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k VOL. XXVII. NO 15
ONLY ONE PANG,
To give no pang except , that
which is felt hy friends when
death removes you from their
midst is, indeed, a remarkable
record, tint ono which every per
son should strive to make" This
was a part of the beautiful im
promptu™ tribute that the late
GeneralToombs paid to his dead
wile. Some days after her death
a friend met him and expressed
his feelings of sympathy:
"YflJ,” responded Mr.
was a young trusting girl. "To
gether we traveled the journey
of life until our locks were j
whitened with the frosts of
fimo; together we visited the
isles of (he sea, the continents
of earth, the palaces of the
gretrU and the cottages of the
poor. She never gave me but
one pang, and that was when
she died. ”
—» ■
We are frequently requested
»to print what the writers de
nominate as “poetry” —words
thrown together with a jingle
at the end of each line, like tiie
music of a tin can at the end of
a dog’s tail. Wo often try to
darn up and crochet some of
these effusions sc they will read
smoothly, but when we find
them with poetic “feet” rang
ing in number from six to thir
teen, resembling a thousand
legged worm, or other kind of
helmith, we have either to re
build the poem or throw it it
the waste basket in despair.
We would advise our breth
ren, that unless they have a
pegasus of their own, not to try
riding a borrowed one, but stick
to prose. Our rhyming ma
chine is out of Mix’ and is too
old for repairs, or we would set
it in motion und grind their
grits over.
Again we say stick to prose,
unless the heavenly spirit of
poeey is born within you—you
can’t borrow it. —Exchange.
FUR TO FLY in the ninth
In the ninth, that hot-bed of i
politics, they are talkiug of j
giving Carter Tate a good, hard
fight, Howard Thompson has j
been a prospective candidate
since he announced he would
not run again for solicitor gen-;
gral, and the wise one say he is j
losing no time in erecting his j
fences.
Then there’s Dick Russell.
He has as many friends as the
pext man, and if you’ll ask
him he’ll leave you under the
impression that he will be in
the race.
In connection with the same
race Co!. Robertson of Haber
sham and Col. Simmons of
Gwinnett are believed to be
likely entries.
Carter Tate is a good congress
man and a good fighter, and
will make the race to succeed
himself,
One may confidently predict
the flying of fur in tho ninth
Atlanta Journal.
JURY GAVE H 1M A WOODEN
LEG.
Portland Oregonian.
A novel verdict was returned
by the jury last night in tie
d image suit of Leo A. Donaug!
vs The City and Suburban Rail
way Company.
The jury decided that the
company pay the cost of tin
suit, furnish Donaugh with a
•wooden leg and also give him
employment.
Donaugh was a mortoiman
on car 85? and lost his left foot
hy having it caught in the gear
ings or cog-wheels of the motor
while engaged jn “cutting out.'
Ho claimed the gearings should
have been protected with cas
ings and that the company was
negligent in not having them
on the car.
The defendant alleged that
the use of casings had been
dope away with tjome time be
fore the accident, and that they
were uot a protection w hen they
were in use, but were to prevent
the accumulation of dust, and
failed to accomplish this, and,
ou the contrary, caused it t<>
gather,
JJonaugji was injured, they
fifty, by *'js own carelessness,
jp» he could tiM® what he was do
ing
Donaugh sued for $15,000
damage*. At two former trials
the juries disagreed. .
. TWO LIVES SAVED.
}tf r «, Phoebe Thomnß,of June-
Hun P‘ty, IIP, »«» to|(l by her
doctor* she had Consumption
unit that there was no hope for
her, but two bottles Dr. King’"
New Discovery completely cured
her, and she says it saved her
litV.
Mr.Tho*. Kggers, IDO Florida
yj., r>an Francisco. Buffered
.from a dfcadful coh|, upproach
tngConsumption; tried without
result everything else then
bought ope bottle of |)r. King's
New Discovery and in two weeks
was cured. Hu i-s naturally
thankful-
Jt is such results, of which
these are samples, that prove
l «l»B wonderful efficacy of this
medicine in Coughs and Colds.
Free .trial bottles at Winn A
gnu's Drugstore. Regularsiae
jOc and sl,
A nc, \J W HMNH, 11
Andrew Jackson’s
MARRIAGE TO RACHEL
RORARDS.
From the Courier-Journal.
When Andrew Jackson be
came a presidential candidate
he did not escape what general
ly falls to the lot of any aspir
ant to political honors. His
relations in private lif> were
not exempt from public gaze,
and so denunciatory were the
revelations made that a com
bined defense and denial from
his friends became necessary as
a part of the campaign fight.
So often have his partisans re
iterated their statements that
probably many of them and
their descendants have come to
believe them as true.
As they claim, Jackson mar
ried Rachel Rohurds (nee Don
aldson) in 1701, before her hus
band had secured a divorce.
On hearing in 1790 that the
divorce had just been granted
the marriage ceremony was
again performed. A condensed
narrative of the facts may not
be amiss at this time:
The “Widow Donaldson” and
her family were caught in
storms while moving to the
west from North Carolina- in
wagons. Hospitality was ex
tended them by the “Widow
Robards,” who was a Miss Hill,
Imbodeu und Mushy families
of Virginia. This “Widow Rob
ards” had moved after her hus
band’s deuth from Virginia to
Mercer county, Ky., and there
in time had erected tbe first
stone house in Central Ken
tucky. Later the “Widow Don
aldson” was granted permission
to occupy the deserted log home
on the estate. The “Widow
Robards” had two sons that
had served throughout the Rev
olutionary war, and were pro
moted for bravery. Of ftiese,
(lie younger soon succumbed to
the charms of fair Rachel Don
aldson, and they were married.
It has been urged sometimes
as a palliation of Rachel Don
aldson’s after conduct, that she
married in a family.socially in
ferior to her own, but this is a
figment of some one’s brain.
Lewis Robards’ ancestors were
old Virginians; bis elder broth
er, George, married a grand
daughter of the Dutois, French
Hugonut; ilie oldest sister mar
ried lion. Thomas Davis, first
congressman from Kentucky,
and after his deuth the Hon
Mr. Floyd, governor of one of
the territories; thesseond sister
married a brother of Hon. Thus.
Davis; the third sister, Sallie
Robards, married Col. Juck
Jouett (Matthew Jouett, the
artist, was their sou), and the
youngest sister married Capt.
William Buckner, surveyor
general of Kentucky, a nephew
of President Madison and raised
in bis house. She wus the grand
mother of a distinguished line,
Gen’l. Simon B. Buckner, Hon.
Richard A. Buckner and oth
ers. Rachel Donaldson herself
was beautiful, but while the
possessor of winsome ways was
somewhat lacking, in refine
ment. Sumner suys of her.
“She was not at all fitted to
share the destiny which befell
Jackson.”
After the marriage of Lewis
Kohards and Huclud Donaldson
they made their home with their
mother. Later Jackson came
from Tennessee to practice law
in Kentucky, As there were
no inns in those days every
man’s latchstring hung op the
outside, and Jackson became a
member qf the Robards house
hold. About this time the gos
sips were oensuring Rachel for
receiving attentions from a Mr.
Peyton Short. The family
thought she was merely willful
and imprudent, but so much
gossip was uccftsiunpd that an
appeal was made to her mother
(then living in Nashville) and
she was sept there for a while
to shield her from tho imiae
quenoes of her own imprudence,
for this family set great store
on their untarnished puipo.
In the meautiipe 4ff°ksqp had
returned tq Ngshvi||e and board
ed with his mother at that time.
When Lewis Kubards came to
Nashville, expecting to buy a
home near his wife’s mother,
lie found Imr receiving marked
attention from Andrew .Jack
sou. Even Overton, Jackson’s
lifelong friend, and ope who
had written an account to vin
dicate him, told Jackson that
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 22nd 1897.
he was causing trouble between
man and wife. It is said that
Jackson changed his boarding
place and Ins partisans say that
he challenged Lewis Robards to
a duel, the latter refusing thro’
cowardice and offering to en
gage in a “fisticuff,” but it is
hardly probable that a man
promoted in the Revolutionary
war for bravery would refuse to
engage in a duel through cow
ardice.
According to Overton, Jack
son’s partisan, Lewis Robards
left, his wife in anger at Nash
ville. Rachel Robards, hearing
her husband was going to re
turn for her, early in 1791 went
with Mr. and Mrs. Stark to
Natchez, Andrew Jackson ac
companying them to assist in
protecting them from the In
dians. In May, 1791, Andrew
Jackson returned to Nashville.
In July. 1791, hearing a divorce
had been granted, he proceeded
straight to Natchez, and “with
out more ado,” as his friends
say, married her, returning to
Nashville.
These dates and facts are
given hy Jackson’s partisans.
Considering the time required
to transmit news in these days,
tbe distance between Natchez
and Nashville and the short
time that elapsed between Jack
son’s departure from Natchez
(May) and his return to be
married (July), one may nat
urally inquire when this court
ship occurred, if not when Ra
chel was ami kuew herself to
be and was known by Jackson
to be Rachel Robards, wife of
Lewis Robards. Gould Lewis
Robards have been jealous over
what existed alone in his brain?
Jackson ana Rachel claimed
they believed a divorce had
been granted. How did they
suppose (lie divorce hail been
granted, if the charges made
were not true? Jackson’s
friends claim that the court
records in this case are the
charges as made by the plain
tiff. It would be a queer case
where the charges would be
made by the defendant. After
the charges are made, the court
decides the case.
Some have claimed that Hugh
McGarey, a witness in this suit,
was un enemy of Jackson. Yet
lie was a man of note in those
days, considered a credible man,
and made bis statements as a
sworn witness. A man does
not necessarily perjure himself
testifying against a party dis
liked. Hugh MeUarey was not
the only witness in this suit.
Returning to Kentucky,Lewis
Robards entered his home one
day to find that his wife and
Jackson had eloped. Near Nat
chez, Miss., an old log hut used
to be poiuted out as where Jack
son and Rachel passed their
honeymoon. It is probable
that after the elopement lie
took her to this placo. Jackson
and Rachel had been pursued
by Lewis Robards and bis body
servant. to tlm ferry. There
they exchanged shots, but Jack
son burned on, fearing that
Rachel might be hurt. Lewis
Robards returned home and
found among bis wife’s effects
letters that fully satisfied him
a divorce should have been pre
viously sought- In the winter
of 1790-91 he asked the legisla
ture (Keutucky was then a part
of Virginia, and such was the
legal proceedure) to pass an
act entitling him to sue for a
divoice. The ground* for di
vorue were desertion and adul
tery. The legislature granted
this act, stating the divorce was
to he granted, provided the
charges were proven true in
court. This act in Section 1
required notice to be published
eight weeks successively in (he
Kentucky Gazette, und yet
Jackson's friends claim he did
not know the suit was pending,
The divorce was granted, facts
being conclusively proved to
show the glaring misstatements
in Overton's accounts.
It is claimed (hat the state
ments of pcopje of pfolpty are
in tl|e possession of Jackson’s
descendants (by adoption)—
statements that exculpate Jack
son and Rachel front any in
tentional wrong doing. But
there are the statements of peo
ple of undoubted probity tha*
conflict. In fact, Dickinson
expressed what was generally
known, when, upon hearing
Mrs, Jackson’s remark about,
the horses, he said: “About
as far behind as Mrs. .Ja ksi
left her first husband when s •
ran away with the gem ral '
If is is true, as is said, tli
Dickinson afterward said 1.0
meant nothing, claiming 1 >
have b“en intoxicated at tin
time, still, it is a well known
fact that a man flushed wit.t
w ine will often have the temer
ity to tell the truth about some
things that lie would discreetly
not mention.
Lida Robards Boiion.
MANY MGS. IN PAST CABI
NETS.
Salt Lake Herald.
McKinley is the first Me t
be president, blit Mcs in the
cabinet are no novelty. Wash
iugton had one m his second
cn hi nut, being James McHenry
of Maryland, who was appoint
ed Secretary of War Jan. 27,
1790. McHenry was also Sec- 1
retary of War under President
John Adams.
The next Mo to bo chosen to
a cabinet position was John
McLean of Ohio, who was ap
pointed Postmaster General by
President Monroe June 20. 1820
President John <)uinc.y Adams
continued McLean as Postmas
ter General during his adminis
tration.
Audrew Jackson, remember
ing his ancestry, made a Me
Secretary of the Treasury, This
was Louis Me Lane of Delaware.
His appointment was made
Aug. 18, 1881. Two years later
( A*ay 29, 1888) Jackson made
McLane Secretary of State, lie
succeeding Edward Livingston
of Louisiana.
In 18-11 President John Tyler
went to Ohio for a Secretary of
War, choosing John McLean,
who bad been Postmaster Gei -
eral in Monroe’s cabinet.
President Millard Fillmore
had a Me for Secretary of In
terior. This was Robert Mc-
Clelland of Michigan, who’was
appointed March 7, 1868
March 7, 1*65 President'Lin
coln appointed Hugh McCr iloeb
of Indianu Secretary of tin*
Treasury, which position lie fill
ed while Andrew Johnson w.is
President.
The Secretary of War under
President Hayes was a Me.
This wus George W. McCrary
of low a, who was appoints I
March 12. 1877, and was suc
ceeded by Alexander Ramsay
of Minnesota Dec. 12, 1879.
The last Mac to sit in a cabi
net was Wayne MacVeigh of
Pennsylvania, who was Attor
ney General under President
Garfield.
There have been four Secre
taries of War whose name l>e
gan with Me, two Secretaries of
the Treasury, two Postmaster
Generals,one Secretary of Statu
one Secretary of the Intern r
and one Attorney General.
Maj. McKinley renews the
practice begun by Washington
of putting a Me in the cubiuet
and goes Washington one bel
ter by making a Mo Preside) t
of the United States.
BRIGHT BITS.
One reuson why all of of us
down iu our hearts huve uo
bounded respect for an old wo
man’s curls is that she never
charges sll a visit.—Atchison
Globe.
“One swallow does not mak
a summer.” remarked the ob
server of men and things, “tmi
it sometimes make a seaserpeui,
and thats a good* start,” —1)< !
troit Journal.
An editor up the state (w
--withhold his name beeuuse h
has a wife and several children
who arj entirely innucen')
speaks of a “widow lady type
wri teress. ” —Philadelphia In
quirer.
“H’m!” said the doctor, wle>
had sampled his patient’s box
of cigars anti listened at In
chest with his stethoscope “It
sounds to me like a cubbag
hoart.” —Minneapolis Journal
“Now, when you ask papa for
me, be sure to lace him like a
man.”
“You bet I will. He dosen't
get any chance at my back it I i
can help it.”—Cleaveland Plain 1
Dealer.
Koopqm|pa| guff Wealthy
Father—Do you know, tpy son,
what strict economy would do
for you?
Robert —I know what it has
done for me, father, apd 1 r»-
sjiect you for it'—-Harlem Life.
“I hear that Iflr. Savgqt t$
livipg (n (he greatest poverty—
practfoally starving. Ogn noth
ing be done for him.”
“Gh, yes, hjs friends began a
year ago to oollect funds for a
monument to him.”—Fliegende
| Blatter.
An Explanation.—' ‘JfJkxctor,' *
asked the seeker after kpowL
edge of the clergyman, ‘‘why do
people got on the knees to pray
iusteud of standing?”
■ “They want to save their
soles,” responded the olever
minister. —Harlem Life.
itiystts Tabula* assist di*eau»o.
ZACHARY TAYLOR'S FACE.
IT LOOKS NOW AS IT LOOKED
WHEN HE DIED NEARLY
FIFTY YEARS AOO.
On a recent Tuesday, while
New Yorkers were doing honor
to the memory of General
Grant, a small group of friends
of another President went to his
tomb to look at his sturdy face
and recall the storiey of his 9t ir
ring life, w hich went out almost
half a century ago. The few
friends surrounded tbe modest
tomb of old Rough and Ready
Taylor in a graveyard scarcely
a stone’s throw beyond the lim
its o c this city, says a Louisville
(Ky.) correspondent of the New
York Sun. Accompanied by a
Louisville undertaker they were
making their annual visit to the
tomb to inspect the metaliccase
to see that every joint was seal
ed so as to prevent the air from
entering.
The glass covering the face of
the dead. Executive is always ex
posed at these times. The face
was wonderfuLly preserved and
the features looked, but for a
few wrinkles, just as they did
forty-seven , years ago. The
face was as white as marble,
and everything about the body
seemed to be unchanged and
perfectly preserved.
The Taylor family burial
ground is two miles northeast
of St- Mathew’s, a suburb of
iiOiusville on the Short Line
RaiJroad, and is one of the most
beautiful in the State Proba
bly, with the one exception of
the vault of the first President
at. Mount Vernon, none of the
Executives of the United States
lies in a more beautiful spot
than does General Zachary Tay
lor. ■
The burial ground is within
800 yards of the old Taylor
homestead. It is within 200
yards of the Brow nsboro pike,
and occupies exactly an acre.
It, slopes to the east, and is sur
rounded by a five foot wall of
j stone. This wall has stood for
many years, but not a sign of
, decay or carelessness in its keep
ing can be seen. It stands sol
id and firm, and gives promise
of standing for a century ye;.
Just to the east of the en
trance is the vault which con
tains the body of the ex-I’resi
dent. It is oue of those old
fashioned, plain vaults, which
are now seldom seen. A cover
ing of myrtle keeps it green the
year around.
Sloping toward the road, the
vault can be easily seen by
travelers. The plain, solid iron
door has no inscription, but on
a marble slab above the door
are the words:
ZACHARY TAYLOR, :
Born November 24. 1786,
; Died July 9, 1860. I
“Don’t expect prosperity to
come back with a jump,” says
the Chicago Times-Herald.
• “We won’t,” says the Kansas
City Times. “If she enters
with a glide; if she moseys in on
one leg; nay, if she sashays
forward on her surcingle, or
waltzes gently forward on her
ears, we’ll welcome her and
brush the dust oft' the best seat
in the house for her to sit in.
It don’t make oue hit of differ
ence how she comes, but the
when ness of her coming is a
matter of much interest.
OLD PEOPLE,
Old people wliu require rnedi
ome to regulate the bowels and
kidneys will find tho true reme
dy in Klcetrie Bitters. This
medicine does not stimulate
and contains no whisky nor
other intoxicant, hut acts us u,
topic and alterative. H acts
mildly on the stomach and
bowels, adding strength and
giving twin- to the organs, there
by aiding nature in the per
formance of the functions.
Electric Bitters is uu excellent
appetizer and aid* digested,
0,1(1 people flnd it just exactly
what they need, prioe flQo and
*t at A. M. Whni ik Son's Drug
Store,
A Rochester astronomer gives
the comforting assurance that,
because of our atmospheric pro
lection, ''a large comet may
swish its tail agnm*t us with
little effect, except meteoric
displays and magnetic disturb
ances,” says the St. Louis
Globe-Demecrat, The iuculent
might also explain a visitation
of air ships.
It is never necessary to be
silly to keep from appearing
| solemn. •
HER HATED STATUE
GONE.
From the New York World.
The marble statue of Agnes
Gilkerson, for years an object
of interest on the lawn of the
Smith mansion, at Smithville,
N. J.. was broken into tlious
aiids of pieces yesterday.
I he wreckage of this remark
able work of art was then cast
in Rancocns creek, and the
brazen testimonial to Congress
man Hezekiah R. Smith's folly
went out of sight forever.
The story of Smith and Agnes
Gilkerson is one of. extraordin
ary romance and wrong, and.
when first made public, stirred
the whole country.
The man had deserted his
rightful family at Woodstock
Vt , and made a new home at
Smithville with the wiman ot
his infatuation. lie became »
millionair manufacturer, creat
ing a great industrial plant in
the out of the way retreat he
had selected.
He also went to congress and
grew to be a political figure in
the state, Agness Gilkerson,
known to those who knew Smith
then as his wife, pushing him
onward and upward.
When the woman died the in
consolalde and aged manufac
turer hud a statue of her made
in Italy and placed it on his
front lawn where he could ser
it always.
Capt. Elton Smith, ono of
the manufacturer’s surviving
children, has just come into the
vast property of his father, and
one of his first acts was to or
der the statue of Agnes Gilker
son destroyed, so that it should
I never more plague him or his.
A dozen stalwart men, armed
with sledges and axes, started
out early yesterday morning
from the Smith machine shop
to do the bidding of- their em
ployer.
They went to work in the
presence of a crowd of other
workers from the shops, and n
great shout went up as they
placed their weight against the
six-foot base sent the white
statue crashing to the ground.
Then with their heavy sledges
they hammered the marble
fiercely, and until it was noth
ing but a pile of debris.
Some of the villagers had
gathered, and there was an
effort to secure pieces of the
statue us souvenirs, but this
had bpen provided against, and
not one bit was allowed to be
taken. A cart took the whole
mass to the creek, where it was
dumped into ten feet of water
and covered with lots of rock.
As a boy of 16 Capt. Smith
had been insulted by the wo
man of his futher’s choice, and
it was peculiarly appropriate
that he should see to it that the
statue of Agnes Gilkerson was
put away for good.
Aii early start m better that
a hard run.
It is no evidence of cowardice
to be afraid to do wrong.
The further one travels the
wrong road, the rougher it gets.
If people Would never do
wrong, they would hardly ever
be over worked.
The man who hue the largest
following is frequenty ou the
wiong road.
Duty is sometimes a bitter
dose, but it always leaves a good
taste in the mouth.
There is always a temptation
to do wrong right by (he side of
every opportunity to do right.
What a man keeps makes him
rich on earth, but it is what he
gives to others in need that
makes him rich iu heaven.
The average person is sup
posed to speak 13.000 words 11
day.
A harmless lotion for remov
ing freckles is as follows; Lem
on juice, one ounce; powdered
bora*, one-half drachm; sugar
ouedialf drachm.
An educated Indian who re
cently spent half an hour read
ing the epiraphs in a cemetery,
remarked: "I guess the only
good w hite man is U dead white
man,”
Push forward, lie generous,
polite and clever. If you start
a thing, keep it up and don't
dispuir, and you will get thro’
the long dark valby after u
while,
"What's that old woman do
ing now?" qurried the stocking
in the work basket. ‘‘She’s
getting out her needle and
yarn.” "Well I’* exclaimed
the stocking, "I’ll bo darned!"
1.00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE
missionary col
umn.
[This column is devoted to
the missionary cause, and is ed
ited by the \\ . I’’ (M, Society,
Law Pence ville auxiliary. |
THE CHRISTIAN CHINAMAN.
A Chinaman applied for the
position of cook in a family
which belonged to a fashionable
church. The lady asked him:
“Do you drink whisky?”
“No, I Clistiun man.”
Do you play cards?”
‘"Nc, l Clistian man.”
He was engaged, and was
found honest and capable. By
‘lid by the lady gave a progres
sive euche party, with wine ac
companiments. John did his
part acceptably, but the next
norning lie appeared before his
mistress.
“I want quit.”.
“Why, what is the matter?”
“I a Clistian man; I told you
ro before. No workee for ‘Mel
lean heathen!”—Gospel in All
Lands.
What can I do today?
Not praise to win, or glory to
attain;
Not gold, or ease, or power, or
love to gain,
>r pleasure gay;
But to impart
Toy to some stricken heart,
To send a heaven-born ray
,)f hope, some sad, despairing
Soul to cheer,
I'o lift some weighing doubt,
vlake truth more clear,
Dispel some dwarfing care,
To lull some pain,
Bring to the told again
Some lamb astray,
I’o brighten life for some one,
Vow and here—
This let me do today.
—Selected.
what she cort.n.
A poor old woman in China,
who had been converted, but
who seemed unwilling to be Imp
tized, was asked why she hesi
tated.
“Why,” she replied, with Un
learn running down her cheeks,
‘you know that Jesus said to
!iis disciples, ‘Go ye into all the
world and preach the gospel t<>
every creature.’ Now, lam an
old woman nearly seventy years
of age and almost blind. I can
tell my husband about Jesu-
Christ, and I can tell my son
and his wife when he has one; 1
am willing to speak to my
neighbors, and perhaps I can
go to one or two villages, but 1
can uever go to all the world.
Now, do you think he will let
me call myself a disciple, if I
can do no better that, that?”
When she heard that the
Lord asked only for the best
from each of followers, and does
not require from any one more
than he can do, she said gladly:
“O, then lam ready to be
baptized whenever you think
best.”
If all the baptized disciples
of the Lord were as conscien
tious in their reading of His
words as was this poor old wo
man, certainly there would be
no lack of missionaries.—Ex
change.
GOOD KX AM PI.ES.
A pastor w rites to the mission
office: "A young lady «»f this
place has been invalid for elev
en years. For over four years
past she has been confined to
her l«ed, und suffers very much,
but while lying prostrate she is
able to use her arms. She has
been making bookmarks of rib
bon aud selling them for fifteen
cents each. Last year she se
cured the sale of enough book
marks to eb-ur sf*t), and sent
that amount for the support of
a pastor teacher in India.”
Another pustor sends f:in from
a member of his Church, ol
whom he says: "She is oue of
God's choicest saints. Her bus
lmnd is a groceryman, but they
are poor This money is the
result of months of self-denial,
and is doubly e.msec rated. If
every Methodist would do as
well according to his means,
the ten-million standard would
float uti the lireeae."
CHINA.
Take your Bible and carefully
count, not the chapters or the
verses, but the letters, from the
beginning of Genesis to the
'amen* of the He vela t ion; and
when you have accomplished
this, go over it again aud again
anil again—ten times, fvywity
times, forty fim^s —nay, you
lead its very letters of
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ymir liilile eight y times over be
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quisite sum. It would take
something like the letters of
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men, women and children of
iluitoldand populous empire
(China). Fourteen hundred of
them have sunk into Christless
graves during the last hour;
thirty-three thousand will pass
to-day forever beyond your
reach. Dispatch your mission
try tomorrow, and one million
•itid a quarter of immortal souls
for whom Christ died, will have
passed to their filialaccount be
fore he can reach their shores.
Whether such facts touch us or
not, I think they ought to move
■nr hearts. It is enough to
make an angel weep.
The claims of an empire like
this (China) should surely he
not only admitted but realized!
■Shall not the eternal interests
>f one-fifth of our race stir up
the deepest sympathies of our
nature, the most strenuous ef
forts of our blood-bought pow
er? Shall not the low wail of
helpless, hopless misery arising
from one-half of the heathen
.vorld pierce our sluggish ear
iud rouse us, spirit, soul and
body, to one mighty, continued,
unconquerable effort for China’s
salvation?—J. Hudson Taylor.
SOMETHING NEW IN
.1 CRIES.
i
A COLORED WOMAN FOREMAN IN
THE THIAI. OF A CASE IN
DENVER.
Denver (Colo.) Times.
A precedent was established
in Hunt’s court today which
created considerable merriment
The first woman juror in the
history of Arapahoe county jus
tice courts was impaneled in
the cuse against Dominic Goth
er, an Italian, who was charged
with the theft of 10 cents’ worth
of coal from a coal company.
The woman juror, Mrs. Jennie
Pierson, colored.
When the e*ae was called the
defense asked for a jury, and
the court had to graut the re
quest. Deputy Sheriff' Howard
I,a Due saw the court room was
crowded with spectators, and
experienced a happy sensation,
thinking that he would have no
difliculty in securing a jury out
of the people present.
So six men were cubed inside
the railing, and were subjected
to a tiresome examination by
the prosecution, who entertain
ed fears that they were going to
ho buncoed. One after another
they were excused, until the six
were all disposed of, and Da
Due had to return for more.
This was repeated several
times, aud finally those of the
spectators who had not been
called feared that they might,
and departed.
Things were beginning t > lot k
bud for Da Due, and he win
about to take his hat and can
vass the streets for jurors, when
his i ye rested upon Jennie Pier
son, a damsjd weighing -*i*>
pounds. He stopped for a mo
ment, scratched his head, and
thought.
Why could not Mrs. Pierson
answer lus purpose, and save
him a half-day’s work? lie
came to the conclusion that she
could, and summoned her. She
was accepted by both sides, autl
tlie ease went to trial, Mrs.
Pierson being honored with the
position of foreman.
After being out one minute
by the court clock, the juiy re
turned a verdict of not guilty.
HAD A GOOITMEMORY.
‘How old are you, Johnny V
•Six.’
‘Ever been ill V
‘Yes.’
‘Often V
‘No.’
‘Ever had the doctor ?’
‘Yes.’
‘How often ?’
‘Just once,'
‘How king ago was that V
"Bout six years ago.’
‘What was the matter then ?’
‘I was getting horned.’
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