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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1898)
The Rockdale Banner. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. W. S. VV i SUBSCKIPTION RATES. One Year......... ......ei.oo Six Mouths....... 50 Three Months..... . .25 When paid in Ivanee The Banner trill be sent t<> any address one year for 75 cents. Special rates given to clubs. Advert ising rates are strictly ONE PRICE. Rate card will ho furnished on application. Correspondence solicited from all parts of the county and neighboring towns. Com¬ munications must bear the full name of the author, not necessarily for publication, hut me a guarantee of good faith. Write only on one side of paper. Rejected SIMS, will not be returned unless accompanied by postage to cover mailing. Special terms to agents. Entered at the postoffice at Conyers, Ga., M second-class mail matter. CONYERS, GA., APRIL28,1898. In Scotland at one tune capital pun¬ ishment was by drowning. If kept continuously running, a watch Will tick 160,144,000 times in a year. The Swedish mountain Geiivara is estimated to contain about 300,000,000 tons of iron. The standard height in the British grmy is greater than in the army of any Other nation. The aggregate population of Austral¬ asia is estimated at 4,410,124, against 8,809,895 in 1891. The costliest fur is that of the sea ot¬ ter. A single skin of this animal will letch as much as $1,000. The first permanent military force in England was the king’s guard of yeo ®eu, established in 1486. Tbe necessary expenses of a Japanese gtudent at the University of Tokyo are #Btimated at from $7 to $12 a mouth. Washing is done in Japan by getting Into a boat and letting the garments to be washed drag after tho boat by a long string. Indian wrestlers and athletes train On a diet consisting chiefly of milk, with a little goat’s flesh and plenty of farinaceous food. A horse can live 25 days without food, merely drinking water, 17 days Without either eating or drinking and only 6 days when eating solid food with¬ out drinking. In tbe British museum there are books written on bricks, oyster shells, bones and flat stones, and manuscripts on bark, ivory, leather, lead, iron, cop¬ per and wood. At the close of last century there were supposed to be 1,000,000 aborig¬ ines in Australia. There are now less than 100,000, and among them are still pome cannibals. There is perhaps no more humane na • tion in tho world than tbe Japanese, who have recently erected a monument in memory of the horses that fell in their war with China. Padlocks are being manufactured with an auxiliary chamber, which car¬ ries an explosive to be fired by a ham¬ mer inside tbe lock and give an alarm When tbe lock is tampered with. Scarpology is the art of reading char ncter from the shoe soles. According to • Swiss physician asymmetrically worn heel and sole indicate an energetic, faithful, well balanced character. Jerusalem now has a population of 60,000, about double the number of its Inhabitants about 20 years ago; but it has tbe most imperfect and unwhole¬ some water supply of any city on earth. A well on Sambel island, Florida, Which had always been pure water, Changed to sulphur water a few weeks after a windmill had been built over it to utilize tho water for irrigating pur¬ According to The Popular Science Monthly there are in England and Wales 80,000 children so defective in mental power that they are incapable, if left to weir own resources, of fighting the bat¬ tle of life. The Chinese emblem of tho dragon oonsists of a five clawed imperial drag¬ on suspended to a yellow ribbon, and has the following inscription in Chinese characters: “Before it the lion tnrns pale and tbe tiger is silent.” Tbe Tobacco Trade Review says there Is no doubt that cigarette smoking is on the increase among women and that va¬ rious branches of the trade have started to cater to women smokers. The ad¬ vanced female of the beginning ot the next century may be expected to take to chewing. Italy paid $10,000 for tbe large mo¬ saic recently discovered at Torre An Bunziata at tbe foot of Vesuvius. It contains seven male figures, with an scropolis like that at Athens in tbe background, and probably represents Plato's academy. A splendid border of flowers and fruit incloses it. Rcietuifio investigations show that the green color for which parmesan and other Italian cheeses are remark¬ able is dee to the fact that tbe acid mill: is allowed to stand in copper ves¬ sels. 2; samnles. of areeu. rermesan eheesesBowing lor eacri' two pounds cheese from .8 to 3.8 grains of copper, The first bridges were of wood, and the earliest of which we have any ac count was built in Rome 55 years be fore the birth of Christ. The next erected by Julius Caesar for the of his army across the Rhine. great bridge over the Danube, feet long, was made of timber, with stone piers. To find the rarest bird in existence you must go to'the mountains and Loas, where there . An am is a cer tain kind of pheasant. For many years its existence was known only by tbe faefc _ , fcnat lf its . longest , , and most splendid plume was in much request by manda rins for their headgear. A single skin 3S • worth $400, 01,1 -nid ' the ho bird bird living livin,, Would be priceless, for R soon Cites in captivity. Tbe telephone has been introduced into the palace of the grand lama at Tibet, who is tbns enabled to issue his encyclicals orally and at long range, ringing off dissent and remonstrance in case any schismatic within his pontifi¬ cate were disposed to offer them. To complete the modernizing of his conrt and papacy the bicycle should now be introduced, the grand lama leading the procession. It is probably the general impression that posters and handbills are modern inventions, but it has just been discov¬ ered that the ancient Romans practiced this method of advertising. In digging at Herculaneum there was brought to light a pillar covered with bills, one on top of another. The paste used to stick them was made of gum arabio. The bills when separated and examined were found to be programmes and an¬ nouncements of public meetings, and even election proclamations. One Minute Cough Cure, cures. That is what it was made tor. WASHINGTON LETTER. Eow General Grosvenor Surrendered to a Woman—One of Senator Vest’s Fa¬ vorites—From Adam’s Diary. [Special Correspondence.] They are telling a story in the com¬ mittee rooms and about the capitol lob hies of how brave General Grosvenor, who is not afraid to face any kind of opposition on the floor of the house, was vanquished the other day by a woman. The story goes that it was dur¬ ing the excitement consequent upon tbe expected arrival of the war message from the president, when the galleries were jammed by men and women who held tenaciously to their seats and the halls were filled with others awaiting an opportunity to enter, tbe gallant general met and was defeated by an un¬ armored cruiser. It was Wednesday afternoon when a gallant man of sol¬ dierly bearing, his hair and beard white as the driven snow and a red carnation haughtily peeping from a lapel of his capacious Prince Albert coat, approach¬ ed one of the entrances from the upper corridor. As will be easily conjectured the gentloman was no other than Gen¬ eral Grosvenor. In his arms he carried a bundle of sandwiches which were in¬ tended for Mrs. Grosvenor. With bis suave and courteous man¬ ner, befitting an aggressive orator and national statistician, General Grosvenor requested that he be allowed to enter, but planted across his way was a lady on her first visit to Washington. She had been standing for two or three hours in a vain effort to get one look within tbe hall of representatives and had suc¬ cessfully vanquished all masculine corn¬ ers who sought by tactics, fair or foul, to pass her. “I shall give way to no one, “was her reply in tones sweet but firm when General Grosvenor accosted her. “Right is right, and one person is just as good as another.” General Grosvenor intimated mildly that he only wanted to carry something to eat to his “But if yon feed them they will stay there all the longer, ” retorted tbe lady. Therefore General Grosvenor. recogniz¬ ing discretion as the better part of val¬ or, toted his armful of sandwiches round through the press gallery and banded them over the railing to those whom ho styled the “reconcentrados.” Lonfirevity From Drink. Senator Vest has a favorite story, which bo has told before, bnt “it is so good,” he said at Chamberlin’s the other night, “that it will do to relieve the strain that these war rumors has put upon us, ” “A temperance lecturer was strug¬ gling against odds in Kentucky,” con¬ tinued the senator. “He was talking to a not very large audience that had been drawn to the ball by curiosity. ‘The ef¬ fect of alcohol is to shorten life, ’ said tbe lecturer. "An old man at the rear of the hall rose at that juncture and said, ‘You’re a liar.’ «• • Why?’ inquired the advocate of Adam’s ale. • « < Because, sir, I’ve been and I’m 90 and ... likely . for 75 years, am to live to be 100. I am strong enough to lick if you’ll step outside. ’ you You’re *• *Ob, no doubt, sir. an eeptiou, sir. If yon keep on i the lecturer paused. M « What?’ asked the impatient old I per. / *If you keep on drinking, you'll i have to be shot on judgment day. j A Lieaf From Adam’s Diary. j File Clerk Walter French of the around , the . house has been exhibiting capital an extract from ^the diary ot John Quincy Adams for Nov. 10, Jo J, as pertinent to the present situation, Mr. Adams was at that time secretary i of state, it being four years previous to ; the promulgation of the Monroe doc I trine. Mr. Adams wrote: Spain had possessions upon our southern and . Great Britain upon our northern boundary. , j S impossible that centuries should elapse j without finding them annexed of encroachment to the United j States. .^ ot that an y J or ambition on our part renders it neces sar y t because it is a physical, moral and ; political absurdity that such fragments of ter j ritory, with sovereigns l,5«J miles beyond sea, ; worthless and burdensome to their own , sbould esj£t permanently contiguous to a erg great, powerful, enterprising and rapidly growing nation. Most of the Spanish territory which had been in our neighborhood had already become our own by the most exceptional of all acqui¬ sitions, fair purchase for a valuable considera¬ tion. This rendered it still more unavoidable that the remainder of the continent should ultimately be ours. Don’t Know Where to Begin. Representative Robb of Missouri bad occasion recently to make a speech aboiit paying the heirs of John Roach eenn$ $330,000 and likewise about the expectation of war as a reason for keep¬ ing down all expenses that are not ab¬ solutely necessary. Having explained his point of view at some length, Mr. Robb further enlightened the house about the virtue of economy by quoting the following lines: Once said an old woman of Lynn: “I’d like to be good If 1 could. But I don’t know where to begin.” With this quotation to demonstrate that the house would have difficulty in finding where to cut down expenses first, Mr. Robb concluded his speech. For the Sick and Wounded. Always lovers of the beautiful and keenly alive to the charms of art, Wash¬ ington society finds added inspiration to patronize the loan exhibition now open at the old Corcoran gallery—“For the Sick and Wounded In Case of War”— as it appears in a published notice. The display is admirable and cleverly arranged, an attractive feature being a tearoom, where the prettiest girls of the smart set, in chic costumes serve after¬ noon tea. Carl Schofield. Application. “I am very much afraid that our friend Mr. Fritters lacks application,” remarked the business man. “Not at all,” replied the friend. "He applies to me for a loan once a week regularly. ”—Washington Star. Dr. Bu IPs Nothing removes humor Pills from the blood so nicely and gives the complexion such a clear, clean appear¬ ance ns Dr Bull’s Pills. But get only the genuine, Dr. John W. Bull’s Pills. Price 10 and 25 cts. M5 Saved onjlMit -Nik- BY BUYING DIRECT FROM E. ROSEN BURGER & CO., 202-204 E. 102d St., NEW YORK CITY. The Largest Clothing J Manufacturers in America. OUR GREAT BARGAIN OFFER! $5J with we BOYS’ Pay SUITS Extra Expressage. ADONIS Pants FOE and ■ These salt' are guaranteed to be made from Im¬ ported Want Cheviot, In Block, Blue. 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Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea, .Feverish¬ Worms .Convulsions ness and Loss OF SLEEP. Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK. Atb moiirtiA olA Jj Bosks- 35 Cl .ni s EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. Three'Years Old. tpus jStel N SN r-'WeK V •»; M&m \ "A —Chicago Inter Ocean. Two of Them. Perry Patettic—I admire that there man Zola. He's like me; rather than go back on bis principles he’ll go to jail. Wayworn Watson—What principle did you ever go to jail fer? “As if you didn’t know it was ag’in my principles to work!”—Cincinnati Enquirer. One Profession Safe. First Worker (gloomily)—Women are crowding into every department of industry and powering our afraid wages. Second Worker—I ain’t of ’em. First Worker—You're not? What are yon? Second Worker—A cook.—New York Weekly. Singleness. "What do you think of single tax?” he asked when tbe conversation flagged. “Single tax?” she asked. “What is it? A tax on maids and bachelors?” In the coarse of the explanation that followed they decided that “singleness” was more or less abhorrent anyway. Unmanned. The Man—My, but the papers make ont that onr coast is in an unprotected The Maid—Well, they can’t make it out worse than it is! Last summer there wasn’t a man at any of tbe seaside re¬ sorts.—New York Journal. A Source of Hard Hits. “I don’t think you boys get as many hard hits as we did when I was a boy, ” said the grandfather. “Why, grandpa, you didn’t have bi¬ cycles when you were a boy, did you?” —Yonkers Statesman. Manicuring With a Saw. Charlie Stevens dared Fred Neely to trim his finger nails on tbe 12 inch saw at the sawmill. Fred agreed, but when Charlie got through with the dangerous operation, conducted while the machin¬ ery was running at its usual speed, Fred prudently declined to risk it. The oper¬ ation required a delicacy of touch that is at the command of a man of unflinch¬ ing nerve only, but Charlie was equal to the occasion and did a good clean job, tbougb tbe burning sensation he experienced in his finger tips during tbe operation was something he hadn’t bar¬ gained for.—Clio (Mich.) Star. # _____ i ef¬ £ Q tar o !*■ P ts m t::- p ,.*4 P-- CD p Sara CD m Bears the Signature I of % D I U' You Have Always Bought. ASTORIA THC CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. HUMOR OF THE HOUR| “Talkin ’bout war,” said the aged widow, “I lost three husbands in the last one. It ’peared like jest as soon as I’d many one they’d kill him off, an no sooner would I git another but he'd go tbe 6ame way. As I say, they killed three of ’em, till it got so no one want¬ ed ter risk me, as ever’ man I married left this here worl’ in hope of a better. So the close o’ the war foun’ me single an willin, but thar warn’t no men left ter marry. Oh, but war is cruel!”—At¬ lanta Constitution. Reading: the Future. “Si Lumpsin, ” exclaimed bis indig¬ nant wife, “I’m ashamed of you! Re fusin to lend your neighbor enough oats for seed!” “You jest ’tend to yer kitching busi¬ ness, Martby. I know that feller. Ef I loaned him the oats, he’d he round next summer to borrer my reaper an hosses fur to cut tbe crop. I naturally nipped him in the bud, I did.”—De¬ troit Free Press. Unintentional Frankness. “Henrietta and I are studying Span¬ ish, ” said Mr. Meekton. “By a conversational method?” “Yes. We practice every evening. Instead of speaking English we speak Spanish. I can’t understand a word she says.” “Don’t yoa get tired of it?” “Not at all. I find it very enjoy* able.”—Washington Star. His System Explained. Admiring Maiden—How do you man¬ age to write those charming dialect stories? Yon never lived among people who talk that way, did you? Rising Author—No, I’ve never lived among them. I’ve just taken my type¬ writer and removed the letter from ev¬ ery second key. This brings out the dia¬ lect in fine style.—New York World. Tho Price of Verses. She (at the reception)—Well, Mr. Rott, how is poetry now? Mr. Rott (rising young poet)— Very dull, indeed. Patent medicine verses only bring 5s. a hundred words; no ac¬ tivity at all in porous plaster ads., and in the slump of prices yesterday chil¬ dren’s food rhymes went down 80 points in 15 minutes.—Tit-Bits. A Well Established Claim. Tbe celebrated Massimo family fa Rome, who claim descent from Quintus Fabius Maximus, the dictator, have just celebrated, as they do annually, the anniversary of the restoration to life of Paolo Massimo, who died in 1588 and was miraculously revived by St. Philip Neri. It was to the grandfather of the present Prince Massimo that Na¬ poleon put the question, “And are you so sure you really are descended from Quintus Fabius Maximus?” “Well,” answered tbe prince, “they 1 have said so for over a thousand years.” —New York Tribune. 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