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THE SONG OF AN IT.
(Somewhat after “Pa< Idle Your Own Ca
noe.’’)
Of all the different kinds of men
And women that round us flit,
The ones that most tire and rouse our ire
Are they who would always be it.
In affairs great or sruail or of no ’count at
all.
Y~ou They want to be the “whole tiling”—
can t make ’em shrink, nor let your
self think—
And this is the song that they eing:
4i Oh, I’ll love my neighbor as myself
If he will be good to me,
And I’ll never sit down with a tear or a
frown
If this he will let me be,
Whether It, it, it. I’m
or not fit, do
I'll be nice and good and as T should
If I can always be it.
No one must fly quite so high as I.
In If they do they may surely drop;
social life or political .strife
I want to be on the top.
For can you not see it was born in ir.e '
To-be leader and do things right?
’Twas nature’s design that I only should
shine
And squelch every other one’s light.
O. I’ll love my neighbor as myself,
But this he mus. note, to wit:
That I won’t play ball or do nothing at all
Unless I’m the one to be it.
Unless I’m the one to be it.
That others can do, perhaps better, too,
The things that I do so well
Doesn’t enter my head—why, I’d rather be
dead
Than not ride the top o’ the swell.
I will join with the others, friends, strang
ers or brothers,
In striving to make a “hit, tf
But they must not forget, nor even once let
This slip from their minds—that I’m it,
It, it, it.
0. I’m the one to fire the gun;
I am ever and always it.
It don t worry me that the world may see
The Many things that I seem to lack,
seat up in front is the one that 1 want
Let other folks go “way back.”
If a friend of mine takes a notion to shine
Or tries to show off a bit,
Let it be understood, I shall cut him for
good ashamed
Till he feels to be it.
Oh. I’ll love my neighbor as myself,
Provided he has the wit
To not undertake to run his own wake—
Even then he must let me be it,
Never It, it, it.
was one more fit—
Stand back with the rest, for I am the best
One of all—to be always it.
Hartford Times.
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The Ghost ■■
That Danced I
at Jeddart.
HERE were gay and fes
a m tive doings in abbey
o I O crowned Jedburgh one fine
H 1% * day 1285—doings in the year the of like grace of
which the old-world village had never
seen before, nor equalled since. All was
stir and bustle, the claelian was full of
men-at-arms and vassals, followers of
the great and powerful barons who,
in their turn followed their liege lord
the King; and he for some clays before
hand had taken up his* quarters with
in tlio pr 1 n ts o the stately abbey.
I- Hither for days beforehand, too, had
been flocking all the vagrants, as well
as the nobles of the lafnd. Pipers,
fiddlers, glee-maidens and harpers
jostled, elbow with elbow, haughty
knights, portly monks aud high-born
darned—each and all eager to take
their places in the pageant, or share
the spectacle arising out of good King
Alexander's wedding. For therein lay
the reason of nil the bustle and un
usual display in this old Border cla
chan—-King Alexander was- that day
espousing the Lady loleai de Coney,
daughter ol’ the noble Count of Dreux,
and all were eager to witness the cere
mony, if not to share in the banquet
to be held that night in honor of tlic
occasion.
This Alexander was he who had
been surnamed “Tamer of the Ravens,”
and was at that time a man in the
prime of life—a man wise in the judg
ment hall, fierce on the
gentle in lady’s bower, and
in the hearts of liis people—take
all in all, a king the like of
Scotland was destined to see but
again. So, it was no wonder the
!plc crowded to share in the mirth
.jollity of the occasion, to wish
•leiypfj^e, and hope the gentle queen
ainrf^’ould tlieirs. long be enthroned in
‘heart arm
• Meanwhile, tin--gnonks of the
grumbled loud and long because
- king had bidden tliekfvillagers to
tend the banquet that flight alid
on the dance. The lord abI>ot had
to countermand the order, bidding
rustics, under pain of the
of Holy Church, to bide in their
homes and refrain from indulging
-the sinful pleasure of dancing.
this did not go down well with
burghers, and Will, the
Clou ter, bold as a lion, walked into
king’s presence, where courtiers
at bis knee and gentie ladies
about, to complain of the abbot's
terference with their pleasure.
•. By ma sang!” cried the good
rising from his throne in
and striding through the abbey
with the stride of a warrior on
- battlefield, “this mauna bo. Every
has my leave to enjoy himsel’. for
;no’ every day a king’s married;
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‘tak’ your pleasure while you may’ is
a gukl sayin’.”
So thereupon he rent for the abbot,
and reprimanded him before the whole
court.
“What is this we hear. Lord Abbot?”
he inquired. “Is it our wedding or
thine that ye must needs turn the
guests away from us? ’»
“Sire,” answered the abbot,
his obeisance with a sour visage,
“dancing is a lure of the Evil One, and
it befits not these poor people to be led
astray by such a device. * ’
“By St Andrew’s bones, Lord Ab
bot!” cried tlie king, “there is no barm
in dancing and ye did wrong to gain
say me in this. Hearken now,” he
continued, “to what I here ordain. Let
all the wankers, and wabsters and sou
tars, and merchants, and millers and
codgers frae the kintra round that are
so minded set to at once and dance a
reel t# celebrate our waddin’. And
every landward lassie that so likes can
come the nicht—the bonnie lassie fresh
frae pu’in’ lint ’ll be as well received
by us as ony haughty baron’s dochtar.
And tak’ tent that nae monk inter
feres.”
“Naught good can come of displeas
ing Holy Church,” said the abbot,
turning away with a long lip; and the
courtiers were reminded of his words
later on that night.
So the town-crier belied the king’s
proclamation through the town, and
the whole of the populace, from the
town-foot to the abbey, were soon gone
dancing mad—all dancing to the well
being of the king.
The scene at the marriage feast that
night was something the burghers did
not forget in a hurry. The tables
stretched from one end of the hall
straight out into the caller air, and
groaned beneath the generous fare pro
vided from the private stores of loyal
burgesses—bannocks and cheese, hag
gis and trine, apples and pears, fish
and flesh, and every other dainty usu
ally provided for a royal marriage,
with drink to match. Then when they
they had feasted to their heart’s con
tent, like a hailstorm through the for
est, the dance began; and lords and
ladies, with laughing eyes vowed, tired
or not, to keep it going till morning.
The fiddles went, and harpers played,
while guitars twanged accompaniment
to song from throats of bonnie lassies.
All took part in the entertainment,
and even bow-legged Tam the Tin
man, who could neither ounce nor
play nor sing, contributed to the din,
if.not the music, by shouting at the
pitch of his leathern lungs, “Ho Jed
dart’s here!” the burg rallying cry.
When, lo! a change came o'er the
scene, and dancers broke off, awe
stricken. musicians ceased their play
ing, and singing girls became dumb.
A spell hung o'er them all. but still
the patter of a pair of brogues could
be heard carrying on the broken-off
dance, though no one could be seen,
while the wail of an invisible bagpipe
playing the accompaniment was plain
ly audible. The lad with the lang bas
soon fainted, the k&ttle-drummers and
fifers followed suit, while the harpers
glowered quaking with terror through
the strings of their silent
and shut their eyes—on such a sight
that now appeared.
It was no human being, yet there it
was. dancing through the hall, cutting
such capers and performing such an
tics that it nearly tumbled over the
Provost, worthy man, who stood in its
way. Then it jinked in the king's di
rection, and even jostled him with its
elbows, to tlic no small dismay of the
maskers of both sexes, who
screaming to the other end of the hall.
It had a plume of feathers on its
head, as if it had been a baron,
its attenuated form was attired in
kilt all embroidered with gold
cade, with a dainty doublet
with silver lacing to match. But
as I have said, it was only a thing
bones—an atomy, a skeleton, a
alike grotesque and ludicrous—a
in kilts! It lightly trod an airy
cracking its fleshless thumbs, and
tending to link with unseen
down the floor. It danced that
as surely never before had
dance been danced, grinning and
ing at the same time to the
and her ladies on the dais, who
speechless with terror: and then,
lent as it harl come, it flitted from
palace, and the spell was broken.
by degrees came courage back to
hearts of those assembled there.
Such is tlie legend of the ghost
danced at Jeddart, a legend that
historically true—Glasgow Herald.
Napoleon’s lied For Sale.
The bed on which Napoleon died
St. Helena is being offered for sale
Paris. The bedstead is made of
and was given by the Emperor
Comte de Montholon, who was
him at St. Helena. It is now the
erty of the Comtesse de
wlwyis the last representative of
family, and as she is very old and
no one to leave it to she is now
to seli.it. The Comtesse also has in
possession a dinner service that
longed to Napoleon. The price
for the bedstead is £50,000. and it
most probably be secured by one
the American collectors of
relics.
Norway’s coast line 1,700 miles
a straight-tfneM- becomes 12,000
followed round-.the fjord a,
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Epitomized Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
Preserved Blackberries Fatal.
The 7-year-old son of Mr. Jack Wil
liams, at Gainesville, is dead from eat
ing preserved blackberries, wnich
had been put up in a can.
The berries were a little sour,but
were sweetened and thought to be
all right. Several children who ate
them were made very ill.
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For Improvement of Roads.
Th€ county commissioners of Clark,
hawe received several bids of par for
the county' bonds for road improve
ment, but have determined not to sell
them at these figures, They believe
they will bring better money than
that. The issue is for $100,000, and
bears 4 per cent interest.
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Fruit Growers to Meet in Rome.
The North Georgia Fruit Growers’
Association will meet in Rome on
May 12 and the meeting will be of
much interest to the fruit growers.
A splendid program is being arrang
ed and many prominent fruit growers
will be in attendance.
* * *
Two Rewards Offered.
Governor Terrell has recently of
fered two rewards for murderers. One
was for Alfred Moore, who is wanted
in Laurens county. The amount of the
reward is $150. The other reward of
$100 is for the unknown person who
shot and killed Ely Daniels, a negro,
in Webster county several nights ago.
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Williams Confirms Purchase.
The official announcement of Pres
ident Williams, of the Georgia, Flori
da and Alabama railroad, of the pur
chase of the Tallahassee, Carrabelle
and Georgia railroad, is most gratify
ing news to the people of Cut’nbert.
It is stated that the operation of the
new road will begin at once, thus
| j giving Cuthbert a direct aud through
service to the Gulf of Mexico.
* * *
More Money Needed for State Buiidir.q
According to Hon. Dudley M. Hugh
es, commissioner from Georgia to tae
St. Louis exposition, $3,500 are need
ed to complete the Georgia building,
which is now in course of construc
tion on the exposition grounds.
Subscriptions are still being solic
ited, and it is hoped to have the money
in hand by June 1st. The building will
be competed in a few days, and the
desire of the commissioners is to se
cure enough money t.o pay off all the
indebtedness as soon as the building
is finished if it is possble to do so.
* *
Two Tax Returns Declined.
Two returns for franchise tax and
tax on tangible property have been
refused by Comptroller General WiV
liam A. Wright, and the returns sent
back to the railroad companies whihi
filed them for amendment.
The two railroads are the Atlan.'c
and Birmingham and the Wrightsville
and Tennille. Both railroads returned
their nronerty at a lower value than
:'t was returned for last year and the
comptroller very promptly refused to
accept the official returns.
* * *
Senator Bacon Goes to Cuba.
; Senator Bacon left Washington just
Saturday for a short sea trip, com
bining rest and recuperation with
business. He goes to Cuba and will
| return in ten days or two weeks. The
: taking over of the naval stations in
, ■Cuba 1 „ , involves . which . ,
some questions ,
M
may have to be passed upon F by the
foreign - . relations ... committee, ... of . winch . ,
0 Senator , „ Bacon is . the ranking . . ,
cratic member, and Secretary Moody,
who goes to make an investigation of
the naval properties, has asked the
Georgian to accompany him.
It is expected the party will be gone
about ten days and Senator Bacon ex
pects to reach his home at Macon in
about two weeks.
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May Festival for Atlanta.
The $5,000 guarantee asked for
from the people of Atlanta has been
subscribed and the great May festi
val May 30, 31 and June 1, is now an
assured success. Now that the fund is
complete the final arrangements are
rapidly reaching completion and the
coming festival is certain to be an
epcch-marker in the musical history of
Atlanta and the south.
A chorus of 200 voices is meeting
twice a week, and among these are
many of the best trained voices to
be found in this vicinity. This great
chorus will be used in the support
of the great programmes of the fes
i tival.
* * *
DciV’t Want the Date Changed.
General Clement A. Evans, one of
j the leading Confederate veterans of
the couth, is opposed to changing the
date of Memorial day from April 26th
to June 2d as suggested by John W.
Akin in hi speech in Atls.ii. a cn i ie- T
morial day.
According to General Evans the
United Confederate Veterans left the
^question of the change with the La
dies’ Memorial Associations of Geor
gia some time ago, and while all the
other states changed the date, tin
Georgia ladies decided to stand by
April 26th, General Evans says, rep
resents the last of the Confederacy,
as it was on that date that General
Joseph E. Johnston surrendered the
last Confederate army. That surrender
was the last of the Confederacy, and
Georgia selected that day to comment
orate the last of the Confederacy.
* * *
Repudiated Bonds May Cause Suit.
Evidences have developed of a
combination on the part of certain
holders of repudiated Georgia * bonds
with a view to giving the state some
trouble because of failure to pay a
debt which legally and morally the
state does not owe.
Recently in the case of a suit
brought in the state of South Dakota
against North Carolina, the supreme
court held that it had jurisdiction to
entertain such a complaint involving
the validity of state bonds, and it was
neld that a certain railroad property
in connection with which North Car
olina had issued the bonds in ques
tion, was the security for those bonds,
and that it could be held liable for
them to the extent of the value of that
security. The question of state sov
ereignty was not involved in the Da
kota-Carolina case.
As a result of the foregoing case,
however, it would seem that holders
of the illegal and repudiated Bruns
wick and Albany railroad bonds, bear
ing indorsement of the state of Geor
gia, have determined, in the event all
hope is removed of getting the state
to compromise, to transfer their hold
ings to some state which will bring
suit against Georgia in the supreme
court of the United States. At least
this is the inference from a letter
is just been received by At
torney General John C. Hart from a
prominent New York banker.
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Obear’s Inspection Nearly Complete.
Inspector General William G. Obear
has almost completed the inspection
of the state troops as- required by
law, and will by June 1 have his re
port ready for the general assembly,
Colonel Obear has some fifteen com
panies which were placed on probation
yet to inspect, and when he visits
them he will decide whether or hot
they should be continued on the rolls
of the state.
The military colleges at Gordon in
stitute, at Barnesville, Milledgeville,
Dahlonega, Atlanta, and other placas,
are yet to be inspected. The inspec
tions this year have been very tnor
I cugh and the standard required by
the state laws has been strictly enfore
ed. Companies that did not come np
to the requirements were immediately
placed on probation. Six were dropped
from the rolls altogether,
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Arranging for Legislative Session.
Hon. John T. Boifeuillet, clerk of
the house of representatives was in
Atlanta the past week, and he and
Secretary Charles S. Northen, of the
Senate, had a conference at the cap
itol with regard to preparing a state
ment of the unfinished business of
| the house and senate to be furnished
to the members prior to the meeting
; 0 f t he legislature on June 22. There
:
i are many general bills before both of
, these bodies, som'e of them of consid
, ! erable importance, which will have to
, be acted on at the coming sessiolT. If
i ... they are _ not „ . considered .. , they ,, must
.... be introduced . anew in . ,, the , legislature . , A
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or „ inA 190o, _ matter , be earned
I as no can
! over. The printed slips showing the
i unfinished business
; of both bodies will
l probably be ready for distribution in
the course of a couple of weeks.
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Insurance Men to Meet.
Augusta insurance men are making
great preparations for the meeting of
tne Georgia Underwriters’ Association,
which meets in that city May 11 and
12. There will be a great deal A
pleasure mixed with the business of
th e occasion.
JAPS PRASSFD RY RUSSIANS.
Brevcrv FxVfoited on Sinking Transport
Flicits Unbounded Admirnfion.
The details of Rear Admiral Yes
zen’s raid, received in Et. Petersburg,
show that it was entirely successful.
The admiral safely brought hack his
ships to Vladivostok after inflicting
material and moral damage on the
e-emy.
The conduct of the 130 troops re
raainmg cn board the Kinshiu Maru
in refusing to surrender and flrinsr
upon the Russians even while the
'transport was sinking evokes un
bounded admiration.
RANKS OF JAPS THINNED
ta Daring Passage Across Yalu R
Russians Poured Galling -ver.
F “C
Upon Than.
A St. Petersburg special says: n,
general staff believes e
that one cl the
Japanese _
columns, Sew while attempting., ‘ K10
the - Yalu river
cross at Turenc ben,
"" e^nesdaj morning, sustained severe
!oss > owiu & to an unexpected shelling
site by a bank, Russian battery from the oppo*.
which destroyed the j-.-.
ese pontoons,
The Japanese, the general staff .says,
tried to cross the river at six or seven
points, and succeeded only at one
point. The staff has no further news
The crossing of the Yalu river by
the Japanese forces did not impress
the Russians, in view of the r r -‘ports
of the ensuing Japanese reverse,
These reports became more per.nst
ent at noon and caused an all round
rise in prices on the bourse, bn., so
far there has been no confirmation of
them officiaily.
Another dispatch states that ‘he
Japanese troops, which crossed the
Yalu north of Tchandjiou charged, dur
ing the night of April 26-27, the Rus
sian position near Lizavena, a village
on the Manchurian bank of the Yalu
They were repulsed, but their loss is
not known.
Two gunboats steamed up the rirer
to the support of the Japanese, when
a Russian field battery at Amisan
opened upon them, a duel which last
ed about twenty minutes. The dus
sian fire was too hot, and the gunboats
were forced to turn and st&m out of
range.
WEDDED SERVANTS AS WELL.
This Mormon Seems to Have Bee.-: Parties
to a full House.
L. E. Abbott, sheriff of Davis coun
ty, Utah, was before the senate com
mittee on privileges and elections at
Washington Wednesday in the, Smoot
investigation. He was examined in re
gard to the apostle, John W. Taylor,
who, he said, is reputed to have five
wives. Two of these wives are neigh
bors of Mr. Abbott in Farmington,
Utah.
These wives are known as Nettie
Wooley, who has five children rang
ing from 11 to 2 years, and Ne'lie
Todd, who has six children, ranging
j from 16 to 2 years, all of whom are
recognized as Apostle Taylor's cnil
dren. Two other wives of Apostl lay
lor, said Mr. Abbott, are Ruby and
Roxy Wellington, who are about 23
or 24 years. It was reported two years
ago that they had been married to
Taylor. One was working for Nettie
Wooley and the other for Nellie Todd,
both as domestics.
Senator Overman wanted to know if
their ages had been given correct.!-,- as
about 24 years. The witness said he
believed that to be about their ages.
Then they must’ have been mar
ried since the manifesto?” said the
senator,
“I don’t know; I have told you all
I know about them,” replied the wit
ness.
Attorney Taylor placed in the rec
ord a letter written to Senator Rur
rows by President Joseph F. Smith re
specting his inability to have Mor
mons t° come to Washington to tes
tify before the committee. He *ays
that John Henry Smith, Marriner W.
Merritt and George Teasdale are, and
that John W. Taylor and John Crow
ler were unwilling voluntarily to tes
tify. President Smith concludes Ms
letter as follows:
n As this is a political matter and
not a religious duty devolving upon
them or me, I am powerless to exert
more than moral persuasion in the
premises. if
BOILER EXPLOSION PLAYS HAVOC.
Locomotive Bursts, Wounding Severs! Peo
ple and Wrecking Buildings.
An engine of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, east bound, exploied
early Wednesday morning while pass
ing Tenth street, Braddock, Pa., in
ing Tenth street, Braddock, Pa. Three
men were fatally injured, three others
dangerously hurt, and five buildings
I in the vicinity were wrecked. Two
of the cars caught fire and were do
! strayed.
NOVEL RAILROAD SUIT ON TRIAL.
1 North Carotin a Court Seeks to Force <“0
Lines to Make Connection.
In the superior court at RaleiyN
N. C., a case "which is said to be en
tirely novel and without precedent, is
up. For a long time there are
to have been complaints by the public
for the failure of *^e Atlantic Coast
Line and the Southern Railways to
make connection at Selma a very , 31 -
portant junction point. Tlie corpo- 1
ration commission finally issue! an
der that the Atlant Coast Liae ;
should make this connection.