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have always been of the opinion
that owing TO his keen sense tho bear
IS our first game animal, and should
he carefully protected by law. His
depredations on live stock are no,
worth taking into account, and ] am
quite ready to agree with an old trap.
per who was sleeping soundIy i'm his
cabin one day when an Eastern man
in search of Lairbrcadth stories Of ad.
venture, knocked at his door The
door was opened by the trapper's
partner 30 whom the visitor made
known his errand.
Billy said the young man, "thie
Teller wants TO hear some narrer
escapes you've had from bear"
The old man, rubbing his eyes.
looked the stranger over and said.
Young man, if there's been any
narrer escapes the bears had 'em 49,
w. L. Carlin, i'm Ainslee's.
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TO BOYCOTT IVORY.
English Women Want tn stop the SIausi
ter of Elephants.

In England there Is being formed
an association of women on the lines
of the Audubon Society, except IN.
stead of exercising a fostering care
over the plumaSe birds. these ladies
are going to hold sheltering wing
over the herds of elephants which are
now being slaughtered witEcu mercy.
These ladies argue that practical
method OF discouraging the trade in
ivory would lie efiicacious if il We're
only adopted generally 1T Is simply
that we should all forego the use of
ivory, and have our knife handles.
etc, made OF Xylonite, or one of the
good forms of celluloid The forty
thousand elephants annually de
stroyed for manufacturing purposes
have their long wise lives sacrificed
mainly in the service of billiard
players. This is quite unnecessary.
as 1ylonite billiard balls, it is claimed.
are now made as truly. aud are as
pleasant To play with rs those of
ivory By far the greater part of iho
ivory imported into Europe and
America comes from the dark con-
tnent. Proportionally but small
quantities are imported from British
India and Ccylon. The expectation
of ivory from Africa TO Europe aver
ages 500, 900 Kilograms 800 tons au-
nually, as follows: From Zanzibar.
200, 900; from Mozambique, Toe, 600:
from Gabun, CAMERON aud Lagos.
5000; from the Niger, $1,000; from
Loanda and Benguola, 100, 900. from
Cape Colony. 30 600 from Egvut
$4,000, and from the coast of the Red
Sea, $4,000 kilos All the ivory cara
vans coming from the interior of Cen
trail Africa go at first TO Bagamoyo.
whence the ivory is sent 60 Zanzibar.
There the whole trade is in the hands
OF Indians. The principal districts OF
West Africa where ivory is obtained
are Guinea, Sierra Leone, Angola, the
Niger, Benue, CAMERON and Congo
districts. The Niger, Benuo aud
CAMERON ivory is chiefly exported
from Tripoli and Bengasi. The prin-
cipal European ivory markets are
London, Liverpool and Antwerp. 4
considerable trade in ivory is also he.
ing transacted il Hambul =. The
great bulk of the ivory imported into
London is shipped to India and the
United States. In India the ivory is
being worked into fine art pieces and
thus re-exported to Europe. In 1896
the average price paid for one kilo-
gram q; pounds) was 1892, the aver
age weight of tooth being &. ( kilo-
grams (about If! pounds). Boston
Transcript.
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PlTH AND POINT.

~ believe with the author of tho
Essay on Man, remarked the student
of French politics. that whatever is
is riot. - New York Journal.
Sncdgrass The world has a place
for everybody. Micawber-"Yes;
the only trouble is, there's generally
somebody el,c in it. - Tit Bits.
"Aunt Julia. do you think it a dis
grace to die poor?" "No. David: but
1t Is an awfully mean trick To play ON
your relatives. Chicago Record.
The scales upon tho bluensh arc tho shin.
giles for his roof;
They keep him nice and dry within and
keep him waterproof
-Harpers Bazaar.
Less than Il year ago, she mused,
he said he would lay down his life
for me, and now he won't put up the
window screens. indianapolis Jour
nal
Don't You think applause is out
of place in the church," Decided
ly. Just think ii the preacher should
interpret 1t as an encore!' Brooklyn
Life.
He--''Are you sure / am the only
man you ever really and truly loved?"
Satisfactorily sure. / went over
the whole list only yesterday. New
York Weekly.
do you know" said the man who
was going to have tooth pulled, "I
don't think dental parlor' is good
phrase" "No?" :" Drawing room
would he better"
Johnny I'D like to be doctor.
mamma Mamma -"Why?" Johnny
- might find out something you
could take to keep candy from hurt
ing your teeth. Puck.
Grimsby-''So you are going to
make pianist of your son? Has he
an ear for music?" Fimsby--'I don't
know anything about his ear; but see
what a head of hair he's got.
Professor-'Sox is 80 wonderfully
entertaining, my dear" Mrs. Pro
fessor-"Indeed! In what. way?"
PROFESSIONALLY, helistens to every
thing one has to say, and says moth
ing one has to listen to-"
"What would you say, asked the
fair theosophist, ''if shonld tell you
that | was born in Egypt three thou
sand years ago." Why" said the
party addressed, 81 should certainly
say you don't look it. Brooklyn
Life.
Mrs. Watts-"Goodneas mel This
l. the third time you have been here
this week" Dismal Dawson
Madam, they was time once when
the wimmern didn't make any objec-
ton to my calm 80 often. Indian
apolis Journal.
Mutual Friend-'Ttis really shock,
ing, dear, the way in which you and
your husband quarrel aud carry on.
! wonder you don't separate from
him. Injured Wife-"What! Go
away and leave him alone to do Just
as he likes? Not Standard.
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Protecting the "LItnc.f One.

Speaking of animals, the rabid theog-
ist who argues that all good acts are
prompted by aelfshuess, would very
likely unravel n few stitches i'm his
theory If be should lean over the rail
In front of u cage Of monkeys and
watch them perform for half an hour.
a few days ago little group was
thus occupied M Wonderland There
were all sizes Of monkeys in the cage,
and naturally there was "Ettlest
one About that time there was q
good deal of contention over piece
Of string, and IT, the fracas one Of the
monkey children bit the baby In
stsutly an old monkey shot from ono
corner Of the cage and punished the Of.
fender
"She must be tho mother of the lit.
tie oDe, isn't she?"
''No, said the keeper "She's NO
relation only that's way they have
o. doin the older ones protect the
little ones when they get jumped ON. "
Detroit Free Press.
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Germany Leads in Applying 1t TO Farm
Uses.

Germany Leads in Applying 1t TO Farm
Uses.
a great movement is on foot in
Europe in the application of electrical
engineering to the processes of agri.
culture. The German Government
especially IS giving great encourage.
ment to the study and progress of this
new art, having placed lands of its
own at the disposition of investiga.
tors and eXperimcntalIsts. The Ger
man Society of Agriculturists has
also established exhibitions aud com
petitions for the general dissemination
OF newly acquired knowledge on the
subject among it's members and agri-
culturists generally. On many farms
windmill power is being used, on
others water is the principal source of
power. Gas and petroleum motors
are also coming into use as prime
motors for certain kinds of agricultural
work. Tho result Of Introducing
electricity in farm operations is found
to he that the proprietor gets better
returns from his property, aud that
while he can greatly reduce the mum
. Der OF his farm hands he can afford to
raise the wages of those whom he re-
tains. Professor Thurston has sum
married. the conditions under which
electricity can bu used on a farm 10
advantage. He says that there can be
no mistake in installing au electric
plant where prime motor is already
IN place, as steam engine or a
walerwheeI. Thus the operation of
plows, centrifugal pumps, etc. i'm the
field and the various apparatus Of the
farm within and without tho build
lugs can he carried on more cheaply
and effectively than they were before.
If 1T IS not convenient to put the cleo
tric plant on the farm itself the power
can IN most cases be supplied from 10
distance over small copper wire at
comparatively small cost i'm time.
trouble or money. The same motor
may be employed for various pur-
poses, rs 1t Is small iu size and port
able. The current will drive n mum
Der of machines at the same time.
while giving light, and, If need be.
heat 1t is simple and casvto handle.
1T gives great safety against Ere. and
nm case OF au iucipieut fire 1T permits
the instantaneous operation of fire
pumps, being provided with q suitable
system of distributing water mains.
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Mrs. van Rensselaer, thus describes
in the Century the effect produced by
gazing upstream at the Niagara rapids
between Goat Island and the Canadian
shore.
At the head of these rapids their
rocky bed is steep and stair-like. It
forms, in fact, long rows Of low cas-
cades rather than n network Of rapids:
and these cover so many feet OF de.
scent before they reach the Sisters
that, looking up stream, we see moth
ing but cascades-no smoother floor
beyond them. An extraordinary of
feet of force is then produced, and Of
mystery also We seem to have done
what, as children, we always hope to
do. We have reached the horizon.
the edge of the world. But we can
not look over it. Where do these VIC
lent waters come from? What lies
behind the ragged line they draw
against the sky? IT may be anything
-or nothing. All we can say is that.
apparently they are being riven from
the heavy clouds. 1t is like per.
petuatiou Of the second dav OF the
oarth's existence. Then the Almiqhtv
divided tho waters which were under
the armament from the waters which
were above the armament; and il wasI
so. Except in this place at Niagara.
Here il was not 20. Here It is not vefl
so. The miraculous division is stillI
going on
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chairs at the foot of the bed. As the
man turned l saw his profile plainly.
1t was Callau.
An instants thought. and my engi-
nearing training made plain to me the
whole internal plot. The parcel was
gan cotton; the tube held acid in u
thin glass receptacle. Above this was
a leaden bullet, kept in place by
movable pin. The string so carefully
wound across the floor was attached
to the free end OF the pin. \ touch
OF careless feet against the string, the
pin would pull out, the bullet fall, the
| glass shiver aud the acid do it's deadly
work ON the explosive below.
/ Truly charming plot, and clever
one, for who was to provide that / had
not been careless with the cartridges
| always kept store of. No trace of
/ this pretty mechanism would remain
in evidence.
\ sudden glory Of rage ran through
my veins.
half rose, and then crouched again
rs the thought came over me. The
man is desperate He won't allow a
/ living witness of such crime TO
escape, / fancied the CLEAN of knife,
and my bleeding body whirling down
off the cliff into the dark wafer be-
meath, Life was too precious now to
risk unnecessarily.
had forgotten for the moment all
about the boy. Suddenly, in moment
of mad fury-for he, too, had under
| stood the plot-he sprang mp and beat
with his fists upon the pane. Callan
raised himself quickly but carefully.
not forgetting the deadly string. What
he did forget was how near he was To
the stove. As in a dream saw his
coat catch against it, 1t swung, and
the big kettle overbalanced. For an
instant 1T seemed to hang in the air
| strove to call out 1t was too late.
Smash, it fell right on to the string.
The whole world turned crimson and
burst into n great glare of flame.
Something struck me i'll the chest and
drove me backwards
Praise the saints, his eyes are
open, doctorl' Barney's voice came to
me from great distance.
Eyes; he'll do now" said another
voice, in rich broguc.
! went to sleep again
When | awokc it was bright day
hight. | was III Callan's hut, on his
cot.
felt sore and bruised all over. and
Mt first could not remember what had
happened.
Then it began to dawn on me.
''Where's-?" | began.
Ssh came in the same soft brogue
as before. "Don't talk. Callan won't
be botherinGye any more. McKeowns
not much the worse, barring his hair.
And there's nothing broken in yer.
self. o."
How long" I was mad to know
how soon ! should be able to travel.
The doctor checked me again.
I'm a week, " he said, eff you'll lie
still. "
l did, and tomorrow Tam starting.
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The meallhIe.l - ID lh, wnrln.

Not long since Dr. Benjafald. OF
Hobart, Tasmania, made claim I'M
the Lancet that the town was "the
healthiest city In the world" because
1T had a death rate Of only fourteen
per 1000. In reply DR.. WillOughby.
the medical officer OF health OF East
bourne, England, says that the death
rate Of that place, the population OF
which is 5000 larger than that OF Ho.
bart, was only los i'm 1898, and less
than ten per 1000 i'm 1897
We can beat DR.. BcrjaGcld's figures
i'm many towns in this country. Iu
Toledo, Ohio, q city of nearly $50 900
inhabitants, the death rate last year.
according TO the report OF Dr.. =. ~.
Woods, Health Officer, was 1913. m
Erie. Penn, during the pact three
years the rate has varied from 10. So t1
1901 Medical Record.
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THE CLUB WOMAN.

Libraries, both public and
Her private one ut home
She burrowcd in both night and daV
And never cared TO roam.
hthou sand books her eyes consumed.
In Sanscrit, Latin, Greek
SlHvonic. Hebrew. French. Chinese
Both modern and antique.
She would not even stop for meals:
Without pause she read.
Aud It's fact, for nights and DAYS,
She never went TO bed.
Her house was filed from wall to wal
With all the notes sho'd made.
And when her husband wandered In
He had TO use spade.
At last the great day came around
For which she'd toiled and planned:
Before the culture club she stood
Her paper In her hand.
Then after all her weeks o: toll
And burning OF the gas.
She had the awful nerve TO mako
This Introductory pass:
You must excuse my paper. for
IN SO ashamed ut IL
EGt honestly, I've boon too rushed
To study up IA Bit"
kansas city Independent
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nn..lnn rhi.lln I'm Nohrn.,..-

Up iu Nebraska, it is snid, the Rus.
sian thistle is proving % boon TO the
farmer instead Of au iu1icfion and %
menace to- his prosperity, and tho
agricultural department of chat State
has issued n bulletin demonstrating
ITS value as food for stock and as fuel
for heating and cooking purposes
But the plant Is not SD regarded i'm
The Southwest 10 appoara hcronbout
three years after the sod is turned.
but how it makes the journey is u
mystery Tho general impression lis
that tho seed is brought from other
states In freight packages, and hidden
away io tho corners aud cracks OF
cars, but there is scarcely o farmer
who regarded it as blessing. 49,
Chicago Record
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somo very valuable Dors.

The most costly animal after th,
horse is the dog. Enormous sum,
have been paid by fauciers for VIVA
they considered to be really first-ratt
dogs. Ormskirk Emerald Is tho mos
valuable collie ever reared. This doa
has won no fewer than forty oiehl
prizes. lie is sable, with half-whiil
collar heavy frill, name aud cape, pre-
fuse coat Of good texture, aud Is "a
scribed as being tho nearest approac
20 the ideal ever yet produced Nh
Megson raid $4,000 for him The aau
gentleman also paid $1,000 for anoth,
collie known rs Southport Psrfectio
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Smuggling VIM lnc Lnnrun.n-

Tho Porto Hcsus are struggling
b"roicaily with the intricacics of Eng.
li7h, as various advertisements in
San Juan newspapers testify. Tho
following appeared for several days ir
FL Pals, Of that city:
Wanted, frs Glass silver smith,
with best Reference ut the american
Jewellery stores. l.. Giusburg-33
Crnsa-
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~ ~ months"
= ZSzS "A year, I'm
.@~ap afraid, II larry,
from what father says"
We'll, since he has found me this
work, | mustn't shirk il. Good-by.
my own girl "
What misery does poverty entail on
loving hearts C,cely Fleming and |
had loved one another for years ever
since indeed we were children to-
gether ] had spent the few hundreds
my father left me in completing NV
engineering education in Germany.
Then camc home, confident of fluid
ing work. But nothing came my way.
In spite of every endeavor. At last
Mr.. Fleming's interest procured me n
place as assistant engineer in build
ing new lighthouse onthe dangerous
lslanC of Skryn, off the west coast of
Ireland. twas not the work | wanted.
1t would bring little credit however
well done. The pay was poor, and
the prospect of the han dships aud lone
illness were not calculated to raise ones
spirits. There would be but one other
skilled engineer on the spot-an Irish
man, | understood, named Callan.
L parted with Cis on Tuesday.
Friday morning found me on the small
craft which was the only means of
communication between Skryn and
the mainland.
Soon we landed, and / waded ashore,
aud walked up the steep path to tue
top of the cliff.
AS [ reached the summit a man met
me, and, holding out his hand, said:
"Good-mOrning You're Mr.. Bry-
don, L suppose? Pm CalIan"
] thought the voice unpleasant. but.
glancing up into the mans face, de
cIded that it was even worse than the
voice.
He was not so iIl-looking-ut least.
ns far rs features went. 1t was not
till later that | discovered the peculiar
repulsion lie inspired me with was due
to his eyes. These were extraordin-
arily dark and piercing, but across
the iris of one was remarkable pale
yellow mark, which, combined with a
very slight squirt, gave him an abso.
lutely uucauny appearance.
Callau walked back with me. 4
very few steps brought us to the huts.
They were the regular readv-madc
article Of wood aud zinc. There was
one for each OF MS, and Il little way of
another, good deal larger, for the
workmen. There were six Of these -
rough Councmara men.
From where We stood ON the sum.
nit Of the grass-cad knoll-for the
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ADVERTISING RATA.

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An English jury once found a watch
thief guilty, but recommended him To-
mercy because 1t was really very hard
TO say whether he had taken tho watch
or not
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cradle SONG of r4E ElsAERmAM.s Mis-

Inc foam flies past MS like beaten cream
mo waves break over, the fierce winds
scream
Dream, my seabird dream,
Dream OF the cot where high and low
crimson and white, the roses blow.
Dream my seabird. dream
Dream, dream.
nat tho the tempest is on the deeU.
Heaven will guard thee--do not wern
sleep, mv ssabird, sleep,
lie brave rs a lshcrman's child shoull lac
Rocked Ia the hOllows Of tho sea,
sleep, my seabird, sleep
sleep, sleep.
Ella Iiggiuson.
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> you love me,

T you love me,
Harry, dear, don't
gor'
~ must, Cis,
bcggars can't be
choosers, / an
swered bitterly.
After all, dear
est girl, it will be
only for IL few
months. "
"a year, I'm
afraid, II AIRY.
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Very soon hated Callan as much
as the rest.
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ELECTRICITY IN AGRICULTURE.

1 did, and tomorrow Tam starting.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-11-09

~ r. Y 80
Thrice has Cobb courAy carried ofF
the prizes for the best cDstssfy displa4
at state fairs, once in Mac4 ana twice
in Atlanta.
When the judges at the State Fair liz
Atlanta completed their work they
awarded the $1,000 cash premium ia
Cobb for the best county display Mi.
j. Gid Morris, of Cobb, for theibest liz
dividual display of $500.
Those who saw the maghifiesnk
play OF Cobb and@her citizenss d !,
agree that Cobb was Asselg entitleo
it, There was no fjner display n
riety and bulk. xatf
Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Whitl0ck desel n.
great credit for the intereskztlsey
in collection and arrangerSesit
no one feels prouder of thy
than they do; 81 800 comes to
cash premiums. IA
The following are some %
ners in the agricultural oabfS
First premium, best countyA
Cobb county, $1,000.
Second premium, Bartow &c &
Third premium, Bibb county,
INDIVIDUAL PRIZE WINNERS. II
First premium, for individualdisps
]. Gid Morris, of Cobb county 5000
Second premium, for Individual "a
play, Miss NJ. ]. Rutherferd, sum u
county, $3.50. "a
Third premium for indivs I'M d;sz
play, John A. Manget, 90 county
800.
First premium hh-aae=pQS farm, 3.
B. Lumsden, Bibb county. Yl50.
Second premium for one-plow farm.
John A. Manget, Cobb county SIS.
First premium for best display df
Georgia raised forage, John A. Manget.
CobD county, 800. e
First premium for best display 81
pumpkins; Fl. J. Mccormack, Bartpw
county, So.
Mr.. James T. Apderson was awarded
$32 premium oRkns pigs.
Pres Butler, colored, of Cobb county.
was awarded $3.50 for the best one
horse farm display in the colored dsA
partment.
Judges-C. II. Jordan, of Jaspe
county; A. N. Grovenstein, of Effina
ham county; William A. Broughtd
Morgan county. y i
The judges are competentge. WI
and have won the admiratiOn.
the Fair association and theexh
for the splendid manner i'm which
have completed the arduons isI
before them.
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MUNICIPAL TICKET.

We are authorized to announce the
following ticket for Mayor and Alder
men, subject to the white primary tc
be held Tuesday, November %, 1899:
For MAYOR:
T. M. BRUMBY.
For Aldermen:
ID. W. BLAIR, JOE p LEGG,
Q. A. GUYToN, A. NJ. DoBBs,
j. II. BATE, j. +. MOTLEY.
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s M
Two little girls astride otsone fas
moving bicycle on Thursday lass shows
the possibilities Of the wheel.
Mr. Otto Clotfelter, Of Conyers, Ga.
Igisited his brother, Mr.. Charles Clotl
felter, here Friday ard Saturday
Messrs, Faw & Rogers have Just
opened up the finest line, of Preserved
Fruits ever shown in Marietta.
The man who does his whole duty as
he goes through this world is bound
to make some enemies.
Don't forget that little amount you
are due US, for it takes money to run a
newspaper al
1t is real ungallmt in the Beers tc
surround Miss Lady Smith. She may
be an old maid.
To find out how old man is now il
is only necessary to consult the city
registration list.
The election of May ors and Alder
men for the next two years will be the
one absorbing interest until Novem-
Der 90.
After pleasant meeting with rela-
tives and friends in Marietta and At,
lanta, Mr.. D, o. Green haFreturned tc
his Florida home.
Marietta as a cotton market contin-
ues to pay top notch prices If you
want the best accommodations the
Marietta buyers will please you.
Mr.. F. B, Crosby, of Toledo Ohio
spent a few days with his brother, Mr.
G. M. Crosby last and this week, re.
turning home Wednesday.
Great strings of cartridges are being
brought to Marietta for sale. The
hunters are getting in their destructive
work.
Representative Bennett, of Pierce
has introduced bill in the Georgis
legislature to make the official term Of
county officers four years instead Of
two, also to make members of the gen.
eral assembly elective for four years.