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"Sli c.rsek Dog Names.
Would the reader likealistof Greek
hound names? Xenophon will fur¬
nish him with a catalogue of forty
seven, most of which flow naturally
into an English equivalent—active, cheerful,
bustler, ravager, reveler, I
and the like. ii Give your hounds
ehort names, 9! he says, ‘‘that it may
be easy to call them, J) Accordingly
the names which he leaves to us are
without exception dissyllabic, for
the Greek ear was not alive to the
merits of the dactyl in hound no- j
xnenc dature, and we look in vain for
such a name as Aggelos, But we
find, at all events, Hebe in ins list, a
name which after 2,000 years still
does duty in English kennels. —
Macmillan’s Magazine.
fh* Two Cent KiAw.
Tl>%,enactment of the two cent pas¬
senger j tariff law was ail example of
Goverwbr Johnson’s celerity of action.
Invited to address the Minnesota Edi¬
torial association, instead of making
the usual platitudinous address on such
occasions, “he exploded the two cent
bomb” and urged that an end be put to
the giving of passes, He talked on
the same subject to a convention of
commercial travelers, immediately the
state was aflame with ttys innovation
in railway legislation. When the legis
Jature mef he asked lor a law embody
ing ibis idea, and the legislature quick
ly responded. NcighhcHns states foi
lowed with red uct i and now
throughout the middle invest the
two cent rate prevails.
About the time Governor Johnson
came into office there was a wide¬
spread agitation for reciprocal demur¬
rage laws which would compel rail¬
ways to allow shippers demurrage
charges for failure to deliver cars on
time. Governor Johnson, ever abreast
of popular progress, recommended such
a Thanks^fo law an d got it.
his initiative, the orders
of the Minnesota * railroad and
ware¬
house commission are now immediate¬
ly effective pending appeal.
In Defense of Labor.
Governor Johnson, in consonance
with his thorough democracy and be¬
lieving in equal rights, lias not been
neglectful of the interests of labor. He
desired n free state employment bu¬
reau designed to eliminate the many
abuses that have mailed private em¬
ployment bureaus In the great labor
centers of Minnesota. Such a bureau
* was created and has beeu thoroughly
helpful nud widely efficient.
Juice time immemorial that relic of
ffmnlism, the common law doctrine of
nonliability of employer to employee
for injuries occurring through the negll
genciqgbf a fellow servant, lias prevail¬
ed In Minnesota as well as in many
other slates. “This ancient rule of the
common law.” said Governor Johnson,
“coupled with the other rule generally
referred to as the doctrine of the as¬
sumption of risk by employees, has
, cast upon the individual laborer n risk
and responsibility out of proportion to
the wages he receives."
During his term of office Governor
Johnson has had to deal with one
great conflict between labor and capi¬
tal—namely, the strike of the miners
on the Minnesota irearranges. By di¬
rect personal intervention, by advice
to the employers on the one hand and
the strikers on the other, the governor !
succeeded, without the use of state j
troops, in preventing violence and
bloodshed.
In the forests and prairies of north- ,
ern Minnesota are grout extents of ;
fertile lands which, owing to lack of
draiHage, have not been available for
cultivation. Thanks to Governor John- j
son, additional legislation on this sub¬
ject was secured, and hundreds of
thousands of acres of fertile land will
be added to the rolls of the state’s
wealth.
municipal Governor ownership Johnson of believes public utilities, in the J i
and, following his suggestion, a modi
tied form of the Illinois Mueller law
was adopted by the Minnesota legisla
tnre. Under its provisions a municipal
ity may bond its street railways or j
other public utilities to pay the cost of
the purchase and operation of the
same.
Minnesota, a leading agricultural
state, lias long bad to contend with
the cordage trust, which has a practi¬
cal monopoly of the binding twine
used in harvesting. For many years
the state has had a twine plant in
which prison labor was employed. The
trust creeled a factory in Minnesota
to compete with the state made twine,
and Governor Johnson’s answer was,
with the consent of the legislature,
auttiorlzatlon for the state twine plant
to sell ,its product outside as well as
within the state. The cordage trust
will now have to fight th^heap %her Min¬
nesota state made twine In states
as well as at home.
FOR SALE.
X Nice T Milk t Cows tor n sale, or _ I ,
will pasture your cow for 50c a
a month.
M. C. Murchison.
Excursion Rates. I
Via Central of Georgia Railway
TO CHICAGO, ILL , and return
from all points, account National
Convention Independence party,
to be held July 27-28 1908.
TO CHATTANOOGA TENN.,
and return from ail points, ac
count Convention of Commercial
Secretaries of the Souther States
Aug. 11-13,1908.
TOST. LOUIS, MO., and re
turn from all points, account
National Council, Knights of
Columbus, to be held Aug. 4-6.
To Augusta, Ga., and return
from Savannah, Macon, Dublin
and intermediate points, account
Georgia-Carolina Fair to be held
November 2-7 1908.
To Boston, Mass., and return
from all points, account Supreme
Lodge Knights of Pythias, ’ to be
held Aug. 4-15, 1908.
To Cordele, Ga., and return
from Atlanta, Augusta, Bremen,
Cedartown, Columbus, Griffin,
Macon, MUledgeville, ° ’ Rome and
4 noinaston, account Georgia
State Firemen’* Association, to
be held September 9-11, 1908.
To Fiovilla, Ga., and return
from points in Georgia, account
Indian Springs Holiness Camp
Meeting, to be held Aug. 3-20.
To Monteagle, Tenn-, and re¬
turn from all points, account
Monteagle Bible School to be
held July 1-18, 1908; Sunday
School Institute, to be held July
19 Aug. 20,1908.
To New Orleans, La., and re¬
turn from all points- account
Annual International Missionary
Conventions of the Churches of
Christ in America, to be held
October 9-15, 1908.
To Sparta, Ga., and return
from Americas, Atlanta,Bremen,
Cedartown, Columbus Griffin,
Rome, Savannah and Thomaston,
account Missionary Baptist Sun¬
day School Workers Convention
of Georgia and General State B.
Y. P. U. Convention of Georgia,
July 22-26, 1908.
For dates of sale,limits,through
rates, tickets and otrier infor
formation apply to nearest ticket
$500.00 Reward
1 hereby offer a reward of $500
for the apprehension with evi¬
dence sufficient to convict, of the
person or persons who on the
morning of July 3(1 set lire to aiuL
burned my packing house near
Fort'Valiev, Ga.
This reward is additional to the
$J - 0 oll ered by the Governor.
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For Infants and Children, t
Thf-ftllld YOU „ H 3 Y 8 AlWSjfS B0Q§nf
Baars
ets&atureof
Methodist Church
Children’s Day will be ob¬
served at the morning hour and
the Epworth League rally at the
evening hour. The Sunday
School Choir will furnish the
music on each occasion- Let
your presence encourage
teachers, the children, and the
youths of the church. You
them your presence and
prayers. Let Sunday be
eventful day for the young life of
the church.
T. G. Lang.
You will find the Purity
Brand of Soda Waters at all
the grocery stores in town.
When you want something bottle.
good to drink try a
BEQUESTS OF HEARTS.
The Dflig Wish of Brnce i\?»d tt>*
Fate of DooKlns.
Bequests of hearts have been by no
means uncommon. Richard Coeur de
Lion bequeathed his heart to the can¬
ons of Rouen cathedral, and in July,
18o8, this remarkable relic was once
again brought to light after the lapse
of six centuries. The heart, which is
said to have beeu surprisingly largo
was inclosed 1.1 boxes of lead and sil¬
ver and withered, as it was described,
to the semblance of a faded leaf.
Bruce’s heart was by his dying wish
Intrusted to Douglas, to fulfill a vdw
which lie had been unable to execute
hi person of visiting the sepulcher of
Douglas, “tender ’ and true,”
Christ.
promised to fulfill Lis sovereign’s last
request and after Bruce's death, hav¬
ing received the heart inca in a eas
ket of gold, set forth upon Ifts mission.
Proceeding to Spain, however, he fell
in the thick of a fight with the Moors,
having previous to his final charge cast
the heart of Bruce from his breast,
when he carried it into the ranks of
the infidels, crying, “Onward as thou
wert wont; Douglas will follow thee!”
Bruce’s heart was afterward recovered
by Sir Simon Lockhart, by whom it
was brought Scotland and buried
along with the bones of Douglas in the
abbey of Melrose. When the remains
of Bruce were disinterred at Dunferm¬
line iu IS ID the breastbone was found
sawed through so as to permit of the
removal of the heart.
DIED WITH HIS CHUM.
A Deed of Heroism That stirred an
ni!tu-e Army.
In the reminiscences of General Sir
Evelyu Wood, himself a brave English
soldier, a touching instance of courage
and self sacrifice is given. One June
day in 1885 a detachment of English
marines was crossing the Woronzow
road under fire from the Russian bat
teries. All of the men reached shelter
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in the trenches except a seaman, John
Biewitt. As he was running a terrific
roar was heard. His mates knew the
voice of a huge cannon, the terror of
the army, and yelled:
“Look out! It is Whistling Dick!”
But at the moment Biewitt was
struck by the enormous mass of iron
on the knees and thrown to the ground.
He called to his special chum:
“Oh, Welch, save me!”
The fuse was hissing, but Stephen
Welch rau out of the trendies and,
seizing the great shell, tried to roll it
off his comrade.
It exploded with such terrific force
that not an atom of the bodies of
Blowilt and Welch was found. Even iti
that time when each hour had its cx
citement this deed of heroism stirred
the whole English army, One of the
officers searched outvWelch’s old moth
PV her poor home and undertook her
support while she lived, and the story
of liis death helped his comrades to
"Wrier conceptions of a soldier’s duty.
He Never Told s Lie.
iommy , yy said a father to his
son, “have you been at those six ap¬
ples I put in the cupboard ?”
“Father,” said Tommy, looking
into his eyes, “1 have not touched
one. 19
. \ he } 1 ho>v l!5 n -\ ow ni0 ^‘ e r
found , five app.e , cores m your bed- .
r oom, and there is only one left or.
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1 }iat aaid Tomm he dashert , . .
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wildly for the door, “is the one 4
touch.”
For Tired Eyea.
T&ke 8 Clip brimful of water, Ada
sufficient salt to be just perceptible
to the taste. Hold your lashes'touch eves to the
water so that your it,
then wink once, and the eves will be
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sutfuseffi a, , tn Do not wipe • them. , 7 rrL- This
80 retresnes tue eyes that they feel
like a new pair. Do not forget the
good old rule. As soon as you “feel
vout eyes" yy stop using them. By
following this treatment very little j
time will he wasted waiting far tind
•That settles tt!” replied the neigh¬
bor. "I ahvays said her mother was a
cat.”—Detroit Free Press.
Him Mtmmloa.
Old Mortality was freshening up the
illegible Inscriptions on the ancient
tombstones.
“I merely wish to show,” he explain
ed to the curious bystanders, “that
there is nothing essentially new In
' modern Action.”—Chicago Tribune
HI* Wife’* Will.
M What makes Peck look so worried?”
“He’s been contesting Ins wife’s
will.”
i “Why, I didn’t know his wife was
dead. •*
“That’s just It; she Isn’t.*’—Cleveland
Leader.
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He who speaks for any length of
time in the presence of others without
flattering his hearers awakens theii
displeasure.—Goethe.
ANGRY AT THE MOON.
Cnlaufflit Deaf !Wb( , m; Resent Its Ap
pf,i -'. 11 ^Ititsde Toward Them.
The moon appears to be the center of
every untaught deaf mute’s cosmogo¬
ny. With only one exception that 1
have been able to rind, untaught deaf
mutes ail resent the moon’s* apparent
supervisory attitude toward thtuu.
U When I went to my bedroom the
moon shined In and laughed at me. i
didn’t like it I shook my fist at the
moon. ii
« When 2 went to walk the moon
chased me. I hated the moon. I made
faces at the moon.”
As a stimulant to undesirable emo¬
tions. the moon must exert considera¬
ble influence upon the moral life of the
uneducated deaf. One little boy obey¬
ed 3 the impulse it is human to feel
when persistently nsgged. He tried to
kill tile nagger.
A Valuable Possum.
When he was asked about the
price hawking of a around big, fat the possum old Georgia he was
darky lie’s said:
wuth $1 a day, suh.
Then he explained his meaning as
follows:
« You see, boss, I wuz five days
locatin’ whar he lived at, en w’en j
finally kotched up wid him hit wuz
Sunday, en de preacher seen me, en
I wuz turned out de church, so I
figgers de value er my time at a dol¬
lar a day—not ter mention de loss
er my church standin’ by de possum
causin’ me ter fall fum grace.”—At
lanta Constitution.
. Tom Reeil\ Wti.
Congressman Morse of Massachu
getts was a grea (; admirer of Speaker
Reed> to w i, om ^ sa < a ou one occa
s j OU( .. Do you know, Sir. Reed, the
people are talking a great deal about
rou f, )r pr( *^ n t, and I would not be
surprised if they elected vou president
somo dayr « Weli> Morse,” v> u* tbe
(lry comt nent of the speaker, “they
i p 0 uld do worse and I have no doubt
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Iu t*«e.
Mamma (at breakfast table)—You
should always use your napkin.
Georgie. Georgie— I am using It,
• mamma. I've got the dog tied to the
! jpg of the table with it.—Golden Day*,
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The Salt In the Ocean.
If the ocean did not have sad it
would freeze somewhat more readily
than it does now, but there would be
no very marked «iifferenee. The ocean
m prevented from freezing not so much
by its salt as by its size and by its
commotion. On account of its size
large portions of it ezteud into warm
climates at all seasons, and by reason
of its great depth it is a vast sMre
house of heat. Its currents distribute
much warm water among the cold.—St
Nicholas, *'
Vrencli Oi-5s.iai of “Save (he KJns."
The British national anther., is of
Prcnch origin. The Petite Itepublique
asseits that the words of "God Save
tlie King” are a literal translation of a
hymn in honor of Louis XIV., chanted
by the young girls in residence at the
convent of St. Cyr.
The words of this hymn were:
Grand Pieu, sauves le rui'
Grand Dleu, ven^oz !a roi!
Vive Ie roi!
Qce, toujours slorieux.
Louis vietorieux.
Vole ses ennerr.is.
Toujours soumis.
The music of this chant was copied
during his visit to France by Handel,
w.:o on his return to England dedicated
it to George I.
Tl.-c Heart an Inner Garden.
He who would have beautiful roses
lu his - irden must have beautiful
l ' oses in llis heart Tt is tbe imier ^ r '
^T' n- lo '™* \vni t be must woo, ^ as Jacob
wooed Loban . g daughtPr> though
drought and frost consume. He must
have not only the glowing imagina
tion. the enthusiasm and the passion.
but the tenderness, the thoughtfulness,
8*® reverence of love.— Dean Hal*,
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P*9t »• V;5a.
It was on his ret»m .ncsstn «
than succcsrtru! conaart awn Uaat
the best known cov^sd^-riviVii^
wan met In the stro't by a frle^,
“Pleasant trip?” his fpend lurm^
“Bleasaut drip!” the muslejan ta
rwered. *‘Acb, bimaiel, no! V J.
we got rio-.v a d-wre tin? tunica*
forgot his treaa drousorn, und vot ahiii
re do?
i* So I ito on mid Iriay. nnd I run qrty
Oeblnt the sceim* un-i -hunch, und bt
go onJ und sing und come qvlek back
again, und 1 put ’em on und blay.
M Ach, I liaf chanclied .ny drouneu
aofen time (P>ao von efen'.ngs alreab'f'
It Is to'd or tins same musician tin,
ho is now enjoying the oonjtutJ j e n c
ity of a third attempt, and upon belnj
Introduced to a young man at a reo*^
Hon recently ho said:
“Ah. “Yei” you married?"
the young man replied.
- Got a goot vift-r*
“Fine.”
“Goot—goot! I haf now, too, afe.
4he make those fire und cook nud nefej
boder at all. She is do pest vife I efei
hot, you belief me.”—London Anwei*
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Sick Convict*’ Rxcunes.
tine of the first duties I fulfilled u *
aupernumerasy warder was the cwt
and control of prisoners “down for tt*
doctor." Convicts complaining of slclt
Ross are allowed to leave their ejjjj
during their dinner hour and form nj
la a long rank outside the medieju offi.
cer's room, into which they enter and
*tate their cases in rotation. Many £
the prisoners' complaints and request*
at the doctor's desk are extremely fa&
ay and grotesque.
H Please, an*. I’ve got a bad beanf
jne man says lugubriously.
tt I know you have,” the doemr »
piles, with a faugh. “If you had *
good one, yon would not, in al! prob*
bllity, have seen a prison Interior,”
*t Would ygu be so kind, sir,” the r.exl
nan eays, persuasively, “as to let at
have one or two of yout JuactUaByJo*
Tit-Biti
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Crociiett’s Revenge.
There Is a story of Crockett ot
“Stlekit Minister” fame to the effect
that when he offered his first volume to
a Scotch firm they returned it with 5
polite note assuring him that there
was no market for that sort of thing.
The letter was marked “So. 390b.” Id
later years when the same publishes
asked him for one of his manuscript!
he politely requested them to refer to
their previous correspondence wifli
him marked “396b. ty
Apparently They DM.
Friend—-Did the lawyers get you con¬
fused? Ex-Witness—Did they get mi
confused? Why, I testified that Jons
lived next doof to me, but I cookin'
remember the street number.—Puck.
CIMnsr an edition.
“Art,” said the moralize!-, “can net*
successfully imitate natane.”
** Oh. I don’t know.” re-tutua4 the de
maralizer. “How about artificial iwf
~Chicago News. <
€ iico m p li n» e« t ar y,
“Ah. Miss fifhei, I can read your h
most thoughts, /know:”
“Oh, Mr. ChuunpMgh, then
ilon’t get tosutted!”
Xwt Selflsh.
He—Do you believe hi every maaf*
liraself? Sbe- Cfli, »o! T believe la *
*.ry man for eome vvamaa.
IIJH r«r*lllt.
“May I ask. 11 inquired the melanolwlj
stranger, “what Is your pursuit !»
life?"
"It depends." replied Subbubs, "W
on whether I’m going or coining- ^
the 7:48 train in the morning uni ft
6:12 at ght.”—Philadelphia Ledg®'
.1 BU ot n Unit.
An Irishman, quarreling with **
Englishman, told him if he didn’t ho*
his tongue he would “ break his toP™ 1 ;
trable head and lot the brains out of
hi a empty skull. *»
Tise PfcHwtonn of E«ros>*. oured Bowl j
A tr Ter who lias tfffl
with bis wife at S4 a < ty for the
declares that the pensions are the has
of his c kftb itY visited travel. they In easily every t0
nental c * enci* .
delightful pensions at ?1.20 a ^
The pensions have not the h t‘ lS G
display of the hotels, but Ihej
the comfort and the servants in«® y
fewer and smaller, Breakfast D30
bread and coffee, nothing Die*
Luncheon and dinner are course hoa
much alike. Some one m in the
very English.
always speaks
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Watl.er of Electric ftti f.-o-st*'
•The honor of ti in, ting tt
must'be •con led to ^
trie railway a tiii
as Davenport of Brandon, vt.,
smith, and electrician, inventoi -
eatist. In' 1854 he ran a toy ^
mounted on wheels on a sina* --3
railway, and a yeai • rater lie
it at Springfield and at Bosto •
it the ghost, and t*
gave up various
than twoscore years - l>ri Dc!p
In utter ignorance of l. the
the modern dynamo and. witt »
of power except the «»•- b* i!
battery, labored with so*
mary
ward.—Gentury.