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•s 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. —