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Barometric Preeaure. Tho barometric pressure decreases aw we ascend at the rute of nl>out an Inch for every thousand feet of eleva tion. At a height of 10,000 feet the rate of decrease is about an inch for every 1,500 feet of elevation, and the proportion of decrease becomes great er at greater heights. At n height of 18,000 feet tho pressure is about one half of what it Is at the sea level—that is to say, the air at that elevation is only one-half ns heavy ns It is at tho sea level. Ringles* Marriages. Neither the Quakers nor the Swiss Protestants use rings at their marriage ceremonies. Falling Asleep. When one falls asleep the order of surrender to the spell is sight, taste, smell, hearing, touch. The sense of touch Is the lightest sleeper and most easily awakened, then hearing, then sight, while sluggard taste and smell awaken last. The Biggest Farms. The biggest farms In the world are in South Australia, where the average squatter holds 78,000 acres. Creamed Cabbage. Chop the cabbage, wash and place In a stew pa n. Alter boiling until tender, drain. Place the cabbage back in the pan with sufficient milk to cover it; boil, season with butter, pepper and salt and thicken with flour and eggs. The Human Voice. There are only nine different tones in the human voice, but there are 17,- 692,180,044,415 different sounds. Gamy Mackerel. It is not generally known to amateur fishermen that the common mackerel of commerce '.s a game fish and when at all hungry will take the ily and fight as pluckily as the hroolc trout. They have to be played skillfully, as their mouths are very tender, but the hooking and successful landing of a No. 1 mackerel, which often weighs two or three pounds, with a rod and reel are worthy of the most skillful •fisherman. A Choice of Language. Mine, do Stnel said, “If I were to write, I should write In the copious English, think In the philosophic Ger man, converse In the gay French, sing in the beautiful Spanish and make love In the sweet Italian.’’ Hamlet. Shakespeare's longest play Is “Ilnm- Jetr” It contains 4,038 lines. The short est Is “The Comedy of Errors,” with .1,807 lines. Two Great Victories. Leipsic, a city of Saxony, has given its name to two great victories which Avere won iu its immediate vicinity. The first was by Gustavus Adolphus over Tilly, the great French marshal. This battle was fought at Breitenfeld, a few miles from the city. The victory gained by the allies over Napoleon was won after a battle which raged not only in a cluster of villages near the city, but also in the streets of Leipsic itself. Etiquette In Sweden. In Sweden if you address the poor est person on the street you must lift your hat. The same courtesy is in sisted upon if you pass a,lady on the stairway. To enter a reading room or a bank Avith one’s hat on is regarded ns impolite. Noah Webster. Noah Webster lived from 1758 to 1843. Ills labors on Ills dictionary coa*- ered a period of nearly thirty years. No Buyers. A hundred guinea diamond ring, priced at 2s. 3d., was exposed for fh r e days In the shop window of a London pawnbroker and found no purchaser. It Avas put in the vdndow in conse quence of a Avager. Italian Brierwood. The larger part of the Italian brier wood Is found along the Mediterrane an coast, extending from Savona on the north to Calabria on the south, the Ligurian Riviera, Tuscany, Umbria, the Roman provinces, the three prov inces of Calabria as Avell as the is lands of Corsica and Sardinia furnish ing an abundant supply. Night Singing Birds. Besides the nightingale, the blackcap stud the garden warbler often sing late at night. Greenhorns. “Greenhorn" was the general term applied to all horned animals whose horns were “green”—that Is to say, im mature; hence it readily applies to anybody whose knowledge of the world or of a particular trade or pas time is of the slightest description. Out of Sight “Out of sight, out of mind,” is an old saying which applies with special torce to a soqe, burn or wound that’s been treated by Buck len’s Arnica Salve. It’s out of sight, out cf mind and out ot ex istence. Piles too and cniblains disappear under its healing in fluence. Guaranteed by Dr John Hockenhull, Druggist 25c. Fine Writing. Charlotte Bronte’s writing seemed to have been traced with a cambric nee dle, and Thackeray’s writing, whilo marvelously neat and precise, was so small that the best of eyes were need ed to read It. Magnified Flour. The best microscopes magnify about 16,000 diameters and make line flour look like a heap of rough stones. * • , , Rudimentary Tails. At the end of the human vertebral column Is the coccyx, which forms a true rudimentary tall. In the adult this is concealed beneath the skin, but in the embryo, both in man and the ape, it is much longer than the limbs. Furthermore, In the human embryo the muscles for wagging the tail are still to he found. Tho Best Talking Bird. It is generally supposed that the gray parrot Is the best speaker, next to man. This Is not tho case. The “mesiah,” an Indian bird, excels all others in Its imi tative powers. The Water Clock. The oldest invention for measuring time which history records was the clepsydra, or water clock. The clep sydra was a glass cylinder graduated into twelve equal parts and having at the bottom an opening through which the water escaped in twelve hours. Morphine. Tho alkaloid of opium, known an morphine, or morphia, was dlseo\ r ered by Serturner in the year 1803. A Paradox of Flight. A paradox of flight demonstrated by experiment Is that the stronger the wind bloAvs against a certain form of curA’ed wing surface the less resist ance does the bird offer it. The Muskrat. From the end of its nose to the tip of its tail the full grown muskrat is about eighteen Inches long. Its color Is a grayish red, shading to black around the muzzle, legs and feet. The fur is rather coarse and thickly filled with long, coarse hair. The tail is devoid of hair, somewhat flat and very muscular, being used by the animal as a rudder when swimming. In mos* cases consumption re sults from a neglected or improper ly treated cold Foley’s Honey and Tar cures the most obstinate coughs and prevents serious result*, It costs you no more than the un known preparations and you should insist upon having the genuine In the yellow package. Misjudged It. Uncle Zob, from a considerable dis tance beyond the suburbs, in the course of bis wanderings about the city had strolled into an nrt gallery and Avas in specting the paintings that hung on the Avail. He stopped in front of a large picture representing a big wooden di lapidated factory, from the doors of which n multitude of men and boys were hastily emerging, some of them almost falling oA r er one another in their scramble to get out. “I reckon I can guess the name of that paintin’," remarked Uncle Zeb, with a broad smile. “Yes,” said the artist, scenting a pos sible purchase by an eccentric but clev er customer, “that ought not to be hard to guess.” "It’s ‘The Earthquake,’ ain’t it?” “No,” responded the disgusted artist; “it’s ‘The Noon Hour.’ ’’—Youth’s Com panion. Tliat hacking cough continues Because your system is exhausted and your powers of resistance weakened. Take Scoffs Emulsion . *©> It builds up and strengthens your entire system. It contains Cod Liver Oiland Hypophosphites so X prepared that it is easy to take and easy to digest jf A ALL DRUGGISTS: 50c. AND SI.OO Stomach troubles, Heart and Kidney ailments, can be quickly corrected with a prescription known to druggists everywhere as Dr Shoop.s Restorative. The prompt and surprising relief which this remedy immediately brings is entirely due to its Restorative ac tion upon the controlling nerves of the Stomach, etCi Two Were Enough. When the Norwegian novelist Bjorn t:cn v <ln this country, he was on one ro r' i>’U the guest of a popular club at dinner. A man with a wide reputation as .1 brillhuif talker and speechmalcer tolfl an e:;: er lingl.v funny story, at which the Norwegian novelist laughed heartily. The ma t told a second story, and BJornson smiled. Then came a third story, and the novelist sat un moved, even gloomy. “It was a very good story." chided the novelist’s men tor. “Why didn't ;mi d.rgli?” “I am forty year;: >d 1 . >. :.son firmly, “and two stories ntv enough,” Henry E Tones of Tampa, Fla. writes : “1 can thank God for my present health, due to Foley’s Kid ney Cure. I tried doctors 'nd all kinds of kidney cures, but nothing done me much good till I look Foley’. Kidney Cpre. Four hot ties cured me, and I have no more pain in mv back and shoulders. I am hi years old, and suffered long, but tminks to Foley’s Kidney Cure I .on well and can walk and enjoy myself. It a pleasure to recom mend it to thot-e needing a kidney medicine.” GEORGIA —FORSYTH COUNTY. To all whom it may concern : W B and J M Watkins having made application to me for permanent letters of administra tion upon the estate of Philomon Wat kins la*e of said county, deceased, notice is hereby given that said application will be heard at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary foi said county to be held on the first Monday in November 1907. Given under my band and oftici il signa ture, this Ist day of October 1007. II V JONES, Ordinary. GEORGIA—FORSYTH COUNTY. 'lo all whom it may concern: Mrs C A Hammond having made application for 12 months support for horse!! arid five minor children out of the estate of W S Hammond and appraisers duly appoint ed to set apart the same having filed their return, all persons concerned are hereby required to show cause oefore the Court of Ordinary of said county on tho first Monday iu November 1907, why said application should not be granted Given under my hand and official signa ture, this Ist day of October, 1907. H V JONES, Ordinary. 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Qualityl SHOES F OXi. MEM interest men who are particular about their shoes. They are different from ordinary shoes, and different in many ways which endear them to their wearers. Eveiy man who wears King Quality Shoes once invariably I buys them again. He knows they keep their shape longer than other shoes. For sale by Edmondson & Pirkle. 101 RANCH ' rl , VTATF FAIir WILD WEST GEORGIA STATE FAIR OCTOBER 10-26 THIS great Avild west show is a special fea ture of the fair, beginning Oct. 17. It will f?\ \ be a free attraction each after- r ! noon. Real cowboys and In- J J diuns direct from the great Jj western plains will give thrill- V m ing feats of Bronco busting— f liTOPik Sg lasso throwing, camp life, cattle Yy' round-up, rifle and pistol shoot- jrffnk ing, Indian fighting and war donce& 1 Two jerfonnunces Wm. Jennings Bryan FIREMEN’S DAY, Monday, October 21. REDUCED RATES ON ALL RAILROADS. {I FRANK WELDON, and Gen . Mgr. pM|P/ F M O S l=> HO TBBilBi; HIGH POINT BUGGY GO. ,==, Y __ Manufacturers BEST MEDIUM PRISED BU66Y ,N THE SOUTH - Vy.tflStJCj/_i.V__ There’s a reason why. If you hav’nt agency write us about it. Wholesale only* Address HICH POINT, N. C. Iu various swamps the common cy press sends up peculiar growths known as “cypress knees.” They are simply huge lumps of wood rising In the swamps from the roots of the trees, aml their use in nature or utility in the economy of the plant, it is asserted, is absolutely unknown. Client—i on nave an Item i:i your bill, •‘Advice, Jan. 8, six and oi;;' ■'■•once.” That was a day before I retained you. Lawyer—l know it, but don’t you re member on die Bth I told you you’d hotter let me take the case for you? Client—Yes. Lawyer—Well, my dear sir, that is advice.—Tit-Bits. tv * ■’