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THOMASVTLLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 26, ‘889
SOME DAY.
“They’ll all come back again,” she laid.
That by-gone summer day,
.The while we watched the goodly ships
Upon the placid bay.
“They sail so far, they sail so fast, upon
their shining way,
But they will come agaia, I know, some day
—some other day."
Some day I So many a watcher sighs,
When wind-swept waters moarn.
With tears pressed back, still strives to
•; dream
Of the glad coming home.
Good ships sail on o’er angry waves, ’neath
skies all tempest gray,
For quivering lips so bravely tell it,
“They'll come again—some day I”
Some day I We say It o’er and o'er,
To cheat our hearts, the while
We send our cherished venires forth,
Perchance with sob or smile:
And tides run out, and time runs on, our
life ebbs tast away,
And yet with straining eyes we watch for
that sweet myth—some day!
Full many a true and heart-sped bark
May harbor find no more,
But hope for her beacon-light will trim
For watchers on the shore;
And those who bide at homo and those upon
the watery way,
In toil or waiting, still repeat, “some day
—some blessed day.’’
—Lucy R, Fleming.
BISHOP WHIPPLE’S NARROW ES
CAPE.
An Aooldent on the B. & W.
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 23.—
Train 37 on the Savannah, Florida
and. Western railway met with an
accident five miles cost of Albany,
Ga., at 2:30 this morning.
The train is due here over the
Brunswick and Western connection
at 8 a.m. At the hour indicated
the train wfa moving at a speed of
about forty miles an hour, when a
broken rail threw the rear Pullman
sleeper, the Palmetto, over on its side.
It was dragged three hunded feel, but
before the train could be stopped it
was detached and rolled down over
the embankment. There were eight
passengers on the sleeper, all of whom
were badly bruised and shaken up.
They were nude as comfortable as
possible until the train reaohed Way-
cross, where Surgeon Hoiks of the
Savannah, Florida & Western R. R.,
came abroad and attended the injured
ones. . '■
NO BONES BAD BEEN BROKEN,
and all seven were able to proceed.
The train reached here at 1 p. m. to
day five-hours late. The injured
passengers were at once driven to
Duval hotel.
Among them are Bishop W nipple
and wife, of Minnesota; Miss Andei>
Son and R, Marshall, of Pomona, Fla.
'They tire all suffering, mere or lew,
and Marshall complained of severe
pains in the hips, but they will pro
ceed on their jurney tc-morrow..
They regard their escape as a mira
cle. .. r
A Texas editor, having charged that
the father of a rival editor had been in
the penitentiary, was notified that he'
must retract or die. He retracted as
tollows: “We fine that we were mista
ken in our statement last week that
the Bugle editor’s sire had been in the
penitentiary. The efforts of his friends
to have his sentence commuted to
imprisonment lor life failed, and he
was hanged.”—Texas Siftings.
We feel sorry for a boy. To be a
boy of 14 or 15 means to bo the occu
pant of the worst old lumber room in
the house. If there is any money
spent on decoration it is in the girl’s
room, because the girls are supposed
to like pretty things and boys are
“rough.? The average boy carries
a feeling of neglect away down in his
heart, and this feeling often results in
bad boys.—Atchison Globe.
“And Minnie has made a fortune
out of her piano playing. How did
she do it so quickly!” “She practiced
piano so much that her ancle com
mitted suicide, and she was bis heir,
you know.’’—Epoch.
lost Atlantic steamers.
A List of Unfortunate Ocean 8teamsh!pa
up to the Present Oates.
From Once a Week.
The following list of lost Atlantic
steamships is as complete as the re
cords within reach supply:
184a—President, mysteriously dis
appeared.
1843—Columbia, wrecked on the
coast of Nova Scotia. . ,
1846—Great Britain, wrecked OB
the coast of Ireland; Tweed, off Yuca
tan, on Aiacrames Reef.
1848—Forth, wrecked on the same
teef,
1850—Helen Sloman, foundered.
■ 1852—ISt George, burned; Amazon,
burned. _
1853—Humboldt, wrecked on the
coast of Nova Scotia.
1834—City of Glasgow, disappear
ed; Franklin, wrecked; Arctic, rim
down; City of Philadelphia, wrecked.
1856— Pacific, disappeared; Xe
Lyonais,run down. '
1857— Tempest, disappeared; Mon
treal, burned.
1858— New York, foundered; . Aus
tralia, burned.
1859— Argo, wrecked on Newfound
land coa*t; Indian, on Nova Scotian
coast; Hungarian, the same.
1860— Connaught, burned.
1861— Canadian, wrecked on sunk
en ice; North Briton, wrecked.
1863— Norwegian, Anglo-Saxon,
Georgia, all wrecked off Nova Scotia.
1864— Bohemian, wrecked offNova
Scotia; City ol New York, wrecked
on Irish coast; jura, wrecked off the
Mersey; Iowa, wrecked off Cherbourg.
1865— Glasgow, Burned.
: 1866—Scotland, run down.
,868—Hibernia, foundered.
1869— United Kingdom, disappear
ed; Germania and Cleopatra, both
wrecked on the coast of Newfound
land.
1870— City of Boston, disappeared;
Cambria, wrecked on Irish coast.
187a—Dacian,-; wrecked on the
coast of Nova Scotia; Tripoli, wreck
ed on the Irish coast.
1873—Britannia, wrecked in the
Clyde; Atlantic, wrecked on the coast
of Nova Scotia; Ismailia, disappear
ed; Missoiiria, wrecked on the Baha
mas; Ville du Havre, run down; City
of Washington, wrecked on the coast
of Nova Scotia.
1875—Schiller, wrecked on one of
the Scilly Isles; Vicksburg, went down
in a field of ice; Deutschland, wrecked
on the English coast.
1877—George Washington, found
ered off Cape Race.
1878 — Metropo'is (bound from
Philadelphia to Para with workmen
and materials for the Madeira arid
Mamore Railroad,) driven ashore on
Currituck Beach, North Carolioa, in a
violent gale, and wrecked; Sardinian,
burnt at the entrance of Londonderry
Harbor.
1879— Borussia, foundered at sea;
Montana, wrecked on Welsh coast;
State of Virginia, wrecked on Sable
Island; Pomeranian, run down in En
glish Channel. 1 7
1880— July 16, bottle picked up off
Irish coast containing memorandum,
signed by the engineer, stating that
the steamship Zanzibar was sinking
(vessel left New York for Glasgow
January n, 1879, and has never been
heard of since;) City of Vera Cruz,
foundered in a cyclone off the Florida
coast; Anglia, run down.
1881— Bohemian, wrecked on the
Irish coast; Leon,' foundered; Mont
gomeryshire, lost.
1882— Mosel, wrecked oh the
coast of Cornwall; Edam, run down by
the Lepanto. Both losses due to fog.
1883— City of Brussels run down
off Liverpool (10 lives lost;) Cimbria,
of the Hamburg-American line sunk
by collision in the North Sea (oearly
400 lost;) Ludwig, from Antwerp for
New York, with 70 persons on board,
given up for lost.
1884— City of Columbus, ftom Bos-
ton for Savannah, wrecked in Vine
yard Sound (too lives lost;) Daniel
Steinmann, wrecked off Sambro Is
land, Nova Scotia, (120 lives lost;)
State of Florida and bark Pomona
sunk in collision in mid-ocean (135
lost;) Amsterdam, of Netherlands line,
wrecked on Sable Island in a log (3
ggi885—Allan Linejstearaer Hanov
erian, wrecked near Cape Race.
1886— Oregon, of Cunard Line, run
into and sunk by a schooner off Fire
Island (no lives lost;) Rapidan, from
New York for Costo Rica, given up
for lost with all hands.
1887— On November 19 the W. A.
Scholton was sunk near Dover, Eng.,
by collision, with the coat freighter
Rosa Mary, (120 passengers drown
ed.)
1888— On August 14 the Geiser
was sunk within seven minutes by
collision with the Thingvalls, of the
same line, off Sable Island, Nova
Scotia.
To Be Open Early in ’90.
Construction trains on the Savan
nah, Americas and Montgomery rail
road are now running to within ten
miles of Mount Vernon, which is
about eight miles from the Oconee
river. The grading is finished on
the entire line, and the trestles over
Alligator and Gam swamps, and the
piles for the bridge over the Oconee
river are driven and are reudy for the
8upersctrutnre.
It is expected that trains will be
running into Mount Vernon within
two weeks, and that by Jan. 1 they
will be at Sterling, where the Savan
nah, Americus and Montgomery con
nects with the Savannah and Western.
The latter road wilt doubtless bo fin
ished to Sterling by or before that
time, so that the new lino will be
opened to this city early in the new
year. r - H ~ r •-
The. people through which the two
railroads are being built are already
realizing the benefits to be derived
from them. The hands engaged in
the work are paid regularly, and
there is consequently a good trade
with the storekeepers.
The Importance of Good Roads.
Wc find the following strong argu
ment in favor of good dirt roads, in a
late issue of the Bufialo Express.
The enormous increase in railroads
has resulted in the proportionate neg
lect of ordinary roadways. The aver
age country road is far from being
what it easily might be, and even its
present condition is not maintained in
an economical manner. This is the
natural result of rapid transit between
markets. But a reaction already be
gins to show itself, as the population
ot the rural districts multiplies, and
the demand for good hitthways increas
es in proportion. Col. Pope is labor
ing to stimulate this improvement by
laying before the people the best ideas
upon road making and road mending.
His connection with the bicycle trade
naturrally interests him on this subject
and has led him to make a thorough
study of it. While wheelmen are anx-
ious for the improvement of the roads,
it is a subject of still greater import,
ance to those who employ teams of
any kind to transport produce. Nine,
ty-nine per cent of every load by rail,
road, steamboat or express has been
carried in a wagon or truck over a
highway. Thus, even steam trans
portation is measurably dependent for
support on thedraftborse and his load
“The prosperity of any city,” says Col.
Pope, “depends largely upon the sur
rounding country, and the better the
road facilities, the faster the country
will grow in population.” This makes
the advantage of good roads mutual
to both city and country. A road
"over which a bicycle may be ridden
with ease and safety will save bund-
reds of dollars to farmers and others
driving heavy loads. The earliest
communities to recogooize aod act J)j»0gg QoOdS 331 8,11
Recognizing the Republic.
DeValeote, the Brazilian minister,
yesterday received a cablegram from
Rio Janero, stating that United States
minister, Adams, had established rela
tions with the government now in con
trol of aflairs in that country. This
information he communicated to the
state department, and it is reported
that he urged upon the secretaiy the
expediency ofthis government instruct-
ing minister Adams to complete the
act of formal recognition. While it is
doubtless felt by the state department
that the republic of the United States
of Brazil has been established (upon a
permanent basis, it is probable that
the act of formally recognizing it
through our minister, will be postpon
ed until an official head or chief ex
ecutive, chosen in pursuance of tome
regular method, is established. The
meeting of congress in Brazil has been
called for next month, when the new
republic will probably be launched
with complete Organization. When
that is accomplished the question of
formal recognition by this country wil 1
probably hot be delayed.—Chronicle.
If a man wants his wile to believe
that he is a genius, his wisest plan is
to persuade her of it before he gets
married—He will generally find tt
easier then.—Somerville Journal.
She (eagerly)—Well, dearest, did
you speak to papa this morning? He
—Yes, I spoke to him. She (excited
ly)—What did he say? He—He said
“Good morning.”
“I understand you have just been
down to St. Louis?” “Yes; spent three
days there.” “Did yon see any of
the big bugs of the place!’* “No; I
went to a brand new hotel.”—Judge
The nickle-in-the-slot will never reach
its highest stage of development until
it is applied to dentistry.—Troth Tel
ler.
upon this truth will be the first to be
benefited by it.
Throughout the state, and the whole
country, are farms, eight or ten miles
from a railroad, whose value is at a
minimum, yet, which, if the roads in
tersecting them were of the first class,
would at once rise in value, were they
twice as far from steam transportation.
Good roads are a national benefit.
All business originates in natural prod
ucts, which must find its way over a
common highway before it can reach
a market and attain its full value.
Smooth, hard roads, well drained, and
easily travenablc through a Urge part
of the year furnish this outlet;and alone
can furnish it. To neglect the high-
ways is worse than to neglect the
fences and woodpiles and weeds.
The World’s Urgent Cities.
The following information is often
inquired for, says the Poll Mall
Gazette, and as it may be useful in
many coses for reference, we have
compiled a table of the largest cities
of the world, with’ their populations
os stated by the latest authorities. In
the absonce of any official census, the
Chinese cities have simply to be esti
mated, and, of course, must be accept
ed as an approximation only. We
have not given any city whose popu
lation U below 500,000, although!
there are many we could enumerate!
which closely approach that figure. Il
will be seen that is the 35 cities tabu
lated below, there are 32,510,31£
souls, or nearly the population of the
British isles, a fact which cannot bq
grasped in a moment by any ordinary
intellect:
715,000
700,000
Altchl...;.... 1,332,050
Bankok, Siam 500,000
Brooklyn, N. Y. _ 771,000
Berlin, Prussia. 1,122^30
Calcutta, Iudia 7G*,298
Canton, China 1,500,000
Chang Choofoo, China - 1,000,000
Chicago, 111....,
Constantinople, Turkey.
Foo-choo, China.
Glasgow, Scotland
Hang-Cbow-foo, China
Hank-Tchcon, China.
Han-Kow, China
King-te-Cbiang, China.
Liverpool, Eng -
London, Eng. .........
Madrid, Spain ... 500,800
Moscow, Russia 611,974
New York, N. Y 1,400,000
Paris, France 3,269,023
Pekalonga, Java 505,204
Pekin, China. ... 800,000
Philadelphia, Pa. 650,000
St Petersburg, Russia....... 768,964
Sartama, Japan 962,717
Siaa, China.. HHMMtl»U4IH4M»«M«StM 1,000,000
030,000
514,046
000,000
800,000
coo,000
GOO,000
573,000
...3,955,819
St. Lonis, Mo.....
Tat-Scen-Loo, China.
Tien-Tsln, Calna. —....
Tokio, Japan
Tschautcbaufu, China
Tsin-Tchoo, China.
Vienna, Austria.
Woo-chang. China.
500,000
. 600,000
. 950,000
.. 987,887
.1,000,000
. 800,090
.. 726.105
800,000
The trouble with men who go to the
devil is that they continue to stay with
us.—Achison Globe.
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We have just re-
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ceived 12 pieces of
ASbi!
the leading cdldrs.
These goods are
36 inches wid^and
we offer them at
the extremely low
price of 26 cts. per
pard. At this low
price we expect to
close them all out
this week. '
10 new rolls of
Carpets, entirely
new patterns, just
received.
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Mitchell House Block