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A LOVE TRAGEDY. Ruskin’s Adoration of the Lovely Rose La Touche. Id 1858. when Buskin was in his fortieth year, he was asked hv a friend to give some lessons in drawing to a chilt} named Uose lai Tout'tie, whose name, indeed, was French. hut whose family were Irish There sprang up between Buskin and this young girl a very charming friendship, which. <>f course, at the time could be nothing but a friendship. They wrote each other letters and exchanged drawings, ami then for awhile they did not meet Ten years passed by before they saw each other. .Meanwhile the child, whom be bad remembered as a blue eyed, saucy, clever little blond with ripe red lips and hair like tine spun gold, had become a very lovely young woman of nineteen. They resumed their old acquaintance, but in a very different way. Though Kusktn was now nearly lifty. he gave to Hose l.u Touche an adoration and a passion such as he had never felt before. On her side site no longer thought of him as “very ugly," but was singularly drawn to him despite the difference in their years. The two met often. They took long strolls together in the pleasant fields of Surrey, and at last Husk in beggtnl her to make him happy and to be his wife. Oddly enough, however, she hes itated. not because he was so much older than herself, but because he had ceased to be what she regarded as "a true believer.’’ Some of the things that he had written shocked her as being almost atheistic. She was her self. underneath all her gaiety of man ner. a rigid aud uncompromising Prot estant. She used phrases front the Bible in her ordinary talk, and when sbe spoke of marriage with John Bus kin she said that she could not endure to be “yoked with an unbeliever.'’ Yet her heart was loin at the thought of sending him away, and so for sev eral years their intimacy continued, be pleading with her and striving hard to make her see that love was every thing. She. on the other hand, read over tboae passages of the Old Testa ment which seemed to bar all com promise. At last, in 1872, when she was t wen ty-four and he was fifty-three, she gave him her final answer. She would not marry him unless he could believe as sbe did. Mis honesty forbade him to deceive her by a*pretended corner sion, and so they parted, never m sc** each other again. Mow deeply sbe was affected Is shown by the fact that she soon foil ill. She grew worse and worse until at hist it was quite certain that she could not live. Then Buskin wrote to her and begged that he might see her. She answered with a note in which she feebly traced the words: "You may come if you can tell me that you love Gull more than you love me.’’ When Buskin read this his very soul was racked with agony, and he cried out: “No. no; then I cannot go to her. for 1 love her even more than God!” When she died, ns she did soon after, the light of his life went out for Bus kin.—Lyndou Orr in Munsey’s Maga zine. The Ocean's Age. The ocean, of course, is not as old as the earth, because it could not be formed until the surface of the globe had sufficiently cooled to retain water upon It. but it seems chimerical to try to measure the age of the sea. Never Iheless Profesttor July undertook the task, basing his estimate upon the ratio of the amount of sodium it con tains to that annually contributed by the washing from the continents. He thus reached t He conclusion that the ocean has been in existence between 80,000.000 and 170.000.000 years. This does not seem a very definite determi nation. but then in geology estimates of time in years are extremely difficult because of the uncertainty of the ele ments of the calculation. The most that can be said for such results is that they are probable. y--, Coulda’t 9lgnal It! During some tarticn! operations one of the ships of the squadron had made some bad blunders, and at length the admiral completely lost his temper. He stormed about his quarterdeck and in formed bis hearers of bis opluion of the officer in command of the erring ship. When he paused for want of breath he turned to the signaler and said to him. "And you cau tell him that, sir!*’ The man scratched his bead medi tatively. “I beg pardon, sir.'* be ven tured. “but 1 don’t think we have quite enough flags for your message."—Lou don Answers. Cannibalism. Among regular cannibals the most varied motives have been found. There ire Indians who are said to eat their enemies by way of Insult and Austra lians who consume their deceased par ents as a mark of affection. Some tribes devour the dead enemy to abol ish him utterly, others to assimilate bis virtues. Africa has revealed canni balism of every sort, from the most solemn religious rite to the most pro saic gratification of appetite aud taste. SLOW DEATH. Disease Usually Takes a Long Time to Kill, Says a Scientist. Few indeed are the men and wom en of full age. say twenty-five, who have not yet contracted the malady that will kill them, according to that distinguished scientist aud physician Dr. Felix Itegnault. Normally, as con temporary investigators are beginning to find out. it takes twenty years for a fatal malady to kill a patient. It may take thirty years. The popular impression is that a man may die sud denly or that he may require only a year to die in or six months. To be sure, a man may be killed or a chiid may die in a few months at the age of oue year. But. ordinarily speaking, all deaths are very slow, indeed, and about It.") per cent of civilized adults are now stricken with fatal diseases. They do not know it. They may not suffer from them. In due time they will have their cases diagnosed as cancer or tuberculosis or diabetes, or what not. But so inveterate are current misconceptions of the nature of death that the origin of the fatal malady in time—will be miscalculated by from ten to thirty years. lri the case of human beings death, barring accident, is nearly always caused by some specific malady. This malady Is as likely as not to be cured —what is called cured. The cure, how ever. no matter how skillful the treat ment or how slight the disease, has left a weakness behind it in some particular organ of the body. One of the organs is. if not prematurely worn out. at least so worn that Its resisting powers are greatly diminished. All of us In this way when we have reached a certain age possess an organ that Is much older than the rest of the physique. One day we shall die be cause of this organ. Even if we live to be very old. Indeed, we shall not die of old age. but of weakness of the lungs or of the kidneys or of the liver or of the brain.—Current Literature. A Ten Years’ Penance. It is happily seldom that the revenge of a disappointed husband takes quite such an extreme form as in the case of the man whose will ran thus: "When I remember that the only happy times I ever enjoyed were when my wife sulked with me. and when I remem ber that my married life might, for this reason, be considered to have been a fairly happy one because she was nearly always sulking, I am constrain ed to forget the repulsion the contem plation of her face inspired me with and leave her the sum of £(>0,000 on condition that she undertakes to pass two hours a day at my grarenide for the ton years following my decease, in company with her sister, whom I have reason to know she loathes worse than she does myself.”—Loudon Tit-Bits Here and There. A man was waiting patiently for a street car the other day at a transfer station, says the Boston Record, when a woman, highly excited, rushed up to him and cried, “Are you the man here ?’’ “1 don’t understand.” he said. “Are you the man here?” she re peated. “No, madam.” he said, concealing a smile. “The man here is that man over there.” Money is one thing everybody is aft er. and yet It always gets left behind. CORN AS MOD There it* a wide-spread belief among horse owners that no grain is equal to oats as an efficient feed for horses and that no matter how high the price of oats, no other grain can le used as a substitute for them. In order to test the accuracy of this belief, B. E. Carmichael, of the Ohio Station, began in the spring of 1007 an extensive series of ex periments to test the relative value and efficiency of oats and corn as a grain ration for work horses. With this in view, three teams of grade Percheron geldings were taken; these horses were used for general farm and team work on the station farm. The horses in each team were about the same age; one was fed on oats and the other on corn. The plan was to feed as much ear corn by weight as oats. All the horses received as much mixed clover and ear corn as they could eat. The experiment report ed was continued forty-eight wet ks. The variations in weight of the corn-fed horses were practically the safne as those of the horses receiving oats; nor was it noticed that there was any difference in spirit or en durance between the mates of each team. " re ou *° But a Minute v Unless you have a good, reliable watch to go Wa®!? , / err by—the kind I carry in all styles and prices? WLm, iHMf _ JUST ANOTHER MINUUTE, PLEASE. (f&kf Your eyes tested free by an expert Optician, (0t an< l glasses ground bv latest approved methods r Walches ’ C,ocks ’ Jewelry C. A. SCUDDLR, Repaired in Best Manner \Ttll NS ( A IN LIGHTER VEIN. Mother —Now, Bobby, you must j not get into any tights with the | neighbors’ children. Bobby —But, mother, I’ve got to got acquainted with them some way. —Ex. Providence will not prevent a man from freezing who is too dey ilish lazy to build a tire. —Ex. A spinster when urged to marry said she had no need of a husband because she bad a parrot that swore, a lamp that smoked and a cat that stayed out nights. —Ex. Why is a school yard larger at recess than during school hours? Because it has more feet in it. —Ex. “I could tell you,” said he, “how much water runs over Niagara Falls, to the quart.” “How much?” “Two pints.”—Ex. A hen is a very poor economist, for everv grain she takes she gives a peck.—Ex. Why don’t hens lay at night? | Because they are roosters. —Ex. Husband —You are not econom ical. Wife —Well, if you don’t call a woman economical who saves her wedding dress for a possible second ! marriage I’d like to know what you 1 think economy is like.--Ex- Pointed Paragraphs. (From The Chicago News. > If a man looks at his watch while | you are telling a story cut it short. Wives look foward to buying new [clothes, and husbands to paying ! for them. When it comes to minding their I business, men have women beaten ) to a frazzle. If people were oompclhd t<> fel low their own advice they would generate a better brand- No man would be able t>* escape matrimony if nature had fixed it so that all women could have been born widows. His Proviso. “1 can marrv a rich girl, whom I do not love, or a penniless girl whom 1 love dearly. Which shall I do?” “Follow the dictates of your heart, my lxy, and be happy- Mar ry the poor one, and —say —ei — would you mind introducing me to the other one?” Schedule Gainesville Midland Railway SOUTH BOUND No. 11 —Lv. 8:85 a. m. No. 18 —Lv. 2:50 p in. No. 15— Lv. 10850 am; Sun. only. NORTH BOUND No. 12—-Vt. 11:25 am. No. 14—Ar. 5:40 p m. No. 16—A.. 4:25 pm ; Sun. oulv. DR. S. T. ROSS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Winder, Ga. Offices Rear Turner’s Pharmacy. EDMOND F. SAXON, M. D. WINDER, GA. Office over Turner’s Pharmacy. Residence on Broad St. ’Phone 116. Attend all calls day or night. Buyers of Cotton Seed. We are in the market for Cotton Seed. Most convenient place in the city to weigh and unload. Highest Market Price Paid Will exchange Cotton Meal and Hulls for Cotton Seed. See us at the store. . LAY & GRAHAM, WINDER, GEORGIA. CHARLEY JOE THE LAUNDRYMAN Opera House Building, Behind Express Office. First-Class Work. Satisfaction Guaranteed. All kinds of laundry neatly done. Clothes cleaned and pressed PRICES: Collars, 2c; Shirts, 10c; Cuffs, 4c Pair. Believe in 9 Life Insurance? If you feel your responsibility for those de pendent on you, call or write F. W. BONDURANT, MANAGER Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Cos., WINDER, GEORGIA, for the cheapest, most liberal and up-to-date con tracts possible to secure. Also agent for Accident, Fire and Bonds. handsomest kind of . rftDTDIftHTMETAL roof; and when they are i/UlVl KlUfl JL SHINGLES onc . on ,n.„ Hto stay, for “Cortright Metal Shingles'* last as long at the building itself. No trouble, no care; a coat of paint once every five years is all the attention they need. Yes, they’re cheap, quite cheap, considering their ad vantages, and we’re sure you’ll be more than satisfied with them from the minute you ece them on your roof. LEATHERS & EAVENSON, WINDE * OA . INDEPENDENT*