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Sub! ription $1 Per Year. Vol. XXIX. *r~ / * /V A /■ ^ | What Happened g v> K § to Parson Ewes g g AS ” Last November I was staving ilown at the little seaside village of Z. In the evenings 1 would often go and smoke my pipe in the tap- room and amuse myself by listening to the quaint conversation of the si in ] >1 e rustics who frequented it. One evening—it was itov. 4 in last year—I happened to say to one of them: “Let me see—tomorrow’s Guy Fawkes day. I suppose you have great ?’’ goings on in the village, don’t you He shook his head solemnly and answered: “Nay, nay, measter, we don’t keep no Guv Fawkes dav here. Used to do once upon a time, but it’s been given up ever since what happened about Parson Elwes.” “What was that?” I inquired. “Haven’t you heerd then?” he replied. “Maybe you’d like me to tell you?” 1 signified assent and, settling myself comfortably in my chair, prepared to listen to what 1 knew from the old fellow’s discursive style of narration would be a toler¬ ably long yarn. “Well, he began, “it’s a main long time ago—forty years as I reckon it — but 1 can rec’llect it all clear as though it had happened yesterday. Parson Elwes, he wer’ vicar of this parish. A fine young man he wer’, too—strong and tall and lithesome as any one 1 ever see. Heart alive, how he could play cricket and run and jump! It wer’ a sight to watch him. lie wer’ only twenty-seven; too young, l sez, for to he parson of a parish, for he hadn’t got and couldn’t have the experience of us poorer folk and our ways and feel¬ ings, which a parson ain’t no use at all without. “lie wer’ good in his heart, wer’ young Parson Elwes, and meant as well as any one, but he didn’t go the right way to work with us. lie had newfangled notions about the serv¬ ices and would have this altered and that altered, all as headstrong as could be, never saying with your leave or by your leave to the wishes of the congregation. “Well, we didn’t like this, for we’ve always been old fashioned folk here, and the old fashioned ways had done very well for the likes of we. So we got into a regu¬ lar feud with parson. And there sprung up another cause for dis¬ dissenters. content in parson’s He alwa\s treatment easing of was things ag in cm in bis sermons, preaching about Hie deadly sm ot schism and what not, until he not on!v stirred them up to '' 1 ’ a ,> but also a good many of the church folk as well, lor there was hardly a lain- ily but where some wei dissenters. And the people cl id nt like liawng ii preached at cm that then par- ents, it might be, or bus kinds oi wives wer in danger of the tin- quenclmhle lire. And so matters got tenible bn- ter betwixt parson and the people until by the time he d been in the place a"year many on us wer’ ready to jo:n in any mortal plan for spit- mg un. “It wer just as the Mh of No- vein her wer coming on, and harm- er Scrivner -him as had Brook- leaze, where V armor Giles do live now, and wer the principal dissent- er in the place -set on foot the no- uon Gunpowder cf burning parson in eilig) on day, with hooting and groanings and all sorts of insults. “Well, measter, as I have said, folks was then just aoout ripe for spiting parson, and the proposal took on like anything. We went in tor carrying oi it out, rcglgr heart and sou!, and we made a figure just par.Mni s heigut and size, and Bid Node, as wer village tailor then, he made a suii of broadcloth just like parson wore and all o Ft! us paid so much toward the value of the stun. And then some one else went into town and bought a proper hat— parson s it wer’ exactly—and when the figure wer’ dressed up ready for carrying around and burning, shure T T ie Toccoa Record. Toccoa, Georgia, August 29 , 1902. ,t might almost have been taken for parson’s very self. “God bless my soul and body, bow well 1 do remember that night I We carried the effigy along as far as the vicarage gate, and there we stopped and set up yelling and hiss¬ ing. And Farmer Scrivner, he calls for three groans for parson, and we gives ’em and three times three afterward. Then parson comes out ar] J tries to speak to us, but we drowns his voice with shouting and groaning, so that he goes in again and shuts the door. “When we’d done that part of the job, we took up the dummy again and carried it on toward Brooks’ ^ 10 ^ d hard by Brook- h l;lze ’ which is the highest point in the village, and where we wer’ going to burn parson in effigy. Eh, what a scene it was—the great pile of fagots crackling and blazing, and pardon’s effigy a-thrown on the top, while every one was a-pelting it and poking hooting it with sticks and groaning and like a lot of savage beasts, and the flames and reddened smoke leaping up against the sky as eager as though they enjoyed their share in it ail! “We kept this up for close on an hour, until the lire was almost burned out, and then a lot of the men among us came down here to the Ring o’ Bells to wind up the evening with a drink. And we need¬ ed it, most on us, for our throats wer’ well nigh raw with yelling. Farmer Scrivner, lie wer’ in great feather that night. He stood drinks all round and laughed and jested about the burning of parson’s efiSgy, and we all chimed in and joked and jeered merrily away until five min¬ utes [pointing past 11 by that very clock to the old timepiece over the fireplace]—five minutes past 11! 1 remember the time as clear as though it wer’ yesterday. “Then all on a sudden Jem Sand- ford—lie wer’ the farmer’s cowman —comes rushing all in at yonder door, with his face pale and startled like and sorely out of breath. “ ‘Measter,’ he gasps, ‘Measter Scrivner, come quick! Thy house be on fire! I saw the flames burst¬ ing from thy roof as I come along the road, and I’ve run straight to tell thee!’ “Farmer didn’t wait to ask any more questions, but went off sharp for his house, and we all followed to give what help we could. We were sobered and made serious at once, 1 warrant you. As we ran toward the house we saw the flames breaking savagely from the win¬ dows of the upper floor and twist¬ ing and licking around the roof as the draft blew them first one way and then another. “ \ f ew on lls was going to turn r ^j ie p 0or beasties loose when we was s ^ 0 pp C j by sumniat which at once burned our thoughts away from them.and made us well nigh sick at heart wi’ dismay. For the rumor ran lightning through the crowc ] that Farmer Scrivner’s wife an q j ier babe as had scarce been born a week wer’ still in the upper bedroom, cut off from the rest of house by the fire. And then we i 00 Ks-and sees her at Hie window wav ing her arms wildly for help an q shrieking, poor soul, like one w p | err J r « « A ladder!’ goes the cry. ‘A i a( ]der! A ladder!’ But somehow there weren’t no ladder to be found U p 011 t { le S p 0 t, and while they was bunting for one and we was stand- j n g looking on in a sort of palsy ' Ii} - e from helpless dismay a tall, d ar ^ figure bursts through us, brushing us aside like so many c hj]der, and begins to climb a pipe which ran down from the ‘shoot- G f the eaves. ‘*\Ye knowed the figure. Not an- 0 +} ier man j u that place could have ~ one U p that pipe so active and so stroll g # But the flames was dart- r jgfit across it near the top, aTU j vve held our breath wi’ sus- p ellse whether parson, for all his strength and courage, would be able tQ t , Bat he i O > Pa or sh irked—no, not a Uj o Nay, through the belt of fire he went, brave as lion, 5 id, grasping the sill “ Hfi * , swung himself • “\Ye didn’t hoot him this time, 1 “Good Will to All Men.’ warrant you, but we set up such a cheering as, they told us ait terward, was heard o\er at Revelsham yon- der, ten good mile away. And our cheering didn’t lose nothing when a minute or two later we seed him lowering mother and babe wi’ a rope of sheets and blankets safe into the score of arms stretched out below to take ’em. “But the flames had gained terri- ble now, and all the roof wer’ ablaze. Parson wer’ in deadly per- il, he wer’, and we called to him to jump help and save himself and we’d to break his fall, and he wer’ just about to when we seed him suddenly stagger back, choked, I suppose, by the thickening smoke, and the flames filled the window', and the roof groaned and swayed, then fell in wi’ a fearsome crash, And that wer’ parson’s end. “We thow't that sparks from the ashes of the bonfire must have light- ed on the thatch and so started the fire there, for the wind did blow that way. And that didn’t make us feel less guilty like. But anyhow we’ve none of us had no stomach since then for keeping Gunpowder day, and I reckon we shan’t have, leastways so long as Parson Elwes is remembered in Z.” ’CUE FOR EDITORS. AH Georgia’s Newspaper Men Invited to One Oot. 11th. The Southern Inter-State Fair, At¬ lanta, has invited all the Georgia Edi¬ tors to viait the Fair Saturday Octo¬ ber 11th. The Editors will be given a barbecue and shown all the sights on the grounds. Front seats will be reserved for them in the grand stand at the races in the afternoon, and there will be a magnificent display of fireworks for them at night. The Fair Directors appreciate the aid which the daily and weekly papers always give to the fairs, and they de sire in this way to show their appre¬ ciation. GEORGIA’S MAYORS. The Mayors pf Georgia will hold a convention in Atlanta Tuesday, Oct., 14th. Mayor Mims, of Atlanta, has called the convention, and Mayor Bridges Smith, of Macon, will pre¬ side. In the afternoon, the Mayors will be tendered a barbecue by the Inter-State Fair, and they will be the Fair’s guests that day and night. SKY LINE ON A BUTTON, Atlanta has more tall buildings than any other southern city, The Equit¬ able, eight stories high, was the first modern office building erected there. They have been building taller ones ever since. The Empire is fourteen stories high, and now one of the banks is getting ready to build a sky-scraper sixteen stories high on & corner lot. The lot costs $146,000 six months ago. 6irty years ago tais lot sold for $600. Frank Weldon, Secretary of the Fair, has adopted a picture of tall buildings as a fit emblem for an At¬ lanta button to advertise the b<g fair, October 8-26. Buffaloes which once roamed the western plains in herds numbering thousands, are now almost extinct. It is seldom that a buffalo is seen outside Yellow Stone Park, where the Government is trying to preserve a few specimens of this animal. Half a dozen parks and menageries have from one to half a dozen buffaloes. The Southern Inter-State Fair, At¬ lanta, is negotiating for a small herd to be exhibited free at the fair grounds. (25,000 IN PREMIUMS. Copies of the Atlanta Fair's live stock, poultry and othsr premium lists have been revised at this office. The Fair offers $25,t00.00 In premiums and purses. Copy of the premium list may be obtained by writing Frank Weldon, Secretary, Atlanta. The Fair has spent thousands of dollars in former years on its live stock shows. In order to bring out more home cat¬ tle, the entries for cattle premiums this year are restricted to the south. In former years, the professional ex¬ hibitor s from the north and west have come south and carried away thous¬ ands of dollars in prizes. This time the money is offered only to southern herds, and It is believed that this will bring out & large dia- play of home cattle. Successor to Toccoa Times and Toccoa Kevs. GREEDINESS AND HASTE. Tv o Evils That Destroy Thousands of Men Every Year, Beecher’s advice to his son makes good reading: You must not get into debt, Avoid debt as you would the devil. Make it a fundamental rule: Cash or nothing. Make few promises. Religiously observe the smallest promise. A man who means to keep his prom' ise can’t afford to make many. Be scrupulously careful in all statements. Aim at accuracy and perfect frankness; no guesswork— either nothing or exact truth. When working for others, sink yourself out of sight; seek their in- terest. Make yourself necessary to those who employ you by industry, fidelity and scrupulous integrity, Selfishness is fatal. Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Demand more of yourself than anybody expects of vou Never . Keep your own standard high, pity yourself. Be a hard mas- t er to yourself, but lenient to every- body else. * Concentrate your force on your own business; do not turn off. Be constant, steadfast, persevering. The art of making one’s fortune is to spend nothing In this conn- try any intelligent and industrious young man may become rich if he stops all leaks and 18 not m a hurry. Do not make haste ; be patient. Do not speculate or gamble^ Steady, patient industry is both the surest and the safes way. Greed, ness and haste are two devils that destroy thousands every year. Headdressing Among the Romans. The ancient Romans were most simple in their attire and so contin¬ ued for a long period, but after a |ime fashion came to reign supreme among them, just as it does with us today. In the early Roman days the wo¬ men, following eastern traditions, were seldom seen abroad, and when they did go out wore their faces veiled, but as richness and luxury increased the household labors were delegated to slaves, and dress and show became the chief object of am¬ bition. The simplicity of their home life and the number of bakers and cook shops enabled even the poorer class¬ es to spend much of their time in the streets, market places and at the public games. It is noticeable that this day the poorest Roman woman, no matter how coarse her garments, will in¬ variably have her hair neat, plaited and elaborately coiled and fastened with showy beaded pins, which care of her bountiful tresses she derives directly from her ancestress of an¬ cient times, for the ancients spent more time in the elaborate dressing of the hair than in any other adorn¬ ment.—Spare Moments. Talleyrand’s Clever Retort. Napoleon described Talleyrand as one whose face would preserve a smile while he v.s being kicked from behind. Taiieyrand Fad his revenge. “It is a pity,' he said, “that so great a man should have such bad manners.” And the mot will cling to Napoleon forever. Ma¬ caulay has said the same thing in comparing Cff» c rsr with Napoleon. “But, after all, Caesar was a gentle¬ man.” ou Know What You are Taklnz When you take Grove’s Tasteless Chill nuns tbs formula is plainly print- ry bottle showlpg that it is simply on ami Quinine in a tasteless form. No »«, No Fay. &Ov. His Business HabMa. Benevolent Gentleman—So you're working, are you? Well, that’s right. Do you go home for your luncheon ? Busy Boy— Oh, sometimes 1 do, but generally I stay downtown for it. Benevolent Gentleman And long have you been employed? Busy Bov—Since yesterday.— Angeles Herald, No. 33 PHILOSOPHY OF LAUGHING. Optimism a Supreme Sedstlvs—Wsrry Is Bad for the Health. Again a word about the philoso- phy of laughter. When the system is nerved and is making conscious or unconscious effort, the nerves that tighten the walls of the blood ve§- se ^ s are hard at work, and pressure the arteries is great; but a hearty laugh, as Brucke s interesting exper- iments show, tends to bring the blood over into the veins where there * s no pressure, relieves the arteries and brings the exquisite sensations relaxation of rest. vored even by the attitude of a hearty laugh. 1 draw in a full breath, throw back the head, open *he mouth and let the expiration “& ur £ le * ort h with sonorous inher¬ the t0 ft uo * e a phrase ^from ‘Philosophy of Laughter, and do * m and slowly throws oft the chains , nf the world § F eat taskmaster and brings us back, back toward the primeval paradise, where there was nothing but joy, and sin and sorrow were unknown 0nce more > optimism is one o' the „ 8U P reme ^datives. There a* men ^ ho wori T the ITJZl sometimes dead * nd cold ke ^ areas f the world d o{ the denudatlon 0 ffor- • the / philosophy P J of health is h that be thi > historj-has h ave not hap only . f ’ man e wfrole, ^ be £ ; that, on the then b( n teady knowledge, progress; that in ^ comfort, arts, re- ligion and nearly if not quite all th# essentials of faith the further develop¬ ment of man, in human nature and belief in a future better than the present is the conclusion of ev¬ ery philosophy of development and evolution. It is our good fortune of to live in a day of the evolution evolution, and this is giving a new meaning to the very word progress and maxes us feel that the world is rational and beneficent to the core and that where conscious purpose and effort fail we sink back into ev¬ erlasting arms. This is a sanifying point of view authorized now by both science and religion and is a good psychic state to sleep on or in which to enter the great rest.— Ain a- lee’s Magazine. Too Much Fault Finding. Henry Crabb Robinson, the kind¬ ly and philosophic barrister, once gave an effectual rebuke to the hab¬ it of fault finding. It was, as we read in his diary, during a viait to Paris. He had spent the day in sightsee¬ ing with a London acquaintance, who said to him at parting, “I will call for you tomorrow.” “I will thank you not to call,” re¬ plied Robinson. “I would rather not see anything else with you, and I will tell you frankly why. I came to Paris to enioy myself, and that enjoyment needs the accompaniment of dislike sympathy with others. find Now, you everything and fault with everything. \~ou see nothing which you do not find inferior to what you have seen before. This may he all very true, but it makes me uncomfortable. So I shall be glad to see you in Loudon, but no more in Paris.” The Grave of St. Swlthlffc. St. Swithin, by his express re¬ quest, was burie4 in tne open churchyard, “thinking no vault waa 10 goo d to cover hia grave aa that of heaven.” When he waa eanon- ized, however, the monks of Win¬ chester took it into their heads that his body ought to have a more dig¬ nified resting place, and resolved to remove it into the choir, fixing the 15th of July for R« solemn trans¬ lation. it rained, however, »o vk olentiv on that day and for forty daYg HUL . e ession that they aban- done<1 tho i r design as contrary erected to the divine will and instead ft 0 b ape i over his grave, at whichi manv miracles are said to have been « rol brht °