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VOL, XXV 1. NO 48
ODDS AND ENDS.
During 1896 tliedarg° number
of (>8,7(52 (HKI worn l>oru
into this world of tronblo and
earn, and -15),865,000 passed out .
It is said that tho State of
Maine gives official employment
to a photographer who devotes
his time to securing enticing
views of the sporting regions of
the Pine Tree State and distrib
■sihting them broadcast through
out- the rest of the Union a 9
advertisements.
A Washington clergyman,who
confidently expected to be chos
en limit,o chaplain in the Fifty-
Congress, received three
votes j|-. !he caucus, ‘‘and that,
too,’’ i e represented to have
said to a friend, ‘when I had
in my poeket -'rit< n promises
from thirtv members to give
me their continued support ”
Mrs. Arthur Kovall, wife of
the I te ci di In'f*«r V;ee-
I’re*idenf of the United States,
is an expert amateur photogra
pher, and has recei* ed diplomas
for her work, not only in New
York and Boston, blit al-o in
Paris. Mrs Sewall, who has
traveled extensively both in
America and Europe, has made
a charming collection of land
scape photographs.
A wine lank is now being
built in San Fr.mcisco whi h
will probibly be the In gi
tln> v. orl 1 : •' old .80,00
gallons, ih- :> > ank.
or barrel, is elliptical in shape;
its short niameter is twenty
seven and oue-hnlt feet, and its
long diameter thirty feet. The
staves are twenty feet long.
The oak used in its construction
weighs twenty tons, while the
iron hoops which encircle the
staves will turn six tons. The
order for (he tank was given a
year ago last October, but, ow
ing to the length of the staves
required, it took time to select
the trees. It is estimated that
f e tank and contents will
weigh 100 tqns
A venerable gun manufactur
er from Payne’s district created
a mild laugh at a recent meet
ing of the ways and means com
mittee hearing, says the Wash
ington Post. Ho was complain
ing of the importation in sep
arate} cargoes of the various
parts of a gun, whereby the ap
praisers were fooled and the
duty on guns made of no effect
“Have you made auy sugges
tions in your brief,’ asked Mr
llopkins, “for a bettor classili
cation of tho c omponent parts
of guns ?”
“No,” said the old man;
“that would require a lawyer ”
“Have you no lawyers in
your country ?” asked Hopkins,
looking significantly toward
Payne
“Yes,” said the old man,
“but thep don’t kno* anything
a' out the turitV.”
Tiavelers in Bermuda bring
back as a souvenir tlm leaves of
an interesting plant of the hou-e
leek family, known as the life
plant When the haves begin
to shrivel and fad - they send
out little sho ts wh'-'h in turn
hear leaves that c atinue t<>
grow ami remain fresh and
green for months. These leaves
are four inches long, rich green
in color, and of smooth waxen
texture. Tiio p'aut is succu
lent, with herb ce us or snnbf.j
stem and annual or perennial
roots, and grows iu hot, dry.
exposed planes. Iu Bermuda
its growth reaches a foot high.
Take one of these leaves and fix
it to the wall indoors and it
will begiu to sprout within three ;
davs, winter or summer. At
first the top part of the .'eat
will begin to wither or shrivel
up, and it will likely continue
till the upper halt has lost its
g eeu color, l'lion tinv white
roots will spring from th« edges
and soon -mad green leaves an
inch long will app ar on these
SWEETHEAKt'of" “ROBIN
ADAIR ” .
_ a
“Robin Adair” was written
bv I.ady Caroline Keppei, the
daughter of the Earl of Albe
marle. Robin wn» a rial char
acter, a young Irish doctor w ho
had boon forced by a scanda
lous adventure to leave Ireland
and seek hi* fortune iu Eng
land. ('banco threw a rich pa
tient in his way, a Indy of qual
ity, and at h> r house he met
Lady Caroline, ui.d the result
was a case of love at first sight
anh sides. Her parents oh
Jktel and sent her away, and
during her absence she produced
the song.
Naturalists say there is a tree
iu Chineso I'aitary which is un
able to hear moisture, oven that
of a moderate rain Alter be
ing rained on it becomes willed
(if,- doss not r» siime its origi
nal appearance for several days.
Mrs. Grump y—Why d< u‘t
wives rise up aid make tl eir
husbands stand mound ?
Grump y—Because men never
pivp ,se to that kind of women.
THE GWINNETT HERALD.
SAM JONES ON TAXES.
HE THINKS THE PEOPLE OF GEOR
GIA ARE BURDENED BY EX
CESSIVE TAXES.
Webster defines taxes as a
“pecuniary burden which is
Imposed bv authority, or a levy
of any kind made upon the
property for the support of the
government. ” He also defines
the word to mean “a disagree
able or burdensome duty or
charge. ” He also defines it as
“a lesson to be learned,” and
makos it synonymous with the
words “duty,” “toil,” “assess
ment,” “rate,” “custom,” “de
mand.” The common import
of the word “tax” or “taxes”
as understood by the masses is
the amount of money paid to
lho tax collector of nation,
state, c unty or city annually
for the privilege of existing in
that neck of the woods and the
privilege of owning something
other than as agent for your
wife. But underneath ail this
there is a tacit understanding
or compact which is but an un
written law that tho govern
ment proposes to do certain
things for the people and in
return the government is to re
•"ive for sucb services a certain
i mount of money, such as is
equitable and right. If a man
does not pay his taxes to the
government he is not considered
a good citizen or loyal to his
government, and the govern
ment will sell him out of house
and home. The government
makes him comply with his
part of the agreement. The
government proposes on its part
to guarantee to every man his
life, his liberty and the enjoy
ment of his property at the
least possible cost to the citi
zen. A government has m>
more right to overcharge for
services rendered than an in
dividual has to overcharge an
other individual, foi services
rendered; and I declare it to be
the honest .conviction of my
mind that the governments,
both national, state and mu
nicipal, are defrauding the peo
pie.
EXTRACTING HEAVY DUTIES.
They are extracting more
from the people in the way of
taxes than they give services in
return, and u dishonest govern
ment will breed dishonest citi
zens. The burdensome taxes
upon the people today are a
common source of perjury on
tho part of the people, for no
one man in a hundred would
sell his property for double
what he swears it is worth upon
the tax books of our country.
If. the immense amount of mon
•y required to run this govern
ment is demanded by economi
cal administration and expen
ditures and the burden of tnxe
rests equally upon the people
and they are paving more taxes
than they are able to do, tin n
we need another system o l g >v
erumeut Five hundred mil
lion dollars annually to run
the national government, and
an equal amount iu proportion
for the state and municipal
governments, bespeaks an ex
travagauco that will break and
bankrupt any peoplo iu the
world.
The national government
raises its taxes through its sys
tem of revenues. There is no
sheriff to levy on a man’s home
or land to pay the government
revenue, but the governments
jof state* and municipalities fix
i t. date at which you must settle
lor the sheriff will sell you out.
i These immense appropriations
| by the nation, by the state and
I by the municipalities are gen
orally the result of lobbyists iu
\ congress and in legislatures,
among councilman and nlder
mou, A lobbyist is a thing of
the devil. It is an evil thing
and au evil continually. Talk
i about railroad lobbyists, anti
j trusts and combines lobbying.
The lobbyists for all these
things have uever been more
indefatigable, bold and un
scrupulous than nmuy «>t the
lobbyists who work and wait
about legislative halls to get
(appropriations for a school or
to create additional offices for
hungry demagogues to till and
draw their pay. Talk to me
about economy! Think of n
man who stints his family on
'both bread and clcthes, who
\ lives hard and saves all he can,
simply that the tax collector
may pick it up at the end of
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 9th 1897.
! the year. It is a burlesque on
civil liberty and freedom, and
a death blow to honesty fora
government of any sort to bur
den the people with taxes and
grind them down while the po
litical economists and philoso
phore are preaching and teach
ing economy to the people.
UNPAID TAXES IN GEORGIA.
I have said it, and I stick to
it, that if the business men and
property owners of the country
do not turn their attention
more to the politics of this
country and do not quit their
business on days of election
and vote anct work for men who
are wise and true and just to
enforce the laws of this country'
and judiciously legislate for
right, the gang will run things
until liquidation will end in
communism and confiscation.
1 know w hat i m talking about.
There are more unpaid taxes
today at. the closing of the
books iu (ieorgia than in any
other period in the history of
our state. These unpaid taxes
will issue into executions, and
many a man this year will have
his property sold because he is
unable to raise tho money to
pay the burdensome taxes, and
yet in the midst of these hard
est times that we have ever
seen, both nation and state are
running up their appropriations
until the alarming condition of
things calls for the most heroic
resentment on the part of the
people.
Talk to me about government
by tho people, of the people and
f r the people. I( is a govern
ment by officeholders, of office
holders and for officeholders.
Public trust means public
spoils. Feather your own nest
and feather the nest of every
fellow that h-lped put you
where you could feather yoin
own mist. I am not familiar
with taxation in all states, but
I declare it to be a fact tlmt 1
know I own as much property
in money value in Kentucky as'
Ido in Georgia, and yet the
■date of Kentucky taxes me
normally $65. In Georgia on
property that is not. so valuable
in dollars and ceuts the taxes
are $265. Why should the
state and county taxes in Geor
gia lie three times as much a?
in Kentucky? hi Kentucky
they have assessors; in Georgia
we give it in and value it.
Then talk about immigration,
and tho tide setting this way,
and all that sort of tom-fool
ery. One million, six hundred
thousand dollars to public
schools iu Georgia, besides ap
propriations to the state col
leges, literary and techuologi
cal. God knows that I want
every boy and girl in this land
to have a good English -educa
tion, but I believe that no man
lias the right to enter his chil-
Iren into free school;* to b« ed
ucated by the state unless he
first takes a legal oath that he
is not able to educute them
himself. Just as is the case
with a poor man when a verdict
is rendered against him in court
in a civil case. He swears that
iio is not able to pay the cost-,
and he can appeal to higher
courts without the payment of
costs. Make every man school,
t'eed and clothe his own chil
dren if he is able to do it, aud
if he is not able to do it lot him
diow his disability with a re
corded oath that such is the
case. I uo more believe iu
public schools to grnducato a
boy or girl in Latin, French,
Hebrew and Greek than I be.
lieve iu public clothing estab
lishments nnd millinery shop*
to dress every boy nnd girl iu
this country iu broadcloths,
silks and satin. We have got
more literary men than we have
places for them to till, and you
have got more pegs than you
have holes to put them in, and
when you have more pegs than
holes to put them iu some of
the pegs will lie around nnd
rot.
|‘AX BURDENED I'EOEtE BAY *<>.
I know that every man who
has lobbied for an appropriation
will sueer at what I have said
iu this article. If all the pap
suckers and pot-politician* in
this country disagree with un
theti I know I atn right. This
much I know: That hundreds
of thousands of tax-burdened
tax-riddeued |>eople will say
that lam right. And Ido not
Ica e what any man or set of
men may say. I will stun .
alone in the midst of the 70,iKk).
000 people of'the United State-*
land speak the honed coiivie
It ions of my mind. We hav-
| got to call n halt or stop this
| sniveling, whining talk about
economy. I believe in th
brains and backbone of a siai" :
and nation running that state]
and nation. Ido not believi |
that the man who labored and
toiled and accumulated sli mid
be left to the mercy of thos
who neither furnish coal for the
furnace, water for tin* boiler, or
grease for the journals. Tin
gang that hangs on to the plat
forms and steps and craw ls into
box cars and rides up and down
tho railroad for nothing, the
are the last fellows this side of
perdition that ought, to be elec
ted directors of the road and
participate in it’s emoluments
or talk in the management of
its finances. Them’s my senti
ments —Sam P. Jones.
TALK UP YOUR TOWN.
It is tile duty of every cit izen
to speak a good word for his
town, That is tin' way t lint
places acquire prominence l . Tin
W'nder is often expressed why
some town with great natural
advantages does not rise to a
higher prominence. The reason
is always to be found in tin
lack of public spiritedm-ss ot
its people. On the other hand
towns that are sadly deficient
in natural attractions forge
their way to the front and are
constantly before the public.
The reason is obvious. They
line blessed with plucky peupb
who never miss an upper!unit \
to put the town forward in it
fairest light and the r< -u 11 i
that it soon becomes known 1.-
amt wide ns a busy center urn
the abiding place of a progtc**-
ivc people. Individuals devoii
of many of the natural advent
ages that belong to the averag
man frequently astonish tip i
world with the grandeur of thei f
accomplishments. It is tin j
same way with communities.
Iu fact communities are onh
aggregations of individuals am 1
display the characteristics o
those who go to make them up
If the people are of the right !
stamp there need never be any j
doubt as to the future of tln |
town. If it is without rui'rotu
facilities tho people go to worl
and secure tln-ni. If it b- lack
ing in manufacturing industrie
the people secure such as an
necessary to give employment
to those ill need of it, and so
with every other line.
Speak a good word for youi
town on every occasion. Study I
its advantages, and if there 1- !
anything that detiacts from u
try to make the good fentu e
so far overbalance the bail ‘luu j
people will consider its defkelt \
cios as immaterial. This cm
be done by magnifying you 1
own advantages and th**u‘b\j
determining to overcome every- j
thing that is objectionable |
Stick to your town. You wil !
never lose anything by being
loyal to your people.
HONOR YOUR PARENTS
Young men, you sboul I lion
or and respect your fatln r an
mother. They have done t»n>r*
Cor you iu your time o’ hei|
and needfulness than any otln-
I utnan being, and iu their oh
age you should care for then
tendetly.
Father Time lias scatt *re
flakes of snow on their brow am
pillowed deep furro« s in thei
cheeks; their lips are thin am
sunken and their eyes are grew
mg dim, hut thoso sane* li |
nave kissed many a hot tern
from your childish cheeks, am
those eyes glow still wish n s**l
radiance of holy love which cai
never fade.
The sands of life are nearly
run out but feeble as they ur*
they will go further and read
down lower for you than al
others on earth.
Be kiud to your parents ii
their last days, and Heaven’
blessings will crown your whol*
life. Treat them unkindly and
mark the prediction, it will so
low you to the grave, and tli
thought of cruelty will la- :
dagger in your heart.
“Honor thy father and tin
mother that thy day* may b*
| long upon the land which tie
- Lord thy God giveth thee.”
To give and grudg*- is no btt
ter than not to give st all.
t’lßUl MSTANTI AL EVI
DENCE.
Privet" JiSlm Allen, of Missis
sippi, is not mi advocate of con
viction on circumstantial evi
dence. Mr. Allen wnsapnsscn
jger on thcjSouthcrn train that
; came near being wrecked on the
bridge east of Birmingham, but
was averted by the rare presence
of mind of Engineer Hawes, who
brought his train to a standstill
just as the pilot hung two feet I
nto space off of the high biydge.
Mr. Allen was in the rear sleep-!
• *r, and on passing out to seel
w hat had happened lie discover- j
ed a tramp, who lmd been steal
ing a ride on top of the sleeper, j
getting down and preparing to |
take to the woods.
“Where are you going,”j
hailed Mr. Allen.
“I nm going to get out of|
this,” responded the tramp.!
“If the train crew' catch mc|
here they w ill abuse me, and I j
prefer taking chances on thej
next train.”
“Come back here,” cried Mr.!
Allen, excitedly. “You fool, i
you, don’t you know the olli-!
eials will be here within an
hour to investigate tho cause of
mis trouble and nine to one
they may bring with thorn a
pack of bloodhounds to trail!
down the culprit. Then what j
will become of you ?
“Suppose those dogs should
strike your trail lending ot!
from lure and you should he
captured? You would lie swung
to a limb m short. Come back
iu this train; this is no lime for
•I tramp to put his life in jeop
ardy!”
This tramp craw led back in
he sleeper nml Private John
Vilen, turning ton fellow pass
•nger, remarked: “l don’t be
ieve in conviction on circum
stantial evidence no way.” —
Birmingham State Herald.
LINCOLN WITH THE AX.
1 During President Lincoln’s
second visit to Richmond after
its capture and only a few days
prior to Ii is melancholy assassi
nation he paused at City Point
to visit the Union hospitals,
.vhieli were much crowded, and
contained some 5,000 patients,
lie stood for a few minutes
near one of the wood piles,
vliere one of the detailed men
was busily engaged in chopping
wood. Asking the man to lend
lim the ax fora moment, the
proceeded in the most scientific
manner to chop oft' about a foot
from the end of a good sized
log, swinging the ax around iu
i powerful manner, ' which
would hardly be expected in n
man of his sedentary habits.
Smiling pleasantly, he handed
ihe ax back toils owner, thank
ng him for its use, aud the lat
ter who had looked on approv
ing during the performance,
mid:
“You have chopped wood be
fore, sir, 1 see ?”
“Oh, yes!’’ responded the
■resident. “I’ve chopped aj
.{ood deal of wood iij my time,
my man.”
When the soldier found out
who the woodehopper was aud
whose service he had commend
'd. lie was very much astonished
and vowed that he would keep
the precious ax as one of hir
choicest possessions as long us
In* should bve. The ax became
quite a celebrated implement in
the hospitals at City Point, and
the soldier was ottered large
sums of money for it. These
otters, however, lie indignaully
refused and took it home with
‘ him, where it is doul less treas
ured to this dav as one of the
I brightest jewels of his house.
According to mailing dis
tances, Cyprus is 17 days from
New York city.
The auciont numarchs of In
Ulia were called pulihotlm, from
the name of their capital city.
Tom —1 don’t know wbethel
; she sings or not.
Jack—She doesn’t' I heard
i her.
W hen a man loses his bal
ame, it makes a great differ
ence whether it was in u hank
or a bicycle.
The box is regarded as sym
bolic of constancy, It is sever
al times thus alluded to in tlm
lighter English poem* of tin
last century.
The common cheese lly is
only a tenth of an inch long.
It deposits about 250 eggs in
the cracks of cheese, though, it
not able to find tins substance,
it readily selects another.
THE MASONIC FRATER
NITY.
The following beautiful trib
. ute is taken from the R,,m*
Tribune:
j “It is only second to the
I church ol ( hrisl , and approach
es that very closely, because it
is founded on the same great
underlying principles of the uni
versal brotherhood of God.
“To fully appreciate the benu
! ty of its teachings and the sub-
I limity of its faith, n man must
be familiar with the inner work
lof Masonry, And yet we are
j constantly reminded of the ben
eficent influences of Masonry
through its pub lie charity, it-
I care of sick and destitute hreth
jren, and the high moral recti
; tude of all good and true mem
bars of the order. Were every
! lodge in the world suppressed
! and every membership dispersed
still would men treasure its
| tenets and teachings in their
hearts.
“It teaches that supreme
' faith in God, which is the coni
j fort and stay of mankind in
jevery walk and relation of life.
It.teaehes men to Jove one 'an
other and to consider all men
born equal, claiming one Fnth
j erland in the supreme Architect
lof tlie l inverse. It is the most
i democratic of all institutions,
as nil meet oil equality w ithin
the bands of Free Masonry. It
places every member under the
solemn obligation to comfort
the distressed and care for tin
widows and orphans of mcli as
have passed beyond the sphere
of mortal helpfulness.
“Go where you may, m every
land under the sun, and even
among the remote islanders of
the sea, you will find the light
of Mnsoury illumining the lives
of men with that sacred nidi
ance which comes through the
love of God and the obserVanc*
of the requirements and obiiga
tions of the ancient order. It
has existid from time itnnu
morhil in spite of ignorance, su
perstition, bigotry, oppression
and persecution, and it w ill live
so long as there remains a man
lou earth who recognizes the
brotherhood of man and father
hood of God.”
SERVANT AND MISTRESS
The laying of the corner stont
of the Jefferson Davis monu
| meut at Richmond, not long
ago, was murked by n purticu
i larly interesting incident, which
is thus narrated by the Wash
; inton Post.
In the midst of the speech
making, an old negro was seei
working his way laboriously
through the crowd upon thi
platform. Finally reaching
the Governor, the white huireo
darkey, his worn hat in botl
shaking hands, made a lov
how.
“l’lcuse, Gov’nor, will ynt
show me whar Missus Ihi vis ar>
standiu’ —point her out to me?’
The Governor looked at tie
negro u moment, and seeing tin
trembling eagerness in hi
wrinkled face, courteously com
plied with his request.
“Thnnk’e, Gov’nor, thank’e;
aint see my ole missus solid
masse died way down in Missis
ippi—l war with her linn. 1
done heerd she'd he here t"
day.”
Tear* of joy were in the ole
slave's eyes as he tottered along
to the place where Mrs. Davi
and her daughter were staml
mg. Until unconscious of his
coming. As soon as the lady
saw her servant her voice l.rok
into a glad cry of recognition.
The old darkey knelt and kissei
her hands, while the tear
streamed down his furrow e<
cheeks. There was for a Mo
ment absolute silence. Som
of the spectators turned awu\
their faces, and all felt Ilia
the affecting scene had lent
a new sacrednuss to the dedieu
ton- ceremonies.
Mamma—Mrs. Drown say
her little hoy looks very mud
like ours.
I‘apa—Then ours must he bet
ter looking.
Marie—Just think of th<
nerve of thu follow to propose
to me. * m
Mortie—Nerve ? Why, it was
absolute recklessness
Isabel—They say it is druid
ful the way Clara runs aftei
Mr. Itiche.
Dorothy—l gue.s she will
catch him. Poor fellow Inis
only one leg.
1.00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE
Highest Ofal! in Leavening Power— Latest C. &.(iov-t Report
Absoiuteh pure
am, sttins
I he yamlvturf is Mil emblem
of indifference.
There an- six *p cics of mos
quito found in Now Kurland.
l-'rom .New York to Aspinwall
will require eight days’ travel
thousand laths require
about seven pounds of three
penny nails,
The marigold goes to sb ■ p
with the sun and r>-maii s qui
escentpuitil sunrise.
Henry 111 of England or
dained that the English penny
should equal the weight of H 2
grains of wheat.
There are n]»pl>v ire -s in Eng
iand that are known to have
been in existence eight liun
dred years ug >. *
The arhor vita 1 is indieative
of nn j! ai ginj • fi
symbol being ito diiubf suggest
eil by the evergreen of t he plant.
I I is said |lint by fi blunder
oil the maker the standard yard
ol the I nited State; is one-ore
thousandth of an inch too long.
Tin first king of the Vandals
was (1 underie, who ascended
the thrbne in -11 K> A. I). Their
last king was (I dimer. fibl o"l.
As a result of heavy rains the
Arkansas river and its tributa
ries have risen greatly and 110 si
ed the low lands, doing gr.-nt
damages to farmers.
The president and faculty of j
■Storm Lake college, the Presby
terian school for western f< mi,
have resigned, and that institu
tion is financially stranded.
President Crespo of Venezue
la, in receiving deputations of
the Liberal parly, announc'd
Mint lie Hr inly intends to with
draw from the presidency in
lg< ts.
The nest of the tree wasp or
hornet is made of a t rue pnpc,
vood being ground t<> a pulp bv
he jaws of the wasp and treat
ed with an adhesive matter sc
anned in tlie creatlire’s month.
The willow has such wonder
ful vitality that, even when tie;
interior is so far gone from d -
eav that only the shell of tin
tree remains the appearance of
ife in green haves and (ullage
w ill bti 1 i prevail.
The seed of the wild oat - i-ms
o be endued with a sortxif life
>f its own. \\ ild oats, when
ield in the hand, will move
itiout in a manner that strong
ly suggests the motion of the
larva- of certain insects.
Little Belgium has several
first class fortros.-ef—Antwerp
and the fortified towns of it. n
lermotidn and l>iest, on the
House, Liege, Huy and Namur,
mil on the French frontier,
Hong, Tournuy and Vpres.
\\'hnt is believed to bo the
urgent cargo of live stock ever
•hipped fr nn this country wi s
alien aboard the Dominion
iner Scotsman, at Portland,
Me., last week, destined for
Liverpool. It consisted of 1,-
>OO head of cattle ai.d 1,600
sheep.
A hanker at Adrian, Mich.,
>vho in troiibl d with an irrit
iblo temper, keeps a barn Tull
>1 cuts, and when Ic get • ,>ut
if sorts h* 1 go* ■ out, griies up a
at and cuts its head oil wnh
an ax. Ilis wife doesn’t ap
prove of the habit, lull is afraid
i> break him of it.
THE RETOKT GENIAL.
A Southern woman who is
now past her prime, but whose 1
ready wit still makes h r a wel
oni • guesi wherever she g.ic-,
ells tliu following story about
in encounter with what she
ecnis a “northern icebiirg;”
she was nt a musical entertain
ment at a private house in New
I’ork, and at the end song
which had 'can delightfully
rendered she turned w ith an ex
clamation of pleasure to a lady
who sat near, and wlenn she
knew by sight, but had never
mot the lady.
The woman nddn ss.M look* d
at her in surprise for a moment
and then asked coldly, “Have
I the pleasure of know ing you?”
“No,” wars the answer, “hut
I felt at liberty to -peak to you
on account of you being under
such very great obligation to
me. '
“\\ ill you have the goodness
to explain what you nn-nii?"
said the New A ork woman
haughtily,
“Merely that 1 ii lus' d vour
husband I'd years ago,” replied
the little southerner a- she
mov'd away in seek a more con
genial atmosphere.-—New y,, r k
i Prens,
Correspondence.
from bcfort>.
IF n>ui>, Oa., Fob. i, 1390.
Mi'. John \\ iifTl **, engineer at
F 0. Alien harness factor v
while going to work this morir-
F'll on I lie ice and broke
*v s 1, - r ; Mr. Mattie is from the
.North nit lias been with Mr.
Allen tor .about, two years. Me
is a skilled flieclmnic and most
estimable gentleman. Much
i'arret is expressed iit hia mis
forltme.
About I lie same time Mr.
\\ jllinm (>. Stone, who is en
gineer at. 11. M. A lien’s tan yard,
w;is gning-to ids work when he
slipped on tin' ;ee and fell upon
his rendering him insensible.
I fe I ' lilnnied iin i lie spot tint il a
|>:i-r!■ v eiianeed to find him. .
'I i Stone has resided in this
vicinity lor a number of yens
and is-: hard working indnstri
oii man. .Much syinpatliv is
expressed for him.
I'll ■ telephom wires are-lying
in d i reel ions.
Owing In the very inclement
weather, none of the tan yards
a ltd -helps nl 11, M. and Bona
Allen were able to work much
last week.
IX MEMORII'M.
W ritten in memory of mv
little neic. . Lula, infant of M r.
and Mr- X. M. Burell, De
parted this life Jan. 10, 1597,
aged two months and twenty
days.
A precious one from us has gone,
i Ihe voice we loved is still:
i A place is vacant in our home
' Which never can he filled.
Sleep on, lilt le I,ula, sleep.
For you we all did lyeep.
A our form was laid beneath the
sod,
Hut your soul is safe in the
arms of < iod.
Dear father and mother weep
not for me,
I’or Im in heaven at rest with
t bee.
\\ hen von look round and see
me not
'ay. '■'he is at home asleep
with Gud.” 1
(i, brother, von must serve the
Lord,
F if you some day the Lord will
call.
Live laithful and true here be
low.
You have a sister in the heaven
ly fort,
(), lather, mother, brother, all,
I I-is parting will not be long.
Rut trust in (hid, believe 11 is
word,
And soon you’ll join me in
the song.
Kr.\ti+: Davis,
Hog Mountuiv.'Ua.
X KWS NOTES.
Raleigh, X. C., is to have a
iiepiihlican da ly newspaper.
Richmond is soon to have a
! modern theater, which will Im
s' coi.d in noiie in the South.
Si nator-elect Money of Miss
i -ippi has returned from Cuba
and is mi his way home.
Lawrence lliown, a young nc
' in, vv..s lynch* U near Orange
burg, S. on the charge of
burning Imrns
George .luck, a farmer living
near Nonabiirgh, Tenn., was
'hot from urnlmsh and killed in
his yard.
M . U. Dt'gge, the po-tmiis.
ter at Xorfnlk, Vu., is short in
his accounts tfo.S 1(1, and lie says
I ' eanii'il t.«ll how it is.
Xearly every building in
Smith Kenton, Ark., was de
stroyed by a tornado Saturday
night.
\\ 1 11 in in Jennings Bryan bus
• plod an invitation ti visit
Rob, i t s mtiiall of Amelia, \ a.,
and take a deer hunt,
•I. K. Coles, cue of th*‘largest
h ut tobacco dealers of Winston,
N has assigned, naming K.
IL Gray trustee.
Iho Menr*>e Cigar factory, at
1 a ill pa, Fla., lias suspended
business, owing to the high snl
aiios by the work
men,
feunessec has raised the £>o9.
OMO neci ssary to make the gov
ernment appropriation recently
passed by congress available.
I Postmaster General Wilson,
j it is rumored, will, upon his re
tiienn iit from Cleveland’s cab
inet, accept the position of pn t
ident oi Washington and Lee
university, Lexington Vu.,'now
Vacant.