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Banks County Gazette.
VOL 2.—NO. 1.
THE UNKNOWN HERO.
Beneath the waving soughing pine,
Fie sleeps (he last long sleep,
No immortals around him twine
No loving friends above him weep.
He sleeps beneath the earthen sod,
Moistened from a mortal wound
Unknown of men, bur known of God.
Waiting till the trump shall sound.
“Killed in battle,” a hero brave,
Thrilling with a patriot’s pride;
ll ts humble life lie freely gave,
A Godlike hero, thus he died.
Without a name—lie needs it not,
A simple hoard points out the head.
The grave will never ba forgot.
Enough for us, he is ouit dead.
W. A. Harris.
Faithfulness in Humble Places.
That is a very tender story con
cerning faithfulness in humble places
which Jean Ingelow has related for
ns. It was in one of the Orkney
Islands, far beyond the north of
Scotland. On the coast of this island
there stood out a rock, called the
Lonely Rock, very dangerous to
navigators.
One night, long ago, there cat in a
fisherman’s hut ashore a young girl,
toiling at her spinning wheel, looking
out upon the dark and driving clouds,
and listening anxiously to the wind
and sea.
At last the morning canto; and one
boat that should have been riding on
the waves, was missing. It was her
father's boat, and half a utile front
the cottage her father’s body was
found, washed tip upon the shore. He
had been wrecked against this Lone
ly Rock.
That was more than fifty years ago.
The girl watched her father’s body,
according to the custom of her peo
ple, till it was laid in the grave; then
she lay down on the bed . ,and slept-
When the night came site arose, and
set a candle in her casement, as a
beacon to the fishermen and a guide.
All night long she sat by the candle,
trimmed it when it flickered do\?n, and
spun.
So many hanks of yarn as she had
spun before for her daily bread she
spun still, and one hank over for her
nightly candle. And from that time
to the time of the telling of this story
(for fifty years thro git youth, maturi
ty, into old age) site has turned night
into day. And in the snow storms of
winter, in the serene calms of summer,
through the driving mists, deceptive
moonlig! t, and solemn darkness, that
northern harbor lias never once been
without the light of that small candle.
However far the fisherman might be
standing out at sea, he had only to
bear down straight for that lighted
window, and he was sure of a safe
entrance into the harbor. And so for
all these fifty years that tiny light,
flaming thus out of devo ion and self
sacrifice, has helped and cheered and
saved.
Surely this was finding chancPfor
service in an humble place; surely
this was lowliness glorified by faith
fulness; surely the smile of the Lord
Jesus must have followed along the
beams of that poor candle, gleaming
from that humble window, as they
went wandering forth to bless and
guide the fishermen tossing in their
little boats upon the sea.—Home and
Fireside.
Another Disgraceful Surrender.
The national league of republican
clubs is one of tho-expedients of des
perate politicians to keep their clutch
on the people. Its prime design has
seemed to be to attempt to raise a
little enthusiasm in “off years,” and
between campaigns. A series of issue
less campaigns with political shibbo
leths taken from the museum of an
tiquities, does not tend to inspire
much zeal in the rank and file of po
litical followers. Something must be
done to raise their drooping spirits.
Accordingly', brass bands and bunt
ing were recently marshalled in Cin
cinnati, and with them came the local
henchmen of the great political cap
tains in a dozen states, to hold a con
vention, make fiery speeches and pass
some resolutions, to indicate which
way the party is going to look next
year.
The usual number of “regrets” from
party leaders were handed in by let
ter. The big artillery want to be
safely out of thowny of any mistakes
the popguns may make.
A great many historical speeches
were made, on the topics treated more
at large in certain great works by
Horace Greeley, Dr. Headly and Dr.
Abbott.
Then the commit tee on resolutions
reported a pretty little platform, in
tended *o catch everybody, as it extols
both protection and free trade, or, in
republican parlance, reciprocity. But
one resolution, although it embodied
the best convictions of men of every
political party, run amuck of a Wis
con sin dutchman. The resolution
asked for legislation restricting the
importation of European beggars and
criminals. The Wisconsin refugee did
not like this. Gen, Fairchild, remem
bering the recent defeat of the repub
lican party in Wisconsin because they
passed a law to teach English instead
of German in the schools, besought
the convention to “heed the earnest
words” of this foreigner. So the con
vontion agreed to let in foreign beg
gars, foreign contract laborers, for
eigu imbeciles, foreign lunatics, for
eign everything except convicts.
But this disgraceful fawning foreign
born votes was not the last limit of
cowardly surrender of the league to
immortality and injustice. lie who
reads “between the lines” can readily
see the drift of the following covert
utterance:
“Loyal and intelligent republicans
will not seek to destroy vested inter
ests, nor to cripple any legitimate
enterprise, but they demand that the
best thought of the republican party
shall be concentrated on the formula
lion of such legislate n as will protect
(lie people from any exactions of the
usurer, from the oppression of monop
olies, or from tlic extortionate de
mands of public, carriers.”
It does not require marvelous pene
tration to discover that more than
railroads and banks are included in
the “vested interests” whi h republi
cans “will not seek to destroy.” Lliey
indeed promise to “protect the people
from any exa< tions 'of the usurer,”
monopolist or public carrier. But
there is no hint of protection of the
people from the “vested interests” of
brewery or distillery. These “legiti
mate enteiprisos” may rest content in
the liappy assurance that they will
not be “crippled” by any legislation
at the hands of “loyal and intelligent
republicans.’’—Demorest Times.
Nagging and Scolding.
It may be truly said that one per
son of a fretting, complaining, nag
ging disposition can upset a house
hold of twenty persons every day in
the year. Especially is this the case
if the person he the feminine head of
the family. The reason for this is
that there seems to be no escape from
a w oman, because naturally, she must
have her say in domestic affairs, and
is always about and around the house.
A grumbling man generally gives
vent to his discontent at certain times,
and at rare intervals, while a woman
frets about almost continually. The
fretting is not so bad, however, as the
nagging, the continual prodding of
the unfortunate man who plays sec
ond fiddle in his own home. For him
there is no escape, because t>e very
fact of his allowing himself to be
nagged, proves Boat he is a man of
mild temper, and consequently to be
nagged with safety. The pity of it
is that the man of mild and even dis
position is just the man who always
happens to he the husband of a whin
ing, fretful creature, who is little
better than an undeveloped terma
gant. A real out and out termagant
is, on the whole, to be preferred, I
think, to a whining,' nagging woman,
because somttimes she has lier sweet
and tender spells w hen she regrets
perhaps the sharpness of her own
tongue and would fain make amends.
The habitual eomplainer is intolera
ble, and does more harm than she
realizes; it is a positive fact that
many a good and gentle man is sent
sibwiy to his grave by the constant
annoyance of a fretful wife. The hus-
HOMER, BANKS COUNTY, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1891.
band of a nagging, fretful wife may
readily le known; there are infallible
signs in his whole carriage, air and
countenance by which one can read
his weary life. He is in reality a
mere nobody, or gets to be one in due
course of time, for no manhood, unless
of the most virile character, can with
stand the undermining influence of
constant nagging, unless there is a
touch of the brutal accompanying it.
If truth must be told, it requires a bit
of brutality to cope with a nagging
woman; she must be frightened,actu
ally frightened occasionally, to keep
her from going beyond bounds. It is
difliv'ult to say sometimes which is the
worse, a nagging woman or a scold,
but on the whole, I think the nagging
woman the worse. In both cases the
effect on the man who is unhappy
enough to fill, nominally, the position
of lord and master or husband, is
dreadful; he is either converted into
a brute, or a nonentity whose indi
viduality is completely submerged—
lost. There is no sight so unsightly,
in fact, so revolting, as that of a
woman who rules her husband and
dominates him to such a degree as
this. One would think that she
would he ashamed to so belittle her
husband before the world, her world,
however little or large it may be!
Such a woman has unsexed herself
and deserves only condemnation.—
Aunt Ruth in Ladies’ World.
Banksville.
As we see nothing more from your
correspondent at this plac I thought
I would give you a few items from
our flourishing little town.
Farmers are about up with their
work and fishing is the order of the
day. The sucker, the carp, the trout,
the imidcal, the eel and the jackfish,
and even down to the little silverside
and chub are all devoured, and still
there is great demand for fish and
polk sallct at our hotel on Hill street.
Mr. J. W. Balinger has built a pick
et fence along side of Broad street
fronting the depot. Mr. Balinger is
one of our best citizens.
We learn that while Mr. P. F. Lof
tis was walking around his hog pen,
preparing to execute judgment
against a fat pig, a large rail was
knocked off the pen and done serious
damage to his foot.
Mr. John W. Vickory and lady
have been visiting relatives on Gum
log the past week.
Our Sunday school at New Hope
lias been reorganized, with W. J. Bar
ret superintendent, who gives perfect
satisfaction. Professor Cook is one
of the most progressive young men
in attendance. We welcome Brother
Cook in our ranks.
Misses Sallie McKee, Lou Craw
ford and Looney are the most
charming ladies who attend our
school.
We want to holler “three cheers”
for Mrs. L. A. Dorough and Mr. IV.
A. Harris for their good pieces on
temperance when we come to that
all important question. Wrighttown
may he counted in the fight.
We appreciate The Gazette very
much. Temperance.
Take It to Tlie Lord in Prayer.
Worry hurts us more than work,
and as Christians we have no right to
be the victims of worry, anxious care,
depression, and forebodings Instead
of complaints, let us try supplications;
instead of brooding over difficulties,
let us tell them to Jesus, and spread
out oui needs within “the presence
of the Almighty,” where alone peace
and strength abido. Some Chris
tian people appear to hold that we
are invariably bound to be stoical,
and express no sorrow or regret what
ever, because God chooses all; but he
who was all human as well as all
divine knows that the floods over
whelm us sometimes, and that when
we seem in the lowest depths. He
who wept with the troubled hearts at
Bethany does not bid us remain
stoics in the hour of tribulation. Let
the tears have their course if need
be—probe the trouble to their depths
—but do not attempt to do so alone.
Why stay away from the Mercy-seat
at the shadow-time ? Why not seek
the only heart that can comfort and
help and guide ? We remember
once hearing a speaker tell how, in
his youth, lie and a young companion
became lost in the maze at Hampton
Court; they wandered about tired
and discouraged, hut felt sure they
would find their way out presently,
and thought it would seem foolish to
ask direction, though they saw an
old man working not far off. All
their efforts, however, proved una
vailing, and at last they came with
red faces to ask the old man if he
could possibly tell them how to get
out of the maze. “Why,” he answered,
“that's just what, I am here for; why
did you not say you wanted to get
out before?’’ and he put them at
once on the right track. Those
young men learned that day not to
rely so absolutely on their own wis
dom and ability; there is One who
stands ready to be our counselor, our
guide, our light in every labyrinth;
instead af yielding to worry, let us
simply ask him to take us by the hand
and lead us through.—The Quiver.
Ex President Hayes writes thus
about wine in the White House while
he was President. The abstinence
from the use of intoxicating drinks
in the Waite House, both in public
and privately, while Mrs. Hayes and
myself were its occupants, is without
precedent, and has not since been
followed. Neither of us regretted
the course adopted. Every such step,
when lirst taken of course, meets
with opposition and criticism. It
cannot hereafter be claimed, bv fair
minded and well informed people,
that liquor as a beverage is a neces
sity in the Executive Mansion.—
Advocate.
Wliat is There in a Name?
A ipan said in my hearing a few
days since, on the railroad cars:
“After all, what is in a name?” The
remark set me thinking, and I asked
myself. What is there in a name?
These are merely human names that
thrill you through and through. Such
a name was that of Henry Clay, to
the Kentuckian; William Wirt, -to
the Virginian; Daniel Webster, to the
New Englander!
Sometimes we forget the titles of
our very best friends, and we have to
pause and think before we can recall
the name. But can you imagine any
freak of intellect in which you could
forget the Saviour’s designation?
That word “Jesus” seems to fit the
tongue in every dialect. When the
voice in old age gets feeble and trem-
ulous and indistinct, still this regal
word has potent utterance. When an
aged man was dying, and he had lost
his memory of every tiling else, one
of his children said to him : “Father,
do you know me?” He replied: “No,
I don’t know you.” And another
child came and asked the same ques
tion, and goi the same answer; and
another, and anot er. Then the min
ister of Christ came in and said to
the dying man: “Father, do you know
me? ’ He replied: “No, I don’t know
you.” Then said the minister: “I)o
you know Jesus?” O yes,” said the
old man, “I know Jesus! Chief
among ten thousand, and the One
altogether lovely.” Yes, in ail lan
guages, and ihe world over it is a
mighty name!
Jesus, I love thy charming name,
’Tis music to my ear;
Fain would I sound it out so loud
That heaven and earth might hear!
To be persecuted for righteousness’
sake is one thing; to suffer for our
own folly and sin is quite another.
This is a distinction that must not be
overlooked. It is drawn with great
clearness and force by St. James:
“For what glory is it, if, when we be
buffeted for your faults, ye shall take
it patiently ? but if when ye do w< 11,
and suffer foi it, ye take it patiently,
this is acceptable with God. —Chris
tian Advocate.
The Toledo Blade, in commenting
upon the defeat in Nebraska, says:
“Whatever factors were responsible
for the defeat of the Nebraska arnend
ment, primarily it was due to the one
fact the majority of the people were
not educated up to the point ot see
ing the supreme importance of pro
hibition to that State and themselves.
The thing to do is to educate! Lead
men to understand the relation of
the rum trafic to crime, to poverty,
to vice, to disease; to realize the tre
mendous waste it entails; to see that
there is no way of avoiding these but
by crushing.the saloon; and that the
omy method of doing this is to adopt
prohibition, and thus pulverize the
rum power.”
Principle and Feeling.
“Religion is a matter of principle.”
Yes, so it is; but principle ought to
be set on tire with love. There may
be extravagances connected with re
vivals of religion. Wesley was a
calm, self-possessed kind of man, and
yet under his quiet preaching, it is
said, strong men would sometimes
fall to the floor as though they were
shot. lie tried to check all undue
demonstrations, hut did he stop
preaching the vital doctrines of Meth
odism because the movement had a
few drawbacks? If he had done so,
God would have raised up someone
else to preach his gospel of anew era.
God was not willing to stay this tidal
wave of salvation because it may
have had a little foam upon its
crest. Even a fanatic with a heart
full of love is a thousand miles nearer
heaven than a coldhearted formalist.
The gospel is not merely a cold,
abstract creed, nor a code of iron laws,
nor a system of forms and ceremonies.
Wcat does God care for frippery of
forms and the child’s-play of empty
ceremonies? But it is the power of
God unto salvation, enabling believers
to say, “ The love of God is shod
abroad in our hearts;” and this in
dwelling love lights up the whole
life, making it saintly, and lovely and
beautiful.—Rev. T. M. Griffith.
The Ilockford, 111., Moniton hits
the nail on the head in the following
paragraph, and thoughtful people
should push the inquiry till their rep
resentatives answer:
“Now that congress has protected
the Soldier’s Home of Washington
from he drink evil by prohib’ting the
trafic within one mile of the Home,
how would it do to secure our con
gressmen from temptation by pro
hibiting the sale of liquor w ithin oue
mile of the copitol ? Asa matter of
fact our people are much more inter
ested in having sober congressmen
than sober ex-soldiers, for the former
make laws and are in a position to do
us serious trouble if they legislate while
under the evil influence of strong
drink.”—Demorest Times.
Many a man that is noted for liis
politeness in business and social cir
cles, becomes rough, uncouth, and
boorish as socn as he enters his own
home. And many a woman that has
the most charming manners in her in
tercourse with the outmde world
seems to forget that courtesy and
gentleness are due to her husband
and children as well as to other peo
ple. If someone that is wise in such
matters will explain these facts to us,
we shall lift our hat to him in recog
nition of the service.—Christian Ad
vocate.
A Wrong Tendency.
There is a tendency among us to
be satisfied witn a shallow religious
experience, and this disposition is, in
a great meaauro, chargable to the
men commissioned of God to preach
the Word. They frequently fail to
emphasize the essential truths of the
Bible concerning sin, repentance,
faith, and holy living. We do not
favor sensational preaching, but we
do assert that the watchman should
warn the people with all the earnest
ness of his redeemed nature —warn
them against every form of ungodli
tie.<s and worldly lust; and, with a
pathos and fervor born of love to God
and men, he should enforce the duty
of complete consecration to Christ.
Formalism and indifference have, in
many places, dried the very founda-
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tions of religious life, the fashion of
the world has crept into the church;
the chilly atmosphere of ungodliness
has stolen into 'lie pulpit, and we are
in a pitiful plight, having the form of
godliness while we deny its power.
What is the remedy! Let the
preachers tarry till they arc endued
with powers from God; let them not
go forth till they are clothed with
the strength of pentecostal grace.
Let them be filled with the Holy
Ghost and with faith; then let them
preach out of the fulness of a blessed
experience, relying on the promise of
God that his work shall not return
void, hut shall accomplish that where
unto he has sent it.—Alabama Chris
tian Advocate.
IMvcrsified Products.
Politics is undoubtedly a fairly
good crop to raise on the farm, but
like turnip seed, there is soni£ danger
of its being sowed “too thick.”
We have several exchanges, with
agricultural names, and we look in
vain through their colums from week
to week for remarks about planting
potatoes, suggestions concerning corn,
methods of making manures, advice
about asparagus, and plans for plant
ing peas.
On a recent examination of one of
these newspapers we found only a
single article on the products of the
soil, while there were ten editorials
and thirty-five clippings from the
Farmer’s Friend Journals; about the
products of party caucuses and polit
ical deals.
We have only words of commen
dation for the farmers who are bravely
struggling to cast off the yoke of old
party servitude, hut we want to see a
generation of farmers educated in the
science of diversified crops, and
methods of increasing farm profits,
and we connot see very good pros
pects of attaining this kind of learn
ing, if the most trusted farmer's
papers devote their spaee wholly to
politics.—Demorest Times.
“Seek ye first the kingdom of God
and his righteousness, and all these
things shall be added unto you.” The
“all these things” mean food' and
clothing, life and the means to sup
port it. We would like to see an ex
ample of this kind starve to death.
The heavens would fall first. The
mail that trusts God fully will have
administered to him that condition of
earthly good that is best fur him, and
eternal life in the bargain.—Nash
ville Christian Advocate.
When a famous French physician
was asked how it was that, with his
aristocratic family antecedents, he
could be so strong a republican, he
answered: “1 have disected several
noblemen, and have failed to,find any
thing more than is found in common
men.” Mrs. Browning puts the
same truth, in somewhat a- different
form, thus: “We are one iiesh, after
all; and need one flnanel—with a
proper sense of difference in the qual
ity.—Nashville Christian Advocate.
I seldom hear the precious name
of Jesus mentioned without being
reminded of the perfect, finished
work of the cross, whereby I and all
others who believe on him are per
fectly saved forever. The very pre
cious name of Jesus brings perfect,
lasting peace and joy at all times to
the soul, and nothing can destroy it,
neither self, sin, Satan, the world,
nor can any thing else destroy this
perfect peace.—Selected.
Nothing is small in God’s sight.
The tiny flower which your eye can
scarct ly see may lie just as perfect as
the most showy plants in the garden.
The smallest diamond may be as
brilliant as the Koh hoor, or the lar
gest gems that flash in the crowns of
kings. So at least acts may bo jusfc
as beautiful, as pure, as honorable,
as the greatest, deeds that shine in
dazzling splendor before men.—J. R.
Miller.
California is the only state in the
union which at present produces
quicksilver in commercial quantities.