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rr, 'LSDAY. DECEMBER 21. " >0.
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^ TRICK HCRS . : OUR MOUNTS WOULD REMAIN IN BUSINESS
IT Qn^cailNP COD HOjlilll!’
JS to .iUiiiitll run ilJnilhL
\ if' inr cur service and facilities to prospective customers
■ And clients we are not offering something for nothing. We
expert fcl'.ima'ely to be repaid for the expense of handling
rv a- count that comes to us.
i;s are money making institutions, and ours is no exception,
e arc to continue to go forward, we must operate profitably.
vever. we sincerely believe that our facilities for rendering
banking are unsurpassed, and that those who conti mplate
ning accounts can not do better than come to us.
appreciate old accounts—wc welcome new ones.
Ill
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Of iVUlledofeville, Ga.
Ti 'n;d Animals n'memher and Re
spond to Signals They Have Been
Taught to Obey.
It is not always wise to tench a
horse in |il:i> tricks. ns is proved by
a story lonl liy an English army of
ficer.
Announcement
Notice to the Public
From this day on all work done
at my shop is strictly cash to every
body. There will be no exceptions.
I will appreciate your business
and will give it mf very best atten
tion. #ȣ/*
E. D. Prosser
.mini I .curb's Inimitable circus horse
that Insisted oti sitting down with his
rider whenever he heard a hand jtlay
was the [ir dotype of a horse tieloug*
'ng in the officer, who. In a weak inn- i
mem In.d taught it to rear up and ;
•snlr.mi” whenever he leaned forward
to make a how.
It was nil very pretty when the !
officer was out riding and met any '
liuty of his uequajntunee. but it he- |
eume a nuisance w lien he w as out pig .
Milking in India, lie would lean for
ward to meet the rush of a charging i
hoar with Ids spear—up would go the
henst on end just at the moment whi'n I
the man's safety depended on his tak- :
ing a true and deadly alin with ids I
'pear point. The consequence was ,
that the aimual's legs allowed many I
sears from hours' tusks, and he was i
lucky that he did not end his career
with Ills body rlp|s*d open.
The officer had. ton, at one time a |
line hut somewhat nervous charger. (
one day on a parade the mount sud
denly gave way with the officer n"d
quietly lay down. The rider thought
for a moment he was 111, hut on rous
ing him he immediately sprang to Ids
feet again, quite lit and well. A
week or so later when riding with a
friend they atopjied for a moment to
admire the view, When down the horse
went. It was evident to the officer
that he hnd betm trained to lie down
at a given signal, but ihe man never
could discover for the life of him
what that signal was.
Old Doctor Jones Evidently Was Sat- :
isfied That He Could Read His
Own Writing.
Old Doctor .Tones, who once prne- j
tired medicine In a New Jersey town. ;
was known everywhere as a notorious- I
ly had speller. lie slipped up on I In* 1
simplest words, and people wondered |
how he managed to write prescrip
tions, especially in medical Butin, so
that ilic.v could he read and under-
sl end. Though the “Doc," as he was
called, could not 'pell, lie was, never
theless, accounted a good physician
nisi his patients swore by him. II<*
sent Ids prescriptions regularly to a
certain druggist ia the town because
this man was the only druggist who
could read them. How the druggist
succeeded In doing It was a mystery
to every one.
Everything went well for a long
time, then one day the druggist was
taken III and died. His funeral was ,
largely attended and Doctor Jones
was one of the principal mourners. '
What will become of “Doe” now?
Who will he get to rend his prescrip
tions? were questions on every one’s
lips. It was pretty generally agreed
that the future looked black for the i
physician, hut this man who spelled ]
rheumatism “rmnntiz" was not to lie 1
discouraged. The day after the obse- I
qaies of the druggist the following j
announcement, printed In longhand, 1
appeared In the window of the phar
macy: "Dr. Jones has bought this
drug store, fie will continue the big
ness and fill p-escrlpshons hlsself.”
JOS. A. MOORE
FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER
Phone 477.
EXCLUSIVE FUNERAL PARLORS 121 W. HANCOCK Sift
Milledf»evi!le, Georgia.
A)H THIS MAT
rEN DAYS
Ve are going to sell our immense stock of PIANOS, PLAYER
PIANOS. ORGANS AND PHONOGRAPHS at
FACTORY COST
Ve have one of the largest stocks of MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
n the State. * * i f
Come in and get yours before they are picked over.
Ve carry a full line of PHONOGRAPH RECORDS and SHEET
lusic. <•M<i*aunm
HAD NEWS OF IMPORTANCE
But Tompkins, Habitually Polit*, Hesi
tated to Address Anyone but
the Head of the, Firm.
Tomkins was of a nervous disposi
tion ; he was somewhat slow and hc-i-
tating In time of emergency.
When he entered an office one day
and found a stranger there, Instead of
the man he wanted, he somewhat lost
himself.
"Oh, I heg your pardon!” he began
“but—but are you Mr. Brown, the
head of this firm?”
“No; I regret to say I’m not."
“I'm sorry, very sorry Indeed," went
on Tomkins. “I had something I rath
er wanted to tell him. Do you think
he'll lie In soon?”
"I'm afraid not. Is there anything
I can do for you?”
“Er — yes, perhaps — or — perhaps
you’ll do as well as Mr. Brown. May
I ask your name?"
"Certainly.” And the stronger gave
It.
“D lighted to meet you," said Tom
kins.
"And now. what can I do for you,
sir?" asked the new-found friend.
“Oh, it's a very small matter—not
of the slightest consequence- er, that
is, I came to tell the head of the firm
tlinl the building is on tire!”—I.os
Angeles Times.
Blood Infusion.
In eases where new blood Is re
quired in fill the depicted veins of a
human being, it Is not practicable to
use for the purpose the vital fluid of a
dog or any other animal, because it
would act ns n poison, destroying life
Instead of saving It.
This Is for the reason that the blood
of a lower animal is not chemically
Ihe same as that of a man. The fact
docs not seem very surprising, but the
recent discovery that the various races
of mankind differ in respect to the
chemical make-up of their blood is
undeniably curious.
Experience has proved that It will
not do to Introduce the blood of a ne
gro into the veins of a wlhte man or
vice versa. And the same remark ap
plies to the Mongol, the Malay and
the American Indian. In any such
ruses a chemical reaction follows
which is Injurious.
Facts About Violins.
Some people arc possessed of the
idea that the more scars, cracks ami
disfigurements they arc in an old vio
lin the more vulnablc it Is. The con
trary Is true. In the case of genu
ine old I'rcmona violins, preservation
enters largely Into their value. The
more perfectly preserved they are, Ihe
greater prices they command. Vio
l'll* with the beautiful Cremona var
ni'h in a fine stuie of preservation are
especially sought by connoisseurs. Vio
linists w ho wish to preserve the value
of their violins should take pains to
keep them in perfect repair, and to
wipe all dust and resin off the violin
after using.—Exchange.
RABBIT’S INSTINCT AT FAULT
Probably Would Have Died in Trap
From Which It Might Have
Escaped With Ease.
I have seen n bird tethered to Its
breeding place—its feet held fast by
the hairs which lined its nest—hut,
until the oilier day I laid never known
or heard of a rabbit being caught in
a snare of its own devising, writes nn
observer of nature. In an old pas
ture In Middle Teviotdnle, where the
grass grows rank beside the old haw
thorn hedge which fences the field, n
rabbit was seen to bp struggling us If
striving to escape from n stmre. On
going tip to the spot. I found that the
hind legs of the rabbit were firmly
hound together with “ropes" of grow
ing grass. Apparently the little cap
tive had been rolling itself among the
grass, and, In the process, had un
wittingly woven Its own bonds. The
rabbit bad evidently been a prisoner
for some davs, being thin in body and
feeble from the effects of its fruitless
straggles for liberty, while the ground
around the tufts of grass to which It
was fastened was closely cropped,
though seemingly Instinct had never
suggested that It might have eaten
away Its "chains."— 1 Tlie Weekly Scots
man.
Judging a Poet.
There are two ways of measuring x
poet, either by an absolute aesthetic
stundurd, or relatively to his position
In the literary history of his country
and the conditions of his generation.
Both should lie borne in mind as eo-
cllieients In a perfectly fulr Judgment.
If Ills positive merit l« to be settled
rrcvoriilily by the former, jet an In
telligent criticism will find Its advan
tage not only In considering what he
wu*. hut what, under the given clr-
cumslatiees. It was pn-'ihlc for him to
be.—James Hassell Iaiwcll.
Wall of Dragons of Pekin.
Tlie dragon seta Pekin is hid
den behind a hillock In the winter ind
uce grounds. It is a wall perhaps
20 feet high and 100 long, faced
completely with tile cast to represent
nine large-size dragons in has relief,
of various colors yellow, purple, buff,
maroon, orange- dancing gnyly above
emerald billows against a pale blue
sky. Moot sculptured Chinese dragons
are lifeless, angular beasts; hut here
there is an almost un-Chinese vigor
and audacity in tlie spring and twist
of the lithe bodies. They leap, whirl,
lunge, ami writhe until the spectator
steps back, half afraid tliut they will
coaie tumbling off the screen, striking
at the unwary with their sturdy claws.
There arc, I believe, critics who tench
that plastic art should never under
take to portray moments of activity.
If this Iip correct, tlie dragons stand
condemned; but if the sculptor may
ever rightly give us life In Its vivid,
moving moments, here is a master
piece.—Exchange.
British Exiles in Holland.
"On tills spot lived, taught and
died John lloldnson, 1611-1625"— so
reads the Inscription on a simple plate
In the wull of a picturesque little
house In the old town of I-cyderi.
Here every year many Americans and
English people come to see the spot
where lived not only John Robinson,
William Bradford, William Brewster,
and other men educated at Cambridge,
but also many other British exiles
mostly from tlie triangle between the
rivers Aire and Trent and Humber.
They Imd refused to take their religion
from the English court, and bad been
driven from their homes Into the
Dutch republic, where conscience was
free. Most of them stayed 12 years
in Holland and then sailed In the
Speedwell from Delfshuven to !*ly-
moiitli. where they Joined other Brit
ish exiles in Ihe Mayflower August I.
1620.
Accounted For.
‘These pampered animals are gon-
ernly Ill-tempered.” “Don't blame
them; it Is only natural for pets to he
pettish."
Suggestion Does Much.
When you come down to breakfast
In the morning, to l e greeted, per
haps, with the suggestion that you
Itsik ill and tired you may, If you
are very suggestibb 'dually feel ill
and tired for the r< t the day, un
less you have the seuse to eotmter
that unwise sugg siion ity the oppo
site one iliat you are looking well and
feel refreshed. Un ilie other hand,
supposing that you’are feeling snnie-
whut out of sorls ml think you look
Jaded, a friendly remark Hint you are
looking very well and lit will “buck
you up” immense mid you will ac-
tnally, in the con of the diiy, sug
gest yourself In corresponding
state of well beo . e
WE DELIVER WOOD TO ANY
PART OF CITY AT $6.00 A CORD
Phone* 456-J and 250
Horne & Hutchinson
BRICK That Clink Like St
Are Made by the “McMillan” PROCESS
|Burnt in our Continuous Kilns
There is no waste in our Brick
We makeouick shipments, in any auantity
to anywhere in the South. . , .
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