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VOL. XVII.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, MAY 9, 1875.
Arris tub imi.
After (he ttora, • cbIm;
After the brwtee, e helm;
for the 111 Mum good, in t*e Lord's own time,
Asd the sigh heoomee e pselm.
Aftor the drouth, the dew;
After the cloud the blue;
for the sky will smile In the suo’a good time,
And the earth grow glad end new.
And the rolling change of thubuay world
Bids the wrong yield beck the right.
Under the fount of ill
Meayecop doth fill,
And t|m patient Up though it drlnketh oft.
find# only the bitter still.
Truth seemed eft to sleep,
Mooting* flow to re«p,
Till the hours of welting ere weary to beer,
And thefourege Is herd to keepl
(Translated from the french.)
THE DESERT OF ICE;
A JOURNEY TO THE NORTH POLE.
M tvtM nm
cinnn xv.
Th* next day Bell, Altemoat rad the
Doetor went to where the Forpoiae ley.’
Timber wm not lacking. The Porpoiw'e
Unneh (till eonld be made awful in fnrn-
tehtng the prinaipel parte of the new w
ael. The, carpenter, therefore, imme
diately aet to work. What waa needed
waa a oraft atrong anongh to reeiat the
aaa and yet which would be light enongh
to be carried on the aled.
Baring the first days of Hay the tem
perature became milder. The thermom
eter passed beyond the frtecing point.
Spring returned in good earnout this
time, and the explorers ware obliged to
leave off thair winter garments. Bains
was* frequent, and the snow soon began
to Sow down every am all deolivity to dis
appear in fella and eaaoadea.
Hat terse eonld not restrain hie joy
when be aaw the field* of tee giving the
first signs of thaw. The aaa freed from
ioe meant for him liberty.
Whether hia predecessors had or had
not daoaivad themselves on the subject of
the Polar Sea waa what h* hoped to know
before very long. On that depended all
thasnoaaa* of his enterprise.
One'evening, after rather a warm day,
daring which the evidence* of the break,
ing np of the ioe were more apparent,
he brought the conversation to that theme
so Intereating to all—the open sea.
He grouped the argument* on the eub-
jaot whioh were so familiar to him, and
always found in the Deotor a warm par
tisan of hia doctrines. Bsaidas, hia oon-
elnsiona did not lack reason.
“It is evident,” he aaid, “that if the
ocean, abonld free itself of its ioe in
front of Viotoria Bay, its southern part
ahonld b* free equally aa far aa New Corn
wall and th* Quran's Channel. Penny
and Beleber aaw it in tbia condition, and
oartainly they had good opportunism for
obaerving it”
“Ibaliav* as. yon do, Hattaraa," re
marked th* Dootor, “and there is nothing
to cans, doubt to be thrown on the good
faith of tham illnatrion* seamen. A vain
endeavor waa made to explain thair dis
covery a* having bean simply the effeet
of s'mirage; bnt they were too positive
in their declarations not to have been oer-
taia of the fact.”
“I hav* always had Ihia opinion," mid
Altamont, who joined in the conversa
tion; “that th* Polar Bm extend* not
only wmtwardly bnt also emtwardly."
“It might be supposed aa, at least, "ob-
served Hattaraa."
“It thould b* supposed,” replied tba
American; “for this open aaa which Cap
tains Penny and Beloher mw near the
coast* of Qrinnall Land, Horton, Kane’s
Lieutenant, also mw in the atrait which
bear'* th* name of this daring scientist I ’
We are not in Kane’s Sea,” replied
Hattaraa, dryly, “and hence wc cannot
verify th# fact."
“It la rapposabla at any rata," aaid Al-
laatoot
'‘Oartainly,’’ replied the Doctor, who
desired to avoid a useless discussion.
“What Altamont thinks most be true, for
the same affects are produced in the mm*
latitude*. I also believe In th* open aaa
to the amt as well as to ths wait.”
“Well, any how, it dom not ooncern
an* much!" exclaimed Hattaraa.
“I do not agree with yon, Hatteras,"
returned ths American Captain, who wm
beginning to ohafe under tbia affected in-
differane*. “Thera might baa eertain
importance in this for aa.”
“And whan, pray?”
“Whan wc are thinking abont return
ing-”
“Batoning t" exclaimed Hattaraa.
“And who thinks abont that?"
“Nobody,” replied Altamont; “but at
lmat w# shall atop somewhere, I anp-
POM."
“Stop where?” asked Hatteras.
For tba first time the Captain had ad
dressed th* Amsrimn directly. The Doo
tor would have aaorifloed one ef bis arms
to have pot on end to the dispute.
Altamont did not reply, and the Cap
tain repeated hie question.
“Stop where?” he insisted.
“Whan w* are going!” qaietly answer-
ad th* American,
“And who knows whan tjiai la?” ob
served th* eoneillstory Doetor.
“I tbenfore say," oontinnad Alternant,
“that if w* wish to profit by the polar
basin to return we might attempt to naeh
Kane’s Sea; it will lead aa non dimtly
, to Baffin’s Bay."
“Yon think sb?" aaid the Captain ironl-
oally.
“I think so, m I believe that if over
these northern asm abonld becoma prac
ticable they will be reached by tbia root*
whieh is the most direct. Oh, that die-
povery of Dr. Kano’s was • grsat one!"
“Indeed!” exclaimed Hattons biting
his lips nntil they bled.
“Yea,” aaid th* Dootor. “This cannot
be denied and every man moat receive
credit for what h* bm dona.”
“Without taking into oonsldention the
faet that before this celebrated sailor'
mid lb* obstinate Amerioan, “no one Usd
penetrated so f*r to the north.”
“I am happy to think,” returned Hat
teras, “that now the English hsve left
him behind!”
“And the Americans!' 1 exolaimsd Alta
mont.
“The Americans?” echoed Hattaraa.
“What then am I?” asked Altamont
proudly.
“Yon are,” replied Battens, in a tone
that wu soeroely restrained in the bounds
of decorum—“you ore a man who affects
to accord to ohsnoa and aeienoa an aqnal
proportion of glory I Your Amerioan
eeptatn advaaoed far into th* north, but
ohauoe alone—”
“Ghanoe!" exclaimed Altamont. “Yon
dare to my that Kane wm not indebted
to his energy end Us learning for hia
gnat diaoovary?"
“I my,” replied Hatteras, “that this
name of Kane is not n name to be spoken
in a country made illustrious by the Per
rys, Franklins, the Borneo, the Belohen,
the Penny*—in thorn asm whioh surren
dered the Northwest Passage to thaEng-
lisman HoOlnrs—"
“HoClnrs!" interrupted ths Amerioan
hastily; “yon eit* th* man, and yon pro.
tact against the benefits of ohanm? Wm
it not oliaaoe only that favored him?"
“No, no!” replied Hatteras, becoming
more animated in hia manner. “It
his eonrage, hia obstinaoy in passing four
winters amid the ioe—”
“I believe yon,” replied the American.
“He wm stack in the Ioe; he ooald not
retnrn, and he ended by abandoning hia
ship, th* Investigator, in order to reach
England!"
“Hy friends!” intervened the Dootor
hastily.
“Bmidaa,” reanmad Altamont, inter
rupting him, “let ns leave th* man oat
of the qamtion eud 1st a* am the result.
Yen speak of the Northwmt passage;
wall! this passage still remains to be dis
covered!"
At this remark Hattarm started in hi*
■t Never had arisen between the I wo
rival nationalities a mors irritating rab-
jact of disagreement.
Again did tha Dootor try to Intervene.
“Yon are wrong, Altamont,” ha aaid.
‘Not at all!” replied tha stubborn
Amerioan, “I kmp to my opinion. Th*
Northwmt Passage is still to ba found—
to ba oroased, if yen prefer that way of
potting it! McClure- did not ascend it,
and never np to tha present time has a
vessel leaving Behring’s Strait arrived at
Baffin’s Bay.
To apeak truly, what tha American had
aaid wm a faot. What answer oould be
given to him?
Neverthaleaa Hatteras rose and said:
“I will no longer suffer that in my pre-
mno* the glory of aa English Captain
shall ba attaoked!”
Yon will not anffar it!” replied tha
Amsrimn, also rising; “bnt there are the
facts, and yonr power dom not extend so
far as to destroy them. 1 ’
“Sir!” eried Hattaraa, pale with anger.
“Hy friends,” again intervened the
Doetor, “be ealm! Wa ar* diaeoasing a
scientific question!"
Tba good Glawbonny refused to BSC
anything mors than a scientific dispute
In s quarrel in whioh the hatred of an
Englishman and th* hatred of an Ameri
oan were involvod.
“The facta—I will tell yon what are the
faeta!’’threateningly replied Hatteras, who
wm paying no attention to the Doetor.
“And I—I will apeak 1” retorted th*
American.
Johnson and Bell were nt a lorn what
to my or do.
< Gieati*meD!”mid th* Doetor with de
termination, “yon wilt allow me to apeak!
Idemand to apeak! The facts are known
to me better than they are to yon, and
yoa will grant me that I era speak of
them without partiality.”
“Lot us hmr tba Dootor!” eried Bell
and Johnson, who wars growing nnaasy
at tha turn the conversation wm taking,
and who mad* a majarliy on the Doctor’*
aide. ,
“do on, Hr. Olawbonny,” mid John-
n. Them gentlemen will liaten to yon,
and what you have to my will interest ni
all.”
“Speak'then!” exclaimed the Ameri
can.
Hatteras resumed Us amt with a mo
tion of aoqniesoanoe and oroased hia
arms.
“I am abont to relate the facts In all
their troth,” said the Doetor, “and yon
may check me, my friends, U I ahonld
omit or alter any detail.”
“Wa know yon, Hr. Glawbonny,” re
plied Bell, “and yon oanjprooaad with
yonr statement without fear.”
Here,” said th* Doetor, “lathe map
of tha Polar mm. It will ba easy to fol
low HoClure’s court*, rad yon oan than
jndg* of tba water knowingly."
Tba Dootor spread on th* table on* of
thee* excellent maps published by order
of the Admiralty, and wUeh contained
the moat reoent discoveries mad* in tba
Aretio regions. Then ha resumed as
followa:
■In 11(8, as yoa know, two ships, tha
Herald, Captain Kallat, and tha Plover,
Commandant Haora, war* sent to Bah-
ring’a Strait to try to diaeovat asm*
aa of Franklin. Thau anarch wm
fruitless. In 1800 they war* joined by
HeOlara, who oomeanodsd th* Investiga
tor, tha ship on whieh h* had sailed in
1849 in company with Jama* Boas. H*
waa followed, by his ehtef, Captain Coil in-
son, with tha Enterprise. But h* out
sailed Captain Oollinaon, and having
reeohed Behring's Strait, he deoland that
ha would wait no longer, that he would
stars out alone on his own responsibility,
and—take good notion, Altaeeoat—that
ha would discover Franklin or the Pas
sage.”
Altamont exhibited neither approval
nor disapproval.
“On August G, 18G0," resumed th*
Dootor, “after having commnnloated for
the last time with th* Plover, HcOlure
sailed into the seta to the east by a route
almost unknown. See, there airs hardly
any lands laid down on this chart. On
August 30 the young offioer passed Cape
Bathurst, on September G he discovered
Baring Land, whioh he found later to be-
toBg-tB Banks' Land; and .afterward
Prinee Albert Laud.
“Then he sailed baldly through the
long strait whioh separates these two
large islands, and whieh he named Prino*
of Wales Strait. Eutsr this atrait in im
agination with ths bold navigator. He
hoped to emerge into Helville Sound,
whieh we erosmd, ud there wa* reason
for hia hope, bnt the ice at the end of
th* atrait presented an impassable bar
rier."
“Thus ehaeked in bis prograss, Mc
Clure want into winter quarters from
1850 to 1851, and daring this period he
traveled serosa the toe-peek to assure
himself of the strait's communication
with Helville Sound.”
“Yes!" exoltimed Altamont; “bnt he
did not ascend it. ”
“Wait,” replied tha Doctor. “Daring
the time they were in winter qn'uters
McClure's offioers went about among the
neighboring ooaste—Ormwell to Baring
Land, Hmwelt to Prinee Albert Land to
the eontb, and Wynniat to Caps Wslker,
to tha north. In July, at the first signs
of n thaw, HeClnre made a seoond at
tempt to enter Helville Sound with the
Invmtigator. He came within twenty
miles of it—only twenty miles!—bnt the
winds bora him with resistless foroe to
the sonth without hia being able to pass
the obstacle.
“Then he determined to desoeadPriuce
of Wales Strait, and to torn Banks' Land,
and to attempt, by tha way of the west,
to do whst ha had failed in by tha easter
ly route. On the 18th he passed Cape
Kellet, and an tha 29th Ospe Prinee A1
fred, two degree* beyond; then, after a
frightful experience from ioabergg, be
anehored in Banka’ Inlet, at the month
of that aeries of straits whioh leads to
Baffin's Bay.”
“Bnt he eonld not breakthrough them”
observed Alternant.
“Wait a little longer, and exereise
some of HoOlnre's patience. On tba 26lh
of September be took up his position for
the winter in the Bay of Uaroy, north of
Banka’ land, and remained there nntil
1852. April name. HeClnre had provis
ions for only eighteen months. Still, he
had no idea of teturn. He atarted out,
oroased Banks' Strait in a aled rad recoil
ed Helville Island.
“Let us follow him. Ha hoped to find
on these coasts the ships of Command
ant Austin whioh had boon sent to hia
asaistano* by way of Baffin's Bay and
Lsnoaater Strait. On the 28th of April
he touched at Winter Harbor, at the very
spot where Parry bad gone into winter
quarters thirty-three years before. But
there was not a single ship there. The
only diaoovery he made wsa that of a doc
ument in a oairn by whioh he learned that
HeClintock, Austin’s lieutenant, had
passed the previous year there and had
then taken hia departure.
“Where another would have been in
despair, HcOlure did not despair. He
placed in the oairn a new document—
leaving it to chance to be found—in
wbieh he annonnoed bis intention to re
turn to England by the Northwest Pas
sage that ha had discovered, by way of
Lancaster Strait and Baffin's Bay. If he
was not heard of again, it would be be
eaose he waa carried to the north or west
of Helville Island. After that, still nn-
diseonraged, he returned to the Bay of
Uerey to go into winter quarters for ths
third time, from 1852 to 1853.”
“I never donbted his conregs,” said
Altamont. “I referred only to hie suo-
aeea.”
“Let a* follow him farther,” replied
the Doetor. “In the month of March r«-
duood to two-thirds rations, following a
very severe winter in whieh game could
net be proonred, MeOlure determined to
■end baok half of hia crew to Eogland
either by way of Baffin'a Bay or by tba
way of HoKenzi* Itiver and Hndaon’a
Bay; tna remaining half were to take
baok the Investigator iff Europe. lie sc-
lasted from hia crew the least healthy of
his man—those to whom a fourth winter
spent in those latitudes would hav* bean
fatal.
‘All waa ready for their departure,
which was fixed for the 15th of April,
when, on the 6th, while walking out with
hia lieutenant, Oreswell, on the ioe, He-
01 or* aaw to the north of where ha stood
a man gaatlonlating and running toward
him. This man waa Lieutenant Pirn, of
the Herald, the lieutenant of the same
Captain Kellet whom HoClnre had left
two years before at Behring's Strait, as I
told yoa in the beginning.
'Kellet, arriving at Winter Habor, had
found the document left to chance by
HoClnre. With the knowledge thna .ob
tained of HoOlnre’a movements, b* had
sent his lieutenant, Pim,. to meet the
daring oaptain. Tha lieutenant was fol
lowed by a detachment of the Herald's
sailers, among whom was an ensign of n
Freuoh veaael, a Honsienr Do Bray, who
served aa a.velunteer on Captain KeUet'a
staff. Yon do not doubt that our oonn-
trymra mat aa I hav* described It?”
“Not at all," replied Altamont.
“Well, now lat ni sea wbat waa to hap
pen afterwards, and whether tbia North
west paaaaga waa really mad*. Observe,
that if.the discoveries of Parry b* added
to those of HeGtar*, it will be found that
tba northern ooeat of America baa baan
oirolad.”
“Not by a single vernal! ’’ replied Alta
mont.
“No, bnt by n single man. Let ns con
tinue. HoClnre wont to vieit Oaptain
Kallat at Helville Island. In twelve
deya be Journeyed the 170 miles whieh
intervened between the Bay of Herey and
Winter Harbor. H* made an agreement
with tha commander of th* Herald to
send hia aiek man to him; and than re
turned to bis peat.
“Others would hav* thought that they
had done anongh had they baan In Ho-
Clura'a plaoa; bnt tha' intrepid young
man deairod again to tempt fortune. Than
—and to this 1 wish to ceil yonr attention
more particularly—hia lieutenant, Cree-
wtU, aooompraying the siok and infirm of
the Inveetigator’s erew, left the Bay *f
Herey, reached Winter Harbor, and from
there, after a journey of 470 miles an
th* ioe, reaobed on June 25 Baeehy Isl
and, and n few days after, with Iwelv* of
hit man, took paaaaga on board th* Phoe
nix.”
“Where I was serving at th* tlaaa un
der Oaptain Inglefiald,” Mid Johnson,
“and than we returned to England."
“And,” reanmad th* Doetor, “on Octo
ber 7,1353, Oreswell reached London, af
ter having traversed all tha apse* taolu-
dad between Behring’* Strait and Cap*
Farewell.”
“Well,” said Hatteras, “to hav* arrived
on on* aid* and to hav* lift by th* other
—is that what is called ‘to hav* passed?’"
"Yea.” rapliad Altamont; “bntiaorore-
ing 470 miles on th* ioe.”
“Wall! what does it matter?"
“Everything is in that," returned th*
Amerioan. “Did HoOlnre’s ship make
the Passage?”
“No,” replied th* Doctor, “for after
the fourth winter HoOlura was obliged to
abandon it in tha ioe.”
“Wail, in a maritime voyage it la for
the ship to pan* a plaoa and not th* man.
If over th* Pauaga of tha Northwest
ahonld be mad* praotioable, it mast be to
■hips rad not to sleds. It ia neoeasary,
therefore, that tha ship ahonld eooom-
plish the voyage, and if not th* ship, then
tha ship’s boat.”
“Th* ship’s boat I” cried Hatteraa,
who saw an evident purpose in thaa*
words uttered by th* Amarieaa.
“Altaatoat," ths Dootor hastened to
aay, “yon make a childish distinction,
rad in tUa matter wa all think you
wrong.”
“That is not bard for yen to do, gentle
men,” replied ths Amarieaa. “Yon are
four against one. Bnt that will not pre
vent me from bolding to my opiate*."
“Keep it, therefore, to yowreatf," eried
Hatteras, “and so oloaeiy that wa may
beer nothing more of it."
-‘And by what right do yoa spaah tha*
to me?” asked tbs Amerioan with fury.
“By my right aa captain!” retorted
Hatteraa, angrily."
“Am I subject, then, to yonr orders?”
“Yon are, undoubtedly, and woe to
you if ’’
Tha Dootor, Johnson and Ball Inter
fered. It was tim*. Th* two antagonist*
ware measuring each other with their
eyes. Th* Doctor’s heart waa vary
heavy.
However, after a few oonoiliatory words
spoken by tho Doetor, Altamont want to
bad, whistling the national air of “Yan
kee Doodle," and whether sleeping or
awake, he epoke not another word.
Hatteras left tha tent and walked abont
with long strides outside. He did not re.
enter until an hoar afterward, and then
be retired to his pallet in silanes.
[TO DK OONTIMUID.]
uold aa* Crimean Safer* Death.
Once on n time a little leaf was heard
to sigh and cry as laavaa often do when a
gentle wind Is about. And the twig aaid:
“Wbat la tha matter little leaf ?" “Th*
wind,” aaid th* laaf, “just told me that
one day it would pall me off and threw
me down on the ground to die.” The
twig told it to the branoh on whioh it
grew, and the branoh told it to the tree.
When it beard of it, it mailed all avar
and sent baok word to the leaf. “Do not
be afraid; hold on tightly, and y#a shall
not go till you want to?” So the laaf
stepped sighing, end went on nestling
and sieging; and so it grew all anmmar
long, till October. When the bright day*
of antumn came the little leaf aaw lha
leaves around becoming very beaatifal.
Some were lesrlet, soma were yellow end
some were striped with both colors. Then
it asked the tree whst it meant, rad the
tree said: “All these leave* ar* getting
ready to fly away, and they have put on
theaa beautiful oolore bananas of Joy.”
Than the little leaf begin to want to go
and grew very beaatifal in thinking of It;
and when it was very gsy in eolora it saw
that the branches of the tree had no ool-
or in them, so the leaf aaid: “O branch,
why are you laid-culored and w* ao gold
en?" “W* must keep oar work olothea
0*,” mid the tree, “for onr life i* not
done yet; bnt yoar clothes are for a holi
day, because your task ia over.” Just
then a little pnff of wind earns, and tha
little leaf let go without thinking of it;
and the wind took it up and turned tt
over and over, and then whirled it off
lik* a spark of fire in th* air, and lat it
fall gantiv down under tha adga of th*
fence, among many other leaves; and it
fell into a dream, and never woke np.
to tell what it dreamt about
—To ascend the soale, waa it a blander
or s bloody blow at the lasts of jthe flash,
whieh in a little town in Oonrtlnnd Boun
ty led a circuit preacher, in descanting
upon the emptiness of mare Sabbath re
ligion, to denounce utterly nil sneh “ab
dominal holiness?” Hebdomanal ia no
where aa a forcible term compared with
that _
—A Georgia printer is lb* innocent
father of twenty-six children, all th* way
from th* antiqn* daughter* and toll bur-
gaols boy* to nonpareil babies in small
cap*. H* talks of starting a family news
paper on hi* own hook.
Nearly *22,000,000 is tbs
vain* of railroad proporty in Tennessee,
eighty-eight oountie* having railways, and
averaging forty-three and a half mite* to
th* oonnty.
—Minor events—Births.
—Family Ties—Apron strings.
—Votive offering—Election bribe.
' —The saddest aide of it—Snieid*.
—Brooklyn ia now called Seandalopolia.
—How Baeohar ia being tried—Par-
jnty.
—Army literature— Magaainea and re
views.
—An Irish blunder—Trying to wak*
tha dead. -
—A heavy basin*** —importing ele
phants.
—Th* minister of the interior—The
month.
—An inside dental expanse—Having a
tooth filled.
—Amlon la good for a wrist sprained In
owing a spring ahiokaa.
-Beecher now figure* in a new novel
aa Btv. Progressive Bnngla.
—A counter ehargs under the Oivil
ltlghta bill—“Drinks *5 eaoh.”
—At a reoent spelling match one ■
spelt it “peanip,” ud got beet
—The moat delioate woman has strength
and agility enongh to mount the spring
atylaa.
—What’a tba object in danblng a vessel
over with tar when Jita pitched eo by the
ooeu?
—Jf yon would have yonr boy follow a
good example, hitch a street band to tha
example.
—A Hinnesaota ghost throws bricks.
Here, at last, tea tangible proof of mats
rializetion.
—Thayhnva an amalgamated tailor’s
aoolety in England. Wbat is on amalga
mated tailorf
—Bsaaie Tamar talks of studying for
tha opera. Sba will .make her debut in
La Soanambule.”
—A ootemporary pabliahaa an artiol*
entiled “ThsStairs wa Climb." Oan any
thing be more elevating?
—Query from tha atndios—When a
min marries s lady artist,-onght ha to be-
oorae a modal husband?
-It is a saddening spaetaai* to zee peo
ple squandering money and know that
NNwu’l help there do It.
—Whet is ths dUtereoaa between n
turnkey and a jeweler? One watehea
cells aud the other sells wstehss.
—Senator Sobers is aaid to hav* etnek
on “Pianissimo" in a spelling match, bnt
the ex-aenator never eoeld sing smsll.
—“Johnny, what are you doing, my
■on?” O, nothing: only trying to hit
Frank on th* fingers with the hatehet!"
—A eat in a eertain Vermont toon hia
raised one hundred little eeta, rad she
still regularly attends the Thomas con
certo.
—The atormy Sunday evenings of th*
past winter have been hard on the coal
bins of those families with interesting
danghten.
—Whan a Florida Indian is likely to
die, his friends plan* him where an alii
gator oan take him and thus aave burial
axpenaaa.
—Freuoh girls who have no dowry
seldom get married, for hnsbanda iu that
oonntry are a oash article, and oommand
a high prloe.
—A charming yanng lady who attends
evening ehnroh aarvloe regularly, ia cell
ed the “reaper belle,” by the distracted
youth of th* parish.
—Th* last way of enamelling ladies ia
by hypodamle injections of araenio dis
solved in roeewator. It causes paralysis,
but ii doe* the buaineaa.
—A latter waa recently received at
Wallingford, Connecticut, dirseted sim
ply to ‘Hy own true love,’ with tha box
number, and tha girl reosivad it.
—Th* executors of on* of tha raeently
appointed Eagllah | officiate at Fiji tele-
graphsd tha Fijian motto' as a warning to
others: “First oome, first served.”
—“Am I not a little pale?” inquired a
lady, who wa* short and eorpnlent, of n
cruaty old baebalor. “Yon look more
lik* s big tab,” was tba blunt reply.
—Waltzes, we leern from a St. Leals
piper, are like brioks—yon cra’t achieve
’em without Sirens*. W* might add that
they ar* like imitk punches, but after all
it would be superfluous.
—Petersham has produced an anotion-
aar who tolte tha troth. He recently told
n bidder: “Yon’ve got a good bargain in
that sleigh yon bid on for *2 50. It’s
just as gaol for th* hen* to roost on ss
one that cost *60.
—Exceedingly disagreeable la it net to
get np in the night under the impression
that there are robbers in tba house, only
to diaeovat that the noise whieh alarmed
yon was prodnoad by yonr dog "looking
around for a soft bad?”
—A Snnday-sohool teacher told her
olass abont the wire and foolish virgin*,
and askad them the next Souday to re
past th* story. All bnt on* little miaa
had forgotten, and aha only remembered
that “it waa about them worn** that for
got thair karoasna.”
—A yonag man who had beheld with
soora and dtepteaeare the eeoujuiioel bar-
kasper mix hia matntinal whiakey-eook-
tall aeoording to the formula of too mnoh
syrup and bitters to too littla whiskey,
aaid In a mild tons of ramonstranoe: “I
wish that whi*k*y-oooktail to be all to
m* that tba nama implies. ”
—The bog is in Arkansas what tha um
brella ia in New York—th* prey of th*
first man who Beads it. Pork Is oallad
“mast,” and whan yonr plantar friend
explains to yon that ha has to bay all hia
meat, h* will add that “the negro** will
steal hogs you oan’t hasp a hog about
rnr.nziviin.
—Insurance la polioy.
—Tha latest verb is to “eentonnato.”
—Shank haute ar* brisk in Vermont.
—Hr*. Tilton la getting book her vi-
vaoity.
—A tow preliminary fllaa are
ting abont.
—Why don’t tha debating sools
tie tha Brooklyn problem?
—The next Preaidant ia now a journal
ist, lays A took Stephans.
Etharial spring nt hat ootnas
on in double-aonlad gaiters.
—Two Fort Wayns man have lmpover
bs fished tor till June.’
haps.
Kantnoky.
*252,042.
soon be abandoned.
years n leading Hawn in Tons*
oent. in th* Waatan portion of Be hart
son county, O*., and th* fruit baa nearly
aH been killed. Com baa all baan plant
ad and th* tobaoeo bad* are ta a fin* eon 1
dittos.
Hotel.
CERTBAL HOTEI.,
Id* and Ida Brand M„ Calttrehma, Urn.
Mas. 8. K. Wouiuidob,
a pH Proprlutren.
Lawyers.
LIONEL «. LEW, JL,
Atlermey and Oennasllnr mt Low.
Uommlmtoner of Deeds N. Y. and othsr Rules.
OSmorer Ueernls Hum* lnasmae* Uo.
dere 1 ’*” 1 * 1 * ,r * l> w aaUeetloni.
8AMUEL H. BATUHEE.
Attorney a* Law.
Jeio Oho. over Wlttloh A Rleml'a.
A. A. DOBIEE,
AMareey am* Cmmmaellm* at Law,
Practice, le gtete aad fsdsrel Oenrt. 1. *wrgla
Algbgaa.
Oflo* las Rreed at n Oolenbns, da. Jet
Maas B. Busman LesuP.aaea.se.
■LAEDFOSS to MABEAMD,
Attorney a mm* CenasSBew n* Low.
on00 Re. ri Rreed tenet, onr WMtto * Kle-
ml'. Jewelry Store.
Will .notice la tk* Stale aad federal Courts.
"I*
L. T. DOWIIIS,
Attorney and Mtoltor.
0- *• Oem'r aad Regletar la Baakraptey- OEcc
■orMl ever a rack.' Drag Store, Uolumbee, la
E. J. MOB Eh,
Atlermwy and (tarnMatter a* Lam,
•aargte Home leeanam Company bnlMlng, • •
ocfllyj cet rtwi.
Croosrs.
DAR’L E. BIBB,
Dealer In Peallv Orocerim. en Bryan street, be-
- . »»««» Oglethertie A Jecteon ettetee.
are Ro shares hr treyege. M
A. U. HAMILTOE,
Whmlraal* and Btoail lireeer,
Jnectlee of fraaktla, Warren A Oflethury. an.
N • chsrgs for drmysgs. aspld
Wstohmsksrs.
O. E. LEUUIM,
Watchmaker,
1M Breed tenet, Ooluakas, da.
Wetokae end Olecht repaired In the heel mas
aer aad warreated. j.ti
Tin snd Coppsrsmlths.
WM. PEE,
•erhee In Tin, Bhtot Irma, tapper,
tadere ban abroad promptly attested ta.
I>? Me. IT*. Breed direct.
-A careful estimate of ths aathrwlte
prodnotion of Pennsylvania haa baan
mad*, whioh shows that tha qaaatity kaa
|K*<Us% t>«M -Ml .raCied TV* .
ttty in 1874, n dull year comparatively,
was 21,667,386 tons. II baa before been
estimated at law than 20,000,000 tons,
even ia mnoh more prosperous yaera than
tha teat.
—Phoenician character* are a till In us
In Sonth Sumatra. Oea half th* tot
ters in th* alphabet employed by th*
people of on* district have been recog
nized w belonging to the Common Pbco-
nloizn form, and some ef the remainder
rewmbie oharaotore found oh Phmaielsa
remains in Spain and other oountries col
onized by that people.
—Hie trioks whieh foolish persona at
tempt upon aoleatifle man have already
bean alluded to in thaw columns. Tba
latest Inateneaia reported by Dr. J. G.
Hnat, to whom a apaeimsn waa referred,
wbieh purported to be a stalk ef Jtmw
or ehew, growing from an ear of 7WM-
aum. He found it to be n minotoetared
epeoimen, th* Bromm having bwa arti
ficially inserted and fastened In by gam.
—Six workmen are engaged nt th*
French National Observatory in polishing
a naw telaseapie mirror of 42 Inehw di
ameter. They are obliged te atop fre
quently on aooonnt of th* great weight of
th* poliahar, whieh is 16 inehw in diam
eter. Th* eorrwtnaw ef the serf see I*
determined by an observer, planed nt th*
top of the obwrvatory, s distance equal
to half tha fooal distance of the mirror.
He notiees whether tha image of a light
pissed In tha proper position ia refloated
with distinctness.
-The “big trees” of California are not
confined to the few grove* which travel
ers visit. In Frwno oonnty trees of thla
kind, and of great site, hav* bwa sawn
for ywrs, and it hw been lately discover
ed that a forest of tham extends for six
ty milw north rad aonlh and ten milw In
width. This forest ia continuous, bnt
la ietarseetod by deep oanuns, which eat
down below tha level at wbieh the Bt-
qutit grows. In soma parts this forest
contains almeat non* bnt “big trass,” In
nil stage* of growth. Aa to sis*, th*
largest one measured haa a dlamter of
forty fwl.
BorauoniTT or Gnmu Onimoxr.
Woman.—’Ths president of th* ebemt-
oalaaolion of tha Glasgow Philosophies!
Boetety in his opening address pointed
oat that th* higher kinds of ehamloal
manufacturing work ere mostly in tbs
hands of the Germans, far the reason
that properly adeoated workman wnnet
ba obtained in England. H* wid:
“ Whar* elaborate ahamtoal processes are
required, as for inataaea in th* prepara
tion of th* natural alkaloids, w* cannot
oompete with ths Garmon mannfaetarem,
who, with tba exwptton of quintal and
morphia, hav* this olaaa of manufactures
mostly ia thair own Stands. Wa eaanot
secure snffiolentlf educated workmen tor
this alas* or work. One of th* mast im
portant contributions from th* laboratory
te madias! wlaaw ia ohloral hydrate, th*
first narestlo artificially prodnoad. This
■abstract, for whieh thereto new an enor-
moa* demand in medicine, to almost all
Imparted." In this fwt of their euperi
ority, eo plainly stated by n rival, the
Germans have ths reward for tha long
oouree of advanced teehnlohal instruction
to whieh they hav* for half a oratory ao
persistently adhared. In tha praMnt
condition ef the arts, requiring th* eer-
vtow of men who nr* well acquainted
with thair history and dsvaipmant, it to
lmpoeribl* far any nation to establish th*
higher maaufaoluraa without lbs oo-ope-
rattou of teoitntoal seboeto.
OPELIKA DIRECTORY.
Dentists.
w. i. FiuaiutT
. °Pp* ,lu toruwer’e tmlMleg, Rudolph M.
•peelaUMeailea glees te tee leseriloe or arte
««el«Hte,as welle> leOperativeDealietry
eeeeaeee aeeeee eeeaa
W.T.Poea,-
Oeerjje Heme Belldlag,
W. T. Poet, PrapV,
~ Ooltuebee aeergto.
I meats aaa
Tailors.
S. A. KdUMJt, .
■•reheat Tailor end Cotter.
A fRH MMk ef Freneh wt IngUsh Vrosdclotb.
OffiMlnisrta ut TsstUfi.
eprlt No. 18* Breed Street
HUNKY SKIXMAM.
Oittlifi Clanlig mm4 Kcpfelrlng
Dee# Iffi the heat style.
•prttl Comer Crewfsnl sn.l Front Pu.
Dreos-Msklns
HIM M. A. HOLL1NUE WORTH,
•rsas-Mflklnff, Outtlsff tut! Ittlag. Tiuwacheep
ftMliisnneAMflhep la ■ruwaorille.
Plano Tuning, Ac.
E. W. BLAU,
Repairer sa4 fleer of PtaMN, Orgme ain
Aeeertfeeu. Elf* PeliUig ihe 4oae.
Oiien u; be be left it 4. W. Pens* Kernel'*
Cun and Locksmiths.
PHILIP IIPLII,
Oea set Leekterllk, Or.«fur4 urate, next u
Jehnssa'r eoreer, Colombia, 6>. jot
WILLIAM SOMOBEE,
Oea so* Locksmith a.4 d«al.r le Ueaoins M»
Uriel,. Heat el strapper's OosActlueery
Fresh Meats.
I. W. PATRICK,
lulls Me. 1* aa* IS, Market Hoses.
Prete MaaU el every kl.4 end hut casllty.
Jell elwaye «■ heed.
I. T. COSH,
Treat. Meats si All Minds,
l Stalls Roe. U sod 11.
■arber Shops.
OrstrfbN It., uder ftsikii Hum, OoIimIhm, Os.
Rudders and Architects.
A. S. CUALMEEh,
Homo (hrptiter mn* BElMtr*
Jebhlig dons it abort Duties.
PIsm lid ipeeifleitiou fbrnUhad for sli style*
of bitldiegs
■rood Street, iszt te O. W. Brown’*,
M flnlumhns. Os.
jnngoomi,
Attorney a.t Law,
MAMILTSM, «Ae
nriLL pretties la the toariekaate.. Mamma
TV orsay where alaa. Alt kind <
aware. “Pay me sc re* swap."
FOR IALR ARP RE«T~
OFFICE RECEIVES MASON h SSUNto
WICK B. B., Macaw, Oa., Afrit T, tori,
in aecordAMt with sastfiat Eras* Bam the
Executive Department ef tola Mate, Wfil to
•eld m th* FIBST TUEBDAT IN JOKE
NEXT, between the towacfto I’riiM a. m.
and 4 o'eloek p. m., at the Eapak of the Kaara
ud Breaawlak Rallread Oempaaj. to to* dtor
of Macon, Bibb oonnty, (to, ah ||Mh eatery,
to th* highest bidder, ths MACON AND
BRUNSWICK BA1LBOAD, Tinatopttim
the City of Macon te Snmnrtto, to Oiyn
oonnty, Oa—a dim rare ef am* hundred to*
•Ighty-elz miles-with tee BRANCH ROAD,
extending from Oeehira te
distance of tea mile*—am* stool
aids track oa th* main Una H
abont two miles ef relation in
~ WM, '
I otkee nrmm^to
— «rvu- AMad nperttraatare,
of way, motive -x. : --~-i
freight sad writ— harem, matohwatopa,*to
pantar shops, ground., flsraltere, matejasry,
toels aad materials eonaeeto* tosrewtth.
Also, the following property el mid sompray,
to Wit: Tracts or panels of load Nee. i, g an*
4, to Dlitrlct Twanty, aad Nam tit, US, lay,
144,141, ms, lit, IN, ltd rad MT, la Matriat
Twenty-one, nil lying aad katag In Patoakl
county, Us., and containing sntotws tontoal
and twe end n hair <M*K) seres.
Also, e certain treat or pareel ef Ira* la to
olty ol Brunswick, known pa the wtolt |*epm-
ty oftbe Muon rad Breaawlak lsfiresd Ores-
Also, one-half (andlrMad) efMe Ntotaad
4 of Block ar, la tha olty *f Harem, Mwwa M
tha lorellty aa the (leant ItianpiapMj
Also, ally lota Noe. i, land a partial afNa.
a, In aqaare No. M, ta th* ally of Miton.
Also, e tract or pareel of lead ta the aaM oriy
ef Mason, than knows a* Camp ftgtatoarjl,
containing ten aerea, mars or Ism.
Alae,aity lota Noa.1 aad I, la Mask E*. ML
In Southwest Macon.
Also, olty lota No*. I nod t, In square NO. U,
in tbs elty of Mason, with building there am.
Also, treat or parealaf land No. MT, to Me-
Met Three, Wayne oouaty, Oeorgie, aa* tore
hndred end forty shares of aleak la to* Baato*
are aad Atlaatlo Taiegrapk Company—aortlg.
sate l,ona.
The foregoing property will to otore* tor
cash far the boadi of this State of th* fint
mortgage bonds of to* sompray, totems* to
heholl of the State nadewthe anlhmltj ef to*
act approved December S, ltM.
E. A. FLEWELLEN,
Resolver Mason and Bruswtok Railroad.
apl» oatrtl
A Safe InvMtaumt, aafl Oss that
Will Fay.
THE aubeciiberbeiag eampelled to re more
A utereoldeqwNemDotarihrewlteiaa “
_ sr*:
The lot (Toots aaa
oa both Broad and Ciawkrd
could give (root on either attest to
oommodloae stone, with public i
h0;|O«rhe*d. The mote lultehla
iWMwswr
nervo of brain nndR
realise a fortune U «
For gait.
Livery and tale Stables.
EOBEET THOMPSON,
Livery, ami* mm* Exchange a tables
Osurnenre, Hem or Raaemre an.,
stem Ooiumhur, ne
TobEooo, Clgare, ho.
MAIEE DOME.
If you west teesjey e geed rmohe, go t. hie
Olger Neeahteery, 9
Btewteu Oeergla Brae aad Human Bums.
Cotton Factories.
COLUMBUS MANUPAOCOBINO CO.,
tfuihteareie ef
■heatings, ghirttaga, aa* gawlag and
Knitting Thread.
Chris Wool re* drleda Wheat sad Corn-
Ohm In rear ef WIlMch a Elaset’s, Randelph at
jet* R. B. OBILTOM, Prmlieet.
MDS4JOMNB MANVPAOTOMUai CO.
•HRBTIROA SBIRTIRdA
TARR, ROPE So.
ooLUMaua, oa.
*. P. ftWIVT, PnelimL
W. A. swift, aemetery A Trmrewr. steal ly.
Doctors.
DM. ■• to LAW.
Ohm aorem Rreai aad Randolph atreoh, Rum'
RmMeam ea PemylMbnifjeem below at. Otter.
reridai on the plaoa. Cbeodf
known nt my tew
ootMdhwtf
,j3iMma -JSSS2&
HOTELS.
Rankin House v
Columbui, Ga.
A W. BY AN, PropT.
Frarx OoutaR, OUrk.
Baby Restaurant,
Bar and Billiard laloea.
Drdrb trb Bareb Houag.
myMdte.tr AW.RTAR.Pmah
Ufww ggwli M* Wa RfEEa
Commercial Hotel
BVPAOLA, ALABAMA.
fi EDIOATED te tha Commercial Tra ratal
WwW'WS
ssibr , «rri , sr. , ^ ,, ‘“'“ M
reuy
• REbtriaL
>D1*K h 8JC1THA, PNVPgft
REAL EOTATE ACE
JOHN
Hast to Freer, Illgmk On, gt,
Mmmhre,fe.
Estate, IrokfiMgo act
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