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J * VOL. XVI. iisfc COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15. 1874. NO. 269 IMPROMPTU* 0| vkU Ih love, or life, to the alok heart and •ere? Of whftt Id faino to one who breathes, but hopes ■o more ? What la the ictldod cage to tho matoleaa song* S color to the blind ?—anthem to soul bo- ftl Joy to fondest heart by earthly sorrows ok his load of sin to toinple or to feast f |kt of love divine t Fall w.th thy heavenly plodding men—their wasted ilied and ives renow unto himself, man threads his weary M. E. WlKCHKSTKft. Lieut. Madge’s Aunt. A Tale of St. Patrick’s with a cordiality by Mamma, and a gush ing coyuetw l>y Mademoiselle, th«t prom ised well for his ultimate share in the for tunes of the house. The gallant FusiUer spared no pains to render himself agreea ble, frequently volunteering to escort tho ladies to places of entertainmeut where the entrance fee did not exceed one shil ling ; or to the theatres upon debenture orders; or to Kingston pier; or for a promenade upon the Donnybrook Road. Mulligan Mndge is a lieutenant in istinguiMhed militia regiment, known eufui liiberniau oiroles as tho nd Fusileers. He is an officer of ur ability, and oau screw a glass right eye, lounge upon an outside gd walk up or dowo Grafton street, auner at once calculated to attract on, and to imprssa the vulgar mind Iduo sense of bis attainments, of Rtary achievements, and of bis dig- During the period in which this regiment is under tvniniug, Lien- Muiige is a glory to behold, for ho appswA in the startling radianoe of regi- moutals, with a huge sword dangling after Urn, causing a general clatter all over the street, to tho awe and bewilder ment of all honest rate-paying burgesses with whom be may come in contact. How, Lieutenant Mudge, at the period of Mm opening of this narrative, wss ex tremely desirous of improving bis finan cial position, bis resources being of that genteel nature kuown as “limited;” and as he bad no profession but that of a seoond-baud warrior, and was unable to e presented Miss Bolgibbie with his photograph taken in full regimentals, and she in return blnshiogly banded him her portrait, taken, injudiciously, in eveniug dress, a costume in which she displayed a larger qnautity of collar-bone and a more uncompromising scragginess than are conventionally considered beautiful. Matters wore iu this satisfactory posi tion, though progressing too slowly for the ardent Mudge, when the recurrence of a festival, always held in high esteem iu Dubliu, served to precipitate the long- desired crisis. The seventeenth of March approached, and with it 8t. Patrick’s day, and the bull at the “Castle.” “You are going to Patrick's ball, of coarse,” observed the lieutenant to Mrs. Bolgibbie, during one of his visits at ao. 000, Blank streot. “It will not be till the twenty-fourth of April this year, iu con- H6qnenoe of the change of Viceroy.” “Oh, yes, my relative in the Service wishes me to go, so I shall do so to oblige him; besides, our set all go, and it's a pleanaut rendezvous. ” Mudge waa in raptures. His martial tunic looked its best at night. Tho sash was as good as new, and sword-knot re splendent by gaslight. To Patrick’s ball be would go in all his splendor, and at Patrick’s ball he would ask tieropbiun Bolgibbie to be bis. Had uot a buuk clerk, at whose bauk Mrs. Bolgibbie kept her account, confidentially, but darkly, intimated “it wob all right ?” Yes, the citadel should be stormed without auy j his income through the medium |>Iabor market, he, able strategiut as RO, perceived at a glance that there Kfbnt two Hourses open to him by I he might attain, if not prosperity, an honorable independence. One > roads to fortune lay through the Iry of marriage; the other through tbalife of an uuut, who possessed three thymand pounds iu the simple elegance of tfre tinea per ceuts., in addition to a Rig “bit o’ land" iu the neighborhood of me town of Loughrea, upon which she rSfiHtod, nud whither the gallant liingseud FusUeer was wont to repair after the dan- gef* and glories of the auunal training of the distinguished corps to which he was attached, in order to recruit bis constitu tion md I mao* of bridge c SI J bis pock't. Mr* Clancy was extremely proud of rpmriiko kinsman, and indulged the Imt lieutenant iu auy thing, everything, i money. She scat him hampers of fife, hams, and vegetables; she made him gifts of cheap pocket-handkerchiefs, bought iu job lots iu Luughrea, of scarfs and Brummagem pins. She eveu pre sented him with a suit of garments of the daooased Clancy, the small-clothes of Whiali wore constructed of corduroy, but •he never gnvu him a coin. “Ye’ll have Hall after I’m gone, Tim,” she would •fey, npon his earnest application for pe- ouniary aid, “but not a farden till then— not a mag, Tim.” Even when she visited Dublin, the lieutenant's headquarters, she would not intrust him with the pay ment of as ranch as a oar fare ; and so far did aba carry out her views upon the sab- jeotof coinage control, that oven tho pay- Pt of the half-penny, to cross the metal \ over the river Liiluy, was doled r herself, and she detained the gel- Pusileer, upon a outting day in Jan- , for at least five minutes while she f down a coy sixpence, with numbed Ebervous fingers. “ling that it was hopeless to endeavor v^wVelop Mrs. Clancy r s mineral resonr- •*1,Lieutenant Madge turned his thoughts intfte direction of matrimony, and, be fore be had well decided on bia line of £ftjjteu, destiny flung a charming girl gpaaas his path like a rosebud. |fru. Bolgibbie, tho mother of the ■l&eu in question, was the relict of jSBsol learned in the law, who had died of brain fever brought on by consuming the midnight oil over an impossible case, leaving Mrs. Bolgibbie disconsolate, with thru* nuudred a 3 ear, and a daughter, tho image of her defunct sire; especially about the nasal orgaD, which was very red and very bulbous. To this young creature (ago uncertain), Lieutenant Mudge was formally presented at a little evening party, givon by a mutual friend residing at Buthmines, and having danced with her is often as circumstances would permit, experienced the inexpressible sat isfaction af escorting her and her engag ing mother to ibeir residence within the city boundary, and the nnuttersble cha grin of pfeyieg the cabman double fare ; for it wsa past (hat honr at which the or dinary tariff fails to satisfy snd far into that where funcy prices reigu supreme. But, had he not made an investment? Was not that half-crown, composed of two mouldy shillings, a fuurpeuce, aud four halfpence, destined to bear golden fruit? It bad heeu confidentially impart ed to him that Miss Bolgibbie was in pos- aoaaion of live hundred per annum, and this, too, at her own disposal. Here waa a light towards which to propel bis riokety bark; here was a harbor of rof age, worthy the attaining of every nerve to gain, and, onoain whose smooth water, he coaid ride ^easnntly at anchor, aud jsalwly snr- further dels}', and # Miss Bolgibbio and '" Ur of warl 1 bankrupt billows dashing harm, lyj.-ij over the breakwater standing be- twaen him aud financial shipwreck ! Mrs. Bmtfllbbie was possessed of genteel pro- aUvtties. Miss Bolgibbie went a step farther, and spoke of the aristocracy with thaMasy aud familiar air with which peo ple apeak of matters of which they know Uerylittle, but of which they would fain s know a groat deal. Mrs. Bolgibbie had a 1 * pveiuthe army, to whom ahe con- kly referred ; but whether the gentle- adorued the British, French, Ans- Russian, or Chinese service, no 1 could by any possibility deterra- 1 wben pressed upon the point the lady .evaded a direct answer in a manner that refl< cted the highest credit upon her ingenuity, whilst, at the same time, it ef- factually closed the inquiry/ Mrs. Bol- gibMe lived within her means, and os a aopaeqnrtirn did uot throw mnoh money away upon the modistes of Dublin. She indwged iu the winter season in imitation steMUn, and limp black silk with a ktefcfc shine npon it, aa though It had kaMfeMolishod with black-lead. In sum- MI ahe Hffectod a mysterious fabric con- ) of a compromise between muslin rege, very cheap, but singularly .. and, indeed, glittering. Mias fibbie dressed much after the fashion E*ront, and sported a quantity of tomwMuu, gaily relieved by cun- >4 elaln.ntt* davioea t» ant -«-i her income should be the spoil Lieutenant Madge was enjoying break fast in bed, in an apartmeut directly be neath the slates, shortly after he had taken this desperate resolve, when the elderly female who attended to bis wants, in addition to those of the other lodgers, handed him a letter from Mrs. CIQU03’. A letter from his aunt—what could it mean ? This was not the period fur ber visit to the metropolis! Hastily thrust ing aside the venerable snd battered tray containing the breakfast things, be tore open the envelopo, and read as follows: “Cabbage Rose Villa, Ballyomnlligan, “Loughrea, April 20th, 1874. “Dear Nephew :—I have been reading the life of St. Patrick, and I’d like to do honor to the holy man’s memory by going to his ball. Yon oau do as yon like at the Castle, so could my brother wheu he oommamlod the fly-boat on the Grand Caual, so get me an invitation. I’ll be up on tho 23d, as I see it’s to bo on tho 24th. Meet me at tho Broadstone, 111 u covered car—I dou’t care for cabR, like old fashions—at five o’clock. . Take the same lodgings for me ns I had before, ueur tho Chapel iu Dominick street, and toll tho pill to tell Father James I’ll be wanting him in his box on Friday morn ing. Lay in a couple of ponnds of sal mon, as it’s a black fast. I wouldn’t trust St. Petor, let aloue St. Patrick for eggs, so I bring my own. Your affec tionate aunt, "Many Anne Clancy. ‘P. 8. Have a fire in my bed-room and soe that it’s lighted early, and tbe sheets spread ont before it. Tell the girl to have a bettor toaftting fork, as the last one burnt my toast.” Tho warrior bounded from his bed stead, and utlerod full-flavored language. Tbe Philistines were upon him. Siubsd, the sailor, wa9 troubled with the atten tions of an elderly gentleman ; here was a son of Mars overwhelmed by those of an elderly lady. He knew Mrs. Clancy too well to think that she could bo pat off, baffled or bamboozled. He had tried that once, aud her solicitor was in attendance upon her at an early subsequent date, with a view to material alterations in her will. lie had promised to escort tho Bol- gibbios. He dare not present to these aristocratic personages a relative who prououuoed inferior infayrior, aud doubtful over such words as meat and heat. What were his chances with Miss Bolgibbie if she came in conteot with Mrs. Clancy ? Lieutenant Mudge went back to bed, and meditated. It would bo madness to lose tbe substanco for the shadow, llis aunt must be considered. ». e., her three thousund pouuds iu tho new threes, boforo everything. If it bad been an ordinary private entertainment, he could oasily manage to put her off, and attend the festival himself, bnt in this case, bis name and regiment would appear in print, and all tho waters in the Grand Cana), which had floated the bark of Mrs. Clancy’s kiusmau, would fail to wash him clean. The case was hopeless, utterly hopeless, and Ihe gallant Mudge sullenly submitted himself to the Inevita ble. The evening of the 23d of April found the lieutenant moodily awaiting the arri val of the Galway train at the Broadstone station of the M. G. W. Railway. Drawn up beside the platform stood an autique and obsolete vehicle known as a covered car, around which a critical but somewhat tatterod group were gathered, engaged in discussing its peculiarities. Punctually the train arrived, bearing with it Mrs. Clancy and her baggage, aud the wretched Mudge presently greeting her as became an heir expectant, landed her safely at her lodgings. How fondly lie hopod that the fatigues of the journey might prove too much for her, that some friendly draught had seized her, and that one of those rheumatic attacks, to which she was occasionally subject, was imminent ! But no such luck was in store for him. Mrs. Clauoy was os lively, to uso her owti words, as a “Boyne salmon,” as she ex pressed a desire to attend “tbe Castle” uefore “the candles were lighted,” and not to leave nntil they were “snuffed ont.” Mndge made the best exouee he could think of to the Bolgibbies, arranged an early rendezvous, and still hoping against hope, prepared for tbe worst. There was a soumLof revelry by night, and Dublin Castle was lighted from moat (cellar) to turret (garret), au>1 bright twenty-candle gas sbono o’er fair women, arrayed in feathers and lappets, and o'er brave men, attired iu overy description of uniform, from that of the bullion- breasted hussars to tbe thoroughly shrunk en tunic of the balf-pay infantry captain. But the exterior lights bad other work to do, especially in the quadrangle, known as the Upper Castle Yard, for they had to illuminate the roadway for a very rickety looking horse and u still more rickety looking vehicle, from which sprang a crimson-clad warrior, to be followed after much “acrooging” and shrill ejaculations in a female voice, by tbe majestio form of Mrs. Clancy. “Ye’ll be back at four, Rafferty,” ob served Mrs. Clancy to tho oharioteor,” “and don’t let any abonoou got before tored the charioteer, as he moved away under the stern dictum of an energetio member of tbe force. Tho Kingsend Fnsileor was in an agony of terror lest the Bolgibbies should arrive ere he had time to deposit bis aunt in some remote recess iu St. Patrick's Holl, uni earnestly urged that estimable lady to accelerate her movements. This ap peal was somewhat necessary, as Mrs. CUncy wss engaged in curtsying to and iudulging m a running Are of conversa tion with such persona as happened to be within range. “It’ll be a big ball; I never was hero before. What a splendid stair case ! I ouiuo all tho way from Loughrea; ain’t I a courageous woman ? This is me nephew, me sister’s son. Hia father was a ganger, and died of a cruel bad attack of the horrors of drink. Five men couldu’t hold him iu bed. I hoar the Lmly-Lieuteuant isn't here. More's the pity. What regiment do you belong to, sir ? is it in the horse police yon are ? My nephew is in the militia—the liingseud Fusileors. This is him.” Poor Mudge! how fiercely thy heart beats beneath thy martial dingineas. What full-flavored language is hovering about thy lipa! The grauit staircase is soarlet-carpeted aud ornamented with exotics. Ou the right stauds the state porter eyeing keenly any new comer, for to him the appear ance of the habitues is as familiar as that of the membora of tbe House of Com- tnous to the wary and vigilant doorkeepor. 1 He known Mudge, aud kludge’s tarnished raiment, aud he looks askance at Mudge's aunt. He will know her again. The staircase, iu addition to tho exotics, is decoruted with pigeon-breasted guards men, gutting grimly before thorn from be neath tho sei rated fringe of their great bearskius os if ou parade, and beside these waxwork looking warriors are vice regal retainers, in bloom-colorod suits out after the fashion of that snpnlied to one Oliver Goldsmith a hundred years ago. The wolls are ornamented with quaiut devices cunningly constructed of wurlike appliances, nud wain-scotted upon tho present occasion by “a thin rod line” of spruce-looking color sergeants. Mrs. Clancy’s admiration recoguized no limit; she apostrophised everybody aud every thing, aud it was almost by sheer force that her nephew was enabled to drag her into St. Patrick’s Hall, and to place her, much against her will, upon one of the seats in the upper tier. “I ain’t going to stick here all night, Tiui,” she loudly exclaimed, as he was moving away, “and if you don’t like tube attentive to me there’s others that will.” Mudge, mysteriously hinting that mili tary duties commanded his attention elsewhere, vanished in the crowd in search of Mi»s Sorapbina Bolgibbie. St. Patrick's Ball, in full swing, is a sight never to be forgotten. The noble hull bluziog with a thousand lights, and tho diamonds scornfully flushing back the glitter in a myriad spnrkles ; tbe brilliant combination of colors; the uuiforms, from tho vivid scarlet of tho guardsmen to the dark green of tho rifle brigade ; the quaint court dresses, and the beauty of the fair daughters of Erin, all aid in daz zling nud charming the eye of the de lighted spectator. The soft and sensuous music, now sparkling with the glitb Offenbach, now wailing with the dreamy sigh of Strauss, gratifies another sense ; aud over and above all there is a general joyonsnosM, and a mirth, savoring more of tho revelry of the Carnival than of the cold-blooded pageantry of a court. Iu accordance with u time-honored cus tom, the Lord Lieutenant opens the ball with the Lady Mayoress, with a country dance, to the inspiring uir of “St. Pat rick’s Day in the Morning.” His “Ex,” as he is lumiliurly termed, is followed by a dozen “amorous palming poppies,” and their fuir partners, “up aud dowu the middle,” aud upon tbe present occasion the Viceroy was footing it away right merrily, and “humoring tbe tune,” when a shrill female voice was heard to ex claim, “Faugh, that’s no dancing, ltonse tho griddle, man. Foot it. Welt tbe Hour now, thou heel and toe. Hands across. Fungh, yer a botch. I'll show yo how to dunce,” and Mrs. Clancy, for twos she, descending from her coign of vantage, made a most determined and energetic move iu the direction of tho viceregal set, to tho intense amusemont of a few, and the ovideut consternation of tbe many. At this crisis. Lieutenant Mudge, with Miss Bolgibbie npon arm, approached tbe dancers, aud the gallant Fusileer, being anxious to enable his fair partner to view the terpsiohorean ever saw. Who is sho ?" and here the in dignant lady addressed the company gen erally. “She’s Mary Ann Claney, of Cab bage Rose Villa, Ballyomnlligan, Lough- res: that’s who she is. And now, Tim Mudge, just take me to some place of re freshment, aud leave that whey-faced orayture to go back to where she oarne from.” Here waa a position for the Uingseud Funileer. Tho Scylly of Mrs. Clancy. The Charybdis of Miss Bolgibbie. If he deserted the frying-pan, it was only for the purpose of popping deliber- 10 fire. ately into the fire. Three thousand iu the distance. Five hundred a year at hand. Shadows versus anbatanoe. Mrs. Clancy possessed religious tendencies of a very advanoed order, and had frequent ly hinted that hia eminence Cardinal Cul len was an extremely sensible man and a particularly good style of legatee. Miss Bolgibbie was sufficiently good-looking and was credibly supposed to have five hundred per annum, paid quarterly. The last consideration decided the | sled warrior. Taking Miaa Bolgibbies hand and plac ing it npon his arm, and drawing hitnsolf up to his fall height—during the execu tion of which insnaravre two buttons flew from the dingy tunic—he glared at his relative, and making her a haughty obei- 'd. sauco, disappeared in the crowd LienteuAnt Mudgo will lead Miss Bol gibbie to the bymenial altar npon au early date. Mrs. Clancy haa not been consult ed, and has had several interviews with ber solicitor. DON'T BE II A HURRY TO UO. 'omo, Lois, I hive something to toll you; Uoiuo hero. 1 would whlspor It low : You’re t htnkhi« of leaving tho homestead; Don’t be In a hu r ry to go. The oltv hen ninny attract ors, But think of the vices an I sins; You talk ot tho mine* of An«tralla, They are wealthy In troasure, no doubt; But ab ! there’s gold In tho (arm, boys, If only you will nhovol It eut. The mercantile Itlo ti a hazard. Tho goods lire first high and then low; Bott«r risk the old farm a while longer,— Dou’t be lu a hurry 10 go. The groat busy Wont has inducements Ami so the ousy mart; And wealth is not made in a day, boy* “ be in n hurry to itart. id broker nro wealthy, Tho banker iu. And take lu their thou Hand , Ah! think of their frauds and deceptions,- Dou’t be lu a Uuriy to go. But stay on the furm awhile longer. Though profits uomo In rather slow : Komcmhur. you’ve nothing to risk, boy*, Don’t be iu a burry to go. Lne po, turn,” said tbe carman, somewhat gruffly. “Say it’s for Mrs. Clauoy of Loughrea, Rafferty.” “The divvls • hair they’ll oare," mut- iuto tho frout rank, and sncceodod in “placing" Miss Bolgibbie iu “tho line." Horror of horrors ! Directly opposite to him stood Mrs. Clancy, for whom a very considerable spaco bad been expe ditiously cleared. Thu excellent lady whh preparing to “cut in,” and.with a view to An effective demonstration, waa engaged in pinning up her skirts in a manner that disclosed a very muddy pair of side-laced boots, of ancient pattern and formation, and a scarlet flannel vestment, which hung iu graceful folds till it touched the uppers of the tucdiicval sandals. “Here, you sir,” sho exclaiuiod, ad dressing a ferocious looking warrior, who was glaring at ber ov*-r an iron-moulded iiiouKtuche, “hold mo fan and gloves, and I’ll show ye how we dance a country dance in the West of Ireland.” One fist was poised iu oir, another sec ond and it had acted as pioneer to the rest of her frame, when with a forcible exclamation Lieutenant Mudge sprang forward, and forcibly seizing his aston ished and ind'gnunf relative by the arm, pushed her frantically into the rear. ‘.‘Tim Mndge," panted tho irate Mrs. Clancy, “What do ye mean bo this con duct to yer mother's only sister?” “Are yon mud, aunt ?” whispered tho Ringhend Fnsileor. “Are you m liquor, Tim ?” “Hush, for Heaven’s soke,” appealed the wretched Mudgo. Now it is a well-known fact that te ask an excited female to moderate her tone is about the rushest act of which auy man can be cuj ablo. Mudgo rushed on his fate. It impaled him. “And how dare ye, ye twenty-one day lieutenant, ye ghoat of a soldier, ye sketch of a horse-marine, presume to bid mo hold mo tongue ?” “Aunt J” “Don’t aunt mo, sir. Ye’ll find, to yor cost, I'm not yer aunt. It’s to yer uuele ye’ll have to go when ye next want pock et-money !" Ilero Miss Bolgibbie rejoined lior cav- ulitir. who wished her—well, it doeau't matter where—aud Mrs. CUuey, perceiv ing this interesting young female aidling up to her nephow, and confidingly plac ing ber hand upon his arm, immediately, and with true feminine instinct, tamed her battery upon the new-comer. “And who is this minx, I’d like for to know ? Who is this painted dolly with as much flour on her face as would give many a poor child its breakfast, that hugs yer as if she was yor lawful wife ?” “Come away,” gasped Miss Bolgibbie, “from this mad woman. Who is she?” “Who it she ?” echoed Mrs. CUncy, de risively ; “she is a lady, and that's more than you are. She has three thousand pounds in tho throe per cents. ; that’s more than all yer family, pat together, —Fruulfliu said “Public health is pub lic wealth.” —Nature says that in England Soienco is a body without a head. —Dr. Lyon Playfair says: “The health of tho country—and that governs the productive power of its people—depends us much upon the application of medical science as the workiug of a machine de pends upon a good application of me chanical laws.” . —Silicious and calcareous rooks are more commonly brekeu up by chemical thau by mechsuioal action, but the con trary is the cose with felspathio aud blulo rocks. For subaqueous structures sili- oions stones are generally prcferablo to those of a calcareous nature. —The question whether snakes eut toads is answered affirmatively by a writer in Hardwick’s, who speaks from direct observation. Having discovered a garter annko in a strawberry-bod, bo struck tho oreature a sharp blow with a stick, and out flew a medium-sized toad. Before the blow, only tho hind-feet of the toad were visiblo, protruding from tho snake's mouth. —A French patent has been granted for the preparation of leather from tripe, intestines, and other animal membranes; these are worked in niilk-of-limo whi:e still fresh, then washed and immersed iu water, and finally iu a paste made of starch and white-of-egg. The substance thus formed is to be used for glove-mak- iug, etc. ; tho material may also bo tanned • curried. —M. Corenwinder, who for twenty years pursued in one direction his studies of vegetal physiology, has proved that the nocturnal respiration of plants, though supposed to be exceptional, is, in fact, perfectly continuous, and constitutes their onjy true respiration. What hitherto has boon called diurnal respiration, viz.: tho absorption of oarbouio acid, the seat of which is the chlorophyll, instead of beiug the true respiratory, is a phenomenon of assimilation aud digestion, us pointed out by Claude Boruard. Plants ami animals respire both in the same way. —Iu an article on Prof. Tyndall’s late ( address, in harper'* Weekly, Mr. Darwiu is declared to be “the most famous ex pounder of Evolution.” This, according to Prof. Yonuian, is ho far from beiug true, that Mr. Darwiu haa never even at tempted any such thing. He has devoted his life to special and important research es, which boar upon the priuoiple of or ganic development; but his writings, though rich iu biological contributions to tho question, do uot contain anything like a full or comprehensive exposition of the subject. Whole tracts of tho inquiry they do uot touch; the general evidence of the truth of thu evolution they do not give; uor do they subject the problem to that rigorous analysis into its ultimate elements and factors which scientific in vestigation reqaires. Mr. Darwin has showu with great learning bow tbe prin ciple of nutnral scleotion gives rise to di versities of orgauio species ; but natural selection is no moro evolution than a fusee is a watch, or a throttle-valve a steam-engine. The doctrine of evolution received its amplest and earliest complete statement in the works of Herbert Spen cer whom Prof. Ilaxley credit*with being the only complete and systematic state ment of the dootrinc. —Somebody says that the first condi tions of enjoyiug religion is keeping clean. —A Yankee oritio, speaking of a very tall actor, said: “He's tall enough to ast in two parts.” —It ia a pitiful sight to see the house fly get out of bed these mornings and hang around the eook-atove to warm hia heels. —A drawing master who was given to scolding his pupils, onoe asked one of them “If yon were to draw me, tail me what part you would draw first ?” Tho pupil looked up in his master’s face, aud quiotly said, “V An Angel In the Block. “It is related of Michnol Angelo thnt, while walkiug with some friends through nu obscure street iu tho city of Florence, he discovered a block of flue marble lying neglected in u yard and hulf in dirt and rubbish. Regardless of his holiday attire lie at once fell to work upou it, clearing away its filth and striving to lift it from the slime and mire in which it lay. His companions asked him in astonishment wlmt be was doing and what bo wanted of that worthless pieco of rock. ‘Ob, there's an angel ui this stone,' wus the answer, ‘and I must get it out.’ Ho had it removed to his studio and with a pa tient toil with mallot and chisel, he brought the augcl out. What to othe'H was but a rude, uunigUtly stone, to his eye whs a buried glory of art, aud lie discov ered at a glance what might bo made of it. A mason would have put it in a stone walk ; a curtuiuu would have usr-d it in filling in or to grade thu stroots, but ho transformed it into a creation of genius and gave it a value for ages to come.” A beautiful at« ry this. And now as to another application of its mural. Every human being m»y be likened to a block of marble just as it comes from the quarry. Parents, teachers and sur rounding circumstunces are tho urtiHts, who chisel, hew, polish, discipline and duvelopo tho ohm actor of the child. Aud every child is born with the utliibutes of both angel and devil. If the unuel lie not developed, wo inquire wtiy not ? If the devil—perverted passions aud propensi ties—be developed instead of the angel— moral and spiritual sentiments — then Homebody is to b'linie. Do children take after their p trouts ? Is there anything iu hereditary dosheut? Cana child create hi** own will, spirit, disposition, tenden cies and character ? Childre n aro blocks of murble just from the quarry, and the marble iu the quarry is course or fine. From u fine quarry we get flue murble, from a poor quarry poor stone. Pure and healthy parents will have fine children, with uugdic tendencies pr> dominating. Low, coarse, iiupuro, drunken, diseased persons should not expect much angel in their childr en. Objectors may point to seeming objections. We state the luw. “God is not mocked.” lim laws ure neither revised nor repealed. Obey and live. Disobey, you prematurely die. Parents, look ut those little human blocks before you. They are subject to your molding chisel. Your words, your actions, aye, your very thoughts, aro in tuitively workiug on those little statues. You liriug frowns or smiies ou their p an tic faces at your will; you encourngo or depress ; you elovatu or you degrade ; you distort or you beautify ; you make angels or you make devils. Do uot shrug your shouldera aud deny persons! responsibility. You cuiiuot put the blame all on Adniu, Eve and thu Her- poUt. That child cumo into existence through human agency. Its parents were tho ugeuts. There were prunatei influ ences ut work which gave shape, tone and direction to its body and bruin. Lati-r, the food, the drink, tho quality of the air it breathed ; thu language, the prayers, tho music it heard ; the beautiful or the horrible objects it huw—all had their ef fect in forming its character. Was it born in the Five Points of New York, or tho alums of hoiuo other ciiy ? Were its parents low vagrants, vagabonds, criminals, or were they hellish, though well-to-do citizens? Were they ricn, purse-proud, self-iudulgcnt, distant, haughty and domineering ? We pity their children. Children are expected to re semble and take after their parents. Oh, tliut our parents had been what God in- tended them to liuvu heeu ! Oh, that may become what He intended us to have been—finely-chiseled, polished and grace ful sculptures in marble aud beuutiful works of human art! But how much more grand, *l»eatitifnl, graceful and in comparably angelic are intelligent, kind ly, loving, just, righto us, noble and godly men uud women! Render, lot your studios, ynmr efforts, your life, bo devoted to developing tho augcl in the—human—block. our neck, sir.7 “Is Mike McGloskey in the ranks ?” asked the cotnmauder-iu-cbief, on the army stood in line of battle. “Here, General,” said Mike, stepping to the front. “Thou let the engagement begin,” said tbe general. This is the way Mike tells the story. —“How do yon like the oharaoter of St. Paul ?” asked a parson of his landlady one day. “O, he wm good, clever old soul, I know, for he once said, you know, that we must eat what is put before us, and ask no question for conscience's sake. I always thought I should like him for • boarder.” —The stamp duty on receipts was first introduced during the short reign of the administration of “All the Talent*.” Fox was at this time in pecuniary difficulties, which led Sheridan to write :— ••I would,” say* Fo_x t “a tax devise That should not fall “Thon tax receipts.” Lord North replloi, ••For tho*e you nevor ■eo.” —Next to a rooater iu a rain-storm, ora mau with hiu mother-in-law on his arm, the most wretched-looking thing in the world is a candidate who baa just over heard some friend wanting to bet three to one that he won’t be elected. —Rev. J. H. Todd, of Bioax City, played a rather neat little joke on his wife, the other day. While she was un- AUHpootiugly engaged ia half-noliug his winter trousers, ho quietly slipped out of tho back gnte and eloped with a milliner. —A Lyons man who went to see Bar- uuai'i show in Rochester, two yoars ago, aud lost his umbrella, was anxiously in- quiring of the ticket agent on Tuesday (while the tthow was in Lyons) if he know who found it .—Home Sentinel. —A pouting bride, ou her first ho a voy age, writes homo: “The motiou of a screw steamer ih like ridiug a gigantic camel that has tbe heart diHouse, and you do not miss a single throb. I know of nothing to compare with it for boredom.” —A young lady and gentleman, aged respectively 12 aud 13 yoars, wero mar ried at Gouldtowu, Mioh., last wook. When lost seen, they were quarreling over a pound of mixed candies, and throwing out vague intimations about divoroe. A young man has been arrested in New York for sleeping in a standing posi tion. He would stand on tho htraet for fonr hours at a stretch, with hia eyes closed, and uot move a muscle. It ia hereditary. His father was a policeman. — HWi. Chron. —If the times are hard atop your pa per, but do not shorten your aliowanoo for whiskey or tobacco. A good paper in a family it a great comfort to tbe wife and children, but that ia no reason whv you should provide them with a weekly luxury at the expense of a daily necessity. —The singular statement appears in the 8t. Louis Globe that “General Bheridan won't marry because ho doesn't want to ;ive up tho privilege of going to bod with iis bouts on.” The amount of useful in- —Dr. Richardson, iu a recent able pa per, maintains the theory of a nervous ether. lie says: “Pain it the result of rapid vibration of the nervous ether; and pain, whether it be called physical or mental, is the name event. The so-called physical pain, that which comes from a blow or a cut, is excessive vibration, more than the brsin can receive. Tho so-called mental pain is oxccsdve vibru- tiou carried through tbe Houses to the centreH, or excited in tho centres aud carried to ihe outlets of tho body for re lief. It in, I think, no figure of speech to say-that nerves bleed—no figure of speech to affirm tho phenomena of nervous ex haustion, of nervous collapse, or nervous strain, and of uervons overstrain. Under mental lsbor or emotion nervps bleed as vessels do—bleed not blood in mass, but tho richest product of blood. Under vio lent shock tbe whole nervous atmosphere is thrown into vehement vibration, the heart is held fixed by the commotion, and I tho fuilure of unimsl force it followed by sudden and overwhelming prostration. Those are all clear physical phenomena. A feeble auiiual chemistry yields a feeble nervous tension, a powerful chemistry or action produces over-tension. Tbe inflic tion of physical pain is followed by tbe shriek, the Hub, the moan, or thu hard ting of muscles; tho shrink, tbs sob, > moan, or the muscular rigor is the echo of the pain ; it it more, it it tho out let of tho evil, the excess of vibration re flected, diverted, given forth. The in fliction of mental pain it followed by tears, sighs, and other varied forms of grief; these are, agaiu, the echoes and the outlets of the evil. —A genius living in California made a nerve and bone-healing salve, and thought ‘ JL * he would experimentalize a little with it. He first cut off hit dog’s tail and applied some of tho salvo to the stump. A new tail grew out immediately. He then ap< —Nature H«ys them is one phuso of sur face geology wli'oh has been Almost wholly neglected of lat*;; we refer lu the couuec- tiou between soils and the rock forma tions from vyhich poili Imve been derived. It is here posHibly that there ih the widest field for original jo.-w-uroli. ffi'hat there is thu most intimate connection between soils and rock formations i* well known. In Home places tho veil is tho direct pro duct of tho di.s;ntegr«i:ion of the underly ing rock. It more frequently happens, however, thnt the soil lias nut been derived from tho rock 011 which it rests, hilt con sists of drifted material. The study of this drifted material is most interesting to the geologist, and ought to be most in structive to the farmer. It enables the geologist to understand the direction and force of former water currents, and thus throws light 011 obs jure phenomena. A careful examination of the drift onablot us to trace the origin of the soil. Thus, for example, a study of the htoiicH and peobly particles of the Hoil, enables us not only to know the rocks from which it waa derived, at all events pirtly, but also to understand the rate ut which plant-food may become liberated on the soil by the disiiilegiaLioii of thene very lid pebbh-H. Or. this point a formation lying around a Western uewa- > makes circulating libraries a paper office uperflnity. —Boor young thing! she fainted away at the wash-tub, and her pretty nose went ker-slop into tbe aoapanda. Home said it was overwork; others, however, hispered that her beau had peeped over the baek fence and called out: “Hullo, there, Bridget, it Mist Alice at home ?’’— N. l r . Commercial. —A woman in New London, Gonn., saw her huhband carrying a lady’s satchel, and she tore tbe lady's dreaa off horbeforo discovering that it was her mother, who had dropped down on tho evening train to surprise her. Every husband iu the land who is out evenings should road tbia little item to his wife and hold up the dangers of her becoming suspicions with out the best of cause. —It war iu a MasHiiohtisetfa village that an old soissors-grinder, calling on a min ister, made the usual query, “Any RoifiBors to grind ?” Receiving a negative answer, it wsh the minister’s turn, which ho took by asking, “Are yon a man of God ?” “I do not understand you.” “Aro you pre pared to die?” Tbe question struck home. Gathering up his kit aod scramb ling for the door, he exclaimed, terror- stricken : “OLor'! O Lor’! you ain't a going to kill me, are you ?” Tin and Coppersmiths. WM. FEE, Wevktr In Tin, Hheet Iren, Copper. Order, from abroad j.rompllj lUtundcd to. J»T No. 174. Broad Htraet. Confectioners. I. <1. BTRUPFEK, Caady Manufacturer AND DIALS* IN All kinds of Confectionery and Fruit*, Stick Candy IB cents. Hotels. PLANTERS' HOTEL, Next to ColnmUna Bank llulldlttg. i'ortor. at all tho train.. Jaia MRS. W. K. HNIliKK, Propr’* Livery and Sale Stables. MOHEItr THVMV.UN, Lltory. *»l. ud tieku,. .table*. Ooutuokm, Noam or Randolph 8th., •otao Colunit.il., 0^ A. UAMMEL, Livery aud Main MtablN, OULRTIIOXl'fc 8?., CoLUAlUUB, UA. ^Particular attention glvan to Folding and bul< of 8to k. Bom** *ud UuIm boantod lu .table, by tb* Fresh Meats. J. W. PATRICK, Stall* No. I and IB, Market House. Kro.h Moat, of «?«ry kind uud brat tjimlity J. T. COOK, Freak Meats of All Kluda, Hi.II. N-hi, lft wild Cun and Locksmiths. PHILIP EIFLER, Oun and hork.witli, Crawford *tr««t, Jolni.oii'. rornor, Ctdiuiibii.. Ua. WILLIAM SCUOHEK, tiuu and Lock.mltb and dnalor In (Junuing Ma terial.. Ojijiortitu Liiqulrvr oilici Grocers. DAN’LK. BIIE, Dealer In family Orocerlea, on Rrjran street, be tween Oglethorpe A Jackuou atrueta. ay No charge for dmjragr. Lawyers. JOSEF, r. POO, Attorney at Law, and Judge of Connty Co art. Practice. In all other Court*. Office over .tore of W. IT. Hobart, k Go., Broad ft* Jailft SAMVEL B. HATCHER, Attorney *1 Law, Office over Wlttleh k KIbmI’*. J. M. MoNEILL, Attorney nnd Counsellor at Law. Practicta In court* of fleorgla and Alabama. Office IttH llroad Bt., (oyer C. A. Redd 4 Co.’.) 8|M>cial attention given to collections. Jail IlftlRAM A CRAWFORDS, Attorneys at Law, Will practlco In the State and Federal Court* of . .; ?n llroad and Bt. Olalr Btp. A. A. ROSIER, Attorney nnd Cnnnaellnr at Law, Practices in Btate and Fedavol Court* In Georgia and Alabama. 'Office 126 Broad Bt., Colmabtt*, Oa. JaS Mask n. Blandvoed. Loom P. Oakoabd. BLAND FORD * QARRARD, Attorneys nnd Conaaollors at Law, Office No. 67 Broad atraet, over Wlttleh k Kin- ■el’. Jew.lry Store. Will practice lu tlio State and Federal Court*. Ja*. M. Kii.mill. On as. J. Bwirt. RUMMELL A SWIFT, Attorney, and Oouu.ullor. at Law. Will practlco iu the Court* of Georgia (Chattahoochee Circuit) «l A labatua. Office oyer 0. A. Hodd A Co.’, .tore, llroad atruet, Columbu., Ga. J*1 Ita T. DOWRIES, Attorney nnd Solicitor. r Brook.’ Drug Store, Columbu., Ua. PEABODY A BRANNON, Attorneys at law. Orric* oris J. Hnnis A Co.’* ftou, Bsoad Br., npylR] Won Bias. B. J. MOSES, Attorney nnd Counsellor at Law, Builders and Architects J. II. HAMILTON, Wholesale nnd Retell Grocer, Junction of Franklin, Warren A Oglethor|>o Ht* barge h»r dravtae. Barber Shop.. LOUIS WELLS' SHAVING SALOON, (Hiiccon.nr to II. iloni-A,) Under Georgia Home Insurance Building. Prompt aud pollio trnrbcr. lit attendance. ED. TERRY, Barber, Crawford Bt., under Haukiu llou.e, Columbu Cotton Factories. Shooting*, Skirtings, and Hewing aud Knitting Thread. Card. Wool aud Grind. Wheat and Corn- Offlc. In rear of Wlttleh A Klnsel'., ltuudol|di at. K. II. OIIII.TON, President. JalH MMK’OUEE MAN UP A PTERIN td CO. Manufacturer, of 8IIKKTINO8, 8I11RTING8, TARN, ROPK, Ac. GOLUMDUB, GA. G. P. BWirT, President. W. A. HWIIT, Secretary k Treasurer. octal ly. Plano Tuning, Ac. E. w. BLAU, Repairer ami Tuner of Piano#., Organ. Accordeon*. Sign Painting also do en Book Ht< Watchmakers. C. SCUOMIICKO, Practical Watchmaker and Jeweler, 8uci.uH.ur to 1,. Giitow«ky, U)o Jlroud Ntreet, Jail Columbus, Oa. Tho gorrilla at tbe Cincinnati Expo- itaa to the Small Talk : “I hear word of « X|)’ I offc fertile foil at nay timo we uhall find that only a very Hinall por tion of its KuhHtanne (acldum more than one per cent.) ih iu a condition fit for nonmhing our crops, the groat bulk of itt Hubhtance being locked up iu a condi tion at tho moment unavailable. Ry tho action of air, of moixture, of beat, aud of manure, part of thin unavailable matter bocomet available for oropn. It ia ou the rate at which the procesH of ditinte- gration—or liberation of plant-food— taken place that the natural power of production of (be noil < hiefiy depends. I'lta ntn<t * “ * nition writes that a good many pooplo in thin town aro making disparaging remarks about me becauHQ I haven't got ou any clothes. Tbit it the first time I have ever met with nnch treatment, aud to a perHun of my frail, Heusitive peculiarities, it cronhes like a pile-driver. I even wish that 1 wero dead. If you publish this, Bond me l’be study of agricultural geology from plied aome to the piece of tail wbieh he I thin point of view i* manifestly of tho out off, and a new dog grew out. Ho did I highest scientific) and practical iuipor- not know which dog wan which. | tanco, Gobbilla. —Mark Twain, nt a recent compliment, ary dinner to Cornelius Walford, a Lon don Insurance officer, aaid: There ia nothing more beuifioent than aooident in surance. I bavo aeon an entire family lifted out of poverty and into influence by the airnple boon of a broken leg. 1 bavo had people to ootno to mo ou crntcheH, with tears in their eyes, to bloHt their be neficent institution. In all my experience of life I have seen nothing su seraphic as the look that oomeM into a freshly mutila ted man’s face when he fools .in bit vent pocket vBitli bis remaining band and finds nil uccideut ticket all right. Aud I have soeu nothing so bad as the look that came into another splintered oa*tomer's face, wboo he fouud ho couldu’t collect on a wooden leg. —A Kentucky farmer aayfl that three good bulldogs roaming the yards nights will do more to keep a in. 11 honest than all the talking iu tbe world. —Tbit is a specimen of Cincinnati pootry: S'-o saw him on hi* bright blae stood A dusting down tba road. And pit a pat, and pit a pat liar little hc&rtlet good; And soft idie RohPerod to herself, "Though swift his pace. be. He eannot kite so fa*t but what My heart keep* up with ho.” —A Down East clergyman recently lost two pairs of rubbers wrapped up in a* cir cus poster. He ia oarefnl to state that the poster waa aeoond-hond. —Tbe Peoria woman who wanted to throw herself Into hor husband's grave a fow mouths ago, haa juat married a light ning-rod mau. C. if. LEUI/IN, Watchmaker, 1.(4 Broad ntreet, Culufnhtii', Un. Wntcho. nnd Clock. lupairud iu tho l>e«i 1. Tobacco, Clears, Ice. MAIF.R DORN. If you want to enjoy u go id .moke, go t Jut €. LOPEZ, Denier flia and MtaiMarwctnrer of Flu Cigars, Near Broad 8tr««‘t l)u|»ot. Doctors. DR. J. A. ERREllART, Office removed to the Drug Stoie of E. O. Hood to Brother. Sleeping apartment at former rosldenoe, on the corner of Randolph uud McIntosh .reel*, oppoidto tho residence of Mr. Win. Reach. •op6 DU. ft. B. LAW. Ofllco coruef Broad and Randolph street., It«i building. Rf'.ldeneo ou Forsyth, thrim door, below Bt. Clair. Dentists. feb22 daw COLEMBEft DENTAL KttOMft, Tailors. G. A. KCEIIXK, Merchant Tailor aud Cutter. A full stock of French *ud Knitli.h llryaddoth Caxaiui' ft*, au 1 ’ 1 aprlO IIKNItY NKLLMAN. Cutting, Cleaning aud Repairing llouo in Ihe best fctyle. *pcX4I r Crawford mid From Si* Dross-Making. Mimu m. A. H.LMIOIWMTR, Dn-M-Making, Cutting aud Fitting, heaidiucc aud.hop l 00? 16 J. «. CHALMERS, Heaae Carpenter nnd Bnlldev. Jobbing done at short notiee. 'Plan, and specification, furnished for oil styles to 0. W. Brown's, laO Oolnmhu., Ga. Boots and Ihoei. WELLS A CURTIN, No. 73 IS rood St., Sign of the Big Boot, DSALKBS IM Boots nnd Bhoea, Leather nnd Findings. Dy mull llldes. N. B.—Plasterer*' Hair always on hand. in, Boot and Shoemaker. WM. MCYJW, Boot nnd Shonaoaker. Dealer in Leather aud Findings. Next to 0. A. edit 4 Co.’s. Prompt aud strict attention gl?*n > order*. fall Painters. WM. MNOW, JK., A CO., Uonoo nnd Sign Pointers, Old Oglethorpe corner, (Ju*t north of poetoffloe) Columbus, Georgia. Kofor t [aprS HOTELS. Rankin House, Columbus, Ga. i. W. BY AN, Prop’r. Fun Golden, Clerk. Ruby Restaurant, Bar and Billiard 8aloon« Cmdcb th* Bamkik Home. BjM diwtr J. W. RYAM, Prap’r. 11711 HOWARD H0U8E, J1I74 BROAD .TRRBT, Eufaula, Alabama. J. W. HOWARD. Prop’r. LAWYERS. FERN M. WOOD, .Attorney at Law, w Opelika, Alabama, ILL PRACTICE IN THE COUNTIES •ell, tbo Supreme Court of Alabama, and in the United States District Court at Mont gomery. seplft dkwQaol HINES DOZIER, Attorney at Lav, HAMILTON, UA., W ILL practlco lu the Chattahoochee Olroait or auy where else. All kind of colleotloas W. A. Farlev, Lttorno3rw*t a Xs*W GUSSET A. Ohattahooohes Co., Ga. ^ l attention clven to aoHeotloas^^ rSjrecUlj l >r. T. W. HENTZ, Sonttat, W1 wenkp, where ho will be glad to any of hia friends who may need h services. 83 AND 85 BROAD STREER: W OOD OASES AND CASKETS, IMITATION Rii.SEWOOD C METALLIC CASES andO. tpfe O ftcir-ftenllng Coses nud Casl White Cases For beauty of design, style of abovo goods are uunurpassed by the market. Prices as low * other party In this section. Also, cheap Pino Coffins Olwfegt Oft feftftd. Air Night boll at front door. ROONEY 4 WARNER, *«l'“ *“> OaWRBm, Oa. •RTH, T«.*w 1 i)tk. I W. W. SHARP. * 00., PubiieRers* Agents U.. *# Put Bow, New York, Af- MlkulHi ta CMtiMt tar A«- v.rti*tac la Mr tayLA U