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VOLUME IV.
DALLAS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. APRIL
NUMBER
"WMH tertmd, Natklag Gataed.”
ftfectal here ■> Idly titling,
Walttog for a batter day,
While *o fast the hoars are flitting,
Flitting rapidly away—
Know ye not it is by labor
That all blearing* are attained?
taarn thou this, and teach thy neighbor:
“Nothing ventured, nothing gainedl”
Better time than now haa never,
Or will never, to thee come!
Now’s the time for grand endeavor—
Strike the nail, and drive it hornet
Strike the blow whoae echoes ringing
Shall be beard aomae the land—
Blow by blow, that shall be bringing
Benefit from oat thy hand!
Be deceived not, if thy brother
Tell thee of to-morrow's cheer;
Do not heed him, for another
Day may come and t hou not here.
Step by step go on and upward,
Day by day now heights attained;
Unto him who daros is given—
“Nothing ventured, nothing gainedl’,
—By Helm A. HanvUU in Our Youth.
KEEPING HIS WOKD.
A TRUK STORY.
Something a little like a romanc- hap
pened not long ago in the office of Rus
sell Sage the millionaire. Years ago
when Mr. Suge lived in Troy and repre
sented that district in Congress, before
he knew much of Wall street, and before
ho was noted for his money, he had in
his employ a man with whom he had
been a school-fellow and for whom he
entertained feelings of warm friendship.
But temptation fell in the clerk’s way,
and he was not morally strong enough to
resist. The ambition to become rich sud
denly overcame him and stifling honesty’s
instincts, he turned thief. His crime was
not detected till, goaded by his shame,
he himself made a clean breast of the
whole story, and pleading for compassion
upon his wife and child, gnve himself
wholly up to Mr. Sage. Several thousand
dollars had been embezzled and every
penny of it was gone,—frittered away in
short-sighted speculations. The mercy
he asked in the name of wife and child
was given. Russell Sage was never
called a hard man in those days, and the
innocent woman in danger of suffering
through this sin had been one of his
childhood’s playmates; thus for the sake
of the innocent, the thief was forgiven
and his wrongdoing never exposed.
He promised much in the way ok repa
ration ; he would pay back to the very last
cent, he said, the money that had been
stolen. But his pledges never bore sub
stantial fruit. He did seem to struggle
hard for a time to regain lost footing,
but endeavor brought no satisfactory re
sult, and within a year the appetite for
strong drink had laid a heavy hold upon
him, and from bad to worse he went
headlong till the end was a pauper’s
grave. Mr. Sage and some others pro-
nte McCann, Mr. Bage’s private secretary,
was holding his regular matinee in an
outer office with a throng of put and call
brokers, when a stranger intruded, ask
ing to be shown into Mr. Sage’s private
office. The put and call army leered;
Secretary McCann explained T&at Mr.
Sage was busy, but there was an earnest
ness in the caller’s manner that induced
special consideration, and as he was turn
ing away the secretary volunteered to
take in his card if it would be a favor.
The visitor wrote a name upon a bit of
paper. Evidently Mr. Sago did not
recognise the name as that of anybody in
whom he had the slightest interest, and
Mr. McCann was obliged to explain that
Mr. Sage had too' much business on hand
to permit interruption. At 8 o’clock the
millionaire buttoned up his overcoat and
made ready to go to his Fifth avenue
home; but he had not taken more than a
step or two in tho outside hallway when
he was brought to a halt. The visitor
who had been deniod admittance during
business hours had waited to interrupt the
magnate homeward bound.
“I want to see you for a little while,”
said the stranger. “You have forgotten
my name, I suppose, but you remember
John Blank of Troy, who wns your
clerk.”
“Yes, yes!" ejaculated the puzzled
speculator.
“Well,” was the culm remark, “I am
John Blank’s son, nnd I’ve come to pay
you his debt.”
Russell Sage was late at dinner that
night. Hours went by as ho sat in his
office nnd listened to the story of this
man who had sought him on an errand so
out of rhyme with the regular order pf
things in this world of ours to-duy. It
was an entertaining talc that summed up
the career of this young man—a career at
sea, in western mines, and elsuwbcrc,
tinged with adventurous experience.
Since he had been old enough to earn n
penny he hud hoarded it sacredly, ho
said, to obey his mother’s dying injunc
tion to pay buck what his father had
taken. Once lie hud almost completed
the sum required, when bad luck forced
its utter loss, but he had not failed to
pluck up courage anew, and cent by
cent, dollar by dollar, he began a new ac
cumulation, and now he was come to New
York finally to wipe out the “debt,”
principal nnd interest. For some
years past he hod been a railway en
gineer on a Western roud. A few months
ago a bit of bravery—a mere nothing, so
ho averred—won him the gratitude of
passengers on his express train, who, but
for tlie risk he took upon himself, might
all have been killed; their appreciation
had been shown by a well-filled purse of
of money, and later by a handsome watch
with an inscription testifying to his
bravery and devotion. He had now come
Hist bringing the contents of that purse,
novelty of it la placing. His Wall-
street training haa nokwodad to davalop
overmuch generosity {ft his nature; meo
have never arraigned him aa a spend
thrift; but here once—spasmodically at
least—he has acted the part of a man
with a henrt—JVno
Tided awhile for the support of the widow
and orphan left behind, but friendly as- j his own savings, and that watch to give
sistance was not long of consequence to | them all to Mr. Sage, asking only that
the broken-hearted woman. A fever, | the watch should be held for a little while
whose fires were kindled by shame and ! till further savings should bo accumulated
sorrow crackling in her proud soul, did j to buy it back. The debt was paid now
its work quickly. The husband had not 1 in full. If mothers who are dead can
been dead a month ere a grave was need- I still know of the good that their children
>Im (Mi Fertility.
Even the bluc-graM contends in vail for
complete possession of its freehold. One
is forced, living in Kentuckey year after
year, to note, even though without the
least sentiment, the rich pageant of tran
sitory wild-bloom that will force a pas-
■age for itself over the landscape: firma
ments of golden dandelions in the Ik wns;
vast beds of violets, gray and blue, in
dimmer bosky glades; patches of flaunt
ing sunflowers along the road-sides; pur
ple thistles, and, of deeper purple still,
ed for her also. And a child, the son of
a dishonest father, a waif without a rela
tive in the world, wns left behind—left
with a burden other than its own support
to bear, charged with a duty pointed out
by a dying mother, the duty ahead of all
other thing:} of repairing the wrong of his
erring father. And the child’s word was
given as lie wept in his boyish fashion
alone with the brave woman who for
another’s sin wasovercoine and sacrificed.
The lad, scarce in his teens, gave his
word soiemlv. One thrice his age could
not have realized more fully than he
seemed to do tho grave words of the
motMfcr as she told the talc of his father’s
wavering, his peculations, and their se*
quel in his downfall, and when she con-
Anlsas Ptektaa.
It is curious what an appetite for some
thing sour men have w{fo eat a great dsal
of fat food. Generally in the lumbering
region, a largo quantify of raspberries or
blueberries aro picked and put down in j and far denser growth, beautiful Iron-
tubs to sour for winter use. But that j weed in the- woods; with many dumps
year had been a poor berry year; scarcely { of alder bloom, and fast-extending pateh-
any hnd been gathered. “Pickles 1 ■ es of perennial blackberry, and groups Of
Pickles I” was the cry, morning, noon and , delicate May-apples, nnd whole fields of
night. There were 80 choppers of the dog-fennel and golden-rod. And why
camp, all calling for “pickles.” “An’ ef mention coarser things—indomitable
ycr can’t git us roz-briz git ants I” So | dock and gigantic poko, burrs and plen-
the, cook sent Al Churchill and I—the tcous nightshade, and mullein and plan-
youngest two members in the camp—off j tain, with dusty gray-green rag-weed and
into the woods after great ants—for pick- thrifty fox-tailsf—an innumerable throng!
les. It may seem rather odd, to say the : Maize and pumpkins and beans grow
least, that anybody could have the atom- together in a field—a triple crop. Na»
ach to eat so ugly an insect as a big, turu perfects them all, yet must do more,
black ant. But it is not infrequently Scarcely have tho ploughs left tho long
done in the lumbering camps of northern furrows before there springs up a varied
Maine and Canada. I did muster courage i wild growth, and a fourth crop, morning-
to chow one up once. It had a fine, acid J glories, festoon tho tull tassels of the In
flavor, by no means unpleasant, if one diun corn ere the knife can be laid agianst
could keep his eyes shut. Rough fellows, the stalk. Harvest fields usually have
like tlie lumbermen, are not very fostidi- | their stubblo well hidden by a rich, deep
ous. Tho cook gave, us a six quart tin j aftermath. Garden patches, for ull that
pail and cover to get tho ants In. Al took persistent hoe and rake con do, common-
an old gun which was kept at the camp ly look at least like spots given over to
to shoot partridges and other game; and weeds and grasses. Sidewalks quickly
I took an ax to cut open tho old logs and lose their borders. Pavements would
stumps with. We set off for a tract | Boon disappear from sight; tho win^ipg
where the fire had run years before, and of a distant stream through the fields Saw
where old pine trunks lay scattered in ( be readily followed by the line commit*
decay on the ground ns they fell. Many nistic vegetation that rushes thcr* to
of these had colonies of large ants living fight for life, from the minutest creeping
in tunnels and gullies which they had vines to forest trees. Every neglected'
cut inside. In Sajwcmber it is easy to fence comer becomes an area for a fresh
find out which stumps, or logs, have tho , colony. Leave one of these sweet, hu"
nests of ants; forny rapping smartly on maulzed WOWnanQ pa*trm» aU— tat a
the side, an army of black fellows will abort period of years, it runs wild with a
pour out of their holes; and if you pre- dense young natural forest; vines shoot
sent your hand they will nttnek it with up to the tallest trees, and then tumble
remarkable fierceness. But so late as
December the ants are too torpid from
tho cold to sally forth. But we were
guided by the holes which they had cut
for gates, and the heaps of fresh chips,
like sawdust, which had been thrown out.
A few strokes of the ax sufficed to split,
oV knock to pieces, the old stumps, and
expose the long tunnels nnd net-work of
cross passages inside. Many of these we
found puckcd with dormant ants, and
had only to scoop them into our pnil. In
one log I remember that we scraped out
not less than n quart; and a quart of ants
must contain at least 10,000, even of
these large ones.—American Rural Home.
over in green sprays on the heads of oth
ers.—Harper's Magazine.
do, there was exaltation in one‘angel’
heart that day, ns the two men, soulless
millionaire and fatherless engineer, sat
nnd talked by the window where tho
early falling shadows veiled quickly the
harsh, begrimed stones of old Trinity’s
churchyard just beneath.
“I have u sweetheart,” said the young
er man, 1 ‘but till I had paid you whut
belonged to you I could never think of
marrying.”
“Couldn’t you }” said the other, half
musingly. “Boy, you had a good
mother; for her sake I want to make you
a little present.” There was a tremor in
the voice of the man whom the world 1ms
learned to call hard; there was a fevor
almost boyish in the handclasp that he
■4Vv- - ■■virile* ;
his purposcs’thc aim to make good the j and then with an air that had resolution
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Forelgn*Born Congressmen.
There are a couple of dozen of for
eign birth in the house and senate. Four
were born in England, while Ireland is
represented by six; Scotland has two,
Germany five, Hungary one, in the per
son of Editor Pulitzer. Ireland’s sons
ure Lowery of Indiana, Davis and Collins
of Massachusetts, McAdoo of New Jer
sey, and Tim Campbell, who succeeded
the Hon. S. S. Cox,- and Abraham | street was
A Gray-haired Yale Student.
The present senior class in Yale college,
which numbers 180 men, has one among
the number whose gray locks are in strik
ing contrast with the youthful appear
ance of his 120 classmates. Tho veteran^
name is Porter Sherman, and his name
also appeared os a senior in the college
catalogue of 1804 0, issued just twenty-
one years ago. Sherman is about 60
years old, and first entered Yale in the
fall of 1801, hailing irom Hillsdale, Mich.
For three years he pursued his college
course, rooming at No. 74 High street.
At the beginning of his senior year he
suddenly left college and subsequently
experienced a varied career, finally be
coming superintendent of schools at Kan
sas City. While holding that position he
decided to complete hi* course at Yale,
and leaving his office duties in the hands
of a substitute for a year, he entered the
class of ’80. In looking for a lodging
place he found that his old room on High
for rent,” nnd so ensconced
bad record of the past, his “I will" bad
tho ring and the truest fervor of manli
ness in it.
This was many years ago. Russell
Sage soon lost sight of the stripling. A
farmer near Troy gave him a home for a
in it the roll that a little while before had
been laid upon his desk ho picked up
and jammed down deep into the over
coat pocket of his old clerk’s son—
jammed it so hard that the cheap and
well worn materials of that overcoat
time, but in n year or two he drifted 1 seemed almost ready to give way into
away. What became of him thereafter j tatters.
nobody ever could say. He himself made j It docs me good to write a story of
the mystery plain the other day. John- j of this sort of Russell Sage. The very
himself for his final college year in the
mme quarters occupied by him over
twenty years ago. — dIolx-Democrat.
Sailor* ns Smugglers.
In a talk with a custom house officer
l Philadelphia Times reporter elicited
tlie following: “All the sailors smuggle.
They secrete goods all over the Bilip and
derive a profitable trade by bringing in
dutiable goods without submitting them
to the appraiser. False lockers ure made
in the cabins and a thousand odd nooks
nnd corners on a ship are ulilized to con
ceal smuggled goods. They do not at
tempt to remove these while the vessel is
discharging her cargo, because a great
majority of the inspectors are vigilant and
honest nnd the goods would be apt to be
confiscated. They wait until the cargo is
discharged, and after the inspector has
gone over the vessel and certified thut no
dutiable goods remain on her they bring
out their hidden treasures nnd carry them
ashore. All sorts of goods are smuggled,
und there are lots of common sailors who
ure in league with professional smugglers
“Bccarre,” being translated, is “natural” j ant * ' jr *ng in contraband goods on every
used in a musical scnsV. trip.”
Dowdney of New York. Germany’s con
tributions are Hahn of Louisiana, Lehl-
boch of New Jersey, Mueller of New
York, Romcis of Ohio, aud Guenther of
Wisconsin. England sends Crisp of
Georgia and West Spriggs of New
York. There are of Scotch birth Hen
derson of Iowa, and Farquhar of New
York. Nelson of Minnesota was born in
Norway, Gallagher of New Hampshire in
Ontario, Stephenson of Wisconsin in New
Brunswick, and Delegate Cain of Utah in
Isle of Man.—Memphis Avalanche.
The Parisian Dandy.
A “beenrre” is the latest title for Par
isian dandies, and the term is used to re
place the now well-worn expression chic.
The “bccarre” must be grave and sedate,
after the English model, with short hair,
tight high collar, small moustache and
whrskcrc, but no beard. He must al
ways look thirty years of age, must
neither dance nor affect the frivolity of a
floral buttonhole^ - 'dr any jewelry, must
shake hands limply with ladies, and
gravely bend his head to gentlemen.
MB FAMILY FIYSICIAIT,
VMM mat*.
A little aoda water will relieve rick
headache caused by indigestion.
Powdered rice is said to have a great
effect in stopping bleeding from fresh
wounds.
A good gargle for a sore throat la made
of vinegar and a little red pepper mixed
with wnter.
To keep in good, sound health, one
must take a certain amount of exercise.
Exercising one part of the body and not
another hi about the same degree is
wrong.
When putting glycerine ou chapped
hnnds first wash them thoroughly in soap
and wnter, and wiien not quite dry rub
in the glycerine. This process will be
found much better than the old one.
Dr. Von Galihom, who had been great
ly troubled with insomnia, tells us of the
method which ho lias found effectual for
two years in curing it. if consist* in
bandaging one leg up to the knee with
several layers of wet calico, and covering
these with a sheet of waterproof cloth.
This procedure dilates the vessels of the
leg, and by diminishing the amount of
blopd in the head induces sleep.
Tlie treatment of chilbinins is both gen* ’
end and local. The health must be moet
carefully attended to. Tonic* may be
freely administered—cod-liver oil, iron
and quinine are all very benificial—corn-
timed with a liberal diet. Tlie parte
which are the sent of chilblains must be
kept, thoroughly warm, and the child
ehould also be encouraged to . take oa
much exercise aa possible. Tlie stocking!
mqst be woolen, an (I tfcc boots Or glove*
warns and roomy, so a* • noi tp cantpreto
the.hands dr feet. The parte may be fur*
thcr stimulated' by rubbing, and it ia
often advisable to use some mild stittm-*
luting liniment, such as soap liniment, or
ammonia liniment. Spirit of any kind,
•ach ns brandy or gin, may be employed
for rubbing the part. When the chilblains
become broken, the parts must be kept
at rest, and it may be necessary to apply
poultices or warm water dressing for n
time until the discharge has oeaeed. The
best dressing for them after this period is
any mild stipulating ointment spread
upon a soft rag. Resin ointment or oint
ment of the oxide of zinc are both very
useful. _______________
The New Member ef Congress.
To be one of 400; to be ignored by the
multitude, snubbed by hotel clerks and
insulted by cab drivers; to be set down
like a convict as “No. 198,” or “816,” to
be unknown by the very servants who
wait and found only by reference to the
House diagram; these are the Congnw-
sional honors which fall to many persons
who have suffered mentally, physically
and pecuniarily to get a scat in the Capi
tal. They fail inevitably to a large num
ber of very good and very able men. By
the very nature of the case, the majority
of the members of the House of Represen.
tatives must be known only by the num
ber of their seats, and heard only by their
“yea, yea,” und “uny, nay.” For men of
ambition and of sensitive natures this
must be very humiliating and aggravat
ing. I have seen men chafe and fret un
der the restraint of circumstances n good
many times. The mere demagogue can*
find vurious wnys of satisfying his con
stituency of his personal importance and
efficiency here; but the honest legislatoi
often finds it difficult to satisfy his own
conscience. The majority of members of
the House of Representatives serve too
short a term to be of service to themselves
or their constituents. The men who ha?e
made their mark in the legislation of the
country and left the impress of their per
sonality upon the laws of the land have
been men who have been developed by long
««rvi™ nnd who have built rmnstatiar
and influence upon tlie foundation of ex
perience. Pick out the leaders of any
Congress nnd you will find them men of
long service. If you want to learn the
sections of country that have most profit
ed by national legislation and, become
most powerful in national affairs, pick
out the states and sections that have
had the ablest and most experienced rep
resentatives at the national capital.—
Pittsburg Dispatch.