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By Jno. v7. Radley.
VOLUME V.
Official Organ of Polk and Haralson Counties.
CEDARTOWN, GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1878.
Subscription $2 Per Annum.
NUMBER I.
PROFESSIONAL
'M URD0CK MoBRID*.
\TTORNKY AT LAW,
irHi.lA'T, <3a.i .! )
k rT Will practice in sll the Courts of the Rom
.'uaidto’ift o'Molnlu^ '•ou.itloB. mayt3-7B-tf
.^UANOJfi & KING
A TTO UNISYS AT LAW;;
Cedartown, oa,
9^WlU^Mtt
nV;Tn .he d
ObOHQIA—TOLK COUNTY.—Ocorse H.
WhltfloldhRB applied for cxompvlon of Personalty
and J wUl pass mioqjtHo Mne at 11 o'clock, A. M.
'on 4htj iflth day o# Nqv omhor 1878, at my offico.
This November 8th, 1878. JOEL BREWER,
’. 7th 8t Ordinary.
mrta of the Rome
rt of the State, and in
the Northern District
of ^inrgla. Nov, 11,1871.
r*i
LNER. A HARRIS,
J.jW. HARRIS, J*
i I! T0ENBY8 VT LAW,
0ARTE587ILLB, Ml.
V* Optics on Mailt Street, .next doo* to ffill-
. ft Son. iir. Mliner will attend the Superior
rt- tf Pelk coanty rogNlarly.
irch 8. 1877-tf
Q’EOHOIA-POLK COUNTY-W. T. Tomlin,
ron, Administrator on the estate of E. 8. Tomlin
son deceased, has applied to me for lettors of Dis
mission from tbo said a^ninlstration, alleging in
his petition that ho has frilly administered and dis
bursed tb«i estatn of said deceased, according to
law, therefore, all persona concerned will be and
appear at a Court of Ordinary to bo
held In said Comity oA the First Monday in Febru
ary next, t6 show causo If any they have, why let-
>rs oFUipfnDfl&nWibaM not be granted In said
case. Given under my hand this Nov. 3rd, 1878.
r 7, 8m ,JPBL BREWER, Ordluary.
Valley Hcmse,
J. D. FINLO W, Proprietor,
OEDAidTOVVN, GA.
'I'FRif■j* County Custom, 26 cents
Mil i rutisiiMi!., 60 cents a meal.
huhstantlal faroanrl clean beds will al
•i oo (on..ii lit ny honso, Giro mo a call.
M-tf
.1 tiers HALL.
'On’ITORTAL parlors.
u Ak.'w'rro'vfBpay
. V"Str, eg, Shtt'neoelugand llalr Catting done
M'.ly.r.i 'L.-ly and exHuJItioesly. Oivd me a call,
jan 51 tl* RIU8 IIALL
WASHINGTON, D. C.
II 3 A PlkSA-OLASS llGTEL AT
#2,50 per day
TL’emoat THtouse
» Nq Liquors Sold. tf
iOS‘Cx» BUSHED IN 1850.
Te.apit) of Musio.
ilpLiJBALEanil Retail,Agei)-
c» for.the He ••• atd Plano Makers,
ST KIN,WAY,
KNABE,
DUNIIAM,
BACON &
A'ARR .1 iid j(.- & C. -FISHER.
,» W.-.1M Or -,i, it MASON 1 ,A.UAMLIN, Burt
.. . ■ w f . ,• sn! OrgaO .Co.. Ith'l Q A Prluce &
i •':-!lo ibltihers, Oliver Dltson, Wm. A
*»i . . .■ , >. .Lh £ Co., V A Mortli ft Co.
Also ffi JU*.^ ibi^l Musical Quods. Btrlnga, et®.’
• r». -,'j> ii'i.or niHpeotfully *n«lQUW.e» to tTio clt-
1 , • .4 ot .. •■) .ar./l vicinity, that Ills faclll-
M«>e t O a. .w ufor extra Inducements to pur-
cbii' jo; of .Ml •c.l Moods, guaranteeing everything
repr-.x nu<i ’ hlui tn^lvc mtlre satlstaciioL.
CuiTeepcadPic": • >ltclted. t.ataloguea mallwlfroe
JA8. A. McCLURE,
t/3, Union biroet, Nashville Teua.
REoTAURANT
laa-LDlTSS’ CAFE,
JAM US' SANE BLOCK,
ATjjASTTA, OA
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
Accommodations for Families,
ad iieafi a trull Honrs. '
Varcl* n4-#ia .
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
^ u Guardian’s Sale.
Q’KOiuri&^iiiLti ®)UNTY.—Agroucble to In
order from the Court of Ordinary In and far said
county, will be sold bofore the Court Douse door in
Cedartown, Polk county, Ga., on tho First Tues
day in December next, within tho legal hours of
sale, the following property, to-wlt:
Lots or land Nos, 8*9, MI, BM, GOO, 001, 009 and
031, and parts of lots Nos. #75, and 676, in the 3ad
District of the Jth soctlou of Folk county, Ga., It.
belug batter known as fciyirt of thejtun f. Laidpj \
ton place, Including the dwelling, ftc. Sold as the
property of James Lampton, minor heir of Jane T
Lampton, deceased. Terms made known on day
of sale, this SOtb day of October, 1870 4 If> .
81-30d Wn. T. GIBSON, Guardian. ,
Administrator’s Salt.
Q* BORGIA—POLK COUNT*.—Bjf, virtue of an
order from the Court of Ordinary Of'Said county;
will be sold before the Court house deor, In Cedar-
, Polk county, Oa., on the let Tuesday in De
cember next, between the legal heure or sale, tho
following property to-wlt: .
Lots of land Nos. 43,103 and two acres of No. '80,
Improved land. Also one half of Nos. 40,9!t, and
46, wild land, all lying in tho 3ml district and 4th
section of said county and 8tntc. All of said laud
belonging the estate of W. 8. Hogue, demised,
and sold for tho benefit of tho heirs. The improv
ed lauds are in a high state of cultlvatlort, lying
near Esom Hill, and known as the place where de;
ceased died. 8. K. HOGUE, Administrator,
oct 31-Sod of W.' 8. Hogue deceased.
GeOKOIA-VOLK COUNTY.—Mr.., 8. J. Mu
well has applied to have Jerry Isbell to be appoin
ted as Guardian for William P. Ilogue Robert V.
Ilogue,. and also for Robert H. Wheeler to be ap
pointed as tho Guardian for Lula E. Hogue ami
Vesta |U. Ilogue, they being the minor children of
Wm. 8. Ilogue, duceus.-d. Therefore all person
conserncd will be and appear at a Court of Otdl-
-nary to be ncuTItnuUd eouilty on tho amt Monday
in December next, to show cause why said applica
tion should not bo granted. Given under my hand
this Oct. 7th, 1878. JOEL BKEWKB.
oct 31, 3Ud Ordinary. ‘
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
All persojis indebted in any way,
by note, account or otherwtso, to tko estates of R.
W- Whitehead, late of said county deceased, are
hereby notified that prompt payment is required.
All persons bolding claims against said estate are
also notified that they must be presented In the
terms of the luw. This Oc*. Jtud, lb78.
WILLIAM 1. TAYLOR.
oct3.ni Administrator.
Georgia—Haralson county—n. c.
Head, Administrator o! Joseph*. jFowelL'dWcas.
ed, has applied for leave to eeB tho teal estate be
longing to said estate, therefor*, 111 fparsons con
cerned will be (it a Court ol Ordinary to bo 'hold Irf
said county on the First Monday in December next
to show cause, If any they have, why leave to sell
said land should not be granted. Given under my
baud this 4th day of November, 1878.
8. M. DAVENPORT,
nov 7th 30d • , • Ordinary*
Georgia—HARALSON county.—h. u.
Head, Administrator of Charles Bides; deceased,
has applied for leave to sell ono naif of lot of land
No. 800, in tho 8th dlstric t of said connty, belong
ing to said estate, therefore, all persons concerned
will be and appear at a Court of Ordinary, to be
hold In said county oc the first Monday ih Decem
ber next, to show cause, if any thoy have, wh -
leavo to sell said land should not be granted. Uh
en under my hand th|a 4th day of November 1878,
8. M. DAVENPORT.
Polk County Sheriff's Sales.
W ILL be sold before the Court
House door, i n Cedurtown,
Polk connty, GS., between the legal
hours ol sale on the Frst Tuesday m
December next, the following-prop
erty to-wit:
Lota of land Nos. 10S6, 1087, in
the 21st district and 3rd section of
Pols county, Ga., as the property of
Jos' Morgan, deceased, by virtue of
one'Polk Superior Court ti fa in fa
vor of Woodson Hubbard vs. Geo
W Morean, Jos D Morgan, aud Mar 7
gnret Morgan, Executors of Jba Mor
gan, deceased. . . rt, . / ,v.
Also.Ttt rbe-Same time and. place,
two mules,iione bay horse mule about
twelve year's old; one .‘mouse colored
mare mule, 12 or 15 years old, ai-the
property of Itichard Junes,-by virtue
of pap Polk Superjor Court fi fa in
favor of Joseph A Blanoe; and King
& Janes vs. Gabe Ammons, Sr.,
Bobinson Ammons, Gabe Ammons,
Jr., and Bichard Jknes, as the prop.-
" taifl iIhIHUii s—Ml mill ■mill
;,i ram-uvnM", ms'sound (n Sn. tioia, flxtwros, u tbofewperty fiCWcndants
by virtue of one Polk Superior Court
fi fa in favor of J C Bianson, et al,
for the use of Abda, Johnson vs J T
Gibson,- W.M Butchtrtgs. J A JMappe
and N J Tumlin. Property pointed
AUt f/r^d 0 Mi,ffl‘ dttnt8a8the
Xtssodb In Short Band Writing
ONLY TWO DOLLARS, j
Tin so lobsom ar« complete la every particular,
and hythoUr aid any one of moderate abIHty may,
In a few mouths, without the.addltlona) aid el a
teacher,''ticqalr^ a knowledge efthls useful and
beautiful art. Thoy have heretofore boon written
out in lonO uand at il furnished, by mail to atu-
dents at from ten to twenty dollars, I now pro-
pofco to have itfmm pointed,anjl as the labtjy of j^ro-
ductlou is removed, l w)U sell them at oply 'two
dollars for trio-fill! course. Application should bis
uu.de at once, aa tho leBaoqa are about to be put,tfi r - er |
press .-ih.I only a limited number will be printed.
They will he rofuly lof;d«vertng to.fnb^^ 4»?
thirty
bcautlf.
Tho hook hu» been 'set up in type and the engrav
er Is flnluhlng up the plates. Act promptly If y
with to take advantage of the opportunity to a
to yztf altalnmebllf tBIs greatest accomplishment’
ofthehgrf Address.' W. E. H. Snaitor,
Official Reporter, Flint Circuit.
000 OctIQ-flt Griffin, Ga.
Hearn Male School.
CAV£ SPRING, GA
T HEV.jHi.jlli Sru.lmi of tSto School wHI ooeo
Ancu.t 30. nnil clue, the V.U Term December
S3 SrJttMaBHCHS
mo. T Hlon f.»r tho year, |S0, $30and ft4oT’lnol-
fl..nta!.-tpww«-d tortha year #1. Board with the
PrimliM » '»per mouth, exclusive of washing
huA tuweis. tnoVedu wlB.he tboroujrhlv prepared
fort l -n IUuLi.r oiasf jsln College. Prises will be
; . , lustin, uioekand mathematics. For
dr; n!;• a or oti4 jrinformation,addrass the Prlncpal;
FALEMON 1. KINO. A. M..
Julj;n «m C»v. Bprlng, Q«.
jSroj)i ,
Also at the same time und place,
pne. house and lot in the town ol
Bockmart, number not known, con
taining about oue-half acre, and a
two story dwelling house fronting on
Elm Streat.aa the properLy. pf.J D
Smith; Tenalit in --poBBesslon'- not -
fled. By-virtue of one .Polk. Superi
or Court fi fa in favor of S T Suit &
Co. vs J D Smith.
E. W. CLEMENTS,
oct 31, tds Sheriff.
- The rights, in the Provincial fish
eries have been, to a greater or less
degree, a bone of contention between,
the United ib»tf8 iuid Greht Britain
since the independence of the Colon-
'ea wMjyppguized. InUie ejrjy.duya
of the Bepuplic fisliing’Y.^s rjjwyre-
ly a much more 1 in pm'taut industry
than now, oertiiinly.in so for as the
sea’fisheries were a que^lpn qf inter?
natio.httl politics.
It was essentially an Atlantic in-
duatn, eiidwqwe tlimi; essiarti
»n AXJbe
the Bevolutionary. War this question
of th,q fisheijiqs was jhought of such
importance that JoVn Adams said
that he wdhhl con timid the war ra
ther than give up the fisheries. The
Third Article of (ho Treaty of Inde
pendence deolaros: “It is agreed
that the people of the United States
Shall continue to enjoy unmolested
the right to take fish Of every kind
on the Graud Bank and on all the
other banks of Newfoundland; also,
-in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, und at
all other places in the sea where the
inhabitants of bofli countries used at
any time heretofore to fish,” This
privilege was exercised till the War
of 1812. In the Treaty of Ghent,
made in December, 1814, this condi
tion was not really changed, though
that treaty was not sufficiently clear
upon this questiun. Great Britain
claimed, however, that the War of
1812 abrogated all • rights obtained
by the United States by the Treaty
of Independence, a claim which we
resisted. In the Treaty of London,
of October 20, 1818, it was agreed
that in British wuters north of the
Gulf of St. Lawrence the people of the
United States should have the right
of five fisheries, but the United States
relinquished thu right' to “take, 4 dry
or oure Hall on or within three mar
ine miles of any of the coasts, buys,
creeks or harbors of His Britannic
Majesty’s dominions in America not
included within the above-mentioned
limits.” But this change was not of
practical importance, tor the great
fishery at that time was that of the
cod and the halibut, and principally
outside of the three-mile line, and for
twenty years the people of this coun
try continued to lish in ull the Bri
tish waters us they had done before.
Later, Great Britaiu maintained that
the American citizens had no right
to fish within a line drawn from
headland to headland across the buys
and inlets of the Provinces. No such
.yords as “headland” appeared in the
treaty on whioh England bused this
claim, and it wub, of course, meant
that the three-mile line should fol
low the line of the shore. This was
was one of the many inequitable pre
tensions, or lawless aggressions, of
Great Britaiu in connection with the
question of the fisheries, and it would
even have forbidden American fish
erman to fish in the Buy of Funduy,
which so farely lies along the Maine
coasts. T.hiSiChange in the jealousy
of Great Britain touching tho three-
mile line arose from a change in the
mode of fishing. The fisherman had
begun to take mackerel by “jigger
fishing” and seining. England seiz
ed the American fishiug vessels on
this lawless theory as to the head
lands and three-miles line, and cau
sed them to be condemned in her
Provincial Courts of Admiralty, and
as a three-mile line on the sea is part
ly imaginary, this was often done on
yery Provincial evidence. Many of
these seizures were acts of war, and
should.have been so declared, but they
were simply discussed diplomatically,
a pasjdme. that did not remunerate
our fisherman for the losses they had
curred by British violation of trea
ty obligations. The Beoiprooity
Tre4tvjof'I854 followed. This was
to eiftf ( jrpars, The question of
the fisheries was only’ incidental in
-this treaty. After its abrogation in
f808 the Canadian Provincial Gov-
erh^fiftti established a license fee or
fifty cents per ton for the* right of
free: fishing and for landing and our-
mg fish upon the Provincial coastk
We Iiad 14,000 tons of fishing vessels,
This license amounted to $7,000 a
privileges granted by the license
having really been granted by inter-
national treaty.
Then, oupie ihe Treaty of Wash
ington and the Halifax Award.
Pending the Treaty of Washington
the British OommlEiilmers offered to
ppncsde to Amerioane tho right of
free fishing if a reciprocity in the in
terchange of the proiluots ol Cumuli,
andithe United State*could be givon,
and the offer waH declined. The fish
ing right was then offered to the
United States if this Government
ould admit Canadian lumber free
duty, and this was refused. Wo
are not;expressing an opinion as to
the wisdom of these refusals; we men
tion tlie fact. The United States
then offered one million of dollars
for free fishing foreve", and this of-
ler was declined. The Washington
Treaty, flnully adopted, gave the
citizens of tho United States the
right of fishing, and landing to dry
lish and nets, and Using harbors for
purposo of shelter, along tho coasts
of Nova Scotio and Now Brunswick
—no more. All other rights we had
under former treaties. We by the
same trciuy gave Canada the equal
right of free fishing along our coasts
from Eastport to Delaware Bay, and
also gave Great Britain the right to
import Canadian fish and fish-oil
free of duty. These concessions to
England amounted, it is estimated,
to more than $4UU,000 per annum.
A Commission was appointed to ad
just tlie money difference between
these grants of privilege, and a ma
jority of tlmt Commission made tlie
Halifax award of $5,500,000 to Eng
land for the money value of the dif
ference between the concessions nam
ed above. It was an extravagantly
unreasonable award,LwKthat it was
.nil aWiml-at-aHr-UaivJA Hdu-smly .by
a majority of the Commission, the
award should have bed'll made unani
mous, is seriously and logically dis
puted. It is denied that this award
could be made by umarjority, merely,
of the Arbitrators, and this denial
was very ably made in Congress last
Juno by General Butler, from
whose speech we have freely drawn.
An Englishman und a gentleman
chosen by the Austrian Minister at
the Court of 8t. James n.udc the
award, the representative of thoUni-
ted States protesting. The award
was not only shockingly excessive,
but it is plausibly agreed that it was
nominated in the bond that it should
be unanimously mude, should be of
suob u character thutu fair-minded
representative of the United States
could give the consent of this coun
try to the same.
This is u glimpse of the question
of the fisheries; und now England in-
on theory that the rights of
American fishermen, secured by
treaty, are still subject to
local, Provincial legislation of her
subjects—that the statutes ol'Now-
fouudland, for example, override a
treaty between Eiigluuu und the
United States. Let us hope that the
country will adhere to the position
taken by Mr. Evarts in his letter to
Lord Salisbury sent through Mr.
Welsh, our Minister to England.
,pf.J p yea#,; and for (;wo years-thU vyas paid,
Thiji licei^e fee was preSeotiy . doub
led,Swonllitltagdo illi'ik®’ a year
Thill was again, increased to $2 a ton
or $38,0.00. a year, which our fisher
men refused to pay, nearly all ef the
A WIFE TURNS OUT TO BE A MAN.
A singular development transpired
Fort Lincoln to-day. “Mrs.”
Nooman, who died last night, turns
out to be a man. “Mrs.’ Nooman
was a laundress at the post aud
most popular midwile; ‘she’ had
been married three times and was
one of the widows of the Custer Mas
sacre. ‘Her’ husband is a member
of the Seventh Cavalry, now in the
field. There is no explanation of the
unnatural union, except that the
supposed Mexican woman was worth
$10,000, and wns able to buy her
husband’s silence. ‘She’ had been
with the Seventh Cavalry nine years.
—Ex. [If not mistaken, we have
sold “Mrs. Nooman goods in Ky.—
Ee. Fx.
Ellentown, S. O., 24th, 1875,
Dr. Harter, Dear Sin
I used your Iron Tonic to a con
siderable extent in my practice last
Fall, aud was weil pleased with its
Effects It produces more satisfacto
ry result in my hands than uuy pre
paration of bark and iron I have ever
used. For sale by all Druggists.
b; g.. mabley, m. d.
Nov7-2t
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Wasiunhtox Nov, 4^1878.
In New York some time since, a
combination was formed to defeut cer
tain regular Democratic nominees
Those Democrats who went into the
combination perhaps did so for what
they thought good and an tin-ell t rea
sons Tlmt they would be dragged into
opposition tn leg-ilar no-'LhoiHnabl-
Democratic candidates for Congress
and into indirect aid to Senator
Coiiklingin bis bloody shirt cam
paign lor re-electing, they probably
had no idea. Day by day, however,
the truth is being made plain, and
before election, it is to be hoped,
many of them will see the trap into
which they are being drawn. There
is no proper place for a Democrat but
in the Democratic party. In Pennsyl
vania less plausible slicmos threaten
ed for awhile to injure Democratic
prospects. Tlie latest reports from
both States are encouraging. The
wonderfully clear statement -if til •
parties which are necessary in an elec
tion and representative government,
made a few days since by Senator
Thurman, receives fresh ojutlrmatiou
in the Congressional nominations
being made daily. In New York,
(or instance, the combined opposition
to tlie Democrats lias putin nominu-
toil! some of the principal bunkers of
the country. As Senator Thurman’s
statement was at once clear and able,
and tits particularly tho present con
dition of ufluirs, I give it ill full;
The third purty contains many
good men, and not a few misguided
men. The idea lliut it can absorb
tlie Democratic party, or tils Repub
lican party, or draw enough from
them both to become the dominant
parly, is fallacious. In a country of
free institutions there never has been
and there never.will .be, hut two
great permanent parties, the one of
privileges enacted by law anil tlie
oilier a purty of equal rights. In
our 'Country.the purty uf equal l-iglils
is tlie Democratic party. The parly
of privlegcs created by luw, bus
ever been, and yet is,-the party op
posed to Demuoruoy. 1 excluded from
the comparison the slavery of the
blacks that formerly existed not only
in the South butiu tlie North.
That was forced upon us by our
English ancestors. Excluding thnt,
what stute was ever passed by a
Deinoorutio Gongress or a Democra
tic Legislature to confer special priv-
iledge upon Democrats? Not one
But on the other hand, every pub
lic debt law every bunking law, every
subsidy law, has conferred immense
privileges upon onr opponents.
Sir, the Democratic party is the
natural party of free institutions. It
is indestructible so long as such in
stitutions exist.
There has been a sudden collapse
of the late imposing bloody shirt
renewel. Everybody should remem
ber, to the discredit of Senator Conk-
liug, that but for him we should
have bud little references in tlie pres
ent campaign to the silly fictions of
outrages in the South. These sto
ries are relics of a time when one
section was willing to be governed
by hatred of another.
The Commission to inquire into the
advisability of transfering the Indian
Bureau to the War Department has
finished its investigation, and will
now commence the preparation of
its report. Honest and experienced
men differ on this subject, but no
intelligent man doubts the urgent
necessity of removing from the In
terior Department some of its
Bureaus. Secretary Schurz is wholly
unable to give attention to ail his
duties, and the consequence is that
Bureau officers practically manage
the Department, leaving him only
the honor of being a figure head and
the profit attaching to that honor.
The Secretary within a week used
substantiuly his language in reference
to one of the most important ques
tions which has ceme before him.
“I believe you have law and equality
and custom aud common sense on
your side, gentleman, but my sub
ordinate ought to understand these
things better than I do, for he is
specially charged with their perfor
mance, and I must sustain him.”
Such action may be in part the res
ult of natural inaptitude for practi
cal affaire ou the part of the Secreta
ry, but doutless.it comes in part
also from tbe impossibility of one
man doing intelligently all the work
imposed upon the head of the De
partment. Austin.
Some Vcrj Unexpected Iteninrks From
Wendell I'lillllps.
One of the interesting reminis
cences of his recent trip throughout
tile east General James Shields tells,
is of an interview with Wendull
Phillips. They met in Boston, and
Mr. Phillips, iri ihe oouree of I lie
conversation, exclaimed with some
earnestiirBs: “G lierul Shields, I want
to see southern democracy get hack
into possession of Ibis government.’'
Shields laughed, asked how that
could be after he had fought the
southern people so hard.
“I know I did,” said Phillips, “but
that was on account of slavery. Sla
very is dead now and I want the
soutli to get control of tlie gnvern-
men t.
;‘liut you used to Bay," argued
Shields, “tlmt the south had tn hash
over the northern democincy.”
“I know I did, and the northern
democracy deserve it,” continued
Mr. Phillips. “Wo have no states
munship in the north. Our leaden
RELIGIOUS.
RELIGION AT HOME.
Religion tit home is more precious
that at olitiech, or in the world. Ev
ery day eacli family should worship
as regularly ns they eat. Hate they
lime to cut? [.et the soul have food.
Open the Bible and have God talk
to the family; pray and praise in
songs, and on bended knees ask mer
cies. A family wiiliout worship is a
domestio orphanage, and u school ol
unbelief, sensuality and Bin. \\ iih-
out spiritual life a;, home, it will he
wholly lacking or exceedingly thin
abroad. Children will grow up
Christinns; physical objects and car
nal life will absorb attention. Willi
pure, sincere, tender religion al home,
children will begin to be Christians
so soon ns they learn o! the Saviour's
loieand never know of rebellion.
Why should tlie offspring of saints
be for one moment exposed to con
demnation? Why sliquld lln-y not,
know tbo Saviour sc soon ns tiny
know sin? Generally they will if
„ , , . I Christ is honored at the family altar,
are all mercenary, aml_ therei ,s a| „ ut ho ia „ ot honol . e> ,. Th01181ltu , 8
merottnury taint ubout ull our le^
lation. We want the old style of
8outhem statesman who had
thoughts above dollars, and who leg
islated as they believed for the wel
fare o! the country, and not for indi
vidual profits. They had a compe
tence, and they acted as if there
were higher aims and ambitions
than the mere accumulation of
weal h. We want such men in con
gress again, aud in control too.”
“But, Mr. Phillips, in killing sla
very haven't you killed oil’ that class
of statesmen and the possibility of
their Veprodnction ! Slavery made
a 8ouf|H‘m aristocracy possible. The
favored ^ _ r
tentibn frorif business and. •sordid
cares to questions of state. I ven
ture the assertion tlmt the south
without slavery won’t produce the
quality of statesmanship you ad
mire so much.”
“Ah, there’s the trouble, there’s
the trouble,” said Phillips reflec
tively, “I don’t know but you’re
right.”
I can't help thinking it’s a great
pity,” says Gen. Shields following up
this thought of Phillips “that we
haven't in this country a large class
of men in our politics whom the
question of livelihood never presses
itself forward lor consideration ; I
mean men who are born well to do,
who are thoroughly and well educa
ted and who turn their attention to
to statesmanship as a study a profes
sion in which their ambition is the
good of the state, and consequent
upon such a course of personal rep
utation. France has the advantage
of us in having a largo middle class
of men of birth and wealth who
stand between the government aud
the people and fulfill the pro-
i of \ fly-wheel in the great,
political machine.”
Bi
ll ng,
upon thousands of uh.inuli-mci
live like infidels at home. Th
hie is unread, praises never
prayer never heard. Can they nut
r ad? Why not let God apeak (<>
them out of his word? Can they
not pray? The Lord’s Prayer can
at least be repeated in concert. Is
there no time to take counsel of God?
It is waste of time and waste of life
to ignore God? We can have no real
home without him. It requires a
Heavenly Father as well as earthly
parents to make a sweet, healthful,
ubsolute home.
What do
do liviu;', if we he
able to turn their at‘^ ***«.ui of *
which hath been passed through 'ty
all that have lived, and must he by
all that shall live? We pray, un
dress, aud prepare for sleep that is *
not one night long; and shall we do
less for death,in whose arms we must,
rest, prisoners till the angel with his
trumpet summons him forth to re
sign us? This will not make life
more troublesome, hut more comfor
table. lie may play that he hath
done his task. No steward need fear
a just Lord when his accounts are
even and always ready drawn up.—
Owen Felltliam.
A little boy o f ‘ six was deeply in
terested in reading “The Pilgrim’s
“Progress, the charactersiu that won
derful book all real living men and
women to him. One day he came
to his grandmother and said:
“Grandma, which of all the people
do you like best?” “I like Chris
tian,” was the reply, giving the lit
tle boy her reasons; “which do you
like the best?” Looking up in her
face, with some hesitation he said,
slowly, “I like Christiana.” Why,
my son ?” “Because she took the
children with her, grandma.”
A PRODIGY OF LEARNING.
England has lately lost a prodigy
of learning in the person of the R .*v.
Wm. Lin wood, aged 61, whom Dr.
Kennedy, heard master of Shrews
bury school, himself a famous schol
ar, dubbed the best scholar of his age
England aud probably one of the
best iu the world. When he gradua
ated first-class in classies at Oxford,
being asked what books he
brought up for examination, he re
plied, “The whole range of Greek
and Latin literature,” and his pre
eminence was bo conspicuous that
the examiners were reported at the
time to have considered whether, de
parting from the rule, they ought
not to place his name conspicuous
and alone at the head of the class.
Yet this man never got beyond a
curacy—he did not take priest's or
ders—and for 31 years his life was
passed in seclusion, devoted to pre
paring works iu the classics, and lat
terly to the study of astrology.
All babies are dimiuutive
Cieaars, since they come they see,
they conquer, sometimes by their
gentle stillness bnt oftener by con
tinued uproarious crying induced by
Colic, Teething, Flatulence, etc. Dr.
Bui 129 Baby Syrup by its gentle yet
specific influence quiets the little
ones without ever producing the
least injurious effect. Price 25 cte a
bottle.
We picture death as coming to de
stroy; let us rather picture Christ as
coining to save. We think of death
as ending; let us rather think of life
as beginning aud that more abundant
ly. We think of losing; let us think
of gaining. We think of parting;
let us think of meeting. We think
of going away; let us think of ar
riving. And as the voice of death
whispers, “You must go from earth,”
let us hear the voice of Christ saying,
“You are but coming to mol”—Nor
man McLeod.
Trials and Temptations.—Dark
days strengthen our vision by in
ducing us to seek .earnestly to trace
the landmarks and fix our eyes on
the invisible Sun; storms toughen
the fibers Of the faith-cable by which
we are made fast, to the Rock; temp •
tation draws us into closer personal
contact with Him who is able to suc
cor them that are tempted.
Believers have unspeakable com
fort in the consideration of Christ’s
present affeciion to them, and his
effectual intercession for them. He
put not off his bowels in his low
condition here, but hath carried
them along to his throne.—Leighton.
I believe thut there is no away;
that no love, no life, goes ever from
us; it goes as He went, that it may
come again, deeper, und closer, and
surer;, add be with us always, even
i to the end of the world.—Afro Whit
ney.