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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-06

His onerous duties as editor
of 3-weekly, combined with that
of chief stink-smellerf for the city
of Fitzgerald "a job which re-
quires a hustler) are evidently
proving too much for Editor
Mercer this hot weather, for he
cannot understand English.
When, in commenting on his
opinion on baseball betting, the
Gazette said it always bowed to
expert opinion, it means that it
always bowed to expert opinion.
He will probably be able to
discover whether this means that
we agree or disagree with him by
the time the weather cools off
and the smallpox cases get we'll.
-Herring's Triton Gazette.
The smallpox cases are we'll,
and the weather is not so hot
that we can not realize, for once
a fool is convinced against his
will" that betting on a base ball
game is not an offense against
any Georgia statute. If we smell
anything that out stinks (a)
Herring we will head the scaven-
ger wagons Triton ward. But
we give it as expert opinion /"
that there is nothing so, foul
this side the Alapaha.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-06

After having filtered away four
this of it's time, the state 1egis-
sture finds itself, etc.-Tifton
aazette.
Respectfully referred to the
sramaticaster of the Waycross
ournal who will please parse
Hter for the class.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-06

Senator A. P. Germans picture
loes not look like that of any
president but probably that
Doesn't count for Teddy's ply
siognony is an innovation.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-06

The dispensary bill has passed
he senate committee with an
mendment, leaving the matter to
d election to be held next Octo-
err. The bill as amended will
srobably pass the senate today
IL tomorrow.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-06

The scavengers of Fitzgerald
have specific instructions to re-
move everything that smells as
bad as a Herring to the soil
hump.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-06

The Thrice-a-Week Enterprise
md the Thrice-a-Week World
only $1.65 per annum.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-06

Showers and sunshine conspire
% make this an ideal crop grow
ng season.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-06

The one year old Atlanta News
a great one.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-06

And his name is joe, an Italian.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-06

There are no dull days in Fitz-
gerald.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-06
MERCER, Editor and Manager.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1908.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-06

ing season.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-06
EBVERPRIzE.S

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FITZGERALD PUBLISHING co
rITzGERALD. GEORGIA.
The Washington times., 1903-10-25
FAMILIAR LONDON HORRORS
ABOUT TO DISAPPEAR

Many years the London public has en-
dured what is perhaps the most abom-
Unable system of locOmotiOn ever de-
vised. The foulness of the old under
ground is proverbial The stuny COM
partments 10 which the English railway
authorities have so long religiously ad-
hered must either be sealed tight as a
drum as the train pursues its journey,
and in this ease the passenger is half
suffocated; or the windows being open
ed, through 1t pour into the cars dense
volun cs Of noxious vapors from the en-
CINE and the evil atmosphere of the
grimy tunnel
A tiny light glimmers in the roof of
the compartment, just enough TO show
the impossibility of reading a newspa-
per. At the various stations the pas
senger is left to chance 10 learn where
he is. and on attempting to get out ne
has frequently 70 open door with
wrench quite sufficient to defy the ef-
forts OF a woman or child. with the re-
suit that he is frequently carried on TO
the next station. The trains are di-
vided into first. second, and third class.
and after the usual system on English
railways
The first-class compartment IS cush-
toned and reasonably clean. and being
high-priced is less liable TO be crowded
than the cheaper classes. The second
class is frequently dirty and shabby and
crowded. The third class is simply un-
speakabie. But IL is in this class that
over three fourths Of the British public
travel. AS to the stations. one can only
say Of them that they match the rest
Of the system. Ii is from the horror Of
this underground that the people Of
London are praying TO be delivered
The Electric Railways Company. linn
itCd is now engaged in the electrifica-
ticn of the old underground railway.
There will be passes connecting the new
tube railways with the electrified Met
rOpolitan District Railway. and when
the system is in full working order il
wiz be possible 10 travel quickly and
cheaply from any one part Of London to
another-F. A Acland, in Bookiovers'
Magazine.
The Washington times., 1903-10-25
RIGHT AND WRONG WAYS
OF GETTING OUT OF BED

Don't jump up the first thing your
eyes are open. Remember that while
you sleep the vital organs are at rest
The vitality is lowered and the circu-
lation Is not so strong A sudden
spring out Of bed is n shock to these
organs. especially the heart. as 1t starts
to pumping the blood suddenly.
Take your time in getting up. Yawn
and stretch. Wake up slowly. Give
the vital organs q chance 10 resume
their work gradually
Notice how a baby wakes up II
stretches its arms and legs, rubs its
eyes and yawns and wakes UP slowly.
Watch kitten wake up First II
stretches out one leg, then another,
rubs its face, rolls over and stretches
the whole body. The birds do not
wake UP and fly as soon as their eyes
are open; they shake out their wings
and stretch their legs, waking up slow
w. This is the natural way TO wake
up Don't jump UP suddenly. don't be
in such a hurry. but stretch and yawn
and yawn and stretch-i Stretch the arms
and the legs: stretch the whole body. A
good yawn and stretch is better even
than a cold bath. 1t viii get you thor
oughly awake. and then you viii enjoy
the bath all the more--Medical Talk
The Washington times., 1903-10-25
THE MODEST POTATO
LEADER OF ALL CROPS

The opinion generally prevails that
wheat or corn-in some regions one and
in others the other-constitutes the cror
Of greatest value TO the world. Such Is
not the fact The potato leads all other
staples. being produced at the rate OF
4.O9,O0.V0 bushels year. while The
wheat yield is only 100000 COO Europe
produces seven-eighths Of all the
worlds potatoes. but II IS little ireland
which eats most OF them. averaging
four pounds OF potatoes a day per capi-
ia The United States is on record as
the greatest meat-eating country In the
world. 1900, 100000 pounds yearly being
consumed here There are psychologists
who asc,ibe to this her power on land
and sea. Johnny Bull has the sweetest
tooth among the worlds children. head
ing the list OF sugar consumers at a
yearly rate Of 1900. 100000 pounds OF
sugar. OF tobacco. however. the aver
age IN Belgium IL 10 ounces per caDita
In the United States only fOrty-thre%
ounces. But in the matter OF beer the
United States again takes the lead
showing a record of thirty gallons a
year for each inhabitant digtancinR
even Germany herself.-ChicagO Herald
The Washington times., 1903-10-25
SIX FPoM SHELLF1sH.

The silkworm is not the only silk
producer. SILK may be obtained from
the shellfsh known as the pima, which
is found in the Mediterranean. This
shellhsh has the power of spinning a
viscid silk which I'm Sicily is made into
a regular and very handsome fabric.
The silk is spun by the shellfish IN the
first instance for the purpose of attach
ing itself to the rocks. II is able TO
guide the delicate filarncnJs to the proper
place and there glue them fast. and If
they are cut away it can reproduce
them. The material when gathered
(Which Is done at low tide) Is washed
in soap and water. dried. Strengthened.
and carded. one pound OF the coarse
filament yielding about three ounces of
fine thread, which. wnen spun, is a
lively FURNISHED golden brown color
Chicago News.
The Washington times., 1903-10-25
COFFEE FIRST USED
IN ARABIAN DESERT
Discovered by a Starving Dervish Six
Centuries Ago.

AS to the history of coffee. the legend
runs that it was first found growing wild
in Arabia. Hadji Omar. dervish, dis
covered IL in 1885, 617 years ago. He was
dying Of hunger in the wilderness. when
finding some small round berries. he
tried to eat them, but they were bitter.
He tried roasting them, and these he
finally STEPPED in some water and held in
the hollow of his hand and found the
decoction as refreshing as If he had par
taken Of solid food. He hurried back TO
Mocha, from which he had been Danish
ed. and. inviting the wise men 10 par
take of his discovery, they were so well
pleased with it that they made him a
saint.
The story is told that coffee was in
troduced into he West Indies In 1923 by
Chirac. a French physician, who gave a
Norman gentleman by the name of De
Clieux. captain Of infantry on his way
to Martinique. a single plant. The sea
voyage was a stormy one, the vessel
was driven out of her course, and drink
ing water became so scarce that it was
distributed in rations. De Clieux, with an
affection for his coffee plant divided
his portion of water with It and succeed
ed in bringing It to Martinique, although
weak, not in a hopeless condition.
There he planted it in his garden. pro-
tected It with a fence of thOrns and
watched 1t daily until the end of the
year. when he gathered two pounds Of
coffee. which he distributed among the
| inhabitants Of the island, to be planted
by them. From Martinique coffee trees
in turn were sent to Santo Domingo
Gaudeloupe and other neighboring
| islands.
The coffee tree is an evergreen shrub
! growing in it's natural state TO a height
of fourteen to eighteen feet. II is usual
| ly kept trimmed. however for conven-
| fence I'm picking the berries. which grow
| along the branches close to the leaves
and resemble in shape and color ordi-
nary cherries. The tree cannot be grown
| above the frost line, neither can it be
| successfully grown In the tropics. The
most successful climate for production
/ is that founds at an altitude OF about
! 400 feet Anything much above thi;
| is in danger Of frost. which is fatal
/ to the tree, and when coffee is grown
much below this II requires artificial
/ shade. which materially increases the
! cost of production and does not produce
as marketable berries. IL is owing t.
] this particular requirement that coffee
! has never been successfully produced
/ in the United States.-Succcss
The Washington times., 1903-10-25
BAD TEETH THE CAUSE
OF IMPERFECT EYESlGHT

MANY people who come to me 10 have
their teeth attended TO complain Incl
dentally Of failing eyesight, and when
tell them that bad teeth, In nine cases
out OF ten. are the cause, few feel in
cIined to believe me" saId well-hnown
New York dentist
Bad sight is generally attributed to
overstudy, debilitated constitution. and
a hundred and one other causes. but
have you ever heard anyone place the
blame on the teeth? Bad teeth are the
direct result OF insufficient application
OF the toothbrush. and bad eyesight,
Resulting from the decayed molars cX-
sating disturbances OF the ocular nerves,
is the next inevitable penalty. That is
a fact that seems TO be put little known.
In the course Of a year / attend 70
the teeth of scores Of people with i'm
paired vision. and in every case where
the teeth are drawn the sight Is soon
after either greatly improved or en-
tireiy restored. New York Times.
The Washington times., 1903-10-25
Plans for New Season.

As the season draws near Thanksgiv-
ny many announcements are being
made for the new musical year. and
he coming winter promises to be
equally as interesting as last. Eacn
year one hears prophetic ordinations
hat interest in musical affairs at
Washington Is on the wane, and that
me viii have to run over TO New York
10 hear notable artists or so without
entertainment of a high order. But
,oon comes a ray Of hope as plans for
he winter unfold, and the music lover
g encouraged.
With the assurance of the continuance
II the washington Symphony and the
Choral Society. two notable organiza-
ions will furnish much interesting di-
rersion this season. One Of the most
Important announcements has been the
Joint appearance of the orchestra and
Choral in some pretentious oratorios.
The Symphony. in addition to it's Tegu-
ar afternoon course, Is preparing to
give what is known as pop" concerts
On Sunday evenings. when the programs
Will be of varied character and the
prices such that music lovers who may
not be able to pay to hear the concerts
IN the afternoon may attend the even
Ing recitals Also that portion of the
Washington public which may not find
Il convenient to so in the afternoon will
thus be enabled 10 hear the Symphony.
Through arrangements made by the
scv eral managers of musical events
concerts this year are to be divided
equally among the local theaters. The
Washington Symphony is to be heard Al
the Columbia instead of the National
as heretofore. while the Choral Society
has selected Chase's Theater for its re.
citals.
Many independent events are sched-
uled. among them David Bispham
Nine. Nordica and the Duss Band
Schumann-Heinx. Media. Maud Powell
Campanari and the Kneisel Quartet
Nordica and Duss are to appear at Con.
vention Hall. David Bispham VIII be
heard either at the Columbia or Ma
tional. Melba will appear at the Ma
tional, and Il is understood that Cam
panari will sing at the Lafayette.
The Washington times., 1903-10-25
WHAT Do YOU THINK!
NAPKIN RINGS OF MILK

Napkin rings. hair combs. walking
stick knobs. brush backs and handles.
cigarette cases and holders and a vari-
ETY. of other small objects are now be-
ing made OF milk. according to a Paris
correspondent. II appears that much Of
the cheap imitation ivory now I'm the
trade comes from the COW. There are
even alleged pearls worn In earrings, br
I'm other kinds Of so-callcd fancy jewel
~. which are literally drops Of con
densed milk.
a nobleman owning immense estates
and large farms IN the Loiret depart
ment has set up a factory for carrying
on this new industry. His cows produce
some 200 gallons Of milk a day, two
thirds OF which Is sent to Paris in the
season. But In the summer the demand
falls of. while the cows continue 10
yield the usual quantity. Hence the in
genious nobleman's new departure.
The casein obtained from the milk is
converted under great pressure, into
a ductile substance called 'lactite," the
possible uses OF which seem TO be un-
limited. IL is this subproduct OF milk
which is replacing cenuloid in the
market as imitation ivory.-New York
Tribune.
The Washington times., 1903-10-25
HOUSES BUILT FAR FROM
WHERE THEY ARE TO STAND
Skyscrapers for Big Cities Really
Made in Small Towns.

Many OF the great steel structures
that are being built In every city are
PLANNED and modelled in some distant
city-like the material for Solomon s
temple of old-hundreds Of miles away.
II is some roIling-mill town of Penh-
sylvania that most Of the gigantic frame
works for the modern sl1yscrapers are
built. All that remains to be done is to
put them together. and the building
rises up like a house of blocks.
Every piece is fitted together and
numbered before IL is taken away from
the steel mill. SO exact are the measure
ments that not even the drilling of n
hole is necessary for fitting the rivets
which fasten the plates and girders to-
gether. The watchlilSe precision with
which these parts are made was shown
In the construction of one Of these
buildings which Is now being erected
in Chicago.
One of the large cr0ss-girdcrs was
missing in the framework OF the second
floor. and though it did not interfere
with the placing of the framework on all
sides and above Il. the contractor was
worried to know what had become Of IL.
When the frame work had grown as
high as the sixth or seventh story and
the missing piece mad not Deen iouhu
around the railroad yards or heard OF
from any other cOurce. he wrote 10 the
steel mill. describing IL as closely as pos
sible. ordering that it be duplicated
BY the return mail he received the
following reply:
las ground space is more valuable In
Chicago than here in the country. we
are storing missing girder for you We
knew that you would need a steel der
rick on that floor. and kept the girder
out so you would have room. VIII ship
H. after the remaining stories have been
completed.
The mill men had figured correctly on
the building hundreds of miles away
and the girder could not have beer
placed in position. even IL il had beer
on the ground, on account of the der
rick.-Chicago Tribune.
The Washington times., 1903-10-25
Carroll Institute Choir.

Among the supporting members Of
Carroll Institute choir are some we'll
known musicians. many Of whom at
tended the rehearsal last Wednesday
and expressed their appreciation of the
tone and phrasing manifested by this
Young organization. At the close OF the
rehearsal Mrs. Annie Grant Fugitt.
Melville Hensey, and Charles Goodchild
sang Dubois "Salve Regina" in fine
style Members Of the choir are much
encouraged in the attention given their
work by local musicians, and are en-
deavoring in every way TO establish a
fine record for the organization
The Washington times., 1903-10-25
THE AUTOMATIC DOCTOR,
LATEST SLOT MACHINE
Scheme of a New York Man to Coin
the Nickels.

We're never able to meet the demand
for slot machine novelties" said n man
I'm the business Were all looking
round now for something new for the
st. Louis Worlds Fair.
Personally, 1 don't care so much
about fairs The machines get a good
play there. but there are so many coun-
ter attractions and you have 10 give
up such percentage to get on the
grounds that in the end you're not so
much ahead.
"Id rather have all the New York
hotels for mine than all the fairs that
ever happened The people who pass
in and out through New York hotels and
their barrooms have money and spend
nickels without thinking twice
Take the case of the fellows who
got the talking scale which made such
hit along Broadway. The papers
printed a piece telling how you got on
1t and the scale hollered out your
weight That was reprinted all over
the country, and orders piled up on the
makers so they could have shipped out
/ $500 in a week If they had them.
But their plant was small one, and
| they could produce only about fifteen
machines a week, and they had to buy
the scale bases from another small man
ufacturer So the free advertising they
! got has only driven them frantic.
They can sit down and figure how
much money they would be making q
all the machines they have orders for
were working today. taking 70 per cent
] of the gross receipts for them. One OF
these machines down in the Wall Street
district has taken in 51.5O a day fol
seven months just as regularly as II II
was on the city pay roll.
IF the inventors had 5000 machines
out, they would be making a clear
81. 500 a day right along soft profit. BY
the time half the orders are filled the
fad Will be over. Then the price will be
reduced TO a cent. and when that ceases
TO pay the machines will be leased tc
advertisers. You can step on one OF
them and 1t will call out your weight
free and will also advise you to DRINK
Zoozums whisky. or take some sort oil
patent medicine
i've got a machine under way" said
another slot magnate, that will be q
moneymal1er for sure. It's an automatic
doctor.
You get on the machine and put youl
wrist in a clutch that takes your pulse
Then you take a thermometer that's at
1 " llt LudIulHe anu put II llQNi
your tongue. You drop your nickel ir
and hold your position while a clock
| right in front of you ticks off sixty sec
| onds.
Then your pulse and temperature
have been ascertained by the automatoI
which registers both on a bit of care
and on the other side of the card writes
a prescription for you.
There is basin of antiseptic fluid Il
which you return the Thermometer. 81
that it's clean for the next conner. Wei
put these machines in drug stores an'
make the druggist give us a percentage
Of his graft on filling the prescriptions
Pm going TO take this machine to St
Louis. I expect that at least million
persons in good health viii be willing t
pay nickel to get their pulse and TEN
perature told-"-New York Sun.
The Washington times., 1903-10-25
LIGHTNING DROPS To
EARTH THROUGH HOLES
Facts Presented by a Scientist Which
Upset Popular Ideas.


The general pubic seems to have
about as much to learn about light
ming as of the physical process Of
breathing.
1t is fallacy. although a popular
one, to suppose that the air rushes into
the lungs because by muscular action a
vacuum has been formed. The fact is
that the air forces its way into the
lungs and compels the muscular move
ments, abnormal and other. which re-
suit.
One must readjust ones ideas Of the
lightning's fash in a degree correspond
ing to this escape from physiological
heresy.
The streak of electricity known as a
bolt Of lightning is not hurled against
the earth. as from the hand of Jove. 1t
is not an active principle, but a pas
siye. 1t simply filters through an ORR
fee in the atmosphere.
In a paper read before the Fire Pre-
ventive Congress in London Alfred
Hands throws light on lightning. so to
| speak. The fact that in Great Britain
last year more than $50 buildings were
struck by electric bolts gave added in
I
| Mr. Hands does not sweepingly con-
denim the lightning rod, in spite of the
I long list of omissions of duty charged
to IT, He is of the opinion that damage
would be very much more frequent II il
were not for the number Of lightning
conductors in use, although they are
not always successful, and sometimes
/ fail when they appear to have been APP
/ In, rHn
posed 20 govern the subject. The speak
| er goes on to say:
Probably one of the causes that in
| terfere with clear conception of tho
! methods necessary for protection Is the
view that is often taken as to what 8
! discharge of lightning is.
AT the best lightning is too often re-
! garded as an electric current overcom-
ing the resistance of the air: but
/ ] want you to regard it as breakdown
of the di-eiectric-not as something
leaving the sky to come to earth, or as
being hurled from the clouds to strik,
a building, but to consider it-as 1t in
deed is-as fracture or cracking both
of the air and OF any other resisting
medium between the oppositely charged
bodies, the clouds and the earth
Now, when the stress to which tn,
air is subjected has reached the break
ing point. the line Of the fracture be.
comes visible by the intense heat max
ing the air particles momentarily mean
] descent. and this we call lightning.
/ The building. which being in the line Of
| the strain gets damaged. forms only
part of the fracture; the air is equal!
damaged, but is a self-repairing medium
| unfortunately. our buildings. tree
and bodies which are less resisting thar
the air. are not self-repairing, and 81
we get the deplorable losses of life an'
property that occur every year !
building offers less resistance than tn
surrounding air; therefore the break
down would tend to go through a build
ing rather than pass il by and &
through the air beside it. even IL Their
i'were no metals in it to rendeS II still
more weak.-Philadelphia North Ameri
|
The Washington times., 1903-10-25
Coleridge Taylor Society.

The S. Coleridge-Taylor Choral So
ciety, composed Of 20 oolored singers.
and which created such profound i'm
preston last year by its presentation of
Coleridge-Taylor's ''Hiawatha," will re-
peat the work with the same soloists
on November q at Music Hall. Balti-
more.
Many new and young voices have been
added to the chorus since last spring,
and the society Will aim to give even a
better performance Of "Hiawatha" since
its initial performance.
Before the present season is far ad-
vanced the chorus win take up Coler-
idge-TaylOr's latest success, THE Atone
ment," a sacred work which was given
with marked success recently at the
Hereford. England musical festival
The work VIII be presented in Washing
ton next April.