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Sutidav and weekly.
PHIL G. BYRD.
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The Centr il Vmeiican states
refuss to h n . t<>. et er.
Cubans st • pto v ant dm ling
legalized by h gislation.
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Now let Hanna be mustered
< ut and the country may set be
saved.
An open door is not the only
thing that hinges on the Phil—
ij pines.
Between told w.ves.alid hot
b .xes, travel in the North meets
many delays.
The dock property owned by
the city of N w b ork is valued
at $150,000 OdO.
Ths Populists must bs ma
king money on •» cent cotton
they have ail quit their party.
The President’s message was
built on the expansion basis, if
it's length is to be considered.
Hobsoa’s latest feat, in the
raising business, was to raise a '
mortgage on 1 s mother’s home.
A new religious .s< ct, known .
as the Church of tie New Eaith, :
has. been organized at Roanoke,
Va.
- .wrfWtaMil
There will be forty-one lav.
yers in the'New York assemb
for 1900, and only about sev- '
teen farmer-.
When a ft How is too proud to
beg, too h >ne.-t to steal Jnd too
lazy to woik, why, he buys on
tick and never pays.
And now they toil us that Pe
ter was the shortest man in the
Bible—because he said “silver
and gold have I none.”
■’ -T”
With the War Inquiry Board
in Boston, some light may be
thrown upen the depridations
of the phantom fleets of Spain.
Considering the real estate in
the OostanauY, it is right tnd
proper to speak of steamers
ploughing the waves of that riv-
er.
The First Baptist church of
Philadelphia, was 260 years old
y esterday and the membership
had a cool day for their celebra
tion.
Adam couldn’t take a dare
from a woman —he’ masticated
the apple and raised Cain—and
we Irave ail descended f om that
stock.
France’s national debt is sll6
per capita or $6,000,000,000.
Spain should asquif e the f. og
eatina habit and expand her
credit.
it will require X raise to ena
ble Georgians to see ho -v to sit
at banquet with the McKinley 1
parly at the Atlanta Peace Jubi
lee this week.
If Spain could only tra le
Weyler for a mule and swap
Don Carlos’ pretensions for a
saddle, she could ride and also
secure a kicking assistant.
—...
“Hamlet,” says a contempt
rary, has made more money
than any i lay in the language.
uiay be because it had sev-
IBertd bundled years the start of
Texas Steer.”
There are now thirteen dis
pensaries in operation in Geor
gia which .ire located at the fol
lowing plac< s : Athens. Ularke
county ; Barnesville, Pike coun
ty ; Camila, Mitchell county;
Fort Gai Glay county;
Blak ly, E irly county ; M rgan,
(Jallmun • county ; Pelham,
Mitchell county ; Meigs, Thomas
sountv ; Whigham, Decatur
county ; Dawson, Basse? and
Bronwood, Terrell county.
Judging by the way the press
of Georgia is howling, and by
Hhe way in which the legisla
ture is slashing down expendi
tures, Tennessee is not ti e only
state where th tax-eater has
proven himself an outright
| glutton. No community in the
South seems to be ih a r ght bad
way, except the so-called “Em
pire State .”—Chattanooga
limes. *
t\ Judge in Michigan has
ruled that the tender by Freder
ick A . Baker of 364 silver dol
lars ih payment of the principal
and interest of a mortgage was
legal aud sufficient, but the
holder of the mortgage will ap
pt al the case to the Supreme
Court. The fool who refused to
take the silver should be • made
lose his claina.
. The scriptural promise “Bless
ed are the peace makers for they
shall be called the children of
God,’" is interpreted by the av
erage Atlautian to mean bessed
are the Peace Jubilee makers
for they shall feast upon suckers
of the laud, while they them
selves are the children who keep
in the swim. i
Having gone into the land
g i‘> ing bu-iness, it is emin
e th ,eo < r for the McKinley
. a.io ) to send either
Ci. tor Th tto represent us at
the court of St. J nits . In the
language of the Albany, Herald
its a case of Hog aud Harmony.
Upon his arrival at Manila
Gen. Merritt asked Admiral
Dewey In w far on the island his
jurisdiction extended. The reply
was : “From as elose to shore as
1 can move these flat-irons (the
ships) to as far inland as 1 can
throw a shell
“ ‘Ef at first you don’t suc
ceed, try, try again,’ ’’said Un
cle Eben, “is a good motto; but
es it ain’t fised wif jedg.nent,
it’s liable to be ’sponsible foh a
heap o’ bad singin’.”—Wash
ington S f ar.
New York society men are
now wearing bangs. Their ex
cuse is that society girls have
robbed them of the pompadour.
Bangs will prove tough for Jim
Corbett also for bald headed
gentlemen.
I
Cuba and Porto Rico will
open up good wheat markets for
the Southern wheat men. There
are 2,0?)0,()00 of the outeaten
est hongry folk down there that
the tropic sun ev« r fanned.
Piof. Roentgen of X ray fame
has been made a baron by the
Emperor of Austria and is now
offered « valuable hair in the
University of Leipsic. Another
I remarkable case of X raise. ■
A .-^——
A gignantic Flour Trust will
probably begin to grind, and
the breadwinners of the country
may as well prepare themselves
for a squeezing between the up
per and nether millstones.
The formation of the Ship
builders’ Trust to raise the pi ice
of warshipe, show how much
this, class ui patiiots is willing to
' do for a country that has done
so much for them.
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s .. /V
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Bet '■ wdet
Made from pure
cream of tartar.
Safeguards the food
againsi. alum*
Alum baking pov uers are the greatest
menacers to health of the present day.
ROYAL BAKING PO'WGER CO., NEW YORK.
FOR ru MATE colleges.
The decision of the United
'States supreme court in the
Fayerweather will case inci
dent! v sustaining the bequests
made to educational institutions
is of general public interest.
The amounts bequeathed to va
rious institutions were as fol-
I •
lows :
Bow loin College, Brunswick,
Me.. $100,000; Dartmouth Col -
lege, Hanover, N. 11., SIOO,OOO ;
William -College, Wilbarustown,
Mass., SIOO,OOO ; Amherst Col
lege, Amherst, Mass., sloo,ooo'
Wesley ■ Univ rsity, Middle
town, . .on!i , $ 1 ; '’0,000 ; Yale
College , New Haven, Conn.,
$300,000, Columbia University,
New York city, $500,000; Union
Theological Seminiry.New York
city, $50,000 : Hamilton C liege,
Clinton, N. Y , $100,000; Uni
versity of Rochester, Rochester,
N. Y., $100,000; Cornell Uni
versity. Ithaca, N. Y., $200,000 ;
LaFay-tte College, Easton, Pa.,
451,000;* Lincoln University,
Lower Oxford, Pa , $100,000;!
Uuiver-’ty of Virglna, Char
lottesv ■ 'e, A’a , $ 100,000; Hamp
t m V iver-itv, hwmpton, Va.,
SIOO,O m; Mr.r v lie College,
Maryv b . Leun , $100,000; Ma
rietta Coi ege, Marietta, O , $50,-
000;Addbert College, Cleve
land. 0., $50,000 ; Wabash Col
lege, C » fordv lie. Ind., $50,-
000, an Park-Cu lt ge, Parkville,
Mu., $50,000
Journalism m Oklahoma al
ways li ; a h'c:ic complexion
and a high pulse. For instance,
The Kay Coui ty Sun in scoring
a political turncoat says :
“Had 'vo vitriol for ink,a sword
for a pen and the tires of hades
for brains we could not do jus
tice to an Arno' 1 who has I urn
el traitor to his benefactor. Lal
his political ashes rest in peace,
but let no dec. nt m n look him
in the face!” Let the long-horn
bull in I’ ** above paragraph be
turned ov rto the Havana au
thoriti 'S and when it is. slain in
the arena, let i's fie h be served
to Blanco’s departing mignims
in a farcweil ’possum ; upper.
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The public school fund paid
to white teachers in North Car
olina last year w ts $ 151,574,and
to negro teachers $227,195! The
average attendance of both racts
at school was 110,677 whitesand
58,548 negroes. And, as in Geor
ga, tii whites paid th* bulk of
the freight.
BUCKL EN’ S A RNIC ASA LV E
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for cuts, biuii se sores, ulcers,
Salt Rin urn,Fever Sores, Tetter,
Chapped hand , Chilblains,
Corns, ar.d ail Skin Eruptions,
and po-itivi ly cures Piles or nc
pay required. It is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box. For salu by Curry Ar
rington Co.
Don’t forg t Trevitt’s Re
moval *.a e ami you will remem
ber an < vent fioug'it with inter
est to Mi and with materal bene
fit to yourself sbt.u d you act
upon the knowledge.
When Alaska furnishes a vol
cano that spout r v.u siT red hot
oc.’d then —but no! till t an—
fart well llanna
a--— ——-y- •*
Ther*' i bound to b - consid
erably more light on the re
sources of the Alaska country
»iuce Mu'it All in went into
! the volcano business.
There may be some kicking
against an increase in the army
but watch the navy get all it
asks for and a c< rdial “keep,
the-change” thrown in.
j It is a' good thing for the peo
to have confidence in the hon-.
esty and judgment of the gov
ernor, and that is the situation
Georgia in having Allen I). Can
dler at the helni.—Marietta
Joui nal.
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wj iif?r , Tg—
Pin ckj II owa rd Gould doesn’t
have to pay $5,000,000 for a
wi e, after ail, but he has shown
his better half that ho was will
ing t) foot a bill to that < xlent
if necessary. Howard aud bis
sisti r He tn, . are a pair of
oricks .
z
€rjv. Tanner says he will kick
the ofli er out of doois when he
Comes to arrest hyn on the Mac
c< npin county indictment. And
its about Tanners size to talk
that way. He sets a pretty
example for the people of his
state !
Henry Reenaan and Mar\
Rind all were inmates of the
O bourne county (Kan.) poor
house up to a few days ago,
when they eloped, leavi.ng be
i nd them a notice to the super
inteude.it that tiiey had “gone
iu.it into the gardens of hope, to
sip of th* fl i versos ] »ve.” Now
Usury is b u-i I lo 'ifj and M a
ry has beet) R • o Jed.
A ferry for transportation of
loaded cars between Tampa,
F'a., and Havana is being talk
ed of. The idea, according to
Southern papers, is to build
suitable tracks at both ends ami
load cars in Havana with fruit
and perishable goods, run them
on the ferry boat and then send
them away across the Gulf oi
’ram; a. At Tampa the cars
could be run en the tracks ano
s< nt to Northern destinations.
SUNDAY IN BILLVILLE
No sei vices today. A stoim
blew efl’ the church steeple and
the m uister levied on the light
ning’ rod for his salary.
The Mormen missionaries
in our midst. A man who advo
cates a having three
wives these hard times ought to
be either lynched or married to
them.
[ All man led men in Billville
have gene to Atlanta and pitch
ed their tents for tne Jubilee.
'1 bis world is a bright world ;
j but it is not a consolaaon to
J think that the next one is bltz
ing.—Atlanta Constitution.
BITS OF HUMOR.
Watts: One half of the world
does not know how the other
j half lives. Potts: Nor why
Indianapolis Journal.
| Soulful Youth (at the piano)
.—Do you sing For Ever and Ev
;er? Matter of Fact Maiden :No;
I stop for meals. —Tid-Bits.
Customer: Do you suppose
you can take a good picture of
me? Photographer: I shall
ito answer you in the negative,
I sir.—Pick Me Up.
I
Nervous Employer: I don’t
pay you for whistling. Office
Boy: That’s all right, sir; I
can’t whistle enough to charge
extra far it yet.
11 ax : What’s the matter with
tlmt man, Saint Vitus’ d>in»e?
J ix : No ; lie his -the apue and
I i!T !i j ing t » shake it ofl
Pniladi Ipliia Recqid?
“Tin re arc 208 bo.ic- i i the
human st: ucture,’ s iid the Corn
• fed Philosopher, “ ind ths elm I
desire of .man seems to ba to liv
✓
long encugh to gel rheumatism
iu all of them.”—ludianapoli:
Journal.
Dodson: Did you kuow you
Wife’s first husband? lUbson
(with a sigh): Yes ; but he nev
er put me onto his domestic as
f urs. confound him !—J u.lge.
She: Do yen think there i«
any such thing as retributive
justice upon this earth?
He: Oh, yes, I’m sue of it.A
man who ouca ei. i . avuied to
kick me cut of his cft:e for ask
ing him to Ist me have his
daughter, struck the door cas
i ig, broke his knee-caj> and has
been a cripple ever since. Whal’s
’ more, his daughter is getting to
be an old maid.—Cleveland
Leader.
T
COURTSHIP CUSTOMS,
The maroon populati >n of Ja
maica are descendants of runa
way slaves, who, escaping from
the plantations, f und a safe
refuge in the ifmunt-rins. Lady
Blnke in her interesting account
of these people in the current
iiumb*r of ’1 lie North An eiicaM
Review thus speaks of their cus
toms with ia>} ect to courtship
and marriag* 1 :
In the good old days’,now gone
by, a maro >n might hare as
many wives as he pleased ; but
few bad more than two, on ac
count of the expense, for on
manking a present to one wife
the husband was obliged to be J
stow a gift of <qtr>l value on
each ot (he others. When a girl
wat old enough to be married it
was usu-il for the parents to kill
a pig to make a feast for their
neighbors; rum flowed plenti
fully, and the people amused
themselves dancing and sing
mg. Each guest was expected
to place a piece of money in the
girl’s mouth, Th ; s .entertain
ment was the intimatio i on the
part of the fainiiy that the eli--
gible young men might com
forward with their suits <
girl’s debut in maroon parla; c
was called “she hub killt d hog ’
In our m< derii nii.l civi’.iz.d
life vt.cn i'- girl is old enoii .b
to be mat tied her paicnt-, in
. Mead of kill ng a j - to make a
fe. t forth ir neighbors give :«
le: or a b l, whicl. bus lie same
obj ct and answers the shi
purpose. The ia vit rble Jen
kins ti en anneunees in the so
ciety column of some new spa
per, and with or loss- cir
cumlo lUti'in, tha' the lov ily
Miss (wh is nf antique lin-
eag 1 ) “hab kill -6 hog,” or, in
other wc>Vd s, :s re idy forp: q> >
sals.
The truth is that many of our
customs which are most a ireful
ly ho-nored ia their observance
have their origin in harbarou
times, and among a barb rou«
people They have been modi
fied ami cloiht-d in civil zed
forms, but the real substance
and motive have been preserv
ed, That motive springs from a
natural cause, and serves a use
ful purpose.
Moreover, whea Jinxins, by
the aid of his imagination, seeks
to heighten the attractions of
the lovely Miss , who “hab
killad hog,” by telling his raad
ers that she is of kin to some
illustrious personage he appeals
to a common infirmity. We
would all like to find an iilu tri
ousname in our pedigree. It s
hardly honest, however, to in
vent it.
Some of our republic in neigh
bors who have very (ittle in 1
DM WURTH,S OPINION.
OF THE MEW D»Sco VERYINM D
•ICIN£.
Al.'. n-.;.rkat ly Succe 8 .f U | R
ror Dyspepsia, lndig e8 t icn ay
Stomach Troubles.
Dr. VV tilth in commen i ng
reent discoveries m '
said: '.'here is none which i B Cer .
turn to be so valiuble ai d f ar
thing m bemfitas Sm arlsD e
P psia Jableu, the m w b t omach
remedy. I say fur reaching,
cau -v peopb little realize how i m .
p.H taut a sound st< macb and vig2
r 'tis digestion ia to ruM
IBM) and child.
Indigestion is the atarting po i nt
of eui.sumption, heart d lß ease
bngbt’Hdmaae, diale'ea, nejvoug
pusirution. liver troubles, why i 8
Illis 80? Sinmly because every
*el ve, mutcle and ti«bue iu our
bodies is crated and nourished
from the food we eat. If that
food is, by reason of a weak stum,
ach, competed to lie hr hours, a
sour, f rmeuung mass of half di
gusted food, it poisors the blood
and nei vous system, creates gas
which cistenda the skniach and
bowels, causing pressure on the
.. art, lungs and ether < rgans, and
seriously impeding their action,
He says further, the point to
dinct attention is mT the nerves
' or heart, nor lungs, nor kidneys,
' ut t- e stomach, th* first cau-e of
all the mischief.
The remedy to use for mdigegY
tio:.' and weak stomachs is not
seme cathartic, bat a remedy
which wid digest the food, ins
crease the flow of gastric jnic j ,
aks and Suaits Dys
pepsia I abb *s will accomplish
exactly this result in any case of
stomach troub e. because these
tabl. ts am c imposed ot tl.e diges
tive acids, aseptic pepsin. Golden
Seal and b smuili, phas'int to
tast ' , and i. rt being u paten* med
icine, can be used <»y anyone with
perfect saY- y. I bditve 8 uart’s
Dyspepsia Tablet* #ill cure any
form of md’gestio and stomach
trouble except can. ir of stomach.
Ful ! size packages oi Siuait's
Dyspepaia Tablets are sold by
druggists al 50 cents or by mail
f;om b . A. S.uari Co, Marshall,
Mich . Abo k on stomach dis
e.ises together with tbonsaeds of
timouials will be ?»• .1 by ad •
dr 8.-mg ab v- o; cad on your
Lit uggi ,-t f nr t iHtn .
■ - ..mon with aristocratic jhfir
!i- t-riotics and upon that ground
could hardly reid their title
clear, do not hesitate *o claim
dq e nt fr m roy ally. Still, there
i.- u tiling ti prevent their put
ti f. rward tins pretension and
stipo' rt; ,:g it with a genealogical
I asy as tracing
on > ieire t from Alam. As
iinii g A him to h ive been the
progenitor of mankind, some
suspicion that his blood flows in
our veins may bo cherished by
us all, white and bla k alike.
Supplying with the aid of inven
tion missing links in the chain
of h scent, no man, and especial
ly no woman, need despair of
tra-ing his or her descent from
the Baiuns us Runnymede, oi
fr m the founder of any royal
race tha! exists or ever has ex
isted. But, al .s ! how pitiful
ridiculous and unamerican i h-
Let the young man who aspires
to a noble success in life depend
upon his brawn and brain, and
not upon geuealogy, real or ficti
tious, to plume ins flight. Lrt.
the young girl who “hab killed
hog” rely upon her united
charm* of mind and body t°
bring lovers to her side, and not
upon the fallacious love of high
degree which tha flattering P pn
of the social chronicler rashly
ascribes to her.
Tin I ick That Hurts.— We v*
licked Spain our g«na «» d
now we ni'ist ick S2O,COOIAS
w. rth of r.'.euue n'anape to pay
h< r for tba Pb lippine island*.
This lickin. busr ess ba» S° ts l
I down to wl ere t do*sn t ta st *
gofld,--Cariersvi leN»ws.