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VOL. XXVII. NO 16
THE SUMMER GIRL.
Now doth t hr- mind of ye
pleasure seeker turn to vision's
of that part icular brand of joy
which is made especially for
and at. those resorts where mor
tals are supposed to find cool
ness and shade at so much a
week, with “excellent table,
fine water and splendid orches
tra” thrown in, to sav nothing
( ?)f summer girls, of whom some
are girls in fact and age, while
some are girls by courtesy, and
some are married and some are
widowed, but yet in the flying,
floating, flimsy, foamy frills
k and fm l> •lows of frolirksome
ness and fashion they are sum-
mer girls.
Joyfully and jauntily these
dear products of the times give
to the resorts that tinge of take
lt-all-inness that draws men of
usual level head to depart from
the comforts of home, and fight
sand tlies or mosquitoes at some
place where his bed is possessed
of moving spirits and where ice
is necessary to prevent Mercury
from bursting out of the tube
and rising again to Olymphian
heights.
Yes, ’tis these dear hotel
nymphs who entice and lure the
young man to incinerate his
long green with the air of a ba
ron who-never worked, and to
return after a few days to his.
six dollars a week with empty
pocket and lovely stories. ea,
Very, the time rapidly ap
proacheth, and ye maid with
cheery lips, and velvety cheeks
of peaches cold cream, and silk
en hair, and languorous eyes,
and marble throat, and all
those other things that they
carry around for company and
exhibition purposes —ye maid,
we say, doth now begin to sing
merrily to herself and doth
ga/.e in ye great mirror and
doth wink ye optic organ at
herself in much admiration.
She's getting fixed. She's a
beauty in ball gown or bathing
suit,'she wheels and she walks,
she dances divinely and lias all
the graces necessary to the oc
cassion.
She is getting herself ready,
and we plav our samoleous on
her for a winner. She always
wins Let the unsophisticated
but conceited youth beware, for
she hath known these tricks for
aye and all time that his wood
en head will never gather in,
and it would not hurt him to
ponder over the following from
one of the comic papers:
“What became of that Samu
els girl that Pottershy was flirt
ing wjth last summer?”
••Yon mean tlin girl that
f'ottersby thought he was flirt
ing with? She married him."
Hut everywhere a glad wel
come awaits the summer girl,
an I the resorts are smiling that
i'i is the next number an the
pr igrum, —Tt'ibii n« •
A Waxahaohie editor, long-1
jag for Imyseed in his hair, ex-j
presses hi nisei f thnsly:
»*I want t.o he » fanner ami j
till the vigil) sail, and labor m j
the sunshine, to stew ami sweat
ami boil; I want to own large
acres, there the rye tn sow and
watch the cornstalks wave and
hear the mortgage grow; I want
to he a farmer and grow a huh- '
hard squash, and pumpkins and
potatoes and other stuff, by
gosh; I want to Is- a farmer, 1
4<| upon my sou|, hqt 1 Haven’t
got the money to Imy a gopher
hole,” __
Henry Ward Beecher once re
ceived a letter from a lad asking
him to tind “an easy place.”
This was his reply:
“Von cannot he an editor; do
not trv the law: do not think
nf tlir wiHwtry; l*tt a l ,,|,e tt "
slops, shops, and mprehandjse;
abhor politics; do npt practice
medicine; he not a farmer nor a
mechanic; nejt|jer bp a soldier
ppf a suih.r; dpn’t wpr|t, don't
itm|y, don’t think None of
these are easy. Q, ipy son, you
‘ Jjaye cotpe iutn a hafd world.
I know of only pup easy pi ape
jq'jt, and that |s grnye.”—Ex
change.
4 WAT Kit Tl HK JAII.S.
A water tutte jail is one of the
latest ftchievemenos of Yankee
Ingenuity. It is mi longer nec
essary.to make the prison bars
so heavy and so hard that cut
tjng through tlieip becomes very
difficult, hut instead they are
made simply °f pipes, forming
of a high pressure water
»ystein- Should a:;y of these
pipes be severed, the water
would esebpe and quickly give
warning of the break. —(Jus-
list’s .Magiiius-
i he Gwinnett Herald.
PARSONS’ TWO FEATS.
OUT A man’s HF.AD OFF WITH A
SABRR—RODE 200 MIFFS
IN IS HOURS.
Chicago Times-Herald.
It is claimed by the authori
ties on the art of war that, the
greatest blow of the campaign
between Greece and Turkey was
struck by Colonel Mahmoud
Hey, who with one swift stroke
of his sword completely severed
a Greek officer’s head from his
body. These same authorities
generously admit that this trick
may have been quite common
in ancient times, when stalwart
men swung hj-avy battleaxes,
but they agree that it is prac.
ticallv unknown in modern war
fare.
History is silent on the sub
ject. There is' not a plethora
of literature bearing on its ac
complishment. The original
of all such stories is, of course;
“The Adventures of Jack the
Giant Killer,” which, for ob
vious reasons, does not help the
subject. Scott describes a sim
ilar episode in “The Talisman,”
but the best decapitation story,
from an artistic point of view,
is found in the memoirs of (Jap
lain John Smith. The doughty
captain vouches for the venvity
of the details, though that is
no good reason wl*y we should
-not use the customary pinch of
salt . According to his truthful
chronicle, he overcame in tour
nament the three champions of
the Turkish army, decapitating
each one with a single blow of
his heavy sword.
A writer who is evidently in
formed on the subject claims
that Mahmoud Hev could not.
have accomplished the feat of
decapitation with an ordinary
saber and asserts that tin*
Turk’s yntnghnn was “loaded”
with quicksilver. The yataghan,
lie explains, is a short sword,
shaped something like a butch
er’s cleaver, with an apparently
hollow tube running along the
back from hilt to point. This
tube carries a charge of quick
silver. When the sivord is laid
upright, this quicksilver rests
at the hilt. Asa blow is struck
the liquid metal is hurled down
the groved channel, lending
deadly additional weight to the
blow.
The assertion made that this
is the sole instance of its kind
in the history of 100 years is
not borne out by facts. The
same feat was performed during
the civil tyar, pot. wifli a “loads
ed” yataghan, but with an or
dinary United States army sa
ber. The man who wielded the
sword in this episode. Colonel
E. Bios* Parsons, died recently
in Rochester. Colonel Parsons
was one of the wealthiest uijd
best known men in New York
state, and though he had never
related the story the details
were found among lqs private
papers after hjs death. The
incident was illustrated and
described in Harper’s Weekly
at the time.
It was in 18(54. Colonel Par-
sous, who was noted as a horse-j
man, was attached to General
Sheridan’s stall. While reeon
noileriiig one day with a squad
of troopers under General [>avis
they were surprised by a de
tachment of Confederate caval
ry. A pitched battle ensged,
and Parsons, who was in the
rear, saw a rebel officer level a
revolver at General Davis’ head.
Jabbing the spurs into his
horse, he swung his saber above
his head, and, dashing l>y ji|*t
as the oft|ogr bred, ha made a
terrific fqll ariq sweep. The
Confederate’s head leaped frmn
the shonldefs asj swiftly qs jf it
had beep seyep' l ! My a
tine. flifi feat is in°rp re
murkably when it is considered
that Parsqn* was a slim, beard
less fellow of 21. Ju cqmparj
soii, Malfqmimd 1% 0
slash w|th ius yataghan Joses
much of jts importance'
Colonel Parsons was lire yetted
general f(lf distinguished Ser
vices daring the war, but char
acteristic modesty forbade the
use of that title when lie re
turned to civilian life. Not
only did he perform tRe only
authentic ffqf pf dt« apitqtjqn
during the civil war, hut he
was the hepo of a remarkable
ride. A few days before the
hat tie of Gettysburg was fought
General Meade had an import
ant message to send to General
Harding, PJU wiles distant. As
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 29th 1897.
the route was through a coun
try swarming with rebels,, the
message was written ou tissue
paper, flint it might be swal
lowed in case the carrier was
capt ured. The commander was
in doubt regarding a suitable
messenger. He summoned Gen
eral Davis to headquarters.
“General, who is the hardest
rider, as well as the most trust
worthy man, in the service?”
asked Meade.
“Colonel Parsons, sir,” was
the prompt reply.
“Send him to me at once.”
It was 0 o’clock on a Monday
night when General Meade gave
the young officer his instruc
tions. He was to ride with all
haste to General Harding’s
headquarters and return at
once with an answer.
The messenger retired. Two
hundred miles were to be cov
ered. The roads ' were heavy
and they led through the ene
my’s country.
Exactly at noon on the fol
lowing day Colonel Parsons en
tered General Meade’s tent.
The latter’s face grew purple
with iage, and lie ripped out a
string of oaths.
“Is this the way you obey
orders?” he thundered. “What
are you laying around camp
for? You ought to be with
Generai Harding by this time.”
“I have just returned from
General Harding, sir.”
“You lie!" exclaimed the ex
asperated general.
Parson's face paled, anil he
dug the nails in his hands to
restrain himself, “General
Meade,” he said, in a voice
that ill concealed his anger,
“if you were not my command
ing officer, 1 would knock you
down for 1 hat insult.”
Without the formality of a
salute he turned on his heel
and left the tent, Meadeafter
ward made an ample apology.
Colonel Parsons killed two
horses and went himself with
out a particle of food. For 18
hours he was not out of the
saddle.
A TUNNEL UNDER PIKE’S
PEAK.
Criiti.k Creek, June 17. —
Another gigantic undertaking
has been begun for this country j
of great enterprises. The Uni
ted .States is so large and of I
such varied formation that it
must of necessity be centuries
before a perfect system of com
inunication cgn lie established.
Hut with the rapidity with
which now and great meohani
cal enterprises are entered upon i
the completion of an ideal traf
fic system will be accomplished
here more rapidly t han it could >
be anywhere else under the sun.
The “forty-niners” who trud
ged across the continent, actu
ally leading their teams thre ugh .
the winding pusses of the Rook
ies, would have ridiculed, as We
now deride air travel, the idea
of crossing by train according
to time table as iufallible as
the sun, “If it wasn’t for!
Pike’s Peak there’ll be some
hope,” one of them hu id to the
titst railroad surveyor who
went over the mountains with
his line..
The railroad lias lcqig been
an accomplished thing. It has
to wjnd around Rise’s Reak, it
i'i true, and go fifty miles out
of the way before it comes to a
straight line again. Hut it
| does it with skill, passing over
and through some of the wild
; est and most marvelqui, scenery
known |n rajlrogd travel. The
jcttnyoiis of i dorado, the mmiu
tain sides and the trestles are
j world fainqus.
They Uj-e Rf)W hpgjmqug a
work th»L while it may rob
the Colorado journey of some
of its scenery, will be .meof the
most important steps in the
cross-country trayel which the
forty-niners begun.
Til in is the work qf tnquelljug
under Pike’s P-oak.
Those who are familiar with
Colorado know ihqtit is crossed
I by three rangers of the Rocky
mountains, Those are separa
ted by plateaux of gri at Inght,
which form the natural “paiks”
| for which Colorado is famous.
Above the parks rise the moun
tain peuks piercing the heavens
i on either side.
One of these peaks at upu
I time thought tu be the highest,
was climbed by Maj« R*ko in
JNUfI and named after him
Nothing more was known of it
until the “Pathfinder,” Col.
Fremont, visited it in 1842,
and took observations from its
sides at an altitude of 14,000
feet. In 1858 settlers located
upou the Peak looking for gold,
which was found there in son
abundance, and formed iitt
sdttli menfs, one of whi h
I now the flourishing town .
| Victor.
i The Peak, unfortunately L r
I settlers, is located it. the mid't,
lof tho richest know n spot i >
the world. Here are foui d
! woods, oris, stones and ever,
mineral that has ever been lit -
| earthed. fts natural resources
are such that, in spite of the
j difficulty of road construction,
there a.n- more paths—railroad,
j wagon and foot-running aroftnd
Pike’s Peak than can he count
ed in any two states in t>n
union.
The profit to be gained by a
further development of the nat
ural resources of the Peak wa
the motor power which set in
action the present entfirpriM
of digging a tunnel under Pike'-
jPeak.
It has just been begun imdei
'gigantic auspices, by the em
ployment of two immense gangs
of workmen, who are now ex
cavatiiig at the rate of thirtv
feet a day. It is proposed lh.:t,
one funnel sh.'.ll run in a
straight line under the moun
tain, and that other tunnel
shall branch out from the mai
one, coming out at Sunni, Vic
tor, Gillette and the other
towns upon or near the moun
j tain.
The most important tunnel
will unite Cripple Creek and
Colorado Springs, connecting
them by a rail rood only sixteen
miles in tenth. The trip from
the Springs to the Creek can
then he made in half an hour,
instead of the average two horns
j now necessary.
The starting point of the.
main tunnel, where the men
| are now working is at the foot of
the mountain leading up to
Pike’e Peak, near tl e old town
of Colorado City. From here
it runs almost due southwest
The further end of the tunnel
is at the edge of the mountain--
at Four-Mile creek, in Fremon
county, Colorado, six miles
south of Cripple Creek. and
near Sunol.
The main tunnel will pass
directly under the cone of Pike's
Peak, at a depth of nearly 7,(KM
feet and 2,7(M feet beneath th*
town of Victor. Most of this
lies directly underneath the
I Cripple Creek distiict at. an
average depth of 2,800 f< et.
The expense of exoav»tioi> is
| about !|l 100 per foot, hut it is
certain that this expense will
be-rullv met by tho minora 1 *
; that are brought out in th*
process of excavation. Per
haps iu the secret pockets of
the mountain lies a diamond
mine, a supposition not at all
- improbable.
The contracts for the work j
read that it. shall he completed
Jan. 1, 1904.
Ai.i.kn G. Hhnoerfokii.
This is how a blizsard-strick
en Dakota editor writes during
a siege of 20 below zero weather:
“Backwrrd, turn backward, 0
Time in your (light; give m •
July just for tonight; soften
the ground where the frost king
has lain; oh, let me hear the
mosquito again. 1 am m> weary
of snowdrifts and ic* ; weary of
paying the coal trust its print;
weary, so weary of frost bitb t>
pie; give me a slice of the
Fourth of July. Backward,
swing backward, O seison of
snow; mercury from 15 to “title
low —turn on the heat of tropi
cal zone; roast me until 1 urn
oooked to the bone. lam so
tired of freezing my nose; weaiy
of chilblains and corns on mv
toes; weary of trying to sleep
with cold feet; turn on theheut
mister, turn on the heat,”
>,• —
A VALUABLE PRESCRIP
TION.
Editor Morrisop of Worthing,
ton, Rid., “Hun,” writes “‘You
have a valuable prescription in
Electric Ritters, and 1 cun
cheerfully recommend it fir)
Constipation und Sick Head
ache, and as a geiieuql system
tonic it has no equal.” Mis
Annie Htehle, jMleii Cottage
Grove A ve ., Chicago, \yas nR
run down, c-ould pot eat pf di
gest food, had a l>|ckgcty. wlßeli
never left ft B r and felt tir< d and
weary, hut six buttles of K! c
trie Ritters ruatm'od tier health
and renewed her strength Prices
.V) cents und ig 1.00. Get u Rot.
tie at M. Winp V v aim's
Rrug Stqre.
-»♦ *•
PUSHING TRADE.
A book agent awoke a imui
who was sleeping in Lafayette
square, Init excused himself and
asked if he did not want to buy
a dreambook.—New Orleans
Pieayne.
ALL AM IHA P Pli EHE NSI (> N.
“What is th is report about
your being assaulted by un e!e.
valor man because you refused
to ride?”
“By un elevator man? Oh!
oh? It was this way: I chose
to walk to the fifth story to my
offic«, and the mull in the ele
vator bsat me up. That is all.”
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Even t he chimney sweep hates
a slovenly wile.
Local ITews.
A HAPPY OCCASION.
Last Tuesday morning, June
loth, IStU, Rev. J. Spier per
formed the ceremony which
united the lives and fortunes of
Mr. M. M. Morgan and .Miss
Mattie Ambrose.
The ceremony took place j
shortly before noon at the res
idence of tlie bride's father.
Mr.H.J. Ambrose, in the pres
ume of u number of friends.
The young couple took the
12:550 train for .i trip to the;
Nashville exposition, Lookout I
mountain, and other points of
■nterest along the route. They
will visit Greensboro, Ga., be
fore they return home perma
nently.
Miss Mattie Ambrose was ii
charming young lady, of sweet
ana genial disposition, popular
with the young people and
loved by the older ones.
Mr. Morgan came here some
thing over a year ago to serve
•he Georgia railroad as its
igent, and soon won the regard
>f our people. He has been
honored with a seat in the town
council, and by it with the
clerk and treasurership. In
church and Sunday school work
lie has become a trusted leader
No more propitious match
could be conceived—certainly
none more generally approved.
M’e wish for them a life-long
honeymoon of the practical
sort. —Clarkstoii Clarion.
I'HE POPULIST EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE MEET.
Pursuant to n call *>f the
chairman, the Executive com
mittee of the People’s party
met at Lawrenceville last Sat
urday at noon. And while the
meeting was not large it was
••epresentative and enthusiastic.
Hon. H. L. Peeples was cine
sen'chairman and \V. \V. Wil
son secretary.
The following delegates were
selected to represent the county
of Gwinnett in the State Con
vention to wit: A. M. Greer,
A. M. Baxter, \V. T. Nesbitt
and W. W. Wilson.
The following was introduced
by Col T. E. Winn and unani
mously adopted.
1. That the People’s party
of Gwinnett county does hereby
re-affirm its allegiance to the
principles of the party as enun
ciated in the last national plat
form and hereby reconsecrates
itself to the great cause of po
litical and financial reform as
set forth in said platform.
2. That we are unalterably
opposed to fusion w ith any par
ty and are heartily in sympathy
with the “middle-of-the-road
ers,” and favor the Nashville
conference with n view toohrys
tuljziug the sentiments of i>op
ulists in that direction.
!5. That the people’s party
is u necessity and will continue
to exist until the evils in our
government, of which we com
plain sliull he eradicated and
the reforms which we advocate
shall be enacted into law.
4. That our Executive com
mittee be requested to call a
mass meeting of tlie party and
invite speakers sometime in the
summer —the time to be fixed
and published by them.
5. That the Plow Roy, Hkh
4i.n, News and the Norcross
Tribune be respectfully request
ed to publish these proceeuiugs.
The meeting then adjourned.
H. L Peepi.es, Ch’m.
W W. Wilson, Sect.
HOG MOUNTAIN.
[Last week’s letter.
Crops urn looking fins.
A. J. Guthrie mail" (15 bush
els of wheat•
Hinging last Holiday morning
at this place by Prof. Swords,
and preaching by Rev, Had a
way of Lawrenceville,
Esq. Rates and wife of near ■
Lawrenceville were at church I
hefe last Sunday,
R. V (Vaper has quit sing-1
iqg haby.smig* and gone back
to plowing. That's right; the
baby must have bread.
Mrs. I). R. (River and Mrs.
G, W. Thorns* visited Flowery
R,ranch this week.
Jake Uuthrfe killed a snake;
5t feet long last. week.
The writer visited Rufurd last'
week.
Home of our boys are hauling
rye-straw and tan-bark to Ru
furd.
Oscar Rural! says he will
challenge Hog Mountain and
Pucketts districts on cotton,
Jgmes Rurell id Alabama is
I vp-iting relatives here. His old
friends are glad to see him.
Roys, why don’t you all take
The Herald? I’ll be Jim
Johnson if it ain’t the beat pa
per I ever read.
puck'etts.
[ Last week's letter.
The farmers are very busy
j with their crops. Most oi them
are anxious to get done work so
they can visit around and eat
chicken-pie.
Rev. H. X. Rainey of Mul
berry preached an excellent
sermon at Hog Mountain on
i the second Sunday night.
Mr.f.l. W. Wilson, a great'
; Sunday-school worker of Daeu-;
la, gave Zion Hill school an in
teresting lebture on last second !
Sunday afternoon. We were
indeed glad to have Mr. Wilson
with us.
I lie Children’s Day service at
this place hist Sunday was a
grand success. They had good
speeches, fine music and plentv
of dinner.
< Zion Hill has a flourishing
Sabbath-school, with a large
attendance. The school has
just been supplied with new
books, the Revival Choir No. 2.
Some nf our people seem to
bo bothered with (lies. Let
some professional mechanic ge.t
up a new f'y-tiap and have it
on exhibition at the fair this
fall.
Our |«'iiple want, to know
what has beennm of Jim Lang
ley. 'Don’t forsake us, Jim.
Prof. Mauldin of Hattershop
visited Mr. Horn last Sunday.
We think we will get to re
|H>rt a wedding soon. One of!
our < ld gents madu his ninth !
lrip Sunday.
What young ladv is it thinks
she has, Cut all the girls out of j
their fellows because she had lit
to talk to last Sunday. Remem
ber, Miss , that 155 is an un-
I lucky number.
L. 15. Daniel happened to the
! good luck of finding a bee-tree
hist week containing 20 pounds
j of honey.
On account of sickness, Rev.
W. B. Haslett failed to meet
| his appointment here last. Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Roberts
of Ruford visited his sister,
Mrs. A. O. Bowman, last Satur
day night.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Broad
well of near Dacula visited his
parents last Saturday and Sun
day.
■—— ■ - - • -
The Snyder, Texas, Coming
West has the following: It is
said that a green young man in
Colorado, Texas, after escorting
a pretty,inteligent school inarm
home from an entertainment
was bidding her good bye in the
mellow moonlight, when she
told him that he so much re
minded her of Venus of Milo.
Of course he didn’t know wlnrt
that meant. He went home
and consulted his encyelnpoedia
to find out that the Venus of
Milo had no arms. Then he
silently sneaked off into thp
garden and tried to Imtt his
bruins out against a cabbage
head.
A SAD MISTAKE.
It is n mistake that tho coun
try editor was ever born.
He is u useless eiimberer of
the earth.
He ought to be culled upon
To give an excuse for living.
He publishes resolutions of
condolence
Ami obituary poetry.
Gives $7 worth of |ooa)
Notices for two Jjfic festival
ticket^,
And in return is considered u
dead beat.
He takes abuse by tin* onrd
And seldom talks back.
He writes fueling tributes to
the dead,
Dooms everything that booms
the town,
Is a pall-heuivr at funerals,
A groomsman at weddings,
Write* the murriugo notice |
free,
While the preacher is lurid;
Writes the birth notice free,
While the doctor is paid.
Works for his party lute uod
early.
When lie wants a post office
they put a head mi him.
He publishes city council I
proceedings free.
When tho cry of economy is!
raised
He is the tlrst to get it in the!
neck.
If the times are hard, stop
The paper; but keep tin* sup
ply of tobacco up.
Bpa re the lawyer, the doctor,
the preacher, the carpenter, the
sh comaker, the shovler,
Hut carve the country pub
| Usher;
His business was invented
Dy the devil.
He has‘no business to live,
No right to hope for reward.
His rewaril may be in lleav
! en,
It is certainly not hero.
'Tie his business to make
others,
And be himself unmade,—
Fort Worth (Tex.) Mail.
The blacksmith's bellows is
attributed to Anachorsis, the
Scythian who is said also to
have been tile inventor of the
imtter’s wheel, of ship anchors
and other pieces of mechanism
and the discoverer of the valu
| able properties of tiuder.
KOO PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE
missionary col
UMN.
[This column is devoted to
the missionary cause, and ised
{ Red by the \\ , F. M. Society,
Lawrenceville auxiliary.]
—————
Gainesville District.—“We
have just returned from the
I Gainesville district meeting at
Buford. That district has a
secretary who will move things
up, or we are vastly mistaken
The Lawrenceville society
made the best report. Especial
ly were we pleased with the
statement that new members
arc added to this society at
every meeting, this new life
having been infused by the
visit of Mrs. E. A. Gray last
year.
“M. mroe is said to lie the
banner society of the district,”
—Mrs. W. E. Armor.
“Africa lias today at least
2fIO,(KK),(KKt people who never
saw a Bible or heard the first
proclamation of the good news.”
UF.NIHNU ONE’S SELF.
I expect that if you go into
the business of mending your
! self you will be like the man
who had an old gun and took it
!to the gunsmith, and the gun
smith said:
“Well, this would make a
! very good gun if it had a new
] H tock, and a new lock, and a
new barrel.”
So you would make a very
i good man by mending if you
had a new heart and a new life,
and were made new all over, so
that there was not a bit of the
old stuff left.
It will be easier for God to
make you new than to mend
you. What is wanted is that
you should be made a new crea
ture in Jesus Christ. —Spur-
! geon.
OFUHT THE I*OOR TO HIVE?
, It is sometimes said that we
have no right to ask the pour
to give, tHut they cannot and
| might not to afford to do so.
Did Christ thus judge? Did
he say it was a pity the poor
widow had been moved to give
jto the Lord, and that she
; ought to have kept the money
for her own needs? How could
|he have said so who had the
j “cattle on a thousand hills” at
I his command, and the hearts
of men in his hand to turn
them as he would? Could' not
he supply the widow’s need,
and do you suppose that he al
lowed her to lack for food when
she returned to her humble
home? He is the same Lord
now, and his promise standeth
sure; “Bring the tithes into
my storehouse, and I will pour
you out u blessing till there
shall not lie room enough to re
ceive it.” If we lielieve his
word, we need not hesitate to
ask the poor to give their mite
to the Lord,
Small gift* may accomplish
great results. Tho value of a
gift is nut measured by its
amount, but by the faithfulness
und self-denial which prompted
it, and which bring down the
blessing of the Lord, that I doss
ing without which the most
stupendous effort falls valueless
to the ground, and which can
make the smallest offering of
love bring forth a hundred fold.
A doll sent by a child, a little
card with one sweet Bible verse
upon it may touch a heathen
heart, may convince of the love
of God and lead to Christ; may
influence a whole family—who
can tell where the influence
will stop if the Lord but choose
to bless it? Can you count the
blades of grass that will come
when you sow the tiny seed, if
the Lord allows his rain und
sunshine to fall upon it?—Mis
sionary Record.
THE IDEAL PANACEA.
James I. Francis. Alderman,
Chicago, says; ‘‘l regard Dr.
: King’s New Discovery ns un
Ideal Panacea for Coughs,
i Colds a:,d bung Complaints,
having used it in my family for]
the last five years, to the exclu- i
sion of physician’s prescriptions
! or other preparations.”
Rev. John iiurgus, Keokuk.
lowa, writes; ”1 have been a
Minister of the Methodist Epis
copal Church for 50 years or
more, and have never found
anything so beneficial, or that
gave me such speedy relief as
Dr. King’s New Discovery.”
Try this Ideal Vougjht Remedy
now • Tijial Bottles If’ree at A .
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POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
Celebrated for its great leavening
ssrengtli and healthfulness. As
sures the food against alum and all
forms of adulteration common to
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I’OWDKI; COMPANY, NKW VoRK.
WE OI’GHT TO KNOW
THAT
Sand soap should always ho
kept in a handy fdaco in the
hath room tor remouing ink
spots an.l the liko front the
hands.
Sweet oil with a little vinegar
added will restore the leather
backs and seats of chairs.
Icing may be whitened by
the use of lemon juice and giv
en a pink tint by using straw
hery or cranberry juice, or yel
low by using the grated rind of
an orange strained through a
cloth.
Orent attention should be
given to the seasoning and fla
voring of food prepared for the
sick.
Irons that have one been red
hot will never retain the heat
so well again.
Irons should never be allowed
to remain over the fire longer
than is necessary, but should
be put at once in a cool place
free from dust and smoke.
The ofteuer carpets are shak
en the longer they wear; the
dirt collected under them cuts
out the thread.
There is nothing that will
roh one of his appetite so quick
ly us to lind a soiled napkin at
his place.
Morpiug headaches may fre
quently he avoided by having
the bedrooms properly and
, thoroughly ventilated.
All house keepers should
know the value for household
purposes of powdered borax.
It is a great annoyance to
anyone to have a borrowing
neigh bor.
A well-bred man is never
more clearly indicated thnn by
the manner in which he con
ducts himself at the table.
A mustard plaster will not
make a blister if mixed with
the white of an egg.
Hoarseness may lie relieved
by taking a teaspoonful of the
following mixture every hour:
The white one egg, one table
spoonful of lemon juice and a
tablespoonful of granulated su
gar.
Ktains may l>« removed from
the hands by rubbing with a
slice of raw tomato,
A housekeeper will tiiid it a
great help to her in her morn
ing work if each person will put
away is own book aud chair
when leaving the sitting room
at night.
The inside of a coffee |iot
should lie carefully washed each
time it is used —the brcwn de
posit will will prevent the cof
fee from bring clear.
bumps should have the same
watchful cure during the sum
mer us in the winter.
bamp wicks should be rubbed
sumth, not cut.
A lamp should always be fill
ed and trimmed during the
morning.
There is no remedy for the
fillies more i llective than fresh
air.
Smoking should never lie al
lowed in a room with a baby or
delicate child.
Tlie provident housekeeper
will now begin to make her sup
ply of preserves and jellies for
winter use.
Home-made jellies and pre
serves are far more wholesome
and pure Ilian those prepared
in factories.
Currants and raspberries in
equal quautites make a delici
ous jelly.
Ostentation has been de
scribed us tie way other people
‘‘show off.”—Town and Coun
try Journal.
It is my creed that a man has
no claim upon his fellow croa
tures beyond bread and water
and u grave, unless he oan win
it by his own strength or skill.
—Hawthorn.
bet him who neglects to raise
! the fallen fear lest when he falls
no one will stretch out liishand
to lift Inin up.