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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. X \ % i jf \ \ / mm \ / / \ m \ \ I 4 1 J I if X 'M t / i i j / / » Jlls / t / 1 \ \ \ 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 f i I "pi -| •* t£ Irrar > -Sj ^ i ■ / % VJF __ 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. f^We have increased the storage Capacity of our house two thousand bale and have made other improvements to lower the rate of insurance on cotto stored with us, ahd are now prepared to offer tc the farmers of this seotio more convenience, cheaper insurance by fifty per cent., and better servic than ever in each department of our business. Give us ONE trial and see that this is true. B^.C3-C3-X3Sr<3- AND TIE i C ALWAYS ON HAND. STORAGE AND SALE OF COTtON A SPECIALTY Liberal Advances Made. A New Home! For everybody, on Installments, at terms to suit the purchat er. The New Home is the Latest Style, Prettiest and Mo* Durable SEWING MACHINE now in existence. I st i continue to sell FURNITURE cheaper than any house in the City, on Installments of eas terms, or for Cash. Come and buy at the “Up-Town Furniture Store,” th first and oldest Installment house in the City. XX. A.. G-IZBSOZDsT, 1322, 1306, 1308 & 1310 Broad St., Columbus, Georgis . A. C. CHANCELLOR. T. J. PEARCE. CHANCELLOR & PEARCE Successors to * N A. C. CHANCELLOR, A, K* COLUMBUS, GA. MERCHANT TAILORS, l \ WHOLESALE AND RETIAL V CLOTHIERS AND HATTERS Our buyer is in, New Yor purchasing the largest an □ most complete stock ever cat sied by the house. Mr. J. W. Ferris, (late < New York), who is acknow edged the finest and most siu I cessful in charge cutter of our in the South, i TAILORING 2 DEPARTMENT. /O J -v We solicit a call. Prict guaranteed the lowest.