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The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-22

murmured words they could but indis-
tinctly understand. Toward noon she
revived so that her conversation be-
came Ineligible. But with the return
OF consciousness she seemed to guard
her secret more closely. She refused
to answer the questions of the hospi-
tai physicians, and insisted that she
would soon be strong and we'll and
would leave the hospital. There were
no marks OF violence on her-there
was absolutely nothing to point to her
identity-only the sinister fact that
she had fallen in faint on her way
to the river gave the officials hint
OF what might be concealed. The we'd
ding ring shone on her hand, yet she
steadfastly refused to let her husband
be notified. The hospital physicians
shook their wise heads and turned her
over to the tender mercies of the nurse,
saying that she would be all right
when she recovered her full senses.
Shortly after noon the nurse ap-
preached her. She bore large box
Here is something for you,' she
said.
1t was large white box; around 1t
were wide. pale blue ribbons. A spray
OF holly lay on the top. She looked at
1t listlessly.
"Shall open 1t for you?" said the
nurse pleasantly. 1T was sent espe-
cially for you by friend"
The pale patient almost smiled. The
nurses kindness was almost pathetic
There is no one to send me fiow-
ers," she said: but you may open it
for me-"
The nurse did SO. A rush of frag-
rance filled the air. The roses burst
upon the vision of the pale woman
with the glory of midsummer. dazzling
in their brightness. They lay in their
satin-padded home like fragrant jew
els.
"oh. how beautiful" she cried. "Let
me have them"
As she took them card fell out.
She looked at 1t as one might look at
a dear face that had been hidden for
years. Her eyes dilated. She was
silent for one moment, then she cried
out in voice that thrilled the nurse
and caused every head in the ward to
be lifted from its pillow.
at is her she cried. 1T is he. I
must go at once"
They demonstrated with her, but the
sick woman was we'll. She arose from
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-22
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a 1t was Christmas eve. The air was
frosty. Men's boot heels made the
snow creak under them as they passed
with quick tread. There was rum
bic Of carriage wheels, a rapid, hurry
inG tread ofHthousands OF feet in the
crowded thoroughfare of the great
city.
And amid all this Christmas activity
Philip Meredith walked with an acrid
and indennable pain at his heart. He
was as strangely incongruous amid the
joy. the color. the. brilliancy of this
festival eve as skeleton at feast.
He made a strenuous effort to forget.
He had told himself that the coming
OF this anniversary should not over
whelm him, with that agony of recol-
lection which he knew down in his in
nermost soul he could not endure. For
days the approaching holiday had filled
him with an unacknowledged terror.
Il was the first Christmas he had
spent without her. without Mirabel.
And, telling himself that he would for
get. that he would not remember, he
straightway remembered with the in
innate fidelity OF pain all that could
wound him now.
A breath of fragrant air from out a
florists shop made him turn his head
for moment, and as he looked he saw
forget-me-nots. The sight gave him a
pang. He recalled the morning they
had first met. 1t was morning in
spring, fresh with innocence-one of
those mornings that yet dawn on the
world to evoke images of primordial
daybreaks when the world was young.
Her eyes were blue-blue like the for
get-me-nots. Then, less than a year
later, they were wed, and the one
Christmas they had spent together
had seemed to him more exquisite In
its perfect happiness than the one on
the plains Of Judea could have been to
the shepherds. Then came misery;
scarcely had the echo Of the Christmas
bells died away in the air than that
fatal episode had occurred that had
parted them. 1t arose In trifle, as
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-22
A rrecaution for Electric workers.

1t is said that the employees engaged
in the tending of dynamos and other
electrical machinery in certain cleo
trio light and power st1sion are ordered
to keep one hand in their trousers pock
ct rs they go about their work. This
lessons the danger of their making
contact and thus giving the current
from Give" source the chance of
passing through the body. And the
mere fact that one hand is temporarily
out Of commission serves as constant
reminder of the ever-present danger,
familiarity with which so often engen-
ders carelessness
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-22
Wlnter Tuura.

Should you desire information re.
garding California, Arizona, Texas or
Mexico. and the long limit, low rate.
round-trip tickets, sold to principal
points. the various routes via which
the tickets can be purchased, or re-
garding one way first and second-class
rates. through sleeping car lines,
first-class and tourist, call upon or ad-
dress w. G. Neimyer Genl Western
Agent, Southern Pacific Co.. 23S
Clark St., Chicago; w. II. Connor.
Coml Agent, Chamber Commerce
Bldg. Cincinnati, Ohio. or w. ]. Berg.
Trav. Pass. Agt.. 220 Ellicott So, Buff
falo. N. Y,
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-22

ARE YOU CHOOSING MY GIFT?
most Of the worlds misery and wars
have, and then before he knew 1t he
had said words that had made gulf
between them which 1t seemed could
never be bridged. She said she would
60 away and battle with the world by
herself; he made a brutal reply. Then
they parted.
Again the opulence OF florists shop
met his gaze. A sudden resolution
came to him; he stepped up to the win
dow and speculated between orchids
and lilies.
"Ah, Philip. see you are choosing
my Christmas gift" said voice at his
elbow. He turned-it was his cousin,
a woman born to bring to others some
of the light and joy denied them in
their own poor lives. do not hesi-
tate So" she continued. laughing. you
know how easily am pleased In the
matter OF flowers Shut your ayes and
choose whatever you see first when
you open them, and 1t will suit me-"
'It will give me more pleasure to
SulI yOul tdotc IufAI " lIuSt 70 u nap
hazard choice" he replied Give me
your parcels, you look like Mrs. Santa
Claus, and come with me straight into
the shop and say what you will have.
will see to 1t that the Christmas
saint wears a fowery garland for
you"
"Oh, Philip" said the woman, her
eyes filling with soft mist, "you are
always good and generous, and will
let you give me bunch of those
American beauty roses-but not for
me. Iwant to send them to the Wom-
ans hospital in the morning"
He purchased the roses, and they
separated at the door.
It was Christmas morning in st. Jo-
seph's hospital. There was faint an
tiseptic odor in the air. The long lines
Of narrow white cots stretched their
serried rows down the room in pitiless-
lly quiet arraw. In one cot lay a wom-
an, who was mystery to the hospital
,ofncials She had been brought in
late in the Afternoon Of the day before
t.ssnsibls. She was young and beau
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-22
DON'T Give psrrudxlnrlx.

No loveless gifts. no gifts that are
given to satisfy convention or gruding-
ly. should dishonor the day of love,
and when your Christmas list is cut
down to this limit you have pruned
away all the germs of weariness and
anxiety, and left only the Joy of CO.
operation In blessed lovenaking
which involves the world. II your
powers are limited to leaving at a
friends door a bunch of holly tied
with bit OF bright ribbon and & little
card of greeting, you have still had
your share in the pleasure giving and
dispensing OF good will toward men,"
and II you have but bestowed some
rosy apples for the children and a
pound Of tea for the grandmother. you
have lightened the hearts of the poor.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-22
Tho Cause of Chnppod Hands.

Much Of the discomfort experienced
from chapped hands in cold weather Is
due to washing with inferior soap. the
ingredients being poisonous to the
skin. 1t is therefore important to have
pure soap. II warm rain water and
Ivory soap are used in washing the
hands. they will be smooth and white
at all seasons. ELIZA r. PARKER.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-22

tiful; her clothing was that Of a gem
tlewoman; she had all the marks of
refinement. albeit with certain signs Of
toll. but every mark that could iden-
tify her had been carefully clipped
from her garments. All night silva
the Destroyer had hovered near her.
Yet he passed her by. and in the early
hours of the morning she revived and
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-22
THE CHRISTMAS ISSUE

OF the Lake Shore Book OF Trains Is
something entirely out OF the ordinary
In the way of railroad literature and
VIII be of interest to all. Copy will be
sent to any address on receipt OF 2-cent
stamp.-F. M. Byron. G. w. A.. Chi
cago; A. j. Smith. G. P. A.. Cleve-
land.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-22
The B. & Q. R. R. has lust placed

The B. & o. R. R. has just placed
an order for 43.5O0 tons of s5 pound
steel rail for delivery in 1900. The
contract price is about SO per ton or
81 per cent more than the Receivers
paid for rail during the time they had
charge of the property. or the total
amount Just ordered the B. & o. proper
will get $4,000 tons, the B. & o. S. w.
1880, the Pittsburg and Western
1000. and the Cleveland Terminal and
Valley 1000.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-22
l.s.,.a,.l I.,ehsl.x . s.es.s..

n LkGhtinK Doeoeoo.
Municipal electric lighting has proved
striking success in Carisruhe, capital
of the grand duchy of Baden, q town
of $4,000 inhabitants. The electric
light works has paid a big annual divi-
dend, and the directorate has just de-
cided that he profits warrant an en-
largement Of the works at an expense
OF 5000 marks $4,000.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-22
Tho Latest Devices Tor Swift Luxurloui
Travel

East and West, are found on Union Pa
cific trains The best line for Kansas
City, Omaha, St. Louis, Chicago. st. Paul,
San Francisco and the Pacific Northwest
Ticket Office, al 17th street.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-22
Ths typewriter Invent,on.

A statistician has proven that the III
vention Of the typewriter has given
employment to 10000 people, hut lie
fails to state how many cases of weak
stomachs 1t has induced. All people of
sedentary occupation. need Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. 1t helps nature to
bear the strain which ensues from COZ
f1nement.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-22
KNEW YOIJ WOIJLD FIND ME-

KNEW YOU WOULD FIND ME.
that pale couch with sudden vigor-
her eyes were bright-every trace of
illness left her. II must go to him."
she repeated. time and again. The doc
tors came and looked at her and then
conferred in a low tone with the nurse.
"she may co." they said.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-22

1--WE gave wallis dinner Thanksgiving
Day" "a waits dinner res; to fiye
old maids and five old bachelors"
To cure your Catarrh or Cold In Head.
use London Balm. All druggists refund
money II 1t fails to relieve. z5c and 50c.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-22
Here is evidence :

any wife was troubled with a
dtep-seahed cough on her Inngs for
three years. One day l thought
of how Ayers Cherry Pectoral
saved the life of my sister after
the doctors had all given her upt to
die. So l purchased two bottles,
and it cured my wife completely.
1t took only one bottle to cure my
sister. So you see that three bot
ties Zone dollar each) saved two
lives. We all send you our heart
felt thanks for what you have done
forus."-J. H. BuRcE, Macon, Col,
Jan. -, 1899.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-22

The lucky man is the man who sees
and grasps his opportunity.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-01-19
Mules WIN the stasaers.

QUESTION. Two of my mules have
died with staggers. Is there any rem
edy for 1t. and what causes it?
ANSWER. There are two varieties of
this disease, known generally as blind,
and sleepy staggers, according TO the
symptoms displayed by the sick animal.
In blind staggers the animal rushes
around recklessly, running against or
falling over any obstruction in his way.
In sleepy staggers the affected horse or
mule appears dull and stupid, standing
quietly with lowered head, or perhaps
with its head pressing against fence
or wall.
The disease, however, is the same in
both cases, and being brain disease, is
very hard to relieve or control. Some
OF the horse books assert that it Ia caused
by over gorging but from my own ex-
perience am sure it is brought on by
eating damaged or rotten corn. 1t is
the general sentiment among farmers
that there is more damaged corn this
JOesA 'hAA tAOy cNSI hu6W before, at
tributable no doubt to the continuous
rains of last summer. Numerous CON-
plants Of this disease are coming to this
department, and fear that the loss on
this score will be heavy throughout the
state In feeding horses and mules be
very careful to see that they get no
damaged corn, or you are likely to meet
with losses from this very fatal disease.
When the disease is fully developed lit
tie or nothing can be done to save the
animal, but if upon its first appearance
proper treatment is resorted to many
cases can be cured. The treatment con.
sists in promptly bleeding the animal
freely. and giving good dose Of salts
or OIL If the medicine does not act in
two and half or three hours the dose
should be repeated. Prevention, how
ever, is better than cure, therefore you
should use every care to keep damaged
corn out of the horse stable.-State Aq.
ricultural Department.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-01-19
Snap Shots With a Graphophone.

The Graphophone is to the ear what
the Photographic camera is to the eve.
ana more, for the Graphophone catches
instantly and preserves every tint and
shaoe OF sound. A most interesting
use of Graphophone is to make re-
cords OF your friends voices, to be pre-
served for future use. You can catch
the story of your jolly friend just as he
Told 1t, or the favorite song of some
loved one just as she sang it, and have
II reproduced perfectly at any time and
as OFTEN as you please Besides, the
Graphophone affords wonderful enter
,alnment in the way of reproducing
the music of bands. orchestras, or vocal
or instrumental soloists. No invest
ment will return SO much in pleasure as
tle purchase OF Graphopone. 1t is
the perfect talking machine. Write
LOT catalogue No. 30, to the Columbian
monograph Company, No. 919Pennsyl-
vania Ave, Washington, d. G.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-01-19
GEoRGIA-CoBB COUNTY.

Under and by virtue of the power of
seizure and sale in the security deed
madesby John Dean, formcly of Cobb
county, Georgia, or his legal representa-
tives, hereinafter called the borrower, to
the Southern Mutual Building & Loan
Association, of Atlanta, Georgia, here
matter called the association, to secure
loan made on the seventh day of Octo-
Der, 1889, and duly recorded in the
Clerks Office of Superior Court of Cobb
County, Georgia, in deed book NJ, page
A, the undersigned will sell on the first
Tuesday in February, 1899, before the
courthouse door of Cobb county, within
the legal hours of sale, at public outcry
to the highest bidder for cash, the fol-
lowing property described in said deed,
to-wit: All that tract or parcel of land
situated, lying and being in the town of
Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, known
and described as city lot lying on the
corner of Wright and Reynolds streets,
fronting on Wright street fifty-six (56)
feet and running back on Reynolds
street to Reuben Johnson's lot eighty
(SO) feet more or less and bounded on
the north by Prince Young, on the
south by Reynolds street, on the west
by Reuben johnson and on the east by
Wright street. Default having been
made by said borrower or his legal rep.
resentatives, in complying with the
terms, conditions and payments required
by said deed to be observed and made,
whereby the Indebtedness secured by
said deed has become due and payable,
as is stipulated therein, and said asso-
citation, by its receivers, j A. Anderson
and M. A. O'Bryre, have declared the
said debt, principal, interest and costs,
due. Said sale will be made under pow
er of sale contained in said deed and in
all respects in compliance with the terms
and provisions thereof And the said
association, through its said Receivers.
It's agents or attorney, will make title to
said property to the purchaser thereof
at said sale, divesting all right, title and
equity of the said borrower or his legal
representatives and of said association
and its said Receivers, to said property,
and vesting the same in the purchaser
in fee simple. This second day of Jan
uary. 1899. j. A. ANDERSON,
NJ. A. O'BRYNE, hecelVers
Southern Mutual Building and Loan
Association of Atlanta.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-01-19
Wheat Sowing In Georgia.

WHedC sowing In Georgia.
QUEsTIoN-Is it now too late to SOW
wheat?
ANswER-Good crops of wheat have
been raised in the middle and northern
sections of the state sowed as late as
the middle Of January. You should
have sowed about the middle of Novem.
Der, provided the cold weather had by
that time destroyed the Hessian fly,
which is very apt to ruin wheat crop
sowed before frost.
To hope for fair crop, planted at
this late date, your ground must be
rich. either naturally or by the liberal
use of fertilizers. Prepare the land
with extra care for the reception of the
seed, and do not fail to broadcast fro,-l
90 to 100 pounds of nitrate of soda to
the acre when the spring growth com.
mences. Then with favorable season
you may make fair crop of wheat. Be
sure to follow your wheat crop with
peas sown broadcast; they will not only
give you a splendid crop of hay, but
will also enrich your soil with nitrogen,
the most costly of plant foods.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-01-19
Sheriff S Sales for Feb.

Will be sold before the court house
door in the city of Marietta, Cobb coun-
ty, Ca, on the first Tuesday in Febru-
airy, 1899, during the legal hours of sale
the following described property to-wit:
A house and lot in the city of Marietta,
Ca, on the east side of street. and front
ing on said street sixtyfeet and running
back east 200 feet, bounded on the
north by the property of Howard Fra
zler and Fred Kiser, south by property
of Bell Reagan, being the property deed
ed by Aristidese Reynolds to Margaret
Battle, Nov. 22d, $780, All of said
property in possession of defendant in
ii ia, and levied on the property of de-
PENDANT to satisfy a Justice Court fl ia
issued from S9Sth district G. Nj, of Cobb
county, Ga, in favor of P. II. Nell VS..
Margaret Battle. Levy made and re-
turned to me by c y. Barrett, L. G.
Notice given in terms of the law.
Also at the same time and place, all
of that tract or parcel of land lying and
being in the town of Austell, county of
Cobb, 18th District and End Section be-
ing lots Nos. 4, 5, 6 and 7 of Block A. as
per survey of j. Fl. Hughey for Hughey
q Morse, commencing at the corner of
Cochran and Spring streets, running
north along the east side of Spring street
$50 feet to Rawson property, thence east
200 feet, thence south to Cochran street
$50 feet, also fractional lot of "V''
shape running from Cochran street to
Cemetery street fronting on Cemetery
street 65 feet and fronting on Dummy
line 400 feet, and fronting on Cochran
street 80 feet, running back from Dunn
my line to Roseau property, the above
tract containing one acre, more or less.
Levied upon as the property of defend
ant, j. A. Scott, to satisfy fl ia issued
from Cobb Superior Court, in favor of
Langston & Woodson VS. W. w. Austell
and j. A Scott, surviving partners of
n. A Morse & Co Notice given to ten.
ant in possession
Also at the same time and place, the
following described property to-wit:
Three Rail Road coal fears marked
Southern, the same being numbers
62501, 62S23, 5409S, now on the side
tracks of the W. and A. r. r. Levied
on as the property of the defendant, the
Southern Railway Co, to satisfy fl ia
issued from Cobb Superior Court in ia
vor of Louisa Dyson VS.. said Southern
Railway Company. Written rotice Civ
en- in terms of the law.
TT. DAVENPORT, Sheriff.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-01-19
PEAR BLIGHT.

BOuthern Treatment For lie C0nte
ana KiefHer Pear Trees.
When pear orchard is badly blight
ed, the owner writes to everybody who
claims to know anything on the subject
and every one will write him to prune,
prune prune, when really the truth is
that the more he prunes the worse will
be the blight When an orchard is badly
blighted, the thing 10 DO is to let 10 alone
as completely as possible. Don't prune a
limb, don't pillow 1t or do anything else
to 1t that will stimulate the trees. The
trees are certainly In bad shape for two
years
Let them alone till the trees make
but small growth. Don't cultivate the
land. Then fertilize with phosphorio
acid and potash (no nitrogen). Kainit
and acid are good forms Apply broad.
cast 500 pounds of each to the acre.
Less will do good; more will do more
good. Plow 1t in lightly, cay three or
four inches. This should be done in the
winter between Dec. and Jan. 10. II
done earlier. vegetation is too much in
the way. If done later, there will be
danger Of causing the trees to bloom too
early.
In May give the orchard another
cultivation, most advantageously done
with o cutaway harrow. blowing about
the same depth as before. The season
following give the same fertilizers and
the same plowings. If the trees are
rather vigorous, leave of the May plow-
ing.
When you have starved out the blight
and have got the trees to where they
make but small growth annually,
which will be just before you commence
the fertilizing and blowing described
above then is the time to prune, prune.
prune. Don't prune with knife on
shears, but with saw. Saw off the
worst blighted limbs. the struggling
limbs, the chatting limbs and the very
tall limbs. Cut them half In two, re-
ducing the tree nearly one-half.
Apply kainit and acid annually; give
the orchard two plowings; never plant
peas, oeggar weeds or turn under a
heavy crop of any vegetable growth.
Then count blight blessing, for You
will have studied the requirements of
pear trees and supplied their needs, says
Il. w. Stone Of Georgia in The Rural
[ New Yorker.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-01-19
Peach Output In Georgia.


QUEsTIoN-Is peach culture in Geor.
gia likely to be overdone?
AEswER-I think not Il is true that
the acreage of peaches will be greatly
increased by this seasons planting, and
that the demand for peach stock can
with difficulty be filed by the nursery.
men. There will not, however, be O
greatly increased acreage of bearing
trees, and the corresponding increase in
additional markets, and in the popular
ity of the Georgia peach, will more
than offset the increase. There must
be large planting annually to keep up
the present acreage, as peach trees are
short lived and many die each year from
various causes. 1t is probable that fully
one-third of the trees planted this sea-
son will never come into bearing. To
grow peaches proftably requires the
greatest attention. Proper cultivation
and fertilization, careful pruning and
treatment for insect pests aud diseases,
S~N ANNOSNSNJ w ouSSOopp bhI az AO1Sb
one-third of the orchards of the state do
not receive such attention, and they go
down. The San Jose scale has caused
the destruction of over 100, 900 trees dur.
ing the past season, and probably as
many more will be destroyed before the
winter is over. If the borers are neg.
lected for two or three years, and dur.
ing that time the trees produce heavy
crop, the drain made upon their vitality
by the borers and the production of the
crop, will cause large proportion of
them to die.
Intending planters should not be dis
couraged by these statements, for thew
are encouraging to those who intend to
give their orchards the proper care.
Money can be made in Georgia by the
intelligent fruit grower. 1t is estimated
that the peach growers alone have net
ted over s.. o0o,oo0 during the past sea-
son. One party sold four cars of peaches
! fw 81, 46S. and his entire shipments