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lie (iitccusuttto Stoll, (ESTABLISHED IN THE TEAR 180'V ,r " C. HEARD,} PROPRIETOR. j VOL. XIX. WONDERFUL BEING. A Riddle for the Little Folks. God made Adam out of tlie dust, But thought it best to make me first; So I was made before the man, To answer His most holy plan. My body He did make complete, But without either hand or feet; My ways and actions did control, Yet I was made without a soul. A living being I became, And Adam first gave me a name; Then from his presence I withdrew And more of Adam never knew.j I did my Maker’s law obey, From them never went astray ; Thousands of miles I ran in fear, And seldom on the earth appear. But God in me some power did see, And put a living soul in me; A soul from me my God did claim And took from me that soul again. And when from me that soul had fled, I was the same as when first made; And without hands, or feet or soul, I travel now from pole to pole. I labor hard both day and night. To fallen man I give much light; Thousands of people young and old, Will by my death great light behold. No fear of death doth trouble me, For happiness I can not see; To Heaven I shall never go, Or to the grave, or hell below. The Holy Scriptures you believe, But right or wrong, I can’t conceive; Although my name is in them found, It is to me an empty sound. A solution of the above riddle is found in the 12tli chapter of St. Matthew. Temperance Column. —Did you ever stop to think what the liquor shops |cost you ? The ra tio of crime in States where liquor is allowed by law to be sold is one hun dred per cent, greater than in States blessed with the prohibition law. — For all this crime the good people are taxed. Then think what it costs others —the broken-hearted wives, the orphan children. Added to all this, think of the lost souls of the 3,000 men whom whisky kills every day in the year in this country alone. During the war, when there was a battle in which three thousand were slain, the whole land mourned, but here is an enemy who slays that num ber every day, and patriots and Christians stand around with folded arms asking in a half-hearted way, “What can we do ?” —Ex. WHAT THE JUDGE SAID. In sentencing a murderer to death, Judge Johnson, of California, made use of the following language :J “Nor shall the place be forgotten in which occurred the shedding of blood. It was one of the thousand ante chambers of hell, which mar, like plague spots, the fair face of our State. “You need not be told that I mean a tippling shop —the meeting place of Satan’s minions, and the foul cess pool, which, by spontaneous gener ation, breeds and matures all that is loathsome and disgusting in profani ty, and babbling, and vulgarity, and Sabbath breaking. I would not be the owner of a groggery for the price of this globe converted into precious ore. For the pitiful sum of a dime he furnished the poison which made the deceased a fool and this trembling culprit a demon. How paltry a sum for two lives! This traffic is tolera ted by law, and therefore the vender committed an act not cognizable by earthly tribunals, but in the sight of Him who is unerring in wisdom, he who deliberately furnishes the intox icating draught which inflames men into violence and anger and blood shed, is part kept criminis in the mor al turpitude of the deed. Is it not high time these sinks of vice and crime should be held rigidly account able to the laws of the land; and placed under the ban of an enlight ened and virtuous public opinion.” — Ex. THE BIBLE TESTED. Suppose, for example, all the good people of this town should try the Bible, say for a single year. Suppose you should start to-night, and say, “We have heard about that book,and now we will begin and practice its teachings just one year.” What would be the result? There would be no lying, no stealing, no selling rum, no getting drunk, no tattling, no mischief-making, no gossiping, no vice nor debauchery. Every man would be a good man, every woman a good woman; every man w r ould be a good husband, father or brother; every woman a good wife, mother or sister; every one in the community would be peaceable; there would be no brawls, no quarrels, no fights, no lawsuits; lawyers would almost starve to death, doctors would have light practice, and plenty of time to hoe in their gardens; courts would be useless, jails and lock-up empty, almshouses cleared out of their in mates, except a few old stagers left over from the past generation ; taxes would be reduced, hard times would trouble nobody —all would be well dressed and well cared for ; and pre sently the news would go abroad, and they should hear in Boston, “What wonderful times they are having up there in old Spencer. The people have all gone to living ac cording to the Bible.” The news would get into all the local papers, the New York papers, the telegraph wires would be kept busy with the news; they would hear of it in Cleve land, in Cincinnati, in Chicago, in St. Louis, in Non Bedford, and Fall River, and Portland; and the re porters would start out to investigate. One would be inquiring: “Arethere any houses to let in Spencer ? any to sell ? any building lots? any farms for sale ?” Capitalists would come here ; some man from Boston would say/ : “I am going to move to Spen cer. lam sick of the noise and hur ry of the city, and I want a place where I can bring up my children, and not have them go to perdition ;” there would be a general rush from all quarters to Spencer. It would raise the price of real estate twenty five per cent, in six months; taxes would come down, property would go up, and good people from far and near would want to move into town, and nobody who was worth having there would want to move out. And this would be the direct result of reading and obeying this book. Now if a book will do all that for a com munity, what kind of a book is it? Is such a book the Lord’s book or the Devil’s book ? It seems to me that a book which will do such work as that, must be the Book of God, in spired by the very breath of the Al mighty.—H. L. Hosting’s Lecture. SELECTIONS. AMENDIN6 THE RAILROAD LAWS. Referring to a quotation which the Constitution recently made from the editorial columns of the Sparta Ish maelite, and to some remarks of our own, in regard to the cautious cam paign, which has for its object the practical destruction of the railroad commission, the Macon Telegraph hastens to say that so far as it is con cerned or informed, there is no pur pose in contemplation, and it further says that its position in the discus sion enables it to speak with some de gree of positiveness. It gives us great pleasure to learn that the people of Georgia are to be allowed to have their way in this im portant matter ; but, if our contem porary will pardon us for referring to what must now be out of date and forgotten, since it is at least a week old, we desire to call its attention to the fact that while its statements are in favor of a modification of the law under which the commission operates, its arguments are all in the direction of a repeal. The arguments are to the effect that (1) the law shows the people of the suite to be hostile to the railroads, Devoted to the Cause of Truth and Justice, and the Interests of liio People. GREENES BOBO’, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1884. and (2) that the existence of the law is an obstinate difficulty in the way of further railroad developments in Georgia. The Islmmelite has already made sufficient reply to these, but there are so many variations of the obvious answer that we may be ex cused for briefly touching upon some of them. In the first place, the law simply deals with the railroads as with its own citizens. The law is special be cause the circumstances which made it necessary were extraordinary—im possible to deal with, in fact, under the usual forms and by the usual methods. The law says to one citi zen that he shall not interfere with the rights of other citizens. It says to the ralroads that they shall not discriminate or overcharge or employ their extraordinary powers to the detriment of the public or any part of the public. In neither case is the law hostile. It restrains and controls where control is necessary. With respect to the argument that the railroad laws of Georgia, or the attitude of the commission operating under it, will prevent further rail way development, it may be said that those who employ it assume to speak from behind the veil of proph ecy. There is no warrant for it. The future is to be judged only by the past. It is enough to say that neither the railroad law of the state nor the commission has stood in the way of railway development thus fa/. It might be claimed even that they had fostered it; for the facts a/e that during the period since the com mission was established more miles of railway have been constructed in Georgia than during any period cov ering the same number of years in the state’s history. Moreover, there is not a state in'the union where the railroads are more prosperous, or railway stocks are more profitable and valuable. We a-e glad to be informed by the Telegraph that the campaign, the va rious developments of which have bean carefully noted by the public, is merely to amend the law where the commissioners might desire it to be amended. For this purpose a campaign is unnecessary; for any other purpose a campaign would be futile. — Ishmaelite. WILD BILL TALKS TO THE QUAKER INDIAN COMMISSIONER. Eli Perkins. “Go on with the account of the thunder shower,” said the Quaker 1 clergyman. “Well, as I was telling you,” said Wild Bill, placing his pistol in his pocket and looking the Quaker Indi an Commissioner straight in the face like a truthful man. “I say, as I was telling you, I seen clouds making to north’ard and I knowed it was go ing to settle in for thick weather. I told my son to look out, and in less than half an hour there broke the doggondist storm I ever seed. Rain! Why, gentlemen, it rained so hard into the muzzle of my gun that it busted the darn thing at the breech! Yes, sir. And the water began to rise on us, too. Talk about your floods, down South ! Why, gentle men, the water rose so rapidly in my house that it flowed up the chimney and streamed 300 feet up in the air! We got it both ways that trip, up and down !” “Do we understand thee is rela ting facts within the scope of thine own experience ?” demanded the cler gyman, with his mouth wide open. “Partially mine and partially my son’s,” answered the truthful Bill. “He watched it go up, and I watch ed it come down ! But you can get some idea of how it mined, when I tell you that we put out a barrel without any heads into it, and it rain ed into the bunghole of the barrel faster than it could run out at both ends!” “Which of you saw that, thee or thy son ?” inquired a clergyman. “We each watched it together, my son and me,” returned Wild Bill, “till my son got too near the barrel and was drowned. Excuse these tears, genslemen, but I can never tell about that storm without crying.” “Verily the truth is sometimes stranger than fiction,” said the cler gy .nan. “Verily it is.” GEN. LEE DECLINED TO SELL HIS FAME, Gen. Lee, says a Washington let ter to the Sun, at the close of the war, received innumerable oilers to engage in commercial enterprises. Insurance companies, railroads, and many large corporations at the .South were anxious to pay him any salary he might demand solely for the use of his name without any labor on his part, or the incurring of any re sponsibility whatever. A commit raittee of Englishmen, with the Duke of Sutherland and Mr. Beresford Hope at the head, offered him in fee a splendid estate in one of the mid land counties cf England, coupled with a guarantee of an income of £5,000 a year as long as he lived. He gratefully declined all of these oilers, and accepted the Presidency of Washington and Lee University, at a salary of $3,000 a year. Here he earned his living as the hardest worker in a hard working faculty, in training the youth of the country, up to the very hour of the paralytic stroke which immediately preceded his death. Gen. Lee left three sons. They too, received many offers of a similar kind, and likewise declined them. Two of these sons are now prosper ous planters in Virginia. The third succeeded his father in the Presiden cy of Washington and Lee Universi ty, and has filled the position with credit for the last thirteen years. The true American spirit shines in Gen. Lee’s example, the spirit which prompted Washington and his Gener als when they retired from the pub lic service enriched only with the re collection of their great achievement, and scorning to make merchandise of then- fame. GEN. JACKSON AND THE FRENCHMAN. On the morning of the Btli, j ust before the commencement of the fighting, as Gen. Jackson was surveying the line of the battle, a wealthy French merchant of New Orleans drove up to the line and requested an inter view with the General. On reaching his presence Jackson demanded of the Frenchman the object of his visit. “I come,” said he, “to demand of you the return to the city of my cot ton which you have taken to make your breast-works.” “Ah,” said Old Hickory, “can you point out the particular bales that are your property?” “Omi, Monsieur ccrtainement, zat is my cotton and zat is my cotton and zat is my cotton,” pointing to many bales in the near vicinity. “Well,” said Old Hickory, “if that is your property you have just come in time to protect and defend it” and calling a corporal he ordered him to bring a spare musket and giving it to the Frenchman, he told him to stand and defend his p -operty. At an order to shoot the fellow down if he attempted to run. There is no doubt but that the Frenchman was glad his cotton was there to protect him from the Brit ish bullets. —Wilmington Review. The Moravians have just boon cel ebrating their 426th anniversary. This leaves the Edinburgh tercenten ary far in the rear. The Moravians claim to be the oldest Protestant sect in Christendom. They are able to go back to the year 1457. Japan has at present 155 miles of road —from Yokohama to Tokio, 18 miles; Kobe to Otsu, 58 miles; Tsongara, in the province of Oomi, to Sekiganra, in the Province of Mi no, 41 miles. There is besides in course of construction a road to unite Mayc-bashi to Tokio, a dis tance of 81 miles. The Washington monument has reached the height of 436 feet. It is now 10 feet higher than St. Michael’s tower, Hamburg, and 20 feet higher than Salisbury spire, in England, it still lacks 23 feet of the height of St Steven’s tower in Vienna. There are only six structures in the world higher than the present height of the monument. BflL.Xew lot of those popular Cape May Hats, lace collars, Jersey collars, Dorn Net, Pompous,Lilies of the Val ley and Wheat, just opened in our Millinery department.-Copelau,Seals ifr Armor. Absolutely PureJ This Powder never varies. A mar vel of purity, strengtn and whole someness.—More coo lomieal than the ord’uw kinds and era not lie sold in competition with the multitude of low Lest, short weight, Hum or phos phate powders. Sold only in cans. - Rovai. I!aki.v; Powder Cos., 106 Wall-st., N. Y. april 1, ’B4 WMmtaVrZlf' 1 An entirely New and positively elTcctive *1? . I Remedy for the speedy and permanent curt of Seminal Kmiusiona and Impotency by the only tioa way, via., Direct Application to the principal Seat of the IMaeaec. Tbs QM of tbs remedy u attended with no pain or inconvenience, and dnef not Interfere with the ordinary pursuits of lifts. Tine mode of treatment hae ftieod the test in very errer# cm#, anil is now a pronounced aueoees. Thera la no nonaenaa about thia preparation. Practical observation onablea ua to positively guarantee that it will give perfect eatiifaction. It it con ceded by the Medical I‘refrsaion to bo the moat rational mean* yet dlaeow trod of roaohing and curing this very prevalent trouble. The Remedy la rut ap ia neat Ixnti, of tine* nice. No. I (lasting a month), 13; H". 2 (nKiltat • elTeet a pevtnrnent .mo, uklms in *ev*ie |.'i; No. 1 (luting e'tr thiee axi.it*. will etop eimuioa* *nd rutere in the woret raue). |7. feat by a.*.l. aaaUd ia tdain wrappers. fa* dinxdiiiu* for using accompany each Imv. (dead foe e Deecriptic* Famphlrt giving Aoetemicel ftluMratlana, whl-K vinca the aoo*t •k*|>t*.*l that thay can be restored to pvifoot manhaoJ, and |i- ■ tad ft* the dtitle* of life, aam* ea if never .Reeled, Svnl eaalad far atamp. J HARRIS REMEDY CO. WlF’fl CHEMISTS. Mhrkcl and Mth Htrcet*. HT. LOlllß r MO. _! J,MIGHT & Cos., 237 Sixth Street, Louisville, Ky., MANUFACTURERS OF SADDLES, HARNESS, COLLARS, Etc., Elc., Etc, We make a specialty of First-ClnsS Hand-made Work. Our house is head quarters for ; GATHRIGHT’S PATENT MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SADDLES. GATHRIGHT’S PATENT HAR NESS, SADDLES, etc. * CASH DEALERS will”find it to their interest to see our stock and get prices be fore buying. n0v.2,1883 — MOsTnriwr?T A “ fit-r ieiiuißrtU u ’l[ l huve cx* and Tl? ffC^m-rvousihdiili " * B ty, or prema ture decay, know that iii this supreme tonic and alterative there exists a spe cific principle which reaches the very source of trouble, and effects an al<>- lute and permanent cure. For sale !>y all Druggists and Dealers generally. June (i, 1884. Riverside, Cnl. The drr climate enme. wofie. Throat. Lungs, full Idea, 30 p., route, cost. free. MAWGESpf know, Cloth and guilt bindingso cts,paper 26c,MY*r- ’ ringe Guide, 144 p 15o.eeut sen led. money or stps.by l | |DB. WHITTIER (The groat specialist. Nervous Debility, Impediments ►to Marriage, Consultation nnd I’umphlet free, T3E PARLOR RESTAURANT. MAIN STREET OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE GREENESBORO’, G Meals at. all hours. Oysters in any style at 2C> cts, per plate. Everything neat and orderly. Fresh fish and oysters on sale. 1., C CATLIN February 1, 1881. ogh-Otir stock of spring Clothing is now complete, and without doubt is the most attractive assortment we have ever before offered. We can sell you a Suit from 10 to 20 fu r cent, cheaper than you can buy it in Au gusta or Atlanta. We mean exactly 1 what we say, and you have only to call and have us show you through,to be convinced. — opelan, Seals & Ar mor. /gsr “'free i SELF-CURE ESSS* A favorite prescription of one of tt most noted and successful specialists in (now retired)for the cure of Nen'OHHDebility Lost Manhood, Weakness an.*. Decay. Sep In plain scaled envelope/re**. Druggists can fllll' Address DR. WARD A CO. Louisiana. Mo Bay-Just opening this week, a 'choice line of gents and ladies Shoes and Hats. —T. M. Bryan. Georgia Railroad Cun, Office Gfincfal Manager, Aro user a, Clin'., April 6th, 1884.' Commencing Suudny, Gtli inst., Tasscngcr Trains will fun as folio i sV WJuTmins run by 00th meridian time,'32 minutes slower than Augusta time FAST LINT Iv .Yo. 27. Leave Augusta, . . 7:40 a. m. Arrive Athens, . . 12:30 a. m. Loave (irecncsboro’ . . 10:1G a, m. Arrive at Atlanta, . . 1:00 p. in. i\o. I, West- IlnSly Leave Augusta 10:30 a. m. Leave Macon 7.10 a. m. Leave Milledgeville 9:10 a. m. Leave C'amak 12:20 a nf. Leave Washington 11:30 a. m. I.cavo Athens 0:35 n. m. Arrive ni Orccnesboro’ 2;lfi p. m. Arrive Gainesville, 0:15 p. in. Arrive at Atlanta 6:45 p. m Yo. :t, West—Holly Leave Augusta 0.00 p m Leave Macon, 7:10 p m Leave Milledgeville 9:15 p m Lcnvc GrcencsboiV 1:48 pfh Arrive Atlanta tklOat# JQrPuperb Sleepers to Augusta and Atlanta. Train No. 27 will stop at and receive passengers to ami from the following Sta tions, only,— llerzelia, Ilarlcin, Dewing, Thomson, Camnk, Crawfordville/ Union Point, Greencsboro’, Madison, liullcdge, Social Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stone Mountain and Decatur. Train No. 284 will stop at, and receive passengers to and from tho following Stations, only—lSeriiclla, Harlem, Hearing, Thomson, Clunk, Crawfordville, Union Point, Greinesboro’, Madison, Hutledgc, Social Circle, Covington, Conyers, Sfons Mountain and Decatur. The Fast Line has Thfo'tigli Sleepers from Atlanta to Charleston, and connects fef all points West and North west, East and Southeast. General Passenger Agent. J. W. Green, Genoral Manager. JONN C. FERRIS. CIIAS. 11. FERRIS: FERRIS & SON, Merchant Tailors* 320 lirbdd Street; Ootober 20, 1883— PLOWS. CUTLERY; LOCKS, IJINGES. BELTING, SCALES, And Agricultural Implements OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. AT LOWEST PRICES ! f IIENItY P. MOORE* September 28, 1883— AUGUSTA , GJ. Assignee’s Sale! • THE ENTIRE STOCK OF CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, WAG ONS, SADDLES, HARNESS. LEATHER, etc., AT THE OLD STAND OF XL H. MAY & Cos., WILL BE OFFERED FOR TI1& NEXT TlllftTt DAYS A* Greatly Reduced Prie&s ! ! I HE above Goods are all clean, fresh slock, made by the Best Manufacturers in the* United Stales, and comprise the well known makes of Stiidebaker, Wilburn and Stan-' dard Plantation tVagons, all sires. Best quality of Open and Top Buggies, j’hielona; Victorias and Extension Top C'abrioletlcs, made in the Northern and Eastern Slates;! also seventy-five Open Top and Top Buggies of Cinein’rtati Work, Spring Wagon* and Road Carts,- .A. Large Stock Of Single and Rouble Harness, Sc age Harness, Plow Gear, Ifnmes, Traces, Col lars, Bits, Bnckles, Plow Bridles, Umbrellas, Whips, Horse Blankets, Lap Robes, etc., etc. heather end Rubber Belting, all sizes. Calf Skips, Sole Leather, Bhe? Findings, Ifemp, Jute, Seap' Stone and Gum Packing, etc , efe. f bese Goods MUST BE SOLD ! AND LARGE INDUCEMENTS 9IM offered to CASH Buyers, t’* ll BarTy an# examine the Goods and secure the USYgtfins now offered. N. B.—Every Vehicle sold subject to fhe regular twelve months' gtrrrtantee. John $. Davidson, Assignee, 704 Broad Street. AUGUSTA, Ga; Of ROBT n. MAY A C* September 28, 1883— f H. T. LEWIS, \ EDITOR. IVo. US, Must —l>iil> . Leave Atlanta, , . 2:45 p. iiV Arrive at Alliens . . 7:15 p. it.' Arrive at Grcenesboro’ . 5:22 p. ni.' Arrive at Augusta . . 8:05 p. n. IVo. 2, Ktrtt - OaiFy.' Leave Atlanta 8:25 a. at. Leave Gainesville, 5:30 A", rti'i Leave Grecnesboro’ 12;09 pm Arrive Athens 4:4t) p m Arrive Washington 2:45 p m Arrive Cjimak 1:57 p m Arrive MlfiedgSvitle 4:40 p m Arrive Macon 6:45 p m Arrive Augusta 3.65 p m' IV6. 4i Leave Atlanta 8:50 p m Arrive Greencsboro’ 1;46 a m Leave “ 1:47 a m Leave t’.nion Point, 2:18 a m Leave Thomson, 4;23 a m Arrivb Augusta fcLo a m frO 2f