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GHOST-LAND Railroad Men Swear They See ‘ Spirits" NEAR 3RRTOW LINK. Stiring Adventures Reported by Many. Erom time* inatnmemorial the subject of “ghost” has engaged ♦he attention of imaginative peo ple in all sections and all climes. The ghost in hamlei has more attracti m lor the lovers of that play than any other feature of it, unless it is the players’ scene. 9 When Hamlet told Horatio that there were more things in Heaven and earth than were ever dreamed of in his philosophy, he was speak ing through him t) the skeptically inclined of future ages. A borrowing ehost tale is told by the engineers, firemen and train hands of the Western and Atlantic railroad. One night about three weeks ago. at the trestle one-fourth of a mile sou'h of the Bartow county line, the engineer saw a blaze of fire. At once he thought the trestle was was on afire, and knowing he could not stop his engiui be fore reaching it, pulle the throttle wide open, and shot across like a streak of of greased lightning, as we sometimes hear it irreverently put. A mile further he stopped at che house of the section boss and told him of the occurrences Getting assistance, the section boss went back to investigate, while the train came lumbering on to the city. The section boss went back and found no trace of fire about the trestle at all. There were no charred embers, nor clouds of smoke nor blackened timbers. At another time near the lone soldies’s grave alongside the road track a nude figure was seen. At another time another engineer saw a form floating in air above him and hit at it with a stick and a train hand threw his lantern at it. Among the train hands and crew it is a firm belief that that part of the country is “haunted,” and a nameless dread seizes them whenever they pass that way. ’Tis passing strange—Atlanta Commercial . DIFFICULTIES REMOVED “My father, my brother and myself were all troubled wiih loss of appetite and took Hood’s Sar saparilla with great benefit, I have suffered for years with eruptions, but since taking Hood’s Sarsapar 11a I have had no trouble of this kind. It has also cu’ed me of in digestion.” Ernest N. Jennings, Bogart, Georgia. Hood’s Pills are easy to take, easy to operate, Cure indigestion, hea ad ac he. TORPEDO SQUADRON Will Soon Set Sail From Spain For Cuba Cadiz, March 9, —The prepara tions for the voyage to Havana of the torpedo-boat squadron are nearing completion. The magazine has been emptied of war materials so as to carry coal available space being used lor the storage of fuel Not a pound of food will go abroad the boats. The crews will have to depend on the tender, the City of Cadiz, for subsistence. Food in air-tight cases will be thrown overboard whenever nec essary and picked up by the tor pedo boats. City of Cadiz will a Is) car large supply of coal for the of the torpedo boats, which it i? thought will have to be recoal three times during the voyage. The «... . I ou | been so that the* cQmuan TO END LIFE Ex-Captain Dreyfils Said Ts Have Tried CAGED LIKE AN ANIMAL Has Sines Been Chained To A Plank. Paris, March 9—lt is reported I that ex-Captain Dreyfus, who is • serviving his sentence of life im prisonment on the isle Du Diab'e 5 off the coast of French Guina, le l cently attempted to commit sui > cide. Since then he has been com pelled at night to lie on a plank bed wi’h his feet chained to a 1 cannon ball. I The gratings on tho windows of • the place in which he is confiued r have been greatly strengthened, it being greatly feared that the pris r oner may try to effect his escape. 1 It is stated that the letters 5 Dreyfus receives from his wife are becoming rarer. It is thought that ’ his mind and body are collapsing. He has no knowledge of the ’ agitation in France to secure a re vision of his sentence or of any of the effects of that agitation on ’ the political situation . It is, or should be, the highes aim of every merchant to please his cutUmers, and that tho wide awake drug firm of Meyers & Esh leman. Sterling, 111., is doing so, is proven by the following, from Mr. Eshleman: “In my sixteen years’ experience in the drug bus iness I have never seen or sold or tried a medicine that gave as goo I satisfaction as Chamberlain’s Col c, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem edy.” Sold by all Druggists FATAL JOKE Indiana Boy Accidentally Han ged Himself Wabash, Ind., March 9.—Lee English, 16, living near Treaty, accidentally hanged himself Sun day. He was playing a joke to frighten his sister, when he slip ped fjom a chair with a noose about his neck. As a result, his neck was broken . The family was absent from Lome at the time. A PROMINENT MINUTER SPEAKS. From a personal test and a thorough outside observation, I am prepared to reccoin mend Chen ey’s as a positive remedy for coughs and colds, croup, etc. Rev. Henry Buchanan. Jonesboro, Ga. Fresh Eggs Are Nice.—ls you like nice fresh eggs, we can ju*t give you a pointer. We have made special arrangements with about a dozen different reliable farmer to bring us all their eggs every week. By this means we are able to gurantee all our eggs to bestrictly fresh and new. We do not buy shipped or tig lots of.egg, therefore if you always wish the best, just send us your orders. Lloyd <fc Co. Massacre of French Paris, March 9.—The Politique Colonel says that a French mis sion, headed by M. Bouchamp, has been massacred in the Niger terntoty. DON’T FAIL If you fail to visit W H Coker & Co’s store this week it will be your loss. Bargains.; Victors, Peerless, Cominer cials at E. E. Forbes, at factcry cost, for cash. Insure with 11. D. Cothran & Co. Do not wait until after the , fire. j 11. D. Cothran &Co., are pre- 1 j ppred to give you the best pos- 6 THE MONTGOMERY Will Anchor To An Assigned BiJoy. WILL SHE BE BLOWN UP And Join Tho Maine at The Harbors Bottom Havana, March 9—Consul I General Lee received a cablegram from Admiral Sicard nt Key We.-t stating th«t the United States cruiser Mon gomery sailed from that port last evening at 540 o’clock. A buoy has been coi signed to her, where the Fern was moored. The buoy is near the wreck, for the convenience of Captain Sigshe*- and Lieutenant Commander Wainwright’ii their supervision of the divers and wreckers. A small number of tourists who have been determined by the health regulations, expect to leaye by the Olivette. Butthire will be no general exodus of Americans. ihe Spanish gunboat Ardillu captured in an inlet near Casitda on the south coast of Cuba, today the American schooner Esther, ot E teuton, N C., bound trom Pen saco i to Jamaica. Tne captain of the schooner wa« asked to give the reason for the presence o his veasel in the inlet claimed that his rudaer was broken. Ihe captain protested against the seizure of his vessel. The Es ther is of 11 Bl tons gross reg ister. Senator Proctor, Miss Ctara Barton, Mr. Parker and Dr. Egan returned from a very interesting trip to Sagna la Grande and Ciet.- fuegos. Senator Proctor says he feels eonfident that he baa induc ed Walter C. Barker to withdraw his resignation as United State* consul at Sagua la Grande and he will be very much pleased if Mr. Barker continues in that capacity as he considers him a valuable niiin. Senator Proctor, with his friend Colonel Parker, expsets to leave for W ishiiiscou on the Olivet e A man stands no chance of be ing elected to the mayorship <>f a city unlesc he enjoys the tho confi dence and esteem of Ins neighbors. Geo. W. Murphey is the popular mayor of Swanton, Ohio, and un derdate of Jan. 17, 1896. he writes as follows. “This is to certify to our application of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy My family and neighbors have tested it, and we know it is an exeelent reme ly for coughs and cods —George W. Humphrey.” Sold by all Drug gists. JBJBJW 11 ■ ■ 1 , ’ There ar but two great class es of peple, the caught and the uncaught. H you don’t allredy belong to the former you wil when you see the prices on that new lot of stationary and tiolet soaps just receivd at Frank Wright’s Farmacy. At old Norton cor ner opposit Masonic Tempi. Do You Like Fine Butter?— We have just received a spipment of the finest butter ever brought to Rome. It is the fam >us Ele gant Creamery, called the Little Butter Cup, fre«h. sweet and solid packed in handsome one pound bricks, full weight. In order to introduce this butter, we are going sell it at 25c lb. All we ask is that you 'ry on, p mn i. Lloyd’s. KLONDIKER WRECKED Steamer Bessie K. With a Hun dred Passengers Seattle, Wash., March 9—The wrecking of the steamer Bessie K, is report’d 100 miles north oi t Victori . The fate of her 100 pas- Wengers is unki own. There are no Modern Treatment of j Consumption i The latest work on the £ * treatment of diseases, written » * by forty eminent American w A physicians, says: “Cod-liver w X oil has done more for the con- 4 £ sumptive than all other reme- '■ j dies put together." It also £ says : “ The hypophosphites * of lime and soda are regarded $ by many English observers as w S specifics for consumption." | Scott’s Emulsion | • I I * contains the best cod-liver oil * ' * in a partially digested form, $ a combined with the Hypophos- y ' I phites of Lime and Soda. This | ' * remedy, a standard for a * * quarter of a century, is in t J * exact accord with the latest w A views of the medical profession. w $ Be sure you get SCOTT’S $ j Emulsion. $ A All drugyists ; 50c. and SI.OO. w r ® SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York. W Jf l * DIETZ ‘ No. 3 Street Lamp 1 HAS A SHINING RECORD OF 20 YEARS. ~lt * s °ff ere ‘i as an effectual I antidote for "outer darkness," and is thor x T] |T"""\ oughly well made on Vn scientific principles. ‘ It will give more light —than any gas-burning lamp, do it cheaper and doitwithkerosene(coal V oil). \ It can be lit and regu- I lated from the outside; j can continue in business r q despite the wind; can P and will give you entire Il satisfaction, by reason y of its absolute reiia — bility. * \ / *** >,ut one member of {/ an enormous family of ’ II ** goods " that we I 1 build, and to whom we I I would be glad to intro- r duce you by leans of our Catalogue, which we mail free upon applk tion. If you insist upon having the very best goods made, your dealer will give you “ Diets.” If you cannot obtain this Lamp of your dealer, we will deliver it, freight prepaid, to any part of the ’J.S. or Canada, upon receipt of its price, viz., S6.UO. R. E. DIETZ CO., 60 Laight Street, New York. • Established in 1840. • i .... __z: VVE no longer supply ocr seeds to dealers to sell again. At the same time, any one who has bought our seeds of their local dealer during either 1896 or 1897 will be sent our Manual cf “ Everything for the Garden” for 1898 Cnpp provided they apply by letter rk\E,E- and give the name of the local merchant from whom they bought. To all others, this magnifi cent Manual, every copy of which costs us ?0 cents to place in your hands, will be sent free on receipt of D’cents (stamps) to cover postage. Nothing like tliis Manual has ever been seen here cr abro. J ; it is a book of 200 pages, contains 53J engravings ot seeds and plants, mostly new, and these are supplemented by 6 full sice colored plates of the best novelties of the season, finally, DUR “SOUVENIR” SEED COLLECTION will also be sent without charge to al! appli cants sending 19 cts. for the Manual whe will state where they saw this adveftisr.ient. Postal Card Applications Will Receive No Atlentloa. Annual Sales 0ver6,000,000 Boxes t'OR BILIOUS AND NERVOUS DISORDERS such as Wind and Pain in th’e Stomach, Giddiness. Fulness after meals, Head iche. Dizziness. Drowsiness. Flushings of Heat, Loss of Appetite, Costiveness, Blotches on the Skin. Cold Chills, Dis turbed Sleep, Frightful Dreams and all Nervous and Trembling Sensations. THE FIRST DOSE WILL GIVE RELIEF IN TWENTY MINUTES. Every sufferer will acknowledge them to be , A WONDERFUL MEDICINE. BEECHAM'S PILLS, taken as direct ed, will quickly restore Females to com plete health. They promptly remove obstructions or irregularities of the sys tem anti cure sick Headache. For a Weak Stomach Impaired Digestion Disordered Liver IN MEN, WOMEN OR CHILDREN Beecham’s Pills are Without a Rival And have the ( LARGEST SALE of any Patent Medicine in the World. 25c. at all Drug Stores. BEST OF ALL To cleanse the system in a gentle and truly beneficial manner, when the ripringtime comes, use the true and perfect remedy, rivinp of Figs. One bottle will answer for al! the family and costs only 50 ' cents. Buy the genuine. Mant factured bv tne California Fig | rivrup Company only, and for sale 11 tu jt • ■> ■ y - •••••••• i Repairing 4 •Don’t Walk On j @ V our XJppergYt I W jt -MU LLI NI X.m’X PA'S; i: • • • ••«••• • • • • Just a ilmenl. Please The Opportunity of a Life-turn For Big Dividena--Paying \ Investment! THE ALASKA GOLD PLACER MACHINE MININGCOMPANY Capital stock $5,000 000— r ull paid—andnon-assessable Promisee to b& •is good as the Beel Telephone, We-tingh >use Air Brake, Grapho phone or Phcnogp.aph and other similar industrial enterprises which ire paying thousands in profits to their shareholders. This is an industrial rather than a Mining Company. We have he oniy Hydraulic Machine Mining System (patented)that will work in the frozen ground of the Klondike and the Northwest, where we ■ake our machines and extract the gold from the claims of others, just as thrashing m chines die taken into the wheat country io hresh out the farmer s wli *at. One of our machines does she work of over 1.000 men each day ano we save the 40% of gold that is usual ly lost by othf r methods, so it can readily be seer, what enormous profits we will earn in ’he fabulous y rich gold mines of the Klondike and the Nnr.bw. bi. with which every one must be acquainted. o jector th re is cur prospector, for he must even'ually come to us to have his claim worked. Therefore we believe we shall in time be pay in as large dividends as the world-famous on terprises mentioned above. Ours is a similar ind istrial stock which ui only be had for a limits 1 tim) at t,h i v-ry low prien of $2.5) or »I ).) ) ah vr >. This is an opportunity of a life time. Not ev ery day does Fottune knock atone*s_door Thy The on./ svst n of Sys ten - .i that wil Hyc'r: u " c Mine * (paten’d) *^ r ' h OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS PRESIDENT.'H P. Townley, New York Hen, L. Bridbird P ine), Sait FaNewWex Manager of the Equitable,Lite Assurance So Presi lent I uternitunal tfiuinj; Uo >g <■« IST V ICE PRES,Hon.J fl Hnston. New York Hon. John P. Hoyt Seitt'e, was Ex-Treasurer of the United States Fx-Chief Justice. Stxte of wa-hirg t " ND VI ’E PRkS E. Panuly Brown,New York Geo. McLean, Manufacturer, Pa«snc, N. J Treas, Andrew McLean. WgCrPawtic, n. J, Juathin Bour-w, fr,Mining Capita’irs Jorclaul Sfcty and Ass‘t Treas. 1, New Y irk James W. Clise, l Seattle, Washington Auditor an 1 Counsel, wm.R. Woekt.N jw York Ch. of Mining C >”» Chamber of Commesca Pres > W ' n . Y r ‘ ”" 8 >’ '* r F>rf, Field, Far ... N. Y f res Lay System Hydraulic P.aear Mmi ig Co C ’lone! A. C. Eisk New Y Lawrence P. Brown, New York. The business ability financial standing of our Directors are among the best evidences of our success. To raise the capitol to place several plants in the a small block of stock is now offered to the public at ih) very low rate of of 25 on the dollar or $2 59 for each $lO ; Whan this block is sold, no more Will bj off re 1 at less than or $lO per t-hare An investment of $25 to SSO m this stock should very soon return largt profits—Even 100 to I—md thus afortune’for the sa gacious inveeton. Certificates are in very at tractive f o;m, called “Q >id-B acks” and are transferable from hand to hand. riend for illustrated Prospectus when full exolmation is given of <o how we can earn euch enor nous profits by the Liy rifstun. Read I Reflect! Investigate! Invest! All information cheerfully g.van by ths Sicretary. Call or write—Alaska Gold Placer Machine Moiing o>. H .nn < ffues, Washington Building, No. 1 Broadway New York, N. Y. I Ours is the Most Complete! your wants from Department Nursery . ■■ o ■m Seeds to Street I'ree* at ,\W* J 4' //J/ m Tne U« S« We publish one of xv'-OT/fftT the leading Seed, Plant and Tree Catalogues issued, 7*; which will be mailed free. Send for it n<>w, it will save you money. Try us, can refer you to customers in every state and territory in the Union. 43 years of square dealing has made us patrons and friends far and near. Have hundreds of carloads of A * FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ROSES, PLANTS. , We send by mail postpaid. Seeds. Bulbs, Plants, Roses, Small Trees, Etc. Safe arrival and satisfaction auayn^^yer^bv^xnr,^,