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DAILY ENQUIRER * SUN • COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 26, 1886.
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AN KVKNT.
Tlio telephone announced to Columbus
on Friday last that daylight showed
through Fine Mountain. It is the first
time that pick and powder 1ms admitted
the rays of a bright sunshine into this
natural harrier. Politically the moun
tain was annihilated when lion. Thomas
W. Grimes was so flatteringly nominated
for congress in LaGrange lust summer.
That removed a so-called barrier which
men had eonjureil up to make clans of
people in the same district, people actua
ted by the same motive and acting to
gether for tho general good. Now,
physically, the frowning sandstone
has yielded to the pluck of Columbus
men and forever has the glory
departed from this overgrown hill whose
importance no more can be exaggerated.
We allude to this event more as an
item for Christmas congratulation than
otherwise. Itoaineop]iortunely with tho
season for rejoicing and congratulation.
It came as a fitting cap-stone to the
monument of victory for Columbus
l’luck has welded during tho memorable
year of 188(5. In raino as a matter of
irrefutable evidence of the worth and en
ergy of young men of the proof that ob
stacles have no terror for the flood of tho
generation who claims the age as their’s.
Wo are now accessible and in
hand-shaking distance with the
best friends Columbus ever
had. The progressive and wealth pro
ducing clement north of the mountain,
who years ago did all their business
here and mingled socially with us at
this, the joyous season of the year. The
advantages, more accessible terms gave
in quicker transportation and easier com
munication, were from us for the nonce
those old friends of ours, so far as trade
was concerned; hut tin' memories of uuld
lang syne linger, and we will now he
closer friends than ever.
We congratulate the Midland author
ities upon the event and the more do wo
congratulate Columbus. To our friends
in Meriwether and beyond we wisli a
happy new year, and hope that 1887 will
he ns pregnant wit h triumphs for them
and us as 18815 has been.
mill Mi THE CrUVASN.
The great middle and lower classes in
England not only accept the fact of caste
—they are, for the most part, caste-wor
shippers. The pretensions of the roynl
family and its titled retainers and sup
porters to he made of finer clay and to
have “better blood” than ordinary hu
manity, and by reason of this claim to
have the right to rule their country and
the privilege to be as had as they please
without incurring tho penalty for moral
ofTenses which society visits upon persons
of “common birth,’’ deserve to be dis
credited and destroyed. Such pretensions
are if hindrance to the progress of liberty
and the establishment of equality on the
earth.
Here in America the fashion of aping
the English applies not to the sturdy vir
tues of the race, but chiefly to its vices
and its follies. Anything, therefore,
which helps to show the natural tenden
cies of an aristocracy cf wealth and titles
—tendencies that are tho same in all ages
and all countries—is clearly a public ser
vice. The revelations of the Dilke ease,
followed closely by those of the almost
incredible baseness of Lord Colin Camp
bell, a scion of one of the most ancient
families in the kingdom, pull aside again
the curtain that veils the inner life of
this boasted aristocracy. And in tho
light of tho disclosure thus made it is
Been how unfounded is the assumption of
euperiority, and how monstrous the claim
of divine or hereditary right upon which
it retains its unjust privilege.
TUB ANGEL UK THE IIKAKTI1STONE.
There was no need of the song of the
poet or the wisdom of the philosopher to
proclaim yesterday that it was Christmas
day. And yet it was the day of all days
When the fullness of hope, tho realization
of tho season’s anticipation flowed into
perfect life and involuntarily burst forth
into sweetest song. The anthem of
Christmas is, in truth, the psalm of life,
and it is a strain with which thousands
of hearts beat and throbbed yesterday in
jov.i is unison. All were happy—too
happy to know or Nfcrc why we were
u w beings living over again in fuel, and
ns in fancy, the spring time of life, un
ci la led or unshaded by sorrow or care.
II-.- • r she who has grown old doing bat
tle «ith tho realities of poor, frail hu-
m.in nature, was young again, at least for
a lew fleeting hours. It must have been
uiie who has fought sadly in vain who
could not go back to the morning glow of
life to recall its fondest, most passionate
longings, and be a child again.
Yesterday was a dny of dreams and a
day of realities. One cannot help con
juring up a picture that must have been
present to the mind’s eye of every one
who has ever felt the softeningand benef-
icient influences of the day which, how
ever men may divide the year, is really
the culmination of all its joyH and pas
sions and hopes. Rebind the midnight
veil, tlint divided the rest of the world
from the first moments of the Christinas
morn, stood one who for ages has pre
figured tho perfection of human hap
piness, tiic idealization of all that there is
of good and kindly and sweet in tho life
of t lie young and Hie old. Just beyond
the flliny line stood the angel of light
brooding, like the harbinger of all joys,
with outstretched wings over tho slum
bering city ready to descend like tho
fabled shower of gold into all the
homes and to tho thousands of firesides
at which will be told to-day the story of
the revolving year, lie had a gift in
either generous hand for all, and he
awaited only the merry chime that was
to usher in the glorious day. The white
and downy wings were wide expanded
ns if to hold by anticipation in their
warm embraces those whom he had
come to reward for the good deeds of the
passing yean The fluttering plumes
spoke eloquently of the emotions that
would be stirred in every heart and in
every breast. Then came the cadences
of the sweet-toned bolls for whose sound
the messenger of peace and love had so
eagerly waited. The last silvery note
died away in music on the air and the
curtain was raised on the Merry Christ
mas. The angel had lost his individual
ity. In tho peaceful und quiet hours lie
nestled with the innocent sleeper in his
cradle. lie stood by the bedside of the
maiden, repeating in her dreams the tale
tliut is but once told. He paused over
the restful couch of age, trembling on
the verge ofthe days to come. He lifted
the curtain to gaze on the thousands of
fair-haired boys atjd sunny-haired girls
whose bosoms all unconsciously were
heating to the music that filled the air
whereverthe angelic footsteps had passed.
He breathed into every year the old, old
story of peace and good will, of charity
and love and loving kindness. And he
departed as lie came, softly and silently
and gently, and left each one to sleep on
till the sun arose on a regenerated world.
No wonder that the city awoke to the
exceeding loveliness of a day that was
blessed by the visitation of so delightful
a visson. All the gold in Golconda’s mine
could not purchase the happiness in the
heart of just one father and mother as
they watched tho expressions of antici
pation, joy an surprise of their prattling
little girl—rosy-cheeked, curly-haired lit
tle darling—as she gazed upon tho doll
seated in the eosv little chair, the tea set,
the tiny doll cradle and many other gifts
which considerate Santa Claus had pro
vided. The little boy—heaven bless the
little boys—as he romped with his roller
horses or bounced his ball, was a picture
to cause the highest emotions of gratifi
cation and pleasure to thrill the heart.
And yet there were thousands of such
scenes witnessed yesterday morning.
it takes both houses to reject it; and
when there are two certificates from the
same state, each having the approval of
an electoral tribunal, it takes both houses
to receive one of them and count the
votes therein.
The joint session for counting the vote
is to meet on the second Monday in Jan
uary and tho session is to continue, with
out a recess longer than to the next day,
till the work is done; and, if on the fifth
day the count shall have not been com
pleted, the session must continue without
recess until the task is finished.
The bill is as fair and reasonable, ap
parently, us it can he made, and the
question that threatened the peace of the
country ten years ago, and has been un
settled ever since, will he adjusted, we
may hope, forever.
T0-I1AT, YESTEItDAT AND TO-MOBBOW.
It seems hut a moment since we said,
“This is the day before C.nistmas; to
morrow will lie Christmas Day,” and lo!
that to-day has become yesterday, and
that to-morrow has become to-day and,
in its turn, gone back to join the great
army of days that are past. We say now,
“Yesterday was Christmas Day,” and
saying this, we feel that
“’Tis greatly wise to talk with our past days,
And ask them what report they bore to Heaven.”
“in to-day already walks to-morrow,”
and to-day, with its sober features, its
wearing cares and its unrealizable joys, is
the most precious of them all, for through
it may we mould the to-morrow that
THE KLKCTOBAL OOI NT.
The house has passed, after slightly
amending if, the senate bill regulating
the method of counting the votes for
president and vice-president, and there
is now, for the first time, an encouraging
promise that a law will be enacted set
tling the open and dangerous points in
tliis important matter. One great ob
stacle in the way of an agreement on a
hill lias been the senate’s determination
to claim for its presiding officer authority
to decide certain questions and declare
who are elected, and the determination
ofthe house not to recognize such author
ity. The house is so resolute on this
point that, in the bill which passed last
week, it refuses to allow the president of
the senate as presiding officer of the joint
session to announce the names of the
persons elected, even after the votes shall
have been harmoniously counted and the
persons elected fairly decided on.
The provisions of chief importance in
the house bill are those regulating the
question presented when there are two
certificates from the same state, each
pretending to bo the lawful one, and for
determining the vote of a state when it
is objected to. If there are two different
certificates from the snme state, that one
is to be received which shall have the
approval of tho tribunal in the senate
invested with authority to decide upon
the question. If there bo two or more
such tribunals in the same state,
then tho two houses, acting sepa
rately, must agree ou one of the
certificates; if they do not ngree,
both certificates are to he rejected and the
votes from that state are lost. If there
be no tribunal to decide electoral dis
putes in the state, then that certificate
which bears the state seal shall be re
ceived, unless the two houses, acting
separately, agree in rejecting it. In plain
words, when there is but one certificate
from a state bearing the seal of the state,
Halt, gentlemen, for shame, what would ye do?
Here in this pen I stand, murk well my word.
Who draws a penknife on these Tenton boars,
Pricked, squealing from their lair in royal wood,
And hither brought in swinish discontent,
Shall, when comes next the levy on the east,
By Armour, crippled by a passing strike,
Be drawn to cut ujj boys for butterine,
And sausage stuff till choaked by Bridgeport
smell.
Begone, brave dudes, no pigs shall ye stick
here—
A pretty sport, indeed, to greet the coming year!
If Mr. Bergh can stop the inhumane butchering
of hogs, and can stop the utilization of captured
boars for hunting purposes, why can he not in
terfere in the matter of foxes captured for tho
same use? The latter need protection more than
the former, since the boars sometimes do a little
torturing themselves.
In his latest poetical endeavor Tennyson says
that Edith was ‘ feminine to her tender feet.”
Edith was, indeed, ‘‘rich in wisdom.” If
she had tender feet, she did well to
treat them with feminine gentleness.
A woman who is harsh to her corns
could never be worthy the praise of a great poet.
But how did she happen to have tender feet? It
is probably the same old tragic tale of tight shoo
and foolish pride. There is, alas! a great deal of
poor human nature even in heroines.
Two Theories.
There have always been two theories upon the
shoeing of horses. One is that they ought to be
shod, and the other, supported by what we will
call the barefooted brigade, is that they should go
without shoes. The shoers are much the more
numerous, but the barefoots are, if anything
more cocksure that they arc right. We have
always been inclined to approve of shoes, not for
weak and defective feet only, but as tho proper
appliances for all feet, however good, and as
practically iudispensable for horses that are
liable to be called on for a high late of speed*
When it comes to pounding, there must be some
thing to pound with more substantial than the
nuked hoof.
Lady Randolph Churchill has issued 2000 in
vitations to a reception which will be held at the
foreign office on January 12.
A Connecticut youth sent his best girl forty
pounds of candy as a Christmas present.
BARGAINS!
Remember the Great Bargain Sale continues at our store
The slock must positively be closed out even at a great sacri
fice. We have space to give prices only on few lines. We
shall offer to-morrow our entire stock of
Dress Goods
At a fearful loss. In this line it will pay you to inspect:
1000 Yards Remnants Canton Flannel at 4ie.
2000 Yards Remnants 4-4 Bleached Cotton al 5c.
2000 Yards Remnants Good Calico at 3c.
1000 Yards beautiful Curtain Scrim at 12£c, worth 20c.
Flannels!
Flannels!
Blankets!
Blanket
tS
must become to-day and yesterday, and
Hosiery,
Corsets,
Trunks and Bags,
by a wise use of its possibilities, we may
be of those “whose yesterdays look back-
Hosiery,
Corsets,
Trunks and Bags,
ward with a smile.”
Hosiery.
Corsets.
Trunks and Bags.
Cruelty to Animals.
The society of Prevention to the Cruelty to Ani
mals is a good thing. Henry Bergh, its most
warm advocate, uplifting the shield of the hu
mane society and brandishing the sword of coin-
WRAP
S!
WRAPS!
mon sense, goes for the Chicago hog killers.
Hear what he says:
Only few Wraps left—some
very fine ones. In this line
we don’t refuse any reasonable offer.
MILLI USTIEj IR'Y' I
Many desirable goods left in this department.
Any one wishing to engage in the Dry Goods business can rent
the stare and buy the stock on favorable terms.
JAMES A. LEWIS,
1012 :b:r,o.a.:d street,
Two doors above Rankin House, - Columbus, Ga.
ESTES&CO
1107 ZeiROJAID STREET,
-DEPOT POE
Shovel Plows, Hi's Cast and Chilled Plows
Mu. Robert Browning’s SOOT-line poem will
he published, it is said, on the first day of March.
LIST or liEXTERN.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in the
lumbus, Ga., post office for the week ending Dec.
20. If not called for within thirty days will be
sent to the Dead Letter Office:
Anderson mrs S Lamox Bishop T H
Anthony M & W McCarter A E
Antney S McCullough M col
Armer missF McMillan E
Bulia miss H Martin miss E
Baker M Mathis H
Bennett J M Millen miss L
Boatwright J MillismissA
Boone J T Miles B
Bums an J A Mitchell miss W
Bryant miss T P Mitchell miss E
Brinson A col Montgomery Ed C L
Bresnhan J Morris miss K
Bridge L Morgan Z
Brown miss P *ewman W L
Brown A ool Nixon mrs A
Bush miss P Nun R
Cain miss L E Odom mrs P
Cornelias miss E Orchard M E
Carter J B Patten miss S A
Clark J T Patrick miss J
Clifton miss M Pasters miss A
Codv M col 12) Pearce miss E
Coachman R A Pitts mrs H
Coiner miss M Pope rare A
Gunnell miss F Posey miss G
Cooney W H Posey miss L
Cox miss W (2) Price J
Coopper rarsS Reddin J H
Coopper miss M Reese A T
Crown N Reynolds miss M
Daniel J H Robert* E E
Daniel L Ropers F R
Dunn W E Robinson I
E twards G col Robison S
Farmer W Rodgers J W
Findley & Sanders Bussell A
Fontaiu miss R Sauls H
Frazier L W Sauders A R
Gardiner W Shorts A W (2)
Gordon mrs S J Sunons mrs E
Goodman S C Smith mis3 M E
Gray mrs F Swiff miss L
Grnv W T Smith E
Griffin miss I Smart F
Griffin W col Smalk mrs J
Harge P Smart M E
Haines miss L Solomon H
Hatson H Spies miss S
Harris miss M Stewart mrs C A
Harrison R £3 Turner B
Harrsson T Thomas mrs M A
Herring & Co Z W Thomas miss L
Hobbs miRS I TiceJ
Holiday T Tallar miss F
Holt mrs M (2) Tyce B
Hollis miss M Walton miss L
Howard miss H Waren miss A
Hudson A Weaver T J
Jenkins missC L Wells W S
Johnson mrs C Wheeler J W
Hemp W M Williams E
Heys mrs L col Williams H O
Laffoon O W Wilson S
Lawson Rev J P Wright D
Little H col Yancey mrs M
Young J col
When calling tor these letters, please My they
are advertised, giving date.
TBOS. h WATT, P. K.
Scovil Hoes, best brands of Axes, Trace Chains, Nails, Iron,
Shovels and Spades, Wagon and Buggy Timbers.
Glass, Imported Cuttlery, Strictly Pure White Lead.
Putty, American Cuttlery, Linseed Oils,
Sash, Razors, Varnish,
Blinds, Scissors, Spirits Turpentine,
Doors, Carvers.
AGENTS FOR 1 MO’S EMI RIFLE POWDER.
Shot, Shells, Wads, Caps. Carpenters' Supplies and General
Hardware.
Mb. A. R. WILKERSON is with us, and will be pleased to meet his friends and
former patrons. decl9 d4m
Cotton Seed
IVieal.
The best Fertilizer and the richest and most
nourishing Food fo
Stock. For sale by
M. T. L,-, m,
D. R. Bize,
T. M. Foley,
M. Simons.
dec!9 d3m
RANKIN STABLES,
111 Rear of Rankin House, on First Avenue.
Sale, Feed and Livery Stables
New Turnouts: Showy, Gentle Horses, Careful Drivers. Horses boarded and
carefully attended to. I have ample accommodations for live stock and arrangements
to make my stable he idquarters for dealers. HORSES AND MULES FOR SALE.
WAGON AND CARRIAGE REPAIR SHOP.
Crr'i” S SSNKSroSoui™' “* “ d ° *" ""><» »'
WILLIAM M. AMOS.
■ov33 wed M&wtai
Never before in the history
of Columbus has any one suc
ceeded iu running their sale*
of
ill
A
iL
\J
Up to a point that would jus
tify a standing order of
Twanty-five Dozen
Per week. We now find that
under our present arrange
ment we are unable to supply
the demand, and shall have
to increase our orders. Come
and try them.
0, C, J
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
Mr. J. H. Hamilton’s Store, corner of Ftaft
avenue and Fourteenth street, the most desirable
store property for b»;e in this city. Rents art
paying 10 per cent, on price asked.
8MW The valuable corner lot east of Georgia
Home bunding aud corner of First avenue
and Eleventh streets, on which there it a
store paying $300 per year rent, and room
for iwo more large stores and brick
enough to bulb* them.
3259. Two M acre lots on lower Broad street.
The corner lot is vacant. The othi r lot
has a new five-room House.
950 acre lot comer of First avenue
Fifth street. Cheapest land in the city.
2209 ** acre lot, with six new tenant houses, on
north Fourth avenue. Tho rent of thin
ptoj-erty pays 14 percent.
1209 One four-room houpe and four new tw**
room houses in Girard that rent for $29 pen
month, and room for three more houses.
3709 Mr. T. H. Moore’s house, south of court
house.
2609 Dr. Schley’s house on Second avenun,
west side, between Fifteenth and Six
teenth streets. The size of the lot is af
an acre.
2500 sFg acres of land east of the park, with
five new three-room houses
3200 Mr. O. C. Bullock’s house, next door south
of girls’ public school,
1700. acre lot * ith new five-room house on
Rose Hill on easy terms.
A number of vacant lots on Rose Hill, Prioea
ranging from $75 to $200, on termt to suit the pur
chaser.
WANTED.
From 70 to 100 fteet front on Broad street, be
tween Tenth and Thirteenth streets. Purchaser
will pay a fair price. Apply to
W. S. GREEN, Real Estate Agt.
Third door woet of Post Office.
SPECIAL PRICES
-FOR
HIM
During the coming week our
stock must be still fur
ther reduced.
Every Line of Millinery
Goods will be reduced this
week. Special Isale every day
through the week.
& CO.