Georgia Historic Newspapers

    VOL. XIX. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1877. NO. 215
A VISION OF A HOT HAT.
by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
] daw a tutor take his tube,
he cniuct s course to spy;
I h‘ «0 a scream—the gathered rays
lla'i stewed the tutor’s eye.
j „.« the fort—ilie soldiers all
Were nrm-d with goggles green;
j>, [.j ( aeked the guns; whizz flew the balls;
Bang went the magazine.
I saw a poet dip a scroll
Ea< h moment in a tub;
I r-aii upon a warping back,
The bream of Beelzebub!”
He could n t see his verses burn,
Although his brain was fried;
And ever and anon be went
T wet thtm as they dried,
1 aw the scalding pitch toll down
The < tackling, sweating pines,
And streams of smoke like water-spotlts
l:m . through the rumbling mines;
i asked the firemen why they made
Such noise about the town;
T ' V answered not, but all the while
Tic brakes went up and down.
J - aw a ro'Rting pullet sit
rp"U a baking egg;
I haw a cripple scorch his band
extinguishing his leg;
I tw nine geese upon the wing
T ward the frozen pole.
And evt ry no tlier's gosling fell
(\lspe«l to a crackling coal.
1 -aw the ox that browsed the grass
a i itIk- in the blistering rays;
'i li herbage in his shrinking jaws
U as all a fiery blaze;
1 ttv liugefisliya, boiled to rags,
I >b through the bubbling brine;
Ann t bought j of supper crossed my soul—
I had been rash at mine.
hi. i iic- sip lit si strange sounds! a fearful dream
Its memory h mitts mo still—
Tie- - teaming sea; the crimson glare
That wreathed each wooded hill,
fltrangerl iftlnougli tliy reeling brain
pirli midnight visions sweep, -
fpare, <» spare tJiirie evening meal,
Au<l sweet shall be iliy sleep.
Al'TEK I'M DEAD.
BY SYLVIE A. £ PERRY.
£iirr..w will laRt but for a day,
After I'm dead;
,- ime will forget in turning away
I "iu the inanimate, pulseless clay;
".h'-:s will sorrow but for a day—
After I’m dead.,
geMe w ill speak of the good deeds done.
Alter I'm dead;
Others couveiee of my fuults alone;
Ytuii-Icr w here such a spirit lias flown;
One will remember to love, bat one—
Alter l’m dead.
V.■■ w ill hide their malite with sighs,
Alter I'm dead;
Hypocrites wipe the tears from their eyes;
Wolves appear at my grave in disguise,
K.'lgo.tm ; all their slander and lies—
A. ter I'm Head.
Friends will shudder when 1 am laid,
After I'm dead,
Under a drooping willow tree’s shade,
in a bed by no loving hands made;
Tli'-n trom thy memories 1 shall lade
After I'm dead.
Though forgotten by all the rest,
After I’m d ad;
I shall still live ;n one faithful breast;
Oin- will hold mu his dearest and best—
Lore will live till eternally blest—
After I'm dead.
—
MBS. BRAKE’S ENTERPRISE.
The Little Milliner’s Triumph.
Dorothea Drake was by trade a milliner
md dress - maker; and according to her
>wn showing, a better was not to be
found either in the goodly city of Hab-
bahble or its surrounding.
It is one great thing in life to be satis
fied with one’s self; and Dorothea’s air to
j physiognomist plainly indicated that
-lie had already arrived at that aim. Fur
ther. sue had imbued others with her own
ideas, not by self-admiration, for the lit
tle milliner was modest in regard to
words, but she had a way of setting a
flower, adjusting a bow, and plaiting a
rihl.on, tiuishing off with a toss of the
head, which said more effectively than
words. “Show me the woman that can do
better than that.” «
V> s, she was satisfied with herself and
her business; for the latter was steadily
iucrcusing, and she was able to live
comfortably, pay her help better than
others in the trade, and still add to her
hank account something every month.
“According to newspaper account, yon
arc to have a rival soon, in the new six-
story building opposite,” said Jessy Wil
ton—a roguish girl, who liked to get up
what she called an excitement in the work
“A what?” fairly screamed Miss Drake,
thrown quite off her guard by this piece
of astonishing news.
“A rival. The papers are full of his
advertisements. It’s the rich Jones, that
roade so much by gold speculation in
" ar time, but that doesn’t satisfy him;
: ' ' being into the women’s clothing bu-
•mess on a grand scale.”
‘Think Providence, none of my ens-
t i j m will patronize him from principle,
and, besides, they never buy ready-made
garments.” Miss Drake concluded the
s P ee ch with a becoming toss of the head,
men she picked up a copy of the morn-
uig >;» culator, and glanced over the
Page of advertisements. For a moment
0 • ber heart sank within her as she
read, “.Made to order, ever article per-
taming to a lady’s wardrobe, and at re-
1Pe ’ prices. Grand opening tbe loth.”
TV ell, we shall see about this,” said
s ne dropping the paper and going into
me store to wait on a customer.
Ao sooner had Miss Drake disappeared
than Jessy said; “I didn’t tell her out of
p P J te. ]} u t y 0U know, she is always say-
lu g that she would like to see a rival of
the opposite sex that talent and energy
Coul( * n ot route; and I thought it a good
t-nic- to let her know that she will have to
practice what she preaches.”
Die wonder to me is that she hasn’t
een Jt) eir advertisements before,” said
Lucy Wade.
* e *pect we shall see a grand display,
° a Monday,” said a third. “I know some
b ns that are going into Jones’s workroom
a "d they ssy his dresses and bonnets are
ckgant."
I I d be ashamed to work for Jones or
a Qy other man in the millinery or dress
making business,” said Lucy Wade, as the
- f were-preparing to leave, for it was
Saturday night, and the 6 o’clook bell
L& d just struck.
.“So would I, but there ar plenty of
Lii II
others that would, it seems, for he has
over a hundred in his work room already,”
said Jessy Wilton.
On the following Monday, Miss Drake’s
establishment was, as usual, open to the
public, but the little lady harself seemed
ill at ease. The girls were left to them
selves in the workroom; for the shutters
were drawn up from the decorated front
of the monster building opposite, and
Dorothea seated herself where she could
obtain a view of the interior of the store.
In the centre of the deep show-window
revolved afigure dressed from bonnet to
boot, in the latest Parisian style—at least
so said the placard.
Spectators soon began gathering in
crowds around the window, and before
noon the store was thronged with cus
tomers, many of whom had formerly pat
ronized Miss Drake.
Yonng ladies and miBses went there,
chaffering over {he various under-gar
ments which are necessary to a lady’s
toilet with snobblish clerks. Dorothea
Drake saw it all, and was astonished and
indignant. To tell the truth, her store
might have been closed all day, so far as
business was concerned, for they had ac
tually done nothing.
“I’ll be mistress of the situation yet,”
said the little milliner, aB she ordered the
put blinds up. Her plan wbb formed, and
she appealed to Mrs. Wolf, a widowed
friend, who had a mint of money lying
in the bank to furnish her with capital.
The widow listened to Dorothea's pro
ject, but raised her hands in horror at the
ubsnrdity, and exclaimed: “Dorothea
Drake, I think you must have lost your
senses. You, a woman, to harbor tbe
thought of erecting a six story store, and
going against a big company like the
Joneses! I should do wrong to give a
dollar to squander in such a way. You
see, times have changed, and the small
milliners must give in to the big ones.”
“That is to say, the seven kine, in the
shape of Jones & Co., and other large
firms, who are dipping into business
heretofore conducted by women are to
devour us, and we must submit to the
swallowing without resistance,” said
Dorothea.
“Since the world began might has con
quered right, and however, woman may
rant and rave, I don’t look for a speedy
change. The best, in fact the only thing
for you to do, in my opinion, is to leave
what money you have in the bank, sell
off your goods, give up your store, and
take a position under Jones «fc Co., or
some other man milliner, on a salary.
You might command good wages, I should
judge, from your experience.”
After delivering her opinion, Mrs. Wolf
smoothed the folds of her crape robe, and
settled back in her easy chair.
Dorothea’s face reddened and paled by
turns. She locked searchingly into the
calm face of the widow and asked, “Is
that your advice to me, Mrs. Wolf?”
“It is; and you will do well to follow it,
child.”
“Don’t call me child! I arrived at
years of discretion long ago. As to your
advice, I would not follow it to save me
from the poor-house; for, however I may
fall short of the end to wnicfc I hope to
attain, I know I shall, with God’s help,
do good to some poor straggling wo
man.”
Disappointed, but not disheartened,
Dorothea made a second call on a wealthy
lady, and with the same result. “One
more rebuff, and I’ll try the opposite sex!”
said she to herself as she made her third
call. Mrs. Amy was at home, and Doro
thea was shown into the plain parlor. As
the tall, gaunt figure rose to receive her,
and Dorothea looked up into the gray
eyes she felt the utter hopelessness of the
appeal; yet it was made and those eyes
rested calmly on Dorothea’s face as though
she was speaking the trnth,when she said,
“I am sorry I have no money at my dis
posal. If your scheme is really a good
one, there are plenty who will furnish the
capital.”
For a minute Dorothea looked at her
steadily in the face, then said: What if
this night God should require your soul of
you? Would not those who came after
you find money lying useless in your well
secured safe? Glittering gold. Yet it
will shed no light on the dark path from
this to the future world. Remember this
Jane Amy; remember my words.”
The rich woman stood staring in sur
prise at Dorothea, who passed out of the
door ere she could collect herself to re
ply.
“I ought to have turned her out of the
house, and I will, too, if she ever pre
sumes to call again,” said the indignant
lady; but she failed to keep her word.
One short week and she lay in her cof-
’fin. It was the mistress of the mansion
who had been turned out,not by an earth
ly potentate, but by the will of One from
whose diviDe commands there is no es
cape; and Dorothea Drake again crossed
the threshold to attend the funeral.
With the small group gathered there
sat Harry Hart, himself the only mourn
er, a nephew of the deceased. Though
he had not counted on it, it came to him
—the half million hisaunthad so zealously
hoarded. The jolly captain of the “Plo
ver” was henceforth to bear the burden
of a fortune.
In childish days Harry Hart and Doro
thea Drake had been schoolmates; but
they had not met for years until now, and
the coffin of Jane Amy was between
them. Though their eyes often met du
ring the solemn ceremony, no sign of re
cognition passed between them; and
when “dust had been consigned to dust,"
and Dorothea walked slowly back to her
shop, Harry returned to the dismal man
sion thinking over the past. He had
parted in anger from his aunt years ago,
without her knowledge, shipping as sec
ond mate on board a vessel bound for the
East. Time had brought changes to
both. His aunt’s property had increased
rapidly in value, but Harry had grown
neither frugal nor rich, though he return
ed to his native city the captain of as
fine a craft as floated in the harbor. His
great desire was to make reparation for
the hasty words that had parted them,
“and then put to sea with a dear con
science,” he said; bat alas! when he ar
rived at the well-remembered mmaian the
crape scarf at the bell-knob told him he
was too late to crave her forgiveness. The
fortune she had left him he felt he did
not deserve. It seemed to have brought
a leaden weight to his heart, crushing
out all happy thoughts and aspirations.
“I would rather flounder at sea than
live in this dungeon,” said he to the old
housekeeper. “If you don’t like to stay
here alone, lock up the old shell; as for
me, I’m off to the Plover.”
Sauntering in a careless manner along
one of the principal streets, his eye fell
upon some black bordered handkerchiefs
in a shop window, and going to purchase
some, he was again brought face to face
with Dorothea Drake. Shaking her
warmly by the hand, he dropped without
invitation, into a seat she had just vaca
ted, sayiDg, I made a lucky blunder fo
once, Dora. I call you by the school-girl
name, you see, for it recalls old times.”
“And report says you are now one of
the richest men of Hubbubble, Harry,”
remarked Dorothea as she put up the par
cel of handkerchiefs.
“Confound the money! I don’t want it.
You see, the old lady and I put off to sea
without as mucii as saying by your
leave. And I was coming home with the
sole purpose of making it all right, when
she must up and die, and leave me
with a load forever on my conscience.”
“If there was anything to forgive, yon
were long ago forgiven,” said Dorothea,
in a subdued tone.
“Did you see her often?” asked Harry,
eagerly.
“No; thongh when we did meet she
was always talking of you, expecting you
back, and grieving at your absence.
Then Captain Hart fell to questioning
Dorothea, and by degrees her own trou
bles and perplexities were made apparent.
The transactions of Jones & Co., her ra
ined business, her aspirations, applica
tions and rebuffs, together with the
hopes she entertained of benefiting her
sex by her example, were descanted on
in such a manner that the gentleman was
made to see the state of things in its
proper light; and the conclusion of the
matter was that Dorothea was to have
capital to put up a seven story building,
if she liked.
The captain was to furnish her with
India and China goods at a price that
would enable her to undersell Jones & Co.
and for all this he was to “take a mort
gage on the body, so that if she failed to
pay him in greenbacks he should not be a
loser, ” he said.
“Oh, this is indeed a fortune too great
for an insignificant creature like me,” she
said.
“Nonsense! you’re a trump, Dorothea,
and yon deserve success, whether you ob
tain it or not; my heart is already made
lighter with the thought that my aunt’s
money will do somebody good.” j
The next day the firm of Drake & Hart
was formed, and everything settled in a
satisfactory manner. And immediately
thereafter there was an auction sale of
the goods and chatties of Dorothea Drake.
Jones & Co. made merry at the finishing
up of the little milliner, as they called
her; tut when the little frame building
she had formerly occupied and its neigh
bor disappeared, and blocks of granite
began to accumulate on the sidewalk,
they wondered; and reports began to cir
culate, and sly hints were thrown out by
the papers that a drygoods establishment
was being built that would rival anything
iu the city. All wondered, but none knew
whose hand furnished the capital for the
elegant building which soon towered
above all others, and bore the sign of
Drake & Go.
Nor was Miss Drake idle. While the
building was being reared, in an im
mense work-room hundreds of girls were
employed in making up a large assort
ment of ladies’ wear from materials and
patterns received weekly from Paris. Ti
ny bonnets of Parisian fame and dainty
little round bats of London notoriety, to
gether with the India shawls, muslins and
Chinese goods that had already been re
ceived from Captain Hart, gave her an
opportunity to make such a display of
choice goods as had never before been
seen in that city.
It was a day of tri urnph for the little
milliner. The store was literally packed
with customers. The French clerks who
officiated at the counters where Parisian
goods were displayed were obliged to call
in the aid of gauche Americans; and thus
it was in the Chinese department, where,
iu gown and quesne, two Celestials presi
ded. Miss Drake, herself, rushed to the
rescue of the dark hued sepoys who were
stationed where the India goods were dis
played, for the ladies seemed about to
crush one another in their anxiety to ob
tain the most desirable of those choice
and expensive articles.
On this day the store of Jones & Co.
was scarcely entered by a customer worth
waiting on; and, to increase their chagrin
Sally Sparks, the superintendent of the
work-room, and Belle Robbins, the best
cutter and fitter, gave notice that night.
“Going to get married?" asked an im
pertinent clerk.
“We are engaged at Miss Drake’s,” was
cool reply.
“Dusty times ahead,” said one of the
firm to the others, when the store was at
last closed; and the Jones retired to their
lodgings with gloomy forebodings.
It was with wondering eyes that Miss
Drake beheld the proceeds of her first
day’s sales in her new store; indeed her
success kept sleep from her eyes nearly
all night. She was up betimes on the
following morning, and as she glanced
over the morning paper, she laughed out
right. as a flaring card of Joneses & Co.
met her eye.
“Fortunately for ourselves and the
public, we are not driven to the necessity
of arraying street loafers in foreign oos-
tume to delude customers into purchasing
bad representations of India and Chinese
goods.
“Genuine articles of foreign and home
manufacture will be found as usual in
great variety on our counters, and only
Americans will be employed in our es
tablishment. Jones & Co.”
“The ladies of Hubbubble know a good
India shawl when they see it, and real
point laoe, too, I reckon,” said Miss
Drake, as she selected-some of the finest
patterns for the window, and gave the
finishing touch to a magnificent morning
robe which one of the girls was prepar
ing for display.
There seemed to be magic in her fin
gers. Whatever she touched she improv
ed, and her assistants soon learned that
bonnets fashioned by the tasty proprie
tress were in greater demand by the
Hnbbnbblians than the costliest of Par
is importations.
It was she who fashioned neat prints
into those delicate morning robes which
comfort requires, and so great grew the
demand for these inexpensive articles,that
new assistants were daily added to the
already large corps employed in the dress
department.
A busy year was this first year to Doro
thea, yet it was the happiest she had ever
experienced; and with a heart thankful
for her succobs, she resolved that not one
human being should go out of her estab
lishment with a heavy heart that night.
One by one, from the book-keeper
down to the little floor-sweeper, they were
summoned to her presence, and each
made the recipient of some valuable to
ken of esteem, and an increase of salary
for the coming year.
Fatigued with the unusual exertions of
the day, she went early to her lodgings,
and was an hour after surprised from her
dreamy, listless attitude on the sofa by a
knock at the door, and immediately after
the announcement of “Mr. Jones,” by
her landlady.
Yes, it was her rival, from across the
way. A little smile—Dorothea coaid not
help it—swept across her usually calm
face as she requested to know his busi
ness.
He stood before her in blackest of black
broadcloth and the shiniest of patent
leather, fresh from the hands of the bar
ber, and with a smile meant to be capti
vating, he replied, “I called to express
my high appreciation of your talent,
madam, as a business woman.”
Miss Drake bowed, and he proceeded.
“You must find the cares of such an es
tablishment as yours a tax on your ner
vous system.”
“I doubt if I have a nervous system ;
I feel no indications of it as yet.”
“Ah, indeed! I sometimes find myself
shattered completely by the perplexities
of the business.”
That is probably owing to your being
out of your sphere. We women are cal
culated for it, so we do not find ourselves
upset by the difficulties which you men
oomplain of; indeed, were my assistants
to leave me in a body, as I am told yours
do occasionally, I could trim a bonnet,
plait a frill, or measure and out a gar
ment, withont the aid of a seamstress or
a milliner. I doubt if you could do as
much.”
“I confess I conld not, and I feel for
cibly the need of a helpmate; in fact I
am miserable withont a companion. My
dear Miss Drake, man was not made to
be alone.”
“Nor woman to be trodden upon, and
her means of subsistence wrested from
her by grasping individuals who are not
ashamed to appropriate to themselves
those avenues of labor which God has as
signed for us.”
“Right, my dear madam, I would make
of woman a companion, a helpmeet. She
commands my respect, my love, my de
votion; in a word, my dear Miss Drake,
I would make you my wife; yes, I am
conquered at last, I—the imperturbable.’’
Miss Drake stood like a statue; and
feeling sure of success in his suit, he con
tinued:
“As proprietors of the most extensive
establishments in the city, with our con
genial tastes, we may live such a life of
peace and prosperity as princes would
envy.”
Miss Drake, who had now recovered
her breath and her composure, asked:
“So you propose with marriage to unite
the business?”
“Certainly; I think that would be the
better way; all could go in the name of
Jones & Co.”
“My establishment is going to be made
a woman’s cooperative union, and every
woman employed, besides her salary, will
receive a profit from the sales. Thongh
I shall remain the chief superintendent,
my bookkeeper and the heads of the va
rious departments will be paid an equal
share according to their ability. As for
male clerks, I shall employ only a suffi
cient nnmber to wait upon snch ladies as
insist on being served by men. As for
your offer of marriage, I despise you
too deeply to reply.”
And Jones departed a wiser man. Ruin
was staring him in the face. Miss Drake
not only made a better show, but she
drew a better class of custom, and she
contrived to undersell him at every point.
There wasn’t a woman worth having in
his work room that wouldn’t leave and go
over to Miss Drake at the first opportuni
ty, and none came back.
As this dealer in woman’s apparel walk
ed borne, that night, he wished himself
well ont of the business.
Six months after, the staunch clipper,
the “Plover,” again made the port of
Hubbubble, and Captain Hart, as jolly as
ever, hastened to pay his respects to Miss
Drake. He found her as busy as usual,
and bo glad to see her old friend that a
pretty little flush stole over her face, and
a stray tear rested ou her eye-lashes.
The captain actually kissed it away be
fore all the girls, which made the little
milliner blush in earnest.
“The fact is,” said the matter-of-fact
Harry, “I have considered you my prop
erty ever since I induced you to enter in
to partnership with me in the drygoods
line. And now yon have got your co-op
erative anion in regular working order,
with -such leaders as Lucy Wade and Jes
sie Wilton, I think I’ll take you on tbe
next voyage to select our own goods. I’ve
sailed a clipper without a mate long
enough.”
“Oh, Harry! ’’ was all the reply he got
then; but he proved a good hand at press
ing a suit. And when he sailed again he
took the milliner with him—no longer
Miss Drake, but his own dear wife.
Jessy and Lucy, tried and faithful,
were left in the care of the establishment
and many a tearful eye followed a kind-
hearted proprietress as she bade them
adien. Across the way the red flag of the
auctioneer hung conspicuous the morn
ing of her departure. Jones & Co. had
proved a failure in every sense of the
word And now they were being sold
out.
“I’m sorry for him,and for every other
man who is so foolish as to attempt wo
men’s business,” said the little lady.
To Propagate Rose Slips.
There are several methods of propa
gating rose cuttings, bat one of the sim
plest is to strike them in a saucer of
sand. The wood to be used must be of
the present season’s growth, and the
kind is not of the strong rank growth;
the small shoots are preferable. These
sbonld be cut into lengths of about four
inches, (the exaot size is immaterial,)
having three or four eyes or dormant
buds. There should be an eye at the
bottom of the cutting, as it is at that
point the roots are emitted, and not be
tween the eyes. Procure some clean
brown sand, such as is used by builders,
put it|in a saucer, wet it thoroughly, so
that it shall be in the condition of mud
then place the cuttings in side by side,
having previously cut off them leaves.
Place the saucer in the san, and mind
that it must have water several times
daily, when the snn is hot. The catting
will form what is called a “callous” at the
bottom, from which the roots are emit
ted. Thre^or four weeks are generally
necessary to get the outtings well rooted,
after which they may be carefully pulled
from the soft sand, (be sure that it is soft,
as the roots are very brittle,) potting
them in small pots of light, rich soil, and
keeping them in a sunny place. Never
let them suffer from want of moisture.
If the pots can be sunk in the ground, so
much the better. When the pot is filled
with roots, the young plant should be
shifted to a pot a size larger. All varie*<
ties of roses do not root with equal read
iness—the tea or ever-blooming roses be
ing tbe easiest, and the mosses the most
difficult. Rose cuttings may be strnck at
any time of year and in any warm place,
if the wood is young. They may be
struck in a tumbler of sand, washing the
sand carefully out in a basin when the
roots appear. The saucer-system of stri
king rose-cuttings is applicable to cut
tings of many plants which I have failed
with by the ordinary methods. I would
advise those who attempt it not to be im
patient, and, above all, not to forget that
the hot snn soon causes the water in the
saucer to evaporate.
The Lesson in a Sneeze.—Dr. E.
Wentworth says: “As a rule, a sneeze
is the warning Nature gives that some
part of the body is exposed to a cooler
temperature than the other parts, and
that the sneezer is catching cold. Next
to the warning, what is the use of the
sneeze? It throws open the pores of the
whole body and induces a general perspi
ration; in a word it throws off the cold.
A child rarely sneezes more than twice;
perspiration is readily induced in youth;
an old man, on the contrary, sneezes half
a dozen to a dozen times, with a loudly
explosive ‘catchogue.’ It is harder to get
him perspiring. When one is sitting by
an open window and finds himself sneez
ing, Nature tells him he is taking cold.
He should get up instantly, walk about,
and take a full tumbler of cold water to
keep up the gentle perspiration that the.
sneeze sets in motion. If he does this,
he will not be telling an hour after that
he has a cold in his head, chest or lungs.
Who are Blessed.—The man who
minds his own business ; the woman who
never says to her husband: “I told you
so ;” the man who can sew on his but
tons when the baby is crying ; the moth-
er-in-iaw who never reminds you that
you married above your station; the old
maid that don’t hate old people and chil
dren ; the old bachelor that don’t hate
cats and pincushions ; the married peo
ple who don’t wish they were single;
single people that are content to remain
so; the husband who never says his moth
er’s pies were better than his wife’s are.
For -the Complexion. —To prevent
grease accumulating on the face bathe it
often with mild acids, as juice of lemon
or tomato diluted; rub the face delicately
with a towel several times a day. To
render the complexion smooth and soft,
apply cold cream mixed with water every
night in Winter time. In Summer, ap
ply oatmeal water instead. Beware of
getting on too much of any such prepar
ation, as it renders an uncomfortable
night and does harm to the skin. Apply
the oftener. If any one using powder in
the day time will wash it off and apply
either of the above on retiring, much of
its evil effects will be obviated. Late
suppers have more to do with muddy
complexions and heavy eyes than the
girls realize. Never use a cosmetic. They
contain lead. Lemon juice and sugar
mixed will remove freckles..
A young man home from college wish
ing to inspire his little sister with awe for
his learing, pointed to a star and said:
“Sis, do you see that little luminary? It’s
bigger than this whole world!” “No,
taint,” said Sis. “Yes, it is,” declared
the young oollegian. “Then why don’t it
keep off the rain?” was the triumphant
rejoinder.
—What is the greatest hardship in the
world? An iron steamer.
—That awful lad again: “Ma, pa has
got tbe best of you—you can’t strike
matches on yonr trousers like he can.
—“Gracious me!” exclaimed a lady in
a witness box, “how should I know any
thing about anything I don’t know any
thing about?”
—Soft words are said to cost nothing,
but tbe old fellow who has just paid
$20,000 to settle a breach of promise
case thinks differently.
—It was a Vassar girl who, when a sail
or of forty years’ voyagiegs had been
pointed out to her as an “old salt,” sub-
seqnently alluded to him as “ancient
chloride of sodium.”
—A Michigan farmer writes to the fac
ulty of Yale: “What are your terms for
a year? And does it cost anything extra
if my son wants to learn to read and write
as well as row a boat?”
—Development has not raised the dog
to a state where he will not snap at a
wasp the same as a blue bottle-fly. This
is why the dog who gobbled a wasp is so
terribly down on science.
—So you like your second wife better
than the first?” “Yes,” he said, enthusi
astically, “she always puts enough starch
in my shirts to save me the trouble of
scratching my back.”
—One of the gratifying results of the
bard times seems to be that a man can
wear a shirt for two days without being
accused of being a prominent lecturer or
a person with a tendency towards spirit
ualism.
—A little boy of our acquaintance, who
had just learned that the names of John
and Jack were used interchangeably, took
occasion, not unnaturally to call his sis
ter’s attention to a picture of “Jack the
Baptist.”
—Anxious mother to daughter, who
desires to peep into the men’s swimming
school: “You are crazy, my child! The
idea of taking you to the men’s bath’s?”
“But, mamma, at the exhibition I took a
walk among the statues.”
—He was makiDg a call, and they were
talking of literature. “The Pilgrim’s
Progress,” she remarked, “always seems
to me painful. Of couse you are famil
iar with Bunyon!” He said be had one
on each foot and they troubled him a good
deal.
—An exchange says: “The guitar
makes sweet music.” Indeed it does. In
the stillness of the summer night its re
semblance to the sound of the rain drops
softly pattering on the bottom of a tin
pan, has brought tears to our eyes, like.
—A gentleman committed suicide the
other day, and left a paper stating that
he did so because his wife was a great
deal too good for him.That is why the jury
returned a bill recording their opinion
that the deceased was in an unsound state
of mind.
—A young poet, who couldn’t pay his
hotel bill, declared, “Life in the free, far
and mighty West is corroded with the
sublimate of darkling social gloom, glow
ering from a sky of midnight blackness,
unrelieved by a ray of dancing sun
shine.”
—The meanest man has just been
found at Foster, Ohio. He sent one of
his children over to a neighbor for a
share of his neighbor's honey, claiming
that the bees had collected most of their
honey from his choicest flowers.
—The following incident happened in
one of the public schools in this city:
Teacher—“Define the word ‘excavate.’ ”
Scholar—“It means, to hollow ont.”
Teacher—“Construct a sentence in which
the word is properly used.” Scholar—
“The baby excavates when it gets hurt."'
—A man noted for his close-fisted pro
pensities, was showing an old coin to a
neighbor when the latter asked: “Where
did you get it?” “I dug it out of my
garden,” was the reply. “It is a pity you
did’ntfind it in the cemetery,” said tbe
neighbor. “Why so?” asked the coin
owner. “Because you could have saved
the hole to be buried in.”
—At a railway station, two gentlemen
belonging to the district were warming
themselves in the waiting room, when a
son of the Emerald Isle, rather out at el
bows, entered the room. One of tbe gen
tlemen characteristically humorous, said
to Pat: “I’ll be after giving you my
chair to warm yourself for a sixpence.”
“Will you?” was the reply. “I’ll be af«
ther lettin’ yon keep it for a shillin’,, and
its meself that has much need of one just
now.”
—“You boys ought to be very kind to
your little sisters. I once knew a little
boy who struck his sister a blow over the
eye. Although she didn’t slowly pine
away and die in the early summer time,
when the June roses were blowing, with
words of sweet forgiveness on her pallid
lips, she rose up and hit him over the
head with the roliing pin, so that he
couldn't go to Sunday-school for more
than a month, on account of not being
able to put his best hat on!”
—Another tradition of our childhood
is gone—ostriches no longer have an irre
proachable digestion. A paper relates
that one of these birds, who had eaten
wire nails and sundry other hardware ar
ticles with impunity, recently died from
the effects of the cook’s Sundav cap,
three lace collars, and two baked pota
toes.
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To Rid a House of Fleas.—Sprinkle
plenty of common table salt all over the
carpets just before the sweeping is done,
and sweep often. If this is followed close
ly the fleas will disappear within a few
weeks,
BOOTS AND SHOES.
CHEAP
BOOTS and SHOES
AT THE
IVEW ST ORE
Call and Examine Stock.
FINE OLOTH
and GLOVE-TOP BUT
G ents
and G
TON CONGRESS, Ladies’
FINE KID BUTTON,Ladles’
KID and PEBBLE FOX,
Misses’ and Child’s PROTECTION TOE.
For Country Merchants and Farmers.
Large Stock of
BROGANS,
PLOW SHOES,
KIP and CALF ROOTS,
WOHEVS POLKAS and
CALF SHOES, cheap;
FOX and CLOTH GAITERS,
Child’s COPPER-TIP SHOES,
All bought with the cash, and shall be sold
at bottom prices t
T. J. HINES,
sep8 2^m_ No. 148 Broad St.
NEW SHOES
—AT—
The Old Shoe Store.
FALL and WINTER STOCK
Just Received!
NEW AND ATTRACTIVE STYLES
Gents’ Shoes,
Brown CMI-Tob Button Congress,
“FIFTH AVENUE” CONGRESS,
And all other Styles, in Hand and Machine
Sewed, and Fine Pegged Work.
Ladies & Misses’ Fine Shoes,
Kid and Pebble-Button Side Lace
F O
AND
F D WORK!
A large lot of Ladies’ KID FOXED BUT
TON SHOES—Very Stylish—at 82.25 to 83.
The best Misses’ PRoTECTlON-TOE
SCHOOL SHOES ever offered In this market
An extra large stock of
BKOOANM,
PLOW SHOES.
KIP BOOTS,
WOMEN’S PLOW SHOES, Ac.,
for Farmers. Our stock for the WHOLE
SALE TRADE is being daily received, and
in qnantitv, quality and prices is unsurpassed
in the city. ' Wc invite the attention of Coun
try Merchants.
4®- For anything you want in the Shoe and
Leather Line, at bottom prices, call at
No. 73 Broad Street,
(Sign of the Rig Root.)
WELLS & CURTIS.
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Under
STATE MANAGEMENT!
And in daily operation over 37 years.
@15,OOOB
FOR
SIS
TUESDAY, OCT. 26 and 27, 1877,
KENTUCKY
State Allotment
OF
$67,925 IN PRIZES !
1 Prize of $15,000 )
1 Prize of 8,00:11 a «.
1 Prize oi 6,000 |
1 Prize of 2,500
1 Prize of 2,5(0|£j>
1889 Other Prizes amounting to... 44.925J P
Whole Tickets$1.00, 50 Whole Tick
et!!. for 845, 100 Tickets for $90.
Chartered for Educational Institutions. Un
der Charter no postponement can ever occur.
All pr'zes paid in full. Official list of drawE
numbers published in N. Y. Herald, N. Y.
Sun, and Louisville Courier-Journal.
Circulars containing full particulars free,
Address
SiyLTlONS A HICK IN NON,
Manager’s Office, 72 3d St., Louisville, Ky.
4®- Similar Allotments on the 15th and last
days of every month during the year.
sep8 lm
New Advertisements.
Dl A MHO Magnificent $650 Rosewood Pi-
I I AlNUO«anos $175, fine Rosewood Upright
——as«'Fianos (little used) cost $80u only
fYDP A MO must be sold,
U HU HI I wi Parlor Organs, 2 stops, $45; 9
stops, $65; It stops, only $75.
Nearly new 4 Set Reed 12 Stop. Sub Bass &
Octave Coupler Organs, cost over $350, only $55.
Lowest prices ever offered sent on 15 days test
trial. You ask why I offer so cheap? 1 reply,
Hard Times. Result sales over 1,000,090 annu
ally, War commenced by monopolists. Be
ware anonymous Circular. Write for explana
tion. Battle raging. Full particulars tree.
Address Daniel F. Beaty Washington,
New Jersey.
DAVIDSON
COLLEGE, N. C.
PREPARATORY CLASS.
Taught by the Profs, of Latin, Greek and
Mathematics. Session begins Sept. 27, 1877.
Send ior catalogue to J. R. BLAKE, Chair
man of Faculty.
([Cg a week in your own town. Terms and
$00 $5 outfit free. H. HALLETT & CO.,
Portland, Maine.
i) Extra Fine Mixed Cards, with name,
lO cents, post-paid. L. JONES & CO.,
Nassau, N. Y.
Those Terrible Headaches Generated by
obstructed secretions, and to which ladies are
especially subject, can always be relieved ami
their recurrences prevented by the use of Tar
KANT’S EFFERVESCENT SeLTZKR APERIENT.
Procurable at all drug stores.
9PO P 0r day at home. Samples
H tQ&lj worth $5 free. Stinson k Co-
Portland, Maine.
Only Five Dollars
FOR AN ACRE!
Of the BEST LAND in A.HERIC4, near
the GREAT UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD,
A FARM FOR $200
in easy payments with low rates of interest.
SSCURM IT WOW!!
Full information sent free, address
O. F. DAVIS,
Land Agent U. P. R., OMAHA, NEB.
O *77 a week to Agents. $10 Outfit
H • FREE. P. O. VICKERY,
Augusta, Me.
RAILROADS.
Mobile & Girard R. R.
Ar*
Columbus, Ga., Sept. I, 1877.
Double Daily Passenger Train
M AKING Close connection at Union
Springs with Montgomery and Eufaula
Trains to and trom Eufaula and Montgomery
amt points beyond.
This is the only line making close connection
at Montgomery with S. * N. Alabama Train
tor the Northwest.
Passenger,
aer and
Mail Train Pr't Train
Leave Columbus 2:20 p at 8:3o p m
Arrive at Union Springs.. 5:55 p m 12:25 a m
“ Troy 8:00 P M
“ Eufaula 6:00 am 6 in* a m
“ Montgomery .... 7:55 p si 6:40 pm
“ Mobile 5:25 a m 4:00 p M
“ New Orleans....11:25 a m 9:30 p m
“ Nashville 7:50 p M 7:50 p M
“ Louisville 3:45 A m 3:45 a u
“ Cincinnati 8:10 a m 8:10 a m
“ St. Louis 4:00 PM 4.00 p M
“ Philadelphia..... 6:60 pm li:5u r M
“ New York 10:06 P M 10:C5 r M
Leave Troy 12:50 a m
Arrive at Union Springs.. 2:40am
Leave Union Springs 3:10 a m 6:40 p m
Arrive at Columbus 7:10 a m 11:65 a m
“ Opelika 9:00 a m
“ Atlanta 2:20 p m
“ Macon 3:06 p m
“ Savannah 7:16 a m
Passengers lor Eufaula leaving Columbus
at 8:30 r m daily arrive in Eufaula at 6 o’clock
a x daily. Through Coach with Sleeping Car
accommodation on Mail Train between Colum
bus and Montgomery.
W. L. CLARK,
Superintendent.
D. E. WILLIAMS,
General Ticket Agent.my9 tf
WESTERN RAILROAD
OF ALABAMA
Cclumbus, Ga., August 12, 1877.
Trains Leave Columbus
AS FOLLOWS
Southern Mail.
12:59 p.iu.,arrives at Montgomery. 6:14 p m
Mobile 5:25 a M
New Orleans. 11:25 a m
Selma 7:30 p m
Atlanta 9:40 a m
Atlanta & Northern
2fcLa.il.
7115 a. in., arrives at Atlanta 2:20 p m
Washington . 9:46 p m
Baltimore....11:30 pm
New York... 7:00 am
ALSO BY THIS TRAIN
Arrive at Montgomery..,. 3:08 f m
TRAINS ARRIVE AT COLUMBUS
From Montgomery and Southwest..10:56 a m
“ “ .. 6:06 p m
From Atlanta and Northwest 6:06 p m
K* This Train, arriving at Columbus at
5:05 P. III., leaves Atlanta at 9:30 a m.
E. P. ALEXANDER,
President.
CHARLES PHILLIPS, Agent.
decl8 tf
(flioa day at home.
14 At and terms free,
ta, Maine,
Agents wanted.
t*Sue
Out-
k 00, Augua-
Central and Southwestern
Railroads.
1,1 y\ *[' f:.7j Jr* •*! f! ■ «n
Savannah, Ga., March 8, 1877.
O N AND AFTER SUNDAY, March
11, Passenger Trains on the Central anu
Southwestern Railroads and Branches will
run as follows:
TRAIN NO. 1, GOING NORTH AND WEST
Leaves Savannah 9:20 a m
Leaves Augusta 9:15 a m
Arrives at Augusta 4:45 p m
Arrives at Macon 6:45 p m
Leaves Macon for Atlanta 9:16 p m
arrives at Atlanta 6:02 a m
Making close connections at Atlanta with
Western and Atlantic Railroad for all points
North and West.
COMING SOUTH AND EAST.
Leaves Atlanta 10:40 p m
Arrives at Macon 6:45 a m
Leaves Macon 7:00 am
Arrives at Milledgeville r..... 9:44 a m
Arrives at Eatonion 11210 a m
Arrives at Augusta 4:45 p M
Arrives at Savannah - 4:00 P M
Leaves Augusta 9:15 a m
Making connections at Augusta ior tho
North and East, and at Savannah with the
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad for all points la
Florida.
TRAIN NO. 2, GOING NORTH AND WEST
Leaves Savaunah 7:30 p m
Arrives at Augusta 6:0o a m.
Leaves Augusta 8:05 P M
Arrives at iVlilledgevilie 9:44 a m
Arrives at Eatonton 11:30 a m
Arrives at Macon 8:00 a m:
Leaves Macon for Atlanta 8:40 a m
Arrives at Atlanta 2:16 P M
Leaves Macon for Albany and Eu
faula 8:20 A M
Arrives at Eufaula 3:49 r m
Arrives at Albany 2:10 p M
Leaves Macon for Columbus 9:33 a m
Arrives at Columbus 1:13 f m
Trains on this schedule for Macon, Atlanta,
Columbus, Eufaula and Albany daily, making
close connection at Atlanta with Western it
Atlantio and Atlanta A Richmond Air Line.
At Eufaula with Montgomery and Eufaula
Railroad; at Columbus with Western Rail
road of Alabama, and Mobile and Girard
Railroad.
Train on Blakely Extension Leaves Albany
Mondays,Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
COMING SOUTH AND EAST.
Leaves Atlanta 1:40 p m
Arrives at Macon from Atlanta 6:55 p m
Leaves Albany 10:o0 a m
Leaves Eafaula 8:05 p m
Arrives at Mason from Eufaula and
Albany 4:10 P M
Leaves Columbus 11:19 a m
Arrives at Macon from Columbus 3:11 p m
Leaves Macon 7:35 p x
Arrives at Augusta 6:0<> a m
Leaves Augusta 8:05 p m
Arrives at Savannah 7:15 a m
Making connections at Savannah with At-
antic ana Gulf Railroad for all points in Flor
ida.
Passengers for Milledgeville and Eatonton
will take train No. 2 from Savannah and train
No. 1 from Macon, which trains connect daily
except Monday, tor these points.
WILLIAM ROGERS,
General Supt. Central Railroad, Savannah.
W. G. RAOUL,
Supt. Southwestern Railroad, Macon.
feb5 tf _______
Warm and White Sulphur
SPRINGS.
P ASSENGERS going to the Warm and
White Sulphur springs will find it more
convenient and pleasant
Via the North & Sooth Bailroaft,
As arrangements have been made to hav
HACKS meet every morning
and evening’s train.
WM. REDD, Jr.,
jn9 3m Sup’t.
W- F. TICNER. Dentist,
Ovkr Mason’s Drug stork,
Randolph Street, Columbus, Oa.
m
Each week to Agents. Goods Staple. lO.OOl
testimonials received.Terms liberal.Par.
tlculars tree. J .Worth & Co.St.Louis,JI«