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■nqurann-SuH.
The Bulgarian crisis is now able to go
alone.
The market is unsteady when stocks
take a drop.
There are plays that set one’s teeth on
cd c; but “7,o 7,o” don’t.
The Iowa weather prophet may be a
Foster Brother of Wiggins.
It is a bad policy that runs out just
when the owner wants to use it to bor-
row|insurance money on.
Bad weather can keep people away
from an evening prayer meeting; but it
rarely gets the best of a circus.
Bi.aink announces that he is going out
of polities. That means that he will run
again for president and go out that way.
The Bartholdi goddess of liberty, witii
ice on her head in the morning, after
being out all night, is not a pleasing
spectacle.
Brut Haute, the story writer, has the
dead wood on the newspaper syndicates
thut have commenced the publication of
“The Great Dcadwood Mystery.”
The majority of Florida wants a new
constitution. Some better weather is
also needed there. Northern visitors in
vited to the orange groves are not en
tranced witii the ice.
A country editor lias suggested that the
lottery company break up the su -'erati-
tion about (lie number thirteen by let
ting that number win a capital prize. He
lias bought his ticket.
Thkrr is on exhibition at Faranta’s
theatre a mystery called “Thu Vnubliing
Lady." This, however, is not the van
ishing lady of society who rustics lip
stairs and sends down word that she is
not at home when you call.
The “Grout Russian Museum Com
pany,” at Nashville, announces “Jo-Jo,
the dog-faced Russian boy ; Prof. Wni,
Adams, the great mesmerist; Ali Pasha,
the transparent Turk, and other first-
class attractions.” It. must he a very thin
ehow, especially the transparent Turk.
Tiik holders of the boxes in the Metro
politan Opera House in New York this
season represent $71)0,500,001). They
could better understand and appreciate
the shows given by Ned Hurrigan and
Tony Pastor. Wealth goes to the opera
because it is fashionable; but culture and
retim'd natures are needed to enjoy it.
Jol unm.ism Inis many disadvantages in
the west. The editor of the Aurora (111.)
Blade says pathetically : “People about
the town were more or less interested
in our house, bccauso the idea of an edi
tor nutting up a ranch was so novel. Wo
have answered the inquiry,‘How is that
house of y urs gt tting along ?’ more than
100U times in the last twelve months.
And die question,‘Have you moved yet?’
has been tired at us move than 500 times
during the last fortnight. We have an
swered these questions without once
showing u grain of irritation, but tfie
other day Ike Phillips said Bomethieg
that made us mud. ‘Are you moved
yet?’ asked Phillips. ‘Began this morn
ing. We carried a saltcellar and a chair
and coaxed the dog over,’ we ejaculated
in delight. ‘Is that so?’ said Ike in a
tone of congratulation. ‘1 am glad to
hear that you are so near through with
the job.’ ”
DEATH OK WALES IVYNTOX.
Mr. Wales Wynton, of the Birmingham
Chronicle, died yesterday of congestion
of the stomach. lie was formerly Macon
correspondent of the Atlanta Constitu
tion, and was a young man of great en
ergy and considerable talent. He hud
many friends in Georgia who will regret
to hear of his death. He left Macon un
der a cloud, having been charged with
complicity in the scandals published
concerning that city in the Cincinnati
Enquirer. But ho denied the charges,
and they were never proven. He had
many generous traits of character, and for
their sake it is well to mantle his faults
with that oblivion which is alike the
right and the heritage of all the dead.
DAILY ENQUIRER - SUN: COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY ’MORNING, NOVEMBER 21.
1886.
NKCKKf KOliROW*
They suffer most who suffer alone.
Kadi heart knows and hides iN own bit
terness. There arc people who bruit
I heir troubles about, who hawk them as
v.sies in exchange for sympathy. But
l hesc arc not the people who need sym
pathy most; these art. not the ones who
mourn as those without hope. The real
■mlforers are those of us who wrestle all
the night long with our griefs like Jacob
did with the grappling angel,and who hide
them away behind a smile when day
light comes, as a dove folds its wings to
conceal the arrow that has pierced Up
vitals. The finest acting in the world is
never seen on the stage. The real trage
dians and dramatists go in and out
of the r. arts of trade and
the meeting places of society.
They are men and women who talk and
laugli and live like other people, while
deep down in their bosom a tragedy goes
on with no audience but the eye of God
—a tragedy in which the fanged worms
of an irremediable grief are gnawing and
swallowing the core of a human heart.
Some times when we hear ripples of
tinkling laughter, how little we suspect
that instead of bubbling up, it is pumped
up from the hollow depths of a soul that
has shaken hands with happiness, and
bid hope an everlasting farewell. Home-
times when we are tickled with the
sound of the merriest songs,
how little we dream that
the heart of the singer is breaking.
If every heart that breaks could be heard
as a noise, the din of the explosions
would make the world an uninhabitable
pandemonium; and if all the hot tears
that fall unseen upon pillows in the si
lent watches of the night, could be
turned into one river’s channel they
would desolate the land with a flood.
After all, it is strange that man ever
laughs. Every step lie takes is toward
hia own grave. Man is a creature that
comes to us labeled “from the indefinite
past to the indefinite future." Time, the
tomb-builder, is his only friend, since he
unlocks the only gate through which
man may flee from his hounding troubles.
Life opens like a morning in
May, but its close is a brown
and murky autumn, filled with
biting winds and barren trees, and across
the gloom of its shaded scenery, all
silently they pass before us, faces we
shall see no more. Life is a battle at
beHt. In marching through it we have
to face tempests oftener tlvan we find
flowers. Those who die young are
wrongly reckoned unfortunate. They
only reach home ahead of the rest of us,
and get in sooner out of the storm.
Secret sorrows increase with the years.
“The world lias less of brightness,
And the earth a ghastlier whiteness
Evory year."
And the mythical old man was more
of a philosopher than a poet when he said:
“I lmvo seen yon wintry sun
Twice forty times return;
And every time but added proof
That man was made to mourn.”
The shadowy night, which comes so
regularly to swathe our baby planet in
blackness, is only n girdle of atmospheric
crape which nature ties about a congre
gated world of mourners,
Nobody but an inspired writer could
ever have said, "Much heart knoweth
its own bitterness.” That one little sen
tence stands in the place of the ten
thousand volumes it would require to de
scribe the degrees and kinds of bitterness
of which tlie human heart is suscepti
ble. It may be the bitterness of a re
pentance that came too late; it may be
the bitterness that finally, crystalizes
over the soft but rayless sad
ness of an unrequited love; it
may be the bitterness thut
hangs about the haunting memory of a
near oneand adearone,whom we crushed
with coldness, and learned too late that
'we never prise the music till the sweet
voiced bird bus flown." But whatever
the specific cause may be, the bitterness
is there, only to go out with the candle
of life. God help the people who have a
secret sorrow. Ttie world can’t do it.
But even the bearers of bitterness in
the heart, even the victims of a secret
sorrow, may have one dream of sweet
ness that will come to pass by and by.
Some day under the sound of a song
that no man can sing, and in the pres
ence of a multitude that no man can
number, and in front of a throne that
stands in the midst of a sea of glass, the
angels will unbuckle every burden from
the chafed and bending shoulders of
those who have accepted the invita
tion, “Come unto Me,” and who have
found the Tromiser of “I will give you
rest.” Then the repentance that came
too late will he turned into the “repent
ance that necdetli not to be repented of;”
the bitterness that hangs about the
memory of those we wronged and crush
ed will be blotted out by their presence
and forgiveness; and those upon whom
our love was wasted here may lofe us
there with a love that is undefiled by
flesh. Secret sorrows may gnaw, but
they cannot annihilate. And they will
be cast out like unclean spirits when we
stand in the presence of Him whose shad
ow is brighter than focalized suns, and
of whom the prophet said, “lie shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes."
PURCHASING AND PAYING.
It would be well if society dispensed
her frowns and her censures with some
what more of judgment and discrimina
tion tlvan she is wont to do. In the mat
ter of honesty, for instance, she wakes up
suddenly to hear of some serious breach
of trust, or uulooked for defalcation, and
is as indignant and condemnatory as the
occasion demands; but for the many
lesser delinquencies that have gone be
fore, and led up to the greater, society
has only an indulgent smile. In the mat
ter of debt, especially, there is quite too
loose a rein given, and too low a standard
held up. Because it is sometimes neces
sary to contract debts, the limits of that
necessity are continually overstepped,
and society takas no note of the offense.
Both men and women frequently pur
chase what they have no present means
nor reasonable prospect of paying for,
some trusting to future good fortune to
enable them to discharge the obligation,
and some (possibly not many) with no
intention or expectation of paying at all.
Of course, the latter, judged by their mo
tives, are far more censurable than the
former, and society would not openly
Uphold them were their true character
open to its gaze. But the former, who
comprise a very large class, are seldom
censured by any one, and arc received
into every circle without a shadow of dis
approval. Yet if we examine their prin
ciple of action we shall find that it un
dermines the foundation alike of
social welfare and of honorable char
acter. Whoever trusts these delin
quents, be be tradesman, physician, land
lord or laborer, is liable not only to
great annoyance, but often to be render
ed unable to pay his own just debts as
they come due; and thus a whole train
of similar defaults follow, involving much
suffering, much injustice, much injury to
business, and much temptation to still
grosser forms of delinquency. In order
to provide for these probable losses it is
found necessary to charge higher prices
for goods and for services, thus inflicting
a tax upon every customer to pay for the
dishonesty ofsoine. Both in this, and in
more indirect ways, honest people are
forced to pay the debts of the delinquent;
and, though they may not be conscious of
it, they are actually poorer for every act
of bad faith and for every unpaid debt in
the community.
As to the effect upon character of this
habit of purchasing without paying, it is
wholly disastrous. The very first neces
sities of character are uprightness and
integrity. Whatever tends to weaken
these debases and corrupts character.
He who intends, if possible, to cheat
another out of his just dues has, of
course, forfeited all claim to respect, and
accepts the situation, but the many more
who hope to pay their debts, without
seeing any present prospect of doing so,
and yet continue to incur them, are
strangely oblivious to the fact that they,
too, are on the downward road that leads
t the destruction of botli character and
reputation. It is the primary lesson of
dishonesty—the beginning of a system
of self-training in every kind of faithless
ness. Neither can they confine this in
jury to their own moral character; their
influence goes far and wide to
spread the evil, and no one can estimate
how much of the fraud, knavery and
guilty practices of the world owe their
origin to this first fatal step. The liberty
and independence of the individual,
which is tlie pride of our country, arc in
evitably crashed by this practice. No
one can hold up his head with a joyous
sense of freedom while lie has debts that
he cannot pay, aud liabilities that he
cannot meet. If the “borrower is ser
vant to the lender,” much more is the
d 'htor servant to the creditor. There is
no slavery more abject, no bonds more
calling than those which debt gradually
winds around its unconscious victim.
If such are the results of tlie habit of
purchasing without paying, is it not time
that social opinion condemned it? If
society placed under ban people who
were tints culpable, if it stamped such
conduct with disapproval and disgrace,
it. would do much toward raising tlie in
tegrity of tlie nation to a higher standard
ami preventing those grosser forma of
fraud that are so greatly lamented among
us. Let it be considered alike dishonest
and disgraceful to enjoy a single luxury
at the expense of justice, to contract un
necessary debt without tlie moans of dis
charging it. Let our friendly cordiality
extend to the man who chooses to eat
plain food, to wear a coarse garb, and to
live in an humble homo that are truly
his own, because honestly paid for, rather
than to liini who lives softly and deli
cately and is surrounded by beauty and
art, while be postpones his payments,
eludes bis debts aud lives a servile de
pendent on the charity or indulgence or
patience of his creditors.
FOR SALE.
A substantial Six-Room Residence, centrally
located; qunrter-acie lot; convenient to business,
churches, schools and street railroad. Owner
removing from tlie city, and will sell cheap for
cash, or on time.
Temperance Hall.
The Wilkersou Residence.
The Harrison place, Beallwood.
Store No. 1*13 Broad Street.
Quarter-Acre Lot north Second Avenue,
FOB ZRzZEZrsTT.
Rooms over Singer Machine Office.
Six-Room Dwelling, Rose Hill.
Col. Holt’s Store and Dwelling, near Swift’s
Mill.
L. H. CHAPPELL,
Broktr, Rial Ltalc and Insurance Agent,
dtr
R EGULAR MEETING to-morrow (Monday)
evening at 8 o’clock. Transient brethren in
good standing are cordially invited to attend.
J. F. WISE, N. G.
F. W. LOUDENBER. Sec’y. mb28aelj
Must Be Sold.
Tlie Allen Bios’ Stock Is SI Large,
AND MUST BE CONVERTED INTO
CASH AT ONCE!
We intend making such prices that buyers will see at
once the advantage of making their purchases of us while
this bargain sale continues. Remember we have added sev
eral thousand dollars’ worth of new goods to this stock, and
all to be included in this bargain sale.
Dress Goods,
Velvets,
Dress Goods.
Velvets,
Dress Goods,
Velvets.
Dress Goods,
Velvets.
Dress Goods,
Velvets.
Dress Goods,
Velvets.
Dress Goods.
Velvets.
Domestics,
Domestics,
Domestics,
Domestics,
1888 Corsets at Prices
Flannels,
Table Linens,
Flannels,
Table Linens.
Flannels,
Table Linens,
Flannels,
Table Linens.
Flannels,
Table Linens.
Flannels,
Table Linens.
Flannels.
Table Linens.
Domestics,
Domestics.
Domestics, Domestics.
no other houses can sell.
Wraps! Wraps ! Wraps! Wraps! Wraps!
We have the largest stock of these goods in the city, from the
common up to the finest, and assure you if you will examine
our stock and prices you will readily see we are offering
them at 33d per cent less than can be bought elsewhere.
The balance of our stock of Millinery, Feathers, Plumes
and Ornaments will be closed out at any price.
JAMES A. LEWIS,
1012 BROAD STREET,
Two doors above Rankin House, - Columbus, Ga.
N. B.—To any one wishing to engage in the Dry Goods business I will sell them
the entire stock, fixtures, &c., on favorable terms; also rent them the Store, which is
the best fitted for the business of anv in the citv. se&wtf
At KIRVEN’S
FRESH ARRIVALS.
The Luca Bustle, the latest and best.
Ladies’ and Children’s Jersey Jackets. Call for our Chil
dren's Norfolk Jerseys.
The best all-wool Five Dollar Newmarket in the city.
The. best. Five Dollar all - wool Blankets in Columbus.
Choice stock Hamburg Edgings and Insertions, white, red
and blue. They are scarce and hard to get.
New stock of Knit Underwear.
New stock of Jewelry. New stock of Ladies' Trunks.
Call for our Ladies’ French Ribbed Hose, unbleached, at
25c; they are well worth 40c.
New stock Embroidered Flannels.
New stock Plaid Nainsooks for Aprons at 10c and 121c.
Our Dress Goods in wool, also silk fabrics, is being con
stantly replenished and added to. ■
Our five-buiton Kid Gloves at 50 cents are not trash, but
fresh goods.
A small lot Children s Wraps left over from our last win
ter stock will be sold at a sacrifice
J. A. KIRVEN & CO.
Rankin House Stable,
In Rear of Rankin House, on First Avenue.
Sale, Feed and Livery Stables,
New Turnouts; Showy, Gentle Horses, Qareful Drivers.
WAGON AND CARRIAGE REPAIR SHOP.
I am still running my Shop on Wynn’s Hill, and will continue to do all kinds of
Carriage and Wagon Work on short notice.
WILLIAM M. AM.OS.
nov21tf
Lucky Chances
Come to those who are prepared. This fen (to
many so disastrous) has been more than favora
ble to Urge dealers with ready cash, who sell at
ruling prices. Those who corry stock from year
to yeur, waiting for the better time that never
comes, fail to Mnderstand why they are dis
tanced by competitors who seli each season’s
stock the season bought. To no department do
these remarks apply with more force than to
BLANKETS!
Our resident New York buyer was fortunate in
securing a manufacturer’s slock, of which ha
sent us a part, and we offer for the week:
100 Pairs 10 4 While Blankets
at $1.00.
100 Pairs 10-4 White Blankets
at $3.00.
75 Pairs 10-4 White Blankets
(strictly all wool) $3.75.
75 Pairs 11-4 White Blankets
at $4.50.
75 Pairs 10-4 White Blankets
at $4.75.
50 Pairs 11-4 White Blankets
at $5.00.
60 Pairs 10-4 White Blankets
at $6.00.
25 Pairs 12-4 White Blankets
at $9.50.
50 Pairs 10-4 Red Blankets
at $4.75, strictly all. wool.
BED COMFORTS,
25 Bales of Bed Comforts,
ranging in price from 65c to
$3 50.
SPECIAL:
We have just opened three
cases of Unbleached Canton
Flannel, which we offer at 7c
per yard. Come and see tor
yourself whether it does not
beat any 10c Flannel to be
found in the city.
Sternberg&LoGwenherz
LEADERS OF
Low Prices.
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1st Mortgage Extension
1 Pt Ct Bonds, due 1908
Total Issue Only $5,000 Per
Mile.
Interest Payable in JANUARY AND JULT
IN THE
CITY OF NEW YORK,
Or at the Company’s Office, Americas, Ga.
Having been appointed finantial agent for the
sale of the above bonds, I am now offering a
limited amount of them at par and accrued in
terest, and commend them to any one desiring a
safe and urofitable investment.
Full information will be furnished on applica-
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