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8 The Christian Index. A RELIGIOUS AND FAMILY JOURNAL. Per Annum, In Advance *® If not paid strictly in advance 3 ™ Thk Index and FornuiT Galikbt 3 60 Florida Department. W g. OHAUDOIH. Oonoipondiag Editor and Agent- JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. FLORIDA FANCIES, FACTS AND FIGURES. —We heard a minister recently tell, with an air of interest, that in a “six weeks’ meet ing, forty persons professed sanctification. He didn't say whether or not one was con verted. —There is, or has been till now, but one country church in Florida meeting each Lord’s day, and it received just thesame number by baptism last year that all the balance of the Association received. See Minutes of N. St. John’s River Association. —“A Florida fancy" with some of our Baptists is, that they can get along well enough without a religious paper. —"I have, by experience, learned how to make my paper good. When I don't read it, or skim it, glance at it, I think it is falling off—is not as good as it was. Then, when I ■it down quietly and read it properly, I think it is improving.’’ That is our experi ence just as true as we could tell it, and our observation is-, that it is so, generally, about listening to preaching and reading papers. Brother, bow do you listen ? How do you read? —The railroad from Palatka to Gainesville is progressing finely, and the rails are the largest we ever saw on a narrow-gauge rail road anywhere. —lt is a fact that many Baptists come to Florida to live, but not as Florida, but as Northern, or Eastern, or Western Baptists. We fancy (may be it is a Florida fancy) we feel towards them like a second wife whose silly husband is constantly “throwing up the first wife to her." —“I shall never again see an appeal for help to build a house of worship that I will not try to respond.” That is what one says who is living where there is no Baptist church, and they cannot build one without some help. —Three received for baptism last meeting at Palatlakaha, andbrother Hughes received one at a missionary station recently, and one was restored the first Sunday in April at Mt. Arnon. —Very pleasant meeting at Lake Jesup church the first Sunday in April, and pros pects brightening. Bishop Lawton will preach there every first Sunday, and we re joice to hear this news. —Who will send us the next dollar to give Thk Ihdkx to some poor widow or aged minister? We need some help just now for good, needy persons. —The Texas legislature did not pass the prohibition bill, and three ministers voted against it. Neither of them were Missionary Baptists. “Goodie!” —Brother Bailed will go to the Georgia Convention. That is good. Who will go with him? Will Gainesville send brother Waugh to the Southern Baptist Convention? And Kliani and Pleasant Grove send brother King? We hope so. If you will, call on "we" for help. —Here is a loving, brotherly card from Elder K. Chambers which, with its kind words and prayers, makes us love him, if possible, more than before. Try to find time to write something for Thk Index, brother Chambers. God bless you. —“Oh! I tell you; I can’t do without Thk Inpex, it is too much help to me." So laid brother Jamison to us last night, Treasurer of the Bethlehem Association, of our colored brethren. —With a desire to benefit our readers, we take occasion to say that if you need furni ture, mattresses, or articles of any kind kept by furniture dealers, send to E. E. Cleave land & Son, Jacksonville, Florida, and you will get satisfaction, and be promptly served. —Brother Cantrel, of Georgia, who was at brother Mostelleis's when we visited Orlan do, has died siuce his return home. —We regret to have to report the great suffering of our aged minister, O’Kelly, of Bradford county, caused by a fall, which may leave him an invalid for life. —The baby is the monarch of the house hold. It rules by love or through love. Dear reader, do not slight our Baby Board,—the State Board of Missions, —it cries for help. —Miss Mamie Walton is being useful in the Pine Level vicinity. She teaches school, superintends the Sunday-school, has been instrumental in getting up a temperance organization, and is at work now trying to originate a high school in the community. What an it fluence for good one earnest child of God can exert! No wonder her sister in the flesh should say, “I thank God more for the gift of such a pious and useful sister than to have her Queen of England without piety." We mortify her by publishing this, but we do it that some one else may "be provoked by it.” —“Has never been answered, and never will be," is the assertion of our brother Ren froe about Dr. Pendleton’s “Old Land Marks Reset.” —Nice, bright, cheerful-looking, plainly printed, well edited—well, that may be enough now, to say about the “Arkansas Evangel," published at Dardanelle, in that State, with B. R. Womack and J. B. Searcy, editors. Thanks, dear brethren, for your kind remembrance ot us. —April is passing away. We want to re port a good sum received, although our "appeal” is late in reaching our people. —Brother Hughes wants to raise or collect, for Thk Indbx. in renewals and new sub scribers, $60.00 by the next meeting of his Association, and the prospect is good for him to do it. He knows it will pay him to work for Thk Index. It is easier to preach to reading people/ and they always enj >y preaching more, and pay better for it. The State Beard of Missions of the Florida Baptist Convention is located at Madison, Florida, and consists of the following breth ren : C. 0. Green, pastor of the Madison Baptist church, Chairman ; 8. B. Thomas, Sr.; John M. Beggs, B. F. Wardlaw, C. W. Stevens, Madison ; J. F. B. Mays, Jackson ville; W. M. Davis, Lake City; Walter Gwynn, Oveido; A.C.McCants, Monticello: Paul Willis, Palatka; G. W. Hall, Melrose C. W. Waugh, Gainesville; T. E Langley, Greenwood, Florida. W. N. Chaudoin, Cor. Sec. and Treasurer, Jacksonville, Florida. The work of the Board : To help “preach the gospel to every creature.” The methods of the Board: Its own mis sionaries in the State; building meeting houses in the State, (i e. helping); the Home Mission Board and Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention ; Theo logical Seminary. Matto for Florida Baptists . “We must all work for our State Board—write it up, talk it up, pray it up." THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST: THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1881. GOLDEN WORDS. (Selected by an Afflicted Lady.) number 1. “Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Gra cious words of a gracious Savior, in which the soul may confidingly repose and be at peace forever. It is a present rest, the rest of grace as well as the rest of glory. Not onl Rare these a gnate of peace hungout from the walls of heaven, the lights of home glimmering in the distance to cheer our footsteps, but we have the shadow of this “great Rock” in a present weary land. Before the throne above is there the sea ofg[la», without one rippling wave; but there isa haven even on earth for the tempest-tossed,—"We which have believed do enter into rest." Reader, hast thou found this blessed repose in the blood and work of Immanuel? The soul’s immortal aspirations can be satisfied with nothingsbortof the possession of God’s favor and love in Jesus. For the weak,the weary, the sin-burdened and the sorrow-burdened, there is an open door of grace. Return, then, unto thy rest, O, my soul I Let the sweet cadence of this word of Jesus steal on thee amid the troubles ot earth. Sheltered in Him, thou art safe for time, safe for eterni ty ! There may be, and will be, temporary tossings, fearsand misgivings, maitestations of inward corruption: but these will only be the surface heavings of the while un derneath there is a deep settled calm. “Thou wjit keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee." In the world it is trouble on trouble, care on care; but every wave that breaks on the believer's soul seems to sweetly murmur, “Peace, peace I” And if tue foretaste of this rest be precious, what must be the glorious consummation ? Ask ing in the morning of immortality, with the u quiet dream of eartu over, oiir faith lost in sight, and hope in fruition; no more any bias to sin, no more latent principles of evil, nothing to disturb the spirit's happiness, ev erlasting tranquillity, the trembling magnet of the heart reposing where alone it can confidingly and permanently repose, in the enjoyment of an infinite God. Remarks.—The above selection, (and oth ers to follow) has been made in compliance with our request, that some one would write something especially to comfort the afflicted. We know much of the sufferings ot the sister, who having found comfort in the above sweet words, offers them to oth ers, who like her, are called to pass through deep waters.—Ed. Says the Florida Agriculturist: “Florida is the only place from which the Navy Department can obtain live oak, but no steps have been taken to prevent the destruction of this wood. The State is settling up fast, and huge oaks, the growth of centuries, are being destroyed to make way for groves. The United States Government has not even reserved an acre for the future supply of this wood, nor have they any reservations of oak timber in any part of their huge domains. War ships are not built in a day and are expensive articles, and if new timber is used, dry rot is sure to take place at an early date, as was the case with the vessels built during the civil war, most of which have gone to pieces long ago. It is a most unwise policy to depend on pur chasing timber as the necessity arises, for there are no extensive ship yards in this country that keep a large stock of seasoned wood. In naval engage ments the loss of men by splints are much more numerous than by shot, and therefore oak and teak have been found to be the woods that are less liable to splint. Teak is only obtained from the East Indies, so if would be an ex pensive job for our department to look to that country for a supply. An iron clad, with a backing of pitch-pine, would only be a slaughter pen, for even if the shot from heavy guns did not penetrate the blows would send the pine splints flying in all directions. We have an idea that our cabbage palmetto would make good backings for ironclads, but that depends on the durability of the wood. There is no splint in it however, and it is tough. If our government does not reserve lands for timber, before it is all given away, future generations will have cause to regret it.” The Herald thinks "Palatka is des tined to be a great town, not by health or pleasure seekers, but by commerce. “It is naturally the center of naviga tion on the St. John’s river, where inland and coast navigation meet, and in a few years, when Florida, and its easily worked productive soil are ap preciated, and the upper St. John’s with its tributaries somewhat more developed, our commerce will, yes, must, pass through Palatka and enrich its people. Not only will we eventual ly have, as tributary to us, the unre stricted vicinity of the St. John’s river, but the central counties will soon send their produce here. The tapping of the western section of the country by the Florida Southern Railway, making its way down the peninsula, with a con nection at Gainesville, on the Florida Central, will further the prosperity of Palatka. Those who laughed over the idea of a railway from Palatka, look on now with astonishment and wonder, especially those parties north of us who took great pains to throw their in fluence in its way.” The Everglade Improvement Compa ny, of Philadelphia, upon the report of Mr. Thomas J. Barger, who has return ed from Florida, has bound the con tract with that State for the purchase and improvement of the Everglades. A party of engineers left for Florida 'Thursday, intending to proceed at once to Fort Morris, on the Caloosahatchie river, via Cedar Keys and the Gulf of Mexico, and will proceed to make a complete exploration of Lake Okeecho bee. They will select the best location for the proposed ship canal which will drain the lake and reclaim the Ever glades, and will propably run some levels. The new steamboat built by the Santa Fe Canal company made an ex perimental trip into Santa Fe Lake, and worked satisfactorily. The whole en terprise is regarded as a success. THE CHRISTIAN INDEX. Ih June, 1873, nearly eight years ago, Thk Christian Index came under the control of the present management. From that time to the present no expense has been spared, no effort has been left untried, which could promote its interests and bring it up to the highest standard of a religious family newspaper, proclaiming pure Baptist doctrine, ardently devoted to the promotion of the welfare of the churches and the spread of Gospel truth, and aiming to be, as far as it lay within its power, a worthy representative and teacher of the great Baptist family of Georgia, and of its members in Florida and Alabama; and in addition to this, it has striven to be a fresh and entertaining narrator of interesting local news, and a caterer of pure and wholesome literature in all its departments. To secure these objects, the manage ment has endeavored to engage in the work the best talent available in the de nomination—talent that would give to the old Index character of thp very highest order. This is due alike to the interests involved, to the denomination, and to the long established reputation of this paper. It is too firmly imbedded in the affections and esteem of many thousands of our peo ple to allow its influence to be endangered by the slightest or the lack of the most careful aud watchful indus try. Its field of operation is a broad one, and we have endeavored to occupy and utilize it to the best of our ability. We venture to say that no number of The Index now leaves the press without holding in its columns much that is instructive and valuable to our people, and to every intel ligent Christian reader. All we ask in return is that we may receive the hearty co-operation of every patron and friend in extending its circulation, and in response thereto we promise that our energy shall never slacken until The Index shall do even ten times more than it now does for the Master’s cause and the good of man kind. The editorial corps that has served us during the past year continues with us during the present year, thus assuring an editorial management second to none. The subscription price is as low as it can possibly be afforded, and is the same as that of any first-class publication of its kind in this country. OUR EDITORIAL CORPS. Dr. H. H. Tucker, the Editor in chief, we are glad to announce, will be assisted by Dr. D. Shaver, whose editorial writ ings have placed him in the front rank of religious journalists. While our noble editor in-chief will bring the great guns to bear, the versatile Shaver will keep up a hot fire of musketry and rifles—their com bined labors furnishing an editorial page unsurpassed anywhere. Dr. Shaver will also have special charge of the Correspon dence department, attending to the com munications from pastors, churches, etc., with which they may favor us, giving prompt personal attention to all queries and requests. He will organize a corps of contributors, which will give new life and interest to this department. We cordially request all the brethren to send us cominu nications, and to assist us from week to week in making this part of the paper en tertaining and valuable. All communica tions will be carefully edited by Dr. Shaver. Dr. Henderson will continue to conduct the Alabama Department with his accus tomed ability, and fill it with thoughtful and timely articles from his pen. Our Literary and News departments will remain in charge of Mr. Charles W. Hubner, who will furnish a page of choice and entertaining reading-matter, compris ing brief editorials on interesting topics of the day, notes and comments on litera ture, carefully prepared book and rnaga zine notices, local and general news items, etc. Our Household department will continue to receive the careful atten lion of the editress, Mrs. G. H. Starke. The Children’s department, under the pat ernal care of our beloved Sunday-School Evangelist, Rev. T. C. Boykin, will con tinue to entertain and instruct the children. The Mission department will furnish many valuable statistics and notes from the pen of our able Secretary of the Mission Board, Dr. J. H. DeVotie and our esteemed Bro. Rev. C. M. Irwin, who will make their department of special interest to all. The Sunday-School department will be filled by Rev.S. H.Mirick, with the international Sunday-School lessons carefully prepared and annotated. The Agricultural depart ment will be under the able supervision of Mr. J. H. Redding, of the Georgia State Agricultural Bureau, and will be found in valuable to farmers. Rev. W. N. Chaudoin, whose energy and devotion to every Christian work is well known to all, will continue to edit the Florida department, making The In dex, as the official representative of the Baptists of Florida, indispensable to the brethren of our sister State. We propose a Historical department, wherein will be given copious extracts from the biographical sketches which we have been coflecling for several years past. In this department we expect to have the valuable assistance of Rev. S. Boykin, now engaged in work on our forthcoming “History of Georgia Baptists;” as well as Rev. W. L. Kilpatrick, the esteemed Sec retary of the Georgia Baptist Historical Society. We will endeavor to furnish our readers with interesting letters from abroad, and with occasional letters from Washington. A choice sermon will also appear, occa sionally. in our columns. We desire to reiterate that we will make The Index, in the future, better than it has been in the past, and this in face of the fact, universally admitted, that it is the peer of the best and most costly of its contemporaries. The excellent reputation and fame of The Index has always been, and always will be, dear to us. Increased assistance and facilities, and the generous aid of our patrons, will en able us to fulfill these promises. It is very gratifying to us that the great body of our subscribers thoroughly appreciate our ef forts, and render us practical assistance in consummating all our purposes. To each and all we return our heartfelt thanks, and we especially thank those kind friends who have labored so faithfully and sue cessfully in making The Index a welcome visitor during the past year in homes and families where it had hitherto been a stranger. We request these friends to continue in this good work, to increase their succes ses in this direction. There are many families in every com m nity who are destitute in the matt rof religious literature, anti who would gladly sul 8 ribe for and read The Index, pro vided the.. ] can get it at very low rates. We have made provis ion for all such, as will be seen in another column of this number of our paper, to which we refer all our readers, in the hope that many will subscribe on these exceedingly liberal terms, and will induce others to do so, on every possible occasion. Every reader, doubtless, knows some brotner who would subscribe, or some family in which The Index would be welcome, and where it would do good—will they not exert themselves particularly to get the visits of The Index established there? Nor do we expect any one to labor for us for nothing; we offer generous commissions to all who will get subscribers for The Index, and have made the subscription price so low that it will be an easy matter to secure subscribers. We count upon every subscriber as being an active agent for the circulation of the paper, as well as its patron, and on one new subscriber, at least, as the result of such agency. We appreciate the merits of the paper and energy and zeal of our friends too much to doubt the favorable result of this our appeal. THE MANAGEMENT. A word in conclusion in reference to the publisher, brother James P. Harrison. From the day he assumed control of the business management of The Index, it has been bis earnest wish and constant aim to keep upon the subscription books, permanently, the names of all subscrib ers, and to avoid all mistakes in the settle ment of accounts, and to execute sacredly every promise made. Clerical errors have occurred, and subscribers have occasion ally failed to receive the premiums asked for. All such mistakes, when brought to his notice, have been, and always will be, promptly rectified. He will be under ob ligations to any one who will call his at tention to an error, for it is in this way only that errors can be at once made known and corrected, and all cause for personal grievance or ill-feeling avoided. He is devoting to the interests of the pa per, and to its continued and increasing prosperity, all the energies of his life, and watches its good name and its course with tireless zeal and sleepless vigilance. In his efforts he is heartily seconded by his associates in the management, who, like himself, are anxious that every contract, and every promise shall be fulfilled justly and equitably. Every subscriber, reader and friend of The Index may rest as sured that nothing in this direction will be left undone; that every mistake will be corrected on notification. We are deter mined to please, and to achieve success only upon the sure foundation of merit and of right. _ We reiterate the offer heretofore made to send Thk Christian Index io any address, at one-halt’the regular subscription price, at the request ol any brother who will remit the other half of the amount, stating that the persou to whom Thk Index Is to be sent is not able to pay the full subscription price. Let our brethren continue to send In the names of sucn. The Index, as heretofore, will be sent free to indigent ministers. Uur earnest desire Is that all may share the bene fits The Index Is able to bestow. Died March 25th 1881, at LaFayette, Ga .Mrs. Ruth T. Marsh. Her maiden name was Ruth T. Brantley. She was born in Chatham coun ly, Nortli Carolina March 4th 1799; was mar ried to Spencer Marsh January 7th 1824, and with her husband removed to LaFayette, Walker county, Ga., In 1835. She became a member of the LaFayette Baptist church and was baptized by Elder Edwin Dyer In 184 , and remained a consistent, exemplary mem ber of the same until she was removed by death, and transferred to the Church trium phant. During inis long period of her con nection with the church, her life was a con stant, living evidence ol that purity of heart that so mueli adorns the true Christian char acter. Consecrated to the service of her Mas ter, she was devoted to bls Church, and all of its enterprises, being at all times a "cheerful giver," to sustain the same, she was thoughtful of the poor and needy, and liberal to supply their wants, She was meek, and Salient in affliction, having been sorely af icted for several years preceding her death In all the relations she sustained in life, she was true and faithful to duty, making her home one of true happiness, and dispensing kindness and hospitality to all whe entered 1 In her death the church and community sustain an irreparable loss, but the many who mourn the same are abundantly assure . net only by iter Christian life, but by her re peated declarations, during her last Illness, and in her last hours, of her constant undy ing faith in Jesus Christ. There is left no rea son to doubt that she has entered into “that rest that remalneth to the people of God.” J. C. Clements. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. 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Copies of each grade will be furnished to all who may desire to see them, on recelptol six cents in postage stamps A very large edition of the series has been published, neatly printed on good paper. The publishers hope that the books will find ready sale, and that they will be generally adopted by the Sunday-schools throughout the country. The Christian Index Seruh of Scripture Question Books. They are accurate in fact and sound in doctrine. Concise, comprehensive and well graded they are calculated to impart a knowledge of the outlines of Bible truths, and to meet tue wants of all classes of Sunday school scholars Send for sample copies. Address JAS. P. HARRISON St CO., aprl7tt THE GEORGIA MUTUAL RELIEF ASSOCIATION. Organized under the laws of Georgia. G. J. FOREACRE, President. ROBT. M. FARRAR, Secretary. ■T Liberal commissions given to good Agents. Apply to R. A. VARNEDOE, Gen’l Agent, ap2l 6on Atlanta, Ga. AGENTS A.W CA.KVASBEHB Make from to 9SO per week selling goods for E. RIDEOUT A CO., lu Barclay st., New York Send for their catalogue and terms ag26lJ ADVERTISEMENTS. , IE I if/ ill I Ks JjL ■ w / \\ \ fir r / \ w v THN - K <IO,> , 1 B W. WRENN Gnierwl J’asxcsifjtTjfffenL ATLANTA. GA. IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS AND LOWER PRICES. THE MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CO. f whose cabinet or parlor or gans have long maintained their ABSOLUTE SUPREM A CY as the very STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE among in -truments of the class, have pleasure in announcing the completion and Introduction this season of SEVER AL IM PROVEMENTS OF GREAT PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE vhich give their organs a still HIGHER DEGREE OF EX- Baby Organs. CELLEoCE, and at the same Price, $22 and 830. time render possible a RE DUCTION IN PRICES on sev eral of the medium and smaller sizes. Among these improvements may be mentioned: AN IMPROVED BELLOWS, simplified in con struction, of which the action upon the reeds is nr re direct, with beneficial effect upon the qual ity of tone, while the blowing is rendered EASIER. AN KEY-ACTION reducing the force necessary to manipulate the keys nearly one-half, rendering the whole action more elas tic aud perfect, and saving fatigue to the player, as well as almost certainly avoiding some of the commonest faults in organ playing. AN IMPROVED STOP ACTION; simple but efficient and sure in working. SEVERAL NEW CASES are offered, combining grace and elegance of design, with simplicity and stability of construction. AN IMPORTANT PRACTICAL ADVANTAGE of these and other improvements effected this season Is in GREATER ECONOMY OF MANU FACTURE, by which lower prices of many styles are rendered possible. The MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CO. now offer the following EXTRAORDINARY LOW PRICES, which certainly have not before been even ap proachkd for organs of such highest excellence. THE BABY CABINET ORGA (see cut at be ginning) three and a quarter octaves, suffi cient compass for the full parts of popular saered and secular music generally, having the charae teris'ic tone and excellence of the Mason & Ham lin organs; net cash pricb, $22. The same four octaves, net cash price, 330. »FOUR OCTAVE OR GANS, FIVE STOPS (di apason, viola, melodla, flute, full organ, with knee swell); catalogue price 885: not cash price, flf: I—T—irft1 —T—irft GANS, SEVEN STOP, I I Wl (diapason,viola, melolia, wl sernphone, voix celeste, hill organ, tremulant, rMt-a-niMwy rf ith knee swell); eata- Prices. 351 and 360. Io8«e Price. 8W0; net cash price, 860. That standard of merit which has won for the Mason & Hamlin organs the HIGHEST DISTINCTIONS at EVERY ONE OF THE GREAT WORLD’S INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITIONS for thirteen years, at no one of which has any other American organ ever been found egual to them, is not only rigidly main tained but MATERIALLY ADVANCED. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES (32 pp. 4to), with price lists, free. Mason & Ham’in Organ Co., Tremont St., Boston; 46 E. 14th St., New York; 149 Wabasli Av., Chicago. ap2l cowtt GEORGIA STATE GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY, Copyrighted by Jas. P. llaniaon ACo , who alone have authority, under Laws of the U. 8., to publish thts Work, IB NOW IN PROCESS OF PREPARATION BY THE STANDARD DIRECTORY COMPANY AND Messrs. Jaß. I*. HARRISON & CO., of Atlanta. This will bo the most comnrohenssve work of its kt id ever publivhid In the State, embracing: Sketches of Counties, Cities. Towns and Villages; Reports of Population, Wealth, etc., of each- Bnsl-je-s and Professional Men, M.rhai'ics, Aitins, etc ; Schools, Acarlemks, Colleges and Cnurchea- Mines and Manufactories; Navigable Rivers, Canals, Water powers, etc.; Rai'roads and other Transl por'.at'.on Companies; Firo, Marine, Life and other Insurance Companies; Statistics of Agri culture; Names of Farmers, Agriculturists, Horticulturists, etc.; Chief Productions of the various Counties; Summer Resorts for Health or Pleasure: and, in fact, every detail essential to a complete Gazetteer and Dlnctory of Georgia. Canvassers arc now vigorously prosecuting the enterprise In tills and other cltlee of the State. Merchants and Business Men, of all pursuits, will find no bet ter rdvertt.-lng medium than this, while an a source of statistical and general ihformatton It will be reliable and complete. Those dcdti us of patronizing ibis enterprise should contract, ONLY, with the representatives o THlfl BTAISDAIW DIRECTORY COMPANY’. The compilation will be under the personal care and supervision of Mr. C. W. NORWOOD who. by Lis achicsemcuts in th s lino, has proven his ability to make the work thorough aud correct In all ot rs details With Messrs JAS. P. HARRISON A CO., Publishers, succ;ps Is assured. „ ? o h ?,‘’ ra 2 e ? f T , h ® Standard Directory Company Is at the Franklin Steam Printing House, Noe. Z7-.9 Bread street, .Atlanta. aprl2-dtf top col LIEBERMAN & KAUFMANN, MANUFACTURERS OF TRUNKS, VALISES 5 SAMPLE CASES, 92 Whitehall Street, ATLANTA, GA. ■W" Trunks and "Valises Rep .ired and Covered. "fro mrSl 3ra a FIVE OCTAVE ORGANS, lar e and elegant case. <, richly ornamented and embellished; eleven stops, jej J(viola, viola-dolce, diapa- J uly i 'j| son, dttlciana, oboe, clari- ’’IL Jy onet, melodla, cterabdlla, eEjSSmS.- jll voix celeste, tremulant,full organ, with knee swell); catalogue priee, 3170; net IS cash price, 8102. Observe that the number of stops in * I /-ill an or oon is no criterion of 1 A|lle its capacity. A Mason A J — —l Hamlin organ may be ex- £. lallr P e cted to have very much . greater power, variety, and capacity every way, than Price, 81’>2. one of the “cheap” organs with two or three times its number of stops. LARGER STYLES of greater capacity are furn ished in ex ensive variety, in very elegant cases, black walnut, ash or ebouized, paneled, carved, richly decorated and highly polished by hand ; up to 890 U each. SUPERB DRAWING ROOM STYLES, 8102 to 8570 and up. FOR LARG.-l CHURCHES, 8570, 8480, 8360 and less. FOR SMALLER CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, etc., 830 to 8200 and up. POPULAR STYLES, 82’ to 8180 and up. /VaaSiaa THE LISZT ORGAN, nf large scale and capacity; the best organ which can be construe T<" '’ >' ‘ ,3< i from reed-. Suited fori - if BUM 'orany useand adapted qgkxi F to any position. Price, gRd nW. THE SAME, two fl t/z 189 nanuals twenty-two tops; price, 8570 EBO SIZED CASES, exactly •• imitating ebony, are Liszt Organ, 8860. now - THE MASON A HAMLIN ORGAN CO. now regularly manufacture MORE THAN ONE HUN DRED STYLES, including the lowest as well as the highest priced instruments of this class in the world; all of which, considering quality, excel leuce and real value, are the cheapest organs made The prices given in this advertisement are the lowest net cash prices from our own warerooms, except where otherwise stated. FOR EASY PAYMEN TS.—Organs are also furn ished for easy payments, at only sufficient ad vance in prices to compensate for extra time and expense. After a first payment of one-tenth of the price of the organ, other payments may be 85 or mote per month or quarter, according to value of the organ.