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*V. WOMEN: THEIR FADS, * A >. f' •w, §i ' Etheir FasHioNSTy . •/* 8-v v * • v mllhL'- ' J THEIR W0RK - J 1L * THEIR .ART * i TOIL AT THE COAL HULKS. At Kingston, Jamaica, the work of coaling liners is almost exclusively done by women. The Jamaican lord of creation appears more at home as an onlooker when hard work is about. It is no uncommon thing to see a man engaged in the easy work of superintendence or foreman or gang¬ er, while the women toil at the coal hulks.—Boston Post. MRS. ROBY’S PLANS ADOPTED. , According to some Chicago papers, the school children of that city have adopted a plan, proposed by Mrs. Ed¬ ward Roby, a clubwoman, of saluting policemen as they pass. Mrav Roby suggested the salute in an address before a woman’s club, « < We think too little of our policemen,” she said. 11 They protect our homes and often endanger their lives in our behalf. Their calling should stir out patrio¬ tism, and every child should be taught to salute the star which the policeman wears. t) PRIZE WINNING DECORATOR. Few of the thousands of people who have admired the wall decora¬ tions of the New Amsterdam Theatre know that they are the work of an 'American woman, Miss Blanche Os tertag. After winning a number of student prizes while studying in Par is, Miss Ostertag returned to Amer ica, settled in Chicago, and beginning with designs for calendars, posters, book covers and other small forms of decorttive art, worked up to the broad field of mural painting. One important commission which she has just finished for the Northwestern Railroad is a series of historical pan¬ els at the Green Bay terminal, Wis consin.—New York Sun. GIRLS CAN’T THROW LIKE BOYS. The difference between a girl’s throwing and a boy’s is this: The boy crooks his elbow, and reaches back with the upper parts of his arm *3 c .a 2 o 0$ ? So 3 & o 5 I £ o So T O 3 -5 cc O fi nearly at right angles with his body, and the forearm about at an angle of forty-five degrees. The direct act of throwing is ac¬ complished by bringing the arm back with a sort of snap, working every joint of the arm from shoulder to wrist. The girl throws with her w'hole arm rigid, the boy with his Whole arm relaxed. Why this marked and unmistaka¬ ble difference exists may be explained by the fact that the collar bone in the feminine anatomy is some inches longer, and set some inches lower down, than in the masculine frame. The long, crooked, awkward bone in¬ terferes with the full and free use of the arm. This is the reason why a girl cannot throw a stone; but she is a boy’s equal in many field sports. —New Haven Register. COLLEGE GIRLS TOO TIRED. Does a college education tend to¬ ward the decadence of the collegiate’s religious interest? is the question now being asked by the authorities of Wellesley College. For a long time it has been re¬ marked that, while the girl student took an interest in almost everything else, and was a success at all sorts of athletics, theatricals and other such diversions from the prescribed course of study, she was merely luke¬ warm as to religion. She could man¬ age to pass her examinations, and even with honors. Nothing was too abstruse to baffle her in that, and in rowing, basket-ball, golf and tennis she ever was an enthusiast, But when it came to attending chapel, she did not even get up a “make be¬ lieve” interest to help herself along in the stern path of duty. She simply flunked. It didn’t need statistics to show the college its backsliding. But when Miss Sue Barrow, president of the senior class, had them compiled and duly presented to-day, the actual fig¬ ures sent a little shiver of horror coursing down the college spine. Out of the 1181 girls in the college, it has been found that only 206 have keen attending services in Houghton Memorial Chapel. The senior class of 225 members has sent only sixty; the junior class, numbering 295, only fifty-five; the 272 sophomores sent fifty-two, and the record class of 3S9 freshmen contributed thirty-nine. “Of course,” said a sophomore, with a smile and a pout, “one is ex¬ pected to go to chapel, but it’s really a grind at times to have to perform that duty every morning, no matter how tired you feel, nor how late you may be in falling asleep the night before. • * No, I don’t know what’s to be done about it. Probably, now that our attention has been called to It in this way, there will be a general bracing up for a while. No, it isn’t a large number of students for 1100 or more to send.”—Boston Corre¬ spondence of the New York Press. THE PLAGUE OF LETTERS. Talking to the League for Political Education yesterday morning on “The Plague of Letters,” Miss Agnes Repplier declared that it had added a new horror to death. “It is considered not unreasonable in these days,” she said, “to give to the world the private letters of a per¬ son who has attained any degree of eminence early enough after his death so that his nearest relatives may real¬ ize profit from them. Your children will publish your love letters, your wife will publish your anxious inqui i r ies about the baby’s measles. Your , most trivial communications will be considered precious documents and . printed in a book. Nothing delights | us so much as the chance to read something not intended for our peru sal. “English and American editors usually try to justify such publica tions,” Miss Repplier pointed out. “They say it is necessary to the pro per understanding of the man’s char acter, but the French make no such pretences. The editor of Victor Hu go’s love letters says in effect: 'We are particularly fortunate in getting them, because the author devoutly hoped that they would be de stroyed.’ >» Beefsteak Chowder.—Cut one slice of nice fat salt pork into small bits with one onion minced fine; cook these until a nice brown, and the pork bits well crisped. Add one q.rart of boiling water and let simmer for five minutes, then pour it over one pound of round steak which has been previously cut into strips half an inch thick and two inches long. Bring this quickly to a boil; boil five minutes, then simmer until meat is tender. Add four or five potatoes that have been pared and sliced; season with salt and pepper, add more boiling water, and when potatoes are tender, add a cupful and a half of good rich milk or cream. Split six or eight crackers, put them into the soup dish and pour the chowder over them, serving at once. Not only are the dead sufferers from this ruthless publication, Miss Repplier thinks, but the living are also subjected to a cruel infliction. “Robert Louis Stevenson thought that a book might be ‘quarried’ out of his letters and journals,” she said, “but the editor has left us to do the quarrying.”—New York Tribune. P r ?M7r mgs - ) tm > ($W esr The Bordeaux reds and a beautiful deep American Beauty shade will be worn. The little breast pocket for the handkerchief on the rain coat gives it a jaunty air. A novelty in a French opera slip¬ per has a jeweled ornament on the slender heel. Kid gloves elaborately embroid¬ ered are considered smart, but they are a bit expensive. The lisle stocking of plain color with white poka dot is one of the novelties in ladies’ hosiery. Deep hems of filet lace finisfi many of the pongee casino coats which have no rival in popularity. The blizzard of mushrooms has just about spent its force and the storm is bound to subside. Frills of striped material with borders of plain make a neat and dressy finish for the blouse of striped material. The revival of coral jewelry is not surprising when one considers the great vogue of the color in all mat¬ ters of dress. The collars on the new oxfords that curve downward to a point at the Side of the foot have the effect of shortening the length of the foot. There is no tucker or guimpe quite so smart as that of tucked net. Lace is usetf, that is the thinner lace, but it is not considered half as smart as the plain tucked net. Leghorns are promised a favored place as the season advances and they ane cut and bent In a manner different from that accorded them in other years, so that they appear in quite new array. v\ !&! ywicuun^M,, ( [S] HOT BEDS AND COLD This is the season to consider making of hot beds and cold in which to start flowering and etable plants for early spring ing. These illustrations from Farmer and Settler will instruct how to make the hot beds or frames better than words can scribe. No. 1 illustrates the system making a hot bed heated with This method is not often resorted .4 nu£ A I *•> n * by farmers and fruit growers. sides and roof of the fire-beds made of stones, and wood is burned. Cut No.. 2 shows a hot bed with horse manure. The depth manure required varies with the 2 ■1 s a- * CfOUHZ ■ OILY LCVCt. m V.fMANunEi H mate and season, If the hot bed made in March two feet in depth of manure will be sufficient. Cut No. 3 shows how a frame cov¬ ered with glass is placed so that warmth of the manure will warm the t (3 "ip T 7 ft. ijjliit .17 .. 3 * * V > giisijiSli four inches of soil inside the frame, causing the seeds to sprout and grow that are sown therein. No. 4 shows how plants may be grown from seed sown in soil placed in a shallow’ box, resting upon a shelf it mm it; fa '/A '/ VA t l i ISif ill f / r./ V iii ] h >• -*>^j a (! >• S' n ii in front of a sunny window in a liv¬ ing room in the house which is heated by a stove or furnace. Such vegetables as tomatoes, cab¬ j bage, lettuce, cucumbers and squash, and such flowering plants as petunia, balsam, candy tuft, etc., can be started in cold frames or hot beds. Cold frames simply consist of a wooden frame, covered with glass and sash, placed over good garden soil without artificial heat beneath it. PEAT MOSS FOR BEDDING. Peat m6ss contains more nitrogen than straw, but less phosphoric acid and much less potash. This impor¬ tant point needs to be fully empha¬ sized; farmyard manure, made with straw litter, contains sufficient potash for ordinary purposes, and potassic manures in consequence are not much needed. But when peat moss is sub¬ stituted for straw there is no longer a sufficiency of potash, and these man¬ ures must, therefore, be applied; they are very cheap, and the saving in ni¬ trogen more than recompenses the farmer for his outlay. With regard to the absorptive power of the two substances, it has been pointed out above that the minimum lc-ss of nitro¬ gen in good farming practice is not less than fifteen per cent. It is easy to exceed this, and thirty or forty per cent, would not improbably be lost in many cases. Both straw and peat, in common with other cellulose sub¬ stances, have the power of absorbing ammonia, though in various degrees, and in these experiments the absorp¬ tive power of the peat moss was found to be five times as great as of the straw. From the standpoint of the value of the manure produced, there¬ fore, peat moss is much better than straw as litter, owing tq its higher ni¬ trogen content and its greater powe. of absorbing ammenia. American Cultivatoj ; ‘ « Real Estate f Fire Insurance Fort Valley Realty & Development Co. The leading Fire Insurance Companies Represented. Office Over Exchange Bank, Tort Valley, Ueonrla. ( Sour Stomach No appetite, loss of strength, nervous* ness, headache, constipation, bad breath, general debility, sour risings, and catarrh of the stomach are ail due This to indigestion. Kodol relieves indigestion. new discov¬ ery represents the natural juices of diges¬ tion as they exist in a healthy stomach, combined with the greatest known tonic and reconstructive properties. Kodol for dyspepsia does not only relieve indigestion and dyspepsia, but this famous remedy helps ail stomach troubles by cleansing, purifying, sweetening and strengthening the mucous membranes lining the stomach. Mr. S. S. Ball, of Ravetiswood, W, Va.. says:— “ I was troubled with rour stomach for twenty years. Kodol cured me and we are now using It in milk for baby.” Kodol Digests What You Eat. Bottles only. Relieves Indigestion, sour stomach, belching of pas, etc. Prepare*! by E. C. DeWITT & CO., CHICAGO. Sold by Holmes Clark & Co. W. H. HAFER, DENTIST. Fort Valley, Georgia Office over First National Bank. C. Z. McArthur, Dentist FORT VALLEY, GA. Office over Slappey’s Drug Store. A. C. RILEY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, WRIGHT BUILDING, Fort Valley, Ga. Practice in all the courts. Money loaned. Titles abstracted. Tire $i Dfe insurance D. SkcSSie Office Phone No. 54. FORT VALLEY, GA. C. L. SHEPARD, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Fort Valley, Ga. Office Over First National Bank. rONSORIAL ARTIST For anything’ in the tonsorial lino don’t fail to call on WILLIAMS Next Door to Post Office. Experienced all. workmen Everything and courteous at¬ tention to up-to-date. SAM LOO, FIRST-CLASS LAUNDRY FORT VALLEY, GA. PRICE LIST. Shirts, plain............. 10c Shirts, plain or puffed with collar............ 12 1 -2c Suits cleaned....... 50 & SI Pants pressed ........ ..25c Collars............... ...2 1-2 Capes, collar or fancy PC Cuffs each per pair ......... 5c Chemise........... 10c Drawers........... 5 c Undershirts....... 5 c Socks, per pair ... . . PC Handkerchiefs..... 2 1-2 Handkerchiefs, silk 5c Shirts, night, plain. ........10c Coats............... ... 15 to 25c Vests.............. ... 15 to 20c Pants............ ... 25 to 35c Towels............. 2 1-2 to 5c Table cloths........ ... 10 to 25 Sheets............. ......7 1-2 Pillow cases, plain.. .......5c Napkins........... ......2 l-2c Bed spreads....... ..15 to 25c Blankets........... .. 25 to 50c Lace Curtains...... . ..20 to 25c Ladies’ shirt waist.. ... 15 to 25c Skirts............ .. 2 ( 2 to 35c “Aim to excel,” is a good working motto unless you happen to have ref¬ erence to the other fellow’s bet in a game of poker. Kinfolk are people who appear when you have enough money to make it worth while taking a chance on ting some of it. „ LATE NEWS NOTES. General. Herman Billlk, the Bohemian for¬ tune teller of Chicago condemned to death for the murder of five members of the Vzral family, was granted a stay of execution until he has been af¬ forded an opportunity to appeal his case to the supreme court of the Unit¬ ed States. New York Central and Hudson rail¬ road company declared the regular puarterly dividend of 1 1-4 per cent. The directors of the Western Union Telegraph company declared a quar¬ terly dividend of 1-2 of 1 per cent, payable In cash. The dividend for the last quarter was at the rate of 5 per cent per annum, payable in stock. The grand jury at San Francisco Is considering 250 charges of reoaiiug brought against the Southern Pacific by the interstate commerce commis¬ sion. The charges are based on re¬ cent shipments, and there is much un¬ easiness lest the shippers be indicted with the road. The government is preparing a vigorous camjaign against rebaters. In a spectacular Are which destroy¬ ed the great grain elevator at Ham¬ mond, Ind., 250,000 bushels of corn were destroyed and property valued at $200,000, inc! tiding the corn, was burned. It is claimed that President Walk¬ er, of the California Safe and Trust company of Los Angeles, which fail¬ ed some time ago, was a firm believer in spiritualism and before investin any of the banks funds he would con¬ sult a medium, whom had been pre¬ viously posted by Walker J. Hartnett. In this way Hartnett secured largo amounts of the bank s money. The crops of 1908 will be worth nearly $8,000,000,000, according to fig¬ ures prepared by the department of agriculture officials. The North Carolina Cotton Manu¬ facturers' association closed its sec¬ ond annual meeting at Wrlghtsville Beach, N. C., after having adopted a resolution to tiie effect that the pres¬ ent po lie ties of curtailment ot produc¬ tion by musing down of mills vviii cou i/ffae to September 1st. Hurt in a bargain sale crush in tho store of F. W. Yvoolworih <& Co., Miss Helen E. Crosby sued and h been awarded $2,000 damages. The defend¬ ant agreed to taj amount before the verdict wa3 rendered. Mius Crosby in the holiday season of 1906 was crowded against a window at the en¬ trance to the store and cut by ^pass. A prize of $4,000 has been offered by M. Anneugaud of Paris fur the first aeroplauist wno remains In the aer for thirty minutes. Because Mrs. Dan Sully, wife of the> former cotton king, returned to her country home unexpectedly she saved the house from being robued of jewel¬ ry and silverware worth almost $100, 000 by a servant whom she discovered packing up the valuables . The wo¬ man was arrseted. The announcement is made that the United States Steel Corporation has decided to start all its mills in the Pittsourg district July 1. JJrdera now on the books or aUout to be clos¬ ed make it necessary to start at that time to keep up with the demand. This will mean the employment of many thousands of men wno have been idle nearly ail winter and spraig. While digging fish bait at Dunlap, Term., Anderson .VicWrhams, a small boy, dug up a box containing $540 in silver. From appearances it must have been burieu many years. Governor Johnson of Minnesota, in a written star.meat, which he gave out for publication, says that lie will not he a candidate for renorn.nation for governor of Minnesota ter a third term. He also says that if nominated he will pot accept, as he 1;.' opposed to the third term idea. Appealed to la e at night by a young woman whom he did not know, for protection from Harry Harmon, a well known young man of South Nor¬ folk, Va., Joe Hos t, an ex-coniederate soldier, emptied both barrels of a shot into Hannon’s breast, killing him in¬ stantly. It is not considrred likely here that motions of the* Standard Oil Company for a new trial, whexi argued on July 7, will be granted, but that sentence will be imposed. Standard Oil faces a possible $ 800,000 fine for rebating. Washington. Representative A. A. Wiley of Ala¬ bama, who has been ill .for twelve weeks with inflammatory rheumatism, and who is now at Hot Springs, Va., is reported to have suffered a relapse and the change has caused conaider able anxiety. Rear Admiral liable/ D. Evans, has arrived in New York from Washing¬ ton.. He was accompanied by his daughter. He will leave tor Lake Mo honk, where he will stay several weeks. Admiral Evans still walks on crutches, but said he hoped to be en¬ tirely well in a short time. Too many n seem to think the power they ca'I Fate will fail to take ad van of their own negligence. Every m i , would be a prohibitionist if there wasn’t anything but water to¬ drink.