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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 21, 1883.
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ode.
ies in bia band;
my heart door, as he cried;
uniandi”
• on its binges swung.
emed fair and gay.
a my heart he dressed
i that I had died
sion blest!
one hitter day
probf
“All
■iOIl, H
JK LITTLE TELFGRAFHOPERATOB.
came under tbo auction*
,ut i- r by foreclosure of mort-
Ir was a valuable country seat-
di"; nr t bring lialf what it was
purchaser was Cale Cardonne,
lehigent, wealthy, self-opinion*
i»i;;r■;, sometimes called by bis
is “Him German Baron,” not be*
hr. v as <•! Gorman descent, but
h!y because of bis ruddy face,
:m la and brusque, positive
■ in’latter verging upon rude-
vi,y;i hia paesion was aroused,
neighbors speculated considera,
ms* bis advent at Northbrook, and
tides were made which were not
ukrly complimentary. He
introduce new langled notions;
mid engage in foolish experi-
; ho would be an easy victim to
darns of theoretic larming, and
), lie came and settled among
and nothing of the kind occur-
lulelt larming operations to an
need band, devoted his leisure
nts to hooks, enjoyed the fresh
y air and attended to much to
svu business and not to that of
; e-.jde, that he was voted too ex**
■ i railway station at North-
, and one day he ran hastily up
»!»s of the tower to send a raes-
^ « g *;>h. He had leaped from
Lin without thinking of the va-
•ii he had p'aced on the seat be
in'. 1.8 contents were valuable,
i was anxious to receive it by the
cpi rutor was a quie f , demure*
ggirl, very compact, and plain-
; her lace creamy white, neither
ching to pallor nor indicating
tated his errand. Could she get
itch to Croyiand before the train
ve-,” was the reply. “How can
Jntiiy the valise? ’
voice sounded as clear as a bell,
r white shapely hand was toy-
ih the button of the telegraph
nent.
t:ameis on it,” he said.
■■ your name—is?”
e Oardonne.”
i hoard of him, but had never
a lie surveyed him in aspee-
wav, yet with no suggestion of
Her eyes were soft grey
labiilous depths and just
- vs :s,lul interest,
ickiug sounds followed, and
at.n iiiuced that the message
. fit j;i:d acknowledged. He
a e ia in compensation and
tckcii up a book which she evi-
1 a i been reading,
b i Kesartus, by Thomas Car-
aimed, reading the title,
ai'.cu oi surprise in his voice,
are-are—plodding through
asked, stammering in his
>hh answered.
J-t i joy it?” was his next ques-
nitie grimly put.
lint oink flush came into her
tonsider the read-
•tion,” she rejoined, a
> r.o
Havi
W
tHikt--
bie
*ss
laix, ■
h,
"Sctlj
oepliflle' fiuile about her
pleased him. He was
lost directly over Per, for
d. He noticed the fioely-
, the compact brow, the
. the chestnut colored hair
shadows of bronze in it,
; iid out of piece,
was lithe and graceful,
'.u’dest and self-com posed.
\ did not disturb her; the
n of ins worth did not
lieprci ataherself.
i a small drawer, threw
in which he had placed on
i handed him the proper
ho said, with a toss of his
' she replied; “I am not
rty to give it to you ”
i'l at lioerty to receive
tfred, “'or rather I do not
1 up the change with a
" my name,” he said, “if
we might consider ours
J -met Throne,” she re
i quiet way.
lean descended the wind-
repeated to himself. “A
mi it suits her. Somehow
.. uterested in the little
!I —REJECTED.
iiequently after that.
> a neat little cottage not
- i on. Her mother was
a pported an invalid latc-
ue Mailed her at thecot-
ks and flowers, and
- walked with her in the
retched between Nortli-
'■ tit- cottage.
in so much of the world,
nsdsome and a pleasing
' o w.jcder that she be-
:s society. He, in turn,
- a-clnated by her, and
- wondered why, He had
it deal in society, and
many beautiful and ac-
• i:es, while she wa3 but a
romary-lookrog coun-
• vor, he was not tbe
tied to find bis way cut
i to her one evening.
g beside tbe cottage
o- were shining sottiy
r young moon was ju»t
nhe low lying hills; a sub-
:or was waited from the
: croaked in the mead.
- railed to his mate from
. the eaves of the mill.
■ ' met so long in replying
nue's passionate appea ?
- color come and go in her
■ w her lips tighten.
1 rry she said at last, with
'; r br ine trembling.
■ tepeated he, feeling a little
dazed. “Because I have proposed to
yon?”
"Because I am constrained to decline
your offer,” she said.
It required bravery to speak these
words, dictated by duty, when iove
and desire wanted so much to rebel.
“Oh,” ejaculated Cale Cardonne, red-
deoiog, and bitting his upper lip.
His hand was a brawny one, and she
saw how tightly it closed Oil the upper
rail of the gate.
“If I knew the reason?” he asked.
“You will not insist,” she said ap
pealingly, catching her breath.
“Evidently it exists in myself,” he
rejoined.
“No, Mr. Cardonne.”
She spoke with rapidity and with a
quick fling of her hand.”
“Pernaps time, Janet ”
“No,” she interrupted. “It will al
ways exist.”
He had used the word exist, and she
seemed to think it just the one to serve
her.
“Janet, you are the first woman to
whom I ever proposed,” he huskily
said. “That is true, though I have al
most reached middle age.”
“I believe you. sir,” she answered
humbly, regretfully. I appreciate the
honor you have paid me. I am Horry.”
He did not want her pity. He felt
like seizing her and flinging her
down the embankment; but by a great
effort he curbed his temper.
“I am too polite to insistnpon know
ing vour reason,” he said. “You might
say I have not the right to demand it,
and I don’t know but that would be
the truth, lam grievously disappoint
ed, and it is such a novel, and such a—
a—wretched experience to me that I do
not know where to look for redress—or
for comfort, rather. You wish me to
understand that a chasm yawns ba
tween us—”
“Which can never be abridged,” com
pleted she, her tone firm, though she
trembled, as he could see in the star
light.
He lifted his hand to his cravat, as if
to relieve a choking sensation there.
“I can do nothing but submit,” he
slowly, ruefully said.
He strode angrily down the path, but
stopped, turned and called on.:
•'Good night, Janet.”
The resigned, pitiful tone made her
h9srt ache as it had never ached be
fore.
“Good night, Mr. Cardonne,” she
flung back, startled at ibe sound of her
voice, it was so unlike her own.
She stood alone for a lew minutes in
her agony, her fingers twisted into a
knot, an ashen pallor in her face.
III.—“VET I I.OVE YOU, SIR.”
A weak later Jane Thorne, met Cale
Cardonne at the gate at Northbrook.
She had stopped to delivers dispatch,
tie took it, but eyed her askance, b’s
lace rigid. He noticed that she iooked
worried and that her hand shook.
“Thank you,” he crisply said, turn
irig to go.
“Mr. Cardonotr’
Her tone was quick, incisive, tinged
with de-peratiou.
He wheeled around. She stood stone
still for a moment, white and speech
less. She was having a fierce" fight
with herself.
“You despise me.” she said huskily.
“Why, no, child!” He spoke tbe ep
ithet in tenderness, toi because she
looked so childlike nor because he was
a drzen years her senior.
“I am very miserable over it, but
cannot bl»me you,” he said, “unless it
may be because you have no business
to be so charming,” and a queer smile
came to his lips.
She lifted her hand in a self depreca
ting way.
"There is something I must foil you,’
she siowly sod, looking past him into
vacancy. "In justice to myself, sir,
and I hope you will not think me bold,
I rejected you, and yet I love you, sir.
How deeply God knows!”
The sweet gray eyes wero looking di
rectly at him then, a warm glow In
tbf-m. His heart gave a bound.
“Janet, yon have reconsidered?”
She shook her head.
“Then you have simply increased
the pain—the consciousness of the great
boon I have lost. Do you delight in
that?”
His tone rose in volume and a fiery
sparkle came into his handsome brown
eyes.
she recoiled, one hand pressed
against her heart.
"I want you to know, sir, that I too,
am suffering,” she said in a hushed,
measured tone. “It has given me more
pain to make the conlessioa than It did
you to hear it,”
She walked rapidly away and h6
started after her, slightly stupefied.
“It is her candor that Is her pecu
liar charm,” was his mental comment.
IV.—AN OUTBURST CF TEMPER.
Cale Cardonne had but one congen
ial friend, a certain Dr. Weatherby, a
man a little crotchety, but a jovial,
good-hearted fellow withal, a most ex
cellent physician and well read, not
only in the classics, but in the polite
literature of the day. Every idle eve
ning either found Cale Cardonne in the
cosy out oe of thedoctor or the latter in
the library at Northbrook.
“Cardonne, you ought to got mar
ried,” the doctor said, one evening.
They were seated in the library, little
more than the top ot the doctor’s bald
head visible in the smoke with which
he bad enveloped himself.
“Why so, Weatherby?”
They had a familiar way of calling
each other by their last names.
“Sou migntiook elsewhere and fare
wot fi e,” remarked th9 doctor.
“You haver-tome one to recommend?’
Cale Cardociie said interrogatively.
“Aye, I have,” replied the doctor.
“One who is worthy, in every respect,
ot anv honest man’s love, I mean
Janet Thorre.”
Just then something happened watch
rather disturbed the doctor’s compla
cency. A pair of brawny arms seized
him, lifted him from his chair, then re«
placed him in it with considerable vio,
lence. ,, . ,
The doctor was a small man, but
tougb as a tennis ball, with very little
temper, or else bat a sluggish one. He
shook himself, adjusted his shirt collar
picked up his pipe, and re crossed his
"Cardonne, I didn’t know that you
indulged in profanity,” ha said,hispipe
once more in his mouth,
•‘Did I swear?” You are to blame.
You provoked me.” ....
“Oa, 1 did, eh!” asked the doctor.
“Very innocently so, I assure you.
Dueling is under baa in this common
wealth and generation. Still I wouid
be excused for asking an explanation
of such a sudden outburst,”
“She jilted me,” growled Cale Car
donne nis passion spent,
“Who jilted yon?”
“Janet Thorne.” ...
“No, she didn’t,” the doctor said,
with emphasis. . ...
“I tell you she <3id,’’ declarea the
other with equal emphasis. ’ Ought
not- I to know! I—I—underwent ii.
That’s just why I am so sensitive?’
“She did uot jilt you persisted tne
^°Caie Cardonne was on his feet again.
“What do you meat?” he fiercely
demanded. “Oa, you want me to be
precise! Well, she rejected me.
V “That’s the better word, rejoined the
doctor. “It isn’t so derogatory. W cat
possible reason could she have had.
“You might ask her, ’ growled the
owner cf Northbrook. “I don t.
• Perhaps sh8 doesn’t love you.
‘•That isn’t conQpUtn entar y tc0 ’
Weatherby. She confessed that she
l0 “Ctfl”' ejaculated the doctor, lapsing
into silence for a time. M1
“Cardonne, if she loves you *heu
marry yon;” he slowly said.
is seme mystery about the matter.
She is very frank, and abominates con**
cealments". I have known her from
babyhood, and her mother before her.
Hu!” j
The explanation was sudden and ex
plosive, and his face intensified.
“I think I know,” he said, possibly
not aware that he was rubbing his
hands, “Cardonne, if you’ll apologize
to me for that shaking I’ll find yon a
wife.”
“Jane<?” asked the “Germon baron,”
with an illuminated face. “Do it, and
I’ll get on my knees to you. I’ll con
sider myself your debtor forever. I’ll”
“Oh, don’t be so profuse,” interrupt
ed the doctor, “but push the tobacco
pouch over this way.”
V —YC UB MCTBIR ISN'T YCUB MOTHER
“jF<ijet,”Dr Weatherby said, “it was
shabby in ycu to refuse Mr Cardonne,”
He had stopped in front of the cot
tage, and she was leaning over the
wheel ol his gig.
The blood filled her face, then left
i ts marble white.
“Did he think so lightly of it as to
mention il? : ’ she asked, her eyes snap
ping.
“Lightly?” cried the doctor, with a
shrug of his shoulderp. “I’m glad we
wern’ton tbe top of Notre Dame when
he mentioned it. Janet, your mother
isn’t your mother.”
It was an astounding announcement,
and made in the abrupt way usual
with the doctor. It was an inconsist
ent, improbable, impossible statement,
and yet Janet understood him. For a
moment she seemed bereft of speech
and motion.
“Dr Weatherby, is that true?” sh6
gasped.
“Yes, Janet ”
“And father kept it from mf?”
“There never was any need to tell
you ”
“Why is there need now?”
“Answer that yourself, Janet. That
is why you rejected Cale Cardonne.”
“Yes,” gasped Jmet. “Ic would not
have been right. Y< u have guessed the
reason-as a physician soleiy, perhaps.
And my mother—my real mother, my
true mother—'was she insane?”
“No, little one.”
Father in Heaven, I thank Thee!
Her bands were clasped, her eyes
were reverently uplift.ee, her face
shining like the face of a saint. At least
the doctor thought so.
“Janet, your happiness lies at your
feet,” he sign fioantly said. “You will
be fwisibie enough to take it up.”
Jane: stole off into the dim woods to
be clone, under the trees and the won
derful revelation. Her stepmother,
w hom she supposed was her real moth
er. bad died in the icsane syluui rav
ing mad. Poor Janet believed that she
had inherited the taiu r ; the dreadful
visitation would come some time; she
could not bring sorrow to the life of a
husband or shame or suffering to her
offspring,
VI —THE CHASM BRIDGED.
There was a great crowd at the church
fair. Cale Cardonne, looking not un
like a German baron, parsed from table
to tab.e chatting with the ladies and
buying their wares.
Once a pair of sett, sweet gray eyes
met him irom amid the lestoous of ivy.
Ab, he huew to whom, they belonged!
His heart ached fora moment, and the
light went out of nis face.
*'A letter for Mr. Cardonne!” cried
the postmistress from the little window
of the pretended postoffics.
He walked thither, paid the postage,
and received tne letter. It contained
but one line:
“The chasm has been bridged!”
A tremulous baud and no name!
Wbas did it meat? It came to him so
suddenly that he leli that he was trem
bling.
The evening wore away; the crowd
dispersed; the ladies covered tbe tables
tor the morrow; the janitor began to
put cut the lights.
Cale Cardonne lingered! Janet came
to the door, drawing he shawl closely
around her, her lace unusually red,
coLSiuering it was usually so white.
“Can I Mfc6 you home, Janet?”
She answered him with a nod and a
smile.
The path led from the church across
the meadows, odorous with clover and
flaunting with dandelion blossoms; the
sky an no broken expanse cf blue,
studded with softly twinkling stars.
Janet was clinging to Cale Cardonne’s
arm.
“I received your letter,” he said.
“Yes.”
“It had but one meaning.”
“There was but sue intended.”
“Oh, Jane:! you have made mo inex
pressibly ba* p>!”
She did Dot auswer him. TherG was
not any need to. Perhaps she couldn’t
answer, he had clasped her so tightly.
“How was it bridged?” he inquired.
“You are never to ask,” was her flur
ried answer. “Dr Weatherby knows.”
“Oh,” ejaculated Caie. “I recall a
promise he made It was merely a fool
ish fanay, wasn’t it?”
“At the time it seemed horribly
real,” Janet replied with a shudder.
“Thank God, it wasn’t real!”
LANGUAGE OP AMMALS.
A SERVIAN LEUEND.
There was once a shepherd who had
served his roaster for many years with
as much zeal as fidelity. One day while
tending his sheep he heard a loud hiss
ing which seemed to cotue from a
neighboring wood. Not knowing what
it could be, he entered the forest and
followed the sound to find cut the
cause of it.
Coming near the place whence it is
sued he saw that the dry grass and
fallen leaves had taken fire, and in the
middle of a circle of flames he saw a
serpent, hissingloudly. The shepherd
watched to see what the serpent would
do, for all around the reptile was flame
and the fire was drawing nearer and
nearer to it.
Suddenly the serpent called out to
the sheperd, “In heaven’s name, shep
herd, save me irom this firt?” And the
shepherd stretched out his staff to him
over the top of the flames; the serpent
coiled itself round the stafl and climb
ed along to the shepherd’s band, and
from his hand passed on to his Beck aDd
colled around that like a collar. This
made the shepherd afraid, and he said
to the serpent, “Misfortune forme!
Have I saved thee to my own loss?’’
But the reptile repiled, “fear nothing,
but carry me to my father, who is king
of the serpents.”
The shepherd began to excuse him
self saying Jhat he could not leave bis
sheep without a keeper; but the ser
pent answered. “Do uot trouble thy-
f at all about the flock; nothing will
happen to it, but do thou go as quickly
as thou canst.”
Then the shepherd marched off
through the wood with the serpent
about his neck until he came to a
ateway which was formed of inter
laced adders. The serpent hissed, and
as soon as the adders separated and
opened a way, he said to the shepherd,
ito^kgri we get to the castle mv .atuer
will cfl'er thee anything thou desirest,
silver, gold, jewels, and all that is pre-
c OU3 on earth ; accept nothing ot all
that, ask only to be ab:e to uuders and
th° language ot animals. Be will re
fuse for a long time to grant bis favor,
bu’ finally be will accord it to thee.
Thus' talking together they reached
the castle, and the father ot the serpent
called out, “In heaven’s name, my
child where have you been? And the
serpent told how he had been sur
rounded by fire and how the shepherd
had saved him. The king of the ser
pents then turned to the shephera and
Lid “What dost thou wish that I
should give thee for saving my chilo?^
“Teach me the language of aaimale,
said the shepherd, I wwh nothing
more.” The king said to him, Ihat
would be worth nothing to time, for, if
T should give thee to understand their
language? and thou shouldst say any
thing about it to anybody,thou wouldst
die Immediately.” But the shepherd
replied, “It you wish to reward me,
teach me the language of animals, if
not, good-by, and heaven protect you,
for I wish nothing else;” and he made
pretense for leaving.
Then the king recalled him, saying,
“Stop! and come here, since thou in-
sistest on thy desire. Open thy mouth!”
The shepherd opened his mouth and
i he serpent blew into it and said,“Now
do then blow in tnrn into mine.” And
when the shepherd had done as he was
told, the king of the serpents blew into
his mouth a second time. And when
they had each thus blown three times the
king said to him, “Now thou uodar-
standest th9 language of animals; may
God keep you, and take care as you
value your life, never to betray the
secret, for if you speak a word of it to
any one you will drop dead instantly.”
ThS shepherd then took his leave,and
as he passed through the wood he heard
and understood all that was said by the
birds and the eattleaod wild animals;
and even the trees and plants and an
that is on the earth. When he reached
nis flock he found it safe and in good
order, and then he lay down on the
ground to reBt.
Hardly was he stretched out before
two crows came and perched on a
tree over his head and began to talk in
their own language, and they said, “If
thisshephe d only knew that over there
where that black lamb is there is a
cave under the ground lull of gold and
silver.”
As soon as Hie shepueard heard that,
he weot to find his master, and the
master took a cart .with him, and they
went and dug, and f jund t ha cave and
carried off the treasure. The master
was an honest man and he left all to
the shepherd, saying to him. “My son,
the treasure 13 thine, for Providence
has given it to ihee.”
Then the shepherd took the treasure
and bu’lt a house, and having married
lived happy and contented. He was
soon the richest man, not only in bis
own village, but in all the neighborhood
and there was no one found to compare
with him. He had flicks of rh3ep,
herds ot cattle ard droves of horses,
aod each flock and te d had its shep-
herr; he had beside plenty of land and
muck coin.
One day on the eve of Christmas he
said to his wife, “Get rest!;■ wine, spir
its, and ail that it is needful from here;
10-morrow we will go to the farm, and
we will take the things to the shep
herds for them to enjoy themselves.”
Tbe wife obeyed his order, and pre
pared everything tba’. he had com
manded to be got ready.
The next day when they were at the
farm, the master said in the evenin
♦ r-. tlira Iiiinnhorrla ‘‘KVianHcj Crat torrAtll
to the shepherds, “Friends, get togeth
er, eat, drink and amuse yourselvet. I
wid watch over the flocks and herds
io-night in your stead.” And he did
as be had said, and kept the watch.
When midnight came the wolves be
gan to howl around him, and the dogs
to bark; and the wolves said in their
language, “Lst us come and do some
mischief and there shall be plenty of
meat for you as well as for us.”
And the dogs replied in their tongues
•‘Come, so that we too can have a good
time.” But among them there was
one old dog who bad only two fangs in
his jaw, and he said to the wolves,
“You snail do nc wrong to my master
as long as I have my two teeth in my
mouth.”
Tbe master heard and understood all
this discourse, and when morning
came he ordered the killing of all the
dogs, leaving a’ive only the faithful old
ae. The astonished servants said,
Master, this is a great pity.” But he
replied, “What I have" ordered must
be done.” Tnen he prepared to return
home with his wife, and
both mounted oa horseback;
he husband on a fine spiritei
horse, and the wife on an easy gaped
old mare. While on the road it hap
nened that the husband got some little
distance in advance, while the wife
lingered behind. The horse turn
ed his head and called out in horse lan
guage to the mare, “Oomeon! qnickei!
Why do you hang back?” And the
mare answered, “Oh, yes! it is very
easy for you to siy Come on,’ you only
carry the master, but I have to look af
ter tnree, my mistress, her child, cud
my own colt beside.”
The husband turned his head laugh
ing when be beard his horse talk and
his wife seeing him laugh, harried up
until she reached her good man, end
asked him what ho waslaugbiagabout
"Oh nothing; something that.happened
to come into my head.” Not satisfied,
she still pressed himtoiel! tier why he
laughed. But ho resisted and said,
“Bet me alone, wife. What d< es it
matter to you? Goodness aiive! I don’t
know myseil whyl laughed.”
The more he refused ihe more she
insisted ou knowing. At last he said.
Well, I will let you know that if I
should tell you ihe cause of my laugh
ter, I should die oa tha ins.tvat.” Even
this did not stop the woman’s curiosity,
and more than ever she teased him to
speak out his secret.
They reached their home, and as be
dismounted from his horse he ordered
a coffin to be made for him, atid when
it Was ready he went out in front of 'he
bouse and said to his wife, “See hert!
I am going to place myself in that eof-
tin, and I wiil then tell yon what made
me laugh, but as soon as I have spoken
1 shall be a dead man.”
Then he laid himself down In the
coffin, and as he looked around him for
the Inst lime, he saw the old farm dog,
who came close to bis master, wish
tears falling from bis eyes. When the
noor man saw this he said to his wife,
Bring a piece of bread and give it to
the old dog.” The woman threw the
read, to the dog, who would not even
look at it. Then the farm cock ran up
and began pecking at ihe bread, and
the dog cried out, “You miserable
giuttor.! Can you eat when you see
that our good master is just going to
dit?” And the cock replied, “Bet him
die.il he is fool enough to do il! I have
a hundred wives; I call them alt when
I find a bit of grain, and as soon as
they come up I eat it myself. Audit
one of them dares to take it amiss I
chastise her with my bill; aod he, with
only one wife, has not spunk enough to
bring her to reason.”
As soon as the husband heard this he
praog out of his ccflli, took a stick,
and called his wffe into th8ir chamber.
Come, I will tell you what you are so
anxious to know.” Then he reasoned
with her with the stick, say
ing, “There! take ihat!” and in thi3
fashion he satis fi id her ir quisiliveness
and never after that did she ask him
what made him laugh.
HOIV CHIXASEX EAT.
A Queer Itessare of IViMom —After Planer
Amusements anil an After Dinner Story.
•Have von eat8n?” (C/tc Jag Jan nina
may yon') is as common a greming
among the Chinamen as our “How do
yon do?” In our opinicn, he who is
ab'e to eat is surely well, happy, and
affright in every respect. Ei’iogis
the most cornmou subject of conver
sation among them. “How many
meal3 a day have you ?” “How many
bowls of rice do you eat in a day ?” In
answer to these questions the Celestials
always name a larger number of meals
than they really have, and when, with
iheir hands, they show yon the size of
their bowls, you must understand that
they are usually hyperbolize. They
often address foreigners such questions
as these; “Have you rice tu your
country ?” “How many rr.eais a day
do your countrymen eat?” It is a
common opinion among Chinamen that
foreigners come to China because thev
have nothing, or not enough, to eat at
home.
Chinamen hold that the stomach 13
the source of intellectual life, and there
fore, the more portly a man is the
wiser he must be. In their language
the sentence, “He eats much,” is syn
onymous with “He i9 a wise man.”
As the rich subsist chiefly on the vege
tables, so the phrase, “Che jau de,”
meaning those reeding upon meat, is
applied to wise, happy and distinguish
ed men, while “Che mian de,” applied
to those feeding upon corn, signifies a
class of men unhappy, ignorant and
oppressed by fate. The Chinese vege
tarian’s highest ideal of life is to be
come a meat eater.
To treat a guest or a visitor to a meal
at any time of the day is considered
here as a mark of refined politeness
Chinamen eating is the most familiar
scene here, and it oan be witnessed in
the streets and yards as well as in the
eating houses, ho els and private
houses.
Oily Chinamen who have families
take their meals at home; the rest at
hotels. Usually they have two sub
stantial meals a day in the morning, an
hour after they get up, and between 3
and four o’clocs, p. m Well-to do
Chinamen have three or four meals 8
day. The head of the family gets the
best articles of food. Often the father
eats meat, while the rest of the family
must be satisfied with rice. In olden
times the children, although they
might be married, were net allowed :o
either eat, sit, or talk while their father
ate; they served him as servants. Now
adays, even in the Celestial Empire,
such veneration for age is gone; it is
observed only as a meaningless cere
mony in the presence of guests.
Poor families usually get their meals
from street venders. These carry pro
visions along with a email stove on a
wheelbarrow. Well-to-do families usu
ally employ cooks. The guild of cooks is
very numerous here, and the oooks
get their degrees and diplomas like
men of science. A learned Chinese
cook can preparo pork and miittou in
fifty different styles. All cooks here
pocket a certain percentage on tna pro
visions they buy for their masters.
The Celestials uss no tablecloth, nap
kins, knives, forks, spoors,
dishes, pistes, or giasswar6
The European style of ea’ing
with knives and forks they criti-
ise as being rather work than pleas
ure. They do not use a white table
cloth, because it reminds them of deep
mourning. Instead of napkins, they
use packages of thin, soft paper which
servo the-.n also for handkerchiefs
They throw away the sheets of paper
after they have once been used, and
scorn Europeans for U3ing the same
handkerchief several times. Since
1820, when the Chinese thoroughly
ie the ara iainfance of Europeans,
the napkin f.as come into use among
n, particularly in Canton, bat they
have modified i:s use. In a corner of
the napkin they mak9 a hole and hang
t from a button on a servant’s dress.
The servant with the napkin goes from
one guest to another, and thus a score
of Celestials may use the same napkin.
E soli guest has a saucer, a pair of sticks
fkuaytz), a package of paper, and a
minute cup with salt ssuce. Neither
slieks nor saucer are changed during
the dinner. Warm toa and warm whis
ky .are served many times during the
iiiincr.
When a Chinaman gives a formal
dinner ho invites nis guest either per
sonally or by cards. Those who accept
the invitation inform the host, and
send hitn money, provisions and pres
ents, at the cost of from half a dollar
id to hundreds of dollars. The money
and p.-esants are entered in a special
book, which is Cirefully preserved for
reference. Oa the appointed day the
guests appear, ana the host with num
berless ceremonies receives them and
leads them to the tents which are put
up iu the yard. These contain rows of
tables, each table seating eight persons.
“The tables of the sages,” they caff
them, for, according to the tradition,
the great Confucius with his disciples
used such tables. The Chinese women
never dine with the men. Fir the
amuietneat of the guests they impro
vise a stage and perform a play in
which boys take the iemaio roles. It is
considered, however, btd taste to pay
much attention to the play.
I must say that tbe Cninese dinners
are very tiresome No topic of general
interest is ever discussa t at them. A
gastronomist who knows everything
about various articles of food com
mands the most attention. Everybody
smokes during the dinner. When the
Celestials ieel about satisfied they
amuse each other with homespun puns
or childish pranks, snob as guessing
whether one of U19 “fight sages” has
an odd or an even number of water
melon seeds. Tbo dinner is crowned,
by a story or legend narrated by some
more or mss known orator. O^ce, at
dinner, I heard the following legend
characteristic of Cninese imagination,
“Recently,” began the dinner ora
tor, “Van-Oo met, in the streets of Pe
kin a triend, Lie-Shen. He was much
surprised—in fact, he did not know
whether he was alive and in his right
senses. The trouble was that L 'e-Sbon
had died sometime before, ana Van Oo
had taken part in She funeral proces
sion and in the dinner given in memo
ry of hisiriend Lee-Shen. Seeing that
his friend was freightened, Lee-Shea
laughed heartily, and then invited Van
Oo to dinner. While at tbe table Lee-
Shen told Van-Uo ol his post-monem
adventures.
“My first life,” he said, “I owe to my
father, and mv second life to the cof
fers ot silver he.left to me. After my
death my son opened the coffers and
made a b.-illiant funeral ceremony in
my honor. He hired a crowd of weep
ers and monks of various beliefs, those
of Buddah, ot Confucioua. of Mohams
tned, and Christians. What canons
they read and what prayes they deliv
ered! How ardenely they euiog’zsd
my numerous virtues, which I never
had professed. What loud lamentation
thei e was ever my gravel I laugher’,
at the fun. Bat by and by I ieiraed
the fall value of all these hired prayers.
Ia all the heavens they kuew before
hand of my coming up, and ware rath
er well disposed toward me. At first
my spirit ascended to the residence of
Buddah. Ol th9 way I caught cold and
deeply regretted that my son did not
put some furs in my coffin. I was re
ceived kindly by the Buddists, yet I
did not like the life among them They
made me a state functionary, to sweep
the floor in the Baddah paiace. How
often I sighed for the rice, the juicy
pork, the aromatic tea, and the exhil-
iarating opium that I had enjoyed in
Pekin. S ion from the fifth heaven
there cam9 a messenger from Bao-Tzi,
who claimsd my spirit. Baddah told
me that he would accept me as one of
his monks, but I declined the honor.
Thereupon Buddah, in rege, made a
sign, and I perceived myself rushing
through the air. Under me there was
a rain. He had six legs, three beads,
and a fiery fleece, which, however, did
not burn me ”
To makoa long story short, Lee-Shen
visited the heaven of Confucius, that
of Mohammed, and also the heavenly
Rome. He described to his friends tbe
heavenly scenes, the dragons, the
angels, the cherubs, theChinese equint-
cyed beau*i8S, tbe Turkish blacirey-d
women and the Christian saints, and
the sort ol life led in different para
dises. Ho pictured all these heavenly
scenes in language that has no place in
literature As te wa3 not satisfied with
any heaven that he saw, his spiritual
adventures came to an end when the
papa! servants drovehimaway. “Hap
pily,” he conciudod, “I softly descend
ed to ray own house in Pekia without
being hurt at ail.”
=F- Jb “JbtX kiJbiSOM, Auctioneer.
OXANNA, -
ALA.
GREAT SALE OF
New Ori^-vss, August 1,1883.
TO THE PUBLIC!
investigate for Yottrstives.
Postmaster-General Gresham haring published a
wilful and malicione falsehood in regard to the char
ter of The Lonisian 81 State Lottery Company,
the folic wing facts are given to tho public to
prove his statement, that we are engaged in a
fraudulent business, to be false hqu untrue:
Amount of prizes paid by Tbe Louisiana State
Lotery Company from January 1,1870, to the present
date:
Paid to Southern Express Co., New Or-'
leans, T M Wescoat, Mane-ser....
Paid to Louisiana National Bank, Joseph
11 Oglesby, President...— ............. 463,900
i National Bank, 3 ii Kennedy,
Paid to
_ Presidents,
Taid to New Orleans National Bank, A Bald-
Paid to^Union National Bank, s Charlaron,
Paid to Citizen’s Bank, E L Carriere, Pres-
125,100
38.550
^■OJE3S»X>^.3T, OCTOBER COtll, 1SS3.
12 Excursion Trains! Splendid Music! Cheap Eailroad Fare
Treatment of fanrer.
For twenty years I have suffered
from a cancer on th9 side of my neck
near the shoulder, and exhausted the
whole catalogue of remedies without
anv relief, the cancer growing worse
all tho time. The whole upper par: of
my body became stiff ana fall of pain ;
I had virtually lost, the use ot both
arms ; m? general health had broken
down, and I saw it was only a question
of time when life itself would be de
stroyed. In this condition I com
menced the use of Swift’s Specific,
The first bottle relieved me of the stiff
ness in the neck, the second gave me
perfect use of my arms, and I feel
strong and well m every way. I am a
poor man, but I would not take $5,000
for the good I have experienced with
Swift’s Specific. I believe it will force
out all the poison and cure me.
W, R. ROBISON,
Davisboro, Ga,
The promising City! Her bright future
and altimato greatnest! A great Manufac
turing and Comraerci »1 Cliy In emt>;y< !
Situation, surroncdlag3 and Fuperiorad-
vani^gesasa Manufacturing, Commercial
and Residence C'ty! Present and Proppac-
ilve Railroad Facilities! Wlaat has beau
done and will be dont! Facts that cannot
be Refute. !
Tne sale of OX ANNA will commence on
TUESDAY Oui’OBEtt 30, and may be Oi»n-
tmaed several days. It would be well,
however, for all who are Interested to be
there, if possible, at taeoueulne ot tne sale.
ORIGIN OF OXANNA.
The originators of the Oxanna enterprise
haviug heard much of the beauty of ihe
valley between Oxford aDd Anniston, the
abundance of iron ore in and around the
v-tllsy, the excellence of the water, tne
heDlthfutness of *he rlima'o, ihe conv?nl-
encc of coal, j uc abundance of timber, tho
superior receiving and shipping facilities,
the prospects for more railroads, the.spleu-
did agricultural surroundings, and many
other advantages combined and centered at
that point, were inda- ed to go and Investi
gate the situation. Their investigation Jed
them speedily to tbe conclusion that the
place possessed every requisite for a iarge
manufacturing and commercial clJy, and
they immediately secured the entire valley
and organized a company for the purpose
of building a large city. The company was
jrganiz-d uud^r the general law* of Ala
bama, on tne 221 or June, in Oxford. Ex-
Governor, now United States ttena'or, A
H Colquitt, of Georgia, was elected Presi
dent; J s J*rae j , T A Frierson, JG Johnson,
and J R Draper were elected Directors, acd
T A Frierson was elected General Business
Manager. The company dtelded to survey
and luy off the town in good shape and uot
offer it for sale until the middle or latt
p»rt of October, as She weather prevkus to
that lima wouid be toj warm and anp*eat-
ant for such a large sale.
SITUATION OF OXANNA.
The sits of the future city of Oxanna is In
the cities of Oxford and Aanl: ton. The val
ley is about one and one-quarter miles wide
dtwaaud oua-lialt mues loeg. At tne
_orthern end is the city of Annision and at
the southern e-=>d the city of Oxford. The
valley is encircled by mountains, ana at
either end Is a gap, through which the rail
roads enter. The topography or the country
is ail that could be desired ior a city, being
a beautiful and nearly level plateau, sloping
n tly down iiom the mountains on eltner
side to the middle cf the valley, through
wnich a bold spting creek runs, giving
natural drainage to the entire valiey. A.l
a!oug the 'oot of the mountains are beam!*
tui bulidiug sites which command nne
views of the ei-iire valley.
The name ‘ oxanna" was given to the
new town because R connects Oxfo’d and
Anniston. 1^ f it', Oxanna extends one-
quarter of a mhe Into‘be corporate limits
u f AnnMon and some distance into ibe
town of Oxford, inu3 conntcllng and con*
soiluatiug the three places into one cily.
WITAT HAS BEEN DONE.
The town hai been accurately surveyed
ani laid tff into divisions, blocks, squares
and lots, with wide boulevards, avenues
and street, crossing one another at right
angles. The plan is admired by ail who see
it, and is universally pionounced perlect,
CXANNA BOULEVARDS.
Two wide Boulevards have been made
through Osama, connecting Oxford and
Ann.bum,with sidewalks nr promenades
on either biae fifteen fc-et wide, which will
be ornamented and shaded by doable rows
ol water oaks, leaving a Droaa carriage enve
between.
COMMERCIAL AVENUES.
Two broad business streets or Commercial
Avenues, 100 feet wide, have been opened
through the center of the town and along
the sice of each railroad, on which stores
and other business houses will be located,
all fronting ire railreede, ss well a° the
street-car line, so that goods can be received
and shipped immediately ia front of and
oniy 101) feet from the store 1 *, and so that
ladies, children and all customers can step
lramedlate;y Irom trains or sireet-csrs iuto
the stores, and vice versa.
OXANNA .STREET CARS,
Along th9 rridJleofthemain Commercial
A venue the Oxanna stree'-car lme has been
graded and will soon be In operation from
Oxford through oxanna to Anniston, thus
Mcilliailng and greatly reducing the cost of
t ie already extensive travel through Ox-
oana Valley.
The Georgia Pacific and the East Tannes*
see, Virginia and Georgia railroads both
enter Ox-idna through mountein gaps at
the south end of the valley and run Jength-
w se inrough the town, goiDg cut through
me meuntatn gap at the north end. These
two roads run through Oxanna about two
and one-half miles,approximately parallel
to each other, the dihtance between the
tracks varying frt-m 50 to7c0 feet, The area
bet ween the railroads, ps shown on the m«p
is set apart for wholesale stores, cotton,
guano, grain and planters’ supply ware-
uouee u , planing mills and lumber yards,
machine shops, foundries and factoiies of
ail kindt?. Thu* situated, between two rall-
roadr, and floating both, manufacturers
and dealers in heavy goods can receive ard
ship ou either roed without the delay, the
risk and tbe extra expense of draying and
thus warehousemen and wholesale mer
chants can, with little tram waysaDd truck*
running through their buildings from cne
railroad to the other, receive, handle and
ship cotton and all heavy goods with great
ea o and trifling expense, and save la dray-
age, leakage, breakage and stealage hun
dreds ol dollars every year, besides being
able to pav more for cotton and country
produce, anu eell goods chespar than mer
chants who are compelled to handle ard
haul at much greater costand risk,
MOSE RAILROADS.
Ia addition to the two railroads named
above, the East Alabama and Cincinnati
road is graded through Oxanna and will
cerliinlv be built before long. Over twe.n-
tv miles of the line is completed and In
opera*ion, and the imporianceot andr.eces-
ity for it are so great as to Insure lu early
completion.
To addition to the above, the Anniston
and Atlantic railroad is oelDg pushed rap-
iiy to completion and will connect with
ihe Georgia Pacific otfly 400 or £00 yards
from iha northern limits o: Oxanna, thus
g-.-s lag Oxanna the full benefit, and mskng,
in all, four railroads to build up the city.
Tne wonderful advantages and resources
of Oxanna, together with her inevitable
and rapid growth to a large commercial
ana manufacturing town, and the lane
and continuous shipments of cotton, ^un-
try produce and manufactures will lr dace
other railroads to enter and compete for her
pa ionage and make her a large railroad
centre.
A manufacturing town.
With iron in inexhaustible quantity ?.nd
fine quality in ana ail around the town
and ex’ending many miles along both rail
roads; lime-tone near and abundant: coal
fie'ds oniv twenty-five or th»riy ml-e? dis
tant, and connected directly by rati; tim
ber in variety and great quantity, especial
ly the vskr.ble yellow pine; spring, well
aud creek water, in greatest sbundanc© im-
mediately along tbe railroads and all,over
tne town; together with the superior aud
r ar » advantages of double railroad fronts
for receiving. haridJingaudshipping good 1 ;
what can prevent OxanDa from becoming
a great manur^cling town? No hiug. The
saperior location arid advantages ot th« In
fant city sre recogniz?d and admitted by
asl who hsve investigated, and no one, aft*-r
seeing the place and knowing its rare com
bination of advantages, can doubt that a
splendid future awaits Oxanna, especially
as a wholesale commercial and heavy man
ufacturing point. , ,
The location or manufactories in Bir
mingham increased the value of property
in that city over 50 per cent, in one year.
be done In uxanna end in a much shorter
time, became Oxanna possesses ail the ad
vantages that have buht up Birmingham,
and a great many more that neither Bir
miDghara nor any other place can boas* of.
B rmlngham started with only one rail
road, while Oxanna has two alreadv com
pleted and two more assured. The officers
oi the East Alabama and Cincinnati are
now going over the already graded route
preparatory to the completion cf the road
irom Opelika through Oxanna to Buffalo
Wallow. The other and fourth road (An
niston and Atlantic) is being completed as
rapidly as possible, anu hk stated above,
connate! with the Georgia Pacific ralirosd
only 400or 500 yards from the northern llm-
its oi Oxanna, thus giving the young city
vir uaiiy fcurraliroidsto start with,which,
together with her rare combination of nat
ural advantages—iron, c~al and timber
without limit at her veiy ionr; 800 feet alti
tude; delightful and perfectly healthy cli-
m- t*; refreshing and invigorating moun
tain atmosphere; pure, cooi and unexcelled
freestone water; natural drainage; exten
sive, very fertile and thickly prpuiatea val-
eys extending all arourd from 30 to75
miles, all fhese and many mere advantages
that, could be mentioned, centered at that
poiDt, assure for Oxanna a growth and de
velopment unprecedented In the south,
A WHOIjESALS IHARKSST.
Cxanna is about the centre of a large area
of territory in which there is no wholesale
market, and that territory embraces a large
population, yields a great variety of miner
al mechanical aud vegetable products, and
demands annually in exchange for those
product!a vast quantity of food, raiment,
tools, larm imp'ements, ferttnz?rs, live
stork, etc., which Oxanna. in her centra)
position, wi h her great resources and su
perior advantages as a receiving and dis
tributing point, could easily and naturally
supply, to a great extent, hi least, because
her merchants could buy, handle and t ell
goods cheaper than merchants who have to
haul the goods from tbe depots to their
stores, and from their stores back »o tho
depot when sold and snipped. oxanna is
103 miles west of Atlanta, 60 naiies east ot
Birmingham, 65 miles south of Rime, 132
mites northeast of 8elma, 132 mites from
Chattanooga.
As c wholesale market no town is more
favorably situated and highly favored, and
nowhere in the south can goods be bought
handled and fold cheaper than Oxanna.
Therefore Oxrnnacau aud wiil control tbe
trade of tho Immense territory (abt-ut 209
miles in diameter), in the midst of which
she is located,
CHEAT* THROUGH FREIGHT BATES,
Another very great advantage possessed
by Oxanna Is ihn through rrelgnt rates rt-
cenuy established, by which cotton aud all
freight are shipped to and irom Oxanna at
lowest through rates, thus putting the new
cily on tqualtly with Atlanta, Mouigome-
ry, Rome and all terminal or through rate
points, which will enable Oxanna mer
chants to pay as much lor cotton and sell
goods ss low any merchants in any
wholesale market south.
Truly Oxanna was born under a lucky
star. Wnat new town was ever made a
through Height, point aud given ibe benefit
of lowest freight rates to and from ail im
portant cities bPlorea single business house
was established ?
AS A COTTON MARK E /,
Oxanna is fortunately situated aud highly
favored. The immense valleys mat extend
irom thirty to seventy-five miles in every
direction around the town are famous loc
their fertility and productiveness of cotton,
corr.,smel grain, clover,grass, fluffs, vtg<*
©tables, <fec , but more especially adapted to
cotton. The town of Oxford, atone, which
Joins Oxanna. sh.ppea 12,)00 bales of cotton
ia:u year. Then wuat may cot Oianaa do
with su.h superior facilities at her com
mand for selling goods at the lowest prices
and paying the highest prices lor cotton ?
No drayage, stealage, wasteage, storage or
injury by exposure to tbe weather to in
crease the cost or decrease the profits on
goods and cotton.
TOBeTlIL DEALERS,
In any and every department of trade, Cx-
anna is a most Inviting point, and la nut
excelled by any other. O: this fact no ar
gument is needed to convince any one who
will Tcfirct a moment. Think ot the vast
extent of ep'endid valley country around
me town, ail ol whicn is thickly settled by
independent anu prosperous larmers, who
make more than mey consume; hence the
year through maintain a liberal trade with
iheir merchants, either buying and selling,
or bartering iheir cotton ana other farm
products lor family and plantation supplies.
This trade can easily be, and will be con
trolled oy Oxanna.
HOMES IN OXANNA.
If there la a more pleasant place apywhre
for perennial abode, the writer does not
know where it is to be found. The temper
ature is a« tear perlect at all seasensas that
of aDy one point. Tho winters are not rigid,
because ihe fo*ce ot the cold north
winds ia broken by tbe mountains around
thevaley. The summers are not oppress
ive, because there is a constant ui aught
through the valley, caused by the gups
through the mounieins, and however in
tense tuesummer neat may be eltewhere. it
ia always tempered by ihe refreshing bret za
of Oxanna vaiiey.
THE CLIMATE
is perfectly healthy aDd pleasant; indeed,
it could not be otherwise, btcause it is a
small v-.lley, nestling right among and sur-
roumied by mountains, and having an el
evation of eight hundred feet, which in-
surf s health and exemption from maiarial
and epidemic oiseases.
No rotten limestone, no swamps, no fl*t?,
-■ nor anyuffug
THE WATER,
There are fifteen or twenty well? scatter
ed over the valley, from nearly everv one
cf which tbe writer has drank, and’with
one exception (excellent limeatoi.e) the
watet is as pure and fine freestone as
could be desired, being clear, very cool and
tree irom litr e or other mlueral properties.
Th^flueHt fie stone springs exist numer
ously on the mountains around the valley,
and are cf great value lor supplying p. ivate
residences with water, though thereon
never beany scarci y of the best quality
of water at Oxanna, there being one
point near a natural resprvoir suffieifn
to supply the water works of a very laige
city.
THE NATURAL RESERVOIR,
On a mound in the valley, Jcfs than a
mile flora Ox-nna, i« a natural basin oi
clear, co'd weter, ss transpareu’ as a rnr un-
tala brook and as cold as the coldest
mountain spring. This beautiful pool
is an anomaly, being on a mound
considerably above the surface of the
surrounding valley and adjacent creek
It ia circular in shape, over three
nunared feet in diameter. Is fathom.
ies.s in depth, has no visible inlet nor out le»,
never vartesperceptibly in e evation duiing
the dryest or wettest season, has a natural
levee ur bluff * hres to five feet high around
it, is tru'y inf xhaustibie and is many 'eet
above Oxanna, thus furnishing facilities
lor supplying the town with any quantity
and the very best qusli y of water. A rope
several hundred feet long, with a weight at
tbe er d failed to reach bo.tom, bet tbe poo!
is probably supplied by a bold, swift, under
ground stream, which swept the rope Irom
its perpendicular position and prevented lis
reaching bottom. Be that as it may, the
reservo r Is there, and its value to Oxanna
for water works cannot be estimated.
TIIE CXANNA STREET CAR LINE
has been graded as much aa the growing
errps wilt permit, at d as soon 88 the crops
are gathered out of tbe way tbe line wiil ne
completed as rapidly ats possible and
equipped with the iatest improved com
pressed air chargers and handsome passen
ger coaches, and put in operation ail the
way through Oxanna from Ox'ord to An
niston.
UNION PASSENGER T EPCT AND HOTEL.
Contracts have been c!o?ed with both of
the railroads now running through Oxanna
to make it the transfer and eating point
commodious and modern Union Passenger
Depot and Hotel will be erected at once.
Tne contract has been awarded to the most
competent and rest onsible con tractors, who
have begun the work and will compieteit
by lst of December, when it will be opened
and conducted in the veiy host style by a
most capable and experienced hotel m*n,
and wih be a credit to OxBuaa or any other
city. The building will be erreied between
the two roads, and me platforms wiil ex
tend from one road to the other, so passen
gers can step from either train on to the
hotel pJatform. On the li*et floor will be a
large diaing room, restaurant an 1 enfe,
lunch room, clear and tobacco stand, fruit
and confectionery stand, laiiroad t‘rket
(ffPef, telegraph f like-, expre-irS r ffi p,
laaies’ard gentlemen's wail log rooms, uag-
gsge room, samp] . rooms, reading ana wilt
ing room, hotel « fliee, serving room and
euiinary department. On the second floor
will be parlors aud weeping room?. At this
rotnt the trans.erof pasrOugersand baggage
will be made, and trains on both road- wiil
make that tho eating house.
EXCURSION TRAINS AND LOW RATES.
The Georgia Pacific Railroad wiil sell
through tickets from evrry station on the
road to Oxanna at the low rate of one cent
per mile each way,good tor five days, ar d
may be used any day during the sale, whlsu
will enable every one, at a trill ng cast, to
take a trip over that splendid new road and
see the bepu-ihii and interesting country
and the thriving y- nag towns growing up
along the lice. Arrangements will be per
fected with ail railroads in Georgia and
Alabama to sell excursion ticket from an
places on the lines through to Oxanna and
return at lowest possible rates, ticke*a to
be good five days, thus famishing facilities
for going ana returning any day during the
sale at excursion rates.
Al't OlHItlOOATIONS AT OI 1>NNA,
Arrangements have been made with Mr
Saul v proprletor of **Sau’s Royal Palais/*
of Atlanta, to supply full meals, barbecue,
lunches, sardwicnes, hot coffee, c-’niection-
cry, fruits, lemonade, cldar, cigars and
everything In his line, at low prices and in
greatest abundance I or all. Mr Saul is
noted for his enterprise, and whatever be
undertakes will be done, and well dons.
Therefore all may rest assured that th?re
will be plenty of something good to cat.
Lodgings will also tie provided by Mr Sau\
the hoi* Is and the ci z^ns. No exorbitant
charges will be made lor anything and
everybody will be made as comfortable as
possible.
ATLANTA MUSICAL UNION BAND,
Tbe full band of the Atlanta Musical
Union has been engaged for the saM, and
the splendid music oi that fine band will
add greatly to tbe enjoyment of
the occasion. Th9 entirn oand will
auend in full and handsome unfform, and
all lovers of good music will be ampry re
paid for the cost of the trip to Oxanna. In
addition to the music during tne day, an
open air concert will be given every night.
A BEAUTIFUL AND INTERESTING COUNTRY.
Every one who can pcrsibly do so, should
attend ihe sale ofOxannw. The cost will be
trifling and no one will regret It. The
scenery is beautiful and diversified, em
bracing picturesque mountain, valiey,
forest and waier views. Do not misa this
rare opportunity to see ihe most bsutiful
and rapidiy developing section oi the scum.
BUSINESS, HOMES AND INVESTMENTS.
No section of the south is more promis
ing and inviting than this beautiful and
fertue country. No point possesses and
offers greater attractions to seekers of
pieasant hemes, lucrative basinets and
profitable investment than Oxanna. Tne
history of Birmingham aud Roanoke will
be repealed at Oxanna,and wise men will
seize the opportunity and secuie properly
at the first sale, ana thus realize the lud
benefit of tbe certain, rapid and great
hancemeut that wilt speedily follow,
one will ever regret buying property in
Oxanna, and all who attend the sale and in
vestigate the beautiful situation, the supe
rior advantages and the wonderful res
sources oi the new ci y cannot fall to be
convinced that a grand future awaits her.
CXANNA REAL ESTATE AGENCY.
Mersis Draper, Son &Co, bankers at Ox
ford, have been appointed agents fer Ox*n-
na. They are reliable, competent ana fully
authorized to represent the company, and
all who desire 10 examine or purchase
property iu OxanDa are referred to them.
They have conveyances ready at all times,
and will show all visitors around with
pleasure.
oxan:
In order t
will exist in Oxanna for brick, works have
been started on ChoccDlocco creek, near
the town and immediately on tho Geo"gia
Pacific railroad, which will turn cut sixty
ihomand to tigbty thousand of the best
pressed and oil Dressed brick per day.
THE OX.ISXA TRIBUNE
Is published regularly under tb« manage
ment ol Colonel B F Sawyer. It is a very
sprightly, newsy and progressive pa per. and
will be mailed to any one ior «2 per annum
or fifty cents ror three months. Hubrcribe
for it and keep informed on the progress of
Oxanna
MANUFACTORIES LOCATING.
Several manuf during establishments
are now locating in Oxanna, and many
o'.hers are negoti-itiug for sites, some of
which will certainly settle there, anc Ox-
ant.a’s superior auvanisges and facilities
will soon attract many more. Lois have
been sold for a large planing mill ana lum
ber yard; a s 8h, dnorand blind factory; a
mtjulJicg, bracket, scroll work and hou^e
flnlsniug establishment; two saw mills; a
large livery stabl-; engine, machinery aud
agricultural Iraplemert ra a mi factory, and
ice factory. Many’ others are negotiating
for manuf-'ctu ing sites, including furna
ces, fouudaries and various mechanic;*!
works, some of which will certainly locate
—enough, at least, to put OxaDnaou a solid
footing as a manufacturing cliy.
MINERALS IN VARIETY
exis 1 In tbe vicinity of oxanna, and are
now attracting tne attention of capitalists.
A company has recently pild $15 000 for p.
kaolin mine a few miles di-tant. o nera are
frequently prospecting for other mining
properties.
OXANNA HOTEL.
As Rrv n ns the c >y gets well started ard
tbe busluf-s- demands it, a large, handsome
and model bi lek hotel will be elected.
CX4NNA S FUTURE.
Oxanna was born to be great, and her
giestness Is m-nifeet in her earlitst infan-
•y. She will rise like a giant and develop
sard. Preside.
Paid io Hibernia National Batik, Cbas Pal-
Paid to Canal Bank, Ed Toby Cashier
Paid to Mutual National Bank, Jos Mitch
ell, GiuduAr, r --in.-iii,....
Total paid as above...»..^._
Paid in sums of under$1,000 at the various
office*! of the Company throughout
the United States........^. 2,627,1 Id
Total paid by all $4,36l,i»ki
For the trnth of the above facts we refer the pub
lic to the officers of the above-namid corporations
and for our legality and standing to tho Mayor and
Officers of the City of New Orleans, to tbe IState au
thorities of Louisiana, and also to the U S Officials
of Louisiana. We claim to be legal, benefit and cor
rect in all onr transactions, as much so as any busi
ness in the country. Our standing is conceded t y
all who will investigate, and our stock has for years
been sold at onr Board of Brokers, and owned by
many of our best known and respected citizens.
M. A. HAUPIIIN, President.
*r€APITAL PRIZE $73,000.-^
Tlebrta only $5. Shares 2n proportion
Louisiana State Lottery Comp’y.
V/e do hereby certify that we supervise ths
arrangements for all Che Monthly and &emt-
Annual Drawings of The Louisiana Mate
Lottery Company, and in person manage and
control the Drawings themselves, and that the
same are conducted, with honesty, fairness, and
in good faith toward all parlies, and we au
thorize the Company to use this certificate,
with facsimiles of our signatures attached, iu
its advsrlisements.”
"Incorporated in 1368 ?ol __
for Educational and Charitable purposes—^with a cap
ital of $1,000,000—to which a reserve fund of over
$.Y»n.OOO has since b«en added.
By an overwhelming popular vote its franchise
v.us made a part oi tho present State Constitution,
adopted December 2d, A. B. 1879.
The only Lottery ever voted on and endorsed by
tha people of any State.
It Neves Scales oa Postpones.
“Its €rand Kinele Number ilrawin^i
tahe place monthly.
A KF LEXDH) OPPORTUNITY TO WI
A FORTUNE. ELEVENTH GRAND DRAWING
CLASS L, AT NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY.
November IB, 1SS!{—162d Monthly Drawing.
CAPITAL PRIZE %75,000.
100,000 Ticket* aC JFive Dollars Each,
1fraction« in Fifths in proportion.
LIST OF FRIZES.
1 CAPITAL PRIZE ...875,000
1 do do 25,000
1 do do 10.000
2 PRIZES OF 860CO 12,000
5 tlo 2000 10,000
10 do 1000 ... 10,000
20 do 500 10,000
100 do 200 ... 20,000
300 do 100 T — T 30,000
500 do 50 25,000
lOtf) do 25 25,U00
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
9 Approximation Prizes of 8760 6,750
9 Approximation Prizes of 500 4,500
8 Approximation Prises of 250...... 2,250
1937 Prises, amounting to.....-,..,..^.-8265.500
Application for rates to elebs should be made only
to the Office of the Company in New < Orleans.
For further intormation write clear y, giving fall
address. Make P. O. Money Orders payablo and
address Registered Letters to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL RAICS,
New f *rie»us, M.n.
POSTAL NOTES and o-di rary letters .v Mall
or Express (all sums ot §5 and npw^.rde by Express
at our expense) to
or T.A.DAVPSO,
007 Seventh sit., Washtngfon, I>. c,
oclU wed^eawSw
BRICK WORKS.
□ pply the great demand that.
strength, business and importance at a
rale unprecedenud in ibe s.nih.
RESERVED CARS FOR LADIES,
Ladies are especially invited to attend the
sale, ard special cais will be re?e-ved on
every train for them and iheir escorts.
SCHEDULES OF TRAINS.
On the Georgia Pacific two long trains
will leave Atlanta every morniDg— one at 7
o’clock a m, and one at ^>3 am. with am pe
room for ai‘. On the other roads trains will
run on legu’ar sebedn e«.
ROUND TRIP FARE,
For fall In ormation as to schedules of
tiaras and prices of round trip excursion
tickets, apply to nearest d rot agent, who
will have t:cke‘s on sale a few days before
the time.
A PLEASANT TRIP FCR EXCURSION PARTIES.
It is earnestly desired to have every cliv,
town, vi lage and ; cation represented at the
Oxannasale, and to mane ’he’ripmore
ecjoyab e. It would be well to make up ex
cursion parties at ev3ry place and travel
together.
TH*S TITLED to c v<>ry f^nt. of ground in
Oxanna are absolutely Perfect ami j r6e
Ircm even a Hhaaow of a Uuuot. No pur
chaser will be required to pa7 one cent
until satisfied as to perfection of titles.
TERMS OF SALE:
One-tMrd cash. Oce-thlrd December
24:h.l3sS, and balance October :J0ih,D84
with eight per cent. Interest on deferred
What has been done in Birmingham will J aod to accommodate the travel a handsome, j payments,
T. A. FRIERSON,
Real Estate Ag’t and Gen’l Manager South’n Development, Land and Immigration Co., 36 Wall St., Atlanta, Ga.
GRIMES
REAL ESTATE
AND
Insurance Agents.
For Kent from October 1st.
Store south of Lindsey & Sanders, In
Webster Building, jno. 147 Broad street.
Sleeping rooms up stairs over No. 54 Broad
street.
Three-story brick Work Shop In rear of
Jeque’s Carriage Repository.
A very desirable Residence onRosaeHiil,
in thorough repair.
No. 147 west side Broad street.
Jeques’ Carriage Repository, opposite
Perrry House.
TOR GALS.
Seven-room House, with 10 teres of
ground attached, well suited for a sruck
farm. Nice fruit trees and grape vines ou
the place. Situated In Lwnwood.
Farm of 500 acres, nine miles from city, in
Leo county, Alabama. Land tandy, with
good subsoil. Has on It a good six-
room Dwelling, and outhouses.
Farm of 92acres, three miieB from Colum
bus. having on It a four-room House, Kitch
en, Barns and Htable. 15 Acres in woods,
balance cleared, suit able for market garden.
Half acre Lot, well improved, on McIn
tosh street, in Northern Liberties, Half
cash, balance in 12 months time.
Several very desirable Building Lots on
Rose Hill.
Four room Dwelling.on % acre lot, on
Taibotton rood, neariy opposite Mrs. Co
met’s, wiil be sold cheap, either for cash or
on lime.
Three room Hou r e on Troup street, be
tween Few and Kar’y.
One of the iaos . dtsirable Residences on
Rose HilJ.
Three choice acre lots in Gunby survey,
on Rose Hill.
Two Commons Lots, one a corner lot, on
Thomas afreet.
Ga e-fourth acre Lot on Forsyth, north of
Washington street, adjacent to Columbus
and Western R R.
A Farm of 103 acres of land, Inside tbe
corporation of Hamilton. Has oa it a seven
rr.v-m Dweliinng, ouf-houses, barn, cribs,
stable, Ac.; large orchard, and fisu pond
well Mocked with fish.
Ten acres of Land in original wocd«, with
in one mile o! the above traot, will be sold
with it. A bargain Is offered In this place.
KCrtWfKl
FOR
CLOVEHURST FARM
ATHENS, GEORGIA,
( \WING to fail
V he liafl ftatboi
tifal Farm in and
'intH of 13o
h’shurt possible
jcr'TH only e juah
M iiledgevi: h—1.1
rlever, an 1 a nne
altb of Mr. J. At Meeker
t'» offi-r for sale his bean-
:ity. The farm
up’* by Colonel Furman, of
n-t in lucerne, 10 acres in
r orenard of several hundred
<y. The barn is »he finest in .
s a rotten cleaner, snn, bvdraclic cotton and
j I farm machinery ot all kinds, and a
ell
? horses, mules and
ccTO \ved*selm
a, mnie ■
•y cattle on the plat..
beautiful and desirable : n be( r.'ia. or tin
other words it is as near an earthly par*
> be fouu'i anywhere. Ppr*. o, one
h, and balance easy. * a!! on cr address
J. S. WILLIFORD, ft. E.
Ath
[«. Ga.
For Sale ai aBargain
T HE John B, Dczier Home
stead. situated 12 mllo.^
e*st of Columbus, on Sontr -5
western Raiiroed (road Tur
ning through! it), containin g
1,000 ac'es of land, more or Je.--?, 3b0 m ong*s
Inal pine forest. A splendid six-room Re**
ldence and ont-bouses and Jencea, all iu
good repair. Terms very easy. Forfurthsr
information apply to
REDD & WALKER,
oc7 seSw4t Columbus, Ga.