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SARGE Pl Bu?ding Castles., ] Atlanta ?< Building ?Mjtlesr <* imaginary, ?B oae tbiog-jo lav* ?hose "castles" fall and oraali you ia another thing ^80 ?aya Brot ra. J ' * ? .. Brown ha? always been a "castle"! builder and I have never blamed bini, for I oDoe in n whUe^reot a moat mag nificent "castle" royielf* But to show tbe weakness of maa and the power of God I am compelled to make my old friend tho victim of these remarks, ge this time built a real bastle. Dynamite, perhaps, is understood among the common people better m oar county than in any other county of the United States. We have the oboice granite fields of the world. Stone mountain itself, towering hea venward, the admiration and wonder of all who come here, is but a small portion of the granite supply of De Kalb. ?j? Bat, to got at tho story, the "na tives" have had a small idea of the importance of this granite, save that His a most wonderful foundation for tbe erection of houses, large or small. A few months ago Brown and myself -Brown principally-wont upon a lecture tour sad we raked in .{he shek els till Brown had "money to burn," ts the saying goes. The most, beauti ful "castles" ever erected by roan, ein ce Solomon built the. temple, took possession of my old friend's mind, tod he at once proceeded to arrange for the building of a home for himself. To accomplish 1 this, noth ing would do but what he must buy a piece of rock from Sam Kitoh, a noted, blacksmith and projector of oar coun ty, and upon thia rook jay.old' friend proceeded to build. He did build. Al! his family entered into the spirit of bis Boheme to have a house of their own and saved and denied themselves accordingly. Of conreo, the Browns could have had a fino time on the money made on our leotnre tour, but they preferred to .let tho oldman erect the house. That the "best laid plan? of mice and men gsng aft ogleo" v?ae never more clearly illaztroted than in the building of this house. Nothing would do Brown1 but ho must buy au ure off the south side of Sam Bitch's rook for a place to erect MB house. It would have boon nil right to have done this if Mr. Hitch had been a common everyday blacksmith as i? seemed, but he was a projector-he was all the time experimenting. The most of Mr. Bit oh'a projects itv the past had been on the Hue of black smithing and "blookade" inventions, ?nd, be it said to the credit of the man, Brown was juBt?about as ?eep in the mud as Hitch waa in the mire in all these projects-especially the "blockade" projects. To bring the story within my bounds, I will remark that my old friend erected ?. "castle" folly up.fce the capaoity of the leoture monoy saved and moved and got settled in own home and he got arrogant and snubbed me and my folks and 'many others because we lived in such houses as we did. Bst Sam Bitch's genius was cutting its capers, and there is where tho dynamite comes in. Sam lived about a quarter around tho rock from Brown's andm on the 14th of Feb ruary, instead of devoting Isis time to writing valentines, he went to work projecting with dynamite and intend ed to make' what these granite men csll a "raise." A "raise" is a thing bat little known outside of our gran ite fields-it is S new discovery and Mr. Bitch had no intention of doing ?bat he did. Anyhow, the ? Ritoh Project was moat successful in making tbe raise and it raised Brown's now boase also. To tell the thing jost as it hopp. i cd, Mr. Ritoh put in his dyna rite in tbe usual way, shot it off and went ?bout his other projects awaiting re Balts. In the meantime night oame ?nd the Browns'were sleeping tho sleep of the just in the house of which ?bey were so justly proud. About tbe hour of midnight, so Brown says? tbere came a creeping feeling over him and his house. Tho sensation seom *a to indicate that something was. (creeping beneath them like unto the *aya mole raises the ground. "Cyclone," exclaimed Mrs. Brown. '.Cy h-ll," retorted Brown. "Earthquake," suggested one of tba [cirls, and by this time the house was; peeling and n-rocking. To make the story . short, Ritoh's 'wise" was / getting !? its werk SB tho Brown's flew from tho ?building lu wild stampede tho house Icame down with a crash. "Away, goes our now homo," said |Mrs. Brown,, "Away' goes my ieoturo money," [said Brown. To avoid even thc appearance of ari intrntb, we mast teil about thsee; "riiaes'* of the granite fields whioh rd BO Hule known in other seotions. LUNKETT. Eleal or.Imagiilaipy, "1 ', "J ..J ". '^J?feP -'-Mw institution. . $3 ?-.'} >? ' 1 .?*?/.'/ A 5<ra?Bo" -is accomplished by drilling a Lok abd at'the bottom of this hole they pat dynamite and explode it there time after time till at the bot tom of the hole ia a vaccuum io the shape of a wash pot. Dynamite in the hands of these granite men literally turns the rook afc the bottom of the drill to any size desired, then this hole is filled with dynamite and fired off. There ia. but little disturbance at the blast but the lifting power is beyond the wildest imagination. The power, whatever it is, gradually penetrates and spreads until acres of ?the granite is lifted somewhat as a mole lifts the earth. The immensity of these /Vases" depends upon the depth of th?, hole-it is no uncommon thing for a hole to be drilled 20 to 25 feet into the granite and then under the process lifts 7 or 8 aores of a moun tain. I have seen aores lifted in this I way so that a raobifc could ron under ; the lift. It is wonderful and was dis? covered here in our county. Tho Scotch granite nutters had never -known of snob a thing nor is it very widely known now.. Au old gentle man of our county, discovered the "raising" prooess by the merest acoi dorit and received nothing for his dis covery. After the granite is thus raised, then the workers can split it .off as easy as a negro splits rails, if After this explanation I return to Brown and his new houie. Th? old man'has got to be a'great Bible reader, and from that book ho caught the idea that it would not do to build a house on sand and so the thought . str?ok him that upon this rook - was the place> of placeo. He joined' land' with. Mr? Hitch and found a spot that pleased him on Bitch's side of the line and bought the aero for the pur* pose. Hitch had no thought of in juring Brown's new house. He. war just a projecting with some dynamite, fully a quarter distant from Brown's, but the "project" spread sud oreeped up on the Browns at the hour of mid* night and so went the house not built irl the air and so wont the "air cas tles" that Had caused my old friend to feel above all his neighbors ?nd- above me. While the old man mourns and we all mourn with him, wo ore consoled by the real knowledge we have gained to the effect that it will not do to mon key with dynamite and that a Hugh ty spirit has ita fall, even though built upon,-tho granite r"of our everlasting h?ls. In the meantime Brown spends all his spare time cussing Sam Ritoh, while that gentleman smiles serenely and dotes ' upon being the greatest practical joker in all tho land. Sarge Plunkett. cj?v Convicted bj His Own Act A provincial mayor tells a good sto ry at his own expense. It acorns that when in office he would sometimes re turn home, late at night, after his wife had retired, and when she would ask him what timo it was, would answer, "About 12," or "A little after mid night." J On one oeoasioo, after making the inquiry, she said: "Alfred, 1 wish you would stop that \ clock ; I ?annot sleep for ito noise." ?11 ?psuspioious, he stopped . the pendulum. In the morning While dressing, his wife inquired artlessly: "Oh, by the way, what timo did you. get home?" "About midnight," replied the mayor. "Alfred, look at that olookS" 1 The bands Of the clock pointed at 2.30. The mayor was crushed.-Lon don Tib-bits. Cancer Cored by Blood Bala.. ALL SKIN AND. BLOOD DISEASES CUBED.--Mrs. M. L. Adams,-. Frodo nia, Ala-, to?k Botanic Blood Balm which effectually cured an eating can- ; cer of the hose and face. The sores healed up perfectly. Many doctors had given up her ease as hopeless. Hundreds Of cases of cancer, eating sores, tmpperatiog swellings, eto., have been cured, by Blood Balm. Among others'Mrs. B.*M. Guorney, Warrior Stand, Ala. Her noao and lip Were raw as beef, with offensiva discharge from the eating sore. * Doctors ad vised cutting, but it failed; : Blood Balm 1 caled the sores, and Mrs. Oner ney is ?? v*!51 as ever. Botanic Blood Balm also cures eosema, itching hu mors, scabs and soalos^bone pains, ulcers, offensive pimples, blood poi son^ carbuncles.* sorof ula, risings and bnmps on the skin and all blood trou bles. Druggists, $1 ber large bottle. Sample of Botanic Blood Balm free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Qa. Dc?oribo trouble and speoial medical advice sent in eealed letter. It is certainly worth wlnlo investigating suoh a remarkable remedy, as Blood Balm cures tho -nOBt awful, worst and most deep-seated blood disoaeos. Sold in Anderson by Orr Gray Drug Co., Wilhite & Wib hito and Evans Phara??y I -- Trae Christianity consists of (?deeds rather than words. Woe?1 ^PreBemUf es. To the Editor of tho News sod Cou rier: The growing eoaroity of timber for all purposes makes the question of its preservation from decay a very important ose, and any suggestions having this object ia view should bs of great interest to those corporations whose line of work demande a large quantity of lumber. Take, for illustration, the large poles used is cities and towna by the tele graph and telephone oompaniea 'fer holding up their wires. These poles cort from ten to twenty-fir o doliera by the time they are put up and tho wires put is proper position. They last, according to. the nature of the soil in whioh they are placed, from five to ten years, and then have to be renew ed, ' their removal involving a great deal of tedioua and costly work in re moving and replaoing the wires, to .say nothing of the cost of the poles, whioh of itself is a big item in the ex ' penne ncoouot of these corporations. ' Now, if by the expenditure of a-few dollars on eaoh one of these large poles they could be made to last two or 'three times as long as they do with out any treatment, it need? no argu ment to show the great BU Aug that would be entailed by the expenditure of the amount sugggested. The first place to rot in a pole 01 post is just at the ground, and this is the place that needs most to bc looked after. Nearly all the telegraph and telephone poles-that is, the large ones used for holding up a great man j wires-are juniper,, the beat timba for thia purpose; having very little sap and whioh, ott of the ground, ic despite its being light and soft, ex tamely durable. : T?ie plan suggested for adding it then durability is as. follows: Com meneo at the end *oai ie to bo put ii the ground and bore, about ten' 01 twelve inches apart, two-inch aogui holest gauging the depth so as to leavi the holes about two inches from goinj olear through. Extend thees holes a! leaBt two feet above -the level of th; ground. Tine, it is almost unnecessary t< state, must be done before the polo ii erected and while it io in a horizonte position. Got a large pot and heat linseed oil to the boiling point. Whili it is hot fill up the holes with the ho oil. As it is absorbed by tho woo? pour in moro of it so that the woo? will become thoroughly saturated wit! it. Just before the pole is raised fil the holes entirely full of the hot oil driving in a short wooden plug to prc Vent it from escaping. The writer is confident that if thi bo tried it will prove of great value and is not afraid to assert that th man or men who create the pole Wi! be too old to replace it when it rots Even the largest poles could bardi; absorb more than five gallons of th oil, the smaller ones requiring as : matter of course, a lom quantity o oil. This plan requires no machiner, for carrying it out and ie certainl; Worth a trial, especially when the fae is considered that it won't be a grea while before all the available suppl; of timber suitable for poles will b exhausted Even if kerosene oil were used i would help to make tba poles mor durable, but.it is, of course,. far is ferior to linseed. Speaking of kerosene oil, or, rathei orude petroleum, whioh answers ever purpose and is very cheap, it is a goo plan to pub as much of it on. a ?AW shingle roof na the shingles will al soso. This not only makes them moi durable, but lessens the danger of fii from sparks falling on the roof. It 1 only when the shingles get old an morfBy that they catch from a spark. The oil prevents any -, vegetcbl growth on tho shingles and if appiie every two or three years the shingle will last a number of years. Crudo petroleum applied to outbuih logs will moko them last a great dei longer. This 'kind of oil can't I heated with safety, but it is so pen trating that no heat is, necessary I drive it into the pores of the wood. - W. D. Woods. Darlington, March ll. v How He Felt. Mrs. Ferguson reached over, took long dark hair off her husband's shot der UL J hold it up for inspection. "That," ho said, angry at her ii plied suspicion, "is from' the horse mane. I have just been onrryii him." "What made yon suppose," si asked haughtily, "that I thought was anything else?" At whioh ho shrank baok belied i newspaper again, feeling as if he hi kicked hard at something sad miss it. ._ . _ Bean ti? ^^^^^^^^^^^ B08j - Holding the breath ocoasiona is said "to be resting. If it doesi rest tho holder it will at least give t others a rest. - A young man may be a trifle SJ der, but he certainly isn't any wi wu eu Le calls io see his best girl t finds her out. IM ll lill ll ll lil l ? ! A Traveler's Tam by Tillman. Senator Tillman, at the end o? the first part of his anti-trust speech in the senate of January 14, told to a number of report?is an odd traveler's yarn. % v "Speaking df queer revenges," ke .aid, (he had been discussing the ways in which tba people might get even with the trusts), "I remember how, according to a friond.of mine, the na tives of certain villages in India treat their enemies. Sr ?-: "Do you know what tb|j?4o? They just get a few hknd/als Series and sprinkle it on th? roofs of tho people they hate. '".Then what do yon think happens? Why, then the monkeys come flocking down from all the trees onto that roof of.rice. They eat. all tber*? ?a on surfaoe of the roof, and thoo., to get at the stray grains that have lodged in the crannies, they begin to pull the shingles off. Wherever there is a grain to be seen. far down in nomo oraok or other, they pull the roof up to get kt it, and finally-lo, and be hold there is no roof left-the mon keys have torn it all away. Then the man who spreads the rioe laughs sub tily, for he has had his revenge, and yet no one knows, and he cannot bo punished."-Pittsburg Gazette/ Settled by the Lawyer. Representative "Hank" Smith, of Michigan, has in town his friend, Mr, j O. B. Winston, attorney for the Wa bash railroad, author of a story about Missouri lawyers. "Down in Missouri," said Mr. Win ston, "the local passengers were ac customed to carrying ?heir saddles with them in the passenger oar,.but a new rule required that they be carried in the baggege oar. A lusty ci ti son in one of the interior counties board ed the train on the Missouri Pacific, paoking his saddle along with him. Against his protest it was moved to the baggage ear, and when he arrived at his dcitiomtion, the baggage man demanded 50 cents. " 'Get your money of the man that asked you to carry it,' thundered the enraged passenger, who hastened to consult a typical Missouri lawyer. . "The lawyer was much enraged at his client's story. 'I'm right glad you oame in,' said he. 'For a long time I have been wanting to get at this Jay Gould combination. Bot the rules of the Missouri Bar association require me to charge you a fee. If I accepted less than $3 my brethren wonld disbar me.' "That seemed fair to the client, who paid forthwith, and the two set out for the baggage office, the lawyer growing more, wrathful as they ad vanced. % " 'Tom Tobey (the baggage man,) why did you commit this outrage upon my client?' demanded the l^?f?r in a raga. "'Beoause bedidj not pay the 50 cents charge' - " 'Well, here is your 50 cents,' roar* ed the lawyer. 'Now, yon give the man his saddle or we will drag you to the courts.' "The olient got his saddle," con cluded Mr. Winston, "but the point is that the lawyer also got $2.50." Washington Post. D e ficendants of Pocahontas. In the February issne of the Twin Territories there ia a very interesting article relating to the descendants of Pocahontas. As ought to be general ly known, this young daughter of Pow h at tan, after saving Capt. Smith from the fury of her father, was baptized and married John Rolfe, an English*1 man. By him she was taken to Eng- j land, where as the aoeonnt states, "the wild flower, transplanted from her na tive heath to the moisture laden at mosphere of England, wilted and died on March 17,161?, at Gravesend, Hug land, in the nineteenth year of her age -a mere girl, almost a child, at her death." Tbis child- vif o bore one son', Thom as, who was brought back and grew to manhood in Virginia. He had a daughter who married a Bolling, of a prominent English family, and agrand daughter of this Bolling married a Randolph, and one of their sons was 'Ve famous'"John Randolph, of Ros A ?ko," and other members of that noted Virginia family. Through an other member of this same family de scended Thomas Jefferson and Gen. Robert E. Lee. They were not of the Pooahontas stock, but Were related by marriage and descent to the daughter of old king Powbattan. And so we find that this "wild flow er" of the Virginia forest bcoame the progenitor either by direct descent or by intermarriages, of some of the most famous people of a state famous for its great men. Probably thore is not another instance in American history to match it. There have been doubts and disputes as to whether Pooahon tas really saved the lfe of Capt. Smith but there is no room for doubting the records of her marriage,nor of her de scendants. These at least are authen tic history, and prove beyond oavil that many a proud namo in Virginia is in some way descended from tho In dian girl whose name and history havo filled many a story of both facts and fiction.-Montgomery Advertiser. why Pay as Much tor tn inferior beer? Schlitz beer coats twice what common beer costa in the brewing. One-half pays for the product; thc other half tor its purity. One-half is spent in cleanliness, in filtering even thc air that touches it, in filtering the beer, in ster ilizing every bottle. And it pays the cost of aging the beer for months before wc deliver it. If you ask for Schlitz you get purity and age, you pay no more than beer costs without them. Ash for tho Brewery Bottling. For aale at all dispensaries ia tho State, ia quart and pint bottles. What He Told the Judge. Representative Clayton, of Ala bama, tells.a story of the way a rep resentative Texas lawyer rebuffed a judge who was disconcerting him with questions: "It is on S. H. Cowan, a prominent lawyer of the Lone Star State, and at torney for the National Cattlemen's association. They, had a judge in Texas who was a terror to the lawyers. I reekon ho was something like the late Mr. Justice Miller, for he would go at the lawyers praotioing in his court and evidently try to bowl them off their feet by vigorous questioning,, | "Well, Cowan, then a young law yer, .was trying a oase before throe judgea' of whom tho man I have just mentioned waa one. He went for Cowan severely, and the lawyer was nearly out of the ring at suoh a bom bardment of questions from the bench. 'Now, don't be disooncerted by my questions, Mr. Cowan,' said this judge. 'Answer me just as you would tbs justioe of the ceace over in your county if you were trying a ease be fore him. "At that Cowan was ready, quiok as a flash. ! "I alwaya tell him,' said he, boldly, 'to keep his mouth shut.' "The other two judgea could not re frain from laughter at that sort of re buff. " 'This judge,' remarked the ohief justice gravely, 'will now have to keep his mouth shut.' 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