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6 LIVED TO HELP MEN. JOHN RUSSELL YOUNG’S TRIBUTE TO HENRY GEORGE. Bis Books Were His Bible, and He Be* lieved In His Doctrines With Sublime Faith—Stories of ills Life as the World Knew It Not. r I was a very young man when I first met Henry George. He had come to New York from California upta some newspaper. The friendship then formed grew into intimacy and affection, re taining to the end. When I first knew Henry George, he was a young journalist who had made a modest mark in his calling in San Francisco. Ho had been before the mast and used to speak of cruises to In dia. He never until in later years threw off the sea manner, the breeziness and good fellowship which recall the com radeship of the waves. He was open handed, unconventional, friendly, lov ing. Henry George in those days did not display the brilliancy and waywardness which marked the subaltern newspaper life. He could swim along if the tide ran toward merriment, but as a listener rather than a partaker. He was a seri ous man, given to solid talk, wanted to know a thing exactly, exemplary in all that goes toward the building of a per fect manhood. I do not remember that in these early days George showed proneness toward new themes like single tax and other matters. I used to hear from him through California friends. “George was a good fellow, hut rath er odd, you know. Harry George? Oh, yes, wo all know Harry. Sets type, has a small paper, but an odd chap. Has queer ideas about some things, and unless you watch him will run his ideas into the paper. Can’t make him under stand that a good prizefight is worth all the political economies that ever lined trunks. Good man, but doesn’t know the fundamental ideas of journal ism. ’’ It was tq be seen by these friendly stories that George was not in sympa thy with El Dorado; was, perhaps, the round peg in the squaro hole. 1 was not to meet him until arriving in San Fran cisco with General Grant, then ending his tour of the world. He had not changed, but ho spoke as a stranger with his abiding place in a strange laud Ho had not succeeded m his pa per was not in the best of fortune and had written a book which he thought v, cn and establish his fame. i aw much of George in these Cali fornia days. He talked of his career; was swimming in heavy seas. This could only bo divined bit by bit, for the proud, self respecting, sensitive gentleman made no sign. Then came the knowledge of the book, the new gospel. 1 never see “Progress and Pov erty” without recalling the pathetic circumstances under which it was writ ten and honoring the courage of the au thor George was the friendliest of men; would go about with you and show you what was to bo seen; take the greatest pains to do yon a sendee. He did not apparently care for notabilities, for fashion, show and authority; had a group of odd people as associates whom nobody else seemed to know. He had become a pronounced Democrat, his po litical evolution from the Greeley move ment. ‘‘Having run away from the Repub lican party you are ashamed to return. Why not seek absolution and come back?” I asked. “No, no. I have made the plunge. I cannot climb Niagara after jumping over it. ” The clouds were heavy over George. Proud, bravo, smiling, hopeful, San Francisco did not appreciate him—had never given him recognition. He would speak of it as cold and barren, ruled by strenuous men too busy with mines and wheat and empire building to listen to prophecy. George never for a x iment— never when under the grinding heel of bitter conditions—doubted the truth of his mission to mankind and its ultimate success, but this obviously was not to be attained in El Dorado. Acting large ly, I fancy, upon my advice, he resolved to try conclusions with fate and seek a career in the east. And he cama Too proud to ask or ac cept a favor, he crossed tho continent in an emigrant train. Alone and almost friendless, he searched the metropolis in ISbO, as I remember, taking dingy lodgings—a stranger to a city in which he was in a few years to receive 68,000 votes for mayor. These early New York days were of extreme and honorable poverty. I saw him a great deal—was almost a daily companion. It was a daring experiment —this unknown gentleman, with no aid but his own high spirit, nothing in his carpetbag but one book of gospel, com ing at 42 to make his way into the heart of mighty Babylon. The more I studied George under heavy conditions the more 1 admired him. His ability and his cour age, his honesty, independence and in tellectual power, were those of a leader of men. Walks on the Battery, whither we went under the flush of strenuous mid night work, the great city at peace and no companions this side of the stars; strolls in the park, in Westchester and the suburbs in Brooklyn—the brave, in trepid soul wrapped up in his book and smiling upon fate. Thu book, whenever he could make it possible, was the theme, for while Hen ry George was an attractive and bril liant talker his thoughts were ever up- Cn the book I had read it in California in proof and once more when the sheets were bound in New York. Many were our talks over it and its moral philos ophy. I tried his patience by my failure to comprehend or accept his sublime theory by which poverty was to be stamped out by taxing the land. It was hw way to ask advice as to the book, to listen and discuss and draw you into ar gument, as though seeking light anc counsel. You found in these discussions that you were as far away as before. George was resolute in his creed. He gave it to you as the truth to bo accept ed, in a sense of worship, a dogma of political infallibility. “Does this not mean war? Can yon, unless when dealing with craven con ditions among men, hope to take land from its owners without war?” “I do pot see, ” said George, “that a musket need be fired. Eut if necessary war be it then. There was never a holier cause. No, never a holier cause.” Here was the gentlest and kindest of men, who would shrink from a gun fired in anger, ready for universal war rather than that his gospel should not be accepted. It was the courage which has been written makes one a majority, the spirit which made him within five years one of the leading spirits of the age. George patiently walked his anxious way in New York. Little gleams of light came now and then in the way of improved personal fortunea Work came slowly, not In abundanoe. Able editors, up to date molders of public opinion, liked George, but had the press man’s way—they were coy as to his ideas and especially that Koran which was to bless the world. As to the book itself—the new Koran —it was found the world was not ready for the doctrine. We had pathetic talks over the forlorn gospel and friends were apt to chaff him about it. I was bidden to England in the early part of 1881 and proposed to George that 1 should take a dozen copies and see how the gospel would be regarded in the mother land. There was in London on the Haymar ket a smoky little bookstore, where the high people made literary rendezvous to gossip over books and buy if they chose. I had known the earnest and kindly proprietor in other London days, and I took the modest package of George’s books and asked my friend for shelf room and his good offices toward their sale. As occasion served I looked in upon the venture only to see the lonely vol umes on the shelves. Many customers had looked, Lord Beaconsfield among others, but no one bought. Finally I learned from the bookseller that ho had tasted the book and found it to teem with madness, socialism, land robbery. He seemed relieved when 1 took the volumes home. Well, if the books could not be sold they could at .least be sowed, taking their chances to come back as wheat or tares. A gifted friend gave me a list of persons eminent in political economy, Huxley, Tyndall, Herbert Spencer and the Duke of Argyll among the number, but the sowing brought no seed, except in the case of the Duke of Argyll. His grace was a fluent writer upon many themes, prone to controversy and stout in battle. He replied to the “Progress and Poverty” gospel in a severe criti cism, which appeared in The Nineteenth Century, entitled, if I remember, “The Prophet of San Francisco. ” George’s eon trovers} 7 with the duke found his op portunity, the result of which was that George won his place in English litera ture and became a fixed star in the firma nent of political economy. Life he recently said had been severe perhaps, but he had never been in a trou ble that did not prove to be a chastise ment and do him good. He hoped to spend his days in litera ture. There w 7 as no hint that he would be renominated for mayor or any public station. I never saw him more content. He rejoiced in the birth of a grandchild. It was the child of a dearly loved daugh ter, a lady of grace and culture. A few days were to pass when I heard of this daughter’s death, the baby fingers no more to press the mother’s bosom. The blow went to his heart. The rapt, beau tiful vision, home, children, grandchil dren and the peace of old age, broken, vanished. When Henry George entered this recent canvass, he was as one with u dagger through his heart. Bccauso of this and the superhuman efforts of a merciless campaign my friend lies dead within the gates of Babylon. Not in our day has America had a finer manhood, a purer spirit, a more chivalrous antag onist, a truer friend.—New York Her ald. MONKEY EGG THIEF. Wlion the Hens Commenced to Cackle, It Robbed the Nest. John Wilson, a poultry fancier of Port Jervis, N. Y. , has a coop of choice fowls. A few days ago a friend present ed him with a pet monkey, which was allowed to run loose about his grounds, which were inclosed by a high woven wire fence. Since the arrival of the monkey Mr. Wilson noticed that his egg supply had almost eeased. The other day ho discov ered the monkey beside the chicken coop door. At the cackling of a hen the mon key lifted tho latch, sprang through the door, brushed the hen aside and, seizing the freshly laid egg, tapped the shell aud devoured the contents. Mr. Wilson now keeps the monkey chained.—New York Herald. A Family Afiklr. Our mother-in-law arrived recently from Mobile, where she has been hav ing a tussle with the yellow fever. We knew she would get the best of it, as she does everything she tackles.—High Shoals (Ga. ) Messenger. A Song: of Season. Winter time, my dearie, Is glooming on the hills. Little less of music In tile ripple of the rills. And birds that once were singing sweet Will soon forget to sing, But love is still a rose, my dear, And winter s sweet as spring! What though the snows are drifting— What though the mists are gray Ami violets are a fair, far dream In phantom Helds of May? What though the streams have lost their gleams And birds forget to sing? There’s music in the heart, my dear. Aiul winter’s sweet as springl — F, L. btaatou m Atlanta Constitution. THE TIMES: BRUNSWICK, UA„ SUNDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 14 1807. GRANNY’S “YARBS.” She dosed the boy with calomel, Then gave him catnip tea, ' And yet he didn’t feel quite well He had the grip, you see. She gave him tansy, boneset, squills, Rubbed tallow on his chest And fed him lots of blue mass pills, v ' Which quickly did the rest. By this time John could uot get up, And as he lay in bed She drenched him from a quassia cup Till he was nearly dead. And when at last the doctor camo And fetched poor Johnny round Folks said, ** ’Twas granny, all the same, Kept him above the ground. ” —J. L. Heaton in “Quilting Bee.’ “THANK YOU.” It Is the Small Courtesies That Make Lift? Worth Living. “On every hand one hears of the neg lecd to say‘Thank you, ’” writes Ell ward W. Bok on “The Saying of ‘Thank Yon,’” in The Ladies Home Journal. “I wonder sometimes if some people really know how little of what comes to them is their due and right and how much of what comes to them is by fa vor and courtesy. The vast majority of things wihch come to us come by pure favor, by courtesy. And we should rec ognize this. No act of kindness, how ever slight, should go unnoticed. A ‘Thank you’ is a simple thing to say. 16 requires but a few moments to write it, but it often means much. It means ev erything sometimes to the person re ceiving it. It means a renewed faith in. human nature in some cases. A word, of thanks is never lost, never wasted. If it sometimes seems to be lost upon tho person to whom it is directed, its: expression has not been lost upon some one else who has heard it. It is certain ly not lost upon ourselves. The most of us are quick enough to thank someone who does us great service. But the small courtesy, just as great as the large service in reality, we overlook. It doesn’t seem worth while to give thanks for small things. And yet what would we be today and where would some of ns be but for the small courtesies of life? They are what make life worth, living. “It is all very well to have the last Thursday of each November set apart as a day of Thanksgiving, but it would be far better if a great many of us car ried the spirit of the day into all the' other days. Perhaps if we did so we' might have more mercies to be thank ful for on Thanksgiving day. Do not. let the spirit of thanks stop with night fall on Thanksgiving day. Let ns ex tond.it to all the other days of the year, to tho people whose lives touch ours . When we receive a favor at the bandy of any one, no matter how small it may be, let us say the words, ‘Thank you.' If they should be written, let us writ6> them. Let us not delay them, but take advantage of the instant when our heart is touched. Let there be more ‘Thank, yotis’ said by everybody—thousands of: them. And the world will be a better, brighter and happier place to live in; because of them.” Music and Health. Music, if wo are to believe ancient historians, has produced some very ex traordinary effects. The fierceness of Achilles was allayed by playing on the harp; Damon, with the same instru ment, quieted wild and drunken youths, and Asclepiades in a similar manner brought back seditious multitudes to temper and reason. The corybantes and effeminate priests of Cybele were incit ed by music to cut their own flesh. Pin dar addressed his harp thus: “Thou quenchest the raging thunder!” Music is also reported to have been efficacious in removing dangerous diseases. Miran dola observes, in explanation of its be ing appropriated to such an end, that music moves the spirits to act upon the soul as medicine does the soul by the body. Theophrastus, in his essay on “Enthusiasm, ” reports many cures up on this principle. The Thebans used the pipe for the cure of many disorders, and Zenocrates is said to have cured several madmen. The bite of the taran tula is said to have been cured by music, and the Phrygian pipe was recommend ed by many of the ancient fathers as an antidote to sciatica. We could enumer ate many other instances of the estima tion, amounting, as it would seem, to palpable superstition, in which music was held among the ancients, but the above may be considered sufficient. New York Ledger. A Democratic King. The king of Sweden arranges his time to the best advantage. After an early breakfast with the queen he gives audi ence to public officials aud Swedish, Norwegian and also foreign ministers as well as reviewing and inspecting troops, and so forth. Friday is occupied by a council meeting, aud Tuesday morning is given to the public. As “fa ther of his people, ” he sees even the poorest peasant and most unknown be ing in his kingdom who wishes to speak with him and gives audience alone, no third person being present The even ings and indeed the best part of the night King Oscar gives np to his liter ary pursuits. His poems and romances are now well known for their artistic excellence. Meteors. Some time ago people on the Rams gate cliffs, England, saw what was thought to be two rockets fired by a ship in distress on the Goodwins. The lifeboat went to the rescue aud ascer tained from the lightship men that the lights observed from tho share were not rockets, but falling meteors. Married men who are obliged to get up in the middle of the night with the baby should study the value of the bi cycle as a means of indoor travel. — Roxbury Gazette. All birds when perched on trees or bushes serve as weathercocks, as they invariably arrange themselves with their hds to the wind. mm ni Under this head advertisement* will e Inserted for one cent a word for the first In sertion, aiul for every Insertion thereafter at the rate of half n cent a word. Noad - verttsenient will be taken for less than ten cents. Cash in advance Invariably re quired for all advertisements In this col umn. % l , FOB KENT—BOOMS. TT'URNISHKD BOOMS, WITH OB WITHOUT P board, 405 G street. ''"‘-O FOB SAFE, TT'OB SALE—THIS COMMODIOUS BUAN- F hum residence,corner of Richmond St. and First Ave. Easy payment. Anpjy for particu lars to JOHNSON & Ki.AUsS, Attorneys. ocal-tf NOTICE- Beginning November 5, 1897, the following rules on export shipments will become e fi.ee Live at the port of Brunswick, Ga.: . Rule 1. All shipments covered by through bills of lading or hilling from interior points to a linal destination beyond the port oi trans shipment are exempt from the rules of the Southeastern Car Service Association. here billing is changed for local delivery cars will become subject to the rules from date of arrival. Rule 2. All shipments billed to the port ana covered by bills of lading stating that such shipments are for export shall become subject to car service rules at the expiration of ten (:0) days from arrival, except shipments of phos phate rock and o es, which shall become sub ject to the rules at the expiration of fifteen (15) davs from arrival. On shipments of phosphate rock or ores detained over lifteen (15) days a charge of lifteen (15) cents per ton shall be made and collected for the next lifteen (>5) days’ detention or any fraction thereof. It shall be optional with the roads whether they shall continue to store phosphate rock and ores in cars at this rate or shall have same stored in warehouse. All collections made under the above rules shall he reported to the manager us demurres. . . Rule 3. All shipments r.ot consigned and handled as above and not otherwise exempt under section 3 of rule 4, of .Rules for Georgia, are to be treated as local business and are sub ject to car service rules. Rule 4. Claims for refund of demurrage or storage collected under the above rules shall he considered by the manager and adjusted in ac cordance with the rules of the Southeastern Car Service Association. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, By C. L. Candler, General Agent. BR' NS WICK & WESTERN R. R. CO., Bv O. W. Coates, Commercial Agent. J. C. HASKELL, Manager. Tax Collector’s Rounds. For the purpose of collecting state and county taxes tor the year 1807,1 will he at the follow ing precincts bn dates named to wit; St. Simon, Oct. 10, Nov. 0 and 30. Jamaica, Oct. 20, Nov. 10, Dec. 1. Sterling, Oct. 21, Nov. 11, Dec. 2. Pyles, Oct. 22, Nov. 12, Dec. 3. Brunswick, Oct. 23, Nov. 13, Dec. 4. Extra, Everett City, Nov. 22, lV'iie, 14-Mile- Pc-Jt, Nov. 1. All dates not above mentioned I can he found at office in city hall. Now is the time to get information as to amount of tax due by parties non-rcsideiit. Send in your list. XI. J. READ, T. C. G. C. SHERIFF SALES- State of Gsougia, 1 County of Glynn, | Will lie sold before the courthouse door in Brunswick, Glynn county, Georgia, on the first Tuesday in December next, the same being the second day thereof, between the hours or 10 o’clock a. in. and 4 o’clock p. in. ol said date the following described property to wit: All that certain lot and stock of goods, wares and mer chandise, dry goods, cotton goocm, woolen goods,shifts, underwear, handkerchiefs, socks, ready nr* le clothing, g< ntfurnishing goods, rubber goods andsailois’ supplies, trunks,va lises, boots, shoes and hats; also all the store ti\tures .ud I'urnitute, dcsfcs and chair-, one iron safe, of the Diebold Safe and Lock Com pany make, three show cases, seven counter and one Lot of shelving, now contained in the store and premises known as No. 2‘7 Newcastle street, Brunswick, Ga.; a lull and complete schedule* and inventory o? said stock and fixtures being made by the undersigned, which inventory and properly can be seen by -any prospective"purchaser upon application. Inasmuch as said property is difficult and ex pensive to transport the same wi ll not be carried to) and exposed for sale at the court house door •on the day of sale. Said properly levied on as the property of F, 3&ogowin under and by virtue of two mortgage 'executions in favor of A. Kaiser A Brother and .J. Jahlons, principal $1,214.22, besides inter est and costs. W . 11. BMtRIE, Sheriff. PATENTS s -r A K N o D cb F S G^ Eugene W. Johnson Solicitor and Attorney in Patent Causes. [1729 New York Ave., Washington, D. C. Office established 1808, Charges moderate Correspondence requested. Joerger’s Pharmacy. DRUGS, PERFUMER 1 # ETC. Prescriptions Carefully Compounded Day and Night. OPPOSITE OGLETHORPE HOTEL. The Perfume of Violets The purity of the lily, the glow of the rose, ami the ilush of llebo combine in Pozzoni’s wondrous Powder. Estey Organ Cos. ATLANTA, OA. The Best - Pianos—^ —AND —Organs, For cash or installment. H. T. 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