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DOMAIN
THOSE DIRTY LITTLE FINGERS.
From the moment he could stand alone and
toddle
Across the bedroom floor from chair to chair,
There never was any respite for his mother :
He was getting into mischief everywhere.
There were somersaults distracting down the
stairway,
And tumbles off the sofa, to be sure,
And the bumps he got were really quite terrific,
But none a mother’s kisses couldn’t cure.
He’d a most plebian fondness for the kitchen,
Whose precincts were his favorite retreat,
And the coal-hod held for him a fascinaliotl.
For he seemed to think its contents good toeat.
But the thing that caused his mother’s greatest
worry.
And made her ply her house cloth o’er and o’er,
Was his subsequent invasion of the parlor
With his grimy little fingers on the door.
How the whiteness of the paint was decorated
By those dirty little digitsevery day !
Though his weary mother wept and begged and
scolded
He pursued the even tenor of his way.
It was evident that he was only happy
When his fingers held their share, and more,
of dirt ;
And the only thing he loathed was soap and
water,
And O ! my goodness gracious ! how that hurt.
But it hurts us now to contemplate the cleanness
Of everything alxrnt this quiet place ;
All the finger-marks that used to mar the wood¬
work
Have disappeared, nor left the slightest trace.
For the last of them were wiped away last
summer,
Glad summer that is gone forevermore !
We are lonely, Lord, and hungering to see him,
With his grimy little fingers on tlie door.
O—O
No Use for Her.
A certain small village in the
west, far removed from the noise
and bustle of commerce, boasts a
female preacher, and the lady’s
duties are many. One day she
may visit the sick, another at¬
tend a funeral and the next bap¬
tize a baby. One afternoon she
was preparing the sermon for the
following Sabbath when she
heard a timid knock at the par¬
sonage door. Answering the
summons, she found a bashful
young German standing on the
step apd twirling his straw hat
in his hands.
“Good afternoon,” the preach¬
er remarked, “what do you
wish?”
“Dey say der minister lifed in
dis house, heh?”
i i \ r es, sir.”
“Yess? Veil, I want to kit
merrit.” /
“All right; I can marry you,”
she said.
The lady’s hair is beginning to
silver and the German glanced af
it. Then he jammed Ids hat on
his head and hurried down the
path.
“What’s the matter?” she
called after him.
“You gits no chance mit me,”
lie called back. “I don’t vant
you ; I liaf got me a girl alretty.”
o—o
A Really Unexpected Proposal.
When lie proposed marriage she
asked for time to think it over.
“This is so unexpected,” she
said.
He gave her the necessary time
and she finally decided that he
fulfilled all the requirements of
the situation. Then they reached
a point where they could discuss
matters calmly.
“Of course,” he said jokingly,
“it wasn’t really unexpected at
all.”
“Oh, yes, it was,” she replied.
“Absurd!” be exclaimed. “A
girl always says that. She knows
what’s coming and when it’s com¬
ing, because she is just naturally
an expert in such matters.”
“I thought I was, but you fool¬
ed me,” she insisted.
“And it was a complete sur¬
prise?”
“It was.”
“I don’t understand it,” lie
commented.
“Well,” she explained inge¬
nuously, “you had overlooked so
many splendid chances that I
gave you for a proposal that I
had begun to think nothing ever
would give you nerve enough to
speak out, so it really was unex
pecte( j ,j
“Oh”’he said, and that was
nil There didn’t to^ay seem to be
anything anj thing else else tosay.
An Answer She Deserved.
A popular commercial traveler
attended a large social
one evening, and after supper was
over was promenading with one
of the guests, a young lady, to
whom he had just been intro¬
duced. In the course of the
conversation the subject of busi¬
ness came up and she said:
“By the way, Mr. Scott, may I
ask what your occupation is?”
“Certainly,” he answered, “I
am a commercial traveler.”
“How very interesting! Do
you know, Mr. Scott, that in the
part of the country where I
side commercial travelers are not
received in good company?”
Quick as a flash he replied:
“They are not here, either,
madam.”
o—o
City Sociability.
A gentleman in a representa¬
tive neighborhood descended the
steps of his house just as a lady
living next door did the same.
U|on impulse, says the Indian¬
apolis News, he raised his hat
and said:
“A very beautiful day, mad¬
am.”
She replied:
“Lovely.”
They went their ways.
She thought:
“How courteous and neighbor¬
ly of him.
He thought:
“How pleasant and unusual to
live next door to a family which
is not uppish! How agreeable
life might be in New York if all
neighbors should be on speaking
terms after so short an interval
as fifteen years.”
Moral—Accidents happen be¬
tween the best regulated fami¬
lies.
o—o
Why a Long Engagement.
There is in one of the depart¬
ments at Washington a handsome
and still young widow, who has
made two matrimonial ventures
already, and is now engaged to a
bachelor business man of that
city. A few weeks ago a friend
asked her when the wedding was
to occur.
“Oh, not before next year,”
she replied.
“But why do you have such a
long engagement?” the surprised
friend inquired.
For a few moments the widow
hesitated and then replied: “I’ll
tell you the real reason, but you
must solemnly promise never to
repeat what I say.”
Of course the friend, consumed
with curiosity at the mysterious
manner of the widow, promised
as requested, and then told the
story to all her confidential
friends, which accounts for its ap¬
pearance here.
“Well, you see,” she said,
“when my second husband died
I had a line monument erect¬
ed over his grave, and have since
been paying for it on the* install¬
ment plan. 1 will not have it
completely settled for until the
early part of next year, Of
course you will appreciate the
impossibility of my telling Harry
and asking him to finish paying
for it, and that is what I would
have to do if we were married
very soon.”
o—o
The Neat Little Darn.
I love to see a neat little darn
in household napery or garments
of any kind,” said an observant
old lady. “It always suggests to
me care and neatness and good
management, Slovens never
darn tidily or take the proverbial
stitch in time that saves some
useful possession. When I was
a little girl nurse used to tell us
a story about a beautiful and rich
and altogether delightful.and de
sirable young man, who liked two
sisters. One was much prettier
and livelier than the other, and
naturally, he rather preferred
her to the quieter sister, but
one unlucky day for her he took
her> Her slipper
stuck , , . the ,, road , and , came oil, ...
m
and he was horribly shocked to
see a great hole in the heel °*
her stocking. Of course, he did
not like her after that. And the
next day, by a strange ,coinci-:
THE MURRAY NEWS, FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1004
deuce., while walking with the
plainer sister, she, too, in some
way or other, lost her slipper, and
this time he noticed the neatest
little darn imaginable .on the toe
of her stocking, and loved her at
once and always Perhaps our
nurse’s tale has had something
to do with my liking for people
who darn their things neatly, but
1 think it shows a desirable char¬
acteristic,” concluded the old
lady.
0—O
Tight Lacing in Germany.
The German Empress, says the
New York Sun, is said to be suf¬
fering from the effects of tight
lacing. This story is easy to be¬
lieve in view of the extent to
which the practice prevails among
her country-women.
The German idea of a small
waist is, however, quite different
to that prevailing here. Amer¬
ican women seek to present a
small waist line to the view of
the person who faces them. The
German, on the the other hand,
draws her corset string tight in
order that she may have a small
waist-line when one views her in
profile.
But this difference in the ideal
of corseted beauty does not lead
to any less pulling on the strings.
They must be drawn as tightly
as ever.
The waitresses in the south
German beer restaurants, who
are compelled to work from six
o’clock in the morning until long
after midnight, are apparently
not inconvenienced by the rigid¬
ity of their tightly drawn stays,
although it is surprising to an ob¬
server that they should be able
to move about, much less stand
on their feet for so many hours.
The German actresses, who
lace themselves with the same
idea of looking narrow when they
stand in profile, are unable to
move except from the waist down
with any degree of grace or ease,
so tightly are their stays drawn.
The servants in small families are
equally addicted to the habit.
STATE NEWS
The postoffice at Chapiii, Mitch
ell county, was discontinued on
May 14.
Starling Yearwood, a pioneer
citizen, died at his home near
Mt. Airy.
The Georgia Pharmaceutical
Association assembled in Augus¬
ta on May )7.
Thomas L. Minix has been ap¬
pointed postmaster at Gravey,
Telfair county.
An effort is being made to have
the new Odd Fellows Home lo¬
cated in Macon.
A postoffice has been establish¬
ed at Ellison Bridge, Burke
county, and William M. Daniel
appoi nted postmaster.
George Obambley, an operative
of the Kincaid cotton mills at
Griffin, fell from a train of the
Central railroad and was instant¬
ly killed.
Fire of unknown origin destroy¬
ed the barn, and contents and
three fine mules belonging to
Claiborne Bailey, a prominent
young farmer of near Hartwell,
Dr. J. B. Smith, a citizen of
Perry, is the oldest person in
Houston county. He was born in
Germany in 1818 and settled in
East Tennessee when a young
man.
Tallulah Falls gets the next
annual session of the county
school commissioners of Georgia.
Macon was a bidder, but the
former place was the choice of
the delegation.
In the office of the clerk of the
city court of Atlanta Ethel Ar¬
nold has filed a suit against the
Southern railway company. She
asks $10,000 on account of the
death of her husband.
Crops in 2®“ B d ^“ f C0 ^ n ne B ®e
goo(L Oorn ig looking well,
Q a ^ g an£ j -wheat are suffering for
the W antof rain. The peach crop
will be large this year.
yj any f armer s are replanting
cotton. The dry weather
has continued so long that in
some sections only about one-half
of a stand of cotton has come up.
conl crop is fairly good.
^ ^ be ne8esgary for the city
0 f Dublin to erect a new school
building 0 r to provide more room
j n the present building. All of
the twelve class rooms in the
Beautiful Balmy Spring
HAS COME AT LAST
and we have brought with it an up=to=date line of
Men's, Boys' and Children's Straw Hats
in all the different styles, and the prices are rock-bottom.
We also have an elegant line of Dress Goods, in
1 LAWNS, DIMITIES, BATISTES, ETC. |
all new and right up to the minute.
Our Stock of Clothing Still Complete
We have added to our already complete stock a nice
line of Furniture, Rugs and Matting, and can save
you money if you will see us before you buy.
Oxfords Oxfords Oxfords
Men’s Women’s and Children’s—We can fix you in any kind you want
When in Dalton we cordially invite you to make our
store your headquarters. Thanking you for past favors,
we are, yours very truly
CAYLOR & YATES
present, building are now occu¬
pied and there is need now for at
least two more rooms.
Several carloads of earth were
precipitated onto the tracks of
the .Southern railway at Pine
Mountain tunnel near Columbus,
the second cave-in to occur there
recently, and traffic was consider¬
ably delayed.
In his charge to the grand jury
at the convening of the superior
court of Muscogee county, Judge
W. B. Butt took occasion to call
down the members of the jury in
regard to adjourning without con¬
sulting the judge.
Hon. J. IJ. Adams, of Demor
est, was seriously hurt at Union
Point hy a Georgia train. lie
had left the Athens branch of the
Georgia road to board the train
on the main line, when he was
struck by a moving train and
thrown down. His right arm was
mangled by the wheels and the
accident seems to be serious.
M . V. Richards, land industrial
agent for the Southern railway,
with headquarters in Washing¬
ton, will deliver an address at
the next annual convention of
the Greater Georgia Association,
to be held on June 28, in Atlan¬
ta, at which time he will urge the
advisability of the state of Geor¬
gia creating a board of immigra¬
tion.
Advices have already been re¬
ceived at the office of the adju¬
tant general accepting the
invitation to encamp at Manas¬
sas, Va., for the fall maneuvers
from -4,000 of the Georgia state
troops. The invitation extended
to the Georgia state troops asked
for 1,250 men to spend two weeks
with all expenses paid by the
government. Adjutant General
Corbin notified the department
that 200 more soldiers could be
accepted from Georgia.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
For Ordinary.
I respectfully announce myself a candidate for
Ordinary of Murray county, subject to the ac¬
tion of the people at the October election.
R M, GUDGER
James B. Hughes, M. D.
Spring Place, Georgia.
Patronage of surrounding community solicited,
and all calls cheerfully answered.
Full line of Medicines kept on hand, especial¬
ly preparations suited to chronic troubles.
Residence, the dwelling formerly occupied by
Col. ]. J. Bates.
Where Are You Going?
My pretty maid? I’m going to Tybee, Sir,
she said. And that’s the place where people
are going this year to have a good time.
Hotel Tybee
With its many attractions, its fine orchestra,
its splendid bathing and its excellent cuisine,
is the most popular resort on the South At¬
lantic coast. Rates $2.50 per day; $12-50
and $15.00 per week.
The Pulaski House
Is the most popular place in Savannah, and should he your headquarters
when in the city. Write for Illustrated Booklet,
CHAS. F. GRAHAM, Proprietor
TRAVEL VIA THE
Southern Railway
The Greatest Southern System
The shortest, quickest and most direct line
from North Georgia to points in the West
and Northwest. Unexcelled Passenger Serv¬
ice—Fast Through Trains 1 —Pullman Sleepers
—Elegant Day Coaches
For full particulars as to Rates, Schedules, Connec¬
etc., write
J. E. SHIPLEY, T. P. A.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Thoroughbred Hogs.
I have thoroughbred Poland
China Hogs, and the Duroc
sey and Berkshire.
W. A. Latch
Fort Mountain, Ga.
The Murray News, fl a year.
W. W. SEYMOUR
Attorney-at- Law - Dalton, Ga.
Collections a Specialty.
Prompt Attention Given to
all Business.
Loans Negotiated.
Read The Murray News.