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The Bulloch Herald
Vol. I.
THE FLAG OF STARS.
Oh, not alone the eager south—
Alone the steadiest north—
Saw with wet eyes beneath spring skies
oK^^rJd^st,
Nor the young hearted west,
Smiled high with pride where side by side
The nation’s children pressed t
But north an<J«G * R and trie east and weak
The mountain and plain,
The prairie and the desert,
Yielded their flower again.
East and west and south aud north
The flower of the land,
Hearing the mother’s call, went forth
To stand at her right band.
We be many hands in labor,
Rut one arm tor the right;
One blood to shed, one heart till dead.
One good sword for the fight;
We be many tongued and minded,
But one mind and one tongue
When once wide sent through a continent
The nation's word has rung!
Then northern tongues sing “Dixie”
Beneath the ancient flag.
And the southerner dies to rebaptise
His own the “Yankee rag!"
Brothers—to keep for freedom 's sake
The flag of stars unfurled
Beneath tho stars of heaven—to make
Tlie starlight of the world!
—■Grace Ellerly Charming in Youth's Com
panion.
A LESSON IN COOKING.
Bow a Hobo Served I'p a Di«b of
Roast Chicken.
“The first time 1 ran away from
home I learned a trick or two that was
worth the while.” said a well known
business man. *'i started out on several
unauthorized tours ot adventure before
I reached years of discretion, but the
first is most vividly J impressed upon my
memory. Three us kids caught a
freight train and got some W or 70
r, a r y i r ° m f l T thC
mghtfall. Then we didn t know where .
to spend the night. Several attempts to
quarter ourselves m empty box cars on
Ibe side track of a little village only
resulted in our being chased away and
threatened with arrest, so we went to
the outskirts of the place and built a
fire on the bank of a little creek. Here
we made ourselves as comfortable as
possible and one or two of us had actu¬
ally dozed off for short naps when a
regular hobo, a good specimen of the
real article, happened along and wanted
to know if we had anything to eat Of
conrse we hadn’t
4 4 4 Well.' he said, ‘if you fellers’ll
ketch a chicken I’ll show yon a trick
that’ll be useful to you.'
“It didn’t take us long to catch the
chicken and bring it back. The veteran
member of the nomadic fraternity
wrung its neck, jerked off its head,
cleaned it and going down to the creek
wadded it up. feathers, feet and all. in
a big ball of yellow day. This he rolled
into the fire and scraped the burning
embers np around it. The clay soon
hardened, and we could see it among
tbe wood coals gradually becoming a
bright cherry red. When it did so. the
cook rolled it out again, let it cool a
little and then broke it open with a
atone. The feathers had stuck to the
baked clay and a clean, inviting chick¬
en was ready to be served. All the
moisture that in ordinary baking is lost
had been kept in by the bricklike in¬
closure. and the morsel that fell to my
lot was the juiciest and sweetest I have
ever eaten. ’’—Cincinnati Enquirer.
III* Absent Companion*.
At a banquet given in Rochester two
of the expected guests were unable to
be present. The order of seating hap
pened to be such that a particularly
jovial and Companionable gentleman
sat with one of the vacant chairs on
each side of him. The empty chairs
and first course of oysters were left in
place for some time in case the expected
guests arrived. The solitary gentleman
therefore could move neither to the
right nor to the left, but amiably
beamed throughout the repast, seem
inglynone the worse for his enforced
isolation. After the banquet some one
innocently asked him;
“How did you enjoy yourself. ’ 0 ia
c jj a pf’
“First rate ” he renlieH hrinlrlv oTfeL
enough. “I sat next to a couple
lows Who weren’t them ’’—Rochester
Herald
her his mother cooking.—Atchison took it as a complfjLf. *
Globa *
— -___
Tli* Method.
“Here’s a case of a man who went
to law in order to get the girl he loved
away from her parents.”
“Took out a wilt of attachment I
•appose.”— Chicago Post. ’
Statesboro, Ga., Friday, Nov. 10,1899
PUNISHING AN EDITOR.
The Cnrlon* Method Adopted In a
Sooth American Country.
Curious methods of punishing indis
creet editors are in vogue in some coun
tries. In “South American Sketches’
Mr. Crawford describes the interesting
experience of an editor who had been
unfortunate enough to give offense l1>
the ruling powers by the freedom of his
criticisms.
The editor was arrested aud confined
in a narrow passage between the cages
of two jaguars, notorious for their bad
tempers and their intense dislike for hu
man society.
The intervening space was so regulat
ed that neither of the ferocious animals
could get its paws quite to the middle
line between the cages, sc that a spare.
active person, if very careful to follow
the classical advice about the adran
tages of steering a middle course, might
manage to pass without special injury,
though the achievement would be both
exciting and dangerous.
Our editorial friend happened to be
stout, and therefore was the more easily
reached by the occupants of the cages.
As if to add insult to injury, he was
given a chair on which to sit and at
the same time was furnished with a
copy of his own paper, the issue which
had brought him into trouble, in order
that he might meditate upon its con
tents,
He tried to sit motionless and bolt
upright, feeling those sleepy, cruel eyes
fixed upon him. At the slightest move
ment or the rustle of the paper uneasy
mutterrings arose from the cages, toW a*d a
paw would stretch stealthily
Lea “ m «^ lck ly to the otfer Side,
he was sure to be met by the ugly
of the second jaguar. It was a case of
Scylla and Charybdrs • -
Every few minutes the jaguars be
came wildly excited and clawed fiercely
at the shrinking editor who. do his
S toe nSfHk nails. His SI clothing w!! was In™ torn ta to
feW8Cr, “ Ch M
be nas not really mjmed. .
Af^^&CHANTl^ n *
__ s _ t
Tbe Relic of » Fatality, it la Pre
■erved by Superstition.
About five miles from Aiken. S. C.,
on the Charleston dirt road and in
sight of the railway, is a little place
that was first christened Polecat, but
afterward changed to Montmorenci. the
French for that odorous little animal.
Many years ago a young woman came
with her pitcher to draw a bucket of
water from a well at Alontmorenci and
set the vessel in the hollowed top of a
stone post that some of the railroad
men had moved there. While drawing
the water a flash of lightning came that
struck the chain to which the well
bucket was attached, and the woman
was killed in her tracks. Her remains
were removed, but the pitcher was left
just where the dead girl had set it. To
this day the pitcher remains in the
same place, and, so far from being re
moved, it is said that no living hand
has ever touched it save its’s owner’s,
although near tbe side of the public
road.
But the most wonderful thing is the
superstition attached to the pitcher,
There is an indescribable influence sur
rounding it that prevents its touch,
Hundreds of people have gone with the
firm „ determination , . of lifting the pitch- ,
er, but when they approach it a strange
repugnance comes over them, and they
hurriedly depart without carrying out
tbe ob J ect of the ir visit -
0ne ni ^ ht a bally in the nei ghbor
ho °d* while und er the influence of
whisky, made a bet with some friends
tbat be would go and bring back the
P itch er. He left to do so. but soon re
turned as pale as a sheet and empty
baQ ded. “Boys.” he remarked, “no
P ereon alive can lay hands on that
pitcher, and I wouldn’t attempt it
for the whole of Aiken county. ”
He refused to tell his experience and
*«id he would not talk about it. Other
have 8° na to 866 i4 ’ bnt met
with the same repulsive feelings.—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
«»it withont making yourself dirty,
They are lighted by electricity, and you
can have a ride for a mile under tbe
ocean on an electric car at a speed of 20
miles an hour ’ The “ in e8 torm qnite
a catacomb of well lighted . passages
under the water. The output of coal is
now 1,000 toffs a day, and 750 miners
are employe d in the m.
L’ENVOI.
The smoke upon your altar dies,
The flowers decay,
The goddess of your sacrifice
Has flown away.
What profit, then, to sing or slay
The sacrifice from day to day?
“We know the shrine is void," they said.
“Tho goddess flown—
Yet wreaths are on the altar laid—
The altur stone
Is black with fumes of sacrifice,
Albeit she had fled our eyes.
“For it may be, if still wo sing
And tend tho shrine,
Some deity on wandering wing
May there incline,
And finding all ih order meet
Stay while we worship at her feet.”
—Kudyard Kipling.
WHEN FIRE BREAKS . OUT.
Keep Cool and Remember and Fol¬
low These Instructions.
In case of fire, if the burning articles
are at once splashed and sprayed with
a solution of salt and nitrate of am¬
monia an incombustible coating is
formed. This is a preparation which
can be made at home at a trifling cost
and should be kept on hand. Dissolve
20 pounds of common salt and ten
pounds of nitrate of ammonia in seven
gallons of water. Pour this into quart
bottles of thin glass and fire grenades
are at hand ready for use. These bot¬
tles must be tightly corked and sealed
to prevent evaporation, and in case cf
fire they must be turown near the
flames, so as to break and liberate the
gfis -contained. At least two dozen of
these bottles should be ready for an
^^connection lhat watr it LnJ is well tore- sell
on f g oil
the flaine bat tfaat flol r wm ex -
ti igh it galt thrown u n a fire if
tbe cfai is burning wi n help to
deaden the blaze. If a fire once gets
headway and prompt exit fee
necessity a silk handkerchief
mouth and nostrils will prevent suffoca
I i“ . f n r. smoke- 0 wui»t"S. failing this thM - a Diece P
j Shon](J ^ fin ^ that smoke recall
y° ur
goes first to the top of the room and
, last to the floor. Wrap a blanket or
] i woolen garment about you, with tbe
wet cloth over your face, drop on your
bands and knees and crawl to the win
dew. Bear in miud that there is no
more danger in getting down from a
three story window than from the
fl o«r if you keep a firm hold of the
, ladder. Do not slide, bnt
! r °P e or go
hand over hand.—New York Tribune.
The Mystery of Wart*.
When a youngster of 10 years, I was
visited by a plague of warts. From my
earliest recollection I had had on my
middle finger an old daddy wart, but at
the age stated this had multiplied to 40
or more, one being on my lip and one
on my chin. I was considerably worried
over my growing family of excrescences,
and one day a woodchopper in my fa
ther’s employ, who acted queerly, never
Wearing a hat, for instance, said that
he could take the warts away with him.
I was quite willing to have him try,
and he took me off to a quiet spot under
a willow tree, from which he cut a
number of small branches, and these he
cut again into little bits of an inch in
length, making a notch in each one,
and this notch he set down over each
wart, having , at last a collection of 40
or more of these little notched sticks,
These he put into his pocket, saying
that the warte would go away,
I could never say just when the
prophecy was fulfilled, but within six
weeks there wasn’t a wart on my face
or hands, and there has not been one
since that time. What I want to know
now, as I did then—and the conjnret
would not tell me—is what did it. I
have spoken to many doctors about if,
bnt they merel y laa gh. as though I ww
giving them a “pipe talk,” and yet fhd
warts went away, and all the medici’iq
I had ever tried on them had no effect
whatever.—New York Sun.
Quite Sure of It.
Stern Parent—Mabel tellB me that
yon have proposed to her. It is propet
for me to ask if you are in a position to
===== ried The about Suitor—Oh. that. I yon am needn’t in a position be wor¬
er.—Boston Transcript
—
^ bucket 748 miles deep and 748
miles’ from side to side would hold
drop of the ocean. The bucket
CO uld rest quite firmly on the British
ig^ To fill the bucket one would need
to work 10,000 steam pumps, each
wcking up 1,000 t one o f sea .
JAPANESE CUSTOMS.
Peculiar Practice of Formal Dinners.
Guest* Carry Away Scraps.
At the close of formal dinners in Ja ¬
pan the guests are presented with any
portion of the meal they may fail to
eat. Hcwever great or small the amount
they may fail to eat, it is carefully
wrapped up for them and they are ex¬
pected to take it home with them. The
unique custom was followed at official
dinners until a short time ago. when it
was discontinued, but the withdrawal
government example has not materi¬
ally affected the practice. The plan has
been followed for many years and it is
difficult to place its origin.
Peculiar as the cqstom is, it is not
without its attractive features. The
husband who stays out late at night
can pave the way to wifely pardon with
the neat and tempting parcel under bis
arm. The impecunious or temporarily
embarrassed can hold out enough to tide
them over several hungry days. The in¬
dulgent father or mother can pass the
sweets and carry them home to their
children. Half a dozen satisfactory com¬
binations can be worked on the plan.
There may be ail kinds of elaborate
courses at a dinner that one does not
care for, bnt the mental struggle of say¬
ing no is not half so hard when yon
know you will get a chance to carry the
food off and either give it to your chil¬
dren. feed it to your dogs and cats or
distribute it among your friends. The
Japanese practice is all that could be
expected. Each kind of food is kept in
a separate parcel, and at the close of
the dinner the share of each guest is
made up in a neat and artistic bundle.
—San Francisco Chronicle.
Had Serve as Well as Weljsbt.
In one of the newspaper composing
rooms in this city there is a typesetting
machine operator who is a great lovqr
of horse racing. A good share of his
wages goes to the bookmakers at the
local tracks during the racing season,
although for some reason he nsver ac
qnired the poolroom Irnbi, »,,d h M
ways refused to put down a bet unless
he was “there to see how the dog s ran.
j ,s fblly aix feet ta.ll and-weighe
about 200 pounds. His siae suggested a
i° k f one l 118 f nend 8 during the
i racing season last summer.
“Going to Sheepshead Bay today? .
th ® £**{}* 1 d llk ® to but lf r \ «° „ t 1 won * * hava have
-
m “? n ™
1 Jockey badge .
cl “ you a ’
88 e e
Gimme it. replied .. . the , printer, . ea¬
gerly. never realizing the ridiculous
contrast between his size and that of
even the heavyweight jockeys. Armed
with the jockey’s badge, he presented
himself at the race track gate and show¬
ed his badge. The ticket taker looked
at him in astonishment.
“Great Scott!” he finally blurted
out, “wot do you ride—the elephant?’
“There's one entered in the fifth
race.” was the reply. And his nerve so
paralyzed the gatekeeper that he was
admitted.—New York Sun.
Hot Times.
“I can remember a good many years
back.” said a Detroit veteran in pol¬
itics. “and. whatever may be said as to
the integrity of our present statesmen,
campaigns^ are conducted in a great
deal more moderate tone than they nsed
to be. Then it was the usual thing to
indulge in the strongest possible abuse
of men and partiea
“1 once heard a joint debate between
a couple of candidates for our legisla¬
ture that will serve to illustrate. They
taunted and berated each other till all
other questions were lost sight of in the
popular anxiety to see which excelled
in this style of warfare.
“Finally the hotter beaded of the two
burst out in an announcement that he
could whip his rival or any of his
friends.
44 4 That reminds me. ’ said the other
coolly, ‘of a dog my father used to have
that could whip any dog in the neigh¬
borhood or any that came that way
with the teamsters.'
4 4 4 What’s the application, sir?' roar¬
ed the other. ‘I’ll stand no innuendoes,
sir. Make your application, if you dare.
44 4 It is simply this, my pugnacious
friend—no one ever thought of sending
father’s dog to the legislature.'
The fire eater remained at home.—
Detroit Free Press.
A Dilemma.
Hnngry Higgins—Here is an ad. in
the paper that says “save your old
rags.” sounds all
Weary Watkins—That
right, but I bet the feller that give that
advice had no barb wire fence in front
of him and a big dog behind him.— In¬
dianapolis Journal _________
No. 41.
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