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P ■ < .> M A DEWoLF. THOMAS Rir.HBRT.
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NOON DISPATCHES.
rEIBGK.4Pl«C ITEMS. I
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New Mexico, Dec. 20.—An attempt, to
® % Arrest certain parties across the Mexican !
I line, resultea , , t -s|- 8 f ihfl shprff ‘ miH
igf another.
New York, Dec. 20 .—Eighty leading
■ firms in this city have signed a protest
■ It addressed to the United States Senate,
■ against a „r,„t ep. o ,fti,o hank rant R law ’ t,nt
■ the law needs amendment .
admitting io
S 1 many of its provisions.
The transfer of the Pacific and Atlan
tic telegraphic lines to the Western Union
was i.j stardav qi de p ac ,g c .
■ 2 and Atlantic . has oflOO r nntes , or - . tine ana ,
1 10,0011 miles of wire.
London, Dec. 20.— Special dispatches
ll ■ from Madrid say there is great rejoiciug
H there over a rumor that the Government
of the r* united , ^ fttawea mis ueoiaea tnevir v
m H
ginius was not entitled to carry the Amer-
1 I lean flag. 1’he Times, commenting on
. flj , report, says : “Such a decision would
' tie consistent with truth and justice” p,’
I iue r , report r that mat Ruvfimlrl caunoi j, oune ri,„ r tenon e
Legation at St. Petersburg, has been
• A ... j pointed Minister to Washington, is con
I firmed.
■ New York, Dec. 20.—Brooklyn investi
_ I show , trauduieu , , , coroner .
gallons many si
|S inquests and C23 bogus small pox cases.
Yhe Virgin!us has three feet of water
1 in the hold and is leaking.
A revenue cutter, en route from Key
West for Savannah, has gone ashore.
CUBAN NB MS TAT UK BOBBED.
Havana, Dec. 20.— The office of the
■I | ^ morning, Diario was and entered the by administer burglars early ana this nib
I nephew lied, gagged, and then- lives
* threatened. Tne burglars, after securing
about $28,00, decamped. ■
3IAHKETS Hi TMLEGHA Fit. |
j
Money Market. |
London, Dec. 20—Noon.—Small sides j
:■ o American 86p securities; prices " unchanged;
Erie
Paris, December 21).—Bentos 58f. and
I olio.
1 New York, Dec. 20 — Noon.—Stocks
1 -f dull. loans, 7 Gold opened cent. bid. at 110i Gold ‘Money 11 j. E.- no
1 per 9J.
change du.l and-lower. long 8^; State short bonds Governments quiet.
Cotton Markets.
1 Liverpool, Dec. 20 Noon. Cotton
I easier but not quotabiy lower; Uplands <
1 I 8|; Orleans aud 8$<§>8}; sales 10,000; Uplands, specu- ,
J lation export 2,000. not |
below good ordinary, shipped November,
December and January, 8|d |
I Later.-Sales include b,500 American, _ j
| Up ands, nothing below good ordinary, j
deliverable in January and February, fefd. j
New York, Dec. 20 Noon. Cotton i
quiet; sales 500; Dplands 18c; Orleans :
lGfc. follows: December j
Futures opened as 15|; February i
1 15|: January 15f; March 15 5-16, 16 3-32. 16^; April j |
| 15 13-16,
16 9-16. ! -
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Provision Marlcets, j
New Yoke, December 20.—Flour dull i
and heavy. Wheat quiet and declining. I
j Corn dull and unchanged' Pork quiet; i
J§ mess $16. Lard heavy; steam 8 1-16. I
GEORGIA NEWS. j
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■ Atlanta . , . had , received . , 39,526 „„ , bales , of , i
| cotton up to Friday; LuGrange 7,973; |
Albany, 14,077. j j
Rome is supplied with water pumped
by steam from a well of great depth aud
size, and the Commercial says: The
1 water works engine has been in use since
November 14, 1871, aud has raised over
84,000,000 gallons of water without cost¬
ing a cent for repairs. It was made in
Rome by Messrs. Noble Brothers & Go.,
,j and Mr. -Junius George is the engineer.
There is a local sensation in Carroll
county about the burying of a box of
gold in the vicinity of Carrolton during
the war, and the proceedings of two men
last week, who are supposed to have found
it. The story goes that a wealthy Virgin¬
ian, early in the war, sent his two sons
South to sell a number of slaves and con¬
vert the money into gold; that they sold
them for about $40,000,and conceivingthe
idea of appropriating the money to them¬
selves,buried itnear Carrollton and report¬
ed to their father that they had been rob
bed; that one of them was afterwards killed
in battle, aud the other, before dying in a
hospital, revealed the place where the
treasure was concealed; and that the two
men seen prospecting rn the vicinity were
in search of it and found it. It is said that
one of holes which they dug presented
exactly the appearance as if a box or bar¬
rel had been taken from it. The Carroll¬
ton I'imes of the 19th devotes a column
and a half to the subject.
Jim Cooper, colored, who killed John
Morgan, also colored, was convicted of
murder by the Superior Court, of Rich¬
mond county, ou Thursday, and sentenced
to be hung on the 13th of February. The
evidence showed that a party of negroes
were loudly singing in the neighborhood
of Cooper’s house ou the night of the
6th of August, that he ordered them off,
and soon thereafter shot at them, killing
Morgan.
THE CALIFORNIA SEN AT OR SHIV
San bAN Frarcisco iRANCiseo, Dec Lieu 17-It 11. 1 is ’ Conce- WM
ded on all sides that senatorial matteis.
are in a critical position. There will
be balloting m joint convention to-day.
Kchtt^en^ueu^e^ed^ but eignt or teu men oeiievetl to be tie sound sound
of CtT 1 11 “rS * ? a : m TZ 1
u hoped they may yet , come to his s side. J
The Republicans m caucus last night at
tof for th*e the Senate*forf benate foi a short short term^ term.
Later. In joint, onven ion a Sacra
mento the first ballot was Booth, 57; Far¬
ley, 41; Shaffer, 28.
The fact that Booth gained one vote in
joint convention over the vote yesterday
in the Senate and Assembly Mr. has made the
railroad party desperate, Cole has
withdrawn. Another ballot will be taken
to morrow. It is reported the opponents
of Mr. Booth and the people are using
money lavishly, hoping to prevent him
from getting four votes which are neces¬
sary to elect him.
Columbus Cotton Market.
Market dull—iuw middling 14o.j d j ‘
if iT-i >4J A DAILY SUN
VOL. XIX.
THE DAUGHTER'S DOVER.
By Ernest Legouve.
.. ,h* „/• /hr Aradrmipv nf
i ari . held the UUh of last October the little Z
subjoined ’
rea ' d aloud bo Us author ‘
I#
There was a time when, according to
onr old usages, a young girl’s dowry chaplet con
sisted of nothing more than a of
roses. That period is long ago. dower
In these days, the question of is
,he niain pouitin marriages, and gives
rise in the domestic circle to
scenes, that may be droll, or sad, or pa
thetic. It is one of these that I desire to
bring here before you
Dome in, if yon please, to the sanctum
oi M. Desgranges, iu his house at Villen
euve baint-txeorges. M. Desgranges, talk- a
merc Uaut retired from business, is
mg by the fireside with his wife and his
daughter, and the talk is extremely ani
mated, and it is all about a marriage. A
yonnK architect. M- Henry Grandval ha-,
listed the baud of Madeleine, with whom
be is in love, and who is in love with him.
bo far, nothing plainer. But M. Grand
val senior will tec his sou many only a
B' id two hundred thousand francs, and
M. Desgranges will give his daughter on
iy 006 hund,-ed thousand. His wife
presses him to yield, his daughter tender
Iy beseeches him, but he refuses point
blank. A practical man and a firm moving one is
M. Desgranges, and there is no
him against nis will. Good Madame Des
granges belongs to that can’t tribe speak of soft-na
tured mothers who of her
child without a certain choking in her ut
terance. She insist, she prays, and then,
finding her husband inflexible, she rises
from her seat, and says to him, indignant
ly: wish know
“M. Desgranges, do you to
just what I think of you? You have nei¬
ther heart, nor bowels !”
“No doubt of that, my dear! ”
g eir ; a: >
'
Taut . Thy dnugll tor ter' mother S executioner,-twere shouidst right
her thou now pre
A pare ghostly festival!’”
“M. Desgranges!”
“Madame Desgranges!”
“Do you kilbw, sir, that with your iron
ical indifference you will end by putting
me beyond myself, character!” by driving me entire
ly out of iny
“Provided, m.y dear, that you don’t go
back into it again !” gently suggested M
D “Yh ^ffis
‘Lough, is too much
mamma, enmigh!” will said Mad
eieizie, rising ° in turn, “I not be the
canse of su h language between he my fa
ther and yourself. And, since does
not believe that he ought to do what we
added she, beginning to cry,
“ B in ce fi e refuses what we so much de
wre> a n<i what would be the happiness of
jq,. l]r y a)K ] n jy ge ]f.__”
., She iH ory - ng fcXc i al m 0 d Madame
Desgranges-“0 V S mv child! my litMe dar
hng ^ A nd this doesn’t move yo mon
You cau Kee Ler t / au hear
her Bay with that 8weet voic of he rs that
|, er happiness is involved—and remain
indexible ? '
“What would you, my dear? When I
see a W(jLuaI1 0 ry, I’m always on my
6 ,.uard.”
“How so?”
“It’s not my fault that I remember it.
In the early days of our marriage, wanted you
used to cry so often when you to
get something out of me, that I always
look now upon femiuiue tears as a sort of
investment,”
“O pupa, papa!” exclaimed Madeleine,
“how can yon mistrust my sorrow ? You
don’t believe, theu, that I’m in love with
p, enry
“Of course I do.”
“Henry is good ftnd clever. You say
yonrselt that he has a fine prospect before
him as an architect.
“That’s true.”
“His father, M. de Grandval, is a
man—”
“Of the highest honor.”
“Well, theu ?”
"Yes, well then?” chimed in Madame
Desgranges. “Weil, then, her him, and
let marry
with my consent, and a hundred thuu
sand tranos for dowry. But, as to the
two hundred thousand that M. de Grand
v ii asks—no !"
“Why ?” replied Madame Desgranges.
“Why ! That's charming. Because I’m
not rich enough to give two hundred
thousand francs to my daughter, without
crippling myself.”
“Yon will have enough, all the same.”
“Enough! That’s too little.”
“At your age, one bas no longer any
wants.”
“On the contrary, each advancing year
brings a further want with it. There’s
notan infirmity that is not I a source have of ex¬
pense: my sight fails, must spec-
tacles ; my legs glow feeble, I must have
a carriage’; my hair falls India-rubbers out, I must have and
a wig ; and then the
flannel! Why, the flannel alone will cost
hundred francs pernunum. ”
a
“But—’
“No, no; let youth be poor. Thais
just. That’s its lot Is it, in fact, in
want of any thing? What matters a
good supper and a good lodging, when
one has rest? While, as for old age—
‘’You're not ofd, said Madame Des
granges, amiably.
“Oh, oh ! The ease is grave, if you re
going to flatter me.
“Come, come, let’s ^ see, ^ continued . she,
in a coaxing tone. “Lei’s reason about
it. After ail, what is the question? Just
some slight reductions in our made of liv
ing—our having for iustance one servant
less/’
‘Exactly so. !"
“ W ell, so much the better
“ho much the worse! lmiazy. I like
to be waited on.
"And you grow heavier, and are get
ring fat, while, if you waited a little on
y0 "' 8 ° lf ’.. } " OU WOUld re01 “ U a0t * Ve
young— about that!
j | -1 don’t care
,. But x care about «_for your sake!
, qt’s the same of our table, suppose we
* er6 J° retrenCh °“® dmh at OUr dla ‘
uor —
,';f‘. atal1 ' IWOU,t bf,VeU - rm 8
glutton. “That’s sin, paps! observed
a
ieine
1 bat * ™y pleasant sin and 1
have so few of that sort left me. My dear
; good appetite! Why I never notice the
coining on of dinner-time without seeing
oefore my eves as it were iu a dream—
the bill-of-fare, without saying to myself,
Ha. ha, what delirioo* dish of sweets
will my wife have in,, uded for me to
dav ?’ For I must do vou justice on that
point; you have a good deal of imagine
‘.ion in the matter of sweet dishes.”
“Yes, yes!” answered Madame Des
granges, in gentler tone, flAtered by this
compliment to her house-keeping abih
ties, “but what happens? That you eat
too ranch. You do yourself harm. You
become all flushed. The doctor says that
this will work badly for you ; while, with
simpler far*, In keeping eober—”
COLUMBUS, GA., SUNDA Y, DECEMBER 21. 1873.
•£tJ3£
head clear—in short, you would lie really
better.”
“Yes, yes; ■ mens sana in eorpore
sano
“ That ,s to «*y, that, if you havei any
«°““^-sens e , you ought to thank
mine for the dowry that you are giving
| her, for yon then prolong your life in this
world, and insure your salvation in the
other?”
”0 papa, papa!"
; “Come, come,” continuedjMadsme Des
granges, imagining that her husband was
,
! giving way, “I know you well. Yonr
heart, after all, is in the right place. AU
these little privations will be so much
satisfaction to yon. Tell me, wouldn’t
you be only too happy to shed your blood
for your daughter ?”
-Yes, yes, I know ; the pelican story I
But it seems that it isn’t true.”
At this moment the young suitor walks
in. Seeing him, Madelein runs up to
him, and takes mm by the hand.
“Come, Henry, come! Unite with us.
Papa is beginning to let himself be
touched.”
I? said DeRgraugetj.
“Oh, sir!” commences the young man,
with emotion; but ail at once M. Des
granges “Zounds! turns sharply upon in him: right
you come at the mo
meat. You bring me back to myself,
Why, you can’t have any heart, girl young
man! What, to have so pretty a in
love with you, bo good, so well-iuformed,
so affectionate, and you're not willing to
marry her if she has only a hunched thou
sand francs?”
* “But, !”
papa yon.—Ah, when
“He is bargaining for
I married your mother, she was worth
fifty thousand francs less than you are!”
‘‘‘What 1” exclaimed Madame Desgran
ges had fifty thou
“I meant to say that she
sand francs less than you—and I
hesitate, notwithstanding.”
“Neither do I hesitate a moment, re
plied Henry, eagerly. dear.”
“It is bis father who refuses, my
“Yes,” says Madeleine, “it is his
ther. As for himself, he doesn t care the
least for your fortune. He has told me
twenty times that he would take me with
out any dowry; that he would even pre
fer my not having any.”
“And it is true!” cried the young man.
“Yes—yes ; one says all that—I said it,
too, myself—but inwardly—’’
“What!” exclaimed Madame
gas, petulantly, “it wasn't true then ?”
“What is true is, that I hold the max
ini to be an extremely stupid one, which
says that fathers ought to sacrifice them
selves for their childreu.”
“Sacrifice yourself!” said Madeleine.
“•Tust as if we would consent to that !
Why, wouldn’t the money remain with
you?” can't ^ be
“Ta, ta, ta! money in two
places at once. If I give it to yon, I lose
it; and if I don’t give it to you, I keep it.
It’s clear as daylight.”
“But, papa!” settled.
“My views on this point are his chil¬
A father ought to be richer than
dren.”
“What does it matter who is the rich
er?” says Madame Desgranges. “Will
not their house be ours ?”
“By no means whatever! A father
never ought to put himself into a state of
dependeuce on his children ; and this for
the children’s own sake, to prevent their
becoming papa,” ungrateful.” ejaculated Madeleine, “how
“O
can you dare to say so?”
“Your good little heart, child, revolts
,it such a word.”
-Yes, indeed; you hurt my feeliugs
sadly ! ’
“I believe so ; I believe in the siuceri
:y of your indignation ; but—”
‘
“For whom cau you take us, sir ?” ask
od Henry.
“For young persons of good heart and
ight feeling; and it is for that very rea
sou that I am unwilling to spoil you Did
you ever near speak of a play called ‘King
U « ? '”
“hy Shnkempeare? ,
“Precisely. Well, do you know what
he is, this King Lear? An old tooI, who
only met with the fate he deserved. As
or the lathes, his daughters, Shakespr-e
all obskespeare mistake, as he is made one
■rand which was in picturing
hem wicked from the outset. fiat
ought to have been was to have shown
hem corrupted by the absurd prodigality
of (heir father and led on to ingratitude
:.y wnat he did for them. TUac is tne
..ruth ; for, m fact, if you suppress tbe
benefits conferred, there is no more in
latitude. Now, as I have as much solic
Hide for your perfection as my wife has
for my improvement, I refuse out-and
ut to impoverish myself for you, lest
' you should be exposed to temptation.”
“But-”
“There are no buts. My mind is made
•,p.—Henry, go and talk to your father,
uid try to make him renounce his proton
.,on. What the deuce! it is easier to ab
tain/rom asking a hundred thousand
than it is to give them ”
rancs
“But,” said Madeleine, “if he does not
succeed in convincing bis father ?”
“It will be because he does not love
• ou well enough. In that case I shall not
.nourn for hftn.”
‘Monster! egotist! materialist! cried
, nnsorM»i»ea
/„ with you ! away with you!’’
“ Adi Henry!’’ said Madeleine.
tlJS ^ademeiseUe, au. revoir 1 Your
-. atberi. right. I shomd not be worthy
vou not wm you f
“Av, ay. young man, that’s well said,
und repIa "c e s you in my regard. I won’t
give you a sou the more for it, but I like
” Be off—and back
ou tde better. come
'
m j»
mon th after the above scene the
?er, neople were married A vear at
Madame Desgranges was godmother.
^ i.t.r the^’endof^th?ee llasuranwi wm mill
^q/ung At househo'ld vears we find
and theffid, the par
• the children installed in the pret
j . a , Villeneu-e-Saint-Georaes.
| • , ., ^ jq enr ,, Grandval
was an architect ; bnt to speak of Rum/est a young
1 nartibus' t n( , nften alas ’all 1 to arrifts an
! uehitect ‘^^XtoCte in Of arch,! the
| ' are certaiulv the
Let a uoet be ever so poor dribble he can
: always J find a pen wherewith to
i .nnsieian sheet hisnS of ruled
iinainter :^onWbffih“n^nr brush » and a of
P ’ a a scrap canvas im’
^"hflefi . nf doW n his tC metorai “ “
, mfa.ffi has a Iffft q”
I
’ d plots of eround
; d „ h , nf . d stone an
1 '
i : tab j *' e tor'buildine. No one builds a
ir t ^ e sa jj. e Q f t ^ e architect • and
,..^ t is intrusted, in this line, to a young
, He is master of an art, and he has
: ma *er‘ais for exercising it His pro
■ f ‘ ‘ 1(m js M coustruc t aud he has noth
^ ‘employment! g
. tinR f or His only efi
rntq ftre sma u proorietora. who having a
crevice to he filled up, or a window to be
p ierce d, or a wall to be propped, .end
architect in a small one' wav. jus. as. ...
ta .,es of indisposition, sends for an
humble practitioner of medicine, with the
view of getting The advice more cheaply.
b U ob was condition of Henry Grand
vah
By way of compensating himself for
these wretched little jobs, which he called
his bread-and-cheeae work, he employed
his rare talent as a draughtsman and wa
ter-colorist in drawing piaus of country
seats, in competing for all great public
: reconstructions, and iu sending out, in all
tuitttble directions, his designs to: out
fi ce s of general utility. At the same
. time, as he made very just pretension to
being a practical no less thaD an artistic
i man, he joined to his drawings emblem
atic devices, sections, and models,
: reflected the highest honor on the thor
| ; oaghness of hia at adieu, but which had
the one grand inconvenience of costing
< him a great deal of mouey. He had to
: „ ay the geometricians, to puy the meas
urers, to pay the verifiers, so that he ex
‘ pended on these projects for construction
all that the repairs brought him in. He
laid out on poetry ‘ what he picked up in
prose.
j-lis budget was made up, as has been
! hinted, from his wife's dowry and his
j own, which together brought him in an
income that would have been amply sutfi
eieat for a citizen of olden time. But an
j artist! beautiful! a man It that is likes dear everything business, that this is
a
. u, ve 0 f the beautiful. There is a chance
of getting a bit of antique tapestry buying ; how
.canyon resist the delight of it?
One reads the description of a remarka
ble monument recently discovered; how
can one help going to see it ? Artistic
. pilgrimages But are what all bat an obligation for
artists. is most ruinous for
them is the reduced prices. Think of
those immense advertisements placarded
i upon the walls, setting forth, in huge red
letters these cabalistic words: “A
Month’s Tour in the North of Italy, with
(Stops at the Principal Cities__One hnu
dred and Fifty Francs!” Only a hnu
• dred and fifty francs! It is so cheap!
j Yet there is nothing that does so much
; mischief as cheapness. These enormous
puffs are as immoral as the excliange
'shops; and you can just so much the
] aaf ; resist the temptation as vou have the
| air of heiug reasonable in yielding to it.
o ur young household, then, gave way
pre Uy often; and if to this you add that
; ill,, husband was very much in love with
j hia wife, and consequently desired that
[ Hde should be charming and well got up;
j i hearing in mind, also, that., in three
years, jfie they had indulged themselves in
j 1 daughter, luxury of will a little easily son understand and a little that,
j you
during tbe latter part of the quarter, they
.,vere verv apt to be in difficulties_diffi
j culties that broke the heart of tbe excel
i ; erd Madame Desgranges, and drew up
on Hie head of M. Desgranges a deluge
I prayers and invectives.
| “I beseech yon, my dear, to add some
thing to their dower.”
; “j shall take good care not to do it,"
j was the answer of M. Desgranges. “I
[congratulate myself too sincerely on the
j course I adopted. My system is too
j to t, e changed.”
“Is it possible that yon have the heart
to see them thus embarrassed, and to
Joave them so?”
"Are thev embarrassed?”
“Frightfully, my dear."
"Bo muet the better. My son-in-law
will take all the more pains to find em
players.”
“But they don’t come, these employ
a \n.’'
“All the more cause for working hard
to procure them."
“They have additional burdens besides
their own.”
“Additional sources of happiness, you
mean." And, as Madame Desgranges
made a gesture of despair, Let’s “Come, talk come,
wife, no outburst,. it over
, Supposing that three years ago I
b id given francs’more, my daughter a hundred thou
h sn j as yon wished, what
would have happened ?"
„ u won2d uave ” replied
Madame Desgranges, ® with mingled indig
'
. , i(m afl(i atho o that instaa( , of hvjn
iu a 8tat e of privation, as they have been
c )mpe i Ied to live for thwe ,- e ars, instead
, , dt , nyj!lg themselves evervtbiim—”
“Stop, stop, my * dear, permit me. It
twema io roe—
“ It 8eeinH t o you, indeed ? Well, then,
vou id you have me t-U yon? When I am
v ith t fi em at their hoUl0 when I ht;6 their
r hlUe modeBt table _j Uiit 8 Hingie
. ; ,sh of meat, just one vegetable, and no
s.veets whatever—aud when I come home -
8 :id find yon, yes, vou, seated there eom
; , rta bly ' with your’chiu almost upon the
( jW1 tu ’ with yiml , e xer-llent l.roiied
t , lckeM a nd v our patridges larded-for
, wugt ueeds have theui !arded now _”
•
>Vnat jwould . , „ t As
you, my near one
”' Ve) • h ’ 8 hurtB “* e mn ' :h , ; * .
>P~ myself at every good mouthful ,
, „
.7 “I hnd our conduct revolting. „
“’ e C1 “’ a>i good wife, which anu come
'■*<*■ to the question from vou
, “ lVe completely wandered off Follow
« .y argument, if you are ume. We are.
1 - da Y, at the 15th of November. Our
<. llI g hter > «on-.n-.aw, theu two chil
«•-«>.. their tw<) f'’ants, have been
! »» f country-house since the 13th
“ August-that is to say, three mouths
8 ' d two days; and they reckon on re
. lining here they, their children, and
; :S “ servants—Until the period of our
* aving, which will neon the 20th of
^er ”
VVe11 ' would yon reproach them
f -r staying with us now ? Are you going
i> complain of wnat their presence cost
;? m ? Have you any idea of exiling them
i om your home from my home ?-Oh,
" 8It a moment, I beg
“Wife, wife!
“Depriving me of the sight of ray ohil
iiren—my only consolation iu life 1"
“Thank you!”
“l'es—yes, I know you. You are capa
1 le of declaring that the children make
« a. much noise! Foot pets, whose little
jices are so sweet, and whose little steps
«« 80 of grace !”
“But who says anything to the contra
r T? exclaimed M. Desgranges, unpa
t-ently. “Do let me speak, and once
ore f° do ' v U P my reasoning. Why
^e onr daughter and onr son-in-law
een with UR for three mouths aud two
“ ‘ys, and why will they stay with us until
1 of December ?”
" A P rt,u y question ! —Because they
1 ns! ^oanse they are happy ,n being
with ns! , b-eause they know how to make
riieirstsy pleasant to us ! because they
ere warm-hearted, sensitive—
"la short, just tbe reverse of myself!
1 80 ? ” 8aid «■ Binges, laugh
^ addio «. 88 ^
" lfu ’ Gome, come, let me give yon a
k,s8 ’ 1 c **u’t help adoring you, for you
hre never 03016 ^ au tw ^ ive >’ ears °* < ‘ •
"How !—I?— twelve?”
1 mean that you are and always will
be the same good creature, simple confi
<hng, credulous, whom I married with so
much satisfaction.
"Simple and credulous!” cried Madame
Desgranges, somewhat hurt. * Would
you pretend that our children are not ?
“Yes. my dear they are all that, and
still! But doyon suppose that your
! daughter, with her pretty face, that she
1 takes pleasure iu showing because it is a
! pleasure to look at it that your son-iu
j few. ^ “is artistic taates and hi. .magi
! nation, would leave Pan* and the enjoy-
month of its early winter; ami, portion
lady, that he would go there for his busi
ness every morning and return every
evening, all for toe sole delight of taking
a hand at piquet with a father who is be
ginning to be a little deaf, and a moth
er who would gain something in being
partially dumb?” v
“But what else can you imagine ?
What motive can you assign for their pro
longed stay with us?”
“My dear,” answered M. Desgranges,
laughing again, “when you were young,
i and had very beautiful hair, you were
enchanted at going into the country, so
that .he parting might have a test. Well,
our children aie delighted to stay here
and give a rest to their purse!”
“I’ve “Outrageous! Can you suppose—?’’
no grudge against them for it, I
do not accuse them, either, of ingrat’tude
or indifference! I am sure that, if they
had an income of t wenty thousand francs,
instead of ten thousand, they would love
us always—but not quite so long at a
: tone. In the same way, for instance, I
! don't koow any son-in-law the like of
mine. France, It is impossible to show more de¬
to pay more attention. He m-v
allows one of my auiversanes- -fet6~
! day, birth-day, wedding-day—to pass,
without hastening forward with an im
mense bouquet.”
“And you believe that interested nio
rives only—?’
“Ob, no, my dear, not interest alone—
no -no—an interest made up, half affec
tion, half calculated—an unconscious cal
nidation, of which one takes no account,
hut the existence of which I surmise,
originating profit, m a neiftssity by which I
while it does not vex nm in the
loasl !”
“Ah, you are really too bad. You dis¬
enchant—you take the poetry out of
everything! One most be capable of such
sentiments, in order to imagine them in
others! It is mostrottH !"
“By no means! I: is quite natural.
I TJW 1 bey people must make are very amends much somehow. in the w y. I
■
make amends by hospitality !”
“Bay at once that onr children take onr
house for an inn!”
“All, just so ; the 'Golden Lion !’ Here
ur « lodged and boarded certain embar
fussed children, desirous to economize
Have they spent too much upon theatres,
Tails, concerts?—‘Let’s go and puss a
week with papa !—Is one of the children
oat of sorts ? Send him or her into the
country, to pupa’s! And the child is
'‘cut—and they all come at the sume time
And, as they are received with open arms,
a, «l as they are spared ail expense, and as
papa has good quarters and a good table,
and as they find there good capons’and
8'*>d patridges that the egotistical father
is enchanted to share with his children,
w b. v - they come, and return, and remain
with pleasure!"
“Ah, how disgusting! He invests
everything love!” with egotism, even paternal
' But, suppose, on the other band,
continued AI. Desgrangan, without q>
pearing to have heard his wife, “suppose
tost I had doubled Madeleines dower,
according to your wish, what would have
happened? That si. this moment oit
; hiidrun, considering that our son-in-law
■ somewhat of an enthusiast, would not
perhaps be be much richer, while I should
a great deal poorer; that I could not
r - ceive and entertain them for so long a
tone, nor sowed; and'bat ihoy would
0 would >m0 let* frequemly to us, because they
be better off at home. Ah, my
'' nr, it our children had more mouey
1 “an ourselves, our daughter would have
discovered six weeks ago that ViUeutravo
SMnt-Georgtw "'l is too damp in the atUmun.
h would have feared for the children
i iit > effect o' the fogs ironi the river, while
W sou m-law would have declined that
tease d uly trips to Paris were affecting
his h<Jaltb - XinR !“«• iherefofe, to
‘ittsion, . which l dedicate to ah
f-tners w ho have marriageable daughters:
‘ lVw » :d •'«“ keep your children f-k«ep
>' mT Wonlt J “ave pleasure ip
v ' ur Rrinidohilorcn ., /—keep your money !
tor .t is thantot to the money that the fu
lne ot tbe fHiroly : Limt
father’s htrase remains the domestic
rallyiug-point—that is to say, au honora¬
ble and comfortable retreat for the aged ;
j io, the young, k place of refuge and en
.yiuent; for <h« babies, u nest, to which
liey will come m search of health, aud
I Kotiietinii s tor nurture more judicious
their mothers itiejn-iclvcs;
1, “’ » 11 ' m »kori, a oeuln aim a sanctuary
v «’eiu occur things to be remembereu
-wherein successive generations grow up
u> d grow old, ana wherein are perpetnu
traditiotiH of respect and affliction!
Call my foresight, it ‘my von wiil, calculation
i.-d peraonaiuy ; for part. 1 .rail it (be
,- l6 paternal love, that which consist i.
m iking children happier and better!
F t, note well, my dear, that mv son in
: ,i had. I am quite willing io believe it,
.... ,. r ythlng m favor of his becoming a
; ;ltern HOU . jB . ltlW . bnt , without this
, eM hl of wi bja goo(l , iIla lltu-s
. Aould ‘ ,,. rhupa j haV e remained in s l.ud
„ ^ HU ni / J o whoill <io eH he owe
, lh ha e bloowpd v Plaiu i v . to
„f , hu fable: 1 shat) not add
„ Me Holi fo daughter ‘ s dowry J”
III
| We have now reached the Both of No
,, , nbm< a fortnight inter, but still at Vil
l> ueuve-Haint Georgeh; tor, if, in this
sketch I have slightly violated the unity
>! time, I have at least respected tbe uni¬
ty of p.ace. The house of M. Desgrau
gos is all alive. Never has he himself
appeared so gay aud so happy, It is the
I •euty-fifth anniversary ot h:s wedding
<i iy.
“Wife,” said he to Madame Desgran
g.,s, “this is a day that must be worthily
celebrated. No economizing to-dav,
spread all sail! give us a dinner—just as
though I was an epicure! Madeleine, Ihaveparticu
lady recommended who has
been passing a day in Fans, I don’t know
u ii what affair, to return with her hus
band by the tour-o'clock train. She will
nnd in her room a pretty new dress,
which 1 would like her to wear to-day.
As for you, if yon still love me a little m
spite of my deficiencies, prove it; make
y .uraelf charming also Foton fordin
cer—and for the evening, for I have Hi¬
vited all the neighborhood—put ou. I say,
j „ ;V poor mothers diamonds They rep
r . we ni. in my eyes, all that I have most
j I t j, ■ VP me d in for this you—yon world ly !-ber, yourself, who who gave them
j worn than? for sake and h.rs-your
.nighter, who will wear them for ml
three of us!” And thereupon Mr.
j g , -tin. a nges walked off to conceal some sught
j » Why did not Madame Desgranges an
S wer him? Why did she remain some
time immovable and with her bend e-unk
d>wu? Why did her daughter, coming
carry her off to her own room, u
, tears? Whv was the son-in-law so gloomy all .
j Why did the dinner bell make mem
, r nee start ? Whv, on entering the diu
; ning-room, her did husband? the mother Whv give did a tioublee M. Des
a t
granges on observing it, utter reproach.' *
: words that were amiost a
Why! I be words themselves explain all
“You have. not got on yonr
monds! oned the father.
ply. the mother threw , ' "
; into the arm.i of her huabaui j
j daughter look his hand, and Yntted it,
NO, 9 6
his knees before him. You have not got
\ our diamonds, what have yon done with
them?” The wife and childreu were
lent. “You make no reply?”
tue father, in a haraher tone. “It is
then who must speak out. Yon have
them to cover the imprudence of your sou
ia-law! Yes. because he was pleased
associate himself with an ill-devised
enterprise, because lie had the
j Lilly to make himself responsible
- camps who have deceived him, you have
been obliged, in older to pay one-half
his debt—for he still owes twelve thou
sand francs—yon have been obliged to
tear away from me the dearest souvenir of
my poor mother, and the most
voucher of our own affection, and you
have even embitte the enjoyment of
(his special day ! Au, it is too bad!
Madame Desgranges endeavored to mut
ter excuses.
“That is enough !” said M. Desgranges,
interrupting her. “Here are the servants.
Go. take your places !”
Mother and children went silently to
the table; but suddenly, as she unfolded
her napkin. Madame Desgranges uttered
« loud exclamation. Her son-in-law did
the same thing, and both leaned over to¬
ward M. Desgranges, their eyos filled
with tears. Th« mother had found her
case of diamonds under her plate, ami tier
hon-in-low hail <lie twelve thousand francs
l e needed.
“Ah, my dear I”
“An, father?”
“It’s all right, it’s all right!” replied M.
Desgranges, disengaging himself from
embraces. “Y’ou willnothereaftercall me
an egotist. It seems that there was some
propriety in my foreBightjnndyou compre¬
hend at last that a father ought always to
ionium richer than bis children, weie it
o .ly—were it only, my dear ones, that be
i" ay be abie to help them at a pinch, and
save them from a catastrophe. Never¬
theless, Henry, don’t do the same thing
again, because I shall not be able to re¬
peat my part."
PRATT’S ASTRAL OIL
Absolutely sate. Perth tly odorless. Always
unifwiu. Illuminating without quaiitiee danger superior to
g ploding uti. Borns in any lamp of ex¬
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to the u^e oi voiatiJeamd dangerous
oils. h Its safety burning under qualities, every possible proved test, by and
-4 ntinued perfect families. are its
c use in over 300,000
Millions of gallons have been sold and no ac¬
cident—direotly or indirectly—has handling ever occur¬
red from burning, storing or >t.
The immense yearly loss to life ami property,
resulting in from the use of cheap appalling. and dangerous
oils the United States, is
The Insurance Companies ami Fire Connnis
sionors throughout the country recommend the
A STJEtAL as’ the best safeguard when lamps
& eused. Somi tor circular.
f or sale at retail by the trade generally, and
a< wholesale by the proprietors, UJ.1AKLE:- York.
PKATT & CO., 108 Fulton Street, New
kU‘^4 i)5lw6iu
Fair Warning.
rf lO those indebted to iue I desire to say, If
JL you don't p»y up or make satlstactory ar
r.'.-ligaments by the first of January next, I
positively will .ot credit you further,’and will
,i -ooeed To those to collect by law. paid do by that
i who have or pay up
t,iii', will extend every accommodation in my
p wer, and in order to induce settlements 1
w 'll pay my customers ou credit bill-,
I5c. for Middling Cotton
until the first of January next
I have in store and to arrive a full stock of
Groceries and Provisions,
! propose to soil as low as the lowest, FOR
SH. Very respectfully,
J* H, HAMILTON.
Oolttmbus,G u m Deo. io. 1878. eod&wjal
SILL ARP'S NEW BOOK l
PEACE PAPERS,’’—Cloth—
PRICE, $1.50.
rj TESSA MINE,” by Marlon Hftrland,OJoth f
price Buimlcafitle,” i|il 60.
“ui'timr by lJr. J. G. Holland,
eloth, price, ^1 76.
‘■ oik,” by MIrh Aloott, author u Llttle Wo
“Old •en ” cloth, pi ice, $1 60.
price. Kensimriou,” by Mias Thaci.ery, njicr,
olden $1 00.
*» - Lion ol GrHupora,” by Anthony Trol¬
“1 Two lope, Flung paper, price, for 75c. Fearl,” by Mortimer Col¬
h a
‘The ms, Maid paper, or Sker,” ice, 76c. filackmore,
o r by paper,
price. 76o.
“ il«8 IloiOthi’H Uharge.” by Prank Lew Ben
• del, paper, price Katharine ^1 00
** mo Soon,” by Macquolit, pa, er,
mdeent,” rice, 6oc.
“J by Mrs. Oiiphaut, paper, price,
i sc.
• J.oiiehu Ubillifigly,” by Lytiou, payer, price
f’U.
** \ f luip etoii,” by Uharle* Re.trie, paper,
*‘: he rifle, 60c. Magdalen,’* by Wilkie (Jjliine,
\ew p*
. or, price, Bi'own’8 56c. School Days,” price, 60
• i 'in paper, c.
“ : on Brown at Oxford,” paper, price, 76c.
./ ant. received urui for sale i >.,
J. W. PEASE 6 l NORMAN,
BookhklIsBkb and Stationery,
Onlutnbu*. <4.*
VALUABLE CITY PROPERTY
FOR HALF.
( ^ change the investment jgi
i «outh «abt corner or Randolph and dijiL
T< t’ray fch |g streets. the Tbe lot dwelling good kitchen, has tivc rooma
irn. on a snuoi e
h« . e and brick pantry, eervante rooms, and a
nc >t an.J oomfortable sleeping morn detatched
;r oi tbe dwelling. A well of gt.od water cu. b
o* with circular brick. The lot fronts 100 feet
io Pi Eorsyth ^nd Tei 160 teot oat-h on Randolph street.
;ce >|j3,000. ins
LSO, Immediately h
Tne H »l SK AM) LuT sou
>1 he above, at present, occupied by red W !S. fitly ide*
W -ill. The lot i‘ fifty by one hun< and
)e i. Hr 1 c<d *jl500 Terms cash.
• ie3 THOS. Da WOLF
Plantation for Sale !
ITU AT ED in Texas, “Dancy,»* Whar. dgjB
O ton county, land, containing which ^^
I,. j 0 acres of <J00 of are
1 -tred, vily timbered an i i be with remaining Pecan,Beach 300
In t
A-h, Vc.
uid is one of the finest Plantations in tho
S «.te oi Texas—situated about five miles
if. 've the tone of Wharton—lron?Jn*r on tbe
i lorado river,and tbe celebrated Caneycree ;,
i'uming right through the middle of it.
I'he jmproveriioDis cn the place consist of a
Hi e two-story bouse wi b brick basement, con
la'.ntng 8 large rooms, 20x20 teet. with closets,
A with all necessary ouinuuses, a targe
br k cieteru, Ac., Ac.
Che lands are among tbe richest and most
t»r >ductive In the State of T exas
tfill be solo LOW for cash, or on favorable
Urae-Jerms to proper parties who may be able
to jontrol the ue- essary labor. QUIN Apply HILL, to
A
Nov 22 lino Galveefon, Texa s.
FOR RENT.
| t October.Mil. _ , ^
, R.dMinK. ForborbIod given the let Building,
He , eieaplng roome in same
« « room. In the Basement, suitable tor
si A'liter eptnK rooms or work In shop. the house, and the
Is furnished
n im* well heated by a lurnace ihrorgboul the
c id season Comfort guaranteed.
Vpply to CHAs. COLEMAN.
, Over the store of A hell A Co. ,
I aul2 ti lie Broad st.
-
---- FOR RENT.
rpHE lower ttory oi the Luilding lm
J.
n edtately eastot SUN Office. Alwao
.
j e oeilent room, s>uitable for an Office or Sleep
„. K Ko om in nemit Btory ol ,an.e building,
FOR RENT.
T ~ VHE > -c NTA1NE HOUSE Is tor fllU
ed. ^1 BUmae/ 6 !"*ft‘ boaKLING Immediately.
HOi SF. Possession given
; Applj iu WILLIAMS.
j deU u CHAS. U.
The Jobbing Department
AND
Book-Bindery
OF THE
SUN OFFICE
IS LARGE AND COMPLETE,
Where all Description* of Work are
Done at the Most Itraseu
i ahle Kates.
Central Railroad.
jam!
(3'tN’h SUTT’S OFFICE O. K* K. 1
Savannah, November 1, 187S. j
/ \N AND AFTEH SUNDAY, 2d lnatant,
\_s Railroad, Passenger branches Trains and on tile Georgia Central wilt
follows: its connections, ran
as
TRAIN No. 1,GOING NORTH AND WEST.
Heave Savannah............ . 8:45 A X
Leave Augusta............ . 9:06 A u
Arrive at Augusta........... . 4:00 P M
Arrive at Milled geville..... .10:09 P M
Arrive at Eatonton.......... .11:55 p st
Arrive at Macon............ . 0:46 P u
Leave Macon fer Columbus. . 7:15 P M
Leave Macon for Euiaula... . 0:10 P M
Leave Macon for Atlanta..., . 7:50 P M
Arrive at Columbus......... . 8:57 A H
Arrive at Eufanla........... .10:20 A H
Arrive at Atlanta........... . 1:40 AH
COMING SOUTH AND EAST.
Leave Atlanta.................... ..... 1:00 a M
Leave tJolumbua................. . 7:40 P M
Leave KuUuia................... . 7:26 P «t
Arrive at Macon from Atlanta... . 5:50 A M
Arrive at ivlacon from Coluinbud. . 6.00 A M
Arrive at Macon from Eutaula ... . 6:45 A U
Leave Macon...................... . 7:15 AST
Leave au guuta..... . 9:05 A M
Arrive ai Augusta. . 4:00 p at
Arrive at Savannah . 6:25 p M
TRAIN No.2,GOING NORTH AND WEST.
Leave Savannah........... ..... 7 30 P M
Leave Augua a............. .....8:05 p M
Arrive at Aug si a......... .....6:65 A u
Arrive at Macon........... .....8:20 a M
Leave Macon for Columbus ..... 8:46 a X
Leave IU»oon for Euiaula............. 0:06 a m
Leave Macon for Atlanta 9:10 A M
Arrive at Columbus..... 1:60 p M
Arrive at Eutaula....... 6:40 P u:
Arrive at Atlanta....... 5:48 P M
Cuming south and east.
Leave Atlanta..................... . 7:00 a It
Leave ColumDua................... . 2:30 F M
Leave Eufaula.................... . 7:20 a u
Arrive at Macon Ironi Atlanta.... . 3:40 P M
Ar.ite at Macon Iroin Columbus. . 7:30 P M
Arrhe »r Macon from F.ufaula.... . 5:10 r U
Leave Macon.................. . 7:36 P it
Arrive at MilleilgevlUe....... .....10:09 P X
Arrive at Eat. nton............ .....11:55 P It
Leave Augusta................ ..... 8:05 P M
Arrive at Augusta............ .....6:56 A U
Arrive at Savannah........... . ... 7:16 A X
Train No. 2 being a. through train on the
Central Railroad, stopping only at whole sta¬
tions, ken passengers tor half stations cannot be
ta on or put olf. Passengers lor Milledge
villo and Eatonton will take Train No. 1 from
Savannah and Augusta, and Train No. 2 from
points The Mtlledgcville on the S. W. K.K., Atlanta Eatonton and Macon.
and train runs
daily, ‘ Sundays excepted.”
WM. ROGERS,
no6 General Sup’t
53 3-4 Hours to New York.
N. Y. & NroTMail Line I
Palace Sleeping Cars Run through
from Opelika to Lynchburg.
Western R. R., of Alabama.
Uolumbcb, Ga„ Nov. 16, 1873
TRAINS LEAVE COLUMBUS BAIL 7
For Atlanta...........................10:40 a M
Arrive at /Atlanta,..................... 6:4C p w
For Montgomery and Selma.6:00 p M, 0.; 0 r n
Arrive at “ .............10:40 p M, 6:28 a m
FOR MEW YORK DAILY:
(Time, 63 hour« ami 45 minute* )
Leave (Joluuibutj, 10:40 a. m ; arrive at Opeli¬
ka at 12:27 P m ; at Atlanta, 6:40 P. M.; at
WttJJbh.yion. 7:20 a. m.; at NEW YORK, 4:26
p. m., via FniUueiphia and Baltimore.
TRAINS ARRIVE ATOOLUMBUS DAILY
From Atlanta..... ..........0:10 p m
From Montgomery ,8:56 a m, 2:30 p M
The 6:00 p. m. Western Mail train leaves daily,
connecting Mobile, at Montgomery with trains fur New
Orleans, Louisville, Ky.,and St. Louis j
and >-t S luia for Vicksburg. Ou tnia train
Sleeping OrlenuH, cars run through from (*pelika to
New
The :0:60a m.NEW YORK Express train,
run» dally, eocnectJn^ at ATLANTA with
Oeor^la Railroad and W. U A. K. K.
The 9:30 p. m. train does not run Sunday.
No delay at Opelika by any train
Tickets for sale at Union P uHaenger Depot
UHAS. P. HALL Gen’l Sup’t.
R. A. BACON, Agent. no 21
STOVES, STOVES
NATHAN CROWN j
(Opposite Sun Office)
COLUMBUS. CA„
\I7-()ULI) VV Mends rrap'eetfully Invite the his attentiun extern
ol Ida anti customers to
5lve stock ot STOVES, HOLLOW ANii
TAMUEI) WAKE, HOUSE FURNISH IF
tool its, Ac. Also,TIN WAKE at wholes, i
.rod retail. TIN, SHEET T EON and
Mauuiacturer ol
COPPER WORK.
Roofing and Guttering
done promptly ami In tho best manner
Ho solicits a call, feelinir assured that he can
irtve entire satisfaction
Price ns low as the lowest, t’ome aud
»..ro.-e yon ''iiv. oel8eodfitW
flh-L. I
■
:W
Carriages and Harness
on hand, anil any style furnished to order.
THE OLD CARRIAGE HOUSE la p«
manentiy opeued.
OGLETHORPE STREET,
a few doorlfnorth ot tbe PoBtoffice.
THOS. JE. WICKS,
octll daaifcw2m] Aqkkt
UAiXKIN HOUSE,
Columbus, (iu.
J. W. RYAN, PTop’r.
Fbawk Gom>en, Clerk.
Ruby Restaurant
Bar and Billiard Saloon,
UNDER THE RANKIN HOUSE.
)a2? J. VV. FtVAN, PTop’r.
Opera House Bar 5 Restaurant
a. I hereby and notify the publlc\^\ \
■ friends Awliy
Hi iiri'irwnfi generally .opened( under that I the have Op
re Ten-Pro
e^a House) my Bvr, Restaurant and
4 lie,, ahh will beep the finest of Liquors and
iur»i.«h the best of Meals (embracing hours. everv
thing 1 he market affords) at ail BOLAND.
15 8IH A . J.
THE RIALTO.
T L HAVE nearly opened opposite at No. 24 the Broa.l^ /''S
street, l.ar-r-omand Restau- ^Jj laf
press uffir e, a always
rant, where I will keep on
hau.l a supply of fine Wines, Liquor, fcrnl CL
vtars. Meals furnished at all hours.
<AA if W. H. BLAKELY
! CUMBER!
EUMBER I
T“> BEASLEY has moved bis Saw Mill on
_L>. the land* of S. M. Ingersoll, five miles
troin the city, near the road leading to Craw.
lord, and la preu ared to AU all cash orders ibr
lumber promptly.
Forty Thousand Feet of Inch Plank,
together with a variety of Scantling, now In
the yard from which he removed hie mills, for
sale at reduced prices to elose out. Come and
get bargains^_____ij9c tf
Blank Garnishments and Bonds tor sole
at the Sow Owic*.