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While the flowers bloom in gladness, and
spring birds rejoice,
There’s a void in our household of one
gentle voice,
The form of a loved one hath passed from
the light,
But the sound of her footfall returns with
the night;
For I see her still in my dreams,
I see her still in my dreams,
Though the light has departed from the
meadows and streams,
I see her still in my dreams.
Though her voice once familiar hath gone
from the day,
And her smiles from the sunlight have
faded away,
In my visions I find the lost form that I
seek,
With light in her eye, and a blush on her
cheek;
For I see her still in my dreams,
I see her still in my dreams,
Though her.smiles have departed from the
meadows and streams,
I see her still in my dreams.
Psnliit Hi.
1 David, condemning the spitefulness of Doeg,
prophesieth his destruction. 6 The righteous
shall rejoice at it. 8 David, upon his confi
dence in God's mercy, giveth thanks.
To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm
of David, when Doeg the Edomite came
and told Saul, and said unto him, David,
is come to the house of Ahimelech.
WHY boasteth thou thyself in mischief,
O mighty man? the goodness of
God endureth continually.
2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a
sharp razor, working deceitfully.
3 Thou lovest evil more than good ; and
lying rather than to speak righteousness.
Selah.
4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O
thou deceitful tongue.
5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever,
he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out
of the land of the living. Selah.
6 The righteous also shall see, and fear,
and shall laugh at him:
7 Lo, this is the man that made not God
his strength; but trusted in the abundance
of his riches, and strengthened himself in
his wickedness.
8 But I am like a green olive tree in the
house of God; I trust in the mercy of God
for ever and ever.
9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou
hast done it: and I will wait on thy name ;
for it is good before thy saints.
The “soldier’s grave,” by the W. &
A. R. R. track, in Allatoona pass, the
famous fern-lined pass itself, with the
fort above and Allatoona mountain,
less than a half mile from the railroad,
to which was sent through the sky,
the message “Hold the fort, for I am
coming,” are all seen by the traveler
over the W. & A. R. R.
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From the Arabian Nights (adapted.)
Benefits of Cheap Passenger
Rqles.
The interview, published in anoth
er column, with Mr. Joseph M.
Brown, the general passenger agent
of the Western & Atlantic Railroad,
will interest all classes of our readers,
and will supply railroad men with
more food foi thought than can be
easily digested.
A glance at the facts and figures
presented by Mr. Brown will convince
any unprejudiced mind that the re
duction of railway passenger fares
brings increased business and increased
revenues. The Western & Atlantic
has tried the experiment four months
—long enough to take it out of the
experimental stage —long enough to
prove that the novelty of the thing is
not the cause of its rush in business.
The reduction made by the road aver
aged about twenty per cent on the
tickets covering most of the travel.
The increase in travel since then has
been more than forty per cent. Nor
has this increase been confined to the
month when the experiment was first
tried. The business for each succeed
ing month has shown a heavy in
crease.
Another point is somewhat startling.
It appears that the increase in travel
OUR “ MIDSUMMER ” NUMBER.
ATLANTA, CA., JULY 15, 1888.
is not in proportion to the density of
population. The Western & Atlan
tic’s experience shows that there has
been a wonderful increase in travel in
the most sparsely settled localities on
its line. At McDaniel’s station, for
instance, with a population of less
than twenty, 575 tickets have been
sold during the last four months, as
against forty-one tickets for the corres
ponding four months of last year. All
this has been done without increasing
the number of trains, and without ad
ding to the expenses of the road.
We feel inclined to agree with Mr.
Brown that the results achieved by
his new departure settle it beyond
question that cheap passenger rates
tend to develop the country, and ben
efit both the people and the railroads.
With the array of statistics before us
it is impossible to come to any other
conclusion, for it would be absurd to
suppose that the Western & Atlantic,
and the country through which it
passes, are in the nature of exceptions
to the general rule.
When Mr. Brown took this matter
into consideration, several months ago,
he looked into the situation and made
his estimates. Then he submitted his
plan with his reasons for adopting it
to the lessees. Senator Brown, the
president of the road, has, for many
months, been busfly engaged with his
duties in Washington, but while he
was securing appropriations for our
rivers and harbors, and attending to
other affairs of public importance, he
did not lose sight of the material inter
ests of any section of the state. He
was favorably impressed with the pro
posed reduction of rates, and after a
thorough discussion of the points
involved, the president and his asso
ciates heartily indorsed the bold inno
vation recommended by their general
passenger agent, and throughout the
experimnt they have given them their
efficient co-operation. That they are
satisfied with the result goesljwithout
saying.
It is more than likely that the ex
ample of the Western & Atlantic
will be followed by other railroads.
We believe that they will find it to
their interest to give the public cheap
passenger rates. — Atlanta Constitution.
Give the People Cheap Rates.
Every step taken towards the reduc
tion of rates of railroad fare has proven
profitable to the railroads. When the
rate was five cents per mile in this
country the amount of travel was noth
ing to compare with what it was when
the price was made three cents.
While some of the roads kicked at the
reduction forced upon them by the
Georgia Commission, that sagacious
railroad roan, Joseph M. Brown, a lit
tle later on ventured on the experi
ment of a voluntary reduction on the
W. &. A. still greater. His experi
ment has been a success, and the an
nouncement of the fact may lead other
roads to follow suit and reap the bene
fits of an increased travel and conse
quently enlarged profits. — Cartersville
Courant-American.
They Will Travel if the Rates
Are TjOW.
Conductor Sanford Bell, of the
Western and Atlantic Railroad, says
that for thirty years past he has been
trying to get all the people at home,
but that each succeeding year some of
them continue to go away. He says
that since the cheap rates have gone
into effect over the W. & A. R. R.
the number who have gone away from
home is so very great that he has al
most come to the conclusion that he
never will be able to get them all at
home at the same time as long as he
lives.
NO. 14.