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GEORGIA HOME JOURNAL. W. ADDISON K\WLES, Prop’r. VOLUME XI.-NO. U. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. SDUTBIfiI BSASCE OFFICE —of— RUSSELL & CO., o-.a.. . IMPftuVCD TRACTjON ENGINE With or wttfcuui Rcrer.lt.ff Gear. 10, llud 1 _ Niter. Built hr RUSSELL & CO., Massillon, 0. REMEMBER THE NEW MASSILLON THRESHER! For steam or horse power, manufactured by RUSSELL & CO., never lias been beaten. We i>bfy any man to choke it or make it waste (train when our directions are follow ed. These are always found on the lid of the tool box. We guarantee our SIX HORSE ENGINE The lightest for tiie power it develops, ever offered to the public. It has a “Steam Bal anced Side Valve. Write us for Catalogue and Prices for Thresher or Engine. Respectfully, RUSSELL <fe CO., Ter C. A. Estabrook, Manager, Atlanta, Oa. CiTPlease mention that you saw adver tisement in this paper. may 25, ’B3. PURE AND FRESH DREGS, MEDICINES AND CHEMICALS. Paints,Oils, Colors, Brushes. NEW GOODS constantly arriving. Large stock WINDOW GLASS, all sizes Bxlo to 30x36. Full assortment LAMPS, CHIMNEYS. CHANDELIERS, LANT ERNS, TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY, POMADES, etc., etc. The best Garden Seeds, ONION SETS, POTATOES, Ac., for this climate from Robt. Hnist, Philadelphia, 10c papers sold at 5c strictly—warranted froth and genuine , crop 1882. FINEST SEGA lIS in town. SMOKING and CHEWING TOBACCO. Physician's Prescriptions care fully compounded and dispensed. JNO. A. GRIFFIN, OLIVER’S QUICK RELIEF WILL CURB Colics, Toothache, Colic in horses Coughs, Earache, Insect Stings, Colds, Headache, Bites of insects Croup, Rheumatism, Catarrh,and pain Cramps, Neuralgia, ill man or beast. Prepared by MAYS A CO., Atlanta, Ga, Sold by J. A. Griffin, Greeneshoro. mar 23 83 PRESS MAKING ! BY HRS. A. 6. HARRIS, RECENTLY OF ATLANTA, At the STATIIAM HOTEL BUILDING oyer Dr. Walker’s Drug Store. Prices low. Prompt attention given to all orders and satisfaction guaranteed. apr2o 83 GEORGIA RAILROAD. SCHEDULE. :o: Georgia Railroad, Cos. ) Office General Manager, > Augusta, April 28th, ’82.) COMMENCING SUNDAY, the29th insl. > the following Passenger Schedule will be operated: PAST LIITEI KO, 27. WEST DAILY. Live Augusta 7:40 am Ar Athens 12.30 am “ Gr’nsbo’lo:ls “ | Ar Atlanta 1:00 pm KO. 1 WEST—DAILY. Lv AugustalO 30 a m “ Macon.. 705 “ “ Mvl’dge. 910 “ “Camak.l2 29 “ " Wash’t.ll 20 “ “ Athens. 905 “ At O’boro’. 2 15 p m Ar Atlanta. 5 50 p m KO. 3 WE3T — DAILY. Lv Augusta. 9 00 p m Ar G’bore’. .1 41a m Ar Atlanta.. 6 40 “ KO. 28. EAST DAILY. Lve Atlanta 2:50 p m Ar Gr’nsbo’ 5:26 p m “ Athens... 8:2-5 “ | “ Augusta 8:10 “ NO. 2 EAST —DAILY. Lv Atlanta 8 25 a m “ G’boro’. 12 09 p m Ar Athens 505 p m Ar Wash’t. 255 “ “ Camak. 1 57 “ “ Mil’dge. 449 “ “ Macon . 645 “ Ar Augusta 3 55 p m NO. 4 EAST —DAILY. Lv Atlanta.B 50 p m Ar G’boro’ 146ara Ar Augusta 6 20 a m OTSUPERB IMPROVED SLEEPERS TO AUGUSTA & ATLANTA. Train No. 27 will stop at and receive passengers to and from the following points only: Belair, Berzelia, Harlem, Thomson, Camak, Crawfordville, Union Point, Greenesboro, 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, Greenesboro, Madison, Rutledge, Social Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stone Mountain and Decatur. The Fast Line has Through Sleeper from Atlanta te Charleston and connects for all points West and Northwest, East and South east. E. R. DORSEY, General Passenger Agent. Jno. W. Green, Gen’l Manager, SELECTED POETRY. THE FIRST STEP. To-night as the tender gloaming Was sinking in evening’s gloom, And only the glow of the firelight Brightened the dark’ning room, I laughed with the gay heart-gladnesss That only to mothers is known, For the beautiful brown eyed baby Took his first step alone! Hurriedly running to meet him, Came trooping the household band, Joyous, loving and eager To reach him a helping hand, To watcli him with silent rapture. To cheer him with happy noise, _ My one little fair-faced daughter And four brown rompiug boys. Leaving the sheltering arms That fain would bid him rest Close to the l n vg and Jong'i/T tvear to llie mother’s breast; Wild with laughter and dearing, Looking askance at me, He stumbled across through the shadows To rest at his father’s knee. Baby, my dainty darling, Stepping so brave and bright Witli flutter of lace and riblion Out of my arms to-night, Helped in thy pretty ambition With tenderness blessed to see, Sheltered, upheld, and protected, How will the last step be ? See, we are all beside you Urging and beckoning on, Watclung’lest aught betide you Till the safe near goal is won, Guiding the faltering footsteps That tremble and fear to fall, How will it he, my darling, With tile last sad step of all ? Nay! Shall I dare to question. Knowing that One more fond Than all our tenderest loving Will guide the weak feet beyond! And knowing beside, my dearest, That whenever the summons, ’twill be But a stmnhing step through the shadows, Then rest—at the Father's knee! A MODEL PLANTATION, AND THE MODEL WAY IT IS MANAGED. A VISIT TO THE HOME OF MR. 3. B. Y. WARNER—BERMUDA GRASS AND ITS ADVANTAGES—STOCK RAISING—THE VALUE OF STABLE MANURE. Thirteen years ago Mr. J B. Y. Warner, of Rochester, N. Y.—then a young man just into the twenties —came to Georgia and Greene county, purchased a large tract of land—somo twenty three hundred and odd acres—in the near vicini ty of Greenesboro and settled down as a Southern planter. From an association with practical men of the north his ideas were systemat ic, practical, and full of business. The tract of land purchased by Mr. Warner was what was termed a “Bermuda grass plantation,” and our farmers know full well what, years ago, that meant. Many pre dictions were made that the north ern youth would never make a suc cess of farming on the grass-sodded laud, but Mr. Warner went to work in his own practical way, cultiva ting his land according to his own ideas of farming, and the years have come and gone only to show his plans were of practical merit. A few days ago we made a trip to Mr. Warner’s plantation, lying two miles from the centre of the city. A gentle rain had fallen the day previous ; the drooping foliage had revived under it, and on the day we drove out, everything look ed fresh, and green, and beautiful. The sun shone brightly, and as we left the city farther to our rear and the woodland of the country be came denser, the soft invigorating breezes fanned our faces, while the sweet chirp of the birds in their country homes, made us more than glad. at mu. wabner’s home. Scarcely two miles from Greenes boro, we left the highway, and passing through a broad gate, drove rapidly along well made road. A forest of pines en vironed us, right and left, while ahead of us where the road made a bend to the right, we could dis cern the short grain stubble. We could but notice this road; its smooth surface, covered with a layer of white sand, that shone brightly in the sunlight, contras ting with those we have noticed leading to farmers homes. In this little particular Mr. Warner’s sys tematic management was plainly shown. It was not many minutes before we reached the old Early Place, now the property of Mr. Warner. It is a large and hand some house, standing upon a gen tle hill. Massive oaks and spread ing mulberries surround it, while a lovely bed of flowers show's that the beautiful as well as useful has not been neglected. We found Mr. Warner superin tending the threshing of some bar ley in a barn near the house. He welcomed us warmly, and dismoun ting we followed him to the front DEVOTED TO THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE. GREENESBORO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 15,1883; of the house and were soon com fortably seated under the shade of a magnificent oak. PRACTICAL WORK. Faintly discernible to our left was the city of Greenesboro, with its church spires and house-tops brightly gleaming under the rays of the afternoon’s sun. As we sat there, in the cool shade of the oak, the hum of the thresher and the puff of the engine that moved it, came to us, while on the hill to the left we saw the hands plowing the grounds of newlv-cut grain, and a little further on was a reaper rap idly cutting the ripened wheat. Our conversation turned to farm- -Hs§ mat is barley you are thresh ing, Mr. Warner,” we asked. “How much of that have you, and what was the acreage ?*’ “I suppose there is four hundred bushels there and it was cut from that field yonder—about fifteen acres.” “We have understood, Mr. War ner, that this plantation was in a bad condition when you first pur chased it.” “Oh, yes,” came the laughing re ply. “Some smiled at me for buy ing twenty-three hundred and sixty acres of Bermuda grass land. They were kind enough to say, too, that I could never make anything on it. I thought different. There was no doubt about the land being in a hai’d way. The field where those men are plowing,” pointing to the hillside we before referred to, “when I purchased the place, was nothing but gullies and ridges. It was so rough that to walk across it—especially at night—was dan gerous. You see it is level enough now.” “How did you manage to work the change, Mr. Warner ?” we in quired. “I began to plow under the Ber muda grass. Wherever that would spring up, washing was stopped. The stumps and roots gradually rotted away. I plowed the gullies crosswise and they in time disap peared.” “Was most of your land in so bad a condition ?” “No, not all of it. Still I must say the majority of it was nearly used up. It was worn out. I re solved to bring it up, and I have done so.” “You were speaking of Bermu da grass. That is a fine thing for land, is it ? “Certainly. I may say the laud was redeemed by it. I began plowing it under, plowing it deep ; breaking the land thoroughly. You may judge from the result what it is. Every blade of Bermuda grass, every spear of grain has a tendency to enrich the land. When I began to break up these Bermuda fields, of course there were those who knew more of it than I. I say it kindly towards then for their ex perience had been for them to avoid Bermuda grass. Well, they would say ‘Tut-tut! very foolish to waste time on that land.’ And later on they wot dered where ‘War ner made such grain crops.’ It was on the Bermuda lands.” SOMETHING MORE THAN GRASS. “You found, then, that this Ber muda grass was of some value to you in your farming operations?” “Yes. I had one field covered with small pine stumps, planted in oats, which the first year hardly paid for the cultivation. The sec ond year the crop was better, and the third year, the stumps had dis appeared, the land was smooth and I made a fair crop. It has been in creasing in productiveness each y'ear. These gullies would never have healed but for the Bermuda grass. Another secret was a prop er cultivation. That will increase the fertility of any land.” “What else tended to improve the fertility of the land?” ‘■Peas and stubble of grain which was plowed under and rotted. It would pay to plant peas simply as a manure. Gather the first crop early, if only enough for seed, then plow under the vines and yon are adding to the substance of your land. lam plowing up that field you see yonder for peas.” “Bermuda grass makes a fiue hay and a good forage?” “Yes. My stock graze on it en tirely during the summer and keep fat. I cut something like forty tons last year or about eighty thousand pounds. I do not be lieve in selling hay'. North a man is considered a poor farmer who sells hay. He should have stock enough to consume it.” RAISING MULES. “This section is admirably adap ted to the raising of stock, do you not think so?” “Oh, yes. I believe so, and am doing something in that line my self. I have only recently pur chased me nine good serviceable mares for breeding purposes.” “Do you intend to raise horse or mule colts, Mr. Warner ?” “Mules. They are more salea ble, more robust, and mature ear lier. There are few horse colts that at two and a half years will command much over fifty dollars while a mule of the. same age a man would not insult you by ottering less than SIOO. Mules too are nec essary to farm work and command a ready sale at home. If you raise blooded horses you may now and then find a purchaser, in Augusta or Atlanta, but seldom can sell oue at home. A mule, on the other hand, is as saleable as wheat.” “The cost- of rx-king stock is comparatively little, in this section, with the vast fields?” “Comparatively. But they require attention r'JSrr plenty of food. One drawback to many far mers in raising Gfcck, they do not pay sufficieD"; attention to them. I have lived'''Lore thirteen years and have never had a real sick horse in my barn" .1 feed them well, house them comfortably and with good sound stock to begin on, there is little danger of dis eases. Hollow horn in cows, grubs in horses, is due to inattention and lack of food.” :1~- COTTON CULTURE. By some means the convolution here changed to cotton culture and we asked Mr. Warner if he planted any. “ Some, but the cotton on my plantation is mainly raised by crop pers. lam not like many who be lieve that cotton is a curse, nor am I like others who plant it to’the ex clusion of everything else. If a man, for instance, is running a six horse farm, his object should.be to keep those six horses aud their six grooms iu constant employment. Plowing for grain planting should begin in August and continue until Christmas. The six horses can be employed for grain planting, and extra hands should be hired for picking out the cotton. These horses should not lie idle and the farmers be put to the expense of feeding them without return. The uew year comes and the same six horses and the same six men may go on breaking the l.t id fr cotton culture. Many farm, ■’s slop their horses and hands in to pick cotton and l'&V grain planting until O^fltbvinas. The new year finds them with no grain scarcely in the ground, and they must abandon everything else to go to plowing for cotton and fix ing fences. When I hire a plow bov he knows that he must attend to the horse I give him, and every day that he can be out ho and the horse must he employed at some thing. If not plowing lie hauls manure, fencing and the like. They must be employed at something. I am always up with my farm. Cot ton plowing time should never find a farmer with fences to build and wood to haul. He should do that before, and by that means utilize his labor.” “You work your croppers on this principle ?” “1 tell them to follow this plan, although Ido not devote a great deal of attention. Some of the crop pers have no stock and I do their plowing for them. In these cases I adopt my mode of cultivation. My renters last year raised somewhere in the neighborhood of one hun dred and fifty bales of cotton.” SHEEP HUSBANDRY. A flock of sheep came bleating over the hill beyond where we were sitting and the interrogatory came from us: “ Your flock of sheep, Mr. War ner ? How manv head have you in all ?” “Two hundred and twenty-five head. I commenced the common native ewes aud have been improv ing them ever since. I bought im proved bucks and tho cross has been satisfactory. Sheep require close attention, but they more than amply repay the care , and expense. The reason why some of our plan ters have not succeeded in sheep is because they have fed them but little and gave them no attention. During the summer season I keep them in the pastures and they re quire no extra food. During the winter they are comfortably housed and well fed.” “You believe fine sheep are more profitable ?” “Why, certainly. Those fifty head of native ewes I began with would not yield more than a pound and a half of wool. The wool, too, was of an inferior quality. The im proved bucks—Cottswold, South down and Merino—which I have, brought up the standard. They shear now from five and a half to seven pounds each. This wool is worth thirty cents per pound, which yields per head an y average of SI.BO. Sheep is one of the best investments I have.” “The manure from sheep is very valuable?” “Very. In France and Germany, where pasturage is scarce, sheep are driven many miles to the menu tains for grazing. In stopping at the farm-houses the owners of the sheep are paid by the farmers to let the sheep be turned on their fields. The droppings from fifteen hundred head of sheep in one night will permanently enrich a large acreage. The manure is richer than that from any animal.” “You believe that our farmers should pay much attention to the raisiug of sheep ?’’ “I do. They will find it profita ble in lndte senses than one. The value of the wool is one considera tion; the value of their droppitlga |is aifother. Take into considera tion that u farmer, has fresh meat , always at his liiuid, and the value j of this little anjiftnl becomes incal culable.” Mr. Warner has a herd of par tial and half-blooded Jei’seys, all of which were raised on his Greene county farm. Asa matter of course the cattle have proved a source of revenue to Mr. Warner. DIVERSIFIED INTERESTS. “Everything,” said Mr. Warner, as we rose to go, after we thanked him for his cordial hospitality, and the ideas we had gleaned from him, “Everything about a farm should be i utilized. Each branch should be made to yield a profit and be an ad junct to the farmer’s intei’ests. This is only attained by diversified farm ing. A man who makes a specialty of any one ci - op is at the mercy of that specialty. I raise oats and barley and cotton. I feed my stock well, and they pay me doubly. Their value as animals is otre price, and the manure they furnish is another price. I feed them oats and hay, and keep them fat. They labor for me, and that is one value; they fur nish me with a manure which en riches my land, and that is another value, 'fhe object of evei’y farmer should be to utilize everything he can. Increase the value of land ; bring up the standard of stock, and more of it. Each adjunct makes a complete system and you are at the mercy of no particular branch. All the adjuncts can scarcely fail at one tirfac. Your grain crop is small and yon have made up your loss in ad ditional stock; your cotton is ruiued but your land has increased in value from the cultivation received. We ha ve a fine yon ni tty and I see Ho j reason why planters could not bo in a good financial condition.” THE HOME LIFE. The home of Mr. Warner is a de lightful and attractive place. All its surroundings show taste and at tention. Our visit was to us very pleasant. Asa host Mr. Warner is the personification of genial hos pitality. The hospitalities of his home were rendered doubly agree able by the presenco of his excel cellent ladv, Mrs. Warner. We have scarely ever passed so enjoy able an evening. In the ideas of Mr Warner our readers will find sol id and practical sense. He has been successful. His plans were simple. As much can bo accomplished by others if they will only strive to do so. Energy, common sense and ecOnony are the keystones of pros perity in the South. —“The no fence works like a charm, great fields of cotton and corn on the roadside, where before this law' was enacted they were compelled to keep miles of fencing up and then be bothered with the stock, now the gaps and gates are thrown wide open. One gentleman and good farmer also, remarked to me, “do yo see that string on yon der front gate, that is only to keep my babies within sight, that is all the use I have for a fence and gate. Even the dogs are shut up and not allowed to run at large.” Speak ing of the incalculable benefits of the “no whisky,” or local option law the gentleman said, “Why, sir, I have not seen a drunken man in Putnam county since the law was in force. I admit that some send off aud get whiskey, but they carry it home and if they get drunk they do so at home. Money that was heretofore spent for whiskey is now spent for necessaries, and all in all we are getting along fine ly.” When will Baldwin follow ?” —Milledgeville Recorder. - —Long visits, long stories, long essays, long exhortations and long prayers seldom profit those who have to do with them. Life is short. Time is short. Moments are precious. Leain to condense, abridge and intensify. We can bear things that are dull if they are only short. We can endure many an ache aud ill if it is over soon, while even pleasure grows in sipid and pain intolerable if they are protracted beyond proper lim its. Lop off brauches; stick to the main fact in your case. If you pray, ask for what you tliiuk you will receive, and get through; if yon speak, tell your message and hold your peace; boil down two sentences into one, and three words into two. Always when practicable, avoid lenghtiness; learn to be short. TERMS :—s2 OO per Annum, In Advance. GATE CITY GOSSIP. AFFAI RS AfeOUT THE STATE CAPITAL. THE FICTITIOUS BOOM IN REAL ESTATE —CIRCULATING LIBRARIES—LEGAL ITY OF ACTS OF THE EXTRA SESSION QUESTIONER —THE OLD CAPITOL — MINOR MATTERS.*, Special Correspondence Ilmn&murnal. Atlanta, June. 11. —Plucky Mar cellus Thornton whetted up* Lis Damascus blade the other day, and has beet* cutting right and left am ong the real estate men of Atlanta. Tite canard of Colonel Thornton that the real estate boom .in this booming city was only a little ring affair ; and this closely followed hv a thrust as to the real worth of At lanta property was the signal for arousing the speculators in Metro politan mud and a fiei’ce war is now being waged as to whether or not Atlanta is growing or l’otrograding. I can stand on a neutral, hill and watch, as did the famous Pickwick ians, this mock battle between home factions, and as I observe them I cannot refrain from smiling at the teri’ific earnestness that is displayed. First Marcellus is on top, and flopping his wings crows right lustily, then down he goes aac] up comes the real estate men ; and so on, ad infinitum. The pub lic of Atlanta are the amused spec tators, aud I believe are enjoying the fight. I can only think myself that Colonel Thornton has been so used to being iu continual warfare, that, for lack of larger game, he has sprung the trap on the real es tate dealers. When the new year comes, and the presidential contest and the cow law are living issues, Mai’cellus will shake hands with his present foes over a vacant Peachtree lot. ant. buckling his ar moamore tightly on aud sharpen ing the broad sword will sail into the heat of the political fray with the keener appettie for warfare. The adjourned session of the Legislature next month will have some important work before it. The matter of re-districting the State, which was left unfinished, will come before the session. Much unfinished business will he fished from the chaos of the November term; local bills too uumeruos to mention, will come up aud the members will find their time fully occupied. In connection with the adjourn ed session I have-heard the ques tion sprung whether or not bills or laws euacted by them will be legal. I have heard some of our best lawyers say that they would consider any work they did as un constitutional. The Constitution of 1877, I believe, restrained the sessious of the Legislature to bi ennial ones of forty days each. They held thirty days last Novem ber, and consequently there is left them only ton days to transact their business, under the constitu tion. The question arises, have they the right to prolong that ses sion in direct violation of tho Con-: stitution, and if they do violate it would not the work they accomplish beyond the ten days in July be null? Some say “yes;” some “no.” I do not pretend to say at all, for the simple reason that I know nothing whatever about it. How beit, the question will sometime be sprung in the courts, aud tho legal ity of their acts put to the test. In the meantime, the state Solons will go quietly along passing bills, making speeches and drawing their mileage and per diem with aston ishing regularity. It may not bo out of place for me to remark that the famous State capitol, which was to cost such a goodly sum mnd was to be withal so handsome ft structure, still has its existence in the minds of our city fathers. The new court house has been built, and the old city hall stands in the accustomed place on the ground donated to the State. The city officers of Atlanta, in lack of other accommodations, have taken possession of the rooms before occupied by the county, and the State of Georgia is still left with only the Kimball Opera house, —whose sinking walls innumerable; times propped up are liable to fall j at any time, as a capitol. I shad- : der when I think if that opera house should take a notion to fall during one of the sessions what a blow to Georgia. There would be many politicians crushed that Georgia could well afford to do without, but there would be men of brain, and power, and principle buried beneath the ruin, whose loss would boa loss, indeed, to Georgia. Such a casualty is too; dreadful to even think of for a ran WHOLE NUMBER 524. ment, afcd yet that tbh Capitol building is safe Tdo not believe; I feel safer myself at my own home! j than I do beneath its roof. Atlanta lias, in tny opinion, two as excellent circulating libraries as can be found in the South. The Young Men’s Library, with an ex tensive list of books, fine reading rooms, and parlors is one, of the most delightful resorts in the city; It is a grand institution and num bers among its membership .the' leading people of Atlanta; Visi tors receive a cordial welcome id j the rooms of the Association, and 1 it is a most delightful place to while ! away a few hours. Polite attention i is shown to all. The Catholic Li'orai’y is a much voueger association, but one that has rapidly grown. It has now something over 2,000 volumes in its library rooms, which are in the basement of the church of the Im maculate Conception. The libra rian, Mi - . Fox, is a most excellent gentleman and visitors are made comfortable and every attention shown them. When in Atlanta I would commend those, who have t* few leisure moments, to spend them in the rooms of this Association. They will be amply repaid. I heard a Greene county gentle man express an idea the other day iu regal’d to a published item in one of the Atlanta newspapers. It said that J. T. Jones, of Greene county, had purchased city prop erty to the amount of Over eight thousand dollars. Said the gentle man to me, “If there is, or ever has been such a man as J. T. Jones in' Greene county I don’t know it; I am pretty well posted.” It would be an advisable plan for newspa pers to be absolutely certain of their points, or else place a man who iuvests in anything in Atlanta too far away for any troublesome inhabitant to appear on the scene and give it the lie. This might be a point for onr friend Thornton to handle in this real estate warfare. If all the' names published are as fictitious as’ Mr. Jones’ why Marcellus still “has the bull by the horns.” Among the clubs of Atlanta none hold more enjoyable meetings than the “Hubner.” It is named in honor of the poet Charies W. Hub ner and has a membership from’ the best circles of Atlanta society.' The meetings are held every other week and the programme consists of loadings and recitations. The meetings of this club are always highly enjoyable. The Lyric club, in connection with the Catholic Library, is an other flourishing one. The meet ings are held at private houses, and consist of music, recitations, and the like. No better mode of social enjoyment can be imagined, and the meetings continually grow in interest and instruction. Many of the country towns have formed similar clubs, and all unite the ver dict that they afford—clubs of this kind do—entertainment pleasure and instruction. Those towns that have none should organize clubs of this kind. They will find them a source of much pleasure. The Home Journal I find, is very popular iu Atlanta. I had no idea you had such an extensive circula tion as you have, but I hear so many people speakiug of the pa per, and speaking in such flattering terms, too, that I cannot refrain from letting you know it. A prom inent newspaper man said to me that he considered the Journal, of Greenesboro, one of the leading county papers of Georgia. He said that you were on the right line, giving the readers good wholesome news, and building up your sec tion. I prize the Journal highly myself, and wish you every sue— cess. Occasional. —The brethrenin Missouri tell a good story of the lamented bish op Marvin. He was one day, while preaching, interrupted by the shout of a steward in the amen corner, whom he well knew to be a little “near” (as the Scoth would term it). Turning to him, with a kind manner, he said in a firm voice: “Brother, have you paid your quarterage? “No,” was the coufused but prompt reply. Then said the Bishop, “Stop shouting, brother. No Methodist ought to shout who does not pay his quar terage.” — —The M. E. Church, South, re ports an increase iu every item of its statistics save one for the past year. Travelling preachers, 3,738; increase, 32. White members, 861,- 244; increase, 16,887. Colored mem bers, 1030; increase, 37. Indian members, 5,111, decrease, 340. In fants baptized, 27,205,; adults bap tized, 38,832. Sunday school schol ars, 483,426; increase, 21,105. Col lections for missions, $207,759; in crease, 843,272. ... -