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VOL. XXVI. NO 28
BITTEN BY A SKI NK.
St. Augustin*-*, Fin., August
80. —Alien Miller, residing at
Moultrie settlement, near lieiv,
was bitten by a skunk on Wed
nesday and at once gave signs
of hydrophobia.
Before he was secured he hit
his stepson badly, and ran
through the woods biting trees
and everything coming his way.
He was tie 1 to his bed, and to
day, in a paroxysm, broke the
leashing and escaped to the;
woods, severely biting two ol
his keepers, one dangerously.
Application was made to
Judge Cooper here to-night fj »r
sheriff' and a posse to hunt tor
and capture Miller, who is a
raving maniac. Women and
children in the settlement are
terrorized, and as word is passed
about houses are barricaded
against the man, who, when
last seen, was biting cattle.
RERCKED BY TIFKIH TAB
SON.
*»
DPBI.IN, till", Sep. 7.-~(Jave
Springs colored Baptist church
presented an animated scene all
day yesterday. A revival was
in progress and long before the
hour of commencing services
five white men, dispensers ol
llicit whisky, established them
selves within fifty yards of the
edifice and sold to the negroes
About the time the opening
hymu was being sung, several
members were feeling gleelul,
and four oi live white men were
staggering over the grounds.
After dinner, the preacher and
leading members begged the
drunken men to behave, but
the appeals were in vain. When
services were announced il
seemed to he impossible to get
a dozen in the house, so en
grossed were the members in
the whisky traffic. Parson John
son said in part:
■‘Years ago you niggers sold
for from SIOO to SL , ,<XH>, amt
you all acted like niggers. But
now you can he -bought for a
bottle of rotten whisky. lam
not surprised at some ot you
going to the chuingaiig.'
The negroes did not like the
remarks, hut had to he -con
tent.
At night pandemonium reign
ed and preaching had t«» he
dispensed with. The brawler.-
took possession of the place,
carousing and cursing until the
congregation dispersed. <>tn
young white man,beastly drunk,
attempted to strike a preaehei
with a bortle ot whisky, hut
outsiders interfered. The lead
ing members of the church hav
s ,orn out warrants for the ar
rest of the rnttia is.
SIXTEEN TO ONE.
Down by the sad sea waves,
with woe in her lace, stoo l a
woman divinely (air
“Sixteen to one !" she cried,
as she paced the damp xvliit.
sand and dodged the ineomiiq
swell.
Her hair was golden in tin
sunlight, but this fact seeme
to have no effect whatever upon
her views.
“Sixteen to one! sin- erie.
again and again, and the sad
ness of the waves was as naught
compared with tin* indeser ihu
ble sadness that tilled h -r voir,
and started tin* t"iirs in ln-i
beautiful eyes.
Furling her parasol with an
angry snap, sin- thrust I lie more
pointed end against the soil
sand amt slovvlv traced a lew
letters and ligures at her feet
“Sixteen to one 1 was the
sentence that stared her in the
faan when her task was done.
“My whole soul cries out
against it !” she murmured,
her tears flowing more freely
“It is unnatural, it is not what
we want, it is outrageous, and
should never find a permanent
place in the I nited States not
in any other country, by inter
national agreement or other
wise. It has been that wu\
ever since I arrived. Sixteen
women to one man! Ihe idea.
Why didn’t I remain at home.’’
• —Harper's Bazar.
Ami m>w comes 11 "* *i»»an,
who litis* long resided i* l lli*‘
tropio* tt» u missionary's wilt*,
to lull um, aeoordilig to tin'
Philadelphia Record, how 1"
W! it u buna mi. \V lit*n you have
stripped oil thu willing inull
just scrape off tlif mliiogv mul
hairy coat that lift* Ij* jl ieu t h Iht*
riud, and‘you may fat. your
tiauanu without tasting it all
the rest ot the day. Thiu word
ahouhl be paused about widely.
Do to-day’s duty, light to
day's temptation. Ho not
weik-jr and distraet yoqr.se It
|„ forward to things you
onot e-e, and could not me
t .«tuud it you saw .
The Gwinnett Herald.
AT THE MILKIN’.
Mother, keep your eves bright!
Don’t yon think it’s (peer,
Molly’s at the milkin’ with a
red rose in her hair ?
Seen her eyes a-rovin’ o'er the
meadows everywhere,
An’ now she’s at the milkin'
with a red rose in her hair.
‘‘So—now—so—now !"’
M iicli t lie cat t le care
For Molly al the milkin'
W ith a red rose in her hair 1
Mother, keep your eyes bright!
Don’t you see, it’s plain
’Tain’t the wind that whistles
in the blossoms down 1 he lane?
What could make the music
’cept him that’s siandin there
A-kissm— kissin’ Molly an’the
red rose in her hair '!
“So—now—so—now !' ’
M uch the cat Ile caie
For the feller kissin.Molly
An the red rose in her hair!
—F, L. Stanton.
AN AFTERNOON’S FI N.
Youth’s Companion.
From the shadows o r (he
wood-lot into the open of the
leu-acre Held came four boys.
They laid their guns on tlm
grass and sat. down with their
backs against the stone wall,
mopping their sweat v faces with
their handkerchiefs. The sun
was slanting toward the west,
and the summer air was very
still.
“There ain’t no fun at all
’round here now,” said Hiram,
the oldest, gh»>mil v.
“That’s so,” answered Jere
miah. “Trampin’ 'most all
dav, an’ only two chipmunks
an’a woodpecker! We'd ouglit-
er gone tisliin’.”
“Fisliin’ ain’t no good,either.
said Abinmlech. “Jed an’ I
went Saturday, an’ didn’t gel
nothin’hut three horn-pout.*.'
“Jest three little measly
pouts,” corroborated Jededinh
and there tlm conversation end
-si.
As the hoys gazed sadly off
across t he field sound hing brow n
came out of a slump ol tall
grass and started in a desperati
uudultttory dash lor tlm pile ol
yellow sand which gleamed
above tlm verdure fifty yards
away, anil beneath which lay
-a set v.
With a grab for tin* guns and
a simultaneous yell of “Wood
•buck!” the boys sprang t«
their feet and rushed forward
But just as Hiram raised hn
gun the little brown bull, wit I
a squeal of fright, or a pieaii ot
joy, or a note of detianee, dive,
nit of sight. The hovs cam.
up panting and stood uroum
t he hole.
“Thought we got the fellei
dint lived here last ».■. k.' sai<
Ahimelech.
“Did,” said .ledediall, “blit
that was tlie old lie one. l*rnh'l\
I his is t lie she one.
“ Let’s dig her out, ” prop., m
Hiram.
“No, it’s too much will;,
mid .)• reiniuh. * Let’s di m. in-i
h r out!’’
“That’s wlml we’ll do!’' sau
Ahimelech, hikl the thing wa
-el t led.
It was at tir-t proposed that
each of l In- hoys should go Imm
and get a pail, and that they
should then curry water fiv-in
the brook and p.mr it Into tin
hole till it was lull; but II ini in
pointed out t lint t luit w■ nib'
I iii'i'iin many trips in the hot
1 -mi, mid tli*' water would soak
in too quickly to drown tin
w'S>il-chiick : and so lie proposed
the Napoleonic plan of hitching
old Billy to the dump cart, till
ing two or tlnve barrels with
water, and hauling them t • the
hole. II i.- proposit inn was hailed
with cheers. “Mini” was left
to guard the hole; the others
went for Billy and the barrels.
In half tin hour the dump-
part creaked its way aurora tin*
| ton-acre field to tin* hole I mler
tlm direction of Hiram, the
Kails of this piece of hydraulic
engineering, tlm tail-board was
converted into,a skid and the
barrels safely landed, not with
lout turn'll pulling imd straining,
and inut'h splashing >1 clothes.
And then all together ami with
| a cheer the boys t ipped the first
I barrel up, and the llood poured
into t he hole.
Nothing came out, ami the
I barrel W us rolled into
plage ami tipped- Then a little
| wet muzzle, with shining blank
eyes anti funny wlli-kefs, up
peured gasping at tlm surface
iof tin* water, and squealing
1 loudly. *
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd 1896.
“Thump her, Bin), quick!”
shouted Jed; and Hiram and
Itiin, with the butts of their
guns, crowded the little black
hepd down under the water,
while Jed and Jerry poured in
the contents of the third bar
rel, to replace t lie sett ling flood.
Then the boys waited a long
time, till the thirsty soil had
drunk the water a foot below
the brim of the-sandy bowl.
But nothing came out. The
empty barrels weie loaded on
the cart again, the four boys
climbed in, and old Hilly bore
them home.
Jed turned a beaming face to
Iris t liree coniptinions and asked:
“Who said there wii'n’t no fun
'round here 7” and Him an
swered: “Loads of fun, if you,
only know how to get it J”
The next spring Mr. Johnson
was having a drain cut through
the ten-acre held, and Oscar
Brooks, his hired man, was do
ing the work. The four hoys,
Jed and Jerry and Biin and
Hiram, were crossing the lot
on their way home from “birds
eggin',” wlien they saw the
hired man throw down his shov
el and stoop a long time over
soundliing in the ditch.
They went over lo see what
it was. On the grass beside
the drain where the hired man
had laid them, .rested live little
skeletons, one much larger than
tie- others. Nature's chemis
try and the ants had left the
trail bones bare and clean.
•“What are they ?” asked the
I 111 vs.
" They jire all that’s left of a
faniilv I used t•> know,” sakl
the hired man. “They were
murdered last summer. Von
probably didn’t hear of it.
I’hei’e wasn’t anything about it
in the papers, and the murder
•i's were never arrested. But it
his a pret t v bad case.
“There was a father and a
mother and four children. The
lather went out one day to get
food for his family, and never
‘time back. He was shot a* his
work. His body lay out in the
ipen held all night. When he
lidirt come hack'his wife went
uit to look for him, and found
him lying there dead. Flu*
look on terribly, but that did
•uit do any good. Then she
had to have the children at
iioine and go out herself to get
food for them. They used to
-lay at Inune and watch for her
n (In* doorway, and it was
nighty pleasant to hear them
liaUer when they saw her
■oillllig.
“But one day tin* same imir
lel'ers will! killed the husband j
aw the wife and cl I used her
llto the house. I hey Wouldll t ;
et her get out, or take bel l
hildreii out; and they turned |
i, river in the house, till the
water rose clear into the attic.
I’lie mother tried to save the'
mug ones, and even showed
iei*.*e!l at tin- door, thinking,
uayi.c, that when the mtirder
•rs saw how she was slittering
le v might spare her life. But
, hey laughed at her, and drove
n r hack And so she amt t In
• hildreii were drowned in theii
iwu home, and • that was tin
md of the wh >le family, it
was kind of a sad case. But.
is | said, I do not suppose you
new anything about it. It
lid it’t get into the papers.”
Tin* hired man resumed his
ligging, and tin* boys strolled
thoughtfully toward home, in
unaccustomed silence. The
neighbors say that “Jolmsou’s
hired man is peculiar; kinder
pieer, you know." It's a pity
then- isn't more queernes* of
In* kind in the world.
THE HIh’KKRKXCK.
Small liny—l’a, what is the
dill', recce bet ween U pessimist
and an optimist?
l’u—Well, let me see if I cun
illustrate. Aon know lam of
ten discouraged ami things
don’t look to me as if they’d
ever go right, Well, at such
t imes I can lm said to la* a pess
imist. Hut ye r* ago when 1
was a young man, everything
looked bright and rosy, and 1
was always hopeful. I’lien 1
was an optimist. Now, my sou,
can you understand the differ
ence between a pessimist ami
an optimist?
Small I toy—(|h, yes; turn is
married and tin* other isn’t.—
New York Weekly.
The indolent i\ re nut wholly
indolent. Though the body
may shirk labor the brain is not
idle. II it does not grow oorti
it will .grow thistles.
A COW IN TROt SEES
From the Philadelphia Bulle
tin.
I There is a man in German
town who has a great affect i< n
for animals. He believes in
milking life just ns easy for
them as possible.
This gentleman lias a eow
which gives a generous quaniiy
of rich milk, and lias done the
same for several years Every
day she is turned out .on the
lawn of his place to feed on tlm
succulent grass there.
The recent hot weather has
brought a great many Hies with
it, and .these (lies, as is the
habit with such pests, took par
ticular delight in setting on the
cow in clouds.
The owner of the cow, a few
days ago, observed the trouble
in which it was, and decided
something must be done to re
lieve the animal of the pests.
AH at once a bright idea came
to him, and he went into con
sultation with Ids wife. Tie
result was a strange animal ap
peared the lawn the following
morning.
The legs were as big as those
of an.elephant, and were strip
ed red and white in color. The
rest of its bodv was a dark
brownish red. Its head boi
horns and it chewed the cud
Those were the only points of
resemblance it bore to n cow.
The flies missed their one
time victim, and at tir«t tiny
didn’t know what to do. The .
tliev made a common descent
upon the legs of this strange
new animal. They bit for all
they were worth but the object
of their attack didn't s. etu i"
mind this. It went on compl;.
centlv browsing upon ti . „ .- «
It didn’t even take the troub
to whisk its tail about.
And tlm new animal ! W ell,
it has been laughing to itself *
constantly since then that it i
growing fat at the rate of t> a
pounds a day. for it is a eow
In fact. tlie very cow w.ili 11 ■
flies enjoyed feasting upon si
much a short time ago. Met
transformation is all the resii ,
of two pairs of- panjamas, oi
pantaloons, which its owimr -
wife made out of calico, an.,
which are put on her fore an
hind legs each day, and I'ustei
ed in place by bands pas e.i ove
her hack.
ST RANH KST FISII K NO W N
There is an animal at 0 dun.
bia university w l.ich has m-illc i
ears, eves, head nor heart, s-n
The Sum Francisco Examine,
The absence of the hei d an
heart is n.. Dually tin* m ist odd
feature of this strange cr a nr ,
which call a l ine *le
One of them is now being e.\
oerimlnted on in Columbia mi
versitv s biological luhn nlor
Altliougli this wonder looks
good deal hi;,* a lisli. it i i-■ *it*
an animal, for I litre is just a
much difference he'wicii it
'uncelet and a sulnu n, lor n
stance, ns tliere is between
man and nn ordinary bird.
Epicuteans with a swe*
tooth for iish will hail with <1
light the prospect of hav ng a
i lie lakes and rivers of I h ■ com
try >t«.red with the lane* lei, f,
in their entire body there is no
one bone. True, there is a kin
of liaekhoiiH. running tlm lengt
of the body, but as this iioee is
not a hone at all, but only
-trip of what ordinary nmitul
would call gristle, no tueib!
with fish holies (*an follow from
I the attempt to eat the nnimn
when a man is in u hurry to
catch an “I.” express.
Still another advantage exisi •
!to a man who wants to eat tk*
i luncelet in u jiffy This advai -
I tage is, perhaps, “one butter
j than the absence of b. ties
i Every uu.l.’s eyes perform tlm
function of an X-ray machine
|in good working order, for tlm
; lancelut is absolutely triynspa
rent in every section of its • •x•
; t raordinary corpus.
HARDENED.
It anyone called im* a ylii -I 1
would resent it at once.
My deur young man, you will
i lie w iser when you grow *>|doi
I have been called a robin r
ieleven hundred and ninety two
i times in one gflejiioiqi »i\d nev
er paid tlm glightest attention
to |t.
Are you a highwayman, sin*
‘No, sir, I am an umpire.—
Cleveland I*l aim Dealer.
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ON sll- RED FIFTEEN
YEARS.
IloW \ NEW .iKIIsI-A M \V IIESI'I-:e f.
El) HIS OATH.
New 'lock Herald. N
Silas Huffman, who obsti
nately remained in b 1 -ij for
more than tiffeen years, in the
> old Huffman homestead, on the
Redminster road, near Far
Hills, N. J., died on Tuesday
from senile debility, caused bv
his long, self-inflicted confine
ment. To the last the deter
mined man refused to leave his
bed except at irregular inter
vals. when he would steal at
night to the pantry and lay in
a supply of food. He was told
that the open air and a change
of residence might lengthen his
life, but it had 'fleet. He
was buried on Thursday in the
family burying ground.
Silas, before he began hi*
long retirement, was one of the
most popular men near Hor
nardsville. He owned- fast
horses and was fivquontjv on
tlm road, having for his com
panion some one of the village j
belles.
He was the friend of li. V.
Lindahury, t lien a village school I
master in an adjacent town
ship, and spent a small fortune,
left by Ids parents, in a liberal
manner, leaving himself al
most penniless on his thirty-,
thin! birthday. l)is extrem
ity lie mortgaged the homestead
to his brother, who was me
thodical and saving, and for
several months continued to
lead a gay life. The end came
when the interest was demand
ed on the mortgage, and il was
wh"it his brother threatened to
foreclose that he uttered this
st range oat li:
“If you sell me out, by (iod,
I'll go to bed and stay there
torevel ! ”
Tlie sal" took place and Silas
kept his word. He retired to
the attic of the house and lived
there until his deaf!) in a spare
bed. which lie j>ift. in ord'.-r in a
corner of tin* room, to the dis
comfiture of his family and
the many friends who, later on,
made attempts to induce him
to change lii.s quarters.
When, ten years ago, lie had
become one of the celebrated
characters of the country side,
extreme method* were adopted
lo cause him to leave his room
or bed. He was told I hat his
death was approaching, hut he
waved away his informants,
not deigning to speak. A com
panion of his gay days was
taken to him. and Silas was
told of the many wonders Ink
ing place in New York, of the
p 'liing of tin* Brooklyn bridge,
of 1 1n* many handsome build
ings ill course of construe! ion,
>1 the telephone, of the phono
graph, of tin* recently perfected |
electric light; Iml to the recital I
of all th iiiteivst-awakening
mysteries he merely grunted a i
response. Cloth wa- burned
on a lower floor, and lie wa
t>l«i that the Imuse was atVre.
I It- sniffed his disbelief.
To all attempts to dislodge
him gave uniform nnd ef
feetive opposition. Force Wll»
out used, as he was -still a pow
erful man, and il was feared j
'that such procedure would lend
iin u tragedy. Besides this,:
i Silas was now clothed in all!
|tbe dignity of an exalted and I
j celebrated personage, ill whom j
the entire ooinmunily was in- 1
tei***sti*d, and forcible removal j
would have iiieant-a scandal.
In tlm y**ars that followed,
the changes that time brings
about made rapid inroads on
tin* rtelutH. Ills hair grew no
il it rifv-Ted hall the bed. His
beard was nmiv than four feet
long, ami hotl? lu-gM mid lmi r
beeanm ns white a* snow , llis
one time powerful and vigorous
frame heonme emaciated, until
he resembled a freak skeleton
man. His ruddv complexion
ussunied tlm tint and texture
of parchment. Five years ago
his mind decaYi-d in accord
with hi* physical being, lb*
i lost all memory of former
pleasure- and friends, but -till
| held fa-t t<> liis determination
in remain in bed. Ti»at idea
was fastened by mine power ot
his oath, and from it he never
deviated.
<* • Or
To pass our time in tlm study
:of sciences has in all age* been
reckoned one of I lie most digni
fied ami* happy of human oceu
i pultons.
BEtTLIARITIES OF ENG
LISH I’RoNI XCIATIoN.
R"v. Dr. Frederick Evans of
Philadelphia told a storv re
cently to illustrate the diflieul-
I ticu a Welshman has m study
j ing the English language. The
Welshman undertook as his first
lesson from an English teacher |
this primer story, very simple j
' to an Englishman:
That ploughman has a rough
j field to plough and when he is
through let him shoulder his
gun as though he was not tired,
and while he is roughing it his
wife is busy with the dougb, for
which he thankful,
and she has two ehihlrm sick
with the hiccoughs.
. The Welshman was taught
first to pronounce “ploughman’'
and on that “oug!i” sound In
read off' the story tlitis:
That ploughman has a row
field to plough and wlmif he is,
tfirou let him shoulder his gun
as thou he was not tired, and
white he is row ing it his wife is
busy with the dow, for which
he should be thankful, and she
has two children sick with tlm
hiecows.
Of course, the Welshman’s
teacher told him that “rough'’
was ab’eys “ruff,” and there
upon the Welshman corrected
his story as he thought:
That pluffman has a rough
field to pi tiff and when be is
tlirutT let him shoulder hi* gti:
as thrufl' lie was not tired, and
while he is ruffing it his wife is
busy '»■ it ii the duff, forwl ieh he!
should feel thankful, and she j
lias two children *iek with the!
hiceutl's.
But “through” wen not timid
and after much Couching on
that w'rd the Welshman inno
cently produced another re
markable use of the “ougll":
That plooman has a rue field
I*, ploo and when he is through
let him shoulder ilia gun as I hoe
lie was not tired, and while li •
is riming it his his wife is busy
with the do, for which In
shoflld he thankful, and she ha*
two children sick w ith the hie
icons.
Then tin; Welshman was
taught to prnneunen “dough”
and keeping that in his head
made his storv more monstrous:
That plomuu has a row field
to plo and when he is throw let
him shoulder his gin as though
ho was not tiled and while he i.* j
row ing it his wife is busy with
the dough for which ho should
f*e| thankful, and she has two
children sick with hieeoes.
Then when the Welshman
could muster “hiccoughs” 1m
capped the climax:
That phippmnn has a rupp
field to plupp and when he is
1 thrupp let him shoulder his gun
as tliupp he was not tired and
while tie is nipping it his wife
is busy with the dupp for which
te should feel thankful, and
she has Iw., children sicli with
hiccoughs.
It is left to he understood
that the \Yi fish until then caught
his teacher on a dark night and
slew him with the jaw hone ol
an ass and went Imck to Wales
to tin- unmolested enjoyment of
his own phonetic language, in
which only one letter, “y” has
more than one sound.
WHEN TO SiltMiT.
It is a fact not generally
[kiii.wu among local sportsmen
j that at the Decemlief session of
the Georgia legislature tin* game
i law was so amended that it is
now unlawful to shoot or trap
birds before November Ist-
Heretofore the date when tin*
state sportsmen were at liberty
t*> wage war among tlm feather
ed tribe was l ictober Ist. Tin
old law provided that beeweeti
the dates of April Ist and Octo
ber Ist. it would he unlawful
for any person to shoot, trap,
kill, ensnare, net, or destroy in
in any manlier, wild turkey,
pheasant, snipes, partridge, or
any insectivorous or singing
bird, except English sparrows,
cri ws, lark-, nye biros, or wheat
birds. This law applied to
every cauuty in Ueorgia.
l.ast full tlm state legislature
so amended the law that the
limit was changed from April
to October, to «\pril to Nov-m- -
her, The dove limit, during
which time it is unlawful tode- !
-troy this bird, is from April 1. ■
to July loth. The amendment
ito the game law wae approved
lust December. The shooting
or trapping of game out of sea
son is a mi-domeuuor under sec
tion loll) of the state law .
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f • —————
M ork is getting on a boom.
\ enable Bros., say they intend
• to work -)(.MI hands soon.
W hat voting man went to a
party anil returned home bite
and drank :r pot of slop, think
ing it was soup ? Well, slop i
good enough for a hall room
crowd, ain’t it ?
\\ '■ are sorry to hear I hat Dr.
H. I . Dickens and son of Lil
bnrn are very *iek with typhoid
fever. Dr. Summey of this
place .is attending them. "We
hope tlmy will soon recover.
\\ e aiv sorry to learn of I lie
death ol Mr. William Laufonl
of this place. Mr. Lanf'ord had
been sick for some time, and
on l lie loth inst , his spirit
took its flight. We tender our
sympathy 1" the bereaved fam
ily.
\ enable Bros., are doing
some very tiim work. They
have just finished a monument
to be erected ill Aim in. Tex,
It is In feet high, and will eo-l
about sl,f'(XUXi., I’Ji.y art*
building soin - very line van.ts
tor Oakland cemetery, Atlanta.
Venable I’ro's. fine barn wa*;
burned on Ilm ifigfit of t lie ill h j
1 1 1 st . J here Wits lo,IHMI bundles
of fodder destroyed. Il was*
discovered just in tinm to say
the mule* md horses: the hair
oil some of them was singed.
It was -perhaps Ihe finest burn
in I lie county, and tlm fits* is
very great. The origin of the
fine is unknown.
The St oim Mount ain Rapt ist
Yssoeiation convened ,-it this
•phi*'" tlm •"! li in.*t., and wa*
;In session three days. Il we- a
grand success. Harmony pre
vailed throughout tim session.
They lmver fail 1" have ,-| good
j t iiii" so long us tlmv put »imh
men a* Mr. <h o. R. Well-, at
tlm I mail of tlm procession.
There is a great deal of lio-pi
i talitv in our town, as well a*
! "tiler places, 0.11(1 IV e don't sup
pose any one went nwuv hun
gry.
M " were in Law renewi l|e the
Mh inst., and -tu\ed over in
night to hour Heat' Wright
speak. We are convinced now.
I nut there i- a ring in that
tow n, and Ring was tin* old dog
that raised the devil when Seal)
got on Ins tail. Of course any
old dog will yelp when-hie tail
is mashed, if he don’t bite.
Clique, the old boh-tiwled dog
was there too with his little
pups, and when Riugand Clique
got their tails mashed the pups
begun to howl, and we would
have been glad had the hand
-truck lip that good old t line,
“Stump tail dog, did vsm ever
know vourdaddy, oh?”
PROHIBITION.
Editor llkiiai.d; It appears
that prohibition holds a promi
nent position in our polities at
present. It appears that both
parties are working for the pro
hibition Vote; that’ would seem
to convey the idea that the pro
lii’s would vote for cither party
provided they would go foi**the
Bush bill which stems to he the
head and front of their poli
t ios.
I would ask my prohibition
friends arc they sure they arc
light on’th is question, none ot
us have a right to do vrong
about guv thing. Do they
think they have a right to bind
us hand and font nnd takeaway
personal freedom in that way V
I .think very dilforeutly.
I vva- at a Sunday school cel
-brut ton tin- other day, and
tlmre wa- a preacher theft and
in hi- public talk called liquor
or whiskey || don't recollect
which) that accursed stuff.
Now, l want to know where In
gets hi- authority for calling it
that. Let hint lead the 2i>th
and “bill verses of the Pith
chapter (>l Deuteronomy and
see w lull lie w ill -ay.
I see front the livviNNKrr
11 Mia in t hut the l.awreueevilh
Baptist Association reoenmiueti.
(led the passage of the llusll
bill. Any member of that Ixalv
has the right as a citizen to vote
a-lie pleases on that question,
but ns an organized religion'
body did it not transcend its
i authority a long way when jt
reccommended tho passage' of
i that lull ? I don’t think they
lean show any authority by pro*
| cept or example for sueli ae
* t ion.
H as not t he church set up on
far different principles. That
kingdom is not of this world,
bonce it sli >u!d have no ban l
in trying to manage these king
doins.
lSitti. I. R. J.acksox.
TRTIH'TE OF RESPECT.
To the memory of little Carl
Roberts, son of Arthur Rob
erts. who departed this life Sep
tember 7, ISIMI, being to months
old ■ Ihe Lord Jesus ('tilled him
troni this world of death to
that beautiful home of life in
tlm sweet beyond. We know it
i* very ! rving ordeal to he called
upon to walk down in the dark
valley of death, to have our
dear little children called awav
from our embrace. Oh, how
our hearts bleed. But amidst
this dark valley there is hope
•or. you, iliw failmr a ml mother.
You cannot call little Carl hack
but you can go and meet him in
tlm sweet by and bv.
I lie Lord -vorketii all things'
well. I hem that he lovetll II"
clia*t"net h. All tilings work
together for good to them that
l"ve Dm Lord, to them that are
eallmk according to Jfis pur
pose.
I lien dear parents mourn no
m>>rn, dry your tears, the Lord
Jesus loves little children. He
s-iv*. o| -uch i* the kingdom of
Imaveii,
Ihe Burial took place at
1 hestnut Grove church, funeral
service- by J. E. Keimerlv.
Sept. ||, | "'MS. K.
HI'EKR WAY TO GET A
WIFE.
U"*l IMA I 1.1 Alt SVS I KM OK SKI.ICC
rm\ IN ill fi; Welti. l) KorXD
. IN RUSSIA.
I lie strangest system of g®-
I 'cling a witc known to civiliz
ed countries exists in Russia.
It is called a game, hut it is a
very seriou.- one, and always
takes place at Christmas time,
s ivs The New York Journal.
Some one,* of prominence in a
village annonnees that thy an
nual merry making will he held
at his home. On the appointed
day tin* young men und women
hasten in huge excitement’ to
the meeting place. There are
songs and gamrs and dances,
hut they are simply a prelude
to the more important business
of the day.
Win n the time come the lies
tesj leads all the girls into one
room, where they s.ftt them
-elv son the benches. Laugh
ing and chatting, they are each
pr iinplly muffled in winding
sheet* by the hostess. The lead
and hair and tigiirc are com*
ph'tely covered, and when this
is done the girls resemble mum-
The young men driw lots,
ami one by one they enter the
room where the muffled gills
sit. Helpless so far as sight or
touch goes, the puzzled lover
tries to find iiis favorite. Fi*
n.illy lit- clinosee one, ami then
lie may unveil her.
It is tlm law of custom that
the mun shall marry the girl
he has picked out, ami it either
bucks out a heavy forfeit must
be paid. It is said this matri
monial lottery is productive of
many happy marriages.
DISCOVERED THK SECRET.
They had only been married
two weeks and hud just com
menced their life of love in a
cottage.
"I’m going to hake some bis
‘■uii, dear," she announced.
“Won’t you help me?”
'Certainly, love,” lie replied.
They kissed ami tisik down
tin* bread pan.
‘ Now, let me see, dt-ur. 1
ink-- a little baking powder.
There—a spoonful and a half.”
H • ki*sed her rapturously.
"Now, u little salt, ih-ar.
There. 1 think that wi 1 do.
Now, a little. |w-pper —no, how
-iliv of me!”
They both laughed ami kiss
ed kgain.
■ Now, jouie water, dear,”
uni she poured a cupful in the
pan and stirred it up.
“Oh dear! Now, I’ve fnr
gi ton what else I must pllt
in,” she sighed.
"Wouldn’t a little —er--Honr
help it out, love?”
‘ Oil, yes, flour!” And they
kissed again.—Sau Krancisco
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