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THE FARMER eOY
EY C. T. I.EWIS.
The f irmer hoy is the boy for me.
V ; l! v V. c air and mirthful glee,
His .v> ow v«ith the robe's line,
His r brmv hissed by the morning's
\Y
llis pr* partakes of the rippling
stream,
jjporp to him a pleasing dream;
B is eye r» hes the tints of the skv above,
The trim ) cart responds to the throbs of
levs
The farmer Fry is tiie boy for me;
lie wins my heart with his innocent nice,
The honest face wi*h tHe tan of earth—
To i>e born on the farm is a kingly birth.
He has studied nature’s pure open book;
And drunk in truth from the murmuring
He brook;
has caught the song of the warbling
bird—
Thus the ploughboy’s whistle so often
heard.
The farmer bry is the hoy for me;
\ou Xo may call him rustic, blithe and free,
matter though plain the clothes he
Though wear,
in summer he loves his f eet to
bare;
Jn touch with nature he’s nature's child.
Stern life will tame him, he is not wild;
He’ll need the strength he’s gathering now,
Vi hen the dust of battle is on his brow.
The farmer boy is the bov for me:
3M illions cannot purchase a life so free.
To be reared on the farm is wealth untold,
.Health is more precious than silver or gold.
‘The marts of trade, the city's din and
strife
Crush freedom and sunshine out of many a
life;
The strong trusted men in the world to
Spent day happy
hay. a boyhood amid clover and
—Fruit Grower.
'TX'Vi -vt 'ri 'so *;t JSc
1rkirk-tck1c)rk1c
By MARY ALDEN HOPKINS.
^ 1A. XA,
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r^EFORE the door of room 5(1
* B q* Sallie Russell paused and
% * regarded the sign hung
>4/ f. there, business-like
* * a
square of cardboard, on
on which was neatly printed, “Busy. • *
But as Sallie was carrying food, she
was not deterred by the sign; she
knocked and pushed the door open.
** Her friend Rachel looked up from
her book apprehensively. “What have
you been doing?” she demanded. “Or
is it something you want me to do?”
naw’Teke this nice fat chocolate with
ithe nut on the top,” urged Sallie. “ ‘I
’been doing?’ ‘Want you to do?’ It's
nothing to get excited about. I asked
a freshman to come to your room to
a rabbit this evening. Let me tell you
how it happened,” she urged hastily.
I fell in with her coming up from the
village, and 1 knew she was a fresh
man because she wore kid gloves. So
I asked ner if that was her first year,
and she said yes, and I asked, her if
she had met many of the students yet,
jind what she she said very going few; to and specialize I asked her iu,
was
ami she said German.
“Then there didn’t seem to be much
of anything else to say, so I remarked
that I had been to the village for
cheese to make a rabbit, and she said
she had never eaten one. After that
thei*e was nothing to do but ask her to
help cat this one. Fancy having never
eaten a ribbit! And you know, Rach
el, I can’t make it in my own room,
because that tiresome roommate they
put in with me when Blanche didn't
come back says it gives her a head
ache just to smell one. ?>
1 Rachel shrugged her shoulders
re
signedly. “Very well,” she said. “I’ll
ask her if it's her first year and If she
knows many people and what courses
she takes, but after that you will have
to entertain her.
* • Rachel,” said Sallie, earnestly, “this
morning in chapel the dean talked
about the upper classmen helping the
freshmen. She was very impressive.
I have decided to help this freshman.
If she can have the benefit of my three
years’ experience when she lias been
here only three weeks, think what a
start it will give her!
“I shall begin,” she meditated, “by
arranging her hair “~ferently. That
l \ K ‘j^earance. Per
when the
V
hair "the other ^ fflfnu,
•
liouse drudge receives the
.
/vhicli she has been unjustly deprived,
she at once has her hair coiffured by
a competent hair dresser. To do t v
hair, to dress the hair, to coiffure ta
hair—what a difference!”
The guest arrived that evening jus#
as the “rabbit” had reached that crit
ical point when one adds the egg anti
waits to see if the mixture is going to
turn out smooth or stringy. Sallie,
bent over tlie chafing dish, greeted her
abstractedly and left hospitality to
Rachel.
Rachel introduced herself, since Sal
lie forgot to do so. And the
name was? Caroline Conrad.
.was her first year, Raeffvl understood.
Had she made many acquaintances
yet? And what courses was she tak
ing? German, chiefly? Ah, Sallie was
ha ’ in German: took the Heine
course, and XV. and XVI. She, Rach
el, elected French.
There was a perceptible pause. A
girl who had been longer in college
would have relieved the silence by
wandering auout the room, inspecting
and commenting on the posters and
photographs; but this girl was either
ignorant of the custom or too shy to
follow it.
Her shyness was obvious, although
she showed it by no distressing embar
rassment or nervous iaugkter, but sat
quietly, her cheeks growing pink. She
was unusually self-possessed for a
freshman, Rachel reflected, and pretty
in a quiet, unobstrusive fashion.
The rabbit passed the crucial stage
safely, and Sallie ladeled it out, smooth
and pale and creamy.
Miss Conrad was frankly delighted
with her first taste, and ate three
platefuls, without mentioning indiges
tion or nightmare. Sallie was pleased,
for she prided herself on her skill.
“You eat rabbit intelligently,” she
assured her guest. “The dish becomes
a habit with some people, but with me
it is a passion. It is my dream to eat
it some day in its original home—a
Welsh rabbit in Wales!”
“Like sardines in *»
Sardinia. And spaghetti in- 99
“Italy. And in Germany—
“Pumpernickel and sausage!”
Sallie gathered her new friend en
thusiastically into her arms. “You
darling! You have been there? ft
“I have lived in Heidelberg four
years and have just come back,” Miss
Conrad replied.
“Heidelberg, with its adorable, im
pertinent students! I have found a
friend! How I have longed for you!
This imbecile Rachel knows not pum
pernickel from kaffeekranzehen.
There’s a little restaurant in town that
will take you back to Germany! Not
a word of English—and the cooking!
Munich and Berlin! We'll lunch there
to-morrow. But don't tell, for the
poor, ignorant faculty frown on for
eign restaurants. We’ll steal away
together, darling!”
“Gormands!” murmured Rachel,
scornfully.
u Don't mind her!” cried Sallie. “She
affects to be above eating, but it’s just
a pose. All college girls eat; all they
can; all the time. It is studying so
hard does it. But now,” with sudden
transition, “you must let me do your
hair. ’ ?
Before the startled guest could pro
test, Sallie had pulled out her hairpins
and secured Rachel's comb, talking
all the time.
“There's a lot of it and it’s lovely,
but no one would have guessed, the
way you fixed it. You had a pompa
dour—and pardon my saying it was a
very homely one—while your profile
cries for a parting. My hand shall
right the wrong. As soon as I saw you
I said to myself, ‘A wavy part and a
soft knot’ low in the neck And
Sallie, happy in a listener, went on to
expound her theories, not only of liair
dressing, but of dressing in general.
Miss Conrad resigned herself to her
fate with a meekness somewhat at
variance with the decided twinkle in
her eyes.
.. You must always wear a short skirt
about the campus and to class and nev
er kid gloves—that is what gives away
freshman time. * *
a every
Sallie was too busy to notice Miss
Conrad’s expression, but Rachel, see
ing surprise, comprehension and
amusement follow each other in quick
succession, was struck with a some
what startling thought.
i. But in winter? My hands will be
cold,” expostulated the instructed one.
“Mittens or woolen gloves. You
mustn't mind my setting you right on
these points. It is better to learn them
sooner by word of mouth than later
by experience. Of course, having lived
in Germany so long, you can't kuow
about these little things.
“There,” standing back to survey her
work, “I knew that was what you
needed! But, child, why do you wear
a lavender ribbon? Rachel, give me
the ribbon you have on. That is all
right,” in reply to Miss Conrad’s trou
bled protest. “Rachel, you can wear
the lavender one very well, but it
fights with your eyes. Now this blue
one both matches and deepens them. ''
Both the change of hair and of rib
bon were for the better, as Miss Con
rad could plainly see in the glass Sal
lie held before her. As she was about
+r > express her appreciation of Sadie’s
uusual attentions the gong
.unda struck two warning
nick were echoed by shrill
I Kpvtd i n evel *y corridor.
1 ,sjr me,” cried Sallie, “there is the
bell! Where do you live?
\his building? That’s fovtu
rh it is funny I haven’t
P- 'ore.” Sallie gave her a
'Remember our lunch
train ' Ve ' H take thG 12 ' 10
x
“But 1 he last period, >>
protested
“That does, have I—a
lecture in the .
new German t r acL by that
long getting here. L. aen so
borrow notes from som '•ays
know we are allowed ). •'ll
but? 19 .at.
'
tf Rut. Miss Russell”- ihe eubnrrass
ment that had entirely disappeared
in the course of the evening returned;
Miss Conrad’s cheeks were painfully
don't understand. I m
thui. new German teacher"’
There was an unusual silence in the
room after the door closed behind Miss
Conrad. Rachel occupied herself in
■ athering up the dishes, and tactfully
ignored the dejected figure on the
couch. As the o hts cuk’ bell sound
ed Sallie rose.
“Rachel!”
“Yes, Sallie.”
“I am going to take a stand against
this fashion of promiscuous class cut
ting. It is a bad example to freshmen.
and as the dean remarked, we should
do all we can to help freshmen. I shall
not go to town to-morrow, By the
way,” she added, as she reached the
door, “if you will give me the lavender
ribbon, I will wear it to class to-mor
row to show Miss Conrad that I am
not offended with her. Youth’s Coin.
panion.
ASIA’S FOUR--OOTED FREIGHTERS,
Ships of the Ilesert Still Curry Merchan
dise in Caravans.
It will not be long before railroads
will have pushed well into Asia Minor,
and then the centre of Asia will begin
to wake up, but to-day it is still impos
sible to ship goods into Turkestan or
Persia or Arabia by any means other
than the caravan, just as goods were
shipped iu the days of King Solomon.
If anything, the roads are a little
worse now than they were then, and a
caravan bound from Teheran or Bag
dad to the interior may be months and
even years on the way.
This fact has made it necessary for
many an American merchant to study
queer things about story-book land in
order to know just liow liis goods must
be packed and shipped out of America,
so that they will be in the proper con
dition for loading on camel and mule
back in thq desert towns, whence they
start on their strange voyages.
An American shipper of goods for ex
port into Far Eastern countries must
know just how muph a camel can carry
and over what kind of a road it will
have to travel: for in many places the
roads are over mountain sides that are
so narrow that the size of the package
is of the utmost importance.
Thus, shippers in the United States
who do business with the Orient, have
had to learn that the merchandise must
be packed in tin or zinc-lined cases, be
cause it is sure to be subjected to fierce
storms in shelterless trails. They have
had to learn that a camel load is two
packer ~s of 2G0 pounds each. Mules,
according to the caravan drivers’ ta
bles, can carry two packages, one on
each side, each weighing 103 pounds.
These packages must not be longer
than four l'eet, wider than two feet or
deeper than one and a half feet. Pack
ages of this size can just scrape
through some of the dizzy denies lead
ing into wild Asia.
At Ispahan abciii 300 mule and cam
el loads of merchandise are received
or shipped every mouth during the
trading season.—Savannah News.
Factory and School in One.
One of the curiosities of current lit
erature is the increasing number of
monthly magazines published by big
industrial concerns in tins country and
in Europe. The cost of production .and
the work of editing these little peri
odicals is borne by the firms, tlieir sole
.purpose being to form what sociolo
gists call “a point of contact” between
the employer and employed. The text,
which is often illustrated with good
half-tones, concerns everything that
relates to the social side of the em
ployes’ daily life as employes, and
there are departments given over .to
‘“helpful hints’ that answer inquiries
of all sorts. The magazine issued bj
the Colorado duel and lion Company
is printed in Italian and German, as
well as in English. The Cadbnrys the
cocoa manufacturers ot England, had
a contest tor amateur protographers
recently, hue reproduct,ons of the pr,ze
winning pictures being rcproimced in
the last number of the magazine. The
contest was limited to the employes
of the works, and the results were ex
tremely good.-Xew 'York Press.
Severed Fin;cr Replaced.
In connection with the recent trans
planting of an car, the following case
may be of interest: A man aged sixty,
some years ago, during the killing of
a pig, had liis right middle finger bit
ten completely off through the middle
phalanx by tile animal. “He walked
to my house,” states Dr. Edsall, of
Surbiton, who records the case, “a dis
tauce of six miles, with a friend. On
my inquiry for the missing piece of
finger the friend, after bunting in va
rious pockets, produced it from one of
them, covered with tobacco dust, etc.
Having cleansed the stump and sev
ered portion I joined the two ends by
trappin o* and fixed on splints. In
about fourteen days circulation was
completely restored, union bad taken
place, and lie has his finger to this day.
Tlie nerves did not unite, so that the
part is insensitive. The finger had been
off about two hours. The distal joint
is stiff, but notwithstanding this bo
finds it extremely useful, “iid 1S ' 01 y
md of it. • • Loudon Tit-Bits.
$ $
$ GEORGIA. t
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Brief Summary of Doings
Throughout the State.
Gordon Fund Climbing Up.
The fund being raised for a memo
rial monument to General John B. Gor
don has grown considerably within the
last few weeks, and the reports made
at recent meetings of the associations
eh<yw that the subscriptions have run
considerably over So 000
Mayor of St. Mary's Commissioned.
Governor Terrell has commissioned
the new mayor and aldermen :,f St.
Mary's, Camden county, Georgia. The
„ new officials are: Mayor, L. M. TT Vo
ccelli; ... aldermen, J. T R. r. Baehlott, r. , , . J. -r t-. F.
’
Arnow, a tt H. t L. T Long. T. R. t Lee Biaklev
and „ , J. T .. M. Miller. ,,,,, Lnder T . , spey-.al . , act
a 1
these appointments are made oy the
governor.
a • •
Morris to Maks Contest.
Hon. N. A. Morris, of Cobb, speak
er of the house of representatives,who
lost the race for the judgeship of the
Blue Ridge circuit against Judge Geo.
T. Gober, the incumbent, by about 200
votes, according to the official count,
states positively that he intends to
contest the race, both as to the vote
in Fannin and that in Cobh county. He
has filed formal notice to this effect
with the executive committees of each
of these counties, and it is said that
an interesting investigation will be the !
result. , Judge Gober has also filed a '
contest as to the vote in Gilmer coun
ty on very much the same grounds,
and this will probably be investigated
at the same time.
* * *
Military Companies Disbanded.
Four companies of Georgia state
treops have been ordered disbanded
by special orders issued frem tfie of
fice of Adjutant General Harris. The
companies disbanded include two col
ored military organ>ation in Savannah,
which, it is said, have never made a
satisfactory showing.
Two white companies, both attached
to the Third Infantry Regiment, wert
also disbanded. These are Company
B, Third Infantry, located at Augusta
and known as the Irish Volunteers,
and Company C, Third Infantry, locat
ed at Greensboro, and known as the
Greene Rifles.
The two negro companies disbanded
were the Georgia Artillery and Com
pany C, First Battalion, Georgia State
troops, colored, both of Savannah.
* * *
Convict Law a Great Success.
From all the information received at
the prison c-cmmission the new convict
law is working well. All of the coun
ties vhich have convicts at wo on
the public roads seem to be wtu; :
pleased with the results which are be
ing accomplished, and are highly grat
ified at the success of the plan.
When the law was first passed, it
was claimed that to put tae flve-vea.
men and those under fho-jear sen
fences on the public road would de
tract materially fiom iiie school muo,
j but many of the cot 1 ie» deck ?d to
take the convicts anyhow, heaving
that public roads in good condition
would be almost as valuable to the
i county as good schools, and tfiac the
; people, when they got good roads,
would be willing to pay the additional
j pa X f 0 r schools,
So far the convicts have given no
trouble, and seem to enjoy the open
transfers of the convicts to the coun
,t deg a s some of them are constant’"
, p e } n g freed on account of the ecpira
i ^cn of their sentences,
* * *
CuthbOTt H „ Une 6u „.
Cll .„ lert , rejl , ch ov „ th , offl .
. , announcement of the
pu-c-Me
of , he Ta , lahMa , 0 Carabel ,. aIM
“ RaMroad m Oeovgia.
^T',, , ,. , _ „ "T'’' . “ ...
1hls Uu,fiber, ,1. is piaced on a (liroH . one y
of onlv 156 mi!es to th * Gulf of Mex '
j ieo. At Carrabe’le direct eon in.”ion
is mode with P-*'- —cola, Mohi 1 > and
i New Orleans stesmers. At TaPahaa
! £ee “ Fla “ th5s road a l r03dy an '
other connection whu the Se it..,ard
Jacksonville and Pensacola. Be
j Hjs, it. places C nth bert abo’t 20
; nearer the pa,If. over thei- 1 i€
j to Georgia, ?t. Marks. Florida It and is Alabama stated that will the be
j pn the operation of the Tallahavsee,
j Carnbelle and Georgia at cnee.
* * *
,
, tnjur.ction in Sheriff's P.sce
j The election most exciting in contest in ‘he pri
i tnary Coweta county last
week war, that for sheriff, the candi
dates being J. L. Brown. T he in am
bent, and John H. Jones. Brow i was
defeated by a small majority- end on
Saturday filed notice of cwild
the county executive committee. To
this pe-iticn Jones demur-'d on the
cround that nc-tlco of conte ,, t was not
< Pled within the tim^ allowed under the
, rules adopted b” the executive coui
| mittee and for ether reasons. The ccm-
mittee overruled the derm:
decided to ailcw the contest '
•
ceed. Later Judge R. W. Freej*
sued extemporary order restram..-,
i executive committee from
further action in the proceefi
he will hear argume*t Mav -
motion to make the injun.-r, ’ on ,
manent. * n<?r
•* *
Two Railroads Chartered
Secretary of State Phil Cook
issued two railroad chart ,rs
Augii ocf
* s;a a „>
j er 0n ai ompany with
P- o P 0ae CapU ^ Stoc ^ a
ThlS $100.))
: C ° mpa ." y P r3 P° se ^ to build a !i
about 60 miIes length c
m fror « Aujf
ta, running through the l:F
Richmond, counties of
Columbia, Lincoln a fil El
bert to Elberton.
Tte .. T?'? 4 chartered j
, a “ ’M'ancoga is
® - E trie
Railway Company, ’ winch will 1 "'md a
line about , , five „ miles m . len^ f,,ri h trom
n Roseville, -,i on the m Tennessee lino
. out . past , Chickamauga >«n
mng b ParV rd -“h t„ to
point . . near what , x . , known
a is as the
Dixon House in Catoosa county, Thp
capital stock of this company is s ■>
000, and the principal office will be
at Rossville, Walker county.
* * *
The Encampment at Gainesville.
On April 11 the Universi ■/ of
Georgia Cadets, 180 strong, went into
camp near Gainesville, for the Purpose
0 f instruction i in camp usage and ex
tensive military practice. The e earap
was laid out by the engineering c or ps.
Every detail of regular military camp
was carried out. There were three
drills a day, besides guard mount, of
fleers’ school, rifle practice and guard
duty. The boys enjoyed the neeit.
The Dahlonega boys came down f or
two days and joined in the sham bat
tie. Governor Terrell and his staff in
speeded the camp on Friday, stat*
ed that he had not inspected as neat
or more orderly camp and that he had
heard nothing but praise from the- peo
ple of Gainesville of the condi ot
the young men. in its military depart
ment the university has an excs'fint
opportunity for the physical develop
ment of the students. Military exer
c } ses are regular and not spasmodic,
reach all the students and not those
alone who are fond of athletics, we
kept within bounds and tend to de
velop all the muscles systematically,
pj n( i er proper training the cadet'; bod}
straightens, his head is held ereef. Ins
step j g ^ rm an( j graceful, his shoul
ders are thrown back, his chest ex
pands and a. manlier bearing rakes
the place of the slovenly gait, round
ed shoulders and uncertain look
The increased physical vigor result
ing from military drill acts directly
upon the central nervous system and
the intellect is quickened. The mind
is clearer and better prepared fo’ 1
the studies of the night after the in
vigorating drills of the afternoon Vol
untary attention becomes jmbitual. The
soldier must attend. Mind-wandering is
fatal. From concentration on the drill
^ ro ], m tary concentration of attention
upon the preparation of his studies is
an easy step.
Obedience and self-control b rrme
secon( j na t ure to a well trained cadet.
Respect for authority is inculcated and
stlIf ] en( . ] )OCOm as a law-eb
law-sustaining citizen. The effect up
character here is most mciked
for a good character is a comolrtely
f af .hioned wall Thus the habits of
attention to details> of exactness and
thoroughness, of executing commands
and of commanding follows a renng
man from the school room to the
counting house, office or factory, The
university, in bringing the mk.dary
feature of the institution into prom
inence, is doing a great service to toe
state by using it as a means of phys
ical training and of establishing good
habits—J. S. STUATIT, of State Uni
versity.
• «
v Paying the School Teachers.
State Treasurer R. E. Park is pre
paring the checks fer the second
month’s salaries of the Georgia school
teachers, and State School Commis
sioner Merritt is busily engaged in
the work incident to sending out these
checks so that the teachers may re
ceive them with the least possible de
lay. This payment will amount to a
total of $260,913.98.
e- * *
Bankers Change Meeting Date,
Tjj e executive council of the Geor
g j a bankers’ Association have feund
j }t necessary to change the date of the
| meetlng t . he association at Lookout
j ! j nn< Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, 20t.U to
Tenn., from June 2fth and
July 12th and 13th.
UMON PLUMBERS QUIT WORK.
Savannah Men Strike for Higher W,?ges
and a Day of Eight Hours.
All the union plumbers in
Ga., went on strike Thursday
giving their employers notice of
intention. They strike for an
hour day and Saturday afternoons
with pay of $4 a day. They now
a. nine hour day, no time off and i C
ceive $3.23 a day.