Georgia Historic Newspapers

    VOL. XVI.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER «, 1S74.
NO. 268
Tho ran idea of (ho boat el
Standi* at the art of ran;
The soldier* halt full g\ily,
She has but eyes for one.
lie drains the cup she brings him,
His hoarded lips are wot.
“A kiss, Sweetheart !” ho whispers.
“A'o! So /” says Colluotte.
1 out lior green-leaved lattloo
Ay me!" sighs Collnetto.
The cruel war Is over,
Unco more with her Is ho :
“You’ve learnt to lnvo since last we mot.”
He says, but nought says she.
“You’ll wed tho happy Somebody,
Ami inoyou’ll quite forget!
Would 1 were he, luy darling !”
, M. A.
A DARK NIGHT’S WORK.
DY MltH. OASKILL.
Arranged from the Kn«llsh.
[ CONCLUDED. J
“TMkt stupid Houry told me Jenkins!
I btq» your pardon. How could they put
you down to sit iu the hull? You must
come iu and have some breakfast with us;
Lidy Ooibtt will be delighted, I’m sure.”
JIis senso of tho awkwardness of the
meeting w ith the woman who was once to
iiavo been his wife, and of the probable
introduction which was to follow to the
woman who was his actual wife, grew
upon him, und made him speak a little
hurriedly. Ellinor’s next words were a
wonderful relief; and her soft, gentle
way of speaking was like the touch of a
cooling l>ulsaui.
‘‘Thank you. you must excuse me. I
am come strictly ou business, otherwise I
should never have thought of calling on
you at such au hour. It is about poor
Dixon.”
“Ah! I thought as much!” said tho
judge, binding her a chair, and sitting
down himself, llo tried to compose his
mind to business, but in spite of his
ntrongtb of character and his present of-
forts the remembrance of old times would
come back at the sound of her voice, lie
wondered if he was as much changed iu
appearance as she struck him as being iu
that lirst look of reooguitiun. After tho
first glance ho rather avoided meeting her
eyes.
“I knew how much you would feel it.
Some one at Hellingtord told me yon
were abroad—iu Rome, I think. But
you must not distress yourself unneccs-
warily; tho seutenco is sure to be com
muted to transportation or something
equivalent. I was talking to the Home
Secretary ahopt. it only lust uigbt. Lapse
of time und subsequent good character
quite preclude any idea of capital punish
ment.” All the time that he said this he
had other thoughts at the back of bis
mind —some curiosity, a little regret, a
i touch of remorse, a wondor how the meet-
* ing (which of course would have to be
lioiuetimej between Lady Corbet and El-
linor would go off ; but ho spoke clearly
enough on tho subject iu hand, and no
outward mark of (instruction from it ap-
Ho felt a little chagrined at her answer. I “Wo thought it bettor to get him into i
Why he could hardly tell. To cover any j country air and fresh scenes at once.” |
sign of his feeling he went on talking. “How is he?”
Much bettor. Get strong, and ho!
shall come to see you. “
Ellinor answered; “I came to tell yon,
what I suppose may bo told to any judge
iu eonfideuce and full reliauce on his se
crecy, that Abraham Dixon was not the
murderer.” She stopped short, and
choked a little.
The judge lookod sharp!}’ at her.
“Thou you know who whs?" said he.
“Y -s,” she replied, with a low, steady
voice, looking him full iu the faoe with
sad, solemn eyes.
Tno truth fiashod into his mind. He
Ahaded his face, and did not speak for a
minute or two. Then he snid, not look
ing up, a little hoarsely, “This, then, was
the shame you told me of long ago.”
“Yes,” said she.
Both sat quite still, quite silent, for
some lime. Through the silence usharp,
clear voice was heard speaking through
tho folding-doors.
“Take the kedgeree down, and tell tho
cook to keep it hot for the judge. It is
so tiresome people coming ou business
here, as if the jndge had not hiu proper
hours for being at Chambers."
Ho got np hastily and went into the
dining-room; but he had audibly some
difficulty ia curbing bis wife’s irritation.
When ho came back Ellinor said :
“I urn afraid I ought not to have come
here now.”
“Oh, it’s ull nonsense !” said he, iu a
tone of annoyance. “You’ve done quite
right.” lie seated himself where he bad
beeu before, and again half-covered his
face with bis hand.
“And Dixon kuew of this. I believe I
must put the fact plainly to you—your
father was the guilty person ? He mur
dered Duuster ?”
“Yes; if you call it murder. It was
done by a blow, in the heat of passion
No one can ever tell how Duuster always
irritated papa,” said Ellinor, in a stupid,
heavy way ; and theu she sighed.
“How do you know this?” There was
a kind of tender rohictsncti in the judge’s
vo.ci as he put all these questions. Elli-
nor had made up her mind beforehand
that something like thorn must be asked,
and must also bo answered; but she spoke
like a sleep-walker.
“I came into papa’s room just after he
had struck Mr. Dunster the blow. IT
was lying insensible, as we thought-
dead, us ho really was.”
“What was Dixou’s part in it? I
must have known a good deul about it.
Aud the horse-laucot that was found with
his name upon it ?”
“Pdpu went to wake Dixon, and he
brought his Hearn—I suppose to try and
bleed him. I have soid enough, have I
not? I seem so confused. But X will
answer any question to make it appear
that Dixon is innocent.”
The jndge had been noting all down.
He sat still now without replying to her.
Then he wrote rapidly, referring to his
previous paper from time to time. In
five minutes or so he read tho faots which
Ellinor had stated, as ho now arranged
them, in a legal and connected form. He
just linked her one or two trivial ques
tions ns he did so. Theu ho read it over
to her aud asked her to sign it. She took
up the pen aud held it, hesitating. ^
“This will never be made publio ?” said
she
“No; I shall take core that no one but
tho Home Secretary sees it.''
“Thank you. I could not help it now
it has come to this.”
“There are not many men like Dixon,”
said the judge, almost to himself, u he
sealed the paper in an envelope.
“No!” said Ellinor. “I never knew
•ny one so faithful.”
And just at the same moment the re
flection on s leas faithful person that these
words might seem to imply struck both
of them, and each instinctively glanced at
the other.
“Ellinor!” said the judge, after a mo-
^ “W* are frienda, I hope?”
K2-. ** qiirtljid
sign of his feeling he went on talking,
“Where are you living now?”
“At East Chester.”
“But yon como sometimes to town,
don’t you? Let ns know always—when
ever you come; and Lady Corbet shall
call on you. Indeed, I wish you'd let me
bring hor to see you to-day.”
“Thunk yon. I am going straight back
to Ilellingford ; at least ns soon us you
can get tno the pardon for Dixon.”
He half smiled at her iguoracce.
“The pardon must be sent, to the sheriff,
who holds the warrant for his execution,
lint of course yon may have every assur
ance that it shall be sent as soon as possi
ble. It is just the same as if he had it
now.”
“Thank you very much," said Ellinor,
rising.
“Pray don’t go without breakfast. If
you would rather not see Lady Corbet
just now, it shall be sent in to you in this
room, unless you have already break
fasted.”
“No, thank you; I would rather not.
You are very kind, aud I am very glad to
have seen you once again. There is juHt
one thing more," said she, coloring a lit
tle aud hesitating. “This note to you
was found uuder papa’s pillow after his
death ; some of it refera to pant things ;
but I should be glud if you could think
as kindly os you can of poor papa. Aud
so—if you will read it—”
lie took it and read it, not without
ciuolion. Thou he laid it down on his
table, and said,
“Poor man! he must have suffered a
grout deal for that night's work. And
you, Ellinor, you have suffered too.”
Yes, she had suffered; and he who
spoke had beeu ouo of the instruments of
her suffering, although he seemed for
getful of it. She shook her bond a little
for reply. Then she looked up at him—
they were both standing at the time—aud
said,
“I thiuk I shall be happier now. I
always knew it must be found out. Once
more, good-by, and thank you. I may
take this letter, I suppose?” said she,
castiug envious, loving eyes ot hor fath
er’s note, lying unregarded on the table.
“Oh, certainly, certainly,” said he;
and then he took hor hand. He held it
while he locked into her face. He had
thought it changed when he had first seen
her, but it was now almost tho same to
him as of yore. The sweet, sby oyer, the
indicated dimple in the cheek, und some
thing of fever had brought a faint piuk
flush into her usually colorless cheeks.
Married judge though he was, ho was not
sure if she had not more oharuis for him
still, iu her sorrow and hor sbabbiness,
than the handsome, stately wife in the
next room, whose looks had not been of
the pleasuntest when bo had loft hor a
few minutes bofore. He sighed a little
regretfully as Elliuor went away. Ho
had obtained the position he had si nig
gled for and sacrificed for; but now he
could not help wishing that tho slaugh
tered creature laid on tho shrine of his
ambition were alive again.
The kodgeroe w as brought up again,
smoking hot, but it remained untasted by
him; and though lie appeared to be read
ing tbe Times, he did not see n word of
the distinct type. His wife, meanwhile,
continued her compluiuts of tho untimely
visitor, whose name he did not give to
her iu its corrected form, ns ho was not
anxious that she should have it in her
power to identify tbo cull of this morning
with a possible tuture acquaintance.
ok tne
the ot
MIAl’TEU XIX.
When Ellinor reuchod Mr. Johnson’s
house iu lieliingford that uftcruoon she
found Miss Monro was there, and that
who had beeu with much difficulty re
strained by Mr. Johnson from following
Ellinor to London.
Miss Monro fondled aud purred inar
ticulately through her tears over hor re
covered darling before she could spook
intelligibly enough to tell her that Canon
Livingstouo had come straight to see her
immediately on his return to East Ches
ter, and had suggested her journoy to
Ilellingford iu order that she might be of
all the comfort she could to Ellinor. She
did not at first let out that he hud accom
panied her to Ilellingford ; she wan ,\ lit
tle afrain of Elliiior’s displeasure at his
being there ; Ellinor had always objected
so much to any advance to intimacy with
him that Miss Monro had wished to make.
But Elliuor was different now.
“How white you are, Nelly 1” said Miss
Monro. “You have been traveling t
much and too fust, my child.”
“My head aches,” said Ellinor, wearily.
But I must go to tho castle and tell luy
poor Dixon that be is reprieved—I nrn ho
tired! Will you ask Mr. Johuson to get
me leave to see him ? He will know all
about it.”
She threw herself down on the beij in
the spare room—the bod with tho heavy
blue eurtains. After au unheeded re
monstrance Miss Monro went to do her
biddiug. But it was now late afternoon,
aud Mr. Johnson said that it would bo
impossible for him to got permission from
the sheriff that night.
“Besides,” said ho, courteously, “one
scarcely knows whether Miss Wilkins may
uot give the old man false hopes—wheth
er she has not beeu excited to have false
hopes herself. It might be a cruel kiud-
uess to let her see him without more legal
certaiuty hh to what his nentonce or re
prieve is to be. By to-morrow morning,
if I have properly understood her story,
which was a little confused—”
“ohe is so dreadfully tired, poor erra-
tarel” put in Miss Mouro, who never
could bear the shadow of a suspicion that
Ellinor was not wisost, best, iu all rela
tions and situations of life.
Mr. Johnson wont ou, with a depreca
tory bow; “Well, theu—it really is tho
only eourseopen to hor besides—persuade
her to rest for this evening. By to-iuor-
row morning I will have obtained the
sheriff's leave, and he will moat likely
have heard from London."
“Thank you! I believe that will be
best.”
“It is the only course,” said he.
When Miss Monro returned to the bed
room Ellinor was in a heavy, feverish
slumber: so feverish and so uneaRy did
she appoar, that, after tho hesitation of n
moment or two, Miss Monro had no scru
ple in wukening her.
But she did uot appear to understand
the answer to her request; she did not
seem evon to remember that sho had made
any request,
Tho journey to England, the misery,
the surprises, had been too much for her.
The morrow morning came, bringing tho
formal freo pardon for Abraham Dixon.
The sheriff's order for her admission to
see the old man lay awaiting her wish to
use it. But she knew nothing of all this.
For days, nay, woeks, she hovered be
tween life aud death, tended, as of old,
by Miss Monro, while good Mrs. Johnson
was ever willing fto assist.
One summer evening in early Jane she
wakened into memory.
Miss Monro heard tbe faint piping
voice, as she kept her watch by the bed
side.
“Where is Dixon ?” asked she.
“At the eanon’s house st Bromham. ”
This was the name of Canon Livingstone’s
ooontry parish.
•‘Why ?”
You are sure nil is right ?” said Elliuor.
“Sure, my dear. All is quite right.” _
Then Elliuor weut to sleep again out of j
v.ry we.knMH and »eariu»«K . “Action of CouriunMm An. on Meat.-
From th» time she reeoveml pretty Accordj „ doM Dot putrofj ,
Rt-mhly Her «ro..t desire ... re nru , c „,„ pr * H , cd ui lmt
to East Chester as soon as possible. Ihe .. . * . ,* .
Associations of grief, anxiety, and totting '■ .. ® ^ 1 i] i
illness connected with Hellingtord made '™ ' . b ° u l m,n ' ' lc, on h " 8 1 h, 1 °“ l bo «
her wish to be once ......... in the solemn, ! l ° b " nnl r.ly arreated when the
quiet, stinny Close of East Chester. j * ,b8tiu, . ce '* m,toduoed ,nto 0 0o, ‘ dtmKl,d
Canon Livingstone came over to assist T ot " b PrP ‘ _
Miss Monro ia managing the journey I Inimbxiiijotidl. Ink.-An ink closely
with her invalid. But ho did not intrude j r ™>nil>Hng that forming tho oharaete.s
himself open Ellinor, any more than he "r°“ ‘ be Egypt.nn papyrus may, it is
hud .lone in coming from home. i be dissolving gum lacii.HU
Tho morning after her return Miss nq»eMts solu.ion of borax, and adding
Monro said, h.inp-blaek in amiable quantity. This
‘•Do you feel strong enough to see ink is claimed to be almost indestructible,
Dixon?” , resisting both time and chemical agents,
“Yes. I* he here ? ’ ' am * becoming a beautifully lustrous
“lie is at tho canon’s honse. lie sent i black,
for him from Bromham, in ordor that ho I —An eminont physician, who devotes
might be ready for you to seo him whon bis wholo attention to diseases of tho
you wished.” i throat and lungs told us the other day
“Please let him corn© directly,” said that about three-fourths of ull throat dia-
Ellinor, flushing and trombling. j oases would got well by using very loose
She went to tbe door to meet the tot- collars and no neckties, llo said that
taring old man; she led him to the easy- often singers would come to him for
chair that had been placed and arranged throat disease and loss of voice, and ho
for herself; she Uuolt down bofore him, > would tear open their cravats and euro
and put his hands ou hor head—ho treiu- them with no other treatment whatever,
bling aud shaking all the while. i “The pressure of the collar on the arte-
“Forgive uie nil the shame and misery, ries of the nock is very bad for the
Dixon. Bay you forgive me; and give health;” snid he. lie also added: “If
me y« ur blessing. Aud then lot never a you have a discaso of tho throat, let N»-
word of the terrible past be spoken be- ture do the curing and I ho physician just
tween in.” os liit!e as possible.”—Ex.
“It’s not for mo to forgivo you as never | —An cxlrnordinary account hits ap-
did harm to no ouo.” . . pcarod in a French agricultural journal,
‘But say you do—it will onse my to the effect that straw’ forms an udmiru-
hosrt.” j hie lightning conductor. It has boon ob-
I forgive tkoe!” said ho. And then served that straw had the properly of dis-
lie raised himself to his feet with effort, charging Leyden jars without spark or
aud stoudiug up above her he blessed her explosion, and some oue in 111** neighbor-
lomnly. hood of Turbos bud tho idea of constrnet-
Aftor that he sat down, sho by him, guz- ing straw lightuing conductors, which
ing at him. : were formed by fastening a wisp or ropo
‘Yen’s a good man, missy,” Raid he, at of straw to a deal stick by means of brass
length, lifting his slow eyes and looking wire, and capping the conductor with a
Ht her. “Bettor nor t’other ever was.” copper point. It is assorted that the ex-
* He is a good man,’’ said Ellinor. ! periment lias been tried ou a large scale
But no more was spoken on the sub- arouml Tallies, eighteen communes huv-
ject. The next day G.»non Livingstono iug boon provided with such straw con-
made his formal call. Ellinor would fain ductorp, only one being erected for every
havo kept Miss Monro in tho room, but six orpents, or 7f>0 acres, and that the
that worthy lady knew bettor than to stop, whole neighborhood lias thus been pro
They went on, forcing talk on different served from tho effects, not only of light-
subjocts. At last he could speak no longer ring, but of bail also. The statement
ou every thing but that which he bad comes from a respectable source.
rnoHt at heart. “Miss Wilkins !” (he hod How to Do Without Bain.—M. l»nraf
got up and was stunding by tho mantle- • j H the fi rH t discoverer of a. way of doing
piece apparently examining the orna- ; without rain, if necessary. He knew that
monts upon it) * Miss Wilkins ! is there \ B j r f U n G f moisture, and ho knew
any chance of your giving mo a favorable • that chloride of calcium would attract and
answer now you know what 1 mean condense it, for tho purpose of aurieul-
what we spoke about at the Great Western turo . H c has applied this chloride on
Hotel that day ? j gaud-hills and road-beds, on grass, on nil
Ellinor hung her head. j sorts of soil Buceecafully, and ho has as-
‘ You know that I was once engaged ; certaiued that it may bo applied in such
. r i i proportions as will produce tho irrigation
les. I know—to Mr. Lorbet: ho ■ of land more cheaply and efficiently than
(hot is now the judge. You can not sup- | by mcaug of cttniil(J or o( ber methods of
pose that would make any difference “ securing artificial irrigation. Ouo of M.
that is all. I have loved you, and you raraf’s applications w. 11 produce and ro-
only, ever since we met eighteen years , tain abundant moisture for three days,
ago Miss Wilkins Elliuor put mo out wb en tbe same amount of water intro-
of suspense. • doeed by tho present method will evspo-
“I will! said ‘.ho, putting out her thin rnto in oll0 bour> M . p nraf fit atcs that
white hand for him to take oud kiss, biH pre p Rrtt ti„n i„ i« K s expensive than
almost with tears of gratitude, but she C1 , n al irrigation, and believes that it will
seemed frightened at his impetuosity, aud not OI1 | y pro duco two blades of grass
tried to check him. “Wait, you have not j whoro bnt OU6 now ^ ro *s, |, nt will render
hoard nil—my poor, poor father, in ft lit | poSHib i 0 fl e ld*, meadows, and prosperity
of anger, irritated boyond his bearing, j where now there is nothing but sand und
struck the blow that killed Mr. Dunster— desert waste.
Dixon nnd I knew of it just after the blow '
was struck—wo fielijoil to bide it-we ' ^q-WATBuIc^-lbo uolion Ronomll,-
kr.pt tbe secret—my poor Briber died of P"™ 8 wbl ;" ™>l' wMor freezes the ice
sorrow and remorse-,ou now know all- ? fr , osb ' “ ,,d UJ8,ted „ w ‘ l P™*™
„ „»;n n t*. fresh wutor. Truf. lyndall statos that
you still lovo uie ? It seems to
if I had boon au accomplice in such u terri
ble thing!”
“Poor, poor Ellinor!” said ho, now tak
ing hor iu his arms as to a shelter, “llow
I wish I had known of all this years and
years ago ; I could have stood betwooii
you and so much !”
Those who pass through tho village of
Bromham, and pause to lock over tho
laurel-hodgo that separates tho liectory
garde u from the road, may of tea see on
summer days au old, old man sitting in a
wicker-chair out upon the lawn. Ho
leans upon his stick, and seldom raises
his bent head ; but for all that his eyes
such is tho case iu his “Forms of Water.
But Dr. Uae, the Arctic explorer, de
clares that ho wns “never able to find the
sea ice, in situ, either eatable when solid
or drinkable when thawed—it being inva
riably too salty.” He adds, however, that
when his party found ico projecting
above tho water, and from its appearance
indicating that it was a year or more old,
it was generally fresh, and made good
drinking water. His theory explaining
tho fact is, that tho salt is not itself con
gealed, but that a concentrated brine,
imprisoned iu minute cells, is retained in
the solid ico. These cells communicating
with ouch other, when tho ico is lifted
are ou a level with the two little fairy . . . , .. t .
children who come to him in all their j ftb ' ,v0 , tbo B . If" 0 ™ 1 “*? bmi " ls
small joys and sorrows, and who learn to dr * ,uod ,,fl ‘ lw ‘ vll '« ,bu ,reKh '
lisp bis name, almost as soon as they do ! The Effect of Liohtnino on Tubes.—
that, of their father and mother. I The theory that the splitting of the trunks
Nor is Miss Monro often absent; and j of trees by lightuing is tho result of tho
although she prefers to retain tho old sudden evaporation of the liquids con-
house ia the Close for winter-quarters, j tsined within them has received much
she generally makes hor way across to \ confirmation from the experiments made
Canon Livingstone’s residence every eve- ; by Osborn Boynolds, who succeeded
mug.
Force of Ininirlimtioii.
An esteemed friend of ours hoard of
tho medical properties of a certain Npring
some distance from where sbo rosided.
Sho had road a pamphlet that unumorutod
tunny disease*, from which she recognized
at least half a dozen with which she was
afflicted. To her great joy she was told
thut her son had to call at tho vory town
where the spring wkh located, and a five
gallon keg aud a strict injunction wore
laid upon him to biiug back some of the
water.
The keg was put in the wagon, and
slipping under the seat was quite over
looked. Tho bu-duess was urgent, nnd
took some time to perforin it, nnd tho
splitting small sticks of wood by passing
the electric spark through them after
they had boon impregnated with water.
He also burnt small glass tubes, which
wero filled with water, although the same
tubos when empty allowed the olootrio
Hpaiktojump through them without in
tbo leant disturbing thorn. The most
, striking experiment made by him was
upon a tubo Uiroe-oigblbs of un inch ex
terior aud one-eighth interior diameter,
which could stand a pressure of at least
two hundred atmospheres to tho square
inch. This tubo wns fourtcou inches long
and bent at a right nnglo. A vory large
eloctrio Hash being sent through the tube,
it was split by the first discharge, and tin*
pieces thrown to n distance of sovoral
feet. The inner surface of the tube was,
in fact, completely pulverized, us though
water wus quite forgotten. Ho had got jt had been struck by a hammer, ltey-
ut-ar home in the evening, when feeling no j ( j g estimates that tho pressure must
down mirier the seat for aonietliing, k™ u,vo boon more t han ouo thousand alino*.
hand struck the keg. To go back was not j p j J0r03-
v up his hoise by tho side of a wall,
• which was tho old
to bo thought of, and to udmit his stu
pidity was impossible. He therefore
drew up his ho
near
which the family had drank for a century,
and filling tho keg went home. Tho first
question put to hi in was—
“Did you get that wutcr?”
“Yes,” said he, “but darned if I see
any difference in it from any other water.”
And forthwith the keg was brought in.
A cup was hnnded to tho invalid, who
drank with infinite relish, end said she
was surprised at her sou’s not seeing s
difference. There was undoubtedly a
medical twto about it, and it dried np as
other water did, which sbo hud always
beard of miticrul water.
Her son hoped it would do her some
good, nnd by the time the keg w r as ex
hausted, Rhe whs ready to give a certifi
cate of tho value of the water, it having
relieved her of ull her numerous ills.
—Are you fond of your coffee? An
olficiul investigation has just been made
in Paris as to tho materials of which this
“delicious beverage” is mado. There are
five principal compounds: 1. Burned
bread and coffee grounds. 2. Powdered
ohicory, sand and brick dust. 3. Chicory
and burned bones. *1. Chicory burned,
mixed with butter aud colored with Pro**-
sian red. ft. Burned cabbage roots and
boiled horse livor.
—An outlaw named ltedmouth, in tho
Southwest, fired on a sheriff’s posse, and,
to shield himself from their return fire,
held a woman, his companion, before
him, and thus escaped, while she was
riddta} with bullets.
How Often Huy we Hat.
It has been demonstrated that, at cor-
weop well from I t-xiu intervals, whon food is received into
tho stomach, gastric juices is secreted to
digest it, and that no more guslric juice
is secreted than is required for the digea-
tiou of tho proper quantity of food.
If a person eat twice or thrice a day,
at reg’ilar periods, tho gastric juice is
secreted by the stomach to digest the
food it has received. If, whilo the food
is beiug digested more food is introduced
into tin* stomach, digestion, iu rolatiou to
tho food already ia tho stomach, is arrest-
©d. For instance : 'a parsen takes, in the
morning, a piece of bread and several
potatoes; now, it will take about three
hours for the stomach to dispose of that
food. Suppose tho person, about au
hour after eating this food, takes a piece
of broad and an apple or two; what would
happen ? Thu digestion that was going
on id the stomach would imme liately
stop, and uot be resumed until the food
thut was received last was brought into
the condition of tho first. Suppose he
took food every Lour, what would be the
consequence ? The stomach would be
come prematurely worn out, and could do
nothing perfectly—working all the time
without rest. But if the person possessed
a good constitution and a large amount of
vital power, he would not feel, at first,
this drain upon his system, but sooner or
later he would have to pay tho poualty
of outraged nature. For instance: a
person may have a largo oapital in bank ;
large A bank account ; but if he keeps
on, he will become, sooner or later, a
krupt. Some persona have an enor
mous amount of vitality—good constitu
tions. It is said of these persons nothing
hurts them : they can cut and drink any
thing with impunity. This is a fatal mis
take ; see how many years of life they
cutting off by such foolishness. If
suco persons live to the ago of seventy or
ghty, they might have reached tho ago
f one hundred or moro years, by hotter
flktotio habits.—Science of Health.
It ruin-Kill iUlliifr.
Dr. Ulaiko’s address boforo tho Na
tional Educational Association at Dotroit
has been published, with additions atul a
valuable appendix, by J. B. Osgood «V Co.
in this complete form it is a valuable con
tribution to a discussion of great, impor
tance, which has only just begun. Tho
education of gills is a special topic in tho
largo problem. Iu fact, the education of
boys is quite as unsettled and as far from
beiug settled as the education of girls.
The building of a brain,” as ho well
ijs, “is to-day’s social problem.”
The present volume is a marked im
provement on Dr. Olarko’s former work,
Sex in Education.” It is more oaroful
and guarded in statement, more delicate
and judicious in maunor nnd tono, than
that somewhat exaggerated and harsh and
needlessly offensive volume. It would
seem that tho criticisms on that book have
uot been without their effcot, and if they
havo not tnodifiod bin views, they have
led him to reconsider most of them and
stato them in a loss hold and objectionable
ay. Htill ho insists that tho function of
ariolieity so profoundly affects worn m’s
whole nature and life, tint hor education,
ploymsnts, nnd habits must bo deter
mined by it. 11c makes that function tho
n’ral fact, the pivot on which every
thing else should turn. Mrs. Jacobi, and
the other women who have written with
remarkable ability on the subject, contend
that however important this function may
be, it is incidental rather than determina
tive in its character. It is an accident in
woman’s lifo, hut not tho life, and much
less tho woman. In a state of health nnd
under propor circumstances, it is neither
a derangement nor a drawback. Tho
bar! health of American women oomns
10 sfrom culture than the want of it—less
i B-udy than from bid habits nnd
worse fashions and general climatic in-
fiuonccs. It is unquestionably true that
the yonug ladies iu seminaries and col
leges have hotter health, and are stronger
nnd moro fully developed and more truly
refined nnd womanly, than tho majority of
thoso who spend their time at h >uiy in
tho customary round of duties, pleasures,
and excitements. l)r Ghukeis u specialist,
and naturally enough studies the subje *t
from a narrow, though important, ground
of observation. That hh run go is limited
and his trontiucut o' the theme is to.dmi-
cil, do not detract, from the value of liis
trenchant criticisms and energetic w
itigs. In his fotmer volume he intimated
that ho did not know ouo woman perfect
ly well. Ho cannot attribute all this fe
male invalidism to over-education ; but
physicians aro not called to visit people
who nro in pnfeot h *abli It is not
strange if doctors believe in tho physical
depravity of mankind ; but to construct
a system of education on human aches
and ai's is hardly ph'lo opined, though it
may bo eminently prefes-ioual. There
louia doctor: who insist that every
case of indisposition procoudn from a de
rangement of the liver, und others who
iu incipient cuncor behind ovory ache.
FcrslNtcncy.
ills is not, in the highest, .sense of tho
word, a free country. Bard oiapulus Cof-
n, down our way, was rejected some
outlet ago by a woman whom he loved ;
a rah Washington, I think her name was,
aud ho determined to commit suicide. Ho
one evening ht; bought a pound of strych
nine und swallowed it. It was hardly
inside of hint when some of his relations
came along with u stomach-pump and
hailed him out. Ho was depressed about
it, lmt hc was detenu in >d to suoceod, and
011 tho following m orning ho drank a pint
of laudanum. At the moment wlion ‘he
last drop was gurgling m his throat, bis
relations kicked in the panel of the door,
manned tho stoma' ll pump, and up came
the poison. Any other man would havo
been disheartened, but Coffin, getting a
tinoupful of Croton oil, leaked himself up
in tbe garret, nnd dr.mk tho bor.kor dry.
Ho was just, about to arrange his lust
words when be heard a noi o on tho roof,
and upon looking up ho p rceivod the
trap door open, aud iu a moment thoso
anbiduouH relatives wore scuttling down
the stops and currying ihat familiar old
8‘omaeh-pump. It had a now sucker
it, nnd it was used with such earnestm
that Coffin foil his toes draw iu. Tho
situation thi n was ubs dutnly pathetic,
and a loss conscientious man would have
abandoned thouudertukiegaud come back
cheerfully to life and ho,io and happiness
and beuf und potatoes But < ’ »fflu having
purchased a shovelful of Paris green,
clothed hiiusolf iu sub marine armor und
d ive down to tho middle of tho river two
miles from show. When he felt hiinseli
safe he swallowed the deadly stuff nnd
agiin began to thiuk np something good
to say us ho expired. Just as lie h id de
cided ou some suitable language, he
glanced at one side,* where were tuoso
importunate relations of his coining
down at him in a diving-bud with that
disgraceful stomach-pump all ready for
action. They explored the iu terior of
biui and emptied him nu usual. As they
came to the surface nnd swam ashore,
Coffin said this was too much ; they hud
gone too fur. He inquired if it wasn’t
his stomach; nnd if Hiu-h was the euso
ho askod if the ComtitiD'on of tboUuitod
.States aud tbe laws of Delaware author
ized any man to pump the stomach per
petually wh< n ho did n t want to have
it pumped ? He fell that the heroes of
tho Be volution died iu vaiu if n man’s
relations had a light to go plunging a
diabolical michiue in o hi* insides with
out permission. That night Coffin stu fled
the pump with fulminating powder und
m the morning he took a d so of utseuio
Along came his inevitable relations ns
u-m-d, slid they began to pump him; but
at the very first down-stroke the concern
exploded und blow Coffin into vulgar
fractions. Tho story teaches important
lesions to the young; it teaches that Ihe
secret of bu:-c«<h is persistent • ffort.
stomach-pump can buffi) a uum wi
resolute will and plenty of poison.—Max
Adder.
-\V« hc
Ho
*Birt.” in Vic.
Fa
ill
Tin and Coppersmiths.
WM. FKK,
Worker In Tin, Nherl Iron, 4'o|»|>er.
Ordtirs from abroad |irotii|*tly nttuu <cd to.
J»»T No. 174. Uroiol
be can live upon the iuterest very well,
but be draws upou his capital. He does
not (Ml this drain at first, because he baa
grandfather, an ailmi’.i 1 , w is “Hir'd' 1
gallantry in 1780. In B..*elni« Marsh
E.rj/riss cuutuins un obitutry no* ico of
Ludy Farmer, lately dead. A little before
her doc«mo she ha I been striving to pass
her examination as a telegraph operator.
Tho unhappy pair had dropped their titles
and were known as plain Mr. aud Mrs.
Farmer.
—Tho schools of Vermont aro far from
being in a prosperous condition. More
than 700 of tho school houses, or ono-
third of the whole, are reported as unfit
for uso, while cheap teachers are every
where Bought for, the ordinary wages
being $1 f*0 to $1 a week for women,
who constitute a majority of tho teachers,
and fit and upwards for ueu.
—Hard lines—Bail ways.
—A fast friend—A telegraph.
—Tho first fall suits—Fig leaves.
—Light-beaded—A street lamp.
—A hollow mockory—An eoho.
—Noah was an ark-iteot of the first
water.
—Sougs for tho deaf—'“Come back to
Erin.”
—A tea never indulged in by gossips—
Charity.
-The first pari of the Game of Life—
Cribb-age.
The petroleum men are great bores,
but they mean well.
—After all, tbe best aafety-mntoh is
marrying a rich wife.
—Homo-stretch — The stretch across
tho maternal knee.
—Suitable apartments for oaHtles in tho
air—Brown study.
—A uau ever ready to scrape au ac
quaintance—The barber.
—Whon is a thief like a seamstress ?—
When he outs and ruus.
—Tho latest parlor game—Hitting np.
It takes two to play it.
—Jonah rashly pitched into tho sea and
got badly whaled.
—Breach of good manners—For ruin
to sture you iu tho face.
—Nooesnity has no law, but an uncom
mon number of lawyers.
—Although the milkmaid has passed
away, tho made milk hasn't.
—Sulphur comes from Vesuvius; there
fore, it is good for eruptions.
—Bayard Taylor met with a warm re
ception in Iceland. They called him the
“Skald” of America.
—A good comet for homo use can bo
made by tying a bunch of lightod tire-
craukors to tho cat’s tail.
—Lifo roouis a great doal brighter to us-
sinco reading that the Czar of Bussia
gnaws tho corn off his oob like tbe reHt of
—A farmer, while fiaggellating two of
his nuruly boys, was asked what he was
doing. “Threshing wild oats !” was tbo
reply.
—“For a young woman to begin to
pick lint off of a young man's coat collar,"
is snid to be the first symptom that the
young man is in peril.
—You do not need to blaok yonr boots
iti 1’ittsburg, says a traveler. You hung
them out ot tho window at night, aud
they are black enough in tho morning
—A beau of one of Mrs. Hwelkins'
daughters gave her a lace collar, saying,
“Dear, do uot lot any one elso rumple it.”
Oh no," says Melinda, “I'll tuke it off.”
—Susie Liberty, of La Crosse, has thir
teen lovers, and every ono of them ox-
ciaiois, “Give me Liberty, or give nro
death !” Aud she’s a red-headed girl at
thut.
—A Western paper ohronicles a mnr-
riago iu this suggestive style:—“The
ooiiplu resolved tliomsclvoi into a com
mittee of two, with power to add to their
niimbor.”
—A rnde fellow ouoo told Baruntn that
he had never exhibited anything that was
not a biirofaeod humbug. “Yes I have,”
huid Barnuni, “the bearded lady wasu't
bare-faced.”
—A Missouri paper says: “Yesto’d.y
a counted eleven able-bodied farmers
whose grans aud oats tiecdod cutting, sit
ting ou dry goods boxes compluinitig of
hard times.’
—Josh Billings says, “Herrings inhabit
tho sea generally; but thoso which inhabit
tho grocery alwus taste to mo as though
they had beeu futted ou suit. They wuut
a deal of frcHhoning boforo they’re eatin,
and also afterward. If 1 kin have plenty
of herring for breakfast, 1 generally make
the othor two meals out of wuter.”
—An old gentleman of the name of
Gould, having married a very young wife,
wrote a poetical epistle to a friend to in
form him of it, und concluded thus:
“Se you see, iny doar sir, though I’m eighty
yosrfl old,
A girl of eighteen Is In lovo with old Gould.”
To whioh his friend replied :
“A girl ol olghicen may love Gould, It Is truo :
liut believe me, doar sir, It is Gold without !J.
—Tho following epitoph ou tho Earl of
Kildaro in happily conceived :
••Who killed Kildare? Wbo dared Kildare to
kill?
Death killed Kildaro who dares kill whom ho
will.”
—That on John Funny is not so good,
but has wet:
“Header, of cash iflhouart In want of any,
Dig lour feet deep and thou sh ill Und a 1'eti-
ny.“
—A dandy at the table romarked that.
he was sitting between two tailors. “Yes,”
said one of them, “aud wo have but ouo
goose between us.”
—George Clarke, tho celebrated negro
luiuslro 1 , being examined as a witness,
was severely interrogated by tho attorney,
who wished to breuk down his evidence.
“You uro in tho negro minstrol business,
I believe?” inquired tho lawyer. ‘*Yes,
sir,” was the prompt reply. “Isn’t that
rather a low calling ?’’ demanded the law
yer. “I don’t know but what it iH, sir,’’
roplied the minstrel, “but it is so much
belter than my father’s that I am rather
proud of it." “What was your father’s
oMling ?’’ “Ha was a lawyer,” replied
Clerk, in a tono of regret thut put the
audience iu a roar.
—“Isaac, my door,” said Mrs. Parting
ton, pushing up her spectacles, “wo must
certainly go to tho Mechanical's Exhibi
tion. They say the tine arts’ peop'o have
a room full of ceramics, and I have beoi
want iug for years to see a ceramic. 1 mi
sure wo ahull never havo such a good op
portunity ; and then there aro lots of lion-
zos and pariahs, and they always look in
teresting.” Isaac had looked into the
catalogue, and thought the old lady meant
bronzes end parians,but he didn’t say any
thing about it; he spoke of a toy stearn-
engino iu Fanonil Hall. “Of course, all
boys ought to be instructed in Hteiim
engines; but, Isuao, you must bo very
careful, for you know those things aro apt
to expoliute if any vacuity occurs lit the
safety valve; aud, Isaac, when you get
the tickntH, bo sure and uot buy a coutri-
butionor’s ticket, ns I am told the
keeper is a very pecuniary tnan, and has
orders to confiscate any contribntioimry
tickets that aro transferred, and I don’t
see how we aro going to get in without
transferring our tickets to the doorkoep
Confectioners.
1. U. STUUPl’EIl,
Cwntly Manufacturer
AND DCALKft IN
All ktnda of Confectionery and Fruits,
Stick Candy 18 cents.
II wttittht giuraut.-eil in «acll box.
Hotels.
I'LANI UKN* HOTKI,,
Next to Columbus Hank lluUdlng.
Fortum at all the I.uitix.
Jirbl MUH. W, K. SNIP Kit, Propr'io
Livery and Sale Stablea.
BOHEBT TIIOBl-NON,
Livery, kale aud Exchaufc titables.
OuLKTHoxn, North or Randolph 3tb.,
M Columbus, Gs.
A. UAMMKI*
LI vary aud kale Ktablea,
Ohlitiiorpk Ht., Colummum, (Ia.
1'Artlrular uttontiou givt-u to Fui-ilitiu ami *•
T au. V.
Ilunmii ami Mnlu* bo,mini in Rtubleit by
Fresh Meats.
J. W. PATRICK,
Stalls No. 8 and 18, Market House.
Fr«<**li Monts of ovury k I till and Ite.t qurJily
Jail always on Imud.
J. T. COOK,
Fresh Meats of All Kluds,
i stall. Nor. IR Slid
Gun and Locksmiths.
PHILIP BIFLKK,
WILLIAM SCUORUK,
iid liUckHinltli ami doulrr iu Gunning Mu-
tnrialH. U])p<mito Kni|uir<*r Oflica.
. Grocers.
»AN*L H. Itlkt:,
D.alor In Family Groce rim, on llrynu .treat, be
tween Oglethorpe k JnckHon ntreet*.
AW* No charge for dritynge. doc7
J. II. HAMILTON,
Wholesale aud Retail Grocer,
Junction of Franklin, Warron k Oglethorpe Hi*
—Largo numbers of young Swiss wo
mon are to be found all over Enropo, em
ployed as nurses and govornosses. A
meeting was recently bold in Goneva pro
testing against tho custom of young wo
men leaving the country for this purpose.
—Mrs. Caroline A. Houle made a de
cidedly favorable impression in Chicago
at the Woman’s Congress. Bhe says she
has uot asked 8 *nau for money she has
not earned for twenty years, which shows
that she is tbe very Boole of independence.
Barber Shops.
LOUIS WELLS' SHAVING SALOON,
(HucctMior to II. Horn*.,)
Ilndor Georgia Home lu.urauco Hull.ling.
I'rompt and polita harbor, iu attunduncH.
JeS6
Tailors.
a. a. Ktxiuri,
Merchant Tailor aad Cutter.
A full stock of French and Begllsk Broadcloths
HENRY SKLLMAK.
Catting, Cleaning a
Dono in the boat atyla.
pr-'t 1 Cornor Crawford and Front Sts.
Boots and thoss.
WELLS * CURTIS,
No. 73 Broad St., Sign of the Big Beet,
DBAL8M HI
ttootn nnd Shoes, Leather and Plod Inge.
Give prompt end careful attention to orders
ShhSi th * “»**•* prloe far
N. 1).—Plasterers’ Heir always on I
JOSEPH 9. POU,
Attorney nt Lew,
nnd Judgo of Ooanty Conrt*
Practices in all other Oourta.
Ifflce over Store of W. II. Roberts A Co., Broad Bt.
SAMUEL B. HATCHES,
Attorney at Law*
Offlca over Wlttich A Klnoal’s.
Attorney nnd Counsellor at Lew.
Practical in court, of Georgia end Alabama.
Gfflco 1*28 I!rood Bt., (over 0. A. Bodd A Co.'s)
Special attention given to collection.. jail
Poets* Inosam. Mabtw J. CxAwronn.
Rsssb CsAwvoes.
INGHAM A CMAWrsSBS,
Attorneys ad Law,
WUI practice in the Fiat, and Podirol Oeerts el
Georgia.
A. A. DOH.B, '
Attorney ..d Oraatelte. at low.
Practice, in gut. Md Iriml Court. I. fiwqi.
and Alabama.
CUT!co 1*20 Broad bt., Oolnmbns, On. Jet
Mask II. Dundfobn Louis P. gamass.
HLANDFORD A GABBABB,
Attorneys and Cawweellere ad Lmt.
Offlco No. 57 Broad .treat, o?ar WUtiok A Kie-
Jawalry Stora.
Will proctlca In tha Bute and federal Ooarts.
s«p4
Ju8
Cotton Factories.
COI.LIMIUJS MANUFACTUlllNa CO.,
Man lilac tare. r. of
Sliootluga, Shlrtloga, aud Hnvrlng hug
Knitting Thread.
Card* Wool aud Gnudu Wheat and Corn-
Oitico in rear or Wlttich A Kin.ul'., Randolph «t.
a It. II. UlllbTON, President.
MliNCOGEfr: MANUFACTURING CO.
Mauufaciuror. of
BHKKTINQB, SfllltTINGH,
YARN. ROPE, Ac.
4/OIjUMUUS, GA.
U. I*. SWIFT, President.
A. SWIFT, Secretary A Treasurer. oct:U ly.
Watchmakers.
C. SCUOMIIU1MJ, •
1’rat: 11 cm 1 WnUilminker nnd Jeweler,
Buccu.sor to L. Giit.iw.ky,
lor, Hroiul HtrA<-t,
jHll ColtllllhlH, (ia.
C. H. LKUUIN,
Watchmaker,
17.4 Hroad street, Col mu till
"(‘paired in
Watches and Clock.
Tobacco, Clears, &c.
MAIt:n HORN.
If you want to enjoy it go <d .moke, go In hi.
Cigar Manufactory,
between Georgia llmno and MiHtogoo Homo.
U. LOPEZ,
IFenlcr In mid Mnnufiraturrr of Fine
Cigars,
J>*» Near Broad Btrcot Depot.
Painters.
WM. SNOW, JR., A I JO.,
House nnd Hlgn Painters,
Old Oglethorpe corner, (Just north of postoffleu
Columbus, Georgia.
Will contract for House uml Hign Painting at
'liable prices, and guarantoo NiUisfactioii.
“ - — laprfi
Refer to Win. Snow, Hr.
Plano Tuning, &c.
E. W. III.AU,
and Tuner of IMauoe., Organs
ordeons. Bign Palming **l«o done,
nay ho Ini loft at J. W. Pease A Norm
Builders and Architects.
J. G. CIIALMKKH,
Uounc Car pouter nud Builder.
Jobbing douo at short notice.
Pluus and sped II cat!'>b* Id r it idled for ail stylo*
>f building*
road HI reel, next to G. W. tiro'
lull
i. Gm.
Doctors.
DK. J. A. UBQUIIAKT,
Office removed to the Drug Store of l‘J. U
Hood 6l Droll.or.
Sleeping apartment at loro.or residence, on
tho corner ol Randolph and .McIntosh s rcct-t,
opposite tl o residence of .Mr. Win, Reach.
►opft
Hit. ft. 11. LAW.
Residence on Fursjth, three dm
streets, llo
i below Bt. Clair.
Dentists.
J»>- M. ftU.IBLL. CUI. J. I WOT.
KI'IIILL * SWIFT,
Attorney, .nil Ouuuiallori .t Law. Will HMtltt
in tho Courts of Ueorgia (Ghattahoocbs* Brail)
and Alabama. Office oTtr G. A. Bodd A 0n.’« stora.
broad street, Oulumbus, Os. j*j
I-- T. DOwiuFH, "
Attar.., Md SaltotM*.
U. 8. Cuu'r Mid Bu^ittr I. Swlrnttf. OflM
uorltu | ovur Itrook. 1 Drug Man, OolonriHU, U.
PEABODY W Slum, '
Attar..,. .« u*>
Onto, iru J. luu * Oo.'a bsu, luu
uoTls] Wot in*. '
B. J. KOBBS,
Atloraej .ad C.uhIIu at MMW,
Qourulu Haro. In.uruM Company ImlMloc..
“"•1 ly I nnd Up
Boot and •hosmaksrs
WM.MiTERT
Boot and Sha
Dealer In Leather and Findings. Nasi to 0. A*
odd A Co.'s. Prompt and strict attention cira
Dress-Making.
■ IU K. A. HOLUIMWMRB,
Drum-Making, Cutting and Fitting. Tsmicksai
Residence and shop In RrownOVilla.
norlfl
LAWYKW1.
FERN M. WOOD.
Attorney at Law, *
Opelika, Alabama,
mbm, Tallin.,.. Md Bag.
Oonrt or AtokUHt, and I.
UlittlM Oonrt nt Boa
•apUdAnquI
HINES DOMEB,
Attorney at Law,
HABILTM, «An
yjlhh practice in ths
•v.:
W. A. Farley,
▲ ttornoyB*t>Z«Ai
UUSSETA, OHATTABOOONKK Do., Ga
^^8j^ternUjmtioj^vgeJg aolloothT
Dr
T. W. HEATZ, ‘
Sentlat,
HOTELS.
Rankin House,
Colnmbni, Ga.
i. w. HYAN, Prop’,.
Fu.it. Golds., Clark.
Baby Restaurant,
Bar and Billiard
Undxb the Rankin Houaa.
my24 dawtf J. W. RYAN
CITY HO 1 :
CENTRALLY LOCATED.
Troy, Alabama.
R. H. PARK, Pr
deo7 silly i
1874| HOWARD HOUSE,
BBOAD DTBBBT,
■ well as to Oporutive Dentistry.
COLUMBUM MENTAL BOOM*,
W. T. Foot., Prnii’r,
Ojjjjj. Hun, Buil-Uag, Uduatot, UaorgU.
For beauty of
above goods nro __
tho marknt. Prions
other party In IW.M.
Aln olta.BFU.CMM
ATNIaUMSMSMid
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