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LOVE IS MOST ClAD. Tore is most glad with cruel bands To bind his tender feet and hands; To scourge himself, to know all loss. To carry far his heavy cross Into the vaguest distant lands. To suffer—oh, love understands * * The awful waste of desert sands; Strange that on beds of thorns to toss, Love is most glad: And for his service love demands Jso Calling sacrifices. Lo! he stands his golden deeds but dross, TV Flaunting hen flayed the proud world’s piteous gloss, and wounded on life's strands, Love is most glad! —Charles Hanson Towne, in the Reader. £he Cold-Water Man. By CLAR.A AUGUSTA ■- . i n—. 1 . " JttCJAK GORGE RONE was a firm '4 Cx ^ believer in the medicinal <• O virtues of cold water. What f cold feet, water in the would of not curing ef way the ills which flesh is heir to, might as well be given up as impossible. According to George's theory, if a man only drank enough cold water, and soaked himself enough in cold water, he would live forever, if no accident took him off suddenly. He set up a sort of cold-water cure at his house, obtaining his supply of water from a well dug at a height suf ficient to throw the water to the second floor of bis dwelling, for George lived in the country, where water in the house is a rare luxury. I11 the bathroom was a large upright tub, five or six feet higher than a fair sized man’s head, and in this tub George passed a large part of his time, doctoring himself. Ilis wife was a timid, yielding little woman, and she was constantly made the subject of her husband’s experi ments in the cold-water business. She had neuralgia, and though she bore it for a long time in silence, pre ferring the pain to George's doctoring, in an unguarded hour she groaned aloud, and her fate was sealed. A pa tient to coddle was Rone’s pet, desire, and lie began tlie business with vigor. Toor Mrs. Ilone was showered, and packed, and sponged and submerged, until she was pretty much soaked 'away, and one day George turned Oil too much water, and it went over her head, and washed the life entirely out ct her. p Poor woman, after she went to her long home—which waft, properly speak ing, a short home, seeing as she was only four feet five—her husband la mented her departure, but stuck to liis first reservation that slie died from lack of cold water, instead of from sn pin-abundance. For, if she had only done her duty by herself, and bathM properly, she would have had strength enough to have cried out, or burst open .the door of the bathing tub, and so have been saveu. 1 " ben site had bf^n dead a year Mr. peMtZ l” a de aihff'ngements for supply ing her place. Time was short, lie said, and if he over calculated on hav ing a second wife now was his time. His choice fell on Patty Fields, a spinster of forty, with a temper like a ten-horse power steam engine, though *sTie generally kept it under, and was all the better woman for having it. She- was not a believer in the cold ^ water uocirine, but George diked her quite* as well. lie should convert heix he said, and thus add another member to the cold-water clique. The wedding day came, the feast was spread and the guests assembled* The ceremony was to take place at S o’clock in the evening, and the appointed time arrived, and still the bridegroom tar ried. The guests began to whisper together and look grave; the parson took to reading the Bible; Patty shed a few tears, as in duty bound, and spotted her lavender tie with the salt water, and old Major Fields, her father, had “seen service,” and was as as a boy of twenty, put on bis hat, shouldered his old rifle, and ceeded to Rone’s house, with in his heart. The servant girl giggled when opened the door and saw him, when he asked for Mr. Rone she ducted him to the bathroom with rity. There lie fo’ nd tlie bridegroom, .up to Lis chin in splashing about like a frog, and dently enjoying himself much on same principle. “You infernal scoundrel!” cried Fields, “what do you mean by my darter in suspense, and the folks a waitin’?” "Good gracious, Major!” George; “it can’t be 8 o’clock, can The Major held out to him the “bull’s-eye” watch, which liad to his grandfather, and its band ed to the ominous hour of 9. “Well, well, well!” exclaimed springing out of the hath and himself inside his clothes with waste of time, “did ever anybody the beat of that? YVhy, I got into bath at just G o'clock, and I have sworn it was only 7 now. passes quickly when a man is in the cause of science. I was in opening the pores of the epider mis-” •’Upper dermis and lower dermis be cussed I’’ cried old Fields, angrily. “A man that has to soak himself three hours afore he can come to his own wedding deserves a boss-whipping. Are you ealkilating, sir. to be married or not i “Certainly, Major, certainly — to be sure!” said George, hurrying up his toilet, under the supervision of his in tended father-in-law and the old rifle. Tlie wedding was a little later than the time appointed, but the guests had better appetites in consequence of the delay. Mr. and Mrs. Rone had no bridal tour, but went at once to housekeeping. George did not find a very pliant sub ject lor cold-water experiments in bis second wife. She had a will of her own, and absolutely declined to submit to any cold-water doctoring. George felt personally aggrieved over her conduct, for he was sure that she bad symptoms of billiousness, and be had greac faith in cold water for that difficulty. Various were the experi meats which lie adopted to induce her to try liis specific—she was obdurate. One night Mrs. Rone went to bed un usually exhausted from a hard day's work. She slept like a top, but some time in the night slie was awakened by a sensation of extreme coldness. Sbe put out her head, and lo. there were evidences of a deluge all aiound her. She always liad matches under her pillow-, and she scratched one. Its light showed her that her bed bad been moved into the bathroom, and the water liad been turned on and had risen to the height of her bed. Every thing was soaking wet and the water was steadily rising. Mrs. Rone was a woman of action. She knew that George must be at the bottom of it, and she got a light and paddled around up to her knees in water to find him. He was hidden in the bathtub, peeping out through a hole at the side, near the top, laughing at the succ -- - 1:s experiment to give his wife a hath. Mrs. Rone’s temper was aroused. f, the he tub on the otly outside f ? s ‘“ ed and let , lioor m the » f prisoner in torrents, and in a few min utes would have been above his bead, but for the fact that lie bad climbed to the top of the tub and was clinging on with both hands to a bar across the top. “Let me out, Patty. For heaven's sake, let me out!” he shouted. "Not by a long chalk!” cried Patty, “I want to soak you clean through. You know you’ve always insisted upon it that tlie beauty of bathing was in being well soaked. Make yourse l-b it easy and try to bear it. It’s all in the cause of science. It was cold weather, and the hard hearted Patty carried the matter so far that it came near being the death of poor George, who was beginning to wfiose teeth chattered ijke castanets before he VTfis Jet out, He had ail attack of rheumatism which lasted for six weeks, and during that time liis wife had the well which sup plied the bathroom filled up, and thus the supply of water was cut off. George wisely deciding that it was no use .to pursue science under such difficulties, has turned his attention to raising squashes, at which he is very successful. But whenever he sees any water Iff; always shakes his head and sighs, ably with the remembrance of “mightbavebeen.”—New York -......... - ------ An Opportunist. The late Professor O. C. Marsh, for many years occupied tlie chair paleontology at Yale, and who at death left a scientific collection of value to the university, used to in telling the following story: One morning he was walking a New Haven street when he met a gro driving a horse which had a riously malformed hoof. “When your horse dies,” said the fessor to the old man, “I will you $3 for that lioof if you will cut off and bring it to me.” “Very well, sab,” was the reply, horse and driver disappeared. Two hours later, when the reached home, lie found the who had been impatiently awaiting for an hour. Handing a wrapped package to the professor negro said, “De boss is daid, sub. •5 Heigilt of the Sea Breeze. Observations as to the height of diurnal sea breeze are few in albeit of considerable importance. means of a captive balloon, sent from Coney Island a number of ago, it was found that the height at which the cool inflow the ocean was replaced by the warm outflow from the laud was 500 to GOO feet. At Toulon, in 1893, height of tlie sea breeze was found be about 1300 feet, and e distinct shore current was found between and 2000 feet. More recently (1902) the west coast of Scotland, Dines, ing kites, lias noted that the would not’rise above 1500 feet on afternoons, when the 011 -shore was blowiug. In thirty years 1,391,070 have come to this country. Prior 1S90 the percentage of women was than ten, but since that time it X vi ▼-< /> f* T \ ’P'T^IfrCS 4- * iT PA 11\ 1T 1./ 4- i\ JfL VV »3t ^ rr EpilOIIiiZCu •, > 4 T ItCHlS Ox f T Interest t Gathered at Random, J Jury Indorses Dispensary. j Grand j The Floyd county grand jury in the general presentments recently made, indorse the rum shop in operation at Rome, : * * * New Railroad Completed. ; ! The Flint River and Northeastern railroad has been completed from Pel ham to Ticknor, a station on the Geor gia Northern, near Boerun. Only a i freight schedule will be operated over | the new road at present. j j Park and Mobley Reappointed. j J. B. Park, Jr., of Greene county, and j J. H. Mobley, of Harris county, have | been reappointed as. directors of the state experimental farm, located at Griffin, Ga. The appointment was made Saturday by Governor Terrell The terms are for five years, j Cotton Bale Sold for $121.10. All i oca j records since the days fol , j OW j n g the c jvil war were broken at Columbus one day the past week, when Q g B of Hamilton, sold a bale , ... ^ _ c _ ? , f _ °" * 121 10 net J* The cotton was P ° Un stamed 8 . - and classed Iow > but nevertlieless brought 15 1-2 cents per pound. May Borrow for Legislature, Governor Terrell stated a few days ago that it was too early to state defin itely, yet he thought that it would bo necessary to borrow money with which to pay the legislators during the com ing session. Last year it was neces sary to borrow $50,000 to help defray 1 the expenses of the first summer ses | sion. * *. ! Paeolet Mills Close Cown. ; The p 2coIet Manu(aclurI company, whose pmntat^ew Holland consumes annually 30,000 baies of cotton and em ploys about i- 000 hands - closed dowR ; Saturday for an indefinite period. The j company manufactures goods and the high price of cotton is the reason for closing down. The idle forces will suffer, and the community will be hurt - j Black’s Tribute to Gordon. Commander in Chief John C. Black, of the Grand Army of the Republic, j has written a letter to Colonel James P. Averill, of O. M. Mitchell post, G. A. R., of Atlanta, in winch he express es warm approbation of the r.esohi , | tions relating to the death of General I John B. Gordon, recently adopted by 1 the post, and his admiration of General Gordon as a soldier and a statesman, * Tocmer is Greatly Interested. A Washington dispatch says: When . the Sibley bill to prohibit the purchase by the government of convict made goods was the subject of a hearing be fore the house committee on labor, W. M. Toomer, of Georgia, who said that he held a contract for the labor of convicts for five years in that opposed the bill. Mr. Toomer said the state received from $220 to a year for its convict labor, and j this money went into the public 1 fuund. . * * * [ Have Money to Loan. Farmers of Carroll and Heard ties, Georgia, and Cleburne and dolph counties, Alabama, who heavy crops from their wagons the streets of Carrollton, are ing handsomely from their crops | cotton which have been held. cotton reached the approximate I o 15 cents per pound, unheard of j serves of cotton have been hauled f or the past week, and an fund of cash for the section is ; deposited, * * No Former Jeopardy. The plea of former jeopardy j . Q the case of j B oiiveros, cashier of the Atlantic Coast Line Savannah, and charged with after trust of about $5,000, was ruled by Judge George T. Cann. He said that the late Judge Barrow had been moved by a necessity to declare a mistrial. , Barrow had declared a mistrial cause he had expressed an opinion , cer tain evidence The next day j f oun d be was wrong in having done Unless the supreme court Judge Cann, the cast must go to I State to Sue Railroads, j /attorney General John C. Hart, the request of the railroad of Georgia will file suits in a few against the Southern railway and Seaboard Air Line railway for on part of hose companies to with the orders of the railroad mission. Some time ago the roads were ed by the commission to construct pots at certain stations on their but so far the railroads have the orders of the commission and have taken no steps toward the erection oi i lbe ba ^ d * Qgs v,b * cb they were ordered to construct. * * * Fire Bugs Caused Elfcertcn Blaze. j The debris of Elberton’s big fire is j being rapidly removed, preparatory 10 i rebuilding the burned district. Colonel T. M. Swift has already placed an or j der for of material his block, to repair and the O. injured fronts W. Jones, who owned the block burned, is pre paring to haul material to rebuild. The i firms who were burned out Lave made j arrangements to open up again in new buildings. It is generally thought at present that the fire was of incendiary origin, as when it was discovered it appeared to be in the rear of three stores de stroyed at the same time. Some be lieve it was caused by burglars to er their tracks. * * * State’s Cotton Is Sold. Chairman J. S. Turner, of the state prison commission, is very much grati fied over the high price at which the state's cotton sold a few days ago. There were 305 bales raised on the state prison farm this year, and they were sold to George Smith, a Milledge ville buyer, at an average price of 15 1-2 cents per pound. This is a total of more than $23,600. The foregoing figures are in striking contrast to those received by the state last year for the cotton raised on the farm. There were 450 bales raised last year, and it was sold at an aver age price of a little more than 9 cents, the total amount received for the 450 bales being about $19,000. The money received from the sale of this cotton is turned into the state treasury. By the raising of this cotton annually the prison farm more than pays the ex pense of operating it. * * * Agents Named for Gordon Fund. More than $1,000 has already been subscribed toward the memorial monu ment to be built in Atlanta to the memory of General John B. Gordon, and that, too, before the committee in named to solicit subscriptions have gone actively into the field. President W. L. Calhoun has com pleted the list of agents named to represent the John B. Gordon Monu ment Association in the various south ern states, as well as the committees which will be requested and authorized to canvass for subscriptions in the va rious cities of Georgia. The agents named to represent the association : n other southern states are authorized to associate with them such commit teemen as they may see fit to canvass their respective fields, and they will be asked to report to the central com mittee in Atlanta at such times as may be most convenient and suitable to them. * * Held Cotton for Twenty-Two Years. Homer Williams, a cotton buyer at Vienna for E. L. Harper, of Cordele, purchased there a few days ago three bales of cotton from D. B. Leonard which were ginned in the fall of 1881. The three bales were just twenty-two years old, and were probably the old est in America. This venerable lot of fleecy staple graded as good middling and sold at 15 cents. Cotton in 1881 was selling at a low figure, and Mr. Leonard stored three bales away in a little house in Vienna, declaring he would hold it until it brought 15 cents. Though it seemed a hopeless task, he held out in his de termination. * * if. College Arranges Agricultural Course. The Agricultural School of the Uni versity has arranged a two weeks’ course in Agriculture, February 8-20, • for the special benefit of farmers. Tne lectures and experiments will be held in the Agricultural Hall, free from any interruption from the regular classes of the University, and at hours con venient for many farmers who come from home each day. The lectures are absolutely free. It will be a two weeks’ institute in Agriculture, open to all the citizens of the state interested in that subject. The most expert lec turers on agricultural subjects will be in atendance. Ample opportunity will be given for questions for practi cal study of the cotton plant, the plant, for examination and of the best types of cattle and Every afternoon from 2 to 4 dairy will be running where and their wives may see and study best processes of testing the separating the cream, making the ter and preparing the same for Those who can stay the two can get hoard and lodging for the tire time for $10. Below will be the different subjects to be the lecturers and the date of each ture. Monday, February 8th—10:30. ing a cotton crop. Prof. J. M. son. 11:30. Fertilizers for cotton their application. Dr. H. C. White. Tuesday, February 9th—10:30. ing a corn crop from preparation soil Jo harvest time. Prof. J. M. son. 11:30. Insects injuring the ing crops and mature ear. on „ control. * Dr. J. p. Campbell j Wednesday, February, flth j Cotton improvement by seed sele> and plant breeding. Prof 5 J- M. u son H;30 Types and varietig: cotton, which have given the hr sults . Direct or R. J Reddin* j Thursday ’ February l:1th-— 11 , j Director Types of cc rn best suited f Ge^J ^ R. J. Redding. n ;30 selection " and plant breeding , means of corn improvement. Prof M. Johnson. r Friday, February 12th—10 :30 y keting the cotton crop, Institute! rector Harvie Jordan, 11:30. ji rJ judging—laboratory work. Prof, Johnson. Saturday, February 13th— 10:3 1 12. Farmers’ question box, condud by Senator Harvie Jordan. Monday, February loth—10;i Types of beef cattle. Prof. J. M. Jr^ son. 11:30. Common ailments of I, animals and their treatment. Dr. E. Jago. Tuesday, February 16th— 10 : ; Method of improving cattle. Prof L. Willoughby, 11:30. Food crops hogs and cattle and their product: j Prof. J. M. Johnson. j Wednesday, February 17th—10; Economy in meat production, p C. L. Willoughby, of the Experim | ! Station. 11:30. Principles and pn tices of stock breeding. Prof j Johnson. Thursday, February 18th—10:30: • I \ 11:30. Stock judging—practical fig H onstrations from the animals, p-, J. M. Johnson. Friday, February 1.9th—10:30 aj 11:30. Slaughter tests and cari i demonstration. Prof. J. M. Johnson! thesed Any citizen interested in jects is cordiallyl invited to attai Farmers from a distance will be giJ every aid in securing boarding plac® DASTARDLY WDiK OF A HDD. Defenseless Woman and H er I title Dai'fBk ter Br fined Wilfi Hatchet, When George J. Shields, reaei^B a x I., known young business man, his home in the heart of Roanoke,i'jH at the luncheon hour Saturday found his 3-year-old daughter, MildreH lying in a pool of blood on the woaaMj tio.i hall floor, with two ugly on the head. ^B ^B Following blood stains from the ing room to an upstairs chamber, found his wife lying in pools of bid on a clothes closet floor, with a throat cut from ear to ear, and H head horribly hacked. Mrs. blackafl ShieiH I managed to gasp: “A large, asfl gro man came through the kitchen attacked me in the dining room.” Besides this there is no clue to tfl | criminal, Mrs. Shields had been of | raged, after which her assailant dei : her several blows on the head draggJ v. U!;| hatcliet, fracturing the skull, her upstairs, where he cut her thw with a razor and threw her into oi thj closet, fastening the door on the j side. [ The little girl was struck to hul | her cries. The dining room floor wi i covered with blood and showed the? : had been a terrible struggle. The da j tors entertain but slight hopes for tfl | recovery of either the mother or tragei] chi!' j 1 When the discovery of crowd the of c'j was made known a large izens gathered in the vicinity office^ of tij city jail, v;atching to see if the carried any one into the building. 1 8 o’clock Saturday night this croi numbered more than 1,000 men. Mayor Cutchin ordered Capt-8 Francis, of the Roanoke Blues MiiiGij Company, to assemble his men as precautionary measure, The soldie kept guard all night. A later dispatch stated that Mi Shields and her daughter were s« I alive Sunday night, but physical say if they recover it will be a miracl Thus far no arrests have been mad and there is no clew to the identitj 1 the assailant. The Roanoke Light B fantry and Roanoke Blues are ag! sleeping on their arms, and will 1 be disbanded until the guilty mafl ! caught, or all probability of an oi j break is past. rowa | The city council will offer a of $500 for. the capture of the n ! and this amount will he duplicated the state. GENFRAL RFYE5 iS INNOCENT. Disclaims Any Knowledge of Confer,:p:st War With United Staten, I General Raefel Reyes, special eiff N) from Colombia, who is still in ; 1 Aork, G iat; b said * country Sunday regarding about t o ic s*.m. r .j i s was ! army against Panama: i “If Colombia is thinking of going war I know nothing about it and b* nothing to do with it. Robber Herman Given Thirteen Year* A dispatch from Manila says: 5® Herrman, the ex-inspector of consta, lary, who robbed the government. been convicted and sentenced to [ t een years’ imprisonment.