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■3 A 4 4 ^ 4 ■A I IpSlffi W v- r12 ♦ VOL. X. • NOT YET. 1 do remember, when I was a lad, After the noisy pleasures of the day. After the brimful hours of chore and play, When the still, dreamy hour of twilight had faded, and father’s earnest voice had said: “Come, little one, it is the time for bed!” I do remember how I used to plead: -“Just a few minutes more I want to stay; Just a few minutes more I want to play; I will be very, very good indeed.” With all ray childish heart would I implore: “O let me stuy just a few minutes more !” Now I am old, and on my shoulders laid Are many heavy griefs of many years, And down my cheeks the often rolling tears Have deep and dark their fearful furrows Hi &d<3; * And God’s dear voice down in my heart has said “Come, little one, it is the time for bed !” I’ve played the glad games of the brimful day, Have done the chores that foil unto mv lot And borne the burdens all, complaining ' not; Now am 1 weary both of toil and play, And God has said, who means it for the best: “Como, little one, it is the time for rest!” And yet in childish treble do I plead: * “Just a few minutes more I want to stay; Just a few minutes more I want to play; I will be very, very good indeed.” And still my lips pray as they did of yore: “O let me stay just n few minutes more!” —George Seioei, in Lippiccott’s Magazine. 9 ALL’S FAIR IN LOVE, I 9 # By Pierce B. Barnard. 9 # 7 •^Sy'^0 It . was- a settled conviction with Amelia Robinson that,she would never marry. She was pretty enough ar.d educated, too, .with sufficient amiabil ity to satisfy the average suitor. The fault was with Amelia... She admitted ^*4s. l Sne had had offers; in fact, look into the extravagant claims of her ilf^occataed — sc od^flea 1 of - her attention. Among the many she had rejected in the big, establishment in which she was employed there was not one who had net been ruled out fairly on the ground that she was a better manager than he. She was more practical, more accurate, more self-possessed, than any of the male faction. Further more, she was perfectly satisfied with her superiority, and intended to en¬ joy it for a good while yet. When,Jack Ashbin .came in from his three months’ tour of the southern states, he was greatly amused at the state of affairs. “So the Goddess is still obdurate, eh? Won’t listen to reason or non¬ sense, or anything else?” He put down his grip and smiled agreeably at the entire office force. His good humor was always catching, and his homely, comprehensive grin was familiar to the company’s patrons in many states. People had said he resembled the picture of a man in a matrimonal guide whom women are told to avoid, and as he often narrated the story himself, one can see he did not under¬ value a joke of any kind. His face was one not easily forgot¬ ten, and his manners were of the ad hesive kind which marks the perfect canvasser. The hoys Jared him to try to talk to Amelia on, any subject than business, so he went to work, and it wasn’t long before they had grounds for jealousy. Jack began with the weather, but easily shifted to the opera, walking skirts, early marriages, runaway matches, mothers-in-law, etc. The first thing Amelia knew she was getting interested—and in a man, too, of all things! Of. course she must j j quickly put a stop to this, but the question was how? The only way to j interrupt his flow of eloquence was to ! seek safety in flight, and she had long | ago made up up her mind, never to flee from any man. Still, this freck led-faced knight of the grip must not be encouraged in his mistaken enter prise. Amelia was not the kind to al low anybody to be misled by her ac tions. But just as £he had settled up on the best form in which to dismiss this ardent admirer, he suddenly changed his tactics. “All! I see,” he said in an alarmed tone, “You are falling in love with me. It’s too bad—too bad!” “With you?” exclaimed the aston ished typewriter. “Yes; I can tell every time, and I’m sorry for it.” “Why, you were never more mistak en, sir, in your life!” “Oh, it’s possible you don’t under¬ stand your own case; but it’s a fact; ‘To tnum own seif be true.aud it will follow, as night the day, cnou cans’t not then be false to any man.” LINCOLNTON, GA . THURSDAY, JUNE 5. 1902. you are drifting into love, and, as I said before, I am very sorry—for it can never be.” “Your assurance is astounding!” “It seems so—but I must warn you in time. Young iadies have an unac¬ countable way of throwing themselves at me. I always know when the fatal moment is approaching, and I im¬ plore you to pause and consider before it is forever too late.” “Why, you ought to be arrested!” “Anything to stop your mad career before you mar your future happiness. Nothing causes me greater pain than to say ‘no’ to such beauty as yours; hut duty, you know, comes first, how¬ ever painful it may be to me.” “You are< taking a great deal upon yourself-” “<?n the contrary, I am trying to avoid a great responsibility. Really, you must restrain your emotions." “My emotions, sir? I’d like to have you hung or shot or anything--” “Affections like yours are terrible when thwarted.” “Leave me immediately, I say!” And paper weights and scratch blocks helped to emphasize her meaning. From a safe distance at the door of the office the irrepressible continued— “You are in a critical condition. Consult your friends, your pastor— read good books:—go out more—try to occupy your mind—there is still hope.” Just as Amelia was glancing about for a convenient implement with which to commit murder, a clerk who had been her first admirer came to her j rescue. It was just in .time, for the pretty typewriter girl was on the point of appealing to tears. Then they explained that it was all in fun, but Amelia would never look upon it in that way. No gentleman would overstep all bounds like that in the name of innocent fun. Her rescuer was of the opinion that the world was full of just such mon¬ sters as Jack Ashbin, and that every ladv needed prnffv tor. Amelia - agreed with hirf., which made him very happy. Still all the afternoon she was nerv¬ ous, even making some mistakes, a thing unheard of before. The next day the man of boundless nerve was exiled to the Pacific slope for six months. Amelia was soon as calm and serene as ever, and “they say” a case with her oldest admirer is not out of the question.—Waverley Magazine. A Forgotten Statesman. Why is it that Oliver Ellsworth, has received so little attention from biog¬ raphers and historians? asks Frank Gaylord Cook in the Atlantic. He was not born in Massachusetts or Vir¬ ginia. In Connecticut, like Pennsyl¬ vania, the historic field has been meag¬ rely tilled. Moreover the dramatic and opportune quality of his work has been perceived only through the per¬ spective of subsequent years. To ne¬ gotiate an unpopular convention for a party just retiring from office in de¬ feat and ignominy is not conducive to immediate fame. Nevertheless, he has not been wholly overlooked by subse¬ quent statesmen. Webster said of him: “For strength of reason, for sa¬ gacity, wisdom and sound good sense in the conduct of affairs, for modera¬ tion of temper and general ability, it may be doubted if New England has yet produced his superior.” What he said, as chief justice of the United States to the grand jury at Savannah in 1798, was the aim of his life: “So let us rear an empire sacred to the rights of men; and commend a gov¬ ernment of reason to the nations of the earth.” Railwavs in Piam. Next to Japan, there is no country in Asia making more strenuous efforts to increase its railroad system than Siam, The king has ordered several private cars for the use of the royal family, and the rolling stock of the Siamese state railways is constantly being in creased. Most of the railway material comes from Germany, as the director general, as well as most of the engi neers of the Siamese railways, are Germans. The electric roads in Siam, however, are controlled by Americans, as is also the electric lighting system of the Siamese capital. Ancestry. Miss Upperten (haughtily)—My great-grandfather was a Virginia Tay lor. Hiss Newrich (unaffected)—Indeed! And my grandfather was a Chicago butcher.—Chicago News, A recent fire in Para. Brazil, de stroyed 28 tons of rubber. Guns of the Mlkasn. The trials of the improved Elswick gun mountings for the barbette guns or the Japanese nattiest!-'p Mikasa seem to prove that they are a long way in advance of anything yet in use in our navy, says the St. James Ga¬ zette. From the after baiffie.te, firing unaimed shots, the gun was on one occasion loaded and fired in' thirty sec¬ onds on the best previous performance. But the most remarkable result was achieved by the forward barbette, which, firing aimed rounds from open gun, got off three shots in a net period of ninety-seven seconds, or at an av¬ erage rate of one rounu in thirty-three and one-third seconds. As, however, tne gun’s crew was merely a scratch lot, it is possiole that the Mikasa will beat this performaftce In j the future. She will, at any rate, approach the rate of two rounds per gnu per min¬ ute, which means that from Her four 12-inch guns alone she will be able to hurl three tons of steel at an opponent witnin that time. -IN j m MM ■kUSt ? vD i» E/2 II t .■; a lfl^«_—■»........... ;. ^ §m ' Wfm f "letter Shoes Bargains than ever and was Better R. G. TARVER, Maryf"** Before. Detiti'Brofan'b&frtrie Out Oue-^4hia£iiffiMLfc better. Our S8m One, “- 1 'k*_ Dollar and Twenty-five y r y —' Our Oiie Dollar and rmy Cents Shoes are simply superb. Our Two Dollar Vici lvid Shoes a big value. Our Two Dollar and Fifty Cents Hand-sewed Shoes are the best on the market. Shoes want sell We can give you Ladies Shoes at 75c, but the we to you are $1.00 and $1.25 Ladies every day Shoes and our $1.25 and $1.50 Ladies Dress Shoes. They are RED HOT BARGAINS and don’t you forget it. Now our $2.00 Ladies Shoes are as good as anybody’s $3.00 Shoes. We never forget the Children and Babies and this line of Shoes this season is better than ever before. HATS! HATS! HATS! Our prices in Hats are simply Tornado Swept. We give you Boys Hats 10c, a real good Hat 25c. Men’s Felt Hats 05c, Men’s Extra Good Felt Hats $1.00, and so on to the end. We don’t expect any one to come within a mile of us this season in Price and Quality. When in the city be sure to Call and Examine and be Con vinced. *3^ 523 907 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. The Charm of Washington. “Washington has a wonderful fas¬ cination for people who have once fallen under its spell,” said a former official, who has located in the capital permanently. “People who have once sojourned here, in an official capacity, whether large or small, seldom want to go hack to their native , towns. “I will wager that four-fifths of the employes let out of the census bureau are moving heaven and earth to stay in Washington. They have outgrown the narrow life they left to come here, and are under the spell of wizardry the town exerts. What is the charm? Well, I don’t know, unless it is the at¬ mosphere of leisure and conservatism, of intellectuality and politics that pervades the capital city. “We are close to the men at the wheel and the throttle; we see the workings of the vast machinery of government and politics, and it is in¬ teresting to most people, That ex planation would account for the man of understanding staying hare. For others, I think it is because life is easier and softer, less strenuous than in the cities cf the west and east.”— Washington Star. There is r.o fitting monument on the grave of Salmon P. Chase in Cincin nati, Ohio, only a simple stono bear¬ ing an inscription of fouf lines, and reciting Secretary that he of was thy “SL-najtor, Treasury,^ Govern¬ Chief or, States.” His Justice of the United daughter, who idolized babb rests be¬ side him. Wiles of a Serpent. There is nothing so wily as a smart man. Leave the women out of the question altogether. At an entertain¬ ment which was to be devoted entire¬ ly to the reading of poems by the per¬ petrators thereof, the audience was a mere handful. One man in speaking of it remarked: “The rainy evening kept all the audience away,” but an¬ other suggested that it was the char¬ acter of the entertainment that thin¬ ned the crowd. On this particular evening two friends, both poets, set out for the scene. One hesitated about, and why the man who took whereon his friend said: “Ore, only lake one; there will be so many others to read that one will be enough.” He. however, took six along in his inside pocket, and now since he read those six and the other man had only one, the latter is wondering how it came about, and why the man who took six should suggest but one to him.— Louisville Times. A Disappearing Rlvor. A recent report from C. T. Frail, one of the hydrographers of the survey, has reported the existence of a stream whose water in the summer season en¬ tirely vanishes midway in its course. The river is known as the Dry Fork, a small stream in northwestern Utah, tributary to Ashley creek. About four¬ teen miles from its source in the Uinta mountains this stream reaches a large basin or sink, whose walls are from 75 to 100 feet high, except on the up¬ stream side. The pool is apparently bottomless and the water in it revolves with a slow circular motion, caused either by the incoming waters or by suction from below, or both. The only visible outlet to this pool is. a narrow rock channel from which a little water flows, but is soon lost to sight a few hundred yards below. A measurement of the main stream just above the pool showed a volume of ninety-six cubic feet of water passing each second, but this entire flow dis appears in the basin and the stream for miles below is perfectly dry. About seven miles below this interesting pool were found several springs, one of them is a large hole twenty-live feet in diameter and twenty feet deep, which at times are empty and again filled with water. It is thought that the water which disappears in the upper pool, flows underground, deep below in the gravels, which form the bed of the stream, and in times of heavy rainiall appears again in the larse springs below. What wonderful stories are invented to please impressionable women? ISO. 1. A ROBBER. OF TRAPS. Wolverine*. Annoys Hunters, but Is Too >liv to Ee Family OsvuljWf. The wolverine is stoutly fyuiit and about three and one-half feet in length, including a rather short' taii;*which is covered with long drooping.hair. Th® general appearance of the animal re¬ minds us of a shaggy, short-tailed dog or small bear. Tpejhead is broad, with obtuse nose, short ears and small eyes. The body is covered* with dark brown or black hair, abo.ut four inches long, which hides beneath it an under coat of soft, short' fur. ’ The legs are short and stout, and the'-feet broad and covered below with wool'/ hair. The toes are armed with strong and fairly sharp claws. The curious appearance of the animal is added to by a band of reddish-brown hair which commences behind the shoulder, runs along the flank, and turning up on the hip unites in the rear with a similar band on the other side of the body. There is also a whitish band across the fore¬ head, from ear to. ear. Such- is. the an¬ imal which the early writers loved to romance about, and which the north¬ ern hunter doesn’t love at all. Like almost all the carnivorous ani¬ mals inhabiting the cold regions of the north, he will eat the flesh of any ani¬ mal he can get hold of, living or dead. He .catches wild mice and certain oth¬ er small quadrupeds and possibly grouse, which have plunged into the snow for protection from thejctrld. pasture But of he is slow of foot, and the northern hares or otfiey. fleet-footed creatures would be quite out. of the question. His principal'' food is thought to consist of the -flesh, of ani¬ mals which have been killed by acci¬ dent, as great numbers of animals are killed everywhere. He is also said to. destroy great numbers of.,foxes at the time when the cubs, are small. He seeks out tlie dens, forces an entrance, and kills both the mother fox And her little ones. No doubt he often ^catches very young’ hares ana rabTfita." >.f -f. earned his name of “glutton,” not only by eating large quantities of food, but by bolting it hurriedly, sometimes scarcely chewing it at all. t But what has brought him ifito ill repute with the hunters is his hstbit of following them to rob their traps. A trapper will walk for many mile,s, set¬ ting his traps for beaver, martfens, arc¬ tic foxes and. other •f-ifi v -beteiHg ani¬ mals, and return the next day to find that a wolverine has upset all, his cal¬ culations. The glutton has'followed the trail of the woodsmen, . visiting: trap after trap, skilfully stealing the bait from some and killing and‘devouring the animals that have been caught in others. But although he frequents the traps so readily he is not easy to catch by any means, for he is cunning and suspicious, and manages to keep out of trouble as a rule. The wolverine has been, killed as far south as Rensselaer county, New York, but it inhabits chiefly the north ern countries, not only of America, but of Europe and Asia.—Boston Herald. Greatest Flower Market in the World The greatest -flower market fin the world is the famous Covent Garden market in London, and to catch a peep of this centre of activity at Easter time is a revelation. This flo wer liead quarters for the world's greatest city was established about, three "quarters of a century ago in a most modest manner. Now it occupies a vast glass roofed brick building. This immense structure is divided into hundreds of separate little stalls, each -presided over by a man or woman, but viewed from one of the entrances the hall appears to be heaped up ten feet high with one vast mass of bloom.—-Wom¬ an’s Home Companion. lee Instead of Dynamite. A notable quarrying feat has just been accomplished at the Rubinshaw granite .quarries, Aberdeen. A larg® stone had been drilled ready for split¬ ting, when the thought struck the fore man that nature might aid in the ob ject to be attained. The idea being sugested by the severe frost that pre¬ vailed. Water was poured into each of the drill holes, and it was found after a couple of Jays that the block of granite had completely burst open. An idea of the immense power of frost wil be gathered when it is stated that the stone thus detached has a weight of about six tons. Man’s Ingratitude, “Nonsense, Frank! Can’t pay them! Why, before we were married you told me you were well off.” “So I was. But I didn’t know it.”— Punch.