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Can We Spare the Devil?
We are in the habit of saying a great
many hard things about the Devil. When
we paint him we use the blackest dyet
and when we describe him we employ
out strongest adjectives. To him we at
tach the blame for the worst deeds of the
worst people. We pict ure him in Dias;
tor and wit, p-epared with ready tongue
to sway the will by the charms of elo
quence. We thins of him in all these
styles, and are often mortified at realiz
ing that the sentiment with which we re
gard him is one of admiration rather
than contempt.
Still we put mach npon him. Bad aa
he is wo trnst him with a little Injustice.
We ascribe to his machinations many
of onr sins which could be more rightly
attributed to the wicked promptings of
our own hearts. The wily office seeker
charges his simulation and dissimulation
his lying and treachery to the devil, when
it Is ail due to the fact that he has delib
erately ebesen to go at things obliquely
rather than straightly. The unscrupu
lous trader wno demands for sorry arti
cles twice the price of good ones and the
bold financier who creates fictitious pan
ics and pats bread up to famine figures
for Ms own profit, would gladly put the
blame on the devil. He hardly deserves
it all. Admit ting that he has set an evil
example. Some of his disciples have so
far outstripped him that ho would blush
at the comparison.
Tjese people however would have
reason for exceeding grief should God
decree to kill the devil. They would no
longer have a proxy upon whom to
charge their sIds. When they cherished
envy, jealousy and malice, they would be
obliged to own that they bred up these
hateful passions of their own free will'
When they went about with smoothly
hissing tongues destroying reputations
at every word, they would have to con
fess that they were doing their own wore
for the love they had for it. No sinner
could ward off condemnation by the plea
that has all along been offered, “Satan
tempted me and I sinned.”
But suppose killing the devil means the
destruction of all evi 1. At the li rst glance
it seems as though it might be produc
tive of a great moral elevation. Hardly
so however. There would be innocence—
gniitlcssner.s perhaps—but it would be
void of force and color. For the exist
ence of a virtue strong and positive,
there most be vice. One cannot be mer
ciful unless there be some needing
mercy—one cannot exercise the grace of
forgiveness unless someone transgresses.
The self-sacrifice of altruism cannot be
practiced witbont some one for whom
the sacrifice must be made. Had not
the machinations of batan succeeded in
bringing death Into the world, all onr
woe, the sublime tragedy of redeeming
love would not be a part of the world’s
history. The supreme mercy which
brings men out a victor in his straggle
with sin and thereby lifts him to a high
er moral states than though he had never
sinned, would never have been known
had there been no devil. We should not
know the strength that is to be gained
by struggling, nor ever feel aught or the
joy arising from a triumph over tempts
tlon did we not have to contend with evil.
No, with existing environment, we can
not spare the devil.
Job* Boyle O'Reilly.
When John Boyle O’Reilly died one
of the most gifted spirits that ever
found a home in America passed from
rfmong us. His very superabundance of
gifts made him less famous than he
would otherwise hare been. Poet, ora
tor, athlete, novelist, patriot, journalist
and philanthropist, he was all these and
more, and distinguished in each field.
He was a man of splendid physique,
handsome and soldierly.
When only 20 years old he joined the
Prince of Wales’ own regiment, the
Fourth Hussars, in the British army, for
no other purpose than to make proselytes
to the cause of freedom for Ireland and
the world. Two years he continued this
missionary work. Then he was discov
ered and sentenced to twenty years’
penal servitude, with transportation.
At first ho was condemned to be shot,
but the sentence was afterward com
muted. The notorious Col. Valentine
Baker, of the Fourth Hussars, himself a
magnificent cavalryman, shook his fist
at the departing convict, and said with
an oath. “Confound you, Reilly, you
have mined the best regiment in the
British army.”
When he was in Australia friends in
all parts of the world set about aiding
him to escape. He had even then that
marvelous personal magnetism which
drew all hearts to him. A good convict
would have settled down to work, with
no thought of anything beyond sleeping
and rations. But O'Reilly kept his eyes
open. The sufferings of those years
were transmuted into some of the finest
gold of literature that has been produced
on American soil. From his Australian
experiences as convict O'Reilly wrought
out that marvelous novel, “Moondyne.”
Many of liis Australian poems are among
his best, too, notably “The Dukite
Snake.” And yet he died before his fin
est work was done.
If O'Reilly had devoted himself to
novel writing alone he would have been
one of the first romancers of his time;
if to poetry alone, he would have won
greater fame than Swinburne; if to ora
tory, liis speeches would have rung
around the world. But with all these
gifts he earned his daily bread as a jour
nalist from the time belauded in Ameri
ca, after liis escape from Australia, till
the day of his death. To the day of his
death also he was an escaped convict,
and with all liis fame and splendid gifts
would have been arrested the moment
he set foot on British soil in any part of
the world.
A Happy Labor Community.
It has been observed that the finer and
more artistic the work done by persons
in mechanical occupations, as a rule the
more refined is the character of the work
men themselves. This is well illustrated
in the community that is gradually grow
ing around the organ factory in Kendal
Green, Mass. This is a part of the town
of Weston, thirteen miles from Boston.
Three years ago the owner of the factory
removed it to Weston, the home of his
boyhood. He himself removed thither
and built a house near the factory.
The workmen at first nearly all lived
in Boston, coming out to their task
daily. But the city was close and stuffy.
Kendal Green was sweet and country-
like. Soon the absurdity of sleeping in
the city in tenement rooms .1"”""'
and to remove there altogether, as their
employer had done before them. Mr.
Hastings, the proprietor of the works,
then began to build cottages, which he
rented to the men at moderate prices.
Gradually a whole community of clean,
self respecting, intelligent mechanics
sprang up around that organ factory.
One more step followed. That was
for the men to own their homes. That
consummation is rapidly being reached.
The workmen are fortunate in having
an employer who looks out for their in
terests jis he would for liis own if he
were in their place. Beautiful cottages
are springing np all about tlio factory.
The land owned by the proprietor is be
ing sold on liberal terms to the work
men, and every encouragement is offered
them to beautify and improve their
homes.
There is a club bouse, provided with
reading room, lecture room, library and
rooms for social recreation and games.
There is a great playground for the com
munity children. A club has been or
ganized for women as well as for men,
and to this belong the lady members of
the proprietor’s family, thus striking at
the root of that caste feeling which lias
wrought so much harm among women.
There has never been a strike or un
pleasantness in the works in thirty-five
years. In this clean, wholesome, pleas
ant atmosphere the young men of the
colony find there is really more fan than
in the feverish dissipations of the city.
Intellectual, social and athletic enter
tainments are all provided for.
The coming distribution of manufact
uring centers will apparently be into
6uch healthful communities .as this, and
away from the heart of great cities.
comfort within one’s reach, is a good for
tune which befalls very few in compari
son with the vast numbers who fail. It
is well perhaps for the young that they
do not know how small is the proportion
of the truly successful. Conld yonng
men who enter on professions, fully real
Izethe discouragements, difficulties and
repeated failures whioh they are to en
counter, their hearts would fail at the
prospect. Their bravery is largely the
result of ignorance.
The Model Doctor.
The Son Francisco Chronicle has views
about what a doctor ought to be, and
they are as follows:
The physician should be a strong and healthy
pt»e, a master of bis profusion, of course, and a
gentleman, the last word Implying gentle man
ners and a One sense of honor. His approach to
the sick chamber should be like “footsteps upon
wool” and his presence therein a benediction.
Strong in liis knowledge, firm but gentle even to
womanliness in his touch, magnetic in bis sym
pathies, discreet of speech, sincere in counsel, he
would always inspire not only the relatives but
the patient with confidence and gratitude. If the
case were not serious the loss of prospective feee
would not prevent his mingling his sincere pleas
ure with that of the relatives; if it were past
hope his sympathy would make the terrible
affliction easier to hear. Would it l>e impertinent
toask how many American members of a noble
profession satisfy these requirements?
Having thus laid down the model of
what the physician ought to be, The
Chronicle proceeds to give the profession
a dressing down for being so far re
moved from this model. The doctor’s
education is only begun really when he
secures his diploma, declares The Chron
icle. There are splendid worlds to con
quer in botany, in chemistry, general
literature, knowledge of the world, etc.
Such learning the young physician may
make his own while he is waiting for
patients. If he does not secure this out
side, but still kindred, knowledge then
he never will, for when his practice is
assured he will have no time.
But young doctors care little for" any
thing but the almighty dollar, The
Chronicle thinks, and too many old doc
tors are like them. Interest in science for
its own sake, splendid achievements in
the world of research, are matters quite
foreign to the thoughts of most. “This
state of things belittles the profession,
making of the divine art of healing a
simple question of coin.” The doctor has
no right to lay aside liis liumani tarianism,
lil« sympathy with woe and suffering,
just because he treats sick people for his
living.
As a consequence of this apathy prog
ress in medical scienco is made in Eu
rope, but scarcely at all in America.
Why is it that while we have io the medical
profession so many bright and aide men, all the
discoveries of the relation of microbes to health
have been made In Europe? Have wo not some
thing iu California called malaria that affects the
liver and carries off hundreds of our citizens still
in their prime, nnd is not this malaria a living or
ganism? If this is so why do we not know more
about it from the men whose business it is to
study not only the remedies but the causes of all
forms of disease? Sever was thsre so vast a field
open to the physicians of the world as this of ba
cilli, of which Pasteur and Kocli are the chief
pioneers, and fortunately even a man who is not
a great scientist can work profitably in it.
Trade with Brazil.
Brazil has signified her willingness to
enter into a fruity of reciprocity with
the United States for mutual exchange
of products. What will Brazil want
from ns? To begin, she will not want
wheat or flour. The Swiss and Swedish
colonists who settled in Brazil went into
wheat culture extensively, and made
such a success of it that they are now
exporting wheat. Corn is already grown
to some extent, and its culture is in
creasing. The Swedes and Swiss have
also shown the Brazilians how to make
good flonr and bread.
An American resident of the new re
public says there will be good demand
for cheese, and a great trade may be
built up in it provided we make a de
cent cheese and do not try on the Bra
zilians any of the Yankee tricks that
have hurt our cheese trade with Great
ket for lard or a strong one for butter.
The people are a fruit and vegetable eat
ing race. First class canned goods, es
pecially tomatoes, will meet with ready
sale. There will also be considerable de
mand for lean pork and bacon. But our
exporters must put up the goods, par
ticularly the cheese, in packages of the
size and shape that suits Brazilians. Fi
nally, there will be a grand demand for
all kinds of machinery. So that our
cheese and machinery will be our best
hold with our sister republic of Brazil.
FIGHT WITH SAVAGES.
Lewis Girdler’s Story of the
Fight at Cbagres in 1851,
Concerning Leather.
For a few years past cattle men in the
west have been in despair. Beef cattle
were so low in price that no profit conld
be realized on them. Many of the beef
raisers, not knowing what else to do,
sold their cattle at any price and went
out of the business. It bad been over
done, they said, and more beef raised
than could be marketed. Herds were
sold off, and even cows and calves were
sacrificed. It is said there were not
enough cattle in the west this summer to
fatten for the market. Consequently the 1
price of beef cattle is going np.
But we are now confronted with an
other fact, showing how inextricably
industries are blended. There is a short
age in the leather market. In the fall of
1889 leather touched bottom, the lowest
price it had ever reached in this coun
try. Then it suddenly became scarce.
The supply had been growing smaller
for some time, but it was very noticea
ble at the beginning of the year. Up to
r within three years we used to import
millions of calf skins annually into
America. Then we suddenly began to
export hides, with the glut in our own
One of the most influential and wealthy
Jews in Europe, Benjamin Louis Cohen,
of London, appeals to all civilized na
tions to make common cause in appeal
ing to the czar to stop the wholesale per
secution of Hebrews now going on in
the imperial realm. He says that the
secret instructions issued by the Russian
authorities take away from Jews all ed
ucational advantages, and forbid them
to engage in mining industries or to en
ter the legal profession. The Jews of
Russia will consequently be driven into
other countries by the hundred thou
sand, swelling the already overcrowded
industrial ranks. The interests of no
less than 4,000,000 people will bo affect
ed. Mr. Cohen especially hopes that the
government of the United States, “al
ways friendly to our race,” will take np
the cause of the persecuted Russian He
brews.
An announcement Is made which is
profound!}’ important if true. A Ger
man chemist of Chicago, Professor J.
Hirsch, claims that he has discovered
how to extract aluminum from common
clay at a cost of fifteen cents a pound, or
even less. What renders the story still
more marvelous is the fact that the pro
fessor does not want any financial back
ing to put his discovery on the market.
He has all the money he wants already,
he says. He has leased two six-story
buildings for manufacturing, and will
commence work immediately. At first
he will only turn out 300 pounds a day,
but that will bo a large quantity, since
aluminum is so light. If this is a bona
fide discovery wo shall not need to go
any further for something new with
which to astonish the world at the time
of the Columbian exposition. This is
When Yankee Valor Ballied
Around the Stars
and Stripes.
RE AT honor ta al
ways given to the
men who have risked
their lives in defence
of the nation and its
fl ig in time of war,
and justly so,” re
marked Lewis Gird
ler of Marblehead, a
veteran of the late
war, but I wonder
how many people
ever think that there
are times even In a
period of profound
peace at home, when American citizens
in foreign lands find It necessary to take
up arms In defence of the flag of their
country? . _ .
‘ Very few, indeed, it Is safe to say.
Yet, though 1 served in the Twenty third
Massachusetts regiment during the war,
and was a psrtioi <>ant In several battles,
I do not hesitate to say that the most ter
rible, relentless, and bloody fight It was
my fortune to witness, took place at
Chagres.. New Granada.
“It was In the autumn of lSol- The
battle was between American citizens
and the natives, and as much in defence
of the American flag as any that too It
place during either of the wars through
which the nation has passed.
“1 bad left Massachusetts during the
California gold"mining excitement o!
1S50 sailing to San Francisco In the ship
Rob Roy of Boston, Captain Holt.. After
spending some months at Maxwell s
creek and the ‘Humbug’ mines, with in
different success. I was taken 111, the
effect of contact with ‘poison oak, a
shrub which abounds in that region, and
with just about gold dust enough in my
possession to pay expenses, wended my
way back to San Francisco
“I had been In the city but a few days
when I met Capt. Bird of the brig Kate
Heath, who wanted me to accompany
him to Nicaragua and Panama, wnere he
was bound with passengers and freight.
The invitation was readily accepted, and
after a stormy passage of four weeks,
dating which we were In Imminent dan
ger of being swamped by waterspouts,
we arrived at N icaragua. ....
“Terse passengers only continued witn
the brig to Panama, of whom I was one,
tne others being Englishmen.
“On our arrival in the beautiful harbor
of Panama we found the water literally
covered with reptiles which had been
swept out of the river by waterspouts as
they passed over Jbe land.
The steamer aDcfiored in the bay, there
being no wharves there, and the passen
gers were taken,
On Shore by Boatmen.
A few dtys after our arrival the Eng
lish and American steamers arrived, the
former bringing bullion from the Peru-
vian coast and the latter from California.
The cargoes were taken on board male
trains that had come down to meet the
steamers, the intention being to convey
the freight to Croces at the head of Cha
gres river, where it was to be disposed of
by the consols of the two nations.
The road from Panama to Cruces was
at that time infested with robbers, who
concealed themselves in the woods, and
the trains were, therefore, guarded by a
strong force of armed men, wno were con
stantly on the lookout for danger.
“Adam's express was usually carried
by the trains, and as the freight was in
variably very valuable, these precautions,
it will be seen, were necessary.
“In company with my two English com
panions i availed myself of the opportu
nity offered by the departure of the mule
trains to go to Caagres, and with our
baggage packed on the backs of mules
we tramped on in the roar of tue trains
Ws.huiiiaaaeitev
tacked. f
“The fight Iaitud but a few moments,
but iu that short time one of tne train
men was killed and another man wounu-
ed twice la the leg.
“Toerohhers succeeded iu securing a
box of specie from the American train
and retreated to the woods.
“Both trains immediately put back to
a locality where it was safe to encamp
until the morning, and a messenger was
despatched to Panama for a guard of loo
men.
“I remained witbthe trains that night,
and the next morning, c including that
the road was too daigeroua, started with
my companions to Chagres, down the
river of that naauin the boats propell
ed by the natlyes.
We arr.ved at (uagros in due time,
wheie after iocalinfat the American set
tlement 1 secured tnployment as
Agent of theiuilness House
of McGovern, Carny and Barnes of New
York.
“It was during m.resiience there that
the terrible battle f which I have spo
ken took place.
“Chagres Is diviM by the rivor, one
side, that upon whh the settlement is
located, being knoa as the American
side, and the others tne native. The
offices of tbe Brttisand American con
suls were on tue nine side of the river.
“Trouole had bei brewing for some
time between the dives and the white
boatmen, who contUel the boats run
ning from the Effish and American
steamers. The nans, though enjoying
a monopoly of ttbonting down the
river, were jealous the white men and
had determined to terminate them.
“On the afternoolf Octobor 22 a large
number or nativeahavily armed, em
barked in boats fn their side of the
river, and without ining. attacked the
boatmen on the A dean side. A brisk
fire was kept np alhat afternoon, and
towards nightfall* natives werore-
Nineteen- twentieths of humanity most
always be content with earning a pimple
living. The attainment of wealth that _ - , , . _
Will piece even a moderate degree of. * attl ° * narket Onr cowhides are sent
across the water by the thousand now,
to make shoe leather for the great stand
ing armies of Europe.
The price of rough leather has quadru
pled since last January. If now Buenos
Ayres will stop meddling with politics
and go into leather for all it is worth
she can soon pay that debt which made
the trouble. For in those regions cattle
are raised for their hides alone, the bee'
being for some reason of little worth.
enough. Many things can be made of
the beautiful inetal of the future before
the fair opens, and our lean, poverty
stricken clay hills will he transmuted
into something better than gold mines.
Senator Blair has done some more in
troducing. This time it is a joint reso
lution proposing to amend the United
States constitution so as to prohibit here
forever the manufacture, sale, importa
tion and transportation of all alcoholic
liqnors used as beverages. But how would
anybody find out whether they were to
be used as beverages or not?
There are now in the country 2G4 elec
tric street railways, operating one-third
as many miles as the combined horse
car lines of the Union.
Finally, whan aeoraa of tk*lr numbmw
had b*en killed, and «q“* u *U
drowned by the upsetting of bo*U,Mojr
r< “Thera*waa quite * MtUe colony of
white persona, English “ d American, o«
the native side, numbering ptrhapelTO
or more, and th>» "
♦ira. to iho fiendish brutality of the sav-
**“Maddaned by this second rcpulsf, tne
natives on leashing their own domain
immediately began awholeyle msssaCTe
of all the whites in the vicinity. Armed
With ‘machete’ (weapons similar to a
sword, about 2'A feet Iona and.
10 or 12 oonnda, used in entting trace J,
tne despatched ’their victims at a single
stroke, and then
Cutting Off Heeds,
lege, and arms, threw them in the air, in
full view of the horror stricken Ameri
cans on the other side of the river.
‘ Then, yelling like demons, they rush
ed to the fort and began bombarding the
American side. The shots fired were 23
pounders, made more In the shape ol
dumb-bells than cannon balls. A show
er of shot and bullets fell like hailstones
on the houses on the American side, and
if the negroes had been ni3re skilful in
handling the guns the execution would
have been terrible
“As it was, the houses were bad y de
mollsbed, and It Is impossible to tell how
many persons were killed and wounded.
“Too fight continued all that day, and
at night there wat a cessation of hostlll
ties. A guard was kept on during the
night to prevent an attack under cover
of darkness. . ..
“At daybreak we wera at It again, the
firing belrg kept up all through toe day.
That afternoon a man with a flag of
truce was sent from the American to the
native side, but no notice was taken of
tne flag, and the man was obliged to put
■•The case began to look desperate for
the Americans. As long as the natives
held possession of that fort it was al
most useless to contend against them
At tois juncture a welcome sight greeted
our eyes.
“Sailing majestically up the barboi
were two steamers just from New York.
The arrival was most opportune. Col.
Wood Immediately applied to them for
cannon, and secnrlng two placed one so
as to cover the landing on the native
side of the river, and reserved the other
to be used on a boat In besieging the fort
In the mornlag.
“But subsequent events rendered these
precautions unnecessary. The Datives,
as soon as they saw the steamers, were
completely Intimidated And on the morn
ingof the 25 :h they cspitalated.The Atner
lean consul was allowed to regain posses,
slon of bis office, and the stars and stripes
once more waved proudly in the breeze.
“Despatches were sent to the secretary
of war at Washington, announcing the
insurrection and complaining of the neg
lect of the government of New Granada,
The reeult was the arrival of the Ameri
can Bloop of war Albany, in the latter
part of Decemb.-r, an apology to the
United States government and the garri
soning of the fort with a strong force of
soldiers.
“We had no more trouble from the na
tins. American honor bad been vindi
cated, and the American flag was there
after respected. But I shall never for
get the horrors of the tbrae day’s battle
atChargres.”
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HEPHZIBAH, GA.
Miss Nettie Garrett, is in Johnston, S.
C,
Mrs. J. S. Sing, of Atlanta, is visiting
at the residence of Mr. Leo A. Cadle in
West Hephzlbah.
The two little girls who were acciden
taly shot at Blythe last Saturday are slow
ly Improving.
August 15, a Progressive Angling
Party was given at the residence
of Mrs. M. J. Byne, in honor of
Miss Emmie Jones, of Augusta. Miss
Pearl Story, won the first prize and Miss
Maselle Whitaker, the second prize as
best Fisher maidens. Mr. E. P. Clarke,
won first prize and Mr. R L. Miller the
second, as best male fishermen. Mr.
Oof-»w -IftnM riAlivAMd thA
returned come, deligntea with the even
iugs entertainment.
Last Saturday while en route from the
barbecue at Graoewood to the Poor
S”“ s5 ’. Mr ’ W - A - Clark, was thrown
from his Surrey and sustained slight
bruises. There were five others in tne
scratches. 1 ** 1 e8Caped w5th <>»*«
Hephzibah, Gi., Aug., 1890.
5 ulsed with heavyws and retreated.
r ■
hat evening they Aa a savage assanlt
npon the office of t American consul,
tore down the A mean flag, and at
tempted to kill thelaui.
•‘That officer feat his way clear,
however, and succdff, mire dead than
alive, in reaching (American side of
the nver.
“As soon as poss: after his arrival a
meeting of Americdtizens was called
to decide upon wajurse to pursue. It
was a body of defined and resolute
men that respondeO the call. Men
from nearly every tie in the Union
were there, thougeffoodiv proportion
were from Texas* other Southern
States,
Their indlgnai at the outrage
found vent in inflations npon the
government of Neflenada, by whose
neglect the insured had been ren
dered possible.
* Oa a hill, at thad of Chagres har
bor, on the native i*f the river, stood
Fort Lorenz i, wfaWas supposed to
afiord protection the British and
American cinsuls.il fort, though
Fully typed
with guns and aDltion, had been
left without a gam and the savages,
awake to their otBnity, had taken
possession of it.
“It was the samA which Morgan,
the buccaneer, hadeged and taken
in Ms passage aefike isthmus many
years before.
“The meeting fit to quell the in
eurrection at all A guard waa
plsoed along the sAnrlng the night,
’ made '
LANHAM, TEXAS.
Editob Sunny South: As I have
never seen anything in your paper from
this portion of Texas, I thought I would
write and let you know Hamilton county
is no longer a backwoods county, but
now the home of many intelligent
farmers and stockmen.
The Leon Valley, In which this place
is situated, is weil adapted to corn and
cotton, as well as good pasturage for
stock.
a month of rest and rocrea-
„V?“- fries are now in order. We
° n , 9 °“ yesterday, gotten up
l b /dv r Ai^K L ? V l pBrce and “ ls hospitable
“ their home on the Laon river.
Early in the morning a large crowd gath-
ered in a grove near the river. About a
dozan men took a seine or large fiih net
and seined the river, getting quite a
wh . ,ch they Pressed
nicely and brought'to the tedies t „ fry
for dinner, which was served la a delight>
ful manner, with such edib eg as go to
make “P. » good dinner. There were
on eucKarf occasion^* * de ^* k tfui time
isss®*©
carrier in yonr city in 1880.
witil of V ° Um ’ 8ussy »°cth, i 8 the
Ang. 15, ’90. PRaibie
and arrangement
ing the American 9 sound of the
first shot.
“Col. Wood of N k, a graduate of
West Point, waa l in command.
Under his dlrectio >fl ammunition
in the settle men
houses wera barri nd the Ameri
cans were organiz
On the morn! he 231 the na-
The Glenogie, a tea steamer direct
from Japan to New York, made the trip
in fifty-four days, passing through the
Suez canal.
Under the present statutes of Missouri a person
can marry, be divorced and remarry in thirty-
one days.—Kansas City Star.
Why don’t yon make it thirty days?
tlves, exalting in
consul, and thin'
fore the victors,
boat loads to the
intention of takWongsrs to the
steamers.
“At a signal fi
the Americans
boats were seen
at the first shot
a perfect showe was sent
into the boat*.
“This was r.ti
who, it mnet be
de for rally
c illected, the
:tion.
driven off the
missives there
about a dozen
side with the
len on guard,
soon as the
;be shore, and
tacking party
the natives,
I with great
koanoke college.
Bright Prospects for Next
Session.
We are glai tTlearn^at the prospects
for.large attendance at Roanoke Col
lege next session are very encouraging;
and we trust that tbe 38th year of tbfs
successful institution may be one of the
most prosperous in Its history Th«
number or requests for lhe
usually large\nd rniny yCMg 8 m e „ ,rora
many S ;ates have already denied ♦ "°?*
ter Roanoke in BeptembS? Amont^h 6 "'
are representatives or aevS^i
from which the College haa n^i
last session. Several other °rn,? d » ent *
will come and also anothor
Shigehtko Kaora Miyoshi who
Dieted the Junior year in the ImmH m i
College of Japan, at Tokto Im P°rial
We believe that the ranld -
Salem will be of benefit w tb?oIidUc,t f
and we fervently hope that this
tion, which has dour .Jlinch toTrte'
Va., August 15ih, 1890. ^ ’ SaIem
BLYTHE, GA.
Miss Nina Marrow and the s'x months
oid daughter of Mr. A. M. Clark, of this
place, were accidentally shot by a gun in
the hands of Mr. John Rheney. Nina
loses the two middle fingers on each
hand and may lose the left band. The
little baby was hit in the left thigh and
the bone was badly shattered. Doctors
Berwick and Tarver have the caBes under
treatment. Tbe neighbors are very kind
and the sympathies of all go out toward
Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Murrow and Mr. and
Mrs. Quilla Clark.
Mrs. Sallie Williams, or Atlanta, is vis
iting Mrs. F. E Tarver.
Mrs. C. E Miller is at Belle Springs.
A party of gentlemen were fox hunt
ing Monday night. They had fine sport
and captured two foxes.
Miss Florence Heard, of Screven coun
ty, is vlsitiDg the Misses Murphy, at their
pretty home at Ellwood, near the village
of Hepbzihah.
Mr. E D Carswell, of Waycross, is vis
iting relatives here.
Rev. W. L Kilpatrick conducted ser
vices in tbe Baptist Church, Wednesday
evening. Aug. 9, 90,
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Edmund’s Awkward Plight—Senator
Farwell-The Latest Fad-Sen
ator Vance’s Sash.
(From our Regular Correspondent.)
The United States Senate is in a titter,
and has several times laughed “right out
load”, at the expense of Its most frigidly
dignified member. Severaldays ago dar
ing one of the numerous rolls for a quor
um Senator Edmunds made his appear
ance at one of the cloak room doors>nd
answered to bis name In a condition
wbich has not been equaled for gro-
tesqnenese since Ben Le Fevre tome
years ago, rnshed from the bath room to
the floor of the House of Representatives
to caBt his vote, clcthed entirely with
Turkish towels. Tr.e barber had cut
about half of Mr. Edmunds hair when
his name was called; he jumped out of
the door and answered, his neck being
"raoneu obiow nfs knees like a
gown, and the hair on one side of his
head cut very clos3 and on the other side
unusually long-there is none on top
anyway. The effect can better be imag
ined than written.
If ten nabitues of the Capitol wera ask
ed to name the ablest and most dignified
member of the Senate eignt of them
would select George F. Edmunds and
rightly too. The “F’ in Ms name
A Building Lot in Atlanta, Free!
Among the presents to be distributed
among our patrons In October will be
one handsome building lot worth now
f500 00. Wno will get it? It will some
day bring flOOO 00. Every subscriber yon
send in entitles you to one ticket. Be
sides this lot, see the cash premiums. A
rare opportunity! Send in your subscrip
tions. See 5th page. Send for blanks
and Bample copies to distribute, free.
too. Tne
according to facetious news paper
men, Is for “Frigid.” As a Constitu
tional lawyer and an anthorlty on Darll-
amentary law Mr. Eamnnds has few
peers, and no superiors. His pet antipa
thy is a news laper man in his profes
sional capacity; but 11 he knows that yon
will not print what you hear he will en
tertain you as few men can, whether It De
in the parlor of his prison-like, tbat Is in
external appearance, residence In this
city, or in his committee-room.
Some of the boys played a cruel joke on
a fresh young man sent here last winter
by a prominent western paper. He was
told tnat all he had to do was to intro
duce himself to Senator Edmunds and
ask for aay information he might wish
to send his paper aoont the ousiness
transacted in executive session; the fact
was Impressed upon his rnina that Mr.
Edmunds was tbe man who furnished'
the press witn thlB news. The afternoon
of the day the first executive session was
held, this young man tackled the bena
tor as he was leaving the bnllding.
Sir! “roared the Senator, giving him «
look which came near permanently Dar
alyzing him. v
it was taro days before the youngster
was seen at the Capitol, and then he
could not be coaxed to go on the Senate
side of tne building.
Senator Farwell has been quite unwell
for sometime and yesterday his condi
tion was considered some what danger
oos. Mrs. Farwell, who was in Cnicsgo
was telegrSped for, and she is expected,
here tomorrow.
I have made a discovery! It may not
be as important us some of those made
by Stanley in Africa; bat you can judge
tor yourself. List night 1 attended an
entertainment at a friend’s residence. It
was not long before my ears were greet
ed with a faint, far away tinkle, tinkle
not unlike the merry music of silver
sleigh bells a long ways off. I could not
for tue life of me tell what they were.
Finally I located the sound as coming
from a merry group of young people but
most careful scrutiny, made, of
Persistence In a certain coarse of con
duct may not bo adherence to principle.
A great many other feelings than love of
truth may operate to control the conduct.
Persons are very apt to suppose that they
are being influenced by the right, when
they are under the solo guidance of their
prejudices or their passions. We are all
liable to be Imposed upon by tbat soph -
istry of our intellects which persuades a s
that a caprice is a principle.
We have been disposed to boast that
our government does not keep up a vast
military armament as do many oi the
nations of Europe. So far as expense
goes however, it would cost little less, if
less at all, to keep up a large army than
to pension all who were ever In the army
and their widows and children throngh
generations. To our Congress belongs
the suggestion of keeping np an army
tbat shall be ghosts In every particular
but drawing pay.
We have met the statement somewhere
tbat a man is as many timeB a man as he
his conquered difficulties. The thought
thus finely impressed is in the main cor-
re it .One generally is rendered stronger by
a successful straggle. There are however
victors, like that of Pyrrhus—won at
so fearful a cost as to leave the powers
quite exhausted. But as a role we may
always feel the encouragement after each
successful contest that we will find the
next one more easy.
The highly gifted in any way have a
fearful weight of responsibility. But
none may do more of good or harm than
those who are endowed pre-eminently
with the powers of speech. Under the
sway of eloqnence multitudes are often
impelled to adopt lines of procedure
which affect not solely their own lives)
ttfey live, frha man who speaks to those
who are eager to listen to what he has to
say, shonld be exceedingly cirefnl about
his words.
Good Joke oa Supt. Porter.
ver be a goo
i enterprise.”
“That baby will never be a good bnsi.
i* He has no enterprise »
ness man,
“Why not?”
“Why, the little idiot went and got
born the day after the census man was
here.”—New London Bee. “
Reversing the Usual Practice.
Mande-Dld you have a good time at
tbe beach, Alice.
AUoe—Didn’t III was engaged to all
three of the yonng men at the hotel at
the same time, and tbe other girls were
perfectly furious.—Lawrence American,
Evsn to the Pretty Woman Herself.
WUfulness in a Pretty woman is very
charming to some people, bat when it an-
Droaohea cinatant vnn’ffjiln... f
the
course, on the sly, failed to show wnich
one the j ingle came from.
Becoming desperate I asked one of tbe
young ladies in the aforesaid group if she
heard tne tinkling of the bolls. She
blushed deeply and in some confusion re
quested me to get her an ice.
Later 1 went to my hostess wife and
as aid her for information about tne
tickling .bells, whicn I was beginning to
think were the creation of a disordered
brain.
if yon can keep a secret, remain here a
few minutes'’, sue said as she left the
room.
“Is this like what yon heard”, she said
as she returned witn one hand held be
hind
“Yes,” what Is it I answered eagerly?
“Husn, hash, not so loud, it is Julia’s
garter, “and banding me a dainty circle
of vellow satin with an oxydized silver
clasp along the bottom of wnich were six
of the tiniest, entiest little silver belle
imaginable she eat down and laughed at
my discomfiture. She then condescend
ed to inform me that it was the very la
teat sent over from the home of fads-
Paris.
The silk sashes so generally worn by
men this summer appear harmless
enough to look at; but tney have gotten
one United States Senator into trouble,
and it is not certain by any means tbat
it will not end in bis losing bis seat. The
unfortunate man is Senator Vance of
North Carolina, who in search of com
fort during the recent torrid weather
donned a flannel shirt and in place of a
veit, a silk sash. All would have been
well if one of bis farmer constituents
had not visited Washington and seen
him. This viiit originated the present
fight whioh the Fanner's Alliance is
making on Vance.
Washington, D. C. August .13, 1890.
We Americans are much too excitable,
much too ready to carry to an extreme
anything in which we become very much
interested. Tals is especially true of the
natives of our Southland. The fervid
sun under which we live does not permit
us to take things In a cool quiet way.
We got all afire with enthusiasm and
hurry Into acts which a little sober
thought would cause us to avoid. We
need to be reminded that “enough of
a thing Is enough” as often as KingPnil-
ip needed to be told that he waa mortal.
When it Is said tnat one possesses much
of tact and diplomacy the meaning in
plain Eaglisn Is that he can be false
gracefully by word and act. It is howev
er almost essential to one’s popularity to
have somewhat of this. Those who do
not have the faculty or saying the right
thing at the right time aad in the right
way, are apt to go blunderingly along,
wounding the hearta and nerves of those
whom they do not wish to offend. Per
haps none are so nnpardonably tiresome
aB those who mean weU but do not know
howr to do well.
It is sometimes alleged that the rigiu
dlsslpline to which parents of the olden
time subjected their children, produced
more bad young men than the almost ut
ter absence of restraint which now pre-
d ° “ ot know - Tb ®to were
wild dissipated, corrupt boys then; there
are many of the same description now.
We do not advocate the gloomy doctrine
that the world is all the time getting
worse; but it gets better slowly and new
types of wickedness are continnaUy ap
pearing which we may not readily com
pare with the old.
Nothing like a liberal eduiation can be
attained at this day without some culti-
vation of the moral nature. No list of
books could be made out in some of
which would not be found teachings upon
duty to men and to God. Even from
works that are classed as purely scientific,
the enunciation of the laws of reciprocity
are not wholly excluded. There may be
a lack of symmetry tn the development
The intellectual may be cnltlvated In a
higher degree than the moral sensibili
ties. Bat by oar curricula these last are
not wholly neglected.
Pretty Yonng, and Pretty.
Pretty young lady to middle-aged gen-
tleman as she falls against him on round-
log a curve on the “L’’)-Excuse me. sir-
preaches constant wbn’tfaTness'lt gets 1 1 MSdl«1Sl2i t »S!ti , ra“.- w .
rstoertlresomeafter.while.—SimerviU. shM« dSa’Wit*
r Again!—Judge.
If it be true that.the possession of large
wealth induces conservatism, onr nation
al Senate ought to be strongly set against
all measures of a disturbing tendency.
We donbt whether so rich a body of Leg
islators was ever known. Their conser
vatism may not however be of the kind
most to be desired. It may look rather
at the preservation of their accnmnla-
tions than at keeping unimpaired and
uncorrnpted the baauty and simplicity of
our institutions. They may be more in
tent on warding off danger from their in.
vertments than on doing justice to all
classes and preserving the freedom of all.
People who would resent very warmly
the charge of being ill-bred, are some-
mes guilty of the rudeness of asking
impertinent questions. It is not always
easy to waive a reply to these withouf a
rudeness or a falsehood. A well manner-
the Pe ^ 0 “ a™ r er “ k a <P»»Uon wbi eh
° n n “ ** whom 1* Is propounded is
tawwntoboM.wiUtog to answer. But
even the best cultured do not alwava
JZr£'l? m ' naen - Cn rioeit,Upro*
We hLe,
*? own P««OM who were not