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A BACHELOR’S SOLILOQUY,
To wed or not to wed:
\ That is the question.
' Whether ‘tialbetter
V To remain single
And disappoint a few women—
, For a time;
v Or nmrr.v
' And disappoint one woman—
i For life!
—Young’s Magazine.
PARTLY WIFE-MADE.
t “He is a self-made man, all right.”
“His wife claims that she superin
tended the job.”—Birmingham Age-
Herald.
;> HOW SHE EARNED IT.
“Where did Maudie get that dandy
|SOO gown?”
“She earned it by writing an arti
cle on ‘How I dress on SSO a year.' ’*
—Judge.
f WOODS FULL OF ’EM.
1 “I’ll brapd„Jnm as an ingrate.”
“Naw; brand him as something
worth while. Ingrate doesn’t mean
anything nowadays.” Washington
Herald.
j A PROTEST.
( “Say, you umpire!”
“Well, what is it?”
“Cut out dem steam-roller decis
ions. Dis ain’t no political conven
tion.” —Pittsburg Post.
< HAVANAS.
“What was the feature of the Cu
ban campaign?”
“The cigars,” replied the absent
minded veteran, who was deeply in
terested in politics.—Cleveland Press.
LED INTO TEMPTATION.
“Didn’t I see the grocer’s boy kiss
you this morning, Martha?”
"Yes'm. But he ain’t to blame,
ma'am. 'T'was the iceman set him
the bad example.”—Cleveland Plain
Dealer
THE STREAK INSIDE.
“The cat sneaked beneath the
couch when I came in; it must have
a yellow streak in its make-up.”
“It must have. I see the canary’s
cage is empty and here are some
feathers.”—Houston Post.
TOUCHY.
“Got a summer cold, I see.”
“And your next remark, I presume,
will be to the effect that they are the
worst kind."
“Oh, no; I think winter colds are
Just as bad."—Pfttsburg Post.
; • JUNGLE BALL.
Rooter Lion—“ Hello, what’s this?
The elephants ain’t wearing their
tusks to-day.”
Rooter Tiger—“ Nope; It’s a new
rule. They spiked so many players
In sliding to bases that they had to
cut out tusks or leave the league.”—
Puck.
LEAR’S WOE.
Lear was weeping.
“It wasn’t so much the ingrati
tude,” he cried, “but I couldn't stand
for them all correcting my gram
mar.”
Herewith he sought Shakespeare to
tell him that he had went. —New
York Sun.
REDUCED BY THE PANIC.
The Manager “I don’t exactly
like the way you have drawn your
tramp. You make him talk like a
stock broker.”
The Playwright—“ Well, that's all
right this year, ain’t it?”—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
REAL MERIT.
“There’s one thing I like about
those sheath dresses,’’ said the hus
band.
“What’s that?” asked the wife.
“There don’t seem to be a lot of
buttoning to do at the back!”—Yon
kers Statesman.
V
NOTHING BUT WOE.
“I presume a publisher has his
troubles.” -
“Yes; the artist gets mad if vre
•want him to read the book, and the
author doesn’t like it if we buy a set
of illustrations and ask him to look
at ’em occasionally while writing.”—■
Houston Chronicle.
WOMEN PRECLUDED.
Lady Applicant—“l see, sir, that !
you advertise for a partner, and as
sex wasn’t mentioned I called to- —”
Merchant “Pardon me, madam,
but I thought the question of sex was
quite covered. My advertisement
calls for a silent partner.”—Bostor
.Transcript. _
THE PULPIT,
A PRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BV
DR. CHARLES EDWARD LOCKE.
Tinnier Doing the Impossible.
BrooVlvn , N. Y.—The Rev. Dr.
Charles Edward Locke, pastor of the
Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal
Church. Stindov evening, to a large
audience. pr?ached on “Doing What
Cannot Be Done.” His text was Mat
thew 17:20: “Nothing shall be Im
possible unto you.” Dr. Locke said
in the course of his sermon:
That is a most exouisite moment,
when in the midst of rich treasures
of the Art Gallery of'the Vatican, one
stands for the first time before Raph
ael's masterpiece of “The- Transflura
tlon.” It was the great, artist’s last
work; and before its nigments were
dry It was carried in his funeral pro
cession. This masterful genius defied
a well known mnon of art. in attempt
ing to portray two distinct themes on
the same canvas; but Raphael was a
good theologian as well as an un
rivaled artist. H° caught the double
meaning of the Transfiguration and
saw in it not only the Glorification of
-Tesns, but the emanciaption of man
kind.
When Jesus came down from the
radiant mountain summit an anxious
father met him with the earnest re
quest. “Lord, have mercy on mv son.”
humbly explaining to Jesus that he
had first taken his afflicted boy to the
disciples, but they could not cure him.
•Tesns said - “Bring him hither to
Me.” and the child was cured that,
very hour. Tn perplexity the disci
ples asked of Jesus. “Why could not
we cast him out?” and Jesus replied.
“Because of your unbelief; for verily
I say unto you if ye have faith as a
grain of mustard seed —nothing shall
be impossible unto vou.” In easting
out the world's devils and in alleviat
ing the woes of humaritv. nothing
shall be impossible—and this is the
program of Jesus. “Doing what can
not be done” is the program of Jesus.
“Faith as a grain of mustard seed.”
“All things are possible to him that
believeth. ”
Faith laughs at impossibilities.
And erics it shall be done.
“Testis never despises a. little
faith." On that late afternoon on
the banks of Galileo, when the multi
tude was hungry and the town was
far away. Jesus, to lest Philin, in
quired: “Whence shall we buv bread
that those mav eat?” and mathemat
ical Philin thought that, two hundred
pennyweight would not be sufficient.
Then Andrew forabnef instant bad a
vision of faith as he suggested that,
there was a lad there who bad five
barley loaves and two fishes: but “An
drew. too, quickly adopted the arith
metical process and disconsolately
added' “Rut what are tbev among so
many?” Jesus, however, did not dis
count or overlook Andrew’s mo
mentfarv vision and faith; and on the
basis of Andrew’s “little faith” the
miracle of the feeding of the five
thousand was performed. It was
faith as a grain of mustard seed only,
but it accomplished the impossible.
Tertullian once said of an event:
“It is certain because it is impossi
ble.” and Richard Cobden, when told
that a certain thing was impossible,
replied: “If that Is all, let us set
about it at once.” General Arm
strong, of Hamnton, said: Doing
what cannot be done is the glory of
living,” and his great schools for In
dian and negro youth became possi
ble. Carisle impatiently wrote: “Im
possible! It is not a lucky word!
Who is it says there is a lion in the
way? Sluggard, thou must slay the
Hon; the way must be traveled!”
Mirabeau shouted: “Impossible, that
blockhead of a word! ” And the great
Napoleon characteristically declared:
“Impossible! It is not a French word.
Genius is the art of overcoming the
impossible! ”
Christianity is the art of overcom
ing the impossible. Impossible is not
in the vocabulary of the Christian.
This is the program of Jesus.
Christianity has already achieved
the impossible in the overthrow of
the vast Roman Empire. To destroy
the power and glory of Rome as they
appeared two thousand years ago in
trenched in impregnable fortresses
and defended by ever victorious
Roman legions, seemed impossible
result.
Christianity has achieved the im
possible in the final eradication of
human slavery, a diabolical institu
tion Culminated in the customs, for
tunes, constitutions, conscience and
traditions of men. So, indeed, shall
the day surely come when nations
shall not learn war any more. And,
when that prophecy of Isaiah shall
have been fulfilled, which commands,
“Loose the bonds of wickedness and
undo the heavy burdens,” then the
accursed liquor traffic will be over
thrown, and the deadliest thraldom
which has ever blighted manhood will
be ended. This damnable traffic in
strong drink fills the prisons with
criminals, the hospitals with the in
sane, and the poorhouses with pau
pers. Recently a great brewery com
pany of this country has published in
its paid advertisements a libelous
statement that the founder of Meth
odism favored the manufacture and
sale of liquors as a beverage. The
statements are mischievous lies. The
greatest total abstinence society in
Christendom is the Methodist Church
Such demoniacal lies will only hasten
the downfall of old Gambrinus in
this country. The devil is a liar, and
the father of lies, and we would ex
pect him to defraud his infernal busi
ness by lies and misrepresentations.
Lincoln’s great prophecy of February
22, 1840, has been partially fulfilled'
and will surely be completely real
ized, “When there shall be neither
slave nor drunkard upon the earth!”
Then, too, the brotherhood of the
race is to be established. “Whoso
hateth his 'brother is a murderer.”
Whoso hrath this world's goods and
aeeth his brother hath . need, And
shutteth up his bowels of compassion,
how the love of God in
Some one has recently said:
No man ought to have anything
until every man has something.” If.
this savors of anarchy, it is at least
true that many’of us should have less
until many others have more. There
is great social and industrial unrest
to-day. All these antagonisms and
confusions are due to the emancipa
tion of mankind through the influ
ence of Christ. Men are coming to
their own; Jesus has commanded,
“Loose him and let his go!” as He
did at the resurrection of Lazarus,
and we, His disciples, who have been
set free, are too slow to, obey our Lord’s
injunctions. Men are striving to get
free! A starving baby was found in
the East Side of New York recently
on the wasted breast of its dead
mother, and that same day in the up
town stores women werp spending
*SO for a single night robe. There
is wasteful extravagance at one end
of the social scale, and consequent
dangerous criminality at the other.
There is a safe and sane socialism
which emanates from the teachings
of Tesns, and the socialism of
will some dav prevail, and in that
dav pach «hell seek his own in his
brothers’ highest good, and all shall
dwell in noble brotherhood. Two
mpn saw a piece of jewelry on the
sidewalk, they reached for it simul
taneously, struck their heads violent
ly: each arose to censure the other,
when they found they were brothers
and had not seen each other for a
dozen years. It must not be forgot
ten that all competitions and rivalri#s
to-day are between brothers, and
some day the vast brotherhood will
be permanently organized. .
In the great task of casting out
the world's devils nothing shall be
impossible. Whatever ought to be
will be. A moral imperative must
havp in it a moral possibility. Kant
said long ago there is no meaning in
an “ought” unless it is followed by a
“can.” Every moral necessity will
some dav prevail. It is not an ought
;unless it is a possibility, and if a
possibility it will become a reality.
A clear, definite opinion of what
ousht to be is the token of what can
and will he. Man’s fondest dreams
will be fully materialized. When
man thinks God’st.houghtsand carries
out God’s purposes the impossible
will be achieved. “Things that are
Impossible with men are possible with
God,” Men must become partaken
of the divine nature, as the Anostle
Deter enjoins. mighty force of
the Niagara. Falls power house is
“stepped” down tn suit the capacity
of the machinery to wh s eh it is sup
plied. Go God “steps” Himself down
to humble, simple men. and works
His wondrous will through obedient
human instrumentalities.
‘Ye must be born again!” and with
Nicodemus in bewilderment we mav
inquire “How can things be?”
Mathematical men Hke PhiUp never
will calculate until they reach a dem
onstration. while men of vision like
Andrew will he working the miracle
of the impossible. The burglar who
drops into a mission to while away
the early evening hours, until he
shall go forth to ply his vicious trade,
falls under the spell of the service,
kneels at an altar of praver, con
fesses his sin. surrenders his burglar
tools, and becomes a new man, hon
est and honored. You may not be
able to explain the mvstery, but it is
true—and that is the program of
Jesus!
Two young men came together—
on“ a clerk In a shoe storp. the other
a clerk in a hank. Humble men of
no notable talents. Cm® can teach
and talk a little, and the other can
sing with persuasive voice. These
two willing souls completely surren
dered to God, and consecrated to the
service and upbuilding of humanitv,
began a career, which increased in
power and effectiveness until multi
tudes were awakened from lethargy
and sin by the singing and the
preaching of the gospel. Again, the
weak things of the world were shak
en to contourd the mighty, and
Moody and Sankey became the great
est evangelists since the days of
John and Charles Wesley. And the
impossible was achieved.
At the dedication of the Bunker
Hill monument, when it appeared
that an accident was imminent by
the surging crowds against the
speakers’ platform. Wt-bster reanest
ed the people to kindly move back.
A man in the crowd answered back:
“It is impossible!” Thereupon the
great Massachusetts statesman cried
out: “Impossible! Impossible! Noth
ing is impossible on Bunker Hill!”
And so let us keep near the cross.
The battle of the ages was fought
there, the freedom of the race was
there achieved. Nothing is impos
sible on the Hill of the Cross—on
Calvary.
With our now sainted Sankey we
may sings in the sweet strains of
sightless Fanny Crosby’s beautiful
lines: A
Some day the silver cord will break
And I no more as now shall sing;
But, Oh, the joy when I awake
Within the palace ot the King!
And I shall see Him face to face,
And tell the story, Saved by Grace.
“Then, ‘I shall be satisfied wten
I awake in Thy likeness,’ arnjl the
impossible shall be, forever en
throned.’ ”
Many a man who tries to. emulate
the busy bee merely succeeds in get
ting stung.
A woman may be skilled in light
housekeeping and yet not be a good
lighthouse keeper.
One of the novelties of nature is
that a green blackberry is red.
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.7. P. Morgan returned from a va
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Colonel Nevins, of Red Bank. N. .T.,
was elected of
the G. A. $. •
Sir Vincent Corbett, the British
Minister to Venezuela, has arrived at
Port of Spain.
Emanuel' Maudd. a wealthy mer
chant of Chicago, was kil'p# by a fall ,
from a train'at Basle. Switzerland.
John A:xHalL president of the Mas
sachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
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Bishop Fftnna, of Pueblo. Mexico,
has beep offered the Archbishopric of
Mexico by the Pope and will accent.
Drofessor TJarry Thurston Peck, of
Columbia University. New York City,
was divorced by his wife in South Da
kota.
Nathan Straus, of New York City,
returned from Europe, where he es
tablished many new pasteurized milk
laboratories.
Lord SackvlTT®. the British Minister
who was given his passports by Pres
ident Cleveland, died at his home in
England, aged eighty-one.
Count Zeopelln completed arrange
ments for building an immense air
ship, leasing land for fifty years for a
factory at Berlin, Germany.
The Duke of the Abruzzf Is coming
to America, the Rome Trih ’ua savs,
to arrange to marry Miss Katherine
Elkins in spite of Queen Margherita’s
opposition.
Lawyers for Ernest Henry Sack
ville West, who says he is “the eldest
and legitimate son of Lord Sackville.”
will contest the baron's will, which
leaves the estate to his nephew.
Charles M. Schwab gave up his
home in New York and in future will
reside near his mammoth steel works
at Bethlehem, Pa. It is not known
whether he will dispose of his $5,-
1)00,000 mansion on Riverside Drive.
Supremacy of Christ.
Men who deny the spiritual su
premacy of Jesus Christ and reject
His claim to their personal alle
giance, however much they may ad
mire His character and laud His
teachings, are not, in any proper
sense of the word, Christians. Mor
alists, philosophers, even doctors of
divinity, they may be, but they have
no right to wear the Name which is
above every name, because they do
not bow the knee to Christ or con
fess Him as Lord, to the glory of
God the Father. To call one a
Christian who denies the Lordship
of Christ is a contradiction of terms.
—The Examiner.
The Part of Wisdom.
It is no small wisdom to keep si
lence in an evil time, and in thy
heart to turn thyself to God, and not
to be troubled by the judgment of
men. Let not thy peace depend on
tiije tbngues of men; for, w r hether they
• j\idge well or ill of thee, thou art not
on that account other than thyself.
Where are true peace and glory? Are
they not in God? —Isabella Fitz
Mayo.
When You Lose.
General notions about sin and sal
vation can do you no good in the way
of the blessed life. As in a journey
vou must see milestone after mile
stone fall into your rear, otherwise
Vou remain stationary, so in the grand
march of a nobler life one paltriness
after another must disappear, or you
have lost your chance. —Professor
Blackie.
A had actor may get a frost even
on a hot day.
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McDonough, ga.
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Notice to Debtors and Creditors,
Georgia, Henry County.
Notice is hereby given to all creditors
of the estate of J. 13. Price Jr, late of Hen
ry county, deceased, to render in an ac
count of their demands to me within the
time prescribed by law, properly made
out. And all persons indebted to said de
ceased are hereby requested to make im
mediate payment, to the undersigned
This the 3d day of Aug, 1908.
S. S. PRICE, Administrator of
J. B. PRICE. Jr.
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Prevalency of Kidney Disease.
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