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Banks County Gazette. VOL 1 .—NO. 44. A Batch of Conundrum*. Wh/ will a man put high prices on his property and refuse to help any enterprise, and say he wants his town to prosper ? Why will a man say he is too poor to buy his wife a nice dress and never let his tobacco get out? Why will a man drink whisky when he knows it frets his wife, embarrasses his children, takes Ids money and reason, and makes a fool of him generally ? Why will a man say he loves his wife ami stays away from her all he can ? Why will .a man excuse himself from Church to stay with his wife, and the rest of the time he is anywhere but with her? Why will a man say its too mudy to go to church when he will wade to get to a frolic or to the club? Why will a man say be is too poor to educate his children when his whisky and tobacco bill would do it? Why will a man go through the world thinking he is fooling every body when nobody is fooled but him self? Observer. Two men met in Tombstone, Ariz., the other night, who had not seen each other in fifteen years. When they had talked together for ten min utes they discovered that they had d>oth teen on a coroner's jury in Mon tana, which; to say the least, was a remarkable one. The case was one of a man found drowned in the Yel lowstone river, his body was brought to the coroner’s rooms, the jury sum moned, and the body, examined. In the hip pocket of his overalls was found a Colt’s six shooter, and in an other pocket a gold piece. The justice, who was also the coroner, as is also the rule in Arizona at the pres ent time, lined the corpse §2O for carrying* a concealed weapon, and then went on with the inquest.— Tombstone Prospector. The true climber knows the delight trusting his path, of following it without seeing a step before him, or a glimpse of a blue skv above him, sometimes only knowing that it is the right path because it is the only one, and because it leads upward. This our daily duty was to us. Though we did not do it the faithful plodder was sure to win the heights. Uu oonciously we learned the lesson that only by humble doing can any of us win the lofty possibilities of being. For, indeed, what we all want to find is not so much our place as our path. The path leads to the place, and the place, when we have found it, is only a clearing by the roa side, an open ing into another path.—Lucy Tar com. A school teacher not far front Gor don a short while since gave out the word “cat” to a class of small boys to be spelled, and in order to see how many different ways it would be spelled, would say “next” every time and pass the word on. In a class of about fourteen every boy spelled the word differently, but the climax was capped when it came the turn of the last little fellow. lie was a bright chap, and began to grow impatient before his time came, for fear lest someone would spell it correctly be fore him. However, at the proper time he staightened himself up, and with a bright smile upon his face, be gan to spell in a loud and distinct toue of voice, “q-u-a-t t-e—cat. He was put at the bead of the class for his originality.—Gordon Press. From the very beginning of her administry, Mrs. General Booth, lately deceased was an unflinching advocate of teetotalism, and to her influence is due the acceptance of the rule abso lutely excluding from membership in the Salvation Army any one who par takes of intoxicating liquors. Each man and woman, hoy and girl of the entire force is a pledged hater of alcohol in every' form. This pledge has been the means of cutting off the new recruits from old companions who loved the strong drink, and keeping them loyal to the Army of their adoption. “Mind, Herbert,” Mrs. Booth said to one of her sons, “let my coilin be a plain one, for 1 'want it to preach the same sermon as my bonnet.” The unspoken sermon has been reverently listened to by hun dreds of thousands of all sort sand conditions of men and women in all parts of the world.—Union Signal. There comes a time to us when we hardly know which way to turn, or in which direction to look for aid. No man or woman lives to middle life without going through some hard places. Bitter experience conies to the heart. Dear ones are taken away. Riches are ifesipatcd. The trusted prove unworthy of confidence, and the soul is like a ship beaten on the wind and tossed. But there is always one way to loojj. Look up. There, far above the black clouds, forever shines the blue. There, somewhere out of sight, but inexpressibly near to the trail one who *eeks his help, is the Friend who is ever waiting to be gracious.—Religious Telescope. To do good we must first be good. If the character he good, the conduct will be good. Wc must put our main efforts on being good, and our good works will llow out as naturally as we breathe. I'oter exhorts us to give all dilligmcc to complete our Christian character. It wo do this, lie says, we will not only never fall, but we will not be idle nor unfruitful. Aiming at perfection in Christian character, and giving all dilligence to secure that end, will bear much fruit of good doing by an iinpViative spit itual law. The legislature of New York, having twice voted to submit to the people a prohibitory amendment to the Constitution, the vote is to be taken at a speci-i election held the the second Tuesday in April. The amendment reads as follows: “No person shall manufacture for sale, or sell or keep for sale as a beverage, any in oxicating liquors, whether brewed, fermented, or distilled. The legislature shall by law prescribe reg utnlions for the enforcement of this article, and shall provide suitable penalties for its violation.” The Chris tian Advocate well says: “Here is an opportunity, without jeopardizing any other interests, without being com plicated with any other principle, to walk up to the polls and deliver the solemn testimony of a citizen that the rum traffic is evil, and only evil, and that continually, and should be out lawed ” The spirit that will win for Christ in the home or foreign fields was well illustrated by the missionary Milne, who offered himself as a missionary to China, hut was refused. He offered to go as a servant, and was accepted; he blacked Morrison’s shoes and did a servants work until he acquired the language and was ready for work; then he became the greatest mission ary of Southeast Asia. Did this spirit universally prevail, heathendom would be stocked with missionaries— more than that, stocked with mission aries whose presence would be felt as a mighty force, a consuming flame. How We Are Apt to Forgive. A minister once made an effort to show one of his church members the duty of forgiving another member who had done him a serious injury. After administering a great deal of sound advice, without producing much impression, the pastor thought he would try what virtue there might be in scripture, and quoted the in junction: “If thine enemy hunger, feed him: if he thirst, give hiip drink; for ill f j doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head;” to which the aggrieved brother listened without interest, until his pastor came to the “coals of fire,” when his eye flashed, and lie smote the table with his fist, saying: “That’s it; I’ll burn him !” i In this the unforgiving man spoke HOMER, BANKS COUNTY, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 181)1. openly what a great many feel in secret’ We all admit that forgive ness is a beautiful thing in theory, and still more beautiful in practice; but, after all, how hard it is really to for give. Consciously or unconsciously, we often wait to “get even,” and then the thing is done easily and heartily. Or we wait to do our offending neigh bor a “good turn,” until we carry out the “burning” idea by an illustration of our own Christian magnanimity ami his meanness in a way which he will retnotnber. Or we argue our selves into the belief 1 that we are at liberty to wait until the offender “comes down' 1 ’ and asks forgiveness, which is readily granted, simply be cause it is our triumph and his hum iliation. All these are common ways of forgiving, but does any one of them fulfill the law of Christ?—Christian at Work. The Christian at Work says: “A conscientious and ardent teacher, who hives Christ and longs to see his kingdom extended, can find many tit ling opportunities not only to illus trate the principles of Christianity for his own character, but to enforce them upon his pupils, as guiding and practical precepts. It was the intuiK lion id the founders of our colleges, as their history amply shows, that the men of God occupying the professor [ ships should thus supplement and carry forward the home religious nur ture and inspiration.” As men get older they think more and more of their parents. We have a venerable friend, whose bead is white with the frosts of seventy-five winters, and who tells us that his mother, though fifty years in heaven, is present to his mind every day of his life. From facts like these, let mothers take comfort. Their work i:. nut in vain. The rough, strong hoys, who seem to give no heed to counsel now, will be reflecting men after awhile; and the truths that are sown in their hearts will bear an abundant harvest in duo seasons.— Nashville Advocate. San so—“I sec by the papers that n gre.it many poor Italians make their fortunes in America. I wonder how they manage it?” Rodd—“lt is quite simp! ;. They come here and work tis laborers until they stive S4OO or §SOO, then they go back to Italy and buy a title, and return to America and marry an heiress.” Harper’s Bazar. The Advance, in an article on “Our Christian Colleges,’’ makes this point: “In one respect the Christian condition of our colleges is not auspi cious. The number of students who are preparing for the ministry is small. The percentage of decrease, which has been great for generations, still continues to lessen. It is evi dent that either Ibis downward move ment must he immediately brought to an end or that the educated ministry will be brought to an end. We seri ously fear that the statistics would show that the proportion of educated men in the ministry is lessening.” Once in a while we meet with peo ple who arc just religious enough to want everybody else to do right. The tribe of those that busy themselves with pulling motes out of their broth ers’ eyes, whilo neglecting the beams that obscure their own vision, is not yet extinct. To all such the Lord Jesus says now, as he did in the days of his flesh: “First cast out the beam out of thine own eye, and then shall thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.”—Nashville Advocate. Across The Rubicon. Henceforth the Leader and its edit or wi’l give their first political allegi ance to the Prohibition party. This decision has not been reached hastily and without mature deliberation, but slowly, reluctantly and only' in re sponse' to a clear conviction of patri otic duty; for old party ties are hard to sever, and old prejudices hard to bury. The country needs anew party. As we see it, there is little to hope for from either of the old national polit ical parties. Both have outlived their days of usefulness. Both are too sectional and too likely to remain so to grapple with the issues of the day in a broad, national spirit and keep step with the progress of the age. It has not been twenty five years since Lee surrendered at Appomattox; in some instances young forests bave sprung up over the graves of the brave men who fell on either side, anew generation hrs been born, grown up and married and is raising children, and yet the politicians of both old parties are still fighting over the dead issues o£ the war and keeping alive ns best they can the fires of sec tional hate and prejudice. The only democratic president elected in a third of a century was elected by a ‘Solid South, ami three states north of Masons and Dixon’s line, and at the next eLction was de feated on sectional lines, only two little northern states and the solid south casting their electoral votes for him. The hope of the republican party in the next, contest is to ho’d the north solid; and confessedly, the only ho'po of the democratic party is to hold the solid south again and win three or four northern states. Thus the everlasting sectional see 'awing goes on. It has been argued, with some ap parent shojv of reason, that the south is solid because of her large negro population, but the democracy in the states of Delaware, Maryland, Mis souri, Kentucky, and Texas, which contain but a few negroes, is just as sectional and just as set against the old republican states as Mississippi and Louisiana, where the negroes predominate. Neither of the old national parties lias the time or inclination to deal with -the liquor question, which is .grciHer than the tariff or any other living issue. The whiskey power, the most dictatorial, corrupt and demoralizing combination in this country, lias both hopelessly by the throat. The attitude of the national democratic party towards prohibition is that of open and avoVed hostility; that of the republican party, hyp >■ ty; that of the republican part*, critical pretense arid treachery.— Brookhnven (Miss.,) Leader. The soul is such an instrument that no sooner is it set in pence with itself than it becomes an instrument in tune —a living instrument, discours ing heavenly music in its thoughts, and chanting melodies of bliss, even in its dreams. When a soul is in harmony, no fires of calamity, no pains of outward torment, can for one moment break the sovereign spell of its joy. It will turn the fires of freshening gales and the pains to sweet instigations of love and bless ing.—H. Buslmell. “So, you say y< u want seven but tons on this waist, Miss Susy. Must I put another on?” “Well, yes, 1 think so. You see with six it never comes right when I say, ‘He loves me—be doesn’t love me, and so on Ithink I must have one more button.” Citizen: “Yes, I have an umbrella that needs mending; but if I let you have it bow am I to know that you will bring it back?” Umbrella men der: “Ha’ no fear; I always sharge more for mending dan I could sell zee umbrella for.” The Salvation Army lias opened a large room in Amsterdam, Holland, and is doing much to lelieve the dis tress of that city. On the second night the building was opened for the purpose over two hundred outcasts were sheltered. The most dfficult of all lessons to learn is that of meekness. It is not so hard to do many tilings great or small for Christ, but to do these things in his spirit is our most diffi cult lesson. But the spirit m which the work is done is greater than the work. The spirit in yvliich tlie work is done gives to the work its value, its beauty, and its aroma.—Nashville Advocate. ONE OF LINCOLN’S EARLY CASES. Tlie Grout Man Whittled a Little Wind mill to Convince the Jury. In the year IS4B there was a memo rable lawsuit in Chicago between Par ker and Hoyt over the infringement of a patent right of a water wheel. Adams, Butterfield and others wore attorneys for the plaintiff, and Abraham Lincoln for the defendant. During the progress of the suit John Brink, Eso., now of Crystal Lake, Ills., chanced to be in the city, and the following is his ac count of It; The trial lasted thirteen days and ex cited an unusual amount of interest. 'When Mr. Brink reached the city he found every one talking about the suit aud the groat supreme court lawyer, Abraham Lincoln. Judge Drummond, of the United States district court, pre sided at the trial, lie sustained Lin coln in all of his propositions and in all of his objections to the positions taken by tlie opposing counsel. In the course of the trial a flume was made and water applied to the wheels for the purpose of demonstrating to the jurors the exact faets in the case. In dian meal was thrown into the water to show the Jury more clearly the effect of the water on the wheels. Soon after this experiment had been made Lawyer Adams said to Mr. Brink, “Don’t you think we have the best of the case?” Mr. Brink replied: “I do not know that lain a suitable judge, as I did not ar rive hero until the suit had boon in progress two or throe days. But this man Lincoln seems to hold you live fel lows pretty snug." Then Adams said: “1 would rather fight every lawyer in the state of Illi nois than Abe Lincoln, because he is a natural man, a natural lawyer and nat ural mechanic —in fact, a natural any thing—and he knows more about that waterwheel than the man who made it, and I don’t know anything about it.” While the attorneys for the plaintiff were making their pleas Lincoln sat there, and although listening attentive ly, whittled out a pine stick about half an inch square and a foot long. From tlmt lie cut off two pieces about three inches in length, and with these two pieces he made the wings of a wind mill. lie fastened them together by running a pin through the center of the two wings and that pin into the end of the other and longer stick. After hav ing put it together lie blow upon it, and when it worked to his satisfaction ho took it apart and placed it in his pocket. There were eighty-four witnesses on the two sides, and Mr. Brink thinks that Uncoln took no notes, but trusted wholly to memory. He requested the witnesses to be present during his plea, and said if lie made any mistakes in regard to their testimony he wished them to correct him. Whilo presenting his sido of the caso lie took out the above mentioned windmill from his pocket and putting it together blew upon it and explained it to the jury. He assured them that if any infringement laid been made Parker had infringed upon the old time windmill, and that Hoyt had not infringed upon Parker. Adams was to make tho closing plea, and in Lincoln’s speecii lie anticipated what Adams would say, and by this moans weakened the force of his plea. Lincoln won iris case, and the jury were out only a little over two hours. —Chicago Tribune. Bats in Cold Wcallier. At the beginning of the cold weather bats begin to huddle together in regu lar bunches in hollow trees, dark cor ners in deserted hous a or in caves in the rocks. They gradually lose all sen sibility and continue in a drowsy,state until tho return of genuine warm weather. The little hooks at the end of tho joints of each wing of a bat are what the bat hangs itself up by when it goes to sleep. When the bats are clustering for their winter’s sleep one of tho number hangs itself in this way, head down ward and the others cling to it. Jt is said that sixty bats have been found in one cluster tho entiro weight of the lot being sustained by the one bat with bis hooks clinging to whatever he fastened them to at tho start. The position of the central hat in such a cluster would be like that of a man hanging to something by his thumb nails mid supporting the weight of fifty-nine other men. Hats that have obtained the outside position in bunches of this kind have been found so badly frozen that their wings could be broken like brittle candy, yet, on putting them in a warm place, they soon “thawed out” and came to life as if nothing had happened to them. —Detroit Free Press. An ItxplHnatlcn. Clarinda—Y/but detains Cousin Will so long in the vestibule? Clarissa—He’s tubbing his gums ea the mat Clark: la—Good heavens! Why don’t he use a toothbrush. Uncle Fred—Permit, mo to explain. The young man is cleaning his rubbers. —Pittsburg Bulletin. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS, RACING WITH THE WIND. Adventurous Kxperlenee r>f a Lineman on a Railroad Tricycle. James De Boe, a lineman employed by tlie Great Northern Railway com pany, accomplished a feat which, while it was to a great extent involuntary, is no less remarkable. De Boe is furn ished by the company with one of those tricycles so constructed as to ran on the regular railway tracks. Tlie machine works with a hand lover, and the speed of ten miles or more an hour is quite commonly attained. De Boe accom plished the extraordinary feat of keep ing up with a short, line train, running thirty miles an hour, for a distance of over two miles. He wouldn’t do it again, lie says, for 1-510,000. He was waiting in the yards for the 7:30 train to Minneapolis to pass him. The train passed all right and stop ped for a few seconds with the tail coach dose to where Do Boe stood with his machine. Tiiat gentleman conceived a brilliant idea. He would take a turn with a section of No. 6 wire on one of the coach buffers, make tlie other end fast to bis wheel and save labor. The connection was made in such a Way that lie calculated lie could release himself by cutting the wire when the speed was too high. 110 chuckled when the train started up to think what a snap lie was going to have in getting to Como.- The train was a fraction of a minute late, though, and the speed ran up to twenty miles in no time. De 800 saw with alarm that the little wfTt'el on the other track was jumping a foot clear of the rail overy few seconds Ho determined to cut the wire, and reached round behind for his pliers. They were gone. The unusual mo tion had jerked them out of the tool box. 'Elio speed was up to twenty-five miles an hour now and the tricycle was spinning along on two wheels, witli the beam carrying the third fanning the air like a kite tail. De Boe was working hard to unwind the connection with his fingers when there was a gigantic plunge. A tele graph lineman shot through the air like a meteor and landed in a sand bank beside the track. A railroad try cycle kept going and lit thirty feet further on a badly wrecked vehicle. The concern had run off the track.— St. Paul Globe. A Pen Portrait. The following is an exquisite portrait in miniature of one of Talleyrand’s early friends: Nobody ever appeared to me to pos sess a conversational charm compara ble to her.;. She had no pretentious ness; her words never bore, if I may say so, any striking color; she spoke Inf delicate shadings; no witticism ever fell from her lips: that wot£l have been too violent. Witticisms are remem bered, whereas she only sought to please, and to let tho words Ixs forgotten. An abundant stock of facile, now and ever delicate expressions supplied tho varied requirements of her intelligence. This lady has inspired me with a thorough aversion for people who, in Older to speak the more accurately, use none lmt technical terms. 1 have no faitli in the brain power, or in tlie science, of persons who are ignorant of equivalents, and go on forever defining; it is to their memory alone they are in debted for what they know, and ac cordingly they know it badly. I am sorry that this remark should have oc curred to me during M. do Humboldt’s stay in Paris, but now it is penned let it remain.—Talleyrand’s Memoirs in Century. How n Quaker Custom Sturtod. Y/litn Fox, the first of Quakers, was Meting La church, and the preacher said anything which ho didn’t, liko, ha moved solemnly, put on his hat and kept It on until tho disagreeable re marks concluded. Hence aroso the Quaker custom of wearing hats- In church.—Clothier and Furnisher, blie uuart Litre* “It’s too bad, lady, but you’ve drop ped a elevated railroad ticket inter the box.” said a bridge ticket chopper. “Oh, that’s all right,” said the wom an. “1 put the bridge ticket in the ele vated railroad box.” Then she moved on into the station, having failed to catch tlie idea which the chopper had in his mind when he touched her on the elbow. The chop per’s remark was meant to boa round about demand for a bridge ticket. But the woman understood the remark literally. She thought that a kind hearted public functionary had ex pressed his regret that she should have put a flvo-eent ticket in the box when a two and-u-half-cent ticket would have been good enough. But if the woman failed to read the mind of tlie chopper, sbo certainly non plused him with her answer, and it was not until slio had become lost in tlie great crowd which was waiting for transportation that it dawned upon >the chopper that he would have served his employers bettor if Lie had not been so civil—New York Times.