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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, JULY 4, 1875 ALL THK WORLD, All tbr* world is full of babies, Sobbing, sighing, everywhere; Looking out with eyes of terror, Bc.itiiig at the empty aif. Do they see tho Strife before them That they sol,and tremble so? Oh, fb<‘. helpless, frightened babies— titi 11 they come and still they go. All the world is full of children, J.aughing over little Joys, Kirhiug over little troubles, Fingers bruised and broken toys; Wishing to bo older, larger, Weeping at some fancied wo?, Ob, the happy, hapless children, Still they oorno and still they go. All the world is full of lovers, Walking slowly, whispering sweet, Dreaming dreams, and building castles. That must crumble at their feet; Breaking vows, and burning letters, Smiling, lest the world shall know, Oli, the foolish, trusting lovers— Still they como and still they go. All tho world is full of peoplo, linrrying, rushing, pushing by, Bearing burdens, carrying crosses, Passing onward, with a sigh, Some there are with smiling faces, But witli heavy hearts below, Ob, tho sad-eyed, burdened people, How they come, and how they go. A! i t he earth is full of corpses; Du.-.t and bones laid there to rest; This the end that babes and children, hovers, people, fiioWt host, AM tiieir fears and all their cros.es, All tli'dr sorrows, wearing so, Oil, the silent, happy corpses, bleeping soundly, lying low. [Translated from the French.] OK, A JOURNEY TO THE NORTH POLE. I1Y JULES VERNE. CHAPTER XXIV. A COURSE Of 1‘OLAR COSMOGRAPHY. It. need hardly be stated that to scat themselves at Iho breakfast table it was necessary that they should take seats ou the ground. “Well,” said Clawbonny, “who would not give all tho tables aud all the dining looms in the world for the privilege of dining in 8!> dog. of) min. 15 sec. of north latitude!” Tho thoughts of each one were recall ed in fact to the actual situation; their minds were a prey to that dominant idea jf tho North Pole. Bangers braved in order to roach it, porils to conquer before they can return from it, were forgotten in this unprecedented success. That which neither the ancients Dor iho wod- rus, which neither Europeans, Aineri- uns or Asiatics had so far boon able to lerform had just been accomplished. The Doctor was attentively listened to >y his companions while he narrated Jail hat his science and his inexhaustible memory could furnish him apropos of ho situation iu which they were. If was with a veritable enthusiasm that to proposed to drink, first of all, a toast to the Captain. “To John Hatteras!” he said. “To John Hatteras!” repeated his com- .unions with a single voice. “To tho North Pole!” replied tho Cap- t in with a strange accent—strange for l lis being, hitherto so cold, so self con- l .mod, and now a prey to a powerful ex- i dement. Tho cups met and tho toasts were fol- wod by warm clasps of the hand. “This then,” said the Doctor, “is the >st important geographical event of our och! Who would have said that this icovery would precede that of the art of Africa or of Australia! Truly, iktteras, you have surpassed the Sturts ill tho Livingstones, the Bartons and the Barths! Honor to you!” ‘You are light, Doctor,” replied Alta- nn.nt. “It would seem that owing to the acuities of the enterprise, the North I> t ,le should be the last part of the earth i.o discovered. A government, at any : ,.d, by the sacrifice of men and money, . aid inevitably have acquired knowledge f (he heart of Africa; but here nothing legs certain than success, and obstacles osolntely insurmountable might pre sent themselves.” “Insurmountable!” cried Hatteras ve hemently. “There are no insurmounta- : f obstacles! There are wills more or determined—that is all! At las f ,” said Johnson, “we are here, ' ..eh is good. But, now, Mr. Cawbon- 1 : --ill you tell me what special feature 1 Polo possesses?” This feature, my bravo Johnson, that h only port of the globe which d_ no t move, while all the other parts tur; with an extreme rapidity.” ‘ J 11 do not perceive," replied John son. • ‘that wo are moro immovable here than ut Liverpool!” “Nor do you feel tho movement either here or at Liverpool; the reason is that in these two cases you yourself partici pate iu this movement or in this repose! But tho fact is not less certain. The earth has a rotary motion which is per formed iu twenty-four hours, and this movement is supposed to operate on an axis, the extremities of which are at the North Pole aud the South Pole. Well, ve are at one of the extremities of this ■ ocessarily inmovable axis.” “Thus,” said Bell, “while our fellow uutrymen are turning rapidly, we re- win in repose?” “Nearly so, for we are not exactly at '■« Pole!” Tou are right, Doctor!” said Hatteras grave tone and shaking his head, ■ly-five seconds remain before we have reached the precise point!” ant is a small matter;” replied Alta- ln: “and wo can consider ourselves as vable.” y’replied the Doctor, “while the a ut s of every part of the equator C!0V; t the rate of 3G7 leagues an hour.” ‘Aii t^t, too, without being any tinned!” exclaimed Bell. J,lt ' so,*” replied the Doctor. 11,11 resumed Johnson, “indepond- this rotary movement, is not the oar : O'.lowed with another movement, •fotpid tjjQ KUD ?“ “Yes, a movement of translation which it perfoms in one year.” ‘Ts it more rapid than the other?” ask ed Boll. “Infinitely more rapid and I should say that, although wo are at tho Pole, it car ries ns along as it does all the other inhabitants of the globe. Thus, then, our pretended immovability is only a chi mera, immovable as regards the other parts of the globe, yes, but not as regards the sun.” “Good,” said Bell with a comical ac cent of regret. “And I thought myself so quiet. I must give up that illusion. Decidedly one cannot have a moment’s repose in this world.” “As you say, Bell,” replied Johnson; “and will you inform us, Mr. Clawbonny, what is the rapidity of this movement of translation?” “It is considerable,” replied the Doctor. “The earth revolves around the sun sev enty-seven times faster than a twenty- four pounder cannon ball travels, which, however, makes ninety-five fathoms per second. Its speed of translation is there fore, seven leagues and six-tenths per second; you see, that is quite another thing than tho movement of the portions near tho equator.” “Diable/” exclaimed Bell, “it is hard to believe you, Mr. Clawbonny. Moro than seven leagues per second, and that, too, when it-would have been so easy to remain immovable if God bad so willod it!” “Indeed!” exclaimed Altamont. “Do you think so, Bel!? Then there would be no more day, no more night, no more spring, autumn, summer or winter!” “Without taking into consideration a result simply dreadful!” remarked tho Doctor. “And what result is that” asked John son. “It is that wc would fall into the sun!” “Pali,into the sun!” repeated Bell, sur prised. “Undoubtedly. If this movement of translation should cease, tho earth would be precipitated on tho sun iu sixty-four days and a half.” “Afall of sixty-four days!” exclaimed Johnson. “Neither moro nor less,” replied the Doctor, “for it would havo to traverso a distanco of 38,000,000 leagues.” “What then is tho weight of the terres trial globe?" asked Altamont. “It is five thousand eight hundred and eighty-one quadrillion tons. “Good!” cried Johnson, those are num bers that convey no meaning to the ear! They ceaso to be comprehensible!” “And now, my worthy Johnson, I will givo you tw r o standards of comparison which will linger in your mind: do not. forget that it would require seventy-five moons to make up tho weight of the earth and 350 worlds to equal the weight of tho sun.” “All this is crushing!” cried Altamont. “Crushing is the word,” replied tho Doctor. “But I return to tho Pole, for never has a cosmographical lesson on this part of tho earth boon more opportune—al ways supposing that it does not fatigne you?” “Go on, Doctor, go on!” exclaimed Altamont. “I have told you," resumed the Doctor, who had as much pleasure iu instructing his companions as tho latter could have iu being instructed, “I havo told you that tho Pole is an immovable point in its relation to the other parts of the earth. Well, this is not altogether true:” “How!” exclaimed Bell. “Must you take back something that you have said?” “YTs, Boll. The Pole does not always occupy exactly tho same place; formerly, the Polar Star w-as more distant from the celestial Pole than it now is. Our Pole is, therefore, endowed with a certain movement. It describes a circle in about twenty-six thousand years. This arises from ih9 precision of tho equinoxes, of which I shall speak to you presently.” “But,” said Altamont, “might it not be that tho Pole will one day displace it self still more?” “Ah! my dear Altamont,” replied the Doctor, “you touch me there ou a great question which the savants discussed for a long time after a certain singular discov ery had been made.” “What was that discovery?” “It was this: In 1771 tho remains of a rhinoceros were discovered on the border of the frozen sea, and in 171k) those of an elephant wore found on the coast of Siberia. How was it that theso quad rupeds of the warm countries should be found iu those latitudes? From these circumstances strange stones got abroad among the geologists who were not as learned ns was later a Frenchman, M. Ellie de Beamnont, who demonstrated that these animals had dwelt in latitudes already raised, and that the torrents aud rivers had simply carried their bodies to the localities where they were found. But as this explanation had not yet been giv en at the time, guess what the imagina tion tho savants invented? ’ The savants are capable of everything,” said Altamont iaughiDg. “Yes, of everything, in order to ex plain an event. Wei!, they supposed that the Pole of the earth %vas formerly at tho equator, and tho equator at tho Pole.” “Bah!” “Just as I say, and seriously, too. Now had it been so, as the earth is llattened at the Polo more than five leagues, the sens carried to the new equator by the centrifugal force, would have covered mountains twice as high as the Hima layas. All the countries which lie in the direction of the Polar ciricle, Sweden, Norway, Russia, Siberia, Greenland, Now Britain would have been covered with water five leagues in depth, while the equatorial regions thrown to the Pole would havo formed plateaus raised to tho height of five leagues! ” “What a change!” exclaimed Johnson. “Oh, that did not all frighten the sa vants. ” » “And how- did they explain this over throw?” asked Altamont. “By tho shock of a comet coming in contact with the earth. The cometis the l Deus ex macldna,’ whenever science is embarrassed in matters of cosmography it calls a comet to its aid. It is the most complaisant star that I know of, and at the slightest signal from an astronomer it disarranges itself in order that every thing else might be arranged! ” “Then,” said Johnson, “according to your views, Mr. Clawbonny, this turning of things upside down is impossible?” “Impossible?” “And if it should happen?” “If it should happen the equator would be frozen in twenty-four hours.” “Good!” exclaimed Bell. “If it should occur just at this moment, people might say that we had not been to the Pole!” “Reassure yourself, Bell. To revert to the immovability of the terrestrial axis. Its result is this: if w-e should be at this place during the winter we would see the stars describe a perfect circle around us. As to the sun,on March 23, the day of the spring equinox, it would seem to us (I do not take the refraction into account)— it would seem to us as if cut exactly in two by the horizon aud would rise gradu ally while forming very elongated curves; but here, there is this remarkable fact that from the moment of its appearance it no longer sets but remains visible for six months. Then its disk again touches the horizon on September 22, the day of the autumn equinox, aud from the time that it sets, it is seen.no more during the whole winter.” “You spoke jast now of the flattening of the oarth at the poles,” said Johnson. “Please explain that to me, Mr. Claw bonny.” “Well, tho earth having been in a fluid stale iu the first days of the world, you understand that therefore its movement of rotation must have urgod a portion of its moveable mass to the equator, where the coutrifugal forco made itself more strongly felt. Had the earth been im movable, it would havo remained a per fect sphere; but in consequence of the phenomenon which I have just described to you, it presents a somewhat elliptic shape, and tho parts at the Pole are near er to the centre than tho parts at the equator by about live and a third leagues.” “So,” said Johnson, “if our Captain desired to lead us to the centre of the earth ho would havo five leagues less to inako to rcac-h it?” “Just as you say, my friond.” “Well, Captain, that is so much gained on tho road to tho centre! This is an opportunity by which we should profit—” Hatteras made no reply. Evidently be was not following the conversation, or else he was listening without understand ing what was said. “Faith!” replied the Doctor, “accord ing to certain savants this would bo the occasion to attempt this expedition.” “Ah, indeed!” cried Johnson. “But let me finish, replied the Doctor, “and I will speak about that presently. I wish to teach you, first, how the flatten ing of the poles is the cause of the pre cession of the equinoxes, that is to say, why each year the spring equinox comes a day earlier than it would if the earth was perfectly round. This is caused sim ply by tho fact that the attraction of the sun operates in a different way on the bulging part of the globe situated at the equator, which then experiencees a retro grade movement. Subsequently it is this that displaces this Pole slightly, as I told you just now. But, independently of this effect, the flattening Bhould have a more curious and personal effect, whioh we would perceive if we were gifted with a mathematical sensibility.” “What do you mean?” asked Bell. “I mean that we are heavier here than we would bo at Liverpool.” “Heavier?” “Yes! we, our dogs, our guns, our in struments!” “Is it possible?” “Certainly, and for two reasons. The first is, that we are nearer to the centre of the globe, which, consequently, draws us to it with greater force. This attrac tive force, you must understand, is noth ing but weight. The second is that the rotary force, which does not exist at the Pole, being very marked at the equator, the objects there have a tendency to dis engage themselves from the earth; they are, therefore, less heavy.” “How!” said Johson; “seriously, wo are not of the same weight everywhere?” “No, Johnson; following the law of Newton, bodies attract to themselves in direct ratio to their bulk and in inverse ratio to the square of the distances. Here I weigh more because I am nearer the centre of attraction, and on another plan et, I would weigh still more according to the bulk cf that planet?” “What!” cried Bell. “In the moon?”— “In the moon, my weight, which is two hundred pounds at Liverpool, would be not more than thirty-two! ” “And in the sun?” “Oh, in the sun I would weigh more than five thousand pounds!” “Great heaven!” exclaimed Bell. “Why you would need an engine to lift your legs from the ground! ” “Probably!” replied the Doctor, ^laugh ing at Bell s amazement. “But hero the difference is not appreciable, and on making an equal effort with tho muscles of the calf of the leg Bell could jump as high here as on the quays of the Mer- sy!” “Yes! but in tho sun?” repeated Bell, who was still in a state of wonderment. “My friend!” said the Doctor to him, tho consequence of all this is that wo are well situated where we are, and that it is useless to seek elsewhere!” “You said just now,” remarked Alta mont, “that this would be, perhaps, the time to attempt an excursion to the cen tre of the earth! Has such a journey ever been thought of? “Yes, and this ends what I have to tell £ ’ # you relative to the Pole. There is no point in the world which has given rise to so many chimeras and hypotheses! The ancients, who were very ignorant in cos mography, placed there the Garden of Hesperides. In the Middle ages it was believed that the earth was supported on pivots placed at the poles on which it turned; but when the comets were Been moving freely in the circumpolar regions this means of support had to be aban doned. Later came a French astronomer, Baily by name, who maintained that the lost people of whom Plato speaks, the Atlantides, lived on this very spot. Final ly, in our days, it has been stated that at the poles existed an immense opening whence issued tho light of the Aurora Borealis, and by which one might pene trate into the interior of the globe; then, too, the existence of two planets, Pluto and Proserpine, m the hollow sphere was believed in and also a luminous atmos phere made luminous by the strong pres sure which it experienced. “All this has been said?” asked Alta mont. “Yes, and very seriously written down. Captain Symmes, one of our fellow- countrymen, proposed to Humphrey Da vy, Humboldt and Arago to attempt the voyage! But these savants refused.” “And they did well!” “I believe so. However that may be, you see, my friends, that free range has been given to the imagination on the subject of the Pole, and that sooner or later we must come back to the simple truth.” ‘‘Anyhow, we shall see,” said Johnson, who did not abandon his idea. “Then, let ns wait until to-morrow for excur sions,” said the Doctor, smiling to see the old sailor unconvinced, and if there be any special aperture by which to reach the centre of the earth we shall go there togethor.” [to be continued.] —“Thieving in tho outskirts” is the latest for picking ladies pockets. —“Tongue tnssols”is another name for the spelling bee. —Mark Twain says chambermaids al ways put the match-box somewhere else. —Mrs. Smith says she celebrates her wooden wedding every day. She mar ried a stick, and that’s how it is. —Mrs. Gubhins says her husband is liko a tallow candle; he always smokes when he goes out. —“Bah,” said John Henry’s hopeful to a small boy who wantod to whip him; “you couldn’t lick a postage stomp.” —Punch says of “Lohengrin” that, al though thoro is a king in the opera, there is no heir apparent. —The Detroit Free Frcss says that St. Louis girls carry cinnamon m their pock ets to give young men who have a right to kiss them.” —The editor of the Buffalo Express likes women in the presont fashion first- rate, as far as he can see. So he says. —It is said there are only three women in Indiana who can make a good enp of coffee, and those three don’t have any to make. —Lucy Stone says it’s wicked to wear corsets, as Eve didn’t have any. Eve didn’t have any clothes. —The Cardiff giant is to be sold to a San Francisco Chinaman for an idol, though he has been idle for a long time. —“We don’t advertise religion,” said- a minister to Carlyle. “What do you ring your bells for, then?” was the reply. —The Reverendess Olympia Brown is lame, and the boys of Bridgeport call her “Oh-limpy,” and don t know they are making a pun. —A lady lawyer is established as con sulting counsel in London, but her clients begin to complain that their secrets some how seem to leak out. —A Boston editor blushes for the igno rance of three young girls of that city, who tried to get their horse’s head down so that it could drink by unbuckling the crupper. —A fair petitioner for divorce in Ken tucky is thirteen years old, and the ground of her petition is that her hus band abandoned her more than a year ago. —Oar matter-of-fact contributor ob serves that the difference between an ambitious man and a mercenary one, is that the former wants credit and the lat ter only wants cash. —An artificial yellow rose worn on the left side is reportod the fashion on Lou isville night caps just now. There are only seven women in the town, though, who wear nightcaps. —A writer on dress: “Short and podgy women should not wear belts.” Now what is the use of advice like that? What woman ever admitted that she was “short and podgy?” —“O, ma!” exclaimed a bright little Boston girl to her mother, as she saw Gen. Butler pass by with his division on Thursday, “There’s our Parian marble match-safe on horseback.” —When first I met thee—in the dark alone—aud heard, entranced, thy voice’s dulcet tone, my heart was pierced with love’s delicious pain; but when I saw thee I was well again. —A Minneesota Sheriff carried a bullet in his head for ten years, and when they removed it, the other day, he became foolish. They are looking for some one to shoot him again. —A Kansas woman offers to bet $50 that her husband can “cuss” a bnshel of grasshoppers out of the country while the people of Missouri are fasting and praying a pint out of a ten acre wheat field. From ths Chrstian Tudex and Baptist. JOHN OF BARNEVELD. HIS TRIAL AND EXECUTION. Just previous to the commence ment of that fearful “blood bath,” known as the “Thirty Years’ War,” lived and died John of Barneveld, Advo cate of Holland, and Prime Minister of the “States General,” or Netherland Re public. The life and public services of this remarkable man, as well as the straggles and successes of the Commonwealth, which Barneveld so faithfully served, will ever be an instrnctive study to the curi ous searcher after republican antiqui ties. Says his learned historian, Mr. Motley: “That statesman’s name, but for the dark and tragic scenes with which it was ultimately associated, might after the lapse of two centuries and a half, have faded into comparative oblivion, bo im personal and shadowy his presence would have seemed upon the great European theatre, where he was so long a chiof ac tor, and where his efforts and achieve ments were foremost among those pro ductive of long, enduring, and wide spread results.” John of Barneveld, Advocate and Seal Keeper of the little Province of Holland, during forty years of as troubled and fertile an epoch as any in human history, was second to none of his contemporary statesmen. The ever-teeming brain, tho restless, almost omnipresent hand, the fertile pen, tho eloquent and ready tongue, were seen, heard and obeyed by the great European public, by the monarchs, statesmen and warriors of the time, at many critical moments of histo ry; but it was not John of Barneveld that spoke to the world. “Those high and puissant Lords, my Masters the States General,” personified tho young but already majestic Republic. Digni fied, draped and concealed by that over shadowing title, the informing and mas ter spirit performed its never ending task. “Born in Amersfoort in 1547, of the ancient and knightly house of Oldeu- Barneveld,” though inheriting small pos sessions, he early became a diligent and profound student. After attending the Universities of Holland, France, Italy and Germany, he took the foremost stand among the learned men of Holland, and beoarne, also, a trusted counsellor of William the Silent. After the as assina- tion of the heroic William, John of Barn eveld became Advocate of Holland, and Prime Minister of the Netherland Re public. Under the semi-royal and impressive cognomen of “my Lords the States Gen eral,” the Republic took high rank among the nations of Europe. Barneveld was was a true diplomat, and, under his skill ful guidance, the envoys of “the Statos General” were recognized at the highest courts of Europe. For forty years this ingenious patriot and lofty statesman served his country. Independence was secured, education was fostered, and the influence of the Netherland Iiepubiic was felt in all civilized countries. After Barneveld had grown old in tho service of the Republic, a strange revo lution, which political economists to this day cannot comprehend, disturbed and distracted the Republic. Maurice of Nassau, the most distinguished soldier of his time, and son of William the Silent, had long chafed under the rnle of the plain and unpretending Republican, Ad vocate Barneveld. With royal blood permeating every vein, and the reputa tion of an illustrious ancestry resting on his martial shoulders, it is not surprising that the dashing yonng soldier, Maurice of Nassau, should look through different glasses than the now venerable Barne veld. It is impossible to mention all the strange scenes which occurred in that memorable twelve years’ truce which preceded the Thirty Years’ War. The trace was bronght about by John of Barneveld, and was considered a recog nition, by Spain, of the complete inde pendence of the rebellious Netherlands. In the year 1618, and daring this truce, Maurice of Nassau united himself with the enemies of Barneveld, and suddenly became master of the country. The aged and respected lawgiver of Holland was suddenly hurled from his place, and the fierce young prince, thirsting for war and glory, stepped recklessly into his shoes. The trusted counsellor of the father was now forced into bitter opposition to the son. The warmest friend of the house of Nassau, was now treated as its bitterest enemy. But tne worst had not come. Without describing the fierce commo tions that befell the Republic, we hasten on to the most unnatural tragedy that ever darkened the pages of Republican history. John of Barneveld was arrested and pat into solitary confinement. Strange and unheard of charges were now preferred against him, the most damning of which was a secret league with Spain, and treason to the Republic he had founded. On the 7ih or March his trial began. It must have been the vilest mock trial that ever imperiled the life of a public man. “Nearly seven months Advocate Barneveld had lain in prison, and no charges bn >ught against him; a gross vio lation of law, for the ancient charters of Holland provided that, unless charges were made within six weeks, that the prisoner should go free.” The arrest of Barneveld was, itself, a piece of ruffian ism. A great officer of State, sacred from arrest, he was trapped at a confer ence, and forcibly imprisoned by the minions of Maurice. “It was a packed tribunal,” says Motley, “that tried him.” Twenty-four Commissioners who were to be jndges of law and fact, were chosen to preside. Some of them were outspoken and bitter enemies of Barneveld, and knew nothing of the law. “Before Buch a court,” writes Mr. Motloy, “the foremost citizen of Neth erlands, the first living statesman of Eu rope, was brought day by day for nearly three months, eomiug down stairs from the mean and desolate room, where he was confined, to the comfortable apart ment below, which had been fitted up for the commission. ” There was no bill of indictment, no arraignment, no counsel. There were no witnesses and no argu ments. Barneveld was served with no articles of impeachment. He asked for a list, in writing, of the charges against him, that he might ponder his answer. The demand was refused. He was for bidden the nse of paper and ink, or any writing materials. His papers and books were all taken from him. He was allow ed to consult neither with an advocate, nor even with a single friend. Alone in his chamber of bondage, he was to meditate on his defense. Out of his memory and brain, and from these alone, he was to supply himself with the array of historical facte, stretching over a long er period than tho lifetime of many of his judges, and with the proper legal and historical arguments upon the facts for the justification of his cause. That mem ory and brain were capacious and power ful enough for the task. But little was known of this great secret State trial. The judges, by solemn oath, bound them selves never to disclose what might tran spire during the trial. Tradition relates that tho Advocate made a long and pow erful defense; the most learned man in Holland, as he was, save Grotius, could not do otherwise. The twenty-four igno rant and biased judges were but as children in the presence of Barneveld. “Moved occasionally from his austere simplicity, the majestic old man rose to a strain of indignant eloquence, which might have shaken the hall of a vast assembly, and found echo in the hearts of a thou sand hearers, as he denounced their petty insults or ignoble insinuations; glaring, like a caged lion, at his tormentors, who had often shrunk before him, when free, and now attempted to drown his voice by contradictions, interruptions, threats and unmeaning howls.” On the 13th of May, 1613, John of Barneveld was condemned to death. His brutal judges meant to do nothing else. His sentence produced universal aston ishment and gloom over Europe. The eloquent envoy from France to the Hague never wearied in his impassioned appeals for justice to the Advocate. But Holland was in tho hands of the com mune, and tho age and forty years ser vice of Barneveld did not mollify theft sudden dosiro for his blood. “I am ready to die,” wrote the Advocate to his family, “but cannot comprehend why I must die. I wish from my heart, through my doath and my blood, all disunion and discoid in this land may C6ase.” On a bright and beautiful morning in May, 1619, John of Barneveld, seventy- two years of ago, tho foremost of states men, the great conservator of the peace of Europe, the companion of Grotius,tho counsellor of tho house of Nassau, the beloved friend of Henry of Navarre, was beheaded at the Hague, and, with his lofty soul, it seems the glory of the Neth erlands departed forever. J. R. K. Atlanta, June, 1875. —Mr. T. Walesby died recently at Ool- lingtree, Northampton. His knowledge of music and bells was considerable, and his enthusiasm on the subject great. —To extract rust from steel immerse the article to be cleaned in a solution of half ounce cyanide of potassium to a wine-glassful of water until the dirt and rnst disappear. Then clean by means of a tooth brush with a paste composed of cyanide of potassium, castile soap, whitening and water. —The best pine wood evaporates five pounds of water per pound wood con sumed in a steam boiler furnace. One cord of wood can be consumed per hour on sixty square feet of grate. One pound of carbon burnt to carbonic acid requires the oxygen of 153 cubic feet of atmospheric air. The “Natub-Theeapie” or Grape- Cure.—Meran, in the Tyrol, has become famous as the headqurters of what is known as the Natur-therapie, or grape- cure, and the medical journals contain long accounts of the mode of life and dietary habit there pursued for various ailments. It appears that invalids suf fering from chest affections—bronchitis or consumption in its pretubercnler stage—are the chief subjects of this grape treatment. Less than three pounds of grapes a day is not enough for effica cy. The patient begins with one or two pounds per diem, dividing the quantity into three portions—one taken an hour before breakfast, the next before dinner, which comes off between 12 and 1 o’clock and the last in the afternoon or evening. The grapes are eaten sub Jove frigido, and alter two or three days the quantity is increased by half a pound, until it reaches three or four pour.ds. This amount often suffices the patient, who finds, as a rule, that ho gains in weight and in strength also. Chronic liver com plaints, especially when due to excesses in wine drinking, are, it is said, notably relieved by this means, the potash salts in the fruit, supplying the element which the wine loses in the process of manufac ture. Hepatic dropsy has been known to mitigate in this way. One special point mentioned in favor of the “cure” is this, that no exclusive diet in particular is pro scribed—imJoed, the grapes themselves become so satisfying that indulgence in other food is hardly necessary. Large numbers of German, Russian, and Italian invalids visit Meran. UN f-' BRANCH OFFICE OF THE HOWE MACHINE CO., ) sue, Georgia, South Carolina. Alarama& Mississippi, v Nasuville, Tknn., Juno 10th, 1375.) For the States op Tennessi To the Editors of the Enquirer-Sun, Columbus, Georgia : Dear Sir: Our attention haring: been called to an advertisement of one of our competitors. In which our sales for 1874 :»ro “estimated” at 35,000, wo take pleasure In authorising the state ment that wo are officially informed from the principal office of the Company at New York that tho sales of THE HOW E MACHINES were 103,130 for 1874. Respectfully, THE KQWE MACHINE COMPANY, deoil CEO. H. OWEN, Manager. Hotel. CENTRAL HOTEL, 140 and 143 Broad St., Columbus, (ia. Mrs. S. E. Wolduidue, ap21 Proprietress. Lawyers. LIONEL C. LEVY, JR., Attorney and t’eiiuselior ai Law. Commissioner of Deeds N. Y. and o'her States. Offlcoover Georgia Home Insurance Co. Special attention given to collections, decs A. A. DOZIER, Attorney and Counsellor s*t S.riv, Practices iu State and Federal Courts in Georgia and Alabama. Office 126 liroiul bt., Columbus, 0a. ja6 Mahk II. liLANDForui. Lotus F. Garrard. BLASDFOKD & GARRARD, Attorneys and Counsellors at S-nvr. Office No. t ; 7 Broad street, over Wittich & ti ni sei's Jewelry Store. Will practice in tho State ami Federal C; '-its. s-U>4 L. X. DOWNING, Attorney and Solicitor. U. S. Com’r and Register iu Bankruptcy. O llovdO| ov,-r Brooks’ Drug Store, Columbus, , K. J. MORES, Attorney and Counsellor at Law , Georgia Home Insurance Company building, s oct7 lyj end story. Watchmakers. C. II. LEIjUIN, Watchmaker, 134 Broad street, Columbus, <?.•*. Watches ami Clocks repaired in tho i ' m: nor and warranted. jal Tin and Coppersmiths. Vi 71 FEE, Worker in Tm, Siiieet Iron, Copp Orders from abroad promptly attended to. 1a7 No. 174. Broad Sir.-. Dentists. w. F. XMUIKS, Dentist, Opposite Strapper’s building, Ramin/, h Special attention given to the insert!'.!. • Arti ficial Teeth, as well as to Operative Dcntircvy iohdJ ,I»w COLUMBUS DENTAL ROOMS, W. T. Fool, Frop’r, Georgia Homo Building, Columbus Georgia. ootl3 Tailors. BOOTS AND SHOES. Seasonable Spring Goods. Durable, fine - fitting, low - priced Dress and Walking Boots for Ladies, Misses and Children. children and Infants’ Ankle Ties and Slippers, In all desirable colors. Gentlemen’s Fine Shoes—stylish, du rable, comfortable. A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT. Substantial Work for Plantation Wear, AND A Full Stock of all ths desirablo styles attrac tive to all classes of buyers. WELLS & CURTIS, No. 73 Broad St. f novl4 tf Sign of the Big Boot. REAL ESTATE ACENTS. JOHN BLACKMAR, Next to Freer, lllges & (Jo., St. Clair Street Columbus, Ua. Real Estate, Brokerage and In surance Agent. REFER, BY PERMISSION, To Merchants’ aud Mechanics’ Bank, of this city jan28 tf GROCERIES. HENRY SELLMAN. Cutting, Cleaning ami Kcpalrins Bono in tlio host stylo. aprZ-H Corner Crawford and Trout Piano Tuning, &c. E. W. BEAU, Repairor and Tuner of Pianoes, Or.- trr. a: Accordcona. Sign Painting also done. Oitiers may bo bo left at J. W. Peaso & Norm Book Store it'vh Cun and Locksmiths, PlliLIP E1FLES, Gun and Lockswith, Crawford street, next tc Johnson’s corner, Columbus, Ga. pr’ WILLIAM SCHOiiEE, Gun and Locksmith and dealer in Gunning M&. tcriai3. East of Struppc-r’a Confectionary Jalfi ^ Fresh Meats. J. W. PATRICK, Stalls No. 16 and 18, Market Rouge, Fresh Meats of every kind, and best quality, jnll always ou hand. S. T. COOK, Fresh Meats of All Kinds, sep6 Stalls Nos. 15 and 17. Barber Shops. ED. TERRY, Barber, Crawford St., under RankiD House, Columbus, Ga. dec! 8 Builders and Architects. J. G. CHALMERS, House Carpenter and Builder. Jobbing done at short notice. Plans and specifications furnished, for all stylos of buildings Broad Street, next to G. V-.'. Brown’., jaO Columbus, Ga. Cotton Factories. COLUMBUS MANUFACTURING CO., Manufacturers of Sheetings, Shirtings, and Sewing d Knitting Thread. Cards Wool and Grinds Wheat* nd Ccrn- ^TliW MAGNOLIA HAMS, Fulton Market Beof, Dried Beef Tongues, Sugars and Colfocs, New Orloans Syrups, Florida Syrup by the barrel ordoe. p’r gal. Honey by tho barrel at $1 per gallon, Fine Liquors of all kinds. Burton’s Malthop Toniquo, tho Finest Ale made—highly endorsed by all who use it— at •■JS.SO per dozen. McEwan’s Ale, $3.h'5 perylozen. Wc arc dally receiving!ail varieties of Fine Groceries, aud guarantee all we sell. -SafAll purchases delivered. H. F, ABELL & 00., jol3 tf [ieb 14] Doctors. DR. S. 15. UW. Office corner Broad and Randolph streets, Burros building. / Residence oa Forsyth, three doors below St. Clair, jal. OPELIKA DIRECTORY. Doctors. DK. JAS. T. WAKNOCK, * Surgeon !«id Physician. Office at Slaughters Drug Store, Railroad street. idVfTJ??W!f Hotels. ADAMS HOUSE. When you go to Op-ilika, be sure to stop at the Adams House, opposite Passeuger Depot. dec23 HIDES. . HIRSCH HAS 11EMOVED TO HIS OLD STAND ON Crawford Street, Near Alabama Warehouse, Where ho will coutinuo to PAY tho HIGHEST PRICES for Rags, Hides, Furs and Wax, augl3 janYO dlv Office in rear of Wittioli A Kinael’s, 51 m jalS It. n. CL ILTON, Pro Iph Ht. MUSCOGEE MANUFACTURING « <>. Mar ufacturera of SHEETINGS SHIiiTINQS, YARN, ROPE, COLUMBUS, GA. (}. P. SWIFT, President. W. A. SWIFT, Secretary TronR!ir«r. orl.G 1y. HERRING’S Patent Champion Safes, ESTABLISHED MORE THAN A THIRD .OF AOENTURY, REDUCED IN PRICE. ALSO TWO HUNDRED SECOND-HAND SAFES FOR SALK AT VERY LOW PRICES. , HERRING & CO., j 350 and 353 BROADWAY, New York j 56 ami 60 SL DSILR Y ST., KoHtou- febiz deod3m W. V/. SHARPE & CO., Publishers* Agents Ko. 25 Park llow, Now York, Are authorized to Contract for Ad vertising *in onr paper. my 14 tf Painters. YVM. SNOW, «JK., Vi CO., House and Sign Painters, Old Oglethorpe corner, (just north of pc- Columbus, Georgia. Will contract for Houh.* au.i Sign P rcatiormbio prices, and imnnutlmt 8:il infer i.* *<7rn. Hr Livery and Saie Staiues, KOlil ’sT THOMPSON, Livery, Sale «•.id Exehttnge Stables, Oolstuckp-. 'mu i? Randolph t n., «*ct30 r .’umbi-s. C:i LAWYERS. HINES BOZIEK, Attorney at I mw, HAMILTON, GA., TXTILL praetico iu tho Cliattaiin'ochen C .cnit VY or any wlierv olsti. All kind o! c'.le.tiops Pl’SHSD. “Pay me or run away.” uovll tf Restanrani ani Billiard Saloon Rankin House. I pVERYTHlNG connected with this estab- IA lishment has been refitted and renovated. 1 he BAR is provided with the Choicest Liquors and Cigars. The Billiard Table* A re new and elegant. The undersigned has charge. Mr John W. Jones remains in tho establishment at all times, ready to serve cus tomers. A. F, CLEMENTS. jel8 tf fiCARRIAliES! WAGONS, PLOWS, AND Agricultural Implements Generally. I HAVE locate.' my Shops on Wynn’s Hill, near the city of Columbus, and am prepared with a good stock oi DRY LUMBER to at tend to all w rk in my lino at tho very low cst cash prices. Repairing Attended to Promptly, W. M. AMOS. apll eod&wtf 67202