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fiOVEINS W EXECUTION
fount Tolstoi Declares this the
policy of Czar’s Government.
liiWN DEEDS ARE COMMON
n Author Declare# That He Can
No Longer Endure the Crimes
Committed in Russia.
I ondon, England—The Daily Chron
three close columns of the
icle i llll, . ...
i passionate and severe mdict
in'ii' ever penned 'by Count Leo Tol
j t he Russian author, in which he
* ’ all his old vivid skill, of the
S resent system or ‘government by ex
-1 „ f j o n" m Russia, the article con
eJ dint , with a noble appeal to the
leper Mature of his countrymen.
During the course of the article, the
count writes:
..j c an no longer endure it. I write
[lis * * * either that these inhu
uui deeds may stopped or that my
connection with them may be snapped
' nd [ be put in prison, where 1 may
nearly conscious that these hor
fon-; are not committed on my behalf,
o- still better (so good that I dare not
even dream or such nappiness), that
ij. ' may put on me as on those twen
or twelve peasants, a shroud and
a can and may push me also off a
' oenctl so that my own weight may
lighten the well-soaped noose around
my old throat.”
Aftei describing wholesale execu
t;ons in gruesome detail, Count Tol
stoi says:
All this is carefully arranged and
planned by the learned and enlight
ened people of the upper class. They
arrange to do these things secretly at
(lavbreak and they so subdivide the
responsibility of these iniquities
among those who commit them that
each may disclaim responsibility, and
not these dreadful things alone, but
all sorts of other tortures and violence
are perpetrated in the prisons, fort
resses and convict establishments.”
With regard to the government’s
contentions that there is no other way
to suppress the revolutionists, Count
Tolstoi! while admitting that the rev
olutionists’ crimes are stupid and rep
rehensible in the highest degree, ac
cuses the government of doing the
same thing for the same motive and
adds:
• All the revolutionists bombings and
murders do not come anywhere near
ihe criminality and stupidity of the
deeds the government commits.”
“JOCK”" FLEMMINOIs DEAD.
Won Fame by Taking Cruiser Talla
hassee Through Northern Fleet.
Halifax, X. S— “ Jock” Fleming, who
won renown during the United States
civil war by taking the confederate
cruiser Tallahassee out through the
eastern passage in Halifax harbor, in
1864, eluding the northern fleet that
was lying in wait, is dead at Ketch
Harbor. He was 98 years of age.
Fleming had been a pilot for over 60
years and while he figured in many
adieu lures his most famous exploit
was that of the Tallahassee.
The Tallahassee was trapped in Hal
ifax harbor while coaling, by a strong
northern fleet, and was given forty
eight hours by the British admiral
within which to escape or surrender
to the British flag. In the dead of
night Fleming took the southern cruis
er down the eastern passage, a shal
low unused channel on the eastern
side of the harbor used only by fish
ing boat, and when morning broke the
Tallahassee had vanished.
NEW COLLEGE AT MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.
One of the First of Its Kind in the
County Opens September Ist.
Milledgeville, Ga. The American
Cotton College, an institution for the
education of young men, farmers,
warehousemen, cotton buyers and oth
ers, in the science of classifying and
grading cotton, has been instituted
here bv Prof, J. H. Dickinson and Mr.
fC L. Wall, the well known cotton
and expert, and will begin oper
ations on (September Ist. Suitable
quarters have been secured and a
lat ’ge attendance at the first sessions
ts assured.
The new college is one of a very
* ew of the kind in the country.
Lasses will be taught by correspon
dence as well as by person and this
eatun* is sure to become popular.
PARDON THAT WAS USELESS.
Seventeen Years After Man
Had Completed Sentence.
j olumbus, Ohio. Eighteen years
Iter George Swanston completed his
n --year sentence in the penitentiary
for violating the United States
Pension laws, a full and complete par
lJ!t arrived at the institution.
CHINESE IN BOX CAR.
N ‘ ne Men Had Been in Closed Car
* rrorn San Francisco to Baird, Texas,
k Texas.—A deputy sheriff
ro .\j the seals off a box car at Baird,
exas - an J arrested nine Chinese,
there, who, it is alleged,
'-L being smuggled into this coun-
* * le c ar came from San Francis
p° and arul w as consigned to Pittsburg,
be ~ was about half loaded with
* n sac^s and the Chinese had
a '. nit fort -y gallons of water in cans,
1( J X °* crackers and a couple of
’ ■ ot bread when arrested, which
the!- \ iiat was left of the provisions
e > started with.
dynamite put on track.
n y People on Birmingham Car Nar-
rowly Escape Death.
4ru e mingharT5 ’ Ala. Before Officers
sticks ! ni Kates could remove the
*refl ti°) ‘ VJ3ain ite which they discov
er kri 0 a Gate City car track, a
tear f' 1 forty people turned a
Mthin °! ner - The car was checked
The rr, . Went .y feet of the dynamite.
Luukr* !Ve f° r the attempted outrage
dynauij, ' n> A. negro, found near the
ih sight*' f sca l )ed as the officers came
’ Trough he was fired upon.
SEEK EO Of THE EARTH.
International Race for the North and
South Poles,
New \ork City.—When Commander
Robert L. Peary boards his steamer
Roosevelt at Sydney, Cape Breton, and
starts on his expedition in search of
the North Pole, an international race
to the uttermost ends of the earth
will be on.
Peary hopes to carry the stars and
stripes to the North Pole, while a Brit
ish Antarctic, expedition, commanded
by Liept. Ernest H. Shackleton, is
trying to place the union jack of the
British empire 90 degrees south. Al
though the British expedition has a
year handicap in point of time, Peary
hopes to win the race. Lieut. Shack
leton and party left London on July
30, 1907, on board the Nimrod, orig
inally a Newfoundland sealing vessel
of 227 tons, but which has been refit
ted as a steam barkentine.
Shackleton is an officer of the Brit
ish navy and before leaving London,
King Edward bestowed upon him the
Victorian Order. He was a member
of the British Antarctic expedition of
1902-03 under Captain Scott, and with
his commander and another member
of the party accomplished a sledge
journey with dogs to a point 82 de
grees 17 minutes south latitude, dur
ing which they were absent fioiji their
ship, the Discovery, ninety-three days,
and covered a distance of 950 miles.
FINDS JOBS FOR IMMIGRANTS.
Government Starts Big Employment
Bureau for Foreigners.
Washington, D. C. —Interesting
work is being done by Secretary
Straus, of the Department of Com
merce and Labor, fdr the immigrants
coming to this country by the forma
tion of a gigantiG free employment
bureau.
Nine hundred thousand postal cards
have been sent to all employers on
rural free-delivery routes, whether
they be farmers or artisans, asking if
help is needed in their communities
Already more than 1,400 replies have
been received, although the cards
were sent out only a short time ago.
The immigrants after going through
the channel of immigration reach a
stage where they are suspicious of
every person. It is expected that it
will restore their confidence and ma
terially aid them when they can be
made to see that the employment bu
reau is under the' control of the Gov
ernment and is designed for their es
pecial benefit.
That the foreigners are beginning
to appreciate the work, which in reali
ty is in its infancy, is shown by the
success in New York city. The office
in New York was opened about Feb
ruary 1. So great was the rush of
applications one day last week that
the presence of the police was neces
sary to restore order. There were
551 new applications* for work during
the week. Of this number 97 immi
grants were sent to farmers in vari
ous States and secured remunerative
employment.
MRS. CLEVELAND GRATEFUL.
Ex-President’s Widow Acknowledges
Condolence.
New York City.—So great has been
the number of messages of condolence
received by Mrs. Grover Cleveland
since ihe death of the ex-president,
that she has found it impossible to
make personal response to all of
them. Therefore, she has given to the
press the following communication in
acknowledgment of these messages:
Westland, Princeton, N. J. —In our
great grief there have come to my
children and myself from all over our
country and from other land3 expres
sions of condolence in our bereave
ment and of a participation in our
sorrow. My heart is touched by these
and by all the tributes paid to Mr.
Cleveland In word and act. I am deep
ly grateful for the comfort that God
gives in this way. I regret that the
multitude of these messages renders
it impossible for me to send a per
sonal word of thanks for each. The
press has kindly offered to bear for
me this expression of my own and my
children’s gratitude and appreciation,
and I hope it will reach all who have
thought of him and of us.
FRANCES F. CLEVELAND.
LIABLE TO PROSECUTION.
Doctor Must Not Prescribe Denatured
Alcohol.
Washington, D. C. —That both the
physician who writes a prescription
for denatured alcohol and the drug
gist who (prepares the prescription
and sells the medicine to the patient
are liable for criminal prosecution, is
held in a decision rendered by Com
missioner of Internal Revenue Capers.
The decision is the result of the ac
tion of some- druggists who prescribed
denatured alcohol for external medic
inal purposes not knowing that to do
so is a violation of the law.
BELLS IN 46TH STORY.
Metropolitan Building to Have Four
of Largest in the World.
New York City.—Four of the largest
and costliest -bells in the world are
to be placed in the forty-sixth story
of the new tower of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance company’s building, in
Madison Square, and from a position
about 650 feet above the pavement,
nearly twice as high as any in the
world, their deep tones will announce
each quarter of an hour.
They will give what is known as
the Cambridge quarters, four blows
each quarter of an hour, eight blow s
each half, twelve blows on the three
quarters, and sixteen blows each lioui,
followed by a striking of the houi.
FACES SHORTAtiE CHARGE.
Former Cashier of Pensacola, ria.,
Bank Will B$ Tried.
Pensacola, Fla.— George C. Scuda
more, alleged to have embezzled over
fifty thousand dollars from the Pensa
cola Bank and Trust company, of this
city of which he was cashier, has
been placed in jail, having -been
brought here from the state asylum.
Two commissions passed on his san
ity declaring him to be insane and he
was committed to tL e
NOMINATION ACCEPTED
Thos. Watson Formerly Notified
by Populist Party.
MADE ELOQUENT ADDRESS
In Atlanta Defending Policies of
Party—Six Thousand People At- Y
tend the Meeting.
Atlanta, Ga. —Honorable Thornes F
\Vatson of Georgia was notified
Thursday of his nomination for the
presidency by the populist party, the
notification speech being made by
Judge Jay W. Forrest of Albany, N.
Y., and in an address which covered
national issues in a vigorous and com
prehensive fashion accepted the nom
ination. Previous to his being noti
fied of his nomination Mr. Watson ad
dressed the Georgia state convention
of the populist party.
The notification meeting was held
at Ponce de Leon Park at Atlanta,
and the hall was crowded. About six
thousand people being in attendance.
After Mr. Watson ascended the plat
form, Dr. W. W. Landrum, pastor of
the First Baptist church, Atlanta, of
fered a fervent prayer, and when Mr.
Watson was presented to the audi
ence, the band played “Dixie,” and be
cause of the continued applause it
IHO>*. TllOi \ WATSON
was several minutes before the speak
er was able to begin his eloquent ad
dress, in the midst of which he he
ceived frequent applause, holding the
close attention of the entire audience.
In his speech of acceptance Mr.
Watson referred repeatedly to himself
and his political comrades as “we Jef
fersonians,” indicating faintly the
change In title which it is predicted
will ultimately be made in the peo
ple’s or populist party.
The change, it is said, will not be
made by any sudden act or resolution.
The name Jeffersonian, say the au
thorities, will gradually come into
general acceptance ,and will eventual
ly supersede the present name which
the party headed by Mr. Watson
bears.
Mr. Watson’s speech was a clear
exposition of the principles of tttb pop
ulist or Jeffersonian aarty.
With forcible diction, Mr. Watson
advocated and condemned, upheld and
criticised. He declared himself in fa
vor of municipal ownership, in direct
reference; though municipal owner
ship (with its corailary, government
ownership) is condemned by many
populists as creating a government
political machine, a gigantic oligar
chy, which it would be impossible to
overthrow.
He condemned corporations and
capitalism in specific terms, excoriat
ing them for their greed and for the
insatiate maw which they feed with
human life annually greater than the
losses of the civil war.
He attacked President Roosevelt as
an alleged big stick president who
stands pat with the stand patters.
He criticised the president for not
issuing government notes and break
ing the money corner in Wall street
that caused the panic last fall.
He condemned protective tariff, be
lieving that trusts are the offspring
of monopolies and that trusts can
never be stifled until monopolies are
done away with.
He denounced the new national
currency law, the Aldrich-Vreeland bill,
saying that the national government
has surrendered its sovereign power
to individual bankers when the consti
tution expressly forbids even to states
the right to issue currency or to make
other than gold and silver their legal
tender.
He attacked the interference in
state government which federal judi
ciaries have been practicing of recent
years, arrogating to themselves a
right which does not exist. At the
conclusion of his speech Mr. Watson
was given a great ovation.
MORE COAL FOR UNITED STATES.
Army Officer Found Large Deposit in
Philippines.
Manila, P. I. —Captain Hubert L.
Wigmore, an army engineer, employ
ed to develop the government coal
fields on the Island of Batan, who re
turned to the United States in the
transport Buford, has uncovered im
mense deposits of coal, sufficient for
use by the government for years to
come Army and navy tests show
that the coal is superior in every re
spect to the Australian and Japanese
product. . tt
Mining experts now in the United
States are purchasing machinery for
the further development of the mines
mayobTues newspaper.
Charges Criminal Libel Based on Car
toons and Articles Published.
Philadelphia, Pa. —Mayor John E
Reyburn of this city has instituted
proceedings against E. A. Van Valken
burg, editor and president of The
North American, and six members oi
the staff of the newspaper, charging
them with criminal libel. The charges
are based on articles and cartoons ap
pearing in the newspapers during the
last two years.
BITTER BALING /DVOCATED.
Railroad, Compress, and Cotton Men
Confer Before Commission.
Atlanta, Ga. —Improvements in the
methods of baling and handling cot
ton, so as to insure the greater pro
tection of the staple while en transit,
was discussed#bv a number of rail
road, compress and cotton men before
the state railroad commission.
Among those who appeared before
the commission were Harvie Jordan,
president of the Southern Cotton As
sociation; John Xisbet, of the Savan
nah cotton exchange; J. S. B. Thomp
son, of the Southern Railway Com
pany, and Mr. Kittridge, a writer on
textile subjects.
All the gentlemen present agreed
that some reform in the present cot
ton bale was necessary for the protec
tion of the farmers, the common car
riers and all who dealt in cotton.
Mr. Nisbet pointed out that no other
staple received so little care and pro
tection from the time it left the farm
er’s hands until it reached the spin
ner. Mr. Nisbet is a native Scotch
man, who studied the cotton business
in Egypt and has for forty years been
a cotton merchant in this country.
The object of the railroad commis
sion calling this conference was to
endeavor to set on foot a movement
which would crystalize the sentiment
in favor of better cotton baling. The
loss and damage to cotton in unpro
tected shacks, on station platforms
and at places of transshipment would
largely <be obviated if a better system
of baling and covering could be de
vised.
The railroad commissions of other
states will be urged to take up this
problem for the protection of the peo
ple and in order that the cotton bale
may reach its destination in more
marketable shape.
STATE SANITARIUM FOR GEORGIA.
Bill Pending in House Calls for Estab
lishment of Such an Institution.
Atlanta, Ga. —Whether Georgia is to
have a State Sanitarium for the treat
ment of tuberculosis will in all prob
ability be decided by the General As
sembly this week.
There is pending a ibili in the
House, by Dr. Whitley, of Douglas,
which cails for the establishment of
such a sanitarium. Recently there
was held in the hall of the House of
Representatives a meeting, at which
time addresses on the subject of the
treatment of tuberculosis were deliv
ered by Dr. Willis Westmoreland,
President of the Board of Health; Dr.
Whitley, the author of the bill; Dr.
Clarke, of Macon, and Dr. Hardman,
of Commerce. Each spoke in advo
cacy of the measure.
Dr. Whitley will arrange to have a
vote taken on his bill, which has been
reported favorably by the committee,
during this week.
Great interest is attached to this
proposed sanitarium, by reason of the
new southern remedy for the treat
ment of tuberculosis. It has been
found that cotton seed oil, one of the
richest vegetable oils in the world,
when made up into an emulsion
proves a great fat producer and
health preserver for those afflicted
with the great white plague. There
are numbers of cases throughout the
South that are being beneficially
treated by this cotton seed oil emul
sion, and in the event Georgia estab
lishes a State Sanitarium this won
derful vegetable oil as an emulsion
will be given a test in the sanitarium.
HON. JOSEPH ML BROWN IS NOTIFIED.
Committee Formally Tender Him the
Democratic Nomination for Governor.
Marietta, Ga. —In his first speech
since he announced his candidacy for
governor, Hon. Joseph M. Brown, ac
cepted the Democratic nomination,
tendered him by a committee of 35,
through J. R. Smith, chairman. Mr.
Brown’s speech dwelt largely with
what he termed “agitation” against
capital, which he said, though not
wholly responsible, had its part in
•bringing about the recent panic. He
charged that threats of a 1 per cent
tax on the gross receipts of corpora
tions had frightened capital out of
investments in the state and increas
ed the hoarding of money in deposit
vaults. He explained his candidacy
as the result of a demand on the part
of the people for a cessation of this
agitation and a policy of conservatism
and encouragement toward vested
rights. Quoting from the platform
the plank, guaranteeing that all capi
tal Invested in legitimate enterprises
shall have equal protection, Mr. Brown
pledged himself to use all the powers
of the constitution to enforce the pro
tection and obligation recited.
He commended those ' portions of
the platform in reference to the im
partial enforcement of the constitu
tional suffrage amendment, and pledg
ing a restoration of the county unit
plan. - ,
STATE GLEANINGS.
At the annual convention of the
Georgia Woman’s Suffrage association
held in Atlanta the following officers
were elected: Mrs. J. J. Ansley, o.
Eastman, Ga., President, to succeed
Mrs, Mary L. McLendon; vice presi
dent, Miss S. A. Gresham, of Waynes
boro, Ga.; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. DeLaey, of Buena Vista, Ga.;
recording secretary, Miss Katherine
Koch, of Atlanta. Ga.; treasurer, Mrs.
Mary Matthews, of Atlanta, Ga.; and
auditor, Mrs. Alice Daniels, of Atlan
ta, Ga.
R. L. Sandin, a prominent planter,
residing near Donalsonville, was kill
ed by being run over by a Coast Line
freight train near Bainbridge.
A petition is being circulated in
Savannah in support of a bill to pro
vide salaries for justices of the peace
in Chatham county. Since the old
fee system was modified justices have
been receiving starvation returns from
their offices.
The W. C. T. U. of Savannah decid
ed to celebrate July 30th, the Red Let
ter day of the order, with a suitable
program. It was on July 30, 1907,
that the Georgia legislature passed
law' which made Georgia a dry
state, and the members of the W. C.
T. TJ. want to celebrate the anniver
sary of that victory.
SOUL-BUILDING.
Souls are built as temples are
Sunken deep, unseen, unknown,
Lies the foundation stone.
Then the courses framed to bear
Lift the cloisters pillared fair.
Last of all the airy spire,
Soaring heavenward, higher and higher,
Nearest sun and nearest star.
Souls are built as temples are—
Based on earth's eternal law.
Sure and steadfast, without Haw.
Through the sunshine, through the snows,
I p and on the building goes;
Every fair thing finds its place.
Every hard thing lends a grace.
Every hand may make or mar.
—Susan Coolidge.
THE OLD
FASHIONED WAY.
The automobile had broken down
at least five miles from the nearest
place at which it was possible to get
help.
Trenton and Miss Bassett sat in
side, sheltered from the storm and
wrapped in comfortable robes, while
the chauffeur hunted for the trouble
and slapped his arms around himself
to keep from freezing. It had not
been very cold when they started. The
blizzard had come up suddenly, and
the snow' was falling- so rapidly and
drifting so badly that their chances
of getting through would have been
very poor even if the car had not
gone to the bad.
“What are we to do?” Miss Bas
sett asked.
“Well, we might get out and tramp
through the snow either to Woods
ville or to Midvale,” Trenton re
plied.
“You do not seem to be taking
this matter very seriously.”
“Yes, I am. You don’t know' how
serious it is to me. I happen to own
this car, and standing out here in a
snowdrift all night isn’t likely to do
it a bit of good.”
. “I’m so sorry that I am likely to
be the cause of financial loss to you.
If I had refused to come it would not
have happened.”
“Yes, it w'ould.”
“I don’t understand how' it could.”
“Do not flatter yourself, Miss Bas
sett, that I should have sat down and
moped if you had declined to come.
There were other girls w r ho w'ould
have been glad to be invited.”
“Then I suppose you had already
thought it out when you came to me.”
“Thought out what, please?”
“You had gone over it all in your
mind—had decided if I had declined
to come you would come with one of
the others, since you had satisfied
yourself that you had only to ask any
of them in order to receive an ac
ceptance.”
“No, to be candid, I hadn’t thought
much about it. There was no occa
sion for that. You see, I knew you
w'ere coming.”.
Miss Bassett turned and looked
out at the blinding snow that w r as
whirling past, driven try a wind which
was increased in velocity every min
ute. The chauffeur was standing
w'ith his back turned to the storm,
apparently at the end of his re
sources. He seemed to be half fro
zen, in spite of his big fur coat and
the cap that was drawn down over
his head.
“Why don’t you send him off in
search of help?” Miss Bassett asked,
turning to Trenton.
“I have been thinking of doing
that. I am glad you have suggested
it.”
“I can’t see why you should wait
for suggestions from mj in a case of
this kind.”
“It occurred to me that you might i
think I "was conceited if I sent him
away.”
“Why should 1 think that?”
“You shouldn’t, but I was afraid
you might. You see, I didn’t want to
have you sit here and wonder, after
I had sent him off, what reason I
had for supposing that you preferred
me to him as a companion.”
“I have no doubt that many chaf
feurs are estimable men—much more
so than are the men whom they
serve; but I have never been in the
habit of turning to them for social
diversion or companionship.”
Trenton felt that it would be wel\
for him to turn his attention for a
moment to the chauffeur. He got
out and held a brief but earnest con
ference with his man, after which the
driver started down the road through
the storm and in a few minutes dis
appeared.
“How long do you think it will
take him?” Miss Bassett asked after
Trenton, shivering and looking wor
ried, got inside.
“I haven't any idea,” he replied.
“If he gets through at all it will be
extremely lucky for all of us. The
storm is getting worse and worse.”
Miss Bassett drew back as far as
she could in her own corner, pulled
the heavy robes around her, and
looked out at the world, which was
rapidly disappearing under an ava
lanche of snow. It was beginning to
get dark, although the} had hardly
been on the road an hour, and it was
barely 2 o’clock when they had left
home.
Trenton watched her out of the
tail of an eye, and made himself com
fortable in his own corner. Thus
they sat for half an hour in absolute
siledce. It had growm quite dark,
and Trenton began, at last, to won
der how long the lady was likely to
be able to keep from breaking down.
Just then he spoke :<
“There must, at least, be a farm
house somewhere near here,” she
said.
“Vgry likely there is,” Le replied.
•'Of course I would not ask you to
put yourself to any trouble or in
convenience on my account, but if
you.thick it would be dangerous for
you to remain here alone alj night
you might accompany me in an en
deavor to find some better place than
this in which to w r ait for the rescuing
✓party.”
“If you care at all for my advice,
I w'ould suggest that we remain here.
You can make yourself entirely com
fortable. We are much more safe
where we are than w'e w'ould be wan
dering around in this storm. I know
people who sleep outdoors every
night in the year. The doctors say
it is a good thing to do. Do you feel
at all cold? If you do, there is an
other robe here that you can have.”
‘Tm not cold, thank you, but I do
not care to remain here any lpnger,
however comfortable or beneficial it
might be to w'ait.”
“Very w r ell. I will accompany you
if you feel compelled to take your
chances in the storm.”
As they w'ere getting out of the
automobile they heard the jingle of
sleigh bells, and a moment later a
team attached to a bob-sled ap
proached them. The chaffeur had
found a farmer who was willing to
go to the rescue.
After Miss Bassett had seated her
self in the sled and been w'ell wrapped
up, Trenton lifted his fur cap and
bowing very politely, said:
“Good-by. I hope you may find
pleasant lodging for the night, and
I offer you my sineerest apologies for
any discomfort you may have suf
fered or may have to face I will
make arrangements in the morning
for your safe return to the city.”
“Aren’t you coming with us?” she
asked.
“No. It would be better, would
it not, if I remained here?”
“Oh, very well, if you think so.’
she replied. “You may go ahead,
driver, if you are ready.”
“On second thought,” Trenton
said, “I believe I will go.”
Without waiting for an invitation
he got into the sled and the farmer
urged his team forward.
The chaffeur sat on the seat v.’ith
the driver. Trenton gradually worked
his way through the clean, sweet
smelling straw until he w'as very close
to Miss Bassett. The biting snow
blew into their faces and the wind
howled through the trees by the road
side. The sled tipped dangerously
every little while as they went over
drifts or got off the road, and almost
before she was aw r are of it one of
Miss Bassett’s hands lay in Trenton’s
grasp. They were very near together,
and the storm was blinding. Besides,
the backs of the driver and the chaf
feur were turned upon them. Slip
ping one of his arms around her,
Trenton, with his face close to hers,
whispered:
“After all, the good old-fashioned
bob sled has some excellent advan
tages, hasn’t it?”
She did not say anything. It was
not necessary for her to do so, for
both of his arms were around her
and she could not have spoken if she
had tried to. But-she did not try.
She had no desire to put her an
swer into the form of words. —S. E.
Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald.
A Few “Don’ts” and Some “Forgets.”
Don’t imagine you’re on the road
for fun —it’s business you are look
ing for.
Don’t spend your money like a
drunken sailor. Remember there is
“nine years of plenty and nine years
of destitution.”
Don’t flirt with the girls in the de
partments. You lose prestige.
Don’t forget that you must be a
gentleman at all times.
Don’t forget that it is cheaper to
travel on mileage than it is to pay
cash fare.
Don’t forget to check your baggage
before you leave. 3
Don’t forget that if you sell goods
in the morning, try to do business
in the afternoon, as to-morrow may
be a “bum” day.
Don’t forget to write your firm
daily if you do business or not. Let
them know you are alive.
Don’t forget to wear clean linen.
It looks good and costs little.
Don’t forget to use good English,
as it leaves an impression on your
customer.
Don’t forget to send your order in
correct. “Stuffing” an order is poor
policy.
Don’t try to sell more to the buyer
than he can use in your line; don’t
attempt to tell funny stories to people
that you are not very intimate with.
—Pittsburg Traveling Man.
Agricultural Pest in France.
So great have been the ravages
caused by the dodder —a leafless,
twining, parasitic plant—that a de
cree has been issued by the French
President prohibiting its importation
into the country. It is a veritable
agricultural scourge, attacking and
destroying hops, vines, clover, peas,
tomatoes and many other kinds of
agricultural produce. Once having
founds its way into any district, it is
most difficult to get rid of, and con
stitutes a permanent source of anx
iety to the farmer. Cutting down,
burning and poison have all been
tried with unsatisfactory results.—
London Globe.
Tolerably Startling.
It is not on record that there has
been a more surprised woman in
Maine this spring than the wife of
the Bowdoin professor when she came
home the other evening and found
her husband taking care of a baby
that had been left at the door. —Ken-
nebec Journal. **
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The railways of Siam have a total
length of 485 miles. .