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i TO EACH HIS OWN. I have faith that in the beginning, When life was given us all, It was planned that sooner or later Our hearts would answer the call, That prescient voice of (he spirit, Wliicn, spite of sea or zone, F.ometime, across the silence, Brings In us each our own. —Helen Field Fischer, in the Christian Register. THE FACE IN THE SHINING WATERS Ma-kwat-ko was a little Indian Kiri. Sim lived a long way off from Kew York. Her libme was in a tiny, tiny hut, called a "shack.” The shack was one of about nineteen that made up a "ranchcry.” And the ranchery stood at the foot of a noble mountain, on a narrow ledge of land, fronting a wide river. Perhaps you think that, this sounds pretty? Well, it looked pretty, too. But Ma-kwat-ko found it very lone some. She had no one to play with, for most of the children of her ago were at a mission school not far away. There were bigger girls, who wove Indian baskets—the funny long baskets in which Indian women keep their babies. No doubt you have seen pictures of Indian mammas, with their pappoosbs slung on their backs. Ma-kwat-ko could weave, too. But still she was lonely, for the big girls did not talk much, and to her never at nil. But one day Ma-kwat-ko had an adventure. She never told any one about, it. She kept it all to herself. But it was a most wonderful adven ture. It began In this way: Toosha and Hlst-ko were talking as their busy fingers wove. Said Toosha: "To-night. I go up the mountain, to the Shining Waters.” “Why go you?” asked Hist-ko. Toosha laughed. “ ’Tls the full of the moon,” she said. “And I’ll see, maybe, a face in the waters.” Then Hist-ko laughed too. Ma-kwat-ko quite understood. If, In the full of the moon you went up the steep trail and by midnight stood by the shining waters you would see the face of the man whose squaw you were to he. But suddenly there flashed into her mind that you might see other things. She did not want to see the face of a man. She did not want to cook and sweep for any man, but, be ing a little girl, she might see the face of her next playmate. She had been so lonely since the last one went to the mission school! So that night, when the two bigger girls, their shawls well round their dark heads, crept up the trail (father ami mother sleeping and knowing not), Ma-kwat-ko followed them at a safe distance. The night was fresh and cool, as nights always are among the mountains, and she even shiv ered a little once or twice. The stars phone like eyes in the dark sky and the moon was brilliant. On they went, on and up, over the well beaten trail. Then they left it, striking into a little path at, its side. Here, on dry moss and fallen twigs, they traveled, Ma-lcwat-ko after them, till they came to ttie wide sil ver pool formed in the hollow of a groat rock and fed by unseen streams —the pool known to the Indians as the Shining Waters. It. was midnight now. The two girls flung aside their shawls and one at a time looked into It. But they saw nothing. With a laugh, Hist-ko; with a grunt of anger, Toosha turned away. They were full of themselves or they would have heard a twig snap under Ma-kwat-ko's little foot. But they did not. And as they turned to retrace their steps the child crept for ward and, kneeling on the pool's brink, gazed eagerly into the Shining "Waters. They had seen nothing. What would she see? Or would she see anything? The surface of the pool was very still. Now and again a wandering breeze just crisped its silver into the tiniest ripples —then again they passed away, and the water was a sheet of silver once more. Suddenly the stillness broke again, but no wind stirred the waters. They were still, and in the centre was a lace—such a face as Ma-kwat-ko had never seen—had never dreamed of. It was fair as one of the lilies whose three petals peep in the spring from their green leaves. The hair hung around the lovely face In beautiful curls, instead of being strnight like all the hair Ma-kwat-ko had ever seen before. The little Indian girl nearly tumbled into the water she was so surprised! Then her heart filled with joy. Would this lovely creature come and play with her? Indian children do not, as a rule, Scream or cry out. Cut Ma-kwat-ko gkve a cry then. Not at what she aaV~— but at what she heard! It was a v.rice—a man's voice. Sims did not dare look up! She did ft not understand the words, which f were: "View, Maisie —you've seen a wishing well by moonlight!” She only knew that she was alone, and very far from home, and that It was night—cold, strange, terrible night. Then she saw that a man was be side her—a white man! She saw no one else, though there was another person there. She scrambled to her feet and ran into the bushes. Then, finding a cleared and hilly part of the trail, she did not trust her fleet little toes, but threw herself on the ground and rolled, over and over, till she reached the foot of the slope and found herself on the well known trail that led to her cabin. Like a mouse she crept into her corner of the bed on which her mother slept. Shiver ing, she pulled the rough quilts, bought at a mission house sale, round her and was soon asleep. The next day Toosha and Hist-ko declared that the Shining Waters no more showed to maidens the face of the husband to be. But Ma-kwat-ko held her tongue. She knew the Shin ing Waters did show a face sometimes --they had shown a face to her. She had seen one in the waters! When the autumn came and turned the green leaves to crimson and brown and gold Ma-kwat-ko, too, went to the mission school. But still she was lonely. When she spoke to the other girls about the thoughts that came to her they only stared at her or said something that showed they did not understand. Often she thought of the face in the Shining Waters, and said to herself: "She would know what I mean.” Although no one cared to have Ma-kwat-ko talk, she began to find a great deal of happiness in writing her thoughts. After a time people began to say how wonderful it was that a poor Indian girl should think of such beautiful tilings, and she re ceived money for writing them. And yet no one understood altogether, and she still remembered the face in the waters. When Ma-kwat-ko had quite grown up she was known as the "In dian poetess,” and one day a rich woman in a great city gave a recep tion for her. Among all the guests there were none whom she thought she would like to talk to until there came in a woman who was tall and fair and more beautiful than any of the others. “I have always loved your people,” she said to Ma-kwat-ko. “Once, when I was a little girl, I made my father take me to the top of a moun tain at midnight to see an Indian wishing well.” "Oh, I saw you there in the water,” said Ma-kwat-ko, "and I have longed for you ever since.” So at last Ma-kwat-ko found the playmate she had wished for, and she was never so lonely again. New York Tribune. THE BREADFRUIT TREE. .Many Ways in Which This Strange Tropical Plant is Utilized. The breadfruit tree is a native of Southern Asia, the West Indies, the South Pacific Islands and the Indian archipelago. In appearance it resem bles somewhat the wild chestnut. It grows to the height of forty or fifty feet and has dark green leaves, many of them two feet in length, which are deeply divided into pointed F'bes. Hidden among the great leaves the breadfruit grows. It is nearly spher ical, often weighs four or more pounds and has a thick yellow rind. The eatable part lies between the rind and the core and when fully ripe is yellow and juicy. The fruit is bet ter before it is fully matured, and the natives gather It while the pulp is white. Befote it is ready for table use it must be roasted, when it looks like wheat bread and Is both palatable and nutritious. Usually the fruit is cut into thr~e or four slices and roast ed or bakeJ in an oven. Frequently the people of a village join in making a huge oven, in which several hundred breadfruits may be baked at one time. Thus they are all supplied with bread without its cost ing any of them much labor. Pre pared iu this way the bread will keep for weeks. The breadfruit is in season eight months of the year. "When the season finally draws to a close the last fruits are gathered and made into a sour paste called “mallei. ” This paste will keep good for months and is made into balls, wrapped in leaves and baked, just as needed. Bread is not the only product of the breadfruit tree. From it cement, cloth, tinder and lumber are also ob tained. A glutinous, milky juice oozes from the trunk of the tree, which makes an excellent cement when boiled with cocoanut oil. From the fibrous inner bark a kind of coarse cloth is made, and the big leaves make good towels. The lum ber is used for building houses and many other purposes. Besides all this, the dried blossoms are used as tinder when fires are kindled.—Balti more Sun. The Erzberg, Austria’s iron moun tain. will furnish ore for 1000 more years. Georgia Cullings Curtailed Items of Interest Gathered at Random. New Life insurance Company. Application has been made for a charter for the Georgia Life Insurance company of Athens, which is to have a capital of $500,000. It will be a reg ular old line, legal reserve stock com pany, with head in Athens. Sixteen of the leading financiers o! the city are named as incorporators. As soon as the charter is secured the com pany will be ready to begin its work, which will be extended to every state in the union. * * * North Favors Proposition. The suggestion by prominent confed erate veterans that the annual encamp ment of the Grand Army of the Repub lic be held in Atlanta in 1909 has met j with enthusiastic reception throughout the north. According to many of the; papers of that section many have for years been looking forward to the time when the good feeling between the two* sections would express itself in such ar manner that such an encampment should be held in Atlanta is especially appropriate in as much as around At lanta was centered many of the fiercest struggles of the war. Perkins Succeeds Benton. President L. A. Ransom of the Inter state Cotton Seed Crushers’ Associa tion, has been advised by Secretary Straus of the department of commerce and labor pt Washington, that Albert G. Perkins of Memphis, Tenn., has been appointed to succeed J. Lo-vick Benton of Monticello, Ga., as United States, expert on cotton seed and its by products, abroad. A more recent letter from Major Car son, of the department of manufacto ries, states that the new appointee will go abroad to take up the work, so suc cessfully begun by Mr. Benton on No vember 15. • * * College Buildings Accepted. The sixth district agricultural college buildings in the suburbs at Barnesvilla, were turned over to the trustees a few days ago by the contractors, the Gresham Manufacturing company of Griffin. The architect states that the buildings are entirely satisfactory and that they are the equal of any of the eleven agricultural schools. The three large buildings on the highest point on the large tract of land show off to great advantage. Professor Scott, the principal, states that the school will open on January 8, and he is looking for a satisfactory attendance at that time. # * * Will Ignore Grand Jury. Regardless of the recommendations of the Fulton county grand jury, pro testing against the erection of anew $400,000 courthouse in Atlanta, the county commissioners will adhere to their original intention and the new courthouse will be built. This was the substance of a state ment made by General Clifford L. An derson, chairman of the board of coun ty commissioners, in reply to the dec laration of the grand jury in their presentments that the erection of a new courthouse is unnecessary at this time and that the SIOO,OOO tax imposed for this purpose is illegal. The grand jury based their charge of illegality upon the belief that the tax is unnec essary and petitioned Judge Pendle ton of the superior court for relief i from this tax. Must Publish Train Schedules. No train now scheduled' in Georgia is to be taken off without the consent the railroad commission of Georgia; no changes in the schedules as now existing are to be made without a three-day notice by publication of the trains running through that station, and in addition there shall be printed continuously in some paper of general circulation the schedules of the roads operating in that community. These are the salient points of a a order just issued by the railroad com mission of Georgia, and becomes effect ive at once. It is carried out in thn premise of this general order, No. 2, that the railroad commission adopts as its own schedules those schedules now being maintained in Georgia. This is one of the widest and most sweeping orders yet issued by the re organized commission. * * * State Fair Great Success. President J. J. Connor of the Geor gia State Agricultural Society, said : “The Georgia state fair, just concluded, is the best in every particular I have seen since 1 have been connected with the society in 1599. Taken altogether, I think it to be the best state fair STOP AT THE ZETTLER BOUSE. The best SI.OO a day house in the city. 253 FOURTH ST., MACON. G<v., Mrs. A. L. Zeltler, Proprietress. ever held in Georgia. The agricultural displays were larger and represented all sections of the state; the cattle ex hibit was fine; the poultry show was a winner, the woman’s exhibit was fine; the machinery exhibit was good, the races were fast and the midway stands without a superior in the south. . "It was a great financial success. Every premium promised was paid in cash and everybody was satisfied.” At the final meeting of the board of directors Saturday night, it was stated that all of the debts of the current year that had been presented had been paid by the fair treasurer and all that would be presented would be paid propmptly. Secretary Weldon announced to the meeting that with the exception of the ■fair held in 1905, when President Roosevelt attracted an audience of 30,000 people within the fair grounds, that the attendance this year had been larger than any in the history of the state fair association. It is conserva timely estimated that close on to 100,- 000 people visited the fair during the sixteen days. After the meeting President Caba niss of the Atlanta Fair Association said: “To my mind this fair has been the best fair; it had more attractions, more exhibits and more visitors than any with which I have ever been at tached since we began having state fairs and expositions. “As to future lairs I can’t say just now. Personally, I am in favor of an other fair next year. We know that t’ne last week of the fair last year showed that the clearing house re ceipts were much greater than the year before, and this year the last week of the fair shows them to jump over last year by a half million dollars, which we attribute partially to the state fair. This is a good index of what a state fair will do. We are immensely pleased with the success of the fair, and -wish to return our thanks to the ; public for its patronage.” Joint Convention Called. President R. F. Duckworth of the Georgia division of the Farmers’ Union issued the following call for a con vention to be held in Lake City, Fla., November 14th and 15th. The members of the Farmers’ Union in the Sea Island and Ribbon Cane cotton belts of Georgia and Florida have asked for a joint convention, that those interested in the two crops who live in the states of Georgia and Flor ida may get together and form plans by which and through which they may handle these products to the best in terest. In consideration of the above re quest, the state president of Georgia, and the state president of Florida, do hereby call a convention to be held at Lake City, Fla., on Thursday and Friday, November 14th and 15th, 1907. Representation to be one delegate from each county union at large, and one delegate for each two hundred members or a majority fraction there of. In counties where is no county union each local union may send a delegate. All commissioned organizers who can attend will be seated as dele gates. Every member of the Fanners’ Union who can is invited to attend this meet ing and take part in the discussion of the questions presented. GREEN AND GAYNOR LOSE AGAIN. Rehearing Denied Feted Prisoners Facing Penitentiary Sentence. B. D. Greene and John F. Gaynor, whose notoriety in connection with the government fraud has become nation al, were Monday denied a rehearing by the United States circuit court of appeals in session in Montgomery, Ala., and unless the defendants secure a writ of certiorari from the United States supreme court, they are doom ed to spend four years in the peniten tlary, besides each being compelled to pay a fine approximating $2,000,000. LEVEE STRIKE IS ENDED. Men at New Orleans Return to Labors Pending Arbitration. The levee strike at New Orleans, involving 10,000 men. mostly cotton handlers ended Tuesday night. The men agreed to return to work pending final adjustment of the controversy by arbitration which was proposed by the local steamship agents. No disorder of any kind occurred during the strike, which lasted about a month. RATE MUDDLE TO BE PROBED By Trio of Governors at a Special Meeting in Atlanta. PEACE TO BE SOUGHT Concessions May Be Made by Both Sides and an Amicable Adjustment of All Questions Reached. A suDreme effort is now being made on the part of the governors of the va rious southern states, the legislatures of which have recently enacted meas ures reducing passenger fares on all. railroads in those states and the offi cials of the railway lines affected by such reductions, to reach, if possible, an amicable adjustment of the contro versy resulting from the enactment of such legislation. With the object at arriving at a so lution of the pending problem, a con ference will be held in Atlanta, in which Governors Comer of Alabama, Smith of Georgia, Glenn of North Car olina and perhaps Governor Swanson of Virginia will participate. The sug gestion of the proposed conference was made by Governor Comer and the gov ernors representing the other three states have signified their intention of attending the meeting. It is given out that both the govern ors of those states and the railway of ficials of lines entering the southern states are extremely desirous of set tling the passenger rates controversy, and to that end, it is reported, are willing to make concessions. The parties to the conference will gather for the purpose of an inter change of views relative to the rate question affecting the southern states,, and with the hope of ultimately fram ing a compromise agreement to be submitted to the officials of the rail roads affected. Of course, whatever proposition is drawn up looking to a settlement of the vexatious question will have to be submitted also to the legislatures of the states named for their approval. What is desired on the part of all parties concerned is to se cure, if possible, a uniform passenger rate in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia. A Washington special says: The' peace negotiations between the offi cials of the Southern railway and Gov ernor Glenn of North Carolina, which began Friday with the object of bring ing about an amicable settlement of the existing differences in the matter of freight and passenger charges, were temporarily brought to an end Satur day afternoon. Governor Glenn and ex-Congressman Woodward, represent ing the state, spent the morning with President Finley of the Southern. All angles of the pending litigation were discussed, and when adjournment was taken it was understood that the negotiations leaking to a peaceful set tlement of the questions at ijsue are to be resumed after Governor Glenn, returns from the Atlanta conference. While the peace negotiations be tween the Southern and the state of North Carolina are temporarily sus pended it was agreed that there should be no interruption in the taking of tes timony before Standing Master Mont gomery in the federal court case from North Carolina. The material question between the state and the railroad is one of terms. While Governor Glenn and the counsel for the state decline to discuss the pending negotiations, there is good reason to believe that the governor will not agree to any compromise that puts in effect a greater rate than two and a half cents, applying alike to inter and intrastate passengers. Such a compromise would mean concessions by both parties. The Southern is willing to submit to a 2 3-4 cent rate, and it is said that this is the compromise passenger rats that the railroads have agreed to offer to all the southern states. FILIPINOS ARE BARRED. Islanders Cannot Become American Citi zens Says Federal Juige. Acting upon advice of the United States district attorney’s # office, County Clerk Wright at Santa Rosa, Cal., has refused the application of Benigno Boccoa, a Filipino, for naturalization papers. Assistant District Attorney White, in a written opinion, holds tnat until such time as they may be s pecially granted by congress, natural ization rights do not apply to Filipinos, although, as such, Filipinos are entitled to the protection of the United Stat.s government.