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talkinc in their sleep.
“You think 1 am dead,"
The apple tree, said,
•‘Because 1 have never a leaf to show,
Because I stoop
And my branches droop,
And the dull-gray mosses over me
grow! and shoot;
But I'm alive In trunk
The bulls of next May
J fold away, at
But 1 pity tho withered grass my
root.”
•‘You think I am dead,”
The quick grass said,
“Because 1 have parted with stem and
blade
But under the ground
I am safe and sound,
With the snow’s thick blanket over me
lai-l.
I’m alive anil ready to Bhoot,
Should the Spring of the year
Come dancing here;
Ilut I pity the flower without branch
or root.”
“You think 1 am dead,”
A soft voice said,
“Because not a branch or root I own?
I never have died,
But close I hide
In a plumy seed that the wind has
sown.
Patient 1 wait Ihrough the long winter
hours.
You will see me again—
I shall laugh at you then,
Out of the eyes of a hundred flowers.”
—EDITH M. THOMAS.
Ttie Town ciogk.
by ANNIE WESTON WHITNEY.
The heat was terrible; but Barbay
did not seem to mind it as she hurried
along tho close, dusty street, her clean
calico gown giving her a bright, fresh
look that it did one good to see on such
a day. In her arm she carried a queer
looking bundle. She smiled happily as
she hurried on, her thoughts all of
Father, dear Father, to whom she was
going. reached the City
Stopping as nlie
Halt, she looked up, half expectantly
and hopefully, up at the tall tower
reaching so far, far above her. A
brighter smilo came into her face as
loud, clear and distinct came from
above tho clang— clang -clang—clang
—clang-clang that told the hour of
day. but
Bbe looked a moment longer,
i not to be seen; dear Fi
IS mm ■Tjjy
m ’
•;.;:v‘ was i iki Town Clock, or one
tlf of it, as Mother used to jay, Mr.
Jarper being the other half. Poor Mr.
-iarper! she was so sorry for him, be
causa his little baby boy was dead.
She was at the foot of the long flight
of steps now; tho stops leading to
Father, denr Father, the Town Clock;
for strange as It may seem, there Is tn
one of our Southern cities a town clock
whose only face Is a human face; whose
only hands are human hands, and
whose machinery is tho muscle of a
strong man s arm.
Any one else might have thought the
long flight of ateps leading to the tower i
n tedious climb iu the heat; but BoriMty
only stopped a moment to look up She
loved the long Climb, because It took
hoc always nearer dear Father; and
then It seemed so odd to be going up,
up over the tops of tho houses and
stores, and to look down every little
while through the funny little windows
and sea the people growing smaller and
smaller until they looked like fairies I |
then to look up at the beautiful sky
uud wonder about the denr Heavenly !
Father who loved every one so dearly
and who watched over them always. 1
Up higher and still higher the little feet
climbed, until there was only a wooden
door between her and Father. Softly
sho opened it ami peeped in.
’’Bless my soul and body!” safd a j
pleasant voice: and the next moment
Barbay was In tier father's arms. „
"What brought you here this hot I
day, Sweetheart, and what's In the jjyn- I
die?" he asked, after she had almost !
smothered him with kisses.
"The dressmaker next door let me
do an errand and gave ms this.” said
Barbay. taking up the bundle she had
latd aside and proudly displaying a big
cantaloupe.
“And you brought It for Father to
look at?” he said, with a twinkle In
his eye.
"For Father to eat,” she said, sweet
ly
“You always remember your old fa
ther. Sweetheart,” he said, lovingly,
“Well. I will try to manage one-half if
you'll attend to the other. I could no!
possibly eat more than that while you
know,"
she asked, again putting her arms
round his neck, but looking into his
face as though she loved every curve
and impress on it.
"I could not touch it. 1 would tost
disappointed." he said taking off her
fca; —• - *" '..... 1 He ■
grays oaLed her tus tuUe sweetheart;
but every -me erne eaiiea „ r.riwrtav ner Barbay, ;
name she had given herself when
was very little. |
It was in a queer corner of a still
queerer room in this tall tower that
they sat down by a narrow table push
ed close to the wall to enjoy their feast,
A hanging supboard, from which a
couple of spoons, some salt and a knife
were taken, suggested certain house
keeping arrangements, while on the
table were pen, ink and paper, with a
book or two, evidently taken from the
hanging shelves in another corner. In
deed, there were only corners in which
to hang things, for the sides of the
room were great windows looking over
the city in all directions. But the most
curious thing in this curious room was
the great bell, reaching almost from
t lie ceiling to the floor; a tongueless,
clapperless bell, that had made no mo
tion of any kind since the day It had
been placed in position, many, many
years ago. Hanging in another corner
wan the iron hammer that, guided by
the hand of him who watched in the
tower, struck on the rim of the great
bell those clear, loud notes that kept
record of the passing of time over the
alternately waking and sleeping city.
The fourth corner held the tall, old
fashioned clock, as old as the bell itself,
that bad served In all that time, to tell
the exact moment when the town clock
must strike, To Barbay it was a mat
ter of great interest; for its face was
changing as it told of the moon
and the tides and the seasons.
“Barbay,” said her father when
their feast over, he saw a rapidly ap
preaching storm; “much as I love to
have you here, 1 must send you home
now as fast as you can go. You would
not like to be way up 1 here in such a
storm as thoso angry looking clouds
are bringing us."
“Oh, Father,” said Barbay, “I should
not mind anything where you are. Let
mo stay, please. I love to watch the
and seek from here. (J
clouds play hide
Ho looked at her hesitatingly a mo¬
ment, and as ho did so a sudden flash
of lightning almost blinded them, while
great drops of rain splashed on the win
dowsills. There was hardly time to
close the windows before the flashing
and booming of the heavenly artillery
began; for it was one of those storms
that come suddenly, only to leave a sad
story behind.
To Barbay it was grand and beauti
fid. It seemed as though she could
look right Into Heaven if the flashes
would only last longer, she seemed so
close to it. She could not talk, but
looked occasionally at her father, who
smiled on her from his seat in the
: greats irfhalr • for whig
what made
and why she was on
the floor. She must have been asleep.
1 She picked herself up and wondered
what made her go to sleep all in a mo¬
ment. And Father, why he had fallen
Asleep In lbs chair too. Dear Father,
he looked so white and tired; but then
he had been the Town Clock all day
and all night, so that Mr. Harper could
at hoIn(> wilh his little baby toy.
Would he sleep long and get rested,
she wondered. Before Father came
the Town Clock had fallen asleep and
failing’ to strike the hour on time, had
been discharged. It gave her such a
happy, helpful feeling to think she was
bore now to wake Father in time. She
was so glad she had stayed. She would
let him rest a few momenta longer, but
K would^ sson to time for the town
clock to strike.
She stood at one of the windows and .
looked down down on the busy city,
then up at the rapidly moving clouds, j
already being kissed by the Sun, as he J
bade them a loving good-night. She :
loved to watch him from here as, his j
day's work done, he slowly disappeared
from view leaving such beautiful and
hopeful promises behind. But better I
still she loved to be here with her |
Father when he watched over the j
sleeping city. Onee she and Mother
had stayed till they could hear him call
out. so loud and clear, "Twelve o'clock,
and all's well!”
Sometimes he was to rouse
sleepers when a fire broke out, lest
their beautiful city should be damaged
or destroyed. No wonder every one
Ipred the Town Clock who warned
fnem of danger and watched over them
sleeping or waking.
It was time to wake him now.
“Father,” she said, softly, going to
his side. "Father." she repeated loud
er. as he did not reply.
How soundly he slept. She called,
calk'd again and again, even shook
him, but he would not wake. What
must she do? If she could not wake
him. the clock would not strike and
they would discharge him as they did
the other man: and then what would
become of Mother and the children?
With the tears rolling down her
cheeks, she made one more agonizing
effort to waken him. and then looked
s-ris
start and tremble. Could she? Dare
she. She must try for dear Father and
the Mother and children.
Climbing on a chair, she took down
the hammer that felt so heavy, and
hen. pushing the chair close to the
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this tune on her knees so ehe would oe
she could strike well. Her little
, ip to lhe clock, that still
d one 8ec0 nd of the time. She
ot too late.
Clt IK — cla-ng — cla-ng — cla-ng
cla-rt — cla-ng — clang,
TU hammer dropped to the floor,
and [trying her face in her hands on
the n of the bell, Barbay caught her
r terrified sob.
breat Aand gave a
he counted right. It had never
>un - so before. It seemed as
•he first sound had deafened all
rs and would never stop. Did
so to those who were listen¬
mg-iap yg ed everybody know it dreadful was not
Fi »dear Father? How
It k'. [hr Would they do anything to
to her—if it was all wrong?
SI Bked Hi up. how soundly Father
aUllj Mr. Harper would soon
com! ■ ahd let him go home. He
wouj BnKnd his going to sleep, for
be Hl-e |Kkind to him. the stairs.
Hl footsteps on
Mr. was coming. No, there
were H|er’s [ In an side instant and, putting Barbay was her
at hi kissed the white,
arms ^Bid his neck,
tired BbIup called him by every en
deari she could think of. As
the mod, she drew her aims
round him, as though she
more 1 from threatened
woulj him
/What’s this?” said the
Mayol k and the janitor entered,
lease don’t let them dis
charji ,” said Barbay, her big, sad
eyesTi g anxiously at the two men.
“He ij l’t help it, indeed he could
not; | ■’s been the Town Clock all
day night. Oh, don't—please
don't! MB pleaded, the tears togin
ning t 1 down her cheeks.
“Tht i a more serious than I
tho'V < i ; id the Mayor, gently dra
ing C id away, and putting his ear
down jr father's heart,
“He ng has he been this way?”
he ash uickly.
y know. X went to sleep all of
sa« and when 1 waked up I was
a asleep
on t r, and Father was
too.’
•Get a is doctor here as quick as pos¬
sible ” d Die Mayor to the janitor.
“He is tunned and may be so for
hours-.- 1 think he ’ u <ome out of U
all rigt “ confess I do not know what
to do V
said, turning to Barbay,
wh: again leaning protectingly
ov! ather, “tell me who made the
cli te just now?”
jj.arified look Barbay crept
cb .thei
vould disik. ;ge
V' id the Mayor, “who made
the clock strike?”
“I did,” said Barbay, trembling all
over.
"You.” said the Mayor, looking her
ovnr carefully— ‘you made the big town
clock strike?”
| “Please, please, don’t let them do
anything to Father!” said Barbay. “I
tried so bard! to do it right.”
She half 1 btod out the last words,
as her head ent down on her father’s
shoulder.
The Mayor’s eyes threatened to give
him trouble, as he said kindly:
“Come here, little woman. Do not
be afraid. No one shall do anything
to your father that you do not like.
Come and tell me how you made the big
1 ’ ® 1
’
^ of hi ; voIce , she loosened her hold
l ot un of how sfc T had tried fo to the
T
“Did I count alp wrong?” she asked,
wistfully. “Oh, iti Ihis was so dreadful!”
The Mayor put arm round her
gently and drew hfr to him. his eyes
glistening and thought a llump rising in his
throat, as he of all she had
gone through.
“You are a dear, biiave little woman,”
he said, earnestly, brushing her hair
back from her eyes. \ "Yes, you count¬
ed ail right and everybody knew what
as time though it it but was the almost did clock too weak sounded and
was;
too tired to strike; th»t was all.”
"And they won’t discharge Father?”
“No, he shall not to \diseharged; but
I think we must see thdt he has a few
days rest before he toes to work
attain ‘ i
"Oh,” gasped how
beautiful! Then I don't; mind-no. I
don't mind anything" d putting her
head on the Mayor’s shoulder, she
burst into tears. ,
The next day the story was told all
over the city of how the ta|I tower had
been struck by lightning and the Town
Clock had toen stunned and uncon
scious for hours; and of how Barbay,
who had been stunned too for a few
moment, had tried to to the Town
Clock herself, so that Father, dear
Father, might not to discharged- —The
Independent. .-sissL. _t
-
to a contributor to the Medical
Record, "is so offensive to ffses that
q will drive them out of the sick room.
though it is not usually in the slight
est degree disagreeable to the patient."
It is. therefore, recommended that
...... s.-ed ic the sic* rote:
aurm* c> tuna.
THE REFORM CLUB DINNER.
Many Able Speakers, Among Them Ex
P.-esident Cleavriand.
New York, N. Y.—The annual din
ner of the Reform Club, which was
given Saturday night in the new ball¬
room ot the Hotel Waldorf, was a no
table gathering. Representative men
of the gold wing of Democracy from
all parts of the United States who
played a prominent part in the recent
campaign were present. It was the
first occasion on which President
Cleveland has delivered a public
speech since his retirement from office.
When the list of invited guests was
made public it was generally under¬
stood that the speeches which would
be delivered would, in a large tneas
ure, indicate the policy of the gold
.wing of the Democratic party in the
next Presidential campaign.
John DeWitt Warner presided. At
his right sat Ex-President Cleveland,
and on his left was Ex-Postmaster
General, William L. Wilson. Mr.
Cleveland was the central figure in the
dining hall, and his speech, in response
to the toast “Present Problems,” the
chief feature of the occasion, The
toasts and those who responded to
them were as follow's:
••Present Problems,” Grover Cleve¬
land.
“Sound Currency,” John
“Tariff Reform,” William L. Wilson.
“Municipal Administration,” Edward
M. Shepard.
“The New South.” Donelson Caffery.
"National Democracy,”’ William D,
Bynum. G.
••The Political Outlook,” Henry
Turner.
“Andrew Jackson and the Restora¬
tion of the Gold Currency,” Josiat
Pat terson.
Five hundred and eight persons sal
down to the feast. They were dis¬
tributed about ten long tables.
TAXED TO THEIR UTITOST.
Levees Soft and Mushy and It Is Feared
More Breaks Will Occur.
Memphis, Tenn.—Because of Sun¬
day’s rain in the lower Delta country
and Louisiana, the levees are being
taxed to their utmost.
At Natchez the river gauge showed
Saturday night a rise during the pre¬
ceding twenty-four hours of oue-tenth
of a foot. Showers prevailed iu that
section all Sunday njjd Sunday l ^ght
tlaTe waS a vw&wiipour. The*
levees are soft and mushy and with a
continued precipitation it is feared
that the embankment will give way.
A telegram from Clayton, La., states
that the Tensas River has risen over
one foot since Saturday night, and
tlie swift stream is full of heavy drift¬
wood. The backwater from the
Biggs crevasse is showing itself near
Yidalia and it will inundate many
acres of rich land in that section.
At Greenville the river fell two
tenths of a foot in twenty-four hours
ending last night. Light showers pre¬
vailed yesterday and the weather is
warm and unsettled.
At Memphis a fall of one-tenth of a
foot is recorded.
The river at Cairo Is falling at an
increased rate.
THE EXECUTIVE COiTIITTEE
Of thc Wc stern Pas Associat.on . .
enger
Meet In Chicago.-Qood On,look,
Chicago, IU.-A meeting of the Ex
(■cut ive Committee of the Western Pas¬
senger Association was held Monday
afternoon for the purpose of attending
to the business incidental to the put¬
ting into operation of the new asso¬
ciation agreement. The agreement be¬
came binding upon its signers today,
and a circular letter was issued to all
the roads, which have not yet to
come members, urging them to sigu
thp agreelnen t without delay,
Passenger Traffic Manager White, of
the Atchison road, was elected chair¬
man of the Executive Committee.
Eighteen roads have signed the agree
nient. and it is expected that a large
number of others will join in a short
a few roads
w hose mem , ers , up . . i» ou >i u am
the Executive U ommittee expects that
]t " 1 have a large number ot signets
to t* H ‘ present agreement that were
members of the old passenger asso
ciatiou.
-
Convbts Cid the Work.
Washington. I>. C.—The Turkish L
gat ion has received the following dis
patch from Constantinople: “lit flee
ing from Larissa the Hellenes released
the convicts, who committed acts of
destruction and pillaging. Our troops
on entering the town were received by
the inhabitiU , ts wit h enthusiasm, and
V " 1 . U M i^had j s Christians
1 *' F 01 1 ,'.', '. " v h ' remained 1'” * in ‘ '
‘ ' ”
’
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.
jp V!U < l ,,;nl1 •' *’* unu..ti..... n. pr“vi.
l0as - otlu ’ r a ^ *
' -utin.-tr - and four
mu ammu guns.
THROUGH GEORGIA.
DeKalb county superior court will
soon convene in special session for the
purpose of trying the murder cases
against Flanagan and Perry.
* * *
Mr. Charles R. Crisp was admitted
to practice in the supreme court, at
Atlanta, a few days ago and argued a
case brought up from the southw estern
circuit.
* * *
Quitman is to have a carnival this
summer during the week between the
14th and ‘20th of June. The money
to build a first-class baseball park and
bicycle track has already been raised,
and the work will commence at once.
It is rumored that William C. Hale,
the defaulting president of the South
erll atrial Building and Loan ass o
ciation, is under arrest and being held
by detectives who are anxious to
secure the big reward that may be of¬
fered.
* * *
Lieutenant Colonel Henry C. Cook,
of the Fourth United States infantry,
will succeed the late W illiam L. Kel¬
logg in the command of the Fifth in¬
fantry at Fort McPherson, and will
probably reach Georgia within the
next ten days to assume command oi
the post.
An ordinance will be introduced in
Savannah’s city oi' council to provide for
the erection an electric light plant
to be owned and operated by the city.
It has been figured out that the city
can do this on an economical basis.
The city is now supplied by the Brush
Electric Company.
* * *
The Wadley and Mount Vernon
Railroad Company has decided to ex¬
tend its road from Rixville, Emanuel
county, its present terminus, to Fitz¬
gerald. The new' road will run through
Montgomery, Laurens, Dodge, W il¬
cox, Telfair and Coffee counties into
Irwin. The length of the road will be
seventy-five miles.
* * *
Ex-Governor W. J. Northen,
was chosen ns one of the judge bfl
the inter-collegiate debate
North Carolina and Georgia, ■
held at Athens on the committee® evening
8th, lias notified the
will be impossible for him to
he The will committee not be in has Georgia chosen at in tl^B
Judge Carolina, Samuel and has McGowan, notified_ hi^H o^H
relfleildh. ~
.
Col. Goodyear, of Brunswick, missed
by two-ninths of a foot gaining a pre¬
mium from the government of $140,000
for twenty-four feet on the ocean bar.
If he gains one foot and two-ninths
more he will win a premium of
$190,000. When he secures the limit
of his contract with the government,
as now seems extremely probable, he
will win a net premium of $250,000,
instead of $25,000, as has been pub¬
lished. He recommences work with
dynamite at onee.
Of all the conventions, both state
and national, that Atlanta has enter¬
tained this year, the convention of the
Georgia division of the Travelers’
Protective Association which met in
the city Friday morning, is, perhaps,
the most important. The convention
embraced the men who have been in¬
strumental in making Atlanta and
Georgia what they are. boomed They have
advertised Georgia and all the
cities in the state until they are
known the world over.
Mr. Julius L. Brown, receiver oi
the Georgia Mining, Manufacturing
and Investment Company, has filed
exceptions to the report of Auditor L.
Z. Rosser, allowing him $300 for his
services as receiver. He states iu his
exceptions that while he was president
of the company he received a salary of
$8,000 to $10,000 a year, and that he
is worth as much to the company as <
receiver. He also wants $5,000 for
extra time given to the affairs of the
company, and he wants to be allowed
interest on the money he has advanced
0 ut of his own private funds to the
company since he has been receiver,
An , important . , , hearing , . was held , ,, in .
Columbus the past w eek before Special
Master W . A . Wimbush. in regard to
( j le f orec i 0 sure of the $1,000,000mort
g a g e held by the American Trust and
Banking Company, as trustee of the
bondholders. The mortgage was given
as a first lien on all of the property of
the Eagle and Phenix Manufacturing
Company. The foreclosure of the
mortgage would force the property to
a sale and by many this action met
with disapproval, for it has been hoped
that the company could be reorganized
and placed in a position to earn good
profits. After the hearing of argu
ment was completed, Special Master
Wimbush took the matter under ad
visement and will review the case,
making his decision later.
Sugar Trust Haveroyer Dead,
New- York, N. Y.—Theodore Have
nle y Prj Vice-President of the Sugar
Trust, died at 3 o’clock Monday mern
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