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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-06-05
NOTICE OF ELECTION ON ISSUE
Or BONDS

NOTICE OF ELECTION ON ISSUE
or BONDS.
To the Voters of Glynn County. Ga:
Gou are hereby notified that an
election win ba held in and for said
county on thee 18th day of June
1907. to defsrmine the question
whether or not bonds shall be issued
~ said county in the sum of sew
Tenty-fve thousand dollars, (s75, 0OO)
of which fifty thousand dollars. $780,
000} snail be used in the construct
Jon and furnishing Of the county
ilcourt house for said county, and
twenty-five thousand dollars Cs25,-
10000 to be used in constructing and
FURNISHING a jail for said county.
Said bonds to be paid as follows
Yen thousand dollars ($10,0O0) on
J4Suary I, 1911, ten thousand dollars
$4,000 on January :, 1912. ten
thousand dollars 100000 on Jan
uary l, 1913; ten thousand dollars
($1G,000) on January I, 1914; ter
thousand dollars $4,000 on Jan
uary /, 1915; ten thousand dQlsefi
100000 January l, 1916 and fifteen
thousand dollars (s15,OOO az Jan
uary /, 1917, at which time said
Hb4AN9 VIII NC AuAtg pau OiL E<dLL
and all Of said bonds shall bear In
terest from their date at the rate oil
five per centum per annum. such in
! teTest to be paid semi-annuallyhon thg
first day OF January and July 0f each
year Such bonds, if authorized
shall be issued and dated as soon
after they shall be validated as they
can be reasonably sold and disposed
Of @
Said election shall be held at 81
the voting precincts within the limits
of said county in the same manner
and under the sames rules and reg.
ulations that election OF officers OF
said county are neld
This notice is given in pursuance
of an order and resolution passed
by the Commissioners Of Roads and
Revenues Of said county on the 18th
day OF May, 1907.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-06-05
YELLOW SKIN.

Nine times out Of ten the
skin is yellow and has bad col
or, When the system is run
down and the back is weak.
1t is due to kidney and liver
troubles. Il your skin is in
such condition, II your system
is not in proper condition,
give our
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-06-05

OPIUM ]: =: a.: 9; !: :: ::
3. M. WoLLEY co.
Box 3a7, Atlanta, Ga. Office, to4 N.
Pryor Street.
! left off your treatment four
months ago Have no desire for an
opiate. Your treatment is all it
claims Louisa ]. Oakley,
May Sth. '06 Snow Flake Ariz.
Over four years ago you cured me
Of morphine habit, Elias G. Starr,
Macon, Mo.
| have never drank whiskey since
Marsh %. 1892, when l began your
treatment. do not crave any whis-
key to this day. b. d. Wilson,
Direct, Tex.
have used both for the liquor and
opium habits and it has been a sue
cess. ] prefer it to all other rem
edes. h. c. Norment, Nj. d. Darling
ton, S. c.
| bought your cure under a nom
de plume in 1886; 1t cured me.
E. A. Barnes. Pittsburgh, Penn.
WRITE TO DIR. WOOLLEY, Box
$751; Atlanta, Ga.
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KIDNEY ANoILlvEP
REMEDY

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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-06-05

Have you seen the modern cooking
wonder 1t the Colson Hardware Cos
stere? Come IN any day this week.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-06-05

WANTED.-Wnite girl to serve as
waitress at the Metropolitan restau.
rant Good pay to right party. Cal.
at oRcs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-22

pleasing medium between the busy Sec
ton and the suburbs.
We all three seized vacant straps on
the crowded trolley and set out for
what was to be our new home. From
the outside the house looked fine and
well worth the $4,000 asked for it. The
interior was. if anything. still better,
and only $4,000 was asked as a first
payment, the remainder going on a
mortgage at the usual per cent rate.
The agent did not directly urge us to
buy.
you are a young couple he said
frankly, land 1 want to see you added
to my already large family of happy
householders. 1 may further say that
have been quite taken with the ap-
pearance of both of you. This house.
you observe, has all the modern con
veniences-hot water heat, electric
lights. hot and cold water. gas for cook
ing and everything. in fact, that is
considered essential for housekeeping
need and luxury
As had the $1,000 and a little more
than that tucked away in the bank for
nest egg and as the house pleased
Marjorie quite as well as it did me, 1
agreed to Mr.. Spltacres terms. receiv-
ed my deed with only days delay and
found that my troubles had begun.
In the first place. 1 had to buy my
furniture on the installment plan, and
it cost four times as much as l expect
ed. The percentage l had to pay the
dealer-for installment / found, doesn't
mean all trust-ate a large hole in
what was left of my bank account, and
it began to look as if. when 1 got
through only a broken shell would re-
main of my nest egg.
1t was late in the fall when we NOV
in, nd oh W. fn loo
our lesson about modern conveniences
Before 1 fairly learned to run the hot
water heat the temperature in the
rooms ranged anywhere from 80 de-
greeS to 10. AS a consequence both
Marjorie and had colds which neces-
STATED the attendance of a physician.
We agreed to pay his bill on the INSTALL
ment plan.
Then the water pipes in the second
story froze, and the amount of damage
done before the plumbers got around to
do more was almost incredible. So was
the bill that We received q little later
1t was only by dint of persistent argu-
ments that 1 made the plumbing firm
agree to allow me to pay them GER
tain percentage of my salary each pay
day. They said theirs was a cash bust
ness. but they would agree to make an
exception in my case, provided I would
promise solemniy that 1 would say
nothing about it to the neighbors, as
they did not care to be bothered with
outstanding bills.
A leak in the gas pipes occurred in
the middle of January. 1t was discov-
cred in a rather odd manner. locat-
ed it. but felt no pride in the achieve
ment. / was going down cellar to fix
the fire for the night, and when open
ed the door of the heater there was a
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eT'H give you $500 for 1t and not
cent more" he said at last, with the air
of one who has plunged into and cross
ed the Rubicon-
What did 1 do? Oh, I held out for
eighty-five hundred and succeeded in
getting eight thousand. BY this lucky
stroke we cleared our debts and had
the money to buy and pay for little
place in the country, which we ex-
pressly stipulated should have no mod
ern improvements.
There are no pipes in the house to
burst. We draw water from a well
with an old fashioned well sweep. We
light our house as our forefathers used
to do, and we have great fireplaces to
heat it in the same way. The cellar il
in practical disuse. 1 chop the wood
and carry in from the shed what coal
we burn. The roof, with old fashioned
shingles, is as tight as a drum. Mar
jorie and are satisfied.
Just think" she was saying last
night, 1--WE have lived here a year and
have had no trouble at all. The neigh
bors all talk about the perfect health
we enjoy and refer to US as a model
household. Baby has the fresh air he
needs, and he gets the milk warm from
the cow
L am sure that the exercise I get is
just what have needed all along. The
congressman from my district at home
treats me with great geniality as one
of his agricultural constituents. since,
though really residing in the District
of Columbia, manage to hold my vot-
ing privilege at the farm in Skowhegan.
where my parents still make their
abode.
Nothing too good for Townstick!"
said the congressman to the chief OF
my bureau the other day in such a tone
that knew it meant another raise for
me.
A queer climax was reached last
week when the Turtles, who bought our
house in town, moved into the farm
house next to ours. They, too, have
tired of modern improvements and
have become exemplars of the old fash
toned simple life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-22
ne Things That Appeal the Average Boy and Cir

engine house sliding down the pole
when a fire alarm is turned in. Going
downstairs would be quite too slow.
After Bouncer was strong enough and
comfortable enough to sit up and take
notice one of the first things he learned
was to slide down the pole as the fire.
men did. An alarm suddenly startles
the firemen on duty at Bouncer's en-
CINE house. UP they jump from their
resting places on the second floor of
the engine house. 1t is scarcely a quar-
ter of a minute till they are sliding
down that pole one by one-"like
streak of creased lightning" After
them full tilt comes Bouncer slipping
down as spry as any of them. 1t is
funny to watch the solemn, important
air with which he does so. But Bouncer
does not run out into the street after
the fire wagons. He just sits in the
front door and watches them off, then
goes back inside the house.
Even funnier than Bouncer sliding
down the fire pole is Bouncer answer
ing to his name at roll call in the morn
ing. Each morning members of the fire
company line up before the captain of
the station to respond to roll call. The
captain calls their names one after an
other; each man answers. ''Herei" At
the end of the line is always Bouncer,
looking very important indeed. When
the captain has called all the other
names he says in a loud, impressive
voice:
'Bouncer!"
Bouncer arches his back, wags his
tail and answers, Meow" then immedi-
ately runs upstairs to the sitting room,
like the other members of the company.
He seems to think in his cat brain that
that fire engine house could not be run
without him.
Occasionally firemen have a goat for
a pet. Goats are not very affectionate,
it is true, but there is much fun to be
had with them. Not long ago read
of one that was caught in the act of
eating the funeral Grape off the front
door knob of house in which some
body had just died.
One of the London fire companies has
for it's pet and mascot a big, dignified
goat named Billy. Some of the men
fitted one of their fire helmets upon
Billy's head and he struts about with it
on, proud as a peacoc'.. He thinks he
is somebody. The large, handsome fire
horses are as fond of Billy as the HUI
man members of the company are, and
he spends much time with them in
their stable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-22
A HIGHLY DIVERTlNG ACCOUNT OF THE EXPERIENCES
OF A YOUNG COUPLE~IN A HONE OF THEIR OWN

| 1t was easy to see that the situation
was wearing on my wife's nerves as
| well as on mine, though took it out in
| a different way than sobbing, to the
| chagrin, no doubt, of the recording an
gel.
The first relief we had was during
those days when the gas was shut off
at the main in the street while an en-
tire new set of pipes was being put in.
and even these, as it turned out. were
destined to give us trouble from time
to time.
The April rains went through the
slate roof in places much as if it We're
a sieve, and the labor of patching 1t
meant more installments for the car
penter, while two of the ceilings were
ruined, and. with installments for one
thing or another coming due all the
| time. I-found myself unable to raise the
| money to have them fixed.
In June an awful odor arose from the
| basement. 1 thought a cat must have
| died between some partitions, but Mrs.
Banks of the handkerchief and vinai-
| grette assured us it was the sewage.
| Investigation showed that this was
| backed up in an alarming manner. The
cellar was again flooded, and this time
with something that rubber boots alone
were not sufficient to overcome. Potato
>,
and a package of Mrs. Banks printed
calling cards in some way found rest
| ing place in the floating coal bin. There
were more lost articles than are adver-
! tiSed for in any one issue of the daily
papers, and not the most unexpected
| of these was a set of dainty false teeth
| containing two gold crowns that were
| the identical match of those in the
mouth of Miss Pretty Sphinx, a bache-
door. When Marjorie and I saw them
we recalled that Miss Sphinx had had a
three days illness not long before, dur
ing which time she was confined to her
room with a dreadful toothache and
neuralgia and could see no callers ex-
cept the dentist.
While 1 was at work days Marjorie
was nearly distracted with installment
collectors The plumbers man came
twice a day and the furniture dealers
man took the place of an alarm clock,
a dinner bell and the curfew. There
were others. The neighbors came to
think they were all friends of ours, and
we were cut socially for associatfng
with such disreputable looking people.
The plumbers man, you see, was a
short, stocky built fellow who always
wore a greasy red necktfe, SLOUGH hat
and a coat ripped at random. The fur
niture dealers man never had his shoes
blacked, wore no collar or necktie and
was so tall that he would have attract
ed attention in a museum for freaks.
The others varied regularly in size, like
the strings on harp, and all seemed
to take an equal delight in pushing the
button at our front door while clothed
in the most abhorrent fashion.
When the electric light wires set fire
to the house through imperfect insula-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-22

~ zA% NHEN Marjorie and
J.: J: :: !: J:
St4Md6mw~ were first married we
Isl Af decided to rent a house
iGiSMkSW somewhere in Washing
NWrNM ton, my duties as clerk
l56N5&<A in the department of ag-
$500 riculture calling me to
the capital city of the United States.
We had been wise enough to postpone
house hunting until our honeymoon
was over living for time after our
bridal tour to the Rangeley lakes of
Maine with Marjorie's parents on x
street
After visiting about forty real estate
agents and looking over all sorts of OBJ
viously undesirable rentals. owing
sometimes to location, sometimes to
condition and sometimes to our limited
means, the forty-first agent suggested
that we buy.
Don't be a tenant he urged Don't
have a landlord to boss you and tell
you what you shall and what you
shan't do. Be independent. Own the
roof over your heads. Don't have to
worry about the rent coming due. Don't
allow yourself to be handicapped about
making the repairs and innovations you
want because of spending your money
on someone else's property Don't al
ways walk in the shadow of the dread
now and start right
Marjorie quite agreed with the agent,
as I could see by her looks. Besides,
she kept nudginE me. as if to say, PAY
attention to that now. will you?"
Il am quite agreeable to buying"
admitted, IF 1 had the money but our
expenses have been quite heavy of
Late
Marjorie blushed charmingly.
yes, yes. 1 understand perfectly"
agreed the agent beaming over his
gold bowed spectacles. q was married
once myself. and I've never begrudged
the money 1 spent on the honeymoon,
not a cent of it, No, sir! And there
never was a real American yet who
would especially with such a charming
lady as Mrs. - Townstick, you say?
Eth. eh?"
And he chucked me in the short ribs
playfully. no doubt. but with such vio-
lenee that 1 must have grunted like a
hog fat for the killing.
"Oh. 1 don't begrudge it any I an
swered as soon as 1 had recovered my
breath. but 1 thought that I'd have to
wait until l had paid what 1 now owe
before I buy a house
you'll rise, you'll rise!" chuckled the
portly agent. his whole fat body shak-
ing with genial mirth. And 1 contend
that you should own that home and
vn it at the beginning That's the
rasgic word of success-nowi"
IF you have any practical suggestion
10 make, I'll be glad to hear it, 1 ven
tured looking at Marjorie, who was
smiling delightedIy and gazing with
newly kindIed enthusiasm at the amia-
bic agent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-22

One of the sights of the Shwe Dagone
pagoda, in Burma, is a gigantic bell of
bronze, weighing forty-two and one
quarter tons and said to be the third
largest bell in the world, the largest
being in Moscow and the next largest
in Mingin, also in Burma. After con-
quering Burma the British undertook
to carry the great Rangun bell to
Calcutta as a trophy, but dropped it
overheard in the Rangun river, where
it defied all efforts of the engineers to
raise it, Some years later the Bur
mese. who had not ceased to"mourn it's
loss, begged to be allowed to recover
it. Their petition was granted, and by
attaching to it an incredible number Of
bamboo floats the unwieldy mass of
metal was finally lifted from its muddy
bed and triumphantly restored to its
place.
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deafening explosion. The force of it
threw me down, nearly stunning me
and horribly smuggling dress suit
had been at a Masonic meeting that
evening-and incinerating a Vandyke
beard and pair of the first eyebrows
ever had, Half the asbestus covering
was knocked from the heater and the
very fire was blown up the chimney.
The concrete f1oork was. l imagined.
denied in places, and the jar started
another costly leak in the water pipes.
The gas men endeavored to repair
the damage. but, they somehow failed
to fix things as good as they were be-
fore. In vain, they tampered with this
and tinkered with that. The awful odor
of gas permeated the whole house. in
sinuating itself Unto every room. no
matter how hard we tried to keep it
out. 1t finally became so odious that
We fairly dreaded the Jingle of the cleo
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near the engine house and saw two
dogs worrying helpless kitten. They
had nearly killed it when the fireman,
Fred Kuhne, ran out and rescued it.
He brought the poor bedraggled, half
starved, wounded creature into the en-
CINE house and fed it and took care of
it. Mr.. Kuhne's mates liked the kitten
as we'll as he did and soon began to pet
it and teach it tricks. Under this kind
treatment Bouncer became a big, good
looking cat. He also began to manifest
remarkable intelligence.
Perhaps you have seen the men at an
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other bundIe@"until tomorrow. Be
here at 10 o'clock, and I'll go with you
to see whatever place or places you'd
like to look at"
/ gave a rather reluctant consent
The next day we were right on time.
When the agent came in he apollo
gized profuseIy for having kept US
waiting. SO that Marjorie even VEN
tured to thank him for condescending
to notice us.
with your pressure of business she
remarked. smiling sweetly, lit is really
kind of you to bother with us, and
when you don't know that we will buy
at ALL"
1 had an impression that he did know
we would buy, but 1 refrained from Of
fering any comments and inside of five
minutes 1, too, was under the agent
magnetic spell. We had picked out a
house which was neither in the central
part of the city nor quite out of it, a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-22
THE FERRY FOR sHADowrowN.

Sway to and fro in the twilight gray,
This is the ferry for Shadowtown.
1t always sails at the end of day,
Just as the darkness closes down. p,
Rest, little head, on my shoulder so:
A sleepy kiss is the only fare.
Drifting away from the world we go,
Baby and in the rocking chair.
See where the fire logs glow and spark,
Glitter the lights of the Shadowland;
The raining drops on the window-hark-
Are ripples tapping upon it's strand.
Rock slow, more slow, in the dusky light
Silently lower the anchor down.
Dear little passenger, say Good night
We've reached the harbor of Shadow.
town.
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Often an intelligent dog is the pet at
a fire station. Frequently, too, the men
adopt a monkey or a parrot. JACKIE
was the name of a monkey that made
much amusement for the members of
one fire company. They were SO fond
of him that they had his photograph
taken sitting upon chair between a
pair of firemen's boots. 1t is hard for
monkeys to live in our northern eli
mate, and poor JACKIE, after entertain
ing all the members of the company
for some time with his tricks, fell ill
and went into a decline. He was i'll
when his picture was taken, and that is
what makes him look so sad and Woe
begone.
An English fire company has an East
Indian parrot that was once the pet of
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were only sold on the 1st and I'd of
January?
of any kind to be found close to the
north pole?
That Spain has more sunshine than
any other country in Europe?
That. Chinese, people play with tops
as big as barrels?
That to say "as blind as bait is ri
diculous, because bats really can see in
daylight and have wonderful sight in
the dark?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-22
The Bishops Question.

A bishop once asked a class of boys
some questions in mental arithmetic
and received an unsolicited let-down.
Said he:
Nov, my little man-you there-if
were to shoot at tree with five birds
in it and kill three. how many would
be left?''
Three, sir
mo, no, my boy; there would only
be two left"
please sir. you said you shot three;
only they would be left, tn other two
would be flied away"
yes" replied the bishop. you are
quite right; you may sit down"
And he passed on to another class
room.
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Have You Heard

That the earth travels round the sun
thirty times as quickly as the moon
goes round the earth?
That the sound of a bell can be heard
under water a hundred times as far as
it can in the air?
That bees returning to the hive are
often attacked by wasps and robbed of
their honey?
That fish are often killed by heavy
-thunderstorms?
That when pins were first made they
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itating sort of way, asking if would
like to sell my house.
Without appearing too eager, 1 tod
him 1 might dispose of it if l got the
right price. You can imagine how my
heart went to my throat as made him
this answer. From the height of my
superior experience 1 saw that young
man as he was, and 1 realized that,
green as he might be, he was no green
er than l had been when 1 bought a
house with all the modern improve
ments. He hesitated, started to speak,
appeared to think better of it and final
~ said he would see me the next day.
The next day he came with Miss Angel.
1 presume that was her name. 1 heard
him call her by it in a whisper. They
consulted together after making thor
ough and delighted rummage of every
nook and corner. The house, now well
furnished, looked even better than it
did when Marjorie and had seen it in
the first place.
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Consider it settled, them" he went
on. You own your own home already.
You live under your own roof"
Marjorie nodded sagely.
Here is chart of the city of WASH
ington-great prospects," went on the
agent. Marvellous growth and all that!
Now, all you have to do is look that
map over and decide what house you'll
own The prices. which are put down
at the lowest figure, are all written in
in red ink. and think you'd better keep
the papers''-here he handed me an
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ton. driving us out of doors in disha-
bile in the middle of the night. decid-
ed that the climax had been reached,
and Marjorie agreed with me to a T.
The insurance company paid for the
damage, and round sum it cost them.
With the utmost duplicity, l next day
began to sing the pleasures of owning
ones own home, providing it had all
the modern improvements, and kept at
it constantly until one of my coworkers
named futile, who was going to get
married, approached me in quiet, hes