The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, February 16, 1894, Image 2
THE WEEKLY LEDGER,
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The Limestone P.-inting and Publishing Co.
$1.50 per Year.
R. 0. SAMS, -
Editor.
x FRIDAY. FKBRUA
RY Iti. 1891.
THE WEEKLY
LEDGER.
In assuming cdP.o
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Tiik Wbkkly I.: i.
i do so with
great tivpiffatiou. \V
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<•«;. MltlM.'.tUU
Yviiov Muni tlif spark of life went out.
Tiiirtwn years a^o we met Major
Doirjrett for the first time, ami (luring,
all of these years he lias been the
same true friend, always consistent,
over cheerful, attending faithfully to
his own atTairs. Mis body was laid
at rest” in Limestone Cemetery
Friday afternoon at 2 :!10 o’clock. The
lar;rc number of friends in attendance
test Hies to the si ronj, hold that his
Yiprii/ht life had on the community.
GEORGE W. CHILDS.
The world mourns when a good
man dies. Mr. (ico. \\\ Childs was
a good man. Mis death brings sad
ness not onl.Y to I’hiladelpbia, but to
ihe country and to all who have
learned how to appreciate true 110-
hility of character. Mow instructive
his life! Mow much to be admired
th:'.! rounded character that delighted
in drawing smiles from bleeding
hearts.
It i-< something to accumulate a
pi <pcrty of .fo.tKKI.tKHl. It is better
to
INCOME TAX IN GREAT BRITAIN
How It Has Worked in Thrt Country
for a Century.
An Income tax was established in
Great Britain in 1798. The first tax
fell upon incomes in proportion to
their amounts, but this was changed
by the second act, passed in 171)9, and
thereafter the tax fell upon the entire
income, JE0O being exempt, and re
duced rates being charged on incomes
ranging from JtHO to £200.
The tax was repealed fn 181(5, but
was revived in 18t2 by .'sir Robert
Reel to meet a deficiency ami to en
able the Government to make some
needed reforms. The situation in
(treat Britain then was not unlike
that which now confronts this coun
try. but Sir Robert Peel s proposal to
provide the government with funds
by an income tax was not met by the
intimation that its revivers were com
munists, as the like proposition is re-
ceived here by persons who care more
for escaping taxation than for the
hist ice or fairness of the tux. and who
are opposed to all “class legislation”
except such as discriminates against
the poor.
For more that fifty years this tax
lias been levied without serious oppo
sition from the people. In 1874. as
Inis been stated, Mr. Gladstone
thought that the government could
get on without it, hut the Commons
did not urge its repeal and the matter
was changed and Sir Station! Xortli-
1> .1:1, lessons from a well-spent life. ^,frote reduced the rate to two-pence in
the pound. One great virtue of the
i I
leave that large estate, after cn-
hing two continents with his bene-
i o ; wiev and cheered many tbousnuds
to look up. Read the short history
'Yi’ oi < life as recorded by himself, and
REV. JOSEPH M. BOSTICK.
Our f ie'.id from Hampton is now
:\Ye delight to welcome
ourtown.' It is a blessing to
unuinity to have tried Cliris-
lilemon unite their fortunes
! i / * * i »• : ! ! • * v _!
Rev. .Joseph M. Bostick
in at "Cooper Limestone Insti
aecoinpaiiiei
• >U •
no.
the tirst install-
• ladies to this, the tliir-
fjhis well-known insti-
A.- other i>\vns lia» , . , ,
, . been helped
.... ‘ tl 1,> g' IM Hl
work to go on in uui
US'. *« HV 1,,,
. urn with us long, am. IMMV
• er ourse he cv»m more p. ^
' > • iitalde than of yore.
**ant
OUR COLORED FRIENDS.
!;t any eiiK iveneymircolored friends
t-'V-.w viv;'i interest in
FIRE.
Fast midnight mi ;*uiui(taj
t *urd the alarm of ‘lire. <)iire ! , .i:
hlmri stillered from C
lenient. Now two dweli-
aod more than two
discomfort am
dug compell-
Jen danger,
nard Street
eCr:i\Y,'s
started. It
headway bo-
the inmates
little. Soon
what e«»neern
i:i ;)>osjieriiy of our town. ^ bile
i !,.• rec* it fire was raging in the early
heurs of morning they were very alert
tc help ext inguish the flames and pre-
v.i.t tiieir extending toother buildings
near at hand. The roofs of neighbor
ing houses were dotted over with their
active forms doing what they could, as
best they knew. And this is ever the
case.
Our thanks
friends. _
tax is that the rate may he varied
with the needs of the government
without disturbing business. Since
I87(* it was advanced to seven-pense,
which is the rate this year. In 1881
and in I88f> it was down to one penny.
In 187;') the exemptions were in-
increased. This was also the work of
Sir Stafford Xorllieote, who, being a
conservative linancier, may he as
sumed to have faithfully represented
the large property interests whose
burdens were increased by diminish
ing the burdens upon small incomes.
Cnder existing law, incomes of £l”Kt
are exempt, and an allowance of £120
is made on incomes between £150 and
£400. The incidence of tin tax is at
the source of the income—that is. tin*
‘•ix on the income derived from
for example, is paid
"WPOuMon and deducted
TfJK»W rt > dividends,
with tliFOer., () f Givat Britain
to recomm«*Miie » lix has been such as
country. TIicKivk,,.,, | () j t hy this
there of the inquisi. j m ] ( . r , Mn j)l a i n (
the tax. And it is the* character of
tax authorities that few pi r t j 10
escajM* its burdens.
The yield of the tax in
£18.853.01(1, or more than •'t'09,O(Ki7
000.
hy
from
the
the
are due our colored
the fin
cor.siderabh
fore discoviml. so t ha
escaped, savir.g very
the house was completely envelo, d,
and the flames rapidly communicatccl
to the adjoining Ji'iu-e belongiiig to
Mrs Litton, but very recently occu
pied hy Mr. Gaffney. Mr. Gaffney was
enabled to su\e most of his household
effects. Mow hel| vss Gaffney
without water works, or tire engine,
or hook and ladder company, or even
the simplest appliances for hedping
to extinguish a lire! That we have
escaped so far with no big fires or
great losses is matter for thankful
ness, not for inaet i\ ity. Our varied
interests need the protection and
security that only a well organized
fire department can give. Hid you
feel helpless Saturday night
REV. J. L. VASS.
Our friend and former pastor visited
Otirtown last Saturday and remained
with us r.nt i! Monday. \s .Superin
tendent of the “Connie Maxwell Or
phanage” located iit Greenwood, he
is demonstrating what we all know,
that he is the man for the place.
On Sunday Mr. Yass preached
morning and evening in the Baptist
Church. Misf nnons were on the
line of his work iind were touching,
tender and impressive.
Wheresoever ho goes in the inten si
the fifty orphans he now has in
n? r-eH-t'.vit!, the hearty sym-
Jiy of all people.
phonies have already been built
iommoduting twenty-four or
Ive children.
ilantliropists have asked the
mf building each at his ow n
cr hoii -e ill’ like dimen-
hed ii plan . that
gives the child ih o^kopport unity to
build through heir small contribu
tions, a house or the orphans that
will be worthy f Jheir efforts. And
MRS. GURGANUS,
Teacher of vocalization, voice eul-
turc. etc., at Cooper-Limestone Insti-
tute is ii daughter of our old confrere,
Col. John B. Fatriek, of Anderson, S.
C. So eager is she to excel in her
chosen profession, that not allowing
herself needed rest and recreation
after a session’s arduous lalmrs, she
spends three precious months of her
vacation in Boston adding the finish
ing touches to voice and manner
already well cultivated. Her return
among us will he welcomed.
COMMENDABLE.
Miss Virgie Carroll has recently
ret urned from the Xew England Con
servatory of Music, where she spent a
term very much to her gratification
and ofTieoney as a musician. Honors
sit gracefully on her. In the home
circle, in the church; in the commun
ity Miss’ Virgie fills an important
place.
his material was at hand. The wheel
was constructed in its separate parts
at Detroit, and shipped to Chicago.
So absolute was Mr. Ferris’s confi
dence in the accuracy of his plans and
measurements, that he did not take
the trouble to set up the wheel before
it was shipped. When it was taken
from the ears at Chicago, every spoke
and bar, truss and girder, went to
gether as though each had been pro-
viously fitted to its neighbor.
‘‘The foundation for the supporting
towers were already in place. They
had been begun hack in January,
with the thermometer ten degrees be
low zero. It took excavations thirty-
five feet below the surface, and
through twenty feet of quicksand and
water, to obtain n suitable footing.
The towers, eight in number, are
twenty feet square and thirty-five
feet high, of solid cement. To keep
this cement from freezing, live steam
was used. Buried in the concrete are
massive steel bars, and to them are
bolted the steel towers which rise one
hundred and forty feet in the air.
supporting the wheel. To topple over
the wheel, it would he necessary to
uproot these cement towers.”
The shaft, or axis, which support
the enormous weight of the wheel, is
of steel, forty-five feet long, thirty-
two inches in diameter, and weighs
seventy tons, as much as a “mogul"
locomotive. It had to be lifted one
hundred and forty feet in the air.
Slowly the wheel was put in place,
and then came the question
the enormous mass move?
“When the last segment had been
dropped into ifc pi ace, the last car
hung, the supports knocked away,
and the signal was given to set the
monster in motion, there came a
moment of anxious suspense. An ex
penditure of four hundred thousand
dollars, mouths of toil, a hard-won
reputation, success and fame, too,
perhaps, hung upon the question of
whether this Cyclops would answer
the the touch of its driving gear. A
finger was lifted, a throttle opened,
and the great wheel begun to turn,
and it has gone on turning and stop
ping. obeying the lightest touch of its
driver, with a precision and accuracy
that is not the least of the wonders of
this mechanical marvel.”
Other schemes of immense propor
tions are in tjie mind of Mr. Ferris,
and we need not he surprised at any
engineering feat performed hy him.
Uses for Borax.
[From Good Housekeeping.]
Sprinkle places infested hy ants with
borax, and you will soon be rid of
then. Blankets and furs put away
well sprinkled with borax and done
air-tight, will never he troubled
HE TELLS HIS OWN
i
Li is Lilt q
George W. Child’s Accoubt of %
and Successes.
The following is the history of
George W. Childs’ life as told hy him
self in a newspaper article published
about two years ago. It will he found
exceedingly interesting at tins time:
I began to support myself when I
was twelve years old, ar.d i have
never been dependent on others since
then. I had had some schooling,
but not much; I never went to col
lege, not because 1 did not think a
college career might n<>t he a good
thing for those who could nford it,
and who could make a good use of it,
but because i did not feel that it was
so important for me as to he earning
my own living. When 1 left home to
come to Philadelphia one of my rela
tives said that 1 would soon have
enough of that, and would he com
ing back again.
But 1 made up my mind that I
would never go hack—1 would suc
ceed. 1 had health, the power af ap
plying myself, and. I suppose, a fair
amount of brains. 1 came to Phila
delphia with Sfilin my pocket. i found
board and lodgings lor I, and then
I got a place as office hoy for .fd.
That gave me a surplus of cenl - a
week, i did not merely d > tin- work
that I was absolutely required to do.
but I did all i could, ami pul ioy
heart into it. i wanted my employer
to feel that I was more u: ‘ui to him
Would | than lie expected me to he.
I was hot afraid to eiean and swei
and perform what might he
dered by some young gentlemen now
adays as menial work. and therefore
beneath them. 1 did not think u be
neath me then, and 1 should nol n w.
If it were necessary 1 would . a -cp
out my office today; and i ofi.n cany
bundles. But the other dav n voutii
s you can
-t ,, pleasure
to itiu i fciations
It is a
to be'brought into
of that kind, « nd
do it for your^J-
not
cep .
t'onsi- :
cou;
came to me to sec if
employment for him. if A
died, and his mot tier coin i
. .11itl .'.Uoc
fat her had
not sup
port him, and lie winded to apport
himself. 1 looked at him, and saw
that he had on very nice cio, la • and
kid gloves, i asked him i; he .vouhl
like to whcel a wheelbarrow.
a ph'dam...je feel that but
Ithat youareintdn the ^
j sonally and '-are fof“ 1 . welfare.
In that way you henefir not
m il ly in a natural way, but you]
make them feel men are really broth
ers. and that they were made to help
one another. That feeling is not
only agreeable in itself, hut it will be
apt to prompt them to carry out the
principle themselves. Put yourself
into Ii you do and let others feel
that you are there. Do not contri
bute to a charitable fund, hut go
yourself and help. It may seem ai\
inconvenience at first, hut soon you
will come to consider it worth any in
convenience.
Perhaps I ought to say a word
about the companions a young man
should choose for himself in life.
Yon should try to make companions
of ilm best people you can become
acquainted with. In order to do this
you must have something in yourself
that may bo a return to them for
what they give you. It is not nec
essary. for this purpose, to he a gen
ius. or have a remarkable intellect,
or extraordinary erudition. But, he
j ourself and he a man, and learn to
think of others before yourself, and
you will have friends enough and
of the best. To be intimate with the
magnanimous and the noble aids to
form those qualities in oneself. A
man is known hy the company he
keeps, and those who know what
friends you have will he able to form
a very correct guess of what you
your. :i :)•*... You should see to it
imii thm e. limate he as high as your
opportunity may secure.
ilut perhaps I cannot better sum
up advice to young people than to
sax that i have derived, and still find,
the grt atest pleasure in my life in do
ing to others. Do good constantly,
paiient!y and wisely, and you will
never have cause to say that your life
was not worth living.
Gkokuk \\\ Guilds.
Me seemed surprised.
and unswert
The Ferris Wheel.
In a recent issue of the Review of
Reviews some interesting facts con
cerning tins wonderful wheel and its
Inventor, George \\ ashinjjbui
(bill
water
red or red-bordered
•erns,
given.
Elsewhere is printed on account of
t he fearful ravages of La Grippe, in ihe
(’art ledge family of Edgefield. One
after another has fallen until afatnily
of eight is reduced to one, and that a
child. A happy family it was years
ago. When last we saw the father
he was in the prime of young man
hood.
Short Advice from Edison.
It is a recent story about the great
electrician. A father and a son called
at his office; the son was soon to begin
work as office hoy in a well-known
house. “I wish you would give my
son a motto to stand hy him when he
begins his battle for success,” the
fat her said.
Edison paused a moment, then
answered briefly, ‘‘Never look at the
clock.”
Good advice, whether Edison said
it or not. Boys, girls, don’t work
with your eyes on the clock. The man
who holds his job with a loose hand,
ready to drop ii at any moment, is the
man who will himself lie dropped,
often wondering at his own hud
luck.
Naval Establishment.
The reason for a naval establishment
in this age of enlightment is well Il
lustrated hy the protection afforded to
menaced American merchantmen by
Admiral Benham’s sqpadron at Rio
de Janeiro. So long as there isapos-
Gibility of the disregard of internation-
citizen Major W. A. 0. Dok-ou *, will j " l ‘"‘J’ P» rt tll< > w, ;f ld
J l so long will our navy be a necessity.
That the proof of its value displayed
children never fail: when their hearts
are touched.
The Lord will prosper such work
"and such sacrifices.
■ •- •* -*•
MAJOR DOGGETT IS DEAD.
Again Gaffney losses a prominent ^
and so favorably known throughout)
the county, met his untimely end
Thursday, Feb. 8, on the K. & 1).
railroad truck near the depot. jSiA»Aj?o
* /'P
at Bio is in marked contrast to its
mischief-making possibilities at Ho
nolulu under the inspiration ol a
filibusting Minister is nothing against
the navy, It is simply a reflection
upon the powers that direct itstnove-
compn^a^y-young man, was born
in Galesburg, Illinoisc, reeived* his
early education in ( , alifor..ia, and
took a course of civil engineering at
the Rensselaer Polytecnie Institute
of Troy, Xew York, graduating in
1881. .Since then ho has been t m-
ployed as a bridge engineer.
Concerning the origin of Mr. Fer
ris’ idea to build such a wheel, the
above named magazine gives the fol
lowing :
“At a banquet given to the archi
tects and engineers in Chicago two
years ago, the Director of works, Mr.
Burnham, made a speech in which he
took occassion to praise the archi
tects of America for rising to the in
spiration of the occassion and pre
senting plans for the housing the
Fair that would astonish the world.
They had boldly cut loose from estab
lished lines, and had shown that
America had originality in architec
ture.
“ ‘But,’ said Mr. Burnham, ‘the
civil engineers have not met the ex
pectations of the people. They have
as yet proposed nothing to show that
they have originality. They have
proposed no plan for a novelty such
as the Eiffel Tower. They have pro
posed towers, but these are now his
tory. \Ye want something new in
engineering science for the World’s
Fair, but the engineers have as yet
proposed nothing.”
Of course the langiui'fcs felt the re
buke. But one of them, a young man
only a dozen years out of the Poly
technic, said quietly that Mr. Burn
ham should he satisfied—a pledge he
shortly fulfilled. When I asked him,
the other day, where the idea came
from, he said with a smile, ‘From a
chop dinner. I had been turning
over every proposition I could think
of. On four or live of these I had
spent considerable time. What were
they? Well, perhaps I’d better not
say. Anyway, none of them were
satisfactory.
“‘We used to have a Saturday
afternoon club, chiefly engineers at
the World’s Fair, It was at one of
these dinners, down in a Chicago chop
house, that I hit on the idea. I re
member remarking that I would build
a wheel, a monster. I got some paper
and began sketching it out. I fixed
the size, determined the construction,
the number of cars we would run. the
number of people it would hold, what
we would charge, the plan of stopping
six times in the first revolution and
loading, and then making a complete
turn,—in short, before the dinner was
over. I had sketched out almost the
entire detail, and my plan has never
varied an item from that day. The
wheel stands in the Plaisance at this
moment as it stood before me then.”
When the young engineer’s plans
were proposed they met with innum-
berable obiections, the Fair Directory
hesitating to allow him to build it;
and they did not grant that privilege
until Dec. 16, 1892, only four and a
half months before the Fair would he
opened. The Eiffel Tower took three
pears in building, the St. Louis bridge
years; yet the Ferris Wheel, a
jC structure than eitiier of these,
completed and in opejption ip less
six months.
befoRfi^!*’ , . , fI
table-ciotv rax P ut mto ,lu ‘
their fading. m ‘J.
Ringworm wfff kinH - " ni l m ' vont
pply a stK^tfli^ treat-
rax three times a diup^HjLP^
on the fine, dry powder ofte^PjP^
Silver spoons and forks in da if;
may he kept bright hy leaving t hem
strong Istrax water several hours.
The water should he boiling when
they are put in.
Put u teaspoon of borax in your
rinsing water; it will whiten the
cloths, and also remove the yellow
cast on garments that have been
laid aside for two or three years.
One of the best things to cleanse
the selap thoroughly is to dissolve
one -half a teaspoonful of borax in a
qu: -t of water, and apply it, rubbing
it in well. Rinse well in clear water.
For washing fine, nice flannels,
nothing will cause them to look so
nice as borax in the water, a table-
spoonful of borax to a pail of water
being the right proptrion. Always
wash baby's flannel skrits, shirts;
etc., in this.
Always wash baby’s, smouth and
gums ever morning with water in
wich you have put a pinch of borax.
It keeps the mouth fresh and sweet,
and prevents that uncomfortable
affliction, h sore mouth, with which so
many poor babies are troubled when
their mouths are not kept perfectly
clean.
Borax water is excellent for sponging
either silk or wool goods that are not
soiled enough to need washing. In
washing cashmere or wool goods, put
a little borax in the water. This wi p
cleanse them much more easily and
better, without injury to the colors.
Do not rub them on a hoard but use the
hands, and throw on the line without
wringing. Press them on the wrong
side, ahd they will look almost like
new.
How to Keep Your Temper.
“Ruskin in a letter to young girls
says: ’’Receive the thing that is pro
voking or disagreeable to you, as com
ing directly from Christ’s hand, and
the more it is like to provoke you,
thank him for it the more, as a yong
soldier would his general for trusting
him with a hard place to hold on the
rampart. And remember that it does
not in the least matter wlit happens
to you—whether a clumsy school
fellow tears your dress or a* shrewd
one laughs at you, or the teacher
doesn’t undersand you. The one
thing that does matter is that none
of these things should vex you
Say to to yourself each morning,
just after your prayers, ‘‘Whoso
forsaketh not all that he hath
cannot be my disciple.’ This is exact
ly and completely true, meaning jhat
you are to give all you have to Christ
to take care of it sor you. Then if
he doesn’t take cure of it, of course
you know it wasn’t worth anything.
And if he takes anything from you.
you know you are better without it.”
and air
fill to ll)e ,
It was my’
position where
talents to the best a>
ed my ambition high, so
I did not reulive the highe
at least always he tending
t hat he didn't t tiink lie would like t iiat.
Then I asked him if he would object
to carrying bundles. Well, he wa sn't
anxious to curry bundles either. Me
was like many young men. who talk
about wanting to work, hat w!i a it
comes to the point they wai t to do
only kid-glove sort of wo. k. ! must
say 1 don't have nuu Ii svi. I'.ti-.y with
• that sort of feeling. M« are all
brothers, and what is worthy t.i m,,-
is not unworthy of any one. The
Bible says it is what comet h out of
the mouth that defileth a man. It is
not work, hut character, that euu he
discreditable.
But a man can he industrious, and
yet Ids industry may not achieve
much valuable result. You must
not only work, hut you must order
your work with intelligence. You
must be preparing the way for what
you intend to become as v> 1! a> do
Lvlmt lies to your hand. While 1 was
•rrand and office hoy i improved
^opportunity as I had ; > read
L^'iid to attend hook -ale-, z-m .is
^*e market value of hooks !
' else that mighi he a se
tter.
to he in a
use my best
page. 1 fix- |
vH . even if
Hjinight
A man should not only use all ..*’, I
faculties, but be constantly develop
ing them so that he can do more.
M you jump at a thing with your
whole liejirt and mind, though you
may not be exceptionallv able, it is
wonderful how ^ at .], you Jmiy
complish.
But if you urolmlf-heari.,.' ,. 0!1 Nv j|i
fail. You must not yield totenip*.-. ; , M
to relax your efforts and turn off aim
amuse yourself. When I was young
I lived near u theatre, and many of
the actors knew me, and I might have
gone in any time and witnessed the
performance without having to pay
for it. Other boys acquaintance:- of
mine, used to do it, and I would like
to have done it. But 1 thought it
over, and I made up my mind that I
would not. I never did. Ihis self-
denial, if it may he called that, did
not make me morose or unhappy.
On the contrary I was always cheer
ful. I took an interest in my work,
and took pleasure in doing it well,
and in the feeling that I was getting
on and in a way to become something.
And that sort of pleasure is. after all,
more real and lasting than is to be
got from going to a theatre when one I spicuous.
might he doing something useful.
As time went on I kept betterng :
my position, and w hen I had an office ,
in the Public Ledger building I be
lieve I said to myself that some time |
I will own that paper. At tpiy rate, I
I directed my work in such away that,
when the time came that I was able
to buy it, I was also able to manage
it rightly. There is little u>e in pro
curing a valuable property unh » > ou
have trained yourself to use it in a
proper manner. The changes that
I made in the Ledger at lir.-t had the
effect of decreasing the circulation;
but before long, it increased again,
until it greatly surpassed what it had
ever been before. I have always be
lieved that it is possible to unite suc
cess in business with strict moral in
tegrity. I am aware that itiany peo
ple think that the el hies of business,
or of politics, are quite distinct, and
that a man may uo things in Ids pub
lic employment which Ik
The True Wife.
Tiie (Juict Contributor in the Pitls-
hirg Commercial Gazette writes as
follows on a most important subject :
A wise woman will not neglect to
-indy men long before she begins to
iigr.ri for a husband. She will note
•aivfully the quaiifes of men whom
she knows to he good husbands; also,
note t he defects in those who are
failures. As soon as she learns that
men p: - -sing certain habits, do not
make good husbands she will at least
know whom to avoid.
During a lively discussion of the
marriage question in England a few
years ago one of the popular weekly
Journals offered prizes for the best de
finitions of wlia‘ a wife should he.
The following took one of them ;
“The w if' should be more than ideal—
a fact; •
She needn't he clever; she must have
1 act ;
With womanly courage and kindness
of heart, •
Sense and good feeling must take their
part
griff
how w r
and luxi
that
coined til
dell the st
at me.
for their fi
sake who
and hid uw3
intruder, ail
pered, “my|
like the viol]
he sought ail
admired. Xi
gaudy sunHd
bright faces hi
to say,“Hmil|
hiired them fcl
“Some girls wtl
flower, with nol
unblushing fal
manners they w]
passer hy. (),
think the sunflol
that I had taken]
words and ways
in my heart,
‘If my girlish.
Only turned f<[
As a diver ’neat)A ,
Turns to watch t
But there were otl.
me whose language to*
perfume inparted
lessons. The rirl/u { %
pered—elegamay
The daisj'—hej
The jattinfm—:{
purity,
the misuonettd
7
With a cheerful nature she must he
blest,
T!i>'n of life’s small pleasures she’ll
make the best.
In what* ver station her lot is cast
Doing her duty from tirst to last.”
Mere is another:
• Loyal and gentle, tender ami kind,
Killing her household hy love, not
fear;
' ith sympathies wide, and a well-
stocked mind,
\\ iti, tyet fto* nf/ and judg-
menl .z'War.
Helpmeet swe^t in life’s toilsome
day,
Comrade staunch in its weary
strife;
True to her husband as to her God—
Such, oh! man. wouldst thou have
’^i-wife.”
lo be a w jf e means something
more than mere faithfulness. She
must help her husband as she expects
to he helped. Mis cares must he her | L ,
cares, his joys her joys, and his suc
cess must be as gratifying to her as
to him. It is not necessary for her
to go to his office in order to help him
in his work, nor to his shop, nor to
the field. She can do more, far more,
by sympathizing with him, making
his home restful and cheering his
drooping spirits.
This is the style of wife the right
man is looking for, and he is the style
of man the right woman should keep
on the lookout for. He is around,
hut not always making himself eon-
maple—reserve
disposition-
“Oh! let me live,
flower” may prov
instructor, then t
nity will reveal tl
upon my eharacte
whom I shall nevi
What a Power
[From Our
The history <
furnish a parai
prosperity of ti
ing the ]XTiod (•otl
census.
Its population in
millions to sixty-ti
million and half cn
annual increase
average population
compose the Anij
increase of wealtl
than that of pop
aggregate wealth
.1544,000,000 in 18'
an increase of $20/
At the beginning
war the wealth of
was hut $18,OOp-btJ
years was greater tl
mulation from the
country to 1800.
wonderful inereas'
are:
1. The intelligent'
our people. In t
is the room fo:
surpass unv , wo
it The vast i
our cOtttry yet
is room for eve|
for everybody t
the utmost.
3. The polity
dom enjoyed
nian is a king si
pleases
4. The mariouj
machi nery >
ducts of labf
was estimate
England wa
work than
globe. It
say that
United 8tn
and skill
the entire
their un
the last
( »e'>
:ed
P< ’Tfor good or evil must be fait!
Kills of the earth. We mr
itianize it and consecrate its
Four Big Successes.
Having the needed merit to more
than make good all the advertising
claimed, for them, the following four
remedies haye reached a phenomenal
sale. Dr. Hang's New Discovery, for
CongumptijP, Gough’s and Colds each
bottler gi^Ey^eed—Electric Bitters.
the great
Kf
gv.Id mining in this state are jus
will 1 not P ,,} f a PP ret ‘f ate d.
think is right to do in hi.- domestic or 1 , l ,,1 P r< J v ‘‘<l processes of sepq
private life. 1 do not agree with this I , i Ih ' T' ha '' e brought into vuu
view, and if the record of mv life has which could not haY
any value it is in showing that . t ! P^fnbly worked by the old:
least it is not necessary to success ii\ u ‘ ( J‘‘’' t ‘l , »|fhjejjt - of_
business that a man should in
in -.sharp” practice-. But even if
Were neecsssnry, still it would m
follow that it is worth while. Ti
are higher satisfactions than tlij
getting of money, ami rlciiei
conpensate a man for the oi
ness of buying lived i disl
Georgia Gold Mining.
[From the Atlanta Journal.]
The atte ntion not only of enter
prising citizens of our own state but
that of many persons in other parts
of the country is being more largely
directed to the possibilties of gold
mining in Georgia than ever be
fore.
It is the opinion of those who have
given the subject close and scientific
study that there is more gold in the
Piedmont region extending from Vir
ginia through the Carolinas into Geo
rgia t ha n t here is in any ot her region
of the United States. There are now ,w-
in Georgia several gold mines whirl Mtf»y Democrat* have been octi
are being operated on a large scal.1 and flevoted in the recent struggle i
and with excellent profits. The/j the fHou^i
are other gold deposits of undouy
which will soon be
and developed. The on
jigious
p/ile. Ei
h/s God as)
[plication^
[ids the pr'
•ars ago \
lachinery
doing mol
living on tl
much
iery of tbd
intelligenci
Me
thf mt
ji«c t (
K&clii
aided b,
lattice'the work that
, inaVje to perform by
physKyl powers. In
the itKjnufactui
Valued their capita)
dollars, This
pntire amount ini
tiling in 1870.
of railroad built in
^ about 75,000 and
r of miles in the count
ubled. The next ten yel
, equal or greater progres*.,
king indicates that this coi
n0 t reach the zenith of it
ne nt for a century to com*,
rapidly becoming the me
the globe. It
he«
plants a
2 000,
more th,
in man
The
ten yej
total
nearl
will
Ev
try
dev
Iw u l nat ion on
^^'nd its wealth if we would tonn
orld. Therefore the resultsof
ted Home Mission work n
not, only into tlw^coining yc(
t iu’L all the world.
A Gallant Leader.
'rom the Atlanta Journal.]
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