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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.