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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-04-26
NUMEROUS REMEDIES.

In this day of political diversity
of opinions and third and fourth
parties, when business becomes dull
and everybody grumbles and com
plains; when the many fail to get
rich and none are starving; there
seam to be many remedies, to make
everything you produce bring good
prices and cheaper everything you
buy-an absurdity as big as Kenne-
saw Mountain.
The advocates of free silver coin
age believe that would adjust prices
and supply ''long felt want" in
empty pockets; the gold bugs an
nounce that the yellow metal is the
only coin that will give sound money
and impart confidence; the Demo-
Gratis clamor for the abolition of the
ten per cent tax on state banks for
the prevention of congestion ofmon-
ey in Wall street, and that tariff
reduction will lift the burdens from
the poor the Republicans are stick
lers for high protective tariff as
the essential element in industrial
prosperity; the Populists want Cow
ernment to put the printing presses
to work, printing money and buy
up and own all the railroads, and
then poverty will be banished; the
single tax men want land to bear
the burdens of government taxation
and this will solve the problem; the
prohibitionists say abolish che sale
and manufacture of whisky and this
will emancipate the laborers, save
millions of money and suppress
crime, and make better times; the
socialists want the government to
take charge and run all business,
own all property and feed the peo-
pie from one common soup house as
the chiefest blessing; and the an
archists contend for the adjustment
of all government, the destruction
of capitalists by dynamite, the overs
throw of law and churches, and
every man be law unto himself, in
the enjoyment of the widest liberty.
And thus there are advanced as
many remedies as there are ills.
Somebody's judgment is at fault.
There is false teaching somewhere.
All cannot rule, but the majority of
one adherence must. Believing that
the greatest good to the greatest
number can be best secured by the
triumph of Democratic principles,
we shall battle to keep the old DEM
cratic ship from being boarded by
political pirates and scuttled, or
destroyed by the combined forces
of opposition, that it may continue
to ride the storm and float the flag
of the free and the home of the
brave.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-04-26

There is movement being sgita>
ted in the West for the states in
in that section to secede from the
Union. The South don't want any
more secession and war, but if call
ed upon will see to it that the states
of the West are whipped back into
the Union. We would feed them
out of the same spoon and dose them
with the same medicine that they
did the South.
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1t IS said that there are 700 regu-
lar organized white caps in Gordon
county. The whole crowd ought to
be in the chain gang. The United
States Court grand jury in Atlanta
have found true bills against some
FIVE or six Of them and they are
under arrest.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-04-26

Judge Hines, who has been poiti-
cally dead for number of years,
was rcsurrected the other day, with
view Of running for Governor on
the Third Party ticket. Hines is a
lawyer and moved to Atlanta about
the time General Gordon defeated
him and Pat Calhoun for the Senate.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-04-26

The whole number Of newspapers
in the world is new estimated at
more than $4,000, and of that great
total nearly one-half are published
in the United State and Canada.
The combined circulation of the
newspapers of this country alone far
exceeds the number of its church,
goers.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-04-26

Col. Billy Glenn, of Atlanta, was
so afraid that the people would
maze him run for Attorney General,
tina, he came out in card announc.
ing that he would not be candidate
II Billy had concluded to run, il
would take a search warrant to find
his votes after the ele ;tion.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-04-26

The Supreme Court of South Car
DINA has declared that the State
dispensary law is unconstitutional,
It says that the State cannot engage
in a monopoly of any business. II
says if it is lawful for the State to
sell whisky, it is lawful for its citi.
zens--that the State cannot engage
in trade and traffic to raise revenue,
but its province is to levy taxes.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-04-26

Several bands OF unemployed
workmen throughout the country
are marching to Washington to swell
Coxey's army of common wealers, to
intimidate Congress. They are be-
ing fed along the route, and this
seems to be an Incentive to ego
marching on" The Northern and
Western States seem to have a very
discOntented element that are con-
stantly engaging in strikes, riots or
reSorting to novel methods to show
Oh their crankisrn.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-04-26

Ex-Governor Thomas J. Jarvis
has been appointed United State
Senator to ill the vacancy caused
by the death OF Senator Vance, of
North Carolina.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-04-26

Year after year the farmers re-
ceiye advice from Ill quarters to
plant more grain, and they proceed
forthwith TO piaut-the advice.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-04-26

DR.. J. II. Mattel shot and killed
Mr.. Walter L. Bragg in Montgom-
cry, Ala, over trifling matter.
Mattel was shot three times also.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-04-26
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FkVaSUAY MORNING, APRIL 26, 1894.

The rule to count those present
and not voting as quorum passed
the house 213 to AZ.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-04-26

Coxey's army OF tramps has reach
ed Virginia on it's march to Wash
iDgton.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-04-26

Two millions and a half more o!
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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-12-20
Origin Of Christmas Greens.

The custom of decorating churches
and houses with evergreens, branches
and flowers is of very early date. The
Jews used them at their feast Of taber-
nacles and the heathens in several Of
their ceremonies, and they were adopt
ed by the Christians. Christ permitted
branches to be used as token Of rejoic-
ing upon his triumphal entry into Jeru-
salem. 1t was natural, therefore, that at
Christmas time, when his birth was eel
ebrated, this symbol Of rejoicing should
be resorted to. Some of the early coun-
ellis, however, considering that the prac-
tice somewhat savored of paganism, en-
deavored to abolish it, and at one time
it was enacted that it was not lawful to
begirt or adorn houses with laurel or
green boughs.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-12-20

that she was, she felt that her heavenly
Father had forgotten her in her old age
What was to become of her? The old
farm was mortgaged to the hilt, and
she was living then by sufferance Of its
owner. How soon would this patience be
exhausted aud she be sent to the county
almshouse?
The shadows crept across the floor
and deepened in the corners of the
room. The sun sent one last ray of light
over the earth he was leaving. 1t trem-
bled across the porch of the old, weather
beaten farmhouse, through the window,
and glimmered like a halo about the
gray head bowed in anguish in the
dreary, lonely room. The sorrowing
woman lifted her head and moved her
lips as in prayer.
Suddenly step rang up the walk;
there was a hustle at the door; it
opened; some one-a tall, sunburned,
rough man-rushed in. He paused an in
stant at the sight of the little, slender,
trembling figure which turned in the
chair as he entered, at the wrinkled old
face down which the tears were falling,
then fell on his knees at his mothers
feet and buried his head in her lap
while her thin hands fluttered over him
in benediction and her voice broken by
sobs murmured: ''For this, my son, was
dead and is alive again. He was lost
and is found "
Was there ever another such Christ
mas as that Of Dick Hunt and his old
mother? He could not load the kitchen
table with sufficient delicacies; he could
not heap enough love and tenderness on
his mother. And after the feast was
over and the two had drawn their chairs
up to the roaring fire, while Dick light
ed his pipe, his mother eyed him closely
and at last said: ''Oh, Dick, my son.
God has been so good to me in giving
you back ought not to have one selfish
thought But still cannot help think
ing that it will only be for little
while; that you will love and marry
and leave me-
Mother, said Dick earnestly as he
laid down his pipe, and turning toward
her took her hand in his, 81 shan't
never marry. l shall stay with you as
long as you live and make your last days
comfortable. Then | shall 60 back ter
my son out west. "
"Your sonp' gasped the old lady.
eyes, my sonny adopted son, moth
or.
Adopted, Dick?''
''Yes, mother. His name is Jack
FanchOt and ha earries tha mail RIGHT
by my cabin over Ophir trail. F"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-12-20
Rurninr the christmas candIe.

We are inclined to pity the Puritan
little one Of New England who knows
nothing about merry Christmastide,
with its rollicking games Of blindman's
buff, hunt the slipper, snapdragon and
the like, but some Of them enjoyed the
practice which they called burning the
Christmas candle. This taper was
homemade affair and differed from 9TH
er tallow dips only in being larger and
having the wick divided at the lower
end to form three legs, while at its heart
was concealed a quill we'll filed with
gunpowder. On Christmas eve it was
lighted, and the quaint little Puritan
folk sat around telling stories and rid
dies until suddenly the candle went off
with tremendous explosion, making
delightful excitement and giving the
children Of the colonies their only taste
of uproarious holiday fun.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-12-20


there alone, wondering in his dumb,
helpless rage what it all meant-why
he couldn't "git on" as other men did
Dick Hunts i'll luck had become pro-
verbal in the San Juan country. fAs
cussed onlucky as Dick Hunt was a
comparison often banded about i'll sa-
looms and eating houses Every dweller
IN that region knew the silent, lonely
man who had lived for years in the DESC
late cabin on the windswept side Of Lost
Chance gulch, close by Ophir trail
Everybody laughed at him for vision
ary. Dick had spent ten years locating
claims. The mountains were marked
with his signposts, rude, wooden crosses,
each in turn marking a fresh grave of
his hopes.
Dick saw other men prosper tin
horn" gamblers, who cheated the min
ers out of their dearly earned wages;
daneehouse proprietors in the camps
who grew rich out of the blood and
tears of wretched women; scamps, vaga-
bonds, blacklegs succeeded where he
failed-he who had always tried to
lead a decent life and do the "sqaare
thing by his fellows.
whats the meaning of it?" he de-
manded furiously of the mountains, his
only companions, his only friends. But
the mountains turned, as ever. their SOL
emn, sphinxlike faces toward him and
made no answer.
Strange, wild thoughts come to men
in solitude. It is not good for man to
be alone. And to poor, disheartened,
lonely Dick Hunt, away up there near
timber line, in that tremendous, appall-
ing wilderness, evil thoughts came
trooping these days, thrusting their Sc
ductive faces close to his and indicating
with tempting fingers a downward
path.
Money - money - was what Dick
wanted He was tired Of digging and
delving for the gold which ever beck
oned and allured and then mockingly
vanished at the sound of his pick and
shovel.
There are other ways to get money be-
sides working like dog all your days.
Dick had heard the ways and means
canyassed too many times not to be
well up in details. Had he not rubbed
elbows many night with men whose
lips could tell tales of violence and
plunder and afterward comparative
ease? Those fellows did not toll in the
mountains year in and out, enduring
all sorts of privations and hardships.
Not they They lived in Silverton and
other camps and were feared and re-
spected Of men. There was Shorty
Young, for instance. Everybody knew he
was thug and cutthroat. Did any
body have any doubts about his being
the leader of the gang that robbed the
Hesperus stage and shot the driver in
cold blood? OF course not. And Shorty
Young was power in the San Juan
and compelled the admiration Of all.
There were Tony Drew and Jere Burk
hardt. Everybody knew that Tony was
''tin horn" gambler, and yet because
he was always flush he was a favorite
and had a mighty soft time of it. And
JGe Burkhardt had shot an inoffensive
Chinaman, and yet see how he got onl
No, there was no use in being square.
1t didn't pay. after all.
Twilight deepened into dusk. and
one by one, the cold, white, glittering
stars swung out above the cold. white,
glittering peaks Then the pale moon
slowly drifted up from behind the
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-12-20
A Christmas sermon.

There are two sweet things in human
life-to be happy oneself and to make
another SO. When the first is gone, the
next. thank God, is always left.
Do not lock yourself in your room too
soon, too often or too long. Dash away
the tears. Play the waltzes for the chill
dren. Put away your Grape. Wear a
white dress and high mien and the
smile Of those who conquer the selfish
ness of pain on Christmas day.
The best friends Of the tempted, Of
the young. of the erring and the over
looked are those who have known the
sorest anguish and have achieved the
sweetest peace.
Such, too, are the most sacred flow
ers of our festivals and the dearest an
gels of our happy homes. Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-12-20
why Children Hang Their Stockings.

The custom of hanging stockings on
Christmas eve, like that Of preparing
the Christmas tree, is derived from the
Germans, who have fable that while
the stockings of good children are filed
with toys and sweetmeats by Khris
Kingle--a corruption Of Christ Kindlin,
or Christ Child--those Of bad ones re-
ceive nothing but small rod or switch,
which is placed in them by another per-
sonage, known as Pelsnichol, literally
Nicholas with fur, meaning St. Nicholas
dressed in fur. 1t is rare sight on
Christmas morning in German house
hold to see the expression of abject mis-
cry and broken heartedness on the face
of some poor little wight who, having
been disobedient or otherwise naughty
on Christmas eve, finds in his stocking
only small birch rod, while the hosiery
Of his brothers and sisters is filled with
bonbons and playthings. The dread Of
getting the rod from old PelsI ichol on
Christmas keeps many German child
in order throughout the entire year.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-12-20
NUMBER 19
QUAINT ENGLISH sUPERsTITIoNs.


Acts That Are Unlueky.
In some districts Of Northumberland
and Durham, and also in Scotland, the
country folk are extremely superstitious
as to who first enters the house on
Christmas morn. If fair haired person
crosses the threshold first, misfortune
will attend the family. If dark haired
person is the first visitor, all may be
well. The explanation vouchsafed for
this queer belief is that the hair of
Judas is supposed to have been red
In some counties. if on Christmas
morn you ask man to oblige you with
wax vesta to light your pipe, be will
politely but resolutely decline. The Civ
ing of match out Of doors on Christ
mas day is supposed to be accompanied
by dire results
Many old country people still adhere
to the preposterous belief that loaf
baked on Christmas eve never gets
moldy. 1t can only be supposed that
healthy appetites have been the cause Of
this effort Of the imagination not hav-
ing been exploded long ago.
An individual who dies on Christmas
eve is, paradoxical as it may seem, both
pitied and congratulated. He is pitied
on account of his lease of life having
expired and congratulated because folk
who shake off this mortal coil on Christ
mas eve are supposed to be sure Of eter-
nal happiness.
In several parts Of Devonshire and
Torrxua1 II +bo xDaor,Ia o,-o nwaaa1s CIV,
perstitious. On the evening preceding
Christmas day cattle are commonly be-
lieved to fall down on their knees in
alteration of the infant Saviour. A visit
to the meadows would, Of course, at once
disprove this strange assumption, but
considering that in the eyes Of these folk
the very act of going out for the pur-
pose Of witnessing the spectacle is an
objectionable crime, the rash perpetra-
tor Of which brings down upon himself
and the animals the wrath of the Al
mighty, the superstition appears in no
way likely to die out
Christmas eve was regarded as the
holiest night in the year, on which the
Wandering Jew slept once every year,
duu When E11dIo, WHOSE splrlI Haunteu
Mount Pilatus, in Switzerland, in the
vain endeavor to wash its hands clean,
had a brief rest.
On this night the quivering aspen
tree ceases the motion Of its leaves,
which have continued since its wood
was used for the cross, the respite given
because from the same wood was made
the cradle in which the Holy Child was
rocked.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-12-20

20 il more graduaiiy,~ sara the orner,
sprinkIing water in Dicks face. 'The
poor old dufTer is thoroughly foored,
you see. Feel better now, old man?
Here, take pull at this. and that'll fix
you
tBut, stammered Dick after the
,stimulant had revived him, "but, gen
tlemen, the Square Deal hain't worth a
d-n.''
''Ain't. eh?' said the buyer "Well,
that's our risk Here's your money,
Hunt, if you want it, " holding out fat
wad of bills.
The day before Christmas the Widow
Hunt sat alone in her kitchen reading
her Bible. Devout. God fearing soul
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-12-20
WOODBURY., N. J, THURSDAY DECEMBER 20 1894
CHRISTMAS BELLS.

Ring out the merry Christmas chime,
Proclaim the message far and near,
Peace and good will in every cline,
To rich and poor sweet Christmas cheer,
Loudly proclaim DER land and sea
What love divine for men did plan,
The setting of the captive free.
The nobler brotherhood of man.
Surcease of grief to those that mourn,
Rest to the weary, heaven to win,
A fuller life beyond deaths bourne
To such as seek to enter in.
Peal forth with no uncertain tone
That love leaves none beneath the ban,
And they alone are blessed that own
Their duty to their fellow man.
Proclaim as loudly as we can
The tidings glad to old and young,
Peace upon earth, good will to man.
First by the angel chorists sung
NEIL MACDONALD.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-12-20
stuning For the Christmas Goose.

stufing For the Christmas Goose.
Boil potatoes and mash them fine,
add tablespoonful Of black pepper, .
tablespoonfuls of orange juice and 2 Of
butter. Stuff the goose with this mix
ture, truss and dredge with -four, salt
and pepper.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-12-20
DICK HUNTS LUCK.
a CHRISTMAS STORY BY EDITH SESSIONS TUP-
PER.
copyright, 1894, by American Press Associ
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copyright, 1894. by American Press Associa-
tion.]
'Tain't no use," he muttered,
!" faint no derned airthly use ter try fer
ter be decent. A man moight jest as well
be an ornery cuss and done with it. A
decent feller don't never git on in this
world. It's only mean, low down, out
rageous cattle that gifts on. ="
After this outburst Dick Hunt sat
down in his log cabin door and fixed his
eyes on the lofty wall of mountains ris-
ing, inexorable as fate, before time.
Peak after peak lifted its naughty,
pine crested head into the sapphire sky.
In the cold light of the December after
noon glittered the drifting wreaths of
snow about their bold, defiant brows.
Icy, remote. pitiless, terrible, they
frowned down upon the man who sat
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-12-20

The observance Of the 25th Of Decem-
Der as the birthday of our Saviour is
ascribed to Julius, bishop of Rome, A.
D. 337-52. The eastern church had
previously observed the 9th Of January
in commemoration both Of the baptism
and the birth of Christ. The exact date
Of Christ's birth appears not to have
been known in the early church and
cannot now be determined. Between the
middle Of December and the middle of
February there is generally in Palestine
an interval of comparatively dry wealth
er, preceded and followed by the early
and later rain. Thus there might have
been shepherds on the plain Of Bethle-
hem watching their fiocks at night.