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JOSHUA JONES, PUBLISHER.
YOU. I.
A Song of Lore.
Whero Love may make his nest,
Where shall my soul abide;
The sun may pass from east to west—
The ocean wander w®e
But Love, my dear, where’er I bo,
Shall make a heaven on earth for me,
I cannot hear the birds
Whose breasts tho blossoms gem
There is such music in Love’s word,
I have no heart for them!
Sweet sing the birds from land to sea,
But Love sings sweoter songs to mo!
What is the sweetest song
Tho rarest bird can sing,
To Love that lasts a whole life lone,
And then to heaven takes wing?
It is on earth—in heaven above—
One song, one song of love—of love!
—F. S. Stanton.
A ROUGH PEACEMAKER,
BY ROSE HABTWICK THORPE.
“I have ordered the house painted
v. dark green, with pencilings to set it
off,” said Ned Winters, after his usual
salutation, as he threw himself into
one of Mrs. Hall’s easy chairs in her
- pretty parlor, and cast a proprietor¬
ship’ glance ‘of admiration at Mrs.
* Hall’s pretty daughter, who
was re
'clining languidly iu an easy chair just
, opposite.
v “Green !” she exclaimed, suddenly
assuming' an erect position. “Nod
Winters, have you no taste at all that
you can even think of having it paint¬
ed green? Green and red! How ridi¬
culous!”
“I am sure you will -.like it, Min
.■ w
nie, • ” expostulated Ned, - in slightly
a
annoyed tone. Judge Eldridge’s new
house, is painted green aiicf it is very
pretty ”
It whs the evening after Mrs. Dan
ford’s party, aud Ned Winters should
have known better than to visit his
betrothed so soon after that exhaust
ing tfffair. Not only this, but they
had both been dissipating, in the way
of parties, to an unusual degree for
the past few days, and neither of them
was in proper condition for a pleasant,
agreeable visit all by themselves.
Human nature will rebel after a
certain amount of abuse, and the
sweetest disposition is liable to be
converted into its opposite with very
slight provocation.
Usually, when vexed questions
arose, Minnie would say, “Oh, Ned!”
in that pretty, coaxing way of hers,
and then she would use all of her
“woman’s arts” so artlessly and inno¬
cently, he thought, to win her own
desires in the matter.
She never failed of winning, or of
leaving the impression on Ned’s mind
that he was having his own way m
granting her requests: but now they
were completely exhausted and ill
tempered on that unfortunate even¬
ing.
“You must countermand your or¬
der at once, Ned,” said Minnie, de¬
cidedly. “Drab is the color we want.
It is so modest and unassuming!
Have it painted a lovely shade of light
drab with slate-colored cornice.”
“I have already given my order,
and I shall not revoke it,” said Ned,
in tones which had a suggestion of
angry resentment in them. “I have
given you full sway over the inside of
the house, and you have kept the car
penters in hot water from the first by
changing the plan of the rooms so
often. I don’t mind that so much
because you are to live in- the house
and the inside ought to be arranged
to suit you; but I reserve the right to
paint the outside any color I choose,
and I choose to have it painted
green.”
“I won’t live in a green house!”
cried the little woman, looking very
severe and dignified, with her diminu¬
tive figure erect and haughty, “I
tell you I won’t live in a house that is
painted green.]” .more -emphatically;
“and if you persist in having it green,
yon can get some other_girl..to. share
it with you, that’s alH”
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THE WILL OP THE PEOPLE IS THE SC I'll KM E LAW.
FORT GAINES. GA„ FRIDAY. AUGUST 9. 1895.
“Which I can Jo without any
serious trouble?” said Ned, springing
to his feet and starting for the door.
“When you desire to see me again you
can let me know!”
Ho scarcely roalizod what ho was
shying in his angry impatience.
“Or perhaps come and fling myself
at your feet and implore forgiveness!”
she cried out sharply, with a husky
tone in her voice, which was followed
as soon ns he had gone out and he had
closed the hall door behind him by a
tempest of tears.
“How could I say such hateful
things to him?” she murmured, re¬
proachfully, after she had wept her
resentment away, “The dear fellow
lias allowed me to have my own way
from the first, and I might give up in
the matter of the paint. Oh dear,
I’d rather have the house painted a
bright yellow than to have quarreled
with Ned!”
And Ned as ho tramped noisly
down the street, called himself all the
hard names ho could think of for
allowing such a trifle to make him use
“dear little Minnie” so shamefully.
The night passed with very little
sletqi for either of these unhappy
“grown-up” children.
Minnie spent it in tears, while, in
his bachelor apartments, Ned paced
the floor restlessly; but neither felt
like offering the necessary apology,
when the morning came, and so
another miserable day began.
It is hard to tell how large a moun¬
tain might have grown out of that in¬
significant little mole-hill, if some¬
thing terrible had not rushed to their
assistance at that opportune time and
settled the matter for them.
In the midst of her self-reproaches,
Minnie became aware that there was
an oniinous silence all about her, and
that the people in the next house were
gazing at tho sky in the west with
anxious glances.
She went to the door, and the sight
presented to her nearly deprived her
of her senses, it was so terrible.
She now heard a distant roar and
rumbling, and afar in the west saw a
mass of black, angry clouds, high up
in the sky, rolling and tossing about
in a most formidable manner, with a
narrowpoint at the base which seemed
to be gathering up fuel for tho black
browed monster’s wrath to vent itself
upon.
“A cyclone !” she cried.
Her first thought was of Ned and
the safety which, she was sure, his
strong arms would afford her in this
dreadful time of danger.
His office was two blocks away, and
without a thought of her appearance,
or her probable fate should the storm
overtake her in the street, she ran
j down the path, out of the gate, and
had started with flying footsteps for
Ned’s office, when the cyclone struck
the village.
She was lifted from her feet and
carried forward with bewildering
haste.
It was only the outer edge of the
cyclone which had caught her in its
grasp, and when it had whirled her
about a dozen times or more, and had
thoroughly shaken her, it dropped
her as suddenly as it had caught her—
dropped her at the very feet of tho
young man she had started to find.
Their thoughts, in that first mo¬
ment of peril, had been the same and
he was on his way to Minnie’s home
when sho fell at his feet in a most un¬
ceremonious fashion.
“Oh, Ned!” she gasped.
“My darling!”
He caught her in his arms, and
kissed her white frightened face in a
most scandalous manner, considering
that they were in the street—on Main
street,’ in fact—and that everybody
was “out.”
But.it so happened that the “village
gossips” were too busy just then to
make a note of this item and it passed
unnoticed.
“Dear Ned,” said Minnie, meekly,
as soon as sho regained her breath,
“I—I don’t mind if tho house is
painted green.”
“I’ve acted a fool, Minnie,” ho said
humply. “I don’t care a copper what
color the house is. I’ve wished a
huudred times since last night that
there wasn’t any house at all.”
“So have I,” said Minnie.
And later in the day they discovered
that the cyclone, which had brought
them together with such unbecom¬
ing haste, had also removed the cause
of their quarrel.
The new house had boen taken up
carried several rods, ami sot down, in
a pitiable condition, in Farmer Jones’
barn-yard.
“I was just n-goin’to build a now
barn this summer on that very spot,”
ho said to Ned a short time after tho
tho storm, “an’ if ye’ll soli it sort o’
cheap, I’ll rig it up for a barn. ”
And so the house was sold to
Farmer Jones, and in time a new ono
took its place, entirely satisfactory
to both Ned and Minnie.
But when it was finished it did not
wear a coat of green. Oh, no ! it was
drab, with slate-colored cornice! —
Saturday Night.
Modern Arms and Gettysburg.
At Gettysburg, iu .July, 1863, had
the Federal troops been armed with
the rifle, now being issued to the
United States infantry, and with tho
present improved field-guns, Pickett's
heroic band in the charge on tho third
day would have been under fire from
start to finish,and theifire of masses of
infantry, combined with breech-load
iug cannon, would probably liavo de¬
stroyed every man in tho assaulting
lines. Pickett’s right, when formed
for the charge, was 1,800 yards from
the Union lines; and tho magnzinc
rifla sight is graduated, it will be re¬
membered to 1,900 yards, With the
weapons then iu use, tho Federals did
not open with artillery on tho charg¬
ing Southern troops until they were
within 1,100 yards of their linos, and
their infantry did not fire until they
were within a much closer range. In
the recent war between China and Ja
pan, it was stated that a ball fired
from a Japanese rifle called tho Mura
ta, similar to the United States maga¬
zine rifle, struck a Chinese three
quarters of a mile away in tho knee,
and crushed it to atoms. —Fitzhuoh
Lee, in the Century.
Straw Hats of Wood.
A Massachusetts inventor has pat¬
ented a machine which is supplied with
fine planing teeth. A log of wood
cut square is fed to it, and when tho
log pusses through it it has furnished
a hundred strips of wood much resem¬
bling excelsior. Their length, of
course, is that of the log. It is
claimed that these, when moistened,
can be woven much more readily than
straw and make as durable a hat.
The inventor says it is twice as
light as straw, and that, because of its
easier manipulation and cheaper cost,
it will supersede the straw now usod
for the construction of headgear.
Even women’s Leghorn hats and the
finest Panamas may become possible
for those who can’t afford them now.
—New York World.
Always Useful.
“Y/hat do you do with your big
sleeves when you get through with
them?”
i < Oh, I send them to the orphan asy
lum. They make excellent suits for
the little ones.”—Boston Saturday
Gazette.
Ten thousand acres of peach orchards
in central Georgia are owned and
mauaged by one man, who claims the
distinction of being the largest peach
grower in the world.
Lassoing a Boar.
After an hour’s weary traveling
down the winding way wo camo out
on tho plain, ami found a small cow
outfit belonging to Mr. Stevens, and
under a tree lay our dead silver-tip,
while a half dozen punchers squatted
nbcmt it. It appeared that three of
them had been working up in the
foot hills, when they heard tho dogs,
and shortly discovered tho boar. Hav¬
ing no guns, and being on fairly good
ground, they coiled their riatas and
prepared to do battle.
The silver-tip was badly blown ami
the three dogs which had stayed with
him were so tired that they sat up at
a respectable distanco and panted and
lolled. Tho first ropo went over
Bruin’s head and one paw. There lies
the danger. But instantly number
two flew straight to tho mark and tho
ponies surged, while Bruin stretched
out with a roar. A third rope got his
other hind leg, and tho nuneher dis¬
mounted and tied it to troe. The
roaring, biting clawing mass of hair
was practically helpless, but to kill
him was an undertaking.
“Why didn’t you brand him and
turn him loose?” I asked of tho cow¬
boy.
“Well,” said tho puncher, in his
Texun drawl, “wo could have branded
him all right, but we might lmvo need¬
ed some in him loose.”
They pelted him with malpais, and
finally stuck a knife into a vital part,
and then, loading him on a pony, they
brought him in. It was a daring per¬
formance, but was regarded by tho
“punchers” as a great joke.—Harper’s
Magazine.
The Dandelion.
The dandelion belongs to tho larg¬
est, oldest, and most widely diffused
order of plants. While other orders
of plants have died out and become
mere fossil remains iu the rocks, this
order has survived tho geological
changes of many different periods, on
account of its power of adapting, it¬
self to those changos. And theso
changes in their turn have only made
it better suited for ail tho varied soils
and climates of the earth at the pres¬
ent day.
We find members of this order iu
every part of the globe, in places as
far apart from each other as they can
be. It is the prevailing and dominant
order of vegetable life, the most high¬
ly finished, and tho most successful
family of plants. And tho dandelion
is one of the most perfect forms be¬
longing to it.
It is the head and crown of tho veg¬
etable kingdom, as man is the head
and crown of the animal creation and
it is curious how this highest typo of
plant is always found only where man,
the highest typo of animal life, is
found, and where he dwells or culti¬
vates the soil. It is never found apart
from him ; it follows him wherever ho
goes—to America, Australia and New
Zealand, and there in the new home
it becomes a silent but eloquent re¬
minder of the dear old land ho may
never see again. — Good Words.
A Soldier’s Answer.
Emperor Najioleon, after one of his
Great battles, gathered the remnant of
his forces around him, and proceeded
to compliment them in his characters
tic manner, so endearing to the hearts
of his soldiers. Finally Company D,
of the Guards, who had been in the
thick of the fight, were ordered to
present themselves, aud to the aston
ishmentof the Emperor a single sold
ier appeared. He was bound up in
bandages, and could barely walk.
< * Where is the rest of your com
pany?” asked the Emperor.
A tear swelled in tho old soldier’s
eye as he answered, “Your Majesty,
they lie on the field dead,” and then
sorrowfully added, “they fought bet¬
ter than I.’’—Harper’s Round Table.
ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM-
NO. 31.
ONCE WRECKED.
11KOKKN IN HEALTH.
New H«> Can Run mill .lump to ■
Sixteen-year-old Hoy”—The K.Tect
of Six lloxen of Pink Pill*.
From the Messenger, Wilmington, N. C.
The following letter from George ltusMll,
a eitlzen of Laurinburg, N. 0., will prove of
interest to many of our readers who may be
suffering from that dreaded disease—rheu¬
matism.
Laubinbuho, N. C., April 3, 1895.
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company, Hohau
ectady. N. Y.
Gentlemen:— Durlm? the summorof 18881
had a severe attack of typhoid fever whloh
left my constitution in n wrecked and broken
down condition. Ever afterwards I had to
bo very eftrofui not to got the least damp for
if I did an attack of rheumatism would be the
result. I was able, however, to attend to
buslnoss the most of ray time though I could
never say that I was woll. I continued this
way till the summer of 1894 whop I was
taken with a more severe attack of rheuma¬
tism which commenced first in the back of
my head and neck, then my shoulders be¬
came involved.. I suffered untold agonies,
could not rest day or night, could get in no
position that would give me rest even for u.
few moments, could not sleep more t'han 15
minutes at any one time, had no appetite, my
flesh was reduced till i weighed only 121 lbs.
The disease moved down or rather spread to
the the small left of the back and i&to.both hips, then
to knee joint. I could not walk up
the door steps, but had to crawl out and into
the house. About this time I was taken with
a shortness of breath whloh one doctor pro¬
nounced heart dropsy, another an excess of
water in the chest. I gave up all hopes of
ever getting any better or even living for
more than a few months. I wr<do many of
my relations that I did not expeof to live but
a very short time. Of oourso 1 had been under
the care of men who called themselves good
doctors all this time; I had six of them to at¬
tend me during my sickness. I tried every¬
thing thnt 1 could find got that was said to beneSt
jJeople who rheumatism, but instead of
getting relief 1 continued to grow worse.
One day a friend came to visit me, and like
all other friends, had a remedy, for my ills.
Her remedy was Dr. Williams’ Pink PHIS for
Pale People. Hh<* showed mo a paper which
praised had no faith them in very them, highly. and I told for the her article that I
as
in the paper, it was nothing but men*
bosh. But like a drowning man that -will
catch at a straw I concluded to try the pills,
I commenced to get better from the first day.
I took six boxes and am well, my appetite Is
good, 1 sleep well, have gained in flesh from
121 II in. to It10 It is. I have been in the rain
till I wan literally drenched without ex¬
periencing any annoyance afterwards. I
can run, jump, bop aud skip eijual to a six¬
teen-year-old boy.
satisfied Any ono doubting (his statement can bo
by writing me.
Yours truly.
GEORGE RUSSELL.
' Mr. George Russell has this day appeared
In person before me. a Justice of the Pence
for Richmond County, N. C.. and made oath
that the statement contained iu this manu¬
script is true in every particular. Sworn to
before me this 13th day of April, 1895.
M. K. Jones, J. P.
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills cure all forms of
weakness arising from a watery condition of
the blood or shattered uerves, two fruitful
causes of almost every ill that flesh is heir to.
These pills are also a specific forthe troubles
peculiar to females, such as suppressions, all
forms of weakness, chronic constipation,
bearing down speedy pains, etc., relief and in the case of
men will give and effect a per¬
manent cure In all cases arising from men¬
tal worry, overwork or excesses of what ever
nature.
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain all the ele¬
ments necessary to give new life and rich¬
ness to the blood, manufactured and restore shattered Dr.
nerves. They are by the Y.,
Williams’ Medicine Co., Schenectady, N.
and are sold only in boxes bearing the Arm’s
trade-mark and wrapper at Mi cents a box, or
six boxes for t‘2.5l, and are never sold iu
bulk or by the dozen ox hundred.
Ate His Dinner Twice
An absent minded Roxborough
citizen was sent to the city yesterday,
says the Philadelphia Record, to
make a few purchases for his better
half. On prior occasions he had re¬
turned home complaining of a head¬
ache, caused by missing his noon¬
time meal. To make sure he would
not forget any of the articles wanted,
his wife prepared a memorandum.
At the head of the list was: “Don’t
forget your dinner,’’ and to make
doubly sure she finished with the
same admonition. Arriving in the
the city the paper was pulled from
his pocket. Seeing the dinner notice
lie dropped in a restaurant and filled
U P Each articl * wa9 parked off the
the bot J orrii whcn ** Get y0U r din
ner” again appeared. He dropped
into the nearest eating house and
£ ave an elaborate order. It hap¬
pened to be the same place visited an
hour or so before, and his appetite
was a revelation to the waiter, who
was the same man who served the
first dinner.
The war department lias just granted a
medal of honor to Alonzo II. Pickle, ser¬
geant of Company B, First Battalion, Min¬
nesota Infantry, for saving the life of an
officer who fell desperately wounded be¬
tween the lines in a battle of tiie late war.
Mr. Pickle ought to be thankful that lie
lived long enough to give the govertSnffnt
sufficient time to find out that he had donti
a heroic deed.