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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, JANUARY
THE FADED VIOLET.
What thought 1« folded In thy leaves!
<*hnt tender thought, what speechless pain!
I hold thy laded Ilpa to mine,
Thou darling of the April rain !
I hold thy faded lli>s to mine,
I Though scent and exure tint are fled—
l Odry, muio lipa! ye are the type
.. j
I Of something in me cold and i.
Of something wilted like thy leaves ;
Dr fragrance flown, of beauty dim ;
Tot, for the love ot those white hands
that found thee by a river's brim—
> That fonnd thee when thy dewy mouth
Fas purple as with stains of wine-
/or love of her who love forgot
[ hold thy faded lips to mine.
.That thou shouldst lire when 1 am dead,
Then hate Is dead for me, and wrong,
‘ r this, I use my subtlest art,
r this, i fold thee in my song.
'RAYI8.
STORY OF THE NORTHWEST.
TAB AXJTHOB OF “ DU If O AW M’lWTOtB, ’
“uiwia MACON,” “XHOBWTON,”
“iw OTHBB LANDS,”
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CHAPTER XVIII.
THE ATTACK.
While the Klamaths, under McGrath
and Bottqno, were advancing stealthily
on the camp, another messenger was in
the valley who had discovered their nmu
ben and intentions. This was the faith-
'ul Chinook. With all haste he had start-
d to oarry ont the request of Julia Jor.
Ian, and this night—or rather early morn-
ng—found him in the valley and nearing
e oamp of hie friends. He overheard
l6 plans of the desperadoes end Indians,
id now every effort was bent to defeat
lent.
Ilo saw the attacking party. They
•re between him and the oamp lire, and
ley were gradually circling ground so aa
•BootnpiNfl the camp by the time they
close enough to strike.
Chinook appreciated the situation, and
iterminod to ^determined to rescue bis
iocds at all hazard*. Dropping on his
d.t and knees, he began to crawl to
ds the tiro—an operation, by-the-way,
ich the Klamaths about him were por
ing. Everything depended on his
ling fuster than they, and this he He-
ined to do. With every sense alive,
•very muscle strained to the ntrooet,
iseed ahead, and when within one
ad yards of the fire he had the Bat
on of knowing be was ahead of the
latbn. Thou he redoubled his speed
few minutes he was nearly nnder
feet of Louis Travis, who, uncon-
is of the danger around him, was
ling against a tree with his hand
ig carelessly on the muxzle of hia
bus was startled at hearing, apparent-
orn the ground, the words :
Do not be alarmed. I am Chinook—
r friend, and the friend of the woman
i loves you.”
Chinook!" exclaimed Louis.
ITes, Chinook. But speak not so loud.
is daegar! Rouse yonr campan
il at once. The Klamaths, with the
bad white men, are aronnd the oamp
lloaiog in."
i believed the Indian, and at once,
he assumed a careless bearing,
eded to rouse his companions. The
ary task was aooomplishtd not a
t too soon, for the men abont the
1 scarcely roused from their alnm-
l grasped their rifles when the val-
boed with the demon-like yells of
nvage?, and rifle-balls and arrows
(whizzing from the darkness.
i and his party understood the Iu-
nethod of fighting, and they knew
’ rose near the light of the fire
1 be to tempt the ruin thet throat-
mi. Crawling cautiously back and
together, they determined—des-
i odds which arrows and ballets
to be against them—to die hard
yells,
dawn came into the valley, and soon after
the snn looked over the rim ot tho valley
and showed tho position of friend and
foe.
“Think you it would bs prudent to at
tack ?” asked McGrath, at he looked down
at the fortified position of Travia and his
men.
‘No. Let ua starve them out," replied
an Indian, “fer one Klamath warrior's
life is worth tke whole of them.”
McGrath was about to speak again, but
his attention was attracted by the loud
groans of Bosque.
“What is wrong, old fellow?” be asked,
aa he stooped and smoothed the dark,
damp hair of hia companion from his
forehead.
“Don’t you know, McGrath?" asked
the wounded mau.
“No, my friend; only that you are
slightly wouuded ”
“Slightly wounded !” groaned Bosque.
“Yes. Yon will be all right in a day or
two. Cheer up, old fellow."
“Yes ; all right in a day or two. Bnt
it will be alt right in the grave. McGrath,
I am going to die."
“Going to die, Bospne. Don’t be fool-
ieh.”
“I am not foolish, McGrath. See
here."
The wounded man opened his hunting
shirt, end dose to his heart on the right
side he pointed to a red spot that showed
where a ball had struck—showed where
his life was ebbing.
“A bad shot, Bosque," said McGrath,
bending over and examining the wound.
“Bad enough, Mack," was the reply,
accompanied with a groan.
“Can you breathe ?"
“Yes, Mack; but not well.”
“Are you afraid to die ?’’
“No. I am not afraid of the pain,
Mack ; but I am afraid of the hereafter."
“Tho hereafter, Bosque ?”
“Yee.”
“There is no hereafter," said MoGrath,
w it emphasis.
“I thought so onoe,” was tbo reply;
“bnt standing as I do now, by the shores
of tho River of Death, I can see, Mack,
what I never saw before.”
“And what is that, Bosque?”
“The other side.”
“What do you mean.”
“I moan I oan see the ehorea of tbo
hereafter.”
“Look np, Bosque. Speak again," said
McGrath, excitedly.
Bosque tried to rise—tried to speak—
bat hia head fell buok, there was a rattle
in bis throat, and McGrath’s companion
was dead.
t “Gone !’’ grunted the leader of the •Kla
maths, as he lifted (he lifeless head and
let it fall back.
“Yes; gone I” groaned McGrath.
“I have some warriors gone to visit, with
him, the Happy Hun ting Grounds," said tbe
Indian, as ho pointed to the dead around
him.
“And doos not your heart demand re
venge for this ?” asked McGrath.
“No; not for this. But my heart de
mands revenge because it ia the thing on
which it feeds."
“Then let us avenge the dead.”
“Nay, McGrath. Let ns avenge the
living—the dead must care for themselves.
They cannot help us, and therefore we
can striko no blow for them.”
The Indian was as cool as if on a hunt.
War was tho vocation of his life and
Death its results. He, there r ore, felt
neither droad nor regret at tho loss of his
companions—only tbe strengthened re
solve to accomplish the mission on which
be came.
“There are not over six inside that
stockade, and we have f sixteen. Let us
dsih forward and destroy them," said the
Klamath.
“I am of your mind. Bnt let ns saek
tho shelter of the trees as we advance,”
said McGrath.
Tbe Indian agreed; the signal was
given, and the fifteen Indians and one
white man moved forward nnder the pro
tection of the trees.
Lonis Travis saw them coming and
gave the alarm to his men, and with rifles
ready and keen eyes they awsited fear
lessly the onset.
“Joke, certainly uot, bnt pray release
my arm; remember my muscles are soft
and yours like iron.
“Tell me, then yonr reasons for think
ing that Travis may be living ?”
“Reasons ! I have none; but I see the
graves giving up their dead, and am pre
pared for any surprise now.”
“The graves giving up their dead!
what dead?” aeked Henry Jordan as be
glanced about the room, like one expect
ing tke spectral figure of a dead foe be
fore his eyes.
“I saw a^man to-day who died ‘•even-
teeu years ago."
“Now yon are jeating," said Jordan,
with an effort at a smile that was a
• retched failure.
“No, I am serions. Oertain that the
man was dead and bnried, for I bad the
body conveyed many hundreds of miles,
saw it bnried,and by Jove, what is equal
ly positive proof, I administered subse
quently on the estate left by him, and the
fact is now ou the court records ; but the
man turns up living."
“Do, I know tbe man ? Did I ever
know him?" Again the palor of the
grave came over Jordan's face,, and, to
steady himself, he leaned forward on the
table and rested his chin between hia
clenched hands.
“Lot me see." Van Smith assumed a
contemplative altitude with his finger to
his forehead and his eyes fixed on his
companion. At length he said deliber
ately, “yes, Henry Jordan, you know this
man."
“And what is his name?"
Vau Smith glanced about the room aa
if to moke sure there were no other per
sons present, then ho bent over and whis
pered a name ia Henry Jordan’s ear, then
ho sipped a little more brandy, assumed a
pleasing interrogative expression as he
watched the effect of his words on the
man before him.
Henry Jordan attempting to speak,made
an effort as if he were trying hard to
to swallow something that was sticking in
his throat, but ho did not saooeed.
“lake some brandy, Jordan; I don’t
wonder at yonr surpriae—it stunned me
for the moment.” Van Smith held up the
glnns and the horrow-etrioken man drain
ed it down at a draught.”
“And this, this is the cheerful news,”
groaned Jordan.
“Certainly. You know we elwegre bed
a doubt as to his death, though the long
years gave us security. Now we are sure
of our mistake; but it is not near so bad
aa it might bo.”
“How could it bo wors
Klamaths were astounded to see
flrxt fire htd no avail; and
J it would be more than rash to
hack after the eignal for the efc-
i given, they dashed forward with
, expecting to find their vie-
iir paths.
came forward to the fire, and
the moment which proved the
\ point to Travia and his men. Out
■ the light stood the desperadoes
a, and tho moment they earns
bt the rifles of the attaoked blazed
i half doaen forma fell before
lerous fire.
diaui saw the blaze of the rifles,
Idened fiends, those who aur-
\ terrible first fire started with
ells and upraised weapons in
bn of their foe.
L now recovered his full pres-
ud, end his splendid nerve dis
elf as he assumed the leader
ut do not Are till I order it!”
i in a tone eo loud that Mo-
ho wounded Boaque heard it
all the maddened Klamaths,
time to ssve the leader, who
i the pistol of Lonis. The at-
irty gatberod np their wounded
ud withdrew from tbe scene of
the fi.e to await the
i wus slowly dawuing.
flew that everything depended
on and oantion, so he at once
i to work to fortify their posi-
I they did by gathering the logs
| about them into tbe form of a
and then throwing up the
make the aemblauoe of an
i and fortification.
his men were the at-
i no seek proeentioo, as
tho day dmraed, to
i hie opponents.
» working the grey
CHAPTER XIX.
A FOUL BLOW.
When Van Smith said “I have good
ne«s for yon,” Henry Jordan’s face
brightened, and looking np be said ia an
earnest tone—
“Then fjr heaven's sake tell tho good
news to me ut onoe, for I need something
cheering.”
“Cheering? Why, man, you should
be the happiest fellow in the world. Ev*
erything is playing right into your hand,”
said Van Smith gleefully rubbing hia
hands and glancing at tha cupboard
where Jordan kept his brandy.
“You want something to drink before
you gratify ray curiosity." Jordan ro.ie
and produced the bottle and a couple of
glasses.
“No, I never feel the need of stimu
lants, but a little looks sooial when gen
tlemen aro talking .over family matters.
Besides, I am sure you will feel better
with a little.” The glssses were filled and
Van Smith with an airy tone,ere he drank,
proposed the stale sentiment about “the
wing of friendship never moulting a
feather.”
“Now, Smith, let ns to business,” said
Jordan, in an important tone.
“Buuine&a! No, by my tfotk it is
plor.-nre. To begin then, and I propose
to move leisurely. Are you not quite sure
that Louis Travia ia deoil ?”
“Yob, Smith, dead as a doornail.”
“I think so myaslf, still I would not bs
astonished to learn be was alive and well
at this moment." .Van quietly poured out
a little more brandy and, taking a sip,
smacked his lips and looked at his com
panion.
Henry Jordan turned pale, and his
dark eye increased in size, giving his
faoe a blended expression of fear and
eager. “Do not joke with me, Van
P-*.. -*U1« Iw Ul w
“It would be worse if ho turned up in
New York*”umtead of tfort Wala. Do
mtrvag hand on tke lawyer's ana with i
powerful grip.
you understand me ?”
“I do not know ?”
“Well you must solve the problem for
yourself. There are some subjects on
which one can be too plain."
“Does he kuow that Travis is dead?”
“Ho knows as much about it as you or
I. I aaw him to-day with Travis rifle in
his hands.”
“And does he Rasped, does he reoog-
nize you ?”
“Yes, faith, but he waa too shrewd to
show surprise or make the least recogni
tion. I played the same game to perfec
tion, and .while he was smiling in one
sleeve at hip own sbrewdnsss,I was langh-
ing in ray own to think how he waa de
ceiving himself.”
“But what made you think he was the
man—may you not be mistaken, I cer
tainly would not recognize him ?” asked
Jordan, iu the hope that Van Smith
would make a reply that would show that
he was uot positive.
“Well, I am a lawyer, and bafora I waa
a lawyer, I served, you remember, I pre
sume, as a detective for years.”
“Yes, I remember.”
“I have had practice you sea in snob
matters. I did not suspect him at first,
but I caught a glimpse of the lower edge
of scar up here ou his forehead.” Vau
Smith designated the place with his short
fat Huger by laying it on Jordan's brow;
then, without noticing the visibio shud
der that passed through the strong man’s
frame, he wont on.
“I tried to get him to remove his bat,
but without success. This strengthened
my suspicious, and sftsr taking to him
for some minutes, my suspicious were
confirmed. He is tbo man just as sure
as yon are Henry Jordan."
“Gianting yon are correct, what is to
bo done ? One thing I am sure of, he
must suspect the affair with Travis.* 1
“Of course he doss; therefore the ne
cessity,,of alrosg action is imperative.''
“I think so, Van."
“I forgot to tell you, there is one rnoro
psraon at Fort WuL that knows this man,
and half suspeots who he ia*”
“Aud that is ?”
“That ii Julia Jordan.”
“Julia Jordan !"
“Yes, Julia Jordan."
“How know yon this?”
“You are dolormiued to have all my
authorities, 1 see, and for this onos I
will give them gladly. I heard Julia and
him talking together not an hour ago ia
tbe garden. I could not get close oaough
to hear all; only that he cited the
a man who had given his daughter to a
friend. Thinly he told his own story,
but in doing so he did not use the lan
guage he dues in trade, but spoke like a
scholar and in elegant phrase.
“She knew this much before,” hissed
Jordan.
“Df«iJcdly ; aud I uow thiuk matters
should be brought to a climax."
“How, while thia man is here?'
“He must not remain here.”
“But McGrath and Brosqne are away.”
“I know it; but Henry Jordan ia
here. ”
“Yes, but I-”
“But you are teok weak ef nerve end
unstable purpose. Your neck is in the
noose, end tbe rope is in this men's
hand. Do you understand me ?”
V»a Smith roe# to his feet end there
wan'n Haras aaraaetaaaa
I do.",
You must have this man absent to
morrow night—absent never to return.”
“Yes."
“His oamp is on the river, and the job
is easy; will yon oarry it out ? Do this,
or 1 will leave end return at one# to the
East."
Jordan poured out another full glass of
brandy and gulping it dowu, he wiped the
moisture from his beard, and with a terri
ble energy he struok the table till the bot
tles and glasses leaped, and sxolaimed—
‘I will do it!”
‘Good! Now you are yourself again.
Your band on the pledge.”
The two men shook hands, and Van
Smith rone to depart, bnt stopping with
his baud on tho chair,he add in a careless
way,
“The whole thing ahonld be settled to
morrow night."
“Yes, I told yon I would attend to it.”
“You do not quite understand me. It
fa necessary I should have immediate con
trol of this girl. There is a missionary
I hear near by some plaoe. Yon must
•end for him and let the ceremony be
performed at once, the moment this man
is out of the way. It is the only thing
will save ns.” x
Henry Jordan now felt the influence
of the liquor he had drauk. He made an
attempt to assert himself, but the lawyer's
eye was upon him, and he failed, thou
gasped,
“Let it be as you say.”
It was the following night, and Brnoe
was talking to a man on the river bank
below his camp fire bnt in its full light.
The conversation was earnest and neither
heard the stealthy approaoh of a man
crawling through the hashes near by.
Brnoe stopped—for he thought he heard
an ominous click, click, near by; then
came a flash, a report. Tbe tall hunter
staggered, fell down the bank, and with
a splash dropped into tbe sullen waters.
[TO SI OOBTIVDKB.]
Carlens Freueta Htotletlee.
In a oity with so eminently journalistic
a government as Paris possess as, statistics
of all sorts are easily obtained, and if not
always valuable are never uninteresting.
Here are some of the figures for 1878,
from the official, rfporte just published by
the prefecture of the Seine. Of M,IH)5
births, 250,'the greatest Dumber of any
single day, were upon April Fool's day ;
the poorest arroncfiseiueut furnished the
largest number of youngsters, and the
Faubourg Haint German the smallest.
There were 19,f>20 marriages. Two wel-e
between nephews and their aunts, twen
ty-six between uncle-i and their nieces,
one hundred and tv/euty-three -between
brothere in-law aud bisters-in-law, and
one hundred and eighty between first
oonsins. Of 41,732 deaths, eight thous
and were from consumption, six hundred
from suicide. There were consumed by
the aggregate cuiuine 5,485,7*2 chickens,
2.305,241 tame rabbits, 1,500,000 larks.
The beef, mutton and veal consumed were
valued at 177,000,000 frauos. Of liquors,
there were absorbed 407,803,450 litres
(rather less than an imperial quart) of
wine in the piece, 1,704,985 bottles and
half bottles of finer wine, 9,010,030 litres
of brandy and spirits, 3,530,584 litres of
oider, and 22,500,000 litres of beer.
Persvias Saperstltioa.
An unheard-of dime has recently been
committed iu Alamenea, a small town
about a league to the southwest of the
capital of the province of Oongalio. On
the 10th of Angust, the Indians were cel
ebrating Assumption day, ai d, in order to
worthily solemnize the occasion, they de
termined, with the Justice of the Peaoe at
their bead, to elowlv burn to death an un
fortunate citizen, Mariano Lurcamay, who
enjoyed the unenviable reputation of be
ing a sorcerer. They seized their victim
and dragged him to the Plaza, where
they belabored him with sticks, put him
in the stocks, and finally, after oevering
him with straw, they set fire to the mass.
During the whole of this they were cheer
ing aud shouting. They then left their
victim burning, and retired to tbe honae
of the Judge to make merry. Abont a
couple of hours afterwards tbe Judge
marked that sorcerers died with great dif
ficulty. and that it would be necessary to
return to the square and examine the vie
tim. This proposition received the con
aent of all, and on reaching the sqnare
they were surprised to ftud Lurcamay yet
living. Tho Judge then seized a knife,
and exclaiming, “After this operation yon
will not escape,” cut the throat of tbe
poor wretch, aud ordered that tbe body
should be left to tbe dogs.
A Shrewd Circes Trick.
—Mr. |Ienry Lengdou Ohilde, who was
known to previous generations aa the
father of the invention of the niagio lan
tern, has died at Moatyn road, Brixton,
in hie ninety-third year. He belonged to
a family of painters, his eldest brother
having been president of the Sooiety of
British^frtists. His first magic lantern
was tfMralrhtn he was only in bis fif
teenth ydsr. In 1807 he first produoed
hie famous dissolving views, whieh he
perfected about the year 1818, and ex-
hibited them at the Adelphi, then nnder
the management of Mr. Yates. The Poly,
toohnio was opened with his grest phan
tasmagoria, to whioh he afterwards added
the ohromatrope.
-General di Ceanola has been actively
engaged for some months past in excava
tions in the Island of Cyprus. In Sep
tember he discovered the ancient site of
Onrinm or KuH and the Temple of Apollo
Hylatsa. Several long Greek inscriptions
bearing the name of that deity have al
ready been unearthed, also some nmallor
inscriptions in the Cypriote language.
The latter are, for the moat part, upon
■tatnetten of oaloorous atone. The gene
ral has baa alao ;found a beautiful Greek
statuette ef white marble over two feet
in height, representing a naked youth,
perfeot from the knees upward; there ia
only the left foot wanting. Other statu
ettes and a large quantity of heads in
terra cotta, and some terra cotta eques
trian figures wearing armor, were found.
An interesting incident has just ooour-
ted in Bucharest, aud has created a pro
found sensation iu theatrical circles in
that place. It seems that the proprietor
of the 8uhr Circus, anxious to provide
amusement for the public, lately publish
ed au anuouucaiueut that a challenge
given by Jules Kigali a wrestler attached
to tho circus, had been accepted by a gen
tleman, who, wishing to preserve a strict
incognito, would appear before the public
in a week. The amateur athlete—who, it
waa stated, was a person oconpying a high
sooial position, was rumored to be no
other than Frince Ftourdj*, a Moldavian
noble, who has tbo reputation of possess
ing herculean strength. On tbe evening
when “the great unknown” made his first
appearance in the circus, the stalls were
filled with eager spectators long before
the commencement of the performance.
Rigal and hi-* masked opponent, .hav
ing made tboir bow to the audi
ence, at onoo commenced the struggle;
whioh was, however, of short duration,
for the diatiugnisbed unknown, in a few
minutes, amid frantic applause, floored
his professional antagonist. Ho great was
the success of the speotaole, that tbs man
ager announced to the admiring audience
that the nobleman wrestler had conde
scended to appear again before them on
tbe following evening, when the perform
ance was accordingly repeated, and waa
continued for several nights, until one
night an indiscreet member of the troupe
unfortunately divulged the fact tbnt the
mabked wrestler wuh not a distinguished
nobleman, bnt one of the clowns attsohed
to the circns. This led to a disturbance.
The “great unknown” narrowly escaped
being torn to pieces by his late admirers ;
tbe manager and his troupe had to fly for
their lives, aud the circus building would
probably have been dismantled and de
stroyed bnt for the exertions of the po-
lioe, who, with great difficulty, snooeeded
in repressing what promised to be a se
rious riot.
dip-theorj-a ?
_—Whal will be the nest development
■stsh el oat mi FaeiAe Mail affaire?
produet of a previous winter, it was al
most always fresh, aud gave good drink
ing water when thawed. He suggests, as
a probable explanation of this, that the
salt is not actually incorporated with the
■olid ioe, but remains as a concentrated
brine, in minute cells, imprisonod in the
frozen mass, and that these oells commu
nicate with eaoh other, so that when the
iee is lifted nbove the general level it is
■lowly drained off. He suggest* that the
truth ot this theory may be experiment
ally tested by any expedition passing one
or more winters in the Arotio Ocean, or
by any one living where tbe ana ice in
considerable thickness is formed. One
would auppone it might be tested without
going so far.
ANSWER! TO CORRESPONDENTS.
—Tbe bullion product of Nevada last
year equalled that of the other gold and
silver producing States and Territories in
the Union. Itn mineral resources embrace
almost every matal known in tfco arts, to
gether with extensive beds or deposits of
various minerals The salt beds of
Churchill and the borax deposits of Es
meralda are perhaps the moat extensive
on the continent; and in Humboldt, with
in one hundred yards of the Central Pa
cific Railroad, ere beds of anlphnr capa
ble, it in believed, el supplying the whole
world wiUMtol utMt for oentnriee. Bui
UUIo M kaown.qf.tfcn extent ot tho heda,
ox<*pt that they cover n large area and
have been prospected in one plaoe to the
depth of several feet, where excavation**
expose hundreds of ton* of the pure arti
cle, which oni be made available for oom-
mere^gl pp^naea at .no greater aspens#
than loading it on the ears and shipping
it to the great commercial centres.
—Mr. J. Corvin,^ra engineer reaidiog
nt Dresden, Germany, has invented a
method of giviug tbe ordinary sandntone,
found iu abundance in many localities*
the exterior appaaranoa of marble. He
accomplishes this by impregnating the
well-dried atono with eoluble silica and
alumina. The thus prepared saodatone
becomes much lighter in oolor, some
kinds being intensely white and translu
cent, while it is capable of tbe highest
polish, equal to that on tha finest marble.
He has even succeeded in imitating mar
bles of every color by adding miueral col
ors to tha liquid need for impregnation.
The famous quarries near Pirns, in Saxo
ny, produce sandstone especially adapted
to this process, and Mr. Gorvin uow
makes oolcred stones from this sandstone
adapted to the moat elegant architectnral
structure*. The prioc ia considerably ha-
low that qt marble; and the new mate
rial has the important advantage that it ia
much more fire-proof than marble, which,
when exposed to the Arc, rapidly tnrua
into quicklime and scramble to dust.
—.“The eruptions which ere all the
time occurring on tbe anna surface,”says
Professor Young, “almost compel the
supposition that there ia a crust of some
kind whioh retains tha imprisoned gasea,
aud through which they loros their way
with great violence. This crust may con
sist of a more or less ooutiuuooa sheet of
rain, not of water, of oourae, but of mate
rials whose vapors are shown by means ef
tha speetroeoope to exist in tbe solar at
mosphere, and whose condensation and
combinations are supposed to furnish the
solar heat. Tha continuous overflow of
tha aolar heat is equivalent to the trapply
'that would be developed by tbe condensa
tion from steam to water of a layer about
five feet thick over the whole surface of
the aun itff R|inute. Aa this tremendous
rain descends, tbe velooity of the falling
dropa would be retarded by the resistance
of the depair gaasei underneath, the
drops would coalesce until continuons
sheets would be forme 1, and the sheets
would unite and form ^**ort of bottomless
ooean resting upon the innumberable as
cending jets and babbles. Iu other words
the sun, according to thin view, is a gi
gantic babble, whose walls are gradually
thickening and its diameter diminishing
at a rata determined by its Iona of heat.
It differs, however, from ordinary bub
bles, in the faot that its skin is constant
ly penetrated by blasts aud jets from
within”.
—Dr. Rae, the well-known Aretio trav
eler, has recently given the results of his
experience in endeavoring to obtain fresh
water by meitiug sea ice. Tbe impression
is very prevalent that water, in tho pro
cess of freezing, exclude* substances held
in eolation, as it do** spirits of wine.
Tyndall, in hia “Form* of Water,” seta:
“Even when water ia saturated w Ih salt,
the crystalizing force studiously reject.*
the salt, aud devotes itself to the conge
lation of the water alone. Hence, the
ice of sea water, when melted, produces
fresh water.” Dr. Rae, on the other
hand, after speaking of his numerous
trials, declares that be was “never able to
find sea iee, in situ, either eatable when
■olid, or driukable when thawed, it being
invariably too salt.” He says, neverthe
less, that when hia party fonnd rough ioe,
projecting a foot or two above the water
level, which, fross its wasted appearance
ssd angular form, was Inferred to be the
AsTBONoicxn.—“I. On whit day of the
month did the astronomers observe the
Transit of Vanns ? A friend claims that
while they were observing it, it was the
9th with them, and the 8tb with us here.
II. How long before they will agree as
to the sun's distance from tha earth ? III.
If it was cloudy at some of the poiuts of
observation, will it make any material
difference to the .astronomers in agreeing
to tbe exaot distance of the sun ?" I. The
date depend* upon the plaoe where the
observation waa taken, and is regulated
by the difference in time at tha various
points. II. Probably a year. III. No; be
cause the observations were taken from so
many different points that the loss of a
few will make no material difference.
Fbxxnd.—“What waa the annual ex
penditure of this country during tbe war
of Independence, and what was tbe na
tional debt at the close ?” The annual ex
pens# waa $17,500,000. Tbe debt of the
United States in January, 1790, waa $54,-
124,464 56, of which nearly $15,000,000
were arrears of interest, end beside thie
general debt there wee e ohaos of State
debts amounting to nearly 25,000,000
more; not $80,000,000 in ell.
Jennie —Is there any passage in tha
Bible againat women wearing mala at
tire?” Yes. In Deutereonomy, xxii. 5,
ere these words: “The women ehell not
wear that which perteineth unto a mau,
neither ehell e men pat on e women’s gar
ment ; for ell that do so era «bowina-
tione,” $o.
Fakhcm.—Marshal McMahon, the Pre
sident of Franoe, wee horn it An'.rie,
France, in 1807, and iaof Irish descent.
Haret.—Tbe area of Europe ia abont
3,000,000 equare miles.
t§; I.—MoDonfltd Gierke, who died some
years ago, and was known as “the mad
post,” wrote the lines:
1 “Avthe moon rose from the mountain's brow,
And shed Ua light star,
Night 1st her aablt our tain down
And pinned It with a star."
Rose.—The following, we believe is
recognized ea card etiquette: The turn
ing of tho upper left-hand ooruer of e
visiting oard indicates e eall in person :
■ometimee tbe French word tinto beiug
printed -on the reverse side. The lower
right hand corner turned down indicates
departure with the initials P. P. C.—pour
prendre conge—to take leave. The lower
left hand cornsr indicates a visit of sym
pathy, and npon the reverse eids condo
lence ia printed.
Kkxptio.—The author of “Vestiges of
Creation” is unknown. All boys of an
investigating mind have to pass through
a period of doubt, aa they have through
the measles and first love. If yon oan
■Qggert something to take the plaoe of
the Bible, why we might oonrider your
very foolish and unsouud objections.
Phil.—Chess requires e oertain degree
of mind, but tbe knowledge of it does
not imply greet talent. Napoleon, who
prided bimeelf on his skill, wee beaten
by inferior playere.
Fostie.—Diana was the Reman god
desa of chastity and hnnting. 8he waa
tbe danghter of Jupiter and Latona and
tha sister of Apollo. Tbe famous tem
ple at Ephesus waa erected to her.
Lzx.—The word “alderman” meaus
eirnply elder man, and has the same
meaning as “earl,” now an arietoeratio
title, but formerly used by the Daue«,aud
applied to their chiefs.
Ned.—Tbo Baatile - was formerly the
state prison of Franoe. It waa destroy
ed by the mob daring tbe French revolu
tion of 1789. The key of this structure
is, we believe, at Washington's Mansion,
Mount Vernon.
Lizzie -—Byron, end in Don Juan. The
following is tbe proper quotation :
’Tls woman • whole existence. Man may range
Tke eourt, camp, church, the vessel, and tha
mart,
Sword, gown, gain, (lory, offer in exchange
Pride, fame, ambition, to till up his haart,
And f^w there are whom theseaannot estrange;
Men have all these raeourecs, wo but ono—
To love again, aud be agalu undons."
Farmer.—If you are determined to
move off end raise sheep, we aay by all
means go to Colorado or now Mexico,
and take np a ranch* near the moun
tains. First, to make aura of a coastant
supply of water, and, again, lo avoid tbe
vary unreliable Indiana of the plains.
Naturb.—We cannot tall you how to
press flowers so ea to retain all their
beauty. A little ammonia in the rose
will add to the life of cat flowers. Tbe
Germans keep roses fresh in this way:
first cover the end of tha reoeutly cat
stem with wax, and then placing eaoh one
io a closed paper cep or cone, ho that tha
leaves do not touch the paper. The
cap is then coated with glue to exclude
air, dust and moisture, and when dry it
is placed iu a cool place. When wanted
for use tbe bud is taken out of the cap,
and placed iu water, after cutting off the
end, when the rose will bloom in a few
hours.
—“Is your intended husband in hia eon
vernation and carriage a consistent Chris
tian ?” asked a clergyman of a young lady
who was soon to be married. “In hia
conversation he ia very pious Indeed, but
I never aaw him in hie earriage,” was the
innocent reply.
TMB HINDER*! DIET.
Oh I won terlhl girt of song,
When hearts ire heavy end sad
To lift and to make them strong,
To leach them still to be glad.
Oh! wonderful gift of song.
Whioh - ut ot the Winter's odIU
And out of the time to .ong,
Brings birds of the aummsf still
Oh 1 wonderful gift of song,
Like rays or another light,
To wake, in this world of wrong,
The world of a nobler itglit.
Oh 1 wonderful Rift of song.
To bind In a common love
The life of this lower throng
With the life of tbe lands above.
Oh f wonderful gift of song,
When hearts are heavy and sad
To lift and make them strong.
To leeoh them still to be glad.
—Snmuel W. DfffUld.
—“Step iu,” aaid a cheap clothier to a
countryman ; “tha cheapest goods in the
market." “Have yon any fine shirts?"
*'‘A splendid assortment, sir." “Are they
clean?" "Of course, sir—clean, to be
sure. “Then,’' said the countryman,
gravely, “you had better put one on,”
—A lady in BrauforJ, Conn., was star
tled at flndiug a pair of trowaera hanging
over a chair in her room upon awakening.
Her own clothing, the found, was gone.
A lunatic, escaped from an asylum in the
neighborhood, had slipped in aud made
the exchange in the night.
—There waa a euriona lew enit et Slate
Centre, Iowa, the other day. Mr. Huider
had a Mr. Mitten arrested for putting a
crooked pin in hirteeat In church; aud the
examination before tbe magistrate waa
held with oloaed doors.
—The Courier-Journal aava that tho
place for proof-readers is the house ot
correction. Ws should thiuk the proof
reader of the Courier -Journal would make
its editor “teviae” -'this assertion. He
would find it hard to exhibit the “first-
proof ” of its truth.
—A Boston journal innooently remarks
that there is an air of itfprobability abont
the Chiosgo Poet's story ot “a woman who
was eaten by grasshoppers." Homo ot
these Boston papers would doubt the
raoity of Mr. Gulliver himself.
—Au Indiana judge haa decided that
if a woman will shorten pie*!gu*t with
butter at thirty-eight cents per pound,
her husband has good groundpior di
vorce. ii : ^
—An Ohio sheriff felt a good deal of
embarrassment on having te tike to the
psoiUui.trj n men who had been ounviot-
•d of voting for bit! tbrso timsa. '
—A littlo girl who had just ra. ysrsd •• ' w
from a essSiS aUack of tbs ini^MW ^ Mows*<*rpc
hsr Hobday school <e«<ibiflPPN*’H» eub-.#i -t-
JOSEPH F POU,
Attorney at Law,
and Judge of County Court.
Practice lu all uinur Courts.
OtQco over stora of W. il. Xobaru Fjo., Broad St.
j«2A
Ja20
SAMUEL B. HATCHER,
Attorney nt Law.
Ode* ovor H itb
1
J. M. McNEILl
Attorney and Counoetti
Practice* iu court* ot Georgia an<: v nbama.
0. A. Be id A Co.’i)
— Jail
a collection*.
Mi trie j caawrsaa.
INGRAM A CRAWFORD!,
Attornrya nt Low,
Will practice iu tu«^ static aud t'«a*ral Court! ef
lllgea a Oo.’e .tore, oorthwoel
nd t*t. Clair »t*.
A. A. HOSIER,
Attorney wad Counsellor at Leg,
Practice* in State and Federal Court* la Uasn
and Alabama.
OHce 120 Broad . t., tolumbu*, u*
jm
Mask II. Bland™an, Lom* y. ^
BLANDFORD d OABHAED,
Attorneys nnd Connssllors nt Lnw<
Office Mo. S7 Droad etraut, ot.r Witt ich a gn
•ci’e Jewelry Store.
Will praotioe in tbe State and federal Court*.
»ep4
Jas. M. Aossell. C*as J. Hwm.
RtJMHELL A !WItT,
Attorneys and Counsellor* at Lav. mil rnutllt
Georgia iChattahoochee CiCSSlt)
— U. A. aedd a Oo.'e stora,
iu tho Courts
a>.d Alabama. Olllci
Droad street, Columbus, Ga.
I- t. DOWMUra,
Attorney and Rtollaltor.
0.8. Com'r aud Kugieter iu iLtukrubtcy. 0R«a
nov20| over Drooke' Drug Store, Columbus, Ua.
R. J. ROUES,
Attorney nnd Counsellor nt Lnw,
Georgia Uom« lueurauce Giinpasy building, seo*
oet? lyj oud story.
Dentists.
W. r. T1GNKR,
Dentist,
Opposite Strapper's building, Randolph Bt.
pedal atteutiou give- *“ *•— * *•— -■ * —
fleial Teeth, as well as t
COLL MB CM DENTAL RDONUi,
_ • , .. W.T.Po l, Prop’r,
Georgia Home Building, Columbus Qsorgla.
Builders and Architects.
ing asked by hsr »tinaay senooi tsarksB * dwbvffi d.. v .WI sbWaou.
What Mbs should “do to bs saved,” replied; PIhds aud apeclflesttan. furnished
“I should teks a/rupand alum.”
—A much uurUiu-lsotured Darwiuiun
remark a that the simian origin of Liman
ity ia avidauocd in the osaa uf many mar
ried men whose wives ars their Gaiullo
appandagea.
—Aa Lavender, ths other day at dinner,
gassd iutently into his plats, ho remark
ed : “On>y a woman's hair! It's very
sentimental, no doubt, but somehow il
gets away with my appetite.”
—Two candidates for Mayor in a Ne
braska oity ars familiarly known
“Scurry Mike” and “Dreadful Tom.”
Hotels.
tor all styles
U. W. Browu^
ADAM! HOffffiE.
Opelika, be sure to stop! I
opposite Passenger Depot.
Doctors.
—“I am very happy," aaid a French
mother. “I have a aon-in law whom
everybody discuss**, and- a daughter
whom no one talks about."
DR. J. A. LRHLMART,
Office removed to ths Drag Store of E. 0.
Hupd fc Brother.
Sleeping apartment at former rsatdaoea, sa
the corner oi Randolph and ftlolnteell Streets,
opposite tus residence of Mr. Win. Bsash.
sept
DR.!. B. LAW.
—A cow died io Springfield, Ohio, from
eating too many apples, whioh gave r an to
aome trouble in eider.
—What ia ia that you oan eall for in any
restaurant and nevsr fail to havs brought
direotly ?. The check.
—We lately notieed an advertisement
headed, “Two SisUra Went Washing."
So do a good many brothers.
—A barber haa no right to lather hia
wife.
-When is e mother e father ? When
•bee e aigher.
—Lavender says hi* wife ia ever ready
to tell her rage.
—If e girl wiahet to raise e moustache
•he oan do eo by kieaiog e young man who
has one.
—A number of lady gymnasia are in
regnlar practice at tbe rooms of the Olym-
pio Club in San Francisco. They do their
eontortione in slippers, striped stockings,
loose prate and other thing-, in which
ooatame they are aaid to look sweetly
pretty. They ran, jump, awing, pull
weights, and do lota of difficult thing*.
Tha schoolmartua ere given to praetieo on
the trapseo and horizontal bar, while it ia
notieed thet the married women mostly
devote their efforts to praotioe in awing,
ing the heavy clnba.
—A clergyman taught an old man in
his pariah to reed, and had fonnd in him
an apt eeholer. After tho laaaona had
finished he had not bean able to e »ll at
the cottage for some time, and when ha
did onlv found the wife at home. “How’h
John ?’ said tbe clergyman. “He's canny,
sir,” aaid tbe wife. "How duet ho get ou
with his reading?” “Nicfly, air." "AU!
I suppose he will read hia Bible very
comfortably, now." “Bible, aii! I>1«mh
you, he waa out of the Bible and into tbo
newspaper long ago. “
•—In almost evory newspaper which wo
take up wo aee it mentioned that “tho
mercauta of New Bedford intend to pros
ecute iu the Court of Claim*) for couatmo
tive damages on account of prospective
oatobea of whales destroyed or frightened
oat of the Arotio Ocean by the ttbotiuD-
doah in 1865." That war ahip wav very
terrible, doiibtleas, but our lmpreattion U
that aha didn't frighten the whnlea to
much aa aha did the % haler*.
—A fond mother in Italia county, Mis
souri, bee named her daughter Maziu
Graoe. A neighbor inquired how nhe
came to aaleot aucb an odd name. “La,”
aaid aha, “I got it ont of the hymn book."
The neighbor expreaaed surprise, aud anid
ah* had never seen the name iu auy hjmn
book she bad used. “You haven't ?” aaid
tho mother of Mvziu Grace. "Why, don’t
you remember that familiar oid hyum
couimenoiug, 'Mucin Grace, how sweet
the a rand ?' ”
—The Herald any a th*t St. Louin iu pre
paring to abed tears over "Juliet”—that
is to Hi.y, it will cry to «eo tho part mur
dered by Mi^e Neilaon.
—A Mr. billiwan waa ehoaan as referee
in tha Proctor-Moulton suit. Hia natno
would be appropriate to some of tho
other partied in the ease.
—Charley Rosa has been found again—
this time in Illinois. We always believed
that hia young mind had beau attracted
by tba gloria* of Chicago.
—Mayor Vaaoo rsqusete aa to state that
he la not the champion oomio *Joger who
Rauldeno* on Toraytli, throe door* below It. Otair.
Tin and Coppersmiths*.
WM. FEE,
Warker la Tla, Ihaat Iron, Onpper.
Ordor* from abroad promptly atUaded to.
■MraraMraHrnraMwilMJSSmmnmttp
■arbor Shop*.
Crawford 8t., und*r Kankio Uoum, Colambaa, Os.
d«nlH
w
Coot and Shoemakers
WM. MEIER,
Boot and Shoe maker.
healer In Loatlior and FiU'HiiXB. Nest to 0. A.
Redd k Co.'*. Prompt and *
to ordci
COLUMBUS MANUFACTURING OSw
Mauulocturcr* of
Sheetings, Shlrtlnga, and Sewing tod
Knitting Thread.
Card* Wool and Grind* Wheat and Corn-
Office iu rear of Wittich k Kliimd'a, Randolph it.
(at8 It. II IIII.T0V. President.
WdDflM
" '■.'■“wean
m la not the champion oomio »wuor who.i whal
i being so osteaeieel/ mentioned im ve- j ..f