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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-04-16
ON AN OLD SONG.

Little snatch of ancient song.
What has made thee live SO long?
wing on thy wings of rhyme
,ghtly down the depths of time,
cling nothing strange or rare,
Scarce a thought or image there,
Nothing but the old, old tale
OF a haplcss lovers wall;
Offspring Of some idle hour.
Whence has come thy lasting pOwerf
BY what turn of rhythm or phrase,
BY what subtle, careless grace
Can thy music charm our ears
After full three hundred years?
Little song, since thou vert born
In the reformation morn.
How much great has past away,
Shattered or by slow decay!
Stately piles in ruins crumbled,
LOrdly houses lost or humbled,
Thrones and realms in darkness hurled,
Noble flags forever furled.
Wisest schemes by statesmen spun,
Time has seen them one by one
Like the leaves of autumn fall
A little song outliveS them all.
There were mighty scholars then
With the slow, labOriOus pen
Piling up their works of learning,
Men of sold. deep discerning,
Widely famous as they taught
Systems of connected thought
Destined for all future ages;
Now the cobweb binds their pages,
All unread their volumes lie
Moldering SO pcaccably,
COffined thoughts of cOfiined men,
Never more to stir again
In the passion and the strife,
In the fleeing forms of life;
All their force and meaning gone
As the stream of thought flows on.
Art thou weary. little song,
Flying through the world SO long?
Canst thou on thy fairy pinions
Cleave the futures dark dOminions9
And with music soft and clear
Charm the yet unfashioned ear,
Mingling with the things unborn
When perchance another morn
Great AS that which gave thee birth
Dawns upon the changing earth?
1t may be so, for all around
With q heavy crashing sound,
Like the ice of polar seas
Melting in the summer breeze,
Signs of change are gathering fast,
Nations breaking with their past.
The pulse of thought is beating quicker,
The lamp of fate begins to flicker,
The ancient reverence decays
With forms and types of other days;
And old beliefs grow FAINT and few
As knowledge mOlds the world anew,
And scatters far and wide the seeds
OF other hopes and other creedS;
And all in vain we seek to trace
The fortunes of the coming race,
Some with fear and some with hope,
None can cast its horoscope.
Nap' rOus lamp or rising star,
Many light is seen afar,
And dim, shapele>s figures loom
All around us in the gloom
Forces that NAV rise and reign
As the old ideals wane.
Landmarks of the human mind
One by one are left behind.
And subtle change is wrought
In the mold and cast of thought;
Modes of reasoning pass away,
Types of beauty lose their sway.
Creeds and causes that have made
Many noble lives must fade:
And the words that thrilled OF old
Now seem hopeless, dead and cold:
Fancy's rainbow tintS are dying.
Thoughts, like men, are slowly dying;
All things perish. and the strongest
Often do not last the longest;
The stately ship is seen nc more,
The fragile skiff at.ains the shore:
And while the great and wise decay,
And all their trophies pass away,
Some sudden thought. some careless rhyn
Still floats above the wrecks of time.
-Macmillan's Magazine
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-04-16

All the Massachusetts towns and
cities are obliged to give school books
and other supplies to the pupils free
Boston Post
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-04-16

The recent death of q citizen OF
Jamesburg. N. j., from blood poison
ing is attributable to wound received
during the rebellion.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-04-16

tear her dress out from under the house.
and then l Rugged her up and covered
her rs close as | could with the coat
o, but she was pleased! She snuggled
down. that little thing! tight up to me.
and sighed long. sobbin' signs. and shut
up her pretty little eyes, as quiet and
contented-like rs if she was taking a
nice little nap.
Then came the worst time of all. but
the piece OF the house that jutted over
Us stood firm. don't know how long
this lasted. for it took my senses clear
away. There seemed to be a noise in
my head like twenty locomotives all
lettin' off steam at once. and that was
the last l knew l reckon l never was
so near the Valley of the Shadow of
Death was just then.
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face vigorously, and resumed.
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and seemed to come to after awhile.
with a sound of singin' somewhere near
me. l started little before thought
of the baby and then l felt her lynn
heavy ard cold inside of my coat.
Wake up, little kid says /. The
storms gone down and here we are.
May be well find your folks, but if we
can't. your Uncle Tim'u look out for
you. Wake up!'
Il kissed and kissed her little face.
and il was CROWN lighter and lighter.
SO that could see how pretty and
sorter tender-like she looked; but she
never moved. Her heart had stopped
beatin'. The poor little thing was
dead"
Tim stopped sgain-this time to wipe
his eyes; and some of his auditors were
suspiciously busy over their own.
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ben Of en- Slenetepise gbrntiunic, % bet er enefaaenoe,
ioapiot ri peb, at en- uorIf Sjeneitepi8e sipsr fig al n1eb
Iiter9re Grbeioer. geb ct 9ifGIoe tom benoes @2iae Sosg,
booraf bette Stpfie er tagef, ps al builten oi m~uliseus pl
aitrptte npale iniaa pafre giate, / S9roerne paa ben nps
aiosbe Jprfatter y. Chr. gsbIsrnieu. Gan iaa itrar, at Der
par @uloioru. Der lite burbe saa tabt, os, efter sftaIe meo
ben unse 5orfatterinoe, bar ban os ct Bar ai bans yennef
siort npsle 5oranorinser, iaa &etitrioninsen er, iom ben
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par % en- flor Sornpielie OF lGie en- ina rem ps naturIig
Sflorins fro en- 9isnefepises "aain lille Bog, us pi baa,
Der bet Canine oil bIipe 3iIfGIoet meo bort YIaos 2aiere.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-04
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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-04
Jute Machines.

For several years inventors have been
trying to perfect a jute machine. There
is no doubt that il there were such a ma
chine jute would at once be very profit
able crop in the Southern States. Indeed.
there is no reason to doubt that it would
be a far more profitable crop than cotton.
Several times it las been announced
that the desired machine had been in
vented. The announcement, however,
has always proved to be premature. No
machine has yet been invented that will
do the work required of it satisfactorily.
At the exposition at New Orleans there
are two machines for which great things
are claimed by their inventors. One is
called the Gibson DecOrticatOr. and the
other the Universal Fibre DecOrticator.
Thes are successful in the matter OF
names, if in no other respect. They have
both been given a trial at the
exposition, and cb0th failed to
give entire satisfaction. Com
plant was made that the jute used
was not in a lit condition for experiments
because it was dry and rotten. 1t is pro-
bable, however, that the trouble was with
the machines and not with the jute. 1t
is said that the Gibson machine separated
the fibre from the wood, but failed to dis
integrate the fibre. The Universal ma
chine appears to have done little better.
1t not only separated the fibre from the
wood, but it partly disintegrated the fibre.
The experiments were satisfactory in one
respect. They satisfied about every dis
interested person that the jute problem
has not yet been solved. These decOrti-
eating machines may be valuable for ga
thering fibre from various other kinds of
tibrous plants, but as far as Jute is con-
cerned they must still be considered fail
ures. fortune awaits the inventor Of a
successful jute machine. Success has
been approached so closely, however, it
would seem as if it ought to be reached
in the near future.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-04

BEAUFORT. Jan. 3l.-Blind Tom Wa
here Thursday night. Beaufort is so sell
dom honored by any outside artist, that
when a stray one does come, the white
population turns out en- DlaSSe to see and
hear. But though insulated and isolated
we are not entirely out in the cold. We
had a man here some time ago who play
ed on six instruments at one time, and
Blind Tom can't beat that! Then there
is the Ladies' Aid Society, which we fear,
however, is bankrupted in entertain
ments, it has not been heard from tor so
long.
Then we've got a show in a cart, quail
ty unknown, but no doubt good, and now
we have a man pulling teeth in the
streets, without pain, and largely patron
lied by our cOlOred cOnfreres. So we
nave our amusements too.
The Beaufort Volunteer Artillery is to
be inspected by the Adjutant General in
March. The 'warriors bOld,' however,
do not seem to be at all disturbed by the
announcement or to be preparing particu-
larly to meet the occasion. Beaufort is
really becoming quite a maritime little
place, and we, all Of US, have a sort of sea-
faring air about US not seen out of seaport
towns! Within the past few weeks vessels
have been continually coming and going,
some to the phosphate works, some to Coo
saw and some to our own wharves. The
COureur Won Strassheim was here not
long ago to take in load of cotton seed.
The question will arise to every thinking
mind: Why cannot we manufacture our
own olive Oil, instead of having to send
it across the water and then bring it back?
One of the old Beaufort landmarks has
disappeared on Bay street in the shape
of the old Elliott mansion, built of the
material known as "tabby." Messrs.
Cummings a. DObsOn have pulled it down
and erected a very pretty citifed dwell
ing in its place.
The anxious claimants of the surplus
"Direct Fair Fund" have had their claims
and hopes deferred until August, when
they are to have a hearing. Col. William
Elliott represents the Beaufort claimants.
LOCKER On,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-04
A Newspaper,s Folly.


The New York Herald becomes uuduly
excited occasionally, and then it says
some very undignified and foolish things.
| While the result of the last election was
| in doubt in New York State its condition.
TO describe it mildly, was hysterical and
excited the pity Of many of its readers.
II has again become very much excited.
and is saying some foolish things because
the Senate refused 10 ratify the Nicara-
guam treaty. 1t predicts that ''if Mr..
Cleveland carries out the narrow-minded,
Jealous partisan policy of Senator Bay
ard and his Democratic following he will
leave the Presidency after four years
with ruined reputation and lost prestige"
This prediction may alarm Mr.. Cleye-
land. He hasn't had much experience
in public affairs, and to have such
prediction hurled at him a month before
his uguration is calculated to cause
him to lose his appetite and to deprive
him of needed rest.
Speaking OF Mr.. Bayard and the great
majority Of the Democratic Senator'S the
Herald says: Cannot these Democratic
fools see that they are being played by
Sir. Blaine and his defeated wing Of the
Republican party, and that they are
throwing away chances which Blaine and
his party would give the eyes out of their
heads TO have carried to success them
selves 2" 1t is doubtful if s'these Demo-
cratic fOOls'' yet see, or that they ever
will see, that they have been played by
Mr.. Blaine. 1t is pretty evident to any
fair-minded man that Mr.. Blaine had
nothing whatever to do with their action.
In fact, 1t is doubtful if any one of them
either knew or cared what Mr.. Blaine's
opinion of the treaty was. They acted
upon their own judgments IN the matter,
and it is probable that even now they
think the course they pursued is much
wiser than that advised by the Herald.
The extent Of the Herdtd'S folly, how
ever, is only apparent when it says that
! if Mr.. Cleveland doesn't see that Mi.
Bayard, as the assistant of Mr.. Blaine
/ '-persuades ard bulldozes timid and igno-
rant Democrats to follow him" into the
pit prepared BY the willy Blaine, sensible
Democrats ought to go right up to Albany
| and tell him all about it.
/ As matter Of fact, quite number Of
Democrats have been going to Albany
! lately, and for all the Herald knows they
have told him all about this alleged ar
rangement between Bayard and Blaine TO
lead Democratic Senators into a pit, and
il Mr.. Cleveland has been told all about
it, what does the Herald propose to do
about it:
When the Herald comes to think about
the matter calmly, it will probably con-
clude that il has been betrayed by its an
ger into saying some very idiOtic things.
1t is mad because it cannot dictate to the
Democratic party, and because its advice
isn't needed by the Democratic leaders
any more than is the advice Of the Bung-
town Bugle. The country IS satisfied that
Mr. Bayard and his following know what
they are about.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-04

PERSONAL.

SAMUEL J. TILDEN's writings and speeches
are about to be published by the Harpers.
EZRA BosTwICK, of Union City, Mich, has
given a iO-acre farm. valued at So, COO, to the
Albion Co lege, for chair of astronomy.
r. c. JERvIs, a brother of Lord st. Vincent,
who was killed in the late battle IN the Sou
dan, is carrying on an extensive farm near
Lemar, la.
EDWARD WARDELL, son Of Ellen Terry,
made his first appearance on the stage in
Chicago as the son of joel, the Gardener IN
Eugene Aram.'
JOHN c. BURKE, Chairman of the Vermont
DELEGATION in the late Democratic National
Convention, is q lawyer of leading rank, who
Logan life as a gravel train hand on the Lam
vile Valley Railroad.
THOMAS MEGsON, a veteran of the war of
1872 and the oldest surviving volunteer fire.
man in the city of New ork, was buried sun
dav with appropriate honors. lie was in the
s7th year of his age, and became fireman GA
years ago.
IL the Reichstag recently Prince Bsm arck
listened to some complimentary remarks at
trbuting to him the chief honor OF the unfit
cation of Germany, then, turning with bow
toward Count Moltke, 1.-THE SILENT" said,
NAY; TO him far more than to me is due the
union of the Fatherland.'
EDWIN BOOTH has been elected to member
ship in three of BOston's leading clubs, but he
seldom visits any of them, although his
daughter often urges him to do so. "But,"
she says, ''all that papa seems to wish to do is
to stay at home with his daughter, and all
that his daughter wishes ID do is to stay at
home with papa"
Mr.. EvARTs introduced into Washington
what is called the statesman's fashion of
wearing silk hats. He wears his hat clear
over on the back part of his head at an angle
OF IS degrees. lie then brings the hat for
ward at this angle until ii pushes out his cars
at right angles from his head. There are
many statesmen who wear their hats IN the
same way. 4 man in public life who wears a
new shiny hat right side front and squarely
On his heat is considered q forlOrn fellow,
without q future.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-04
The Georgia Press.

\ resolution passed at the last annual
meeting OF the Georgia Press Association
gave the President authority to call the
association together at whatever time he
thought advisable. cambridge was selected
as the place for the next meeting. President
Estill has arranged TO call the meeting on
Wednesday, March Is. After the transaction
of regular business. the association will adj
journ for the purpose of accepting the cOurte-
sizes extended to the members and their ladies
by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad for
an excursion to New Orleans. The route back
will be either by way Of ChattahJOchee, Fla,
or Montgomery, Ala, as may hereafter be de-
termined. 1t is proposed to spend two days
in New Orleans, visiting the Worlds EXPOSE
ton. The programme has not yet been fully
arranged, but the above outline viii give an
idea Of hat may be expected. The Central
Railroad of Georgia, the Savannah, Florida
aud Western Railway and other railroa in
the state have, as usual, extended the courte-
sizes of their respective roads to the Press As
sOciatiOn.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-04

vor's Voyages" "The Arabian
NIGHTS" .Baron Munchausen," "Amadis
de Gaul, - the mirror of Knighthood." and
ssEsop's Fables" were read by children
and discussed with them by parents, VINO
knew how to train the young mind ana
had time to do il. Perhaps, too, the lnfu-
ence of the earliest settlers of Georgia
was still felt by their offspring, and the
large number of the better class OF irish,
Jews. Huguenots, Scotch and West In
dian refugees, mingled in social inter-
course with the English element, made
a kind of moral and intellectual "Curin-
THAN brass not found in societies OF
| longer standing.
Books were not then as numerous as
now. and were much more expensive.
The magazine was in existence, but COW
cred a much less extensive ground than
at present. Reviews cost too much for
general circulation among those inclined
to read them. The novels of the day
being intensely sensational or too true a
description of a state of society not of the
most refined nature, were carefully kept
from the young, so that the cOmmunlca-
ton of ideas by conversation between
general than now, when superficial
information obtained in our school
text books places the young
more nearly on an intellectual level with
and very often above their elders.
The effect of this is Enthusiastically to
cultivate a rapid precocity inconsistent
with solidity of thought, and thus opens
the way for infde!ity in religion and rest
lessness under restraints at time when
the animal development of the individual
requires that he should snake haste
slowly" Ours has been called a ''fast
age,' and in material progress it is truly
such, but is it so in intellectual and moral
elevation? Experimental research
has doubtless enlarged our knowledge of
facts. Science is therefore progressive;
but have we the intellectual activity and
the physical excellence of the Greek, or
the political and moral wisdom displayed
in the written constitution of the He
brews?
In few words, we are getting on too
fast rOr solid progress, and to arrest this
we must begin by adopting more limited
and thorough course of education for the
young, and less stimulating course OF
want another Luther, but failing in one
we must depend on the pulpit, and to
cooperative societies for relief.
These Will come in time, no doubt,
but to the ministers of the gospel must
we look tor urging on the good work en-
tered on by the pastor of st. Johns
Church, Savannah, Ga, the city in which
was establihed the first Sunday school
known, and that on the principle that the
firm foundation of States must be found
in the education of the young.
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