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THE HENRI COUNTY WEEKLY.
VOL. XIV.
PKOFESSIOSA L VA It OS.
j |IS . 4J. 1». <AV3I*I»I'.I.I..
D E N T I ST,
McDonough, Ga.
Any one desiring work done can lie ae- i
eommodated either by calling on me in per- I
son or addressing me through the mails.
Terms cash, unless special arrangements
are otherwise made.
*
Gko W. Bryan j W.T. Dickfn.
URIAH X niCUIIH.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing
.he Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and the United States District
Court. . apr27-lv
J Ati. 11. rilllWß.
attorney at law,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing
.he Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court 01
Georgia, and the United States District
Court. marl K-l v
.». Re AGAH.
attorney at law.
MoDonouoh, Ga.
Will practice in all the Courts of Georgia
Special attention given to commercial and
other collections. Will attend all the Courts
at Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over
Schaefer's warehouse. janl-ly
j r. \VAM«
attorney at law,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing the
Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and
District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention
given to collections. octs-’79
A. lIROWH.
* attorney at law,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in all the counties compos
ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia and the United States District
Court. j 1,11 - 1 v
j j 4 . PEEPI.ES,
attorney at law,
Hampton, Ga,
Will practice in all the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Ccorgia and the District -Court ol the
United States. Special and prompt atten
tion given to Collections, Oct 8, 1888
Jso. D. Stewart. J R.T.Danikl.
STKAVAKT A !> A Nil. 1..
attorneys at law,
Griffin, Ga.
ryinrX A icNtii.ih
Hampton. Ga.
1 hereby tender my perfessional service to
the people of Hampton and surrounding
country. Will attend alt cal's night and
day.
LA If CAM). .
1 have opened a law office in Atlanta, hut
will continue my practice in Henry county,
attending all Courts regular'y, as heretofore.
Correspondence solicited. W ill he in Mc-
Donough on alt public days.
Office—Room 2t>, Gate City Bank Build-
Alabama street. Atlanta, Ga.
JOHN L. TYE.
January Ist, 1385.
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ami THEDFORD’S BLACK-DRAUGHT are
for sale by the following merchants in
Henry County:
I). Knott & Co. McDonough.
Hill & Parker, Lovejoy-
A. V. McVicker. Rabb.
Berry it Brain an, Flippen.
Dr. W. 11. 11. Peek, Locust Grove.
J. C. Bostwick, Peeksville.
,!. W. Hale, Sandy Ridge.
W. H. Gilbert & Co. Stockbridge.
B. F. Harlow, Tunis
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May 24, 1888
tty t YTLMI Agents in every Town
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Address
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RICHMOND, VA.
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M’noxonni, (;a.
i McDonough, a town of 1 ,CMHI inlml>it ants
s the■ county »<te ol Henry, oneot* the lar
gest and most populous countie? in middle
Georgia, is situated on the Rust Tonn., Va.
& Ga, R*y.» twenty eight miles south of At
lanta, the capital ol the state. It is also
the northern terminus Of the Georgia Mid
land A Gulf R’y, which has its southern
erminus at Columhus, Ga., “the Lowell of
file South.’* Ihe Central ot Georgia run*
through the western portion of the county,
thus giving it three first class lines ofrrtil
wav.
, Farm lands can he bought from $5. to
I sls. <r acre; on which can be grown re
, munerative crops of Cotton, Corn, Wheat,
Oats, live, Barley, Lice, Millet, Sugar-cane,
Sorghum, Sweet and Irish Potatoes, Ground
and Field Peas, and the finest \Vatermelous
(both as to size and flavor) in the
world.
All kinds ol fruits do well here. Quite a
fruit industry has sprung up some fourteen
miles to the of McDonough, and
is conducted 1> an intelligent set of immi
grants from thv norih, who 'bought the lands
cheaply, and which have appreciated from
$lO. to SIOO. pc? acre. There are thousands
of acres just as good in Henry county a wait
; ing ile.velopment by industrious itmui
| grants.
There are eight railroad towns in Henrv
; county-McDonough, Hampton, Stockbridge,
I Locust Grove, Flippen, Greenwood, Tunis
| and Louella. in point or population* they
rank as gi/en
The climate is mild and equable, There
is not a day in the year that out of door
work cannot be done oil account of cold
weather. The atmosphere is pure and en
tirely free from malaria. A case of yellow
| fever was never contracted in 150 miles of
j this section. The*county lies 1.100 feet
j above sea level, and is gently undulating i
in it* topography. Wood and water of the |
best quality are abundant. Building mate
rial is cheap and plentiful. Undressed lum
ber can be bought :«t SO. per M. and dressed
lumber at from sl2, to sll. M. and shingles
first clftßg)at s’». per M,
Our people are kindly disposed towards
all well-meaning new comers. Politically,
our people believe in ‘‘a free ballot and a
fair count.” There is a standing reward of
SSOO. fora single instance where a man
has not been allowed to vote his political
conviction —whether he be democratic or
republican. ')ur motto is, *‘L< l bygones be
bygones; and let all unite in I fie up building
of our goodly heritage. IV c know no south
no north.” We do ire to bend our united
energies to bringing our beautilrl lands to
that degree of perfection which brawn and
brain have done for less favored sec
tions.
The manufacturing industries of this
section have received a wonderful impetus in
the last few years. Griftin, a sprightly
town of 5000 inhabitant s only eighteen miles
south of us, has built two splendid cotton
mills In the last three years —costing in the ;
aga regale. s.‘{()o,{)oo. <;n which amount they
declared a dividend of M 0 per cent, last year. |
To thn; u, who have money to invest, we in
vite them* to come to McDonough, which is
one of the best building sites in the south,
owing to its being in the midst of the cotton
fields, and on a line of railway where cheap
coal can be had. It has been demonstrated
that capitalists cannot make.it mistake in in
vesting in southern manufacturing enter
terprises. A cotton mill, an oil mill or
guano factory would all pay a handsome div
idend if erected and nut in operation
here.
To the capitalist, the mechanic, the ma
chinist. the sturdy, thrifty northern and
western farmers we invite y< u t > come and
examine our section before purchasing in the
bleak, treeless northwest. We will accord
you *i hearty welcome and happy, sunnv
homes! *
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stamp.
All parlies corresponding with us will
please inclose stamps to insure reply.
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.McDonough, Ga.
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MeDONOUGH, GA.. FRIDAY. MAY, 31,188!).
WANT -BETTER LAWS.
THE ItOAl) COXGKESS r/.V
isues its irons.
WILL MEMORIALIZE THE LEGIS
LATURE.
The Slate Will l!<- AxU.-d to Ke
lorni ili«. Ko:i<l I.iihs Work
lonvicln on KoiiiU si ml
lli-I.IjACk mul l.«-vy
a Tux.
The Hoad congress finished its work
yesterday afternoon in a brief but
breezy sessiou of three-quarters of an
hour.
The morning session had developed
the fact that the delegates were anx
ious to get through and go home. Con -
sequenlly the afternoon session was
crisp and businesslike.
Colonel Geo. \V. Adair’s resolutions
came up in order and the discussion of
it « as resumed.
The Colonel had changed the roso
lotions from the form in which it had
been offered in the morning, and it now
read as follows:
Resolved, that in the opinion of this
congress the agricultural, and all other
interests of this state demands a change
in the load laws of Georgia.
Resolved, tint for the want of time
!to give the subject proper considera
tion, the president of this congress ap
point a committee from this body com
posed of one member from each con
gressional district, and two from the
state at laige who shall formulate and
present a menu-rial to the legislature
at the adjourned session of the same
suggesting such changes in the road
laws of this state as they think will re
sult in giving to the people butter pub
lic roads.
This was proposed as a substitute for
the bill prepared by the committee.
As an amendment to the resolution
of Colonel Adair, Mr. S W. Robert
son, delegate front Habersham, offered
the following:
Resolved, That the memorial to he
prepared shall embrace these ideas :
1. That thu convicts i-f the state be
utilized as far as possible.
2. That the labor of the state bear
its lair proportion of the burden.
3. That the property of the state
shall hear its fan- proportion of an ad
valorem tax.
I. That a large discretion he left to
each county as to the amount and
charactes of the work to be done.
5 That in any law that shall be
framed the interest of the public shall
bear against and not, with the person or
peisons in charge of the road work
ing.
The amendment was accepted by
Colonel Adair, and adopted by the
congress.
In.accordance with the resolution
Chairman Nortlien appointed the lol
lowing memorial committee :
State at large, W. J. Nortlien, of
Hancock ; W. F. Jenkins, of Put
nam.
First district, M. P. Smart, of Chat
ham; second, A. A. Barry, of Randolph;
third, J. P. Brown, of Pulaski; fourth
W. T. Revill, of Meriwether; fifth, G.
VY. Adair, of Fulton ; sixth, YV. A.
Huff, of Bibb; seventh, Halstead Smith,
of Floyd; eighth, S. H. O. Martin,* of
Elbert; ninth, J. AY. Robertson of
1 labersltam ; tenth, Martin V. Calvin,
of Richmond.
Mr. Albert Thomas, moved tiiat the
bill and resolutions drafted by the
committee on business be referred to the
memorial committee for their guidance
and action. This motion was car
ried.
Mr. Thos. J. Lyons, of Thomas, of
fered a resolution which was unani
mously passed, expressing the thanks
of the congress to the Cultivator Pub
lishiug company, and to Mr. \V. G.
Whidby for calling the congress and
for their efforts in aid of its delibera
tions and works.
Mr ,T. G. McCall, of Brooks, offer
ed the following resolutions :
Resolved, That the president and
vice-president of this congress shall con
stitute an advisory committee, whose
1 duty it shall he to determine the ques
i tion of the future meetings of this con-
I gress with power to determine the time
! and call the body in session.
This was passed and the road con
giess adjouned, subject to the call of
its chairman. —A flmi/n Journnl.
Shady Urorr.
•The weather fine, but a little dry.
Oats are gone up the flume. Wheat
moderately go d. Corn fine where
manured and worked. Colton is look
ing tolerably, hut stands arc not gener
ally good. Quite a number are d lie
“chopping,” hut the most o f us are
fairly in for it. It is a goodly sight to
see the cotton “chopper” as he raises a
cloud of dust as he smites the unoffen
ding cotton. ‘
Speaking of rain and things one
would like to see and have reminds us
that it has been so long sinci we had a
goo i rain the ila.e of its coming has es
caped from the captious meshes of our
memory.
The fruit ciop is fine : and if we can
ju>t pull through to blackberries we de
ly fie lank wolf, who hangs around
about this time of year.
There is nothing small about us, and
we sav here aL<l now, Mr. Editor, that
1 you are cordially invited to dine with
us on the fourth of July.’ We will
give you a dish of red meat and Spanish
seed watermelon.
Success to The Weekly and its
many readers. Rambler.
I May 21.
A PROPOSED ROM LAW
An act to amend the road 'fans of
thin stale and to empower thefjcounty
authorities to levy and collect for
road purposes.
Section 1. Be it emitted by the
senate and house of representatives in
general assembly met. and it is hereby
( enacted by the authority of the I same.
1 hat it stall be the duty of- the, coun
ty authorities having charge of the roads
and revenue in each county in tlia state,
on the first Monday it; December alter
the passage ot this act, and biennially
thereafter, to appoint a superintendent
of public roads for their respective
I counties, whose powers, duties md lia
j bilities shall be as hereafter s-er forth.
Sec. 2. Be it further ennctoiC’That
■ said superintendents in their respective
counties shall, and they are hereby au
i tborized and required by the !
S day in February in each veat
the roads in their respestive canaries in
sections as they shall deem most appro
priate ; the working and keeping in re
pair of which shall be let out -,to the
lowest bidtlet on the first Mondy in
March fora term of one or more years.
Said letting shall be advertised once
i a week for four weeks in the public ga
j zett in wliidh the sheriff of tin; county
; does his advertising.
It shall be the duty of said superin
tendents to make out specifications in
writing of the work to be done, which
! specifications shall be subject to the ap
proval of the county authorities having
chaige of the roa Is and revenue and
open to examination for four weeks
prior to the day of letting, and the place
where they may he found shall he sta
ted in the advertisement hereinbefore
provided lor, and said specifications
shall be the basis of the contract.
A bond with good security in double
the amount to be paid -the contractor,
shall be given fur the faithful perform
ance of the work ; which ltotid shall he
payable to the county in which the
work is to be done, and be approved
by the county authorities having chaise j
of the roads and revenue Jnfore the
contractor goes to work nu (textile same.
Said b ind, when approved," shall he lil
t’d in the office of said counfyNßittbori -
ties. A failure by the contractor to
I resent such bond, with good security,
within twenty days after the letting,
shall vacate his bid, and the,Miperinten
dent shill 1 readvertise hi the manner
hereinbefore stated.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted that
should any contractor fail uw-omnly
with the terms of his contruot it.; shall
bo the duty of the superiniendetits of
public roads after thirty dais’ 'notice
to the contractor, to have Um .road, or
the portion thereof,- »y* 1 ajj
worked according to contract, workerF
up to the specifications of the contract
by hiring hands or otherwise, as-he may
see fit : and the amount necessary shall
be paid by the county and charged up
to «he contractor and dedueied from the
payments to be made, or recovered up
on his bond.
•Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That
the sums for which the work is contrac
ted to he done shall be paid for by the
county authorities having charge of the
roads and revenue only, when the wi rk
agreed upon lias been faithfully done
according to the terms of their respec
tive contracts and the same has been
certified by the superintendant of pub
lic roads.
Sec. 5 Be it further enacted, Thai
whenever it shall he made to appear to
said county authorities upon the report
of the superintendents of roads, or oth
erwise, that the conditions of the bonds
given under the second section of this
act have been violated or not com
plied with, it shall be the duly of said
county authorities to have suit institu
ted thereon, and the amount rccovetcd
shall be set apart as a road fund.
Sec. C. Be it further enacted, That
tha said county authorities of any coun
ty may, if they see proper, distribute
to contractors the misdemeanor con
victs, under such terms as they agree
on, and may reserve anv portion or
portions of the public roads as they
may see proper to work a chain gang
up an.
Sec; 7 Be it further enacted. That
at the time of laying off the sections of
loads as provided in this act, it shall
he the duty of the superindents of pub
lic roads to assigu to each seetbu of
road such hands as arc available and
necessary therefor, taking into consid
eration the length of the section, the
character of work required to be done,
provided that no hand shall he assign
ed to a section whose nearest point is
more than three miles from his resi
dence, unless the nearest road is a
greater distance, in which case he shall
he assigned to the nearest section to his
lesidence. A list of the hands will b
tiled, with the specifications of each sec
tion ; though tiie list will he no guaran
ty that the number of hands shall not
be greater, or less, as changes of resi
dence of the hands or other contingen
cies may require.
Sec. 8 Be it further enacted, That
all male persons between the ag«-s of
Hi and 00, except ministers of the gos
pel in charge of one gr more churches,
and all persons who are physically un
! able to work for themselves, shall he
subject to work the roads such num
ber of days as may hi fixed each year
by the hoard of commissioners, or or
dinary, as the ease may he, not to ex
ceed eight days in the year, under the
di-ection of ihe contractor of the load
to which they miy he assigned, and
, such contractor shall he charged with
the amount of labor assigned to his
road at :l;o rate at which tha hands are
| allowed to com mu‘e their labor, as
provided in this act. j
Sec. 9. lie it further enadted, That
jit shall he the duty of each road con
contractor at his first working to sum
men all the hands assigned to his road
at least two days before the day upon
which they are summoned to work;
such summons may he verbal, if in
person, or written, it left at the most
notorious place of abode of the hand
summoned, and the time and place of
working, and the tool which is reqnir
shall be stated; provided, that no oth
er than the ordinary fanning tools may
bo required.
It shall be the duty of the hand so
summoned, if he desires to coaimure
his work in rnonev, to par the contrac
tor the full amount of his commutation
for the year in which he is summoned,
and take a receipt therefor; and, upon
a failure either to work or pay, it will
lie the duty of the contractor to vepoft
the hand so failing to the superinten
dent of public roads, who shall try the
defaulter in the manner provided in'-
this act. A failure on the part of tint
Coritr-ictm to so report within ten days
alter each working shall hind the con
tractor for the amount of ilte commuta
tion of the defaulting hand. If, at. the
trial before the superintendent, it shall
appear that the contractor is not at
fault, lie shall bo credited with the
commutation tax of the defaulter.
Sec. It) Bo it further enacted, that
it shall he the duty of the superintend
ents of roads to appoint a day and
place for the trial of defaulters, at such
time as in his judgement may best sub
serve the public interests, and shall
have power to continue from day to
day as he may see lit. The contractor
reporting an alleged defaulter shall
have at least five days notice of tue
time and place ol trial, which
notice may be a sent by a special officer,
appointed by the superintendent of
roads, or by any constable of the coun-
ty, whose costs shall he the same as for
serving summons in civil cases in justi
ces court*. Said notice must he in
writing and served personally or by
leaving at the most notorious place of
abode of the person summoned. If it
should appear upon the trial that the
j ham! complained of, after being duly
! summoned, has tailed to work as ie
quirod*by »he#mtractor in a reasona
ble ri inner, failed to hi ing the re
quired/00l or pay the commutation,
the superintended shall impose a jine
of no>less than . To dollar and not
more than three dollars for each day of
default; and shall have powet to itu
pos tan alternative judgement of im
prisonment in the common jail, or work
upon tlig county chaingang not to ex
ceed four Hays for each day of default,
to be computed from the time that such
defaulter may be imprisoned or deliv
ered to the chaingang and the special
officer hereafter provided for, or any
eor.tajkUt of the court shall have pow
er to execute the judgement ol said su
prrintendent of roads. All errors
complained of may he corrected by
writ of ceitiorari to the superior court
in the same manner as from a justice’s
court. The costs of the special officer
or constable shall lit; paid by tlie con
tractor if it appear tint he is at fault,
or by the county if it should appear
that a hand not subject to road duly
has been assigned to the contractor.
Sec. 11. lie it further enacted, that
any person or persons whq, may prefer
to work the road in person, or by proxy,
shad have the right to do so, and shall
work such a number of days as may be
fixed each year by the authorities, not
to exceed eight days in the year, un
der the dilection of the contractor.
Any person failing to work or pay the
commutation, shall be subject to the
penalties provided in this act. llis
w ages shall be subject to garnishee for
the amount of his tine and costs, and it
shall be the duty of the superintendent ,
of roads to proceed by execution of
garnishment by summary process as
provided for tax executions.
Sec. 12 Be it'further enacted that
said county aatliotities of each county
in this state be and are hereby author
ized and empowered to levy and col
lect a tax not exceeding one-fifth of one
percent upon the taxable property of
the county for road purposes, and shall
assess the amount at which persons
subject to work the public roads may
in money.commute the same.
Sec. io lie it further eiiacted that
the compensation paid to the superin
tendent of roads shall be fixed by the
board of commissioners of roads and
revenue, or ordinary, as the case may
be, of the county of his service, and the
same shall be paid out of the county
treasury.
' TO WORK CONVICTS ON THE ROADS.
The committee also submitted the
following resolution in conjunction
with the preceding act. It was unami
niously adopted :
Resolved, That it is the sense of
this body tfiat the convicts of this state
should be used in improving our public
roads aud btidges, and that this should
lie done as quickly as possible,
’with due regard to existing leases, and
that the best interests of the masses of
our people demand immediate legisla
tion preparatory to such use of all coir
victs available in the future by the ex
pira'ton or forfeiture or leases now ex
isting Provided, however, that excep
tion should be made in cases of crim
inals, who should be core cautiously
and severely punished.
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SUNDRY SILHOUETTES
Some of the strongest effects in na
ture and in art are secured by con
trasts. It is by placing in juxtaposi
tion the light with the shade, the gav
with the severe, the merry with the
sad that wo hest realize the virtues of
each. So as 1 have fully considered
kissing as a fine art, let us for awhile
indulge in some reflections upon the end
of all life.
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Death when it comes to those wo
know and to those we love is likelv to
awaken in the mind a long train of
idea*. Yet these ideas are not similar
They vary in accordance with the men-!
tality ol the person. To some it comes
with sniggering force, and in the lioreo-
ness ot their grief they live, simply in
the present. The (lead is there. The
stoiUnfact confronts them. And mingled \
with this feeling ate the ‘fieanltnry
flights that the mommy takes into the
past, win n all the virtues of the dead
i life and its kindly traits come hack
more emphasized and made mbre at
tractive by the pretence of death. Toi
others there is a repugnance about the j
end of life that cannot he lessened. It j
is not pleasant to look upon the cold, !
expressionless, unresponsive face of the |
(lead. But where was love in this life
this feeling cannot exist. For so virile. 1
so creative, so imaginative, so immortal
is real love that it surrounds the dead !
with a beauty which, while holy spirit j
ual, is satisfying. The power of real j
affection is wonderful. It is the fairy
touch that can rejuvenate and embellish
even the dullest of matter.
Death, to s.me, starts speculation.
It gives the desire to forecast and arm
lyze ; to take the past us a premise ajnl
draw deductions for tlm futu e. The
truly philosophical niiml will see much
in death. It penetrates beyond the
outward form. It extends into tin
very spirituality of the being who Ims
ceased to exist. It, deals with abstrac
tions. not only in* ideas but in idividual
traits. It will seek out from the cham
bers of the memory tli we characteris
tics which are worthy to ho specially
remembered. It, will apparel these in
familiar gurb. And when the thought
.of the dead conn-s to the friend so will
these pleasant remembrances troop
along in the memory. But mTo tlmn
this the philosopher will do. lie will
learn lessons for his own good from the
nobler traits of the dead. He will learn,
also, of the futility of human endeavor ;
of the presence of a force that is might
ier than the mind and more patent than
matter. He will learn, further, that
the greatest of the earth must succumb
before this power ; that there is an end
of luxury ; that riches cannot* stay it.
And, perhaps, out of this cohoit of ma
jestic thought ho may find somewhat
that will comfort him, that will teach
him patience and contentment.
It is the wise man who can draw val
uable lessons from tlm misfortunes of
others and who can apply them with
benefit to himself. There are few that
do this. Existence itself is such n hur
ry-scurry after this phantom kml that,
that man has little time to give to se
rious retrospection and contemplation.
'Tis the tendency of the age and the
individual man must suffer for it. Mon
ey is the standard of merit to day, and
it, is not surprising that ambitious men
risk health and happiness in the pur
suit of that which giv s comfort and
social position. Man is a creature full
Of caprice, and like his prototypes in
the animal world, the ape and the mon
key, he loves to imitate His superi
ors do this, he must do the same. There
are many men that are not, apes. But
unfortunately for society thare are
many that are apes in their mental at
tributes, if not in the human.
What is society ? When we regard
society as the community in its social as
pect, society is a wise, and a necessary,
and a natuial outgrowth of human life.
Indeed, it is not confined to humanity,
for there is a social organization among
the monkeys, the bees and the ants.
Society is absolutely necessary for the,
general welfare of the individual. If
we had no society we could enforce no
laws. Nor life, nor piosperity would
he safe for one tiny. Man needs soci
ety in order to exist. He must have
the company of Ids fellows —the soci
ety of those about him—in order to be
luippy. This kind of society is co-exis-
I tent with life. But the society that is
the wheel within the wheel, which con
sists of a few favored individuals, or at
least who imagine themselves to be fa
vored ; who draw lines of distinction
and caste ; this kind of society is the
most hollow of hII hollow mockeries.
Did not each one come into the world
naked ? Will not each one have to
leave the world naked, barrjng the
clothes that he wears when he is laid
away in the grave ? How easy it is to
forget that all men are like the grass
in the field, which to-day is and to
morrow is cast into the oven ?
The world is like a pot of Egyptian
vipers, all twisting and wriggling in all
sorts of contortions, each one trying to
get its head out of the pot. There is
little time to think of anglit else. Some
get their heads above tjie others, and,
wearied and worn with their exertions,
die as soon as they accomplish their
task. Olliers spend th:ir lives in
twisting and wriggling and going
through contortions in the effort to get
their heads out. But they die before
their wish is accompli died. Of what
use has their strenuous effort been to
them? How much wiser it would have
been if their lives had been spent quiet
ly and contentedly.
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I have just finished an tl cr reading
of that quaint mixture of wit, good na
ture and philosophy, by Lawrence
Sterne, which the the world knows as
“Tristram Shandy.” And in one chun
ter I found some precious thoughts that
lit so nicely in my structure that they
will be pressed into service. Here they
are:
“What is the life of man ? Is it not
to shift from side to side ? from sorrow
to sorrow T to button up one cause of'
vexation Slid unbutton another?”
“Labor, sorrow, grief, sickness, want
and woe, are the sources of life.”
“The Thracians wejfl, when a child
was born, and feasted and made merry
when a man went oiit of the world ; and
with reason. Death opens the gate of
fame and shuts the gate of envy after
it; it unloosens the chain of the captive"
and puts the bondsman's task into an
other man’s hands.”
•.'Show me the man wlto knows what
life is, who dreads it, and i’ll show thee
a prisoner who dreads his liberty.”
:,“ls it not better to be freed from
eases and spues, (rom love and melan
choly, and the other lint and cold fits of
lile, than like a trailed traveler, who
comes weary to his inn. to he bound to
! begin his journey afresh ?”
“ There is no terror in its looks
(death) hut .what it borrows from
groans and convulsions and the blowing
of noses and the wiping away of tears
with the bottom of curtains in a dying
man’s room. Strip it of these—what
is it ?"
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The philosopher Carlyle in one of
his bo >ks tells us that be who laughs
at death will scare at no shadows.
Death is the end of life. To be bom
implies that wo should also die. There
is an end to nil tilings. We should
bear this fact always in mind. It is re
lated ol Alexander the (irent that he
hvd a slave rile wi h- him constantly
in Ins chariot whose sole duty it was to
remind him at intervals that he was
only mortal. This lit' did lest his vie*-
tories might inspire him with an exag
gerated opinion of himself, and that his
end would he all the more hitter for it.
We cannot all tide about with slaves,
foi we are not all conquerors, lint we
can think about death occasionally, and
that to its complexion, as Hamlet said,
we must all come at last. If xve ad
vert to death, and that it will come to
the greatest as well as the least, it will
come all tho-easier for the thought, be
cause by gradually paving the way for
i:, it vviii he so unexpected a visitor.
This is wlmt the old Creeks and Un
mans did, and this is why history re
cords so many notable endings. The
Kmperor Vespasian died with a jest on
his lips, and Ciesar Augustus passed
away while complimenting his wile.
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There is nothing sad to mo, in the
death of an infant, beyond the touch of
sympathy which welds all mankind so
closely together. On the contiary, we
should feel happy that the little ones
have been spared all the tribulations,
the sorrows, the poignant anguish which
falls to the lot of the mature. True, it
has missed the sweets of life, but what
life is there where the sweets outnum
ber the bitter? Nor do I grieve over
tin; man or wonmu whose duty has
been fulfilled, whose life has been
crowned with yenrs crowded full of use
fulness. There is nothing sorrowful
in euthanasia—the natural transition
from life to death. The most fragrant,
rose must wither and die, the most
beautiful woman must finally submit to
the decomposing gases of matter ; the
bravest warrior must, after conquering
others, in turn be conquered himscll.
The man or woman who dies after
many years of usefulness finds rest and
an unbroken sleep. Their troubles are
at an end.
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But we should grieve where youth
has been stricken down in the charming
April of life, or in sturdy manhood,
where they have tasted of its delights
and suffered some of its trials ; and
who might have accomplished much if
they had been permitted to live. Those
who wear the rose of youth upon them,
alas ! why should they die ?
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But at best what is life ? A farce ?
A comedy ? A tragedy ? Do you re
member how Hope defines it ?
Behold the child, by Nature’s kindly law.
Cleaned with a rattle, tickled with a straw ;
Home livelier plaything ghes Ims youth de
light,
A little louder, but as empty <iuite ;
Scarfs, garters, gold amuse his riper stage.
And beads and prayer books are the tyvs of
age,
Pleased with this bauble still, as that be
fore.
Till tired lie sleeps, and life's poor pl.av is
o’er.
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Think of these things, ruminating
reader! We cannot live alway. Death
is omnipotent. It is omnipresent. It
comes like tho thief in the night, steal
thily, warily, when we are off our
guard ! The palace of the opulent is
no more free from his visits than the
hovel of the poor. No one can tell
whence he cometh or whither he goeth.
Make ready for his coming.
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‘•Ye who are driven like turkeys to
maiket with a stick and a red clout,
meditate, meditate, I beseech you,” up
on this short homily. — M. G. in De
troit Fre j Press.
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