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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (June 24, 1890)
jOCPALB BANNER. TERMS : ia advance $ 1 , 00 . ;; . 50 Cts 25 “ .. three legal advertising medium of 0ide county- Vol. XIII. ABOUr GEN. LEE. Lee, wliile living in Liv rien the habit of writing bad his of paper on 2 fl suck recollections aa occur to him. The following were o- the number found: 3$ ie OD ourpurpo who oppose regarded *,« not always to be M0„renemies. We usually think ..diet from 0“ r immediate sur endings.. (See Hacauley on gachiavelli.)” rule to judc|.e our «j]i0 better is adversaries from their standpoint, not from ours.” “God disposes. That ought to satisfy us.” “Fame which does not result from good action and achieve ents for the good of the whole people is not to be desired, Nero had fame— or, rather, notoriety, fto envies him?” “No man can be so important ^ the world that he needs not the goodwill and approval of others.’ * “Charity should begin at home. So says . No. Charity should have no beginning or end in?. “Gentlemen,” said the condemn¬ ed man, “I can promise you one thing, I will never touch another drop.” The great trouble with the lit¬ erature of the day is that there is too much realism in our fiction, and a surfeit of imagination in our historical work. When Emerson’s library urns burning at Concord, I went to him as he stood with the fire-light on his strong, sweet face and endeav¬ ored to express my sympathy for the loss of his most valued posses¬ sions, but he answered cheerily, “Nevermind, Louisa; see what a beautiful blaze they make! We will enjoy that now.” The lesson was never forgotten, and in the varied losses that come to me, I have learned to look for something beautiful and bright.—Miss Al cott. not my fault,” observed the struggling butcher, as he weighed twelve ounces of bone to the two pounds of steak “if I can’t make both ends meet.” haws for regulating labor are common enough; but none seem to he in force regulating and lim¬ iting loafing. There is a pretty prospect for a good crop year. We never saw the cotton crop in such a nice con¬ dition. Good stands and clean. “Born—Died.” That’s the sto Vf of most human beings. It is °nly of a handful that this be told: "Born—Lived—Died.” Persons who are in doudtas to difference between ’’faith cure” a nd “mind cure” are reminded to adopt Charles Dudley Warner’s iocid definition of the two. “Mind cure says he, doesn't require any faith, and “faith cure” doesn't re¬ tire any mind. One of the best arguments in fa democrats ^ 0r °f the position that taken the by tariff the iS a fax is a problem recently sub¬ mitted nown by university a professor his in students, a well his to is the problem: “If fifty oads of cabbage are brought into ^nna, upon which there is col ec ted at the gates of the city a * cen f a b ea< dj and if the Ca “ a e is sold to the citizens for o Resumption within the city, who P a F§ the tax?” Even the most t,‘ ase ^ 0I protectionist of protection who accepts gospel win v have 7 as to answer that the con er Pays the tax, consequently « ^tariff is a tax. _ Healer, I want you to under ’ 8 i r > that I keep good fish, ^nstonaer: „ foat That may be; but why " y° sell u some of it? * & Y, -v_ ^5 \ Y Jd er: M a fe \ \ -I * iti r, MrtoCmc*. .r f CONYERS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 24 , 1890 PURE AIR, Prometheus, according to the story of Greek mythology, stole fire from heaven and brought it down to earth. It appears, says the Newcastle Chronicle, that the performance of a somewhat analo¬ gous service is gravely contempla¬ ted by the promoters of the W at kin tower, not fire, but pure air being the useful commodity which it is intended to convey from the lofty hight to the low er level for thebenefit of mankind. The tow er is to be not less than 1,200 feet —considerably higher than its prototype in Paris. At this atmospheric point, air, even in London, is declared to be absolutely pure; and it is proposed that by means of machinery spec¬ ially devised for the purpose, a supply of fresh air shall be drawn to the street level, and thence dis¬ tributed to houses and public buildings, as water and gas now are. The project to thenon-scien tific mind at least, may look rath¬ er shadowy, albeit the object aim¬ ed at is so excellent and worthy that it is to be hoped that it may not be destined to remain in nub ibus. at- - The foreign population of Chic¬ ago is computed at 570,000 of whom 150,000 Irish, 00,000 Polish 40,000 Scandinavian, 50,000 Bohe¬ mian and 15,000 Italian. The ratio of foreign to native popula¬ tion in New York is even greater, and in Boston it is as graat. This country has swallowed a great deal of Europe and it is time that a rest should be taken until the process of digestion and assimila¬ tion is completed. Miss Brackett, the writer and teacher, has had a right-hand side saddle made and rides on either side of her horse indifferently. Slie was moved to this by the convic tion that constant ridining on the left side was injurous to both rider and horse. The tbree daughters of the Princes of Wales and other ladies of England have adopted Miss Brackett’s innovation, Did you ever wonder as you en¬ joyed your picnic or party sand¬ wich where it got its name? Some one who has taken the trouble to find out tells us that Lord Sand¬ wich, a gambler and an English aristocrat, could not afford wio time required fora “square meal” so he had a slice of meat placed between two slices' of bread brought to him as he sat at the gamling-table. Caroline, queen of George II., was once moved by a covetousness similar to that which incited Ahab to ask Gaboth for his vinyard ad¬ joining the royal palace that he might make it a “garden of herbs. 5 The queeu lived in St. James palace, and thought that the ad¬ joining St. James park belonging to the public would make a nice palace garden. She therefore asked the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, what it would cost to shut it up and make it a royal garden. trifle,” “Oh, a trifle, madame; a answer'd the cynical slirewed pre mier. Robert,”, replied .. . “A trifle, Sir the queen. “I know better. It will be expensive but I wish you to tell me the cost as near as you can guess. I believe tlie , “Why, madame, crowns,” whole wifi cost but three rejoined the Prime Minister, look¬ ing her calmly in the face. The queen seeing that Sir Rob _ of ert meant the three crowns _ Ireland, , and _ England, Scotland had the tact to answer, “Then 1 will think no more of it. Youth s Companion. TEMPERANCE COLUMN [Tliis column is under control of the W 7 . C. T. U of Conyers.] Loyalty to Christ means carry¬ ing forward in our century the work He began in His; not only worshiping Him on our knees, but working with Him on our feet.— Parkhurst. The following is from Senator Blair’s valuable book, “The Temp¬ erance Movement”: There is noth¬ ing of his own manufacture which has such power over the body and soul of man as that mysterious substance to which has been given the name—alcohol. Indeed so subtile and canny are its methods of asserting its influence, so com¬ manding is its control over the spiritual as well as the physical structure, and so direct do its re¬ lations appear to be with the eter¬ nal essence as well as with tho ma terial parts of human nature, that from time immemorial this strange drug has maintained a personified existence in the imaginations of meih ” A Monkeys Temperance Lesson. In my youth, says a writer in an exchange, I had a friend who had a monkey. We always took him out on onr chestnut parties. He shook all our chestnuts for us. One day my friend stopped at a tavern and gave Jack about a half a glass of whisky. Jack took the glass and drank its contents, the effects of which soon set him skip¬ ping, hopping and dancing. Jack was drunk. We agreed to come to the tavern next day and see if 'Jack would drink again. I called in the morning at my friends house; but instead of being as usual, on his box, Jack was not to be seen. We looked inside and there he was crouched up in a, heap. “Come,” said his master. Jack came out on three legs, ap¬ plying his fore-paw to his head. Jack had the headache. He was sick and couldn’t go. So we put it off three days. We then met again at the tavern and provided a glass for Jack. But where was he? Skulking behind chairs. “Come here, Jack,” said his mas¬ ter, holding the glass out to him. Jack retreated, and as the door opened he slipped out and in a moment was on the top of the house. His master called him down. Jack refused to obey. My friend got a wbip and shook it at him, The monkey continued on the ridgepole. His master got a gun and pointed it at him. Jack slipped over to the back of the building. He then got two guns and had one pointed on each side of the house, when the monkey jumped upon the chimney and got down in one of the fines and held on by his fore-paws. My friend kept that monkey twelve years afterward, but never asked him again to take whisky.—Wis, agri¬ culturist. Very lately a reporter upon a New York daily had occasion to interview a gentleman in a popu lar cafe of that city. During the course of an hour he saw that the proprietor was asked to drink by at least a dozen men. Being a “good fellow” and very popular, he never refused. But the repor ter observed that the manager took the same kind of liquor that his customers imbibbed. If it were whisky then hotookgin, and if the customer drank gin, then the mauager took whisky. The reporter also noticed that the pro prielbr poured his own tipple out oU different bottle from that which he had set before his cus tomers. Taxed with these facts the man confessed his subterfuge, He had a clear eye, healthy ing skin and the appearance of sober man. And lie averred that he was not only perfectly sober, but almost, if not entirely, an ab¬ stainer, and this is how he man¬ aged it: On the shelf behind him stood his own paticular bottles of liquor, one of cold tea, another of cold water. When invited to take whisky he declined and avowed a preference for gin. After ser ring his “friend” he turned and helped himself from the water in the bottle labeled “gin” on the convenient shelf behind him. When invited to join in a drink of gin he declined in favor of whis¬ ky obtensibly. In reality he took “two fingers” of cold tea. In this manner he took at least “ten horns’ in the course of an hour, “You see for yourself,” said he to the re¬ porter, “how hard it is for a pop¬ ular liquor seller to keep from be¬ coming a tank, a mero sot. Now you see how I manage my boy. I drink and drink and yet keep'a clear head and a steady pulse. But keep it quiet; it would not do to let people know that the man who sells as much liquor over his bar as anybody in this ward is very nearly an abstainer!” So far as the man’s own habits go he is wise in his day and generation. But what an occupation!—-Union Sig¬ nal. Miss Gibbs, a teacher in a South¬ ern college, wrote to Jefiergon Da¬ vis, asking him lo write a senti¬ ment which might serve as a motto for Southern women. The reply she received, says the St. Louis Republic, might serve for the gui¬ dance of all mankind: For my fellow countrywomen— Be ye slow to anger, swift to for¬ give and hold fast the charity that raises the lowly with the self-re¬ spect that stoops not to the haughty. Jefferson Davis. (A-UFIMIJBBJ** WUBHW Kind words produce their own image in men’s souls, and a beau¬ tiful image it is, They soothe and quiet and comfort the hearer. They shame him out of Lis sour, morose, unkind feelings. We have not yet begun to jjse kind words in such abundance as they ought to be used. No Reason in It—“Talmage says he came into the world ask¬ ing why.” “Well, he’s never been able to find out since, has he? ’ Counties are beginningto nomi¬ nate candidates for the legislature They ought to choose the best men they can get.The next Georgia leg ilature will have some big work to do. Cromwell’s mother, a short time before her death, blessed her son in these words, ’’May the Lord cause His face to shine upon thee, and comfort the and enable the to do great things for his glory and to be a relief unto liis people. My dear son, I leave my heart with thee. A good night!'’—The Home Maker. It is easy enough to face great dangers when they last but a little while, and when their suenessful endurances mean recognition and honor; but the patient loyalties of private life the self-effacement of women for the sake of those in their own household, who often have neither comprehension of the sacrifice made for them nor grat titude for it, involve another and higher kind of courage. In every situation in life there are men and women who are quietly putting j j their own interests out of sight in order that some other less vigor | ous or less fortunate, may be sus ; tained and cared for. Theso beau j tiful from sacrifices the •world, concealed constitute as they a are chaper of heroism the like of which has never been written by the splendid daring of war and exploration.—The Chnstion bn ion. .The following story illustrating the Astor philosophy in money matters is told of the late John Jacob Astor by the man who was the other actor in the scene, “I went to Mr. Astor," he said, “with a business proposition which de¬ manded an investment of 1100,000 on his part. While listening to the plan he kept groping andfeel ing about on the floor for some¬ thing he seemed to have dropped. When I had finished he saidread ily: ‘All right; go on with the affair I'll furnish the money.’ At that instant a man entered to tell him that one of his buildings had burn¬ ed down. ‘That happens nearly every day,’ he said with the ut¬ most unconcern, and wont unfeel¬ ing about with great care for that something on the carpet. I dually asked him what he had dropped. ‘Why,’ he said, raising his head and looking as woe-bc.gone as a small boy. If a man's building burn down, they are gone and he can’t help it, and he is bound to let them go. But a man who de¬ liberately throws away ten cents because ho won’t take tho trouble to find it is not to bo forgiven.”— New York Evening Sun. One who does any church work at the minister’s request has not thereby conferred a personal favor and laid the minister under a per¬ petual obligation, any more than the man who lias recovered his strength by following tho physic¬ ian’s directions lias thereby place d tho physician under a heavy debt of gratitude. Tho pastor is giv - mg his parishoners a work to do for Christ is thereby helping them to fulfill what should bo their dearest wish in life; and when pas¬ tor and people thus labor and pray with.eaoli other and for each other in their common service there must grow up an affection'between them like that between parent and child, and the work of tho Lord must prosper in their hands,—Th e Golden Rule. A BOY’S TEMPTATIONS. You have heard of tho old cas¬ tle that was taken by a single gun. Tho attacking force had only one gun, and it seemed hopeless to try to take the castle; but ono soldier said, Iwill show you bow we can take the castle.” And he pointed the cannon to one spot and fired, and went on all day,never moving the cannon.About nightfall there were were a few grains of sand knocked off the wall.-He did the the same next day anp tho next. By and by the stones began to come away, and by steadily work¬ ing his gun for one week he made a hole in that castle big enough for the army to pass through. Now with a single gun fireing a way at every boy’s life,the devil is trying to get in at on opening. Temptation is the practice of the soul; and if you never have any temptation, you will never have any practice. A boy who attends fifty drills in a year is a much bet¬ ter soldier than the one that drills only twice. . Do not quarrel with your temptations; set yourself res¬ olutely to face them.—Prof. Ham¬ mond. Before paper came into general use our Teutonic forefathers wrote their letters, calenders and ac¬ counts on wood. The “boc” or “buch” being close grained and plentiful in Northern Europe, was generally employed for the pur¬ pose, and hence the word ‘‘book'' The parlor or “lalking-room." first came into use duriug the reign of Henry VIII. 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