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THE BREAKFAST FOOD FAMILY. *
John Spratt will eat no fat.
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He scorns to eat of any meat;
He livea upon Foodlne.
But Mrs. Spratt will none of that;
Foodlne she cannot eat,
Her special wish is for a enh
Os Expurgated Wheat.
To William Spratt that food la fiat
On which Ms mater dote*.
Hts favorite fee A—his special nqed—
Is Eata Heapa Oath.
But sister Lil can’t see bow Will
Can touch such tasteless food
As breakfast fare It can't compare.
She says, with Shredded Wood.
Now. none of these Leander please;
He feeds upon Rath Mitts.
While sister Jane Improves her brain
With Cero-Grapo-Orits.
Lycurgus votes for Father’s Oats;
Proggine appeals to May;
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BADEN-BADEN. Aug. 30.-Baden-
Baden may be said to be the
golden gate that leta one into the
Black Forest. There is a little of
all the other forest cities here, yet with
all Its charm of antiquity and associations
of the dear, dead past. It Is a thoroughly
up-to-date resort.
Most of Germany’s royalty come here
for the season, and yet. even with so bril
liant a following, the life of the place
never takes on an artificial air. Up to
thirty years ago it was the "rendesvous”
that Monte Carlo Is today, but now that
cards have been prohibited, all evidence of
sporting life is absent, and with it. all the
fast living that generally characterises
such places. No one seems to be in a
hurry, and these people take their amuse
ments very philosophically.
After coming to the town and taking a
walk along the principal streets, one be
gins to wonder where Baden-Baden is.
In the narrow rtreets, nothing can be
seen for the houses, and if one branches
into the wide avenues—“unter den linden”
—the tall trees seem to hide everything.
The town is really built upon such abrupt
hills that one seldom walks on level
ground. Some of the hotels, for exam
ple, are four stories in the front and one
at the back.
There are benches all along the side of
the shady roads, and the town is so con
structed that one may pass out of any of
the busy little streets, and in two or three
moments be in the densest forests. If
one’s front door does not open Into the
woods, then the back one surely does. As
for the waters of Baden, they are said
to contain any amount of medicinal prop
erties. slid to affect cures for all the
known and unknown ills to which human
flesh Is heir.- It comes out of springs so
hot that one can scarcely drink, and the
taste is almost exactly like that of the
lithia water near Austell. Ga. (These
same waters, be it known, are used for
heating the pipes in the chuches here dur
ing the winter.) The lame, the dumb and
the blind seem to have great faith in its
curative powers, and flock here from all
parts of Europe. Invalid chairs are as
thick as leaves in Valambrosa-
One word more about this famed resort.
I feel that I cannot leave the town with
out paving tribute to the beautiful little
stream that goes to makd Baden the pic
turesque spot that It Is. The people here
have dignified it by the title of the river
Oos. but it is really nothing more than a
charming brooklet that sings its way as
It goes to lose itself In the big Rhine. The
Oos Is built In like a caanl. and is so clear
that one may easily count the white peb
bles that lie at its base. It has been so
arranged that email waterfalls are accom
plished at every dosen yards or so, and fne
music is all one could wish for. Many of
the hotels front on the Oos. beautiful
lawns sloping down to the stream. Charm
ing little rustic bridges span the water,
connecting the hotels with the driveway.
To sit on the terrace of a summer’s eve,
overcast by the deep blue sky and twink
ling stars, and to listen to the waterfalls
as they play a soft accompaniment to the
music that steals down from the Kursaai,
is a balm to soothe alt the senses.
To know the Black Forest correctly one
must make excursions into it at every
point. Some of the most Interesting parka
can only be reached by foot. It Is a
favor that nature reserves for the pedes
trian. .
Such a name has been given because of
the color of- the foliage. Almost every
variety of trees grow here, the most com
mon being the fir and red beech trees.
The latter is a dark purply red. and the
branches spread to an immense distance.
Each of our party availed herself and
himself of a kilometreheft, or ticket, to
ride 500 kilometres in the Duchy of Bad
en. This more than covers the Black
Forest, and during our three weeks’ stay
here it is safe to say that we have visited
every corner of IL A good idea has been
to take the early morning train to some
height up the mountain, and after riding
an hour or two, leave the train and walk
back through the wood. Tours of this de
scription are so common that people all
along the way are prepared to refresh
the traveler. One has only to tap at one
of the tables and In a few moments a
woman with beer and sandwiches (prin
cipally beer), appears. By walking down
the incline, even halting to admire the
beauties of the scenery, one can easily ac
complish ten or tw-elve miles a day.
We spent one night at a house on the
road. These habitations, by the way, are
mostly roofs. From covering three
stories they swoop down sometimes to a
distance of six or eight feet from the
ground. “Our house" was built to the
side of a precipitous hill, and was a
typical Black Foreet domicile, with trough
to water the horses at the end of the nar
row porch, steps of large, round stones,
and large wooden crucifix at the side. We
arrived on the scene about 7 and made
known our desire to spend the night.
There was great bustling to prepare sup
per, and after we had eaten well, lay
down to sleep in Immaculate home-manu
factured beds. There were no springs un
der the hay mattress, nor carpet on the
floor, nor blinds to the windows, nor mir
ror on the wall, nor locks on the doors,
but the air that came in the windows and
through the cracks in the walls was so
fresh snd pure and our bodies so fatigued
that we were thankful for things just as
they were.
Toward morning there was a terrible
rumbling overhead. Sounds calculated to
make the deadest dead. One of the young
ladies called out that the house was sure
ly caving in. while another sleepily said
no, it was only the men pulling off their
boots. The sound grew worse, and we
were quite sure now that there was some
thing fearfully wrong happening overhead,
and prepared to vacate instanter. As one
of us started out. the farmer’s wife called
down to us, "Don’t be alarmed. It Is only
the cows being turned out.” Cows tn the
top story. Sure enough it was. The farm
er had remarked quite proudly the night
before that he had seven of the finest
cows in the valley, and that he had the
milk at Freiburg every morning before
6 o'clock. i
After such a rude awakening, there
was no more sleep and we were out by
davlight exploring the architecture of
such a habitation. It did not take long to
discover that both the cows and horses
were driven in from the hill, 1 mmedintely
into the top of the house, and that their
dwelling place, summer and winter, was
two stories above where we were lodged.
Freiburg is situated in one of the re
cesses of the Black Forest and a most
picturesque little city it is—a city of foun
tains, public squares, universities and
slashed-faced youths. The more scars that
shine forth on a young man’s face, the
more stable is his standing in society and
with hts fellow students. There is a house
set apart for duelling, and as such com
bats are not illegal, performances take
place every week or so. Duels are fought
for the least occasion, and to see a man
with half a dosen cuts across his face
signifies that he is a warrior very bold
Indeed. It is safe to say that two-thirds
of the young nwn at Freiburg bear wounds
either recently inflicted or of some years
standing—scars deep and angry enough to
make one shudder.
Rip Van Winkle must surely have lived
up in the mountains near Offenburg. The
leaves that twitter to each other, the
streams that gurgle over the stones, and
the soft, fairy-like light that creeps in
among the branches are most conducive
to sleep and dreams. •
In our mennderings we have run across
Rip’s gun. lam sure—an old, heavy, fire
arm. half eaten with rust and decay. The
skeleton of Schneider has not been want
ing. for the same day the gun was found
one of the party ran across the bones of
a dog. Yesterday the climax was capped
by the appeaaance of three living,
breathing brownies. They were short, lit
tle black foresters, bearing ksgs of beer
on their shoulders to carry info their
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1902.
IN THE BLACK FOREST.
WRITTEN FOR THE JOURNAL BY LEONORA S. RAINES.
homes. The men were so short and fat
that they were walking caricatures. Their
pants were stuffed into long boots, they
wore no coats, and their hats were round
and high-crowned. Their thick .red beards
only made them more like the little people
who are said to have spirited away poor
Rip to that long, delicious sleep.
Among tourists Trlberg is known as the
Queen of the Forest. The heights and
scenery are truly grand. There are dizzy
chasms, huge rocks and trees, trees, trees.
Our party walked from Tibisee through
Hirschsprung to Helmmelreich. One day,
somewhere up on the rocks of Hirsch
sprung, was perched a stag, apparently
in the act of springing over. “Hush! Don't
move, or he will see us!” whispered the
one who made the discovery. The com
mand was followed in breathless silence,
and we waited, waited and still waited.
Then the laugh was against us, for every
one seemed to recall at the same moment
that the cerf was a wooden one, placed
there to carry out the story of the legend.
Triberg abounds in beautiful walks. One
SOME CLOSE CALLS
AT FREDERICKSBURG
BY W. A. MARTIN, CO. H, 31 ST GEORGIA REGIMENT.
To the Editor of The Journal:
Our last brought us to Fredericksburg.
I will state that I had one or two close
calls during the battle. We met General
Burnside's forces on Saturday, December
13, 1862, drove their first and second line
to their third, which was heavily posted
near the Rappahannock river. I think
there was a misunderstanding amongst
the officers of our brigade, as some of
the regiment stopped when they got to the
R. & F. railroad, but two or three of the
itegiments of the brigade followed the
Yankees to, I suppose, within SO or 75
yards of their third and heavily entrench
ed line. Our regiment, the 31st Georgia,
being one of the regiments that was pur
suing the Yankees, but when we glanced
about and found so few of our soldiers
there we had to fall back to the railroad,
and there is where the trouble came in.
We sure caught it in going back across
that field! they had their artillery massed
there and if ever I saw the earth torn
up by shells and mlnnie balls it was there.
It seemed that there was not much chance
for our escape, but a few of us went
through, but a good many were left on
that field.
We remained on the railroad till night,
or after, and then relieved by other troops
were permitted to go a piece in the rear
and rest for the night. That was a hot
battle, but our loss was only four killed
and one wounded in our company, S. C.
Bass, W. F. Farley, W. H. Colquitt were
killed; our captain, J. W. Murphy, was
wounded.
The next morning, Sunday, we were
marched back, put in line of battle; be
fore we commenced to advance, the Yan
kees commenced shelling us; they threw
a shell that exploded so near us that it
killed R. L. Irvin, of our company, and
I think one or two of company E were
killed and several hurt, more or less, I
being one that was stunned sharply as I
was just to the left, or you might say
touching R. L. Irvin when he was killed.
J. Y. Irvin, his brother. was done up
pretty badly, he being just In the rear of
his brother In the second file. They con
tinued shelling us so heavy we were
marched by the flank under cover of a
hill until we came to a ditch. We took
position tn the ditch, stayed there all day
skirmishing with them; were relieved
again that night, brought up again next
morning, but found the Yankees had
crossed the river and thus ended the
battle of Fredericksburg.
Our loss was said to be 4,201 killed and
wounded and about 100 captured in Fred
ericksburg. The enemy's loss was said
to be 12,821 killed, wounded and captured.
Another close call was at Spottsylvanla
Courthouse, on the 10th of May, 1864. The
enemy broke General Rhodes' line and
drove them from their works, but Gener
al Gordon, who was supporting General
Rhodes, promptly drove them back, as
was our custom, gaining the works again.
About dark, or a little later, they called
for pickets or videttes to go forward and
ascertain something of the Yankees that
we had driven back. So. I went from our
company, one man frofn each company
went on picket. The troops were order
ed not to fire on the enemy until the pick
ets came In. Well, we advanced a short
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is to the waterfall just above the town.
We also found the starting point of the
Danube—only a little bit of a spring, nour
ished by the dripping of the damp ground
forming the roof. In the dark nights of
summer the electric light is turned on the
falls at Triberg from nine till 10 to allow
the visitors to see the waters as they
rush over the rocks. The effect is very
beautiful, but ghostly and weird.
In making a study of Black Forest, one
cannot but remark the absence of all an
imal life. One sees nothing of insects, and
only occasionally is there heard the flap
ping of birds' wings—never their song. It
Is so deadly still In amgng the trees that
one would Imagine the sounds of every
day life would be a desecration. It all
appears to symbolize the grand harmony
of nature, the chords so perfectly strung,
that there Is no room for vibration.
We saw a few storks down in the val
leys. Strange to relate, but the only nests
occupied by'them were on the church
chimneys. So we concluded that storks of
that locality were religiously Inclined.
distance, when we discovered the Yan
kees were close by. We had not been
out long before one of our pickets, I sup
pose, fired up to our right. Then it seem
ed that the whole picket line, or line of
battle, I don’t know which, of the enemy
fired on us. Then our whole picket line
commenced firing, on them. By this time
the troops behind our works were firing
on us, so we were between two fires, the
enemy in front, our troops firing from the
rear; so we exchanged a few rounds
with the Yankees and then went in. There
were a good many Yankees killed and
wounded In our works.
Another close call was at Monocacy,
Md., July 9, 1864, when the enemy plugged
me on the side of the head, but I was
not seriously hurt, as the ball was partly
spent. I Ahink It was at the Battle of
the Wilderness where I had several holes
shot through my knapsack that I had on
my horse's back that was hanging on my
side. Again at the battle of Cedar Creek,
October 19, 1864, I got a severe shot in the
arm. That was the last of my service. I
received a 60 days* furlough and went
home and never got back to the com
mand.
The importance of keeping the liver and
kidneys in good condition cannot be over
estimated. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is a great
remedy for regulating and invigorating
these organs. •**
THREE CONFESSIONS.
BY CLARA MORRIS, IN BRANDUR MAGAZINE.
One must never urge a woman to confess her
self; If you do, she will evade you and bury
the truth out of sight. It is her priceless treas
ure. She will not oe robbed of it; she will not
sell it; she will not barter It. But If you are
an attentive and sympathetic listener she will
confer it upon you as an eastern queen con
fers a principality upon her favorite vassal.
Ophelia had chosen to confess to me. How well
I remember her .words!
THE FIRST CONFESSION.
You know my intense nature. You know I
absorb love as the sand absorbs water. It Is
my meat and drink. Without it I perish a
thousand times. I have had one day of divine
ecstacy. Listen! It Is Easter. The weather is
exceptionally fine. I have a dress which Is a
miracle of handiwork and fit* to perfection. I
know that nothing Is lacking. I feel the ex
quisite physical joy that one feels when she 1*
graceful; she cannot help it. It Is the enthu
siasm of conscious muscles that have attained
perfect developmAt. I feel religious. I cannot
.stop within doors on such a day. I resolve to
attend church and to attend the Church of St,
Anthony of the Desert. I select that church for
several reasons: it is Gothic; its stained glass
1* a combination of three tints best suited to my
complexion; it* choir Is the largest In the city;
one sees only the best people there, and one
cannot avoid'feeling deeply religious; the up
holstering Is a triumph of eccleslology; the
velvet trimmings of a deep clerical crimson, are
enough to melt the hardest heart. As I enter
the vestibule I hear the throb of the organ; I
hear the click of my boot heels on the blue
tiles; I am conscious of the presence of several
gentlemen who regard me with interest a* I
pass; I feel their .eyes upon my cheek and
between my shoulders when my back is turned.
I bow my head and enter the sanctuary; an
usher lead* me to a new near the altar, then
goes down to the aisle and whispers to two or
three youth* near the door. All of this I see
without being conscious of looking. The organ
plays softly—low notes that make the air
tremble, high note* like far-away flutes breath
ed into by angels. I see a gorgeous trio gazing
at me and speculating as to my Identity. I put
my elbbw on edge of pew and lean pensively on
hand. Graceful pose—throws out throat and
wrist curve*. I look at gorgeous trio dreamily.
Natural consequence: consternation among gor
geous trio—all captured at one fell swoop.
Enter Very Rev. from vestry: prays
devoutly in most becoming robes; all pray de
voutly; more organ; fiaxen-halred chorister*
with rosebud mouths look like chanting cherubs.
Tho robust bass doq* lovely solo; he always
sings with tremendous passion and stirs me up
—sings hymn of praise to his Maker as if It
were a romance de I’amour to his mistress. Re
sult: I feel madly In love with somebody:
don’t know who. I sit and dream to music.
Enter some one who slta near me. I am
provoked that he, she or It should dare disturb
my delicious reverie. Keep my pose with back
turned. During pause in service the psalter is
given out. Have no book—don’t use any; know
the whole thing by heart. A low voice whis
per*. "Pardon me!" I turn suddenly, and, be
hold! the hero I’ve been sighing for all these
weary, empty and unprofitable months, is at
mv side, offering with graceful eloquence hl*
prayer book. I had rather it were his hand
and heart, for I am surely in love on the in
stant-splendid figure, divine mouth, beautiful
hands. Am conscious of nothing else save a
strange, dreamy fascination which he seem* to
exhale as a flower does perfume. A jasmine—or
is it a tuberose’—ln his lapel. It mMy help
to heighten the Illusion—don’t know; don’t
care; shall adore that pallid flower henceforth
and forever. Awake from my dream to a reality
sweeter than anv dream: follow the service to
the bitter end. Why doesn’t It last forever,
when I’ve been so starved of late, and this
is an ambrosial feast? I must not forget a long,
dark mustache, a faultless get-up, a man su
perbly handsome and singularly graceful. The
music goes on. I look at him furtively. He saw
me all over In the ten minutes I sat with
my back turned. I am as faultless as he. We
hold the book together; It is an Intense moment.
Our arms touch—we can’t help it. Little shivers
run mine to the shoulder and down to the finger
tip*. Don’t know how he feels, but when It
Is all over and the organ plays some heavenly
thing, he rises and passes out first, waiting
at pew entrance for me to precede him down
the aisle. As he waits I approach him very
closelv and our eyes meet. He says: "I adore
you!" Mine say: "I want to be adored!” Bliss—
ecstacy—rapture! I knew I was his from the
moment we met. I was not sure of him until
now I would not take worlds for that one
look; I go home dazed, delighted—cannot eat
nor sleep. Met young woman who was at same
church on same day: old friend of the family.
She says: "Saw vou at church reading from
skme book with 8 mentioning his name;
"handsome man—handsomest fellow I ever
saw! Rich, too. and generous! Why, he lives
onlv two blocks from here!”
She rattles on while I bless her In my heart
of hearts for telling me just what I want to
know. I cross-examine her very cautiously—
learn that he Is excessively popular, a colle
giate still, and all-around athlete; ha* hosts
of male friends and legion* of female adorer*.
Feel that I must etas* myself among the latter.
THE SECOND CONFESSION.
I knew that I should meet him again, and
I do. I say to myself. "There Is the man for
me to marry—Heaven ha* sent him! I am
unutterably grateful!" It Is again of a Sun
day. Igo out for a stroll, after tea—of course,
escorted. We reach the pretty park not far
away. Mv mind drift* from my company.
I am thinking of the adored one, and how
easy It will be for me to know him; so easy
that I would rather not hasten it by any act
of mine, but leave it to chance, and enjoy
drifting toward the love In store for me. As
we stroll a tender twilight comes on. A
trolley approaches; we resolve to enter It. I
enter. Can I be mistaken—can I be mistaken?
Yes, ’tis he! Ye god* and blessed fates! my
hero again! How we look at each other!
Both men nod; now we both know that our
happiness Is but postponed, and that it is the
•Mleat thing tn th* world for us to know
each other. I am orthodoxly well behaved. X
The One Georgian Who
Came Nigh Being President
BY GEO. G. SMITH, Vinevllle, Macon, Georgia.
THERE was a David Crawford,
or Crafford, a Welchman, who
was an early immigrant to
Virginia, and whose name ap
pears as a patentee of land about 1660.
After him there appear as receiving
grants George, William and John. In
the 18th century David Crawford, Jr.,
appears in Amherst, and in this county
lived the father of William Harris
Crawford. I regret that I cannot say
positively who he was, but I am sure
he was named Charles. The Crawfords
were middle-class people of small prop
erty, but intelligent and aspiring, and
the father of William H. Crawford,
who kept an inn, ran for the assembly
against Colonel Barbour, who called
him derisively “the son of a gill pot.”
There was a large emigration just be
fore the revolution from that section
of Virginia to Georgia and western
South Carolina, and Joel, Charles, Pe
ter, Ambrose and Anderson Crawford
emigrated. The father of W. H. Craw
ford came with his brothers and cous
ins. but stopped in Edgefield district,
South Carolina, till the war was over,
when he joined his brothers and cous
ins in then Richmond. He soon after
died and left his excellent wife and
little boy to struggle to support ths
family. William resolved to secure an
education, and as soon as he was old
enough to venture he began teaching
what was known in those days as an
old field school. He then went to Wilkes
county to study the classics, and then
when Dr. Waddell, opened Mt. Carmel
academy, near his mother's farm, he
secured the place of usher, and carried
ou his study of the Latin classics. He
became a competent teacher, and in
1795 he was employed by the trustees
of the Richmond academy to assist
Chas. Tait, the rector, in the academy.
His salary was 81,300 per annum.
It was while he was In Augusta that
the Yazoo act was passed. He resolved
to study law, and he did so, and. hav
ing been admitted to the bar in 1799, he
removed to the newly established coun
ty of Oglethorpe and settled In Lexing
ton, then just made the county site.
The county was very populous and
very prosperous.
The Virginians and North Caro
linians who had just come to Geor
gia were boiling over with wrath,
that their land beyond the Chattahoo
chee had been sold for such a pittance
to the Foreign Yazoo companies and
young Crawford was in full sympathy
with them. The act had been rescinded
and they were determined none con
nected with It should get Into power
again, and so new men were brought
out and among them young Crawford
and he was elected to the legislature.
There was bitter strife between the
federals and the Republicans and
many of the Yazoo companies were
federalists. Crawford became very ob
noxious to them and finally one of
thbm, a lawyer, ’ Peter Van Allen, who
had come to Georgia from New York,
wish him to know me in the most proper and
decorous manner, but my eyes say a* much
as they dare and his a good deal more than
they should. Too soon I reach my door. I
alight; he watches to see which house I enter.
All the while I am looking my best; I cannot
do otherwise under the circumstances—it’s no
effort; it is inspirational.
THE LAST CONFESSION.
One of those irritating days when it Is im
possible to sit still or to do anything for five
consecutive minutes. There are children In the
house—meddlesome, troublesome children, who
quarrel at frequent Intervals and drive m*
mad. I go into the street hoping to find rest,
or at least momentary relief. I nave seen him
but twice: I have stayed away from the church
of St. Anthony of the Desert, for I was sure
he would be there. I would not permit myself
to sec him. because joy mingled with pain is
keener than joy which is unmixed. Instinct
ively I turn toward a side street; some on*
brushes against me. I look up expectantly—
ah! It is a stranger! Down the street farther
I see carriages, funeral coaches, and a plumed
hearse. My heart stands still. I am dragged
against my will toward the house of mourning.
In my pocket is a thick veil through which
even my best friends might not recognise me.
I assume this disguise because I am strangely
agitated and as white as death. It is two P.
M. The door of the house stands wide open:
people are crowding the hall and stairs. I
am In black—l am always In black on such
days as this. Everybody sad, everybody talk
ing of his virtues—the traditional behavior of
everybody. I enter unobserved—l will see who
is in the coffin. Three clergymen conduct th*
solemn ceremonials. I wait through all the
hollow forms; I endure all the twaddle, th*
prayers, the platitudes to get what I came
for—l, who hate and despl*e funerals, and be
lieve that our dead should belong to ua, and
to no one else. I know the whole truth, but I
don’t realize it. I bear It all for the sake of
my reward. One more look at the last of life’s
delusions —one like all the rest. I stand a mo
ment over the coffin; I feel that f have burled
all that 1* worth living for in the casket, with
that exquisite marble face. His coffin is cov
ered with flowers and for boutonniere a tube
rose—that flower again! I cannot tear my
self away: I cannot weep. I stand and shiver
in dumb rage. Some one takes me gently by
the arm and leads me aside. I choke a* I ap
proach the door!
I return into the world! It is an absolute
blank to me. I shall never again car* for any
one or anything.
"For he Is dead and gone;
He Is dead and gone.
At his head a grass-green turf.
At his heels a stone.”
PERSONAL NOTES.
Captain S. G. Cohen, former Lord mayor
of Liverpool, has jnst arrived In New York.
Former Secretary of th* Navy Long has
been elected president of the board of overseer*
of Harvard university.
Captain von Levtzow, of the German cruiser
Vlneta, has been attached as an admiralty
staff officer to Germany’s naval station In th*
West Indies.
George Gebhardt, of Chicago, has been ap
pointed the new head of the mechanical engi
neering department of the Armour Institute of
Technology.
Mrs. Oliver P. Morton, widow of the governor
of Indiana, has presented a bust of her late
husband to the Oliver Perry Morton school,
of Indianapolis.
Austin Chamberlain has asked Signor
Piscielli. inventor of the electric post, to come
to London and explain his system for th*
benefit of the British postal authorities.
Senator Harris, of Kansas, is in Europe, it
Is said, trying to secure an exhibit for the St.
Louis world’s fair of Kins Edward's short
horns, which are bred at Sandringham.
Th* date set for the wedding of Bishop Pot
ter to Mr*. Clark la October Uth. The ceremony
will be performed in Christ church, which is
within a stone's throw of Mrs. Clark’s ele
gant country house, Fernlelgh.
Dr. Robert Bell, who has been making a study
of the west coast of Baffin Land, report* that
the island is SOO. 000 square mile* In area and
the second largest Island In the world, being
surpassed only by Greenland.
David Lowenburg. of Norfolk. Va.. has been
appointed director general of the Jamestown
Ter-Centenary exposition, to be held in Norfolk
in 1907. to commemorate the foundation of th*
colony of Virginia at Jamestown.
Painful.
"It's Ilk* pulling teeth to get a drink in this
state, isn’t it?” remarked the stranger In
Maine.
"Yes." replied the native, "and when ye get
o < and, swaNow it it’s like having teeth
pulled."
And now comes Chauncey Depew and
says trusts are good things and should be
let alone. This Is the first new joke
Chauncey has sprung since his marriage.
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challenged Mr. Crawford for a duel.
The duel was fought in South Caro
lina and Van Allen was killed. The
particulars of this duel I have never
seen. As far as they appear Crawford
felt himself justified in his course.
General John Clarke lived in Wash
ington, and Van Allen lived there also,
and was doubtless his friend.
Many of Clarke's warmest friends
were members of the Yaxoo company
and a quarrel sprung up between him
and Crajvford. Clarke was only six
years older than Crawford, but he
was now a man of Influence and wealth
and Crawford was just getting estab
lished. There was an election before
the legislature of which Crawford was
a member, for judge. Clarke’s brother
in-law, Griffin, was a candidate and
Clarke was very anxious for him to be
elected. Charles Tait, who had been
the rector of the academy when Craw
ford was assistant, was now a lawyer
and wanted the judgeship. Through
Crawford's management he was elec
ted. The quarrel between Clarke and
Crawford grew In bitterness and as
I told in my last article, there was a
cruel charge made against Clarke
which he said originated with Craw
ford. There was a war of bitter words
and then a duel, when Crawford was
shot through the wrist. Then to make
matters still worse, Crawford, who
had been not seven years in public life,
and who had borne no part In the rev
olutionary war, was chosen United
States senator. He was a young sena
tor, only 34 years old, but he bore
himself so well that he had no opposi
tion for the senate the next term.
He was a man of magnificent appear
ance and bore himself with courtly
grace, was a bright companion, and
impressed all with his lofty integri
ty. When Mr. Madison came into the
presidency he wished to put Crawford
in his cabinet, but he declined; he was
then offered the mission to France,
which he accepted. He made a very
fine impression in Paris, and returned
to America to take the place •of sec
retary of war under Madison. In a
short time he was offered and accept
ed the treasury and gave up the war
department. He held this responsi
ble position for ten years, a longer
time, I think, than any man was ever
in that bureau, and filled it with
great ability.
He was affable, magnetic, a strong
partisan, a consummate politician, and
a most popular man with hts party.
Mr. Adams, Mr. Clay, General Jack
son and Mr. Crawford were each as
pirants for the presidency in 1824. Mr.
Crawford had much the best chance
of any of the candidates. His election
was almost certain. He was only 62
years old, in the very vigor of his
strong manhood, and the prise for
which he had strided was almost in
his grasp, when he was stricken with
an apoplectic attack. His friends
always said it was the result of an
overdose of lobilia, but It may be
that the free life of those days had
something to do with It. for it must
be admitted that he was by no means
a total abstainer and was a man of
very violent temper. He did not,
however, surrender hts portfolios nor
retire from his candidacy. His friends
stood by him and endeavored to con
ceal the fact of his invalidism, but it
could not be concealed and the pros
pect for his election was Soon a hope
less one. He received, however, a
flattering vote, invalid as he was, and
then returned to his homo in Ogle
thorpe.
For the large part of twenty years
he had been absent from Georgia.
He had, however, been the leader in
Georgia affairs, although he was In
Washington. He and John Clarke
were leaders for over twenty-five
years. Clarke * had defeated his an
tagonist in three combats, but now
he was unhorsed and the Crawford
party was again triumphant, but the
stroke hed come to him that drove
him from the field after the fight was
won. It was While Crawford was sec
retary that the quarrel between Craw
ford and Calhoun had Its beginning.
One of Mr. Calhoun's warmest friends
made an effort to impeach him and
made some very damaging charges
against him which were found to be
groundless. Mr. Calhoun wrote a let
ter to General Jackson In which Mr.
Benton says he charged Mr. Crawford
with having proposed in the cabinet
to censure him in some way for having
done violence to the rights of Spain
by crossing the Florida line and hang
ing Ambrister and Aburthnot. He
says General Jackson was very indig
nant and Indeed infuriated, and sup
posed from the letter he received from
Mr. Calhoun that Mr. Crawford, his
rival for the presidency, was the au
thor of the attack on him. Mr. Cal
houn did not say so, but Mr. Benton
says he led him to think so.
He remained under that Impression
until some time after he was elected
president, and when Mr. Calhoun was
in his cabinet a trusted member. Then
the secret was revealed and the breach
was made between Calhoun and Craw
ford as well as between Jackson and
Calhoun. Mr. Benton was ready to
believe anything to the injury of Mr.
Calhoun, and he charged the great
Carolinian with virtual lying, and
cruel slander.
The case is not made out, but the
breach between Crawford and Cal
houn could never be healed.
Judge Dooley, who had been a.
clerk, was dead. His office was va
cant and Crawford's friends gladly
gave ft to him. He filled the office with
great ability, despite his growing in
firmities. His old rival and enemy,
John Clarke, had gone from Georgia;
his party was triumphant, Calhoun
had lost his last chance for elevation,
and while he had failed to grasp all,
he had won every battle he had
fought. He was trusted as a man of
the highest integrity, of perfect hon
esty and of unflinching courage, but
doubtless he was a man of violent
temper and of intense prejudices. He
married a lovely woman, and had a
most notable family. .One of the lead
ing members of his family was the
celebrated Dr. Nathaniel Macon Craw
ford, long president of Mercer univer
sity and an author of note. I think
he has two daughters yet living, ven
erable women in the old county of
Columbia, where the Crawfords first
pitched their tent in 1779.
Note.—One object of these articles is
to elicit such facts as are not general
ly known, and I am glad to have all
errors corrected. Mr. Julius Brown
said his father was four times gover
nor. This I learned from him before,
and corrected the mistake in my his
tory in which I said he was governor
three times, but when I said Governor
Mitchell was three times elected, the
only man so chosen but Governor
Brown, I did not mean that Governor
Brown was only elected three times.
Mr. Oliver Porter reminds me that
Peter Early was married and that his
widow married Adie! Sherwood, the
celebrated Baptist preacher. This I
knew, but I had forgotten it when I
wrote the article.
G. G. SMITH.
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tuner, but a carpenter ”
“I know it. I just want you to nail ths lid
down over ths keyboard.
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Chicago Daily News.
Olibert Lefevre has entered an action in the
Canadian courts for MW damages against his
pastor, the Rev. A. Corbell. The plaintiff bases
his action on the alleged grounds that, ’ al
though he Is a parishoner of good behavior, hie
pastor, when visiting the parish of Bt. Philippe
In January last In company with one of the
church wardens, omitted to call at hie house.
The declaration states that the pastor's visit
had been announced from the pulpit, the an
nouncement being also made that the priest
would call at the residence of all Roman Cath
olic freeholders, as has been the custom in the
parishes of that province from time imme
morial tut that the defendant, without any rea
son and with a view to humiliate plaintiff, de
clared several times that he would not call at
plaintiff's house and. in fact, did not call.
Lefebre further complains that this’ action of
his pastor became the general topic of con
versation among his neighbors.
In his recently published memoirs Sir Ed
ward Blount tells this anecdote of hts expe
rience with a mob in Paris at the time of the
abdication of Louis Philippe: "Meanwhile the
Duchesse d’Orleans remained at the Tuileries
with her two children, the Comte de Paris, In
whose favor Louis Philippe had abdicated, and
the Due de Chartres. On February 25th. hear
ing that the duchesse was going to the chamber
of deputies with her children to press the
claims of the grandson in whose favor Louis
Philippe had resigned the crown, and to ask
that she herself might be appointed regent. I
went there with M. Ybry. one of my railway
colleagues. At the door we saw a woman smear
ed with blood mounted on the horse of a garde
municipal. She was dressed in a soldier’s coat
and was brandishing a loaded horse pistol. I
went up to her, took the pistol out of her hand
and uncocked It and was cheered by the mob.”
Poet of the Paris Morgue.
Paris Corr. London Telegraph.
A man who has had a little celebrity in his
time, namely, M. Clovis Pierre, known as the
"Poet of the Morgue,” has died. For many
years M. Pierre was the registrar at the
morgue, and lived In the gruesome establish
ment behind the cathedral. That did not pre
vent him from writing lively songs for case
concerts, and occasional poems which might
have been fathered by Villon or Verlaine. It
is undeniable that Pierre would have attained
great popularity as a writer of amusing verse
bad he devoted himself completely to it. He
preferred, however, to remain at the morgue
as an official of the city, with the prospect
Os a tension for hla old age. In hU youth
Pierre had known Beranger, and he IniltatM
his art. About the morgue, where he lived,
the poetical registrar was always grimly face
ttons. He called t in his verses the “Hotel
du Numero Duex, which never refused hos
pitality.” He also described himself as the
manager of a big hotel well known in Paris,
which was a quiet place of rest for travel
ers from all countries. At the same time,
he wound up with the advice, “Si vous avex
besoln d’un-domiclle, ah! Ne venex Jamais
dans ma maison." Pierre likewise composed
verses half serious, half comb:, about the
people who were lying stark and atlff on the
marbles of the morgue. He sang of lovers .
who had committed suicide and of people who
had drowned themselves through grief or
through destitution. After thirtv-two years
spent In the service of the city Pierre retired
on his pension, and he then published some
of his poetical effusions which will descend
to posterity with those of Beranger of tha
past and of Braunt. who Is still alive.
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“The Idea! So, though he purchased the
diamonds merely, he gets the reputation of hav
ing actually bought coals."
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