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VOL. XXVII. NO 20
THE BEATEN PATH,
How often ono Item's the re
mark in vindication' of some un
usual Uno of thought or action:
“Well, anything to got out of
the bouton path.” Vet the fact
that the path is a beaten one
proves it to bo serviceable. In
the couslant march of humanity
those who wander-or. into by
paths that lead nowhere be
come hopelessly, bewildered;
they catch at every passing fad
and flimsy fancy, and out of
them endeavor to form new
theoriei of life and truth; they
are continually searching for
truth, blind to the fact that
the path they have forsaken is
absolutely paved with great
truths. In their estimation,
tn 1 1 exists anywhere else than
there; that is just a road foi
the unthinking herd, the plod
ders who have not ambition to
“soar on wings of unfettered
thought,” and so they wander
on, constantly mistaking the
“shadow for the substance,”
until the beaten path is left so
far 111 the distance that even
their standards of right and
wrong become vague and un
certain.' . No; we must walk in
the beaten road of common
sense and common usage. Al'
of our duties lie there, and it
we loruako it, we deliberately
turn away from them. Char
acter develops along this road.
The men and women who ac
complish great things in the
world walk here, and if happi
ness or peace of mind exij,„-
anvwhero, it must be on this
w. ll tried path.—Margaret Max
well.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUS
TRIAL.
Water pipes of paper are a
success in England.
Philadelphia i.i to buy Prof.
Cope’s collection of lossils for
$ hO,OOO.
Aluminum helmets have not
proved entirely successful in
the German Army.
•
Dr. E. C. Stirling. F. R.S.,
andennees that he iias discov
ered in the dry basin of a South
Australian lake, remains ol au
extinct bird which, in lile,
measured t\v- lve feet in height.
Rowlocks which prevent the
oar from slipping, and turning
around are formed with a metal
plate screwed fast' to the under
side of the oar, fastened to an
upright pin bv a hinge, so the
oar can move freeiy up and
down and back and forth, the
pin being locked fast to the
boat.
A new combination for wheel
men consists of a bicycle sup
port and tire inllator in one,
the device being clamped onto
the frame of tho wheel and fit
ted with a tube to connect it
with the valve, the piston rod
being extended and locked fast
Wfien it it* desired to support tll“
wheel.
A French sci otitic writer
points out iliut a mere gain in
weight should not, in itself, be
taken as an indication of im
proved bodily condition. It is,
according to him, rather a ques
tion of the density than of (he
quantity of tis-ms that cover
the boms. When increase of
weight results from increased
density, then the le-altl) is real
ly improved,
The legs of insects are pecu
liarly adapted to tin ir modes of
life. The Water beetle's leg is
provided with miction disks,
which enable bill) to cling to
anything lie touches and to
walk upside down. Ants, beetles
and other insects have small,
line combs on their legs, which
tiny use simply to brush oft'
their antenna-. This is what
the common bouse llv is doing
w hen you see him rub Ins legs
( ver the fore part of Ills bead.
The outlerpilla is supplied with
abdominal legs, which disap
pear wln-u he becomes a moth
or a butterfly.
“All editors duty,” says un
exchange, “is tn hj.ouU of his
town as the* holiest place he-
Death the blue arch of heaven.
Speak of a deceased citizen as a
‘fallen oak’ when he died .of
jim-jams. Call a man a prom,
jnent. inlluential citizen when
you know he is the best poker
flayer in town. Speak of a
Jtreet A«th as a bright-eyed
youth on the road to fame; a
big-footed, newly married wo
man as the bountiful and ac
complish'd bride, Call a man
» r, has a few dusty bolts id
'*o and a soldiers blue coat,
prosperous and experienced
dry goods merchant; call a law
yer a leading light, of whom
the profession should b« proud,
when you know him t< he an or
dinary pelt ifoger. —Comanche
(Tex ) Chi' f.
lit.K.VS ARNICA SAI.VK
Pp- tp'.p Salve in the wurlit fill
C’uls,' itruises, Se.es, Sal Itheuni,
Tt*t»t r, < hapjM tl 11 *ml
CJJjilfolaiMS « Mfii* itiitl till Skin
Krupt mis, Hit* 1 jKi.-itiv**!y cures
piles, »»r ii*i ji;*y equiivd, I i*
jjlitiatitec.il to ve pcrlect silt i»*fH* -
jjiunjur iMuiiey rclumlHti Price 2ft
ceilfs v Ihii Kor *hlh by
A. M.Wiou Lawreacevule Ga
THE GWINNETT HERALD.
IN LOVE AND WAR.
When Charles was thirty In
decided that he had gone to
school long enough. Ilia fath
er had arrived at that conclu
sion years before, but the son’s
indomitable determination to
conquer at least the rudiments
of his profession before lie
should enter upon active prac
tice, made liin'i deaf to all pa
ternal entreaties to return
home, until one morning lie
waked up to find that his thick
bronze beard had developed
several actually gray threads.
Consequently, one fine spring
morning all Blissfield was elec
trified to see. as it. passed the
quaint old Dayton homestead,
a modest, little gilt sign bear
ing the simple words, “Dr.
Charles Dayton.”
He didn’t “take” at first.
He wore short coa's in direct
opposition to all former ideas
of the professional man’s dress,
and lie didn’t seem to remem
ber anybody whom he had
known in his youth.
It wasn’t because he was
proud, he knew, but lie bad
been occupied with graver
things during his absence than
remembering who was the sister
•to his Sunday-school teacher,
and who married the youngest
of t he Barker girls.
But after a year or so of
doubt they Bogan to understand
him, especially when his supe
rior skill hud saved the darling
of nearly every household in
town when the scarlet fever
threatened to lil! the tiny grave
yard on the edge of town.
Dr. Charles, ns they learned
to call him, had an additional
trait in his favor; he knew how
to neglect each and every wo
man in Blissfield with equal
severity. Not that women en
joy being neglected, but they
always develop a sort of respect
for a man who doesn’t stoop to
them, provided ho is consistent
in his frigidity to all the wo
men in the place.
At the end of five years two
things had taken place in Bliss
lield. Dr. Charles was the-idol
of the town, and young Tom,
tho baby of the Dayton family,
was going to celebrate reaching
his majority by taking unto
himself a wife.
It. was an awful mistake,
thought the whole household
when the downy-cheeked Tom
stood up in blushing bravado
on bis return from his junior
year at college, and persisted
in bis statement that lie was
mver gi ing to school again.
For that fall he was to become
the husband of the dearest lit
tle girl in all the world.
But reason settled upon them,
and the only stipulation was
that the little maiden should
come for a visit to the family
of her future husband some
time that summer.
One morning rate in July
Miss Dayton and her brother
Tern set out for the East, and
returned a week later with the
tiny lady, who was in a pretty
stete of nervousness at the
strangeness of the situation.
Dr. Charles was out in the
country at. the bedside of a pa
sient, and when, after mid
night, he stumbled in, dripping,
splashed with mud after his
long ride in the storm and sick
at heart (his patient had died
in spite of his elTorts) he hud
forgotten all about the expect
ed visitor till he caught sight of
a little sailor hat and a pair of
crumpled gloves on the table
in the hall.
11 seemed so very odd to find
young, so daintily feminine, in
this staid old house, that be
stood long in the dimly-lighted
hall, alisently smoothing out
the tiny gloves, pressing each
linger in place and noting with
an indulgent smile that a but
ton was missing from the left
wrist.
Dr. Charles slept badly that
night and awoke with the sun
in spite of the late hours of the
night before Some way the
lirst tiling to come into bis
mind as he opened his eyes was
the rumpled, tiny, buttonless
gluve in the hall helow, and
the more he tried tu throw oil
the memory ttie closer it clung
to him.
When he reached the lower
hall he found himself again hy
the little table with the little
hat and gloves, and lie put out
his hand with a touch almost
caressing. Just as his fingers
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY 27th 1897.
met the pretty feminine trifles
he heard a fresh young voice
just, behind him saying:
“I’ll take these, if they are
in your way. I forgot them
last night.”
Dr. Charles wheeled about
guiltily. There, on the lower
step, was a young girl, looking
straight at him from the most
baby-like blue eyes ever light
ing the face of woman.
Dr. Charles, later on, in an
alyzing his feeling, realized that
he had experienced three dis
tinct. sensations at the first
sight of her.
First, that of the critic, in
which lie was amazed to see
here in the actual flesh the girl
whom lie hud always before
thought existed only in senti
mental novels.
Secondly, as the physician,
who frowned at the extreme
slightness of the figure, the
frail waist, the tiny neck.
And lastly, as the man, who
wanted to take her close in his
arms, to kiss her, to love her.
and to call her his own.
“I really must beg you to
forgive me, but a young lady is
so rare a pleasure in this house
that. I was overwhelmed at my
good fortune.”
Finally, gathering himself to
gether, he walked over to her,
and, taking one of her hands in
each of his, he said, gravely:
“You are to be my sister, I
suppose, fam brother Charles. ’
Eloise was herself again, and
smiled charmingly as she said:
“I knew you immediately.
I’ve known you for a long time,
I think, for Toni talks of you
all the time.”
e
She was most delightful, Dr.
Charles confessed, but some
way it rankled that she should
accept him so much as a mat
ter of course. He would have i
preferred her to look upon him
more as a man t<> be studied
rather than a problem already
solved.
What a fool lie had been to
cull her his little sister. He
didn't want to think of her as a
sister: lie didn’t want her ever
again to speak of Tom in that
familiar way, as though every
thing was settled.
Then he deliberately drew
iier close to him and kissed her
Tairly on her smooth, white
forehead. She struggled away
with a little cry, while her face
grew deadly pale. Then she
said with a nervous, hurt little
laugh which sounded pitifully
like a sob:
“Of course, since you are
Tom’s brother.”
When he came down to break
fust he found the family at. the!
table, but Tom rose with a
strange new pride to present
his lady love to his fine big
brother.
Then the physician said, in a -
grave, calm tone: “I met
Eloise in the hall this morning.
I kissed her. ”
If consternation had been in
her midst, before, it. now rose to j
a terrible pitch. Toni’s fingers j
clutched the edge of the table |
and he drew his breath sharply, i
when little Eloise, with that
tact which heaven sometimes
sends women in their times of
peril, answered:
“Yes, and he called me his
little si-der. He isn’t much
used to kissing n girl, though,
1 know, for he did it so queerly,
and—he kissed me on the fore
head, Tom, while you always
choose my lips.”
It was an awfully bold thing
to do, but then it is the light
ning flash which clears the sky.
The lover wavered, tried to
speak once or trice, and dually
ended by bending over and sa
luting tile little girl squarely
on Die lips,
“There, sweetheart, we’ll |
show him how it ’s done. ” And '
the amazed Miss Elizabeth
ejaculated, “Mercy me!” so
loudly, tliut the whole party
went off into a nervous but
steadying laugh.
Dr. Charles look up his med
icine case and hurried down the
street the instant that the uieul
was oyer. lI H stayed away for
three days and nights, but
when Sunday came lie appeared
among as usual, apparently as
grave, us preoccupied us hefon*.
the tiny Eloise came to Bliss
field.
He did not aeeompany them
to church, but as ho watched
her hy Tom’s side, duinty in
the suowy uiusliu gowns she
wore so much, he tnrn.-d away
with a mighty purpose in }iih
eyes. From that instant it. was
fated that. Eloise should be the
wife of the man who didn’t
know how to kiss her, instead
(d the gay-hearted boy whose
privilege it now was to claim
her as his own.
One morning, when Eloise
had been laughing with tin
family on the shaded lawn, a
telegram was brought her an
nouncing the sudden death o’
her lather, and so Elizabett
and Tom started suddenly away
from Blisslield with their ter
ror-stricken charge.
Tom decided to return to
college, but he stoutly refused
to go back to his former school,
which was near Eloise’s home,
but. chose instead a seat of lean
ing fart her east.
Finally one February morn
ing there arrived a short, un
happy note, in which poor
Eloise begged to come to visit
the Dayton family, “Mamma
is at sister’s, whose baby ba
the scarlet fever, so they won’t
let, me stay with them, and it is
so lonesome here in this hig
house with no one but the ser
vants. Besides. I want to tall
to you about Mr. Thomas Day
Dr. Charles’ heart leaped foi
joy. This formal “Mr, Thom
as Dayton” spoke volumes.
And so the little girl came to
Blissfield the second time, and
reached the Dayton home on
another stormy night, this time
to be welcomed by tile bearded
doctor standing by the glowing
lire and Jedding out both his
hands. Elizabeth the next day
fold him all Eloise’s confes
sions of Tom’s neglect, and add
ed:
"She puzzles me, Dr. Charles.
She doesn’t seem to be half so
broken-hearted as I expected.
I really think that her pride is
hurt.worse than her affections.
And I thought she loved him
so. ”,
The climax came when a
whole week passed without a
letter from Tom, and Eloise,
setting her white lips and blink
ing back her tears of mortifica
tion, wrote to offer to release
him from his engagement. The
speed and eagerness with which
he accepted almost took her
breath away.
Dr. Charles was standing in
the ball in the twilight, Is fore
the grate, where lie had wel
comed her the stormy uiglit a
few weeks ago.
As his eyes fell on Eloise,
half broken, half radiant, there
sprang into them such a light
as made her drop her own. She
realized that Elizabeth iiad told
him tlie-whole pititill, shameful
little story, even to sending t'.e
ring hack in its tiny white satin
( hed, and yet, somehow,* she
never was so happy before.
“Yon are free again, Eloise?’
lie hint taken the little- left
hand and turned it till the (Re
light showed the bare third
finger. And poor Eloise could
only suv a little" half sobbing
,s v, »»
1 es.
“Then,” suid Dr. Charles,
solemnly, “1 may ask you to
give up that, freedom uguiii,
and to teach me to kiss you as
Tom did.’—Chicago Tribune.
Once a gentlemen reproved
Ins negro servant for serving a
duck for dinner to which there
was only one leg, lie suspect
ed Sum of having eaten the
missing limb.
“Oh no, sir,’ replied Sam.
•Th ese ducks have only one
leg.”
“Indeed I” said the master.
1 must see tliem.”
So the next morning lie told
Sam t" show him the one legged
ducks. Sam conducted hi»
master to the poultry yard and
pointed to half dozen ducks,
each stunding on one leg near
the pond.
“There, sail!” lie exclaimed.
'l’ll faster waved his arms
anu cried out, ‘‘Shoo! shoo!,’’
und the ducks scampered away.
“How uhout that!” he said
turning to Sam.
“Tliaa’s right, sab,’’ returned
Sam ca'mly, “hut wh, didn’t
yo’ slum ile oiler duck wat wus
on the tuble las’ nigut?'*—New
Orleans Picayune.
■
Some people won’t advertise
because they say the paper is
notread, lint just let one of
them he caught kissing another
man’s wife or trying to hold up
the side lit a building some dark
night and Ins time changes. If
the printing ollice is in the gar
ret of a seventeen story build*
mg he will climb to the top to
ask the editor to keep i]uiet.—
Dublin Telephone.
Mo ion Overruled
SUPREME COURT REFUSES
A NEW TRIAL FOR
PERRY.
TIIK DECISION IN ECU,
Berry v. the State. Before Judge
Candler. Dekalb Superior
court .
Lumpkin, P. J.—l Although
in order for the holding of a
qiecial term of a superior court
•nay recite “that Here is im
portant bimineas pending in
that court, and that it is to the
interest of that county” that
such special term lie held “for
lie trial of the same,” it is
nevertheless lawful, at the spe
cial term, to dispose of any
business properly coming before
the c-ouit. whether tho saim
was pending therein when the
order was passed or not. Wl.e e
sioh an order expressly directs
lie drawing of a grand jury for
the special term, it obviously
ontemplates the trial at that
ttrm ol any indictment which
may be returned.
2. A writing signed by a per
son since deceased, when in ur
ticulo mortis and conscious ul
his condition, is, when accom
p uned / by evidence show in * that
it was read over to him, that he
understood its contents, .and
that lie intended it as his dying
leclatalion, admissable in evi
dence so far it relates to “the
•auso of his death and the per
son who killed him,” no matter
when or by whom it is prepared;
the circumstances attending its
preparation, and any question
is to whether or not the de
c-ased understood its contents,
b dug for consideration by the
jury in determining what weight
should be attached to such dec
laration .
ft. Where a specified portion
of such a declaration relates to
events occurring a considerable
time before the homicide and
does not fall within tho provis
ions of tho statute under which
dying declarations are admitted
in evidence, such portion, upon
a distinct objection thereto
properly and duly made, should
lie excluded: but erroneously
allowing it to go the jury is not
cause for a new trial when it
could neither have had any
b aring whatever upon the ques
tion of the guilt or innocence
of the accused, nor in any man
ner have operated to his preju
dice.
•1. While it is the right of any
o ie on trial for muriior to at
tack, when put in evidence
against him, the dying declara
tions of the deceased by preving
his general bad character, the
refusal of a continuance to en
able the accused to produce evi
dence ft r this purpose is not
cause for a new trial when, in
di-pend* ntly of the dying dec
larations, his guilt was unequiv
ocally established, ami the rec
ord ns a whole conclusively
shows that being deprived of
tlm impeaching evidence did
him iij injury.
f>. Whether this court should
deal with the errors pointed out
in-the two preceeding notes ex
clusively with reference to their
tearing upon tin- < o -redness of
the jury’s conclusion of fact
that the accused man was guilty
of the crime of murder, or
should also in this connection
consider the question whether
or not these errors in any man
ner contributed to the refusal
by the ury to relieye the ac
cased oi the death penalty by
recommending his imprison
ment for life, there should be
no new t rial in the present case
This is beyond doubt true if the
duty of this court in this re
spect i» limited as first indica
ted; an I even if such duty ex
tends to making the additional
inquiry suggested, the answer
thereto which the record imper
atively demands is, that neither
the refusal of the continuance,
nor admitting the illegal evi
dence. nor both combined, when
these mutters are considered in
the light of the undisputed facts
of this ease and of the state
ment of the accused, ought to,
or in any degree of probability
would, have caused any modi
fication of the general verdict
of guilty in which the trial re
sulted.
(1. An introduction in a trial
for murder, to the effect that it
is iuiiii iterial from what source
malic springs, does not inter
fere with or abridge “the pre
rogative of the jury to recoin
mend imprisonment for life;”
nor is it, in such a trial, erro
neons to charge that the inulice
“Used not exist fur any length
us tint"” previous to the homi
cide.
7. |t being manifestly true
that lln< presumption of malice
which the law raises from proof
of a homicide may he rebutted
hy any evidence introduced at
the trial, whether hy the state
or by the accused, the sollowing
charge was erroneous; “Wbeto
the homicide is proved by the
state to be the act of the de
fendant, the law presumes mal
ice; and unless the evidence of
fered to prove the homicide
should relieve the defendant or
mitigate the crime, he should
be found guilty of murder, as
charged.” This charge, in the
present case, did the accused
no injury, because thero was
nothing in the evidence offered
by him which could have re
duced the grade of the homi
cide below that of murder.
8. Where in such a trial it
was conclusively proved that
the accused deliberately armed
himselt with deadly weapons
lor the purpose of killing the
deceased,fand with one of them
accomplished this purpose, a
charge that providing weapons
was a circumstance, which the
jury were authorized to consider
in determining whether or not
there was malice, was not harm
till to the accused because it
tailed to state that the purpose
tor which the weapons were
provided should also be consid
ered in passing upon the que*
tion of malice.
9. A charge to the effect
that a homicide committed on
Monday could not be justified
by proof of an offense commit
ted upon the wife of the accuser!
mi the preceding Friday, was
certainly correct; and the fact
that the latter, in his statement
claimed that lie did nut until
Saturday know of the crime
which he alleged had been com
mitted upon iiis wife by the de
ceased on Friday, did not ren
der the charge erroneous; for
though it may not have been
precisely adapted to the facts
in issue, it was, as an abstract
proposition, sound law.
10. One against whom, or
whose wife, an ofl'ense no mat
ter how heinous has been com
mitted, cannot in law be justi
fied “in taking vengeance in
his own hands and in deliber
ately seeking out and following
up the wrongdoer and slaying
him.”
11. The question of “cooling
time” cannot arise, and the law
of voluntary manslaughter has
no application in a case where
the slayer premeditated the
homicide, made careful prepara
tions to take the life of the de
ceased, and, after hunting him
down, deliberately slew him.
12. Where it appears that tin
judge gave in charge to the jury
•the statutory provisions relat
ing to the prisoner’s statement,
an assignment of error com
plaining of failure to give any
instructions “ag to what legal
effect the statement of the de
fendant should have, if such
statement was believed by the
jury,” but not pointing out
what the accused coutened this
effect should be, or what partic
ular instruction should have
been given in this connection,
is without merit.
111. It is not, in a crimiual
triul, erroneous to prevent
counsel, in opening the defense,
from making lengthy andaugu
mentative statements as to ir
relevant matters, or from stat
ing what could be proved by the
wife of the accused, she being
in such an incompetent witness
’for any purpose.
14. The grounds of the mo
tion for a new trial, save as to
certain of them which present
no new question of law and
which do not disclose the com
mission of any error, and cer
tain others not approved by the
trial judge, are covered by the
preceding notes; the evidence
mode a plain and unmistakable
ease of willful and deliberately
premeditated murder; the state-*
ment ot the accused wus practi
cally u confession of guilt, and
it is certain that the jury did
not believe that portion of the
same, alleging the reason for
wliicli the crime was committed.
There is nothing in the record
which would wurrant this court
in (listurbing the geut-rul ver
dict of guilty which the jury
rendered.
Judgement affirmed. All the
justices concurring, except
Atkinson and Cobb, J. J. dis
senting.—Under the provisions
of the penal code, murder is a
capital felony only when the
jury u|ton the final trial fail,
upon finding a verdict of guilty,
to recommend the accused to
the mercy of the court, or that
he imprisoned in the peniten
tiary for life; and in mukiug
such recommendation no limi
tations are or can be imposed
either upon their discretion or
their power. Upon the ques
tion of punishiAent, a* upon all
others, the ucoused i*«entitled
to be tried in accordance with
law; and therefore if the trial
judge should illegally admit evi
dence which would injuriously
affect his interest, or illegally
withhold from the jury relevant
evidence which would be bene
ficial to him in deforming that
question, such action is necessa
rily prejudicial to the accused,
and this court cannot hold as a
matter of law, even though the
evidence demanded u verdict of
guilty, that the admitting or
withholding of such evidence
would not or ought not to have,
influenced the jury to add to
the verdict of guilty such a ree
oinmendatiou as would have re
duced the grade of offense below
1.00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE
the grade to capital felony.
2 That “tho evidence made
a plain and unmistakable case
of willful and deliberately pre
meditated murder,” that “the
statement sis the accused was
practically a confession ol
guilt,” and that “it is certain
that the jury did not believe
that portion of the same alleg
ing the reason for which the
homicide was committed,” are
no valid reasons for sustaining
a general verdict of guilty,
when the record clearly* dis
closes that errors were commit
ted which were calculated t<
prejudice the accused when the
jury should have under consid
eration the question of punish
ment.
T. M. Peeples, R. B. Russell,
Braswell A r Smith, Hoke Smith
and H. C. Peeples, for plaintiff
in error.
J.M, Terrell, attorney gen
eral, \Y. T. Kimsey, solicitor
general, Glenn A Roundtree,
and John U. Cooper, contra.
The following composition by
a little girl won a prize, a. fruit
cake, offered by a school Miss:
“Pants are made for men and
men for pants. Woman was
made for men and not for pants.
When a man limits for a woman
and a woman for a man, they
are a pair of pants. Such pants
do not last. Pants are like mo
lasses. they are thinner in hot
weather and thicker in cold.
The man in the moor, changes
his pants during an eclipse. Do
Dot go the pantry for pants.
Men are often mistaken in
pants. Such mistakes are often
breeches of promise. There has
been much discussion as to
whetler they are singular or
plural, and when they don’t
wear any it is singular. Men
get on a tare in their pants, and
its all right; but when women
tear their pants its all wrong. —
Ex.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
There's Charley Skates in
black; l wonder if he is mourn
ing for his sins.
No, 1 don’t think they’re all
dead yet.
Jinks—Was his father a great
man ?
Blinks —I guess: he doesn't
seem to amount to much him
self.
Spvkes—Do you have any
trouble meeting your creditors?
Spokes—Not at all. I find
my trouble in dodging them
Detroit Free Press.
Freddy—What is a bucket
shop, papa?
Papa—A bucket shop, my
son, is the business place of the
broker across the way.—Non-
York Advertiser.
Did you get your name clear
ed in that investigation?’ asked
the Alderman’s friend.
“No,’ was tho gloomy answer
‘lt is still mud.’—Philadel
phia Journal.
Blizzard Bill —I have seen cy.
clones out West that blew the
bark of of tro"s.
Texas Tom —That’s nothing.
1 saw one once that blew the
bark off a bull-dog,—Truth.
To “Reader.” To-morrow
will be Wednesday. To-morrow
isn't Wednesday, substHiitially
jor the same reason that yester
day isn't Monday. Grasp it?
—Chicago Tribune.
INTERESTING FACTS.
Germany makes 2,000,000
false eyes annually.
Only one person in one thous
and reaches 100 years of age.
Women load und unload ves
sels in some of the Japanese
ports.
Russia has, outside of the
Black sea, a war fleet of 17ft
vessels.
The gondolas of Venice are
being gradually displaced by
little steamboats.
More than 1,800 varieties of
roses have been cultivated dur
ing the present century.
Forty-four acortchers were
fined ff> each in the recorder’s
court in Detroit one morning
last week.
The Schiller Stifung, in Ger
many, distributed last year
more than 12,000 marks among
the indigent families of author*
Rossini used to embrace es
fusively every Spaniard he met,
because, “but fur Spain Italy
would be last among the na
tions.”
Copper coins ure not in use
at Johannesburg at all, the
lowest piece ot money being
the threepenny bit —called
“tiekey. ”
An ostrich lives about thirty
years, and the average annual
yield of a bird in captivity is
from two to four pounds of
plumes.
It is officially declared that
the bubonic plague exists ill
Jeddah, Arabia,
Keep ass account with each
i field ou the farm,
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
Celebrated for its great leavening
sarepgth and healthfulness, .As
sures the food against alum and all
forms of adulteration common to
the cheap brands. Koyai. Hakim*
I’OWDKK < OMPAfiY, XKW YoHK.
MISSIONARY COL
UMN.
[This column is devoted to
the missionary enuse, and is ed
ited by the W. F. M. Society,
Lawrenceville auxiliary. ]
That the desolate poor may find
shelter and bread,
That 1 he sick may he comforted,
nourished and fed;
That the sorrow may cease, of
the sighing and sad;
That the spirit bowed down may
be lifted and glad,
We pray thee, merciful Lord.
That brother the hand of his
brother may clasp,
From ocean to ocean, in friend
liest grasp; .
That for north and for south,
and east and for west,
The honor of wot he forever at
rest,
We prhy thee, merciful lord.
For blessings of earth, and of
air, und of sky,
That fall on us all, from the
Father on high,
For the crown of all blessings
since blessings begun,
For the gift ‘‘the unspeakable’
gift,"of thy Son,
We praise thee, gracious God.
S. E. Adams.
It is the will of Christ that
Christianity shall he the ulti
mate religion of the world; and
not only is it God's purpose,
' but it is also self-propagating.
; Therefore, coldness toward mis
sions is nothing but coldness
|toward God. Christian missions
are essentially u part of the •
church’s life, and the day when
any faitli. ceases so extend is
the duy of the begiuing of its
decav and death. We have to
make deciplcs of all nations.
There are no excepnons or con
ditions to be considered.
Bishop Wkstcott.
THE POWER OF PRAYER.
It lias been much laid on my
heart to circulate the scriptures.
In answer to prayer I have had
the joy of circulating 274,000
Bibles, anil 1,425.000 New Tes
taments, besides very many
thousands of portions of the
Scriptures in various languages.
As soon ns I was converted I
desired to be a missionary, and
at different times in the first
eight years I offered myself as
a missionary; but the more I
prayed about it, the more clear
ly 1 saw that it was not Qod's
will that I should go out to the
heathen, because He intended
to use me far more iu Europe
than if 1 had goue to India.
Meanwhile I felt it to be my
privilege to give every shilling
or pound I could for missionary
objects, and 1 prayed the herd
to send nn money for these ob
jects, and from very small be
ginnings the Lord sent me motl
ey iu abundance, eveu by thous
ands of pounds at a time, so
that I have received for missions
alone about $1,207,500 simply
in answer to prayer. This large
sum lias been sent to hundreds
<>f missionaries, in all parts of
the world, in jmint of fifty dol
lars and two hundred and fifty
dollars or more at a time. Mr.
Hudsoii Taylor, encouraged by
tha way God had helped me,
went out to China in depend
ence’ on God and in ULioit with
Mr. Jones, did so apart from
any society, simply tiustiug in
God.
They had their trials by faith,
but they found how faithful
God is to those who trust him,
and l have had the joy of help
ing many of the laborers *of
China Inland Mission, which is
now brobably the greatest Mis
sionary institute iu tbt world,
and thousands of Chinese have
been sayed by its instrumental
ity.
GkoSUK MI'tREJR.
“There doth uot Jive
Any so poor but he may give,
Any so rich but may receive. ’’