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CURIOUS WAY TO WRITE.
Balzac’s Copy Looker! Like a Child’s
Drawing of Fireworks.
Some writers apply the gospel of
infinite pains from the lirst mo
ment of their conception of a plot
down to the last revision of the
page proofs. Balzac was one of
these, says Frederic Taber Cooper
in the Bookman. ITis erratic and
labored methods of revision as re
corded by Theophilc Gautier in
his “Portraits Contemporains” are
such an interesting object lesson of
the extent to which the fever of re
vision may be carried that it seems
worth while to quote him here rath
er extensively:
“His method of proceeding was
as follows: When he had long borne
and lived a subject he wrote, in a
rapid, uneven, blotted, almost hier
oglyphic writing, a species of out
line on several pages. These pages
went to the printing office, from
which they were returned in plac
ards—that is to sav, in detached
columns in the center of large
sheets.
“He read these proofs attentive
ly, for they already gave to his em
bryo work that impersonal charac
ter which manuscript never pos
sesses, and he applied to this lirst
sketch the great critical faculty
with which he was gifted precisely
ns though he were judging another
man’s work.
“Then he bcmin onerations. An-
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proving or disapproving, he main
tained or corrected: hut, above all, I
he added. After some hours the
paper might have been taken for a |
drawing of fireworks bv a child.!
Rockets, darting from the original
text, exploded on all sides. Then
there were crosses—simple crosses,
crosses recrossed like those of a
blazon, stars, situs. Arabic figures,:
letters, Greek. Roman or French, all ]
imaginable signs, mingled with era- j
surcs.
“Strips of paper, fastened on by
wafers or pins, were added to the
insufficient margins and were rayed j
with lines of writing, very fine to
save room and full themselves of |
erasures, for a correction was hard-1
ly made before that again was cor-1
rected. i
“The following day the proofs
came back, the bulk, of course, don- j
bled. Balzac set to work again, al
ways amplifying.
“Often this tremendous labor
ended with an intensity of atten
tion, a clearness of perception, of
which he alone was capable. Ho
would see that, the thought was
warped by the execution; that an
episode predominated; that a figure
which he meant should he second
ary for the general effect was pro
jecting out of its plan. Then with
one stroke of his pen he bravely
annihilated the result of four or
five nights of labor. He was heroic
j at such times.”
Great Painters of Olden Time.
The two most celebrated painters
of antiquity were Apelles and Zeux
is, both Greeks. Apelles was born
at Calophon and was a contempo
rary of Alexander the Great. It is
said that one day while Alexander
was looking at a painting of a horse
by Apelles and making some sharp
criticisms upon it a horse neighed
toward the picture, whereupon
Apelles remarked that the horse
knew more of art than the king.
His work was almost as natural as
nature itself. And to Apelles Zeuxis
was a “close second.” It is said that
Zeuxis painted cherries so perfectly
that the birds peeked at them,
thinking them real.
FIRST OF ALL EVICTIONS.
Magyar Version of the Expulsion From
the Garden of Eden.
Among the folklore of the peas
antry of Roumania and some of the
adjoining Magyar states of eastern
Europe is found the story of the ex
pulsion of our first parents from
the garden of Eden. It runs thus:
When Adam and Eve fell, God
sent Gabriel, the Magyar angel, to
turn them out of Eden as a punish
ment for .their sin. Gabriel was re
ceived most courteously, food and
drink of the best being set before
him. Now, Gabriel had a kind heart
and took pity upon the poor folk
and would not accept their hospital
ity, remembering his errand. So he
returned and begged that some one
else he sent to evict the sinners, ns
he really could not do it. Then
Raphael, the Roumanian angel, was
sent and was received as Gabriel
had been, lie, however, was very
fond of n good dinner, and so he
sat down and thoroughly enjoyed
HANDED HIM A LEMON.
An Incident That Is Related In an An
cient Sanskrit Tale.
By a little sprouting of the im
agination slang may be said to be
the product of a singular tree. It is
a fruit that people pluck greedily,
then pass on, thinking all the while
that such a thing lias never been
tasted before. But the roots of this
tree strike surpris ugly deep, and
the sap that forms the succulent
juice of the fruit is often drawn
from very ancient springs.
In “Lakshadatta and Labdhad-
atta,” a Sanskrit tale which parents
passed on to their children before
the Christian era, perhaps, it is re
lated that Labdhadntta was a beggar
who, almost naked and hideously
miserable, sat beside the palace gate
in the city of Lnkshapura day and
night. For six years Lakshadatta,
the king, although compassionate of
heart, refused him alms.
One day, however, moved by the
vagrant’s importunities, he nssem-
Johnson Drug Co,
Logic.
Here is a pretty quibble from
“Logic For the Million,” by Mr.
Sharper Knowlson:
David said in his wrath, “All
men are liars.”
Therefore David was a liar.
Therefore what David said was
not true.
Therefore David was not a liar.
But if David was not a liar what
he said was true—namely, that all
men are liars.
himself. The feast over, lie told the | bled his subjects at an appointed
place outside the palace walls.
When the mendicant appeared the
monarch looked upon him with
much favor and asked him to utter
a composition of his own. There
upon Labdhadatta recited an Aryan
verse to the effect that “Fortune
ever replenishes the full man, but
she never comes within range of the
gaze of the poor.”
The king announced that he was
mightily pleased with this reply.
The assembly in consequence stood
on tiptoe of curiosity, and the beg
gar waited with blissful expecta-
1 tion. The king announced that he
1 meant to bestow a gift upon him,
whereupon he handed him, far back
in that ancient day—what? A
lemon!
Instantly there was much com-
erring pair ins errand. They at
once began to weep most piteously
and beg for mercy. Their hitter sor
row so touched his after dinner
heart that he, too. returned and
asked that sonic one else be sent, ns
he could not possibly turn out the
[poor folk after accepting their hos
pitality. Then it was that Michael,
the German angel, was sent. He
was received as the others bj - the
trembling pair nnd treated oven
more sumptuously. He sat down
and enjoyed himself till the last
morsel of food had vanished and
there wasn’t a drop of liquor left.
Then he arose nnd, turning to his
host nnd hostess, said, “Now, then,
out you go, and he quick about it.”
Most piteonslv did Adam and Eve
beg at least for time, even remind
ing him that he had partaken of I motion nnd the populace cried out
their bread. All in vain. Thus it
was that our first parents were
driven out of Eden.
Spectacles of the Aztecs.
A traveler in Mexico who visited
some ancient Aztec ruins tells us of
the tomb of a great chief on which
was sculptured the head of a man
wearing spectacles. These were
fastened on in precisely the way
common to us. In those prehistoric
days glass had not been invented,
so the spectacles could only be in
tended for protection against weap
ons of war, probably arrows or
spears. This ancient Aztec warrior
evidently wore his spectacles for
such a purpose, as they were made
of solid material with only a small
hole left for the purpose of sight.
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that Labdhadatta was greatly to he
pitied, nnd lie became known as the
unfortunnte to whom the king had
handed a lemon.
So it will bo seen that this fruit
is not a new one on the slang tree,
hut that the vinegar of disappoint
ment, which is the juice of the mat
ter, is a sap from a very old foun
tain.
But as the lemon that one hands
to another in these days mnv not be
a lemon at all, so it was in that
Sanskrit day, for that particular
lemon, after an interesting series of
transfers, found its way back to the
king.
He forthwith called another as
sembly and intentionally let the
lemon fall to the floor before the
beggar. It broke in two where it
had been adroitly joined together,
and the assembly saw that it had
been filled all the while with gems
of rare value.—Washington Star.
New Kind of Loan.
Two negroes had been called up
before their employer because they
had had a fight about money. Abra
ham Jones claimed that Thomas
Short owed him $5. This Short de
nied in the most vehement manner,
calling on all the powers of heaven
and earth to strike him dead if he
owed Jones a cent.
“I’se done loan dat niggah $5,”
protested Abraham.
“He ain’t done nothin’ ob de
kin’!” contradicted Short.
This colloquy kept up for several j
minutes. Finally the employer de- j
cided that Jones had loaned the $5 j
to Short.
“What do you mean by lying to
me in this way?” he demanded
sternly Of Short.
“Well, ’*t)8s/’ explained Short,
“you see, it wuz lak dis: Abraham
he done loan me dat $5, but it was
a loan in de way of a gif’.”—Popu
lar Magazine.
Th. Million.ir.’. Way.
The young man waited for the
millionaire’s reply.
“I don’t blame you for wanting
to marry my daughter,” said the
latter. “And, now, how much do
you suppose you and she can worry
along on?”
The youth brightened up.
“I—I—think,” he cheerfully
stammered, “that $200,000 well in
vested would produce a sufficient in
come,”
The millionaire turned back to
his papers.
“Very well,” he said, “I will give
you $100,000 providing you raise a
similar amount.”
And the young map went away
sorrowing.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Th. Way of the River.
The stranger traveling in Aus
tralia may easily make mistakes.
Dr. John Beddoe, in his autobiog
raphy, tells how he journeyed for
800 miles across North Queensland
and only once saw running water.
At one point, he says, “we crossed
a broad, flat, dry space which my
wife, taking it for a road, imagined
to indicate the near neighborhood
of a large town. ‘Road, madam?’
said our companion. ‘Why, that’s
the River Campaspe!”
YOU are “far-sighted” IF
T You see that the best place in Car
rollton for the proper fitting of
glasses to your eyes and face is in
my office.
YOU are “near sighted'’ IF
^ You fail to see the necessity of
bringing your eye troubles to me to
have them examined, FREE, for
faults.
T The right kinds of spectacles do
much more than assist the sight—
they often cure headaches, correct
nervous troubles and help obscure
ailments of other sorts.
I may be able to help you more
than you ever dreamed—by giving
you much comfort and you may not
know even, that you need glasses.
Bring your eyes to me, and I’ll look
into them for you FREE.
Dr. J. D. Hanrick, Eye Specialist,
S. W. Corner Square. Carrollton, Ga.
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during the month of February.
One Ton M. M. High Grade Cotton Seed Meal.
One Ton M. M. 10-4-4. Guano and $1.50 Cash.
One Ton M. M. 12-3-5. Guana and $2.50 Cash.
One Ton M. M. 9-3-6. Guano and $3.50 Cash.
One Ton M.M. O.LSp’l Guano and $4.50 Cash.
One Ton M. M. Anti Rust SpT and $5.00 Cash.
One Ton M. M. 9-3-3 Sp’l. and $6.00 Cash.
One Ton M. M. Fresh Land Sp’l and $8.50 Cash.
One Ton M. M. Legal Tender and $10.00 Cash.
Remember we have named above only a partial list of our
various brands-others same basis. We can suit your re
quirements and supply you C. S. Meal, blood; tankage or fish
geods in a wide range of analysis suitable to YOUR LAND
AND YOUR CROPS.
Carry your seed direct to the Oil Mill and take a credit
bill for them and present this bill to Maple Street Warehouse
and get your guano. When you are through hauling call at
our office in the First National Bank Building for settlemen.
For further information call on H. O. Lovvorn, C. L. Walk
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PHOTOS
See W. M. BOYNTON for Sipia Pictures. He is well
fixed and will give you the latest styles. Childrens Pictures
a specialty. You can find him over Glenn Holmes Fount.
Yours For Good Work.
W, M. BOYNTON.
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