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TIH ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1910!
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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MACBETH SCBS THE
MYSTERIOUS DAGGER
(Macbeth. Act II, Tlcene 1.)
Is this a dagger which I see before me
The handle toward my hand? Come, let me
elntch thee.
2 have thee not and yet 1 have thee still.
Art thou not. fatal vision, sensible
To feeling as to light? or art thou but
A dagger of the mind, a false creation,
Troceedtng from the heat-opprecsed brain?
2 see thee yet in form as palpable
At this which now I draw.
Thou marshal’it me the way that I was going
And such an instrument I was to use.
Mins eyss are msde the foola o' the other
senses
Or else worth all the rest; I see thee still,
And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood.
Which wa» not so before. There’s no such
thing;
It is the bloody business which Informs
Thus to mine eyes. Now o’er the one-half
world
Nature teems dead and wicked dreamt abase
The curtain'd sleep; witchcraft celebrates
Tale Hecate’s offering and wither’d mnrder,
Alarmed by hie sentinel the wolf.
Whose howl's his watch, thus with his
stealthy pace.
With Tarqnin’s ravishing strides, towards
his design
Moves like s ghost. Thon sure and firm-set
earth
Beer not my steps, which way they walk tor
fear *
The very atones prate of my whereabouts
And take the present horror from the time
Which now suite with it; whiles I threat
he lives
Words to tho heat of deeds too cold breath
gives.
I go and it is done; the bell invites me.
Beer it not, Duncan, for it is a knell
That summon* thee to heaven or to hell.
—Shakespeare.
"Better a rolling atone." remarks The
fCMeugu Sews, "thtin a stolen roll.”
The Republican party I* beginning
to renllr.o thin Mr. Aldrich Is not the
lAntci Iran people.
\\Vll! A lawyer wants $85.00» for ad
vising a client to marry n man who
lived only n week.
fording to The t'Titcngo Press,
tGluvl* lias accused Ballinger of every
thing except eating with Ills knife.
Herbert Gladstone has been made n
lord. Y» t bis father. England’# grand
old ropunoner. wn« content to be called
“Mr. Gladstone.”
show how mean and narrow some
tnen arc, a deed for a strip of land
one-half Inch wide and S."> feet long In
Slushing. X. Y.. has Just lw»en recorded.
MUtfouti report* a citizen two years
abort of a century, who. dying, crawled
fully a mile to the nearest neighbor’s
^uul gasped with hi* d\ ing breath.
••Feed my cuts.”
••Why am I here?” wan one of the
questions which Senator Hey burn asked
Jn the course of his speech the other
day. but hl« colleagues were too polite
to hurt h|# feelings.
The Courier-Journal doesn't think
that Africa produces any finer elephant
■kins than the one which I’ncie Joe
Cannon lots worn constantly through*
out Ills public career.
As a candidate* for the ptlae offered
for one word which will best describe
the situation at Annapolis, it l« thought
that General Sherman'* definition of
yrmf -eland* the best chance.
Joseph Molnnls, driver T>f an Pc
wagon In Boston, received his first
■hock early In the day. wheji he found
a wallet containing $1,800 In cash. The
second shock followed a few minute#
later, when the owner of the wallet
turned up. received his $1,800. and. os
a reward, gave Mclnnts a five-cent
cigar.
During the first 50 years of the old
American navy, 1?ft$-184S, the mortality
of naval officers resulting from duels
wta two-thirds that resulting from na
val wars. In the S2 duels listed by a
recent writer 36 men were killed, all
naval ofllcera except three civilians. The
per cent of mortality, was 22. or fly
times the mortality of the Federal
army In the t'lvil war. One-half of
B- those not killed In these duels were
wounded. The large number «>f casual*
tie* was undoubtedly due to the short
distance between the combatants, which
•‘ customarily was only ten paces, or. 30
I feet. In a few duels the distance was
MV even less. Itt the Barron-Decatur duel
It 24 feet, and only twelve in the
HL Balhbrtdge-i ’oclunn duel,-
P»
SOUTH CAROLINA'S SENIOR SENATOR.
If the new* dlepatchen from U’a*hfn«<on lisve not ex«*rerated the »•-
rioun effects of Senator Tillman's recent stroke of paralysis. It is more
thnn likely that ills familiar accent* have been heard for the last time In
the Federal somite chamber.
This' Is the second attack of the kind from which the senior senator
from. South Carolina ha* recently suffered.
And even tho lie may recover his strength Bumciently to resume ills
seal, the doctors give little ground for hope that he will ever participate
Again In the senatorial debates. , ^
For some time past the signs of ill health have been only too mani
fest in Senator Tillman. 1
He has lacked the snap and fire which formerly eifcracterlxed him,
ami on several oeeaslons Ills effort* In the sen*te have disappointed hi*
friends. They expected to hear the old-time Tillman.
The speech of defense which he mafce against the strictures Of Presi
dent Roosevelt during the final hours of the last administration belVayed
Ids weak physical condition, nnd the mental ordeal thru which he has re
cently passed In the loss of his grandchildren nnd the exposure of Ids
|on’s domestic relations, has no doubt been severely taxing to his vital
forces, already somewhat enfeebled.
The senator's pitchfork methods of warfare have not always appealed
to popular admiration and the traditions of the senate have sometimes
been rudely upset by his vernacular Knglish.
But neither the vigor of ids intellect nor.the courage of Ids convic
tions hag ever beep seriously questioned, and South Carolina tins doubt
less never been represented In the upper house by one more sincerely or
loyally devoted to the welfare of the masses.
In the hope that Ids life may be graciously spared, both friend* and
foes will alike join.
IMMORTALITY A SCIENTIFIC FACT,
Wholly upart from the religious aspects of the problem of man's fu
ture existence, Dr. Carl E. (Jullie, professor of physics In tile University
of Michigan, discusses the possibility of life after death.
And the conclusion at w'ltich this matter of fact wan of science ar
rives is that the soul Is Immortal. Bay* he:
-Our life Is a constant growth of the human intellect, ^losely connect
ed with the development of the body. But we know that there is a con-'
tlnuous Interchange of cells, decaying and forming, and yet. tho tho liv
ing tissues may In the course of time be entirely renewed, the Individual
continues to exist: It remains one and tho same. But even the matter and
energy which have been given off from tho living body have not disap
peared; they are still in existence, 1 tho disconnected from tho life-giv
ing principle. Should we not demand that there should be a similar con
servation for tile invisible part of our life? I have not tile power to de
scribe what the life after deatli Is; the Intellect will not tell us.
"While I have lo content myself with the assertion that mind Is ns
Indestructible as matter and energy, my firm belief In evolution and In
nil orderly plan of the universe,leads me to doubt that there can be any
retrogression In its development. I believe my spirit will after death be
more advanced In all the characteristics of the human soul.
"And thus I find no difficulty whatever In believing in a personality
embracing tile whole universe and intimately blended with the marvel
ously Intricate system of material bodies, a personality different from ours,
It Is true, but, since I form a part of it, one of the same nature as my
own, only grander, wiser, more powerful and more lust.
"Ill conclusion, let me say that the vises here advanced were not ob
tained I,y adherence ti, any theological or philosophical dogma, but were
the result of n purely scientific search after n word picture which would
satisfy not only the Intellect but the human soul."
ROYAL INCOMES FROM WASTE PRODUCTS.
Waste products are sometimes potential (ioicomias. From the sawdust
of the lumber camps It has been ascertained that an excellent quality of
ethyl alcohol can be extracted, and when the process Is commercially put
Into operation It will result In an economic saving of millions of dollars.
Most of 11s can remember when cotton seed were used chiefly for pur
poses of fertilisation.
Hut today tlio nil extracted from cotton seed Is rapidly superseding lard.
It represents one of the foremost Amerlesn industrles. nnd the revenues aris
ing front this onee obscure source are fabulous. The nverage matt will be
surprised to know that he seldom eAn a meal without unconsciously nt-
tesllng Ills dependence upon cotton seed oil. Bakers use It In large quanti
ties. I
Sometimes It gets Into strange buttles, especially If It goes by way of
Italy; nnd Instead of seasoning our food with the choice products of some
Tuscan olive grove it now nml then turns out that we have paid unconscious
tribute to the cotton fields of Dixie.
. It is the foreigner who perpetrates the fraud.
But hostility Is disarmed w : lieh we reflect that the product which the
wily Italians' skill Inis disguised Is native to the hills and valleys of a
clime far richer than Italy’s.
Bevernl days ago at a banquet of the American Cotton Seed Oil asso
ciation In New York rlty. Mr. Joseph G. Unsli, the president, made an Inter
esting review of the rise of the eotton seed oil Industry In the United States.
For exnntple, he stated that In lS«o there were lesa than twenty cotton
seed mills ill existence. The total amount of eotton seed crushed per Annum
was 611,000 tons. At the present time, however, there are 750 eotton seed
mills In operation. These crush perunnum not less than 4.000,000 tons of cot
ton seed nnd represent nn Invested capital of 1150,000,000. Besides, they
give employment to 100,000 persons.
Yet this i qpissal Industry which Is yearly making the South richer and
richer Is only nn evolution from what was formerly a waste product.
The hugest market for cotton seed oil In the United Btatee. according to
Mr. Gush, is furnished by tho manufacturers of lard substitutes and Jn
tills direction alone not lesa than 100,000,000 gallons of cotton seed oil are
annually consumed.
Another speaker at the banquet called attention to the fact that In the
state of Mississippi there was xtlll an unrepealed lawr nn the statute books
forbidding anyone to dump cotton seed In the river at certain points.
It was conservatively estimated that this former waste product of the
South's cotton fields was worth to this section not less than 1300,000,000 per
annum.
The fnerenss In the price of lard la Inclining the American housewife
more and more toward the vegetable product.
It is only a question of time, therefore, before the use of cotton seed oil
for domestic purposes will be universal.
And whpn the habits nf the hog aro considered In connection with the
cede of Uevitlrus, why should the unclean swine be preferred at any time
to the pure and wholesome extract of the cotton plant?
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian Itere re**ordt each day (
some eennomh* f*et in referene# to
the onward progre** of the Month.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY.
North Carolina baa in thirteen year* com# to lw» a great airs wherry-growing
at at*, and (he eotintlea—Columbua, Way he, Dupllu, Tender and Sampson—produce
per rent of all the Iterrte* grown in tbU state for mnrket. The Aral strawberries
were grown In Columbus e»*uoty In 1*97. and that season only W0 crate*—four car
load*—were shipped from chadbourn, while In a few yean the shipment* Increased
to 1.623 carloads and the average during the past fire year* bat been 1.3*> ear*, with
animal receipt* reaching the great figure of $FV,<*w>.
Voir correspondent had an Interview- with J. A. Brown, of chadbourn. who hna
done »n ranch for the promotion of Columbus county and all that part of the
*tate a* to Immigration, berry-growing, truck-growing and gfneral development.
.Mr. Brown wa* asked abont the tiumber of settlor* who have cotut Into Colutnhua
county from the North nnd Northwest. lie *aya that about 1.000 hare beta settled
1u that section, and while n few have moved away other* have taken their places,
*o that this new population ha# remained at ail time* up t,» the highest number.
Thane n*w settlers have succeeded well, nnd have made admirable cltlseu*. The
Inflow of this desirable population ha* not continued on *ttch ■ large scale since
the people of Coltimhu* have ceased advertising, yat there U continued growth.
The reason for not advertising further U that all the land which they bad for sale
has l#*ett disposed of, and of course there la no further luceutive for advertising
the section, so fur as the landholders are Individually concerned. Mr. Brown de
clares thvt he knows no other place In the Mouth where Immigrants from other
states have settled lii as great volume and have b***n so uulfontdy progressive nnd
p#aperoua. lie says the immigration question is oue which ha* to In* follos.-il up
and worked continually to keep It growing.—F. A. (lids in Monufactiirer*’ Keeofit,
Daily Medical Chat
2MH..C, M. D.
Control of Hemorrhage
It la surprising how much blood mny bo
lo»t without fatal readft to the person who
laaei It. About 1-12 by weight of the human
body is blood. Mo that a person weighing
160 pounds carries In Ills blood vessels ap
proximately, twelve pints of blood—one pint
weighing, roughly, one pound. Physiologist*
tell us that one may lose half the blood In
the body without fatal Issue, provided the
losa Is sufficiently gradual. Thus the aver
age man could recover after Ibe loaa If'six
pints of Mood from n slowly bleeding vein,
But the rapid loss of more than a quart of
blood, as front n spurting artery, would
probably prove fatal.
Hemophslin, or “bleeder’s dlsasss," Is the
not uncommon hereditary condition which
prevents the normal clotting of the Moral
during hemorrhage. People suffering from
this disease nro said to have the "hetftor-
rbuglc diathesis,” the hemorrhagic tendency ;
and they may bleed) to death from a mere
scratch. The question of what onuses Moral
to clot precipitated nt one time much con
troversy among physiologists. The seem
ingly obvious explanation that exposure to
air causes the blood to clot wits long since
disproved, ns were other plausible theories.
The present-day theory is that blood coagu
lates by the formation of a gclatin-likc sub
stance called fibrin end that fibrin Is made
lip of three elements, or constituents, two
of wbleb circulate In the blood, while the
third 1* resident In tho wall# of the blood
vessels. Fibrin is formed when laceration
of the blood vessel# allow# this third
incut to escape nnd conilugle with the other
elements In tin* Moral. One or more of
these flhrln elements therefore must be
lacking In persons of the hemorrhagic tend-
ncy. But how to supply thi# missing ele-
iieht Is a problem yet to he solved.
T/m standard agents for control of hemor
rhage depend for their efficiency upon thetr
power to contract the tissues, particularly
tho mouths of the blood vessel#. One of the
moat popular nnd efficient of thole agent# la
tannic aehl, a yellowish powder sufficiently
|» and harmless to be kept in every
household. Almost auy astringent may be
used to control hemorrhage—tincture of
Iron, alum, etc. One of the most Interesting
hemostatics (agents to stop hemorrhage) Is
suprarenal extract—an extract obtained
from tissues lying above the kidney in most
animal#, sheep for instance. This extract
Is put up by sundry manufacturer# under
various names, and may he applied locally
or token loternally as a constitutional rem
edy. It Is one of the best agents for the
control of nose-bleed.
The mechanical devices employed by sur
geon# for control of hemorrhage are unique;
and most effective of these Is the hemo
static forceps—a pln-llke Instrument, which
has the bulldog facility of retaining its hold
onee It Is damped In an object. Tho sur
geon uses It to clrtinp the mouths of bleed
ing arteries or vein*.
The tourniquet Is « device familiar to nil.
It is simply a large cord of rubber, or other
material tied around an entire limb for the
purpose of cutting off the circulation In the
limb below any point where the tourniquet
Is fixed. A handkerchief or any piece of
cloth rolled Into s ropo may be effectively
employed as a tourniquet, particularly if a
suitable piece of wood Is used to twist It
tightly about the limb. Of course damage
may result from a tourniquet too tight or
too long In u#e. Inexperienced persons
have been known to make the terrible mis
bike of applying a tourniquet below t
bleeding point Instead of above It. This
blunder simply redoubles ths hemorrhage
Violent bleeding from s ent on the fsco
may be temporarily held In eherk by making
s strong pressure’ over ths pulsating facial
artery where that vessel comes tip from the
nerk ami turna orcr the rim of the jaw at a
point about one inch in front of tho angle
of the jaw. Indeed, the us* of firm pressure
by the finger or other means over almost any
bleeding point may prove effeetive In con
trolling hemorrhage till the doctor arrives
The classic advice to apply eobwebs •* s
hemostatic is not worth mnch In this day of
exemplary housekeeping because cobwebs are
not always at hand.
A discussion of hemorrhage would not be
complete without warning against the hasty
use nf rourt plaster or other means of hastily
waling entail ruts. A bur amount of hemor
rhage will not hurt anything and .may prevent
infection; while the closure of s cut insy
give rise to grave trouble from infcetlon.
Most difficult of all forms of hemorrhage
to control Is the deep-seated hemorrhage In
the lungs or other internal organs, like the
stomach or intestines. Physicians use three
drugs for these cases—«*rgot, suprarenal ex
tract and opium. The first two art by con
stringing the tissues, the last by diminishing
the blood pressure irs a result of quieting the
Imart action. In emergencie#, when a physl
cisn ran not he brought quickly, copious
doses of paregoric may do some*good.
It is a curious fad that a man may liter
ally bleed to death under the Influence of tar
tain drugs—nitroglycerine, for instance—
without losing a drop of blood. Those drugs
dilate ail the minute perhipernl blood vessels
so suddenly that the heart and larger vessels
are practically emptied.
It is a pity that tire old time practice of
bleeding for therapeutic purposes' has given
way to an absolute neglect of this valuable
measure. For apoplexy, ( uremia or sudden
dilatation of the heart there is no moro useful
remedy, perhaps, than ropiouH bleeding. Yet
so extreme are the fashions In medicine that
it Is a curiosity nowadays 1o see a pativut
bled—except financially, of course.
Army-Navy Orders
And. Movements of Vessels
Washington, Fsb. 21.—The following
orders-havc boon Issued:
Army Orders.
First IJeutennnt Edward E. Farns
worth, roast artillery corps, from 160th
company to artillery, district of tho Co
lumbia, on staff duty.
Captain John G. Worklser. Second
Infantry, to presidio of Hsin Francisco,
general hospital, for observation and
treatment.
Colonel Valery Havard. medical
corps, retirement announced.
hirst Lieutenant Ferdinand \V. Fon
da. signal corps, to Fort Bayard. X, M„
general hospital, for observation and
treatment.
Navy Orders.
Commander M. A. Anderson, retired,
from Chester, Pa., to home.
Commander J. F. Hubbard to navy
yard. New York.
Movements of Naval Veesele.
Arrived—Chester at Tompklnavlllo;
I.umson and Salem at Norfolk, and
Preston at Key West.
Hailed —Smith from K *y West for
Charleston.
WHY DO NOT THE COMMON SCHOOL
TEACHERS ORGANIZE?
To the Editor of The Georgian.
Sir: The preacher, the lawyer, the doc-
tor, and every form of business In organ
ized. The state colleges aro organized. The
denominational college# and high schools
are organized. All these are accomplishing
gre.it thing#. Just think what Agnes Scott
did by being organized! The Methodists
only recently raised a large sum for Emory.
Tho Baptist* raised a very large auni for
their high school# thi# year. The congres
sional agricultural schools only this fait
called for more money, nnd received It. All
this ha* been accomplished because they
were organised and pulled together. When
ever the state colleges want an appropria
tion they send a representative to press
their cause before the Georgia law-makers.
You never see the paper* full of cries from
the college professors for more money.
Why don’t you? Because they are organ
ized nnd get what they want.
If the above-mentioned Institutions are
organized, should not tho common school
teacher organize? “Yes!” I hear from every
where, especially from tho teachers. Well,
why don’t we organize? The answer Is.
•‘What’s everybody’s business is nobody’#,”
so the matter get# no attention, only a iittle
while during the meeting of the legislature—
the common school appropriation Is dis
cussed, but not settled, for the organized
colleges nnd schools consume nil tho time.
Sonin one gays, “So much Is appropriated"—
but that 1# not pfild promptly; neither Is It
enough. The common school teacher should
receive ns much an n town school or college
teacher. Why? Because liefims the greatest
nml most responsible .position of them all.
Again, the country schools do not Inst long
enough to authorize a good teacher to re
main In them, so when n man can do suc
cessful work In the country he I# forced to
seek for n better paying position.
Now, let us who are handling tho common
schools put fortli nn effort nnd organize
so that wo will have better schools in tho
rural district.*. Geutiemen, tho child In
the country needs education Just the same
n* tho town children, nnd even more so.
for l#‘lt not said that the business world,
tho church, the government nnd all the
activities of life depend on the farmer to
send their boys nnd girls to carry on their
work? Ask the college professor, the mer-
>
chant, the doctor, the lawyer and the
prefieber where he was reared. The nn- /
swer comes, “In the country.”
Wo appeal to all'these bodies of organized
people to support tho common mcIiooI teach
er. We also caH upon the pro##, both dally
and weekly. In each county, to send this call
along tho lino so thnt every teacher of
Georgia cap hear. I*et the county school
commissioner# talk it to their teachers—
uot about teachers' Institute*, but teachers
organization, something In which they will
have a say so. Above all, let the state
school commissioner rally to our support.
Wc also Implore the colleges to remember
the cause, for they are greatly dependeut
upon our success for their success.
Can't you see, gentlemen, if the common
gchooF teachers are organized what the
whole state of Georgia would dcrUo from
the cotiuty school? We would have better
business men, higher stsmlnVd of living In
the country, n better educated ministry,
better doctor*, lawyers, and farmer#. Every
thing Is dependent upon the success of tho
common school, nnd Its success depend*
upon the organized effort# of the teachers.
The teacher will then be able to let the
needs of the country school be known; n# It
I#, nobody In particular attends to their
needs. The teacher wJH then be bettor paid
nnd much higher educated In the common
school.
Then so ninny of these young girls will
cease to flock to the school room until they
nre fully prepared to teach.
Then, another thing which is being dis
cussed so much, thnt I* compulsory educa
tion, can be carried to success—and not until
the teachers nrc organized. That may seem
a hard statement, but It is true. Iwvi
you now have no common school to force
the child to enter. Georgia doc# not need
compulsory education, but better teacher#
nnd longer term# of schools, and nothing
but more money will get them, and nothing
will get more money until the teachers or
ganize.
•rery county organize Into a I’ounty
orgnu'zatlon nt once, nml next spring, about
April, we will organize a state organization.
1 will be glnd .to correspond with any
teacher In regard to this organization. All
till# In behalf of the common schools. Ite-
spectfnlly, r. I/. JOHNSTON.
Griffin, G*. R. F. h. 4.
000iiM
3£®)S
AROUND AND ABOUT GEORGIA
• A Protest.
The little organ at tho merry-go-
round afford the same merry-go-round
tune that has been for year*. Give us
a change.—Woodbury Georgian.
Hurrah for Atlanta!
Atlanta has just voted to issue $3.-,
000,000 worth of bonds for public im
provements. That is going it some—
and then just think of the annual in
terest that will ho to pay. Hurrah for
Atlanta!—Commerce News.
Bluffing tho Chickens.
Mr. H. C. Allen has discovered the
latest substitute for a garden fence.
Before moving out to id# homo at
Douglas Lake, he planted part of hi#
garden. But his garden was &iot
fenced.
It so happened that Mr. Allen had a
live hawk he hiul caught, and a
thought struck him.
In a day or two a friend who hud
passed by said: “Alien, what are you
doing with that big hawk chained to a
post out at your place?" “Why. didn’t
you see?" Mr. Allen answered. "I have
my garden planted and no fence around
it. Just a post In the middle of the
garden -nnd a big hen hawk chained
so »he can fly down on the ground nnd
back to the top of the post is sufficient.
Xo, the chickens are not troubling me
at all. nnd I will build the fence Inter.”
—Bttinbridge Search Light.
Anticipation.
Easter bonnet* In March. April
fools In April. Halley's comet In May
and Teddy In June. Anticipation fur
nishes good kindling.—Commerce ob
server.
Exposing ■ Braggart.
Mr. J. K.Ionian, foreman of the
mechanical department of this office,
I# now diluting on the charm# of a re
inforcement that has arrived nt his
home. He Is devoting much of his
time to learning tho Doxology nnd
other songs that mny he used for fu
ture reference.—Meigs Review.
The Millennium, Maybe,
Bang! goes the price of milk,
Down go eggs;
Pork and latnb, beef and hum
Are shaking on their leg*.
Zip! goes the butcher’s knife
And chops his bills | n two,
Bufi. the wise ones smile, “Let’s wait
awhile
And see If It 1* true.”
“Help!/’ cries the Butter Trust. *
“Don’t shoot, please;
We are Just about to bu’st, \ V
See us on our knees."
“Wow!” walls the Gas Trust.
“We stand on ruin’s brink;
With low-priced gas we’ll smash, alas’*
But the Common People wink.
“See,” moans the Packing Trust,
“All meat is very low’.
Your bills are more than e’er before?
Er—well—er—maybe so,
But Ju#t to make you satisfied.
The price «ttll more we’ll cut.”
But the People grin; it sound# loo thin
Their answer I# “Tut tut!”
Oho! It all sounds lovely.
But Trust# are wily klne:
When sign# anpear that trouble’s n*ar
They always act benign.
It’s great to hoar their promises.
Their contrite, cringing tune;
But ’ware their guile; let’s wait awhile;
We’d best not crow' too soon.
—Paul West In Xew York World.
The Lesser Evil.
In Sammy Small’s neighborhood ther*
lived a family of boys who were frroshtf-
l»ly eharming to Sammy, hut not to Sam
my’# mother. In fuel. Sammy's mother for
bade him ever to go over to play with
those hoy# again, nml threatened punish
ment should he disobey her.
But one day Sammy disappeared and hi*
mother mndr* Inquiries. Wie learned that
Sammy was over playing with tho irreristi-
bln boy* again. Aeeordlngly, when Sammy
returned from hi# visit ho found Ids mother
looking very stern, nml with a remarkably
Square, forbidding lap which suggested a
spanking.
Sammy was promptly taken to task and
stood for a moment looking thoroughly ml*,
ernble. _ Suddenly lie brightened up, and
started to leave tho room.
“Here, #ir! IVbcro are you going?” de
manded his raoUttft
••I gutf** tsnrrrcd Sammy. htMlag
steadfastly on Us way, ‘Til go and -hut
myself up in Cto*et.”-Unmllton l*«j#»
Galt, ill Woman's TTomo Companion.
TH Minor Key.
I am a Minor Poet.
That you may not mistake me
For a major or a auger
Thun the kindly Muse# make me
I am n minor poet.
Tho editors forsake me,
I am a minor p«*et —
Tho postage stamp# will break me;
And I’d be n finer poet
If some one would grubstake me.
—J.lpplmott's.
Ona Way.
To preserve cut glass-keep It out of
baby’# reach.—Life.
Indian Basarvatlon.
The red man bought n Pullman berth
On entering the station.
Ami then remarked with subtle mirth—
“An fudinti reservation.”
—St. l-ouls Star.
Mrs. Trubbell and Her Chantecler Hat
By T. E. Powers 1
Com* Out From th* Bushes.
A f»*w more candidate# In the hushes.
>rae down. hoy*, and announce, w«*
low >»»u an* then—see your teg#
banging d«>wn.—Coffee County New*.