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fOTJNG FOLKS’ COLUMN.
D FATE OF LITTLE PEOPLE WHO
WONT LEARN TO SPELL.
.lportant Kales to be Observed in
[Baseball—An Easy Way of Twisting
and Doubling Twine Into a Strong
String.
Among the needs of young as well os old
Iks a common one is that of a cord or line
tger and stronger than twine. Nearly
i?ry I one knows how to twist and double a
of twine, by making one end fast and
Ining I the other between the fingers until
whole is twisted so firmly that it will
Ink,” and then letting it double upon itself
■is to form a cord of four strands.
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A DOUBLE TWIST.
iThe following method recently described
Id illustrated in St. Nicholas is a much
k"l way of accomplishing the same end.
[sl;e [ v’cniently a piece held of wood in the of hand a size and that bore can in be it
I ole several times the diameter of the
line to be twisted. If the twine is not too
rge, a common wooden spool will do. Pro
pc also a small stick six or eight inches
lig; a lead pencil will serve. Double the
rug Lp by tying the ends together. Make a
in each end of the double line, slip one
[ these loops the wood over a nail, spool pass and the then other thrust loop
B L ough or
small stick through the loop. When the
le is pulled taut the stick will be in position
I-oss [pidly the bit of wood and can be turned
and evenly around in the direction
kit Lj^jy will also twist the strands of string more
i bo not double this twisted line unless you
Le some one to help you. If yon are alone
Ks better before beginning to twist at all to
ake a third loop in the middle of the
mbled cord. Place this middle loop over
lo nail and twist each half separately before
tting the two twist upon each other. To
pep the first half from kinking while twist
g the second make it fast and taut to some
led point or wind it tightly around any
ttng lives that will hold it. Bad, of the two
should receive about the same number
turns to insure evenness in tbe final double.
i t is • a „ good . plan . „ to . stretch the first two .
„gths side by side after they are twisted
re re allowm a“owL“hT, e them P t°o to n mte take the the fiiTt hnal tu v,^ ist.
hat a Cavalryman Says About Horses.
An old cavalryman tells in Golden Days
at “a horse will never step on a man in
mionally. It is a standing order with cav
ry that should a man become dismounted
s must lie down and be perfectly still. If
> *’oes so the entire company will pass over
m and be will not be injured. A horse no
»s where he is going and is on the lookout
r a firm foundation to put his foot on. It
an instinct with him, therefore, to step
;r a prostrate man. The injuries caused
a runaway horse are nearly always in
ted by the animal knocking down and not
his stepping on them.”
‘he youths who wear brown spotted shirt*
tennis exercise are called “Society I*op-
Tit, Tat, Toe I
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THREE LITTLE CULPRITS.
Tit, tat, toe!
Three in a row!
The heavy schoolroom clock strikes loud and slow.
“Now every little one
May go and take his fun,”
The gentle teacher cries, “for the school is done.”
Tit, tat, toe!
All in a row’!
Out through the open door the merry children go,
Leaving only three,
Sad as sad can be—
Wretched little culprits with their Spellers, as
you see!
Three Bales for Baseball.
Young baseball players, as a rule, throw
the ball badly. W. J. Henderson tells Har
per’s Young People that there are threo rules
in regard to this part of the game which
ought to be borne in mind: Throw the mo¬
ment you get the ball, without wasting time
in preliminary movements. Never throw the
least bit more swiftly than is absolutely neces¬
sary. Learn to throw with more than one
style of delivery. If you follow the first rule
carefully you will soon learn not to break
the second. The majority of young players,
in the in field especially, after stopping a
grounder, go through two or three prelim¬
inary motions, suoh as stretching the hand
with the ball in it out in front before draw
ing it back, pointing at the base man with
the other hand, or taking a step or two for¬
ward. All these things are unnecessary. If
you have to stoop to pick up a grounder,
straighten up the moment you have it, draw
ing back your arm as you do so, and send the
ball to the base the very second you have
risen up. Remember that the distance from
home to first base is just thirty yards, and
that even a poor runner can do that in four
and a half seconds. If, therefore, it takes
the grounder one second or a trifle more to
reach you at sbo v t, and it requires about
three-quarters of i second for the ball to
travel from you to the first base man, you
cannot afford to waste two seconds or more
in preliminary movement* before throwing
the ball.
ot T yP e writers.
^ believe the time will come when the
local of a paper will all be done on the
er ypewriter. The paper will have one or
t^ore shorthabd men in the office and the
reporters, when they come in, will reel off
their accounts to one of these clerks, who
afterwards write it out on the type
writer and leate the copy to be corrected
on the reporter’s desk. One of these short
me n will be at the telephone and
W1 I1 (? both a ye the his receivers after the of the fashion liistiument of
over ears ear
muffs. This will leai e his hands free and
everything that comes in over the tele
P h ° ne w “ aken down “ s>>«thand,
and ln the in ‘ e " a , Wo r ked „ 0Ut on ‘ he
typewriter. „ If the reporter is some miles
away f ™ m “?« offlce he ft* *? th ®
nearest telephone , and . relate his story,
Thi ^vel. m pa^r a rould 8avlnff In firm* »nd
The renters, then get editor! along
with fewer and the night
having all the manuscript before him in
type written form, could more accurately
estimate the quantity of matter it would
make when set up. The next generation
will be an age of typewriters, and the old
fashioned method of pen writing will
gradually become a lost art. —Luke Sharp
In Detroit Free Press.
—
The “Sea Shell Mission.*'
Among the many curious missions to b*
found in London is the “Sea Shell Mis
sion.” According to a statement in a
London paper, this mission has distributed
over 10,000 boxes and bags of shells,
which represent over 4,000,000 shells, to
as many poor, sick and invalid children
in London and elsewhere.—Public Opin¬
S. A. CARTER. W.O BRADLEY.
CARTER & BRADLEY,
COTTOAFACTORS
(WEBSTER WAREHOUSE,)
033 Broad St., Columbus, Georgia.
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Give us ONE trial and see that this is true.
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ALWAYS ON HAND.
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Come and buy at the “Up-Town Furniture Store,” th
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Columbus, Georgis .
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Successors to
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