porch?”
“Don’t you remember him, my child?
He is the gentleman we met in the
restaurant today who chatted so pleas
antly with ns while he waited about
twenty-five minutes for his lunch.”
“He doesn’t seem very pleasant now,
papa.”
“Oh, no. He’s at home now. See
him tearing the newspaper into shreds
and trying to throw his hat through
the door. He is very angry because
it has taken his wife, a little over foul
minutes to get his supper ready.”—-In
dianapolis Sun.
didn’t
worldly goods.” - -
“What’s that?” asked the bridegroom,
with something of astonishment in his
voice.
“Why, I repeated the sentence ‘With
all my worldly goods I thee endow? sev
eral tiines and despite my" efforts you
would not say it after me.” V
The bridegroom seemed perturbed f oi
a moment, and then a beaming light
came into his face.
“Never mind, sir, 1
Tlie Coffee Heart.
The largest part of the coffee grown
in the world is consumed in the United
States, and some of bur life insurance
societies are beginning to realize how
its excessive use increases the risks of
life. Its effect is in shortening the
long beat of the heart, and medical ex
aminers for insurance companies have
added the term “coffqe heart” to their
regular classification of the functional
derangements of that organ. These
physicians advise that the use of cof
fee he limited to not more than two
cups a day. Coffee topers, they say,
are plentiful and are as much tied to
their cups as the whisky toper. The
effect of the coffee upon the heart is
more lasting and consequently worse
than that of liquor.—Detroit Free
Press. 15
he said. “She
didn’t lose a blessed thing by my fail
ure.”-^Washington Star.
A Hindoo Superstition.
When visits are exchanged by the
friends of the Hindoo bride and groom
to complete arrangements for the wed
ding, great attention is paid to omens,
which are considered especially patent
then. For * instance, if the groom’s
messengers should meet a _ cat, a
fox or a serpent they turn back and
seek a more propitious time for the
errand. After the bride’s father has
received the offer he must delay re
plying until one of the ubiquitous liz
ards in his house has chirped.—Wo
man’s Home Companion.
No «Tlck” Obtainable.
Telegraph Operator—I am sorry, sir,
but the rules of this company make it
impossible for me to send your message
“collect.” ? That privilege we are not al
lowed to extend to absolute strangers.
Applicant—Do you mean for me to
understand by that that you can’t trust
me?
Telegraph Operator—Under the cir
cumstances, sir, it is impossible for me
to do so.
Applicant—Well, that gets the best of
Advance Prayer*.
A young GermantoWU mother In pat
ting her five-year-old son to bed no
ticed that he clambered nnder the cov
ers without saying his prayers. She
grew reproachful. “Why, Warren,
mother never knew you to forget your
prayers before.”
“Indeed; mother,” was the reply, “I
didn’t forget. Grace and I said them
for four nights during the rain yester
day, when we couldn’t play. We
would have got through the whole
week if nurse had not come to dress
The newspaper today, says an
exchange, is the greatest factor in
civilization. Take away a news
paper and you would take away
the greatest preacher, teacher,
ssistant to justice, deterrer of
nminals, patriot, statesman, than
n haB been possible for man to
devise. '. WSttim
Ingalls on Batter.
Many years ago, when John J. In
galls, the brilliant Kansan, was a mem
ber of the senate, oleomargarine was a
bone of contention. The debate led In
galls to utter one of those epigrammat
ic sentences which made him famous.
“I have never, to my knowledge, tasted
oleomargarine,” said Ingalls, “but I
have stood in the presence of genuine
butter- with awe for its strength and
reverence for its antiquity.”
once caught? It was over a
yard long and had an anchor in his
itomaeh.—New York Weekly.
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