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- THE GEORGIA CRACKER, SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1902. XT LACKED NOVELTY A COLLECTION OF HEIRLOOMS THAT WEARIED AN OBSERVER. The System of Renting Out Family Glory ani Supplying Ancestral Trappiags at So Mnela Per Hoar Has Its Drawfejicks. Two guests were being shown through a Philadelphia mansion in which a nouveau riche broker was entertaining a party of fashionable friends. The gplendid array of family heirlooms, all bespeaking a lineage of earliest colo nial origin, deeply impressed one of the party. He was a stranger but lately arrived from Baltimore. Oddly enough, bis companion, a Philadelphian, seem ed flippantly indifferent to these treas ured relics of a family’s honored his tory., '. * ' “Remarkable collection of heirlooms our host has,” remarked the stranger as he stopped before a battle scarred sword of Revolutionary days. “Yes,” drawled the Philadelphian cynically, “very interesting. But un fortunately it lacks the charm of nov elty for me. Already this season I’ve seen the same batch of relics in three other Philadelphia houses.” “How could that be?” “Oh, simple enough. It only means that all four families^our host and the three others I refer to, hired their an cestral trappings from the same man.” “Hired them?” * “Yes, hired them. We have in this city an enterprising collector of colo nial junk who makes a business of renting out family glory to all who were unfortunate enough to be born Without it.” “Whew!” was the only Comment the astonished Baltimorean could utter. And doubtless, many Philadelphians would be moved to say “Whew!” if they could learn how many members of the Quaker City social elect are con strained to seek the assistance of the heirloom .dealer when they wish to give a brilliant function. It is a deception that is forced upon them, for unless you have distinguish ed appearing forbears yon stand little chance of penetrating the sacred pre cincts of the local fashionable set. Ancestry, not cash, is the open ses ame, and even if a man can claim some sort of a family tree his pretensions are questioned unless he can show some of the furniture or portraits that his American forefather brought with him on the Mayflower or the Welcome. Of course if the two vessels-named had been as large as the Great Eastern and had been loaded with nothing but heirlooms they couldn’t have carried half the stock needed to launch the de scendants of Pilgrim fathers into so ciety. Hence the need of an heirloom dealer. He has his warerooms in Pine street, in a part of the city which was once the center of fashion, but is now de serted by that element in consequence of the westward ihovement of the city’s elect. Ostensibly he is a curio dealer, but his revenue is mainly derived from furnishing and hanging the walls of fashionable dwellings with century old portraits. This clever manipulator of men’s vanities has ancient, straight backed furniture and copper kettles and snuff ers for candles and bullseye watches and similar, relics of ancient grandeur, all at your disposal for a night,, when you, poor fellow, with‘money, but no ancestors, want your friends to know what an old family yours is! He also has rare furnishings for libraries, and drawing rooms which you may rent if you have the price. It matters not from what part of the country the applicant hails or what particular descent he wishes to claim, his needs are promptly filled. For these'who wish to pose as lineal descendants of the stanch old, colonial patriots who fought the stamp tax and defied the power of King George at Bunker Hill and drew up the Declara tion there is especially attractive stock. For the haughty cavalier who “came over” with Lord Delaware there are costumes and furniture and portraits of more elaborate style, as befits the past of emigrants who in England basked in the favor of the king and were participants in brilliant court cer emonials. ; .*• The Quaker City allegiance to the honored memory of William Penn is a sentiment that the curio dealer has been careful to cherish. On his walls he has portraits of stu dious looking Quakers. On his shelves are modest Quaker clocks that did service in the days when the founder Was exchanging thirty blankets for Philadelphia. There are Quaker walking sticks, tin der boxes, documents on all subjects, household, utensils a legion. It is true that this system of supply ing ancestors has its disadvantages. Contretemps such as tlie one revealed Rt the beginning of this article are bound to occur. The hawklike eye of a connoisseur, trained to recognize in stantly" the value, authenticity and his tory of antiques, often pierces the de ception and remembers seeing the “treasured family heirlooms” some where else. But in the main people are gullible, and the wealthy but ple beian aspirant for social'honors vaunts the blueness of his blood and points H with pride to his hired heirlooms with out much danger of discovery. And meanwhile the crafty Pine street dealer smiles, waxes rich and echoes a celebrated remark of Puck’s regarding the average intelligence of mortals.—Philadelphia North Ameri can. « . Tlie Hen’s Plaint. "What’s the matter?” asked the roos ter. "More absehtmindedness?” "Yes,”, replied the hen. “I can never find things where I lay them ”—Phila delphia Record. INOCULATION IN ENGLAND. It "Was Lady Mary-, Wortley Slontagn Who Introduced it. . It was Lady IVfary Wortley Montagu who first introduced inoculation for smallpox in England. While residing in Belgrade in 1717 she saw the Turks practice “engrafting,” as. they called it, to produce a mild form of smallpox and stay its ravages. She examined the process and, feeing convinced of its efficacy, applied it to her three-year-old son. On her return to England she introduced It in London. At that time it was computed that one person in ev ery seven died of the smallpox. Yet she was opposed by the entire medical faculty. By order of government an experimeht was made upon five per sons then under sentence of death, and It proved perfectly successful. But Instead of Lady Mary being ac knowledged as a public benefactor she was persecuted with the most re lentless hostility. The faculty rose to a man against her. Even the clergy descanted on the awful Impiety of seek ing to take events out of the hands of Providence. The common people were urged to hoot her as an unnatural moth er who had risked the lives of her own children. However, the Princess- of Wales, afterward Queen Caroline, stood her friend, and truth and reason finally prevailed. It was about the year 1752 that Lady Montagu was honored by a monument erected to comrSemorate England’s gratitude to her for intro ducing inoculation. Dr. Edward Jenner substituted cow- pox inoculation in 1799; He lived to be rewarded by parliament by a grant of £10,000 and later by a second grant of £20,000, and in 185S a statue was erected to him in London. Only a bare credit was vouchsafed to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who bore all the per secution without any of the pecuniary reward she was entitled to and by no means a fair share of the glory. PRETTY DISTRUSTFUL. A Case Where Suspicion Might Be Carried Tdio Par. “I told the postmaster of a town at the foot of the Cumberland mountains that I proposed a two weeks* trip among the sights add scenes of the big hills,” said a Detroiter who rohms all over the country, “and asked him if he couldn’t give me a writing of some sort that would be a safe conduct in case I met with moonshiners. " *Yes;: I cbuld .write something, but I’m afeared it would do no good,* he replied. ‘They might read the letter, and know I*wrote it, but they’d still be suspicious.’ “ ‘Suspicions of what?’ “‘Suspicious that" you was a spy. They’d be so suspicious that they’d probably draw you up to a limb with a rope around your neck and let you hang for a minit.’ “‘Then they’d let me down and be lieve I was all right, wouldn’t they?’ • “ ‘I’m afeared not. I’m af eared they’d still be suspicious of you.’ “‘Suspicious of what?’ r “ ‘Suspicious that you was a yevenoo man. Then they’d draw you up again, and it might be two minits befo’ they let you down this time. Two minits is a plarty long time, to be kickin’ and; chokin’.* - “ ‘But they, would finally let me down?* tasked. “ ‘Yes; I reckon so.’ - * “ “And be convinced that I was • no revenue man?* “ ‘Yes; they might, jbut that wouldn’t end it. They’d still be suspicious.’ “ ‘Of what?’ • “ ‘That you was a blamed fule fur bein’ up thar at all, and this time they’d-pull you up and leave you hang- in’ fur the best part of a week.’ ’’—De troit Free Press. | BUCKINGHAM WAS TAKEN. They Gad Him Bare Before Cartala and Actor Went Down. During the first year of my travels as an actor I joined a troupe that was presenting Shakespearean tragedy. We senting Shakespearean tragedy. We Were playing in one of the provincial cities of England when a new actor, an Inexperienced amateur, joined the com pany and was assigned the Tole of Catesby in which to make his debut in the play of “Richard the Third.” Dur ing the progress of the piece one of his new lines is after a quick entrance ad dressed to King Richard, and he says: “My lord, the Duke of Buckingham Is taken!” : - I can remember that on the night of his first appearance he Was frightfully nervous and was anxious to proclaim the fact that the Duke of Buckingham was taken, as he had been practicing and studying it for several weeks. The result was that he got the wrong cue and made his entrance before time, crying out: “My lord, the Duke of Buckingham is taken!” Richard turned to him and in an un dertone said^“Get off! Get off! You’re too soon,” > The actor left the stage mortified and ipore “rattled’’ than ever, so that scarcely was he'in the wings before he again made the same mistake "and again proclaimed that the Duke of Buckingham ^sras taken. Richard turn ed upon him for the second time and told him to leave the stage. He also whispered, “Somebody take care of that idiot and tell him when-to make his entrance.” v -, The prompter grabbed the actor by the hand and when the proper time came said: “Now Is your time. Tell Richard he’s taken.” The actor rushed upon the stage, hes itated, looked at Richard and then in a wild tone of voice exclaimed: “We have him, by heaven, and we have him sure!” I believe the curtain went down, and, if I remember rightly, the curtain was not the only thing that went down.—-J. H. Stoddard In Saturday Evening Post THE LOST CHILD. A Dramatic Incident at an Ocean Grove Experience Meeting. It had been an experience meeting. Ten thousand people were assembled in the great. auditorium by the sea. There had been the handshake, the waving of handkerchiefs, the hymn, the prayer, the word which told the spiritual history of many a soul. The bishop stood upon the platform in the act of pronouncing-the benedic tion. Emotion was at its height. It seemed as if a spiritual wave had swept over the multitude, wrapping it in a divine caress. •' ; - At that moment a little child was passed up to the platform, and the bishop took it in his arms. “Lost child,” were the whispered words. The baby put its dimpled arms about the bishop’s neck and laid its head upon his shoulder, its yellow curls mingling with his gray hair. “Lost child,” said the bishop In his deep, sympathetic voice. “Does any one in the audience know this baby or to whom It belongs? Will the father or mother come and claim it?” There was silence, and the baby nes tled closer, and the women who sat near said, “Oh!” Then a man was seen, making his way to, thp altar. It was the baby’s fa ther. Instantly the child stretched but its arms to go to him. Then as fee gave it tip the bishop said: “There are 10,OOQ lost souls in Ocean Grove. The Father’s arms are waiting to receive them. So go to your Fa ther’s outstretched arms as has this little child.”—Detroit Free Press. . . • /:•; ■ Y ' Y ' ■ — f ents thought they knew it all. and they made up one of their own. and that’s why I am compelled to struggle against fate under the handicap of Reginald Claude de Yere Smithers.”—Washing ton Star. DISCUSS SCHOOL BUILDING. City Council, City Board of Education and Committee of Ten Meet. His Way. Sabbath School Teacher—When very angry, what should you do? Johnny Thiokneck—Knock the other feller down, sit on his head and then count 200. That’s the only safe way, ma’am.—Judge. Severely Ill* “It’s sick you’ve been, Mrs. McGinni- say?” “Sick, is It? I was that sick that I’d be a dead woman now if I hadn’t *a* lived.”—Indianapolis News. A Victim of Draconian Daw, Father (who has caught Patrick steal ing)—I thought you knew better than to commit a theft. You know how the law punishes people for small offenses? , Patrick — How about you, father, when you stole mother’s heart? You never got punished for that. Father—I got «a very severe punish ment, my son. I got penal servitude for life, and I am doing It now.—Tit- Bits. ' ^ ; No Hope For Him. Fair Visitor—What is this poor man in prison for? Jailer—For the murder of - his .wife, ma’am. ” Fair Visitor—Oh, what a pity! But isn’t he sweet, though ? Jailer--Yes, ma’am.' He’s too sweet to live.—Chicago News. Suited tlie Action to tlie Word. "I was to come on the stage stealth Ily and say ‘Hist!’ ” explained the fledgeling actor. . . “And”— "And I said it, and I was,” he mourn fully coneludecL^Baltimbre American. His Wheel, Won’t Rust. Hewitt—I got my wheel wet yester day. Jewett—-Been soaking your head, have you?—New York Herald. No matter how much money you may have* Jf you are poor in character that means poverty forever.—Ladies’ Home Journal. ' PICKINGS FROM FICTION. A thousand times better are the men who do than the weaklings who only know.—“God: Wills It” I’ve burned out the candle o’ the Lord’s mercy an’ blowed the ashes in his face.—“The Sign of the Prophet.” It is as bad to slave at work as to slave at pleasure, but God may forgive what people cannot help.—“Lazarre.” Nature works not for man’s enjoy ment but for her own satisfaction and her own glory.—“Our National Parks.’ Time has kindlier uses for his scythe than cutting short human lives. His chief use of it is to cut off the tops of human memories.—“The Usurper.” To really enjoy the holidays one should have money, uncounted money; in a coal scuttle, let us say, with a con venient little fire shovekclose at hand. —“The Last of the Knickerbockers,” Lovers of love are not lovers only. They are artists in emotion, always in quest of a still more subtle sensation, a joy more intense, a grief more bitter, and are unable to remain faithful to a monotonous fidelity, a tender constan cy.—“The Screen.” The city council, the board of edu cation, the committee of ten appoin ted at a public meeting last week and a number of citizens assembled at the city hall Thursday night to discuss the public school building matter. The committee of ten presented a report, embodyidg a report of a sub-commit tee of five, consisting of Messrs J. A. Pierce, T. P. Hudson, D. E. Evans, M. D. Hudson and F. M. Loden. This committee reports that the central school building is unsafe and cannot be repaired with any degree of satis- faetion, though several members of the committee come forward with suggestions as to what can be done. Messrs J. A. Pierce and M. D. Hud son state that the building cannot be used longer by repairing or otherwise, but should be torn away, as it cannot be rendered safe or satisfactory. Mr, Loden states that he does not know what rooms and conveniences a public school building require, and therefore,, cannot say whether, the old building can be utilized m any way. Mr. D. B. Evans presen ts,a plan for adding to and repairing the old build ing, providing for the tearing down of the wall at the southeast end and build ing a new wall at that end, and build ing a two-story with basement exten sion from back wall which will provide the additional room needed. After the report of the committee had been made a number of citizens dis cussed the matter and many * sugges tions were offered. Mayor Parker stated his views upon the matter, in which he said that he was in favor of taking care of the public schools, hut there were other public improvements to be taken care of also and they all had to go along together, not Letting one suffer at’ the expense of another^ After much discussion a resolution was adopted requesting the mayor to call a public, meeting at the court house next Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock in order that everybody might consid er the following proposition: to have an election on an issue of bonds to the amount of $40,000, which sum shall be expended as follows: $10,000 for the erection of a new public school build ing; $10,000 for the improvement of the streets; and $20,000 for sewerage. The meeting was without special in cident and was more harmonious than « was generally expected. The speech es were more conservative, and every body seemed to be in favor of working in harmony and trying to carry all the needed improvements pf the city along together. A Rainy Ray In Japan. In the houses, the streets and tiie gardens, the places of public resort, everywhere in Japan, is to be found the all pervading element of art and beauty. A rainy day Tn Japan is not as in London a day of gloom and horror, but "a day of absolute fascination. What a joy is the spectacle of all those lovely yellow paper umbrellas unfurl ing themselves beneath a shower like flowers before the arm! The Japanese have given the el/Jon not only the house beautiful, but the street beauti ful.—“Japan; a Record In .Color*” by Mortimer MenpesL , Old Time| Foods. An old writer comments in the fol lowing quaint manner oh the superior ity of English - food over, that of the poor people in France: “They ate no bread that beans in were, but of eock- et or clermatyn or else of* clean wheat— —ne no piece of bacon; but if it fee fresh flesh; other, fish fried, other, bake.” * * But, for all that, the impossibility of obtaining fresh fish daily forced the ordinary layman to fall back ui^rn the salted article, and the consumption of badly salted fish has since been point ed out as one of the chief causes oi: the mediaeval scourge of leprosy.—-London Chronicle. Tonng Doctor’s Need of Haste. “Yes,” said the old doctor; “you should try to have your own carriage, by all means, because when you want to get to a patient quickly”— “Oh,” interrupted the young M. D., “I don’t think any patient who sent for me would be likely to die before I reached him.” “No, but he might recover before you got there.”—Philadelphia Press. mm WMm — mm ' ■■ Careless Parents. “Why don’t you make a name for yourself?” asked the serious person. “I only wish I had had the chance,” said the pale young man, “but my Par- . Vi' What-Grant Saw In Canada* Lord Dufferin when viceroy of Cana da paid a visit-to Washington while General Grant was president. He cas ually asked the president whether he had* ever been in Canada! The reply was a striking example of General Grant’s brusque /Outspoken ness, “No; I have never set foot on Ca nadian soil, but I have approached near enough to its shores in a steam boat to see the grass growing in the streets Of the Canadian towns*” Lord Dufferin saw that General Grant shared with many of his coun trymen at that time a common misap prehension in regard to the resources and destinies of Canada. — LondoD News. Her Opportunity. ' “Mrs.. Weeds,” 4 said Mr. Binks, “I asked your daughter to marry me, and she referred me to you.” “I’m sure that’s very kind of Susie; but, then, she always was a dutiful girl. Really, Mr. Binks, I hadn’t thought of marrying again at my time of life, but since you insist suppose we make the wedding day the 20th of this month.”—New York Press. Y Thousands Sent nto Exie. Every year a large number of • poor sufferers whose lungs are sore and racked with coughs are urged to go to another climate; But this is costly and Dot always sure. Don’t be an exile when Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption will cure you . at^ home. It’s the most infallible medicine for Coughs,. Colds, and all Throat and Lung diseases on earth. The first dose brings relief. Astounding cures result from persistent use. Trial bottles free at M. C. Brown’s. Price 50e $1*00, Every boottle guaranteed. Put The Crime On Stover and Pirkle. % At a second investigation was held by the coroner’s jury Thursday to in quire into the Blake tradgedy, Coroner Dorsey_having gone to the scene of the crime with the jury that day. The re port of Drs. K. A. Smith and W. A. Palmour, who held a post mortem ex amination over the body, was submit ted and was in effect that Mrs. Blake came to her death from strangulation or suffocation. There were evidences that she. had been outraged and bru tally treated before being killed. Col. Howard Thompson represented the state at the investigation and probed deep into the case. After hearing all testimony bearing upon the case, the coroner’s jury declared it was murder and put the crime unequiv ocally upon Harve Stover and Charley Pirkle, ’ A Temperance Story, “You seem rather hilarious today,” the lathe remarked to the buzzsaw. “Yes,” replied the buzzsaw; “the man who runs me brought some whis ky into the shop with him a little while ago.” “Well?” “Well, I took two or three fingers at his expense.”—Philadelphia Press. An Faster Market, The Ladies Aid Society of the Pres byterian church will have an Easter market Saturday March 29th. Among the numerous articles for sale there will be cakes, candies, beaten biscuit, light, bread, rolls, easier eggs, etc. The ladies deserve liberal support and we trust they will realize a nice sum from their market. , Y In show windows of Dr. B. E. Dix on & Co., can be seen a display of the articles for sale at the market.