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MCEEOINOS OF THE (lEOIIill LEGISUKJBE
IN THE SENATE.
IN THE HOUSE.
July 27.
house dfo very little
. . ! July 27.
Th . nous*.- auritig: The senate convened at 12 o'clock
MotuIW'-.rSer r 0 nJict b m A ° n !?° nday morn,n S with the usual
of amendments were" Intri ZlS!**™* " beg,nnlng ° f
Sm-J »Td ?P°® c i e * ^ “jJoiuSrJ; JU8 \ before edjournment the senate
were limited to five minutes to went into - *
“ i;h speaker. In spite of the Bhort
a short executive session
each spease*. »• »f.»~ — Senator Cowart's bill to repeal an
time allowed many speeches were act to provide for the change
made on vaiious amendments, but county lines lyine within ihe 11
of
made on various amendments, but county lines lying within the limits
two of which were adopted during 0 f incorporated towns and cities and
the ■nt.lre session. One of these was for other purposes was passed
Blackburn of Fulton, and it
the
^rinits the trial Judge in misde
meanor cases to sentence the con-
vlcied person, in his discretion, to the
utiih* f 1^1*rn.
V,,. other amendment adopted was
, Mr Smith of Campbell, and pro-
ypp.,1 that under no circumstances
July 28.
The opening guns of the convict
fight boomed in the senate Tuesday
morning, when the Felder bill came
up tor consideration as a special or
der. Senators Felder and Knight en
gaged the attention of the body in in-
gtionlil the secretary of the prison teresting comment with reference to
commission receive a salary of more the solution of the question, tho one
than $1,800 per annum. The discus- condemning and severely scoring the
tor of the bill was still in progress lease system, the other defending it
, no hour of adjournment. and championing the members of the
— ——- prison commission and ex-Oovernor
July 28. Joseph M. Terrell. No action was
The introduction of a mild-looklng taken, and the question comes up
ini-’iidment to the Holder convict bill again Wednesday morning.
oin he house suddenly into the midst Senator Brock speaking on the
,,l 1 red-hot debate Tuesday morning, ground of personal privilege denied
„ m l dually resulted in what may turn thA newspaper report that he had
oui to be a death blow to the fee tried to block the Investigation into
gv „ ,. m in Oeorgia. the convict system.
■1 m. amendment was Introduced by , , „
Mr McFarland of McIntosh and Mr. , J Ju , y , 29 i K
p of Hall, and merely provided After considerable debate in tho
Jm when a fine was collected senate Wednesday the Felder convict
1". ' , anv person who had been bill was made a special continuing or-
1 cruilty of a misdemeanor, the der f° r Tuesday.
S , remaining after tho solicitor. The bill of Representative Tift of
XL-iif and other court othcers shall Dougherty to require railroads to
, been paid, must go into the e nulp locomotive engines w th elec-
, 1 ir..n*lnrv trie headlights was passed with a sub-
C °Xh P y amendment was, on a call of stltute which leaves the matter with
, 11 hv a vote of los to the railroad commission.
Larlv two to on™ Senator Introduced a Joint
^'riic remainder of the session was resolution that the house and senate
tik.-n up with the reading and de- . meet J* 1 J° lut session on Friday, Aug-
i mt|nK of other amendments to the ust 7, b. *° engage in appropriate
1)11 .. memorial exercises in memory of the
name hill. )ate Honorable John W. Akin of tho
July 29. Forty-second district, late president
The Holder convict hill was passed G f the state senate. The resolution
ij,., the house Wednesday afternoon WRH passed by Unanimous vote. The
Hi > so o'clock. The vote was 108 to aenato then went Into a brief execu
te The bill was amended in many t ive session before adjournment,
of its features by the house during During the sossion the galleries
the morning.
The progress of the vote was slow.
An aye and nay vote was taken, and
many members availed themselves of
their right to explain their positions,
each consuming three minutes.
Mr. Slade Of Muscogee entered a
were filled with interested listeners,
• July 30.
Tho senate on Thursday gave most
of its time to the consideration of
local bills, most of which were pass-
_ ed, and at the time of adjournment
vigorous protest against what ho was debating on the bill to prescribe
•termed "slanders again/.t the state of the salaries of the solicitor generals
Georgia now being uttered before of the superior courts of the state
the (’ouimittde which is investigating The following bills were passed:
th,. convict idase system. By Senator Mattox—To amend
A resolution was offered instructing charter of mayor and aldermen or St.
the attorney-general to take such le- Marys, and to add to its powers. By
steps as was necessary to recover Senator Cowart—To amend an act
from all wardens and other officers creating a hoard of commissioners
of the state all salaries paid them to of roads and revenues for the county
Jhirh they were not entitled. of Calhoun. By Senator Henderson
1 y of the Fifteenth District—To abolish
July 30. the office of commissioners of roads
The convict question, so far as the and revenues for the county of Irwin
house of representatives ts concern- and for other purposes. By Senator
ed is settled, at least, for the pres- Felder—To amend the charter of the
eni. city of Macon and for other purposes.
All discussion on the subject and jj y Senator L. A. Henderson of the
on every phase of the subject, was Thirty-ninth District—To /authorize
terminated in the house Thursday and empower members of local
morning when the .bill of Represonta- boards of school trustees to adminis-
tive Alexander of DeKr.lb, prohibiting t er oaths to common school teachers
,by constitutional amendement, any 1 10 their monthly, quarterly and an-
further leasing of convicts after De- R ual reports to the county school
cember 31, 1911, was passed by the commissioners, and for other pur-
.liracticaliy unanimous vote of 147 poses. House resolution of Represen-
to tative Way of Pulaski—To return to
The bill will go at once to the sen- Carroll Daniel the amount received
ate to which the Holder bill was sent by the ata te of Georgia for work done,
dining Ihe morning, and the whole by h lm ] n the penitentiary from
convict question is now in the hands March 5l h, 1906. to February 8th,
of the senators. 1907, during which time he was ille-
A bill by Mr. Hall of Bibb to pay Iag i y confined therein. House bill by
thv members of the general assembly Representative Slade of Muscogee
seven dollars instead of four dollars To ame nd the constitution of this
per dav was lost: 94 ayes to 53 noes. state s0 as to define the qualifications
The bill being a constitutional amend- 0 [ v oters and provide for registration,
ment, required a two-thirds vote, or —- —-
the votes of 122 members. A me „ ure g y rea t Importance to
July 31. the bankers and people of the state
A quorum of the members of the came before the senate on Friday in
house could not .be kept in the hall the banking bill originally introduced
Thursday morning and after passing by Senator Deen, which was passed
a bill requiring candidates to file with an amended substitute. The bill
their campaign expenses with the provides for a state bank examiner
proper officers and a bill prohibiting and all necessary assistants and for
corporations or their officers from a m0 re careful examination of tne
contributing to campaign funds the t, an ks throughout the state. The sud-
hotise adjourned. stltute was drafted by the committee
— on banking and the amendment to
August 1. . substitute, which was offered by
The house was in session but one Martin, provides that en-
kour Saturday during which time the ment8 and re discounts shall be
following bills were passed: winded from the limit of the liabil
ity Mr. Tyson of Emanuel ,to pre- - of ibank The bl n by substitute
H. ribe how real estate owned by Tat- y ded waa then passed by the
wall county shall he sold; by Messrs. ( vo t e: Ayes, 26; nays. 2.
Blackburn and Bell of Fulton, to remainder of the session was
amend charter of College Park, to )t h the consideration of
amend act creating charter of College house bills
Park; by Messrs. Fowler and Rya'.s Peacock presided with rjire
of Blob, to pay John P. Ross certain * d humor dur ing the last part of
attorney's fees; by Messrs. Walker » sesslon
and Ashley of Lowndes, to amend act —
incorporating Sylvester ;by Mr. Pope August 1.
of Brooks, to regulate log carts in There was no session of the senate
Brooks county; by Mr. Rogers of Ran- g aturday , that b'ody having adjourn-
fiolph, to amend act creating hoard Friday until..Monday.
of roads and revenues; by Mr. McWiI- _ — ;
Hams of Henry, to clear constructions Bungalows,
from running streams In Henry coun- that’s pertty,” said Mr.
D; by Mr. Brown of Carroll. 10 a nno ks looking over a number of ar-.
act incorporating Temple; -by Mr. Jnook^iP de * gna .. what i8 that?
Cook of Telfair, to establish public , . . „ sa j d lbe architect, ‘ Is a
hool system in Lumber CltJC by hundred dollar bungalow. ’
What will it cost to build it.
' OJU1.CIII ttt c l V
- asrs. Flanagan and Holder of JacK-
on, to amend charter of Winder; by
Messrs. Young and Tuggle of Troup,
0 amend charter of Hogansville; by
lr. Fulbrtght of Burke, to extend the
lty limits of Waynesboro; by Messrs.
Alexander and Candler of DeKalb, to
reate public school system for Litho-
ila; by Mr. Cowan of Kockdrle, to
Tovide for clearance of county
Doams; by Mr. Hule of Clayton, to
mend charter of Jonesboro; by Mr
asked Mr. Snooks. .
"About $8,000,’” sai|l the architect
—Judge. _
Clifton of Toombs, to repeal act In
corporating Ohoopee.
q«nate Bills: By Senator Wilkes,
to incorporate town of Klngwood; by
Senator Lashley, to prevent fishing in
BraseUown creek in Union county.
—r—rrr^tiiTK of the Masons of the
The plumbers’ strike at Columbus, d . 8tr ict held at Forsyth, the
over for the present. Under a tem- officers were elected for the
’"■ary agreement with the mastei v ear: W. A. Prout, of Barnes-
1 umbers of the city the strikers have. worthy master; J. G. Smith,
Lamed to their work. Just whal McDonough, senior warden; W L.
porary agreement is has not kin8 Thomaston, junior ward ,
ven out. The strikers were ^ t Matthews Molena, secretary
•eivlng $4 a
given Jut" The strikers were | ^"^‘‘^‘““ews, Molena. secretary
dug $4 a day for nine hours ^ lld t re asui er; j. O. Harris, McDon-
ork, and they demanded $4.50 a day < sen j or deputy; Henry And
-• eight hours’ work. The , mast . e . r ^ goif’Barnesville, junior deputy; W.
umbers feel that the general condi-1 - enr McDonough, senior suPPOjT
"ns that prevail at this time do not • ^ Taylor. Forsyth, junior sup-
stify such increase in wages and a ’ tQr ‘
lortening of hours. •
THROUCnOtlT THE STATE.
T he school census of Georgia for
1908, the first since of its kind since
1903, has been complied by State
School Commissioner Jere M. Pound.
The census was taken during the
month of April under the supervision
of the county superintendents. Ac
cording to the figures, there are 734,-
877 children in the stato in the
schools, between the ages 6 and IS
years. Of this number, 385.814 are
white, and 349,000 are negroes. In
1903. five years ago, there were 703,-
133 children in the schools, of whom
365, 570 were white, and 387,563 were
negroes. The figures show that the
whites for the five years has ben 5.5,
while among the negroes the percent
age of increase has been 3.4. The
percentage of illiterates to total popu
lation is 2.4 among whites, and 9.3
among the negroes.
R. F. Duckworth was re-elected
president of the Georgia Farmers
Union, at their convention at Macon,
while N. P. Quinby. of Bartow, was
re-elected vice president; John T.
McDaniel .of Griffin, secretary and
treasurer, and John T. Lee, of De-
Kalb, state organizer. The conven
tion was one of the largest that has
ever been held by the union.
June PofJT, a convict confined in
the state prison camp at Mllltown,
returned to the camp after making
good his escape by crawling on hands
and knees out of range of the guard's
gun through.a thick patch of dog fen
nel.
In sight of many people Wash How
ard, a colored man working on the
new lllges building at Columbus,
fell three stories today, the result of
stepping on a plank which tilted. His
shoulder and leg wore broken when
he struck the ground floor, bul he
may recover.
Postmasters appointed for Georgia:
Gabbettaville, Troup county. Nor-
burne P. Moore, vice W. L. Turner
resigned; Lenaas, Liberty county,
Queen Strlkland, vice H. E. Strikland
resigned; Millwood, Ware county,
Walter J. Hardee, vice J. W. McPhail,
dead; Aversville, Stephen county,
Henry E. Kytle, vice J. H. Kytle re
signed. Grover Barnhill appointed
regular, Raymond A. Hogan, sub, ru
ral carrier route No. 3 at Glenwood.
According to building permits is
sued by City Clerk Thomas Nall of
Griffin, there has been $148,250 worth
of building and improvements made
in the city of Griffin during the last
thirteen months, which Includes a
$10,000 auditorium for the Sunday
school of the First Baptist churcb, a
$10,000 grist and flour mill, a hand
some residence for B. R. Blakely
costing $8,000, and a fine store for
the Head Drug Company on Hill
street. A fine government building
to cost $50,000 is the next improve
ment in sight, the money for which,
will become available July 1 and
work on which has commenced by the
tearing away of the obstruction and
debris on the proposed site.
The offices of the president of the
Central of Georgia Railroad have
been moved from Macon to Atlanta.
The Jackson county primary result
ed in the nomination of John N.
Holder and L. G. Holdman for the
legislature; P. H. Collier for sheriff;
A. R. Braselton, for chairman of
board of roads and revenues; S. J.
Nix, for clerk, and G. W. Baxley for
treasurer.
Nine year old Marie Davis of Rome
proved herself a heroine in savinng
a 2-year-old boy from the attack of
an Infuriated bull. The bull tossed
the baby into the air, and proceeded
to gore him. The little fellow fright
ened and badly hurt, screamed for
help. The little girl, attracted by the
screams of the baby, rushed in at the
risk of her life and dragged the baby
into a yard before older people arriv
ed to drive off the angry animal.
Seventy-five veterans of the Con
federacy r gathered recently at the
country homo of Hon. John W. Jar
rell .several miles out from Lexing
ton and enjoyed a reunion together
with an ample barbecue for them
selves and friends. There were pres
ent fifty-two members of the Echols
Artillery and four members of the
Gilmer Blues. The other belonged
to different companies.
Mayor Miller of Macon ha3 received
a communication from President T.
R. Hendricks of the Union Cotton
company, announcing that that city
has been definitely chosen as the
headquarters for the big cotton com
pany, that has for its object the oper
ation of cotton warehouses throughout
the state. According to the plans of
the company, which is run in connec
tion with the Farmers’ Union, many
thousands of bales of cotton will be
bought from the farmers of Georgia
and sold through the company direct
ly to the spinners of America and Eu
rope, thus eliminating the middlemen
and throwing the profits that accrue
to them from handling the staple into
the hands of the farmers themselves.
Judge Emory Speer of the United
States district court, who issued a
temporary restraining order against
the railroads of the southeastern ter
ritory preventing the railroads in that
section from putting into effect an in
crease in freight rates on hay, grain,
food and other commodities August 1.
has given out a decision that the
injunction shall remain in force until
the intersttae commerce commission
shall have acted upon the reasonable
ness of the rates sought to be in
creased.
Randolph county’s first 'bale of cot
ton was brought to Shellman and sold
for 20 cents per pound. It was rais
ed by W. R. Curry, one of the prom
inent planters of that section, and
weighed 423 pounds.
The deserted village of Clapp’s Fac
tory has been sold to a Boston syndi
cate for a large sum. The new own
ers of the abandoned mills have not
announced what their intentions aie
in regard to the properly.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Milltown Lumber company, held at
their office at Mllltown, T. C. Skeen,
general manager of the company, ten
dered his resignation, and it was ac
cepted. It Is understood that Mr.
Skeen will enter the lumber business
in St Louis, Mo. A. J. Stevens of
Dayton, Ohio, will be in charge of the
mill in the future.
THE EARTHLY PARADISE.
Whon tlio last littl' dwum-r Is illi-.iniliig,
Tho last llttlo clillil Is In bod:
When tlip last little eyolld roposos.
The last little player has been said;
Ah. then, by the sale of the sleopets
The mother and I have our thought,
And wo rise from our mutual kneeling
With the tendeiest faith ever wrought:
When they ronn- to our arms In the even
ing
For story and ballad and cheer,
For the healing of each little sorrow.
The drying of each little tear,
The heart says a grace for the comfort
Of the roof that Is over our head
And the mere}- that cares for and plies us
Each day of tile day’s meed of bread!
When they twine in love's tender enfold
ing
Our necks with the arms of their grace,
And they sink to the slumber of childhood
With a shadow of smile on each face,
We tell nil our hopes for them over
And build airy bubbles of gleam
Where they walk, men and women of
splendor,
In the conquering cities of dream!
One moment we want them grown taller,
The next wish they’d stay as they rtre;
In fancy life leads them to triumphs
On green hills of glory afar;
In silence love holds them enfolded
And dreads the drear day they may
roani
From the beautiful valleys of childhood,
The ties that have bound them to home!
When the shadows of dusk bring them
creeping
For rockaby rides on our knees;
When the last little sleeper Is sleeping
And the birds are asleep In the trees;
We rise with our arms round each other,
In faith that Is- sweeter than nrt,
And a feeling of Impplness Hooding
The broad everglades of the heart!
And somehow we know we are grateful,
And somehow we find in our cat.-
A comfort too deep for denning
In the little lives nestling there:
And somehow Ihe spirit grows stronger,
The heart beats tn tune to the day
And the shadows we wear 11s a garment
Full off and are folded away!
When the last little dreamer Is dreaming,
When the last little chattering tongue
Has lost Its lone way In the silence.
The last lullaby has been sung,
Oh, llun, In that hour of contentment,
The feeling Is born I11 the breast—
Tlmt home Is the gateway of heaven,
And love Is the portal of rest!
—Baltimore Sun.
| Thu... !
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The •••
1 Homemade Meal
•»
• 1 “■■■“
!! Upon tho Jolly of Which tho
\ Bachelor Immolates Himself
“Hello, old man,” said the bachelor's
newly married friend. "Come home
to dinner with me. We’ve the finest
little flat In Hyde Park. Iflrdie is get
ting to be a great housekeeper. You
know, she never did much of that be
fore we were married. She was al
ways going to art school—didn't have
a chance to learn cooking.”
Here the bachelor interrupted his
married friend long enough to plead
a previous engagement.
"That’s too bad,” mourned the mar
ried friend. “Come to-morrow night,
then. I’ll tell Birdie you’re coming.
We won’t do a thing extra—Just pot
luck.”
So it was arranged between them.
When the news was broken to Bir
die she became excited at once.
"You know I can’t get up a com
pany dinner, Willie,” she cried. “I
know more about mixing colors than
I do about mixing biscuits. Take him
to a restaurant.”
‘‘That’s Just it," pleaded her hus
band. “I told him about our flat and
that we’d have a little home dinner”—
"I know thert? won’t be a thing fit
to eat and then you'll be cross and”—
Birdie’s eyes filled with tears, as
Birdie’s eyes had a trick of doing.
Her husband, being only a man in
the early stages of matrimonial ossi
fication, was still moved by bis
wife’s tears.
“There, Birdie,” he began, hastily.
‘'We'll all go downtown to dinner”—
“No, Willie,” declared his wife, with
a suddenness which surprised him. "I
must learn to get up nice dinners for
your friends. Only we won’t have
biscuits,” she added, with determina
tion, “Because those I baked a week
ago have not been eaten yet.”
“That’s because you quit putting
them on the table," said her husband,
deceitfully. “I believe I could eat one
now.”
“You darling! It’s nice of you to
say that, but I threw them away.”
An odor of burned steak greeted
Willie and his martyr friend as they
entered the small flat the next even
ing. Birdie appeared a little later
with flushed face. She greeted tho
guest, her lip trembling. “I’m afraid
the dinner won’t be nice”—she began.
“She’s fooling you, old man," said
her husband. “She’s the finest cook
that ever was.’,’
“I know the steak is burned”—she
persisted.
“I like it burned—can't cook it too
much for me,” said the guest, deter
mined to be amiable.
“It isn’t so well done in the mid
dle,” remarked Willie, as he carved
the steak a little later. “Maybe you
could cook it a bit more.”
“Not on my account." declared the
guest. “I like it rare—inside.”
“You are just saying that to—to
please me,” said the perturbed Uos
tess.
“Not at all. I always order it that
way at the restaurant. Nothing like
a home table—such an air of comfort
about It.”
“You're not eating your potatoes.
I don’t believe they’re done.”
"Never eat them. But they look
fine. How about you, Bill?”
“Hate ’em,” asserted the husband.
“I know you are making fun of me!
I—I have a pudding”—
“Hurray! We won’t do a thing to
that pudding, will we, old man? Here,
I’ll get it, Birdie. Say, old bach, let
me put your plate on this cha*r. No
style about this dinner—all the com
forts of a home.”
Then he brought in the pudding
With a flourish.
“Look here, Birdie," he said, “well
have to get a new oven. This one of
ours doesn't bake anything. But it’s
not your fault, darling."
“I m so sorry! l—1 have some Jelly
I could give you"—
“The finest jelly you ever saw!"
shouted the husband. “It’ll stand
alone and the color—Birdie certainly
understands color!”
The hostess passed a glass of it
to her guest. He helped himself spar
ingly.
“This is all for you,” she said.
"Here’s another glass for Wll’le.”
“Oh. I say, l can’t eat all this," pm
tested the martyr.
"You do—-don't like my cooking,
wailed the hostess. “The dinner is
horrid and—and"— Birdie flew into
the kitchen.
"Excuse me, old man. I’ll go and
comfort her,” said the host. “She’s
a bit upset.”
"I’ll eat the blooming jelly if I die
for it,” thought the lonely guest, as
he gulped it down. "Bah! How I
hate the stuff. Never again—
Sounds of sobbing and words of
endearment came from the kitchen.
“Maybe I better eat Bill's too!”
thought the disturbed bach?'or.
When this also had disappeared the
sobs continued.
"Perhaps there’s more in the clip
board,’’ said the bachelor to himself.
"But, no, I absolutely can’t—it’s sui
cide.”
After another quarter of an hour
the couple returned arm In arm.
"We stopped to straighten up a bit—
dishes you know,” said the host.
“Hello, where’s the"—
“When a man gets a taste of that
Jelly he can’t stop eating as long as
there’s any left,” declared the guest.
“Your wife must tell me how she
makes it."
Birdie smiled and her loyal hus
band patted her hand.
"Poor old bachelor! You don’t know
much about the comforts of home,
do you? Know how to appreciate
’em when you come across ’em, eh?”
"H’ll give you a glass of jelly to
take home," said Birdie, her face
rosy with pleasure.—Chicago News.
TH/T SPHERE.
[Matrimony is the better paid anil
isler occupation.—Dr. Otto Juettner, of
Cincinnati, in a paper on "Women li»
Business as Affecting the Future of tho
Race," read before the American Aead-
my of Medicine, at Chicago.]
Pretty, hopeful maiden, you so
Busy fixing up your trousseau.
Are you hearing
What tho doctoi so sagacious
Says about It? Goodness gracious
But It’s cheering!
Sometimes at sad moment* poutful
You have left a llttlo doubtful—
Now forget it!
Here you tlnd that Hymen’s fetter
Surely puts you to the better—
If you’ll let It.
No days terrified ,nl _rouchy
When the boss Is j am and grouchy
No moro fearful
Callings down fiom him to grieve you
In a way that’s Imund to leave you
Pretty tearful.
Easier and better pnld, say!
That must cheer you, pretty maid, sayl
Those who dare to
Knock know not u thing about It,
If they did would then they (lout It?
They’d not care to.
Nathless, pretty maiden hopeful.
Take from us some wisdom dopeful—
True, If breesy.
One thing have a careful eye to,
See, when one you pick to tie to,
That he’s easy.
—Indianapolis News.
SELLING 8HOE8 IN BRITAIN.
American Salesman Telia of the Mul
tiple Stores System.
“The method of selling shoes in
Great Britain has been improved to
such an extent within recent years that
they are Just a little bit ahead of us
now,” said the foreign representative
of one of the largest shoe manufact
urers in this country. “The shoe bus
iness there is a good deal like ihe cigar
business here, and the benefits t^ the
public are many.
"The big English shoe stores are call
ed multiple shops, and are managed
from a central depot, which is always
located in a great shoe manufacturing
town, such as Leicester, because the
head of the multiple store wants to he
in close touch with the mauufactur-
An order from the multiple shop
is naturally large, and the head of it
who always has cash to settle his or
der in full, is often able to squeeze
the manufacturer below the cost price.
Sometimes the manufacturer fatls
for that reason, but the only one to
suffer is the leather man. The multi
ple stoi*e merchant has made a good
bargain, the people buy their shoes
cheaper and they are not Inclined to
waste any sympathy on the manufact
urer or the tanner.
‘The stores are well managed, but
from an American point of view the
managers are poorly paid. These
stores have worked wonders with the
British style of dressing shoe store win
dows.
“Not long ago it was common to see
the old brass rods with men’s and
women’s shoes placed side by side, sol
dier fashion, each bearing a plain
ticket. Today the shoe shop windows
rank ^ith the millinery stores In the
matter of displays.
“It is interesting to note also that
in spite of British conservatism Amer.
lean styles are now being widely imi
tated. At a recent gathering of shoe
men in London a man who is at the
head of one of the biggest shoe dls
tributing concerns openly said that
America flow led the fashion in shoes
as Frances doc-s in millinery. At pres
ent the modified form of the bulldog
toe is worn by all the young bloods
and the newest season’s samples all
appear to have been made on lasts
copied from American models.
“I am not surprised at the success of
the multiple stores in Britain. Before
they went into business Nie average
shoe store was a dark, dismal, evil
smelling hole, and the storekeeper was
in keeping with his business. The
quantity of stock was insufficient for
the customers’ demands and the smart
fittings of today for the various sizes
in shoes were unknown.
“That is all changed now, and al
though many a small retailer has
been squeezed out of business it has
improved the trade, and now there is
Intense competition between the big
concerns themselves.”—New York Sun
Spoiling a Man.
“If I wanted to spoil a man for com
merce,” said Sir Alfred Jones,
would send him to Oxford or Cara
bridge,” On the other hand, we have
M. Paul Adam, an eminent Frenchman
of letters, defending the older cul
ture in the Paris Revue Hebdomadaire
from purely utilitarian considerations
France, he asserts, is losing ground
relatively to other nations In the com
mercial struggle for life because her
commercial men have abandoned the
study of the classics and have there
by lost the mental training which, as
lie contends, the classical education
gives and for which no adequate sub
stitute has yet been discovered.—Lon
don UnJ,v. Correspondence.'
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Smithson—Poor chap! I understand
that he was clubbed to death. JoneB-
by—Yes. He belonged to four, I think.
Judge.
Miss Peyteet—How do l look In this
hat? Elder Brother—Under It, you
mean, don’t you, sis? You look pret
ty small.—Chicago Tribune.
‘A prophet is without honor In his
own country,” remarked the morallzer.
'True,’’ rejoined the demoralizer, "but
lie Is never without competition."—Chi
cago Dally News.
Nan—I don't see why Miss Mugley
should want to marry him, with all her
money. Dick—I guess she had to. I
don’t believe he’d have taken her with
out It.—Philadelphia Press.
What forced you to become crook
ed?" asked the magistrate of the pris
oner before him. “Trying to make
both ends meet, your Honor,” was the
more or less satisfactory reply—Cleve
land Leader.
Nell—I hear you are going to get
married. Bell—Married? Why, such a
thing as marriage has never occurred
to me. Nell—Well, I didn’t suppose
you had been married before.—Phil
adelphia Record.
"You must be very careful with
your daughter, Mrs. Comeup. She
has a rapidly growing mentality,”
“Oh, gracious, doctor! Will she have
to have an operation to cure It?”—
Baltimore American.
Hewitt—Figures won’t lie. Jewett—
That’s what I tell the people I meet
in business, but they won't believe
me. Hewitt—What is your business?
Jewett—I’m collector for a gas com
pany.—Town and Country.
Guest (In cheap restaurant)—See
here, waiter, I thought I told you to
bring me a strong cup of coffee.
Waiter—Well, wots de matter wld
dat cup? Youse couldn’t break it wld
a axe.—Chicago Daily News.
A statistician has discovered that,
automobiling is distracting young men
from marriage. Why shouldn’t it? A
man who owns an automobile has
trouble enough without thinking of get
ting married.—Philadelphia Record.
The congressman was leaving Wash
ington for his own town. “Well, good-
by,” said a friend. “I suppose the
citizens will be out in force to meet
you?’ "I—I’m afraid they will,” re
replied the congressman—Philadelphia
Ledger.
"I has been tol’ ” said Brother Dick
ey, “dat my sermons puts folks ter
sleep; but dat’s all right. Dey ain’t
doin’ any harm whilst dey is a-sleepin’,
an’ dey’ll wake up fast enough w’eu
de devil bull’s a fire under ’um!”—
Atlanta Constitution.
“ThlB business of giving people a lot
of straps to hang on to in the cars
is all wrong!" exclaimed the indignant
citizen. "That’s right,” answered Mr.
Dustin Stax, with sudden interest,
"the public ought to be made to fur
nish Its own straps.”—Washington
Star.
“Dod rot It!” angrily exclaimed the
unsuccessful contributor. “I don’t
s’pose there’s anything I could write
that you’d accept.” “I guess not,” re
plied the country editor. “I don’t sup
pose you could write a check for a
year’s subscViption, could you?’—Phil
adelphia Press.
Elephants’ Queer Diet.
A gentleman recently brought to
tho British Museum about half a peck
of stones asserted to have been taken
from the stomach of an African ele
phant. The stones are quite angular
and unworn. It was Btated by the
donor that other instances of the
same nature are known to hunters.
If such stones are habitually swal
lowed by elephants, one wonders, in
the first place, that they do not seri
ously damage the molar teeth, and
secondly, why it is that they do not
become rounded. It may be added
that the same gentleman recently
demonstrated the existence of the
stone-swallowing habit of crocodiles.
—Philadelphia Record.
His Dignity Hurt.
“What do you think of local op
tion now?” asked the visitor.
“It’s a good thing," said Col. Still
well, “but it’s depressing. I tell you,
sir, it’s an awful thing, sir, for a man
of my years and experience to be com
pelled to take Ice cream soda water
seriously.”—Washingtoa Star,