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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. ft 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 • _____ 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 * 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.