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I WISDOM. A Utcnfry A*Hilda, DdiOf'red by-lvm. Loijun K. skvLley, %and lla ijl irtin hath ate CvffumudmentfijH Thuratic.y, July 7th, 1381. \\ isdom Is the subject to which your attcu tion i.s invited. What is wisdom? Is it knowledge? No. Is it virtue? No. It is knowledge and virtue combined ; the two to gelher constitute wisdom. Knowledge is its light and virtue is iU heat. j'.it as bright rays and warm raya mingle in Urn suui>eam. Knowledge alorte is too cold ; virtnc alone •is too dim. .To be wise we must discern truth and love duty. To know is not enough ; to feel is not enough ; we must both know aright and feel aright, and from this right knowledge and right feeling wc must send forth a life stream of right conduct. Wisdom is of man}' degrees. In its highest state it is omnisci ence united with perfect love. Any state at tainable hj’ man is far lower than this, }'et even man, when liberally endowed by nature and placed under favorable conditions in life, may become very wise. A few great names in tiie history of the world are examples of this pre eminence. Mere human wisdom does not include or pre suppose a know ledge of all truth. If it did no mortal could he wise. To be eminently wise much knowledge is requi site ; but a safe practical standard of wisdom can be reached with a very moderate stock of knowledge, if of the right kind. Indeed, there is a sort of wige-headsdne,s t s th it seems like instinct, =Some persons are blessed with this peculiar faculty, and often surprise us byrnakdßg their way discretly with a most scanty store of knowl edge. They seem to acqnir.q'instantlj'jlwhat they need and precisely when they neecUlt. This power of rapid acquisitions with them a substitute for accumulating, and storing up in advance, just as a man with plenty of mo ney to buy his corn ami bacojf as ho needs them has no occasion to fdi his crib or.-smoke* house. No doubt there is such a thing as a special genius for wisdom, just as there is for x mathematics or music—that here and there are wise men who have not become so b3' previous systematic study in the ordinary way. j As all knowledge is not essential to wisdom, and as some persons can be op be come wise without any prescribed or regular course of study, what element or class of knowledge does wisdom necessarily involve ? I anslrec&the knowledge of proportion ; the faculty of comparing two -or more ; tilings, thoughts or subfeots, and of ;settling their relativ-e-rank, not mistaking -tke res for■■ the greater, the unimportant for the important, or the less important for the more important. The grand practical office of wisdom is to guide choice and govern conduct; and to choose you must distinguish, and to choose wisely you must distinguish truly and accord ing to relative rank and real value. But as wisdom 13 not knowledge only, but includes virtue as well as knowledge, it is not enough to discern what choice ought to be made ; the next step is to make that choice, and carry it into effect. To ascertain how and what to choose is barren work unless it is followed in duo season by choosing accordingly; and a choice made is still barren so long as it re mains unexecuted. Two or three of the most important dic tates of true wisdom may be formulated thus : Never choose evil rather than good ; never sacrifice a greater good to a less ; never shun a less evil at the expense of a greater. Who ever supposes that it is ever wise to do wrong is mistaken. Wisdom and rectitude can not be at variance. Our trhe interests always coincides with our real duty. If they appear, separate sometimes, the appearance is delu sive and the result of our short-sightedness. Could we see clear through to the end we should be in doubt upon the subject. More over, our real duty always coincides with sound morality. There can be no conflict between moral principle and each instance of correct moral practice. As certainly as the whole includes all the parts, so certainly does general morality comprehend all particular morality. “We must fight the devil with fire,” is a false maxim, and would be most pernicious if it were believed in and applied every time it is quoted. Fire is the devil's own element—his own weapon, and he can handle it with more effect against us than we tan against him. The true rule of warfare on our part is to fight the devil with virtue. If we can not overcome him in that way the battle is hopeless. Why should we despair of virtue or loose confidence iu it as a means, whatever may be the work in hand? If wo have a worth}’ end, why should not ail our means be worthy too ? Let us never lose faith in virtue, but regard it as a force which, though it may be obstructed by vile practices, and temporarily thwarted, can never be de feated except by the treachery of its own friends. If we live in a time of cheating and nwirrdli ig, must we cheat and swindle too in self-defence? God forbid. If others steal from us, and escape punishment, must we steal from them ? Never, never. On the contrary, the worse others are and the fewer those who are uncontaminated by their ex ample, the truer and more faithful should that few be, for otherwise all would become utterly vile and the very seed of goodness would perish and be lost. And I will venture to add, at the risk of meeting with some dissent possibly in my audience, certainly beyond it, that there is the same reason for rigid hon esty in polities and public life, in elections and with electors and elected, as in ordinary private business, or personal conduct, anil with those individually concerned therein. The political devil is no more to be ‘fouglit with fire without terrible consequences to the best interests of the community, than U the- devil of avarice, or of envy, or of ambition,<or any other of the numerous devils which iivfcst so ciety. t*st 3iPBF ‘"'WfitF In my humble opinion, whether considered as a question of policy or of principle, the right way toodjjd vyith art* devil whatsoever, is not to put yourself under anotherfedcvil of t ffio same sort, or even of a‘different sort, and ; lling fire fr<m one devil’s host to another, but take the field under some good captain and fight n3 valiantly as you can with true and pure weapons. You may not win the first battle, or the second, or the tenth, but when you do prevail it will be a real victory, and not a sham, and, above all, yon will still dc serve success, and be at least as good after the contest as you were when it opened ; and your example will not have misled others, nor corrupted the public mind and seared the public conscience. I speak from a stand point quite outside of politics and party lines, and what I say may be too visionary and theoretic for practical working, but if we have reached a stage of degeneracy where virtue has ceased to be practical, and where vice and fraud are forces of such potency that they can be met and resisted only by forces of like kind, I flunk wisdom is already a lost art, that we arc on the confines of perdition, and that ere long we shall tumble over the wall and he swallowed up in the pit. The really inexpedient and non-practical are the wrong, the wicked, the impure, the qnwortby; the really practical is the right, the righteous, the virtuous, the worthy and exalted. The failure of wrong may 7 not be speedy; it may be afar off, but fail it must and .will ia the end. To be false is to fail sometime And-somewhere-; <nd wrong is false. Ikis in it3 very nature, and cannot conduct to permanent and enduring success. Such success as it ratsfcts with is but one of to its filial catastrophe, and either expedites its fall or serves fo render that fall more overwhelming and complete. So much for the ctMee of goodgin preference to evil, but a much nicer problem i% presented when the question is between a major good and a minor one. We have passions which solicit us strongly to this or that present good though it may be temporary aud : of small value. What is near at hand attracts us more pow erfully than what is remote and apparently uncertain. That “ a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush” has beconfe a proverb, and is repeated over and over by thousands, and ■probably by millions. The proverb means that a desirable thing in actual possession equalf in value, two similar things which we have not yet secured and which may probably neverfbe in our power, ft-teaches that good is not akvay’S- to be measured by count or both,- but that certainty of-attainment is also a prime factor. But unfortunately it is not alone the uncertainty of attainment which puts future and distant good at a discount. A far more disturbing element is our impati ence to enjoy— our impatience to consume. We not only want to count the chickens be fore they are hatched, but we want a good mess of chicken for dinner this very day, and consequently we kill and cook the lien before the eggs are even laid. We may know to a reasonable certainty that if we spare the hen the eggs will be produced, and that in the course of a few months we may enjoy ten chichen dinners in lieu of this one ; and still we are unwilling to deny ourselves now for the sake of so much more hereafter, and so wc wring the hen’s neck or cut off her head, and she passes through the kitchen and mounts the dinner table In a dish. And we are happy for about the space of thirty min utes. We manage, however, to cat more hen by going in debt. We anticipate that next fall we shall have money from the sale of our cotton, and upon that expectation we pur chase divers hens on a credit, not to cat next fall after they arc paid for, but to eat along in the summer before they are paid for. We thus eat out the fall in the summer—we eat next week this week ; we cat to-morrow to day, and wc ale to-day yesterday. Instead of marching with our supply wagons in the rear and'eating from behind us, we march with them in front and eat ahead. Having the mouth in the face and not in the back of the cranium, we think we must draw support from the future and not from the past. We proceed as if we had literally to gnaw our wa3 T with our teeth to where we are goinfr. Impatient to consume ; wo cannot wait to produce and consume afterwards, but we an ticipate production. Strain our credit, and finally pay double the regular cash price, or some exhorbitant rate of interest, or break and never pay r at all. And our only consola tion is that wc have had the hens, eaten every one of them, and lived high during the sum mer. Vv hy are not orchards as numerous as gardens? Lettuce and mustard, cabbages, potatoes, parsnips, onions, cucumbers and such like vegetables are quick to mature, and may be gathered and eaten in the same year in which they are sown or planted, while trees are of slow growth, and if we plant apples, peaches, figs and pears, we must wait years for the fruit. This waiting is a tedious busi ness. If we are to be blessed at all we want the blessing now. And what is now? Per haps few of us realize how very brief the present is. We speak of a second as if a whole second existed at once. But there never has been such a thing a9 a second of time, and never will be. Time comes to us in portions so minute that if all of it that really exists were separated from what has perished and from what has not yet been created, the interval would not be the ten millionth part of a second. We construct mentally seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years, but actual time is but a moment, and each moment is created precisely when it appears, and dies forever immediately after it is created. The past is all extinct existence, and the future is poten tial existence, that is, a name for wiiat is to exist hereafter. [concluded next week.] LOOK AT THIS! THINE OIF 1 IT I ,1 .ajxtd 1 COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES. JUST RECEIVED 300 ELEGANT COOK STOVES, 3000 Dozen Wash Pans, 100 Dozen Splendid Baking Pans, 100 Dozen Elegant Dish Pans, And a large stock of goods in onr line which will he sold CHEAP FOll CASH. A. Iv. CHILDS & CO. Feb. 25 Opposite Heaves. Nicholson & Cos., Athens, Ga. HENRY HUMAN’S POND FORK STORE. IVIERE i.s no use going to Atlanta, Athens, Gainesville, Jefferson, or any other largo city or . town, to get what you want on vour farm or in your house, as I keep a full line of DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, LOOTS AND SHOES, YANKEE NOTIONS, CROCKERY, GLASS AND WOODEN WARE, GROCERIES OF ALL KINDS, SUGAR, COFFEE, TEAS, RICE, PEPPER, and all kinds of Spices, A full stock of Bacon, Flour, Meal, Syrup and Molasses. Also, all kinds of FARM TOOLS, PLOWS, IIOES, RAKES, FORKS, Etc. Jk. 11 of These Goods Will be sold cheap for cash, or on time to prompt paying customers, and none others. I shall, in addition to the above, keep a full line of arwevE. aowvgs vwo XYRmcwas, the BEST OF CORN WHISKY and other spirits for medicinal purposes. Come and examine my goods and prices before making A r our purchases. The highest market price always paid for COT TON and other FARM PRODUCTS. HENRY HUMAN, fipl 15 Pond Fork, Jackson county 7 , Georgia. BALDWIN & BURNETT, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN BOOTS AND SHOES, No. 3 Broad Street, Athens, Georgia. WE HAVE just received the largest and most complete stock of Boots and Shoes ever brought to Athens. The quality' of our goods is of the highest order, and our prices within the reach of all. We deal EXCLUSIVELY in this line, and promise the most courteous treatment and perfect satisfaction to all who may cal!. TO MERCHANTS: Our WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT is complete, and we guarantee prices as low as any house in the South, and will save you freight. GIVE XT S -A. CA.L L . BALDWIN § BURNETT. Athens, Ga., October Ist, 1880. LOWE CO., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS, WINES, Etc., Etc. ALSO AGENTS FOR TIIE CELEBRATED Stone Mountain Corn Whisky. Corner Broad and Jackson Sts., Athens, Ga. Feb. 25 fl* Outfit sent free to those who wish to en gage in the most pleasant and profitable business known. Everything new. Capital not lequired. We will furnish you everything. $lO a day and upwards is easily made without staying away from home over night. No risk whatever. Many new workers wanted at once. Many are making fortunes at the business. Ladies make as much as men, and young boys and girls make great pay. No one who is willing to work fails to make more money every day than can be made in a week at any ordinary employment. Those who engage at once will find a short road to for tune. Address 11. Haelett & Cos., Portland, Maine. Yeimor’s Prediction’s! For this Month's Weather, prepared expressly for !STol>l>Altrs REVIEW. Sample cop;/ mailed for 3c. Slump. J. M. Stoddakt, Pub., N. Y., Phila., or Chicago, j Coffins! Coffins! I WILL keep on hand, in Jcftcrson, a full sup ply of COFFINS —AND— BURIAL CASES of all sizes, and at prices to suit the times. Every eflort will be made to serve parties promptly and satisfactorily. Respectfully. apl 20 W, A. WORSHAM. Richmond and Danville Rail Roadl Passenger Department. ON and after May 15th, 1881, Passenger Train Service on the Atlanta and Charlotte v T vision of this road will he as follows : c A,r -Line<ij I .. . , : U. S. Mail, iN. Y. Express, 'IT. S. Fast Mail, EASTWARD. j No. 43, j X, fe , j XV*. (aJS^ Leave Atlanta i 4.00 A.M. j 3.15 P. M. ! (U OP. M r ! Arrive Snwanec Dj 6.18 44 4.87 “ i 743 “ 1 • M. “ Lula E! 0.48 5.59 44 ? o!oG 44 ! “ “ Toccoa Fi 7.58 “ j 7.15 “ I 10.10 “ “ Seneca <i! 9.20 44 8.40 “ in 25 “ •! “ Greenville Hi 10.38 11 j 10.20 44 [ ]’oO A. M “ Spartanburg K: 12.14 P. M. • 11.40 44 I 211 4 ‘ “ Gastonia L| 2.30 “ 2.04 A. M. : 4!*27 u Clfarlottcj LI..Mi 3.35 • 44 3.15 “ 5.3* “ j ! U. S. Mail, jX. Y„ Express, ill. S. Fast Mail.: Suw-mn WESTWARD. No. *2. No. A ’j No. SO. 'SXogZgL Leave Charlotte M; 12.30 P. M. ! 12.20 A. M. I 12.10 A. m7~: “ Gastonia Li 1.27 44 1.30 44 { 12.50 “ j 44 Spartanburg K; 3.50 44 ; 4.05 44 I 2.53 44 ! “ Greenville 11l 5.07 “ i 5.18 4 ‘ ; 4.05 “ I “ Seneca G; G. 50 4 4 7.02 4 4 5.27 44 : “ Toccoa.... F: f.Ol 44 : 8.15 44 G. 30 44 I “ Lula Ei 9.1 G 44 j 9.31 44 I 7.59 44 1 “ Snwanec I)! 10.38 44 ; 10.54 4 4 8.51 44 540 Arrive Atlanta ! 12.05 A.M. i 12.20 P. M. I 10.00 44 B*oo ** COISnSTECTIONS. * A with arriving trains of Georgia Central and A. & W. P. Railroads. B with arriving trains of Georgia Central. A. & W. P. and W. & A. Railroads. C with arriving trains of Georgia Railroad. I) with Lawrenccville Branch to and from Lawrenceville, Ga. JO with Northeastern Railroad of Georgia to and from Athens, Ga. F with Elbcrton Air-Line to and from Elberton, Ga. G with Columbia and Greenville to and from Columbia and Charleston. S. C. II with Columbia and Greenville to and from Columbia and Charleston, S. C. Iv with Spartanburg and Ashvillc, and Spartanburg, Union and Columbia to and from llcn.l. r and Ashvillc, and Alston and Columbia. **^murson L with Chester and Lenoir Narrow tillage to and from Dallas and Chester. M with C., C. & A—C. C.—R. & I). and A. T. A (=). for all points West, North and East N with North Carolina Division R. & D. Railroad to and from the North. A. POPE, __ General Passenger Agent. PARKER & CAMP IUIOsT ,r. % •% • * v • n* 4 • *l,, * ?, # * | 1 ■ f We have within the last few weeks opened up a first-class stock of FANCY and FAMILY GROCERIES, CIGARS AND TOBACCO, STAPLE DHY GOODS, HATS A,YD SHOES, All of which we are offering at Rock Bottom Prices. Our Goods Arc Bought From Manufacturers For Cash, And We Will Sell As Cheap As The Cheapest . GIVE US A CALL, •fcvwA Co\\VA\\.c,eA *W vl *W\vav\ t Vsuvy Respectfully, PARKER & CAMP BROS., Feb. 25 No. 12 Broad Street, Athens, Ga. THE DdHIEL PBHTT COTTON O-XIT I THE BEST IN THE WORLD! RECEIVED PREMIUMS AT ALL TIIE STATE FAIRS IN THE COTTON GROWING STATES! PRICE $3.50 PER SAW, DELIVERED. EVERY GIN, FEEDER, and CONDENSER . GUARANTEED TO GIVE PERFECT SA-TISZF^ACTIOINr. This Gin CLEANS TIIE SEED and makes a better .SAMPLE than any Gin on the market. T. FLEMING & SONS, Agents, J“n° ~ 1 Hardware Merchants, Athens, Ca. C. ID. UVn’IKIIIE, ATHENS, --------- GEORGIA. AGENT FOE T. T. HADDOCK’S Cincinnati Buggies and Carriages, f\u CoVvwaWs fionv| Co’s V'vac 'fivv2"v ts nwtiV Cnvrvn^ lß ' THE CELEBRATED MILBURN ONE AND TWO-HORSE FARM WAGON. good assortment of Harness. Also Manufacturers’ Agents for the WINSHIP COTTON GIN, Cotton Press, Condenser and Feeder, the best gin outfit on the market. Steam Engines, Saw Mills and Agricultural Implements. Prompt attention paid to orders. Terms liberal. Of fice and Ware-Rooms, corner Clayton and Thomas Streets, Athens, Ga. July 22 JOHN WINN, Salesman. RTrP VY AGENTS JJAvJA A J_ . WANTED. WE WANT A LIMITED number of active, ener getic canvassers to engage in a pleasant and prof itable business. Good men will find this a rare chance TO 3VT-A.IS:E Ivl OUSTED”. Such will please answer this advertisement by letter, enclosing stamp for reply, stating what business they have been engaged in. None but those who mean business need applv. Address FINLEY, HARVEY & CO., Atlanta, Ga. Subscribe for the Herald . Yourselves by making money AT when a golden chance is offer ed, thereby always beeping poverty from your door. Those who always take advantage of the good chances for making money that are offered, generally become wealthy, while those who do not improve such chances remain in poverty. W o want many men, women, boys and girls to work for us right in their own localities. The business will pay more than ten times ordinary wages. Wo furnish an expensive outfit and all that you need, free. No one who engages fails to make money very rapidly. You can devote your whole time to the work, or only your spare moments. Full information and all that is needed scut free. Address Stinson & Cos., Portland, Maine. Ac; i:\TXi WINTEII for the Best and Fastest-Selling Pictorial Books and Bibles. Prices reduced 33 per cent. National Publishing Cos., Atlanta, Ga. apl 1 3m