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lean doing since his grand father's
death. Assisting his father in formn
lating his righteous schemes. No.
He has been wandering to and fro
upon the face of the earth, a restless,
strife-engendering spirit, breathing out
threateniogs and slaughter a;a : nst the
two great empires of Europe—Great
Britain and Russia. To the former :s
he especially hostile, in spite of the
fact that his Imperial mother is an
English woman. He has, in brief,
striven to counteract all the pacific
tendencies of his father, and add to the
burdens of his already overburdened
people.
Will the German people tolerate
further bloodshed and consequentgrie.
■vous taxation to satisfy the ambition
of this headstrong, disgruntled youth?
We trow it. The Feeds of anarchy
and socialism are unhappily alread/
deeply planted in German soil, and
any high handed dealing on the part
of the young Emperor will rapidly in
crease their growth—so rapidly, per
chance, that in a very few years Gtr
man unification will have become a
thing of the past, and the Empire’s d*
Btroction will have been the work of
its i wn household.
The situation is sad to contemplate
A monarch lying cold in death, and a
huge empire mourning the loss of an
eoligh'ened, libetal, peace-loving rul
ei; while all soars the ehadow of
a blood-thirsty, unscrupulous youth in
whose devastating wake follow anar
cby, death and destruction. Lit us
hope, however, that the picture is over
drawn --[Banner Watchman.
‘•Bear ’ Steaks l Hore Flesh.
I don’t know whether or not horse
flesh has ever been Slid here in Bos
ou for food, but l am sure that it hag
I teen cooked and eaten, Sometime ago
Reading ‘‘vet,” who is, l believe, au
advocate of this U6e ot horseflesh, i.i
*vited several persons of his acquaint
ance, somewhat noted as gouiracs, to
join him in a little supper of bear
steaks at one ot our betels. He repre
gented that the bear had been shot in
Maine and sent to him as a present
The fact was, however, that the dishes
which be set before his guests were
composed of horse meat—a plump young
nag, belonging to a frieud of his, hav
ing broken a leg, so that it became
necessary to kill him, thus furnishing
material for the feast. All who were
present at it enjoyed it very much, and
considered that the steaks and other
forms of supposed bear’s meat provid
ed for them were excellent and as
good as beef or lamb. Not till the
last dish had been lemoved did the
“vet" enlighten his guesta as to the
real nature of their entertainment, and
when he did so their after dinner tran
quility was not a little disturbed.
Most of them turned pale, a few were
angry, and one or two cool and hardy
spirits wera only amased. Almost all
of them, bowser, deolared upon reflec
tion that they were converts to the
theory which they had unwittingly put
into practice; but nevertheless, I doubt
| very much if a single one of the party
would aceept another invitation from
qhat •‘vet" without a guarantee as to
i (he character of the viands of which
|hey were invited to partake. [Boston
I'ost.
A Diamond in her Tooth.
About a year ago it becatna fashion
able in Now York for yonng ladies to
have diamond sets in their teeth, which
sparkled respleudently whenever they
smiled. The fashion grew in populari
ty, and was adopted in others of the
largo citie, but until recently the ix
travagant habit did not reach L( uL
ville. Now, however, there is a yoor g
lady who can be seen promenading
Fourth avenne almost any afternoon,
her reel, ripe lips parted with a 6W;*et
smile. At the point of one of her up
per front teeth sparkles a brillian* iii
tie stone, which is the occasion of the
over pleased mood of its fair owner.
The young lady, who is the daughfet
of a banker, recently returned from a
visit to New York, and whie th“ e
“caught on” to the craze. She has
numerous rare and costly stones, but
it is safe to say that none nor all of
them give their fair owner half the
pleasure extracted from thedimimt ve
gem imbedded in her pearly front teeth
The case mentioned is probably ihe on
ly one of the kind in Lour ville [0 u
rier Journal. *
What it Goals to Stop a Tram.
It is no* generally known that 1
of power is involved in the starting
and stopping of an ordinary train ot
cats. There is required about twice
as much power to stop a train as to
start one, the l<’?s of power depending
upon the momentum. A train goiug
at the rate of sixty m Ps an hour can
by means of the Westinghonse air
brake, bo stopped wi'hin 1.20 yar I*
from the first application of the brake
Now enough power is list to earn
this same train fifteen miles over h
plane surface. F sc, there is the m >
mentum acquired by the traiu flying
at this remarkable ra“e of speed, then
die loss of steam in applying the
brakes, and lastly, fut not hast, the
extra amount ot coal to compensate f r
all the-e losses. By computation it|
has been ascertained <ha' t-v,*- i
p’ct stop involves a cost ot’ $1.17 Ex.
Measuring the OVur-ship.
Fathers would probably welcome
the introduction of a system of court
ebip pursued by the Boers, a thrifty
race of Dutch descent in Sou h Anie* ■,
Here it is the practice for the young
mau to make known bis intentions to
the young lady of his cboioe by call
ing, armed with a long candle. It Lis
suit is agreeable to the lady and her
family, the mother lights the eindle
brought, sticks a pin in it to indioata
how long a time the young people are
allowed to devote to wooing this time
and leaves them alone. When the
candle has burned and >wn to the pin she
returns and the young man must with
diaw. The same candle is brought
out at subsequent visits and burned by
installerents and when it is entirely
consumed the girl is expected to have
her tronseau in readiness (or the wed
ding. Ex.
The crack club: The policeman's
billy.
Hided cannon are considered great
bores by those who have to face them.
The boy who was kept after school
for bad biegoraphy said he was spell
I bound.
FEED TO ALL.
Call at the Store of General Mer
chandise & Plantation Supplies,
Dry Goods, Notions.
Flour and Meat, Sugar and Coflee, for Cash, or Country Produce
Taken in Exchange at Highest Market Price.
W. C. J. GARRISON, Homer, Georgia.
Cheap uash Store.
"'ibowa,
General Merchandise & Plantation
A
SUPPLIES, DRY GOODS&NOTIONS.
Keep on hand a full stock of Groceries, Flour, Meal. Meat, Sugars,
Coffees, Teas, Molases, Tobacco and Cigars. Country Produce Taken
in Exchange at Highest Market Price. When in town call in.
Notions and Groceries,
J. E. STEPHENS, HOMER, GA.
A Nice Line of Confectioneries,
dWI JO.WCU|
'yvJ.wd.Vvfe, <2K\A&b, O.vA
Oun rv Produce Taken in Exchange at Highest Market prices.