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TfiE DEACON’S PIETY.
• rr WAS EQUAL TO ALL OCCASIONS ANO
lasted over eighty years.
juipendad Religion* Service* Indefinitely
to Nor*e the Victim* of a Smallpox Epi
demic—An Example In Till* uHe Wee
In Devotion to the Flag.
Deacon William Trowbridge was a
email farmer living near Sheboygan
Falla He went there over 50 years ago.
Besides tilling a little patch of ground
the deacon, who was indeed the very
soul of honor and ever had the respect
and confidence of all in that commu
nity, was in the habit, before regular
preachers were sent there, of reading a
sermon or exhorting. There was no
sham about Deacon Trowbridge's piety.
He was sincerity itself.
Fifty years ago the little village was
visited by a smallpox epidemic—an old
fashioned, widespread and spreading
epidemic—and they didn’t know how
to scotch it as well as they do now.
The first Sunday after the dreaded
disease made its appearance the deacon’s
congregation was quite large. At the
end of the servicer he made an announce
ment in about these words:
“These services will be postponed un
til after the smallpox disappears from
the community. From this on I shall
give my services to the stricken fam
ilies. I shall minister to their wants,
help to nurse them, and - when they die
follow them to the grave. It may be a
long term or it may be a short term,
but, however long or however short, it
is my plain duty to help my distressed
neighbors.”
1 The word was well suited to the ac
tion which followed. The good old dea
con hurried to his home, changed his
clothes, bade his family goodby and at
once began his work of mercy. What a
work it was! The epidemic lasted near
ly all winter. Large numbers died. Few
in the village escaped the disease. The
deacon’s example was followed by oth
ers. Men went to their homes, told their
wives and children what the deacon had
said and was doing, arranged their busi
ness, provided fuel and provisions, kissed
their dear ones and went to the aid of
the unfortunate. Like the deacon they
went without reward or hope of reward.
Like him they spent weeks and some of
them months in that service without
daring to go home lest their dear ones
catch the disease.
The strangest of all this strange ex
perience is the fact that neither the dea
con, the good souls who imitated his ex
ample nor their families were overtaken
by the malady, notwithstanding the fact
that the watchers, helpers and nurses
were almost constantly in the presence
•of the suffering patients and notwith
standing the fact that they laid out and
helped to bury the dead.
Nearly half of the deacon’s congrega
tion had disappeared when, the next
spring, he resumed services in the
schoolhouse. It was a sorrowful Sun
day. Those in the audience who had not
lost members of their family had lost
neighbors and dear friends. When the
good old Christian had read a chapter,
prayed and talked a practical sermon,
he referred feelingly to the scenes
through which the community had
passed. I think every man, woman and
child in the room, including the deacon,
wept. At the close of the talk he asked
all present to join him on their knees
in asking that the community might
escape such visitations for all time to
come. It was a most earnest appeal. I
believe that that prayer has been an
swered. There may have been a few
cases of smallpox there since then, but
there has never been an epidemic.
The Sunday after Sumter was fired
upon, and while Deacon Trowbridge
was conducting services in the Baptist
church, the denomination to which he
belonged for over 80 years, he and his
congregation were disturbed by a great
commotion in the street right in front
of the church. There were beating of
drums and sounds of fife much out of
tune. It was so uncommon a thing that
most of the congregation walked or
ran out of the church. Finally the dea
con closed the Bible and slowly follow
ed his fleeing flock. When outside, he
asked the cause of “this unseemly dis
turbance on the Lord’s day.” Some one
told him that the president had called
for soldiers to uphold the honor and the
flag of the nation and that they were
going to raise a company right then
and there.
The old deacon’s eyes flashed as he
walked out into the street, where a
young-fellow was irregularly pounding
a bass drum, and said: “Nathan, I
j know it is Sunday and that all but the
Lord’s work should be abandoned, but
the saving of our country and the
shielding of its flag from dishonor is
the Lord’s work. Give me that drum. ”
And that model-of piety strapped on
the big drum and went to pounding,
greatly outdoing Nathan in two re
spects—he made more noise and kept
perfect time. He drummed as no one
before had never drummed in the little
village. As if it had gone on lightning
wings, word flew through the commu
nity that Deacon Trowbridge had left his
pulpit to beat a drum, and on Sunday
too.
Within half an hour nearly every one
in town and many from the outskirts
had gathered around the old drummer,
all cheering him, and on Sunday too.
That night Nathan Cole, who had been
relieved as drummer by the deacon,
went to Sheboygan with enough men to
make up what became Company O of
the Fourth Wisconsin.—J. A. Watrous
in Chicago Times-Herald.
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A Great Find.
Lady of the House (to servant girl
applying for a situation)—You Were in
the service of my friend, Baroness K.
Why were you sent away?
Servant—Please, ma’am, for listen
ing at the doors.
Lady—Ah, then I will take you, only
you must promise to tell me all you
heard. —London Fun.
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STANDARD TIME.
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Fhe Four Section* Into Which tho
) try it Divided.
Primarily, for the convenience of the
railroads, a standard of time was estab
lished by mutual agreement in 1888, by
which trains are run and local time reg
• ulated. According to this system, the
i United States, extending from 65 to 125
degrees west longitude, is divided into
four time sections, each of (3 degrees of
1 longitude, exactly equivalent to one
hour. The first (eastern) section in
cludes all territory between the Atlantic
coast and an irregular line drawn from
Detroit to Charleston, the latter be
ing its most southern point The sec
ond (central) section includes all the
territory between the last named line
and an irregular line from Bismarck to
the mouth of the Rio Grande.
The third (mountain) section includes
all territory between the last named
line and nearly the western borders of
Idaho, Utah and Arizona. The fourth
(Pacific) section covers the rest of the
country to the Pacific coast. Standard
time is uniform inside each of these sec
tions, and the time of each section dif
fers from that next to it by exactly one
hour. Thus at 19 noon in New York
city (eastern time) the time at Chicago
(central time) is 11 a. m.; at Denver
(mountain time), 10 a. m., and at San
Francisco (Pacific time), 9 o’clock a. m
Standard time is 16 minutes slower
at Boston than true local time, 4 min
utes slqwer at New York, 8 minutes
faster at Washington, 19 minutes faster
at Charleston, 28 minutes slower at De
troit, 18 minutes faster at Kansas City,
10 minutes slower at Chicago, 1 minute
faster at St Louis, 28 minutes faster at
Salt Lake City and 10 minutes faster at
San Francisco.—Atlanta Constitution.
JONES’ STRATEGY.
He Got Hi* New Sult at Half Price by a
, * Great Scheme.
Jones’ new suit fits beautifully, but
he was $lO shy on the price. He needed
the suit badly, but his tailor was de
cidedly disinclined to part with it till
it was paid for. After lying awake all
night revolving in his mind various
schemes old and new to get possession
of the coveted attire Jones evolved a
brilliant idea. He put on a high collar
two sizes too large for him, went to his
tailor and tried on the coat again. Os
course it did not fit around the collar
and would have to be let out The next
day he put on a collar a half size too
small and tried it on again. The collar
of the coat bulged out in the back as if
it had been constructed for the neck of
a pugilist.
“I can’t wear that thing, ” declared
Jones. “It does not fit at all. ”
“No, it does not seem to,” admitted
the tailor.
‘‘You’ve tinkered with it now till
you have nearly ruined it I guess I
don’t want it.”
“Well, I’ll tell you what I’ll do,"
proposed the tailor, who did not want
a misfit left on his hands. “I’ll knock
off $5 on the price. ”
‘‘Don’t want a suit that don’t fit,”
declared Jones. «.
“Well, I’ll make it $10.”
“Make it $12.50 and I’ll take it”
“All right, but I lose money on it at
that ”
Jones paid another tailor $1 to have
the collar altered, paid for his suit and
had $1.50 with which to “wet it ” —San
Francisco Post
She Won Her Bet.
The efficiency of the employees of the
Jacksonville postofflee was put to a se
vere test recently, the distribut
ing clerk came across a photograph with
a postage stamp attached and the only
direction on it as follows, says the Flor
ida Times-Union:
‘‘Deliver to , Jacksonville,
Fla.”
Several of the employees were shown
the picture, which was taken with a
small camera, and which did not show
the face of the person photographed
very distinctly. One of the carriers
named Walter G. Coleman, the general
traveling agent of the F. C. and P. rail
way, was the person. Several of the
clerks and carriers did not think that it
was intended for Mr. Coleman, while
others sided with the Bay street carrier.
Finally a wager of |1 was made, and
[he carrier started out to deliver it
When he reached Mr. Coleman’s
office, that gentleman at once claimed
tho photograph as one of himself. A
week ago or more, while walking along
Bay street, he met a young lady with a
kodak, who took a snap shot at him in
front of the Gardner building. She said
that if the picture was a good one she
would send jt to him.' It also appears
that the young lady won a wager made
with her father on the delivery of the
photograph to Mr. Coleman with only
the directions above.
Yellow Alaska Cedar.
The durability of this timber is forci
bly illustrated by fallen trunks that are
perfectly sound after lying in the damp
woods for centuries. Soon after these
trees fall they are overgrown with moss,
in which seeds lodge and germinate and
grow up into vigorous saplings, which
stand in a row on the backs of their
dead ancestors. Os this company of
young trees perhaps three or four will
grow to full stature, sending down
straddling roots on each side and estab
lishing themselves in the soil, and after
they have reached an age of 200 or a BOO
years the downtrodden trunk on which
they are standing, when cut into, is
found as fresh in the heart as when it
fell.—John Muir in Century. i
Ho Waa a Bird.
Aid (charging furiously up)—Gen
eral, tho enemy has captfired our left
wing. What shall we do?
The Commander—Fly with the other.
—Philadelphia Inquirer.
There is so much sympathy in this
country that very often the under dog
becomes a dangerous, impudent cur.—
Atchison Globa
OF COURSE IT’S TRUE.
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Thta Story of the Lame Hone and tho
Young Doctor.
“One reads so many stories about ani
nrttl intelligence that it would be hazard
ous for a doubter to express his disbe
lief in almost any-gathering of men at
the present day," remarked Dr. W. W.
Watkins. ‘‘A little instance came
Within my own observation a number
of years ago when I was studying med
icine and which convinced me that the
members of the horse family at least
ought to be credited with the possession
of ,a very considerable quantity of rea
soning power. It was the custom for
the students at the medical institution
at which I pursued my studies to wear
a small badge upon their coats to dis
tinguish them from others at the col
lege. A horse belonging to the estab
lishment was used a great deal about
the medical department, and the ani
mal seemed to have a special preference
for the embryo doctors more than for
any other people about the establish
ment
“One day, while a number of us were
gathered in & little knot upon a small
campus in the rear of the college,, the
animal in question, which used to nip
the grass in the location, came toward
the group limping very badly. He came
to a stop a dozen or more feet from the.
crowd and, carefully surveying the lot
of us, finally made up his mind as to
what he wanted to do and without any
hesitation limped directly to my side,
whinnied, stuck his nose against my
body and held up his left foreleg. Look
ing down, I discovered a large nail im
bedded in the frog of his hoof. This
had evidently caused the lameness. I
then realized the interesting fact that
the animal desired attendance. I ex
tracted the nail with some difficulty,
and the horse whimpered with relief
and walked away. Rather curious as to
why the beast had picked me out to at
tend to his wound, I glanced at the
boys and found the soluticn to the prob
lem. Not one of the group had his med
ical badge upon his coat but myself.
The horse had recognized the insignia,
realized its significance and acted ac
cordingly. ” —New Orleans Timea-Dem
ocrat.
AFRAID OF THE HOODOO.
Why tho Street Car Conductor Would Not
Cut the Pageant In Twain.
A hearse crossed the track and the
motoneer put on the brakes so suddenly
that the car nearly stood on its nose.
Then he sat down on the front seat to
await the passing of the long string of
carriages following the black draped
vehicle.
A fat man who had nearly been
thrown over the front rail by the sud
den stopping of the car snorted angrily:
“Why don’t yqu out across? I’ve got
to catch a train. I can’t wait here all
day."
“Can’t "help it, boss. You’ll have to
wait and catch another train.”
“Well, I’ll report you to tho com
pany. That procession will take five
minutes in passing us.”
“Report away. I can’t help it if the
procession takes 20 minutes. You
couldn’t hire me to run this car across
that funeral procession for the best job
on the line. That’s the worst hoodoo a
man could run up against."
“Bah!" said the fat man.
“All right, boss. I know what I’m
talking about. One of the best men on
this line crossed a funeral procession
soon after the trolley system was put
in. A live wire dropped on the back of
his neck and electrocuted him before
he’d gone a block. A little while later
another poor fellow cut across back of
a hearse. He ran over three children in
as many weeks. He quit the road as
crazy as a loon. Now the conductor on
that same car has lost every cent he
had in the world, and his wife and
child have died. Bah, yourself! I’d like
to see you get off this car and walk
across in front of one of those carriages.
I’ll bet ydu’d be catchin your last train
in this world pretty quick. Jest hop off
and try it now. ”
But the fat man only shifted uneasily
about on the hard car seat and waited
silently until the last carriage had
passed.—New York Telegram.
How Bee* Embalm.
Bees, says Horbis, can embalm as
successfully as could the ancient Egyp
tians. It often happens in damp weather
that a slug or snail will enter a bee
hive. This is, of course, to the unpro
tected slug a case of sudden death. The
bees fall upon him and sting him to
death at once. But what to do with the
carcass becomes a vital question. If left
where it is, it will breed a regular
pestilence. Now comes in the clever
ness of the insects. They set to work
and cover it with wax, and there you
may see it lying embalmed just as the
nations of old embalmed their dead.
When it is a snail that is the intruder,
be is, of course, impenetrable to their
sting, so they calmly cement his shell
with wax to the bottom of the hive—
imprisonment for life, with no hope of
pardon. /. / ——
Both Wrong.
The Toronto Saturday Night tells of
a man who kept a ferret being obliged
to go into the country, leaving the cage
with the ferret in charge of a neighbor
till he should return.
The neighbor incautiously opened the
cage door, and the ferret escaped,
whereupon the owner brought a claim
against him for damages.
The following was the decision of
the learned magistrate before whom the
case was brought.
“No doubt, ’* he said to the neighbor—
“no doubt you were wrong to open the
cage door, but”—turning to the owner,
“you were wrong too. Why did you not
clip the brute’s wings?”
The Franks took their name from the
ifrancisques, or battleaxes, which they
threw with deadly effect
Age is a matter of feeling, not of
years.—George William Curtis. ‘
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SHALL THE WALTZ GO!
ProfcMon Think Oar PronenoM to Romp
Ha* Killed It.
The best known dancing masters of
New York gave The Journal the follow
ing statements of their views conoem
ing'the waltz:
Professor Augusto Francioli said: “It
is true that the waltz as a society dance
Is a thing of the past. It will always
hold its own so long os dancing is done
on the stage. The reason for its disap
pearance is the popularity of the min
uet, than which thero could not be a
more stately or refined dance. My opin
ion is that the quality of grace is to be
developed to the exclusion of romping,
which has nothing but the exhilaration
of exercise to recommend it Society
people will now affect the minuet and
the gavot; will learn to use the arms
with grace in the dance and abandon
that harum scarum, degenerate, vulgar,
ungraceful thing, the nineteenth cen
tury waltz and its hoidenish compan
ions, the quickstep and polka and the
like.
“I believe we are to enjoy a renais
sance of the beautiful costuming of the
middle ages, a necessary accompani
ment of the reform in dancing. ”
Professor Lawrence Daresaid: “The
waltz has become a romp. lam sorry
to say it, but I musff put the blame
where it belongs, at tho door of the col
" lego boy. College boys presume upon
the amount of their fathers* money.
They claim a freedom that no j gentle
man should want They back’ a lady
about without fear or favor. I have
found in my 20 years’ experience aka
dancing master that tho college boy is
the one I need to watch in my classes.
“He does not realize that the rule of
dancing is always to take care of the
lady. He violates this by backing her
about as though ho were moving fur
niture. Go to any college dance to con
firm thia So long as the college boy’s
rule on the danco floor continues the
waltz will be in abeyance. The two
step in slower time will be its succes
sor. ”
Oscar Duryea said: “The two step is
the leader. The secret of its success is
that it is easy of accomplishment. It
requires no art to acquire it. It can be
. easily learned in one lesson, while it
takes a season or two to thoroughly
master the waltz. There is more inspi
ration in the musio of the quickstep,
because it is quicker, and the American
must hurry, even in his amusement A
waltz is not such unless it is danced
to slow, dreamy music. You cannot
hasten the tempo of a waltz without
spoiling it The season for the present
decadence of the waltz I take to be two
fold. Its rival, the two step, is more
easily learned and can bo danced with
greater rapidity, thus appealing to the
American love of rush. ”
Professor T. George Dodworth said:
’“The disfavor shown the waltz is due
to the romping introduced into it of late
years. The two step brought out much
boisterousness that was carried into
other dances, the waltz among others.
The very young set is chiefly responsible
for this. There have been those who
have always waltzed and danced tho
step in a sedate maimer. A great inter
est is being shown in the old fashioned,
stately dances, as the menuet de la cour,
the gavot and the pavane. These were
the dances in vogue in the time of the
Louis and require much training in
grace of arm and body. It is usually
more difficult for men than women to
accomplish this grace. Classes have
been organized especially for the benefit
to be derived from practicing these state
ly court dances. The interest in these
old dances has been more marked in New
York. I have been surprised to learn
how little interest has been. taken in
them in other cities. New York is lead
ing in taste for these dances. ”
Tennyson’* Religion.
It was fortunate, says Mr. Mabie in
The Atlantic, that Tennyson’s biography
was not prepared by a biographer who
was anxious to minimize the religious
element in his life. On the contrary, it
is thrown into the boldest jrelief, and
the reader is let into those profound
convictions which gave the laureate’s
poetry such depth and spiritual splen
dor. The whole subject is dealt with,
in connection with “In Memoriam,”.
with the most satisfying fullness. “In
this vale of time the hills of time often
shut out the mountains of eternity, ”
Tennyson once said. The nobility of his
verse had its springs in those moun
tains, and they inclosed and glorified
the landscape of life as he looked over
it He refused to formulate his faith,
but he has given it an expression which
is at once definite and poetic, illumin
ating and enduring. “I hardly dare
name his name,” he writes, “but take
away belief in the self conscious person
ality of God, and you take away tho
backbone of the world. ” And again,
“On God and godlike men we build our
trust ” A week before his death, his son
tells us, he talked long of the personality
and love of God—“that God whose eyes
consider the poor,” “Whocatereth even
for the sparrow.” "For myself,"he
said on another occasion, “the world is
the shadow of God. ” In his case, as in
Wordsworth’s and Browning’s, poetry
issued out of the deepest springs 6f be
ing, and he made it great by commit
ting to it the expression of the highest
truth.
To a young man going to a university
he said, “The love of God is the true
basis of duty, truth, reverenqe, loyalty,
love, virtue and work,” and he added
characteristically, “but don’t be a prig. ”
Through his verse, as through his life,
there ran this deep current of faith, but
the expression of it was free from the
taint and distortion of dogmatic or ec
clesiastical phrase.
A Bade Shock.
Uncle George—You’d better take up
with Miss Gordon, Harry. They-aay she
is worth a million—
Harry—You don’t mean it. Uncle
George!
Uncle Georg*—Of ttit women.
Hany—H’m I—Boston Transcript.
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