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m 1 fieraM and Jtduerllscr. NEW NAN, FRIDAY, DEC. :i. A MAIDEN'S WAY. A riify flrcuH, a roguish nmik That a midden's way; A hit flirtatious all thn while, That’H a mnidon's way : i’orhap* n now honu ovory night. Or fancy honnetH out of sivrht. Perhaps ten unitors in n plight That’H a maiden's way. A laugh that's filial with witching grace, That’s a maiden's way; Or pIho a «hy look on her face, That’s a maiden's way; A simple word that inukea m«*n try To scale the mountains, sail the sky. Or stick a dragon in the eye, Th*t’s a maiden’s way. rd of sympathy and love?, ' Vn’H wuy; darkened up al>ovo. That’ .. When skier,... That’H a maiden's way: A trust more true than heaven’s bliss, Companionship whnn fate’rt amiss, A cheering word a simple kiss That’s a maiden’s way. Home and Mother. In a quiet waiting-room of the Grand Trunk depot in Lewiston, Maine, sat a gray-whiskered old fedlow in a large and broad-brimmed hat. He had been studying a time table with some per plexity, and had just laid it aside. A question from him relative to the starting of trains for Oxford county, was introduction enough. His voice was hoarse, but not unpleasant. His inflection was odd. Being a Down Easter, it was safe for the writer to guess that the stranger was from the West. "From the West?’’ "You bet!” was the reply. "Going to Oxford county?” "That’s where I’m going.’’ The conversation was desultory until the Westerner opened up. Said he : "It’s thirty-two years since I’ve seen the hills of Maine. I was raised up in good old Oxford county. I reckon 1 ain’t thought of them hills since I was a hoy in copper-toed hoots with good old daddy too good, God bless him! for nary sueh a youngster as I were. I left home when I were 10 and went out West; then I came hack and went to sea. 1 coasted eight years, and in ’55 went on a deep sea voyage and brought up in California. I’ve been there ever since, but have come back now, ” "Alone?” "Alone? Yea, alone! That’s the bother of it, my hoy. Nary a darned soul there nor here, as 1 knows of, that 'ares whether 1 get there or not -a lone some man. Don’t you do it. Take my word for it,-it’s awful, for thirty-live years nothing to think of but work, and dig and dive. No wife. Never had none. No friends, except boys in the diggin’s when I lir.- i went there, and in town, where I’ve been running a lit- j lie business of my own for the past! eight years. Nothing ahead of me for the past twenty years but getting rich. No letters from anybody as 1 know of. Nothin’ in my dreams but money. Nothin’ else in the visions of the moun tain peaks, nothin’ else in the chang in’ surface of the I’acitic when 1 caught a glimpse of it. I’ve been a sordid, mean, low-lived skinflint, part o’ the time, and a ro.vstorin’ hell-ol’-a-poor fel low the rest of it. Lookin’ back, it makes a lump in my throat, boy, it do, honest, and l agree that a wasted life is the nwfulest thing beneath the can opy of blue.’ It makes me sick. I don’t like to think of it. 1 like to talk, ye see, to keep away from .thinking of it." "Going back to the old place?” "The old place, eh? Yes, the old place. Leastwise that’s what 1 reckon on. What do you suppose made me? Hadn’t been to church any to speak of. It was only just a song as did it—a lit tle old-fashioned song that 1 heard in the evening three months ago. about a mother that wanted to know where her wandering boy was. It came up out o’ the night way off there beyond the mountains, and 1 thought of my old mother, God bless her! and the old place. I couldn’t sleep for a eent that night. 1 turned and twisted and sweat great drops. 1 kept thinking about home and about all I’d ever read or heard about it. Seems as though 1 could see the old lady’s face looking into mine with eyes full of love, as good as she did when I were a kid. 1 thought it over for a day or two. Life didn’t look half so rosy out there. And the fact is I wanted to go home and nowhere else, and you bet I started when I made up my mind. I think I only kind o’ want to see the grave of my mother and (ix up the family lot, you know, and do you know; my boy, I have been sort o’ holdin’ on to have a good cry (something I ain’t done for thirty years,) and when I’m done with that and when I’ve shied around and seed all I want to see of the old place, I'm going to Boston to see a brother of mine, and go back again beyond the Rockies and die there with my face to the East. I could afford to do it. Lem’rne tell you one thing, though: all of my life and all of this gold ain’t worth the loss of your mother’s love. Put that down to keep. For if you was me you could prove it, and would not run any risk of being lured away from it by any of the other things of earth. It’s the best thing, I’m thinking, he ought to take away.” Correcting an Error. Ephraim had swept the floor and built the fires in a law office for sever al months and knew something about court procedure. When he was arrest ed for the purloining of certain proper ty belonging to Major Harris and hailed before the Jnstice of the Peace for trial he demanded a lawyer to look after his interests. A young attorney took the case as his first appearance and pro posed to defend his client to the last ditch, if necessary. "May it please the court,” he said, when he began his defensive operations, "my client here is charged with the felonious abstraction of a chicken from the hen-house of Major Harris on the night of March 20, between the hours of 7 and 12 o'clock. On March 20—” Ephraim made as if he wished to inter rupt, but his attorney sternly waved him aside—"the night in question, Ma jor Harris came home, as he has testi fied, at, or near midnight, and discover ed his loss. I do not ask the court why Major Harris was not in bed at that unseemly hour, because of its ir relevance to the point at issue, but, if on the night of March 20”—Ephraim again tried to put in, but was waived aside —"my client did, as he is charged, purloin the aforesaid pullet of Major Harris, or words to that effect, I pro pose tO sho%v that this chicken — ” Ephraim could be restrained no fur ther, and this time he stood up and burst forth. "Skuse me, boss,” he said protesting- ly, "but you is wrong erbout dem fig ures. Hit wuzn’t de 20th dat I got de chicken; hit wuz de 15th. Hit wuz a turkey dat I got on do—” At this point the defense impulsively withdrew from the case and Ephraim was left to the mercy of the court. The peculiar properties of Chamber lain's Cough Remedy have been thor oughly tested during epidemics of in fluenza, and when it was taken in time we have not heard of a single case of pneumonia. Sold by all druggists. A Rea! Excuse. H. .7. Conway, of Chicago, the pres ident of the Retail Clerks’ Internation al Union, advocated at the recent con vention in St. Joseph the same pay for women as for men clerks. "When women,” said Mr. Conway afterwards, “do the same work as men they should get the same wages, and anyone who argues that this is impos sible seems to me at once as ungallaut and as illogical as the famous husband of Paint Rock. "This husband was returning home from market late one Saturday night with his wife. The wife was burdened with a huge market basket, a broom, a kit of mackerel—dear knows what all. As for the man, he carried nothing. "Coming to a steep hill, the wife said reproachfully : " ‘Jack, if you were a real man you’d help me carry some of these parcels.’ "Jack glared at her in disgust and scorn. " ‘Aw, how can l?’ he growled. ‘Ain't 1 got both hands in my pock ets?’ ’’ The less a man knows about women the more he thinks he knows. Royal Baking Powder is the greatest of time and labor y,, \ savers to the pastry cook. • V Economizes flour, butter and eggs and makes the food digestible and healthful HillOmlWfNEK Makes most healthful food No alum—no lime phosphates The only baking powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar In the Presence of Her Enemies. In a certain clergyman’s family it was the custom that each of the chil dren repeat a bible verse at the begin ning of every meal in place of the more general formula of grace before meat. One day one of his little girls had been found out in some little sin, and had been sentenced to a much curtailed dinner, to be eaten at a table quite by herself, that her contaminating presence should be set apart from the others. When the family was seated around the dining-room table the usual little ceremonial was performed, and when her brothers and sisters had each re peated a text, her father called on her, sitting solitary at a wee table on the other side of the room. At first she de murred on the ground that being debar red from the family circle she saw no reason for joining the family devotions. Her father insisted; she remained silent a moment thinking, then spoke out clearly; "Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies.” They Bagged at the Knee. A Kentuckian was talking sadly of Col. H. G. Toler, the noted horseman, who recently died in Wichita. “Col. Toler raised John R. Gentry and many other famous horses,” said the Kentuckian. "The turf has suffered a great loss in him. A better judge of horseflesh and a pleasanter man you’d never find. "I used to love to watch hi in study ing horses. He was very keen. He was at his best then. "A rich tailor once brought him to see a new acquisition, a trotter of doubtful quality, for which, however, $4,500 had been paid. "The tailor was full of enthusiasm about his horse. He little knew he had been done. " ‘Look at him,’ he cried. ‘There’s a horse for you. Look at them legs!’ " ‘Very pretty,’ said Col. Toler, grinning. ‘Very nice legs, indeed. But don’t they bag a bit at the knees?’ ” The greatest danger from influenza is of its resulting in pnuemonia. This can he obviated by using Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, as it not only cures in fluenza, but counteracts any tendency of the disease towards pneumonia. Sold by all dealers. Country Manual Training, Century Maira/.ine. Even manual training needs new di rection as it touches country life. It may not be necessary to eliminate the formal exercises of model work and weaving and the like : but some of the practical problems of the home and farm may be added. “ How to make a garden, to lay out paths, make fences and labels, are manual training problems. How to saw a board off straight, to drive a nail, to whittle a peg, to make a tooth for a hand hay rake, to repair a hoe, to sharpen a saw, to paint a fence, to hang a gate, to adjust a plow-point, to mend a strap, to prune an apple tree, to harness a horse—the problems are bewildering from their very number. Manual training can be so taught in the schools that are required for it as in ten years to start a revolution in the agriculture of any commonwealth. Many persons find themselves affect ed with a persistent cough after an at tack of influenza. As this cough can be promptly cured by the use of Cham berlain’s Cough Remedy, it should not be allowed to run on and become ti-ou- blesome. Sold by all dealers. Lord Russell, a famous jurist, once went to Scotland to help the Liberals in a campaign. He purposely began his speech with a few sentences of bad Scotch, and then, when the confusion caused by the blunder had subsided, he said: "Gentlemen. I do not speak Scotch, but I vote Scotch, and I often drink Scotch. ” He was greeted with tremendous ap- lause. When Russell was a young man he was sitting in court listening to a trial for bigamy. A friend leaned across to him and asked: "Russell, what is the extreme penalty for bigamy?” "Two mothers-in-law,” was the re ply. After exposure, and when you feel a cold coming on, take Foley’s Honey and Tar, the great throat and lung remedy. It stops the cough, relieves the conges tion, and expels the cold from your system. Is mildly laxative. Sold by all druggists. WHIPS WHIPS When I sell 216 Buggy Whips at $1 each, call at my place and I will explain. The U. S. Government prevents my telling you through this paper. Remember, I have a full line of brand-new Buggies—no accumulations from la^t season or du^t-worn goods to offer. And when I make prices and terms—the buggy will go home with you. COME TO SEE ME. FM ALWAYS AT HOME. for all stomach troubles—-indigestion, dyspepsia, heartburn, gas in the stomach, bad breath,sick headache,torpid liver, biliousness and habitual constipation. Pleasant to take. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. "Great Ceasar. old man!" exclaimed the gunner, as he opened the door and found his friend’s house brilliantly il luminated at noonday. "What does this mean? Why are all these blankets over the windows and why is the gas burn ing in the daytime?” "Sh !” whispered Guver, cautiously; "it’s a scheme of mine.” "What kind of a scheme?” "Why, my wife is in the country and 1 tell her 1 remain home every night and read. I’ve got to get rid of some gas somehow, so it will go in the bill at the end of the month." Foley’s Honey and Tar is the best and and safest cough remedy for children. At the first symptoms of a cold, give as directed, and ward off danger of croup, bronchitis, sore throat, cold in the head, and stuffy breathing. It brings comfort and ease to the little ones. Contains no opiates or other harmful drugs. Keep always on hand, and refuse sub stitutes. Sold by all druggists. “He Sweared.” In an open window of a West Lex ington street home a voluble parrot from Australia was holding conversation with a pure American kid and his braid headed sister. ‘‘Pretty Polly want a cracker?” re marked the kid. ‘‘Yours truly, yours truly, yours tru ly,” replied the parrot. ‘‘I ain’tgot any, Polly,” said the kid, grinning. The parrot cocked his ear as if to say, "Beg pardon, sir; but what’s that?” ‘‘I say,” said the kid, falling to the implied query, “ ‘I ain’t got any.” "Oh, devil-devil-devil-devil-devil-dev- il,” screamed the parrot; and the little girl turned and showed a pair of heels, screaming as she hurried homeward: "He sweared, he did: he sweared, and I’m going to tell mamma.” More Danville Proof. Jacob Schrall, 432 South St., Danville, Ill., w’rites: “For over eighteen months I was a sufferer from kidney and blad der trouble. During the whole time was treated by several doctors and tried several different kidney pills. Seven weeks ago I commenced taking Foley’s Kidney Pills, and am feeling better every day and will be glad to tell any one interested just what Foley’s Kidney Pills did for me.” Sold by all druggists. After acquiring all the knowledge he can from books, many a man takes a postgraduate course by marrying a a widow. TO THE CITIZENS OF MEWNAIM Reese Drug Co., druggists, handle Gil- hooley’s Irish Liniment, and they back it up with what might be called a Govern ment bond. In fact a guarantee certificate goes with every bottle, to the extent that if Gilhooley’s Irish Liniment does not cure Eczema, Rheumatism, in any form. Salt Rheum. Lumbago or any skin ailment, you are out nothing, as the druggist you bought it from will give back your money and take the certificate for his pay. The matter is entirely in your hands. Gilhooley Irish Linimsnt Co., ST. PAUL, MINN. A FIND INDEED IN FURNITURE. Look these offerings over. Call personally and inspect. It’ll create no obligation to buy. Dining tables, rocking chairs, iron beds, art squares, odd dressers, matting. A “square deal is a fact here, for everything we sell is 1 guaranteed. Call and see our line of furniture. It is up-to the-Q in every respect, and a better line cannot be found. Scroggin Furniture Company WHEN IN NEED OF LUMBER AND PLANING MILL STUFF Of all kinds—Brackets, Mouldings, Columns, etc.—you will find it to your interest to give us a call. HOUSE BILLS A SPECIALTY Vulcanite Roofing R. D.CoIe ManufacturingCo 49-54 E. Broad St., NF.WNAN, GA. ; ’Phone 14. Notice of Dissolution. The firm of Wm. Byram & Co., composed of Wm. Byram and G. W. By ram, has been this day dissolved by mutual consent, Wm. Byram succeed ing to the business and assuming all of the in debtedness of the old firm. On the same date the firm of G. W. Byram Sc Co., composed of G. W. Byram and Wm. t0 was also dissolved. G. W. 8 ^fThtedne^ the business and assuming all of the in af G. W. Byram & Co. This Feb. r. W. BYR -jl Subscribe forThe H. & A-