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The Pelham Journal.
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pe*s of March 3rd, 1*70.
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Ways of the Dressmaker.
A curious dressnimUng custom was
revealed in a cast* tried in London,
and it w ruid be Interesting to know If
similar practices prevail elsewhere. A
woman ordered a dress from a dress¬
maker and then refused to pay the bill
on the ground that the dress did not
fit—a very common excuse among
those who have changed their minds.
The bill was for $50 for material and
making, and the dressmaker in de¬
fending her charges explained that
she had two establishments, one at
Putney and the other on Manchester
Street. The dress in question had been
made at Putney, but If it had been
made at the Manchester street estab
Hshment she would have charged about
$75, although there would have been
no difference whatever in material or
workmanship. Prices, she said, were
regulated by locality, and, although
Putney is socially irreproachable, it
is not quite equal to Manchester street.
The price of a dress is therefore in¬
dicative of geographical location rather
than of quality, and for this side light
on feminine manners and customs we
may be duly grateful.—Argonaut.
Their Fears Realized.
A noted English statistician was dis¬
cussing in New York the statistics of
marriage—marriage statistics are his
specialty.
“The last statistics,” he said, “show
us oue pleasant change, one grand im¬
provement. Aged men of wealth are
no longer marrying beautiful, mercen¬
ary young women as frequently as
they used. In fact, these hideous mar¬
riages are becoming in this country so
rare that the newspapers don't hesi¬
tate to comment very forcibly upou
them. I approve of these cruel com¬
ments. They keep such mockeries of
marriage down. In a little town in
Herts last month,” he said, “a miliiou
aire of seventy-nine years married a
young and pretty milliner of twenty
two. The local paper printed the next
day this editorial paragraph on the
matter:
“ 'Six months ago, when Mr. Blank’s
venerable wife died, his children and
grandchildren feared that he would go
crazy over the sad bereavement Their
fears have now come true.’ ”
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twenty-three and a half acres.
The Sun From a Balloon.
At the height of two miles the sun
Shines with a fierce iutensity unknown
below, where the dust and the denser
air scatter the rays, which, thus dif¬
fused. lose their intensity while illu¬
mining every uook and corner of our
houses. At heights exceeding five miles
this diffused light is mostly gone, and
the sun shines a glowing ball, sharply
outlined in a sky of which the blue is
so dark as to approach blackness. At
the outer limits of the atmosphere the
suu would appear a brilliant star of
massive size among other stars, and if
one stepped from its burning rays into
shadow he would enter Egyptian dark¬
ness. At the height of a mile and a
half we found it necessary to shelter
our faces to prevent sunburn, although
the air around us was but little warm¬
er than that of the previous night, be
lng about 45 degrees. As the afternoon
wore on and the balloon began to cool
and sink we were obliged to throw out
much sand, casting it away a scoopful
, at a time, and just after sunset it was
even necessary to empty two or three
bags at once:—H. H. Clayton in Atlau
tic.
Too Significant.
“These Spanish names in California
puzzle me. but some of them have very
Interesting meanings," commented a
guest of oue of rile hotels.
“Yes':" said the manager.
"They do. for a fact; they really do
I am keeping track of a list in my
notebook. Hut the funny thing was in
Santa Barbara. Listen to this: 'Indio
Muerto street, meaning dead Indian.’
Ah. here It is, the one 1 was after, a
Street named ‘Salsipuedes.’ Well, this
street’s the one that runs to the hospital
up on the sloping hillside above the
town. When they built the hospital,
they were at a loss for a name. Some
oue suggested calling it after this
street. And they did. Then they hap
pened to look up the meaning of the
word.”
“And what does it mean?” asked the
manager.
“ ‘Saisipuedes’ was originally a street
that wandered up and down through a
geries of ravines, and it means ‘Get
out if you can.’ Good name for a jail,
but not for a hospital.”—San Francisco
Chronicle.
Jefferson Davis' Living Daughter.
One child still survives each of the
var pre-id nts, Jefferson Davis of the
.'onfedcracy and Abraham Lincoln of
the Union. Mrs. J. Addison Hayes of
’ '(dorado Springs, wife of a banker, is
i daughter of Jefferson Davis and the
o|r* remaining member of the Confed¬
erate leader’s family. Mr. Davis died
in 1RS9 and Mrs. Davis in 1906. Thetr
daughter Varina, more familiarly
known as Winnie and celebrated as
“the Daughter of the Confederacy,”
died in 1898. All are buried in Rich¬
mond, Va.
Lee and Washington.
General Robert E. Lee was indeed
ftilly Washington’s equal as a hero and
a..gentleman and much his superior as
a soldier, says the London Times. It is
only in the larger political or semipo
Htieal sphere that he stands lower, and
there perhaps only because his oppor¬
tunities were so much smaller.
Cheerful Dave Saddler.
Dave Saddler was a brave Confed¬
erate soldier who was in a Richmond
hospital and who, in spite of his suf¬
ferings, always took a cheerful view
of the situation. One day when he
was recovering a visiting minister ap¬
proached his cot and tendered him a
pair of homemade socks.
“Accept these,” said he. “I only
wish the dear woman who knit them
could present them to you in person
today.”
“Thank you very much,” said David
gravely. “But I have decided that I
never shall wear another pair of socks
while I live.”
The preacher protested, but to no
purpose, and finally he sought out the
boy’s sister to tell her how foolishly
the invalid bad behaved when he called
upon him.
“Why,” exclaimed she, “both his feet
have been shot off!”
Clergyinan—So this is your boy, Is it,
Mrs. Jones? Mrs. Jones—Yes, sir.
Step up and give the gentleman your
right hand, Tommy. Mr. Jones (the
heavyweight champion)—’Ere stow it.
spoilin’ the kid. Remember what I
told you, sonny; always lead off with
yer left.- London Opinion.
“George,” said the bride of a year,
“you have broken every one of the
good resolutions you made during our
ourtship.”
“Well, don’t let a little thing like
Teat worry you, dear,” replied her hus¬
band. “I can make others just as
good.”—Pittsburg Press.
“You’re rather a young man to be
left in charge of a drug store,” said
the fussy old gentleman. “Have you
any diploma?”
“Why—er—no, sir,” replied the drug
clerk, “but we have a preparation of
our own that’s just as good.”—Phila¬
delphia Press, s
A man entered a drug store in a
hurry and asked for a dozen two grain
quinine pills.
“Shall I put ’em in a box, sir?” the
drug clerk asked as he counted them
out.
“Oh, no,” replied the customer. “I
want to roll them home.”
Mr. Holdtite—You don’t know the
value of money.
Mrs. Holdtite—I could learn if I had
some.
“Now that you have accepted me,”
said the happy young man, “I’m going
to get my life insured in your favor.”
“Perhaps you’d better attend to that
before we spring our engagement on
papa,” responded the girl.
Then he knew he had won a practical
helpmeet.—Philadelphia Ledger.
The first sea fight within the pres
ent limits of the United Stales nrtqif
was fought in the summer of 1636 u..
Block island between Captain Join;
Gallop, with a crew of one man am
two boys, and a force of Block islami
and l’equot Indians, the victory re¬
maining with Captafin Gallop.
Water pipes of terra cotta were used
In Crete forty centuries ago. Those
.. plying drinking water consisted of
-i : e: las of subconical tubes socketed
Into each other with collars and “stop
rkigcp” so constructed as to give the
water a shooting motion, thus pre
venting accumulation of sediment.
The term “fourth estate” was ap¬
plied to the newspaper press by Ed¬
mund Burke while speaking in the
house of commons during the time of
the French revolution. “King, lords
and commons” were the first, second
and third estates, the press being the
fourth.
The resolute parent stood with the
uplifted slipper.
“Johnny." he said sternly, "this hurts
mo more than it does you.”
And the resolute parent was right.
The slipper was two sizes too small
for him. and he had six corus and a
bunion.—Chicago News.
The resurrection plant of South Af¬
rica becomes withered and lifeless dur¬
ing dry weather, but after rain begins
to fall it quickly revives.
“Now, here," said the proprietor of
the musical comedy.
“What is it?” inquired the stage
manager.
"Last night you gave the last act
first. Probably nobody noticed it. but
it shows lack of system. Don't do it
again.”- Louisville Courier-Journal.
Colored Institute.
The Institute for the. Colored
Teachers, will be held in the Col¬
ored Academy in Pelham, begin
siing on Monday June 15th, 1908,
at 9 o’clock A. M. All colored
teachars holding a license to teach
in the Public Schools of Mitchell
Ccunty, are required to attend the
institute for five (5) days.
Camilla, Ga., June 2nd., 1908.
J. H. Powell, C S. C.
Sheriff’s Sale.
Will be sold before theCourt House
door of the City Court of Pelham, in
Pelham, said county, on the first
Tuesday in July, 1908, between the
legal hours of sale, to the highest bid¬
der for cash the following described
property, to-wit:
One Hall & Brown Dressing Ma¬
chine, with shafting, belting and pul¬
leys, One Houston Standard & Gam¬
ble Co, engine with shafting, pulleys
and belting; One 80-horse power boil¬
er, manufactured by Houston Stan¬
dard & Gamble Co.; One Turning
Lathe and tools.
Said property being machinery dif¬
ficult and expensive to transport the
same will not be brought to the cour -
u
honse door but may be seen a tits pre¬
sent location, to-wit: At the plant
of the Crescent Variety Works on the
east side and near the tracks of the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, about
one mile north of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad depot at Pelham, Ga.
Said property levied on as the pro¬
perty of Crescent Variety Works to
satisfy an execution issued on the
6th day of May, 1608 from the City
Court of Pelham, said county, in fa
v< r of Georgia Supply Company vs.
Crescent Variety Works.
This June 3rd, 1(03.
G. A. McElvey, Depy. Sheriff.
Many gymuasts and athletes, espe¬
cially those who do bar or ring work,
wear shoes of all heavy cotton or
duck. These shoes are really heavy
stockings. The gymnast relies upon
the foot as nature intended it for &
firm foundation for his or her feats.—
Boston Globe.
Clarice—1 think Mr. Gunsou Is dread¬
fully stingy. Clarence—Stingy? Why,
that owifeXpeW-SvAluarper’s man wAuMu’t.e ven. tell a story at
his Weekly. -
Wife—I really must have a new
frock.
Husband-Well, where's the money
to pay for it?
WTfe—Oh. you needn’t worry about
that. The dressmaker has promised to
let me have an account.—Meggendorfer
Blatter.
“Do you know just how high her
voice goes?”
“Six dol!nrs--at least that’s what my
seafeost.”— Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Try to sacrifice something once in
awhile for those whom you love and
see if you aren't happier in conse¬
quence—Manchester Union.
Benevolent Old Gentleman—My man,
are you looking for work?
Tramp—Not if I can find anything
else to do.—Pathfinder.
Every adult male Mohammedan is
liable to military service except those
who have had the good fortune to be
born iu Constantinople.
According to a German investigator,
a smoker sends into the air about four
billion minute particles of dust at ev¬
ery pull.
Dad—I wish I could be a little boy
again, like you, Willie.
Willie—I wish you could, dad—only
littler, of course.—Judge.
In tha Dime Museum.
“What did you do with my ther¬
mometer?” demanded the doctor who
had been called in to attend one of the
freaks.
“I swallowed it. doc,” answered the
glass eater. “Thought it was my med¬
icine.”— Tittsburg Press.
Confusing English.
“I see one of our battleships reported
fast iu the mud.”
"Well?”
"I was just thinking that a ship fast
in the mud ought to be a record break¬
er on the open sea.”—Pick-Me-Up.
Money Makes Egotists.
Money is a sort of creation and gives
the acquirer even more than the pos¬
sessor an imagination of his own pow¬
er and tends to make him idolize self
—Cardinal Newman.
Conquering Temptation.
To conquer temptation you must live
it down alone, as you must die alone,
and no vicarious gift of strength can
take the place of a man’s own will.—
From “My Journal.”
THE NOMINEES OF THE PARTY
While all of the returns are not yet in and the exact
standing of some of the candidates can not be given, the
following are conceded to be the nominees of the party for
the ensuing term as determined by the elections yesterday.
For Governor
JOSEPH M. BROWN.
For United States Senator.
A. S. CLAY.
For Attorney General.
JOHN C. HART.
For Secretary of State.
PHILIP COOK.
For Comptroller General.
WM. A. WRIGHT.
For State Treasurer.
ROBERT E. PARK.
For State School Commissioner.
JERE M. POUND.
For Commissioner of Agriculture.
T. G. HUDSON
For Associate Justice of Supreme Court.
For Unexpired Term, Ending January
1st. 1999.
HORACE M. HOLDEN.
For Associate Justices of Supreme Court.
For Full Terms of Six Years, Beginning
January 1st, 1909.
BEVERLY D. EVANS.
HORACE M. HOLDE S T .
For Judge of the Court of Appeals.
RICHARD B. RUSSELL.
For Congressman
From Second Congressional District of
Georgia.
J. M. Griggs.
For Congressional Committeeman
G. L. WADE.
Ft r Superior Court Judge.
Albany Circuit.
FRANK PARK.
For Solicitor General.
Albany Circuit.
W. E. WOOTEN.
It is impossible now to give thf>
names of the nominees for railroad
commissioners and for prison com¬
missioner.
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