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VOL. XXVI. NO 47
PA NEVJCi! DOES.
/
“I don’t kno why 1 iias :-•
tot'-
I Iu ood an help mil’"r i : d
An lix the gate and gear the
ho: ms,
f An sweep off t !i e groan’
I don’t get any ini t- pi i;
It’s gsttin wns and win;
I wonder why 1 ha* ter work?
Pa never does!
“He jes’ sits round an smokes
an reads,
An kicks about ther noise,
An I don't get terhollernone
.Like other people's b--ys.
k Ala says she 11 make a man of
me;
—Ge 1 don’t I wish I wns!
I don i guess men have much
mr do;
Pa never does!
But n a says Pm her chum, and
when
We get our work n'l done
She reads ter m •, and tells me
tales.
An we have lots er fun.
Last nigt t I hugg d and kiss* d
h--r good
—Nobody knowed but us;
An ma then cried; I bet ’twasi
cause
—Pa never does!’’
HUMAN ODDITiES.
Raphael i- -aid *o he e
oeived. iu dreams, tm-ideas el
some of Fiis great-st pictures
Oliver Cromwell had th-- la ft
rst brain on record. It - eigln d
a little over sixty ouhces, but
was found to be diseased
Handel had one of the most
phenomenal musical m-morie
•ver known. H-- km w, by heart,
over fifty operas Q-n b-ginning
to end.
Ole Bull, tlv c leh' -it- dvi i
ist «a • -
inst
a m 1 sy
pass on old \* 1 - ing
Lope de Vega ■ as ' h ill -
n >trd dramatist Ti ere st'l
remain over i.SOO pl-ys <>t' ii
eompesiti ". Ah t 800 o ttv
best .a> b c - 0-• un
publi in d
Joh'i J i'no n i" ■
B rksiiire, b-m wit -"it ami
or hands, c-tt d writ with ht
mnuth, thr a-l a i eedl©. ti- u
knot, an 1 shufil , cut and deal
a pack a car-l-.
Goliath, the 'amous Philis
tine cbainpi-ui was •un-o the
tallest men - f whom any meas
urements are recorded. H>
height was .six c-thits and a
■pan, or about ten and three
quarter feet.
Tamerlane enjoys the unen
viable distincti"ii "f being th
blondest c.inqueter in history.
It is comput-d that during his
wars nearly 4,000,000 of human ’
beings were destroyed.
John Middleton, an English
giant, born in 1578, was 0 feet
8 inches in h-ight. His palm,
was 8$ inches broad, and from
the carpus to the end of h s
middle finger was 17 inches.
Didvmus, the Alexandrian,
was horn blind, but notwith
standing this def-ct, attained
•uch gieat skill in mathematics,
geometry and h-gic that he was
reckoned one of th » wonders of
his age.
\
Daniel Lambert, the famous
fat man, and the most noted
example of obesity recorded in
medical annals, wa- born iu
1770. and died at the age of 40.
of excessive fat. His weight
was 780 pounds.
Sir Joshua Reynolds needed
but one sitting when intending
to paint a portrait. Sometimes
he w< uld not take even that,
but wou'd cHsnsllv glance at
the sitter and proceed to paint
th« portrait.
Galhara, an Arabian giant,
wh-> was broqght to Rome by
the emperor Claudius to serve
in th° imp-rial bodyguard, was
0 feet 9 inch-s high. Pliny
«avs that he was ttie tallest man
aver seen.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
I' i HstMii i <1 that 2-<>»>>.oo»
tons o p..f • r r ■ 1 in i
BOlllti 1 ‘V "‘lI'T ot
the earth »
No bird can fly -hack'vurdi
•without turning. The dragon J
flv, however, can accomplish
this feat and outstrip any swal
low.
The h„aka of Newfoundland
are formed by the sand, ice and
.stone brought from i-be north
the ice‘> 'r/s
At tlie point, whore the Mis
sis-ippi flows out of Lake Itasca
it is only ten foet wide and
eighteen teet deep.
The Buddhist monastery of
Raine in Thib-t is the loftiest
’ inhabit-d point in llie world.
It 1» 17 Kj feet above M?a ievel.
It is estimated that the pres
ent wealth of the l .iitei Stele,
excee Is tiio wealth >t the whole
world at any pe;i»d prior to
the middle ot the Hgh'e th
eentury.
Tabules cure bad breath.
The Gwinnett Herald.
THE PASSING OF MY OLD
■ FRIENDS
Dear Hkkai.d: Yon have just
out in your up: "arance for th.--
i we-k—l have rend you through!
—am always interested in al 1
| your news, espeei llythis time
in your appropriate notice of
the demise of Dr. Samuel Har
ris n Freeman. He was mv
neighbor, and sometime- niv
physician, for n number of
years. I was Principal in the
sch-ol near his residence, in
which lie took a lively int-re-t r
and often while 1 was pastor at
Hebron in 1865-8 did he sit
under my ministry—always
showing a kindly concern for
me, my work, my farm, my
church, my family. Ho was an
uncommonly friendly, clever
man, and one with whom but
few men ever ht-d a serious
‘ falling-out ’’
He wns my father’s custom
er w hen I was a chunk of a boy.
and ho fell into the habit of so
many of my Gwinnett friends
of calling me “William Henry’’
—a habit that lie continued to
: is dying day, for at our last
meeting, not long mr he i -
cistfd me in hi- old familial !
tones and words with, “How
are you. William Henry ? And
how is Cornelia ?’’
He was a most, accommodnt
ing man, as you rightly say.
1 am sure that no man who
ever lived in Gwinnett county
performed so many obliging
-ffices—such as posting and de
iVerii’g mail, shopping, looking
iftor little niatt-rs along the)
>ad between neighbors, cariy
,n g m -sages ai d such like fr -m
i home to Lawrencevil!-- and
r -tiiMi, which trip h® m do t - c>
hundred time- or tnoje o-cli I
ear. *or many Iqng years
(any r- 'h© :>oor u-t c-v 1
red or mu l-besp tt-r d p ■ hs
t i»na horn < overtook *ni:
••u rot’' to law -<-:v-v!i !■ m i
vie- versa and “gave'a lift” ii
his buggy behind “John Bell’';
or “Jeff Davis,” regaling th
passenger the while with new-,
crops, and anecdote-, w- 11-n-igi:
equal to what “Old Ai - Lin
coln, the rail-splitter,” could'
do ns he w-nt fr u court to
court in bis “ridin r - ”
He had his peculiarities, <n
of which was the extracting of!
teeth, for white and l-lack, free
of charge One day I enquired
why such was his custom. “Oh,'
said he, “pulling a tooth hurts
a fellow- too bad to make him :
pay for the service; he can
hardly forgive you forvalmost!
killing him anyhow. ”
Ho was a man of boundless
energy—perfectly irrepressible!
j Buck in the 50’s, he'd leave
jChinqepiu Grove, his home,;
after breakfast, set out for Law
1 ronceville, make a dozen pro
fessional visits along the ron-i
| engage to mail numberless h t-]
i tors, take samples of calico r
ilace, or buttons, or “iuoigoi
| blue,” or nails, or needles, < Ic.,
for the good women eti route,
| with promise to buy and bring
back according to sample, en
ter town, make the tour of the
! stores, visit patients, drive dmv n
; into “Factory town,” attend
| his patients ther--, have a kind,
i chery word for every one he
mot, chat a minute, get up aii |
his bundles, letters, messages,
seal himself in his buggy, shake
the reins saying “Get up, Jell
Davis! On there, John Bell,”
and reach his home by late
country dinner hour on a l--ug
summer day.
I Like Sam Jones, he stuck to
his poor kin, of wlv-m he ha 1 a
liberal supply, and often ren
dered them aid iu a mo t sub
! stantial way.
Having no children, of his
! own, he adopt-d two orphans.
William a-.il Ollie Ere-mail,
educated and set them up iu
life, the tatter of which is my
©affiliable neighbor now, auu a
uio h r in I-rcel. and the moth
er of n -arly a dozen w . thy
children.
Quite lijt ly v- ; ? >na v hi
had few more progressive tin n,
m n who were greater publie
spirited benefactors, men who
- brought things to pass more
! sur. ly thau he.
In religious matters Ire was
| liberal and gen- r-ms beyond the
average of fortv years ago.
While he was a communicant
, of the M. K. church and sup
, ported it liberally, yet ho hud
i uio.it kindly feedings for the
Baptists, and greatly rejoiced
‘win n bis adopted son, William,
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd 1897.
professed t- .i.er-ion under mv
ministry and was baptized by
me
And ho is gone!
Last June I visit. ! Hebron
on a Sunday, preached to a
large congregation. among
whom 'ere, Dr. Freeman nnd
his neighbor, and my former
neighbor ami deacon, A. J.
Wood, and Mr. James I). Hood.
It wa« quite likely Mr. Wood’s
hist sermon, for soon he had a
fall and from its effects passed
away to a brighter and better 1
world.
Now Dr. Freeman has gone
too, to join the majority.
I have been muring Almost
all my ante-bellum old friends,
mv father’s friends, have passed
away. If time continues to roll j
on, it wont be so very long until ]
all of them will have left the!
stage of action, and Capt. T
M Peeples, Col F F. Julian,
Judge S. J. Winn, Mr J. 1)
Spence, Maj. IV E Simmons,
Judge N. L. Hu chins, Dr. T
k. Mitchell and others, togoth-]
• r with this scribe, will be!
growing old!
If e c ihn e .a* much {
GtD.u i«i. in • wt ui a a Dr.
■
Freeman did; if we can possess
such simple faith, such child-'
like trust in God a* Andy
Wood had; if we can leave th>
fragrance of a good name be
hind us ns did Joseph W.Bex-i
tor; if the living shall rise up |
to call us blessed as tiny d. j
•v- r the memory of Milzn
Strickland and Je«-.e '’urn!'
and if we enn all safely r.-uen i
“Tho Sweet By-and-Sy,” then
the passing awnv from the |ires
eht. entering upon the glorious
future is a consummation to he [
devoutly wished.
"The memory of the just is!
blessed;’’ the-e >ords I am a- 1 -
*ii led do api’y tit tlo cases of]
A. J. Wood. S. II Freeman.
Jam- - W ■' shingtoD i
Ait. -it, j\. i it* *l, B. A.
Biakov nnd othe:s now gone'
vho \ver*> mv esteemed friends ;
and neiglihors in the years
e gone.
Wm. M , Stkioklani*.
Decatur, Ga., Jan., 20, ’O7.
MEMORIAL.
—
Mr. Lawton Itrogdon, (ton of
S. G. and Susan Brogdon, was
horn Nov 14th 1875 and died-
Jan 0 1807. Lawton was lo r [
and reared in Gviuueit c unty.
He was a consistent member of
the Methodist church. North,'
for over 0 years In the death
of Lawton Brogdon the family
has lost a good, affectionate son
*nd brother, and the church
ml community looses one of
her b>t young men. His de
votion to the church was un
wavering. persistent and sub
lime. a host of saddened hearts
throb in deepest sympathy for
the bereaved family and rela
tives.
A loved one from
Our community has gone,
From this sad world
To a hrightei home.
We will meet you, dear Lawt,
When life's shadows are passed,
And join ottr songs together
WhiloGodand heaven shall last.
Maky E. Moore.
DEATH OF MISS MARSHAL.
Miss B. J. Marshall, daugh
ter of Thomas Marshall, died
•it the home of her sister, Mr*.
.) T Cheek, ;i lan 15, 181*7.
Miss Marshall was b-rn in
Franklin county. Ga , in 1840.
She joined the M. K. chrreh
when quit-* small, nnd was a
consistent member of the same
! up to tho time of her d ath
H*-rremains were laid to rest in
H* g Mount -in c m tory. Rev
B n Haslett por'ormmg the fu
neral ceremoui- s She w ill be
sudlv tnis-ed fiont the family
circle and the community.
Axuuew Cheek
A RICUMAX.
They had just arrived in
Brooklyn from the I-land, and
walked across the gu-at bridge.
A* they approach. >1 tin* New
York side they stretched their
necks and viewed the massive
buildings
“Oh, He must ej rich,’ she
ventured.
“Win. ?'
‘Til* m . • ; ..j all those
buildings.’
•‘One man doesn't own them
all.’
“Oh, yes he does,’ she assured
him.
“How do y u know ?’ he
I asked.
“Because his name is ou
them,’ she said.
•1 guess that’s so,’ he agreed
as lie looked up at a sky scraper.
••Mr. Ca-toria must be pretty
rich.' —Printers’ Ink.
Sixteen day* are n-edei to
1 make the journey between New
i York and Suez.
FAREWELL ADDIGMS
!OK MA I. (SKX. JOSEPH IVHKKI.KII!
iln (jus. Caa \r.ttv (’oei’s-,
April :'Sth. I -05
Gai.i.am Cumr \to: : Yin
Mi ■ v fought your fight. Your
task is done! During u foiir!
years’ struggle for Lib* rty, von]
have exhibited courage, forti
tude, and devotion. You ar
victors of more than two lmn - :
dred} sternly contested fields, j
You havcfparticipnted in mnu
than a'l thousand conlliets of;
*
arms. You are Heroes! Vet
erans! Patriots! The bones
of your comrades mark battl I
fields upon the soil of Kentuc-|
by. Tennessee, Virginia, North !
Carolina, South Carolina, Geor
gia, Alabama and Mississippi.
You have done all that human
exertion could accomplish. In i
bidding you adieu, 1 desire to I
tender my thanks for vour gal
lantry ru battle, your fortitude ,
under Buffering, mid your devo
tion at all times to the Holy I
cause you have done so much i
to maintain. I desire, also, to
express my gratitude for the
kind feeli"g you you have teen ;
fit to extend towards myself
and to invoke upon you the b’e j
sing of our Heavenly l ather,
to whom we must always look 1
-in the hour of our distn-ss
Brethren in the cause of Fioe
doni —Comrades in Arms*-!
bid you Farewell! '
■Jigiied, JOSEPH WHEELER !
Major Genera!.
,di... 1: Wit, E. Water, Capt
iV A. A. A. G.
STORIES OK THE DAY.
A ORFKN MOUNTAIN HOV I'. 1111
WAIf ASH IN AKTKII 111..
The Green mountain b.», •-
lahlishod a reputation b-r!
dauntless e-'iiragc and nndyinv
love of country in the war •<>
the Revolution. That rojuita
tion her p oplo have ever main
rained. Can any one n-cai
any occasion during the war o! ,
the rebellion when a company,
regiment or battery compo**-* ;
of Vermont troops shov ed ’l l
white feather or did loss tlnn
they were able to do on Go
field of battle? It is safe l*
-ay no. An equally goo- 1 recon
was made by tho troops oi «> t L- ■
-dates, bnt it cannot said o i
all the troop* of all the slate
that there were not occasion
when some of them fai’el to
meet expectation. Gem- ally
when there was a fai un . it wa
attributable t<> failure <>n tin
part of officers rat hoi Gum tlo
rank and file.
Now, let me tell of a \ ruioiii
hero in war.
A 17-year-old Green moun
tain boy left school to enlist.
His first great-battle was Get
tysburg. lie was tall an 1 nwk
ward, but as brave as a Mace...
and he had acquitted himsel.
so well tliat the captain <>f tic
icompany, within a few month
I from his enlistment, gate bin
(he position of first sergeant
j The regiment was under ti.' )'*•-
an hour at the time of Pickett *
: famous charge before it wa* 01 •
. dered in. There wen* pn e *ae< -
and trembling limbs on every
side, but our hero was a- cool
and collected as if in q]av<room
and had a smile and a word of
I cheer for his comrades. To ie *■
i who seemed a little more Iriglit-
Jened than his fellows he said:
! “‘Cheer up, Jim! Yon have
i the chance of your life today. ’
“Yes,” said Jim. “and a
right sm *rt chance to lose j
too.”
“Tile tide will turn in favor
of the Union from this h»»t'e
Let us all <lo our duty today
so that in coming years w>- tun .
remember that wo had a part i i
the turning of the tide
Jim and all who h>nrd the
y.i.ung pat iiot’s oat burn, ns it
tuinglo with the Bcr-ching tin 1
bursting of -hells and tin* whi:-
! ring of solid shot, became inter
ested and to a degree enlm* I
j down.
A little later came the order,
[“Fall in." The first man on
hi* feet was the young Vermon
ter, who, with a smile **n It s
I lips and a cherry voice, urge 1
promptness and an mi' r-.ke:i
front. In that wav lie went
into the battle. He fought like
a very titter, at the same time
doing the duty of half a dozen
men as fi'e closer. When the
i great charge wu* over, Pickett
had been driven buck, and (In' 1
500 nr 100 belching cannon had
Iceased their roar, it was found!
that the earth Imd drunk the 1
blood of many of that Vermont '
eompnnv.
“Did we do ns well as you ex
pected, captain?" asked the or
derly.
“Better, sergeant, better.
But look at our thinned ranks.
We no longer have a company.” ;
“That is true, captain, but !
the tidcjlma turned. We now!
know that we haven country." ,
The republic has produced
manvjstich heroes, but did any
state in the Union, in propor
tion to her population,*produce
more than • Vermont? This
story, which I heard years ago
came back to me last evening
ns 1 heard another in connec
tion with that same Vermont
er.
When the war ended., he com
pleted his education and enter-'
ed the ministry. About 20
years he was called to a leading
Congregational church in Mil
waukee, of which ho has been
thojpnslor ever since—ltev Geo.
11. lde, I). 1). lie is the same
courageous, truthful, earnest,
patriotic man that he was as a
soldier in battle.
This brave soldier, devoted
minister and superb citizen hns |
recently had occasiou to mani
fest his courage under more ,
trving circumstances than a 1 v ,
v ich developed at the batt.e (
Gettysburg. Two wars ago aI,
growth on ono of Ids lips reu
dered an operation necessary, j.
It was thought that he lmd eti-1,
tin-1 v escaped all danger, but a n
diort time ago the growth reap- !
reared in his thr eat and anot her -
operation was derived upon. ,
rite chances were against him. I
All of his friends dreaded the],
''esit!t, yet they knew that with-1,
out ail operation dealh was not
fur it way. If this man was dis
turbed, he did not show it in
his face, in his speech, in his
conduct. He was the same
genial, hearty, kindly gentle-|
man, meeting all with a word)
that told of his good heart.
When lie went t" Chicago to!
undergo the operation, every
member of his family accompa
nied him, together with several
officials of his church. It j
would have beeu easy to think j
that I)r. Ide was taking a party ,
to Chicago to undergo serious
operations, but it - would not j
have been easy for a stranger |
to think think that Dr. Ide was]
to be operated upon with only
1 ennnee in fifty for his life.
When the company reached |
the reception room, Mr. Ide
arose and said with perfect I
calmness, “I am ready, doctor." j
Then he kissed each member of
his family, said goodby and j
asked all in the room to b
standing and join him in re-1
pealing the Lord’s Prayer. His !
request was complied with. As
he passed through ihe door into)
the operating room he saluted j
the distressed people and threw
a kiss t<> the loving wife.
The operation required nearly j
two hours, and two hours after]
it was completed he was again
conscious, talked with his wife,
who was at his side the momeu t
the doctor would permit her to
i enter the room, and now he is
rapidly recovt-ring, and promise
l- given that he will soon return
i to his duties as pastor of of one
us the large-t Protestant con
gregations m his city.—-T. A.
W.r r :s i Chicago Times-,
i tie.aid.
THEIR OCCUPATIONS.
A middle-aged woman with
an armful of parcel* was walk
ing along Mission street yester
day, when she suddenly stopped
and stared at a laborer shrivel
ing dirt out of a trench in the
street. As he straightened up
die recognized her divorced
husband.
"All, how are ye, Moike.
Phat are ye doin’?”
lie tried to wither her with a
glare, but she continued to
smile sweetly,
“Ye want to know what 1 am
doin’, eh? Well, I’m earnin’
alimony. Phat are ye doin’?’’
“Sure, Moike, I’m spendin'
it.”
He resumed his shoveling
and she went on down the street
feeling pretty well satisfied with
I herself.—Sun Francisco Post.
THE JUDGE’S COURTING.,
Detroit Free Press.
It lias been told by the judge]
scores of time, but within his)
circle it is one of the favorite j
stories and he never tires of re-I
peat ing it.
“My, how time flies!” was!
Ins preliminary musing. “Anv
one who was old eifough to be !
out doors alone in 1868 recalls j
how horribly cold it was on the
first day of the year in this lat-'
ittrde.
“I was reading law with a
good firm, and engaged to a
daughter of one of the partners.
I suppose that the prospect of
finding an easy way to a prac
tice had something to do with
the matter, though I would not
have admitted it at the time.
She seemed to think, too, that
her relationship gave her a sort
of proprietary interest in me,
and she was angry because I
was going to spend the New
Year with iny folks in the
country, instead of with her in
the city.
“Being unexpectedly detain-!
©c! at the office, I did not reach
the station nearest home until j
the afternoon of the first. No ]
one met me because I had ar
ranged n surprise.
“Hiring a fast team and a
cutter, I wa- soon spinning over
the glassy road. Two miles out
there was a bleak stretch of
country where the wind had a
an sweep, and ahead of me I
saw a womans figure come
swaying and staggering in lb©
pitiless blizzard. As I cam© up
with her she fell, and it was a
dead weight that I placed in
the bottom of tho cutter.
“Throwing the robe over the
unknown passenger, I gave the
excited horses their heads, nod
it was with the long, low leap
of the greyhound that they
carried us the balance of the
way.
“As we How along, the wind
going through me like a knife.
I felt the woman’s hands and
then her cheek. They were like
marble, and her veil was frozen
to her lips.
“Wrapping the robe closely
about her, I took her on my
knees, chafed her hands, press
ed my cheeks to hers and pray-1
ed for h©r life. She came thro’ ]
all right, and of course sho‘s -
my wife. ”
“But what about that girl in
the city ?” asked a lawyer
guaat.
“They were one and tho same. ]
She had learned nry plans, took
a train ahead of me and walked
toward my home, expecting nr
t” overtake her. She had cor
responded with my sister and
expected to be her guest. It
was the best piece of courting
we ever did. ”
An exchange dishes out the
following advice to young men:
“My son, follow not in the:
footsteps of a loafer, and make
no example of him who is born I
, tired, for verily 1 say unto you
their business is over stocked,
! th© seat'! on the corners are all
taken, and the whittling places
are all occupied. It is Getter
to saw wood at two bit* a cord 1
jthau to whittle in a loafing
match and cuss the government, j
My son, away with th-cigarette
habit, for 10, thy hr-ath stink
eth like a glue factory and thy \
appearance is less intelligent ;
than a stone dummy. Yea,!
I thou art a cypher with the rim
! knocked off. ”
| Castoriu is truly a marvelous i
thing for children. Doctor
prescribe it, medical journals
journals recommend it aud
more than a million mothers
ar-- using it in place of Pare
goric, Bateman's Drops, so
called soothing syrups aud oth- 1
er narcotic and stupefying rem
edies Castoria is the quickest
thing to regulate the stomach
and bowels and give healthy
sleep the world has ever seen.
It is pleasant to the taste and
absolutely harmless. It relieves
constipation, quiets pain, cures
diarrhiea and wind colic, allays
feverishness, destroys worm*,
'prevents convulsions, soothes
the child and giv-s it refreshing
land natural sleep. Castoria is
the children's panacea—the
mot her’slfriend.
Castoria is put up in one size
: bottles only. It is not sold iu
bulk. Foii’t allow any one to
sell you unvthing else on the
plea or promise that it is “just
as good” and “will answer every
purpose," See that you get
iC-A-S-T-O-R-IvV.
is on every wrapper.
1.00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE
Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U.S. Gov’t Report
POWCiCr
ABSOLUTELY PURE
A GREAT DISCOVERY.
A Smith Carolina planter has
mude a discovery that is likely
to prove of inestimable value to
Southern farming.
He was anxious to try pecan
growing, but knowing that ten
years aie required to bring a
grove of pecan trees into profit
able bearing; be cast about for
some swifter method of propa
gating the nuts. He secured
some soft shell pecan graftsnnd
inserted them in hickory trees.
That was three years ago, and
the present year he gathered a
full crop of fine, marketable
nuts from the grafts, which
readily adapted themselves to
to the hickory stock, and he
has his grove well set, in a pry
ing condition, with little or no
trouble or expense. The exper
iment succeeded so well that ho
will proceed to enlarge his
grove, as there arc plenty of
stout hickory trees on hi- pi em
its*.
This teems to open the way
to n great industry in the South.
The climate of Georgia is well
adapted to the growth of pecans,
and tho only objection to thorn
has been that such a long time
is required to bring the seed
lings i;,to boaring. P-y the
grafting process tlie time is re
duced over twothirds, and al
most worthless forest growth is
utilized.
It would be well worth the
while of fanners owning timber
ed tracts to try the experiment.
Hickory nuts ure of very little
value, but pecans find ready
sale in the markets and are a
splended article of food for
hogs. The industry might be
madu to pay handsome returns
on many a half wornout farm |
in Georgia.—Rome Tribune.
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They are t-lling a good story
mi a school teacher out in \\-si
Pike. He had given out a word
and usk-d the definition of it, j
which it seems was a kind of t
gourd Ta guide the class, the
teacher said it was something
that he had rather drink out of i
t han anything else. One of the j
immediately spoke up and said, j
“It is a bottle,”
“No,” said the teacher.
“Well, then,” said the boy,!
“it is jug.”—Ex.
UURRENT COMMENT.
Wo have reason to believe
that tariff revision w ill be ac- j
complished on a very coneorva- !
tive basis. —Pbiladelpha Times, j
Boys who aspire to lie actors
will tie interested in knowing
that three-tiifths of American
actors make less than $9 per
week. K-tter study to be a po
liceman .-Florida Times-Un ion
The arrest of those Georgia
receivers for the unauthorized
selling of railway bouds will
have a tendency to remind re
ceivers that their main duty is
to receive. The courts do most
of the rest. —Pf iludelphin In
quirer.
A Kentucky limn who lost his
voice yelling for McKinley
wants an office under the new
administration. Th© chances
are that a great many patriots
will lose their voices yelling for
offices they will not get.—New
York Journal.
Judge McAdam, in th- New
York supreme couit, has award
ed $1,045 damages costa to
a member of tne I r.iled Broth
erhood of Cur|K)nters and Join
ers who had been ex|»elled from
the union without trial and pre
vented from getting work at his s
trade. Nothing is clearer than
the right of every ntnn to dis
pose of his labor without mo- !
lestaHon front other men i
Philadelphia Record.
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iiuODIJS AiNO ENDS.
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I li<' singular punishment for
bigamy in Hungary is to com-
I*' l the man to 1 iv.. with both
wives in one house.
'fl*e New York courts spend
more than #IOO.OOO a year foi
expert, evidence, and give it, to
II hay jurymen to pass upon.
One woman in Honolulu pro
fesses to be one hundred and
twenty-1 our years old. She i
n native, and says she remem
bers events that.] occured 122
years ago.
One plan proposed for limb
ing Queen \ ictoria’s longest
reign on record is for every lit
tle community in Great Britain
to establish a garden, park or
playground in her honor.
The Forth bridge, in Scot
land, is constantly being re
painted. So vast is the struct
ure that it takes fifty tons of
paint to give it one coat, and
the area dealt with is some
thing like 120 acres.
Heavy rains bavo induced
larg- numbers of placer mint rs
to go out to the gulches in the
hill county of Arizona, and one
man in eight days near Pres
cott got |SO worth of placer
Sold.
Sir E. Vincent in Ids report
estimates the Turkish revenue,
after deducting payments for
tbe debt ami for some iribuir
not received, at 171,750,000,
and the expenditure at #5,000,-
000 more.
Rev. S. Raring Gould writes
at a high desk, in a standing
position, with a quill pen. To
this Spartan habit Mr. Raring-
Gonhl attributes the fact that
his long years of liteiary labor
ha ve not produced in his strong,
wiry form the slightest stoop.
Professor Richarz and l>r.
; Kiigar Menzei, of Rerlin, an-
I nounce, as the result of investi
! Rations extending over twelve
1 years, that “tho density of th i
i earth is such that tho whole
globe weighs 54,<501 trillion
tons.”
Palis has ta 1 its first genu
ine automobile accident, the
twenty-five-litre oil tank of one
of these carriages having caught
lire and blown up on the Route
vard Haussmunn, near the
Grand open-, one evening re
cently. No oua wus hurt.
A new and very useful French
coin is soon to make its appear
ance It will lie of nickel ami
correspond to nur 5-cent piece,
its value being 25 centimes. At
present there is no French coin
between half a franco and a 10-
ceutime, or penny, piece.
A Washington clergyman,
who confidently expected to lie
chosen house chaplain in the
fifty-third congress, received
three votes in the caucus, ‘■and
that, too,” lie is represented to
have said to a friend, “when 1
hud in my pocket written prom
ises from thirty members t
give me their continued sup
port.
France is about to take the
lead in adopting the decimal
system of reckoning time. This
provides that ten hours shall
constitute a day, one hundred
minutes an hour, and one hun
dred seconds u minute. This
will greatly simplify all calcu
lations of time. The universal
Use of this system will then be
urged.
Rev Pbodie A. Hanaford, of
New Haven, has discovered how
many men wipe dishes, and in
cidentally that women ought
not to he the sole Ae-riipnnts of
the kitchen. Slieiiuotcs Rible
authority for this in a verse
from II Kings, xxi.lß. which
reads thus: “And I will wipe
Jerusalem as a man wipeth a
dish, wiping it and turning it
upside dow it. ”
An English explorer, Edward
A. Fitzgerald, has set out with
uu elaborately equipped party
to climb Aconcagua, on the bor
| dors of Chili and the Argentine
Republic, This mountain is
twenty-two thousand feet high,
► the highest peak outside of tim
Himalayas, and if Mr. Fitzger
ald succeeds lie will have climb
ed the highest mountain yet as
cend d.
The emperor of Japan grinds
out poetry by the yard. The
Japan Mail, of Yokohama,says:
“llin emperor scouts to be a
very prolific poet, f.-r we un
told by the Chuo that during
the last ten years ltaron Takes
aki, who may be considered to
occupy the position of poet
laureate in Japan, has s-ei,
more than 25,0110 couplets com
posed by tho sovereign, iiis
majesty has penned 4,200 cou
plets tu tho course of a year.”