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THE MACON TELEGRAPH: SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1904,^
WHAT MIRACLE
HEALING IS
THIS?
OF
A11 • Open Letter Is Written
by the Mayor
The Human Heart Made to Beat Aga
in Woman's Body Rescued
From the Grave.
And Hopeless Invalids Healec
Diseases Pronounced Incur
able by Physicians.
Upsets Modern Medical Pcactice by
Curing Without Useless Drugs
and Medicines.
Gives Services Without Charge to tho
Sick and Afflicted, Believing u
His Duty to God and Man
to Help Suffering
Humanity.
1EMEMBEB THE
POOR OP MACON
FUND NEARS $220 MARK
Acknowledgements Made at Present
Show Fund Still Increasing and
Those Having Collections in Hand
Are Encouraged—Effort Being Made
to Reach $300 Before Holidays Begin.
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Dec. 2.—
^Special Correspondence)—Discard
ing the useless drugs and medicines
dispensed by doctors and yet healing
hopeless invalids of diseases pro
nounced Incurable by physicians and
specialists, succeeding in restoring life
and health when doctor after doctor
failed. Professor Thomas F. Adkin,
this city, ha8 proven the value of a
wonderful discovery that threatens to
upset modern medical practice. In the
face of opposition, criticism, even ridi
cule, he has perslted in his belief that
hope should not be lost until actual
and unmistakable dissolution of the
body occurs. He claims, and offers
evidence beyond doubt, that he has
made the human heart beat again in
the body of a woman given up to death.
He cites names and instances, where,
by means of his discovery, he has
made the blind see and the lame
walk; where he has permanently cur
.ed T>aralysls, consumption, syphilis,
rheumatism, Brights disease, and
other diseases heretofore supposed to
be incurable. More than that, he
states that he can cure the sick In
their own homes hundreds of miles
away without stirring from his office.
In one instance, that of a Mrs. L. A.
Phillips, of Trawick, Tex., the wit
nesses say that he raised her from the
dead. Whether that is literally true
or not, there is little doubt but that
the woman would be In her grave to
day were It not for this man’s strange
power over human life and his mar
velous control over disease and death.
Mrs. Phillips had been a hopeless In
valid for many years, and for the last
five had been bedfast, could lie on one
side only, and was covered with bed
sores. She was suffering from a severe
complication of diseases, including
stomach, kidney and female troubles,
and had been under treatment of 12
different hospitals and various doc
tors, all of whom failed to help her
and pronounced her case , incurable.
Her agonies were so great that they
threw her Into convulsive spasms,
while her body was wasted to skin and
bones. All the medicines given her
were without effect, and she was
rapidly nearing her grave, when she
heard of Prof. Adkin. Broken In
body, pain-weary, and without faith,
but hoping against hope in this last
desperate chance, she wrote to him.
He replied at once, saying that he
would take her case, assuring her that
he could and would save her life and
restore her to health. And notwith
standing what tho doctors had said,
he did cure her completely so that to
day she is up and about, a well wo
man, Joyous, thankful and enthusias
tic. Another case almost equally re
markable was that of Mr. R. A. Wal
len, of Flney, Mo., who for four years
was paralysed and was steadily grow
ing more helpless In spite of nil the
doctors who attended him. His cure
•was so quick and marvelous that,
a letter he says: "It was like bringing
the dead to life.” Prof. Adkin cured
Mrs. M. W. Nolen, of Covington. Cla.,
of a malignant cancer without the
knife or probe; he stopped the Great
White Plague, consumption. In the
case of Miss H. L. Kelley, of Seal
Cove, Me., and hundreds of other suf
fering men and women have likewise
been rescued by this wonderful man
who seems to control some mysteri
ous force not known to ordinary mor
tals.
When called upon for an Interview,
Prof. Adkin said:
"Yes, I remember the cases *you
mention, but do not quite understand
why they should cause any especial
astonishment, since they are not more
wonderful than scores of other cures
I have made sine# I announced my
discovery to the world. I firmly believe
that there is no disease I may not
cure, and whatever other men may do
or fall to do, I mean to keep on heal
ing the sick and afflicted of any dise
ase they may have Just as long as I
am able. I make no exceptions, rich
or poor, east or west, wherever they
live. It is nil the same to me. All
who are sick from any cause may be
cured In their own homes simply by
writing and telling me the name of
their trouble or their principal symp
toms. age and sex, and I will give
them of my services absolutely with
out charge. I feel that it Is my duty
to God and man to give freely, to help
all who are afflicted and not to use my
discovery merely to make money."
“Do you really mean that anyone
who is sick can write to you to be
cured, without paying you any
money?”
“Exactly. I mean Just that. I know
it may seem an unusual thing to do.
but If I choose to help the earth’s
physical unfortunates without pay,
there’s nothing to prevent my doing
so. is there? I have my own reason
for my course In this matter and I do
not want anyone to feel that by tak
ing advantage of my offer they are
accepting charity. I will have my re
ward In proving to the world the great
value of my discovery, and the use
lessness of wasting money on doctors
and medicines when It is not neces
sary.”
“What Is the discoveryf”
”1 can show you better than I can
explain. Have some one who Is sick
write to me and watch the results.
Tf you do so I would prefer that you
select a chronic case, some one whom
physicians have said cannot be cured.
Any doctor may cure a simple case
with a few doses of. medicines, but I
want those wherd oofn doctors and
medicines have failed. Tell anyone
who wants to be cured to write to me.
addressing Professor Thomas F, Ad
kin. Office (IS H. Rochester. N. Y.”
“But how can you cure those at a
distance; those whom you never see?!*
“Just as easily and Just as surely a*
though I went to them or they came
to me. Distance makes no difference.
Whether they live one or a thousand
miles away Ut all the same. A letter
Is all that Is necessary to enlist my
aid. What other men may or may not
be able to do. how they fall or what
they charge makes no difference to
„ me. My power Is supreme."
Investigation proves that Prof<
Adklr/s claims are more than borne
out by the facts, and that he fulfills
his promise of free service to the ve—
letter.
Ce Quick.
Not a minute should be lost when
child shows symptom* of croup.
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy given
as soon as the child become* hearts,
or evea ufter the croupjr cough ap
pears. will prevent tae attack. It never
fails, and U pleasant and safe to take.
For salt by aii dmgltsta.
The Christmas fund for the poor is
still growing and those who have the
matter of making the collections in
hand have cause to feel assured that
the Christmas donation will be a suc
cess. The fund now reaches nearly
1220. This Includes the cash and mer
chandise on hand.
The effort is being made daily to
reach the $300 mark before the Christ
mas holidays begin. This amount
would provide a flfty-cent donation to
six hundred people or a donation of
one dollar’s worth to three hundred. It
Is stated that there will be need of this
amount to satisfy all worthy petitions
for help to the Organized Charities.
The list as prepared by Mayor Smith
shows the following acknowledgments:
A Straight Talk From Rose
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On “Fake Whiskey Methods”
We are not In competition with “FAKE 1
PREPAID LIQUOR SCHEMES. We do not hnve
to prepay express or otter premiums in order
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tar distant states, like Maine or California.
MOW THE PREPAID
SCHEME IS WORKED
to sell our product Our goods aro honestly
worth the money asked, and wo make tho price
so low, QUALITY CONSIDERED, that the con
sumer can well afford to ordor from us and pay
express charges, whether ho lives In Georgia or
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When you order from Hose you DON'T PAY
SOME OTHER CONSUMER'S EXPRESS
CHARGES. The prepaid BChomo is worked llko
this:
Estimate cost of whiskey, add profit and also
enough to cover any express charges, no matter
. how far away the consumer may be. For ox-
ample, a party In Georgia, whoso express rato
t Is 25 cents on a package,- pays hls part on a
«S!r* packago going to n consumer In California, whoso
I* rate Is 51.75. Of course this additional cost
Previously acknowledged 5100.85 must bo mado up In Bonio way. THE DEALERS
1 IN “FAKE" LIQUORS KNOW MANY WAY8
FOR MAKING UP THIS EXTRA COST.
PURE WHISKEY ONLY
IS MEDICINE
M. R. Rogers Lodge, K. of P...
Mr. and Mrs. R M Lassiter.
Cash
F. Kennlngton
10.00
2.00
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Mayor Smith writes the following
open letter and addresses It to “A Gen
erous Public:
“In a cosy room, where the family
was wont to gather when night emp
tied the streets, a room made comfort
able by the genial warmth of glowing
coals, sat . the children exchanging
wishes for this and that. The parents
listened and nodded to each other,
their wireless telegraphy indicating
that they were making mental notes of
the wishes and resolving in their
hearts to gratify each wish. And when
tho wishes had been registered each
little fellow gave and received the
good-night kiss, and after a fond look
at the suspended stockings, stole away
warm carpeted floors to bed and to
dream of the happiness that the mor
row held for them.
'Around a fireplace where smoke
lazily curled upward from a pile of
ashes wherein Is hidden tho last of the
wood—a bit of wood treasured because
it is not known when' another piece can
be secured—is huddled a family group
endeavoring to keep warm. The fath
er—well, perhaps he is dead, perhaps
at work earning barely enough to
keep up the semblance of living, per
haps he is looking for work, or perhaps
warming himself down at the
corner place, without a thought of
the little family. The mother, with
thoughts busy with the absent father,
the empty larder and the needs of the
family, apparently heeds not the In
cessant flow of questions of the chil
dren as to what Santa Claus will bring.
Now and then from out of the child
ish prattle she hears the wishes for
this and for that, and each wish so in
nocently and so confidently uttered
cuts deep Into her heavy heart as with
a knife, for she knows that the wishes,
the longings, of those little children
will not be fulfilled. Memory scamp
ers cruelly over the past, lifting veils
from scenes that bring once more to
view happiness and misery, feasts and
skeletons, Joys and sorrows. Tho pan
orama passes before the tearful eyes,
its contemplation disturbed now and
then by the chutter of children, whose
faith In the goodness and Justness of
the mythical Santa Claus Is us sublime
as the faith of the true Christian.
“And next morning.
“Some good man or woman, Into
whose heart there has softly crept a
nameless something to warm and ex
pand it, remembers the poor In this
season of peace and good will and Into
this home—for home it is in spite of
the poverty and suffering in It—-a bun
ble came. True it contained only cast
a ways of clothing, of shoes, and of toys
broken doll or w'agon—but the
sight of them brought a sparkle to the
eyes and a Joyousness to the hearts of
those children. What cared they if
they had gone cold and aupperleas to
bed the night before! Had not the
good Santa Claus brought hls bundle of
happiness as they knew he would?
And the cold wind that came in
through the cracks of the house, after
whirling the dead ashes In the fire
place, whistled its way out through
the chimney at tho wounds of merri
ment, the outbursts of Joy. And as the
hungry mother looked on at the scene
her heart swelled with gratitude, and
the past with its feasts and skeletons
no longer passed in review. To the
sweet music of the children’s prattle,
on bended knee, she silently offered her
thanks, not to that good man or wo-
not to the make-believe Bapta
Claus, but to God!
“There are people in Macon I know
who want to contribute, If but a tri
fle, to making the poor a bit happier
on Christmas. It is not necessary, to
know whether these children, unfortu
nate as they sre, will be deprived of a
little pleasure by drunken fathers or
worthless mothers. Sufficient it Is to
know that there are somewhere In the
cold comers of the city, people who
suffer from cold and hunger. Out of
our abundance, if so fortunate, if not
out of our little, we can snare some
thing to make the world brighter^and
better on Christmas* day.
’’BRIDGES SMITH.'
farm unattended by a guard. He has
served about a year of hla sentence.
It is stated that when the application
for hls pardon is presented to tho
board It will bo shown that he hits
made good the amount of hls shortage,
and that hls release is urged by the
officials and many of the best citizens
of Gordon county.
Head About to. Burst From Severe
Bilious Attack.
T had a severe bilious attack
and felt like my head was about
to burst when I got hold of a
free sample of Chamberlain's Stom
ach and Liver Tablets. I took a
dose of them after supper and the next
duy felt like a now man and have been
feeling happy ever since,’’ says Mr. J.
W. Smith of Jullff. Texas. For bilious,
ness, stomach troubles and constipa
tion these Tablets have no equal.
Price 25 cents. For sale by all drug
gists.
Board of Pardons.
ATLANTA. Dec. 3.—Tho prison com
mission as a board of pardons will
meet here Monday morning. Dec. 1
and will remain In session during the
entire week for the purpose of con
sidering and passing upon applications
for executive clemency. Commissioner
Evans says that there are now before
the board for consideration eighty
cases. Among this number Is that of
ex-Senator W. P. Dodd of Gordon
county, who Is serving a sentence
two years on the prison farm. Mr.
Dodd, It will be remembered, wss eon
victed of misappropriating some of th
school funds of Gordon county. Soon
after bis conviction and sentence he
came to Atlanta, gave himself up
the prison commission, and upon being
furrJshwl transportation went to t&«
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BUYING LIQUORS FOR MEDICINAL USE
IS A SERIOUS BUSINESS. THE BEST 13
NONE TOO GOOD. Only puro whiskey Is beno-
flclal ns a raedlclno. Tbo other kind poisons tho
tendor lining nnd scnsltlvo glands of the stomach.
BUY ONLY FROM RELIABLE, EXPERIENCED
DISTILLE RS OF UNQUESTIONABLE INTEGRI
TY. To find out If tho doalcr has this Btnndlng,
pick out at random any business house or bank
and wrlto them, stamped envolopa enclosed, or
better. If possible, get a spoclal Bradstreet or
Dun report on the dealer’s standing, ask It he
operates a aistlllery, and how ho Is regarded In
hla own town. THAT'S THE KIND OF CU3-
TOMERS WE WANT—OUR COMPETITORS
CAN HAVE THE OTHERS.
We ester for orders for medicinal use. MORE
OF OUR WHISKEY IS PRESCRIBED BY
PHYSICIANS IN GEORGIA THAN ALL OTHER
BRANDS COMBINED. Wo want moro of this
business In soutborn and other states. We bo-
llero that thcro Is room for ono largo houso
which mokes a specialty of absolutely puro high-
grade liquors for medicinal use. THAT'S WHY
WE ADVERTISE: but If we havo to misrepre
sent and run a "FAKE" BUSINESS TO GET IT,
WE DON'T WANT IT.
WE HAVE FAITH IN
HONEST METHODS
IF WE COULD RECEIVE 5,000 ORDERS BY
MISREPRESENTING AN ARTICLE IN
OUR ADVERTISEMENTS, WE WOULD MOT
DO IT. Tho nowspapers aro Hooded with glar
ing adrertlsoments, offering six. eight, ten and
twelve-ycar-old whiskey at ridiculously low prices.
Wo are not looking for this class of customers.
Wo have been told that our advertising would
not pay: that wo must offer BIG INDUCE
MENTS—in plain words—misrepresent our
goods la ordor to compoto with "fako" dealers.
WE HAVE THE FAITH TO TRY, ANYWAY,
FOR IF WE SECURE A CUSTOMER HE WILL
CONTINUE TO PATRONIZE OUR FIRM,
WHILE THE “FAKE" DEALERS HAVE TO
KEEP LOOKING FOR "NEW GAME." Wo do
not compoto with dealers who hnve no repute
tlon to Iobo.
THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS
OF EXPERIENCE
REMEMBER—37 years of cxperlcneo and rep
utation aro behind our goods: also, every article
guaranteed exactly as represented or It can bo
returned at our expenso and money will ho
promptly refunded.
In buying whlsltoy from "fake" prepaid liquor
bouses, every purchaser holpB "Jones to pay tho
freight” on every bottlo shipped.
WE SHIP THE CONSUMER DIRECT—AND
THERE'S THE DIFFERENCE SO FAR AS THE
PREPAID SCHEME IS CONCERNED. OUR
WHISKEY IS AS DIFFERENT FROM THAT
OF "FAKE" DEALERS A9 IS OUR METHOD
OF CONDUCTING OUR BUSINESS.
CORN.
Rose's Old Reserve Stock.
(8!x Years Old.)
Full qt M $1; 4 qfs $3.75
Gallon, Jug 3,50
ROSE’S OLD GEORGIA.
(Four Years Old.)
ill qt M 80c; 4 qts $3.00
i, Jug- 2.70
ROSE'S BLUE RIDGE.
(Two Years Old.)
Full qt„ 65c, 4 qls $2.50
Gallon, Jug 2.20
Cobb County (New).
_ $2.00
ROSE'S CONSTITUTION.
(Very Fine Old Whiskey.)
Full qt.,$l.50;4qts $5.50 £*
Gallon, Jug 5.80 ^
ROSE’S PERFECT. rfc
(A Smooth, Mellow Whiskey.)
Full qt„$l.25;4qts $4.50 4?
Gallon, Jug.... 4.(
ROSE'S PURITY.
(Absolutely Pure, for Medicinal U&e.)
Full ft., $1; 4 qts $3.75 X
Gallon, Jug 3.50 -j,
ROSE’S OLD CABINET. 4,
Full qt .751.
Gallon, Jug $2.70 rfc
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“ROSE. The Distiller, Atlanta.
(R. M. ROSE CO.)
Special Prices in Five-Gallon Ke$s. or
WRITE FOR
in Cases of One Dozen Quarts Each of One Brand.
COMPLETE PRICE LIST.
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The Redmond - Hassee
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lico and Alabama Coal.
DEFENDANTS ACQUITTED.
End of Carter Murder Cate in Superior
Court at Valdo.ta.
VALDOSTA, Os., Dec. 3.—The trial
I Ben Penny, Reuben and Will
Knight, charged with a conspiracy to
murder Manny Carter at Naylor on
September 24, resulted In an acquittal
hls afternoon. The 1ury remained ont
only a short time when the verdict was
returned.
The case hss been on trial since
Wednesday morning, ell of yesterday
being devoted to evidence. Six law
yers argued the case, three last night
and three this morning. The evldenco
for the defendants seemed to Indicate
that Carter was killed by a negro,
who was subsequently himself killed.
After all of the evidence wee In It was
generally expected that • verdict of
not guilty would be returned. The case
was ono of the hardest fought ever on
trial here.
READ THIS
_ Voljne, Ala. July let, 18M.
<L.. Dr ‘ W. H»H Bt - Louis, Mo.—Dear
Sir: : I wish to state that I have been
a constant sufferer for a number of
years from kidney complaint and have
never found a remedy that relieved me
•o much as one bottle of The Texas
Wonder .Hsll's Great Discovery, and
1 feel thankful for the great and bene,
reaulu. believing that one more
win effect a cure, and may tha
Lord bless you In your good work.
Truly yours.
REV. It. c. KIRKLAND.
A TEXAS WONDER
One email bottle of the Texas Won
der. Hall’s Great Discovery, cures all
kidney and bladder troubles, removes
gravel .cures lame backs, rheumatism
and all Irregularities of the kidneys
and bladder In both men and women,
regulates bladder trouble In children.
If not sold by your druggist. It will be
sent by mall on receipt of 91. One
trnsM bottle Is two months' treatment
^ to perfect a cure.
Dr. E. W. Ha a Sole Manufacturer, P.
O. Box <21, Ft. Louis. Jfo. Send for
old by all drui
Lamar * Co U uoft (JO-
SOME WAR-TIME
SOUTHERN GIRLS
Self-Dsnisl In Providing for Mon at
tho Front—Young Men Who Did Not
Volunteer Made Uncomfortable—
Homespun Dreeeee and Thoaa of For
mer Day* Worn.
Huxy Ideas of tho secession of South
Carolina and of North Carolina's con
servatism were suddenly crystallised
Into vivid realities In the minds of lit
tle hflSrth Carolina girle by tho news
that Lincoln had called for 1,500 troops
from our state to fight against the ae-
cessionlsts. says a Hillsboro school girl
In the Charlotte <N. C.> Observer.
Governor Kills’ proclamation and call
for 20,000 volunteers and the serea-
■lun of North Carolina on May 20, 1841,
Ih/llled tha hearts of the Tar Heels
from Murphy to Msnteo. The glrla
threw themselves heart and soul into
the cause so ardently espoused by their
fathers, brothers, cousins, uncles and
friends who quickly enlisted. Nothing
was too deer to sacrifice for their
equipment.
When our boys went to the front
they knew that the love, prayers, sour
age and confidence of the women end
girls at home were behind them al
ways.
The boy or young man who failed to
reipond to hla country's call wss made
to feel very uncomfortable. The girls
could never let hlmforget their prefer
ence for those who wore the gray nor
their feeling that ha had rnllen far
short of their standard Of patriotism,
Soldiers' aid so'letlea were speedily
formed and were actively at work dur
ing the prolonged struggle. They found
ubunfiant work for willing workers.Ta
bleclotha were cut Into bits and picked
to pieces by busy fingers, while others
corded the ravellngs Into lint to drees
wounds. Sheets were torn Into stripe
and firmly colled as bondages for our
•sons to use. Linen towels and feath
er pillows were collected to send to the
hospitals. Carpets and blankets were
sent to the front. Women and children
coaid use home-made cotton cloths
and tacked comforts and cheerfully
suffer privation If perchance the sol
dier's hard lot coaid he alleviated.
"Aunt Abby llouxr," as the soldier
boys called her. used to make regular
pilgrimages to the front, carrying
boxes of food and clothing to the boys
The country was scoured for goad
things to send. Such primitive dain
ties—dried fruits, potatoes, • turnips,
onions, hams, sausages, cakes sweeten
ed with sorghum, with dried cherries
and demsoos for retains and water
melon rind for citron, canned fruits
and pickles. Soap was especially de
slrable for every one. Everything that
love could suggeet or Ingenuity devise,
from the sennt supplies that
weekly more meager a»-tbO bU
shut us In from the wide world, was
sent in those boxes.
How we gloried In all thin: How
firm was our faith that our causa would
triumph, because we knew It to
JuxL The god of battle vran on our
aide, and did we not hare thi Christian
fierce* Le« * n<1 Jeckoon. In Vlrglnl
with many another um.cT How,
Mrs. Graham, the governor’s wife,
was president of tho Soldiers' Aid So
ciety In Hillsboro, All the women and
glrla old enough to do anything be
longed to IL The school girls attend
ed weekly meetings, nnd each of ua
was expected lo make a soldier's gar
ment every week. Wo lenrned to knit
in the dark, while studying, sitting In
the class or walking along the street.
Some of ua could easily knit n coarao
yarn sock In a day, and go to school,
too. Mrs. Graham was an Impartial
judge of all sewing. No shoddy or
careless work esenped her critical eye.
Many times did aho mako us pull out
our stitches olid put them In with
greater cars. The matrons had relief
squads of glrla under their direction,
who accompanied them on certain
days of the week (o the railroad sta
tion, a mile nr more distant, carrying
pitchers of buttermilk, baskets of to
matoes or fruit, and biscuits for nny
sick or wounded soldiers who might
he passing through. Wo used to wnlk
through tho cars, fill canteens, distri
bute fruit and biscuits, give an encour
aging glance or a kind word, and al
ways grieve that we had not more to
give.
Once, by mistake, we got Into a car
filled with Yankee soldiers, prisoners
going to Salisbury. They begged us
for milk, but with flashing eyes and
tilted chins we said: “No. there Is not
enough for our own boys and we'll not
glvo you any.” The longing look of
one poor boy In blue, aa he Imploring
ly held out hls canteen, has never been
forgotten by one of that group of glrla
The dlro need of our own boys and the
persistent refusal of the Yankees to
exchange prisoners had hardened our
hearts against anything "blue.
No beauty or belle In Parisian gown
was ever mors rlghly robed than those
North Carolina glrla In their home
spun dresses, woven at home and made
by their own hands. How proudly
they were worn—how much the boys
admired them!
Hewing cotton was very rare, and
sewing silk almost out of tha question.
Every end of thread was carefully
hoarded. Sometimes a few apools of
blockade" cotton were obtained at
fabulous prices—1( per spool.
As the girls grew their dresses had
to be lengthened at the bottom, gener
ally with some contrasting material.
Every bit of woolen or silk was treat
ured for trimming, for cording Sams
or covering buttons. Our mother’s an
te-bellum dresses were cleaned, turn
ed. dyed and used over and over again
In every possible way. Silk stockings
were raveled, the threads doubled and
twisted on a spinning wbtel and knit'
ted Into well flitting gloves. How hay
py the girl who could trim hor hat of
neatly braided rye straw or palmetto
with artificial flowers mads of the
■craps of some ancient white muslin
dress, after tha larger portions had
been made Into handkerchiefs on th’
like. Such searchings of garrets, such
divings Into old trunks for treasure* to
b* converted Into ornaments for tho
girls growing up everywhere.
Fortunate. Indeed, was tha houahoU
that had a supply of oil or candles.
Many had no light at night, except from
dry brunb or pine knots. Ono notable
invention of the times was what w<
called a “cob tight" Long
closely spun colon strings wi
several times through a mixture
follow wax. tallow and rosin, aid t
carefully wound on a corncob, with
one end projecting to light. This hud
to bo closely watched and unwound
by degrees, to keep the whole mass
from burning ut once.
Substitute wn» u famous word of
tho time. Innumerable substitutes for
coffee wore pronounced excellent.
rched rye, sweet potatoes dried and
parched: burned mnlasaee, okra seed,
Iwrslinmon seed—Indeed, almost any
thing that tnude a clear-looking brown
Impression when parched was called
coffee. Starch wa* made from grated
Irish potatoes and corn.
Every bit of lead was collected and
icd for bullets. All the earth from
under old houses was scraped out by
the government and leached for salt
petre to mnke gunpowder.
Envelopes wera turned nnd used
again. Wrapping paper and tho color
ed aheeta on the outside of sheet musli
and even wall paper, wars fashlnnc
Into envelope*. Odd bits of broad
cloth and cnsslmere were mado Into
glove*. Net* for the hair were crochet
ed of bright wools and spool cotton,
or netted of silk when It eould ho hnd.
Skirt braid wss made Into what wss
called "secession braids" to ornament
the hair.
When the first straggler came to
announco Las's surrender at Appomn-
tox hls story was received with scorn
ful Incredulity. Strong suspicion wss
entertained that he was nn emissary
of the enemy sent to discourage the
people. Some were minded, to mako
short shrift of him; but, *11 too soon,
our own boy* earns to confirm the sail
Itory. Did ws give up? No, Indeed.
Johnston's army wag near, nnd then
the trans-Mississippi army could fight
t.
At last Sherman drew near. John
ston was retreating; the girls ward
sent to Hillsboro for protection and
safely. There In anxious suspense we
waited the coming of the destroyer.
In the home that received us the din
ner table was set for President Davis
and hls cabinet, who for two days an.d
nights were momentarily expected.
When It was learned that the honored
guests had passed viands were given
to the hungry soldier boys who were
guarding us.
We dared not undress for several
days and nights, lost the enemy catch
us unawares. At any moment John*
•ton might retire nnd leave ua to
f4herman*a burners. The lady of the
bouse had little children who she fear-
ed might soon be crying for bread.
Each of us was provided with two
stockings, which we filled every morn
lng with blacuite end hung on our
hoopsklrts to keep the children from
starving in esse of need. Those same
hoop-skirts were festooned with vari
ous articles of value to the owner and
their friends, and were comical to be
hold. We had In mind a relative whose
family had had no food for three days
after Sherman passed, except whn t
one of the girls hod put In a tin puli
and sat on.
The old rflon and boys were an In
hiding to keep from being carried off
by the enefny. Sometimes thev came
to us In the darkness or sent messages
by the slaves who served
of need.
American people In their turn have
coins to be stirred by tho migrating
Impulse. During the month of July
lost the number of emigrants amount
ed to 66,050, or nearly 0,000 more than
the new incomers in the sumo month.
While thi* movement Is going on
across the seas there Is a constant And
Increasing streum of emigration over
the northern border into the fertile
wheat region of Canadu. When th»?
account comes to be balanced at the
end of the year It will probably be
found that the excess of immigration
is far below that of former periods.
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