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NEVER RKBPAI !. At limes life breaks upon it? tvitu hrrjil!*, A hoi’eicHH sky, a flight < f lonely bills. Ami jot then is on:- Having word £O3 ns: iv\ on I lie varujiiislie<! are virtiriuiw, If Croat vild disaster I hey ari- To pre.w on with new puitiOio an 1 new e>cs. Ten. since the grind of ?<*••< first beget*. * Never despair” lias been (!,e word ior • man. Onward forever break in every bar; Thera is no time to .|*u iey -ur avtreat; Up uni] away and onward towai l the stir, Tnouitli the earth tuia to ashe und"r our feet Edwin Markham, in the Nau'iliis. fko*a .-tesarfiipn 9osxsoofr ram I fpG^ENsffyrrlen By SUSIE BOUCIEILE WIGHT. Lc • a.kv • a 2UMi&i a-t 3 #**s < j 5 &U.I One© upon a time there lived a •woman who fancied that her lot in life wan'd hard one, and that all of its burdens fell upon her shoulders. There wore children six that she had borne in weariness and pain, and nffr tnred with deep anxiety and per plexity of soul. In their infancy there bad been the fatigue of days of car ing for restlesH little bodies, long nights of broken sleep, of ceaseless watching by sick beds, and over and under and through it ail was the end less strain of trying to make uue dollar do the work of two. They wore all out of actual tin by hood now, but the load hrl nor. light ened. lit addition to putting tier ahoul(let to the wheel and helping to an-, uent (ho family income, the woman had new troubles and anxie ties. This child t<N her dismay showed the evil tendencies of a long-gone an cestor who had disgraced a fair fam ily name. Another, with a moral na ture of perfect beauty, was so weak in hotly that he was a constant care. The beautiful growing daughter had a twist in her disposition that would bo fatal to her life's happiness unless It were trained out. This little one had a grave fault, and that ono a (earful weakness; and the whole -re sponsibility for it all seemed to lie npon the woman who, still young, had watched her roses fade slowly away*beneath the frost of time and trouble that was whitening the hair above her brow. There came a day when she forgot all about the golden gleams of heaven s own sunlight that had shone down into her heart through the clear eyes of the child that looked trust folly into her own, and tho unfail ing tenderness and sympathy of'the man to whom her lifo was linked —■ she could think of nothing but*tlie burden—thh burden. s"lt is not just—it is not just ! ” she Cfl ed aloud, and her trembling hands fell helpless upon the darn she was trying io set into a little coat sleeve* —a darn that (he fourteoa-year-old boy was ashamed of and bad resented hotly, with a demand that she cuulrl not meet for anew garment. “It does seem enough for a ,vc . ian to have borne all these chi! iren. ami now f irn having to hyip support them None of them make any al lowance for that. Taey expect the eApie of me that other mothers can fifV.-, whose responsibility ceases with thb cure of them—tho care of their clothes, the serving of plen tiful meals for the providing o' which fneed give no thought. Here I Rt contrive and plan and work uu my body is dead tired, and tlicin Ip my brain to turn out work that y does Injustice to what little uit I have, just for tbs money to help meet tho ever-gro' .;.g demands. It is all wrong—all wrong. My bur den IS too heavy.” Her bowed head fell upon her folded arms on her sewing table, she closed her weary eyes and gave up, with the half-whispered prayer that through habitual repetition had be come almost second nature to her: “Teach me Thy wili, O Cod. Lead me in a plain path.” As the darkness swept down upon ! her a swift, vision shut out self and | another burden cams before her. She saw her husband as he was when he had left her that morning for his work. With his hat removed, he hud bent down to kiss her where she had stooped to pull a weed from the gar den path, lie never omitted those little courteous graces—he was re fine.?, a gentleman to his finger tips, she though;, whh a faint throb oi pride -but ha had not smiled into her eyes along with the kiss. She lllld not been very pleasant at break fast: she had chided the children more than was needful, she had com plained ut the iuadequanoy of the week's allowance, and because the food did not aopeal to ho she had mace' no effort to cat ami had net re typed her plate, though he had be sought her to ?.e‘. hity help her to s me tidl.it, “Of course he could not smile.” said some n her heart, reprourcjfnllv. “SmM*s are nothing lu- v flections of sun-bine, anyway—- and ‘- 'l'tiiffg c-.'av rctl *ciio.is of their own kind." fi There was .10 •: ay In Ms air. but as h ■> • ko.’.'ht fcU- .>1 h®t* husband I 'f \ C .!. |Mk*<d 1 ■ uat i’- 1 ‘o. i mastt and (Eat 's broad shoulders had Begun to droop :>£}iat- . 'He has tq keep right on at -vor;. !.i his books, no matter how tired tie n. y be—and for what?” A sudden noelt of realization made her rent • ihat of the salary for which h'.i ied so unremittingly he had the r ; ending of almost none. He had not one expensive personal habit, a day’s outing was, of late, for bin a thing unknown, his clothes were of the plainest. He brought it all lo her, the fruit of his hard work, the utmost his ability, would com mand, and he never reproached her for the disbursement of it. Did she thank him, did she teach those chil dren gratitude? Ilather, did they not accept it as a due, and sullenly, if silently, murmur within their hearts that it was not more? How hard it must be for him to daily strive, to daily give of his very best, and then realize that he was falling short of what his family de manded of him! Was there not a sting beyond ary she had ever known in the feelb g that, compared with, other men am! with what his youth liad expected of his manhood, he was financially a allure? And the world auu its toi uve so little patience with any m it of failure! s .'hat v. an evening home-coming like, when instead of pleasant, rest ful Mini, there was only a weary, heart-sick woman to greet him miser ably, too taken up with her own wor ries to spare a gay word to make his own seem li. it? He never com plained, never even looked his disap pointment, but sometimes, like this morning, he d’d not smile! lit; never brought to’her a single n , ;;jty that he could avoid, and yet lie knew that he had them—that be had met bitter humiliation of which he never hinted. It was only when she had questioned him closely a month ago that he admitted that Cyi-us Edson had grudgingly granted an extensioA of time on those notes that fell due on a date when they, could not be paid. Not one word more about that. And yesterday, while sitting in an adjoining office to Cyrus Edson’s, she had heard through an open transom a specimen of the way in which the old money-lender, dealt with delinquents. The thought did not. come close to her at the time, but now her hidden face 1 burned her hands when she made herself realize that just such cutting, contemptuous words had met her husband, and that he could not resent them because that money was needed for her —for their Children. Hard on the heels of that thought came the remembrance of times with out number that his tender touch had smoothed rough places for her, and his love had made dark hours en durable; and she had accepted every hinv, witli tho half-conscious feeling that he could afford to smile and be brave, because his nerves were un racked, because being a man and ai oiig with the brute strength of tho male animat a burden was not a bur den to him—the burden was for her alone. Suppose—her heart stood still at the suggestion—he should fall at his post! There was insurance; the family income would be the same, but what would her life be without him? What would it be? -Oh, it must not be until I have paid him back, until I have helped him with his care!” She sprang to her feet. The coat lay on the floor, the needle sticking in the darn. “It will have to wait; if I sew any more now I will be all tired out.” She put the cover over the machine, brushed the griy locks back from her face and ran downstairs. Before she thought a song lia,d come to her lips, and when he came in she was humming something they used to sing together in the long ago. “Well, dearie, it is good to hear you singing!” he said, as he turned her face up to his. "You felt so badly tliis morniug. I have been anxious about you all day. Poor little wom an——-" She laid her hands lightly across his lips. "Dear old man! Don’t you say it! A woman doesn't have any harder time than a man does—l think the main difference is that she takes her -medicine with a groan and a grin, when he only laughs over it and says nothing.” "Where is all this philosophy com ing from? ’ he asked, smiling down into her eyes. "Oh, 1 don’t know—l think it be- I gan with a darn in Tommy’s best ! coat," she said, with her face pressed I close to his breast.—The Interior. Trains Between Toklo ami Europe. It is announced that before long a train de luxe will run daily from To kio to Europe, and vice versa. The Compagnie International des Wagon- Lits has received an order for the cars for the service, and the route selected for the mail and passenger service passes through Japan to Shimonoseki, thence by large ferry steamers to Pusnu, in the south of Korea,through Korea to Mukden aud Harbin, and thence through Siberia to Europe.— Pall Mall Gazette. A Japanese porter carries his tea | pot with him when he goes to hit i day's work, an American workman i claries a cDwsr pad., Georgia Callings Curtailed Items of Interest Gathered at Random. Railroad Bonds Approved. The state railroad commission has granted authority to the Wrightsville and Tennille railroad company to issue $250,000 of bonds on its line, which is 105 miles In length. * * • Jury Acquits Mrs. William*. Mrs. Fannie O. Williams, wife of a farmer, was acquitted on preliminary trial at Sandersville, in which she was charged with the murder of her hus band’s cousin, Andrew Williams, ft was charged that she *hot and kill ed her husband’s cousin while he was engaged in a fight with her husband. • * * First Verdict for Sanford. Vincent T. Sanford has obtained a first verdict in his suit for divorce against his wife, Elizabeth Sanford, in Floyd superior court at Rome. About two years ago Sanford killed George Wright On account of alleged intimacy with his wife and a sensa tional murder trial followed, in which Sanford was acquitted. * * • Rates on Bread Reduced. The railroad commission has order ed a material reduction in rates on bread as now charged by the Southern Express company. The reduction wa3 ordered as the result of petitions from Atlanta and Rome bakers and amounts approximately to 35 per cent. The com mission’s order gives the bakers prac tically wtfat they asked for. Promotion for Graves. Announcement is made that John Temple Graves, editor the Atlanta Georgia, and News, well known jour nalist and lecturer will, between No vember 10 and 15, sever his local re lations, and go to New York, where he will assume the chief editorship of The New York American. It is understood that Mr. Graves will received $15,000 a year. In accepting this position, Mr. Graves declares that he no longer has the wish for public office, for, said he, “I would rather be editor of this great newspaper than to stand in the national senate or house of representatives.” , * * • Second Conviction for Johnson. The jury in the Jim Johnson case at Moultrie returned a verdict of mur der with recommendation to mercy. The sentence of life imprisonment was for the second time imposed on John son, who- is charged with having as sassinated his aged father for life in surance a little more than a year ago. The evidence was only circumstantial, but was drawn tightly around Johnson by Solicitor Thomas. The case was tried a year ago, and the same verdict was rendered, but on an appeal to the supreme court anew trial was granted. • * * Cattle Raising Urged. ‘ There is nothing at our state fair which points out a more fruitful oc cupaticn for the Georgia farmer than that of cattle raising,” said President J. J. Connor, of the Georgia State Ag ricultural Society, while inspecting the live stock exhibit at the Georgia state fair, where is. shown the best cattle of the state. "These cattle,” he continued, “are home raised, fed and fattened from a native feed composed of cotton seed meal and cotton seed hulls, and clear ly demonstrates what can be done on Georgia farms except raise cotton.” • President Connor, in his address be fore the Agricultural Society at Car rollton in August, urged, the farmers to turn more to cattle raising, and as a director of the new agricultural col lege at Athens has insisted that the science of cattle raising be one of the branches taught in this great college. Dr. Soule, the president of the in stitution, is as enthusiastic on this sub ject as is President Connor. The fact that cattle-raising is both urged and taught by two authorities who have the welfare of the southern planter so to heart will doubtless mean that it will be entered Into extensive ly in the immediate future. • • * Confession Failed to Work. Robert Branham, the negro who was convicted at Atlanta of attempted crim inal assault upon the two Misses Law rence and sentenced to serve forty years in the penitentiary, twenty years in each case, has been refused a rec ommendation to executive clemency and will have to serve his sentence. The application for pardon in Bran ham’s case was based on the confes sion made by Will Johnson, the negro hanged some time ago in Fulton county jail for criminal assault upon Mrs. Hembree. When on the gallows John son made confession of a number of crimes and among others declared he was guilty of that for which Branham had been convicted. The Misses Lawrence, however, per sisted in their identification of Bran ham and their father was, likewise, cohvinced of his guilt There ■W’fere facts which also discredited Johnson s confession, and the commission did not consider that there was anything to warrant a recommendation to clem ency. * * * Knotty County Line Probiem. The fight over the county line be tween Laurens and Johnson counties hinges upon the construction to be placed upon a single clause in the act of 1859 under which Johnson was cre ated out of Washington, Laurens and Emanuel counties. The clause of the act In dispute is a follows: “Thence eastward along-said line to where the Sandersville and Dub lin road crosses Fort’s Creek, a straight line, to the Emanuel and Laurens line, one mile south of Snell’s bridge on the Great Ohoopie river.” The dispute hinges about the words, “a straight line,” in the foregoing clause between two commas. Does this expression apply to the first or to the last part of the clause in question? Johnson county contends that it ap plies to the first portion; Laurens holds that it goes with the last. This was the chief question urged in the appeal recently heard by Sec retary of State Philip Cook. It is up to him to render final decision in the matter. * * * Slaton Next in Line. The death of President John W. Akin, of the state senate, removes Jta important character in the official life of Georgia. The president of the senate stands in a position very similar to that of leutenant governor in other states, the difference being that he does not be come governor for the entire portion of the unexpired term in the event of the governor’s death. Under the con stitution, however, he is called upon to assume the duties of the executive office, and is, de facto, governor of the state until another governor is chosen by the people in an election which the law makes it liis duty to call. With the death of the president ot the senate this particular duty, under the constitution falls upon the speak er of the house of representatives, at present Hon. John, M. Slaton of Ful ton. No provision is made in the law' for any succession to the presidency of the s eft ate. ROO3EVE_T’S HUNT AT AN END. Three Bears, Six Deer and Big Batch of Smaller Game Was Result. President Rcoseyelt's bear hunt in Louisiana ended Saturday afternoon. The return of the party to Stamboul; brought out the fact that a third bear had been killed Friday night by ono of the hunters. “We got three bears, six deer, ono wild turkey, twelve squirrels, one duck, one ’possum and one wildcat. We ate them all except the wildcat, and there were times when we almost felt as if we could eat it.” This was President Roosevelt’s sum ming of the results of his hunt on his arrival at Stamboul. He repaired to the residence of Leo Shields, where ho was a guest until he made his depart ure for Vicksburg Sunday. In honor of the president the name of Stamboul has" been changed td Roosevel* 1 THANKS TO AMERICANS From Filipinos Transmitted by Resolution Through President Roosevelt. The first joint resolution of the Philippine commission and the assem bly in Manila was passed Saturday af ternoon. It is addressed to the Amer ican people through President Roose velt and conveys the thanks of the Filipino people for the boon of a ua tional assembly. FREIGHT WRECK ON SOUTHERN Causes Death of Six People and Injury of Fifteen Others. At 10:30 Wednesday night train No. 34, on the Southern railroad, crashed into a second freight, No. 83, at Rudd, N. C., about eight miles north of Greensboro. The latest report is that six people were killed and Sftetn injured. STOP AT THE ZETTLER HOOSE. The best SI.OO a day house in the city. 2L3 FOURTH ST., MACON. G<L. Mr3. A. L. Zettler, Proprietress-, FANATICISM CAUSE OF TROUBLE. Sixteen Members of Negro “Council of God” Arrested in New Orleans. Sixteen members of the so-called Council of God negroes under arrest, ten of them charged wfth murder, wa ft the restllt of police investigation into the race riot in New Orleans. Some almost unbelievable tenets of v their alleged religion were announced by those arrested. One of these beliefs was. that w'hite men should be wor shipped as deities. In apparent sup port of the existence of this belief the police pointed out that a few days ago, four leaders of the council called on Mayor Behrman, requesting SIOO,- 000 to build a tabernacle for their sect in the city. It was learned also that some of the members had been forced into the sect by threats of death. Un due excitement was the only reason the police could learn for the out-break. Of the dozen wounded, two are in dan ger of dying, They are Patrolmen Wenck, whose neck is cut with a ra zor, and Edward Monroe, negro and alleged leader of the sect. Sergeant Wheatly, who was announced as fa tally injured, is recovering. The trouble started during a meeting when excited negroes drew razors on Policeman Cambias because he attempted to enter the house to Investigate reports of a disturbance caused by boys throwing stones through the windows. Razors were drawn across his face and neck* mortally wounding him. Many mem bers of the meeting then fled. Those who remained and barricaded themselves were well armed, and after the negroes had been smoked into sub mission by a burning fence, several shotguns and other firearms were found under the meeting house. , KILLED WIFE AND SUICIDED. Crazed Brunswick Merchant Enacts Bloody Double Tragedy. Clutching her two-year-old baby in her arms and fleeing in her night clothes from her crazed husband, Mrs. Minnie Rainey was shot down in front of the grocery store kept by the couple in Brunswick, Ga., at one o’clock Sunday morning. Seizing his wife by the arm, Rai ney placed the muzzle of his revolver in her left eye, sending a bullet through her brain. The woman fell on the board walk with a shriek. Standing by his dying wife, Rainey put the revolver to his left ear and sent a ball crashing through his brain. In a few minutes ho was dead. The baby was unharmed. Rainey was 2f years of age. He married four yean ago and the couple were devoted tc each other. Three weeks ago he brokt off drinking and soon developed signs ftf insanity. AFFINITY WAS HIS SISTER-IN-LAW. Cranky Florida Doctor Plays Silly Role in East St. Louis. Declaring that he loved his “affinity” more in a minute than he did his wife in a year, Dr. Herman Perkins, $2 years of age, a surgeon from Paxton, Fla., was landed in the lock-up at East St. Louis Thursday. The affinity hap pens to be his wife’s 15-year-old sister, Perkins was arrested on a warrant, charging him with abandonment as he was about to board a train to Florida tc procure a divorce so that he could marry his affinity. HAGUE PEACE CONFERENCE ENDS- Meeting Hall at Last Conference Presented an Imposing Sight. The Hall of Knights presented an imposing spectacle Friday at the clos log session of the international peace conference at The Hague. The boxes specially erected fpr the occasion were crowded with cabinet ministers, diplo mats and other statesmen and their wivea. TOBACCO SEIZED BY UNCLE SAM. Cigarettes and Leaf, Belonging to the Trust, Held Up at Norfolk. A shipment of leaf tobacoc and cig arettes, said to be valued at $7,000. from Durham, N. C., consigned to thf British-American Tobacco company oi Great Britain, has been attached by the government at Norfolk and is now being held by the customs authorities A violation of the anti-trust law is alleged.