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REMARKABLE WORK
Of the Georgia Industrial Home for
Destitute Children.
Two years ago, February 22,1899,
Rev. W. E. Mumford, Founder, open
ed the doors of “Faith Cottage,”
Georgia Industrial Home, five miles
north of Macon in this state. The
specific object of the Home is the
salvation of the neglected, abandon
ed and outcast children of destitute
and disreputable white parents. It
is non-sectarian and non-sectional
It is now in possession of 200 acres
of land. Over $8,000 have been ex
pended in the purchase of the farm
and improvements thereon. There
are now six nice buildings besides
the outbuildings and bams.
The Home started with three chil
dren on its opening day and has
cared for about one hundred since
that time, eighty of whom are now
its happy, and promising inmates.
These children are from over thirty
counties in Georgia. Every leading
city in this state is represented. It
is the only Home ever founded in
Georgia for the specific class it pro
poses to reach. It is a formatory-
taking these children from the slums
of city and country between the
ages of 6 and 15, when habits and
character are forming, and turning
the course of their lives into chan
nels of self-respect and self-support.
It is a home—not a prison—a Pre-
ventatory—not a Reformatory. It
proposes the rescue of helpless inno
cence from depraved, vicious and
immoral surroundings. It is sup
ported entirely by private bevevo-
lenee, through the efforts of its
founder. It is regularly chartered
under the laws of Georgia, and is
highly endorsed by press and pulpit,
as well as by the fraternities, and
all the state executive officers.
There is a board of directors to
whom the founder and president is
responsible. The founder and board
of directors call upon the people of
Georgia everywhere to give March
30th as a day of labor and thought
to'this unique and wonderful under
taking. In office, shop, field, stpre
and home let us who have had a
chance in life try to help these lit
tle destitute white children of Geor
gia. A day’s work for orphans in
the fall and a day’s work for aban
doned and destitute children in the
spring would give to Georgia two of
the brightest days in the history of
her years.
The board of directors of this
great Home are E. J. Willinghom,
merchant; P. D. Pollock, president
Mercer University; B. M. Wiley, or
dinary of Bibb county; W. A. Davis,
Past Grand Master of Masons, all of
Macon, and State School Commis
sioner G.JEfc. Glenn, of Atlanta.
Address all letters to Rev. W. E.
Mumford, President, Box 573, Ma
con, Ga.
A MAN AND HIS VIOLETS.
Tlxe Story of the Vivacious Maid
Who Received the Flowers.
“Yes, it was a lovely bunch of vio
lets,” sighed the girl who received
tifem, “but I wish they had never come
to me. You see, it was this way: The
man who sent them is one of those aw
fully nice fellows who bore you to
death—the kind you feelcSO glad to see
talking to some one else, don’t you
know,” she ended appealingly.
“Yes; I’ve seen the type,” sympathet
ically replied her auditor.
“Well, on my birthday he sent that
lovely bunch of violets—perfect beau
ties they were—with a dear little note
to the effect that he had to go out of
town, but would be represented by
these little purple clad messengers, so
like my eyes and whose fragrance al
ways reminded him of me. I thought
the note rather nice,” she concluded
pensively, “and put the flowers in the
parlor on the center table, writing back
that I had done so. Why in the world
was I bo prompt?” she wailed.
“It was no more than polite.”
“Oh, much more! My dear, it is al
ways idiotic to go into details like that.
Well, he did not go out of town, but
was ‘fortunately’ detained and came
around after all to tell me so. And
those wretched violets”— •
“Surely they were all right?”
“I had loaned them to Annie to wear
to the Blanks' dinner. Of course I
had to tell him that the heat of the
room was too great, and I had put
them in the icebox. Just as he was
going and I was congratulating myself
on my escape in sailed that miserable
girl, violets and all! If he had only
gone, as he said he would, it would
have been all right. Men are so unre
liable!”—New York Mail and Express.
The Dude and the Artist,
Paris is laughing over how an artist
got even with a dude who, having sat
for his picture, was so dissatisfied with
the result that he refused to pay for it.
The Count de X. recently had a crayon
picture of himself made, which he
afterward pretended to find fault with.
“It does not bear the slightest resem
blance to me,” he said, “and I will not
take it” The artist protested, but all
to no avail. “All right, monsieur,” he
i*emarked finally, “if it is not at all like
you, of course I can’t reasonably ex
pect to get paid for it.” After the
count had gone the painter added to the
portrait a magnificent pair of ass’ ears
and exhibited it to the gaze of the
curious public. It bad not been long
so exposed when the count broke into
the artist’s studio in a towering rage
and, finding that threats availed him
nothing, at last offered to buy it at a
considerable advance upon the original
price.
‘It was not strange that you failed
to recognize your resemblance to the
picture at first,” said the painter, de
termined to be revenged for the slight
put upon his work. “But I knew you
would notice the likeness as soon as I
added those ears.”
The Pennsylvania legislature, it is
said, is about to move a resolution
asking congress to submit an amend
ment to the constitution to elect
senators by popular vote. Investi-
galidn by a committee from this
legislature shows*that there is little
doubt that two-thirds of the states
are in favor of such a movement. If
twenty-nine states join Pennsylvania
in this request, congress is compelled
by law to call a convention to pro
pose such an amendment. This
amendment will then have to be rat
ified by' thirty-four states, or three-
fourths of all, to make it a part of
our organic law. ?
Hundreds of tramps, many of the
most vicious kinds, are causing seri
ous annoyance in some parts of
Northern Wisconsin, where the cold
weather has driven them to open
crime in order to secure shelter in
lock-ups. Burglaries and assaults
are common, and officers are kept on
.the jump.,
Had To Conquer Or Die.
“I was just abobt gone,” writes
Mrs. Rosa Richardson, of Laurel
Springs, N. C., “I had consump
tion so bad that the best doctors
said I could not live more than a
month, but I began to use Dr.
King’s New Discovery and was
wholly cured by seven bottles and
am now stoui and well.” It’s an
unrivaled life-saver in Consump
tion, Pneumonia, La Grippe and
Bronchitis; infallible for Coughs,
Colds, Asthma, Hay Fever, Croup
or Whooping Cough. Guaranteed
bottles .50c and $1.00. Trial, bot
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store.
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JOURNAL.
Animal Peculiarities.
If a female fox (vixen) gets caught
in a steel trap and is discovered by
the male or fox dog, it is said he inva
riably kills her, although I have net
heard it stated that the vixen would
kill the dog fox or another vixen or the
male another male.
If a cow becomes impaled on a fence
and groans with pain, the whole herd
instantly rush wildly to the spot, fight
and apparently do their best to destroy
her if not beaten off.
A hog confined with others in a pen
breaks out and on being returned to
the pen is at once set upon and bitten
by the others.
Why, with all the instinct animals
possess, is the desire so strong to in
jure or destroy rather than to help or
rescue?—New York Sun.
Wood That Causes Sneezing:.
Among its many curious products
South Africa includes <the “sneeze
wood” tree, which takes its name from
the fact that one cannot cut it with a
saw without sneezing, as the fine dust
has exactly the effect of snuff. Even
in planing the wood it will sometimes
cause sneezing. No insect, worm or
barnacle will touch it. It is very bitter
to the taste, and when placed in water
it will sink. The color is light brown
and the grain very elose and hard.
For dock work, piers or jetties it is a
useful timber, lasting a long while un
der water.
How She Settled the Question.
The question of precedence at dinner
and at social functions at Washington
is a weighty one in official circles, but
once upon a time there was a western
senator whose wife thought very light
ly on this subject. She was in Wash
ington for a good time, and she re
solved to have it without bothering
about precedence.
• This fearless little woman gave a
dinner on one occasion, and when it
was time to get her guests from the
drawing room into the dining room she
said:
“There Is some precedence about all
this, but I don’t know what it is. Just
shoo out to dinner, every one or you,
and sit down anywhere you please.”
This stroke of western diplomacy
worked perfectly.—Exchange.
-DEALERS IN-
What Hurt Her.
Mrs. Heartless—Just to think my
husband fell and broke—and broke—
Mrs. Simpythetik—There, dear;
heard all about it. The poor man broke
his leg. It’s a great affliction, I know,
but—
Mrs. Heartless—Oh, I didn’t mean
that! You haven’t heard the worst. He
was carrying my new Venetian vase
when he fell, and broke It too.—Ohio
State Journal.
Temperate.
Grimsby—So you want to marry my
daughter, sir! What are your princi
ples? Are you temperate?
Fledgely—Temperate! Why, I am so
strict that it gives me pain even to find
my boots tight.—Pick-Me-Up.
Close Resemblance.
Contractor—You won’t sell me a car
load of bricks on credit?
Dealer—No. Me and my brick are
very much alike. We're hard pressed
for cash.—Philadelphia Record.
His Task.
George—With the assurance of your
love I could conquer the world.
Grace—That will not be necessary
All you have to do is to conquer papa
London Tit-Bits.
Where tbe Shoe Pinehed.
Young Girl (glancing at her pedal ex
tremities)—Oh, dear! My feet are so
awfully big!
Practical Auntie—But you stand on
them all right, don’t you?
Young Girl—Oh, yes, but so do other
folks too—New York Tribune.
Ready Excuse.
Beggar—Say, boss, won’t you help a
poor fellow out of a job?
Joakley—GraciopsI Can’t you get put
of it without my help? Pretend you're
sick or something.—Philadelphia Press.
To Cure A Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund tbe
money if it fails to'enre. E. W.
Grove’s signature is on each box.
25/.
Why should a novel writer be an ex
traordinary looking animal? Because
of his tale coming out of hi3 head.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The man who lives for himself alone
is apt to be neglected by tbe world at
large.—Chicago News.
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