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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY.
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POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never v;inc«. A mtmol oi
purity, strength Mint wholoHomciiess. Moiv
oconuinicil Ginn the ordinary kinds, and
cannot he sold in competition with the mul
titude of low lest, short weiirht alum or
phosphate powders. Sold only in cans.
Royal Baking I’owm u Go., HMi Wall street,
New York. novl.Mv
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DENTIST,
Mcl>i'Nitr mi, G a .
Any one desirin'; work done can lie ac
commodated either by .calling on me in per
son or addressing me through tin* mails.
I'erir.s cash, tuilcss special arrangements
arc otherwise made.
t; no W.r.iiV'V | W.T. Dicken.
KKV l\ A HK kCA
ATTORNEYK AT !,AW,
Me Do aor on, Ga.
Will practice in tile counties comp .sins;
he Flint Judicial Gircuit,the Supreme Court
ni Georgia and the United Slates District
Court. apr!l7-ly
J -IS. 11. TJ IMl'.lt.
attorney at raw,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing
the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court oi
Georgia, ami the United States District
(’ourt. marl (M y
.1. bt ■: Vi: V
attorney at raw, •
McDonoc-oh, <!a.
Will practice in all the Courts ot i.eorjzia
Special attention pi sen to commercial and
other collect ions. Will attend all the Courts
at Hampton regularly. Other upstairs over
Schaefer’s warehouse iau! lv
| 9\ \\ \ M-,
attorney at law.
McDonouuii, <• a.
Will practice in the counties composinglhe
Flint .ludicial Circuit, and the Supreme and
District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention
given to collections. oeto- cl
,i. ltisoin.
* ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonoi on, Ga.
Will practice in a'l the comities compos
ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court at
Georgia and the l nitVd states District
Court. ianl-lv
H. PFKPIIES ’
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
I i AIH’TVN, G V,
Will practice in all the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Ceorgia and the District Court ot the
United States.. Special and prompt alten
tiongivento Collections, Oct S, 1
,1 xo. D. Stewart. I lt.T. Daniel.
siiiw itis r a lu^ir.i,.
ATTORNHYS at raw,
Gbiekix, Ga.
j |K. It. .1. llt Mil.«*.
Hami'ton. Ga.
I lii-re..v tender my pi rfi ssional service to
the people of Hampton and surrounding
country. Will attend all cal's night anil
day.
LA II CMil>.
I have opened a law otlir e in Atlanta, lull
will continue mv practice in •Henry county,
attending all Courts regular’v, as heretofore.
Cori-cspondcnee solicited. IV 111 he in Mc-
Donough on all public days.
Otlici —Rooii! 9(i. Gate Cit y Rank Build
in", Alabama street, Atlanta, Ga.
JOHN R TYE.
January Ist. I ss.i.
McElree's Wine of Cardui
anil THEDFORD S BLACK-DRAUGHT are
for sale by the following merchants in
Henry County:
I). Knott & Co. McDonough.
Hill & Parker, I iOvcjoy.
A. V. McVicker. Babb.
Perry it Bran nan. I' ippeu.
I)r. \V. 11. 11. Peck, Locust Gnfve.
,1. C. Bostwiok. Peeksville.
,1. IV. Hale, Sandy Ridge.
W. H. Gilbert & Co. Stockbridge.
15. F. Harlow, Tunis
GRIFFIN FOUNDRY
AND
Machine Works. *
l 17V anunutici (.* tlir Bub.ie tint we an*
II prepared to niairinn'tm'c Engine boil
er? ; »H! lake onli r? Ini' ail kiwis of boil
ers. We are preps ril to ilo all kiwis ot
repairing on Engines, boiler? nno Machin
ery, genet a'ly. W, loop in stock brass
fittings of all kiw!-: also Inspirators, In
jectors, Safety Vines, Steam Ituages,
Pipe ami Pipe Fitting? awl Iron anil Bras
Castings of even be- option.
OSKIIUA .V H H.«HT,
|***i HJiC'r- and <»( fli<‘
<b " r<, ‘
Rev. Augustus lonludv had been
wr’ting of the illimiiible love of Christ
anil >he priceless value f the atom
ineiit. With hesr thoughts glowing
like a vision in |iis minil. realizing his
feeble hold upon the life that is, and
exulting in that which is to come, he
sang :
■•Rock id ages cleft for me, ,
Let me hide myself in thee
All unconscious that the song would go
ringing down the aisles of time until
time shall he in mere.
1 his hymn was continually upon the
lips of Prince Albert when he lay up
on his dying bed. "If in this solemn
hour 1 had onlv xvordly honors to de
pend upon,” said lie, “l should indeed
lie poor.”
.Many consider it the linest hymn in
the English language. Dr. Pusey
peaks of it as ■‘deservedly popular,
perhaps the very favorite” IL n.
William E. Gladstone gives it. high
place among hymns. l!o lias wiitten
a fine Latin version :
Jesus pro me perforates,
Condar intra luuoi talus, etc.
Spurgeon, referring to the hymn,
says: “Get it.to the Rock of Ages
cleft for you. and you will abhor tlie
the quicksands and vagaries of ‘mod-1
ern doubt.” ’
“1 know that beautiful line of Top-
Indy’s hymn,
‘Simply to thy cross 1 cling. ”
Says Rev. Alexander McKenzie: “I
would not take a note from its divine
and blessed melody. Cling to the
cross, hut while you cling, follow :
Christ whithersoever lie leads you.”
Augustus Montague Topludv was
born at Earn ham in Surrey, ling.,
November 4, 1740. lie was the son
of Maj. Richard Toplady, who fell .at
the siege of 1 arthagena, so. n after
the child was horn. His mother. Cath
erine Bate Toplady, left a widow in
somewhat stiaitened circumstances,
watched over her only remaining child
with unxisus solicitude. Through
many trials she steadily persevered in
a plan for his thorough education and
future condition in life. The son re
turned her devotion with deep and <
grateful affection. At Westminster,
where he was sent at any early age,
his peculiar abilities marked him as a
lad of unusual promise. When about
1(5 his excellent judgement and mental
maturity impressed his motliei
with the conviction that lie
could assist her in prosecuting her
claim to an estate in Ireland, and lie
left school to accompany her thither.
While there he heard that an ignorant
layman was to preach in a bam on a
farm near Codymain, an obscure ham
let some miles away, ft was said that
the would be minister was 100 illiterate
to spell his own name correctly.
Young Toplady was a lover of “fun.”
With a number of boon companions be
tiampe i over the inooiil't fields, antici-
I ating “rare sport.”
“lie went to scoff but remained to j
pray.” The first utterance of the un
educated man made a profound impres
ion upon the boy’s mind. In his dial v
he refers to that memorable evening of
his effectual call’ under the ministry
of that ‘dear messenger, Mr. Mor
ris.’ ”
lie look his degree of b .clielor ofj
arts Trinity G liege, Dublin. In 17-
(i.'i. wien 22 yea:s of age, lie was or
dained minister of the Church ■ ! Eng
land Sweh was his e: inestness and
ardor, that in su scribing to the “ar- j
tides,” he emphasized his devout as-I
sent thereto he repeating his signature j
five times.
lie received the Riagdoii living, soon i
resigned, preached for a time at l’eti
(fttery and 11 at plord. and then, in 17
C>B, became v car of Broad llembury,!
1 fevonshire.
In a letter to his •‘honored moth
cr” le writes: •■ a good man some
where savs, ‘ A believer nevet yet car- j
ved for himself but he cut Ris own tin - !
gers.' There is something that pleas- i
cs me much about Broad-I lembury,
Mid muses me hope for a blessing on
the event, it was not, from first to!
last, or my own see in.'.”
He lived ha: pily and usefully here,
until impaired health compelled a {
change. Torquay, a quaint Devon
shire port on Tor l> y, is near Broad ,
llembury. Some of its inhabit ants re
member that Eliz.ab tli Banett. after
wards Browning, was once looking
from the witglow of a tall house front j
ing the quay when a boat capsized and j
she saw her favorite brother and his
intimate friend (her admirer) go down
to rise no more. So terrible was her
grief that for fifteen months she could
not lie removed to her home in Lon-j
tton. At Tor quay, too, ( harlotto El-,
liott wtote her beautiful hymn :
“J list as I am without one plea,
But that Thy tiiuoii was shed tor me.
Near "by, on the mossy flunks of the
Otter, or in the silence of the restful
hills, most of Tcplady’s spiritual hymns
were written. Among them are :
Vour harps, ye trembling saints,"
And
“ Surely Christ thy griefs hath borne,”
llut
‘•bo. h i Age.- eli-il ti l- in*-,”
Siirpa?.? a I itu* rt ?t i i ..?il v a? the
muon outshine.? the stai-.
Alt bough frail Loin eiiildln od, lie is
said to have been iml, la i.ab'e in stu
dy. often rcinaiiiing a h ? desk until
the cocks heralded tin* coming day.
“Muscu'ar Christianity' ’ was a un
ion of words uidn ard <>t in that day.
In reading the ii>i? of ancient worth
ies one ea but regret .tlmt so in n y
went to milini.-ly grave seemingly ig
norant of the fact that w hile giving due
piomincncc to mental, ntoral and spir-
•McDOXOI’GIL GA.. FRIDAY. AUGUST. !>. 188}).
; dual laws, those governing their phy
|sh al natures were continually outrag-
I cd. How much better and longer
m ny might have served tlicit genera
tion In heeding ihem as they should i?
a problem never to Ire solved.
Toplady was a rigid Calvinist, stout
ly opposed to the doctiinc of a “full
and free salvation,” as advocated bv
Wesley’s, at d he preached, taught and
wrote with whole-beared honestly and
self consuming zeal He lived in an
age when it was poss b e f r a Duch
ess of Buckingham to write to Lady
Huntington: “The doctrines of the
Methodists are most repulsive, and
strongly tine ured with disrespect to
their superiors. It is monstrous to he
told that you have a heart as sinful as
the common wretches that crawl on
the earth. That is highly otfciuive
and insulting. 1 cannot trut wonder
tfiat your ladyship should relish sonii
ments so at variance with high rank
and good breeding.”
Toplady was tar from being a .Meth
odist, vet the Duchess of Buckingham
included him in her sweeping denmiei- j
ation of ‘ fanatics and disturbers.”
Toplady and John Wesley had m uiv
a controversy in “down right print.”
It L to he feared that they sometimes
li-ped to the counsel of the natural
man instead of striving after the things
that make for peace. They hurled
names at each other quite in modern
political fashion, Wesley calling Topla
dy a “chimney-sweeper,” a “lively
coxcomb,” etc., and Toplady retorting
with “Pope John” and speaking of his
opponent’s “petrified forehead,” ‘ im
pervious to a blush ” They belonged
to that ejass of zealous Christians hap
pily characterized by some daring pen J
as persons who elect themselves to the
ca>e of other men’s beliefs. Self-ap
pointed sheriffs of God to limit and run
down heretics, they evidently believed,
as many still seem to d •■, that the Rul
er of the universe is a God <4 battles,
loving best that man vvl o the most
j speedily and valiantly dons the C'liris
: tian armor and goes f'oitli to slay the
j teachers of false doctrine wherever
| found. Yet in tlie light of history
these men s and pioinineut as devout
ly desir. us of serving God and benefit
| ing their fellow creatures. That they
j did both no one can truthfully deny.
From 177 Jto June 177(5, 'Toplady
'edited the Gospel Magazine. Even in
; this brief period the knowledge of his
I connection therewith largely increased
its sale. 111-advised habits of study
and constant exposure to the cold,
j moist Devonshire air, rapidly develop
ed hereditary consumptive tendencies.
After futile uttemps to exchange h »
l position lor or.e in the southern part of
the island, in 177'), acting upon the
advice of physicians, he removed to
I London. 11 is friends secured him the
■ use of the French Reformed Calvinist
Church, in Orange street, Leicesti r
j Fields. For something over two
[ years he preached there Sundays and
Wednesdays, publishing during the
time a collection of psalms and hynas—
-419 in number—for public and private
worship. He seemed surpassingly de
Isbonsof accomplishing all that was
I possible for the Master, knowing that
the night was near “when no man can
work.” In one of the periods of dis
tressing illness that were of frequent
occurience, gradually wasting his
strength and bringing him nearer to j
the “va'ley of the shadow,” he wrote
•‘When laiiywor ami disease invade
This trembling house of elav,
‘Tis sweet to look beyond my pains
And long to fly away.’’
A triend told him that his heart beat
weaker and weaker every day. “\Vhv,”
he instantly replied, with a smile,
“that is a good sign that mv death is
fast approaching.” lie was feebly
singing one of his own hymns,
“Deutliless principle arise ”
When he suddenly ceased. A look of
joy illumed his thin, pale face. 'Top
lady was “forever with the Lord.” lie
died August 11, 1775. at 38 years of
age.* Always strongly objecting to fu
neral pomp and ceremony, he. reques
ted that no sermon sin uid be preached
for him. Ileaskedonly to “slip into
the tomb .unnoticed and unregarded”
Effort was made to keep the time of i
his interment at Tottenham Court j
[Chapel strictly private, yet several
thousand persons were present. Rev.
Rowland Hill could not refrain from j
1 violating the wish of his departed friend
!by declaring to that multitude ofj
mom ners the love and veneration he I
left for the deceased.
Rev. Dr. C. S. Pomerev, during an
eastern pilgrimage, entered an Ameri
can church in Constantinople. The j
people were singing. Not a wool ;
could be understood, but earnest feel
ing was maniest. The music was a*
simple melody, plaintive, tender, glow-,
iiij,* Glancing around, he saw tears
on many a cheek. He felt that they >
were singing ‘‘the Lord’s Song.” and
he longed to join them. Appealing to
tin interpreter, to his surprise and de
light lie found that they wore singing a
Turkish translation of Toplady’s "|{ock
of Ages.” It was a favorite even
there.
Mrs. I nicy Seaman Bainbridge,
with her husband, Dr. Bainbridge,
made the tour of the world for the
purpose of studying foreign missions.
Site tells the stored an unhappy Chi
nese wninan so * ‘‘mukc mer
it” for her self in order to be reborn a
‘•man,” that with incredible labor she
dug a well 2b feet deep and 10 or lb
feet across, excavaeating every foot of
lit, with her poor, weak hards. This
! was d tie before she learned of a salva
| tion f ee to all who accept the hle-sed
j Christ. When Mrs Bainbridge met
! her she win a gray-haired woman of
Mh Stretching out her thin, criplel
lingers she and her visitor sang to
gether :
• Nothin" in ni fcutil- I bring,
Simply In tin- cnik.',l fling.”
Many who read thi,-. will recall the
j pitiful stmy of ‘'Jack,” ny Elizalieth
Stuart l’hclps. in the Jihie Century of
a year or two ago. Jtr'k had not liv
en a pure, honest life. Neither had
"Tetm.” the pale, pretty young girl he
' wanted to marry. Neither had ever
“had a-chanee.”
“Will you make i good wife,
“Tenn ?” asks Jack.
"I’ll try. Jack.” is the humble te
p*y- .....
“Will you swear it. letiu
“If you’d rather, Jack.”
“What will you swear by? You
must sweu' by all that you hold ho
lv.”
“What do I hold Inly?” tnu-ed
Tenn.
“Will you swear bv the Rock of
Ages ?”
“Who’s that. Jack ?”
“It’s a hymn tune.”
“Ob, yes, I'll do it. H'«R • shall
we come acrost one ?"’
“1 guess I can find it. I can find
most anything I set out io do.'
So these two forlorn souls, who
knew no life but that of sinning and be
ing sinned against, with « vague wish
for something better and a faint hope
ol finding it, wandered out into the
night to look for the Rock of Ages !
The steamer Si awatiaka limned up
on the Hudson River. Among the
passengers were two of the Fisk I ni
versity singers—husband and wife.
The husband caiefully fastened life
preservers upon both. Then, as oth
ers did, they plunged into the meici
less waves of the d< ep, (lowing river
Some one ctucllv dragged away the
woman’s preserver, leaving her without
hope, excptiug as she could cling to
her husband. She placed her hands
firmly upon his shoulders, thus sup
porting herself until her strength was
exhausted. She bade her husband
good hye, saying she could hold on no
j longer.
“Try, dear, (or the love of heaven,”
| pleaded the agonized liii«>l 'aix*. “Try
a little longer. Let us sing ‘Rock of
Ages.’ ’
Lo ! iVs they sang, one after an
other raised pale faces ah .ve the awful
waves, joining, with a la t effort in
tier sweet dying prayer:
“ Rock of Ages clolt for in. ,
Ri t me hide mvsi-lf in Tbcr
With the song strength seemed to
iconic. Another and yet another was
I encouraged to renewed effort In the
distance help was hurl'yiti • toward
them. Singing slill, they laid hold of
the life-boat and were borne in safety
! to the shore
The story was related by st„ passcu
ger of the ill fated steamer, who sol
emnly averted his belief that Topla-
Gly’s “Ruck of Ages” saved many a life
i besides his own.
Foil a safe and certain remedy for
fever and ague, use Dr. J. 11. McLean’s
Chills and Fever Cure; it i° warranted
to cuie.
Slanderers and liars ate twin broth
ers ; born under the same star, living
on the same planet, governed by the
same unruly member—the tongue.
A woman writes a t olumn lo a Boston
paper on the subject, “How to Treat a
Pretty Mouth.” A man would liav ■
thoroughly exhausted the subject in
two woids.
Gentle Applicant—“l read your ad
veitisenient tor a governess, and 1 have
called to see about it.”
“So ?”
“Gentle Applicant—“ Yes, a little,
and Pin a daisy knitter, besides.”
Many people habitually endure a
feelii g of lassitude, because they think
tin y have to. If they would take Dr.
J. 11. .McLean's Sarsaparilla this feel
ing of weariness would give place to
vi 'Or and vitality.
Diskask lie in ambush for the weak;
a feeble constitution is ill adapted to
encounter a malarious atmosphere and
sudden changes of temperature, and
the least robust are usually •he easiest
victims. Dr. .1. 11. McLean’s S rsi
parilla will give tone, vitality and
strength to the entbe body
% tliili'lit'il IV-nni.
"Well, aren’t Mr. ami Mrs. Jones a
team f” said Jenkins as he watched Ins
host and hostess contributing to the
comfort and hilarity of their guests.
“Yes,”, ruefully observed their little
son, Johnny, who had been coerced in
to good behavior for the evening ;
"they’re a spanking team ”
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Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Files
or no pay rerfuired. It is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price *25 cents per box
For sale by C. 1) McDonald.
Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone Thursday
celebrated their golden wedding. The
i cases iii history are few which record
• the unquestioned leadership of a man ;
who is of aje. sufficient to have been j
; fifty years married. Gladstone’s tran
quil and happy marriud life has prob
ably been very conductive to his vig
or. Wellington once said : “I have
no small talk and l’eel no man tiers.”
Mr. Gladstone has manners but no
small taik and it is not likelv that in all
his fifty years of tnarial life his wife
has ever developed any of that small
jest, kind of small talk which makes a
« husband uucnmfortahV.
SiiiiKli'.y Nil tumel »«■*.
That w ise Frenchman, the Solomon
of the c url of Louts XIII., the Due dc
la Rochefoucauld, Piineeof Marsillac,
penned this maxim: “Hypocrisy is the
homage that vice pays to virtue." Vir
tue demands res|K‘ct under all condi
tions, and the French nobleman meant
to convey the idea that even vice, which
is shameless in the presence of all else,
is forced to assume a garb which befits
it not, but which it wears betimes out
of respect to the superior attribute of
human ty. In this analysis we find
the true estimate of hypociisv. It is
a cloak that covers a skeleton and by
its drapings and its deceptive exterior
seeks to hide the hollowness within.
Sometimes it successfully passes for
yvhat it is not. But more often it ovei
steps the mark and blatantly advertises
its own wickedness
* *
Society is full of hypocrisy. And as
hypocrisy cannot well exist without
hypocrites, we find them wherever men
Lind wotimu assemble Hypocrisy is
'♦nilinrd to licitlkii sex. and the hypo
el ites wear petticoats as well n- breech
es. It. is not easy to imagine a condi
lion of society without this evil It
has been written about from time lm
nii inor.il 'The Bible is full of impre
cations against llm hypocrites. Poets
have not sung much about them or im
p-del them upon the spear of their fan
cy, because the subject is not idyllic
enough for the poet's muse. But sula
rists have scalped them and the great
dramatists have stripped them of all
other qualities and brought out. in
strong relief the c:«ittemptihi 1 itv of this
common failing—hypocrisy. It is hard
to guard against the cant of hypocrisy,
because it is so oily and so insidious. It
penetrates like the March wind, al
though its presence is not so plainly
felt, it wears an everlasting barren
simper, which is by too many accepted
as the honest and earnest smile. “It
can smile and smile” and, as Shakes
peare writes, “be a villain still.” It is
purely villainous. There is not a re
deeming trait about it. It is a lie acted,
which is worse than a lie spoken, be
cause not all of us have talent to tear
away that hides intentions, while it is
not a difficult natter to prove the lie
spoken. Hypocrisy is not only a vil
lainous, but it is a sneaking, quality of
tlie human mind. It lias the eye of
the basilisk and the cruelty of that ser
pent. It spares none. It is cowardly,
because it is a lie. It is despicable,
disgusting, unfit to he practice)) by any
limn or woman that lias the smallest,
atom of self respect.
There are different degrees of hypoc-
I iy JUd jlitferent degrees of hypocrites.
'The conditions of society, with its man.
Hold complications, the intense cmula
tion and eompetlon in all directions,
make a hotbed for the propagation of
this dangerous weed. And in some
forms hypocrisy tpay lm said to be a
necessity evil. War is a necessary
evil, because by it the dignity of na
tions is maintained. It is none the
less wicked. 'To kill a man is justitia
hie where it is done in self-defense.
But whether the (let J is done in the
heat of passion, or in the effort to pro
tect life and property, the other life is
sacrificed all the same. So under cer
tain circumstances hypocrisy may be
tolerated, although it is m no the less
mean and contemptible, because it is a
lie substituted and acted as if it were
the truth 'This is the higher grade of
hypocrisy. This is the same type of
hypocrisy that makes successful diplo
mats and politicians. It is a higher
grade ol repulsive evil. Hypocrisy ex
ists in the best as w*-ll as the meanest
phases of life. It is found in business,
in the affairs i f state. Alas ! it is also
found in love. Hypocrisy tlirivi s here,
because in love w u put off the armor of
every day life and set ourselves to a
sweet dalliance with this deli*lnfill
passion. And hoc tuse the arm-r is
off and the muscles unstrung and the
whole nature off its guard hypocrisy
works to its cud with telling effect.
So long as men exist hypocrisy must
exist, it is a shame to confess this.
The truth is better all times, even if it
is a reflection on humanity. The prin
ciple of nature that the stronger shall
crash the weaker makes hypocrisy a
prevalent custom. For in the friction
of every-dav affairs hypoeri-y is some
times the weapon that the weak use
against the strong. It is a deception
used to cover the real track. The pis
mir ■ ant and the polecat are endowed
vitli weapons to stop the , progress of
their enemies. These weapons neither
wound nor kill but they are decidedly
effective and generally give the insect
and the animal a chance to get away.
Hypocrisy is to the man what na
lure’s glandular weapons :i>e to the ant
and the skunk. It blinds one to the
true motive, and under cover of a false
hand it gives the hyjiocryte a chance
to gain his end with as little difficulty
as possible. Yes. you tnav put the
hyi ocrite in the same category with
the pismire and the polecat. Me is
unite as offensive as either or both.
* «
*
And there aie times when hypocrisy
is legitimate an 1 its results beneficial.
Diplomacy sometimes is hypocrisy.
The successful diplomat is often the
most artistic hypocrite. Macliiavelli
was a hypocrite of Hlnis4i4B propor
tions. And Talleyrand, who de
clared that words were made t > cover
one’s meaning and not o discover it.
was not far removed from MachiavollL
Politic* is made up of hypocrisy, and
the average politician is an adept in
t'w art. Hypocrisy when it is employ
ed as a hait for great results, icsults
which may redound to the honor of na
tions and lie a benefit to a people, may
!«• condoned, llut it is only when it
j reaches these colossal proportions that
jwe should permit its practice. It is mi
j fortunate that the survival of the fittest
I and the best should make deception
j necesrary. We cannot overturn the in
evitable. Chcumstum es confront us.
and perhaps xve are justified in shaping
our course to meet and overcome them.
V
Cencalh tlic hypocrite is a dishon
est man. for hypocrisy is another name
—a euphemism 9>r dishonesty. The
liar ami the hypocrite go arm and arm
through the world. But of the two,
the barefaced 1 imr deserves some recog
nition in comparison xvitli the other, for
1 e takes the risk openly and runs a
greater dangera>f being diacovvred md
exposed 4 hero is no credit in being
able to utter a lie without blushing. A
lie told with the cffiontery that is com
mon to all constitutional liars is liki a
pretty cut of boot tenderloin done to a
turn, hm badly tly-hlown. It offends
every ■ use and seems to he more offett
si*e by the unr aisciotts comparison
that is madeTir-Uso mind.
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*
But where can 1 find words to ex
press uontmupt for the driveling, sneak
ing. sniveling, slohliering hypocrite,
the man oi woman who says one thing
and means another : who looks a liu.
acts a lic. speaks a lie. There is no
meaner object on the lace of the earth
than a hypocrite A liar is superior
because lie is open and hare faced about
his business. He is brutal in his frank
ness, and his sin? soon expose him.
But under the guise of refinement,
friendship and respectability and honor
the hypocrite plys his vocation, lie
will sacrifice yon amt your interests,
wearing the while the blandest smile
and indulging in the most earnest pro
fessions of friendship. 'There is noth
ing that can disturb his imperturbable
meanm ss, nor disconcert him in his de
ception, unless it bu one that is able
to sco through his mask and gauge him
at Ids true worth, lit! succumbs to
this one because he knows that decep
tion is useless.
But where he deals with the inno-
cent how persistent lm is in his cruft
nesN ! lie will fill your ears with lion
eyed phrases, will lull your su-pieions
with fulsome protestations, will do his
level best to satisfy your longings for
truth in friendship And when lie has
sugared you all over with his saccha
rine coating of hypocrisy lie will with
out a single compunction of conscience
sacrifice yon no matter what the evil is
that may follow. Venly the hypo
rite is a ghastly member of society, a
social ghoul who feeds on deception
and waxes fat and strong on the un
happiness of others.
*
But, happily, the hypocrite
and hypocrisy cannot long he concealed.
'The hypocrite generally oversteps the
matk, overacts his own role. Long
practice gives him assurance. And so
it is that he becomes hold and throws
away his finesse and becomes as a wolf
among a lot of sheep. Even should lie
wear the sheep’s skin, he omits to hide
his fangs, his legs and his tail, and the
wolf-hypocrite is exposed. It was ev
er the same. Do xve not mail in the
hook of Job : “Knowetli thou not this
of old ; since man was placed upon the
earth that the triumphiugof the wicked
is hurt and the jov of the hypocrite
hut for a moment ?”
V
It is related of that stuiily old I'uri-j
tan captain, Oliver Cromwell, that when j
his portrait painter suggested to him
the advisability of hit ali '.ing his fea
tures a trifle by painting out some of
the fin rows, he said : “j’aint tne as 1
am. 11 you leave out the scars and the
wiinkles, 1 will not pay you a penny.”
Is not this honesty invigorating and
wholesome ? Is not society the better
for such men even if they are plain
and In usque and sometimes disagreea
ble ? Contrast these words and this
uncompromising rnggedness of charac j
ter vvitli the smooth phrases, the insin-l
eating gesture, the meaningless srnile,
the mocking profession,. all hollow,
hollow, hollow ! Is not the contra t
sickening to one that appreciates trite
manhood and solid worth ? 'That likes
to contemplate man and woman as be
ings of earnestness and honesty, not as
sneaks and snivelers?—.l/ oxter C'eo/-
fi'i'.ij in Dr troll. Fvm I'rtfs.
l*si*»e<l Avtuy.
Died on the 24th inst.. Minter West
moieland, son of .Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Westmoreland, with typhoid fever,
aged 12 years and six months.
Mivter was a biiglg, hands-nie boy,
who was loved by all who knew him.
His kind, loving ways gained him many
friends during liis short stay upon this
earth of trials and troubles. Many
loving hoar's gathered around his dy
ing bed to see hiiu breathe his last flut- j
tering breath before he entered that
great beyond. He was laid in his last
resting place Thursday afternoon at •’>
o’clock, in the family burying ground,
whom a huge concourse of friends and
relatives had gathered to bid farewell j
to the little waxen form. Weep not, I
dear father and mother, because God |
thought best to call your little darling |
home.* Remember that there is a time ;
[coming when you can meet your little
snow drop in that beautiful home
above, where there will be no niore
parting but eternal peace and rest.
Cot SIN'.
Words cannot express the gratitude
which people feel for the benefit done
them by the use of Aver’s Sarsaparilla.
Long standing c.ses of rheumatism
yield to this remedy, when ail others
fail lo give relief. This medicine
thoroughly expels the poison from the
hhiod.
* High-bred people—The bakers.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
Hull'll T<>\« ii.
Till' farmers are n nr ‘'laying by”
their crops ami now. for a season, all
seem to appreciate tho opportunity of
“resting." ami recreating among
friends, eating melons, peaches ami
other fruits, drinking ciders, pure free
stone water etc.; cider being the strong
est beverage indulged in by our peo
ple.
Wo hear of some registered distil
ories in the country . there are none
however in our community. We also
hear a great deal said in opposition to
the farmer selling his fruit to the stil
ler to be stilled into hiandy. lam
not a friend to intemperance, neither
do 1 drink ardent spirits of any kind,
( patdou me for alluding to my suit)
but it does seem like a great waste to
let so much fruit lie on the ground and
j rot. 1 luwuvcr it may lie hotter to do
[so than to sod it, to the stiller, Imt ac
cording toy view of the matter—which
j may be entirely wrong—tkf> man who
i makes brandy, pays tho revenue, and
I conducts his business in a legal and
j lawful manner, is not doing tho coun
try a much worse injury than the man
who sells tobacco, cigars and snuff, for
neither of these last named articles are
for medicinal purpo-es, or, if they are,
there is but little of thorn used as such,
while ardent spirits, if properly nsed
are valuable in many instances. A 1
though there is but a small portion of
the vast amount consumed every year
that is properly used, and I wish it
was impossible to get a drop in the
United States except for medicinal
purposes; but in speaking of the evils
of t strong drink, let us not forget to
mention some of the evils of tobacco.
W ekster says : “tobacco is a useless
custom," and all w ill admit that it is
so. 1 lie very he t physicians wo
have, say that it is a powerlul narcot
ic poison, enfeebling the nervous sys
tem, and the debility effected by the
use of tobacco brings on disease and
does, no doubt, hasten thousands to an
untimely grave. Is it not a pity that a
civilized and enlightened people should
have learned tlie filthy habit of using
tobacco from the uncivilized and sav
age Indian ? I It is a great mystery
that has never been solved, why so
large a percent, of the most highly ed
m ated people—of both sexes—should
have become accustomed to the use of
so poisonous, so tilth'.y, so offensive
and obnoxious a weed as tobacco.
The average boy at fifteen, consid
ers himself a man if be can only smoke
cigars or chew tobacco. Yes, lie con
siders bitnself a man of age, swelling
with a degree of dignity, self import
* lance, honor ami usefulness equal to
that of an Emperor, Prince or States
ni.ui. lie chews and discharges enor
mous quantities of the beautiful (?) gol
den, yellow fluid from between his
teeth, to tho discomfort of those around
him, soiling either his, or their clothing
at a dreadful late ; or smokes, holding
at intervals—when engaged in telling
a big yarn—between his thumb, index
and little finger, a cigar, in a most fash
ionable style; puffing like a locomo
tive, the smoke in every direction, fill
ing the air with fumes of the obnox
ious odor from beneath the prominent
piobO'cisol his tm.nly face.
.lust think of the vast amount of
money that is spent annually for this
sickening weed. Enough, if added to
tl e public school fund of Georgia, to
give every child within the limits of
sclioolfige a term of six or eight or per
haps ten months schooling every year.
I have no doubt but that there is
more money spent annually, in Geor
gia for tobacco, cigars and snuff than
there is fo” spirituous liquors, and this
vast amount is worse than thrown
away, for it does the consumer no good,
but actually does him more or less
harm. Then young man, if I was ca
pable of giving advice, I would say to
those of you who have not become ac
customed to the use of this pernicious
weed to give yourself ample time to re
flect before enslaving yourself to this
miserable tyrant —tobacct. The read
er will pie,isc hear in mind that I make
no extra charge for these “valuable
and timely remarks.”
Prof. IS. Bright, for the last few
days has been quite sick, hut under
the skillful treatment of Dr. I). T.
Nash, is gradually improving, and
we hope that he will soon lie aide to
resume his school again at County
Line.
G. W. iiradberry is now enter
taining a stranger at his house. We
have not yet learned the name of the
visitor, but are informed that at some
future time, the stranger will lay aside
dresses and don a paii of breeches.
A protracted meeting closed at
County Line church, last Tuesday.
Rev. W. L Fenly, of Atlanta, conduc
ted the meeting. On Wednesday the
21, he addressed the farmers on vari
ous topics pertaining to the Farmer’s
Alliance. As your County Line cor
I respondent will give you a synopsis of
i his discourse, it is unnecessary for us
to attempt to do so, but suffice it to
j say, that his discourse was listened to
by an attentive audience, and was elo
quent, pithy and instructive.
We heard last Sunday, an eloquent
sermon at Liberty Hill, by Rev. Mr.
Bledsoe. The meeting is still in pro
gress.
Mr. Mike Wallace of Sand Moun
tain, Ala., is visiting relatives and
friends in Henry and Clayton counties.
He lias numerous friends in this sec
tion who art: glad to meet him.
July 25h Don Jr an.
No linimei t is in better repute or
more, widely known than Dr. J. 11.
\ McLean’s Volcanic Oil Liniment. It
is a wonder ill remedy.
NO 15.