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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-07

If there is one place where the Sab
bath comes more beautifully than any
other, that place is the city. True,
the dawning of Sunday morning is
like sacrament in the country, with
it's dewy morning air and it's wild
melodies, but then every morning is
like sacrament in the country. But
it is in the city that it touches the
hearts of men, and makes them feel
that it is different and set apart from
all other days. The ordinary sounds
of traffic have ceased, and the streets
that have been so busy all through
the week are now silent except for
the chance wayfarer. And soon the
bells begin, and from every
hill in the city they send out their
golden message, calling the children
to Sunday school. Presently all the
streets are filled with fresh young
faces, and the pavements echo with
the tread of bounding feet. The flut-
ter of light, summary dresses, the
pretty cheeks and chins tied away I'M
der broad brimmed hats, the glanc.
ing eyes, so full of youth and expec-
fancy, one sees them everywhere, and
is filled with thankfulness that the
very first tone of the Sunday bells is
amessage to the children. Then af-
forwards the calls begin to sound
again, in many varied notes. The
deep boom of the Catholic bell is
taken up by the Methodist bell
across the street, and over on
the opposite hill the Baptist bell pro-
longs the sound, which is caught up
by the Presbyterian churches on
Seventh street, and sent over the hills
to the Episcopal, and the Christian
and the Southern Presbyterian
churches-many varied tones, but all
one great harmony; just as the
churches themselves blend all their
differences into the one true principle
of purity of heart. After a while the
music begins, and the sound of choral
singing floats out, and reaches many
a heart beyond the church walls as
well as within; and human voices and
the voices of the bells echo and re-echo
over the hills, as though they wove a
golden chain about the city and lifted
it up for little space into real Sab
bath quiet and sacred peace.
JULIA TRUITT BISHOP.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-07

2 Will you suffer with dyspepsia
and liver complaint? Shiloh's Vitaliz-
er is guaranteed to cure you. Corn
we'll & Chiles.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-07

And that was the story told by a
poor sewing woman, in calico dress;
the story of the way that had been so
dark, but that had opened up from
day to day as she went! While she
had been living her life and raising
her children, and bravely driving the
wolf from the door with no weapon
but a needle, men who called them
selves strong, brave men, had fought
and struggled, disappeared and gone
down, utterly 7anquished in the
struggle. Oh, the true hero
ism is that of to-day, and
goes about disguised in calico or in
fustian, and embodied in figures of
most unheroic mould!
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-07

And there was another of whom
the Home Corner once heard-but
then people would not call him a
hero, this workingman-a mere art
isan, whose hands are hard and
rough, and whose clothes are grimy
and greasy from Monday morning
until Saturday night. Call such vir-
tue as he has courage, or perhaps a
mere dull persistence, with which
common minds are sometimes en-
lowed. He is workingman, you
perceive, one of the army you some
times meet, trudging YEARLY home
from the shops. They all walk
heavily, for their labor has been of
the hardest; and their shoulders
droop with WEAKNESS, for the tired
muscles seem to relax when their
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-07

Such a pathetic story, told with
such sublime patience! Such a
hard, cneerless life lived
with such splendid courage!
The rough hands had, for two long,
weary months, been doing double
work. Every night, during all
that time, he had tramped YEARLY
homeward, not to rest, or to be taken
care of and soothed by the tender
ministrations of the house mother, but
to prepare the meals for himself and
his children, to care for and wait upon
a suffering invalid, and to bear this
unaccustomed burden until he sank
upon his bed to sleep. And he needed
nothing. We, whose lives have been
cast in pleasant places, need many
things! We are always clamOring for
some new pleasure, or repining over
the loss of something which, after all,
we can live without. No wonder we
call this an unheroic age, and seeing a
workman going down the street with
his little lunch basket, call him a
mere workman, and nothing more.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-07
THE HOME CORNER.

work is done. They all carry
little lunch baskets, which
90 away full in the morning and come
home full at night. A worker IN the
shops! oh no, there is nothing TO-
mantle in such life.
~
This man meeting friend the other
day, greeted him atfectionately, ana
being asked, told his story. His eyes
shone as he talked with a certain
clear, calm light that "told of spirit
that would not die" He had been
out of work during all of the past
year, he said, until about four months
ago, when he obtained employment in
the shops. Two months atterward
his wife was taken ill, and she has
never been able to rise from her bed
since. His three little girls were all
too small to be of any assistance about
the house.
*x*
The friend to whom the story was
told carries a pocket book which
is never overful but which is
always open to everyscall of suffering
or want. His hand went down IN
search of the pocketbook now, and
with sudden huskiness in his voice
he asked "What do you need?" And
then, with that calm, clear light still
shining in his eyes and illuminating
his whole face, this workman an.
swered simply: "Well, the fact is |
can't see that 1 need anything.
have my wages, you know. get up
in the morning early enough to get
breakfast and dinner and after we
eat 1 put up my lunch and fix the
dinner for the children, and make my
wife as comfortable as l can for the
day, and then 1 GO to my work. No
we are getting along very well. We
don't need anything at ALL"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-05-05
Give Him Justice,
Quite

Quite number of the
newspapers in the State fighting
Mr.. Tsllman are endeavoring to
make capital out of s.e expression
he is said to have used in his
Greenville speech to the effsct
that he would rather 60 to hell
with his followers than to heavsn
with Che Sheppard crowd. Of
course the use of such language
was highly improper, but why do
not the papers referred to do Mr..
TiIlman the Justice to publish also
his explanation of the objection
able words? Immediately after
uttering them he is reported to
have said: Of course 1 mean this
as merely typical language, q
simile without intending to be
irreverent, but it does mean that
I am now with the farmers of
Sonth Carolina, and with them 1
EXPECT to die e.'-Lancester Revien
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-05-05
A WITHERED ROSE.

Only n flower-and the flower Is withared:
Only rose with the color flown,
Like one that careless hand has gathered
And left to die in the dust alone!
Only q rosel Is 1t good to treasure
Dreams Of Dreams that were dreamt u
vain
A fugitive pang for an hour Of leisure
A thrill OF pleasure. q throb OF pain.
From the Past that cannot return agatnf
Who shall saya But magic fingers
Round this colorless rose today
Now. as then, when her soft white angers
PIucked the bloom freu tho bending
spray
Now. as then, when the summer splendor
Warmed the land with Its wealth Of flowers
And the beautiful skies were blue and tender
And the bird songs sounded among the bow
ers-
New, as then. IN the golden hours
have kept the rose, but It's bloom has faded
The leaves have withered. the scent has
fed. :,
And ths skies are clouded, the world Il
shaded,
The summer Is over. the flowers are dead;
And the beautiful, love that was fair ano
pleasant
Ia buried deep meath the fallen SHOWS,
And leaves NO trace In the empty present
Poor, perished love-of its long repose
But this dusty relic-this withered rosel
IT. Ferguson IN Once Week.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-05-05
Amaxors - Review.

Reviews or maneuvers of the Amazons
are held frequently during the annual
custom snd are not the playful affairs
that they are in civilized countries. In
s'space used as a drill ground there is
built a bank Of thorny cactus bushes
about ], 300 feet long, 20 feet broad and
q feet high. Beyond and parallel with
this heap is a house representing a fort
The barefooted female warriors have to
surmount three times the heap Of thorns
which represent the Notifications, de-
scend into the clear space like ditch,
escalade the house, which represents a
citadel bristling with defenses, and take
the town simulated by the hut. They
are to be twice repulsed by the enemy,
but at the third assault they are victo-
rious and drag the prisoners to the kings
feet in token of success. The first to
surmount all the obstacles receives from
his hand the reward of bravery, for,
says the king, "We reckon military
valor as the first of the virtues"
The king places himself at the head
of the column, harangues his women
soldiers, infames them, and at a given
signal they throw themselves with the
utmost fury upon the bank of thorns
which torture their naked feet. At the
first assault, when the most intrepid
had already gained the summit Of the
house, l saw woman soldier, who was
at one of the ends, fall to the ground
from height of sixteen feet. She was
wringing her hands and remained
seated, though her comrades were try,
ing to reanimate her with courage.
when the king himself came up and
threw at her 3 glance and cry of indig-
nation. She sprang up then as if elec-
trifed, continued the maneuvers and
carried off the first prize. It is impos-
eible to give an idea Of the scene
Goldthwaite's Geographical Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-05-05
wood 1hs. Paper 1. nrade From.

Wood Vhaf Paper As meuo rFou'
Wood forms the basis Of all modern
paper. Almost any kind can be used.
but spruce is regarded by manufacturers
as the most serviceabls in the long run.
Other kinds which may be used to a
greater or less degree are white pine.
Norway pine, white fir, pitch pine, pop
lar, beech, birch, cypress, tamarack.
sweet gum and hemlock.
The best shape for the wood is in logs
four to ten inches in diameter, free from
knots and used as soon after telling as
possible. The next best form is in the
shape Of deal ends from sawmills. In
ferior qualities of paper are made from
slabs and edgings of wood.
s "A great deal depends ON: the quality OF
Ithe.wood. If the wood is poor and lack
ing in fiber, then the paper made from
twill be weak and lacking in tough
ness. The wood which can be used for
paper making costs all the way from
$3.50 to $40 q cord in the east, and as
low as $3.50 q cord in the west.
In Michigan the lowest prices OF all
prevail.-New York Evening Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-05-05
Ee Had His Coat Repaired.

ppn0o WALTZ 'oso1rA1hA6 sAa "a AASssoh'
Descartes required perfect stiffness.
Es Had His Goa. Repaired.
He was one of the army who are liv-
ing and seeing life in New York on an
sttenuated income, and one cold morn
ing he awni-e to the realization that the
oyercoat would be q necessary part Of
his garb for that day. He looked at it.
Twas unpresentable. He thrust his
hands deep into his pockets. They were
empty. Two direful facts, neither Of
them surprises, faced him, but he was
not annoyed. He proceeded cheerily to
a small tailor's shop and presented the
overcoat for repairs.
"It will cost you dollar" said
Shears. "The price is no obstacle, pro-
ceed." replied the customer. Shears
turned the coat over to subordinate
and sat down for chat with the heaven
sent customer, for Shears was Span
lard. And yet he was sufficiently Amer
icanized to produce deck of cards and
propose a little game of poker. The
heayen-sent assented. Vest buttons
made admirable chips, and the cards
flew for some minutes, until tho coat
was repaired. Then the customer paid
his bill in vest buttons, and received
from Shears fifty cents for tho remain
ing buttons he had won. Then, equipped
for the inclement weather, he went
forth conscious of the rift in the clouds.
and bought for himself a luxurious fifty
cent brealfast.-NewY York Times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-05-05
WHEN LONDON WAS NOISY.
In tho Time of George II There Was
Uproar Everywhere.

In tho Time of George II There Was
Uproar Everywhere.
We who now object to the noise of q
barrel organ in the street, OF q cry of
milk, or distant German band, would
be driven mad by single day of George
Hs London streets: Hogarth has
touched the subject, but only touched
it. No one could do more in picture
than indicate the mere fringe of this
vast subject. Even on the printed page
we can do little more than the painter.
For instance, the following were some
of the more common and every day and
all day long noises: Some of the shop.
keepers still kept up the custom Of hav.
ing prentice outside bawlng an invj
tation to buyl buy! buy!
To this day butchers in Clare market
cry out at their stalls all day long:
Orally up, ladiesl Rally up! Buyl
buyl buy!' In the streets of private
houses there passed never ending pro
cession of those who bawled things for
sale. Here are a few of the things they
bawled; I am conscious that it is very
imperfect list. There were those who
offered to do things-mend chairs, grind
knives, solder pots and pans, buy rags
or kitchen stuff, rabbit skins, hair or
rusty swords, exchange old clothes and
wigs, mend old china, cut wires-this
excruciating, rssping operation was ap-
parently done in the opener cooper
casks.
There was next the multitude Of those
who carried wares to sell-as things to
eat and drink-saloop, barley broth, rice
and milk furmety, Shrewsbury cakes,
eggs, butter, lily whitev vinegar, hot peas
Gods, rabbits, birds, pullets, ginger
bread, oysters, honey, cherry ripe, Cha
ney oranges, hot codlins, pippins, fruit
Of all kinds, fish, taffety tarts, fresh
water, tripe, tansy, greens, mustard,
salt, gray pease, water crosses, shrimps,
rosemary, lavender, milk, elder buds; or
things of domestic use-lace, ribbons,
almanacs, ink, small coal, sealing wax,
wood to c1eave, earthenware, spigots,
combs, buckles, lanterns, pewter pots,
brooms in exchange for old shoes, things
of horns, Holland socks, woolen socks
and wrappers, birthstone matches, flint
and steel, shoe laces, scissors and tools,
straps and the thousand and one things
which aro now sold in shops.
The bear-ward came along, with his
animal and his dogs and his drum, the
sweep shouted from the housetop, the
ballad singer bawled in the road, the
tumbler and the dancing girl set ur
their pitch with fife and drum. Nobody
minded how much noise was made. In
the smaller streets the good wives sal
with open doors, running in, and out
gossiping over their work; they liked the
noise: they liked this perambulating
market-it made the street lively, il
brought. the ncighbors ont to talk and
it pleased the baby. Then the wagons
went pondcrously grinding over the
round stones of the road, the carts rum
bled, the brewers sledges growled, the
chariot ratified, the drivers quarreled
cursed and fought.
The late Mr.. Lowell spoke of the con
tinual murmur of London as of Niagara
afar off. A hundred years ago he would
have spoken of the continual roar
Walter Besant i'll Harper's.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-05-05
Pidrin EneIish.

A gentleman Of many years expert
ence in China says that the right word
is .aPidgin,n not Pigeon" English.
"Pidgin" is, the Chinese pronunciation
of Cuisines" and it is in the business
of the Chinese ports that this peculiar
dialect is used.-Boston journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-05-05

"Pollies" are strange birds. One be-
longing to a French lady was good
friends with everybody until some one
whistled the "Marseillaise" in its hear
ing, and then it went mad and bit the
whistler.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-05-05

Gas the partridge sitteth on eggs
and hatcheth them not; SO he that
getteth riches and not by right,
shall leave them in the midst of
his days, and at the end shall be
a fool."-Jer. XVII: II
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-05-05
Manx WAY, Of Makinr Paper.

Waste epaper can be worked over again
into good stock. Even If printed or
written upon there are processes for re-
moving the ink and making the paper
as white as ever. There are countless
processes for making thethousand and
one varieties Of paper.-New York Even
ino,Sun--
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-05-05
Pacific Coast Crabs.

There are two remarkable species Of
crabs on the Pacific coast, more plenti-
fuls there than any other kinds, which
are called respectively the yellow and
purple "shore crabs" Their bodies are
nearly square and their claws very large
for the size of the animals.-Philadel
phia Ledger.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-05-05

In some parts of New Guinea whole
towns are built Sin the sea-" The in
habitants live in constant fear of the
bush tribes, and as a protection against
them construct their houses just off the
shore
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-05-05

The newly discovered coal mines il
the Argentine Republic have oaueed q
cancellation Of the contracts with Eng
land for coal for the railroads in that
countrv.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-05-05

During our war with Mexico General
Taylor's command boasted soldier of
z feet 1k inches in height and one Of
sevepty-four years of age.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-05-05

ps;y that debt. I considered. it
none the less binding because it
was q political debt, because my.
honor andmy politics go together
as welFas as my business and my
honor. (Cheers.)
A Voice: aWill you vote for.
Tillman if he is nominated?"
Orr: Of course I will. Why
do you ask suchfa silly question?
I don't suppose you doubt the
patriotism of the. Wallace House,
and a large majority Of the the
Democrats in it voted for Willard.
You can see that the attempted
blow amounts to nothing. Ipaid
anjioneatpolitical debt, as / always
expect to pay them, honestly.
(aHurrah for orrl')
The Governor s;aysI did not
raise my voice in opposition when
Governor Hampton appointed
San, johnson jury, commissioner
in Anderson. The Governor Nls
mistaken. johnson was a negro,
but not a Republican. (Appluse.
He voted for Hampton and carried
/ 800 negroes with him.
.rillman: "About like We carried
5000 here.p
Orr: We counted them and
San, johnson help to do it. Zap
pluse.)
What has Governor Tllman
promised to do and what has ne
donef
There Is no use in saying that
the fight is against the farmers. 1t
is well to hide behind the farmers
when you can't stand the fire.
(Applause.) There is no antipa.hy
between the farmers and the other
classes in South Carolina, and
the man who undertake to array
class against class, man against
mar or neighbor against neigbbor
isno friend to any class.
appluse.)
The mistake chat Governor Till
man has made is in imagining
hat he is the Farmers Movement
and chat you are nothing. lap
plause.) Governor Tillman told
you in the March Convention that
he could show, you what the
Alliance could do at Greenville !;
he said he was the best part of the
Movement. He went to Spartan
burg to s:stralghten out" the
Alliance, and when Talbert and
the Alliance got through "woolling''
him he dared not open his mouth
on the Occala demands. (Cheers.
He to-day is running on the
Alliance platform when he does
I-not believe il it's demands. ZAP
plause.) Governor Tillman did not
dare to state his position on the
| IOcaIa demands at 3Greenville.
Tillman: aI did"
Orr: He won't stand on the
Oeala demands and won't deny
| it.:
TilIman: 81 do deny it,"
The Governors answers were
not loud enough to be heard by
the crowd.
Orr: Tillman instead ofuphold.
ing the law has held it up to scorn,
He has gone beyond his
prerogatiye in criticizing the
judiciary who are sworn to per
form their duty as much as be is'
| AT Greenville he said he was going
to write a new platform for the
Legislature and wanted you "boy''
to swear upon the Bible you
candidate to support it. Is not
that an indication that he wants
a Legislature subservient to his
will? I do not believe the people
| of South Carolina will ever give ii
| to him. I had rather see Tillman
made Dictator and such q farce 'oi
q Legislature abolished.
Governor Tillman wants tc
remove. the sheriff, one of the old
est and most honored officers you
have. He wants to set aside your
will and substitute the men of his
pleasure, Such power should
never. be conferred upon him OF
any other man.
Give Him Justice,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-05-05

The trouble with the crank is
that he will turn only one way
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-05-05
stating the Case Fran1slr.

The servant girl answered the .iloor-
pell and replied that her mistress was
,ut. "Please tell her." said the caller,
that would like very much to have
aer come over tonight to play whist.
well, ma'am," answered her royal
1ighness, the servant girl, 81 know Mrs.
!. can't 60; it's my night out, and she's
got to stay in. n."-Springfeld Homestead.
A Man OF Note.
Mrs. Gadd-Mrs. Blabb tells me her
daughter is, going to marry a man of
note.
Mrs. Gabb-That's queer. L heard
she was engaged to trombonist.-
Good News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-05-05

A man has made a tremendous
stride when he has learned to have
the courage of his own convictions
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-05-05

Fill a man with enthusiasm
and no room is left for doubt.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-05-05

Ampere declared thnt he was only in
.gpired while standing and in motion.
Descartes required perfect stiffness.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-05-05


lawyers fees.
Tam proud that am the presi-
dent of q; factory; proud that its
stockholders had so mnch conf
dencs in me. Our own people own
the stock and it is oneof our OWL
industries, and the time has passed
in sonth Carolina when a fight
should be made against such
institutions. We are all borrowers,
and instead Of fighting banks we
want more of them, to the end that
competition may make lower the
rates we pay for our money. Zap
plause for Tillman.
Governor, Tillman says that l
voted for Willard and that it was a
mistake. There is no man in
South Carolina that / love better
than Gen McGowan; I studied law
in his Office and he has been my
friend and is to-day, and I am .hia,
and yet I voted against him.
Why? To pay a political debt.
Not one of my own making, but
one that the party contracted
The Democrats promised to give
Willard the balance Of his term,
about a year, in consid deration for
his help in seating Hampton in
1875. felt in homer bound to