The Daily times-enterprise. (Thomasville, Ga.) 1889-1925, December 01, 1889, Image 1

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itterprtat VOL. 1 --NO 172. THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA. SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1, ’889 $5.00 PER ANNUM @1 2* *< % -k ^ ' W- -■ B||S^ Wifi 00 2» In Memoriam. Mrs. S. R. McKee, died at the resi dence of her husband, Dr. J. A. Mc Kee, in this city, on Tuesday the 26th inst., in her 80th year. In early life, and when she was quite young, she felt it was her duty to devote her lile and services to the advancement of the Christian religion among all with whom she might come in contact. To this end she gave her time and attention to such duties in her school days as would most effec tually qualify her for the duties which God in his Providence had called her to perform. Circumstances, no doubt Providen tial, called her from her native home in Massachusetts, to what was then considered the western frontier of this country, And at Hanover, Ind., she took charge ot, and conducted a high school for young ladies, in which en terprise she was eminently successful, and many aged and Christian women ot that country remember her faithful services, picus walk, and godly life, with veneration and respect. While thus engaged, she made the acquain tance of her husband, who was a student in Hanover College at the time, and, who, influenced by the like motives and purposes, had en tered upon his studies for the purpose of entering the ministry, under the auspices and guidance of the Presbyte rian church. There was a harmony of intention and purpose between ihese two young people. They had like motives, feel.ngs and purposes, and drawn to each other by an affinity which the writer thinks was heaven- born, they were united in marriage, and for half a century they have walked side by side through prosperi ty and adversity at various places and under varying circumstances. And wherever and whenever the dental; and-'instruction to the you! and consecration to his service, she was always foremost in the work. Her death was peaceful and pleasant, there was no struggle. She went into the arms of Jesus, her savior, like a child would go into the arms of a loving mother, and calmly and peacefully, and with a Christian fortitude and calmnpss which) challenges the admi ration of the world, she took her de parture for the skies, escorted by angels and heavenly messengers to the mansion prepared for her. We shall see her no more with our mortal £yes. She has gone from her place in the earth to the higher realms of immortality. She is lost to the church, to the missionary society, to husband, home and friends. But she is to-day experiencing jn her heavenly home what the apostle meant, when he said: "We know not what we shall be, but when we shall see Him, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.” It was on the outer lines' of advanc ing civilization, shedding its rays of beneficent Christian light over the waste places, that she did her most effective work. Plain and unpreten tious, she contributed to the develop ment of the country and the perma nent establishment of society upon a Christian basis. Her duties to the church were never neglected nor evaded, and in her private life she ex emplified the beautiful virtues of her religion. With a faith that never faltered nor grew dim, she met death. It had no terrors for her. She crossed the river in the arms of her loving Savior, and met the great Judge with a conscience void of offense towards God and man. She left life without a blot or stain to mar its fair page, and in every relation of lile, proved her self a true, sincere and Christian wo man. "All along the pathway of her life are scattered the jewels of charity, that will finally be gathered home by the angels in eternity.” As a neigh bor, she was always kind; as a friend, always true; and as a wife, very de voted. Next to her God she loved her husband. Her life was great, her death sublime. A Friend. Bainbridge Democrat please copy. • (Written for the Times.) People and Things in New York. Since Mrs. Bryan's return from the South, last Thursday, pressing de mands upon her time haye constrained her to deny herself to people. It has been my good fortune, however, to meet her twice during that time. Once at her home, I found her writing up her trip to Florida, Thomasville and Atlanta. She had then only three days to prepare a volume, as it were, of manuscript for the next issue of her magazine, for Mr. Munroe hadde dined to accept a line from any one in her stead. Her pliant tempera ment seems impurturbable in encoun- terment with the mountain of work before her, which, as fast as she di minishes it, rises up again, like the gifts of fairies, in the good old times that come again no more. And yet, no gifts 0/ the gods them selves, is better than the privilege of pursuing with enthusiasm a congenial occupation. No person is more mis erable than one whose ‘ occupation’s gone,” excepting one who has never found the niche that he should fill. Although literature is a severe task master, many rewards and joys of it have been showered upon Mrs. Bryan. Think of writing a complete novel every three months besides editorials and other articles innumerable; and imagine what it is to create so many characters, almost simultaneously; that you must have a compositor who can recollect for you, at any moment, the color of their hair and eyes, and helpyou keep their history in proper shape, chronologically. Even when a victim of a typo graphical error, that would appear 10 be naturally annoying, Mrs. Bryan’s equanimity maintains itself. Laugh ingly she told ot something she had written in a very pathetic strain, of wbjsh; the end was: “And that,, jpight, ... he went to rest in potters’ field.’’ But above the Delt« apFan** the reign fate, in the form of the hopeful printer, made ‘‘the end” much more comforta ble, "And that night he went to rest in Trotter’s Hotel.” In spite of the really great troubles, also, that have fa'len upon Mrs. Bryan's life; the darts of pain and care that have pierced her heart, the sun shine of her nature seems only to grow stronger. She is one of those blessed with the “car of faith” for the voice of the universe, that "doth impart au thentic tiding of invisible things; of ebb and flow, and ever-during power, and central peace, subsisting at the heart of endless agitation.” I met Mrs. Bryan again yesterday at Mrs. J. C. Croly’s (Jennie Junes), where a number of ladies gathered to take preliminary steps towards organ izing a woman's press club. Mrs. Croly was suggested as presi dent. Mrs. Lippincott (Grace Green wood), as vice-president, Mrs. Bryan vice-president also. Absolute ap pointments and important decisions were deferred until next meeting Thomasville still has a friend in Dr. G. Q. Colton, who expects to go down this winter earlier than usual. He has recently published “Questions Propos ed by a Liberal Chiistian Brother,” which many intellectual persons and personages are interested in reading. Indeed, it is noticeable here, how many great minds find Unitaiianism more satisfying than other forms of religion. True religion, absolute truth, is, of course, always the same, as divine principle and the cieeds of men that do differ, cannot make it variable. All have some insight for it When men discover a clear under standing of what they believe them selves, it is seen that their differences are more in words and phrazes than in basic beliefs. One Sunday I went to the Unitarian church in the morn ing, and to an Episcopal (old Trinity) in the afternoon. Bolh sermons were broad, teaching how to look at life in a large way. The texts were similar and similarly treated, on the brother hood of man, and the power of love. A few days ago, remembering that several young ladies of Thomasville had spoken of entering the training school for nurses attached to Belle vue hospital, I visited the school and hospital. The school is tidy, well lighted, and not at all uninviting, in appearance, whereas the buildings that compose the hospital, being of dark stone, with iron stair cases on the qut- side, from floor to floor, like the wards of prisons, are very somber and dis mal on the outside, and more so on the interior. It is well known that board, uniform, text books and laun- drying arc furnished to the pupils in training. But immunity from expense does not make the labor any less onerous and stringent. It is a hard life. The requirements are for those ot strong constitution and robust health, for they must study a great deal with very little lime for it, besides doing all kinds of work in the wards, night and day, and for patients of all sorts and conditions. Art schools are increasing contin ually here, and the number of pupils growing largitr. There are now as many as 3,000 young people studying art in this city. They come from all parts of the union to reach this, the art center of America. A larger number than usual come from the South this year. I will write more about the schools at some future time. Alice Jennings. New York. Sweden’s Handsome King. Precisely at noon, says a Stockholm letter, the sound of military music was heard from outside the hall, and we knew that the King had come. The audience rose and remained stauding as he came in, bowing to right and left, followed by the Crown Prince, the President and Secretary of the Congress, the Courtmartial and Adjutants. The involuntary expres sion which came to every one’s lips was: ‘‘What a splendid man?” His handsome, florid face is set ofT by gray hair and beard, and his broad shoulders, erect and large figure, well become his office. Trained at sea, he has the bearing of a captain who treads the deck with full confidence in his own powers of command. He wore the splendid uniform of an Ad miral, over it the broad blue sash of the Order of the Seraphim, stnrs and decorations in quantity, and immense gold epaulets. As soon as King Oscar had put on his eyeglasses he rose and read in French his address of welcome—or rather shouted it out as though he was giving commands from the bridge in a gale of wind. A man of fine culture, which seems to be hereditary in the Bernadotte family, he is considered the best speech-maker in his kindom. Roman Enterprise. It is curious in how many respects the boldest works of modern engineer ing were anticipated by the enterprise of the ancient Romans. The plans of checking the inroads of the sea by plantations of perennial plants was trjed 2000 years ago on the southern coast of Spain. B. C. 300, and again about A. D. 96, rulers of Egypt tried to connect the Mediterranean and Red Seas by a canal that seems to have reached the Nile some 30 miles of Nero a force of workmen was en gaged to cut the Isthmus of Corinth almost exactly along tfie ship canal which is now approaching completion. as signs of a Hard Winter. The crop of hickory nuts is unusu ally large, and we must look for a hard winter. The moss is growing high on the north side of the trees, and this forebodes a hard winter. The corn shuck is quite thick, and this is another sign 0/ a hard winter. The goose bone look like a young leopard, and that means a hard winter. Our weather predictions are always wrong, and that meqns a warm winter. Now pay your money and take yourchoice. —Salisbury (Mo.) Press-Spectator. The Evolution of the Trotter. From the Gnlvestion News. It is not many years since the qiie.H tion was asked if the tiotting record would ever go lower than 2:10, and there were not many to venture an affirmative answer. The record has been reduced to 2:08J, and Senator Stanford has expressed the opinion that the wonderful 3-year-old filly Sunol will reduce the time of Maud S. by at least four seconds. In this connection the record of famous trot ters will be interesting. Flora Tem ple’s record of2:19| stood for eight years. Dexter lowered it to 2:181 in 1867. In 1871 Goldsmith Maid reduced it to 2:17, and three years later to 2:14. She urns queen of the turf till 1878, when Rarus trotted in 2:13J St. Julien followed with 2:12J in 1879 and 2:lljin 1880. Then came Maud S. with a record ot 2:10J which she reduced half a second in 1881, lowered to 2:09} in 1884, and to 2:08J In 1885. No other horse has over trotted below 2:10, though Jay-Eye-See has equaled that figure. Notes About the Needle. It is impossible to say who were the inventors of needles. At a very early period rude attempts were mode among various uncivilized nations to form such an article out of bone, ivory, or like material, in order to stitch together their clothes. Doubt- ess our first mother employed such an instrument along with the fibres of plants, etc., as thread. But fine needles of metal were in common use among the more refined nations of antiquity, as the Hindoos, Chinese, Egyptians, Assyrians, Hebrews, Greeks and Romans. Pliny mentions the ladies of his day as having needles of bronze for sewing and knitting; and numbers have been found in Egyptian tombs that must have been made 4000 years ago. The steel needle was first manufaesured in Spain, where the process of making it was long kept a secret, whenco it was first imported into England in the time of Queen Elizabeth. In 1650, Christopher Greening, at Long Creedcn, in Buckinghamshire, erected needle works, and thus began the manufacture of an article for which England is feared throughout the world, According to a foreign publication, ‘•it is quite likely that wc may witness this year, the unusual, though not un precedented spectacle of an export of potatoes from Europe, and even from the United Kingdom, to America. The chief sources of supply for the United States are the New England states and in all these, except Maine, the crop is undoubtedly a failure Even in Maine it is believed that the yield will be very poor, although the accounts are not yet quite conclusive The production of that state is, how ever, larger than that of any other in the Union, and if the adverse esti mates now current should be confirm ed, there can be no doubt that imports from the other side of the Atlantic will be required.” We have just re ceived 12 pieces of Dress Goods in all the leading colors. These; goods are 36 inches wide,and we offer them at the extremely low price of 25 cts. per yard. At this low price we expect to close them all out this week. 10 new rolls ot Carpets, entirely new patterns, just received. Levy^s Mitchell House Block: A farm jolirnal asks; “Why do the young rush to the towns and cities ?” The answer is easy enough. It is because they are anxious to get there. And the fact that there are no farms in the city, may have some thing to do with it.—New York Ledget. ■ -'MM' Legacies to the amount of $9000, left by Benjamiu Franklin and John Scott to be expeuded upou public improvements, have amounted by investment for nearly a century to about 8110,000. Of this, $100,000 will be devoted to the erection of a large public bath in Philadelphia, while the remaining 810,000 will be laid aside for another hundred years. It is said that it doesn’t take a Northern invalid very long to eet well in Florida. When the first week’s hotel bill is presented, he generally says: “I guess I’m well enough to start tor home this afternoon.’’—Louis ville Western Recorder. mm