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"WATCH THE WHITE STAR BUGGY” ID. WHITK si tN r»■ v J Ibitioti br ever? one of our lloilin, We will pay RvA 00 in cult It •nr WHIT*. STAR W hnl. h.vtng our prfr.i. m.rk, li not |u<t Hi. the i.mp]. .ho*n I.OOK FOR OUR PRIVATE " A-ORADE" MARK ATLANTA BUGGY COMPANY. . . Atlanta. G.nr.l. T~ Land of Promise (TO AND FROM) By Rf.v. C. O’N. Maktindale. ARTICLE LXVII. ENGLAND. From Dumfries, via Carlisle and Penrith, by rail to Keswick,nigh to Lake Derwentwater and in view of Mt. Skiddaw, by coach to Wythburn and Thirlmere, in sight of Mt. Scaw Fell and Mt. Ilclyellya to Grasmere, Rydal, Amblesido and Waterhead, by steamer across Windermere Lake by Fewness to Lakeside, by rail via Ulverston, Carnforth, Lancaster, Preston, to Liver pool, by steamer across the Mersey River to Birkenhead, by rail to Chester, Birmingham, by Hattan Junction to Stratford— cn-Avon, and via Warwick, Leamington, Banbury, to Ox ford, via Reading and Windsor to London (Paddington Station). We cannot pass from Dumfries withouc noting the striking con trast between the circumstances of Robert Burns and Walter Scott as the end drew nigh. Of Scott we have already spoken. As to Burns, he was very poor; his vol ume of poems now so greatly prized by Scotland had netted him only forty-five dollars; while, just a day or two before he died, on ac count of a bill of five pounds, a merchant threatened to put him in jail and to turn his wife and children into the street. It was the horror of his defenceless situa tion that really killed this sensitive soul. How human like that his last words should be a malediction on the man who had penned him that ominous letter! May both be forgiven! In my companion-in- travel, Mr. Carroll, I found an ar dent lovur of Burns, and to him I am indebted for the gift of a nice volume ot Burns’ writings. F'rom Dumfries we proceeded by rail via Carlisle and Penrith to Keswick at the head of Derwent water in the beautiful English Lake District. Not far from Car lisle is Ecclefechan (Scotland) where was born and buried that eccentric genius, 'Thomas Carlyle. Crossing the border we passed the real “Gretna Green” where for over a century English runaway couples were married. At Penrith we saw the rums of old Penrith Castle, long a favorite residence of Richard III. Leaving Dumfries at 4:15 p. m. and Penrith at 8:40 p. m., still far from being dark, we arrived at Keswick at 9:40 p. m., just good dusk, stopping at the attractive and roomy Keswick Hotel, which looks down upon the lovely Vale and handsome tiwnof Keswick on the south bank of the Greta, one of the most charming and re freshing spots in Great Brittain, with resident population of near 4,000, a good average ot whom are industrious and intelligent. It is romantic for situation, and large numbers of people gather thither both for pleasure and instruction, especially in the latter part of July for the great "Keswick Conven tion.'' The village “nestles at the foot of Skiddaw Mountain and be side Deiwebtwater, in the Lake District, famous by association with the poets of the Lake School, Coleridge, Wordsworth and South ey. Even in this charming sec tion ot country, Keswick’s Vale is unsurpassed tor picturescpie and fascinating scenery, and Ruskin considered the view from Castle- head as one of tour fine:t in all Europe.” (A. T. Pierson, L). D) From 1875 year by year with grow ing interest and attendance the Keswick Convention has continued to meet from summer to summer, until now not less than 10,000 peo ple from all over the world meet here duiing Keswick Week. "The purpose of our Convention,” they tell us, "is to bring God’s children into a state of fitness for service. We meet together in God’s pres ence 1 h it He may ‘take us, and break us, and make us,' and then use us for His glory. We meet before Him that He may remove everything that hinders our spirit ual growth;lhat He may repair and replenish that which is feeble and defective; that He may adjust that which is dislocated; and having brought us into a condition ready to receive, that He may endue us with power, by filling us with the Holy Ghost.” "What is the Kes wick Teaching?” is “a query some times put to us. ‘Is it anything new?’ And our reply has always been, ‘Nothing new; but simply the emphasizing of a phase of Di vine Truth, which is too little urg ed in our ordinary Dulpit ministra tions—laying special stress on such momentous doctrines as holi ness, purity, sanctification, full surrender, victory over sin, union with Christ, and, in general, the privileges, responsibilities, and possibilities of the Christian life and service.’ Such is the teaching which has been uniformly main tained in the meetings of the Kes wick Convention. And on these lines this great gathering is most assuredly unique. The yearnings in the hearts ot so many Christian workers and ministers to come in to an experience of that ‘abundant life’ which our Saviour came to impart, is as intense as ever, and every year large numbers are brought into its enjoyment.” At the low end of the town on a slight eminence stands Greta Hall, the residence oi the late poet Southey, an interesting memorial in the form of a recumbent marble figure to the laureate is to be seen in the Church of St. Kentigern, his grave being in the churchyard of this parish church of Great Crosthwaite. About three miles from Keswick is the picturesque Lodore Fall celebrated in such exaggerated verse by Southey, at least it seems so to <m American. RIIRPFR Farm Annual for 1906 IvUIhI LL w **Tb« Leading American Seed CsUloguc.” Mailed FREE to all who want the BEST SEEDS that Growl This Thirtieth Anniversary Edition is a bright book of 168 pages and tells they lain truth. With Cover and Colored Plates it shows, painted from nature, Seven Superb Specialties in Vegetables of unequaled merit and Si* Novelties in Flowers,including Luther Burbank's New Floral Wonder. TO-DAY I the very day you read this advertisement. Mention this paper and addreaa W. ATLEE BURPEE A CO., Seed Growers, PHILADELPHIA, PA. At Keswick we delighted in the moonlight stroll about the grounds and across the Suspension Bridge over the Greta. The author next morning had the pleasure of meet ing with the former head of the Convention, Mr. Posilthwaite, F\ R. G, S , and of being taken by him to the places where the as semblies are held in large tents, describing meanwhile the intent and scope ot the movement, etc. From Keswick at io:to a. m. we took a four in hand coach with par ty to Ambleside. Our way thither led us in view of Mt. Skiddaw on to Wythburn (whence is the easiest ascent to Ml. Hclvellyn, S miles), there stopping for a while and visiting one of the smallest churches in Englan I across from the inn. To use Hartley Cole ridge’s words: “Humble it is, niul meek, nml very low. And speaks its purpose by a singly bell; But God Himself, ami Ho alone, can know If spiry temples please Him half bo well.” By Mt. Scaw l e i and Mt. Ho' vellyn we betook our way, goil g rapidly from Ke^wict through the Vale ot St. John, along the margin of the now celebrated Thirlmere (which supplies Manchester with water), to Grasmere, where the poet laureate Wm, Wordsworth lived so long and is buried, bis grave being marked by a plain up right stone slab bearing his name and dates with little ingrained cross in the angle formed by the j two slants of top euges to sides. ' In the church is also reared a memorial tablet to Wordsworth. He it was who at once inierpretcd the scents and things of that vicinity as they have never been before, adding— •‘The idea in, The light that never was on Rea or land, The coiiHecration,and the poet's dream." Close by in the same church yard is the grave of Hartley Cole ridge who made his home not far away. On his headstone is a beautifully chiselled white cross with these words around the en closing circle: ‘‘By Thy cross and passion, good Lord, deliver us.” We passed the home and favorite rock-seat of Wordsworth and also the residence of Coleridge; going on to Rydal and down the Rothay Valley to Ambleside, and driving i i full view of the home of Sir Ed win Arnold, where he wrote his so-called "F'lfth Gospel,” and by the ivy covered residence long tenanted by Harriet Martineau. At Ambleside we were but a short drive from the place where that high-typed and prolific author, John Ruskin, "the most eloquent and original of all writers upon art,” lived some time and is buried (Coniston). The chaste and high tone of Ruskin is nicely exhibited in the following quotation from the introductory to his "Seven Lamps of Architecture”: "Every action, down even to the drawing of a line or utterance of a syllable, is capable ot a peculiar dignity in the manner of it, which we some times express by saying it is truly clone (as a line or tone is true), so ! also it is capable of dignity still higher in the motive of it. F'or i there is no actiou so slight, nor so mean, but it may be done to a great purpose, and ennobled there fore; nor is any purpose so great I but that slight actions may help it, and may be so done as to help it much, most especially that chief I of all purposes, the pleasing of God. Hence George Herbert — ‘A servant with this oilman Makes drudgery divine; Who aweepa a room, aa for the laws, Makea that and the action fine.’ ” Ruskin’s motto was "Today”— no duty must ever be postponed. This was graven on a stone that always lay before him on his desk. From Ambleside we had to go three quarters of a mile to Water- h ad,there taking a steamer across Lake Windermere in view of a fir e old castle, touching at Bow- ness, on to Lake Side, and by 4:10 p. m. were on train via Ulverston, Carnforth, Lancaster and Preston, bound for the great city of Liver pool, the second seaport in the United Kingdom and possessing the finest docks in the world; ar riving at 7:40 p. m„ and. after I leaving the baggage at our hotel, | took tram tar and elevated road i from Scaponh Sands to Dingle the : full length (7 miles) of the docks both ways, a wonderful sight in* j deed, returning from Dingle St. to Wm. Brown St., and thence to the! J hotel for dinner. Next morning early after devo- j tions and breakfast we visited the! conspicuous ot. George’s Ilall, I (containing the Assize Couits, an ! immense hall tor meetings and for concerts), Sir Win. Brown’s Flee Public Library and Museum, the Walker Art Gallery, the Alexan der Theatre, municipal buildings, Town Hal and the . Exchange, Custom House and Postoffice, the Philharmonic Hall (over hue au ditorium wherein the Pan-Pres-i byterian Council, to which the au thor was appointed a Commission er among others from the Ameri can Presbytciian church South, met June 28th to July Cth), the Myrtle St Baptist Chuich (the laigesl non-contoimist church in the city, we were told ), St. Geor ge’s Presbyterian church, et al St. Nicholas’ Church is a real an-1 tique, the Botanic Gardens fine, teflon, Prince's a d Stanley Parks are well worthy a visit also from; [ the strangm. "The total quay space ot the Liverpool docks sev i eral years ago was 2b miles; of the basins 8 miles; and the total water ! a r ea ot the docks 389 acres. The Prince’s Landing Stage, at which 1 passengers from and to America disembark and depart, is a noble work It is said thai nearly one third of the trade of the port is with the United States. The town possesses one tenth ot the ship ping of Great Britain, one third of the foreign trade, one sixth of the general commerce, and more than one half as much trade as the port of London.” It has over 650,000 inhabitants. This is the city in which Dr. John Watson (Ian Maclaren) has been so long a Presbyterian minister. From our hotel we took cab and went to St. George's Landing Stage 10:30 a. m., there getting aboard a steamer and sailing across the Mersey River to Birk enhead, and thence at 11:15 a. m. travelling by train to Chester (with its ancient walls, queer Rows—for streets, and somewhat quaint architecture; an old Roman "Castra” or Camp, and with fea tures not found in any other city in the world, it is said; near which is located Hawarden Castle, the residence of the late celebrated statesman and Christian, Wm. E. Gladstone, and Eaton Hull, the domain of the Duke of Westmin ster; and possessing one old house dated 1652 with the inscription, "God’s Providence is mine inherit ance”—to commerate the fact that this was the only house in the city to escape the plague). At Ches ter we changed cars, proceeding by Wiexham and Shrewsbury, on j by Wellington (near the famous | Wrekin Mountain) and Wolver hampton, through the heart of "the i Black County,” to Birmingham, j “the Top Shop of liurope,” so-' J called. Thence we went as far as Hat- tan Junction, where we left the ! main-line for Stratford-on-Avon, the birthplace and home of the 1 Bard of Avon, William Shake speare, that “sublime interpreter of human nature,” as varied and versatile a literary genius as ever lived, whose hold on the race in- ; creases with the passage of the \ears, as he is better understood. It should never be forgotten that his j;ower lies in his character, and at the base of character lies that; which is fundamental in every life —the man’s religion. Shakespeare was a man with a real religious basis to his character, and his re ligion had a definite type. And Shapespeare’s heart alone gives the key to Shakespeare’s art; in other words, the secret of the man will be found in the soul of the man as revealed in his writings. "Many thousands have made their pilgrimage to the streets where the Bard of Stratford played as a boy and walked as a man, doubt less hoping, as they saw these ex ternals of his actual life, to come ■Hgi4 BIG SHOE SALE I‘or ten days only of Drummers’ Sample Shoes, Beginning .... SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1906 Come to this sale by all means. You can not afford to stay away. Particularly striking in imporblncr is our sample shoe sale, which will .start Saturday, February 3d, and continue lor ten dtps. We have a standing contract with a certain wholesale shoe dealer to take his drummers’ samples. This year the lot is large, and are here on dis play. This is an opportunity for saving which you cannot afford to let slip. You can make your dollar do double service here. Lot No 1 80 i’ ails ‘‘I'ii L-UJL 1 llrcil » HH ii so i. id dougola shoes, lace ami button, with kid and patent, tip, sizes N to 12, regular price 90c, sum- Ctn pie shoe sale price 0 Ju Lot No 2 < h ' 1 '' r ‘‘"’ s ^ ,| onKO | H | an , shoes with patent lip and kungn roo laee with tip of same, strictly solid and worth 1.25, sizes OQn H to 12, sample shoe price. 03u Lot No. 3 shoes with patent tip and kanga roo lacc slioes with tip of same, regular price 1.50, sizes 12 QLn to 2, sample shoe price.... Uuu Lot No 4* ( ’ ontains 110 ~ pail's misses’ and children’s button and laee shoes, all sizes from 0 to 2; not a shoo in the lot worth less than 1,50, some high as 1.75; but they arc samples, und to dose them we make the price Lot No 5 175 ,mi,s lft ' mu*, sj uioMkidMhutvs with patent tip and plain too, also kangaroo, all sizos 8 to 8, regular 1.25 quality, sample shoe QCa sale price Owu Lot No 8 200 pah* hi- LUL INU * vJ dioH » Hhot , S( all kinds that usually come in sample lots as follows—ladies’ vld kid with patent tip in lioth high and spring heel; ladies’ kangaroo with plain und cap toe, worth up to 1.75, sample shoe sale 64 IQ 1 Ot No 7 Bodies’ don- LUL • gola patent tip, kid tip lace and hi ucher, worth up to 2.25, sample shoe 64 AQ Lot No 8 Hr> 1,aiIH 1,1 <-> dies’8.00and 3.50 shoes in vici kill and patent LIH'III III $1.98 89c colt, with Cuban and French heels; all sizes and a big value 64 QQ al the sample price ^ |, jQ Lot" No Q sr> P»lr men’s LUL C7 1)atont (>ul , and viei kid hhtchcr not a pair in the lot worth less than 3.00—but as they are samples and only a few pairs of a kind will put them in the sample shoe sale for only ...... Lot No. 1 O 75 v"'i* men’s vici kid bluchers and lace, also box calf; some of this lot, worth 2.50, and not a pair worth less than 2.00; sample shoe sale $1.49 Lot No. 1 1 M 011 ’™ 1 - pie shoes; in the lot black kid bluchers, satin cult'lace in bluchers with cap toe and plain, worth up to 2.00 a pair, in this sample shoe sale 64 4 A for only ^ 111 J Lot No. 1 2 B V ,ai 7 only men’s oil grain congress and veal kip tics worth up to 1.50, samples 64 4r therefore the price ^ 1113 Lot No. 1 3 75 r ir r men’s sat in calf lace shoes, with cap and plain toe; these arc strictly solid goods, worth as high as QA- 1.50, sample price wUu Lot No. I 4 shoes, witli cap too, some have quilted Isittoms and made in the never rip style, strictly solid, sizes 13 to 5, worth up to 1.50, QQ* Nam pie sale price wOu Lot No. 1 5 ;x„T eiN, patent, colt and vici kid bluch ers, not a shoe in the lot worth less than 2.00, some as high as 2.50, sample shoe sale 64 6A pi iD9 SPECIAL 65 pairs of men’s patent colt vici kid bluchers, not a pair in the lot worth less than 1.50, will put AO them in the sample shoe sale at THE NEW YORK BARGAIN STORE (Continued on page 7.) Aetna Life Insurance Co. What two distinguished policy-holders think of the Company. Americas, Ga.,‘ June 10, 1905. Mr. W. K, Hawkins, Manager, Atlanta, (in. Dear Hir: Answering inquiries in yours of the 8th inst., in regard to my policies in the Aetna Life Insurance Co., I take great pleasure in advising you as follows: Policy No. 30,008 for #5,000 was written on my life and de livered to me May 27, 1807, on the 10 payment plan. All pay ments of premiums were made promptly, as I have had no pay merits to make on same since 1870, and it has always been a matter of great regret to me that I did not have it wriJkn’Tbr #20,000 instead of #5,000. Wince it was all paid up. { have re ooived regular yearly dividends, varying in amo^t, but always very satisfactory. It lias proven to me a very tine investment. The later policies Nos. 287,170-1 were issued Wopt. | 1900 for #5,000 each, have been very satisfactory, and have returned to me very satisfactory dividends.J-Aftfnk quite highly of them, and the very liberal treatmen,' | have always enjoyed at the hands of the Aetna Life, hr which company I wish a long life and prosperous career. | am , with much respect, Yours very truly, - Thornton Wheatly. Hoschton, Ga., June 10, 1905. Aetna Life Instance Co., Hartford, Conn. Gentlemen: | am now carrying #00,000 policy in your com pany. I havecarried previous policies in your company, and must say that! am very much pleased with all insurance l now carry, and wfch all policies carried heretofore. Respectfully, W. P. Delaperriere. F. M Byant, District Agent of the Aetna. Newnan, O.i., will txplain the plans of his company in detail to any person desiring insurance. f