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WEEK'S DOINGS^IN THE EMPIRE |
Oltlaen Reader*.
Col. Avery Say* a Contract Establishing a
Steamship tine Is Signed.
In a communication published in the
WHO IS HE ?
. i “, t ?- 8hort *"»**aphs for | Atlanta Constitution Col. I. W. Avery
says:
The woods and fields around Ameri- I * am be **1® to give you the
cus are full of robins and sportsmen I good neW8 0131 a telegram has
are shooting them by the hundreds been received from Mr. K. Sando, of
ey were driven South by the recent London ’ England, the head of the
snow storm. large company of English capitalists,
The truck farmers of Chatham t wbo P r °pose to put on a great line
There are hundreds of Georgians in I are preparing for iWi; county of steamships to Savannah or Brun-
,, . , than" half the acreawp »-Ji vf 011 -* ^ ore swiek, that the contract for the steam
the great and booming west who want | toes and be f P®ta- ships has been closed and signed.
was over 2,000 acres; this year Com P lete and dire ct trade will be in.
be fully 3,000. 7 augurated.
Will Q , ~ Thls cfreering result of the direct
fou a T bheehan ’ a stone cutter, was trade agitation of the last seven months,
. D a bed at his boarding I ca PPing the successful start and opera-
ouse at Lithonia one day last week, tion of a number of partial lines, will
that h- ** ° f ^ coroner ’ s 3 U1 7 was 8tir a de ep joy over the South. All
3 death was caused from whisky, true men over the whole land will be
From the best information obtain I glad ’ a11 Southerners will be enthused
just such a paper as
STRANGE ACTION OF LAKES IN TEN-
NESEE'S "EARTHQUAKE BELT.”
A Mew York Frog Farm.
A New York gentleman, Mr. Horace
Hoag, of Orleans county, has a frog
farm, which is one of the wonders of
the age.
The frogs come obedient to his call
gives
It gives AU the Loeal Hews .1
It gives All the Georgia News !
It gives All the General News!
And a vast amount of information
contained in no other weekly pa-'
per.
able an immense acreage will be planted
m melons in South Georgia this year.
Reports come in from all directions
that all the available lands will be put
m melons. Some contemplate plant
ing six or seven miles from their load
ing point.
at the grateful news, all patriots will
wish the line signal success, and every
interest and agency of the South and
west will work hard to give it lasting
and prosperous life.
The event marks an era in Southern
progress. It is the strong, practical
effort to vitalize the Southern hopes of
-o* “ d beSiD “ d -I under
will start with Cuh ^ be plaQl | better auspices, with larger hope and
win start with Cuban operatives. The
city hall has been rented temporarily
or the use of the workmen. The
plant will be located on the eastern
tension of Clay street, outside the cor
porate limits.
more forces and finer chances of vic
tory than ever before.
The steamships are vessels of large
tonnage and high speed; a $1,000,000
bank is to be established to advance
money on both imports and exports,
SPECIAL FEATURES.
See the special features.
AGRICULTURAL.
Franklin Hews: A curious freak of I and an importing house is to be estab-
nature is to be seen in the shape of an 1Uhed with $500,000 capital to build up
oak block which stands in front of an im P ort business, by Hew York im-
Horace Dj ake’s blacksmith shop. The I P orter «, for Southern trade, of vast
block is twenty-two inches in diameter I ca P ital > Io ng experience and success,
I and ver y nearly through the centre is I w ^ b complete European and Southern
a rich pine limb, which protrudes on connections. These merchants have
either side about four inches. There mastered the import business in Hew
is no sign of a limb or fork near the I York, and can master it in the South,
j point where the pine goes through, and The Central and East Tennessee rail-
it was cut from a tree some thirty feet [ wa ^ 8 y 8tem s have agreed to establish
HOUSEHOLD.
above ground.
STORIES,
SCIENCE.
SKETCHES.
HUMOR.
FASHIONS. ETIQUETTE.
Miss Ella Warren Sullivan, the hand
some and intellectual daughter of Dr.
M. V. Sullivan of Cartersville, has en
tered the Cincinnati Dental College,
where she will take a three years’
course. Miss Sullivan is one of the first
Southern girls that has entered the
an ocean terminal fund of 5 cents on
every 100 pounds of through freight,
or $2 on every ton, to help create im
port traffic, the fund to lessen as the
traffic grows. The presidents of every
Southern and western railroad has
promised co-operation. Col. Stovall
and I have letters from the leading
mea^p^g^^ fl^pTieiiiy mas,
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dental profession - arwl ^ ...u i
After graduating, 'Miss Sullivan hasde- I t ^ e head of the great East Tennessee
cided to locate in one of the western y irg inia an d Georgia railroad, writes
States, most probably Arkansas. J me in a letter received to-day: ‘-When
your English friends can publish sail.
In 1862, during the war between the j ing day and quote ocean rates, we can
States, there was an uprising of Sioux put our traffic men at work soliciting
and Cheyenne Indians. Among the J business
volunteers for service in that, campaign I g and0} the leader of this Eng-
was J. H. Roberts, of Augusta. The I s teamship movement, so full of
government has just allowed him a pen- I p r Q{jjjgg for the South, has accepted an
sion of $8 per month for his time and invitation t0 the great banquet of the
earnest service during the severe fight- Savanna h Board of Trade on Feb. 8,
ing against the redskins. And, furth- and has written Capt. D. G. Purse, the
ermore, Mr. Roberts is allowed $8 per efficient president, that he will be pres
month for the intervening time, thirty eat< And Col . h. B. Crosby, the New
years, at $8 per month, which gives a |
total of $2,880.
Waters Escaping into the Earth—A take
Whose Waters Petrify Everything—An I understand all his commands, and go
Old slave’s story. I through more performances than a To-
The inhabitants of that part of west vare band and a military company.
Tennessee, known as the “earthquake He has spent seven years in teaching
belt,” are considerably exercised over I them, and they have learned their les
the gradual sinking of the lakes formed sons well,
by the ■ earthquake of 1811. The A newspaper correspondent
water level is descending without any I this account of them
apparent cause, although the streams I “Scattered over the gravel in the bot-
that empty into some of the lakes are I tom of Mr. Hoag’s frog pond were doz-
not affected. This is taken as evi- ens of big conch shells,-but no signs of
dence that the soil at the bottom of the batrachians were visible. Sudden-
these sheets of water is becoming | ly he gave a shrill whistle and all at
seamy, from seismic action beneath, on ce from each shell hopped a big frog
thus allowing the water to escape into I that kicked his way up to the surface
unknown basins below. The effects of j M a hurry, where he lay on the water
the unexplained phenomenon are most with legs extended and great goggle
apparent in Stone lake, a beautiful e y®s staring at the occupants of the
body of water situated in Lauderdale boat. It was a strange sight to see all
county. The lake is about a mile long those frogs of every size and kind,from
and half a mile wide, and has an aver- plain black to yellow spotted, lying
age depth of twenty feet, but so clear there with an almost intellectual look
is it that the smallest objects can be in their eyes. Their legs stretched out
seen on the bottom. A more inviting would have been worth a small fortune
place for the angler could not be found I -at any swell eating house,
anywhere, but, strange to say, while ‘Attention!’ shouted Hoag, and ev-
the other waters in that region are er y leg drew close to the body, and the
alive with fish, no living thing has ever I attitude for action" was taken,
been seen in Stone lake, and the peo- I ‘Form in line,’ and the trained am
ple of .the vicinity contend that the phibians formed in four lines with an
water is certain death to any creature old giaut at their head, who, Mr. Hoag
that drinks it. The wild fowl avoid it, said, weighed six pounds and four
though they swarm in the adjoining I ounces. He was enormous, and looked
ponds and bayous. Another peculiarity j as though he had dined on his weaker
of the uncanny water is that anything brethren for generations of tadpoles
cast into it quickly petrifies; hence the “Then, at the word of command,
name it bears. And thereby hangs a they performed all kinds of evolutions!
tale, which, incredible though it may Every leg kicked in perfect unison, and
sound, is, nevertheless, devoutly be- they appeared to be thirsting for real
lieved by the simple inhabitants of the fray. They charged with a fiery clan
locality. It goes back to seventy years that would do credit to a banner French
ago, when the country was first settled, brigade, and it seemed as though they
by emigrants from North Carolina. were animated by the signal thought
Tradition goes that on a hot summer of doing their level best,
day, after his task was finished, an old “Then races were held, and when
and trusted slave of one of the pioneers fat mouse or an English sparrow was
got leave to go fishing, and, taking his given to the winner, the cold froggish
tackle and bait, set out for the lake, hearts seemed to rejoice. At a word
which he had remarked as a likely place tb ®y drove down to their acquatic home
for bass. Arriving there he walked and each one selected his own shell
out on a log that projected from the without effort. They had houses and
bank and cast hisjbait. knew where to find them. At last the
When night came on he had not re- supper hour came, and Mr. Hoag fed
turned home, and his absence at the tb e frogs on their usual diet of fish
roll call was noted. The mast<y * crabs and n ”-'> 0 1 "***
A Young Bootblack Who Knew How to Be
Grateful.
It is a common saying that a iHnri
word is never lost.
An illustration of the truth oc
curred one afternoon recently at the
comer of Sixteenth and Arapahoe
streets. A number of newsboys and
bootblacks were gathered there, aid
in the course of their interchange of
compliments and discussion as to the
state of business affairs in their little
world some little unpleasantness oc
curred. A boy of more than ordi
nary size for his age (he could not
have been more than fourteen) be
came involved in an angry discus
sion with one of his fellows, a little
bootblack about twelve years old,
and it looked as though they would
come to blows,
Just at this moment Superintend
ent L N. Tooke, of the Helping
Hand institute, chanced to be pass
ing. He was attracted by the angry
voices and threatening attitude of
the young gladiators, who were being
urged to blows by their fellows.
Stepping in the midst of the crowd,
with a gentle hand and a few timely
words, he separated the young dispu
tants and at the same time spoke
kindly to them about the unmanli
ness of a large boy striking one
smaller and weaker than tn'mgcif
The boys dispersed and went their
several ways.
The next morning, as he was on
his way to his office, he spied the lit
tle bootblack at the same comer.
As he was passing the boy hailed
him, saying:
“Mister, I’d like to black your
boots for you. I won’t charge you
nothin for it. Yon saved me from a
lickin last night, and I’d film to
come up to yonr office every day
and black ’em up for yon.”
Mr. Tooke was taken by surprise
and questioned the little fellow as to
his home and condition in life.
“I ain’t got no father or mother.
Both dead. I lives with my aunt,
but she’s drunk pretty near all the
time, and I’ve got to hustle for my
self. It’s pretty hard sometimes,
too, I tell you. Ain’t made much
this morain. Sometimes I gets pret
ty hungry and nothin to eat; then
again I have a food day and eat out
o’ sight.”
The kind hearted superintendent
took the youngster to his office and
gaVe him an order for a substantial
breakfast, which made the boy’s eyes
fairly dance, and almost every morn
ing he .is met by the young: i
HORSESHOE.
Haw Iron Came to Be Regarded as a Pro
tector Among the Superstitions.
Everybody knows that almost all
our existing superstitions date back
for their origin to heathen times,
though they have often been slight
ly or superficially Christianized at
later periods so as to bring them into
harmony with the general body of
public opinion. I think it probable,
therefore, that when the horseshoe
superstition first arose people special
ly selected the horseshoe as the best
available bit of .iron to repel the at
tacks of trolls and fairies, witches or
warlocks and other evil influences,
because it had itself a certain in
herent sanctity of its own derived
from its connection with a sacred
animal
York representative of the English
men, will respond to the toast, “Our
trade with foreign countries,” at that
great commercial festivity, at which
the most distinguished men of the
country are expected
word more. We, of the
neighboring farm. But when Isom
failed to show up next morning old
Captain Bullard became uneasy and
went out in search of him. He could
learn nothing of the missing slave from
the neighbors: Then he organized a
party and beat the woods to find him.
Strange to say, be bad not remembered
giving Isom leave to go fishing. To
ward” sundown a fox hound with the
party struck a trail and followed it to
the bank of the lake. The hunters
went after, and, arriving at the lake,
saw Isom sitting on the log with a pole
extended and apparently fishing, in
deep meditation. He proved deaf to
the vociferous calls of his master. The
hound sprang on the log and ran up to
the motionless form, sniffed at it and
flew back to the bank, bowling with
But one
fright. _
Then the old captain dismounted ana
charged out on the log, whip in hand,
A life insurance agent, named A. F.
Murphey, who lived in Marietta, was
found dead in a cell at the police sta
tion in Atlanta one morning last week,
men and one of then, slept the greater lishmen mean “’“'ei-
portion of the night with hia head root-1 mean. of
refreshment, and when the last frog
waB fed, down they all went to their
homes in the sea shells for rest and
quiet.
“We returned to the pond about
dark to see additional performances.
Mr. Hoag brought out a musicians
stand and placed it at the edge of the
water. At a signal note the frogs came
to the surface of the water and jumped
into the stand.
“At Mr. Hoag’s command they be
gan to sing. Each frog had been se
lected according to his fine croak. It
was wonderful. Their voices rose on
the evening air filling the place with
melody and giving joy to the heart of
Mr. Hoag by their excellent perform
ance. The largest and oldest frog sung
the deepest base and the little fellow,
almost a tadpole, sung a shrill soprano
“Mr. Hoag said that during the hot
months their voices were clearer and
-single woman which is more keenly
felt in society than elsewhere. Triv
ial and foolish as it may seem, few
are aware of its extent and reality,
and even the most sensible and suc
cessful women are sometimes its vic
tims. Public sentiment, especially
cities and unprovincial towns, has
outgrown to a considerable extent
the nngallant habit of considering a
woman responsible for her age. But
there still exist plenty of men and
women who have a ready word of
Bcora or reproach for the unmarried
single woman whose youth has
And later I believe this very same
sanctity might help the superstition
to persist, even after the religion of
Christ had partially ousted the reli
gion of Woden and Thunor, for
we know that Christianity made
very slow progress indeed among
the mass of the people in England
for many years; that heathen prac
tices continued to be performed in
secret by a large number of the pop
ulation, and that many usages es
sentially heathen hold their place
to this day with our agricultural
classes.
Now no class would be more like
ly to retain such beliefs and prac
tices than the class that has to deal
most with horses and stables—a
class who still firmly believe in all
sorts of heathenish luckies and nn.
luckies.
It seems probable, therefore, that
in many cases the horseshoe was set
up not only to frighten away the
evil eye, ghosts and trolls, fairies
and witches, but also, to some ex
tent, to curry favor with the good
old gods by what was in many ways
a denial of allegiance to the new
ones.
It was as much as to say to the lit
tle folk on the one hand, “Don’t
come near; ’ware iron; we’re under
Thor’s protection, and able to hurt
you!” and, on the other hand, to
Thor, “We’re still your men; we’ve
never abjured yon; take good care
of us I” If this were not the true
meaning of the horseshoe, I tfiinV
we should have had a crucifix or tha
sign of the cross in its place, which
is the ordinary and recognized Chris
tian way of protecting one’s self
against the attacks of evil spirits.—
Comhill Magazine
He brought his sweeter than now, but as cold weather
„hip do™ on the "motionless figure on ^oy grew toorandlont^
benefit.
in- on Mm as a pillow. An inquest I perience and
held yesterday morning, and aver- the venture a full trial. We
met of death from conation o£ tho Lrythiog to insure the.r numpb.
toi „ was found. Murpby was about
65 years of age. XI we ’
Griffin Call: A letter received in this
city a few days since from Walter
Harris, who is in Southern Florida
looking after his orange grove, says
that the crop away from the lakes and
lar-er water courses are badly injured
by the recent cold weather. Many o
the orchards so situated have sustained
serious injury by the branches of the
trees being killed, the foliage looking
as if seaided. Mr. Harris reports the
fruit and trees of his own orchard, and
bthers near large bodies
being in good condition, while thous
and ® 0 f the trees elsewhere are ruined
and the fruit frozen upon the branches
which rots as fast as thawed out.
The death of
A GEORGIA OPOSSUM FARM.
Wbcre the Succulent Little Animal is Raised
in Large Numbers
The resources of Georgia seem to be
inexhaustible. Here is one which we
did not expect to see developedso
The Calhoun County ~
The
Barnesville Gazette:
•-President Hayes revives the story of
Ms capture at the battle of Chancel-
lorsville by John Gardner, now living
in Monroe county, only a few miles
from Barnesville- The story was *:old
of I wheii Mr. Hayes was a candidate for
presideht, but was denied by t ® n0 _ *
Pt-n nress. It was nevertheless a fac
that he was captured, and the man
Sing tbe capture live, i" Mo»™
fonhe p “ t
teen a welcome visitor to many house- j ^ , d Mm to the confederate
On reaching therO the
Has been known as
Great Family Paper
Cherokee Georgia.
Hayes
tolds. During the current year it wffi be headquarters. r g ree ted by Gen,
IWfiaj Is wo batibg been ..
Point togetber. Mr. G.rdb«
lilt. of' tbie incident with . greet de
of pride.
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says:
“Quite a novel departure,
part of the State, is Mr. Thomas Ra-
bon’s ’possum farm, on his plantation
in Baker county.
“He has made extensive prepara
tions and gone into the industry in
earnest. He says he expects to raise
several hundred this year, for all
which he thinks he will be able to get
a remunerative price in the large cities
“The farm is situated in a pine
thicket of about one-fourth of an acre
enclosed with a high plank fence, built
in such a manner that it is impossible
for the little animals to make their es
cape.
“In this inclosure are about tMrty
opossums, and they are partly, if not
perfectly, supplied with all the sur
roundings to which they are accustomed
in their natural haunts.
“The ’possums grew fat on scraps of
bread, slops, ground peas and such
other food as is usually fed to hogs
“They seem very well contented
with their quarters, and some of them
are perfectly tame.
«We trust Mr. Babon will realize all
that he expects in his new venture, and
that his undertaking may develop
another source of wealth in our God-
favored country.”
with a resounding whack. Still Isom I until the day of their hibernation. An
J*bl. The old captain caught bim old bull frog acted as bandmaster and
by tbe shoulder. He grasped not flesh gave them tbe tune by leaping up and
and blood, but stone. The fisherman, down with wonderful alactnty.
his line and pole were petrified! The “It was a wonder of wonders to see
lo* on which he sat was also solid. those frogs sing, not with hoarse, gut-
*When the captain and his followers tural voices, but in clear, sonorous ca
had recovered from their fright they den ce. At last the performers began
made their way homeward and told g r0 w tired, and Hoag gave them
their story. Next day a large party the signal to stop. They struck up a
of the neighbors went out and found it tune exactly like ‘Down went McGinty
to be true. Thev discovered by drop- and ad jumped and went down to the
ping things into the lake the marvel- j bott om together to rest for the night.”
ous° effect of the water. The stone
log was once a giant hickory. Nuts I The Hoop-Skirt War.
that had fallen from it were seen a. war cloud hovers over Europe, and
petrified on the bottom. It was thought | its shadow sends a chill through even
that Isom must have slipped and fallen I our own f a i r land. Pans and London
into the lake with Ms pole, as the water are about to engage in a conflict that
on his clothes and tackle took effect may shake the fabric of society. The
when he regained his perch and began hoop-skirt is the trouble. Paris, that
fishing. tyrant of fashion, says hoop-skirts shall
The extraordinary figure is still in-J be worn again; London, being some-
tact, and there is a movement on foot I thing of a tyrant herself in the fasMon
to transport- it with a section of the fi ne> though probably not so powerful
log to the World’s Fair. Among those ^ p ar is, says they shall not. And on
who have seen it recently are Captain tbis is SUe they may test their strength.
Jack Haynes, the noted hear hunter, London is preparing for the fight. A
and Major Joe Wardlaw, the county “no-crinoline league” has been organ-
‘ ized there, the members of which are
required to sign a pledge that they will
J. D. Watkins, Blakely, Ga., writes: I t under any circumstances, wear
C- hoop-skirts, snd will use fbeir best en-
eral months I could not work at all. I deav0 rs to prevent others from wearing
iTmandbegan STgrol BffithS&S them. The league already has several
week’ and am now sound and well, free thousand^members, and the Princess
from’ sores and itching and at wor ^ 'Wale^as been appealed to, to add
again ‘ — the weight of her influence against the
Evidence of an invasion of cholera I of the abominable fashion. She
next summer continues to- accumulate I no ^ ye t formally raised her voice
and when it does come it will be 88 J a gainst the hoop-skirt, but it is under-
On account of this sentiment many
women are sensitive, and not with
out reason, to inquiries about age.
They refrain from allusions which
might lead to the discovery of a se
cret only because the curious ana
rude make such age a matter of ridi
cule. The only remedy for this dis
comfort is in the cultivation of a dif
ferent public sentiment.—Helen M.
North in Harper’s Bazar.
A Meat Diet for the Japanese.
The mikado’s government has come
to the conclusion that both the
stature and physique of the Japanese
people are unsatisfactory and in need
of improvement. A parliamentary
commission appointed to investigate
the causes of this lack of stamina
baa, after prolonged investigation,
ascribed it to tbe vegetable diet to
wMcb the Japanese have Mtherto
mainly confined themselves. Neither
rice nor fish, it is alleged, possesses
the sustaining power as articles of
food possessed by meat. The com
mission has therefore recommended
—and the government has approved
the report—that a meat diet should
be substituted for the rice, fish and
vegetables which now constitute the
principal ingredients of Japanese
cookery.—Chicago Herald.
nace, a comet, the sun »jtselfyor a
burning building, there is a human
instinct that is somehow affected by
fire as the gnat is drawn to the flame.
Not only is this so as -to fire itself,
hut it sometimes seems to extend to
the evidences that agency leaves he-"
hind to mark its destruction.
This was illustrated at The Ledger
building. Not only did thousands
from every quarter of the town go
to Sixth and Chestnut streets to view
the scene of fire, hut hundreds stood
around for hours doing nothing hut
looking at the wet and grimy walls
and broken windows. People stood
and looked and looked, and then
went away, only to come hack and
look again.—Philadelphia Times.
A Wise Provision.
Did you ever notice when a man
smites Ms thumb with a hammer
while putting down a carpet under
his wife’s supervision how quickly
he thrusts the bruised and throbbing
member into Ms mouth? People
think it is because the application is
soothing. But the movement is pure
ly involuntary, like winking. The
man cannot help it.
The fact is that nature knows what
a man is apt to say under such cir
cumstances, and so has provided Mm
with an automatic stopper. When
ever he hits his thumb hard enough,
to hurt—and it doesn’t take a very
hard blow almost to kill a man when
he is doing something he doesn’t like
to do—by a sort of interlocking sys
tem his thumb flies into his mouth,
and for the critical moment speech
is cut off.—Exchange.
dreadful as an army with banners.
stood that she is opposed to it.
Keep it in the house and it will save
vou many anxious moments during tne
changes of season and weather; we refer
to Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup, the best |
remedy for cough, and cold.
All the gold in the world could be
stored in a room 24 feet square and 24 I Q f sweet Gum and Mullein for coughs,
feet deep. 1 colds and consumption,
The Bible on the Physician.
In it we are told that he should be hon
ored above all. Dr. R. M. Burger, of
jvor, Va. t writes that in all his< observa
tion'he has found nothing so simple and
effective as Taylor’s t Cherokee Remedy
Dr. Johnson’s Appearance.
Dr. Johnson, who was extremely
careless of his personal appearance,
called at the house of a friend one
night to induce him to call with him
upon Goldsmith. The philosopher
was sprucely dressed, as neat m ev
ery way as any one could wish, and
his friend, noticing the change, in
quired why he had got himself up so
spick and span. “Why, sir, replied
Dr. Johnson, “I hear that Goldsmith,
who is a very great sloven, justifies
his disregard of cleanliness by quot
ing my practice, and I am desirous
fiii a night to show him a better ex
ample. ’’—Harper s Young People.
Deaths from Tumors.
More than 2,000 persons die annu
ally from the effects of cancerous
tumors in the state of New York,
and in about the same proportion in
other states and countries.—Popular
Science Monthly.
The imaginary invalid, who fan
cies he has had all the diseases m
the hooks, or at least all the interest
ing ones, is often an amusing per
son to a physician.
Fastidious.
A clever man bachelor I know—I
"say “man,” because I know several
girl bachelors who are also clever—
has a suite of highly artistic rooms
up town, where he gives the most
delightful Sunday afternoon teas,
wMch are presided over by Ms wid
owed sister. He has written two or
three bright hooks, one called
“Bachelor Buttons;” another, a
“Book of Idle Verse.”
Some one asked Mm recently why
he didn’t marry. He replied, “Well,
I don’t know really, unless it is be
cause I can’t find a girl who just har
monizes with my rooms.” What do
you think of that for fastidiousness?
—Washington News.
Venus, goddess of beauty, mother
of demigods and men, rinses the sea
from her golden tresses.
general
quite encouraging,
Only Saucy Girls Do This.
Saucy girls have a way among
themselves of suppressing antique
anecdote that is even more discon
certing than the small hoy’s quon
dam chestnut belL When an old
story is indulged in the relator is
brought to a sense of her enormity
by seeing another of the company
hgnflTng about what she calls “sou
venirs in honor of^ the 200th appear
ance.”—Cincinnati Enquirer.
The stewards of St. Nicholas soci
ety, New York, have an annual
“testing dinner” prior to each regu
lar normal dinner, in order to decide
upon the caterer whom the society
shall patronize.
The number twelve is of constant
recurrence. There were the twelve
apostles and the twelve tribesof Is-
The outlook for the development and raeL The y® 8 ^ ^ divided into ve
jneral thrift of all North Georgia is | months and there are twelve signs of
the zodiac. -