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iisutnalisii)
Nobody knows all about it;
and nothing, now known, will
always cure it.
Doctors try Scott’s Emul¬
sion of Cod Liver Oil, when
they think it is caused by im-
i erfect digestion of food,
V JU can do the same.
1 1 may or may not be caused
the- failure of stomach and
' v.t is to do their work. It
11 ' you will cure it; if not
i
! will do no harm.
!'he way, to cure a disease
’ its cause, and he ip
*
t back to its habit
\ Acott's Emulsion of
' ' Oil does that, it
an it don’t, it don’,
f never does harm.
The genuine 1; a !
tius picture on if, !
‘ f( /p yy’-w no other. 1
if If you • .have not i :
tried it, fiend for t:
sample, its apre-o'. '•
taste will
1 SCOTT 3-011. & BOWNF
Chemists, i
409 Pearl St., A \
50c. and $1.00 ; all druggist -.
A MOUNTAIN LAKE.
01 m *<-H soul |
A : lirooks Invs Bung I
v a* s a : J I i ,,v I,.11., umons,
Ti !l-ij <:t 1 i -, foamy tears, i
l I v.. ori. tl, !: -.i; li -.1 liieir j;oal,
Yog GOO i ’l i the .IT ■s ami tla-ir feara.
Li (ho i.i i:.■ urituins stand
A tt rous (frees;
A »ii their . 1 Uiapi'S are sees
outer. I r,.ed by the sun,
,on your all Lie xtcimihz .-and,
facie iron: view until the day is done.
A fitting ' n m !St
You typify th rv of man
Wijen, havittg *'s brief span
Adown tllL- l:Wi oi
And all his <1* I cl or Test,
Forevermore, with o 1)1
—.Tvlm A i li me.
BUSINESS OF THE SOAKER.
An Expert In Pawnbrcking TVlio Has j
Hia Kegolar Customers.
In the neighborhood where pawn-
shops abound the soaker flourishes, j
The soaker acts as middleman between
tlie pavy-ebro-er and his customers. He
explains his mission and accounts for
his usefulness thus:
"The people down here employ me,”
said he, “not because they are asham-
cd to be seen going into a pawnshop
themselves,.but because I can get more
for the goods than they can. There’s
an art in pawning a coat or a ring, just
the same as in everything else.
“I’ve known people to go into a
pawnshop with some old article to
pawn and to look the proprietor over
with a supercilious air, as if they con¬
sidered themselves so far above him
socially that be couldn’t touch them
with a 40 foot pole. Naturally, tor
sheer spite, the broker offers them only
about Half as much as they would get
if they approached him properly. Hav¬
ing had a wide experience of my own,
I know how to avoid such difficulties.
I am not servile, but I am polite aud
respectful, and as those two qualities
touch tlie most generous chord in the
broker’s bosom I get all I want on the
proffered chattels.
“As recompense for my services 1
charge my customers 10 per cent com¬
mission. 1 have regular customers,
and then, of course, I do many odd
jolts for oecasionuls. There are fain-
flies down here for whom I pawn the
same things over and over again, one
week after the other. On pay day they
take their things out of soak. Three
days later they put them in again, and
the next pay day they take them out
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“X>on’t Grivo X7^> tlao £G3 dl1;pp”
BUCHANAN, GA„ FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1901 .
again. And so it goes. month after
month. I canvass the houses just like
a book agent or corn plaster peddler or
insurance solicitor.
“‘Anything to be pawned today?’ I
ask.
“And if there Is I take it around to
sorae slfop and raise the necessary
dough and take it had; and get my
commission. Once in awhile 5 come
across somchodv who abuses me ;::itl
calls me a shark, but 1 m nothing of
the sort. I'm earning a Mecent livim
at ti legitimate business.”—.New York
St:n.
A Point r t Tsc'te.
Several of the lawyers had tohl their
stories, some of which ridiculed the
continued use of legal verb 1 .-... - ;** and the
absurd lengths to whir*! Q
the profession sometimes go in taking
advantage of technicality
“A rank m ttisider.” a: pounced the
member of the profess tit who had
been a good listener, "a client of mine,
supplied the best instance of literal in-
terprotation that ever came to my
knowledge. lie was executor under a
will that, among other provisions, re-
quired the paym-nt of tin annuity t.. a
venerable aunt of the testator. But
proof of her being alive must be made
before each payment, and this is the
rock on which t!.e executor struck.
"Tlie old lady proved herself in the
flesh, drew her money and went to Cal-
ifornia. where she spent two years
without putting in her claim. 0:i her
return she went in person and demand-
ed the double allowance due her.
"T he conscientious executor got out
the will, studied it, scratched his head
and finally handed down his opinion;
“ ‘Madam, you are alive now. There
can be no reasonable question as to
tliat. for I have the conclusive evidence
of my own eyes. But I a in
of no legal proof that you were alive a
year ago. I know, within
the t - ,*. trictio \Y 1 will pay
the annuity for tltis y ! . must iu-
sis; upon sati f.t ■ ■ .> that
you were not de.; 1 w’. I {. preceding
annuity was passed.'
"It took me the livrb'r ! : : ! of n < i\y
to con vim :bat be shciild i.cti’u
in full.”—I .*; t F o I > l ess.
x - uO»Ji« » -■ ; 1 C‘.
Gilbert—1 i.eiieve in « mail being tht
master of the hom o. Et* should have
the say in everything.
Mason—How about me
that baby of yours?
Gilbert—My wife gave wav to me in
a very proper and wif iy manner. She
said site didn't care what name I gave
the little fellow so long as it was llea-
r,v. Ko that’s the name 1 gave him.
You know I felt, after the hearty man-
nor iu which she deferred to me, I
ought to yield a single point merely
out of appreciation of her humility.—
Boston Transcript.
Family Pride.
“I suppose you take a great deal of
pride iu your business.”
“No,” anwered Mr. Gmnrox. “I used
to take pride in my business, but ma
and the girls don’t approve of it. The
only thing we take pride iu now is my
daughter’s husband’spedigree.”-Wash-
ington Star.
Rogues are always found out in some
way. Yv’hoever is a wolf will act’ as a
wolf; that is the most certain of all
things.—Fontaine.
The United States has a lower per-
centage of blind people than any other
country in the world.
jjcmarUaitle Cnrew
<4f !?!:<*:■ »k;s 1 a*.in.
Fr 'in the Vindicator. Jiurherfordtor
N C. The editor of the Vindicator
has l ad occasion to test, the efficacy of
C n bud ft > Hal ce with
tile most remarkable results in each
case. F • . rlieu ii the
shoulder from * '*> e suffered ex¬
cruciating pain fir ‘on ' j r s, which
relieved - t It two appiteati'ins of Pain
Balm.'rubbing the parts afflicted and
realizing instant benilit and entire re¬
lief in a very short tune. Second, in
*• hetimatism in thigh j inf, almost
orostrat ng him with severe paid
which w«-.s relieved by two applica¬
tions, rubbing with the P'nimerit on
r* tireing at night, and getting up free
from pain, For sale b Do* - liod lire*
•Bremen, S Gaulding & Co. YVae.o.
A vulgar man is captious and jealous,
eager and impetuous about trifles. He
suspects himself to lie slighted, and
! thinks everything that is e;tit. meani
at him.
German silver is not silver at all.
Put an alloy of various of the baser
metals, which was invented in China
and used there for centuries.
HELTRSEDTIIETOWN
: ) OF THE FI : T CAPITAL OF ILLI-
NOiS PROPHESIED Y AN INDIAN.
r, '° n< ‘ntrnotion ,,f the Town of K«*-
kaslvia \Y V* In Ad'ordnnce With
(lie !.«:.%t m of Che Chief Who
DU'd For a I, omanhi Love,
Since the waters of the Mississippi
river washed away the lust vestige of
Kashas’.’a,-the fat capital of Illinois
an old h end that contained the proph-
ecy of the total destruction pf the once
flourishing little city has been recalled.
Kaska kia was situat d on n peninsula
at the junction of the Kaskaskia aud
the Mi: si. .sippi rivers, and in is.vj the
Mississippi river cut its way through
the peninsula, leaving the remnant of
the town on an island. The water con¬
tinued to wash away the rich alluvial
deposits on which Kaskaskia was built
until, late in 1900. the last foot of the
a ‘ , I 110 10 "' 1 1 Mood dtsap-
pea , red. 1 Ins singular . . ending of Kas-
kaskia’s once splendid ambitions has !
recalled to the superstitious the story
that the town was cursed in the eight-
eeutli century by an Indian who had
been wronged by o:.ie of the leading
citizens. ■
Jean Benaril came to this country i
from France in 1G9S, bringing with him 1
his wife and his KJ-year-old daughter
Marie, The family settled in Kaskas¬
kia, where Beam'd established a mci'-
chandising business. The Frenchman
soon became one of the most prosper-
oils and most influential men of the I
town. Marie, his daughter, grew to be
a beautiful woman, much courted by ;
the most eligible young men of the new
C0UUtl T- She was in no hurry to ac-
iUI-V of them, and her fame as a
1 tj.iead.fiom Lake M.chigan to the
su,i oi Moxbo.
A young chief of the Kaskaskia tribe
of Indium having become converted
c Christianity after several - of
- dy under the tutelage of ET Jesu
its. built hi If ;; house in Kaskaskia
and was takru into partuersltlp in one
£ the trading houses there, iu* was
g tspevuur.. itand.-i i.u* and wed ed
:1 anti was v,u received into tt
E lues of the white settlers. One nig!
at :t hail lie happened to meet Marie
Rena ru.
I f •.! !>y
the ta i :> fell
in love t i i :nul made
no ■ ration. But Be¬
|l;l1 '' 1 ! ■< i il tlie attachment
and fo iter fi am commit-
nicatin with tin* young Indian To
make sure that there would he no more
meetings Bemud used his influence to
prevent the chic ! 1 rout attending .any
01 " :t ‘ s ‘- ic!a * eutcriain.'ueuLs given in;
Kaskaskia.
But love always lituls a way. ami the
joung couple managed to see each oth-
er despite all the precautions of the
girl’s father. But Bernard became i
atrare of these meetings and again
took means to prevent them. lie was
a man of wealth aud influence, aud he
had the Indian forced out of his part- !
nership iu the trading company.
1110 Ind " ,n U ‘ 1 NaskaM-.ia. hot a!-
most a year nothing was heard of him, |
and Beuard thouglit that his daughter
had forgotten her lover, for she ap- j
beared gey and careless, and she ac-
cepred with apparent pleasure the at¬
tentions of a young Frenchman. One
night when a targe ball at Kaskaskia
was at its height Marie Beuard disap
pea red.
Those who searched for Marie dis¬
covered that tlie young chief of the : j
Kaskask'ians had been seen that eveu- j
ing in the town, and the conclusion was
at once reached that the girl had eloped
With him. Beuard at once organized a j
party to go in pursuit of the fugitives, j
As there was a heavy snow on the
ground, their trail was easily discov-]
ered and followed. The Indian and
Marie had crept away afoot, aud as ;
their pursuers were supplied with fast
horses the young lovers were captured
after a day’s chase about 40 miles from
Kaskaskia. Their destination had been
the French settlement at St. Louis,
where the Indian had provided a home
for his wife.
The Indian surrendered without re¬
sistance, and the posse started ou the
journey back to Kaskaskia. taking the
two captives. Most of the tnen who .
composed Benard’s party wanted to
kill the Indian instantly, hut Beuard
would not allow it. for he sa'd that
they should leave him to deal with his
daughter’s lover. Kaskaskia,
When the’.party reached
the girl was placed in ‘he convent
there. Then Benard took the Indian
to the bank of the Mississippi and,
bindiug hint tightly to a log, turned
him adrift in the river. As the help¬
less Indiatl floated away ta his death
he raised his eyes to heaven and cursed
Benard. who. lie declared, would die
a violent death. The Indian’s last
words were a prophecy that within
“OO years the waters which were then
bearing linn away would sweep from
the earth every vestige or tin* town,
so that on!’, the name would in* left
The uuhappv girl died in the eonveut
Betiard was killed in lVi“ in a duel
The last trace of Kaskaskta has Itcctt
obliterated, and the superstitious de
clare that the Indian’s curse has had
something to do with the passing of the
once flourishing town Ou dark and
storitiy nights the glte d of the Indian
is said to app<*iir. The specter, with
strong anus bound and face upturned.
floats slowlv bv on tin* river where the
stream by the site of the <
sweeps van
lshed city in which Marie Bennrd once
’lived and in which she died mounting
tbe red man that site lovetL— CUicagi .) j
Inter Ocean, ;
He K new Better. :
“Oh. John,” site cried, "baby’s cut a \
tooth!"
"Aw, go ’way!” broke in lirtic Willie.
who was playing on the floor. "You
can’t cut a tooth! You may break K.
but you can’t cut it!”—Chicago Post. j
An Hones! Medicine i
I'or I.a tirippc.
George vv. Wsitt, of Soutii (lard ini’r, ■
Me., says. ‘ I have had the wor 1 j :
-• <'1 1 itD, cold, chills and grip and hav>•
’ aken Jots <>f trash of no account but |
P r() ltf 1“ tlie vendor. Oamb • lai"’s
Cou it Rcitieiiy s tin* only thing that |
his done any good whatever. 1 have
used one bottle of it vml the chilis,
oolti a t I - ; p It a■ hf u*. I con-1
gratulate the ma''ufae’im rs I tin lion- I
est; medicine,’’ F, r sal by Top- land |
Bn*., Bremen, aulding & Co Waco i
THE DRUMHEAD BUSINESS. |
A f’nive Fions fistful (irwltislry WMeh
ProsjK* •:-v. l»y War.
Few poop’-- know that more than half
the banjo and drum heads sold iu the
United ties it re n in bang I g-
Inn at- t! i.iroad station at
1 ’. n ) e red building sur-
r led by f: in which si^in tire
fl T< (i r . while rear by is
a 1 vifh wo,■ let
am it I V lit ;t eitena ;;! mix- .
tl’l It ■tentions esiaitii.-h- i
tiient, but in our two wars and in the .
peace between it lias fathered a great ;
deal of noise. The Lusha was estab- ;
iisited in lSOO. a ad sui erstt was almost !
immediate. Competition was strong)
after the rush cf war orders was over,
but the business has advanced hi i:n-
portnuce until now there are hut three i
factories in this c. mitry whose opposi¬
tion can he felt. T'wo of these are in
Brooklyn and the other at High View,
N. Y.
New York markets furnish the salt- i
ed raw skins from which the drum¬
heads are made. The hair is removed
from the skins by a chemical hath in
the artificial pond, aud the skins are
then stretched on tlie racks and dried.
A thorough scraping removes any par- !
tides of fat or flesh that may have j
adhered to the dried skin, which is:
then tlie thickness of parchment. The!
skins are titoroughly bleached in the
d . f I)ro<vss iUi(1 . u0 then ready for 1
“ 1
cutting into heads. During the Span-
ish-American war the factory was fair-
1 v swamped will) orders tor drum-
heads, , . 500 dozen heads often being or* i j
do rod at one time. The principal de-
maud was for the “tenor” drum, on
which a loud accompaniment to the
fife or bass instrument can be pro¬
duced.
Kangaroo skins make the costliest
drumheads. When dressed, they are
showy, but beyond their appearance
and name they are of no greater value
titan heads made from calfskin. Sheep-
skin is used for cheap toy drums.—New
York I’ost.
QUAINT COLONIAL NAMES,
how the o^ of onr First c«t«-
nists V.i'i’e Christened.
It is an interesting study to trace the
underlying reason for many of the cu-
rious mini s which are given to the off-
spring of the first colonists. Parents
searched for names of deep signili-
cance—for names appropriate to con
ditions, for those of profound intiu-
ence presumably on the child's life.
The Rev. Richard Buck, one of the
early parsons in Virginia, in days of
deep depression, named his first child
Mata. This text indicates the reason
for his choice: “Call me Mara, for the
Almighty has dealt very bitterly with
me. I went out full, and the Lord has
brought me home empty.” His second
child was christened Gershom — for
Moses’ wife “bare him a son and called
his name Gershom, for he said 1 have
been in a strange land.”
Many names have a pathos and sad¬
ness which can be felt down through
the centuries. Dame Dinely, widow of
a doctor, or barber surgeon, who had
died in the snow while striving to visit
NO id
a t.vr«t. named her poor hit bo
Fathergouo.
The ohihhcu of Roger Clapp were
named Experience. Waitstill, I‘reset - v-
l ' 1- iin pe<,,'i. *. a:t. 'i hanks. Decide,
! nit(> 1111,1 Austin, an
st,ul1 ' 1 ' «* ol,: Narragnnsett. had
le catldreu. 'I heir mimes were Parvis.
I'letis. Pierstts. i’li mus. Polybius,
I ."is. bet tiee. Avb. Austicc. 11 ll n ice,
Mary. .Joint. Elizabeth. Ruth. Freelove.
All lived to he threescore and ten, one
to he lb- years old. Edward Bcudall’s
children were named Truegrttee, Re-
t<l,m * Hoinul l or. More Mercy and Re¬
slol, ‘- *• -:1m1 Gridlcy s on spring
were Return, Relieve aud Tremble.—
“Child Rife In Colonial Days.”
f reach ft-*........
Bakers in France are subject to re-
stricthms and regulations undreamed
of in England. In the ! riified towns
alol; “ the trontier they arc hound by
•“'V to have it certain stock of flour al-
ways oil hand in case of emergencies.
The bakery not only lias to
cieau. but the baker has to
with the local authorities a certain
stun of money as a smety for the prop-
or conduct of Ids business.
The law also looks after his we; 'its
and mint sit res, which circumstance
places him in the same position as the
British baker, but in addition the law
regulates the price at which bread etui
be sold.
Napoleon III ordered on one occasion
that a loaf about equal to our quartern
should be sold for not more than six¬
pence, aud this at a time when we
were paying eightpenee aud ninepeuee.
—London Tit-Bits.
A Sympnlhotic Memory
In a western Massachusetts town
lives a young woman who is blessed
witii both discrimination and tact
The first of these admit able qualith *s
site lias displayed by her two mar
riages. Her tirst husband was a mints
ter. a most deligiitfu) man. lie <1
and after a lapse of five ot six yea. ;
she was united to his only brother, who
was a successful lawyer in New York.
On her library desk stands a picture
of the tirst partner of her joys and sor
tows, and one day a curious caller ask¬
ed whom the photograph represented.
“That.” said the hostess, with evi
dent emotion, “is a picture of my hus¬
band's brother, who died eight years
ago am! who was very dear to us
both.”—Youth's Companion.
(ieiHTuns,
‘‘What's your fare?" as!;ed old FlinT
jkin of liis cabby the other day and
was met with the stereotyped reply:
“Well, sir. I will leave that to you.”
"Thank you; you’re very kind.” said
old F.. buttoning up li is pockets and
walking off. “You’re the first person
who ever left me anything yet.”—Lon¬
don Fun.
A Lock! Aieti jeine
For i'liildi'en.
“! have no hesitancy in rpfornmemi-
ittg (Tirmherlait’s Cc tieh Runtdy ,*
- ; a,vs F. 1’. Moran, a well known and
popnl .r hankn - , . f Feterbtirg, Vs.
*\Ve have given - ' it t in to our our cuuurei. childretd
when troubled with had coughs, also
who< , pi „ r ar „, it has aJway9
given ” nerf'Ct .. , sat # isfaetion. . _ It was ?e
c-'iimmiidctl to me by a druggist as the
best cough medicine'or children as it
conta ; m*ci no opium or ot iter harm) ul
drug.” S-dd’by Cope and Bros. Bre¬
men. S Gaulding & Go,, HYuvj.
Tim advantages that fall to the lot of
a man whose surname occurs early in
an alphabetical list are well known. As
a candidate for office upon an Austra¬
lian ballot, for example, a man named
Abbott has a far better chance than
the most eminent Zwoigler, But the
benefit that comes from the possession
of a short name lias not heretofore been
generally recognized. Not long ago the
promotion of one of the auditors of
the treasury department at Washing-
ton created a vacancy to which, upon a
formal recommendation to that effect,
the candidate ha ving the shortest name,
being also a competent man, was ap-
pointed. His chief duty is to atiix his
signature to accounts, and as he needs
to tin ' e but six letters iu signiug he
can do twice as atucli in a day us a
man w hose name contains 12 letters.—
Youth's Companion.
Wf:ot Hart Her.
Mrs. Lear;less—Just to think my
husband fell and broke—and broke—
Mrs. Siiupythetik—'There, dear; I
heard till « out it. The poor man broke
ids teg. It's a great affliction, 1 know.
1 it -
Mrs. Heartless—Oh. I didn't mean
that! Y u haven't heard the worst. He
was carrying m.v new Venetian vase
when he fell, aial broke it too.—Ohio
State Journal.