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OLD ROMAN NAMES.
Tli** I'rnillar S'sli'in 'Mint Wim In
I Ml' l»> the Notitl 11 y.
Tin 1 noble H iiii ii mcic pcrulkir in
their system i i i n .iiutv They
llliil the l . • i • i m i'll nii'I tin
ooinion I . ’ll" lir-! 'll' tlie.-e ilisliu
Rtllshe | tlie .in 'l it ;iinl M’US cqUivii-
lent t i ii.i ilii'i-linii in I hi 11« iMin u I
lliillie. II Mils UMinlly lliilleiitoil liy n
Hliijtle letter, a- \. for A (Hus, or by
two letter*, iih A|i. fur Applus. or three,
as Sit fur Servlus. The iiotnen was
distinctive Ilf the ki-iis or elan mill tills
Ho eiirreMpoiiiliim n]ipi-Ihit Ive iiinoiiit ns.
'Hie eoKliollien Was |lll|eei| last 1111(1 des
ignated the lamlllae, prei Iscly answer-
I lie to out' stiniaine. Sometimes a
fourth tin11ii* was nihleil, the agnomen,
ill eonsei|iienee of a renowned action,
some conspicuous event of life or fea
ture of eluiraetcr. Sdplo, In addition to
ills reeular nnnies. was styled Afrlea-
ntis after Ills conquer! of < ’artliaee.
’I lie mime i iertnanieii • was iihsIRiiciI
by those who ills!ineuislieil tlienisclvcs
in the wars with the Ceniuins.
In female nnnies the Itoniiiiis ludulg-
e.| hut small variety of appellation,
ami fancy ha.I llitle or nothing to ilo
with their Invention ami beatowal.
When tlieie m s In:' one ilalighter In a
family she n el i 11. ■ f' l i.nliic tor
initiation of her eentlle iinmo, ns 'i'ul
lia, the daughter of Mlireiis TtllllllH
t’lcern, ami Oeinvbio, the i-ier of tie
tnvlns l 'iiosnr m Ii h names ' ere
retalneil veil after inarrlauc. When
theri' '.e !• two daughters one was
<-mIll'll Willin' ; n l the oilier Minor, ns
Cornelia Majni •• ihI i iriiella .Minor,
if there U"1 ■ Ill'll ' til 'll I M O they were
distinguish ' h th" : r niim'.ier, thus:
I’rlina, Senimlii, Tcrila, Quariii, etc.
GREEK GOINS.
tin's tlie \ Helen Is Ii—leil Ihe I'nelij
nt tlie (letlil.
The llrst coins of gold anti sliver (tint
have collie down to us are now tlateii
IM II rule III the time of t ’roeslis, who
lived about the middle of the sixth
century It.
it may readily lie linnKliit'il Unit a
mere lump of gold, supposed to lie of
a certain weight, would lie subject to
skepticism unless It were guaranteed
by some gnir.ed authority. So, In
order to save renelglilng and testing
II* each tl'iilisin thin, these Ingots or
coins Mere stamped with the aiithorlta-
tlve mark of a prince or slate. So
stnmpeil they liceome the true coins
In s|dtc of the fact (lint, contrary to
modern custom, they were not at all
reituln r.
Mill, III spite of the guarantee that
might be afforded by the mark of a
state or a prince, \vt» Hint the Greeks
applying certain tests to determine tlie
genuineness of the currency nflVrcd to
them, rial lag was easily dftcctcd bv
Jabbing tilt* suspected coin with some
sharp Instrument. At oilier times the
touchstone miis usi'd. nut' which was
known as the “Lydian stone” miis sup
posed to reveal a proportion of foreign
metal as small as a barley corn In a
stater. Another test, lu the case of *11
ver, miis to polish thi> coin and then
breathe on It. If flit' moisture quickly
disappeared the metal was pure. Yet
another way to detect alloy miis to
beat the coin or coins on reilbot Iron.
If the metal miis unalloyed It remain
ed bright, If mixed with other sub
stance* It turned black or red accord
ing as It was more or less Impure.
Oliver S. Tonka In ('hiuitauipian.
Its ITod 11 noil 4n|lh»drl,
I*nIToi!Ii and asphodel the hitter, ac
cording to Homer, covered the meadow
haunted by the shades of departed he
roes are etymologically the same. Old
time Kllgllshmcti confused the tM'O
plants, which arc quite different, and
It miis reserved for later generations
to restore Its true spelling to the true
asphodel and restrict daffodil, with Its
mysterious "d." to the Dower now
kuowii by that name. Formerly It
was "nITodllle,” and the “d" Is various
ly explained as Is'lug a childish Inser
tion, like the "T" lu Ted, from Edward,
or as representing the French ‘‘Dour
d’nlfrodllle” or the English "111 1 nITro-
illle” (the definite article) or ns the
ttiial ”d" of “and" In such a combina
tion ns "fennell and nffodll."
Nrotltera Mini
It has been proved aguiu and again
that a boy without a sister Is much to
l* 1 pitied; that a girl without a brother
Is to be condoled with. And why? lie-
cause the mutual society Improves
both. The boy teaches the girl to be
wider minded, P's* petty and narrow,
more manly physically, and, above all,
to understand something of the op
posite sex. Again, the boy la a hun
dredfold ulcer for hnvtug a aister. He
confides his little scrapes to her, and
she, with her gentle Inborn goodness,
helps him and advises him to avoid th«
pitfall again.—London Queen.
Solitude.
Solitude is n matter of taste. It has
been the subject of much discussion.
Volumes have l>eou wrttteu in praise
or condemnation of It. But perhaps
the real value of solitude has never,
tiecn so subtly and so accurately ex
pressed as by the girl who Mas asked
if she liked Itoing alone. "That de
pends.” she answered sweetly, ”ou
whom 1 am alone with.”
An K.i»»y Crrdifor.
The stomach listens to no precepts.
It begs and clamors. And yet it Is
not an obdurate creditor it is dis
missed with a small payment, if only
you give It what you owe. and not ns
much as you can.—Seneca
Looking (hen. I
GerHld—Will you marry me? Ger
aldine- Wait awhile. 1 don’t want to
get tired of you Just yet. New York
Press.
Nei-essity may render a doubtful act
luuocent, but It cannot make t praise
worthy.—Joubert.
A WONDER OF JAPAN.
Business Is Business.
Till- I'finious < null** of (lie Laid Dol-
llliliin ill Muhina.
Is lie novel c.-ibIIc nl N'ishmn, .Inpan,
the p il. ■ e which Marco Polo ilcscrilied
in 1 i:- .. le of the marvels of far Cathay
us . ci tl M'ltli gold slabs? At the
mi. nl lie ridge of the pyramidal
strut . ire ere large solid gold dolphins,
lie, iih Lie pile Is a well which is lit-
(•i'll 11> a salted gold mine. It Is gold
llni'd and M ill hold siifliclcnt water to
supply ...iss) persons. The dolphins,
M ill' Ii were plan'd on I lie top several
icnlui i • ago, have excited the curiosi
ty of foreign relic limiters, as any one
lulghl Imagine they Mould. So many
have ellinhcd to the top of the high
Mlructure to discover by Icstlne If they
arc i ;il gold that tin* dolphins have
become -crlously disfigured. Strong
sled wire hags have been put over
them lo prevent further vandalism.
Only by good fortune docs one of
these dolphins still grace the old em
tio. A number of years ago It m iis tak
en down and sent to Yioiilin for exhi
bition at the world's fair held there us
a ini'' -pcelnieli of undent .lapaliese
art The vessel on whleli II m iis being
returned -link, mid It lay at the bottom
of the sea for several years lu spite of
every iiltempt lo raise It. Persistence
m'iih ri'Mai'dcil iii last, for II miis llnully
recovered and placed again in lls old
position
The ra-ilo Is used by the emperor of
.lllpnii a Ills hcodipl.'ll'ti'i'H during (lie
army and navy reviews. State balls
lit:' also held there. Chicago Inter
(loculi.
THE WHALE’S SENSES.
Alillii; of llic I'oiiileriMis (hIhiiiI lo
Hear I inter Water.
It senna perfectly evident Hint
whales must hour when in the water,
says the London Field. This Inference
I* I'onilruied by Hie com | hi rn lively
hiiinII development of the other sense
organs. The eye, for Inataiiec, Is very
slim 11 mid cii li lie of little use even ill
the comparatively small depths to
M’liieli Mimics are now believed lo de
scend.
Again, Hie ni>iisi> of smell. Judging by
the rudimentary conditions of the ol
factory organs, must lie In ahcyiiiiee,
and Mimics have no sense organs com
puruble to the lutd'ill line system of
llalios. Consequently it would seem
Him when bcloM' the surf ace of Hie Mil
ter they must depend chiefly upon the
sense "f lienrliig. Probably tills sense
is so highly developed us to enable the
iiulllinls in the midst of the vibrations
Hindi' bj the screwlike movements of
the tail or Dllkos to distinguish tlie
sound (or vibration*) made by the Im
pact of the water a gainst the rocks
even hi it dead culm, amt, lu the case
of piscivorous species, to rccogulr.c by
the pulse iii the Miller the presence of
shoal llsli.
Falling lu tills explanation. It Is dlllt-
cult to imagine hou - ulinles can llnd
their way about In the semldarkness
and avoid collisions with rocks and
rockhotmd coasts.
LAUGHTER.
K'i*b If II He Knnillonal Insanity,
Let Is Have I'lentj of II.
Some English scientist Im* reached
the conclusion that laughter is Insan
ity. He regards a lit of laughter iih an
emotional Insanity of short duration.
All right, then, give us a little more In
sanity. There Is not laughter enough
In the world—lit least the right kind of
laughter. Wo will let the Englishmen
keep their faeas straight If they want
to, lint It lictlts the American civilisa
tion heller to break out Into laughter
once In nwhlle. Laughter Is goisl for
the facial musclca. It develops the
muscles of the neck ns well as the face.
It makes the corners of the mouth turn
upM’nrd Instead of downward. It gives
the M'rlnkles of the face a pleasing out
line, quickens the action of Hie heart
and gives new life to the nerve centers.
Yea. M-e can afford to let the English
man look wise ami Idiotic if lie M’uuts
to. Ho can stale with tlsli eyed big
otry whenever a Joke Is porpotrated,
never iilloMlug n ripple of inerrlmont
to disturb the placidity of tils couute-
nitsicc. lie can do all these tilings that
lie wishes to, hut let us go on laugh
ing. This kind of Insanity mixes very
M’oll M'ltli sanity and prosaic life. A
little hurst of emotional Insanity breaks
nicely the monotony of facts and fig
urea.—Medical Talk.
A rtclvre of Tennyson.
A writer who once saw laird Tenny
son on the platform of a railway sta
tion says of him: “He would have beeu
tall, hut his shoulders seemed some
what bent. His hair was loug; so was
Ida beard. He wore an ugly Inverness
ea|s» and a large alouch hat. He looked
like n haudIt in a melodrama, ami I
thought him some poor actor Mho had
come out in some of the stage proper
ties. He seemed so sad 1 felt quite
sorry for him as I watched him walk
up and down the platform.”
Fiction.
Legitimately produced and truly In
spirited, Dctlou Interprets humanity, In
forms the understanding and quickens
the affections. It reflects ourselves,
warns us against social folliea, adds
rich specimens to our cabinet of char
acters, dramatlr.es life for tlie unimag
inative. daguerreotypes it for the un
observant, multiplies experience for the
Isolated or Inactive and cheers age. re
tirement and invalidism with an avail
able and harmless solace. Tuokerman.
Little Wllllr'i Surprise.
Mr. and Mrs. Blank recently moved
from the city »o the suburbs. The first
night In their new home their five-year-
old son climbed Into bed as soon as he
was undressed.
“Willie," said bis mother, “haven’t
you forgotten to say your prayers?"
“Why. mamma,” he retdled, "Is God
way out here too?”—Judge.
Not long since we hat] the p'eas
tire of hearing a very interesting
sermon preached by a very noted
man. The tex’ was "Tekel.” Th"
interpretation of whir h is “Thou
art weighed in the balance and
lound wanting.” And all through
his discourse, the earnest man of
God tried very forcibly to impress
upon us the fact that we shou d
deal with the Lord in a business
like manner, just as we should
deal with each other—squarely and
honestly. Hence, the though',
“Business is Business "
It we were aiways ready to deal
honestly with the Lord, we would
naturally deal honestly with each
other; and if we would be perfectly
honest with one another, there
would not be so much discord and
confusion among people who ougl t
to live in perfect harmony with
each other. Then there would be
no cause tor outsiders to make un
pleasant remarks about us “Speak
every man the truth to his neigh
bor.” It we would follow this
rule, Satan couldn’t get so much
loot-hold on us, because the truth
will always down him. The trutn
must be very important, because
Solomon said in 1‘rov 23:23, “Buy
the truth and sell it not.”
One thing that struck us with
more force than anything else, in
the good brother's discourse, was
that most of us would rather talk
about (back bite; people than go
talk to them ourselves For in
stance: if we have anything against
a person, or hear anything that a
person has said about U9, we'll go
and talk it to our neighbors, rather
than go to them. It there is one
tiling we abhor more than any
thing else, it is tale bearing. We
should not have any secrets (ex
ccpt secret prayer); "For our Fa
ihcr which seeth in secret, shall
reward us openly." Would like to
fall on our knees before all who
have aught against us (if it would
not take too long) and make con-
fossion, 'till we feel that every
wrong has been righted. For we
1 are to confess our faults one to an
other and pray one for another.
The writer feels that we need
! seme earnest, fervent prayers from
good consecrated Christian hearts
Our poor soul is almost starving
for kindness and sympathy. But
for the blessed assurance of a
Savior’s sympathy and love, we
would almost sink under our bur
dens some times; for it seems that
we have met with nothing but re
buffs ever since we first accepted
the Savior; more especially since
we received the indwelling of the
Holy Spirit. "His grace is suffi
cient for me; His strength is made
perfect in weakness; most gladly
therefore will I glory in my in
firmities, that the power of Christ
may rest U|>on me."
Our aim in life is to do all the
j good we can for the upbuilding of
the cause of the blessed Christ;
though the whole world should
band together against 11s. If we
have one particle of eneimty in
our heart against anybody we are
not aware of it (excuse a personal
reference); for our unceasing
prayer is, that we may he emptied
each moment of everything that
would give Satan any chance to
c^eep in. “Not that we are suf
ficient of ourselves to think any
thing as of ourselves; but our suf
ficiency is of God."
"Business is Business." As
Christians,let us compare ourselves
to business men. Suppose a mer
chant should employ a crowd of
clerks t> run hts business for him,
then go away and leave every
thing in their charge, and in a
short wnile they will get his busi
ness all out of shape; so that if cos
tomers come in and want certain
articles, they can’t he found. The
merchant would soon get rid ot
them, because he would not like to
have it said that his business wax
run by unreliable men. We, a»
Christians, are God’s clerks. Now
suppose some one should come in
to our midst looking for pure,
genuine religion, such as l’aul had,
and taught in thetwe flh chapter
of Romans, could it be found? And
yet that ts the only kind taught in
the Bible. We as Christians
To sweeten,
To refresh,
To cleanse the
system,
Effectually
\ and Gently;
Dispels colds and
headaches when
bilious or con
stipated;
For men, women
and children;
■WI (
M |'
. A i iX J "I
ASK* 4 . ■
There is only
one Genuine
Syrup of Figs;
to get its bene
ficial effects
Acts best* on
the kidneys
and liver,
stomach and
bowels;
Always buy the genuine — Manufactured by the
<1
I
Sm\ Francisco* Cal.
flew York. A.Y.
The genuine Syrup of Figs is for sale by all first-class
druggists. The full name of the company—California
Fig Syrup Co. — is always printed on the front
of every package. Price Fifty Cents per bottle.
should not be afraid to stand for
right against wrong, though Satan’s
host should all rise up against us.
"The commandment of the Lord
is pure, enlightening the eyes."
We feel real sorry tor poor dea
cons and other leading church
members oftentimes, when we see
them scared out of their wits be
cause of unruly members, who are
not willing to do the right thing.
Still they want t.» rule in some
things, whether their way is right
or not. It’s rule or ruin. And
yet we frequently hear remarks
like this made to servants of the
Lord: "Just get out of the way and
let 1 hem run it."
Now is that the right view to
take of i ? Is that not giving Si-
tan too much authority? Still in
order to show the high minded
ones preterence, they will trample
all over some other poor fellow’s
feelings; then blame the dear pas
tor for the whole of it. Is that do
ing the Lord’s "Business” in the
right way? "My bretluen, have not
the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Lord of glory, with respect of
persons; but if ye have respect of
persons, ye commit sin; for God is
no respector of persons."
Take a farmer, for instance, and
suppose he should employ hands j
to work on his farm, and lie would)
go out and work a while with them
so that they might be sure how he 1
wanted it done; but in case that
was not sufficient, he would leave '
them without instructions as to
how the work must be done, and
the kind of seed that must be
sown. Then those fellows instead
of carrying out his instiuctious,
they go get his vilest enemy to
advise them what to do, and in fo -
lowing hts (the enemy’s) instruc
tions, they vvould fill the ground
with all kinds of worthless seed,
and instead of corn and wheat,
there would come up thorns and
thistles. Those helpers wouldn’t
expect anything hut to be turned
off, and perhaps punished. Just
so the blessed Lord has given us
work to do and set us an example,
showing us just how He wants His
work done; but most of us, like tne
clerks and farm hands, have let
His “Business” get all out of
shape—instead of sowing love,
gentleness and trutn, we have
sown envy and strife and discord.
We are also represented as build
ers, Christ is the foundation, and
one day our work shall be revealed
by fire, of what sort it is. and how
will ic measure ud to what the
J.ord requires ot us? “If ws five in
»n«M
Extraordinary
CUT PRICE SALE!
SATURDAY, JUNE 23
and the following six days we ore going to reduce
our stock at prices that will certainly bring a
crowd. It will pay you to read every item in these
columns. More real values are condensed into this
splice than you will find in many full page adver
tisements.
Remnant lot of mohair skirts marked down be
low cost. Only a few of them left. Splendid val
ues in remnant lot of lawns, nainsooks, ginghams,
percales, and wash skirtings.
Odd lot low shoes, nil sizes,
misses’, children’s and Ind
ies’, at half ptico.
Men's underwear, all colors,
regular price 85c, our special
sale price 19c
Yard wide Lonsdale blench
ing, regu'ar 12Ac value at
7Ac- Only 10 yards to one
customer.
Men’s negligee shirts, fancy
and solid colors, special sale
price 10c
1 lot men’s odd pants, val
ues up to 1.50, for 89c
1000 yards of fancy muslin
nt, per yard 3Hc
Men’s pants, regular price
4.00 and 5.00, for this spec
ial cut price sale . $2.98
Fancy novelties for waists
and suits nt less than cost.
We have the finest line of
millinery for the price in the
city, x All we ask is for you
to see it—the prices will do
the rest.
Ladies’ vests reduced in this
sale to 4c
Men's lace lisle hose, 25c and
85c values for 19c
The more you buy the more you will save. Don’t
forget the time and the place.
NEW YORK BARGAIN STORE
the spirit, let us also walk in the
spirit.” "Let us not be desirous
of vain glory, provoking one an
other, envying one another.”
Dear church members, the world
is watching us all the time.
Mas. J. H. Summers.
Taking things easy means a hard
seige of paying.
If you knew the value of Chumber-
Iniu's Salve you would never wish to be
M'ifhout it. Here are some of the dis
eases for which it is especially vnluable:
sore nipples, chapped hands,burns, frost
bites, chilblains, chronic sore eyes, itch
ing piles, tetter, salt rheum and eczema.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Dr.
Paul Penistou, Newnan, Ga.
Mouey to loan on real estate at 7 per
cent. Apply to L. M. Farmer.
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