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VOL XII.
NO. 24.
LETTER FROM SAM JOI.
Atlanta Journal.
For three days I have been luxuriat
ing in the cool breezes of the lakes in
Illinois and Wisconsin. What a relief
to a "dust covered and foot sor.3 trav
eler." I stood the hot winds, drouth
and dust better than the crops, but the
rains of the past few days had done un
told good to late corn and pastures.
In bpite of wind and weather, the at
tendance uion the chautauquas have
- been large. Ex-Candidate, now editor,
Bryan, has spoken at several of the
Chautauquas preceding me. He is
preaching now from the text "Be not
overcome with evil, but overcome evil
with good." His sermons are well
spoken of and received by the people
with their praises. Mr. Bryan is a good
fellow a far better preacher than he is
a politician. He would make a better
preacher than president. I havealways
been fond of Bryan personally. He is a
gentleman and a Christian. Therefore
he must in the nature of the case be a
loor politican. Morally he is all right.
Politically he is a "mixtry" of Dem
ocracy, Populism and Socialism. If he
stays by the Kansas City platform he
will soon be as lonesome as Cleveland.
But I suppose Ben Tillman, Altgeld
and Bob Taylor will stay with him, for
Til man never changes his views, Alt
geld is dead (politically) and Bob
Taylor is too big hearted to go back on
an old friend.
I see,' by the way, that Bob Taylor is
thinking of running for the United
States senate. If that's true, Bob has
forgotten his valedictory. Any man
who can do as well out of politics as
Bob and as poorly in olitics as Bob is
a fool to go in again. I mean a political
fool. If I was mad with Bob and
wanted to ruin him I'd keep him in
political office. Out of politics he makes
thousands happy with his inimitable
lectures. In office he makes himself
miserable and is no special credit to his
constituency. I hope Bob will stick to
the lecture platform and remember his
valedictory.
General Gordon is also on the pro
grams of many chautauquas. His story
of the last days of the Confederacy is
like his noble self immortal.
John Temple Graves sjteaks also to
the delight of thousands of chautau
quians. He is a regular Lucas Gresher
- i i . . ii .
of rare sentences ana rneioric on me
l.latform.
Ham is going the rounds also and
growing as he goes in strength and pop
ular form. Charley Lane, of Georgia, is
also a coining "nag on the Chautau
qua race track.
A score of others such as Tom
Dixon, Russell H. Conwell, Wendling,
G. W. Bain, etc., delight the people on
the platforms of America.
I see Sampson and Schley have car
ried their naval war into Africa. 1
wish Sampson and Schley would both
come to our Cartersville labernaele
meeting September 7th to 15th, and
get a good old case of camp meeting
religion and hug each other ana quit
their fussing.
I also want Joel Hurt and Harry
Atkinson to come too, and have the
devils cast out of them, and divide up
the street car business of Atlanta in an
equitable Christian spirit. I also want
all the forces of the Journal and Uon
gtitution to come up sure and have their
spiritual strength renewed. .Nobody
needs it worse than those gangs.
Some of the Atlanta aldermen must
come too: they need it bad. But un
derstand, gentlemen don't all come the
same day too much of a strain on the
meeting. But laying aside pleasantry
. and truth mixed, we are planning ard
rtravine: for a good religious meeting at
the Tabernacle this September and we
want all the preachers in Georgia to
consider themselves socially invited
and all the people . come also and
enjoy it with us. There is nothing
this great country of ours needs so
much as it needs an old-fashioned holy
ghost revival of religion, a tidal wave
of God's power, that will wake up the
church and sinners and run the devil
out of the county.
There is certainly a dearth of 6pirit
ual power and a fearful paralysis on the
moral forces in tins land.
Preachers are without power and the
rank and file of the church plodding all
along at a Toor dying rate. Most mem
bers of the church are trying to go to
heaven like a fellow traveling by rail
road pay your fare and take a seat.
The Theological Cemeteries turning
out our preachers and the devil run
ning our deacons and elders in many
instances. 11ns Christian country so
called must wake up or soon we won't
be a Christian country.
I see Japan has her missionaries over
here and next China will go to work to
teach us better morals and manners.
Greed has got us and the dollar is
downing us. Talk about parceling out
China!
The whisky and beer traffic have one
half this country, the trust one-fourth,
the politicians one-eight and only
about one-eighth left for God. It
won't do, gentlemen. We must wake
up and take our bearings. "Blessed is
the nation whose God is the Lord,"
said the inspired writer. Cursed be
the nation whose God" is the dollar.
Who's going to be Georgia's next
governor? Duiont Guerry or Henry
G. Turner is my choice of all the gang
in South Georgia, and I hope one or
.the other of them will get it. Editor
Estill is a clean man but if he puts no
i more backbone into the governor's
office than he puts into the editorial
chair of the Savannah News, he would
not be a Hickory Jackson, to say the
least of it. I regret that Fleming
duBignon can't make the race. He
has brains and backbone, and I believe
he would make a first-class governor.
There are no flies on his offical record.
Fleming duBignon and Tom Watson
are the two. most gifted sons of Geor
gia who hive grown up since the war
betwen the states, (Grady is gone).
Either of them would make us a -governor
that would be an honor to the
state. I am glad to call such men my
friends. Flem, is side-tracked on ac
count of his health and Tom is, side
tracked on account ' of his sterling
character and honesty.
Yours,
Sam P. Joxes.
Sen serpent IJIll'n Profanity.
"Speakiu'.of cussin','' said the old
salt, "I think the most profane man I
ever heard in my life was a man called
Sea Serpent Bill that I sailed with once
in the old bark Madagascar, from San
Francisco to Hong-Kong, and then
around here to New York.
"My! but he was something terrible,
and when he first came aboard he
scared one or two green hands we had
that had never been to sea before, so
that they wanted to run away; but they
got used to him after awhile, and be
fore we'd passed thelongituue of Hono
lulu we put Sea Serpent Bill's swearing
to use in various ways.
"You've heard of men swearing a
blue streak? Well, Bill swore a flam
ing red streak that lighted up the fore
castle so that you could see to read by
it. More'n once I've seen some man
that was reading along by the dim light
of the single oil lantern hanging from
the deck beams, when he came to some
fine print that he couldn't read very
well, step on Sea Serpent Bill's toe and
start him to cussin'; and he'd pretty
sure keep it up till that man had got
through the fine print.
"It was a common thing for -us to
light our pipes at one of Bill's cuss
words; and coming home in the cold
latitudes around the Horn Bill used to
keep the fo'castle nice and warm as
could be, just" by swearing about 15
minuteg at night, and ten or fifteen
minutes in the morning. Bill shipped
here on a vessel loaded with oil, and
has never been heard of since, and the
vessel is likewise missing."
"I should say, from what you tell
us," said a crusty old tar in the corner,
"that Sea Serpent Bill might have been
some considerable of a cusser, and now
I wonder if you could tell us who on
the bark Madagascar was considered
the champion liar."
An Excellent Idea.
Chatham Reoord.
The last Legislature passed a law di
recting "that the 12th day of October
in each and every year to be called
'North Carolina Day' may be devoted
to appropriate exercises in the public
schools of the State to the consideration
of some topics of our State history to
be selected by the Superintendent of
Public Instruction."
This is an excellent idea and all pri
vate as well as public schools should
earnestly strive to carry it into effect.
Let every Bchool, both public and pri
vate, appropriately celebrate tl.is
"North Carolina Day," as suggested by
our lawmakers, and thus teach the
children of North Carolina a true history
of their Si: '.3. No State has greater
cause to be proud of her history than
North Carolina, and yet scarcely any
State's history is so little known as
her's. Let us stimulate the children of
this generation, and each succeedin
generation, to strive more earnestly in
learning the history of their good old
State.
ProlitK from Garbage.
Washington city, it appears, so dis
poses of its garbage that a profit is got
out of it, while most other American
cities being less carefully governed
have to pay largely for its removal.
There is a contract with a company
which collects the garbage and disposes
of it. The garbage is kept separate
from ashes and other refuse. In iron
tanks it is taken by rail 30 miles down
the Potomac to the reduction works
Here it is sorted. Tin cans, bottles,
etc., are removed. The rest is placed
in a close iron vessel and subjected to
steam pressure, after which it is pumped
into tanks and allowed to settle. Oils
and fat rise to the surface, and, being
skimmed off, are sold to soap makers.
Under pressure more oil is obtained, to
go the same way. The caked garbage,
after pressure, is pulverized and sold as
a fertilizer. Incidental profits arise
from the sale of the hides of horses and
other animals and the manipulation of
their carcasses along with the garbage.
The horse hides make good russet
leather. A good monthly profit is said
to be realized.
Flight ot Fancy Barred.
Bronco Pete What kind of a d ith
would you prefer to die, Tom ?
lornado Tom Oh, I kinder think
I'd sooner die in a feather bed, with
kindh' female faces clustered round,
and a few weeping children, and a
minister.
Bronco Pete Oh, but I mean suthin'
within the range of probability would
you sooner be lynched, shot, stabbed
or hit in the head with an axe ?
MOSQUITOES AND MALARIA.
The most prevalent disease in North
Carolina, certainly from now until frost,
is malarial fever intone form or an
other. It is by no means confined to
the low lying Eastern section of the
State, but is quite abundant in many
localities in the hill country, having
been reported even from Cherokee.
By recent scientific investigations the
cause of the fever has been shown to be
a microscopic animal known as the
pldamodittm vutUirix or - hein-ama'ba
vivax, which feeds upon the red corpus
cles of the blood hence the pallor of
persons suffering from chronic malaria.
The development of this little parasite
in the blood is as follows: One of the
spores, or baby germs, so to speak, en
ters a red corpuscle and, feeding on
its contents, grows until at the end of
twenty-four hours it has become nearly
as large as the corpuscle. It then, by
a process known as segmentation, splits
up into a dozen or more little spores
again, which for a short time are free
in the blood and attached to the cor
puscles. It is just as the segmentation
occurs that the chill comes on, which
explains the periodic recurrence of the
chill every twenty-four hours, and as it
has been found that quinine is most
effective in killing the germs while they
are free in the blood and not buried in
the substance of the corpuscles., the
best time to give quinine is just before
tlie chill is expected.
The method of the introduction or
the malarial poison, the Plasmodium,
certainly the chief method, has been
demonstrated beyond all question to be
the sting of a certain variety of mos
quito known as anopheles, the com
mon mosquito, which while more abun
dant is innocent as a carrier of disease,
being know as culex. The latter species
will breed iu still water of any kind, no
matter how pure, but the former, our
enemy, will only breed in stagnant
pools in which there is a certain amount
of vegetable matter, especially if there
are no fish, such as top minnyws or
sun-perch, which feed upon the lam1
or wiggle tails. This explains the fac
that malarial is much more abundant
after freshets, in the course of which
the stream, getting out of its bank,
washes holes in the ground, and
speedily falling leaves there stagnant
pools with few or no fish in them. Mos
quitoes are very much more abundant
this exceptional vear of freshets than
usual. It also explains the danger of
brick holes.
The larva1, or wiggletails, as we gen
erally call them, are the young mosqui
toes. Although they live in the water
from the time they arc hatched from
the eggs which were laid on the sur
face until they reach maturity thev
cannot live without air they must
breath. Contrary to the general rule,
they breathe "wrong end foremost
through a long breathing tube which
springs from the body near the tail and
which they slick out of the top of the
water when they want air. The bear
ing of this arrangement on their de
struction will appear latter.
There is a popular misapprehension
in regard to the movement of mosqui
toes. The general impression is that
they are carried by the wind, and peo
ple at the sea-side say that a land breeze
brings mosquitoes. It is a fact that
they are more abundant when the
breeze is from the land or in a calm,
but according to those who know best
the fact probably is not that they are
blown from the swamps to the land
ward, but that they simply come out
again from the trees and shrubbery and
the lea side of houses where thev had
taken refuge from the strong sea breeze
which was too rough for their fragile
bodies. ith rare exceptions thev
travel, it is said, seldom more than a
mile, and generally not so far. When
one is troubled with mosquitoes a care
ful search will almost always reveal
stagnant water in the near vicinity.
The destruction of mosquitoes and
the consequent prevention of malaria
is accomplished in two ways: First and
best, by the thorough drainage of all
stagnant pools of water, and second, by
keeping the surface of such pools cov
ered with petroleum, what is known as
light fuel oil, or even the crude petro
leum being better and cheaper than or-
dinarv kerosene. The film of oil pre
vents the lame from breathing and
smothers them. The quantity neces
sary is one ounce or two tablespoonfuls
to every fifteen square feet of surface,
repeated every two weeks. This oil
method was employed with great suc
cess last year by the city of Winchester,
a., and our own town of Tarboro has
recently shown a most commendable
spirit of enterprise in adopting it.
Some care and little expense in secur
ing protection against mosquitoes and
in providing a supply of pure drink
ing water will practically insure against
malaria.
To those interested in this subject I
cordially commend a very interesting
and valuable book on mosquitoes writ
ten in popular and entertaining style
by Dr. L. O. Howard, the Chief Ento
mologist of the United States, and pun
ished by McClure, Phillips & Co., New
York, at a cost of $1.64, jstpaid.
Richard H. Lkwis, M. D.,
Secretary State Board of Health.
Beholding the bright countenance of
truth in the quiet and still air of de-
lghtful studies. Milton.
Death ii'iiv expin'it! faults, but it tines
not repair thei.'. Napoleon.
RURAL Fit EE DELIVER V.
CoiisresMiian Kluttz HeturiiM from
Washington With Valuable In
formation on the Subject.
Special to Charlotte Observer.
Salisbury, Aug. 7. Congresssman
Kluttz returned this morning from
Washington, where he has been on
department business for his constit
uents, particularly with reference to ru
ral free delivery. He was assured by
the superintendent of that service that
an inspector would be sent to his dis
trict within this month to investigate
and report upon all applications on file,
of which there are seven one each
from' Hickory, Newton, Lincolnton,
Mooresville and Linwood and two from
Rowan. Mr Kluttz also entered com
plaint against the seeming discrimina
tion against North Carolina in the de
lay in establishing rural free delivery
routes in the State, as compared with
some others, and was assured that
there was no intention on the part of
the Department to so discriminate, and
that during the remainder of this year
the matter should be evened up and
the State given its fair proportion of
such routes, if properly petitioned for,
He was informed of the ruling of the
Department in this matter, that each
Congressman would . be recognized as
representing the counties composing the
district from which he was elected, and
not from those constituting the new
districts as laid off by the State Leg
islature, and petitions should be sent
accordingly. Mr. Kluttz hopes to se
cure the establishment of at least
twenty-five routes in his district within
a year and will be glad to have the
petitions forwarded to him as early as
possible. He will be glad to furnish
any desired information. The delay
inspecting the router already petitioned
for was accounted for largely by the
small number of inspectors heretofore
available and the pressure for their
services from all over the country.
Mr Kluttz says that all the North
Carolina Congressmen, as the Senators,
are anxious to do all they can in this
regard, but they must have petitions
substantially in the form prescribed by
the department, with map or sketch of
the proposed route, before they can act.
It must be remembered that under the
regulations no route can be estab
lished, under ordinary circumstances,
which is less than twenty-live miles in
length, or which serves les than one
hundred families, and must be so ar
ranged that the carrier will not have to
travel twice over the same ground on
the same day; also, that those desiring
the delivery must hereafter be prepared
to put up at their own expense appro
priate and secure boxes, as prescribed
by the Department, costing Loin one
to three dollars each, with locks.. When
put up, these boxes will be entitled to
the protection of the United States
statutes, which provide severe penalties
for interfering with them or their con
tents. Mr. Kluttz thinks the next
Congress will increase the appropriation
for this service and that it is only a
question of time when it will supersede
the present star routes and fourth-class
postoffices in all except very sparsely
settled territory.
Men Wanted.
Tryon Bee.
"From the mountain resorts comes
the cry, 'send us some young men.' At
Saluda, for instance, there are about
five young ladies to each young man,
and the ladies do not seem to think the
season complete. The boys are gener
ally at home holding down their j jbs.
A dance was held at Ssluda last night,
and in the notices sent out there was
the eloquent expression "men wanted."
It is so at other places in the moun
tains." Spartanburg Journal.
Isot at this place, contemporary, we
haye a nice large assortment of the very
beet, and will be pleased to send sam
ples to our friends in need, if they will
give them a ball.
Type Over Eighty Yearn Old.
Industrial Edition Durham Recorder.
The Durham Recorder was founded
by Dennis lleartt, in Hillsboro, in
1810, as the Hillsboro Recorder, and
was conducted by him and his son
until 1861). He died at Hillsboro, May
13, 1870. There is tvpe now in this
office that was used by Mr. lleartt when
he started the Recorder eighty odd
years ago.
lioliiil Her Iteftt.
Mother I fear, Susannah, that you
do not encourage Mr. Scarilniy enough.
Daughter v hat shall I do, mamma?
Mother Why, encourage him; he's
very timid, you know ; give him a
hint !
Daughter Mamma, you pain me.
Haven't I already given him a corn
popper, a popgun, and a box ot fire
crackers ? Hints, indeed !
A wise woman once said that there
was three follies of men that amused
her. The first was to climb trees to
shake fruit down, when if they would
wait long enough the fruit would fall
down itself. The second was to go to
war to kill each other, when if they
would wait long enough they would all
die natural deaths. The .third is that
they should run after the women,
when if they did not do so the women
would run after them.
its of good people would wrong
if they didn't fear punishment.
IIAHIUKJUS OF FAMOUS MEN.
Dean Donnc'a Wife Lord Eldon'a
Debt to Ills Lady.
E. J. Hardy. In N. Y. Tost.
Curates are generally supposed to be
particularly prone to indulge in love's
young dreams without having the finan
cial right to do so. Perhaps they do
this because they think that they can
not be worse off than they are. The
poet a ad divine John Donne, who be
came dean of St. Paul's in 1621, mar
ried a daughter of Sir George Moore
without the consent of her parents.
He was told by his father-in-law that
he was not to expect any money from
him. The bridegroom went home and
wrote the witty note, "John Donne,
Anne Donne, undone," which he sent
to the angry father, and this had the
effect of restoring them to favor. They
were very poor at first, but things soon
got brighter, and they lived most hap
pily, together.
Sir Joshua Reynolds, after Flaxman
had married, told him that this would
ruin him as an artist. When the hus
band related this to his wife, she re
solved that marriage should make and
not mar her husband, and to thig end
that he should study at PvGhfe7and do
everything that he inight have done
without . matrimonial responsibilities.
"But how?" asked Flaxman. "Work
and economize," rejoined the brave
woman. So well did they do this that
he found that "wedlock is for an ar
tist's good rather thrn his harm," and
they both discovered that they were
made for each other.
One day before his marriage the
Rev. Sydney Smith ran into the room
where his fiancee was, flung into her
lap six small teaspoons, which, "from
much wear, had become the ghosts of
their former selves," and said:. "There,
Kate, you lucky girl, I give you all my
fortune." He gave her, however, what
de did not mention, his fine character
and great talent, and in every way
proved himself an excellent husband.
The marriage of Lord Eldon, which
his friends thought must have ruined
him, was really the making of him.
This has been stated by one who should
have known better than any one else.
When Eldon received the great seal
from the King and was about to retire
he was addressed by his Majesty with
the words, "Give my remembrance to
Lady Eldon." The Chancellor, in ac
knowledging the condescension, inti
mated his ignorance of Lady Eldon's
claim to such notice. "Yes, yes," the
King answered; "I know how much I
owe to Lady ISldon. I know that you
would have been yourself a country cu
rate and that she has made you my
Lord Chancellor." Who has not heard
of the elopement of handsome Jack
Scott (Lord Eldon's name before his
elevation) with the lovely Bessie Sur
tess? On the third morning after
their union they found themselves
without any money and they were un
certain whether their friends would
ever speak to them again. Thefriends,
however, accepted the inevitable and
the couple settled at Oxford, where
Scott acted as a substitute for an absent
professor of law, who sent lectures for
him to read. "The first lecture that I
read," says Eldon, "and which I be
gan w ithout knowing a single word that
was in it, was upon the statute of young
men running away with maidens.
Fancy my reading, with about a hun
dred and forty young men giggling at
the professor."
Robert Lowe, afterward Lord Sher-
brooke, married as Eldon had done,
upon prospects only. One day die was
criticising the marriage service, and
especially the saying of the man:
"With all my worldly goods I thee en
dow." "When I married," he re
marked, "I had nothing to give mv
bride." "Oh, yes, Robert, you hail
jour magnificent intellect," suggested
Mrs. Lowe. "My dear, I did not en
dow you with that." Notwithstanding
this jest, Lowe used to speak with pride
of the admirable qualities of his wife,
and of the courage which enabled her
to triumph over the numerous difficul
ties and anxious experiences they had
passed through.
Charles Kingsley met his future wife
w hen he was 20 years of age. He was
at the time full of doubt about religion,
and his face, with its unsatisfied, hun
gering look, bore witness to the state of
his mind. He told her his doubts, and
she told him her faith, and the former
were dispelled by the latter. Like many
other eminent men, he attributed his
success to the sympathy aad influence
of his wife, saying that but for her he
never could have become a writer.
James Smith, of "Rejected Address
es" fame, who never married, thus
wrote; in his journal: "I had a horrid
dream, viz., that I was engaged to be
married. Introduced to my bride, -a
simpering young woman with flaxen
hair, in white gloves. Just going to
declare off coute que coute, when to
my inexpressible relief, I awoke."
Mf. O'Hara "Maggie, pfwhat do
yez wear your gloves for pfwhin yezare
playing the pianner?"
Mrs. O'Hara "Sh ! the baby's shlap
ing, an Oi don't want to make so
much noise."
The constant drop of water wears
away the hardest stone; the constant,
gnaw of Towser masticates the toughest
bone; the constant cooing lover carries
off the blushing maid, urA the conUnt
advertiser is the one that gets the tr lo.
A MOTHER'S SORROW.
National Advocate.
A company of ladies assembled in a
parlor were one day talking about their
different troubles. Each one had
something to say about her own trials.
But there was one in the company,
pale and sad-looking, who, for awhile,
said nothing. Suddenly rousing herself
at last, she said:
"My friends, you don't any of you
know what trouble is." .
"Will you please, Mrs. Gray," said
the kind voice of one who knew her
story, " tell the ladies what you call
trouble?"
" I will, if you desire it, for it may
truly be said of me, 'I am one who
hath seen affiction."
"My parents were very well off, and
my girlhood was surrounded by all .the
comforts of life. Every wish of my
heart was gratified, and I was cheerful
and happy.
iiv iuv ogc vi umo" uiiaiiitu vU
whom I loved mortianaPfSwo
. t uuuic vao JCLireu; out me
sun never shone upon a lovelier spot, or.
a happier household. Years rolled on
peacefully;. Five lovely children sat
around the table and a little curly head
still nestled in my bosom. One night
about sundown, one of those fierce
black storms came on which are so
common to our climate. For many
hours the rain poured down incessantly.
Morning dawned, but still the elements
raged. The country around us was
overflowed. The little stream near our
dwelling house became a foaming tor
rent. Before we were aware of it, our
house was surrounded by water. I
managed, with my babe, to reach a lit
tle elevated spot, where the thick foli
age of a few wide-spreading trees afford
ed some protection, while my husband
and sons strove to save what they could
of our property. At last a "fearful
surge swept away my husband, and he
never rose again. Ladies, no one ever
loved a husband more; but that Was
not trouble.
"Presently my sons saw their - dan
ger and the struggle for life, became
the only consideration. They were as
brave, loving boys as ever blessed a
mother's heart; and I watched their
efforts to escape with such agony a s
only mothers can feel. They were so
far off that I could not speak to them;
but I could see them closing nearer
to each other, as their little island
grew smaller and smaller.
"The swollen river raged fearfull y
around the huge trees. Dead branch
es, upturned trunks, wrecks of houses,
drowned cattle and masses of rubbish
all went floating past us. .
"My boys waved their hands to" me,
and then pointed upward. I knew it
was their farewell signal and you moth-'
ers can imagine my anguish. I saw
them perish all perish ! Yet that' was
not trouble.
a uugcvi my unuy uiuob iu my
heart; and when the water rose to my
feet I climbed into the low branches of
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it, till the hand of God stayed the waters
that they should rise no further,- I was
saved. All my worldly possesions were
swept away; and all my earthly hopes
blighted. Yet that was not trouble.
"My baby was all I had left on earth.
I labored day and night to support him
and myself, and sought to train him in
the right way: but, as he grew older his
companions won him away from me.
He ceased to care for his mothers coun
sels; he would sneer at her kind en
treaties and agonizing prayers.' He be
came fond of drinking. He left mv
humble roof, that he might be unre
strained m his evn ways. His nights
were spent at the public house and
music hall, with drinking and wicked
companions. And at last, one night,
when heated with wine, he took the
life of a fellow creature. He ended his
days upon the gallows ! God had filled
my cup of sorrow before; now it ran
over. That was trouble, ,niy , friends,
such as I hope the Lord in mercymay
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"Use all your influence to close the
curses of our land, the drinking saloons:
and urge, by personal example, your
sons and daughters never to take the
intoxicating cup. It is one of the bit
terest draughts of my cup of sorrow
that my unhappy son was able to say,
'Mother, it was at your table that I
learned to love the drink that has been
drank was handed to me by you.' "
According to the newspapers, in this
day and age of the world, very few per
sons merely "die." The banker "pass-
es.in his checks," the cashier "goes to
his last account," the mugwump "joins
the great majority." the cobbler
"breathes his last," the saloon-keeper
"seeks the spirit land," the gambler
"shuffles off," the stable man "kicks
the bucket," the spiritualistic medium
"gives up the ghost, the accountant
"goes to his long reckoning," the foot
ball player "makes his last goal," and
the baseball player "hits the 'home
plate," and the editor "'suspends pub
lication." The papers tell of a justice of .the
peace, B. M. Pugh by-name, of North
ampton county, who "pays yearly to
the county treasurer a larger amount
in fines than the Superior and Crii'i
inal Courts of the county." -There "ftr-
'squires and 'squires.
The troubles we tscpect are seldom n
bl.uV': as their shadows ;:k..bcate. ;