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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. ATLANTA Semi-Weekly Journal* In addition to its superb news ser¬ vice, covering the world at large and the southern states in partic¬ ular, The Semi-Weekly Journal hr l many attractive, entertaining an l instructive features, invaluable toe southern homes and farms. STRONG NEWS SERVICE. The service of the Associated Press, bringing the news from all parts of the world. Is supplemented by the special news service of The Journal in Georgia and the southern states, and the tele¬ grams and letters of its Washington cor¬ respondent, Mr. James A. Holloman, wh« will pay special attention to matters at the national capital which interest the people of the southern states. SPECIAL FEATURES. In addition to the contributions o! these and hundreds o£ local correspon¬ dents. The Semi-Weekly Journal will, from time to time, print letters from farmers who have distinguished them¬ selves by success In particular things, showing how they achieved such results. The Semi-Weekly Journal has a dis¬ tinguished list of contributors including Rev. Sam Jones, Hon. John Temple Graves, Mrs. W. H. Felton, Hon. C. IL Jordan and others. SAM JONES. Rev. Sam Jones, who has been called the St. Paul of his generation, will con¬ tinue to contribute his breezy letters, written In the course of his travels, from different parts of the country, full of wit, wisdom and originality and seasoned With hard sense. MRS. W. H. FELTON. Mrs. W. H. Felton, the George EHat of the south, has taken charge of a new department, to be known as “The Coun¬ try Home.” This distinguished lady la known far and wide by the power of her pen, and her ability was recognized dur¬ ing th*, Jriitv whoa ahe was ap¬ pointed to represent Georgia. She has ot late stirred up much enthusiasm by her letters and speeches on country life and the means for making It attractive. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES. Contributions from Hon. John Temple Graves will be printed from time to time, Mr. Graves Is one of the princes of t^io lecture platform.a man of extensive travel and experience, a gifted and eloquent orator, a fearless writer and an indepen¬ dent thinker, whose utterances have had much to do with shaping the policy of Georgia’s educational Institutions and hare had their effect in recent political campaign. HON. C. H. JORDAN. I The agricultural department la In Charge of Hon. C. H. Jordan, chairman ’ of the committee on agriculture in the Georgia house of representatives. He la a successful and piactlcal farmer, born ar.d raised on the middle Georgia planta¬ tion, where he now resides. His crusade for diversified, self-sustaining agriculture and his work for the establishment of farmers’Institutes have made him frlend9 all over the south and his practical talka twice a week In the Semi-Weekly Jour¬ nal constitute one of Its best features. JUVENILE DEPARTMENT. The juvenile department, containing letters from young people all over the country, with Interesting stories of life and adventure, will continue to attract the boys and girls. BOOK DEPARTMENT. The book and magazine department, conducted by Dr. H. H. Smith, will con¬ tinue to carry much of the best matter contained by current publications. With these attractive features will be special articles worked up by members of the brilliant staff of The Dally Journal and others prepared by artists and wri ters in distant fields. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. There will be occasional letters and ar¬ ticles by Mr. W. G. Cooper, manager of The Semi-Weekly Journal, formerly chief of publicity and promotion for the Cot¬ ton States and International exposition, He has a wide acquaintance with the people and the resources of the southern states, and his contributions will be read with Interest. ONLY 91 A YEAR. The price of The Semi-Weekly Journal is only one dollar a year, though it bring* the news of the world twice a week, with a great deal of other matter that Is inval¬ uable for the farm and home. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, Atlanta, Of.