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GEORGIA HOME JOURNAL.
W. ADOISOX KNOWLES, Prop’r.
VOLUME XI.-NO. 17.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
PURE ID FRESH
PIIICS, MEDICINES
and
CHEMICALS.
Paints,Oils, Colors, Brushes.
NEW GOODS cousUntly arriving. Large
stock WINDOW GLASS, all sizes
Bxlo to 30x30. Full assortment LAMPS,
CHIMNEYS. CHAN'DELIEKS, LANT
ERNS, TOILET SOAPS. PERFU.MEHY,
POMADES, etc., etc. The liest
Garden Seeds,
ONION SETS, POTATOES, Ac., for
this climate from Robt. Buist, Philadelphia,
10c papers aolil at 5c strictly—warranted
fresh and genuine, crop 1882. FINEST
.S’ EGA RS in town. SMOKING and
CIIEWLNG TOBACCO.
Suit'Phy triviait's Prescriptions care
fully compounded and dispensed.
JNO. A.JjRIFFIN,
OLIVER’S QUICK RELIEF
WILL CURE
Colics, Toothache, Colic in horses
Coughs, Earache, lascct Stings.
Colds, i icadaclic, Bites of insects
Croup, Rheumatism, Catarrh,ami pain
Cramps, Neuralgia, in mau or 1 least.
Prepared by MAYS & CO., Atlanta, Ga,
Sold by J. A. Griffin, Grecnesboro.
mar 23 83
PRESS MAKING!
BY
MRS. A. 6. HARRIS,
RECENTLY OF ATLANTA,
At the STATILVM HOTEL BUILDING
over Dr. Walker's Drug Store. Pries low.
Prompt attention given to all orders anil
satisfaction guaranteed. apr2o S3
GEORGIA RAILROAD,
SCHEDULE.
:o:
Georgia Railroad, Cos. 1
Office General Manager, >
Augusta, Dec Hi, '82.)
Commencing Sunday, the nth mst.
t the following Passenger Schedule will
be operated;
m.
NO. 28. EAST DAILY.
Lve Atlanta 2:50 p in
Ar Gr'nsbo’ 5:37 p in
“ Athens... 8:00 “
| “ Augusta 8:20 “
NO. 2 HAST DAILY.
Lv Atlanta 8 20 a m
“ G’horo’. 12 03 p m
Ar Athens 500 p in
Ar YVash’t. 3 55 “
“ Oamak. 1 57 “
“ Mil'dge. 4 49 “
“ Macon . C 45 “
Ar Augusta 3 55 p in
NO. 4 EAST—DAILY.
| Lv Atlanta. 8 45 p m
| Ar G'horo' 1 47 a in
I Ar Augusta G 20 a in
I
NO. 27. WEST DAILY. |
Lve Augusta 7:25 am ;
Ar Athens 11:50 am |
“ Gr’nsho’ 10.01 “ |
Ar Atlanta 12:55 pin |
NO. 1 WEST —DAILY.
Lv AngustalO 30 a in
“ Macon.. 7 05 “
“ Mil'ilse. 9 10 “
“ Cainak.t2 39 “
“ Wash’t.ll 20
“ Athens. 0 05 “
Ar G’boro'. 2 10 p in
Ar Atlanta. 5 55 p m
SO. 3 WEST—DAII.T.
Lv Augusta. 9 00 pm I
Lv Macon. 7 10 “ i
Ar G’horo’. .1 44 a in !
Ar Atlanta.,o 40 “ |
CTBUPEKB IMPROVED SLEEPERS
TO AUGUSTA & ATLANTA.
Train No. 27 will stop at and recoin l
passengers to and from the following
points only: Belair, Rerzidia. Harlem,
Thomson, Camak, Crawfordville, Union
Point, Greenosboro. Madison, Rutledge,
Social Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stone
Mountain and Decatur.
Train No. 28 will stop at, and receive pas
sengers to and from the folllowing stations,
only, Berzelia, Harlem, Hearing, Thomson,
Camak, Crawfordville, Union Point.
Greeneshoro, Madison, Rutledge, Social
Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stone Mountain
and Decatur.
The East Line lias Through Sleeper from
Atlanta tc Charleston and connects for all
points West and Northwest, East and South-
E. R. DORSEY,
General Passenger Agent
Jxo. W. Green, Gen’l Manager.
DR. D. S. HOLT,
I’IIISICIAN & SURGEON,
Office at J. A. Griffin’s Drug Store.
Greenesboro’, - - -• Ga.
I offer my professional services to
the people of Greenesboro’and Greene coun
ty. Prompt attention given to all calls,
feb. 9th, ’B3.
Springfield, Robertson Cos., Term.,
November 27, 1880.
Pr. .J. Bi’.AOFiEi.r):
Sib—My daughter Ims been suffering for
many years vyith that dreadful affliction
known as Female Disease, which has cost
me many dollars, and notwithstanding J had
the best medical attendance, could riot find
relief. I have used many other kinds of
medicines without any effect. I had just
about given her up, was out of heart, but
happened in the store of W. W. Eckler sev
eral weeks since, and lie, knowing of my
daughter's affliction, persuaded me to buy a
bottle of your Female Regulator. She be
gan to improve at once I was so delighted
with its effect that I bought several more
bottles. The price, $l. .10 a bottle, seemed
to be very high at first, but now I think it
the cheapest preparation on the globe; and,
knowing what I do aliout it, if to day one
of my family was suffering with that awful
disease, I would have it if it cost $5O a
bottle, for I can truthfully say it has cured
my daugtcr sound and well, and myself and
•wife do most heartily recommend your Fe
male Regulator to be just what is recom
mended to be. Respectfully,
H. D. Feathekstox.
—Remember that any kind of first-class
job printing can be executed at the Home
office. ’
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
ORDINARY'S NOTICES.
William K Mullins and Robert L. Me- ]
Whorter Administrators of the Estate of
William N. Williams and Thomas M. Bry
an. Administrators of the Estate of James
I!. Hart—apply fm Letters of Dismission
from said Estates and such Letters will he
granted on the first Monday in June next
unless good objections are filed.
William 11. McWhorter and Robert E.
Davison, Administrators with the Will an
nexed, on the Estate of William Edmond
son, deceased, apply for Leave to si'll Eight
Shares of Georgia Railroad Stock and all the
Real Estate of said deceased, and an order
to that effect will be granted on the first
Monday iu May next, unless good objections
are filed.
Columbus M. Crossley, Guardian of Wil
liam F. Buckie ami Mary F Jiutts, former
ly Mary F. Luekie, both of full age, applies
for Letters of Dismission, and such Letters
will he granted on the first Monday in May
next, unless good objections are filed.
Jesse P. Wilson, Administrator of the Es
tate of James W. Godkin, deceased, has ap
plied for Leave to sell all the Real Estate of
said deceased, and an order to that effect
will be granted on the first Monday in May
next, unless good objections are offered.
| William W. Moore, Guardian of Albert
18. Howell, now of full age. applies for Let
ters of Dismission from said Guardianship,
mid such Letters will be granted an the first
Monday in May next, unless good objections
are filed.
Jesse P. Wilson, Admininistmtor of the
Estate of Willian T. Poster and John M.
I Chapman, deceased, applies for Letters of
Dismission from said administrations, and
such Letters will be granted on the first
•Monday in July next, unless good ohjec
! lions are filed.
; JOEL F. THORNTON, Ordinary.
March 17th, 1883.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
ff. H. TAPPAN& SON,
White Plaiks. Ga.
—DEALERS IN —
BEY GOODS. VUES, MBS.
Boots Shoes, Hats, Drugs*Coffees (
Yens, Sugar, Lord, Bacon, Molasses, Syrup,
i Tobacco, < 'igars, Leather, Wool, Jeans, Cot
; toiiiules, ( 'assimerejaml in tael a full line of
i (ieneral Merchandise. We are agents for
| the world renowned
White Sewing-Machine
the best Machine made. I t is guaranteed for
five years. We have sold them for a
1 her of 1 1* 11 ' |
*TSefcoi£ie to Ireland, your Roval I
fliOi"* * ii** '• |X r
:tnnquita Indian TT/rfn Pcllcts^VlnMils’a*
! box. lassortment of lresb (IAKDItJN
| SEEDS. Lot of SHE!) GOOBKHS just re-
I ceived. We are agents for several Standard
Brands of Guano.
Tl CUT IS TEE PUB!
We will lx- found at tlu; ICG WHITE
HOUSE, and we invite an inspection of our
stock mid will take pleasure i.i showing our
goods mid stating our prices. We will ex
tend credit to prompt pnying customers at
! reuonuhle rates, and for cash will sell very'
; low. Satisfaction guaranteed.
(W. M. Tappan & Son,
anrlß 83 WHITE PLAINS. OA.
NOTICE!
We have just entirely reno
vated and remodeled Park’s
Mills We have added new
Molting- Cloths iiml new Ma
chinery and now prepared to
make good flour and meal.
Parks’ Mill Cos.
inch ft 83
REMEMBER!
I urn agent for the celebrated Rochester,
N. V.. Nursery. Fruit trees sold here im
mediately after the war by Mr. McPherson.
This fruit is the finest ever raised in the
county. As to its quality I refer to the fol
lowing named gentlemen who sell if in our
market every year: Joe I{. Ruarks, George
A. Hall, .1. W. Moore, L. C. Perdue. Bee
what Hon. J. B. Park says:
•‘Greenesboro, <}., March 27th 1883.
This is to certify I list I have bought fruit
frees from the Rochester. N. Y., nursery,
and in my judgmmt they equaled anv I
have ever seen from any nursery, both in the
character of tiie trees and tlie quality of the
fruit. Jas. B. Park."
If yon intend to raise fruit you can do no
better than by purchasing your trees of
O. T. Hightower,
aprl3 83 GREENESBORO, OA.
mI. BENSON,
IRCMimM,
AND DEALER IN
EEirS FIIE imSHIIS CIS,
743 Broad Street,
Augusta, - Qa.
Wl have a full line of SPRING PAT
TERNS, including the latest and most fash
ionable styles, and 1 guarantee entire satis
faction. I make Wedding Suits a specialty.
Give me a call. mch. 2nd. 1883.
A. A. .JERNIGAN. V,\ E. ADAMS
Drs. Jernigan &. Adams,
Physicians and Surgeons,
ItPOffer their professional services to all
who may need them.
Greene County, Ga., Jan. 37, ’B3.
DEVOTED TO THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE.
GREENESBUIK), GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 27, 1883.
SELECTED POETRY.
UNCLE REMUS’S SONG.
BY JOEI. CIIANIn.KR HARRIS.
Come along, true believer, come along,
De time is a rollin’ ’roun’
W’en dein w'at. stall’s a haltin’ by de way
Won’t wa’r no glory crown!
Oh, de sun shine white, de sun shine bright.
Year de news w’at de spirit tells;
De angels say dele’s nothin' fer to do
Butter ring deni charming hells !
Atmos' home! almos’ home !
We faints an’ falls by spells;
Angels sav ain’t, nothin’ fer to do
Butter ring dem charmin’ bells!
Come along, true believer, come along!
l)e wav am open wide:
No us • fer sinners to be. stumblin’ 'roun'
A huntin’ fer de hev'mly guide !
Oh. saints, slip thro! Oil, sinners, come too!
En a-year w’at my Lord tells;
De angels say ilere’s nothin’ fer ter do
Butler ring dem charmin’ bells!
Almos’ home ! almos’ home !
We faints an’ fall by spells;
Angels say ain't nothin’ fer ter do
Butter ring deni charmin' bells!
Come along, true believer, come along,
En walk in de hev’mly way !
I rastle wid Jacob all night—all night— ■
I rustic wnl Jacob all day!
My cross is heavy, an’ its () my Lord !
"En I year w’at de spirit tells;
■ De angels say (lore's nothin’ fer ter do
Butter ring dem charmin’ bells !
Almos’home ! almos’ home!
We faints an’ falls by spells !
Angels say ain’t nothin’ fer ter do
Butter ring dem charmin' bells !
—Atlanln Constitution.
j CURSED WITH RICHES.
! A SPLENDID DISCOURSE BY
DR. TALMAGE. *
QUARRELING OVER DEAD MEN’S PROP
ERTY’—FAMILY' FEUDS—THE BEAU
TIFUL PICTURE OF THE WINTER OF
LIFE.
Another will case has come into
court, and an estate of eight mil
lion dollars is in the balance. Two
members of the family were cut off
with only one million two hundred
thousand dollars, bad estate of
things ! Put yourself in their place
and see how yon feel! Just think
of a man starting out iu the world
with only a million, two hundred
j thousand dollars! They go into
j court for more, and the great Yan
<lo up of tlio most eomjnonplneo aUTg!
1 ate Griffy illustrations, on a large
scale, of what is going on now
in many courts on a small scale.
Family affairs displayed, charges
of insanity and over influence, and
strife for all following generations.
Meanwhile, let all men of small
means, or no means at all, take
comfort that you have nothing in
the way of large estate to set your
children in quarrel. Great peril
for those who possess large estate,
great peril for those who are ex
pecting large estate. The surro-
gat’s office is an Armageddon. The
bitterest feuds ever seen are be
tween sisters and brothers about
their father’s will. It does not
make any difference how sound
may be his mind when he makes
his last will and testament; after
his death mighty efforts will be
made to prove him imbecile. It is
always evidence of a testator’s in
sanity when he does not give you
as much as you think lie ought to.
Amid all the inconveniences of Jim-
ited finances, take the consolation
! that your grave will not probably
be made the battle ground for legal
contestants. It is really a bealthi
er state of things when you take
care of your children until they
are able to take care of themselves,
and then in your old age they will
take care of you. It is a beautiful
scone when parents rear their chil
dren in principles of industry, and
kindness, and honesty, and m all
the amenities of life, and give them
such a strong start in the right di
rection, that when the parents
come on toward seventy or eighty
years, they get a letter from the
son, saying:—
Dear Father and Mother—l
have been consulting with my wife
and our little children, about ask
ing yon both ±o come and spend
the rest of your days with us. We
have a good warm room on the
first floor which you could have all'
yourselves. You can rise as early
in the morning as you want to, and
'go to bed as early at night as you
choose, and the nurse lias promis
ed to keep baby still while you are
taking your afternoon nap. The
children clap their bands at the
idea of grandfather and grandmoth
er coming to live with us. We are
having the old arm chair mended,
and I shall this afternoon buy a
copy of the Psalms of David in
large type. I will send the big
wagon over for you next Monday
morning, with blankets, buffalo,
hot bricks and foot stove. Tuck
yourselves up warm and snug. The
man will drive gently over the gul
lies. You shall never want for
anything so help me God! Do not
say anything more about being de
pendent on us for a livelihood,
when I remember bow long I was
dependent ou yon, itul what good
eare mother took of me when I was
sick a great while ith the scarlet
fever, and what good advice you
gave me when I started in life, giv
ing me those prinoijilas in which I
am trying to bring ttj my own chil
dren now ! With |o e and kisses
from us all, I am win* affectionate
and grateful Son.
Next Monday afternoon the wag
on is coming up the lane. The
whole family are outjn front to
greet its coming,-aifiTfie child rftri
make a world of railit, enough to
frighten the horses. irhei l ke it slow
ly, now, and do no*A' ukhat tep,”
says the son, us l y> v ; *L,ther
out of the wagon.
talk at once, the jyK. ’y it, JrT
ing what the —*
new dispensation of fy*,. 4< i
has come to the hoi^VTThTact
is, the young mail of tlfat -house
has wou the grandest inheritance
he cau get in this woßif: the priv
ilege of taking care of the old peo
ple in their last days yAeir pray
ers are a fortune, tluVge bopacity to
comfort in days of trey a ben
ediction, for the promises are nev
er more beautiful than when trem
bling lips utter them, and when we
! stand over the brinjf of a short
grave it is very strengthening to
have au old man’s haii/put on you,
while he says . “My sod, bear up,
all is well,” and there nothing
more soothing than lip.) touch of
an old mother’s wrudded hand.
Yes, she is beautiful*iVl care uot
how much her back' jjiay be bent
with burdens, or how much her face
may he wrinkled witl care, she is
beautiful to all those Vilo can. look
up in her face and cal her by that
word struck through ’.ith all celes-
tial rhythm, “Mother!” So these
two old people past tieir last days
with their son—therhorniug twi
light of the little children of the
household mingling w(tli the even
ing twilight of the aged ones.
Sometimes, perhaps, m the infirm
ities of old age, theyjmay boa lit
tle querulous, the wiki from the
northeast giving ex™ rheumatic
twinge to the shriveled limb ; but
the whole household are patient and
answer not back iTJin. After
awhile, quo goes ;*J'a other
goes soon after. A - J,c %^KS < imotli*
lfttU
wav apart. Hat thePr kindly influ
ence will never be broken. 'Which
picture do you like the best? The
home in which the children wrangle
for the father’s money, or the home
in which the children plan for the
comforting of declining years? Over
one the dove settles. Over the
other (ho vulture screams. Over
one the promises, “Honor thy fa
ther and thy mother, that thy days
may belong upon the land which
the Lord thy God givetb thee.”
Over the other, the curse, “The
eye that mocketb at its father and
refuseth to obey its mother, the ra
vens of the valley shall pick it out,
and young eagles shall eat it! ’ —Dr.
Talmadge, in Frank Leslie’s Sun
day Magazine for March.
Sweet Minded Women.—So grent
is the influence of a sweet minded
woman on those around her that it
is almost boundless. It is te her
that friends come in seasons of sor
row and sickness for help and eoin-
fort; one soothing touch of her kind
ly hand work wonders in the fever
ish child; a few words let fall from
her lips in the ear of a sorrowing
sister do much to raise the load of
grief tlmt is bowing its victim down
to the dust in anguish. The hus
band comes home worn out with the
pressure of business, and feeling ir
ritable with the world iu general;
but when ho enters the cosy sitting
room, and sees the blaze of the
bright fire, and meets his wife’s
sutiliing face, he suedambs in a ino-
rnent to the soothing influences
which act as the balm of Gilead to
his wooded spirits, that are weari
ed with combatting with the stern
realities of iife. The rough school
boys flies in a rage from the taunt3
of his companions to find solace in
bis mother’s smile; the little one,
full of grief with its own large
trouble, finds a haven of rest on its
mother’s breast; and so one might
go on with instance after instance
of the influence that a sweet min
ded woman has in the social life
with which she is connected. Beau
ty is an insignificant power when
compared with hers.
—A hater of. tobacco asked an
old negro woflian, the fumes of
whose pipe were annoying him, if
she was a Christian. ‘Yes, brudder,
I ’spects I is.’ ‘Do you believe in
the Bible?’ ‘Yes, brudder.’ ‘Do
you know there is a passage in the
Scriptures which says that nothing
unclean shall inherit the Kingdom
of Heaven ?’ ‘Yes, I’ve heard it.’
‘Well, Chloe, you smoker; and you
cannot enter the Kingdom of Heav
en because there is nothing so un
clean ns the breath of the smoker.
What do you say to that?’ ‘Why,
I ’spects to leave my breff behind
me when I go dar.
POVERTY A BLESSING.
HOW A YOUNG MAN BECAME INDEPEN
DENT BY* LABOR.
Editor Georgia Hume, Journal;
Mr. Jackson Coley and wife, of
Tallapoosa county, Alabama, paid
a visit to the sisters of the former
—Mrs. Bruer and Mrs. Grant—liv
ing in this county, near the old Gar
ner ferry, the place of Mr. Coley’s
birth. His father, John Coley, sr.,
was for many years the miller at
that place, and could relate many
interesting anecdotes of events that
transpired on or about the river
| during his residence there.
tDueof thV most interesting o<f
was his account of
LOfewVsi freshet, as it
, jAiled, oi 1840. The river rose
so rapidly that-See miller’s house
was undermined, and without uotice
one corner went down and there
was scarcely time for the family to
gather up a few articles of bedding
and vacate the house.
Mr. Jackson Coley, jr., was the
youngest son. The parents were
very poor, and could give their chil
dren but small educational advan
tages. Perhaps Jackson, being the
youngest, had better opportunities
than the other children, and enjoy
ed such as the common ohl-field
school furnished. The first ac
quaintance of the writer wit® Mr.
| Coley began in 1838. He was then
j living as overseer with Mr. Gilley
l Moore, near Liberty catnp ground,
i The next year he served Mr. Sea
! born Lawrence in the same capac
ity and in 1840 moved to Jones
j county, where he married Miss
Wattey. After five years residence
iu that part of Georgia, he moved
to where he now lives, and has
lived within two miles of his pres
ent residence for more than thirty
years.
Mr. Coley was a successful plan
ter and soon had sufficient force to
require himself au overseep, He
tells me that he invested .all the
money he could save in negroes
and when theuwere Anticipated,
he gave up .fifty. He has, Tiewever,
| by superior skill and management,
I waved a competency. We/imder-
I stand that he has 800 acres of
: laud in Georgia, and in Ala-^
! props,. .... , HELTif"''). FT'
j amount of 870. He TCis W reare& '
! respectable family of four children.
] One of his sons is an accomplish
ed physician, having attended the
schools of Philadelphia as well as
of New York and availed himself
of the large hospital advantages of
both those cities. Mr. Coley was
born Nov. 25th 1815, consequently
is in his 68th year—lie is still
straight and well preserved. His
wife seems to be much his junior
and is a lady of uncommon good
sense.
The object of this sketch, chief
ly, is to hold Mr. Coley up as an
example to our young men, and
enable them to see what industry
and economy directed by judg
ment, may accomplish. Here is
the son of a poor anil even desti
tute miller with few advantages,
who at the age of 25 years was not
possessed of $5OO worth of proper
ty, who by cultivating the soil be
came rich iu twenty' years; and
after the loss of $25,000 to $30,000
in negro property, still has a com
fortable living. Perhaps Mr.
Coley owes a great deal to his ear
ly poverty. It is not always lucky
to ho born rich. Money earned is
much better appreciated than that
from' gifts or inheritance. It is of-
teu extremely unfortunate to be
born richer to be suddenly made
so by whatever means. The writer
feels to-day that he profited by be
ing stinted in his supply of money.
To tlic poor young man we have to
say, hold up your head and march
on, being directed by just princi
ples. You will surely - make life a
success. To Mr. Coley we are in
bebted for our first lesson in coon
hunting. We graduated on the
second hunt. Sioux.
. —At the closing service of the
mission in St. Patrick’s church,
New Haven, on a recent Sunday
evening, one of the mission fathers
asked all the men in the church,
and there were about 1,600 of them,
to repeat after him a pledge prom
ising not to go into a saloou from
12 o’clock Saturday night till 12
o’clock Sunday night for one year.
There were not half a dozen men
in the church but who raised up
their right hand and repeated the
words after the priest.
—Of the 716 persons who travel
with Biruum’s show, every one is
for total abstinence from all “intox
icants” during the existence of bis
or her engagement. “My partners
and myself are rigid teetotalers,”
said the veteran showman to a
newspaper reporter, “and we pay
for the brain as well as muscle of
of all employees. We are compell
ed to follow this rule, where the
most thorough discipline and sys
tem arc so vitally important.”
FUN IN A SLICE FEU.
i
A NEST OF YOUNG ALLIGATORS FRIGH
j TEN A CROWD OF LADIES OUT OF
THEIR WITS..
Monday night last a crowd of
: passengers from Florida on the
j Georgia Central Railroad experi
enced a lively racket in a sleeper,
i The first of the fun began by a lady
j occupying bertli No. 7 jumping up
:and exclaiming “Oh ! dear! there’s
| a horrid, great big, ugly mouse iu
my bed !”
The porter kindly examined the
i bed-clothing and found nothing, af
(ter which the lady was prevailed
upon to again retire.
A short time elapsed, when au
aged female sprang out of bed and
hollered: “Bats! rats! Oh, what!
! a rat! Somebody come and kill it.
Dear me! I shall faint.”
Again the porter went through
the linens and fouud nothing, but
hardly had he completed his task
than a blushing bride of only a few
days, clad in the chilly and airy
garments of night lit square out in
the rniddlo of the car and said :
“George, there’s a half dozen
mice and rats in that bed, and it’ll
be a cold day' in July before I get
back there to sleep. You’d better
get up before they eat you up.”
‘‘Gadulmightydingit!” yelled poor
George, as one of the horrid things
snapped him on the lower extremi
ties.
I3y this time the entire car was
up, while some were laughing and
enjoying the situation, others were
using language not found in Sun
day-school books, for being disfrb
ed in their slumbers, aud the new
ly-married man swore vengeance
against tfce party who were playing
tricks on newly married people.
Things were getting to pretty high
state of turmoil and excitement,!
when a secoud edition of Peck’s j
bad boy poked his tow-head out j
aafl chirped:
HMu, rna! I specks my alligators
arO out,” which upon investigation j
proved to be true. The little fel
low had nine or ten of these rusty- ;
back pets, briuging them homo from !
the Land of Flowers, when they
became broke out of
lark.
LEATHER, _CoA4!pf Willi'S hud elap
• !s£?• - yjje
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| Atlanta, told Mr. Turk of the fuu, ]
• and as it was too good to keep, lie i
gave it to a Post-Appeal reporter !
last night.
Continuous Providence— Doctor
Guthrie has the following beautiful
passage on Divine Providence :
Providence lias no Sabbath. No
night suspends it; from i(s labor
i God never rests. If I may compare
small things with great, it is like
the motion of the heart. Heating
our march to the grave, since the
day we began to live, the heart lias
never ceased to beat. Our limbs
may grow weary; not it. We sleep;
it never sleeps. Needing no period
of repose to reuew its strength, by
night and by day. it throbs every
pulse; and constantly supplying
nourishment for the frame, with
measured, steady, untired, stroke,
I it drives the blood along the bound
ing arteries, without -any exercise !
or will on our part, and when tlie
consciousness of our own very ex- j
istence is lost in dreamless slum- j
hers.
If this be a just view of Divine
Providence, may we not rest se
curely? Shall we not hid our
troubled spirit be quiet? “Tlie
j steps of a good man are ordered
jby the Lord,” says tho inspired
! volume. There is an unslumbering :
j eye upon us; there is a heart of in- :
finite love beating responsive to j
every need of our earthly life; there j
are arms of Omnipotence under- j
neath and around us. Let us be
still—quiet as an infant in its moth
er’s arms. Let us commit all our
interests to the keeping of our
heavenly Father.
——•- •
Bad Thoughts.— Bad thoughts,
if cherished, blight virtue, destroy
purity, and undermine the stablest
foundations of character. They
are like rot in timber ; like rust in
iron. They eat into the man. And
when the process has gone for a
while, and there comes the stress
of an outward temptation, down
they go into a mass of ruins! Ships
go out to sea, all bright with fresh
paint, their sails all spread and
streamers flying, and never come
back—never reach port. Why ?
They met a storm aud went down,
because they were rotten. Under;
the paint was decay.
Just so bad thoughts, vile; ini-:
pure thoughts and imaginations, j
rot the manly oak of character,
rust the iron of principle, slacken
all the stays of virtue, and leave
the man, or woman, to the violence
of temptation, with no interior of
reserve power to withstand the :
shock. Bad thoughts fed and fat
tened are the bottom vice of socie
ty.- Selected,
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A C’HIitSTIAN MARINER.
flow A CAPTAIN WAS WARNED OF A
SHIPWRECK.
Last Christmas day I witnessed
something very thrilling.. We had
just distributed the family presents
Christmas morning when I heard a
great cry of distress in the hallway.
A child from a neighbor’s house
came in to say her father was dead..
She was only three doors off, and I
think in two minutes we were there.
There lay the okl Christian sea
i captain, his face turned upward to
ward the window, as though he had
suddck'y seen the, headlands, and
with aL illuminated face ars though
he were just going inio harbor.
The fact was, he had already got
through the “Narrows.” Iu the
adjoining room were the Christ
mas presents waiting for his distri
bution. Long ago, one night-when
ho had narrowly escaped with his
ship from being run down by a
great ocean steamer, he had.made
his peace with God, and a kinder
neighbor or a better man than Cap
taiu Pendleton you would not find
this side of heaven. Without a
moment’s warning the pilot of the
heavenly harbor had met him just
off the light ship.
He had often talked to me of the
gooduess of God, and especially of
a lime when he was just about to
go into New York harbor with his
j ship from Liverpool, and he was
: suddenly impressed that lie ought
jto put back to soa. Under the
| protest of the crew and under their
very threats he put back to sea,
fearing at the same time lie was
dosing his mind* for it did seem so
; unreasonable that when they could
j get into harbor that night they
[should put baok to sea. But they
put back to sea, and Captain Pen
dleton said to Lis mate: “You call
me at ten o’clock at night.” At
twelvw at night the captain was
aroused and said, “What does this
mean ? I thought I told you to
call me at ten o’clock, and Hero it
is twelve. ’ “Why,” said the mate,
“I did call you at ten o’clock, ami
iyon got up, looked around anti
toltl me to keep right oh the same
course for two hours and then to
call you at twelve o’clock.” Said
the captain, “Is it possible ? I have
noremeii)byname of that.” At twelve
;o ta<iek Uie 'duy&.iifK.Jt&t ou deck,
and through a rift <yf Ifte,cloud the
moonlight fell upon Hie sea and'
showed him a shipwreck with one
hundred struggling passengers. Ho
helped them off. Had lie been any
| earlier or any later at that point
of the sea lie would have boon of
no service to those drowning peo
j pie. On board the captain’s ves
| sel they began to band together as
; what they should pay for the res
cue, and what they should pay
for the provisions. “Ah,” says the
■ captain, “my lads, you cau’t pay
me for anything. All I have on
, board is yours. I feol too greatly
honored of God in having saved
I you to take any pay.” Just like
| him. He never got any pay except
' that of his own applauding eonsei
;once. Oh, that the old sea cap
tain’s God might be my God and
; yours! Amid the stormy seas of this
life may we have always someone
as tenderly to take care of us_ as
the captain took care of the drown
ing crew and the passengers. And
may we come into the harbor with
as little physical pain and with
as bright a hope as be had; aud if
it should happen to be a Christmas
! morning, when the presents are be
i ing distributed and we are celebra
ting the birth of Him who came to
I save our ship wrecked world, all the
| better—for what grander, bright
er Christmas present could we have
j than heaven ?—Dr. Talmage, iu
| Frank Leslie’s Sunday Magazine
! for March.
—A young lady sent a poem, en
titled “I cannot make him smile,”
to a British newspaper. The edi
tor ventures to express the opinion
that she would have succeeded had
she shown him the poem.
—Do you get real pleasure from
your prayers, reading, and medi
tation on holy things ?or do you
get through them to satisfy the de
mand of your conscience, and are
sec etly glad when they are over?
—This world of ours is full of
trouble. Its fair face is scarred all
over w ith graves. But the more he
studies it, the more one marvels t.)
find how full the Bible is of conso
lation. That is good evidence of
its authenticity.
—The difficulty of conduct, says
Fronde, does not lie in kuoiviug
what is right to do, but in doing it
when known. Intellectual culture
does not touch tbo conscience. It
provides no motive to overcome tlid
weakness of the will, and with wi
der knowledge it brings also new
temptations.
—An Eastern proveib says, “He
is miserable once who meets with'
ill-fortune but twice who fears it
before it comes, .5i