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YOU THAT ARE GONE.
Ton that nre Bonn —we know not where.
Save that your eyes were shut in sleep
And that your hands were waxen fair.
Hands whose warm touch wc fain
would keep—
You that nre none, this is to say
The hearts you left behind you yearn
And wait ail patient, day and day.
For your return.
Who knows what pathway lured your
feet'.'
It rnay be that ’tis yours to fare
Out where the dawn and twilight meet,
Into a vast, unknown, somewhere
But this is sure, the home hearts wait
While through the mist of worlds you
roam. ,
And sigh and say that soon or late
You will eoine home.
Your chair within the lnglenook
Holds still Its comfortable space,
Upon Its arm your open book
With ribbon left to mark the place,
Your roses burst anew to bloom
And drip their jewellngs of dew;
The very air, lush with perfume,
Is waiting you.
We know not, in the curtained
Whose every shadow blurs and bars
The far-llung gleaming of the ‘‘gilt
That comes from all the tlm -
We know not but we faintly h*A r .
Your step, and we hold silence ' ’
With faith that ever drawing near
You come again.
They say ’tls done; that we no more
May see you smile or hear you i f
Or catch your footfall on the floofi
Or trace the roses In your chee'k.
But still we blindly send this can
To you, that somehow you all—
That hearts and hearth are waiting at
For your return. _ chicago Post.
JACK.
By Belle Moses
Every one agreed that Evelyn Greg
ory was a queer child. "Of course, it
is natural that she should he queer,
every one said, "for the poor little
mortal to have four parents is rathei
too much of a good thing.
And so It was, for papa and mamma
and grandpa and grandma each owned
a share of this "only child, and had
wonderful ideas about bringing her
up.
"She must be an exception to the
ordinary only child,” declared the two
generations of Gregorys, and fhey
were so afraid of spoiling her by con
tact with other children not so well
behaved that until she was quite a
big girl she had no companions of her
own age. That she should have been
■happy under these circumstances, was
enough to prove that she was queer,
but no one knew with what longing
ehe looked out upon the forbidden,
glorious world of romps and games
until Jack came.
How he got there no one ever knew
—least of all Evelyn—but after a long
and lonesotne rainy day, when nurse
had tucked her up snugly for the
night and the firelight danced merrily
all over the floor, Evelyn thought she
saw another crib close beside her and
the dearest little baby boy sitting up
and staring about him with round,
sleepy eyes.
"Jack, Jack!” she cried with delight,.
"I'm so glad you’ve come to play with
me,” and, stretching out her arms, she
snatched him up and covered him
with kisses.
If any one had peeped into the nur
sery at that minute they would have
seen only an excited little girl stand
ing straight up in bed, hugging her
self very tight and kissing her own
chubby hands. But Evelyn knew bet
ter—it was Jack —her darling little
brother Jack, and he had come to stay
with her always.
She told mamma all about It the
next morning In her quaint, solemn
fashion, and was quite charmed when
mamma gaie her permission to play
with Jack whenever she liked, so
every night Jack’s Crib grew up be
side her own in the nursery and every
morning whjle she was being dressed
she dressed Jack very carefully, and
all day long she talked and played
with him, until Jack—the fanciful
creation of a queer child—began to
occupy a real place in the household.
Evelyn never forgot him under any
circumstances; wherever she went,
whatever she did, Jack was there, and
whenever she walked In the street
she always held out her hand as if
she were holding Jack's and talked
to him as earnestly as if he were
really trotting beside her.
What did it matter if other little
girls and boys had sisters and broth
ers. She had a brother —the dearest,
sweetest thing, and there were thril
ling adventures now to fill up each
day.
An only child has to be dressed
about throe times as often as three
children, or even a half dozen chil
dren, and when an only child happens
to have long golden curls and a very
particular nurse those arc times of
•uttering indeed; but Jacks coming
made a difference, because, as mam
ma said, she had to be very good and
patient for tear of being a bad ex
ample fer Jack.
As she grew older and the curls
were gathered together in a bright,
thick plait, she sorrowfully decided
that Jack’s hair must be cut. This
was an awful day. She took Idm Into
the nursery and talked to him very
kindly about it, but poor Jack cried
and cried and she iried. no. while
she snipped them off with her own
hands. But -by lunch time it was over,
and when Evelyn told of the dreadful
scene in the nursery she was glad to
hear mamma say that sho r t hair was
very becoming to Jack* and made h*s
look so much more like a real boy.
There came a day at last when it
was decided to send Evelyn to
school; she was nearly eight years
old, and could read and write quite
nicely; she had even taught Jack, so
that he was not far behind her, and
they could both do difficult sums in
addition and subtraction.
“I wonder if Miss Murray takes
boys,” she said, when she and her
mother were discussing the new
school. “I’d like Jack to go.”
"I never thought of asking,” said
Mrs. Gregory with a smile, “but I
think you can risk it; I’m sure he will
be very good,” and then they both
laughed, for Jack’s bringing up was
quite a joke between them.
Evelyn was very shy at first; she
and Jack cowered together in the same
seat and gripped hands very tightly
under her desk, but her new compan
ions were very nice children and did
their best to put her at her ease, so
at the end of a week she began to
fee! quite at home.
It is wonderful how fast this only
child fell into the ways of the others,
but, sad to relate, poor Jack was
very much neglected. When one has
a dozen real little girls to play with,
it follows quite naturally that a
“make-believe” brother is not so
necessary as a companion.
After the first few days at school
Evelyn decided that it was better to
leave him at home, so every morning
she settled him comfortably in the
nursery, surrounded by all her pic
ture hooks and toys, gave him a hearty
hug and kiss and hurried off without
him; but she was very particular
about his lessons when she came
home, going over and over them with
him, until he and she knew them by
heart, and when the night came, and
they were supposed to he sound asleep
she would tell him all the day’s doings,
chattering away as she had always
done.
The strangest part of it all was that
she never told her new friends about
Jack.
“They wouldn't understand,” she
said to herself, as she gave Jack an
extra remorseful kiss and took him
out for a walk.
But things grew worse and worse
for poor Jack. The nursery was in
vaded by these strange little girls,
and Evelyn had to shake her head and
make signs to him to keep very still,
so they would not know he was in
the room. She was actually ashamed
of Jack, and she sometimes forgot to
take him out for days together.
One Sunday morning—a very par
ticular Sunday, for Evelyn was going
to church with mamma—she was un
usually grave and quiet, not even the
knowledge that under her long coat
was a dainty new dress arid that she
would have her favorite ice cream for
dinner could bring a smile to her sol
emn little face.
"Wait a moment, mamma,” she said,
just as they were ready to start, “I
must tie Jack's cravat.
"Oh, we re to have Jack, too?” asked
mamma.
"Yes—this time —come on, Jack.”
And Evelyn held out her hand as she
always did when Jack went along.
All through the services she sat
with Jack’s hand fast in hers, and
once or twice she bent down and
whispered to him. though mamma
shook her head —for Evelyn never
could whisper.
Then when they were walking home
in the brilliant sunshine mamma no
ticed that Evelyn no longer held
Jack’s hand; instead, she held her
own snugly in her little ermine muff.
"Why, where’s Jack?’ she asked,
struck by the child’s unusual silence.
The blue eyes met hers and tilled
with ters.
“I—l left him in the church,” she
said with a sob, “and I'm afraid he'll
never be able to find his way home
again.”
"I'm so sorry,” said mamma, and
she took one of the little hands out
of the muff and held it firmly. "Per
haps he may come by himself.”
But Evelyn shook her head, and
though she missed him sadly enough
.at first, and often dreamed about him,
and sometimes even cried for him,
and wondered what she would ever do
without him, Jack never did come
back. —Washington Star.
The Best Speaker in Germany.
"The most finished and effective
speaker in Germany," said Professor
Ernest Schnabel of Berlin, "is Herr
Babel, the leader of the Socialist party.
This man had no advantage of early
training, no university education, and
indeed gained his knowledge of litera
ture through liis own unaided efforts.
He worked at the trade of a wheel
wright iu his younger days, but even
while struggling for a living he was a
c ose student, particularity of govern
mental affairs and political economy
!iis views are obnoxious to a grem
majority of his fellow members of the
Reichstag, and yet whenever he rises
to speak he commands tho closest
attention of the legislators. Among
his followers he Is adolized and they
obey him as implicitly as if he we- e
their king. He is a man of austere
life aud is said to be without even
the smaller vices of mankind.”—Wash
ington Herald.
Georgia Cuflings
Curtailed Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
Ordinaries Meet June 26.
j The ordinaries’ convention will be
held on June 26 at Indian Spring. The
county officers’ association of Georgia
will meet at the same place just one
week previous, the 19th.
The ordinaries separated from the
county officers last year, forming a
body of their own, although individ
ually still holding membership in the
larger body.
• * *
Road Will Obey Order.
The Atlanta, Birmingham and At
lantic Railway company, it is under
jtood, has decided not to enjoin the
railroad commission’s recent order re
classifying that road, by changing it
from class D to class C, and thereby
causlDg a reduction of approximately
10 per cent in the maximum rates of
freight which it is allowed to chxrge.
* * *
Soldiers’ Hospital Ready.
Announcement is made of the com
pletion of the new hospital at the
Confederate Soldiers’ Home near At
lanta, for which the last legislature
appropriated $7,500. The keys of the
new hospital have been turned over
by the contractors to the treasurer,
Dr. Amos Fox, and it will be opened
at once for the reception of those
veterans at the home in need of med
ical attention.
• *
Georgia Honors Jefferson Davis.
Governor Terrrell issued a proclama
tion in consonance with that recent
ly issued by General Stephen D. Lee,
commander-in-chief of the United Con
federate Veterans, as a result of
which many of the railroads and oth
er industries throughout Georgia ceas
ed all work and stopped every wheel
for a period of five minutes at 2
o’clock last Monday, at which time
the monument to President Jefferson
Davis of the Confederate states, was
unveiled in Richmond.
* * *
Governor Honors Requisition.
Governor Terrell has honored two
requisitions .for the governor of Lou
iana for R. F. Garner,' who is want
ed in that state for the embezzlement
of some $40,000 from the Sou:hern
Pacific railroad company, The requi
sition warrants charge specifically for
gery and obtaining money under false
pretenses. The two requisitions after
being honored by the governor were
sent to Sheriff Tinsley of Bartow
county, where Garner is in the Car
tersville jail. It was in Cartersville
that he was recently arrested by Pin
kerton men.
Farmer Kills Two Negroes.
Early Sunday morning Joe and Ten
man Barnes, negroes, aroused J. B.
Morgan, a white farmer, living near
Augusta, by knocking on his front
door. Morgan's suspicions were arous
ed and he went through the rear ot
and around the house, finding one ne
gro standing on the steps with a
drawn revolver and the other crouch
ed by the door with a knife.
The negro was ordered by Morgan
to drop his pistol, but attempted to
fire. He was shot dead by Morgan.
Joe Barnes then rushed upon Morgan
with his knife and was fatally wound
ed by a second shot from the farmer.
* *
Ready for School Exhibits.
State School Commissioner Merritt
announces that the educational build
ing at the Jamestown exposition has
been completed, and that the man
agement is now' ready to place all ex
hibits that might be sent.
This building was delayed in con
struction, but work on it was hurried
so as to make room for the education
al exhibits. They will be the largest
and most complete, perhaps, ever
shown at an exposition in this coun
try.
Commissioner Merritt is esneeiallv
anxious that the state he weY. repre
sented educationally at the exposition
and he urges that those who can send
exkibns right away so that they may
be given good space.
• * •
Orders Cotton from England.
A Georgia cotton miil has taken a
step rarely heard of in the history
of the cotton trade. This mil! has
just ordered 60d bales of cotton ship
p#.l back from Liverpool, at an cx
pense of nearly 2 cents a pound more
than the market price in this country.
It is claimed the order was placed
as a result of the scarcity of unsold
raw cotton in this country. Cotlcn
has been shipped back to the country
from Liverpool to New York and New
Orleans for speculative purposes, but
so far as is known this 'a the first
STOP AT THE
ZETTLER HOUSE.
The best SI.OO a day house in the
city.
2f,3 FOURTH ST., MACON, G<L.
Mrs. A. L. Zettler, Proprietress.
instance in which a mill has had to
place abroad an order for the Ameri
can staple.
* * *
Dispute Over County Line.
There is a heated row on between
Baldwin and Jones counties, which
will have to be settled by Secretary of
State Philip Cook. This dispute, over
the county line, is of long standing,
and is said to involve about 2,500
acres of vl,uable land, valuable at least
for the purposes of taxation.
About two years ago, the governor!
appointed Royal Smith to survey the
county line between Baldwin and
Jones, with a view to seeing if the
dispute could not be settled. Mr. Smith
gave quite a slice of the land claim
ed by Jones to Baldwin, whereat Jones
entered emphatic protest.
Still determined on conciliation if
possible, the governor appointed C. C.
Anderson of Bibb county to survey the
Baldwin-Jones line. Mr. Anderson, it
seems, gave Baldwin county about
500 acres more than did Mr. Smith,
and Jones county’s kick became more
vigorous than before. Mr. Anderson
only recently filed his report, and as
a result of Jones’ protest the case
will have to go before the secretary
of state for judicial determination.
Scale-Infected Trees Burned.
At a meeting of the state entomo
logical board, held at the capitol, a
few days ago, the recent action of
State Entomologist R. I. Smith, in
condemning and ordering burned
peach trees in the orchard of Dr.
J. A. Johnson of Gordon county was
approved.
This action probably means a test
in the courts of the legal extent to
which the state entomologist can go in
protecting the orchards of the state
against pests. An examination of Dr.
Johnson’s orchhard showed it to be
infested with San Jose scale. He was
directed to spray his trees in accord
ance with the rules laid down by. the
department. This he refused to do.
* * *
Total Cost of Gordon Monument.
The Gordon monument commission
has settled up practically all of its in
debtedness, and the sculptor, Solon H.
Borglum, has been paid in full, except
for the bronze bas-reliets, which are
to go on the sides of the pedestal, and
which have no: yet been made. These
will cost about $1,00(1. The total cost
of the monument and pedestal was
$18,400. This does not include any of
the incidental expenses or the bas
reliefs, which will bring the total cost
to about $23,000. Even at that the
Gordon monument was erected for
$7,000 less than the Wade Hampton
monument and $13,000 less than the
General Forrest monument at Nash
ville.
* * *
Georgia Day Plans at Jamestown.
President Roosevelt has, upou his
own initiative, made one change in
the program for Georgia day at the
Jamestown exposition, June 10. In
stead of transferring from the May
flower to the battleship Georgia and
completing the trip to Jamestown on
the battleship, he will remain on
board the yacht from the time he
leaves Washington navy yard until he
reaches the exposition grounds. He
will visit the battleship during the
day, but his headquarters will be on
board the Mayflower.
President Roosevelt will speak from
the exposition grandstand .at 11 o’clock
hi the morning. From there lie and
his par:y will drive direct to the Geor
gia building. Arrangements have been
made for the reception there of the
party. Mrs. Roosevelt will be met by
Mrs. Terrell and Mrs. Hughes, hostess
of the Georgia building.
The president and his party will be
entertained at luncheon by the Geor
gia lady commissioners.
Following the luncheon there will
be a reception to Georgians only, ad
mission by card. This arrangemen.
was made at the request of the pres
ident. Later iu the afternoon there
will be a reception given by Atlanta,
and ou June 11 Savannah will give
a reception in the Georgia building.
Governor Terrell and President
Mitchell have been invited by 1-res.-
deat Roosevelt to accompany him on
the Mayflower cn the morning of June
10. when he will review the fleet.
Express People Must File Tariffs.
The clerk of the Alabama railroad
commission has made demand on the
Southern Express company to file
copies of tariffs for the doing of
business in Alabama.
1 I
MORE FARMERS |
URGENT NEEII
Says President Roosevelt in Speec m
at College Celebration.
ADVICE YO THE BOY^I
Agricultural Institutions of Country ait |
Boosted ani Ccmmended—Cheering
Words for All Toilers.
Speaking upon the topic, “The Man
Who Works with His Hands,” Presi
dent Roosevelt said, in part;
“The fiftieth anniversary of the
founding of this college is an event
of national significance, for Michigan
was the first state in the union io
found this, the first agricultural col
lege in America. The nation is to be
congratulated on the fact that the
congress at Washington has repeated
ly enacted laws designed to aid the
several states in establishing and
maintaining agricultural and mechani
cal colleges.
“For at least a generation we have
been waking to the knowledge that,
there must bo additional education be
yond that provided in the public
school as it is managed today. Our
school system has hitherto been well
nigh wholly lacking on the side of in
dustrial training, of the training
which fits a man for the shop and the
farm. We of the Unites States must
develop a system under which each
individual citizen shall be trained so
as to be effective individually as an
economic unit, and fit to be organized
with his fellows so that he and tshey
can work in efficient fashion together.
“But it is a curious thing that in
industrial training we have tended to
devote our energies to produce high
grade men at the top rather than in.
the ranks. Our engineering schools,
for instance, compare favorably with
the best in Europe, whereas we have
done-almost nothing to equip the pri
vate soldiers of the industrial army—
the mechanic, the metal worker, the
carpenter. Indeed, too often pur
schools train away from the shop and
the forge; and this fact, together witlv
the abandonment of the old appren
tice system, has resulted in such an
absence of facilities for providing,
trained journeymen that in many o£
our trades almost all the recruits
among the workmen are foreigners.
Surely this means that there must be
some systematic method provided for
training young men in the trades, and
that this must be c'o-ordinated with
the public school system.
“There is but one person whose wel
fare is as vital to the welfare of the
■whole country as is that of the wage
worker who does manual labor, and
that is the tiller of the spil—the far
mer. If there is one lesson taught by
history it is that of the permanent
greatness of any state must ultimate
ly depend more upon the character of.
its country population than upon any
thing else.
“Ambitious native-born young men
and women who now tend away from
the farm must be brought back to it,
and therefore they must have social
as well as economic eportunities. Ev
erything should be done to encourage
the growth in the open farming coun
try of such institutional and social
movements as will meet the demand
of the best type of farmers. There
should be libraries, assembly halls, so
cial organizations of all kinds. The
school building and the teacher in the
school building should, throughout the
country districts, be of the very high
est type, able to fit the boys and girls
not merely to live in, but thoroughly
to enjoy and to make the most of the
country. The country church must be
revived. All kinds of agencies, .from
rural free delivery to the bicycle and.
the telephone, should be utilized to
the utmost; good roads should he fa
vored; everything should be done to
mane it easier for the farmer to lead
the most active and effective intellec
tual, political and economic life.
"The farmer must prepare for using
the knowledge that, can be obtained
through agricultural colleges by in
sisting upon a constantly more practi
cal curriculum in the schools in which,
his children are taught. He must not
lose his independence, his initiative,
his rugged self-sufficiency; and yet ho
must learn to work in thq heartiest
eo-eperatiou wi;h his fellows.
President Roosevelt delivered an
address Friday afternoon on the cam
pus of the Michigan Agricultural Col
lege at Lansing, which was the cli
max of the semi-centennial celebration
of the founding of that famous insti
tution.