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THE BANNEB; SUNDAY, MA V ifc 1902,
Yes!
Biscuit
arc better to-day than ever!
The In-er-seal Package keeps them fresh, crispand good.
MAN AND MARRIAGE.
Saise Advice About Methods Before
nod After the Ceremony.
In "Her Royal Highness Woman"
Max O’Rell gives some very sage ad
vice to men ns to what they should and
shoutd not do both before and - aftei
marriage. The following extracts will
be of Interest to readers;
Never marry a woman richer tliar
you. one taller than you or oue older
than you. He always gently superior tc
your wife In fortune, In size and in age
so that in every imssibte way she may
appeal to yon for help or protection
either through your purse, youi
strength or your experience In life:
Marry her at an age that will always
enable you to play with her all the dif
foreut characteristic parts of a hus
baud—a chum, n lover, an adviser, a
protector and Just a tiny suspicion of a
father.
However ill yon may speak or think
of women, you will always find a wom
an able to do It better than you.
Never let your ladylove see you with
out n collar—no, not even the very wife
of your bosom. A man’s head without
a collar is like a bouquet without a
bolder.
Never let her see you asleep. Maybe
you sleep with your mouth open. If
you are married, let your wife sleep
first. When you are quite sure she Is
off, let yourself go, and bo careful tc
wake up lirst In the morning.
Ite-1
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Mat*’ of OeorRljkV County of Clarke.—To tho
Superior court of said county: The petition of
W. M. McKenzie nnd A. M. Dobbs, both of Cobb
county, Georgia, .and J. C., trooper. >>t mud
comity of Clarke, shows that they desire for
themselves, their associates and successors, to
life incorporated under the name and style of
ubonee Oil & Fertilizer Company.
The particular business to be engaged in is
the manufacture, purchase uml sale of cot ton-
n«x*d oils, cotton-seed meals, and all the various
articles and commodities into which the pro
duets of cotton Hood are manipulated: the pur
chase and sale of ootton seeds, and all materials
and supplies necessary or proper for said busi
ness- the manufacture, purchase and sale, of
fertilizers, acids, chemicals and all materials
and commodities used in their manufacture;
and operate ginneries In connection therewith.
The principal place of said business will lx• in
or near the City of Athens in said conn tv but
petitioners desire the privilege of establishing
branch offices at such place* as they may wish.
The capital to be employed in. said busimsv, 1*
$4o,CJG00. to be paid in cash, and divided into
share* of iluO each, but with the privilege of in-
creamng said capital at pleasure to any sum
not e.\cee<ling fluo.uOO.i'O. -
Petitioners desire the privilege of having ami
electing directors an<l otneers from their stock
holders, making by-laws, haring and using a
common seal, acquiring, improving and con
veying real and j>orsonal jvroporties, and gen
erally the privilege of exercising and enjoying
all the rights, powers and privileges usually
incident to such corporations under the laws
of Georgia.
^Therefore, petitioners prny that they l*o in-
cori>orat«Hl under the name and style of Oconee
Oil A; Fertilizer Company, with the rights
powers and privileges as aforesaid, for the full
term of twenty years, and with the right ot
renewal at the expiration thereof, and your
petitioners will ever pray.
CLaY & BLAIR,
Petitioners’ Attorneys.
Filed in office on this the 12th day of April, *1992.
C. W. COOPER. < lerk.
State of Georgia, Clarke County —I, C. W.
Cooper, clerk of the Superior court in and for
said county, do certify that the above is a t
copy of an original petition now of file
record in my office asking for a charter
Oconee Oil .fc Fertilizer Company. e
' In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
my hand and seal of office on this the 12th rlav
of April, 1902. C. W. COOPER, Clerk,
CLARKE SHERIFF’S SALES.
Will be sold Indore the courthouse door in
the City of Athens on the first Tuesday in dune
next, within the legal hours of sale to the high-
est bidder for cash, the following deserilxxl
real estate, to-wit;
Located on the Danielsville and Athens road,
and the Athens and Clarkesville road, and
Itounded as follows: On the east by the Athens
and Danielsville road, on the north by the
Athens and Clarkesville road, on the west by
GEORGIA. Hat ke County .—Will bo sold lx-
i»re the court house door in Paid county on the
nt Tuesday in June next at public outcry,
rithin the legal hours of sale, to the highest
idder for cash, certain property, describe-:
s follows, to-wit: All that tract or parcel
of land situated, lying and being in tin
as of Georgia, Clarke county, and
the left side of the road leading from
Sandy Creek Bridge to BarWrsville, adjoining
lands' of Booth estate and others. Beginning
mung thence S JO degrees K
115 chains In a rock corner, thence S. 55 W
0.fi5 to a pine stump, thence With the roa 1 lend-
Athens across Sandy Creek Bridget--
Barborsvillc 1.13 chs to a rock corner, thence
the In-ginnieg corner; containing one 1
re more or 1**9.
the propbrty of
theJustice Court of the 22fith District G
[said County in favor of W. F Dorsey,
ist Charley Hayis; said execution Wine
based on u ju-lg
«-d from said Court on the 2fith -la
id property lx-ing in pos>es>
of March.
>n of Will
bv J T.
Will 1
h. eitv of Al
Lr.nng the leg;
.AKKK SHF.l
Id ls-fore tl e
, the following described prop
About I.'.:- fifty seven acres ol
r less, in the 219 (list., Clarke coun
,.,.(1«--1 as follows: On the w«st by
’f’alma-lge,--n the south and east by binds ot
Walker Martin an/1 ot'. ers. Said proper!*
theproiM-rtv of Leroy Harris un-
irtueof a ti fa issued from the
Justice Court of the */I9 (list , G. M., in favor of
Mrs. Clara Brightw. il against Lerov Harris
Levy made by J. U. Wili ams, lawful constable,
and turned - v. r to me for advertising and sale
Written poti-e given to tenants in ].ossesson
as required by law. This the 9th day of May.
19 *2. John W. W kik. Sheriff.
R. L Bloomfield. (for (uuiajr i, uu tu*-»<>uic
lands of Bloomfield (formerly), Sam Wood
others, bring a part of theG. W. Harln r home
place, and containing 189*$ acres, more or less,
(except the 25 acres heretofore said off of the
northeast comer to Mrs. S. J. Silvoy which is
not included in the mortgage and levy,) and
ioclosed bylines as foil ws: Beginning nt a
pine corner on the Danielsville road and run
ning north II degrees E. 14-22chains to a pine
at the mouth of the Athens and Clarkesville
road, thence north 5fl degrees W. 10-50 chains
along the road to , thence nort h
67 degrees W. 14-64 chains to another crook in
said road, thence north 71 degrees W. 5-94
chains to a crook in said road, thence north 55
degrees W. 5 chains to a crook in said road,
thence north foil degrees W. 22-21 chains to a
crook in the road, thence north 6J degrees W.
3.15 to a stake corner at a sngnr-berry bush,
thence south 15** degrees W, 32 65 chains to a
stake, thence north fit 1 , degrees W. 2.90 chains
to a rock in the center of road leading fo Ath
ens, thence south degrees W. 7.2fi chains
along said road to a bend in the same, thence
south £9 degrees E. 15 chains to a l>end in the
road, thence south 33degrees K. 10 chains along
said road to a rock comer, thence north I.V.,
degree* K. 9.2H chains to a rock, thence north
lslj degrees K. 19.16 chains to a stake, l>eing
Sam Wood’s corner, thence sjuth tJ7' 2 degrees
E. 29.0') chains to the beginning pine corner,
being the property conveyed tow. H. Fickling
by C. J. O Forrel*, February the 27th, 1895.
Said property levied on and to l>e sold jus the
property of W. H. Fickling defen dent in ti. fa.
i»y virtue of a mortgage fi. fa issued from
Clarke Sui>erior Court. October adjourned term
19U), in favor of John T. Moody forthen.se «>1
Goo H. Holliday, et. ah, against W. H. Fickling
Property levied on pointed out in the mortgage
tt. fu. Said ft. fa. now being controlled by Mrs.
Kate C. O’’■'arrcll, transferee. Notice of levy
given tenant in itoasesHion.
This 9th day of May, 1902.
JOHN W. WEIR, Sheriff.
erljr),
i the
outh by
d property ladoiig
.rpose i,[ pa-, ing th-
application will be
b.Avingfield. ordinary
niHnmrclf on Champagne.
Years ago, when Huron IJengelinnlle?
was assistant secretary of tlie Austrian
embassy nt Berlin, Jtismorck gave c
dinner to which the baron was invited
All the guests except Von Hengervaj
drank champagne, and Bismarck, not
ing the young man’s abstinence, asked
the reason therefor.
“I have net yet earned the right so tc
Indulge/' was the reply.
“Ah, that will not do,” remarked Bis
marck; “it is allotted to every nblebod
led man in this world to consume in hi^
lifetime 10,000 bottles of champagne’
So you should begin now lest you fni
to secure your Just portion/*
“If 10,000 bottles be the allotment foi
the ordinary man,” responded the young
diplomatist, bowing to tlie Iron Chan
cell or, “your excellency, being an cj
traordinary man, should have double
allowance, and I therefore take great
pleasure in awarding my share to you.’
“I thank you/’ Bismarck replied, “but
permit me to inform you that without
waiting for your grand renunciation
have already passed the 20,000 mark/
— Saturday Evening Tost.
Natives ot Siberia Don’t Mind
low Zero Temperature. j
Frequently, when we could not ex
pose our ears for two minutes without
having them frozen, says a traveler in
Siberia, the natives would go for an
hour at a time with their hoods thrown
back from their heads, and when it re
quired constant watchfulness to keep
our noses from freezing they did not
appear to notice the temperature at all.
One morning in January I stood in
perfect amazement at their disregard
vf the low temperature. They worked
for at least half an hour with bare
hands packing up the tent aud utensils,
handling the packages aud lashing
them together with icy seal thongs
without experiencing the least appar
ent inconvenience, while I partly froze
my fingers striking a light for ray pipe
with a flint and steel, the whole opera
tion taking uot more than three min
utes.
The night before, happening to go out
of the tent after our men had retired,
l passed their camp, which was near
by. Their fire had burned to a pile of
embers, barely affording me light
enough to distinguish the sleepers.
They were lying coiled up on small
deerskins, with their backs to the em
bers and their fur coats thrown loosely
over their naked bodies.
The coat of one of them had slipped
almost entirely off his body, leaving his
back nnd shoulders exposed to a tem
perature of 18 degrees F. below zero,
and, though his hair was frosted, he
snored as soundly as If in comfortable
quarters.
, ..... -By
■ of sale contained in a deed from M....
A. Bftje to the Clarke County Building Loan &
Improvement Company, dated July J«tb, 19J1.
and recorded in the office of the clerk of the
superior court, Clarke county .’book V. V.,page
Mi; 1 will sell on the 1st Tuesday in June next
during legal hours of sale, at public outcry be
fom the court houseHoor in Athens, Ga., to th<
highest bidder for ca*h. the following described
property mentioned In suud deed.
Those lots of b*nd and the improvement*
thereon, in Athens. Clarke county, Ga., desist
nated as lots Nos. 13,15,16, 20,27, 28, 50 and 52,
of the Goss and Strickland lands, according to
the survey and plat made bv (Ho. Crane in
April 1897, and recorded in book P. P., page
570, in the office of clerk of Clarke superior
court, except a lot sold to C. W. Cooper. These
lots are more particularly described in two
deeds from Goss and Strickland to Mrs. Annie
P. Brooks, recorded in said clerk’s office, book
O. O., page 671 and P. P. page 573.
This is the place where said Mrs. Saye lives
and is bounded on the north by land of T. H.
Barrett, east by lot of C. W. Cooper and Mc-
Clurd and Water streets and on the west by
extension of College avenue.
Said deed was made to secure a note men
tioned therein, given by s*id Mrs. Saye to said
company, for two dollars and forty cents each
, week successively for four hundred nnd six
teen weeks, beginning with the week the note
was given. ~ tv * • * * ■ *
The said note was given in accordance with
theoonstitu ion and oy-laws of said company,
of which Mrs. Saye la a member, for borrowed
money, and they provide that if any one of the
weekly payments mentioned ia due and unpaid
for six weeks, then all the note become* due
and ©oUectfUe. of the aaidj^ymwts
haying become m due and, remaining unpaid,
the dircctora of said company instruct me to
foreclose the loan to collect the amounts due
on tho note, mentioned in the deed. There will
be due on the note on the 1st Tuesday in June
next seven hundred and fo*ty-nine 40100 dol-
lars, besides cost of this proceeding.
JOHN I> MELL,
^Attorney for said Co.
notice.
OlVUi-of Commissioners of Roads and IU vi-
nms of ('larko County, Ga., April 15,19*2.
The qualifhsl voters of Clarke Countv ar«-
hereby notiti. d that an election wil\ 1*- held nt
the voting or election precincts* in Clarke
County on tin* fifth day of June. 1902, to deter
mine the question whether Ismds to the amount •
of thirty three thousand (<33,00B dollars shall
be issued by t-aid eountv. Said l>onds to lx; is
sued for the purpose of devoting the proceed*
thereof to taking up and retiring old bonds of
«»td county now outstanding to the amount of
thirty-three thousand riU.COi dollars, which
fell due on the first day of January, 1902.
Tlie proposed new Inmds are to beiir date of
January the first, 1903; said new b uds are to
1k- sixty-six 106) in number, each of the denom
ination of five hundred t$5uu) dollars, and are
to bear interest nt the rate of four per cent.
i t»er annum from the said first day of Jan
uary, 19 >3. The principal of said Ismds is to he
naid as follows: Fifteen hundred (f 15(0) dol
:ars of said issue, to-wit: Three (3) bonds are
to l>e paid on the lirst day of January 19c4, and
»’ike amount of said principal is to be paid >n
tho first day of January in each succeeding
year up to and including the first day of Jan
uary 11*17. Two Thousand <$2,000) dollars of the
principal of said issue, to-wit: Four <4i bond-
are to W paid on the first (lay of January 1916
nnd a like amount of said principal is to he
paid .on the first day of January for each sue
(•ceding year up to and including the first (lay
of January 1923. 8o that, the principal of the
whole issue of said bonds shall be paid off and
discharged within twenty (20) years from th
first day <,f January 1903. Tne entire amount
of the interest is fo lie paid each year as it
accrues on said issue or tin* part thereof that
remains outstanding from year to year. Said
interest to he paid on the first days of January
and July of each year So that al! of said lxmds
principal and interest, shall be paid off at the
expiration of twenty (20) years from the first
day of January 1913. the date of said issue.
Said election shall lx* held by the same per
sons and in the same manner, under the same
rules and regulations that elections for officers
of said county are hold. At said election the
voter* who desire to vote lor the issuance ot
said new lxmds shall have written « r printed
on their ballots. ‘‘For Bonds,” and those desir
ing to vote against the issuance of said lxmd>
shall have written or printed on their ballots,
‘ Against Bonds.”
T. P. VINCENT,
W. H. MORTON,
S. M. HERRINGTON,
Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of
Clarke County, Georgia.
Directors of Iron Works Meet.
Columbus, Ga., May Hi.—At n called
meeting of the hoard of directors of
the Columbus iron WorkB company a
vacancy in the board of directors was
filled by the election of A. J. Teague,
of Montgomery. George W. Brown
was elected president; A. J. Teague,
vice president, and George B. White-
side. secretary and treasurer. Active
work, preparatory to rebuilding the
plant is In progress.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
Tho Kind You Hare Always Bought
Bears the
•Siguatnro of
She’ll Slniv Hereafter.
A charming young lady of Kcnstng
ton who glories In the possession of n
wealth of bright nuburn colored halt
is the teacher of a Sunday school class.
On a recent Sabbath the rector made
the announcement of a hyintl to b<i
sung and, rising, waved his hands, and
the organ pealed forth.
“Now,” said he, "ready—sing.”
A small nnd precocious youth In the
young woman’s class said:
"Why don’t you sing. Miss Frlsbee?"
"Me? Ob, I never sing,” replied the
teacher, smiling her prettiest.
“But." exclaimed the boy, “the min
ister says you must Pidn’t be Just
say "Now, Reddy, sing? "
Smelling sails nnd numerous other
restoratives had to be used to bring
the teacher out of her faLut—Philadel
phia Telegraph.
Choleric Verna, Quiet Natures.
Clarendon, says Tho Schoolmaster,
made careful observation when b«
wrote: “Angry and choleric men are af
ungrateful and unsociable as tbundei
and lightning, being lu themselves all
storm and tempests; but quiet and easy
natures are like air weather, welcome
lo all and acceptable to all men; they
gather together what the others dls
perse and reconcile all whom the other!
incense; ns they have the good will
and tho good wishes of nil other men,
so they have the full possession of them
selves. have all their own thoughts al
peace and enjoy quiet nnd ease In theii
own fortune, how strait SQeyer It may
be."
Honct Praise.
An honest compliment was that paid
to M. de Yondome, who, while com
manding the French army in Italy, dis
patched a young uoblcman to announce
to liis master the victory which he had
gained nt Suzzara. The latter, while
attempting to describe tho battle, be
came several times much confused In
his narrative, when, although the king
preserved his gravity, tho Duchess of
Burgundy, who was present, laughed
so heartily that at last the young gen
tleman said, "Sire, it Is easier for M.
do Yendome to win a battle than toi
me to describe it”
HARDENED TO COLD.
A BANANA TREE.
The Fralt Grown Small End Cp and
la Cat While Unripe.
Contrary to popular belief, bananas
do not grow on the tree as they hang in
the grocery, hut with the small end of
the fruit jiointing upward—to all ap
pearances upside down.
There is probably no other fruit of
such universal consumption about
which so little Is known to the average
person as the banana. Something like
Hmi.uOO.OOO hunches are annually eaten
111 this country alone, but scarcely one
man in a thousand not connected with
the business knows what a bauaua tree
looks like.
The fruit Is never allowed to ripen on
the tree, but is cut half or three-quar
ters "full”—that Is, half to three-quar
ters developed—according to the dis
tance it Is to he shipped, and comes to
maturity by feeding from the stalk,
which contains a large amount of sap.
Bananas cut In this way attain prac
tically the same size as If allowed to
cniain on the tree. In which case the
bunch becomes too much of n burden
for its support and either falls or
breaks the tree aud ripens on the
ground.
After the cutting the plantation Is
cleaned,” which merely consists of
severing the standing trunks within a
few feet of the ground, aud a new tree
comes forth from the remains of its
predecessor, so that the fruit In all
stages of growth is to be found at the
same time and the yield Is continuous.
Mr. Gladstone’s Catch.
TTow many members of tills house,”
asked Mr. Gladstone once In the course
of a debate on electoral qualifications,
“can divide £1,330 17s. Cd. by £2 »3s.
8d. ?"
"Six hundred and fifty-eight!" shout
cd one member.
“The thing cannot bo done!” exclaim
ed another.
A roar of laughter greeted this last
remark. But it was true, nevertheless.
You cannot multiply or divide money
by money. You may repeat a smaller
sum of money ns many times as It is
contained In a larger sum of money,
but that is a very different thing. It
you repeat 5 shillings as often as there
are baits In n horse's tall, yon do not
multiply 0 shillings by n horse tall
Perhaps you did not know this before.
Never mind; you need not be ashamed
of your ignorance, for It was shared, ns
has been demonstrated, by the entlr
house of commons (bar one member),
Including the then chancellor of the
exchequer.
How to Form tho (loading Habit.
In order to organize odd minutes Into
fruitful hours one must have a con
sistent scheme nnd keep the means ol
carrying it out within reach. Too many
people read the hooks which come In
their way instead of putting them
selves In the way of getting the right
books. They buy nnd borrow without
thought or plan because they do not
understand that reading ought to bo a
resource as well as a recreation. De
cide In advance what books you will
read, and do not take up with those
.which drift In your direction. Do not
burden yourself with a scheme so ex
tensive that It discourages you; do not
at tho start plan courses of reading sc
vast that you are weighed down with
their magnitude. Begin In a quiet and
easy way by planning to read coasec
utlvely a few books in some field which
Interests you.—Hamilton W. Mabie 1e
Ladles' Home Journal.
' ■ '
No Nome* Needed.
A western Kansas story shows tow
to be personal without mentioning
names.
It was In n poker game nt Colby.
The 6herlff of Logan county had Iiccd
steadily losing to tho treasurer of EUla
county. The treasurer of Ellis county
bad the mlsfortuue to be possessed of
but oue eye, and he was n little clumsy
In bundling the cards. After a play In
which the treasurer took a big pot
from the sheriff the sheriff said, “Gen
tlemen, I ain’t a-nnmin’ no names, but
If some of you don’t quit raisin' cards
from the floor he’ll get his other eye
knocked out!”—Kansas City Journal.
One Fear*.
It Is not what a thing Is, but jvhat
we think It is, that frightens ns. A
man walks within an inch of death
without knowing it and therefore with-
out trembliDg, and then bis hair stands
on end at some empty noise as harm-
less as the buzflDg of a fly.
\«f s'
Wanted It Plain,
Mrs. Youngwife—I want to get some
salad.
Dealer—Yes’m. How many heads?
MrsL Youngwife—Ob, goodness! I
thought you took the heads off. I Just
want plain chicken salad.—Philadel
phia Tress.
The Extreme of Strenaonaneas.
Mrs. Muggins—Is Mrs. Wigwag ac
tive In public life?
Mrs. Bugglns-Active! Why, that wo
man belongs to sixteen different socie
ties for the suppression of things.—Phil
adelphia Record.
Assyrian Seals.
The ancient Assyrians nearly 0,000
years ngo put In moist clay their seals,
engraved In intaglio upon precious
stones, 0U chests and doors, In order to
prevent their being opened. There were
no locks or keys in those days. If they
wished to send a private letter, they
would often seal It with a hlppogrlff,
which fabulous wlngpd horse was re
garded as tho emblem of secrecy. Cen
turies later tho Greeks nnd Romans
ndopted similar devices for the same
purpose.
How It Sounded.
"How Is tho board down at your
place?” asked the ribbon clerk.
"Ob, we have nothing but health
food every meal,” responded the lace
clerk. ...
"Then I don’t think I’ll come.”
“Why not?”
•Tm not looking for the board of
health.’’—Chicago News.
A Matter ol Ears.
"You should get your ears lopped,
O’Brien,” said a "smart” tourist to bd
Irish peasant whom he was quizzing.
"They’re too large for a man.”
?A.d’, bednd," replied the Hibernian,
"I,was-just thlnkln’ yours would want
to be made larger. Sure, they’re toe
small for an ass.”—Tit-Bits.
,, Hclplns Him Along.
"Do you think your father would of
fer mo personal violence If I were to
The United States and all Its posses*
a ! l . E . ar6 JH ^“ pt EussIa asit hlmVot your
coala be put Into Siberia, with land i “Hardly, but tbere’s oo telling what
enough tef tto make thirty-five states he will do l£ you don’t say something
like Conuecu^ut ««.-* t*- I j>rett£ York Times.
RE PLAYED BURGLAR
An Anecdote of Wonlsworth.
A contributor to the London Specta
tor thus writes to that journal:
Your interesting article on "Vast-
ness and Isolation” recalls to my mlml
Wordsworth':) own Interpretation of
the lines—
There obstinate queetlenlsas
or rense r.r.fl outward things,
Fa!hr;,-7:-, from us, vanlshlngs—
r.s reported to me by the late I'rofossor
Boiiamy Trice. One day ns he was
walking with the poet in the hills he
naked him what he meant precisely by
the words "fallings from us. vanlsli-
i:tgs.” Wordsworth's uuswer was to
this effect: “Sometimes 1 find myself
in a mood In which tho whole material
universe seems to fa!! away. The sense
of outward things Is lost. Nothing re
mains hut an immaterial self, detach
ed from all physical conditions. In or-
dor to got back Into the known world
of consciousness I have to clutch nt
something—f'-.” Ilcre he grasped the
bar of the gate on which they were
leaning nt the moment. 1 was much
struck by the story at tho time and
made a note of 1L
B'J T HE DID rt INNOCENTLY AMD
D'D IT ARTISTICALLY AS WELL.
The I’lnuxlble Scheme hy Which a
Safe Expert Was l-'ooleU nod Used
by a Trio of Notorious Craektucv
to Get at Their Plunder.
Ta the man whose shingle hears the
Inscription "Safe Expert" and whose
little shop, not far from (he great dry
goods district, contains a full assort
ment of implements for the forcible
opening of safes, the writer said,
"Would you be well qualified to play
the burglar:"
"Yes,” said the little keen eyed man,
running his fingers through his scant
hair reflectively. "1 once did nlay
burglar. In fact. I played the star role
in a safe era-king enterprise. 1 was
the innocent menus by which a whole
sale house was iobi,id of several thou
sand dollars which had been taken lu
too late in the day to he hanked.
"1 was in business then in another
city. 1 was sitting smoking at my
simp door about S o'clock one evening
when a messenger hoy came with a
note on the letter paper of a well
known house asking me to eotne at
once with my tools to the otlice of tho
firm.
“The otlice was lighted up, nnd a
portly, prosperous looking man sat at
a roll top desk, while two clerks,
perched o:i stools, were working at
some books.
’’ ‘I am Mr. ,’ said the pertly one.
giv'ng the name of tho head of the
firm. 'Something lies gone wrong with
the safe, and 1 went von to open it.
T he combination is n ‘JV ir>. hut some-
thing must have broken inside, for it
won’t open, and we true got to get
George Washington’s Sohrtqnet*.
Washington was called hy many so
briquets. lie was first of all "Father
of His Country." “Providence left him
childless that his country might call
father.” Sigourney calls him “Pa
ter Patriae;” Chief Justice Marshall,
the “American Fabius.” Lord Byron
In his “Ode to Napoleon" calls him
The Clncinnntus of the West.” For
having a new world on his shoulders
he was called the "Atlas of America.”
The English soldiery called him by the
sarcastic nickname of "Lovely Geor
gius." Red Jacket, the Seneca Indian
chief, called him the “Flower of the
Forest” The Italian poet Yittorlo Al-
lleri called him "Deliverer of Arnerl
’ In The Gazette of the United
States be was called the "Savior of Ills
Country.” Ills hitter opponents sar
castically called him the “Stepfather
of His Country" during his presidency.
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HflORtra of Procrantlnntlon.
Landlady—I s’pose you noticed that
long whiskered old gentleman who sat
opposite you nt dinner today? That Is
Professor Drieboncs, and you can have
his room, as ho Is going west on a
scientific exploration—strangest thlDg
you ever heard.
New Boarder—Wbat Is?
Landlady—The object of his tour.
Ho has been told that a prehistoric
cave has been discovered out west, and
In it sat ten skeletons around a petrified
table.
New Boarder—Well, well! Why didn't
the fools change their boarding bouse
sooner?
"'7S&
Tea In the Time ot Had«lha.
At the time of Buddha China was en
joying a large foreign commerce in ten.
it was carried hy her junks to Japan,
Korea, Tonquln, Anam, Cochin, Bur
ma, Siam, India. Ceylon, Persia nnd
Arabia. According to one record, it
was 6cut to a groat black river country
west of Arabia, from which tt was sep
arated hy a long and very torrid sea,
which must have been Egypt, tt wns
carried by caravans to Manchuria,
Mongolia, Kuldjn, Tartary, Tibet, Per
sia and northern India. —
A Uoy’x Definition of Fence.
“Can you tell me the meaning of the
word peace?” asked Miss Gray of a
little boy who had just recited n patri
otic poem In which tho word occurred.
“peace means when you nln’t got no
children,” answered the child.
“How is that?” asked Miss Gray.
“When my mother has washed nnd
dressed her six children for school In
tho morning, she says, ‘Now I'll have
peace.’ ’’—Chicago Tribune.
W..
The Politician** Friend*.
*T never went back on a friend," said
one politician.
“I never found it necessary to do bo.”
6aid the other. “As soon as l was not
in a position to favor him my friend
always went back on me/*—Washing*
ton Star.
The Hoar. . gTw*
Tubbs—What hour is it?
Dubbs— None at all. '
Tubbs—What do you moan?
Dubbs—Not yet 1 o’clock.—New York
Herald.
Some Russian railways employ only
members Qt the Orthodox church.
vvero up a ml the man
Je^lC at:d the l>!;!«’<■ rK-rs could be
plainly soon from the street.
“1 got out my hits, adjusted the
Draco, mid soon stool was hit inn steel,
but the sound of tin* ratchet was drown
'd by the click of the typewriter, for
tlie portly partv bo^an dicta.tint: to one
of the clerks us soon as 1 began drilling
the safe. When l thought it all over
afterward, ^occurred to me that this
war to cover the sound of my opera
tions.
“In half an hour I had a hole in the
front of the safe, and a little manipu
lation got tin* ttimbN rs into place, and
the door swung open.
“ ‘Here you are, sir/ said f, and the
portly man came around to tho safe.
“‘Very neatly done/ he said. ‘You’d
make a good burglar/
“ ‘But the sound of tho ratchet would
bring the “cops,” ’ said I.
“‘True/ remarked the man. and,
drawing out a roil of hills, tie handed
me $20.
“ ‘Is that right?’ he asked.
“ ‘Quite right,’ I replied. ‘Shall I come
In the morning to fix the safe?’
* “‘No/ said he. ‘I will have the mak
ers of the safe attend to it.’
“As l gathered up my tools the port
ly man directed one of the clerks to
get out the hooks that were needed,
and he went back to the desk.
1 trundled back to my shop, meet
ing the policeman at the corner, nnd
while 1 was standing chatting with
him tbe trio came out of the office.
“‘You can come down an hour later
than usual In the morning/ said the
portly man ns he climbed into a han
som that had rolled up to the otlice,
and, shouting the name of n well
known club to the driver, he pulled
the doors to and was driven away.
“Before noon the next day the po
liceman whom I had talked with and
a detective came into my shop.
“‘That was a neat job you did last
night.’ said the policeman.
“‘What?* I asked, the nature of the
work 1 had done not yet dawning on
me.
“ ‘The looting of —*s safe,’ said the
policeman. ‘Come along.’
“The portly person who employed
me to open the safe was a well known
burglar who had ‘made up’ to imper
sonate the head of the firm, and the
two clerks were confederates, one of
whom bud got a place with the firm
to get the lay of the land. .
“They had taken possession of the
office after it was closed for tlie day.
aud, not daring to blow open tho safe,
because that would have made the po
lice swoop down on them, they had
boldly sent for me to ‘do the job/ neat
ly possessed themselves of nearly $4,-)
1*00 that , was in the safe nnd were i
across tbe Canadian border before the •
robbery wns discovered when tbe of
fice was opened the next day.
“1 told my story to the magistrate
and was released on bonds to appear
as a witness when tlie trio were
caught
“The papers called me The Innocent
burglar.’ the name stuck to me and
burt my business, and the police tver*
rath«*r attentive to me, so l tunic her*
some years nga.“—New York Times. ^