The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 18, 1901, Image 4
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A SONG OF
We are too much in cities pent,
In crowds, we live in banishment;
Of nature and her wondroils?ways,
Which should excite our eager praise,
Xo more than mysteries do we know,
Such slaves are we to idle show.
Observe the boasted works of man,
Where art refines on nature's plan;
A picture study, or a book.
Or on some stately temple look,
Perfection nowhere do we find,
Ko thought so wistful as the wind.
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Y T T HE Trio Reading Club met
I at Mabel's tliat afternoon,
I and Genevieve was the reader.
Genevieve is the "pretty
member," because she is pink and
s^X' blossom-like and because that sunshiny
hair which never will stay
- - where she puts it makes her at once
the envy and delight of both the other
girls. Frances is the "stylish" and
X Mabel the "intellectual member."
Suddenly Genevieve laid down the
book she was reading aloud.
"Girls, I wish we had called ourgp
selves the Trio Talking Club," she exclaimed.
"I must stop and say somo
H . things that are on my mind about our
street. It's perfectly ruined, and it
X. used to be so pretty, with its cozy
SEsS? ~ lmma nn/1 ni/v? lnwns! I Inst think
. there ought to be a law against spoilIng
other people's places by sandwichg|--\
ing great, tall flat buildings in between
them! We can't get a bit of
light on that side of our house."
"Tisn't so bad for you as it is for
us, though;" put in Mabel. "The tower
on your house and its yellow color
l;" help it out, but our little olive cotP'r
tage nestling down in the shadow of
jpv that great monument?why, positively,
gcP it looks * so sat-down upon that it's
laughable."
^.V Frances was perched on the edge of
^ - a deep easy chair, with her black eyes
pi;v shining through little rimless eye|?;
glasses, as she turned her face first to
||?;f one and then the other of the girls.
"I resent it as much as either of you,
3-;* If I don't live next door to it," she declared.
"It's the view from our front
g> ' window that troubles us. By the way,
^ some one told papa that the only reason
Mr. Keith moved away was be
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cause that apartment building was put
op opposite him. Those new people
that have moved into Mr. Keith's
house are named Kirkland?did you
know it? The girl is Hazel. Sweet <
name, I think."
"She's pretty, too," said Genevieve,
"but, seems to me, she has an exclusive
air. I wonder if we're going to
like_ her?" *
"'mat mases me turns or wnai^ij
wanted to tell you," chimed in Mattel.
|g. Mp\-e had the greatest surprise afraut :
that girl! You know our co^Ms the.
most sociable creature liyia^T and sho
doesn't pro^sfc li> utt^l these flats,
^7"-?-?Jia^nrrtter what the rest o"? us'do. So
py. 7 she was over in the kitchen of the ;
?7 first floor last night, and it seems the <
woman who lives there is crippled <
somehow, and has to stay in a wheel- ;
chair all the time. Her husband is i
away during the day, and she hasn't i
' > a soul with her but her maid. Well?
" would you believe it??this aristocratn
Ic-looking Miss Hazel Kirkland called
f-\ on her yesterday! Their bell would <
not ring, so they didn't know she'd
been there until they found the card,
Ir ; v but the wheel-chair woman was so
T pleased with the attention that she
actually shed tears. At least that's
the way it came to me through the i
kitchens. You see it went to her heart
to think a young girl?a perfect stranger?had
come to see her, and it went
to mine, a little, too. You'd never
think ft of that girl, would you?"
"No. indeed," agreed Genevieve.
"And if she felt as we do about those
flats she couldn't have done it, no matter
how sorry she'd been for the woman.
I couldn't go to see any one that
lived there?not Queen Victoria herself?and,
as for a person crippled like
that, it makes me too sad just to think
of it. I couldn't bear to sit and talk
with her."
"She's cheerful, though," said Mabel.
"Ellen says she's bright and
liappy as can be."
"Uncle Norman says cheerfulness is
^ % . getting to be a regular fad," put in
Genevieve, with a wise air. "He
says people put it on just for the style
of the thing." ,
"Nonsense!" cried Mabel, with some
warmth. "That doesn't apply to a
case like this. I'll tell you what I
think: It was sort of an angelic thing
for that girl to do, and it makes me
ashamed that I haven't done somethins
like it myself, living right next
door here."
4*Why, Mabel Farwell!" protested
Genevieve. "Mamma says people that
live in flats move in and out so often
it wouldn't pay to call on them, aD.vway."
"I don't care!" persisted Mabel, who
generally grew stronger with opposition.
"I guess that woman could en
Joy a bunch of violets, even if she
Ttfti going to move out next day. It
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CONTRASTS.
Then mark the throstle, or the bee,
The striped snake, or growing tree;
These living works confess, admire,
And trace perfection in desire.
The small as finished as the great,
For faultless laws on nature wait.
Go, then, where fields or forests thrive, (
Learn wisdom from the busy hive;
Approves the rose, or daffodil.
And know how false our boasted skill;
Or look upon the ocean wide.
And mourn the foolishness of pride.
?Charles Lusted, in the Queen. i
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Isn't her fault the ugly old flats are <
built. We needn't punish her for that." >
"Oh, well," said Genevieve, with a r
grand air of yielding something. "I'll I
tell mamma about her, and may be t
she'll send her some blanc mange or t
something." e
"I'm going tp see her to-morrow," 1
announced Mabel, suddenly. "Per- c
haps I can lend her books." ^
"I'll go with you," volunteered a
Frances. And. to the surprise of all s
three, Genevieve added: "Why, so
will I, then, if you really mean it. You s
two nedn't think you are going to
leave me out." ?
Meanwhile it happened oddly enough "v
that, at the very time Hazel Kirkland's
call was being discussed in Mabel's
house, the same matter was be- T
ing talked of in the large gray house
across the way.
"The idea, mamma!" Hazel Kirklnnd j
was sputtering, "that any one should t
think I'd be calling on strangers over ,
in those fiats, when we've just moved
in here ourselves. Of course it was
different, going to see an old teacher
of mine, like Sirs. Germain. And how
did that woman get my card, anyway?
I put it right over Mrs. Germain's own ^
speaking tube when I found that she
was out. I didn't want to climb clear '
up to the top flat, of course. It was J
just presumption in any one else to
claim that card. There's no excuse ^
for it. And then sending her maid j
over with a message of thanks! And
you thought perhaps I really had .
called ou her! Well, I don't intend to *
let her think I came to see her?would
you?'
Mrs. Kirkland was silent.
"Well, say it," remarked Hazel, at ^
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last, more mildly. "I suppose it will a
be one of your six-word sermonettes n
that make me ashamed in spite of t!
myself. Would you let her think I
called on her, mamma?"
"They said it made her happy,"
answered Mrs. Kirkland, finally. c
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"un. dear: * sjgneu nazei. j. wisu j
I could be an angel, like you, mamma." f
That finished it for the time being, j;
but about a week later Hazel came j
flying into her mother's room with a ^
new grievance.
'"Mamma!" she cried, tossing her j
brown turban into one chair and her T
gloves into another; "she's done it a
again! You know I tried to make 0
another call cu Mrs. Germain yester- X]
day, and that woman has taken my
card a second time. And this time I c
put it in Mrs. Germain's mailbox. It's j
glass in front, you know, and the card
showed right through, and these peo- f
pl? must have fished it out, thinking ^
I'd made a mistake. It never occurs a
to them I could want to see any one ^
else! And now she's gone and written a
me a note?Mrs. Hunter's her name? g
to say she can't understand why I did r
not get in yesterday, and to ask me a
to come and see her this afternoon. c
Isn't It too ridiculous? I won't go a
step?would you?" ,
Again there was the pause before the *c
"sermonette." Then Mrs. Kirkland an- c
swered very gently: "You must ask j(
your own heart, dear." And the end j.
of it was that Hazel went. Or rather,
that wasn't the end at all, but just a
the beginning, for instead of having V
the awkward, depressing time she ex- ^
pected that day. Hazel found three of
the "loveliest girls," as she afterward
told her mother, all visiting like old
friends with a little woman who sat t
in a shabby wheelchair and looked so
happy as any queen in a fairy book.
Good times had begun for the lone- j(
sone little lady of the flat. From that ^
afternoon the four girls seemed to be
trying to see which could give her ^
most joy. Flowers and fruit and
magazines and books began to cover
the tables in the plainly furnished little
parlor. The Trio Reading Club expanded
to the extent of two more
members, and began meeting twice a a
week with Mrs. Hunter. Mothers be- r
gaii to take an interest in the girls' ti
new friend and to call and sympathize f(
and go again. o
"The kindest, sweetest people I ever f(
saw live in thts block," said Mrs. tl
Hunter to her husband one evening 1
as they sat alone together. h
The words were scarcely out of her n
mouth when the doorbell rung and d
half the neighborhood came filing into t<
the Hunter fiat. It was a surprise par- C
ty. Indeed, and the reason for it was a
that four happy girls had discovered o
the date of Mrs. Hunter's birthday and b
had planned to give her a beautiful o
hew wheelchair, with cushions and
springs and rubber tires, and an adjustable
table and every contrivance
you can think of. Mr. Hunter's face!
glowed with tremulous joy as hp lifted
his invalid wife into her new throne.
"It's so that we can take yon out in
the park." cried Oenevieve, almost
dancing with delight.
"And I shall push the chair," added
Mabel. !
"Oh! oh! oh!" cried Mrs. Hunter, and
then her face went into her hands and
the tears came trickling through her
fingers. But she had to stop that in
1 minute, for four pairs of arms be- t
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f$aii 10 uug utTt iiiiit lvin Miimij liiiiiw
kerchiefs wiped lior eyes and four
sweet voices in a chorus bogged her I
lot to cry. So she sat and smiled instead,
with eyes all wet and sparkling ,
md pink spots glowing on both her
inle cheeks.
"It has been the happiest birthday ;
>f all my life," she told them as they
vent away. . I
"Mamma," said Hazel Kirkland, nfer
they were at home that night; "I
ust found out to-day that the girls
lilnk I deserve the credit of all we've
lone for Mrs. Hunter. They say It
vas the example of that first call of j
nine?the one I never made, you
mow?that made them think of going
o see her in the first place. And all
his talk was right before Mrs. Hunti
t. so that I couldn't explain to them i
low it really was. but I've been tin- '
omfortablo about it ever since. If it f
vere only true, and I were as sweet ;
ind good as they think I am, I'd be j
o happy!"
Mrs. Kirkland smiled down into the i
weet, wistful face.
"Make it true, dear heart," was her j
:ood-night sermonette.?Grace Ethel- '
ryn Cody, in the Chicago Ilecord.
THE THEATRE IN PERSIA.
(elisions Performances In the Month of !
TlTonrnlnir Attended bv Women.
Tlio Fersian theatre like that of :
European countries, presents both
ragedies and comedies. The serious
[ramas are the menus of religious and
tolitical propaganda, while the comic
lays deal with the evils in public j
ife and the weaknesses and burdens i
f the powerful.
The religious' dramas are an inUeri- \
ance from the old Fersian rites, and i
re similar to the old English miracle
lays. They are called in Fersian j
Thasieb" or holy plays. They at
irst consisted only of . songs of la men- j
ation in memory of the murder of j
Inssan and Hussein, the sons of Ali, j
on-in-law of the Prophet. Then they J
eveloped into tragedies that continued
o treat always of the troubles of
he house of Ali.
The festival performances continue j
lways for nine days and during this j
ieriod the strict rules of the harem
re relaxed and the women are al- :
awed to attend the theatre. The wives i
f the Shah also attend In an enclosed
(OX.
The theatre in Teheran looks like a |
ircus, the performance taking place i
n a stage in the middle of the build- j
ag. which Is not supplied with either j
urtain or scenery. Great expense is,
n the other hand, lavished on the eosumes
and processions that are a large
art of the performances. These "Tha- j
lelis," which take place only in the
lonth of mourning, Moharrem. have |
Imost the character of a religion.; !
eremony. The admission is free, and
here Is no applause. There Is, on the j
ontrnry. frequent lamentation from
he audience, which is likely to 1)0
loved by Its emotion to sudden outreaks.
In addition to the principal theatre !
t Teheran during the month of
lmirninff thorn nr<i In fttllW citlPS mid
t the other small courts, performnces
of the religious plays. Every
lous Persian of tlie necessary wealth ;
hlnks It his duty to provide for these
erformantes in the improvised thea- ;
res and public squares for the benefit
f the poor and others who cannot see
he official performances at Telieran. j
Farces are, on the other hand, acted i
urlng the entire year by wandering ;
roups of actors, who, like the aero- j
ats and animal tamers of other lauds,
itch their tents in the public squares. !
'hey play extemporized farces larger,
which deal with the important
nd wealthy persons of the town. The
candals of the town, *.nd politics also,
nter into these pieces In addition to
hese two kinds of dramatic performnces,
there are traveling troups of 1
larionettes that are very popular with
he people.?New York Sun.
The Lion and the Mirror.
Possibly a lion's wife would appre- j
iate a looking-glass, but a small miror
iu the hands of a small boy so "
Tightened and excited Big Ben, the j
argest lion in the zoo, that, says the
*ress, the keepers feared he would j
lo violence to himself.
Ben had been in an angry mood all
lay. The presence of the small boy
ras particularly distasteful to him,
nd the lion raged and stormed as
nly a big lion can. The lad waited
mtil the tirade was ovefr, and then
row a hand-mirror from under his j
oat and held it directly in front of
ten.
The lion looked. Then he jumped j
or the intruder that dared to face j
iim in such a fashion, but brought up
gainst the bars with force enough
o throw him to the floor. Surprised it
the appearance of the lion in the
lass,'he filled the house with his
oars. The keepers ran to the qpge
nd endeavored to quiet him, but he
ontinued the uproar until exhausted.
In the meantime the adventurous
outh had disappeared, aud was dis- ,
overed in front of the wolves' cage
age trying to excite them. He was
ed from the garden and warned to
;eep away.
About a year ago a serious disturb- |
nee at the zoo was due to the flash- j
og of a mirror in front of the lion's
len. At that time the lions, with the
mt1/1
xception or one or two or uie ? uu
st, were kept in one cage.
A visitor held a mirror In front of
hem one afternoon, and the beasts
rere thrown Into panic. They fought
nd dashed at the bars with such vioence
that it was feared several would ;
lie as a result of their frantic strug:les.
It required the efforts of all the
:eepers for several hours before they
ould be quieted.
The Hammock's Evolution.
The evolution of the hammock is
progressive wonder. There is no i
emote corner of the country where
tie old unevolvcd swing arrangement '
or being uncomfortable and falling
ut has not penetrated. It can be
ound in the fastnesses of Idaho and
tie furthest corners of Porto Kico. ,
"he well-supported, all-comfortable
ammock of recent years follows
lore slowly on the track of its preecessor,
but it also is finding its way j
o places afar off from Nantucket. r
>n that wise island the pattern of
11 comfort in hammocks is made out
f sail cloth by old sailors who know
y inheritance what these sea beds
uglit to be, even for use n shore.?
lew York Mail and Express,
UNHAPPY CITY PLANTS.
Many Foroos Which Conspire to Retard
Their Crowth.
"I have been giving some study lately
to the question of affording better protection
to the vegetation of cities," said
a local botanist several days ago, "and
as a result I have found myself out in
deep water, but still with a rather interesting
series of facts to deal with.
At first I had no idea where the line of
thought would lead me, and when I
began to figure on the various influences
which tend to arrest the growth of
vegetation in the cities -they simply
multiplied with startling rapidity. My
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uusci \ ?tiiwii5 nave convinceu mc
that these inferences not infrequently
give birth to a flora so much at variance
with the original as to make a new classification
necessary.
"In the first place there is the matter
of noise in all its forms, and the vibratory
rumblings which go with the various
activities of an augmented population.
Flowers need sleep. Trees sleep.
All forms of vegetable life must at
regularly recurring intervals be allowed
to lapse into a condition of repose, else
some radical change will take place in
the form of the plant. But ncise is not
ihe only disturbing element, so far as
the restful condition of flowers and
plants is concerned. Light is no inconsiderable
factor. Plants and flowers and
all kinds of vegetation sleep best away
from the glare. So the lights of the city,
which blind all through the night, must
contribute somewhat to this interference
with the vegetable sleep. Dust and i
moke and other things that fill the air
unquestionably have a very great influence
on vegetation in the cities.
Electricity, independent of its uses for
lighting purpose*, has a bad effect on
city vegetation.
"The overcharged condition of the
earth because cf the electrical currents
that are constantly finding their way
back to the point of generation cannot
1 e healthy from a viewpoint of vegetation.
The construction of large buildings
interferes with the natural flow of
air currents, and the plants of a city
are, in a measure, smothered because
of a lack of proper and natural ventilation.
The flower loves and craves the
kiss of the breeze. The joints of the
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odK must dc loosened by the heavier
blasts. The dead leaves must be blown
away in order to facilitate the growth of
the bud and twig. Dead bark must be
shaken from the v*nbs and the trunk in
order to insure a healthy growth. I
might go on and multiply these influences
indefinitely, but it is not necessary.
Every man has observed the effect.
for we have seen the toughest
plants, plants as hardy as the oak, wither
and die in cities cn account of these very
influences, and the matter at least affords
a vast field for botanic speculation,
and, as speculation is the forerunner of
solid, logical, philosophic deductions,
much good may grow out of these musings."?Nezv
Orleans Times-Democrat.
HIS JUSTIFICATION.
"I can't see what a man of his size
wants to be crowding women away from
the bargain counter for!" snapped one
of the crowded.
"Madam." plaintively spoke the large
man, turning his head to address her,
"I am here as the representative of a
family of eleven daughters."?Chicago
Tribune.
A LONG STORY.
Ned?If you want to marry an heiress,
why, why don't you propose to Miss
Elderly? She's rich."
Ted?Yes; but I object to her past.
Ned?Why, I thought that she was
above reproach.
Ted?It is. but there's not much of
it.?Town and Country.
Gibraltar's Cisterns.
Gibraltar has four huge rock cisterns,
holding five million gallons of water, and
made mosquito-proof by gauze wire.
The Tmrt Problem.
To a thoughtful mind, the trust problem Is
ono of serious import. It must be firmly
grappled w't i, for it creeps upon society before
you are awrr> of its eiiitance, in this respect
much resembling the Tarious disorders
which attack the ttunach, euoh as constipation,
ind gest'on, dyspepsia, biliousness, liver
and kidney troubles. Hostotter'a Stomach
Bitle 8 is the one relii b'e remedy for all such
ailment s. Be euro to give it a trial.
A new French steamship line is to be
established between Dominion and French
ports.
Nature Needs
Assistance only. Many of the cases of serious
illness could be checked at once with a dose
of Crab Orchard Water, taken in time.
The man who has the greatest confidence
in himself has the least in other
people.
Sec advfc. of Smithdevi/s Business Coiaeos
Time flies, but the bandmaster can beat
it. ,
Each package of Fctnasi Fadeless Dtx
colors more goods than any other dye and
colors them better too. Sold by all druggists.
Of 2000 pigeons set free nt Spandau, the
majority reached Hamburg, a distance of
100 miles, in throe hours.
Some people act like fools and other
people don't have to act.
Ladies Can Wear Shoes
Cno fixe smaller after using Allen's FootKa-e.
a powder for Ihe feet. It makes tight
rr n* w shoos easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweatin?,
aching f- e . ingrowing nails, corns and
bunion?. At all Or grists and shoe stores,
25c. Trial package FREE by mail. Address
A im S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
Myrrh, which comes from Arabia and
Persia, was used as medicine in the time
of Solomon.
Rest For ihe Rowel*.
No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. Cascahets help nature,
cure you without a gripe or pain, produoo
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back. Cascarets
Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up
in metal boxes, every tablet hew C. C. C.
stamped on it. Beware of imitations.
The frog is a kicker, but the fish gets
along swimmingly.
FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervousness
after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer, -f 2 trial bottle and treatls# free
Dr. R. H. Kline. Ltd., 981 Arch St., Phila. Pa
The self-made man never thinks of
apologizing for himself.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften tho gums, rsduces inflammation,
allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a botbt*
It is easy to fail into a fortune without
hurting yourself.
I am pure Pi6o's Cure for Consumption savod
my life three years ago.?Mas. Thomas Robbins,
Maplo St., Norwich, N.Y., Feb. 17,1900.
It is easier to pay compliments than to
pay debts.
Albert Burch, West Toledo, Ohio, says:
"Hall's Catarrh Cure saved my life." Write
hi-n for particulars. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
An uncertain temper is better than one
that is certainly bad.
II. H. Green's Sons, of Atlanta, Ga., are
the only successful Dropar Specialists in the
world. See their liberal offer in advertisement
in another column of this paper.
It takes a pointed remark to get into
some heads.
Speaking of women wjbo cry, the Eskimo
women fairly live on blubber.
V/irJU | Th?mjio?'? ty Wltw
NEARLY SUNK BY A RIVET.
A Little Thing: That Came ??r Causlnc
the Loss of a Steamship.
The strangest story I ever heard of
the sea relates to a copper rivet which
was accidentally left in the bilge on
the bottom of a ship by the builders,
between two ribs, which it rolled back
and forth with the motion of the vessel
until it had worn a hole through
the plates.
Tills remarkable event took place
off the coast of Peru. Some years ago
n vessel loaded with guano worth several
thousand dollars caught fire in
the South Pacific and was abandoned
by the captain and crew, who came
ashore in the small boats and reported
the disaster. "Jack" Eyre, of the firm
of W. R. Grace & Co., New York, to
whom the guano was consigned, is
a daring fellow, and determined to
save that cargo if possible. He knew
that guano would not burn, and it was
his idea that the hulk of tlie ship
might be found floating somewhere
at sen, and the valuable cargo recovered.
He. therefore, chartered a small
English tramp that happened to he at
Cnllao and started out to search for
the derelict. After cruising for two
or three weeks he found her. just as
he had expected, the woodwork burned
to the water's edge, but the hull sound
as a dollar and the cargo all right.
They towed her into Cnllao, but the
day before reaching that harbor the
tramp they had chartered began to
fill very rapidly, and the pumps could
scarcely keep her afloat. They narrowly
escaped sinking with all on
board. The leak was a mystery. They
had met with no accident, and there
was no reason to suspect anything
wrong with the plates, for the ship
had been in the dry dock shortly before
she left Liverpool and was rated
Al, being only between 'wo and three
years old. They managed to get her
to Cnllao only by the greatest exertion,
and many a time they feared they
could not keep her afloat so long.
When the ship went into the dock
and was examined It was found that
one of the plates about the centre had
worn through. Further investigation
demonstrated that the damage had
been done by a little copper rivet
which had been accidentally left in
the bottom and had rolled back and
forth over the same spot so often and
so long that the Iron plate had heen
worn thin, and the pressure of the
water had broken through. The misohipvnim
riv< * was th?-ro and was tak
en out and preserved as a curiosity.
Shipbuilders tell me that this is not
an uncommon thing. It is always customary
as a precaution to make a
thorough search of the bottom of a
new ship for rivets and copper filings
and other loose metal. Copper filings
are especially dangerons, because under
certain conditions they are apt to
set up a little galvanic battery and,do
an immense amount of damage.?Chicago
Record-Herald.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Try and understand your neighbor,
and you will be understood.
Noble natures pay confidence with
gratitude, ignoble ones with treachery.
Time is a grateful friend; use it well,
and it never fails to make a suitable
requital.
It takes a genius to compel himself
to like the disagreeable tasks he has
to perform.
Buffoonery is the corruption of wit,
as knavery is the corruption of
knowledge.
The business of the head is to form
a good heart, and not merely to rule
an evil one, as is generally Imagined.
Some persons' virtues are so disagreeably
self-sufficient that they
make their friends more charitable to
humbler vices.
Raise not your wit's credit at the
expense of your judgment Many a
friend has been sold for a jest with
l'oiiy lor uuuiiuucci .
Prejudice and partiality limit attention
to what favors our side, and thus,
as It were, makes us deaf In one ear 1
and blind In one eye.
Have as little as possible to do with 1
people you cannot trust; when on
marshy ground tread lightly, and get
over It as rapidly as you can.
It is harder and often finer to endure
the injustice and caprice ?f the world
than to die for it, for the world needs
noble lives more than noble deaths.
A man is relieved and gay when he
has put his heart Into his work and
done his best; but what he has said or
done otherwise shall give him no
peace.
Exclude the exclusive and they will
but knock the harder. Men and women
are like shadows; follow your shadow
and it will keep just ahead of you;
turn and flee and it will follow you.
Courtesy opens with her silver key
doors which even the golden key of
wealth fails to uulock, and tact succeeds
where even truth fails if she
forces her way, and discretion is the
perfection of reason. -?
Books Brought to the Boor.
Home delivery of library books, as
an experimenter, is now being tried
in Springfield, Mass. It is said to be
the first time such a scheme has been
attempted In this country, although
? + lo nmntrtvud in nifinv KlllTllsh HtieS.
n is vui^ivj cu 4i? ??0
One hundred persons have agreed to
pay five cents a week for ten weeks
for the delivery and collection of
their books from the public library.
The plan is for each of the 100
patrons to have a list of ten books
at the start, and each is expected to
have another list ready for the messenger
on his weekly visit. All books
can be kept two weeks, and except
some recent fiction, can be reserved
for two weeks more. The messenger
can renew all renewable books at
the door. Supplementary lists can
be sent in on postals.?Municipal
Journal and Engineer.
Mistake the Trojans Made.
"The trouble at Troy," said the professor,
"appears to be that a feeling
of inaction seemed to take possession
of the Trojans. They were, so to
speak, seemingly under the influence
of a fate from which there was no escape.
This was plainly shown when
the wooden horse was discovered outside
of the walls. What is it, Mr.
Blinghorn 'r
"As I understand it, sir," said the
brilliant young junior, "just as soou
as tliej' got the -wooden horse inside
all the Trojan women rushed away to
get on their loveliest clothes, aud all
the men toddled off to get their tall
hats and their Inverness overcoats."
"And why should tiiey do that?"
cried the astonished professor.
"Because they thought it was a
horse show," replied the bright youth.
?Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
Atchinon Girl* of Experience.
An Atchison girl who is in love for
the seventh time says she doesn't
notice any difference in the attacks,
except that she calculates more than
she used to iC the trouble iu curling her
hair U going to pay,?Atchison Globe.
5" 1
More Women Are Needed.
There seems to be a shortage of women
in the British colonies, if the reports
of the census-takers are true. In two
of them alone?Canada and Australia?
there is a chance for 500.000 more to
gain husbands and homes. According
to the latest figures the population of
New South Wales consists of 729.000
males and 628,000 females . Here is a
deficiency of 100,000. In Victoria the
discrepancy is not so marked, but in
other colonies the difference is proportionally
larger. In New Zealand, for
instance, there is an excess of 50.000
males. Perhaps if the women realized
how much they are needed there they
would go in bevies. It is said, however,
tbnt t'npv arp too timid to venturp into
strange lands and are waiting for the
colonists to come and take them. Students
of conditions think something
could be done to equalize the sexes, both
in the colonies and at home?Yonkcrs
Statesman.
A CENTURY HENCE.
"You say that man conquered in spite
of his lack of early opportunity?"
"Yes. He was bom in a humble threestory
house and he had to study his lessons
by gas instead of electric light."?
Washington Star.
CLEARED TEN DOLLARS.
"By hard, hard work I cleared $10 today."
"How?"
"I resisted five people who wanted me
to join five new clubs at $2 dues each."
A Real Fiinny Story*
O'd Tim Linkins, the barber of Wabash Avenue,
Chicago, is a great student of proverbial
philosophy, and ho sometimos entertains bis j
customers, in tho interval of a "scrape" or j
" haircut," by his apt applications of tho well- !
knovn proverbs of the past to the conditions j
or requirements of the prosent. His regular J
customers know his strong point, and many a J
man who apparently goes in for a shave, is :
really in searoh of a rest in a cosy chair, and
has a dosiro to hear "Tim" hold forth pro- !
verbially. One day last week a stranger came
in for a shave, and as ho stretched himself
wearily in tho chair, Tim prepared to lather
him. Tho man ineidontlv remarked that ho
had intended coming in earlier in the day but ,
had been prevented. "Well, it's better late '
than never," said Tim, smilingly. "Not al- j
ways," roplicd the stranger, slowly. "How ;
about losing your pocketbook ? I never lost
i.M 1 1 ? A;A 1,?1 T
uuo until YUMtrimj?iivvw vuu, uut x nvuiu j
RooneT have kopt It. Now, why was it batter
for me to lose it lato than not at all ? " Tim ;
acknowledged that he was wrong and the man :
continued: "Don't know what I would have
dono in ray predicament, only on old acquaintance
of mine on thb Lake front let mo have
twenty to go on with." "Ah," chipped in
Tim, "that was good! A friend in need is a
friend indeed." "No, he isn't," snapped the
man who wm being shaved. "Thore you're
dea i wrong again. How can a friend in need
bo a friend indeed? I have a good many friends
who are always in need and tnev are a nuisance
tD mo. Always on tho borrow." Tim thought the
problem over in his mind and roluctantly admitted
that the man wte right. Ho had almost
made np his mind not to speak again
when tho stranger continued, "Yes sir, they
arc nuisances. Why, ono of them fellows has
been calling on mo for tho past year and
threatens to get oven with mo somo way if I
do not loan him fifty dollars. He threatens
nic at everv xidt." "Oh, I wouldn't mind
that," replied Tim unconsciously, "you know
tbo old adago 'A barking dog never bi'??.'" >
"Thero yon aro again," said the "ehavee " as
ho wiped a littb lather from tho corner of
his mouth. "f>ay, what do you know about
dogs, anyway, that you talk in such a silly
9traia ? Ilavc you ever ventured to go too
close to a barking do<,?and if yon did, what
diil he do to you ? Did you ever know a barking
dog that didn't bite if ho got the chance?"
Tim said he con'dn't exactly call to mind any
canine acquaintance that strictly fulfilled tho
claim in the provorb, and there was a# silence
for a few minutes while his razor was'gliding
over the man's face. Then the barber smiled
to himself as hc^bethonght him of a good joke.
"I snpposo," bo*said, as ho applied the bay
mm, "I suppose you don't boliovo in tho barbers'
prorerb at all?" "What's that ?" asked
the stranger, rising. "Two heads aro better
than ono," answered Tim. "Of course you
can understand why they aro, in ray business,
but I know you would like to say they would
be bad for a man with the headache or?"
"Nothing of tho kind," put in the other, smiling.
"Ono of your proverbs, at least, is right.
I happen to know that two heads aro better
than one." "Then you don't object to that
old adage ?" "Not at all. It 1j dead righL
And I would thank you very much if you havo
any stray Lion heads at hand?those taken
from tho Lion Coffee wrappers. My wife is
collecting them and she is about six shy of
the number required to get a Lady's Gold
Watch. You see in this case "two heads arp
better than one, and twenty are better than
ten." "Just so," added Tim, cheerfully, "but
you see, my wife is doing the same thing, and
expects a premium in a few weeks. So to her
also,'two heads are better than one.' " "Well,
in that case," said tho stranger, as he paid
Tim for the shave and prepared to depart,
"you had better tell your wifo to do the same
as muie is doing, gave up the Lion heads
until after September 1st next, whon the new
Preminm List is issued. Then if she sends
them to tho Woolson Spice Co.,Toledo, Ohio,
she can have hor pick of some very choice
presents."
. The man with a weak chin sometime*
raises the heaviest whiskers.
Is the oldest and only business college in Ya. own.
ing its building?a grand now one- No vacations.
Ladies & gentlemen. Bookkeeping,Shorthand,
Typewriting, Penmanship, Telegraphy, &c.
' Leading business college south of the Potomac
river."?Phtla. Stenog-mfMrr. Address,
G. M. Smlthdeal. President. Richmond. Va.
NO MORE Spoiled Fruit.
Canningmade easy and sure by using my
standard Patent Self-Melting, Felf-^caing
Wax Strings, Very convenient and
economical, inqnire of your dealer or
pond me bis name and 45 cents In etamps for 1UJ
strings by mall. Mention thi? Daper. ,
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THE VIGILANT FATHER.
There was a young fellow in Flint
Who thought he was some on the sprint, !
But the pa of his girl
Gave the young man a whirl,
And now he is done up in lint.
?Detroit Free Press.
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Isanti during- Thin Drcuen.
To launder tho exoui?ito creation# of muslins
and lace in which tbU season abound# b&?
become quite a problem, y#t the most delicate
material* will not be injured if washed with ! ?
Ivorv Soap and dried in the shade, but liitle J
ftar-h need bo used.?Eliza R. Pabkkb. i
The present year will see the starting
of at least three expeditions, representing
three different nations, in an attempt to solve
some of the mysteries of the South I
Polar regions. One will sail from Ger- j
many, another from England, and a third I
from Sweden. The Swedish expedition is
the latest to be organized, but it has been
undertaken with enthusiasm, and King Os- i
car will personally give it linancial aid. I
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That Pale Woman
x on ineei ^y^rjwoore iu umo taouo uu? ^cu ?a
ent tied to rosy cheeks n mi a strong constltn
tlon. Her troubles are ess ly curable. Tho
iltht remedy Is Dickey's Female 'lonlr and
ltegulator. it Invigorates all the delicate organism
of woman, and banishes every form of
female weakness.
Sailors do not constitute the floating
population.
\Long Hairl
B "About a year ago my hair was 8 j1
B coming out very fast, so I bought g _
B a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor. It B
I stopped the falling and made mv
| hair grow very rapidly, until now it
| is 45 inches in length."?Mrs. A.
8 Boydston, Atchison, Kans.
fl There1 s another hunger ;
j than that of the stomach. *
I Hair hunger, for instance.
I Hungry hairneeds food, c
B needs hair vigor?Ayer's.
I This is why we say that
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