Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

BIMS MM G.IEZTTE, KVEUT WEDSKBJIAY at HOMEK, - - . GEORGIA. nr- HAMES & HILL. SUBSCRIPTION: One year - - - SI.OO Si* months .... .50 Entered at the Postoffi.ee at Homer , (}a., as second-class mail matter. Communications of any character, whether on business or fur publication, should be addressed to GAZETTE. Homer, Ga., Wednesday, July 22. S— --.-gaia-- The Grand Lodge of Good Tem plars will meet in Athens on the 28th of July. P The officers of Fulton county, as sisted by the police of Atlanta, made a pretty big haul Saturday night, and caged in the county jail thirteen of Atlanta’s “respectable’’ young men. A keg of beer and a few bottles of liquor was the matter. The locusts are play ing havoc in New Mexico it seems. It is thought by some that they are the seventeen year locust which ravaged the west during the 70s. They move east and north in two principal swarms devour ing vegetation of every character. The Atlanta Herald, the new after noon paper of Atlanta made its first appearance Saturday evening. There was considerable rush and hurry about the office all day, which was the natural consequences of the first issue. Sam W. Small is the manag ing editor. The National Economist reproduces a speech made by Hon. John C. Cal houn in the United States Senate, Octolier 8, 1887, discussing thu bank ing system. It should be read by all, and especially by those who are con tending for the perpetuation of the present banking system. Mrs. Prissilla Scroggins, of Hall county, is 114 years of age; has 12 children, 103 grand-children, 636 great-grand children, 872 graet great grand-cliildren: in all 1,274. Her father lived to be 110 years old. She has been a member of the charch for 102 years. Next the 27th, the Far mers Alliance and Knights of Labor encampment will begin at Sulphur Springs, Texas, and continue five days. The programme is modeled upon the chautauqua system, and will include addresses each day from well known lecturers. The largest gath ering of labor people ever held in Texas is expected to be present. Grounds, wood and water will be provided for all who desire to camp. A house in which Daniel Webster lived for several years in Washing ton, but winch of late has been used for law offices, was advertised for sale at auction last week for non-pay ment of sotno small claim, but pro feedings were checked by an injunc tion. In the back yard of this place is still standing a linden tree planted bv the sage of Marshfield in 1850. Christian Advocate. The good ladies of Social Circle and community have gone to work in earnest, as is the case in a great many other localities, urging legislation on the subject of temperance, and much interest is being manifested by all classes both male and female. It is a fact beyond question that the people are becoming more and more con cerned ou the subject of morality and decency. It is more disgraceful now than in former times to be seen under the influence of liquor. The right to legislate upon the evil traffics are not bo readily questioned. The plea of “unconstitutional” is not thrust into every discussion, and the people are coming to the proper conclusion that it. is souls that tit esc reform movers seek to save. The people are realiz ing tlm importance of life and are waking up to its duties. It is true, in some localities there is mo change and hi some the people are growing worse, but as a whole our population is undergoing a change for the better, and reform measures will eventually prevail, not only as regards the liquor traffic but in other measures, such for instance as some suggested by the Farmers Alliance. Mr. Blaine’s retirement from poli tics seems to he at least assured. The reports of his failing health can no longer be discredited, and, indeed, there seems to be too good reason to believe that liis mental faculties have been too greatly weakened to stand the stress and strain of furtliur polit ical activity. Perhaps no man ever left political life whose retirement was of more importance to his party. We may be wrong, but it has seemed to us that James G. Blaine is the only man living who could rescue the Republican Par ty from a serious and probably disastrous defeat in 1802. We doubt whether he could do it, but be could if anyone could. He has been on the popular side of the issues that have wrought disaster for that party of late years. The way in which he seized on the idea of Reci procity and pushed it to the front was a masterly stroke of political tact, which the new leadere of the party were too slow to appreciate. His opposition to the Elections bill was far-sighted and clear. Ilis reported aversion to Reed’s course as Speaker did additional credit to his sagacity. On the other hand, his conduct as Secretary of State has strengthened him in conservative circles among men who feared that his love of the spectacular would involve the nation in perilous situations. Hu is stron ger to day in public esteem than he was in 1884, and, were he physically able, would receive tho nomination next year without turning over his hand.—The Voice. Vacation. The season has come again when the desire for rest and recreation be comes general and all can leave home and their accustomed pursuits behind them. It is the season of general dispersion and people betake them selves to every point of the compass. Those who pass the greater part of the year within hearing of the many sounding sea make for inland regions, while those who dwell in towns and cities far from the ocean hasten to the seashore where they luxuriate in the restful and invigorating influences that surround them there. Such changes are, in view of the conditions of modern life, virtually indispensi ble, and, if properly enjoyed, highly beneficial. The children at school need the change, and for this reason statutory holidays have been appoint ed. They are all the better for the brief intermission of regular study. In the country and at the seaside they lay in stores of health and strength, and come hack to school and books with renewed zest and zeal. The teachers need the respite. Their occupation, however congenial it may be to them, is irksome and exhaust ing, the well-earned rest does them good, and time devoted to it is time well spent. The churches feel the 'languor in scperable from the heated term. Those whose circumstances and du ties detain them feel that they have to exercise patience and self-denial. The atmosphere is drowsy and the services somehow have not the life and freshness which at other seasons they possess. Numbers are greatly diminished, whole families arc away, and the church and Sabbath-school have a deserted look. These some what depressing influences have in duced churches to close up during vacation and reasons in defense of this course are urged. It is difficult, however, to convince the average Christian that it is a proper thing to close the doors of the house of God, and leave the members who re main at home to wander at will in search of spiritual pastorage. No difficulty is experienced in secur ing supply for the pulpits rendered vacant by tho departure of their reg ular occupants for the seaside of Europe. Witness bearing for the truth is as much needed in summer as it is in winter, and it does not seem a right thing to have silent sanctuaries. That seems a better method, tried in some of our Canadi an cities last summer with excellent results, where two neighboring con gregations arranged to meet together during the holiday season. It secures a husbanding of resources, brings the people into closer friendly relations with each other, and leaves a door open to all who choose to enter. Those who go for a vacation carry their responsibilities with them. Many may feel a delight in the tem porary freedom from the restraints of conventionality. They may not be disposed to follow out the social code in all its minute details and require ments, but if they' are Christians at home, they will be no less Christians away from home. Complaints some times come from remote summer re sorts that those who are rigidly de corous at home are not so careful in their observance of the Sabbath while at distant watering places or in country villages. It is also said that they are not so punctual in their at tendance on the means of grace as when at home. If these things are so, such complaints are well founded. It is not right that a careless exam ple should be set before the people in remote places, neither is it right to be absent from the village church, even although neither a Spurgeon not a learned Doctor of Divinity oc cupies the pulpit, or a highly accom-' pished organist and brilliant choir conduct the services of praise. The Christian life is itself a witnessing for Christ, and there is no place where. ■ hat should be dispensed with, or where its influence for good is unfelt. Properly enjoyed, a vacation can he very helpful to moral and spiritual life. The quiet communing with nat ure, the absent e of the turmoil and haste so characteristic of all modem life, sacred and secular, are conducive to the strengthening of right feeling. The temporary pause in the regular rotine of customary life affords time for retrospect and reflection, exercises in which we are none too prone to indulge. It is well to be for a season cut loose from ordinary surroundings. A well-spent vacation will be good alike for body and soul.—Canada Presbyterian. Ilanibal Hamlin Gone. Hanibal Ilamlin is dead. The ex- President passed away quietly at Bangor, Me., at 8 in the evening on the Nation’s birthday. His was a most active life. For fifty years he was constantly before the public in the capacity of Representative, Sen ator, Minister, Governor and Vice- President of the United States. lie was horn in Paris, Me., in 1809, and received a very meager education. Humble circumstances compelled him to work hard when a boy, but he found time to study law, and in 1833 he was admitted to thu bar in his na tive village. Then he rose rapidly. Embracing the cause of Democracy he went to the Legislature in 1836. To this office lie was chosen for five consecutive terms, during three of which lie was the Speaker of the House. Very early in his Congression al career he came out unequivoeably opposed to slavery, and, together with Abraham Lincoln, he supported the Wilmot Proviso. In 1848 he was elected by the Democrats, with the aid of the Free Seilers, to the Senate. In 1856 he became a Republican, and on January 7, 1857, lie was elected by the new party Governor of Maine, resigning his seat in the Senate and being inaugurated Governor the same day. The National Republican Con vention, which met in Chicago in May, 1860, chose Hamlin in the sec ond ballot as candidate with Abra nam Lincoln. After their election, the President frequently sought the advice of Hamlin on important ques tions concerning the formation of the Cabinet and the conduct of the war, and the latter's foresight and patriot ism were never doubted. During Johnson’s term as President, Hamlin was appointed Collector of the Port of Heston. In 1869 he was re-elected to the United States Senate for the fourth time, serving until 1881, when he was appointed Minister to Spain. lie leaves a widow and two sons, General Charles Hamlin, a lawyer, and Frank Ilamlin, now living in Chicago.—The Voice. A “heavenly foot society” has been formed by Chinese women at Amboy. Rev. John Macgowen, mis sionary at Amboy (now in England ou a visit) in a speech delivered at Manchester recently, stated that the society was the result of his persist ent teaching that the Ctiinese custom, of binding the feet was in open viola of the precepts of the gospel. It is his belief that the example will be extensively imitated, and that the final result will be a death-blow to the barbarous practice.—Christian Advocate. The Atlanta Journal says that the object of General Weaver and Jerry Simpson in speaking in Atlanta was to promulgate a third party. And what’s The Journal going to do about it? SOCIAL. DIFFERENCES INEVITABLE. Di*. <l. ill. Hockley Explains the Impossi bility of Human Equality. Were a single family to be cast upon the shore of a fertile but uninhabited island, the struggle between man and nature would begin at once. They might live to the full limit of human life without once having the problems of civil and social Inequalities thrust upon them. Such terms as “civil gov eminent.," “rights of property," “laws of inheritance," “private property,” “capital and labor,” “higher and lower cUtises,” and the ideas for which they stand, might never be known to them. But as the population increased, re strictions on the use of property and government in some form wonld be required. After a few generations, among the multitude varying degrees of ability, physical and mental, would be found. Social differences would arise, and be perpetuated by dissimilar environments. That which would Inevitably occur on such an island manifests itself in all parts of the world. Customs and laws dilfer, but wherever socic-ty exists several general distinctions appear. The poor, including not only paupers jmd tho indigent, hut those who earn barely enough to support them, and whom the sickness of two or three days would transform Into objects of char tty, constitute in most countries an im mense majority. In the United States, owing to extent of territory, fertility of soil, mineral re sources, timber, navigable rivers, sea coast, variety of climate, isolation and the noed of development, the poor have been less numerous than in the Old World, but they are now in ere os ing more rapidly than heretofore. At 11 io other extreme are the rich, the mere income of whose possessions at current interest, with only the care necessary to superintend their invest ments, is sufficient to support them in luxury, though many of them may con tinue in business for its pleasure and power, or in the hope of adding to their wealth. Between these is the great middle class, having “neither riches nor poverty," subdivided into those who tiro hopefully pressing upward to the envied station of the rich, and those who, from infirmity, losses, the rise ol now modes of transacting business tu which they cannot adapt themselves, and misfortunes, are declining toward poverty. Intellectual gifts and acquisitions make other distinctions. In all nn tions tho number of tho ignorant is far greater than that of the learned, while in tile first powers of the globe a large number arc well informed. —Dr. J. M. Buckley in Harper's. Urtmini. The whole cosmos is In a man’s brains—as much of it, at least, as a man's brains will hold; perhaps it if bo where else. And when sleep relaxes the will, and there nro no earthly sur roundings to distract attention—no duty, pain or pleasure to compel it— riderless Fancy takes the bit in its teeth, and the whole cosmos goes mad and lias its wild will of us. Ineffable false joys, unspeakable false terror and distress, strange phantoms only seen as in a glass darkly, chase each other without rhyme or reason, and play hide and seek across the twi lit Held end through the dark recesses of our clouded and imperfect conscious ness. And the false terrors and distress, however unspeakable, are no worse than such real terrors mid distress as are only too often the waking lot of man, or even so bad, but tile ineffable false joys transcend all possible human felicity while they last, and a little while it is I Wo wake, and wonder, and recall the slight foundation on which such ul trahuman bliss lias seemed to rest. What matters the foundation if but the bliss be there, and the brain has nerves to feel it.—Harper’s. A Feather Ouster. When you dress a white lien for mar ket or your table L-e careful to keep the wings clean and unbroken. Sprinkle the joints with a little salt, that they may dry and cure more perfectly, and then cover the joint end of the wing with a bright scrap of plush or velvet to the'depth of throe inches. I made-several of these dainty white dust era for Christmas presents, and they were very pretty as well as useful. I feather stitched the blue plush that covered the handle with old gold em broidery silk, making three bars of stitching down the back of the plush, finishing the duster with a pretty bow and long loop of blue or old gold ribbon. - Clarissa Potter in Good Housekeeping. ’ o •’ Worms Can’t Stand ISenzine. Wood worms can be destroyed in books and woodwork by benzine. Hooks are locked up in a cupboard with a saucer of benzine. The insects, ns well as tbeir lame and eggs, soon die off. Furniture and carvings are similarly placed in a room with a dish of benzine and kept closed up for sev era! weeks, the time required for the complete destruction of the insects va rying according to the thickness of the wood. New woodwork can be protect ed against their entry by a coating of glue, as, living on vegetable substances, tin*y do not touch animal products.— New York Journal. Both for scientific and for industrial purposes a standard of color has long been desired, and in order to. attempt a solution of the question the Society of Arts is investigating the subject tfirouirh a committee. CONGRESSMAN CRAIN’S POKER STORY Why He Wasn’t Shot on the First Vight and How He Ewapetl on the Srcutid. Congressman Crain, who represents the Galveston district of Texas, tells some remarkable stories of poker play Ing in that state during war time. It was an epoch there of lawlessness and mob rule, and personal bravery was the quality of leadership. One night he was playing in a game with three or four others, one of them a desperado named Boyd. The hitter took ad vantage of the conviviality of the pro ceedings to hold out a card, and Crain saw him do it. On the spur of tho mo uient Crain said, “Boyd, you are cheat ; ing!” It was a foolish thing to do, unless with pistol in hand, because it meant immediate murder. But, to the sur prise of every one, Boyd simply turned very pale laughed and replied, "Crain boards at my bouse, you know, and sol I can't a (Toni to shoot him.” The next evening Boyd came nnin j vited into Crain’s room, where some other men were, and offered to play Crain a game of two handed “freeze out.” The latter assented and they sat down at the table, while the rest drew their chairs back and waited for the tragedy they supposed was coming. A few minutes later Boyd again cheated, so openly that he doubtless intended to : be caught, and Crain at once charged him with the offense. Immediately Boyd leaped to his feet, seized two chairs and threw them into the air. One of them struck Boyd as it fell, ami he drew the pistol he had ready, crying, “Crain, you hit me with a chair!” “Like a flash." says Crain, in tailing the story, “my instinct as a criminal lawyer came to my aid I saw that his pnrjiose was to claim self defense in j shooting me. So, without stirring from ; luy scut. I pointed my linger at Boyd, who had me covered with his gun. and said- 'Boyd, you know that isn't true. I haven't touched you. If you want to fight I'll nacmnntralnfc you anywhere you like and with any weapons within an hour of this time, bet's fight, if need be, but there’s no occasion foi murder 1‘” Crain's coolness of action saved him ami the duel never came off. because friends interfered, do lived to secure Boyd's acquittal of murder su'-.e queiitly. I, liter on, however. Boyd was killed with libs boots on in a row Washington Star. A llorim’s Intelligence. When Sunday comes my horse knows that 1 am not proceeding on my pro fessional rounds, but he will put on his Ix-st style ami proceed to the aceus fomed church, when, without any guid ing on "my part, he will land his loud at the church door, and woe to the team that limy chance to get in ahead of him. On no other day of the week will he make the attempt to turn up into or pay attention to the road lead ing to the church. Two weeks ago, on Sunday, I took my wife out for a rido on Bolton mouu tain, and in going had to pass a church, one to which the horse was not areas turned to go. when to my surprise la wns bound to stop. It was only with some difficulty that I got liim p-.-ff the post. About a mile and a half farther on he came to another church, one at which he has never l*en accustomed to stop To my surprise John made an other strong effort to stop. On any week day lie will pass that church doily without paying it the least attention.- A Physician in Hartford Times When She Regpttt. "I hear Brown married his cook.” “Not exactly. His wife wasn't a cook until after she married him.” Harper's o„ Furniture! Do You Need Furniture? if so W. W. JORDAN, of Harmony Grove, Ca., has a SPLENDID LINE of all kinds of FURNITURE, and will sell you as cheap as the cheapest. lie has a large stock of Sewing Machines at living prices, and on good terms. Trunks at cost to close out that branch of business. Also large stock of Baskets, Satchels, Valises, etc., cheap. Remember he carries a large stock of Coffins and Caskets; also Robes, Shoes, Gloves and Hoes for burial purposes. Hearse free with any coffin worth $25 or more to any place within ten miles of Harmony Grove, and reasonable charges for longer distances of cheaper coffins. SHORTHAND Lockhart’s Drug Store WILL FURNISH YOU ALMOST ANY KIND OF PATENT MEDICINE. Biocd Purifiers, Tonics, Piiis--ali Kinds, FURNITURE POLISH, CLEANSING FLUIDS, PILE OINTMENTS, Plnsiers. Perliinicry mul Brushes. Fine Soaps, Ginger, Pepper and Spice. SALTS AND SULPHUR, Horse and Cattle POWDERS. SPECTACLES, and Family Medicines of all kinds. Hooks. Characier Sketches THE GREATEST BOOK OF THE TIMES. The Fastest Seller: AND The Best Endorsed. WHAT THEY SAY: Rev j M Ilubbert, D. D., J.L.D., pas tor of the First Cumberland Pres byterian Church, Nashville, Tenn., says: In “Character Sketches” the pic tures make ns think of Banyan’s alle gories, -rEsop's fables, and Xast’s cari catures. The took will please its thousands. J. R. Brooks, D. D., Presiding Elder of the Shelby District, of the West era N. C. Conference, writes: 1 have read with great interest a number of the sketches in the origi nal and striking volume of Rev. G. A. I.ofton, and heartily recommend it to the reading public. Rev Mr Bonner, pastor of the Metbo dist Church, Hickory, N C, writes: “I wonld give one dollar to read "Character Sketches’ just one day.” The Knoxville Sentinel, Knoxville, says: “Character Sketches” is a remarka ble book. The reputation of its dis tinguished author led ns to expect mnc.li in this hook, but a careful ex amination of its unique pages makes ns realize more. The Baltimore Baptist says: “Charm ter Sketches” is an enter taining volume, full of happy hits and wise suggestions. The Western Recorder, of Louisville, Ky, says: “Character Sketches” is unlike any thing tlnil Inis nppi nred since the days ol lohn Uuuviui, of whose emblems it strikingly, reminds us. What They Do: Mr. J. M. Henderson, of Ala., writes, after his first week’s work . “I am having fine link and good suc cess. I have made eight call*, and taki ii seven ciders.” -Miss Loula Morris, of North Carolina, wiites: “I received mv prospectus a week ago, nod during the past week, working befnio and after school, I have soid twenty copies of “Character Sketches.” Professor J. 11. Boon, of Ga., writes: “The book and prospectus received. I do not gel mv mail regular or would have written you sooner. I have can vassrA m-fore and after school just eight hums. :u-d in that time taken ten eub s.-iibe:s b>v the morocco, two for the gill, and foot for the plain cloth bind* ing. making a total of sixteen sales for my first eight botws work. I met only one person to who fa I failed to sell the book. I bi-lieae I etui make a great success at the business Ant on the fence trying to decide whether to con* tinue teaching or give up my school and sell books entirely.” AGENT? WANTED everywhere. Liberal commissions tu live parties. Address SOCTHWFSTERV PUBLISHING IIOUSK, 153 and 155 North Spruce Street, Nashville, Tenn., Or John E. Redmond, General Agent for Barks, Hall and adjoining coun* tics. Bellton. Ga. 12—13 Thorough, Practical Instruction. Grlduntca •- I sisted to positions. Catalogue free. Write to mat & mum sums cqlle&e, LOUISVILLE, KY.