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GEORGIA HOME JOURNAL.
W. ADDISON KNOWLES, Prop’r.
VOLUME XII.—XO. 1.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE.
Georgia Railroad, Cos. I
Office General Manager, V
Augusta, November 17th, ’B3. )
CIOMSIENCING SUNDAY, the 10th inst.
t the following Passenger Schedule will
be operated. Trains run by 90th meridian
time, 32 minutes slower than Augusta time:
FAST LIITFI
NO, 07. WEST DAILY, j NO. 28. EAST DAILY.
Lvc Augusta 7:40 am ' I,ve Atlanta 2:45 p m
Ar Athens 12:30 am I Ar Gr’nsbo’ 5:21 p ni
“ Gr’nsbo’lo:ls “ | “ Athens... 7:15 “
Ar Atlanta 1.00 pm | “Augusta 8:05 “
NO. 1 WEST—DAILY. NO. 2 EAST —DAILY.
Ur- AugustalO 30 a m Lv Atlanta 825 a m
“ Ji’icon.. 710 “ “ G’boro’.l2 09 p m
“ Mfi’dge. 918 “ Ar Athens 445 p m
“ Camak.l2 29 “ Ar Wash’t. 255 “
“ Wash’t.ll 20 “ “ Catuak. 157 “
“ Athens. 90> “ “ Mil’dge. 449 “
Ar G’lioro’. 215 p m “ Macon .0 45 “
Ar Atlanta. 545 p m Ar Augusta 355 p m
NO. 3 WEST—DAILY. NO. 4 EAST —DAILY.
Lv Augusta. 900 p m Lv Atlanta.B 50 p m
Ar G’boro'. .1 44 a m Ar G’boro’ 140 a m
Ar Atlanta..!) 40 “ Ar Augusta 610 a m
IMPROVED SLEEPERS
TO AUGUSTA & ATLANTA.
Train No. 27 will stop at and receive
passengers to anil from the following
points only: Bcrzelia, Harlem, Thomson,
Camak, Crawfordville, Union Point,
Greenesboro, Madison, Rutledge, Social
Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stone Moun
tain and Decatur.
Train No. 28 will stop at, and receive pas
sengers to and from tlio folllowing stations,
only, Berzelia, Harlem, Dearing, 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.
C3 i3LR.-R3S3TS,
House Furnishing Goods. The largest stock
south of Baltimore. Moquet, Brussels, 3-
ply and ingraiu carpets, window shades,
lace curtains,cornices and polos, wall papers,
cliromos, cocoa and Canton mattings, rugs
and mats. BAILIE & COSKERY, Ma
sonic Building, Augusta, Ga. luuß
at?, w
K itcilieii Ware,
STBVES, BID ML
Augusta* s ; Ga.
I am agent for the CELEBRA
TED LIGHTHOUSE COOKING
STOVE, the best, most complete
ami most satisfactory stove on the
market. The
STAR CHURN,
A general household favorite and
the best labor saving machine
made, is manufactured and sold by
me. I beep in stock Tin, Wooden
and Crockery Wares of every kind,
and ask a share of the patronage of
the people of Middle Georgia.
Send for price list.
D. L. FULLERTON,
sept. 14, ’B3. AUGUSTA, GA.
RIQI FV Jt N
PHILOTOKEN,
A tried and reliable cure for the ailments
of Ladies. Will aid Nature, prevents Nau
sea, and Nervousness, and should be taken
during the critical period. Has saved many
lives. Endorsed by thousands of ladies as
the best remedy of its kind. Any druggist,
SI.OO
RISLEY’S BUCHER the best diuretic
and tonic. Cures most Kidney and Bladder
troubles, Weakness, Whites, and Pain in
Back. Supercedes all other kidney reme
dies. All druggistSf SI.OO a bottle,
CHARLES F. RISLEY.
sep7 83 New York,
POI3 S-A-LE.
I offer for saJ5 the foil owing tracts of
lafid :
One hundred and ten acres, good tene
ment houses, well watered, and only three
miles from Oreenesboro’* Great bargain.
One tract of land containing two hundred
and sixty acres, on the railroad, four miles
and a half from town.
One tract of land containing one hundred
and twenty-two acres, three miles and a half
from town. On this place there are some
splendid bottoms and a mill-site. Well
■watered and fine pasture.
All the above places will be sold cheap
and upon easy terms For further particu
lars apply to
W. ADDISON KNOWLES,
oct2B 83 GREENESBORO, GA.
—S S. S. and B. B. 8., Simmons Liver
Regulator, Brewers Lung Restorer, Bonko
cine, Ayers Hair Vigor, Cod Liver Oil.
Moodys king of Malaria. Cousens Honey
of Tar, Sweet Gum and Muller, complete
line of Drugs.—C’opelan, Seals & Armor.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
WHITE PLAINS,]GA.
Go to W. M. Tappan & Son if you want
a handsome Breech-Loading or Muzzle-
Loading Shot Gun. They keep the very
best Powder in town. Also, Shot, Caps,
etc.
Men. go to W. M. Tappan & Son, and
buy $7 shoes at $5; $5 shoes at $3.50.
Go to W. M. Tappan & Son’s and buy $3
Shoes for $1.75. Women's heavy Shoes
j frojn 60c a pair up. Brogans from 90c. up.
Go to W. M. Tappan & Son and get a fine
Bedstead, and a cheap one, too. Go to them
and get a nice pair of white Blankets for $2;
I nice bed Quilts from $1.25 to $2.50. Get
also a sett of Chairs.
Go to W. M. Tappan & Son and get some
of that Fine Syrup. Its first-class.
IF YOU SMOKE,
Go to \V. M. Tappan & Son and buy “No.
43," five cents Cigar. Alex. Tappan says
“they are prime.” Don’t fail to try the
Spanish Yequeroes Cigarettes. They are
the bestm town. Two dollars a box.
Don’t fail to try W. M, Tappan & Sou’s
50c Smoking Tobacco and three year old
plug, and “Boss Chew.” Also, Patterson’s
Fine Plug Tobacco.
If YII TUT H SICE
in the Candy and Confection line, go to W.
M. Tappan & Son and call on Percy How
ell or Judge Mapp. W. M. Tappan & Son
keep good goods and sell them low. They
solicit your patronage and ' will treat you
right.
W. M. Tappan Sc Soil,
dec? 83 WHITE PLAINS,QA.
DANIEL MINERAL SPRING WATER
Pronounced by Leading Chemists and Water Dealers the
Most WondertuJ-iYaters Yet Discovered !
A Specific for Liver, Kidney and Urinary Disorders.
££gr Permanently cures Gonorrhea* * from 3 to 20 days, leaving the system in a
healthy condition. 1
gjTGivea almost instant relief in cafes of Suppressed Urine & Spasmodic Stricture.
rKoeps perfectly pure for any lenfib of time and in any conditions of temperature
or climate.
Jfgr Reliable Testimonials given j>u application. Ah orders for barrels oi half bar
rels should be addressed to
•W. C. ORfijflSect., and Treas. of the
Xsa,nxel 3®ijarlg Compaa.y, £wtls.eaas, G-a,.
oct. Jth, 1583.
Gr. H. U.
TflE GREATEST ARTISTS OF THE
WORLD ACKNOWLEDGE THE SU
PERIORITY OF THE PIANOS
AND ORGANS SOLD BY
G. 0. ROBINSON & CO.
They are selected from ten of the BEST
Makers, and are so much Superior
to Others at Prices so much
Less that Pcrchasers
Save from
$lO to SIOO
By visiting or writing to
6.0. ROBINSON & GO.
E.1.0.M.—L.P.Q.S-
Large and increasing sales of musical
merchandise verify the fact that G. O.
ROBINSON & CO. SAVE MONEY for
EVERY PURCHASER.
SHEET MUSIC, the LATEST PUBLI
CATIONS, MUSIC BOOKS of every de
scription: the latest Italian Strings.
The Latest and Most Popular Sunday
School Book
“LOVE M PRAISE,”
LOWEST PRICES, at
G. O. ROBINSON & CO'S.,
831 BROAD STREET. AUGUSTA.
—W. A. Kimbrough & Cos. have a large
stock of best Prints which are perfectly
1 beautiful.
DEVOTED TO THE GENERAL W 'XFA RE OF TITE PEOPLE.
GREENESBORO, GEORGIA, FRIDA LVMORNING, JANUARY 4,1884.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
BARGAINS
-AT
HALL’S
As wo contemplate making some
changes in our business we are sell
ing our entire stock at
ACTUAL COST
This Stock embraces DRESS
GOODS, DIIY GOODS, Notions,
Underwear, Ribbons, Hosiery, La
ces, Gents’ Underwear, Sheeting,
Gents’, Boys’ and Youths’
CLOTHIUa,
Overcoats, Dress Suits, Business
Suits, Hats, Cups, Umbrellas, Neck
Ware and a full line of
BOOTS AND SHOES!
This stock must bo sold and if
you are in search of good goods at
low prices you will get them by
calling on us,
W. E. HALL & CO.,
GREENESBORO. GA.
■w-^iszErs
MISS lIITII
j SHARON, GA.
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION IN
SIHKIC MS PIMP.
(Fourteenth term odciis the !7tU of January
ISB4. “Board $8 per fn.OLth. l For further
particulars address,
W. E. ’W^.RE,
ilec2l 83 SHARON, GA.
TRESPASS NOTICE!
” " —5
I hereby forewarn all persons from
Hunting, Fishing, Psfing, Walking oroth
erwise trespassinv Ji> my premises, by day
or night. T)> 2 will be prosecuted by law
in every i/’.iancc, if they disregard this
notice. ' JOHN L. DUItiiAM.
Ga. Dec. 20th, 1893.
MONEY TO LOANT
I HAVE this week perfected arrange
ments to negociate loans on improved
farms at quick time in the counties of
Greene and Taliaferro.
JAMES B. PARK,
dec. 14th, ’B3. Greenesboro, Ga,
H. H. P.
IS THE
BEST MEDICINE
TO USE AGAINST
MALARIA
RID YOUR SYSTEM OF
MALARIAL
BY TAKING
IP, B.
AVOID HAVING
MALARIAL DISEASES
BY USING
H. H. P.
MAKE YOUR SYSTEM IMPREGNA
BLE TO TIIE INFLUENCE OF
BY TAKING
ZE3L. EE- IE 3 -
ALL DRUGGISTS KEEP IT.
aue;l 7 83
CANARY birds,
FINE IMPORTED CANARY BIRDS
guaranted good singers, also the finest as
sortment of Cages in the city. Plain and
Mixed Bird seed, Gravel Song Restorer,
Mocking Bird food etc. etc. Orders by
mail promptly attend to and satisfacton guar
antced at
E. J. HICKEY,
Fashionable Hair Dressing
Saloon!
No. 212 Bth Jackson Street, rear of E.
R. Schneider’s,
AUGUSTA, - - - GA.
—23 new Buggies in our Warehouse ready
for the Holiday sales. All the ladies de
lighted with anew Buggy as a Christmas
present. Farmers note this fact.—Copelan,
Seals & Armor.
AN AGE OF FASTNESS.
HOW OURBOY|j4 W3 i BL s
BEHAV| \
i*y
A CORRESPONDENT EXPRESSES .WHY
GIRLS AND BOYB GUT OROWN CW SO
SOON AND GIVES A FOR THE
EVIL. ■
Written for the H<nut Jitufrrtf.
This is a fast age ""Children
know more now at seven imd eight
years old than do af
ter they have tea
years. You can bo* any
thing about the
modern fashion, or .ne ghborhood
gossip that is new to thetli -natural
born “Solomous” with wisdom on
their tongues, as soon as they can
talk. Children are brtier educated
now before go to school, than they
used to be after they had taken a
College course. --
I recollect a few ago when
the first coal tram, tame through
our town, roaring like the distant
thunder of some voV®hc eruption
as it hurried along tluvurfe at rapid
speed. It was on SeTJhy and even
the preacher that wa‘ holding ser
vices at a ueighboritg church on
that day, was almost ost in awe as
to what it could be ; or ho paused
now and thou and *t last said
“even now 1 hear in adistance, the
whirlwind of God’s Death sweep
ing over our land.” vnd a smavt
boy, on a rear bouch, exclaimed in
a loud whisper. Oh! it’s nothing
but the moon changhg. Didn’t
you never hear it bforo ? Then
ho explained how the moon was
made of cheese and hov it accumu
lated at times, so as tobe kind “o
colicky,” aud how it vould belch
it off in the day time, ko as to bo
ready to shiue with vtw spleudor
when night cornea.
The boys dou’i mAW. such blun
ders now-a-davß abmV,astronomy,
but they do things.
TlAjj marry .in de3S / tts*peniyit
at leisure. They fhe long
I about it, either, for are
I made fat over divorce cases now.
Boys at fourteen are our most ster
ling young men. They smoke ci
gars, ride on the train and make
engagements with young ladies at
tea parties and dances, and wear a
stove pipe lmt, and cultivate a mus
tache by the use of some sort of
soap so as to mako ’em grow like
corn silks after a July shower.—
They wear u standing collar that
is so high they would have to get
on a ten rail fenco to see over it and
a cravat that reaches down to the
waist band of their trousers, and a
pair of tooth pick gaiters, two num
bers too large, with a pound or two
of lint cotton stuffed in each end to
fill the unoccupied vacancy left
from their natural understanding,
like a straw stuck in a ginger cake
to keep ’em from reeling when “tan
glefoot” gets an upperhaud. They
are as sharp as a pep&iug awl, too.
They will saw yon off m a conversa
tion, and make you feel as though
you were just out of the chaingang,
aud call it a “sharp gifc^off.”
Girls are our most fashionable
young ladies at twelve. They can
cut and make their own dresses in
the “Mother Hubbard” stylo, bang
their hair in front till it looks like
the bristles of an indignant swine
when chased by a cur ; address you
in the drawing room, with perfect
courtesy, and greet you with an air
ns graceful as a dancing roaster
that makes you wisluj/*p had stay
ed at home till you\jM#d swallow
a half dozen Webster’s dictionaries,
and chew a joint or two of simple
otiquette to be in fashion. They
will sit erect in tbeir chairs, and
talk about their sweethearts; how
many they have jilted, who is next
on the list, and hoik he will fare
about the next trip, if he aint migh
ty sharp ; how she will make him
sweat over a frivolous report just
out, aud how he will hate it, and
beg for mercy, and she will force a
childish smile of triumph at the
thought of being o,Ustle queen to
reign over their hearts ; then, she
had read in novels about the victo
ry of certain characters, till it
makes her long to be a priucipal
actor of rivalry in fiction courtship.
This is indeed a fast age, and
children know more than their
grand parents when they died. Pa
rents are to blame in a great meas
ure for the oonduckof their children.
A child is compared to a twig, that
; when bont early will be thus iu-
| dined when older; but if the twig
!is inclined when the child is bent,
( it will beeome a bettor child earlier,
and grow to responsibility as it
matures in age. There i3 a reme
dy for our fast boys and girls.
Teacli them how small they are
first, and learn them to respect
themselves, and others, especially
those who are their seniors. Never
tell them of their virtues to their
‘face, fer soon they will catch an
idea that they know as much as
you do, aud very soou their infor
mation will extend beyond the lit
erate capacity of a “Philadelphia
lawyer.” Keeps them iu the rear
all the time, and let them know
you mean business when you speak.
If possible give them a thorough
education, so they .may see how
little they know ; and teach them
to read valuable books, and news
papers, instead of trashy, worthless
novels, and poems jast becouso it
seems to suit their childish fancy.
Every spare momept havo them
;• "• *• *• ufijUrm. to
| keep ern from i.ainliiugsaJ#wt t/l
-iicks and parties, and fashion,—
Don’t usher your little ten year olcV
daughter in the parlor to meet a
crank, just because you are charm
ed with his witty intellect. Keep
them in the stove room to help
their mother arrange dinner and
wash dishes. Learn them to make
their dresses in a neat style, aud
not take to every new fashion that
along, that pulls them out of all
shape aud makes them look twice
as large as they naturally are.—
Teach them to read the Bible and
to attend Sunday school. Show
thorn the impropriety of attending
balls and dances.
Keep your boys on the farm as
long as possible; never run them
in a store because they can wear a
“fried shirt” and a pair of cassi
mere pants every day. If you see
in early life they are too delicate
for farmers, let them learn a trade.
That will induce an honest living.
Keep them out of politics and bil
liard saloons, and never learn them
to play cards or drink whiskey.—
Always set an example of true pie
ty before them to shun every ap
pearance of evil. Learn them to
read the Home Journal, and sub
scribe f,r their special benefit aud
pay for it in advance, so it will bo
sure to come to your office every
Friday, and you will see the rising
generation a thrifty, prosperous
people. The wife will marry a hus
band, and/the husband get a wife
that will not elope with another
fellow Aecauso he has curley hair
aud otter feeble attractions. “Jus
soJ’ 4 1 f- . Kg
Strong men.
Strength, of character consists of
two things: Power of will aud
powe.i of self-restraint. It requires
two things therefore, for its exis
tence, and a strong command over
them. Now, we all very often mis
take strong feeling for strong char
acter. A man who bears all before
him, before whose wild bursts of
fury the children of the household
quake—because he has his own
way in all things—we call him a
strong man. The truth is, he is a
weak man; it is his passions that
are strong; he, mastered by them,
is weak.
You must measure the strength
of a man by the power of the feel
ings ho subdues, not by the power
of those that subdue him: And
hence, composure is often the high
est result of success. Did we ever
see a man receive a flagrant injury
and then reply calmly ? That man
is morally strong. Or, did wo ever
see a man in anguish stand as if
carved out of solid rock, mastering
himself? Or, one bearing a hope
less daily trial, remain silent, aud
never tell the world what caukered
his home? This is strength. He
who, with strong passions, remains
chaste ;he who, ind : ; nation within
him, can be provoked and yet re
strain himself and forgive—those
are the strong men, the moral he
roes.—Musical Million.
—Every man is not honest be
cause he is poor. He’s morediable
to be poor because lie’s honest.
—A lady says her husband will
sit on a hard bench all the after
noon to see abase ball match and
never move a muscle, but when he
goes to church he can’t sit in a
cushioned pew for fifteen minutes
without wriggling all over the seat
and changing his position forty
times.
—The Sandersville Herald notes
the increase of drunkenness am
ongst the negroes. The brutali
zing qffect of excessive drinking
is more marked in case of the negro
than in that of the white man, and
furnishes one of the very strongest
reasons for banishing liqnor from
communities.
—lf there ever was a class of
children who appealed to the sym
pathies of adults, it is the set to
whom is forbidden tho glorious
privilege of rolling and tumbling
about in the lap of mother earth,
regardless of skin and apparel. I
pity these clean,well dressed young
sters. It seems to me they have
missed the main joy of their child
hood, and my first impulse is al
ways, to take them behind some
convenient corner, wallow them
thoroughly in the dirt, and teach
them how to make grime cling to
their smooth and well washed faces.
—The Macon Telegraph.
JACOB’S SHILLINGS.
WHAT TURNED SILVER IN
TO GOLD.
HOW THREE THIEVES, WnO WERE
RENT ON BOBBERY, OVER-REACHED
THEMSELVES AND MADE A GUT.
Do yon really know, young folks
what being hangry means? I don’t
think many of yon do, or perhaps
Jfour idea is similar to that of the
Unfortunate Marie Antoinette, the
Dtieen of France, who,', when they,
tour Tim rfm iiiuplW'WCiU stj' viug.
said, “Then why don’pUVy eat
bread ?” Well, if ever any of yon |
come to find out by personal expe- j
rience what hunger means, remem
ber that if you trust in God He
will and can give you daily bread ;
but listen to my story and you will
see what I mean.
Jacob Jones was an honest man ;
he went to church and never spent
his time in the public house. He
always brought home his money to
his wife on Saturday night, and she,
good soul, made Jacob’s cottage
comfortable, and saw that the chil
dren were well clothed and fed.
But there came a clay whon ev
erything went badly with Jacob
Jones; “times” were shocking, work
was scarce ; several of the children
fell ill of low fever and the doctor’s
bill had to be paid. Jacob was
turned off by his master, not for
any fault of his, but because there
were too many “hands” on the farm
for winter work, so that the poor
fellow found himself without a peu
ny to buy food, and for the first
time in her life, his wife had to go
and pawn some of the furniture.
“I don’t see what good it is a
keeping straight, and being a good
Christian, Jacob,” said his wife one
day, “when the Almighty lets us
come into such a fix. I call it un
fair.”
“Nay, nay, Susan, ’taint that,
sure ; maybe it comes of our being
short-sighted like, and not seeiug
all around the Almighty's ways;
maybe the gentlefolks as ’ave got
more/ book learning know better
tbariWe.” Sj*
And, as if in to Jacob’s
faith, that very day a neighboring
farmer sent word that Jacob might
have a weeks work and good pay,
and perhaps more after that if he
proved able. I need hardly say
that Jaeob trudged off much deligh
ted, but between Monday and Sat
urday—pay-day—there was a great
deal to go through, for Jacob never
would beg of anyone.
At last Saturday evening came,
and Jacob received his fourteen
shillings with a radiant face.
It was a very dark night in No
vember, and Jacob had three miles
to walk before he reached home ;
but what was that to him, so that
shillings rattled in his pocke t ?
Off he trudged, thinking how
pleased Susan would be, aud that
she would now see there was no
unfairness in the Almighty’s deal
ing.
He had gone about a mile when
he heard voices behind him. Jacob
didn’t think much of that, lmt pres
ently they came nearer, and before
he was aware of anything, Jacob
found himself seized by the collar,
and several pairs of bands were
laid about him. It was too dark
to dsitinquish faces, but the burly
forms of theee men were vissible.
“Now look hero, old chap,” said
one voice, “you’ve got tin in your
pockets, and we’ll just trouble you
to ease yourself of that burden,”
“There’s no use in kicking up a
row,” said another; “three on us
can pin down a chap like yon, never
mind how he struggles.”
“Best give out the coin quietly,”
said a third, “or maybe thy old
coat will suffer.”
“It’s a shame to set on a man
like this,” cried Jacob, when he
found breath enough to speak ;
“it’s cowardly and mean ; besides,
I must have my money; I’m a
poor man, and my wages is every
penny I’ve got.”
Oue of the men laughed, whilst
the others removed poor Jacob’s
hardly earned and tnueb-needod
money from his pocket. He heard
tho shillings ratthj as one thief
handed them to his companions,
but Jacob determined to make one
more appeal.
“I’ve a wife and children at
home, and none of us will taste a
mouthful to-night if I don’t bring in
summnt. If vou have aDy feelings
all”
“Come, come, don’t talk of feel
ings, we’ve all feelings, only some
of us finds that charity begins at
home.”
“Look here, my chap.” said an
other, “we don’t want to be too
hard on ye. What do you say,
mates, to giving him back two shill
ings ?”
“No, no,” said one.
But the other said, “Well, two
shillings ain’t mcub ; givoit to him,
Bill.”
I And Bill, who had a wife some-
TERMS .$2 O© per Annum, iu Advance,
WHOLE NUMBER 561.
where thrust two shillings into Ja
cob’s bauds saying:
“Now, get along with you, ami
he thaukful for this much, but re
member, no blanging of this affair
abont the village to-morrow.”
They loosed Jacob, aud he was
only too glad to hurry on, leaving
the ruffians still and concerting
some other robbery among them
selves.
Poor Jacob’s thoughts were not
to be envied as he walked on.
What won hi Susan say ? 'What
would the children do for food ?
It seemed jaa if the Almighty
►bad really for/akan Him. *
Hi- n* Scow Ury fa;- when,
toh horror! He hekVd ’some one
j running after him. Was it one of
tho thieves again ! perhaps the one
who had refused Bill’s request.
Quick as possible Jacob sprang
over a low hedge that bordered the
road, and flung himself into the
ditch ou the other side, just before
tho footsteps passed the spot.
Whoever it was, he was running
on very quickly, and soon after
two other persons followed, also
running.
Jacob lay in the ditch a long time
and when ho got out ho would not
agaid venture into the road, hut
took a long round home, across
some fields.
It was therefore very late when
ho reached the cottage, and Susan,
who opened the door to him, ex
claimed in surprise:
“What ’ave you been doing, Ja
cob ; here an age I’ve been expect
ing of you. No vitcuals nor noth
ing in the house; and whatever
'avo you been doing to your coat?”
Jacob thought it best to tell her
the whole story at once, which set
Susan off sobbing and lamenting.
“You must cheer up, Susan,”
said Jacob, at last; “look heie, my
gal, I've got the two shillings, so
let’s bo thankful for them ; it might
’a been that we had not a penny.”
“Give ’em to me, Jacob, and I’ll
go out and get some bread at the
shop; there’s the childer ’ave been
crying for food this last hour.”
Jacob pat his hand into his pock
et amhslowjy draw out the money,
then started back as if he bad beeu
shot!
“Why, Susan, these be two gol
den sovreigus, as sure as my
name’s Jacob Jones. Now I un
derstand why they ran after me
again. ’Tis the Lord’s doings, Su
san, and he has punished the wick
ed.”
And true enough it was, for the
thieves were never heard of again,
so Jacob kept the money. The fur
mer finding him a good, honest man
promised him regular employment,
so that from that day things men
ded ; and Jacob, in telling the story
of the two gold sovreigus, always
added.
“The Almighty’s ways are won
derful, so it’s uo good thinking we
folks can see all round ’em ; but
we can just keep on believing, and
that always brings a blessing.”—
Dominion Churchman.
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A GOOD PUESENTIVIKNT.
The grand juiy of Oglethorpe
county has made supplemental pre
sentments, in which it touches up
on many live topics. Its attention
has been called to the fact that in
many instances the bonds of per
sons charged with crimes have been
so small ns to allow such persons
to escape justice. It is, therefore,
recommended that in future all
bonds be made sufficiently large
as to make sure the attendance of
the accused at the snperier court.
Attention is called to one feature
in connection with the pauper’s
home, to-wit: The evils arising
from the want of proper rales and
regulations for moral discipline
among the inmates. The jury does
not approve of children whose hab
its and characters are in a forma
tive state, being sent there until
there is a rigid moral discipline in
stituted ana enforced. With pro
found regret and chagrin, the jury
notes alarming increase of immor
ality and earnestly appeals to all
law abiding citizens to aid and sup
port the grand juries and courts
is the supression the same.
—This world is pretty even—the
piano has spoiled mouy a good
dish washer, and many a good dish
washer has spoiled a piano.
—‘Pnll down you* umbrellas.—
You’ll scare this engine off the line,’
screamed the engineer on the Wes
tern North Carolina road to a
crowd of country people who gath
ered to see the first train come in.
They were all lowered at once. .
—Times are easy in California,
and the days of fabulons rates of
interest seem to be past. The sa
vings banks in San Francisco are
lending money on mortgages at six
per cent, and paying the mortgage
: tax, and yet they cannot find a
market for more than a third Q(
i their money. >