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DAILY ENQUIRER * SUN; COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 28, 1886.
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3tW<JOTJtBSt-8uK.
TO KVEKY MAN.
On another page we publish a eard
from the executive hoard of the Y. M. C.
A. The movement and the appeal in
that card mark a moral crisis in Colum
bus. Tlie signatures arc enough to re
commend the appeal to the serious con
sideration of every citizen. Not every
-Christian, but every citizen. We liko
the.thought and the phraseology of the
eard. The writers give a reason for the
iaith that is in them, and place the move-
,'intent they advocate beyond the reach of
arguments against expediency or quib-
■ hies against experiments. In attempt-
St ing to fully organize and equip our
’"Woupg Men's Christian Association
-vwe rare not trying to inaugurate
something new, but we are seeking to
keep pace with other cities in snatching
..human brands from a quenchless burn-
■ ing.
’ The question of putting our Y. M. C.
A. in working order is not a question of
mere enterprise, Or pride, or expediency.
It is one around which eternal issues
hang; and it is a question of “blood and
> death and hell.”
In spite of the paper booms in which
• our sister cities, are indulging; in spite of
' their fabulous real estate sales and their
gourd-like growth, it ret pi ires no gift of
aeoond sight to foresee that Columbus is
a great city in embryo. This is not a
■; prophecy.; it is an edict. Nature 1ms
taken the eartli for a map and lias writ
ten it, there. From her fiat there is no
appeal. The smiling hills that enwheel
• Columbus, and the river whose low and
ceaseless lullaby Bings the city
' to sleep every night, like a
tired infant, are God’s indestructible
^pledges oT the gold and the greatness,
that will come to us, if we deserve them,
by and by. Hut if railroads enter the
cityiike spokes do a hub, if every valley
is alive.with the medley of hammers, and
-every' foil]-lop is trilling witli the music
•*»f looms, our prosperity will be first a
"jceproach, and afterwards a snare, if we
fail to build on the ltock of whom every
son of Adam can say, “It is higher than
1.” Babylon was the most opulent and
populous• city that ever peeped .out
(through tiic. tog of the ages. We have to
■•ead books of romance rather than history
to find its counterpart. The glitter
if its wealth, and the din of power
.charmed the savans and awed the barba
rians who came from every clime to see
'.it. But Babylon forgot God, and to-day
. the lone Arab who tethers his dromedary
to a crumbling column of Corinthian
marble in the streets all black with dust
wosiudOi(isolation, lias to dispute for the
shelter of ’ttit oneo gaudy palaces, with
tlie reptiles that squirm along the mosaic
.' Boers. A thousand cities have walked
the plank of destiny since Babylon. But
the history of the thousand
and one. epitomized is this: "They
were and are not—sin slew them. When
the ediei went forth, “The soul that
sinnetli it shall die,” it meant men and
.amnicipalities and nations alike. It may
require fifty years fora man, or fifty cen
turies for a nation to feel its force, but
this saying bus never failed. We might
as well point our telescopes into the dark
mouth of some earthly cavern, when we
are searching for new worlds on high, as
to expect the sun of a permanent pros
perity to shed the arrowy beams of his
light upon that community whose great
throbbing heart is at enmity with God.
There was a time when intelligent men
disputed as to whether Christianity is a
practical necessity in life or not. But
that time is forgotten now. God help the
young man who starts across the blis
tered Sahara of life depending on his
strength and his own resources to take
him through. It were better for him that
he had never been born. A hoy just be
ginning life for himself is an object of
sublime interest. Tlie future has just be
gun to unroll the scroll of her awful se
crets before his flashing eyes, and he
himself is pregnant with the possibilities
of dominion or doom. But if he sails
.without God on the seas before him,
. shimmer they ever so brightly, he is lost.
A Christless voyage is a compassless voy-
Mge, and they who sail it never make a
-_j?ort.
A wreck of any kind is a dreadful
tiling. It is a sad sight to sec a great ship
go down in mid ocean, and to watch the
immemorial waves sweep the spot where
she sank, with no sound Imt a gurgling
requiem over tlie grave where ambition
and beauty and love and pride lie wrapt
in a common and watery shroud. It is
a sad sight to see u rushingtrain derailed
and wrecked into splinters, while the
groans of tlie dying rend the circumam
bient air. But the niournfuloat and
mightiest and ghastliest wreck that ever
occurred or ever will occur between tlie
creation and the judgment is tlie wreck
of a young man’s soul.
It is incumbent on the citizens—not
the Christians merely—of every com
munity to see to it that the ruin of the
rising generation may not be laid at their
door. Will the business men of Colum
bus shoulder this incumbency? We be
lieve they will. A thoroughly equipped
Young Men’s Christian Association, or
ganized under the “new plan,” in which
all denominations and even outsiders
can unite, will pay as a business invest
ment. Tiie material for such an organi
zation is abundant in Columbus, and it
requires nothing but union and intelli
gent direction to make it active and ef
fective. Let some of our leading spirits
combine to place the Y. M. C. A. on its
feet in a first-class working condition.
To have helped in such an enterprise
will be a better monument for a man to
leave behind him than to have built the
pyramid of Cheops or to have led tlie
charge at Thermopylae.
HOW MYSTERY FARES AWAY.
There is an unwillingness in the minds
of many persons to admit the presence
of mystery. They relegate it all to the
realm of darkness and ignorance, and
connect it indissolubly with superstition.
When science was comparatively un
known, discoveries rare and knowledge
only appeared in faintest glimpses, it wn
not strange that everything was wondei -
ful in the deep shadows that enveloped
it, and that the people dwelt contentedly
in an atmosphere of mystery. But now
that so much of the darkness is chased
away by the sunlight of tm* 1 ,
it is supposed that mystery like
wise should disappear and every
thing assume to the human mi.,
clear and distinct shapes. Is this so'.
Does the increase of enlightenment di-
pel mystery? It certainly does, so fare,
the mystery is caused by darkness an
ignorance. To the child the printed png
from which his fatherreads is an insert!'
able mystery, but when lie has himsel
learned the art, the mystery vanishe
Tho fog that obscures every feature o
the landscape clears away, and all hi
comes clear and well defined. Skilll’u
fingers in any trade are mysterious i;
their deftness to the novice, and the won
ders of electricity would take away the
breath of one who saw them for the fir- [
time.
All such mysteries melt away as en
lightenment replaces ignorance, or n-
prnetice gives skill. Those, howevc.
who suppose that thus all mystery is t>
cease make a great mistake. On tho eon
trary, the further we can see, and tin
more w» know, the more wonderful doc
everything appear. In climbing i.
mountain, for instance, every time we
pause to rest and turn to view the scene
arnind us from a higher stand-point tli■
landscape is wider and richer, tin
variety of hill and dale, of forest nun
meadow, of river and lake i
more wonderful. Whereas, once n)
was mysterious, because unknown,
now it grows in mystery as
its beauty and sublimity are revealed.
The uneducated man looks upon the sky,
lit up by thousands of brilliant stars, and
feels its mystery. But to the astronomer,
who knows something of th^ course o!
the circling planets, something of the
nature and motions of the heavenly
bodies, something of the laws which gov
ern and direct them, their mystery is
vastly increased. U nanswered questions,
unsolved problems rush continually into
his mind, filling it with fresh wonder
with each new discovery, and it has been
truly said, “ An undevout astronomer is
mad.”
When one looks at. a drop of water
casually how common-place and familiar
it seems; hut study it, discover its ele
ments, its properties, its capabilities;
view it under a microscope, see it harden
into ice, whiten into snow, dissipate into
vapor; if thus intelligently considered,
it is replete with mystery. Does the
mystery of the insect world fade away
before the researches of the naturalist?
or does the earth become less wonderful
to the geologist.? Is not the mystery of
sound felt most acutely by the musician,
and the mystery of light and shade,
color and form by the painter?
Does not character grow more mys
terious to us as we penetrate into
its depths ? We fancy we understand
a chance acquaintance, hut when wo
come to know him us a friend, we find
more to marvel at, more to reverence,
more that we cannot explain. And love—
that wonderful bond which unites heart
to heart and soul to soul—is it not more
mysterious to tlie lover and the loved,
who have sounded some of its depths,
than to the cold plan who scoffs while he
wonders ?
Is this a sad or discouraging picture?
Does it throw a damper upon our upward
strivings to know that as we advance,
clearing away the mysteries that have
bewildered our ignorance, frtfeh myste
ries will ever open to our view ? It will
not be so if we remember that we are
] finite beings, peering into tin# infinite
possibilities which surround us on every
hand. Wherever there is depth or height
or,expanse, there is mystery; and true
education, true development, will deepen
our sense of it, and make us rejoice that
it is continually unfolding itself and
beckoning us upward.
1.IMT OF f.ETTEMN.
; Lint of unclaimed letters remaining in the Co
1 lumbtiH, Ga., poBt office for the week ending Nov.
23. If not called for within thirty days will be
i sent to tlie Dead Letter Office:
! Adams. W W
Bismarck is quite willing, and, indeed,
quite anxious, to assist Russia to the ex
tent of preventing war ; but he does not
in the least propose to assist her in get
ting her out of her financial straits. It
was his influence which upset her pri -
jeeted loan in Berlin. Tlie wily chan
cellor wejl knows that finance is Russia’s
weakest point, and that tlie chronic
emptiness of lier purse is the greatest re
straint upon her ambition. If Rhe hud
as much money as men there Would he
danger of the speedy realization of Napo
leon’s fear that all Europe might become
Cossack.
It has been thought for some time th:.t
there were more polities to the square
inch in Connecticut than anywhere else
on tlie continent. Dakota, however, bus
certain localities which carry off t! e
palm in the line of condensed politics.
In Logan county, in that territory, ut
the last election, twenty-six voles wire
east. There were thirty-one candidati s
in the field.
( Tiie heirs of the late Baron Rothschild,
at Frankfort-on-the-Main, will erect a
public museum, in which will be exhib
ited the Rothschild art collection, the
richest in the world.
Italy is trying to borrow 3,500,000
lires. Wiggins might be sent over as a
good basis for the loan.
A number of Pennsylvanians will go
into tlie grocery business as soon as the
tariff on sugar is removed.
COFFEE AND TEA.
For the Enquirer-Sun.
It is pleasing to follow a word os it
twists itself through languages. In Arabic
it is kahmab, French caffe, German kaffee,
Turkish gahveh, English coffee, and yet
the pronunciation is almost the same in
all of these languages. There must be a
need for a stimulant of some;kind, other-
wri •« tn-tip beverages as coffee, tea and
COCOA wou ’ not be so universally used.
Goa. v an tea actually stimulate and do
not paralyze, nor do they dethone reason.
Drugs that act in a paralytic way rob us of
our senses even in not immoderate quanti
ties. Alcohol stands at the head of this
paralytic group, then follows chloroform,
ether, opium, hashisch, and a long line.
Leaving out the aroma, coffee and tea are
identical. Old Dr. Johnson used to sit by
a quart pot of tea at night and do his
writing. It was thus equipped that he so
lucidly unravelled for his dictionary the
meaning of the word network; a reticula
tion and decussation at equal distances.
He said that tea was a cheering and
thought-inspiring beverage. “This drink
comforteth the brain and heart and help-
oth digestion.”—Bacon.
It is easier to grasp facts when they are
grouped by some one characteristic com
mon to them all. So it is with plants.
Hundreds of plantB full into one family,
^heir medicinal action being identical.
We can divide all mankind into a dozen
.’lasses. There are four plants found in
different quarters of the globe which are
all used as a stimulating beverage—coffee
in Africa, tea in Asia, guarana in South
America, chocolate in North America.
The reason these plants are used is to pro
duce an effect, just ns is the case with
alcohol and tobacco. The efficient
property contained in the four plants
is the same; it is a substance
called theine. This acts on the nerves and
heart, producing increased heart action
and an elevation in temperature. Quinine
is diametrically antagonistic to coffee and
its congenors. Theine, the active princi
pal of coffee, tea, guarana and cocoa is
found in each of these plants in about
equal proportion. Tea differs from the
rest in that it contains tannin, an astrin
gent, that in no way effects the nervous
system. Coffee and tea represent in the
strictest sense of the word a most power
ful tonic, for they stimulate nutrition, the
nervous system, and', the circula
tion. The Turks make a decoction
of green coffee and drink it without cream
or sugar. The Chinese drink tea in a
similar manner. These substances, coffee
and tea, are not in themselves nutritious,
but are waste-restrainers; they retard elim
ination and change of tissue, and thus they
are in a sense food-producers. They are,
too, labor saving. Cream and sugar add
nutrition to coffee and tea, and in no way
do they deteriorate them. It is largely
due to coffee, which has become an article
of daily consumption with farm
ers, soldiers and working people gener
ally, that we see these classes of
people able to endure great toil, long
marches in the heat of the summer and
all manner of deprivation. In the east
coffee is never drank in infusion as with us,
but in decoction, and there it is held that
the decoction, while preserving the tonic
and alimentary effect, is entirely devoid of
the exciting proprerties which character
ize the infusion. Like all substances that
affect the human organism, coffee and tea
must be known in moderation to all men.
Tlie Stove Moultlers’ Strike.
Pittsburg, November 27.—The stove
moulders at the Dellaveus foundry struck
this morning against the reduction order
ed several weeks ago. AH the men are
out and the foundry is closed. The men
say the strike will not affect other foun
dries, as DeHavens was the only one who
cut in wages. About 150 men are idle.
Weekly Hank Statement.
New’York, November 27.—Following is
the statement of the New York associated
banks for the week, and which shows the
following changes:
Reserve decrease f1,062,250
Loans increase .. 2,711,500
Specie decrease 1,155,700
Legal tenders increase 308,700
Deposits increase 861,000
Circulation decrease 28,700
The banks now hold $8,867,850 in excess
of the 25 per cent. rule.
Johnston, J
Johnson, A L
Jones, I
Jones, Mrs J
Kilars, H
Kimball. Miss G
Lewis, Miss L
Leslie, F
Lewis, M (col)
Lockhart, J H
Lyels, Mrs J B
McCubbins, Miss M
McKay, J
McKinney, M
McKee, T
McLenden, F
McNealy, Miss W (2)
Mahoney, J J
Mathews, M A (col)
Mathews, F
Miller, Miss S L
Mitchell, Mrs W
Mitchell. W R
Moore, J H
Morris. I
Mott, Mrs E «
Murphy, T
Munroe F A (2)
Obrient, Miss M
Oueal, Mrs W J
Perry, C M D
Perry, MisB A
Perry, Miss S
Phillips, J H
Pinkston, V
Pool, P (col)
Pollard, Miss B
Pressley, Mrs M 8
Pawison, W W
Itiucliff, Mrs M
Relford, Miss T
Reed, RM
Reed, Mrs M
Rud, N icol)
Renfrero, J A
Rtcliaids A -Richardson
Rile, Miss E
Richardson, Miss L H
Rice, Z A
Rooth, R J
Roper, A
Russell, H
Smith, Miss M
Speller, C
Siewart, Miss M
Street, S
Terry, Miss I A
Thomas, Miss N
Thomas, Miss M
Thomas, J
Ticknor, W N
Wadkins, Miss E
Ware, J E
White, Mrs M
Williams, T (col)
Williams, W
Williams, Mrs J
Williams, Mrs J
Wilkerson, Miss A
Williams, F J
Wiggins, Mrs M J
Wilson, Miss J
Wilson, T W
Wldeman, T H
When calling for these letters, please say they
are advertised, giving date.
THOR. .7. WATT. P V
Allen, LW
Allen. Miss M
| Andrews, Miss M
Bell, P O It
Blackwell, T L
Blackstan, A
Bryant, Mrs M
i Brooks, MissF
Brooks, R D
Brown, Miss E
1 Buchanan, E W
Buckner, w
Buchanan, Miss 8
Bussey, J H
' Castleberry, Miss L
i Carens, 8 II
| Copling, Miss L
Carter. Miss I
1 Cooper, Miss M
i Col but, Mrs E
j Crawford, Miss E
' De a von port , J
I Downer, Miss M
l Donsoti, C (col)
i Davis, Mrs H
j Davis, II
' Deloach, Mias E
Billiard, R
Billiard, Miss M
| Deckon, W
! Dinson, C
• Dunn, l P
; Elvatder, M
1 Echolds, C (col)
, Epps, M A
! El s. R W D
i Engrail, Miss A
! Failing. W N
Farley, J
j Ferrara, P
Finney, R
; Floyd, B E
! Floyd, W
! Foul berg, G
, Fry, Miss L
! Gary, T E
Gilbert, Miss G
Gilbert. H
Good, Miss D
Cranberry, MissJ
Grover, R
Gray, \V H
Grace, M as C
Given, .J S
Hamrick, L L
Hammock, Miss F
Hurper, A H
Hen lerson, L
Hill, C
Hull*, Mrs I
Hudson, H (col)
Huff, Miss E L
Huff, E
Hudson, A
Hurt, 8 L
Jackson, L
Jackson, H
Jackson, Mrs S
Jackson, A (3)
Jackson, J T
Jacobson, G
Jameson, Mrs S V
Jennings, Miss A (col)
TOWN LOTS
For Sale ut Waverly Hall, Georgia.
We will offer for sale on December 16th, 1886, at
the above mentioned place, immediately on the
line of the Georgia Midland and Gulf railroad (a
new road that is being built from Columbus to
Athens, Ga., connecting with the Central, East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia, Richmond and
Danville railroads). Lots suitable for building
residences, stores, etc. Waverly Halils situated in
the (l ‘garden spot” of Georgia, farming lands
yielding above an average. The best school and
church advantages already established. Society
is as good &s any city in Georgia or elsewhere.
People are alive to anything progressive, and
willing to lend a helping hand to any who may
locate in pur midst.. It is one of the best trade
point* in Harris county, being thickly populated
already, and only needs the new railroad now
being built to make it the nicest town in the state.
Health fhlness of the place is unexcelled. Water
the best. Between 2600 and 6000 bales of cotton
will be shipped from this point coming season.
This alone will be worth tho consideration of
thoughtful business men who wish to do a good
business without having any heavy expense. To
those who wish to give their children the very
best educational advantages, our people especial
ly ask them to come and locate among ns. All
parents are well aware of the advantage of edu
cating their children in the country than in the
cities In a moral point of view. Lots will be
Sold Without reserve or limit to the highest bid
der. Any fhrther information or inquiries will
be cheerfhlly answered by applying to
sepldwed.se.td
Mince Meat, Apple Butter and Pure Jellies at
d tf * R. Justice, Agt.
SOULE REDD.
J. C. HAILE
Soule Redd & Co.,
Brokers. Real Estate and Fire Insurance Agents
103ft Brotiil .St. Telephone 35.
WE BEG TO OFFER:
A new very desirable City Residence, five
rooms, cold and hot water, all necessary ou1-
houscs. 83700.
Three elegant Wynnton Residences. Can be had
at u bargain.
A valuable lot, suitable for building two stores,
with one well paying house on it, in the heart of
the city.
Many other valuable pieces of properly for sale,
Real Estate Sacrifice
J^EW DWELLING ON ROSE HILL. $1250.
JOHN BLACKMAR,
Real Estate Agent, Columbus. Ga.
se wed&fri tf •
GRAND CONCERT
THURSDAY NIGHT,
LIBRARY ROOMS,
Will be aiven by Madame Grant and Professor
H. McCormack nnd pupils, assisted by the Phil
harmonic Society.
A heavy programme is being rehearsed and a
rare musical entertainment may be expected.
nov28 td
AdnilHNlon 50 OntH.
R EGULAR MEETING to-morrow (Monday)
evening at 8 o’clock. Transient brethren m
good standing are cordially invited to attend.
J. F. WISE, N. G.
F. W. LOUDENBER, Sec'y. mhkgsely
Merit is the Trade Mark of Success,
The man that buys at headquarters, for money down,
and who sells with a fair, honest profit for cash only, holds
competition with an unshaken grip that never loosens; in a
word, it is “diamond cut diamond,” the genuinine gem pul
verizing the imitation. It is the giant of genius towering
above and dwarfing the pigmies and servile imitators who
lack the nerve, the brains and the almighty dollar.
Gray's Great Remnant Sale This Week
will show the trading public that we can sell you goods at
one-half of any one's cost. Our Mr. Christopher Gray, of
New York, has cut the prices on all goods to one-half. Also,
for this week only (as they will be gone then), thrown out all
fine goods on the different Remnant Counters. This sale
will be superintended by the Old Man himself. So fail not,
before he leaves for New York, to come and see what great
bargains he is offering.
Table Linens,Table Linens,
ON OUR REMNANT BARGAIN COUNTER.
Wide, All Linen Heavy Damask, reduced from 60c to 30c.
Wider still, All Linen Heavy Damask, reduced from 75c
to 45 cents.
Still wider, All Linen Heavy Damask, reduced from 90c
to 50 cents.
And still wider, All Linen Heavy Damask, reduced from
$1.00 to 60 cents.
Remnants of Barnesly’s finest grades, worth $2 00 a
yard, reduced to 85 cents.
poo Yards in Remnants
Of 36-inch very heavy, warranted, all wool Shaker Flannels,
worth $1.25 a yard, for 331c; lengths from 3 to 7 yards. Fail
not to see these goods. Remnants of Grey Twilled Flannels
at 15c a yard, worth 35c a yard; lengths from 3 to 4 yards.
Gents' Pants Goods—we can surprise you. Any sample
in town worth $1.25 a yard matched by us at 50 cents, all
wool.
We have big bargains in Remnants of Dress Goods in
black and colored, some dress lengths.
Remember we will sell for this week all Remnants just to
advertise our store.
We do not expect cost for any kind of Wraps, Cloaks,
Shawls or Blankets. We have too many on hand, and the
season is passing away; we will not miss cost on them.
Our 25-cent Black Cashmere is worth 55 cents—nothing
less; see it; 40 inches wide.
Dress Goods! Dress Goods!
We just want half price on any of them. For fine Silks,
Plushes, Velvets, in stripes, brocade and plain, you will see
the finest goods south at half price.
New Jerseys, Corsets, and Ladies’ and Gents’ Hosiery and
Gloves just received.
200 Rolls of new 25c French Creatons, choice at 10c yard
Fine grades of English 6-4 Waterproofs cheaper than you
ever dreampt of.
500 Pieces of Filburne’s finest Plaid Nainsooks—cost the
importer 21 cents; new goods. Lo ! our price this week on
our Remnant Counter only 10 cents—just think of it.
250 Dozen of Ladies’ Under Vests, worth 50c, for 25c.
575 “ “ Gents’ “ “ “ 45c, “ 20c.
Five cases of 36-inch Mammie Cloths, worth 12ic, we will
close out at 7c.
Now is your chance. We havelby recent purchases from
parties retiring from business added largely to our stock of
genuine bargains, and feel sure that we. can please the great
est lovers of economy in quality and price. Our stock for the
wholesale trade is unusually large. Parties purchasing for
cash will get rock-bottom prices. Don’t take our tvord for it,
but come in and let us prove our assertions, for by our polite
attention, fair dealings, good goods and way down prices we
are confident we will please you and retain your trade.
ON-TOP-LIVE-HOUSE,
C. P. GRAY & CO.
The Quick Sellers.
LARGEST BUSINESS CONNECTIONS SOUTH,
COLUMBUS, AUGUSTA, SAVANNAH, NEW YORK,
