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efr l, e r know* that the
\ v v*i p"p ,ls are *
Um .,, the children who
.ft books at ho**- Indeed,
read oat ot oohool
more important th&n what
in school, for they will
„ r own choice the books
. uko, and the books we
,.lH)oks which influence
Vs,” as Bulwer says, “sug-
lus, thoughts become too
■j, prompt to action. Man
.aud piece of machinery,
nerves and muscles
•act for the slightest
body* Yet the very wind
„ c; ipnal hint or associa
’etthe whole in motion
;C0 an action. Actions re
tro habits, and determine
ct er, fixed and firm and
(or good or for evil. ’
,, as the child has acquired
r of getting at the sense of
cl page, the taste for the
lie had in literature may
grow, and it may^do so even
is acquiring this power,
enters on the perilous path
esc-ibed by Mrs. Browning
ra Leigh”:
st his own way, he, an alieu
ment it renders the ordinary course
ot life uninteresting, and increase the
morbid thirst for scenes in which we
shall never he called upon to act.”
Few people to-day ever think of
opening the pages of Sonthej-’* ‘Doc
tor,’ b t'there is a passage to be
found there on the influence of.books
which is worthy of printing in tetters
■of gold. He says: Wo .Id you know
whether the tendency of a book is
good or evil, examine in what state
of mind you lay it down. If it in
duces von to suspect that what you
have been accustomed to think . un
lawful may after all, be innocent, and
that that may he harmless which you
have hitherto been taught to think
dangerous,—if so—throw the book
into the fire, whatever name it may
bear upon the title page. Throw it
into the fire, young man! Young
lady, away with the whole set, at-
ld nf books.
[d of hooks is still the world;
!.| ings in it are less merciful
L re puissant. For the wicked
Led like angels. Eyery knife
(rises
1 with e emeutavy fire to assail
Ihiallife ”
of the public libaries do a
vork in guiding children’s
I, b t h ndreds of thousands
Ills need enlightenment as to
jit books to place in the way
hoys and girls. . To direct
I how wisely to choose Iht
jinir children should read is a
hi well worth the attention of
js, and it is far more important
lost people are apt to consider
only lire there the vicious
hieli children find on the
|tands, or winch are brought
attention by other means
re is a vast quantity of weak
Ivolous material not precisely
■mediately harmful, perhaps
[licit ought to give place to
[er, sounder, and more health
ntal food.
I reading of newspapers and
ires, for sample, which are
almost unreservedly in the
[of children all over the country
rgi't a loose habit of mind
| weaken the power of sustained
ftraiion in reading. Many and
jrown-up person lias had
|<> regret the hours of useless
Ieoh he has frittered away
Its inning hia power of getting
uilei.ts of more valuable
i with which, when it is too
fe desires to make himself fa
k'd icice that indiscrimate
>1' r and novel reading has m
I'fihg distorted views of human
human environment, and of
i character, it is scarcely possi-
1 realise. Many a t>oy and girl
I' 1 constant state of expecting
|ti ng lo turn up which will
their lives in some wonderful
I after the fashion of some story
I have read, and they are thus
' ®ore or Wgs unfitted for the
J'cal realities of life and for the
F'lav conditions which surround
Instead of manfully obeying
[‘ | ® n ghsh motto, “Do the next
they are always waiting for
S :c 'at aud an peeled turn of for
TMt MMOCNOeTMC 8M1UL
ta thtt f*lr land •**•• «kpt mb* plain
ChlM back to ms sod, ato
Am) otina (Meld the «pi*mtln« fists
When ertsiry arrow* tr.
WWe enow ta Minina Meek •
•tie.
Through tlneyird 4r*rjwB drSta,
The world we emet with t wuil
She groeted wttb t mile.
•ImUrihg, tbt addled tod, B»lh*i*. »oh(.
And whet the Mt the untft
• f*»e. rod Ute mllet nil) Iwepofct
Be* IrsJetnna ol heart.
And nightly when the knelt and (wtyed
llestde tier anuw white bed
Hrr fa<* wad otw put* efnlla that madt
A htaaen about her head.
When love Bret trembled In her eat
The heart throb* that tieguile,
She ltalened with aew-uting nor.
Tlwu rheaad it wtlh a amile.
■arrow and pain wtlb unlit* tbt hot*
I nto her lataat breath.
But the awoetnl amile ah* ever won
Hal tbt mile the ware in draiti.
. —Allred Auttui is Independent.
6ELF FLAME OF JEWELS.
The Gloaa the Diamond Shews Whet.'
ladei Prreearo.
A traveler (or a diamond lions* woe
talking shop the other evening amt.
■peaking of gems, said:
-The most overworked expression
, .... . .1 ttwfl by tbe uuMOplilti lea tod ftnil deeply
though it should be the prominent, impressed diamond purchaser Is, ’ll
feature in a rosewood bookcase!” | actually looks as If It slows of Itself.'
How to insure tba co-operation of Kow ' 11 ** <l ®* known that
. ,, \ such Is acfnally tbe ease, although not,
parents in leading their cbildren to of fourra, m tbs way the public la
the right books is a matter which ! tends. The beauty or the gem in light
t mish ‘ < w°;-^"»r'zr!Lsr.
and it ia very gratifying to know | the dtamotui baa more, for It may
that many have this matter very gtomn eve# In the oUbt with a pole
ranch at heart. ' - |
Do parents eyer consult yon as to Heated to a certain temperature t$y
t’ etr children’s homo reading for Internal Ore shows Itself, and under
pleasure their joy books, so to speak | yranT ago'*!* went to Am.tera
ajid how fi»r uro you equipped with aam to purchase some spsctnl stones
ti.e neeessarv knowledge to answer f° r • California millionaire who bad
i • .' „ v.r,, i. , ordered them through our New Tort,
such inquiries? Would ni t parents g|g| W blKi there l waa thq^ru
gladlv accept suggestions from teach- tlie Inside workings of tbe famoqs 4k*
ers for books for children’s home mondcpulng eslobltsbmenta if that
. , , i i .1 city* Of gll that I saw. bqwv.ver,. the
reading, and surely no school author-, of , pfW ,
ity won! 1 consider that the teacher > suns most surprised my., TtyJ manager
, ^ ■ Florida and Oxttea.
Double 'Daily Passenger Service.
Montgomery,. Troj, jUiark, Optimo* Elba, BainJx4Ugf^ * *
TliOtturtviile, Viddosta, Wayoiow, v
savannah, CHAHWatoN* Brunswick, Jacksonville
•:;! FLUIDA PI r.
Tlvvouffh Fullmaa Car# ‘
NEW YORK, BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA, WASHINGTON,
Uichtuoud and all Points East, in-oonn'ection with
SODTHERI KAlLWiXm^TlG C0A8T UK.c
To ■%. Ztoutisi, Ciaoitiaaki. TianitowiltOi
CKloaaro. gassow City, Sitsslnghsm,
VaakvUU, Sfiatir OxlaatMt,
. agid oil poiateWMSt t»«Kwth«res.
Leave Hainbridge going East—3:0S k. m., 12:30 p. m.
Leave Bain bridge going W«,t—2i05 a. w., 19:20 j>. m.
Connections at Savannah with Ocean Steamship Line and. M- A M. T. Co.,
for New York, Boston and Baltimore.
was oversteppirg her sphere in mak { Pl a < x ‘*l * tor * p rpse. cpt gem between-
, . ... ,. , the jaws of a vise .and carefully ajv
mg recommendations of this ktud. i pji^ m gertalt) gtuougit of prraaare. Ba
There are many excellent series of. then e^||pgqlabp5j,'nU tbe light In tba
cheap classical books which are now! •fcoft.aflfj .aa aaop os my eyes bad be*
..... . . ,, , . come .wrustomed to tbe darkness I
published which might we.l form the j Muy^th£diamond emitting a soft radt-
imcleus of a library tor the children | s^pr y# Its own like a very pale glow-
in their homes. I have one series tl A * 1 **• '**“*
I tbr ,ye|tpwer diamonds wer# slightly
especially in mind, entitled Heath s, phosphoreseebt than tbe first
». , c. u-.i #m i.:.a. wigtyatones, .
“By the. yrgy. you would br.re«lly as-
tonlsbtVl. to khqw the nutnber.of Jewels
For further Information, oall on nearest Ticket Audit, oi; address
BWWrenn. tt L TODD. ,
Pass. Traffic Manager, Dp'Uiob Pitas. A-ent,.
Snvaanali, Oa.. ' 'Montgomecy. Ala.
GEORGIA PINEL RAILWAY QQ,
ISOHTH^BOVNB
jTlueozMLt###^# Sliver
Schedule ejfrctive June 24, 1000,
sot ni not an.
Home and School Classics, wliigh is
exactly s liable for this purpose.
The books are till vouched for., by
the names ot men and women in
whom teaoheis and parents alike
have confidence, ar.d the selection
covers the .whole field of children’s
reading.
X RAOIVK. HDtniM] Fl.Oim
Washed down a telegraph line which
Chiis. C. Ellis, of Lisbon. la., nad to re.
pair. '‘Standing waist deep in ioey
water.” he writes, “gate me a terrible
cold and cov.gh. I ‘grew worse daily.
Finally the best doctors in Oakland,
Neb.. Sionx City and Omaha said I had
Consumption and could not live. 'I hen
I beiisn using Dr. King’s New Dis
covery and was wholly cured by six
bottles.” Positively guaranteed for
Coughs, Colds ond all ’1 hroat and Lung
troubles by R. L Hicks. Trial bottles
free. Price 50c and $1.00.
which t also popsess setf itamfC to
niptv or less extent, anfl.,4 have often
wondered If the uIoli<|(p.lats who per
formed such apparently, well autbeull-
toped womlers In the,.middle ages did
npt know soipetlilu« of;, phospbores-
cence aml its odtlitu-si!'—SptJtt^Orleans
T))mc*-J>cuiocrat.
except
SunUny
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Montuoiuery
West Halo bridge
Until bridge
West Hainbridge
K1 doles do
llnykln
llelqiiltt
Dan, asciis
Arlington
Arlington
Albany
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I—Plant System. 9—Uoorgla Pine Hallway.
I—Georgia A Alnbamn.
Train* At, I, and 9 and I niuke close conncoUou at, Af.ltnaton wtlh Central of .Georgia
for and from Albany, Maeon, Atluntu anil nil points Kiist nmt Avert thererif 1
Trains 3, and fft tnuice clone popneclton at Wesc, Hnlnhylilge u Itli the Plant Sy.sten,
for and from Savannah, Atontgomciy. npil ull points Koat mill H eat, tlmrraVf:
'4 B. COLEMAN, agU* f 8f»u W ri.d fI vie)H.
hr.-. ■ *
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9. M ITHAM, 1‘rraMeul. J. O. tUIIHtCMn V. PrePl. It. 41, IIAN’l**Wt,[>.d ashler.
■/t’1
Robert Bltlsimmoo*. the pugilist,
has ascended the lecture platform
What tbe Bye Telia,
Ej-ro are very treacherous, noditboso
Who. meddle in amorous matt era sbould,
lEDotv all atKMlt .theiu.
VVlien the upper lid covers half or
more of the pupil, the )ndlcs|)oa la of
cool, deliberation. Ait eye the upper
lid'of which pusses horltoDtally across
tbe pupil Indlonte* mental ability, Cn-
stendy eyea. rapidly Jerking from side
to side, are frequently Indicative of an
unsettled mind. K Is said that the
prevailing color of eyes among the pa
tients of lunatic asylums are brown
and black. Eyes of any color with
weak brows and tong, court! re las ties
are Indicative of a weak constitution.
Eyes that are wide apart are said to
Indicate grant Inlellfgcurv aud a igoa*
dona mcmafty. Eyes of which the
Whole Iris' Is visible belong to erratic
i u,,, i (M-rsons. even wttb a tendency towonl
and some of his utterances prove f stariu^ea lu
him to be as much a success tn Ins;
Weak coiintenaarus ludlcatv Jettloasy.
new role as Jie was in the prise fight- j Bigotry, hitoleraoce aud peninocUy;
,ng arena. The following is a para-1 Brniu —•
graph taken from one of his recent J striettr ApurnpiTate.
lectines: “I never see a young man j One of the pretty Sunday school
,. . _ .... * p„_i i;t a him 1 teachers hns a clasa of little gtrljL^nd
dissipating but I feel like taking him ^ ^ r|Mloa) to M ttleaL „jF$ ao .
aside and telling him that he iswast- ^ av 0 f gQgjp imie incident chat baa
ing his strength and squandering his j happened tu the week and request tba
. . .4 „„ r„_ him. Children to quote a verse of Scripture
brain power and stori a | ! to lllnatrate tbe story. In tbl# wny
self a legacy of disappointment and „he j,opes to impress the usefulness
snffering. It is not a question of ot Biblical knowledge upon tbe little
, b T . , .„„ 1f ■ ones. iJist 8unday she told ber class
morals. It is a question <> 0 j a cnw ; boy who would catcb cats
tereat. ‘Life is like a sparring match. >04 j their tails off.
A man needs to he in the finest pm-- “Now. ran any little girl tell me of
... , k.„ „ n r an approi>rlate verse?” she asked,
sible condition to nave any chance was a pause for a few tnouieota,
| when one little girt arose and In a sol*
mt rolee said:
victory.
The largest ocean going steamer
that has ever been built has recently
been launched by the owners of the
White Star Line. This monster the
Bttiy ChTtwed Under tee Jrwo cf C*cc7|La<
CAPITAL S25,000.00*
•a*
W. 8 Wi’thatn, John D. 'Harrell, R. V*. Ha'rtsfiwlfl,
Sirectew* l>r. J. D. (.tofison, JarncV A. RdiJ> A. (B. Wether,
H. C. Draper.
Aocounte ot ooar irma #nd
individuals eoliOited
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