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J POET'S CORNER.
A ft fj rT *“T"*
The March of the Years.
BY It. L. CAREY.
TraMl\ tramp, tramp—
*Tis the deep low tread of the years ;
Aii, who may tell of the load they
Whether of sorrow, of grief,'<>r care,
whether of joy or tears.
Or whether life's clouds will roll away
'Neath the touch of the coming years?
Tramp, tramp, tramp.
Down the mystic vale oftiine;
And shadowy spectres, old and gray.
Thai stpiiH aijd walk in the years' swift wav,
info thCir place like a ryhmc ;
And us for joy or tears,
The years give never a sign.
Tramp, tramp, tramp—
I low swift ly they come and go!
We feel hut a touch of the summer's breath
Krt its roses wither and fall in death.
And white lies the winter's snow ;
Then vainly we sigh o'er hope's bright dreams
That havt gone with the long ago.
Tramp, tramp, tramp.
Lake shadowy forms of the night,
We see them coining—a long dim line—
Nearing us ever, and still no sign ?
And we tremble and shriek in fright, [clouds,
For we know not whether they bring life’s
Or whether they bring the light.
The Father has willed it thus,
That mortals ruay never know
Whether there lies, in the future years,
A grave of hope to be wet with tears,
A palace of joy or woe—
Lest feet should falter and hearts grow faint;
ll© knew it was better so.
G-LEANINGS.
The Silk Association of America reports
that silk to the value of $26,503,103 was
manufactured in this country in the year 1876.
A West Virginia editor “will take corn,
wheat, rye, turnips, grindstones, rat-tail files
ur anything else one can eat,” in payment,
for subscription to his paper.
Habersham county lias over two thousand
children of school age, and they will be enti
tled to about seventeen hundred dollars of
the public school funds for the present year.
The first instance of a colored man preach
ing in an Episcopal clmreh, occurred at Chat
tanooga recently, when Rev. J. B. McConnell
preached an impressive sermon before the
Episcopal Convention.
A Russian engineer has invented a sort of
land monitor; in which artillerists sit in a
tower and drive about in battle, shooting as
they go. The contrivance is moved by steam,
and is about to be tested by the government.
The estate of the late Augustus llemmen
wav, of Boston, proves to tie larger than the
estate of any one who has died in Massachu
setts for many years. It amounts to $8,891,-
178.
There are at present living in Norfolk co.,
England, Mrs. Bennett, aged 85, her daugh
ter. Mrs. Southwell, 48, her great granddaugh
ter, Xaotni May, 20. and her great great grand
son a few weeks old.
A New Hampshire paper relates that at
Newton, in that State, a mad dog after having
been wounded, took refuge in a barn, where
some of the hay became soaked with his
blood, 'file hay was fed to a horse, which
went mad.
One Saturday last month 2.000 bicyclists
met at Hampton Court-, near London. On
the two previous days Mr. T. 11. Wilkinson
performed the unrivalled feat of coverin g 200
miles in 23 hours and HI minutes. lie is un
der nineteen and weighs 135 pounds.
A great fire occurred at St. John. N. 8.,
last week. Thirty bodies have been recov
ered from the ruins, and as many more are
missing. Fifteen thousand people are home
less. and no household c(foots of any account
were’ saved.
TUe wine crop of France in 187 G was only
41.846,748 hectoliters (a hectoliter=22 gal
lons). as compared with a yield of 83.836.391
hectoliters, or more than twice the quantity
in 1879. The disease of the vines has caused
this Unfavorable result.
In Chesterfield county, Va., live two bach
elor brothers, twins, over seventy years of
age. who look so much alike that they cannot
be distinguished from each other easiiy. One
never asks or answers a question that the
other does not echo him, and any action of
the one is immediately repeated by the other.
Chief Justice aite denies the statement
sent by telegraph to the press that he was
not pleased at the conduct of the people of
Charleston during his late visit to South
Carolina. lie says that during his stay he
was not conscious of any incivility upon the
part of the people towards him.
We are reliably informed that a prominent
citizen of an adjoining county, so far forgot
himself on Wednesday, the 6th inst., as to
curse his Maker for withholding the rain some
four or five weeks, using the most horrid oaths,
during which time he was struck speechless
and has been a raving maniac ever since.—
Cummiug Baptist Banner.
Governor Jenkins has been iuvited to par
ticipate in the commencement exercises of the
University of Georgia next August, by presid
ing over the champion debate of the two
literary societies. The Governor, should his
health enable him, will be present. lie is also
spoken of as the President of the Constitu
tional Convention, a position which he would
fill with dignity.
The annual meeting of the Georgia Teach
ers’ Association will be held at Toccoa City
on the 7th, Bth and 9th of August next. Pre
sident Mallon is now arranging the program
me, which wiil be unusually attractive. Among
those who have accepted invitations to address
the association on the occasion are General
Price, Dr. Little and Superintendent Hen
derson. An excursion to Talluish has been
arranged for,
I'he Hartwell Sun says: “In many
neighborhoods the horses are dying from col
ic, brought on from eating western corn,
much of which is damaged.” A certain pre
ventive for colic caused by Western corn,
damaged or sound, is to raise your own corn
at libme. We have never known a horse to
die of colic from feeding on Western dam
aged corn, whose owner raised his own corn
and fed his stock on no other.
Elections for This Year. —Twelve
States will hold elections during the present
year, to- wit: Kentucky, August 6; Ver
mont, September 4 ; California, September a ;
/Maine, September 10; lowa and Ohio, Octo
ber 9 ; and Massachusetts, Mississippi. New
York, Pensylrania, Virginia, and Wisconsin,
dSJovembee 6.. In four of these States Legis
latures are to be chosen, which will furnish
successors to-a like number of United States
Senators whose terms expire on March 4,
1879. viz: Kentucky, New Yoak, Ohio and
California, in all of which it is probable the
Democrats will be successful.
A CHOICE STORY.
FOUND WANTING.
‘And you really fancy yourself in love
with this fair-haired little shop-girl ?’
Mr. Meredith, a tall, noble-featured man
of fifty, looked rather §adly at his enthusiastic
young nephew.
‘Fancy, under That is hardly an appro
priate word to use. I am quite certain of
the fact.’
‘I suppose 3'ou will consider roe a very
bad judge of the human character, if I tell
you that I like her little cousin’s demure face
best. Believe roe, Harry, there is more real
stamina in Ruth Ducr than in her pretty
cousin Raelic!.’
‘There, sir,’ answered Ilarry, resolutely,
‘is w! ere I roust beg leave to differ with you.’
‘Well, my boy, you must choose for your
self. Remember, it is no question of a part
ner for a waltz, or a pair of bright e}'es whose
glitter is to amuse you for one or two even
ings. The woman whom you now select for
your wife must necessarily exert a more or
less potent influence over your whole life.’
*1 know it sir.’ and Harry’s mirthful face
became for the moment almost grave.
‘That she earns her own living behind the
counter of a fancy store—that they both do,
in fact, is no drawback in my eyes. Inde
pendence and self-reliance are to roe cardinal
virtues, and even though your wife will be
raised into an atmosphere of comparative
wealth, a few lessons taken beforehand in
the impartial school of worldly experience
will be of incalculable use to her.’
Ilarry Meredith sat long, that night, before
the snug bright fire in his snug little bache
lor apartment musing over his uncle’s words.
He had met the two cousins. Rachel and
Ruth Ducr at a quiet little birthday gather
ing at the house of a friend, and had instan
taneously felt drawn towards the elder one.
elder by eighteen months. She was a beau
tiful blonde, while the other was rather of
the brunette type.
During the three months which had follow
ed upon his first introduction, Harry Mere
dith had contrived to sec the cousins several
times a week, and, consequently fell in love
with the golden-haired lassie even while he
was quite conscious of Ruth’s deeper charac
ter and stronger intellect.
Sometimes he was almost tempted to wa
ver in his allegiance toward the elder, arid
then betook himself wiih very unnecessary
sternness to talk.
To-night, however, he passed the whole of
the last few weeks in review before bis mem
ory, and decided that inaction was the very
worst policy in the world.
‘This suspense must lie put an end to,’
ejaculated oiir hero half aloud, and then he
smiles mischievously to himself, as an idea
came into his head.
•I’ll do it,’ he thought, biting his lip. Of
course it’s merely for the fun of the tiling.
I have not the shadow of a doubt that she is
all she seems, but still— ’
He was silent for a few minutes, and then
rose to prepare for slumber.
‘They are polite enough to me as the
favored child of luxury. Now I will take
measures to learn whether this courtesy is
genuinely from the heart, or merely born of
empty form and adulation to wealth.’
So our hero, laying his head on his pillow
dreamed of private masquerade parties all
night long.
Rachel Duer and her cousin Ruth were
shop-girls in Savory & St. Clair's great
fancy store.
‘Oh, dear!’ sighed Rachel, one morning as
she took off her bonnet in the little dressing
room at the back of the store and shook
down her golden shower of curls. ‘ how tired
lam ot this horrid drudgery. How I wish
Ilarry Meredith would propose at once, if he
is going to.
Ruth laughed as she smoothed down her
satin-brown hair, and tied the bow of crim
son ribbon at her throat.
‘And what do you think of me, Rachel?
TANARUS, who have no such brilliant hopes of matri
mony to light up the monotony of 1113' daily
toil !’
Rachel shrugged her shoulders.
4 1 don’t see how you bear it so patiently.
I should have died with vexation and ennui
if I did not hope for something better.’
•Hush!' said Ruth, ‘(here is Mrs. Wiekes,
the fore-woman calling us.’
‘How I hate the old vixen !' Rachel ejacu
lated. slowly following Ruth into the store.
‘Really, Miss Rachel I)uer, you must be a
little more punctual,’ said Mrs. Wiekes. purs
ing up her mouth prirnly. ‘You arc full
five minutes behind time, and it was just so
yesterday.’
Rachel pouted, and went to work labeling
a box of newly-arrived ribbons. She and
Mrs. Wiekes had never agreed very harmo
niously, nor. did she affiliate with the shop
girls. ‘A stuck up, impertinent thing,’ they
called her ; while sfie. from the serene heights
of the possibility of her one day becoming
Mrs. Harry Meredith, treated them with dis
dain, which was an3’thing in the world but
agreeable.
In vain were Ruth’s remonstrances. Ra
chel had always been wilful and inclined to
superciliousness, nor would she listen to her
cousin’s mildly protfered advice now.
4 It's all very well for you, Ruth; yott’ve
got to spend all your days, but,’ she said,
curling her pretty lips; ‘but I shall soon be
lifted out of this groveling atmosphere.’
‘lt ist\y no means a certainty.’
‘Yes, it is,’ laughingly answered Rachel,
blushing like a damask rose.
And Ruth would sigh softly, and think
how brightly the future was unrolling its
vast map before her pretty little cousin.
Rachel Duel* waited rather languidly upon
one or two customers that morning. Evi
dently her heart was not in her work, and
Mrs. Wiekes, from her lurking place behind
the cash-lwix, cast several envenomed glances
toward her, premonitory of a coming storm.
Presently anew customer hobbled in, bent
and crooked, ami made his way directly to
the counter where Rachel and Ruth were
standing. A huge cotton umbrella protruded
in a warlike manner from beneath his arm,
an 1 mended cotton gloves covered his hands,
while a rusty red wig was half concealed by
his bent and battered bat.
‘My goodness ! Ruth, what a figure !’ ejac
ulated Rachel, in a very audible voice.—
* What can that old bundle of second-hand
clothes want here ?’
‘Hush S’ said Ruth, almost sternly, ‘he will
hear \ T ou.’
‘And what if he does ! What do I care ?’
‘He is old and infirm, Rachel, and his age
should render him sacred in your eyes.’
Rachel tossed her head sneeringty.
‘Ruth, 3'ou are too absurd for an3’thing.
I won’t wait on him.’
‘But the old man steered resolutely for
Rachel herself.
‘I want to buy some gloves, Miss,’ he said,
in a feeble, croaking voice.
‘You’d better go somewhere else,’ said the
young lady, superciliously ; ‘our store doesn’t
keep cheap goods.*
‘ Please let me see the articles.’
Itachcl tossed a box down on the counter;
the old man bent his spectacled eyes down
to survey the goods.
‘How much arc these?’
‘ A dollar a pair.*
‘But I am a poor man, Miss; have you
nothing cheaper?’
‘ No!’ snapped Rachel; ‘ I told 3 T ou to go
elsewhere. I’ve no patience with paupers.’
‘I beg your pardon, Miss, said the old
roan ; ‘I am not a pauper.’
•Well,’ observed the girl, scornfully, ‘3’ou
look like one!’
‘Appearances arc often deceitful. Did
3 r ou tell me 3011 had cheaper gloves ?
‘I didn’t tell you any such thing !’
‘Rachel! Rachel!’ remonstrated her cou
sin. ‘Let me show 3-011 what ynu want, sir,’
she said, softty, turning to the old customer.
‘We have some very nice gloves at sevent}’-
five cents.’
‘Seventy-five cents is a great deal of mon
ey to pa3 r for a pair of gloves,’ said the old
man looking sorrowfully down on the mend
ed fingers of those he wore, ‘but the weather
is getting very frost3’, and I am notso3’oung
as I was.’
‘I should think that was quite evident,’
said Rachel, with a heartless titter.
Ruth bent toward the old man, sa3’ing in
a low sweet voice :
‘Take the warm worsted gloves, sir. The
price is seventy-five cents, but you shall have
them for fifty. I myself will make up the
difference to the store. You are an old gen
tleman, and I am young and able to work.’
‘But I am nothing to 30U, Miss.’
Ruth folded the gloves neatly in a piece
of paper, and handed them to him.
‘For the sake of the dear father who died
a year ago. old age can never he ‘nothing’ to
me, sir. Please don’t thank me—indeed I
deserve no gratitude.’
And Ruth drew blushingly back, while
Rachel burst into a laugh.
‘Upon m3’ word. Ruth, you arc the greatest
fool I ever saw !’ she cried, while the old
gemdeman hobbled out of the store. ‘ I would
have seen the old beggar in Jericho, before I
would have given him anything ! Wll3’ doesn’t
lie go to the poor house ?’
The days crept on, and one day Mr. Ilarry
Meredith astonished little Ruth Duer very
much, b3’ asking her to be his wife.
It was as if the gates of Paradise had been
suddenly opened to her —the modest little
girl, secretly worshipping Ilarry Meredith in
her heart of hearts, had never dreamed of
the possibility of such good luck being in
store for her.
That evening she told her cousin. Ra
chel listened in silence. The prize had been
very near her grasp once, but somehow it
had slipped awa3’.
*1 think 3’ou must be mistaken. Ruth, she
said, acrimoniously’. ‘I think Mr. Meredith
never would— ’
She checked herself, for at that instant
the door opened, and Ilarr}’ Meredith was
announced.
‘Well, Rachel,’ he said, pleasantly, ‘are
you ready to congratulate me upon the sweet
little wife I have won ?’
Rachel muttered one or two formal senten
ces, but she was very pale. Meredith ob
served her with a smile.
* Ruth,’ lie said, turning to her with a smile,
‘1 have something to show you.’
lie put a tiny paper parcel in her hand.
She opened it, and out fell a pair of worsted
gloves.
She looked wistfully into his face, then
the whole tide of memory came back upon
her heart.
‘ Ilariw ! were 3*oll the old man ?’
* I was the old man, my dearest.’
And then Rachel knew why it was that
the ship freighted with all her hopes had
drifted awa} r , when it was so near the haven.
A Remarkable Conversion.
Benjamin Madison, who is about seventeen
years old, lives with his grand-father, Stephen
Clement. He had been attending the Sab
bath school at Sharon, and, near a month ago,
stopped with me, one Sabbath evening, which
was occupied by reading to him and his lit
tle cousins from “The Bible Looking Glass”
—explaining the pictures, reading the lessons,
pointing out the danger of living in sin, etc.
That evening he first saw himself a sinner.—
Since then he has been constantly praying in
secret, frequently leaving his work and retir
ing to the loneliness of some secluded place
in the woods to pra3 T and agonize over his
lost condition.
On Saturday, the 10th inst., he was out in
the field hoeing. He felt impressed to pray,
and there, in the open field, the place of his
daily labor, he knelt and agonized and prayed
and prayed and agonized until his distressed
cries w T sre heard by his mother and grand
mother, at a distance of three or four hun
dred yards. Thinking, from the plaintive
ness of the ciy, that some earthly disaster
had befallen him, they ran to him as quickly
as possible. They found him struggling for
immortal life, wrestling witli the evil one, beg
ging for merc3\ and saving power. With him,
it was to be life or death, victory or woe.
Ills grand-mother was not slow to join in
his appeals for mercy. She pra3 r cd for him,
then and there, with the accumulated ferven
cy of sevent3 r summers, the most of which
lias been spent in the service of her master.
Such a scene, I dare say, has seldom, if ev
er, been witnessed in a corn or cotton field. —
The three started to "the house. They met
in the road leading to the house, the grand
father of the young man. lie appealed to
him to pray for him, and there, in the open
road, the grand-parent prayed mightily that
God, for Christ’s sake, would pardon, own
and bless his grand-son.
A good old negro woman in the settlement,
at the distance of half a mile, heard the noise
and went to them, praising God as she went.
She said she knew the sound.
The load of guilt passed away—the young
man became free—Jesus had washed his sins
away. Thank God, and no doubt the angels
in heaven took up the exultant shout. ‘‘Glo
ry, glory to God in the highest! One more
sinner redeemed, washed in the blood of the
lamb.” Fraternally,
William Clement.
—Zealous Christian.
There is no penalty to virtue ; no penalty
to wisdom; they are proper additions to
being.
TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
Good Templars IMrcotory.
JACKSON COUNTY.
Stonewall Lodge , No. 214,
Meets Saturday nights before 2d and 4th Sundays.
Star of Bethlehem Lodge , No. 305,
Meets Saturday nights before Ist and 3d Sundays.
Harmony Grove Lodge, No. 437,
Meets Saturday nights before 2d and 4th Sundays.
Dry rond Lodge , No. 444,
Meets Saturday nights before Ist and 3d Sundays.
Union Lodge , No. 450,
Meets Saturday nights before Ist and 3d Sundays.
Mulberry Lodge . No. 451,
Elects Sat. Eve'g 4 p. nV., before 2d & 4th Sundays
Sallie Candler Jjodge, No. 455,
Meets Sat. Eve'g 3 p. in., before Ist & 3d Sundays
Kidd Lodge, No. 461,
Meets Saturday nights before 2d and 4th Sundays
Hope Lodge , No. 469,
Meets Saturday night before Ist Sunday ; and 2
p. in., Saturday before 3d Sunday.
Pond Fork Jjodge, No ...
Meets Sat. eve'g, 3 p. m., before 2d & 4th Sundays
Oliver’s Lodge, No. 462.
Messrs. Simpkins and Johnson :
Dear Brethren—Allow us, in behalf of the
members of Oliver’s Lodge, to ask you to ac
cept our thanks in honoring us with your
presence on last meeting. Hoping you will
favor the different Lodges with a call and
find them in a prospering condition,
We are truly yours,
T. J. Carr, W. C. T.
Jkff'n Atkins, W. It. S.
Kidd Lodge, No. 461,
Is located at Holly Spring church, in the
northeast corner of Jackson county, and is
the great centre of social life and attraction
in the community. The membership is scat
tered over a circle of five or six miles in di
ameter, and yet the average attendance last
quarter was 54. It has grown rapidly in
numbers and public favor during the last few
months, and is destined to accomplish a great
work. The officers are prompt and efficient.
The Lodge meets every two weeks in regu
lar session—2d and 4th Sat., at night. There
have been about 30 new members added dur
ing the last three months, with a fair
prospect of many more in the near future.
This Lodge has adopted the plan of cailed
meetings for Ist and 3d Sat. nights, for
schooling and practice. At these meetings,
there are pro few. officers throughout, and the
regular order of business gone through, to
gether with the initiatory ceremony. It is
proposed, by this means, to school the whole
Lodge thoroughly in the practical workings
of the Lodge room. We doubt not, if the
membership of our Lodges were more gene
rally schooled this way, the order would be
greatly benefitted. C.
Extract.
* * * The Bible denounces a fearful woo
! against those who furnish the intoxicating
beverage and encourage men to drink it:
‘‘Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink ;
that putteth the bottle to him and maketh him
drunken also.” This drink is the drunkards’
for it intoxicates; this bottle is of a nature
and tendency to make the drinker drunk.
And methinks, were this prophet Ilabakkuk
here to-night, in our circumstances, with his
flashing eye upon this assembly*, his bold,
inspired voice ringing in our ears, his finger
would point this woe, not merely at the low
retailer of the poison for gain, not solely at
those who, in more ostentatious style, set it
forth upon the public table, but against the
father who gives to his darling boy that which
may prove an excitement too mighty for his
warm blood to resist; against the wife who,
for fashion sake, must minister it to the hus
band ; against the young maiden who, thought
lessly, dare pledge a brother or a friend in
that polluted cup—who, without designing
injury, yet deaf to the warnings of science,
i and history, and God’s word, press the poi
soned chalice upon those they love. By a
father’s pride ; by the love you bear your hus
band ; by a sister’s affection and a maiden's
hopes, I beseech you bewere lest this invisible
prophet should hereafter utter this voice of
God in your ears, when it is too late to res
tore tho fallen, and in the anguish of a soul
racked with sad memories, you lookback upon
the hour when you gave the intoxicating cup
to your dearest earthly friend. There is a
woe that falls not alone upon the miserable
inebrirfte ; a woe that marks off the tempter
and the seducer, whether for gain or folly,
and arraigns him as guilty of a brother's
blood before the impartial bar of a just God.
Hear it! thou thoughtless young man, whose
pride and triumph it is to break down the
barriers oftemperancc in your boon compan
ions and prostrate the long-cherished purpose
to renounce the pleasure of the wine-cup !
Hear it! ye vile seducers, who know no joy
like that of dragging the young, whose purity
and temperance rebuke your lusts, down to
your own level of sensuality and vice ! Hear
it! ye who are not afraid to crowd your par
lors with bacchanals and minister fuel to the
flame already kindled, and throw the grace of
fashion, and the respectability of station
around the deed of shame ! That woe cause
less will not come ; it is a testimony of abhor
rence against the whole system of entertain
ment in which the intoxicating cup is made
to represent the flower and fragrance of a
generous hospitality—a testimony issuing
from the throne of him who seeth the end
from the beginning, and whose eye discerns
the seeds of blighted manhood and ruined
immortality, sowed broadcast in a well-pre
pared soil by him who putteth the bottle to
Ins neighbor’s lips. And whenever again you
are tempted to offer the means of intoxication
to any intelligent being, when a miserable
worldly policy and the fear offending the
incipient inebriates urge you to provide them
for your guests, then let the vision of this
woe flame out before your eyes, and the thun
der of this tremendous curse ring in your
ears, and the awful judgment-hour awaken
such a horror of the deed, that you will resist
the temptation and keep your skirts free from
the blood of souls. * * *
Not all Quiet:- —“Election is over and
everything quiet,” says one of our citizens.
Yes, we say election is over and we are glad
of it. But all is not quiet. There are 600,-
000 drunkards in the United States; there
are 144 men dying every day from strong
drink; the Nation is wasting every year
$1,000,000,000! Can a Christian people re
main quiet while such things are being enact
ed ? No, they will not. Already we can
hear the death-knell of this curse, and even
sooner than we think a just God will roll
back the tide and send deliverance.
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Wc beg to invite the special attention of Deal
ers and Consumers to these PAINTS. They are
manufactured from the very Best and Choicest
Piomknts, and mixed or thinned with only
STRICTLY PI RE Linseed Oil and Turpentine,
and they cannot he excelled in covering capacity,
durability, fitness and beauty of finish. They
will neither chalk, flake, or peel off, and work
with perfect freedom under tle brush. They
weigh from 15 to 16 lbs. per gallon, which, of it
self. POSITIVELY demonstrates their purity and
superiority.
The various compounds known in the market
as Chemical Paints, contain o.nly about 50 per
cent, of Paint; the balance is water, introduced
into thp same by the use of an alkali, to combine
it. The last mentioned Paints, so-called, only
weigh from 9 to 10 lbs. pwgallon, which wc flunk
clearly proves their la-ck .of opacity or bodw—
When water is mixed with Paint, it'not only' de
stroys its body, but, to a very great extent, its
adhesiveness, winch all practical men know is of
the highest importance to preserve, in order to
make a durable Paint.
We think, from the statement we have made,
that buyers cannot fail to AT ONCE perceive that
their interest will be best promoted by buying-our
Liquid Paints (i. e. Pure Paints), in preference to
the so-called Paints referred to.
Sample cards and prices sent free on applica
tion. BAXTER, BELL & CO., .
18 Murray Street. New York,
Manufacturers and Dealers in all Paints, Colors, Ac
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'JTo 4lie Working; Cla.n.^ —We are now pre
pared to furnish all classes with constant employ
ment at home, the whole of the time, or for their
spare moments. Business new. light and profit
able. Persons of either sex easily earn from 50
cents to $5 per evening, and a proportional sum by
devoting their whole time to the business. Boys
and girls earn nearly as much as men. That all
who see this notice may send their address, and
test the business, we make this unparalleled offer :
To such as aie not well satisfied we will send one
dollar to pay for the trouble bf writing Full par
ticulars, samples worth several dollars to com
mence work on. and a copy of Home and Fireside,
one of the largest and best Illustrated'’Publica
tions, all sent free hr mail. Reader, if you want
permanent, profitable work, address,
sep? Geo. Stinson &.Co., Portland,.Maine.
TO. CONSUMPTIVES.'
1 lie advertiser, having been permanently cured
of that dread disease, Consumption, by a simple
remedy, is anxious to make known to his fellow
sufferers the means of cure. To all who desire it.
he will send a copy of the prescription used (free
of charge)} with the directions for preparing and
using the same, which they will find a sure cure
for Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis. <Scc.
Parties wishing the prescription will please ad
dress. Rev. E. A. WILSON,
194 Penn St., AVilliamsburgh, New York.
Martha C. Hawkins vs. W. A. Hawkins. Libel
for Divorce in Jackson Superior Court.
It appearing to the Court that the defendant in
the above .stated case resides without the limits of
said county, and it further .-tppearing that said de
fendant resides beyond the limits of this State- -
Ordered, by the Court, that service be perfected
upon defendant by publication in the Forest
News, a newspaper published in said county,
once a month for four months previous to the next
term of this Court. J. B. SILMAX.
Att’y for Pl’ff.
Granted :
GEO. D. RICE, Judge S. C.
A true extract from the minutes of Jackson Su
perior Court. February term. 1577.
March 24th. T. H. NIBLACK, CTk S. C.
Errors of Youth.
A GEN CLEM AX who suffered for years from
Xervous Debility, Premature Decay, and all
the effects of youthful indiscretion will, for the
sake of suffering humanitv, send free to all who
need it, the recipe and direction for making the
simple remedy by which he was cured. Sufferers
wishing to profit by the advertiser's experience
can do so by addressing in perfect confidence,
JOHN B. OGDEN.
dec3o 42 Cedar St., N Y.
J. ir. reaves. ) I \h. a. lowkaxck
DAVID DAXN, J .1.0/ /•\ W. 1,. WOOD.
THE ATHENS
Furniture Maui(fact’ng Cos.
I>ELIKVIX(i that Athens and the section of
1J country around should have and will cordially
support ? FIRST-CLASS
Furniture Depot
FACTORY,
VVe have entered into a partnership, bought out
the store of J. F. "WILSON A CO., and the Fac
tory and store of (il I.LF.LA N1). WOOD ,V CO.,
ami are determined to give the business a fair trial,
under the firm name of the
Athens Furniture Man'g Cos.
At the stand of J. F. Wilson & Cos, we propose
to keep a stock of
FURNITURE
equaled by few and surpassed by none in the State*
Mr. JAY O. OAI LEY has charge of this depart
ment. and will he pleased to wait upon an)-desir
ing goods in this line.
At the stand rtf Uillelnnd. Wood & Uo., we will
keep a large and well-selected stock of
Coffins, Burial Cases, &c.
Mr. W. L. WOOD will give his personal attention
to this department.
All Kiwis of Repairing
Done at short notice. In this establishment a
Specialty is made of
PICTURE FR AMING.
Any style and design of Frames made at short
notice.
Our machinery for Dressing, Sawing and Turn
ing will be kept running, as usual.
Give us a trial, and he convinced that Athens
can compete successfully with any city in the
South in the sale of Furniture, kc.
Athens Furniture Man’g Cos.
fel>i7
Orig in al Good year's
RUBBER GOODS.
Vulcanized Rubber in crcry Conceit able Form,
Adopted to Universal Use.
ANY ARTICLE UNDER HOUR POUNDS WEIGHT
GAN BE SENT BY 31 AIL.
WIND AND WATER PROOF
garments a specialty. Our Cloth surface Coat
combines ticoi/armcnis in one. For stormy weath
er. it is a Perfect Water Proof, and hi dry weath
er. a
NEAT AND TIDY OVERCOAT.
By a peculiar process, the rubber is put between
the two cloth surfaces, which prevents Smelling
or Sticking, even in the hottest climates. They are
made in three colors—Blue, Black and Brown.
Are Light, Portable, Strong
and Durable.
AYc arc now offering them at the extremely low
price of 819 each. Sent post-paid to any address
upon receipt of price.
When ordering, state size around chest, over
vest.
Reliable parties desiring to see our goods, can
send for our Trade Journal, giving description of
our leading articles.
Be sure and get the Original Goodyear's Steam
Vulcanized fabrics.
sss“\Send for Illustrated price-list of our Cele
brated Pocket Gymnasium.
Address carefully,
GOODYEAR'S RUBBER CURLER CO.,
697 Broadway, New York City.
P. O. Box 513 G. * feb24-6m
&£|f|C|Cant be made by every agent every
t!/month in the business we furnish, but
those willing to work can easily earn a dozen dol
-Trs a flay right in their own localities. Have no
room to explain here. Business pleasant and hon
orable. AY omen, and boys and girls do as well as
men. We will furnish you a complete Outfit free.
The business pays better than anything else. A' c
will bear expense of starting you. Particulars free.
Write and see. Farmers and mechanics, their sons
and daughters, and all classes in need of paying
work at home, should write to us and learn all
about the work at once. Now is the time. Don t
delay. Address
scp9 True & Cos.. Augusta, Maine.
PROGRAMMES, Circulars, £c., for schools
and academies, printed at this office.