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THE WEEKLT CONSTmmON'. ATLANTA, GA, TUESDAY APRIL 18 I86tf
MOODY AND SANKEY.
CLOSING SERVICES OFTHE GREAT
REVIVALISTS.
Hr Moo-tr ssa Plain Min AdroostM Sr.,itr B.ou-
diatmttMbraa DM* IT*t Lika IS. Oltolr Slag*
lr< tod » Opptttd l« lb* u.atlas *f
run la Cb*i*b*t—rb*lr Dtptrturt.
Mr. Moody eonducteu quite an interesting
mceiiuE attlie KIrst llairtut chonsh on Mon
day morning, the Mb Inst.
Mr. Moody laid one Important thing mi to
•botli u servicea and break up the stiffness In
meetings. Fifty yeara ago if a man arantod
to order anything from Mew York be
would write page after page and
nend it by malL Mow he condonaea
into len worda and aendait by wire. Ur.
' of a ’
daja. Let ua rejoice -that we an in (lod 1
pretence.
Ltennr to the worm,
t atch crery one of them.” Mr.Sankey then
aang;
O-er jeers of wasted IL_.
O er sins Indulg'd white conscience alept,
O'er voaa and promise* ntttcpt
„ And reap from yean of strife—
bribing but leani(! nothing but leareat
Nothing but leaves! no gathered abearea,
of Hie rfalr ripeninggrain :
we row oflr seeds; !o! Urea and weeds—
Worda, idle worda, for earneat deeds—
Then reap with loll and pain,
Nothing but 1 caret] nothing but Marat!
Moody related the experience of t church in
Worcester, Maaa.. that war greatly ravlrad by
the membera taking en notice Inf
, _ i Interest in the
viaiton and In the choir. Ur. Moody aald ho
thought the people ahonld slog more, iio
didn’t like singing in en nnknown tongue; be
didn’t like it any morn than ha did preaching
in an unknown longue. He hed been where
be would giro out a hymn, and the quartette
would ting it, but he wouldn't know what
they were singing. They aeid it was eery
liar, and he reckoned it mi; be dldn t
know. lie always noticed that the con
gregation wonid look about at tiro fres-
coeing when tbo cbnir was singing
in an nnknown tongue, lie thought tinging
ought to lie done in a language the people
could understand, lino day ho gavo out
"Jierk of Ages'’ and tbo high-priced choir
aang it to n tune ho had nererhaard before,
lie wanted Urn people to atng. He aald that
he thought the heat place for a preacher to
leare a nianoacrfpt waa at home eaperlelly
I’reecbcra ongbt to get close
Sunday nlghta.
to the people. Nome of thorn get too bigh up
—like a men who went np on e mountain to
local# a wild mill.
TUB MILL rAIILY M'XZSO,
but it was ao blah up the man didn't get any
milling to do. Hr. Moody aald that oare ha
roneeited a Bwcda who could not understand
a word of English. The fellow wanted to do
some work end he sna put to operating a lan
tern with n Unger pointing to the Moody meet-
Inge. Ho alio handed out bills inviting people
to the meetings, end If a man caned him it
made no difference to the poor fellow for lur
didn't know whether It waa a blessing or a
Mr. Moody attacked the ays tom of ranting
pawn and raid pawn ought to he free at least
nights. The deril goes np und
pin tha
on Kuaday nlghta. The deril goea ...
down the country telling poor peopf
mr- aot want thorn,'and when tiny
t pewa ranted they gat nervous and
faal likatfaoy an really intruding.
Mr. Moody raid mother* ought to he in-
couragsd to come to church. even if Urey hare
to bring their babies. One day ha was preach
ing to a congregation of alght tbonaand.
Directly In front of the pulpit waa a mother
with a little baby. She bad aridantly came
early lo get inch a good seat. Jest at ka began
y. The
le prrarla tha ehild began lo cry. Tha
mother's teoe began to redden. Firs hundred
[taw rent.
eta, Hht triad to quiet tho child,
at the door, than at tho pul-
not. hha looked
pit. Mm bad
comb a r/iiro wav
Mid had gotten a good acat, bnt she hail to give
it up. hue arose.
"Molhei!” I exclaimed, “you hold the furL
The people that don't like it lot them go
oat!"
Bho stayed end the baby soon fell asloep.
Tha mother rate for prayer, and when the
i came for going into the inquiry room tha
huby began to cry again, and a great big six
foot hero Just took that child in hie arras and
walked up and down the aisle with it before
night iboueend people ead lot tbo mother go
into tho inquiry room.
Mr. Moody advanced and raid; 1
I he 34 th vara* c
apter of Mark
‘Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.
After a few introductory remarks Mr. Moody
raid that that ha believed than won many in
kingdom
ibc house who were not far from tho k
of God. This la Ura brightest day tho church
had rrrracea. There is a general tidal wave
of prayer to the throae of grace. God is call
ing the people in. The
tidal wavb nr ItcriDBLITr
waa fast disappearing. In tbs put six
■uoatba ho had haanl very little about inli.
■leltly. I till dels were hiding their heads-
Tike up the cross end follow the 8»n of God!
Near the kingdom of God! How many era
here tonight near Ihe kingdom' Herod was
once nesr the kingdom of God. Ho listened
to the prcachtoRi and teachings qf .loin, tha
llltld ill ami waa almnab nnnHndait I 'n.
Nothing but leaves! sad mem'ry weaves
No rail lo hide lira past:
And as we trace our*
And count each lorn and'mlsapent day.
We sadly and it lest—
Nothing but leaves! nothing but leaves!
Ah, who shell thus U
And faring but withered loaves?
Alt, who shell it Ihe fiarlourVfeel,
iterate itienwfhl Judgment scat
Ley down for golden sheeree.
Nothing but lenretl nothing hot leeros!
A BLOODY RIOT IN TEXAS
Laredo, April 8.—Interne excitement and
lawlessness which has prerailed here tbo put
'—* Ust evening in a bloody
fortnight culminated
rloL Tho immediate cause is attributed by
many toe circular which eppsared yesterday
morning nnnouncing that tbo democratic party
would bold funeral aervlcea at 4 o’clock In tha
afternoon over Ihe party known hero ns the
"hnnrchca."
Diroctly alter the appearand of tbo circular
it waa announced that tho "huarchcs" party
would prevent by force any such demonitra.
" ' o’clock tbo atrecla leading to
tlon. At four
tbc point whence the democratic procession
wu to start, were blockaded with armed men.
For half an boar the suspense was intolerable.
It waa then announced that there wonid be no
cffbrt to buy tho effigy of the defeated party.
began
This had a paclfia effect, and the crowd
to disperse. Suddenly tho mnilo of the dem
ocratic bend struck up, end the procession
moved ont to end down Mein street end turn
ed into a street leading to the main plana.
When the heed of tho column had reached
Marlin’a store, a party of men armed with
Winchesters and ravolrora, charged tha
r roceaslon. Instantly over one bunded men
coame engaged In deadly conflict, and for half
an hour a regular battle raged along the atrect
near the river. During the height of the con-
blch had been used by
filet a small cannon wl _
tho "huaichcs" party, and which Is aaid to
hero been charged with nails and stonea, waa
Arad down tho street. By 5 o'clock mob epirit
wee supreme, and It me feared that woman
and children would ho at tha mercy of the
riolerr. At tbla critical moment word waa die
patched to Colonel Bernard, commandant at
Fort McIntosh, that the haaey firing io tha
city waa canted l>y an attack by the Mexioaas
from the other aide of tho Iilo Grande. It took
but a few minulea to double-quick two oom-
panka of Infantry to town, before
whom tbo mob qulckly'.diapened, and In a
abort time every unrad man on tho struct
had bin weapons taken away
from him, and order waa restored. Tha cas
ualties, so for as known, arc fivo killed and
ihiaa wounded. All tho killed wore Mexicans
except cue, a young American named Breaker.
SUCCESSFUL FARMERS.
SHORT TALK8 WITH FARMERS ON
FARM TOPICS.
aHMn Contradicted—Aa Illui.
trstioa of Whas can M Done-rse secret or
Buresre-A Fleetest Visit-A B riant
Falun la view- Other Motre-
The recent statements made by ex-Hanater
James M. Bmilli, that farming in Georgia dose
not pay, finds plentiful contradiction in tha
axperienoe of numerous tlUen of the soil who
hare made It pay. It is not clalmad that
farming is n lottery from which a few draw
tbeprixes, while tha great majority draw
blanks, but that It ia tho only safe, life-mu.
talnlng business which gives to each mu the
reward which hlx labor merit*. The trouble
with aome men 1* that they are mere •pecula
tors, delving at the soil with the same me*
tlvaaaa if they w*ra on Wall stmt. The true
farmer ia the man who la eeataut to build np
a homo to shelter his fiuiily, to have around
him bis growing acock and hi* fruitful fields;
who is thankful foe tho health which mokes
life pleasant, and finds In the enjoyment of a
contented family that bliss which can only bo
read of in books by city paepie. Bucha
mu ia spoken of by tbo Washington Chronicle
sa follows:
Mr. John W. Bnsly, who lives on the Lin-
colnton road, owns one hundred aeraa of com
mon ridge land. He paid two dollar* an acre
for it, and he pays taxes on it at this rate. He
made in 1888 eight bales cotton, 120 bushels
wheat, .’WO bashels oats, 12S bushels corn, be
sides peas, potatoes, etc. He did all the plow-
>tioi
ccrcala, making cotton n secondary considers,
tion. The milk cows are of snperioratock and
have an excellent record. To Mm. HiU is due
the honor of the successor the dairy. This
excellent lady gives her personal attention to
ingoftbi " ' —
the churning of the milk, and preparingof the
butter for the table and market From twenty-
marketed weekly from twelve cows,
sftcr supplying the family. Ono day last
week tbirty-two gallons of milk were given to
the bogs. The cuttle are being crocked by
"War Dance,” a fine registered Jersey bull,
cnce the property [of Major W. B. Cox, of At
lanta.
Mr. Hill gives ail bis business in its
minutest details bit personal attention. The
care of all work tools and Arming imple-
yeara of his firm
money. Mr. Hill's plan of raising nil A
plica—stock ef all kinds not baying oi
and paying time prices and making as
Arm sup
a great deal of manure and not buying t
. .. —._ -• - —... |„f n g n
he docs
guano, ia the only plan that will bring aneceta
In farming. The reverse course has well nigh
bankrupted all tbo planter* in oar state wno
bare raised cotton to the exclusion of grain
crops.
In uswer to a question Mr. Hill said:
My aucecta may bo embraced in these Aw
words, rotation, diversification, adaptability
and diligence, together with a proper care and
comfort of both laborers and stock. My first
aim waa to make my Arm self-sustaining, rain
ing everything tuck as supplies, forage and
stock, as my meant ud surroundings would
warrant. It
lug and hoeing himself with the exception or
twenty-five dollnnpatd out for extra labor,
most of which was for saving grain. Heelear
ed two hundred dollars abort expenses
•nd has loaned ont the money. He says that
in 1882 he cleared ona thousand dollars on tho
place, and never Alia any year to clear at
bought tha plaoo aome of the ofd Armen, with
an ominous shake of the head, said be would
soon have to quit such a poor place or else
starve. The secret of his success Is that he
makes all of hit supplies at homo.
The Haralson Banner mentions the caw of
Mr. 8. W. Neeles, livings few miles east of
town on Little river. Ho made NOlmsheia ef
corn lo the acre on three acre* last year. Hr.
scales is a man who hat the respect of all.
From Ihe three scree he gathered 210 baahela.
what can be done in south Georgia. He wu
married In 18S0 and hu never since that year
bought for hit family any bacon, tyrup, beef,
lard, batter nor potatoes. Ha raises everything
of the kind at bomo. Although far from the
hue
railroad, he raises fruit, and hu n number of
LcConte pear trees. Ho bellores there A
money in tbla trait even if a farmer ahonld
never ull it to anyone. He
lays it will raise bogs, and a hog Is money.
Just after the war, he bought eighty buahelaof
corn, in 1888, and "that's the last corn this old
Lakkdo, April 0.—At daylight yeatorday
morning the toderal troops withdrew from tho
city, no disturbance whatever haring occurred
during the night. ByH s. in. the city bed
apparently assumed its usual business upect
and the day pasMd quietly. Nlnee tha diaper-
slon of the rioters Wednesday evening by
t utted states troops net an armed eitlsoa hu
been setn on tho streets. Bitter feeling, how
ever, exists between the two pobtical parties
and the least overt net would An it Into n
Hunt. Ail tho sfteraoon the bells In the
Gathollo church werctolUnga and requiem u
boilu of the victims of Wednesday's light
ihe 1
wereconveyed to tho graveyard.
Twelve wounded men were found yestor
day, at least four of whom an thought to be
mortally inland.
Colonel Barnard maku tbs following state
meat in relation to hit interference in the
riot: “1 expected trouble, and did not wait to
be requested by either party, but marched my
men doable quick on hearing the firing. I
knew (bat KhcrlffNanchu wu tha leader of
was the Unarche leader. Therefore,
wu no legal author!!; '
men, women and child
Baptist, and wu almost pomaded. .
dvr the sound of tho voice a
induem-I of that prince of prom
era. he was not far from tbc klugdi
of (led. When John tho Baptist wu preach
Ingin thousand* of people on the banka of
•he river, llcrod drove up, and the people
■fir ' ‘ arrli
thought hr hed come to break up tho mi
nud put John In prison. Every eye
turned toward llcrod and It wu
scan that ha saw duply Interested la John's
l<narhlng. The dltciplce told John that hit
eyes wee moist John wu the meat aatrear-
dlnaiy man whoever spoke on this earth. He
wu without rank, without title, end without
a handle lo hit name. There, wu
no -'liar." to it It was simply John the Bap
tist. The only soul rrer shipwrecked sad
kept cut of the ktugdaui of God are tliora
that were not williugto
GIVg VI’ ALI. SIKH
imrcasi verily. Those who won't be oevo l are
lhose who at* holding on to aoaia slu. He
bonnet sod say there ia tome tin which keeps
All elaaatt flocked to litu
preached the
JdLd preach.
fikjto pjal^Uiigiiy^ Warrant preacher*
••todeaflu plain truth, lot the chips
where they may. Wo bare had
ranch .mooch Iprenohlug. John mid
Hdrslt! 11 Vmi liawm uwsd h«is.
fall
too
Hcrud, "ken bare got your brother’* wtA.'
lie ws-nat afraid to ray ib llcrod was not
— lo Gist kind of talk. tJotm Ididu’
toloug tO'that'Hcboo) of ruon to keep' any.
thing hark. He rauie right'square out wl_
the truth. Herod got engry end hid him
l ist into ptisan, and, later on. he ordered that
thepriureof preachers bo beheaded. It wu
•lojto- Herod never Argot the teachings of
•John. He spent many sleepless night*, if
Herod had given u|i that slu hit uamo would
•pcuiiblllty in tho Interest of humanity. There
is no statute law that authorities
my action. The emergency did not admit of
delay, so I determined to ect und got authority
from the wer deportment afterwards. I never
raw two parties better prepared than wore tho
rorubtleiilg^when they raw our boya file In
between them. If necessary, however, I could
Justify my action that I moved against’ the in,
I knowledge of
voders from Mexico, as 1 have __
numbers of man comiug over from I.sredo,
Mexico, carrying arms iu skills. Thirty-two
carbines handed over to me last night are inch
aa I never saw nuywhtro except in Mexican
civil service.
Colonel 1 laniard's action la highly rommond
cd by ail parties. Today it is admitted the
initio would have been kept np all night and
huudreda killed had he not acted promptly.
The colonel led the forces. As he crossed
Main atrect bullet* were flying thick and Ait,
but ha turnad neither to tho right or left, but
marched hia men to the center of the plan,
and flouriahlng hit eword. commanded tbo
csuibatania to retire.
Aamslyslng Ihe Disking I'owslere,
I'ndor Iho direction of the Hew York State
lioaid of Health, eighty-four different kinds of
baking powder*, embracing ail the brands that
could be found for salo in tha atate, wore tub-
milled io examination and analysis by Frof.
F. ('handler, a Member of tho State Board and
President uf the New York City Board of
Health, arsieted by Prof. Edward G. I-ove, tbc
wtll-knowu late Fulled States Government
hi mist.
The official report ehowa that a largo number
of tbo powdera txarniued ware found tu con
tain alum or lima; many of thorn to aito-h au
extent as to render them seriously objection-
able Ar nrc In the preparation of human food.
Alum was found In twenty-nine samples.
This drug is emplaned lu baking powdera to
Moody ana rwuttey meetings,
were begun last Friday,doaod yeatorday aflei-
1 the evangelists have "
to their
“QucWion Box"
After the
service bvga
A number of questions had been rant to Mr.
Moody, which ha act out to answer.
One wag “How can wa keep our boya from
the rum shopaf
•Tleee them up M yeu have done Is At-
mid Mr. Moody, and tha congregation
rs-ui'.dly applauded tha answer.
Another question was, "Hew can I keep my
wnntcan-yvarmld hoyln Sunday achoolf'
"Go yourself and ka will fellow,” aaid tha
Another was, "Da van think it it wall to
rune,
"I do," was tho
fifty
rt»'where^hla'fat hra* hud
srao. U you don't give na aoraathtng in tho
place of them aaloous. whan thayonag men
•aa meet and have a chance to mingle to-
Bather, they will go a pound these hauls and
4 smuggle la whisky and play
IJB will have a worse state of
tha ratoons Don't flatter vour-
ra Ida, until
Uiiip tfrfn
seliti that the work U all di
alt the saloon h*
up. I was |in
tag bold thorn, tad tha roams'oaboth sides of
ora werw crowded with whsl I was told ware
the picked jsnsg
night they ware di
heard sack
jairing
of tho town, and all
rook and cursing. I never
Tha mothers were ro
of
u profanity.
fitempUtiwi wsmontel the way of
the hays, and yat there they main, carsing
sad drfa’ tag aad gambling."
Alter thollyma Bar. X. Keff Smith
JCtff Smith made a
hcsuttAI prayer, aad the* Mr.Sankey said
"I Sis, gsing to slug the ninety-sixth hymn.
We hate ao farewell songs losing. May Gad
help na to bear fruit for good iu tho coming
heapcu their cost. The preacaco of lime Is at-
diluted to Ihe impure cram of tartar of com-
lucre# mid In their manufacture. Buck cream
of tartar wai also analysed, and fouud to con-
lain lime and other impurities: in aome ram-
pica to the extent of Wl per cent, of their en
tire weight.
All the baking powdera of Ihe markot, with
tha ling!* exception of “Royal" (not Includ-
lag tha slum and phosphate powders, which
were long since discarded an unsafe or inrffl.
dent by prudent hoaiekie.pen) arc made from
the impure cream of tartar of commerce, and
rouicqucutly contain lime to a corresponding
cxienL
The only bakhig powder yet Aund by cbem-
irel analysis to be entirely free from Hum and
absolutely pure ia tka " Royal.'' This perfect
I urliy re lulls from the exclusive use of cream
cf tartar specially reflued and prepared by
relcr t preceaaea of Use New York Tartar Co.,
other Ira] minis. The coat cf this chemlcilly
pure rieaoa of tartar is much greater than any
cl her. and on acraent of thia area tar cost is
tired in nn baking powder but the “Royst”
I'rot larva, who made the analysis of baking
-.uadtia fin the New York Bute Board of
lirslth aa wt it as for the government, rays of
the |
lave rested a package cf ‘Royal Biking
IVwdrr' which I purchased in tha open mar
ket, and And It composed of pure aad whole-
aoma ingredients. It ia a cream of tartar poo .
dcr of a high degree of merit, and does not
rioua su leisures.
. I .ova, Ph. D.'
Klbos and three quanar 1c:
most universally worn hr Asl
spring oilh strew as sell as h
I*wear's cottoa Chopper.
This bone of the best cbopvaia marie, aad It b
given perfect MUIaAcOon wherever tried. Wl
tare mule il will chop tight acres jper dar.ai
vnra
hop light seres per day. aad
Messrs. Moons* aid. AUaaas.
t.a. have them fav sa!e. Call ou. or write them.
oltb nut. silicon.
man bra bought" Aa Ar potatora, hie nolgh-
* " Dbodyin " '" "
Imre say. "nobody iu the world ran boat old
Sorrell.” Here's what he asye himself: “If n
man hu fifty acres in sweet potatoes he then
lucks just four rows of having cnongh."
Between old Nlarkvillo and Leesburg is a
Lee county
he house standi In a beautiful
olden time. It it known
home." Until u few year* ago it was the res
ilience, of Judgo G. M. Stokes. He has no
children, but ho aud hla noble wife have
reared end educated, at their ownexpenae,
more orphan children than any others in South
Georgia. A par* of tho honaa sna built to ac
commodate their proteges. Iu addition to
thdrgood work in this line, it hu been a
labor of love of three good people to bnlld and
" ' ' biircli at Leu-
malntain the Proebyterlan c!
bunr.
Thi
io Camilla Clarion tells of an enjoyable
visit to the Arm of Mr. John Tuckor, near
Moultrie:
When on Tucedey Hon. W. N. Spence said,
"1-et'e go and spend the night with John
Tucker,”wo answered, “that lulls us exactly."
Tucker owns land and stock, and hu a com
fortable home, and with u large family enjoys
that independence which only until Georgia
farmers know, .Mr. Tucker and Mr. Spence
were old cronies in tho legislature, and in n
short time ho wu sitting up with his kind
family entertaining us charmingly. His
table groaned under dishes of frosh flair,
from the creek, and the lawyers ate enough
to mako them groan n week. Mr. Tucker is
one of tbo sons of the late Reuben Tuckor, the
patriarchal Primitive Baptist minister, who
wu tho father of thirty-two children. At one
time It took a mutton u day to feed them. Ho
arrange so that the cultivated aud
uncultivated crops alternate each year. The
lends that aro in cultivation ono your ura
sown to grain ud grasses and ciovor the fol
lowing you or Ali. Thia plan enables mo to
cultivate double tho quantity of land, aud u
tha land ia rendered more fertile; in thia way
tha yield is necessarily greater. Oats being
one or the principal crops sown, ud I may
add the must remunerating put in altar my
manner of doing u, enables me to make
twenty bushels with leas expense than to make
one bushel of com. Cotton ahonld bo raised,
but only so much u to engage hie laborers’
time when not profitably employed in raising
Rod crops.
As to whether tbo grains snd clover aro ea-
■eulial to snccresful forming, the answer is
that orchard grass, red clover and bermuda
have proven decidedly profitable, my tends
1 icing admirably adapted to tbs successful
I do not wish to convoy
love very near all will raise tho latter
successfully. I find only tho real mulatto
lands, or that with a clay sub-soil only, si "
bis, and he who attempts to ralu it In
other luda without a considerable outlay, wil
find it to result in a Allure. Hard gram ia
wall adapted to eomo of Mr bottom lends,
when the semo hu been properly prepared. Ae
for Bermuda, I have about 78 scree well sodd-
vaiuo of which la inestimable, ud Met sue.
reeding yeu I hove more appreciation of Ua
value. There being no gnu that yields a
greater amount of graxing, nor none moronic
tritious, especially when there ii
a sufficient amount of stook
to keep tha same abort mud tender. It ia a
rapid and bonntiAl growth,and tha reason it’s
not more appreciated by the people of the
south for gnaing purposes la, it is not kapt
orf, elthor by constant gnaing or mowing,
which ia absolutely essential. Two brothers
or mine, Messrs. T.'W. ud D. C. H. O'Hare,
have each a large tract of burmndalud which
and curing bay, they having cut last season
130 tons of better hay thu could ha had from
the north or west. Whereas they once de
spised Jburmuds, now they claim the luda
upon which It grows are by Ar the meet
valuable of tsv they pornoae. and could not bo
bought for *2S per acre. Tha day te not for
d intent whan burmnds luda of the south will
lo by Ar tho moat valuable tend* we
was a pioneer of tho country, and was n can.
Seminole
A Lovesick Jap.
Hew Yobx, April 1«.—[Special.]—The ar
rest ofa Japanese young mu, who imagined
t hate daughter ofthe Into William H. Van.
deibilt wu in loTe with him, ud Wildly
sought her, loads to the discovery that the
rreidences of tbeVuderbllte, the Aston end
Jay Gould ore constantly guarded against
cianka by private detectives.
Tho private service for the pi
Vanderbilts, Aston ud Gould wm organised
three years ago, and ia ostensibly separate fur
each family, though tho men who defend the
Vanderbilts ud Alters are providsd by the
came eetablishmont, nnd practically work to
gether. Regular patrol doty Is done, night end
J — “ J twenty detectives sro exi'
day, ud
employed Ar the purpose. There are four Ae-
tor residences ud five belonging to tha Yen.
elonging
dcrbilts, nil in or clou to Fifth avenue be
tween Thf
lain in the wer with the Creek nnd
Indiana in 1HM. He fought in tbo battle of
llrosby Creek, near Little river, about twonty
miles from whcroMuultrio now stands. The
block house for the white women
nnd children was about twelvo miles
hclow Moultrie, at John Sloan's. Friend
John aayn ho wu n little boy nud well remem-
her* one night when the Indiana came tohia
father's house. Hia father wu away from
home with hla eompuy. It waa a moonlight
mi
night though a little cloudy. Hla mother
all going to Ire killed. The yard ia fail of In
dlana.” John peeped through the cracks and
yard.
'hay came up to the house end peep
ed in. I could see 'em, end I could smeu
’em." "How did they emtll, John?'’ "Sorter
like n gourd vine ud sorter like a uiggor.”
Strange to soy, the fathor cure home while
they were in ike yard end walked right into
Ihe house ud the warriors left without do
ing uy special damage.
The Leary Courier, published in the hurt
of tbo cotton bolt, end a region hitherto curiod
'•y tho credit system, sere better tlmreat hud.
The credit system." says the Courier, “so
ruinous to our farmer*, will soon lie known
only u a thing of tho put, Thom wilt not bo
onc-hnlfaii much supplies sold on tius in thia
port of tho stats this a* thorn wu last yur,
and possibly onr-fonrtb an mnch u there wu
three or four yean ego, yet without some
actions blight there wtllhe Just obont u much
cotton and corn produced u there wu then.
Thie is one reason why we uy the worst is
pill.
A MOREL CEOIK.I A FAUN.
Mr. Henry J. Hill, of VTIlken Comity. Tickle
Fortune Ont of the Soil.
Wasbixcton, Oe„ April 8.—[Sporial.l—On
Ihe Elbert on read, eighteen miles from thia
J lace lies the magnifirent Arm cf Mr. Henry
. Hill, which contains 2,300 acres, 1,'JOO up
land ud iJOO river bottoms. l.HOO acres of
Ihia ia under cultivation this year. This Arm
is cultivated by no hands, both on tha tenant
nnd wage system. The product teat year
Colton,lae[heirs; corn. 2.300 bushels; w
700 bushels;
bushels: ground poos. .Tin pnshala; sweet ead
mmImIk
Irish potatoes. 7M bushels:
dvr of all kinds. UMMO pontidi.
In INti Mr. Util commenced forming u the
piece with 1,400 eerie, with but little capital,
working only Kbudaud tanning 3 plows.
The total of his profits en tho Arm Ar the 19
jean have not heen lesa thu 813,000, which
added to the amout of about
*#3,000 interest inherited from
bis father's rotate makes him worth
fiaiNM. Three profit* hare been invested in
eix forms, five situated In Wilkes countv and
one in Arkaaaas, and in 1,100 acres adjoining.
which is a part of Earldom Avol A visit u
the piece disclosed a wonderful story of indus
try. At the giahense were one hundred bilea
of cotton. Tho borne were filled with ell kinds
of provender. The cribs contained hundreds
of barrels of corn, (aome of year before last's
rep’and tha grain hia* All of wheat and oats.
There wee* forty head of hones end mule
cotta, which will root Ml HIU not exceeding
a-v. r.W CM tame* lsrara.1 to a*U* feW.fi III a"
*25 or *30 per bead to raise that will npsly
of antes that wonid coat him >130.
tho place
There were Ann beam tad rnatee. ud large
Prince Albert Berkshire Northern Essex hues!
sad (wo of tho finest ‘iinteai horses (Black
lUwk and Tons Buford) to bo Anad in tha
south This splendid exhibition of stock ia *11
the result of raising core, elorer ud other
lrty-third ud Flity-sooond strata.
The spies aro on watch eight home each per
day, and the heats are ao arranged that the
nino homes cannot bo approuhod unseen by
one or more of tho guardsmen. William H.
Vanderbilt wm the originator of thia system;
nnd he wu Incited to it by the Urge number
of cranky letter* which h* received. He pro
fessed to have no fear of rational evil-doers,
hut was tppnhcniive that maniacs might at
tack him or some member of hte family. 8!ace
his death tbo mills have been laden with all
lorti of appeals, demands and threats directed
to his sous.
. goods ud carpet house In the
routhtlhry have aoomplele mall order dsnari-
id guarantee satisfaction. They will du-
incut ud xuaiutcc Milsfactlon. They will du-
pllraicany dry goods or ranict bill flora ihe north,
rend your orders to U. Rich & Bras. 5! and M
Whitehall .-licet Atlanta, Ga.
A robust blacksmith te needed to shoe a horse;
but It requlrnfiho rarcAllud (enderltiand ofa
woman lo "ahoo" a hen.
Koudnlte for Bhaumatlsm,
Meaart. If. Peck Jk Son., of Btreetsboro, 0.,
writ* ua, June 6,1881: "Why do yon not ad
vertise ROSADALIS for Inflammatory Bheu-
matismf Itisdeing wonders here in during
the diieMC.” Wall, wa do advertise it to euro
RhaumeUsm, aa any one cu au by reading
our circular. It ia a splendid Blood Medicine
end it reechet the very root and seat of diseue
by being conveyed through the blood. Drug*
gists, loading physicians end oiiitsnsof th
highest standing unit* in commendatien of
ROSADALIS.
It has Just been discovered that Use green
gSjulggySrfjP*” 11 la0 ”Wte have va
tAlklJ
luftblc
Aii oM phjvtcian. retired from practice, bar-
1 placed (able * “
mUslnnsry
a by u But India
a atmpia vegetable
and radical cure Ar aerrona debility and all
^AKlH C
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
rntrerttriet. A marcel of portly.
uuki'i (Bill'll, Aflifincj UI punij.
wboleeomenem. More economical
ordinary kind, ud cannot b* sold in
bt alum or phosphate powdera. Bifid only in
y RotalBaxiko Powdbb Co.. 1M Wall street,
PeterkinCotton
40 PER CEWr NET LINT.
bettor than other ▼arietiee. 1360
COTTON WILL OIN 600 lb. BALBl
Prlce of Heed 81 her bushel at
•I SO per bushel at Ncir Orleans,
Memphis; 11.90at Little Rock: 12 at
KAFFIR CORN, Spanish Ground PcaS^Miflo a
*“ •* , \and Garden Seeds, address aa
-w*-^ ^ you went to learn to write
DO Short-Hand?
lr to, send stamp to
cufte
buna stste of the Systran, aBH
f^&rf 4 ro .^tete^iSiSS:
ablsaocccsa has bran shown in caring h
SICK
tuiaie taa dowus. jiruiuiucyouj
HEAD
Ache they would be almost priceless to tiMM who
■offer from this distressing complaint; but fortu
nately thdr goodness does not Aid here, and those
who onco try them will Had these little pillars hi-
able In so many ways that they win not be wUllsg
to do without than. But after all aick head
Is the bine of ao zaaoy lives that here Is where we
make our great bout. Our pills cure It while
others do sot.
Carter'e Little Liter IMUs are very email and
eery easy to take. Oceor two pills makes dost-.
They are rtrtetljr vegetable and do not gripo or
purge, but by tbeir gentio action plcaen ail wbo
use them, in vialsat 81 cents; fire fortl. Sold
by druggists tmywhcrc, or sent by mtih
CARTER SZCOICINE CO.,
Now York iiity.
Mention this pr.per.
feba -dir sal turn thu wky nn ror h f. noi
DEBILITATED tm
I and WOKEN
eeolrtaff Health,
Strength and En-
y, should avoid
s.SecrotKod-
o., aud
l for "Tha Xto-
r,” or “Health
Dr^AIIJCnl 19 ^ Strength Be-
RE5AINf!£| gained,” a large 11-
luatrated Journal,
COPIES FREE. «5,•?u^L 1,
iand human bapp^
■gigBLBjg
I Q f uguiyiu
I ftttCTlt
Voalmllarwork haaeverbeenjrabtiEhed. Kt*
ill sink in alllm iiiiiiii 111111111 inmgj
.ye It.
YOUNG AND fiHDDLJl AGED MEN,
from nervous and pb.vsJ
•d vitality .premature deJ
Uy benemted by consul
■■thing Much Bofflsrera
■ielW-b.'fU;
. irillrlnoi ornppll*
aud you nlll nva
Einoiy College 1 " Engine,
Built at Emoiy College School
Cii:Driu:xstxoo«
tine runM/iM.a
Mtni N 9UVI
dccl—wkyiat e o w 13 p
The Magruder Mine and Plan
tation for Sale.
O N THE FIRST TUESDAY IN JUNE. 18M, AT
the place designated for shorift’s sales In tho
town of Washington, will b€ oOcred for sale at pub*
Mine, located twelve miles from Wi
branches, and is unfailing, and the
hundred and one acne, more or leea, of what 1
nsidcrcd ono of the moot desirable and fertile
nutations in tbo state.
* rk, rich chooolate clay base, most*
ly upland and Ilea well ibr cultivation. It is well
timbered with oak and hickory principally, besides
some cedar, chestnut, walnut and pine. Terms
892 Broad street, Augusta, (Is.
tpurcl
fore day of salt
'*7
STOPPED FREE
. sweet ij.
i GKNT8 WANTED FOR GOUOH'B PLATFORM
A cu ^
J\ Echoes aud M. Quad’s Field, Fort and Fleet.
Adair ” * ‘ ~ —
mtr30 wky t
gHORT-HANP BTJMAIL.
I .u flrsn in FBiUXU'AL sBUjin'.llASn br
■l.THnN. Giacmsvx. (rare.
giea end wagons tat tha sooth, v
bnlbltut, 1
WE WANT SALESIj _
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WHIM ar Uw, EUUaa SairwieMoM mmj ■
■laoax a COra MuntfeiMnn, m UMTS* st., <
complete outfit, 4 cents.
"Apply u#w or preavnt ear addrsaa ,
atrgl-dip aat wad wky a e wtaa pa, n r a
ADDRESS ORDERS FOB
DIAMONDS,
WATCHES tfi JEWELRY
J. P. STEVENS,
JEWELER.
a WHITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA, GA.
Mention Utla paper.nor it wky ly Up
LAD! ES!~"li r, ni n ^
Kiae this paper. spris-wkru
Name this paper. marlO-dwcd sat Awkly
HOMES WITHOUT
C WHITTIER 18 Dmpnra
. Und In EwaiD county, N, 0,
tracts for actual settlement only.
P Bbtuam.»Mimvu.
to ten yeara. Tob»«2" Frafi
Grasfca grows, 838,000 in tiro mom
Reaaona—Interest only ter firoyaara
ttea, roads, scboola, markets; on ft oter
road. Address for circulars c. W'Uja
tier. N. 0- wltt stamp, lieullon
tier,
lania-wkyly
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t^SIEsT SEED HOUSE
jja-LiiiNOaovs •"*-
SEEDS^PLANTS
T. W. WOOD fit SONS,
Wkettsate av* Bstolt S
Mention this paper.
Jtni»—wkyffin
Electric Belt Free
Wonderful curative power*
cun, has felt ithte duty to make it known to
hia lufltriog fallows. Actuated by this motive
BBfitatag
and a desire to relieve hnmin anfikring, I will
ernri free of chane to ellwhodeelro it, thia re
ceipt intterman, French and English, with fall
directions ter preparing and using. Sent by
mail by addreming with stamps naming thia
rr. Vr. A. Nojca,U3 Power's Block, Boche*.
ter, K. Y.
square ritmus, wl
or, but Urn prates
with
BENT FREK—Samples of wall paper and hat
i How is apply it. M. M. liiu t, AtUats, Oa.
CppifjGFiEiD engine Ah/]) •f
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