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“COMING RACK.”
i There is no miring br.ck.
IThe wave that left the seashore with a hiss
Btetunis in haste; but shifting sands
Have changed the spot fareve' more; the
i murmur low
<>f moaning, ebbihg waves attest the truth;
The steadfast miracles of nature’s round —
The sun that never fails to rise or set—
The quiet stars that ne’er forget
To light the windows of the sky, for fear
Some worn and weary soul might lose its
; way
V\ ithout their light, or miss them, com
ing home
The mystery of buds—of waving grain—
Of ripened fruits; of shining, icelocked
streams—
Each in their turn recurring. These, it is
true, 0
Return; but come they back to us? Not
so, •
Are we the same we were at yesterday?
Ah, no. The heart has beat a few more
roll-calls
To tbe ranks of life, and we have answered.
We. who are older soldiers,now, and worn;
Onec shining uniforms are threadbare
grown;
Our feet have wearied of the march. To us
There comes no more the things of yes
terday;
For we are not the same—or what we were
We have forgot—outgrowh. All vainly
now
We summon friends who were true hearted
once,
’And pledged forever constant. Will our
call bring them?
From the grassy graves the sighing sum
mer winds
Bring ba<-k an answer, and from graves—
Strange graves, wherein no body lies—
there’s answer, too,
There is no coming back. Pass on, O, soul
bereft.
—The Commoner.
The .
Marksman.
By FRANK LILLIE POLLOCK.
Louis and Allen Wright were snow
shoeing back to the lumber camp
where they worked. It was a small
camp upon the Tobago River, near
the Ottawa, close to the border be
tween the Provinces of Ontario and
Quebec, and the pine had for the
most part been cut long ago. There
was a little pine left, however, with a
good deal of pulp wood and mixed
timber to be got out, and the fore
man had sent the boys to look over a
patch of spruce about twelve miles
from the ehaftty. They were return
ing with their axes upon the frozen
Tobago Itiver, which formed a con
venient roadway through the tangled
and snowy Canadian forest.
The boys were not professional
“lumber-jacks,” but they were both
deeply desirous of acquiring a couple
of hundred dollars to cover the ex
penses of a course in mining engi
neering, and that winter high wages
were being offered for even inexperi
enced meu in the lumber camps.
As they were country-bred youths,
they took to the work naturally, and
Allen, although he had not vet come
to his full strength, speedily devel
oped a surprising dexterity with the
ax. He could “lay” a .tree within a
few inches of where lie desired it to
fall, and had been the instrument of
victory several times in lumbering
matches with rival camps.
It was late in February and still
bitterly cold, but the deep snow was
packing and softening. In a few
weeks the ice might break up, and
mountains of logs were piled upon
the river in readiness for the drive.
About three miles before it reached
the shanty the river broke into rapids
for about thirty rods before it fell
tumultously over a low ridge of
rocks.
It. was necessary to make a detour
round this obstacle, and Allen went
ashore tit a cautious distance from
the water. Louis, however, remained
upon the ice, walking almost to the
verge, and looking over into the inky
stream.
"Be careful, Lou! That ice is get
ting rotten!” Alien shouted, from the
bank.
“It's as strong ns rock. Look!"
answered Louis, jumping in his rack
ets with a heavy thud upon the snow.
lie proved the reverse of what he
intended. There was a dull cracking
under the snow and a startled shout
from the reckless snow-shoer. A
greai cake of ice broke off. drifting
away, with Louis standing upon it.
He balanced unsteadily for a mo
ment, staggered, and plunged off
with ;1* terrified yell, goipg clean out
of sight under the icy water.
The cake of ice drifted over the
rapids and broke up. Allen had
scarcely had time to move before his
brother '(’appeared, struggling feebly,
and evidently almost paralysed by
the coid immersion. By good luck
he managed to. catch the top of a
projecting rock at the head of the
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reach him through that swift, deep
current, and if he could, he would be
so chilled as to he incapable of giv
ing any sort of help.
But the boy certainly could not
hold on long in his present position,
and should he let go he v.-ould bo
swept over the rapids and under the
ice at the foot. His life hung qn
seconds.
Allen could think of no plan. He
shouted encouraging words without
knowing what he said, while his eye3
roved desperately up and down the
snowy shores in search of some in
spiration.
If he had only a rope, or anything
to make a bridge—and then his -eye
fell upon a tall dead pine “stub,”
barkless and almost branchless,
standing a few feet back from the
stream.
It was long enough to reach to the
imperiled youth, if it could be felled
so accurately as to lie close beside
him. But a foot or two above or be
low him would make it useless, and
to aim too closely would be to run a
deadly risk of crushing the boy under
the falling trunk.
By a queer vagary of his excited
brain he remembered William Tell
and the apple. He would have to
perform a somewhat similar feat of
marksmanship; but it was the only
chance that he could think of. He
plunged through the snow for his ax,
wallowed back to the dead stub, and
began to chop.
In the need lor action his nerves
grew suddenly cool. The feat was
a more delicate one than ~e had ever
attempted, and his brother’s life
hung upon his steadiness of nerve
and muscle. But he cut quietly and
without haste. The great yellow
chips flew, and a wide notch grew
in the trunk.
rn a few moments he shifted to
the other side, cut another notch,
and sighted for the probable direc
tion of -the fall of the stub. He
coule not tell how the roots held.
He would have to leave that import
ant factor to chance; but he cut, now
delicately, now strongly, till the tre
mor through the ax-handle told that
the trunk was growing unsteady.
It, was the critical moment. He
sighted again most carefully, and
cut out a few small chips here and
there. The s£ub tottered. It was
standing poised upon a thin edge of
uncut wood, and he stood behind it
and pushed, cautiously, and then
heavily.
The tall trunk wavered, and the
fibers snapped loudly. It hesitated,
bowed, and Allen leaped away from
the butt. Down came the pine, roar
ing through i.he air.
It. crashed into the water with a
mighty wave and splash that hid boy
and rock, and Allen had a moment
of horrified belief that his brother
had been crushed under A. A mo
ment later he saw that Louis was un
hurt. But the tree had actually
grazed the rock. It hail fallen within
eight inches of the boy’s body.
It made a perfect bridge as it lay,
but in his nervous reaction Allen was
almost too shaky o walk the trunk
and pull his brother out. He did it,
although how he got him to land ho
never quite knew. Louis was al
most. unconscious, and his wet
clothes froze instantly into a mass
of ice.
He would certainly have lapsed
into sleep and died, but Allen piled
the pine chips aftout (he stump and
had a fire blazing in a few seconds.
Thedry stump burned like pitch, pro
ducing a furnac -like heat; and Allen
partly undressed his brother and
rubbed him hard with snow. Under
this heroic treatment Louis came
back to painful consciousness, and
the fierce heat from the pine did the
rest. But *t was several hours before
lie was able to resume the tramp, and
it was dark when they reached the
shanty.—Youth’s Companion.
Bear Opens Lips of Silent Hermit.
William Woodruff, a hermit who
lives in a cabin near Winsted, Conn.,
where he has kept to himself for
twenty years, was gazing at the stars
through a telescope when he heard
a noise and saw a huge bear making
toward him. The hermit went in the
cabin and bruin sat down by the
door. All night the enemies waited
for each other. Woodruff with his
rifle inside, mid the bear outside.
The latter left at dawn, and for the
first time in a score of years the her
mit spoke to a man who happened to
pass. He said ha wanted some am
munition for his gun and asked
Stage Driver Blythe to get it for him.
One Secret She Kept.
It was the same old story of a man
who refused to tell his wife the out
come of a business transaction, in
which, naturally, she took a deep in-
Georgia Callings
Curtailed Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
More Headright Grants.
Every now and then some person lo
cates a tract of land, especially in
south Georgia, that seems to belong
to no one, and it is immediately made
the subject of a headright grant, un
der the old land grant laws of the
state, which are still in force. Sec
retary Cook has just issued two head
right grants for land in Effingham
county, one to Angus L. Nease for
95 acres, and another to John It.
Nease for 70 acres. These hieadright
grants now average some fifteen to
twenty every year.
* •
Lot of Cotton Brings 12 Cents.
Three hundred and thirty bales of
unusually fine cotton were sold in one
lot at Americus a few days ago to
B. F. Boone, representing Ford & Cos.,
of Macon, for the round price of 12
cents, the record price this season.
The entire lot belonged to W. P.
Jowers, a wealthy farmer, and repre
sented two entire cotton crops from
his plantation.
Another lot of 100 bales belonging to
other parties was bought by F. B? Ar
thur at 10 cents. These sales cleared
practically the Americus warehouse
* * *
Gordon Statue Arrives.
The Borglum equestrian statue of
Gen. John B. Gordon reached Atlanta
via the Southern railroad a few days
ago.
The car containing the statue was
delivered by the Brooklyn casting
concern to the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad about ten days ago. At
Washington it was delivered to the
Southern railroad, both lines using
diligence to expedite its handling.
Work on the pedestal on the capitol
grounds is progressing satisfactorily,
and the contractors state that It will
be ready in advance of the unveiling
ceremony, May 25.
No Hurry About Jamestown Exhibits.
State School Commissioner Merritt
*
has just been notified that, owing to a
strike of the plasterers and other set
backs, the educational building at the
Jamestown exposition is still far from
complete, and it is not now known
just when it will be completed. For
this reason there is as yet no availa
ble space for educational exhibits at
the exposition, and those schools in
Georgia which contemplate making
such exhibits need not be in any un
due hurry to get them in. It is pre
sumed that something definite will be
known within the next few weeks, at
which time, no doubt, due notice will
be given.
* * *
Important Notice.
To Surviving Members of Doles
Cook Brigade: Capt. Wm. M. Myers,
commanding Richmond Howitzers,
Richmond, Va., has kindly tendered
this association space in their ' ar
mory, at Richmond, for our use as a
headquarters while attending the re
union in that city from May 31st to
June 3d, 1907. The armory is located
in the center of town and four blocks
from the principal street car lines.
All members of the association are
requested to report at the headquar
ters herein described immediately on
arrival at Richmond. Look for nonce
on the bulletin board as to date and
time of our regular meeting. Yours
truly, W. W. HULBERT, Commander.
* * *
New Railroad Organized.
It now begins to look as if the Sa
vannah and Southwestern railroad,
for which a charter was recently se
cured, is to be built. At a meeting in
Savannah a few (lays ago of those in
terested in the new road the officers
of the company were eiectea and the
first payment on the stock was called
for.
It is proposed to extend this line
from Savannah to St. Andrews Bay,
on the Gulf of Mexico. It will pass
through many towns and counties that
are now without railroads and will
open up u new section of country.
There are good men behind the move.
It is expected to begin the survey
in a short time and after that is com
pleted it is expected that the actual
work of construction will begin. The
line will be four hundred miles in
length
* * *
Governor-Elect Talks of Immigrants.
Gov.-elect Hoke Smith makes the
statement that, after his investigation
bf the immigration question in Eu
rope, from whence he has just re
timed, he has come to the conciu-
Y>n that immigrants should ' come
Austria and southern Russia. He
Id:
|ln Germany I was impressed with
perfect organization and the ab
■ ice of sordid poverty. During my
AT THE
ZETUER HOUSE.
The best §I.OO a d*y house in the
city.
253 FOURTH ST., MACON. G.,
Mrs. A. L. Zettier, Proprietress.
stay there I never saw a mendicant
and was never solicited for alms.
“In Austria there is no industrial de
velopment, and the country seems
dead. I found the place where we
want to find our immigrants—Austria
and southern Russia —the pure strain
of Teuton who wants to move. They
are solid, clean, industrious people
and will make the most desirable citi
zens we can have.’’
* * *
Bundrick Case Without Parallel.
George W. Bundrick. who was con
victed of murder at the spring term
of Crisp county superior court, and
who escaped from the Americus jail
last December while waiting on a re
spite, and who gave himself up in Cal
ifornia,* has just been resentence’d by
Judge Littlejohn at Cordele to be
hanged on June 11th.
It will be remembered that George
and his brother, Andrew Bundrick;
were convicted for the murder of John
Shrouder four years ago.
Andrew is serving a life sentence in
the penitentiary, and it is thought +hat
attorneys for George will appeal to
the governor to commute his sentence
to life imprisonment. Perhaps there
is not a case on record where a man
condemned to death and who had es
caped to far-off California, has peace
fully given himself up, wishing to re
turn home and meet his fate.
New Officers of Knights Templars.
The Grand Commandery of Knights
Templars for the state of Georgia at
their 46th annual conclave in Atlanta
the past week elected officers as fol
lows:
John R. Dickey, Atlanta, grand com
mander.
L. P. Stephens, Atlanta, deputy
grand commander.
A. B. Simmons, Savannah, grand
generalissimo.
J. C. Greenfield, Atlanta, grand cap
tain general.
George C. Case, Milledgeville,
grand senior warden.
F. F. Petri, Columbus, grand junior
warden.
Thomas Burry, Gainesville, grand
prelate.
M. A. Weir, Macon, grand treasurer.
W. S. Rockwell, Savannah, grand
recorder.
A. G. Miller, Americus, grand stand
ard bearer.
W. F. Bowie, Augusta, grand sword
bearer.
Without exception the Knights de
clare that the conclave in Atlanta was
one of the most enjoyable in the his
tory of the order. The next conclave
will be held at Valdosta in May next.
DECISION ON EIGHT-HOUR LAW.
High Court Declares Statute Constitutional
But Works Only in Spots.
Justice Holmes of the supreme
court of the United States, announc
ed the decision of the court in a num
ber of cases involving the construc
tion of the eight-hour law.
The court held the law to be con
stitutional, but held that it does not
apply to laborers and mechanics on
dredges and that men so employed
cannot be held to be employed upon
public works.
JONES SURRENDERS HIMSELF.
Charlotte Bank Embezzler Voluntarily Re
turns to Scene of Crime.
Frank H. Jones, the defaulting u
er of the Charlotte National Bank
who is charged with having embezzled
about $70,000 of the bank’s funds, ana
for whom a reward
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STRANGE TURN
IN BUSH CASE
Love Was for Business Partner In
stead of Young Woman.
IS UNDER HEAVY BOND
Denoument in Police Court Trial of Atlanta
Man Who Sent Infernal Machine
to Partner’s Sweetheart.
Charged with sending a bomb to
Miss McCarthy, at 447 East Georgia
avenue, to murder the young lady, be
cause she was about to wed Charlie
Dolittle, with whom he was infatuat
ed, the bomb nearly killing the girl’s
mother, Fred Bush was arraigned in
the recorder’s court at Atlanta Friday
afternoon, and held in a SIO,OOO bond
for assault with intent to murder.
Charlie Doolittle was also arraign
ed, but the case against him was dis
missed.
The case was one of the most sen
sational that has ever bgen heard in
any court in the city. The man who
was held tinder such a heavy bond
stood charged with attempting to an
nihilate a whole family and espe
cially a young woman, because a
young man visited the house for
whom he had for many years held a
deep, and what w r as believed to be
an unnatural affection.
It was brought out at the trial that
act of Bush was that of a jilted lover,
but the evidence in the case, which
was investigated by the recorder
brought out the fact that Fred Bush
was so deeply attached to Charlie
Doolittle that he tried to wreck a
home and murder a household, rath
er than become separated from a
youth, who was his partner in busi
ness and for whom his affection was
almost a mania.
In one part of the investigation
the city attorney asked Doolittle if
Bush ever bugged and kissed him,
and Doolittle laughed slightly and re
plied that he did several years ago.
Charlie Doolittle stood near Bush
during the trial, and it was noted by
more than one in the court room that
Bush never took his eyes from tho
pale-faced youth by his side.
Doolittle told nothing criminating
against his business partner and warm
friend. As the recorder remarked, he
did all he could to shield Bush from
the arm of the law.
Itw as brought out at the trial that
Doolittle is now, or was when the
murder was attempted, Miss McCar
thy's sweetheart. They were engaged
to be married.
Mrs. Julia McCarthy, the mother of
the girl for whom the infernal ma
chine was indeed intended, and who
was seriously injured, was not
to appear in court.
The negro messenger boy, the only
person who saw the mtrn who sent the
box to the McCarthy home, pointed
Bush out in court as the man whom
he had met on the night of. the ex
plosion.
Miss McCarthy was on the stand
and told about her love affairs with
Doolittle and about how queerly he
acted at times.
Bush made a statement, His man
ner was cool, collected and suave.
His reasons for everything was “busi
ness.” It was business that made him
object to Charlie Doolittle visiting
young ladle’s; it was business that
made him bring Charlie hack to At
lanta from Florida; it was business
that made him go to see Mrs. Mc-
Carthy was business that mads
him such a deep interest in
and act as his guar
dian
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