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YOL. 1.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1875.
THE ETEBT-DAY OABLIXti.
Bhe is neither a beauty or gening,
And no onn wonl 1 call her wi*e;
In a crowd of other women
Blia would draw uo et ran ten ’a eye*;
Bssn w* who love her a-e |»uezled
To say where her prccioustiess lies;
““'* *—* "i cvery-dity darling—
She is sorry, when others arc sorry,
Her sympathy is t* e swift-st,'
The truest a heart ever had;
She is ju»t an every-day darlin*
The dearest the heart e
Her hands are so whitn and little,
It seems as If It were wrong
They should ever work for a moment,
_And »et they are quick an . strong.
If any dear o r
8h* will work the whole day long—
The precious every day darliug,
Every day and all day loug.
She is loyal as knights were loyal,
Io the days whsn mo kn’ghts lied,
And for the sake of love or of honor,
If It needs be, a tr'*e k night dia l;
Bnt she dreams u
t slio is braver
Than tho woman by her side—
This precious every-day darling,
Who makes sunshiue at our sido.
Ah, envy h*r. Beauty and Oenins,
And women the word o*ll* wise !
The u‘mort of all your triumphs
Woulu be empty iu bur eyes.
•_ • 1 ’ r kingdom,
To iovs and be loved is hei ,
In this her happiuees lio3—
Ood bless her, tho every-dav darling!
Iu this hsr predousness lies.
THE DESERT OF ICE;
A JOURNEY TO THE NORTH POLE.
BY JULES VXRNE.
CHAPTER II.
continued from the 7th of January to tha | mains,” replied Hat terse.
ALTAMONT B FICST WORDS.
Towards 8 o’clock at night tha sky was
freed for a few moments of its snowy
miats, and in the oolder atmosphere (he
oonatellations abone with great brilliancy.
Hatteraa profited by this chango to go
outside and take the bearing of certain
atars; he went oat without saying a
word, carrying his instruments with him.
Hia purpose was to disoover their posi
tion, in order to know whether the ioe-
field on which they were, and which had
been for serer.il days immovable, had yet
begun to drift.
Half an hour after he returned, laid
down in an angle of the house, and re.
maiuel plunged in a profound silence
which did not seem to be a silence oaused
by sleep.
The next day the snow began to full
abundantly; the Doctor congratulated
himself ou having undertaken bis re
searches of the evening before, for a vast
white curtaiu soon covered the field, and
exery trace of tho explosion disappeared
under a shroud three feot in depth.
It was impossible, during the whole of
this day, to go outside. Fortunately, the
dwelling was comfortable; or, at lea^t, it
seemed so to these wearied travelers. The
little stove did very well, with the exoep-
tion of occasional violent gusts of wind,
which drove the smoke sometimes to the
interior of the bouse; and besides, its
heat enabled them to on jay hot drinks of
tea or coffee, the influence of which is bo
wonderful in those cold climates.
The shipwrecked men—-for so might
they really be called—enjoye i an ease to
which they had long beau accustomed,
and all that they thought of, for tho mo
ment, was tho grateful warmth and the
transient rest—forgetful or careless of the
future, which threatened them with au
early death.
The Ainerioan was in less suffering, and
by degrees he returned to consciousness.
He opened his eyes, but as yet his lips ut
tered no sound. His mouth bore evideuco
of tho scurvy, and he could not spsak.
He heard what was bail, aj»d the situation
of affAirs was explained to him. Ha
moved his head iu token of thanks, and
appreciated the faot that he had been res-
caed from his burial under the snow.
The Doctor had the forethought, how
ever, not to let him know what a further
abort lease on life he had secured; for, to
tell the truth, in fifteen diys, or three
weeks at the utmost, tho last of the pro
visions would be gone.
Towards noon Hatteras came out of
hla lethargy and approaohed the Doctor,
Johnson and Bell.
“My friends,” he said, “we must come
to a definite conclusion as to what re
mains for ns to do. To begin with, I re
quest Johnson to explain to me the cir
cumstances under which this act of
treachery which destroys us was accom
plished
“What is the use of knowing these cir
cumstances?” said the Doctor. “Tho fact
ia enough, and we must no longer think
of it.” . „
“On the oontrary, I do think of it,
replied Hatteras; “but atter Johnson’
account I shall no longer trouble my mind
with it.”
“Here, then, is what happened,” said
the boatswain. “I did all I sould to pre
vent this crime”—
“I am sure of it, Johnson ; and I will
add that the ringleaders had long onter-
tained the idea of doing what they have
done.”
“That is my opinion,” observed the
Dootor.
“It is also mine,” continued Johnson;
“for almost directly after your departure,
Captain—from the next day, in faot—
Shandon soured against yon, and booame
possessed of evil incline!ions ; and be-
aidee, backed by tho others assumed
comwuud of the ship. I tried to resist,
but in vain. From that time everybody
did pretty much as he pleased, Shandou
making no opposition to them. His pur
pose was to show the crew that their pe
riod of fatigues and privations was over.
There was no more economy practiced on
board the ship. Great fires were kept up
in the atove, pieces of the vessel even be
ing used for fuel. The provisions and
the liquors were abandoned to the crow
, u t hindrance, and considering how
khe men had been deprived of apirit-
drinks, I leave yon to imagine how
•biued (he pritlleg® • Xhu» affairs
15th of that mouth.
“So it was Shandou that urged the crew
to revolt ?” said Hatteras, with a grave
voioe.
“Yes, Captain.”
“Let us hear no more of him. Go on,
Johnson.”
Tt was about the 24th or the 25th of
January that the projeot of abandoning
the ship was formed. They determined
to reach the western coast of Baffin’s
Bay; thenoa, in tho launoh, they would
go in search of whale ships, or attempt to
reaoh the Greenland settlements on the
east coast. Provisions were plentiful,
and the sick, stirred with the hope of re
turn, neeined to reeover their health.
They began their preparations for depart
ure. A sled was made suitable for the
transportation of the provisions, fuel and
the launoh. This was to be dragged by
the men. These preparations were com
pleted by the 15th of February. I was iu
constant hope of your return, Captain,
and yet I feared your presence, for you
oould have made no impression on the
crew, who would have murdered you
rather than remain on the ship. It was
like the madness of liberty. I took my
companions aside, one by one, talked to
them, implored them to think better of
their purpose, and pointed out to them
the daugers of such an expedition, and,
at the same time, the cowardice of thas
abandoning yon! I could obtain nothing
from them—not oven from tha best
among them! The day of departure was
fixed for the 22d of February. Shandon
was impatient. They loaded the sled
with as large a quantity of provisions and
as much wood and liquor as it would hold.
The starboard side of the ahip was torn
away as far as the water-line to obtain its
timber for fuel. The last day was a day
of orgie. They plundered and destroyed
things right and left, and it was at the
height of their drunken frenxy that Pen
and two or three others set fire to tho
ship. I fought them—struggled against
them—but I was thrown down and struck
by them; and then the wretches, with Shan
don at their head, went off in an eastern di
rection and disappeared from view. I
was alone. What could I do Against the
fire, whiob was enveloping the whole
ahip? The ice impeded my efforts to ex
tinguish the flames, and I had not a drop
of water. During two days the Forward
twisted about iu (he flames, and—you
know the rest, far as you came in sight
on your return from the excursion the
magazine exploded, blowing the ship to
atoms.”
Whan Johnson ended his recital, a
silence of several minutes' duration pre
vailed iu the house of ice. The gloomy
picture of the burning of the ship—the
loss of this brig so precious to them all-
presented itself more vividly to the miuda
of the wracked men; they felt themselves
to be in the presence of the Impossible,
and in this ease the impossible was their
return to England. They feared to look
at one another, lest they should aee in
tho face of a companion the expression
of an absolute despair. All that was
hoard was the rapid breathing of tho
American.
At last Hattoras resumed the conversa
tion.
“Johnson,” he said* “I thank you. You
did all in your power to save my ship, but
alone you could not resist. Onoe more I
thank you; and now let us speak no far
ther of this oatasirophe. Let us unito
our efforts for the common safety. Wa
are here four comrades—four friends—
and the life of one is worth ths life of the
other. Now, let each man give his opin
ion as to what is best to be done.”
“Question us, Hatteras,” replied the
Doctor. 4 We are all devoted to you, and
our answers will come from our hearts.
Id the first place, have you formod any
opinion ?”
“I alone can have none,”said Hatteras,
sadly. “My opinion may appear an in
terested one. I wish to hear, therefore,
above all, your advice.”
“Captain,” said Johnson, “before ex
pressing ourselves under circumstances as
serious as these, I have an important
question to ask you.”
“Speak, Johnson!”
“Yesterday you went to take our bear
ings; well, has the i;e-fleld moved yet, or
is it atill in the same place ?”
“It has not budged,” replied Hatteras.
“I found that, as previous to our depart
ure, we are in latitude 80 deg. 15 min.,
and 1)7 deg. 85 min. longitude.”
“And at what distance are we from the
nearest sea to the west?” asked Johnson.
“About six hundred miles,” replied
Hatteraa.
“And that sea is”—
“Smith’s Strait.”
‘The sarao that we could not cross in
April las! ?”
“Tho very sume.
“Well, Captain, our situation is now
known, and we may come to a decision
based on tint kuowlodge.”
Speak, then,” said Hatteras, dropping
his bead iu his hands.
In this position ho could listen to hia
comrades without looking at them
“Come, Bell,” Baid the Doctor; “as-
eording to your views, what is the best
course to pursue ?
“It does not need much reflection,”
“said the carpenter. 4 *We must go back,
without lotion > d,y or au hour, either to
th, south or the west, and reach the near
est coast; even should ». bavo to crawl
ou'our kuees while apiiroackiug tho coast,
we must leave here and r.ach there in
twenty-five days.' . .
•‘That part of the northern continent
ia unknown,” replied Hatteras. “We may
encounter obstaclea-mountains, glacier.
Which will completely bar our route.
«‘I do not seo in that fact, said tha
Doctor, “a sufficient reason why we
should not undertake the journey,
will suffer, and suffer greatly—that ia
clear. Wo should restrict our food to
whatever ia actually necessary, unless the
chance* of hunting ”—
‘Only tad * - "“~ 1 “ f "“T 1 *" r * ,oimdii ‘
“Now, Hatteras,” observed the Dootor,
“I know all tho value of your objections,
aud I do not delude myself with a false
hope. But I tbink I can read your
thoughts; bavo you a praotioable idea ?”
“No,” replied the Captain, after a few
moments of reflection.
“You do not doubt our oourage?” re
sumed the Doctor. “We are men to fol
low you to tho end, you are well aware;
but should we not in this moment aban*
don all hope of attaining the Pole?
Treachery has destroyed your plans.
You have been able to strive against the
obstacles placed by nature in your way
and overcome them, but you could not
resist the porfidy and the weakness of
men. You have done all that, humanly,
it was possible to do, aud I am oertain
you would have succeeded; bnt in the
present situation uro you not compelled
to postpone your enterprise, and aveu, in
order to resume it some day, will you not
try to reach England again ?”
“Well, C.»ptaiu?” Johnson asked of
Hatteras, who remained long without re-
plying.
The Captaiu at last lifted his head and
said in a constrained voice:
“Do yon feel certain of being able to
roach the coast of Smith’s Strait, fatigued
as you arc and almost without food?”
“No,” replied the Doctor; “but the
coast surely a ill not come to us. We must
go in seatch of it. Perhaps wo may find
further south tribes of Esquimaux with
whom we easily may establish friendly
relations.”
“Besides,” remarked Johnson, “might
wo not meet in tho Strait some ship that
has been compelled to put up there for
the winter ?”
“Aud in case of need,” continued the
Dootor, “can we not cross the Strait and
reach the west coast of Greenland, and
thenco either by Prudhoe Land or by
Cape Yoik, reach somo Danish settlement?
Finally, Hatteras, nothing of this kind
may be fonnd on the ice. The road to
England lies thoro, to the south, and not
here, to the North !”
“YeB,” said Bell, “Mr. Glawbonuy is
right; we must leave, and at onoe. Up
to this time wo have too long forgotten
our country and those who aredear to ua!”
“That is your advice Johnson ?” again
inquired Hatteras.
“Yes, Captain.”
“And yours, Doctor?”
“Yes, Hatteras.”
Hatteras still remained silent, but ia
spite of himself his face betrayed all the
agitatiou of his mind. TUo decision that
ho was about to take was Lound up in his
life’s fate; should he go back from his en
terprise, his bold design forever must be
given over, for he could not hope to re
peat &n attempt of this kind for the
fourth time.
The Doctor, perceiving that the Cap
tain preserved silence, resumed the con
versation.
‘I will add, Hatter is,” ho said, “that
should not lose a moment. We must
load the slod with nil oar provisions aud
carry away with us ns much wood as pos
sible. A journey of GOO miles uuder
such circumstances is a long one, I admit,
but it can bo mad 1 ). We can, or at least
we should, make twonty miles a day,
kick would enable us in one month—
that iu to say, by about March 2G—to
reach tho coast.”
But,” said Hatteras, “can we not wait
a few days ?”
What hope possesses you ?” asked
Johnson.
What do I know ? Who can foresee
the future ? Only a few days. Besides,
you need somo days for rest. You will
not havo made two stages of yonr journey
before you will fall, overcome with fatigue,
without a snow-house to shelter you!”
But a horrible death awaits as here !”
cried Bell.
“My friends,” returned Hatteras, iu a
voice that, was almost supplicating in its
tone, “you despair before there is reason
for it! I propose to you to seek, to the
north, the path of safety in whioh you
refuse to follow me! And, moreover, do
not tribes of Esquimaux livo near tha
Pole as well ns along Smith's Strait ? That
open sea, tha existence of which is cer
tain, should bathe the shores of conti
nents. Iu ail her works uature is logical.
Well, we must believe that there, where
tho extreme cold ceases, vegetation mast
resnmo its sway. Is it not a promised
land—that to the north, from which you
propose to flse with no hope of
turniug to it ?"
As lie spoke, Hatteras became anima
ted; his excited imagination evoked
chanting pictures of those regious, the
existence of whioh was so problematical*
Another day,” ho repeated, “one
hour more!”
Dr. Ciawbonny, with his adventurous
okaractor and his srdout imagination, felt
himself gradually becoming moved by
Qatteras’s word-*. IIo was about to yield
but Johnson, wisjr and more collected,
recalled him to reason and to his duty.
“Come, Bull,” ho said, “to the sled.”
“Come!” replied Bell.
The two sailors directed their steps to
wards the entrance of thoir icy dwelling.
“Oh, Johnson! you too desert me—
you!” cried Hatteras. “Well, be it so !
Go—but I wi'l remain—I will remain!”
“Captaiu,” exclaimed Johuson, pausing
in spite of himself.
“I will lennia, I tell you! G>! Aban-
do a me, us tho others have done! Go!
Como, Duke, wo two will remain!
Tho faithful, dog, uttering a bark, went
to his master’s side. Johnson looked at
the Doctor. Tho lattor knew not what
course to pursue; the best plan would be,
he thought, to calm Hatteras aud to eaori-
flee one day to his ideas. The Doctor
was about to give utterance to this
thought, when ho fell his arm touched.
He turned. The American had left hia
coverings and was crawling on his koeee.
He raised himself finally, and with hie
[diwued lips he uttered iuertioalete
The Dootor, astonished and almost
frightened, looked at him in silence.
Hatteras, on his part, approached the
Ainerioan and gazed at him attentively.
He tried to catch the moaning of the
words that the unfortunate man could
not pronounce. At last after five minutes'
efforts, the latter managed to speak this
word:
“Porpoise!”
“The porpoiso!” cried tho Csptain.
The American answered with an afflrm-
nod of his head.
“In these seas ?” asked Hatteras with a
throbbing heart.
The same affirmative nod from the sick
man.
“To the north ?”
“Yes!" cried the sufferer.
“And you know where she lies ?”
“Yes!”
“Her exiot position ?”
“Yes!” again exclaimed Alternant.
There was a moment of silence. The
spectators of this unexpected scone were
breathless with anxiety.
“Listen well, now,” said Hatteraa to
the siek man; “we must know tho posi
tion of that vessel! I am about to count
tho degrees aloud, and you must stop me
with a sign when I utter the proper num
ber.”
The American nodded in token of ao-
quiesoenee.
“Understand,” said Hatteras, “I men
tion the degrees of longitude. A hundred
and five ? No. A hundred and Bix? A
hundred and seven ? A hundred and
eight? It is to the west, is it not?
“Yes,” replied the American.
“Let us continue. A hundred and
nine? Ten? Twelve? Fourteen? Six
teen? Eigliteeu? Ni noteen? Twenty?”
“Yes,” answered tho Araorican.
“One hundred and twenty degrees of
longitude ?” said Hatteras.
“And how many minutes? Ioonot”—
Hatteras begin with number one; at
number fifteen Altamont signed him to
stop.
“Good !” said Hatteras. “Now for the
latitude 1 You understand? Eighty?
Eighty-one? Eighty-two ? Eighty-
throe.
With a gesture the American checked
him.
“Well! and the minutes? Five? ten?
fifteen? Twenty? Twenty-five? Thir
ty ? Thirty-five ?
Another sigu from Altamont, who
smiled feebly.
“So,” resumed nattoras with a grave
ioo, the Porpoise is at a place in one
i .drod and twenty degrees nnd fiftoon
i mtes longitude and eighty-three de
grees and thirty-five minutes latitude ?”
“Y«s!” cried the American once more,
he fell back exhausted in the Doctor's
arms.
This effort had ovorcome him.
The explosive foroe of the “fire
damp,” whioh is the cause of ao many
aoeidents in coal mines, has been calcu
lated to be equal to 14G.6 atmospheres,
or more than 2,000 pounds to the inoh.
—The flora of the United Statee !• be
lieved to contain more than three
hundred trees, and more than 800 woody
ipeoies. Of tho trees, about 250 6pe
cies are tolerably abundant in one region
or another, aud about 120 species grow to
a large size.
—According to an official report, there
were no less than 433,295 oases of cholera
in Hungary last yesr. Of this number,
247,718 recovered, 182,549 died, and the
remainder were under treatment. The
deaths were therefore about forty-two per
cent.
—The entomologists who attended the
meeting of the American Association for
the Advancement of Bcienoe formed a
club of entomologists, which the mem
bers of American and Canadian societies
are invited to join. Au annual meeting
is to be held.
—The miners of the new Ban Juan dis
trict in Colorado, wishing to have a fur
nace built whiob would test and treat
their ores, took the sensible course of of
fering a oertain amount of ore from each
mine to any person who would build the
furnace. Tho subscription amounted to
400 tons of ore.
—Prof. W. D. Whitney says that forty
or fifty years ago it was characteristic of
Yankee pronunciation to give the a/i
sound to such words as ask, aunt, etc.;
bnt this has gradually faded away, and
cannot now be oalled oustomary. This is
au instance of the way in whioh that
sound, the moat eommon of all in the
early languages, has been supplanted,
—Dr. Clark, who is a strong opponent
of the “ mixed education ” of boys and
girls, as some teachers would havo it car
ried ou, says that when differences of sex
are not respected in schools, oue result
“is to make a very poor kind of men out
of women, aud a very poor kind of wo
men out of men.” This result he oon
eiders to be tho natural result of the
“identical” method of education.
—M^at travelers have uotioed that tho
rails on a well-traveled railroad are clean
and bright, while a pile of uuused rails
lying by the track will be deeply rusted.
Ono fall of rain on a Sunday, when the
track is not in use, will suffice to rust even
tho rails on the road-bed. These facts
led Professor Haldemsn, of the Universi-
explanationa. The cup was supposed to
be left by the angels on the top of a holy
mountain, and if approaohed by any but
a pure and holy person, it would vanish
from sight. This led to the quest of tho
Holy Grail by the Arthurian Knights,
conspicuous among whom was Sir Gala-
hod, who is represented by Tsnnyson
as saying:
"SonetlmM en lonely mountain waves
I tnd atnaflo hark;
I laap on board; ao heltnaman stoers—
I float till all ia dark.
A gentle sound, an awful light!
Three angel* hear the Holy Grail.
With folded feet In stolen of white,
On eweeplug wings they sail."
Annie.—Chriatiana Nib sou was born
in Wedaslof, Sweden, August 80, 1843.
Her father beiog a common laborer, ebe
led the life of a vagrant musician, play
ing the violin at the fairs of her country
till 1857, when her remarkable abilities
attracted the attention of a wealthy gen-
tloman, who had her educated in Paris.
Since 18G1 her life ia well known to all
lovers of mnsic. She is a tall, beautiful
blonde.
Stbelino.—It is stated that in 1492,
when the continent of America was dis
covered, the supply of gold and silver in
the Old World bad become nearly ex
hausted. Sinee that time the sums ex
ported from this Western Continent
amount ko #8,100,000,000 in gold and #6,-
300,000,000 in silver. This is a total of
#9,500,000,000—two-thirds of whioh was
produced before the Hpsuiards were ex
pelled from the Americas. From 1492 to
1874 the products of gold and silver iu
other countries than those upon the
Western Continent amounted to about
#2,850,000,000—or about one-third that
of Ameriea. Two-thirds of this gold haa
been made into ornamental and nseful
articles. The United States are now tho
great gold and silver producing regions
of the Western World.
My friends!” cried Hatteras; “you see i ty of Pennsylvania, to suggest that me-
now that safety lies to the north—alwayi
to Hi 3 north ! We shall be saved !”
But after these first expressions of joy
Hatteras seemed struck suddenly with a
terrible thought. Hiif faco changed, nnd
he felt the serpent of jealousy gnawing at
his heart.
Another—an American—had gone fur-
thov than he toward the Polo by three de
grees! Why? With what purpose in
view ?
[TO BB CONTINUED J
flpoakiug English.
They had a live lord at tho Westmin
ster, N. Y., the other day, attended by a
full-blooded English valet. The morning
after arrival, John put iu an appearance
at the office and accosted Dick Uaynor,
who was “ou duty,” with “Haw ! I say,
young man, can I have a fly ?”
With an imperturbable countenance
the clerk blandly responded :
“Rather lato in tho season for flios,
•ir: might scare you up a cockroach, or a
few Croton bugs.”
The Briton stared for a moment at tho
serious face of the hotel man, and then,
with a gleam of pity breaking over his
ruddy countenance, said:
“I don’t waut any bloody insects, ye
knaw—want—well, a brougham.”
“A broom? Yes, sir; chambermaid
will aooomraodate you. Better lot her do
the sweeping, though.”
“Haw, yaas. I don’t mean that kind of
a broom, but a one-horse brougham.”
“Den’t think there are any one-horse
broome in New York,” said bis tormentor,
blaudly, “but there,” snathe street-sweep•
ing machines scraped by iu Sixteenth
street, “there it a two horse broom.”
“Good gr.ieioua! I don’t want any
•ueh blarstod machine aa that; I want a
ona-horae vehicle, ye knaw, something to
ride in,” said John, dospnrataly.
“O, yes,” said the clerk, hia face light
ing up at if he had just caught the idea of
the other, “Front, a coupe for 1012 right
away.”
“Thanks,” said the valet, his disturbed
features settling in the calm expression
of the trained English servant again,
“that will do; you have such blasted hod
namee for things in this country that
sometimes I don't kn >w whether I am on
my ’ed or my 'eels;” and he marched off,
to report to bis master that be had “heu-
gsged an Hatnericau koop pay.”
Popring Corn.-And thero they sat a
popping corn, John Stiles and Susan Cut
ter; John Stiles as fat as any ox, aud Su
san fat us butter. Aud there they sat and
shelled the corn, and raked and stirred
the fire, aud talked of different kind of
ears, and hitchod thoir chairs up nigher.
Then Susan sho tho hoppor shook, then
John he shook the popper, till both their
faces grew as red as sauce-pans made of
oopper. And then they shelled, ond
popped And ate, all kinds of fun a poking,
and he liaw-hiwo 1 at her remarks, and
she laughed at his joking. Aud still they
popped and still they ate, John’s mouth
was like a hopper, aud stirred the fire and
sprinkled salt, and shook and shook the
popper. The clock struck nine and they
struck ten, and still the corn kept pop
ping; it struok eleven—then struck
twelve, aud still no signs of stopping.
And John ho ato, aud Susan thought—
the oorn did pop and patter; till John
cried out “Tho corn's a tiro ! Why Uuaan
what’s the matter ?” Sho said “John Stiles
it’s one o’clock, you'll die of indigestion ;
I’m sick of ell this popping corn—why
don't you pop tho question ?” I
chanical vibration may interfere with
ohemical union. The facts deserve care
ful study.
—The do»f mutes, at their teach era’
convention held in Belleville, Outario,
July 20, had one offloer unknown to must
organizations. Rev. Thomas Galladet, of
New York, was nppoiuted interpreter,
with power to select assistants to relieve
him. He had a station on the platform,
in front of whioh the deaf dolegatea
grouped themselves, while with nimble
fingers he followed each speaker, giving
almost every word simultaneously with its
delivery.
—Baryta water (1:10) destroys the eolor
of genuino wine almost entirely, aud
ceases a slight turbidity; but if the wine
has been artificially colored, it will turn
violet blue or blue green, and become
turbid. Solution of blue vitriol (1:10)
destroys the color of genuine wine, and
gives a violet blue with artificially colored
wine. It should be remembered that
while a wine whioh stauds these tests is
necessarily genuine, one which fails may
be roal wine, but artificially oolored.
—Twelve complete skeletons of extinet
hog* wore lately fonnd iu Ohio by Mr.
Klippart, of Columbus. The animals
were lying side by side, with their heads
toward the southeast. There was little
evidence of destruction by camiveross
animals, except that some of tho bones
seemed to have been crunched after
death. They seemed to be less of a root
ing and more of a carnivorous disposition
than the common hog, aud tho finder
suggested that they may have lived chiefly
mollusks.
—In combatting the assertion that
higb-brod live stook ia apt to “revert” to
its original inferiority as soon as the ex
cessive care which produced it is with
drawn, Profeasor Brower brought forward
the record of a late sale of short-horned
cattle. In thirty minutes #250,000 was
bid, and within a short time 109 oattlo
so ! d for #382,000, five Duchess cows
bringing #158,000. lie argued that if
any such thing as reversion in to bo fear
ed, buyers would not pay such prices
these, and ho also brought forward direct
proof that “reversion” is not to be feared,
but that improved stock is permanent.
A9WWEBN TO VVBBESPOIDEVTI
Attwood.—We decline to give an opin
ion on the guilt or inoooenoe of any of
the parties concerned in the Beecher-Til-
tou scandal. Let the courte before whom
the parties arc to be tried decide.
A Oourbbpondrnt whose note we Lave
mislaid asks us to ‘’give
Tennyson’s Holy Grail.” The writer no
doubt has the poem foundod on the Ar
thurian legend of Sir Galahod in mind,
but we must decline the requeat, for we
have never given Tennyson’s poems
enough thought to rashly attempt their
orilioism. The Holy Grail or Sangreal, is
supposed by some to be the cup from
whioh the Saviour drank at the Last Sup
per, and which wu preserved by Joaspb
of Arimaibea, who, it ia claimed, reoeiv-
UOIEL C. UYY, IE,
Attersejr sad Cess—Urn at Law.
Commissioner of Deads M. r i£2?'gr t ’
POOR RICHARD'S DEAD.
rono i
Her waist was tlftv inches round,
Her heart was all oontont.
He pennies saved till they were pound*;
He never sold his vote;
He.went to worship on a mnle,
And in a homesi-un ooat.
He taught his children honest trades;
Ho nn*or did ■nooiilato!
did speculate;
.time e’r did
He took his whisky s
Hts wife Tried all things in a pan—
Hoof, chickens, all In Tat;
He drove to raarkot with a roll
Of bntter In his hat.
he pl«y-t
He deemed It still a sin,
Of such frivolity as that
For to expend ills tin.
As I this story tell.
Thus virtue still comes out Ahead,
"** ‘ong or shf
, in yon hi
hoy ort.
Maun*.—Although the German navy
consists of only twenty-three vessels,
with sixteen guns and six torpedo boats,
the mercantile marine ranks next to those
of England, America and France. It con
sists of 219 steamers of 1G5,178 tons,
and 2G8 sail-ships of 1,143,810 tons. The
former have increased since 1867 by near
ly fifty, and the latter by nearly twenty
per cent. It has ; nearly resohed the
strength of France, which hss 316 steam*
ers of.210,273 tons, and 4951 sailing ves
sels of 996,705 tons, its,tonnage haviug
thus already exceeded that of the French
marine. England and its colonios have
4348 steamers of 1,641,030 tons, and 32,-
4G1 sailing ships of 5,573,000 tons, while
America has 3625 steamers of 1,048,200
tons, and 27,049 sailing ships of 2,146,-
585 tons. Next to Germany oornes Rus
sia, with 185 steamers of 30,000 tons,
and 30G9 sailing vessels of 771,292 tons.
Austria has 97 steamers of 52,005 tons,
and 2602 sailing vessels ef 288,176 tons.
Sweden hss 406 steamers of 22,000 tons;
Italy 118 steamers of 87,810 tons, and as
many as 19,488 sailing vessels of 1,031
907 tons; and Spain 151 steamers, mostly
colonial, and 45,514 tons, and 4363 sail
ing ships of 345,186 tons. The merohant
navy of Germaoy is manned by 90,000
sailors, while that of Franoe has 96,000.
Rob.—No figures even approximately
correct.can be given as to the number of
tribes in North Amerioa. The number of
families of North American Iudisns is
divided into thirty-seven by Mr. Sohool-
oraft, but these are subdivided into bauds
and tribes almost innumerable. The
number of Indians in the United States,
exclusively of those in ‘Alaska, is about
300,000, divided into five grand divisions,
ss follows: In Minnesota and States east
of the Mississippi river, about 35,000; in
Nebraska, Kansas, and the Indian Terri
tory 70,000; in the Territories of Dakota,
Montana, Wyoming and Idaho 65,000; in
Nevada, and the Territories of Colorado,
New Mexico, Utah And Arizona, 84,000;
and on the Pacific slope, 48,000. The
number of the actually hostile and depre
dating bands of to day probably do not
exceed in tho aggregate 8,000. The
amonnt expended for the Indians for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1874, was #7,-
951,794.88.
Student.—Th# bistery of Americt, as
authentically recorded, hardly goes hack
five oentnries, or about one hundred years
before the colonization by the Europeans.
For everything earlier we have only the
ruins left by extinot races, aud traditions
whioh the mythical element is predom
inant. It is oertain that the Northmen
visited Greenland as early aa the tenth
oentury, and planted a oolony there, with
which they maintained an almost coutin-
b intercourse. They also sailed for
some distanoe down the Atlantio coast;
but there is no evidence that they ever
reached further South than New England,
or penetrated a score of miles into the
interior.
Stark.— Edina is the poetical name for
Edinburg, first introduced by the poet
Buchanan. It is used by Burns in this
connection:
“Edina t Scatla'M darling «e*t I
Wn bull thj pnlncos aud towrr*,
Wbir# one* beneath a mauarob'a feet,
Sat legislation’* *uver*igo power*."
H.—The name Adam means, in He
brew, rod earth. Abraham means the
father of a multitude.
Pet*.— 1 The geysers of California are
north of San Franoisoo, and but a few
days travel.
S. W.—A doctor or an engineer could
do well in Mexico, but, after all, sncooss
dependa on the man.
Mason.— The appointment must coma
through your member or the President,
J. J.—We think yeur fears of another
war groundless, but we should not be sur
prised if an attempt were made to change
the form of government.
+»*Several communications remain over
to be answered in oar next.
—A man who went to m Boston bookstore
end inquired for Ckarlee Heeds'e “You
ed into the blood what flowed from the / Know How it is Yourself, ” has bee* ua-
—“I hope this hand is not counter
feit," said a lover as he was toying with
his sweetheart’s hand. “The best way to
find it out is to ring it,” was the reply.
—“Katy, have you laid the cloth for
breakfast, yet?” “An’sure I have, mem
—and evorything else but the eggs, ond
isQ’t that the ould lien’s work surely ?”
—An Iowa father, who has succeeded
in raising seventeen of the worst children
in his neighborhood, says he is bound to
have a representative in heaven, if It
takes seventeen more.
—Forenoon horse trots in Ban Fran
cisco are now called matin-neighs.
—“Biddy,"said a lady “step over and
see how old Mrs. Jones is this morning."
In a few minutes Biddy returned with the
information that Mrs. Jones was seventy
two years, seven months, and two days
old that morning.”
—The tender father values his child’s
kiss because it is a gush of love from tha
child’s hoart. Thus God approves even
of the simple wish when nothing is done,
because ho sees the heart that desires to
do it.
—Says a Wisconsin editor: “A young
poetess sends us a contribution entitled,
‘Let us Love.’ We will do our best, bnt
we have been married over four years
now, and are a little oat of practioe.”
—“My notion of a wife at forty,” said
Douglas Jerold, “is that a man should be
able to change her, like a bank-note, for
two twenties.”
SAMUEL B. BAfOOn,
Jato
OfliM over Wttttek A KiamTB.
AtSwrwey and Cesseillit AS lay,
PracticM ia State sad Federal Own
sad Al*b*w*»
Ogo. 1«« Droid tu, 0olM.fr,
Mu. u. Bunion. Lon f. •nun.
Buionu «
Attorn,, rad oranUira at la*.
Offlo. Mo. Vt Browl urnt, on. WMkA k IU-
nl’> Jew.tr, BUn.
Will proctlo. I. 111. luu Ut Mnl Onita.
Jis. M. Bomiu. Outt.l
Bl'UIU A ■ WOT,
Attorney, .ud Oo.oo.tlon ot Ira... WtU I
Brood .Creel, Colombo., Uo.
■. *. Bowiua,
Attonw, rad B.lmi.t,
V. (. Oom'r ood Btfiaur l. luAnM*, Mb
oovRU | over Brook.' Drag glon, IMuMaM,
n. j. Mrara.
AU.ro., rad Craowlln a* (AW. '
rglo Horn. In..room Oiimpu, I
;t7 ljJ ond .tor,.
Columbus ncnmoruBm no,
MnnoAuMran of
SbMUuB., HUrtlas*. Bad
■minted Tinted.
Oord. Wool ud Grind. WkuA ted
OlDce in roar of Wlttloh . Kloa.1-1,
H. U.omLtOB.dnmi.1,
JolR
■iiMMii uimonaiH
kuiMlrw. It
8HBBTIMG8,
TABU, B0JFB, te.
O. P. SWIFT. Preeideas.
W. ▲. SWIFT, Seoretery. ft
Nlntm.
WM. SHOW. JB., ft OQ»
Boom mad Md* Matte*
Old 0|l«thorpo ooroor, Qml MrtkdtekSm)
Colombo., Onrtim
Will contraot for Moon ted Un Matin, ot
nuounbl. priew, and gramra niramin,
Kel'.r to Wo, Hoow, I
JS&M
WELLS ft CURTIS,
No. 73 Broad SS., Slga of Dm
OBALBESIN
Boots and Shoes,
by saa
Hides.
M.r
JB.
the higae^#
—Patrick Green generally signs his
name in full, as he thinks “P. Green” is
too suggestive a signature.
—Who is tho next man to afford food
for the reporters by failing to walk some
enormous distance in less than no time ?
—Motto for thesnu during the transit—
‘Sic transit gloria sotit."
—It waa perhaps only natural that Mr.
Uoaoh’s explanation of Pacifio Mail mat
ters should be somewhat fishy.
—The other day, when a bank in Ar
kansas suspended, the depositors showed
a strong inclination to suspend the bank
ers.
-A farmer in Oregon recently butch
ered a oow, in whose stomach was found
a large quantity of buttons. There were
many large brass ones, whioh lead some
of the neighbors to infer that she had
eaten a policeman at some period of her
existence, while a large collection of
white buttons was almost proof positive
that the animal had been in the habit of
robbing clothes-lines.
A New Use for Cate.
A correspondent has sent an account of
a wholly novel and extremely valuable in
vention for tho education of working cat
tle. Au intelligent yoang farmer recently
went over to try a three-yoke team of
steers. The nigh steer in the middle
yoke lay down right in front; of Mr.
Jones’ house, and nothing whioh 'could be
at first devised was of any use at all. All
the appliances with whioh tho agricultu
ral interests are Already familiar were ex
hnuatively experimented with upon that
steer. Mr. Jones himself came to help and
between they they got tho steer out of the
yoke, so that he should not strangle him
self, but be only lay down the flatter for
all that. He became as fl-»t as a comic
newspaper. “Confonud him,” said the
irate owner; “I d like to drag a oat scroBs
him.” “The very thing,” excl«imed the
neighborly Jones; “I’ve got the biggest
cat you ever saw.” In less than a few
minutes Jones wus back from the house,
bringing with him a large, fine-looking
Thomas cat, well known to possess a pow
erful and cultivated voioe, of more than
usual compass and unsurpassed timbre.
The cat was put on at the shoulder i of the
steer, aud drawn steadily aud carefully
backward and downward. Tho steer
kicked some, but be did not get tip, al
though the oat seemed to very well know
what he was put there for. Again the cat
WM planted well forward and drawn aft, but
the steer paid him no matter of attention,
aud this or something else aroused the
wrath of the eat; for, just as was putting
iu his claws for a third drag, he gave
tongue—if that’s a fair word for it—in
his best and loudest musio. Tho effect
was marvellous, nnd will be of great
value, for the steer not only sprang to bis
feet with unexpected agility, but bis tail
was as stiff as bis horns as ho da* hod
wildly sway homoward. No trouble at all
with him sinoo that, for at any signs of a
balk you have only to begin a vocal imita
tion of thnt tom-cat, and the strength of
the yoke and chain is tested instantly.
We do not think that any attention need
be paid to objections to this operation,
based on the idea that it ie an appeal to
the superstitious instincts of the lower
classes. It is rather to be regarded in (he
light of a musical triumph. We bavo
never heard of any extensive employment
of the ost as an incentive to exertion cr
eep! in the navy, end even (here the one
important element of aoooeas seems to
have been omitted. Beyond doubt, a ee
rie* of careful experiments with refracto
ry mules would be very Interesting, the
prospect of a favorable result being very
croon*.
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DAN'L R. j
beelar la Family Qrooari**, on Aryan attest, he*
tweeu OgUtborye ft Jsekmm SttecttT*
» No charge for dniyag*.
J. M. HAKIIiMfl^
action of Franklia, Warren ft
Dentist*.
COLUMBUS OIITAL
Oaorgi HomT BOMteL OdSaU
Builders and Aro
T n I III IMSMS
Hraae disrate* ad Modss**.
Jobbing do,, at Awt Hdok
Pin. ud i,, ||j| M
IU
Doctors.
Offlc* corner Broad and I
buildUig.
Ho*idunce on Forsyth, throe doors belew
Tin and Coppersm
wm. m,
Worker i.Tla, Skate Irra, <
Ord.ro from .brood promptly .tltedod tm
^frnmn
Hotels.
ADAMS MSUSB.
Tobacco, Clnoro, >*,
MAHM MHI.
If yon want to enjoy n good —tho, no to hE
'igor Menu rectory,
Between Georgia Homo and MassftfM Bette.
Ms
Freeh Meets.
J. W. PATRICK.
Stall. No. ltandlS.MtekteMteur.
tn.h llflotl or nary kite ud kWt yalllr,
Jolt »l».y. on LuR
«t tb. tin. ot lb. dulb of Jwtu. j aucoraful in hi. altrapta to .tart • Bat-1 teooangiag with ft Iftte vfeobftTft (o
Tbi., bow.r.r, ia only ono ot tho doMh lot orgon ill that oily.
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