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About The weekly banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1900-1901 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1901)
A LIVERY CHANGE. I take pleasure in o my many friends that I have ly purchased from Mr. Idus L. ley, his livery business,, and will al¬ ways have a nice turnout ready for you And if you wish to buy, sell, or trade a horse or mule, I will be phased to with you betore you de either. See me any way, at Langley’s old stand. "11 r L KIND which puts no intelligence in to its work was never a suc¬ cess . It is an undisputable fact that those states of our Un¬ ion whose citizensare the best educated are also the wealth¬ iest and most progressive. The statistics of the Patent Office at Washington show that those states of the Uu. ion which expend the most money on education receive the most patents on inven¬ tions according to population. More patents were issued within the last year to Con¬ necticut according to popula tion than to any other state— One to every 933 inhabitants. Next in order were the fol lowing :Massachusetts, one to every 1,428, Rhode Island, one to every 1 , 548 ; New Jer sey one to every 1 , 549 , The fewest patets granted in pro¬ portion to the numbers of in¬ habitants were in the follow¬ ing states: South Carolina, one to every 23,787; Missis sippi, one to every 1 8 . 964 ; Georgia one to every 17.333, “These statistics toach us” gays oua State School Com xnissioner, “ that ideas will al ways hold in financial bond¬ age those whoso only posses¬ sion is acres. Massachusetts bas ten times the wealth Georgia, because she has spent lor the last 36 years ten times as much uicmoy on the edu¬ cation of tho mawo# as Georgia lias spent. There is enough invent ivo power ytng dormant in the minds of Georgia children to make the state enomously rich. If our children were to reoooive within the next ten years tho same clmnce that tha children of Connecticut are now receiving, there would b« ton years from now 19 patents issued to the boys anti girle of Con nucticut where only one patent is ismed to the boys and girls of Geor gia ” it is clearly evident that onr ig n ratio© and narrow education po! icy is costing us dearly. Why are owr farms being so oltttn«ily till ed? Why do w« ship our raw cot to i to Ne.v England aud to Eu* r -p to lie manufactured? Why are onr forests going to waste? 1 rineipally tho lack of mental ac ♦ ivitv. We have one of the best c, untries and finest climates on the earth, yet it is a struggles for v.s to obtain ths bare necessities of I fe. There are but about three ssates 5 the Union lower in the scale of •j it literacy than Georgia, while for ty slates in tbe Union out rank us lucationally. Never will Geor- be the Btate for which our fought, bled aud died as rug as Buoh a large per cent, of not read and write. The beet paying investment a has is in their school From a purely financial a community can not a more profitable move than make their schoolhouse com and beautiful and furnish well, employ a good teacher and eatablish a long term school. It fills the home with more intel¬ ligence and happiuesB. It makes better farmers, better citixens and bstrer christi&UB. It increases the value of laud, and the best citizens cease to move eo town to seek school and sooial advantages for their children. (Continued next week.) RULED WITH A ROD. ■at the RH Mast Be Iron, Wftk a lied bet Tip. “When all other methods of control¬ ling wild beasts fall the keeper has only to employ an iron rod. which has been made redhot at one end,” said an old circus man to a Star reporter recently. “Lions and tigers," be continued, “will cringe before the heated poker, and no matter how restless and fretful they may have been tl>* sight of the glow¬ ing Iron immediately brings them to their best of animal senses. It has an almost hypnotic influence over the beasts. I have seldom beard of an animal being burned In this manner, however, so there Is nothlug cruel in tbe treatmont It would not do for the keeper to burn the charges under bla care, for tin* scars would mar the animal for exhibition purposes. The hot irou Is a terror. Just the same, and under ita persuasion the kings of the Jungle arc docile and ready to do what Is wanted of them. “In circus menageries the animals often boeome almost unmanageable. This IS true of tbe younger specimens, who do uot like the Idea of being so closely housed, so much hauled about and so often cut off from the light of the outside world. Wbeu It becomes necessary to give their cages a thor¬ ough and sanitary cleaning, one attend¬ ant holds the beast lu a corner by means of the redhot Iron, while an¬ other thorougldy cleanses the remain¬ ing portion of the cage, the work being accomplished by brooms and mops from the outsldg. Iu changing the wilder animals from tbe cages em¬ ployed ou the road to the larger and more commodious quarters at the win¬ ter station, what we call a strong box is used. The wagon Is hauled along¬ side the large cage and the steel strong box. open at both ends. Is constituted a pussageway. Tbe animal hesitates to make the journey through such a sus¬ picious looking object, however, and again the heated Iron must be brought Into play.”—Washington Star. He Was tip tu the Limit, A young society woman tells a story of a very little newsboy who so appre¬ ciated her kindness to him at a news¬ boys’ dinner that ho went to the extent of great suffering for her sake. At least she thinks It was appreciation, but others have doubts. At all events, the young woman who. with a number of others, was engaged In serving, tbe boys, noticed this little boy way off at one end of the table. Many of bis lar¬ ger fellows were already hard at work on the varieus good things, bat this lit¬ tle fellow had evidently been neglected. Clearly here was a case of urgent char Ky. so tbe amateur waitress flew to his side, and for an hour she saw to It that be did not lack for anything. Plate after plate of turkey was literally showered upon him. Finally, as she set another piece of phitu pud<J lt >g in front of him, he rolled bis eyes meekly toward her and said In muffled tones; “Well, mhu, 1 kin chew, hot I can’t no taoce!”—New York Sun. PAID FOR THE PICTURES. Where the Money Came From That Settled the Bill. “For diplomatic kindness 1 will never forget one man,” remarked a well known sportsman of Pittsburg. “He certainly knew how to do the right thiDg, and although it didn’t cost him anything it helped a crowd of us out of an embarrassing .predicament f*r tbe time. A party of young fellows, myself In the number, were camping years ago on the Beaver river, not far from Hock point. None of us bad much money after getting our outfit and the farmers got about all that was left in exchange for milk and butter. One day three of us decided to go up to the picnic grounds, and. Just as luck would have it, we met a crowd of gliis from our own town. It was a happy meet¬ ing all around until some fool girl suggested that we all get our pictyres taken. To save our lives, the three, of us boys couldn’t have raised a' total of 1C cents, but like true soldiers.of for¬ tune w decided to go ahpad and trust to luck to meet the obligation. "The artist eyed us rather queerly and our hearts began to fall. After- a whispered consultation I was delegated to take him aside and negotiate with; him. 1 was authorized to stake thing we had, even down to our names. 1 stated the case briefly but , eloquently, and 1 most have made a good impression, for, when 1 had fin lsbed, he said It would be all right The strangest part of it all to me was when ho handed ine n dollar bill. “ ‘I know how it is myself,’ he said •You want to put up a bluff before those girls Just hand me the dollar for (lie pictures when I'm through.’ “That was what pleased ine, and I Hashed that bill before the girls wit’h the air of a magnate. It was just a month later that 1 learned from a brother of one of the girls that they had noticed our worried looks and had forestalled us by paying tbe pho¬ tographer the dollar 1 flourished so proudly."— Pittsburg News. Too Harried. A “tenderfoot.” who was trying his luck on a western ranch was at first horrified by the table etiquette which prevailed among his associates. One day his feelings evidently came so near the surface that a cowboy whose performances with a table knife of unusual size had aroused the ton derfoot's amazement, paused with an other kuifoful of food half way to his lips. “What’s the matter?” Inquired the cowboy with diseoucerting promptness, lc the tone of one who means to bo answered. “Ab-er— nothing.” hastily responded the tenderfoot. “Look here,” cried the cowboy, with an accompanying thump of his un¬ occupied baud ou the table, “l want you to understand that I’ve got man¬ ners, but I haven’t time to use 'em— that’s all!”—Youth’s Companion. Something, For Biothlna;. Some time ago there appeared in sev¬ eral Paris papers an advertisement of an obscure fruit dealer, in which he of¬ fered to give a prize of 5 francs for the largest apple sent to him. Then fish caught at the bait with marvelous ra¬ pidity, and in less than a fortnight the advertiser Had received enough fruit to stock his store for the season. Natu¬ rally he was glad to pay 5 francs for the largest of tbe lot, and Just as natu¬ rally be kept all the unsuccessful speci¬ mens for Bale from his shop. Besides, the advertising resulted hi a large In¬ crease Jn his business. A Harsh Fate. “Yls, poor chap,” said Michael, "he had a bard tolme ar it. He ought to be glad he’s dead. He nlver had none a< the blessings av the rich. Tbe tolme he Iver rode In a carriage In bis lolfe was phwln be wlnt to his funen aL”— -Chicago Times-Herald. Larky Slagles. “Wastes Is a lucky man. His time goes right on whether be Is waking or •leeping, sick or well.” . “What is Binglcs’ business?" “Watchmaker.”—Ohio State Journal. Tk« Paraua and tk« Skipper. An old globe cireler says that In going around the world there is scarce* ly one traveler in a hundred who re members that in going from east to west a day is gained and that in going from west to east a day is lost. Many of those who come into contact with this truth knew all about it when they were at school, but never think of it on the high seas. In illustration of the point he tolls this story: **2dy first fl ip around the world was from tic gland to Auntralia. Out in the middle of the Paetfle a sign was put announcing that the date was Thursday, July 17. This was all right, but the next day the same sign was put up again. This was an oppor tunity for those of us who thought .we were real wise to show the ship’s officers that they were not infallible. After we had expended our choicest sarcasm and had been rebuffed by va¬ rious officers the captain set us straight. “On my way back one day -the card went up announcing that it was Satur¬ day, Aug. 13. The next day the sign said Monday, Aug. 15. Two ministers board thought the captain a some¬ what profane old salt, who had skip¬ ped a day to avoid the religious serv¬ ices which they had prepared. He convinced them that it was a mere coincidence that on that particular date the lost day was Sunday. Since then I have never attempt 1 to.teach the ship’s navigator Ids business, and he can skip a century if he wishes without my saying'a void.”— Balti mere Sun. SurpriceJ by Dickens. “I vividly recall hearing Charles Dickens read selections, from his own writings in Stoiav.ay hall. New York ciiy, shortly after the close of our civil war,” said a well known judge. "The was densely packed with an audi¬ ence of cultured people, by far the ma jor part of whom were intense admir ers of the man who wn to entertain them that evening. I v as a youngster then, but was glad to part with $2 to hear the author of ‘Nicholas Nlckleby’ road his own lines. * But his appear¬ ance on the stage, though greeted by applause, wits a dutiad shock, so thor¬ oughly out of 1 ; ’ way his costume with the can /en; :.ni evening attire of a gentleman. lie was clad in a short velvet < at that looked exactly like a smoking jacket, velvet vest to match and a flaming red necktie. Such a garb was ip reality an affront and an impertinence to that fashionably clad assemblage. But it was overlooked as an eccentricity of genius, and much applause attended the rendition. “Nowadays tbe newspapers would roast any :r«r;u, however famous, for daring to route before the public in such grotesque attire, but 1 do not re¬ call i hat any of the New York papers criticised the distinguished visitor for his sartorial laxity. ’ — Washington Post. SO YEARS’ Wiit. 'f EXPERIENCE ^ ■/*» A gj. % < yj vM Trade Designs Copyrights &c. 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FARRAND MASON & PUTNAM HAMLIN &VOTEY mm hSI PIANOS FREE TRIAL Hi YOUR OWB HOMES. ALL FREIGHT PAID. OUTFIT FREE. EASY TERMS: Organs sold on payments $3.00 and $5.00 monthly, • Pianos sold on payments $8.00 amt $10.00 monthly. Write us for Catalogs. Honest Goctb. Square Dealings. Lowest Frices. Terns to suit all. i McArthur & nm cu. K «P Also W&rorooms at Atlanta and Ghs.it2z.0Qg&. CAPITAL MOKUMENT (K DAVIES & NERI. MANAGERS 614 EM ^ X,E COURT. BELL ’PHONE 3S39. ATLANTA, GA. MONUMENTS. ; • Granite an4 Marble Work of Every Inscription. i orders given prompt attention! WHAT MODERN SAILORS FEAR Mot wind* and Seas, but an Ezpio** »ton which Seeitie* the ship, “Boiler explosions are the terror of the seafaring man,” said an old time deep water captain. “Such a thing ,s bad enough on dry land, but imagine a catastrophe of that kind at sea. Ia ninety-nine eases out of a hundred ft means the absolute wiping out of the era ft itself and every sool on board. “Tbe average landem&n would b« greatlv shocked in looking over tbe maritime records to see bow many vee sels disappear eaeb year and leave absolutely no c-lew to their fate. They run well up to the hundred mark, and such a mystery is not to be explained away by storms. A-Chinese typhoon may swoop down like lightning out of a clear sky and tear a ship to pieces, but some floating wreckage is sure to tell tbe tale. A boiler explosion, on the contrary, will blow a hole as big as a railroad tuunel right through the center of the hull, and the stricken vessel simply goes down like a shot. There Is no time to unfasten a boat from the davits or cut loose a spar. “In the opinion of seamen, that the story of at least 90 per cent of ships that leave port*and are heard of again. Luckily the system of marine boiler inspection is extremely strict and thorough, biff It is impossible to absolutely prevent carelessness and fraud, and often enough, no doubt, the fault lies with the engineer. “There is an' old story of a drunken Scotchman who mistook the ther¬ mometer for the steam gage and ‘cuss¬ ed out’ the stokers because he couldn’t get the pressure above 80. That yarn will hardly hold water, but I’ve seen cases almost as bad. I am glad to say, however, that during the past 10 years there has been a stead;, diminution of the number of vessels which ‘mys teriously ...... disappear. , „ That is due, be¬ yond all question, to the increased stringency of boiler inspection and the greater strictness of examinations be¬ fore a license is issued to engineers. Nevertheless there is still considerable room for improvement in both branches.”—New Orleans TImes-Demo crat, . , Philadelphia Felice Duplicity. It was during the natural history hour. “Give me,” asked the teacher, “an example of the alleged deceitful char¬ acter of tbe cat.” “In restaurants It is sometimes said to pass Itself off for a rabbit,” answer¬ ed the head boy.—Philadelphia Times. Divlalug Bods. The only trustworthy divining rod that has ever been made is fortunately cheap. It has a steel head and a wood¬ en handle and Is shaped something iike an anchor. Any man who wants one $hould go to a hardware store and ask for a pickax.—Youth’s Companion. A fool forms an alliance with tbe 6traws driven by tbe wind; a wise man forms an alliance with the wind.—Chi¬ cago News. The first savings bank in the United States was established in 181(5. CASTOR IA Far Infant# amd C&iMim Iwsftlltt- tew pistils fiymutt § B *4 '' A LONDON CRIMINAL, THE FOG THIEF AND HOW HE PUg| HIS PECULIAR TRADE. He Operates Boldly Both in the cit, and on the Thames—carries oa Plunder From Vans shreeded in the Dense cioo», Tbsusaade of thieves long f» r with a great Longing. lucre. ;ibio *s u ®eem, property worth f u of thou, sands Oi pounds .s every year otoleg from vans and lorries alone in London streets. Quite nine-tombs of ibis prop. erty disappears during fogs. The leaders of the fog thief usually have some little capital to start with. One of them affects to b* a cartage contractor on a small scale. He takes very quiet premises that have a high boarding round and that ar« not. overlooked. If he has plenty of cellarage, aii the better, Ha has at least one smart trap and horse and two and sometimes three rogues to go with it It is during the late foggy afternoons and early evenings of winter that the hauls are made. Streets with wars houses—and not shops that are lighted brilliantly and early—on each side and that are often congested with traffic are mostly chosen, The small and smart though dingy and inconspicuous looking trap plunges into the thick of the traffic, it sepn, in the gloom and murk, places itself immediately behind a van or lorry plied with packages of various kinds. The men in the quick trap are all on the alert. One of them, a man chosen for his immense physical strength, goes to the head of the pony on some pre text He soon has a package down from the van in front. He is provided with sharp cutting instruments, and he has a powerful piece of strap with a hook at one end. If there is a bdy sit¬ ting behind the van, the men in the trap contrive to get him down by di verting his attention. Even with a view to distracting the possible atten¬ tion of carters, the thieves generally get up an altercation. or “barney," among themselves or with others. They are men of colossal Impudence and powers of abuse, and all attention be¬ comes riveted upon them. In one case not far from Farringdon street lest De¬ cember they carried off one parcel of furs worth £70o, the van boy being temporarily blinded, as alleged, by a lad with the thieves blowing some snuff into bis face from a pea shooter and then disappearing. One of the most notorious of these fog thieves was a lithe young fellow who crept along the back of a pony to its head, American jockey fashion, and hooked what be could from out of the van in front. The great hauls of these men are when they follow cabs and private car¬ riages from a railway station. In such cases they generally use two traps and horses. A cab is marked that has ap¬ parently valuable luggage on tbe top. This is followed till some dark street is reached where the way is narrow or congested; then the driver of one of the traps, that has a very swift pony harnessed to it, deliberately drives across the head of the cab or carriage horse. Of course there is an angry alterca¬ tion, and while this is going on the thieves on the other trap have got Into tbe immediate rear of tbe luggage la¬ den vehicle. One of the thieves goes along hie horse's back and lifts the lug¬ gage. down. One of the hauls effected last winter in this way was worth £8,000 and was the property of Mr. de Silva, an Argen¬ tina millionaire. The robbery took place not far from St. Pancras’ church just before the shops were lighted up. As the summer sun brings forth myriads of living creatures, so does a Thames fog bring out upon the dark and apparently deserted river a vast horde of thieves. At least a dozen of tbe wharf and lighter owners complain of losing from their respective wharves as much as from one to six hundred pounds’ worth of coal alone every year. The reader can learn at any river¬ side house frequented by tugboat tpen that there are scores, literally scores, of tugs on the river that have never bought a pennyworth of coal for great numbers of years. Tbe Thames police would tell that same reader that men have retired on competences who Lave be; n reported to have made, their whose fortune out of coal stolen with im¬ punity on the river. The police are helpless over the vast expanse of river and in the labyrinth¬ ine backwashes. If they raid one of the pirate boats in the gloom and dark¬ ness, ,the spoil is turned out to the bottom of the river in a trice. If this sort of thing can be done to such an extent with a commodity likte coal, it may be imagined what befalls other valuable property on wharves or in lighters. The fraudulent picker up of the river blesses the fog. The picker np is a man who notices -that certain barges with valuable cargoes are moor¬ ed In such a way that, if they broke loose, they would email vest expense. The picker up sees that these barges do break loose. That oart of his work does in dead secret. And then, mak¬ ing plenty of noise about it at this stage, he rescues, from danger tbe very barges that he has set adrift and senda in a ueavy salvage claim — Lon¬ Answers. . t Acflla Tlurf A.re Retifti to Cholera. The acid' of lemons aad oranges Is fatal to the cholera bacillus. Even if upon the rinds of the fruit the wii! not survive longer than a —Ladies’ Home Journal. In the Georgian language, spoken In mountains between the Caspian Black seas, dada means mother
