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AN ImStf SUPERSTITION. rwdmnen Don't Like to Meet Women When Starting For Work, Stperstitions as to Its being most umiueky to meet a woman when set *Jag out to fish or upon any journey by ioe-a are not uncommon. From a head Laud an the Donegal coast the writer yvoae one day anxiously watching a monlt smack beating across the bay aigarnut a heavy sea and stiff breese -wal had suddenly sprung up. After za long and hard fight for it the little o-ralt made the pier in safety, and up .ou .5(ndolences being offered the skip yiper er his recent hardships he said: -'Sure, what better luck could I have? 3Dk'1t I met a redheaded woman in :SUge tis morning the moment I left vny 1Udglug to walk down to the boat!" a thls case the color of the woman's mair -a'I the fact of her bing the first e,wrson maet with after the man left 5:6 'hiense seemed to 15c the determin tiug fituirs In the day's luck. But*ln vcther Ifaces the objection to sueh,an ernwounter embraces hair of all shades ;.ind any hour of the day, It being am uly sufent to bring the IlI luck that :any womau should pass you by just :is .you -are walking down to tihe boat. .$Only a ,Yew weeks ago the writer visit 'd .a sm'il fishing village on the Gal -way -kgt and Just before getting on ie scar 'to return home was chatting ito -he limidlady of the little inn. A -strapplag young fisherman who was wal'kag down the road toward the imarb suddenly stopped, climbed over -te fence and made his way to his rk*sit *cross the fields. The writer ob oreA to his hostess that the young firow must have mistaken him for a Vrocess server with a writ for him. 14ive laughed rather derisively and said: "it's not you at al., sir, he's afraid of, 41Lt me. He's just going fishing and twould not pass me by if you gave him 4he fill of le hat of -gold."-London %%ronil._ f. He Always Remembered. ' A smile lurked at the cornets of Mrs. %oibard's mouth as she listened to the plaint of the school friend whom she had not seen for more than ten ,ears. "I'm afraid, dear," she said, "you'll have to reconstruct some of yogr plans. You see, I married a for getft: man too." "Why, you told me 4ot ten minutes go that ydur husband had never yet forgotten your birthday or your wed Qing anniversary," cried her friend, '"and you told me you'd been married nearly eleven years! That's ever since the year after father took us all -abroad." "Yes," saId Mrs. Lombard demurely, "t have. That'a a long time, Isn't it? But. you see, one thing was in my fa N'or-I was born on the Fourth of July. Mr. Lombard couldn't very well prget the national holiday. And a. soon as I'd found ont how forgetful he was I deckled to be married on an .other holiday. "I suppose as you were abroad you ZlIdn't realize that the date of ny wed ding was unusual-people aren't often married on the 22d of February, I tlhk. But, you see, by a little ju dic~ous planning I've been saved the necessity -of reminding him about our .anniversary."-Youth's Companion. Sweetly Thoughtf'ut. eThe:Do Jones back lawn was a lawni 3n .name ..only. It was really an arid Aesertadd, so 'to speak-and in dry ~weathev -It was always as dusty as a jnotor track. Tlo the astonishment of fairs. De S.mythe, wvho lived next door, she 0one day saw ber devoted husband turing the gitrdes baoso upon the Da 4ones' "lawn." -"Weli, I neverl" she exelimed. "1'm surne I wouldn't trouble to lay the dust "tn the Do Jones' back yard. .John. es peally as they are such a hateful lot of gossips. 8ttbtar~Ika you'll get for. your. trouable anyway." -Riubby turned to his better halt with 1 saio which told of mixed pleasure and1 vindictivenessa. "That's all right, my dear. Their 'darling little IFklo was washled pno* white this mornipg. Now he's out there roiling about like a herr~e and ~bbing th~e mud well into his. fleecy ebmat. rTrust your bms~uehap my..sweet, for feat unaduitcrated 'tbou htful .nesst"-London Scraps. A Patal Letter. A1 year had pass~ed -since they faced the parsoni together, and upon his re turn home one night he found his wife. in tears. "What are you crying about?" heo .slsked. "I've Jjjust been r-reading the i-letter in which you p-pr'oposed," she sobbed. *"Well, I don't blame you," he rejoin. 'ed. "Eivery time 1 think of tihat letter anyself I feel like swearing." Britain's Debt to Franos. SOne of the chief debts .to France is $that. she nourishea~ our ideas, tranms forms them, makes toqm. her own, just ais she transqplanted and tt'ansinute the flower of thaogreniaissance ipD n earlier day. With ill ai' ngiaa',ap ity Wye nlever d~sisite <dhdparentag*. It Is only teritor-y anmd diplomatic pros tige 'and Sommnerce . Aout ywhih We V *ltarrel with dul' "s*eet enemy".. London Academy. Hladsum-I want a good revolvor Dealer-A six shooter~i Hladsumi-ot ter make it a nine shooter, It's fer a ~~ ~ .cat next door.-Ally Sl1~ FOR SAFE W DEPOSIT - IN LIBERT Their Safe has been tr ied and found I This Bank has Burglar Insurance, Fir lose your money. Liberal Interest allowed on Time ID you up sa-tisfactorily, THE LIBE H. C. SIIRLEY, Cashier. THEODORE HOOK.' Stories of the Greatest Practical Joker of His Day. Of the list of geniuses the name of Theodore Hook Is near the top. &t sixteen lie was making a big Inedme nnd enjoying great' popularity. His name was blazoned in the papers as a prodigy, his portraits we in the shop windows, and he had fret dmisslon to ill theaters and other places of amuse. ment. For years he was a social and literary lion. His last words were: "It Is only to the grave that I must be rarried. It my poor children were ;afe I would not care. I am suffering nder a constant depression of spirits which no one who. sees me In society Ireams of." Hook's practical jokes wbre the talk )f the day. YiA fatimates egged him )n continually, an4 there was nothing ie would stop at. One day they point id ont to him as an appropriate speel. men for his inusoum a gilded eagle of mormous dimensions which bad just been erected over a grocer's shop. .4 Few weekh afterward while entertain ng his coterie at dlnnei at one of the )ld taverns he ordered the "game" to )e served. To the astonishment of the nTests the waiter entered the room itaggering under the burdep of a oiap f . :udusual size. a uncov'erIng it here was produced the identical eagle which Hook as a praetteat joke had !ontrived to carry off. Merely for thin sort of fun Hook used to pull of nockers and bell handles. carry away tradesmen's signs. overturn the boxes )f sleeping janitors and do other devil :nont until he had a roomful of house iold attachments and street orna nents. One night Hook was passing a great iouse where there was a reception of the swellest of the swells. Dinner had lust been announced. He said to the riend accompanying him: "John. I'm ;oing in here to spend the ovening. Call ror me at 11 o'clock." The friend was horrified. Sijd he in protest. "You do not know these grand people. and you are not an lnvft*$ guest." "That's ail right. Call for me at )1." Knocking at the door, he gve his hat confident ly to the lackoy and was ushered up stairs. Entering the drawing room. he Rffected at first to have discoverod1 his mistake and poured such sallies of wit that the host and1 hostess actually pressed him to stay foC dinner. At 11 o'clock, when his friend called, not knowing whether he wouk. find Hook at the reception -.o'r in tho loelie rip, he was mo~re $hn pstounded, oal The. Answer Was Easy. With hisses andl groans an audience greeted the - -tent scene of, a new drama. All hope of success for the play waa atan ond. "'Its very hard to tell what the pub lec ts m utured the heart broker "it's easy enough to tell :what the public wants in this case," said the manager grimly. "It~wants Ita .monl02 Ibaki"-London Spectator. Northrni Nekw Zealand. In the inortherni pari; of New Zealand the climate is mild all through th< ge' the stemperaiure seldom fallinj .fo lthq fgeesingspoint, while 50 or 0 degt-ens lb the shade is common weathi er in winter; hence churchea, the reaud lng roomns 'in 'pubice lbraries anid th dining rooms of mnodt hotels are no warmed at alt, even when the them mometer 1. down near thle treesini point. lnd..trutibiity of Matter,. It is generally understoodi that th , founder of the doctrine of. the cor servation. of - matter.- which 'asert .tjat, all appearances to the conitrar otithgstandling, in all chenmica ehagsno inaater' is over lost or at nihilated, waus the Prene'h chemis philosopher Lavaisier, Who wvis bor in 1743 and guIllotined by the rev lutionists In 1704,--Now York Amer Cuprious Soap Spring. Natutg.' oup hatig'aure not an um muixedt)I s8ing. Ti1.. eulriouls. SOal sp~ghu forms a w'oidler of' a vilas In Trimor. East indian islands, constal1 of a small elevateq p, u~ eone , fjo, which bubbles up'wvalef heavily chafj ed with alkali and radium. the .dl charge giving the appearan.-e of mitniature volcano. A disuelvantai .f such a washing place is thit veet isrie o miles around. KEEPING YOUR MONEY! THE Y BANK. lurglar Proof. e Insurance, Cashier Bonded, s) you caon't eposits. See H. C. Shirley and he will flx ZTY BANK. Ways of Hunting. Deerstalking among the Dogrib In diana Is inanged by a skilllful counter felt of the :anlinal. 'J'wo huiiters walk' together-the man behind withi bent body, the one In front cnrrying at stag's head. The legs of the muen serve very well for the l'ore an( 11111d legs of the ainIul. In this way th. hunters get almost in the midst of a herd of deer before the ereatures, are aware of danger. The ostrich Is hunted. In a similar way by the bushmen of South A frica. and the Efl:imos sometimes comle to close q(uarters with seals by dressing themselves In acalskis and dexteraus ly mimleking the atyle of awilmliag and "lopplug" so charatecristle of the animal. In Atatralla the natIves bring the wallaby or Voung kangaroo within the runge of tb ,spear by suspending a small bird's -Akin and feathers from .the end of a tong rod and 'lititating the Nrd'a ery.-London Strand. The shephord ca'n prodlet the weath ei by observing the wool of his charge*. The curlier the wool.the iner the weather. leep Your Eye on the Yote If ym take an iutereat in your mail oarrier clip the ciupon fron this paper and uend them to nt wth bi s name and numher of rit's: th--y are woirtn 5 votes ael tied' t-rieir rowtedvncg thes gretaet4 number will get, hli t. h a "at ful P eownt huggy o F-,.. 1- For tho- dolhir 3on pay on . nbAc(ript in .3 on bave 201) votes But ce to Road Hani;. All pe.r-oee.s liable ti ra I dutv in this C ,uoety Io .., -sjt pay their Vo - 1mzut:L tione L.x of $1 0 to tho County TIre'u: er by thp reawe Libe Lax buookes clos 9, will be r, q stret to p ly -3 1 0. or work live eeav. ms lit. ioublic r.l.s. This will be strie lt enfor--ed ats the sthaeool trustees will beI a " ed".3 toe furni-4hi the Supervisor with a a, of all pi sons lijbile to road uuty in Mie r reon e0 iV0 dil cIt S. E. F. LOOPER. jan.23wl suepervis- r. Notice ol fInal Settlement and Discharge. Notk', ise hereb givenu that I wi:I masks application to J. B. Newb -ry, Esq;. Jiudgeoi froba.tefor Plakea cunt iy. as the state. of somth Caerolns, on the 20th day of. Fecbruary )90..aki to'cock)0 mf the foreiioeu, or a so -0 the.a titer -s a4id ApplicatIt bean be, he-rI, for leaev' s6 nIk,'ti-lsettiement ni the etate of T.'' Moore,~ dj'tese, and~ obtain dis hag-as admimetrator of .said e'state. D. G. MlOORE. jen~hw4 Ard enngflraor. Rheusands Nava idney lIsabl and Never Suspect R. Preartee7 dt 4I Ednet bleke . Most people do not realizetihe alarm lng increase nd remnarkabie prevalency of kidney disease. - While kidney dis ordera are the diseases that pre * ial, thcy are .almost- the l ast - w ~ recognized by* * - fenf themseeves t&ddoroing the efects, white the ortg. t inffimauddrry~ncs the systom.. her'e iscon aort ini the knowledge .so ofe exbreaeed, that D~r. Kilmier's Swe,np-Roe.ot, the great kIddhey remiedy,. fulfills eter wiyi in eurin g rhteumtisme, pain Ia the bal, ideys),.liver, bladder - andcevery ptre of -the nrimary passage. sI it. corred inability to hold waterT y sudrcalding* painr ln., passing it, or had 1 *effects folloin~ig use'of liqnor, wine, or . beer, anid bvercom es- thatL unpleaant nce . cessity of being comipetited. to go often durnif the daev, atia to get up,) ma1uv ntitnces durin ,. die night. I he smid ancii Sthe ex.traortma'ry etfect of Swvamp-R~oot -is soone realired. It stands the highest for its wondlertltcures of the most dis tregssing caes If you eede a medicine b. .'~VecAIiul lave the beest,.. Seid-bydrIug gIistdl in fifty-Ccnt acid one-dollar sizes. - Voama:ny'have a sample ,bottle acat a book'o. that tel all ab lt it.oisa free' Edimr&Co., bg E' hamtonc, N. Y, When, tremeof Swmoo1. ai writing mention this paper and don't ;e make any mistake, but- remember the a name Dr. Jilmecr's Swamp-Root, and Inu aejadrea. Binghamton, N. Y. Wool Rolls, Cab bage Pht Extra FI Cyphers chi We have on hand a lol Rolls at 60o per pound. need them now )ou will n had Ietter .et a supply you can for they are har tirues. It is not too early to pre Lage gi ound. We are gning to handl season. Place your order FLOUR: We have abe of good patent flour th very cheap. You- will -pa barrel more In a few -wee We are agents for the ph'a ch-ck feeds. Stai Shicks off on a well.ba'an Respe Craig Br4 TRADE AT and decorate your he. -:- Beautiful Pit With'ill cah puirchaaei (pelund 1a $.30 Gr,1re.00 Yours fora asquare W.E FREEMAN "at the oid stan P. 8.-Bring us yotar ebi< Eggs, and in fact anythuli Soutliern Shiorths anid Busines Atlanta, Ga., also Albat Over 1 5,000 Graduatesi tleoeveni N,OtIN epplications every year for Uookkeei Itc. A n #iverage of two open ings for every studezt tha 70 typewvriting machines,* Tihe Sonthern als~~ohncts~~ the ATLANTA SCHOOLJ 01 Uplon wvhuhh institutt in the taloa tsi and toteg ij4-00on ore.. Main tiine WVirek R(uty lf Wi lte for (ataltogte. Enuter now. 'I h Southerna Id A. C. BIRISCOE, Pres., or WV. L Atlanta, G [nts8 ie Flour, ckein Feed. of nice Wool If you don' eed them, and of them while d to get thes pare your caL l t lanta this i with us. ut 100 barrels %t we will sQll y 5 to 500 per celebrated Cv. rt your little od.feed. etfully, thers, HF S#TOXRE, .idii me wish SWo' Rive Coui e in pictures 5 00 ad *4r,. bt us show e~he lng thzkt von as. Shoes, ?ta dept. . saleable. ;s Unversity y, Ga. Branch n Positions eort, Stenograpbaort. Telegraph Oerators ,attends theo Scutherun. largeqt collectin nf* typewriters owne i bay any czoncerna In thteSutht. TELEGRAPHY PauilsA are a oiltaty callittg -for opera. to~ This School. the oldesat ansl1 larggst, lIuip~s~ C ~~ e .ARNOLD,' VicePres.