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About The weekly banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1900-1901 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1901)
A MAYOR’S MIRACLE. He Made tk« Blind See, tbe Deaf Hear and the Laiae Walk. From tlie many anecdotes of Bamp fylde Moore Carew’s rogueries in Ar thur Monteflore Brice’s essay on that “Amazing Vagabond” we quote one in . which Carew and his gypsy crew who 5 * StSti!.: off c second pmder the J-nketcrs came When the mayor of Bridgewater heard that this motley group of crip a , SEZ r. r Sd"“TeThTSfnd immediately brought before him and, ^fter hearing their harrowing tales, or dered them to be confined for the night In tbe lockup. About 10 •'dock at night, however, the municipal Burgeon entered with a lantern and announced that he would examine them all in the morning in or¬ der to report to tbe mayor whether or not they really Buffered from deformity of one kind or another, and he areut «n to say that tt«« who were found to be topoators would be heated by the mayor with *avority so extreme that, moved to pity, be would allow any such misguided wretch to escape there ahd then from the lockup on condition that he immediately left the town. At this Intelligence a great commo¬ tion arose, and in less time than it takes to write it the whole crowd surg¬ ed out of the lockup, flinging away their crutches and wooden legs, patch¬ es and bandagaa, and made off down tbe town at topmost speed, the blind leading the way with unerring steps, the dumb crying aloud their fears, the deaf replying to' them, and the lame sprinting along at a rattling pace. Now, just opposite the lockup, on tbe farther side of the street, stood the wit¬ ty mayor and his friends, convulsed with laughter at the success of his scheme.—Argonaut. CATCHING CICADAS. Sew Certain Malays Obtain a Cnri oqji Delicacy. Certain natives of the Malay peninsu¬ la c-ateh cicadas and cat .them and that as a considerable luxury. To eat a ci¬ cada seems distinctly curious, says the London Daily Mail, when we reflect that this insect .is in reality a glorified member of that insect group which contains as its most prominent repre¬ sentative the diminutive and swarthy creature which shall be nameless here for evermore. The way in which the Siamese pro¬ ceeds was related to the Zoological so¬ ciety the other day by a naturalist who has spent some time in the Malay pen¬ insula observing men as well as in¬ sects. At night, when these insects fly, the native sallies forth armed with a torch and but little raiment. The torch Is deposited in a convenient place, and the swarm of natives proceed to clap their hands in a perfectly regular fash¬ ion so as to produce a considerable sound. It is the combination of light and sound that allures the cicada from its haunts to its destruction. The insects come also in .warms ahd settle upon the bodies of the applauding natives, whence they are easily detached, pre¬ served, cooked and eaten. The Greek sage remarked that happy are the cicadas In that they have voice¬ less wives. It is apparently the lady cicadas who are attracted by what they fondly believe to be the love cry Of the male and are,thus lured to their fate by that most .dangerous of pas¬ sions. VIctorl* and Dickena. Literary celebrities, as a rule, were Hot those who. attained to any high degree of personal favor at the hands of Queen Victoria, but she paid Charles Pickens a delicate compliment. Dick¬ ens, who, by the way, in his youthful days was devoured by a grand passion for the youthfqi queen, was invited When at the climax of his fame to dine at Windsor castle. He was after dinner presented by the queen with a copy of her book”-“Tour In the High¬ lands,” and on the Cy leaf was in¬ scribed iu her own hand this sentence: '‘Prom the humblest to the most dis¬ tinguished author 'in England.” Tlie queen afterward showed many favors to Lord Tennyson, but even in making blm a peer of the reaim she did not bestow as great a compliment. Traftltfsr Huts. The year 1805 was a memorable one, as on Oet. 21 wag fought and gained the battle of Trafalgar, and then, as how, fashion complimented heroes by devising toilets named in their honor. So Nelson was commemorated by a hat—the “Trafalgar”—and every wo Bvm aud child adopted the wondrous strut-rare, which would outdo even the headgear of tbe present day, for these hats were of enormous width *0(1 breadth, something of tlie size or a round tabic, and so loaded with plumes that the wearers must have looked all hat.—Gentlei»anf’B Magazine. UncEllca ®< Ownership. “Need of counsel '! Come up and let tte introduce you Jo my lawyer.” 7 ^r ur !awyer? Do you °' vn a ,aw_ “I—er—well, nq, certainly not. He .was me.”—New York Pres's. Even the highest personages in Tur #®y are not exempt from suspicion. Jbeir movements are watched and re¬ ported to the palace, lay an army of spies who swarm In every quarter, Belgium holds the ^world’s record in •.000,000 . ® IS| having 53fvmiles. which carry tons a year. ,k:.i v"? k:kk- ;>?i .,v u -:,;V !'J tmTaza !a 0% it •; v ^ SV-t; : V/v- m ; . . wed:: ■ if -stv fn It S . i ; v.' v Si tars. -jcas’ £ wars Wnen you come to town . alOHg tllUt Old WagOil OT bltggy q 1 J.C ri 4 / tt/>- V \ > ir| p* iyi lIZubXLC/ glr a Ct j', JaO c^xj.r W Ai) p out of it for you at a very sma I 1 cost to your purse. I can do you a job of painting or repairing as nice as you could desire.and I thank MAnn I p -f AV T\C3 JjCLQl? JSl - JLru tT*ATJ jl w..*- Cl Jir twL*. H JL ^ 06ttiGr J3.i70]p rlL'S. ^Ct 1.10 tAT fi ll Pl.tl 0V0I* to please * you. ^ Try " me and be pleas ed IjeO. ^ M, \\}W "r 8 ^angtnri'f 1 * ■IIWI WWMM ♦ CAPITAL MOIUMENTCO • • DAVIES & NERI,MANAGERS 014 SM : ''LsE COURT. BI3LU ’PHONE 2229 ATLANTA, GA. MONUMS* S \S ' K Gra.rtite and Marble Work of Every Description. Mail orders givea prompt attention a 2-cEL--rr fm'mpcm m:m $££.ooto$iB0.22 Got Our Prices amt 3 vo Expenses of Traveling Men. ...... ......ma YH!I PkH «IVF IIOWY'V&B to A to1^ -> | to ^ IN BUYING YOUR a **"-■ 1313, Orifc TO ALL. A child buys o« us «s wo5 > at samri as ars ex ‘ >ert * S0!!THER*I FACTORY OISTBI BUTERS. FACTORIES TO HOMES DIRECT. " ' ” “ PIANOS Ifoo oo i UANB & M m 01 . 00 . SMB SOUTHERN DISTRIBUTERS. PUTNAM U £ IH IVi g % W POSTSS S 5 ? . fi « v..' FREETMAL IN YOUR OWN. HOMES. All FREIGHT PAID. OUTFIT ? ^ flow TCOFJ© s-En5?H* a Organs sold ea psymeifts "$5.00 ami ilfi; : ion y. fcKdl r Pianos sold on , ay>r,£f»ts 38.0b ant- -E A Write us for Catalogs. Honest Gooffs. Sgim’® -.11. Sealings Lowest trices. Sorias to sv.it i C3 m | HUH v «£ dt V. 8a» S»te-» '.(j. . Also Warerooms at Atlanta and- Chattanooga. mm AND ENCYCLOPEDIA. c& Statistical < ibktme of Pads and Figures Cmtittiing Over N00 Pages. OVER i\o»o TOPICS. OVER 10,000 FACTS. SraCIAL FEATURES;- to j The census oi f UvJ* J9C0. National and State elec- ivAy* tion I ' etu f ns t 1 ' Four centuries of Aneriean Political ptog-lf^V^ Sp ^’ «ss. £5 £**5 record (conventions of 1900 2®; ££0* a*d platforms).! /V/kfr American rule in SlLF the Philippines. -J New g-overn- SJ.ez. meats of Porto Rico and Ha¬ waii. Polar exploration in 1900. Conclusion of the South African war. Pan-American Exposition of I90J. China—Its present con¬ dition and status among nations. Roster of general officers of the Regular UhS. Army, 1759-1900. A Political Register. t n ' •t and Facts that ought every patriot know, j voter to s Standard Amsrlcaa Aunual. j Price Postpaid to any addiess |25 cts»\ THE WORLD. yvvvw^v Pulitzer Bldg., Ne*cv Yorb Hires Papers a Week FOR ABOUT THE PRICE OF ONE. TLis paper and the AManta Twice-a-Week Jour ual £o* $ 1 . 25 . Her* you get the now* of the world and all i?o«i- local news while it k fresh, paying very little more than One paper costs. Hither paper ia wall worth fl.ftft but by special arrangement we are enabled to put in both of them, gt'-ffig three papers a week for flp .3 low price. Yon can not equal this anywhere else, and this combination is the best pre mium for those who want a state P a P er and a home paper. Take these and you will keep up with the times. Besides g-eneral news, the Twice a-Week Journal has much agrieul tural matter and other articles of special interest to farmers. It has regular contributions b.v Sam Jones, Mrs. W. H. Felton, John Temple Graves, Hon. C. H. Jordan and other distinguished v.-rlters. y: fl can get a.sa-;Je c .ny of either pu per here on application. . MK vm* iy f fe --- ---j" ■ » 'Vi vve i h r/ C/J Y-4 C.3 ... - ' nous strictly' Oiliest Oni5ao:c cti. for ' vcriLy •' * • •••' - sent free. apency LhrOU*»Ti through Mill*?! 8 t ( C. c. rcCeiVf Fafants taken taken cl a ecial notice, i^ithout. charge, in tne. Scientific *t. *, . JIuk ... - , ? ^ A Handsomely iilusiratvl vrsgki v. T nre calation of any scieppbc r ,'rrvsri._ 1 a year, f aur montiis, $L Sold by al! tie «*t suers. MUNN Branch OfhcG. & Co. G3i> 36,Btoadway F Washin;;ton. ’lifiw D. SOTk Cu - «r • Your Cold Cured for 5c. Oet Dr. Miles’ JLcucative CeM Cure- CHOPSTICK DINNERS. A FAD WITH WOULD BE BOHEMIANS iN NEW YORK. i liisie.so He&in u ants Tliere Tolerate .i Free and r,«by Cti« 4 iie<te. and Ev erybody Does du»t About at* He or J»lie PleaMeg. In the last few years a surprisingly number of Chinese restaurants ha T e ma(le * a l r >:*"vance in up town dist nets in New York. Tbe tawdry «»«»««. »«»« «*.*»»*.,***, ^ leB covered with white ohaoili, the general dilapidation of the; ostal L ii meilt - Nothing about them seems rit and their number Increases withaslom ishing rapidit.v. The reason is not far to seek if one is at all familiar with the facts. There are several characteris¬ tics of the Chinese restaurant which recommend it highly to certain classes and »o%u) to indicate that it* popularity is not a mere fad. In the first place it should be under stood that most of these places are really what they are supposed to be, catir . house-, carried on under Chinese management. T!ks cooks are invaria bly true Celestials,' and in udy a few cases are the proprietors Americans. Tbe food is prepared, therefore, aecord iug to the most approved methods of the Middle Kingdom, with the result that in cheapness and savoriness (if you like it) it can easily outclass simi¬ lar places run by American cooks'. The Chinese is a master of the art of mak¬ ing palatable dishes out of next to nothing- qr rather a little of everything, Not even the French cook can rival him. The insipidity of cheap chop houses and the sameness of the dairy lunch counters are thus -escaped by frequenters of these restaurants. More¬ over, in spite of appearances the food is prepared In an uxireroely cleanly manner. No one Is debarred’from en- 1,: '•- lliP i - :i *' ‘ 11 •'‘ 11 tl,i ’ ‘ sends one back with renewed apnetite t0 tho untid v eaiin " romi) - So «»»“? - who while po;-s:- i r-i a smith share of tills WOl’ld'S gOOdS Still affCCt. “SpOl*t incss” frequent the restaurant for its cheapness and grow to enjoy the highly flavored dishes. There is also a free and easy atmos phere about the Chinese eating house which attracts manv would be “Bohe aa well as n goodly Share of a class below the lowest grades of the city’s many graded Bohemia. Visitors loll about and talk and laugh loudly. When tl^p- waiter is wanted, some one emits a shrill veil which brings an an swering whoop from the kitchen, fol lo-wed sooner or later by a little Chi nese at a jog trot. Any one who feels like it may stroll into tho kitchen and try a little pigeon English on the cook, The proprietor will teach anybody to use the chopsticks and roar with iaugh ter over the failures of the novice. Ev erybody does as he or she pleases with in certain very elastic bounds, The limit is reached sooner in some places than iu others, for while some of the houses are before midnight at least perfectly well conducted others are of more tbnn questionable respectability. It is curious and interesting to note that under American management llie tone of these places is lower than when the Chinese are iu sole control. These new up town places are not so good, either in a moral or a culinary way, as those down in Chinatown, it is usual to spD)k as if Mott and Pell streets were the city’s sink of iniquity, and so they are in some respects, but there are no Chinese restaurants in the neighborhood as disreputable as oue or two up town. The clientele of th?* down town places is above suspicion as a rule. Chinese drop in for their meals, and dwellers from tip town come either from curiosity nr l cause they have learned to like gc >J Chinese cooking. Cp town the bills if fare are more lim . 4 , Y xocim-n , „ .. , D snPV ” and .. * • “chowman” arc the pieces _ de . resist ahee. They answer the purpose cer tainlv for 25 cents’ worth of some kinds of chop suey served with rice will make a toothsome dish for two people. Tea is «-.< rvecl free of charge, is not limited. But no 01le sfaov.D'i iedge the Celestials’ cu linar-y skill by . , up * town houses. , Many of the guests in these restau rants come regularly, Frequently men and women eon.a. with pails to buy the food and take it home. Negroes are in disproportiouately large numbers. They seeru to j;ij e the Chinese, and indeed the noise in the kitchen reminds one of the similar condition -utheni kit . 1 - ens ’ Her U ,".;0 ui.-.nngemenL How ever n the Chin, may seem to l><* ■ *: I'hk; !> a oneerru in his own kitchen. I'n: (tnd lai.ghtr r. even music fluriug ‘on ? i f. K. float out to the dinibg uom raaily 10 U" ak i niles at tlie smalii - t piovof.-fh n ,.l*v are always ready irons.- to hut exelm fan Litvu” ' vi,h t ! iK ,0ir s comes ,,a ' 1 j ini pert: nee. 11 Chinese doesn’t! care what hr: ; r a f r. f unmoles ,, Cling to he hod and York Trib me. »Vh-, “tt'oilO, . Bi oafcfastr “In all my experience of wedding breakfasts,” said a guest at a wedding, “I have never understood why the fea.-u was called a breakfast and not a luncheon. Now ,. . I have , learned. . t, It ia is from the custom iu the Church of Eug iaud, where tiit bride and bridegroom always receive the hoiy communion be¬ fore the ceremony, receive it fasting and remain fasting until after the wed¬ ding. when the meal which is served is really a breakfast.”—New York Times, f .me to. Si ■ffifei sir V 3 . res iUl:k J G U <. . r uT I am prepared to igive prompt satisfactory attention to all who need my services Supply of Undertaking gocixs complete. Ufcarses rT tuinchea wiihcut-ex tr;. cil.ru('ti, ■i V TT v, ALMANl' Office AI maud Hardware Go's -----—-eV •» 4^ City Cipjrcln Directory Baptist The Baptists hold services on the 1st and 8 rd Sunday by tbe pastor RfiV n - X!, M r - Graham. I Simmy o , School a , . at 9:30 a- ui. Prayer meeting ou Vdetinov lav niffhfin orcIi i-'sek. VSTnomiT Tho Methodists Iv vo sorvioc-s evo y Sunday in eacii month r.-y tho pastor. Rev, , Mr I “ Suridav Sc'ho- 1 er-.ry Sii 10 * o ing at 0:80 o’clock, Pruyenneh; no; ■ very Tuesday liigi in th-. Epwc.vi h League ineot-:: of-Tvy Sui day aftoi-ndnn. PrIv'BYXERIAX. The Presfryfceriai»3fh*)ld service: on the 2nd ancNth S-uiid^y j; each month. Liu.diiy ,-*h : 2 vA 9 a;, in. Pr^yermeeting evei'y Vivnv 1 ay night,’ Bible Cfr-Rtsr! .\ *& The Bible o II Vf> tii •'nd Sunday services. Re . iVl 1 * r pastor. Stincuiy ataiu o clock a, in. L ( : i tly Ill v \Wdno.-day night, in o: >•’ V- \ .. Hogk\n CON YE RS, Work gnaia 1 L' reasonable. Teeth extra? out- pain or bad affects, by ».S0 o introus oxide gas, (Lang Over 00,000 adminf trafio: J; out a single dangerous yjntom. Otiice over pest office. F. T. Hopkins, D. D.E T mi n. Yi ‘K EOKGIA UiILRiOAI -* -' For information as to Routes Schedules and rates, Both pasGEfigtf and fcreiqHt 1 , riilJ , 6 u ] t ! 1( . r 0 f - 1 10 ui-dhriigued . You will receive prompt reply Ui.rl reliable infornmtion 0. juicMUlin, A Cj . ia.ck.aCK T. V. A.- -- P. A ’,U -G T .T) \ . E. Mngill, J v. ‘ Gen i Agt. Gerri A- '4 ■ r~*- . ATI. '.NTA JrjJi vxBli T Agfc. A M. R. Hudrion, W. W. . F. & P. A. Gen’i ATLANTA ---- 5 *at. IlfFff m m m l 4 jf ; 1 * i t ® r ysee|-«- ' T, a m - w p; I -Digests whs 4 C-« U Cat. » aids It artificially digest ,od and Hature m strenglhei and reeoa ractiug the exhaus 1 ’u-itiveor i :: ns. ”t is.the latest disco ve digest tit aiiu tonic. i.lU jration »,a approach It in. etBciec-y. It, ia stantiy relieves Indige and .permanently cares Dyspepsia, J'iatuleuce, Sour usca, b'illid v - giok Headache., Gactvalglj Jrampsand all other results 0 ' : V . iiRestioa. price50c.and$i. Lu S EtaaUsizo. dooUaiis 1 -lovtc . XT. u iCdll&a Prepare - d e. C. OeJlflTT aCC^-Cfilccfla. O ^ m *Xr c- ■; ’sms Tr j,. ' ^ to'- -t-JLlij 1 LOOK v MAN CIA:ADED THE COM ■ ■ - - - • ■ -to A DICTIONARY. He • ‘ ei’v^iy I.er: lief. the Vocif •re °' 4>r ^' y A4#i; laudetl He L-.HiK ' ■ ■ ii-.iicli Could Be A M !> vf a in v’iWei-. When th e son of tlie president of the Mountain Luni*> 6 r cpmpatjy came i’T.o the niQimtaias to I earn tjte busi , K ° t> -tn.nk, i know within is J mimi-es i t he had conic' to the wrong place. He was a city chap, new ly _ _.. graditkted and thoroughly out of touch with s voryi." ! ’.<« .Tuountaiaous. i He wa; a ie elh, v, however;*and j weiv a “Pc not capii.ie. the field oily thev mountain* for his development. ids d'-taste grev^and ■ I- was a". ne' eouid do aqfi fq exnresa ; t;s cpuiibu ol : the tuo ilitaLu people, their msauers, customs, 'loines, moral* Und every thing c .mecb-d with iicm. i He was , , • 1 C I, iild m me I alone and bided hi, - 1Ki e . w get away ! 40 ao,; ‘'' ^“^tuai clime. And | he got avri-iv BOO’vr tear, lie expected. i p It u .,.-. tb , t . Vi . w .,, r blIc j m'eetin cue uH’h-c at He nsS^md shed, flCiJ 1-13 x ' ;ar l ‘ J ** 01 Tj n,ak « a, few ' remarks. Kv'ery otk--: man at tlie | meeting ' -a i.o act id a» : chain;, an. u- - oft: mm-.j; T. , md f their i’T , „ie- t- i' 1 .i-• vT ,the ’ ! ? ! '- m;t. He i saw a c . ■; own i mine! hi a . :ue \ for ,r Wr Hia speeof t Ynt, was- a- i n own j manuscript, . • >;n |”p irt: “Mv f.'/n ’ T v-n - L : ,i ot i you o’n tut to sny- t . f<{ ’. .my of yoti; fhatgit n -ur a n hr.:-, not i been lory. GUe,:; * V nrirngAe'!., I ’'*'ur .... “‘d m T .yVA' Vi : -.e to t ild ne t Las art ou T3 o C f : iia vi) % ' ‘ ' Of is « t4 1 ^ ' ■ bo k vr. t a v pur . r* r n i-.iLiy 'ton v. i In y ur to: V you siu ki.n [dt ;r I !9 - ^ id 8 , . ie 10 n u xx* 8 . i [ ir tioa u. (i yyut ^ enotion o i-ubi.f nil 'teat i take t p! -iisure .. JO \ ! ;4 g duwj not exist else where ea earth. { ,,‘EV%if erocs applause.]'” ... i-V heu tin Oil tllUGUli-Ui iA - * C* ip bled down somewhat, he pr.-.>t*«;aded E^egtijsg to^pgak and on the subjects before the sat down. The mo uni aia- -i;s were pl> ised to death with the college mail’s hi h flown speech ahoui lh oV, and though l didn't know the meaning,of all tie big words he used I .di<J, Ipibw that he had b-.-ou calling ti.-vu) ihus.and mi lerct . ‘ UU ; and scot?udieis and la drankai'da, ...... be and Oreues t. .cs* sides condi mning their fare and anath et.rtirin: r. Ft of them p. ••sturdly. tui, not or. of i'hqia susc x-led., >iud .vi-'-. ho; In s nothin;;. ws>r:i«i come of rt and they would, forget, even if any. of th largo words .. or - re numbered, when < : ; . hi, buck; -k t :>t dro^wup to i.he office in a :?ard nnd.an oqunccd (hat ! »• was selling VVebstqr’s c ... nidged DictJor.eoy for ?? « copy and show :• sample cha. was pig as ft bo: o' yap. Nob-dy La i r-‘V-,- seen.so much book fw the mo«. .. hr had s 14body ayes i: i.ii.v.r j; v;,iibor’'uod, and win {iia -i hic^i agent ft, began, to I'?; te'l in p.j'Jittt u vs 1 A-. -/ato eyery fil -: ut. d, find' - it,’; H. b 1 hu-GLld • .. vtHu ■ CUUPtl g *, n jj t iu tb to? .' l ' 1 ' tatroa ♦ i wo-;. ’ Le li^an . as d cio.sVd tl-c deor.' “I * i)} '{Ay i V «■ i . -yt ADd riornu obici' oB. ' ■ -t 1 ' - my f re retr «av„,'. 4--k it ; £ai ' i - rf • ■ “ it -\t-tiie w« *p tii - n v ■ .■ Way ' if to « -; ■ ratten for •> Huy cc -ry it.' Th tf <e^ilua^?5reteai , of vt vi ta an nl itfj Abun^J * ! ■. nslnrid is Hnn’g •• or- 1 orcharcT.' Tt 1 > .‘-.u|trp Uan range r:;K-r.F ut'a '1 ‘n^ V*' : v eoaiitxiea caatot Uto itu-i. ‘ .
