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C!c®ttWg ■§ aimer. J m T. WATS1RMAN, ^ROPRlKlOtt. HATKWOF ADVERTISING AdTertiMMnenU will be iniertod at the rate of 4*n<> Dotliir i*er inch for the tin* insertion, and Fifty Cents for each additional insertion. CONTRACT RATES: ,1 tno.|2 ino.,3 i One Inch- 9 2 .»>$ 4 00 $ 5 Two Inchea...... Three Inches.... Four Inches Quarter Column Half Column.... ft 00! 7 0$ S 80 12 50 0 00 8 UOf 10 00 15 00 7 50 10 00* 12 50 20 00 Northeastern Railroad, SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE, Athens Ga., May 14th, 1881. SUMMER SCHEDULE. On and after Monday, May 16th, 1881, trains on this road run as folows : NQ — NO ^ Leave Athens 4.40 ami 8:50 p m Arrive at Lula 6.4© a m ) 6:00 pm Arrive at Atlanta 10.00 a m \ 12:20 p m l>avo Atlanta Arrive at Lula Arrive at Athens.. Trains No. 2 and 8 run daily except Sunday. Train No. 1 on Mondays and Thursdays, and Train No. 4 ou Wednesdays and Saturday Trains Nos. 1, 2 and 3 connect closely with paasenger trains on Richmond and Dan ville, both East and West, aud No. 4 with west bound passenpr train on Saturday night only, when it will wait until 0.45 p. m., when by ao doing a connection can be made. Passengers from Augusta, Charleston and Savannah and points Southeast coining via Georgia Railroad, will connect close at Athens with train No. 8 thereby enabling them to visit tho summer resorts of Northeast Georgia with out a delay at Athens. . « ' Through tickets for sale at Athens for all points East and W est. 1 LYMAN WELLS. Sup’t. We would call the special attention of our custo mers and the public generally, to our 2Tew and Beautiful Spring Stock Georgia Rail Road Company nurKRtttTxxoxicr’a Ornc*, Augusta, Ga., Feb. 25, 1881. , Commencing Sunday. 27th iust,the following Passenger Schedule will oppemte on this road: Leave ATHENS 8.45 am 7 00 p m Issavc WiutcrvilU 9.15am 7 25pm Leave Islington 9.53 am 8 00 p m Leave Antioch.... 10.25a m 8 25 p in Leave Maxcys 10.46am 845pm Leave Woodville 11.13 am 9 15 p ii. Arrive Union Point 11.40am 9 40 p in Arrive Atlanta &*45 pm. 5 001 m Arrive at Washington 2.10 r m Arrive at Milledgcville,... 4.45 r m Arrive Macon .., Arrive Augusta .... Leave Auyusta Leave Macon.... !*«avc Milledgcville Leave Washington 10.45 l«*;avo Atlanta. 7.15 am 8 45pm Leave Union Point 1.12 r it 5 00 a m Arrive Woodville,,...,,,. 1.27pm 5 15am A rrive Maxcys 1.55 pm 5 40 a Arrive Antioch 2.15 pm 6 00 a m Arrive Lexington 2.37 pm 6 20 a m Arrive Wintcrville 3.12 pm 6 55 a m Arrive Athens.. 3.40 pm 7 80 a ro Trains run daily—so ccnnection to or from Wwlitutflon on Sunday, or between Macon and Cuiuak in eitli-r direction on Sunday nights. K. K. lhntuKY, (ien., Pass., Agt. S. K. John eon, Supt. , 6.45 p x .3 47 r x 7 00 a m . 8.35 ax 5 30 P a , 7.00 A X 8.58 ax THOMPSON & HEINDEL Dealer* in Every Description o» Building Materia Supplies. atOtJnck-on Street, AtTGTOTA. GA- Cjjt jr.l*. -WATSKMAN, ■» PROPRIETOR. HiB KEEPEUS HEAnLY FINED Judge Simmons ns the protector of Minors. We were coming off the ferry; over 300,000 copies of the Revised tract the following report of a meet' -^ e ^<^“ en ffp r °c® 8fi n° n of t ing held by Protection Fire Cotdpa- Wft /.*! m Thejlart WINDOW GLASS. t st and best assorted stock Glass in the city. PUTTY. In bulk, also in boxes of 1 to 5 lbs. 3PA1TCT GOODS, CLOTHING, SHOES, HATS, Etc., OTJIt— Dress Goods Department la replete with all the Latest Styles and Novel ties and we mention a few prices to give you an insight to their CHEAPNESS}. Beautifhl all wool Worsted, in all the latest latest shades, 10 cents. Black and Colored double-width Alpacas 14c. Lovely Brocades ana Brocatels, all shades, 15c, 18c and 20c. •* Black and Colored all wool Buntings 18c. Black and Colored all wool Lace Buntings 37 l-2c up. Black and Colored all wool Cashmeres from 35 cents up. New Styles French Dress Goods, All wool Plaids, Silks and Wool Plaids, Silk and Wool Novelties, Silk and Wool Levcnties, AT VERY POPULAR PRICES. SILKS, SILKS. BLACK AND COLORED SILKS! BLACK AND COLORED SATIN D* LYON ! We offer better qualities and lower prices in Pe kin Brocades and Plain Black Silks than any bouse In the South. Colored Silks from 50 cents up. Summer Sillks 35 cents. Prints, Lawns, Cambrics, Foulards, Ginghams, Etc. Our house is noted for carrying the prettiest line of these goods of any house in the city. Prints 1’or cents. IN WHITE GOODS. We have the prettiest patterns ia Plaid Nansook from "He up, English and French Nansook from 13 cents up. Victoria Lawns, Bishop Lawns, Linen Lawvis, India Mulls, Cord and Lace Pi que, Irish Linen, Table Damask, Doylies, Napkins, Huck and Dam ask Towels, Jotton and Linen Diaper and Crash Toweling, Lace Curtains, And All at wondfully Low Prices. Big Drive in Hamburg Edgings ! From 2 cents J»rd up. Our Notion Department! Is complete with all the Latest Novelties. White Lced mi« Zinc. Strictly Pure, made by the Kentucky Lead and i >ou Co., which we guarantee as good aa the best. Abo the well known Nuaaau White Lend and im jKirted French Ziue. Prepared Paint. The Celebrated Paint, made by Wadsworth, Martinez »fc Longman, which we know to l»e good. Brushes. A lullfline of l’aint and Whitewash Brush**. Colors. A largo and assorted stock of Colors in Oil, Also, Dry Colors. Tarnishes- White Demur, Coach, Copal, Furniture, Japan, Asphaltum, Ac. Kalsomiiie. Johnson's Celebrated Profiled; KalaomL.e, *11 shade*. oil. Llnseod Oil, Raw aud Boiled. Builders’ Hardware. A large variety of Lock*,* Kim snd Mortice Locks. Surface and Mortice Blind jlinirea, All sixes and styles of Boot Butts, Inside Blind Butts (brass and iron,) A flue lino ot Padlocks, Yale Store Boor Locks, Yale Night Latches, Serewsinany quantity and even site, ud everything yon want in tlio.Hardware lino. LACES,LACES,LACES! In Real and Common Lace* we h»v* quite a large stock of Vennicella, Den tell, bpanisu, Breton*, Torchon, Valenclence*. and many others and Price* Lower than the Lowest* HOSIERY! HOSIERY! We b»v« the largest and most varied stock to be found in the city. Full Regular Misses’ Hoee, without seam from 10 cent* up. Givo us a call on Hosiery. PIECE GOODS! Our stock of Cassimcre*, Doe*kin», Broad doth* for Men*’ and Boy*’ wear 1* large and complete. Also a splendid line of Cottonades, Linen Drills, snd ALL VkRY CHEAP. SHOES! SHOES! SHOES! In Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s fine Shoes we „an suit the most fastidious. All of our Shoes are custom made and every pair guaranteed to give satisfaction. OUR HAT DEPARTMENT Is loaded with all the new and nobbiest styles out, at 81-3 per cent cheaper than any other house will sell you. In Our Clothing Department You can find all the new ond, nobbiest styles at prices can sh prices. SHIRTS, SHIRTS, SHIRTS Of Shirts and Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods we are headquarters. Our Hook A Smith’s Reinforced New York Mills and Hook’s Patent Scratch P cket Shirts cannot be beat. Remember all oI our Shirt* are reinforced and do not cost you as much as you p»j for an inferior article. Measures taken aad fit guaranteed—Six for $7.50. that defy competition. No house in Atlanta can show you handsomer goods or give your lower We have polite and attentive salesmen who wi take pleasure in showing you geods. M* Give us a call or send for «amyle*. HOOK & SMITH, 65*and CTPeachtree Street,! aprillV ATLANTA, GA. The largest stock in Augusta, at bottom figures. Send for price list. UALl'STEIUs BRACKETS ANDjMANTLES, And almost anything tliut can be made out of wood, we urefprepored to wnke.it. Yellow Pine Lumber. lu anv quantity, rougher dressed. |Wo pack ext deliver|ail of our good* tree of charge. Thompson & HeindeL f.1.15. 310 JACKSON STREET. mull health mm fygenic and Electric Water-Cure, Xu 178 WEST PETERS ST„ ATLANTA, GA. riMIE only MeJical Institute South where 1 Chronic Disease* are acientifloally treated hy regular qualified Hyg*n,cPhy*iclii»ot both JxJ, and where all hoathful and invigorating U vrilINU PROCESSES are in «xi*teno*,to- ^utiirwith MACHINE-VIBRATIONS,MOVE MENTS •ndM JiCT «' ( aX Y E ¥S E ?? 00 g8^ iiImcOaIIE OF MEDICINES areuaedar i,m^for A Ol..wi “kUCTMATISM NEO G A NS, are hy our method of treatment restored iiSuSvo LaSSeT Department, .n charge of experienced Lady Phjaxnan. For mther inmrrnationwidrv-^BKTSON. Jj.meTdTeia?^ JO mCbr IK tOSA-Vargaa*-**... snsrt.s*Qi3Sfsjwa'as [ NEW KID SECOND-HAND Doors, Sash and Blinds. THRESHERS, BORSE- POWERS, r FAN MILLS, COTTON PRESSES SEPARATORS, Jet. Pumps, Saw Mills with Screw or Ratchet Head Blocks. 4 H. P. Bookwalter portable engixe in good order. ,, 811. P. Wood. Taber A Morse portable en- 7<)?L e p n \?*»hington Iren Work* portable engine in good order. 10 H. P. Starhuck Bros, portable engine m 4 STp.°8tatkin*ry engine in good order. . 30 inch Georgia water wheel in good order. 1 IT 1-8 inch Jas. Leffel wheal In good order. 116 inch Eclipse wheel good as new. 110 tnoh Tho*. Leffel wheel. 1 Johnson Smutter, new. 4 Spindle Drill, lfl inch Iron Lathes t ft abeam, i 40 Inch Fan Blower. Shafting, Gearing, Pulleys, etc. ATHENS FOUNDRY A MACHINE WORKS, Athens, Georgia. New Testament had been issued to the booksellers, and more were dev manded. As is known, this work of revisisn has been in progress for a number ot years by a board of dis tinguished clergymen and scholars. The Ne w Testament revision being completed baa been published, bnt the Old Testament is still unfinished. A number of changes have been made in the text ot several passages, and it will require time to determine whether the new revision will receive the approval of all Christian denomi nations. Some severe criticisms have been made on tbo work, and the changes condemned. We give, below one by a writer in the London Stand ard : The writer ot the article asserts that whatever scholars may think ot the labors of the revisers, the im pression produced 'upon the public mind is one ot disappointment and dissatisfaction' It is deeply to be re* gretted that the revisers, judging by the work just published, have appa rently forgotten the conditions under which the task was entrusted to them. It is obvious that a great many of the alterations adopted have been ap proved by reasons of mere literary criticism, which makes us rather skeptical as to the infallibility or even the good judgment of the revisers. Where no material change in the sense or substance of the authorized version has been shown to be required by the revisers lor the proper con struction of the original, they have nevertheless thought themselves jus tified in mending the English and im proving the grammar of passages which have struck a deep root in the hearts and memories of the English people. One word has been substi tuted for auother at the whim of the New Testament Company. Moods and tenses have been shilled about to satisfy some pedant scheme of syn tactical symmetry. Sentences treas- ured up in the popular mind and en riched beyond description by pathet ic associations of hundreds of years have been tortured and crucified into precise grammatical accord, with toe latest refinements of critical labor upon comparison of early manuscripts, and thus been robbed ot all its true value. The system upon which the revisers appear to have acted, in our judgment, is altogether erroueous and deplorable. The writer then points out the po sition held by the scriptures among English speaking people- They have been known by them and loved by them for centuries, he says, and it is rash and reckless to shake the noble growth of centuries by attempting to harmonize it with the correctness of selt-opinionated scholarship, or regu late it by a doubtful standard ot taste accepted by a motley combination of theologian professors. Even the Lord’s Prayer, which evovy English speaking child learns to ,\:»p at its mother’s knee, has not been spared. The revisers have han died it as a bold commentator might handle a notoriously corrupt chorus in Eumenidesor the Vacchaer. St. Paul’s charity, unequaled in its own kind tor ringing and rythraetical eloquence in the old version, is magnified and made irrecognizable by a senseless substitu tion ot the word “love” for “charity.” The meaning is iwilly obscured rather than elucidated in this change, while the music of the sentence is irretrieva lily lost. The alteration of the diction of the old version involving no gain in the sense or scarcely a perceptible one, swarm in the revised edition, and in almost every instance, it is impossi ble uot to feel that the original trans lations, however inferior to those ot the present revisers in precise and exhaustive scholarship, textual or gen eral, were infinitely their superiors in the rare and precious art of writing musical and masculine English prose. Had they purged the sacred text of enors which had crept into it, and placed where it was necessary the varying readings in the margin, they would have performed a useful and acceptable work, bnt in the effort to attain dry and merely mechanical ac curacy of expression, they have so reversed the noblest book in the Eng lish language as to deprive it of much of its beauty, and they have destroyed many ot its historical associations.. In conclusion, the Standard writer says: It remains now lor the revisers to revise the text they have produoed. If this new version is ever to be gen erally used and to supercede the au thorized version, many of the altera tions that have been made mast be discarded. ing neid by dy of that city: Engine Room of Protection Company, Gainesville, Ga. At a call meeting of the company, May, 23d, 1881, President Rakestraw in the chair, who stated that the coma pany bad been called together for the purpose of passing sundry resolutions. Whereupon the chair appointed a. committee of three to draft such jps-i olutions as they might deem proper. Wherefore we the committee beg leave to present the following: lit. Resolved, That our sincere thanks be tendered Pioneer Hook and Ladder company, of Athens, for the hospitable manner in which our com pany was received and entertained, and for the many courtesies shown our company during their stay in Athens. 2nd. Resolved, That our thanks are especially returned to the many esti mable ladies for their kind remems brauce of our company as to boquets and cake, 3rd. Resolved, To Hope Fire com pany we return thanks for the frater nal treatment received at their hand.-. 4th. Resolved, To conductors^ Pat terson and O’Farrell, of the North eastern railroad, vve are under obliga tions for the gentlemanly manner in which we were treated while passing over their railroad, and to the Rich- mond and Danville railroad for special we stood among the dense crowd on the pavement edge and watched the riderless horse follow the- nodding plumes of its master’s hearse into the gateway, a voice at our elbow said ' musingly: ‘I wish I had the workjugup of that '( . Purning, we beheld the still remem- . Pinkerton, the veteran detective lieago, now taking in the Yose- mite for bis health. We shook hands and said ■ ‘But this is suicide, Allan.’ - ‘Y-e-t,’ said the American Vidocq, with characteristic caution, ‘that’s what they say, but ’ ‘Why, you don’t mean we be gan, somewhat shocked ‘Oh, I don’t—not that,* interrupted the old thief taker. ‘Let me tell you' a story. I was traveling in Germany some years working np a .bond rob bery for the government, when I was' sent for by the commandant of a large fortified town. A high officer in the engineer corps had been found dead in his bed, and his head blown to fragments. It was supposed that his acknowledged genius and inventive powers had rendered him an object of jealousy on the part of his brother officers. There was not the least clue to the assassin, and the experts from London and Paris, who had been sent for, had given the case up in despair. Fatal Pleasure Excursion on the Thames. Out of C00 Passengers one Half are Killed. er m W Airr iuk on Tuesday the 24lh was the anniver sary of the birth of Queen Victoria and throughout the kingdom thft peo ple enjoyed a great' holiday: Among , other amusements there were a nums her of. excursions on the river Thames. Orfe ef these had ; a f most? terrible fi» The dealers protest that the corn in t{iis country was never healthier in twenty years. privileges over their road. Also, to -W-9II, to make a long story short, I Dr. R.”E. Green, Supt., street rail road, for free transportation to our depot. Willie Whklcuel, A. B. C. Dorsey, J. W. White, One of Protection company also wrote an acconut of their trip to Athens from which we make one or two extracts : “At night the banquet was given. Deupree llall was full to overflowing with firemen and Athens’ noble, gen erous, kind - women, from the old matron, young ladies to the misses, with plently of old men, young men and boys. The dance commenced early ami did uot close until 2 o’clock with fine music. Time does uot admit words fail us, to attempt to give a description ot the tables, or rather what was on them. Turkeys, pigs, chickens, ham and all other kinds of meats, with every description and kind of bread, cakes, and everything else too tedious to mention at this time. Strawberries, ice cream—by the quantity and of the best quality. Well, it was ‘good for us to be there.' The only regret we now have is that we did not eat more, or that we are now deprived of its privilege. Never was there in Georgia just such a ta ble, it could not bo excelled, Everything was; carried on in the best of style. The firemens’ halls wero nicely fixed up—had plenty to eat and driuk all the time. Besides lemonade, there was beer, champagne, and to those who wanted strong, it was there for them, and proud am I to say not a fireman was seen under or at any time with too much steam on. We were almost suddenly taken by surprise—Capl. O’Farrell requesting us, in full company, to be at their hall at 10 o’clock. Vve were there. The meeting or gathering was called to order, when Capt. C. G. Talmage gave our company, in his gallant and winning ways, a well timed and ap preciated address, and presented ui with a silver tilting pitcher and cup. Some of us thought it would be wrong to do as we did on the night of our arrival, and, though scared, tried to return tbaaks, cot only lor the pitcher, but to the Pioneers for their hearty reception and entertainment to onr company, for such treatment was Dot usual with us. worked over the case six weeks and finally discovered that it was an in stance ot involuntary suicide. “Involuntary ?” “Precisely; the man was a nerv ous, high-strung enthusiast regarding military inventions. He had just completed a new kind ot small, ter ribly destructive bomb, to be con cealed in (he grass by troops when pursued by cavalry. Through nerv ous absorption he became a sleep walker. 'The result was that he had destroyed himself by sitting up bed and baudling one of his models while in an unconscious state. Now General Upton’s case is almost iden tical; I knew him in ’72—he waa a somnambulist then. We all know of his almost insane devotion to his specialties—tactics and the improve ment of arms. The slightest set back made him nervous, morose and irritable. The night before his death he rC' tired oppressed and despondent over ^oiue technical difficulty.' He fell ^asleep with his mind filled, doubtless, with gloomy and weak thoughts. We all suffer li o u such speculations at times in spite of ourselves. The morniog sun would have dissipated these togs of the night; but it never rose tor him.’ •Then you think ’ ‘I feel sure!’ replied the old analy zer of human motives, prophetically. ‘Amen •’ said another voice solemn ly ; and as we moved off the [nearest private in the platoon in front, who bad been listening, drew his blue sleeve across his wet eyes. It was one of Upton’s own command,- -San Francisco Evening Post. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CAUSE. , Whaq* this country needs is a city which is not “healthier than it has been in twenty years.” How do those fellows who so much regretted Ben Hill’s “uncovering’’ Mahone, feel about it now ? It is reported that a lady in Angus* j The recent grand jury produced excitement among Macon bar keepers and an array of indictments was found against a number of barkeepers for selling whisky on Sunday and allow ing minors to drink. Yesterday the indicted parties were arraigned before Judge Simmons in the Superior Court room and heavily fined, after a noble and severe lecture of rebuke. Judge Simmons stated in effect that he had been written to by mothers who implored him to stand between their young sons and ruin. Thaffthey were being allured from homey parents and fireside by the brilliant, lighted salocn and fres coed billiard hall, and only blighted lives and disappointed hopes awaited them. Judge Simmons said to the first party arraigned before him that it was a matter ot grave and serious doubt in his mind whether to send him to jail or impose a fine. At this the conoocter of drinks paled .and became frightened. “Why,’’ said Judge Simmons, “Ihave this morning, just npy, sentenced a man to the peu- —for the murder of a cable dispatches tell a most heartrend ing story. "IVe’ektract portions of the accounts: ■ ■ ~ V’-V Yestetday evening, j»t 6 o’clock, the steamer Victoria, with -over six hundred excursionists on board, was returning from Spring Bank. When near the Cave railway bridge, ods mile below the city, the boat sadden* ly collapsed like an egg shell, and be came a total wreck level with the water’s edge. - AH the passengers were instantly plunged into the stream, more than one-half ot them being underneath the debris. - The first news of the disaster which reached the city was brought by the survivors, who straggled through the streets of the citj fret and weary. The news fell like a thunderbolt and a stampede took place for the spot. Arriving there a horrible sight met their yiew. Fifty or sixty bodies had already been recovered, and were ly ing on the bank. Those arriving from the city from every direction crowded aruond, anxious to see if any relatives were on board. About one thousand families were represented on the ex cursion and the wail of auguish that arose at the sight of the victims was heartrending. Fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters rushed about, panic stricken, endeavoring to iden tity friends. All is in the deepest confusion. The newspaper staff like all else, are sad ly demoralized, all having triends in volved in the calamity. The whole city seems almost demented. 'The accident was certainly due- to gross carelessness. The boat was overcrowded to a disgraceful extent, The manager, George Parish, was expostulated with by several at Spring Bank, and urged not to let the boat go out in that overcrowded condition, but he is reported to have replied : “All right, I know my business,’’ or something ot that sort. Samuel, a stove merchant, and one of those who protested, left the boat at Spring Bank with his'fiuhily.” Several hun dred more remained there, unable to get passage and had to walk home, a distance ot four miles to night. SOME LATER DETAILS. London, May 25, 1881. Further details ot the fleenes at Aleck Stephens, is about to marry. How is this? Has little Aleck at last consented to divide his skillet. Will Hayes, the song writer, is candidate for Mayor of Louisville, Ky. Where is this thing to stop? Next thing you know, original poets will have a boom of some sort, and then editors will have to leave this country. Mahone srys the people of Vir ginia were half a century behiud the age until he. came and organized his party. Is Mahone mathematician enough to calculate now how far he is behind the people of Virginia ? Grant wants to introduce a new po litical doctrine—the right of ex-pres- idents to have their friends retained in office. Grant’s friends were of such exceedingly bad character—many of them—that he is not likely to meet with much success in his efforts. A well known capitalist of Macon, and who generally knows whereof he speaks, predicts that the cotton receipts of Macon.will reach 200,000 bales within the next two years, through the railroad combinations recently formed and still being consolidated by amal gamation of other lines. A constituent of senator Vance, John Caamichael by name, wrote to the senator for a copy of his speech on that “d—d dog Mahone.’’ He wrote ou a postal card, and has been arrested by the United States govern ment. The trial will doubtless settle the question whether Mahone is “a d—d dog’ or not ? The new prohibitory law in Kan sas, which went into effect on the 1st, is a stiff one. A Topeka drug clerk sold a bottle of bitters through a mis understanding ot the law, but though the inadvertence was acknowledged in court by the city attorney, the the time of the occurrences of the judge fined the proprietor one hun- terrible calamity of yesterday have dred dollars and costs, the smallest Southnn Hufaial Insuraoce Grnnp’y, ATHEITS. GEOXIGEL&- youno l. o. Harris, Pmi<i*nt 8TETKB8 THOMAS, Ssrretarj. Groa. Assets, April 1, 1877, - - 8784,Alt *i Resident Directors. Tooae L. O. Maun, Joint H. N*wto», Da. Hnmr Hou, A Lira P. D assure. Cor- Bobut Thomas. nivtS-vlv The ladies of Athens—God bless them—presented us with a fine cake. We have it, we are going to keep it, and shall ever remember . them for their untiring efforts to make our visit and slay enjoyable, and we can assure them that they were successful We can say to Miss Laura ——, that some ot the boys still have the button-hole bouquets. v A SCENE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. -Who Stxvkxs Thomas ELMOS Jj. Nbwtoh, FssmsAirs Psisntr 1 . Dm. J. A. Huhkicutt As an JOB* W.Hicbolso*. I BOOCes8t BILKING BEARS. A friend has handed us the follow ing specimen of a pious gentleman's comments on a passage in the Bible. It appean that lor many years a dea- had observed the custom of daily reading a chapter from the sacred scriptures to the family, and making a running extemporaneous commen tary upon each particular passage that seemed to require elucidation. Coming to that part of tne Bible which says, “Now th.'se seven did Mileil(a) bear unto- Nahor,” he cleared bis throat and explained it thus: ‘The object of this here passage is to show us bow unfortunate the peo* pie used tow as in old times. Then they didn’t have no dairies, bnt was obleeged to milk bearo, and it took six to hold the bear while the tother milked it, and they had to go to Na hor to get the bears.”— 1 Vatkinsville Advance. Gorham’s Bsging Organ. President (to doorkeeper) wishes to see me ? Doorkeeper—He looks like a pi! grim, but would not give his name. President—Has he a letter of in troduction from some of my friends ? Doorkeeper—No, sir; but he says lie is sorry. President—Admit him (enter of fice-seeker). Office-Seeker—Please, Mr. Presi dent, I’m uorrv I had a mind of my own. Til never do so any more. Hope of an office convince* me it was very wicked in me to differ from you. Please forgive me and my irieirds, bat especially me President—I b> lieve in remissiow of sin upon due repentance. If yon are really sorry, and will hereafter consult me whenever yon wish to think, I will overlook your pasttrans- gression. Your name will be sent to the senate tor confirmation. But, res member, from this time on you belong to me. ‘nueoverer,” Ben Hill is a A Galveston candidate, who be came very affectionate with colored voters during the election, told an influential darkey in an outburst of election excilemeut': “I would rath er ten times over, take the band of an honest colored man than that of whits loafer.” fer, judge, The executive committee of the Georgia state ruiuday school asfocia- tion decided yesterday to hold the next annual convention at Griffin, Ga., on Wednesday and Thursday, the 24th and 25tb of August, 1881. The followingis a list of the dele- agates eWcted to repre sent Georgia in the third International Sunday school convention, te be held at Toronto, Canada, on the 22d and 23d of June, 1881 : His excelleuey, Alfred H Colquitt, governor of Georgia; Hon. James Jackson, chief justice; Hon John B Estes. Gainesville; Hon John D Stew art, Griffin, Gen Win M Browne, Athens; Rev John W Heidt, D D, Atlanta; Rev A G Thomas, D D, At lanta; Rev Henry Quigg, Conjers; Rev W T Cheney, Augusta; Dr Jas Houston, Savannah; H .1 Kimball, Atlanta; -W R Webster, Decatjir Oliver T Jennings, Glade Mines, Hall county; Roht A Hemphill, Atlanta ; Prof R W Smith, Dalton : R B Rep- ,rd, Savannah; C B Ellis, Macon ; r P Hemphill, Griffin; W L Gold smith, Decatur; Robert T Hargrove, Rome; W RPower, Marietta; Thos Moore, Boltonville; Miss Jose Wilson, Campbell county; Mrs Dr A C W Travis, Conyers; V T Barnwell, At lanta; C CSmith, Macon; Robert!' Daniel, Griffin. J C Courtney, of Atlanta, being g; member of the executive committee of the international convention is ex- officio delegate without any other cre dentials. Arrangements have already been made by which return tickets to the convention at Toronto will be on;sale from Atlanta via Cincinnati at $39-10 rouud trip. been recieved. The vessel was heavily laden that she shipped water in small quantities occasionally when the crowds would happen to surge to either side of the boat. On the re turned trip when more than half way home a slight commotion on the boat, said by some to have been caused by the playful pranks of a num ber ot youths on the lower deck, and by others ascribed to the boat’s striking on a snag, causing the crowd, out ot curiosity,' to rush to one side, and as the side of the boat sank with the additional weight, a volume of water a foot or two in depth poured in upon thejlower deck, which was crowded with passengers. Instantly the crowd on both decks rushed to the opposite side, and their weight, together with that of the water shipped by the boat, caused a lurch in the opposite direction. Then it was that the disaster occured. The side of the boat sunk in water to the depth of one or two feet, and while the crowd on the lower deck were struggling to save themselves from slipping down into the river, the stanchions supporting the upper deck suddenly gave way, and the whole structure, with its load of human be- ings, came down on those who were below. The scene that followed can not be described. The boat contin ued to settle on its side deeper into the water, taking with it many of the passengers, who were stunned by the tall of the upper deok and were there fore unable to help, themselves, while many precipitated into the river, un hurt, rept the air with their vain ap peals for succor which those of the sum the law allowed. Of the president it is said senator Conkling quite recently spoke as fol lows: “That man in the White House is not all one man. For instance, he gets his religion from Bob Ingersoll, his patriotism from Mahone. his hon esty from Doisey, and his stupidity— well, it may be natural, but it is more than likely that it is a legacy left by his predecessor in the office ot presi dent.’’ the road of a young man’s life to ruin, death and damnation. Throughyour instrumentality the wails of mothers aud the sobs of sisters are heard in desolate hours. Bright futures are shadowed by the darkness ot y«ur sin. The morals ot the youth of our city are being corrupted and their re spectability tainted. Judge Simmons imposed fines to the amount ot some twelve hundred dollars. Several parties were fined $250, some $125 and $150. Oue party was fined $325. Judge Sim mons is determined, as far as lies in his power, to check the selling of whisky to minors and abolish liquor drinking on Sunday.—Macon Tele* graph. , TIIE OFFICE A FOOTBALL. A crying evil in our institutions is the way public offices are used to ad- vance the ends ot politicians and their usefulness to the public service de stroyed by the frequent changes made in the incumbents. This is fully il lustrated in the case of the New York Custom House, one ot the most im- portaot in tho country. The manner in which it is abused is illustrated hy the Savannah News in this way: “The term of Customs Collector Merritt, of New York, would not have expired until July 20,1882, had he not been superseded by Mr. Rob ertson. There are no such charges against Mr. Merritt as were . brought against Collector Arthur—“dishon esty and inefficiency’’—when Hayes and Sherman kicked him out. In fact, theie could be none, consistently, for the Robertson nomination was ac. companied by that of Mr. Merritt to the Consul Generalship at London, which is a sufficient voucher for his good record in the New York Colluc- torship. It is the exigencies of con tending factions that bring about these frequent and otherwise uncalled for changes in this office. Collector Arthur, a Grant man, stood in the path of Secretary Sherman’s presi dential ambition, and he waa forth with kicked out of office. Collector Merritt does not answer the require ments for 1884 of the Blaine-Gartield faction, and so he “steps down and out.” The political power of the of fice completely overshadows its pub'ic character and makes it the foot bal I of ambitious and combative politi cians, and at present threatens to moke it the cause of the disruption of a great party. An exchange says mat a Georgia railroad now requires all of its em ployees to sign a pledge containing the following stringent clause : “I will entirely abstain from the use of all kinds ot intoxicating liquors of every kind, including ale, beer and wine, and that I will not frequent or visit dram shops, billiard-saloon^ or other places where such liquors are sold, and that I will refrain from the use of pro- fane, abusive and improper language.” Which railroad is it? A GOOD WAY TO PUT IT. We All Hare Our Troubles. Philadelphia Times. The Bootblacks’ Union, of St. has just had a disturbance over question of colored members, leg Jerry has been the boss 0: peals i ;ess to extend to all in a moment. 7 Twenty-two more'' bodies ware re- covered to day from tinder the lower detiLbfJthe vessel, making about two hundred in all recovered. It is not knoyrp.hqw .many more, if any, are lost/ t Almost' all business is at stand still and crowds are in the 'streets discussing the sad calamity. Solemn stillness prevails in the city.| Flags are at half mastand bells are tolling. At 10:30 p. m. 230 bodies had been recovered. It is believed that there are several yet beneath the wreck. : Herald. k. .. . i » ,... * u'e/testimony "in the case of Whit- nuion, ana he wad in favor EaxWm .all in. Argument *1 1- * I'* 1 "' — win positively be limited to three months for each side, after which the court is expected to take it recesflffor repairs. ting the colored polishers to member ship, as they were cutting prices and ruining the' business. Yorkey Pete, however, couldn’t consent to associate with any such people, and l e led a bolt, taking a majority of the mero- oers of the union along with him. It seems that we all have our troubles, whether United States Senators- or bootblacks. Bring all the horses and > mules needed on the farms from Kentucky i and other states, and then bring the “Dat’s where we dif-j dry food along to keep them from m take de hand of de 1 starving and you have an example of white loafer fust, ebry time. Shake!” Southern thrift, snd aiso a sad satire And they shook.— Galveston Neve- on common sense.—Augusta Nevis. Mb'. J. A. Perdue, .who recently purchased the Watkinsville Advance has made vast improvements in. the appearance of the paper. . It is now a very creditable sheet. ' , t ., There has been a great variety of opinions expressed by the clergy of this country, on the revised new tes* tament. One of the best ways of putting tho metier is that of the Rev. Dr. J. O. Peck, of the Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal church, Brook lyn. He* preached last Sunday even ing on ^The greatest event of the great century—the revised version of tlie new testament.” The revision was the greatest event of ti»e century, he said, because, it demonstrated that there were.no fatal errors in the tes tament as we have had it. Eighty men, learned acd pious, had spent ten years each in stqdying the book, and tbiR aggregate, ot eight hundred years of labor looking for defects had proved that there J was no false doc trine In the testament—no false error. •‘1 take these eight hundred years of study of the Bible,” said the preacher, “and put them -against Bob Inger* soil’s treatment of it/ There is really, however, no call for the clergy to pay so much attention to Bob Ingersoll. Bob geta- entirely too much free advertising, and he eo' joys it- There is, little depth about the man, He U uot a thinker, nor a logician. He deals in cheap, flashy rhetoric, and any. man who has per ception enough to look beneath the surface: of his shallow rantiugs, will RIGHT WATERING OF PLANTS. Farmera T Ho .no Journal. ‘If you were very thirsty,’ said old Mr. Irwin; “and I was the pour a glass ot water on the top of your head, would you be very grateful to me ?’ 1 ‘No,’ said Tom, who was watering his geranium, ‘Td be mad!’ ‘Well eaid the old man. ‘you are not treating the plants much better. It has mouths, and it likes to drink, when it is thirsty, but you don’t pour the water into its mouth,’ ‘I don’t know where they are,’ said Tom looking curiously at the bush. ‘Its leaves are full of eager little pores and they are choked with dust,’ Mr. Erwin said. ‘Just put the nose again on the watering pot and wash the leaves.’ Tom picked up the nose, put it- on the spout of the pot, aud gave the bush a thorough welting. ‘It does look better,’he said, ‘has it any other mouths ?’ ‘Plenty of them,’ said the old man; ‘one at the end of each rootlet. When you pour a stream of water around the stem of the plant, I think it must feel as you would if I put the water on your head.” ‘Yes,’ said Tom, 'seo that fuchsia, I didn’t water the leaves nor the ends of the roots, I am sura.’ ‘And don’t you see you are doing the same .thing by that rhododen dron ?’ said the irritable old man. When you do anything boy, do it in the right way.’ And he took the watering pot him self, and every mouth in each plant got a good drink that time. • Apparently Not. ' <« . Philapelphia Time. one bnt Phut and himself. 1 power there exhibited. RAILROAD RUMORS. Our state is full of railroad rumors. Some seem plausible aud some the contrary. We copy the following two paragraphs trom the Atlanta Post- Appeal, to show our Teaders how the railroad idea is bubbling and boiling: “The latest railroad intelligence is that the Louisville and Nashville has bought out the Central railroad. This ta a tremendous move, and its conse quences cannot be calculated. “Auother piece of news is that a rail road syndicate has been formed, with Gen. Wm. McRae at its head, to con vey all freights around Atlanta by means of a belt railroad, instead of carrying them through.the city.” Says the Nashville American: With the exception of ids mean and unsoldierly attack upon Gen. Han cock, Grant never did a thing that in jured him so much as his recent letter. It is concentrated ^bitterness, and moreovei altogether inancurate—false in its statements ot facts, though doubtless not intentionally so.