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Needless Sorrows.
Ah, what infinite sorrow men lay
up for themselves in resisting the Di
vine will! If you fret and chafe
against his appointment*, finding
fault with him because he has not
given you another lot, some other
partner for your life, some more con
genial occupation, you cannot but be
wretched. For at-the bottom of all
such dispositions, which fume a* the
waves of the sea, there lurks a feeling
of disappointed pride, which thinks
that it deserved soma better treat
ment from God, and considers itself
ill-used.
But who are we that demand so
fair and comfortable a lot—we whose
first father was a gardener who stole
his Master’s fruit, who have sprung
from the dust but yesterday, and who
have piled Alys on Andes of repeated
sin? Let ns accept what God sends.
The worst is ten thousand times bet
ter than we deserve. The hardest is
tho bettor evidence of a love which
dares not spoil us. The whole is dic
tated and arranged by such wisdom
as cannot for a single instant err.
The shadow cast by that mighty
Hand is dense and dark; its pressure
is almost overwhelming. David cried,
as he felt it, “Day and night thy
hand was heavy upon me, my moist
ure is turned into the drought of sum
mer.’’ But bend beneath it. Its
pressure may be felt in personal suf
fering, in rebuke, or shame, or perse
cution, or in loss of property, or in
some other form of chastisement;
yet take each as another opportunity
of putting into practice this injunc
tion to humility: “Lie still, my soul;
whatever God ordains is right and
good; thou deservest nothing better;
what right hast thou to be sitting at
the royal table at all, when thou hadst
forfeited it for the swine’s fare? If
thou hadst thy rights thou wouldst
be nowin the outer gloom.”—Rev.i
F. B. Meyer.
Whydoweenterthereviv.il cam
paign? Not for the sake of tho per
sonal religious enjoyment that will
come to us. Not because it will look
like indolence if we allow the season
to pasa without some effort. Not
for the sake of building up “our
church.” Revivals that are begun
for such reasons will fail. They
ought to fail. Revival motives are
high, They are G’hristly. Jesus
saw the race in ruin, and his compas
sion brought him to the rescue.
People all around us are perishing.
They are drifting away, drifting down.
Can we witness their danger without
being moved?—Eps worth Herald.
New Sermons and Old Men.
Why is there a demand for young
tueu, and how can one always preach
fresh sermons? Whether we admit
it or not, there is a good doal in both
questions. The demand for young
men in our pulpits grows out of their
fresh sermons, and the failure of
churches to ask for older men grows
out of fossilized sermons, or such as
the
preacher himself has lost interest in
them. A young man has nothing to
fall back on, and therefore must study.
His mind must be kept active and
alive. Ilis appointments come Sun
day after Sunday, aud he must have
something to say. In many instances
his freshness is the product of neces
sity. When he gets older he will
repeat his sermons, simply because he
can, and this work of repetition goes
on until ail the life has been squeezed
out of bis earlier productions.—Nash
ville Advocate.
The Washington Post not only
announces, in a manner which seems
authoritative, that President Harri
son will veto the senate’s silver bill
if it should reach him, but it says
that Speaker Reed, both as a member
of the committee on rules, and a<j pre
siding officer of the houso, will loose
no opportunity to thwart silver men
in their efforts to get the silver bill
before that body.—Atlanta Journal.
To Secure the Federal Court.
A special from Athens to the At
lanta Constitution of January 20th,
says:
Athens is in earnest as to the se
curing of a federal court at this place.
She will send to the national capital
three of her brainiest and moat ener
getic citizens to see what can be done
in the way of presenting her claims.
Our citizens believe that the estab
lishment of a federal court in this
city is not only an act of justice to
those citizens living far away from
Georgia, but. it will be of great bene
fit to this section, and will serve to
expedite tvials and business in the
court. Accordingly, Messrs. Pope
Brown, Alex S. Erwin and E. T.
Brown will go to Washington to press
Athens’ claims. We know that we
ought to secure the building aud feel
confident of success in obtaining it. i
‘ j
Hooting at Heuly.
Timothy ITealy recently delivered
a lecture at Mullingar, and a riotous i
scene was the result. A strong force
of with Parnell gath ■;
ered outside the hall during tbo course .
of the lecture, and threats of violence
toward Healy were freely uttered.
When the latter emerged from the
hall he was greeted with a stolen of
hoots and yells, and a rush was made
by the Parnellitcs in his direction. 1
Luckily a number of priests who had
been present at the meeting, inter
posed themselves bet ween Healy and
the infuriated mob, and thus proba
bly saved Healy from rough handling.
—Atlanta Coi stitution.
One of the youngest Methodist
preachers in the state left Atlanta
yesterday to assume his pastoral du
ties in the Clarkesvill circuit. He
has five churches there—Cold Springs,
Allay- Chnppel, New Liberty, Turners
ville, aud Ebenezer. Mr. Weaver
has been fur several months a res : -
dont of Atlanta, and has become
quite well-known and generally be
loved here. Ho has many friends
in Atlanta to wish him Godspeed in
his new w’ork.—Atlanta Constitution.
A Famous Cf%U
There was a famous cat at Christ
church. This was the common room
cat. This room was of course sacred
to dons, but when a man took bis
bachelor’s, ids tutor generally asked
him to wine In tho common room.
There, if ho wore lucky, he might hear
Osborne Gordon come out with some
of his wit and wisdom. Ho might also
view a process which attested both the
agility of tho cat and tho agility of the
human subject. Above the fireplace
was a mantelpiece, and above the man
telpiece a bust of the venerable Dr.
Busby and abovo the bust a bracket
on the wall. Tho don would stand bo
fore tho fireplace, and with a dexterous
Jerk would toss up a biscuit which
would alight on the bracket.
Pussy would bound to tho mantel
piece, then to the bald head of the ven
erable Busby, and finally to the brack
et It was cleverly done, both by cat
and don, but tho chief credit of the
gymnastic feat was supposed to remain
witti the oat There was one man of
long standing who was very fond of
mine, which used to reside hi his j>ock
ets and run freely about his clothes!
Any person in the pursuit of natural
history would be pardoned in the col
lege which owned Frank Bnckland as a
student, whoso remarkable perform
ances that way will long boa tradition
at Oxford,—Temple Bar.
VVhon Gr*ahopp*r Were Unman.
According to an Arab legend grass
hoppers were human beings In an ago
long before the Muses. When the
Muses canto and song appeared they
were ravished with delight, and, sing
ing always, never thought of eating or
drinking, until at last, in their forget
fefaoaa, they died. And now they 1: \’o
again as -_T"asaboppors, and this is too
return tho Std aes make to thearfor
their devotion to mosta
They hunger no more, neither thirst
any more, but are always singing from
tire moment they are born. Never eat
ing or daiaking except when they go to
destroy tho crops of some parson or
persons who have offended the gods of
music, they soon die and straightway
go and inform the Muses in heaven
who has honored them on earth, that
person getting his share of the good
things when he goes to the world be
yond. —St. Louis Republic.
Brooklyn's Cheap Blowers.
Brooklynites enjoy one luxury almost
unknown to New Yorkers, and that is
cheap flowers. Not only are the prices
of tho regular florists in Brooklyn con
siderably below the rates of New York
florists, bnt at dozens of flower stands
in the streets prices are sometimes 60
per cent, below those of the florists oc
cupying shops. Tim secret oi ail this
lie* in the fact that the suburbs of
Brooklyn abound ir. greenhouses,
whero the everyday citizen may buy
flowers nnd plants and avoid paying
the profits of two or three middlemen.
—New York Sun.
TTlven Pwtplo Kohv Karly.
In mediaeval and modern Europe the
prevailing practice down to the middle
of the eighteentli century was to have
three meals a day —that partaken of at
midday, and not the evening one, be
ing the principal. In those days all
classes roee early, 4 a. m. being the
usual hour, and one hour later break
fast was eaten. Twelve o’clock was
the established timing hour. Supper,
a toss abundant repetition of dinner,
followed in the evening. —Louis T.
I’oaie in Detroit Free Press.
EXTRAORDINARY HOSPITALITY.
Shclferln; a Ouest Who Was Known to
He After the Host's Life.
A writer on Afridi feuds in The Cal
cutta Englishman narrates the follow
ing incident, which, h§ says, is unique
even in the Afridi annals, and shows
that the laws of hospitality can be
stretched a bit too far at times without
much advantage to the host: “A
certain Faiz Taleb Khan had made en
emies of certain chieftains who planned
his murder. A man named Muhamad
Yar, a Jfosri Gkilzai, who had murder
ed some nineteen or twenty persons by
treachery, was found willing to under
take the business, if be was paid the
sum of 1,100 rupees, and was presented
with a shawl likewise. This being
agreed to, he left the Jelallabad valley
and started for the Khyber. A friend
of Faiz Talab Khan, being informed of
the plot, wrote to him and gave all de
tails as to the appearance of the man
who had consented to murder him for
a consideration.
Strange .to state Sfuhamad Yar ap
peared at Faiz Talab Khan's gate and
claimed shelter and hospitality just as
the letter arrived warning Faiz Talab
against the assassin. Tho letter was
carefully read, and the descriptive roll
conned, compared and found to suit
the man who had just claimed shelter.
Faiz T.-dab's retainers wero for killing
the man at once, or at all events turn
ing him away for good; but their mas
ter would not hear of it, and after care
fully searching the man to find out
whether ho liad any arms concealed
about his person he was allowed to en
ter the fort, Faiz Talab declaring that
they could not in ardor their own guest
or turn away from their doors a hungry
man who had solicited their hospitality.
The man was most carefully searched
©very morning, and was told that he
was never to leave the inclosure or
ascend the platform on the tower, from
which he could get down into the open,
and he was warned that if be was ever
seen there he would bo killed at once.
For thirteen days this game went on
without any damage to any one. llow
over, a mullah, who taught Faiz Ta
tab's sons, was bribed, and through
him a pistol was conveyed to Muhamad
Yar, and a date fixed for him to make
the attempt on Faiz Taiab Khan. On
the fourteenth night of tho strange
guest's stay at his fort Faiz Talab was
roused and heard a man moving about
the platform of the tower, and asked
who it was. Muhamad Yar said it was
lie, and that, being very thirsty, he wa?
searching for some water. Faiz Talab
Khan got up, and as he went to the
man and bent down to fill a cup of
wat her he was shot in the back by the
treacherous guest, who used tho pistol,
and scrambling down the wall was
soon under tho shelter of Ferns Klian’s
roof, and theno© he soon (led to Jel
lallaha and ultimately toward Cabul
Ho was captured, and the news was
sent to Boston Klian, brother to Faiz
Talab Khan, who proceeded at once to
Cabul. Tho murderer was then handed
over to Bortan Khan, who took him
outside tho city and cut him into
pieces.
Roiioma’a Seven Moon*.
There lmw been many explanations
offered In times past as to why the
name of Sonoma was given to this val
ley by tli? native tribes of Indians who,
upon the advent of the white man over
100 years ago, peopled this section by
thousands. Of course we all know that
Sonoma valley in aborginee means
'•Valley of the Moon,” but just why
that name was bestowed upon it is an
other question, and one, too, which wo
believe has never been satisfactorily
answered.
Recently in talking to sui aged Indian
who has resided on tho old Nick Carri
gan ranch for many years, mid was an
old man when Gen. Vallejo settled in
Sonoma fifty years ago. and must noyv
bo something over 100 year oi nge, bo
stated the rmsop-tsfe valley was called
SonOffift was because it had “heep
Inncheo moon” (translated into good
English, many moons}.
Further Inquiry developed the fact
that between the town of Sonoma and
the Bella Vista vineyards, a distance of
four or five miles, the moon when it is
full can be seen by the traveler to rise
seven times in succession over the
mountains in the east, owing to their pe
culiar formation. This phenomenon lias
been witnessed by many old resident
in the early evening at the rising of the
full moon. This, no donbt, had been
observed by the Indians and hence the
namo “Valley of the Moon.’’—Sonoma
Index-Tribune.
Why Some People Walk Siral^t.
The negroes of the southern states
and in Use West Indies, where the men
and women are in the habit of carry
ing heavy burdens balanced on their
heads, have the shoulders of gods and
goddesses, and they walk erect, with a
graceful swing straight|£rom the hips,
and not fi. xa the knees, as so many
hurrying, worrying city folk do. Their
heads are well up, their arms are nat
uraliy disposed of, and are not a nuis
ance to them.
Tho.society people have seen the dig
nity of Labor in this particular, and
mc-ny girls are put through.a similar
course of training in order to cure them
of round shoulders, and give them a
commanding carriage, and teach them
to walk and not waddle or shuffle into
a.drawing room. Some of the hauteur
of New York's “400” may also be thus
hereditarily accounted for. Their
noses are held so far above the heads
of the plebeian masses because a gen
eration ago their ancestors were carry
ing bricks, and the habit of looking
skyward has been transmitted, —Detroit
Free Press. i
Legal Advettixemmtt. ,
GEORGIA: Banks County. —A!!
persons having demands against the
estate of Francis Jordan, late of said
county deceased, are hereby notified to
render in their demands to the under
signed according to la w,and ail persons
indebted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment.
dan 12th 1891. Thomas Jokdax,
($2.10) Adin’r Francis Jordan.
Geoboia: Banks County.—To all
whom it may concern: W S Mize,
guardian for J. M. Mize lias ap
plies to me for letters of dismission
from said guard nship, and I wii!
upon said aplicalion on the. First Mon*
day in Am il 1891 at niy office in
Homer said county.
Given under my hand and official
signature, this Jaruarv 6th, 1891.
($4.00) T. FI HILL, Ord’y.
GEORGIA: Banks County.—No
tice is hereby given that fifteen free
holders of the 1206th district, G.M. of
said county have filed in my ofiiee a
petition for an election to be held in
said district for Fence or Stock law
as provided by section 1455 of the
Code of Georgia and the acts amend
i.tory thereto, and after twenty days’
notice, if no objection is filed an elec
tion will be ordered in terms of the
law. Jan. 10th, 1801.
($2.10) T. F. HILL, Ord’y.
Sheriff Sale.
GEORGIA: Banks County.—
Will be sold on the First Tuesday
in February next at the courthouse in
said county, within tho legal hours of
sale, to the highes* bidder, for caTi,
the following property to-wit: One
tract of land lying in said county aud
bordered as follows: On the west by
1). L. Evans, on the north by Janu-s
W. Dodd, on the east by Earl Moats
deceased, on the south bv Thomas FI
AmLrson aud Mrs. Rebecca Lcwal
lan, containing two hundred and
thirty five acres more or lss. Sai l
land levied on as tbs property of W.
W. C. Kidd to satisfy an cxeo-iticn
issued from the Justice court of the
912th district G. M. of said county in
favor of Comer & Carr against the
said W. W. C. Kidd. Levy made and
returned to ms by George W. Lacy.
L. C. This Dec. 2C:h, I DO.
W. A. Scononrs,
($4.02) Sheriff Banks County.
GEORGIA: Banks County.-To
nil whom Unuiv concern, W .J Burgess
guardian of A Sand Isaac A Vaughn,
has applied to me. for letters of dismif
cion from said guardianship, and 1 will
pass upon said application on the first
monday iu inarch, 1891, at my office in
Home.
Given under my band and official
signature, December Ist. 1890.
2 25 T F HILL. Ord’y.
Administrator’s Sale.
GEORGI A: BaksCounty. - Agree
able. to an order from the Court of Or
dinary will he sold before the court
house door on the First Tuesday iu
February next (1891) within the legal
hours < f sale, the tract of land wht rcon
J. E. York lived at the tune of hts
death, cou tain mg out hundred :.nd sixty
acres more or less, adjoining lands of
Enoch Andersen, Thomas Sheridan.
Mrs. Mi/.e and other*. There is three
tenant houses on the same rud laud
enough cleared for three horrffc crop.
Sold as the property of J. E. York late
of said county, deceased, soldier the
beiillt of the heirs and creditors. Terms
lash L. N. I UKK,
(53.48) Administrator.
Libel for Divorce.
Carry Robinson vs J. M. Robinson
Libel for divorce in Bunks Superior
Court, September term 1890.
Pursuant to an yrdfrr rrein' rSkI
court porfaciing service by publica
tion the defendant, J. M. Robinson is
hereby notified that a libel for divorce
in favor of his wife, Carry, is now.
pending against hiui in said court, and
that he is required to be and appear
at the next term of said court to be
held on the third Monday in March
next to answer said cause.
N. L. Hutchins,
($2.98) Judge S C. W. C.
Oscar Brown, Petitioner’s Atty.
Litka 11. Davis vs M. Van Davis.
Libel for Divorce in Hanks Superior
Court, September terra IS9O, Grounds
cruel treatment.
It appearing to the Court that the
Defendant M. V. Davis does rot re
side in this State. It is ordered by
the Court that service he perfected
on the defendant by publication as
provided in statute twice a month for
two months be lore the next term of
this court, in the Banks County Ga
zette, a newspaper published in said
county. It is further ordered that the
Clerk of said court direct to and ad
dress notice to said defendant if his
address is known requiring to be
and appear at the next term of this
court to answer petitioner’s libel for
total divorce. September 19th 1890.
Granted. N. L. Hutchins,
J udgo.
G. W. Brown and W. H. Simpkins,
Attorneys for Petitioner.
I hereby certify that the above
order is a true copy of the minutes of
Banks Superior Court, this Dee. 23d,
IS9O, L. N. Turk, C. S. C.
THE
BANKS COUNTY GAZETTE
IS PUBUSED IN THE INTEREST OF
BANKS COUNTY,
By HAMISS & BILL.
GEO. W. WALKER,
MANUFACTURER op 7
LIGHT BUGGIES, SURREYS, PHAETONS,
ONE and TWO HORSE WAGONS
OF' ALL STYLES. ALSO
REPAIRING IN ALL BRANCHES at Rock Bottom Prices.
YOU SHOULD
patronize:
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brated Spiral and Fairy Queen .Springs, which will ride easier than any
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IF YOU CALL ON US, AS WE KEEP TIIE LARGEST AND
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IN TIIK STATU.
J. J. C. ftI’MAHAN & CO..
1-15- 91 U 7 Clayton Street, Athens, Georgia.
New Store! New Furniture!
w. w. -ion:i>x
OF HARMONY GROVE, GEORGIA,
\V ishes to announce to the public that he has moved into his new iron store
and ha* a very large stock of FURNITURE of all kinds, consisting of
SUITS, BUREAUS. BEDSTEADS, SAFES, MATRESSES,
LOUNGES, CHAIRS, ETC., ETC.
Do you need a trunk? If so you ought to see W. W. Jordan’s Marnoth
Stock of them. I also carry a good stock of Sew ing Machines, Machine Oil,
Needlea and parts for ali machines. I also carry a tine Stock of Coffins,
Cask; ts. Burial Robes, Gloves, Shoes and Iloes for Burial purposes.
< 'all and see my goods and see how cheap I can sell you. Remember
the Iron Store. W.. \V. JORDAN.
WM. BROWN Jr. R. I. MEALOJL J. W. BROWN
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OP’D UNDER SEW MANAGEMENT.
Office and Shops near Air-Line Depot.
Valves and Cocks, Steam Guages, Water Glasses,
IRON AND BRASS CASTINGS,
Repairing of all kinds of Machinery a specialty.
Correspondence Solicited. (10-15-91) Gainbstillk, Ga
-Lawyers.
PT¥. EDWAIDS
A-ttorney jar Law
HOMER, GEORGIA.
Money to loan on three per cent,
commission, aud payments made by
installments.
J. W/HILLY
At torney at JLdiw
JEFFERSON. GEORGIA.
it.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Harmony Giiove, Georgia.,
Will practice in Bauks, Jackson,
Franklin, Madison, and adjacent coun
ties, and also in the Supreme and Fed
eral courts of tiie State. Will give
special attention to collections and
make piornnt returns.
cTll. FAULKNER,
Attorney at Law
BELLTON, GEORGIA.
COLLECTING A SPECIALTY
A. C. MOSS,
Attorney at Law
HOMER, GEORGIA.
Drugs, Medicines, Etc.
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PERFUMERY, SOAPS,
and Everything in the Drng Line.
Give us a call when in Athepi.
We will make it to your interest.
L. D. SLEDGE & CO. *
29 Clayton Street, Athens, Georgia
Doctors.
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PHYSICIAN,
HOMER, - - - GEORGIA.
Dr. A. H. Stapler,
HOMER GEORGIA.
Special attention given to Surgery
Obstetrics aud Chronic diseases of
long standing.
Druggist.
Dr. L. J 7 SHARP;
WHOLESALE & RETAIL
dhcggist,
HARMONY GROVE, GA.
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