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The Kind o i Man to Marrv
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By Beatrice Fairfax
ItITELY speaking, every girl has an ideal man. Fortunately for lier
T she seldom marries him.
Her ideal is an impossible person, with noble brow and piercing
eyes, commanding features and dear knAws bow many other soul
inspiring attributes.
She does not talk much about her ideal, but keeps him buried in
tbe depths of her heart and slyly compares him to every other man
she meets to the great disadvantage of the latter.
Then some day along comes Mr. Right and she forgets she ever
had an ideal, or if she thinks of him at all, it is only to wonder bow she could
ever have admired any other type of man than that represented by Mr. Right.
And now, girls, a word as to this same Mr. Right. In the first place the
fact of a man’s being handsome or plain will not add one atom to your married
happiness.
I remember once hearing an old woman say, “My husband was a very plain
man, but he was a good and kind provider.
The tvhole sum of earthly happiness does not, of course, lie in the fact of
being well provided for, but the man who provides tvell and “kindly” for his
family is pretty sure to be a good husband and father.
The young man who is gentle and tender in his manner toward old people,
children and animals is pretty sure to make a good husband.
Keep your eyes open for the man that is manly and gentle at the same time,
the man who is not ashamed to say that he does not like cocktails, the man who
is earnest and doing his share of the world’s work. When you meet such a
man consider yourself fortunate if he offers you his love. A good man can
pay a woman no greater honor than by asking her to share his life.—New York
Journal,
By Felix Adler
Sf HE common saying is that man has a soul, I should like to
amend that by saying that we come into tho world with a kind
of phantom-like outline of a soul, a kind of shadow, which
1 we can convert into a soul.
The whole aim and purpose of a man's life as I look upon
it is to get him a soul—to convert into substantiality that
which is a shadowy outline. In other words, the aim of a
man’s life is to become an individual, a personality, to acquire
distinctive selfhood.
This may be acquired in two ways, intellectually and morally, and the
work that we do, whether it be in business cr as a mechanic or in the higher
vocations, is the means of developing in us a distinctive selfhood. That is the
kind of litany of labor that I would like to chant—that the glory and dignity
of our labor,’of our daily task, is to give us a soul.
This is true intellectually as well as morally, because that to which we give
constant attention is the means of enabling us to master some one little field
of knowledge, to get down to bedrock in something, to gain a footing in reality.
The honest hod carrier, the sailor on his ship, the factory hand, as well as
your priest and your President and your statesman, find in the things they do
every day the chance to become real, to get into contact with reality, and to let
the solidity of reality flow into them.
To get hold of things, to really know something, what a happiness that is;
what a sense of stability it gives to a man, not to be a borrower, not to get at
second-hand, but to feel that somewhere we are masters!
It is the daily task that helps us to do this, if we look upon it rightly, No
one can deal with real things in a thorough-going way without somehow dealing
with them in a unique way. Every man's eyes look upon the world from a
different angle. Every man feels things in a different way, and if he is only
real he will develop distinctiveness. His selfhood will beeome different from
that of others, though they be engaged on similar tasks.
It seems a most audacious thing to say, but it is true, that down there in
the counting house, down on the wharf, down there in Nassau street, and not
in the church, is the place where the soul is born. Your daily task is the anvil
on which you beat out your selfhood.
"When this year is done and merchants take stock and calculate their profits
and losses, let them calculate how much they have gained in mental calibre,
bow much the problems that have come to them have forced them to put forth
greater mental strength, or how much their experience has depreciated and
lessened their mental power. Let them do the same with regard to character.
They will find that their true profits or losses can be stated in terms of mind
and character.
It: is not the service the physician renders, it is not the house the architect
builds; it is what the architect becomes himself while he is building it. The
great question is—what kind of miml and soul is he building up in himself?
This is my litany of labor.—Verbatim by the New York Journal sten
ographer. i.
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By Dorothy Dix,
The Most Famous Woman Humorist in the World
r gatK&.sauMuuu, XE of the greatest drawbacks to woman's real advancement is
the senseless horror she has of being an old maid, Disguise
this as she will, bluff about being a girl bachelor and the joys
of a latchkey as she may, the feeling is there that it is a rellec
tion ui)on her attractiveness not to have a husband, and thou
sands of women annually offer themselves up as sacrifices to
UtItI Hymen, just to prove that they can marry if they want to.
-1 Everybody will admit that a good husband is the Dost thing
that can happen to a woman, but a bad one is so much the worst
that one of the great problems of the world is how to save the
woman from her folly who is marrying not for love, but to prevent spinster
from being engraved on her tombstone.
Strangely enough, the answer to this enigma comes from China—-the very
land that these misguided old maids have been calling “heathen,” and in which
they have been supporting missionaries by means of making pincushions and
llannel petticoats, and knitting fascinators for church bazaars. In China a few
weeks ago a young maiden of high degree had the misfortune to lose her be
trothed by death just before the wedding, whereupon, feeling that her heart
could never be another's, yet desiring the dignities and perquisites of a matron,
she was solemnly and with great pompmarried to a red flower vase.
There, in a nutshell, you have the solution of the whole case of tho woman
who marries just to be married. Let her marry a dead thing, instead of a live
thing. Nor is the idea so startling as it appears on its face. Many a woman
discovers after she is married that she has Wed a whisky bottle instead of a
man, and would be glad enough to swap it off for any kind of a flower vase.
There are men so full of conceit and vanity that their wives might just as well
have espoused a gas bag in the first place. There are other men so stingy
and so hard to get money out of Jmt they might with advantage to their wives
be cash registers.
The woman whose husband sits up like a graven image all evening with
the paper glued before his eyes would find a wooden Indian just as entertain
ing. A vinegar cruet might be substituted for many a sour lord and master
without his wife finding it out, while there are millions of men so absorbed in
their business that they are no more company for their wives than a double
entry ledger.
On the other hand, the advantages of being married to a flower vase hus
band are many and obvious. It would have no bad habits, it would never row
about bills, it would never complain of the cooking, and it would never go out
of nights. True, there would always be the danger that a red flower vase spouse,
like a human husband, might get full, or go broke, but these are risks that a
wife is bound to take anyway.
In a word, if the flower vase idea can be popularized it will give a woman
all the privileges and none of the penalties of matrimony, and it *is hereby
commended to the consideration of the women's clubs. As a happy'expedient
*ov the missing man it takes the wedding cake.—New York Evening World.
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'GEORGIA KEWST V
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Epitomized Items of Interest
i Gathered at Random.
Sale of B. and B. Read Confirmed.
At a recent meeting of the stock
holders of the Brunswick and Bir
mingham railroad in Brunswick, the
sale of that road to the Atlantic and
Birmingham was confirmed, the latter
road taking active, charge on April 1st.
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Lyerly Visited by Robbers.
The town of Lyerly was visited by
thieves a few nights ago. Hill &
Bros.’s safe was blown open and about
$500 in cash stolen. Tho postoffice
was robbed of about $300 in stamps
and cash. The robbery is supposed to
be the work of professional safe blow
ers.
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Five Years in Pen For Moore.
W. E. Moore ,the negro lawyer of
Guyton, who was convicted of pension
frauds in the United States court at
Savannah the past week, has been sen
tenced by Judge Speer to serve five
years in the federal penitentiary at
Atlanta and also to pay a fine of $500.
Moore was secretary of the republi
can committee of the first congression
al district.
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Sale of Brenau College Enjoined.
Brenau College, at Gainesville,
which was advertised to sell for city
taxes, will not be sold. An injunction
has been served upon the city authori
ties and the sale stopped. The insti
tution claims that it is exempt from
taxation and has engaged the services
of an attorney to test the matter in the
courts. The hearing on the injunction
comes up before Judge Kimsey May 2.
Turner Declines to Debate.
Chairman Joseph S. Turner, of the
Georgia prison commission who is a
candidate for re-election to his pres
ent position, has declined to accept,
the challenge of Hon. Judson M.
Strickland, of Griffin, for a joint ua
bate on the issues of the campaign
Judge Turner states that he does not
des.'re to join in any mud-slinging, es
pecially in view of the endorsement
which Mr. Strickland has given cer
tain charges made by his friends.
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Appeal to Confederate Camps.
Letters ask’ng subscriptions to the
Gordon monument fund will be ad
dressed to every one of the 1,523
camps of veterans in America, and it
is expected that much money will be
raised in this way. A complete list
of tho camps has been secured, and it
was decided to send the letters at a
meeting of the association held a few
days ago in Atlanta, The meeting was
well attended and plans for extending
the work of raising subscriptions were
discussed.
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Delegates to Cane Convention.
Governor Terrell has completed the
list of delegates from Georgia to the
interstate cane growers’ convention,
which will be held in Jacksonville,
Fla., May 4, 5 and 6. Last year the
convention was held at Macon.
The governor has named f”om five
to ten delegates from each county in
the state, these names having been
furnished principally by Hon. Harvie
Jordan, of Jasper; Hon. Dudley M.
Hughes, president of the State Agri
cultural Society, and Hon. D. G. Purse,
of Savannah, president of the Inter
state Cane Growers’ Association.
Bug Is Not Boll Weevil.
The bug that was found in Pike and
Spalding counties, samples of which
were sent to the state department of
agriculture because it was thought to
be the Mexican cotton boll weevil, is
not, after all, the much dreaded pest,
and the cotton planters may rest at
ease on that score, for a time at least.
“It is only the common blood wee*
weevil,” said State Entomologist New
ell, in speaking of the matter. “It is
somewhat similar in appearance to
the Mexican boll weevil, but is much
larger and longer. The two bugs uo
not even belong to the same familv. I
have found this bug i nail parts of the
south, and so far as I know it does
not materially darnare cotton”
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Disastrous Biaze in Lyons.
Lightning struck the depot at Lyons
early Sunday morning, setting it on
fire, and a brisk northwest wind soon
swept the flames across the street and
two whole blocks were destroyed:
The losses are: Seaboard Air Line de
pot, full of freight and three box cars.
also loaded with freight; M. M. Cole
man, two stores; T. A. Searboro, drag
stcre and dwelling; R. A. Costir,
store; T. J. Parker, part of stock of
goods; R. S. O’Neil, barber shop and
dwelling; J- B. Aaron, postmaster,
household goods and postoffice furni
ture; H. C. Odom, store; hotel, with
furniture; Mrs. M. F. Broughton, store
and dwelling; The Lyons Progress,
! presses and all fixtures; Mrs. L. M.
Brown, dwelling; Harry Brown, a son
! of J. P. Crown, s sorio nurt.
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Cotton to Be Sold.
The plant, property, rights and privi
leges of the Barnesv He Manufacturing
Company will be sold at trustee’s sale
on the first Tuesday in June in the
city of Barnesville at public outcry
The Union Savings Bank and Trust
Company is trustee. The plant includes
a large cotton mill, adjoining lands,
etc. This concern has been in litiga
tion for two years and this step
will put an end to the wrangling
which has been going on during this
time. The mill is well equipped and
its plant is thoroughly modern. Jt
nas been idle for the past two years
and the people of Barnesville w-iil wel
come signs of . the renewal of opera
tions as it means a great deal to the
town.
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People , to . ^Select , State Senator.
It took the rulton county democratic
executive committee less than fifteen
minutes, at a meeting in Atlanta, to
rescind is resolution relative to the
senatorial race in the thirty-fourth dis
trict, in which it indorsed Clayton
county’s candidate to the exclusion of
the candidate of Cobb, and to pass res
olutions looking to placing the whole
matter in the hands of the people of
the district, who w ll decide at the pri
mary of April 20 which of the two
counties is entitled to the nominee.
The passage of this resolution, which
prefers a request to the democratic
executive committee of the senatorial
district, was the result of an agree
ment reached between the ffiends of
the opposing candidates, Hon. A. 0.
Blalock, of Clayton, and Hon. D. W.
Blair, of Cobh, just before the meet
mg of the Fulton county committee
was held.
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Steamer Named For Atlanta.
The new ocean-going ship of the
Ocean Steamship Company will he
named City of Atlanta. This has been
definitely decided upon and has been
offlcaally announced by the president
of the company to both Mayor Howell j
and President Maddox, of the Atlanta
chamber of commerce.
The new ship is no wbuilding at i
Chester, Pa., and it is understood that
it will be launched in about two ! j
months. It will be one of the finest
of r . the .. vessels . of , ,, the A Ocean Steamship , . j
Company and one of the finest ships
that ply between southern ports ana
those of the north.
It will be a sister ship to the City of
Columbus, which is now in the service
of the Ocean Steamship Company, and
which was launched some time ago.
Damage Done by Caterpillar.
State Entomologist Newell has just
issued an Important bulletin relating
to the cotton caterpillar and the da'm
age it has done in Georgia.
The bulletin goes into details, and
prescribes means for getting rid of the
pest. ■ Any one desiring a copy can se
cure it upon application to State Ento
mologist Newell.
During the summer of 1803 the cot
ton caterpillar was the cause of consid
erable damage in several counties of
southern Georgia, notably in Baker,
Crawford, Chatham, Dooly, Houston.
Laurens, Lowndes, Macon, Mitchell,
Pulaski, Randolph, Stewart, Sumter
and Taylor counties. While the dam
age in any one locality was not exces
sive, yet the loss of the aggregate
amounted to considerable and in many
of the infested fields the “top crop”
was entirely destroyed.
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Can a Poor Boy Go to College?
So many boys say they would like
to have an education but they have no
money. I wish to say to these boys
on the farm and in the shop that a
college course Is in their reach if they
put forth sufficient energy and deter
mine to have an education. One of
the most prom'nent young men in
South Georgia started to college after
he was twenty-one. He borrowed
$100 a year from the Brown fund, lived
on the plainest food, worked during
the summer, got some help from his
college mates who saw his worth, won
his d ploma and studied the practice
of law six hundred dollars in debt,
but with the best education of any
young man in his county, He has paid
back the debt, is in comfortable cir
cumstances and is solictor general of
his circuit, Was it not better to enter
business life in debt with a good
education than to go through life haa
dicapped by lack of preparation? |
When men see a young man of worth
struggl ng for a college they 1 !
course
are willing to lend him a helping , . j
hand. Alexander Stephens helped
our fifty boys in this way. Fully a
third of the boys at the University
now are working, borrowing and pay
ing their own way. I know a young
man from Rabun county twenty-four
years of age who wants to learn- ail
he can about agriculture and horticul
ture as well as the other subjectsjof
a liberal education, He boards with
the professor on the farm at $7.00 a
month and .gets ten cents an hour fol-
j j looking after the feeding and
of the dairy i?
herd. K.0 ig m Hi''’'; %±lY'V
! hi3 expenses. mi There „ is _ roc
other boy with 7ixt U: lOr a
him. About
earn printing extra office. money in the {- ni
Several young ia<i;
last summer paid all their
< at the summer school foldir* exp,
stitching in this office C 5
| months^ I jvj
boys who teach four lit]
college ““ 60 »i
: seven, studyin- ai digm
j j keep up with their classes * s f
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young men make money on the
writer, two are selling statioi tar-.
, books, some earn a little c °ach:n»
boys who are behind There a re han
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dreds of ways a boy may work h .
: s
; through college. And it is way
easier ‘
than ever before. Your „
; p nm-or* ' en mav
! impede but canno( . prevent your
i ceiving an education. That cH
you Biographies rests with
. are filled with mo
w h 0 struggled upward in the
while w night
their companions slept. Pov
e rty has its advantages as* w ,r f
disadvantages. The youth wbh
most money rarely does the bes* ••
in his classes. Time '
is lost in r ^
spending that should have he." ue*
voted to lesson learni So o
! ~ i ae
| count of your poverty y ...
coIIege educatio _ if you
Stewart of State University
WORLD'S FAIR TOPICS.
There are 147.259 panes of «; as5
eighteen . by twenty-three inches ; n tw
Palace of Agriculture at the \YVm\
Fair.
►Seven thousand lineal feet. or nearly
j y 1111,0 and a half . of platforms four
,G °t high are being built for the ail-
10, ‘ u *mg or exhibits at the World's Fair,
; 1 weive thousand carloads of exhib
. ( ^peeled by
! ij a, ° the director of ex
.
Cffiumffian ‘kpoTition.^at'* Chiea^
8000 carloads were received,
Night has been turned into da in all
of the large exhibit palaces at the
World’s Fair. Numerous electric arc
lights have been put in place and
scol ’ es °i workmen are busy niaiit as
wei1 as day in ^stalling the exhibits,
.Two hunarod oi Lncle Sams ina
uSt
give exhibition drills. The popularity
of this branch of the service is inw us
ing with young men who want to be
cosmopolitans.
The Belgian Building at the World's
^ air ' 0110 the largest and hand SOffi
est in the foreign section, is renuirka
bi that the walls are not broken bv
a sing!o window. The large stru-uir'e
is well lighted by immense skylights
seventy-live feet above the floor,
A pack train of twenty-five horses,
^ith all of their accoutrements, will be
me nor cities at the Worlds
f ai ' v 1 h .^. lin usual spectacle will be
, to mark
Wyoming Day The horses will all be
equipped as if ready to start on the
rib
A San Diego (Cal.) woman will ex
hibit at the World’s Fair butter made
in 1858. The butter was placed in the
spring house iu that year and it dis
appeared in the quicksand. It was re
cently recovered and was fou ri to be
in a remarkably good state of preser
vation.
NEWSY CLEANINGS.
Canada, is, talking of changing Hie
name of Hudson Bay to Canadian Sen.
England last year imported $10,090.
000 worth of automobiles and exported
only $1,700,000 worth.
The British Board of Trade has
found that the life of the average sea
man is twenty-eight years.
The Turkish Government has ar
ranged for a loan of £200,000 Turkish
through the Ottoman Bank.
The first cargo of benzine ever im
ported to the United States was re
cently received at Philadelphia, Pa.
It is estimated that there are be
tween 15,000 and 20,000 boys who sell
newspapers in the streets of New York.
The Auditorium Theatre, in Chica
go, 111., was allowed by the Fire Com
missioners to reopen, using the whole
stage.
Mrs. .T. II. Goeke ai.d two little girls,
wife and children of a prominent at
torney, of Wapakonetn, Ohio, died from
inhaling • -•
Cross postal receipts .or February
at fifty of the largest postoffices show
an increase of 9.97 per cent, over Feb
ruary of last year.
The Bureau of Navigation reports
that forty-six vessels, of 13,992 gross
tons, were built in the United States
during the month of January.
James A. Bradley has offered to do
nate a block in North Asbury Park. N.
J., for the publishing plant of the Meth
odist Book Concern.
The spot under which tho driller of
the Hudson River tunnel were workiiur
could bo seen in Lie water, where ic
was marked by a disturbance like a
geyser.
The receipts and shipments' of live
stock at Chicago for 1903 were the
largest on record, and the combined
business aggregated a value of f JQ2,
G00,000.
Money for Rivers and Harbors.
The house committee on rivers and
harbors Thursday completed its draft
of an appropriation bill carrying ap
proximately $3,000,0000 to continue ex
isting contracts for river and harbor
work.