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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. sTHE C n . “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. m w [n ha 0, m j i3 kf •% ■■ 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. T !£//?£> • V, >• 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. I i l n iO ANTHOINES’ MACHINE WORKS ♦ 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 Frames; Sherwin-Williams Paint, Oils and Varnishes; Guaranteed Roof Paint. 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. Fort Valley Lumber Company. 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. Practice in all the courts. Money loaned. Titles abstracted. Tire $ Cite Insurance K D. SkclSic ♦ 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 line don’t fail to call on WILLIAMS Next Door to Post Office. Experienced workmen and courteooa at¬ tention to alL Everything np-to-d&t*. r, Ik, 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?