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About The People's advocate. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1892-1893 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1893)
THE PEOPLE’S ADVOCATE, rRAWFORDVILLF,, OA. Among recent crimes in France there were nine of young children under ten killed by boys under four teen years. Prince Bismarck is reported to have ssid recently t<> sonic Herman students that “the sh« ddiug of blood was thank less business.” A Paris correspondent says that flic two recent suicides committed on th* Eiffel Tower make a total of nearly thirty commitli d oa or at the foot of the tower since its construction, Th. spread of tin- suicidal contagion led lo the closing of the Velidome Colli lull. Each animal sent to Europe now must be inspected and a record kept. A tag is attached to lb ear showing its number. If is also inspected at th# port of arrival, In this way any in fortiori can at once b<- discovered und traced to its origin and combated. In Plymouth founty, Iowa, they have a singular rns.-. A naturalized Englishman willed his property to his father und committedmiiridc. His is liitc includes about •. worth of biml. Tin-will is being contested on behalf of the Htuto for confiscation nn der a law which .................. from inheriting from , a e.twc. . of the I ...ted Stab s. If young Uidniesley hiuln t naturalized his father might get th# property—otherwise, probably not. Probably fb<! largest congregation in tho United Slidt-H n# that of the Church of the Most Precious Blood (Roman Catholic), in New \oik City, says tln> In#h«|n nd# lit. It was I 01111 <I< <I for Italian* only » f#-w years, ami 25, IKMl of that Nationality belong to it-i parish. The parish of Ht. Joas-hini, which i* also an Italian Church, lias about ir>,oim communicants, and it is estimated that 7NOO attend mass tln-r*< every Holiday, there bciug six services. Man 1* not *oli#l matter, exclaims the New Y#»rk News. Ho is porous ns a sponge and os luminous. It will hooii came to pass that diseases will !>#■ treat ed only after examination by an elec trie illuminator. An experiment was tried on a boy of New York City a few days ago. An illuminator wan placed in brnmonth. ‘ Every faeiffi vein visible, tissue made transparent ami even defects of the gums were made clear to the eyes. The search-light was n deciiled suc#’«-ss. There is more to follow before this eeutiirv expires, pro# licts the N#-wh. It seems that the United Htub-s is not tho only country that has trouble with its tmnl fisheries. Chile has cine Hue seal rookeries at the straits of Ma gellan, nml bn* just heard that there ore u lot ##f Vessels th#-re violating ln-r laws about j»#*lagiesealing. Th«-r<* ar#' two .Wri. au,' Hire.. Argentine ami tour EugliaU «M-h#»*ner«, at it. and Chile hie# ordered a couple of her war vessels t#i go down and prevent the further ft!nughtt>r of the st-als. F.aeh vessel is armed with rapid llr#> gun* mii# 1 is manned with acrcM* that will not hesi tate t<< no#* them. 11<-ck und birds court tin- socn-ty of man—that is. th«*y s#-#-k tin* localities where field* an*l gardens atwMimt, for they fare b«-tt#‘r when human mdu-dry extorts from the s#*il tin- prinhn*t.s up on whieh they subsist. V Maine 1 *#-•» cult 11 rist way* it iw tin- rarest thing iu the world to find bee* away fr#>ui the w#'ttl#'iu»-nt* #>r fr«-ni opcnmgw where they nr#- oftcxicwt found, und geu# rally not far from the »-dg<- of th<- wahhIk. It is the womb with birds. Th#«r»* ar# no w.uig bir#lw 111 tin* northern Maine wilderu#-w» and se-aronly anything that can ?>#• #-h 11<-.1 bird life. Birds cluster around towns and villages. Aecordmg to tho correspondent of a New York paper a number *>f Amcri ••ans t#«»k active part in the r«-eciit war iu Honduras. Several of them, h- way*, were given rank f.»r tln-ir ser vices, which consisted principally in picking #>ff th# enemy at long range when the fire of the native troojw wa# ineffective. For tli-w* d«a .1* of valor theso-calli-d Ann rican-s were j«ud w> much a victim. Very like ly. #-u,*e« #*t« the San Francisco t’hr. i.icle. th#-w sharpwbo# -G rs were iu# re waudet«-r» thschinci to lv \:.-<# m an- I-# .-siiw they knew it w.i a c<- d country t« hail from, ami wh • w# r# in H-ndura# tieCMOe th# J t h eight Ltmg ui*r. profitable than w . rluuft TxnnratCrtY i» t»-r-t*i-ar b ft. ii*?*.*" mp-Ttaiit ftfl in L# n. iMunr .ten tt> ar t i#wr lciAng a < <wwopoadtOt I «-#«4» |h * foUowtef mud * f # v^* rtn<- ta i:.# ar.- • .# tr;t ati-. ■ wturh P*LU were grow 1 •e.. Juian it) hr |»ioi»t*4 NM bit .nth '-u.b it* potr •pr« tattf • ' r a • Tiff evli» cmw -aptdiy. *'-i th' p**u.t* *#*i*. tau# I *#mm a. February It. common things. OiTe me .tear Lord, Thy magic common ttiinr*. Which all can «•• <>, which alt may rhar • — Sunlight and •lewdropii. gra<* an<J stars and *ca— Noth.ng unique or new and nothing rare. Just dni-i<~, knaow.-ed, wind among the thorns; Borne clouds to cross the bins old sky 1 a'ovc; Ham, Winter lire*, a useful hand, a heart, The common glory of a woman’s love. Then, when my feet no longer tread old paths ,Keep them from fouling s-.woet things anywhere!. Write on* old epitaph in glace lit words: “.Such things look fairer that he sojourned here." —The Spectator. WITH MAIMED KITES. US. CA UN EG IE’S last word’s had ! been, “For heav cn’s sake, Lctitia, fjlL ilf# don’t again let to-<lay it be 1” late It ,» was luncheon, and / luncheon to men l who have spent the morning on ^ imm the moors is ’ portant. At 12.15, therefore, just tif* : teen minutes be fore it was licces Miry to start, the WIl£ , onc ^ ( , |,y Mrs. Carnegie’s orders, at the door, the basket, put in, and Mrs. Carnegie in the breakfast room worrying her sister, Mrs. Main waring, ^ bv assurances that tho girls would make ^ M U4(w)> “Dollie was ready half an hour ago,” gaid Mrs. Muinwariug. “I saw licr in the hall,” “Dolly in not going with us. I don’t often take her m.t. It wouldn’t be fair ' J to the two others." “But it is not lair to Dollie to leave her so much at home. Bhe has not gone ! : out with us once since f came." j “Don't distress yourself about Dollie; she i* quite happy." herself so?” “How does she make “Oh! I don’t know. We are going to be so late. Bbo gardens, she sketches, she Iocs all kinds of things. 1 don’t think she milks the cows, hut she cer thinly feeds the chickens.” “Oh, Lctitia!" “Why do you say, ‘Oh, Lctitia;* ought 1 to know whether she milks the cows or not ?” | “You ought to know a great deal moru about her than you do. There is such a thing as getting tired of garden ing anil feeding the chickeus.” “Yes, I know, hut that hasn’t hap pcueil to Dollie yet, ami you see going out is so much mote important to the oilier girls. Just think, Evic is tweuty nix and Agnos is only a year younger.” Dollied*twwty-euo^ “An ago when amusement is not un palatable.” “My dear, 1 must do you worry me. my duty to the cldoit—but I wish they would come.” “Amt white you are marrying them Dollie will marry herself, and probably not to your liking In a fairy talc she would fall in love with the gardener, who would, of course, hc the king’s son in the ample aud effectual disguise of a shabby coat ami cap. in real life, she ■ may perhaps give her poor little affec tions to some photographer holiday from Glas- the gow, who is taking a at •Blue Bonnet.* ” ! “Oh, Cecilia! Dollie is not a girl of I that kind. She is as good as gold ami perfectly bumble, and she shall go everywhere when Evie gets engaged lias it slrtu-k you that Sir l’hilij# is in love with Evie i I am almost certain that In- is, ami I am #!#-liglitc<l. Oh, here tin girls come. How charming they both ‘ look!” , Mrs. Mainwsrinjr, who hod so lately seen Dollie in her plain morning «lr# -s, balking like a sweet (lower refreshed bv the , dews , ,.f ,, heaven, did . . not particularly .11 admire the two tailor clad gir.s who were playing at being m the country 1 nev were pretty but worn out am faded by a long Lond.in season, and yet they bad only come North to recover strength to go through another. They had no liking f.>r scenery unless it were accompanied by a large amount of human interest, ami while they tn>d the heather pined to have the Loudon pavement beneath their feet again and Loi»«l#>n whops before their eye*. “And what have you been doing this ; afternoon, Dolhcl asked Mr*, .lam- „ . waring at tea time. : Dollie blushed (her aunt thought bo- ) cauv it was so unusual i#*r anyone to take any interest in her employments). ; an-i said, “-ketching iu the glen. aunt, j “And you had a doll little luncheon all alone by yourself, iu that great dm tag-room?” working hard I ; “No, 1 was so toot could not spare time to come in. 1 aUr i all the bread I liad taken with roc to rub out with. 1 wish you would come to the glen, aunt; it is so pretty.” idd “Dear child, 1 a:a muc.i too to May 1 sketch V < scramble. sic your j DoHu- brought it. ller mother linked [ at it, too. ami was star:!#-1 at it# ui< rit. ‘ “Whv. Doliic!” she * *c#aiuK-#l. “you have "improved ieft-haud wonder.uliy! excellent.’* That bit in the corner is , . . I, • bad aom - - “An uUik Dol»ie. YV* at do you »tr*)cd in by • three wc o a # when 1 w»* i .--re j vinting. 11** hi* of tm U.vu t-» *» rw tb ft* *: #-. »’ ! wbe -• • lit * - * 1 hr -gives me Mill] b, ,at. He ! t*-J.-ht Hi II* r ter s attcctl a *t# tr-*#u ,1 % g M*». V . I# t. *». % Ota that <a J*a» Sou i She was not, however, looking at tho sketch, but at her niece’s rosy checks. “He gives you hints about your paint ing, you say?” continued Mrs. Carnegie, who bad seen nothing of this. “Yes, mother,” replied Dollie, rising to e^eape as quickly as she could. “Take care that he is not teaching her how to fall in love, said Mrs. Main war ing. “That child! No." “That child! Yes? Be quick and stop it.” “I will—I really will. Just now it is hard to attend to anything but Evie and Sir Philip, but when that business is settled Dollie shall always he with me. Did you see how he watched Evic at luncheon?” “No, I thought he was rather vexed or disappointed about something.” “I hope not. Kvie may perhaps have been nuking some of her stupid speeches. But he loves her, I am sure! I am so happy about it that 1 am not able to think of anything else.” “So it seems,” thought Mrs. Main waring; so she spoke to Dollie herself and gave her much good advice. From Dollie she learned that the landscape painter's name was Fleming, that he was v ring, good-looking and clever, lived in Edinburgh, was quite a gentleman, and not at all the kind of man that Aunt Cecelia seemed to imagine. Two days aftcr-.v&rd Aunt Cecelia was rather unexpectedly summoned home,. but before going she again spoke to her sister about the danger of allowing Dollie to sit for hours sketching in the gi<-n. Being iuformed that Dollie had been forbidden to go there, Mrs. Mriin wnring advised her sister to assure her self that Dollie had understood and was obeying tins order. This Mrs. Carnegie did, ami then once more gave her whole mind to Sir Philip and Evie. Why aid hc not propose? The day of his departure was drawing veiy near. earlier It catnc two days than had been anticipated, A rich old bachelor, uncle of Sir Philip, who was then in Sundar Dmbhirc, despatched and this telegram to him: “Am iii, must have rest. Have a large party here, and can get none, Come at once and help me, or i shall die outright. Why aio you so long in arriving?" Ten minutes after the telegram came Sir Philip followed Mr. Carnegie to tho study—a .stu ly in which no book wus ever opened but that which ho Had gone fetch—Bradsh Mrs. * Carnegie to iw. thought she knew what Sir Philip had ,,„ne to do, and tried to be patient while she awaited tho result. In a quarter of uii hour her husband came and said: “My dear, I have hud great surprise—a very great surprise— it almost amounted to a shock." “ What nonsense, Chariest You must have known what was coming,” “Why should 1? You didn’t.” “Indeed, I did. I have known for ten days that Sir Philip wanted to marry Erie." “Uut he doesn’t—it is Dollie.* * ^ =-«* ** love with - tho young daughter no was still Sir Philip; so, after Mrs. Carnegie was sufficiently recovered to tit a now heroine into the romance in which she was so much interested, she sent out emissaries in search of Dollie. No one could find her, uutii at last an under gardener, being much pressed by Mrs. Carnegie her-elf, said, with evident re luctance, that Miss Dollie might, per haps, he thought, he painting in Lidy well Wood. To reach this wood a cornfield had to he traversed, and just as *lrs. Carnegie was half across it she saw Dollie in the distance, bidding farewell to a gentle man with a sketching bag on his back. The unhappy lady stopped short in hor rer. “This must,” sue thought, “l>e that odious artist Cecelia Mainwaring was so alraid of. How can Dollie dare to si-#* hint, when 1 have forbidden hurl" “Dollie,” she exclaimed, “this is shameful! 1 have been trusting you all this time, atul you, it seems, have been breaking your word!” “Oh, no, 1 have not! 1 have not been "far the glen, a-id I have never seen Mr. UIlt il this morning! Don’t look tix inotUw 1 aru speaking the ^ , , wa u . xvay t0 tell you all |f .. lvUnu . nothing of that klndl I want to know nothing.' “But you must kuow, mother—you will be forced to know. Sir. Fleming has asked sue to marry him, and I have said I will.” “You have! Well, girls do stupid things, sometimes; but the sooner you undo this the better! ’ “Ah, vou are angry because you still t |iink that hc and I have been deceiving you.” said Dollie. tenderly “but, mother, wo have not. We really have not seen >ac ^ ot j, er s j ni . L . vou sjwke to me, until ‘ { ) (i u am j how he ( liun .i out where 1 ^ s V otchin , { lloU ’t yet know.” .. Vu .l you never w:U. You will not ^ bjm -Oh, luit let roc tell you how it all k j M vrill see how different everythin" is from what vou imagine, Lidywcll Wood—I could not ref us*' to say a word to him once hc was there, could 1? Besides, 1 think hc came on purpose to ask ms to marry him. *->.vy no more about that, Dollie, it only vexes me. You inu.t have known that you would never be flowed to do it. '1 thcr,” Dollie began, but her voice failcl her i«#*a i \ i't ca! * l raj:. U a good -irl. , 1 . ; * re* n t* a .J write and tel! tiut Li»‘i »!.*t r* ; ia;. ,» t.» #1, so.” .,,v 1» ” l Mi. Cw .» s-ce c * .# n he and >t FfiiUp came. «w m were A tjgw -,at«-s ago, bat • in ttt*- sun, aid it — .1 to i «i{ % it y bad l*fc« 1 # * i i. 41 * 1 **** uot tot kt uakua 1 stay till to-morrow,** tali Sir Philip, after erpressiag * much sympathy. “Oh, you must cot do that—yon must cpt offend jour untie, besides. Doll.e run y not he well enough to see you to mo Sir Philip sighed woefully. “She is not seriously ill. If you will take my advice you will go to-day, as your u:.elc.'.vhhes^ you will stay at ile-i • i, lie as long a? he stays—I think you ssid he would be there a month—and when you have done that you will do us tic great pleasure of seeing you back here. Don’t distress yourself about see ing Dollie. It is much better that you I ave not seen her. You would not have een able to get her to say what you wish without a great deal of persuasion certainly not in one day—even if she had teen well. Bhe has not the slightest idea that you care for her, and she is very shy and timid.” ' Sir Philip departed, and Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie repaired to the study to write to Mr. Fleming. Their daughter, they said, might have been temporarily led away by persuasion, but now saw, as sny one with any judgment must see, that a marriage with him was out of the question. They enclosed a letter from | ;r which would inform him of the true state of her feelings, and trusted that he would see the propriety of leaving the neighborhood at once. write that “But can you get her to ^.terf’ asked Mr. Carnegie. "Oh, yes,” replied his wife, and went to Doltie’s room, which she did not leave until she had succeeded. I It Two tears had fallen on Dollie’s paper -bile she was writing. Mrs. Carnegie ta d seen the blisters which they raised, Kiting ■t Dollie had sullered so cruelly while the leter, that it was impossible ■ insist on her making a clean copy. So Itrengthened Kweut with its blisters to Fleming and his conviction that Dollie I 1 'as acting under coercion. He wrote to her, but his letter was ro J irned by Mr. Carnegie unopened, with the words, “You have had your dismis sal from my daughter, and you have had it from me. I request you at once to leave this neighborhood. Should you persist in remaining, steps will bu taken *o enforce this request.” , Fleming became desperate, and being powerless in other ways, called the wis doin of the serpent to his aid, and wrote, “I Hud it so hard to believe that your daughter’s mind can have changed so suddenly that I cutreat you to let mo see her alone for ten minutes. If you per mit this, and she then speaks os she has written, I give you my word of honor as u gentleman to accept her decisiou as haul, and to leave this place at once.” "What a nuisance the man is l” cx claimed Mrs. Carnegie. “Wesliallliavc to let him come. Sir Philip returns next week—we can’t have this kind of thing K oin S on then.” So, with great reluctance, Mr. Carae jde replied, “Since you refuse to believe tue truth, and insist on giving inydaugh ht ter this psin, you \p+ come will to-morrow tell 12, when sbo you for gent „ . “But he is a gentleman, thought Mr3. Carnegie, when Fleming entered the room where she, her husband and their two eldest daughters were assembled to receive him. Mr. Carnegie felt Dollie’s hand trembling on bis arm as he led her down, arul had at last to support her lest her feet should fail her altogether. At the drawing room door hu kissed" hi r and said; “Be brave, darling, it will soon be over. You could not have married him; but I will own that he is better looking than I expected.” “Is he?” she exclaimed eagerly. “Are you quite sure that you would never have said yes?” “Quite! Stick to what has been agreed on, and let us get quietly over it." All eyes were fixed on Dollie as she catue in, looking pale, ill and scarcely able to stanil. No one spoke—all waiteil to hear the words that were about to be said. How would that fnltciiug, frightened girl gel through her tot speech? They had expected that all that was about to be said would lie said with in range of their hearing, hut Mr. Flem ing went to meet her, ami then turned to the family group and said: “As this interview has been permitte#! entirely to satisfy me that 3bss Carnegie is acting ir# accordance with her o-.vu wish, you will not object to my taking her to the other side of the room. It will not be a private interview even then, but if we can exchange a fe.v words unheard l shall be mure abie to accept them os final.” Something in his manner terrified Mrs. Carnegie. What was he saying? What might not he be trying to persuade Do 1 lietodol She was a weak little thing —they ought not to have afforded him this opportunity, for the girl who had yielded to her parents, when they bad asked her to do what was contrary to the wish of her heart, might yield t> her lover when he i.s-o-1 a reverse. “Charies," she whis|>etcd, “wc have been fools to let him a-e her! Wno—” “Do be quiet, my love,” sfid Mr. Carnegie. “It can’t be helped now.” But he was sitting, watch in hand, long, ing as much as she did for the tea min utes to come to an end. Fleming-was talking so serious and Dollie listening so intentiy. “Time is up!” Mr. Carnegie es claimed, almost :ovjus1v, as he put his y«Mi told tb.« gentlemen by word ©f -.V when “».:c has told m. all I want to know,” -aid Fleming. “Tuask you, for alio#mg me to see her. Tha::k you aln» for insisting • .i being :a the room **th us. f»t 1 birr *«acth:3g to say a ich roi-u res the orv«va<c of witnesses, B#*t < »r* tlMsr 1 a*- i»>i 1 declare th:* woman *W Near, Dollie, •I*-**.. A l in » 1 » of the I .a..;. *•*» had rtvovmd Jio-s tfi« shock of hearing these words, Dollie hoc! faltered forth. “I declare this man to be my husband.” -•What does this m in':’’ criel Mr. Carnegie, who kac-w something of Scotch law. “It means that we are married! Don’t be anxious about your daughter’s future. I am not a Lord of Burleigh, but her home will be one in which we can re ceive you if you will come.’’—London Black and White. UTSE WORDS. A bird doesn't sing by note. Friendship is love disiafectcl. Love is a spray of forget-me-not?. Babies are sunbeams with clothes on. Tiiere are volumes in a woman's eyes. Learn to e .plain thy doctrine by thy life. l-’iesh without a thoru in it isn’t hu ^ K'ndncss out of season destroys * power. An ounce of action is worth a pound of talk. Happiness doesn't alwavs ride in a " carriage. ", s ”, Blessed the . sorrowful , , who , are carry a cheery face. .9 Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others. A som , occupied with great ideas , best performs small duties. In this world it is not what we take np, but what we give up that makes us rich. To speak out and to oilend, with some people, are but one and the same thing. There are three supreme agonies in life* the agony of jealousy, the agony of fearing you have mistaken your talents, and the agony of ennui. “God bless you,” is the old-fashioned summing up of sincere affection, with out the least smirk of studied civility. In moil of the highest character und noblest genius there generally exists in satiablu desire of honor, command, power, and glory. Thcro is no beautilier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wisii to scatter joy aud not pain around us. With meekness, humility and diligence npply yourself to the duties of your con dition. They arc the seemingly little things which make uo noise that do the business. • Knowledge of books in a man of busi nsss is a torch in the hands of one who is wilting and able to show those who are bewildered tho way wnich leads to prosperity. “Squaw Men.” “A squaw man,” said James B. Iloff. man, of Guthrie, Oklahoma, at tho Na tional, “is a white man who has mar ried an Indian squaw. There are thou sands of them out West and in California and Nevada. Iu tbo last named States they are a disreputable lot, ostracised by their fellow whites aud lowered -eaeC 'ally to the’[mm, upon wl:A they nu voluntarily placed themselves. live in cabins in the mountains, fish, hunt and work and mine a little, but roll in tho mire of a social degrodation well deserved, for it is beyond the com prehension of a decent white man how one can marry an average Indian squaw, especially when there are so many white -v ■» “ •* tined squaw man. Most of then are of he very ordinary caliber and m. per haps, seven cases out of ten it w gc er ally supposed that .hey have left then respective communities for their own pr.Hection. - “ rhe most prominent squaw man in the United btatc3 is old Amos UQip* man, out in the Territory. While some of them are well-to-do, even wealthy, as things go out there, oil Amos overtop. them all with his cattle, horses anl lands. lie has been there for many years, and is above the class I have just referred to, for he enjovs the respect of those who know him, and is a smart, go . . f „ “For over fifty year, the white, have been marrying with the five great civ. ilixed tribes in the Territory, including the Choctaws ami Cherokee, and their children intermarrying have produced an intelligent race that may be «ud to bo educated, ami though thoy preserve thrfr tnbal relations, lor the advantages gained In holding lauds, they arc pmc tically whites, and this class of men is ot course, removed from the squaw men I hive described. The average squaw is about as thoroughly unattractive and, I may say, as repulsive as a companion as one caa ltuagme. — \\ athington Star. - - Tomatoes and taue -f. In a late issue of the London Times ' appeared letter to the editor containing a j the following- “There is a very preva lent idea that eating tom-itoe* is an ex. j | citing cause of cancer, and lor inundated the last | two years we have beeu so with letters on this subject that the Med- j teal Committee of the Cancer Hospital | would he greatly obliged by your pub lishing in the Times theiropiaiou—viz., ' that tomatoes neither prelispose to nor j excite cancer formation, an i that they j > arc not injurious to those suffering from this disease, nut arc, oa the contrary, a | Tcr T wholesome article of diet, particu j tui* ^cncimlly known. AG.-, t .... K\traori!inary L._____________ Tower. i For a hgut we.ght gua of extraar 1m *»:• power, the Cab. invented oj Colonel de Usage, of the French army, i* at trading much favorsb’e attention abroa#i. It *n only a few week* ago that it wa« given first preierence in com petition with the Krapti an-i other ffehl «uos at Constantinople, aa.l a ##» it too* a e.ft like tlOtiavUdU la L#X.X..• —“NV W diai-i IViki.*. WISE WORDS. Superstition renders a man a fool, and skepticism makes him mad. There is qo substitute for thorough going, ardent and sincere earnestness. The less a man thinks or knows about his virtues the better we like him. Honorable industry always travels the same road with enjoyment and duty. To love to preitch is one thing; to love those to whom we preach, quite another. Poets are the mirrors of the gigantic shadows which futurity casts upon the present. The strokes of the pen need delibera tion as much as those of the sword ncei j swiftness. th ^“.f^wiw °La« and^haittfug thoughts proceed, Every burden has two handles—one smooth and easy to grasp, one rough and f lar, l to hold. TL ” wealth of a man is the number of things he loves und blesses and by which he is loved and blessed. Hc that honors his neighbor on ac count of his money will in the end part company with him in disgrace. Long customs are not c-asilv broken; he that attompts to change the course of his life very often labors in vain. The world is seldom what it seems. To man, who dimly sees, realities ap- 2 >L-ur as dreams, and dreams realities. The martyrs to vice far exceed tho martyrs to virtue, both in endurance and in number. So blinded are we by our passions tlint we suffer more to be lost than to be saved. Offer to tho world ft large, generous, true, sympathetic nature aud, rich or poor, you will have friends, mid will never bo friendless, qo matter what catastrophes may befall yon. A Strange Charity. Of tho many strange ways of bestow ing charity which owe their origin tc the eccentric whims of wealthy testa tors there ure few more peculiar than that which takes place at the Priory Church, West Kmithfield, every Good Friday. This is the Money Dole. On that tiny twenty-one widows might have beeu seen picking up sixpences from a tombstone. This singular cus tom has been observed for ho many years that the actual date of its incep tion is forgotten. Even tho name of the benefactor is unknown. It is stated that a sum of money was originally left by a lady to provide masses each year for the repose of her eoul, but when the Reformation downed the trustees were puzzled how to carry out tho bequest without mcit ing hostile criticism. Eventually they resolved to distribute the interest "Inch accrued each year from tho fund a certain number df poor wid ""H, should be obliged to k neel ? # totnb, ondptek In the stofie «M£- - this way it was hoped t tents would involuntarily offer a prayer iot the welfare of her soul, Another difficulty, however, arose m iv *»«* ^ ho ^7 , , i ^ T'°i b f°“ 1 bu ° ™ ° 2 d ^ 11(1,1 ^ demolished, anil the site eon ^ t f the f und which sup ^ j th ch( rit ^ diverted, and thftt time CU8tom haH been ffiBintftined b / tho gcneroUB donations of ^ oalthy p oplo who ttrc UIlw iU inR that such a quaint 1 charity should bo discoctiulletl _ Tho Millioii. ______ p r (g|dful Slaughter of Game Birds, A , clipping from a Texas ~ paper an aonnee. that an official of ono of tho Pwhandlo counties of that State lma ^ a contract with a Kansas City Jo deliver 30,000 dozen prairie chickens within the next five months. Thesobirds.it is said, are to he sent *” Chicago to fill a contract mule with P"»«* 111 that mty so that.Chicago b *ve a supply of these hems dur tb « wh ” la *»"? ° f th « 8 ^ . is J * ^ ^ ^ contrftct but it ^ J rth tho whilc of the au thor]ti of Tesag t o investigate this anil to endeavor to protect t ho thBt ^ cslgt iu the LoIie Star • . ‘ ^ o{ Xexft3> i iko that of h , * Jain3 States, ha. been ruthlessly ftU ret , f Mli t o-dav there is little of | <lft in compa rmon with what there used to be. This little should l«: preserved bv everv legitimate means, The destruction of the prairie chicken over ^ ^rge a portion of the territory where it was once enormously obun d|iat j g s d 11 fresh in th#* pnblio mind, This is one of the bird, whose cx termination over a vast territory has coln plete, and unless measures for preservation are soon taken in see tioQS wbere lt still exists, it seems hfctdy that in the course of a few years ^ u ;jj stau j j n the same position n#»w occup i cd bv its relative, the heath hen ^ x an3h on; that ^ may exist only in little colonies which are always iqoMdily grow j U g in numlK-rs ami are Two Mammoth ipph Twn. The ^ two largest apple U tr.-sinthc ^ Y ., k ^ near the town of Wilson. The largest was phmteol in 1815. and thirty-three full | >arr ,.i M 0 f apples were once picked from its branch#* in a singl-.-season. jq,e oth«-r is #<n the farm #»1 J. O. O. Br##wa. and yielded tw.-nty ‘tomb barrel#, of vhoicc- ' fruit anl five >>! 'vail*” in th.* wm-u of 1921.— SSC I. :iikj-'ll#i»l. • ••
