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VOL. XXVII. NO 40
WITHOUT THEE.
Without theo, love, without thee,
Oh, wlmt ia life to me!
Without thee, love, without thee,
Oh, what would heaven he!
Us splendid dome
Would not arch'home.
Without thee, love, about me. .
And earth’s bright face
Is a dreary plane
Without thee, love, without thee!
kteithout thee, love, without thee,
I? Ati, life’s an einp.y shrine!
Without thee, love, without th e, :
There's nothing seems divine!
The heart may sinir
And time may Iwing
Dear friends and dayPshout me.
* lint all is naiigut,
And sad the thought.
Without thee, love, without tins!
Prayer broke up a dance at
■Heredo, W. Va., a week ago.
According to a dispatch front
Huntington the Rev. James H.
Rigg, of the Baptist church,
has been conducting a revival
meeting at Ceredo, and has ta
ken fiequent occasion to de
nounce dancing and theatres.
On Saturday night after his
•ervices for the evening were
over he was passing down Bri igo
street when tlm sound of music
and dancing b near-by hall
fell upon his ear. He entered
the hall, and, winding hiH way
through the merry couples on
the floor to the center of the
ball room, called out autborita
tively. ‘‘Lot us pray!” Th«n
he prayed fervently for fully
ten minutes. At tir-t only a
few knelt, but at the end of fiv
minutes every couple on tin
floor bad fall n on their knees |
er hsd bowed their heads, while
many were s le.’tly weeping.
Whan tie preacher had fin
ished nic e than a dozen of the
dancers went forward and gave
him th**ir hand. There was no
more dancing that evening.
Tue dancers dispersed while the
orchestra in a low tone, played,
“Nearer, My God, to Thee ’’
PLEASURES OF AMERICAN
MILLIONAIRES.
The members of the North
American Millionaires club, a
elub admission to which is dif
ficult, as only persons possess
ing the trifle of fifty million
frruos are admitted, have just
invented a new spoit, in com
parison with which bicycitsm
with oil or benzine engines and
antomobilism are more child’s
play. These gentlemen have
converted themselves into loco
motive engineers, if you prefer.
The xjelcbratod millionaire,
.Lillies A'stor, runs once a week
the express train of the Illinois
Grand Central. Evil tongues
»uv that Mr. Astor does this be
cause he wishes to watch the
adin nistration of a line the
■hares of which beloug almost
exclusively to himself or to bis
family.
Mr. George Gould, eldest son
of the celebrated railroad king,
himself runs the locomotives of j
the excursion trains which he
gets up ev» ry week.
The president of the board o' |
directors of tie Union Pacific i
makes all his inspection tours I
as an engineer.
His colleague,Mr. Thompson,j
of the Pennsylvania Centra! i
railroad, has acquired the repu
tation of a skilllul fireman,and
Mr. J. E.llill. the chief share
holder of the .Great Northern
company, together with his
sous, has several times traveled
across the United States, from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, in
the capacity of an engine d iver
And they speak of snobbism
in France.
THE GREAT BBON Ml-D
--LLE.
He entered th« shop huiried
ly, with the Hir of a man whose
mind was filled with a weighty
commission.
These whom he t ad passed at
the door heard him muttering
under bis < reath a formula,
which be seemed to le*r might
slip away and be lost. He ap
pmachtd the counter like oue
who wishes it were well over
“I wish to get,” he said bold
!v, “some ribbon for a red
baby.”
The shop girl's blank stare
set mod to arouse him to a sense
o' something luckii g.
“That is,” lie said, “I would
like some baby for a red ribbed
one.”
The shop girl wss smi'ine
broadly now, and four errand
boys, a shop v a L er and -even
la-iy cus <>m> r gat c-e an
smiled in uni-on lb b gun
again:
“That is—of coui>e —yu
know—l m-uu—some red rib
bed baby for one—that is—some
rod ribs for one baby—souio
one's red baby's ribs—sonm ba
by for on-- red rib—some—thun
iter aid guns! Where’s the
way out ?”
He departed on the run
“1 wonder,” said th-' sh >p
girl, thoughtfully, an hour or
so afterward, ‘‘if lie could have
meant red baby-ribbon V
First Lady—What pretty ll
t lumiufcted cardsl Teat one
with the in >tto ‘Honesty is the
beat policy,’ is especially nice.
Second Lady—Yes. I brought
th m from Europe, aud the
b“ t of it is I g-.t them through
si h a lot of other things with
out paying a cent of duty!
Washington Bur.
The Gwinnett Herald.
From The Land Of
Gwinnett.
Wo had occasion not long
siuco to visit the town of Ru
wnnee up on the Southern Rail
road .
Now Sinvaneo is not a groat
town, but she’s a good town.
We mean morally and spirit nal
•y-
Did you know it’s a very dif
ficult matter to carry on a re
vival there? Why? Because
nearly everybody, old or young,
black or white, Jew or Gentile,
belongs to the church and se uns
to be happy on the way.
Besides beiug a religious
town she’s a healthy town.
Y'ou scarcely over hoar of any
body dying up there. They ab
solutely haven’t got a cemotery
within the corporate limits.
Thou its a law-abiding town.
Why the marshal never thinks
of pulling a fellow. There is
no need of an adjourned term
of the Mayor's court. The
marshal actually hasn’t made
an arrest since Morg. Brown be
gan raising those big juicy wa
termelons away down upon Hu
wanee river.
List. Her citizenry is ai
lonor to historic old Gwinnett.
And with such peoplo in the
town as the Brogdons', Harris’s,
Baxters’ and other substantial
and onterprisiog people, she
ought to prosper in spite of cre
ation.
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We are* glad to not# that onr
young friend, John Hook*, ha*
the paying position as agent for
the Southern Railroad at Lula.
He is "up of tho boat telegraph
'perntors ou the line.
The “Major,” as he some
times calls himself, it a bale
fellow well met, and he num
bers his fri'iids by the scores.
Just after be left Lawrenre
eeville, two or three years ago,
aud was working at Tocioa, he
wrote us a very intereresting
lettor which was full of witti
cisms. In giving a graphic de
scription of the county, among
other thing* he said: “Haber
sham is one of the main tribu
taries flowing into the United)
States court.” In speaking of
tlie newspaper at Toccoa, he
said: “We bad a one-bore
newspaper here but tho eh-rift!
cabbaged ou it and sb» ha* gone
glimmering.”
John Hooks was put out for a
writor and he ought to enter the j
journalistic Held.
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It is nothing uncommou in
this fast age for women to prac
tice medicine, preach the gos
pel to lost men and women or
work daily at the bar in the in
terest of their clients. But it
is somewhat surprising that a
young lady should wish to be
come a veterinary surgeon.
Miss Su j an J. Bravton ofi
Easton, N. V., whose father is j
a 1 urge stock owner, is taking
a c>urse in the New York Col
lege of Veterinary SurgeoDS.
Next.
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Richardson Bro's. show last
Tuesday Dight demonstrated
one fact. And that is that all
devils are not experts with tire.
When the Herald’s devil at
tempted to set the down’s bus
tle afire he made a complete
failure.
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A gang of lazy, worthless and
impudent negroes is a curse to
civilization. As a matter of
course they can be found in all
sections of the South.
Now we are not talking about
all of them for we have some
very good old darkies who are
industrious and useful.
But here’s oue of the crowd
to whom we make mention.
Wh n that di-astrious tire wa
raging iu the Ewing budding
aud it seated that the whole
block would be laid iu ashes, a
w ! iie n>au "tiered a negro one
d liar per hour t" go u|»on G.
W &A. P. Caiu's store, which
was nearest the fire, and help
the boys pour water ou the
roof, and he replied that he
would go if he was paid in ad
vance
If some fellow had cracked
his head with a brick-bat we
d"0 t believe it would have cost
him a red cent.
Scribbles.
The fear that our kind acts
may be received with ingrati
tude should never deter us from
performing such acts.
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14th 1897.
WRITTEN FOR THE HERALD.
CONTENTMENT,
nv lirnK sniff.
When I speak of contentment
I am spenkingof something that
is not attainable in this world.
Ht Pan), one of the noblest
characters wo read of in the
Bible, said "Godliness with
contentment i» great gain,”
but Ht. Paul was never con tent
ed, although he was a bright
and shining light to all around
him. lie said, “Forgeting the
things of the past, I pres* to
wards the mark of (he high call
ing of God in Christ Jesus.”
No contentment in this world,
Napoleon the Great was nev
er contented. When he wanted
to conquer this world, he mus
tered his forces together aud all
Europe was drenched in blood,
and he died on the isle of Bt.
Helena, a dissatisfied, discon
tented wretch. No, content
ment is further on.
Sometimes we think that if
we just had this thing or that
or the other tiling out of tho
way we would be contented,
but alas I alas I just as soon as
we get one obstacle out of the
wav another one twice its size
pops up just in front of ns.
Very .often in our pilgrimage
through life we discover some
great mountain just ahead, and
we wonder if there is not a road
by which we may escape it, but
when wo find there is no way of
escape, we picture in our imagi
nation* on top of that moun
tftsn a Chair of Ea*«, a Table
of I’leasure aud a Sofa of Con
tentment. With this in view,
we quicken our steps, our cour
age is increased, and we run
with anticipated joy to meet
Disappoint ment and Defeat and
Discontentment, for when we
reach the summit of the mown-!
tain we look with amazement
and see a dark valley below,
and Coutoutment is jtisl ahead,
and thus we march al mg thro’
lit".
People sometimes think that
if they could accumulate a fort
une they would be contented,
but when done tlioy want
two fortunes twice as bad as
they did the first one! It is
like drinking salt-water—the 1
more they drink the more they
want.
Newman says he has told ’em
that if they didn’t unload and
divide up they would burst wide,
open, and he didn’t care if they
did, but strange to say they j
wouldn’t give him a uiokle.
Take A. T. Stewart, Cornelius
Vanderbilt and all the money
mongers of the world aud let
them go into partnership, arid
they would not have money
euough to buy one Sofa of Con
tentment, and their credit
would not be sufficient, and
they would be left discontent
ed.
Newuian says hr thought
when he was a boy that, if he
ever got to be a man he would
be contented, but wheu he grew
up there was something lacking.
There stood Clariuda, a great
big obstacle between him aud
contentment, and he said to
himself, "I have found the
great Elixir of Life; she is the
Balm of Gilead, aud if I can
only win her and call her my
wife, 1 will take my seat on th*
Sofa of Contentment the rest
of my days.” Time passed,
aud by and by they were mar
ried, and in a short time there
after Clariuda got mad and
'ore all the silk plush off his
Sofa of Conteotmeut, "and,”
said he, "I have never felt con
tented since.’ 1 Time passed
! like the dews of the morning,
jacd oue cold rainy night in
i December the doctor called in
and swapped Clariuda a bounc
ing baby boy for Newman’s
Sofa of Contentment, “and,”
said be, “my contentment is
1 gone forever.”
Aud thus we go, discontented
and reetl-ss; we eau’t find real
| conteotmeut in this world, aud
! which end of the road we are
lon will determine whether we
shall find it in the u»xt world
| or uot.
Christ said “Enter in at the
| straight gate,” aud by so doing
we can say in the language of
King David, “I shall be satis
| tied when I awake in thy like
iness.” Thus w# shall ever be
with the Lord, aud realise true
and lastiug contentment
Confectioners should make
their candy over ben-ben tfrsi.
PROSPECT.
[Last week’s letter. | m
Once again the cloud* have
disappeared and the mui shines
brightly.
Mrs. Margaret Sox! m is con
valescing all er several weeks of
illness
Rev. 1) I!. Oliver preached n
very interesting sermon here
Sunday.
Mr. Bob Robitison of near
Lawrenceville whs in our midst
recently recently.
A couple went to -New Hope
last Sunday, and on their re
turn thi* was their report of
the day: "There wa« an awful
mighty big crowd th* re mid we
just had a large time.” We
say hurrah for that couple.
Miss Lena Pittman of Elbcth
el attended services here Sun
day.
The Messrs. Ivy of Walton
county visited relatives here
Saturday and Sunday.
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CRAIG CHRONICLES.
Wiuter in its coldest form
will soon appear.
Prof. Clark Hopkins of Nor
eroHH wa* here recently.
Mrs J. P. Thompson is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Brownlee,
of near Sweet Water.
Mr. Dock I’aden has killed
his large hog. Il weighed fifif)
pounds.
Our Sunday school i- progres
sing ninety wii > Mr l> S. \Vil
lintns ns superint- ml , t.
Wo are glad i" >•: v ihat we
think Rolar Williams Ims ro
roverocl from his r».*«* nt shock.
Mr. Brumien is wearing ilie
same aad smile.
Belmont is represented here
almost every Sunday with some
of its dashing young men. We
wonder what ttie attraction is
One of nor vote g men is
looking as sad na u luimral pro
cession since lon giri linn gone
to Alabama, We gii *s sin* will
return soon Mr. I!.
Ask Baby bow he enjoys go
ing to North D cut nr.
Why don't everybody take
the Herald? We don’t see
how we could do without it.
DEATH oFmUL J. (’.
WHITWORTH.
Mrs. Whitwnrili died at her
home near Law rcucrville ou the
morning of Sept 2nd I*{l7.
Thus ended ilie life of il good
woman, nhe was bom April
28th 1842. SI e wu.- a daughter
of B- H. Lamkiii, and married
J. 11, Whitworth N v. I 1870:
six children »■ r« b rn to them
—four girls am! two iv*y*. She
joined the church at Alcove in
Aug. 1808.
How strange it seems that
one so useful, so tin*-}) fish and
so good shoul I Ist taken from
those who loved her and whom
she loved, from u life which
promised so much f• -r the Mas
ter and His cause, and go much
for the happiness of all who
knew her well; especially of
him the loved mom, and who
feels his heart cru-lied under
the blow laid so suddenly und
heavily upon him. Wh know
that He who uiletli doeth all
things well, uud that our loss
is her eterna 1 gii; , but while
w« thank God :<>r t « assurance
given in His word, aud which
tempers our grief, we eaunot
erase from our ti's-i* tho sor
row caused by mic i an irrepar
able loss, or purchase consola
tion by forg tiulmas. As a
friend, knowing her well and
loving her as her noble nature
so wtdl des*-rivd, agaiu aud
again does con-tan!lv recurring
memory bring irer before our
vision a* she appeared ou so
many occasion*, hallowed bv
her Jofty s«ntnnei t« and conse
crated by ber devoted friend
ship, but se k a* we may to
banish from our thought*) and
sights her lan app arance as
she lay as on l - asleep within her
narrow bed, s > calm and beau
titul, we can *>t Hit see her
and think of her as she seemed
—a creature fresh Irm the
band of God, i»'d waiting f or
the breath of life, not oho who
bad lived su I suffered death.
To know ber ««« i > love her,
bnt only tho»* cut rightly esti
mate her rare love iueas of dis
position aud strou ;th of char
acter Kind, genii® and help
ful to all, it wan o jI y to those
blessed by her oh*** friendship
or nearer lie* that s'ih develop
ed those rare tr.iit* that sealed
their homage au<i their love,
aud bound them t * her with a
devuti hi which tinm nor change
uor death itself ouu lessen or
effect- What she was as daugh
t«r, sister, wife uud mother
>nly those can know and right
ly value who wete blessed with 1
-ucli relationship; the words of
friends cannot express it.
j
Thou art gone to the grave,
i But we will not weep
,Sinee God was thy ransom,
Thy love and thy strength.
He gave thee, Ho took thee,
And he will restore thee,
And death hath no sting
Since He hath received thee,
Be it resolved, Ist, That onr
church has lost an earnest,
faithful worker.
2nd, That our tenderest heart
felt sympathies are extended to
the bereaved family. May they
find comfort in the Savior’s
precious promises, and cast all
their cares on Him who careth
most tor them.
!>rd, That this testimonial of
our affection for our deceased;
sister bo sent to her family; |
that it be spread upon the;
church' hook, and a copy bel
furnished to Thk Gwinnett!
Herald and the News for pub
lication.
Mrs. Ri sik Mi Connell, i
“ Aha J Arons,
" Sv ritA Lankohd,
CommUtM.
WISE WORDS.
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Let friendship creep gently j
to a height; if it rush to it, itj
may soon run itself out of
breath.
Happiness is like a sun beam, j
which the least shadow inter-1
eopts, while adversity is as often j
ns the rain of spring.
The time is flying this way]
on rapid wings, when the only
thing that cun prosper in this;
world is righteousness.
Life is continually weighing
us in very sensitive scales-and |
telling every one of n*precisely 1
what liis real weight is to the
last grain of dust.
The greal duty of life is not j
to give'.pain; and the most!
acute reasouer cannot find an
■ excuse for one .who voluntarily ;
wounds the heart of a fellow
creftt uro.
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All great men are brave in
initiative; but the courage I
which' enables them to succeed 1
where Jothers dare not even at-'
tempt is never so potent as i
when it lends to entire self-for-j
get fulness.
Ifow mankind defers from
day to day the best it can do
and the most beautiful things
it can enjoy, wit hout thinking j
that every day may be the last ■
one, and that lost time is lost ;
eternity 1
Be deaf to the suggestions of
tale-bearers,cal uin nin tors, pick
thanks or malevolent detrac
tors, who, white great men
sleep, sowing the tares of dis
cord and division, distract the
traiisquility of charity and alll
friendly society.
Wear your learning, like your]
watch, in a private pocket, and
do not-pull it out and display I
it merely to show that you
have one If you are asked
what o’clock it i*, tell it, but I
do not proclaim it hourly and
•unasked, like the watchman.
Houest and discriminating j
pralie never really make* any :
oue vain . It encourages fresh i
efforts; it giveg new vitality j
aud vigor; it is a pleasurable |
stimulant, uot an intoxicating I
drug. There is fur too little of i
it in the world for the world's
go>d.
Toe way of life i# by uo ui«*ii»
smooth, but us not make it
rougher than it is. The world
is not nil we could wish; but, if
it got* wrong, let us not spend
ouraelf trying to uiuke it worse
Rather let us nmke it a little
smoother uud a little pleasant
er by our disposition, manner*
and deeds. If men iu general
are out of eorts, there is the
more need of our being in aorta.
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-
Hardup—l know that you
don’t believe iu sign# iu the or
dinary sense lint don’t you
sometimes find yourself in cir
cumstances which cause pre
sentiments of evil ?
Close (1st —Vo*. Every time
some people ask ss;* for a loan 1
feel as if 1 were going to lose
money.
| WORK OF A TRAIN DIS
PATCHER.
Jthoioh far AWAV from the
KNHINK, IIE HAS MORE To Do
THAN THK 'ENGINEER.
George Ethelbert Walsh con
tributes an article on ‘‘Running
the Fast Express” toßt. Nicho
las. Mr Walsh says:
The eyes ot tlie engineer are
lon the clock and time table be
fore him, and he keeps a sharp
lookout ahead. For various
reasons lie may fall a few min
utes behind hand at one point,
bnt he manages to make up the
loss at another. He has certain
stops to make, and he makes all
speed possible between them.
Blithe is not mast*r of the
road. At any moment a dan
ger signal along the line may
confront him. llh may be
ordered to bring hi* train to a
standstill at a small wav station
and there receive telegraphic
orders to run on a siding. He
*
asks no questions, but obeys
orders. Five initiates later a
“special” may rush past him,
and t lie the signals aro set again,
warning tile engineer of the ex
press that he must make up for
lost time.
T«i understand thi* delay and
the sudden change* made in the
time table it will be necessary
to go back to the headquarters
and to watch the general super
intendent and the train dis
patcher. Although many trains
running on the line are hun
dreds of miles away, the exact
position of every one every sec
ond in tho hour is known and
recorded. A telegraph operator
i) working industriously in the
office of the train dispatcher,
receiving and sending orders.
The running orders of all the
trains are directed from this
office. Each engineer Ims
orders to make certain runs ac
cording to the time table unless
oilier orders frmg headquarters
interfere.
If any accident happens on
tho road, the train dispatcher
knows it almost a* soon as the
passengers. A breakdown of
some local train on the main
line may upset nil the calcula
tion* of the day. Immediately
the expresses running on that
line must be stopped before a
collision occurs. A snowstorm
msy blockade t> train on the
northern branch of the road.]
and thereby make necessary a
change in the reguiar ached- j
ule.
A train from the west is half
an hour behind perhaps and
this interferes with the regular
running of the other trains*
Arrangement* must be made to
let train* pass without accident.
A western express may lie tie- j
bind time und *tart out five
minutes ahead of some special
express- lu this instance it ;
must give the special the right
of way, and it is forced upon
some siding. The special ex
press passe* without losing a
niinuta.
There are 50 trains coining
and going, oue behind time, an
other ahead, probably, and
easy crowding out another.
The train dispatcher has to re
gulate thi* tangle and keep
things running smoothly. Thu*
it i* that the engineer of a tlier
may suddenly find Imuself side
tracked.
Should the train dispatcher
make a mistake, or fail to make
arrangrment* for two fa*t mov
ing trains, the block signal sys
tem would probably prevent an
accident. The block tower#
are connected by telegraph liueg'
and a bell code enable# tbs men
to commuuicale directly with
each other. They can stop a
traiu at any moment by means
of their signals, independent of
order*from headquarters 'Thus
the engineer depends entirly
upon others to keup the truck
clear, and he merely runs hi*
train ns near schedule time as
possible and keeps his iron steed
in perfect condition.
Tobolsk, Russia, claims t» be
the oldest iuhabitod place in
the world.
Iu England of 1,000 persons
CH are named Mary, <SO Wil
liam, 02 John, (51 Eliza, 85)
Thomas, 8(5 George, 8(5 Sarah, i
88 Anne, 81 James and 28
Charles.
Policemen in the city of Mos
cow carry lanterns at night.
When an officer rests or enteis
a house, the lanters is set down
on the pavement near where he
happens to be.
1.00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE
THE WOMAN TN THE CASE.
From the Chattanooga Sunday
Times.
But one white woman bus
ever been executed for murder
in Georgia. And now that the
deatli sentence is about to be
carried out in the case of Mrs.
Nobles, the white women of the
state are pleading with the
Governor to be merciful to her,
becau*e she is. a woman, and
white.
“There arc- certain circum
stances,” says the Baltimore
Sun, "connected with the case
of Mrs. Nobles which make it
almost impossible for Gov. At
kinson to commute her sentence
to life imprisonment, Mrs.
Nobles paid Iter colored man
servant $lO to kill her husband.
Tho negro was a poor hand at
murder and had to invoke the
aid of his employer to finish the
work. Both were convicted
and sentenced to death.”
Now, if the Governor com
mutes the woman’s punishment
and allows her ignorant, brutal
ized and hired pal to hang, lie
will be justly charged with dis
crimination of the most objec
tionable character If he lets
the woman taka her medicine
with her partner in a cold
blooded murder, he have a great
number of influential white
women down upon him, and
they may ruin his political fu
tore, which now hns a bright
outlook.
As we see it, the negro is fsr
more deserving of clemency
than the woman. She had
some advantages of education-
Hlie was one of the master race.
Hlie has a commanding will and
temper, and she used all three
and her husband’s money to se
cure the negro’s aid in ridding
her of that husband', and final
ly she assisted in giving the vic
tim bis passports, and did her
part with the savage ferocity of
a she tiger.
Why should uot such a tiling
be put off the earth? Is there
any reason at all? Of course
there is none, "’(’anse she’s a
woman” and i* a reason for
hanging here.
That her tool is black, ignor
ant, but a few generations from
barbarism, might be an excuse
for extending clemency, in his
ease; but the best use the pair
ca:i 1)9 put is as examples, fn
life they were united in a re
volting, fiendish, cruel crime.
In death should not be
parted.
PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY.
“I guess,” said the Congress
man, as he entered the photog
rapher’s studio, "that I’d but
ter let you take three Lack and
try it over again.”
“Didn’t your photographs
suit you ?” asked the young
woman behind the show ease.
“Y’es, they pleased me first
rate.”
“The likeness is remarkably
good,” she commented, as iht
held one out at arms’ length.
"It is. If the resemblance
was not quite so strong I might
have kept them for iny family
and myself to look at. We
would tell the neighbors it wa*
somebody else, and have made
them believe it. But there
would lie no use in trying tc
deceive them with that pict
ure.”
“What is it you object to?”
“The surroundings.”
"Bnt this is one of the most
popular backgrounds in out
gallery; everybody understands
that such things are only puiut
ed on canvas.”
‘‘No,” was the reply, "every
body doesn't understand if. J
wouldn't have one of thost
pictures get into the bauds ol
the op|M)*itiou just before elec
tion for ten thousand dollars.
Veil’ll have to give me some
pictures with another hack
ground, even if I pay for hav
ing it painted to order. Look
where you have me! Seated on
a plush arm chair, in halls of
Byzantine architecture, with i
garden of palm* in the back
ground! It won’t do. What
I’ll have to have is a per#|>ec
tive showing a barn and a ha\
wagon, with a hired man in the
middle distance, while i stanr.
iu the foreground, with an earn
e*t expression on my face, as ii
1 were telling him exactly wind
we must do if we expect to save
the cou u try.’’—Washington
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THE DYING CENTURY'.
Oh century, tottering to thy
rest,
All vainly dost thou beat thy
breast:
A new dawn gilds the mountain
crest.
The glorv of the wondrous day,
With all its glitter and display,
In twilight shadows dies away.
Almost the poet, in whose ryme
Thy praise is sung in verse sub
lime,
Begins his lay "Once on a time.’
Strange fancies fill thy time
worn brain,
Thou dreamest thou are young
again,
With battle cry on land and'
main.
Ami a dread turmoil of unrest
Embroils the Orient and the
West;
Alarums sound at thy behest.
E’on Israel’s children, in thy
throes,
Imagine o’er again their woes;
And many a hope toward Zion
goes.
The world is mud—men shout
and cry—
Beholding wonders in the sky,
Renewing faith in prophecy.
Old century, we love thee well.
Thy fume the chronicler will
. tell
When long forgot thy funeral
knell.
—Felix N. Gerson.
ODD DEATH OF Xsi’A RROW
From Han Francisco Post.
A little English sparrow root
a tragic deatli oue day last
week. A nuHitter of teams are
stationed in Root street to help
the passing street cars across
the lailroad tracks. Two or
three of them are at rest most
of the time in the cool shade of
neighboring buildings while
their drivers lounge aud talk.
Now, a sparrow thinks noth
ing is quite so nice for nest
building as long horse hairs.
A number of them visited tho
orner every day, aud gleaned
the hairs from the ground. Of
course, this was slow work, and
one of the birds, more ambi
tious than the others, finally
concluded to go to the fountuiu
head of horse hairs, and so he
tried re pull to pull a hair from
lha tail of one of the sleepy
horses. No doubt the horse
thought that a fly was biting
him, und switched his tail vig
orously, lu some way, no one
knew just how, the sparrow was
caught, and when the driver
OHtne back he found the poor
little lord banging quite still
ami dead, with one of tho long
hairs twisted around his neck.
And the old horse didn’t s**em
to know that anything was the
matter.
THE COMINU~WOMAN
who goes to the club while her
husband teuda the baby as well
as the good old-fashioned wo
man who looks after her home,
will both at times get rim down
in health. They will be troubled
with los* of appetite headaches,
sleeplessness, fainting or dizzy
spells. The most wonderful
remedy for these women is Elec
tric Bitters. Thousands of suf
ferers from Fame back and
Weak Kidneys rise up and call
it blessed. It is the medicine
for women. Femaie complaints
aud Nervous troubles of all
kinds are soon relieved by the
use of Electric Bitters Deli
cate Women should keep this
remedy on hand to (mild up the
system. Only bOe. per bottle
For Hale by A. M. Winn <fc
Han.
Abdul llamid. the sick man
of the cast, lias exhibited a
vigor and a power of sudden re
cuporat ion which the Powers
urate d they cannot account
for. Russian gold, and Ger
man officers among the Sultan's
troop’s will doubtless explain
the matter.
Colonel Ingiwsnli says they
ou<ht to manufacture a tiist
e'as> bell for Weyler. To
whith the Spanish general re
pl e : "The same one you are
oiug to wj***|>a agreable to me.
I don’t caiurwor any frills iu
miue. w
Tammany has 1
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