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DOUGLASYIIiLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1887.
NUMBER4.
Kf^Cliurch Directory.
U jHETWHDniST^—DOUGhASyiLhE-
Pi rut third and fifth Sundays.
* 8 ALT SPRINGS—Second Sunday and Sat-
Nfesfqre.'
S MIlVWAY—.Fourth Sunday and Saturday
before.
(iOR> iE. BONNERj Pastor. ’
jp ApTIHT—-IXK'G LAS. VI lLE-- First
and fourth Sundays..
_ W. J. SPEARS. Pastor.
MASONI
uglasville' Lodge No. 289' F. & A.
^te'on Saturday at 4 P. M. before the first
d third Sundays in each month. J. C.
iflgfit, W. M., J. Li Perkins, Secretary
jihston, Ga.
Professional Cards.
J. M. McLARTY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Douglasville, Georgia.
practice In all 'thecoii rts,
erai.
bbth state
OoWeetions a-»peoiallty. •
ROBERT A. MASSEY,
ATTORNEY at law
- Douglasville, Georgia; •••*•••
(Office in trout, room, Uorsett’s building).
Will practiceffnywbere., ;
WMiT. ROBERTS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Dpuglaeyille, Georgia..
Will practice in all the Courts. ■ All' legal
! 'business'wiltKfeeeive prompt attention. Office-
in Court House
W. A. James,
ATTORNEY aj law,
i v ■■
I Federal. O 'flee
jjtsudoor to prlii tin
Georgia.
u courts. State and
oil Court Aouse Square, next
j office* !
f JOHN M. EDGE,
^ATTORNEY AT LAW,
^ DOUGL VSVILLE, GA.
Will practice i ft all the courts, andj>romgt-
ly attend to
care.
all business entrusted to his
[E&> ~
fAt'r’y at Law,
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
[Will practice' ffi the Courts of Douslas,
atheil. OarrdlW’aulding, Cobb, Pulton
adloining «o,” ies. Prompt attention
"given to all busi rtes^
B. G. GRIGGS,
ATTORNEY AT Ij
V DouglEsville, Georgia.
fcii Ae inj^^he<S0W- r ts,
Jk, ~ -s-.
State and
KJOHN V. EDGE,
TDRNEY AT LAW,
Douglasville, Georgia.
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|j. UD. SLOAN, Pro.
OUR FIRST MEETINt
(founded on fact.)
I stood upon the platform of a rail
road station, watching the white smoke
as it curled up in the dense volumes
from the engine that was slowly mov
ing off. Nearly were the romantic
peaks of Alleghany Mountains, and
the smoke as it lost itself between the
^presented a beautiful contrast to'
the dark green foliage of the pine trees
that clothed their rugged sides.
Here in this valley my father had
spent his boyhood. I had heard .him
describe these scenes so ofteh that no
wonder I mused to gaze upon their
beauties. I had finished my education
was a young: man of leishre arid for-,
tune, and had started out to see some
thing of the world, fere I settled down
intoa staid farmer. I had anold uncle
whom I had never seen, living about
ten miles from this station. I had
failed to notify him of my contempla
ted visit, so I had to look around to gfet
a conveyance to his hoUse. While at
college I had .formed the acquaintance
ofa young man—Ned Hampton—who
lived in sight of my uncle’-s*, I had
conceived a great friendship for him,
and it was partly to-visit him, and re
new our friendship that made ■ me ■ so
anxious to pay this visit. I could only
see one or twO'houses, one of; them, a
small, store house, Into this I went.
What was my. surprise to find only a
young lady-in it? She was standing
with her back to' me. I had time to
notice the. elegance of her attire, and
felt at a glance that she was a lady of
refinement and education,
r She held a guitar in her hand, and
was playing a fashionable waltz. She
was so completely absorbed in her
performance, that she failed to hear my
light step as I entered. How, if there
was any one passion of my soul £hat,
like Aaron’s rod, swallowed up all the
rest, 1 ’: it was my passion for music. I
stood entranced. I had never before
listened "to such ecstatic strains. Her
whole soul was absorbed in her perfor-'
manee. I saw a violin lying near me
on the counter. Instinctively I reach
ed forthmyhaftdand took it up. I,
held it close to my ^earpTcrlffUtglrtiy
passed my fingers over the strains. It
wait in perfect trine. Without a word
of apology, I commenced , paying the
accompanyment to the ,ai? she was
playing. She instantly turned around
and I beheld one of the. most beautiful
L Bgb-Uyjhat iiii hM^eyc r been i# fate to
m«et with! Ae possessed black curly
hair, clear brunette* complexion, and
eyes sm*Il, but, 'oh! hovNWpreasive;Ptf 1
bewitching smile wreathed itself ar’ud
her pouting lips. As she heard the
first notes of the violin she gave me
one scrutinizing glance. Mercy! I
never had any one to read and under
stand my character so thoroughly in
one moment in my life. She seemed
to be satisfied that I was a gentleman
and her equal.
She had not missed a note while this
was going on. Satisfied as to myself
she tossed her pretty ringlets, and then
swept her hand gracefully over the
strings, and played on as though there
was nothing singular in our perform
ance. As soon as she finished the
waltz she dashed off the “Dutch Pol
ka.” I played a low accompanyment.
Each of us felt that we were evenly
matched. As for myself, I had been
told too often of my talent for music
not to be conscious of its possession; but
I had never until now met with a lady
whose skill m performance could rival
mine.
After she finished playing the ‘Duch
Polka, I was ungallant enough not to'
wait for her to lead off, but instantly
began playing “The Mocking-bird,”
with variations. I wanted to test her
ability to the utmost.
Again she tossed her pretty ringlets
back, and with a flourish she commen
ced playing the accompanyment. My
soul was intoxicated. I almost forgot
our being strangers, and felt like ap
plauding her for her faultless touch.
Up to this time \Ve bad not spoken a
word, thoUgh our eyes, in the mean
time, had revealed volumes.
I now heard a gentleman enter the
door. My back was to him. Above
the din of our music 1 heard him say:
“Well, sis, have you not become tir
ed waiting for my return ? That fellow
detained me in business longer than I
expected he would. Where’s broth
er, that he’s not in the store ? He
knbws hie clerk is absent to-day, and
he ought to come out of the back room
and quit his eternal book-keeping for
once.”
In spite of the pettish tone of the
voice arid our loud music, I had recog
nized my college friend’s voice. I
turned and gazed full in his face. As
I did so, he gave one glad shout and
rushed to me, and almost clasped me
in hi» arms. I threw down the violin,
and pressed his extended hand.
After Ned and myself had conversed
awhile he said:
“How in thunder came you and sis
ter Celia to be playing together? Who
introduced you to each other? I sup
pose you must have had an introduc
tion, or else you would not have been
pl&ying together so amicably as you
were when I came in,”
I said: “If this is the young lady
with whom I used to correspond”—
(ah! I well remember those little
billetfdaux, so sweetly scented, that
used to come hid away in the folds of
her brother’s letters)—“I do not think
any formal introduction isneceessary.”
Here I noticed Miss Celia blush. In
the midst of her confusion, she said:
r “I admit that we did parry on our
little flirtation by letter too far. I as
sure you sir, if I had known at that
time that you and I Would ever have
met in the future, I would have been
more guarded in my expressions.”
I laughingly said: ‘‘We have met,
and quite unexpectedly, and our meet
ing has been quite a romai.-t'.c one.
Don’t you think so, Ned !”
:Ned answered: “Look here, my
dear fellow!—J will be candid with you
—when I entered here a few moments
ago and: found a Stranger, as i supposed,
playing duets with my sister, I felt like
taking a cowhide to him.”
I playfully said to Miss Celia: “What
if I had been a stranger, and he had
attempted it—(’twould have been a
dangerous experiment, though, for I’m
the most powerful of the two)—would
you have felt sorry lor the wondering
musician, and would you have felt like
taking his part ?”
Miss Celia failed to answer me, and
turning to Ned, said :,
“Brother, it is time we were going
home.”
: Ned said to me: “Come, Walter,
you’ve got to go home with us.” •/
j I answered: “I came in here for the
purpose of hiring a conveyance to take
jne to my uncle’s; but from the looks
of the place, I don’t think I’ll be apt to
find any.”
I Ned laughed and said: “If it were
possible, you shouldn’t avail yourself
of it. I shan’t give up the dearest,
friend I have on earth to An old uncle
Who is a stranger to you. So jump up
here in my rockaway. I’ll soon laud
you safely at my father’s, who will be
rejoiced to meet with one Whom hei’s
heard me speak of so often. ” ? ”
I I could not resist his pleadings. Soon
We were rolling over the smooth 'dirt
road that led to his father’s home.
Miss Celia'and myself became thor
oughly acquainted during that memo-
fable drive. When we arrived there.it
Was nearly dark. Supper was waiting.
{Although desperately in love by this
time, I did ample justice to the rich
viands set before us. After supper, we
found ourselves in the parlor, L soon
noticed a rich,elaborately carved piano
sitting near us, wUich was heavily la-
■den^WTfnsneets of music, IsaW Nrid’s
old, college violin placed near, and ban
tered Miss .Celia for another duet. . She
cheerfully consented.
; We spent Several hours in such ex-,
quieite enjoyment as is seldom experi
enced hv-mortala-here h^ow.C Ned de^
dared tprPhejComd not get a word out
of me about Aid ripl lege days, and at
last almost carried me off by fhrodflp-
hjs room to get a quierichat,; I foundf*
could
hies, f ^r my heart was with Miss Celia!:
: The next morning, I visited my old
uncle, He scolded me for failing to
come on immediately to his house the
■evening before. I made all the excus
es for my delinquency that I could.
My stay in the neighborliood was pro
longed week after week. When my
uncle found out how matters were,and
the fact that Celia had consented to
marry me, he clapped his hands to
gether, and said:
| “Now, my boy, that’s just the thing.
It suits me. You shall be my heirjyou
ana your bride shall come, here and
live. My house is too large for an old
bachelor to look after.”
Since those old days Celia and myself
have played many a duet together,
and, strange to say, we have never
become tired of playing them. I some
times think the secret of the cause is,
that she is such a good and true wife,
(hat I am more a lover than I was the
first night of my acquaintance with
her.
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Last spring Judge Lynch presided at
the hanging of a man out west and now
the poor culpri t who dangled in the air
in the presence of an enraged mob is
sentenced to be executed the second
time. He nad not been hanging but
about ten minutes when the sheriff
came up and cut the rope, and by med
ical aid and close nursing was brought
back to life. It seems that suffering
two deaths for one crime is a little
hard.
G. B. Stewart,” of Atlanta, was in
Griffin Friday and completed the pur
chase of the old “Methodist Parson
age” lot, on the eorner of Poplar and
Sixth streets. It was purchased of H.
H. Chambers, of Barnesville, for the
sum of $1,500. Mr, Stewart will erect
tw^ houses upon the site for renting
purposes, but will move down and re
side in the ci ty before long.| The lot is
one-half acre in size and will be very
much improved by the new buildings.
Mr. Stewarts example will be followed
by other capitalists.
The carpenters of Carrollton arever-
y busy-now. A lafg£ amount of work
in different parts of the city is being
done.
Washington Gossip. |
Senator Hale’s Naval bill passed the
Senate Friday. The bill appropriate
$10,000,000 for the construction of arm
ored vessels for coast defense; $1,200,000
for light draught gunboats; $000,000
for torpedo boats; $600,000 for torpedoes
and torpedo appliances, and $3,000,000
for armament of the vessels mehtioii-
ed. The appropriations are to be avail
able during five years from Match 4th,
1887. This bill and ! Mr. Cameron’s
bill for the construction of ten ste|l
cruisers now go to the House ‘for
action.
A short time ago, a bill was intro
duced in the House,’ '*to appropriate
$10,000 for a special distribution of
seed in, the drought stricken district:
Of Texas. The bill was promptly pass!
fd by the House, and the Senate afters
Considering it for a Short time, ahtj.,
passed it by a large majority. The
bill having passed both Houses, was
sent to the President for his signature!
CHRISTIAN MINISTERS
Their Responsibility for the Liquor
Traffic.
The liquor traffic; in its demand for
sanction and protection, finds some of
its most effective allies among the cler
gy, and & partial or non-committal at
titude ofteh furnishes the most direct
encouragement for this wicked and dia
bolical business.
These, with the large monied inter
ests involved, together with the per-
ifrfj verted appetites and prejudices of the
people, present formidable harries to
success, that demand and will require
the combination of all the moral and
Christian elements in the community
before we can hope to demolish this
fortress of vice and corruption.
Ministers of the church occupy an
important and commaading position
in relation to this great question. Their
dictum, aided by their opportunities,
acts with a force and authority that
wield a profound and powerful influ-
Remarkable as it may seem-the on mittds of the P eo P le - lt “
was immediately vetoed, and the Pres* because of the moral cowardice and
ident explains his action in a Wtences^P&thetic delinquency of Christian
“The people support tlie government- f 'Uniaters in neglecting their duty as
but the government does not support their brothers’keeper, that the Prohi-
the people.” There is cousiderabi#j bition movement of today is not an all
originality in this rather euphoniaiua^ orb i«g and active agency in the an-
aiphorism. People who are 0 n the| Ilihilat K> n P f tHs S reat eurse of our
verge of starvation, however, want] l an( b
somewhat more nourishing than origi-jt "Phe woe, the misery, the crime and
nality. I interviewed a gentleman a | P a uperism that have flooded the coun
day or two ago, who lately returned) try through our toleration of this ter-
from the drought-stricken region. He j fiWe curse, come like the rumbling of
informed me that the condition of the j a distant earthqkake, to startle our be-
people in Several hoimties, conspicuous xP um bed consciences with the awful
among which were Parker and Palo 'Charge, “thy brother’s blood crieth un
Pinto, was in many cases heartrend
ing
suffering to the action of the railroact
companies in raising the rate of freight
on all articles shipped to this portion
of Texas. Said he: “When it was re
ported that the peopkr iff northern
Texas were destitute, many charitable
persons sent contributions of food and
clothing. Those gifts came frpm every
section oif the United "States. The
railroad people very generously volun.
teered to transport all articie^jsent; to:
the sufferers, free of charge. : Now,'
just as soon as the £ merchants
to me from the ground
He attributed a great deal of TH - E RESPONSiBiLiTy fob the
LIQUOR TBAFFIC RESTS.
ministers of
heard of this, th'ey ^et^R work to swin :
die the railroads. ' Tht'i* sent their]
goods marked “for the -sufferers,” j
which was a delicate specimen of ijawy^
dh'ee&'ft*t the who unques
tionably .were “the-; sufferers.” Of
Courg|f?tlie'i»ilr«ad. peopfe discovered;
( $3
to $4 per hundred and not being mill
ionaires (for millionaires, of course; do
not contribute) they were compelled
to limit their donations. This is just
how the matter stands, and you may
depend upon it, that unless Congress
does something for these poor people',
they are doomed to starvation.” It is
not at all probable that the "bill will be
passed over the President’s veto, as its
discussion would require too much
time. Commissioner Coleman, of the
Agricultural department, indorses the
President’s suggestion that Senators
and Members turn their vegetable
seed over to the department' for the
benefit of the sufferers. He says there
are 1,228,000 .packages Of vegetable seed
subject to their orders, and their dis
tribution would do great good.
* # -
The House committee on war claims
has agreed to report favorably the bill
introduced by Mr. Springer looking to
the relief of Congress from the large
mass of private relief bills that are - an
nually brought before Congress. The
bill provides that hereafter all private
claims, demands, or applications for
any bounty or relief ot any kind in
volving the investigation of facts shall
be presented by petition only, „ setting
forth the facts upon which such claim
is based or relief sought and providing
that Congress shall only consider such
claims, &c. f for the purpose of referring
them to the court of claims or to some
other judicial tribunal. A section of
the bill mades it incumbent on (the
court of claims to promptly consider
all matters so referred and presented to
it, and requires it to send to Congress
on the first day of its meeting- a full
and complete statement of the findings
of the fact in each case investigated,
stating what amount, if anything, is
due the claimants. During the exam
ination of the claims by- tire court Con
gress is forbidden to consider a hill in
reference to their allowances.
* * *
A strange case of abscut-niindness
came tb light yesterday in the office of
the recorder of deeds. In july, 1884,
a gentleman lmd a deed made of record,
also a deed of trust, Frederick Doug
lass at the time being recorder. Sub
sequently a deed of release was secured,
and yesterday the papers were return
ed for further record. In examining
the deed it was dated as of reeord July
16,1884,and on the hack signed, “JameS
G. Blaine, recorder of deeds,” in the
handwriting of Douglass,ishowing that
the late recorder was at that time ab
sorbed in mind about thq Blaine boom
to such an extent as to Write that'ge 11 ''
tleman’s name where the recorder’s
should have appeared. - J"
* r LIC '
The Roekmart Slate assents that
“there is within a radius of fe/e miles
of its town more iron ore (of Iqually as
fine quality) than within theouuhe ter
ritory around Anniston, AlJf‘which
has attracted the attention cm he out
side world,”
I As has been said, the
the Christian Church are especially
responsible for the active conscience of
the people on all moral questions^
They, of all others, reflect and control
the moral sentiments of the communi
ty, and they ought to see and realize
what God and humanity require at
ihcir hands on this all-important
ipatter. The Church should lead on
this, as well as all other moral issues—
ijiot wait to be led; arid certainly there
js no other question now before the
Vorld that more strongly demands our
Ifonseerated influence and effort, that
..is so intimately connected with our
Amoral responsibility, and the welfare
%f the Church as the rum-traffic. We
keep our duty on this matter
h)ut of religion, any more than we can
jKppiijave religion without the exercise of
‘■' i< ^t^Qnscience.^ It is our heartjess in-
cFi fiorenc ATiTtrtrr *reii?T5u?i u.oiid>
in the matter of using the ballot, that
inakes'the rum-seller so defiant; for it
is not so much the want of knowledge
as it is the want of moral courage on
the part of our ministers, that the peo
ple are not more decided in their con
victions, and it is this want of moral
stamina that gives the rum-seller the
greatest encouragemen t for his nefari
ous business. This together with a
license as a legal sanction,which serves
to justify this murderous policy of sel
ling slow poison, has been the great
barrier the success of temperance;
these facts are becoming more .and
more apparent every day. An intelli
gent conviction on this subject, in the
midst of ministers and church num
bers, promises extraordinary results
as the outcome of the grand uprising
of the people to demolish the saloon by
'the only remedy—the ballot, and this
just now is a matter of the most ab
sorbing interest.
THE SACREDNESS OF OUR VOTE. ,
The political vote, by which we ex
press our choice of rulers, is especially
now a personal, moral, and Christian
duty, that is paramount to all others.
The vote, or ballot, is ours by reason
of our sovereign capacity, and becomes
the representative of our conscience.
Therefore, the ballot should be regard*
ed as our most sacred privilege’ to be
used as an expression of our convic
tions on all moral questions. ,
'The unwillingness to use the ballot
for the annihilation of the liquor trafic
as is*ofRen due to indolent selfishness,
to a moral cowardice The oft-repeat
ed pretext, that our Christianity does
not require us to engage m politics,
simply because that we are not to carry
our religion into our every day lives.
Norispartisanship is a term that often*
expresses a state of moral obliquity and
the most dastardly cowardice, and this
is the meanest kind of selfish apathy:
as expressed in the Bible language, “I
would thou Wert cold or hot; so, then
because thou art lukewarm, and neith
er cold nor hot, I will spue the out of
my mouth.” ;
THE NON-PARTISAN DELUSION.
The term non-partisan is frequently]
used to justify a careless use of our
‘thinking faculties on moral questions.
Thus, non-partisanship generally ex
presses a neglect of ’opportunities, a
lazy exerci je of religious conviction!!:
and a wicked shirking of personal rear
ponsibility, in the place of an active
fulfillment of well-known duties; and
this is especially true when it is applied
to our obligation to vote the liquor
trafic out: of existence. It is some
times used under the deceptive guise
ot religion, as “non partisan Gospel
Temperance;” but non-partisanship is
not a good cloak for hypocrisy; the
liquor-seller and his apologists, and
week-kneed Churchmembers who have
vicious appetites, are accustomed to
resort to this term of “non-partisan”
when they want to Apologize for, and
cover up the horrors that are caused
by rum. selling; but it is oftener used
to justify a wicked apathy. Non-par
tisan duplicity is a very insidious ene
my to all religiious convictions, and
itscloVen foot is not therefore, always
apparent to those who live the truth;
and as a political dodggA and to un
til! uking minds on the temperance
question, 4t is most successfully used
as a partisan delusion.
■THE RESULT OF NON-PARTISAN NON
SENSE.
Our negligence to perform our polit
ical duties cannot be set aside by :de
ejeptive pfiititude withoutcincuriug the
charge of great moral delinquency,
especially just now when our chureh,
our homes, and all that, we hold dear
are threatened with an avalanche of
crime and debauchery, and the whole,
eonntry is in the throes of a moral
earthpnake, caused by the selfish cu-,
pidity of rum-sellers, and their sympa
thizers, who now have control of all of
the offices, from the lowest to the high
est including nearly all the departments
of our governments; and all this sub
serviency: to the liquor interest is
brought about through our wicked
negligence, and partly by our conni
vance.
Our selfish indifference arid inactivi
ty on this question is inexcusable; our
wicked neglect of political duties must
he overcome, and an active and heroic
endeavor made to atone for past neg
ligence by a determined and vigilant
use o 1 all the political opportunities We
possess, as the most efficient means tb
annihilate this monster curse of our
land. This conscientious use of the
ballot for the extermination of alcohoL
ic poison should and must beeoine the
acme of orir ambition and Christian
duty.
OUR VOTE IS OUR CONSCINCE.
J Christianity is an individual affair,
especially when deciding moral ques-'
tions by and through our political op
portunities. It is at the ballot-box
that we illustrate most effectively our
practical Christianity. Politics may,
have an odor of a secular character,
and we may delude ourselves with the
selfish conviction that we are not to be
held responsible for our personal vote
as a part of our religious obligations;
but when we know the awful curse
the liquor traffic is to our country and
our -Christianity, we cannot screen
ourselves behind our old party, and
pretend to hold it responsible for our
delinquency in this emergency. In
our government, every man is a sover
eign, and our vote is an expression of
our conscience; and when we use this
method to express our choice of rulers
i we are bound by the mqst solemn ob-
^anaqnsqir©--«w& ? 4e.-r -oufcjyhpmesA our
country] mid to orir religion,>that thj# 1
duty shall be performed with the most
sacred regard to their best interest.
To put a stop to the crime, paupc r-
ism and misery eaused by the rum
traffic, is a thousand times more im
portant than the slight gratification
that may be seeured by the indul
gence of a vicious appetite or the grat
ification of our preconceived ideas or
old party prejudices.
We are, therefore, both morally and
religiously bound to expres out senti
ments and convictions by our vote in
favor of the destruation of this awful,
traffic, even if we have to utter an in
dividual protect; and this vote, and all
the influence that we can bring to bear
is imperative. However small may
be the minority, it must he on the
right side to have an approving eon-
scienceorbe entitled to the “Well
done, good and faithful servant.”
THE RESULT OF THE BALLOT;"
The use of the ballot as an express
ion of public opinion is the most effec
tive agency to bring about this moral
revolution, and this is sure to come;
the signs of the times are fall of en
couragement. The ballot must be re
cognized as the reaper and mower by
which we are to secure this grand har
vest for God and humanity. And the
fiat of the people will soon be that
“the saloon must go.” Will the Church
should realize its opportunity to lead
the people in this grand movement
for prohibition of this'Fterible curse
The clergy of this country are, there
fore, under a special obligation to com
bine their influence and use their op
portune ties to enforce on the minds of
their people the necessity for immedi
ate effort; they should inspire them
with enthusiasm, and an active faith,
in a grand, moral, heroic effort to
banish the sale of this poison from
the community by the only possible
means by which this can be accomy
plished; that is, through a political
combination of the people, in which
case the whole business of rumselling
could be annihilatedyn a comparative
ly short time.
Brit we must have no halfway meas:
ures, and no compromises with the
enemy. On the part of the church this
combination should he aggressively
prompt to be effective. As there are
now not less than 16,000,000 church
members in this eonntry, and more
than one fourth of these are voters,
how quickly could they crush this enemy ot
religion, this monster of vice and immorali
ty, if the ministers of the Christian Church
would impress on their people their political
duty on this issue, with all their active in
telligence and Christian zeal! What a glori
ous work for the Christian church,! And
what a hallelujah of praise and thanksgiv
ing would go up all over the land for the
deliverance of the people from this terrible
incubus on their Christian civilization! And
this can be brought about just ..as soon as
soon as ministers realize and do their duty
on this momentus question.
To those who stand on the walls of Zion,
“Watchmen, teil Us of the night.” May we
not look for the Watchmen, who tell of the
“Dawn.” The records of eternity alone will
reveal how well; we have fulfilled our part
in bringing about the grand revolution that
seems so sure to come in the near future.
But, “How long, oh Lord ? How long ?”
An Engineer’s Story.
Locomotives Wblch Seem to
Yhiuk—-Mow a Collision Was
Averted.
“I will tell you about One of the
most curious freaks of an engine that
.ever oecured in my experience with
them. I offer no explanation, for I
never have been able to solve it half
satisfactorily to riiyself, and will there
fore leave you to draw your own eon -
elusions. It was about sixteen years
ago when I first commenced to run a
passenger train. The night was dark ‘
and stormy, in the 1 middle of Decem
ber. I was: ordered for the midnight
express, and somehow from the very
start everything seemed to go wrong.
Even the fireman appeared to act and
work differently from usual. Well, to
make matters worse, we were detained
an hour at the depot*, and then the con- .
ductor came and told me that the Su
perintendent was on the train and
bound for the other end of the road.
: “Now, tight here I want to say that
I have always had the reputation of
being one oi the most careful and best
engineers on the road, together with
being able to make the nest time. This
was the first time the Superintendant
Bad ever been on my train, and, of
course, I was anxious to sustain my
good reputation. But the fates were
against me—an hour late, the night
dark and stormy, and our regular run
ning time between forty and fifty
riffles : an hour. Well, we pulled out
Of the station with my miud made up
tjo reach our destination on time if the
wheels would stay under her. As soon
ris we were out of the city limits I
ripened on all the steam she had and
let her go. But she didn't seem to
Move at half her usual speed, and
then she didn’t make steam well, eith
er. I began to be impatient, and scol
ded the fireman for not doing good
Work with his fire. He seemed to try
his best, but it was no go. She would
riot make a steam well, in spite of 4iis
exertions. Then the pumps began to
he troublesome. One of them stopped
Vorking altogether, and the other be
came more unreliable every minute. It
began to dawn upon me that making
up time was out of the question.
“You may imagine my feelings, for
it seemed to me as if my whole reputa
tion was staked on this trip. I profess,
to know my business pretty well and
can get speed out of an. engine if any
man can, and my heart was down be
low zero when we began to drop be
hind our regular running time. But
it was no use. Everything was again«t
jne. I was mad clear through.
i‘Wh® ive fefSstatiqri D we-
were one hour and. ton minutes late;
knd thfe conductor had justtnade a re
mark that nettled me quite a little. Ji
had asked him if there were any orders.
at station D . He answered:
: “ ‘None, except to try to get thejreia
time for dinney,’which was pure sar
casm, for if we made our running time
we would be there in time for break
fast,
my heart was clear down- in
my boots, and when I shut off the
Steam going into station B——— I
found the water so low in the boiler
that something had to be done for the
pumps before we could leave the sta
tion, as there was then a heavy grade
to climb for several miles, I informed
the conductor that we would be delay-
rid fifteen or twenty minutes, with the
| work Of taking down one of the pumps,
jand then proceeded with the work. -
| “We were just about ready to start
again when I heard the sharp whistle .
|of an engine, and looking up I saw a 1
[train approaching from the very direc-
[tiori in which we:'were going. When
the train pulled into the station we
found that the telegraph operator at
station D — had neglected to give
ns meeting orders for this train. Had
it not been for the pumps^v?^ would
have dashed on to what would ^proba
bly have been one of the most
collisions in the history of railroads.
“Now comes the remarkable part of
the story. From the time we left sta
tion B both pumps worked like a
charm—bear in mind that I had found
nothing whatever the matter with .the
pUmp that I had taken down, as there
was apparently no reason for it not
working—and the old engine seemed
to daft' along with twice her usual
speed. Gradually she began to pick up
the time again, and in the next fifty
miles we had made up fifteen minutes
which was lightning speed in those
days. There was just nineteen min
utes to make the last twenty miles in,
and I need not say that we pulled our
destination on time.
“Here, indeed, was an instance of a
cranky engine saving a collision that
would' probably have resulted in a
great loss of human life and property.
Railroading is full of just such experi
ences, arid I have had many of them
which might interest you, but I do not
recall any of them just now.
“Speaking of the peculiarities of en
gineers it is not best for me to say
much, for I am a queer sort of a fellow
myself. But there is one engineer
running on this road now who thinks
his engine can feel, for when she dosnt
run fast enough to please him he beats
her with a hammer.”
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*u. O. Pbavy.