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A TEST OF COni AGE TORTURES WHICH INDIAN SCOUTS BORE WITH SMILING FACES. It IVhi Ip tn I.UutPimut l'*rro« Oni-i- t» Knmi«(r Thrir Cxanplr. lint th«- U'tnl 1 'olntrr l nod III* Wilt nml 1 *r*pril dir Ordt-nl. The Indian scouts that joined forces with the United States army In 1 K 7 S t*• make prisoners of the Sheep Enter* in western Idaho were skeptical at first of Lieutenant Farrow's abilities to lead *them into battle, They bad never seen Ids courage tested ami plainly intimated by word and action that they had no intention rf <,l**ri:ig his orders unless lie should prove him seir braver than any chief, subchief or buck in the command. First they gj»ve themselves up to all hinds of physical torture as a lesson to him. They slanlied their Imdles with knives witimut showing pain, 'J hey slit the skin on their chests, rnn skewers thereunder and Jerked off cutaneous and fleshly strips while siuil i g happily in ids face. They split toeir ears, pierced their noses, lacer¬ ated their cheeks, butchered their arms and legs. Their stunts wer<- so far beyond' anything Farrow could inflict up;ox himself that the poor young licu t"»ant thought he “sow Ids finish." Suddenly, while rivulets of cold per spiretIon trickled down his spine, the B esf Pointer recollected that iu his t- hoolhoy days he was an adept at driving a pin into the thick of ! is - stus oxternus” without feeling pain r.nd the jov'til inspiration to thug ii’u U’binte Ids rourage geined him. The necessary pin was in the lapel of his fatigue Jacket. Uutlxlrssly l-.c slit the /rout of his breeches l<>g from pocket to kaee. then his drawers till the front of the thigh was exposed to the wondering gaze of the Indians gathered dose around. Then dramat¬ ically exhibiting the pin. r.p ■ ffnir of tin inch and a sixteenth, he reached for a flat stone and drove the 1.armless bit of wire down to the head In the unreal muscle. His handsome face was ns unclouded ns when he helped ta has? hi# fli-bi plebe The ret] men nodded approvingly. LTV.'.Uod. loc.ipd wire and rat dawn on their haunches. They had seen gome thing new. hut wanted something more convincing. Farrow reaii.-oj iid; ami v.as in tlx# seventh lies Vets of d'.-zpair ^MT»;'rl'r bow it nloft for iy iJty])<*c't!on. .'■? ,h ° * ,in ani1 To rhow the while fca.her meant In Iknt hostile country Imml ord m.tion and treachery, involving Farrow's tnygterloug dentil. It was a moment 10 try a soul—r.nd to fry i:. The iieuten nnt whispered ijng ta h'x misled rergenr.t: “i am ft to take a deeppiiH;' chance. 1 am going to shorn myself through the head with my revolver. 1 ut you m'nnd lieside your horpr, and just an Instant before I rhoct vxitt fire vour rifle, yell ’Si-wash!' mount and make off through the woods r.s fas! as you can ride. Don't forget to fire before I do. else I shall be n dead mail." Kitting upon a Jagged lock, he ex¬ plained to Ibo Indians what he wn* about to do. nr.d with v.—.1 d'libera tloil r.nd some line ihoatricala lm <-ock Oil the pistol and placed the nuirxle against Ids temple. The Indians v. ,*re tvroiigiit up to a high pitch, j'ffc.v bed never ceeti a uiau shoot himself through tlie head and live. Purely here was tLe bravest cf all brave leaders. They would follow him through hell. The sergeant, unnoticed. Fred hi.- rb* i'?. his "hi-wash!" woke (he echoes < f Fhosb.one and Hitter Root, and thevlat ier of his horse’s hoofs rang down the Clear Water us far as Fort Lnp-.vni. “Sl-trash?” The Indians knew what that cry meant. In less time than it lakes to tell it Farrow v.as aloue. Ui* f-rees bad scattered io (l:c four winds In the course of a few hours all were ttnitpd again, but the courage test was incident, eti a certain evening In n: 0. Farrow occupied a box in the Mad son K<; rare Garden when Btirnlo r-ill's Wild West was In full blast. Chief Joseph, th* celebrated commander of the Nez Perecs. whom Farrow l ad enp- i lured .12 years previously and whom lie had uot sc<’n I11 the Interim, led a Wild, whooping, yelling, sem’ehittg moi* of painted Indians out Into the I a ten 11 for a dash around the circle. But the charge was Interrupted cut kffort. When Joseph reached the curve near the Madison avenue end of the ( amphitheater, lie pulled his herse sharp ly to the right, cutting across the last ! Hie of warriors In most dangerous fash- j ion. In a road gallop he poked his charger’s head Into In his an stirrups, arena box. bold j ! straightened up out his hand and cried: "How! How! j How!” The old fellow had caught ! Bight of Farrow, and nothing could prevent him from riding up to salute his captor of 1 S 7 & It was a dramatic Incident.—New York Press. Bndsret. The origin of the word “budget." meaning an estintale of government : revenues aud expenses, is thus explain- j ed: Almost from time immemorial it was . the custom In England to put the esti of receipts ansi expenditures pie- * mates sented to parliament in a leather bag. the word budget being thus borrowed j from the old Norman word boug»>ue. which signifies a leather purse. Fur! cusly enough, tlie word has passed l aek | again into France from England.—New York Tribune. “1 love crtrp-’.ny.** said u local Mr«. Partington. "It t ;::kes tilings briglit and lively—it breaks the anatomy."— New York Kuti. i From II epfr l.GCO feet high one with • an sec a ship at a d' » ! ! •f»«t °t miles. ' x UKNEft BROS. F arniture Store, Conyers, Georgia, Is the place to buy your furniture—provided you wish to FAVF money. We have a nicD stock of Iron anl Wjnd bedsteads. Springs, Mattres es, straight chairs, Rocking chairs, Rugs, Window shades and Poles, Safes. Side- Boards, and most anything else you can call for. We can and will cave you money on anything you buy of us. See us sure. Turner Bros.,’ Furniture Store. TIT V HooW\ns, ! ‘ . yjEjXTisr. i C-OX \ i.RS. GEORGIA. Work LMianuitOHl. I‘rices 1 i J , ttxi ractwl , with >>it pain or Hnd mrecto, h.v use of nitrons oxide Ras. (I>augliing-«n8) Over GO.OUO adminifitrations with. j out a sing !o dangerous synitom. Ollite over ix st oflice. K. T. Hopkins. J). I>.£ . CAMS IN TO BE HANGED. : A Slnrx Trtltl of A!;fl Fm*runs, tlip , U«fr« iu! Lord Wolieit/, 11 A good story Is told of the old Boer. Abel Erasmus, and Lord Yl'oiseJey. Kir Carnet Wolseley. In conncc Con with the part Erasmus took in Wolseley'.-; campaign hi 1 ST.) against Rokukuni. tin* chief of the Bap-elis. oil the border* of Kwm.Land. After ihe cnpinre of Kekukuni he was iiumedi ately brought before Sir Garnei Wolse Fy, who asked him how he, a ui!sera lde Kaffir, living in a cave, dared to d **f. v the great queen of England. The chief replied that he had been insti t» a, ed to do so by Abel Erasmus. Kir < bullet in describing tIso scene at n public dinner given to him at l’reto r ia »»n his return from the campaign #aid that he wished there nml then to i *’ 1 At ij Erasmus know that if ever he found that Erasmus had been inciting n,! > chief to levy war against England and be was able to lay hands 011 hint A few days after the dinner Sir Hem ry Brackenbury. Sir Garnet’s military secret a i.v. was sitting in his office when a tall, bearded Boer entered aud asked permission to speak with him. “I am Abel Erasmus." lie said, ' and I have very Important business to do here." He explained that be bad come to see Sir Barnet Wolseley. for he had heard that Kir Garnet had said that if he could lay hold of liiui he would hang him. aud s-o lie had cctrfe to lie hanged, Kir Garnet wal In the next room, and Sir Henry Brackenbury thought it would he advisable to consult him on the subject. Sir Garnet, however, liap polled to be too busy at tlie moment to see anybody, and Sir Henry after re flection persuaded Ids angry visitor to take his leave and allow the hanging to stand over for the time. An 41 <iermnnlc Bell. Some time ago a follower of one of the city aldermen cast covetous glances upon a desirable newsstand under the elevated railroad stairs. Straight lie went to liis friend, the alderman, and made known tils wishes, which were that the news dealer should be evicted from the locality. "All right, me boy: leave it to me." said the city father and began to pull wires. Finally he get an order diroct mg (lie newsdealer to show cause why he should not get out. but that obsti nate individual still remained. Then he drew up a formal comp*Hint, which was duly laid before one of u,o judges, The complaint, after telling how the { newsdealer had been ordered to leave'* uud had not done so. concludes: "And now we have to eoniplain. your honor, that not only is this same stand still there, but the defeudaut lias replaced it by a bigger one.”—New York Commercial Advertiser. Sohod falp * .’.ceditawo Ncuralgis. Get Dr. Miles’ Jills from druggists. Qtmcnt r doss-" t Reod the Ban ner and get the NEWS. CAST omk jg-ar r . .lift Clou iifi. *_ . mT'X? J* ...... 1 - f y So*? *< rg y-» T-^a f —- —- —; | JAPA NESE | Hi ■ ■ A NAw and Comp ijc i reatmeni co „ gisti , fc r of ,SU PI < )<] TO RI BS, . Capsules of Oiiiimont and two of Ointment. A jm, cm „ \ or piles .,f every nature and degi’i't. It makes an opera tiou with the kjtifo ’ which L pain- *" ful, and often results in death. Wl iV endnro ‘ thm terrible ' 1 ‘ " We pack a Writ tun Guarantee •mi <r •>l Box. No Cine. No i ay. 50 o. and •’fl a box. 0 for $ 5 . Cent by mail. S unjdes free. 01xT.WK.xT 2 oe. and 50 c. CONSTIPATION Onred, Biles Prevented, by Japanese Liver Pel¬ lets, the great LIVER and STOM ACH REGULATOR and BLOOD PURIFIER. Small, mild an< pleasant ^ take: especially adap ted for childrens use. 50 doses 25c. Dr. \V. H. Lee. 50 YEARS' . EXPERIENCE r llSLJt N h i' Trade oIarics * OgSIQ-JC ■ r OO-YRIGHTS &.C. tjnicklv Anvor.e ascertain nffullng n *kv\rh -v»u:k>n und fre<? d^*criPti^n whether mat otir at invention is pn>hablr taNa. Cnmmnvfrn tlonsstrictlTcontiderit a?. 1:andN'okon Patent# •ent free, (mat a»rcr ?y for nirsiur patemt. Paiwt# Liken thr« n & Co. receivt 9?*ctat notice, witGour. c .arg e« iutLs SckRtmc JlwierRan. A B*nd*om«!r ii'nutmf-Hi cir¬ culation ef - :t Ci» rt ao 3 •jrr.,:. lei-:!!*. |3 a rear. four iron-at, Li. Soid by ;dt Bcwwjcaler*. MliNN & afc r We-biD^tcu, New U Yqrfe £ruKh Cfflcu, St- U A Bright, Honest Boy Wan i tod. The publisher? «f rhefnninns biiriilrg irntc-i weekly newspaper, PcinisylViuiiii (4 v’ r, aie niav placiig npivseiitntive-’ at nverv po.-r-ufliee in Georgia anil they sire to secure the services of capwb’e following hns | tlimr agents iu i nch of the | taw nd ns in of eh Rockdale other towns County: Conyers. al - s as are no ! ready supplied. T'lie work is profitable j and inly is pleasant. required. A Over portiou 5,000 of agents Saturday are dnoivt bvJOii -Ojv Vo mo-pv whatever u required. Everything is furnisned tree Stationery, rubber stamp, ink and jwol, advt rusing matter, tample copies, o c, Papers are shipped to i e paid for at tho euu of ea> h mouth. Those not sdd air¬ not charged for. Write to Grit Pi bli h iug Co,, Williamsport Pa., and mention the B^.v.vfk, . Wimilw Family Records, » n a ocautifuJ , U».d meturo lnx Q, > inches ' mi n iinck- % of *.M Sa.,,,,.0 * * for 12 c. Agents wanted, dress ' D B St.Tdin ' ‘ituinlvlln 1 * ' J.itiionu, . On. -— I p., p, , Hi L ^ L nUrU] UlieCIOry. Baptist. , 1 r lie , Baptists ,. , liold . , . services . on thn , let and 8 rd Sunday l»y th* pastor Rev. Mr. Graham. Sunday School at 9:30 ti- ui. Prayer meeting on Wednesday niglit in each week. 1 METHODIST. The Methodists have services ! ! eve y Sunday in each month by the pastor. Rev, Mr. Troutman, ^ lll Hay School ev ry Sunday morn ! ing at 9 ;80 o’clock. Prayermeet ng every Tuesday night, and the* Ep worth League meets every Situ day afternoon. rREPBYTEBXAX , 1 r , lip I n restijrtenan? . , ll<UU . , M*rvi;*<*# . ..I, ,1,0 2 nd mid 4 t I. Sm.d.,n, ««h moutli. tund:iy scln-td at Vi EJO a * m - Prayermeet.iig . every Ihurs \ < ay night. . Bible Christians. j Tin Bible Christians have the 2nd Sunday in each month to hold 1 services. Kev. Mr. Ilarmo,, ie tli. ! pastor. Sill) lav EcIlt»ol at 10 o’ ‘ clock a. ■ 1 r , rarermootltlg . oil S in ?ayb reek. |fi tight dT flie world -OR— OliRSAVIOI* IN ART , $100,000 fopnbh.-h. , Contains _ .. i ( ost 11: ally hundred full-page *ngnmu}n , - earl v ous the WorldV Greater ■a pieii direct of Horn Savior ami his Mother, tam'i gs cur < loot ;iim liisrorv of Painting. Biography • f n-'iuti ,r - and the ga'*< ries in Lumps wher- the Original Painting maybe seen the n ot beamifnl publication at * th* verissu- sight h 1 The stio got In arts weep U the wonderful pictmes of Jesus and =ir d aws jk , umng dav ami night to fill th - oruers twelve carloads of paper \v« ui required .or the last edition Small fort nuns are being made by Urn tin ifty w th this mar velouswojk. Contains r im a Chilos rory tw-antifu lr written to fit each pic , wonderful book, matchless nirf • This ,n its purify and beauty, ap: cals io cv«rj mothers’ neait ami m -very Christian home, where there are children it sells itself. A Oinixtiau man or woman can soon clear one tborsaml dollars t, 1 raking i.rdarsiu thine mniuniry. Others are doing rhis. Why i ot mu? We are _ tlioiisand advertising in neail* ten news papers in this couutry, Canada Luglan , and Australia. Shipping Look:, to every Euglbn-speakiug country in the world. We shall promote our bust workers to po it ions of State Managers, Cor espon-. cuts and Office Assistants. We also' wn and publish large Photo-gravme Etchings of i he great Paintings iu the jalleries of Europe. One or more of 1 ese Etchings can be sold m e.-ery home oy carry ing the bo Jr and the engravings vour success will be trunenaous. Mrs. Waif, of V oocster, Mass has s-Jd ueerlv four thousamt dollars w- nhot books thiro Mx S ckett has soid wo tin usai’d d i jars worth of books in New Yurii Lo nut these ladies answered <*nr advertivemeut, ami had never sold a book before. Took J 4 orders first two davs-H Cohvell. Took 5 oraers first day; 26 or ders first week—Hattie Lemweil. liious-j ands of others like above. It is | rimed (,u velvet fiuifihe.i paper; bound iu C r diual Red, C4ie u ami Gcid and , dor ed with umldtu Roses and Lillies. Wiite fjuicitly for terms ns the terr tory is go ing rapidly. will When yon prove your position * c cess, we promote you 40 the voj 10 the position of Manager auci Cor respondent under yearly contract. We sliaii soon move into 0 r nevv am elegant structure 10 b; iccuned by us, to b 1 known as she Light c-f the World Building. • Audrmi The British- tmetic, n Co. Corn .run Building Opposite W urea states Treasury, ', Washington, D. C. j | THE GEORGIA KAJLKOJ) r~ For 11.tor .n:u .on n.-i to Routes, Sche.lules am! rates, both PaSSEFigET Silii pfsight writn t ‘oitiiorof the unde -rsigreci. "You will receive urounifc reply and leiiubie .... ini urination ^, K. 'jagili C. D. Cox Guj! j A at , Gen’i Agt. ATI.XKTA, ATI IK NS, -V. V/.Hardwick. \Y. 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Take these and you will keep up with the ,, P1 „ S .‘.esi'les yenera! rewa the Tw'e e - a-Week Journal has much astrtenl turn! matter and other aniel-rs of special Interest to farmers. It has r*»n.*ar contributions by s.*m Jones. Mrs. W. ii. Felton, j >hn 'Temple Graves, lion. c. h. Jordan and JSTSw schsi'rlptlnns for leith papers You can cet a sample copy of either pa per tiere on application- g, JAPAN !,*] VvNrJTER, Colder Iti Horses «? ti,.. Tlinii In Ope:, Sr hi.ii, \ tfcppone that the -nsli1nc. a "',' Ui and the Uussrans are th,. fe , , f ‘ V 1 /f V ' < h 111 <=t!u>r m,vj, admit • that . Kiev have the then- . . inetticteut . effort —..... to . v. i tm Anna Benjamin in Airjfw 1 -The Japanese winter j 3 1 nccor.nt of its continual the Japanese are comcntT ‘ '» *"> co!(1 They , Bak al end such ~™ then- -.is; g* is severe traini-,,.,1 they uo r.r t really feel it ns v,-. ,y :1 the wearing of of some extra 'kirr-^i hr-Li use a ‘hibachi,’ or which are a few tiny sticks grA charcoal, are the only ', (. niw ■ - "i wintP) . ™ hel , Wi h ,1 li! } de ';' * n-ct-ml ?n 1 i„ i. m*# ^ * hclt '• L.eli they i !0 !,J the coals. It is used when the wE entirely open. “The houses, as every one km*. tin.*! 1 bnilt 0 f thin, light wood, and j ug panels which serve for dm*. . T> -: ir ,,| ow « p aV e paper ‘‘ panes * “ ’n,„J r *T* da .... J 1 L tooK ’ ° ‘°sed thiviupd , >’■ _ 1011 ni " first jhivikfey ndo forgot through my own the sufferings streets of in Xagj sa J ^j patliy for this unliappy my J surely nation, 4 as asithe cold came endured J r.iisery from it. The coolies wear t 1 ^ niue cotton clothes and are almmJ gj; n? through the mud. The stoidi* m ,i. sit out nr * in i,, f then i,„j r open nnm booths, Tvomen go bareheaded about the S J In the houses of th# rich the still ( # behind the dosed panels is often intense than that outside in theJ shine, where the air is stirring, schools and public buildings are rad jy frigid. “It germed to me that the only wai things in Japan were the babies, w looked like bundles of gayly cow crape, their round heads covered J knit raps. They slumber peaceful! tucked down their mothers’ backs. Ty attempt to keep warm in winter is not entirely ft‘modern iraprovementjthoM it goes with western civilization, tiled ’ftl jj orpans ,j 0 p very thoroughly, nose to a ceita.n extent, lui Japnd 1 ns a race ‘ contlHUe to scorn it as tlq| al ™** nud this is morel, 0De that of the a huudred Japanese examples are stiff true which to pro| their traditions in their daily life and as pt] little affected in the ordering ot tM homes by the ideas adopted from ill west.” NOVEL CURES. fnique Atplhoiis Emji’oj-ei! io Owg cotae Certain u:>?n.Be». Freezing, baking, illuminating, tor-1 timing, frightening and bruising art among the accepted ways of curing cer¬ tain diseases, says a writer in the Phi adelpbia ing Times. When For example, well thebak-j detreN cure: one bus a oped rheumatism, he is placed in n spr c ies cf stove and the crystals of mil ficid are literary melted cut of Irshodf Another odd cure cfice tried (« then mat ism wag burial fa damn wai-in took p'.ace clay. The MetsomitlPe, first Hietitaatle ^-'.ch. bovislj Tilt at treatment was hot a sucres?, usd ^ tliii form of cure has been given up- In* The freezing cure: This was* fir?t treduced by n bwiss doctor, Paul Lut deyrout. He placed his patients :0 effects immersed in ice water, pavkiag I'-p patient ail about with c'.'Ushp:!ice. This treatment is today used fa typte® fever cases. k® Ov the patient is plunged into an a water bath. The tl’eatnunt raves manf lives. Raging fever above 1 (L degree P. has been brought down 2-5 degrees-!! by tliaj means to normal—OS less than ten minutes. Neither of these modes of treatmea actually freezes one. A physician» *Paris. M. Figeau. introduced in tW' froze ammonia the vapor method, The body which was pbc reaj | patient. certain in a chamber into which Icals were introduced. Ammonia SM by sudden evaporation, then prodocaj intense cold, and the blood in the bori lost most of its beat. taA | M. Figeau's method did not with success. Some cf bis P adeD ! succumbed to the drastic nuasor and tlie practice was abandoned. The Wheel Problem. Which, at any given moment, if Ing forward faster—tlie top m a wac ■ Wheel or the bottom? The answer to this question see® simple enough, but probably nine l ,c i sons out of ten. asked at ra m0 ^ would give the wrong reply. ,,c *PP ear nt first sight that the top bottom mast be moving ct the-sM rate—that is, the speed of the cn rria a But by a little thought it will be covered that the bottom of the v> ; is tiou in around fact, by its the axis, direction moving of backus its ^ j in an opposite direction to that " i seqnently the carriage stationary is advancing in space, ami is y ^ wheel . i the point on top of the is ing forward with the double ' e0 ^ around the aM s j 0 f jt s own motion niov* the speed optcu at ai wbic " h the carriage i ■ S« Flower Garden* of th* a ’ . j re, j Po^-er "a v dens. l ,J t »=>'on „ *»»•# tte Mom* ™ are on the land. It is the am--" i|)6 the sea that make the garc.c...• artlC ^ , f , t .. ooi( ,. M waters P * ‘ ! i larly making dispiay of . ,,„ »-• r a c „| 0 r that fairly rivals the gorge 0 ^ w au d delicate grace p.'' : ’ utf 1 , l.l.Ul , novel., ho So c'oselv do tlxT ‘'^T i ,p • • . to ble plant blooms that .t 'TTmal ]i lieve that they are whuhy -■ that organization. Dr. Blackford sa v? ‘ fisbCS “* a0 " s of ,6 curious “ ~™' fOtn,S *»*Z£**i *- ■ liin* color darting about. j'J.-'t " : the P an Q utterflics dart a bout pisnt o o i
