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..- .. ... ii...~P :....- ..: :- -: :- . . .. . . : bit VOL. XI. LAKE PROVIDIENCE, EAST CARROLL PARISH, LJ SATURDAY, JULY. 9..188 " .. 1. ... . * = * - -- - * * - - u 7 * THE PIClURE BIBLE. E c jon't want no plctur' Bible; I've kinder it got a doubt That them thar pictur's sorter crowds the ol' time gospel out. It don't encourage my beliefs ter fix it up like that, 'e ,With yaller arks a-restin' on the top of at Ararat. n An' Moses in a goun' o' red-a reg'lar a, fancy "robe;" An' ever'thing a-looklin' blue in twenty mile o' Job! iAn' Peter on a sea o' green 'longside a speckled boat, An' nuthin' left o' Joseph but the colors ti in his coat! bi They can't improve that Bible-I don't tc keer how they try, ni An' I doubt if these new fixin's air approv- si ed of in the sky! An' though they're mighty putty, an' sorter make a show, 01 if the Lord had wanted pictur's IIe'd I made 'em long ago! w So in spite o' all the talkin', I've sorter tc got a doubt f That pictur's crowds the sweetness o' the tl ol' time gospel out; ti They don't encourage my beliefs-whar ever they may be The plain ol' family Bible is good enough te for me! -Frank L. Stanton, in Atlaqta Censti- I tution. a JACK'S RE GENERATION. I T'S a shame for such a nice girl as Mary Hallett to tf) with a worthless, shiftless fellow like Bert H111!" Mrs. Raymond was very much in earnest. "I'd say something to her, only girls are such fools, it might be worse than to keep still. She looks all tired out now, with her work and worry at home; how will shle look when she's married to a drunkard?' "It's an awful pity," said her neigh ber, and as Jack Raymond passed through the room she glanced curious ly from mother to son. She thought, "I guess Bert Hill ain't much worse than your boy." What she said was, "That's real pretty cloth you're work Ing on." Jack went up the hill behind the house till he came to a spot where the April sun shone warmly under pine trees. He dropped upon the needle covered ground, pulled his hat over his eyes, and calmly finished the nap which his mother's indignant protest had disturbed. The wind blew softly among the pine branches, files and wasps crept Into the sunlight, bluebirds sang, and far overhead a hawk sailing on steady inags cried cruelly. At length Jack -tlrred, removed the hat from his eyes, and sat up. He hitched along on the ground till lie got his back against a tree trunk. He gazed out upon the spring landscape meditatively. Then his lips began to move. He was talk ing to himself, Inaudibly. "It's a shame for such a nice girl as Mary Hallett to go with a worthless, shiftless fellow like Bert 11111. Yes, that's so. It ought to be stopped. Talk ing won't do any good. Something's got to be done. ,I suppose I might un dertake the job." He grinned slightly at the thought. "It would be a good idea to go into missionary work, and I'm sure that is a good cause-to res cue Mary Hallett from Bert. She's a nice little girl, and it would ue a pity for her to marry him. Bert doesn't *ven treat his mother well-what would he do to Mary?" lie straightened up almost energetically. "I vow I'll do It," he said. Then he meditated again. "Wonder if I can?" he mused, doubt tnnly. IIe felt in a pocket and took out a small, round mirror. i1e gazed at it earnestly. He took off his hat and brushed his blonde hair back from his forehead; then he gave a smile of affectation which shjwed his white teeth; then he put th tnnrror back in his pocket. There was a look of conti dence in his blue eyes. "Guess you'll do," he said. "Rather against you, being light, though; but where there's a will there's a way." He got up and started down the hilL Half way he paused. "Suppose she bshould fall in love with me, and then I'd have to go back on her and break her all up'i It Isn't likely, to be sure, Sbut what if it should happen?" There was a rueful pause--then he said, "The end Justifies the means," and went on d'wn the hill. Although Jack's friends, malatained that he would be all right if he only kept out of bad company, the general opinion was that he and lte:t were about evenly matched for worthless ness and shiftlessness. And when Jack began to go to Hallett's, people said, "O, dbar! Two of them!" They con tinned to be shiftless; but it was re marked that, Umlike Bert, Jack had given up drinking. "You'll hanito stop that," Jack told himself. "This is going to be a sharp game, and you can't afford to muddle what brains you've got." Seome young men would have began the.campalign by going of an evening to call on Mary, but Jack's mthods were differet. * It was a Monday morning, just as Mary was carrying a basket of elothes Into the yard, that Jack apptaregl m the scene. He greeted her ebeerfullay, then went and took the clothes $e Nfrom her. "'S put this up," he msaid, e papll ed it tight and fastened It il. - "irb you live:me the big thiags bMg up* be sald. "I can't any - thingt with hbanbererih g sib 1ike, butIaih great on sheets sdLat a )C;grgf 1AbiiSmuw. a clothes were all hung on the line and TE Jack had put the clothes pole under it." "Now, If you're got any troublesome young brothers or sisters you'd like to get rid of, temporarily, why, just send So 'em along. :'ll take charge of them po and deliver them safely over to you at sa noon." do "0, if you would," said Mary. '"They an are so fretful this morning and in my um way all the time." ch It was with a sigh of relief that a ia few' minutes later she saw Jack and in the two boys and one girl passing down in1 the road. She got her work along Wi bravely, and just as dinner was ready on and her father had come in, Jack, true ot to his promise, left the three children 1li at the door and went home without of stopping to speak. to The children gave glowing accounts i of their walk. "And Jack's going to m, make us a kite and fly it the next at windy day," theX ended. ha Nearly every day after that Jack TI took the children off to the woods and cc fieIds, giving Mary a vacation from ril their noise. When he went to get w" them, or when he brought them back, ps he always found some little thing to do TI to help her. ol Thou one Sunday he dressed with un- In usual care, looking remarkably fresh w and clean, too, and went to church and to Sunday school. Afterward he walked lI home with Mary, holding her sunshade M over her carefully all the way. 11 Mr. HIallett stayel at home with the w children Sundays, and it was rather F tiresome for him. So when he saw ' Jack coming he brightened up and ask- di ed him to stay for dinner. Jack con- n sented, much to Mr. Hallett's satisfac- n tlon, and the children's boisterous de- ft light. Mary's father dearly loved to talk, and Jack appeared to enjoy Ils- 01 tetning equally well. After dinner Mr. Hallett went into n the sitting room and fell asleep in his te chair, while Jack insisted on wiping the ti dishes for Mary. The children swarm- d ed about him and got in his way, till I he declared that they were as bad as t cats, and he'd have to sprinkle them, k and see if they would clear out then. When the dishes were done and Mary had taken off her apron Jack began to E notice signs of uneasiness :n her man ner. "About time for Bert," he said to i himself; th:cn aloud: "I should think ls you'd go crazy with these noisy young- 1: sters around all the time. I'm going a to take them away and you can rest, b instead of working as you usually do." h Down the road they went, and were A hardly out of sight in one direction le- p fore Bert Ilill appoeared from the oth- b er. IIe, too, was dressed with particu- b lar care, but though there was no de- h nying that he was handsomer than p Jack, there was a certain set to his v jaw and a kind of fierceness in his dark e eyes which were not prepossessing. These softened when he greeted Mary, y and he became very agreeable. But Mary for some reason felt un easy and hoped he would not ask her t where the children were. She also y dreaded their return. What would Bert t say when he saw Jack? After he had gona she sighed wearily. c She felt dissatisfied with herself; and r the children, as she put them to bed, t irritated her by their constant repeti- I tion of Jack's name. Later she sat in I her own room and cried, because she C was tired, she told herself. She had not reached that state of < mind, which came only a few weeks later, when she cried from perplexity and indecision as to the course she should take. She had honestly sup posed herself in love with Bert, and it took her some time to find out her mis take. When Bert learned what was going on between the Halletts and Jack he was in a towering rage. lIe met Jack one night and stopped short before himn, blocking the way. "What do you mean fooling around Mary HIa!lett, then?' Bert raised his voice. . "Have I ever interfered w'th you? SHave I ever been In your way?" de Smanded Jack. "No, and you'd better not," Bert threatened. S"You'll be the one to suffer," retort t ed Jack, "unless you are morp sober than you are now." L That night Jack held earnest consul Station with himself up ti the darkness Sof the pines. He appled nmny uncom kplimentary epithets to himself. '"How could I be so base as to start this thing? STo go to work deliberately to get a girl Saway from anot-"er fellow, with the Sfirm intention of giving her up when I'd done it! It was vile. And how has Sit come out? It has come to this--that if she refuses to marry me I shall be Sthe most miserable man alive, and will Srichly deserve it, too, for being so con . temptibly mean." L or a long time he sat meditating, then he stood up, anid there was a loo1 . of determlnation on his face as he - raised it to th' troubled sky, such as had never been there befol'e. "You've got to try and be half good 1 enough for her now," he said. "And p you'll hare to work harder to do it than e you ever dreamed of working before." From that night it was noticed that a in change had come over Jack Raymond. o As time went on be could no longer be re called shiftless. He was workling hard, and people began to speak of .hlm as as "John." He continued to call at Bal es letts', but Bert's visits had suddenly aS ceased. It was la Septembe at' Jack askd at Mary an Important question sa they 5. were walking home from choreh. I- Mary answered *tlt "Yes," end then Jack, with some hesitat~on and to contwion, eplspes6 his soiginal plat. y- Do yeu seupp.oe y tcpan ever i e- *I slbnsidhar been pamentl a .aaRtet awh'i-tee-a bster soap M TEACH HISTOFRT FROM A TREi London Museum Has a section o: Trunk 533 Tears Old. At 'the Natrual History Museum in, South Kensington there is a section of polished Douglas pine large enough, say, to make a round table to seat a dozen persons. Instead of making it sn object-lesson in botany, the muse um authorities have ingeniously chosen it as a medium for the teach ing of history. The tree was cut down In 1885, and as the age of a tree can be Inferred from the number of ringe which its cross-section discloses this one must have been 533 years old. In other words, It was born in 1352, and it lived through the most interesting part of English history-from Edward III. to Victoria. It is therefore a simple matter to mark different rings with their dates and the names of the events that were happening while they were being born. This is what has been done-from the center of the tree in two directions, right away to the bark. The markings, which are neatly executed in white paint, reveal some interesting facts. Thus, when this pine was four years old, the battle of Poletlers was fought, in 1356; when it was twenty-five Ed ward III. died. It was 119 when Cax ton introduced printing, and when Co lumbus discovered America it was 140. When Shakspeare was born 212 rings had already made their appearance; when Raleigh settled Virginia, 240. Fifty years later Sir Isaac Newton was born. When the great fire of Lon don was raging this venerable speci men could boast 314 rings, and eighty more when the battle of Culloden was fought. It had reached the remarkable age of 424 when American independence was declared, and the yet more re markable age of 485 when Queen Vic toria ascended the throne. And even then it had a long time yet to live. Evi dently there is something to be said for the theory that the more we vege tate the greater are our chances of longevity.--London Mall. UNLUCKY NUMBER, How Thirteen Pursued Comedian Bon iface All Through a Journer. George C. Boniface, Jr., is one of the few comedians who are not super stitious. He does not like the number 13, however. Boniface lives at Pleas ure Bay, and since the trolley cars run between that point and Asbury Park he spends a great deal of time on them. A few days ago, while standing on the platform of the car, he noticed the num ber 13 painted on it. "Good Lord, num ber 13P' exclaimod the comedian, and hastily reaching into his vest pocket, hi pulled out a rabbit's foot and rubbed 11 vigorously on the lapel of his coat. The conductor smiled anu said: "You're a trifle superstittious, aren't you?" "Oh, not very," replied Boniface. "I thought you'd like to know," con tinned the conductor, carelessly, "thal you're the thirteenth fare I've had thii trip." Boniface looked uneasy and made an other dive for the rabbit's foot. Os reaching Asbury Park the car encoen tered a funeral. Half A dozen carriage had passed when the motorman rani his gong and started ahead. The drive of the seventh carriage pulled up hi horses. Boldface jumped about ex citedly. "Stop the carl" he yelled. "What for?" asked the conductor. "What for?"' shrieked the comedia_ "Why, we'll go rigM through the toune a], and that is the nmost unlucky thinW you can do." But the car went on, and Boniface swearing loudly, jumped off before th last of the funeral had crossed. "Pretty big funeral," said the cotr doctor to another passenger. "Not very," was the reply. "I onl counted thirteen carriages." A BSuit Without a Parallel Memphis, Tenn., lawyers hav brought suit in Weakley County t damages for 4efamatlon of characte alleged to be contained in an epitap cut on a tombstone. Such a cause tfc action is probably unheard of in tk annals of the courts of the country. I December, 1896, L. B. Cate was sh. and killed by one Bill Penic. Pen was indicted and tried on the charge murder. He was defended by the jan lawyers who are now acting for hi in this civil suit The accused was a quitted on the plea of self-defens The parents of the deceased, L. B. Cat thought to honor his memory by erec ing a sutarble tombstone over h grave, and having cut in the marble legend setting forth some of the circus stances of his taking off. The follo, ing was cat on the tombstone: "L. B., son of J. C. and L J. Ca_ Born April 10, 1870. Married WIl Freeman December 21,1887. Was sh and killed by Bip Penic December 1 !1896; caused by Penlc swearing to lie on Cate's wife. Aged 20 years months and 1 day." It is alleged by Penale that this sta~ was lettered by I. H. Hutcehlnson, Martin, and It is alleged that the sto was exposed to pubic gasu in the ya Sof Hutchinson for quite a while beta Sit was erected at the head of the gra containing the remains of the decea Cate. Since the ,indleataof Pet by the trial jury in Weakiey CouJt has sought reparation for the wordi Sof this tombatone. The compIlals ses damages trom the sculptor a a the father of the deceued in the-u r or ,o10o00. a The esa'* IR*ess-st. I selth--Tha 4apeO tels me 0 LI, yue Soeles a a somethang II i Jala-t4lsR'ue. him mi.. o tb-w n•,r SM, 9I == . ri b k+ ~.+m jt ~ ,..6. i .: FOR LITTLE FOLKS. p tw A COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN. we TEREST TO THEM. lig sir Something that Will Interest the Ju iri venule Members of Every Household W -Quaint Actions and Bright Sayings a of [aar Cute and Cunning Children. pe an SSome Day. East night, my darling, as you slept, a I thought I heard you sigh, And to your little crib I crept o And watched a space thereby: And then I stooped and kissed your brow, For, oh! I love you so! You are too young to know it now, But some time you shall know. Some time, when in a darken'd place, n Where others come to weep, Your eyes shall look upon a face, Calm in eternal sleep; rhe voiceless lips, the wrinkled brow, The patient smile shall show- You are too young to'know it now, c But some time you shall know. GLook backward, then, into the years And see me here to-night- See, oh, my darling, how my tears Are falling as I write And feel once more upon your brow The kiss of long ago You are too young to know it now, But some time you shall know. -Eugene Field. n The Seven Wonders of Corep. 1. The wonderful curative spi4ngs of Rin Shantana. 2 and 3. The two bells at the extreme of the peninsuls; one bitter, the other t1 sweet. 4. A cold wave from which blows . wind so strong that a man can not stand against it. 5. An indestructible pine forest. 6. A stone on a hilltop which glows v with heat. b 7. An idol of Buddha which sweats O and which stands in a temple where I grass will not grow. t A Baker's Supply. Bread is one of the essentials of life, mnd we probably eat more of it than Af anything else. If all one person ate LOAF OF A LIFETIME. in the course of a long life, including biscuits and pastry, were in one huge loaf, it would appear in comparison with a man like this, and would re quire 1,200 cubic feet to inclose it. Why the Birds Sapg. She came running in breathlessly, her poor little cross eyes more hopelessly tangled up than ever, the little fresh air child out from the city for her two weeks on the farm. Everything was new and strange. She had never seen a hog or--but.here is her story. "Oh, but the little burrds are rawl ing about and squealinglikeeverythlng. an' then they sings and sings. And the ould burrd she came a-rnmmni' an' she squdaled and singed too, and shook her wings like everything-an' then 6 they a rwed d singed, thim burrds ye feed." "Whatever can she mean?" we que ried, and went to see. We found four ' downy little ducks fast on a sheet of stlcjy fly paper, that had blown from the porch. The old Plymouth Rock V hen, seeing the flies plentifully sprin kled on it, had joyfully called her ' brood and alas! they were in it, and left downy reminders of their painful leave taking. SPrimitive Knowledge of Children. SWhat a world of Ingenuity is boxed Sup in every healthy child! Some kin h dergartners were giving their experi Sences upon that subject, a short time 0 ago, and one of them said: 1 "A ftavoriter pupil, a bright little boy, st rather astonished me not long ago by Ic putting down upon my desk what I seemed to be a small flower pot with e many large-leaved plants growing from it. When I examined.it 1 was Samused and astonished. e.'"The little fellow had taken a large , potato and, with a gimlet or some other Stool, had carefully cut holes as long i as the stems of a lot of leaves he had a secured in some garden or park. '~ These he inserted in the hole and " pushed the edges together so that each stem was sdoo surrounded by the fo 5' tato sap. There were maple leaves, 0 oak leaves, parsley, lily leave;s, coleus ot and canna anu several otherg arranged 1 with a crude feeling of harmony and Sso closely together, or else so asty en Sperimposed, that they eovered up near ly all the brown skain of the base. The Smoisture of the potato kept the leaves of resh for teveral days, and some let el nearly a week. rd "I asked him who taught him to d rI it. He looked very much dhsgited at G me and said: ed "'Nobody; I taught. myself.' And L 1- when I asked him why, hesaid, 'Why, he I thoht that as a potato was wet it *g was ufast the mme as patting it a wa ntlter, asmother does, and that perhaps a- It might b6 better,'" . -1 A second kindergartner ald: "I had ait expesence el a similar yet ilsl lar kind whea a pretty Ilttle gts, wahe aI have bee teaching ee two tw ar u Spreateda me el e day f tiset t i fimalle~po6~r' 114r ]t iT were put together on about the sa principle as slates on a slate roof ing arranged in layers which two-thirds of those under them. Theqi were fastened together with the pretty4 light tendrils of the grape vines, and also with the stronger stems of some sinuous- creeper. The thing unrolled into a fabric about a yard square. It was very pretty and would have made a beautiful mat if it had not been so perishable. I thanked the little pupil and said: 'What a beautiful mat! "She said: 'Tlht isl't a mat; that's an apron like what Eve made for Adam when they chased them with torches out of Eden.' " Conundrums. What is the tree that grows nearest the sea? The beech. How many insects does It take to make a landlord? Ten-ants. Why is a kiss like a rumor? Because It goes from mouth to mouth. When does a policeman require a big washing tub? When he scours the country. Why should one never tell a man to take a back seat? Because he is sure to take a-front. Why is a chemist an awkward person to bandy words with? Because he has always a retort handy. Where can we find a woman's head carrying many secrets, yet betraying none? On a postage stamp. Where is the theater spoken of In the Bible? Where Joseph was taken from the family circle and cast into the pit. Why is there some reason to doubt the existence of the Giant's Causeway? There are so many shamrocks in Ire land that this may be one of them. A Wonderful Task, John Carson, a Polish mechanic, who was presented with a gold medal for his inventions, performed a most extra ordinary thing when he succeeded in manufacturing a complete watch In the space of eight hours, and from ma terials on which another watchmaker would have looked with contempt. It appears that the COsar of Russia bearing of the marvelous inventive genius of Curzon, determined to pu him to the test, and forwarded him I box containing a few copper all some wood Cbhippings, and piece o broken glass, an old cracked china cup some wire and a few cribbage boars pegs, with a request that he should transform them into a timepiece. Nothing daunted, and perceiving golden opportunity of winning fave at the court, Curson set about his tasl with enthusiasm, and in the almos' incredibly short space of eight hours had dispatched a wonderfully con strutted watch to the CzOsar, who was a surprised and delighted at the wor that he sent for the maker, conferre I upon him several distinctIons as - granted him a peneton. The case of the watch was mad of china, while the works were simpl composed of the odds and ends accon panying the old cup. Not only did keep good time, but only required wins lag once every three or four days. Th remarkable watch Is believed to be st! in the possession of the Russian roay family. . The Sugar Oave Them She was young, golden-ha spectacled. He was young, smoot shaven, and spectacled. Likewise h clothes were brand-new, and his coe Sof the frock variety. Their fello s guests at the hotel suspected them c being newly married, but there was difference of opinion, says Tit-Bits. r Obviously, tlhey were too well-bre to betray themselves to any open den n ontration of affection. Still, there we k that brand-new look about them, an that evident, it quiet, devotion. t "You bet your life," said the with the new russet shoes to e in the smoking-room, "she chap's sister. It she was he woulda have stuck t·o her all the aftqoo d He'd have been out here ivtih's ft 1- lowa by this time." 1- "Yes, I guess they're man d wnifi ie said the man who bad jaust arte "but they don't behave as t they we y, only just married. Let's ask the aw y er. He'll know." t Tlqo waiter, on being appaled 1 h responded, promptly: g "Yes, sir; just married thl, mo ms Ing." "How do you knqw, George?' ask P the aforementioned yoth. '"Did th er tell you?' g George snrled entem.ptuol. d "Didn't need to tell me, sir. Fo it out toe myself. Served 'em wl d tea just now, and he didn't know :h man- spoontfuls of sugar she tookc B . to ask ner." s Troplea Ilaeosloants. ed Genauine palrpa w is made treom i d Pahfnra palm, and is far sperior - any potable product of the coeoon u0 CaptaIn Burton, of Burton & 5pel be )ays that the .jaulce o the oi p es makes a drink that. nappsosac or by the liquids of etlsatlen . It is denaios color sad hoisr, id _11 do feest are exhlarat&on ummxed ae td f a betm fOe a a iC t h st ad cant, brewed by the sj~insitl5 y, the Zambea . It:is podl feoi. s it gr.IaOttbeclflalY s 4 . -#zls ra- tler lleL Thbeee oii.3e pr w is tuates into a paiatabe beer. It i ritades a supetlr bmoad d dir. ad wblch laores o Mt esset. Ja***4 al- I. saiattittfeige at rkbk paei no aito 5 t wp whn strians w am ndii.tra he ~tF W15Ia q lg ;ewi~.~ -~~ll~ s1~ IS Aiat n at BARTOW IAN AGAIN DIJ SU7 to PRESENT HOSTILITIES. n ab SAYS CIVILIZATION CONDEMNS IT. l01 d Itr t Was L t o he People We p Woeuld ave Pesee--Tfhks lP in ittes the oeuse. o 'And thou serenest moon that with ds thi holy face *ns Leoks down upon the earth asleep In nights embrace on Dost thou not know some spot some rage the for the blest of Where free from toil and pain the weary ho soul may rest? Behind a cloud she hid her face in woe ha And in a sad sweet voice she whispered, dii 'no." One great philosopher deelared that war was the state of nature. Another P said that peace was only a breathing time that gives man leisure to eontrive an ability to execute military plans. a1 Sir Edmund Burke denied this, th and so did I. The great majority of e mankind love peace and naturally pre for it to war. Burke said that politics ' was the cause of war, and somebody ht else said that war is hell, and we see already that the two great parties are lo quarreling about this war and each is is claiming the glory of Dewey's victory di as a party triumph, but if the voices a of the people-the men and the wo- bi men--coald have been heard, there A would have no war. The spirit of the o age in which we live is against war. hi Even duelling and ringle combat has ' passed away under the influenee of a higher Christian civilization. Boys do 1 not fight at school like they used to. They have never hard of the bully boys who thought it smart to put a I chip on the hat and dare anybody to w knock it off. In every school I ever went to there were one or more of these bull- I dozing, domineering boys, and they got licked sooner oe later. The couan Itry people do not care to fight noewsa !days. They are more peaceable and less aggressive. I remember when on muster days there were a dozen fights ii a one day right around the public square. When Ala Bowls and Nick r Bawlins and Jim Robinsop would be a stripped to the waist and walking v around and strutting and crowing and r bragging, "I'm the best man in Pink- t' neyville deestrikt," and Bowles would emphasize it with it a jump up and a erew. But that day has passed away. We see no maimed eyes or ears or noses now. And yet Nick Bawlins sad Bowles were really good men at i heart, and would have died in defense of a friend. They fought because it was the fashion in those days, but their victories brought no rewards and no premiums and their children knew tit. They are a better class of oitiens. I I met one of Nick's sons in Bomepot long ago-a moral, peaceable,ChristlanI man whom the people all respect. Well, now, the argument is that if the sons are better morally than their fathers weres then the natidn is better and less aggrestive than it was 50 years i ago. Andrew Jackson was a type of , that age, and he rode into the pres Sdeney on his war record, but he 4 couldn't do is now. He bulldozed Spain out of Florda and would have · bulldozed England out t Canada if he had lived up that way. But I was looking heavenward last night and pondering on that beautifal moon that is shining ~ o peae(iall upon us is this favored region, ad I was grateful that the ar nor of its signs had reached us. We reed of h it in the great papers and can' help but rejoice in our naval victories. The reat dailies are crowded _o_ witb t hrilling, eciting news and we rmad Sso eagerly that even Old Auntn Js$ SPinkham'~s medine is taken for a war dispatch and is half reed bfore we know it. I reokom it is.good for feve -war fever-or it woldst be dove tailelso elose into the war nerws. Dt nobody aroand here asema to be hbak ering after * ight, and.'i good old veteran's widow told me that the rease was beeus e we were right in the heart . of Shermen's belt and the popa hasnt obane8 a **7to speak of. "We Scn't forget the horrors of wasti," id.~ "I edrs Itr in s si o tIs it was barned ald I don't -st to l ay more-war, and I want my ch-dra to keep out of I. A bad pee a b hotte than i good wru Jt he ever w snobl a thng. War is ll Tiuas muad on w-rmen. It is awfhl. es" get the phyatTnd women ad c.ild.rma we thg t suibrera. When lbl Bqn e e our hu bb.ds d*u e moe al ito *the army, sad hee whBo were eat LhOme VeO 45kesw plseatS tand sent away. So thee Was nbaboty hd but women and children san soueases lm 3h. We >bmhdupao~ m It M bue tbsebe$ they ha or wan and droe them at to Gmteesila.dd we Ikdeat nj~s bardly ay to Ia: vienmtda Agu + i(mlwiw..o t a s hes - A~e aW e Wse ea lnd we had to wade La au d get I sacks oat of thewater and lull the ago oatbj b head, We patched it again nad wamt on till we got to a atty steep bill and the team stalled id woulna't puast all. Tou ought have heard us 'acking and holler g at them, but it was no go." We ouldered our little sacks, for they ere mighty little, thank the lord, and mat that tifhe an old man came along ad he helped us all he could and we to the mill at last and dried our un and got back home as thankful as issible. You' would.have died laugh g at us if you kad seen 'us getting ar corn oat of that creek.'" I wish that every jingo 'ocould hem lia old veteran tell her war experi ece. It is both pathetie and amusing. orw they endured it we know not, but •e thing is certkin, they will keep aeir children and grandehildren out the next one 4 they can, and I ree on they csan. S"Yes," said she, "the yankees will ave to go outside the belt to git sol iers this time." Now, there is no sign of war is ieee parts yet. There is plenty of atriotism, but it is not red hot. If on throw water on a Carterville boy e don't sisa. When Georgia is iate* lly invaded then watch them. But here is no excitement of very deep oncern. When the old assville wo ran was told of Dewey's great victory he never smiled, but said: " omr undred poor fellows killed and modt f them had mothers or wives who ired thega. I reckon a Span 1h woman loves 'her children a learly as we love ours, for ·awomas is mother all the world over." But usinesr goes on, and so does bebll ad billewds, sad I And tlad in-' lination to work i. my and ll the potato bugs and to tie pPtbe Ines and rosebashes and frolle with be little chaps, who are so hapip to et here sad in whose sunshine lI.e o happy, too. Yesterday my wif, Ira. Arp, was sepg away on cm.eA aby garment, sad remarked in her erious was that the verandah floor seeded a ot of pint mighty bad. Well, never said nothing. Then she~-1e narked that the paint weouldn't uet nore that afty or sevpty-ve ts.... Well, I never sdd nothing again.. in a little while he said that It I rould buy the paint she sould hrav Lt painted, and it shooldent cost me anything. So I said "very well, I reckon I can affobrd the paint." Sb. said tha' companyl w-as coming aht week, and I had beittir get the psi right away so that it Iwreld have tm to dry. This morning I got the pit and I heard one of the girls ask biet who she was going to get to paint hthe door. "Why, your pa, of eouara'i a said. "He can do it as well as say body. He painted it the last time " don't you remember?" And that Is the way I am inveigled into trouble Hard, hard, indeeod, is the contest fer freedom and the struggle for libertyat mny house, but we have got the psatlM ess roMse in all the town exoept whs. they employ a gardener, ant msy w*l flattered p1 the wark out of me. ju$$4 easy. -Bztns Axe, in rAsata Coantt Nion. ILLINO CENTU Betwesn L A I orth anad Soul. Only dire routes to Uesql, St. Lali, elImh, `t : and allamiits I iOR W W AID nt Only. dr e red sto i Aa s"hpo Vluat 16i 6 Duble DlTy, Tras~ beitwee Orleas -. t- g- - dlt a bees (fredhet s**d psems) e a res guelarvtr eeriti feyler my best. - ,iirn &aisrrrP nn nr I~