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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-05-25
ONLY FouR IMMoRrALs.

DANES Russell Lowell Crowns Eomer.
Dante, Cervantes aud Goethe.
There are certain books which it is
necessary to read but they are very
few Looking at the matter from an
aesthetic point of view me- ly, l
should say that thus far only one
man had been able to use types so
universal and to draw figures SO cos
mopolitan that they are equally true
in all languages and equally accept
able to the whole Indo European
branch, at least, of the human fami-
ly. That man is Homer, and there
needs, it seems to me, no further
proof of his individual existence than
this very fact of the solitary unap-
proachableness of the "Iliad and the
Odyssey The more wonderful
they are, the more likely to be the
work of one person Nowhere is the
purely natural man presented to us
so nobly and sincerely as in these
poems.
Not far below these | should place
the "Divina Commedia" Of Dante, i'll
which the history of the spiritual
man is sketched with equal com
mand of material and grandeur of
outline. Don QuiXote" stands upon
the same level and receives the same
universal appreciation. Here we
have the spiritual and the natural
,,,,,, .,,+ b,F,r, ,,u il, b,,r,nrnI1C con
trast. In the knight and his squire
! Cervantes has typifed the two OPP
posing poles Of our dual nature-the
imagination and the understanding
as they appear i'll contradiction.
This is the only comprehensive satire
ever written, for it is utterly indie
pendent of time, place and manners.
Faust gives us the natural his
tory OF the human intellect, Mephis
topheles being merely the projected
impersonation Of that skepticism
which is the invariable result of Il
purely intellectual culture. These
four books are the only ones i'll
which universal facts of human ma
ture and experience are ideally rep
resented They can therefore never
he displaced.
| havenot mentioned Shakespeare,
because his works come under Il diff
terent category. Though they mark
the very highest level of human gen
ius, they yet represent no special
epoch III the history of the individual
mind. The man of Shakespeare is
always the man of actual life as he
is acted upon by the worlds of sense
and Of spirit under certain definite
conditions. We all of us may be III
the position of Macbeth or Othello
or Hamlet, and we appreciate their
sayings and deeds potentially, so to
speak, rather ,han actually, through
the sympathy sur common nature
and not of our experience James
Russell Lowell's Posthumous Essay
in the Century Magazine.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-05-25
AT THE THROTTLE.


The Engineer Whose Steady Hand Controls
the Mighty Locomotive.
Meantime, what is the engineer of
the fastest train in the world doing
for the passenger! Sixty. 20, SOmiles
an hour-what does this mean to the
man at the throttle, 1t means that
the 81 feet drivers turn five times
every second and advance 100 feet.
The engineer turns his head for
five seconds to look at the gauges,
and in that time the terrible iron
creature, putting forth the strength
of thousand horses, may have shot
past red signal with its danger
warning, 800 feet away. Ten sec
onds and 900 feet are left behind -
one fifth of Il mile. Who knows
what horrors may lie within that
thousand feet2 There may be death
lurking around a curve death spread
ing its arms in tunnel, and the en-
gineer must see and be responsible for
everything. Not only must he note in
stantly all that is before him, but he
must act at the same moment, work
| ing throttle, airbralies or reversing
lever not as quick as thought, but
quicker, for there is no time to think.
His muscles must do the right thing
automatically under circumstances
where Il second is an age.
In the three hours of his vigil there
are 10, 500 seconds during each one Of
which he must watch with the men
tai alertness Of an athlete springing
for flying trapeze from the roof of
an amphitheater with the coura-
geous self possession of Il matador
awaiting the deadly rush Of a mad
dencd bull, and far more depends on
the engineer watching well, because
| if he fails by hairs breadth i'll cool
ness on precision of Judgment there
may come destruction, not only to
! himself, but to hundreds of passen
gers, who, while he stands guard, are
perhaps grumbling at the waiter III
the dining car ortelling funny stories
bin the smoker McClures Magazine.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-05-25
Negroes who Pass For Whites.

At the census of 1880 nearly "a per
cent of the colored population was I'M
der 10 years of age, while at the census
of 1890 only % per cent was under 10
years of age Samuel E. Tatum, a
Washington negro, in explaining this,
says: 1T may be fact that the colored
population is constantly falling off in its
increase. for which there may be a great
many reasons. We should first take in
to consideration the vast number OF peo-
pie of color leaving the race yearly.
There are thousands who emigrate from
the south SO light in complexion that in
the north they are supposed to be white,
and in this way vast number of fam
lies in the course of a decade lose their
identity as people of color. Washing
ton Special.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-05-25
lie RAesIT,s FOoT HooOOo.


A Novel Appeal For Executive NleihehcN'
Information For the supcrstitious'
Charles b. Wisdom, negro under SEN
tence of death in the Missouri pcnitentiary
recently adopted a novel method of ap-
pcaling for executive clemcncy. He sent "a
letter to Governor Stone, inclosing raj
bits foot to which was attached a bag %
hoodoo medicine Directions as to how to
use the hoodoo are given in the letter.
which reads as follows:
"DEAR GoVERNoR--I would like for you
to do me favor, and it will be highly ap-
preciated-that is, providing you Keep TINS
whole matter secret and not tell any one
l inclose "a rabbit foot in this letter. |
want you to take it and blow on 1t three
times and then rub it ON your face, and
YOU will have good luck the rest OF your
DAYS. You will be successful in all your
undertakings.
"You must not interfere with the little
bag which you will see tied on the loot
for if you let any of it waste out you won t
live "a hours aftcrward, because there Is
conjure in this little bag, Now, l want
you to do like l tell you. | know my bust
ness, because l was born in Postum Bot
tom. near Clarksville, Tenn, and not far
from Bear creek. | want you to take
hatchet and go over to the supreme court
yard and dig little hole and put the rab-
bit foot in it and sprinkle II little salt over
the foot, and while sprinkling 1t you must
saw: 'Silas and Peter, Silas and Paul; the
good Lord, he made us all; from ashes to
ashes: from dust to dust; in the Lord |
will put my trust.
"And then you must cover the loot up
i E ND
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-05-25

In the neighborhood Of Westmins
ter t25O, $500 and even f40O a year
are asked for seven on eight rooms,
and in addition the tenant is com
PEELED to do repairs and redecorate
the interior at stated intervals. This
of course includes taxes and water
charges, but even with these thrown
in the sums mentioned have for
midable appearance. At Kensington
they are higher still, while even IN
Bloomsbury as much as goo is de
manded for Il fiat Of eight rooms, the
average being at the rate Of ego per
room. These prices are far and away
above those charged in Paris. Lon
don Million
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-05-25

DR.. Sergeant of Boston has secured
measurements of over 5000 girl stu
dents of different colleges and as
many Harvard students, with the re
suit that he finds the normal young
man is much finer in physique than
the normal young woman. Possibly
10 years hence the comparison may
not be so much to the wOman's dis
advantage considering the increas-
ing attention paid to physical cul-
turr. American Woman's lllustrat-
ed World
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-05-25

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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-05-25

Christmas Of any year always falls
on the same day of the week as the
second of January of that year, I'M
less it be a leap year, when it is the
same week day us the third day of
January Of that year. Easter is al
ways the first Sunday after the full
moon that happens on or next after
March 81 1t is not easy to see how
it can occur earlier than March % or
later than April 26 in any year
Boston Home Journal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-05-25

In Philadelphia the other day there
was striking evidence of the intense de-
sire of some people to exhibit the re-
mains" at funerals. A man had died Of
diphtheria, and the authorities very prop
erly refused to permit public funeral.
So the family had the coffin containing
the corpse stood on end in front of a
window of the house, so that the face OF
the dead could be viewed from the street.
-Ph;ladelphia Letter.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-05-25

Mr.. Porter must have had Il merry
funeral, with a great deal of sack to
very little coffin.
Even Il town pauper was given
three gallons Of rum as libations at
his funeral-drank probably by the
sheriff and Mr., Bundle with their
friends.
Hawthorne tells us that the New
Englanders We're the jolliest at the
funerals of their friends and neigh
bors-the only boon companion Of
the Puritan was Death. Baltimore
Sun
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-05-25
,l,NcA IN THE FIELDS.

.,and sunshine and noontide'
Blae ~ rsst from the reaping,
Anu Mn the wheat ears the south Wh1u
A5a M frarrances sweeping
a,,i,s is the bread that the master
Nhi lu have for the taking;
snAl' III the loaf that their hunger
ei s,nSs ( sweet in the breaking.
-, The vase and the tiagon
G9 IN ed vine is splitting;
~ the cup for their drinking,
k1as ASK for their filing.
the cool and the shadow.
hl M = eold and the guerdon;
80, lIr' the fierce dew of labor
lg Tha heat and the burden.
u,rbile the great sky gives blessing,
iS T.o vide summer weather
IDS of fate are they asking
They are together!
i harriet p. Spoford in Harper's Bazaar.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-05-25
<orth Carolina Emeraids.

In Alexander county, n. c., the
farmers in blowing used to turn up
pretty grass green prisms which they
called green bolts. Professor w.
E. Holden identified them as emer-
aids, and in July, 1850, he started in
to mine for them. He got many en-
eralds. but also discovered another
kind of emerald green stone unknown
until then, which he named hidden
ite." 1t occurred in slender plisms.
Digging for it has since been carried
on very proftably in that locality.
By lapldalies it is highly esteemed,
and it has found much use in jew
elry. Seventy-four emeralds were
found i'll a single pocket" but most
of them We're too badly hawed to
have much value. - Boston Tran
script
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-05-25

Inquisitive Tommy-Sunday is the
first day Of the week, isn't it, pai
His Pa-Yes, my son.
Inquisitive Tommy-And Saturday
is the last day, amt it!
His Pa-Yes.
Inquisitive Tommy-Then how is
it that Saturday comes before Sun
day?-Chicago Record.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-05-25

Full weather forecasts are now re
ceived at / ,622 stations in the United
States, while over 5000 places re
celve them gratuitously.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-05-25

A man can't turn round III Central
America without making Il revolu.
ton. New York World
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-05-25

The present kaiser found Berlin
built Of brick and stucco, destitute Of
stone building. All public buildings
are now constructed of stone.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-05-25

Here is a bill Of funeral expenses
containing items not uncommon at
the time. 1t is the burial expenses
of one David Porter of Hartford
drowned in 1878:
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-05-25

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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-10-11
LOST MOUNTAIN.

Miss Lena Martin has the fever.
Mrs. G. F. Waro and children Of
Bremen, Ga, are visiting her sick
mother, Mrs. s. F. Mayes.
Mr.. Hillyer Kemp has gone to
Atlanta where he has a position
with an insurance company.
Married-On the 7th inst, at the
residence of Judge J. A. L. Born,
Mr.: B. w. Griggs, of Due West,
and Mrs. Julia c. Green, of Austell,
Mr.. W. | Goodwin officiating. The
groom is an able correspondent OF
the JOURNAL and is better known to
your readers as "Amor." We con-
glatulate Mr.. Griggs on winning
such an estimable lady and wish
tor the happy couple long life and
abundant happiness.
Mr.: and Mrs. T. ]. Ward visited
Douglasville last week to attend the
funeral of their relative, Mr.. Boyd
Baggett.
The Sd party got left, but they
rejoice that they have as good gov
ernor as the democrats. ALLEN.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-10-11
FREE PILLS.

Send your address to II. E. Bucklen &
Co., Chicago, and get free sample box of
DR.. Kings New Life Pills. A trial will
convince you OF their merits. These pills
are easy in action and are particularly
effective in the cure of Constipation and
Sick Headache. For Malaria and Liver
troubles they have beer proved invaluable.
They are guaranteed to be perfectly free
from every deleterious substance and to be
purely vegetable They do not weaken by
their action, but by giving tone to stomach
and bowels greatly invigorate the system.
Regular size 25c. per box. Sold by the
Palace Drug Store.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-10-11
AUSTELL.

MIR. G. l. Wilkes is the champion
crooked neck gourd raiser of this
section. He has left with the Sitter
a gourd with a neck 81 inches long
and almost in the shape of a rams
horn, It's strange that one of our
straightest men should raise such
crooked gourds.
Rev. A. D. Echols closed the pro-
tracted, meeting at the Methodist
Church last Friday. He was assist
ed by Rev. MIR. Staunton. Both of
these gentlemen are earnest work.
ers aud did their best during the
meetings and we hope that there has
been a lasting good done by these
meeting.
Quarterly meeting was held here
last Friday by Presiding Elder VIII
liams. OIL
During the protracted meeting
last week we counted seven minis
tiers in the church at one time. -
The election passed off quietly
last Wednesday and both sides arc
satisfied that there wac fair cleo
ton and fair count. .oe
There has been d. large quantity
of hay and pea vines saved here this
year that with the good corn crops
will replace the western corn and
hay, Our farmers are getting down
TO eusiness In the essght way 4
Last Tuesday week, Mr.. James
Clay, father of Mr.. A. S. Clay, start
ed to his farm work when he met a
man who said that he was going
home to vote. Ia the converse ton
that followed the stranger asked Mr..
Clay if he knew Steve Clay. Mr..
Clay replied that he did. The man
then began to abuse Mr.. Steve Clay.
In the little rucus that followed the
stranger would have Jared worse
than he did had they not been part,
ed by Mr.. lobe Clay.
MIR. G. ]. Shelverton has received
a letter from Hon. j. W. Maddox
saying that he will try to arrange to
speak here during the campaign.
SITTER.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-10-11
ON THE FENCE.

EDS. JoURNAL-I am not much Of talk
er, Tor find great many words, like
great many people. can't understand
them. But whenever rny articulator gets
out OF FIX, | always try to Lake signs.
Perched upon the park fence opposite
the court house. watched the procession
Nsdnesaay S3rd) as it. snineled and u,dt,
tered among i;sels. The towards wore
desperate conferences; the brave wore
no masks save that determined look which
always finds itself into that man s face who
knows no compromise for principle Each
faction stood shoulder to shoulder against
each other, brother against brother, neigh-
Dor against friend Awe stricken and
amazed at some things we heard and saw.
we could not help repeating MAN is iear>
fully and wonderfully made"
1t is true men have always differed it
isn't wrong to differ when there is cause,
but let there always be a cause when we
differ one With the other. Is not tue COM
mon interest o! all alike? Does the sun
shine and showers retard the growth of
your vineyard, and at the same time inn
part lite and vigor to your neighbours crop?
Do you think any political party could in
vent law which would enrich Democrats
ic farmer by impoverishinI one OF Populist
faith If the lamented Hines POLITICALLY
speaking) had received the majority of
votes, it would not have been within his
power to have made your cotton bring
"high prices" when the supply is already
greater than the demand. Governor Att
kinson won't be able to doit, and his con-
stituency have more sense than to expect
him to.
If you will pause here for slight rumina>
ton, you may stumble upon an idea i have
hoped to lodge in vacancy OF yeur mind.
My especial attention was arrested by
one character Nextin prominence to his
Ignorance was his biz red nose with a wart
on the, end Of it, 4 am fighting these
politicians. be said, cottCn's bad neueh
now, buff Steve Clay, Chuck Anderson,
Tom BEumby and the rest OF EN- send
Holland and Atkinson TO Their legislator,
Cobb ia show gone to the G-l' Poor de-
luded son Of Adam il there are three men
in Cobb county who deserve the full love
81 The unfortunate and poor, the three "the
in0defn Soloman" named should be the
trio. Steve Clay ever ready to defend the
helpless Chuck Anderson always bright>
ening some howell with a generous, charita~
bic act; Tom Brumby giving employment
10 nearly all the poor of Cobb VINO ask it.
We felt ike saying TO the poor misguided
creature, Ego and dip seven times in Jor-
dam" t9
For heavens sake lets stop this unwar>
ranted squabbling, and dwell in peace to-
gether." Mr.. Atkinson is elected governor
and he is going to make one OF which
Georgia will be justly proud. Messrs.
Holland and Awtrey are elected to the
legislature. 1t is with pardonable pride
that we predict an honorable and useful
record for them both.
"a RusTY Cuss."
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-10-11
Good Pay.

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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-10-11
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS,
MARlErrA, Ga, Oct. Sth

MARIETTA, Ga, Oct. 9Th, 1894.
Adjourned meeting of Council. Present.
X: N. Holland Mayor, and iull board of
Aldermen, except Aldermen Faw and
Read.
Minutes OF called meeting of September
10th read and approved. By unanimous
consent Aid. Hardeman offered the follow.
Ing ordinance which was unanimously
passed:
be it ordained by the Mayor and Council
of the city Of Marietta, that the Mayor of
said city be authorized and empowered TO
sign deeds to such lots in the city cemetery
as may be sold to purchasers by the ceme~
terry committee for such amounts as NAV
be agreed upon between the committee and
said purchaser. Be il further ordained
that all sales heretofore made bv said Gem.
etery committee, and for which deeds have
been given, are hereby ratified and icon>
frmed.
BY unanimous Consent of Council Aid.
Brumby offered the following ordinance
which was passed by unanimous vote;
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Council
OF the city of Marietta that from aud after
the passage of this ordinance that every
practicing physician IN the city Of Marietta
shall promptly report to the Superintend>
ent OF the public schools and Clerk OF
Council each and every case OF contagious
or infectious disease of any kind within
his practice. 1t shall also be the duty OF
each head of family where said diseases
shall appear to at once report the same to
Superintendent of the public schools and
Clerk of Council. Said reports to be in
writing and TO be delivered in person.
That it shall be the duty of the Sanitary
Committee to see that all premises and
bedding shall be thoroughly fumigated
where such diseases may be.
End. That the Superintendent of the
schools shall exclude therefrom all chils
dren so affected or who he las reason to
believe has been exposed to any contagious
or infectious disease until the attending
physician and the chairman Of the Sanitary
Committee shall furnish certificate that
all danger is passed.
Any person violating this ordinance
shall upon conviction be fined not less
than FIVE nor more than fifty dollars or in
default work on the streets CT be confined
in the guard house not exceeding thirty
days, in the discretion of the Mayor.
The following account was approved and
voucher ordered issued for same: Mari-
eta Electric Light Co lights for Septem>
Der, 1894, $685.
On motion of Alderman Owen Council
adjourned. R. E. LAwHoN, Clerk.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-10-11
ROSWELL.

The Roswell Manufacturing Co.
is buying all the cotton that comes
to their place and one of the mills
is on full time.
More sorghum syrup has been
made in this vicinity than tor many
years.
We gee from the returns of last
Wednesdays election that Roswell
yet holds the Democratic banner
with Marietta near by.
The 9Th annual session of the Ros-
we'll Baptist Association will con-
vene with the Baptist Church here,
commencing on next Saturday. Am
pie accommodations will be made
for the delegates and visitors.
Mrs. E. Leon Faw has been visit
ing relatives aud friends in Mari.
eta.
We are glad to note that Mr.
Charles H. Griffin, who has beer
sick with iever, is out on the streets
again.
MIR. Thomas PerrymAn is suffering
with an infamed hand. His hand
and arm is badly swollen.
At a called meeting of the Demo
cratic party last Saturday night DR.
A. 2. Kemp was elected one OF the
Democratic committee TO fill the
unexpired term of Mr.. f. L.. Crow
ley, deceased. r.