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Wednesday, August 27, 1873,
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LOUISVILLE INDUSTRIAL EX
POSITION.
The second National Industrial Expo
sition at Louisville opens on the seoond
of September next In an invitation ex
tended to the editor of this paper we
learn that the Directors of the Exposi
tion have perfected every arrangement
necessary to making the display tha
grandest and most varied ever seen in
this country. Those who attended the
Louisville Exposition last year can recall
the pleasure and surprise which they
felt on entering the vast building, filled
with its treasures of Art, Industry,
Mechanism, Handiwork, and Scientific
collections. We are promised this year
even a greater and more attractive dis-
play. Anticipating tins, no one can
afford to forego the enjoyment of spend
ing a <lay or more it the Louisville Ex
position. Bod need rates by Railroad
and River have been secured, which will
enable }>arties to visit the Exposition at
comparatively small expense. The in
creased Hotel accommodations and trav
eling facilities in Louisville, together
with the natural attractions of the city
will make a visit to that plaoe in Septem
ber or October both pleasant and profita
ble.
KENTUCKY UNIVERNITY—THE
HOME OP HENRY CLAY.
We take pleasure in calling attention
to this great institution, located at Ash
land, the home of Henry Olay, near Isl
ington, Kentucky, With its splendid
location in such a beautiful, healthy place,
and among such genial and hospitable
people ; with its large endowment and
real estate, amounting to nearly a million
dollars ; with its six distinct and regular
ly organized colleges, in which young
men can pursue acourae of study adapted
to almost any business of life ; with its
thirty sblc professors and instructors,
and six hundred students from all parts
of the exmtinent; and especially with its
cheap board and tuition, and the com
pensated lalior department of its Agri
cultural and Mechanical College, in
which young men may defray a portion
of their expenses by labor on the farm
or in the shops, this institution offers
peculiar advantages, an we ohoerfully
recommend that all who are seek
ing the best and cheapest advanta
ges • of education should send for n
oatelougne to J. B. Bowman, Regent,
Lexington, Ky.
PANHENGERR ENTITLED TO
SKATS.
Gen. Van Konton brought suit in the
Cass oonntv, Ind., court, against the
Pittsburg, Cincinnati A St. Louis Rail
road to recover 98,(W0 damages. Von
Kouten had entered a oar of the compa
ny, and refused to deliver up his ticket
nutil the conductor furnished him with a
seat. The ears were crowded, and no
seat was to be obtained, so the conduc
tor just stopped the train and put Van
Kouten off. Nothing daunted, he
caught on tlie last car, and was put off
a second time, and liis baggage flung off
with him. The case was entered in Oass
county and under change of venu, was
taken to Carroll oounty, and the plain
tiff, was awarded 92,000 by the jury aa
compensation for the broken oontract.
And tiie verdict of the jury was right,
provided the failure to furnish the scat
paid for, and the expulsion of Van Kou
ten from the train brought no serious
damage upon him through loss of time,
and failure to meet business engage
ments, all of which the jury, doubtless,
took into consideration.
We do not think it right to force the
railroad authorities to yield to the
whims and caprice* of exacting, captious
persons, who are never satisfied with the
accommodations, and render themselves
disagreeable generally by aimsing the
officers of the road, and are continually
threatening to rush into courts to vindi
cate their right* as free American citizens.
But we do believe that- when a railroad
company has demanded and collected
the full price of a ticket for a seat on
their cars, it ia their duty to furnish the
seat or refund the money. If the cars are
so crowded that the seat cannot be furn
ished,the condnctorshould be authorized
to refund to the holder of the ticket one
half or two-thirds, or even the whole of
the price charged.
We have known women, with bonnet
box, lunch-basket, sliaw, etc., to occu
py four seats, while others who had
paid as much as she, were forced to stand
on the platforms. And we have seen
men (not gentlemen) do the same thing.
Such a person should be forced to pay
for every seat time occupied to the de
privation of others, and ou refusal to do
so should bo kicked off the train.
But the railroad oompauiea, while
they advertise for, and offer to aocom.
modate the travelling public, and receive
their money .for so doing, should be
forced to carry out their part of the oon
tract, by furnishing oomfortabls cars
end seats for their passengee, and on
failure so to do, should be subjected to
heavy damagw.
Again, we say that the decision in the
above case, so far as the facts wad cir
rnmstanoes appear, was correct; and
the same principle of justice and right
ahonld be enforced on every common
carrier in the United States.
[jOrBXAL OORRESPOKDXXCI]
Liraona, G*., Aug. 21, 1873.
Dear Jocrkal :
Through the kindness of the Super
intendent of the Ames k Flatrock S. S.,
i and his beautiful daughter, Lulu, I had
the pleasure of attending the Eighth An
nual Celebration of the DeKalb County
Sunday School Association, which was
held at Wesley Chapel about 7 miles
south of the Georgia It. R.
Wednesday morning, the day appointed
for our ride, opened rather discouraging,
being warm and cloudy with a heavy fog
overhanging the earth, but having the
good fortune to take charge of two young
ladies, I of course did not hesitate on ac
count of the weather. Having some dis
tance to go we took an early start, but
as early as it was and as unfavorable as
all the circumstances were, we found
plenty of people wending their way in
the same direction. There are only
thirty-one schools belonging to this As
sociation, and they number between
twenty-five and two hundred scholars
each. This Association is not denomina
tional in character, but scholars of all
denominations belong to it. This is the
first of the kind your humble writer ever
attended, we are free to say that this ar
rangement is one of the best things for
Sunday Schools that has yet been de
vised, in which we think you will agree
with us.
Teu o’clock, a. m. was the hour ap
pointed for the exercises to begin, by
which time it seemed that the whole
world had come and brought their families,
for by casting your eyes around you could
see them from the babe in the arms to
men and women eighty years of age,
and all seemed os happy as a newly mar
ried couple.
Promptly at 10 o’clock, the vast audi
ence, which had every seat and log near
the speaker’s stand, was called to order
by the Marshal of tho Association. The
President then announced singing by all
the scholars—“ The Sabbath Bell.” Af
ter singing,reading tho 12th. Chapter of
Ecclesiastes by Prof. Sams, followed by
prayer by Rev. W. R. Foote, and then
singing by Wesley Cliapel Sunday
School, the Secretary read his report.
The President then introduced Hon.
George N. Lester, whose speech was Par
excellence among tho best. He proposed
not to make a regular set speech, but to
liavo a friendly talk to the children and
grown folks. He was followed by Mr.
T. C, Howard, and then a recess of an
hour and a half for dinner. After din
ner the Schools were called in alphalieti
cal order and allowed an opportunity of
a speech or asong. All prefered singing
except one, and then it was that tho mu
sic of the Schools was displayed. For
twelve months they had been practising
the songs, and most of them had the ad
vantage of musio teachers. The palm of
superiority was awarded to the Kirk
wood School, however, and then we had
a song by all the Schools oombined—
“Tlie Bright Forever." After this the
benediction was in order.
And now that wo are through with the
Schools, wo will say a few words about
the friends we met.
We are what might be termed a stran
ger as thero were only four or five per
sons present with whom we wero ac
quainted, and they were too busy to Vive
ns much attention ; but as tilings turned
out we met that little man with a heart
and soul huge enough for two such bod
ios,f wo meau W. G. Whidby, of the
Atlanta Const ituiinn. We also met Dr.
J. S. Hardeman, who was particular in
his efforts to make us feel at home, aud
succeeded in doing so.
We are under many obligations, and
take this opportunity of returning our
thanks for the kindness aud courtesies
shown us bv these gentlemen.
The female department was well rep
resented, but we are unablo to say that
the market was over-stocked with beauty.
It is jKissible that this portion of the
Schools remained at home through fear
of rain or the heat of tlie summer sun.
A great many of those who would have
lieeu good looking spoiled it by what
is called snuff rubbing.
There was au abuudanoo to eat, and
that that was good, and it was not neces
sary for you to lie known in order to get
an invitation to dine. All seemed anx
ious you should eat with them. We
could not, of course, avail ourselves of
the hospitality of all without danger to
ourselves, but if we had only had a wag
on we could have tilled it for future use
through the geuerosity of these good
people.
As to vehicles, we saw everything from
the neat, basket buggy to the cart with
one ox. However,we do not say that
the beauties occupied the finer ve
hicles, because one of the prettiest
young ladies we saw was iu a phaeton,
drawn by a pair of oxen.
The crops of this county are very
j good, especially the com. We are eon
! fident that we lmve seen some that your
| Honor could not gather without climbing
or bending the stalk. The cotton is not
! so good, besides there is not, as a gene
| ral thing, more than three-fourths of a
stand, and it is at this time shedding
very much. We noticed some half
grown bolls on the ground.
The good people of this county are
blessed with good water, and rocks until
yon can’t rest. Here is w here the man
was dog-bit for want of a rock.
Tour's with much respect,
Amatecr.
A Danbury Man’s Adventure.
A Danbury man started for Green -
1 wich, Friday, to see aa iron fence,—
What he wanted to see an iron fenoe for we
j don't know, and it really makes no differ
ence. He went. He wanted to go off on
, the 9:50 train, so he hurried home to get
ready. His wife mid a vicious outside
. woman were cleaning house, and it was
| some little time before he could get his
society suit ready. In the meantime he
opened fire on the largest half of a cus
tard pie, holding it in his hand, and
dancing around and yelling for his
things. When she brought his overcoat,
he set the pie in a chair, to put on the
coat, but in his nervousness stepped on
the end of a long-handled whitewash
brush which was balanoed across a pail,
and the other end flew up and discharg
ed about a pint of the awful mixture
over the sofa, and his panting and indig
nant wife. She made a remark, and he
contradicted it. Then he sat down in
the chair where the pie was, and got
np with a howl that would have melted
the stoutest heart. She wanted him to
wait while she scraped off the surplus,
but he was too mad to converse in words
of more than one syllable, and boarded
the train, and in the seclusion of the
baggage-car removed the offensive lunch.
He got to Greenwich all right, and
looked at the fenoe. We hope he ad
mired it. Then he started for home but
missed the train, and as the next was an
express and didn’t stop st Greenwich, he
was obliged to walk to tlie drawbridge at
Cos Cob or stay in Greenwich all night.
So he walked up there in the rain, but
did not mind it much, as he had an um
brella and the pie was pretty well dried
in. Wien he got to Cos Cob ha stood
up on a fenoe to look at the scenery, and
swear, when a sharp gust of wind took
off his hat and carried it across a hog
lot. Then he stepped down on the ortli
er side, too amazed to express him
self, and another gust of wintl came
along and turned the umbrella inside
out. A brief conversation here ensued
between himself and the umbrella, which
he still held, and he again started for the
hat.
When he got to it he kicked it around
several times and then jammed it down
on bis head, and started once more
through the bogs as the train drew up at
the bridge. It was a terrible straggle,
as the bogs were uncertain, but ho
strained and coughed and spit and howl
ed and swore, and it did seem as if he
would catch it after all. What he
thought as he stood on that fenoe and
watched the train sail across the budge,
no human being can tell.
An hour later he appeared in Stamford,
wet through to the skill, splashed with
mud, and with an expression on his face
that would liave scared a hydrant.—
Backing himself against the depot he
stood there until near midnight, and
then went up on the owl train to Nor
walk, falling asleep in tho mean time,
and narrowly escaping being carried by
the depot. Here he took the freight, for
Danbury, arriving at borne just before
daylight. His wife was abed but not
sleeping. She lay there tom by fore
bodings and harrowed by suspense.
Perhaps he waa dead and lying on
the cold ground in the rain. Then
she thought of his lifeless body, and
groaned ; and thought of the pie and
groaned again. She knew his knock the
moment it sounded, nnd rushing down
stairs in the costume appropriate to that
hour, she tlirew herself into his hair and
hysterically shouted, “Ob, you old ras
cal, come in here.”— Danbury News.
How the Cable Talks.
Through the kindness of the superin
tendent, Mr. Weedon, we were permitted
to witness the mode of transmitting and
receiving messages through the cable,
and initiated into the secret. An opera
tor site at a table in a room darkened by
curtains. On his left stands n little in
strument named the “reflecting galvan
ometer,” the invention of Sir William
Thompson, without which Atlantic tele
graphy would be a slow process, not ex
ceeding two or three words per minute,
instead of eighteen or twenty, the pres
ent rate. This delicate instrument con
sists of a tiny magnet and a very small
mirror swinging on a silk thread, and
the two together weighing but a few
grains. The electric current passing
along the wire from Valencia, deflects
tlie magnet to and fro. The mirror re
flects a spot of light on a scale in a box
placed at the operator’s right hand,
where by its oscillation the spot of light
indicates the slight movements of the
magnet, which are too slight to be di
rectly seen.
Tlie little swinging magnet follows
every change in tlie received current;
aud every change great or small produ
ces a corresponding oscillation of the
spot of light ou the scales. A code of
siguals is arranged by which the move
ments of the spot of light are made to
indicate the letters of the alphabet.—
When receiving a message from Valen
cia, the operator watches the movement
of the little slight speck of light which
keeps dancing about over the scale on
his right. To his practiced eye, each
movement of tlie spot of light represents
a letter of the alphabet, and its seeming
fantastic motions are spelling out the in
intelligence which the pulsings of the
electric current is transmitting between
two hemispheres. It is truly marvel
ous to note how rapidly the experienced
operator disentangles all the irregular
oscilations of the little speck of light
into the letters and words which they
represent.
“You don’t do that again," said the
pig to the buy who cut his tail off.
What game does a lady's bustle resem
ble? Backgammon,
I) A pTOESCANTBEATTHLS RECORD
IIHI J. P. Brookins k Son, of Eaton,
IMIv Ohio, testify that one bottle of
Kress Fever Tonic cured four cases of ague.
Write them and. see about it! A box of
Pills Free with every bottle. Small Doses
and Quick Cures are Warranted by
i- tOA T*rAi'T , ‘ A jmrt* A H cUr of work Hi Npe*
Pit IS) —v j ic. eliUci fe.x, young or ohl, m&ke more tuoury •
NArtrfor nmfn tprnrm ncmcnti or all the lime than at anythin?
•iae. Ptrticalanfrwej Adtircsßti. bitintoa ACo., I’o: Uaad, ftU'.sra.
GEO. E. RATCLIFFE. W, H. CHEW,
Cotton Factors, Guano Dealers,
AND GENERAL
Commission Merchants,
NO, 14 JACKSON STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.
Beg to announce that they have a commodious Fire-Proof Warehouse, and are pre
pared to make liberal cash advances on Cotton and other Produce.
Bagging and Ties always on hand. Commissions for selling Cotton, $1 per Bale.
August 27, 1873. 3m.
W . I*. Bee pm dr €o*
234 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.
DEALERS I N
jgg COOKING STOVES,
and Houss-Furnishing Goods generally.
Tlie), lmve in stock the celebrated
“Cotton Plant” Cooking Stove,
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manufactured by Abetidroth Brothers, New York City. It is a first-class, square-top
four-hole Stove : the Oven is large, the joints are files) and fitted with great care and
exactness : the beauty of its finish cannot be surpassed.
THEY HAVE THE “BARLEY SHEAF,”
manufactured by Stuart. Peterson k Cos., Philadelphia, Pa., this is also a first-class, fur
hole square-top Stove, with a large. Oven, Doors tin-lined.
Their stock of Premium or Step Stoves is complete. Each Stove sent out is warranted
to give perfect satisfaction.
They manufacture Tinware in all its varieties, and Job Work done with neatness
and dispatch.
All Goods, sold at reasonable prices.
m I* amjPM & co .
•JB I. liroiul Htroet, Augusta, On.,
April 23 ts Opposite Planters Hotel.
NEW GOODS FOR THE SUMMER 1873,
THE
ONE PRICE HQmE,
A T
Wholesale and Retail-
H . L . A . BALK,
172 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
« dT ".It
HAVE received a carefully selected stock of all novelties of the season in;
Straw Hats for ladies. Misses, gents and youths, from 2". cents upwards.
Parasols, with or without attachment, from 50 cents and up.
Indies' Ready Made Suits, from $5.00 and upward.
Prints, all the new styles. lOcents and up.
Dress Goods, a fine selection-of all the novelties, at 15 cents and up.
Bed-ticking, ginghams, tabic covers, table damask, homespuns, under shirts, draw
ers, trimming ribbons, corsets, etc.
Shirts for gents and youths, collars, gloves, trunks, umbrellas, valises, etc.. etc.
I HAVE, also, O-full assortment of boots and shoos, and a fine selection of ready made
clothing.
CrT All these goods are marked as low as the lowest, and I ask BUT ONE PRICE.
C'fT Make a note of this, and come and see, or send an order, on which I will allow a
liberal discount.
H. L. A, BALK,
May 28 172 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
iilllNl <& ROSSIGNC m 9
SUCCESSORS TO
W 11. TUTT,
No. tiOt Bi-ond Street, Augiwta, Georgia
Wholesale Dealers in
DRUGS, MEDICINES.
CHEMICALS, PERFUMERY
AND DRUGGISTS’
SUNDRIES, PAINTS.
oils, varnishes,
GLASES, ETC.
May 7. ts
A. J. ADKIN S,
THOMSON - , GrA..,
Two Doors Above the Rail Road
HIS on hand a large stock of
Heady Made Clothing,
Consisting of every article of wearing apparele for Men, Youths and Boy*, for which he
oSers groat" induce ments.
Pant* One Dollar per pair;
Linen Coate Seventy-five Cents ;
Fine Cassimere Pants from Three to Five Dollars :
Suits from Three to Twenty Dollars.
It will pgy’alj who Store Clothes to give him a call.
Jue 18 '. [spril'uitj
NOTICE.
X'hE public'is hereby notified that Eliza
Jane Lazenby, black, who unde rjcon tract of
service with me for the current year, baa
left my employ without cause. Any one
hiring or harboring her during the existence
of the contract will be prosecuted to the
extent of the law. J. W, MORGAN.
Aug. 13, 1873 3i
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