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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1897)
H0KRl riEI) AT THE I ® SUICIDES. fHEASE OF jflL REMEDY SUGGESTED. tead to Remorse of Con peeds Leads to Con TThick in Turn , Self-Murder. wplatio" 0 f , in g about these suicides that . a ^ the increase all over the land, ^ w defined Thave occurred to any class during or the condi- last t^l^rgi.and S men. two the adjoining past middle states. age t} eirl in her teens. None had K , a deed, and it seems the rash and less r thereafter oration has more nerve iianauv than their fathers. I ^ condition or peril that L%te Such taking courage of one’s and life. will power I would as £ray nMtilence. chances To m be weary battle of or life ship- is B *SKne, with and David: thousands “Oh, there that S'of ,n exclaim dove, that I might fly X a at rest.” But to the average d« ,imprisonment weariest life that age, ache, pe I® can lay on nature is what we fear of death.” It a fearful leap to commit suicide— Tome M( j go we know not where,” and yet almost as common as murder er that has the excuse of gratifying ission as hate, revenge,avarice,desire blood lition. The suicide leaves no him save his own—no nothing but grief. There is no sheriff „„ court to try, and in this coun or confiscation or burial benefit of clergy. when L more than a century ago, was king of England, the law was e that the body of a suicide should thrust through it and be buried highway, so as to intimidate others His goods and chatties to the crown. This law was re during King George’s reign, but a new that the body should be buried the performance of religious Such was tlie detestation of ancestors for what they called of suicide. I know of but one would that’is justify a man taking his ami remorse—such remorse Iscariot felt when he went out and himself. There are but three in of self murder mentioned in sacred and they were all bad men. But in suicides are generally good-hearted says of Othello, that he of heart, but it was remorse for innocent wife that nerved him to Nowadays the most of suicides not from remorse, but from dis failures in business, domestic or grief over lost lovers or kindred. Sometimes the unhappy man drown trouble in drink, and this a depression that ends in self murder, it does not take a great misfortune to now. Only last week a clever man killed himself on hearing that was dead, and a young girl herself because she did not like her How many traveling men have dead in the Atlanta hotels during few years with no extraordinary for self destruction—just tired of life— make money fast enough; couldn’t accounts with their employers, such reason. Job suffered great but didn’t dare to destroy him In the greatest anguish he said: “ My weary of my life, oh, that it would God to destroy me, that He would hand and cut me off.” ■hit cause Shiv in this happy land? Are these sm¬ ite all skeptics, or infidels, or universal P, that they should have no fear of deatln I dread of something after death? p.ft« there is a hereafter and a judgment ■ come, and if so, a murderer has a bet kenance than a suicide, for he has time to put and be forgiven, as David was. Then, P®, it is such a selfish act, for it brings pi p household to kindred and leaves a shadow over that never passes away. A F wars ago I met a young man whom I r not sccu since he was a lad. He was do i? well in a distant state, where his mother Masters Mer forgotten lived, but I could see the lines His of j)„” sorrow in his face. r "ung himself In a barn, and the heart atu> family moved far away. A few ago I met an old friend who had al J' ^mm. greeted He me was cheerfully, prematurely but I hardly and |nes of sadness gray, i> intellectual were in every lineament mile His features. He had ceased ^ hope only son, on whom his love -nad placed was centered, had killed him the fatal pistol to his temple '’' hut makes our young men ft - ‘ J ; comes from remorse, is it not |r Ls t.r'i :f 068 an aman ft safer kill, to anyhow? repent and Nothing reform? but Cl His soul goes marching on and [h.? rse ^ft.he S°es w-ith has it. right But to even mutilate his body no or Lf • arc ft- temples Ihe °f scripture says that our ■- the living Grod—created ^••■1 uuage and but a little lower than the Is,: j“‘ ft is iiorrible to think of. It «,, ,' ho one but murderers and assas and they don’t do it. If the butcher, L’j viaM’f 1 ' 11 ’ a .ift v hould ending kiil of himself his life, in whether his cell, he it m.- ^“wane, been but for tenderly a young raised man and or r-.-- ,p Nrti.l. th/ H' , ere ° r ebildren is or kindred Better who oi' no excuse. to f,! la- ja n y ^ ave Get ibnn and to plunge try-again. in a gulf If U'-rve enough up :r : . _ to pull the fatal t) ‘”ionn°' _ °r 1 Sure to suffer ^' can and m ake endure another whatever effort >°u. Get up and do something— *1 rt ar ijoar d if you can’t do better. 7 ' ,_ a „ an a ything—dig, , hoe, chop wood, be mm -” locomotive, keep going—don't at and brood over troubles. Con -.t ,T 0ym ,? nt wil1 stifle grief. If you ta- jjV. T ork , go to the woods and hear ' and see the glad water flow ,‘;r .pic , a ithful branches. Life is worth dog's . s a’ til -v f wag of your - -jt nUr ;d l 7 ®* for—much more, is the n-s- .‘ and friends. I believe that s • ai( .,'“ r i 0I % of the crime, devil’s but workshop produ* and ianeholy it , . state of mind that ” 1 j riIi s and ends in suicide. Who engineer, or a conductor, or i a They hard-working farmer haven’t got time ‘ c - If domestic trouble or haunts you, work it off. ' Xantippe, could the most aggra * find, and he he '•‘iplirm and humiliation, tb ‘-"ry aggravating men, but r -a-on, but women rarely Uiidr They prefer to suffer and n. Don't nurse your varm. There are thousands who are Suffer unfortunately worse off than you are. and be strong, for death will come after a while and relieve you. I was ruminating about the difference be¬ tween now and then—between the old times and the new. There were no suicides then. A crazy woman threw herself into a well and it created a great sensation, NVe heard of many cases in Paris and we wondered and had pity, but I cau't recall any in Georgia. Now the* daily papers have to keep a space open for them. Our children are raised wrong or educated wrong. They don’t love to work or to study or to read good books or go to church. They want to frolic and to sport or to find short cuts to fortune. Sup¬ pose we look for some of the old landmarks and travel along the old roads and see if we can’t stop this self-destruction that is so fearfully increasing in our southern land.— Bill Abp in Atlanta Constitution. CANAL COMMISSION REPORT The Subject of a Communication to the Senate by President Cleveland. Tlie report of the deep water canal commission was laid before the senate and house of representatives, at Wash¬ ington, Monday, with the following recommendation by the president: “I transmit herewith the report of Messrs. James B. Angell, of Michigan; John E. Russell, of Massachusetts, and Lyman E. Cooley, of Illinois, who were appointed commissioners under the authority of a law passed March 2, 1895, to make inquiry and report, after conference with such similar commis¬ sioners as might be appointed on be¬ half of Great Britain and the Domin¬ ion of Canada, concerning the feasibil¬ ity of the construction of such canals as will enable vessels engaged in ocean commerce to pass between the great lakes and the Atlantic ocean, and the most convenient location and probable cost of such canals, together with such facts and information, and said facts specified in relation to their construc¬ tion and use. The commissioners have prosecuted the work assigned them with great zeal and intelligence, result¬ ing in the collection of a mass of infor¬ mation embodied in their report and accompanying exhibits, which are of great importance and interest as re lated to the project. and “The advantages of direct un¬ broken water transportation for the products of our western states and territories from convenient points c f shipments to our seaboard ports arc plainly palpable. commissioner!, “The report of the contains, in my opinion, demonstra¬ tion of the feasibility of securing such transportation and gives grounds fol the anticipation that better and more uninterrupted commerce through thi plans suggested between the great* west and foreign ports, with the in¬ crease of national prosperity whick must follow in its train, will not long escape American enterprise and activ¬ ity. It will be observed that the re port of the commissioners, though af comprehensive as the time and facili ties at their disposal permitted, doei not definitely deal with the cost of tin work they are called upon to consider, ahd omits some of the details related to it. Thus far they have labored without compensation, and a part of the sum appropriated for the payment of their expenses still remains unex¬ pended. the the “I suggest to economical congress provision pro¬ priety of making their for such further prosecution of work as will more fully develop the information necessary to exact and complete understanding of this inter¬ esting and important subject. (Signed) “Grover C level and. ’ It having been stated lately in the En¬ glish papers that Queen Victoria has been a total abstainer for several years, somebody has deemed it worth while to investigate the important matter, and now this announcement is made: “Her Majesty drinks little wine, but at 2 o’clock lunch—which really consti¬ tutes her dinner—her beverage is a glass of weak Scotch whiskey and min¬ eral water, At dinner her Majesty does little more than merely touch her wine.” _ ATLANTA MARKETS. CORRECTED WEEKLY. Groceries. Roasted coffee *16.10 per 100 tt. cases. Green coffee choice 15)-^: granulated fair 15%; prime 4.62c; 13%. Sugar standard New Orleans white 4%e; do yellow 25@40o; 4%e. Svrup, New Orleans open kettle mixed 12%@20c: sugar house 26f&3uc. Teas, black 30@65c : green 20#50e. Rice, head 6%c: choice 5%<2)6e; Sait, dai¬ ry sacks 1.25; do bbls. 2.25; ice cream 90c; common 65c. Cheese, full cream 10%® ll%c. Matches, 65s 50c: 200s 1.30® 1.75; 300s 2.75. Soda, boxes 6c. Crackers, soda 5%e; cream 7c; gingersnaps 7c. Candy, common F. W. stick 5%e; fancy 12®13e. Oysters, 1.75; L. W. 1.25. Meal. riour, Grain and Flour, first patent, *6.00; second patent, $5.75: straight, $5.10: fancy, $5.00: extra family, $4.75. Corn, white, 40c; mixed, 39c. Oats, white 34c: mixed 30c; Texas rustproof 45c. Rye, Georgia 75c. Barley, Georgia raised 90c. Hay No. 1 timothy large bales 80c: small bales 80c: No. 2 timothy small bales 75c. Meal, plain 41c;bolted 3Sc. Wheat bran, large sacks 72c: small sacks 70. Shorts 85c. Stock meal $1.00. Cotton seed meal 95c per 100 lbs; hulls $6.00 per ton. Peas 60c per bushel Grits $2.40. Country Produce. Eggs 16® 17. Tennessee Butter, western^ 15® 17%c; creamery, choice 16® 18c; fancy Live poultry, tur- 12%c; Georgia 12®15c. kevs 8®10e; hens 22%'®!25c; spring chickeDS 12%® 18c: ducks 20.’5 22%c. Irish potatoes, Burbank $1.75®2.00 per bbl: 55®60e bu.; Tennessee 45® 50c per bu. Sweet potatoes, new 50®60c per bu. Honey, strained j®8e: in the comb 8® 9c. Onions $1®$1.25 per bu.: 3.25® 3.50 per bbl. Cabbage l®l%e. Provisions. 4%: dear sides Clear ribs boxed sides 4 5-Se: ice-cured bellies 7%e. Sugar-cured hams 11® 12%c; California 7%e; breakfast bacon 10® 11c. Lard, best quality o; sec¬ ond qualitv 4%: compound 4% e. Cotton. 11-16. Market closed Weak: middling,® HOW TO FIND OUT. Fill a bottle or common water glass with urine and let it stand twenty-four hours; a sediment or settling indicates a diseased con¬ dition of the kidneys. When urine stains linen it is positive evidence of kidney trouble. Too frequent desire to urinate or pain In the back is also convincing proof that the kid¬ neys and bladder are out of order. WHAT TO HO. There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-ltoot, the great kidney remedy, fulfills every wish in relieving pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary pas¬ sages. It corrects inability to hold urine and scalding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled tc get up many times during the night to urinate. The mild and the extraor¬ dinary effect of Swamp-Root Is soou realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases. Sold by drug¬ gists, price fifty cents and one dollar. For Sample bottle and pamphlet, both sent free by mail, mention this paper and send your full postofliee address to Dr. Kilmer & Go., Binghamton, N. Y. The proprietors of this paper guarantee the genuineness of tills offer. This is How They Rise. A young woman recently found em¬ ployment in a queensware store. She immediately began a course of study in her, leisure moments, upon glass¬ ware and china. Then see read some recent works upon the appointments of the table, and in a short time, tty ap¬ plying herself to her business, became the most valuable employe in a large store. In a millinery establishment the. young woman who found time for reading a book or two on colors and their harmonious combination, found her own taste greatly improved and her ability to please patrons muOh greater. She was soon a favorite with the employers and customers. The young woman who, to earn an honorable living, went into a lady’s kitchen, and instead of gossipping every evening found time to read a few’ good books and household papers,was soon too valuable a housekeeper to be kept in a subordinate position in the kitchen. She knew how a table should look for a formal dinner; she knew what dishes were in season; she knew how to serve a meal in its proper courses, and more than that, she knew something about the food-value of dif¬ ferent dishes. Of course, this sounds like an old fashioned Sunday school book, but the fact remains that there is always “room at the top,” and that no unusual amount of intelligence is needed to reach the top. A fair average of good sense and a proper amount of applica¬ tion will accomplish everything.— "Womankind. They Are Wise. “Those bicycle riders are notlfing but a set of cranks,” said the man who does not ride. “Well,” admitted the otter man who does not ride, “you must give them credit for having some little sense at least. You haven’t heard of one of them starting out to discover the North pole on his wheel. ”—Cin¬ cinnati Enquirer. Need for Haste. The Doctor—Mrs. Brown has sent for me to go and see her boy, and I must go at once. His Wife—What is the matter with the boy? The Doctor—I don’t know; but Mrs. Brown has a book on “What to Do Before the Doctor Comes, ” and I must hurry up before she does it.—House¬ hold Words. The Difference. Mr. Youngblood—Tell your sister, Nellie, that I have been waiting in the parlor for half an hour. .. |. Nellie—That’s nothing: you’ve kept her waiting for six months.—Life. His View. Brown—Do you believe in civil ser¬ vice reform? Jones (who haS failed to pass an ex¬ amination)—I do. The questions should be made easier.—Puck. siooo. Savannah, Ga. “4 was greatly annoyed last year with a se¬ vere attack of eczema, and after using several other remedies with no benefit I used Tetteiv ike with perfect success, two boxes having made a complete cure. I would not take one thousand dollars for the benefit I’ve derived from Its use, and take pleasure in recommending It to others.” Salomon Cohen. Pres’t. Savannah Carriage Co. 1 box by mail for 50c. in stamps. J. T. Shcptkine, Savannah. Ga. Spring Planting. 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