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VOL. XXVII. NO 10 a MißAcn;ors escape. Mr. Thomas O'Shields, son and two daughters. Misses Laura and Fannie, of Gwinnett, county, and Mrs. T. P. Watts sb'd little i>abe, of .Decatur, near meeting with a se rious if not fatal accident last Sunday. They were on their way to Chamblee and when they came to a bridge that spans u gully near Nancy’s creek, a . sharp curve was turned, and the mule which was blind, missed •‘the bridge and foil into the big di'ch. The left front wheel of the wagon rested on the oppo site i'.riik, the right hind wheel on lije bridge, while the other two wheels, like Mahomet’s coffin, were suspended in midair with the mule under the wagon in the depths below. Fortun . ately no one was seriously hurt. Miss Fannie O’Shields was slightly bruised in jumping from the wagon, All the rest of the party, including the little babe, escaped uninjured. If all had been thrown into the ditch it would in all probability re sulted seriously to at least some of the party. Mrs. Watts says it was a miraculous escape. — D-KulbNrw Era. TOO M t'CII TALK. If reports are to be relied up on Judge Candler, in sentencing Perry, the condemned imirdere, in DeKa'.b county, to be bung was very severe in his remarks to him, and emphatic in his declarations as t lie facts of tilt cise. Judge Candler is a good judge, but in this he, with many g a d judges, was wrong. A mo tion lor a new trial had been in ite in th i ca?e, and lie should have restrained from any ex pression ns to the facts, unti' it was positiy ly settled that a jury iu his court'would not again pass upon them. No doubt, but what he stated was true. But a fair impartial trial should be accorded even man, and the sacredness and se curity of it should be jealouslj guarded. The minds of jurors are too often effected by the public sentiment and the opin ions of others. There might have been men present, when the judge made remarks, who would be called oil to sit upon this case should a new trial be granted. Some of these jurors might be much effected by the opinion of the Judge and their verdict framed to accord with his public declar ation. The better practic* should be to pronounce the sen fence as the instrument of the law that is sufficient. Talk i cheap and sometimes danger ous. Some of our Judges are too talkative. “Silence is Golden” truly sometimes. LET US BE SENSIBLE. Brave men have admiration for each other without regard to the cause in which they have been engaged, and such meu ar. always magnanimous. The American people, as a wholo, are brave. General Scott was said to have been asked how it was that he was defeated at the first battle of Munsssus, when ho had never lost a battle be fore, and was reported to have replied that it was the first tine he had ever fought Americans; and Henry Ward Beecher, when asked why the Union troops were sometimes defeated, said it was because they were not lighting British soldiers. With a valor uneuquah-d, perhaps, in the annuls of our history, both sides fought in our late war. Both sides could not be right, but without discussing tliat question here, both sides were brave. But are we not overdo ing the “gush’' business about our camp-fires and soldiers gatherings? Is it real or is it cheap sentiment iudnlged in for the particular occasion, that calls it forth ? We think, in the main, it is the latter. The Confederate soldier does not f*el called upon to make apolo gies now, for what lie did then, and lie dues not expect the Un ion soldiers to do so. No one can object to the .chaplet of {lowers to the memory of deud heroes, nor can humtn nature 'wind fault with the living for cherishing recollections of those who were dear to them. This is true of both sides. Section al wounds should ho healed, a felling of fraternity should pre vail, nut we ought by ull means \) * a jiisinfe about it.—-Jasper T .« - -■ The Cmtral Union Teh phone Company, of Dayton, ()., has filed a mortgage to the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank for |B,- 000,000. The Gwinnett Herald. PROHIBITION, A MORAL AND CHRISTIAN DUTY OF MODERN TIMES. [The following paper was prepared by Rev. I. M. Lake, and read before the general meeting at Mount Zion. | —En. And you moral men, who make no pretensions to the cant and hyprocricy of the Christian religion, burnish your morals to the glittering stand ard, then dispatch your daugh ters to the firet. class saloons of your cities to make purchases behind the screens, then ask God to give you more controll over your temper as you listen There is no such thing as chrristian duty which does not cover moral ground, but there are Christian duties upon which morality, in a strict sense, has no right, to encroach. The sub ject under consideration, how ever, appeals equally to both, notliwith standing the argument in common use denying the right of either to intermeddle with the principles of liberty Whatever may have been the evils arising from intemperance >r the duty of society concern ing it in ancient times is now >nly a matter of reference and regret. But its footprint* lead ing directly into the regions of insobriety of modern times where all the sober-minded may behold the horrors attached to its existence, gives just cause for.allerns to all well meaning people people. Turn you in whatever direction and you may behold some victim of the his toric hidra-headed copper worm. Go to the slums of every city of our own, or any other coun try, and you will finds marks of the its venom. Scan closi-ly the professional wayfarer and his features, like a magic wand will bring to light some scar left by the his toric worm. Inquire after the causes of ruined estates and the explanation will refresh your memory of t racks wandering in to land of Delirium Tremens. Consider the world of com merce and more money is found exchanging place with the saliva ot the copper worm than any one article Jiesiile it. Mark the record of misde meanors in our courts, and de ny its influence on the morals of the country and you’ll find yourself noted as a dwarf in reason. Attend a closely canvassed election, and snuff the breath of a low-bred voter, and Helen to his impolite familiarities, then if you have a large gall in place of a heart, invoke God to liless the scenes and work of the day. to her modest complaint and entreaty concerning the lan guage of its best customers. Listen .to the self-upbraing of the hard drinker as reason and self-respect honor him with their seldom visits, and allow his testimony due weight’ in your deductions of right, and duty. W atch the ragged little street-ped, as with arm straight from shoulder with tho weight of his father’s little brown jug, he views with envy the bettor dress of others, and ask his opinion with reference to his present occupation. Note the hopeless sadness ho tries to wipe from his face with his ragged shirt-sleeve as he sobs out hi 9 choked words of condemnation. But it is useless to attempt to exausti a subject, the evils of which are already as broad ns the earth. No nation or tribe under the sun is without its sud story of evils arising from in temperance reaching its blight ing power ir.to every living in terest of the human race, and calling on rationality for exon eration or condemnation. The above thoughts are before uh for disposal. Fcllowmen, what record will you leave for reference to this day’s deliberation by those of future years? —- ———«• • 4a • A CRUEL CUT. “1 have seen better days,” begau the mendicant. * “So have I,” said the ap proached hastily. “But I don’t think this ruin will last long.”—Detroit Free Press. If you are only a picket, try to lie as faithful to your trust as if you were tho commander of au army. LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, 7 UESDAY, MAY 18th 1897. A STORE IN WHICH NOTH ING IS EVER SOLD. In Bainbridge, Geauga coun ty, ().. not far from Cleveland, is the queerest country general store I ever ran across. Rain bridge is a small hamlet, but the store is as large and ns well stocked as (lie average suburban store. It is kept—that is pre cisely the word for it —by an old widower, who has no rela tives in that section of tie .country and is practically a her mit. AVhen the civil war be gan he was running a flourish ing general store in Bainbridge, and math* money during the succeeding four years. When peace was declared prices which hail been grestely inflated, took a sudden drop. The old fellow believed that this Would be fol*, lowed by a boom which would send prices skyward again, and refused to sell his goods for less than lie paid for them. Down went the prices—down, down, down, —aird finally fie was forced to close his store for want of purchasers. To-day his store stands al most exactly a;s it did thirty years ago. It is stocked with such goods as are usually found in country stores, but, of course the Btock is now practically wort I) less. Every day the old man opens up tbe place to give it ail air ing. He is there, bio for bus iuess, if any one chooses to buy what he lias to sell, and is will ing to pay what he asks. “Why, sir,” he said to me, “some of the calico I’ve got here cost me sixty-five cents a yard in 1807. Wouldn’t Ibe a fcol to sell it for live cental’” THE RAZORBACK. Tbe razor back is a breed of hogs raised in the South, befort the war, and is still to tie found in seme localities. He is built on the swine cottage style of ar chitecture. His ears lay back with a devil may care air. His tail has no curl, but hangs limp as a dish rag. The highest [»*»iiit of his corrugated back is 10 inches above the root of his tail. He ignores the slow,stately walk of'the Berkshire and goes in a lively 2 10 trot. He always trave.s as if he was trying to catch a train which bad just whistled for the station, and lie had a quarter of a mile to make to get there. The thorough bred ruzorback prowls jaround in the woods, living ou acorns, nuts and roots and if necessary can climb a tree like a monkey. Occasionally he crowds under a gate and assists in harvesting his owner’s corn crop, and if he has any time to spare from hi* owner’s crop, he will turn in and assist his neighbor, often working at night rather than See the crop spoil for want of at tention. He never knew the luxury of a sty. He wouldn’t get fat it he could, and is only fit to kill on the ilay of eternity Crossing the razorb&ck with the blueblood stock makes no im provement. The only success ful way is to cross him with a locomotive going thirty miles an hour. He then becomes an important thoroughbred and the railroad company pays for him at the rale of 50 cents a pound. The ham of a razor back is almost as juicy as the ham of an iron liredog; but not quite ua good eating sussafras bark. A man who is authority ou razorbacks says a razorback is tbe only bird of prey that is amphibious in its habits and can lift a gate off its hinges without milling a feather.— Cottonwood Falls (Kau.) Lead er. The first ingredient in con versation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor and the fourth wit. —William Tem ple. There are several “giant bells” in Moscow, the largest, “the King of Bells,” weighing 482,(XX) pounds. The farther north the more injurious to tbe human system use of coffee. Greenlan ders have found it necessary to prohibit its use by the young. De reason people won’t go ter church in rainy wedder is kuse deir religion ain’t waterproof. —Atlanta Constitution, Misunderstandings and neg lect cause more mischief in this world than eveu malice and wickedness. THE CLEVER WOMAN A TRANSACTION WltlCII MAUI. 11l HUSBAND HORRY FOR THU ol lIK MAN. Rilling was fall, very tall, with an exqiisit • crop <>l red hair, whereas Hoard) v was slim and corpulent. On the trai . home the of her evening t hey be came involved in an argument over the respective abilities of: their wives as marketers. “Mr. Hoardly,” Billings said, “let me assure you, sir, that I fully concur with you regard in ; the ability of Mrs. Hoadly to market, but, sir, Mrs. Billings displays such remarkable »agaci ty in her purchases that l have never yet had an occasion to question the advisability of one.” Hoadly’s cheeks puffed out for a moment before he replied “Well, Billings, I would not fm the world question such *xccl ent judgement as that of Mis Billings, especially when l think of her tasty little dinners, but did I ever tell you of Mrs. Hoadly’s experience with a Washington market butcher? I have always thought it the smartest bit of marketing I ev r encountered. You reinemb r Porksides, the butbher, who keeps a stall near the lower end of the market?” “I have heard Mrs, Billings comment upon that person.’ “Yes, it was Mrs. Billings that recommended him to Mrs 1 Hoadly, and this day, wishing to buy some spring chickens, it oecured to her to trv Porksides; < so she inquired: “How many spring chickens have you got today, Mr. Pork sides? ’ “I have just six left • f !he hatch,’ said he. “There ihe\ are, hanging on tbe hooks.’ “Now here is where Mis Hoadly excelled in astutem-s) and Homily’s face beamed proudly as he told it. “I’ll take three of them,’ she said, ‘but as 1 keep a boarding house J want you to pica out tic three toughest. Possibly you can let me have them a little Ichs.” “Ball!” exclaimed ’Billings. “You don’t call that. a-dutene-s do you?” “Wait a minute, my deal Billings. Porksides went i" work punching those chicks till he had selected the three tough est. Just as lie has finished in walked your wife, Mrs. Bil lings.” “After the two ladies had greeted each other my wife turn ed, and, to the utter astonish ment of Porksides, totally dis regarding the three tough chick ens he had selected for her, coolly informed him that she would take the other time. Now, wliaf do you think of that method of securing tender chickens?” “A smart one, Hoadly.. Yes, indeed, quite clever; in fact, al most, as clever a thing as M s. Billings would do. But then it would be difictilt for any bucher to fool her on cltickei s.’ Hoadly had been laughing so hard over his story that it was a moment or two before he re alized what Billing had said. When he did, lie sadly shook his head and re’apsed into thought for a moment. “Billings,’ he finnally said, “there was only one person in that transaction 1 felt sorry for.” “Who? Porksides?” “No, old man, it wawyou ” “Me! What on earth did 1 have to do with it?” “Well, you see, Billings, yi nr wife bought the three tough chickens,”—Harper’s Bazar. SOME SNAP SHOTS A woman is satisfactory to her husband in proportion to how much that’is not true -lie ca:i make her believe.—Atchi son Globe, Stranger—But I hear that your New England climate is exceedingly variable. Native—Not a bit of it; quite the contrary. It is pretty much the same all the year around—continually changing. —Boston Transcript. “I guess there’s trouble over at Smith’s.” “Yes?” “Yes Anyway, Mrs. Smith just ran out, looking quite agi tated, and asked where the nearest peuny-in-the-slot di vorce machine whs.” —Detroit Journal. TABBY ADOPTS A RAT. A cat, four kittens and a young rat. were all members of one happy family in Boston. I’ho kittens were born foty weeks ago, in a lemon crate with a hole just large enough for tabby to enter. It was cold the mother moved, taking up her abode in a sugar barrel part ly filled with straw. - Tabby’s master was surprised a. few days ago to find a fifth little one nursing at her breast. Looking closer he sitw the new irrival was a young rat. Many persons watched the foster mother giving to the raf i bat h similar to those she gave to her ow n young ones daily, and also saw the rodent feeding with the*kittens. Three days after the rat’s eyes upended, however, he dis uppeaaed, apparently apprecia ting his incoi.grurous position. THE DAY OF THE RED. TERROR. • January 27. 1300, was the fa mous “day of the red terror,” described by medieval chroni cles. Tho dawn was clear and beautiful, but shortly before the sun rose the heavens be came obscured in a strange red blaze’ It hid the sun and the crimson glare fell upon the earth like the reflection of some great conflagration. -Terror (ill ed the hearts of mankind every where. The churches of Europe were filled the whole day long. Anchorites) and hermits came from ther retreats ’and cried aloud that the day of judgment was at hand. In the after noon and evening some people declared they could see angles uni devils battling in tho air itul that-the blood of the con flict rained upon the earth. However, about midnight the red pail disappeared before a wind and the panic-stricken people recovered their senses. FLORIDA’S TREASURER SHORT. Tat.lanahskk. May 8. —The report of the special committee appointed tc examine the books of State Treasurer C. B. Collins was made to both houses of the general assembly today. The senate accepted (he re port, but a dramatic scene took place in tho house, owing to the fact that the rep. rt. charged Stockton with owing the state *IO,OOO. Stockton described tho charg r-s as extraordinary, and de clared the report would never have been made today had not certain things taken place yes terday. lie claimed that he should have been called before ti e committee, and Pope moved that consideration of the report be deferred until Monday and a committee of five lie appointed to report on Stockton’s con nection with tho affair. The report shows a shortage in the general fund of $lO,Ol-1 88, and a total shortage of $50,- 081.37. All the charges made are ful ly sustained, and tho report closes by saying that Collins used Slate funds in private en terprises, and demanding his immediate resignation or im peachment . Harris and others charged tli*> house not to sidetrack the matter, but Pope’s motion finally prevailed, and the fol lowing committee was appoint ed: Pope, Fulton, Carlisle, Canty and Robertson. Shore was but one ballot to day in joint assembly. The result was: Chipley, 85; Ra ney, 18; Hooker, 8; Buford, 1 Senator Palmer, of Hills borough county, introduced a resolution pledging successful senatorial candidate to sustain the Chicago platform, and was adopted. THE MOUNTAINS. I saw the mountains stand Silent, wonderful and grand, Looking out across the land When the golden light was fall ing On the distant dome and spire, And I heard a low voice calling, “Come up higher, come up higher. From the lowland and the mire, From the mist of earth desire, Fr mi the vuin pursuit of pelf From the attitude of self; Come up higher, come up higher— Think not that we are cold, I Though eternal snows have! crowned us; Underneath <>ur breasts of j snow Silver fountains sing and flow And restore the hungry lands. —James G. Clark, in The Are na. At Brooklyn, N. Y-, a- fatal fire caused the loss of four lives. [ MERCER COMM ENCEMEXT. ’Mercer University, Macon, Ga., May, Clh 1807.— Mr. Edi tor: The faculty and students of Mercer will appreciate it if you will publish the enclosed programme of the commence ment exercises. Four hundred alumnae nie expected to lx* present, and some of the South’s most d:s tinguished sons will take part in the exercises. Special rates will be given from all southern points. • A special trayi will b* run from Atlanta. Macon will don her best clothes in honor of the oc casion, and the Macon Tele graph will issue a special Mer cer edition of ten thousand copies. prooramme. Friday night, May 28, Joint debate between the Ciceronian and the Phi Delta literary >oci etios. Saturday night, May 20. Freshman declamation. Sunday morning, May 80. Sermon by Dr. K. P. Tupper (class (1), pastor First Baptist church, Philadelphia, Penn. Sunday night, May 510, Mis sionary sermon by Dr, A. It Newman, (class 71), professor church history in McMaster University, Toronto, Ontario. Monday night, 81, Sopho more prize declamations. Tuesday morning, .June I, Junior original speeches. Tuesday afternoon, 1 o’clock, Alumnae address by Ex-Con gressman Tims. G. Lawsom (class 58), Eatonton, Ga., in troduced by Ex-Gov. 11. I). Mc- Daniel, (class SG). Literary address by Ex-Gov. R. B. Hub burd, (class 51), Tyler, Tex., introduced by Ex-Gov. W. H. Northen, (class 58). Tuesday night, Alumnae ban quet. Wednesday morning, June 2, Commencement exercises. J. (’. Flank;an. TO BRING THE MINT BACK TO DAHLONEGA. ♦ SENATOR OLAY AND CONUKEHSMAN TATE WORKINO TO THAT ENI). Washington, May 12—Heim tor Clay introduced today a bill providing for the re-establish ment of the branch mint at Dahlonega. Congressman Tate will introduce a similar bill in the house tomorrow. The senutor and the congress man fr.iui the ninth have been acting together in this matter, and they hope to get favorable uction by this congress. The bill carries an appropria tion of SIOO,OOO and provides for the usual officers necessary in such an institution. The Georgians claim that there is no question of the needs of a branch mint in view of the rapid development of the min ing interests in Georgia and tin south, and inasmuch as Dali lonega once had a mint, and us it is in tho heart the gold country, it seems "the proper place. Senator Clay saw the Secre tary of the Navy today and urged that Savannah be select ed as one of the points of ren dezvous of the naval war col lege flotilla this summer. This flotilla is for the purpose of ed ucating the naval militia. FIFTY FIREMEN PROS TRATED. Fifty or more men disabled and one dead was the record of the New York lire department at a fierce fire at No. 101 to lfig Chambers street last Thursday night. The firo was in the large cold storage warehouse of the Mer chants’ Refrigerating company, and it was the fumes of ammo nia and the heaviest of smoke that struck down men by the dozen. The call for ambulances was as rapid as the call for engines. The dead fireman is John Rein hard, of Engine Company 7. Fireman Reinhard missed his way iu leaving the cellar, aud was fiual'y taken out uncon scious. lie died in an ambu lance on the way to a hospital. Those overcome, some of whom are in a serious condi tion, include members of a doz en companies that were called out as reserves, when Chief j Bonner found he was losing his mod on every hand. The file was an unusual one und is estimated to have dune damage to the extent of at least halt a million. Au electric street car of the Portland, Ore., City and Subur ban Company left the track and plunged through a bridge which spans the slough on East Mor rison street. Three people were drowned aiuHlfteen more or leas injured. 1.00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE MISSIONARY COL UMN. [This column is devoted to the missionary cause, and is ed ited by tlie \V. K. M. Society, Lawrencevillo auxiliary. | Some one lias said, “The strongest uplifting spiritual force in the United States to day is the Woman’s Missionary Societies,” and it may be added that no force, no human force, in the world is doing more to bring about, oneness in Christ Jesus. Denominational lines are not obliterated, but they ire not wide and broad as for merly . In foreign fields, long ago, missionaries were drawn close together, and prayed to gether and loved one another, as they sought to bring the heathen to a knowledge of Christ. Such comity reminds one of the early days in Jertisa ’em when “all were of one mind.” —Mrs. S. C. Trueheart, in Review of Missions. And behold in my dream 1 saw a woman fairand beautiful, with downcast eyes standing he fore the great King, the judge of the millions on earth,and in her train, though she beheld j them not, nor knew of their at tendance, there came a great I multitude—little children, j youths, maidens, mothers, ! sirers, grand-parents, looking] on her with such eyes of bless ing, glancing beyond to the face of the King, with loving curiosity as if they would read it to see if the charms of her they go loved would win from Him an approving smile. “Woman,” spoke He. “What host thou to show me for.all the minutes, the hours, the days, the years which 1 gave thee to till with loving work for for me? Where are the sheaves [ bade the bind? Where the brands snatched from the burn ing? Where are the blind from the ditch? The lambs I bade thao feed?” Trembling she durst not raise her eyes to His face, hut. meekly answered, “O King, so many, many years had fled away before 1 realized that to mo were Thy commands given; before 1 realized that my Creator, my Ifedemer, the Cru cified one who died in my stead had a right to my service—that 1 was not my own—had been bought with a price even the precious blood of Jesus. And when 1 waked to tho fact l yfas overwhelmed with anguish till Thine own wzjkl came to me “the blood of Jesus the Christ cleanseth from all sin.” Cleansed, I joyfully asked “Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?” Over the ocean seemed borne to me in answer, the cry of infants in torture, tho oaths and blows of infuriated men, the moans of many mothers, of Rachels weeping for their chil dren, who would not be comfort ed because they were not* And “Come over to China and help us,” seemed wafted on each breat hos air. Lord. I though of Thy dying for them as for me, and I hastened to tell the glad tidiugs- 1 toiled and pray ed in heat and dry,*l sowed the seed in fields and along the highways. And after many years of watching, and praying mid yearning, Thou cal lest nn home, and 1 know not if tin- Work of my hands have pros pered, or whether the enemy of souls caughtaway the good seed as it fell.” The voice ceased, and falling on her fylce at the feet of the King, she lay pros trnto in her humility. From the throne came to her thesi words. “Daughter, she that loseth her life for my sake-, shall find it.” Then to the shining one.- about Him: “Bring hither hei crown.” Resplendent in jew els bright they brought it t< her, each jewel u token *sfcj n soul saved through her efforts “But this is not for me, for 0 I know not if I saved one soul, ” thus she. But at a word from the King, the uir about her i> tilled with bright-faced immor tals: and around"her they come the children, the maidens, tin youths, the mothers, the fathers who came in her train when sh( first stood before the Judge “And these from tho land o! Siiiim,” who had heard of theii Saviour through her, suiq praises to Him whose love him constrained her to forsake al for His sake and the Gospel’s, and to her indeed was givei “tlm life everlasting" which h had prhmised. At the fee which had been pi* reed for hei and for them, she cast he crown, saying, “B 1 -using, anc honor, and glory, and power, be unto Him that sitteth upm the throne, and unto tlie Laud forever and ever. ” Krieuds, if we hear not indi vidually lh" cry, “Come ovei and ham us, ”do we not liea' the promise, “give, and it shul be given to you, good ineasun pressed down and running over. Remember she that “stand* In the Hturt ” if “the itufl” is |*ii at. the feet of the King, shut share and share alike with hei who goes down to the battle In our help. "Money never stay* with me, lit would bum me it it did. 1 OimiS POWDER / Absolutely Pure. Celebrated for its great HavegMV - irei'gth and tiealthfulncss. .A 1 ’ - in m lie food against alum form- of adulteration conum*. the cheap brands. Royal HUk'iv I '' j I'uui'kki ..mi-any, Nkw York.-']?* - "■ a>L mv %tmU >lj[ sunn as possibl- - st. it a' wly into my heaSßPtf'P™^ Wesley. The “<> siial unworthy gif& more bo thrown, Into it;- treasury, bjfcpifi'b Or shill we low embrace Hrg> cross, and give t (tursclvi s and all we have, to Him alone?” % THREE NOTABLE THINGS. Methodist. MISSIONARY IN BELIEF. The Christian that does not ‘believe in foreign missions does not believe in thegrert commis sion. Repeat it and see. The Christian that does not believe in roreigh missions does not believe in the Apostles’ Creed. Repeat it and sae. The Christian that does not believe in foreign missions does not believe in the Lord’s Prayer. Repeat it and see. The Christian that does not believe in foreign missions does not believe in the doxology in long meter. Repeat it and see. The Christian that does not believe in foreign missions in this generation believes Hint three hundred more millions of the heathen world ought to die before we try to tell them of Jesus Christ. How long is this unbelief to go on ? How many more mil lions must die before tbe Church of God is ready? “If thou enlist believe, all things are pos sible to him that bulieveth.” FROM DEATH TO LIFE. A renmikabl reunion of hus band and wife after eight years of ip voluntary separation oc curred in Roauake, Ya., last Friday. At the time of the great Johnston flood in May, 188‘d, John T. Sharkey and his wife had resided in that city about a.month. In the terrible struggle for life they became separated, and each supposing the other dead they drifted to ward Roanoke. The husband had worked in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and other eastern cities and arrived Roanoke on Monday. The w if# who had worked in Ponusyl vaia, arrived in the game section about three weeks ago. She had come to Roanoke t<> do some shopping and met her husband by chance in the street Neither had married) and both have saved cousiderble money. —■. ■ . .. EDITORIAL BASE HITR. The 1807 piano organs are *ith us, but, alas! they play the old 189 G tunes. —Albany Journal. The lager beer tax will in creased the revenue without di minishing the foam.—Detroit Free Press, No cautions Chicagoan will '.rust his money to the keeping )f a banker who possesses a ■■mi ling typewriter.—Evening Journal, The way to keep politic* out if the schools is to see that pol iticians do not get into the chool boaed —St. Louis Globe Democrat. Philadelphia isn’t so slow, she’s killing as many pugiiists ■ t her prize tights as any other nig own.—Cincinnati Coiaitier •ialt Tribune. With thirty of her warships n the Mediterranean, the “iso lation” of England will hardly •ause her to coimnit suicide.— 'Jew York Press;*,.; Nineteen persons at a pinna it California were poisoned by (rinding lemonade. The ua ure of the “stick in it” will be nvestignted. —Chicago Tribune. The powers have decided to illow the war to continue for a ihnrt period Doubtless this s doubtless this is for the editl ation of General Miles.—New York Journal.