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by freight, mail and express, have
COME TO
DURING THE PAST FIVE DAYS.
New Plain White, Figured and Striped
Piques, 12 1-2 to 30c per yard,
New Swiss Insertions, 1 to 2 inches wide,
20c and 25c the yard.
New Plain Black, Steel Rod, Gloria Cloth
Parasols, best, we think, in Dalton for th§
money, at 50c. »
New, Plain Black Steel Rod and Frame
Parasols, Plain Black _and Natural Wood
Handles, 75c, $1.00 and $1.50.
New, absolutely Fast Colored, Pink, Light
and Navy Blue Cambrays at 10c per yard.
WE EXPECT TO-DAY
New Figured Organdies to sell at IOc, 15c,
and 25c the yard.
New Belt Buckles, to sell at 25c, 35c, 50c
and 75c each.
New Belt Ribbons, new styles, beautiful
Patterns, at 35c per yard.
New Plain White, French Organdies, to
sell at 25c and 35c the yard.
Is often a warning that the liver is
torpid or inactive. More serious
troubles may foUow. For a prompt,
efficient cure of Headache and aU
liver troubles, take
Hood's Pills
While they rouse the liver, restore
fuU, regular action of the bowels,
they do not gripe or pain, do not
irritate or inflame the internal organs,
but have a positive tonic effect. 25c.
at all druggists or by mail of
C. L Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
We should receive by today’s freight the
largest single shipment of
WARNER’S CORSETsI
e ver sent to any Dalton merchant. Fourteen
different kinds to show you. Sizes, 19 to 30,
at 50c, 75c, $1.00 and $ 1.50 the pair.
For the newest, freshest, cleanest sfock of
Dry Goods in Dalton, come to
Loveman’s
Every Shirt Waist in our house will be
Marked at a special price for
Friday and Saturday,
and they will be marked at selling prices.
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BIRDS AND THEIR POETS. |
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The bright “birds of ^paradise,”
the humming birds, the sun birds
and all their brilliant coterie are
sung and extolled in every land.
Though lacking the sweet notes
of their more sober-hued brethren,
they are justly called the flowers
and jewels of the winged kingdom.
Among the singing birds the
question is, where shall we begin?
The nightingale is truly the
most marvelous of all songsters
and may well be called the “prince
of warblers;” with him are associ
ated thoughts of lovers and sere
nades ; floods of soft moonlight
and dew-kissed roses.
“We paled with love, we shook with
love,
We kissed so close we could not vow;
Till Giulio whispered, ‘Sweet above,
God’s ever guarantees this now.’
And through his words the nightingales
Drove straight and full their long
clear call,
Like arrows through heroic mails,
And love was awful in it all.
The nightingales, the nightingales.”
—Mrs. Browning.
The swallow is also a favorite
with lovers, because of his faithful
ness. Year after year he returns
to the same roof-tree, there to
build anew .his nest and greet the
old familiar faces.
The sky-lark has furnished
many an inspiring theme for song.
Shelly’s “Ode to the Skylark”
is said to have more of high and
pare rapture than any other ode
in existence, and one who has
heard the lark’s wild outburst of
joyousness may well exclaim with
him:—
“Hail to thee, blithe spirit,
Bird thou never werfc,
That from heaven or near it,
Pourest thy full heart
In profuse strains of unpremeditated
art.
* * * * * * * *
“Better than all measures
Of delightful sound,
Better than all treasures
That in books are found,
Thy skill to poet were thou scomer of
the ground.
“Teach me half the gladness
That my brain must know,
Such harmonious madness
From my brain would flow,
The world would listen then, as I am
listening now.”
And the mocking-bird, most
versatile of singers—rover of the
south-land! A poet who over
heard his singing thus describes
it:—
“Every thicket, brush and tree
Swelled the grateful harmony,
As it mildly swept along,
Echo seemed to catch the song;
But the plain was wide and clear,
Echo never whispered near,
From a neighboring-mocking bird
Came the answering notes I heard.
“Soft and low the song began,
I scarcely caught it as it ran
Through the melancholy thrill
Of the plaintive whippoorwill.
Though the ring-dove’s gentle wail,
Chattering jay, and whistleing quail,
Sparrow’s twitter, and cat-bird’s cry'
Bedbird’s whistle, robins sigh;
Blackbird, bluebird, swallow, lark,
Each his native note might mark.
“Oft he tried the lesson o’er,
Each time louder than before,
Burst at length the finished song,
Loud and clear it poured along,
All the choir in silence heard,
Hashed before this wondrous bird,
All transported and amazed
Scarcely breathing, long I gazed.
“How it reached the loudest swell;
Lower, lower now it fell,
Lower, lower, lower still;
Scarce it sounded o’er the rill;
How the warbler ceased to sing,
Then he spread his russet wing,
And I saw him take his flight
Other regions to delight.”
—J. B. Drake.
“Up the stair
Of the sweet June air.”
“One springs from out the dew-wet
grass,
Another follows after;
The morn is thrilling with their songs,
And peals of fairy laughter. ~
“From out the marshes and the brook
They set the tall weeds swinging,
And meet and frolic in the air,
Half prattling and half singing.”
J. Whitcomb Riley seems to
have no decided preference for
any particular bird, but, true to
his nature, he is the special inter
preter of all the plain little every
day fellows; the companions and
joj r of our work-a-day lives.
• “The old bob-white and chip-bird;
The flicker and chee-wink,
And little hopty skip bird
Along the river brink.
“The black-bird and snow-bird,
The chicken-hawk and crane;
The glossy old black crow-bird,
And buzzard down the lane.- —
“The yellow-bird and the red-bird,
The tom-tit and the cat;
The thrush and that red-head bird
The rest’s all pickin’ at.
“The jay-bird and the blue-bird,
The sap suck and the wren—
The cock-a-doodle-doo bird,
And our old settin’ hen!”
About the birds there are many
beautiful legends; and Whittier
has most charmingly recorded one
for us; a boy was throwing stones
at a robin singing in the apple-
tree, and thus his grandmother re
proves him:—
“Nay! Said the grandmother; have you
not heard,
My poor bad boy, of the fiery pit,
And how drop by drop this merciful
bird
Carries the water that quenches it?
“He brings cool dew in his little bill,
And lets it fall on the souls of gin;
You can see the mark oir his red breast
still;
Of fires that scorch as he drops it in..
“My poor Bron Khudden! my breast-
burned bird!
Singing so sweetly from limb to limb,
Yery dear to the heart of our Lord
Is he who pities the lost like Him.”
Of beautiful things written and
sung of £hese “light-hearted ro
vers ” “ there is no end.” It has
been a pleasant task for me to
search out and record them; but
there is so much more that might
be said, so many delightful
thoughts by other familiar authors,
that I feel I have but poorly suc
ceeded in handling the subject;
and I shall be richly repaid should
this feeble effort be the means of
arousing some one’s interest and
admiration for the gift a divine
and beneficent Creator has given
us in the “Birds and Their Poets.”
“Ye birds that fly thro’ the fields of air,
What lessons of wisdom and truth ye
hear!
Ye would teach our souls from earth to
rise;
Ye would bid us all groveling scenes de
spise;
Ye would tell us that all its pursuits are
vain,
That pleasure is toil—ambition is pain—
That its bliss is touched with a poison
ous leaven,
Ye would teach us to fix our aim on
heaven.
“Beautiful birds of lightsome wing,
Bright creatures that come with the
voice of spring,
We see you arranged in the hues of the
- morn,
Yet ye dream not of pride and ye wist
not of scorn!
Though rainbow splendor‘around you
glows,
Ye .want not the beauty that nature be
stows;
Oh! what a lesson for glory are ye.
How ye pfeach the grace of humility.
“Sweet birds .that breathe the spirit, of
song,
And surround heaven’s gate in melo
dious throng,
Who rise with the earliest beams of
day,
Your morning tribute of thanks to pay,
You re bund us that tt? fib 01 : Id likewise
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The voice of devotion and song of praise;
There’s something about yon that points
on high,
Ye beautiful tenants- of earth and sky!”
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us in mind. We only want a start with
you, the rest is easy.
WATCH OUR PRICES AND GOMPARE.
Fast color, all wool Serge Suits, only $5.00.
Fast color, all wool Serge Suits, only $6.50.
Fast color, all wool Serge Suits, Satin Faced, Square
c?ut, only $7>oq.
Fine Black Diagonal Worsted 2 by 1 wall, Satin Piped,
$6.00.
Washington Mills, all wool Worsted, worth $8.50 for
only $6.50.
Skeleton Coats and Vests, all wool Serge, worth $5.00,
our price, $3 75.
Serge Coats, single and double breasted, $2-50, $3.00,
$4.00 and $5.oo, worth 25 per cent more.
All wool Cassimere Suits, $4, $6, $8 and $10, would
be cheap at $5, $7.50, $10 and $12.50.
♦Navy Blue Flannel Suits, round and square cut, well
trimmed, per suit, $3-50-
For any thing in the Clothing line, come to
.CANNON’S.
Just received our third shipment of Fine Organdies,
Welts, Piques, Dimities, Percales and all kinds of Wash
Goods.
A beautiful line of Crepons to go at greatly reduced
prices.
A big line of Parasols at prices, way down yonder.
Beautiful line Embroideries, Laces, Insertions, etc.
Just received, 10 dozen Dress Skirts from -50c to $7.50.
Babies Lace Caps, nice goods at 10c and i5c.
Beautiful line Beaded Belts, Belt Buckles, Bracelets,
Friendship Hearts, Collar Clasps, Shirt Waist Sets, Beauty
Pins.
Examine our Satin covered P. N. Corsets.
OUR GENT’S FURNISHING DEPARTMENT
is overflowing with bright, new up-to-date goods.
We have received by express this week a handsome
assortment Tan Belts, Kid Lined Tan Belts, Black Belts.
A heavy ribbed Sweater for 50c.
A beautiful line of Madras Shirts.
A beautiful line of Silk Shirts.
A beautiful lins of Pique Shirts.
Men’s Silk Hose Supporters, all colors.
Men’s Suspenders.
Men’s Linen Handkerchiefs.
Collars artd Cuffs of all kinds and prices. -
BIG UNDERWEAR SALE SATURDAY.
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