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Household Department.
To Parents.
The scholosiie year for most of
our country school*, cither lias n
soon will Ik? closed. Another* years
work, by the 1 earlier has been done
I would ask how much has the pa
rent aided and encouraged the
teacher in ninny school districts
the parents sceui to have no inter
est in the educational welfare of
their children, more t han to merely
send then: to school.
Ko\v uiueh it would encourage
the teacher for parents and Direc
tors to visit the school! He would
endevor to have his school to have
his school to he worthy of their
eoiniiieiulatiou. lie would then he
influenced to exert himself to have
a school that would compare favor
ably with any other school. But let
us look at the other side ot this
question. When parents and Direr-!
t<us do not visit ids school, and ap
pear to have no interest therein the
teacher loses more or less of his
“care” (if you will allow me the
term), and does not take the inter
est he would otherwise take. In
stead of being held up and encour
aged by encouragement, lie is pulled
down and discouraged by their lack
of interest.
To the care of the country school
teacher is intrusted to a certain ex
tent the future great men ami wom
en of our land. Now when parents
seem to show a lack of interest in
the welfare of their children, how
can they expect the teacher to have
that which they lack? Should not
the parents and Directors take more
interest in this matter of their chil
dren? Instead of remaining at home
and never going near the school
house, except perhaps oil the last
dav, they should visit the school
and talk with the teacher about the
teacher about the teacher about, the
progress and hopes ot their chil
dren.
Parents, you who have children
and you who have not, it is in your
powder to make your district school
a success or a failure Visit your
school; aid the teacher by your
acts that you have an inlirest inter
est in the work the teacher has to
do. Do not sit at home during all
the school, and never show your
selves, but come one, and come all
and encrourage us in the great
work of training the bright, trust
ing and hopeful youth of this great
and free country of ours.
CoiwrJiv PnnAtiiKifK.
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Freting.
One of the worst habits to which
one ilia v become addicted is to Irct
Fretting causes unhappiness, had
digestion, had health, had temper
and disgust with one’s friends. Fret
ting is not only passive policy, hut
it is positively had ; it entails penal
tv with its indulgence, sn that the
iVetter is surety worst himself by
it. Then why fret?
But one can not help it, says the
dyspeptic, the jealous and the en
vious man. Mankind nvo so “dad
sham’d mean” they are enough to
make a decent man fret. Indeed;
did fretting ever do you any good?
Did it ever make you any money, or
ever ;rivc you any appetite for din
ner? What did you ever gain by the
practice? I lave you observed that
vour associates thought better of
you on that account, or hastened
with more alacrity to serve you? Do
they not either laugh at you or shun
you if you fall into a fit of fretting?
Nay ; there is nothing either humane
Christian or sensible in fretting.!
The practice imposes on those who
come in contact with you. They
will vote you a bore, silently or aud
ibly, and be sure and habitually
shun you. A man or woman who
does not cultivate equanimity, and
some little philosophy, in bearing
the usual ills of life, has learned
life’s lesson to very little effect. Ev
en those who are confirmed invalids
suffering <m beds of pain and sick
ness, have been known to shed hap
piness, around them by the beauty
of their sentiments,the lovlieness of
their patience or the salutary effect
of their Christain example.
As wealth can not prodiu e happi
ness, so the most cheerful persons I
knew were the most impecunious.
“What do you want?” said the Em
peror Alexander to Diogenes in his
luh. “That you would move out of
my sunlight,” replied the cynic. And
vet wc know not that the cvnic was
jeontented. “Godliness,” saitli the
Script lire, “is great riches, if a man
he content with that lie hath: for wc
brought nothing into the world, and
itis certain we can carry nothing
out.”
The story of the old German’s j
daughter hits caused ninny a laugh.
“How is Katy this morning?” in-j
qiiired a friend of Hiiiis. knowing
his daughter was sick. “Oh, veil!
he ans wered, in his Teutonic guttur
al, “she gnmblaiii she feels some
besser, tiss niorin’,” So it is with
many; always complaining, wheth
er worse or better. Why, not so
long as “understanding, limbs and
senses” are passable, rejoice, and
that with exceeding great joy?
True, a person can not he absol
utely happy id ways, nor ever unless ;
the powers of the mind control the
intirmites of the body and the
accidents of life. The seeds of hap
piness need to he well planted and
assiduously and conscientious- ;
lv cultivated. Bovs should emulate
imtiilv characters, and girls should
aspire to become ladies. Babyish
males, and sickly, trilling females,
can never rise above mediocrity. On ;
the opposites of these the storms
of life may surge and heat, hut they
never strike sail nor become ship
wrecked. They are intent on doing
their full duty in the several states
of life into which it lias pleased
God to call them. With the poet
they sing:
1 *l(£li not for riclirs, lior lungiilxli for wealth.
Hut grunt mo, king Proidonoo, vlrtuo ami
health;
Thun rlotuw, than king*, nioro happy than
thoy,
My dnyHHhull jmihh xwectly und swiftly away.
Tiioh I*iiit Hu.
Sunshine.
You can not have too much litfht
and sunshine either in your lives
or your houses. You may live, but
it is not all in life to live. Merely
to exist is but a small part ot our
! work in this world. We should so
live that body and mind are at all
times in their best condition. We
are then ready and able to do what
ever duty may he required of us in
such a way that the duty merely
shall he pleasurable, and the reac
tion on ourselves ami others lie hen-i
etieial. It should be, in fact, the
religious duty of every one so to
live.
Many a woman and child lias
; been sacrificed to save the carpets
| and keep out the (lies. Many a dis
appointed. cheerless liie can In'
traced back to sunless rooms as be
ginning. Multitudes of women ar.u i
children am only half living to-day j
because only half fed. Sunshine!
and light and air are as much food;
for body and soul as the fruits and j
grains ami vegetables that we take;
into our stomachs ; and we can not
get a surfeit of them as food. The !
more we have the better.
Wc are too niggardly oi sunshine.
It can not be used too freely. Thole
is no better doctor than sunlight.
We use too little judgement. It is.
the Gift of God, and one of His
great boons to man. Open your j
windows. What if your carpets!
fade and other ornaments sutler, j
Your children in robust health are |
the noblest ornaments of the house
hold. Your own health is of more
consequence than all the brie-a-bric
the world can gather. If either |
must be sacrificed, let it be rather;
the inanimate things, which are
merely the adornments, not the ele
ments of human life.
“*
Singly and collectively the farm-;
ers in Kansas realize $f)0,000,(XK)
i annually from the grass crop of the
I State. Even this item alone brings
an average income of nearly SSO per
! year to every man, woman and
j child in Kansas. Several thousand
steam hay presses are busy the year
i round bailing it und shipping it
abroad.
Dr. Mill's method of determining
! the total solid matter in different
waters is based on the fact that a
small glass bead, with a weight at
tached, will rise in a saline solution
of known strength, the more slowly
the greater the amount of solvent
. pressure. The rate of ascent is also
dependent on the nature of the sol
uble matter.
♦
The dioscope does for the eye
what the telephone does for the ear.
An objective lens is fitted in some
hall of entertainment, and by an
electric wire communication is es
tablished with a small white glass
plate in a room at any distance. Ex
cluding the light from this room a
complete reflection is obtained of
what is passing in the hall!.
Kill >)<• Waive* a I'fltlk.v Habit.
I have again renounced the pcrnirfou n,n!
terrible tobacco habit. Most every year 1
quit smoking und lead a different life for
several weeks, ami it in. pleasure that 1
would not forego. The joy of bunting u
long-<fßtabiifch"d habit and asserting u
manly independence of it even for thret
weeks, is a good thinz.
Tobacco is a filthy weed—that is, it is a
poisonous and venomous plant this week. It
will so till further notice. I remember
very well the struggle I hod to break off laht
winter. The doctor said I never would
have flesh enough on my bones to catch a
shrimp if 1 didn’t stop the use of tobacco,
so I stopped. For weeks I was uncertain
about whether 1 would the pipe
or not It was a solace to nv when I was
lonely, it gave me much j leanure, ond
see mod to me, after a Ktorm> and tempes
tuous career as postmaster, to he a very mild
"My pip* u-aiia toiler when lonely.”
FortoC vice. But I wanted to get fat. so
one tiny when I was over at Bootjack
Camp I threw my pipe over into the woods
as far as the strength of a great resolution
could send it.
I call still remember how it went hustling
through the air, and how I went hustling
through the air, tlm following week, on my
hands and knees hunting for it,
It was about those day* that I rashly re
solved lo keep it diary. It hardly shows the
marks of use, but I will sell it at a reason
able price to any one desiring an easy run
ning diary, with a place in it to stick the
pencil when not in us*. 1 quote u few en
tries from the same:
January 1, 1884—Have resolved to quit
the use of tobacco and to keep a diary
showing what l did each succeeding day. 1
also desire to keep a strict record here of
my various private expenses, so that I may
know from moigh to month where my
money has gone.
January 2—How gloomy everything looks
toslav. Made s.'veral New Year’s calls yes
terday. lam told. In oil unguarded moment
perhaps, 1 did; but it was unintentional. I
did not smoko, however, yesterday. I feel
much better without tobacco in any form.
Think 1 mil gaining flesh Ido not notice it
so lunch in my body, but my head and tot
are certainly much larger than they were
yesterday. How much more happy and
light-hearted we arc when out from H ale:
t.he thraldom of m old vice that has c-ltri
to us for years like-like a vice, as it w ere.
Paid fifty cents lor a ; mind of marshmal
lows to gladden the children’s hearts und,
while in a seal-brown study on tin, way
home, ate thorn all. When I quit the use
o! tobacco l notice that I want to eat every
ti lag 1 sec. Caine Very near > ding the m
fan t class at ill' br.bbrth- e-houl yesterday
Getting a little bit irritable.
Jim. S.—l am getting a little bit irritable
1 notice, and several of my friends have
called my attention to it. A policeman
Hist mentioned il to me down town. Hues;
we can tix it up for St or I shall have
to get anew coat and, perhaps, anew nose.
I cannot tell you yet as to the nose. When
the swelling goes down, so 1 can see over il
better. 1 shall be better able to judge. At
unseat it shuts out the landscape a good
deal and gives me a sinister expression.
Jan. 4. —Went out walking in the woods
to-day. The air was crisp and frosty. 1
strolled over about where I threw my pip;
along in the latter part of the year ’B3. 1
did not want the pipe, and yet, when I found
it, after searching three or four hours, 1 felt
n secret thrill of pleasure. Ido not know
why. I brought it homo thinking it might
he convenient for someone who had no
pipe, and who might still be a slave to the
abominable babit. I have in my mind n
party who might thus lie bene fit twl. Ho ii
a young man of great promise, and none
knew him but to love him. none name him
but to praise. I will save the pipe for hint
He will be pleased and gratified. He is lny
wife’s first husband.
When I started out I announced in this
volume that X would quit the ue of tobacco
and keep a diary. 1 shall continue to do so.
making, however, a slight change in the ar
rangement, by which 1 shall keep the to
bacco und quit the use ot the diary. This
diary is now for sale. Smoking tobacco
taken in exchange. No additional charge
for the four days’ work already done oil tk,
work.
A Capital Scheme.
IN'ew York Sun.]
“What do you do when people come in
and bore you!” a warm personal Iricnd
asked of a merchant.
“When they stay too long the office boy,
who is very bright and knows just when to
interfere, tells me that a gentleman is in the
counting room waiting to see me on im
portant business.”
“Ha! Ha! That’s a capital way to get
rid of bores who don’t know—”
Just then the boy opened the door and
tang out:
“Gent in the countin’ room waitin’ to see
ou on importance businese.”
“Here’s to the housewife that’s thrifty.”—
Sherblun.
There are gome who object to
woshing the face often, especially
with soap, thinking this an injury
to the complexion. But those who
Itavo made a specialty of skin dis
eases say no part of the hody needs
soap so uiueh; that the face being ;
constantly exposed to dust, col
lect* so much it is not enough to
wash it in dear water,
They say if soap makes the face
j shiny, as so many claim, it only
I shows that it is the more needed,
1 and that the work of drying after
the bath has not been properly per
formed ! The face, however, should !
! not he wet imediately before or af
! ter going out. Its most thorough
I ablution should he performed at
night, before going to bed, and the
! following method should be obser
ved in the process :
Fill a basin with soft, warm wa
ter, lather a medium sized sponge
with good soap, and wash again
with the hands, and rub thorough
jly with a Turkish or crash towel
! until until the face is drv and ting
ling. This will do much toward
improving and preserving the coni
iplexion, and the little, vexatious
! black spots called “flesh worms”
Wsuillly disapper after a timo, if ii
is persevered in.
—A handsome tidy that lias the
merit of washing well is not often 1
seen. One recently invented an-j
swers to this description: Choose
some coarse, white crash : look at
it carefully to see that it is as even- ■
ly woven as possible, then pull ottt
I threads until it is barred off, and
stitches may he counted as in can
vas ; work a bonier on each end.
and then begin at one corner and
I work in diagonal lines, in a corn- 1
tiion cross-stitch, all over the i
crash. This is to he done with
■ crewel, in four colors, red, green.
[ yellow and black. The ends of the
crash should ho fringed before any-j
| tiling r ise is done. This tidy may
| put smoothly over a chair-back, or
made so long that it can lie tied in
Ia graceful knot in the center. This
| is a pretty way also in which to or-
I mtment the crash sideboard cov
j <T.
A useful article to hang in a ;
gentleman’s room is a ease made
iof linen, in which lie can keep his
! umbrellas and canes. The ease
should lie cut in the form of a close
| umbrella —that is. it should slop<
; from the top to the bottom gradu
al]’.-. There should be a division,
I so that the canes will not lie in the
, same pocket with the umbrellas ;
(bind this all around with brown
: crewel embroider on the front the
[outlines of an umbrella and a cane.
PILES, PILES.
FISTULA, FISSURE AND RECTAL ULCERS.
DR. TABER,
No. 82 Decatur Hi root,
.1 T/..IATJ, - - - GEORGIA.
Makes a Specialty of these Diseases,
! anti has cured cases <if forty yours standing,
j Cure guaranteed. If I fall to cur** you of Piles
1 will return your money. Address, enclos
ing stamp, _ F. F. TABEH,
Box 282, Atlanta, <ia.
tilt IF FIN, (A. t Nov. 28, ISSB.
fir. K. F. Taber, Atlanta, Da.: Dear Sir: For
tor. wars 1 Miffered from piles. 1 tried the
dotdor and the doetors tried-me. I tried al
most every remedy 1 eould hear of from old
men and women iii the country. I tried all
tlie salves,ointments, greases and patent med
icines I could hear of. In fact, I tried almost
everything except the ligature and surgeons
Unite, which 1 dreaded, hut looked to as a hist
resort. Nothing did me any good. 1 grew
worse day after day, month after month, year
after year. When I came to you my suffering
' had Ikyoimc absolutely unl**urablo. At times
my pain was so intense that I could not sit.
stand still, or lay down, hut walk. walk, walk,
walk, and suffer the agony of torture. At this
time I had piles, fissure and rectal ulcer. You
ottered to cure me. and gave the guaranty of
cure—“No curt*, no pav.’’ Vndcv your treat
ment 1 improved rapidly, and ant now well of
that tearful disease—cured! without the liga
ture ami without the knife, and, lest of all,
without pain!
I tak pleasure In giving this testimony of
t vour fidelity and skill, and will ever hold you
in grateful remembrance.
K. W. HAMMOND.
Warkf.nton. (la., Dec. 22, 1888.
I>r. F. F. Tuber, M. D., No. 28 Decatur Ht.,
Atlanta. Ha., rear Hir: I am willing to sign
nnv certificate that you want, going to show
that you have been the means of restoring me
to health from a very serious condition of dys
entery and rectal ulcer. Send me the form of
i certificate you wish, and I will sign and return
to you at once by mail A. I*. HEATH.
Vr.KUKNA. Ai.A., Apr. Bth. 1884.
Dear Pr.Taher: I leek ui*on you as the sec
ond savior of in y husband. He bids me say
he feels no inconvenience and no return of the
tumors as yet. I wish I could tell to the
win Id alt you have done for us. We miss your
coming, but glad to think there is no occasion
tor it. Success to your noble Institute. May
the blessing of God rest upon its founder.
Your Friend.
ADELK J. DkBAKPKLABEN.
Fi.owk.ky Branch, Hall Cos., Un., Oct. 31, ’B3.
Dr. F. F. Taber. Atlanta. Ua., Pear Sir: For
years thaJ dire disease—piles—grew upon me.
i X suttered—knew no remedy. Almost any
thing that promised relief was used, but with
out real benefit-. By accident, ns it were, I
heard of you as treating this disease. I at
once began correspondence, and soon thereaf
ter put myself under your treatment. After a
few months treatment from which I lost not
a day from my business, I feel myself to be
cured and almost like anew man for work.
REV. H. L. (OMPBKLL.
Principal Flowery Branch High School.
I mayT-fim
J. A. SEATON & CO.,
LEADING
HATTERS,
NO. 5 PEACHTREE STREET,
ATLANTA, : : : GA.
ovl3tf
Don’t Buy or Sell
ANYTHING
Until You See Us.
We will Make it to Your
Interest.
STAFFORD, BLALOCK & CO.
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F. W. HART,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
White Pine Sash, Doors & Blinds,
Glazed Sash, Moulding,
Stair Railiit (f, X/ n/! Rosts. Ballustrrs, I indoir Builder's Ilarcucarc .
No. B)South Broad Street, Atlanta, (hi.
A
ITTAYIE I ttt
THOMASTON, GA.
MY have opened :i lmndsorne ;tti I well selected stock of
Dry Goods, Shoes, Boots,
Hats and Clothing,
We carry o full line of FRESH FAMILY GROCERIES. TOBACCO
a specialty.
Mr. Jeff Martin
is with us and will promptly serve his triends. \\ e cordially invite al
I to cull and
EXAMINE OUR STOCK'
I before purchasing. Respcetfullv,
W. P. PAYNE & CO.
J. W. Hightower,
PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST, .
Barnesville, z ii Georgia
Dealer in a complete line of
Pure Drugs!
And in Everything Necessary to the Drug Business.
Satisfaction as near as possible always guaranteed. Give him a ca J
sept2stf J|
Yellow Pine Sash, Doors and Blind |
Willingham & Cos., *'
Columbus, Georgia.
Wo arc prepared and do manufacture more Hash. Poor* and Blinds, and manufacture them
hotter, and sell them CHEAPER than any other Yellow l’inc Hash, Poor and Blind Factory
in the. world. Send for prices before purchasing.
WILLINGHAM & CO.,
October 20,1884. COLUMBUS, GA.