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DA FLY ENQUIRER • SUN; COLUMBUS GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1886. 5 1M * \ A Laboratory Analysis of the Brother in Black. Hit PecalUrlticH, Prariilections aid Sonjrs-Pn. neraln, Exfundons and Waierimdomi—A Funeral that Unlaed a Klee Crop—The St, Johns River ItouMtabout and the Mnstr He Makes with Ills Mouth. One day during the last presidential campaign I stood in the midst of a mixed throng at a politi cal meeting in St. J hns parish, Berkeley, South Carolina. A negro lawyer had the stand' and his dearth of ideas necessitated frequent repetitions. He began his speech by saying, “I aro glad I’m a negroand he got off the same thrilling senti ment about five times in the first fifteen minutes. On the outskirts of the crowd there was a white man who deemed ft a part of his patriotic duty to confrise the speakers of the opposite party when ever he could. On this occasion he was loaded to the gunwhale with country- made corn Juice. But he stood by his post; in fact, he leaned against it. About the fifth time the colored politician exclaimed, “Oh, I am glad I’m a negro,” the hilarious democrat gave a lurching hiccough, and pointing a long bony index finger at the speaker, replied: “You’re d—d easy satisfied.” But it has always been a question with me whether the "in vino veritas” rule held good in that case. In other words, ft li&> often been a question with me as to which one of them was right. Who would not be a nigger? (A man who spells it with one g is too stingy to give the nig ger the benefit of the other one.) People who p ty niggers because they are niggers are wasting their sweetness on the desert air. Yes, who would not be a niggor? No sickness can bleach him, no sun can burn him. His complexion defies the elements and his con science defies the decalogue. He gets more sap and sustenance and sleep and contentment wedged into his three score years and ten than any other man of any other race. Negroes ? I have seen them bare headed and bare-footed and almost bare bodied, but I never saw one thoroughly hungry in my life, except in his own imagination. I know a museum keeper who will give $10,000 for the hide and skeleton of a nigger that starved to death. They don’t die that way. After applying the law of nature’s compensations all around It would be hard to discover just where Cuffe gets left. Caucasians who laugh at Cuffe’s little number three brain ought to remember that he has a thicker box to keep it in than any white man that ever lived in any age or country. The nigger is not nature’s parody on the white man. He is suigeneris. Ethnology does not explain it, but in one sense the nigger race is the most stable in the world. I do not mean in character. In that he vascilates like a child. In that, like Reuben, ‘unstable as water he does not excel.’ I mean he is stable in his nature and customs. No -climate, nor association, nor training can mate rially effect his nature and customs. In this re gard his nature is a very Mede and Persian law. You may teach, you may polish the nigger if you will, But the horse-laugh and flat foot will cling to him still. There are climates that militate against morals. Go to a New England village and find a dozen ■staid and pious deacons, who take their hymn books and silver-headed canes and silk beavers, and walk demurely to church with their wives and children each recurring Sabbath morn. Place these dozen deacons on one of the South Sea islands aud drop the curtain, leaving twenty years between the acts. When the curtain rises on Sunday at 11 o’clock, twenty years after the transfer, do you find them en route to the sanctuary filled with meditation and resonant with religion ? Do you ? You find them on their way to a cock fight with as many gaffed roosters as there are ex-deacens, with their arms sticking out at the elbows and their unshorn hair protruding through the tops of their hats. This is, in a general sense, fact, not speculation. Here is where the stability of the nigger conies in. Find him in New Eng land, and find him twenty years later on a South Sea island. You will find him in both places with a fu«l stomach and a ragged back, and he j will tell you in both places that a watermelon and a funeral are God’s best gifts to No vicissitude cuts deep enough to curtail his taste or corrupt his nature. The nigger! God bless him. I have sat with him in his ‘‘Little old log cabin in the lane,” and heard him tell about “hanks” and aperrits who passed him in the darkness and pulled their hot breath | in his face and whispered strange secrets in his j ear; I have stood about the hunter’s camp fire j with him on the bayous of Louisiana and in the j wilds of Florida, and I have 3een bis black skin j glisten and his white eyes roll in the red glare of the rude fire-light as he related the seventh- j heaven ecstocy of his religious experience; and I have interviewed him when he was arrayed in j clerical broadcloth aud gold-rimmed spectacles and carried the ordination papers of an African Methodist Episcopal bishop in his pocket; but all the time, in all these phases, he was the same nigger to me. And he will be the same nigger forever. Neither civil rights nor the Blair educa tional bill will ever penetrate skin deep into him. To the last syllable of recorded time his soul will feed alternately upon jigs and religion, and the blast of Gabriel’s trumpet will catch him fingering with his banjo and his Bible. The weakness of the nigger for funerals is a well grounded tradition as well as an ever- recurring fact. When a member of a colored community dies he becomes at once a canonized saint. He may have been shiftless, lazy aud un reliable, but the Jordan of death over which he has passed has washed him whiter than snow'. The grave purges him into a cherubim. His every word and act aud look for months preceding his death is conned and rehearsed with awe and rever ence. Ask one why he pays such superstitious homage to a dead friend whom he would not have trusted with hi.® wife or his chickens while living, and he’ll answer: “Of course we must show him respect. Enty he libin wid Gaud een de New Jurusluin now?” The family that has been lucky enough to become proprietor of a corpse, and consequently a sort of ex-officio board of directors of the ftineral, at once takes a leap in the social scale. Everybody wants to get in with them and be friends with them. For the inti mate friends of the family are the honorary mourners, and they alone can sit with the regular mourners on the^e served seats and “weep with them that weep.” Rivalries for j the position of honorary mourners frequently arouse bitter and life-long enmities. The rice field negroes of South Carolina die like philoso phers and are buried like lords. I knew a white- haired patriarch, a colored preacher there, who must have died with simon pure old age, if any man ever did. He claimed to be 112. I think he was older. His life light went out like a candle that burnB out in it* socket, and, like a shock of corn that is ftilly rifce for the eternal harvest, he was gathered to his fathers. He literally shouted his way through the Mb en gates of death. And perhaps he had a right to do it. He had lived up to tbe measure of his capacity. It is true that wlie“ bis numerous progeny stood about his dying couch there were more children there born out wedlock than in it, but that fact appeared tc •ccasiou him no concern. I doubt if he ever thdWSht of it. That was merely a difference of opinio® between h m *nd the orthodox moralist, and i iS he hone9t, y 1 thought! with the odds agfdnst thtj moralist. He ! looked typon thfc marriage ceremony ius uomo- I tiling fdr the exclusive use of white people, and j something upon which a darkey had no more claim than he bad to civil rights. Aud he never ceased to deride the doctrine of civil rights. When this old man was buried the hands on six plantations lost two days from work in the most busy aud critical time for the crops. His death left a deep impression on the rice planters, and several of them were visibly affected by ft. I heard one young rice planter swearing a quarter of a mile away as he sat on his fence and saw the ftmeral procession with its hundreds going to the grave on the one side and his crops goiug to the demnition bow-wows on the other. But Cufle’s chief joy is the cheap railroad ex cursion. For days before it comes off it is his morning prayer and his evening meditation. It makes no difference where the excursion is go ing. One place does as well ns another. It is the excitement and ihe ride that Cuffe wants. In a southern sea coast city where I lived once a railroad got up a grand annual colored excur sion to another city, 200 miles away. The colored porter of the office with which 1 was connected was a character. He signed his name “Wilyum Riley.” “Strapped” was “Wilyum’s” chronic condition. He was even with the world in one sense—he owed about as many as he didn’t owe. I loaned “Wilyum” three dollars to buy a round trip ticket with. That was three years ago. But he will pay me some day, I know. For he said he would. After he had purchased his ticket he appeared at the train into which the darkeys were packed like black peas in a pod. “ Wilyum” was arrayed in a grass linen duster and a battered beaver, and wore bis breeches in his boots, which had red tops. He v as going to a city he had never seen. He didn’t have a nickel In his pocket, or any thing else of value nbout him, except his ticket. He was not even armed with a lunch to fortify* him against the uncertainties of an absence of two days and a night. And yet a happier and more radiant smile never fringed the ivory of any nigger on earth. He strutted up and down the length of the train and bowed to the ebony “ladies” with the air of a prince. There was not a care or an apprehension left for him in all the world. I envied him. Who wouldn’t be a nigger? The train pulled out on its tedious journey. When dinner time came Wilyum went to the water cooler and took a glass of water and tightened his belt two notches for dinner, and then sat down to enjoy the scenery. Arriving in the other city late in the after noon Wilyum began to realize that he would have to rely entirely on his diplomacy for his bed and supper. He encoun tered an; aged nigger fishing on the docks. Wilyum approached the aged nigger aud the following dialogue ensued: Wilyum—“Enty I bin see you somewha befo’ dis? Seem lak I see yo’ face een Cba-alston dis Christmus gone bin two yeah.” Aged Negro—“I ain’t no Cha-alston nigger. I raise een Virginny.” Wilyum—“I ain’t oat nuthin seuce yistiddy.” Aged Negro—“Wat ail you? Appetite dun fail you, or hab nuthiu fur to eat?” Wilyum—“I ain’t hab nuthin’. JWho eber heah ob my appetite fail me?” Aged Negro—“I ain’t got no grub een my house, bruddah, fur gim you. I jis cutu down heali Air ketch some catfish fur me an’ de ole ’oman suppah.” Wilyum—“Does you know a black ’oman name Miz Lindy Washinton wot live een Yamasce? 1 see her dere to de big meetin’ een August.” Old Negro—“Oh! hush, chile, you ain’t know Lindy Washin’ton fur sho, is you?” Wilyum—“Who? me? Cose I knows uni. I stay at lie husbun tent durin’ ofdebig oainp meet- in’.” Aged Negro (throwing down his fishing pole) — “Cum heah, bruddah, and gin me yo’ ban’. Lindy Washin’ton my wife’s si stall, chile. You say you hongry ? You go home wid me. De ole ’oman bound Air skeer up some grub Air you, and you shill hab de comp’ny bed wat we keep fur de presides’ elder w’en he cum on he quar terly rouu’.” Wilyum—“Tank you, sail, I will. Wat yo’ name, uncie? I want to put lira dowu fur ricko- leck you by.” Aged Negro—“Who? me? My name Isom Ithett. I blong to ole Kuroel Rhett wat live an’ die right heah ’een Beaufort. Oh! he was a man w’en he was libin’. Nun dese yer wite folks ’een dese days ain’t bin know wat rich was. Kurnel Rhett own six plantashuu and tree hundred uig- gnh. I was he carridge driver, aud he ’low he trust me same is he do his own chile.” “Wilyum” was entertained royally by Uncle Isom and his wife, to whom he represented him self as a newspaper man, and considering the condition of “Wilyum’s” finances he was in good trim to personate one of the profession. Nor can it be said that he was practicing a deception, after all. “Wilyum” lit the lamps and swept the floor in a newspaper establishment. The ambition of the average young negro’s life is to be a roustabout or deck hand on a steam boat. It is a weird sight to stand on the upper deck of a St. Johns river steamer, which is leaving Sanford at night, and watch their antics and hear their songs. Generally the wives and sweethearts of these fresh-water sailors arc on the dock to bid them good-bye as the steamer casts off her lines. To northern tourists it is a forty- horse circus, and I have sometimes thought that the steamboat officials actually required these performances for the entertainment of their passengers. As the boat sounds her gong to back oft*, these roustabouts may be seen in the glare of the electric lights roosting on railings, rope coils and cotton bales like a convention of dilapidated scarecrows. The women on the shore begin in a weird voice: “Farewell, broilers, ef you bound to go; We’ll weep for to see yo’ face once mo’.” The scarecrows respond : “I’ve lef my gal ’mongst Sanford scenes, For she is young, jist in her teens, Roll Jorden, roll.” Then the women on the receding shore fairly “whoop it up” with the following: “Ducks nlttv cards an’ chickens drink wine, An’ monkeys grow on sour grape vine, Corn starch puddin’an’ pumpkin pie, De gray cal scratch out de black cut eye, Roll Jordan, roll.” And back comes the refrain from the boat: “Forty pound of ginger bread an’ fifty weight of cheese*. ,, , A great big pumpkin' an’ a bandbox u pens. Hull Jordan, roll." The roustabouts continue with this "Dip me, have me! Sisters you an’me Come git in de boat for we all gwine to (loat. For to dip in de golden sea.” Tlie women reply: ■•Good Mr. Jesus settin' een de prow, Conte all you niggah’s an' make yo bow. Oh! I look down ou de worl below, An’ watch dem white trash shublm snow, While angel llshes da nip my toe, As I dip c-en de golden sea.' And then the men proclaim the following piece of sacred history— "Ole Adam he was de fust built man, Dat’sjis what de good book say An' Ebe cum next, den sin began, Dal's jis what dc good book say. Ebe bit de apple right in two, A wicked ting fur Ebe to do, Yas! Dat’s wnat de good book say. The nigger is a tropical creature, and in Amer ica. the south is ltis natural home. The southern white man is his best friend, and his natural pro tector. Realizing this, the nigger is rapidly identifying himself with the political party upon which the south rests its hopes of advancement and progress. The brains of the white man and the muscle of the negro will yet construct out of the south and her resources another Eden, whose architecture and railways and schools, whose towering steeples and waving harvest*, and per colating fmntains and pendant fruits, will rival in beauty and nurpass in reality the faldod para dise of Mahomet. H. D. H. Tnlliot Suporlor Court. Talbot superior court has adjourned, after a two weeks’ term. Wush Maxwell and Henry Thomas, both colored, were found guilty of burglary and sentenced to the penitentiary. Betsy Mason, colored, who was tried for assault with intent to murder, was found guilty of asdftult and battery. Oliver Harris, colored, was found guilty of simple larceny aud recommended to the mercy of the court. Funeral of Colonel Alexander. The funeral of Colonel i\ \V. Alexander took place from the Episcopal church yesterday morn ing at 10 o’clock. The services were conducted by Rev. Dr. W. C. Hunter, and wore attended by a large number of friends. The following gentle men were the pall-bearers: N. N. Curtis, C. B. Grimes, E. E. Yon go, J. M. Russell, John Pea body, John C. Woolfolk. A. C. Flewellen, Geo. W. Dillingham. Answer to Two Correspond outs. NVe generally furnish by private correspond ence prompt answers to this paper on business matters. We deviate slightly to-day in that the answers have more or less of public interest, and will answer other like queries. 1. L. S., Ocala, Fla.—We do not at present feel at liberty to disclose the name of the author of the ’‘popular medicine ’ articles. Wc fully concur with you, however; they arc ‘enter taining by being free from technicalities, and valuable by their originality.” We can also add: Any fact that requires technical ities aud circumlocution to express it is scarcely worth the printing in a newspaper. We invite your special attention to “ Advancement in Med icine” in this issue. It is Aill of interest. Guardian, Troy, Ala.—1st. No, the state does not furnish any of the money for the public schools of this city. 2d. None but residents of Columbus have access to them. 3d. They aro free absolutely as to tuition; only a small inci dental charge is made scholars to partially cover use and abuse of books and for fuel, both being furnished by eity. MSI' OF I, I ITT FK ft. List of unclaimed letters remaining in the Co lumbus, Ga., post ollice for the week ending Sept. 26. If not called for within thirty days will be sent to the Dead Letter Office: Andrews miss J Bailey miss P S Baker S icol) Beasly mrs M Billingly miss M Blucknall E G Browths U Bryant missN(col) Brown J Bullard W M Campbell M Cornell miss A Carlton T Chester G Chapman mrs M E Clayton mrsG W Clark J W Clinton miss M Coleman miss F L Coleman R Cook G (2) Collins C OondayJ Cox W Cues miss F Curtis miss J Daniel H (col) Dawson miss C (2) Denson rev J M Duncan J R Ely miss W Dunn mr Esop miss F Ferrill M M Federli A Fegans G Foster miss D Fomby E Fort A Fuller mrs K Gardner A N Galloway W H Hammond L H Harrison C Harris mrs A Hamene mrs S Harrison H Hawkins miss J Heath C Henry miss M Hix mrs L Horne W C Hunly M M HuntG D Jakes A Jinkins miss L Johnson miss L .Tones Z Jones miss A Kidd mrs V E Kimbrough A Kooch miss L Laprade II1’ Larner miss A Lay field H Lawranee G Lewis J Lewis E Lewis mrs N W Little mrs M E McCrary miss A McGehoe mrs C MamnerSchmidt J Merritts H Melton miss R Moore miss A Moone J Marion mrs M M Murphy miss L Mirax mrs M Nathan & Openhimcr Nelson It Norman T L Nobles mrs N A Norton mrs HM Parker W Parker miss P Patterson B Pearce W P Pender mrs C Peterman mrs A Purkins I Perry E Register F R Reed E Renfroe AI Raw miss P Robinson M (col) Roddgers miss M Sapp miss G (2) Searcy A Shore miss M E Simpson R Smith miss .T Smith miss M Smith mrs C Stafford R E Stanton miss E Thomas G Thoinus N Thomas miss T Thomas E Turner H R Turner A Turner mrs M VinouC Vincent W Wade miss L Walker A Wald roup i Walton mrs A Walter M Whitaker F M Williams mrs S Williams mrs P White mrs A Wigan/, mrs W Wilson miss M Willis mrs M A Willis miss V Worley W Yarbrough E T v arbrougli J F When calling for these letters, please Bay they i are advertised, giving date. THOS. J. WATT, P. M j God UIohh tlie Children. Nothing has been so productive of health and | diminished so much the suffering and mortality i among children os Teetiiina (Teething Powders), j Tebthina allays Irritation, aids Digestion, Regulates the Bowels, Strengthens the child, I Cures Eruptions and Sores and makess Teething I easy. All Druggists and country stores keep Tbhth- ina. Brannon <fc Carson, Columbus, Ga., Wholesale Agents, supply the trade at manu facturer’s prices. iy4 d&wlv I give the largest piece of Lorillard’s Climax To bacco in town for 10 cents. Lorillard’s Fine Cut Tobacco, at Crane’s Cash Store. dtf Superior Spectacles and Eye Glasses a specialty With C. SCHOMBDRG, dtf The Jeweler and Watchmaker. F. G. WIM4I.YN, General A.net ioneer. Ileal KNtnle, Stork and Mond Agent. Special attention given administrators’, execu tors’ and assignees’ sales, selling and renting Real Estate at public or private sale. Office over Abbott & Newsom’s corner. For Sale—My Residence on Broad street, jell if F. G. Wilkins. Tlie f lly Regis fry Mat Is now open for registry ofall citizens desiring to vote in the approaching municipal election. Those who are liable to a street tax and have not previously paid it, are required to pay at time of j registering. M. M. Moore, sept 18 lino Clerk Council. | A Curd. I consider it too soon to make announcements ! for the election which takes place in January, 1887, but as others are doing so I wish to say to j my friends and fellow-citizens that at the proper j time I shall announce myself a candidate for j Tax Collector, and hope to merit their support. I N. G. Oattis. Wimberly, Ga., September 1st, 1886. sep2 dtf j Choice Goshen Rutter, Extra CreamC'heese, Chipped Dried Beef, Boneless Pig’s Feet and Choice Tripe in 3 lb. tins, Boston Baked Beans, Cooked Corn Beef in 1 and 2 lb boxes, Imported and American Sardines, Spanish Queen Olives, Finest Olive Oil, Stove Polish, Bath Brick, Sapo- lio for house cleaning, at Crane’s. dti Ilf*IH4)yhI Notice. We have removed to No. 1022 Broad street, be- j low the Central Hotel, where we will continue to | keep the choicest line of Cigars, Tobacco and Liquors. We call especial attention to our celebrated Imperial Wedding Whisky and fine brands of Key West and Havana Cigars, and kindly ask our friends to favor us with their orders. Louts Buhlkr & Co. Sole Agents for the Celebrated Aoheuser and and Budweiser Bottled Beer. sep!9 tf Local H<;ppeninfl9 in Brownevillc and Girard for the Week. Ilrou.ii'Tilh 1 Still I’rmrrcssiim ItHiglnns Nofc*. Tlie IVnrk of l>« utli—A Colonel In Trouble. Minor V< »vh Topics an<1 IV r so mil Matters, Thelittleci’y of Browtieville is still puraulngthe even tenor of its way, without jarring or discord or exhausting excitements of any sort whatever. Business has commenced slightly to revive, and as the season advances it i8 to be hop* d to see times more lively, the people more cheerful and money move abundant. It Istxtremely for tunate that there has been hut little sickness up to this time and fewer deaths than for any sum mer of the past ten years. The hot went her, which has been unusually severe and protracted, is beginning at length to yield to refreshing breezes a.vl more endurab'e temperature, mid nlready the people are looking pleased at the idea of the depart ing summer. The town officials re port a continuance of good order, and say the town wau never so quiet in its history. It is pleasant to note that the good people are im proving in all respects, socially, mentally, moral ly and in a business point of view. Church Now*. The last quarterly conference of the year for Girard and Trinity was held at the latter church last night, Rev. J. M. Mason, P. E., in the chair. To-day this divine will finish up his labors in this part of the district by sermons at Trinity morning and night. The best of friends must part in this world, aud yot the parting always brings sadness. Those who have Hat under the ministrations of Rev. Mr. Mason during the past four years have learned to venerate him as a minister and love him as a man, and all in the community will regret that the time has come when he must sever his connection with the dis trict. Alabama has but few abler ministers, and none who labor more indefatigably in the Mus ter’s vineyard. There will be services at the Browneville Bap tist church this morning aud evening conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. W. Wilson. Rev. H. J. Redd, of Northport, Ala., will preach at the Primitive Baptist church in Browne ville to-night. All friends of the denomination are invited to attend and give him a hearing. Rev. J. M, Brittain has been called to the min isterial charge of the valley Fro® Will Baptist church, has accepted the call and will enter upon his duties next Sunday. The call of Rev. Mr. Brittain gives general satisfaction to the church and community, and it is confidently expectod that the good work will prosper in his hands. Rev. John Fuller, who has resigned this church, is a faithful and good man, and his brothers in Christ greatly regret to extend to him the parting hand. Mr. Fuller will preach his farewell sermon at 11 o’clock this morning. Death of Miss Lucy Ely. The people of Browneville and Girard were shocked and grieved to hoar of the death of this charming young lady, which occurred in Atlanta last Thursday, whither she had gone two weeks since to spend some time with relatives. Miss Lucy was the daughter of the late Prof. M. B. Ely, and was just expanding into lovely woman hood. She hail grown from a little child in Girard and Browneville, and in each place was well known and greatly beloved. She leaves a stricken mother and sister in Browneville, who, while they have abundant sympathy, cun only look for supporting grace to Him who doeth all things well. A Colored Colonel In Trouble. Col. Robert DeVniighn, the colored bootblack in Browneville, seems to lie the corning man among his race in that vicinity. Bob having acquired a competency in his original pursuit, was aspiring to ministerial honors, but alas, in an untimely hour he fell -fell into the bunds of the “perlecce” and was locked up. His offense was aiding and abetting in street fights among the b-hoys. Bob looked like a very interesting picture as he gazod through those unfeeling and remorseless bars. Messrs. Cummings and Smith, willing to stand for Bob’s better behavior, he was released from “durance vile” and is now at liberty. May he long enjoy its sweets. Browneville Brief*. The dust is very plentiful. A good shower would be a welcome visitor about this time. The doctors report little or no serious illness, and tlie sexton made no interment during the week. The county line brick store which James Hum- mersgill commenced a few weeks ago is now un der headway. There was a pleasant social at the residence of Mr. <i. W. Doles Friday night, so the young peo ple say who attended. There will be a Sacred Harp singing at the Prim itive Baptist church at 3 p. in. to-day, conducted by Prof. Irvin and others. Mr. M. C. Moon has opened a shoe shop in Sutumergill block and is doing well. A negro man aged about 70 was married the other night on a doctor’s certificate of births and deaths. There were no bona fide license in town; a wag fixed up the bogus affair ami the old mau made the trip. So they say. Mr. Jus. Moon and Miss Lizzie Eliott were married on the 23d by Rev. Mr. Huckabee at Broad Street church. Davy Echols, colored, who claims to have been here when the river was a branch, und helped to dig it out, was married to an aged friend the other night. A festival will la* held at Carders Hall on Friday and Saturday nights next for the benefit of the Good Templars lodge. A worthy caiisc. Come and help us The knights are especially invited to attend and help us. There will be a called conference at the Moun Olive Baptist church of Brownville next Thurs day night. All of the members ure expected to at tend. Hive the Devil Ills Due. Old chronic, eye-sore book accounts tend to keep in memory trusted frienus, but with us these are altogether too expensive us a luxury, worthless as a keepsake, unsuitable forachaim string, a dead drag on tlie market, and not fit for soap grease. Enemies, poor devils, owe us nothing, because they pay u» they go. From the former, good Lord, deliver us just now; to the latter we make this earnest, stirring und feeling appeal, aud do hereby most cordially and re spectfully solicit their highly esteemed, val uable and substantial patronage, at the Lively Drug Store, Lively, Ala. GlBAUD NEWS. The Outlook in the Town of Uiranl Religion* Revivals —Current .News mid Personal Notes, Matters arc wearing a cheerful aspect about the village. The district hands have been at work on the roads and are putting them in most ex cellent order. That speaks well for the village government. The public schools will open on the 4th of October with a full corps of teachers. Everything considered, the people of Girard have cause to congratulate them selves upon the improvements, in a public way, which have been and are now occurring in their community. With so fair a start as they now have, with the great pro gress they have made within the past two years, with their many natural advantages and with the fine social and moral tone which now per vades their midst, surely no mere difference of opinion or of policy will do more than create a temporary ripple upon the surface. I knufy* of no community of people throughout the limit.-, r f the state who, everything considered, are more fortunately situated. If they continue to advance for the next five years ns they have for the past two they will indeed have occasion to rejoice in their surroundings. (it ii re li Notes, The now Baptist church is getting fairly under headway and bids fair to be a handsome structure. The revival meetings at the Methodist' church were continued nightly during the week with encouraging success. Wc hear that Mr. Cum mings will continue them another week. He will conduct services to-day ami to-night. II Irani Bus dp. The brick woik at the ravine is progressing rapidly The Good Templars claim to be still doing a good work in Girard, where drunkenness is a rarity. Bennett Brothers will remove their store to the Snyder building next week. Mr. Win Howard has rented the upper rooms in the cyder building cud will open a boarding bouse. He thinks the enterprise will pay. Ominous posters impart the pleasing informa tion that the tax collector will bo around in Octo ber. Fall turnip crops have almost entire failed in Girard owing to the hot, dry weather. There were only two interments in he ceme tery during the week. Both were children, and one a non-resident. Judgment Day. The following is clipped from the letter of the Wuukeenah correspondent of the Monticello, Fla., Weekly Constitution. The author of the letter is Mr. Tote, of Waukcenalt, Fla., who is personally known to a member of the Enquirer- Sun staff as a perfectly reliable man. It is re produced here simply for what it is worth to dif ferent readers who may regard it differently. The most remarkable thing about ft Is the coinci dence of dates in the prophecy of I’rof. Wiggins’ earthquake and the old woman’s judgment day. It is to be hoped that the two programmes will not conflict with each other: “There is considerable excitement among the colored people over on Lake Jackson. An old colored woman was taken sick on last Thursday a week ago. The next day she apparently died and was laid out as a corpse, but it was discov ered she did not become rigid. On Saturday morning she arose on her couch, and. in a very emphatic voice, advised a number of persons present that she had been on n visit to God. She indulged in a lengthy experience, and warned them that the world would come to an end on the 29th of tlie present month, and that she would finally die on the morrow at 10 o’clock, and sure enough the old woman did bike her de parture ut the hour stated, and she was buried. This occurrence has greatly alarmed the colored people of the neighborhood, and many will look ror a grand destruction of earthly things on the 20th.” , : CITY JDKI U VTOItE. Drugs. Fancy A riIcles anti limit Nun* ilric**. We are now receiving a new supply of all Fancy Goods and Staples in our line. An endless variety of Bristle Goods, Tooth Brushes, Hair Brushes, Nail Brushes, Baby Brushes, Shaving Brushes, Blncking and Cloth Brushes. The best 25c Tooth Brush ever sold in this market. A beautiful Child’s Crush for 15c. Combs of any kind and style. All makes of Face Powders. A beautiftil assort ment of Puff Boxes, PuffH and Sachet Powders. A large line of Colognes and Extracts from every maker of prominence. Our White Rose Cologne cannot be surpassed in the United States. We carry the largest und most varied assort ment of soaps of any house in the city, from 5c to 75c a cake. A special bargain at 50c per dozen. Our drug department is kept supplied with the best and purest drugs. Our motto being the best only. We have secured the services of Mr. Win, McLendon, jr., of Thomasville, a graduate in phar macy, and in every way qualified to fill prescrip tions, to which work we give special and careful attention. Wo have a full line of Teas and Spices, which we guarantee pure. Large lot of Slate Sponges. Give us a call. Polite attention given all. CITY DRUG STORE, dtf Geo. A. Bradford, Manager. To 11»4* Voters of .11 ( oiinfy. I respectfully announce myself a candidate far Treasurer of Muscogee county, and earnestly solicit your support. I need the office, and will be thankful for your assistance. I am here to stay. Election on the first Wednesday in Jan uary next, 1887. Jordan L. Howell. sep23 1 h se&w NV anted. A sot of books to keep ut night by a competent bookkeeper. Address "Horace,” Enquirer office. sep22 wed fri&se For ftult* nl ii llartf-aln. Three handsome Hanging Lamps and one set of Parlor Furniture. W. C. Pease. »ep22 codtf NrllOOl 4>l' MiimIc. I will resume my class in music October 1. Am better prepared Jian ever to instruct, and desire young ladies us well as children. Lessons vocal and instrumental. Musicales monthly. Public entertainments every three months. sepl‘2 se&wed t scp26 Miss Mary Kivlin. Superior SjuMdaeles and Eye Glasses a specialty with C. Sciiomuuro. dtf The Jeweler and Watchmaker. Arbuckle’s Ariosa Coffee is self-settling, always full weight, and six pounds for one dollar. dtf It. H. Crank. <’4>111nil*tt* IMireitosiitg Agency, Being frequently called upon by parties at a distance to purchase goods and quote prices in this market, have decided to make it a specialty in our business, and hereby solicit orders from all who may wish any assistance in the matter | of buying or having goods made up in any par ticular style. We are supplied with all the latest | Paris and New York fashion books, which we consult in selecting buttons, trimmings and dress | goods, also in purchasing cloaks, wraps, gloves, ! bonnets, hats, and every article that is required I in making up a complete outfit for a lady. ! Special attention given to bfidul outfits and hull- j room costumes. Our most accommodating and experienced merchants will give us the benefit I of their personal aid and good taste in filling all I orders. Address all communications to Miss Mollih Lewis, Columbus, Ga., P. O. box 113. | j sepl2 wed&ee tf TOWN LOTS For Salt* lit WiiY4*rl.v llall. R< orgia. I We will offer for sale on November 1st, 1886, at j the above mentioned place, immediately on the j line of the Georgia Midland and Gulf railroud (a ! new road that is being built from Columbus to | Athens, Ga., connecting with the Central, East j Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia, Richmond and | Danville railroads). Lots suitable for building j residences, stores, etc. Waverly Hall is situated in i the “garden K|H>t” of Georgia, farming lands j yielding above an average. The best school and i church advantages already established. Society | is as good ns any city in Georgia or elsewhere. People are alive to anything progressive, and ! willingto lend a helping hand to any who umy I locate in our midst. It is one of the best trade | point* in Harris county, being thickly populated I I already, and only needs the new ruilroud now J being built to make it the nicest town in the state. Heulthftilness of the place is unexcelled. Water the best. Between 2500 and 5000 bales of cotton j I will be shipped from this point coming season, j This alone will be worth the consideration of I thoughtful business men who wish to do a good I business without having any heavy expense. To j those who wish to give their children the very best educational advantages, our |>cop]c especial ly ask them to come und locate among us. All parents ure well aware of the advantage of edu cating their children in the country than in the cities in a moral point of view. Lots will be sold without reserve or limit to the highest bid der. Any further information or inquiries will be choerftilly answered by applying to J. H. Pitts & Son, Bepl(lwed,se,td or W. I. H. Purrs, P. M. *‘.\ol II <lll4*ttt J4»ll 4»f ItraillN.*’ Wichita, Kan., August 22, 1886. To the Agent of the Mutual Life -Dear Sir: Success in this world is not a question of brains. Last winter I made the acquaintance of a gen tleman who used to be worth $250,000. During these years he took out $11,000 15 year en dowment in the Mutual Life. When it had run 11 years he broke up in business and lord all but his policy, for which the company paid him I $8,000. This gave him a second start. He said: “if I had not taken an endowment policy I would now have to work by the day, as the money paid for the insurance would have gone into the business.” Respectfully, D. C McKinnon. J Need we say anything relative to the ad visa- I | bility of preparing a financial umbrella for the j ! proverbial “rainy day” by taking a policy in the ! Mutual Life. I). »■’. Willoox, ! | dtf Agent Mutual Life Insurance Co. j For lax 4 ollector. 1 announce myself as a candidate for Tax Collector of Muscogee county (election j January next;, and respectfully solicit the sup- . port of the voters of said county. aug29 dtf wlin Oliver P. Poe. Wafrh Unking:. J. If. Bramlrall, Practical Watchmaker ami Jeweler, makes a specialty of repairing fine and complicated watches that have been in jured by accident or otherwise, at moderate charge. dtf F4>r 4'4»rom*r. 1 hereby announce myself a candidate for Cor oner of Muscogee county, and ask the support of the voters. J. II. Patrice. sep22 wed&se For Tax K4*4*4*i v4*r. I announce myself a candidate for Tax Re ceiver of Muscogee county, and respectfully ask the support of the voters. »ep22 tf J. H. Harrison. tf AltliUTN IIY TELKCiBAPH. C'olton. Liverpool, September 25. — Noon.— Cotton market business good ut unchanged rates; mid dling uplands 6' rt d, Orleans 5 7-16d; sales 12,000 bales—for speculation and export 2000 bales. Receipts 5000 bales -1600 American. Futures opened irregular, at following quo tations : September 5 19-6ld September and October 5 13-dP«z5 14-64(i October and November 5 8-64f«>5 9-64d November and December 5 6-61 December and January 5 bA'Auyfr 6-64d January and February 5 5-6P»i.5 6-64d February and March 5 7-0ld March und April 5 9-6UI April and May not quoted ‘Penders of deliveries for to-day’s clearing 00 bales of new docket and 00 bales of old docket. 2 p. m.—Sales to-day include 10,200 bales of American. 2 i*. xi. -Futures: September delivery, 5 19-04d sellc s; September and October, 5 13-6id buyers; October aud November, 5 7-6-kl buyers; November and December, 5 6-61 a buyers; December and Jnnurv, 5 56id buyers; January and February. 5 564<1 buyers; February and March, 5 76kl buyers; March and April, 6 964d buyers; April and May, 5 I164d buyers. Futures closed steady. New York, September 25.—Cotton firm— sales 206 bales; middling uplands Orleans y 9-lGc. Consolidated net receipts 20,667 bales; exports Great Britain 00, to continent 00, France 00; stock 272,057. VIHIRLK SUPPLY. New York, Sept. 25 The total visible supply of cotton for the world is 1,040,627, of whicn 681,- 097 is American, against i,14-1,061 und 801,161 respectively last year. Kereipts at all interior towns 65,577. Receipts from pluntaiuns, il-1,473. Crop in sight 213,865 bales. NEW YORK AND NEW ORLEANS FUTURES. New York,September 25 Net reeeiutsOO, gross 0305. Futures closed firm; sales 96,100 bales, as follows: September 9 16-100(^0 17-100 October 9 17-100^9 18-100 November 9 25-100(n>9 26-iOO Deoei.iocr j .jo-100w,« 31-100 January 9 38-10QW.9 39-100 Febru.'iy 9 47-100^9 18-100 Marc.1 9 56 100fg»9 57-100 April 9 6-1-100(^9 65-100 May 9 73-10074-100 June 9 81-100(40 82-100 July 9 89-ll)0(«.9 90-100 August not quoted Green & C■>., in their report on cotton futures, say: it lias Oeen a strong market throughout. A liberal issue of October not ices caused a oreak of 2-«v3 points on near options, but that was about the worst shown, and from which a partial re covery win afterwards secured.while late months stood up well and were taken freely in exchange, a great deal of business being of a swapping character. There was also some firm buying, in cluding a few outbide orders. New Orleans,September 25-2:35p. m—Futures steady; sales 11,800 bales, as follows: September g 93-100 bid October 8 9.3-100(^8 91-100 November 8 86-100to,8 87-100 December 8 88-100^8 89-100 January 8 96-100^.8 97-lt0 February 9 06-100(u>9 07-100 March 9 16-I00(g»9 17-100 April 9 26-100(a*9 27-100 May 9 36-100(0-9 37-100 June y 47-100i*» 48-100 July 9 54-100(^9 55-100 Galveston, September 25—Cotton steady; mid- lings O'./jC; net receipts 6102, gross 6102; sales 1208; stock 45,211; exports to continent 00, Great Britain 00. Savannah, Gu., September 25.—Cotton firm; middlings 8 15-16c; net receipts 5637, gross 5637; sales 2350; stock 45,609. New Orleans, September 25. —Cotton market quiet; middlings 9'..,c; net receipts 2735, gross •*609; sale.* 900; stock 33,690; exports to Great Britain 00, to continent 00. l*roviNi4»iiN. Chicago, September*25 Flour dull, unchanged* southern winter wheat $4 15(^4 50. Mess pork - September $9 15(«-9 67' y , October $9 45^ 9 67',. November $9 47 J . < /" 9 7o. Lard September $7 25 fy/7 .‘10, October $0 15(a6 30, November $6 07 1 \ i'($0 10, Short rib sides for cash $6 90. Boxed meats drysalted shoulders|6 25 short Umcr Hide8 Ut 10 ^* 7 15, The mui 'ket ruled New Orleans, September 25.—Rice steady; no prune offerings Louisianna, ordinary to good <•1 3!,|C. .Molasses steady; Louisiana open kettle good prime to strictly prime32c, prime 20"i 22c, fair 15(i/ 16, good common 13(a Me; centrifugals, hrmer prime to strictly prime 10(Vi.20c, fair to good lair 12«(j 13e, common lo good common 11 12c. IjOuisville, September 25. Provisions, market steady; Bacon, shoulders $6 75, clear rib $7 30, cu-ar sides $8 VI'Bulk meals—clear rib sides •j. 20, clear sides $7 65; mess pork $10 75. Lard - choice leal $8 uo "« 25; hams, sugar-cured, 13c. Grain. ( iiicAuo, September 25.—Wheat -September i~ » " « c ' October 73 1 , 73",c, November 75* , » .«•. cm n closed September 36'.,(.» 37c, October 3». , "3. _.e, November 3K v" 39* „c. Outs closed— September 25* M c, October 2V25' „o, Novem ber 26' J‘i 26*.,e. Ujuimvillk, September 25.—Grain, market quiet: Wheat, No. 2red 73c. Corn, No. 2 white 42*.c. Oats, new No. 2 mixed 27c. Kngur hiiiI Cnflco. New Orleans, Sept. 25.—Coffee dull and lower — Rio, in cargoes, common to prime, 9‘ *((J'9%c. Sugar quiet, steady—open kettle, prime 5’ *c, good fair to fully fair 4U,(« 4 7-16c, fair4' t c, common to good common 4 1 ■. <f (a>4 , V h c: centriftials firmer; white 5*4(o,5 7 hC, choice yellow clarified 5 7 ^c, prime yellow clarified 5\ta 6c, seconds 4*4 C. Kosin anti Turpentine. New York, September 25.—Rosin dull- strained $1 00<g,$l 07 j a* Turpentine dull, at 85%c. Savannah, September 25.—Turpentine quiet, at 35c; sales 100 barrels. Rosin firm —good strained 90c(«*$l Q7K; sales 500 barrels.