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f COLUMBUS ENQUIRER. STJ^TIDjfLY. .vi. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1874. SETTLERS. II AIDS PBOCTBR. _ In the Far XTeft. ilent forest tree*, 1r toll to rest, itne hey on 1 the seas; i that he At so warmly, i*y loved so well, irtbern oount< y cried, ‘ . „ beloved "nen !' to the evening sky b giant *»ran«*he-, tenge -voice replv, quiet evening ; . an< lent tree?; tho tnurrauiiug sung r brteie, yod uiuur.g may t»« inunu, t fiti 1 eo blindly, ,nds a smiling bride! e, she turneth kindly :er at her side. ;hou art forgotten. Tbeaiacia- trees. too, the other, looking ip through hopeful tears, _is heart of hearts, “ Whcr * la loved these m «ny years?” 1 no echo calling lalntly : he lieth oo'd and pale, smile so calm and saintly not grieving sob or wall.— »t the lilies strewn upon I. or, S she is. and as white, ilenm chanting voices. r ghost 1 light. M C sttli was ihe anc cut forest, rere the gloomy tree^: leard tho wnlling sound summer i reeze, lly played around ioia-tree •. voice could tell u f thy lathe : HtJKhook i He pressed her to him, hut did not iqe-tk. Then ho took the note op again, , and read it with as much caie aud Atten tion as he could collect m his agitated ; state of mind. ! “Nelly," said lie, at length, “he aays i true ; he i* not good enough for thee. He ! ahrinks lrotu the thought of the disgrace. 1 Thou must stand alone, aud bear the ains much as he said ibis that E linor h »d t«» put any suffering of her o\vu on one side, and try to conflue her thoughts to the necessity of getting her father immediately up to bed. 8he oling to a man because 1 unsuccessful. Noltucr or’s qu »rrel: and it co.i i peued at a Madder time. down and | have hap-| CHATTER X. Before the Juuo roses we e in full hloom Mr. Wilkins wus dead, lie bail left his daughter to the giurdMUMhip of Mr. Ness hy some will made yea:a ago; hilt Mr. Ncsh had oniuhr. ike of eg-*, aud Mr. Johnson and l hive full lowi r." Eiliuor sat down, help lots. “Leave me,” said «Ue, at ieng'h. “Von aro very kind, l know; but you don’t know all—I can not stand nuy more lulk- mg now,” she added, faintly. Mr. Ness bent over her and kissed her forehead, und wither*.w without another word He Wetil to Miss Monro. ‘Well 1 aud how did vou llnd her ?”wim fever with ins E inter llshiugs, aud hud been nuablo to he moved home from little Welsh inn where he had beni st i • j lier ii st inquiry, till he went to sleep and Bhe could iug when lie was taken ill. Since this leave him,' and go t» her own room, to ! last attack Mr. Wilkiua’a tuiud lmd been forgetfulness and red, if she could tind i much affected, he often talked strangely those price lew* blessings. and wildly ; but he bad rare inteivals oi Meanwhile Air. for bet was at the Par- : quietness and full possession of his senses, nonage, where ho whs ho well known by j At oue of these limes he must ha the two old servants that he had no difli- Ln.l pf quit* -a speak to ■d bo two she is i i cully in having tbu spare bedchamber made ready for him* late um it was, and in ! the absence of flio master, who tad token | a litt.u holiday, now that Lent aud Easter i were over, tor the purpose of Ashing. While his room was getting ready Ralph | scut for his clothes, uud by the same ter the usual gradings i them. “It is ronllv i low she gives way; 1 tnl speak to her, and till legle-uiug all her duties, und it does no good.” “.Son h s had to hear a Mill further sor row to-day,” said Mr. Ness. “On tho part of M . Johnson suil myself l have a very pidulill duty to peiform to you as well as ten a half-Anished pencil-note, which his . to her. Mr. Wnkitia has died insolvent, nurse found under his piliow after his . i grieve to say there is no hope of y ii f«. . ever receiving any of your annuity!" death and brought to Eliinor. Thri tar tear-blinded eyes she read tlip faltering words: “1 am very ill. I sometimes thin shall uevtr get l etter, so i vi. li to your pardon for what I suid tl nger he dispatched the litile uote to foie l was taken ill. 1 [Honor. But there was the letter he had promised h> r in it still to be written ; and t wm almost his uight’s employment to •ry enough, yet uot loo much; for, as he xpressed it to himself, ho was half-way ger made mischief between you aud Eil uor, but I think you wi 1 forgive a dyin If you will come lm k and let it i be ns it used, I you may require. er the stream, uud it would be folly to i very friendless; slid I b »v« looked to y nru back, lot he had given nearly as to care for her ever sine l up. and riy; 1 hive a good ; in me left yet. thank Do you mean he has my apolo; If I go ike will l Tho o fully paid.' editors may i Diffi NIGHTS YORK. BY MRS. GAS KILL. ■fed from the English. (continued. ] CHAPTER IX. what does this mean ?” said she, ID open note into his hand, lie bis glusseH, but his baud t-liook • could hardly read. The i.oto l the parflobuge to Eliinor; only lies stmt by Mr. Noeh’h servant, d corns to fetch Mr. Corbet’s 1 He bad written three lines with aideration for Eliinor, oveu when in his first Aush of anger against tier, and it must be confessed of bt his owu freedom, thus brought | by the act of auother, and not of working old, which partly saved MblliiBcieuce. '1 ho note ran thus: Ellinob,—Words l:uve passed tatWMR your futbor and me which have oblifsd me to leave km house, I fear uovi r to yttaffl to it. I will write more fully to-monow. But do not grieve too much, for 1 MB not, aud never have been, good for you. God bliss you, my d—fiat Nelly, though I call you so for the laHOat.-K. 0.” “Pafa, what is it ?” Eiliuor cii ««l, clasp ing taftands together, us lit r lather still aaiaUaot, vacantly goziig into the Are, afUr flaishing the note. “I don’t kuow ! ** said be, looking up at bor v pitaoU'ly ; “it’s the world, 1 think. Ivtry thing goes wrong wi ll me an t Blinai it went wrung bofoie that uight— •oitoan’t be that, o«n it, Eiliuor? * ••os, papa!” ► aid she, kneeling down byfcitt, her arms Mround his neck, her fata bidden on his breast. Ha put one a* in languidly round her. M I —ad to read of Orestes mid the Furies at St— when I was a boy, and I t bought it WM all a heathen Action. Poor little MOttarless girl!’’ said be, laying kisotbir btM on her head, with tLe caressing ^^are he had been accustomed to n-n i she had been a little child. “Did ove him so very dearly, Nelly ?’’ be ered, his check agaimt her*; “for low of late he has not seemed to me Ao b# good enough for thee. I am suie be baa got an inkling that something bus g—i wrong : and he was very inquisitive —I My say, he questioned me iu u re- I kind of wuy.” papn, it was my doing, I om [ said something long ago about fte di-grace." pushed her away ; he stood up at d fat her with the eyes dilated, kulf in f#ar« bait iu fierceness, of an nnimid at tagj ta did not heed that his abrupt —afitRant hud almost thrown her pro t»U oa the ground. “Yon, Eiliuor ! You—you—” “Ob, darling father, lis’eu ! ’ said sh-, •creeping to his knets, aud clasping them •with her bauds. “1 said it us if it were u jpt—lVlf osse of some one else—last Au- { g—t—bat be immediately applied it, and —bed me if it was over mu toe disgrace, or shame—I forget the woids te used— hflng • and what could 1 say ?” *^Anj thing—any lhiug to put hiui iff the scent. God help me, I am a 1 ml m.v, betrayed by my child I” Bill loor let go of bis knees and coven d h— face. Every one blabbed at tl al poor heart. In a minute or so her tat tier spoke pain both to himself and Eliinor by this time as he should do by making the separation iiuu!. Besides, after Mr. Wil kins’s sj caches that evening—but he was c mdid enoii 'h to acknowledge that, bad and • ffonsive as they had boon, if they had sioo.l alone they might have been condoned .His letter-ruu as follows : “Deadest Ellinob —for dearest )ou aro, and 1 think will ever be—my jndg- inont has consented to a step which is giving mo great puiu, greater than you will readily believe. I am convinced that it is better that wo should part; for cir cumstances liuve occurred since we formed our engagement which, although I am i unaware ol their exact nature, I cau see | weigh heavily upou you, and have mate rially affiettd your father’s behavior, j Nay, I think, after to-night, I may almost I eay have eumoly altered his feelings to- • ward mo. What lhr so circumstances aro J I an. ignorant, any further than that I from your own admission that they Theie ohuio some illegiblo and apparently incoherent writing, eliding with, “Fiom my death-bed I adjure you to stand her friend ; I will beg pardon on my knees for any thing—” And there .-trength h -d failed ; tho pa per and pencil hud been laid nsido to bo resumed at smns tune when tho bruin j i,h'unil; was clearer, the hand stronger. Eiliuor j mat: .'r, . kissed the letter, reverently folderbit up, [ open to and laid it among her sacred treasnros, j i/.w ,.on by her mother's half-Anished sewing, and j U s y» u n a little curl of lier luby-sister's golden p it v n.o i hair. j E Vvho Mr. Johnson, who had been one of tho j Mour.i. trustees for Mis. Wi'kiuss mumage sei-• *•] do tleuiciit, a respectable s dicitor in tho i e ig ■•■ i eu county town, and Mr. NVsn, bad been np- ' oxpl in at pointed as ttzeoQtora of his will, an j, i tei guardians to Eliinor. The wi 1 itKt-lf hud j „uon li, been made several years before, when b-- j i.jj» , n i had imagined himself tho puFsessor of ft i |>tmn pic hand mine fortune, the hulk of which ho j aw-.m th And Editi “Eiliuor will have the rent of this lions \ which is hers hy right of her mother’s settlement, to live on.” “JLuw much will that be?” “One litiudrod aud twenty pounds.” Miss Momo’s lips went into tho form of u mon k prepared for whistliug. Mr. Ness continued lent will coiue at bud, when all our se- ret-« wi 1 be io .de known wi’out our linv- j Ml’CTI IN LIFE. i»the trouble and the silane o’ telling getting rayther tired o’ this " ©Umny we n*k tho question, what l« lire? world, Miss Eiliuor." “L)ou’t talk so,” said Eiliuor, tenderly. “I know how sad it is ; but, oh ! remem ber how 1 shall waut a friend, w hen you’re gone, to advise mo as you have done to day. You’re not feeling ill, Dixon, are yon ?” she continued, sexiou ly. “No ; I'm hearty cuoi.gh, and likely for t’ live. Faytlnr was eighty-one, and mother above the seventies, when they died. It’s only my heart as is got to feel so lieAvy; and ms for that matter, ho is yours, I'll be hound. Aud it’s a comfort to us both if we can serve him ah is dead by suy care of ours, for ho were such a bright, handsome lad, with such a cherry face ns never should have kuown shame.” They rode on without much more speaking. Eliinor was silently planning a.uuiij . for Dixon, and he, not caring to look for- d.ink. ManyV ward to the future, was bringing up be- . !i;fTe*v>1oVisTrftb'd ntmy i»i-tho*»ifortow fancy the time, thirty years ago, when ho had Arst entered tho elder Mr. Wilkins’s servico as a stable-lad, ami pretty Molly, tho scullery-maid, was lim daily delight. Pretty Molly lay buried in Hsuiley chnrch-yard, aud few living ex cept Dixon could have gone straight to her grave. (To bo continuod.] MTE.VITFU: KOTEtt. beqneaihcd to liis only mother's matriuge-setl By lit Ford Bunk awfa ieu of the | he i marriage, the trustees l.iiug Sir Fraui; Holster and Mr. Johnson. There were I j;ih legsi ies to his executors ; n small annuity K to Mins Monro, with the expression of a i [ m hope that it might bo arranged for her to • : g i continue living with Eiliuor ns long us j V i-,. tho latter remained nuinariied; all List servauts were remembered, Dixon espe- j lrgi dally, and most liberally. eis Wliat remuiued of tho handsome for- will tune once possessed by tho testator? The ! a j executors asked iu vain ; there was noth- i nee iug. They could hardly make out what j A had become of it, in such utter confusion Mo were all the accounts, both pmsowil aud ! ir-u oAicittl. Mr. Johnson was hardly ic- I cut: strained by his cornpu sion for tho oi j h cter—»D .Itera- ! fto >“ tbro.ing up the t*cciit,.i..l.,p disgust. Mr. N«*ss rou-od himself Iro holm-like abstraction from rJI hu ay lead to some future disgrace. Now I WHH hold in trust f* it may bo my fault, it may be in my tem perament, to bo anxious, above all things earthly, to obtain r.nd possess a high rep utation. 1 cau only suy that it is so, and leave you to blamo me for my weakness as much as yon like. But anything that might come in between me and this ob ject. would, 1 own, bo ill-tolerated by me, tho very droud of such an obstacle inter vening would paralyze me. 1 should be come initabie, and, deep as my affection is and always mu*t be toward yon, Icou'.d not promise you a b*ppy, peaceful life. I should bo perpetually haunted by the idea of wl/it might happen in the way of discovery and shniuc. I am the more convinced of this from my observation of your father’s tdlertf tiou whi«. li I iraocTback to the time when . I conjecture that the secret cffaiis took ! place to which you have alluded. In shot*, it is fur yonr sake, my dear Eliinor, even more than for my own, that I feel oomptlb d to affix n Anal meaning to the words w bich \ our father addressed to me lust night when ho desired mo to leave his house ii.icvtr. God bless yon, my Eliinor, for tho last time my Eliinor. Try to forget ai roon us you cau the un- foituniite tie which has bouud yon for a time to ono ho noHui'able—I believe I ought to say ho unworthy of you—as— Ralph Cobsi.t.” Eliinor was making breakfast when this lettir wi.s giveu Lor. According to I ' 50 ‘ , “, 1 . , , , lUe >\ont of li e fcervunts of the reepeJIivo “ ucl ? «*«“:« ro « h lmJ V » .. i ii u A __Ji Her love for the poor girl Lou-( hob's of the Partonage and Ford | Aitu 1 - " Bank, the man naked if tbme was any auswor. It was only custom; for he had not been desit oil to do so Eliinor went to tho window to read her letter ; the man wailing till tbu time respectfully for her reply, bbo went to the writing-table, and wroit*: “It. is all right—quite right. I ought to have thought of it, aft last August. I do not think \ou will foigifc me easily, but I entreat you never at any lutnre time to 1.1 line yc urself. I hope you will bo bi.p; y mid successful. I suppose that I mu 1 never write to you again; but I shall t lways pray for you. Pupa was very soiry lust uiglit for having spoken angrily to you. You must forgive him—theie is great need forfo givetiess in this world.— Ellinob.” cat hi di al she had sj sped ness to labor lit the ex tenuation of book parchments, and pnpers, for Eilu.or sake. Sir Frank Holster professed bin self only a trustee for the Ford Bunk. sp. nt the Meanwhile she went on livii g at Fold Bank, quite unconscious oi the state of her fathoi H affairs, but sunk into a deep plaintive uioluucholy, which nffecled her luokii and the toms of lu r voice in such a manner us to distress Mi*-s Monro exceed ingly. It was uot that the good !ady dufcj the I .ends to whom she wuh now writing not quite acknowledge tho givat cau.-.o j h: d p.om s: d her thoir aid. bbo thought her pupil had for grieving—dcse ted by j th.it, as L imor li id to leave Ford Bunk Fur Coffee.—A coffee substitute of roasted Ago has been in the market in Austria for ten years, and is also pre pared at present iu Berlin, lteeent cure- iul tests of it iudieate that it posse^se* a ic in at present unwilling enough to | more agreeable Auvor than »ho chioeoty this house, poor giil. It is but subslimte, and has thus far been brought al; but she has no power in tho I into tho market freo fiom injurious adul- r, even were there ativ other eourso | teratious, often present in chiecory-coffee. to her. I can only suy how g’ud. • Samples from Berlia in (lie form of a ’ coarse, brown powder, including yellow ish particles, formed nil adhering, slightly gummy mass on being lightly pressed be tween the Augers, and possessed a sweet ish-bitter taste like carprmel, and a cor respond! ug odor. Testing Milk.—Asa result of inveNti- gulious, Prof. Saco proposes as a test lor the dilution of milk, mixing it with its volume of alcohol of 7t» deg. Tr., when, with pure milk, the coaguluiuformed will equal the milk in volume and invaiisbly rise to tho top. Wetting Coal a Mistake.—It bus fre quently been maintained that wetting, coal iueieases the amount of ha*' giveu out iu combustion, but a careful inquiry has shown, first, tint there is no inormiHc of heat; second, that a loss of heat til my* follows addition of water; third, both the amount of lie at and the temperature of /V* I tho tire are considerably diiuinidicd. ! he wi 1 buffer too. 1 lm i lore bu i aid than tho o h- Detection of Starch in Milk.—Dr. it many young Indies who I H-Bgar uccouuts for occasional discr- pan li t to* have so old-t nsl.imied e ‘ os * u KtatomentB of differeu* * hoin- ists in legard to the presence of starch in a sample of uidk, by the peculiar property which lacteo-protfciu suostances posses^ of combining rapidly with iodine, aud thus decolorizing a soln'iou of it. In om.sequence, no inaction for starch isoli- taiuao.e until the milk is saturated, in this res; e t, with the iodine, and by acci dent a chemist may stop short of thi point, aud fail to get the reaction foi starch. red I shall feel hy d : ho c m be prevailed upon to the Parsonage.” i is Mr. Corbet?” said Miss <>t know. After breaking off his at ho wrote me a long lottor— ry, n*i he called it; exculpatory, ied it. I wrote back, curtly uying that I regretted thebreuk- mi iutcrcoursewbich hud always iiint to me ; but that ho must be f, with inv intimncy with the l 11.ink, it would be buth 1 end uiip’oaHiiut to idl parties if [ remain« d on our previous foot- lio is that going pad the window? ' at ]■ ;it to tho window’. nkful to Lilly thi • D.xo cbaclt lining I ad- 11 :s! al it is i r to bt idiug after them Mr. Ness had left, Miss her desk nod wrote a long 1j lends she lmd at the of East Chester, where ome happy years of her i thoughts lm l gone buck n; t veil while Mr. Ness had been for it was there her father had it was idler his death that her iarcli of subsistence Lnd begun, ■collection* of the peacefulyeais io were s'longer than the ro- c*o of tho week* of soriow and , while Ellinor s inarriugo had probable event, felie lm l made it!c plan of returning to h r i;u, and obtaining wh*t duly g she could iliore meet with, her lover, her father dead—but could not bear the cu'v-i Hill Ilf h. Id ou Ellino w s inllnit* distie.-*ked by eeciug the d.oly away, tho constant heavy ciepreM-ion id spirits, and she grew impatient «*i the continual puiu cf sympathy. If iMis- Monro could have done bmue.hiug to re lieve Elm n of her w» o she would have been less iut-incd to scold her for giving way to it. The tirno cnuie when M s Monro could net ; und after thut there wm. no iiritalion on her part. When all hope of K’liuor’s having uny thing beyond lt:e house uud ground of Ford Bank was gi lie ; w In u it was proved that of nil tho legacies be queathed by Mr. Wilkins not oue farthing could ever be paid ; when it cdiie to be a quehtion how far the beautiful pictures uud other object* of art in the hou-e v eie not legally the pioperty of nm-ati‘A>d creditors; the state of htr fulLei’s affairs coiumuuicntcd to Eliinor us delicately She kipt putting down thought after thought, jn.-t to prolong the lust p'easure as Mr. Ne^s knew how of writing to him. She seated the note She was dioopiug o and gave it to li e tuau. Then she sat always drooped now—»*t down and w.iitrd for Miss Mourt', who • ir g ><» listen to Lins, lea had goiio to I e 1 on tho previous i igbt } tho arm which rested on did net speak whin statement. She was miuii’es aftet ward; hi out of very agi at ion » ^*1 don't mean whut I say. I often don’t mean it now. Eliinor, you must forgive me, my child!" lie stooped and lifted tar up, and sat down, taking h<*r bis knee, and smoothing her hair off tar tat forehead. “Remember, child, bow very miserable I aiu, and have for- e for me. He hud none, ar.d y, t i have seen I had been drinking ” “Dfieking, papa!" said Eliinor, ruining htr tali, and looking at him with sor- rowfnl norprise. “Yta Id rink now to try and forget," ••id be, blnsbing and confused. “Ob, taw miserable we are!" cried El- Uagg^tarsting into tears—“how God 1 It seems almost en to comfort us hash! ” said he. “Your mot he I'hou'. awaiting Ellinor’s ret nru from the dining-room. “1 i.in tat-*, my dear," s;iiil Miss M« tiro, on coming down, “but I have bad a bad hoiuUche, and 1 knew you had a pleasant comp.iuiou.” i i on looking round she perceived Ralph's absence. “Mr. Corbet not down yet ! ’ she ex claimed. Aud thou Eliinor hud to tell her the outline of the facts so soon likely to bo made public; tii'it Mr. CorLot and she had determined to break off their engage- j l that Mr. Coibet had accord- : Diuistcr to be blamed f er her Wik. 11 the i I've no doubt,” said lie. for the entuc loss of tune To his surpr’se she lifted 1.(1 Iu stony face, and s«tid, slowly and but with uliuuht solemn caiiuiiesn nk—-lr •i-i'-g, iugly bo:» ken liiuisoif to the Parsonage und that, she did Lot expect him to teturn id B.tiik Miss Monro’s astonish ment ua. unbounded. 8ho kept going ver and over nil ihu little circumstuucts l« had noticed during thi* last visit, nly on yesterday, iu fact, which the could not reconcile with the notion thut tho two, apparently to much attached to giffMM for me. He had none, ar.d yet each othor but a lew hours before, were ha aunt have seen I had been drinking ” now to bcfoiever i eparuted mid estranged. r Sickened under the torture, which yet seoiucd like t Meh there must chef. She felt a* if t-lie could not bear uuy more; yet there was more to bear. Htr father, as it turned out, was very ill, and Lad b< on so a.l uigLt long ; he bud ntiy had 1 ome kind of attack ou the , wuethor apoplectic or purulytic it >r the doctors to decide. Iu the | she did so pray that you might ! hurry and anxiety of this day of misery Migious; you must be religious, ! succee ling to mi*ery she alnios* forgot to 1 6he prayed for it so often, j wonder whether Ralph whs still at the lies, Low glad I am that you me ; Parsonage —stdl in llamlcy ; it was not •re he began to try like a child. ; ti 1 the coming visit of the pliysiciau that EUisOT Mmforted him with kisses ruthcr j nhe learned thut he had been seen by Dr. than words. He pushed her away after a Moore as he was tulciug Lis place iu the white, Md said, sharply, “How much morning mail to London. Dr. Moore al- dost ta taow ? I must make sure of that, j laded to his mime as to a thought that How aieh did you tell him, Eiliuor ?” j would cheer ond comfort tbu fragile girl “Nothing—nothing, indeed, pipa, but 1 during her night-watch by her father’s what I told you just now !" bedside. But .Miss M< nro s'.o e out after “Tall It me agsiu—the exact words !" Dr. Moor* to warn 1dm off the subject toi 1 ell over—“but leave IU •1 will, hh well as I can ; but it wasldst tho liuuio, crysr.g b.tterly over the for- Ycu must eat, and the 1 Aogiat. I only said, ‘Was it right for a lorn position of her darling as she spoke wmbib to marry, knowing that disgrace 1 —crying ns E'linor hud never yet been (over her, and keeping her lover in 1 able to cry; though all the time, in the _jmos of it?’ ” ; pride of her sex, she was endeavoring to *“That was aU, you are sura?” persuade tho Doctor it was all Ellinor'e ~ He immediately applied the doing, and tho wisest and best thing she grow child, Poor* dead!' |o me—to ourselves."’ could have done, as be was not good be never wanted to know what enough for her—only a poor barrister 1 nature of tbe threatened die- struggling for a livelihood. Like many ?" ! other kind-hearted people, she fell into did.” tho blunder of lowering the morel char- told him ?” acter of those whom it is their greatest • word more. He referred to wish to exalt. But Dr. Moore know Elli- te-dajr in tbe ahrubbery, nor too well to believe all that Miss Monro rw?s£r Yo * V>Re said; she would never set from.interested motives, end wee ell tbe more likely to “My dear Ll.iuor, doubt about it. Your father bimscii uhvoys referred to the Iosm b ho had mis- taiued by Duns'cr’s disaj pc:.ran- o.” Eliinor covered her face with Lor hands. “God forgive us all!” i-ho said, unrl re lapsed into tho old uiibeuruble Mlei.ce. Mr. Ness hud underti.ki n to discuss her future plans with h« r, and ho was obliged to go on. “Now, my dear child—I faavo known you siuce you were quite a lit! o girl, you ream, from 1 know—we must try not to g.v* way to keningand I feeling”—he himself was choking: she was quite quiet—“but think what is t.-i/c done. You will have tbe i<nt of tbi- hou^e ; and wo have a very good offer f« r it—a tenant on lease lor m v. n yea h ai ». hundred and twenty pounds a >< u- “I will never let tins hoube !’’ said rhe, standing up suddenly, a* if defying him. “Not let Ford B nk ! Why ? i don't understand it—I can't have been clear— Eliinor, tho relit of this house is all you will have to live ou !” “I can’t help it, 1 can’tb ave this hoit'-c. OL, Mr. Nesw, I can’t leave this house !” “My dear child, you 1 hall not Lo Lur ried ; I know Low hardly all these things are coming Uf on you (m.d I w i.U I lmd never seen Corbet ; with a.l my heart I do!")—this was almost to hiiube!f, Lot he must have heard i». for she quiver* nl U oT 1 his' 1 Jams- must pay for your food ; you must dress, and theio is nothing but the rent to clothe you. I will gladly, thankfully have you to stay at the Parsonage es long us ever you like; but, in fact, the negotiations with Mr. 06baldistone, tho gentlem m who offers to take tbe house, are nearly completed’ l a di.-t moo might be more agice- ubio to her, and (.Lo went on to plan that U ey -.liould live i( go'her, il poesialo, on Lcr i-ari.ii!g“ hlcI tne small income that Would bo E iinor's. Miss Monro loved her j up:l :•■ ) d 1 a'iy that, if Lcr own pleas- me only weie to lm coiibuitcd, this pro jected life would bu more agreeable to her Hum if Mr. Wilkins's leg icy bad set her in it.dependence, with E.'liuor away from h. r, u ntried, and wish interests in which her former governess had but little part. As boou as Mr. Ness Lad left her, Elli- nor rung, ni.d ntuitled the seivant who anstt. ni 1 lie bell l»y her sudden shatp de- hiie t j have the hoists at the dour as soon a* possible, and to t<ii D.xou to be ready to K" out with Lu r. 8h« felt tliat she must speak to him, and in her nervous state she wonted to bo out on tbe free, broad common, wlu.ru no ono could notice or rent uk their talk. U was long since she h id riddeu, and iniicn wo: tl r was excited by ihu sudden luovcineut in k lihen a* ti btable-yaid But ]>.k' ii went giavely about his work of pi. p Tn Il(-atl), mi 1 liey’ reached •von miles away had previously A’ihtfnl silence. odo up to md eyes “Dix said s!.« the must Made up of contradiction, chnnuo and strlto ; The happlners wo think la our* to-day Before to-morrow's sun rany lado away. The friends In whom we place our ttrtnest trust, The ohslnt that bind us now, will shottly rust ; Their vow* of faithfulness once fondly spoken— All, all, are naught and will In 1 line bo broken. The hand we rla*p to-day with forvent love j Wnmsnotthe trustIna ono that time w II prove ; How »oon that tender clasp will colder grow, j And smiling friendship’s blushes paler glow. When chill misfortune's hand our prospects j —' 1 Hunt, Where are the frlonds la whom wo took de light? I When sot rows touch our hearts' best treasures wither, We look for friends, hut all aro gone, and whither ? Lawyers. JOSEPH t POP, Attorney at Law, aa«| Judge uf County Court. tin's in uli other Courts. uer store "I W. it. Koburts A Co., Ri SAM PEI. IS. HATCHER. Attorney at Law. Offlc* over Wlttlch k Kit J. Af. AlfNEII.L, lorney und Counsellor nt Ln 128 Hr G't-.to ‘r«t i ..I a; : Re .d J PRKMIKtiN. —It has boon remarked that railways always yield a profit to the undertakers —It is a pity that Homo of our grocers cannot bo porsnaded that honest ten is tho best policy. —Max Muller refuses to speak in public without having twenty-four hours for preparation. If our speakers wore to adopt this rule they would talk Ies* and say more. —A Chinese proverb says, never rub your eyes exc ept with your dhows. In these days of swiftly succeeding astonish incuts thero would be a good deal of elbowing dono under this ride. —Judge Black is sure Speaker Blaine will be nominated if Gen. Grant i* not, and if Gen. Grant is not rouominutrd it will be because I10 does not want to b»^— defeated, wo should say. —An Amorioun traveler visiting West- minster Abbey remarked that it w >; welt enough to be a king when alive, but at ici- dontb it is much better to linve l> <>n n noet. Very likely a good many I. n ,. have coiue to the same e.ouuln doll ii (010 this time. —Mayor llavemcyer docs not y ' s,*e the propriety of the oity paving o • half the expenses of sinking flm track nf Commodore Vandeibilt's 1 ilway track Ha thinks private euteipiiso is suALrient for these thing*. A singularly oblu *h old man, tho Mayor is. —Now llaiupahire bus had her turn at a I res hut. U was a small affair, doing considerable damage to the Wing railroad and mountain bridges, but destroying no lives and litile private property. And everybody thinks of Pittsburgh and Mill, river, and is thankful. —Mr. Sutuner thought Thackeray a man of rare consideration; for while in Washington he passed the hideous figure of Jackson and realized all its accumula ted terrors at n glance, und yet in the charity of liis grout heart said never word and chatted ns airily us though lie were strolliug in an English j 1!:. Bunh aoiiHideratencBs passes our comprehen sion. —Rum is distilled from orunberi ies down iu Jersey. The world's memory is short. It will IN UR A SI dr CKAWrOKUN, AtMirnsys nt Ijiw, II praetiru in tli« Flat.’ ninl Federal Con A. A. DOZIER, Attorney aud Counsellor ml low, am co u« itr. and Federal Court* i 11.I Alabama, t ., Columbus, Os Jail M irk II. flLANproRD, Lapis F. 0 vruaiih. Ill.ANDl'ORD dr €1 All It All It, Atlorurya mid L'ounsellora nt l.aw, icli A Klu- wn ,r •:« lb. ni Ffd-ral llt NSEI.I. »V NVVHT, umd t'.iUiiHellurs a' Law. Will |.v L. T. IlDWMIKU, Attorney nud Nolivltor TEAIIOHY A Alio nicy s CIU AN NUN, at Law. It. J. .11 OS EH, c.v and touiiM'llur nf l.aw, Doctors. HR. J. A. I tUtl'tlAltT, Uttlcu lemuvod to Hi.; Drug More of E. t Hood n lin.ll.or. Stooping apartment ui lorn cr residence, o ‘ 1 H'lti.l.ilph uud AlciniosU a root ippo.MH M'pft . Wm. licueh. Hit. t'OLZKY. Hit. N. It. LAW. i-r Hi..ad and llaiididl Ii »ti buiMing. .m Fo.mj Hi, lb:.- diM.i. b. ersion of Excremkntitiouh Mat- ! y° 11 if y°u do not jog it frequently. Gu into Fuel.—Dr. Petri, of Berlin, has erfected u process for pioduciug odor less blocks of fuel from excrements, which also burn without odor, with a heating t equal to hrowu coal, and affordir g h excellent as a phosphatic fert.bzi r. excrements arc firsi tendered per fectly odorless in the receptacles before removal, by tho addition of a chemically prepared poudi r, und aro thou concen trated by «vaj or ition in a peculiarly con structed vessel (without the least anuoy- qiuc to persons pro*ent), to the consist ency of clay, and the mass then delivered by tho machine, so as lo be cut by wires into blocks, which aro pressed mid dried liko Inicks. It is not necessary to sep <- rato solid from liquid excrements, and the disinfected matter can be transported at any time without annoyance to any ono. Hinco tbe machines not rapidly, nud without requiring many bauds, the establishments need rot he very largo or remote. The results i f experiments con ducted before the authorities of Berlin are said to have been very satisfactory, and calculations were made according to which it would appear to be very econo- mieol to the city to remove excrementi- tions materials in this way. —In Valparaiso there is a painting en th<« church wall representing tho dev.I poking Bismarck in the ribs with a re I- imt poker, while Rumor 11.lly is seen squirming in tho Aimes. —Nineteen States will elect United State* Senators this winter, including Vermont, Maine, Indiana, Nebraska, West Virginia, Louisiana, Dcl.iwue, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Min nesota, Missouri, Nevada, New J« r.-ey. New York, Pennsylvania, South Caroline, Tutnosseo aud Wisconsin. Donvislt;. tv F. iT4.rSI.lt, Den Hit, iri.f.iiur'a laiil jIiiu, It. . W. IIKNTZ, llrillist. 1 tier".' ntois. V. T. 1*001., Hcntlst, ui.tColiimba Drui4 ^ists. JOHN L. JORHAN, Hriigg IsL, 5 F. i d li 1 it, fr* in all I’ve heeied the town since ihu master's death.” “Then you've heard—then you know— that pupa Ins l»--ft hardly any money. Mv poor, dear Dixorn you won’t have your ic ... v, und I never thought of that. I.u- HOMLSTI4 RKtlFEM Gkekn Pickles —A premium recipe, To 2 gallons of vinegar put •’ bl’i* k pepper, 4 ounces ginger, 2 ounces turmeric, 2 ounces cloves, 2 ounces all- spice, 2 ounct s uiacc, 1 pint mustard seed, 2 t ibiespoonfu's celery seed, 1 large hand ful of ho.sc-ruditb, hull fill of garlic, Jl I Tiions sliced, 2 pounds brown sugar. The spires must l.o sell beaten The b'lne hli 11 d be well ‘oaked fiom the ar- ti*s!. s to be pick'ed belcre they are put in the Hj.iced vinegar. Gela’iine Pudding --One-half box of gel it me dinsolved in one-halt pint of cold wafer. Boat the yolks of fonr egg*., add Ihr. e tablespooiisfiil of sugar, and turn info tho gelatine and water. Have reedy II quart of I oiling wa'*r. Potu the mix ture iu»o tho u ilk, and boils Poou Man hub* t..bio-p< tOHCUpflllH Podding. id he, oage»l.v; “I couldn't h i\o iouched it if it bh’l l.cen there, for the taking it would hu’ Hiemcd loo Jilco—” Blood money, h« was going to say, but bo slopped iu time. She g.urH'Cd tho mcar.iug, though not tho word ho w< uld have used. “N’>, i.ot that," said she; “his will was dated veaia before. But oh, l>:xon, wh'it i-.',st 1 do? They will make me leave Ford Bank, I see. i think tho trustees have lm f kt it already.” “But you'll have tho rout on’?, I reck on ?” iir.kui he, anxiously. “I’ve many a lime Lttied ’em say as it was settled on the iiiihK.uu first, and then on you.” “Oh yes, it is not that ; but, you know, under tho bench-tree—” “Ay!' mid Lo, Leavily. “It's Leon often-liiues on tuy mind, waking ; aud I think there’s ne’er u night as I don’t dream of i'." “But Low can 1 leave it ?" Eliinor cried, “iheyuiaydoa hundred things —may dig tip tbe shrubbery—oh ! Dixon, 1 feel i:s if it was sure to l»o found out! Oli! i>:xon, 1 can m>t Lear any more Llaiuo 011 p>pa—it wi'l kill a dreadful thing, too !" Dr: n’s face tell into the lines of habit, i. 1 | ni’i th.it it 1 r.’J alw ivs nt-Kurn^d of into\tfuis wiiei.ever bu w*s tLinkiug or temombeiitig any thing. “They must ne’er hu’ reason to speak ill of the dead, that's for certain," said he. ‘The Wilkinses have beau respected in u and one- I butter, two ptu) of sugar, ■ wuo j,...., cf tl iiir, t o Icii-poonsfut of I cream tartar, and one to.iHpoonfiil sods. Bake oue-lndf hour. Eat 1 sauce. Raised l do gli, two Clip of blitter, one dtp ot teaspoonfnl ot soda, tv, n one cup of ft nit, ciuuai nnlmeg; tube put in the Poverty Cake. — Two creaio, two cups of »toned i.tid chopped I : 0 .. H j ?i disch •ups ot sugar, fonr cups of | rtutieu. {'ll pH The Bridal Tour.—Young Sprigghs and his Arauiuntha Jaiio hmi just been tuuniul and were going upon ttioir br»d A tour. T'huy didn’t know whoiher up«;n their return they would board with the “old folks” or take rooms in a private ho el. Being only a clerk, Kpi;; ; -Ies' means wero limited, and he could not ex pect much hi first iu the way of living. “Ofo urse/Tiesaid to Dodge, a wealthy member of the firm who had kindly grant- ed Lim a three weeks’ leave of absence, “we must Lo in style, you know, sir. I suppose you took a rusher when you wore married. I mean you took an extensive tour and showed your wife the sights." “Yes," said Dodge, with a nod. “I will tell you about it. I made long prepara tions for my bridal tour, and the girl that was to be my wife helped me. Wohadil ounces'of nil fixed and laid out beforehand. 1 2 ounces | worked hard for it, and she worked too. It was the grand eveut of our live*, and we wanted that it should bo a success. We felt that ns the new life opened so it should continue. I was earning SjCiOO a year. That win good p*iy for u salesman tivo and thirty years ago—bolter than three time* that amount now, a* thing*, go. Wo weiu married iu tho morning nt the house of my wife’s fattier. Then we rode tw’o miles to the substantial collage 1 lmd secured as a home. My money had made the first payment on it, and Mary's money had furnished three rooms in it. “And we eat our first meal thereafter in our own house ; uud I thence went to my woik, and my wife aid about her work. It was a new life and wo were determined to succeed if possible. And in that effort wi s our joy. And iu the success tint followed was unalloyed happiness. In lets than three years my hoic-e was paid for uud my homo was my own. Com* s'oriu or come sunshine we had a roof to cover us—a roof from which the hand of man could not turn iih, “I doubt, young man, if evr n bridal tour was bappier or more pn ff'abl* than was mine 5 nud 1 know that the exercise of | houHekeepii'g nj on her own account was j invigorating ntid heal'l.ftil. But, then we married for re^l earnr st living and loving. We believed we should find life’s purest Ido’s M.-rd Gotten factories. COLUAIIIUM MANUFACTURING CO., blilt-Mugg, and Sr 1 Kuitting Thread. Ul'MOUEK MANUI'ACTITtlNG <’*>. (I. |*. , y *.\ 1 F !’, l*r Watchmakers. <J MT14I31 lit)K4i, I’ruulical Wutchnirtkcr and Jeweler, i.t’1 it Tobacco, Cigars, ike. m 11 er mms. i\ s.oi’i;/, ol tlanulaotur BarUor Ghops. LOUIS WELLS* f raised sugar, one t milk, one s of flour, clover and at or.ee. | >s of thin no teaspoonful of spiro To Destroy Inhf.oth. — The Boston Journal of dhnnixlry hc>h that hot alum- water is a recent suggestion as t.n insecti cide. ft will destroy red and black ants, cockroaches, spiders, chintz bugs, and all the crawling pests which infest our houses, l ake two pounds of nluiu and dissolve it iu three or fonr quarts of boiling wuter : let it stand on the Arc until tbe u!um dis appears ; then apply it with a brush, while neatly boiling hot, to every joint aud crevice in your closets, bodstcadH, ; and such I punlry-shclves, and the like. Biush the ! crevices in tho floor of the skirting or mop-boards, if you Mtapcci that they bar- Lor vermin. 1*, iu 'be wh"swashing a oi-iiing, p’outy of alum m adiiud to tho lime, it will elso serve to keep inHecls at a distaucc. Cockroaches will flee the paint which 1ms been washed iu cool alum- ator. Sug a-barrola and boxes can be walked away scratching his j tie wasn’t sure that ho lmd really v ' *' Hil.ley all my lifetime, and ail my fath- freed from ants by drawing a wide chalk- er's before me, uud—surely, Missy, there's umrk just round the edge of the top of ways and mouns of tying tenants up from them. The mark must bo unbroken, or I iterations both in the house and out of they will creep over it; but a continuous “It it nay house !” said Eliinor, fiercely, it, and I’d beg the trustees, or whatever chalk-mark, half an inch iu width, will set “I know it is nettled on me." | they is called, to be very particular, if I their depredations at naught. Powdered “No, my dear. It is held in trust for w'as you, and not have a thing touched you by 8ir Frank Holster and Mr. John- either iu the house, or the gardens, or son ; you to receive all moneys and bene-I tbe meadows, or tho stables. I think, Ate accruing from it:" he spoke gently, ; wi’a word from you, they’d maybe keep for be almost thought her head was j me on i’ tbe stables, and I could look turned; “but you remember yon are not | after things a bit; and the Day o’ Jndg- ►alt and | declare," pursued the old a glistening moisture in his oy»\ ‘ ! Mould like those first blest d<>M of m.v own homo-life (o live over again. But it may 1 not be. And,” bo added, with a regretful j shake of tho • cad, “1 fear the young men of the presont generation wi'l uot live j them for my viewing.” Spriggl head. il< caught the drift of the old man’s remarks. A Hint Adout Looking Glasses.—It is a fact wall worth knowing, but which I docs nut seem to be generally uuderntood, I that the amalgam of tinfoil with mercury, ; which i* spread ou glass plates to make iooking-g’a sen, is very readily Ciys'nl- , iz* d by actinio solar rays. A mirror Lung ' where the sun can shiuo on it is usually spoiled ; it takcu a granulated apponrance; familiar to housekeepers, though they may not be acquainted with tho cause of | the change. In such a state the article is nearly worthless, the continuity of the | All. V X NA ta. EH. ir.ItRY, RarliHi Dross* Making. tlfSH .’il. A. HULLIN'-*!** Food Storo. JOHN FITZUIBBONN, !•• in. I ll**t «’l Hauler Iu Bay, Oat It .■«» j, A.-. I'frlothorpo St. oppotil Confectioners. I. O. HTKUFFElt, Candy Muuuracturcr All klmU of Couftioibuici Slide Candy 1H 1 Fall weight giurant in Boots and Shoes. WELLS 6 CURTIS. No. 73 Hroad Street, iiv< al*f»j* ft full stick «. surface in destroyed, and it will not re flect outlines with any approach to pre cision. Care must, therefore, be exer. r cised in banging. Care should also bo alum or borax kcepa the ohintz-buga at a 1 taken in ►electing looking-glasses ; we I ,l001 * * n<l s h« CH * Upper, Sole nnd Hai- respeotful distance, aud travelers should ! have seen many lately, and from first-rato j ,IM * Leather and Findlnga always carry a package of it in their band- I manufacturers, too, which makes every : ol uI1 k,ndl1, bags to scatter over and under their pil- j straight lino round. There is something 1 Bailable good* 1 ««w*on»bia prtcaa t lows in places where they have reason to wrong in the maoufeotare which requires n. b.—apaotat -ttantion to ordtrs by Bspr*sa, inspect the preeence of each bedfellows. | looking into. I c - u Ifi Piano Tuning, lio# E. W. 1ILAU, Repairer and Tunftr of Pinauas, OtpM Aecordeons. sifrn Paiatisg alto Bom. Orders may bo bo left at J “* **-—* A — Frtnlt Hhtro Hotels. PLANTERS' HOTEL, Next to Columbus Rank Building. I’ortcr* nt nil tho trains. lii:: MR*. \V K. SNTUFB^ProorMw Builders and A vchlteets. J. «. CHALHERN. House Carpenter aad Bnl'isr. Jobbing done at nhort aotier. l'inn. nnd «p<!ciflcaMonii furnished for all stylsa >1 buildings broad Stront, uoxt to 0. W. Brown' Colmr.i Jay ■*. Go. Livery and Sale ttabiae. ROBERT TRORN.I, Livery, Rule uud Evehaefs ItaktM, Oaura jri'i, North or Rasroltb firs., Columbus, Qq. A. UAMME1* "" Livery sssscl Hsilw Rtaklss, Oulethorps St., Columbus, Qa. Particular attention given to Fording and Snla ot Muck. !lor*o« uud Millet boarded in stables bjr ths Restaurants. ■lAllllIH COUNTY UENTAUBANT, no. 3a Broad Stmt. ■it °f Eort-Ign iiml Dunieatlo 1.1,non .a, Cigars. Mould at all hours. J-J. BLAKHLY, Prop’r. Fresh Meats. J. W. PATRICK, .stalls No. » and 18, Market Uouao. .Mi’utN of cvpiv kind and beet .juality. J. T. G»»k, fresh Ments of All Klsscla, 1 FU’I* Noa. lfi nnd 17. Cun and Locksmiths. 1'Mli.H' EIFI.KR, and Lockiwltli, Crawlurd atroet, urst to .'(diuiou'w ( oriK-r, Culmnbud. Ua. JnU WILLIAM SCHOKER, anil li«>ckMiail!i aud dealer in tiuuuibg Mo- tarialH. Opposite t.ixjulrer OUtoe. Grocers. HAN'L It. RISE, >'**" 1,1 V-mlly QrooerlM, on Drjr.n him, Im. twonu Oglutboi pc k Jackson streets, tf V" No charge for drayage. dec7 J. H. HAMILTON, Whol'enule nsad Melssll Brsssr, liuiction of Franklin, Warren A Oglethorpe Hts, No charge for drnyagu. sepll Tailors. O. A. K4EHNB, Merchant Tailor and Cutter. hlnr.k of Fruiich slid Ktigllnh Hr./sddorlts, CnHsItnt-- 1 — !>ri a HENRY HELLMAN. Cutting, Cleaning and Repairing i* in tlie host style. I*r-J4) Corner Crawford und Front Sts. Boot and Shoemakers WM. MEYER, Root aud .Shoemaker. tvilor in beatlior and Findings. Noit to C. A. I *’’*l ti Co.’h. Prompt and strict uttenlion Riven Jail Tin and Coppersmiths. WM. FEE, Worker lit Tin, Nheel Iran, Capper. Orilur. Irom .bimul (.rumj.tly ntl.nilvd to. No. 174. Ilrovl StKel. JPalnters. WM. SNOW, JR,, * CO., Houae and Sign Painters, >bl Oglethorpe corner, (Ju»t north or postoffles) Col mu hmi, (if-orght. Will contract lor Ilouso and Sign Painting at iblo prici'M. III!-' 1 * •• ItHfei LAWYERS. W. V. Williamh. Cum. II. Williams. WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS, Attorneys at Law, COMIRRIia, OA. rif* Uttlcu over Abell's storu. Jv 17 3iu W. A. Farley, /Yttomoy«at*Ij«w UUSSETA, Okattahoocuu Co., (ta. trarSpeclal attention xlvon to en| loot inns. HINES DOZIEB, Attorney at. Law, HAMILTON, UA., VV/II.L practice in the Chattahoochee Circuit fv or suy whore else. All kiud nf collections 1MJMIHI. “Pay mu or run away.” nor!4 tf FERN M. WOOD. Attorney nt Law, Opelika, Alabama, HJ.P1U0TI0E IN THE COUNTIEA ol Loo, Chambers, Tallapoosa and Kus- tho Supreme Court of Al rntuft, and la United States idstrlet Comt nt Mont- 1 ry. 8opl6 dkvtjanf VV II. I'AHTLKXAN. L. If. C'HAPFBLLe II. C ASTLEMAN & CO., (jeneral Irsurance Agents. JtEPKEKENriNU THE LIVERPOOL & LONDON K GLOBE An t other Strong Firo and Lilo Compaale-. OFFICE OVER FREER, ILIXIES fit COS STORE, 110 BROAD ST. au-yq-ti . Dissolution. JfflE ttrui ot .f. K. REDD A CO. solgod on tho 1 th Instiiit by the James K. Red '. tho lint m Those liaviog claims ngaln^t, und tl nre. indebted to tho lato li. iu, will sot; iho undorsi^ned, who cun ho found at id until October 1st, and after that _ , ot .l. H. .lohuston •‘Va:.jS5 ? U.E.JOUSf»©». <i| ia akwtf Sunirtp, Wrtw. City Tax Notlee. rriHE i tt.nUoo or aU panoMi 1 -Mato 7 a J. N. BARNET