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They met at a soda fountain and greeted
each Other languidly. «
“What is youridea of perpetual motion?”
asked the girl with the Eton suit.
“The average. World’s fair visitor,"
promptly responded the girl with the lace
veil.
“You have some, too, I Ha"
“Only it. I’m waiting now for Cousin
Selina and the children. They want to see
the Masonic temple.”
“Allot them do. I feel sorry for Josie,
though. Did yon see the elderly couple
she was showing the sights yesterday?”
“Keep your sympathy for me, my dear.
Josie doesn’t need ft. They are her god
parents. and when they are gone she will
find a check in the hair receiver or an old
overshoe, which will enable heist- go to a
“She appeared to me like one woman In
a thousand.” *
“How 00?”
“1 saw her at the bargain counter.”—De
troit Tribune.
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Time’s Swift Flight.
Young Tutter—Just think. Miss Pinker-
ly, I haven’t called on you for two months.
Miss Pinkerly—That’s so. Dear me, how
rapidly the time has passed!—Club.
Used in Millions of Homes—40 Years the Standard.
What He Would Do.
“What a lovely boy!” she exclaimed,
bending an enraptured ga*o npon a pretty
5-year-old playing on the green turf of
Riverside.
The whole party paused and petted him,
and a fat little pampered poodle nosed the
youngster jealously. And the lad with his
golden curls, blue eyes and aristocratic fea
tures was certainly a pretty eight. He
was dressed In a velvet Eton jacket and
cocked hat with an ostrich feather in it,
and hUfond mamma, sitting on the nearest
bench, drank in the glances of admiration
and words of praise as sweetest Incense to
her sonl.
“Oh, yon dear child!” cried another of
tho ladles.
“Come away, Fido. He won’t bite you,
dear.” Still the lad looked on the podgy
dog doubtfully.
“Wtot would you do If you had a nice
little (Tog like that?” inquired the lady at
the end of the ribbon.
“I—I’d knock the everlastin stuffinoutof
him!” promptly responded the little chap.
Whereat his fond mamma turned crimson.
“Come on, Fido,” said the owner of the
dog stiffly. But tho rest of the party looked
as if in hearty approval of this sentiment,
especially tho solemn young man who was
with them.—Pittsburg Dispatch.
HIS START.
A Desirable Class.
Mrs. Dedbroke—What is meant by pre
ferred creditors, dear?
Mr. Dedbroke—The ones thatdon’t both
er yon, usually.—Brooklyn Life.
A Weird Snake Story That Happened to a
Veraclons Cl risen.
**I got my start in a queer way,” re
marked a man of evident wealth as tbs
drummer finished a story.
“How was that?” inquired the drummer.
“Twenty-five years ago,” continued the
successful citizen, “I was tmveling with a i
sideshow, and the business went to pieces,
leaving me its creditor for wages to the
amount of 8100, and no nssets but the stock
In trade. This was divided, and my share
was an anaconda about IS feet long and as
big around os my body. It wasn’t fat,
though, I think, for air was about the only
thing it had to live on for several weeks be
fore tho failure. Be that as it may, I took
the snake and started for St. Ixmis, where I
proposed to exhibit it. I hod him In a box
in the baggage car, and somehow he got
out and started through the train on an ex
ploring expedition.
“Just as he was crossing tho platformsof
the second and third coaches the couplings
came loose, and there's no telling what
would have happened, for we were going
np a heavy mouutain grade, if the snake
hadn’t twisted himself around the brake
rods and railing and hung on. It was a
big strain on him, but he stuck to it, and
.hold that train
for a good rest. I wish I had her luck.”
“So do 1—we have an engaged girl at our
house”
' “Yon poor thing!”
“Yea. Sbe and I are sleeping in a folding
bed in the parlor—at least we are supposed
to sleep there. He comes to see her every
evening, and they sit and look injured an
til we all leave the parlor.”
“Of course.”
“But that isn’t the worst of it. He starts
to go at 10:30."
“Oh. well, I”
“At 11 they commence to quarrel. At
11:30 sbe returns bis ring, and he rushes
madly out. banging the door after him.”
“But you get to lied then?”
“Oh, yes, 1 get to bed, but she Insists on
telling me all about It. I try to soothe her
by agreeing with her, but she tarns on me
and says I don’t know anything about it—
that Henry is an angel, and she has driven
him to suicide Pretty soon sbe begins to
weep wildly in my ear and wants papa
ftofessuraai (Satis.
Cruel.
He (passionately)— I love you above all
others on earth.
She—I never thought you would go back
on yourself like that.—Club.
MONEY TO LOAN! M
TOi COBB. WM. M’X. COBB. ' V
ins promptly negotiated on Improved rntyv f
“*y- COBB A CO. 1
A Natural Query,
Briggs—Did you hear that Winger had
married the president of a cooking school?
Griggs — No. Where does he get his
meals?—Truth.
DR- W, B, CONWAY,
Lite PhjsicUn to Virginia Agricultural
and leehinlcil College.
company.
Office at Residence
Telephone No. li
IT SHOULD BE IN EVERY HOUSE.
J. B. Wilson, 871 Clay St Sbarpsburg
Pa., says he will not be without Dr. King’s
New Discovery for CoDgumpiion, Coughs
and colds, that hb was threatened with
Pneumonia after an attack of “La Grippe,”
when various oth< r remedies and several
physicians bad done him no good. Robert
Barber, of Cooksport, Pa, claims Dr
King’s New Discovery has done him more
| od than anything lie ever used for Lung
Trouble. Nothing like it. Try it Free
Trial Bottles, at John Crawford & Co.’s,
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waked up to go end see if he has committed
suicide.”
“And do yon wake him?” \
“Wake him? No, I don’t. I waked him
once when I thought there was a burglar iq
15 IHEBtsrjS' 1
I’m a lawyer if he dldn'
together two miles and no doubt saved the
lives of all the passengers in the rear coach
es. They thought so anyhow and made me
np a purse of 8500.”
The drummer coughed.
“What became of the anaconda?” hd in
quired cosunlly.
“He gave mo my start,” replied tho nar
rator. "You soe, the 8500 wasn’t a drop in
thu bucket, but when we got the snake loose
the strain on him had stretched him out 20
feet longer, and I went into St. Louis with
• snake that uo other exhibitor could hold
a candle to, and if you don’t believe me I
can show you that snake stuffed and hung
np in my hall at Denver.”
The drummer got up with the air of a
man who was uneasy.
“You ought to sell it for a telegraph
pole,” ho said reproachfully and went out.
—Detroit Free Press.
An Alternative.
.Briggs—I hear you made a bet of 850 with
the house, and 1 hare wondered ever since
why mamma ever married him.”
“And what becomes of Henry?"
“Oh, he comes around with the milkman,
-driggs—i near you muucn oet oi snvuo
Tutter that you would ki6s Miss Penstock
before she went to Europe. Have you sue-
uSSMSfKj
ceeded yet, old inan?
Griggs—No, and there fjsn’t mad) pros
pect of it either.
Briggs—Why, what’s tho matter? How
did you go about it?
Griggs—I went right to Miss Penstock
and told her about the whole affair—how
I heard that she was going to sail for Eu
rope; and some one made tho remark that I
would kiss her goodby, and then Tutter
said he would bet 850 I wouldn’t, and that
I took him up. I explained the whole thing
says it was all bis fault, Is forgiven and eats
breakfast with the family.”
“Oh! Well, we have lire children at our
house, and the dear little things seem to be
centipede, judging from the marks they
leave on the hardwood floors. The eldest
boy turned on all the faucets and gas jets
Practice in both Stale and Federal Courts
Loans of $1,000 00 and more promptly
made on real esta at a Low Rats of
Interest. We mean business.
W* Collections made in tbe city and
thronght nt Northeast and Kiddle Georgia
Prompt rt turns.
WE OFFER
In the house the day he arrived—said he
wanted to find out how they worked.
Brother Will took refuge at the club yes
terday, and Cousin Selina promptly wrote
to her sister that we have a vacant room.
She will be here with tbe twins tomorrow."
“I suppose you’ve taken them to the fair.
I took one party there yesterday. When I
got home at 6 more dead than alive un<l
lioping for a quiet hour with Dick—the
poor fellow is feeling so neglected—they
or next 30 days the new seven room cot
tage, No. 213 South Jackson st, next to
Mrs. E. P. Bishop,
to her and told her 1 was a poor man. You
see, old fellow, I worked on the girl’s sym
pathies.
Briggs—Well, didn’t you have any suo-
ccss?
Griggs (gloomily)—No, except to make It
ATT0RNE1S-AT-LAW,
ATHENS, GA.
Office with Erwin A Cobb.
At a Great Sacrifice,
a draw.
Briggs—How’s that?
Griggs—Sho says she will stay home from
Flvo Great Men.
An artist should consider facts about tho
ronsters of his profession calmly nnd
thoughtfully. Ho may reach valuublo con
clusions about himself. A certain musical
composer of much talent and popularity—
we will call him Smithkins—has a happy
appreciation of his own work, os his friends
all know.
So highly does he estimate Smithkins’
compositions that some of his friends were
much startled the other day when he said
gravely, “Did you ever notico that the
names of all tbe great composers begin with
M?” is.
“M!” ejaculated his astonished audience.
“Yes, M,” said tho composer. "Mozart.,
Mendelssohn, Meyerbeer, Moszkowski—and
Me!”—Youth’s Companion.
came for me to show them the Auditorium.
I believe they thought it was in the back
yard.”
“Yes, and the questions they ask. One of
our visitors, a schoolteacher, has been read
ing up for six months in preparation for
this visit. She lays traps for me to show
We are authorized to sell this place for 30
Europe.—Harper’s Bazar.
Wm.TCOGGIN,
Physician and Surgeon,
Office, No. u Thomas Street,
Athxns, ga.
per cent, less than the price of one year
ago. There can be no more convenient
nome for a business man. The house has
bath room, with hot and cold water ar
rangements, good garden and a large lot.
Only two blocks from Michael Bros, cor-
•ir. Call and get the price—it will sur-
Tlie Winner.
A late archbishop of Dublin, noted for his
originality and love of a joke, was one day
walking along a road, when he came across
three tramps lying on a bank by the road-
a girl neglect her opportunities. I get even
with her in one way, though,” she added
maliciously, "for when the others ask me
concerning the personal habits of the Zu
lus and the age at which Columbus cut his
first tooth I just turn them over to her.”
“Good," said the girl with the Eton suit
"Well, I must go now. 1 think Uncle
Tompkins and his family will be here to
day.”
“But where will you put them?”
“I don’t know. Jack has a bed made up
iu the bathtub now, and I saw mamma ey
side.
They were thus addressed by his grace:
“I would be willing to give half
I would be willing to give half a crown
to tho laziest of you, if I could tell which
of you is most entitled to it."
One of them immediately jumped upand
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
D ISEASES of Women a Specialty. Office
over Jackson A Y.nceni’s store. Besi-
deuce 183 Barber St Prompt attention given
to a 1 caaes Can be found at office in the day
and residence at night, when not attending
professional calls. June 8—ly.
said:
“Give it to m& I haven’t done any work
for six months.”
Tho second camo forward and claimed it,
saying ho had not worked for a year.
While these two were disputing about
tho honor of being the laziest the third
man, who hod not even moved, sleepily
said:
"Come here, guv’nor, and put It in my
pocket.”—Amusing Journal.
C G Talmadge’s for $12 60
6 room hon-e N. W. corner Meigs
and Franklin, 16 00
9 room honse cor. Hull and Clayton 22 60
6 room house 619 West Waddell.. 12 60
7 room house cor. Jackson and
Dougherty 17 00
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Fig3 is for sale in 50c
and $1 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
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‘NoUard Feeling.
WILL SELL AT
ing tho width of the pifntry shelves this
morning and looking meaningly at me. If
you don’t see me again, you’H know I’ve
fallen off and broken something—my neck,
I hope. Goodby, dear.’’—Chicago Herald.
7 room house Barber St 13 60
4 room house S. Lumpkin 8 00
6 room bouse on Boulevard 13 00
b room house on West Broad st... 10 00
4 room house on S. Lumpkin 9 00
4 room house on Bloomfle’.d st.... 8 00
1ST Office rooms and stores on the cen
tral business streets.
Six Dollars a vear.
All Goods in my Store, so as to make
room for
Pretty Thin Staff?
The extreme thinness of the gold on
cheap jewelry has long been a subject for
jest by humorists. A party of Boston jew
elers was being shown through one of the
great plating factories by the proprietor, a
As the visitors
man well known as a wag.
stood looking into one of the vats where
different articles were being plated with
gold by means of a chemical process, a gen
tleman asked:
“Uncle John, just how much gold do you
use here in your business?”
The old man looked upand answered,
with a twinkle In his eye: “Well, boys,
I’ll tell you. When I started In, 15 years
ago, I put a 810 goldpiece into the vat, and
I guess there’s some of it left yeti”—Boston
Journal. -
I am determined to sell. Hope to have
a share of patronage.
MBS. T. A. ADAMS.
YOUNG MAN:
Now is the Tike to Bnild a Home I
We will sell you a choice lot for $300 00
and lend yon the money, on long time, to
build a house. Come and see ns, at No.
14 College Avenue,
Complete
Manhood
and how to attain it.
“This room is very close,” remarked the
guest to the head waiter of a Broadway res
taurant.
‘Can’t I have a little fresh air?”
The well drilled automaton raised his
voice to a high pitch.
“One air!” he yells, after a pause adding,
“Let it be fresh!” ”
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A Plea. *
The feeling of superiority In the sterner
sex is inborn.
“Mamma, do you think you’ll go to heav-
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He Could Walt.
Mrs. Potts—I will give you something to
eat if you will take this soap and water and
give your face a good washing.
Hungry Higgins—Not much. I may be
purty hungry; but, thank the Lord, 1 ain’t
starvin yet.—Indianapolis Journal.
en?” said Jack, thoughtfully looking into
his mother’s faco.-
“Yes, dear, if I am good,” said the moth
er cautiously, wondering what would come
next.
“Then please be good, for papa and 1
would bo lonesomo without you?’—Kate
Field’s Washington.
Emily’s Sorrows.
Mr. Fondhnsband, an aged New York
widower, got married recently for the
fourth time, notwithstanding he has a
house full of grownup children. While
the marriage ceremony was being per-
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The regular subscription
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is $4.00 a year.
Very Angry.
Clara—Weren’t you angry when be kissed
you?
Maud—Indeed I was.
Clara—And did you make him apologize?
Maud—I should say 1 didl I made him
apologize six times.—Truth.
I am ready with a splendid
Omnibus, Nice Hacks, Fine
Carriages and Baggage Wag
ons to haul commencement
yisitors to and from the de
pot and to all parts of the
city. Good Horses and re
sponsible Drivers. Tele
phone 53 when you want to
take a ride.
formed, ono of tho guests, bearing sobs in
the next room, asked one of the children
what was the matter.
“It’s only Emily,” was the reply. “She
His Favorite.
Propinquity—She (sketching)—I suppoa.-
I could get your expression better if ycu
aat a little farther off. •
He—On tho contrary, I was just going to
quote my favorite hymn.
She—What is that?
He—"Draw meNearer. ’’—Boston Beacon.
always howls when papS gets married
again.”—Texas Siftings.
.AJL1 Prescriptions
Tendered ns will be carefully filled
from the purest and freshest Drags,
and promptly delivered anywhere
in the city.
Died a Natural Death.
“Didn’t you tell me some time ago that
of cod-liver
oil its use
was limited
to easing
you had joined a society for tbe auppresalon
of slang?”
"Yea."
“Do you belong to ltstlU?"
“Nop."
“Why pot?"
•'•Society kicked the bucket."—Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telegraph.
Those Wide Brims.
Willie—Say, can I have that straw hat
of yours when you get through with it?
Featherstone—Yes, Willie. What do you
want it for?
Willie—I’m going to cut off the crown
and use the brim for a circus ring.—Cloth
ier and Furnisher.
Orders by telephone given
prompt attention.
those far "
advanced in consumption.
Science soon discovered in
it the prevention and cure of
consumption.
Horrtblel
Algy fin Reginald’s apartment)—Why,
Wegy, old chap, where are the new pajama*
you were going to wear?
Regy—I hd(i to send them wight back to
the tailor’s.
Algy—Deah, met What was the matter?
Regy—Just fawncy. The twosera weren’t
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Hawkins—By Jove, old fellow, did yon
trip?
Barker—Oh, no, I threw myself down on
purpose. It aids digestion. Where are
your-up on the roof or out rowing?—Har
per’s Weekly.
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has rendered the oil more
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Mrs. Frontepew—I don’t aee why our pas
tor should be constantly urging npon tbe
congregation the necessity of loving one an
other.
Frontepew — Humph! Every marriage
ceremony he performs brings him at least
$5—Buffalo Courier.
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CAKES made of the best MATERIAL
The Misses Bradberry
Are now selling their colored Chips
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White Chips, Hate and Satin Ribbons
suitable for commencement and mid
summer, . f
Clayton street,* Athens, Ga.
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CANNED GOODS
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She—How did she come to say it? Had
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"I think it is the very thing for teachers
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