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L Lull NS vliil * utolluhed EvXsaturd.y MomirMi /—AT— THINS, -L- - - OEOM Jf 7b. DAVisjtHisto ani PwietoM’. 203 Hall Str«* r™»B~ >' *■»"»• <*■■ •* Master- One Copy, One 9g One Copy, Six Ml ?“ tb . 8 ! „ (flo One Copy, Three Months, advertisements I And other Local notices inserted At reasonable rates. V Ml communications and letters oH» business should be, addressed to | S. B. DAVIS, I P.O, Box 305, - - Athens, Gs- The difference between evident® and legal evidence Is as great as th® between what everybody and wlnt somebody can prove. The Italians in their own country may not be possessed of much indiv dual wealth, but in other countri- 9 they stack up pretty well. There ai e •- VO of them in California, and tbe|r P° BB \lons are estimated to be wort|h A Frei| C h inventor has devised a way of a va kenlng sluggards. Mear s are provided by which the weight of a person in )e d makes an electric cd " rent. A b»n and a clock are placed i n the circuit n nd when the proper tin 0 has arrive*, the clock breaks the clrcu iC nnd a bell rings until the sleeper 8 awakened dnd arises. A woman minister who married , a couple in Pennsylvania recently (an 1 ' It is said to be the first marriage cert-’ mony ever column I zed by a woman ,n that state) at once turned the nuuL rlage fee over to her husband* Mlnlf" ters’ wives have so long been tomed to receive the wedding fees that the act seems to be quite Just to ttie sterner sex. •ommerrlal ' tlons of ‘.he ear NT'I 4 ’* ten show a bal ance of trule In their favor, while lhe remaining 14 buy more than they sell. These ten are the Argentine Republic, Bulgaria, Canada, Egypt, British In dia, Mexico, Philippine Islands, Rus sia. Uruguay and the United Stains. Russia ia the only one of the great nations of Europe, whose foreign commerce is in favorable condition, ami her balance of trade is only about 14,000,000 a year, while that of the United States was $521,000,000 during i the last nine months, a gain of $127,- 000,000 over the previous year. The woodpeckers are friends of the farm and should be protected, ob serves i writer in the American Cul tivator. They have remarkable ton gues probes they are. The bird has a keen ear and locates his prey by this sense. When he hears the chip ping of a wood-boring beetle in an a> pvle or other tree, and dislodges it with Ids sharp chisel bill and probe, it s lively that on his next rounds he will fiid a colony of ants enlarging the brrow of the dead grub. The bird nw brings into use the same tools u-J in catching the beetle, and the »s are drawn out and devoured, insects are injurious to the tree. le Australians are tired of pounds, flings and pence, and have taken tIA preliminary and investigatory rtl toward instituting a decimal < Ae in their new commonwealth. Thtiave not yet decided whether G'*;]! adopt the franc system of Europe or the dollars and <'*'• America Presumably dollars ,l "’s will suit their convenience ,ncc the dollar Is the unit not o, 'lje United States and Canada, great part of the Orient as ' which the Australians have '"'''ade relations. A British Iready coined for clrcula- East. Knglish meridian's will used to reclc- In dollmira. Il would bo pt< t< tl' Ut If the eventful i <.f all great British A olonica th- 4" 1 W‘ lb v**" 1 * 4iis shou I „ Hi. U.ngß iQklWh. ,to ado:| 4 . at> , Who, when the freckleJl achool oy rises Above the rest and geMs the pri; ?s Bays: "Huh! It’s unfa fixed an dr— It was his pull that /jot him thele?”— The khweker. Who is it, when the ntaar-,iiie>«"og n In winning her he loves. procerjMK To say: "What fools girls are Will throw themselves away tb a «|fray.” The knocker. 1| Who, while the young man fries and tries | | To reach the place where honor les, Is always on the watch to jump Out and administer a bump?— The knocker. Who, when a man succeeds in ga ning The end for which he’s long bee i strain ing. - Says: "Oh, it’s easy to advance When anyone has such a chance?” — The knocker. Who when, at last, the man thfttrwon Lies down to sleep, his work Well /lone, Comes forward, looking sad, to sa>; “By worth and pluck he won his way?”— The knocker. —Chicago Record-Herald. I A STORMY WOOING. | 3 By D. I Metta. • C P C 4 6 I M'GL’LD die for you, Annie I Yes, nnd I would kill any I man that stood between me and.you!” Annie gave a little laugh. How dare she when her very soul was shaken by the violence of her lover’s passion, when, in the darkness, she could see the sparkles shoot out of the gloom of his eyes. She knew that his knit brow was bent close, upon her, and his hands were holding hers like a vice. But coquetry was a part of Annie as the foam Is part of the waves. She gloried In her power. "Then there would be two dead men ' of you, all on my account. Two fu nerals here in the port, and two ghosts ' of you to haunt me ever after on dark ! nights. It is a line offer, Richard, and ! so sensible!” s The young man recoiled a little un- ! der tlie taunt, as a great oak ffiight < move in a winter storm. He laid his 1 hands on the girl’s shoulders and held her off at arm's length. 1 "To love you is to hate you, Annie f Bergen, and to hate you is to love you. 1 and 1 love you,” he <byiSMMLhe< J wnbrare.* Suddenly the girl broke dywn, allmer coquetry was gone, as the foam goes I when the wave breaks and leaves Noth ing but little flicks of mist, which 1 creep sobbing into the earth. Annie ’ ....A j. 4 ..... >, .. 1 wet cheek next to his. . “You love me, Annie. I know it at last, thank God, and yoi will rnlrry me. Speak girl, and give me your promise.” Then she spoke. They were only tremulous, and broken words with tearful Joy half sobbed, half spoken, but they made her the betrothed of Richard Cranshaw. Was it. an hour or only a few min utes they stood there together? Happy lovers, they could not tell. Suddenly a door was opened and a long bar of light shot out into the darkness. With • the light came the sound of music and dancing, and the sight of dancers whirling past the open door. “They are looking for us,” said An nie, "we must go in for the last dance.” “It is my last dance for a long time, I sail to-morrow.” There were no traces of tears on Annie's face except the shining of her cheeks, which flashed as roses do in the last crops of a summer shower, her lies were tremulous with shy ten- ■ derres -. and her eyes shot spark Ips. of triumph. Such a face, so quickened in lao s rli'e of pride and love, one might never chance to see in a whole life- Li".e. it caught the gaze of the dancers : s they swept past. When the music s’cpped the young men edged about t'.ie spot where she stood. “I have been looking for you for the last dance," said a dapper young man. who made a bow more elaborate than that in practice by the young men of Seaport. He was clearly a travel ! Ing man. The air of cities, of hotels, and of sleeping ears was upon him. He had come to the place to sell goods ! and to show samples; had made ac quaintances of the young men: stayed j to the dauee and been introduced to some of the girls. “Oh. Mr. Marqnett!" cried AnCife. “I really fear you are mistaken, lujo not remember giving you this <lam,< !’ “It is a mistake somewhere?' said Fred Barker, a young man w| > bad the village store “It's the dan e I en gnged you for ton days ago w en wo were talking of getting up the assem bly." “Oh. Fred.” Annie answere»l ligMtly; “you know I have not any i nemory nnd you ought not to have as k< d me bo long beforehand " "It's my dance, and you know It." muttered Richard In a su ptessed tone, which only Annie hen 1. lie s t wvr ’ , W %,>,.••• , - •> ' o* Fred > J .jjgyJlE py mean quett,” aft jMRB Uark v wl® whirled as- **MjggHpr F»i*fj|MU~' y^ll I ' ard ChmnshsiTwftl clone tSe same he might have <fti|!ed off bis foolish ousy, and from crfi whose shadow] dogged him like tv bloodhound foithe best years of his life. < | . Rat no. Hi ] watched Annie witty gloomy eyes f|r a few moments, thety his face set aai hard he stepped out upon the piaz/| which formed a gal lery around tl dancing room and overhung the ifc. A wind had arisen and the tide vas coming in, foaming about the pieit upon which the pa villion was erfcted. The house had been built for /he use of summer visi tors at the lit|e seaport, but out of season tlie ypijig people of the village held their danijes in it. Annie had ciosen her partner w'th reference to ier lover's weakness, thinking that le could not possibly be .jealous of an mtire stranger, though he might be ItlfßT Fred, who had been an old friend of hers and his own chief rival. But Richard was madly Jealous; he set the flame of bis burn ing heart by witching her through the window. SmiJng and radiant, she danced and wft-led about the room in the arms of tlmt detestable stranger.- “There is noitruth in her,” he mut tered, gnawing his moustache. "One word or look from her, and I should have said, ‘I have a right to the dance, for we are engiged.’ But no; any one but me—that idiot, that smirking jackanapes of n tailor's sign! Here she comes with hh>».” Annie and her partner were waltzing down the room towards the long sash door where Ri-hard stood. Annie looked like a glowing rose, but Mr. Marquett, what was the matter with him? He suddenly seemed to go to' ! pieces—like a rtuin of shreds and tat-I ters, his knees knocked together, his limbs shook. His face turned grey like a clay masque, be reeled and swayed and staggered forward. Rich ard threw open the door by which he ; stood, and Annie with a strong grip half carried her partner through the j doorway on to the piazza, where he ! fell upon the floor. “Oh, what is this? Oh. what has ' happened?” she cried, kneeling by him i and pushing back the hair from his pale face. "Is lie dead?” She sprang tffjUJjUilff t 0 She Hung to> Ser lover in a frenzy of fright. “Oh, Richard, what shall we do? Shall I get some water?” "There Is water enoap i here,’ said he, savagely flinging he- arms from his neck, while with on»> touch <>f his boot ho. nnab-Wlb'* Maicnott off the gallery platform nto the dark waters. » —“Get him out and dance with him some more! Good-bye,” and Richard sprang like a hunted deer, cleared the piazza, with one bound and disappeared into the darkness. From that time on he was seen no more in Seaport. It was as if the earth had opened and swallowed him up. The men rallied to the help of the fainting man, who, it was understood, had fallen accidental ly over the railing. He recovered soon, the incident passed from his mind, and the village life went on as before. As years went by Annie Bergen kept her beauty wonderfully. The gossips were busy with the coming and going of her beaux, Fred Parker, after a long siege gave her up and forgot that he had ever wanted her. Mr. Mar quett proposed in vain. The rich wid ower and the classic young minister shared the same fate. “Annie will go through the woods and take up with a crooked stick at last,” said the gossips. It was a long storm and a terrible one in which many a ship met her doom. On the blackest night of it Richard Cranshaw, mate of the Anna Belle, stood on the deck of his ship with a heart that defied the storm. He was a bronzed, deep-chested man of aetio'n. His dark mood was upon him and he eared not. tWough the brig writhed and stranded in the torture of the sea as if she might go to pieces any moment; the waves roared, the spray hissed as it broke over him, the limbers beneath him were groaning the shrouds whistled aloft. But in the midst of it all and over it all there sounded a grin, a boom. Again an other. It must be. Yes. it was a slity in distress, the danger signal of perish ing souls. "1 will go.” said Richard. “Give m< the life-boat. I'll go to them!” “Fool.” shouted the captain througl his trumpet. "Who will go with you?’ “Who?’’ shouted Richard, holding u] his hand. Four men stepped out, the! hands up. There came a sudden lull of tin wind, and the boat was let down inn the sobbing sea. It was the Florida bound steameijin distress, and the firs woman let dbuin over the side was An nle Bergen. Richard caught her In hi arms. He her face in the glean of a flashing light: he felt the warn clinging of hen arms and knew it wa she—the only [woman who ever hel UH e R U -auß e Iti'B'fd. but a wil e and stormy »u<h ns suited we * nature of Richard an ... DecemlM Novelties in Jewelry. Novelties in jewelry are constantly appearing. Both new and smart is a long chain of Eastern cut gems, and irregular pearls and turquoise strings wound about the neck are gaining 1n favor rapidly. A lovely shaded enamel is made like a wild rose, but has the odd addition of a cherub’s head in raised gold in th? centre. Amethysts are worn, o^ e more, after long disuse, and often i re combined with diamonds. The Popular Girl. The type of girl that everybody likes Is she who appreciates the fact tlint she cannot always have the first choice of everything, nor does she want it. She is the girl who is not too bright to be able to find brightness in evss-y one, and pleasure in everything, S ? is neither aggressive nor a tale bearer nor a fault finder. She is tactful, urn and pleased with every attention. She is, in fact, the girl who makes the world a pleasant place because is part of it, and you like her became you feel she likes you.-Amencaa Queen. A New Coiffure. There is a new coiffure. It was wQ.n by those English beauties, the Duchess 1 of Westminster and her sister, Princess of Pless, and by that Amsii i can beauty Lady Curzon. It is .he I coiff of the season, and many are its characteristics. . h-L It is built very low. It is very large, though not cumlfr some by any means. I It suggests an old-fashioned type, while being strictly new. r And, finally, it is easy to do up, though it looks difficult. The new coiffure is built very lew at the back of the head. To accqjn plish it, it is necessary to go baclr to one's schoolgirl days, when the hair was twisted in a double loop at the back. j The hair must be worn more clos ; than it was in the schoolgirl , and, to keep It <nug, must be ti< Qd the back, just between the "ars, , M a <ilr2£2xn>. n.K *ar*nlr.. Now, with one hand, the hair ait I be twisted, and with the other it..n| I be pinned as it twists. If donsjll right it will fall in a double loof if I will hang pretty low at the back f I The hairdressers who do things! I very well have a faculty of using hi I pins. Not less than twenty are pul I this knot, and the pins are located! I i each side and at the top in a ste/ profusion. It is faddy to use pins tl exactly match the hair, and those! I amber-hued hair are selecting amt I pins, while the pure blonde is usj I the pure blonde pin of gold. The 11 j ven-haired girl may wear gilt pins! I she chooses, but they must be ve bright and pretty, or they will look t ol’ place.—Detroit Free Press. ' j Girl Students Who Cook. A girl .who has to work while at. i • lege has certain advantages at Oil lin, as Miss Alice Fallows points 4 i in the Century; i For the Oberlin girl who prefers! I concentrate her housewifely tales I ■ on herself, Keep Home, an old-fai I loned rambling house owned by t t college, provides rooms at fifty cG& I i a week. With the little cook ove 1 > which is part of the furniture of -ery e room, a frying pan and a eoffeewt, f she has all the paraphernalia ijes i sary for her frugal meals. Her bak -4 fast oatmeal simmers while sffiis e dressing. At noon she slips apo to s into the oven with one eye on .er e Latin grammar, and completes ier e midday meal with a dish of caied corn, perhaps, and an egg or two, xp- I u per becomes simple or elaborate, c e cording to her appetite and the ste i- of her funds. Meat is I p eluded iu the bill of fare, but to B I i- girls at Keep Home it often eeifs to be a daily necessity. Some of .vm ie from the neighboring country, an pa rental visists more or less frequitly h result in a supply of eggs and jgpta ■” bles, or bread and cake, whichthe I ip mother has made with loving thot hts ir of her college girl. But the stvent who comes from a distance andhas ie no convenient link between lieself ■o and the home larder can live ery a- reasonably and wholesomely at leep st Home if she has even a wofing q. knowledge of the chemistry of sods. P One student’s weekly expenses. In in eluding room rent. fuel, light and pod, in amounted to $1.65, and her mealMshe i s said, were plentiful and good, wek 1J ly expenses, with very careful fan ning. can be brought down to sl,r.nd 11 occasional girls have lived on seveity >l| live cent#, but not without a loss|[ f id physical strength, which left then' * poor condition for college work. So me times girls get only their creak 1 ' 1 ' takin- d.nmr u on^* 1 the cost of I , v rcstß or mere, by UV? and setting the tablft* , t0 ~ “° re u fZI x ears has been the re uge JOr dents. While college life for i t 3 Os . J pants, perhaps, has not been so fu color and enjoyment as f or tJ1(? . ■ who needed to take no anxious th ov J for the morrow, they have m a d e .J most of the blessings they could h a '“,l and. without exception. b y *1 achievements in the world have nnll Oberlin proud to acknowledge them J graduates. ■ gfTJoydoir! CHAT: Hsh society. A needlewoman who devotes hers J largely to making children’s Puss 1 blouses has completed her fourth 7 I dr»d. made within the last i “ t " 4’3 , Mrs. H. N. May, a Chiens - t of leisure and culture, has ’ k an appointment as a volunteer inX H tor of streets and alleys in the in which she resides. Precincts New York State Division of the rnf * ' ted States Daughters of isr> hna veiled a tablet at West Point to the* memory' of the officers, soldiers sailors.'of the war of 1812. * 4U(i • T ™ y thousand women registered' in 1894, and voted Ur’ school officers—their first opportunitr/j but since that time the number regisCl tered has .diminished steadily, and ./ now hardly noticeable. Mrs. Vinnie Ream Hoxie, who? j statue of Farragut occupies a place of I honor in Washington, is completing figure of Thaddeus Steven* j which she is to present to Lancaster' ' Penn., where Stevens is buried. Although the Boer women have al- / ways been more bitter against the 1 English than the men, kind treatment has so affected the Boer widows who 7 are refugees in tIW camps that many of non-commlssltned officers. ' The blrtb- a y anniversary <4 ■ tine Nils a was recently cefc at her d h °me in Sweden, a famo’ v °calist attended ari I - £J eople ' She is < y<?ar ' aUd for sou;t - time J y Hied m practical retirement V ?At work of the two women recently I a l’P™ n ted as assistants on the Board ot factory Inspectors in Germany has prned so satisfactory that the Bud UNQhr < JjyU Bi r p - tf&cJLvvJßr Legislature has recdru mended the appointment of other women to similar position. One of the three wome who have been honored in England by public statues to their memory was Dorothy J Patterson, or, as she was cated, “Si I ter Dora.” Although a school 1 she studied medicine to relieve suffer- I ing, and often ministered to the pa- I tients at the risk of her own life. One-button gloves, usually of sue | are worn with fussy sleeves. I Picture hats'of pleated straw and 1 tulle, with trimming of a single lai-e French feather, are among the newest | conceits. Burnt straw, with garniture of vel vet ribbon aud acacia blossoms, repre sents a strikingly pretty hat by a French designer. Organdies, and in fact, all t-- 3 '- gowns that have a tendency orateness, have elbow sleeves, caisut < with either frills or cuffs. The fashion of wearing the hair 1' seems to be increasing. It is war-, at the sides aud slightly puffed at coiled in a soft twist at the nape the neck. - « it M / Buttons of smoked pearl, mother < pearl and imitation colored stones < various kinds now appear with an a plique in the form of a delicate tra ery in gilt, silver or alumnium. A pretty hat, which is of whi horse hair, has lines of black at tl edge of each braid running aroui the hat, dots of black on the bran and a row of tiny pink roses on' edge. ' Pretty and reasonable head-coyeru can be found in the way of siml outing hats. One large hat in all straw has the top covered with a v work of black velvet bauds, and J fastened in the front with a bucki«| gold. I Skirts of pique, linen, duck ■ crash, or butcher’s linen of n*| weave, for beach and mountain are almost universally uiadejm-J I clear the ground. They arf jQ I about the hips, and tc hare below the km- • t 0 one ot the t»« ■triih odd bleueee 8 a nit tb'- muslin. tvltlrU > 8 trite:-