Georgia Historic Newspapers

    VOL.
MOJTUE&ll WOOD.
lb i e ! bow seldom now are seen
h^e slender spike# of fragrant green,
lu garden beds and bowers,
,.r, weaving bands no longer chooea
i u'n^rle homely spray to us©
With favored modern flowers.
]t- bushy greeuness u ed to lei d
imi childish nosegays grace, aud blend
With older-fashi ned bl oma;
We mixMl it with the d*rk beatsease,
\\ jtb cabbage-rose#, pinks, sweet pers,
All rich with quaint perfuses.
used it In the posies sweet,
sh-plucked or May-day morns to greet
ur modest Tillage queen;
[jingled with the flowers that lay
>n the imtf thorn-shaded way,
.ward the dasied green.
The hr d^'s #hy foot trod lightly o'er
Its turts, as through the holy dcor
She passed to matroubood;
Ami on the silent rliurchynrd bell,
When sb ep our l»est beloved dead,
We planted southernwood.
!»ut row it springs unseen, unknown,
'i'jI hand* grow feeble, like tnfue own.
All trembling pull a spray ;
As I pull this, with tearful eyes,
And thronging memories that arise
Of life’s lost dawuiug day.
have been happy, and God knows
<»t one of all wy later woes
Cau blot the blissful pa*t!
been happy, and 1 say,
if all my pleasures passed away,
I knew they could not last.
1 1
I had my sliaie m *nn and shower,
I bad my little day of power,
1 queened It with the best;
Now, far from worldly blame and j raise
My leet ur«* set in qni»t way#
Of calm content «nd re t.
I pass the i ed rose on Its spray.
An 1 in my hand I hold to-day
A twig of southernwood ;
It tell# me I nrn riot bereft,
»t whispers that 1 yet have left
The power of doing go >d.
It glads the poor man’s garden yft,
And poor i» en’s eyes are often wet
With tears that I might stay ;
I choose a humble, helping part;
I take thy teaching to m* heart,
My green, old-fashioned spray I
—Jit The Yiar Round.
Melody to ancient air
11a# touched my soul. 0 hau l so fair
That hymned it forth,
In the golden sunset there,
Of noble worth.
Feeble, poor, and old am I,
What is this life? Alas, b w nigh
deemed It to fate
W hen the song I used to try
Caine whispering late.
Toars sre gauge of purrst mind,
Prop e’en a few the maimed and blind;
1 loved that song—
Mother sang it, and the wind
Swept Soft along.
Am I think of saintly face,
That touch of tender lov.ug grace,
I siieut turn
Where tin* sun beams leapt—no trace—
To And no bjurne.
So leave 1 the sunset song,
And hie me home to where I long
To how my head ;
blcfscd the hand that struck among
Chords long siuce dead.
Hrltiglng back the golden time
>t 1 ve and hope in its familiar rhyme ;
To corn in ear—
Wreath of the bee-swarmed mui muring lime,
To cottage dear.
—Chamber•* Journal,
THE LAWYER DETECTIVE
It was when I first began to practice. I
was admitted and opened an office in the
village of 0. I had but little business,
slid waH sitting in my office, trying to
keep comfortable, the clock already
pointing to 10:150, when the door opened
and the keeper of the county jail en
tered.
“We have agtiest at our house who is
pilte anxious to see you, and requested
mo to bring you up to him if you have
not retired.”
It was not far to the jail, and we soon
strived there. After unlocking the usual
cumber of doors, the jailer admitted me
to the prisoner’s cell, and remarked that
when I was ready to go he would come
and let me out. The huge iron door
closed with a clang, the bolt was sprang,
and I was alone with my would-be client.
As I had supposed, as soon as the jailer
was out of hearing the prisoner came
forward. He was a young, gentlemanly
appearing fellow, apparently about 24
years of age. Extending his hand to me
he said :
“I am glad to see you, Mr. , you
are indeed kind to come to me at this
untimely hour, but I wanted to talk to
some one, and I feel you will take an in
terest in my case. I have been arrested
for the murder of Mr. Richards, the
President of the Farmers Bank of K.,
and for the robbery of the bank. VV ill
you not lend me your assistance ?
I assured him that I would do all in my
power for him, if he desired to retain
me. He suddenly interrupted me by
saying:
“I beg your pardon, sir, I do wish
to retain you to defend me in my trial;
and a trial must of course take place,”
saying which he handed me five double
eagles.
“I have heard but few of the circum
stances of the tragedy, and I fear there
are some things that will appear against
me, but I trust you will bring me oat all
right. Do all you can, sir ; employ more
counsel, if neoessary, but clear me, for I
am innooent.”
“Tell me what you know of the case,
and the circumstances that you think ap
pear against you. ”
“Well, I had a quarrel with Mr. Rich
ards, last evening, bat it did not last long.
1 will tell you the whole story, sir. I am
a clerk in the Farmers’ Bsnk of K., of
which Mr. Riohards was President. Now,
Mr. Riohards, you must understand, has
a daughter several years younger than I
am, a lady with whom I had become inti
mately acquainted, but for whom I have
conceived a strong attachment. Her
father discovered that I was deeply in
love with Clara Richards, and was aware
that she was not wholly indifferent to me.
List Sunday I dined at their house by
invitation of Mr. Riohards, snd during
the evening I told Clara the state of my
feelings, and was overjoyed to learn that
*he reciprocated my love. We agreed
that I should ask her father’s consent to
our marriage as soon as I should be able
to support a wife.
“I called on Mr. Richards, and boldly
naked his consent to our engagement. He
was very angry, said I was an impudent
fellow, declared I should never again
speak to Clara, and, in short, he insulted
me, accusing me of taking advantage of
ijis kindness to ingralnate myself into the
heart of his only child. At last, I got
angry, and can hardly remember now
what I said—only I know I did not threat
en him. At the oloee of oar conversation
> left the room, and I went direotly to
i and to bed.. In the morning I
i usual, to the beak, end, ee soon
as Mr. Riohaflls came down, he took me
into bis private offioe, and said to me that
most meD would discharge a clerk from
their employ under similar circumstances,
but he wou'd keep me on condition that
I would forget my presumptuous fancy.
“ ‘Why,’ Baid he, ‘Clara has more for
pin money than your salary.’ And then,
after informing me that I would no long
er be received at his house, he told me to
return to my desk. Nothing unusual
occurred during the day until just before
we closed, when we receivtd an unusually
large cash deposit. As I was on the point
of leaving the bank, Mr. Richards called
me and said:
“ ‘Here is a package containing $9,000,
I wish yon to take to Mr. Martin, cashier
of the City Bank of C. ; you can explain
to him about our vaults not being any too
secure, and apologize for coming at such
an unseasonable hour, and ask him as a
personal favor to me to receive the fnnds
on deposit. Take a receipt and return in
the morning ; you can take the 6 o’clock
train thiB evening.’
“I took the package, containing the
nine thousand dollars, and after receiving
some money for my expenses, I started.
I arrived at my destination about half
past C o’clock, and went directly to Mr.
Martin's bouse, but found that he had
gone up town, and later was going to the
theatre. Whereupon I sought the princi
pal hotel, thinking I might see him there,
but was disappointed here and there. I
walked around where I thought I would
be most likely to meet him, until about
!):30, and then returned to the hotel, took
sapper, and engaged a room, to which I
went. I sat down and read the evening
paper until about 10:30, when I started
for Mr. Martin's house. As I came down
stairs and opened the door, a burly fellow
touched me on the shoulder, and whis
pered :—
“ T arrest you for the robbery of the
Farmers’ Bank of K., and the murder of
Mr. Richards.’
“He then placed the handenffs on me
and escorted me here; and now I have
told yon all I know of my case, and it is
the truth. My name is Howard Burton ;
I have no parents.”
This is tha substance of what Howard
Barton related to me in his cell at 0. I
had not interrupted him during his re
cital, bat had listened attentively to every
word. I was much interested in the
young man, who was about my own age,
and who I felt was innocent of the horri
ble crime with which he was charged. I
remained with him long after midnight,
and then, charging him to oonverse with
no one on the subjeot of the murder, I
left him. I knew nothing of the circum
stances of the murder as yet,but I thought
I would go to K. and learn what I could.
On my arrival at K. I went direotly to
the bank, and found two or three detect
ives there and some of the bank officers.
Nothing had been moved except the body
of the murdered man. He was found lying
on the floor, with his skull crushed and
his throat cut from ear to ear. Some of
the drawers had been rifled, but aside
from this there was nothing to indicate
robbery. There was missing from the
safe $9,000. I found that belief in Bar
ton’s guilt was quite general.
I stood at the window in the President’s
office, staring vacantly out, hard at work
thinking, when my eye noticed on the
sash of the window of the lawyer’s office
Just across the passage way a little scrap
of paper with the word “paint” written
on it. A suggestive thought flashed
through my mind as I walked out of the
bank and stepped into the law offioe door.
I was slightly acquainted with its occu
pant, who welcomed me and invited me
to a seat. We talked of the frightful oc
currence of the previous night for some
time, and at length I said, rising to go :
“So you have been paintinfl a little, Mr.
Harris ?”
“Yes, sir; did you observe my sign ?
Kelley, the painter, has a good German
working for him who is really an artist.
He did all the painting here.”
When was the painting done ?” I asked.
“AH done yesterday—be careful of your
coat. ”
I bade Mr. Harris good day, and left
his office.
I had learned who painted that window,
which was just what I most wanted to
learn, without asking a leading question
or letting Mr. Harris know I was inter
ested in Mr. Richard's murder any more
than he. I made up my mind to see the
man without loss of time, and find out
if he saw Mr. Richards after young Bar
ton left the bank. I went to the paint
shop.
“You painted Mr. Harris’ sign and
office, did you not ?” I asked.
“Yes, sir.”
“Well, what time did you finish up
there ?" .
“At 6 o’clock, sir.”
“Did you paint after dark ?”
“Yes, sir; after dark I painted the out
side of the window, about half-past 5;
the man in the bank lighted the gas, and
it shone so brightly that I finished the
window.
“Did you see this man in the bank
handle any money?”
The man looke d puzzled at this ques
tion but answered:
“Yes, sir; I noticed him counting a
large pile.”
“What kind of a looking man was he?”
“Well, a kind of good looking man; it
was Mr. Richards. If you don’t know
him I will describe him to yon?”
I answered that I had seen him, and
then inquired wbat he did with the
money.
“He made a bundle cf it, and handed
it to a young man, telling him to take it
somewhere. I could not hear all he said.
In addition to the bundle, he gave him
what I judged to be a few dollars in
change, and told him to come back in the
morning. Then the young man went
away. By-and-by Mr. Richards put out
the gas, and then I suspended work and
went home. ”
“Did you see Mr. Richards again?”
“Yes, I saw him in the cigar store os I
I concluded my examination with the
question:
“Did you know Mr. Richards was mur
dered last night, and the money in the
bank stolen?”
The man turned pale, and exolaimed
with mnoh excitement:
“Murdered! no; is it ao? Yon don’t
think it waa me? My wife Kathrina
knows I came straight home.”
“Oh, no,” I said; “I don’t think it was
you. You most not, however, tell any
one you have talked to me, or it may re
sult in your being taken to court.”
I waa now certain of my ability to clear
my client, as I oonld prove he was sent
on the mission to 0. I next wanted to
find some one who had seen him on the
train, but I knew not where to obtain in
formation. Everyone was talking of the
murder, and public feeling was indeed
bitter against Howard Barton. Stories
of his quarrel with Mr. Richards were
circulated with the usual exaggerations,
end it seemed to be the unanimous opin
ion that he was the oold blooded murder
er. Still I waa hopeful, and returned to
G. feeling confident of my success. On
my arrival, I held an interview with
young Barton, and told him the result of
my visit to K. He was overjoyed, and
expressed himself confident of being ao-
q lifted. Returning to my office, I look
ed up all the reported oases that bore any
resemblance to the one in hand. The
examination of my client was set down
for the next morniDg, at which time I
went to the jail and accompanied him to
the court room, accompanied by an un
der sheriff. We found quite a formida
ble array of lawyers of note representing
the prosecation. Ia addition to the learn
ed district attorney, there were two as
tute criminal lawyers who had been re
tained by the bank officers to assist him.
The examination was very brief, and af
ter calling Mr. Richard's servant, and re
ceiving the testimony of the hotel olerk,
Howard Burton was fully committed to
answer the charges of murder and robbe
ry at the January term of the court.
“Can you not think of some one you
know who saw you on the train from K.
to G. on the night of the murder?” said I.
“No, sir, not one that I know; but per
haps the conductor will remember me.
He had to change a five dollar bill for
my fare, and grumbled a little about
that.”
“I will see him at onoe," said I start
ing to go.
“Do so, do so,” said my client, exci
tedly. “Gall to his mind the young man
who had a pen over his ear. I remember
that on leaving the bank hurriedly I neg
lected to remove the pen, which I fre
quently carry over my ear after the
manner of olerks.”
I went directly to the depot and learn
ed that the conductor wanted wonldarrive
in about an hour. I waited, all impa
tience, and npon his arrival asked him if
he would do me the kindness to walk up
to the jail and see if he oould identify
Mr. Barton. He willingly consented,and
upon arriving at the prisoner’s cell, I in
troduced him to my client. The oonduo-
tor gazed steadily at young Barton a mo
ment, and then said:
“Mr. Burton, be kind enough to put
on yonr hat.”
Barton did so, and again he looked at
him sharply without a ohange of coun
tenance.
“Now, eir, please put your hand in
your waistcoat pooket.”
I was afraid that the conductor was not
going to identify him, but as young Bar
ton pat his hand in his waistcoat pocket,
the lapel of his coat was drawn back re
vealing npon bis breast a Masonio pin,
the badge of a knight templar.
“I fully identify him as the man for
whom I changed a five dollar bill on my
train, which left K. at 6 o’olock in the
evening, and am ready to swear to it in
any court of justice. You see, sir,” con
tinued the conduotor, “we learn in our
business to remember, and noticing a pen
over this young man’s ear, I laughingly
advised him to take it down. But what
oalled my attention priucipally to him
was the fact that he wore that knight
templar’s badge.”
I saw that I could prove an alibi, ana
thus undoubtedly clear my client; but I
was ambitious to do more. I wanted to
arrest and convict the guilty party. The
next thing for me to do was to see the
keeper of the cigar store, at which my
painter on his way home had seen Mr.
Richards after 6 p. m., on the night of
the murder. On the following morning
I took the train for K., and on my arri
val went direotly to the cigar store, and
tfafen spoke to the man behind the coun
ter of the m urder.
“Oh,” said he, “poor man, he was in
my store about an hour before they found
him dead.”
“Indeed,” said I, “did he trade with
you?”
“Ob, yes, sir; why, ho came in here,
as I tell you, aud bought some cigars that
very night on which he was killed, and
stopped a moment to chat with me. Then
he looked at his watch and said: ‘It is a
quarter past C. I must go in look up the
bank and go home.’ Just then his man
servant came in and said:
“Mr. Richards, I have a note from
Miss Clara, for you, sir.”
“‘Well, Thomas,’said he, ‘I suppose
it is for money; that usually is the sub
ject of h9r perfamed notes to me; come
into the bank a moment.’
“In a little while I saw the servant go
ing in the direction of Mr. Riohards’
house, and in about an hour afterward
his master was discovered in the bauk
dead. ”
This from the cigar store keeper. I
did not let him know I was attorney for
the accused, and was soon turning my
steps toward the late residence of the
deceased. I was admitted by his late
servant Thomas, snd was soon convers
ing with Miss Clara, to whom I confided
my relations with Barton. I asked her
what time she sent Thomas to the bank
the night her father Was murdered.
“I did not send him at all,” she re
plied, evidently surprised st the question.
“Well,” said I, “we are going to acquit
Howard, and to take his place we want to
fiud out who did commit the crime. Now,
Miss Clara, are you sure you did not send
Thomas to the bank the night of the
murder?”
“I know very well I did not,” was her
answer.
“Then, ’I replied, “either the keeper
of the cigar store is mistaken, or your
servant Thomas is the murderer of your
father.
I told her to treat Thomas as usual,and
not to speak of our conversation to any
one. After receiving a letter she wished
to sand to Barton, I took my departure
to G. Immediately on my arrival there I
went to my client, and communicated to
him all I had learned, and delivered the
letter. I took the first real night’s rest
that night I had sinoe the death of Mr.
Richards. I had previously sworn out a
warrant for the arrest of Thomas, to be
| •• -
( served as soon as the jury should pro
nounce my client not guilty.
Thomas, the servant, was first called.
I He swore to the quarel between Mr. Rioh
ards and Burton; that he had heard Bur'
ton threaten Mr. Richard’s life. Not
withstanding I closely cross-examined
him, I failed to make him contradict him
self, and when he retired nearly every
one in the court-room was doubtless cer
tain that Howard Burton was guilty. The
next witness was the hotel clerk, who tes
tified that Burton came into the hotel
while he was attending to the guests
from the train that arrived in G. at about
half past 6 o’clock. Then followed the
examination of tha bank cashier, who
swore that the packsga of $9,000 found
on Barton at the time of his arrest was
deposited in the bank on the afternoon
of the murder. After calling several
other witnesses, whose testimony was of
minor import, the prosecution rested. I
then followed, and after a brief opening
address, called the painter, who swore to
seeing Mr. Richards send Burton on an
errand; also to seeing Mr. Michards in
the cigar store after 6 o’olock on the eve
ning of the murder. When I had finished
with him ha was submitted to a severe
cross-examination, in which he acquit
ted hiois lf very creditably. Then I
called the conductor, who swore to
seeing Barton on the train on
the night of the murder; he also swore
that the train left on time—6 o’clock.
The cigar store man was next examined,
who swore to talking with Mr. Richax’ds
at 6:15 o’clock also to seeing him leave
for the bank with Thomas.
Witnesses were all cross-examined
thoroughly, but did not oontradict them
selves in any particular. I then closed
my case, and after a few remarks from
the prosecation, the judge charged the
jury, who retired, and in fifteen minutes
returned with a verdict of not guilty.
As soon as quiet was restored, the
sheriff approached Thomas, the servant,
aud said in a loud voice:
“Thomas Healy, I arrest you for the
murder of Mr. Riohards.”
The excitement in the court, oaused
by this unlooked for and sadden proceed
ing, was intense. The prisoner was im
mediately taken to jail, followed by a
crowd that were loud in their expressions
of denunciation—the same crowd that
a little before bad marked Barton as the
murderer.
Well, to finish the story, I have little
to add. I was retained by the bauk offi
cers to prosecute Thomas Healy, and be
waa oonvioted of the crime. He pro
tested his innocenoe almost to the last,
but the night before he was exeouted, he
made a full confession, stating that he
had determined to rob the bank some
evening when Mr. Riohards was there
alone. It was Mr. Richards's custom, he
explained, to go to the bank in the even
ing, and when he and young Burton
quarreled, he (Thomas) saw his opportu
nity. His determination was strengthen
ed by hearing Mr. Richards remark on
the day of the murder, as he sat at din
ner, that there was an unusually large
amount of cash on hand. The note in
the case was one that Miss Glara had giv
en him to take to her father some days
before, but Mr. Richards coming home
before Thomas found him, it had not been
delivered as intended. By the aid of this
note he had got Mr. Richards in th9 bauk
and while he was reading it he struck
him with a stove poker and then cut his
throat. He got no money as the reward
of his crime, as the vaults had been lock
ed.
Howard Barton was made cashier of
the bank and married Clara Richards
within a year.
Children’s Column.
School Exhibitions.
A writer in the Standard of the Cross
says: “Not a tenth of those who are put
forward at school exhibitions ever expect
to make any good use of the stage-ease
and familiarity so fostered in them. To
the girls especially does thi3 apply. When
you have robbed a young girl of that
modesty which makes her shrink from
public appearance, you have taken from
her what no amount of culture and ac
complishment will replace,and no amount
of teaching will restore. There is a
grievous and ridiouloua inconsistency in
that teaohing which by precept enjoins
modesty, bat practically begets boldness
by enoouraging children to show off, ap
plauding those that are the less timid,
stimulating those who shrink from the
ordeal. Such exhibitions, too, are ex
tremely objectionable from a simply rhe
torical point of vi9w. Young girls are en
couraged to read twaddling essays in an
affected manner; boys are emboldened to
vent their crude thought and still more
ernde oratory on admiring audiences, till
naturally they grow to think it really
worth much more than it is, to look upon
themselves as quite fitted to think for and
teach others. This, you say, will wear
off as the boy or girl grows older; the
overestimate of self will soon be lost by
contact with the world. But surely a
very natural and pertinent question is,
why take so much pains to put on what
has to be rubbed ojf? Why do so much
to teach what must all be unlearned at
the expense of great pain and annoyance
to all concerned? It is well worth con-
side ing by parents and teachers, by the
children themselves, even, whether the
pleasure derived from these exhibitions
is worth all the results they entail. We
think it Is not, and would be glad to see
ref orm.”
A Wife’s Convoy.—A very old clergy
man thus wrote on the death of his wife:
“In looking back upon the long years da
ring which it was given to me to lead on
ward in the way of life her confiding spir
it, I seem to have been to her what a
9hip of war is to some vessel engaged in
commerce—her convoy over waters in
fested with the enemy’s craft, and full of
sunken rocks and shoals. I saw her at
length pass within the harbor’s mouth to
which she was bound, whereas I had
long expected to enter first. But, when
I saw her anchor dropped in smooth wa
ters, while I wa3 left outside the bar up
on the pitching sea, and in rough weath
er, I gave way to deeply-disappointed
feelings; but, while I wept for grief, a
signal was made by the Harbor master
that I should stand off, and be on the
lookout for other ships in need of convoy.
Then I wakened up to my present duty;
and desire to abide still in His high ser
vice, trusting for strength as my days
ahall be, and cheered by the assurance
that, when my ship shall be seaworthy
no longer, it shall also be taken into the
harbor, and laid np in honorable rest.”
VFZZLES FOB THE OHIIDIIES.
For tha Sunday Enquirer.
NUMERICAL ENIGMA—No. 1.
I am composed of cixteen letters.
Sly 12,10,11 is a boy's nickname.
My 6, 7,11,12 is part of tbe body.
My 13,4, 2,18 is a small elevation of land.
My 15,14, 9 is a cover.
My 8, 3,1, l, 14 is another name for master .
My 4, 3,14,16, is a very useful article.
My G, 7,15 is a boy’s nickname.
My 3, 4, 11,7 is a girl’a name.
My 1,2,10,11, 5,6 Is another girl's name.
My 16,14,2,3, is another “
My 13,14,15, 9 • T is another
My 14, 9,7, Is another “
My 13,10,11,4, 3,13, Is another “
My 15, 14, II, 12, 3 is another
My 10, 12, 7 is another “
My wnole is the name of a prominent drygooiid
firm of Columbus, Ca- Lula.
NUMERICAL ENIGMA—No. 2.
I am composed of 22 letters.
My 1, 2, 3, 4,16 is a boy’s Daae.
My 11,12, 13 is a very useful article.
My 11, 5, 14 is another very useful article.
My 1,19,14, 13, 22,1 Is a girl’s name.
My 17, 8. 17, 22 is another girl’s name.
My 18, 2,6,12 is something useful as will as or-
namen tal.
My 11,19, 20 is a cooking utensil.
My 15,21, 14 is to do wrong.
My 7, 8, 10, 10, 18 is a vehicle.
My 9,12,11, is a kind of silk .
My 1,12, 3, T, 16 la a boy’s name.
My 1, 12, 13, 4,16 is another boy’s name.
My 12,16, 12, is something about the face.
My 12, 2, 3 ia something about the heal.
My whole is the name of one of the oapitals and
a State of the U. S. Leu.
DIAMOND PUZZ’-E ,
A consonant.
An insect.
A boy’s name.
A space of time.
A letter—sometimes a vowel and som .'times a
oousonant. Lula.
Tbe mother's Pride.
Pleased darling with dimpled chin,
Tiir >bbing heart that beats witlii",
Auburn hair and b!u sb eyes.
From this earth no fairer rise,
Meant tul creaturi!
Four years old, the only child,
With antics makes his mother wild,
lie’ll teaaa his father when at rest—
U s cheeks they blush with loveliness.
Canning creature.
Little runaway with undress 'd fret.
Plodding through the stuhbled wheat,
V\ anderiug through the fields alone,
Bleeds his toe upon a stone.
Where is mother?. •
Conning, playful, roguish too,
Shows the marks in eyes of blue;
Sometimes good and then he’s bad.
Perhaps he’d be better if he had
A sister or brother.
Jaale, tbe Eittie Cripple.
See our infant sohool: thirty-six little
Jots, all in pink pinafores, ranged on
benches along the wall, following with
eager eyes the teaoher who sits before
them telling a story. But this does not
last long, for glances—hungry glances—
are being cast toward the door; and now
the teacher says “K : se!” and with one
accord the little party stand up. ‘March!’
and into the hall they march, where there
woit a troop of steady elder brothers and
sisters, who hastily patting on tbe several
oaps and cloaks, marshal off, each one her
charge, to its dinner at home; and soon
after two they reassemble. But stay!
there is one who ha3 not gone with the
others; “Ah, poor girl!” says the teacher
aside, “she’s a cripple. When she was a
baby, the little girl who had the care of
her let her fall, and the injuries she got
then made her a cripple for life; but she
likes to come here. Gome, Janie, and
tell the lady what you do in school.” The
poor little cripple rose,and with a bright,
intelligent face, came up to us. “Please,
ma’am, mother says I’m to comfort the
little ones if they cry;” and she smiled a
half*wistful smile, as if in self wonder at
the strange path in which she, a hopeless
oripple, was led. “Comforter,” sweet
name! “Yes,” said the teacher; “and if
one of the little ones falls down, or gets
hurt or tired, it is always Janie who dries
the tears the quickest;” and she smiled at
Janie with affection.—[Cassell’s Family
Magazine.
Dead wood Death.
As I was resting in a camp on the onto
skirts of Deadwood, a jolly-faced man
came along and asked fora job. He was
told that every man was working for him
self, and making mighty poor wages at
that, when he replied:
“Gentlemen, I haven’t had one good
meal in three weeks; I haven't been able
to get a day’s work; I’m dead broke, and
the curtain is going to ring down on this
tragedy right here and right now! ”
He stepped around the ffre, palled a
revolver from a miner’s belt, and then
retreating back a paoe or two, he said:
“Gentlemen, I’m going to h—11! I’ve
starved arouud the Black Hills for three
months and if there’s any bigger bell than
this Ini envious to see it! Excuse me for
wasting ammunition, bat here I go—
crack!”
He put the muzzle of the revolver to
his forehead, and never kicked after the
report. No man rose up to restrain him.
After a few minutes the owner of the re
volver walked over and secured it, and as
he wiped a spot of blood off the barrel,
he growled ont:
“Blast his eyeb! Why didn’t he jump
over some cliff, or go oat and let the In*
dians tickle him to death.—[Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Mormon Catechism.
The Rev. J. W. Smith, of Brooklyn,
who has recently returned from Utah,
thus describes a scene which he witness
ed in the Mormon Temple, Salt Lake
City, where 8,000 children were ohate-
chisod by the Presiding Elder, as fol
lows:
“When is Pioneer’s day?”
“On the *2Gth day of July.”
“What does that day commemorate?”
“The entrance of the Latter Day Saints
into the valley. ”
“When did they enter ihe valley? ’
“Thirty years ago.”
“Who led them?”
“Brigham Yonng.”
“Who was Brigham Young?”
“The Prophet of God.”
“Who led Brigham Yonng?”
“The Almighty.”
“Who was the greatest martyr?”
“Joseph Smith.”
“You have answered well. Sit down. ’
—When a man is fond of lying in bed
late is it proper to call him a liar?
—The safest way to rid yourself of
yonr wife’s female friends is to make love
to them.
—A Spanish proverb says: “The man
who on his wedding day starts as a lien-
tenant in the family will never get promo
ted.
—Souielo ’y says: “Every failure is
a step to success.” This will explain why
the oftener some men fail the richer they
become.
—This is the latest form of .wedding
invitations: “Come around and see me
oaptnre my mother in-law at eight
o’clock sharp.”
—An eminent philologist, when asked
what “modus operand!” meant, replied:
“It is Latin for ‘how the old thing
works.’ ”
—A man hid in a public doorway and
jumped ont and kissed his wife. She
didn’t whoop and yell as expected, but
remarked: “Don’t be so bold, mister—
folks around here know me.”
—A Mississippi doctor has found a
substitute for quinine. He binds a lump
of ice on the patient's spine, and the
shakes let go and start for Arkansas.
—A Philadelphia dancing master is
about introdu cing a new dance expressly
for fat people. All the performers have
to do is to sit on the floor and kick.
—The yonng ladies who have returned
from the seashore and country have now
a new amusement. They while away the
dnll afternoons counting each other’s
freckles.
—Landlady (to boarder who has passed
his cup six times), “You are very fond of
coffee, Mr. Smith.” JSr. Smith: “Yes,
ma’am; it looks as if I was when I am
willing to swallow so much water for tbe
sake of getting a little.”
—“Gentlemen of the jury,” said a
counsel in the criminal court, “do you
believe that my client was guilty of sell
ing beer to a boy ia a small bottle?” The
jury thought it a mixed proposition and
disagreed.
—Two women can talk to each other
the whole length of a pew without being
heard by any man right behind or right
in front of them, and yet dearly under*
stand each other—so wonderfully expres
sive is a woman’s mouth.
—The way a mob acts iQ one city is no
criterion for mob-action In another. It
is mnoh like tbe Irishman who heard that
the Scotchman’s horse had ran away.
“Thin, begorra, something must be done
and I'll go home and lick the old wo
man.”
—A little boy was asked the other day
if he knew where the wicked finally went
to? He answered: “They practice law a
spell here and then go to the Legisla
ture!” It was a painful operation for the
boy to sit down for a few days.
—“Come, pa,” said a youngster just
home from school, “How many peas are
there in a pint?” “How can anybody
tell that, you foolish boy?” “I can, eve
ry time. If you don’t believe it, try me.”
“Well, how many are there, then?” “Just
one p in every pint, pa.”
—Customer (to proprietor of large es
tablishment): “I want a monrning suit,
please.” Proprietor: “What is the be
reavement, may I ask?” Customer: “My
mother-in-law.” Proprietor (to distant
shopman): “Mr. Brown, show this gen*
tleman to the ‘Light Affliction Depart
ment.’ ”
—“I never saw such a restless child!’’
exolaimed the mother, as she tried to fit
the boy with a new jacket. The little
fellow grew quiet and thoughtful for a
moment, and then suddenly exolaimed:
“I know why I’m so, ma; the day God
made me I guess the dust was flying aw
ful?”
—Rattlebone’s youngest boy is a gen
ius. The other day he learned to whis
tle, and in the evening, just before tum
bling into bed, he pnokered np his little
mouth and began to whistle in a slow
measured manner. “Why, my little son
what are you doing?” asked his mother.
Why, ma, I’m whistling my prayer.”
—A clergyman who recently dissolved
his connection with his parish, at the
close of his farewell sermon, in which he
told his Bide of a church quarrel, gave
out the hymn for the choir to sing. The
tnne was played, when the choir and con
gregation skipped the hymn and sang:
“Praise God from whom all blessings
flow.”
Health Restored Through I’rojor
[From the Reading Jagle.]
Miss Minnie Walters suffered with
spine disease, and for two yearB she was
confined to her bed. She became resign
ed and a thoroughly Christian woman.
She prayed in all sincerity and faith that
the Lord would raise her up and heal
her. Suddenly she felt herself getting
stronger, and almost instantly she was
restored to good health. On Sunday last
Miss Walters left home at Harrisburg and
visited her friends in Columbia, Lancas
ter county, and they were overwhelmed
with joy at the unexpected cure or resto
ration, which they at once pronounced a
miracle. Miss Walters visited the Meth
odist Episcopal ohnroh in Colombia on
Sunday, and the Rev. Mcllvaine intro
duced her to a large congregation who
had anticipated her oomiDg. The Rev.
Mcllvaine extended a special invitation
to Miss Walters to relate the wonderful
manifestations of God in healing her
body. Miss Walters then rose. She is
a person below the average height, and
appears to be of a timid, shrinking na
ture, with a happy face and winning man
ners. It must have been a severe trial
for her to address so large a meeting. She
began in the moat glowing language to
relate her simple Christian experience,
after which she briefly referred to the af
fliction, an affection of the Bpine, pro
duced by injuries received in her youth,
and which confined her to her conch for
several years, and told how, in the twink
ling of an eye, she was healed, so that
the following day she was enabled to at*
tended prayer*meeting. Miss Walters
consulted with Dr. Washington Altee and
other eminent snrgeons, who bad as a
last resort, proposed the application of
heating irons to the spine, and who will
vonch for the terrible condition of the
yonng lady before tbe miraculous care
was wrought.
AN OPEN LETTER
TO THE PUBLIC.
New York, October 1st, 1877.
I have devoted twenty years of patient
study to the Liver and its relations to the
hnman body, in search of a remedy which
wonld restore it, when diseased, to its
normal condition. The result of that la'
bor has been the production of
TEITS EKVEB PILES.
Their popularity has become so extended
and the demand so great as to induce un
scrupulous parties to counterfeit tbem,
thereby bobbino me of tbe reward, and
the afflicted of their virtues.
TO CAUTION THE PVBIIC,
and protect them from vile impositions, I
have adopted a new label, which bears
my trade-mark and notice of its entry in
the Office of the Librarian of Congress,
also my signature, thus:
-ft
If yoa throw away or lose the key to a
child's heart, you may aeareh for it with
ears some day, and not be able to find it. 'l
•ST To Counterfeit this is forgery.
Before purchasing, examine the label
closely.
THE GENUINE TUTT’S PILLS
exert a peculiar influence on the system.
Their action is prompt, and their good
effeots are felt in a few hoars. A quar
ter of a century of study of the Liver has
demonstrated that it exerts a greater in-
flnence over the system than any other or
gan of the body, and when diseased tbe
entire organism is deranged. It is speci
ally for the healing of this vital organ
that I have spent so many years of toil,
and having foand tbe remedy, which has
proved the greatest boon ever famished
the afflicted, shall they be deprived of its
benefits, and a vile imitation imposed up
on them ?
Let the honest people cf America see
TO IT THAT THEY ABE NOT DEFRAUDED:
Scrntinize the label closely, see that it
bears all the marks above mentioned, and
bny the medicine only from respeotable
dealers. It can be found everywhere.
Very respectfully,
tf W. H. TUTT.
CLOTHING!
MADE UP OF HOME-MADE GOODS
E AGLE & PHENIX JEANS, DOFSKIN,
Ac., by capable makers, and satisfaction
guaranteed as to fit, durability, price, Ac.
A good line of NORTH GEORGIA CAS-
S1MERES and VIRGINIA GOODS onhand,
made to measure at short notice.
Any goods brought In from elsewhere made
up to suit the taste and requirements of cus
tomers.
A large lot of GOODS for the JOBBING
TRADE now ready.
C. J. PEACOCK*
CLOTHING MANUFACTORY,
au2s tf 60 Broad St.
ARE YOU GOING TO PAINT?
IF SO, CALL ON
ESTES & SON,
Where yon can find a full line of
Paints and Painter's Goods
INCLUDING
White Lead* Oils, Varnishes. Graining,
And Other Colors,
BRUSHES OF ALL KINDS, GLASS
AND PUTTY.
At prices as low as can be found in the market.
Doe© your roof leak ? or if yon have a Dew roof,
then protect your furniture and merchandise by
u*ing Aslerto8 Roof Paint, and Cement, to bo
bad at ESTES’ HARDWARE STORE,
£3t
For Sale or Rent, Cheap!
T HE place known a9 the FERRY PLACE,
six miles east of Columbus, on theCusseta
road. Good Dwelling and out-houses ; SCO
ac:es of cleared laud.
Apply to T B. KING,
Talbotton, G».; or
scpSO ssAwlm J. F. POU, City.
RIBBONS.
AT
J ALBERT KIRVEN’S-
No. 4 All Silk, Gross Grain 5cts.
“ 5 “ “ “ “ 8ots.
“ 7 “ “ “ “ lOets.
“ 12 “ “ “ “ 12cts.
“ 1G “ “ “ “ 15cts.
7 inch sash “ “ 75cts.
G “ “ “ “ 50cts.
Job Lot “ “ “ 12cts.
Oot7tf.
NEW FIRM—REMOVAL.
J. J. BRADFORD.
W. E. SANDE70RD
BRADFORD & SANDEFORD
W E MEAN BUSINESS ! We have bought
out the stock of E. N. HAYES, Tinner,
and we are now going to sell at very low fig
ures ! Small profits and quick sales! Come
and see us
Stoves, Grates, Tin-Ware, Hollow-Ware,
Wooden-Ware, Crockery, Glass-Ware,
and House Furnishing GocJs, See.
W E have removed to the store No. 142,
under Central Hotel, where we will con
tinue to keep a full stock of everything In our
line.
Mr. Hayes will remain with us to execute
all contracts In Roofing, Guttering, Repair
ing, Ac.
We have the largest stock of Tin-Ware In
the city, and will oontlnne to make Its manu
facture a specialty.
Country merchants will find It to their Inter
est to buy of us. sep30 eodlm
GOOD NEWS! GREAT ATTR
NEW STOCK OF
FLANNELS!
J. ALBERT KIRVEN
Plain Bed 20, 25, 30, 33, 37J, 40 and 50c.
Medicated 30, 35, 37J, 45, 50 and COc.
Plain White 18, 224,25, 30, 37i to 75c.
Shaker 25, 37$, 40, 50 and GOc.
OPERAS—ALL COLORS—40 and 50c.
PLAID do. 50 and G5c.
CANTON 9 to 25 cents. oc7 tf
The Langley Manufg Co.
Offer for Sale Fifty-two Four-quarter
PLAIN LOOMS,
gl’ILT by the Dowell Machine Shop,
now tunning In good repair. Also
‘ BU
one HOWARD & BULLOUGH OYL-
ENDER SLASHER, one HYDRAUL
IC CLOTH PRESS, one QUILLEK
with twenty thousand Quills, one hundred
pairs DRAPER TEMPLES, one Forty Horse
Power ENGINE, and one Twelve Horse
TUBULE* BOILER.
For further particulars inquire of
M. F. FOSTER. Sup’t.
octlO 2taw2w Langley, S. C.
ins Din,
BALTIMORE.
Tha PregmutaefStudiesfor tha year be
ginning Sept, is, 1877, will be Mot on applies
loo, ' iem
FALL and WINTER CL
JUST HHCEIVH
THORNTON &
83 and 85 Broad St., Columbus«'$St
Men’s, Boys and Children’s Fall and Winter
MEN and BOYS’ FURNISHING GOODS, UNDE
Now in Store and to arrive. 750 of those Celebrated, Perfect-Fitting,
BOSSOM SHIRTS at Owe Dollar Each—the best Shirt in the
Bosoms of Fine 2100 Linen (three ply), Bodies of Wamsntts MnsUn,
g leted, Fit and Quality warranted. A large and complete stock or.
[ATS and CAPS of all kinds, TRUNKS, VALISES, UMBB.
CANES. FINE DRESS and BUSINESS SUITS made to order.
A3- Satisfaction Warranted
mill sodAwlm
BANKING AND INSURANCE*
S—r
The Safest is the Cheapest!
THE LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
Total Assets January 1st, 1877, - - - $27,720,000.00
Risks Taken as Low as by Any Other Company.
This Old Company has always been noted for its prompt settlements of all jast
claims, aud its large capital offers the best security to polioy holders.
JT. B. HOLST, Agent.
OFFICE: Broad Street, near Planters’Warehouse, dim
$350,000.00!
INSURANCE DEPOSIT
MADE BY THE
Georgia Home Insurance Gompany,
In the State of Georgia, for the protection of her polioy holders.
OUR DEPOSIT is Ample for tlie Protection of oar Patrooo,
WE HEPHE8EKTT T]
Home of New York Capital and Assets f €,500,000
London Assurance Corporation-Capital* Asset* i4.ooo.qoo
Mobile Underwriters Capital and Assets 1,250,000
Petersburg Savings & Ins. Capital and Assets 800,000
RISKS will be written at Rates as low, Adjaatotoata Will bo I
as liberally, and payments made as promptly, as by say other l
Company represented In Georgia.
OFFICE : In Ceor^ia Home Building.
G. GUNBY JORDAN.
JORDAN & BLAC
FIRE INSURANCE AG
Representing the Well-known, Responsible and Justly Popular C
Commercial Union Assurance
LONDON—Assets $19,351,671 02, Gold.
Westchester Insurance
Assets 81,000,000, Cold.
Fireman’s Fund Insurance
SAN FRANCISCO—The Most Popular Ins. Oo. in
Scottish. Commercial—Capital $6,
All of these Companies oheerlully deposit Bonds (U. S.) with tha
ith the Georgia laws for protection of Policy Holders.
Risks reasonably rated, Folloles written, Losses fairly adjusted
Applications for Insurance made at either oar Office, next to
GUNBY JORT “ - -
JORDAN, Eagle A Phenlx Manufacturing Company’s
attention.
•srCIN HOUSE RISKS TAKEN.
R. B. MURDOCH’S
INSURANCE
NO. 03 BROAD STREET,
Representing Fourteen Millions Dollars Capital!
Southern Mutual Insurance Company, Athens, Ca.
Phoenix Insurance Company, Hartford, Conn.
Manhattan Insurance Company, N. Y.
Lancashire Insurance Company, Manchester, Ena.
SOUTHERN MUTUAL returns FIFTY PER CENT, premium to tha hntil r»»d ao
liability to polioy holders.
MANHATTAN WILL INSURE GIN HOUSES AT LOWEST RUUNG RATES.
<HT $25,000 deposited with the State as seourlty for
ausr21 ly ,
WAREHOUS.ES
ALABAMA WAB]
COLUMBUS, Q
BLANCHARD, WILLIAMS
CO.
Largest ani Most Complete Fire-Free:
u
ADVANCES MADE ON CONSIOmtEVTS.
W E sell for the Manufacturers the Celebrated Bi
CIN. Since the introduction of the Patent P 1
stands at the head of the list
BEST LIVERPOOL SALT from first hands, in Car-loa# Lota.
B ACC INC and TIES at Lowest MarkOtRatae. ’
Choice Western and Northern HAY always oa band
C3T Terms liberal as any, and prompt attention to all 1
AUCTIONEERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
IrTm. hirsch.
«OP»atOHT.
AUCTION and COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
OPPOSITE RANKIN HOUSE,
COUUMBUS, - - GEORGIA.
C. S. HARRISON, Auctioneer and Salesi
LLL give our personal attention to tha eaie or CONSIGN
scription; REAL ESTATE. STOCKS, BUNDS,
STOCK, Ac., at Auction and Private Sale.
Administrators* and other
In the city and surrounding oountry attended to on liberal
iUy
son and the public generally are Invited to give us a call i
! any description. A
LIBNBAL ADVANCES MADE ON CONUffinORH, wkMl
solicited.
REFERENCES, by pemlarioa: Chattahoochee National
bus Eagle A Phenlx Manufacturing Company.
t coiunfut,
, C«., August a, OT7.