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GEORGIA HOME JOURNAL.
W. ADDISON KNOWLES, Prop’r.
VOLUME XII-NO. 15.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
METROPOLITAN
Cotton,Stock & Produce
EXCHANGE,
Library Building, AUGUSTA, Ga.
Send for copy of rules for trading. Cor
respondence solicited. Daily market re
ports furnished free of charge,
H. E. CUMMINGS,
febß 83 Manager.
IHFEMplilir
GEORGIA RAILROAD COMPANY. )
Office of Grkeeai Manages, r
Augusta, Ga.. Nov. 17, 1883 >
COMMENCING SUNDAY, the 19th inst.
> the following Passenger Schedule will
be operated. Trains run by bOth meridian
time, 32 minutes slower than Augusta time:
FAST lAEILTIEI
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’nsbo’ 5:21 p ni
“ Gr’nsbo’lo:ls “ I “ 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 “ “ G’boro’. 12 00 p m
“ Mil’dge. 918 “ Ar Athens 445 pm
“Camak.l2 29 “ ArWash’t. 255 “
“ Wash’t.ll 20 “ “ Osr.mk. 1 57 “
“ Athens. -9 05 “ “ Mil’dge. 449 “
Ar G’boro’. 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.. 640 “ Ar Augusta 610 a m
CTSUPERB 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, CrnWfordvillc, 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 Througli 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,
face curtains, cornices and poles, wall papers,
sonic Building, Augusta, Ga. iunß
AUGUST A HOTEL,
AUGUSTA, GA.
LEWIS & DOOLITTLE,
PROPRIETORS.
TABLE First Class in every particular.
Large and well ventilated rooms. Kates
§2 per day. Centrally located near railroad
crossing. Telegraph office and Barber shop
in the building.
MISTI HOTEL BESTAIRAAT.
—AND—
LURCH 800 JVT.
Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigajs. Meals
to order at all hours. janll 84
W.A.KIIBROUGH&CO.I
AGENTS FOR
Mills, Planing Mills, Sepe
tors, Presses, Cotton Gins,
Condensers, Etc.
sell all of the above upon the
most favorable terms, and ask the farmers
of Greene county when in need of anything
in this line to give us your orders. We al
so have control of Morgan county south of
the Georgia Railroad and solicit the trade
of this section.
% W. A. KIMBROUGH & CO.,
feb. 29th, ’B3. Greexebbobo’. Ga.
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,
11. Schneider's,
AUGUSTA, - - - GA.
Bend six cents for postage and
receive free, a costly box of
goods which will help all, of
, either sex, to more money
right away than anything else
in this world. Fortunes await the workers ab
solutely sure. At once address Tbue & Cos.
Augusta, Maine. mch. 7 'Si
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
RUFUS CARTER & CO.,
(Successors to Smith & Carter,)
—WHOLESALE—
TOBACCONISTS,
Library Bl’dg, Augusta, Ga.
C-lTTobaceo cxclustyely at Wholesale
only febß 83
WEDDING
Presents In large variety in Solid Silverware
and Jewelry. Send for illustrated Catalogue.
J. P. STEVENS & CO.,
J Atlanta. Ga.
Gk 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 Purchasers
Save from
$lO to SIOO
By visiting or writing to
G. 0. ROBINSON & CO.
E.I.O.M—L.P.Q.S-
Large and', increasing of mujacal
merchandise ieet that G.‘O,
tIoIWSo" & Cos. SAVE MONEY for
EVERY PURCHASER.
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CATIONS, MUSIC BOOKS of every de
scription: the latest Italian Strings.
The Latest and Most Popular Sunday
School Book
“love aud pm;
LOWEST PRICES, at
G. O. ROBINSON & CO’S.,
831 BROAD STREET. AUGUSTA.
Sststllihed 1839—35,009 Headers.
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The Patrons of Husbandry, everything
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DEVOTED TO THE GENERAS WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE.
GREENESBORO, GEORGIA, FRiUAY MORNING, APRIL 11,1881
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NEW AND NICE
GOODS .
1 11. TAPPAN &1,
WHITE PLAINS, GA.
Prints, assorted styles and solid
colors, Piques, Lawns, figured and
solid colors. Nice Alpaca Dress
Goods solid colors only 13J cents.
New lot of Bleaching, Sea Island
and Homespuns. A well assorted
lot of Cottonades and Domestics.
Something nice in Ladies’ and
Children’s Hosiery. New things
in the Notion line.
New thing in Shirts. Ask Judge
Mapp for the Scratch pocket fine
Shirt. Buy our unlauudried Shirt,
none better for sl. New lot of
Shoes just in—more to follow. The
above and hundreds of other things
we keep are among the necessaries.
We keep also the substantials.
Bacon, Sugai, Coffee, Tea, Rice,
Meal, Flour, Lard, and the nicest
and sweetest Syrup we ever had in
store. Try it.
We keep such goods as are in
demand and all articles usually,
sold in a general merchandise bus
iness.
We thank the public for their,
liberal patronage in the past and
solicit a continuance of the same.
Very Respectfully,
W. M. Tappan & Son,
WHITE PI AINE, GA.
JgiST’Our Geo. W. Tappan has
German Carp for sale. mar!9
INSURE AGAINST
CYCLONES!
The tornadoes which have re
cently devastated the country, ad
monish you tp seekprotection for
your property/ I irnMtßSllirig poli- f
cies oa all classes of property,
against damage from storms, at
most reasonable rates.
W. M. WEAVER.
Greenesboro’, mch. 8, ’B4.
TRESPASS NOTICE-
We hereby forewarn all persons not to
fish, hunt, walk, ride, or otherwise trespass
on our premises by day or by night. We
will prosecute all offenders to the extent
of the law.
L. F. WHEELER,
J. It. WHEELER, Ag’nt.
mch. 15th, ’B4.
COTTON SEED.
I have still on hand a few more bushels of
the celebrated Mammoth Prolific Cotton
Sef.d, which will be sold cheap. This is a
splendid variety of cotton. Planters in
need of seed for planting purposes should
write to me at once.
W. 11. CHRISTOPHER,
feb. 20th, 1884. White Plains, Ga.
OPIUM.*™,
1 A u - L,A Atlanta, Ga.
AND Reliable evidence
wm cir xr S‘ ven and reference
VV XL to cured patients &
■q- a j physicians. Send for
my book on the hab-
CTJHE.I it and its cure, free.
The Model Soda Water Establishment of the South.
GINGER ALE, SODA WATER,
EQUAL TO ANY THAT IS IMPORTED.
—MANUFACTURED AND FOR SALK BY —
©iitetfi 'MH!ag
1348 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA.
■STOrders filled promptly and shipped by Express in Clinton’s Patent Shipping
Cases. No goods misrepresented. feb29 83
TRESPASS NOTICE,
All persons are forewarned not to hunt,
fish, picnic, walk, ride, or otherwise trespass
on our land as they will in every instance be
prosecuted to the extent of the law.
Dr. T. P. JANES,
V. T. SANFORD.
Greene County, Ga., Feb, 6, 1884.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
GIIKiNF COUNTY
SHERIfi-’S SALES.
'tr- 1 —
\V7TLL be sold IjrShe first Tuesday in
* ' May, 1884,\ before the court-house
door in Greencsbort Gjeene county, Geor
gia, within the legai b-urs of sale, to the
highest bidder lor Ay!*, the following pro
perty, to-wit:
Au undivided one-kjrd interest in fee
simple in seven huiljjjd and sixty-tliree
acres of land, more o¥t,ss, situated in saiil
county, being SouthgjQr-portion of what is
known as the Dover Tract that belonged to
the estate of R. J. Willis, which portion
was set apart to .Mrs. Willis as dower
at the March Term, }*' %,' of Greene Supe
rior Court; bounder S 1 f- e North by lauds
of V. F. Gresham, v, Sic Fast by lands of
D. 11. Sander^and Wnls of Wm. Grieve,
on the South by : (jeonti, tj.yer. and on the
West by pp'and formerly
belonging to L. ffi i for a falter-des
cription of said 7("i a":);* 4; copy of plat of
same in Clerk’s office of Cr -eue Superior
Court in record of nfoceco nes'for March
Term, 1869, of said Court; -aid undivided
one-third interest being lefte l on as the pro-
perty of defendant, Lewis h Willis, under
and by virtue of a ti. la. issue) from the Su
perior court of said County in favor of Joel
F. Thornton, Ordinary, lor the use of Lu
ther T. Sanders against Lewis B. Willis,
principal, Walter Gnllin, etal, Securies.
Also, at the same time .nd place, an un
divided one-third interest in fee simple to
the same tract of land, to-wit: the 768 acres
just above described: Levied on as the
property of the defendants, Inman, Swann
<& Cos., and as belonging'to estate of R. J.
Willis, deceased, by flitue of a fi. fa. issued
from Greene Superior Court in favor of F.
C. Foster, Trustee, vs. Iniuaii, Swann & Cos.
Also, at tlie same time and place, an un
divided two-thirds interest in fee simple to
the said 703 acres just above described :
Levied on as the property of the defendants,
Lewis B. Willis tmeWlames 11. Willis, (an
•undivided one-third interest belonging to
each defendant) and as part of estate of R.
J. Willis deceased, by virtue of a fi. fa. is
sued from the Superior Court of said countv
in favor of F. C. Foster, Trustee, vs. Lew
is B. Willis and James H. Willis.
The three fi. fas. last above named in
clude in their levies the entire fee in what
is known as the Dover land in said Dover
tract, including the dwelling in which L. B.
Willis and family now live. Written notice
given defendants.
Also, a certain- lot of land lying in said
city, adjoining lands of 11. H. King, C. A.
Davis, Sr , John Masqm-O. K. Carmichael
and the public road leading from Greenes
boro to Willis' Ferry, containing twenty -
tliree arras, more or less : Levied on as the
property of the defendant; Alex, Mason,
under and by virtue of three fl. fas. issued
from the Superior Court of said county, to
wit: One in favor of W. A. Kimbrough &
Cos., one a mortgage fi. fa. in favor of John
Mason, Andrew Mason and Laura Jackson,
and the other a mortgage fl. fa. in favor
of C. A. Davis; all of said fi. fas. being ag
ainst said Alex. Mason. Written notice
given defendant,
Also, et <ho place, &s.ncra.
of land on the SoutSShsterii portion or cor
ner of the Inman, Swann & Cos, portion of
the Dover tract—beginning at Southeast
corner of Inman,Swann & Cos. land and run
ning Westward on the line between said In
man, Swan & Cos. and J. M. Storey to a
plantation road thence East along said road
a sufficient distance to cut off 25 acres the
opposite lines around said 25 acres running
parallel to each other adjoining lauds of J.
M. Storey, Y. F. Gresham and the balance
of said Inman, Swann & Cos. land including
field known as the Peach Orchard and a
portion of the sand field— Levied on ns the
property of defendants Inman, Swann & Cos.
to satisfy a Superior Court fi. fa. the officers
of Court vs. Inman, Swann & Ca. Written
notice giyen defendants.
C. C. NORTON, Sheriff.
March 28, 1884.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Tlio Eiiijcror Louis Napoleon smoked
only the liucst cigars the world could pro
duce. Prof. Horsford says the Emperor s
cigars wore made specially for him in Har
yana from leaf tobacco grown in the Golden
Bolt of North Carolina, thin being the finest
leaf grown. Blackwell’s Bull Durham
Smokintr Tobacco Is made from the same
leaf used in the Empcror’H cigars, is abso
lutely pure and is unquestionably the befit
tobacco ever olTered.
Thackeray’s gifted daughter, Anne, in
her sketch *>f Alfred Tennyson, in Harper'*
Monthly, tells of her visit to the great poet.
She found him smoking Blackwell’s Bull
Durham Tobacco, sent him by Hon. James
Russell Lowell, American Minister to the
Court of St. James.
In these days of adulteration, it isacom
fort to pmokerß to knou that the Bull Dur
ham brand is absolutely pure, and made
from the best tobacco the world produces.
Blackwell’s Bull Durham Smoking To
bacco is the bet and purest made. All
dealers have it. None genuine without
the trade-mark of the Bull
WOOD WORK,
BLACKSMITHINB,
—AND—
General Repairing,
-BY-
J. I Ml k 1,
GREENESBORO, GA
XYLE have just opened business at the
' * Copelan Shops, in Greenesboro, and
are prepared to do all kinds of work in our
line.
BLACKSMITHING,
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,
, T*7'-&GrO£TS.
One-horse Wagons, §4O to §45. Two
horse Wagons, §63.50 to S7O.
J.M.HOWF,LL&SON
GREENESBORO, GA.
jan4 84
SELECTED POETRY.
LAII> 15 Y.
lIY A. M. MUNSTER.
Laid by in my silent chamber,
I hear them stirring below ;
Voices I love are sounding clear,
And steps I know are in n.ine ear,
Still passing to and fro.
And I ask my heart shall I never more
Of mine own will pass through that Joor?
I ask, O! is it forever \
That I have ceased to be
One of the group around the hearth.
Sharing their sorrrow or their mirth ?
Am I from henceiorth free
From all concern with the things ot life,
Done with its sorrow, and toil and strife?
Shall they carry me forth in silence,
With blind and sealed up eyes ?
Shall they throw the windows wide to the
air
And gather momentoes here and there,
As they think with tears and sighs,
“This she was fond of—this she wore.
But she never shall need them any more?”
POLITICAL TRICKS.
HOW POLITICIANS OBTAIN
SUPPORT.
A STORY BY AN OFFICE SEEKER AS TO
HOW A CONGRESSMAN MADE FINE
PROMISES OF POSITION—SOMETHING
CAN BE READ WITH PROFIT.
It is over now, and I feel calmer,
but I will say I am “a sadder (or
madder) and a wiser man.” Sallie,
(that’s my wife) has at last conclu
ded to drop the subjet, but it will
be hard to erase the trouble from
her mind, and it has taught me a
lesson likewise. To tell the story
straight I must begin at the begin
ning.
VISITS WASHINGTON.
My late visit to Washington was
no sudden move on my part. I
■ had the plan in view ever since last
October. When Colonel was
running for Congress in this dis
trict, we had a long conversation
one day in JohnSnaitli’s store—(in
the back room, sitting on the bed).
I had been down in the lower part
of the district for him and distribu
ted a lot of circulars and other po
litical documents. It had cost mtf
some money, which I could not well
spare, nor the time either for that
matter : but I told Sallie it would
be no loss in the end, for Colonel
was such a gentleman, he would
refund the amount the first time I
saw him, for he made me under
stand so much. The day we met in
John Smith’s store, I told him of
the trip and encouraged him with
the good prospect, and he seemed
very grateful, caught hold of the la
pel of my coat, and said : “Old
fellow, you are a trump—l’ll never
forget you—no, never ! When the
Forty-eight Congress meets, the
House will be Democratic. Offices
and positions will be as plenty as
blackberries in June. Would you
not like a clerkship that would pay
you six dollars per day—or $2,200
per year?” Well I thought of my
hard struggle to “make buckle and
tongue meet,” at home, and I grate
fully answered “either.” “Well,”
said the Colonel, “you must get
ready to go to Washington at that
time, and I pull you through. I
expect to be chairman of the com
mittee on , and I’ll make you
my clerk. You will have literally
nothing to do, because that com
mittee did not meet but two or
three times last session, and you
can live easy and (with a knowing
look), Uncle Sam will foot the bill.
If I am not made chairman, there
are hundreds of other places that
will pay, from fifty to one hundred
dollars a month—nothing easier
than that job. Keep your own
counsel—a hint to the wise is suffi
cient.”
I left that back room
A HAPPY MAN.
I lost sight of the little bill of
ten dollars, (traveling expenses),
that I intended to talk about—
in fact I was ashamed to present it,
in the face of suoh abounding gen
erosity. Sallie squinted her eyes
in a very aggravating, manner,
when I told her about it, and my
patience had quite a trial when she
said, “a bird in the hand is worth
two in the bush.” Women is “rum”
creatures, but I am obliged to say.
Sallie saw further into the mill
stone that time than I did. We
owed ten dollars on the cow that
Goss had sold me in the summer,
and poor Goss has not got the
money yet. I never look at the old
muley without gnashing my teeth.
I have strayed from my subject,
however. As soon as Congress met,
; I went to town to confer with Col
onel .Sallie needed a pair of
shoes and she went with me. I
drove around to his office, but they
told me there he was up at home.
The case was urgent, so we drove
around to the house. Sallie re
mained in the buggy while 1 went
in. The servant at the door said
he had gone down town after din
ner. I felt pretty hungry myself,
as *.ve had an early start that mor
j ning and I remembered how Sallie
I had slaved herself last summer,
i when the candidates speak
ing “b'out” close to our house, and
what a good dinner she set before
them—but I said nothing for a
sufficient reason, wlien I took the
| reins and started for home. As we
! turned the corner, I am much mis
taken if I did not see our member
going away from his house by a
back street. As Sallie did not see
him, I wisely kept my thoughts to
myself. I decided to start to Wash
ington anyway ; and told Sallie to
put up all my best clothes, because
it would save trouble, as I would
have nothing, to do but to etart
right in to work, and I shoixu
'make her,a handsome remittance |
the first month, and shecotfld pay
old Goss, and buy that Alpaca
dress she had talked aboubso long.
While I am at it, I’ll tell it all and
be done with it. Last summer her
mother made her a present* of
twelve dollars to buy this same al
paca, but she put off the purchase
until the fall. After my talk in
John Smith’s back room about
Washington, etc., I made another
electioneering trip for the Colonel,
Sally loaned mo the money to get a
thick coat for the occasion.
I STARTED TO WASHINGTON,
that night, to be on time. Sallie,
poor woman, run herself nearly to
death, to get me a lunch ready and
to have my shirts in good order,
and we parted quite tearfully in
the certain prospect of a separa
tion of several weeks and perhaps
mouths, if those blamed Radicals
did resolved to keep Congress in
session all summer.
The Colonel met me most cordi
ally—offered me a cigar, said he
wished he had known I was coming
introduced me two or three distin
guished members who were pretty
red about the eyes, considering the
early hour, and I sat down to lis
ten to their animated talk about
the Speakership. I listened awhile
in openeyed wonder, and quite for
got how time was passing, until
somebody said it was twelve o’clock.
I rose and fumbled with my hat,
hoping that the Colonel would say
something that I could rely upon,
about the place he had’seeured for
me, for SalH#* begged
I would write as soon as I got to
the city and tell her all about it.
Finally I said “Colonel can I see
you a moment ?” He followed me
to the door, and slapped me on the
arm he said: “Why, old fellow, it
looks like home to see you here ?
What can I do for yon ?” I pro
ceeded to make my statement,
which he heard very calmly and
then remarked, “O, yes, I’ll do all
I can for you; come to see me to
night.”
A GLOOMY OUTLOOK.
To make a long story short, this
was the beginning of a six weeks’
stay —a sojourn that I anticipated
very anxiously at home, but reali
zation of which proved as bitter
as the “apples of Sodom.” Don’t
suppose I found it out at first—no
sir. It took me a long time to see
myself as others saw me”—one of
the thousands which thronged that
city in search of the same ignis fat
uus, which lured so many poor
men from their homes. I saw the i
Colonel frequently and he was al
ways as bland as a may Morning
—always ready to “endorse” me
and constantly advising me to see
the other members from the State
and enlist them in my behalf. Mv
remnant of the fifty dollars was
growing smaller and beautifully
less in the meantime, and I got so
troubled in my mind that I did
not sleep at night—my food,
which was sorry enough, heaven
knows, did not nourish me, and I
finally resolved to have a straight
talk with the Colonel, and give him
to understand what I expected
him to do, and what was done,
must be done quickly.
I went to his room after supper
and knocked. “Come in,” said a
voice that I knew to be Fletcher’s.
I went in. The Colonel and Flet
cher were having a jolly time, and
somehow it grated on my feelings.
I did not feel jolly, and did not try
to look so. The Colonel said,
“Take a seat, old fellow, while I fin
ish reading Fletcher’s article in
the
‘DEMOCRATIC blazer,’
it’s first-rate; would you like to
hear it ?” What the article was I
never could recollect, I found my
mind full of ominous fears—some
how or other Fletoher impressed
me as the ohosen one, and not to
anticipate future events, that is the
way it went. Sallie’s letter that
morning hinted as much, but I did
not see the matter in that light;
but it now appeared all plain to
me. My heart sunk within me.
Fletcher took up his hat and star
ted pretty soon. Colonel then
turned to me, and said, “I have
been trying to find a good place
for you, and I am sorry to say I
' have not succeeded very well.—
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There is one messenger’s place and
a place on the capitol police, and
they are about all.” I interrup
ted with “I was to get the clerk
ship if you became chairman ; and
as you have that place, why not
give it to me ?” My anxiety made
my speech more direct tfian poli
tic, for 1 saw the shadew hich pass
ed over his face. Leaning his arm
on my knee, he said, “Fletcher
was promised that place during the
campaign, but I wish you had it,
you are so much more competent,
etc.; but he has so many strong
friends at home that are pressing
him, that I was forced to give it to
him, but don’t be discouraged—
I’ll get you that messenger’s place
I’m pretty sure. That will pay you
I sixty dollm; per montk, sud noth
ing to do. 4
If I bad Jjt>t recollected Cousin
Bob, not to speak of
POOR SALLIE
and my dear mother-in-law, I
should have given him a piece of
mv mind, then aud there, but I re
flected that*a half loaf was better
ihan no bread, infd I made free to
.tell him I was nearly out of means
aud must get it quick or I could
not stay longer in the city. My
last dollar disappeared.
The Colonel got to dodging me
—and finally in my desperation I
went to a hardfaced member from
an adjoining State and told him my
story. It was a trial, because I
bad sneered at the old fellows pre
tentions and had said more than
once that he was a poor stick to go
to Congress.
For my part, I am free to con
fess that it is a greater relief to my
mind that I stopped the “Demo
cratic Blazer” as soon as I reach
ed home. It makes no more visits
to my house, you bet.
Office Seeker.
THE WHISKY BULL
Has been beaten by a vote so de
cisive as to leave no nargin for fur
ther discussion. A Democratic
House retires the government from
the business of ripening whisky for
a monopoly and paying for the
privilege of doing it at the same
time.
This action ought to commend
the Democratic party to the confi
dence and the support gf the good
men of the country.' •*
This audacious and powerful mo
nopoly, which has virtually dicta
ted its own terms to the govern
ment for years ; which has controll
ed elections and divided high offi
ces and'rich patronage, has been
humbled and crushed, beyond a
rallyiug point. This has been ac-
complished under circumstances
not auspicious to the task. That
it should have been accomplished
under such circumstances, strength
ens the ground for congratulation.
From this time forward a differ
ent tone will be given to legislation.
Smarting under defeat and disap
pointment, the main supporters of
the measure may be loud an vio
lent in their threats. The country
may be treated to a series of lurid,
hand-painted pro nunciamentoes,
but there will be much more of
noise than harm. Tariff reform
legislation must languish, even if,
indeed, it do not die, for tariff re
form and the whisky bill, though
differing widely in sound, were at
the core convertible terms, the one
dependent upon the other. The
Morrison horizontal bill must now
stand or fall upon its own merits,
the powerful props of personal and
financial influence having been cut
away.
There is another interesting con
sideration connected most intimate
ly with this subject. The presses
which have most vehemently sup
ported the whisky bill never found
time and space sufficient for denun
ciations of bloated monopolies. A
Democratic House has shown its
entire willingness and capacity to
deal with monopolies. It has seiz
ed the most powerful and blatant
one in the countrv, has hauled it
up to the bar and beheaded it,
without benefit of clergy. This ac
tion leaves Henry Watterson and
Greene B. Raum out of a present
job. Let these statesmen go out
upon the highways and by-ways
and seize the next most powerful
monopoly, or any monopoly that
may be found. Let them drag it
to the block, and bid a Democratic
House behead it. A little active
work of this kind will supercede the
necessity, if it now exists, for the
Morrison horizontal bill.—Macon
Telegraph.
This was a child’s definition of
faith in Christ, and it is both clear
and correct. Christ said He would
save those who trusted in Him,
and He will. No donbt, no fear,
no suspense. He says that He will
“give grace and glory,” and that
“no good thing will lie withhold
from them that walk uprightly.”
Yes, reader, He will do as He lias
promised. “He said he would, and
He will.’’