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VOL. XXVII. NO 27
A TRUE STORY AROUT A
BIBLE.
•
There was a liitlo boy who
wanted a Bible very mtirh in
deed—wanted it more than any
thing else he could think of.
But he was a poor boy, and
could not afford to buy one;
for he lived a good many years
ago, when Bibles cost more
than they do now.
One day two strange gentle
men came to his house and
asked his mother for something
to eat. Although she had only
plain food, she gave them a
welcome to what slm had. As
they ate they saw that the lit
tle boy looked sad. They ask
ed him what he wanted, and he
told them a Bible. His mother
sn<d,
‘/Never mind. Don't fret
about that.- I'll take you to
see General Washington ne\i
week. ‘ ‘
•‘But T‘d rather have a Bible
than go to see General Washing
ton, “ the boy said.
One of the gentlemen seemed
much pleased with this, and
told him he hoped he would
always be as f nd f the Bible.
The next day the little boy
received a beautiful Bible, and
on the fly leaf was written,
“From George Washington.“
The little hoy did not know
it, but he had been talking to
General Wasnington himself
t he day before, —Our Little Peo
ple.
Writing on ••The Ni-edless
Fear of Lightning,” Edward
W. Bok. in the September La
dies’ H ome Journal, says that
“it will doubtless surprise the
timid to know that only two
hundred deaths a year occur on
an average throughout tins en
tire country from lightning, or
one peiron in every three hun
dred and fifty thousand people.
Now in comparison, fifteen
times as many people are killed
each year by falling out of win
dows; over twice as many from
being bitten by rattlesnakes,
while twenty-live percent, mon
are killed with “unloaded** pis
tols. More people are drowned
around New York City alone
everv year than there are deaths
from lightning all over the
country. In fact more people
by fifty per cent, are killed by
b ing kicked by horsos in New
York City tlr ie I nun light
ning thronghi i i. the whole o!
the United States. The casual
ties of the south show that the
dangeis of being lynched and of
being killed by lightning are
übout the sane- The trolley cars
of our cities kill a far greater
number of people that do the
lightning storms. Now, these
are facts —they are strictly ac
curate and carefully computed.
A newspaper without enemies
is scarcely deserving of friends
The vicious and lawless nevei
like a bold, fenil >ss newspaper,
a ;d every sdf respecting pub
lisher should bo proud of their
enmity. There are other news
paper foes, however, who are
more troublesome and conse
quently more to be feared.
First ami foremost is the man
who owes a newspaper an hon
est debt ami will not pay it
'Then there is tho umhituoue
if* 1 rial who wants an office and
complains bemuse the new spa
psr cannot consistently cham
pion his cause; lie is pretty hln
ly to become an enemy, ihe
mati who wants to shape the
poliey of a paper and is not al
lowed to do so, is a sure ei einy:
but the meanest enemy is the
man whom the newspaper has
befriended, and who deliberate
ly condemns the sheet after
semiring from it all the assist
ance he possibly can. —Ex.
Stanton makes a fine point
on the technicalities of law
through which hi many crimi
nals slip, in the following;
“A new trial lias been grant
ed yon!’ exclaimed the lawyer,
rushing in.
•‘Thanks,’ raid the prism er,
in easy tones, looking up from
the morning paper. “May 1
ask on what grounds V’
“You were c nvu-tnd.’ replied
the lawyi r, “< f having killed a
man wilh a !12-tu‘ibre ball, I ut
theexperts have discovered that
the ball was of fiM-caliber!’
“It is us l expeettd,’ said the
prisoner. “Sit down and rest
yourself!'
THE GRANDKSI REMEDY.
Mr. K. B. Greeve, merchant,
of Cliilhow ie, Va . certifies tllHl
be hud consumption, was given
up to die, sought all medical
treatment that money coub
procure, t ried i»ll c »ugb rt-m*--
ilios he could In-ar of, but got
no relief, spent many nights sit
ting up in a chair; was indu :* *■
to try Dr. King's New Discov
ery, und was ruled by use ol
two bold s. For past Ibrei
years has bee 1 lending to bus
iness, aud says Dr. King s Nev
Discovery is the grandest feme
dy ever made, as it bus done s
much for him and also ti i
others in lus community. Hi
King’s New Discovery is gear
anteeil I n- Coughs, Colds Uiul
Consumption. It don’t tail
Trial buttles free at A. M. M inn
A Son’s Drug Store,
Kipsl*. TabUlst.
TheGwinnettTTerald:
the dangers in which
OUR REPUBLIC STAND,
A.\l> THE SAFEGUARDS TO be
RAISED FP AGAINST THEM
THROUGH EDUCA
TION.
| CONTINUED FROM I,AST \VKEK.|
The principle of life of our
government is intelligent citi
zenship, and that in proportion
as it is maintained or permitted
t -i degrade, our history will be
written in glory or in gloom.
If among this people false and
erouious ideas of state, of law
and public morality be permit
ted to creep in and corrupt the
public mind, our race will soon
be run and another chapter of
disaster will be written in the
history of liberty.
it follows from these propo
sitions that the dying of a na
tion begins in the corruption of
its principles and the loss of
its patriotism. We must, ever
bear in mind that our govern
ment is as yet, but in its infan
cy, and that it is created with
out a model, and is still but an
experiment in the field of gov
ernment. Though the success
or of ancient republics, yet this
union was Isorn of a strong ideal
of constitutional government
such as never gladdened 1 lie
vision of the nation-builders of
the past.
From these considerations we
■are brought to a further con
sideration of the question—the
main dangers. One among tin
; most important is the tendency
jof public mind and character
lto chauge its points of individ
ual honor. Among rode na
tions one point of honor is usu
ally personal courage. Among
more civilized nations the point
of honor depot ids upon national
character, culture, the form of
government, and many other
things; and the pouils of honor
frequently shift with the
| changes of history. In France
under l.onls XIV, this honor
was magnificence and wealth,
but today it seems to be bril
liancy. In Italy, under the
Romans as a republic, it was
love of country, and as an em
pire love of conquest. 11l our
country, in its earlier day, if 1
was asked to choose a single
quality that- among others was
most admired, I would say un
selfish devotion to country, of
which Washington was the
highest ty|»e. But if I were
asked today to name a single
■ quality most admired by out
people, I would say the point
of honor in this country is
shifting to a higher admiration
of Ihe people Onr people un
changing their ideal of what
constitutes in a leader, from
admiration of the patriotic j
statesman to a higher esteem of.
the time serving politician,
from a regard for him who
would fearlessly lead and direct
public opinion for the l>est in
terest of his country as lie sees
it, to a worshiping of him who|
by and through a keen sense of!
cunning ascertains the trend ol ;
public opinion, and irrespect • i
-y« of whether it tie right or
wrong puts himself at the head :
of the procession and masque,
radcu as its leader. It is a
known fact, that many of our
so called great political leaders
4 this nation give their whole
time to the study of how to get
office und keep it.
Passing by these dangers from
•ocialism, let us notice some
other dangers.
Corruption in public office is
not uncommon; the treasuries
of our state and nation are be
ing lent opening* l ? by partisan
legislation for partisan purport
's; aver ice and greed for gold
■s creeping into all channels ol
life. I'he race for wealth and
the social station that it brings
.villi it is becoming so absorb
ing that it is tending to destroy
ill opposition. To fail in
race IV r wealth is excusable,]
mil to succeed makes while us
mow the transaction through J
which it is had. it is ae<.epted
that “’Tie wrong to rob a In n
test of its hen, but st -uling
largely makes us gentlemen.’
It is against such influence that
he hand of Christian scholar
diip must ever l«* raised, orj
Ist- this Republic will look tip
mi the setting instead of tin
rising sun.
But in the consoliduti<>n of
veallli unprecedented iu this
country, there is another dan
ger—the antagonism between
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER !4th 1897.
labor and capital. The rich
are'becoming richer and the
poor poorer. I do not believe
that tin solution of this prob
lem ca n be reached by legisla
tion, but that, it must come
through education rather than
legislation. Legislation cannot
compel the employment of a
single laborer by capital, nor
can it fix the ages he should
receive, nor can it prohibit the
acciumilation of wealth without
striking at that liberty of the
individual that is the very cor
ner stone of our government.
The dines so is one of morals
rather than of law, and after
all the reform of the labor sys
tem must, come through educa
tion of tile public mind.
This bridge im to a wider
truth that- it is not the laws
but the condition, of the public
mind that w m list look to foi
for all refotrm, afj growth and
all progress. Some great man
has said "give me tSie making
of the ballot and I care not who
may make the laws.” It is
from the homes, the churches
and tin- sche Is, and not from
the halls of legislation, that
must come the shaping and di
recting forces of this republic.
The ark of tho covenant of our
liberty is bulged in the hearts
of the people, and not under the
dome of the capital.
. .LA. Bagwki.t,.
ANYTHING 1U T HIS FATH
ER’S TRADE.
From The Detroit Tree Press.
‘‘My boy shall never be a
doctor,’’ said I’illstcr, the
sician, to his friend, tin* preach- I
er. “When I was a boy J
lthought medicine was just the
right profession for a man to
follow-. I figured out that it
would return reasonable profits,
and futhermore. it was a noble
calling. 1 could do gmid to my
fellowman. Well, I’m far from
rich, and while I still hold
I much the same views about be
ing able to do good to humani
ty, I have found out that hu
manity doesn’t luilf appreciate
it. The otln-r night I rode ten
miles through a heavy rain to
attend a sick man. When I
got there In- took half an hour (
In-ruling me because 1 bad not
arrived an hour before. It !
1 goes thiil way from year t-<*
year. Hard work, moderate |
returns uiul no thanks.”
“Oh, PiJlster,” put in Book
man, tlie preacher, “you may
be right, but whatever you do, |
| don’t encourage your boy to be |
I-i minister. If he feels called,
let him follow his way, but
never encourage him. 1 used:
to think theology was tin* only ]
| thing to study. 1 dreamed over j
it as a hoy and worked like a ,
I slave as a young man. I worked
my way t hrough college. Now
j I’vo had a good charge, as j
charges go, for ten years, anil!
if 1 was not impelled by a sense
[of duty I would throw up tin*
->ponge. It’s work and hustle
day after day,aud small thanks.
| Tin* minute you talk to your!
I parishioners wife, the gossips
i wag their tongues. If you
; preach gospel they sa_v they |
j don’t, want that. H you give j
II hem literature and philosophy, |
they Hivy give us the gospel.
[ It’s a dog » life. Pi lister, what
! eyci* you do, don’t let your boy j
I get. any false notions about be-
I iug a minister.”
But Willie solved tile prob
lem by announcing after both
doctor and preacher lad spo
ken :
“Paw, I’m goin’ to play first j
base.”
A condemned murderer wrote I
the following letter, from jail,!
to bis family:
“1 suppose the buys have all
grow it to manhood since 1 have
been cdiilined here. It my law
y-er instill living, please mint
him up and tell him tliut 1 am
! curious to know how my new
rial ciimes off, before 1 die. 1
| know that the judge who sen
tenced lie- must have long since
passed to bis reward; but mv
lawyer, who wan a young man
at the time, may Still be living.’
—Ex.
THE MODERN TERM '
Willie—Papa, is the congre
gation the people who sit in the
church?
Papa—lt used to be, my son,
but now it’s an audieuoe. —
'lirooklyu J.B*.
UNION MEETING.
Sit iron Baptist Church, Jack
son county, Ga., Aug. t.’7, 18D7.
The union meeting of the Gist
section of the Mulberry Baptist
Association met here this day.
The introductory sermon was
preached by Rev. M. K. Hud
law. after which a recess of
I :Bt) minutes was taken.
The meeting was again called
to order, and after singing and
prayer, by Rev. J.C. Johnson,
the committee on Credentials
reported the following dele
gates:
Mt . Mariah—J M Cain, J M
Tavlor, J M 8001, E Y Wood.
Friendship—Win. Phi'lips, C
Y Henry, C C Blankenship, E
C Mason.
Mulberry—At S Oaks, J Al
Feagaius, S K Hudlaw.
Antioch—J M 8001, Jr., E M
Slanc.il, C B 8001.
Union Grove —Not represent
ed.
Sharon—ll T Wages, W M
Hays.
A ill hi rn —Not re presented.
Read and adopted the report
of the committee 01, Arrange
ments.
Ordained ministers present —
G H Thornhill, J W Duck, It F
Sloan, M K Hudlaw, J A 8001.
Licensed ministers present—
W T Wood. John Deaton, J O
Ashton.
Committee on Crcdcntiais and
Arrangements present—E V
8001, J Al Davis, R F Sloan, J
M Tuggle.
First query: “What is the
most successful plan for the
promotion of Sabbat h school
work?” Assigned to Rev. J W
Duck.
Second query: “Is it a Chris
tian duty to educate your chil
dren ? If so. to what extent?”
Assigned to Rev. G H Thorn
hill.
Thirdquerry: “When did the
church of Christ accept the
name of ‘Baptist,’ and was it
well pleasing in the sight of the
Lord ?” Assigned to Ib v, B F
Sloan.
Fourth querry: “What is
tin* duty of tlie pastor toward
(lie church and tin- church to
ward the pastor ?” Assigned
to Rev. As K Hudlaw.
Proceeded to organize by re
electing R. F. Sloan .Modera
tor and J. M Tugg e Clerk.
Cal.led for correspondents and
received Rev. J C Johnson from
the 2nd section, Bro. S S Tit
chew from the I.awrenceville
Association, and J Jf Wofford
from the Chattahoochee asso
ciat ion.
The following committee on
preaching was appointed: II ’l'
Wages, I W W Maddox, E V
Wood, K V Pool, E VI Sfancil
Took tip the first querry uiul
offered the following ritswer:
“That every member of the
church give their aid.”
Pending the discussion, the
association adjourned until 8:J»0;
to-morrow. Benediction by
ltev. t! II Thornhill
Met pi-r.siiant to adjoin nment.
Prayer by Bro. W T Wood
Adopted the answer to the
first querry with the following!
amendment: “And we recotn- j
mend that each chur h in the |
Ist section prise oil at once to
organize a Sabbath school, ami
rep- rl the same t• • the next as
sociation. ”
Took up and disclosed the
second querry. On motion the
following answer was adopted:
“Yes, and to the extent of llleir
ability. ”
Adjourned until 1: It*• p. tit
Took up and discussed the
third querry.
Bros. .1 A Brewer and .1 F
Me Haver came in from the 2nd
section and were received as
visitors.
The following answer was]
adopted to the third querry:
“In the early part of the 17th,
century, und we believe it is
well pleasing in the sight of the
Lord ”
On motion the fourth querry
was taldefi.
Tile next session will he held
at Mulberry.
Rev. H P Fcagans was elect
ed to preach the introductory
sermon, with .1 A Pool as alter*
i nut".
The following committee on
I Arrangements and t’r dentials
i was A|i|H»inteil: Win Phillips,
II T Wages, M K Hudlaw, .1 M
Davis, (' B Pool.
On motion, tin* Moderator
and Clerk were added to tin*
- above commit ti e.
The members of the commit*
lee were Illude cx-ullit'io mem
bers of tile next session id this
body.
Adopted the following ree
ls m lie-i id at ii-n: “Resolved, That
we, the Ist section of the Mul
berry Baptist Association, roc
omiucui! that the Associatio i
take iu hand tin* work of ereo’-
ing a monument over the grave
of our brother, Rev. J. M. Du-!
vis.’
i Oh motion, the thanks of this I
body were tendered the vicinity]
and church at Sharon.
Moved and adopted that a
copy of these minutes be sent
Thk Gwinnktt HKitAi.n for pub
lii-ation.
Religious Exercises; Friday
1 night the stand was pcoupied
by Rev. J 0 Johnson; Saturday
ut | l o'clock by ReV, G, 11.
•Thornhill; Saturday uight by
Rev. R F Sloan; Sunday at 11
o’clock by Rev. M K Hudlaw.
W e t rust that there was seed
sown which will spring iri in
days to come.
Rev. R. F. Sedan, Mod,
J. Al. Tpooi.e, Clerk.
BU CKING THE INNOCENT.
From The Cleveland Leader.
“No,” said the soap fakir to
a group of people that line] gath
ered around him, “there is no
use talking to me about the in
nocence of the countryman. He
may buy a gold brick occasion
ally or sign a blank check and
lose his farm, but as a rule he
can take care of himself just as
well as the next one, and gen
erally a little better. If I knew
as much as some farmors 1
wouldn’t lie in this business,and
you can gamble on that.
“Why, say, do you know
what happened to me the last
time I was down in the country?
I got pinched, that's what I
done, I got my satchel out in
front of the hotel in a little
town about thirty miles out
east here and began to do a few
tricks to draw a crowd.
“After I'd made an egg dis
appear. and pulled a few knots
open for them, 1 says: ‘Now,
gentlemen, I’m going to show
you a trick that nobody else on
earth has ever attempted. You
see my hat here? Well, we’ll
imagine for the time bein' that
it is a flower pot. Out of this
hat I’m going to make a hush
grow up and when I’ve done
that I’ll make every leaf on it
turn into a sf> note.’
“What? Did 1 do it? Of
course I did! But, say, do you
now what conn of it? Blamed
they didn’t arrest me and fine
ne $-*> for raisin’ bills, which
the justice of the peace said was
‘contrary to the statoots made
and piovided. ’
“Well, 1 sort of had a hanker
in' to know whether they done
it in good faith or just because
they thought I was easy pickin’
and what do you think I found
out? Why. ihe people of that
town hadn't paid any taxes for
eight years. They'd actually
I t*m runnin’ things by pluckin’
just such innocent fellows as
me.
“Now gentlemen, there’s a
$1 bill in one of these little
packages. Who will give tne
Bt cents for the first choice?”
THE PERFECT APOLOGY.
The famous Clyde pleasure
-trainer lona was leaving Roth
esay pier when one of the sail
ors, pulling the casting rope on
Ixurd, by accident struck a
lady's lap-dog, which yelled and
caused its owner to exclaim,
‘You stupid fellow!” to which
the sailor, a new hand and some
what rough t< ngii'd, retorted
ruddy by desiring her to go to
a “certain place. ”
The lady, much offended,
complained to the captain, with
tin- result that Donald was sent
tor and informed that lie must
apologize. The man according
ly returned to the scene of his
rudeness and addressed the nf
fei ded dame. “Was you the
lady,” he inquired, "that I told
to go to It —1?” “I was,’* she
replied. “Well,” returned Don
ald, with conciliatory mildness,
“y >u needn't go now.’ —Gentle-
men's Magazine.
GINGER SNAPS.
No gentleman will s»-ear lie
fore a lady—lot her swear first.
Sonic m<*n rob themselves
when they call others hurd
names.
A bridle for a woman's tongue
is a necessary part of the har
ness.
Policy is more often to blame
tor a man's honesty than prin
ciple.
A man alwaps puts his best
fool forward; a mule puts his
backward.
Some men arc so dignified
that they never unbend until
tlu-y are broke.
The most curious thing in the
world is a woman who is not
curious.
When a girl reaches the age
of 2fi she loses all desire for
birthday parties.
If men were sequinls the
woods would he full of female
snake charmers.
Kissing u fashionable young
lady on tin* check is one wuy of
| reiqoving paint.
Dupid is always represented
as a baby, because love seldom
UveS to gIVW Up.
A HOME-MADE EXPE
RIENCE.
H rom the Chicago Record.
A man went into an ice house
to cool off.
An abrupt and impetuous
hired man closed and locked
the door and went away. Tin
next day was Sunday and tin
hired man did not come back.
While tin- man who yearned
to cool off waited for the re
turn of (he hired man his ob
ject was accomplished in a very
thorough manner. He cooled
off.
Tlie mu filled door gave back
but echoes to his blows, and his
voice could find no place to es
cape and sound the alarm.
When he grew tired of walk,
ing and swinging his arms to
keep warm tlie chunks of ice
that were piled around him did
not offer a very tempting bed.
Hunger gnawed at his vitals
and refused to be satisfied with
the diet of raw air. Darkness
settled down like a six months'
arctic night and the only sound
which broke the profound still
ness was tlie man who wanted
to cool off trying to swear.
The hired man opened the
door on Monday morning and
the man who wanted to 2001 off
crawled out more dead than
alive.
When his tongue had thawed
out he began to abuse the hired
man.
“Fool!” retorted the hired
man. “Fool, you are a lucky
dog and do not know it. Don’t
you waste time in abusing me,
your benefactor, but go and
write a book of impressions on
Alaska.”
Then the man who wanted to
cool off saw that his fortune
was made.
.SICK OF THEIR BARGAIN.
“If the people of North Car
oliua were given an opportunity
of passing on the question to
day the state would go overwind
mingly Democratic and would
stay in the Democratic column
for all time. As it is I believe
there is practically no doubt
but the joutrol of the state will
tie placed hack in Democratic
hands just as soon as the people
have a chance to vote it there.*’
The spoaker,wus Hou. M. II
Justice, of Rutherfordton, N. C
a Democratic member of the
North Carolina senate. Sena
tor Justice is in Atlanta on bus
iness.
“Yes,“ continued SenatorJns
tiee, “tin* opposition to Democ
racy has,in my opinion, reached
high water mark in the old
North State and the people arc
unquestionably nek of the bar
gain which put a Republican in
the governor's chair and u Re
publican and u Populist in the
United States senate. The Re
publican-Populist fusion is bad
ly split up and each of these el
ements is slowly lint certainly
disintegrating- The Populists
are all at war among themselves.
That was shown when their
state executive committee met
the other day. A friend of Sena
tor Butler, a man who is one of
tin* senator's chief lieutenants,
intreduced a resolution indors
ing the populist senator's action
in doing all be could to defeat
the re t lection of
Senator Pritchard. He intro
duced that resolution, but alter
a count of noses In* withdrew it.
That meant that a majority of
the members of the populist ex
ecutive committee were Repub
licans at heart." —Constitution.
BRIEFS from billville.
A party of Billville citizens
left for Klondike last night
while their creditors were all
asleep.
The reason some |H*ople go to
Alaska to dig gold is lieeause
they are asliumed to jerk their
coats and work for a living at
home.
Some of our republican ex
changes tell us that “prosiieri
ty is lying all around us.”
That’s true; and it’s been do
ing some pretty tall lying ut 1
that.
We have the best climate in
the world for business. We
don’t mean to be profane, hut }
—if hell was located in Georgia ]
there wouldn’t be snow enough
to freeze it.
If cotton continues to climb
we’ll soon make enough money ;
to plant a lug fi cents crop and
get swamped comfortably next
seasi m.
We don’t grow much wheat
iu the south. Fact is, we nev
er did lielieye iq speculation,
and we don't encourage it.—
Constitution.
A woman always appreciates
a rising man—in a street car—
but she 'is too modest to men*
I tiou it,
1.00 PER ANNU j/\j ADVANCE
missionary col
umn.
[This column is devoted to
the missionary cause, and ised,
it"d by (lie \\ .F. Al. Society,
Lawrenceville auxiliary. |
A ROCKET IN A DRESS.
Shrouds have no pockets, and
fashionable dresses seem made
to imitate them. But there are
inconveniences connected with
the tyranny and toonifoolery nl
fashion, one of which was illus
trated by a speaker in a mis
sionary meeting as follows:
A woman whom wo will call
Mrs. Niles, a very prompt, ac
tive woman, and one upon
whose time many demands were
made, went by appointment at
a certain hour to her dres9
maker’s room. As she entered
she found the drees-ntaker on
her knees, arranging the drap
ery of a dress on another lady.
Airs. Niles said, with ration
more dignity than politeness:
“You see, lam prompt to tlie
moment of your appointment.’
Miss Sims was evidently hav
ing some trouble in arranging
the drapery in question upon
her customer, who was a stout
lady, and in a rather worried
manner requested Airs. Niles to
be seated and she would soon
be ready to wait upon her.
Greatly annoyed at the de
tention, sin* walked aer ss the
floor in the stillest mnnuer pos
sible and seated herself in th e
stiff' st chair in the room, seem
ingly intent on making all con
cerned uncomfortable, and
growing more and more impa
tient herself as the time passed
away.
Her attention was finally ar
rested by tlie following colloquy
between the other lady and
Miss Sims:
“Have you put in a pocket?”
“No; we do not put pockets
in dresses any more."
“I want one in mine,” said
the customer.
“There is no place for one,”
was the reply.
“Well, you cun make a pluce
for one, for I want a pockett. ”
“The folds here will interfere
with it, and tin* drapery there
There really is no place for a
pocket,” suid the dress-maker.
“Well, I can do without folds
and I can do without drapery,
But a pocket l cannot do with
out, if it has to he sewed on the
outside of my skirt.”
In vain Miss Sims tried tc iu
tlueiice her, until, weary with
the discussion, her customer,
Miss Bell, explained, saying:
“I have been robbed too
many times of a blessing from
my heavenly Father because I
bad no p's ket—and my purse,
of course, at home—to run any
such risks again. In church
and in other places I have been
deprived too often lai-e'y ol the
blessing of giving for the want
of a pocket, to have any pa
tience with such a fashion. 1
have sat anil listened when
causes were presented to which
1 wi uld gladly have contributed
but tin* privilege passed, and
with it the blessing I might
l ave bad. Yes, I must have a
pocket. ”
Mrs. Niles rose from her un
comfortable seat, now deeply
interested. She had beard her!
Father's name mentioned, anti 1
Mrs Hell was talking iu no
strange tongue to her. Cross-!
iug the room, she said:
“I have been so annoyed lie
cause I was detained this morn-1
ing, but my Father has kept me
here to teach tm* this lesson.
I, too, have missed the blessing
of giving many a time for the;
same reason, but I solemnly re
solve not to have another dress
made without a pocket,”
The dress-maker added: “1
am a Bounin Catholic, but you j
have converted me to ‘pockets,’:
and I shall hereafter put them [
in dresses, unless requested not 1
t) d<< so. You, Miss Bell, shall
certainly have a pocket.”
Tlie lady narrating this story
said she had noticed the even
ing before, at the meeting,
wh“n the collection was taken
up, that many of the ladies tip
|ieared to have no pockets, und
she thought that they realized
that they, too, had missed the
blessing of giving.
When all Christians conio to
consider it such a privilege to
give to missionary work that
; they confidently !ook for a Lies-
I sing aud grieve lest they lose it,
ffiM
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Celebrated for its great leavening
strength anil healtlifnlneA. As
sures tin- food against aium and nil
forms of adulteration common to
the cheap brands. Koyai. Making
I’owokb Company, Nnw York.
we shall not have to beg for
money as now, and receive only
pennies where we should have
dollars.
When yon go to the lenuse of
prayer wear garments with
pockets, and have something iu
the piickets, if if is only a wid
mite.—The Christian.
HOW THRILL A PAPER.
A Western paper gives the
following recipe for killing your
home paper, your business, and
your town along with it:
Just let the subscription go.
It’s only a dollar or two—the
editor don’t need it.' .
If he duns yon, get as mad
as you can and stop your pa
per—you never read it anyhow.
Then go and borrow your neigh
bor’s paper.
When a reporter comes, al
ways be busy. Make him feel
as if ho were intruding. When
the advertising and job man
conirs, toll him that it doesn’t
pay you to advertise, everybody
knows you, and that you will
try and get along without any
printed stationary, it is too ex
pensive, and you must econo
mize.
Never drop in to see the ed
itor, unless you want a free
complimentary notice, or a
lengthy obituary for a beloved
relative.
Never recommend the paper
to anybody. When you sp-aik
of it, say, ‘Yes, we have a little
sheet, but it doesn’t amount to
much.’
Keep this lip for a year or
two, and you will have a dead
newspaper, a dead set of mer
chants and a dead town.”
If it is not convenient, to fill
flannel bags for the sickroom
with sand, bran will answer the
purpose very well and will re
tain the h *ut for a long time.
A police officer is not author
ized to make an arrest without
a warrant, unless he has person
al knowledge of the offense for
which the arrist is made.
Murder to he in t|u> first de
gree must lie willful, premedita
ted and malicious or committed
wlnle the murderer is engaged
in a felonious act.
There are f>,(io9 distileries in
the United States. North Car
olina leads-, with 1,824, and Vir
ginia is next, with I,!F>2. Penn
sylvania bass Bit).
More that fiOO Anglican min
isters are reconed to have been
converted t<> the Catholic church
since Cardinal Newman took
the step.
The United States Millitary
academy at West Point was es
tablished by act of congress in
1802. Cadets receive $540 a
year.
Thu Louisville Times seems
to have found a relative of the
city girl who thought it must
he cold work harvesting the
winter wheat. The young wo
man of whom the Times has
heard belongs to the west and
was iutely talking with a Ken
tuckian about tobacco and to
bicco raising. “1 should like
ever so much to see a tobacco
field.’ she said, “especially
when it is just plugging out.”
A REGULAR WINDFALL.
“Henton dropped into a good
thing the other day. Hear
about it?”
“No. What was it?"
“An elevator in which he was
riding fell eight stories, and lie
got # 10,(K10 damage He could
not liuve earned that much in
20 years. Cletiveland Leader.
A Georg ui schoolboy who reads
the newspapers, submits the fol
lowing unique composition on
the lynching evil:
“Lynohin’ is wroug. It hurts
the limbs of the beautiful trees
where the birds sing. It also
hurts the people what’s lynched.
They should have a regular hang
ing and sell peanuts and lemon
ade. People what’s hung regu
lar, Gy law, always go to heav
en. 1 don't want to go to heav
en that way.”
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