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had all expressed their intention of
going there often to fish.
The next night Will was handling
the drag rope. Suddenly it began to
pull, and, assisted by Jack, he drew
it carefully in. At the end was mass
of snags.
"What's that?" shouted Dick, sud-
denly.
Will pulled the rope nearer and Jack
lifted out long, narroS object. 1t
was q gun barrel, rusted beyond
recognition. The stock was wholly
gone, but it had evidently been broken
off in raising it from the bottom, be-
cause there were the marks of a fresh
fracture.
Forgetting that he was on raft
Will threw up his cap and shouted at
the top Of his voice:
"We've found 'em! we've found
emp
But although they dragged an hour
they could bring up nothing else.
'I don't see how We can ever get
the things up even if they are there, I"
said Dick.
"Dive," answered Will, quietly.
The other two boys looked at him
with horror. But when they parted
for the night Will had expressed his
firm intention of diving to the bottom
to see if he could find the cannon.
And the next day all seven of the boys
came back very much excited. The
finding of the gun barrel had reas-
sured them. Carefully they poled out
so as not to make the water muddy,
and then Will stripped and stood
poised for a moment on the edge Of
the raft. Dick had insisted that he
tie a rope around him. The word was
given, and, with a look at the clear
sky above, Will splashed head-frst
into the Sullinger's hole. They saw
his white body go down and down
through the water and then fade out
of sight. No one moved nor uttered
a sound: every muscle was strained
and every eye was fixed OH the water.
It was q critical moment. What would
Will find? Would he be sucked down
10 his death as Sullinger had been?
But the rope had ceased to spin
through Dicks hands. Then it pulled
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Four.Leqeed Fire Extinguisher.

guess most boys think all the fun
of the Fourth is to light frecrackers,
but the writer had dog named Demo
crat who had lots of fun putting out
frecrackers as they exploded. He was
q plucky bull-terrier, and earned the
title of 'four-legged fre-e1tinguisher"
in this way. After an exciting day
with him, when he had put out many
crackers with mouth and paws,
we were on the lawn, watching the
fireworks, when the thin dress Of q
child caught fire from a smolder-
ing cracker, and Democrat saw the
blaze and put it ont before the older
people had noticed it:
We first discovered his taste for fire.
fighting when he jumped and took q
lighted match from my fathers hand.
he finally burned his throat while put
ting out blazing paper, and died.
much missed by all the boys In the
neighborhood.-Chicago Record.
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they dragged or rolled number Of
big dry logs and poles down to the
edge Of the pool. These they cut off
into equal lengths and fastened to-
gether in the form of q huge raft that
would support dozen or more boys.
As early on the afternoon of the third
day as possible the seven slid quietly
out of the town and down the hill to
the pool. They carried with them
ropes and q crowbar or two anda num-
Der of long poles cut In the woods, be-
sides hammers and nails and other i'm
plements. On reaching the shore of
the pool they mounted the raft and
pushed it out. They ali whistled and
shouted and sung until the birds Of the
woods, unused to being so disturbed,
flew away much frightened. Every
one of the workers felt just a little
nervous in spite of the bright warm
sunlight and the clear sky overhead.
Once out on the pool they poled them
selves along until they were about
twenty feet from the shore.
One of the ropes with big iron
hook on the end was let down in the
water and dragged back and forth.
Suddenly it pulled against something
hard. Half shivering with excitement
Dick and George Merton pulled away
on it. The raft swayed and lurched,
and the other boys came to help them.
At last big, dark object came to the
surface, and they saw that it was only
the limbs Of big desd tree. As long
as there was light they poled about
the edges of the pond with their
drags, but with the exception of snags
and weeds and mud they could find
nothing at all.
After two more discoursging after
Moons Of work "Lank" Everson said
he wasn't going to waste any more Of
his time.
Three of the boys agreed with him,
but Will Spencer was able to persuade
Dick and Jack to make one more
trial. By this time they had got over
most Of their awe Of the pool and they
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rurn rhine Eve. to the Day.

My soul, art thou in doubt about thy M.
ture2 Art thou searching for d testimony Of
Christ on the nature OF angelsI Thou art
looking too far. Not His testimony, but Hia
life, shall be thy light. Noman by seaching
can find the ivory gate that leads to immor-
tality. There Is no method but the method
Of Jesus-life. He came to the crown when
He was following the cross: He found thu
gate OF heaven when He was seeking the
door Of earth. So shall 1t be with thee, q my
SOUL Is the ivory gate dim to thee? Do noes
strive to clear thy sight. Forget the gate In
the going. Turn thine eyes to the day and to
the dust. Turn thine ears to the cry in the,
desert. Turn thy hands to the wants OF the.
toiling. Turn thy heart to the wants OF the
weary. And 10 ! in the unexpected sceno'i
the ivory gate shall shine. The door to God
shall open through the dust; the road to-.
Olivet shall glitter in the gloom; and, where
the rivers Of humanity meet. thou shalt find
the way to Paradise. To live the life Of
Jesus Is thy only light.-George Matheeoh.
DID. ~ "a.
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The Leyeaxe Of Love.

To win and hold a friend we are. COM
PEELED to keep ourselves at his ideal point,
and in turn our love makes on him the same
appeal All around the circle Of our best
beloved It is this ide alzing that gives to love.
its beauty and its pain and its mighty lever
age on character-its beauty, because that;
idealiz ng is the secret OF loves glow, its
pain, because that fdealizing makes the con-.
slant peril Of its vanishing; its leverage TO
uplift character. because this same idealizr
ing is a constant challenge between every
two, compelling each to be his best. What
is the secret OF your life?' asked Mrs:Brown-s
ing Of Charles Kingsley; ''tell me, that Il
may make mine beautiful, too" He re-
piled, Il had friend."-Rev. W. c. Gan.
nett 1ss;
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Prayer for knowledge.

Almighty God. we would rest In thine.
eternity, In our Fathers sovereignty, In the;
throne Of the one Majesty; because the Lord
reigneth, the earth should be all sunshine
and song and Joy and worship. The riches
Of Jesus Christ are unsearchable riches,
therefore we can never be poor and weak-a
Father, we would know the mystery Of living
wholly In thee and so dwelling In the world
as to live apart from it. Even this miracls
lies within the scope Of thine almighu-l
ness. The Lords own spirit, more
beautiful than light, be with Us; en-
inward glory, lamp shining on the hidden
parts that we may know what Is right NOS
only In conduct but In thought. and live that
interior, profound life, which the ever
blessed spirit himself must approve. In our
Sav!our's name, infinite in excellencys We.
ask great things. Lord, II our prayer be.
great. thy throne is greater, thy cross Is IN.
fnitely more. Amen. --ty-,f .>..-zt.'ss y
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IN THE QUIET HOURS.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM The
WORLDS GREATEST AUTHORS.

he Trials snd The Reward-When Duty
Becomes a Pleasure-A Prayer-Turn
Thine Eyes-Be Frequently Alone with
God -Leveage of Love-Not Stranger%
For the Joy set before thee
The cross.
For the gain that comes after.
The loss.
For the morning that smileth-
The night.
For the peace OF the victor
The fight.
For the white rose OF goodness
The thorn. ~
For the Spirits deep wisdom
Mems scorn.
For the sunshine Of gladness-
The rain.
For the fruit Of Gods pruning
The pain.
For the clear bells OF triumph
A knell
For the sweet kiss Of meeting
Farewell.
For the height of the mountain
The steep.
For the waking In heaven
Deaths sleep.
Christian Commonwealth
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Too Little Alone with God.

We are far too little alone with God; and
this. am persuaded, is one Of the very sad
dest features in our modern Christian living.
1t is work, work, work-at the very best.
some well-meant, Martha-like serving but.
where are the more devoted Marys, who,
find the shortest, surest way to the heart OF
Jesus by ceasing very much from self-wiiled,,
self-appointed tolls and sitting humbly ct.
within ourselves? II the Mary-like method
were carried out more, 1t might ahridge;
considerably the amount.of work apparent-
ly accomplished, but 1t would incomparably
enhance the quality. What though We
should lose ahundredweight and get instead.
OF it only a pound-if the hundredwefght
lost were only lead and the pound gained.
were pure gold?-Methodist Times-
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The Prisoners, Holiday.

Once a year, on the Fourth of July,
the prisoners at the Wisconsin States
prison a. Waupun have half-holiday.
They are let out of their dark cells in
to the prison yard. They can't have
frecrackers, but they are SO glad to
get out that the time goes away quick
". They have boxing, wrestling,
running, races, ball playing and all
kinds of games. On the Fourth two
years ago one old man, who was lit
tie bit crazy, wanted to make stump
speech, so he got on top of an old
windmill tower and began to shout.
He was very much excited, and some
of the men turned the hose on him:
He was wild with anger, and could
think of nothing more to say.
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True Christian Like Full Moon.

Some professors Of religion are like tho.
young moon that shines feebly above the
horizon for an hour or two, and then goes
down. The true Christian should be like.
the full moon that sheds its steady beams.
the whole night through. Clouds may oc-s
casionally foat across and hide It; spots on
the surface can be detected with the naked
eye. But in spite Of all these blemishfngs,
of the sun Of righteousness, and shining on
and on until 1t Is swallowed up In the gio-
rious day-dawn of heaven. To be all this
is within the possibility Of every soul, even
the humblest and most tempted, If that soul
will simply continue in the light and love OF
Christ. Theodore L. Cuyler, D. D. IS
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A GENTLEMAN OF '76.

He cut gallant figure
In bonnie buff and blue;
A goodly sight his buckles bright
And primly powdered queue!
4 more courageous Queeter
Ne'er served Sultan nor Shah
Than he, my brave ancestor,
Ny great -great-grandpspa!
And then In his elation
Did my forefsther gay.
Speak out the word he'd long deferred
For fear she'd say him May"
And when he saw how tender
Within her eyes the Light,
He cried: I'm your surrender
Iread-we win the fghtl'
And when the freedom-p@ar
Swept, surge-hke, through the dells-
A might clang whose echoes rang
From Philadelphia bells
Loud from stern old steeple
He hurled the proud hurrah,
The joy-peal to the people,
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set off firecrackers and have q balloon
ascension, with fireworks in the even
ing. Quite the contrary, for the
Fourth of July in the. past had always
been the greatest day of the year.
Griggsville had thought it all over, re-
membeying that crops were bad, that the
times were hard and that taxes were
high, and had come to the conclusion
that it would need all the money it
could get for winter fuel and buck
wheat flour and bacon.
All of the older folks agreed with
this decision; not without many mourn.
ful shakes of the head, but the boys OF
Griggsyille were much displeased.
'It's what I call q burning shame, "
shifted Jack Morris when he heard the
news.
eyes," chimed in Ruddy Wilson,
"Alden's Mills and Norcross and
Simpsons Landing and nearly every
town in the county is going to have q
celebration, and now Griggsville has
backed out"
Course all of our games are of, u
remarked Dick Lansing, disconsolate-
"; mo team will come here to play un-
less there is something going on"
Dick was the manager Of the Griggs-
vile Baseball Club and he felt the dis
appointment deeply.
For q moment all the boys were ST.
lent, as if the weight of the affection
was too great for expression. Presently
Will Spencer blurted out:
"Let's have q celebration anyway.
I've got few dollars I'll put into it
and we can get enough more among
the boys to make something Of show
at least-and we'll leave the old folks
out Of it, too"
That's all very well," returned
Dick, ''but it's easier said than done, "
and there the matter dropped.
The next day when the boys met at
the ball field Will came rushing up the
street, evidently much excited. As
soon as he was within hearing he
shouted:
''I've got it, fellows, I've got it.
seWell, out with II, old man; don't
keep us in suspense" replied Dick,
who didn't think much of Wills many
plans. For Will had only lived in
Griggsville short time and Dick was
. little jealous of his popularity.
As soon as Will recovered his breath
he unfolded his scheme. It was to go
down to Sullinger's Hole and find the
cannon and muskets that were sup
posed to lie hidden in its depths. Dur
ing the war the part of Missouri in
which Griggsville is located had been
overrun by rowing bands of marauders
belonging to both the Confederate and
Union armies, and it was on one of
these raids that the Southerners had
pounced down upon . quantity OF
stores and ammunition held tsGriggs-
vile, and, being unable to get entirely
away with their plunder, they had
dropped it into Sulinger's Hole. All
this had been long known to the boys
of Griggsville, twhose' fathers and
mothers often told of the wild day of
the raid, and pointed out the bullet
furrows in their homes. And they
knew, too, all about Sullinger's Hole.
II lay at the end of a tangled path
among the hazel brush and prickly ash
at the bottom of the bluff which shell
tered Griggsville. 1t was quiet,
CLASSY pool with a harmless little
stream trickling into it, but no outlet
that any one knew about. Grass and
weeds and a few yellow water lilies
grew close around its edges, but at its
centre. Il was said. no one had ever
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And Dick Lansing's ball team won

And Dick Lansing's ball team won
two games.
About the old cannon? When it was
fred it split from end to end, but
Griggsville still keeps it as proud
trophy. And she is probably cele-
brating around it to-day, for Will
Spencer made the dive which brought
him fame all over Missouri many
years ago.-Chicsgo Record.
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OF Course.

Moses Junlor-Fader, a shentleman
In de shop wants to know If dat all
wool nonshrinkable shirt will shrink?
Moses Senior-Does i'd fid him?
: Moses Junior-So; Id Is too big.
Moses Senior-Yah; Id will shrink!
sTid-Bits.
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My great-great-grandpapa.
he held the brutal Briton
A thing" beneath his scorn;
A Tory he conceived to be
The basest caitif born;
And not q neighbor wondered
he looked upon them So
Eorsooth, that was one hundred
And twenty years agol
How true the happy presagel
In faith, how leal and true
Thy whole long life Of love and strife,
Thou saint in buff and blue!
Beyond all touch Of travail,
With great-great-grandma -lma,
Now flooding time, slips By In lyme
For great-great-grsndpapa!
Clinton Scollard.
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"Your wife has such liquid voice."
said Mr.. Fosdick to Mr.. Tiff. "Yes,
that's a pretty good name for it." re-
piled Mr.. Til. Mr.. Fosdick looked up
inquiringly, and Mr.. Tiff added: 1T
never dries up, you know."-Earpers
Bazar.
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'sThe world owes every man a hv.
ing" "Yes, and we don't get it col
lected until we have almost learned to
do without itn-Chicago Record.
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GRIGGsNLLE'S CANNON.
a Fourth Of July Story.

.IGGSVHLE
was very sorry,
indeed, but it
didn't see how it
was going to have
q Fourth of July
celebration. Not
that Griggsville
wasn't anxious to
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Always be good-natured If you can.
A few drops Of oil will do more to IA
cilitate the movement Of the most stub
horn machinery than rivers Of vinegar.
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Be Not q Stranger.

My God, permit me not to be
A stranger to myself and thee:
Amid thousand thoughts / rove,
Forgetful Of thy highest love.
Be earth with all her strife withdrawn;
Let noise and vanity be gone;
In secret silence OF the mind,
My heaven, and there my God, find. {
- - Watts.
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An Epitaph,

Stop, traveller, and weep for him
who's lying here below.
He filed his cannon to the brim-'
That's all you'll ever know.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-06
MRS. JONES non TO BE PROSECUTED
She and Her Husband Patch Up an
Agreement for a Separation.

She and Her Husband Patch Up an
Agreement for a Separation.
Atlanta, Ca, July 5.-Enoch G. Jones Of
Fayette, who was recently shot in the head
by his wife, came here to-day ana had a
consultation with her in the Fulton coun-
~ jail Jones decided to withdraw the
prosecution against her A written agree
ment was done up and officially witnessed
and attested. Jones agrees to drop the
prosecution on condition that no further
prosecution be instituted by either. that
each pay his or her lawyers fees. doctor $
bill, etc, and that each release the other
from ali liabilities that might exist as be-
tween them on account of their being hus-
band and wife. The couple will not live
together The wife is sore-headed because
she thinks Jones mistreated her and he
is also little tender about the Uranium
on account Of the shot that she fired into
his dome Of intellectually. Jones denies
that he was cruel lie says he simply
slapped her on account Of conjugal impu-
dence. The couple will probably divide
up and quit II the woman's release can be
obtained.
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embarked from the train they looked as
fresh as though they had just came out
of the band box. First Lieut. N p Thorn
as. most affable and pleasant gentle
man. is in command.
The Atlanta, Augusta and LAGRANGE
companies are expected late tonight or
early tomorrow morning. There arrival
viii swell the number to twelve troops,
the largest assembly Of cavalry ever gath
ed together in this state in time of peace.
Capt. oscar J. Brown L. s. A. inspect
or and inspector general. Lieut. Harmon,
assistant; and Lieut.. Heavey. Fifth In
fantry, Z. S. A, are expected in the morn
ing
This afternoon the First Regiment band
Of Savannah arrived They will furnish
music during the encampment which
will muchly enhance the pleasures of camp
life
Capt. Kenan and his competent and pop
ular aids, w. A. Hargrove and Geo. Web
ster are ever ready and willing to lend
assistance when called on
Mrs p. W. Meldrim and Mr. p A. Sto-
vail passed a pleasant afternoon with
Maj. Meldrim, returning to the city this
evening
Il is understood that the Central will run
a special from the city to Meldrim on
Wednesday evening 20 accommodate those
who may wish to visit camp. Returning,
the train will leave here az II D. m.
Late this afternoon a guard mount,
Capt. Gordon, Of Troop A, was chosen Of
hcer of the day; and Lieut. Fox, of Com
pany G, officer of the guard. No orderly
was selected as the camp does not for
merly open until Tomorrow
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SEA SOLDIERS ON ST. sIMoNS.
FORMAL ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR
TO THE NAVAL RESERVES.

The Battalion to BE in Camp From
July II 10 July 21-The Men 10 BE
Paid 10 Cents Per Day-TrnnspOrta-
ton TO Be Furnished by the state.
The senior omcer of the Battalion
to Report TO the Commander of thu
GunbOat Wilmington,
Atlanta, Ga, July 5.--The governor to-
day issued the formal order for the state
naval reserves TO rendezvous at St. ST.
mons Island to meet the Wilmington and
her commander and 90 through course
of blue water sprouts under direction Of
the latter
The order came from the commander-in-
chief through the Office Of adjutant gen
eral and its text. setting forth details of
interest to the naval militia as officially
given is as follows:
The nava. battalion Of Georgia volun-
teers will encamp at St. Slmon's Island,
Ga, from July Is to July q, inclusive.
officers and enlisted men, and not exceed
ing two cooks to each company, will be
paid 70 cents per day in lieu of pay and
combinations of ration. Per diem will not
be paid to those serving less than five days
unless called away by urgent reasons APP
proved by the proper authority.
None but regularly enlisted men will be
taken to camp
Transportation for the divisions. the au-
thorized cooks and baggage will be fur
nished by the quartermaster general, to
whom application should be made for
transportation requests
Cooking ranges and stove furniture
will be furnished by the quartermasters
department, but the divisions should bring
with them the necessary table ware and
cooking utensils. The post quarter master
at Camp Atkinson will, upon the break
ing UP Of that camp, ship sufficient tent
age, stores, etc, to st. Simon's for four
divisions Of four officers and forty men
each.
Upon the arrival at Brunswick Of the
United States steamship Wilmington, the
senior officer of the naval battalion will
report to Commander c. c. Todd. COM
manding that vessel, and will carry out
such Instructions for the training of the
naval battalion as may be suggested by
him. Capt. Oscar J. Brown, First Cav
airy, L. S. A, acting inspector general
Georgia Volunteers, and Capt. L. II. Kea-
nan, assistant quartermaster general,
Georgia Volunteers, viii visit the encamp-
ment at such time as their duties viii per-
nit
BY order of the governor, Oscar ].
Brown, acting adjutant general"
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CRUEL HOAX AT ATLANTA.
Relatives of John +. Ryan Wired
That He Was Dying.


That He Was Dying.
Atlanta, Ga, July "a cruel fake was
perpetrated on an Atlanta family by fool
ish sensationalists or practical jokers to-
day.
Charles Ryan. a brother Of Stephen
Ryan, who became famous through his
million-dollar dry goods failure a few
years ago, received a dispatch stating that
John F. Ryan, another brother, could not
live week and urging him to come to
Sheepshead Bay. Meantime, kilograms of
a corroborative character has been re-
ceived by others, and Charles Ryan start
ed this afternoon for New York. The
kilograms We're signed Dixon" Nobody
knew who Dixon" was, but the family
We're greatly alarmed.
Since the departure of Charles. John f.
having heard of the affair, has sent a
dispatch saying that he is all right Be
fore his message came there were rumors
OF suicide. The jokers seem not to have
been Identified. John f. is supposed 90
know best whether he is dead or alive.
The originator of this nonsense has not
yet been identified.
Ryan is a large property owner here
and the report of his death stirred up con-
siderable comment.