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SCRIPTURAL SIGN-BOARDS.
IT ow a Doctor to Texas Set a Communi
ty to Searching the scriptures.
Chicago News.
At Texarkana we met a gentleman who
would make a good study for a nover. It
Was Dr. Bieder, who used to live in Illinois.
He is one of the most original and enter
taining characters I ever met, and is en
gaged in acting the leading part in a com
edy from one day to another. lie is a land
owner and a man of considerable wealth,
energetic and public spirited, but has away
of doing things that does not alway please
the natives.
Not long ago he was in a row with the
town, and got the worst of it. He took his
revenge in a manner that was at once origi
nal and effective. He got a large quantity
of white sign boards, on which he had
painted in large black letters references to
Scripture passages. During the night he
took a steeladder and nailed them up in
conspicuous places all over the town. On
the Court House door, on the fences, on
the telegraph poles, and on the dead walls,
when morning came, the astonished citi
zens beheld such legends as “See Bomans
xii., 10,” “See Acts v., 29,” “See Job xv.,
14” “See 11. Corinthians, ix., 7,” “See
Bomans xii., 17, 18.”
Never was there such a demand for
bibles in Texarkana before and never since.
Men were going around the streets with the
holy word in their hands, hunting up the
passages referred to, and when they read on
the sign board:
“And now, O Lord, look upon their
tbreatenings, and grant unto Thy servant to
speak with all boldness.”
They knew it was Biedler’s way of rebuk
ing them. And when they saw staring them
in the face the words:
“But though I am rude in speech, yet am
I not in knowledge, and ye do well to bear
with me.”
They regarded the suggestion as very ap
propriate and forcible.
For weeks these sign boards were the talk
of the town, and Biedler succeeded in di
verting public attention if he didn’t accom
plish anything else. After they had ac
complished their work, Biedler took his
object lessons down and nailed them to the
trees in a park he has given to the city,
where they now stand to point a moral and
and adorn a tale.
The Printer’s Sanctum.
We were much amused at the hour of
going to pres last week, on hearing the
questions and answers which passed between
our foreman and the compositors. The
questions and answers are laughable in their
way, and in some instances show how easy
the compositor can pervert the literal mean
ing, and thus occasionally (very rarely)
make us say nonsense!
Foreman: “Alfred w’hat are you setting
on?”
“The Exchange,” says Alfred.”
Foreman: “Whose marriage is this?”
“Mine,” says Edgar.
“Then complete it,” says the foreman.
Foreman: “Whose birth is this?”
“Mine,” says Gen.
“It is too long; you must shorten it by a
line.”
Foreman: “Is this your death, Mac?”
“Wha.t name is it?” asks Mac.
“So and so.”
“Yes, that is mine,” says Mac.
“You have made too much of it, then; cut
it short,” said the foreman.
Foreman: “Whose breach of promise of
marriage is this ?”
“Mine,” says Andrew.
“Then make it all right,” says the fore
man.
Foreman: ‘‘Oswin, what are you setting
on?”
“The Bridge of Sighs, says Oswin.
“How much will it make ?”
“Nearly three thousand,” says Oswin.
Foreman : “Who did this from the Her
aid ?”
“What is it? a murder?” says Charlton.
“ Yes, it is.”
“Then I did it,” says Charlton.
“Why don't you complete it ? What is
the use of beginning a thing without finish
ing it ?”
“Sir, says Charlton, “I can easily do
that.”
Foreman : “Whose ‘pi’ is this?”
“Mine,” says Christophar.
“Why don’t you put it away then ?”
“So I will as soon as I have had my
dinner.”
Foreman : “What are you setting upon,
Jephtha ?”
“The old woman with the broken leg,”
says Jephtha.”
“Are you most done ?”
“Not quite.”
“Hurry up, then,” says the foreman.
Foreman : “Alfred Smith, are you sett
ing on the love affair ?”
“No, I am completing a marriage.”
Foreman: “Harry, what are you doing?”
“Oh, I am doing up Chambers.”
“I see in the proof of the article headed
‘ Woman,’it reads, ‘I curse her.’ Ask the .
editor if that is correct.”
“No, sir,” he says it should be, “I love
her.”
A few other questions are asked, when all
sat once a rush is made to revise the proofs.
The editor is solicited to cut down this ar
ticle, and that article, to get them into the
Columns, so as to save the post. At last, they
go to press, and our subscribers are present
ed with a copy, got up. as it were, in a few
hours. Do you not wonder, under all these
circumstances, that the daily papers are
published with so few mistakes?
A Prominent Farmer Writes.
Robkiit Station, Jones County, Ga., June 20th
1884—By the recommendation of Rev. C. C. Davis
u-sed Dr. Mozely’s Lemon Elixir for indigestion, de
qlllty and nervous prostration, having been a great
sufferer for years and tried all known remedies tor
these diseases, all of which failed. Five bottles of
Lemon Elixir made a new man of me and restored
my strength and energy so that I can attend to my
f arm with all ease and comfort. Refer any one to me.
Your friend,
William B. Emebsok.
A Card From Cuthbert:
This is to certify that 1 used Dr. Mozley’s Lemon
Elixir for neuralgia of the head and eyes with the
most marked benefits to my general health. 1 would
g'.adly have paid SSOO for the relief it has given me at
» cost of two or three dollars.
H. A. Beall,
Clerk Superior Court, Randolph Co.
Cuthbert, Ga., June 21, 1884.
Dr. Mozley’s Lemon Elixir, prepared at his drug
store, 111 Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga.
It cures all billiousness, constipation, indigestion,
headache, malaria, kidney disease, fever, chills, im
purities of the blood, loss of appetite, debility and
rzirvons prostration by regulating the Liver. Stomach,
Bowels, Kidneys aud Blood.
Lemon Elixir is prepared from the fresh juice of
lemons, combined with other vegetable liver tonics,
cathartics, aromatic stimulants aud blood purifiers.
Fifly cents for one halt pint.bottle, one dollar for
pint and half bottle. Sold by druggists generally
nd by all wholesale Druggists.
THE SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, JANLARY 16, 18S5.
Closing Ont!
I have yet a large stock of goods left, aud
many flue articles suitable for
New Year
OR
Wedding Presenfs!
I am bound to close out the entire stock,
aud bargains can therefore be had in
Gold and Silver Watches.
DIAMOND GOODS.
Silver Plated Ware
—A N D—
FIIVE JEWELRY
Os every description.
lift I! nJ ME!
CALL AT ONCE.
A. W. MEYER,
20 BROUGHTON STREET.
■num
Call aud see the handsome display
OF
Holiday Goods
AT
Crockery House
JAMES S. SILVA,
Lyons Block,
140 Broughton. Street.
The largest variety of medium priced
goods for Holiday or Wedding Presents iu
thecity.
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Tell the children to cut out and save the comic
Eilhouette pictures as they appear from issue to
issue. They will be pleased with the collection.
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This space is owned by
BLACKWELL’S BULL.
Os course we mean the famous animal appearing
on the label of every genuine package of Black
well’s Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco. Every
dealer keeps this, the be# Smoking Tobacco made.
None genuine without trade-mark of the Bull.
GTJYS
—AND—
CUTLERY.
ROGERS’ aud RUSSELL’S
Fine Table Knives,
Fine Carvers and
Steels, in Sets.
A full line of Fine Pocket Knives.
A full Hue of Fine Scissors.
WThe largest stock of BREECH-LOADING
Guns and Hilles
Ever offered in Savannah.
W For sale Low by
PALMER bros.
148 Congress and 151 St. Ju.lan street.
COAL !
Fresh from the Mines,
PROMPTLY DELIVERED.
Full and liberal weight guaranteed. Orders
by mall, telephone or given to our drivers
promptly attended to.
Knickerbocker Ice Co.,
144 BAY STREET.
BEAUTIFUL ROSES,
LOVELY GERANIUMS,
EXQUISITE HELIOTROPES,
GRAND CHINESE PRIMROSES,
FINE PANSY PLANTS,
Cut Flowers and artistic Designs, furnished
to order at
Wagner's TVurssery,
Thunderbolt road, or
CkAJRJOIVETt’S,
30% BULL STREET.
u Oniy an Adverlissmanl, j
Don’t W It.”
!
One halt the public never read an adver
tisement, and those who do don’t believe
half that advertisers say. No wonder, ei' her,
for gross exaggeration and misrepresenta
tion is now the rule, and square matter of
fact statements are seldom seen In mod win ad;
vertlsements. This is unfortunate for legiti
mate advertisers. Thus, when we advertised
the purchase of 850,000 worth of CHICK ER
ING PIANOS, in October last, it was said to
be "Only an Advertisement," and hence not
true. But all the same IT WAS TRUE. We
find, that in advertising the square truth
answers our purpose best of all, and when we
make a statement we mean it to be a true
one. To those who do not know the magni
tude of our trade or the Immense popularity
of the CHICKERING PIANOS, it may seem
improbable that we should buy 850,000 worth
at one purchase, but, “facts are stubborn
tilings,” and in this case they are all on our
side. We can’t show the Pianos, for eager
buyers have appropriated fully one-third of
■ them, but we can show the contract with
CHICKERING & SONS, and the invoices,
which certainly is evidence Indisputable. Or
course, all these Pianos did not come to Sa
vannah. We are Southern-Wholesale Agents
for the CHICKERING PIANOS with exclu
sive control of Five States and our Eleven
Branch Houses and countless Agencies took
a large number of these Pianos.
Large shipments have been made to Savan
nah. and we expect to sell about FIFTY
direct from our warerooms. Many of our
leading citizens have taken advantage of this
Special Sale, and given us the pleasure of
placing these magnificent Instruments in
their homes. We have now in our ware
rooms a full line of SQUARES, SQUARE
GRANDS, UPRIGHT AND CONCERT
GRANDS, which we offer at Factory prices
for Cash, or on our easy Installment Terms.
The UPRIGHTS with the new metallic
action, seem to be preferred by nearly all
purchasers, and they are certainly the finest
and most perfect Instruments that it is pos
sible to construct. We ask Pianists and Con
nolseures to call and inspect these Superb In
struments.
Ldh & Bates
U IK
N. B.—The above Is only an advertisement,
but nevertheless it is true, every word of it.
—FOR— ~
Dunlap’s Fine Hats,
KNOX’S FINE HATS,
Stetson’s Fine Hats,
Fine Dress Shirts,
m. COM wi CUFFS,
White or Colored KID GLOVES
Or Anything Fine in
Gentlemen’s Furnishing,
GO TO
LaFAR’S,
23 Bull street.
' ORIGINAL <
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slros.C.‘*ilUatns &Co.
* RICHMOHB.VA. f
FOR SALE BY
1 1 mi s soi,
Coiner Bryan & AberconSts.
SAVANNAH, - - - GA.
Industrial millsT
J. H. Hennessy, Proprietor.
—DEALER IN
Grist, Meal, Crack Corn, Oats,
Brand, Hay and Wood.
Residence and Mill northwest corner <f
Hull and East Broad streets.;
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Special attention given to the
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and the Country.
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Communications addressed to
B. H. RICHARDSON,
Editor and General Manager.
TIMES
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AND
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co:
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Lace Pin,
Ear Drops,
Studs,
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OR
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GO TO
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—GO TO—
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