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TITE BANNER, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 14, 1902. ZOLA’S EARLY TRIALS. Tlmea When the Dnddlng Author Wna Flanged In Misery. Young Zola had kicked his heels foi several years in ministerial anterooms, but all to no effect. Gambetta, to pre vent Zola perishing of want, gave him the subprefooture of Castle Sarrasin. Hut for want of money he had to stop on the war. and for so long a time that M. de Freyciuet slipp'd into the place. Zola during the i**riod dealt with in “I.a Delwicle” was in the south of France. How he then lived 1 can not imagine. After tilings settl«*d down in Paris in 1871 he had fallen into the blackest misery, and with a beautiful young wife. Her mother was no lon ger able tmard, such as they were, with them. Zola sometimes had to take the wool out of the mattress of his bed and sell it. He escnjied from death by famine owing to a letter of introduction from a doctor who attended ids mother to Haehette, tin? great publisher. The latter employed him at a salary of GO flanes a month to tie up books in par cels and address them. Hut he rather liked Zola and. divining in him first rate stuff, engaged him to write for the papers those puffs known ns reclames for books the Arm had brought out. Noticing his punctuality and his re- *or\e with other young men, Haehette promoted Zola still higher by making him Ids private secretary. He was then an uncouth, shy. Ill dressed, man- nerless. squat little fellow, but he evi dently had a tidy wife, who paid great attention to tho furbishing up of his clothes and to his shirts. — London Truth. S. 11 — ESKIMO COURTSHIP. Uow the Native Selects u Urlde—Tho MarrluKf Ceremony. The Eskimo gentleman never selects a wife in his own village. As soon as he Is able to make a living for a family he goes into a neighboring village and falls in a fit of love before some likely girl. She is then penned up for some , time in a house--a sort of dugout or burrow In the ground—and when the : bride day comes lie goes there and 'crawls in. It is in the play that the bride to be shall so strenuously object that she fights him off. He then goes ' out and gets his dogs and sled, and when they are harnessed up he goes In again, overcomes her, ties her hands UNIQUE PROPOSALS. SOME RATHER CURIOUS METHODS OF POPPING THE QUESTION. Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum & Mullein to share her domicil** and J and fi-vt, places Iter on the sled and hauls her to his own village. That completes the ceremony of marriage. The whole village gives them a wed ding feast. Next day, or later on. If they don’t forget It, they go before a minister of the gospel nnd are married in due form. This feature of the union, however. Is not Important and doeB not bother them very much. The dressing of the bride's ltnlr Is n revelation. It Is done up In a series of knots nt*out a foot high on top of her head nnd pulled so tightly from the scalp that very often hlg patches of It are fairly pulled out by the roots, leav ing held nnd barren places around the ears ami the temples. Rain In Crossed Lesa. “Uncross your legs," said a doctor. “Oh, no!” said his son. “What's the nse of being so polite all the time?" “My boy.” the father answered, ‘it Is not on account of a mero rule of eti quette that I tell you to uncross your logs, but It Is because leg crossing Is nn Injurious thing, a thing as baleful to the health as kissing or na microbes. “When you cross your legs, you fit the knee cay of the upper limb into tho cavity under the kneo of the lower one. In the cavity that yon thus compress there nre the two Important exterior and Interior popliteal nerves and a nutnl>er of glands and blood vessels. Compression does not act well on theso organs. It benumbs them nnd weak ens nnd emaciates them. You feel the Injury In a numbness of the whole leg. Thu leg goes to sleep. “Keep on with the habit, nnd your legs weaken. They t>eeome thin; they lose thetr shapeliness. It Is only stlch men nnd women and children as never cross their legs who have strong nnd supple nnd beautiful limbs.”—Philadel phia Record. Ills Portrait. One of the members of a certain sub urban photogrnphlc society recently de livered a lecture. Illustrated by lantern views. Another member, thinking to have a Joke at the expense of tho lecturer, slipped In among the slides a lantern portrait of himself. The Joke would come In. of course, by tho portrait appearing on the screen Immediately after the lecturer had an nounced the appearing of something quite different Kate nnd chance were unluckily against the humorist for when his por trait was presented the lecturer, with out knowing what was on the screen, gravely reed from his list: “The next slide, ladles nnd gentle men, Ih the picture of a refractory don key!" Minnesota's Nicknames. Minnesota has boon designated as the “North Star State,” of which expres sion two or three explanations have been given—one on account of Its geo graphical position, another that the north star appears In Its coat of arms. It bus also been called the “Lake State,'' from the number of small lakes within Its limits, and the “Gopher 8t:ite.“ because the early settlers found those animals In such abundance that they proved a serious nuisance. Even a careful rider passing over a plain'where gophers abounded was In danger of being thrown by his horse accidentally atepplng Into a gopher hole. Ilia Exact Age. Asked his age In a court of Justice, a Georgia darky replied: “Well, suh, I ex olo ex dc big white onk tree o-.i Marse Tom’s plantation.” “And how old mny that be?" Inquired a lawyer. "Well, suh. ef I makes no mistakes, do white oak tree Is de samo age ez de mill dam, en de mill dam ain't a day older ilan de red barn, what come nigh ter bein’ burned up w’en de stars felled!" —Atlanta Constitution. Speeding the Parting. Mamma—1 was surprised and shocked by the coldness with which you greet ed M Isa ltoersum when she called. Ethe‘1—Yes, mamma, but I made up for It later. Manima-*-Dld you! Ethel—Yea, Indeed. You should have aeen how cordially I bade her "good- by.”—Philadelphia Press. Transmigration. “So dey convicted dat feller dat was swinging a high society bluff so aa to lift Jewelry," said Plodding Tete. "Yea,” answered Meandering Mike. “He's got; his prison clothes on now. Dcy've changed him from a social lion Into a zeL ra."—Washington Star. The Higher Allegiance to Hymen. A St. Louis, man disregarded a sum mons to serve on a Jury because his marriage to a St Louis woman bad been set for the same hour. Ha thought he knew which court order to obey.—Richmond Times. - ■ An Intt-ll!tf«*nt I)og. A gentleman once had a very hand some and intelligent collie in his pos session. One day lie lost the dog when taking It through the city. The crea ture In vain searched everywhere for his master and at lust, seeing a hansom cah creeping leisurely along, jumped Into It and settled himself determined ly on the seat. The driver tried to en tice it out. hut without success, and a little crowd collected. None dared to tackle the dog, hut at last a facetious spectator shouted out v . “I say, Hill, darn me If he don't want to he druv home.” “That's It; that's what lie wants,” they all agreed amid shouts of laughter. Then one examined his col lar and found an address clearly en graved upon It. Without further ado cahhy jumpid up and drove up to this same address, which proved to he the correct one. Needless to say, the cab man was substantially rewarded. The dog ha<l been In the habit of driving home every evening with his master in a hansom and. with doggie reasoning, hail deckled to follow his usual custom when he had given up hope of finding his master.—London Opinion. WritltiK nn Order of Marriage With a Shotgun—Inditing n Lovu Letter With u "Waterfall—Firework* and Vegetables Prewed Into Service. Miss Annie Oakley, the champion rifle shot, was practicing In a London shooting gallery one day, firing at the regulation cardboard target, when u stranger happened along and, picking up a spare rifle, tired 10b shots thereat, the whole spelling out the following message; “Will you marry me?” The kol\ was naturally somewhat surprised; but, not to he outcone, she promptly i"plied after similar fash'ou with her own match rifle, “Certainly not." This is probably unique as an offer of marriage, hut It is a fact that a young mation living in a south London suburb has in her possession at this present moment several rifle written love letters. The lady in question was formerly an attendant at a shooting gallery In a certain i*.>pulnr place of amusement (soon, alas, to he closed forever) which Is “down Westminster way.” and her sweetheart that was and hushmd that is used to drop in of an owning to practice. He heeame so e\J el t a awhile that he could place lie shots where lie liked to within a fraction of an inch, and he frequently used hi* skill wlii'ii no inconx enieiit >alool Cou ghs, Colds. Whooping Cough, LaGrippe and all Throat and Lung Troubles. HADE of Pure SWEET GUM, nULLEIN & HONEY,; Your Druggist sells it 25 <fc 50c HUI Clint lilnic or Will SlmiKlIic It is not many y« a lief prevailed that heart disease was were around in t! Needless to say tl finished the lit tit of cartridge pa pc mov 1 and preser alone tlie messag i* manner iidlcated. t as soon as he had perforated squares were carefully ed by her for whom s so curiously writ* Dr. Jouclt nnd Bible History. The following story of Dr. Jowett was current among the undergraduates at Oxford In my day. It had reached the master’s ears that Haliol men were not so successful in tho examination in “Rudiments of Religion” as In the clas sical schools, so that he determined to call up the next batch of candidates and catechise them himself In Hible history. “Mr. Smith,” he is reported to have said, “what prophet went up to heaven In a chariot of lire?” “Elijah, sir." “It is disgraceful that a scholar of this college should be so Ignorant! Mr. Jones?” “Elijah, sir.” “Mr. Brown?” “Elijah, sir." At this point the library boy entered, and to strike the undergraduates with shame he was appealed to. “Tell these gentlemen what prophet went up to heaven in a chariot of fire.” “Elijah, sir." Then ensued a pause and then, “Well, gentle men, perhaps it was Elijah!"—Cornhlll Magazine. Butcher* Who Swnp Meat*. A houseke"per who went to live on the fur east side of New York asked a butcher why she couldn't get from him the best cuts of meat. Ills shop was in Second avenue, above Thirty- fourth street. The housekeeper, al though she was economical, occasion ally wanted a line steak or a choice piece of other meat for a special occa sion. She learned that while the butcher bought a whole ox he did not keep the best parts of it. “Every day," he said, “I send the best meats I buy to the shops farther west. The outehers over there buy It from me, and I get from them the cheaper cuts, for which they have no use. We have a regular system of ex change.”—New York Times. A l ittle Too Much. “A wife has a right to expect much of her husband,” remarked the philo sophically inclined person musingly. “Yes. I suppose she has,” replied tho meek appearing man with wilted look ing whiskers; “I suppose she has, but when she expects him to live up, stead ily and without swerving, to the motto on her first husband’s tombstone I somehow think she Is expecting moro than she really ought to expect from a common, everyday, earthly man.” Qualified. “Yes, he’s sure to make a grand pres ident for the college. He's had so much experience.” “I didn’t know he was a prominent educator.” “He isn’t lie was an insurance agent and he can coax money out of a stone wall.”—Washington Times. A WEAK HEART. Stair Mounting: » the Ornun, ■s ago that the b«*- a sufferer from in constant peril Dvtpcrnte. Doctor—To remove your mother-in- law in her present condition to the hos pital would, I am afraid, prove fatal. Ilenrlpeck—Well, let’s try it any way.—Kansas City Independent ten thereon were intended. The most fnrfamed feature of the beautiful Yosemlte valley, jn Califor nia. is the Bridal Veil fall. It descends from the plateau, nearly 2,dot) feet above, in a single ribbon of silvery water limned luminously against the dark M i tieal face of the prec pice. Perhaps it was its romantic name which suggested to Charles Evelyn, a young and wealthy San Franciscan, to utilize the falling streamlet 1:3 an alto pettier novel fashion. Anyhow he spent several thousand dollars In construct ing at the summit of the cliff. Just where the water gathers itself together for Its final terrific leap Into the abyss below, a sort of vertically sliding sluice door which worked so smoothly and so perfectly that it could be low ered and raised several times in tho course of a single minute. Then when his preparations were complete lie brought to the valley from her far eastern home the you lg lady to whom he was engaged, and by alter nately raising and lowering the sluice gates above for longer or shorter inter vals, as the case might be, he caused the cascade to tell her in spurts and jets, corresponding to ihe dots and dashes of the Morse alphabet, of the love he bore her. Whether the lady ex actly approved of this blazoning abroad of what should have been i message sacred to her eyes alone is not record ed, but she has. at all events, the su preme satisfaction of retie..’ting that she is the only woman in the world to w hom a love letter has been indited by a harnessed waterfall. Love letters spelled out ic fireworks are of course common. One such writ ten aloft in particolored globes of flame and addressed by a Magyar noble to his a ilia need bride at Herrmannstadt Is said to have cost £800. In a Sussex garden a lovelorn but bashful swatn sowed in mustard and cress a marriage proposal to the daugh ter of his next door neighbor, and the fair one, not to be outdone, answered, “Yes," in radishes. They were mar ried without delay, and boih the pro posal and the answer were served and eaten at the wedding breakfast. After nil, however, It H doubtful whether the modern lover has, on the whole, progressed very far :n tho mat ter of inventing novelties, either in marriage proposals or lore letters. Nearly 4,000 years ago a proposal for the hand of nn Egyptian piincess was '.nseribed elaborately on t block of solid stone nnd can be seen to this day by any one curious in such mat ters In the British museum. Machares, an old time king of Colchis, wooed his wife by sending her presen ;s of young md beautiful child slaves, each of whom had some tender and loving message tattooed on the nkin of the back, while, coming down to more recent times, it Is recorded of the Prince de Conti that he scut to a cer tain great lady a proposal indited on a golden plaque, exquisitely engraved, the letters of the words of tho epistle being formed of diamonds, rubies and emeralds set in the metaL The lady's answer was, however, In the negative, whereupon the prince re quested that she would ut least do him the honor of accepting a ring con taining a miniature of h mself. To this she assented, but stipulated that the ring should be destitute of jewels. The tiny portrait was accordingly set in a simple rim of gold, but to cover the painting a large dinmond, cut very thin, served as a glasf. The lady promptly returned the Jewel, where upon the prince had It ground to pow der, which he used to dry the Ink of the note he wrote to her on the sub ject—London Tit-Bits. whenever be moved and that tin he appnuiehcd absolute rest the better it was foi his heart. This is still true in respivi tu certain forms of heart dls- those due to actual disease or de lation of tin* heart muscles—but when the disease is in the valves, as it is in the majority of eases, the modern teaching is that properly regulated ex ercise Is beneficial. This is founded upon the common sense view that the heart Is like other muscles in that It be strengthened by exercise to meet increased calls upon it. When the valves of a pump get out of order, it requires greater force to move a given quantity of water. If this force can be applied, it will make up for the defect in the valves. Tlic same principle holds good in the case of the diseased heart; the valvular de fect must be made good—“compensa tion** is the medical term for this proc ess-by iiu-reased strength In the heart muscle. The heart must be able not only to meet the ordinary, everyday extra strain—this it does automatically, as it were, by the unaided efforts of nature —but it must l»e stronger than neces sary, just as It Is in health, to meet some extra strain caused by illness, o sudden mrvous shock or pome abso lutely necessary exertion. It is evident, therefore, that a diseased heart must to assure the safety of the patient be strengthened beyond the requirements of a quiet life. This is accomplished in various ways, but none is better for the puiqiose than hill climbing or stair climbing, the for mer for pleasant days, the latter for bad weather. The exercise should, of course, be taken under the direction of a physician, for it can easily be over done, in which case one of the bad con ditions against which it is the object of the exercise to provide w ill be arti ficially produced and the heart will be overtaxed before it is strong enough to withstand the extra strain.—Youth’s Companion. * THfc. DOLiAlH Or- utbFAlR i thi NATURAL HISTORY. All animals ruminate which have horns nnd cloven feet. The offspring of two rabbits might in ten years number 70,000,000. Flying fish have been known to jump ten feet above the surface of the sea. The puffin is the most punctual of bjh^in the matter of its annual migra tion. The moose deer lias the largest horus of any animal. They often weigh from fifty to sixty pounds. The boa and python have the largest number of ribs of any animals, the number being 320 pairs. Some few birds, notably the blue- throat, accomplish the whole of their migratory journey in one stupendous effort The reindeer can endure more than any other draft animal except the camel. A reindeer has been known to pull 200 pounds at ten miles an hour for twelve hours. 'll ti»* t Av%fol <;.-*»« linslu ft, Koi’kU’i at.I Hit- Sivrt :i •*. There are various kinds and degree* uf deserts in this country, but tin* most utterly hopeless are found in the so called Great basin between the Itoek les and the Sierras. This is a vast re h Ion of desert8, with here and there an : roa where nature in prankish uiood B'vuis actually to have made an effort to produce spectacular effects of hor ror. From the Wasatch mountains to the Sierra Nevada extends a ghastly stretch of territory w hich is intersect ed by a series of high mountain ranges running parallel north and south, with valleys between. A birdscyo view of the landscape shows three priuciital ranges, two of which are known as the Amurgosu and ranumint, and between these is Death valley, so called because it Is the very a toxic of death. Imagine a narrow strip of arid plain shut in between two mighty mountain valla, the peaks stretching up 10,000 feet Into a burning sky. The surface of this plain, which is 173 feet below sea level, is n mere crust of salt and alkali, through which a ridden horse treaks up to his knees Into a horrid paste than eats both hair and hide. A gray haze that never llXjs makes everything Indistinct and pflftzllng to t ie view. No vegetation is to be seen save a very scanty sagebrush, with leaves that are not green, but gray, and here and there n sort of cactus that grows to five or six feet in height, with extended branches. It is called the “dead man" because in the night each stalk looks like a corpse by the way- s dc. But the supreme horror of the place I; the heat, which Is unspeakable. There Is a breeze, but It is so scorching hot ns to blister your face. Streams flow from springs down toward the valley, but never reach It, because the boat dries them up on the way.—Satur day Evening Tost. NEW OPERA HOUSE 15th. Special Return Engagement Howard Kyle And his same admirable company again present ing Clyde Fitch's ack nowledged masterpiece NATHANHALL Inane Verbosity. “Don’t you think that Mrs. Chntson Is quite a brilliant conversationalist? “Oh, quite! She can express less In more words than any one I ever met.” -Life. Such Is the flexibility of our language that a noble brute may lie either a thoroughbred St Bernard or a rascally foreign fortune seeker. —Washington Tfmea. There by High One of them went over and whis pered to the stranger who tad come In and taken a seat: “I beg your pardon, btt this Is gathering of working wonen, met to protest against”— “1 nm a traveling preacher’s wife,' ■aid the stranger. And they made her the president of the meeting.—Chicago Tribune. Secondhand Boob Habit. One of the uovel habits of the pres ent day is one that takes one to second hand bookstores, says the Philadelphia North American, Dealers in dissipated libraries call it aptly enough the “sec ondhand book habit.” A clerk whose duty it Is to stand at the front of the secondhand’ bookstore and watch out for possible purchasers Is the one who first made note of this queer habit. He noticed that the same men and women were wont to stop and cursorily inspect the same dusty vol umes day after day, year in and year out. They come every day—the same old faces—and they look over the same old books, and they never say any thing, and they never buy anything, and after awhile, when their time is up, they go away as silently ns they came. An EmbnrrnNNliK; Answer. A man sent a note to a rich neighbor with whom he was on friendly terms to know If he could borrow an ass for a few hours. The worthy old man was no scholar and happened to have a guest sitting with him at the time, to whom he did not wish to expose his Ignorance. Opening the note and pre tending to read it. he reflected a mo ment and turned to the servant. “Very good,” said he. “Tell your muster I’ll come myself presently.” IMPROVED ON NATURE. A Point That Won a Lavranlt For William McKlaler. A year or two after William McKin ley had begun the practice of the law nt Canton. O., he distinguished himself li a humorous fashion In one of his frst successful cases. As often hap pens In court, the humor was not mere ly for the sake ot the Joke, hut for seri ous purpose. Mr. Edwnrd T. Boe In "The Life Work qi William McKinley” tells the story. Tho case was a suit agalnst-fi. sur geon. whom the plaintiff charged with having set his leg so badly that It was Lowed. McKinley defended the sur geon nnd found himself pitted against John MeSweeney, one of the most bril liant lawyers of the Ohio bar. MeSweeney brought Ills client Into court anil had him expose the Injured litnl) to the Jury. It was very crooked, and the case looked Lind for the sur geon. But McKinley hail both his eyes open, as usual, nnd fixed them keenly on the other man's leg. As soon ns the plaintiff was turned over to him he asked that the other leg should also be bnred. The plaintiff and MeSweeney objected vigorously, but the Judge ordered it done. Then It ap peared that his second leg was still more crooked than that which the sur geon had set. “My client seems to have done better by this man than nature Itself did,” laid McKinley, "nnil I move that the suit he dismissed, with a recommenda tion to the plaintiff thnt he have the other leg broken and then set by the surgeon who set the flrst one.” A thrilling romance of the Ameri can IlevohiMon fraught with humor, pathos, sent intent and patriotism. Not for today hut for gene rat ions to come. Same magnificent si-enii- product ion. Same elaborate costumes and details. Prices; 25c, 50c. 75c, $1.00, $1.50. Seats on sale at Palmer's Unite Store Fritlav. ONE NIGHT ONLY. Tuesday, 16th Now Get Wise LEST VOL FORGET THE FOREVER FAVORITE MUSICAL FARCE COMEDY PECK’S BAD BOY WILL ST. AUBURN. Mgr. All Laughs! No Cry! The Best Acting Company, The Best Singing Company, The Funniest Comedians, The Best Dancers. COME 4ND JJUJ0H, WITH US! Seats on sale at Palmer’s Drug Store. 25, 35 and 50 cents. IIeedle**ne*s. Heodlessnoss may not be one of the seven deadly stus, hut could the perpe trator oftener witness the result of his net a whole list of casualties would be- i-ome obsolete. A little Italian boy. lightly clad, was recently helping to tort out bottles from n city dump heap. In trying to remove a stopper from n condensed milk Jar he accidentally broke the glaBS, and a powerful acid |>oureil down his side. The child fell rcrenmtng to the ground, terribly burn- id. lie will be crippled for life. The person who, after finishing some exper iment or process, corked the cupful of Innocent looking acid In the bottle and Ihrew it Into the ash barrel “didn’t think.”—Youth’s Compuuloo. The Inventor'* Triumph. “You say that Arbeiter’s Inventions have made several men millionaires, hut did he ever make anything out Of them?" “Oh, yes. lie was singularly success ful with Ills devices in thnt respect. Do made enough to perfect all of them.”—Indianapolis News. All In. Vain. Clara—I suppose I shall have to give Mr. Flddlebnck the next dauce. Maud—Why don't you sit It out with him? “Well, I’ve tried that”—New Yorker. The Only Exception. “She's unusually conscientious, you nay?” “Yes, Indeed; even In the smallest de tails of life.” “Able to resist any sort of a tempta tion ?" “t-'nquestlonably.” “Has she ever teen to Europe?” The champion of woman looked star tled. “Oh. well,” he said, “of course, If she had a chance to smuggle a few gowns Into the country, why—why—that’s • different matter.”—Chicago Post. The Whole Thins* She—None of your “love In a cottage" for me. 1 want a brownstone house In meats which affect the sense of sight The Ere* and the Ttppw, There nre experts on the eyes who hold stoutly to the theory that troubles in vision often cause serious lapses from a well ordered life among chil dren and that disobedience. Ill temper, -cruelty, wanton destructiveness and hysterics are frequently due among youngsters to aberrations and to all- \ fashionable neighborhood. j Such a theory may appear to be ear- He—And I suppose you want it In 1 irled so far aa to be almost a fad, yet ^ur own name too.—Brooklyn Life. I there may be something In 1L Home Seekers Excursion Rates VIA The Western & Atlantic R. R. AND Nashville, Chattanooga & St, Loois Railway. • To all points in Texas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory and Missouri. Only one change of cars to principal western points. Solid Veetibuled through trains be tween Atlanta and Memphis. Very low rates to all points North, North-West and West. Best service and quickest time via tho Scenic Battlefield Route. For sohcdales, rates, maps or any in formation, write JNO. E. SATTERFIELD, Traveling Passenger Agent. No. 1, Brown Building, Atlanta, Ga. TALLULAH PALLS RAILWAY COMPANY. Tiwe TABLE NO. 25. In effect Sunday, Sept. Tth, 1902, 8. a m Eastern Time. 11 H daily STATIONS ia:ly P.M Lv. Ar P. m. 5 00 21 Tallulah Falls . 100 6 05 20 F. .. Tallulah Lodge. 12 57 5 20 16 .. Turnerville... 12 43 6 30 13 F . .Hollywood ... 12 28 5 38 11 F... .. Anaudale .. r 12 18 5 45 9 F... ... Hills 12 11 5 65 8 . .Clarkesville... 12 05 16 10 5 .. Demorest. ... 11 50 6 80 0 ... Cornelia ... 11 f*r* P.M. Ar Lv A M. “F” for flag stations. W. S. ERWIN. Gt-neml Manager. OASTOntA. Bean the -frU'O Kind Yog Haia Always Bought