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. \\ : at indication of roup, make the i mi take a tin cup it an eqial part ■ntine, then hold the fire so as to i the fumes. The laling the fumes, the membranous ptheria will pass ■s of tar and ter tho throat and e relief that has ill of physicians. LANCES. 0 a man without t society reckons y his outside fix lay be a business dvertising to it, table law of cus tom, before which men anl na tions rise or fall, lius written in letters of unquenchable fire that men must advertise and that by their advertising so shall they lie judged. Until these words of tiro can lie quenched no man has a right to 'practice or to preach an in dividual doctrino opposed to the rule of custom. I will admit that the adver tisement never brought, a reply or never created curiosity, and yet I am willing to slake my reputation upon the assertion that if the value of advertising was limited to the appearance of advertising that advertising would he necessary to proper conduct of successful business. The man who advertises stands before the public in the full legitimate and dignified promi nence of one who is proud of his business, has a right to be proud of it, is doing a bit of it and wants to do more of it, and he is the kind of man that ev erybody wants to do business wills, for just so long as the niotli will be attracted by tl o candlelight, so long will trade swarm around the advertising light of business. —Hardware. still s\\;i:auinu. “A country parson,” in en countering a storm the past season in the voyage across the Atlantic, was reminded of the following: A clergyman was so unfortu nate as to he caught in a severe gale in the voyage out. The water was exceedingly rough, and the ship persistently buried her noose in the sea. The roll ing was constant, and at last the good man got thoroughly frightened, lie believed they were destined for a watery grave He asked thecaptain if he could not, have prayers. The captain took him by the arm and hd him down to the forecastle, where the tars were singing am*, swearing. “There,” said lie. “when you hear them swearing you limy know there is no dnn ger.” He went back feeling better; but the storm increased his alarm. Disconsolate and un a sisteil lie manage 1 to stagger to the forecastle again. ill' ancient mariners were swearing as ever. “Mary,” he said, as lie crawled into his berth, to his sympathetic wife, “Mary, thank God they’re* swearing yet!”—Harper’s Magazine. INAUGURATION NI'TsJ. 1. What Piesitlenfc rode to Lis iuuiiL'Uiutioii unattended and oil horseback? 2. What President took the oath of inauguration in the old Fee era! Hall in New York? 15. Who was the first Presi de it iiumgu ruled at Washing ton? 4. Who was the first l’rosi dr.it inaugurated in open air? 5. What President atone in auguration was HUOCeedi d by an opponent whom he sure eded at the next inauguration? (*». Whieli I’residi ids were in augurated in l'hiiudelphia? 7. What President was in augurated one month before his derth? 8. What President took the oath of oflice at Ins residence in New York? 0, The inauguration address of what President was his only otlicial document? 10. Which Presidents wore uot inaugurated on March 4th? 11. Whnt President came to his inauguration m disguise?— Youth’s Companion. Tommy, IJiave told you again 1 ami again not to speak when i older persons are talking, but wait until thoy stop. 1 have tried that already, muiuma, but they never stop. GRANDMOTHERS COUNbEL Grandmother says in her quaint old way: “World wasn’t made in a day —a da>; And that blue sky where the white clouds (lit— Why, the Lord was six days painting it! The way ain’t sunny, Rut don’t you fret! Cheer up, honey— You’ll get there yet!” Grandmother says iii her quaint old way: “World wasn't made in a day —a day; The meadows there, where you love to sit, Why, the Lord took time to carpet it! The way ain’t sunny: Rut don’t you fret ! Cheer up, honey— You’ll get there yet,!” rrrr gives fhi) whole And still to me in the fields and dells • • - Her s<"’eet voice rings like a chime of bells, And 1 dream brave dreams as I hear her say! “Worl(l wasn’t made in a day— a day! The way ain’t sunny; Rut don’t you fret! Cheer up. honey— You’ll get there yet!” —Constitution. THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST. San Francisco Argonaut. Jim threw another log on the campfire, and the blazing circle of light grew to its old dimen sions. We could see the stars dodging baek and forth behind the tops of the pines, and tin lone coyote who had a monopo ly of noises down the gulch was indulging us with n temporary rest. The patriarch who oc cupied t lie seat of honor,a camp stool, and the rest of us were ranged on a tree trunk. The patriarch looked at me. “I’ll do you the favor,” he said, “of filling my pipe with your tobakky. Speakin’ of < a yarns that story of Jim’s about tin about tin* icebergs that hunted m pairs, keepiir a keen lookout to squeeze a siiip caught wifrh nit a breeze, while the polur bears sat by and laughed, was tol’bly good, and the one yon told about the 1 thing that could stand on its head on the floor of thi‘ ocean and flap the fac< of heaven with its tail, was party fair, yes, party fair. Hal they war just yarns, plain yarns, neatly unraveled. And that makes me think of what old Absalom Higgs used to say. Always tell the truth, my lad, if you’re a master smart hand it it. ’ “Absalom had a distant rela ive—he lived in Nantucket, and his brother was anchored in Jamuiky—who bought and sold everything, from queer -hells to queer money. Hi* brother was a smart man, ni;;i is smart as Absalom him,** If md he might have lived to 1 + i grout oue if they hud giv<-n him plenty of lope. As it was, ih war a luetic too high-strunw lo make a success of life. It - queer how the furinera acquire f our improvements, oven tin art of lynchin’. “Absalom was master and sole proprietor of the’good old tradin'brig, Keep Mum, The» war two of a kind. Ab-ulom and the brig. Ab-uloin wor* a suit of homespun that hung on him like a sail wrapped irouud a windmill, and tln brig was all right if she was only as black as she was paint ed, for she needed sprucin' up badly, but they were both hard to beat in their deceptive lines. 1 reckon. The Keep Mum was one of the best of hes kind that •over faded out of sight of a rev enue cutter, and Absalom was entitled to a patent right on lots of tricks of his trade. ll* was a quiet kind of man, re sultin’ from hard study of cir cus posters when lie was a lad, and the Keep Mum sailed so stilly the wind couldn’t whistle through her riggin’ even. “Now, Absalom was a tem peranee man from principle* and interest, though he wasn't par ticularly religious and worship ed nothin’, so far as I know, except savin’s banks. ‘Novel taste the intoxicatin’ cup,young man,’ he used to say, ‘you might miss a chance to make a dollar.’ But just tho same, after his brother came aboard at the end of my first trip to Kingston, hringin’ with him a mysterious air (kind of strongly scented), Absalom loaded the Keep Mum Gwinnett Herald. LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 16th 1897. up with rum. And such rum! In barrels, with rusted hoops and cobwebs dingin' round ’em, they hoisted it on board. The pirates that hid it a century be fore stored nothin’ weak, and every year added to its strength. Our second mate, who was a man of much'liquid experience ashore as well as at sea, took a cargo of one cup. It was just three days before he could nav igate, and —would you believe it! —for two weeks after that whenever lie dreamed, of that rum at night he’d wake pp in the morniii’ tipsy. ‘‘Absalom was a man who glanced over newspapers from curiosity ard read trade jour nals for profit. Ho 1 knew some thing extremely uncommon was up when he spent a whole fore noon porin’ over a newspaper, with his elbows on the table and his fingers clutched in his hair; and when I heard him chuckU, l was interested. Ab salom Biggs never wasted a chuckle. 1 heard him say, as he went out of the cabin: ‘They’re strong in tho body, but weak in t he head. ’ “Of course, 1 picked up the paper. It told a story of an awful tribe of cauuybals who resided on the w* I coast of Afriky. It seemed they war a tribe of reg’lar bunko-steerers, for all the missionaries who went there were invariably taken in. Then the queen of England sentdown a gunboat, and the captain of the gunboat sent a man with a white Mag and a proclamation in violent language to these eannybals. But there was some misunder standin’ about the matter, for the eannybals ate both the gal lant tar i" I 'ln proclamation. It, hurt the captain’s feel in's very much, so he landed most of his force and went after the heathen. Alas! he didn’t know ’( in. I disrememb; r all of tin i licet in’ lines of the pint larrv ate wrote, about ’em, but the eenterpiiv • of the work run somethin’ like this; They war an aw ful hungry lot An’ bavin nothin much to do, Invaygled the tars —the sun was hot Into a nice, seclooded spot, Then ate that gallant crew. Her majesty missed a recep tion on account of that, und i he foreign secretary missed tw< first-class races. Then a crui ier went down there on busi ness, but the captain, not tie in’ onto his job,.was shortly on 'he rocks, and when the men swam ashore, tin heathen met ’em with a hearty reception. And it was awful annoyin’after (hat to the pp iplo on the Eng lish boats that went railin’ by to see them euvvidges a-sittin’ m the rocks and sutiniu’ them •elves, dressed in British naval uniform- and sarcastic smiles. Vnd Iht foreign secretary had akeu to his bed. So the papers said. “ ‘We sail for London to-mor ow,’ said Absalom Biggs, whp was stamlin’ in the doorway vith his hands in his pockets. Ml the information you ever ;ot out of Absalom about hi msiness was volunteered, so 1 aved my bn ath by askin’ no piestions. We sailed with fair weather and a good breeze. All he way over Absalom didn’t 10 anything but walk the deck with his hands in his pockets and a commercial expression on his face. Hid 1 tell you that .ve didn’t unload that rum? “We reached Loudon and Ab -uloin put on his bust store suit Jt<> go up to see tlie foreign sec retary. He put one leg of his 11 ousel s outside his boot and one inside, ‘for I don’t know,’ In* says, ‘how tho foreign secre tary has his’n. You see, Absa lom Biggs could carry water on both shoulders as well as any body. Wo had to pass about twenty secretaries and assistant secretaries, and every blessed one of ’em bad un objection, but Absalom out maneuvered all of them. The foreign secretary was siftin'in a chair as if it had been built up around him. •What do you want?’ said he, looking at his watch. ‘Permis sion,’ says Absalom, ‘to catch Wally Bo Logn and his cunny bals.’ ‘You have it,’ said the secretary, ‘and if you are suc cessful her majesty will be pleased to extend to you her grateful thanks and gracious commendation.’ ‘And what might that combination In worth?’ aske.d Absalom Biggs. “Ten thousand pounds.’ >aid the secretary, shortly. When lie had a note to that ell’eet «e left. “So we sailed down the Afri can coast, with a cargo part of rum and ptirt of water. We bad ml firearms. ‘Aminyni tion,’ said Absalom, ‘costs money.’ I didn't understand his {dsn. Once after a trader had tried to do business and Wally Bo Logn at the snme w ith rum, but that sly old chap ate tin trader first and drank his rum afterward. ‘Biisines before pleasure,’ remarked Wal ly Bo Logn. “We went inshore at night by the dark of the moon and while the heathen was steepin' we lightered that rum to land. And then at daybreak we stood off. There along the leach, stood barrel after barrel of rum. And every barrel had u spigi t and a bright new tin cup, chained fast, ‘for tin cups cost money,’ was what Absalom said. “The heathen came down to look at the brig and speculate about the chances for break fast; the tin cups caught their eye, and then, pretty soon, the rum caught them. Absalom stand on the upper deck and watched them; “They’re strong in the body but weak in the head.’ Then he went down be low and read his ‘Pilgrim's Progress' and ‘Guide to Wealth. “In the afternoon Absalom Briggs surveyed the sceije again. He seemed kind of p'e sed And, finally, when Wally !’»■ Logn got his marine cap jam med down over his eyes and hi lieiitenants’s sword tangled i ; with his legs and sat down l> iinmix himself, Absalom or dered out the boats. ‘Taki care of all of them that ean'i take care of themselves,’ kiml lx said he. By nightfall we ha>‘ all the heathen carefully stowed below. “‘These are your instrue lions: Keep the brig out ot sight of land until further no tice.’ And then Absalom wen back to liis ‘Guide of Wealth “We sailed up and we sailed down. We tacked this way am that, and roamed around at <>ui freewill. One more orner wi had front Absalom: ‘All you need give the savages is plenty if water and room to play. Nb rum,’ he added, absent-minded ly, ‘for rum costs money/ Am! t hen 1 heard him chucked agaii and say: ‘They’re strong ii the body, though weak in tin head. ’ “Well, wo went on a-sailin’. Absalom consulted me just once more. ‘What do you knov about ’rithmetical retrogres sion?’ he asked me. 1 wa young in those days—almost young enough to know every thing—and, havin’ tlie canny bals on my mind, I answejw up smartly: ‘The water is i leet le brackish, but tho hurbo is fair and there are plenty <>. palms. It hadn’t any inhale lants the last time 1 wus there. ‘Never mind,’he said; if yoi take 700 and divide it in two md then every four days cui your Aggers down oue-hslf hov long'll it In* until you havvouh one?' Bein’ a little weak <>i figgers, 1 said nothing. Am And then lie fell to cipherin’. “After that Absalom didn't seem to take any interest in au cargo. He usually stayed it the cabin and read. And th Keep Mum kept sail in ’ on, some toward the tropics and some times towards the pole It did not seem to make any diffuvnci to Absalom whether her canvas from skysails to courses win spread to a spankin’ lire* /*- oi Mapped idly in a dead calm. “But finally, oue day aftei lie hail held a deepeonsultation with the almanac, our emirs* was laid for London The iimrniii’ we went up the Thame. Absalom’s interest in our carg" ‘•ami! to life, lie lifted up tin latch, careless like, and aftei a bit Wally Bo Logo’s black head appeared. Now, Ihi'ntigl living with and on missionaries Mr. Bo Logn could speak En glish. ‘We’re goin’ ashore,’ said Absalom ‘To eat?’ asked Wally Bo Logn, ‘Yes’ replied Absulom, and Wally nodded his head. So wo disguised him with a linen duster that fitted him rather soou, und added I some other clothes by way of adornment; then up went we to the foreign secretary. Between you’ll me, lie’s a better mail to Jdo business with than the lord ■ high admiral, not havin’ so ! many titles. The first assist ant to somethin’ stood in the doorway with his nose tilted skyward. ‘We’ve business with the secretary,’ said Absalom. I‘And what might your business be?’ said his highness, with con jsidernblc scorn. ‘Eat,’ said Wally Bo Logn. and he smiled jat him w ith his meot-yoii-at-the -messroom smile, and his high ness just shrank into nothin’- Then we steered for the secre tary’s otlice, and found him at : home with flic same big chair I around him. “ ‘Wind do you want?’ he said, frownin’. And then Mr. Bo Logn and the secretary sized each other up, for tlmy war two of a kind. “ ‘Allow me,’ said Absalom ; Biggs, ‘to introduce to you Wally B. Logn, king of the Uuiuny cannibals.’ “ ‘And where are the rest of the tribe?’ asked the secretary, impatiently. “Then Absalom drew Ijiinself jup to his full hight, ami made his best, best how. ‘They're strong in the body though weak in the head. They’re in him,’ said Absalom Biggs.” Just then the waiter at the cook house sounded his sheet iron supper call and the patri j arch rose stiffly, scraping his pipe. “It ’s supper time, boys,” lie said. AN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR. HOW TUB THUKATKNKI>OItISIS WAS AVKRTKI) THROITUII MUCH DIPLOMACY . Chicngi i Times-HoraliL During the reign of the carpet baggers in Georgia a very black but brainy old negro named Tunis G. Campbell came dow n from the north and became one of the leaders of Ids race. In the course of time Camp bell was made a justice of the peace at the port of Darien. I Then the trouble began iiiearn- I est. Justice Campbell had no use for the whites, because he knew that they cordially hated him. But he did not coniine his I animosity to Georgians or to democrats. He employed a number of negro constables, - authorized them to carry weap ons, and in a short time made | his court a terror to the com -1 inunity. So much by way of introduc tion. One summer a British sailing vessel came to Darien and took on a cargo of naval -tores. Before getting ready to suil the captain settled nvory t ing due from him and his crew—that is, everything in way of a just account. Ho secured his papers, when several negro I traders of the lowest class un xpectedly put in claims for goods that had never been pur i chased. These cormorants alleged that the captain and his sailors were indebted to them for meals, merchandise, lodging and other ; things. It was evident that these claims were fraudulent, and the captain continued his prepara tions for his departure. The afternoon he was to weigh anchor Justice Campbell hold u consultation with a shyster law yer. “I want to hold that for eigner here,” said Campholl, “until ho settles these bills.” “lo England,” replied the lawyer, “when you want to pre vent people from leaving the country you issue a writ of ne exeut regnum.” Campbell came near failing t > the floor. “Just say that again,” lie said oxcitidly. “A writ of no exeat regnum. ’ “1 see—l see,” said ('amp bell. “Well, I want you to draw up one and keep that fel low here.” The shyster’s resources were limited, sml he explained to his friend that regnum meant kingdom, und as this country was a republic there would have to bo a change in the verbiage. “Change it,” commanded the black justice. The lawyer then admitted that lie knew, very little Latin, and for that reason was some what embarrassed. “This is a republic,” he said. “All right,” was the prompt reply of Campbell, “draw up u : writ of ne exeut republicuiii.’ “I’m afraid it is bad Latin,” objected the lawyer. “I’ll make it stick,” answer ed the justice. “I’ll sign tlie paper und swear iu six special constables to enforce it.” This was enough, and the lawyer proceeded to draw up the most remarkable document ever seen in America. The writ covered “0 pages of foolscap, and ordered lie Eng lishman, under tho severest pains and penalties, to remain with his ship at Darien until In set tied all claims. It was a sultry August after noon, and the vessel was about ready to depart when it was boarded by Justice Campbell and six negro constables armed with guns. The justice rend the writ to the captain, and after inform ing him that the constables would remain until the matter was adjusted, the judicial ty rant went ashore again. Tho Britisher fumed, fretted and swore, but the six negro guards made themselves at homo and kept their guns with in reach. The captain retired to the cabin with tho mate and talked it over. Finally a plan <>f action was agreed upon, and when the ship’s officers reappeared they were apparently in a good hu mor, They told the constables that they were welcome us the representatives of the law, and requested them to enjoy the freedom of the vessel. The constables were over whelmed with tobacco and ci gars and an occasional dram until their suspicions vanished. Then the captain and his crew displayed still more hospitality and the hott-le was freely passed around. freedom of the vessel. Tin* constables were over whelmed with tobacco and ci gars and an occasional dram until their suspicions vanished. Then tlie captain and his crow displayed still more hospitality and the bottle was freely passed around. At midnignt six negro con stables were in a drunken slum ber, the eltect of their drugged liquor, and the captain and his men were wide awake and per fectly sober. The blacks were carefully de opsited in a boat and set adrift in the harbor, and then the British sloop quietly weighed anchor and left tin* port at ou hour when Justice Campbell was dreaming of his new and wonderful writ of ne exeat n publicum. publicum. The constables were picked up next day and sent to jail for; neglect of duty, but the vessel was then beyond reach. Tho British explain went straight to Savannah, where in laid his case before his consul and demanded an apology und an indemnity from' the United States government. The consul found it difficult to keep his face straight when he heard the story. “It is un outrage,” he said to the captain, “but it is a peculiar one and of a ludicrous nature “If 1 were you, I would not ■hold a friendly government re sponsible for the conduct of a few ignorant persons, who have not been free long enough to know their own rights and re spect the rights of others.” It required a good deal of talk to appease the Englishman but after he had been wined and dined by the merchants und had told his story a score of times, amid roars of laugh ter, he began to regard the af fair n.i a good joke and agreed to let it drop. And thus ended what threat ened a serious international complicat ion. THE SPECTRE OF THE ISLE. BV colon Kl. PKK.NTISS ISIiKAHXM. A trim looking brig anchored off one of the small and desolate islands of the Italian.a Group, had sent a boat ashore with buckets and water casks fur a supply of fresh water. It was just before sunset, and tho boat nulled in shore, found a spring of pure and cold water amid a group of palms, and tin men g»*t to work filling the buckets and carrying them to empty into tlie casks in the boat. There was a full moon and the men intended to work late into tho night until they had a full supply. But suddenly one of the men uttered a cry of ter ror and bounded toward tin boat like a deer, while In* shout ed: "The ghost of tho Isle!” Tho rent of till! ctrnv looked up to behold w hat lie had, and they too Hod, and piling into! the boat they rapidly pulled back to tin* brig• There their story was told to the captain, and he did not dare say that it wus false, for tars must be upheld in their super- j stitions. Then too ho had heard that that particular is land had been tlie scene of many a wreck und tragedy, and why should it not be haunted, for tho men claimed to have seen a ghost, or spectre, coming to ward them. Sweeping the shores with his glass tho c aptain also saw tho spectre. It wus surely u human i I.OOPER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE form, clad in w hite, and gliding up and down tha beach The men wished to set sail, * "i the water caskshad all been emptied for I In- fresh water, and tin* captain said that sunlight dispelled ghostly apparitions, and he would g"t, the supply of water in the morning. Again and again he hailed the spectre, but no answer was re turned, and there was very lit tle sleep on board the brig that night,.for the “ghost” contin ued to pass to and fro upon the beach. With tjie first glimmer of dawn a boat was lowered, and the captain himself went ashore with four of the crew. Approaching tho landing the spectre was seen coming from the spring, and in the light of the rising sun it was seen to he a youth of twenty, with white cotton shirt and duck pants, much worn, and a face haggard and emaciated. His foot were wrapped in l-igs in place of shoes, and though he waved a welcome with his canvas cap, ho did not utter a word. As the captain sprung ashore the youth grasped his hand and said in a whisper: “I have lost my voice, so could not hail you. Thank God you conic hack again, for 1 have been here for a couplo of months tho last one of a crew of twelve patriots who left Cuba with dis patches for the Junta in New York, for we intended to sail to San Augustine and land. One of our party was a Cuban col onel, and nearly all were wound ed. We had a sharpie thirty feet in length, and provisioned for a couple of weeks, but she was driven off' her course in n storm and wrecked here, and I alone escaped; hot 1 1 av<* the dispatches, and I got enough of our provisions to keep from starving, but the last I ate yes terday, so you have saved my life. Ten days-ago I lost my voice, and l had given up hope, when 1 suddenly came across the island and saw your men at the spling lust night.” The graves of his comrades were found where lie had buried them; and the hov was taken aboard and soon made comfort able. By the time tho brig reached New York he had regained his voice, and he at once delivered his dispatches, und soon after returned to with an expe dition that sailed from Florida. LETTE It T7TI)M LA WRE NCE VILLE. (The following letter is taken from the Valdosta Times.) L.vwitKNCKviLLK.Ga. Feb. “7, ’O7 Mil Tiiomah Cn.wvKovn, Valdosta, Ga. Dkak Friknh: Yours of this date received. I hardly know how to answer your inquiries in to tho benefits of prohibition There Ims been such a complct' ch*nge for the belt r that to ■ ppreciiito it properly you would have to 1..* here to make your ow n observations. The county has boon dry for a little over four years. Pub lic sentiment is so overwhelm ingl> in favor of the law that those who favor the Hale of li quor are afraid to submit the question to a vote Prohibi licnists arc so perfectly satisfied what the r.-ult would bo that they are not only willing bu* anxious to have un election oi (In* subject to show them that almost unanimously the peoph favor the present prohibitory law. 1 am satisfied that tin ii'Hiilt would lie at least threi io one in favor of the present law, and perhaps five to one. This of itself is sufficient ti satisfy any one of the benefits of the law. If the people did not think well of it it would la voted out, as you know an elcc lion could be hud at any tinu on t he subject. When you lived here, the li quor men you know were large ly in the majority; in fact, no one at that time dared to advo eato prohibition. 1 am satis fied that liquor will never again bo sold legally in thjs county. Of course, this law, like ever> other penal law of the state, is violated at times; and if your county goes dry at the ensuing el iction you will bo troubled for u time with blind tigers. Men who make s**mo preten tions to respectability will on gage in it, but it will not last long; in a short time only tin trash will engage in it. L<*t me slate to you something about the condition of things iu this place: You kuow A fit street on w hich all the bar jcoeqss wi re located almost t v *'l*#l,day there were drunk liieu on the streets, and on public days ii decent inau could not puss on ROYAI j hftKING POWDER Absolutely Pure. Celebrated for its great leavening saret'gtti and henlthfulnesg. As-, sure* the food against alum and all’ forms of adulteration common to the cheap brands. Koyai. Baking i'owMii Company, Xkw York. that side of the street; and you know it to be a fact that no lady would think of walking on that side of the street, on any day, unless some male friend waft with her. Now everything is changed; the whole street, formerly occupied by barrooms, is now tilled with brick business houses. Our bank is in one ot the old saloons, and it is by far the best street in the town. I have- had bettor opportuni ties to notice the effect, having been for several years at dif ferent times connected with the town government as council man, and during the time that liquor was sold, during court week the Calaboose was full at all times, sometimes 0 or 8 in at one time. After prohibition, and immediately after the law went into effect, for several terms of the court not a single person was in the Calaboose; in fact, it is a rare thing that any one is arrested for being drunk. There is not one hundredth part of the liquor drank as when we had bar rooms. There is more necessity for prohibi tion now than formerly on ac count of the negroes. While liquor was sold there was al ways some drunken negro on the streets, now you never see one. Hut the best effect of the law is that it removes tempta tion from the boys. There is no place that they can get it, only from a blind tiger, occa sionally, and any young man who thinks anything of him self will not patronize a blind t iger run by a negro or a low down white man. Our town and county is in a far more prosperous condition than it. ever was before. Wo have the best, cotton market in North Georgia, more goods are now being sold than was ever sold before. My advice to you, judging from my own experience and observation of the effects of the law, would be for you to vote it out of the county. No state ment that I could make to you could (ionvey to your mind the benitits that your county would derive from driving out the liar rooms. Try it and'you will be satisfied that the good it would do your community could not be overstated. I repeat what 1 stated before that the best evi dence that it is good for the county, is the fact that after over four years trial the people ire better satisfied than ever with the law, but some people sill say to you that the people drink as much not true, the town and county records speak a different story. The liquor traffic in Georgia is doomed and it is a question of only a very short time when the last county in the'atate will enact prohibitory laws. If there is anv information I can give you will take pleasure in giving it. There is more im provement going on here than lias been for. years. Get mo .now the result of your elec tion. Youi friend, John M. Mii.i.s. oondenseTT* TESTIMONY. (’has It. Hood, Itroker and Manufacturer's Agent, Colum bus. Ohio, certifies that Dr. King’s New Discovery has no qtial as a Cough remedy. J. I*, brown. I’rop. St. James Ho tel, Ft. Wayne, Ind., testifies hat lie was cured of a Cough of two y< ars standing, caused by I,a Grippe, by Dr. King’s New Discovery. It. F. Merrill, Itald .vinsvillo, Mass., says that lie has used and recommended it and never knew it to fail and would rather have it than any lector, because it always cures. Mrs. Hamming, E. 25th St. Chicago, always keeps it at hand and has no fear of Croup, because it instantly relieves. Free Trials Bottles at A. M. Winn ifc Son’s Drug Store. f)r. Warren Canlsr suys: “I un not postering myself or others with theories about the geography of hell. 1 am trying as-best I can to keep people from going there. Wherever it be, let us keep <ut of it. ’ When a man sees ail editor riding along the road, and g<s>s But and stops him and pays f r itispap r without being asked, hgjr\n»y be eaUed a man after an «iuon ! > own heart. —Ex.