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I Musings of the Week
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The reason people kneel in prayer
I* very easily told,
1 They look like, and they act like, ■
They want to save their sole.
One of the most remarkable person
ages, as well as lovable characters, in
Rome is Francis Augustus Johnson.
Since he was a toddling infant, he
has Romed these same muddy thorough
fares, and pined for the same filter for
our real estatic water, in short he was
raised here. Ao anonymous friend
“have writ a book” proclaiming th6
virtues of this, has been youthful prod
igy. The proof pages are just from the
press of the ‘‘Skippenhop company”
and at a glance we catch the thrilling
thread that chains and charms the
reader to the gruesome recital, leaving
him either a hopeless imbecile, or worse.
For the benefit of people stung by
curiosity I review it with a few extracts
showing the maniacal wanderings of
the writers brain. The book is entitled,
• ‘Personal Recollections of the boyh rod
of Qus,” by Blanc.
“Gussie was an unusually precocious
lamb, making more mud pastry than
any of his playmates, and paddling his
feet in more gravy dishes. His keen wit
was shown in the riddance of a trouble
some neighbor, whose mother did
not want to go in swimming, at least
the boy didn’t, oh, fudge! the mother of
the boy did not want said boy to sub
merge his (the boys) anatomy. Schem
ing Gussie volunteered to accomplish
this seemingly impossible task, and
guess how he did? Gave him Rough on
Rats. Rewrote on his tombstone, ‘‘He’s
at rest, and so am I.” A few days later
our little hero propelled a lawn mower
for ten consecutive, long minutes, and
during this decade he composed the
following rhythmic ditty, to sing to the
•‘new mown straw,”
Its lots, and lots, and lots of fun.
To sit, and sit, and sit,
And hear the mower slug and click.
But ’t’alnt no fun to run it.
After the supreme exertion of push
ing the ponderous machine, Gussie re
marked under his breath, that he was
so fatigued he could hardly crawl.
Some one asked “why do you want to
crawl,” but the promising youth con
fusedly responded by hee-hawing loudly,
“Gimme the faint, I’m about to cam
phor!’’Don’t ask what he wanted a
camp for. Gussie was like a match, all
right when you let hi oi alone, but would
fire up in a minute when struck. He
lost his temper when quite young, and
never seemed the same afterwards.
Some one said he lost his head but he
daily lives, and moves among ns to re*
fute this calumny. One of bis invalua
ble talents was pre-vision, or second
sight. With a heavy blind over his
eyes, and his back turned, he can tell
you what a zinc bucket, a tin cup, or
any object, is made of. As an illustra
tion I will relate a severe test he was
subjected too recently. Securely blinded
we held a bucket behind him, and asked,
“Now tell us in your own language,
just what kind ot a round handle, brass
hooped, wooden bucket this is? He held
us spell bound with the simply wonder
ful narration, even telling what metal
the hcops were made of, and the shape
of the handle.”
The above extracts show from what a
small yet promising beginning, sprung
our Gus Johnson of today, and we all
join in felicitating him on his good loca
tion, better reputation, and wish him a
pleasant vacation for recreation.
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lives and never-catch the drift of im
portant occurrences. Steamboat traffic
was paralyzed yesterday morning by
the high wind blowing up the rivers
But like the cat they came back, and
every thing was normal, at a late hour
last night, with little damage done.
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Great Spoonsl.Te sons of men, boware!
There is a 1000 dollar counterfeit bill in
circulation, and for fear you have been
deceived pull out your wallet, and care
fully scrutinize all Williams of that de
nomination, for it is said to be a clever
imitation. May the shade of currency
reform preserve you in all transaotions.
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The Atlanta people humorously refer
to their smallpox oases, as ‘ elephant
itch,’’.saying that it was brought there
by a circus. Please keep your itch in
Atlanta, for it is an elephant, as yon
will find. Your Uncle Fuller went out
to our pest house a few days ago and
saw enoughto cause him to sav, ‘ ‘Be
ware of the speckled beauties,”
* * *
Nicola Tesla, the.celebrated, electri
cian, has selected a wise way by which
to make himself popular as a student,
and philosopher. He says the more
sleep you have, the longer your life and
the better your health. This advice is a
boon to tramps, messenger boys, street
oar mules, and other occupations where
the objects employed, usually resort to
this seductive avocation. However,
Shakespeare agrees with Nio on this, or
perhaps we may conclude that Tesla got
his idea from this.quotation from S.:
No’ poppy, nor mandragora,
Nor all the drowsy syrups of the East.
Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep
Which thou ow’dst yesterday.
* * *
It is quite an advantage nowadays to
marry stout girls for all girls are worth
their weight in gold, so you see a more
valuable prize would be the heaviest.
The value of course is in our own con
ceit, which after all*capacitates us for
appreciating the things of life —weigh-
ing and assessing the value, to make us
scorn or favor.
* * *
In your moments of joyous celebra
tion of this holy season remember the
patients at the Emergency hospital.
Some are suffering from accidents and
can enjoy a turkey dinner as well as
you. Useful remembrances will also be
gratefully acknowledged.
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Col. McHenry does not favor co edu
cation, nor. corporal punishment. <At
least he does not favor the latter on
himself, on account of his immediate
danger by opposing the former. Hands
that rook the cradle, are usually profi
cient in correcting waywardness and
even if they shouldn’t resort to such
methods, the tongue can usually be
harsher, than when it is heard saying,
‘ ‘Sweet ’ittle teensy weensy sing, dnz
oo want to go to state ’varsity when oo
dets big.” As an evidence of the colonels’
devotion, and reverence, he refers to his
wife as bis “nine-tenths” bnt on this
subject a word to the wise is sufficient:
“Don’t monkey with the buzz-saw.”
* * *
Strolling slowly down loves fairest
vista they went, he uttering inaudible
assurances of a heart spotlessly sincere,
and she upturning her p ace to the bath
of glory sent by the brilliant harvest
moon. Could there be a blemish to taint
the beauty of one so divine?—impossible.
Softly the hearts would syllable the old,
old, story an 1 yet a luster was added by
the daintiness of their love. He stooped
his head and pressed a lingering kiss on
her alabaster brow, that sent the ripples
over her face, like a pebble disturbing
the placid surface of some sylvan lake.
A half surprised look of ill-concealed
happiness o’er spread her perfect feat
ures, and as she raptur.ously sighed her
soul into elysium, she felt the teadril
like touch of an encircling arm. At this
juncture they were near enough home to
hear their children howling, and as they
entered the house the younger sister
sank into a chair exclaiming, “The next
time you go to the theater you may
hire a trained nurse to stay with these
kids.”
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"" “Pot Boilers EtnercinK.”
After weeks in the forest of Fontaine
bleau it is difficult to realize its
nous amplitude, its endless repetition
of similar prospects. And yet as a for
est it has no surpassing beauty. One
may compare it with Dartmoor —Dart-
moor pared of its highest tors and set
thickly wiith young trees, growing close
as the moss on a bowlder. It is a roll
ing upland with a scanty mantle of soil,
through the frequent gaps in which the
broken gray bowlders of the naked earth
sometimes rise in fantastic heaps, some
times line concavities a mile across, or
fringe the gaping lips of long ravines.
Like Dartmoor, the surface is arid, and
you may tramp miles and see never a
pool, and yet, on every side you may
descend from the forest by green valleys
into green plains and find brooks leap-
J ing miraculously from the dusty rocks
I to dip under fringing willows.
[ It is to these happy skirts of the for
, est that the painters' villages cling;
' Barbizon, ftd'jertjseiJ. bySteveng.cn and
TUE’BOMU TRIBUNE. SUNDAY. DECEMBER 2<’. 1897
now'aoandonea'To tne Cultured' tourist;
Cernay, with its great village square;
Mariotte, smothered under masses of li
lacs like a child laughing in new mown
' hay; Moret, on the Seine, with its tow
er flanked, steep pitched bridge, • its
mills and ruined castles and spreading
river, and a dozen others. The simplest
of them turn austere faces to the solemn
spaciousness of the forest, but theii
sweet gardens give access to the green
comforts of the plain; an image maybe
of theartists themselves; high unprofit
able aims in the salon; pot boilers
emerging and red wine coming in by
the studio doors.—Saturday Review.
Self Inducing Methods.
An article in The Lancet gives some
hints on the inducing of sleep which
will be of interest to all victims of in
somnia. So vital is the necessity for
sleep that any method by which it may
be secured is worthy of attention. The
means employed is to produce weariness
by muscular exercise after retiring.
“Lying on his back, the patient first
reaches for the foot and head boards at
the eame time. He then raises his head
half an inch. At the same time he
breathes 'slowly and deeply about eight
inspirations to the minute, which are
counted. After about 20 inspirations the
head, which begins to feel heavy, is
dropped. The right foot is then raised
(the reaching for the boards and count
ing being continued) and similarly
dropped when fatigued. The left foot
goes through the same process. The
muscles which are used in reaching for
the head and foot boards are then re
lieved, and the body is elevated so that
it rests on the head and heels. He then
turns on the right side and reaches for
the head and foot boards again and
raises first the head and then the foot,
as before. The same process is gone
through on the other side. Thus eight
positions have been assumed and a large
number of -muscles used. If sleep has
not been induced, the.same cycle is gone
over again.
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After hearing some friends contin
ually praising Chamberlain’s Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, Curtis
Fleck, of Anaheim, California, pur
chased a bottle of it for his own use and
is now as enthusiastic over its wonder
ful work as anyone can be. The 25 and
50 cent sizes for sale by Curry-Arring
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MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION.
He Outlines the Limits In Which Fire
Works May Be Exploded.
All persons are hereby notified that
the firing of fire crackers, skyrockets
and all other explosions are expressly
forbidden within the following limits;
Beginning at the Oostanaula riyer on
on the western side of Fourth avenue:
running thence along Fourth avenue
to East Third street; thence along the
northern side of East Third street to
the western side of Second avenue
thence along Second avenue to the
Etowah river; thence down the Eto
wah river to the Oostanaula river;
thence up the Oostanaula river to be
ginning point.
The police of the city are instructed
to strictly enforce within said limits,
the ordinances upon the subject of
fireworks. This December 22, 1897.
S. 8. King
Mayor City of Rome.
Glasgow’s haunly koines.
Among the many new things started
by the Glasgow corporation is a “fam
ily heme. “ It is intended mainly for
widowers and widows who go out to
work. There are 100 bedrooms, each of
which contains a good bed for the fa
ther or mother and a broad cot for the
younger children. For these rooms the
parents pay ss. 6d. a week, and that
sum includes the lighting, heating and
cleaning of them. Clean linen is sup
plied once a week. In the home, also,
there are dining, recreation and nursery
rooms. The children are looked after
and cared for while the parents are at
work for an infinitesimal sum. The
cooking, washing and bathing arrange
ments are excellent, and as the thing is
done on a large scale and economically
arranged the establishment is expected
to pay for itself. Glasgow benevolence
is nothing if not practical, and this new
home seems a most admirable institu
tion.—St. James Gazett?.
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boy to die, I saved him from croup
by using One Mipute Cough Cure.”
It is the quickest and most certain
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Grant and Longstreet.
General Grant had as much to de
with Longstreet’s becoming a Republic
an as any one else. They had been
schoolmates at West Point, had been
graduated the same year and received
their commissions at the same time.
They fought among the cactus bushes of
Mexico and had drunk mescal from the
same jug a thousand times. It was at
Jefferson Barracks, near St. Louis, that
Longstreet introduced his cousin, Miss
Julia Dent, to Grant, and it was Long
street himself who told the young lady
of the worth of his friend. They were
marrir<L and /he Georgian was i'J. the
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wedding. When they hext saw eacn
other, it was at Appomattox. After the
formalities of the surrender were over
General Grant took General Longstreet
to one side and said:
“Julia wants to see you. Go home
and see your family and then come to
see me, won’t you?”
Longstreet promised, and he kept his
word. When General Grant became
president, he asked for his udvice and
begged that his former adversary now
be one of his advisers. General Grant
never had a truer friend during his ad
ministration. They knew each other.
When the tragedy took place at Mount
McGregor, Longstreet suffered as if it
were the loss of a brother. He has often
visited the tomb on the Hudson and has
laid the gentlest tribute of a friend upon
the marble.—Chicago Times-Herald.
He Won the Day.
Dr. John Bachman, a beloved minis
ter in Charleston not much over 20
years ago, was fond of music., More
over, he had an excellent means of man
aging a church choir, one which other
clergymen might use with good effect.
In his early student life the singing
was very bad in the old church of which
he was a member. He set to work with
the zeal of youth and the enthusiasm
belonging to his own character to re
form this undesirable state of things,
and having mustered a large class pro
cured a singing master to lead it.
The congregation soon began to take
delight in the resplt, and Bachman
watched his class with great satisfac
tion, not at all alloyed by the discovery
that his own voice proved neither true
nor sweet, though it was a most agree
able one in speaking.
But his choir was not flawless. Its
members fell out, and one Sunday when
the pastor gave out the hymn an omi
nous silence reigned. John Bachman
waited a moment in deep anxiety.
Then, with his ever present and self
forgetful desire to help, he rose in his
seat and began to raise the tune.
That was enough. The singers smiled
and chimed in by one consent as lustily
as if they had no greater desire than tc
drown his willing but discordant voice.
He smiled also and gave them the floor,
and never did he cease to enjoy the sit
uation.
“My class was afraid of my bad sing
ing,” he would say to his grandchil
dren, a humorous look stealing into his
eyes. “So I won the day.”—Youth's
Companion.
An Unfortunate Synonym.
An American girl ■“’ho recently stud
ied in Germany tells of a German girl
who was studying English, and whe
used to write letters in English to hei
parents. One day the German girl hand
ed a letter to her, saying:
“Here is the letter which I have writ
ten to my mother. I want you to read
it over and see if it is properly written. ”
The letter was all right, excepting
the closing phrase, which read as fol
lows:
“God pickle and keep you. ”
An investigation proved that the
young German woman in looking for a
synonym for “preserve” had come
across “pickle.”—lJew Yprk Tribune.
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