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GEORGIA HOME JOURNAL.
W. ADDISON KNOWI.ES, Prop’r.
VOLUME XII.—NO. 2.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE.
Georgia Railroad, Cos. I
Office General Manager, V
Augusta, November 17th, ’83.)
C COMMENCING SUNDAY, the 19th inst.
1 the following Passenger Schedule will
be operated. Trains run hy 90th meridian
time, 33 minutes slower than Augusta time:
FAST H-IXTE3I
NO, 27. WEST DAILY, j NO. 28. EAST DAILY.
Lve Augusta 7:40 am 1 Lve Atlanta 2:45 p m
Ar Athens 12:30 am 1 Ar Gr’nsbo’ 5:21 p m
“ Gr’nsbo'lo:ls “ | “ Athens... 7:15 “
Ar Atlanta 1:00 pm 1 “ Augusta 8:05 “
NO. 1 WEST—DAILY. NO. 2 EAST—DAII.Y.
Lv AugustalO 30 a m Lv Atlanta 825 a m
“ Macon.. 710 “ “ G’boro’.l2 09 p m
11 MU’dge. 918 “ Ar Athens 445 pm
“Cainak.l2 29 “ Ar Wasli’t. 255 “
“ Wash’t.ll 20 “ “ Caiuak. 1 57 “
“ Athens. 905 “ “ Mil’dge. 449 “
Ar G’boro’. 215 p m “ Macon .G 45 “
Ar Atlanta. 5 45 p m | Ar Augusta 3 55 p m
NO. 3 WEST —DAILY. NO. 4 EAST —DAII.Y.
Lv Augusta. 900 p m Lv Atlanta.B 50 p m
Ar G’boro’. .1 44 a m Ar G’boro’ 146 a m
Ar Atlanta.. 640 “ Ar Augusta 6 10a m
WSUPERB IMPROVED SLEEPERS
TO AUGUSTA & ATLANTA.
Train No. 27 will stop at and receive
passengers to and from the following
points only: Berzelia, Harlem, Thomson,
Camak, Crawfordville, Union Point,
Oreenesboro. Madison, Rutledge, Social
Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stone Moun
tain and Decatur.
Train No. 29 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 lias Through Sleeper from
Atlanta te Charleston and connects for all
points West and Northwest, East and South-
E. R. DORSEY,
General Passenger Agent
Jno. W. Green, Gen’l Manager.
House Furnishing Goods. The largest stock
south of Baltimore. Moquet, Brussels, 3-
ply and ingrain carpets, window shades,
lace curtains,cornices and poles, wall papers,
chromos, cocoa and Canton mattings, rugs
and mats. BAILIE & COSKERY, Ma
sonic Building, Augusta, Ga. iunß
D.L.FULLERTON
—K-DEALZB X3sT-h
STOVES. Bill Mil
Augusta, ; : Ga.
I am agent for the CELEBRA
TED LIGHTHOUSE COOKING
STOVE, the best, most complete
and 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 heep in stock Tin, Wooden
and Crockery Wares of every kind,
and ask a share of the patronage of
the people of Middle Georgia.
jg@“Send for price list.
D. L. FULLERTON,
sept. 14, ’B3. AUGUSTA, GA.
Plci pv’Q
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 BUOHU, the best diuretic
and tonic. Cures most Kidney and Bladder
troubles, Weakness, Whites, and Pain in
Back. Supercedes alt other kidney reme
dies. All druggists, SI.OO a bottle.
CHARLES F. RISLEY.
sep7 83 New Yobk,
pob
I offer for saS the following tracts of
land : , .
One hundred and ten acres, good tene
ment houses, well watered, and only three
miles from Greenesboro’. Great bargain.
One trad of land containing two hundred j
and sixty acres, on the railroad, four miles i
and a half from town. i
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 GKKENESBORO, GA.
—S 8. 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.— Copelan, Seals & Armor.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
mIIH
WHITE PLAINS,IGA.
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 slioes at $5; $5 shoes at $3.50.
Go to W. M. Tappan & Son’s and buy $3
Slioes for $1.75. Women’s heavy Shoes
from GOc 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;
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 Fiuc Syrup. Its first-class.
IF YOU SMOKE,
Go to W. M. Tappan & Sou and buy “No.
43," five cents Cigar. Ales. Tappan says
“they are prime.” Don’t fail to try the
Spanish Vequcroes Cigarettes. They are
tlie best in town. Two dollars a box.
Don’t fail to try W. M, Tappan & Son’s
50c Smoking Tobacco and three year old
plug, and “Boss Chew.” Also, Patterson’s
Fine Plug Tobacco.
II YOU HIT SKII IE
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. Ttiey
solicit your patronage and will treat you
light.
W. M. Tappan & Son,
dec7 83 WRITE PLAINS, GA.
DANIEL MINER ALISPRIN G WATER
Pronounced by Leading Chemists and Water Dealers the
Most Wonderful Waters Yet Discovered \,
OTA Specific for Liver, Kidney and Urinary Disorders.
cures Gonorrhoea in from j to 10 days, leaving the system in a
healthy condition. .
IdpGives almost instant relief in cases of Srpytrssr.n TJrinf. & Spasmodic Stricture.
£3? "Keeps perfectly pure for any length in any conditions of temperature
or climate.
ESpßeliahle Testimonials given on application. *AL orders for barrels ot half bar
rels should be addressed to
W. C. ORR, Sect.' and Treas. of the
IDsusiiel L.<Eir-_era.X AtLens, G-a.
oct. 9th, 11383. —
G-. H. U.
THE 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 arc so much Superior
te Others at Prices so much
Less that Porchasers
Save from
$lO to SIOO
By visiting or writing to
6.0. ROBINSON & GO.
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
| acriplion: the latest Italian Strings.
The Latest and Most Popular Sunday
School Book
“LOVEPRAISE,”
LOWEST PRICES, at
G. O. ROBINSON & CO’S.,
831 BROAD STREET. AUGUSTA.
—W. A. Kimbrough & Cos. have a large
stock of best Priuts which are perfectly
beautiful.
DEVOTED TO THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE.
<IIEENESI>ORO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11, 1884.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
TRESPASS NOTICE-
I hcreliv forewarn all persons from
Hunting, Fishing, Riding, Walking or oth
erwise trespassing on my premises, by day
or night. They will he prosecuted bv law
in every junta nee, if they disregard this
notice. J. M. FIGGS,
White Plains, Ga., Jan. 4th, 1884.
A BSSIRABLE HOTEL.
WALDO HOTEL is a two story build
ing 165 feet front, 75 feet deep, with
piazza full length of house, 23 bed rooms,
parlor, reception room, dining room and
kitchen. A bouse with 2 rooms on the lot
for servants. Hotel situated about 200
yards from the depot of the Florida Tran
sit and Peninsula railroad and near the San
ta Fe Canal. Daily steamers to and from
Melrose and six passenger trains arriving
daily. For sale at SB,OOO, one half cash
and balance in one and two years. For fur
ther particulars address,
MRS. A. LEGARE,
jan. 4, ’B3. Waldo, Fla.
Trespass Notice.
I hereby forewarn all persons not to fish,
hunt, walk, ride, or otherwise trespass on
my premises by day or night. I will pros
ecute all offenders to the extent of the law.
J. H. BOWLES.
Woodville, Ga, January 3, 1881.
TRESPASS NOTICE.
All persons are forewarned not to hunt,
fish, picnic, walk, ride, ortlierwige trespass
our land, as they will in every instance be
prosecuted to the extent ot the law.
JNO. E. JACKSON, Sr.
MRS. CLAUDE WINFIELD.
GEORGE A. J ACKSON.
THOMAS S. MILLER.
Greene County, Ga., Jan. 4th, 18S4.
BUSINESS INSTITUTE,
SHARON, GA.
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION IN
IDHEEPIICII FElllllSOlf.
Fourteenth term opens the 7th of January
1884. Board $8 per month. For further
particulars address,
jfcT. ZJ3. - .
dectfi 53 ‘ ' SHARON, GA.
TRESPASS NOTICE!
I hereby forewarn all persons from
Hunting, Fishing, Riding, Walking or oth
erwise trespassing on my premises, by day
or night. They will be. prosecuted by law
in every instance, if they disregard this
notice. JOHN L. DURHAM.
Woodvi|le Ga. Dec. 20th, 1883.
Mot EY TO LOAN.
I HAVE this week perfected arrange
ments to negotiate 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
MALARIA
BY TAKING
H, H.
AVOID HAVING
MALARIAL DISEASES
BT USING
H. H. P.
MAKE YOUR SYSTEM IMPREGNA
BLE TO THE INFLUENCE OF
BY TAKING
ZE3I- HI- E -
ALL DRUGGISTS KEEP IT.
aug!7 83
CANARY eiEßie
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
anteed at
E. J. HICKEY,
Fashionable Hair Dressing
Saloon!
No. 212 Bth Jackson Street, rear of E.
R. Schneider’s,
AUGUSTA, - - - GA.
—25 new Buggies in our Warehouse ready
for the Holiday sales. All the ladies de
lighted witli anew Bnggy as a Christmas
present. Farmers note this fact. —Copelan,
Seasl & Armor
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
GREENE COUNTY
SHERIFFS SALES.
WILL lie sold on the first Tuesday in
February, 1884, lieforethe court-house
door in Greenesboro, Greene county, Geor
gia, within the legal hours of sale, to the
highest bidder for cash, the following pro
perty, to wit:
Ore tract of land containing four hundred
acres of land, more or less, all that tract of
land situated, lying and being in Greene
county - bounded as follows: Commencing
at a hickory on cast l ank of C<v>nee river,
running north 79°; cast, 04 chains to red
oak; south. 8° and 45 seconds; cast 42
chains and 56 links to a stake on the line of
Y. F. Gresham; 1 gW'y’M'Y Cains
to said river, thence <:i -y in
ning point—adjoinidglS 1 V* 'gaveV o iSltcy,
estate of O. P. Daniel, , agree, an( j
others. Said lund leylfet’Si as the property
of Inmau, Swann iST’atj/’the same being a
part of the estate of R.Yj. Willis, deceased,
to satisfy a fi fa issued from Greene Superi
or Court in favor of F C. Foster, trustee,
vs Inman, Swann &Cq Written notices
of this levy given to defendants and tenants
in possession.
Also, at the same time and place one tract
of land containing sixty-four and $ acres of
land, more or less, the same situated in the
141 District G. M. In said county—adjoin
ing lands of A. G. Caldwell, John T. Dol
vin, James 11. Dolvin and others and being
set apart to Win. B. Dolvin under amt hy
virtue of the will of his father, James Dol
vin, deceased ; levied onto sat isfy a supe
rior court fi fa in favoy sf David A. New
some for use of Coliynbus C. Oliver vs.
VVm. B. Dolvin principal nud John A. Cart
wright, Security. Written notice given
defendant.
Also, at the same,4taie and place, two
trnclsof land in Greene county, one tract ad
joining lands of T. 8. Hutchinson, J. W.
Wright, 11. C. Wright-and others, contain
ing 206 acres, more or Jess; the other tract
adjoining lands of Thomas 8. Hutchinson,
VV. H. Wright, and theffirst described tract,
containing eighty acres, more or less, all be
ing the land whereon the defendant now re
sides, Levied on as tUe property of 11. C.
Merritt to satisfy a fi. Ja. issued from the
Superior court of said? county in favor of
Charles A. Duyis vs If.,C. Merrill. Writ
ten notice given deferrt&ut residing on said
land.
ALSO, a* the sarae.timc and place, one
tract of land in said culwty in the incorpor
ate limits of Grconetfiirn, adjoining lands
of 0. A. Davis, seujs ( J. L. Brown, An
drew Mason and others, the place whereon
defendant now resides; containing twenty,
two (22) acres, more or less; Bout land lev
ied on as the pryperty of Alexander Mason,
to satisfy an execution, issued from the sis
pei ior court of said ciraity, in favor of W."
A. Kimbrough & Cos. vs. Alexander Mason.
Notice given tenant.
C. C. NORTON, Sheriff.
January 8, 1881.
jr
A. W. Foster & Cos.) Mortgage in Greene
vs. ;■ Superior Court, Sep.
W. 11. Crawford. ) tember term, 1883.
Rule Nisi.—lt being represented to the
Court by the petition of Albert W. Foster
and Wm L. High, partners, under the firm
name and style of A. W. Foster & Compa
ny, that by mortgage dated the 18th day of
May, 1877, W. 11, Crawford, then of said
comity, but now of Dodge county, said
State, conveyed to said A. W. Foster &
Company, two hundred acres of land, more
or less, situate, lying and being in the said
county of Greene and State of Georgia, ad
joining lands of V. D. Gresham, i. T. Gres
ham, William Armstrong and others and
known as the Crawford place, and being
the place whereon the said W. H. Crawford
resided at the lime of the execution of said
mortgage for the of securing the
payment of u promissory note made by the
said W. 11. Crawford to the said A. W.
Foster & Company, bearing even dfite
with said mortgage, and due “on No
vember the first after date” for the sum of
Twelve Hundred dollars ($1,200) with legal
interest for value received which Note is
now due and unpaid with the exception of
$584.09 paid April 19, 1878; and It being
further represented to the Court tlmt said
note and mortgage contain a waiyer and re
nunciation ou the part of said W. H. Craw
ford of any and all homc3tead and exemp
tion rights he has or may have under the
laws of this State, or the United States in
the aforesaid mortgaged prem ses, as against
the debt therein evidenced and secured.
It is ordered, Unit the said W. H. Craw
ford do pav into tins Court by tbe first day
of the next term thereof the principal, inter,
est and cost due on said debt, or allow cause
if any lie bas, to the contrary; or, in default
thereof foreclosure be granted to the "Said
A. W. Foster & Company of said mortgage
which foreclosure shall set up and establish
the waiver and renunciation of right to
homestead and exemption in and to said mor
gaged premises, and the equity of redemp
tion therein lie forever barred, and tlmt ser
vice of this rule lie perfected ou said W. H.
Crawford according to law by publication
once a month for four months before the next
term of this Court, in the Georgia Home
JomtNAi., a newspaper published in Greenes-
boro.
Tliis, September 13t,1i, 1883.
THOMAS G. LAWSON,
Judge S. O’. O. C.
A true extract from the Minutes of Greeuc
Superior Court, Septemiicr term, 1883.
JESSE P. WILSON, Clerk.
scp2B 83
NEW advertisements.
WORK,
BLAGKSMITHINB,
-AND-
General Repairing,
—BY—
J. I HELL 41,
GREENESBORO, CA
IJC r E have just opened business at the
VV Copelan Shops, in Greenesboro, and
arc prepared to do all kinds of work in our
line.
BLACKSMITHING,
making Wheels, Turning, Shoeing, Forging
and repairing of all kinds. Wo ask for the
public patronage. We do first-class work*
and guarantee it in every instance. Terms
CASH.
J.M.HOWELL&SON
GREENESBORO, GA.
jan4 84
SELECTED POETRY.
<
HE LEADS US ON.
He leads us on.
By patlis we did not know;
Upwards lie leads, though our steps lto slow
Though oft we faint and falter by tlie way.
Though storms and darkness oft obscure the
day,
Yet when the clouds are gone
We know he leads us on.
He leads us on
Through all the unquiet years;
Past all our dreamland hopes, ami doubts,
and fears.
Tie guides our steps. Through all tlie tan
gled maze
Of sin, of sorrow, and o’ercloiuled days,
b “ We know his will is done;
And still lie leads us on.
And lie at last.
After tlie weary strife,
Aflertbe restless fe*-r we call life.
After ttie dreariness, the aching pain,
The waywaid struggles which have proved
in vain.
After our toils are past.
Will give us rest at last.
PHILOSOPHER BILL ARP
EXPRESSES HISOPINIDN OF
POLITICS.
WHAT nE THINKS OF THE PRESIDEN
TIAL CAMPAIGN—PAYING FOR THE
SLAVES—A SOUTHERN MAN WON’T DO
ON THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
I believe there is peace most ev
erywhere now. Folks have stopped
killing folks for a little while and
the new year has dawned npon the
world in brotherly love. Not so
much love either I reckon, but they
are not mad enough to fight. Egypt
has had a time of it for the last
few years, but Egypt has about
fought herself to death and is com
pelled to quit. There is no nation
of any consequence that is now
making a business of killing folks,
and I was thinking what a blessing
it would be if mankind would quit
it altogether. Some historians say
that war is a necesssary evil. Tlmt
no government can stand very long
without a war, for war strengthens
a government and unites the peo
jaiov U Alterthm’t-fret iip r foreign
war the people will get'to qaarrel
ing among themselves and overturn
their government. I read the oth
er day that the emperor and nobil
ity of Russia are plotting a foreign
war to put down the nihilists at
home. Some of our statesmen say
that the north and south will never
be reconciled until some other na
tion knocks the chip off our nation
al hat and then we will all join
hands and make friends and pitch
into the fnrriners—may be so, may
be so—war is a mighty bad thing,
but if we are obliged to Lave it 1
want them fellers, who abuses us
so mnch to haven fair chance. Give'
’em tbe post of honor, which is the
post of danger, and if per chance
they fall let ’em Tall in dust and
glory.
I was ruminating over the com
ing contest for the next president.
There won’t be a fight I reckon,
but the contest is going to be very
bitter and the quantity of lies and
slander most amazing. Both sides
are getting reeadj now laying in
stock. Our side will do the best
they can I reckon, but they have
neither the capital nor tbe experi
ence of them fellers already in of
fice. Our lie factories and slander
mills are on a limited scale and
have been declaring such poor div
idends for the past twenty years
that we sorter lost confidence in the
business. When we do make any
thing them other fellers swindle us
out of it, and I reckon they will do
it again. There seems to be a pow
erful rumpus going on about Mr.
Carlisle’s election, and the way he
bas fixed up bis committees. Well,
I never could see any difference
about Mr. Carlisle and Mr. Rau
dall making a president. I can’t
see wbat the tariff committee has
got to do with it. If Mr. Carlisle
put free trade men on tbe commit
tee what does that amount to if
the majority of congress aie oppos
ed to free trade. I know that these
committees have great influence if
they are able men and good men,
but if they are just schemers and
politicians their reports don’t have
much weight, and congress won’t
be bouud nor gagged by them.
When did the speaker get to be a
man of such consequence and such
power ? How does it happen that
a committee is each a big thing,
that the whole country is afraid of
it. Ain’t congress a bigger thing
tban a committee ? Can thirteen
men control 300 ? If a majority
of members believe that protection
is right can’t they pass a law to
that effect? Of course they can
and so I don’t see what all the pre
liminary fuss is übout. The peo
ple are going to have something to
l-iiv nl>o><! nil t)u“*“ greet 'filiation*.
:it)ll l!m people will speak through
the press and the press will te
board.
One thing is certain. The dem
ocracy. can’t unite on a fioo trade
policy, neither can the republican
party unite on a protection tariff.
There are too many conflicting lu
te* rests at stake anioug the manu
facturers and their laborers on the
oue hand and the consumers on
the other. There are lots of mills
idlo now, and lots of laborers out
of employment, and lots more work
ing at reduced wages. There are
millions of capital iuvested, and
there are millions of women and
children concerted, and it won’.t
dd' for a party *to make
in this business. Let the democ
racy go slow. There is no room
in their platform for a free trade
plank. Lot them favor a tariff re
form and whittle down somethiugs
as low as thoy will bear and put
up somethiugs, but do nothing for
the sake of party. The wants and
necessities of the humble people
of this land are of greater moment
lhau any parly. We can’t whip
them fellers on aDy tariff issue.
We can’t unite the south upon it
much less tlie notheru democracy.
Times are changing, capital is com
ing south every day to be invested
iu manufactures that need protec
tion and can’t live without it, and
we want it to come. Let it come,
our iron and coal and timber and
cotton and climate are now loom
ing up into view. Our mills are
mukiug money while theirs up
uorth are languishing. They have
just found it out, but hardly be
lieve it and even accuse us of mak
ing false reports of divideuds and
profits. Things are working all
right down here now and maybe
we had better let things alone
awhile. The prosperity of the south
is of more consequence to us thau
the electon of a president. I want
the democracy to Bucceed and turn
out them fellers, and I want it bad,
but when Mrs. Arp asks me what
a democratic president is going to
do for me or for her and the chil
dren, I’m sortered bothered to ex
plain. It takes too long. We don’t
want but one plank in our platform
and that is we want them fellers
to swjwf down ana", ci*., tiov
havA sfcle enough.' That is plat
form sufficient and it is all the bet-
ter, because it is the truth. Truth
is powerful and will prevail. Truth
crushed to earth will rise again. It
has been a powerful long time ris
ing and prevailing, I know, but
we live in hope, hope springs eter
nal in tbe human breast. Hope
has been sptinging for twenty-five
long years in the democratic breast
and is springing still, though I
don’t think the spring is as bold
and strong as it used to be.
Nevertheless, let tts all bail the
new year with as much hope and
faith as possible. If Uncle Sammy
Tilden is superanuated let us hunt
around for some other man. There
are plenty of them. I don’t see
that we are obliged to take a man
from New York or Ohio. If the
best man lives in Rhode Island,
lets take him. The people are tired
of being tied to New York. If the
democracy of New York are sound
they will go as strong for a man
from Missouri if he is a good man
and a statesman. “Westward the
tide of empire takes its way.” But
you needn’t talk to me about put
ting a Southern man on the ticket
for vice-President. I’ve seen Joe
Brown mentioned, and Colquitt
and Blount. Why I had just as
leave take Dr. Carltou with his
platform of pay for our niggers, for
the effect would be all the same.
The New York Tribune could by
itself make 200,000 people believe it
was the entering wedge to get pay
for our niggers. Now, there is noth
ing wrong in wanting pay for our
niggers. A man can’t help want
ing it, and I don’t know anybody
right now who wonldent take it if
be could get it, but that debt is
sorter like a debt that has been
paid by a fellow taking the benefit
of the bank-rupt law. You dident
got anything, and you never will
get anything, but still you can’t
help feeling like the fellow owed it
and ought to it if he could, not
withstanding his discharge. Wil
berforce spent a life time trying to
get England to free her niggers
and he succeeded, bat England
paid the owners of the slaves for
their value and it cost her sixty
millions of pounds to do it. Rut
our folks are not them sort of folks
and so we don’t expect anything.
I haven’t any record of my niggers.
Confederate bonds woke up from
the dead somehow and got to be
worth a little money, bat my con
fidence iu niggers is powerfal weak.
If anybody wants to buy my claim
I’ll sell it at five cents in tbe dol
lar and take it in counterfeit mon
ey. Blessed is he who expects lit
tle and knowing them fellers up
yonder as well as 1 do 1 expect to
remain blessed the balance of my
days.
TERMS:—S2 00 per Aiimmi, in Advance.
WHOLE NUMBER 552
Fight your own batili s, hoc your
own row, ask no favors of anyone,
mid you will succeed a thousand
times better than those who are al
ways beseeching some one’s pat
ronage. Not one can ever help
you as ycu cau help yourself, be
cause no oue will be so heartily in
terested in your affairs. Tlie first
step will not be such a long oue,
perhaps; but, carving your own
way up the mountain, you make
each oue lead to another. Men
who have made fortunes are not
those who had $5,000 given them
to start with, but started fair with
a wtll-earued dollar or two. Men
wUo have; by their ow n exertion,
acquired fume, have not been
thrust into popularity by puff, beg
ged or paid for, or giveu in friend
ly spirit. They have outstretched
their hands and touched the public
heart. Men who wiu love do their
own wooing, and I never knew a
man to fail so signally as oue who
bad induced his affectionate grand
mamma to speak a good word for
him. Whether you work for fame,
for money, or for anything else,
work witli your hands, heart and
brain. Say, “I will,” and some
day you will conquer. Too mauy
friends hurt a man more than none
at all.—Ex.
USING A FIRE ESCAPE.
Tbe other day a prominent citi
zen of Detroit, says the Free Press,
who has been greatly interested
in the subject of fire escapes, was
inspecting a building on east Wood
bridge street which had just been
equipped wtth balconies and lad
ders, and he summed up his opin
ion with :
‘Well, sir there’s no need of an
nccident here in case of fire. All
any employee has to do is to coollv
step from a window to one of the
balconies and descend in perfect
safety.’
At one o’clock Saturday after
noon this same citizen was in the
same building when some rags took
fire on the fourth-floor, a smudge
arose, and an alarm was sounded
for the steamers.
‘Fire! fire!’ was echoed through
the building, and the employees
i-usbed fur Ihn iriartTio.-
ed sheep.
The eminent chizin lost his legs
as soon as he heard the cry—ran
twice arouud the room without see
ing the opened door, and finally
brought up at a window. The sash
was hung on weights, and yet he
pushed, pulled and tugged in vain,
and finally lowered the top sash
and climbed over. As be descen
ded to tbe second balcony ho left
one coat tail on a nail, broke his
watch chain and took a tumble
which landed him ou his back, aul
he was there yelling ‘fire!’ when
the engineers came up. He had
to be helped through a window and
down stairs, and when a heartless
wretch in the crowd asked him Low
long he had practiced the “escap
ing” business, he replied:
‘None o’ your business, sir 1 Dri
ver, take me borne.’
THE BEST I’OR GOB.
Nothing less than the best should
bo given to God. He is himself
the best. Our gifts have a lelation
to the person to whom they are
presented. We do not choose a
defective and valueless object as a
gift of love to whom we honor. If
we truly honor God, or recognize
the honor due Him, we should show
it in our offerings to Him. Infinite
in every existence, He commands
the homage, the purest and best
tributes of all holy beings.
His love for ns also calls for the
best expression of our love for Him.
As in nil the universe there is no
being like God, so in all the uni
verse there is no love like God’s
love. It is pure, disinterested, ex
haustless love. It has manifested
itself in the greatest possible sacri
fice for us, and rests not until it
secures tbe highest possible bene
fits we con receive or enjoy. Moved
by this love, the soul can express
its own deep sense of obligation
and the fullness of its love only by
the best gifts and the greatest ser
vice.
—ln ante-belellum days La-
Grange boasted two female colle
ges, of 200 young ladies each, also
Brownwood Institute and a high
school for young men, the two num
bering over 200 pupils. Since the
war the female colleges are still
prosperous, but it has seemed im
possible to maintain a school of
any notoriety for boys.
—An incident of the cold snap
has just come to us. An engine
on the East Tennessee road, be
come frozen and stopped. The en
gineer and fireman walked to town,
as the engine would not run. The
pipes and pumps were frozen so
that the machinery refused to workt