davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-26

when ceorEia seeded from the union
in 1851. I was a resident OF Fort Gaines,
Ca. and a private IN the Fort Gaines
k-.aras As the states seeded one by one
me town would have a big jolhhcation,
With torchlight professions ana pubic
spsakings. All Of the speakers claimed
shsy would drink all OF the blood spilled
a. fha var All We had 70 do was to vote
ourselves out OF the union. and when the
north saw we were determined 10 60
would say. FIRING sisters. depart IN
ueace" Southwest Georgia was hotoed
a secession. all pretty much the sans
way, and those who differed with the Sc
-essiouists kept Il 20 themselves Tor rear
= rome might be IN demand recollect
sue instance that showed the temper Of
sha people. A drummer for a drug house
IN Mobile. Ala, made some otsparaging
remarks about Toombs and Yancey az
s-,rfatlla- Ala. He was drummed out OF
that mart Of CLAYTON. and from there back
across the Chattahoochee at Fort Gaines
hv the Franklin Grays. Then the Guards
drummed him out Of town. but got sorry
Tor him ana LEI him return. We all be-
ueved IT. the right OF free speech pro-
vrfded they believed and talked Ike we
did. While the speakers claimed there
would Be no war, military companies were
being formed all over the state Georgia =
governor. Joseph r. Brown must have
believed there was EuIlleLAAlA Al the AoNlA
ing war clouds. and decided 20 raise two
REGIMENTS OF regulars for the defense OF
the state. one at Augusta and the other
AZ Savannah. Ca He first commissioned
the officers and they opened recruiting
stations IN different parts OF the state
+. T. Cullens. OF Fort Gaines. was COM
rnIssioned captain and opened an ONCE
for suckers. and was the first one 10 De
caught. and L. b. Wheeler next Captain
CuIlens appointed me first corporal OF his
company. I thought ] was being rapidly
promoted. and II the war lasted long
enough I surely would be colonel some
day. inquired among the boys as 20 the
duties OF my once. and was told that u
would be my duty 20 keep the dogs out or
camp. That cast quite a damper on my
military aspirations. and decided had
rather be a private. On the 9TH OF March
I. with o. II. Gone. II. A Morgan, L. B.
Wheeler. W. L. Andrews. James LAWN,
T. c. BeaIl, John Boyle. Griffin Rowland.
L. b Stendofsr and Peter Lee. boarded
the train for Savannah, Ga, after bidding
farewell 70 our best girls. mothers and
sisters. The Guards escorted US to the
train with hfe and drum 20 the tune OF
The Girl Left Behind Ne"
No doubt the Guards thought they were
giving Us a lively send-off. but 70 boy
who had been calling on his best girl and
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-26

Have you arranged for your reading
matter for the next year? If not sub
scribe at once for The Semi-Weekly
journal, which reaches you regularly
twice a week, containing all the latest
news of the world and many articles
from prominent contributors.
Go to your postoffice, purchase
money order for 500 or register it 20
US, and we will send you The Semi
Weekly journal one year, and in addi-
tion the American Agrlculturist, or
Home and Farm, or the Stockman, or
the Western Poultry News or the Tri-
State Farmer, or the Conkey Home
Journal, or one of the best wall maps
of the state of Georgia. On the reverse
side is the map of the United States,
with the 1900 census in bold, red type
across the face of each state, or the
two Mckinley pictures. Now is the
time to get your reading matter for
1902.
One dollar and fifty cents pays for
five papers per week, The Semi-Weekly
journal twice a week and the New
York World three times. Send your or
ders direct to The Journal, Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-26
orInin 81 the Piano.

There lived at the court Of Prince
Ferdinand de Medici. about 200 years ago.
a Padun harpsichord maker named Bar
tollemeo Christoferi. man OF great IN
ventive genius. After many experiments
he solved the problem, which had been
q. puzzle to the musical instrument max
ers of the period. how to make satsfae-
tory working keyed psaltery," ana by
the method he invented OF overcoming
the difficulties inherent in the task, pro-
duced an instrument which was the I'M
doubted ancestor of the pianoforte OF to-
day. From 17O9-the date when Christie
feri made his four keyed psalter1es''-
the piano, at first slowly, but afterward
by leaps and bounds. went on increasing
and increasing in popularity. until now its
manufacture has become great induss
try.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-26

grace, and its unfruitful souls.
The Lords vineyard was once the jew
ish people with all their exalted privileges,
special dispensations and glorious herit-
age, but 1t has now come to be highly IA
vored Christendom with all the privileges
Of the Jews multiplied and enlarged De
yond measure. The barren fig trees OF to-
day are those who have been reared in
Christian homes, trained In, Christian
schools, who cannot remember the first
time they ever heard the name or Jesus
pronounced by the lips Of maternal ten
derness. And yet these are all privileges
for which we seldom think Of being held
responsible.
2. Let US briefly gather the lessons that
come to us in the complaint Of the pro-
prietor, 'These three years I came seek
ing fruit on this tree and found none.
These words suggest to US that God is
looking into our lives estimating our
characters and marking our conduct
There Is nothing more awful for the man
whose purposes are not right than the
realization that they are all naked and
open before him with whom we have to
do. And yet it is true that God sees our
every thought in its very incipiency and
His estimates Of US is correct. You may
think less of your neighbor than you
ought, and 1t Is quite probable that your
opinion OF yourself is higher than 1t
should be, but Gods estimate is correct
What does He think Of you this EVENING"
What is your true standing before Him at
this hour2
Again this complaint OF the proprietor
marks his disappointment at not finding
fruit. God knows the goodness Of the
soil in which you are planted, he knows
the diligence with which you have been
cultivated; he has marked the prayers
that have assembled on your behalf from
secret places, where no eye but God 5
could hear. He expects fruit Does he
find it2
Love, Joy, peace, etc. These are the
fruit OF the Spirit. Do they hang in rich
and ripening clusters upon you or are
you barren and deserving the sentence.
"cut 1t down."
Why did the proprietor wait for three
years before he complained? Why did he
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-26
QUAINT PHILOSOPHY
In An Advertisement.


When a man acts as he believes the In
finite within him would have him act, he
draws power to himself from unseen
sources; that power may be shown in
many ways.
Things work smoother, plans carry out,
people begin to say, lucky" hes win
ner;" everything he touches succeeds"
etc, etc.
Ever try it? If you ever do, you will
agree that It is the greatest proposition
on earth.
There is a marvellous potency behind the
man who acts in a simple straightfor-
ward way, as near as he knows, in ac-
cordance with the promptings Of that in
visible Deity within.
This should teach him that great and
honorable work is ahead; Man at once the
tool and a part of the master workman.
The tool must not be dulled and ruined
by bad food, tobacco, whisky, coffee, etc.
You question including coffee among bad
habits" None OF these habits are bad
habits unless they weaken or lessen the
clean cut power of the individual. If they
do, quit them. II food and drink are not
we'll selected, change. Put your machine
in clean, first-class shape. IL is the pur-
pose Of this article to suggest way to
keep the body we'll so it can carry out the
behest of the mind
A sure and safe start in the right direc-
ton is TO adopt Grape-Nuts Food Tor eV-
cry mornings breakfast. 1t is delicious,
pre-digested, highly nourishing, and will
put one far along toward doing his best
in life's work.
Follow this with abandonment of coffee,
if it does not agree with you, and take IN
place Of it, Postum Cereal Food Coffee, for
it's regenerating and vitalizing nourish-
ment.
with a wise selection of food and drink,
lit in, chs
where the marvellous Directing Power win
use him for some good and worthy pur-
pose.
Sense, Just plain, common sense.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-26
TEXT---Luke i3: GO.

not have 1t cut down at the end of the
first year? Because he is merciful and
gracious, long suffering and kind, abund-
ant IN goodness and truth, forgiving In
iquity, transgression and sin.
8. The third thing that calls for our
consideration is the sentence cut It down.
Why cumbereth It the ground?
Here we learn many important lessons.
The unfruitful tree Is not only barren
and therefore worthless, but. it is q cum
berer Of the ground. The evil influence
of every barren tree Is proportional to
the time 1t has occupied its place and the
size that it has attained.
Who shall estimate the blighting infiu-
ence Of the man or woman with rich nat
ural endowments and rare social quail
ties arising from great personal magnet
ism?
The man or the woman with such
gifts, who long withstood. the means Of
grace and long occupied a place in Gods
vineyard without yielding fruit Is pecu-
uarly guilty. His condemnation is GER
tain. The Nervousness Of sin arises not
from its grossness, but from its
guilt Its guilt Is proportional
to the light against which we sin and the
strength Of the barriers through which
we break. If I had to be lost at last I
should like to go TO perdition at last
from the jungles of the dark continent or
from the most benighted province Of pa
gan China.
1. Let it alone this year also" Whose
language is this? 1t is the language OF
the anxious mother for her irreligious
daughter. It is the language OF the pious
father for his prodigal boy. 1t Is the
language of the faithful pastor for his
unfruitful flock. But better than all Is
the prayer Of our Great High Priest. who
I is himself the offering as he pleads for us.
We are closing another year. but for the
infinite mercy revealed in Christ we
should not have been spared in our bar
renness till this good hour. He has cul-
| tivated US for another year, he has poured
| out upon US the refreshing showers OF his
| grace, he has softened our hearts by the
| bereavements and sorrows that have
come. Shall we close the year with no
| buds OF promise? Shall we go into 1902
] all barren and unfruitful. God forbid.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-26
Jottrna1's
Christmas
Sermon

It is impossible for one to truly charac-
terize our Saviour's teaching whether we
regard the matter or the manner of it.
His enemies declared that never man
spoke like this man, and 1t is stated more
than once that the common people heard
him gladly. The peculiar charm of his
teaching perhaps arose from several char
acteristics. In the first place he was
thoroughly familiar with human nature
and was able to play on every chord Of
the human heart and illumine every point
of the human intellect. He also used the
familiar occurrence OF everyday life and
the current history of his times for the
enforcement of religious truth with a
faculty that no other man has ever APP
preached. If he sat on the hillside the
flowers blooming around him and the
birds flying above him he said to the null
tidues, Consider the lillies." Behold,
the fowls OF the air, and enforced les
son of freedom from anxious carking
care that they could never forget. If the
husbandman pursued his work in full
view Of the great teachers, he gave and
applied the beautiful parable of the sower.
If he watched the vine dresser care for
his vineyard he told this story OF the bar
rem fig tree and impressed all who heard
him with awfulness unfruitfulness in the
kingdom Of God. Would that I could
bring out the lessons that lie wrapped
up in this parable with all the simplicity
and attractiveness of the master himself.
Then should leave my hearers without
excuse should they pass into the new
year barren fig trees in Gods vineyard.
There are four things in this parable
which we do we'll to ponder:
l. The vineward in which the flg tree
grew and what 1t represents. In eastern
lands the vineyard was the favored spot
of all the plantation. The southern slope
of some sunny hill side was usually Sc
lected. It was cleared Of stones carefully
hedged about, richly fortified, diligently
cultivated and constantly watched and
pruned by the vine dresser. And yet 1t
had in it a barren tree. A fitting repre-
sentation this Of Christian community
with it's Christian culture. stated worship,
trained ministry and multiplied means Of
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-26
LIBERTY BELL AT FAIR.
Americas Most Valued Relic to Be
Put on Exhibition.

Chicago American.
Americas most valued relic, the old Liberty
next to be exhibited in the Pennsylvania
building, at the exposition there.
This win make the bells fourth trip out
of Philadelphia within little more than
quarter of a century. Preparations for its re-
moval have already begun. The work will be
attended with all the dignity that national
to the heart Of millions, will go out OF Phila-
delphia to the music Of bands aad the march
The parade win not be imposing for its size,
but 1t will be important on account OF those
who will have the honor OF participating In
1t. An escort Of councimen has already been
x local safe building company will have the
ton The truck on which it will be hauled
from the state house to the pennsylvania
railroad yards will be DECORATED with I'm the ne
attached to the truck, on each side OF which
will stand a Gordon Of police. A dozen re-
take their places beside the bell when It IS
secure on the truck, and the procession Will
move up Chestnut to Broad street. -
The fiat which 1t Will be placed VIII
have q railing built around it. At end
Of the car there Will be cabin to be used
as a shelter by the guards Cabin and rail-
ing will be decorated with gay colors and an
inscription on the side Of the car Will read /:
philadelphia to Charleston long line or
police win form guard when the bell Is be-
Ing loaded the car.
The car will then be attached to a special
train containing the councilmen, city ofh-
Gals and other prominent persons VINO VIII
accompany the bell on its journey.
In the cities and at their intermediate
towns and villages along the route the jour
ney Of the bell win be marked by patriotic
demonstrations. Appeals are already being
received by Chief Pierce Of the city. property
bureau, asking that the bell be sent through
certain towns on the way to its destination
so that the people may voice their reverence
The bell was sent to Chicago in 1898 and to
Atlanta in 1895.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-26
O a - II % "a a.
ear, tina, The Kind You Have Always Bought
'1 af &xNHzStn
THE SWORD OF ROBERT E. LEE.

BY Henry Whitney Cleveland.
BY old Savannah's turbid stream
Lee gave the sword to me,
And in that early hour when hope
Believed our Southland free.
He gave the sword, twas stainless then
From blood Of northern foe;
And when the glorious Stars and Bars
Met no defeat nor woe.
Born of the lion line Of Lee
He was our idol then.
The bravest of the brave to lead
The lines of hero men.
In Mexico, the sword of Lee
Led far the Southern line,
For, Ger theAztic ruined halls
His cleaning steel must shine.
Virginia next gave him her sword
sand, by a mothers right,
Commanded him to lead her line
In the unequal fight.
Pulaskis arsenal gave the next,
The hero gave to me,
And long, long I wore 1t while our lines
Went forth to victory.
I kept the sword the patriot gave
w nile IaTmerSt poor out IIees
Came from all southern states to form
The Stonewall line of Lee.
God set our banner in the sky,
The red-the white-the blue;
The rainbow Of eternal hope,
Token that he is true.
Unsullied yet our banner rests,
Protected by the brave,
Wen fly it till the last old vet,
Shall find an honored grave.
Boy children, southern women raise,
Our unstained flag shall hy,
And leave 1t DER their own green graves
Till Freedoms self shall die.
sheathe II now, the conflict done,
No more in victory,
And to my children's children leave,
The sword of Robert Lee.
HENRY WHITNEY CLEVELAND.
Savannah, Ca, May IA, 1865.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-26

The semI-WeekIy Journal reaches
the subscribers twice week, and the
New York World three times week,
which will give you five papers per
week, all for $50. Address The Jour
nal, Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-26

Twenty-second Georgia, who made use OF
the expression in your columns some time
ago, as well as in Jackson hospital. Rich
mond, va: That Crater was little the
hottest place while It lasted I ever got
into. JOHN o. HILSMAN,
Co. X 64th Ca Regt
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-26

Three blue diamonds valued at $4,000
are to be given as Christmas presents to
three women by three American million
aires. When you take down your little
stocking full Of nuts and candies next
Wednesday morning you can sit down
and think over just how much ice you
cut about Christmas time.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-01-24
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. :

Hymn For the Worlds Congress - The
Bartender Doesn't Drink Because He
Knows Too Well the Vile Ingredients
of the Liquor He Sells.
Gathered from the East and West 4
Island, Continent and Zone,
Unto Thee we make request,
Worshiping before Thy throne:
Lord upon our Congress shine,
Bless our work and own it Thine.
For the temperance cause we meet,
Heart with heart, and hand in hand,
In each face friend we greet
We are one united band:
AS our fathers were, SO we,
By Thy help, resolve to be!
Give us love, and give us light.
knowledge, wisdom, strength and zeal,
Courage for unfinching fight
With the foes of human veal:
In this war is no release,
Till the sacred conflict cease!
Errors habits, customs, laws,
Making for an evil end
All that checks the temperance cause,
Vanquisi,, Lord, and it defend:
May the throne of Bacchus fall,
And Thy kingdom rule DER all!
For success old and new,
Gladstone praises now we pay,
And for greater work to do
Arm and aid us, day by day:
On our worldwide movement shine!
Speed it, Lord, for it is Thine!
Dawson Burns, d. d.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-01-24
INSECTS IN METAL.
The Ingenious Device of Trenchman
for Reproducing Them.


Did you ever see copper caterpillar,
a silver centipede, or a nickel gnat?
Yet these and many similar objects can
be had if not for the asking, at least
for a reasonable amount of money. at
several places in New York. Who dis
covered the curious art is unknown, but
1t was introduced into this city by an
eccentric Frenchman who said that he
had elaborated the discovery of some
chemists in Paris. NJ. Paul Despotte,
for such was the mans name, declared
his secret to be as follows: He first
lampened the luckless insect, leaf or
flower and then blew on it with a
blowpipe. The object thus busted was
placed in an electrolytic bath, and
upon it the metal was precipitated by
the galvanic current. The object was
then transferred to second bath,
from which all the organic matter was
dissolved by an alkali. The metallic
she'll which remained was slightly
heated, touched with some kind of
shellac and the thing was done. The
Inventor carried with him quite a col
lection of these preparations. The
most interesting of all were mosquito
in gold and a hairy geranium leaf in
copper.
The delicacy of the work was extra
ordinary. Under a powerful magnify
ing glass the little organs which are
invisible to the human eye were seen
perfectly reproduced in metal. The
discovery does not seem to have been
utilized to any great extent so far as
trade is concerned, but has been taken
up by many amateurs. This fall an in
genious girl up town first covered the
back of Der hand with black lead and
then plated ii with metal She re-
moved this, which was a perfect cast,
and used II as matrix. in which she
deposited a second coat of metal. which
she finally mounted on piece OF satin.
Her hand. rs may be supposed, was
pretty. and when reproduced its copper
made a work OF art as novel as IL was
attraetive.-New York Evening Post
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-01-24
why Bartenders Arc TeetotaIers.

When one of our leading candy shops
hires new girl the rule is to say to her:
Now, Birdie, you may help yourself to
the best there is in the house. Eat as
much as you please. Eat morning, noon
and night. Don't mind us. But you must
not carry any away i'll packages" In
short time she is so surfeited that the
thought Of eating candy causes nausea.
For quite different reason the bartender
does not drink. He knows too we'll the
ingredients of his liquors. He is too ia
miliar with blends and compounds. He is
satiated with the constant vision of men
putting the enemy to their mouths to steal
away their brains. The sight of drunken
ness fills him with disgust. L venture the
assertion that the most abstemious class in
this community is composed of the men
behind the bar
The non-rehling bottle is unpopular
with keepers of bars because 1t prevents
the barman from putting his own COM
pounds into packages bearing standard Ia
bels. One of the more noted restaurant
eurs in this city is openly charged by a
wholesale liquor dealer with watering his
whiskies l dare say they all do it. The
"drinkin' is got to support the eatin'."
Dealers in barroom and bottlers' supplies
openly advertise essences and essential
oils for the compounding of whiskies, just
as other merchants advertise coloring mat
ter for making white butter look rich and
fit to eat. There are rye whisky essences,
bourbon whisky essences, Scotch and Irish
whisky essences, gin essences, rum es-
sences, brandy essences, kummel essences
and all kinds of bitters essences. n ma
terial called "Ageing" is sold for the pur-
pose of 'melowing' and smoothing"
liquors. A small quantity will impart to
new liquors all the properties conferred
by age in cask 1t is soft and agreeable
to the palate, and gives not only age but
body to the blend.
When whisky is too dark or too light in
color the correct shade is produced by
sugar coloring' which is guaranteed not
to cloud or thicken by age. 1t is sold by
the gallon. There are other artificial col
orings for different drinks-scarlet, red,
green, yellow and brown. There are seda.
tive powders for clarifying wines. Other
desderatums are glyeerine, prune juice,
cherry juice, isinglass and eelatine, not to
forget bead oil, without which no grog-
shop laboratory is complete With bead
oil you put the bead on. You may have
heard of the bead on the rye. Full direc-
tions with each bottle. And labels. And
bottle capsules-special brands on short
notice. made to fit any bottle and stamped
according to instructions. Standard la
bells supplied to the trade. All splendidly
Autographed in bright. lively and snowy
colors.-New York Press.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-01-24

A striking illustration of either the
carelessness or ignorance of the Ameri.
can people is furnished by the annual
report of the operations of the dead
letter office. Nothing, perhaps, indi.
Gates more clearly than does the re.
port of the operations of the dead
letter office one of the worst national
traits or weaknesses. The American
people are surely careless, and
whether this is due to the rush and
hurry of their everyday life or to
faults in the system of education can.
not be told off-hand. Undoubtedly
both causes contribute to the result.
Again, many people take it for granted
that the government. having under.
taken to carry the mail. will see to it
that letters and parcels are delivered
at their destination. even though the
address may be faulty in some re.
speots.