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Can you M»ell (turkey?
Look on the bright side of life.
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November weather is the beet.
Autumn is taking its last leaves.
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Rome is radiant in her autumn
gown.
Waeo. Tex., has a Brann new sen
sation almost every day.
The first Tuesday in December is
“Arbor Day” in Georgia.
"The connoieeur of all observers”
is the latest a la Mrs. Malaprop.
Tbe eonviets have not decided what
they will do with the legi latnre. and
vice versa.
Editor Carlton and tbe Methodist
preachers will be hand from In glove
this week.
The Georgia press is praising the
appointment of Hon. Hal Lewis to the
supreme bench.
The roses, sunsets, and autumn
tints on Myrtle hill these November
afternoons are picturesque beyond
description.
The Augusta Chronicle says “it is
pronounced as if spelled ap pen-dy
sigh tie. ” But why does it not tell us
how to avoid it.
The many friends of Dr. S. R. Belk,
pastor of the First Methodist church,
are hoping that be will be returned
to Rome. He has done a great work
tor Methodism in Rome-
( Some gold papers accuse Henry Wat
terson of having “taken water.” A
great maay mean things have been
said about Henry lately, but we don’t
believe this one is true, says an ex*
■■ change.
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The American Bible Society was
founded iu> 1816 and incorporated in
1841. Up to 1896 it had distributed
411,705,841 Bibles, Testaments and por.
tions of Scripture, printed in 242 lan
guages and dialects.
Typhoid fever has been epidemic
.since the early fall in the country sur
rounding Bristol, Virginia. A pri
vate letter from Wytheville states that
there have been two hundred cases in
that town, and that new cases are de
veloping daily. Many other states
-have had similar epidemics. North
Georgia has escaped everything and
4s tbe healthiest section of this ooun
■*ry* -' .
North Georgia Methodirts,
The North Georgia conference of
the M. E. church, south, convenes in
Atben this week, and there Will be a
large attendance. Tbe Methodists are
very aggressive in their religions wonk,
and have aeeomplisbed great things
not only in’Georgia'and the south, bet
Methodism ‘is one of the greatest
moral and rreligious forces in the
world. Thirty millions of people are
now maFchtag under the bannersof tbe
Methodist church. It has missionaries
in all lands, and her songs of praise
have gircHed'the globe. The Method :
Ist church stands for purity in the'
homes and tthe highest type of reig-j
ious experience. Tbe Methodist;
church stands'for tbe abolition of the;
liquor traffic, and all its kindredi
evils. It isfee'fee of every eocial and'
political fraud. Her ministers are
bold) leer less, and aggressive.
The doctrines, abd. polity, and dis
cipline of Methodism cannot fall to
reach the masses. Her colleges and
universities are among tbe foremost
in the land. Her pulpit orators rank
second to none. Her .revival spirit has
■kindled the fire in many a benighted
land. Her doctrine is a plain, com
.mon sense interpretation of the Bible,
I proved by experience. We bid the
Methodists God speed in their noble
work in saving souls, and uplifting
the human race.
About the Turkey,
Next Thursday, Nov. 25, has been
set apart by President McKinley and
■Gw. Atkinson for Thanksgiving day.
And this brings up thoughts of tur
key about which the Augusta Chroni
cle says: The farmers of Georgia
raise some fine turkeys, but Rhode
Island appears to bear off the palm
■ln this respect. The farmers there
produce birds weighing 40 to 45
pounds, and they are as succulent as
gigantic. We are told that tbe Rhode
Island turkey is allowed free range in
a good grasshopper country, and is
fed not only on corn but sweet apples.
When about eight months old And fat
enough for market, it is shut .u.p in a
coop without food for 24 hours. Then
it is bung by a stout cord to a beam
.in tbe barn; and while one of the farm
bands holds its wings with both
■bands; another bleeds it at the throat
until it ie dead. It is not scalded, as
is tbe common practice elsewhere,but
is picked while warm. Then tbe en
trails are carefully removed, and it is
bung in a cool place until ready for
shipment. This trick tbe Philadel
phians have learned in recent years,
and they now bleed their Turkeys,'
and dry and piek them.
To be at its best a turkey should:
not hang more than five nights after
killing. So said an authority, tbe
philosopher of Vaneluee* Thomas R.
Hazard. He also held that it should
be roasted before a big wood fire,
being turned frequently. As there is
no shad like the planked shad, so there
is no turkey like the corn-fed, dry
dressed, wood-cooked turkey.
Man’s Need ■of Recreation,
Man is a many-sided animal, and re
quires recreation to a greater degree
than any others. His powers of reflec
tion induce despondency as well as hope.
He is oppressed witheares, and often
borne down by much labor. His nerves,
are too frequently overstrung with work
and worry. Leisure, consequently, is
necessary to health, and recreation dur
ing it that he may restore his vigor,
writes Lady Cook. When these are not
possessed, he becomes discontented,
sullen, morose, vicious; and loses elasti
city of mind and body. Should he
have no rational means of enjoyment,
he flies from hard labor to reckless de
bauch.
Tbe overstrained mind and body
crave for wild excitement, and intem
perance and immorality are the readiest
at hand. This unnatural mode of life
wrecks the individual and deteriorates I
his offspring, for it is impossible that
healthy children should be produceed by
those who lead an unwholesome exis -
tence. It is idle to preach godliness and
morality to those who are thus over
wrought. They want leisure, time for
thought and enjoyment. And above
all, they want instruction in the best
modes of recreation. Leisure, to those
who are not used to it, and who do not
know what to do with it, is a very
doubtful privilege, and likely to be put
to evil uses.
All Flesh is Grass.
Bishop Duncan, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South was presiding
over one of the Texas annual conferences
several years ago* At that time of the
year he was suffering quite a good deal
with hay fever. He was smelling some
medicine and rubbing his nose with
something all of the time. Frequently
be spoke from the chair about his con
dition. and the conference had become
fully aware of the fact that he had hay
fever.
At one point in the session the Bishop
spoke from the chair, cautioning the
preachers to keep as quiet as possible,
as he was naturally of a nervous dispo-i-
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THE iBOMtt TBIBSUNDAY. NOVEMBER 21, 1897.
tiouand bis hay fever had rendered
him peculiarly nervous.
One of the preaoners was np repre
senting one of his brethren. He stated,
among other things, that the'brother
■had marriedia ‘(grass’’ widowj
“A‘grass’widow! What is a ‘grass’
widow? We dont have anything like
that iu South Carolina,” said the Bish
op; Intending by his remark to empha
size <the fact that his state, had no di
vorce law.
The preacher thought a moment and
replied: * f l don’t know. Bishop, unless
it is a woman whose husband has died
with hay fever.”
Why It Would Not Do,
The Tribune is in receipt of the fol
lowing communication:
To the Editor of The Tribune:—
Tour articles on the question of county
representation in District conventions,
called to make party nominations, 1«
timely and. to tbe point, and alt tmpre*
judiced minds' must agree that the
basis you suggest is a better one thap
that now in vogue.
Bat if we are to make a change at
all, why stop half way? Why not come
right down to the rock-bottom and
let every democratic vote count equally
with every other democratic vote?
This could easily be accomplished
by bolding a democratic primary in
all of tbe counties of the district, on
the same day, then compiling tbe total
vote of all tbe counties, and letting
the man who gets the most votes win;
that is, tbe total vote cast to be counted
just as it is now counted in tbe general
election.
What say you to this plan?
■C. W. Underwood.
While this plan would be fair to all
we do not believe it would bepractica
ble, or work well. It. would virtually
be bolding two elections. Th- prima
ries would be manipulated either by a
handful of politicians, or by a very
large vote. If the vote in primaries
should be heavy little interest would
be taken in Che congressional election
following as many voters would con
aider the contest ended, and not.
trouble to go to the polls.
Then again without strict laws to
protect tbe primary there could be no
prevention of fraud. Trick, tens canid
manipulate each county as they wished.
Unless conducted by properly ap
pointed officers of the law we do not
believe this double election system
would work well.
The Tribune's plan for one delegate
for each one hundred votes in the last
previous congressional, or presidential
election, is that adopted and in vogue
everj where except in Georgia. It hae
been tried, and found the best and
most satisfactory plan in existence.
The Things Men Eat.
One’s mind depends in a great
measure on one’s food. Primitive
man, with bis large digestive organs,
small brain and rudimentary soul, de
sired fresh killed game, which he ate
without flavorings, sauces or condi
ments. Potatoes and fine fruits and
vegetables were unknown. As he
migrated be l?egan to depend on tbe
produets of the soil more and more.
Ancient Egypt, during her period of
highest civilization, subsisted on mil
let. dates, fruits and cereals.
Athletic Greece achieved her great
est culture on two meals a day, con
sisting of maize and vegetables steeped
in oil. The decline of a nation com
mences when gormandizing begins
Rome’s collapse was well under way
when slaves were thrown into tbe eel
pits to increase the gamy flavor of tbe
eels when they came upon tbe table.
Os pugnacious and warlike nations
one may predicate a freshly laden ta
ble accompanied by the wassail bowl
in some one of its manifestations. Tbe
Teutonic type of soul prefers tbe alco
holism of bops, while the Latin races
have identified themselves with the
juice of tbe grape.
A diet curve may be mathemati
cally plotted, showing a direct ratio
I between tbe food and tbe mental and
physical status of tbe individual or
the race. Given so much flesh, pastry,
beer and ale, tbe result can oe written
down in lymphatic brain, fighting
proclivities and sensuality. Given a
working hypothesis of nitrogenous
cereals, nuts and fruits, tbe returns
can be counted in intellectual activity
and a more of less vitalized golden
rule. When Rudyard Kipling immor
talized “the great pie belt” of New
England he illustrated the humorous
side of the diet question—a never
failing source of entertainment
to the observer. Boston’s baked
beaus and codfish balls afford ever
fresh material for international witti
cisms; although the great Horace,
Ruskin and others, in lauding the
nutritive virtues of tbe “leguminosae,”
failed to excite mirth—Chicago News.
Our Duties and Rights,
We can devote this space to no better
use than to employ it in giving this ex
tract from a sermon recently delivered
in Baltimore by Cardinal Gibbons:
“Tbe same God who commands as to
obey tbe divine law requires us also to
uphold tbe civil laws of the nation.
And surely of all people on the face of
the earth the American citizens should 1
teVn m AEMMlirtl flail erht in
• 1 XEpa aS P aCs .SwX VUHv VEy
the legislation imposed upon them.
There are no ' standing armies here to
intimidate the people. There are no
government spies to watch and report
onr movements' and conauoF.No star
chambers are-tolerated herd, Ev<fry ac
oased person, though be be the greatest
criminal, has a right to defend bJmSelf.
We enjoy liberty of speech', of the press,
of public discussion, and we haVd. the
liberty to criticise the public conduct
of those who are placed over us. We
cannot better prove our love for oar
country than by faithfully observing
her laws, and we cannot better uphold
the dignity of the nation at home and
abroad than by deporting ourselves as
upright and blameless Citizens. No man
ean be a good citizen who sets at de
finance the laws of the common wealth,
The man who breaks the just laws bK
tbe state is violating at the same time
tbe commandments of the decalogurt
The citlzeb who bitya or sells vtStSis is
breaking the commandment which says
‘Thou shalt not steal. ’ The State is
what we ourselves - make it. It fib our
creation fcfr -tlje- state is made up of
units of citizens. The destiny of tbe
state under God is in our hands. Bat
while it is clear that the private citizen
is bound to respect and to honor the
civil magistrates, it is equally clear,
especially iu a constitutional govern
ment like ours, that the citizen has a
perfect right to criticise the official con
duct of the public functionaries. A
calm, temperate and dispassionate
judgment, passed upon the public and
official acts of those in authority,
serves a v> ise and usefnl purpose. It
admonishes the officers of the law of
their faults shortcomings and delin
quencies and affords them opportunity
of correcting their mistakes. It reminds
them that they are not the masters, but
the servants of their constituents. ”
Texas and Mississippi editors are in
hard luck Editor Harrison, of the
Ashland, Miss., Register was stabbed
to death last Saturday because be did
not boom a lecture, and Editor Harris,
of the Waco, Tex., Times-Herald, was
shot to death Friday because he re
fused to print a communication de
fending Iconoclast Brann. Two edi
tors killed and their communities are
that much worse off.
My Thanksgiving.
I ca not thank Thee, Lord for wealth,
Thon hast not given It me—
Nor can I thank Thee yet for health.
Thia waa denied by Thee,
I canot thank Thee, Lord, for fame.
For thon hast not decreed
To crown Thy servant with a name.
Nor power nor place. Indeed. 1
But T can thank Thee, dearelt Lord,
For blessings far above—
For peace, contentment, and yet more,
For one tweet woman’s love.
—D.G. B.
Straws
Show Which Way
The Wind
Blows.
Little children get proper
attention at
MR. LESTER’S.
weet peach pickles and preserves
please the most fastideous, Teas
and coffees to please the people
Home-made mince meat, very nice.
Boneless sardines, bam and codfish,
canned asparagus, okra and toma
toes, Peas, Beans, mushrooms, Hun
garian sweet pepper, apricots, plums,
and cherries in glass. Call at
LESTER’S
Old Postoffice Corner, Rome, Ga
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