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Jl'SsT A FEW USEFULIIIXTS.
can be more quickly
beaten by adding a pinch of
suit, which cools them, so that
they froth rapidly.
i ou can drive nails into hard
wood without bending them if
you dip them first in lard.
Eight scorch marks may be
removed by simply moistening
them with water and laving in
the sun.
To take paint spots from win
dow glass wash with hot, sharp
vinegar or with water and rub
hard with a new silver dollar.
The best wuy to set the dye !
«>t black lisle thread hose is to
put a couple of pinches of com- (
mon salt m the water you wash .
the hose in.
\
Try tying a piece of toast
bread in a white muslin cloth
and dropping it into your ket
tle with the boiling cabbage,
it will absorb all the offensive
odor.
A tiny piece of bicarbonate of
soda mixed with that
are to be cooked with cream
will, if added first, prevent the
milk from curdling.
Try chopping your bread in
stead of kneading it so long
It is a great help. Put plenty
of Hour ou your bread-board
and on your dough, when it has
been stirred very still, ana turn
your bread ofteu as you chop
it.
GLEANINGS OK IRISH
HUMOR. ■
“Yon should get your ears
opped, Brian,” said a ‘smart’
tourist to an Irish peasant whom
he was quizzing, according to
the Westminster Gazette; “they
are too large for a mare.”
“An' bedad,” replied the Hi
bernian, “I was just thinkin’
yours would want to be made
larger; sure, they’re too small
for an ass.”
Barney was a noted car driver
at a well-known Irish watering
place. He held that the‘salt
wather’ was vastly improved by
mixture with a ‘drop of the
crayther,’ but would not com
mit himself to the opinion that
the latter element gained any
thing by the combination. He
sometimes drank more of it
‘neat’ than was wise or well for
the father of his weak family.
One hot day, after a long drive
and a liberal fare, Barney turn
ed into the best bar in town
and asked for a‘sprinkle, just
to keep down the dust."’ The
proprietor, who would rather
have other customers chan poor
Barney, came in as the latter
WUS raising tin* glass.
“Barney,’ lie said, “I'd rath
er you wouldn’t be drinking,
my boy. You kno.v you were
sorry for it before, and 1 sup
pose you will bo sorry for this,
too.”
“B“gorra, 1 might,” replied
Barney; “but, sure, it’s sat> r
to be sorry for takin’ it tliuu
for not takin' it- "
in a certain Irish college the
student at Ins oral examination *
has to giv*- Ins answers from a
pulpit before the board of ex
uininers.
Once u student, who hud no
mean opinion of his attain- 1
uieiitq ascended the pulpit with
a rather self-satisfied and hope
ful air- The examiner, deter
mined to ‘lowi-r him a little,
plied him with ft series of scitV
in'errogations. Hardly a sin
gle correct answer was given,
and when his time had expired
he descended and returned to
tils place, oruntlulleu and hu-
Hllliftted.
“Now,” said the victorious
examiner when he caught the
eye of his victim again. “If
you had gone up as yon came
down, you’d have come down as
you went up- ”
First Night—Was the new
play a success?
Parquet—Well, I don’t know;
but one outraged man in the
audience called the author out.
“lb urge! ”
*‘Ye», dear!”
“Why don’t you buy me one
of tlmse Havana wrappers that
you were talking to Mr- Sinytli
about lust night?’ 1
Higv.ni—Do you think it is
posable for un educated man
to live, so as to be respected by
his neighbor*, on a dollar u
day ?
t Wicgius—Well, possibly.
' Rut his employer can’t.
The Gwinnett "Her Wax
A STUPID LOVER.
I THU LITTLE SCHOOL MISTRESS A" I)
HER SIMPLE-MINDED
LOVER,
“School is dismissed,” said
Annie Mills, and the-ten or
twelve little country children
that were her charge walked de
corously to the doar and then
escaped whooping and jumping
into tlie open air.
Annie changed as quickly
from tlie dignified young teach
er to the childish girl, and took
a little mirror out of her desk
and prinked and pulled at her
curls as the first joy of liberty.
Then she took her lunch basket
and went down to the big beach
tree by the brook to eat it.
This was the way her thoughts
were running:
“I wish I knew a real hero,
one like those in tlie story pa
pers. Nothing ever happens
here. Everybody is just the
same-. When J got marrfed, if
I over; did, I’d want to marry
some one who w r as brave and
grand and did something won
derful, not going on just like
other people. He’s very nice,
lie’s so big and strong and
kind—” the thoughts grew
more confused and contradic
tory.
Afu-r this you will not bo
surprised to learn that Will
Harvey came to the beech tree
almost as soon as Annie did,
ami t hat she was quite surprised
to see him.
“I’ll give you some of my
lunch,” she said graciously to
the tall fellow fresh from the
plow, who was sacrificing most
of his dinner hour for her so
ciety.
“I don’t want your lunch,
Annie, I want you—there it’s
out, you know. I’ve been want
pig to tell you,” he reached
timidly to take her hand; just
then she found it necessary to
drop down and peer anxiously
into her basket.
Harvey sat down beside her
and begged her to try to love
him; lie loved her so much;
he’d be so g«od to her; he
didn't want to live if —but she
did care for him a little, didn’t
she? Annie drew invisible pat
terns with her finger on Id
beech roots and kept her eyes
on that important industry.
“I don’t know, Will,” she
answered at last in a very small
voice; then with a ghost, of a
laugh, “yes, I doo, too; I don’t
care enough to want to—want
to say yes, and l care too much
to say no. I’m a bad girl, and
l don’t mean to be a coquette
and a llirt, but (Slat's just vvluil
I would be if 1 behaved the way
I want to.”
With this she Hashed on him
for an instant her beautiful
brown eyes; they were both
merry and troubled.
"Hut in tlie end, at last you’d
love me, too, wouldn't you,
Annie?”
“I don’t know; I don’t want
to give you my answer.
“But 1 liuve to have an an
swer,” Will s|tnke iii a new
tone, his deep voice vibrating.
“I can’t go on this way, Annie.
You know today just,us well as
any other day whether you have
just been playing with me or
not, 1 shan’t blame yon; I
shan’t call you any hard name,
but I must know now what yon
mean, whist then- is in yotn
heart for me. If you won’t
have me, 1 want to know the
worst”—he stopped suddenly
and shut his mouth tightly; it
seemed he feared to trust his
voice to say more.
“Give me a sow hours to
think, Will; I’ll tell you after
school."
Harvey made no answer ex
cept to nod his head; then he
got Up, stooped over swiftly
and kissed the top of her head
and was gone. Aunid with tie*
put of her hand felt the kissed
plaee meditatively as if she ex
peel * d to rind it changed by
this novel experience. Her fine
was very serious. It was lit)!**
lunch she ate and then she
went buck to the school room
a quarter of un hour before
time to ring the bell. "
11.
The school house was on a
> hill und it looked fur down a
white road that went on hy the
Held Harvey was plowing and
1 then up hill again past tie
house that was his home. An
uie stood in the door and looked
LAWREN.CEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY 21st 1896.
at the scene and thought; that
masterful wav in which Harvey
had demanded Jus answer had
done something for his case.
Annie hated worn Ilian ever to
I give him up, but then vvliai was
there about Will Harvey to
make him a rival in her heart
of Lord Montmorency and Ed
gar Aliugham, the heroes of her
favorite novels? To lie sure his
blue eyes grew wonderfully
bright and soft when lie was
talking to her—she put up her
hand again to the top, of her
pretty dark head.
Why—wasn’t that Tommy
coming along the road? How
naughty of him to go so far
away when she had only fold
him lie might go home with the
Tracy children todinner. Tom
my was her own beloved little
brother, and it was very hard
for her not to lie “partial” to
liiin in school.
‘ I suppose I ought to punish
him," she thought, woefully
smiling, too', ns she looked at
the little man trudging along
far oil upon the dusty road.
Then her heart stood still, a
great cloud of dust sprang up
in front of the Harvey house
and with it. came into sight a
pair of runaway horses dragging
the remains of a wagon behind
them. *Tn an instant they
would be on Tommy and Tom
my, such a little fellow, turned
and then stopped, too terrified
to move; but some one else
moved, sprang over the fence of
tlie wheat field and threw him
self in front of those terrible
.horses, caught them, struggled;
then away they broke again,
throwing Will down. She sa>v
it was he, and Tommy. Tom
my was sitting triumphantly
on the fence to see them go by.
.It was Annie’s turn to lose the
power of motion. Was \\ ill
dead? She had given one gasp
ing cry as lie fell, but now she
clasped her hands and strained
her eyes in silence! she only be
gan to cry as Will, after a few
seconds, slowly picked himself
up and limped back to the
house.
111.
There was small chance to
question tin* breathless Tommy
when he appeared, for he was
“•ardy,” and it seemed he knew
nothing about his protector,
anyway, lie answered, he was
“all right,” and when at recess
lie got a chance to exploit his
adventure, was given over to
imitations of the horses. But
\\ ill did not come buck to his
plowing; Annie watched foi him
alt afternoon, and the children
had un easy time. Rut after
they were golu —yes, tliele lie
was coming down the hill, one
arm in a sling.
“What is it, Annie?” that
was all lie said, as he stood pule
ami firm m the doorway. An
nie started toward him.
“Tell me,” she said, “is it
broken—have you bad a doc
tor?”
“Don’t torment me, never
mind, it’s nothing. What is
my answer. Oh, Annie, what
is my answer?” •
Annie only looked at him,
but such a light, such a shim
mer of tremulous feeling dood
l'd her face that the man moved
toward her and with the one
arm that could obey bin will
lidded her against Ins breast.
She lifted her eyes to his und
he kissed her.
“Why didn’t you tell me; you
saved Tommy’s life,” she whis
pered alter a time.
“1 had other things to think
about. ’
•‘But didn’t you know ttint
would make me love you?”
“Love me? I knew you’d be
grateful, but 1 didn’t want you
to take me out of gratitude; you
do love me, ilou’t you?”
“You are just a man and you
don’t understand anything. 1
1 *ved you when 1 saw you catch
those horses, and more now be
cause you didn’t tell me about
it. You are a hero and you
don’t even know it,” and An
nie laughed und rubbed her lit
tle head against his shoulder.
Will looked puzzled.
“If you love lqe it'sail right,”
he said, Ins face clearing, “but
1 don’t see w hat a little thing
like that lias to do with it.”
Although the leaven is small
and the lump is large, spiritual
forces are ucver reckoned by
courts of beads and lineal meus
ure.—Davis.
I ARBITRARY ENGLISH LAN
-01 AGE.
1
We’ll begin with box. and tile
plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox should be
oxen, not oxes.
The one fowl is a goose, hrttwo
are called geese,
Net the plural of mouse shsuld
never he meose;
You may find a lone mouse ora
whole nest of mice,
But the plural of house is houses
not. hice. !
If the plural of mail is always
called men,
W"hv shouldn’t tlie plural < f
pan be called pen ?
The cow in the plural may be
cows or kino,
But a cow if repeated is never
called kine,
And the plural of vow is vows,
not vne.
It I speak of a foot and you
show me your feet,
And I give you a boot would a j
pair lie called beet ? J
jit one is a tooth and a whole
set are teeth,
WTlv shouldn’t the plural of
boot 1) be beet ll ?
If the singular’s this and the
plural is these,
Should the plural of \iss eVer
he nicknamed keesc ?
Then uue may be t hat and three
would be those,
Yet hat .in [tlie plural would
never lie hose.
And the plural of eat is cats,
not cose.
We speak of a brother, and also
of brethren,
But though we may say mother
we never say nietlnetj.
Then the masculine pronouns
are lie, his him,
But imagine the feminine she.
sliis and shim.
So the English, I think, you all
will agree,
Is the greatest language v«m
ever did gee, ,
—The Commonwea Itli.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Hard to beat—A we caipit.^
The wail of tli..* ath el ic reo •
ord —I’m broke again.
Can you cash a check for $5?
Oil, yes.
All right; lend me live.
Why is it that we a! vay-s. !•*—
lieve we can save a little n.ine-r
next month ?
A man has to be s* metJiiug
more than eccentric t< have* ln*i
eccentricities tolerated
w
Courtship consists larg-ly n
trying to rind out whu. the girl
thinks without asking li.-r.
What’s a good book ftr a
man about to got niariied ?
A bunk book.
Husband—Strange, lot my
wife always wants in • to re
member her birthday, but t<>
forget her age.
He—M i»s MeCros it -—lnn
gene—l—l cannot live vitliout
you!
Sin-—How did you require
such extravagant liabi s'
Do you have any id *u liovr 1
many tons of coal you born
each whiter ?
No; 1 only know how mio I
pay for.
Young Wife—That’s just tin*
trouble. It makes me so mad
when In* gives into me with* at
lighting.
Sniggs (breathlessly >—Phew!
I'm out of wind !
Briggs—lt seems to me teat
the wind is out of you.
1 believe you are goiny t > tall
on me, said the shed to the
shot-tower.
Wei!, said the sh -t -Jt<' wer,
it’s true 1 have a leaning that
way.
, Papa, what is meant by It, v
illg horse sense ?
It means knowing enough to
make liny while the sit.i shu ei.
lion now and talk to y> ur
grandmother.
Are you satistied that the
team I sold you ure wel, match
ed ?
Yes, they ’re. well in itched
One is willing to work and the
other is satisfied to let him.
IB* —Your vast fortune ought
to enable you to do a great deal
of gi lod.
Bln*—lt does, 1 have estab
lished the credit of any number
of young men.
Mr. Badger, when is a woman
ill the prime lit life ?
Well, Mrs. Badger, when site
is thirty-five.
And u mini ?
Oh, anywhere front twenty
one to eighty.
■Tktomtk Msra.
Preamble. —We, the demo
crats of the United States in
national convention assembled,
do reaffirm our allegiance to the
essential principles of justice
and liberty upon which our in
stitutions are founded, and
which the democratie*party has
advocated from .Jefierson’s time
j to our ow n—freedom of speech,
freedom of the press, freedom
of conscience, the preservation
of personal rights, the equality
of all citizens before the law,
and tlie faithful observances of
the constitutional limitations.
I During nil these years the dem
ocratic party has resisted the!
tendency of selfish interests to
the centralization of govern
ment power, and steadfastly ;
maintained the integrity of the
I dual scheme of government es-1
j tahlished by the founders of
this republic of republics. Un
der its guidance and teaching
the great principle of local self
government Jins found its best
expression in the maintenance
of rights of the states and in its
.assertion of the necessity of
confining the gen nil govern
ment to the exercise of the pow
ers granted bv the constitution
of the United States. The con
stitution of the United States
guarantees to every citizen the
rights of civil and religious lib
erty. The democratic party
has always been the exponent
of political liberty and religious
freedom, and it renews its obli
gallons and reaffirms its devo
tion to these fundamental prin
ciples of the wonstitntion.
Money Question. —Reeogniz- j
ing that the money question is 1
paramount to all others at this j
time, we invite attention to the
'fact the the federal constitu
tion names silver anil gold to
gether as the money metals of
Ui«* United Sstates, and Hint the
tir-t coinage law passed by coi -
gi.-ss under the constitution
uilisle tile silver dollar the mon
etary unit and admitted gold to
tr e coinage at a ratio based up
on the silver dollar unit.
We declare that the act of
ls7H, demonetizing silver with
out. the knowledge or the up
proval of the American people,
has resulted in the appreciation
of gold and a corresponding fall
in the prices of omnmdities
produced by the people: a heavy
increase in the buidtm of taxu
.tion and of all debts, public and
private; the enrichment of the
money-lending class at home
and abroad; the prostration ot
industry and impoverishment
o< tlie people.
■Dpi'oskd to Tin Gold Stan
nA-Kdi —We are unalterably op
posed to monometallism, which
lias locked fa«t tlie prosperity
of an industrial peopje in the
paralysis of hard times. Gold
monometallism is a British pol
icy. and its adoption has
brought other nations into ti
i n incial servitude to L< tiion. It
!isi ot only un-Aineriran but
anti American, and it can lie
fastened on the United States
only by tlie stilling of that spir
it and love of liberty which pro
claimed our political indepen
dence in 177«* and won it in the
war of the revolution.
CinvAoi; or Both Sii.vkh and
Goi.n—We demand the free and j
unlimited coiling/* of both silver 1
atul gold at the present ratio of
J(* to 1, without waiting for tin
aid or consent of uny other na
tion. We d**mntid that the
standar 1 silver dollar shall be
a full legal tender, equally with
gold, for ull debts, public und
private, and we favor such leg
islatiou as will prevent for the
future the demonetization of
any kind of legal tender money
by private contract.
We are opposed t<> the policy
and practice of surrendering to
the holders of the obligations of
the United Slates the option re
serv'd by law to tin* govern
ment of redeeming sucli obliga
tions in either silver coin or
gold co n.
Aoaixhi Bom> 1--i i s ix Ti.uk
oi- I’kaok —Wo are opposed to
the issuing of interest bearing
bonds of the United States in
tune of peace and coirdt-mii the
trutlicking with banking syndi
cates which, in exchange for
bonds and at mi enormous prof
it to th *inselves, supply the
federal truustry with gold to
maintain ihe policy' of gold
monometallism.
Congress alone has the pow
er to coin and issue money, and
I’resident Jackson declared that
this power could not be delegat
ed to corporations <»r individu
als. We, therefore, denounce
the issuance of notes intended
t*> circulate us money by nation
ul banks as in derogation of the
constitution; and w>- demand
that all paper which is made a
i legal tender for public and pri-
I vate debts, or which is receiva
I bln for dues to the United
; States shall be issued by tin*
government of the United
States and shall lie redeemable
in coin.
A RkVK.M K TaiMKK —We hold
that tariff duties should la- lev
ied for purposes at revenue, such
duties to be so adjusted as to
operate equally throughoi I the
country and not discriminate
between class or section, and
Hint taxation should be limited
• by the ii.-cdsof the government,
honestly anp economically, ad-
I ministered. We denounce a
disturbing to business the re
' I publican threat to restore the
| McKinley law, which lias twice
I been condemned by the people
1 j in national elections and which,
' | enacted under the false plea of
; protection to home industries,
proved a prolific breeder of
> trusts and monopolies, enrioh
j ed the few, at the expense of the
I many, restricted trade and de
prived the produrers of the great
! American staples of access to
I their natural markets,
i Until the money question is
| settled, we are opposed to anv
j agitation for further changes in
I our tariff laws, except such as
are necessary to’nn et the deficit
in revenue caused by the ad
.verse decision of the supreme
court on the income tax. But
for this decision bv the supreme
I court, there would he no deficit
in the revenue under the law
passed by a democratic congress
in strict pursuance of uniform !
decisions of thul court tor near
ly on e*hui id red years, that court
htiAing in that decision sustain
ed constitutional objections to
its enactment which had previ
ously been overruled by the
ablest judges who have ever silt
|on that bench. We declan
| that it is tlie duty of congress
jto use all the constitutional
| power which remains after that
j decision or which may come
j from its reversal by the court
I as it may hereafter be constitut
j ed, so that the burdens of taxu
' tion may lie equally and impar
tially laid, to the end that
wealth may hear its due pro
portion of the expenses of the
government.
Keep out Forerun Paupers
—We hold that the most effi
cient wav of protecting Ameri
can labor is to prevent the im
portation of foreign pauper la
bor to compete with it in the
home market, and that t he vaf-,
tie of the home market to our!
American farmers and artisans
is greatiy reduced by n vicious ]
monetary system which depres
ses the prices of their products
below the eost of production
and thus deprives them of tlie
means of purchasing the pro
ducts of our home manufactor
ies. and ns labor creates the
wealth of the country, w- de
mand tlie passage of such laws
as may he necessary to protect
it in all its rights.
We are iu favor of the arbi
tration of differences between
employers engaged in interstate
j commerce and th<-ir employes
I and recommend such legisla
tion us is neoessay to earry out
j this principle.
The absorption of wealth by
| the few, the consolidation ot
| our [leading railroad systems
| and the formation of trusts and
! pools require, a stricter control
!by the federal government of
1 tt ose arteries of commerce. We
j demand tlie enlargement of the
■ Dowers of the interstate com
merce commission and such re
stnetions and guarantees in th°
control of railroads as will pro
tect the people form robbery
und oppression.
Dkxoi’ncb Rkimuii.ican Pin*-
n.ioAcv —We denounce the pr*>
lligat*- waste of money wrung
from the people hy oppressive
taxation and the lavish appro
printiou of recent republican
congresses, which have kept
taxes iitgh while the labor that
pays them is unemployed and
tin* products of the people’s toil
are depressed in prici till they
no longer repay tin* cost of pro
duction.
We demand a return to that
simplicity and economy which
belief'lls a democratic govern
ment and a reduction in the
number of useless otlices, the
salaries of which drain tin- t- nI * *
stance of tin* people.
Fkiikkaj, Intkrkkiikm'k Un-
CONSTITUTION At, —We denounce
arldtrary interference by fedtr
ul authorities in local affairs ns
a violation of the constitution
of the United Slates und a
dime against free institutions,
und we especially object t<* gov
ernment by injunction as a new
and highly dangerous form of
oppression by which federal
judges, in contempt of tin* laws
of the stat-s and rights of citi
zt-ns, become at once legislators,
judges »aud executioners, an
we approve the bill passed at
the last session of the United
States senate and now pending
in tin* house of representatives,
relative to cuitempts in federal
courts, and providing trials by
jury in certain cases of con
tempt.
No discrimination should be
indulged by tin* government ul
the United States in favor of
its debtors. We approve the
rcfusul of the Hfty-third con
gress to pass the I’ucitic rail
road funding bill and denounce
the efforts of the pri sent repub
lican congress to enact a simi
lar measure.
As to I’knsions —Recognizing
the just clikims ot deserving un
ion soldiers, we heartily indorse
the rule of the present coin mis
1.00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U.S. Gov’t Report
PURE
sioner of pensions, that no
iiam >s shall bearbitrarilv drop- I
ped from the pension roll and I
the fact of enlistment and ser
vice should he deemed conclu
sive evidence against disease 1
and disability before enlist
ment.
New States —We favor the
admission of the territories of
New Mexico, Oklahoma and
Arizona into tlie union as states,
and we favor the early admis
sion of all the territories having
the necessary population und
resources to entitle them fc>
statehood, and while they re
main territories we hold that
tlie officials appointed to ad
minister the government of any
territory, together with the Dis
trict of Columbia and Alaska,
should be bona fide residents of
the territory or district in which
their duties are to be perform
ed.
I’h j democratic party believes
iti home rule, and that all pub
lic lands of tlie United States
should be appropriated to the
establishment of free homes tor
American citizens.
We recommed that tlie terri
tory of Alaska he granted a del
egate in congress, and Unit the
general land and timber laws of
the I nited States be extended
to said territory.
Tiik Monroe Doctrine.—The
Monroe doctrine, as originally
declared and as intepreted by
succeeding presidents, is a per
manent part of the foreign pol
icy of the United States and
must at all times be main
tained.
Sympathy Fob Cuba. —We
extend our sympathy to the
people of Cuba in their heroic
struggle for lihery und inde
pendence.
Tenure <*k Opkick. —We un
opposed to life tenure in tlie
public service. We favor ap
pointments based upon merit,
fixed terms of office and such
an administration of the civil
service laws as will afford equal
opportunities to all citizens of
ascertained film
We declare it to lie the* un
written law of this republic, es
tablished by custom and usage
of one hundred years and sanc
tioned by Hu- examples of tile
greatest and wisest of those who
founded and have maintained
our government, that no man
should be eligible for a third
term for the presidential office
1 m cuo v e Waterways. —The
federal government should care
for and improve I lie Mississippi
river and other great waterways
of the republic so us to secure
for the interior states cheap und
easy transportation to tidewa
ter. When any waterway of
the republic is of sufficient im
portance to need aid from the
government, such aid should be
extended upon a definite plan
of continuous work until per
miinent improvement is se
cured.
Si H.wiTTKh —Confiding in the
justice of our cause and the ne
cessity of its success at the
polls, we submit the foregoing
declaration of principles and
purposes to the considerate
judgment of the American peo
ple. We invite the siippoit of
alt citizens who approve them
and wiu< desire to have them
made effective through legisla
tion for the relief of the people
and tin- r< storation ofthecoun
try's prosperity.
HOW IT IS DUNK.
e
The Spanish general gazed in
tently at u map ofCulm. Pois
ing his lead pencil in tbenir, he
whirled it gently in circles.
Then, dosing ins eyes, In* begun
to repeat u Spanish translation
of “Diekery. dickery dock.’*
As tin- last words left his lips
In- brought tin* pencil down,
and, opening his eyes, saw that
tin* point rented on the name
“Arroyo lu Vieja.“
“That sounds ail right,“ he
observed, complacently. -
Then, turning to his ‘secreta
ry - he said; “I liuve settled
the name of our latest victory.
Telegraph thut we defeated the
insurgents yesterday in u tre
mendous battle at Arroyo lu
Vieja.“
“Were they commanded by
Gomez or Maeeo?”
“1 don't know,** said the gen
orul, petulantly. “Whose turn
is to Im- defeated? Can't you
attend to tin- details without
bothering me? I have enough
to do to arrange the generul
plan of campaign. “ —Puck.
He that speaks inn fair and
loves me not, I’ll speak him
fair and trust him uot.
FOUND HIS MOTHER.
From the Sylvania Telephone.
One ot the most interesting
and pathetic incidents of which
we have heard is that of Adi .-
ham Hamilton, a colored mm
wlm lives near Sylvania, findti. <
his mother the other day afti t
having been separated from her
for forty years.
It was seven years before the
beg in nig of the civil war that
Abraham’s mother was sold to
some one outside the county and
wuscarried away from Screven.
He was then a mere boy,.aud
from that Gun-until a few’ days
ago he had never seen her or
heard a word from her. lie
supposed that she was long since
dead.
A few months ago Mr. J. P.
English went from Screven down
into Brvan county to live. There
an old neg"o woman began in
quiring of him about the fam
ily of her old master who lived
here before the war, and she
soon learned that her son Abra
ham was living near the spot
where gln'had left him.
Through Mr. English Abra
ham also heard of his mother,
and a few days ago he went down
to Bryan and brought her back
to Screven, and sin- is now with
him ut his home.
That must have been a touch
ing und affecting meeting be
tween mother and sou who had
not seen each other for nearly
hrlf a century.
IN 1900.
“You advertised for a coach
man, sir?” said the applicant.
“1 did,” replied the house
holder. “Do you want the sit
uation?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Have you had any experi
ence?”
“I have been in the business
for years’”
“You are used to handling
gasoline, then?”
“Yes, sir.”
“And you understand elec
tricity?”
“Thoroughly. ”
“Good. OI course you ure a
practical engineer, too?”
“Certainly.”
“Very well. You may go
around to the stables and get the
motocycle ready. The mistress
wishes to do a little shopping.”
—Amusing Journal.
THE IDE ALMANAC EA.
Janies L. Francis, Alderman,
Chicago, says: I regard Dr.
King’s N*-w Diftcovery as an
Ideal Panacea for Coughs,Colds
and Lung Complaints, having
used it iii my family for the
last five years to the exclusion
of physician's prescriptions or
other preparations. Rev. John
Burgus, Keukuk, lowa, writes;
I hove been a Minister of the
Methodist Episcopal Church for
50 years or more, and have nev
er found anything so beui-licial
or that gave me such speedy
relief as Dr. King's New Discov
ery. Try this ideal Cough Rem
edy now. Triul bottles Free at
A M. Winn's Drugstore.
There is nothing more foolish
than trying to live u religious
life without any religion.
The man who repent* on a
siek lied and gets Well, gelierully
baekslides before he puys his
doctor.
Getting men to ust* tobacco
and whiskey is one way ihe
devil has of tukiug up a collec
tion.
| God is still ojieniiig windows
in heaven for every man who
1 brings the last tithe iuto the
storehouse.
There are people in every
church who are as much dns itis
tied with Christ as the scribes
anil Parisees were.
1 If the Bible wus Wiped out of
existence to-day there is many
a star preacher who would
never miss it.
Every time the preacher
opens the Bilile Itetore his con
gregation he should expert that
somebody will hear God speak.
A holy life is un argument
that always staggers a skeptic.