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111 VINO IN THE HOME LOT.
Having on 1 he wellada.v! upland.
Work anil
Mowing starts at three o’clock,
In the tend dawning and gray. tiie _
Turn and toss grass
Till the sultry and noon,
Snatch a bite mow away—
Haying Twilight’s the coming upland, soon.
on
Work and welladay!
Hut haying in the home lot,
That is only play.
Having in the meadow swale,
Weary sinking workaday! knee-deep
Horses
Tn the and hogg.v flowers way. amid the
Flags Bolder each grass
grow year. such
Time spent the poling farmer out dear. hay
Costs
Having in the meadow swale,
Weary workad ay!
Hut having in the home lot,
That is only play.
Haying in the home lot,
Lilt a roundelay. mowers’ heels
Robins at the
Chirp and hop away.
Unrebuked the children come,
In the fragrance toss.
And if Dobbin takes a loc'c
Never mind the loss.
When Highest the beams barn is and brimming bay. full,
Then haying in the home lot,
Why. ’tis only play!
—Edith Miniter, in Youth's Companion.
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“Very well,” remarked Mr. Henry
Thurston, looking up from his desk,
where he was just signing a check.
“So they’ve passed the punctual
honesty tests! Now try them on
bag of beans. A fellow will
make a success in our business if
gets cross and shows temper
trifling mishaps and unavoidable
cidents. And one is always
with just such annoyances in work
of this kind. The one who
himself good natured at the
of the bag—if either does—may
told that he isengaged at $7 a week.”
Mr. Thurston paused and took up
his pen.
“Wait a minute,” quickly, after
moment’s reflection. “Be sure
enough water on the counter to
oughly wet the bottom of the hags.
Then, too, try one of them this
noon, and the other at the same
to-morrow. It might hardly be a
test of their dispositions to make
of it on either of the two boys in the
morning. One sort of feels
natured then, you know, any way. »»
Mr. Nelson, head clerk in the
wholesale and retail establishment
Thurston & Lincoln, left the comfort¬
ably furnished office of the firm, and
went back to the busy delivery
partment.
There were three qualifications
which the head of the establishment
insisted that each employe of the
company should possess and strictly
live up to. These were honesty,
punctuality and wholesome good nat¬
ure. Boys had been known to lose
their positions there, owing to their
getting angry over mere trifles. Mr.
Thurston felt that a boy’s usefulness
to the firm depended on an unruffled
disposition quite as much as it did
»n punctuality and honesty.
The constant growth and enlarge¬
ment of Thurston & Lincoln's busi¬
ness made it necessary from time to
time to increase their working force
accordingly. And it was the custom
of the company to promote at such
times the men and boys already in
their employ, leaving to be filled by
the new hands only the “bottom
down” places, as the clerks charac¬
teristically called them.
One of the men had just now been
sent out on the road as a traveling
salesman the firm did a large
wholesale business—causing, after a
rearrangement of the force, a vacan¬
cy in the delivery department.
Thurston & Lincoln had the repu¬
tation of being the most desirable
firm with which to hold a job in the
large and thriving village of Muncie.
“I s’pose'it’s selfish-—I admit it—
but I hope old man Thurston will
give me the place,” declared Harold
Stephenson, with an air of careless
disrespect. He was talking with
Willis over their prospects the even¬
ing before the first bag-of-beans test.
Of course, I’d like for you to have
it, too, but you wouldn’t mind losing
it as much as I would. This proba¬
tion ‘stunt’ of his—I don't imagine
Mr. Lincoln has anything to do with
it—is a queer wrinkle! I call it a
piece of downright foolishness, I
don’t know how you regard it.”
“It gives them a chance to find out
whether they want fellow or not, 5 >
a
replied Willis, considerately, “For
my part I think it’s a pretty good
scheme. Of course it keeps a fellow
in suspense—and all that.”
“Which one of us do you s’pose
will ‘land’ the job, anyhow? Give
us your opinion. a And Harold
picked up a chip and began whittling
aimlessly.
“I haven’t the least idea—but one
of us. And I’m rather proud that
we’ve been singled out from all the
other fellows who’ve made applica¬
tion. There were twenty at
who applied for the place. > t
“More’n that!” exclaimed Harold.
11 Not very many more. And, if
they give it to you, I stand a show of
getting the next place when a va-
cancy occurs. 1 won't be disappoint¬
ed, though; 1 don't very well see how
I could if you get It.”
"I’ve been trying hard enough, *»
and Harold put up his jackknife.
‘‘After I’m once sure of the job, you
bet your life I won't be as painstak¬
ing over every little thing as I’ve
been this week. It’s just killing on a
fellow to be so punctual and all that
kind of nonsense—a person couldn’t
stand it long.”
“He'd have to while he worked for
Thurston & Lincoln,” remarked Wil¬
lis, quietly. “And it’s no more’n
right he should.”
“Well, you can, if you get the
place. You’d be a fool, though.”
The two boys, while closely re¬
lated, were entirely different in dis¬
position and temperament. Harold’s
character was well described by their
Uncle Thomas as being one of “fits
and starts.” Willis, though not so
smart in many ways, wa3 a steady¬
going, earn'est fellow, always
ing good” the responsibilities laid
upon him.
Willis Fuller was sent out with
one of the delivery wagons the next
afternoon, the afternoon of the first
bag-of-beans test, it being the pur¬
pose to have him absent from the
store at the time of Harold’s trial.
A four-quart bag of beans had been
left on the counter in one end of the
store, placed as though by accident in
a small amount of water.
Harold was helping one of the
clerks put up an order for the after¬
noon’s delivery, when Mr. Nelson
called from the door where he was
overseeing the loading of a wagon
just about to start out, “I wish, Ste¬
phenson, you’d bring over here that
bag of beans you’ll find on the north
counter. ft
“All right, sir,” and Harold left
his work and hurried over for the
beans. As he hastily caught up the
bag, the bottom suddenly came out,
scattering its contents over the floor
and under the near-by boxes anti bar¬
rels.
“Confound the luck!” exclaimed
Harold, his face flushing a deep red.
“Some one’s a precious, pretty fopl,
slopping water ai-ound in that way!”
And he savagely kicked an unoffend¬
ing peck measure which lay on the
floor beside him back under the
counter.
“Fvespilled them—everywhere! ” he
called angrily across the store to Mr.
Nelson. “The team will have to go
without them, or have another order”
put up. ’Twill take me till dooms¬
day getting them all off the floor
again.”
“I’m afraid he won’t do,” ,#eflected
the head clerk, and, as he glanced
over toward the other end of the
room he saw Mr. Thurston silently
standing in his office door.
Mr. Thurston, of course, made no
comment, and, after watching Harold
for a moment, as he began angrily to
gather up the beans he quietly closed
the door and went back to his desk.
■ I’m glad it's going to be decided
soon,” remarked Harold, as the^two
boys were walking home from the
store that evening. “Mr. Nelson
says we’ll know to-morrow, and, if
I’m not going to have the place, I
don’t want to be fooling away my
time trying to please old man Thurs¬
ton and his crowd. I saw him watch¬
ing me while I was picking up a bag
of beans I spilled to-day. I s’pose
he wanted to see how fast I could
work—hut I didn’t hurt myself. It
doesn’t pay.”
“He seems to me like a mighty
fine person to work for, and Mr. Nel¬
son’s just a peach of a man,” ex¬
claimed Willis, enthusiastically. “It’s
queer you feel as you do. For my
part, 1 don’t wonder so many folks
apply for the place when there’s a
vacancy there.”
“Oh, well, it’s good enough, I sup¬
pose,” returned Harold. “I kind of
think they like me; they ought to—
I’ve given them a square deal.”
It was in the middle of the after¬
noon, the next day, when Mr. Nelson
asked Willis to carry the bag of beans
he’d find on the cereal counter to
Freeman Baker, who was just then
checking off an order for a down¬
town restaurant.
He hurriedly took up the bag when
out dropped the beans, falling in
reckless confusion on the store floor.
“I’m afraid I’ve done it now, Mr.
Nelson,” called Willis. quickly.
“You’ll think I’m a blunderer, but it
won’t take long to'gather them up
again. I might as well laugh as
cry,” cheerfully, “I’ll have them off
the floor in a little while, and I’ll
work all the harder afterward. i»
“That’s the kind of a fellow to
have.” Mr. Thurston went back to
his work in the office Willis hadn’t
seen him standing in the partly open
door.
I i • I don’t understand why they gave
j | you the place,” Willis declared joined him Harold, that
gloomily, as
! evening outside the store door, “I’ve
j j actually tried slaved harder for in a my week life for to them; please
never
l —and this is what I get for it.”
“I really expected they would give
! you the job,” replied Willis, gener
| ously. “And I don’t see why they
i didn’t. • »
I But Mr. Thurston did, and his rea
! son was based on the result of his
\ bag-of-beans test, Adelbert F. Cald
veil, ia Zion’s Herald.
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WALL DECORATIONS.
For a drawing room nothing In the
wall decoration line could be lovelier
and more novel than a wedgwood
pattern, with the background of a
paler shade of wedgwood blue and the
medallions of the darker shade re¬
lieved with white. Either blue or
that soft green which is a character¬
istic shade of wedgwood pottery is
effective when used in this way. The
carpet should match, and if the wedg¬
wood design is reproduced In the
centre it will emphasize the scheme
of the decorations,—New York
Herald.
MARKING SHEETS.
Why mark sheets with ink in a
haphazard way? It is so easy to find
a nice initial in newspapers or maga¬
zines which may be transferred to
sheets with carbon paper and then
traced with Indelible ink. Without
the slightest cost and with little trou¬
ble a good and uniform marking may
be thus procured and if preferred,
the letters, thus marked, may even
be embroidered. In this day, when
engraved headings are the rule, not
the exception, letters for the whole
name may be found, too.—New
Haven Register. ,
TO CLEAN COAT COLLARS.
Apply turpentine to the soiled
places, letting the fluid dry, and ap¬
plying more several times; then
gently scrape off the loosened dirt.
Wet again with turpentine, and
scrape, repeating this until all spots
have been removed.
Then sponge with a clean cloth and
turpentine, or better still, alcohol or
chloroform, and wipe dry.
A fresher and smoother looking
surface is obtained when alcohol or
chloroform is used, as these two sub¬
stances evaporate more quickly than
does turpentine.—New York Press.
TO CLEAN BLACK DRESSES.
Remove all dust with a stiff brush.
To three parts warm water add one
part liquid ammonia. Rub the dress
thoroughly with a piece of the same
material. Then with a sponge wrung
out of cold water go over the whole
surface. Hang the garment in a
shady place to dry*.
Black dresses may also be cleaned
by dissolving as much indigo blue in
water as will make the latter a dark
shade. The dress should be sponged
thoroughly with this and then hung
up to dry.
Mud stains on dark dresses which
cannot be removed by brushing gen¬
erally disappear if rubbed with a
niece of raw potato.—New York
Press.
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Cornmeal Muffins—Prepare as rye
meal muffins, using one cup each of
yellow or white cornmeal, half a tea¬
spoonful of salt, two or three table¬
spoonfuls of sugar, two level tea¬
spoonfuls of baking powder, a scant
'half cup of milk and one-half or the
whole of an egg.
Cocoanut Macaroons—Boil two
thirds of a cup of sugar and one-third
a cup of water to the soft ball stage;
remove from the fire and stir in half
a pound of prepared cocoanut. Beat
the white of three eggs ary, then cut
and fold into them the cocoanut
mixture. Shape, with a spoon, into
small cakes on a buttered tin or tin
covered with a buttered paper. Bake
until slightly browned.
Candied Sweet Potato Balls—With
a French cutter scoop balls from raw
sweet potatoes; the potatoes should
first be neatly pared. For a pint of
balls melt one-fourth a cup of butter
in a casserole,-add one-fourth a cup of
maple syrup or sugar, and when very
hot put in the balls and shake them
over the fire until quite hot, then
cover and let cook in the oven till
tender. Baste frequently with the
liquid in the dish; add salt before the
cooking is completed.
!
Floating Island—One quart ot
milk, five eggs, four tablespoonfuls
of sugar, two teaspoonfuls extract of
vanilla, half a teaspooDful extract of
almond. Heat the milk to scalding
point, drop whites of eggs beaten to a
stiff froth upon it in form of little
islands. Let same simmer for a mo¬
ment, then skim off and place upon
a platter. Now take yolk of eggs,
well beaten with sugar, and pour
slowly into the hot milk until same is
thickened. When cool enough add
the flavorings of vanilla and almond.
Then pour into a deep glass dish.
From platter transfer the islands to
dish for serving.
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We have put in the latest
improved
U\ Turning & Block Machine
Ik and are fitted up to get out
round, square and octagon
Balusters, Porch Spindles,
Base and Corner Blocks.
It »l l* M We also have a first-class
k Wood Lathe for all kinds of
it hand turning.
4 :b We are prepared to get out all
kinds of Dressed Lumber for
i 44 5 ed buildings. Lumber, Rough Flooring, and Ceiling Dress¬
and Shingles on hand at all
1 times.
I*. Don’t forget that we are still in
if h
n the Repair Business of Engines,
Boilers and other Machinery.
ANTHOINE S MACHINE WORKS ,
Fort Valley, Ga.
Everything to Build With.
We have recently purchased the Harris Manufacturing
Company’s lumber plant and stock and will devote our
exclusive attention to the builders supply busines in tho
future.
Our very complete stock includes
Brick, Lime, Sand, Cement, Fiber Wall Plaster, Paris
Piaster, Laths, Framing—rough or sized to order;
Weatherboarding—several grades; Sheeting, Shingles,
Prepared Rooting, Kiln Dried Flooring and Ceiling, the
kind that don’t crack open several grades; Doors—
plain, and fancy glass front doors; Sash and Blinds—
in usual sizes; Window Cords, Weights and Pulleys;
Mantels, Columns, Balusters, Brackets, Mouldings,
Wainscoting, Corner and Plinth Blocks; Turned and
Sawed Work Made to Order; Door and Window
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IN FACT
Everything to Build UJitb
Bring us a list of the material that you want, or »plan of
the house you anticipate building, and let us convince you
that our prices are right.
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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,
ATTO RNE Y-AT-L A W,
WRIGHT BUILDING,
Fort Valley, Ga.
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Tire $ Cite Insurance
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FORT VALLEY, GA.
C. L. SHEPARD,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Fort Valley, Ga.
Office Over First National Bank.
rONSORIAL ARTIST
For anything in the tonsorial line
don’t fail to call on
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Next Door to Post Office.
Experienced workmen and courteooa at¬
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A Tribute.
< < That’s the only parade I’ve seen
in ten years on this post, »» said the
Park row policeman, ** that hasn’t
brought any extra trade to the sa¬
loons hereabouts. i >
It was the night the Salvationists
were waving torches arul bands were
playing to honor General Booth in
City Hall Park.—New York Sun.
Decrease in Arrests.
Clarksburg, Tenn., reports 356 ar¬
rests during ten months under pro¬
hibition, as against 809 during its
last ten months under license.
SAM LOO,
FIRST=CLASS LAUNDRY
FORT VALLEY, GA.
PRICE LIST.
Shirts, plain.............. 10c
Shirts, plain or puffed with
collar............ ,1212c
Suits oleaned....... 50 & $1
Pants pressed........ 25c
Collars............... 21-2
Capes, collar or fancy 5c
Cuffs each per pair... 5c
Chemise............. 10c
Drawers......>...... 5c
Undershirts......... 5c
Socks, per pair..... 5c
Handkerchiefs........ 2 1-2
Handkerchiefs, silk.. 5c
Shirts, night, plain... 10c
Coats...... .. .15 to 25c
Vests...... . ..15 to 20c
Pants...... . ..25 to35c
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........... 29 to 35e
Greatest of All Shots.
President. Roosevelt is a good shot,
yet be never aims without his eye¬
glasses. Nearly all the leading ocu¬
lists in the world have sent, him aids
to sight. It is said he has received
in the last six or seven years as many
as 300 pairs of spectacles, from the
aristocratic rimless pince-nez to the
old-fashioned green goggle and the
smoked glass eye-fenders, from sym¬
pathetic: opticians. He is rarely seen
I without his glasses. In fact., they
i soem to have grown upon his broad,
rather short and somewhat bulbous
nose. Not even his fence-taking horse
can shake them off. He always wears
them shooting, a most unusual thing,
and it, is a matter of history that, there
isn’t a quicker or better shot in Amer¬
ica with a rifle, A Rough Rider once
said: “The president, though almost
blind without, his glasses, is the great¬
est, shot in the world—considering
that, handicap.”—New York Press.
Is the setting of an old account in
the morning the evening of debt?
