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Five Little Foxes.
Among my tender vines I spy
A little fox named—By-and-by.
Then set upon him quick, Right-away I say,
The swift young hunter
Around each tender vine I plant,
1 find the little fox—1 can’t.
Then fast as ever hunter ran,
Chase him with bold and brave—I can.
No use in trying—Jags and whines
The fox among my tender vines.
Then drive him low, and drive him high,
With this good hunter—I’ll try.
Among the vines in my small lot
Creeps in the young fox—1 forgot.
Then hunt him out and to his den
With—l-wili-not-forget-again.
A little fox is hidden there
Among my vines, named—I don’t care.
Then let I’m sorry—hunter true— and
Chase him afar from vines you.
—Sunshine and Shadow.
Flowers and Trees.
A game, full of fun, although it is
old, is called Flowers and Trees. As
many as are present can play. The
first one says, for instance: “My first
is a public house, my second is a state
to which all must come, my third is a
command to depart; my all is a flow
er.” Answer: "In-di-go.” Only |a
minute is given for guessing, the one
who guesses has a turn. A list of
flowers and trees can be looked up
before playing unless one is familiar
with a good many.—Washington Star.
In the Sewing-Room.
“You are a pushing sort,” said the
Scissors to the Timble. \
“Yes,” replied the latter, “but I’d
like your life better. It’s just ripping.
And you?” to the Needle.
“Well,” replied the latter, “my life
Is just sew-sew. But then, though not
a blunt individual, I generally come
to the point.”
“Oh, you have an eye to things,” in
terposed the Pin, "but I generally
control matters by my head work."
“I am sorry,” remarked the Spool,
“that I can’s be serious, for I’m in a
continuous round.”
But here the seamstress appeared,
and soon all felt themselves in pretty
much of a box.—Baltimore American.
Three Brothers Became Trees.
There was once three brothers who
went to see the lord of life and win
their hearts’ desires. One, though tall
' enough, wished to be taller still. He
had tried in many ways to make him
self taller, because he wished to be
admired and looked up to by smaller
people, and win the love of the beauti
ful Indians of his tribe. To make
himself look taller, tban-he really was,
he put soft clay into the mocassins,
to raise him on his feet, and he plas
tered up his hair to stand high, and
on top of it was a long turkey tail.
But -what he wished for was to be tall
er still. The second brother asked
that he might live always, where he
might behold all the beauty of the
land, and rest in peace forever; the
third brother asked to live to a great
age and always to be healthy till he
died.
: jNow, when the lord of life heard
what they desired he summoned his
servant, the earthquake, and com
manded him to set them firmly with
their feet fast planted in the ground,
■and when this was done the three
brothers were turned to pine trees.
The lord of life paid heed to their
wishes, for he gave them what they
most desired.
He who would be tall overtopped
all the trees in the forest; even the
turkey tail was not forgotten; it
w—taves tP. this si
a half hour, the mother was ready to
reclaim her ehiid, she found a happy
baby cooing and trying to devour a
bunch of keys at one gulp.
She laughter as she took the young
ster and (hanked Jack. Then she
adiiea, quite in fun, “I wish you were
going clear across."
Jack saw his opportunity. He said,
“Madam, I’m a college student, out of
funds, and longing for home. If you
will pay my passage to America, 1
will take care of your baby all the
way across.”
His proposition was ac’cepted, and
ho kept his word. He is a prominent
lawyer now, and he looks back with
considerable amusement to his ex
perience in getting home from Eu
rope.—Youth’s Companion.
A Queer Little Man.
Dorothy’s father said that he was
going to tell a story to anybody who
wanted to listen. So Dorothy stop
ped crying and Bob stopped crying so
dreadfully lour, because their father
began right away: “Once there was a
little man,—a very little man,—and
he had on a green coat and a red hat,
and there was “something^ under his
coat that made it poke out at one
side. He was going along the middle
of a country road. A small boy and
girl in a pony carriage met him.”
Dorothy’s and Bob’s father stopped.
Both of his children were quiet, and
they both said now: “Go on, papa!
Why don’t you go on?"
“Weren’t you foolish to cry?’’ said
their father.
“Yes,” said Dorothy.
“To cry because it rained,” said
their father.
“But we wanted to go out,” said
Bob.
“Well, no matter!” said Dorothy,
“we don’t want to go. Just please
tell the story, papa.”
“Yes, daddy, go on, won’t you?”
said Bob.
“Are you ashamed of crying?” ask
ed liis father. And Bob laughed, be
cause he saw that his father was real
ly laughing, and he said: “Yes, daddy,
Now will you go on?”
So then the father went on, “That
queer little man with the green hat”—
“ '^wasn’t a hat,” shouted
green
Dorothy and Bob, “red!”
“Oli yes,—much obliged,—red liat.
He was walking along in a very proud
manner,—you’d be surprised,—stamp
ing each foot down hard as he went
He was square .in the middle
of the road, looked as if he thought
he was a whole procession; but he
stared, His hilt—it right do|rn ‘really toward., soldier the ground.
was a cap
had a.large black visor, shiny,—you
know what a visor is,—to keep thfe^
sun out of his eyes? Yes; well, he
didn’t see those two children in the
pony carriage till they were so near
him that they had to stop. Why, they
felt quite anxious, you know, for they
might have run over him! such a
queer little man!”—
“How old were they?” Bob and
Dorothy wanted to know.
“Six years and four years, just like
Dorothy and you.”
“In a pony carriage! You wouldn’t
let us go, alone, daddy!”
“No. Well, these children were
good ones; they didn’t bawl because
it rained.”
“No matter, daddy; maybe they
were half a year older than we are.
Go on, won’t you, please?
“That very little man strutted along
till he fairly touched the kind old
pony’s nose. Then he seemed much
surprised, gave quite a jump, and
looked vip. And t: in. the two in the
Georgia Briefs
Items of State Interest Culled
From Random Sources.
Wage-Earners’ League Organized.
A Wage Earners’ Democratic
League of the state of Georgia has
been organized in Savannah, beginning
its life by passing resolutions assailing
the administration of Governor Hoke
Smith and endorsing the candidacy for
governor of Hon. Joe Brown. It con
sists of Savannah workingmen.
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A County Line Election.
The approaching county line election
is creating no little stir in Banks and
Jackson counties. Maysville being lo
cated in both of these •ounties, there
is a movement on foot to place the
city altogether in one of the two. The
taxable wealth of the place is about
equally divided between, them, and both
sides are pulling for their respective
counties. The election will take place
in May.
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Receivers' Certificates Authorized.
Judge Newman of the United States
district court at Atlanta has granted
an order authorizing A. B. Andrews, re
ceiver of the Tallulah Falls railroad,
to issue receivers’ certificates to the
amount of $100,000, to be used in pay
ment of obligations of that road. The
certificates are to be issued in denomi
nations of $25, $50, $100, $500, and $1,
000, and are to be used in liquidating
obligations of the Tallulah Falls road.
Six per cent interest and semi-annual
payments thereof are stipulated in the
order of the court.
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Methodist Educational Convention.
Preparations are being made for the
third educational convention of the
Methodist Episcopal church, south,
which is to be held in Atlanta May 19-
21 next. Between 800 and 1,000 dele
gates are expected and the meeting will
be national-in importance.
Dr. Joel Daves, presiding elder of the
Atlanta district of the North Georgia
conference, is now arranging the local
end of the convention. The sessions
of the convention will he held in the
auditorium of the First Methodist
church on Peachtree street.
* *
Plans for Georgia Buildings.
A Washington dispatch says: The su
pervising architect of the treasury has
sent a representative of his office to
Augusta to report on the needs of the
public building there.
Representative Hardwick has intro
duced a bill appropriating $ 300,000 for
a new building thiSre, or the enlarge
ment of the present one.
The plans for the public building at
Dalton have been completed and the i
contract for its erection will be award
ed in about two weeks.
The plaits for the Marietta building
will be completed in two weeks.,
* * *
Fair Agreement Sanctioned.
At a meeting of the directors of
the Atlanta Fair association, held a
few days ago, the agreement made by
the committee from this association
■with the Farmers’ Union for the fair
to be held in Atlanta this fall under
the auspices of the Farmers’ Union was
sanctioned.
The date set for the fair this fall
is October 8 to 24.
This was the only matter taken up
by the directors, but the unanimous
sentiment was that this fair would be
the greatest success of the long series
of these yearly affairs.
A premium list will be decided upon
eration and organization of existing
schools in the state, but is undertaking
the missionary work of planting schools
1* those sections where none exist”
* *
Militia to Pay More Rent.
Hereafter each company or troop or
battery of artillery will be allowed $15
per month for armory rent from the
state military fund instead of $12.50 M M
heretofore. An allowance of $60 a ye
i s made for brigade headquarters.
The rental allowance to regime!
headquarters $100 $150 has annum, been increased and unasfl f|
to per anl
ed battalions are allowed $75,
crease of $25. I
The general order issued by Aa
tant General Scott also announces j I
reorganization of the coast artillery,
principal feature of which is the aa
tion of a chaplain with the rank of c!
tain.
ACT OF BRAVE WOMAN*
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Mrs. Jones Used Revolver and Saved Life
of Father, in Desperate Struggle
With Negro Burglar.
Mrs. Ed Jones, a prominent woman
of Montgomery, Ala., shot and killed
a negro burglar at her home in that
city at 3 o’clock Sunday morning.
At the time the shot was fired the
burglar was engaged in a hand-to-hand
struggle with her aged father, Barney
Rhody, and was attempting to pull hi'
out through a window, where a neg}
confederate stood to aid the burgid
The inmates of the house were aro^
ed by a noise just under Mr. Rhodj]
window. "Mrs. Jones went into h<
father’s room to investigate and in d
doing aroused her father, who was su
aslee P- Upon awakening Mr. Rhi
threw open the window and was sei!
by the burglar and a desperate stru:
then ensued. Miss Maud RhodjJ
younger sister of Mrs. Jones, ri
into the room, armed with an ire®
which she wielded with tellinjfl wfl
upon the head of the negro,
for an instant, however,
1. old upon Mr. Rhody. M
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overcome and dragged thr
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PRICE OF?
Subject of Dissuasion at a Conference of
Presidents of Farmers’ Union in
Little Rock, Ark.
The conference of state presidents of
the Farmers’ Union, which opened in
Little Rock Thursday, closed Friday
evening. The principal feature of the
session was the discussion of the price
of cotton and if the union should con
tinue to hold the staple until it reached
il5 cents per pound, the minimum fig
ure fixed by the last national conven
tion, which was held in Little Rock
last summer. It was predicted by the
presidents attending this conference
that a reactionary wave will set in and
that the market price will soar again by
or before the first of June. In order to
meet the situation plans are being per
fected to assist irf holding all cotton
from the market for at least 60 or 90
days. The cotton now stored and any
toattonjhat may have reached the stage
Bte|g^jimpa {gffiffjllHHf 3$! as “distressed,"
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National Convention.
The National Populist convention
sembled In St. Louis Thursday, The
Nebraska delegation, which was trying
to procure a postponement of the popu
list national convention in the inter
est of W. J. Bryan, made no progress
during the day, and neither did> the
convention except as to speeches. Af
ter two sessions were held, at the ccv
elusion of which permanent
tion had not been accomplished, the
convention adjourned until Friday.
The Nebraska delegates declared
they would bolt-if the convention at
tempts to place a ticket in the field
at this time. Their leader.; said:
‘‘Nebraska is in earnest.-about this
matter, and we shall bolt if the con
vention attempts to nominate Thomas
E. Watson or any one else. We are not
alone, for we have a^smjances that Min
nesota, Georgia, and possibly Michigan
Kansas will walk out when we
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Cbargps Brought Agaimt Him By
Cooke Ignored by Methodists.
The charges preferred against Chan
celior Day, of Syracuse university, by
the Rev. George A. Ccoke, of Brandon,
Vt., were ruled out of court by Bishop
David H. Moore, at the opening of the
one hundred and ninth session of the
New York Methodist Episcopal Confer
ence in New York city Wednesday,
Bishop Moore, in dismissing the charg
es, said he regarded the complaint
against Chancellor Day as a direct at
tack upon free speech and free press,
The decision was greeted with cheers
and long continued applause.
The charges against Chancellor Day
contained five counts, and were to the
effect that he had defamed President
Roosevelt in some of his public utter
ances. Dr. Day made no effort to an
swer the charges.
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