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Let 1900 take care of itself until we
get through with 1897.
Everybody will be delighted if the
republicans can carry out their prom
ises.
McKinley and his party will have
more thinking than bragging to do
during the next four years.
The Augusta Chronicle suggests
that Tom Watson’s letter of accept
ance was held for postage due.
We hope the advance agent of peace
and prosperity will not get too far
ahead of his attraction.—Augusta
Chronicle.
The Americus Times-Recorder says
* democratic periluy has trailed our
banners in the dust. What about re-
* publican votes?
Ex-Senator Reagan, postmaster gen
eral of the Southern Confederacy, is
dying at his home in Palestine, Tex-
One by one the leaders of the lost
cause are passing away.
Japan will have a beautiful display,
and many articles of value will be on
exhibition in the salesroom of the
Woman’s Building at the Tennessee
Centennial Exposition next year.
Other states may be at sea for mat.
ters of political interest, but not so in
Georgia. We have an election for su
preme court justices close upon us and
a solid thousand justices of the
peace are to be chosen in January.—
Richland Paper.
Don’t imagine every new hat you
saw was won on the election. Some
of them were the purchases of the
wearers as the results of enthusiasm
the night before. In some cases new
suits and overcoats were necessary
and bromo-seltzer was in demand.—
Brunswick Call.
Dwight L. Moody, the famous evan.
gelist, has made a contract with the
Ladies’ Home Journal, by which he
will conduct in that magazine a series
of popular Bible studies in the form
of a great National Bible Class. It
will be made into a regular and pe.‘
manent department of the Journal,
and is to be known as “Mr. Moody’s
Bible Class.” The evangelist will per
sonally lead his unique “Bible Class’’
each month in the exposition of some
of the vital Bible truths, and will
naturally appeal to a large circle oi
readers.
THERE IS TIME ENOUGH.
Not content with a long and mean
ing campaign that has tested the
strength of this government in every
liber, the agitors are already planning
for 1900. There is time enough to
think about that. Give the people
and the country a rest. Let them have
a chance to adjust themselves to the
new conditions. The business cam
paign of 1897 is of far more interest to
the people now thah the political
campaign of 1900.
The democratic party staked all on
a single issue and lost. The verdict
of the popular sentiment was over
whelmingly against it. Let those
who still persist in advocating the
cause do so .quietly and not continue
to harass the public mind with this
fruitless agitation. The business in
terests of the country demand the or
ganized effort of the thinking portion
of the country to rehabilitate our in
dustries.
The calamity howler is scarcely
tolerable in the midst of a heated
campaign when there is some excuse
for his mouthinge in the interest of
the success of his party. He is not to
be tolerated when there are other
matters of far greater moment at
stake. What we need most is ener
getic and systematic effort looking
to the upbuilding of our commercial
institutions and our industrial re
sources.
The campaign is over and all sensi
ble men are glad that we are through
with it. Let its memories be filed
away for the benefit of the historical
compiler. We are engaged in making
history, not in recapitulating the
whys and wherefores of a contest that
is ended forever. What difference
does it make to the French nation
today who was to blame for the loss of
Waterloo?
When a people begin to indulge in
reminiscent recriminations and vin
dictive propositions for the future, it
is a sign of national retrogression and
senility. Let every man go to work
for the common good of the country.
The battle has been fought and won.
We did our duty but the odds were
against us. Let 1900 take care of
itself for a while longer and let us
follow the example of our late leader.
He has gone to work for the upbuild
ing of the interests of his native state.
In this he is proving his greatness in
defeat. Let us all go and do likewise.
We have it in our power to make of
ours the proudest government on
earth within the next four years and
to close the century in a sunburst of
splendor such as the world has never
witnessed if we but drop politics and
go to work for the common good.
THE SITUATION.
It must bcqaatent to every intelligent
man in the country today that this
government is passing through the
most critical period in its history. Mr.
McKinley has before him the most
stupendous task that has ever con
fronted a chief magistrate of this re
public. He and his followers have
promised to lighten the burdens of the
people and to give us more prosperity,
to relieve the«financial strain and to
set the suspended industries of the
country going.
On the fourth of March next, if noth
ing providential occurs to change the
face of things, he will take upon him
self an oath to sustain the integrity of
this government from domestic as
well as from foreign foes. All these
promis* s he will be in duty bound to
carry out with such means as he has
at his disposal. He has at his back a
congress made up of representative
men from all parts of the union, a
majority of whom are in sympathy
with his views.
If these men prove themselves
worthy of the trust reposed in them
by the American people and possess
the ability to make good their promi
ses, then all will be well. Buttheirs is
no easy task. They have to deal with
some of the most formidable problems
that ever confronted a- government
and no obstacle should be thrown in
the way of their consummating these
laudable designs.
The financial condition of the coun
try is deplorable. The commercial
situation is but little better. The two
are naturally mutually dependent
upon each other. The industrial side
of the question is in bad shape. All
these things are not chargeable to the
misconduct of present administra
tion. They are but the logical result
of a long series of mistakes and of
erroneous ideas of government.
These evils must be corrected and it
will require the concerted action of
the entire people of the United States
to bring the country back to its former
condition of prosperity. We must all
lay aside our political prejudices and
predilections. Family disagreements
should be forgotten, or at least held
io abeyance, when there is a menace
of outside interference detrimental to
the good of the family.
Every sane man is aware of the ter
rible strain under which the machin
ery of irovernwent has labored for the
last few years. Conditions are chaotic
and to bring order out of chaos we
must set on selves to work for the
common cans.. Itis within our power
todo'bis by the organized effort of
ti e whole people. Noone man is equal
r<> the task. We must get out of our
oat rowness and get back into the old
broad and liberal channels Itefore we
shall find smooth sailing.
TH Mi Kt)MK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 11. 1«96.
SONGS AND SCENES.
Tie Orivti.
(In the public **quar'* at Adairsville, Ga ,
where one of the last battles of the war was
fought are the graves of two pickets who
were killed at the croßMiig of the Oothcaloga
creek, and a monument has been erected to
their memory and cared for by Col. Henry
D. Capere, a veteran of the war.]
How sweetly sleep those martyred braves
Above whose lowly unna.nea graves
The golden rod in splendor wares
In the vale of the Oothcaloga.
Their hearts were true, their cause was just,
Faithful at last to every trust,
And treasured now their honorad dust
lu the vale of the Oothcaloga.
They fell in manhood's primal dawn,
No hope of fame to lead them on;
Their memory lives, though they are gone,
In the vale of the Oothcaloga.
They triumphed though in victory won
And sank as sinks the uying sun
In glory when the day is done,
lu the vale of the Oothcaloga.
’Tis here the blossoms earliest fling
Their fragrance on the breath of spring.
And here the wild birds earliest sing,
In the vale of the Oothcaloga.
Here, heedless quite of time and tide,
'Mid peace and plenty spreading wide,
God rest ye bones side by side.
In the vale of the Oothcaloga.
—Montgomery M. Folsom
Dead Leaves of Nov< mber.
Do you see them eddying and swirl
ing aloug through the deep aisles of
the forest? The breezes that whispered
soothing songs to them when the sum
mer sun rode high in the heavens are
dead. lu their stead have come the
wild gales of November to chant the re
quiem of departed days.
Hither and thither are they blown,
the sport of the winds and the wreckage
of the year. Among them rustle the so
ber birds that remain with us all winter
and unlike the wayward birds of passage
remain to comfort and to cheer us amid
the dark days of wintry desolation.
True, their nests are deserted and
their ruins cling to many a leafless
bough. The brown thrush and the
joree gossip at eventide when the burned
out embers of sunse de fail in
the western sky. Poor withered leaves!
Who would recognize in them the beau
tiful foliage of the long limbed elms
and the stout hearted oaks of the sum
mer woodlands. They remind one of
the lives of some unfortunate people
who have failed in their most cherished
hopes.
Pattering down from the drooping
branches they litter the tranquil surface
of the river, each a tiny ark set afloat
bound none reck whither. Some cf
them still retain the tints of the bla
zonry of Indian Summer, but these
look like hectic flushes, false hopes that
but palliate inevitable dissolution and
decay. Their gold was but counterfeit,
their crimson and royal purple but a
mockery and they are passing into
oblivion.
In the days that are to follow the
leaden skies will weep bitter tears,of re
gret upon them and they will be tram
pled under foot by the coursers of the
storm Stern hearted Winter, in a fit
of mercifulness, will cast a coverlet of
snow upon them, but nothing shall ever
cause the green sap of summer to flow
in their withered veins forever more.
They have no part and lot in the life of
throbbing nature.
And yet, though they sink into the
earth and become a part of the soil,
they are not lost. Nothing in the great
economy of nature is ever lost. They
go to enrich the mould whence shall
spring the scanted violets and the milk
white daisies, the gipsies of Flora’s
realm.
From amidst their blackened remains
will spring the green and tender grasses
and many a soft wind whisper shall be
heard above their resting places. They
are dead but shall live again in renewed
attractiveness.
‘ ‘I am the ressurrection and the life,”
spake One being authority and that
grand and glorious principle permeates
all created things. The whole of the
universe throbs with the spirit of im
mortality. The mighty planets that
pursue their courses through infinity are
of no more importance in His wonder
ful plan than the tiniest of these dead
leaves of November. Everything is
created for a purpose and in fulfilling
that purpose works out its own des
tiny.
The highest ideal of the human soul
is to fulfill the purpose for which it was
created. Men come and go and when
one drops out there is another to fill the
vacancy.
Yet each has his own individuality,
his own purpose and his separate des
tiny. The variety of creation is incom
prehensible. There are many things
that we contemplate with awe and
wonder, but their purpose is simple to
their Creator.
Why weep for the memory of a dead
summer? Why bemoan the fate of the
dead leaves of November? It is essen
tial that they should pass away to give
room for other summers, equally as
bright and for other leaves as green as
these were in the halcyon days.
The same rule applies to life in the
human economy. The man who has
done his duty and acquitted himself
properly in life passes on to his reward
and should not be mourned.
But when I look out on the melan
choly fields and hear the sighs of the
wind among the deserted fields and
through the leafless boughs, it brings a
feeling of sadness that 1 cannot over
come.
I remember all that I hoped for when
these leaves were tiny buds and the
April days were pink and white with
the blossoms of spring* Alas! for these
hopes! They have withered and their
memories are adrift in my heart like
the dead leaves of November
M. M. F.
An exchange gives the following
unique description of the man who
can drink or let it alone: “The man
who can drink or Jet it alone is again
with us. He is a genial sort of a fel
low, and it might be harsh to roll him
together as a scroll or to boil him in
oil, or bake him over a slow fire, as he
deserves. He feels sorry for the slave
to rum. ‘Why,’says be, ‘all you need
is the will power. When I want to
quit, I will surely quit.’ The day will
come when he will quit, sure enough.
The coroner will be notified when the
time comes, andtheie’ll be a nice in
quest with home comforts and all
modern improvements, and if our
friend is rich the verdict will be that
he died of heart failure. If he is poor,
it will be that he died of alcoholism.
The man who can drink or let it alone
is worth studying.”
William McKinley will be the twen
ty-fifth president of the United States.
On the 26th of February, six day be
fore his inauguration, he will be fifty
two years of age, the same age that
Abraham Lincoln was when inaugu
rated in 1861. Mr. Lincoln, like Mc-
Kinley, was born in the month of
Feburary, 1809- He was inaugurated
on the 4th of March 1861, twenty days
after the completion of his fifty-sec
ond year, whereas Mr. McKinley will
be inaugurated six days after it. Like
Lincoln, Mr. McKinley served as rep
resentative in congress before his
elect on to the presidency.
It is an old story, but each succeed
ing year more and more proves its
truth.-The secret [of success and
prosperity for Southern farmers is to
raise at home they have to live on,
and make cotton their surplus money
crop. If the of the
South will do this, we will soon be_
come the most independent and pros
perous section of the country.—Au
gusta Chronicle.
The spell binders of both parties
will now proceed to take a vacation
until the fourth of March next, at
which time those who jumped on the
right side will transfer their abode
temporarily to Washington, where
they will remain until the offices are
duly allotted among the true patriots.
—Americus Herald.
The Wind And The Leaves.
There is warfare in the garden, and the many
are outmatched
In the struggle of the millions and the one;
For the bitter wind is blowing, and the yellow
leaves are going,
▲nd the armies of the summer turn and run
Here they come, a flying legion, round the cor
ner. down the path,
While they seek in vain a shelter from the
foe;
By h : s furious onslaugh scattered, clad in
russet, torn and battered.
Lost and ruined in the summer’s overthrow.
Time was when they were allies ii; the April
afternoon.
When the winter and the snows were at an
end;
FoY he touched the earth so lightly, that they
issued green and sprightly.
And they hailed him for their champion and
their friend.
Then they loved him in the summer, and he
kissed thorn as he passed,
When the uniforms they wore were fresh and
green;
And they trusted in him blindly, for they
thought his voice was kindly
▲s he whispered through the coppice or the
dene.
Bat they found his rough advances on the
gray September morn
Very different from his genial breath in
June;
For when the year grew older, his friendship
it grew colder,
▲nd he threatened and he piped a warlike
tune.
So they fought him, and he beat them; and
the gardeu paths today
Tell a sorry taleof ruin and defeat,
For the cruel wind is roaring, and before him,
whirling, scaring,
Go the little weary soldiers in retreat.
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