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THE REIGNING TERROR.
f start In my dreamt* and I wake In af
fright
And try to escape from a spectre head
light.
My days are a menace, my nights arc a
dread
That scatters gray hairs on iriy feverish
head. , .
Though morning and evening devoutly l
kneel , ~
And pray in the fear of the aut<#mouile.
I stop on the corner arid glance up tho
street.
Then venture across with a fear in my
feet; ...
“Honk: Honk!" full upon me with vi
cious onslaught T
Drives headlong the horrible new ju„-
/ geinaut.
I leap for my life. With a hoarse, an„ry
squeal, ...
Disappointed, on whizzes the automoDiie.
It ranges the haunts of tho poor sons of
And es them into their dismalost
A despot ’it Is, and none living may dare
Dispute with the king of the broad
thoroughfare. , ..
Get out of tho street, every humble cari-
Makc way for the swaggering automobile!
I dream of tho days when men traveled
In state, , ,
The high and the humble, the low ant
the great,
In dignified fashion, nor ever seemed
To split a long gash In tho shuddering
Gone, gone are those days. Now, they
lurch and they reel
And whistle through space in tho automo
bile.
Oh, humble pedestrian, stay close at home.
Or camp on tho top of tho city-hall
Or got a balloon and go search for a
Unhonked, and where gasoline never was
Else stay In your den and ne'er out of
For the streets—they belong to tbe au
—Lowcir'utus Iteese, in Leslie’s Weekly.
A TMflerstDra ii Ellen,
The weather was blazlngly hot; it
always is in Eden. A soft caressing
wind blew over the wide, green ex
panse; Eden winds are always soft
and caressing. The trees were lolty
and umbrageous; this is a character
istic of all Eden trees.
Under every large tree there were
two green chairs, and here and there
a small green table; this, too, is a fea
ture of Eden —when Eden is no near
er tlie world’s end than Central Park
on a hot July afternoon.
Adam and Eve were sitting under
the largest, leafiest tree. Eve careful
ly unfastening her very new gloves.
Adam trying to fathom the resources
of the adjacent cafe, by interrogating
the waiter, who had seen them from
afar.
•’We have seed cake, sir, if madame
likes seed cake.”
“Well! bring some of that; any
Ices?”
“No, sir; we have not the demand;
tea, coffee or chocolate?”
“Tea will do splendidly—and cream,
not the milk-and-water stuff called
cream here.”
“Certainly, sir. thick cream. It shall
be here immediately."
“Waiter! we should like some bread
and butter —you cnu’t do without that,
can you, Eve?”
“I’d rather not try."
“We do not have bread and butter,
air, it would get dry. We keep the
small rolls and the butter pats; nia
damc could perhaps make some broad
and butter for herself."
“Yes! that will be excellent.”
Eve having unfastened those very
new gloves, gently drew her pink ling
ers out of their protecting embrace,
smoothed them out, folded them, and
jgave them to Adam to take care of.
She lifted the teapot lid, looked in
side and smiled solemnly. "I think It
ought to stand.”
“Suppose you cut the bread and
butter, it is a pity to waste time, and
bread is so difficult to cut, ‘ said Adam.
Eve gently pressed her full sleeves
upwards, uncovering her delicate white
wrists, and seriously applied the knife
blade to the resisting surface of the
roll.
Eden might have remained without
a cloud to mar the clear ambient at
mosphere. much less a thunderstorm,
bad not an intruder broken in upon
their solitude.
Such a wicked, Impish little gray
kitten of an intruder he was, regard
ing Adam and Eve with an interest
and curiosity differing not in kind but
only in degree from the emotions with
which his primeval great-grandfather
first surveyed their primeval great
grandfather and great-grandmother, as
they sat beneath the Tree of Life.
Eve felt the yellow eyes bent upon
her, watched the varying curves of the
ample tail, longed to bury her fingers
deep In the thick gray fur —hesitated
a moment dropped the knife, darted
In hot chase of the intruder, who
eluded her pursuit with baffling strat
egy
Eve ignored the flight of time; Eves
generally do. Eve was determined;
Eve was victorious; Eves always are.
She returned flushed with triumph, her
prisoner in her arms, a captive joying
in captivity. Eve glanced at Adam,
looking for a playfu'. taunt, a smile,
or more p'.ayful chiding.
Adam was silent. Upon his brow
there rested —In addition to his im
maculate top hat—a heavy frown. His
lips, his eyes, his curls were hard
with anger. His Roman nose and
chin were absolutely repellent with
severe displeasure.
Eve sighed, Eve shivered, Eve
gently put the intruder down. Dis
spoiled of bis soft resting place, he
bowed to circumstances, and made a
makeshift one amongst the frills that
edged her lilac gown.
Eve looked at Adam again. He
showed no sign of relenting. Sadly
she cut the bread and butter, wearily
she poured out the tea, timidly she
passed him a cup, which he received,
with an icy “Thank you!’’
“Would you like some bread and
butter?’’
“No, thank you!” (helping himself
to cake as he spoke).
“Another cup of tea?”
“No, thank you!”
Eve could not eat her seed cake. It
stuck in her throat. She could not
drink her tea, it was black and strong.
Adam liked tannin, Eve did not.
Adam swallowed his last piece of
seed cake with a great effort, than
looked at Eve.
Eve knew by instinct that after the
thunder comes the deluge, so she
waited.
“I think you might learn to behave
yourself, at any rate in public. I nev
er knew any one who for their age,
and bringing up, and education, was so
utterly lacking in dignity. You ought
to remember that you are not a child
now.”
Eve looked at the grass, and said
nothing.
The waiter, who had hovered near
during the thunder, said, in a sooth
ing tone, “Would madame like some
fresh tea, it will be cold?”
"Madame can drink cold tea for
once; It is her own fault,” said Adam,
with a look that made the venerable
man belle the face he bore by a shiv
er and a'dignified retreat to a place of
safety.
“I suppose I didn’t count for any
thing compared with a kitten. It
didn’t matter if my lea was cold, and
of course I could do without bread
and butter; very kind, and so polite.”
Eve raised her eyes. Adam saw
them for the first time that afternoon
without the intervening white veil,
which hid their luster, saw they were
fringed with tear-wet lashes. Felt,
not heard:
“I’m very sorry!”
Adam flushed crimson to the roots
of liis curls, and the end of his chok
ingly-high collar, gazed distractedly at
the two roses that swayed at right an
gles to one another in Eve’s hat.
He felt ashamed. He was a man, he
would rather die than say so.
Therefore they sat silent.
Nervously Adam took a saucer off
the table, looking to see if Eve no
ticed. Her eyes were cast down; sho
could see with them shut, but he did
not know' that.
With shaking hand he poured the
contents of the cream jug into it —it
was not too thick to pour—and placed
it on the ground within a yard of the
intruder.
Eve saw, Eve understood, because
she was Eve. She flashed him a smile
of full forgiveness.
Adam, stooping, raised the intruder,
and put him on his knee, where he
purred contentedly.
Eve reached out her hand and strok
ed the intruder. Adam did the same.
Their hands met in peace.
A rainbow arched over Eden. —New
York News.
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Professor Lounsbury as a Speller.
Professor Lounsbury, ’59, tells' of
his own practice in spelling in the
May Atlantic, as follows:
“My own attitude is, indeed, very
much the same as that once described
to me as his by my dear and honored
friend, the late Professor Child, of
Harvard.
'“lf I am writing,’ said Professor
Child, ‘to one of these educated igno
ramuses who think there is some
thing sacred about the present orthog
raphy, I always take care to use the
changed forms; but when writing to
a man who really knows something
about the subject*! am apt not to take
the extra trouble required to conform
to the recommendations made by the
two philological societies.’ ’’—Yale
Alumni Weekly.
Saved by a Teddy Bear.
Four-vear-old Edward N. Hackett
of 164 Sumner avenue, Brooklyn,
wanted his Teddy bear to hear a
street hand that was playing below’
his window on the third floor yester
day.
lie leaned out, lost his balance, and
fell. He landed on an awning and
rolled to the edge.
Patrick Hennessy, a hod-carrier,
was passing w’ith a hod on his shoul
der. The boy rolled into the hod,
but landed on his Teddy bear. The
shock sent Hennessy to his knees,
but he held tie hod upright—New
York American.
There is a movement in Maine to
permit an open season for killing
beavers, because of the damage to
standing timber caused by jhe little
animals.
Georgia fallings
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Curtailed Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
Athens to Have Carnival.
Athens will have a big carnival
6ome time during the month of Oc
tober. An enthusiastic meeting was
held Thursday night at the city hall,
at which It was determined to put
on the carnival this fall. It will he
given on a large scale, in keeping with
one of 1900, which was the best ever
given in the south.
* * *
Georgia Vets Meet November 12.
A subcommittee of the executive
committee at Augusta in charge of
the matter has selected Tuesday and
Wednesday, November 12 and 13, as
the dates for the 1907 reunion at Au
gusta of the Georgia United Confed
erate Veterans. The city is making
elaborate preparations for the enter
tainment of the veterans.
* * *
Many Immigrants Coming.
Director of Immigration Jno. J. Betj
man said Friday that within thirty
days the first really considerable body
of foreign immigrants will be landed
in Georgia. Just how many are to
come and the exact date of their ar
rival, Mr. Betjman said he was not
ready to say, but he announced that
there would be enough to prove to the
state that the immigrationists are in
earnest about bringing new citizens.
The steamer will land the immigrants
at Savannah, and from that port they
will be distributed through Georgia.
* * *
Salary Was Too Small.
State Entomologist R. I. Smith has
tendered his resignation to Commis
sioner of Agriculture Hudson to take
effect on October first. Professor Smith
leaves the service of the state to be
come professor of entomology and in
charge of the experiment station of the
North Carolina Agricultural and Me
chanical College at Raleigh, N. C. He
leaves because of the small salary paid
by this office.
An effort was made at the last ses
sion of the general assembly to have
It increased, but the effort failed.
Oppbses Frat Organizations.
A neat publication, entitled The Fo
rum, has just I*o6ll issued by the rep
resentatives of the non-fraternity or
ganization among the students of Mer
cer university and Emory college. The
purpose has been to inform new r stu
dents regarding conditions at college
prior to their coming, and enlist them
in the ranks of the non-fraternity ele
ment where possible. Claiming that
non-fraternity principles are simply
that every man shall have a chance
at the honors, students of Mercer,
Emory and Wake Forest, have con
tributed numbers of articles largely
setting forth their opposition to fra
ternities and the publication is now
being circulated.
* * *
Druggists Make Inquiries.
Druggists all over the state have
been eager and anxious to secure in
formation about the new prohibitory
narcotic drug law passed at the re
cent session of the general assembly.
More than 175 druggists in all parts
of the state have written Secretary of
State Philip Cook asking him as to
when the law goes Into effect.
The law became effective on August
22 the day on which It was approved
by the governor, this being specifical
ly provided in the act, After that date
any druggist selling cocaine, morphine
or similar drugs, except upon the pre
scription of a licensed physician in
regular attendance on the case for
which the drug was wanted is liable to
prosecution under the act.
Unlike the state prohibition law,
the effect of this act was not post
poned until January 1, but made im
mediate.
* • *
Fulton to Pay One-Tenth.
Fulton county, always the biggest
taxpayer of the onp hundred and ror
ty-five counties in the state, will for
the year 1907 pay over one-tenth of
the state taxes paid on the returns
as they appear in the digest.
It has been figured out that with
the state tax rate at me highest point
allowed by law, five mills, that Fulton
county will pay into the state on $.3,-
464,865, the sum of 1367,324.32.
The total amount to be collected
from the entire state is $3,459,619. and
not $4,459,619, as reported. A typo
graphical eror made the amount fig
ure $4,459,619 where it should have
been $3,459,619 and the increase, in
consequence for 1907 only about $430.-
STOP AT THE
ZETTLER BOUSE.
The best SI.OO a day house in the
city.
2f,3 FOURTH ST., MACON, G A .,
Mrs. A. L. Zeltler, Proprietress.
000, instead of $1,450,000 as the print
ed figures made it appear.
Fulton county has long led the state
in the matter of tax returns, and the
consequent payment of state taxes and
the increased amount of property re
turned for taxation and the higher tax
rate levied increases this lead.
* * *
Historic Landmark Passes.
With the removal of the county
property from Irwinville to Ocilla,
marks the passing of one of the most
Interesting and historic places in south
Georgia.
Besides being the historic spot where
the late Jefferson Davis, President of
the southern confederacy, was captur
ed, Irwinville was one of the oldest
towns of the state. It was made the
county seat soon after the county of
Irwin was laid out in 1818, while that
county embraced all the territory from
the Ocmulgee river ea s t to the Flint
and south to the Florida line.
At a time whfn the judges, lawyers
and ministers made their circuit on
horseback, Irwinville was the scene of
many events that went toward the ma
king of the history of the state.
It is a noteworthy fact that the rec
ords of the county, since its organiza
tion 89 years ago are practically com
plete, and they are very interesting,
not only as curiosities, but valuable
contributions to the official records of
the state.
Jamestown Bills Paid.
All of the bills for the Georgia ex
hibit at the Jamestown exposition have
been paid, with the exception of that
for carriages used on Georgia day, to
the amount of S4OO and for flowers
used the same day to the sum of S2OO.
Commissioner of Agriculture Hud
son, who has just returned to Atlanta
from Jamestown, made this report to
the governor.
Commissioner Hudson stated that
while he was at the Georgia building
he came across the S3OO w r orth of
champagne, for which payment had
been refused, as it was claimed the
wealthy water had not been ordered,
and directed that it be returned to the
wine agent.
The commissioner gave to the con
tractor, John Calligan & Cos., a check
from the state for $6,710, which set
tles in full the indebtedness due on
the state building which is a replica
of the ancestral home of the presi
dent’s mother at Rosw’ell. This includ
ed the SI,OOO bonus offered by the
commission to the contractor if he
would work day and night and have
the Georgia building' complete by Geor
gia day.
The entire cost of the building was
approximately $13,500, a part of w’hich
will be reimbursed by the sale of the
Georgia building, after the fair closes
KILLED BY AN ATTENDANT.
Asylum Authorities Responsible For Death
of Crazy Youth.
The climax to the legislative inves
tigation of Alabama’s insane hospital
at Tuscaloosa was reached Thursday,
when Attorney Curry of that institu
tion admitted that young Hines, an
inmate of the asylum, who dud inside
its walls some time ago, was killed in a
struggle with an attendant.
The father of Hl'.es, who is the
sheriff of Lauderdale county, says ha
will prosecute every one and seek in
dictment and send them to jail.
SMALL RAILROAD REPORTED SOLD.
Register and Glennviile Line Changes
Hands for Sum of $750,000.
W. C. Perkins of the Register and
Glennviile railway was in Savannah,
Ga., a few days ago, where, it is under
stood, he reported the sale of his roau
to the Georgia Coast and Piedmont.
The price is said to be $750,000.
STORM WRECKS FAIR BUILDINGS.
Stiff Blow Does Estimated Damage of
SIOO,OOO in Des Moines
A wind storm struck the lowa state
fair grounds at Des Moines Thursday,
causing damag ; estimated at SIOO,OOO.
A live wire was biown against the
Knabenshue airship and captive bal
loon, setting Are to them and totally
destroying both. The tug tent of the
International Harvester company was
blown down and the exhibit ruined by
h avy rain and fire. j
Farm Tooics
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POOREST INVESTMENT.
A poor hull or a poor hoar is about
the poorest investment one can make.
On a majority of farms the grading
up is done mostly by using a higfe
grade sire. The quality of the off
spring will not be improved very
fast unless the sire is away above
the average.
THE HOG MACHINE.
The. hog should be looked on as
a machine to convert the raw ma
terial of the farm into the greatest
amount of money possible, so if one
acre of alfalfa will put on as many
pounds of weight as two cr three
of corn and at much less cost, it
stands the farmer in hand to care
fully investigate and change his
methods, if need be.
FOR THE STABLE.
Quit storing the currycombs,
brushes, bottles, straps, sponges and
such like on the beams, and in loose
boxes, where they are hard to find
and may get knocked down into the
manure. Nail up a large box divided
into large pigeon holes by means of
shelves and cross pieces and a few
hooks for combs, buckles, etc. The
cover is hinged to the bottom of the
box and supported at the sides with
straps. A drop curtain hung from
the top of the box will answer instead
of the cover to keep out dirt.—J. A.
L., Middlesex County, Conn., in The
Cultivator.
CARE OF THE COLT. _
From four to six months old is
about the best age to wean the colt,
and from that time on he should
be fed regularly and liberally. The
first winter of the colt’s life is the
most important and the so-called
economy that allows a colt to run
around the straw pile and hustle
for a living is certainly the poorest
kind of economy. Any man who
practices that, stands in his own light
because he is losing the growth of
the colt at that early stage which will
never he made up in the future.
Feed generously and regularly the
first winter and allow the colt to run
out every day so he may have abun
dance of exercise.
DOES LIBERAL FEEDING PAY?
It has been a mooted question,
whether liberal feeding increases the
percentage of fat in milk or merely
the quantity. It is popularly sup
posed that it does increase the per
centage of fat, but some experiments
at experiment stations leave the mat
ter in doubt. Some of the richest
milk ever analyzed was from a cow
that had only straw to eat, but she
gave mighty little of it. At the New
York station, in the case of a herd
of poorly fed cows, an abundant ra
tion, easily digestible and nitrogen
ous in character, and continued
through two years, resulted in an
average increase of one-fourth to one
per cent, of fat in the milk (or a per
centage increase of about six per
cent.). This was accompanied by an
increase of about fifty per cent, in
total amount of milk and fat pro
duced.
WATER-GLASS.
Replying to “Querist,” it is claimed
that water-glass is unquestionably
the best preservative for eggs yet
discovered. Water-glass, silicate of
soda, dissolved glass and soluble
glass are some of the names given
it. If the glass is dissolved, we buy
it by the pint, or gallon, but if we
get it dry, it is a soluble powder—
sometimes like powdered stone, and
sometimes white and like powdered
glass. The powdered form dissolves
slowly In boiling water, and often
must be kept boiling for some hours.
The water-glass is made by melting
together quartz and a caustic alkali,
soda or potash, and sometimes a little
charcoal. There is nothing to get
musty. It is claimed that there are
two kinds—one the German, and the
other, the American. The German
formula turns out a black glass,
which dissolves in about six times its
weight in boiling water. A speaker
at one of the New’ York poultry in
stitutes said that the German kind
was usually used in proportion of
one part of glass to ten parts of wa
ter; the American form, one part of
glass to eight parts of water. This
is when purchased in liquid form.
The German form produces a black
glass, and the color will be dark,
v,'hile the American form is syrupy
£Cd jelly-like.—Progressive Farmer.