The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-01-16
MRS. ARP'S JEWELS,
That She Prizes above Everythlng Else on
Earth.
Atlanta Constitution.

atlanta Constitution.
The boys haven't come yet. They
wrote that they would come as soon as
their bosses had had their Christmas.
One came, but be lives in Atlanta, and
we see him pretty often, and so there
wasn't much fuss made over him. There
is one in New York and one in Cincinnati,
and We are looking for them every day.
Two big fat turkeys are in the coop and
there is big fat fruit cake lid out some.
where. The atlanta boy got some-his
mother cut it for him. She gave me a
slice about as thick as knife blade, and
said little of it went long ways. That
seems to be peculiarity about fruit cake.
That excites my curiosity-ifa little goes
a long ways, I want to know how far a
big chunk of it will go-and I'm going to
fnd out some of these days. Every good
thing seems to be kept for these boys; I
am of no consequence compared with
them. Has man got to 60 of and stay
a long time before he can get a piece of
veal in his own house Is no fatted calf
to be killed for me? Am I too old to
appreciate turkey and fruit cake and oy-
ster pie? One of the boys sent his
mother barrel ofapples, and she declares
they are the best apples in the world ;
can't buy any such in Cartersville. I'll
fool her some of these days. TIL get some
country butter, and pack it in can, and
let it come from the express Office with a
New York mark on it, just to see her
take fit over it. "Can't get any such
butter us this in this market. Victor
knows what good butter is" I'll bet she
will say that. Her boys are better than
kings or princes. A lady called on her
the other day, and asked her where that
handsome son was living now. 81 don't
know which one you mesn," said she. IT
have six sons, andthey are all handsome. !"
Well, that's all right. and according to
nature. If a mother is not proud of her
children, she is to be pitied, indeed.
They are her hope, her life, her JOY or her
sorrow.
1901 There is meaning in those
figures. Every time they are writtcn on
letter head or ledger or bank check
or ncte or hotel register or printed on
newspaper they mean something. The
pens of Christians, infdels and skeptics
and agnostics and Jews and Gentiles are
all writing it visible aud indelible upon
the paper. Every day, every hour,
every minute it is being written all over
the world, and every mark establishes a
fact-a great fact-that 1890 years ago
there was births notable birth-and
old Father Time began new count and
called it Auno Domini. What won.
derful event it must have been that closed.
the record of the ages and started time
on new cycle. How 10 the world did it
happen? The Greeks had their calendar
and the Romans had theirs, and the
Jews had one that was handed down by
Moses, but all Of them we're overshadowed
by the one that handful of Christians
set up, and....for 1906 years the Anno
Domini has given date TO every birth
and death and event in the civilized
world. 1t seems to me that if was an
infdei would not place these figures at
the top Of my letters. l would not dig.
Nifty the birth cf child that way. I
would rather write 1894 as the date of
the creation. But, no, if did not credit
Moses and the prophets couldn't choose
that date, and so would have no date
no era to begin with. The Greeks had
Olympiads to date from, and the Romans
the birth of their ancient city, and the
Mohammedans the flight of Mohamet,
but modern agnostic has nothing. If
he was an American, suppose he might
begin with the declaration of indepen.
dence aud say January, la. The Jew is
better of, for he has faith-a faith as
strong as the ages-aud his era goes back
to Moses and the prophets, but even he
has to conform to Ammo Domini of the
Christian in all his business relations
with mankind. If he we're to date a
business letter or make out bill of goods
according to his faith, it would be re-
turned to him for explanations What a
wonderful thing is this date-these four
simple figures. We write them and write
them, but we seldom ponder on what
they prove.
On New Years night l was talking to
the children about these things and about
the long journey we had taken since the
last New Year We had gotten back to
the same place in the universe and have
travelled nearly three hundred millions of
miles. Talk about your cannon ball
trains and your lightning express. Why,
we have been running schedule Of
thirty thousand miles an hour and never
stopped for coal or water, and never had
jostle nor put on brake nor creased 9
wheel. Other trains have crossed our
track and we have crossed theirs, but
there was no danger signal, no sign
board, no red flag, no watchman. Was
there ever an engineer SO reckless Of hn'
man life? Fifteen hundred millions Of
passengers aboard, and they sleep halfthe
time. Did ever passengers ride so trust.
ingly? And what is more wonderful
still, our train has little fun on the way
and every day turns a summersault
twenty. FIVE thousand miles round just fol
the enjoyment and health Of the passen.
gers. Turns over as it goes, turns at 8
speed of thousand miles an hour and
never loses an inch of space or moment
of time. Wouldn't it be big fun aif We
i could ,fo,d off ouoy from, Tho train anf