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WHEN BROADWAY WAS A COUN
TRY ROAD.
Nn msliinir cars, nor tramping feet.
Disturbed the peaceful summer <ln s
That shone as no\v upon the street
That knows our busy, noisy ways.
And blushing girls and awkward jays
Strolled slowly home, and cattle lowed
As fell the purple twilight haze.
When Broadway was a country road.
No tailored dandies, trim and neat;
No damsels of the latest craze
Of form and fashion; no conceit
To cate!) the fancy or amaze.
No buildings met the skyward gaze;
Nor myriad lights that mighty glowed
To set the midnight hour ablaze—
When Broadway was a country road.
Then shady lanes with blossoms sweet
Led gently down to quiet bays
Or to the sheltered, hedged retreat
Some falling mansion now betrays.
The stage-coach here no longer pays
Its daily call, nor farmers goad
Their oxen, as in olden days,
When Broadway was a country road.
Little indeed to meet the praise
Of modern times the picture showed.
'And yet the fancy fondly strays
To Broadway as a country ro,>d.
—Charles Coleman Stoddard, in Broadway
Magazine.
HANDBAG AND PLATE
Lucile and Her Mother Have a
Quarrel.
I don’t, see why any one ever se
lects the summer time for a wedding.
I think it is very inconsiderate to ex
pect people to sit in a crowded
church to take part in a reception
crush on a hot. evening. But persons
about to be married usually are too
selfishly absorbed in their own affairs
to have a thought for the pleasure
or comfort of others.
I did not want to attend Georgia
Harvdy’s wedding, but mother insist
ed that I should go with her.
“I'm sure, Lucile,” she urged,
“that your father will he vexed if you
don't go. You know that. Georgia is
thp daughter of one of your father’s
oldest business friends and he will
expect some of us to be there.”
i “If father is so punctilious about
having the family represented why
didn’t he stay at home and go him
self?” I asked, a trifle petulently. I
have long noticed that when there
are family social obligations to dis
charge father nearly always finds it
necessary to take a business trip out
of town.
Mother only sighed at my remarks
In her provoking way. I went on:
“It seems to me that I did my duty
toward the Harveys now and forever
,when I shopped all one stifling day
for a bridal gift for Georgia. It is
no pleasure to go from store to store
hunting for something rich and
handsome for S2O. If father wanted
to make her an elegant present he
should have given me more money to
spend for it.”
“Twenty dollars was all he could
afford,” said mother, 'and I’m sure,
Lucile, that I could have found some
thing very nice for that amount.”
| “Well,” I said, “I think the silver
mounted alligator handbag which I
bought was handsome enough for any
one. I quite wore myself out look
ing for it, but I suppose you and
'father think I might have done bet
,ter. It’s pretty hard to please every
one.”
I “It’s very nice, indeed, dear” said
mother, soothingly. ‘‘l think we'll
be quite satisfied when we see it dis
played among the other gifts.”
i Mother loves to look at wedding
presents. It makes me nervous to
see her examine every piece of silver
or cut glass as if she were mentally
appraising it, when really she is only
rejoicing that the bride has been so
generously remembered. Sometimes
1 feel that mother’s breadth of human
Interest almost amounts to vulgarity.
I never can make her realize that an
air of indifference adds to one's so
cial equipment.
‘ Lucile,” said motlier, in a dis
tressed whisper the night of the wed
ding, “I’ve looked everywhere among
the gifts and I can’t find the hand
bag. Do you suppose anything has
happened to it?”
“Oh, no,” I returned. “It’s quite
safe in my chiffonier.”
“Why, did you forget to send it?”
"No, I’m not quite so forgetful as
that. I decided not to send it at all.
I thought as Georgia is going to
housekeeping she would rather have
those butter plates I decorated two
years ago when I was taking lessons
in china painting. Besides I think
it so nice to give one’s own work.”
“Why, Lucile,” exclaimed the
mother.
I frowned, for I think there is
nothing more ill-bred than any quar
rel in public between members of a
family. So nothing more was said
about the matter until we were driv
ing home. Then mother declared that
she was certain father would be an
noyed at what I had done.
“"What have I done?” I inquired.
“Well,” began mother excitedly,
“I asked Georgia’s little sister where
the dishes you sent were, for I
couldn't find them among the other
presents. She told me that they
.were all broken, Lucile, broken!”
“From your tone, mother, anyone
might fancy that it was my fault. If
the Harveys were careless with the
gifts, I’m sure I am not to blame.”
“Lucile,” said mother, solemnly,
“those dishes were in fragments when
they arrived at the Harveys. You
put them in the box without any
packing and, of course, they were
broken. How could you be so heed
less?”
“It’s very unkind of you to speak
so crossly to me when I went to this
stupid wedding just to please you and
father,” I said, beginning to cry.
“There, there, dear,” returned
mother. “I’m afraid I was a little
harsh, for I was so disappointed that
there wasn’t any present from us dis
played. But I didn’t mean to be
cross, dear. So don’t cry any more.
It makes me unhappy, Lucile.”
For mother’s sake I dried my eyes
and tried to be cheerful. When I got
home I took out the handbag and
looked at it and I felt glad that I
had selected such a handsome one.
Little accessories of that kind add so
much to the elegance of a street cos
tume. My old one is almost shabby
and I should have had to ask father
for money to buy a new handbag if
it hadn’t been for my forethought in
sending Georgia the painted china.
I am always pleased when I can save
father any extra expense.—Chicago
News.
PINK AND PURPLE THOUGHTS.
Demonstrated by Certain Experiments
of Professor Gates.
Plunging his arm into a jar filled
with water to the point of overflow
ing and keeping his position without
moving, Professor Elmer Gates, of
the Laboratory of Psychology at
Washington, directed his thinking
to the arm. The blood soon entered
the arm in such quantities, declares
a writer in Current Literature, as
to enlarge it and cause tho water
in the jar to overflow.
By directing his thoughts to his
arm for a certain length of time
daily for many days he permanently
Increased both its size and strength.
He even instructed others to produce
the same effects on various bodily or
gans, thus demonstrating, it is con
tended, the accuracy of the state
ment that muscle can be developed
by a proper course of thinking as
well as by exercise.
Professor Gates, moreover, has
shown what is called the causative
character of thinking in a long series
of experiments. He has found that
change of the mental state changed
the chemical character of the per
spiration.
When treated with the same chemi
cal reagent the perspiration of au
angry man showed one color, that
of a man in grief another, and so on
through the long list of emotions.
Each mental state persistently ex
hibited its own peculiar result every
time the experiment was repeated.
Each kind of thinking, by causing
changes in glandular or visceral ac
tivity, produced different chemical
substances, which were being thrown
out of the system in the perspiration.
When the breath of Professor
Gates’ subject was passed through
a tube cooled with ice so as to con
dense liquid resulted. He kept the
man breathing through the tube, but
made him angry.
Five minutes afterward a sediment
appeared in the tube, indicating the
presence there of a new substance,
which had been produced by the
changed physical action caused by a
change of the mental condition.
Anger gave a brownish substance,
sorrow' gray, remorse pink, and so
on. The results showed, as in the
experiments with the perspiration,
that each kind of thinking produced
its own peculiar substance, which the
system was trying to expel.
* — 1 ■ -■ * .uTSJ
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Lost Again.
“Hear about the hard luck story
of Dad Moulton, the Stamford train
er?” inquired one alumnus of anoth
er, coming back from the big game.
“No; what happened?”
“Wei, Dad, you know used to be a
professional foot racer. Went all over
the world when in his athletic prime,
sprinting for money against all com
ers. They say he won 263 races,
never was beaten but twice in his
career. One of the fellows that beat.
Dad met later in another race and
outran him. Dad was after the other
fellow for a long while to get a re
turn race. But the fellow beat Dad
again.”
“How was that?”
“Died before Dad got another crack
at him.''—San Francisco Chronicle.
Editor Defies Superstition.
Defying superstitition, the Herald,
of Slatington. Pa., began publication
as a weekly on Friday, September 13.
The first copy was taken from the
press at thirteen minutes before 5
o'clock, in the presence of thirteen
witnesses.
T>aid on the Table.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch and
the Montgomery Advertiser are dis
cussing pie in their editorial col
umns. but the Kentucky plan of dis
cussing it on the dinner table is vast
ly more satisfactory.—Louisville Cou
rier-Journal. as..!'----,*.-..
Georgia Briefs
Items of State Interest Culled
From Random Sources.
Banks Ready to Ship Currency.
Advices have been received by banks
In Atlanta, which indicate that the
banks of New York and other cities
are now in readiness to commence
shipments of currency again. Banks
In Augusta received similar notice and
the same is true with other cities in
Georgia.
* * •
Corporations Out of Business.
According to the annual report of
Secretary of State Philip Cook, now in
course of preparation, 182 corporations
went out of business in Georgia during
1907. These were mostly small con
cerns, many of them working on the
co-operative plan. Of this number fifty
eight were in Atlanta, sixteen in Chat
ham county, six in Richmond and five
in Bibb.
• • •
What Corporations Pay to State.
Public utility corporations have paid
the state in taxes for 1907 a total of
more than s6ls,ooo,which is the amount
the state receives 5 nniis on total
assesments of $123,000 , ,0i00. This is
about $165,000 more than they paid the
state for 1906, last year’s assessments
having been considerably increased.
Of the 1907 taxes more than $475,-
000 was paid by the steam railroads.
* * *
Locker License Prohibitory.
There will be no locker clubs in Mil
ledgeville. At the last meeting of the
city council an ordinance putting the
license tax at SIO,OOO was passed with
out a dissenting vote. This action of
the council was in accordance with the
sentiment of the majority of the com
munity and to have the matter thus
decisively settled is more satisfactory
to the club men than to have the
matter up in the air, as will be the
result in some communities.
* * *
Important Question Up.
An interesting question involving the
jurisdiction of the railroad commission
In compelling one telephone company
to conect with the lines of another,
wiil come up for hearing before that
body on January 24.
The case comes up on a complaint
made by the Atlanta Telephone and
Telegraph company of Atlanta and the
Georgia Telephone company of Savan
nah against the American Telephone
and Telegraph company, which oper
ates a number of long distance lines
in Georgia.
• * *
Sea Island Cotton Receipts.
The receipts of sea island cotton
in Valdosta so far have been 6,175 bales
again 5,887 for last season. The re
ceipts for last season were th® larg
est in the history of the city, although
the crop in the section was the small
est In six or eight years. It looks now
as if this season’s receipts will be
much greater than last year. Good
grades of sea island are bringing 28
cents per pound, but a great portion of
the staple is of a very inferior qual
ity.
Valdosta has for many years been the
largest interior sea island cotton mar
ket in the entire cotton
* * *
Fulton’s Tax Record Smashed.
The county and state tax collections
In Fulton county so far have amounted
to $730,000, the largest in its history,
so says Tax Collector tSewart,who does
not explain the increase by the high
er rates alone, but states that the
fact that there are more taxpayers has
much to do with it.
When all the money that is due the
state and county is within the coffers
there will be just $275,000 added to the
already record-breaking total, this sum
being the amount of taxes yet due. All
of this comes from some 20,000 tax
payers who own property in Fulton
county.
* * *
Negro Escapes Gallows.
Lee Holmes, a negro, convicted of
the murder of E. A. Sands, a white
man, in Mclntosh county and sentenced
to be hanged January 21, will escape
the gallows. The prison commission,
after careful inquiry into his case, has
recommended commutation to life im
prisonment. and it is believed the gov
ernor will endorse this recommendation
and issue an order accordingly.
According to the evidence at the trial.
Holmes was trying to shoot another ne
gro with whom he was quarreling, but
instead of hitting the man he was aim
ing at the bullet went in another di
rection and killed Sands, an innocent
party, who was sitting some distance
away on a bale of cotton.
* * *
Trains to Run February 15.
Trains will he running into Atlanta
over the Atlanta, Birmingham and At
lantic railroad by February 15, accord
ing to a statement of General Superin
tendent C. B. Wilburn of that road,
who was in Atlanta a few days ago
for a conference with Vice President
P. S. Arkwrigth. -
It had been intended to have trains
in operation over the Atlanta division
sooner, but one delay after another in
terfered with these plans. Everything
Is now in good shape and Mr. Wilburn
is confident that tne middle or next
month will find regular schedules being
maintained into Atlanta. Through trains
are now being run via LaGrange far
into Alabama and the construction
forces are steadily marching upon Bir
mingham.
* * *
Flat Rate by Southern.
The state railroad commission has
accepted a definite proposition on the
part of President W. W. Finley of the
Southern railroad to put into effect on
April the first the following rates;
A flat 2 1-2 cent rate on all the lines
of the Southern railroad for intra-state
travel, provided that no charge shall
be required to be less than ten cents.
Two thousand mile books, intra-state,
interchangeable with such of the solv
ent roads of the state as will consent,
at 2 cents per mile, good for heads of
firms and employes, not exceeding a
total number of five.
One thousand mile books, intra-state
and interchangeable, at 2 cents per
mile limited to one individual and good
only in the hands of the purchaser.
Five hundred mile books at 2 1-4
cents per mile, good for heads of fam
ilies and dependent members thereof,
intra-state and non-interchangeable.
Mr. Finley further proposed that
these rates should be kept in effect
for a period of twelve months, so as
to give a fair trial, with tre under
standing that the railroad by such trial
waives no right to relief should the
rates prove to be unjust or confisca
tory. This proposal also meets with
the approval of the commission.
* ■* *
Food Inspector on Second Round.
The state pure food inspector is out
on bis second tour of the state in
search of adulterated foodstuffs which
he will get a sample of and return
to the state department of chemistry
for analysis and report. The Georgia
pure food law has not been in effect a
year yet, but good results have already
been made patent. Last fall the in
spector found a great many condiments
which did not measure up to the pure
food law, and he discovered adulterated
flour and impure vinegar, which were
reported and the sellers haled before
the commissioner of agriculture. The
inspector is seeing to it that cotton seed
oil, the well known Southern product,
is sold as a pure article. He is also
watching out to see that cotton seed
meal, which is recognized as the best
cattle feed, measures up to the stand
ard desired by the department.
* * *
Money for Vets and Teachers.
Georgia Confederate veterans may
receive their quarterly pensions early
in February, instead of waiting until
March 1, when the quarterly payments
become due. Georgia teachers proba
bly will receive their back salaries in
a short time.
The state has received much more
money than had been expected, Treas
urer Park having just received more
than $600,000.
The old soldiers formerly were paid
their pensions annually, but it has
lately been the custom to pay them
quarterly. It is now believed that, with
the funds the state has on hand, they
can be paid now instead of waiting
until March 1.
The sum of $235,000 is due the sol
diers and about $600,000 is due the
teachers of the state.
RAILWAY IN HANDS OB RECEIVERS.
Many Creditors of Tallulah Falls Read
Seek Protection in Court.
Upon the request of a large number
of creditors of the company, Judge J.
J. Kimsev, of the northeastern cir
cuit at Cornelia, Ga., Monday morn
ing, appointed W. S. Erwin, former
general manager of the company, and
L. R. Adams, present chief clerk to the
superintendent, temporary receivers of
the Tallulah Falls railroad, the hearing
to come up January 25th.
It is stated in the bill that the roaa
is hopeless insolvent.
The Tallulah Falls railroad extends
north from Cornelia, Ga., to Orlando,
N. C., a distance of about 75 miles.
It passes through AJabersham and Ra
bun counties, Georgia, and enters Xortn
Carolina through Rabun Gap. Its
bonded indebtedness is between one
and two millions; floating debt between
forty and fifty thousand. Receivers
are ordered to operate the road as
usual.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOR JANUARY ID.
Subject: Jesus and His First Disciples,
John 1:35-55 Golden Text,
John I:4s —Commit Verses 35-
37 —Commentary on the Lesson.
TIME. —February, A. D. 27. PLACE.
—By the Jordan.
EXPOSITION. —T. Beholding Jesus,
35, 30. A great preacher with a con
gregation of two men, but it was one
of the most important sermons that
John the Baptizer ever preached. It
laid the foundation of that group
of men, the Apostles, to whom we
owe all our knowledge of Christ
and the Gospel. Little did John
realize how much was involved In the
testimony he gave that day, but,
faithful man that he was, he gave it,
and it is bearing fruit still. It was
looking Intently upon Jesus as He
walked (R. V. v. 36) that made John
burst forth into this exultant and
meaningful cry. If we fix our eyes
upon Him we will cry the same, un
less, alas, our eyes are sightless. “O
Andrew, O John, look,” he cries,
“there goes the Lamb of God, the
lamb of God’s own providing (Gen.
22:8), the lamb that takes away all
man’s guilt, the lamb typified in the
Passover and every O. T. sacrifice”
11. Following Jesus, 37, 38. The
result of John’s testimony was start
ling but delightful. John and An
drew at once turned their backs on
John and followed Jesus. John, great
man, was pleased to he thus deserted
(Jno. 3:26-30). Three steps of Chris
tian experience—they heard, they
looked, they followed. Other steps
come shortly. We too must first look
at Jesus as the Lamb if we would fol
low Him as our example. It is by
the look, not by the following, that
we are saved (Isa. 45:22; Jno. 3:14,
15; cf. Nu. 21:9). We must first be
lieve in what Jesus has done (Jno.
19:30; Ro. 3:25), before we ask,
“what would Jesus do?” and try to
imitate It. But it is by following that
we demonstrate that we really have
looked and are saved (Mark 10:52; :
1 Jno. 2:6). John’s simple, short,
sincere testimony has sent the young
men to follow Jesus and thus turned
the world upside down. Oh the
power of a Holy Ghost testimony (cf.
Jno. 4:39).
111. Abiding with Jesus, 38, 39.
From following Jesus the two men go
on to abiding with Him. This is how
it came about: As soon as they be
gan to follow, Jesus turned and gazed
at them as they followed. What a
look it was, so penetrating, so ten
der, so full of encouragement. One
of them at least never forgot it. His
story of it here in the very phraseol
ogy employed reproduces it. Then
there comes a question as searching
as the look, “What seek ye?” They,
did not clearly know themselves, but
there were deep yearnings in their
heart that never had been satisfied,
and He was the “Lamb of God” and
would surely satisfy. They want to
know Him better, so they timidly ask,
“Teacher, where do you live?” hardly
daring to say bluntly, “we want to go
to your school.” Men seek such vari
ous things when they start to follow
Jesus, pardon for sin, healing for the
body, loaves and fishes. Happy the
man who seeks just Himself. What
are you seeking? Jesus’ reply went
to not merely the hea. t of the ques
tion, but to their heart’s desire,
“Come, and ye shall see.” What a
moment of joy it was when Jesus
said that. And He is saying it to-day,
to every one who wishes to come to
Him. “Come,” He says (Jno. 6:37;'
Rev. 22:17; Matt. 11:28).
IV. Bringing others to Jesus, 40-
57. No sooner had Andrew really
iound Jesus, but he started right off
and got his own brother and brought
him to Jesus. The clear implication
of the text is that John did the same.
This was just as it should be; as soon
as we find Jesus -we should go right
off and bring some one else, and the
best one to begin with is our own
brother. Andrew' did a great work
in bringing his brother to Jesus, for
it was this brother who preached the
great sermon on the day of Pente
cost. Andrew’s testimony was right
to the point. “We have found the
Messiah,” he said. It was his per
sonal conversation with Jesus that
had settled his mind on this point. It
will settle any man’s mind. A season
of personal communion with Jesus is
worth tons of apologetic literature.
Andrew did not stop with giving his
testimony,“he brought him to Jesus.”
Never stop shqrt of that. Jesus
looked Peter through and through.
He saw what he now was and said,
“Thou art Simon the son of Jona.”
He saw w'hat he was to become,
“Thou shalt be called Cephas” (rock
man). It was faith in the Rock that
was to transform ordinary Simon into
extraordinary Rock-man (1 Cor.
10:4; Matt. 16:16-18; 1 Jno. 5:5).
Jesus “findeth Philip.” He went to
Galilee in part for that purpose. It
was W'orth while. Short was the
summons, “follow Me.” Philip did
not know all it involved, but he
obeyed. The influence of his towns
men, Andrew and Peter, may have
had much to do with the prompt re
sponse. Philip was a student of O. T.
scripture and an exact man (v. 45).
Philip at once hunts up Nathanael.
Everybody in this lesson who found
Jesus seemed to go at once for some
one else. Nathanael was decidedly
skeptical about Jesus being the
Christ. Indeed he did not believe He
could be any good, coming from Naza
reth. But he w r as sincere (v. 47) and
when Philip enters into no argument,
but says, “come and see,” he came -
and saw. When you say to the aver
age skeptic, “come and let me make
you • acquainted with Jesus, ’ they
won’t come.
