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GEORGIA HOME JOURNAL. W. ADDISON KNOWLES, Prop’r. VOLUME XII.—NO. o. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. SfONIMLL HIGH SCHOOL WOOPVTtJ i*R, <3-^. PROF. W. L. TUGGLE, : : : Principal. MISS JULIA DURHAM, s : Assistant. Tbe Spring Term opens on Monday, Jan.* 14, 1884. Primary and Elementary brandi es taught by Miss Durham. The higher branches of 'Mathematics, Languages, etc., under instruction of the principal. thorough. Discipline firm but kind. Rates of tuition reasonable. For further particulars, etc., address, W. L. TUGGLE, jan. 11th, ’B4. Woodville, Ga. MONEY JO LOAN. On improved farms in Greene connty. We are operating through the Corbin Banking company, and can promptly negotiate all loans we undertake. Our assistant, Dr. J. S. Holliday, will be in Greenes boro on the second and fourth Fri days in every month to explain terms and take your application. Meet him at the appointed time or address us at Atlanta, Ga. YAIEFFS. Efflill & lIIS. jan2s ATLANTA, GA. AUGUSTA HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GA. LEWIS & DOOLITTLE, PROPRIETORS. TABLE First Class in every particular. large and well ventilated rooms. Hates 2 per day. Centrally located near railroad crossing. Telegraph office and Barber shop io the building, AIGDSTi IBTEL EESIAIEAIT. —AND— LUNCH ROOM. Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Meals to order at all hours. janll 84 CAUTION. Don’t bo persuade<l to buvold styles; get only the new Improved dust-proof, i'utci.t Regulator Wa*cb:s. Send lor Catalogue. J. P STEVENS WATCH CO., ATLANTA. GA GEORGIA RAILROAD. SCHEDULE. Georgia Railroad, Cos. 1 Office General Manager, V Augusta, November 17th, ’83.) Commencing Sunday, theiath inst. > the following Passenger Schedule will be operated. Trains run by 90th meridian time, 32 minutes slower than Augusta time: FAST LHTBI NO, 27. WEST DAILY, j NO. 28. EAST DAILY. Lve Augusta 7:40 am ' Lve Atlanta 2:45 p m Ar Athens 12:30 am I Ar Gr’nsho' 5:21 p m “ Gr’Dsbo’lo:ls “ | “ Athens... 7:15 “ Ar Atlanta 1:00 pm | “ Augusta 8:05 “ NO. 1 WEST —DAILY. NO. 2 EAST — DAILY. Lv AugustalO 30 a m Lv Atlanta 825 a m “ Macon.. 710 “ J “ G’boro'. 12 09 p m “ Mil’dgc. 918 “ Ar Athens 445 pm “ Oatnak.l2 29 “ Ar Wash’t. 255 “ “ Wash’t.ll 20 “ “ Caiuak. 157 “ “ Athens. 905 “ “ Mil’dge. 449 “ Ar G’boro’. 215 p m “ Macon .6 45 “ Ar Atlanta. 545 pin Ar Augusta 355 p m NO. 8 WEST—DAILY. NO. 4 EAST—DAILY. Lv Augusta. 900 p m Lv Atlanta. 850 p m Ar G’boro’.. 144 a m Ar G'boro’ 146 a m Ar Atlanta..64o “ Ar Augusta 610 a m erSUPERB 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, 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 the folllowing stations, only, Berzelia, Harlem, Bearing, 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. CARPETS, 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, cliromos, Cocoa and Canton mattings, rugs and mats. BAILIE & COSKERY, Ma sonic Building, Augusta, Ga. iunß pici FY’S 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, 00 TtiSLEY’S BUCHU, the best diuretic and tonic. Cures most Kidney and Bladder troubles, Weakness, Whites, and Pain in Back. Supercedes all other kidney reme dies. All druggists, SI.OO a bottle, CHARLES F. RISLEY. sep7 83 Nbw YokK, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 1884. 1884. GREENESBORQ High School, FOR 6IRLS & BOYS. W. E. REYNOLDS, A. M. PRINCIPAL. MISS JULIA MOORE, Primary Department. MISS LULA BOWEN, Teacher of Music. Spring term will open Monday January 7th, 1884. and continue 24 weeks. Course of Study liberal. Instruction prac tical and thorough. TERMS.—#2 per month for every grade. During Public Term patrons will be charged #1 per month. Tuition payable at tbe end ot each month. No bills will be carried longer than 5 days beyond the lime they are due. Board in private families—slo per month. A firm discipline, te Acred with kindness, will be maintained. Those not wishing their children properly governed must not enter them. A Contingent Fee of 50 cents, must be paid by each pupil in advance. The Teachers all know their businses. Satisfaction guaranteed. The School reached 80 pupils during 1883. We waut 100 the present year. For further information, Address, THE PRINCIPAL. January 4th, 1884. DANIEL MINERAL SPRING WATER Pronounced fry Leading Chemists and Water Dealers the Most Wonderful Waters Yet Discovered ! IW’Jh- Specific for Liver. Kidney and Urinary Disorders. EyPsnnaneritly cures Gonorrhoea in from 8 to 10 days, leaving the system in a healthy condition. S3f Gives almost instant relief in cases of Sukressed Urine & Spasmodic Stricture. EgTKeeps perfectly pure for any length of tinie and in any conditions of temperature or climate. jy Reliable Testimonials given on application. Al. orders for barrels oi half bar rels should be addressed to W. C. ORR, Sect, and Treas. of the 3Da.xiJ.el TMCln.eretl Spxixig Oompar.y, G-a. oct. Jth, 1888. — 6. 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 are so much Superior to Others at Prices so much Less that Pcrcbasers 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 AND 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 beautiful. DEVOTED TO THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE. GREENESBORO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY ]. 18SI NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. i TRESPASS NOTICE- I hereby forewarn til persons from i Hunting, Fishing, Hiding, Walking or oth i erwisc trespassing on, my premises, by day 'or night. They will be prosecuted by law' in every instance, if they disregard this 'notice. J.'M, FIGGS, White Plains, Ga., Jan. 4th, 1884. A DESIRABLE HOTEL. 'VKJ’ALDO HOTEL is a two story build ’ ing 166 feet front, 75 feet deep, witli piazza full length of house, 23 lied rooms, parlor, reception room, dining room and kitchen. A house with 2 rooms on the lot for servunts. Hotel situated about 200 yards from the depot of the Florida Tran sit ami Peninsula railroad and near the Sar in Fe Canal. Daily steamers to and from Melrose and six p:issenger trains arriving daily. For sale at SB,OOO, one half cash and balance in one abd two years. For fur ther particulars address, MRS. A. LEGARE, jan. 4, ’B3. Wai.do, Fla. Trespass Notice . I hereby forewarn all persons not to fish, hunt, walk, ride, or otherwise trespass on my premises by day or niglvt. I will pros ecute all offenders to the cxteDt of the law. J. 11. BOWLES. Woodville, Ga, January 3, 1884. TRESPASS NOTICE. All persons are forewarned not to hunt, fish, picnic, walk, ride, ortherwise trespass on 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. JACKSON. THOMAS 8. MILLER. Greene County, Ga., Jau. 4th, 1884. ISISS 111, SHARON, GA, PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION IN mi-Wm AID FEIMAISHIP. Fourteentli term opens the 7th of January 1884. Board $8 per month. For further particulars address, ST. 3K- WARB, dec2l 83 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. Woodville Ga. Dec. 20th, 1883. MONEY TO LOAN. 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 MALARIA BY TAKING JEE® JHL E*. AVOID HAVING MALARIAL DISEASES BY USING H. H. P. MAKE YOUR SYSTEM IMPREGNA BLE TO THE INFLUENCE OF ZtfnlL Ha BY TAKING ZEZ. ALL DRUGGISTS KEEP IT. augl7 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 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. AH the ladies de lighted witli anew Buggy as a Christmas present. Farmers note this fact. —Copelan, Seasl & Armor LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. GREENE Cf/I'NTY 1 SALES. "VUTU-L, he sold on tlif first Tuesday in ’ v Feliniary, 1884, liejoro tbe court-house door in Groenesboro. Greene county, Geor gin, within the legal hoc p of sale, to the highest bidder for cash,'the following pro perty, to-wit: One tract of land oonti ning four hundred acres of land, more or 1%. all that tract of land situated, lying ami being m Greene countv—bounded as f'4'sl v s: Commencing at a hickory on cast baft.' of Oconee river, running north 79°; cast, £4 chains to red oak ; south. 8° and 45 I ecoods ; cast 42 chains and 55 links to a t jke on the line of Y. F. Gresham; south, 7 1 west, 90 chains lo said river, thence np a ' river to begin ning point—adjoining lan - ‘ -f, M. Storey, estate of O. P. Daniel, Y others. Said land levied the property of Inman, Swann & Cos., ;e sarnie being a part of the estate of U. J Willis! deceased, to satisfy a fi fa issued fr , &rc([ne Superi or Court in favor of F. ‘ Foster, trustee, vs Inman, Swann & Co !(f Written notices of this levy given to defendants and tenants in possession. Also, at the same time JLI place one tract of land containing Sixty-wjur nod $ acres of land, more or less, the stmk situated in the . 141 District G. M. in saiw county—adjoin- j ing lands of A. G. CalcliSjil, John T. Dol vin. James H. Dolvin aw*? ’hers and being set apart to Wm. B. Dotr, -fader and by virtue of the will of hiangpuci , James Dol vin, deceased ; levied <NMj° satisfy a supe rior conrt fi fa in favoMf David A. New some for use of Coln**i|Qß C. Oliver vs. Wm. B. Dolvin priocipwpnd John A. Cart wright, Security. wnpteu notice given defendant. „ Sm Also, at the same tiitfc and place, two tracts of land In Greene eatnty, one tract ad joining lands of T. 8. SSfiehinson, J. W. Wright, 11. C. Wright aid others, contain ing 20U acres, more the other tract adjoining lands of The.st 8. Hutchinson, W. 11. Wright, and tlie Wst described tract, containing eighty acres, wire or less, all be ing the land whereon tUjEncfcndant now re sides, Leyied od as thftiroperty of 11. C. Merritt to satisfy a fi. HC issued from the Superior conrt of said munty in favor of Charles A. Davis vs. H. Merritt. Writ ten notice given defendant residing on said lnnd. ALSO, at the same ftne and place, one tract of land in said con*®** in the incorpor ate limits of Greencsbcra, adjoining lands of C. A. Davis, senior, J. L. Brown, An drew Mason and other*, the place whereon defennant now reside*-; containing twenty two (22) acres, more or less; said land lev ied on as the pryperty of Alexander Mason, to satisfy an execution Issued from the su perior court of said county, in favor of W. A. Kimbrough & Cos, vs. Alexander Mason. Notice given tenant. C. C. NCRiTON, Sheriff. January 3, 1884. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, j 1884. THE NEW YEAR! I beg to inform my old customers and the public generally that I still have on baud a full and complete stock of FAMILY GROCERIES. Provisions, Canned Goods, Confectioneries, Flour, Meal, Mackerel, Bacon, Lard, Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Meal, Mackerel, etc. I shall keep in stock a fine line of & & t Cigars, Snuffs, Cigarette* and Smokers’ Ar ticles. The best brand* of Chewing To bacco. As good a five cants cigar as can be found in Greenesboro. Pure Cigarettes, wrapped in genuine Rice paper. Try my Tobacco. Cigars and Snuffs. CANNED GOODS, I sell Thurber’s celebrated brands of Can ned Goods. Pine Apple, Salmon, Tomatoes, etc. My stock is complete and I keep only first-class goods. Courteous attention shown to customers. CONFECTIONERIES, Fancy and Stick Candies, Crackers, Ap ples, Oranges, Lemons, Brazil and Pecan Nuts, Almonds, English Walnuts, Raisins, etc. Give me a call when you want anything in my line. MRS. M. ROSSMAN, janll 84. GREENESBORO’, GA. IPIUM-—, Atlanta, Ga. AND Reliable evidence urOTvaiz- St vcn and reference W HAoK, X to cured patients & habits physicians. Send for my book on the liab- OTT-E5 j3. it and its cure, free. WOOD WORK, BLACESMITHIN6, —AND— General Repairing, -BY j, i. now 4 1, GREENESBORO. CA \lirE have just opened business at the " Copelan Shops, in Greenesboro, and are prepared to do all kinds of work in our line. BLACKSMITHIN G, making Wheels, Turning, Shoeing, Forging and repairing of all kinds. We ask for the public patronage. We do first-class work, and guarantee it in every instance. Terms CASH. J.M.HOWF.LL & SON GREENESBORO, GA. ja&4 84 ! IN HOC SIGNO VINCES. A STORY FOR THE EOYS. BY ANNAH ROBINSON WATSON. From the Sunny South. " [Continued.] Cold and drear the room was, the flickering candle, lighted by nervous fingers, only serving to show the bare, comfortless place. Up and down the small space Da vid walked. The lonely, friendless boy, untaught, uncared for, knew, inspite of his ignorance of many things, the nature of tbe crime to which he was tempted. What shall we name the inheritance which now seemed a real burden?—this in nate perception of right and wrong which belongs to us all. *He tried to shake off the conviction. Was it so bad, after all ? Might he not rightfully share a small part of the goods claimed by others? He work ed hard and fared badly. Did he not deserve better things from the world ? By accepting this offer the whole future would be brightened. He could remain with these men awhile, make enough to educate himself, then leave them and com mence a new existence. Hot and feverish ho walked, un til wearied out, at last threw him self upon the hard, uncomfortable bed. But not to sleep ; from side to side he tossed, then up again, walking to and fro—it seemed as though a battle were being fought within his heart. Then again he threw himself upon the couch ; this time passing into a troubled, rest less slumber. Vivid dreams flitted throught his brain, chasing each other in quick succession. Again he seemed talking with the pleas ant friends in that beantifnl room. Again he was a child in the poor homo of Mike O’Riley. Again he was kneeling in a dim shadowed room by a bed-side with a gentle hand tracing the sign upon his fore head, and a sweet, faint voice, sav ing : “You will not forget—surely [you will not forge*. This sign shows that you belong to tue Lord Jesus.” He sprang from bed, passing a trembling hand upon his forehead and looking about wistfully. He rubbed bis eyes and saw the cold light of the early morning falling through the uncurtained window, then he bathed his face hurriedly and stole out from the house. It was too early for breakfast, even if he had felt disposed to eat an uuappetizingmeal.and it was too early to go to work. “Ob, for some friend,” he sighed, “but what is the use in hesitating. I might ns well do it—who will care.” He lifted his eyes, he was in a quiet spot now, and no one near. What was that brilliant object up lifted so far above him, gleaming in the glorious sunlight which had dot yet pierced and dissipated the fog? He gazed steadfastly. A cross ! a cross! as of molten gold, suspended far above him, hanging as though by some invisible chain from Heaven. For a moment he stood entranced, then with a stifled cry, “she would care! she would care !” he ran as though,from some pursniug enemy down the street. A square away and he stood be* fore a solemn .Duilding, a church with massive doors swung wide for morning service. The structure was enwrapped by the slow dying mist, but the cross on the steeple shone out with unearthly radiance. Involuntarily he entered. The vestibule was empty, but he could hear the steps of the sexton within; and cowering, under the influence of some unquestioned emotion, he crept behind one of the great doors and seated himself on the lowest step of the flight which led up the tower. He bowed his head on his hands, and sudden tears gushed down his pallid cheeks. “Oh, she would care—she would care—and the Lord Jesus, whom she loved. Oil, if really I belong to him.” The great bell far up at the base of the cross, pealed out its glad, solemn call to early service. It was the first bell—thirty minutes yet before the worshippers would answer its voice. “Come! come !” raug the bell, but to David, it seemed to be saying: “You will not foiget, sure ly, you will not forget, to whom you belong.” His head was still bowed when the ringing ceased for the poor boy was sobbing, without a thought now of the outside world and its in justice. He did not notice a low step in the vestibule nor look up when a kindly face, with earnest, compassionate eyes bent over him. “Why, my boy, what is the mat ter, how did you chance here, to whom do you belong?" The ques tion thrilled the listening ears as though spoken from above, from his dead mother’s lips. But he on ly answered by a more piteous sob. The rector laid a tender hand up on the bowed head. “Come witli me, come, let me help you.” He took David’s uuresisting hand and together they passed through the long, dim aisles and entered the little study back of the church. They talked until the second bell sounded and then showing tbe boy a seat, Mr. Reynolds promised to see him after service. Later they were together again. “Indeed, sir,” said David answering a question, “I could not betray them, but I surely will not meet them to-night. Thnnk God! my mother’s words and the light of tbe cross saved me.” Then he went to work as usual. Mr. Rt#udlds thought Over the mat ter and then calling upon the Chief of Police stated the fact that he had positive knowledge of the pres ence in the city of a party of pro fessional burglars. He knew noth ing of their rendezvous, nor their names, but there was a plan for robbing the houses in Gas division “A.” A force was detailed to watch the saloons and the work was done in a very effectual manner. Four simply dressed, genteel looking individuals, took the after noon train for New Orleans. “You startled the boy, Amberly, I saw that at the time. I could have man aged him easy enough,” one of them remarked to another. “Oh, well, we can return this way and try another chap. I didn’t like his looks from the first.” For David Thrnston anew life opened. Mr. Rr \ nolds was deeply interested in the boy, and did not, even with his press of duties as rector of,it large parish, allow the matter to escape his attention. It was not long before David was studying in a night school, and a }' e sr or two later he was clerk in the -Office of the Gas Company, having won the entire confidence and respect of his employers. Whenever a temptation, great or small, assailed him, the question arose in his mind, “To whom do you belong?” and the cross, the ensign of tho soldiers of light was before him with the thought, “I will not shame my standard.” May I ask my young reader “ To whom does lie bemtif?" Whether A baptized member of Christ’s army or not, he belongs to tbe God Al mighty, Lord and Maker of all. Let him not foreswear his birth right nor shame the escutcheon of his noble heritage. Let him re member that though the mists of sorrow and temptation may seem to encompass him on every side, the cross shining in the glorious light of a Saviour’s mercy and love is ever suspended above, if only he will lift his eyes on high. TO HIS MEMORY. A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE LATH DR. JNO. A. GRIFFIN. The subject of this sketch was born in Grenesboro, Ga., April 2, 1847, united with the Presbyteri an church in the autumn of 1866, was married to Miss Anna Scud der of Greenesboro May 4, 1871, and died at his home in his native town Dec. 24,1883. A wise man once said something like this : “Some say they will not speak eulogies of the dead, others that they will say no evil of those who are gone—it would be a bet ter rule, to say nothing that isn’t truo.” The mind of John A. Griffin was of no ordinary cast. Dr. Lane showed that he knew the man when he said in in the funeral discourse, “He had one of the very finest minds I ever met with.” His in tellect was, in the true sense of the word, fine ; also it was strong and deep. He was one of the finest, profoundest, most original and in dependent thinkers the writer has ever kuown. His bright intellect was ceaseless in its activity and readily grasped and solved prob lems that were intricate and pro found. He did not, and by the very constitution of his mind he could not, accept the conclusions of other men—he must reach them himself by personal investigation and reflection. Consequently he | was a man of principles and con victions to which he adhered with a manly and unswerving firmness. His mind was very inquiring in its nature and he satisfied its bunger ings from the cream of literature and slaked its thirst at learning’s purest fountains. Hence, he was a man of unusually varied informa tion, of a useful character, which made him a companion instructive to the humble and agreeable to the great. Coming to the analysis of his character we naturally ask—what was its most prominent trait ? It is difficult to answer. There were several which seem to have been alike prominent, if not alike beau tiful, differing in this as differs the , violet from the rose, the diamond from the ruby. Affection was one TEIIMS $2 OO per Annum, In Advance. of these traits. He was possessed of a wondrous power to love.— Straugers to him do not know this: the precincts of his heart were sa cred, nnd one had to know him, love him, be loved by him, and ad mitted into his heart’s innermost recesses to fiud, that, like the sea, its depths were measureless and jewelled. His affection was seldom professed in words, but if your way grew dark, instead of deserting you while the tempest gathered ’round you, theu it was that he would grasp your hand in the strongest practical sympathy and help he could give, and .“grapple you to his side with hooks of steel.” His heart was true. We feel safe in saying that from its first tin oh to its last it never once beat false!} - . He hnd decision of character. There was no vascillatiDg with him. By decision of character here, is not meant merely that he perse vered in what he undertook—that is meant, but more—he was not al ways in deciding. He decided quickly, and then he always acted immediately. He did so in matters small and great. These quick de cisions did not grow out of reck lessness or carelessness but out of rapid thinking and a natural ten dency to “noble, heroic, God-like action.” John A. Griffin was a brave man. He was physically brave. Many are so. He was morally so. How many are so ? How few are so ! He had the courage which faces cannon-balls, but the nobler cour age that faces the archery of an of fended public opinion whose every at row is tipped with poison. Asa man, as a Christian, as a citizen hq was on God’s side of every ques tion, find everybody knew it. He “dared the right.” Asa Christian his religion was a piety o'' deeds. He did not show bis faith by his words, but by bis works. With him religion was not a form, a mere gush of sentiment, but a principle and a life. He was both theoretically and practically a Christian. He was intelligently re ligious. As husband—words of mine may not portray him. With uucoverecl head 1 would softly tread by the threshold oLthis bolj only pausing to Isay reVei enflT, th b 7/ in this relation he was not perfect, bis imperfeciions were impercep tible. He was a wise, affectionate father, indulgent and firm. And what a noble son ! The memory of his obedience, affection and rev erence, lies upon his parent’s hearts as music lies on the evening’s calm, “when the sweet-voiced bird is flown.” We will not foiget that once he was brother! We will not foiget the sweet and gentle “flower that grew up and faded by his side,” and years before him was silently, tearfully, lovingly “laid where the violets blow,” and we will say as we know she would have us say— no sister ever had a nobler, truer brother. He was a friend indeed. Asa citizen he was eminently useful. Asa druggist he had no superior, as a business man lie was absolutely incorruptible. No one marvelled that he “approached his grave like one who wraps the dra pery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams.” He contemplated death without a tre mor, he went to his rest in peace, and all Greenesboro said while it wept, “Oh! let me die the de ith of the righteous and let my last end be like his.” If all things that are noble were not found in his character, yet there was nothing there that was not noble. We know of nothing to condemn. Viewed from the standpoint and by the standard of absolute perfection, he would be found to have had his faults. Oc casionally we see walking peaceful ly and quietly “along the cool se questered vale of life,” a man who under the impulse of a strong per sonal ambition, would have rushed into the foremost rank “on the world's broad field of battle” and opened for himself a laurel-strewn way to fame. Such a man was John A. Griffin. Napoleon’s in tellect without Napoleon’s ambi tion would have been only one of the “Gems of purest ray serene the dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear,” instead of flashing the daz zling but godless rays of its crim son splendor upon the world. Bet ter had it been so. The subject of this sketch had no selfish ambi tion, he put forth no endeavor to win the applause of the world, he did not win it, he was unknown to fame but as the unpretending vio let will cause thoughts of God to rise in the soul; as the lone and modest star, unconscious of its work of mercy will guide the mariner to his home, this modest life will wield a mighty influence for good, breathing its perfume when the vi olets are withered for eternity, and giving its light when the fitful flick erings of the last star have died on the darkness, W WHOLE NUMBER 555