About The sunny South. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1875-1907 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1887)
> 6 THE SUNNY SOUTH, ATLANTA, GA. SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 9,1887. ▲ Texas advertiser want* “an industrious H | (>0M hiad over 6,000 heed of sheep hat can speak Spanish fluently.” ▲ woman in town hearing a great deal • leave,," mg- „ ■boot "preserving autumn leaves,” P a * °P some, but afterward told a neighbor that they wen not fit to eat and she might as well have thrown her sugar away. ^ The dairy maid pensively ml'ked the goat, And poutingly paused to nmUer,- "I wish, you brute, you would turn to milt And the animal turned to butt-’er. In rearing animals for the dairy, care should be taken that the young are not so fed as to ae- velop a tendency to great sire, either in frame me adipose tissue. Turkey and guinea fowls destroy thousands ef bugs, and the hen and duck are very fond ef worms, though insects of every kind are relished by all. _____ Good butter will cure the evil of oleomarga rine or any other substitute more speedily and effectually than all the laws and politicians in America. In 1,800 pounds of the grain of wheat there are 15i ounces of patash, 15 ounces of soda. Id ounces of lime, 55 ounces of magnesia, ounces of phosphoric acid, 39 ounces of sul phur, 2 ounces of chlorine, 6 ounces of silica aud 528 ounces of nitrogen. “There is no unbelief. Whoever plants a seed beneath the sod And waits to see it push away the clod, He trusts in God. Whoever sees 'neath winter s field of snow, The silent harvest of the future grow, God’s power must know.” Away with the Suckers. Out away all the suckers from the trees and get the orchard in shape. There is nothing so unsightly as an orchard containing suckers around the base of each tree. Standard Pear Trees Preferred. A farmer says that after 25 years experience in raising pears for market he has come to the conclusion that if he were about to plant an orchard and could get dwarf pears for not hing, while at the same time he had to pay ?oUU a thousand for Standard’s he would not hesitate a moment in taking ftie latter. How Is This for Sheepishness? In order to show what a sheep may attain in weight it may be mentioned that a two- year-old grade Lincoln wether was recently slsughtered in England. Its live weight was 434 pounds; carcass, 304 pounds; loose fat, 34 pounds; skin, entrails, blood, etc., 90 pounds; waste, six pounds. Cood Roads are Profitable. We most assuredly agree with The Husband man in the remark that, “when a township has highways as good as they can be made, adjacent lands go up in price more than enough to pay the cost of improvement, and the rule applies with equal force to large areas, even to the State.” And we will add that when that portion of our convict labor which can be, is utilized by being use i in permanent ly improving our public roads, we can, while relieving the farm-laborer of an odious, oner ous and inconvenient duty, have thoroughfarts equal to any anywhere. On, How Nice! Here is a recipe for “orange hash”: Or anges, bananas, lemons, apples, raisins and pineapples are cut up into little bits, worked just enough to thicken their juices, and then served with a little grated nutmeg. But the serving is the pretty part. Cut a hole, just large enough to admit a spoon, in the stem end of an orange; and through this hole take out all the inside of the orange, which you then fill with the heavenly hash aud serve on a pretty little glass fruit dish with lemon or orange leaves. The Cow for Small Farms. The farmer who usually keeps a few cows, from which he expects to realize money profit, besides supplying his own table with plenty of milk and butter, should keep only those of each breed as is best adapted to the purpose. In order to do so he has to consult the obser vation and experience of others to find out that the Jersey is far preferable to all others. The cows of this breed are easily kept, very docile and beautiful, yielding milk of superior richness, from which is produced buiter which for color, solidity and fine flavor isuaequaled. As evidence of this, the butter made from the Jersey commands as a general thing, from 25 to 60 per cent, better price in the Northern cities than that of any other breed.— N. C. Farmer. . The Introduction of Sorghum. Major Edwin Henry, of Green county, Ten nessee, gives the following bit of sorghum his- tcrys “Some thirty years ago I had imported from France, through William R. l’rinae at the time the well-known proprietor of the ‘Lmnecs Botanic Gardens,’ of Flushing Long Branch, a hogshead of the Chinesejsugar can seed—th? black seed variety. I sold the greater pro portion of this all over the country; and it brought as high as ten dollars per pound. I planted some of the seed in my garden at Flushing This was the first cane seed lm- norted "for commercial purposes into the United States. The next year, after this im portation, Leonard Wray, an Englishman, Who had lived in India, imported what is known as Imphee seed, and with high hopes started a plantation for its growth in South Carolina From that timo to the present sor ghum cane has been grown in almost every section of the United States, and, as you kMW. has been generally cultivated through out our State.” Guide Boards for County Roads. Considering the comparatively small cost, as compared with the very great convenience to the public—to citizens no less than to stran gers and travelers—they would be, it is not a little singular that every county has .not au thorized the fixing of “guide boards” where there are roai crossings or forks. It is likely that the very insignificance of the cost, together with the idea that what is every body’s business, is nobody’s, has prevented action. But all persons who have traveled, and encountered forks and crossings without knowing which to take, and no person or house in sight or near, from whom to obtain information know what a help and convenience “Guide Boards’’ would be. County Commis sioners have the power to erect them, and Grand Juries have the right to suggest or au thorize their erection. Our Farm Products. The farm products of the United States ag gregate in value not less than 13.500,000,000. Of this com Is the largest item, 1.900,000,000 bushels, $627,000,000; then wheat 450,000,000 bushels, $440,009,000; dairy (milk, batter and cheese), $370,000,000; hay 45.000,000 tons, $360,000,000; beef, veal (dressed), 400.000,000 pounds, $360,000,000; pork (dressed), 6.000,- 000,000 pounds, $360,000,000; cotton, 3.120,- 090,000 pounds, $250,000,000; tobacco, 483,- 000,000 pounds, $42,000,000; sugar, 250,000,- 000 pounds, #12.400,000; rice, 98.000,000 pounds, $4,900,000. Cotton Sood Oil and LlnaoodOII. In a recent analysis of cotton seed and lin seed meals, the following was the result: Cot- ton seed contained of water, 8.39 perewu.; ash, 7.10: protein, 46.03; ernde fibre, 8.20: carbo-hydrates, 20.20; fats, 11.08. Linseed contained of water, 8.93 per cent.; ash, 6.21; protein, 33.03; crude fibre, 10.87; carbo-hy drates, 33.11; fate, 9.86. This shows the cot ton seed to be richer in nitrogenous matter, while the linseed contains a larger amount of sugar and starch. A New “Boom"-field Suggested. We have seen it stated that there is a gen tleman in Connecticut who has made a large fortune by buying run-down farms cheap, re storing their fertility, and then (in the mean time making paying crops), sold them at ad vanced prices. We are not sore bat that just such a specu lation could be engaged in in Georgia, and, perhaps, in the other States of the South. A speculation of this sort, while making hand some returns to the Investor, benefits the State also, in that it simultaneously increases productions and real estate values, and the aggregate wealth. Why not some sagacious progressive capitalist, really ambitious of pro moting the public welfare, enter this invitingly profitable field? Dairying In the South. Ii discussing the matter of dairying in the South, a writer says: “The difficulty in keep ing butter through the hot season, and espe cially in getting a supply of ice to cool and harden it, is probably the reason why dairy ing has not made more progress in the South ern States.” While the above may be true as to a certain influence prejudicial to this important indus try, it lacks a great deal of being the principal one. The drawbacks of the greatest and most extensive influence in retarding the develop ment of dairying in the South has been the want of the facilities for transportation, through and from the districts peculiarly adapted to the business, to market. It is al most impossible to conceive of natural condi tions for successful dairying superior to those of the Blue Ridge region in the Virginias and Carolinas, East Tennessee and Georgia. This grand area—in addition to its varied and al most inexhaustible mineral resources and for ests of the very best timber of all kinds—com prises mountains and hills presenting every variety of exposure and degree of grade possi ble to topography; an altitude (from four thousand feet down) that insures a low enough temperature the entire year; and innumerable full and constant clear streams, fed by springs, flowing through valleys of deep and rich soil. It is thus adapted to grazing, as all the grasses flourish there, and dairying can be engaged in with promise of extraordinary success and profit; or cattle, sheep, swine and poultry raised for market. We know of no section where superior apples have been or can be raised. But the entire region under consideration is comparatively destitute of railway transporta tion. It is true this has been improved in the recent past, and improvements are very slowly progressing now. In time transportation fa cilities may be ample. When they are—when railways shall penetrate to the fertile valleys of the Blue Ridge, and good local ro^ds from the farms connect with these—then one of the principal drawbacks will be removed and the prospects of success will be promising. The writer remarks that there is “another equally good reason to be found in the shift less and careless habits of the help employed.” We are compelled to admit that this is true— not enough care is taken in preparing dairy or orchard products for market. But better transportation facilities will be followed by increased production and consequent compe tition, which will naturally and necessarily result in improving the produet and in the be stowal of more care in the preparation for market. There is probably no locality which offers better inducements for men skilled in it, to ergage in the milk business, than the vicin ity of some Southern cities. A NEW AND IMPOBTANT INDUS TRY. Crowing Poppy and Manufacturing Opium on Indian River. Diversification of industries and of the pro ducts of the soil is what the South has all along needed, but was unable, until since the war, to attempt. But the conditions are now changed—she can now diversify at her pleas ure, and inimitably. Perceiving the many and golden opportunities,the sagacious, enter prising and progressive among her own citi zens, and the capitalists of the North, and foreign countries, are beginning to enter the various fields of enterprise and embark in new and promising agricultural and manufactur ing industries. Below we give an account from the Titusville, (Florida,) Star, of the in troduction of the cultivation of the poppy and the manufacture of opium. Though short it cannot fail to attract attention and excite interest. We know of no reason why this should not grow into a very great and lucra tive industry. The Star takes pleasure in welcoming to the (Indian) river Dr. W. W. Winthrop, of St Paul, Minn. This gentleman has traveled widely and is a keen observer of what he met with in his travels. His primary object in lo cating in Florida, is to encourage the growth of the poppy and the manufacture of opium. His experience in this branch of production is of fifteen years standing, and he has grown the poppy successfully in the East Indies, Persia, Germany, France and in the Levant; whilst on the American continent he has ex perimented in Massachusetts, New York, Illi nois, Iowa, Minnesota, Dakota and Florida. The plant grows everywhere, but be3t of all in Florida, producing larger bulbs and capsules. The difficulty of hitherto producing opium in the United States successfully has been the high wages paid to labor. Dr. Winthrop has invented a plan, however, by which opium can be produced here better and cheaper than in India, where the average wages are 10 cents per day,—the cultivation is so perfect by his method that 16 plants can be made to produce an ounce of opium. The gentleman assures us that, at the present price of the drug, a net revenue of $1,000 per acre is an exceedingly moderate estimate. Every orange grove can be laid out between the trees with this plant and the demand for the skme at good prices is illimitable. An English syndicate of capital ists is going into the cultivation of the poppy largely on Indian river, and Dr. Winthrop is prospecting and perfecting the arrangements of the company. The poppy will grow and ripen every month in the year, and thus doubtless, another large source of wealth will shortly be added to Indian river. TALMAGE'S SERMON. Taber- l-reaeded in the Brookyn nscle. A Lhre Church. Bbookltw, April 3.—The Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, D. D., has returned from the West, after an absence of neatly three weeks, in which he preached and lectured in fifteen cities to immense throngs. A vast congrega tion waa present in the tabernacle this morn ing, and joined with fine effect in singing the hymn which begins; “Jesus shall reign where’er the son Does his successive journeys ran.” Dr. Talmsge’s subject was: "Alive Church, snd his text Revelation, ii; 8-9: “Unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; I know thy works, and trib ulation, and poverty, bat thou art rich.” Smyrna was a great city of the ancients, bounded on three sides by mountains. It the central emporium of the Levantine trade. In that prosperous and brilliant city there was a Christian chinch established. After it had existed for awhile it wac rocked down by an earthquake. It was rebuilt. Than it was consumed by a conflagration that swept over the entire city. That chnrch went through fire, and trouble, and disaster, bat kept on to great spiritual prosperity. The fact was, that chnrch had the grace of God. an ever active principle. Had it been otherwise all the grandeur of architecture and all the pomp of surroundings would only have been the orna ment of death—the garland of a coffin, the plumes of a hearse. It may be profitable to consider what are the elements of a live church. I remark in the first place, that one charac teristic of such a church is punctuality in meeting its engagements. All ecclesiastical institutions have financial relations, and they ought to meet their obligations just as certain ly as men meet their obligations at the bank. When a chnrch of God is not as faithfnl in its promise as the bank of England, it ceases to be a church of God. It ought to be understood that prayers cannot paint a chnrch, and prayers cannot pay the winter’s coal bill, and prayers cannot meet the insurance; and that, while prayers can do a thousand things, there are a thousand things that prayers cannct do. Prayer for any particular church will never reach high heaven unless it goes down pocket deep. In my church at the West there was a man of comfortable means who used to pray for his pastor in such prolonged style that he became a nuisance to the prayer meeting; asking God, in a prayer that was almost with out ceasing, that the pastor might be blessed in his basket and in his store, while the fact was he never paid anything. If we pray for the advancement of the chnrch, and do not out of our means contribute for its advancement, onr prayer is only mockery. Let the church of God then meet its obligations on the outside, and let the members of the congregation meet the obligations on the inside and the chnrch Will be financially prosperous. Let me say, also, that there must be punct uality in the attendance on the house of the Lord. If the service begins at half-past ten in the morning, the regular congregation of a live church will not come at a quarter to eleven. If the service is to begin at half-past seven in the evening, the regular congregation of a live church will not come at a quarter to eight. In some churches 1 have noticed that the people are always tardy. There are some people Who are always late. They were born too late, and the probability is they will die too late. The rustling or dresses up the aisle, and the slam ming of doors, and the treading of heavy feet, is poor inspiration for a minister. Ii requires great abstraction in a pastor’s mind to proceed with the preliminary exercises of the church when one-half of the audience seated are lock ing around to see the other half come in. Such a difference of attendance upon the house of God may be a difference of time-pieces; but the live church of which I am speaking ought to go by railroad time, and that is pretty well understood in all our communities. There is one hymn that ourht to be sung in a great many Christian families on Sabbath morning: "Early, my God, without delay, I haste to seek Thy place.” Another characteristic of a live church is the fact that all the people participate in the exercises. A stranger can tell by the way the first tune starts whether there is any life there. A chnrch that does not sing is a dead church. It is awful to find a cold drizzle of music coming down from the organ loft, while all the people beneath sit in silence. When a tnne wanders around lonely and on befriended, and is finally lost amid the arches because the people do not join in it, there is not much melody made unto the Lord. In heaven they all sing, though some there cannot sing half so well as others. The Methodist church has song all around the world, and gone from conquest to conquest, among other things, because it is a stag ing church; and any Christian church organ- iration that with enthusiasm .perform, this part of its duty, will go on from triumph to triumph. A church of God that can sing can do anything that ought to be done. We go forth into this holy war with the Bible in one hand and a hymn book in the other. O! ye who used to sing the praises of the Lord, and have got out of the habit, take your harps down from the willows. I am glad to know that, as a church, we are making advance ment in this respect. When I came to bo your pastor we had an excellent choir in the little chapel, and they sang very sweetly to ns Sab bath by Sabbath; but ever and anon -there was trouble, for you know that the choirs in the United States are the Waterloos where the great battles go on. One Sunday they will sing like angels, and the nexi Sunday they will be mad, and will not sing at all. We resolved to settle all the difficulties, and have one skillful man at the orgaD, and one man to do the work of a precento; and now, from Sabbath to Sabbath, the song comes up like the voice of mighty thunderings. “Let those refuse to sing, Who never knew our God; But children of the Heavanly King Should speak their joys abroad,” On the way to triumph that never ends, and pleasures that never die. Sing. Another characteristic of a live church is a flourishing Sabbath school. It is too late in the history of the Christian church to argue the benefit of such an institution. The Sab bath-school is not a supplement to the church; it is its right arm. But you say there are dead churches that have Sabbath schools. Yes, but the Sabbath-schools are dead too. It is a dead mother holding in her arms a dead child. But when superintendent, and teachers, and scholars come on Sabbath afternoons together, their faces glowing with interest and enthusi asm, and their songs are heard all through the exercises, and at the close they go away feel ing they have been on the Mount of Transfig uration—that is, a live school, and it is char acteristic of a live church. There is only one thing I have against the Sabbath-schools of this country, and that is, they are too respect able. We gather into our schools toe children of the refined, and the cultured, and the edu cated; but, alas, foathe great multitude of the children of the abandoned and the lost! A few of them are gathered into our Sabbath- schools; but what about the 70,000 destitute children of New York, and the score of thou sands of destitute children of Brooklyn, around whom are thrown no benign, and heavenly, and Christian influences? It is a tremendous question, what is to become of the destitute children of these cities? We must either act on them, or they will act on us We will either Christianize them or they will heathenize os. It is a question not more for the Christian than for the philanthropic and the statesmen. Oh! if we could have all these suffering little ones gathered together what a scene of hanger, and wretchedness, i a temple of the Holy Ghoet nd blistered ruin—ev- and rags, and sin, and trouble, and darktw—I If we could see those little feet on the broad road to death, which through Christian chari ty ought to be pressing the narrow path to life; if we could hear those voices in blasphemy, which ought to be staging the praises of God; if we could see those little hearts which at that age ought not to be soiled with one andean thought, becoming the sewers for every abom ination; if wo could see those suffering little ones sacrificed on the altar of every iniquitous passion, and baptized with fire from the lava of the pit, we would recoil crying out: “Avaunt, thou dream of hell!’’ They are not always going to be children. They are coming up to be the men and women of this country. The spark of iniquity that might now be put out with one drop of the water of life, will be come the conflagration of every queer thing that God ever planted in the soul That which ought to have will become a scarred am ery light quenched and every altar in the dust. That petty thief, who slips into your store and takes a yard of cloth from your counter, will become the highwayman of the forest, or the burglar at midnight, picking the lock of your money safe and blowing np your store to hide the villainy. A great army, with staggering step, and bloodshot eye and drunken boot, they are coming on, gathering recruits from every grog shop and den of tammy in the land, to take the ballot box and hurrah at the elec tions. The hanMcnuckled fist of ruffianism will have more power than the gentle hand of intelligence and sobriety. Men, bloated, and with tne sigr ature of sin burned in from the top of the forehead to the bottom of the chin, will look honest men out of countenance. Moral corpses, which ought to be buried a hundred feet deep to keep them from poison ing the air, will rot in the face of the sun at noonday. Industry in her plain frock will be unappreciated, while thousands of men will wander around in idleness, with their hand on their hips, saying: “The world owes ns a liv ing.” Oh, what a tremendous power there is in iniquity when unedneated, and unrestrained, and unblanched it goes on concentrating, and deepening, and widening, and gathering mo mentum until it swings ahead with a very tri umph of desolation, drowning like surges, scorching like flames, crashing like rocks 1 What are yon going to do with this abandoned population of the streets? Will yon gather them in your churches? It is not the will of your Heavenly Father that one of these little ones should perish. If you have ten respect able children in yoar class, gather in ten that are not respectable. If in your Bible class there be twenty young men who have come from Christian homes and elegant surround tags, let those twenty young men go ont and gather in twenty more of the young men of the city w ho are lost to society. This outside population, unless educated and restrained, will work terror in ages that are to come. Years ago, at New Orleans, when the cholera was raging fearfully, a steamboat pat oat just before nightfall crowded with passengers who were trying to escape from the pestilence. After the boat had been out a little while the engineer fell with the cholera. The captain, in consternation, went down among the passen gers and asked; “Is there any one here who knows anything about enigneering?” A swarhty man replied: “I am an engineer.” “Well,” said th« captain, “I would be very glad if you would take charge of this boat;.’’ The man went to the engine. The steamer moved rapidly until, after awhile, the captain and some passengers were alarmed, and they went to see what was the matter, and they found that this was a maniac engineer; that he was seated on the safety-valve, and as they came to him he said: “I am commissioned of Satan to drive this steamer to hell!” And he flourished his pistol and would not come down. But after awhile, through some strat agem, he was brought from his position, and the lives of the passengers were saved. O, my friends, that steamer had no snch peril as onr institutions are threatened with, if the Ig norant and unrestrained children of this land shall come up in their ignorance and their crime to engineer onr civil and religions insti tutions and drive them on the rocks. Edu cate this abandoned population, or they will overthrow the institutions of this land. Gath er them into yonr Sabbath-schools. I con gratulate yon that many have been gathered. Go forth, teachers, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and on the coming Sabbaths may there be found scores and hundreds of these wanderers; and instead of eighteen hun dred in the Sabbath-school we shall see three thousand or fonr thousand, and the grace of God will come down upon them,''and the Holy Spirit will bring them all into the until. Another characteristic of a live church is one with appropriate architecture. In the far West and am|d . destitute population, a log church is very appropriate—the people living in log houses. But in communities where people live in comfortable abodes, a church uucommodious or lacking in beauty is amoral nuisance. Because Christ was horn in a man ger is no reason why we should worship Him in a barn. Let the churches of Jesus Christ be not only comfortable, but ornate. Years ago we resolved to have a comfortable church. We resolved that it should be amphitheatrical in shape. The prominent architects of the country, after figuring on the matter a good while, said that such a church would not be churchly, and they would have nothing to do with the enterprise. But after awhile we found an architect willing to risk his reputa tion. He put up for us the first tabernacle, in amphitheatrical style. We liked it. All who came liked it. This building followed in the same style. We believe it is appropriate and adapted. An angular church will have an an gular theology. The chnrch of Jesus Christ ought to be a great family circle—the pnlpit only the fireplace around which they are gath ered in sweet and domestic communion. But then onr first tabernacle went np. O, the car icature and the scoffing! They said: “It’s a hippodrome! It’s a holy circus! It’s Tal- mage’s theatre!” Bat the Lord came down with power upon that old building and made it the gate of Heaven to a great many. And this bnilding followed. That we were right in persisting in the style of architecture is proved by the fact that now there are sixty or seventy churches in the United States in the same style. Indeed our tabernacle has revo lutionized church architecture in this country. A live church must have a commodious, a comfortable and adapted building. “How amiable are Thy tabernacle, O, Lord of hosts! I wonid rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wick edness.” Again, the characteristic of a live church must be that it is a soul-saving church. “O,” say some people, “the gospel of Christ allows but a small swing for a man’s faculties, and some men have left the ministry with that idea.” One such said to Rowland Hill, “I have left the ministry, because I don’t want to hide my talents any longer.” “Well,” re plied Rowland Hill, “I think the more you hide your talents the better.” Why, there is no field on earth so grand as that which is open before the gospel ministry. Have you powers cf analysis? Exhaust them here. Uave you unconquerable logic? Let it grap ple with Paul’s Epistle to the Romans. Have you strong imagination? Let it discourse on the Psalms of David, or John’s apocalyptic vision. Have you great powers of pathos? Exhaust it in telling the story of a Savior’s love. Have you a bold style of thinking? Then fol low Ezekiel’s wheel, full of eyes, and hear through his chap ers the rush of the wings of the seraphim. All ye who want a grand field in which to work for God, come into the gos pel ministry. At any rate come into Christian circles, and somewhere and somehow declare the grace of God. Pardon for all sin! Com fort for all trouble! Eternal life for all the dead! O, my soul! preach it forever. It has been my ambition, and I believe it has been yours, my dear people, m these years of my ministry to have this a soul-saving church, and we never yet threw out the gospel net, but we drew in a great multitude. They have come, a hundred at a time, and two hundred at a time, and three hundred and fifty at a time, and I expect the day will come when, in some ser vice, there will be three thousand souls ac cepting the offers of eternal life. I wish I could tell you some circumstances that have come under my observation, proving the fact that God has blessed the prayers of these peo ple in behalf of souls immortal. I could tell you of one night, when I stood at the end of the platform, and a gentleman passed me, his cheek bronzed with the sea, and as he went into the inquiry-room he said to me: “I am an Englishman.” I said: “I am very glad to see yon; walk in.” That night he gave his heart to the Lord. It was a clear case of quick but thorough conversion. Passing out at the the close of the inquiry meeting I said: “How long have you been in this country?” He said: “I arrived by steamer this morning at eleven o’clock.” I said: “How long will you be in the city?” He said: “I leave to-morrow for Canada, and thence I go to Halifax, and thence to Europe, and I’ll never be here again.” I said: “I think yon must have come to this country to have your soul saved.” He 6aid: “That certainly was the reason.” In that other room, one night, at the close of the ser vice, there sat among other persons, three per- sona looking so oheerful that I mid to myaaH: “These are anxious inquirers.” I said to the man: “Areyou a Christian?” He said: “I am.” I said: “When did yon become a Christian?” He said: “Tonight.” His wife eat next to him. I said to her: “Are you a Christian?” She said: “I am.” I said: “When did you become a Christian?” She said: “Tonight.” I remarked: “Is this young lady your daughter 1 ” They said: “Yes.” I said to her: “Are yon a Christian?” She said: “Yea.” I said: “When did you become a Christian?” She said: “Tonight.” I said to them: “From whenoe came you?” They said: “We are from Charleston, South Carolina.” I said: “When did yon come?” They said: “We came yesterday.” “How long are you going to remain?” “We go to morrow. We have never been here before, and we shall never be here again.” I have heard from them ataoe. They are members of the chnrch of Jesne Christ, in good and regular standing, eminent for consistency and piet; And so God hes made it a soul-saving churcl But I could tell you of a tragic scene, when once at the dose of the service I found a man In one of those front seats, wrought upon most mightily. I said to him: “What la the mat ter?” He replied: “I am a captive of strong drink; I am bom the West; I thought, per haps, von ooold do me some good; I find you can’t do me any good; I find there Is no hope for me.” I said: “Come into this side room and we will talk together.” “Oh, no, he said, “there’s no need of my going in; I am a loet man; I have a beautiful wife; I have four beautiful children; I had a fine profession; I have had a thorough education; I had every opportunity a man ever had, bat I am a cap tive of strong drink; God only knows what I suffer.” I said: “Be encouraged; come in here, and we'll talk together abont it” “No,” be arid, “I can’t come; yon can’t do me any good. I was on the Hudson River railroad yesterday, and coming down I resolved never again to touch a drop of strong drink. While I sat there a man came in—a low creature— and sat by me; he had a whisky flask, and he said to me: “Will you take a drink?” I said ‘No,’ but oh, how I wanted itl and as I said no, it seemed that the liquor curled up around the month of the flask and begged: ‘Take met take met take me!’ I felt I couldn’t resist it, and yet I was determined not to drink, and I rushed ont on the platform of the car, and I thought I would jump off; we were § oing at the rate of forty miles an honr, and I idn’t dare to jnmp; the paroxysm of thirst went off, and I am here to-night.” I said: “Come in; I’ll pray for yon, and commend yon to God.” He came in trembling. After the service, we walked ont and np the street. I said: “Yon have an awful struggle; I’ll take you into a drag store; perhaps the doctor can give yon some medicine that will help yon in your struggle, though, after all, you will have to depend upon the grace of God.” I said to the doctor: “Can you give this man something to help him in his battle against strong drink?” “I can,” replied the doctor, and he prepared a bottle of medicine. I said: “There is no al cohol in this—no strong drink?” “None at all,” said the dootor. “How long will this last?” I inquired. “It will last him a week.” “O,” I said, “give him another bottle.” We passed out into the street and stood under the gas light It was getting late and I said to the man: “I must part with you. Putyourtrust in the Lord and he will see you through. You will make use of this medicine when the par oxysm ef thirst comes on.” A few weeks passed away and I got a letter bom Boston saying: “Dear biend, I enclose the money yon paid for that medicine. I have never need anjt of it. The thirst for strong drink has en tirely gone away from me. I send you two or three newspapers to show yon what I have been doing since I came t) Boston.” I opened the newspapers and saw accounts of meetings of two or three thousand people to whom this man had been preaching righteousness, tem perance, and judgment to come. I have heard bom him again and again since. He is faith ful now, and will be, I know, faithful to the last. O, this work of soul saving! Would God that ont of this audience to-day five hun dred men might hear the voice of the Son of God bidding them come to a glorions resurrec tion! All the offers of the gospel are extended to you “without money and without price,” aHd yon are conscious of the fact that these oppor tunities will soon be gone forever. The con ductor of a railway train was telling me of the fact that he was one night standing by his train on a side track, his train having been switched off so that the express train might dart past unhindered. He said while he stood there in tne darkness beside his train on the side track he heard the thunder of the express in the distance. Then he saw the flash of the headlight. The train came with fearful veloc ity, nearer and nearer until after awhile when it came very near, by the flash of the headlight he saw that the switchman had not attended to his duty, either through intoxication or in difference, had not attended to his duty—and that train, unless something were done imme diately, would rush on the side track, and dash the other train to atoms. He shouted to the switchman: “Set up that switch!” and with one stroke the switch went back, and the express thundered on. O! men and women going on toward the eternal world, swift as the years, swift as the months, swift as the days, swift as the hours, swift as the minutes, swift as the seconds—on what track are you running? Toward light or darkness? Toward victory or defeat? Toward heaven or hell? Set up that switch. Cry aloud to God. “Now is the day of salvation." - KOBTON, J. J. CSUBMAN, Proprietor- £ailroat>0. VWW.WV.WW'. RAILROAD TIME TABLE. Showing the arrival and departure of all trains from Atlanta, 6a. EAST TENNE88EE, Y1R 'Day Express from Sav’h & Fla. No. 14. 10 50 am BomeExpress fromNorth No.15. 515 am *Cin. Sc Mem. Ex. from North, No. 11. 1152 p m Day Express from North No. 13.. 8 85 pm •Day Ex. from Savannah and Brunswick, No. ?s 636pm •Cannon Ball from Jack sonville and Brunswick No 12 2 25 am •East MaU from Florida, Note 7 25pm GIN1A Sc GEORGIA B. B •Day Express North, E. and West No 141215 pm •Cannon Ball, No. 12 •New York Lim. North N. Y. Phils, etc. No. It ♦Cannon Ball Sooth fot SVh ft Fla. No. 11 •Fast Express Booth fu S’vhAFla. No. 13.3 40 pm •DayKx’sS’thNelS 600am CENTRAL ARRIVE. From Savannah* 7 27 am “ Bam’sv’U* 7 37 am " Macon*....12 15 am " Macon* 195 pm “ Savannah*.. 999 p-* RAILROAD. DEPART. To Savannah*.... 6 36 am To Macon*...—. 200 pm To Macon* 8 00 am To Savannah* ... 6 50pm To Barnesvuls*.. 515pm WF8TERN AND ATI From Chata’ga* 215 am “ Marietta... 8 35am " Rome..—™ 1195 am " Chata’gc*.. 6 39 am “ Chata’ga*.. 144pm 14 Chata’ga*.. 6 35 pm a ANTIC RAILROAD. To Chattanooga* 7 50 am To Chattanooga* 140 pm To Rome .... 845pm To Marietta.... 4 40 pm ToChatt&Dooga* 650pm To Chattanooga* 12 30 pm ATLANTA AND WES r From M’tgo’ery* 215 am “ M’tjifo’ery* 125 pm ** L&grftnge* 9 37 am r POINT railroad. To Montgo’ery* 1 20 pm To Montgo’eiy* 12 20 am To Lagrange*.... 5 05 pm GEORGIA From Angusta* 6 49 am “ Covington. 7 55 am “ Decatur... 1915 am “ Augusta*.. 199 pm Clarkston- 2 29 pm “ Angusta... 545pm 1AILBOAD. To Augusta*.... 8 00am To Decatur 9 00 am To Clarkston.... 1210pm To Augusta*.... 2 45pm To Covington... 610pm To Angusta* 7 30 pm RICHMOND AND DANVTLLL RAILROAD. From Lula.....—- 8 25 am | To Charlotte 41 .. • 7 40 am “ Charlotte* 10 40pm 1 To Lola ........... 430pm “ Charlotte* 9 40 pm | To Charlotte*... 6 00 pm GEORGIA PACIFIC RAILWAY. From Bir’g’m*.. 7 29am I To Blrming’m*. 1945 am “ Bir’g’m*.. -545ptr | ToBirming’ni*. 505pm Trains marked thus (*) are daily. Ail other trains daily except Sunday. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE ON THE— PIEDMONT AIR-LINE, Richmond & Danville R. R. A change In the movement of the trains and through cars of the Richmoad & Danville R. R. will go Into effect Sunday. March I3:n, at 8 00 a. m. The New Orleans Fas; Mail will leave Washing ton at 11.20 a. m., Charlottesville 3 35 p. m., Lynch burg 5.50 p. m., Richmond 3 00 p. m., Danville 8 50 B- m., Greenesboro 10 40 p. m., Salisbury 12.30 a. m„ Charlotte 2 25 a. m.. arriving at Atlanta 1 20 p. m., Raleigh 6 30 a. m., Goldsboro 11 20 a. m. Also arrive Montgomery 715 p. m., Mobile 2.15 a. m., New Or leans 7 10 a. m. The Southern Express wfll leave Washington at 5.30 p.m., arriving at Charlottesville 3 00 a. m„ Lvnchborg 515 a. m., Richmond 2.30 a. m., Danville 7.30 a. m„ Greenesboro 9 48 a. m., Salisbury 11 23 a. m., Charlotte 1.00 p. m., arriving in Atlanta 10.40 p. m„ Columbia 512 p. m., Augusta 9.20 p. m., Ral eigh 1.50 p. m„ Goldsboro 4.40 p. m. The Western Express will leave Washington at 5:30 p. m„ arriving atCharlottesvllle 10:15p.m., and Lynchburg 1:00 a. m. Louisville via Cues. & Ohio Ry. at 7:10 p. m., Cincinnati via Kentucky & Central By. 6:00 p. m., Bristol via Norforlk Sc Western R B at 9:05 a. m„ Cnattaiooga 5:45 o.m., Memphis at 6:15 a. n>„ and Little Bock at 11:55 p. m. The Washington Fast MaU will leave Atlanta 7:40 Augusta 9:20 a. m., Columbia 1:03 p. m , Charlotte 6 45 p. m., Golsboro 5:00 p. m„ Greenesboro 9:55 p. m., Danville 11:40 p. m„ arriving at Richmond 6:40 a. m., Lynchburg 2:05a. m.. Charlottesville 4:15 a. m„ Alexandria 7:45 a. m., Washington 8:10a. m. The Northere Express will leave Atlanta 7:00 pm Charlotte 5:15 a. m., Salttsbury 6:46 a.m., Goldsboro 11:50 a. m„ Raleigh 4:35 p. m., Greenesboro 8:32 ~. m.. rrrtvtngat Charlottesville 3:50 p. m., Alex- udria8.00p.m., Washington8:23 p. m. Additional trains between Washington atd Lynchburg will be rnn as foUows: Leave Washing ton 8:80 a. m., arrive Lynchburg 8:30 p. m., with contains a description of onr stocs and the pric -s. snd !"■ ec’uufnUy Illustrated with cuts of onri Boses,Rhodendrons, Dahlias, Crjssnthemun s, Camai’onr, Lll u “ 1 Our stock Is unusually large and embraces every uore.iyofre, merit, recently introdnead Bend your address to “Evergreen Lodge Flower Garden.” CLARKSVILLE, TENN. through connection with Norfolk A Western R R for Bristol, Knoxville, Clevelrnd Rome, Calers, Montgomery, and New Orleans. L-ave Lynchburg 5 05 a. m., arrivingWisning! on 6 30 p in., arrive Lynchburg l:00 a. m . with through connection via Norfolk & Western B R tor Bristol. Chattanooga. Memphis, etc. Leave Lvuchburg 3:00 p. m., arrive Washington 9:40 p. m. Tuese sddliloaal trains al- lord through Pullman Bleeping Car service between Washington and Little Bock and Washington and New Orleans. Pullman Bleeping Cars Southbound will be ran between New Yoik and Atlanta on the New Or leans Fast MaU, and Northbound on the Northern Express. . Pullman Sleeping Cars, Washington to Montgom ery and Washington to Aiken, will be ran on the Southern Express and Washington Fast MaU, and on these trains between Richmond aud Greensboro, and also between Greenesboro and Raleigh. Pullman Sleeping Cars and through Coaches be tween Washington and Louisville on the Western Express. I F YOU INTEND TO TRAVEL WRITE TO JOE W. White, Traveling Passenger Agent ' T 1 Railroad, for lowest rates, best schedules and quickest time. Prompt attention to aU communica tions. HE GEORGIA RAILROAD. OEOBGIA RAILROAD COMPART, Office General Manager, Augusta, Go., Dec. 18,1886. Commencing Sunday, 19'.li instant, the following passenger schedule will be operated: Trains run by 90th meridian time. FAST LINE. NO. 27 WEST-DAILY. | NO. 28 EAST-DAILY. L’ve Augusts 7 45am I L’ye Atlanta..—. 2 46pm L’ve Washington.7 20am I “ Gainesville..JS 55am Athens 7 45am I Ar. Athens 7 40pm Gainesville 5 55am I Ar. Washington.. 7 86pm Ar. Atlanta 1 00pm " Augusta...—-8 15pm DAY PASSENGER TRAINS. NO. 2 EAST-DAILY. NO. 1 WK8T-DAJLY. L’ve Atlanta..—. 8 00am Ar. Gainesville.. ..8 25pm “ Athens 5 30pm “ Washington...^ 20pm “ MiUedgeville.. 4 13pm “ Macon .6 00pm “ Augusta 3 36pm L’ve Augusta .10 50am “ Macon 7 Item “ Milledgevilie.9 88am •* Washington. 11 20am “ Athens... — 9 00am Ar, Gainesville... 8 25pm “ Atlanta .....5 45pm NIGHT EXPRESS AND MAIL. NO. 4 EAST-DAILY. I NO. 8 WEST-DAILY. L’ve Atlanta 7 30pm L’ve Augusta...—.9 40pm Ar. Augusta...—5 00am | Ar. Atlanta ....6 10am COVINGTON ACCOMMODATION. L’ve Atlanta.—— .6 10pm | L’ve Covington—.5 46am Decatur .6 46pm I " Decatur .........T 25am Ar. Covington 8 30pm | Ar. Atlanta... T 55am DECATUR TRAIN. (Daily except Sunday.) L’ve Atlanta 9 00am i L’ve Decatur.— 9 45am Ar. Decatur —9 30am I Ar. Atlanta....—.10 15am CLARKSTON TRAIN. L’ve Atlanta 12 10pm I L’ve Clarkston 1 25pm “ Decatur12 42pm I “ Decatur...™. 1 48pm Ar. Clarketou... 12 67pm I Ar. Atlanta—..2 20pm MACON NIGHT EYPRESS (DAILY). NO 15-WESTWARD I NO. 16-EAST WARD. Leave Can afc 12 50 am Leave Macon 6 30 pm Arrive Macon... 640 am I Arrive Gamak....U 00 pm Trains Noe. 2,1, 4 and 3 will, if signaled, stop atanj regular schedule nag etation. No connection for Gainesville on Sundays. Train No. 27 will atop at and receive passengers to and from the following stations only:Grovetown,Har lem, Dearing, T homson, Norwood, Barnett, Crawrord- ville, Union Point, Greenesboro, Madison, Rutledge. Social Circle, Covington, Conyera, Lithonia, Stone Mountain and Decatur. These trains make close con nection for all points east, southeast, west, south west, north and northwest, and carry through sleep- ere between Atlanta and Charleston. Train No. 28 will stop at and receive passengers tc and from the following stations only: Grovetown. Har lem, Dearing, Thomson, Norwood, Barnett, Crawford- ville. Union Point, Greenesboro, Madison, Bntledge Social Circle, Covington, Conyers, Lithonia, Stont Mountain and Decatur. No. 28 stops at Union Point for supper. Connects at Angusta for all points east and south east. L W. GREEN, E. B. DORSEY, Gen’l Manager. Gen’l Pass. Agent. JOE W WHITE, Traveling Passenger Agent, Angusta, Ga. ^TLANTA Sc NEW GRLBAN8 SHORT LINK. VICKSBURG AND SHREVEPORT, VIA MONTGOMERY. Only line operating doable dally trains and Poll- man Buffet Sleeping Cars between Atlanta and New Orleans without change. Takes effect Sunday. April 3d, 1887. T he sunny south female seminary 150 and 152 Whitehall street, ATLANTA, a A. Faculty: W. B. Seals, a. m., President, Professor ef Ad vanced Mathematics and Natural Science. Miss M Calhoun, Teaeher of Latin. Greek. FTeuch and German. ^ Miss Miriam Woodward, m A, Instructress in English Lirerai ure, Elocution and Callsthsnlos. .. Bs I* H Seals, Instructress In Primary, ania. metic and Principal Primary Department. Ptooft.? 1 ' 8 ' Dlrector - “* 0 Visin' anlfcornet! >Iea * 0r °* MuS,C “ d Temtasrof Mrs CD Maclean, Teaeher of Vocal Music. Plano aDd Guitar. — Miss Minnie Woodward, Assistant Teaeher of violin and Cornet. Mrs M A Loring, Principal of Art Department. A U Briscoe Teacher of Phonography. D N Sloan. Teacher of Telegraphy. Miss Annie May Prince, Teacher of Oaffinre- phy. T Foreman of Sunny South Office, Teaeher of Mrs nora' Perkins, Matron and Superintend ent Boarding Department. the spring term. The Spring Term will begin on Monday, the ad day of January, 1887. Though this school has heea In existence but two months, Its departments are well nigh lull, and an early application is Important to secure a good place for the next term. Its object Is to meet, as far as practicable, a long- felt want in the South, viz: a thorough Uterarv and practical business education lor females The Principal brings into the School twenty years of experience in the training of girls, having on os been President of LeVert Female College. atTalboO- ton, Gm; of the Dallas Institute at Selma, Al» ■ of tbs Bethel Female College, at Cuthbert, Ga.; of the Hl-A« Institute, at Colnmbns, Ga.; and of the Fnrlow Ma sonic Female College, at Americas, Ga. Anyone having girls to ednoato, is respectfully referred to the trustees of any or all of these institutions of learning for character, scholarship and skill in - agement. The Principal will have with him in all the Departments,teachers of acknowledged ability, both for their aptness to teach, and atEor- ough knowledge of the subjects to be taught. departments. TheColiege Curriculum will be divided Into sis schools, vis: English, Mathematics, Moral Scisnos. Natural Science, Len gauges and History, A young lady may graduate in one or all of these aoooidtag aa she has time, means, inclination and ability. ~Fos full graduation, she will have to manifest ffimlli- arity with all of them. Should a pnpil prefer it, eith er music or art may be substitoted for either of tbs above, and will be regarded equivalent. NEW FEATURES. With a view to makug onr coarse of study eml- Daily. Leave Atlanta 120 pm Arrive Fairborn 2 08 pm “ Palmetto 2 20 pm “ Newnan 2 47 pm “ Grantvllle 313 pm “ LaGrange 3 52 pm " West Point 4 20 pm " Opelika 5 04 pm Ar. Colnmbns, Ga.6 34 pm Ar. Montgomery 715 pm Ar. Pensacola 5 oo am Ar. Mobile 215 am Ar. New Orleans 710 am Dally. 10 00 pm 1107 pm 1126 pm 12 08 am 12 60 am 155 am 242 am 3 48 am 1101 am 7 05 am 2 00 pm 150 pm 7 20 pm No. 1 Dally 5 05 pm 614 pm 6 26 pm 6 63 pm 7 20 pm eoopm ... , departments. A grad ate of this school takes along with her a profession adapted to her sex, and whioh fits her to enter AS oa ce upon an active business life. In no othM school m the South will she find these advantages. ATLANTA AS A LOCATION. Of all points in the South, not one combines so many of the essentials for a school of the charaotss proposed, as Atlanta. It is 1160 feet above sea level. It is blest with pure water and good air. It is healthy. It has never been visited by an epidemic of any kind. It ie ont of the range of atorme and cyclones. It is the capital of the State, where pupils oanpes and hear all the celebrities of thb day. It is a progressive city, where everything new In science and art ie sure to come. It ie a city of chnrchee, and is without a peer In the observance of the Sabbath. Its people are cultivated and refined, and ite mo rality ie phenomenal. It ie the music center of the South, and its very air ie Iadened with mnsic. It is convenient, being a railroad center. BUILDINGS. The scbocl is located at 150 and 153 Whitehall street, In the elegant lour story brick building op posite Trinity chnrch. It Is finely adapted to schorl purposes, having about 35 large, well-ventllateJ rooms, which furnish ample accommodations for all the departments. In addition to the school rooms, there are nineteen sleeping apartments, with aate rooms, all of which are supplied with new furniture of the latest and most expensive styles. Gas, hot and cold water carried through the entire building, Our girls drink the Atlanta Artesian Water, which Is bronght to the door. - GENERAL INFORMATION. This school is not denominational. Boarding pu pils will attend the church specified by their parents. The number of pnpils will be limited to sixty, and in no event will more than that number be received. Tuition most be paid monthly in advance, and no deduction will be made exoept in oases of Lv. New Orleans •• Mobile “ PensacoU “ Selma “ Montgomery ” Columbus Lally. 810 pm 1 00 am 10 20 pm 9 45 am 7 45 am 8 05 am Dally. 8 05 am 125 pm 1 ospm 2 35 pm 310 pm No 1. Dally Lv. Opelika 9 46 am 1202 am Ar.West Point 1027 am 113 am “ La Grange 10 58 am 1 58 am 7 oo an- “ Hogansville it 23 am 2 50 am 7 33 an “ Grantvllle 11 37 am 313 am 7 50 am “ Newnan 12 03 pm 3 58 am 823 an “ Palmetto 12 29 pm 4 45 am 8 56 am “ Folrbum 12 41 pm 5 oo am 9 ii an “ Atlanta 1 25 pm 6 00 am 10 00 am TO SELMA, VICKSBUKO AND SHREVEPORT- (Via Arkon ) No 8. No 6. No 54 Lv. Montgomery 8 15 am 3 30 pm Ar. Selma “ Marlon 12 05 pm 5 56 pm 2 50 pin 7 22 pm “ Akron 6 35 pm 9 lo pm “ Meridian 12 30 am “ Vicksburg 7 30 am “ Shreveport 6 45 pm THROUGH CAB SERVICE. Pullman Buffet Sleeping car. No. 60, Atlanta to New Orleans. No. 52, Pullman Buffet Sleeping car. Washington to Montgomery, and Pullman Parlor car, Montgom ery to New Orleans. No. 51, Pullman Buffet Sleeping ears New Orleans to Atlanta, and at Atlanta to New York. No. 53 Pullman Parlor car. New Orleans to Mont gomery, and Pullman Buffet Sleeping car Mont gomery to Washington. CECIL GABBETT, CHA8. H. CROMWELL General Manager. Gen. Passenger Agent. Montgomery, Alabama. A. J. ORME, Gen. Agt. O. W. CHEARS, G. P. A Atlanta, Georgia. lepupilA. The daily sessions will be six hours, beginning In the morning at eight o'clock, and diamueing at 4 J6 in the afternoon, with two hours’ intermission at noon and two recesses. We do not likOthe one ses sion plan, as now taught in onr popular schools. The government of the school will be humane, but firm. UNIFORM. In order to prevent extravagance, a uniform to be worn by the pupils to church or on the street has been adopted, which will be made known to any one on application. For course of Study, Charge, <tc., tee private cir cular, C HOICE of these finest solid rolled gold rings 76 cents. Filled gold $2.25, solid $5. cheap "elec tric gold, etc.” rings 15 cents, 3 (or 25 cents. Stamps taken. Send slip ot paper for size. T> A TVGE8 on our 1886 list, Ga. and Ala. Mtllta- Colleges: Miss, and S C. Ladies’ Col leges ; Schools, Societies and Clubs In every State In the Union by the Score. Send 4 cts for Illustrated Catalogue. HART JEWELRY CO., P O Box 6, At lanta, Ga. salary «35to*50 for our business in her WOMAN WANTE0 ■ » for onr bosii vicinity. Responsible house. References exchanged. GAY M’F*G CO., 14 Barclay St.. N.Y. BOO-131 Sample Book of beantifol cards, l\ Games, 12 tricks in magic, 436 Album verses. All fot a 2c. stamp. STAR CA1D 00.. PtaUaa 16, OU* (875 Mt) TESTIMONIALS. We append a few certificates which have been tu dered as by fnenda who have either been patrons, of been in positions to know something of our teach* ingo Cuthbebt, Ga., June 19,1886. Having for many years known Mr. Wm. B. Seale now of Atlanta, and having been intimately acquaint ed with his manner of teaching, and of conaactirg educational establishments, I can say with pleasure that he is not only a gentleman of varied talents and culture bat a first rate teacher, and an excellent ad ministrator of female schools and colleges. Jno. T. Clarke, LL. D., Judge of the Pataola Circuit. Columbus, Ga. J one 16,1888. Mr. Wm B. Seals: Dear Sir and Fnend: I am glad to know that you have decided to resame teaching. I think when you retired the cause of education lost one of its most polished, prominent and accomj plish- ed teachers. I knew yon when in charge of Levert Female College at Talbotton, and can truthfully —y that your management was highly satisfactory, ana as a disciplinarian and teacher unsurpassed by any one who has succeeded yon. 1 patronized the school when you were in charge of it, and while living III Talbotton, as yon know, made repeated efforts to gat yon to return. Your friend, J. T. Willis, Judge of Chattahoochee Circuit. W Cuthbebt, Ga.. June 16, 1886. Prof. Wm. B. Seals, while Preeident of Bethel Fe male College, in this place, taught my children quite to my satisfaction. A thorough scholar, good discip linarian, amoral, Christian gentleman, I consider him equal to the best of teachers. It gives me great pleasure in commending him to any community In which he may be placed as entirely capable and trust worthy. Those having children to educate could not trust them in better hands. A. J. Mote, a former patron. Macon, Ga., June 25.1886. Prof. W. B. Seals has had the experience of a Ufa- time in teaching and conducting first-class institu tions of learning. He has ability, scholarship, cult ure and much tact. I predict for him great sneoaas in his management of the Sonny South Female Sem inary- E i l A J Mercer, Preeident Mercer University, Macon, Ga. Atlanta, Ga., Jane 25,1886. I have known Prof. W. B. Seals since X866. I have had the beet of opportunities for knowing hie quali fications as a teacher and hie capacity for conducting a school of high grade. It afiords me real pleasure to say that he is a Christian gentleman and an accom plished teacher of large experience, and that I know of no man more worthy to Be entrusted with the eda- cation ef girls and young ladies. _ J- B. Hawthorne, D. Da Pastor First Baptist Church, Atlanta, Ga. All communications must W. B. SEA rssasd to A. M., President.
