THE WEEKLY LEDGER,
PTIILWIIKU EVKKV EKIDAV DA
Th. Limestone Printinf .nd PuWl.hin* Co.
$1.30 per Year ^
R; O. SAMS - t>< 1894.
SOME things we need.
TIh* trimly mmon Is upon us.
.Mnrrli ust'il to Ik* tin* fashionalile
inonlhin that |Kirtiriihir Hiul |K*rhnps
shf >till preserves that umutviahh*
rcputntio'i. hut Kfhruary now not
only ht raltls •Mart-h. hut vies with
her for the palm of vietory. We are
not opposed to Kehruary, Man h t>r
April. t)lil earth wet with the frosts
ami snows of Winter needs these
searching, drying winds as well as
the lengthening tlays—tht* increasing
altitude of the sun, and the gentle
showers of Spring. Hut the-windy
season is tin* tinu* for “fires.'' and
fires we dread when we are not pre
pared tiM*opc with them.
We have heen ii|s»n the deep when
winds blew, and li^htcninirs flashetl
and the storm ra^ed and we fi It help
less, for we were helpless. It was
very little comfort then to thin!; that
the atmosphere would he all the
purer after the storm. What we
wanted was a firm footing on solid
ground, and not longer to In* rocktd
in the'‘cradle of I he deep." Nearly
equally helpless would our town he
had we to contend with a ‘ fire” in its
unrestrained fury. What is our con
dition to resist or extinguish a fire?
No water except w hat a few shallow
wells might supply; no fire engine;
no hook ami ladder company; no
bucket brigade; not the slighest or
ganization to save or protect life and
property. Perhaps we have lieen for
tunate in not having had any very
destmet ive fires in our town. So far
asweran remember not a life has
been lost, and hut few buildings have
been destroyed. In this we have
been fort'unite hut might it not he
that this very immunity from danger
or from loss has lulled us into inac
tivity? Let us look at the situation.
Even if in the future as in the past
we are exempt from large fires we an*
at the mercy of fire insurance compa
nies. and live in dn*ad and in fear.
Fin* insurance companies are not to
for charging such heavy
JVhen risks an* great, prem-
Ik- correspondingly large.
/p^Achants Iq our town cannot
ymsuranee on their stock of
gobn/at any rate; others have to pay
the heavy rate of six |>er cent.- Can
any business stand these no rates or
these heavy rates and pn>spcr? If it
does it must he either through the
closest application, with the licst ap
plied business methods, or the con
sumer is charged more than a legiti
mate pmfit. We are working under
a heavy load which not only n*tanls
our progn*ss, hut others an* kept
from uniting their fortunes with oii^yi
We are making rapid strij
</r invasion .-
•11 as in name. A few more
mfacturing industries established
our midst—the opening up of a
few more quarries of our valuable
ores and we will be far on the road.
Let us keep step to the onward prog
ress of the times and the demands
that are upon us, and not Ik* laggards
inlPhc race. Gaffney needs water.
Not water that has to Ik* lifted by
windlass or pulley or elevator, hut
waU*r under pressure—under high
that can Ik* forced over store
I ling or factory or college and
fata moment’s notice. Are there
liculties in the way? Yesl Are
by insuperable? No! When was
[overreached except through dif-
Jties. Rest is all the sweeter
’tis earned through honest toil.
Lkikjek expects to agitate this
subject j»nd continue to agitate it
until our people are awake to the ne
cessity of taking action.
OUR MINERAL WEALTH.
Wg, are pleased to publish a com
munication focm Jtt. Edwin Walters
of Misouri. Mr. W. has heen attracted
to Gaffney by its wealth of mineral
ores of various kinds; its porcelain
clays, its valuable building material
of stone and of wood; and by other
things which the eye of a ininerologist
for geologist alone could detect.
For a long time we have known that
there were valuable minerals all
around us. Repeatedly has our sec
tion been visited with the view of lo
cating this hidden wealth, which
only shows itself sufficiently to tempt
the avaricious. The time will come
when Gaffney will be the shipping
>int of a large area teeming with
^ealtjp now stored away to reward
[10 uses pick and spade and
ngeide of our finest lime rock
quantities of marble. Ho
[e know most of this is on the
• ‘ ‘The Cooper-Limestone
|fe,” and within our incorpor-
I limits. Does this institute need
f endowment? Hhe will receive It
lien her marble quarries are opened
nd its products arc sought after far
?ear.
are glad to have Mr. Waters
jnnd report and develop—and
that his scientific inslghfj
him to the very source of
OUR COTTON F‘on** of tin
.«*nd b 1 * 14 * maDJ'Jfvd rot-
* ,tt .«ories in the South. It is
>eautifully and conveniently situated
In the eastern portion of the town
fronting the R. A* I). railway, with
lands joining the right of way of said
roAd, and with every facility for re
ceiving and shipping. This factory
is always running except the twenty-
four hours of the Sabbath. Day and
night can Ik* heard the busy hum as
the many hands employed glide
noiselessly about their ap|s)inted
tasks. A class of goods is here man
ufactured that is of finer grade than
that made at most other mills in the
South. Even during the trying
months of last summer there was
sill'll a demand for these ginxls that
there was not the least cessation in
the work. With Mr. A. N. WikhI,
President. Mr. II. I). Wheat Super
intendent and Mr. M. <«. Montgom
ery, Isiok keeper, everything moves
along harmoniously.
When shall we look for a call to
increase the sto* k?
few
|H»r-
Our Resources.
To the Editor of Tin: Li:d , :i:k:
Hy request I will enuim rite a
of the items of resource of this
tion of tile Palmetto Slate.
Every visit to this eoiintry in the
capacity of a geologist and civil engi
neer impresses me more and more
with the great and varied resources.
The day of one-idea farming is rap
idly drawing to a close. Spartanburg
county commenced to fully realize
this some time ago. The result is
the county Jias built manufacturing
plants until it is one of the foremost
counties in all the South.
Hut the development of resources
has only eommeift ed
Cheap fuel and’ i iimensc water
power are two items of vast import
ance.
Among the most inviting enter
prises for cnpitali-ts at Gaffney's or
its immediate neighliorhood may be
mentioned a pape mill. T ibn* is
plentiful ami cheap. <>ur forests
would afford th** wi od-pulp and our
hillsides the white clay for tiller. Our
streams—especially Hroad river—af
ford ample power.
For wrapping and other coarse pa
pers. Johnson grass, palmetto, yucca.
I»ear grass and many other plant would
afford abundant tibre.
Gaffney's should have a large oil
mill. An oil mill would call for a
soap factory to utilize the oil. As is
well known, cotton seed oil makes the
finest toilet soap.
We need a large furniture and coffin
factory. Fine cabinet woods, cheap
labor, water power and every condi
tion necessary are certainly present.
To the west of Gaffney’s is tine Iron
ore.
We have limestones for flux as well
us for the manufacture of lime. We
probably have ns'ks suitable for ce
ments.
There are reasons for believing that
this neighlHirhixsl will afford )drtm-
btigo or black lead, corowdum or
emery, monazitc or sand for making
glass’ for electric lighting, clay for
fine tiles for jambs, Hmirs.
etc., ctf^
It ^difficult to find a suitable place
leave off the enumeration. There
re scores of items that might J»e
mentioned. Hut lM*ing a stranger to
your readers. I have, perhaps said
enough.
* i'ermit me to say that with im
proved machinery, the gold of tiiis
neighborhoiHl will some day be an
important item of material resource.
Edwin Walters,
Late of tin* Missouri Geological Hur-
vcy and scientific editor Kansas
City Journal.
Dr. Greer's Scheme Launched.
The Rev. Dr. David II. Greer, pas
tor of Ht. Hartholomew’s Church, on
Madison avenue, near Forty-third
street, opened yesterday the loan bu
reau for which he lias been preparing
for more than u month. Offices were
established in the rooms of the parish
mission at No. 20!) East Forty-second
street, and James A. MacKnight was
placed in charge.
“We made our first loan today,’’
said Dr. Greer last night, “and from
this time on we expect the bureau to
go steadily ahead. Under our rules
no pawns or pledges will he accepted,
but money will be loaned in sums not
exceeding $T)0 on household goods un
der chattel mortgages. A uniform
rate of interest at t» per cent a year
will be charged on all loans. We will
proceed very cautiously at first, and
if the plan succeeds as we hope,
branches will be established in differ
ent parts of the city. Already a
number of men of wealth have become
interested in the scheme and have
volunteered to advance money as we
need it. Resides all this we will
probably go to the legislature and ask
for a special charter under the pawn
brokers act. Preliminary steps in
this direction have already been tak
en.
“Our chief idea in doing this is to
enable honest mechanics who are hard
pressed financially to secure tempo
rary relief without the necessity of
appealing to charity. We want to
demonstrate that the man who works
will meet his obligations as carefully
as the capitalist. In dealing with
them we shall follow strict b usiness
principles. Of course if a man who
has borrowed meets with misfortune
and is unabletopay the amount of the
mortgage when due we will extend the
time. Interest payments however,
we will expect promptly.
Cure (or Headache.
As a remedy for all form of Head
ache Electric* Ritten^jj* proved to
Ik* the very a j>i*rmn-
nrnt habi
tual
ence
proc
dy
Macon no Longer a Paradise for Gam
blers.
Macon. Feb. lii.—Judge Rsrletthns
imposed tines on several gamblers
against whom true bills were found
by the grand jury. The highest fine
im|)oxeu was on a while man in the
sum of $400. The least was placed
on a negro who pleaded guilty. He
will have to pay $125. Macon used
to be the gamblers’Macea, hut that
era is over. In days gone by it was
a.pamdise for them, but it is no more.
Judge Miller was the first to break up
their huisincss and they never relliod.
High tines and imprisonment caused
them to seek more inviting fields, and
therein they have abided, until re
cently, when a few concluded they
would venture hack to their old
haunts, hut they have already paid
the penalty and devoutly wish they
had not turned their faces toward ths
city.
A Rare Occurence.
[Atlanta Journal.]
It transpires that Judge Gresham,
just before lit* went into President
Cleveland's cabinet had his name
stricken from tin* pension list.
Judge Gresham was a gallamt sol
dier, and received wounds in the ser
vice which entitle him to a pension.
lie is a poor man. and to surrender
his pension was a serious sacrifice
for him. Hut Judge Gresham, for
some reason, thought that he should
renounce his pension when he entered
tin* cabinet. and he did so without
any notoriety or the slightest effort
to make capital out of the net.
Very few examples of this sort ran
he found.
The fashion now is to trump up
pretexts on which to get pensions.
The man who voluntarily gives one up
is a curiosity.
No doubt the pension grabbers con
sider Judge Gresham insane.
His conduct is in striking contrast
with that of General Dan Sickles, lie
is drawing pay as congcssman and as
a retired army officer.
Sickles is a rich man hut when some
queston was raised about his two sala
ries he fought eagerly to retain both
and the case is now before the court.
There would have been nothing im-
pn>|)or. in Judge Gresham's retaining
Ids pension, hut the surrender of it is
creditable to his high and delicate
sense of official propriety.
• —
Another Aerial Cableway.
Regarding the aerial cableway
which, as noted in the last issue of
the Mani'kaotreks' Record, may lx*
built at Wheeling, W. Yu., it is intvt
esting to note that this is not the
first scheme of the sort in this coun
try, Mr. A. K. Maxwell, of Knox
ville, furnishes the Manufacturers’
Record the following particulars about
such a line in the city.
“Messrs. Patton Sr Lewis have just
put into successful operation a wire
cableway for the transfer of passen
gers across the Tennessee river at
Riverside, a suburb of
ville, Tcnn. The rWit is located on
the north hank oisOT* river, and con-
sisisotAwo twenty-five horse-power
engines, one eighty-five horse-power
Inuler and hoist, p.accd in suitable
buildings. Two onc-und-threc-
eighths-inch wire cables, each KdXI
feet in length, spun the river. A car
with a capacity of seating twenty
is swung under the cables, which is
drawn by a five-cigths-inch wire cu
bic. The ascent from the starting
point to the landing on Longstreet
Hcigtiis is 5150 feet, from which point
a bird’s-view of Knoxville is gained.
It is the point upon which General
Longstreet planted ids guns to bom
bard Fort Sanders during the war.
The machinery works satisfactorily,
and as a means of transportation is a
great success. The West Knoxville
Electric Railway will Ik* extended to
connect with the cableway.”
Hot Water for Sleeplessness.
[Charity and Children.]
A most wretched lie-awake of 35
years, who thought himself happy if
he could get 20 minutes sleep in 24
hours, said; “I took hot water, a
pint, comfortably hot, one good hour
before each of my three meals, ir d
one the lust thing at night, naturally
unmixed with anything else. The
very first night I slept for three hours,
turned around and slept again till
morning. I have faithfully and regu
larly continued the hot water, and.
have never had one had night since.
Pain gradually lessened and went,
the shattered nerves became calm
and strong, and instead of each night
being one long misery, spent in weary
ing for the morning they are too short
for the sweet, refreshing sleep I now
enjoy.
Pugilism.
[Charity and Children.]
After news of.the defeat of Mitchell,
by Corbett hud reached Cincinnati,
one of our officers was spending the
evening with his faimly, and the sub
ject was dissussed between the father
and son. Duringthe discussion other
noted puglistic encounters were re
vived, when the farther remarked
that Hullivan had never been knocked
out except by Corbett. The son,
though young in years, has his eyes
and ears open, reads, keepswell post
ed, knows what is going on, and is al
ways ready for an argument, said:
Why, father, Hullivan has been knock
ed out by another besides Corbett.
The farther with a good deal of warmth
insisted that he had not; the son
said, why father! you are certainly
mistaken, he was knocked o ,f by
Hall. What Hall? said the fattier.
Alco-Hall, said the son.
A Railroad Built Without Bonds.
A nnthvr tnmt*nfn nf # i ~.i..
-■ - - ■ -- * • * - ** v vA w vs * ft***
people can do when they try is shown
in the completion of the Middle Geor
gia A Atlanta road, which lias just-
been opened from Atlanta to Milled-
geville. It is seventy-five miles short
er from Atlanta to MUledgeville by
this route than by any other. Over
tforty miles of the Jine between Cov
ington to EatontoVh»* no bonded
fcjbt whatever, $450.0^* the stock
Jaken and paid for^fcF
The ultimate (lc*jpalion of
Ha van null. wMBThomas
huger.
The United States is rapidly build
ing up a navy that is the admiration
of the world. It was a Democratic
administration that started the work,
and the Republicans continued it 011
the lines laid down.
The government contemplates erect
ing at Fire Island an electric light
of 2MUHNUKKt candle |M»wer, the
most powerful iu the world. It will
in* directed toward the sky and thus
he seen SO or 100 miles at sea.
The first diplomatic appointment
under the present administration
credited to South Carolina was an
nounced last Monday when the noini-
'nation of John Malcomh Johnstone,
of this State, to Ik* United States
consul at Pernambuco, Brazil, was
sent to tin* Semite.
It is stated that Mr, Charles Bath
gate Heck, of New York City, has
left part of his estate (between $2,
000,000 and $3,000,000) to he divided
equally among five institutions, one
of which is the Society for the Pre
vention of Crime. This is perhaps
the largest sum ever given hy om
man for such a purpose.
The Comptroller General will issue
a circular this week iu reference to
the disposition of the artificnl limb
fund which was appropriated hy the
Legislature. The amount is $5,000.
The fund will he distributed in the
usual manner through clerks of the
courts, and there will be no changes
except that those entitled to the Ih*ii-
efitsof the appropriation whodid not
receive their quota last year, will Ik
given preference this year nlxivi
others.
According to the reports of tin
Ka il road Commision issued last week
the November receipts from railn
of this State an* $28,t)Ot» more than
for the same montji the yci.r lx*fore.
The Charlotte, Columbia and rugnsta
earned $20,777.83. a deeretu^ of $5.-
litil.oO'.Manchester and Augusta, $i,-
448.54.an increase of $375.15; the
Port Koval and Wester Cn roll no. $15.-
127.02. an increase of $11,002.57; the
Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta.
$(il.714.21. a increase $|0.3*JI.28; Hu*
Port Royal and Augusta. $11.555.12.
At the spring meeting of the State
Agricultural and Mechanical six-icty,
held last week in Columbia Co], Thom
as W. WiKslward delivered an intcr-
estingtalk on tlie subject of potatoes.”
He exhibited speeimnnsof the pota
to meal and bread made from the
meal. He sitid*that tlie meal could
he used in making bread for people
or in making fond for cattle and chick
ens. His address siiowed that pota
toes can Ik* devoted to any purpose in
the food line. The potatoes^
Iks ground in a corn 111^ Millionsof
P 01 iitoesjyii^iiitRveij io rot hy farmers
â– y year, when, if they were used to
make meal, they would he saved,
as the meal never spoils.
Another legal step is taken that will
prolong Hie fight between Governor
Tillman, of Soutli Carolina, and the
eommisioner of patents over the
granting of a trade mark for the Pal
metto brand of whiskey. An appeal
from tlie commisioner’s refusal to
grant the trade mark was taken to
the circuit court on a petition fora
writ of mandamus, which was grant
ed by the court. The commissioner
carried this decision to the court of
appeals of the District of Columbia,
where It was reversed. J. Alpheus
Johnson, attorney for Governor Till
man, has entered an u|K*ul against
the decision of the court appeals,
and the case will now hi* hurried to
the Supreme Court of the United
States.
The Columbia State has the follow
ing editorial which it would Ik* well
for ail of our people and especially
the farmers to consider and remem
ber: “It was the general declaration
last fall, after the cyclone, that South
Carolina would only make half a crop
of cotton. The United States De
partment of Agriculture now shows
that she made 82 per cent, of a full
crop, only 10 per cent below the ave
rage of the South. We wish that our
people could get out of their 'hab
it of under-estimating their crops and
declaring themselves ruined. It
doesn’t advance prices, as the state
of the market throughout the sea
son has shown, for it is discounted on
the cotton exchanges. But it does
very serious damage here at home,
where beyond everything else we
need confidence in the future.”
It is thought hy those who take
cognizance of the “signs of the times”
that the cry of “hard times” will
soon be absurd. Mills are reopening
in many parts of the country, new
factories are being built, deposits in
excess of payments of the largest
savings banks in the United States,
and it is now generally agreed that the
cause o(Jhe stringency was not over
production and reckless speculation
but lack of confidence in the currency
and a fear that gold payments must
soon cease. This fear being removed
the return of confidence Is certain
and cotinuous. With many the
point where the “hard times”
pinched first was in their religious
and benevolent contributions. Now,
why not let that be the point to feel
first the effects of reviving business
and easier tinanees?-—Uliarity and
Children.
For scverals weeks we have heard
quiet rumors to the effect that u well-
niiunu water |iuwer iu this country is
to be developed and utilized to run
the electric lights in Anderson and
also to furnish electric power for all
kinds of machinery in the city. The
plan appears^^e a feasihiejmc and
the parties it
encouraged to go
terprise. The poto’Civ-
unlimited ami (lie '< o/,
would open an inv'Ae
erson for (he esfj">y/|
manufacturing inu.
pie should show thaW
such enterprises, and when It is known
that we are doing our best to help
ourselves we will not lack for assist
ance from outside capitalists. Let
the matter Ik* pushed at oqce to a
successful fact, and Anderson will
snrely reap the reward of the invest
ment.—Anderson Intelligencer.
Our Ex-Presidents.
[Atlanta Journal.]
Ex-President ILurrisnn is right in
his determination not to he consid
ered “a political deaf mute.”
The fact that he is an ex-president
is no reason why he should not take
an active part in public affairs. On
tin* other hand there is every reason
why he should do so.
Mr. Harrison is still in the prime
of life. He is one of the ablest and
best informed men in the republican
party. He has an ardent love for
polities and lias had unusually large
experience in political life. It would
lx* a sheer waste of energy for such a
man to sit down in silence and look
idly on at the passing current the
rest of his life.
Mr. Harrison’s nD'iotmccd deter
mination to take a hand in politics
is creditable to him. The question,
“What shall we do with our ex-presi
dents?” has often heen asked. It
• has been proposed to pension them.
Another plan suggested is that they
may Ik* made life members of the
senate. Neither of these suggestions
is in accord with the spirit of our in
stitutions.
The right answer to the question
asked above is, let thi'in alone.* If
an ex-president is much of a man Iu*
will take can* of himself better than
the government can take care of him.
We have had many ex-presidents who
were honored as much in retirement
as they had been in power. Some of
them have been tin* recognized lead
ers of their party and have continued
to tlie end of their lives to exert a
powerful inffuenee on the country.
The ex-president who is merely “a
deaf mute” was never a big man
even in office, and course amounts
to very little when he lias doffed his
official robes.
President Harrison’s resolution to
take an active part in politics is
commendable. It is evidence of a
cheerful spirit, a just ambition and a
proper sense of the importance of an
ex-president.
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Road Improvement.
[From the Atlanta Journal.]
Several states are making a well or
ganized and systematic effort to solve
tin* road problem.
Prominent among these is New
Jersey, which hasrecntly made great
progress in permanent road building.
Thirty-six miles of first class stone
road have been built in that state in
the last twelve months and thirty-thee
miles more are nearly eemplete.
The popular interst in good roads
and the practical work that has been
done in that direction is due largely
and inffuenee of the New
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little ones nestle in mother's boi
The Young People’s 1
My Dear Little Lamb.*
Robert McCall Wilkins died M
Feb. 18, 18!) 4.
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Lit tie hands all meekly foldei
Hy the tender Shepard lei
Loved and warmed andge itly fed :
“Suffer them to come.” he said.
And now our bright cherub is for
ever with the Lord, his brief tread of
life is finished, never more will he
share the herstage of sin and woe.
Bereaved parents, how transcendently
is your angel hoy! and how much
riches are your treasures on tin* other
side! little hands are beckoning you
up to his home, and your home. Tlie
child shall not come to you. but father
and mother shall go to him. In your
hitter grief do we hear you in sub
missive cry.
We trust in the dear Lord’s wis
dom, We do not question Ids will.
One day we shall know and under
stand that “God knew best.”
Teacher.
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What a dark
usually bright,
And why i* it ?
so many of the dear children are
prisoned in dark rooms, some
cloud envelops our
sunny little town.
Alas, it is because
im-
ill.
Simple Faith. \
A story is told of a street y,
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others slowly recovering. We miss
our “ittie lambs skipping about on
our streets, and how it saddens us to
realize that these innocents are suf
fering tin* penalty of he.editary sin.
We thunk the tender physician that
he can heal their bodies as well as
their sin-sick souls. And we thank
(tod too. that no scourge of childhood
lays our darlings low, hut only tin*
natural causes of our unseasonable
and changeable winter. We hope
our dear liftle Lucy
I the others of the
in Hand'’ on our
i.ut her said. “I
London who had ls>th legs
a dray passing over them. i)<\v
laid away iu one of tlie beds 1 > V
hospital to die, and another
creature of the same class was
near hy, picked up with f
fever. The latter was allov.
down hy the side of tlie liii!
hoy. Ho crept up to him and
“Bobby, did you ever hoar a
Jesus?”
“No, never heard of him.
“Bobby, I went to mission ~
onee. and they told us tin t .1
would take you to heaven when
die, and you’d never have n 1
pain, if
A
any more, and no mere
»ou
soon to welcome
Mercer and a I
patient “Shut
t horoughfarcs.
love (iod and
So do we.
dear little children.
Guess my riddle, smart little boys.
It will improve you more than toys:
The Bible gives your answer clear,
God's hook so precious and so dear.
Here is an animal of mighty size,
hut like an infant in its habits. Per
fectly indepent in Ids home, but to
mamma does he cling! He is dreaded
by stout hearts, hut not despised by
man. Weak, timid woman leans upon
him for support. The ocean-tossed
sailor, in darkness and dismay, is
cheered bv his generous offerings.
Tin*
t
[e storm o
in bright sunlight, and
ji traveler scorn, mit
axed him.”
“I couldn’t ask
such a grin!
gentleman ns lie tu
do tiny . 1: i!
me. He w mldn't
stop to .-'.l 1-
hov like n e.”
"But ..e’ll don!!
t hut y . V
“How can I nx
him if ! ti
know where he live
â– s; and . 0 , g.
I get there when In
>th my leg-
broken.”
“Bobby, they tol
id me il ini;
mg
school as how Jesus pa—> - t>.
Teacher says In goes croond lie
do you know h'.'.i wi...t i. • Diig-
come around to this hospital th
very night? You’d know if you wi
to see him.”
"But I can’t keep iny eyes opv
My legs feel so awful had. Doij
says I'll die.”
“Bobby, hold up your hand,
he’ll know what you want wlu*t
passes hy.”
They got the hand up. It dri
Tried again. It slowly
times he got up
ic frame-work or carcass of their hand on
needed friend. He once showed bus- into t
pitality to a man, but lo! the recip
ient wart ungrateful, and on bis de
parture never said “Thank you.”
Tin* answer to my enigma, with one
letter dropped, and and a change of
vowel, is used often as a salutation!
—Kind words.
Jersey State
elation.
Unlike most assoeiatfon for the pro
motion of giKMl roads, this one means
huisinessand lias accomplished large
results.
It has recommended some amend
ments to the state road law which w il
make it inon* effective. It is promised
that the state sliall“pay 4u per cent,
of the expense of road const ruction,
the township 25 per cent., the indi
vidual taxpayers 10 percent, and the
country tlie remainder. Another sug
gested amendment is that “oyster
shells, gravel and other hard sub
stances” may lx* used as well as
stone.
It is bclievd that when the proposed
amendments are adopted road con
struction in New Jersey will proceed
more rapidly than ever. The people
of the state seem to be aroused to the
importance of the great subject.
When will Georgia Ix'gin the right
sort of road work? While our politi
cians arc thinking of ways to serve
tlie people, why do they not pay some
attention to this subject?
Criminals an Enemy to Society.
Tlie Kansas City Star, in a recent
issue gives expression to tin* follow
ing strong and forcible declaration of
sound sense:
“Every criminal is un enemy to
society. Tlie aggegation of criminals
constitutes a great army at war with
society. It costs society—the good
people of the country—an immense
sum oPmoney to protect themselves
against the foe. Under these circum
stances it would seem that every law-
abiding citizen should always act
with his own class; extend his sym
pathies to the gotHl rather than the
had, and beware of doing anything to
comfort or encourage the enemy.
The reason crime is as rampant as
it is lies in Hie fact that crime dtK*s not
know how strong law is, or might Ik*.
That is the lesson that ought to lx*
taught—the overwhelming power of
the law. If that were done the innoc
ent might sleep, or walk Hie highways
in peace and safety. Reprives, par
dons, remissions of penalties, delays
in the operation of law are favors con
ferred on the enemy. It should lx*
seriously considered whether society
in the present circumstances is in a
condition to grant any favors.”
Mrs. Stowe Fating.
Haktkokd,Conn., February!).—Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe is failing fast,
and is in such a feeble conditon, men
tally and physically, that she is con
stantly in charge of an attendant.
She will be eighty-three years old in
June. Mrs. Stowe lias written noth
ing for two or three years. The copy
right of her “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
expired last March, and nothing is
now reeived hy her from the sales of
tljat work.
Guaranteed Cure,
M e authori ze our advertised drug-
hit to sell Dr. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds,
upon tiiis condition, If you arc iifflc-
ted with a Cough, Cold or any Lung,
Throat or Chest trouble, and will use
yds remedy as directed, giving it a .ill.
voo'mJjb and experience no benefit, j thus called for Flora—the ji
buttle and have lowers. Many u handsome
A!*V'"M nutmdul my generous little hoy 1
Thieving Willie.
I am writing you.dear young friends,
a “true and true story;” hut before
commencing it let me tell you of a
German who, last week in the great
city of New York, said, “I am no good
in the world,” and what a dreadful
thing he thought of doing—taking
his own life! Let us hope God held
Hint poor man’s hand, and said to
him no, no; you shall not. Dear
reader, it is your duty to take care of
your health and life, thus guarding
your soul which is the great Creator’s
breath; it is a part of God, hence it
shall never die. Where shall it live?
If you love the precious Saviour He
will say to you when He thinks best,
“Child, come,” and then you will be
forever with the Lord;” so happy,
and free from nil sin, and care, and
woe. This German when found on
the street hy a policeman had in his
pocket a sealed letter containing these
sad words; “If I come to my death
hy suicide it was all my own fault.
I am no goi>d in tlie world, and many
friendsand relations I have to ask
forgiveness of. I am weak and worth
less in body and mind—all my own
fault.” Try and live to make the
world brighter and better, my young
friends. Let future generations thank
GimI that “Merit gave you recognition
and a warm welcome.”
Now for my story about
THIKVINO WILLIE,
who was a beautiful, curly-headcd
little English boy, with soft blue eyes
that won my heart and drew me Into
his mother’s store to beg for him as
a Sunday schixd scholar. I gained
ready eonscent, and delighted was I
next Sabbath to have my little Cupid,
as I lovingly named him, sitting close
ly hy me in school and church, some
times his head resting on my sho"ld-
er. It was his greatest pleasure to
dine with me, and mine to amuse
him all of God’s day with Bible stor
ies, thus helping the sacred hours to
pass profitably away. On these ix*-
easions lie would clasp me tightly with
his soft white arms and whis|x*r,
“When I he a biglioy I will be a Bap
tist.” In return 1 imprinted kisses
on his rosy lips and asked GimI to make
my pet scholar a nobleChristan man.
Long months thus glided hy. bring
ing my little Willie old enough to as
sist his mother in the store. And O,
what a lovely store it was! Every
nook and corner was adorned with
vases and pots irf choice dowers and
rich plants. Hanging baskets with
long trailing vines dressed with bright
lull Is mid eav leaves festooned ceil.
ings and gas chandeliers—indeed, tlje
the sweet intruders clambered every
where. Without was a cool, shady
garden crowded with roses, geraniums
and so many other fragrant beaut iful
flowers that 1 dare not mention them
Willie’s mother was a florist,
goddess ot
bouquet
bring me,
prized was a "love note”
MM»utnuM»n the eve of his leavi
''*>"» lor u vi-it. You may Ufc
’KstUttps copy lor
fall.
o tears he said :
“Bobby, lend me your liar.il;
yer elbow on my piller; I cui
without it.”
So one hand w.is propped u ..
when they came in the inon;
hoy lay dead, his hand still hid:!
for Jesus. You may search
world, and you cannot find a
illustration of simple tru.-t than
of the little hoy who had In
mission school hut once.
irsi.
put
And
I:
How Insects Make Music.
[Selected.]
The katydid has a wfngthat i> v
curious to look at. You have ~
this little insect, I have nodouhl.
color is light green, and just \\ 1; ;•
the wing joins the hotly there
thick ridge, and another on tlie v. 1
On tiiis ridge tl ere is a thin and st
skin, which makes a sort of do . -
head.
It is tlie rubbing of these t. o
ridges, or dm in heads, that make- im*
queer noise you have heard. Th*
no music in it, surely. The ins* -
could keep quiet as well as not. and
they must enjoy doing it.
The katydid usually mak* s ti, -0
rubs with its drum heads, so; cAo •,
only two. You can fancy she sn.* >.
“Katydid.” and “She did <*>•
didn't.” The moment it is diis:, tl . y
begin. Soon the whole company
at work. As they rest after caci
bing, it seems as if they at mv •:
other. *
Did you know that bees hum i- •
under their wings? It is not the -:ir
of these beautiful light wings we I
It is the air drawing in and out of ; •
air-tubes, in the bee’s quick Hn. ■
The faster a bee flies the louder th-
humming is.
Don’t you believe insects feel? it -
d *ed. they do! They have nerve- a :
over them, even through their v n
and out to tlie end of every fe* |.
They suffer just as much a you
when hurt. You must rememl er
tiiis. and lx* kind to ail the uisc
(>od has made.
My Father Knows.
In one ef the public schools <>t
large city, while the school \\a>
session, a transom window Hi!-. <
with a crash. By some the cry of
“tin*” was raised, and a ten i!>'e
panic ensued. The scholars rushed
Into the street, shrieking in wild i -
may. The alarm extended to
teachers, also, one of whom, a ; /
lady, actually bonped from tlu v. -
dow. Among Iniiiureds of elm : . a
with whom the building was crowd*- i
was one girl, among the best in tin*
school, who through ail the frightf b,
scene, maintained entire composur
Tlie color, indeed, forsook her cheek.*
her lips quivered; the tears stood i
her eyes; hut she moved not. Aftc
onler had heen restored, and her
S I • 51 • I i v < * •-* ****** 'rf v- V **
tp their places, the question was
asked her how she came to si* so slid
without apparent alarm, when even-
body else was In such a fright. “My
father,” said she, “is a fireman,
knows what to do in such a.
and he told me if there was a
of fire in tlu* school, I must
still.” What a beautiful ill
of fabh! “My fatl
and my father kmi
This is tlie gist g
ter—implicit, u
our heuveul