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MDDY3 LYiNLVi I ~ \fri\m ISFAIRYIMEfS mnm mm ! 0 V* ^ x c^--«»AUTnoa > THE COBRA'S ADVICE. "1 shall give you some good advice,” said the Cobra snake to his son. He didn't know really that he was his son for he didn't care about his family and snake such like things. himself But he saw said, another | and he “Do you know who is your worst j enemy?" “No,” said young Cobra. “I’ll tell yon," said old Cobra. “Do, tt will help me tn my wriggling, crawling, squirming adventures. M • * It will help you,” said old Cobra. Tell It to me before I go to sleep,” stihl young Cobra. “I am sleepy. “1 am sleepy, too, said old Cobra, "so 1 will want to tell the Story be¬ fore I go off to sleep myself. *» They each hissed for a few mo¬ ments and then the old Cobra began his story. “I will call my story, ‘Old Cobra's Advice to Young Cobra. •»« “Sounds like a good story," said young Dobra, l'ou could have toffl, if you had seen the young Cobra, that he wasn’t the kind of a creature to be interested in a fairy story. “India, as you know Is our home, he began. “We do a great deal of harm. Of that I am proud. They say that we cause the loss of thousands of people every year. A noble record for the Colira family.” “1 don’t suppose the people think It is such a noble record," said young Cobra. “Don’t be a gentle young thing and disgrace the family,” said old Cobra. “There bus never been auy disgrace to the family name and you mustn't commence such a thing. Do you hear me?” hissed old Cobra. “Gracious,” said young Cobra, “I won't. I was only thinking what a Joke It was on the family, and how glad I was to think that tiiere was something we did which they couldn't call noble and we were so noble that w* didn’t mind.” That's the way to talk," hissed old Cobra. “But we have an enemy, a terrible, terrible, enemy, Many stories have been written about him and his name is tin* Mongoose. “li is a little animal. His size can be compared to that of a ferret's and lie i supposed to he a cousin of that fami’y. He Is the one you are to watui out for.” “Tell me how I am to do It," said young Cobra. I want to be able to protect myself from enemies. “Of course you do. That’s a good natural wish,” said old Cobra. “The mongoose Is a mean little creature, he will Jump and hurry about a poor sunkc. gening a snake ail mixed up and quite dizzy. Tha mean little fellow won’t get ,zzy himself. No, he will only make the nice Cobra dizzy. "Then he will spring at the Cohrn. H Oh, oh,” hissed the young Cobra. Yes, he will spring at the Cobra,” angrily hissed old Cobra, “and he will put his mean, contemptible, horrid, sharp little teeth Into the spine of a flue Cobra snake. He will go for a Cobra's beautiful snake throat. He will escape. like the mean little crea¬ ture he is. because he is so quick. "People say they like the mongoose because they say he destroys and kilis us.” .t Well, of ail the rude things,” said young Cobra, "What a thing for peo pie to say. »» “Well, of course we don’t like peo pie.” said old Cobra. No, we’re fair about that, We’re not hypocrites, or anything like that, said young Cobra, “We hate the-mon goose and he hates us. That is the truth, most assuredly, And we hate people and they hate us." ”It seems strange that we can’t have everything entirely our own way, when we’re the great, and famous Cobra snakes.' said old Cobra, “but as we can’t, remember my advice, and keep out of the way of that mean little mongoose fellow with his horrible llt tie teeth, which aren’t nearly as little as they should be. Getting Up Steam. Little Emily was on her first visit to her grandmother in the country. The family cut. a large black ani¬ mal. settled himself luxuriously in front of the kitchen range and began to purr loudly. The ways of cats were entirely new to Emily, and she regarded the auimal with horror. u Oh, gran’ma. gran’ma.” cried the little girl excitedly, ‘come here quick! The cut’s begun to boil.” Why Eve Escaped Measles. Question—Why didn’t Eve get the measles? ’ad ’em Answer— Because she had (had Adam). Why Murphy Hurried. An Irishman was painting his barn and was hurrying his work with all | his strength and speed. What are you in such a hurry for, Murphy?" asked a spectator. through be¬ “Shore, I want to get fore me paint runs out,” replied Mur l>hy. Topeka, Kan. Wc call Minneapolis. Minn. Why not call Annapolis. Ann? If you can’t tell the reason why, I’U bet Topeka, Kan. As A. : ' THE LEADER-TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA.. JANUARY 1, 19*0. *♦**+**♦♦♦♦« ra Jtum V * Tha a«ly ♦ nawapapar * pubKihaJ in the heart ♦ / J-/ + of the larfeit Peach* ♦ <* growing section of tha 9* I * world. 4» Ifl \ / t *4> + + + * + *♦♦♦♦ * \( A tf 3 $2.50 Per Year In Advance v Here’s , hecilth in Nineteen-Twenty, xxJ j A year of peace and plenty; *H. HAM LOSS t May Prosperity fill with gold. m K 'J ■ % , y I / lj May your r endships your purse be stronger, RESIDENCE Bl ARE \ 9 V Your life be longer, -rtb* after Sunday the noon Si And C hero-Cola of old. ) ’y home of of Fort Mr. Geo. & § your guest as ■iwest Valley, 's§ v ^ by fire, originating ■ y>\ into which a young Hartley’s threw , s onto a pile of V er could be se >^x s r ade 1 control such head- with r A 73 at hand and flames pre m rhene to Aiijr no^F * SS !//1? \ S \ kn I j h' L A II Z- i rr m if I i \ m i \ 'v x V- # ,NVv il // 1 J i I N a §j<„ I AW I V N \ % S3 4 m \\W |\\’ ;*v nr o-r- ;c / % V \ P. :c'> 'V % s§ ■v V, \x ■jsr n '-'x' ■ a sS\' • tv V*. \ X i i ■m tMffUflBA ii XI m 71 Jlv k: : r 'k s 6 RESOLVED: m ii That I will not struggle through another year under the handicap of haphazard financing, but will open a Checking Account in the Citizens Bank of Fort Vahey mk and put my affairs on a sound, success-insuring basis.” This is a good resolution. Think it over. Then act upon it promptly. There is no more op¬ portune occasion than the opening of the New Year, ■ \ CHENS BUN 01 FORT HLLEV. 3 Fort Valloy, 6a. to STRENGTH, STABILITY, SAFETY. »» m ' Q j WJy i s- %. & Knowing Ones Are Successful in Business Count Their Advertising as an Able Assistant. f A School To Train Typesetters , Enjoy Big Earnings Whilo Learning A Croat ProfaoolM The Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association baa establish¬ ed a school for teaching typesetting on the linotypa and intertype machines. Apprentices in the printing trade and ambitious young men or women should write for literature. The trada that halpad develop Benjamin Franklin into a master mind ia worthy of earaful consideration. For advice apply to the editor of the Leader-Tribuaa, and in tha meantime send for literature, addressin’g, Georgia-Alabama Business College (Accredited) • o BUGKNE President ANDERSON Macon,. Georgia i * o. .0 A 0, i > i ! :• i i \ .■ U V\ \ i • . UJ i y. -- FOR SALE BY — J. L. LONG, Fort Valley, Ga.