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About The Crawford County herald. (Knoxville, Crawford Co., Ga.) 1890-189? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1892)
Af!s. Tis /ood to speak in kir.fily gnlse, And soothe wbe’er we can; Fair speech should bind the human mind, And love link man to man. But stop not at the gentle words; Let deeds with language dwell; The one who pities starving birds Should scatter crumbs as well; The mercy that is warm and trna Must lend a helping hand. For those that talk, yet fail to do, But “build upon the sand.” A BICYCLE ELOPEMENT. BY H. C. DODGE. i. A I loved my wheel to dislraction. Ethel loved her wheel, also, to dis¬ traction. Consequently the attraction of this distraction united our souls in single thoughts and caused our hearts to palpitate on the unit plan. Of course we n ere “engaged” and looking forward to a honeymoon of all wheel and no wh >a and in the meantime enjoying almost daily bicycle trips through the lovely country about our rural town. No earthly sweetness could surpass those blissful rides. The fragrant flowers nodded, the tall trees bowed, the broezes whispered and the wild birds sang their most glorious serenades to us as we two turtle doves on wheels passed before them. Dame Naturo in her gayest dress Bmiled every time she saw tin, and so did a good many other folks, no doubt, but as we were too much “en¬ gaged” to heed their levity, they smiled in vain. It was no wonder that Ethel and I became romantic and sentimental when to the purest joy of courting was added the next best delight of cycling. Such a combination was indeed calcu¬ lated to make love’s young dream too bright to last. There seemed no obstacle between us and perfect happiness except tlie consent of Ethel’s parents to our union. I naturally felt timid about asking for it and wanted Ethel, who was much bolter acquainted with them, to spoak first. But she insisted that it was my place to make the open¬ ing address, and utterly refused to do anything in tho matter beyond, vig¬ orously seconding the motion. “Well, dear Ethel,” 1 said, during one of our cycling trips, “you might at least tell me tlie surest way of mak¬ ing your father like me before I come to tlie point. How would it do to start a little political discussion to be¬ gin with—taking his side, of course, and after gradually drawing him into an excitement—then while lie’s m td nt the other fellows, offer to beeomo his son-in-law and vote agaiust the ras¬ cals with him?” , “I badly think that would work,” a aid Ethel soberly, “for no one knows how pa is at present. He lias been a Republican and a Democrat and a Pro¬ hibitionist and a Mugwump. 1 heard lately he was on a fence—whalevor that menus. If you didn’t strike him just right, you know we would bo to¬ tally ruined.” “Suppose I talked bicycles to him 1 —don’t think that would you urousc an enthusiasm and make him want me to be his companion in the glorious sport?” “O, not for the world,” Ethel cried. “Pa once took a header and the scar is on his nose yet. He utterly detests that superb enjoyment.” “Then Ethel,” I said sadly, “I’ll have to come out flat footed and ask him to bless us. If lie won’t—” “He shall,” bravely answerd Ethel, “oly don’t ineu'ion politics nor cy¬ cling.” Assuming a boldness that 1 did not feel, that very night I sought a busi¬ ness interview with my fate’s father in tho parlor of his home. As he entered die room I, nerved for the aivful ordeal, rose and, with my best bow, wished him a “good evening.” “Good evening! Take a seat, sir,” he said in rather a too dignified tone for ray comfort. “I understand you want to see mo on very important business.” “Yes, sir,” I, trembling, replied. “I am here to ask you for, for_” “For what, young man?” He spoke pretending not to notice my blushes. “For your daughter’s hand.” The old gentleman gazed at me in evident surprise at my temerity. “My daughter’s hand,” he slowly repeated, “which hand, might I ask, do you want?” “Why, both, sir,” I stammered “I love her to distraction and— and—” The stern parent eyed me from head to foot and then soletniy shook his head. “Young man! ” ho sagely remarked, “have you given this mat¬ ter due consideration? Are you able, with your salary to support a wife? Do you know that my daughter’s dres-es alone cost, last year, five hun¬ dred dollars?” Ttie old gentleman thought he had me there, but lie didn’t. “Yes, sir!” I answered meekly, “I advised her to get them.” “Ah, ha! I see. That accounts for the young lady’s extravagance, In lime of prosperity you were pre¬ paring for adversity—at my expense. Thought the old man a good goose to t<ck, did von? Well, my noble youth, while I admire your foresight and business capabilities I must con¬ fess vou are altogether too smart to be my son-in-law. I distinctly and de cidedly have the pleasure of inform¬ ing you that I intend to keep my daughter’s bands, But if mine can be of any assistance iu helping you down (he steps—here they are.” That ended the unfortunate inter view. r It was a long, long week before I saw Ethel and her woftil face was a picture of distress. Mine was more so. “Ethel,” I groaned as we de¬ jectedly rode along|on our wheels, “Low can we live without eacli other?” “We can’t and we wont,” she bravely exclaimed, “pa is just too horrid for anything. I’m mad enough to elope.” “Hurrah!” I shouted. “I’m with you—rain or shine. Let’s elope on our bicycles. Never was done before. Strictly original. Patent applied for. We’ll be famous the world over, and your pa will be proud of us.” “Yes—but,” thoughtfully Spoke Ethel when she recovered from the shock, how can wo manage to take my five-year stock of dresses. You won’t be able to buy me any till you’re in the firm you said.” “Easy,” I answered. “You can smuggle them in the barn, wearing one at a time under your every day dress, and place them in a trunk I’ll have hidden in the hay. Then I’ll put wheels on the trunk aud we’ll tow it behind when we elope. What a team we’ll make.” “And what a capital contriver you aro,” cried the dear, innocent girl; “but you’ll have to pull the hardest though." “Never fear,” I laughed, “only name the happy night.” At the appointed time I stood in the shadow made by the full moon under Ethel’s^window. As the clock struck midnight Ethel poked her swoet face out and whistled softly. Quickly I raised a ladder to her casement, and wilh a Romeo’s ardor helped my fair Juliet to the ground where our glitter¬ ing, iron steed stood waiting impa¬ tiently to be off. The loaded trunk on well greased wheels was down by the gate ready to hitch on behind us aud the minister in the next town was waiting according to arrangement to tie tlie ten dollar knot when we ar¬ rived. Although Ethel snid that both her pa aud urn wore soundly snoring when she left her room I knew it wasn’t saf s to linger so, wasting no time iu saying “good byes” to the old home¬ stead, up wo leaped on our gallant steeds and away wo flew down the carriage drive to tho front gate almost forgetting the invaluable trunk ill our mad haste to escape. Stopping and slipping its rope harness about my waist and working like a steam eu gine to haul it over tlie smooth, macad¬ amized road wo fled in the direction of iny friend, the parson. Our brave cycles needed no whip and spur to make them go. They seemed to feel the awful responsibility thrust upon them and did their level best. Still the trunk handicapped mine to such an exteut that soon l wished L hadn’t urged Ethel to secure so many new but it was too late to re¬ pent. On we went with a long ten mile* between a* aud victory, and a short one mile between u* and Eihel’s pa, who might wake up at any moment to pursue aud capture the trunk and— Horror*! a clatter of advancing hoofs from behind told us the threatened danger had arrived. On the straight moonlighted road not a half mile of! a man on horseback—Ethel’s furious pa without a doubt—was in full chase. “Fly! Love! Fly I" I cried to my frightened sweetheart, as I leaped from iny wheel and pushed tho heavy trunk into a roadside thicket. “Fly for your life!” 1 shrieked when 1 gained her side again, “wo must ge l to the minister first.” How we flew. Our wheels never touched the ground; they bounded through tho air; like lightning, like sky rockets they whizzed. At the same time our pursuer— Ethel’s pa to a certainty—was near enough to yell for us to stop and gaining, for it was up hill before ur. But wo readied the hill top ere he caught us, and away we flashed like a pair of cannon balls fired from a dynamite gnu and followed by a tor¬ nado. One mile, two miles, three milos we raced, pursuer and pursed, neither losing nor gaining, as in silence wc all streaked past woods and fields aud scattered farmhouse* lining the dreary way. “Twas the greatest testof speed and endurance ever known between horse and bicycle. All records were broken and—hurrah. The wheel kept ahead as usual. At the sixth mile the horse began falling behind in spite of its rider’s efforts. At the seventh mile Ethel’s pa was out of sight. Two miles more of the cycle’s lightning speed aud we reached our temporary haven of safety, the min¬ ster’s where its sleepy owner was sitting up and praying for our safe arrival. In we rushed and in ten minutes our matrimonial knot was firmly tied. Then We went out on tlie piazza to look for “pa.’’ He soon came along on his tired horse and seeing oilr wheel at the parson’s gate stopped to flntl out what it meant. Ethel, aided by me and the parson, told him and the sensible old gentle¬ man not only gave us his blessing but afterwards traded his horse for a wheel. It is needless to say that he now loves it to distraction and thanks his dutiful son-in-law for the same.— [Chicago Sun. The Modern Tooth. Fresh from iris recent revelations as to the inevitable results of higher education on the women of the future, Sir James Crichton Browne, who presided yesterday over a meeting of the British Dental Asso* ciaiion, has felt it iris painful duty to call attention to tlie lamentable condi¬ tion of the tooth of the present. The picture he draws is truly desolating, and it is all the more so, in that it is founded on the relentless basis of actual investigation. Out of 1861 children under twelve recently ex¬ amined, the proportion of thoso blest with normal or perfect teeth iu need of neither extraction nor filling was only one in eighteen. Even more alarming are the dental statistics of Leeds, where ninety per cent, of the teeth of the population are bad. Fur¬ thermore, Sir James stated that no fewer than ten millions of artificial teeth are used in England annually. Of the three causes to which Sir James Crichton Browne attributed the pres¬ ent parlous condition of the liumau tooth—soft food, high pressure, aud vitiated atmosphere—tlie first, at least, is by no means an inevitable condition of latter-day life. On the other hand, tlio nervous tension of modern exis¬ tence and the growth of largo towns are factors which cannot bceliminated from the great dental problem, and are bound to exert an increasingly de¬ structive influence on the type of the coming nr.au. We are rapidly tending toward an era of total baldness, and this, it seeins, is to bo further aggra¬ vated by toothlessness. There is an ancient Greek legend of the daughteis of Phorcys, who had only one eye and one tooth among them. This, we take it, must have been a prophetic view of the results of culture and civilization ou Globe. the woman of the future.— [London New “Siamese” Twins. That strange freak of nature known as “tlie Siamese twins” has, it ap¬ pears, been repeated in Orissa. The “Orissa twins” nre described as two littlo Urlya girls of about tivo sum¬ mers old. When last heard of they were leaving by steamer for Ibis coun¬ try on their way to tho World’s Fair at Chicago, though tlioy will first be exhibited hero. They are, it is stated, firmly joined together, and if one is fed both nre satisfied. When they were in early infancy at lloapara, in the interior of Orissa, the native vil¬ lagers looked upon them as the incar¬ nation of tlie devil, and their parents were boycotted by their caste people. Tlie story is that the father’s first im¬ pulse was to separate them by cutting the sac which joins them together, and the mark made in the attempt is still visible. A wealthy tehsilder of the district, however, intervened. Ketter Naick, the father of the twins, is re¬ ported to be now steadily growing rich. The Siaincso twins, Chang and Eng, were, it will bo remembered, of the male sex. They were born in 1811 and died iu America within two hours of euch other, in January, 1874. — [London News. Great Haul of White Elephants. New happy hunting grounds have been found by Mr. Savi, the renowned superintendent of the elephant khed dahs at Dacca, with the result that ho has brougiit down this season tho enormous number of 266 of these un¬ wieldy animals from the heart of the Garo Hills. It is probable that they had never before seen a human being, and they were certainly unaware of the arts by which elephants are caught; for hitherto this Dirge tract of country had not been hunted, owing to the difficulty of making a road by which to get out ihe new captives. It had become important that the old hunt¬ ing districts should have a rest. Now that the Garo Hills are brought within reach by Mr. Savi’s enterprise, it i* thought tlie risk of exhaustion iu the old haunts wilt bo minimized. The Mandarin Tongue. The most widely spread language it China is the Mandarin. It is used in one form or another in fourteen or fifteen of the nineteen provinces com¬ posing Chinn. There nre also North¬ ern and Southern Mandarin tongues. The best Northern Mandarin dialect is spoken in Pekin, while the best South¬ ern Mandarin is spoken in Nankin. A third marked form of tlie same tongue is used in West China, especially in Tsien-Kiang. People who speak tho various Mandarin dia¬ lects, however, can understand one another readily. If we estimate the population of China at 660,000,000 of people, at least 300,000,000 use tho Mandarin tongue. All persons, from whatever part of China, who desire to *nter political or efficial life, learn this tongue. One Difliar iYcekty Buvs a good Gold watch by our Clul System. Our 14 karat gold-filled Fine Elgin cases are warranted for 20 years. Or Waltham toon meat, Stem wind and set. Lady’s or Gent’s size. Equal to any $50 watch. To secure agents where we have none, we sell one of the Hunt¬ ing Case Watches for the tiiub pribe $28, and send C. 0. D. by express with the privilege of examination before paying for same. Our agent at Durham, N. C. writes: “Our jowe'e s have confessed they don’t know how you can furnish such work for the money.” South Our agent at Heath Spiing, Carolina, writes! sight. Th; l ‘Your Watches take at gen tlemin who got the last watch said that he examined an 1 priced a jeweler’s watches in Lancaster, that were no better than yours, but the price was $45.” Our agent at Pennington, Tex., writes: “Am in receipt of the waleh, and am pleased without measure. All who have Seen it say it would be cheap at $10.” One good reliable Agent Wante 1 fc such place. Write for patticulais. New York, Empire WatcH Co., lvr Important to Ladles. Sir — 1 made use of your Piiilotokek with my last child, in order to I procure used a safe and easy travail, it about two month* before my expected time, until 1 w*s taken sick, and I had a very quick and easy confinement. No h ing occurred to protract my couv. hs cence, and I got about in le-i- rim 1 than was usual for me. I think it u medicine that should he med by t very expectant I motner, for should they hut try it as have, they would never again be without it at such times. I am, Your- respectfully, MRS. ELIZABE ITT D1X. 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