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| THE COUNTRY HOME!
II Women on the Farm •
Conducted By Mrs. LU. H. Felton.
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War-Time Dresses.
The social history of the south during
the civil war will never be written. The
time has passed and the opportunity has
been wasted. The people who are still
living can tell some of the incidents that
were stamped on their memories by stress
and strain, but the every-day happenings,
the makeshifts, the substitutes and the
thousand little privations In domestic life
have surely’ passed away from us. and it
is a serious misfortune that such history
cannot be recalled, because it is the every
day life of the every-day home that tells
the story of a nation’s success or a coun
try’s overthrow in decay.
I think there should be as many of these
recollections recalled as will be possible in
the brief time until "taps” are sounded
and the roll call of these war-time actors
ghall cease on earth. It would be very
gratlfving if our Semi-Weekly readers
should send in any accounts of those old
time happenings, gathered from the sur
vivors of the bloody war time, and in this
way preserve some of the history of the
home life of the southern people, will
they not do so? We should be delighted.
I ne'-er' shall forget some shoes I made
for myself under the tutelage of our over
seer’s good and capable wife, a lady as
well. A pair of soles were cut from a
stout dressed hide, and with an awl a
row of holes were pressed through the
edge on top of the soles. A pair of shoe
tops were made from dark gray mixed
Jeans doth. The bindings were strips of
stout black cloth, generally gathered from
the scrap bag, where I went for scores of
things that we now go to the store to get.
Everybody owned a "test” on which to
frame the shoes, or could borrow the
proper size from their neighbors. The
overseer's wife owned a "last” that she
kindly loaned to me.
With strong waxed cotton twine, carded
and spun at home, we together fastened
the soles and the “uppers” so that the
shoes were serviceable. One pair of those
shoes answered for house wear in the
home all summer. They were not pretty.
I admit, but they did good service, and
they beat no shoes out of sight, for often
times very weary feet. •
A good friend who cwned a tannery un
til the Yankees burned it up. made me a
present of enough leather to construct a
pair of shoes, and I paid a country cobbler
$5 in Confederate money to fashion the
shoes with a cheap cloth lining, and I
remember I wore them one day to the
commencement exercises of Wesleyan Fe
male college. (We were refugees down In
that country.) Why? Because I should
have been barefoot and at home other
wise. and I was as pleased as Punch to
have so good a pair on my feet. The
blacking was made of home-made syrup,
soot and apple vinegar. Os course you
know the shine was not there to hurt, but
the shoes were black, all the same.
We had. thick woven homespun dresses
for winter and thinner ones for summer.
We deemed ourselves very fortunate to
own scraps of red flannel or solid turkey
red calico for cording bands and belts as
trimming. Fancy button molds were cut
from dry gourds and covered for decora
tive purposes. •
Not a scrap of silk, merino, broadcloth
or domestic was thrown aside or wasted.
Everything was utilised.
When sewing machines were first manu
factured to any great extent, before the
war. the waste of spool thread was very
great. Some merchandise had been pack
ed in this waste and shipped to the south
and the storekeeper gave my mother a lot
of it—as he was a boarder in her hos
pitable country home Just before the war
commenced. After the war began, our
mother remembered the mass of tangled
spoof thread in her scrap bag. So when
“the push came to shove” (to use a nig
gerismt. she had an abundance of "atore
thread.” to be had for the picking out and
unravelling ft-om the mass. We came in
for a share of the thread, and it is ludi
crous to recollect the multitudinous places
where we were able to use this machine
thread waste to excellent purpose.
I made a set of "Sunday shirts” for my
husband and boy from window curtains of
bleached domestic, and stitched collars
and wristbands with these ravellings with
my busy fingers. The old carriage cover,
that had been made of excellent unbleach
ed sheeting, was a "find” that the entire
family was delighted to use, after being
made into winter underwear. •
Knitting was actually a recreation. The
necessity for stockings was so great, and
the hose were so strong and durable, for
men at home and soldiers in the field, that
every woman and girl child kept the knit
ting needles clicking. Nobody expected to
go anywhere to sit an hour, unless to
church, that the knitting was not carried
and the occupation continued as at home.
When wool thread could be obtained we
knitted, or crocheted, shawls, nubias and
men's neckwear for cold weather, after it
was dyed. Soldiers were furnished woolen
sleeping caps to keep ears from frost bit
ing in the freezes of mid-winter when the
mercury was at aero and they lay on the
ground. Tens of thousands of woollen
gloves were fashioned at home tn the same
way. and a "box from home” carried un
mixed Joy into the camp when filled with
such creature comforts as a pair of coarse
gloves, a pair of coarse socks and some
heavy home woven and home-made shirts
and drawers.
I declare it makes me ashamed of the
present generation to see how few things
we try to manufacture in farm .houses
now. when every Confederate home was
a hive of human industry; while never
failing, unremitting self-sacrifice for the
dear ones in the field was the dally life
of the women of this country.
The bonnets and hats of that era. if
brought forward now. would provoke a
smile and draw a tear at the same time.
The things were pathetic in their gro
tesqueness. and a street costume was like
Jacob’s coat in its many colors, because
the garb stood for what the people had.
and not at all for what they preferred to
wear. A dress hat made of corn shucks
was not to be sneered at by any means,
and the young girls were as gay as larks
and as busy as honey bees, and as pretty
nl// // *° man v
<r / H women
®till use
j ' soap?
PEARLINE Is so much better
for every kind of washing and
cleaning. One reason is habit.
They’re accustomed to it and
don’t thinK, of anything better.
Another reason is prejudice.
Neither reason is good.PE ARL
INE is worth looking into. It
saves labor, saves money and
is barmleaa. * 668
.Proved by Millions .
as roses with such a head covering in the
best of company.
I know now of a fine cotton mill where a
designer gets $3,500 per annum for his
genius and skill in devising checks and
fancy patterns for the looms.
I wonder why some of we old-time Con
federate workers did not catch on to this
occupation. I have lost sleep at night
framing a pattern for the new cotton dress
that must be woven in the home loom
more than once, and if you had listened to
the conversation of an average visiting
circle in those days you might have heard
"two of blue, two of white, four of black
and one of turkey red,” instead of playing
cards for the first prize or laughing at
the "booby” in our modern entertain
ments.
Such is life! And such are the changes
that we have encountered.
Watch the date on the label by which
you receive your Semi-Weekly and
when the time has expired send In your
renewal, so your paper will not be dis
continued.
Hon. Thoa. E. Watson’s Napoleon.
I am often asked about books and I am
now anxious that the young people of
Georgia should know about this new book
entitled "Napoleon." and written by Hon.
Thomas E. Watson, and published by
MacMillan & Co.. Mr. Watson is a
Georgian of whom the state should ever
be proud for what he has done in the
Interest of good government. He is one
of the most remarkable of public speak
ers and before a Jury has magical influ
ence.
But he is greater as a writer of history
than in any other line of effort—known to
me at the present time.
The “Story of France” is full of interest.
With remarkable vigor he has taken up
the history of the French people, and
made it as interesting to those familiar
with other histories as if it had been
touched, now for the first time. But thq
story of Napoleon is far ahead of the story
of France. It is veritable history. Evary
point is well sustained. Yet it reads like
romance of the most romantic kind of
literature.
It fills the reader with the most in
tense longing to keep on reading—al
though every person of my age was fully
aware before of the trend of events
and the closing scenes of the great Cor
sican general's life. This Interest never
flags for an instant. Every chapter is as
strong as the one preceding it.
You are not only captivated, but you
are breathless with interest as the story
seems to unfold itself page after page be
fore your eyes.
I did not find a dull line in the book
and I did not find a surplus sentence in it.
There are no platltudlr.izing interludes;
no glittering generalities or out
for eloquent periods. It is the full flow of
a strong, bold river that has neither
shoals nor whirlpools to Interrupt the
majestic power of its current.
Beginning with a poor litle boy on a
small island with no fortune and small
family or political Influence. Mr. Watson
leads you along to the greatest emperor
known to modern history.
Never concealing his faults or condemn
ing his errors or apologizing for his mis
takes. Napoleon under the magic pen of
his historian stands out before your mind
as the greatest man of the nineteenth
century, no matter from what standpoint
you may view him.
He was waterlogged to the gunwales
with the faults of his family and inti
mates. Except his mother and his brave
stepson. Eugene Beauchamote, there was
not a single one of them that did not
make his burden still heavier, not one
that was necessary to his success, and
not one that added to his happiness or
his peace of mind. Yet he was the most
devoted of sons, and the best of brothers
to the tribe Bonaparte, who eagerly took
from his hand riches, promotion and hon
ors. and yet were in the main ungrate
ful as well as Incapable in their eleva
tion. If he could have steered clear from
his kin. this comet might be today a fixed
star in the politcal heavens. It fatigues
the indignation to kqow wherefrom he
took his wives and how little they helped
him in his public success. True it is. poor
Josephine learned to prize the Jewel which
she had dishonored in early married life,
but the world turns with disgust from
that Austrian cow who was amatory
with any of her mates, provided the pas
turage was green and satisfying to her
bovine Inclinations—well developed. Nev
er was brave man so pressed to earth by
his domestic surroundings. Yet he rose
and continued to soar in spite of these
clogs on his feet which never failed to
pull him downward, and never added one
iota to his credit or public respect any
where or at any time.
The conclusion is irresistible that his
weak place was in his affections. Every
where else he was a perfect miracle of
clear-sighted vision and unlimited energy.
Coming to France, when the whole land
was prostrated with the strife and car
nage of the revolution he metamorphosed
ruin into grand achievements in states
manship as well as in military prowess,
and national victory. The fame of Napo
leon rests on what he did for his coun
try in bringing order out of chaos, as
well as in humbling the proud insolence
of monarchy and teaching tyranny a les
son.
France is a republic today because that
poor little Corsican boy despised tyranny
and learned lessons of independence in his
extreme youth which he never forgot
until his eyes were closed in St. Helena
in death.
The indignities heaped upon him by a
British prison Weeper will never cease to
be resented by the lovers of freedom in
countless ages. The great emperor was
never greater than when he lived in a
cow house as a prison on the island,
watched by British spies and taunted by
British sneers, for as Mr. Watson con
cludes: “History will do him Justice.”
I wish our young people would read
this story of Napoleon. It would be a
great book for Georgians to read if it
had been written in France or anywhere
else. Written here in Georgia by our own
Georgia writer it should be felt a boun
den duty to study it because it has this
added charm.
THE INSULTING PUG.
By Florence A. Evans.
An elephant large met a pug dog small.
While both were out walking one day.
And the former began criticising the pug
In this really discoureous way:
“My dear little friend, the whole world knows
that curls
Have been long out of style: but I see
That you cling to them still, for the curl in
your tail
Is as tight as can possibly be!”
"Well, what If It Is? 1 ’ and the pug dog's wrath
Could be seen in his very toes;
"Full many a beast has a curl in its tail,
But you have a curl in your nose!”
Then the elephant trumpeted loud with rage.
While the pug. tn a fright ran away.
And the elephant's hated the sight of a dog
Ever since that unfortunate day.
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.
Statistics show that one out of every twenty
two Danish emigrants to the United States
becomes a Mormon.
The mortality from accidents to railway
employes was reduced 35 per cent last year by
improved coupling devices.
Official statistics show that there are 17.000.-
000 children in Russia between the ages of six
and fourteen receiving absolutely no education.
The Island of Sakhalin, the great penal col
ony of Russia, has splendid forests of fir and
which a market can readily be found
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 22. 1902.
EYE-WITNESSES TELL
OF ST. PIERRE DISASTER
STRUGGLED FOR LIFE
WHEN DEATH WAS NEAR
ST. THOMAS. D. W. 1.. May 16.—The
Danish cruiser Vai Kyrien has returned
here from Martinique. The correspondent
here of the Associated Press has had an
interview with one of the Valkyrien's of
ficers, who said:
“We left St. Thomas the afternoon of
May 9. The next day, when TO miles from
Martinique the falling volcanic ashes be
came troublesome. We approached the is
land and discovered St. Pierre to be burn
ing. We made signals to the shore, but no
replies were received. We then lay off for
the night and witnessed a remarkable
spectacle of fire and lightning. Asheq fell,
and detonations were heard.
"In the morning we saw the French
cruiser Suchet, and went nearer the shore.
The ashes became dense, as we approach
ed. and many dead bodies were floating
on the sea. They were burnt and swollen
and floating in groups, in some cases of
ten each. The dead hands were knitted
and the limbs were cramped. Nearly all,
the bodies were those of white people.
As we approached St. Pierre we saw the;
town was covered with ashes. We then
Joined the cruiser Buchet and the cable
repair ship Pouyer-Quertler and together'
went toward LePrecheur. The rain of,
ashes was heavy and shrouded the Suchet.
Soon the atmosphere cleared up and we*
ran close to LePrecheur and then to,
Hameaudes Bablnes. The boats from all!
three ships were put overboard and the|
rescue of the people from the shore com-,
menced at 11 o’clock in the morning. We,
were all covered with gray ashes. Ouri
eves were weeping and the heat was In
tolerable. Bomb of the negroes came out*
to us in small boats. They were nearly'
naked and some of them were laughing,
while others were crying. Some of them*
carried chairs with them, while others,
brought dogs and kittens as all their
property. Their wooly hair was thick*
with ashes. Several big pans on board our
ship were filled with cooked food and)
placed on the deck: they were soon sur-l
rounded by a crowd of chattering natives.
"The negroes were all saved by 4 o’clock!
tn the afternoon, except a few who refus-,
ed to leave the land. At this hour the*
Suchet signalled ‘The operation is
thank you.' The Suchet then steamed,
away in the direction of Port de France..
But our boats had not yet all
to the ship. We were still waiting for the
last one when there was a tremendous*
report from the crater of Mont Pelee,
quickly followed by a second report.
These explosions caused great excitement*
on shore and our last boat returned to us,
bringing the remainder of the negroes.,
including those who had previously re-i
fused to leave. They had teen frightened*
by the reports and Jumping into the seal
had swam out to the boat. ;
“We saved MX) people from the north side*
where, on account of the wind there were*
not so many ashes. We take great pride,
tn the fact +hat the Danish flag was the*
first foreign one at the scene of disaster*
We proceeded to Fort de Franc e andi
landed there the people we had rescued
as well as some provicions. At the latter
port a government official came on board;
the Valkyrien and thanked us all for what
we had dene. The Suchet returned to St.
Pierre and secured the gold from the bank
at Martinique. The coins had melted to
gether.
"Last Wednesday. May 14. the officers
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No request published in The Journal has
met with a greater number and more ear
nest replies than that recently inserted
asking for old magazines and papers. Bo
many were received that the Good Samar
itan who offered to distribute them had to
follow his request with a communication
saying that he had more than he could
handle, suggesting at the same time that
some other Samaritan take up the work
of sending magazines and papers to the
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ATLANTA, GA. §
SuußaniHunnuminiitiiuißiiHuiUMffluuiimniiiiiiiiiiiffliiniiiiiiiiiiimiimiiiiiii
cf our ship attended mass at Fort de
France and wo left there to return here
the same day. We passed St. Pierre at
noon. The British steamer Roraima was
still burning; she appeared to be aground.
Mont Pelee was still smoking, and the
town of St. Pierre now resembles Pom
peii Wemaw a blackened wreck which we
thought to be the cable repair ship Grap
pier.
“It is estimated that the volcanic dust
from Mont Pelee was thrown seven miles
into the air.”
LIKE WORLD’S NAVY
IN DEADLY CONFLICT
NEW YORK, May 16.—M. Albert, owner
and manager of the Lagarrane estate,
which lay about a mile northeast of the
crater of Mont Pelee. has Just arrived here
with his family on the steamship Canada,
from Martinique, cables the Port of Spain,
Trinidad, correspondent of the Herald. He
tells a story of a marvelous escape from
death.
“Mont Pelee had given warning of the
destruction that was to come,” he said,
"but we, who had looked upon the volcano
as harmless, did not believe that it would
do more than spout fire and steam, as It
had done on other occasions. It was a lit
tle before 8 o'clock on the morning of
May 8 that the end came. ,
“I was in one of the fields of my estate
when the ground trembled under my feet,
not as it does when the earth quakes, but
as though a terrible struggle was going on
within the mountain.
"As I stood still Mont Pelee seeiqed to
shudder and a moaning sound Issued from
its crater. Then there was a rending,
crashing, grinding* noise. It was deafen
ing and the flash, of light that accompa
nied it was blinding.
“It was like a terrible hurricane, and
where a fraction of a second before there
had been a perfect calm I felt myself
drawn into a vortex. The mysterious
force leveled a row of trees near by, leav
ing bare a space of ground fifteen yards
wide and more than 100 yards long.
“Above Mont Pelee’s apex a great black
cloud formed which reached high in the
air. It literally fell upon the city of St.
Pierre.
"From the cloud came explosions that
sounded as though all of the navies of the
world were in combat. Lightning played
in and out in broad forks.
"That St. Pierre was doomed I knew,
but I was prevented from seeing the de
struction by a spur of the hill that shut
off the view of the city.
“It is impossible for me to tell how long
I stood there. Probably it was only a
few seconds. When I recovered possession
of my senses I ran to my house and col
lected the family, all of whom were panic
stricken. I hurried them to the seashore,
where we boarded a small steamship, in
which we made the trip in safety to Fort
de France.
"I knew there was no flame in the first
wave that was sent down upon St. Pierre.
It was a heavy gas, like fire damp, and it
must have- asphyxiated the inhabitants
before they were touched by the fire,
which quickly followed. As we drew out
to sea in the small steamship Mont Pelee
was in the throes of a terrible convulsion.
New craters seemed to be opening all
ibout the summit and lava was flowing in
broad streams in every direction. My
estate was ruined while we were still in
sight of it.”
{suggestion found an interested and prac
’tlcal reader. A Peachtree merchant, who
does a large trade by wagon with the
'dwellers in the hill country, has offered to
forward without cost a few packages of
reading matter. If found satisfactory, ap
peal will be made for continued contrlbu
-1 tlons. If there is no want. It must be
; created. In any event, the experiment will
be made, thanks to the suggestion and to
‘the prompt response.
These papers are sent to a remote sec-
tion, which, having no connection by rail
way, is dependent upon the wagon and
the mule, and there are many children
there who have few or no opportunities,
who would enjoy the pictures though un
able to reod.
The suggestion brought forth also the
following Interesting article telling what a
society is doing in the way of sending
magazines and papers to the mountain dis
trict of north Georgia:
Editor of Woman's Department:
I feel impelled to tell your readers of a
club organized some years ago for that
very purpose, its field of work, however,
not being confined to Georgia, but to the
whole world, a branch of which has been
doing quiet but steadily increasing work in
your very midst for several years. This
club is connected with the Episcopal
church and is known as* the Church Peri
odical club, founded in New York by Mrs.
Mary Ann Drake Fargo, January 10, 1888.
It has a central office in New York, and is
represented by sixty-seven diocesan cor
respondents, whose duty it is to interest
every parish in the diocese in the work
of the club, and have a librarian appointed
in each to solicit contributions of both
literature and money.
The club, through its librarians, appeals
to those who have either secular or relig
ious periodicals to send when read, regu
larly every week or month, to the per
sons who ask for them, always prepaying
postage, and for miscellaneous reading
matter, Christmas, Easter and reward
cards, music, etc. Addresses are secured
by the librarians from the correspondents
or from the central office, these addresses
having been received from the different
bishops.
In Georgia we have one correspondent
and six librarians, and from the report
just sent in for the year past, the follow
ing figures show the work done: Periodi
cals sent regularly each week or month,
39; Bibles, Testaments, Psalms and Gos
pels, 10; Books, Theological and Secular.
118; Prayer Books and Hymnals, TO; Leaf
lets and Tracts, 41; Catechisms. 50; Odd
Magazines and Illustrated Papers, 5,616;
Picture Cards, 738; Pictures, 1,0175.
In sending out this miscellaneous liter
ature we make it a rule first to ask the
would-be recipients if they can pay the
freight, which, in most instances they are
glad to do, but when they cannot even
do this, the freight is paid from a fund
created by our annual subscriptions of
one dollar or more.
You would ask: Do we know that our
work is appreciated, that we are really
doing good? In reply to this I can only
say read the extracts from only a few of
the many letters we have received and
judge for yourselves:
From Cement, Ga.—“ Farmers live far
apart and will read if not obliged to go
too far for reading matter. I have there
fore established two free circulating li
braries, one a mile and a half south of
Cement, the other a mile north, while a
third is soon to be established three and a
half miles north of Cement. The library
in Kingston—a mile and a half south of
Cement is called Union Library, as it is
used by all denominations. These exten
sions are the result of the assistance fur
nished me by friends of the C. P. C.,j
both south and north. The barrels and
boxes from the north supply pictures
freely from which this library is able to
help the Sunday schools—four In number,
three colored and one white—besides
many children who do not go to Sunday
school. This summer I hope to reach an
other colored and another white Sunday
school.”
From Hartshorn, Mo.: ‘The work being
done here is certainly one that will bear
fruit. Os the 120 families only five pos
sess Bibles, and one man, a justice of the
peace, claims that the New Testament is
the whole Bible, had never heard of the
Old Testament. The distance from here
to Cabool—our nearest station—and re
turn is TO miles and will take a team three
days to make the round trip. I have been
offered seven teams and as many men to
go after the books, free of charge."
Another .writes: 'The barrel is a perfect
success and the contents worth their
weight in gold to us. The Outlook num
bers are alone worth more than any trou
ble and expense we have been to. I
consider ‘The Man from Glengarry’ just
the story to stir up and stimulate such
intellects as we have here. It will do good.
You are giving us the means to give our
young folks a glimpse of a world to them
unknown before, which will, we trust,
make better citizens of them in the fu
ture."
If the Good Samaritan wishes to dispose
of her surplus literature. Miss Kate Stow.
47 Walton street, librarian for the club
In St. Luke’s church, would be glad to
receive this, as well as contributions from
others interested, and will also gladly fur
nish addresses to those willing to take the
trouble to send some magazine regularly
after reading it themselves. Further in
formation regarding tne club can be as
certained from' the diocesan correspond
dent of the club. Miss J. R. Prentiss. 81
East North avenue.
JEANNETTE R. PRENTISS.
The Seml-Weekly Journal Is the offi
cial organ of the Southern Cotton
Growers’ Protective Association, and
through its columns you will be ad
vised of all matters of Interest pertain
ing to the crop, and you cannot afford
to be without the paper. Renew now
and get all the new*.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Chicago • News.
A lot of good people enjoy telling bad news.
When extremes meet they soon get chummy.
Duty and inclination seldom shoot the same
chute. s
Charity covers a multitude of so-called sacred
concerts.
To err is human; to forgive is often akin to
diplomacy.
Real estate dealers' lives should be filled with
good deeds.
Truth is always mighty enough to hurt some
body a little.
Cuddlesome winter girls have no use for
warm weather. ,
Some men waste a lot of time wishing it
were tomorrow.
Truth never dodges up an alley, no matter
whom it meets.
A girl's favorite writer is the author of her
first love letter.
If you want your wife to act like an angel
treat her like one.
Approval of a man’s conscience seldom helps
to boost his salary.
The efforts of some people to look pleasant
are positive!}’ painful.
A bachelor says women can talk twice as
fast as they can think.
It Is often Impossible for a man to go ahead
after he is sure he is right.
It is difficult for a man to decide when he
will cease to be middle-aged.
It Is because the world loves to be amused
that all the world loves a lover.
To arrive at the value of an individual a
man must be measured by others.
When a young husband becomes a father he
feels as happy as he looks scared.
Many a man's pessimistic views of life are
due to his acquaintance with himself.
All women are not devoid of the sense of
humor. If one may judge by the way some
wives manage their husbands.
THE BRAGGART.
Enough sir! Listen! Not a word!
Your ‘Ellen Hole needs filling.
Some things you’ve bragged of we have heard.
To hear more, we’re not willing.
You say you’ve won Miss Chlllimore,
And that the conquest Aeased you;
And then you name the women o’er.
Whose kisses have appeased you!
You hint of some dame, grand and high.
Whose good name you’ve protected.
Then say: "Great Scott! I’d rather die.
Than have that game suspected!”
The husband of the queenly Sou,
You say, would never guess It.
But all you claim is strictly true.
She’s yours! And you confess It?
Os midnight suppers, you’ve a lot
To tell, and what is shocking.
You seem to know each stripe and spot.
On every woman’s stocking!
Oh, braggart with the feet of clay.
You are not worth a shilling;
With all your idle boasts away;
Your Elden Hole needs filling!
—LOLLIE BELLE WYLIE
•Vacuem.
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SUGGESTIONS FR OM I
OUR CORRESPONDENTS I
ANOTHER ESTIMATE OF
HENRY WARD BEECHER
To the Editor of The Journal:
In a recent Issue of The Journal is an
article from the pen of Bishop Warren
Candler, In which the able and noted writ
er refers to four great preachers who lived
and preached in New York thirty years
ago, and then proceeds to give the charac
teristics of each one.
He designates Mr. Beecher as a man of a
colossal brain and the first preacher In point
of Intellect on this side of the Atlantic, If
not in the world. And I very readily agree
with the bishop in his estimate of Mr.
Beecher’s talents. And I wish to say right
here that I was not surprised when I
learned that Mr. Beecher did during the
last years of his life, dissent to some ex
tent from views or opinions he may have
entertained during his younger days. Now
a man of a gigantic mind who accumulates
knowledge rapidly, and whose judgment
ripens as he advances in years will almost
Invariably change his opinions on some
subjects. And a man of Mr. Beecher's in
tellect and information could not con
scientiously endorse all the theological er
rors of the writers contemporary with
Luther, Calvin, Baxter and Edwards. We
now have a new theology which has sup
erceded the old theology, and the simple
reason for that is that God continues to
reveal new truths to man, and conse
quently men, or religious teachers, now
stand upon a higher plane mentally and
religiously than they did two or three hun
dred years ago.
Henry Ward Beecher’s volumes of great
sermons will be read by thousands and
millions of human beings who are yet un
born. Even one volume of his prayers
now in print will cause his name to live
during coming ages. Yea, there are now
thousands of living men and women who
can never forget the deep impressions
made on their minds while listening to the
prayers of that eloquent divine. And for
instance, one of the most eloquent preach
ers that the south has ever produced had
the opportunity once of hearing Mr.
Beecher preach, and though he was un
usually Impressed with the sermon, he
was more deeply impressed with the
prayer that was offered on the occa
sion. And even some of the great preach
ers of England were compelled on one oc
casion to hold their breath, as it were,
while listening to the prayers as they
escaped the lips of the great American
preacher and ascended to a throne of
grace.
After the 24th day of October, 1852, when
the great Daniel Webster passed away,
Henry Ward Beecher was regarded by
competent judges as the man of the most
lofty talent on the American continent.
And though he has been criticised by some
writers it will never be known this side
of Jordan that he was not orthodox in his
religious teachings. This much is true,
he was a preacher fifty years ahead of his
age, and Henry Clay as a statesman was
fifty years ahead of his age. and every in
telligent and well informed man in our
country is obliged to know it. And Beech
er was larger than the Congregational
church, and Talmage was larger than the
Presbyterian church. Neither one of them
would have been large enough if he had
not grown to be larger than the church
that he claims to belong to.
The four great preachers, Beecher,
Storrs, Deems and Talmage have passed
away, but not until after they had accom
plished the work for which they were sent
into the world to do. We have no preach
ers now who possess as lofty talents as
they had. I suppose that we do not need
them. And we have no statesmen who
will measure up to the standard of Clay
and Webster. We do not need them. If
we did God would certainly have given
them to us, for he who is infinite in wisdom
has ever given us- men who were qualified
for leaders and counselors. For instance,
he gave us Washington, Hamilton and
Franklin, and without whom the great
government under which we live would
have never been organized. Afterwards
he gave us Clay and Webster, who by
their superior intellects and powerful elo
quence were able to control the populace
and men of all ranks, and thereby
strengthen the fraternal ties that bind the
different states together. And at a proper
time Abraham Lincoln was brought into
the world, and was an instrument in the
hands of God of producing a political rev
olution by which the government under
which we live now rests on a foundation
which has been made broader and more
stable.
Oh, it is a great and glorious truth that
we need the influence of great preachers
and good statesmen that we may have
peace, prosperity and happiness. We
should, therefore, pray for those in au
thority in church and state that the smiles
and blessings of heaven may continue to
rest upon our beloved country. .
JONES'BUSH.
Weaver, Ga.
VETERAN OF 21ST GEORGIA
IS IN SORE DISTRESS
To the Editor of The Journal:
Dear Sir: In the interest of a poor old
Confederate soldier I ask that you publish
this.
I want to find the address of some mem
ber of the Twenty-first Georgia. This
company was commanded by Capt.' J. L.
Griffin, of Fort Valley, in 1861.
The party I am trying to aid is Redding
Nobles, an old man 80 years of age with
a wife equally as unable to earn a living.
They are dependent mostly on charity and
the small aid that the county gives them.
He was a brave soldier and needs the
pension that the law allows, but is una
ble to locate any of his comrades so as
to obtain the required proof, and his
memory being weak cannot tell many of
the company. He has been a needed
friend to several orphan children, and
while he was able was not the man to
turn down an appeal of this kind, having
at this time the care of one little orphan
with whom he is dividing his scanty sup
port to keep from want. If any one can
assist the old man, please do so.
C. H. BEAZLEY.
Leesburg, Ga., May 14.
THE TRUE STATE OF
THE PUBLISHING HOUSE CASE
To the Editor of The Journal:
A few good tempered allusions to the
publishing house case in the Methodist
church, made by The Journal, shows that
the matter is not understood. Allow me
in a few words to state it as it is.
1. The United States government seized
the publishing house during the war.
2. The agents presented a bill for dam
ages but the debt was not paid.
3. The agents finally agreed with an at
torney to give him 35 per cent of the
amount if he would collect it, but stipu
lated he would use no improper means
to do so.
4. He used no improper means except
to deny that he was gclr.g to get a fee,
5. When the agents were asked if he
was to be paid, they deceived the sena
tors who asked them, and defeated their
purpose to pay the entire amount to the
church.
6. The money was paid, the agent got
his fee and the money went into a trust
fund from which it cannot be withdrawn
without a suit in chancery.
The senate was indignant at the decep
tion but said that as the debt* was just
and the church was the sufferer and was
in no wise to blame it did not want the
money returned. This Is the case now:
One party desires to acquit the agents of
any blame and of course keep the money.
A second wants the agents censured,
but Is not disposed to return the amount
left, after the attorneys’ fee was paid.
A third party wants the church to raize
$325,000 and pay it all back to the govern-
ment, saying that though the debt was
a just one yet as the agents deceived the
senate about the fee the church will purge
itself of any possible censure by paying
the entire amount, principal and interest.
There is much discord, as the result of
the different views, and a day of fasting
and prayer was appointed to bring good
men to see eye to eye. » <
The Journal may be right and I think
it is, when it says the money will not be .
returned, but the delicate insinuation
that the true reason is the money it, x
am sure, unwarranted.
GEORGE G. SMITH.
BALDWIN COUNTY
HAS A GUERRY CLUB
To the Editor of The Journal:
The Baldwin County Guerry club, of
which I have the honor to be a member,
believes In Dupont Guerry and prohibi
tion.
We realize that Mr. Guerry is well qual
ified to fill the office to which he aspires
and we know of no sane reason why the
prohibitionists of Georgia should not vote
for him.
A prominent whisky man of this county,
speaking of Mr. Guerry recently, said: “I
was in the legislature with Dupont Guerry
and I know him to be an honest man; he
is an able man and should be elected gov
ernor.” Mr. Editor, to be candid, is Mr,
Terrell sincere in his prohibition views?
He says he is opposed to state prohibi
tion.
But he also says that if a prohibition bill
Is passed he will not only sign it, but will
be "glad” to sign it. Does not this show
a moral weakness? Is it not a little
strange why the liquor men of Georgia
do not support Mr. Estill? He is their log
ical candidate or rather ought to be. He
is an open and avowed anti-prohibition
ist.
We believe in Dupont Guerry. He has
been a loyal Democrat and has accom
plished much for the cause of prohibition
in this state. We believe that "ring rule”
has been a great curse to Georgia and will
be a still greater curse unless it is re
stricted now.
We believe that Mr. Guerry, not having
been In politics for twenty years, is un
der no obligations to the "politicians” of
this state and will give us a magnificent
administration. Do you know of any
sane reason why we should not support
Mr. Guerry? Is it a crime in Georgia to
vote against the "machine?” Who has
done most for the democratic party, Guer
ry or Terren? We are for Guerry.
A. B. COOKE.
Milledgeville, Ga.
A PHASE OF STUDENT LIFE
Where Young Men Are Made Electri
cal Engineer*.
Frank Hix Fayant in May "Success.”
It is in the testing department that ths
students begin their shop work. On the
floor of one of the big buildings is a mass
of electrical machines of various sizes
and forms. Their manufacture is com
pleted. but they must stand the most vig
orous tests before being shipped away.
A special high-potential current enters the
building from the power house, and gen- i
erators, motors and transformers of from
5,000 to 10,000 horse power, are subjected
to voltages of double their inormal ca
pacity. All about the building are little
switchboards, some of them placarded, ■
“Hands Off, Forty Thousand Vblta.” One
day one of the students, white experi
menting with a current of ths intense
voltage of 150.000, was overcome by the
electrically generated ozone, but a little
pure air restored him to consciousness.
In the testing department, the young en
gineers become familiar with the complet
ed product of the shops;'later, they take
up the study of construction, taking
courses in other departments.
Power becomes a word of new meantpg
when the student begins his investigations
in the central station, whose four great
chimneys may be seen from all the coun
try hillsides. Every day 250 tons of coal
are brought from tue mines of Pennsyl
vania to the shop’s crushers, whence the
fuel is carried by an endless chain of
buckets to the roof of the boiler room.
Automatically the fuel is fed to a score
of furnaces, and by another system of
buckets the ashes are automatically taken
away. No stokers of flesh and blood are
need, for machines do the work of men.
The engine room pulsates with energy.
Here great generators, directly
with the shafts of powerful steam engines,
produce electric durrents of the combined
strength of 6.000 horse power. While all
but three-hundredths of the engine ener
gy of the coal is lost, and here every
young engineer faces one of the great
problems of Industry. How can all the
latent energy of the coal be directly con
verted into electricity? An ambitious stu
dent would give his life's work for this
knowledge.
The Color of Water.
Arthur E. Bostwick, in May Success.
Recent investigations of natural color in
water show that it is due to two distinct
causes, vegetable stain and suspended
matter. When the latter is present in ap
preciable quantity, it causes turbidity and
is not a real pigment. The true color or
vegetable stain is greenish-yellow Jo red- «
dish brown, and is due to decayed plant
growth; the suspended matter is generally
mineral and often contains iron. The col
or acquired by water at the bottom ot a
deep pond is largely due to this cause.
Experts have adopted a method of stat
ing the depth of color in water by com
parison with a mixture of platinum and
cobalt, the color produced by one part of
plantlnum to one million parts of water
being taken as the unit.
Thus it has been shown that the color
of surface water depends both on the
character of the neighboring vegetation
and on the time that the water remains
in contact with it. Water near steep
rocks, where there are few trees, will
generally be below twenty units in color;
steep wooded or cultivated slopes give
twenty to fifty units; similar, but gent
ler slopes, from five to one hundred; and
swampy areas, one hundred to five hun- <
dred, or even higher. Highly colored wat
ers are more common In the northern
states than in the south. Colored water
Is gradually bleached by sunlight, the ac
tion taking place chiefly within one foot
of the surface. The study of color in
water is of commercial importance, be
cause most people object to drinking
brownish water. Hence, in a town water
supply the color must either be removed
or its formation must be prevented. Ths
latter is often the most economical thing
to do, and it may be accomplished by in
tercepting the water from the uplands and
leading it into the streams without letting
it pass through the swamps. _
Filtering through sand will not remove
the color from water, and even clay will
take It out but partially. Generally, the
water must be altered chemically, as by
mixture with sulphate of aluminum,
which coagulates the coloring matter. The
color may also be removed by oxidation,
as with permanganate of potash, or by
ozone; but this method Is not much in
use at present. The question is largely
one of aesthetics, as natural coloring mat
ter in water Is rarely harmful.
A woman’s idea of good luck Is to find a pair
of hise in the wash that don’t need darning.
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