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The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-03-12
Poem on Babies.

Babiesl The world is full 81 ~.
There are 5000 in Atlanta i tba.s
one. They are little but tbar y
mighty importam. Did 0 80. -
5lce how they disappear ii rais'
weather? The babies come ana
with the sunshine. Let abalmn 81
happen along and the green lawns
dotted over with babies. Their e6''t y
by legs trudge the streets, or thew ,;as
ana their wise, thoughtful faces
out from under very red hoods ga
and seem to rebuketh the worldfo Cor o;,s
so bad.
Did you ever see a Woman nos.
baby without giving it a second 81 =
Did you ever see aninexperiencad ra
try to make peace with an ir,ofser naan
ana m~onffending baby? Did Won erss
see a baby that didn't. know 4 oart,a
man when he saw one? Did Won ~
hear any eloquence like a babv,s vasr
derful words? And how clear and 4,
very Is the voice of a little GIRL Ha.
laughter is like a ripping Shower J,
music from the skies.
There is nc doubt about Il a.
babies are the salt of the earth 'uV
man is not full grown until he owns
one. A being who can lean over tbo
side of his sleeping baby and not IL
as brave as q lion is not GOOD fcs
much this side of the cenletary. nor
the other side either, for that matfsr
Did you ever notice the little neal.
ed-faced babies that look out OF tha
dark damp rooms that fall to the jot
OF the poor? They breathe the very
dust that the rafting draws throw
against their low windows. There II
a little child on a back street in III.
business part OF Atlanta who may
be taken as a specimen IF that class
OF babies who are without sunshine
There is no yard to the house. no cor
ner where even frog houses can Be
made. No mud pies ever bake nfre.
less ranges, and no red painted TOYS
ever tell the ~passer-by that a little
child lives there. But a small, pale
face, eve so meek, presses against
the dusty panes, and sad little eyes look
out on the ever-moving stream Of
days and people. 1t is a companions
less child. 1t romps with no children,
it ridesn no fiery, untamed tricycle.. A
well-fed dog dashing by is a diversion,
and a hook and ladder truck en- route
to a fire amounts to a circus.
A rosy-faced baby, with a happy
home, sleeps in the folds of its cradle
Hardly a day and the little cheeks are
as white as the pillow upon which it
rests. Did you ever notice how light
a baby looks when it is dead? There
is hardly enough of the little fern to
turn a zephyr. A weeping mother
said one day:
cit is SO hard to leave my baby
away off in the cemetery, 1t is 50
hard to shut the door and know my
baby is on the outside. Atlanta Con-
stitution.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-03-12
ssDo You Slide?''

Tobogganing grows faster than IVY,
and is fast superseding roller skating.
1t is a jolly sport, and only those who
have participated in it can form any
idea. of its exhilaration. We have
whizzed down steep slides, and felt
fearful for our life at times, but the
run was always exciting, and we new
er lost more than a finger nail IN q
fight. Truthful James comes out
of the West and thus describes his first
toboggan slide: III have been tobog-
gaming and don't you forget it, my
reader. / promise you won't. sat
down on the innocent looking cushion
ed board on the top ofthe hill. There
was a handsome young woman sitting
* front of me on the same BOARD.
Cad, / had no sooner settled down
than she picked up my feet and legs
wear number nine boots), and tucked
them under her dainty arms. it was
q new sensation to me. Ihave huggea
beautiful girls, and been Rugged, bur
never from that end. / rather hKea
it after my surprise had worn 9
little threadbare. But while she was
holding my feet and a tingling electric
sensation was rapidly absorbing my
system in consequence thereof, an IN,
feeling brute showed US of the top o.
the hill, and we fell, / think, ~. =
feet in a second. / think OF Ella-
Wheeler Wilcox dropping down %
sweet hell and wondered II she q to'
bogganed before she wrote that pas
toral sketch. 1t don't take long "
think if you are scared into IT Oy tne
imminent fear of death. thought o.
everything / had ever done that wa
wrong and everything / had ever don
right. Ii 1 could have controlled my
mind and confined to the latter !
should have had time to spare, even
to the toboggan slide, butt couldn z
/ kept on thinking like q house On
| fire and shivering on an Arctic ga'et
until we reached the level ana Weia'
scooting across the prairie like an e.
press train. Then | felt better, saw
! life before me again. 1 yelled any
shouted like mad. ! whooped ano
haIloed as though tobogganing was
something funny. The man at tn'
wheel lost control OF themachine, ano
it began to wobble, and ! fell into
trance from sheer dizziness. mus
have been unconscious three SECONDS
for / was awakened by a sensation y
Of my legs being thrown around 81
corner Of q building and me trying =;
follow them. Iopened my eyes an'
saw that the handsome young woman
had cast me of and was walking VI
the slide. ! picked up my legs ant
hurried after. 1t was my first trip q
! o toboggan. Ishell never forget IT.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-03-12
The Girl Copyist and Her Type
Writer.

Boston Record.
1t is no longer ago than the centenni-
al year that the girl with the type
writer began to appear in the offices
Of the country. Now there is an army
of these young women working in
every city. There has been q silent
but tremendous revolution among
copyists since her advent. In Boston
she holds a good livingplace, although
her pay is not as good here as in
many other cities. Shorthand and
type-writing now go hand in hand,
and only copyists who can do both
can command fair wages.
Usually the copyist is very ladylike,
very straightforward and full Of quiet
self possession in the face of puzzlinQ
dictations that is amazing to one who
thinks of all that it means to write q
lawyers letter, for example,, with its
wilderness oftechnicaiities. Onethinq
~ certain: the standard OF education
among women copyists is rising very
definitely. Formerly a knowledge OF
stenography and fair amount ofease
inoperating d typewriter would assure
a position. Now a greater amount oj
general knowledge and a training which
gives greater mental adaptability, are
becoming indispensable, while accura-
cy and skill In making good copy is
an absolute necessity.
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Another Crank Goes Through
the Whirlpool Rapids.

NIAGARA FALLS, ONT, Aug. 22.-
VIM. j. Kendall, of Boston, to-day
swan successfully in cork vest, the
whirlpool rapids Of Niagara River.
The trial was to settle wager of $10,-
600 made by Boston parties, he to re-
ceive $1,000 of the stakes. There
were few spectators OF the affair, it
having been kept quiet. Kendall re-
lates the following experiences when
he reached the spot where Capt. Webb
is supposed to have lost his life 'rhe
water seemed to go from under him.
and huge wave struck him on the
head and shoulders, knocking him
unconcious for few moments. He
found his swimming abilities OF no
use whatever, and never expected to
come out alive. When entering the
whirlpool he was so benumbed and
partially unconcious that he could
not use limb and did not know what
he was doing. The currant took him
down like flash, keeping him under
fully fifteen seconds. Upon reaching
the under-currant, he was shot out of
the pool fully fifty feet from its cen
ter. When he reached the surface Of
the water he had partially regained
consciousness, and knowing there was
no time to spare before he would be
dashed down the lower rapids he
swan ashore.
While landing he was so overcome
that he again become unconscious,
and his assistants we're fully half an
hour occupied in reviying him by rub
bing.
When asked if he would ever make
another trip he said most emphatical-
ly; "No. There is not enough mon
ey in the world to induce me to re-
peat this afternoons experience. A
child would have the same chance to
go through the rapids and out all
right as an expert swimmer" 1t took
him three minutes to go from the
railroad bridge to the whirlpool.
Kendall is "a years Of age,six feet and
two inches in height, weighs 1876
pounds and is well proportioned. He
was born in New York, but has spent
most of his life in Boston. The cork
vest consisted Of five pieces of cork II
inches wide and two inches thick
which were sown in white canvass
similar to life preserve.
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PROGRAMME.
OF Ministers and DeacOn's
Meeting in johnson City
August "a, 9S and 30.
FRIDAY, 10 A. NJ.

FRIDAY, 10A,M,
Introductory Sermon, Rev. w. A.
Keen.
l. The Training and Development
of young Church members, Rev. D. F.
Manley, T. H. Reeves.
Discussion.
2. What part of Pastors time is in
volved in his accepting call, d. w,
F. Peoples, t. ]. Galloway.
Discussion.
Duty of Church to her Pastor, Rev,
James Ratliff, Rev. J. H. Moore.
Discussion.
EVENING SESSION 7P.M.
Prayer and Praise Meeting, Rev
Geo. P. Faw.
Sermon, s p m, Rev. D. F. Manley
SATURDAY 9 A. NJ.
Prayer and Praise, 80 minutes, Rev
I. J. Murphy.
Bible Reading-Giving, Rev. E. Al,
lison.
Discussion.
The Sin OF Covetousness-a Bible
Reading, Rev. T. H. Crouch.
Discussion.
Sermon, II 80 a. M, Rev. C. G
Brown, d. d.
AFTERNOON :30P. NJ.
State Missions, Rev. G. G. Brown
Discussion.
Christian Conservation, ]. X. P
Hall, E. H, Bachman.
Discussion.
EVENING SESSION z pm.
Prayer and Praise, J. G, Bowman.
Sermon, Rev. A. Routh.
SUNDAY.
Sunday School Mass Meeting, S,3t
a. m.
Model Sunday School, 9 am.
Sermon, Dedication Johnson City
Church, IL a. M, Rev. ]. T. Kincan
non, d. ID.
Reduced rates from Knoxville, Bris
tol and Cranberry, over E. t., V. & G.
and w. N. G. Railroads.
r. Fl. DUNCAN, Secretary.
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From. Carter's Depot.
CARRIERS DEPOT TENNESSEE,

CARRIERS DEPOT TENNESSEE,
August II 1886.
ED. COMET Owing to press of bus
mess / have neglected to write for sew
eral weeks, but thinking perhaps q
few items from our place might be Of
some interest to your readers I make
the attempt,
Since the election everything has
settled down to its usual quiet.
James and Samuel, sons OF Lew and
Peter Slagle, Of Turkeytown, who left
here few months ago and went to
Walla Walla, Washington Territory,
have returned satisfied that E. Ten
nessee, all things considered, is about
the best place in the U. s. to enjoy
life.
The deaths since my last have been
John Glover, aged about 20 years
Mrs. Charity Taylor aged 20 years
Howard, son Of Joseph Richards, aged
7 years; Alfred Snapp, Colored, aged
So years.
The rock icrushers. are running reg.
ularly, crushing 400 earsper month.
A. ]. Lacy is delivering to the rail
road Co, for the use Of their engines
and other purposes about 12 car loads
OF drift sand per month. {tB
Sampson st. John has begun ship
ping his watermelon crop. The sea
son has been very unfayorable for this
crop and as to quality and quantity
will not rate one-half of what it hal
been for the last ten years.
Mr.. E. H. Plummer, who was tn,
only person who attended the Guber
material convention from our part o
the county, has returned home.
Master w. 7. Plummer returned
few days ago from Bakersville, N. C.
where he has been visiting his broth
er James T. Plummer, who is in tn,
employ Of Alternately & Graham.
Mr.. Albion Reese has been employ
ed by the R. R. Co. as Telegraph oper
ator and has been assigned to dut.
with Booths work train.
Mr.. ]. w. Truslow, of your city, j
here on fishig expedition.
D.N. r..
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The surprise which the verdict in
the Chicago trial caused to the An
archists of this city may be inferred
from the fact that they had called a
meeting to celebrate the acquittal Of
the accused, so sure were they that
such would be the result. By the
time the meeting had convened on
Friday evening the truth was known,
and what was intended to be an occa-
sion of rejoicing was suddenly con-
verted to one of disappointment and
wrath. The speeches that were made
certainly evinced no change OF heart
on the part of the speakers or the
manner in which they were received
on the part OF the hearers. The Chi
cago convicts we're lauded as martyrs
in a righteous cause, and the policy of
resisting the "police and the capital
lists" with deadly weapons whenever
interfered with was urged with en-
phasis.
Notwithstanding that the warped
intellects of these men prevent them
from taking the right view of things,
and that the claim is made that they
are acting upon honest conviction
the good of society requires that it
should be thoroughly understood by
them that those who commit or abet
overt acts of violence will be utterly
crushed by the strong arm of the law
Whether they find ground for self-ap
proval in their distorted consciences
or not they will be relentlessly deal
with. If they murder, their conYic
tions may ease their journey through
the final gateway, but they will not in
terfeare with their passage. There il
a grim and unalterable determination
in the minds Of the american people
that this murderous fanaticism shall
be stamped out whenever it dares tC
show its head. Never was the opera
ton of law mere heartily indorsed b!
a whole people than its course in thC
Chicago Court. The decision Of TIN
American Republic was expressed il
in the verdict, and there is no chang
ing it.-New York World.
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VOL. III.


In sleep thought it was dream,
This sweet, new, common life of ours;
This ecstaey these wondrous powers; :,
These days of bliss that count as hours
SO brief with thee, love, does time seem;
In sleep thought II all dream.
] dreamt it was a dream and sighed,
TO think my joy so quickly done,
My hero an imagined one,
My dream Of love but passing gone;
TO be this happiness denied
dreamt 1t was dream--and sighed,
Dismayed, dreamt it was dream,
And even that waking, ere the morn
should from this bright world be torn,
To languish in the old alone,
After glimpse of love supreme:
Dismayed, dreamt 1t was dream.
! dreamt II was a dream and wept,
Thoughifond your kiss, feared, twas vain
TO hope to sh are ityet again;
Zen in your gaze felt but pain,
And knew twas parting while slept,
| dreamt 1t was a dream and wept.
And weeping woke to JOY once more,
As after some dark season drear,
When light and hope turn gloom and fear
Fair promise comes again to cheer,
SO, glad was the dream beingo'er
And weeping woke to smile once more
(And now
Because dreamt 1t was dream,
SO foolish is this heart Of mine,
That desire another sign
TO be assured that am thine;
Oh, let your love full on me beam
That may know tbs not a dream
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Two Chicago Strikes Ended

CHICAGO, August 1S.-The nail
ers have returned to work at Cum
mings and the fourteen months strike
is at an end. Every department OF
the Calumet Iron and Steel Compa-
ny's works will start up with a full
force. The action OF the men is ap-
proved by the Knights of Labor The
packing house employees OF Robert
Warren & Co., at the stock yards, who
went out some days ago because the
firm persisted in loading Lake Shore
cars, have returned to work. The
men claim the basis Of settlement was
the agreement Of the firm not to ship
any more beef over the Lake Shore
Road.
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Popping with a Pistol.

"No, Charles" she said, "much as /
love you, I'll never willingly elope. /
promised my parents that ! wouldn't.
But there are times when a woman is
justified in eloping, Ifyou'djust hold
revolver to my head and swear that
If l did not so with you you'd shoot
me, it would be my duty to 60 to save
my live"
"But, Charles" she continued "ii
you should adopt such a desperate
course, let the pistol be an empty one.
OF course l wouldn't know that it was
empty and, by the way, my new dress
will not be finished until next week.
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The Presidents Vacation.

PROSPECT HOUSE, N. y, August 20.
After their tramp and Gshing trip
Of yesterday the members OF the Pres
ident's party made no haste to throw
open their cabin door this morning.
1t was eleven o'clock before they
left the dining room for stroll. Mrs,
Folsom was quite iatigued with her
first experience in an open boat all
day, under a hot sun. Mrs Cleveland,
on the contrary, was anxious for rep
etition of yesterdays sport. This af-
ternoon the President again donned
his brown corduroy coat, woolen trou-
sers, flannel shirt and billycoek hat
and started off for another fshpond
The party proceeded to Follsonbee
Clear, one OF the prettiest sheets of
water in the Adirondacks, distant
from the Saranac Inn about two miles.
The greater part Of the distance had
to be tramped on foot
Mrs. Cleveland's habit on these
jaunts is comfortable fitting dress
OF brown woolen material and a broad
brimmed white felt hat, with band
OF flaming red entirely obscuring the
side Of the crown. The President had
his usual luck to-day. His guide Dave
dressed the fish, which was a salmon
trout, weighing FIVE pounds. The
guides say hereabouts that he is a
good man who can catch q salmon
trout every day at this season Of the
year A house-warming and a Presi-
dental reception are among the pos
sibilities at an early date. The ho-
tel guests are gradually becoming ac-
quainted with the President and his
wife.
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Pushing Malone for Congress.

RICHMOND, Va, August 20,-Sen-
ator Mahone's friends are averse to
his being relegated to private life af-
ter the expiration OF his term in the
Senate on March 4, 1887 1t is be-
lieyed that in this the Senator is
heartily in sympathy with his friends.
To avert snch calamity the latter
have been urging him for months to
become the Republican nominee for
Congress in the Petersburg district as
the successor Of Representative James
D. Brady. Since the adjournment of
Congress considerable opposition has
developed to that gentleman's renom-
iuation. Taking advantage of this
condition OF affairs, Mahone's follow
ers are pressing him to allow the use
OF his name to weld together all tie
discordant elements. Representative
Brady, who is in Petersburg, was ask
ed to-day if he intended to retire in
favor of Malone. His answer was ;
II think, under existing circumstan-
ces in this district, General Malone
should accept the nomination for
Congress, and desire my friends to
send delegates to this convention who
will nominate General Malone by ac-
clamation. / believe his candidacy
would cordially and firmly unite the
party and give us the district by an
overwhelming majority"
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WHOLE NO. 125
Fashion Notes.

Fine thin tweeds, with tiny checks,
are used as skirts, with a drapery of
plain material.
Transparent bonnets of tulle or let
are used trimmed with bright flowers,
poppies being the favorite garniture.
Wide white Hercules braid iringed
and knotted at the ends is used as
sash belts for little girls,
Black and white plaid silks are
prettily combined with plain silks
or surahs. Brown and white plaid
surahs are used with pongees.
Waists of watered silks, satin or lace
are worn with black skirts the waists
may be either Of black or of bright
colors.
One OF the newest fabrics are the
bosseIe velvets. They look almost
plain, but they have fine cord and
can only be had in the best quality.
Boquets are worn with their long
stems tucked under the belt ribbon at
the left side of the front, so that a
part OF their foliage is displayed be-
low fastening. Sometimes they are
held in place by pin shaped for the
purpose.
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Abe LincoIn's NIaxisms.

An autograph letter that would
like to own was shown me few days
ago. "a. Lincoln" was boldly signed
at the end Of it, and this wisdom was
there, paragraphed in this wise:
"Do not worry.
"Eat three square meals a day.
"Say your prayers.
"Think of your wife.
"Be courteous to your creditors.
keep your digestion good.
"Steer clear Of billiousness.
Exercise.
go slow and easy.
maybe there are other things that
your especial case requires to make
you happy, but, my friend, these,
reckon, will give you good lift"
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Santa Annals Son Commits
Suicide.

HAVANA, Aug. 14.-Seldom have
there been so many suicides in this
city in seven days as there have been
during the past week. The greater
number Of the suicides belonged to
the upper classes. The most remark
able case is that OF Don Jose Lopez
Santa Anna, wealthy Mexican, who
shot himself through the head. He
was 65 years Of age and was a son OF
the well-known Gen. Santa Anna, who
was President of Mexico.
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SENSE AND SENTIMENT.


It. is better to be innocent than to be
penitent,-Scot Downey.
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes
necessity-Augustine.
There are thoughts, like wounds,from
which there is no recovery.-Balzac.
Most sorts Of diversion in men, chill
dren and other animals is an imita-
tion of tighting.-Swift
Hope without action is a broken
staff, We should always hope for
things that are possible and probable.
james Ellis.
The youth gets together his materi-
ais to build bridge to the moon, and
at length middle-aged man he con-
cludes to build a wood-shed with
them.-Thoreau.
No man has prosperity so high Or
firm but two OF three words cen dis
hearten it. There is no calumny
which right words will not begin to
redress. s.--Emerson.
recognize but one mental acquisi-
ton as an essential part of the educa-
ton OF lady or gentleman-namely,
an accurate and refined use OF the
mother tongue.-President Eliot.
The true test of a great man-that
at least which must secure his place
among the highest order Of great men
lis his having been in advance of his
age.-Brougham.
An indiscreet man is more hurtful
than an ill-natured one, for the latter
will only attack his enemies and those
he wishes Ill to; the other Injuries in.
differently both friends and foes.-Ad
Olson.
AS a general rule, Providence sell
dom vouchsafes to morals any more
than just that degree Of encourage.
agement which suffices to keep them
at reasonable full exertion of theil
powers. Hawthorne,
Laws for the protection OF the un
sophisticated are as necessary as asy.
lums for the insane, and the person
who willingly parts with his money tc
a fortune-teller should not be without
the protection of law simply because
he is a fool-Mill.
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Free from Contagious Diseases.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19--Acting Sur
geon-General Stoner, of the Marine
Hospital, said today that the United
States is in a very good state of health
at present and is entirely free from
contagious diseases except few cases
of yellew fever now under treatment
at the Ship Island quarantine station
Off the coast OF Louisiana. There is
he said, no danger of the disease
spreading from these cases, as they
are absolutely shut off from commu
nication with the main land.
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Phil Thompson, Secretary OF the
Democratic Congressional Committee,
says the reason why there are so many
new candidates for Congress from the
Southern States is that the present
members have become unpopular be-
cause they could not find places for
their constituents. The Southern as
pirant for an office does not take il
kindly when his Representative refers
him to the Civil Service Commission
Missouri yearns for prohibition ir
her state constitution. What she
really needs is temperance in the
! goozle strings of her thirsty people.