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3 ysy i St <3> $ rip?' a? ,«#*■ Mi ■ j b > S) nr~ i it ( \ fl ! •0 .0*5 X i <6 ■ 0 -i 5 VS ? <3 3 Di I I £ D> A- ^ & Cl r- O experienced, 0 No amount of argument can convince the ^ honest grocer that any other soap will give his customers <S> such general satisfaction as Ivory Soap. He knows that ^ they prefer Ivory Soap to new kinds, of unknown quality. : Ivory Soap will sell because the people want it, the 1 other soaps may iook like Ivory, but his customers want t the real thing—they buy a new soap once to try it, o< may but they come back again and again for Ivory Soap, and they insist on having it. Copyist. 1898, by Tbs Procter & Gamble Co., Cincinnati. DEALERS should carry a complete line of Spalding’s Trade IVSark Athletic Always a demand for them. Write for our catalogue. A. C. SPALDSMG Si BROS., New York. Denver. Chicago. Cost of Government Per Hour. An ingenious Englishman has figured out the cost of an liour of government since the beginning of the century. In Prance the figures show an alarming tendency to increase. Under Napoleon an hour of government cost 823,000; under Louis Phillippe, $30,000; under the Second Republic, $20,000; under Napoleon III., $62,000; from 1S70 to 1880, $61,500, on account of the raising of the average by the cost of the war with Germany, but from 3880 to 1890 the cost was $86,000 an hour. A French paper remarks that this seems to prove the undesirability of paying a government by the hour or by the day; payment by the piece, according to the work done, is the only way, it thinks. Rushed. The Poet’s Wife—Algernon, I wish you would— The Poet—Please don’t break my train of thoughts. I am writing a poem for the midsummer number of the Fid- dlesticks magazine, and the editor says unless I have it ready by 11 o’clock to- morrow he will have to close the forms without it.—Chicago Daily News. o NE reason Mrs. Pinkham’s treatment helps women so promptly is that they have confidence in her. Through some of the many thousands of Mrs. Pink- ham’s friends an ailing woman will be led to write to Mrs. Pinkham at her home in Lynn, Mass., and will tell her symptoms. The reply, made without charge of any kind, will bear such evidence of knowledge of the trouble that belief in her advice at once inspires This of itself is a great help. Then the knowledge that women only see the letters asking for advice and women only assist Mrs. Pinkham in replying makes it easy to be explicit about the little things that define the disease. Mrs. Eliza Thomas, of 634 Pine St., Easton, Pa., writes: “Df.ar Mrs. Pinkham—I doctored with two of the best the womb. I suffered ru something terrible, could IN-' 1 not thought sleep sometimes nights that and death would be such a relief. To-day lama well Hi , HI woman, able to do my m v Sf p own pain. work, I used and four have bottles not a ™ of Lydia E. Pinkham’s ■; m M [ Vegetable Compound and S: §n 'ms-si, I [ three tive Wash packages and of cannot Sana* K f-i j thank you enough for the .... m. good it did me.” ' Stoddard, Mrs. M. ii I m Box 268 , Springfield, Minn., SISI • ’ ’ - writes: “Dear Mrs. Pinkham— For about four years I was a great sufferer from female troubles. I hadbackacheallof thetime, no appetite, pains in stomach, faint¬ ing spells, was weak and my system was completely run down. I also had falling of womb so bad that I could scarcely walk across the floor. After taking two bottles of your Vegetable Compound and one box of Lozengers, can say I am cured." IASJSS3S ft GENTS “Thrilling Stories “of the Spanish American War by Returned Heroes, Uehed. For terms and territory, address O. E. LUTHER PUB. CO., Atlanta, Ga. Katie Ball Fool Ball Got! Tennis Cricket; uroa «et Boxi net Athletics Uniform] Sweaters One Family Owns a Bank. There is a bank in Tokio, Japan, with a capital of $5,000,000 and a reserve fund of $3,230,000, which advertises the following Board of Directors: Bar- on H. Mitsui, Gennosuke Mitsui, Geny- emon Mitsui, Takayasu Mitsui, Hachi- rojiro Mitsui, Saburosuke Mitsui, Fa- kutaro Mitsui, Morinosuke Mitsui, Tak- enosuke Mitsui, Yonosuke Mitsui, and Tokuyemon Mitsui. The first-named is the father, and the others are his sons. Every share of stock belongs to the family, and it is announced that they assume an unlimited responsibility for all the liabilities of the bank. The Death and Burial ol Columbus. Columbus died at Valladolid, May 20, 1508, and was buried in the Cathedral 0 f Seville, within a short time; he was QO t burled at Valladolid at all. Be- tween 1530 and 1549 his bones were carried across the sea and buried in the Cathedral at San Domingo, “on the right side of the altar.” In 1795 the remains were carried to the Cathedral of Havana, whence ia December last they were taken back to Spain, N’ot in a Trifling Mood. Mrs. Tilford of Sorosis—It must have taken Daniel Webster a long time to compile the dictionary; don’t you think so? Tilford—Daniel? You mean Noah, don’t you? Mrs. Tilford (tartly)—Now, don’t be HUy. Noal1 built the ark.—Brooklyn Life. ___ „ .. , eiengo o * “That was a hoi rible trick Algy play- ed on Edith.” “Yes?” “Yes. He sent her one of her own photographs as a comic valentine.” gomfwence help® m e&RE Ca9 9 TO KEIJEEM OCR GUARANTEE OF POSITIONS. K. K. Far® Paid. Actual Business. Free Tuition to one of each sex in every county ol your state. WRITE QUICK to Hacon.Ga. GA.-ALA. BUS. COLLEGE, TOWN FOUNDED FOE SMELT ) KING OF MAINE FISH. Folk Live on the Ice of the Winding Bogaduce, Sheltered in Their Shanties. Brooksville, Me., Correspondence: As soon as ice forms on the tortuous Bog¬ aduce everybody—men, women and children, the lame and lazy, the rich and poor—pushes a little 5x8 board shanty onto the new ice and goes to catching smelts. It is the one occu- pation which everybody follows, and, incidentally, it is the one calling which yields more money than all the oth¬ ers combined. The modern smelthouse, as it is, is a marvel. It is placed upon wide run- ners, which are made longer than the house, so that the weight may be distributed over as wide an area of ice as possible which proves of great advantage early in the season when the ice is thin, and none hut the wealthy can afford to buy smelts. The house, which is put on top of. this sled, is made of thin matched boards and is four feet high at the eaves and six feet in the peak. In front end is a door. At the opposite end is a small stove. The floor is double hoarded and sheathed to keep out the cold, ex- cept one board midway between the ends, which is left unnailed, so it may be lifted up to allow the lines to , drop through to the water. in the shoal places along shore are depressions in the mud that form miniature bays of brackish water when MiS mm i =38 t & : -■ -.4y' v ax. 452 s * 1 ^ ' s %r W' (THE QUEER SETTLEMENT ON THE ICE. the tide goes out. These spots are ] marked by tall stakes before the river 1 freezes, the fisherfolk knowing that when the tide recedes the minnows and mummy chubs, which are used for j[ Ve will seek out these pools t0 a wait the coming flood. But cutting holes in the broken ice near the stakes the fishermen can run down small nets and dip up their bait by the pailful. Having secured his bait, the fisher¬ man cuts a long, narrow hole through the ice near the channel of the stream, IN THE BERMUDAS. There I* a Plague of Cats and Sparrows. New York Journal: People arriv- ing in New York from Bermuda say that the island is overrun by cats and sparrows. The nuisance of the plague has even been discussed in the Colonial legislature at Hamilton. Visitors from the United States seeking the balmy climate of Bermuda are corn- plaining especially of the “cat gangs which nightly disturb their sleep. When the dog tax bill came up be¬ fore the legislature last week, Dr. T. A. Outerbridge, one of the members of the council, proposed an amendment. In doing so he said: “I should like to see the bill recast and a heavier tax put upon (logs, be¬ cause we have too many worthless curs in Bermuda. I should also like to see a tax put upon cats. You may laugh, but if there is any useless animal in this world it is a cat. Cats may be of use in some countries, but they are of no use here. They do not kill rats. They do destroy our native birds. “I have not seen a bluebird in six weeks, and there ought to be plenty of them here now from America. I have not seen one this year, and be¬ fore long all our native birds will be exterminated—between the cats and the sparrows.” Truly Horrible. Whether it illustrates fertility of re¬ source or force of habit—or both— there is humor in the Cleveland Lead¬ er’s story of "an old man who sells newspapers in the square.” He has learned from handling the sensational sheets that in order to dispose of his stock he must always have something “horrible” on hand; so it is “All about the horrible suicide;” “All about the horrible murder;” “All about the hor¬ rible accident,” or all about something else that is horrible, day after day. One evening last autumn he stood at his accustomed place when the late “extras” were brought around. After shoves his sled along until the hole in the ice is under the loose floor board of the smelthouse, and then, baiting two lines, each armed with two hooks, he drops them into the stream and sits down to await what the tides may bring. When smelts are bringing from 10 or 12 cents a pound in the New York markets and the fish are running well and biting greedily, the scene on the frozen Bogaduce is Animated. From Walker’s Mill to the bridge which crosses into the town of Penobscot the river is dotted with tent-like houses, giving one the impression that a vast army has come along and camped on the ice. If the surface is free from snow and no wind is blowing, the houses are ranged face to face, with street between, along which the children romp and the young people skate from daylight until long after dark. At intervals along the main street are clusters of houses, which mark the place where some family has founded a colony. Many of these con¬ tain no more than five or six houses, while others have fifteen or twenty. Jn the course of a few days these knots of buildings are called Walker- ville, or Billingstown, or Bickfordshire, according to the name of the' family ■which lives there. When a storm or wind comes up all the houses that face the blast must be shifted hindside be¬ fore to protect the occupants. As fast as the smelts are caught they are laid out straight upon a board and exposed to the cold to freeze, and no sooner are they congealed clear through than they are nailed up in small wooden boxes and sent to mar¬ ket. Brookville people take great pride in preparing their fish for sale, and have no patience with the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia folk, who securing a bundle he scrambled to his corner, saw half a dozen men ap- proaching, and cried out: “I-Iere’s your extra paper, just out, all about the horrible—horrible—” Then he stopped. He had forgotten to look a£ the headlines and find out what hor¬ rible thing had happened. Hastily turning over one of the papers, he ( caught a glimpse of the account of the Harvard-Pennsylvania football game. The troubled look faded from his face, a glad light came into liis jeyes, and he continued, “All about the horrible football game.” I Arcliery tn the Heart of the City. The military students at Tung- Chou (China) are a conspicuous nuis- ance. They have a v/ay of using one of the main streets in the city as a convenient spot for practicing archery, and we have been repeatedly obliged to edge up to the extreme edge of the footpath to avoid possible eccentric flights of arrows. Characteristically, it never occurs to them to suspend op¬ erations for others’ safety or conven¬ ience, and minor accidents must be not uncommon, a lad was brought to the hospital the other day who had been struck by an arrow just belov; the eye, as he was edging along the highway. He was not badly hurt, and pijobably regarded ordinary his injury risks of as travel inci¬ dental to the on city streets.—North China Herald. Elephant* In Siam. Siamese women intrust their chil¬ dren to the care of elephants, and it is said that the trust is never betray¬ ed: The babies play about the huge feet of the elephants, who are ever careful never to hurt the little crea¬ tures. And if danger threatens, the sagacious animal will curl the child gerjtly up in his trunk and swing his broad it up ou of harm’s way upon bai Many a youth who aspires to become an M. is in after years glad to sett! down as the village P. M. allow their smelts to freeze in distort¬ ed shapes, and who dump them into the hold of vessels with forks and take them to the cities as if they were offal. The true Brookville smelt has its remains decently composed before it freezes, and every fish is packed by heads and points, crossways in the box, so as to make good stowage be¬ fore the cover is nailed on. It 13 a local tradition that a crooked smelt from the Provinces is no better than a Yankee tomcod, and while this state- ment may not be actually true, the man who should come here and dis- pute its accuracy would get himself disliked. Living within a mile of their work —for the Bagaduce almost girdles Brookville—the men folk in the fam¬ ilies asjse before daylight and go to work without breakfast. As soon as the morning meal is eaten at home the wife or some member of the family, relieves the fisherman, who breaks his fast at his own table, after which he attends to his barn work before re¬ turning to the ice. He is relieved in a similar manner at dinner and sup- per. Meantime, some of his family drops in at odd spells, allowing him to go from camp to camp and exchange gossip. After supper great heaps of driftwood that have floated down from the sawmill are lighted on the ice, and the whole town comes out for an ev- ening party, The older people sit around on shingle blocks in the camps talking and laughing, while the men fish and the women knit mittens for the market. The young people either go skating in pairs, gliding far up the stream among the dark woods, or if the ice is rough or snowy they get up little dances in the lee of the smelt- houses, to a fiddle or an accordion. Suspended from poles, the Chinese lanterns cast ghastly lights upon the gay scene, while overhead the torches of the aurora borealis flash across* the sky, and the fixed stars look at one another and wink with a meaning that is too deep for words. A COSTLY DINNER. First of Expensive Entertainments In New York City. Writing c£ the lavish expenditures of New Yorkers, Euretta Van Vorst recalls, in the Ladies’ Home Journal, a dinner given in 183 i by a man of wealth which cost $30,000, and which astonished his mo3t extravagant as¬ sociates, as it was the most expensive feast given up to that- time. ‘Delmon- ico, the helpful resource of both those who know and those who do not know how to spend their money, was at a loss to know how to dispose of this then fabulous amount upon a single meal. There were seventy-two guests, and they were entertained in the large ballroom which in Delmonico's Fourteenth street establishment has seen so many social triumphs. The house had been Moses Grinnell’s and ever bore the imprint of a gentleman’s residence even when transformed into a public place of entertainment. The table occupied the whole length and breadth of the room; the waiters had barely space to move about it. It was a long, oval table, round which a mas¬ sive wreath of exquisite flowers was laid guarding a miniature lake thirty feet long. The water, by mechanical, contrivance, undulated gently, and on its breast floated four living swans, a golden network keeping them in place.” A Bridso 1800 Years Old. Eighteen hundred years ago, or thereabouts, the Roman emperor, Tra¬ jan, built a bridge across the Danube, 1 the piers of which are found by the Roumanian engineers solid enough to sustain a new structure, which will unite the towns of Turnu Severin in Roumania and Gladova in Servia. In the middle of the structure the statue of Trajan will stand, four square, to all the winds that blow, as it well deserves to do, perpetuating,the memory of that great conqueror and bridge-builder for perhaps another score of centuries. GEORGIA STATE NEWS, Lieutenant Frank Z. Curry, charged with the murder of Private Leo Heed, appeared before Judge Bobert Falli- gant in ilie superior court at Savannah Saturday for bail. After hearing all the statements mado by the defend¬ ant’s counsel, Judge Falligant decided to permit the defendant to give bond in the sum of $2,500. The Kincaid Manufacturing Compa¬ ny at Griffin has just completed their magnificent annex, which rnalies it not only the largest towel factory in the country, but ono of the completest, mills, the machinery being the largest ever brought south, and in the lan¬ guage of Superintendent A. G. Mar¬ tin, ns complete as can be made. The Griffin Mills Company has just begun work on a new $ 100,000 annex that will be completed by September, and it will nearly double the capacity of that mill. Saturday evening about 7 o’clock Sheriff C. H. Talley, of DeKalb coun- ty, was overpowered at the jail in De- tur by four prisoners who, after as¬ saulting him and taking away his pis¬ tol, mado their escape. An attempt was made to murder the sheriff, but be managed to keep behind an iron door, and the desperate criminals de¬ cided to let him alone while they got away. Flanagnn, the noted double murderer, was in the prison at the time and might have escaped, but did not do so. After being out twenty-one hours, the jury at Dalton in the case of the state vs. Will and Guilford Cannon, charged with assault with intent to murder on the person of JohnL. Tapp, rendered a verdict of guilty of shoot¬ ing at another, with a recommenda¬ tion to the mercy of the court. Sent¬ ence was passed by Judge Fite Satur¬ day afternoon. The penalty imposed is a fine of $300 and three months in the county jail in each case. The de¬ fendants will make a motion for a new trial and there is much excitement over the sentence. Fitzgerald’s water and light carni¬ val was in every way a grand success. More than forty floats were in line, representing the various business in¬ terests of the city, and Col. Hay’s im¬ mune regiment band from Macon was in attendance, and together with the military band, furnished music for the carnival. The streets were crowded with thousands of visitors and special excursions bringing many people. Everything was done by the carnival committee to make the visitors feel at home and enjoy themselves. The grand banquet, tendered by the Busi¬ ness League was held at the opera house building, and the entire city was in attendance. The Coweta county prohibition elec¬ tion contest case, which was decided adversely to the wet side at the last term of the superior court, will be carried to the supreme court for re¬ view. The questions whether or not persons are qualified to vote who re¬ side in towns and districts where liquor could not be sold under then existing laws, and whether persons were legally registered and qualified to vote, who had not signed the oath with the tax collector, or his author¬ ized clerk, will be decided by that court. The disposition of the case is of some concern to the taxpayers of Newnan, inasmuch as they have been cut off the $5,000 revenue derived from the licensing of saloons. The decision of the supreme court will be awaited with interest by the people of the county generally. The Georgia monument commemor¬ ative of the Georgia officers and men who took part in the historic battle of Chiekamauga, December 19th and 20, 18G3, will bo unveiled at Chiekamauga National ]iark on May 4th. The at¬ tendant ceremonies will be extremely interesting and large crowds from kll parts of the state are expected to be present at the unveiling. The state¬ ment has been made that the monu¬ ment had been erected in memory of the Confederate dead, and that the cost of the shaft has been raised by the members of the memorial board. This statement is incorrect. In 1897 the general assembly passed an act creating a state memorial board, to be composed of five members, including Adjutant General McIntosh Kell, who is ex-offfcio chairman of the board. With the passage of this act $25,000 was appropriated for the purpose of erecting a monument or monuments commemorative of the Georgians who took part in the battle of Chiekamauga. The business details of the session of the Epworth Leaguers of Georgia were wound up at Columbus Satur¬ day. Sunday the exercises were de¬ votional in their character. Saturday night the Leaguers selected the fol¬ lowing officers for the new year: Pres¬ ident, W. P. Wallis, of Americas; first vice president, J. Bailey Gordon, of Borne; second vice president, Miss Elmyro Taylor, of Macon; third vice president, Miss Minnie L. Parker, of Brunswick; secretary, Hatton Love- joy, of LaGrange; treasurer, J. Ber¬ rien, of Waynesboro; editor, Rev. Joel T. Davis, of Atlanta. The conference adopted u strong temperance and pro¬ hibition resolution unanimously, with great enthusiasm. It was decided to create a new office of fourth vice pres¬ ident, this officer to have special charge of the Junior League work of the state. A set of resolutions were adopted thanking the people of (Co¬ lumbus for their hospitality, and the state press and railroads fer their kindness.