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Newspaper Page TextVOL. XVII. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, MAY AN ANNIVBIUIAmr. In a cl)ami or old tn l oaken, Jn • fuint and falteriug way, lift If a doftru word* * ftero spoken, " * yearn tn-di.y Just oU l What was boui.il and wliat was broken, l*et ft wonmirH couicionce say. Haifa riocon words excited, WhispHrcU by a lever's side; liatf delighted, half affrighted. Halt ill iduaaure, half la pride; * nd a maiden's tro.li is plighted, And a Inloo lo\o-knot is tied. Has a maiden not a feeling That cnii swi ll Mud siugand sour Canto not o’er her spirits st> tiling liing i Barely half a doion glunceR, Half iu earnest, hull iu mirth— Fite, or six,~ur st-ven dances— What is Hiich a wooing worth! Courtship in which no romance is, Cannot give a true-love birth. ti is wot at sight; 'fisawued; ’tia not a (lower That arises in a night. Lightly ii tho promise given, Lightly in the love-kuot tied; And tho uititl redeems the Living at her husband's aids And li-r heart—it is not b.okon. Itm it is not iu its pride. ken RhonhaU ttmt her Inert concealing WaiiL'a it did uoi know « f yore; 911 utiy the truth revealit.g, K- a! lovo is souicthing —Chamber»' Journal. iTraiiHlateJ iroia the French.] THE DESERT OR ICE; A JOURNEY TO THE NORTH POLE. GY JOI.E8 VERSE. CHAPTER XVI. T11R NORTHERN ARCADIA. On the S>!)tU of May, for the first time, the »un did not set. Its disc barely touched the horizon, and then imme •diately began to rise; the time had arriv ed vhen the day was twenty-fonr houra- tong. Next day the snn appeared with ■ mag nificent halo, n luminous circle brilliant with all the colors of the rainbow. The frequent appearance of these phenomena always drew the Doctor's ettention. He never forgot to notice the dste of their comiug, their dimensions and their as pects. The one he observed on that day presented in itR elliptiosl form features that were little known. Boon all tho noisy sort of birds reap peared; finckB of bustards and wild geese ooming from the distent regions of Flori da end Arkansas, filed in the sir north ward with astonishing rapidity and ^brought back the spring on their wings. 'The Dootor succeeded in bringing down sa few with his gnn, ss well ae one or two early cranes and even a solitary Btork. Under the sun's hast the snows melted everywhere. The salt-water, spread About the icefields through the breaks in Ills ice and the seals’ air holes, hssteaed the decomposition. Mingled with jho sea-water the Bnow made a sort of mix ture which the arotio navigators oall Uriah. Large ponds wpre formed in the load districts adjoining tho bay, and the Aoii freed from bdow, seemed to spring ap like a product of the northern spring. The Dootor now began to plant anew. Soeds were not wanting, and besides, he was surprised to see a sort of grass grow naturally among the rooks, and hs ad mired that creative foroe of nature which needs so litllo to make it manifest itself. He planted cress, the young sprouts of which, three weoks later, bad grown to nearly an inch in length. The hesthor also began timidly to show its litilo flowers of faint rose-color. In fact, the flora of New America wee very feeble. Yet this rare and backward veg etation gave pleasure to tbe eye. It wee all that tbe weak rays of the snn could produce, the last souvenir of Providence, who had not forgeten altogether these .distant oonntries. At last, the weather became really warm’. On June IS, tbe Dootor fonnd that the thermometer marked flfty-soven -degrees above zero. He hardly believed hie eyes, bat he was compelled to yield ito the proofs. The oonntry was nnder- igoing a oomple change. Innumerable noisy cascades fell from all the heighta ■which were reached by the sun’s rays. The ice began to float abont, and tbe grest question of the open sea was soon to be decided. The air wsa filled with the sound of avalanches which rushed from tbe tops of the hills to Hie bottom of the ravines. Bad tho cracking of the iee-field produced a deafening noise. An excursion was made as far as John son Island, which w-s in reality only a ■a nail island,arid and barren, bat the old boatswain was not the loss delighted to bava given his name to these few rocks lost in the eea. He even insisted on cat ting it in n high rock, aud in doing so be nearly broke his neck by a fall. Daring these exoarsions Hstterss had oarofnlly surveyed the lend ss far as a point beyond Gape Washington. The dis appearance of the enow greatly modified the appearance of the country, for ravines and cliffs showed themselves where the white carpet of winter had seemed to cover nniform plains. Tbe house and the store-houses several *liiues threatened to melt sway, and it was necessary frequently to pat them in good condition. Fortunately a temperature of fifty-seven degrees is rare in those lati tudes, its average being hardly above freezing point. Towards the 15tb of June the building of the launch was far advanoed and the boat prosontod a shapely appearance, While Bell and Johnson worked at it, a few bants were undertaken whieh proved J0rj enooessful. They succeeded in kill' , log a few reindeer. These animals are very difficult to approaoh, bat Altamont pnt into praotioe the method employed by the Indians of bis own oonntry. He crept eloeg the groand, piecing hie gnn end his erms in suoh e manner as to rep resent the home of one of these timid qnadrnpetls, end In this way, having oome within shooting distance, he was enabled to kill them. Bnt the game ebove ell others—tho mask ox, many herds of whioh Parry had fonnd at Melville Island—did not seem to haunt tbe coasts of Victoria Bay. A long exenreion waa therefore determined on, es much for the pnrpoee of hunting this preoions enimel es to reconnoitre the re gion lying to the east. . t. Ustterse did not propose to ascend to the Pole by this pert of the oontlnent. bnt the Dootor wee net sorry to have aa opportenity to form a ganeral idea of the country. It waa therefore determined to jonrney to n point to tho east of Fort Providence. Altamont was one of the hnntlng party, and Duke, as waa to be expeoted, accom panied them. * — On Monday, June IT, the weather be ing delightful, the thermometer marking forty-one degrees, and in n pare and oalm atmoaphere, the three hunters, Hat- tens, Altamont end the Doctor, each one armed with a double-barreled gun, a hatchet and a enow-knife, and followed by Dnke, loft Doctor's House at 6 o'clock iu tho morning. They were equipped for an exoanion which might Mst for two or three days, and they carried with them provisions for that length of time. At abont 8 o'clock in tho morning Hat- teras and his companions had made a dis tance of abont eight miles. Not a living thing had thoy met of whioh they oould make a target for their guns, and their hunt seemed to threaten to become a mere purposeless walk. This new region presented to tho eye vast plains whioh were lost beyond llie limit of the vision. Rivulets whieh had sprang into existence the day before flow ed in every direction in great numbers, and vast ponds, motionless as pools,shone like mirrors nnder ]tbe oblique rays cf the snn. The bed of dissolved ice left a soil belonging to the great division of sedimentary lends due to the aotion of the wetore end so largely spread over tbe sur face of the globe. Bnt, although he did net have a chance to hnnt, tho Doctor had no time to play the geologist. He oonld piok up hie goo- logioel foots only while in motion, for hie companions walked rapidly. Still he studied the physical peculiari ties of the groand and apoko as mnoh as he could; for bed it not been for him an absolute eilenoe wonld have prevailed! among them, Altamont having no incli nation to speak to the Captain, who had no with to apeak to him. Abont 10 o’olook the hunters had ad vanced twelve miles to tbe east; tbe sea was lost behind tbe horizon, and tbe Doc tor proposed abalt for breakfast. This meal was eaten rapidly, and at tho.end of n half honr the maroh was resumed. As they walked on they saw that the enrfaoe began to descend in gentle slopes. Certain masses of snow preserved from the thew gave to it a fleecy appearance, and tbe plain looked like a sea with the waves breaking into foam nnder a stiff braezs. Tbs oonntry presented an unvarying aeries of plains without vegetation which bad never known the presenee of a living creature. “Decidedly,” said Altamont to the Doc tor, “we are not fortunate in onr hunt. I see plainly that this region offers few re sources to animals, bat the game of the Atotio regions hia no right to be fastid ious, and it might have shown itself more complaisant." “Do not let ns despair,” laid the Doc tor. “The summer season baa hardly be gun, and if Parry foaud so many differ ent animals at Melville Island there is no reason why they should not be fonnd here." And yet we no longerarein the north,” replied Hstterss. “Undeubtedly, but the north is merely a word in this matter; it is the oold bolt whioh mast bs considered; that is to say that immensity of ioe in the midst of whioh we wintered with the Forward. Observe that in proportion aa we ascend we place e greater distanoe betwoen our selves and the coldest part of tbe globe. We should therefore find beyond ttiia tract what Ferry, Ross end other naviga tors fonnd on the other side of it.” “Well, anyhow,,' said Altamont with a sigh of regrg', “up to this point wo have been playing the pert of travelers rather then that of hunters.” Patience," returned tbe Dootor. “The country is gradually ehanging its aspect, end I shall be greatly surprised if game should fail ns in hollows where vegetstiou has had means of springing np.” “It roust be confessed,” replied the AmorioaD, “that we are crossing a coun try as much uninhabited ps uninhabita ble." “Oh, to say ‘uninhabitable’ is to eay a a great dealt” answered the Doctor. “I do not believe in each a thing as an unin habitable country. Man, by dint of sac rifices, after the application for genera, tions of tbe resources of tbs scionoo of agriculture, wonld end in fertilizing a oonntry like this.” "Yon think so?” said Altamont. “Undoubtedly! If you should go to the celebrated oonntries of tbs first days of the world—to tbe spot where once was Thebes, or Ninovah, or Babylon, iu thoHc fertile valleys of onr fathers—it wonld seem to you impossible that men conld ever have lived in them, and even the at mosphere hat deteriorated since tbe dis appearance of human beings. It is tho general lew of nature whioh renders an healthy end barren the countries in which men do not live sa well as those in whioh men no longer live. Yon most know that it is man himself who makes his eountry by his presence, by hie customs, by his industry, end, even, I will sty far. ther, by his breath. Little by little he modifies tbe exhalations of tbe soil end tbe atmospheric conditions and be makes healthy even the air that he breathes! So therefore, I great that there may be un inhabited places, lint that there are unin habitable places I will never admit.” Thus conversing, tho hunters, trans formed into nainralista, walked on stead ily, until thoy reached a sort of valley at tho bottom of whioh flowed a river al most free from ice; its southern exposure had cause ! a certain sort of vegetation to grow ou its banks. The soil there manirested a tendency to fertilization, aud with a few inches of mould it would have ptodnoed vegetation readily. Tbe Dootor oalled his compan ions' sttontion to (huso facts. “Sec," ha said, “could not a few ontor- prising colonists, in cose of necessity, es tablish themsolvsa in this ravine? With industry and porseveranee they would make quite another place of it—not equal to tbe fields of the temperate zone—I do not say tlin'; bnt at least a presentable country. Hallo! unless I mistake, I see over yonder n few fonr-footed inhabi tants! Tho cnnnihg creatures know where to find the good places.” “Faith, Ih'cso are polar hares!” cried Al tamont, cocking bis gnn. “Wait!” criod tho Doctor—“wait, mad hunter! These poor animals ore not thinking of flight! Let them aloue; they are comiug towards us!” In fact three or four young bares, frisking amid tbe small tnfis of heather and tho now mosses, were advancing to ward the three men whose presence they did not seem to suspect. They ran with pretty, artless grace, which did not suc ceed, however, in moving Altamont to pity. They wore soon jumping about between the Doctor's legs. Carousing them with hia liuiul, the Doctor observed: “Why shoot what comes to ns to be petted? The death of these littlo crea tures can be of no uso to ns,” “You are rigid, Dootor,” replied Hat- term-; “.heir lives must, be spared.” “And must we spare these ptarmigans which are flying toward us,” oried AHa- mont, “and thsse sand-pipers whioh are advancing gravely on their long stilts?” A wholo plumed tribe was coming iu the dircotion of the hunters, nnsnspicions of the danger whieh the Doctor’s pres ence had averted. Evan Dnke, restrain ing himself, looked on admiringly. It was a curious and touching spectable —that of these pretty animals which ran, leapt and flew about without fear. They porcbod on tbe guAd Clawbonny't shoul ders, nestled at his feet and offered them- eetves to nnoceuatoimd COMMA They seemed'to do all that they coaid to wel come to their haunts these unknown guests. Tho nuuiorous birds nttering joyous cries called to one another, and others eime from various partB of the ravine. The Doctor, surrounded by thorn, looked liko a real bird oharmcr. The hunters continned on their way, ascending tho moist banks of the stream, followed by this familiar band, and at a turn iu the valley thoy saw a number of reindeer browsing a few linebens half buried nnder the snow—animals charming to look on, graceful and quiet, with their denticulated antlers which were borne as proudly by the females as by the males. Their hair, fleecy in appearance, was be ginning already to change from the whiteness of winter to the gray and brownish hno of their snmmer garb. They wore not, apparently, auy more frighten ed or less tame than tho hares aud the birds of this peaceful country. Such must have been tho relations of tbe first man with the first animals in the youth of tho world. The hunters walked among tho animals without a single step being made by (be latter towurds flight; and on this occa sion it was all the Doctor could do to re strain Altamout's instincts. The Ameri can could not look quietly on at this mag nificent game without feeling an intense desire to shoot. Hattoras looked much moved ut these gontlo animals which came and rubbod Ihoir noses on the oiolhing of the Dootor, tho friend of ail living crosturos. “But I say,” said Altamont, “did not wo como hero to huut?” “To hunt tho musk-ox and nothing else!” replied Clawbonny. “We would not know what to do with this game. Wo havo provisions in abundance. Let ne enjoy tho touching speoteole of men mingliug in the sports of those timid an imals and inspiring not the slighest fear in them!” “This proves that they havo never seen mon,” remarked Hattoras. “Evidently,” replied the Dootor; “and from this fact wo may deduce the conclu sion that llieso animals are not of Ameri can origin.” “And why so?" asked Altamont. “Had they been born on tho northerly lands of Amoricu they would known what to think of the two-legged and two-hand ed animul called man, and on seeing ns they would not havo failed to take flight. No, it is probable that they came from the north, thnt they aro natives of those unknown countries of Asia whioh mon havo nevor approached, and that they have crossed tho continents near the Foie. Thus, Altamont, yon havo no right to claim them as your compatriots.” “Ob,” repliod Altamont, “u hunter does not look so closely as ail that, and game belongs always to tho country of him who kills it!” “Come, calm yonrHelf, my brave Nim rod? For my part I wonld refrain through all my lifo from shooting a gnn rather than to throw this charming pop ulation into terror. Look! even Dnke fraternizes with these protty animals. Be lieve me, let ns he good when we can. There is slrengh in goodness!" “Very well,” returned Altamont; “bnt I should like to nee yon with your good ness for sn only weapon amid a pack of wolves and bears!" “Oh, I do not pretend to charm fero cious beauts," replied tbo Doctor; “and besides, boars and wolves would not oome to ns as do these hsree, those partridges and these roindeer.” Why not,” asked Altamont, “if they had aaver seen men?” , Because those animals are naturally savage, and beoatue ferocity, like wick edness, breeds suspicion. Observation has proved this faot to be as true of men as of animals. Wiokednesa implies sns- picion, and fear comes easily to those who may inspire it themselves. This little lesson in natural philosophy ended tho conversation. All this day was passed in that ravine whioh tho Doctor proposed to eall the Areadie of the North, to which hia com panions made no opposition; and the night having oome, aftora supper whioh had cost the life of not one of the inhab itants of this spot, the three hnnton ley down end alept in tho hollow of a rook so atrangedan to offer them a oomfortable shelter. [to bi continobd.] IK Most lleitdly Disease. Tho most deadly acute disease from which the people of (ho Uoited Btates aro to-dig suffering in pneumonia. Thera ate not less than 2,000 cases at tbi> honr in New York alone. Many are nearly down with it who do not suspect it, and those can bring it on by n single sat of in discretion. Ten minutes on a street cor ner in the cold wind; s gists of brandy or whisky; late honrs and exposnre at night; an evening in a badly ventilated church or thoatre—any of these may permit the latent dtso..so to manifest itself. The disease attacks tbe lnngs, bnt is not, ss generally supposed, a speoies of hasty consumption. There ie very little expeotornlion in pneomoniu, and in many oases none at all. The oold settles on tho lungs, the sir passages fill np with mucus, and death is due to the impossi bility of breathing, or to the weakness which tbe disease brings on, as cautions dieting is necessary. When the trouble in the lnngs is overoome, the patient is often left in so low s condition that it is impossible to make him rally. It is a rather singular phase of this deadly dis ease that the percentage of eases is as four to one in favor of man. Women very seldom Buffer from it. This mey be due to the greeter exposnre to which men are subjected, and the more sedentary life of tbe women, who do not anffsr from snob constant changes and such shocks to tho tangs. The best preven tive against pneumonia la to keep the, mouth closed when going from a hot placet tu s ooM, wed brent he th—gh tbe ness .i It comee like a flash of lightning; there is no preparation or means of averting it. Ooe may go to bedJiealtby to all appear ances, and wake up with the disease in full blast. Then it is simply s question of conatilntion. Msdioal skill avails but little, and phyeieians pursue but one course—to keep tbe patient in a warm, equal temperature; to give remedies as much aa possible to clear the lungs, aud to keep np tbe proper animal heat. The patient ordinarily partly looses conscious ness on tbs third day, snd the crisis is reaohed on the seventh. If not dead then, there is a small chance of recovery, and all depends on tbe streneth of the patient. Pneumonia is far mors fatal with ns than it was years ago. We may attribute tho inareasod mortality from this diHesse to s multitude of oaueea. Alcohol gives the disease more viotims than all else. Other eanses are steam-beating devices, bad ventilatioa and tobacoo smoke. The devitalized heat of the steam pipes is most injurious to tho lungs. The action of the heat on the iron ooils sends of a deleterious gas, whioh seriously impairs the lnngs, and renders the inhelation of oold air positively dang-rous. Tobacco smoke dries np the mucus membrane of tbe throat and air passages, snd dispols their healthy action. Alcohol destroys the powers of the stomach and so lessens vitality that a simple “cold" speedily be comes pneumonia. These oansos, added to the absurd custom of bundling np the throat while leaving the feet nearly with out protection are sufficient to account for the enormous mortality from this dis ease.— llalVt Journal nf Uealth. Contentment and Good Looks. Wbat is female beanty? In what dooa it consist? It is not in pearl powder, nor in hair dye, nor in jewelry. It oannot be got in a bottle or a box. It is pleasant to be handsome; bnt all beanty is not in prolHuoSs. There is a higher beauty tbut mtkos us love people tendorly. Eyes, nose .'.air or skin never did that yet; though it is pleasing lo see fine features. What yoo are will make your face over for you in the end, whether nature has made it plain or pretty. Good people ere never ill-looking. Whatever their faoea may he, an amiable eipression atones for all. If they otu be cheerful also no one will love them the less becanso their fea tures are not regular, or because Urey aro too fat, or too thin, too pale or too dark. Cultivation of tbe mind adds another charm to their faces, and on the whole, if any girl is desirous of being liked by the many and loved by the one, it-in more in her power than she rosy believe to ac complish that object. Cosmetics will not accomplish it, however. Neither will fine dress; thongh a woman who does not dress becomingly wrongs herself. Foreed smiles and affected amiability will be of no ftvt.il: but if she can manage to fool kindly to everybody, not lo be jealous, not to be cross, to be bappy if possible, and to eneonrage contentment, then something will como into her face that will ontlast yonth’s roses, and gain her not only a husband, bnt a life-long lover. —A bereaved female, who has read ev ery word of tbe Beecher-Tiltoa testi mony, and lost bar faith in mankind, pensively observes, “It's s real oomfort to be s widow now. —Carpels are bought by the yard and worn by tbs foot. —Something abont dogs—Fisas. —Btaviug business—making barrels. —Generally speaking—Women. —The-dnty on tobacoo—To smoke it. —An executive office—the hangman'a —Tbs seals of good breading—B natu ral. —What bolds all tbe snuff in tbs world? No one nose. —This is mildness—the real mildness— o-tha-resl mildness. —Uneasy rests the head that wests • lost year’s bonnet. ■The Digger Indians never laugh. They era grave Diggers. —The home oirets — Walking around with the baby at night. —When boys reach a spanking sgs they sea their “palmy” dayA —What is better than a promising yonng man? A paying one. —“Raising the wind" is now ealled elassieally, 'Exciting the flnonoiol ®d1us.' —There are two things a woman cannot do—poke a fire and sharpen a lead pencil. —Thera la something very pretty In the new styles of ladies gloves—ladies’ bends. —The Bessie Tnmer bonnet is very smart and will stand the Grossest examin ation. In Lowell a familiar proverb baa bean changed ao aa to retd: “Tho labor, or is worthy of his higher wag.a." -An impndent adventurer having mar ried an heiress, a wit remarked that the bridegroom's brass outshone the bride's tin. —Mrs. Partington, reading of the strike of the wire drawers, remarked: ‘•Ah, me! what new fanglad things won’t they wear next —A pious man who can drive a balky born tan miles without being eat book ten years in hia religion, is ripe anongh for a batter world. —A confectioner, who, twelve months ago, taught his parrot tossy “pretty crea ture” to every lady who entered hia shop, la now a millionaire. —Being asked wlwt mads bin ao dirty, ah enwoabad sties* Arab's reply warn “I • made aa they tall me, of dost, and I suppose it works oat.” —When yon see a lot of lanndry girls at work, how natoral it is to sxelsim, in the words of England's post laureate, ‘‘Wring out, wild bellee!” —A Kansas woman wont into eonrt and identified four quarts of white beans which hod been stolen from her and mix ed with a whole barrel full. —The model husband of the period la the man who will hold the baby for a ooupie of hours every night while bis wife oatehea np with tha trial. —Worth's genius does not inspire him until ha baa mads the third out, aud tha change ont of ISO yards wonld not make a spring bonnet for a six-inoh doll. —There la a lawyer in Akron, Ohio, who, whan bs wisbe* to quota from tha Mosaic law, says, “Now, yonr honor, I will read from tbe Egyptian reports." —Boon will coma the nights of ster- gnxiug with your sweet-heart. Bnt yon should bo osrefnl jo brush the daw from her lips, otherwise aha may gat the diph. theria. —Spring ovoreosts have had a rest this season. —Strawberries are rips and cheaper than usual. —“She la my mother-in-law, with al| that the name implies,” said a witness in an Indianapolis lawsuit. —Only seven of the sixty-one cardi nals who witnessed the Pope's elevation to tho Pontifloal thronv aro still living. —A humorous apothecary in Boston ■paeeaowaaewf eoep in kisalmp window with the pertinent inscription, than dirt,” —Seven children of one family were bailed together in Uenseller county, N. Y., having died almost simultaneously of diphtheria. -A man in Newark, Ohio, iaamnrdar- er because he was too cowardly to be a thief. He killed a boy who wonld not steal a parrot for him —In Clinton, Ind., the woman still keep np tbe ornoade, and pray out of tha town every adventurer hardy enough to attempt to open a saloon. —H is announced that the Marquia of Lome and his wife, the Princess Louise, will make an extended tour tliroagh the United Btates this summer. —Tha ottizens of Alta, Utah, no tonger trouble themselves about going down atatrs. It is only necessary to tbtow open their aeeond-story windows and tread ma jestically over ton feet of beautiful snow. —A man in Jersey City recently went to enter a complaint against hia wife, but whan tbe magistrate esme to fill np tha warrant, tha man oonld not give hia wife's name, and stated that he had never known it. —An Atchison, Kan., girl ate four pounds of wadding eake in order that aha might dream of her future husband. And now aha says that money wouldn't biro bar to marry tha man aba saw in that dream. —Thera is ^Marionette Theatre in Paris wherein woodan figures are made to en tertain Urge audiences of yunog folks. Another Parisian place of amusamsut la sailed La Theatre Enfants, the acting being dona by boys and girU of twelve years old or younger. —Unless a Milwaukee girl can take a briok in each hand and make eight feet and four inches at a standing jump, (ha rarely gets admitted into the beat so ciety. —A Boston nodertaker was made very mad reeently by being awakened at an untimely hour by two inebriated persona, who wished to order two “beers” for themselves. —There are people in Chicago who are pleasantly referred lo as “eighteenoarat frauds." They are man who profess Christianity, and charge ten per eent. commission on passing maud the plate in church. —Tbe Baptists of Gatakill, at oommno. ion, recently, fonnd themselves without wins. A thief had somehow stolen it, and the Recorder adds, “Any man who would rob a church will slide down hill in his grandmother’s coffin." —A Dabnque printer reoeived tbe fol. lowing note from hia girl: “May 1 git yanked out of bed at midnite every nite by a ones like Tbeydore Tilton, and oar. tied npp a million pare of stares, iff ever I seas to luv you, Jim.” —A yonngster after having bad several teeth extracted was comforted by the den tist with the sssoranee that they wonld grow again. With an eye to "the imme diate future, little Johnny inquired: “Will they oome again before dinner?” —All over the oonntry the women are shrieking for more rights, while in Ghl- oago the other day Mrs. Ferris took her old man by tbe throat and flopped him into tbe olothm press beoanae he told tbe hired girl she was better looking than bis wife. —“I should think yon would bo ashamed to pitch into that little boy," said a pedestrian, as he eanghts big boot- triaok lieking a small newsboy, “Ye wonld, hey?” sneered the lad, m ha gave hia nose a wipe. “D'ye think I’d go for a big boy and get all pounded np?” —“Yon may talk,” says tha Milwaukee Now, “abont marrying an heiress, a hu man blossom, a fairy, an angel, bnt give us a girl like Nanay TerwiUiger, of La Crosse, who ran out of doors the other night, and straddling a horse, yelled eat: "Good night, aid man; I’m off for the spelling match!" kU'lL HUB, httslur la family Urotwriuo, on Bryan almet, bo twooft Ogletborpv A Jftckftou streets. If Mu chergu for drftfftgft. dvcT CM Brunt! ilrwt, Columbus, Oft. Wetchee ftftd Clocks repaired in tha Mi i nor and warranted. fell Tin and Coppersmiths. VB. PEE, Darker In Tin, kfceet Iran, Dearer. Urdar* from abroad promptly atlaailfd Iu. l*t No. 1T4. Broad Ilrwt Dftntlfttft. w. w. nusiA Demtlat, Oppo.lt. Strapper*, bolldtag, Rasdolph St. Bpooiftt att.ntluii .Iftm to th* iuwrtlos of Aril* total Taath, a. w.H so la uparatlv* iMstlstry. COLUMBUS DENTAL I . _ W.T. Foot, Frop'r, its Room Bolldtag, Uoliant Qaaggta. —A new obair devoted to organic chemistry is to be eras ted in tha Faenlty of Balances of Paris. —A new Sonne of eaontehono baa been diaoovared in Bnrmah, in a oreeping plant whose botanical name is Clunanno- oia ueulonla. Tbe plant la very common in Burmese forests, and la cultivated by tbe natives for tha sake of its fruit, whioh is said to have an agreeable said taste, and to mature at a ssaaon whan tamarinds are aoaree. U. A, KfKHMK, Merchant Tailor and Cutter. A full «tock of Franob unit Kn.llib Broadcloth. CuMlmor*. aud Velina*. .pris Bo. 1M itroad turret HENRY BELLMAN. Catting, Cleaning and Repairing l*ona In tho boot sty Is, opr24l Oorn.r Crawford nnd Front Hi,. Dress* Making. MIR M. A. HOLLINGIgWWRTU, Druas-Msklug, Cutting ftftd tiling. Ternscheep. Jtaslueuee pndshop Id Krowoerills. —Prof. Baird la to have an entire building at tne Centennial devoted exela- sively to an exhibition of fish and fish suitors. Ha will exhibit upward of 600 plaster casta of food fishes peculiar to tha eoaata of America. Tha display will also Inolnds models of every deaoription of flabtog-amaek boats, seines, nets and all tha paraphernalia naed in the catohing, earing for and oaring of fish. —In tha event of any proposals for leg islation with regard to viviseatiou being brought forward, Mr. Darwin, Professor Huxley, Dr. Sanderson, and other biolo gists of distinction Intend to petition Parliament on the anbjeoi. While they are anxious that useless cruelty should be prevented, they are extremely desirous that no obstacle aliontd bs placed by the action of tha legislature on roseareh and these views will be emliodiod in the pe tition. Plano Tuning, Ito. E. W. BLAU, Repairer and Tuner of Piauoee, Organa u< Aeoordeoaa. Sign Painting alao dun*. Oidor* ftiftj Ito bo left at J. W. I'umog Murman'i Cun and Looksmithe. Seasonable Spring (Mi.' Ourabla, (m - fltttnf, tew ■ Drees and Walking Ladlat, Mtaaaa a ad OkMna, Children aad Infants’ Aakte Ttea mi Wppmt, la all t Oantlaaiaa’B Fins raMs, i A SPLENDID Substantial Work far AND ft - Full Stock of all tha sJImsw to all clam! of hym* PHILIP EIFLKB, Quu and LockhWUk, Crawford street, next U Johuaon'a corner, Oulnoibaa, tia. feft WILLS * (JUSSIS, WILLIAM aCUOBKR, Qua aud Loekamlth aud dealer in tiunuing Ma> lariala. JCaat of ktrupiwr'i CoufoctJunarjr caociww. Fresh Meats. J. W. PATRICKp Italia No. 1% and It, Marlnt Bonin. H. F. ABILL ft 00., ^BE now reootvtag deny, Iko kata vmtaUM —The best resnlt ever attained with any gnn in existence ie said to have been arrived at a few days ago with a 88-ton Woolwich gnn, at the proof halts in tbe Government marshes, adjoining the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. Tho gun wan being fired to determine the proper proof charge for guns of its olsss, and when dineharged with 160 pounds of gun powder end a 300-pound projootile R re corded tho extraordinary velocity of 1,. 600 feet per second, the pressure on the inner enrfaoe of the gnn at the seino time remaining moderate. This result is dne to tbe use of the newly designed cu bical gunpowder. —It is rather extraordinary that no small machine capable of oxerting power cheaply and continnonsly has yet boon discovered. There ere many obvious ones for such a machine, but so far the experiments of inventors have been of no avail. Hewing maohipes were at ono time run by oompressed sir in New York, but aa tbe sir had to be oomprosaed by a steam engine, it was plainly an indirect means to accomplish an end. Eleotrioity has been applied as a powar in all known ways, bnt tbe expense of xino zs fuel be ing five times greater than that of onal, renders this agent unpopular even for small powers. Hot air enginea are onm- brona, costly and noisy in comparison with the power they exert, nnd have no advantage exoept dispensing with a boil' er. All the known forces seem to have been experimented with to litiio purpose. Captain Ericsson's magnificent project to oonvert solar heat into a means of mo tion still remains a problem so far as praotioal results are concerned, aad tha only agent available for the purpose men tioned is the steam angina. A corres pondent of tbo Hdmtifla Amoriean soya that la hia opinion there la room for sun- afaetoreis to introduce small steam an ginas of one-half to ona horns powar, and be thinks that there wonld bo ample sale for thorn for all proposes of modem Ufa. J. T. COOK, Freak Meats or All Mloda, I Bulls Woa. If* ftnd 17. Barber fthops. ED. TERMY, Barber, Crawford Bt., amler lUnkio lions*, Columbus, On. Builders nnd Architects. J. in. ClflALMlilBi Hd«n nnd BnIMar. Jobbing done nt short notion. Finns nnd speclflcfttions furnishod fur «li styla* of buildings ^ Broad Street, next to ti. W. brown Coluiul - lie. Livery and Sale Stables. ttORKST THOMPSON, Itivarj, Kale aud KxehMga Mftl>it< OcurNokFi, Noam or Hamuoldi Sts.. «ct*0 Ouloinl us, fin Tobacco, Ciftars, ftc. MAIER DORN. If you want Iu enjoy a good smokn, go te> bis Ngar Manufactory, Betwoen Georgia Horn* and Muscogee Horan. Cotton Faotorloe. OQ1.UMUU8 MAXUl'AOTVJKINO CO., Manufacture re of Shestlnfii Shirting** snd Sewing *ud Knitting Thronde Cards Wool and Srinds Wheat and Cora* Offlee in rear of Wltlich 4 Kinsel’s, Randolph sL JftlS R. H. CHILTON, Rreeldent. MtJMJOOEB MAimurtBixu ioi Manufhetnrera of SHJISTIV08, BIIIRTINSB, TARN, ROPB, Ae. COLUMBUS, GA. O. P. SWIFT. President. W. A. SW1& Secretary A Treasurer. ec«l ly. Doctors. Offoe corner Broad and Randolph atcasfe, lu»w* Boohlnm oa Varay tMkr^dowa below It. Clair. of flae groeeitas, ooMtattag tapartaT Magnolia aad D tad am Rams, Breekt.it Boson, Mow York Ioaeorod Moata, Beef Tsagaas aad Driafl BN* Yalton Market Corned Beat, . Uaonad Fralta aad VagatoMaHfaa hWM Eagllih and Anurleoa PMklaa Qaaan Olivos, JottlM of difltaeat vortattaft o*n tea Qlager (preoorved.) Ooodaatad MUk, Ooflkes—Bmrlkd Ntaatal, HXgan of aUrtytak Florida aod Now Odoeas Snap. By All xoodi dallrarad. Ik>m apTtf MILUNKRY. - o v MILLINERY. riiuw nite, jdftui Haul and Imitation HERRING’S Patent Champion Safes, ESTABLISHED MORE THAN A TURD IDT AOENTUBY, REDUCED nr ALSO TWO HUNDRED SEOONMAND SAFES FOE SALS AT TRET low moss. HERRING ft ,0. and SSS BROADWAY, N MoadMODBSBBY BY., am r For Calo LSU, ^ aoNOLASHUF m — UMN A* BY ABB VILLA flVOfSTMlcr PRIMr AW /, t W. W. SHANK * Ms Publishers’ Ana A N AwM ***’

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Columbus daily enquirer. (Columbus, Ga.) 1874-1877, May 16, 1875, Image 1