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Why Women Wed.
A man asked me the ofher day
iow women find husbands, git was
such a puzzling question fo mo that
.scoustituted myself a committee
)f one and went round among a lot
of married women to see how their
husbands proposed to them.
There wasn’t one who had ever
had an absolute romance of love!
There wasn’t one whose husband
had gotten down on his knees,
caught the loved one's hand and
besought ofher. unless she wished
to see him stark and cold with a
broken heart, that she would wed
him! There wasn't one who had
ever known the rapture of being
held, with a pistol at her head,
whde the brave lover pronounced,
that unless she accepted him, he
would kill her and then himself!
There wasn't one who had been
gained even at the dagger's point,
and not a single wife had been
drugged and wedded While in a
semi conscious state.
Dorothy, I confess to a certian
amount of disappointment. The
nearest I could get as to how the
question of marriage had been
reached, was always that they had
drifted into it.
This is deliciously vague, but it
seems to mean that they knew the
man, that he had the privilege of
holding their hands and criticising
their frocks for some time, and
that then, when there was no spe
cial excitement in Wall street, a
presidential election wasn’t going
on, nor anything else that was dis
tracting, they suggested that it was
about time for them to get mar
ried.
This is the general experience.
And I think it a sin and shame.
Few women have more than one
opportunity to marry, and that
ought to be accompanied by all the
frills and frivolities that the beet
novel writer dreamed of. The
Howells and James business in
the way of classic love making may
be most desirable for nervous peo
ple/ it may calm and soothe them,
but when champagne and love are
offered it wants to be sparkling,
and it wants to taste as if such nec
far had never been offered before.
—[Ntw York tj'Br.
Mediciua) U e* of the Lemon.
“Lemons are very healthy and good
not only for allaying thirst, bnt vs ill
core a multitude of disorders. The
juice of the lemon contains oitrie acid.
Acids as a rule, decrease the acid seer#
tion of the body and increase the alka
line. Gitrio acid, which ia the acid of
lemons and oranges for instanos, will
dimmish the secretions of gastric juice
bnt increases very materially the ee
cretiea of saliva. The very thoughts
of a lemon is sufficient to make the
month water. Thirst ia fersrs is net
always due to a lack of watsr ia the
blood. It may be due in part to a
lack of ths secretion of the, saliva.
When the mdnth is parched and dry
the acid will increase the saliva. When
acid is given for the relief of dyspepsia
it should be taken before eating. Lena
on jnice drank before meals will be
fonnd very advantageous as a prevent
ive of heart burn.' ’
The weather is certainly cold in
■ortheast Georjia. It is likely to be
ill colder.
Optimistic Yiaw of Life.
Putting asjde the question of re
vealed religion, poets and philsoso
pliers have begun to see a dignity
in human nature, a wisdom and
beauty in life as we know it, and
to abandon those dark and danger
eus speculations which most com
monly lead thought into gloom de
spondency. Things exist according
to fixed laws, some of winch we
have discovered and know to be
just. We reason, therefore, that
those laws which we have not yet
penetrated, and may never pene
trate. whose manifestations seem
critical and unjust, would, if prop
erly understood, be found equally
beneficent. Let us, therefore,
obey those laws which we
comprehend, bear with patience
that which we control, hold fast to
the happiness which comes in our
way, and not trouble ourselves too
much about the mysteries of our
existence. Especially let, us recog
nize ourselves as apart of humani
ty, Charitable and symphathetic,
go that others will grant us simil
ar favors and the sum of happiness
be increased. Let us not curse
men for faults tor which trom the
nature ot humanity they are not
responsible. Let us rather study
the causes of those faults and try
if there be remedies for them. Let
us consider that nations are only
aggregations of single men, each
of whom is bound by the same lirai
tations of ourselves.
She Illustrated her Answer.
To confuse a witness is general
ly an easy task, and lawyers know
no easier way than to make a wit
ness explain the mean of his words,
knowing that very few people can
do so without getting excited Oc
casionally a witness resents this
nagging and answers in a spirited
and unexpected manner.
A lawyer was cross-examining a
witness, a young girl of rather
haughty temper. She had testi
fied that she had seen the defend
ant “shy” a book at the plaintiff
and the lawyer seized on the word.
“Shy? Shy a book? What do
you mean by that? Will you ex
plain to the court what the word
k shy’ means?”
The girl leaned over the judge’s
desk, picked up a law book, and
shied it at the lawyer's head, who
dodged just in time.
“I think the court now under
stands the meaning of the word
‘shy,’ ” said the judge, gravely; and
the girl was allowed to finish her
testimony without further inter
ruption.
Riche* and rank have no neces
sary connection with genuine gen
tlemanly qualities. The poor man
may be a true gentleman—in spir
it and in daily life, He may be
honest, truthful, upright, polite,
temperate, courageous, self respect
ing, and self-helping—that is, be a
true man. The poor man with a
rich spirit is superior to the rich
man with a poor spirit. To bor
row St. Paul’s words, the former is
as “having nothi’ ’ The first
hope* everything, and fears noth
ing; the last hepes nothing, fears
everything. Only the poor in spir
it are really poor. He who hat
lost all, but retains his courage,
cheerfulness, hope, virtue and self
respect, is still rich. For such n
man, the world is, as it were, hold
in trust; his spirit dominating over
ils grosser cares, he can still walk
erect, a true gentleman.
You are all of you workers, in
one way or another, but how many
arc possessed with an earnest de
sire that the work you put from
your hands shall be thorough, hon
est and faithful.
A Bloodless German.
A few miles tmru Beilin. Germany,
th&ie lives a man who, i" what repor
*ya ot him bo true, is certainly one
of the it.*)*!, rem.vkable phenomena on
record. The papers state a* a posi
t'ive fset that he has no blood in b’S
veins and that a committee of the lead
Ing phjKir.iiißS and scientist* have d#
dared their inability to ascount for
this extraordinary circumstance. Tba
men in a Corporal in the German ar
my, and goes by the name ef Otto
3 hrieber, 110 himself waa quite tin
conscious of his bloodless condition no
til two months ago, when hi fought a
duel with a fellow soldier. His oppoa
eat ran bis eword through his body
without, however, drawing any blood,
and the patient seerm-d not a bit tb>
worsj. The arau was so taken by
♦
surprise that Otto had no trouble in
killing hiss Since that time the com
rades ef life Corporal have beeta care
ful not te tresd on his toe*, and on no
eonkideiation to accept a challenge
rotn him. Ho waa submitted to ase
▼ere tent at medical institute in Berlin
A knife was thrust idle his aroalh
i be point coming out at the biek ot thi
ue< k sot a drop of blood waa spilled
and Ctio felt no piin daring the op
era'ion. The gentlemen who exon
i icd him are now fully convinced tba
bs-ie are many things in Heaven an
earth that they Deverdieauu'd of. 0
S. hm-ber intends as n is hi
time up, (and this will expire- uex
- ) o show binr-eil in ibe prineipa
•ti K ■ in*
( have in. ijuii i umi lie jewellers
th s city lose SIO,OOO or sls 000 a
year from ring thieves.” sad a now
jeweller a lew days ago to a Hun
report! r “The ring thief is Dually well
dressed and respectable in appearance.
He calls for several trays of rings, and
while he is talking to a clerk m
to steal a ting. It ie impossible to re
fuse to place a tray of rings before a
easterner, so I have to hit upon the
fallowing scheme: Ttirongb each row
of rings I ran a steel rod, these rods
ar i attached to aa iron frame, with
hinges at one tad and a lock at the
other. When a customer wishes to
look at th# rings I hand oat thie rack.
When neccessary, I can take off aay
ring by unlocking the frame. This
has proved a great saving.'’
The north doesn’t want to be ruled
by a lot of “Clod Hoppers,” and tbe
south doesn’t want to be dictated to
by a lot of “Pish Washer !” So you
S4O “eleven” letters constitutes tbe
height of tbe occupation in either sec
tion that makes sock a difference in
pride sad genius—leaving out intelli
gonce. The two great seccions will
continue divided ou thia score. As to
Ignorance, it has no respect for intelli
gence; and intelligence can net respect
ignorance.
A Louisville lady whose stomach
utterly refused food, was kept alive
for months by anointing with grease
and oil, from whioh tbe skin absorbed.
Gunnels, Power & Cos.,
.a. , ‘—.HARMONY GROVE, —'—
DEALERS IN
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surprise lin Quality aril Dir i v VV r - buv ;i ’
defy <otil petition tn prices. We \ a. iivirisr o>
do not Haim to ire Vanderbilts, n i ■ v w h*o scco-i
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