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HER LAST WORDS.
No ! Leave me nlone—'tin better no.
My wavs at d yours are widely far at art.
Why should you stop to grieve about my woe, .
And why should I not step across yoor !
Itearl T
A man’s heart is a poor tiling at the be*t.
And yoois is no whit better than the rest. j
I loved ren orro? Ah. ves ! perhnps 1 ibd. i
Women are curious things, you know, nod ,
strange.
Apd hard to understand ; and then, besides,
The key of her cellV mode ofi do'h change,
And so—ah. do not look at me that way I
1 loved yon once, but that was yesterday !
Sometimes n careless word doth rankle deep—
So deep that it can change a heart like this. :
And ofot out ail the long sweet throbbing
hours
That went before, crowned gold rap
lurons bliss ;
Bo deep thai it can blot out hours divine,
And make a heart as hard and cold as mine.
Nnv. do not speak ; I never can forget;
So let n« say good bve, and go onr ways.
Mayhap the pansies will start from the dust
Ol our past days—the slumbrous, happy
days,
When I was trusting, and life knew no grief.
But hlossomrd with my clinging, sweet be
licl.
(Jnoil bye! good-bye! Part of my IHe you
take—
Its fairest part. Nay, do not touch my
lips.
Once they were yours; hut now, O, iny lost
love,
I wonld.not have yon touch my finger tips.
And saying this I feel no chill of pain ;
I cannot even weep above my slain.
If God cares anght for women who have
loved
And worshipped idols fnlse T trnst He will
K<ep us so Ihs apart that nevermore .
Our paths may cross. Why are you
standing still ?
Good-bye, I say. Ibis is the day’s din
close;
Our love is no more worth than last year’s
rose!
The Church.
Mr. Editor ln yonr paper of the 18th
of July I notierd a rather caustic article un
der the head of “War in Gamps.” When 1
hear that exclamation it makes me uneasy.
I dread war. There scarcely ever was a war
but what religion, or in other words religious
opinions, were in some way involved. Now,
sir, I don’t write Ibis lor the purpose of pro
voking a controversy with Bro ‘ Zip," Bto.
“Zuph,” Bro. Adams or Bro. Thurman, but
that I may enter for this once rr peacemaker.
I am desirous that there should be no strife
in camps, but that the pilgrims may mareli
on in pence and unity of spirit until they en
ter in »t the pearly gates of the New Jeru
salem ; and I do Jiope the brethren will cease
to occupy your columns with such articles us
the one referred to. If my advice be not
heeded, I hope they will take God’s word.
The Ghurch is an institution of Ghrist ;
He is the head. The body is one, the mem
bers of that body are one ; so, also, is Christ.
A particular body of men, who are wont to
meet together at one place, lo profess, wor
ship and serve the Lord Christ, are culled bv
this name. Such were the churches of Kphe
rus, Smyrna, Jerusalem, Rome, etc. Thus,
we read of chnrohes in particular houses:
Bom., jvi., 5 ; Col., iv., 16. Foul says, in
1 Corinthians, xi , 16, “But if any man seem
to be contentious, we have no such custom,
neither the churches of God .” “I am the
fine, je arc the branches," gays Christ, speak
ing of the churches. And Christ is the rock
upon which it is founded. You bad as well
undertake, and are as able, with all tbo as
sistance of Satan himself, to speak this world
out ol existence as.to npruot a single branch
from off that roVk. You may plant an iron
pillar l.tioQ TWt high, feet in diameter,
100 feet in the ground, and you may use iron
bands equally strong, yet yru caqnpt confine
the most tender vine, or branch of that vine,
in any vineyard or forest aud make it twine
around that pillar contrary to its pature. Go
to the forest, to your vineyards, to. your
flower gardens, and confine the little tendrils
in order to make them twine contrary to their
nature, and mark your success. As soon as
the Bttle tendril is of sufficient length it will
twine (mark the idea) contrary to the sun;
nr, in other woids, contrary to the world. It
ha* a certain way to twine, and that will be
in accordance with the true vibe. 8o it wus
with the martyrs, who suffered death at the
•take ; so it was with those who diet! by be
ing pushed off-high precipices at the point of
the spear ; so it was with those who died by
being torn asunder with the windlass ; so it
was with those who died by being fettered
and thrown out to be devoured by swine, and
various other modes of persecution, in order
to turn them horn the true vine, but without
success. So it is with the true Christian ;
so it is with the faithlol and upright followers
o! the Lord Jesus Christ, whom they
Will cling for salvalioD. Where is such faith
to-day !
The Church of Christ is an institution that
contains all the requirements as to man’s
obedience to God. It requires temperance,
love to God and man, soberness, onion of
•j.iril, faithfulness, service and praise to our
Lord Jesus Christ. “But if any man seem
to be contentions, we have no such custom,
neither the cboiche* of God.”
We bare various institutions now-a-daya
some very old ones. The institution o!
Masonry, of Good Templars, of Odd Fellows,
of Sisters ol Charity, of Young Men’s Chris
tiau Association, and variousGlbcis—ausaid
to be of a Christian character.
Now, it matters not what religions re
quirements ate mchlded iri those societies;
they are all included in the Church of Christ
About the year of our I/>rd <l4 I'jnl wrote,
or had it done, the 6'h chapter of Ephesian",
in which he says “not to serve Christ with
eye-service as man pleases, but do the will of
God from the heart, with good will doing
service ns to the Lord and not to men." It
is to be feared that among so many institn
tions a Is l2e:Y> umber are simply doing eye
oprvfco'And trying id plenre men. And lam
almost persuaded to say that it is a sin to
join any institution ot man, particularly if ii
fs done to add to or strengthen th** plan of
Christ’s Church. The requirements.of His
Church includes every! Mng necessary.
It is to be regretted that contentions exist,
for Paul says we have no such- custom, nei
ther the Churches of God. The followers of
Christ, who are here in a slate of spiritual
warfare against, r.ot one another, but the
world, the flesh and the devil, are called the
chutcli militant ; bnt those in heaven, whose
conquest over sin at»d death is compete, and
who sire reworded with eternal blessedness,
ate styfed the Church triumphant.
And now, in attempting to reconcile these
pr jodieesi and strifes, ,fet me tell you that all
cohtentions, strifes and difficulties among men
as to modes, ordinances and particular creed",
nnd games of churches and denominations,
being the only ones of arid in which there are
true Christians, is adverse to God and to the
cause of Christ*. It Is a stumbling stone in
the patH of Chifetiuns almost us bad as the
stumbling stone doc rise of Mr. Johnson now
trying to be established m our country. But
if any man seem—only seem—to be conten
tious, we have, no such custom, neither the
tjhunhes of Grab R‘ bt. Band.fkb.
Indian Creek, August 2,1879.
A Koinanlic f>ctne.
It is donbtfn! if any theatre ever offered
such volumes of romantic incidents as the
deck of the old time Mississippi steamer To
the old davs before the "railroads traversed
the contilent in every direct ion, arfd 'he West
was a wilderness, New Orleans was the
Mecca of travelers, and the fleet wave-born
carried thousands of plensure seekers to the
South. It was then that life was a carou
sal ; and men and women surrendered them
selves to the most lavish enjoyment. Gain
ing wus a custom and courage an insrinct.
Men were us prone to brawls ns the sparks
to flv upward. Conspicuous among (tie fierce
and rollicking habitues of the steamers was
Cuptuir. West, u noted duelist One day he
engaged in a controversy will) a gentleman
whom he met on the deck, whom he licensed
of staring at him impertinently.
‘ Why do you look at me so intently?''
demanded the enptnin.
“1 am not looking ut you,” calmly replied
the stranger, his eyes meanwhile fixed in u
stony glare upon the duelist’s (nee.
"But you are, sir.’’
“1 inn Hot.’’
The captain turned away, bnt a short time
afterward he felt that those stony eyes were
uguin upon him and following All his mnve
uanU with paik’ss ferocity. It became iii
expie sibl.v annoying, slid tlie captain at last
determined io make hii end of it
Stepping up to the stranger he inquired,
with suppressed passion :
“Cau you fight us well l as look ?’’
.“Perhaps so. 1 never tried it l . Place me
however, in position nnd will do niv best ”
The singular conduct of the stranger hud
by this time attruvted Universal attention,
und whispered conferences regarding his re
markable appearance agitated little groups
ol persons ull over the boat. In a short
lime, however, the vereel rounded' to at a
landing lor wood, und iben the parties to the
impromptu duel went ashore. The stranger
was led off by a negro servant., who seeming
ly picked his way. Indetd.from tbe interest
he wiib mnnitesting in the encounter, the col
ored servant was apparently more deeply in
terePed lo it than bis nuu-tif. But die time
allotted for pH liniinarirs wag Giet, *nd the
men were put in posltiotf at|d* (Halol-; placed
in ettoir n««ds. -« v. via* ~
Tbe word was given ami iwo ringing re
ports flashed out on llte air. Captain West
iell pierced lo the t-eurt. The stranger stood
erect, calm and dignified. 11 is second rushed
up to him.
"Are you hurt, air ? ’
“No ; how is it with m> antagonist?”
"Can’t jou see ? You have killed him.”
“No, I atn unable to see ”
“You cun t see ! ’
“No; 1 atu blind.”
Aud he was Tbe tragedy wus a nine
days wonder, and all sorts of rumors were
ri*e as to the identity of the fatal stranger.
But who he wus und whither he went was a
mystery never solved. The circumstance
went touieke up au incident in the dark and
bloody memories which made fatuous tbe
oideu time.
TnR Old Rhkdivr’s Vkngsancr—ln
1833 tba Colonel of one of Mohammed Ali’s
’ regiments in Mecca had , rendered himself
odious to the soldiers, and while on parude,
fir it g with blank cartridges, the officer was
shot. No notice was taken of it at the time,
and it was thought that the thing had been
lorgotteo. Two yehi* afterward, in the reg
ular course of exchanges, the battalion re
turned to Cairo, (Marched into the citadel.
\ and piled arms. A couri-martiul was iut -
mediately called, and the battaliou found
! guilty of murder, the it d’vidu.d could
[ uot be discovered, the battalion was decima
-1 ted, and 134 wire marched outside tbe gate
! in separate squads, aud shot by their own
■ comrades.
A tenant bad been importuned so fre
| quently lor his rent thnt in a climax of ex
asperation, the other day, be turned on tbe
; landlord with the cogent and conclusive
j retort : “Now you needu’t ptess me so.
' Why. I owe enough iu this town to buy all
) your old houses.”
No one blames a business maD for want
! trg his sign to convey a big idea ot his busi-
I IMS, but a Michigan bfeeksmith, In a hnm
j lei of 40d people, rather overdoes the thing
•lieu lua sign reads : “Foreign aud do men -
1 tic Lorres shod beru.”
How he Tested liigersulPs The
ory.
Colonel Ingersoll says he kerrjs a nocket
book- in an open drawer, and his children go
.and help thetnselveiMo monev whenever thev
want it. “They eat when they want to;
they innv slpep all (Iny if they choose, and
,»it np till nieht if thev desiro. | don’t try
to coerce tliem. 1 never pmrfth ; never
°eold They buy their own clothes, and are
m isters of themselves.”
A gent lent n bving on Marshall street,
who has a boy that is as full of kittenv as
his father, read the article nnd pondered
deeply. fL> knew that Cnftpelr Jugi rsoll
was n enrols* at rnisihg'ehildren in flip way
they should go. and lie thought he would trv
it. The bov hud caused him c 'n°id< ruble
umioypncc. «ud he made up his mind lie hud
not treated Hie boy right, so he called him
in from the street, where he was putting
soft sonp on a lamp po s t in order to see tbc
lump lighter climb it. and said to him :
“My son, I have decided to adopt a dif
ferent cnu-sc with you. Heretofore 1 have
heon careful about giving you money, and
have wanted to know where every cent went
to. and my supervision has no doubt been
annoying to you. Now, I am going to
leave mv pneket-hook in the bureau drawer,
with plenty'of money iq it, and you meat
liberty to use all you want without asking
me. I want you to buy anything you de
sire, buy your own clothes, and to feel as
though the money was yours, and Hint yon
had not got to eecount for it. Just make
yourself at home now, and try and have a
good time.”
The boy looked at the old gentleman, put
his hand on Ids head, as though he had “got
’em sore,” nod wgut out to see the lamp
lighter climb that soft soap. The next day
the stern parent went ont into the feoontry,
shooting, and returned on the midnight train
three days later He opened the door with
u Jutch key. aud a strange yellow dog
grabbed him by the elbow of his pants, and
took him, lie'said, “like the agar."
The dog barbed and chewed tmfUHhe son
rumo down in his night shirt and called him
off. He told his father he had brtoght that
dog of a fin man for #ll, and it was prob
ably, the -best Bog bargain fha'e' had been
made this season He said the fireman told
him lie could find a man that wanted that
kmd of a "dug. '■ ,
The parent took off his pants, what the
dog had not removed, and in the hall he
stumbled over a birch-bark canoe the boy
bought of an Indian far #9 and an army
musket with an iron ramrod fell down Irom
the corner. The boy hud paid s{j for lhat.
fie hud also nought himself an overcoat
with n seal-skin collur and caffs, am j a com
plete outfit of calico shirts and silk stock
mgs.
In 1 ift room the parent found the marble
top of a soda fountain, a wheelbairow and
shelf filled with all kinds of canned meat,
preserves and crackers, and a barrel of
apples A wall tent aud six pairs of
blankets were rolled up ready for camping
out, and a buckskin shirt and a pair of
corduroy pants lay on the bed ready for
pulling on. Six fi-hing poles and u basket
ful of fish lilies were ready for business, and
an oyster eun la*. grub-worms lor bait
were squirming on the wusbstand. The old
gentleman looked the lay-out over, looked
nt bis pocket-book in tbe bureau drawe , aj
empty us a contribution box. and said :
• Young mm, the liqies have been too
flush. We will now return to a specie basis
When you want money come to me ami I
will give you n nickel, und you will tell ine
what you intend to buy will) it, or I’ll warm
you. You hear mo.”
And now lhat man stands around from
the eflVc's of the encounter with tbe yellow
dog. and asks every man a here a letter will
reach Bob Jngersdll. lie says he will kill
lngcrsoll, il it is the last noble act he ever
ecomplishes —Detroit Free Tress.
An Irishman, fresh from the old country,
found a tree fall of green persimmons, and
climbing to the top, helped hunsell to tbe
fruit A passer-by overheard him sh) - :
“B> the powers, an’ I’m the lad that can
knock the socks* off the man that poured
vinegar ou these plums.”
A man coming ont of a newspaper office
with his nose spread all over his face* re
plied to a policeman who interviewer! him :
"I didn't like an article that ’penred in the
pa; er last week, uu’l went in ter see the
mao who writ it. He were thar.”
Tiikre are two little girls of the same
name in New London, Ct. The other night
one of them said Iter prayers, and for fear
they might be credited to the other child,
site added after the Amen, “No. 10 Orange
street.”
“(’an You Support Vie, Darling?” is the
name Of anew song. How much do you
weigh, love?
IIE WAS WIJH GRANT.
“I was with Grant,” the stranger said ;
Said the farmer, “Say no mwe,
But rest thee tit iny'cottage porch.
For tfiy feet ore weary nnd sore.”
“I was with Grant,” the stranger said ;
Said the farmer, “Say no more—
I prithee sft lit my frugal board,
And eat of my humble store.”
“Hbw fate* my boy—my soldier boy—
Of the old Ninth army corps?
1 warrant he bore him gallantly
In the smoke and bittle's roar.”
“I knew him not,” said the aged man,
“And as I remarked before,
1 was with Grunt”—• Nav, nay, I know,”
Said tbe farmer, “Say no more.
“He fell in a battie, I see alas 1
Thou did'st smooth these tidings o'er—
Nay, speak the truth, wlmte’er it be,
Though it rends my bosom’s core.
“How fell he—with his face to the foe,
Upholding the flag he bore ?
O say not that my boy disgraced
The uniform he wore J”
“1 canoot tell.” said the aped man,
“Aud should have r.maiked aefore,
That l was with Grant in Illinois—
Some three years before the war I”
Then the farmer spake him never a word.
But beat with bis fi>t full sore
That aged man who had worked with Grant
Some three years before tbe war.
—Bret Harte.
mv HEM f
Copartnership Notice.
IH AVK this dflv sold a half interest in my
business to G F. Turner, and the rami'
and style ot the firm will be known in fnture
ns Harper t Turner. R. T. HARPER.
Jana try 9th, 1879.
We respect fullv solicit a share of the pub
lie patronage, believing we can show us fine
and well assorted stock of goods as will be
found anywhere. Our stock of
DRY GOODS
Is complete in every particular, nnd imjlndes
a fine assortment of Ladies’ Dress Goods,
Linens, Blanchings, Domestics, and Fancy
Notions of all kinds.
OlotMng !
A new and elegant lot of Clothing, of every
style and quality. Gents’ Underwear a spe
cialty.
HATS AND CAPS
To suit the tastes of the masses, and at prifee?
that will meet the requirements of the trade.
BOOTS AND SHOES!
Our stock of Boots and Shoes, having been
bought at a bargain in the Northern mar
kets, we can afford to sell cheap, and are pre
pared to offer extra inducements to tbe trade.
Furniture 2
We have also a largo lot of Furniture—Bed
steads, Bureaux. Wasbstauds, Wardrobes,
Tables. Chairs,,’etc—which we will sell at
extremely low figures. Bed room 9etts a
specialty.
GROCERIES.
Special attention is called to our sto£k of
Groceries, which is quite large, and com
prises every article kept iu that line.
Our stock is being constantly replenished
with Goods that are carefully selected by ex
perieneed buyers, and are bought lor cash
from first bauds, thereby enabling us to sed to
advantage—both to ourselves and customers.
With ail these tacdii.es we are prepared to ex
hibit at all times a complete geoera! stock,
aud parties wishing to buy can always fiuci
some specialties at very low prices at our
sioie. Give us a call.
Harper <fe Turner.
, r . . -
Gullelt’s Improved Cotton Din.
Pi.an’tkps sre respectfully invi'ed to ex
amjpe this Gin before bavin? I Will keep
sample Gin. with Feeder, Condenser and
(rullett’s Double Revolving Cotloo Press
(dispensing with a lint room.) always on hand
(or exhibition. We guarantee the most per
fret satisfaction to purcha-ets. In every par
ticniar. T e price will he redtioed next
son lr<Sm f! f 'to $3 fit) per saw on the Gins
ami itom #t 25 to #1 on the F-'erfets. 1
refer all to the accompanying certificates of
onr cottore buyi rs and planters of last year,
■ atid to the certifi'mes of well known planters
who are nsfrig Gnllett’s Gins, as to the extra
prices obtained tor cotton oinoed rfn them.
J A. BEF.KS, Agent.
Grifffn, Ida., March 10, 1879.
Grimir Ga , March 1, 1879.
We. fhe undersigned, arc using the Gullet!
Improved I/gtat Draft Gotten Gin The
Gin is of superior workmanship For fewt
gioHoig, safety in lunnirg and light draft (*o
do the srwne work,) 1 we think it has no equal;
but the most important feature istheattneb
i i t for opening and improving the sample.
The last cotton is improved by it so as to
to ing from to cent, and stained and
dirty cotton Irom % to 1 cent per lb. more
in ihe Griffin market than on other Gins
(Signed) W J Bridges,!' W Manley, J T
Mauley.
Giwltin. Ga , May 17 1&78.
7b J A Reeks. Agent for the" Gnllett Gin
Mini / g t'o- ’Griffin, Gn r—At your re
quest. we, planters and dealers in cotton, give
I Hie public onr opinion of your Gin. We
lake pleasure in saying to all in need of new
Gins that it is now a well established fact
that cotton ginned on these Gins brings n
higher pi ice in our market than any other,
aud iln* Gins are growing in pnblic favor
Cotton jtinU'd on them sold last season at
from to 1 cent ppr pound above the mar
ket puce. .Mr. Guilett’s attaenmi nt for im
proving the sample of cotton, we are satisfied,
i- whi-t he claims for it. The Gio appears
to have reached perfection in gin machinery.
‘(Signed) A G Sotrel, T J Brooks, R P
McWilliams. S B McWilliams, D \V Put
iergon, U H Sims, T J Bioodworth.
1 ant also agent for the celebrated Eclipse
Portable Engine, mauufagtared by Frick &
Co, for tbe counties of Butts. Spalding.
Fayette and Clayton. J. A. lIELKS.
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Furniture.
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HAMPTON, GA.,
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FURNITURE,
Bureaus. Bedsteads, Chairs, Secretaries,
Wardrobes, Cupboards,
A ivl ie prepared lo mannfacture to order
anything you need to furnish yonr tiouse
Upholstering and Cabinet work done iu
the latest style und with dispatch."
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Job Work solicited and executed with
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