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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-28

FOR SALE-One large square rose
wood piano, carved legs, nicely finish.
ca; Will sell for cash or on PAYMENTS.
IN good order. Also one surrey, with
TWO seats. almost new; cost $85; will
sell cheap or swap for a ope.seated
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-28

ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-28

WANTED-Two lady canvassers:
lsht and agreeable work. Apply at
-. !. Mills and company's drug store.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-28

IT 'VVT11o THdU THF N KdTTSdS TFg i
lature knows nothing about such
thing as reaching the limit in drasti
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seemed to make another woman Of her
1T was wrong. I know. 1t was treason to
the SOUTH love the south-but strove to
prevent"
"Ah", exclaimed Beauregard. II have it
now! Sempland-"
"Oh. sir! cried the girl. where is he?"
coolly-he had the clue to the mystery and
he determined to follow 1t to the end-"to
be tried by court-martial-'
by court-martial, General Beauregard!
For what, sir?'
For disobedience of orders and neglect
OF duty in the face of the enemy. And
am in two minds whether to these charges
should be added cowardice and treason or
not!"
Impossible" exclaimed Fanny Glen.
Miss Glen. it is an absolute fact. He
came to me yesterday afternoon and yolun-
teered for the command of the expedi-
tlon. Begging for 1T, in fact. Major Lacy
| reluctantly but generously yielded to him
with my consent"
1T was for me he sought It," said the
girl full of reproach for herself II had
h ,3oAeo MN Tor MS lack of distinction. sir
pe1ore he saw you. He hazarded his life
south" Vi 'ie
A fuller light broke upon the generals
on pitilessly. az "eA'
After getting command In this peculiar
way ne 1alled to present himself on the
wharf at the appointed time. We waited
| Ten minutes FOR him-as long as we dared
In fact-and then, as you know, sent the
boat out under Maj. Lacy"
he was detained" said the girl. family.
80 he said when l arrested him last
| night. and he repeated the statement this
| morning. l pressed him to tell me by
| whom and where he had been detained hut
he refused to tell. 1 piled him with every
argument at my command. 1 pointed out
| TO him the consequences of his action his
| failure to justify himself-that is. showed
him clearly the penalty which the court
martial would undoubtedly inf1ct upon
him." Nf
That is?"
| Death, madam! He will probably he
| shot tomorrow, for his guilt is clear"
The girls head fell forward In her hands
There was little silence in the room The
general watched her narrowly, but said
! nothing further He was waiting. in full
confidence that she would speak He could
| afford to be patient now
| Go be continued.)
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PASSING OF THE HEARTH.
Where the Family Gathered for Fes.
tival and PRAYER.
from the Chicago Inter Ocean

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
An elderly woman in Wisconsin, who was
a young wife in the young west, is telling in
local newspaper a few of the things that
the young wife of the older west does not
have to do. And in telling of this she re-
calls vividly her home as 1t was sixty years
ago. There were no wood, coal or gas
ranges in those days but there was a fire.
place, with a wide. deep hearth-and q
chimney that would draw, built large
enough for the sweep to pass through
The fireplace would take a log four or
hve feet long and a foot and half through.
This was piled on androns, and as there
were no matches in those days one of the
greatest anxieties of the careful housewife
was to prevent the fire from going out. If
1t did go out she had to go to one of the
neighbors, perhaps a quarter of a mile
away for shovelful Of live Goals.
One of the signs Of neatness in a house,
Keeper in those old days was the way she
kept the hearth cleaned. using the broom
and wing, and a few of her many duties
were to dip candles, put down pork and
beef by the barrel make sausage for the
fruit, by the gallon, apple sauce by the
quantity, boiled cider by the keg; to provide
dried beef and smoked ham, to spin all the
yarn for the mems clothes, to weave it into
cloth, and to send 1t to tho dyers to be
dyed. fulled and pressed.
The coming OF the cooking stove marked
the beginning Of a new epoch in the lives OF
our grandmothers. oh" exclaims this sur
vivor. the good cheer the fireplace brought
to the children! No corn was quite so good
as the ears roasted before the fire. No po-
tatoes so good as those roasted In the ashes
in the winter. No apple equal to frozen
apples boiled: then we would melt maple
sugar and sugar off again on the snow
And she says in conclusion:
with the passing of the fireplace has
passed the word 'fireside' and the word
hearth 1t was around the freside we
gathered for family prayer around the fire.
side we gathered to read, to chat, to visit
Gone with the flreside and the hearth are
most OF my dear ones with whom I knelt
every day"
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ROYAL ATHLETES.
Queen Alexandra Encouraging En-
glish Princesses in Outdoor Sports.

=
From London Modern Society
Queen Alexandra has always been an ad-
yocate of games and athletics for girls, II
kept within reason. She herself was very
fond of all outdoor games as a child In
running sho was swift of foot as Atalanta
and skating camo as naturally to her as
walking. Never" wrote an enthusiastic
admirer of her. the mother of the then
rector of Sandringham. did our dear prin-
cess look more graceful and fairylike than
when skimming over the ice on her skates
She seemed to express the poetry of mo-
uon. Although fond of riding, the queen,
owing to the necessity of sitting on the
wrong SIDE of the saddle, has not been a
great horsewoman. Driving was at one
time q favorite amusement of hers and
people living around Sandringham used to
"2tch Tor the pretty pair of grays she
fooled along so deftly. On one of her
birthdays little carriage, with four ponies.
was given her by the Emperor of Russia,
and she drove these either four abreast or
In. the USUAL four-in-hand style.
Her majesty encouraged her daughters
TO try every form of outdoor and indoor ex-
erc.se, and arranged that they should re-
celVe lessons in boating, riding, swimming
and billiards. They are all fond of cycling
especially the Princess Victoria, who h 8
made several bicycle excursions with her
intimate friends. The Duchess of Fife's
favorite sport is salmon fishing. and few
women can throw fly as skillfully and
play salmon as scientifically as she can.
Princess Charles of Denmark is a good ten
mis- player, and has lately taken I'D the
fancy for croquet, game in which the
queen excels. The king and queen showed
their interest in swimming by their visit to
the bath the other day to witness the
matches, and they both expressed the
opinion that every boy and girl in the king
dom should learn to swim, and that every
facility should be given for the poorer ones
to do 70.
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THE CHRISTMAS TREE
Plays a Leading Part at This
Time of Year.
A FOREIGN CUSTOM
NO HOME CELEBRATION IS COM
PLETE WITHOUT ONE.
To Supply the Demand Requires the
Services of an Army Of
A FOREIGN CUSTOM
written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star
Christmas isn't anything without a
CHRISTMAS tree" cry the vendors. BE sure
tc get yours early and have your pick of
the finest Don't forget that if you don't
want one, the little ones do"
Perhaps you have no youngsters at home,
but nevertheless you buy one for yourself
and while you're paying for it and carrying
1t home you're planning the greatest tune
Of your life-how you will invite all your
small relatives and friends-you have hosts
OF them-to see the tree-by the way, tht Sc
old trimmings will have to be looked over
and some new stock added-and then at5el
that you'll gather in the youngsters from
the highways and byways. those who
haven't any trees of their own and prob
ably no presents and they shall own that
tree as much as you do.
You can easily get hosts of these guests.
for your cousin has a kindergarten down in
the slums, and a girl you know Is very
much interested in home missions, and
oh, there won't be any trouble about get
ting guests for the second occasion. And
come to think of it, you won't spend as
much on the entertainment of your small
relatives and friends, because while it
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her head, "you are wrong. You do not
know, you do not understand. honored
Major Lacy, rejoiced in his courage, but I
do not love him. 1t is not he that think
of. 1t is my father"
Your father? What do you meanT'
Admiral Vernon
WHAT
Yes. he is my father. My name is Fan
GOOD heavens! 1t cannot be possible"
'1t is true. My mother was a southern
woman. one of the Glens of Halifax"
II knew herr exclaimed Beauregard.
'She died when 1 was a child, and I was
brought up by her sister. My father| did
not see much of him. He was a sailor,
and after my mothers death he sought
constantly to be in active service. When
. the war broke out he said he must stay by
the old flag. I strove to persuade him diff
ferently. 1t was horrible to me. to think
that a son of South Carolina, and my IA
Their, would fight against her There was q
quarrel between US. 1 told my father !
would not acknowledge him any longer. ]
repudiated the Vernon name and came here
and worked for the south, as you know.
When L learned yesterday that you were
going to blow up the Wabash"
But, my dear girl interrupted the gen.
eral quickly, I'VE didn't blow up the Wa
bash.''
But you said that Major Lacy had sue
ceeded!' said the girl in great bewilder-
ment
He did. The Wabash and Housatonic ex-
changed places during the night and the lat
ter was sunk. The Wabash is all right For
your sake. my dear child, say thank God
for the mistake"
Then my father is safe?"
"He is Some Yankees we captured this
morning say that he is to be relieved of his
command and ordered north on sick leave.
He will no longer be in danger from us, you
see
Thank God Thank God!' cried the
GIRL and the relief in her voice and face
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BY far the greatest catch in Washington
in fact. in the entire country-if we Judge
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ering and selling green's and trees from
American forests was soon in full swing.
1t did not take long for Americans to
learn how to get the fullest enjoyment
from their fir and pine trees. and today
the Christmas tree habit has grown to
such large proportions. and the use OF
the tree as decoration even In homes
where there are no children. Is so common
a feature of the festival season that to
satisfy big city. requires an enormous
number of trees and the most thorough or.
ganizaton and effort
Where Do They Come Fromp
But where do all the trees come frome
You would think there were not enough
to supply the huge demand, but in elmost
all parts of the country there are big pine.
fir and cedar tree forests that remained I'M
disturbed all these centuries until Mark
Carr gave Americans the idea of cutting
them for Christmas.
1t used to be that Maine furnished 80
per cent of them. and for two months before
the holiday the woodmen were busy chop
ping and the farmers were busy carting
them to the stations. where they were loaded
into cars and sent west and south to be-
sold to the dealers.
Today Maine has rivals and all the
northern border states deal regularly in
Christina trees.
Christmas tree selling is a paying BUSH
ness nowadays. and 1t is entered into with
all the formality and shrewd business
methods that you might use in disposing
of acres of land.
The woods that furnish spruce and fir
are sold on contract, and the jobber visits
them in October to size them up" He
offers so much apiece for each tree as the
trees run-usually about s. hundred-and
makes the money payable on receipt of the
package of trees at the nearest railroad
station.
Arrival in the City.
On their arrival in the city the jobber sells
them to the wholesaler. getting about 81 q
hundred for the trees after which the
wholesaler sells them to the retailer at q
good profit, and the retailer does his best
to get big prices from the housewife and
the head of the family.
The boughs of fir bring the highest price,
because of their symmetry and grace. At
ter them come the SITTER pine and cedar,
but when they are covered with gorgeous
tir sci and brilliant baubles and strung
with popcorn, candy, toys and presenta
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would not be wasted. still they have plenty
of such good things at home, and you think
1t would be greater fun to spend more
thought and money on the little people from
the SlumS.
That is one romance of the Christm as
tree-the romance that every one carries
around in his heart around Christmas time.
Then there Is another romance that by
no means every one has heard, ana that Is,
how the sweetsmelling, heavily laden en-
blem of the birthday came into such favor
in America.
There have always been plenty of Er,
pine and cedar trees at Christmas time, but
their only decorations in honor of the festi-
VAL until about half a century ago. were
the snow that fell from the sky. and the
birds that nestled and hoped about In
their branches hunting for shelter and
warmth.
A Foreign Custom.
While every German family. no matter
how poor, had It's fir bows strung with gild-
ed nuts and kuchen, and the children in
France and England danced around their
brilliantly lighted and decorated Christmas
trees. all that young Americans knew of
the beautiful tree was learned from pictures
and stories.
Occasionally you might find a family max
ing merry around a tree but these were
very few and far between. for it was such
an expense and trouble to get the trees
that only the wealthy could have them,
and not many Of them cared to take the
trouble.
However up in Pennsylvania, where the
German emigrants have great colony, and
among the German woodcutters in the Cats
kill regions of New York state, the people
kept up the customs of the Vaterland. and
the fir and pine branches hourished in great
glory at Christmas.
Finally one New York woodcutter Mark
Carr decided to teach the people of his
adj Ad
great holiday according to his idea, so one
year, it drew near to the 25th of De-
cember, he said to his wife. MY dear. I am
going to cut some cedar boughs and take
them down to New York to SELL
The good woman laughed at him and told
him he would have This labor for his
pains
First Appearance in New York.
But Mark Carr was sturdy Dutchman.
set in his way, and he remembered the Ger
mans who had come up in the mountains
year after year to get the greens, and re-
called their delight at the sight of them.
IT believe" he said, that can sell these
green boughs to New Workers. and am
going to try it,
When Mark Carr appeared in New York
with his load Of Christmas trees he was
looked upon as curiosity and hailed with
delight. His truckful was sold inside Of
an hour at prices ranging from 81 to IS per
tree, according to size, and when he took
the train home al night he carried with him
the happfest heart that ever beat beneath a
Woodman's jacket.
The next two days he was busy telling
trees, and on the third day he started again
for the station, his wagon piled high with
the young frs. For 81 he again secured
the stand he had first occupied, and as
speedily sold his wares.
The following year, assisted by his wife,
he took a great many more to market but
this year he found competitors and the
prices fell. Meanwhile the Jerseymen were
getting their carts Of green into the Phila-
delphia markets, and the custom of gath
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you really do not , -cuch of the form Of
the tree.
One of the most remarkable facts about
the christmas greeks lies in connection
with the people who handle them. Christ
mas tree merchants do rushing business
and work steadily from October TO the LIST
of January after which they take a vaca-
ton, and are the LATEST of all idlers from
January to the next October.
Their season is. Oily three months long.
but they have to step lively during that
time or it will pass them by unremunerated
There is a great competition in the tree in
dustry during the Christmas time, and tho
successful merchants who have been at 1t
for the last thirty years say that each year
they have to work harder and handle more
greens to get ,-.e same amount of pr06t
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adjutant general. Ask him to come here
Ah Gen. Wylie,' he said as that function
airy presented himself, will you make out
an order assembling a court-martial to try
Lieut.. Rhett Sempland, here. for disobedl
be enough. I think" he continued after a
pause which was fraught with agony to
Sempland at least. lest the general should
mention cowardice or treason again.
Meanwhile see that Mr.. Sempland is care
fully guarded here in the headquarters
building
Very good SIR said the officer, saluting.
This way, Mr.. Sempland."
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with equanimity whatever punishment the
court-martial may award
Even to loss of life?"
Yes, sir
Very WE'LL said the general Struggling
his shoulders a trick of his French ancas-
try. Il have done my best Mr.. Sempland
for you AS to my personal beliefs, l can
and will express them, but l cannot tell
whether the court-martial will receive them
or no. Will nothing move you?"
Nothing, SIR
The general struck bell on the desk be-
fore him.
Orderly" he said. as soldier presented
himself, my compliments to the assistant
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The Attraction.

From the Philadelphia Press.
| Miss Wryvel-"Mr. Hansum has called to
! see me several times lately"
Miss Chellus-'Yes. Some one told him
you had money"
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1903-10-01
Madison High:- School.

The County High School will be
opened next Monday the 9th prox-
limo. IL will he better than ever be-
fore. The building is beiRg reno
waited and put in order. Another
department has been added; a fine
auditorium, well furnished and
equipped will Gil long-felt need,
and everything possible has been
done and will be done to bring the
school up to the highest degree of
efficiency, 1t is believed thai Madi-
son can now offer as good instruc--
tion as any town in the State. The
teaching force is second to none.
Prof. w. j, Maloy needs no intro
duction to Madison county people.
MIR. G. w. Tedder brings to the
school ripe scholarship and years of
experience. Miss Turner, q lady OF
the highest culture, will have charge
OF department, Miss MaudG
Moore, a graduate of Alabama State
Normal, will be in charge Of the
primary department, and will also
train the different classes in music.
Miss White Dickinson, who has
for years presided over the primary
department, will work in the inter-
mediate grades, and pupils will have
the advantage Of a rich course Of
study embracing If necessary, all the
grades usually taught in the best
high schools.
The school is open to every boy
and girl Of school age in the county f,
and young men and young women
in the country are especially invited
to enter for the term. Board can
be had in private families for eight
dollars per month.
Full course of study in pamphlet
form, together with rules and regu-
lations governing the school, can be
hsd on application to Supt. Hughes
or Prof. Maloy.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1903-10-01
Florida BAPTIST Association.

The sixty-first annual convention
of the Florida Baptist Association
met with the Madison Baptist church
ON Tuesday with about forty dele
gates, lay and clerical, present.
The convention was opened by Rev,
f. NJ. Wells, Moderator, and Rev,
Stephen Crockett, the efficient clerk
Of the Association, was in his &C.
customed place. The opening SER
mon was preached at eleven O'Clock
by Rev. j. NJ. Manning Of the Man
nington Fla. church.
This Association is said to lie the
Oldest in the State, andit territorial
jurisdiction extends from the Su.
wannee river westward to the Chat
tahoochee river.
The annual sermon was preached
Tuesday night by Rev. p. M. Wag-
ner aud large congregation was
present to hear this gifted young
divine.
The session of the Association
will continue until Thursday night
and services are held nightly at the
church during the session. ssh
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1903-10-01
From Moseley HALL,

After the storm and rain the sun
is shining brightly, and the farmers
are busy gathering corn and cotton.
The rains damaged the cotton crops
considerably, but we are thankful
that 1t is no worse.
We.are sorry to learn that Mrs.
E. b. Sanders is very i'll at her home,
aud hope she II soon recover.
Mr., Gussie Shaw visited friends
AZ Hamburg last Saturday and Sum
day. There must be some psrticu'
lar attraction there to cause him t.
perch on the back Of bis buggy
swim the creek and 60 miles out o
bis way to get there, eb, Gussies
Little Willie Barrow leaves OF
Tuesday, the 2stb, for St. Angus
tine where lie goes to resume his stu
dies at the Florida Institution TO
the deaf and the blind. Our bes
wishes go with you, Willie.
Mrs. S. A. Cox is visiting Mrs
Tom .ReddiDg this week.
Mr.. Young Hunter is visiting hi
cousin, Mr.. Charlie Beggs.
Mrs. II. Barrow 10 at home sgaiI
after a delightful visit to her broth
err, Jim Shaw, at Hamburg.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1903-10-01
This is what o System Of Good Roads
will DO

Every countryman who comes in
over the Six-Mile Creek road be-
comes enthusiastic on the subject Of
good roads and the county commits
sioners, who are always under cross
Ere, get q rest from carping criti-
cisn and are recipients Of unstinted
praise for the practical and rapid
road building now being inaugurated
all along the line.
Political differences are overshad.
owed by the good that is being az.
compIished for the whole country.
The wonderful increase Of values in
real estate along the paved roads
and the radical improvements that
are keeping pace with the road build
ing will in themselves pay the inter.
est on the bonds.
New houses, new fences, more
land put out in fruit trees and larger
farm operations are everywhere in
evidence. Nor are the farmers the
only benefciaries, but as the thrifty
farmers haul their produce to the city
they exchange them with the mer-
chants for good to their families.
Where it formerly required a
whole day to pillow through the deep
sand with a small load of country
produce, the same farmer can now
come in with a full load and return to
bis farming operations in few hours.
The roads are great stimulus to
truck farming IN all territory near
these paved thoroughfares. Instead
Of proving burden they will be a
boon to coming generations.
The good roads movement will
prove an open sesame to the'hearts
Of the people Of the country. In
stead OF the occasional ox-teams that
formerly wended their weary way to
this city we now have modern We
hicles drawn by speeding teams,
driven by the thrifty growers or
their refined families Ybor City
Cor. 10 Tribune.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1903-10-01
Week of PRAYER.

The Home Mission Society will
hold the first service OF the Week Of
Prayer at the Methodist church at
three o'clock Tuesday afternoon,
October 9Th There will be services
also "wednesday and Thursday af-
ternoon at the same hour.
Suitable and interesting papers
will be read at each service, and all
will be arranged for apleasant and
profitable time. Special music for
each afternoon. The ladies Of other
churches are cordially invited to at
tend these exercises