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TRAVELING LIBRARIES
' IN STATE OF GEORGIA
Interesting Paper Read By Mrs J. C. Printup
At Federation Meeting.
GREAT GOOD BEING DONE NEAR ROME
One Incident of a Traveling Library.
What the. Georgia Federation
Hopes To Do.
Tbo following 'paper on “Traveling
Libraries, A New Aid to Education was”
read before the Georgia Federation of
Woman’s clubs by Mrs. John C.
Printup:
The problem before this body is, how
best to establish traveling libraries in
onr state, how to make provisions of
books for these libraries, and what rela
tion these libraries bear as an aid to
education?
It is an old story how in 1850 the two
great English speaking people simulta
neously recognized the necessity for free
libraries.
These have multiplied beyond all ex
pectation, and yet before fifty years has
expired we find this method insufficient
to meet the real needs bf the growing
youth, and the older students.
Place these libraries in as many cities
and towns as you will there must yet
remain in ont-skirts of cities, big fields
of laboring people, and multitudes of
persons who are unable by reason of
their occupations or place of residence,
to visit these libraries. To such an ag
gregation of people what would be the
value of a traveling library?
May Ibe allowed just here to give
some pages from an unwritten history, of
the great good that has been accom
plished by a traveling library which is
yet in its infancy, and which has ere its
swaddling clothes has been removed,
been able to work untold benefit to an
eager class of readers, in the country
surrounding onr own fair city.
First let me here give a short life
sketch, taken from The Gospel Messen
ger of Mount Morris, 111., of the founder
or regent of this library.
‘‘Many of tife readers of the Messen
ger are familiar with the .name and his
toryj- of Thomas Fayette Jeffries, who
was born in Rockingham county, Vir
ginia, but who has since moved to
Georgia.
While on a visit to that state, I was
most fortunate in meeting and talking
with him, at the home of a friend, near
Rome. He is about sixty-five years of
age—fifty years of which he has been
unable to work, ten years he was con
fined to his bed, but at present is enjoy
lug good health. He is a ripe scholar,
fine conversationalist, has a most reten
tive memory, never forgetting what he
reads, and is a genial good companion.
He has a little horse named *'Sancho”
which he has driven twenty-seven
thousand miles, nearly one and one
fourth the distance around the world.
He distributes without any rennmera
tion, literature for the Lend a Hand
society of Boston, Mass., and also sells
his book containing his own life’s his
tory. ’ ’
It has been my privilege for the past
year to be associated with this Christian,
scholarly man in his work. We collect
for him from friends, books, periodicals,
etc., place this literature in boxes and
send it to the Young Mens
BLADDER TROUBLES.
The bladder was created for one pur
pose, namely, a receptacle for the urine,
and as such it is not liable to any form
of disease except by one or two days.
The first way is from imperfect action
of the kidneys. The second way is from
careless local treatment of other dis
eases. 4
SAMPLE SENT FKEE
Unhealthy urine from unhealthy kid
neys is the chief cause of bladder trou
bles. It is comforting to know that Dr.
Kilmer’s Swamp-Root fulfills every
wish in quickly curing bladder and urin
nary troubles. It corrects inability to
hold urine and scalding or stinging
pain in passing it, or bad effects follow
ing use of liquor, wine or beer, and
overcomes that unpleasant necessity of
being compelled to get up many times
during the night to urinate. The mild
and extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer’s
Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands
the highest for its wonderful cures of
the most distieasing cases. If you need
a tnedicide you should have the best. At
druggists fifty cents and one dollar.
You may have a sample bot'le and
pamphlet, both sent free by mail Men
tion The Rome Tribune and send your
address to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bing
hampton, N. Y. The proprietors of this
paper guarantee the genuineness of this
offer.
when he calls for it, takes it to his hom 0
looks over, assorts and arranges it for
distribution in communities and among
individuals for whom he may deem it
most suited. He often reads an article,
marks it with the request to read this
and pass the book on to Mr. Blank, in
this way the collection of literature is
kept in circulation, often eppplanting
pernicious paper back novels.
Thus we see that a traveling library
even on so small a scale, when well
managed may become an inestimable
blessing.
While sitting in the reading hall of
our Young Men’s Library a few days
ago, I was impressed with the gentle
manly mien, fine physique and intelli
gent countenance of a young man who
walked in, greeted our worthy secretary
in a most respectful manner, and asked
permission to look through the well
stocked shelves for something to read.
After a careful inspection of history,
fiction, biography, and scientific work,
he came in with a volume of Shakes
peare, and said to the librarian. I will
take this, 1 will not be able to work for
two weeks or more, on account of an
injured hand, I have always been anx
ious to read Shakespeare, but have never
had an opportunity. I am so glad to get
this book.
Upon inquiry I found the young man
was from the cotton mills village about
six miles from Rome, was one of the
operatives, and was of a community of
several hundred. There is a public hack
running daily from that place to Rome
by which means those who are members
of the Rome library come in for books
A traveling library would give zest to
reading inclination of snch a village,
and hours and days that would have
been spent in idleness or worse, wonld
be spent in happy perusal of good whole
some books.
The essence of a successful library, it
is said, is renewal. Neither the funds
nor opportunity often exists to keep bny
ing and adding to these libraries, pro
portionately to the wants of an ordinary
neighborhood. The traveling library is
the only solution of this question,
and we find even fifty or one hundred
well selected hooks placed in a conven
ient locality, will be an incalcuble aid
to education, to the residents of such
localities.
This library system is a matter in
which all the state will be alike benefit
and it is hoped that onr legislature will
be willing to make some provision to
enable it to be carried out, and iu this
manner strengthen by co-operation, the
hands of those moving in the matter.
Mrs. John C. Printup.
You can’t afford to risk your life by
allowing a cold to develop into pneumo
nia or consumption. Instant relief and a
certain cure are afforded by One Minute
Cough Cure. For sale by Curry Arring
ou Co., Rome, Ga.
Lowell and the Boy.
An author whose home wks in a conn
try town had planned a day’s outing it.
Boston. 1 He intended to transact a little
business, see a few sights "and crown the
day by attending a reception given to
James Russell Lowell. He had made
up his mind, after some consideration,
to take his little son with him for an
early glimpse of distinguished society.
Os course the small boy, who had never
before been in the city, was delighted,
and in due time the pair set out.
On their return the other members of
the family clustered about them, and as
they unwound the little fellow from his
heavy furs and mufflers he was asked
eagerly. "What did you see in Boston?”
“We thaw,” came the answer in a
breathless burst, "the anaconda and the
fat woman and the Living Herculethe. ”
They had been to a museum of curi
osities, as well as to an author’s recep
tion, and—according to youthful rules
of precedence—Mr Lowell naturally
ranked a.long way after this renowned
trio.
Nevertheless the boy bore away two
distinct memories of the poet, though
in ’the first it is probable that the Liv
ing Hercules bad his share, having
doubtless suggested the topic of conver
sation. which was physical strength
Mr Lowell had narrated to his open
mouthed, small auditor an anecdote of
i a prizefight who, jn <au' — r of being
. THE BOMB TRIBUNE SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, l&tf?
run dVef in a crowded London tnorougu
fare, had knocked down and killed a
horse with .a blow between the eyes. '
His other recollections are of his own
pleased euiixirrassrueut *hd Che insistent
cordiality of the poet —so often spoken
of as ovorpunctilious and fastidious —
who would shake hands with him. ex
tending for the purpose a hand fault
lessly gloved in gray kid, which clasped
without reluctance the child’s hesitat
ing. fuzzy >paw, clad m a woolen mit
ten, sticky with recent molasses candy
—Y outh ’«'Companion.
TaiiD&aon aiyl the
Three times the baronetcy was offered
to Tennyson, and as many times he re
fused it. When, therefore, one day in
1883. Mr Gilads ton a said to the laure
ate's son that for the sake of literature
he wished .to offer his. father the higher
distinction of a barony, there was grave
doubt about its acceptance. The only
difficulty which the prime minister
thought insurmountable was the possi
ble insistence by Tennyson on his right
to wear his wide awake in the house
of lords. Tennyson was so well beyond
the mere flattery of an offer of the peer
age that he took the friendly nrgence of
Mr Gladstone with great calmness,
and at first was not to be moved from
his determination to remain plain Mr
Tennyson to the end of his days.
He was finally persuaded, however,
that as the foremost representative of
literature in England he ought not to
put aside a distinction which would
mark the formal recognition of the place
and function of literature in the life of
a great people. ’‘ 1 cannot but be touch
ed, ”he wrote to Mr Gladstone, “by
the friendliness of your desire that this
mark of distinction should be conferred
on myself, and 1 rejoice that you. who
have shown such true devotion to liter
ature by pursuing it in the midst of
what seems to most of us overwhelming
and all absorbing business, should be
the first thus publicly to proclaim the
position which literature ought to hold
iu the world's work.”—Hamilton W
Mabie in Atlantic.
The three year old boy of J. A- John
son, of Lynn Center, Hl., is subject to
attacks of cronp. Mr. Johnson says he
is satisfied that the timely nee of Cham
berlain’s Cough Remedy, during a se
vere attack, saved his little boy’s life.
He is in the drug business, a member of
the firm of Johnson Bros, of that place;
and they handle a great many patent
medicines for throat and lung diseases.
He bad all these to chose from, and
skilled physicians ready to respond to
his call, bnt selected this remedy for use
in his own family at a time when his
child’s life was in danger, because he
knew it to be superior to any other, and
famous the country over for its cures cf
cronp. Mr. Johnson says this is the
best selling congh medicine they handle
and that it gives splendid satisfaction in
all cases. Sold by Curry-A rrington Co.,
Rome, Ga,
Fiction’s Unjust Treatment of the Rich.
A grievance that has been treated
very injudiciously in many works of
fiction is the relation of the rich to the
poor Absolutely false ideas as to how
the rich get their wealth and what
they do with it when they get it have
been persistently floated by novelists, for
whom (as for the journalist) a million
aire is always fair game. It is not worth
while to expend any sympathy upon
the millionaires in this matter, as they
can struggle along under a considerable
weight of vituperation, but the rest of
us cannot afford to be put continually
in a false attitude toward wealth
Hatred or envy of the rich is not a pleas
ant companion for our leisure hours,
and the poorer we are the less pleasant
company it is likely to be. It interferes
with our working to the best advantage
and cuts us off from opportunities of
accumulating the very wealth that
might ease our pains. —Droch in Ladies'
Home Journal.
How to Cure Bilious Colic.
I suffered for weeks with colic ani
pains in my stomach, caused by bilious
ness, bad to take medicine all the while
until I used Chamberlain's Colic, Chol
era and Diarrhoea Remedy, which cured
me. I have since recommended it to a
flood many people. Mrs, F. Butler,
Fairhaven, Conn. Persons who are
subject to bilious colic can ward off the
attack by taking this remedy as soon as
the first symptoms appear. Sold by
Curry-Arrington Co., Rome, Gt.
Night Photography of the Future.
These night pictures suggest all sorts
of valuable and interesting possibilities
We may before long be able to photo
graph the crowds and scenes around the
bulletin boards on election night, the
frantic enthusiasm of a great outdoor
political meeting and other great gath
erings. Many memorable scenes, by the
use of the camera at night, can be made
a part of permanent history in all their
details that now can only be generalized
by the rapid pen of the artist. No one
who has ever observed the streets of a
city on a stormy night can have failed
to be impressed with the unique pic
tures presented by the shiny pavements,
the dully glowing lamps and the ever
passing gleams and flashes that come
from the street cars and the rumbling
cabs James B Carrington m Scrib
ner's.
I ‘-Tn worst cold I ever had in my life
' was cured by Chamberlain’s Cough
' Remedy,’’ writes W. H. Norton, of
Sutter Creek, Cal. “This cold left me
with a cough and I was expectorating
all the time. The Remedy cured me,
and I want all my friends when troubled
with a cough or cold to use it, for it
will do them good.” Sold by Currj-
Arrington Co., Rome, Ga.
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Lost'/A small shield'shaped
K. A. badge. A liberal reward
will be offered for its return to
this office.
AN EVERYDAY HEROINE.
The Country Maiden, the Wicked Stage
Company and the Tailor Made Girl.
Fotir reckless parsons had olambered
into the stage, an old man, a middle
aged woman, a young man and a tailor
made girl. At Fiftieth street a dress
maker’s little gird struggled in with a
huge box. Town life was evidently new
to her Her rosy cheeks announced
country air to the least observing. She
held her money in her hand.
Looking dubiously about, she finally
spied the money box and dropped in the
coin. After this she waited expectantly
Nothing occurred, however, and she
began flushing and paling with nervous
indecision At last she resolutely stood
up, attracted the driver’s attention and
called to him :
“How do 1 get my change? I put a
quarter in the box, ” she asked.
"Yese oughter a-handed it up,” said
the man “ Yese can’t git it now. ”
“But it’s all 1 have,” protested the
girl
"Git it off the new passengers. ” yell
ed the driver and turned away
It was all the money she had, but
how could she “get it off the new pas
sengers?’’ Every one in the stage had
become interested, bnt no one volun
teered any advice. Two tears rolled
down the rosy cheeks.
The stage stopped, and an old lady
scrambled in As she took out her mon
ey, a 5 cent piece, the tailor made girl
leaned over to her.
“Willyou give me that for this little
girl?’’ she asked. “She dropped in a
quarter by mistake, and the driver said
the new passengers might make it up to
her. ”
The old lady beamingly handed over
the nickel She felt that the stage com
pany was being rigidly but justly dealt
with at last
Then a man got in. This was harder
for the tailor made girl, but she made
the request again and handed a second
fare to the grateful young person from
the country The whole stageful was
now interested watching for a new pas
senger as a spider watches for a fly A
woman waved desperately from down a
side street for the stage to wait for her,
but the driver passed on unheeding and
exclamations of disgust arose. Another
comer, and another smartly dressed girl
got in. The new arrival did not seem at
first to understand the request, and,
flushing, the tailor made girl repeated
it and secured one more of the precious
5 cent pieces
The little girl had reached her desti
nation
"1 am so much obliged. ” she murmur
ed to the heroic maiden who had been
taking up fares in her behalf. “1 ought
to get out here, so 1 guess I’ll let the
other go. “
“No, no. you must not, ” said the fair
conductor, opening her purse. “Take
this and 1 can get it from the next one
who gets in. ”
“You are awfully good,” murmured
the unsuspicious little one with new
tears in her eyes, and one of the men
took the big box and handed it down to
her when she had stepped out.
The stage rattled on and the tailor
made girl looked unconcernedly out of
the window The next passenger was
allowed to drop his tare unmolested
into the box, unconscious of the little
comedy that bad brought the others to
gether in a common interest for a mo
ment, and the stage company was still
ahead of the game.—New York Sun.
To Core a Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
fete. All druggists refund the money
if it fails to cure. sc.
Help Wanted—Male.
Agents get fifty cents on each dollar;
no experience necessary. Write for
agent’s outfit. Address The Catholic
News, 5 Barclay St., New York.
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If you prefer to come here we will
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I—l LOST MANHOOD.
, 1 Night Emissions, Impotency, the
dreaded effects of early vice which
brings organic weakness. On examining
the urinary deposits a ropy sediment will
often be found, and sometimes small
particles of albumen will appear. There
are many men who die of this difficulty
ignorant of the cause, which is Seminal
Weakness. The Doctor will guarantee a
permanent, cure in all cases. WRITE for
symntom blank. You can be cured at home
by correspondence.
WUITV for Symptom Blank, correapond
n 111 1D ence private. All letters an
swered in plain envelope.
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Bridal Presents and
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Finest toilet good*. Huyler’s candy, choicest
perfumeries. Our extracts are the best and
purest. Our stock of
Pure Drugs and Patent Medicines
arestrictlv first cl*ss and up--to—dale. In our prescription
department <>ur Dr. Davis is ever ready io fi ) your wants,
night or d»i. Prescriptions are compounded accnra elv
and de iv< rd to any part of the city. We me carrying the
best line of fancy articles in Cut Glass Our line of per
fumes is the best the market affords Ladies can find just
What they want for bridal presents prices which cannot
be duplicated ontside of New York city. At .nr fountain
you can be refreshed with Hot Chocolate, Hot Coffee, Hot
Beef Broth ; all delightful dri-ks. Call on us'and you will
find the best of eVerv thing Our line of Cigars and Tobacco
has never been so full and with such brands that delight
the taste. Try Our 5 cent cigar.
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NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY YOUR
FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS
AND
RHUDY, HARVEY & COMPANY
IS THE BEST PLACE TO GO.
We have ndded many new and artistic goods to our stock the last
few days—lß97 patterns —no old second-hand goods. We want vour *
trade and mean to get it if nice goods, low prices and fair dealing will
win. Below is a few of the many articles just received;
Parlor Suits, Dining Sets, Bed Springs, Bedroom Suits, Fancy ’
Rockers, Mattresses, Hall Rockers, Side Boards, Stoves,
Window Shades, Rugs, Book Cases, Curtain Polls, Etc.
IIASnCDTAin VC.. °nr atn-k in this department is equal tn any in.
UllULn I AM” North Georgia and in eharge of Mr F. L, West,
an experienced and practical undertaker. Cails promptly attended to
day and night. Day’Phone No. 9; Night ’Phone No. 182
REPAIR DEPARTMENT-,
can repair any broken furniture at small cost. Give us a trial.
RHUDY, HARVEY & CO.,
337 Broad Street, ROME, GA.
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The leading tourist and commercial hotel of the city.
American and European plan. Free ’bus meets
all trains. Prompt baggat e delivery Most
desirable location. Corner , Peachtree and Ellis
streeis. adjoining Grand Opt ra House.
Jas. E. Hickey, Manager.
Tyner’s Dyspepsia Remedy cures Indigestion, Bad
Breath, Sour Stomach, Hiccoughs, Heart-burn,
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