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GEORGIA HOME JOURNAL.
W. ADDISON KNOWLES, JProp’r.
VOLUME XII-NO. 22.
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,
fcbß 83 Manager.
RUFUS CARTER & CO.,
(Successors to Smith & Carter,)
-wholesale
tobacconists.
Library Bl’dg, Augusta, Ga.
CiTTobacco oxclusiyely at Whoi.esalk
only febß 83
DIAMONDS,WATCHES,
SILVEIVARE AIJIWILSY
For Bridal Presents. Send for illustmted
catalogue and price list to
* A. F. PICKERT,
may 23rd, ’B4. Atlanta, Ga.
LOKILLARD’S
MACCOBO7 SNUFF.
CAUTION TO CONSUMERS:
As many inferior imitations have appear
ed upon the market in packages so closely re
sembling ours as to deceive the unwary, we
would request the purchaser to see that the
red lithographed tin cans in which it is
packed always hear
Our Name and Trade-Mark.
In buying the imitation you pay ns much
for an inferior article as the genuine costs.
Be Sure to Obtain the Genuine.
LoffittarcTs Cl £ m at x:
BED TIN-TAG PLUG TOBACCO.
The Finest Sweet Navy Chewing
Tobacco Made.
The Genuine always bears a 'Red Tin-Tag
with our name thereon.
IWWA HE OF ALL IMITATIONS.
may Dili, ’£4. —3mo.
flllOilM,
AGENTS SOR
ECLIPSE ENGINES
Saw Mills, Planing Mills, Scpe
tors, Presses, Cotton Gins,
Condensers, Etc.
13?“Wo sell all of the above upon the
most favornblo terras, and ask the farmers
of Greene county when in need of anything
in this line to give ns your orders. We al
so have control of Morgan county south of
t he Georgia Railroad and solicit the trade
of this section.
W. A. KIMBROUGn & CO.,
feb. 29th, ’B3. — Greehesboro’, Ga.
GEORGIA liili SCiERILE.
GEORGIA RAILROAD COMPANY. )
Office of General Manager, >
Augusta, Ga.. Nov. 17, 1883 )
riOMMENCING SUNDAY, the l!)th insl.
the following Passenger Schedule will
be operated. Trains run by 90th meridian
time, 32 minutes slower than Augusta time:
FAST LIUEI
NO, 27. WEST DAILY, j NO. 28. EAST DAILY.
Lve Augusta 7:40 am ' Lve Atlanta 2:40 p m
Ar Athens 12:30 am I Ar Gr’nsbo’ 5:21 p m
“ Gr’nsbo’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.. 7 10 “ “ G’boro’. 12 09 p m
“ Mil’dge. 918 “ Ar Athens 445 pm
“Camak.l2 29 “ ArWash’t. 255 “
“ Wash’t.ll 20 “ “ C.ar.iak. 157 “
“ Athens. 905 “ “ Mil’dge. 449 “
Ar G’boro’. 215 pm “ Macon.. 645 “
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. 850 p m
Ar G’boro’. .1 44 a m Ar G’boro’ 146 a m
Ar Atlanta.. 640 “ Ar Augusta 610 a m
UTSUPERB 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, Berzetia, Harlem, Dearing, Thomson,
Camak, Crawfordville, Union Point,
Greenesboro, Madison, Rutledge, Social
Circle, CoviDgton, 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. DORSET,
General Passenger Agent,
ifNO. W. Gkeen, Gen’l Manager,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
BARD WARE!
cxa:-A-2^d3=io2tf
REAPERS & MOWERS,
Buckthorn Wire Fencing, Eureka Post
Hole Diggers, Ice Cream Freezers, Ma
han’s Vehicle Seat Sunshades, Fairm fin’s
Ice-Crushers, Sarven Patent Wheels, Car
riage Makers’ Supplies, Jacobs’ Patent
Wheelbarrows, Plain ami Stamped Tinware,
Kichardson’s Celebrated Handsaws, Fishing
Tackle and Seine Twines. A full line of all
kinds of Hardware. Write us for prices
before buying. No matter what others sell
at our prices are always lower.
Thorne Hardware Co*,
Broad St., Corner Jlth,
AUGUSTA, : : : GA.
2v£-A.C©2>T A First-class
COSICIJ.II Business Sctod.
nnFcpF~~ £^ua l °y NorlhorSouih
uULtLt a.. Send to r Ciiculars, free.
MACON, CA. Jvy. McKAV, • Principal.
CRAZY LATCH WORK.
Having a large assortment of remnants
and pieces of brocaded silks, satins and
velvets, we are putting them up in assorted
bundles and furnishing them for “Crazy
Patchwork” Cushions, Mats, Tidies, &c.,
&o. Package No. I—ls a handsome bun
dle of exquisite silks, satins and brocaded
velvets (all different). Just the thing for
the most superb patterns of fancy work.
Send postpaid for 58 cents in postal note or
1-cent stamps. Package No. 2—Contain
ing three times as much as paakage No. 1.
Send postpaid for SI.OO. Those are all of
the very finest quality and cannot be equall
ed at any other silk works in the U. S. at
three times our prices. They will please,
any lady. One order always brings a dozcqi
more. Ladies’ Manual of Fancy Won k jl
with 400 illustrations and full instructions
for artistic fancy work, handsomely bound,;
postpaid, 50 cts. Order now. Address,
The Uootiksteh Silk Cos.. Rochester, N.
Y. may 9th, ’Bl.—2mo.
The Model Soda W-ater Establishment of the South.
GINGER ALE, SODA WATER,
EQUAL TO ANY THAT IS IMPORTED.
—MAXIirACTURED AND FOR SALE BY —
VMM*
; : ’ 1348 818: AD ST., AUGUSTA, GA.
■ST’Oiriers filled promptly aud shipped by Express in Clinton's Patent Shipping
Cases. No goods misrepresented. feb29 83
G. H. U.
THE GREATEST ARTISTS OF THE
WORLD ACKNOWLEDGE TIIIfSU
PERIORIT Y OF THE PIANOS
AND ORGANS SOLD EY
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 & 0.
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
j scription: the latest Italian Strings.
! The Latest and Most Popular Sunday
School Book
“loii m praise;
LOWEST PRICES, at
G. O. ROBINSON & CO’S.,
i 831 BROAD STREET. AUGUSTA.
DEVOTED TO THE GENERAL' J'ELFARE OF.TIIE PEOPLE.
GREENESBORO, GEORGIA, Fill! : V MORNING, MAY 39£ 1831
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
DANGER!
Under the first impulses of the
moment wo will resort to all kinds
of remedies for
PILES,
making thorn worse by so many dif
ferent remedies. External reme
dies are known to relieve but noth
ing more, whereas by au internal
treatment we are relieved at once,
and cni’ed permanently. The
mira fin id.
for internal use is preparod ex
pressly for piles in their various
forms. Send for pamphlet, or ask
your druggist for it.
Schumann’s Pharmacy
ATLANTA GA.
may 2 84
tPIUM*™-,
-*• Atlanta, Ga.
AND Reliable evidence
wrrrriaur V” ivtm aud ref ercnea
Vv AJ, tv3 *V M. to cured patieuts &
physicians. Send for
_ i my book on the liab-
C U EE. it and its cure, free.
A REMARKABLE CURE!
IN WHICH
PHYSICIANS AMD SURGEONS DECIDED
TO USE THE KNIFE.
My wife and dmighter suffered for years with
nn affection of the throat, which was gradually
hftf stirely nnderminint? their health, ana was a
Source of anxiety t<* all of us. Two of the best
physicians of the city and also a surgeon were
raUod.in, and after a careful examination they
decided that there was no chauce of a oure un
less they would consent to mulcrpro a surgical
•operation. We were much opposed to the knife
until all other means had been ex
hausted. So, we boiran to use different throat
remeilie.B sold at drug stores. Wo finally /rot to
Browtr’s Funs Ilostorer. and tho effeow were
truly .Wonderful; and after a few pottles Jfert
been taken they were entirely relieved ofthe
trouble and their health fully restored., JU an/
of my family should ever bo similarly affected,
I weald, if necessary, travel around the world
iu orjdor to yet this remedy.
Macon,
Macon, Ga., August 15th, 1880.
With great pleasure i certify to, the efficacy
of tliat. truly excellent preparation— Brewer’s
Lung Kostorer. it has indeed,proven to boa
sovereign *eiricdy in*my family. For, many
months my Wife nas puffered from weak lunca,
and hfH texnerieneod great difficulty in breath
tyv ‘p i a hd. that suf could aT at
.A^ijc; *fifc als‘> iosi. hft- to, *.:(/. In fa ol,
her condition was truly alarming. Tho Lung
Restorer having been recommended by several
friends, I resolved to petit and test its virtues,*
which I did, aim with tho most happy effect.
She has taken but two bottles, and tfio result is
wonderful. She now exieriences no difficulty
in breathing, her appetite is good, and she is
rapidly regaining her strength, and I am con
vinced its continued use will effect a permanent
cure. I would, therefore, cheerfully recommend
it to all who have weak lungs, as it cannot fail
to be of great benefit to all who may give it a
trial. Yours truly,
GEO. W. SIMS.
The above testimonial was given in 1880. Hoar
what the same gentleman says after an interval
of four years:
“ 1 have had no cause to change my opinion
relative to tho efficacy of Brewer’s Lung Re
storer in cases of diseased lungs. The benefit,
derived by my wife from its use has been per
manent. My faith in its virtues is such that f
cheerfully recommend it to all who are afflicted
with pulmonary disease. Very respectfully,
GEO. W. SIMS.”
LAMAR, RANKIN, & LAMAR,
MACON, GA.
For sale by Copelan, Seals & Armor.
WOOD WORK,.
BLAGKSMITHIN6,
—AND—
General Reuairing,
J. 11, HOWELL k 1,
CREENESBORO. CA
\V r E have just opened business at the
' t Copelan Shops, in Grecncsboro, and
are 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.
"^7'^.C3-03SrS.
One-horse Wagons, S4O to $4.5. Two
horse Wagons, $62.50 to S7O.
J.M.HOWF.LL&SON,
GREENESBORO, GA.
I Till fin Send six cents for postage an<l
A IJII I|l receive free, a costly box of
(1 | n /f| goods which will help all. of
1 sfcx > to more money
right away than anything else
in this world. Fortunes await the workers ab
solutely sure. At once address True .t Cos.
Augusta, Maine. mch. 7 ’B4
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.
WEDDING
Presents in large variety in Solid Silverware
and Jewelry. Send for illustrated Catalogue.
•i J. P. STEVENS & co.,
Atlanta. Ga*
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
GREENE M NTY
SHERIFF! SALES.
WILL be sold Tuesday iu
June, 1834, hef(’i‘hi' court-house
door in Greenes! torn, Cq'sC'ie cfMnly, Geor
gia, within the legal li<w> pf sale, to the
highest bidder for cash ’be following pro
perty, to-wit: S’
One tract of land, cfj^*i n ' n S 200 acresj
more or less, ad,joinii,fW nn ds of V. D.
Gresham, J. T. GreshaA* ” i£l Armstrong
and others. Levied property of
W. 11. Crawford, to satisfy * mortgage fi. fa
issued from Greene StiiA'V 11 ' Court in favor
of A. W. Foster & -Co. pj 'V. 11. Craw-;
ford. 'Written notice gi ’y. tenant..
O. Mq. VN, Sheriff.
May Ist, 1884. . u 1
GREENE SHED,
■Will be sold in Grot •' ■*' '•fore the
Court IToiide, on the j/Sfsday in June
next, Itctwcen tlie lega *mmol’ sale the
following property to-wis j
Two mules, one bay kf'se, fine sow and
8 pigs, 8 shoats, 6 cows a\- calves, 8 year
lings and 21 sheet). Lewi on as the prop
erty of L. B. Willis t< Jatisty a Superior
Court fl fa in favor of JjH'l F. Thornton,
Ordinary, for use of Ltrtkcr T. Sanders vs.
Lewis B. Willis et nl. fw i
J, ; HALL, D. S.. i
April 30, 1884.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
LAND ’1
WUfflfiWiCl
3 '
———a*
THE undersigned bar f :gt.ijkd art agency
at Gretnesboro’, Gat,(for the purchase
and sate of Heal Estate. Parties having
lands for sale can have thep advortised
FREE OF CHARGE!
and desiring til purchase Land,
Houses add Lota, or anyhticr kirfd of Real
Estate, ‘would do well to: apply to the un
dersigned. No charge unless sale iB effect
ed. Very respectfully, A
JONES & KNOWLES,
RteAL ESTATE AGENTS,
GREEN EBBO3P, GA.
uiiiiiiiHiHimnrmißnTimnimni
Tell the children tout out land save £ho comic
eilhouotto pictures aa tliey appear from iasuo to
issue. They will betteaei- with tho collection.
Jb
This space is owned by
BLACKWELL'S BULL.
Of course we mean the tmrna animal appearing
on the label of overy ponuino package of Black
well's Bull Dnrham BmoMngr Tobaoeo. Every
dealer koeps this, the beat Smoking Tobacco made.
Hone genuine without trade-mark of the null.
mniimiHiminiiHHiiiiiiiiiinmn
WOMAN.
Her Health and Happiness are Mat
ters of Great Concern to all
Mankind.
Near Marietta, Ga.
Some months ago I bought a bottle of Dr.
J. Bradflrild’s Female Regulator, and used
it in my family with great satisfaction. 1
have recommended it to three families, and
they have found it to he just what is claimed
for it. The families who have used it are
now in perfect health and able to attend to
their household duties.
Rev. H. B. Johnson.
State of Georgia, Titonr Cnijnty.
I liaye examined the recipe Of Joseph
Bradfield, and pronounce it to be a combi
nation of medicines of great merit iu tlie
treatment of all diseases of females for
which be recommends it.
Wm. P. Beasley, M. D.
Dit. J. Bradfield: Dear Sir —My daugh
ter has been suffering for many years with
that dreadful affliction known as Female
Disease, which has cost me many dollars,
and notwithstanding I had the best medical
attendance, could not find relief. I have
used many other kinds ot medicines without
any effect. I had just about given her up,
was out of heart, but happened iu the store
of W. W. Eckler several weeks since, and
he, knowing of my daughter’s affliction, per
suaded me to buy a bottle of your Female
Regulator. She began to improve at once.
I was so delighted with its effects that 1
bought several more bottles of It; and,
knowing what I do about it, if to-dav one
of my Family was suffering with that awful
disease, I would have it if it cost SSO a bot
tle, for I can truthfully say it has cured my
daughter sound and well; mvself and wife
do most heartily recommend vour Female
Regulator to be just what it is represented
to be.
Respectfully, H. D. FEATHERSTON.
Treatise on the Health and Happiness of
Woman mailed free.
The Bradfield Regulator Cos.,
Box 28, Atlanta, Ga.
—Montgomery Oil Works, Montgomery,
Ala., Sept. 28, 1883. Messrs. Haile &
Mower, Atlanta—Dear Sirs: Send me half
dozen bottles Mandrake and Buchu. It is
the best medicine in the world. If its
virtue was kuown to all, as by accident it is
known to my family, what suffering would
he relieved and what benefactors you would
'be to the world. Yours truly, W. P. Tan
ner, Treasurer.
SELECTED POETRY.
WIIAT HE SAID.
Oh, yes. I’ll tell you the storv
The very wonts that he saiil.
Yon see the supper was cooking,
And I waa slicing some bread,
And Richard came into the imnLry;
His face was exceedingly red.
Ho opened his half-shut fingers, s.
And give me it glimpse of it ring;
And then—oh, yes, t remember,
jMittffUc begau to sing.
Ancrßj(toy eame in with her baby—
The cuni+ingtst fat of a thing,
|aßß thfi biscuits Were out in a minute.
?iWwell, what came next ? Let me see.
Oh ’ Fanny-was there with the baby.
And-we all sat down to tea.
And grandma looked over her glasses
Bo queer at Richard aud,me.
But it -.vasiVt t.pi
That he'.tuid w’a'at ite had to say.
How was it ? Oh, Fanny had taken
The baby and gone away— i
The funniest rogue of a fellow-*
He had anew tooth that day. A '
We were standing tinder the
And Richard said something h Y
Bttt I was tired aud flustered, 4 ft
Anti trembled I almost know;
t For lted is the hardest of milker) /
f And Brindle's so horribly slot
A; ' 4 \
And that—lot nie see— where wa ‘ j
Oh, the stars grew thick o’erli; I
And we two stood under the pin;. (
Till the chickeus flew up to lted/'*
Well, he loved me, and we arc to be mar
ried—
And that is—about what he said.
—Syracuse Horaul.
UNCL-E PETER’S IDEAS.
Hi. GIVES'US A LITTLE PHI
LOSOPHY.
HE THINKS THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT AS
NEIGHBORLY AS THEY USED TO JSE,
AND RIGHTLY ATTRIBUTES IT TO
THEIR POVERTY.
Special Correspondence Home Journal.
Nineteen years can change things
considerably. Most all the people
that were wealthy then are our
poorer classes to-day. It is better
to have a change occasionally to
the poor laborer stand on the
top round long to drop a
nickle in the bank, and shake hands
with fortune; for the first thing he
knows someone else supersedes and
down he tumbles, and halloes out,
“Bloke ! Gone! Catch me !” and
some other.fallow jumps up aud
takes his place and gives him a kick
4 r, w,n t'if* ;<taotJ*:<wsr to -tee
if his nock m broken, ’it's a lair
game of “Jack-in-the-bush.” When
one fellow gets all his uabor’s dimes
ho is ready then to quit the game
with the Jack and his nabor gets
the bush. After he has skinned
his hands shaking them, perhaps
he may get up half-way again be
fore he dies, and leave just enough
property to have a. fuss over and
finally some lawyer gobbles it all
up and his children start from the
bottom again. So, it’s a turn-about
game, and we all get a chance at
it. #
In war times wo had no rivals of
this kind to contend with. The
rich man stayed at home and kept
getting richer by cultivating his
lands with negro slaves, while the
poor man fought the enemy to pre
vent the emancipation of the rich
man’s slaves. Many a poor fellow’s
blood went out through the painful
wounds for a pitiful sum of money
paid by the more fortunate rich
men of the country. These poor
fellows, who starved and suffered
in the ranks as common soldiers,
fought bravely, but they never re
ceived any recompense or reward
for their gallantry, nothing except
the earnest prayers and agonizing
tears of a devoted mother, or the
heart-throbs of a loving sister. But
this is all passed and we all stand
on the same platform now. The
war is over now, and it’s been over
for a good while. The click of the
batten, as it beat time to the hum
of the shuttle back and forth, has
ceased to cheer the desolate hours,
the indigo barrels have fallen down
with their staves scattered here and
there like blue streaks of past re
membrances. No more the screech
of the reel to wind the bobbin for.
the webs of home-made cloth is
heard. Mr. Sherman is quiet now
at the capital and perhaps will nev
er tread the banks of Oconee river
again.
We long for the peace of war,
because pa used to make us turn
the grindstone till our head felt as
largo as a nail-keg ; churn indigo
with a basket until we were blue
from the crown of our head to the
end of our toes; clean out his shop
and kill fleas with the clawhammer;
and chop wood to cook yeast bis
cuits with; and drive up the cows,
and hundreds of other things.
Among all the chores on my daily
rounds I most heartily enjoyed dri
ving up the cows. We would steal
our way secretly along and when
pa wasn’t looking we would nab
the nearest bovine by the project
ing bunch of hair in the rear and
jerk it across a neighboring black
jack trunk and such another twist
ing and jumping I have never seen
since. We were anxious to reverse
this line of business and catch on
to something more profitable; and
sure enough we caught it, for when
the war closed we were large enough
to drive the plow, aud pa drove us,
too, because he had the “dry grins*’
over losing his Confederate bonds,
and he wanted to make it back be
fore the boys got free, be said. We
don’t know whether he ever realized
his entire losses or not. One thing
we do know,the boys have never
been free. . People are more selfish
and Arrogant now than they were
during war times. They think
there is nobody but myself to care
for, and I’m going to see that he
fares well if it ruins somebody else.
People used to visit each other and
enjoy it, hut we are toe poor now
to have to feed a nnbot on West
jM£.’i*dons, anq r.wy/jthK'ra .on
time,
his own domicile th his own
bread and victuals, and allows Ill's
nabor the same privilege. Aint we
happy ?
The war scourged us. It made
the people less independent-look
ing. TheD everybody had enough to
eat, and didn’t hanker around every
spring trying to get somebody to
run ’em, and somebody else to
stand for ’em. Polks were in bet
ter circumstances iu three years
after the war than they are to*day.
The credit system had not demor
alized the trade and people had
more confidence in each other and
lived more like nabors. Cotton was
on a boom at twenty-five ceuts a
pound aud the poor men and sol
diers who were then destitute found
shelter behind tbeir labor, and the
floating currency of greenbacks
paid for it. How many of the peo
ple who owned comfortable homes
three years after the surrender own
them to-day ? More than two
thirds the supposed land holders
in Georgia are behind, and their
lands pawned for supplies and per
haps will never be redeemed by
the owners again. There is a
greater contest between the South
ern people, within themselves than
ever existed between the North and
South, and if our folks kuew who
to hit there would be some pugna
cious fisting done. Bat they don’t
know who to collar because they
are all in fault, so they are quiet.
The merchant once took a man’s
word for a bill of goods to be fur
nished, hut now he takes a bill of
fcuJ. j’fta Ris landa,'stock, y*£e cpd
children, and then he feels a kind
of uneasiness, because for fear
may be his customer might give
some other fellow the same show
ing, or take a homestead and for
ever shut him up. The farmer com
plains about these enormous per
cents'the merchants put on their
goods, and say they cheat him out
of his money. He can just exactly
size his pile and rakes it all over
in his money-box, and then makes
out a note for the remaining sum
due and gets a justice of the peace
to witness liis signature with a
.slight mortgage on his land to make
the thing secure and the poor fel
low can’t help himself and he gets
mad enough to bite a nail rod in
two, but tries to console himself
with the language of the poet where
he says,
“I would not live always,' I ask not stav.
Where storm after storm rises dark o’er the
way.”
But lie does stay, and continues
to buy guano and raise cotton and
hire negroes, and feed them on this
Western corn and meat, till finally
he is soaked up and some other
feller buys him out of the chain
gang and takes up his accounts as
they fall due, takes his family over
to look at their new homo and al
lows the former owner to stay a few
days to board out a little difference
then tosses him out to pick him
self up somewhere else on the face
of the earth. This is what the cred
it system has done for us.
Youftg people have changed too.
It takes a sharp look out to keep
up with ’em now. Young men
didn’t used to go to see a girl, a
whole lifetime before be popped
the question, to his “shining par
ticular” and she wasn’t six months
suspending him on probation, keep
ing him out of the presence of an
earthly heaven until he had the
heart-ache. When she said “yes,”
she stuck to it, and didn’t flirt with
her admirer; if she said “no,” he
didn’t shoulder up his carpet sack
and start off for Texas or Arkan
sas for a relief to his enamored de
sires, but tried another till some
girl said yes. The old colored
blacksmith used to sing us a little
rhyme in years gone by that we
still remember, in these words;
“Peter reeter, punkin eater,
Had a wife and couldn’t keep her.
He put her in a punkin shell
And there he kept her very well.”
And we guess if we had one we
would now have to adopt this plan
for girls are as fickle as the men are
and ready to elope with some other
fellow for a change. They say that
we are progressing, and "we" hope
it is true. Georgia could be oue
of the most independent states in
the Union if our people would lay
aside the credit system and restore
confidence. Cease to buy provis-
TERMS s—s 2 GO per Aitnrini; In Advance.
WHOLE NUMBER 572 j
ionß and raise them at home. This
is what will make any country pro
gressive and prosperous.
“Uncle Peter.’’
—— —L— "
HELPING THE EXPOSITION
- AT NEW ORLEANS.
The bill loaning one million dol
lars to the World’s Industrial and
Cotton Centennial Exposition at
New Orleans has been passed by
Congress, will doubt ess he signed
by the President. The money is
to be paid by the Treasurer of the
Uunited States rn.certain stipula
ted sums on the. draft of the presi
dent treasurer .of the Exposi
tion, >ar4 on the assurance of tho
snbsjsrpiion of five hundred thoiis
atxl MjMrfL by, tire ’ older*.
Tib this fatter is
to boTUcreased a million
and one hundred thousand dollars
have been subscribed by the city
of New Orleans, the enterprise
starts with two million, one hun
dred thousand dollars. In the case
of the Centennial Exhibition at
Philadelphia Congress appropria
ted two millions, the city of Phila
delphia a million and- a half and
the State of Pennsylvania one mil
lion dollars—more than double the
sum subscribed for New Orleans.
The New Orleans Exposition has
the advantage of general populari
ty at the outset, which the Phila
delphia enterprise lacked ; it will
also benefit by all preceding expe
rience, aud this is worth consider
able money to its management. The
Atlanta Cotton Exposition resulted
in widely extending the trade in
Northern machinery and agricul
tural implements, and stimulated
invention in the direction of the
production and handling of cotton.
The display at New Orleans—to
which that at Atlanta will have
been as a Constantinople bazaar to
the groat Russian fair at Nijoi-
Novgorod—should enormously in
fluence commerce, manufactures
and agriculture throughout, the en
tire South. It is a praiseworthy un
dertaking, and Congress has done
well to aid in forwarding it—New
York Herald.
f CHANGED RELATIONS. .
' > t
“Now that we are engaged,” said
Miss 'Pcttk.iyoith. “come ,und let
the introdueo/yoti kVp'.pa^j 1 b
“I believe that I have ipSTlmn,
replied young Spickle.
“But in another capacity than
that of son-in-law.”
“Yes—er, but I rather not meet
him to-night.”
“Oh, you must,” and despite the
almost violent struggles of the
young fellow lio was drawn into
the library, where a large, red-faced
man, with a squint in one eye and
an enlargement of nose, sat look
ing over a lot of papers.
“Father,” said the girl.
•‘Hum,” he replied, without look
ing up.
“I wish to present to you—”
“What!” he exclaimed, looking
up and catching a sight of vonng
Spickle. “Have yon the impudence
to follow me here? Didn’t I tell
yon I would see you to-morrow ?”
“Why, father, you don’t know
Mr. Spickle, do you ?”
“I don’t know his name, but I
know that he has been to my office
throe times a day for the last week
with a bill. I know him well enough.
I can’t pay that bill to-night young
man. Come to my office to-mor
row.”
“I hope,” said Spickle, “that you
do not think so ill of me. I have
not come to collect the bill you
have referred to, but—”
‘ What! Got another one ?”
“You persist in misunderstand
ing me. I did not come to collect
a bill. 1 can come to-morrow and
see about that. To-night I pro
posed to your daughter and have
been accepted. Our mission is to
acquaint you with the fact and gain
you conseut to our marriage.”
“Well,” said the old fellow, “is
that all? Blamed if I didn’t think
you had a bill. Take the girl, if
that’s what you want. But say
didn’t I tell you to bring that bill
to-morrow ?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Well, you needn’t. Our rela
tions are different now. Wish I
had a daughter for every bill col
lector in town.”
—No doubt, there is a profound
satisfaction in the thought that the
good we do will live after us. We
may rejoice also at the benefit
the world derives (o-day from the
good deeds of those who are dead
and gone. But set up this sort of
immortality as a substitute for the
personal immortality which Chris
tianity promises, to praise it as a
nobler object of aspiration, to try
to appease the longing of the hu
man heart with the prospect it
offers, it is all in vain. Conscious
life after death is the immortality
which man longed for in ages past,
longs for to-day, and will always
long for. Science may doubt and
philosophy deny.