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THE DAUGHTER'S DOWER. J?y Ern-e&t Lzgouye. At the annual meeting of the five Academic) of Paris held on the tUlh of last October, the little sketch, of which a translation is subjoined, was read aloud by its author, I. There was a time when, according to onr old usages, a young girl’s dov.-ry con sisted of nothing more than a chaplet of rosea. That period is long ago. In these days, the question of dower is the main point in marriages, and gives rise in the domestic circle to occasional scenes, that may be droll, or sad, or pa thetic. It is onp .oi these that I desire to bring here before you. Come in, if yon please, to the sanctum of M. Desgranges, in his house at Villen euve-Saint-Georges. M. Desgranges, a merchant retired from business, is talk ing by the fireside with his wife and his daughter, and tho talk is extremely ani mated, and it is all about a marriage. A young architect, M. Henry Grandval, has asked the hand of Madeleine, with whom he is in love, and who is in love with him. So far, nothing plainer. But M. Grand val senior will let his son marry only a girl of two hundred thousand francs, and M. D : granges will give his daughter on ly ore hundred thousand. His wife press- s him to yield, his daughter tender ly bei.oeche3 him, but ho refuses point blank. A practical man and a firm one is M. Desgranges, and there is no moving him against his will. Good Madame Doe granges belongs to that tribe of soft-na tured mothers who can’t speak of her child without a certain choking in her ut terance. She insist, she prays, and then, finding her husband inflexible, she rises from her scat, and nays to him, indignant ly: “AI. Desgranges, do yon wish to know just what I think of you ? You nave nei ther heart nor bowels 1” "No doubt of that, my dear 1” "You are not a father ; you are a-—” "An executioner! As is said in Tphi genia:’ •Thy daughter's oxecutlonor, ’twere right Ti.at tor h«r mother thou ehouhist now pre pare A ghostly festival!’ ” "M. Desgranges!” “Madame Desgranges!” “Do you know, sir, that with your iron ical indifference you will end by putting mo beyond myself, by driving me entire ly ont of my character!” "Provided, my dear, that you don't ge back Into it again !” gently suggested M. Desgranges. "Ah, this is too much !” "Enough, mamma, enough!" said Mad eleiuo, rising in turn, "I will not be tin cause of such language between my fa ther and yourself. And, since he doe* not believe that ho ought to do what w< ask him," added sho, beginning to cry. “since lie refuses what we so much de sire, and what would bo tho happiness ol Henry and inysolf—” “Sno is crying!” exclaimed Madame Desgranges—"O my child! my little dar ling!—And this doesn’t move you, mon ter! You can see her tears, you can beai her say with that sweet voice of hers that her happiness is involved —and remain inflexible ?” "What would you, niy dear? When 1 see a woman cry, I’m always on my guard." “How HO? "it's iiot my funic chat 1 remember it. lu tho early clays of our marriage, you used to cry ho often when you wanted to get something out of me, that I nlwayi iook now upon feminine tears as a sort ot investment." “0 papa, papa!” exclaimed Madeleine, “how can you mistrust my sorrow ? You don’t behove, then, (hat I’m in lovo with Henry ?” “Os course 1 do." “Henry is good and clover. You say yourself that ho has a fine prospect before him ns an architect.” “That’s true.” “Urn father, M. da Grandval, is a mnn—” “Os the highest honor.” "Well, then ?" “Ych, well then ?” chimed in Madame Desgranges. “Well, then, let her marry him, and with my consent, and a hundred thou Mind francs for dowry. But, as to th< i vo hundred thousand that M. de Grand val asks—no 1" “Why?” replied Madamo Desgranges “Why! That’s charming. Becnuso I’m not rich enough to give two hundred thousand francs to my daughter, without crippling myself.” "You will have enough, all the name.’ "Enough! That’s too little.” “At your ago, one has no longer any wan’s.” ‘ On iao contrary, each advancing yeru brings a furttior want with it. There’t not an infirmity that is not a source of ex pciiso : my sight fails, I must have spec tad os ; my legs glow feeble, I must liuv< u carriage; my hair falls out, I must havi u wig j and then tho India-rubbers anc. flannel! Why. tho flannel alone will cosi a hundred franca per annum. ” “But— ’ “No, no; lot youlli bo poor. Tiiat'.- Jiut. That’s its lot. Is it, in fact, ii v...ut c; any tiling? What matters i good supper and a good lodging, whei. one has rest ? While, as for out age -"” “You’re not old,” said Madame Des granges, amiably. “Oh, oh ! Tuo case in grave, if you’;, going to flatter uio." “Gome, come, let's roe,” continued sin in a coaxing tone. “Let’s reusou abou it. Alter ait, what, is ihe question? Jin some slight reductions m our mode ot iiv ing—our having for instance one servan less." “Exactly ro!” “Well, to much the better!” "So much the worse I I’iu lory. I hk. to be waited on.” “And you grow heavier, and aro got ting la?, while, if you waited a litllo o. yourself, you Mould remain active young—” "I don’t care about that 1" “But I care about it—for yonr sake l— it’s tho sumo of our table. Suppose w. were to retrench one dish at our din ner—” “Not at all. I won't have it. I’m i gluttou.” “That’s a sin, papa!” observed Made leine “Just so, lmt a very pleasant sin. and 1 have so foiv of that sort left mo. My deai good appetite! Why I never notice tin coining on of dinner-time without fleeing before my eyes—ns it were in a dream— the bill-of-fare, without saying to myself, ‘Ha, ha, what delicious dish of sweet will my wife have intended for me to day ?’ I'or I must do you justice on tba' point j you have a good deai of imagina tion in the matter of sweet dishes.” "Yos, yes!” answered Madamo Des granges, in gentler tone, flattered by tin compliment to hex house-keeping abili ties, “but what happens? That you eat too much. Y’ou do yourself harm. You become all flushed. The doctor says that this will work badly for yon ; while, with simpler fare, iu keeping sober—” "Sober, eh? What a foolish term !’’ "You will remain fresh—calm—the ; head clear—in shoit, you would be really bettor.” "Yes, ves; mens ixma in cor pore • tano /” “That is to say, that, if you have any common-sense, you ought to’thank Made leine for the dowry that you are giving her, for you then prolong your life in tliiX world, aud insure your salvation in the other?” “0 papa, papa!" ‘‘Come, come,” ccntinued|Madimie Des granges, imagining that her husband was giving way, “I know you well. Your heart, aftor all, is in the right place. All these little privations will be so much satisfaction to you. Toll me, wouldn't you l>3 ou!y too happy to shed your blood for your daughter ?” “Yes, yes, I know ; the pelican story! But it. seems that it isn't true.’’ -it this moment the young suitor walks in. Seeing him, Madelein runs np to him, and takes him by the baud. “Come, Henry, coaie! Uuite with ns. Pi pa is beginning to let himself be touched.” “I ?’’ said Desgranges. “Oh, sir!" commences the young mat), wih emotion; but ail at onoe 31. Des grunges turns sharply upon him: “Zounds! you come in at the right mo t> cut. You bring mo back to myself. Why, yon can’t have any heart, young n.un ! What, to have so pretty' a girl m tore with you, so good, so well-informed, s i affectionate, and you’re not willing to marry her if she has only a hundred thou sand francs?” “But. papa!" “He is bargaining for you.—Ah, when I married your mother, she was worth fi' ty thousand francs less than you are!” “What!” exclaimed Al-dame Desgran gos “a meant to say that she had fifty thou sand francs less tbau yon—and i" didn’t hesitate, notwithstanding.” “Neither do I hesitate a moment,” re plied Henry, eagerly. "It is his father who refuses, my dear.” "Yes,” say* Madeleine, “it is his fa ther. As for himself, he doesn't care the least for your fortune. Ho has told me twenty times that he would take me with i out any dowry; that he would even pre fer my not having any.” “And it is tmo!” cried the young man. I “Yes—yes ; one says all that—l «aid it, too, myself—but inwardly—” I “What! ’ exclaimed Madame Desgran | ges, petulantly, "it wasn’t true then ?" “What is true is, that I hold the max j im to bo an extremely stupid one, which ! says that fathers ought to sacrifice them j selves for their children,” "Sacrifice yourself!” said Madeleine. \ "Just as if wo would consent to that! i Why, wouldn’t ihe money remain with i you ?” “Ta, ta, ta! money can’t be in two i places at once. If I give it to you, I lose ! it: and if I don’t give it to you, I keep it. | It’s clear as daylight.” "But, papa!” "My views on this point are settled. A father ought to be richer than hi.s chil dren.” “What does it matter who is the rich er?” says Madame Desgranges. “Will not Ihcir house be ours?” "By no means whatever! A father never ought to put himself into a state of dependence on his children; and this for the children’s own sake, to prevent their becoming ungrateful.” “O papa,” ejaculated Madeleine, “how can you dare to say so ?” “Your good littlo heart, child, revolts at Rnch a word. ” "Yes, indeed ; you hurt my feelingß aadlv!” "I believe so ; I believe iu the sinccri •y of your indignation ; but—" "For whom can you take ns, sir?” ask ed Henry. "For young persons of good heart and right feeling; -and it is for that very rea son that I am unwilling to spoil you. Did you ever hear speak of u play called ‘King Lear ?’ ” "By Shakespeare ?” “Precisely. Well, do you know what he is, this King Lear? An old fool, who only met with the fate he deserved. As tor the ladies, his daughters, Shakespearo —all Shakespearo as ho is—made ono grand mistake, which was in picturing tnem wicked from the outset. What ought to have been, was to have shown them corrupted by tho absurd prodigality of their father, and led on to ingratitude by what he did for them. That is the truth ; for, in fact, if you suppress the oenefits conferred, there is no more in gratitude. Now, as I have as much solic itude for your perfection as my wife has for my improvement, I refuse out-and >nt to impoverish myself for you, lest you should bo exposed* to temptation.” "But—” "There are no Luts. My mind is made up.—Henry, go and talk lo your father, and try to make him renounce his preten sion. What the deuce ! it is easier to ab stain from asking a hundred thousand francs than it is to give them.” "But,” said Madeleine, “if ho docs not succeed in convincing his father ?" "It will be because ho does not love yon well onoitgli. In thatcaso I shall not mourn for him." "Monster! egotist! materialist! cried Madamo Desgranges. "Away with you ! away with yon !" “Adieu, Henry !” said Madeleine. "No, mademoiselle, au revoir! Your father is right. I should not be worthy of you if I did not win you ! ” “Ay, ay, young man, that’s well said, and replaces you in my regard. I won’t give you a sou (he more for it, but I like you tho better. Be off—and come back again !" a. A month after tho above scone, the young people were married. A year af ter, Madame Desgranges was godmother, fwo years later, M. Desgranges was god father. At tho end of three years we find the young household and tho old, the par ents aud the children, installed in the prot y house at Yilleneuve-Saint-Georges. I have said that M. Henry Grandval •vas an architect; but to speak or a young irchitcct is, too often, alas! to suggest an irehiteet m jmrtibwi. Os all artists, the most unfortunate are certainly the archi tects. Let a poet bo ever so poor, he can always find a pen wherewith to scribble ais verses; a musician a sheet of ruled paper, on which to transcribe his notes; i painter, a brush and a scrap of canvas, whereon ho can jot down his pictorial im tpiDings ; whilo ouo has not under one’s uanil, and can not command at will, quar ried and shaped stone and plots of ground suitable for building. No ono builds a uouso for tho sako of the architect; and what is intrusted, iu this line, to a young ono ? Ho is master of an art, and he has uo materials for exercising it. Ilia pro fession is to construct, and he has noth mg to construct. I imagine a beaver waiting for employment! Hi.s only di nts aro .small proprietors, who, having a revico to be filled tip, or a window to be pierced, or a wall to be propped, send fur wu architect in a small way, just as, in cases of indisposition, one sends for an humble practitioner of medicine, with the view of getting advice more cheaply. Such was the condition of Henry Grand val. By way of compensating himself for ikeso wretched little jobs, which he called uis broad-and-cheese work, ho employed ns rare talent ns a draughtsman and w»- er-eolorist in drawing plans of country cats, iu competing for all great, publn •econstructions. and in pending out, in al uitable directions, his designs for edi toes of general utility. At tho satin mat, as ho m.ide very just pretension t< ming a piactical no less than an aitisti can. he joined to his drawings emblem tic devices, sections, and models, tba effected the highest honor on the thor ugliness of his studies, but which ha< no one grand iucouveuieuee of costin; iim a great deal of ruouey. He had t. ■ay ihe geometricians, to pay the mens irers, to pay the verifiers, so that he ex tended on these projects for construotioi ill that the repairs brought hiru iu. H< ild out on poetry what he pioked up it arose. Hi.s budget was made up, as has beer fiuti-d, from his wife’s dowry and hit nvu, which together brought him in ui iicorne that would have been amply suffi meat for a citizen of olden time. But an -rtist! a man that likes everything that is beautiful 1 It is a dear business, this lovo of the beautiful. There is a chance f getting a bit of antique tapestry ; how can you resist the delight ot buying it t \ Jue reads the description of a remarks j ble monument recently discovered; how i can one help going to see it ? Artistic I pilgrimages are all but an obligation for I artists. But what is most ruinous foi J hem is tho reduced prices. Think ol those immense advertisements placarded ! ipon the walls, setting forth, in huge red otters, these cabalistic words: "A ! Month’s Tour iu the North of Italy, with I dl«ps at the Principal Cities—One hun- j dred and Fifty’ Francs!” Only a him died and fifty francs ! It is so cheap! j Yet there is nothing that does so much j mischief as cheapness. These enormous i pulls are as immoral ns the exchange- j shops; and you can just so much the less resist the temptation as you have the air of being reasonable iu yielding to it. Onr young household, then, gave way ! pretty often ; and if to this you add that tho husband was very much in lovo with his wife, and consequently desired that she should be charming and well got up; bearing in mind, also, that, in three years, they had indulged themselves in the luxury of a little son and a little j daughter, you will easily understand that, j during the latter part of the quarter, they wore very apt to be in difficulties—diffi culties that broke the heart of the excel-> lent Madame Desgranges, and drew up on the head of M. Desgranges a deluge of prayers and invectives. "I beseech yon. my dear, to add some- j thing to their dower.” "I shall take good care not to do it,” , was the nuswer of M. Desgranges. “I congratulate myself too sincerely on the course I adopted. My system is too good to be changed. ” "Is it possible that you have the heart to see them thus embarrassed, and to leave them so ?” “Are they embarrassed ?” “Frightfully, my dear.” “So much the better. My son-in-law will take all the more pains to find em ployers.” “But they don't come, these employ ers.” “All tho more cause for working hard to procure them.” “They have additional burdens besides their own.” “Additional sources of happiness, you mean." And, as Madame JDesgranges made a gesture of despair, “Come, come, wife, no outburst. Let’s talk it over calmly. Supposing that three years ago I had given my daughter a hundred thou sand francs more, as you wished, what would have happened ?” “It would have happened," replied Madame Desgranges, with mingled indig nation and pathos “that instead of living in a state of privation, as they have been compelled to live for three years; instead of denying themselves everything—” "Stop, stop, my dear, permit are. It seems to me—” “It seems to you, indeed? Well, then, would you have mo tell you? When I am with them at their home, when I see thoir poor little modest table — just a single dish of meat, just ono vegetable, aud no sweets whatever—aud when I come home and find you, yes, yon, seated there com fortably with your chin almost upon the tablecloth, with your excellent broiied chickens and yonr patridges larded—for you must needs have them larded now—” “What would yon, my dear ? As one grows old—” "Well, well, all this hurts rue much. I reproach myself at every good mouthful that I eat.” "I don’t.” “I find onr conduct revolting.” i "Be calm, my good wife/and come back to the question, from which you have completely wandered off. Follow !my argument, if you are able. We are, : to-day, at the 15th of November. Our j daughter, our son-in-law, their two chil ; dren, and their two servants, have been ■ here ia our country-house since the 13th of August—that is to say, throe months aud two days; and thoy reckon on re maining here—they, their children, and their servants—until the period of onr leaving, which will be on the 20th of De cember.” “Well, and would you reproach them for staying with us now ? Are you going to compluin of what their presence cost you ? Have you any idea of exiling them from your home, from my home?—Oh, wait a moment, I beg—” “Wife, wife!” | "Depriving me of tho sight of my chil dren—my only consolation in life!” "Thank you!” "Yes—yes, I know yon. You arc capa ble of declaring that the children make too much noise ! Poor pets, whose little voices are so sweet, and whoso little stop3 aro so full of grace 1” “Bat who says anything to tho contra ry ?” exclaimed M. Desgranges, impa tiently. "Do let me speak, and once more follow up my lessoning. Why have our daughter aud our son-in-law been with us for throe months aud two days, and why will they stay with us until the 20th of December ?” “A pretty question!—Because they love us! because they are happy in being with us ! because they know how to make [heir stay pleasant to us ! because they are warm-hearted, sensitive —” “In short, just tho reverse of myself! Isn’t it so ?” said M. Desgranges, laugh ing, and adding, as he went up to hi3 wife, “Come, come, let me give you a kiss. I can’t help adoring you, for yon are never more than twelve years old f” “How ! —l?—twelve?” “I mean that yon aro and always will be the same good creature, simple confi ding, credulous, whom T married with so much satisfaction." "Simple and credulous!” cried Madame Desgranges, somewhat hurt. “Would you pretend that our children are not ?” "Yes, my dear, they are all that, and more still! But do you suppose that yonr daughter, with her pretty face, that she takes pleasure iu showing because it is a pleasure to look at it—that your son-in law, with his artistic tastes and his imagi ; nation, would leave Paris and tho enjoy ments of its early winter; and, particu larly, that he would go there for hi.s busi ness every morning and return every j evening, ail for the solo delight of taking a hand at piquet with a father who is be ginning to boa Jittlo deaf, aud a moth er who would gain something iu being partially dumb ?" "But what else can you imagine? What motive can you assign for their pro- I longed stay with ns?” "My doar,” answeied M. Desgranges, laughing again, “when you were young, and had very beautiful hair, you were enchanted at going into the country, so that ihe parting might have a rest. Well, onr children are delighted to stay here and give a rest to their purse !” | “Outrageous ! Can yon suppose—?” “I’vo no grudge against them for it. I do not accuse them, either, of ingratitude or indifference! lam sure that, if they had an income of twenty thousand francs, instead of ten thousand, they would love us always—but not quite so long at a time. In the same way, lor instance, I don’t know any son-in-law the like of mine. It is impossible to show more de ference, to pay more attention. lie nev er allows one of my anivorsaries- -fete duy, birth-dav, wedding-day—to pass, without hastening forward with an im mense bouquet.” “And you believe that interested mo tives only—?” “Oh, no, roy dear, not interest alone— no -no—an interest made up, half affec tion, half calculated—an unconscious cal culation, of which one takes no account, but the existence of which I surmise, originating in a necessity by which I profit, while it does not vex mo in the least!” "Ah, you are really too bud. Y’ou dis enchant—you take the poetry out of everything ! One must be capable of such sentiments, in order to imagine them in others! It is mostrous !” “By no means! It is quite natural. Old people are very much in tho way. They must make amends somehow. I make amends bv hospitality 1” "Say at once that our children take our house for an inn ! ’ "Ah, just so ; the ‘Golden Li.a: ’’ iier. are lodged and boarded certain embar rassed children, desirous to economize Lave they spent too much upon theatres, nails, concerts? —‘Let’s go and pass s week with papa !—ls one of the children ml of sorts? Send him or her into tin •ouutry, to papa’s!’ And the child if -ont—and they a 1 come at the same time V.mi, as they are received with open arms, uid as they are spared all expense, and fa papa has good quarters and a good table md as they find there good capons and ; good pal ridges that the egotistical father -s enchanted to share with his children, why, they come, and return, and remain with pleasure!" "Ah. how disgusting! He invests everything with egotism, even paternal love! ” “But, suppose, on the other hand,” continued M. Desgranges, without ap pealing to have heard his wife, “suppose that I had doubled Madeleine’s dower, according to your wish, what would have happened ? That at this moment our children, considering that our son-in-law is Roniewhat of an enthusiast, would not perhaps be much richer, while I should i i>o a great deal poorer; that I could nor receive and entertain them for so long « time, nor so well; mid that they would come less frequency to uh, because they would lie better oil at home. Ah, my dear, if our children had more money tiian ourselves, our daughter would have discovered six weeks ago that Villeneuve- Baint-G-eorges is too damp in the autumn, and would have feared for the children the effect of the fogs from the river, while our i-on in-law would have declared that these dlily trips to Paris were affecting his heaiiu. This brings me, therefore, to my conclusion, which I dedicate to a!i fathers who have marriageable daughters: ‘Would you keep your children ?—keep your money ! Would you have pleasure in your grandchildren ?—keep your money !’ For it is thanks to the money tbit the fa ther remains tho head of the'family ; that the father's house remains the domestic rallying-point—that is to say, an honora ble and comfortable retreat for the aged ; for the young, a place of refuge and en joyment; for the babies, a near, to which they will come in search of health, and sometimes for nurture more judicious than that of their mothers themselves; for all, in short, a centre and a sanctuary, wherein occur things to bo remembered —wherein successive generations grow np and grow old, and wherein are perpetua ted traditions of respect and affection ! Call my foresight, if you will, calculation 1 and personality ; for my part, I call it the true paternal love, that which consists in making children happier and better! For, note well, my dear, that my son-in law had, I am quite willing to believe it, everything iu favor of his becoming a pattern son-in-law; but, without this foresight of mine, his good qualities would perhaps have remained in a bud ding state only. To whom does he owe it, if they have bloomed ? Plainly, to me ! —Moral of the fable: I shall not add one sou to my daughter’s dowry !” 111. We have now reached the 80th of No vember, a fortnight later, but still at Yil leneuve-Saint-Georges; for, if, in this sketch I have slightly violated the unity of time, I have at least respected the uni ty of p ace. The house of M. Drsgran ges is ail alive. Never has he himself appeared so gay and so happy, It is the twenty-fifth anniversary ot his wedding day. “Wife,” said he to Madame Desgran ges, “this is a day that must be worthily celebrated. No economizing to-day, spread all sail! give ns a dinner—just as though I was an epicure! I have particu larly recommended Madeleine, who has been passing a day in Paris, I don’t know on what affair, to return with her hus bnnd by the four-o’clock train. She will find in her room n pretty new dress, which. I would like her to wear to-day. As for you, if yon still love me a little in spite of my deficiencies, prove it; make yourself changing also. Put on for din ner—and for the evening, for I have in vited ail the neighborhood—put on, I say, my poor mother's diamonds. They rep resent, in my eyes, alt that I have most loved in this world .’—her, who gnwe them to me for you—you yourself, who have worn them for my sake and hers—yonr daughter, who will wear them for all three of ns!” And thereupon Mr. Des granges walked off to conceal some slight emotion. Why did not Madame Desgranges an swer him? Vtbv did she remain some time immovable and with her head sunk down ? Why did her daughter, coming in, carry her off to her own room, in tears? Why was the son-in-law so gloomy ? Why did the dinner bell make them all threo start,? Why, on entering the din ning-room, did the mother give a troubled look at her husband ? Why did M. Des granges, on observing it, utter a few words that were almost n reproach ? Why! The words themselves explain all. "Yon have not got on yonr dia monds !” cried the father. Asher solo re ply, the mother threw herself, weeping, into the arms of her husband. The daughter took his hand, and kissed it, on his knees before him. Y’ou have not got your diamonds, what have you done with them?” The wife and children were si lout. “Y’ou make no reply?” continued the father,, in a harsher tone. “It is I then who must speak out. You have sold them to cover the imprudence of your son in-law ! Yes, because ho was pleased to associate himself with an ill-devised enterprise, because he had the folly to make himself responsible for scamps who have deceived him, you have been obliged, in order to pay one-half of his debt—for ho still owes twelve thou sand francs —you have been obliged to tear away from me the dearest souvenir of my poor mother, and the most precious voucher of our own affection, and you have oven embittered the enjoyment of this special day ! Ah, it is too bad! Madame Desgranges endeavored to mut ter excuses. “That is enough!” said M. Desgranges, interrupting her. “Hero are the servants. Go, take your places!” Mother and children went silently to the table; but suddenly, as she unfolded her napkin, Madame Desgranges uttered a loud exclamation. Her son-in-law did the same thing, and both leaned over to ward M. Desgranges, their eyes filled with tears. The mother had found her case of diamonds under her and her son-in-low had the twelve thousand francs he needed. “Ah, my dear!” "Ah, father?” "It’s all right, it’s all right!” repliedM. Desgranges, disengaging himself from embraces. “You will not hereafter call me an egotist. It seems that there was some propriety in my foresight; and you compre hend at last that a father ought always to remain richer than his children, were it only—wore it only, my dear ones, that ho may bo able to help them at a pinch, and save them from a catastrophe. Never theless, Henry, don’t do tho same thing again, because I shall not be able to re peat my part.” mi'EX ING EOR HEATH. No on?', says Yon Hmnbolt, can fear death less than I do, neither am I much attached to life ; but I have never known tho feeling of an anxious longmg for death ; and although it be a nobler one than that of an absolute weariness of ex istence it is nevertheless blarnable. Life must first, for rs long a period as Provi dence wills it, be enjoyed or suffered—in one word, gone through, and that with a full submission, without murmuring, la ; menting, or repining. There is oae irn ; portaut law of nature which’ wo should I never lose sight of—l mean that of ripen ing for death. Death is not a break in existence, it is but an intermediate cir- I cumstance, a transition from one form of ■ final existence to another. The moment of maturity for death can not be decided by any human wisdom or inward feeling; and to attempt to do so would bo nothing ; better than the vain rashness of human : pride. That decision can only be made ; by Him who can at once look back through our whole course ; and both rea j son and duty require that we should leave | tho hour to Him, and never rebel against his decrees by a single impatient wish. The first and most important thing is to learn to master ourselves and to throw : ourselves with peaceful confidence on Him who never changes, looking on every situation, whether pleasant or otherwise, as a source from which our interior exist ence and individual character may draw increasing strength; and hence springs that entire submission which few attain to, although all fancy they fee! it. The Asbantee Kino.—CoffiCaicali, the King of Ashantee, who it is reported is dead, was famous from his contentious with the British. He governed a country extending several hundred miles north ward from near the equator and very far inland from the British territory known as the Gold Coast, which divides it from the Atlantic ooean. The Ashauteo3 have always looked upon the English as inva ders, but were on better terms with the Dutch, who until 1872 also owned part ot lie coast, in that year the Dutch tiaus fem-d their territory, including the port of Elmiua, to the British. King Coffi be came incensed at this; aaid. the Dutch always paid him tribute, and that In iiust iia.c Ktmina iu order to have access to the tie*. “.EUnina is mine,’ he declared ; “it is there I eat my salt; it is there I drink my rum.” During the present year the Chieftains, it appears, cried out to the King that they were hun gry for war, that they would drive the wiJite man into the sea and make him hide in tho belly of the herring. The King gratified ll ese ardent warriors and declared war. His troops advanced to Cape Coast Castle without attacking it, but were re pulsed at Elmina. VViieu news of the fighting reached England an expedition was sent out and disembarked in October. The King, according to recent accounts, was holding his own, and the announce ment of his death is as unexpected as it is unexplainable. This British Wab in Africa. —Tho news from Ashautoe to the 2fth of November is not by any means encouraging for the cause of the British expedition against the native African King. Sir Garnet YVolseley has recovered his health, but the very seri ous fact that military operations had been entirely suspended during his illness was j made known to him at the first moment ! of his convalescence. The progress in the field since has been slow, and tho army columns of the Queen are being encumbered and the advance impeded by the number of the sick. Then there are difficulties on the seaboard. The authori ties at Madeira have placed obstacles in the way of the establishment there of a I sanatorium for the shelter of English sol- ! diers stricken with fever. This action, apparently inhospitable, may lead to : Complications between tho Porlugees and the British governments, as it is abso lutely necessary that the fever-patched i sad enervated Europeans should be re turned to the influence of the sea breeze, so far as it jpay be practicable to do so.— A tic York lltrald, 17 th. A Hcssian J avert.— Minister Jewell, in a recent letter from St, Petersburg, mi vs : "ibe most powerful man here, after the Emperor, is •Tripoff,’Chief of Police—a man of wonderful executive ability, al ways at a fire or n parade. He is always just behind the Emperor when out, and says who may come aud who may go, and "ho shall lie tried too, I think, and per haps who may be convicted, He just runs ills city, and does it to perfection. He is accountable to nobody but the Em peror. I send to him to get Americans out of scrapes or out of the country, or to do anything else—all I know is that it is done. His dispatch to the frontier lets anybody in or out, stops them for exam ination. He is said to be a very just man. and he oertainly is a very uctive one.” The Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune, whose letter is re produced elsewhere, states the case of Busteed, the United States District Judge for Alabama, as it now stands. The Tribune says, editorially : “The allegations made against Busteed will find ready support, but the curious feature of the business is that the move ment against him is not so much in the interest of morals as of politics. Senator Spencer wants Bnsteed’s place for another man: therefore, Busteed is a disgrace to the Bench. Another Alabama politician, who thinks the Judge will neither resign or be impeached, proposes to limit his power for mischief to anew district, which shall be composed of a single county in the backwoods. In Washington, this sort of management is called ‘statesmanship.’” The San Antonio jferald reports the sale of the Trio river, Texas, at five, six and seven cents per acre. New Advertisements, SAMPLE ?fnt by mall lor 50e. that retail quick at JU>. K. L. V, UMA)Ti, IST Chatham square, N Y, m-SPOdNFULJSSiVfSS.f' 1 ’ j BUCHU AND DANDELION I promo:eß healthy action of the KIDNEYS, * LIVEB and BOW ELS; la therefore the greatest Blood Purifier and Bealth Pre server of the age, and prevents diseases oy removing the cause. It has stood the test, and Is the best medicine in use. w. c. Hamilton & co., Cincinnati, Ohio. Wentworth's Key-ring and Check combin ed, Ger, bilver sample lbc. Circulars free, staf ford Mftj Cos , 66 l ulton St., N. 1. 5000 ACENTS3 WANTED.* Sample* vw sent ires by ni.nl. with lerms. to clear from $5 to $lO per day. Address N. H WIIHt, Newark, IS. J. SI3 j Brings you free by„maU the very best ft Elastic Truss./ « « rite at once to Pomeroy ic Cos.. 744 iiroadway, N. Y. THE MAGIC COMB?.”.W“LS sl. Will change any colored hair to a perma nent black or brown and contains no poison, trade supplied at low rates. Address, JUG IU COMB CO., Springfield. Mass. MWSffIMMr, A Ititto book, full of good things, valnable eecrc/a, aod important information, mailed for two stamps. Address, LEE & CO., 524 fcixUi AYork. “-pSYOHOMA-’CY.-. or SOUL CHARM. _L ING.” How either sox may fascinate and gain t o lo o and aife-tions of any person they choose instantly. This simple mental ac quirement all can possess, free by mail, for 25c., together with a marriage guide, Egyptian Oracle, Breams, Hints to Ladies, Wodding- Niirh' Shirt, &c. A queer book. Address T. WILLIAM &OQ., Pubs , Phila. Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, AND ALL THROAT DISEASES, "CTso WELLS’ CARt OLIC TABLETS PUT UP ONLY IN HUE BOXES. A TRIED AND SURE REMEDY. Sold by Drug Ist.'. 200 PIANOS and ORGANS. Now anil Second-Hand, of First- Class makers, will be sold at Lower Prices for cash, or on Installments, in City or County, during' tl.ls Finan cial Crisis and trio IwQI.iLtAVS. by HOIBACE WAIEKS & SON, No. '4Bl Broadway, liiau ewer beture otter ed in New York. Agent* Want eilfor the sale of Waters’ Celebrated Pianos, Concerto and Orchestral Organs. Illustrated Catalogues mailed. Great Inducements to the Trade. A large discount to Ministers,Church es, Sunday-Schools, Etc, Pit. J. P. Frn.SR. —Being B\rorn, bats, I pradaateii aC tka University of Fcnn’a ia Il&L tvnd after 39 yoars’ experience, porfected £>r. Filler’s Vegetable Rheumatic Byrnp* I gnaranteo it an infallible euro for Nerve, Kid ney and .Rbouinafcic diseases. Sworn to, this 26th April, 1; , 1- F. A. OSBOURN, Notary Pvblic, Phil V7d ClorffTmeit 77S:a Cnrodl'y it, andwillßntißfvanyon^Yn-I?- us. Hov.Thoß.Marphv,T>.r>.,Frnnkforri, Phila. Pev.O.l-T. F. Rev..T.S.PncUanan.Clnrer»tM;.Towß.lßcv. G. Kittsford,N.Y. Kpv.Joff.Begpa. Falla Church, Phila., Ac. A ffiieted should writo I>r.Fitlpr,Phila..for erpl' - natory Pamphlet & puaranle<?,STiit is. Jf 60 Reward foreu ii>- wabie case.Noo'iro tbocbftrs®, a reality. Sold uni&’S'asta* skss rd T3io highest medical authorities of Europe say tho strongest Tonic, Purifier and Deobstruent known to tho medical world Is JURUBEBA. It arrests decoy of vital forces, exhaustion of tho nervous system, restores vigor to the debil itated, cleanses vitiated blood, removes vesicle obstructions and acts directly on the I Ivor and •spleen Prico gd abot le. JOHN Q. KEL LOGG, 18 Platt St., N. Y. cures ail KdESors from the worst Scrof ula to a con non EJotck or Pimple. From two to six bottles are warranted to euro Salt Rheum or Tetter, Pimples Oil Face, Roils, Erysipelas anti River Complaint. Six to twelve bot tles, warranted to euro Scrofulous Stvcfilr.rs and Sores and all Skin aud Rlood Eiieeascfi. Bv it3 wonderful Pectoral properties it will euro tho most severe recent or lingering Cough In half tho time required by any other medicines and Is perfectly safe, loosening cough, sooth lug irritation, and relieving soreness. Pold by all Druggists. If. V. PJESJCE, KM},, World’s Elsncnsarv. Buffalo.’N. Y. N. Y. Safety Steam Power Cos. fS g SO CCKIXANBT ST., New YOIIK. hjjhs-'t Superior Stbam Engines MHnl ant. Boilers, by special ■ machinery and duplication of 1 -is tes parts. They aro Sale, Eeo jaL nomical, i asily Manged and not liable to derangement. ggjSjajajaLj Their Coxbiseo Engine nd Boiler is peculiarly izx’rSg'lJßS"'vgpi.iapted to nil purposes re i;u 11Ing small pacer. More than iOu engines, from 2 to 100-horso power, in use. Send for illustrated circular. dels 8w Tito Only Known Medicine THAT AT THU SAME TIME Purges, Purifies, and Strengthens the System. Ur.. Ti ri’s Pills are composed <if many in gro.iMMJ. Prominent among them iiro Sar saparilla oml Wild Cherry, so united as to act together; the ono, through Its admixture witi. other sub’aricee, purifying and purging; while the other Is strengthening the system. Thus these Pills are at the same time a tonleauda cathartic, r licsideiatum long sought for bj modioal men, but never before discovered. In other woiv.s, they do the work ot two medi 'inos and do It much l etter than any two we know of, for th y remove nothing from the s;, stem but impurities, so that while they purge they also si lengthen and hence they cause no de bility and are followed by no reaction. Da. Tutt's Fills have a wonderful influence on ti.e blood. They not only purify without weakening it, but they remove ail noxious par ticles lrom tho chyle before it is converted Wito fluid, ami thus makes impure blood an utter impossibility. As there is no debilitation, so there is no nausea or sickness attending the ! operatt nos t is most excellent medicine, j which never strains or tortures the digestive | organs, but causes them to work in a perfectly I natural mam er; hence persons taking then do n it become pale ami emaciated but onriie contrary, while all Impurities ar eingremov ed, the combined action of the Sarsaparilla and Wild Oherry purifies and invigorates tin body, and a robust st.rto cf health is the result of rireir united action. Price, 26 c nts a box. i Sold by ail druggists. Depot 48 Oortiandt St., I Now York. 11018 Only 50 Conti per Bottle. Ifcproi*<sf«stbe<4!iOWT?3» PARSER*. :: * t»ie Foi/.Mkj nad iuvi e:». o-j the Yigtr find I7K UTV of iTe 43A lit. Ovt;r Thirty Y'!’ ■ ■> \ i\- w. K.r:;*.r.o\ r'-K - KK H/.iK M“.S , : • > -I t !:! ..-A.- I'nf.'-vtr f 1 Ll-M, V? • .» j’r .--ti Ool! r » M v-> • * r ■■■: : > * jH HfSv v . - MU? _ • ION STOVES, STOVES jgl* NATHAN CROWNgpu IfjgjL (Opposite Sun Office) COLUMBUS, CA., WOULD respectfully Invite the attention ot hia friends and customers to his exten sive Block ot STOVES, HOLLOW AND STAMPED WARE, HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, isc. AIso,TIN WARE at wholesale and retail. Manufacturer of TIN, SHEET IRON and COPPEk WORK. Roofing and Guttering done promptly and In the best manner He solicits a call, feeling assured that he can give entire satisfaction Price as low as the lowest. Come and I" erm liny nclKeodfcW NOTICE. Georgia, muscogee county.—ah person* indebted to the estate of Allen Andrews (colored), deceased, are requested to make immediate payment, and tho-'e having dem m if against said estate to present them to me within the time prescribed br l*w. noil wei 11. T. YOUNG, Adm’r. i. & J. KAUFMAN, WHOLESALE GROCERS. 14 and 16 Broad Street, . 'Columljms. G-eorsia Here’s Your Chance! NO EXCUSE FOR A RUSTY SUIT! CLOTHING AT GOST! xpon TIIE'NEXT THIRTY DAYS WE WILL SEED OCR SUFERE STOCK OF GENTLEMEN'S, YOUTHS’ AND CHILDREN’S Clothing and .Underwear, Hats, Umbrellas, Trunks, Valises, Carpet Bags, &c., at Cost for Cash, Come at once, if you wish to buy CHOICE CLOTHES for a little money. THOMAS & PRESCOTT. Columbus, da., Dec. 20. 1573. eod&w SMmWi Til,if «Tffi! 50 TONS COTTON SEED, In Splendid Order. For Saie by The Eagle and Phenix Manufac’g Cos. de2o dsod2w&w2t R. R.Goetchius & Cos. COLUMBUS STEAM PLANING Corner of St. Clair and Jackson sts, Columbus, Ga. WE have commenced operations with Ma chinery of the latest improvements; we have secured experienced workmen, and intend to use none but good material. Sash, Blinds and Panel Doors : will be furnished and boxed at the Factory at ; the following prices: WINDOW HASH, QLAZED. ELINDS size, lights, width. height. perpair, window Bxlo 12 2ft. Sit. 10 *2 65 *2 B 5 Bxlo 15 2ft. 411. B'X 330 325 Bxlo 18 2ft, 6ft. o>£ 300 375 10x12 12 211. 411. 6 326 300 10X12 16 2ft. 10U 6ft. b]4 405 37a 10X12 18 2ft. loU 6ft. B‘,J 480 440 12X14 12 Sit. 611. SU 420 305 12x14 15 3ft. 4U Olt. 4 ‘A 525 440 12X14 18 Bft. 4"'4 7ft. 6>4 630 525 12X16 12 Bft, 4IZ sft. 10W 460 406 12X10 18 Sit. iy 2 Bft. oj| 685 595 12X18 12 3ft. 4W eit. Ok 610 450 12x18 15 Bft. 4k Bit. k 6 45 500 12x18 18 Bft. 4'4 Wit, 7' 775 070 12X20 12 3ft, 4k 7ft. 2k SWO 4WO 12X22 12 3ft. i'A 7ft, 10k 685 »45 Sash 1% In. thick. Lip Sash lk la- thick 2c. per light additional for Lipping and Ploughing itlinns 1 % in. thick. All Sush Glazed with Best French Class. Snsii Weights and Cords on hand; also, Builders’ Hardware, such ns Leeks, Butts, Hinges. Screws, and Blind Fastenings. Two Panel Doors, 3x7 leet, 1 % inch thick, no Mouldings ' -a 00 Two Panel Doors, 3x7 leet, 1% inch thick, Moulded one side 3 50 Two Panel Doors, 3x7 feet, lk inch thick, Moulded two sides 4 00 Four Panel Doors, 3x7 feot, 1% inch thick, no Mouldings 4 00 Four Pauel Doors, 3x7 feet, 1% inch thick, Moulded one side 4 50 Four Panel Doors, 3x7 leet, 1% inch thick, Moulded two sides 6 00 Doors of any thickness desired made to order. Doors with Raised Panels, Raised Mouldings, and-Circuiar Hoad Panels, to order. Persons ordering Sash for frames already made, should send width, height of frame, thick ness for sash, and number of lights wanted to the window. All kinds of Moulding’on hand and furnished at short notieo. Brackets of any desired pattern. Persons desiring work in our line will find it to their interest to consult us. Send bill of items for estimate, nr e.,11 at our Mills. Worked Flooring and Ceiling on hand at lowest market rates. Planed Weather Boards. Iron Railings for Cemeteries, .All kinds Wood Working Machines. Hoadley’s Portable Engines. Judson’s Governors at factory prices. R. R. Goetehius & Cos. Terms , Cash or City Acceptance. felßwly Bowery Academy, Located s milks west ok j T AIBOTTON AN D 4 MILKB JSASTI OK JIT. Alltv, ON TUB liOAU FliOM xljypi'feS j COLCJUUSTO I‘ALIiOTTON. j rnilE undersigned will open his school m the 1 _L beautiiul and commodious building leeent- j l> completed, on the First Monday in January'. This thoroughly finished Mehooi-Room will I aocuumiud.tu eighty puinls. us internal ar rangement is-it that van ho lie. ired tor con venience, comfo: t anti health. 'I be Pfine pal line permanently located his family com euient to this Academy, and wii! devote Uit- res-it o> 2u yours experience, united Willi li a best eneigiea, to the Work ol thorough ly pillaring tboao olio may be placed under his training i.ir the active duties unite. believing that unless the theories ot all sci ence tire acquired in connection with tito ren >ons upon which they ate hated, are soon lost, ho adheres to the •• Why and 11 hi rejort ” sy ■ lem. lit all his 9th .ol room his primary object is the development ot thought. Hard stu dy and lose thinking have mane, are making ud w ill make (as long us there are any,) iLe practical, useful and sueeesstul men o: the world. Hy a literal conformity to this m thud, he Principal is determined to make it the in terest of a 1 parentStiml gUurdiaosto send their tons and daughters of tttr da to iiowiiUY Atij- DkMY. it wc look over this country, and through our marts ot trade, w see that by far the larg er part ol ourhusine s passes; hrougli the hands ol those whose school days CO' silted ot at least ten hours each, while the pilots of evanescent enterprises and t.uir-brained projects are the J fruits ol 4 and 0 hour day schools! Therefore. I the Silling term of this School, lor 1874, ivili | op-n on the ftrst .Monday in January and cou ! tinue 120 scholastic . ays ot 10 it tits each, j t tile low rate S2O 09 tuition, hall ot which ! mu t ho paid on entrance and the other half on ; he Ist ol October, The second term will con i sistot eighty scholastic days. Tuition, sl3 00, I due O 'tuber Ist. •OSiySuch boys and girls as arc too delicate, | physically or mentally, to undergo closo u.en | tal liißciptlue under th.s plan, am not solio.cd ‘at tliis school. *S~EO • RD.can he had l a good fa miles at Isl 2 50 per month."SSJ, 4IS“Ao experienced Instructress will have the MusLal Department in charge. Parties inter ested in this depa tment vvi.l make their ar rangements with her. <#®-Oarefully read this proposition : Any patron who will visit tbi> School monthly dur ing each term, anil who feels when a term lias (nosed tnat the pupil or . upils in vvh m she or he is Interested, have not received full voluouf the tuition charged, will he receipted gratis further particulars address the un dersigned at Talbotton, (la J. G. OAUIOUN, Principal. Txr.nr.TTOY, G A., Nov. 221. 1873. [deed »lm AT COST! ! My Large and Choice Stock DRY. GOODS AT COST for CASH!! Heat naiicnes (not second’.-) s»t iOe.; Itesl Spoot Celiun. ?2c. perdue.; Paciory Checks, 14c; faetery Shi eling, l!r; tiobil tics) Ticking, lit-. A upwards: ; lard wide flieaiiied i oilois }u. worth 1.3 c; Yard wide Sea. Island Cottuu, lit, worth 15c; Kentucky Jeans, 22, worth 30e: “ “ 33, “ SOc; Carpets and SSugre ( neap. Drets Goods at Great Sacrifice! BLACK. ALPACAS, 30c , worth 45c.; “ “ 45c„ worth flOe.; LADIES’ CALF SHOES. $2 23, w-.rin $2 75; “ Cloth OAITEKS, $2 20. “ *2 75; Everything else Cheap in proportion. t£n_Call early, I am determined to sell. H. T. CRIGLER. n02.-> W Georgia, Muscogee County. TTTHEREAS, Mrs. Savannah Taber has ap- W plied lor letters of adm nlstratlon on the estate of Edward A. Faber, late of said cuun ty, deceased ; This Is therefore to cite and admonish all and singular tne kindred and creditors of raid de ceased to be and appear at my office, within the time prescribed by law,to show cauße, it any they nave, why said letteis should nut be granted. de4 F. M. BROOKS, Ordinary. ! POSTPONEMENT FOURTH ! Grand Gift Concert. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE Public Library of Kentucky. Over a Million in Bank! Success Assured! A FULL DRAWING CERTAIN On Tuesday, 31st March Next! In order to meet the general wish and expec j tatien of the public and ticket-holders, for the ! lullpayme tofihem gnificent gifts ann unc ! cd lor the Fourth Grand Gift Concert of toe I Public Lib;ary of Kentucky, the management have determined to postpone tho Concert and Drawing until Tuesday, the 31st of March, 1574! They have already realized Over a Million Dollars, And have a great many Agents yet to hear from. NO DOUBT IS ENTERTAINED OF THE BALE OF EVERY T CELT lIZKOKE THE DRAWING, BUT Wi,ETHER ALL ARE SOLD OR NOT TH CONCERT AND DRAWING WILL POBITINKLY AND UNEQUI VOCALLY TAKE PLACE ON THE DAY NOW FIXED, AND IE ANY REMAIN UNSOLD THEY WILL Si CANCELLED AVD THE PRIXES WILL BE REDUCED IN PROPORTION TO TUB UNSOLD TICKETS. Only 60,000 tickets havo been issued and 12,000 Cassis. O-jLJTfts*, #1,500,000, will bo distributed among the ticket-holders. A he tickets are printed in coupons, of tenths, and all fractional parts will bo represented in the druwingjast as whole tickets are. List of Gifts. ONE GRAND OAStI GIFT ..*280,000 ONE GRAND CASH GIFT 100,000 j ONE GRAND CASH GIFT 60,000 ; ONE GRAND CASH GITT 25 000 ONE GRAND CASH GIFT 17.500 10 CASH GIFTS SIO,OOO each 100,000 30 CASH GIFTS 6,000 each 160,000 60 CASH GIFTS 1,000 each 60,000 40 CASH GIFTS 500 each 40,000 100 CASH GIFTS 400 each 40,000 100 OASII GIFTS 300 each 46,000 260 C A.-'ll GIFTS 200 each Ou.ouO j 825 CASH GIFTS 100 each 82 600 j 11,000 CASH GIFTS 60 each 660,000 \ TOTAL, 12.000 GIFTS, ALL CASH, | amounting to *1,500,000 ; The chances ior a gift aro as one to five. Price of Tickets. Whole ti kets*so.oo; Halves *25.00; Tenths, i or each coupon *5.00; Eleven Whole Tickets lor ; 8600.00, 22J4 Tickets for *1,000.00; 113 Whole Tickets for *5,000.00; 227 Whole Tickets for *lO,- 000.00. No discount on less than *500.00 worth of Tickets. Tile Fourt h G ift Concert will boijonducted in all respects like the three which have already ; been gi/ou, and full particulars may be learned irom circulars which will he sent free from this office to all who apply for them. Ordo s for tickets and applications for agen cies will ho attended to in tho order they aro ! received, and it is hoped they will be sent in promptly that there may he no disappointment nr delay in filling all. Liberal terms given to j those who buy to sell again. All agents are peremptorily required to settle up their ae. eounts and return all unsold tickets by the 20th I day of March. T32©. JR. RUAMI.F.TIE, Agent Public Library Kentucky, and Manager ■ of Gift Concert, Public Libfarv Building, Louisville, Ky. [del3 d2taw&.w I Tickets for sale and"piizes coilooted free of charge, by Capi. C. A. Klink, Agt. - : J ■ A A tvV.;- . ••• fV-‘ ' ;• . ■- -r ; ~ -:l--v \ , f r * - •'< ■(./ ' y JLei r ■_ i 4 ; % A *(;'** J £ -• r-T t.<~ 1 fees proved c \ Eb-dS fetsrUrtrj end pain cubtiauig ia t.i® World. It is recomnienfied with mbassSca zr.su?- anc..,' : .. .xjet*. -tv hr t’ : . ; “-3i, ■ X h v :.; r . i t hi , Diaiao.oKilA.: OTBOiI.iQ *.% i j\ , 7*3*-. t:?., k l ion? fill pf-jr«ona, i<-. \ y 1 *:-r a:: 1 Ilarncu, CJ i..S i\. * «*' w _ / - 3 and ia ' w I { j iiIaCI a?* ('k Iyf 3ay ..liXf i-. .% iiTUltb Ol \a .v.i ; iWi § I : ;|h r „ 11J 3 I .TI ?mngin WILL ALSO ••••% r.heumatism, Cent, Lama hi. ; ■ -re, i o.sonou i Titos, External > i; Hon : ors Kioples, Ac., ■mdm-y „ 'jellytermedtha jianactaforali v X" IPvIJAL Y7OUNDQ. r- *“• -a. mher, this Liniment did * ‘ .upin ti tiny om your,pro ;• . , „ . »O«TABSCBOA7CD7rK4S3BAX>CCIUH I V r.EW-BOKf a:;d McfcHSOOH Liki •n.n . If a• wo have i’.'.o experience of o /or liii; i v yi'di'S ol trial, vr.ia tko mostenb* ctsaiialrb3ulie,aadb7 r.muili'.udo ofwitcesaes. If the T inlsisat i3 net as rcsoiamoaded, tha Moiwk wil tbo liefnndedL V X>o r ; 2 :■ I . oTn vd ..1 'ut>-n bj urinf? any other .'jsrii..v .•- r.:u : iho nmo prcpi.-i-fio3 or ro. ••x-;- , . a elxc" . L-U'l. Le am© vL'ut'-- Ti p r~‘ fp ( *n t d^2USl6&ii Sold ey all Druggists akd Countbs &TOBLS AT £sc., SOc. arid Si per Bo'itle. KOIICS SIZS OP liOTTXL, STYLE, &C. LYON MFG-, CQ. r L _ r £ Carriages and Harness on hand, and ar.y style furnished to order. THE OLD CARRIAGE HOUSE is per manently opened, OGLETHORPE STREET, a few doors north ol the Postofflcc. Salt's. E. KICKS, oetll dsatAw2m] Agknt ! J RHODES BROWNE. President. GEO. W. DILLINGHAM, Cash e GEORGIA HOME BANK Bank of Discount and Deposit. Deals in Exchange, Coin, Stocks and Bonds. Drafts Collected and prompt returns made Georgia Home Savings Bank . Offers the greatest inducement to those having idle funds, fur which they want UN DOUBTED SECURITY, n LIBERAL INTEREST, ami PROMPT PAYMENT, when required. DEPOSITS °* SI an, l uiwur‘l* rei rived. Iteposils « all be ivithdrawi in person or by t-ltcck by those of our patrons tvlio live »t a distance. INTEREST al,owe ‘ l n( (?) Her t'c-»»»., • compounded Jniinar) April, July mid October---four times n year. SECURITY **>’ ,hc of tile Company's clmrler, slfe entire i apiu l nm! properly of the f'oiupany anil the private roper > of the Miareliolricr* is pledged for file obligation, oft! ~ savings Hank. DIHECTOXiS : J. ERODES BROWNE, President of Cos. ] N. X. CURTIS, of Wells, Curtis A O. JAB. F. BOZEMAN, Capitalist, Atlanta. | L. T. DOWNING, Attorney-art aw. ; J. It. CLAPP, Manuf’r, Clapp’s Factory. I JOETAH MORRIS, Bunker, Monfgomety. Hon. JOHN MoILHENNY, Mayor. ‘ i CHARLES WISE. JAMES RANKIN, Capitalist. I D. F. WILLCOX, Secretary of the i' ; , my 4 i eod.tw :GREAT SACRIFICE! j w e have just received, another lot ol I3esxixtitYxl Calicoes, Aviiieli were ordered before oui* determination to close out. We must dispose of tliem. Therelore we will sell BEST CALICO at 9c. and make a lilsre redaction on all other goods. JOSEPH & BRO. uovl3 diiWtf L. M. BURRUS. G. M. WILLIAMS. i lUIEUS 1 WILLIAMS, Alabama Warehouse, Columbus, Ga. Special Attention given to Storage and Sale of Cotton. BAGGING AND TIES On hand at Lowest Market Price. Also sell sep2 6mw BROWN’S COTTON GIN, “the iwiiiu smi; t —^ — PEYTON, CORDON & CO., Wlioloealc and Ketail X) oal oi a No- 89 Broad Street, {Store formerly occupied by Mbs. Lxb.) | STOCK UN HAND. GOODS ARRIVING DAILY, embracing all the noveltlo DRESS AND FANCY GOODS; A Splendid Stock of Black and Colored Silks, Cashmeres, Satteens, &c.. Ac.; Fuil Stock Staple Goods at Lowest Prices. CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, RUGS, CURTAIN DAMASK and LACKS; Cloths, Cassinieres and Gents’ Furnishing Goods a Specialty. SUITS MADE TO ORDER and guaranteed both as to quality and Hi. SOLE AGENTS FOR “JUGLA’S” KID GLOVES, none better; Also Richardson's Colleae | Shirts; A handsome assortment Shell, English llorr. and Oxyde ;-ets; Heauntul Furs to arrive only 8 > 00 per set; Gents’ French Calf Boots and .Shoes made to cur order and warranted not to rip; also a lull line Ladies’ shoes. £S~Wo sell only good Goods and guarantee t rices. Wholesale buyers will find it, totheiriio terost. to examine our Slock before making their purchases. sep2s eod&w FIFTEEN REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR PICTURES TAKEN AT Williams’ Gallery of Art. i ST ,- , xt tho best arranged GALLERY in this ei-y for taking tho Beet, Pictures and comfort _L Its Patrons, unving a private dressing rouio tor the ladies, in which they oin arraajie their toilets. ’ 1 a 2. It has tlio best instrument that Is made. 3. It is kept well warmed and pleasant as summer tho coldest weather. 4. Pictures ol every kind, colored or plain, from card to life-size. 6. Eighteen years’ experience in Picture taking is a full guarantee of tho best Pictures. 0. It is the only Gallery in the State ha ving a No. 1 Retoucher and Colorist. JOHN L. DLFI EE, tho Artist, late of New York and Washington, has charge <-.' the Coloring Department. 8 ’ 8. You don’t havo to wait for clear weather; Pictures taken just as well In cloudy. desired l o nforin itlon ,|CtUreS ’ l ’ y * neW procee? ’ t 0 look ft3 well as if taken from life, by giving the 10. Tills Copying Process is only known to this Gallery, and competition is defied. 11. You will never fail to get Pictures of Children. 12. You can get any kind or prico of Plctnre you want. p£j^to^e?. todyOUO “ Brtth * m,b,,t mUSt eipCU 10 pay 6Xtr “ Photographic 'artls ableYo jUj^S Uken at lhlS ° allery are the LeEt «* Nove.nuerT ber ’ WillLa,ns ’ Gnllfr V >’» over Carter’s Drug Store, Columbia, Ga. R E3 El Jhf'E B ES n. 2 THE NEW YORK STORE Is Still Selling at Our J ouvin 2-Button KID GLOVE at 90 cents ner pair. Only a lew dozen left. FALL AND WINTEfT GOODS! ; CHAPMAN & VERSTILLE wuf 0K t 0 tU,r ,r,en<U * ad lh lt their Stock w.ll be kept coneUntly replenish SEASONABLE GOODS r Ijoweet IVlnrliLot H’i'iocn M^eTrat™ eeiVe in Paymeßt KA, * Lt AXDPHENIX MONEY and COTTON at highest _ octls deotl Dealer iu liA S S, CAPS, UMBRELLAS, AT THE OLD STAND OF F. LANDON, on hand and receiving regularly from Manufacturers Direct » Full Stock of Staple and Fancy Hats; in Fancy Hats, the very Latest in Styles and Colors. nocl2 P ‘ e ’ iar a '“ ! W ° o1 ’ hIS Stoek 18 P" 1601 anJ t 0 whloh he inv ‘t«» the attention ol planters ||mb eo.iAw BOOTS, SHOES AND HATS! K.HSTG, Broacl Stroot, Columfous. Goorgiu. A\’holosnle anti Tfetail. I of inr ° rm “ y fr,<>n,,s and the i' ul ' lie ,bat 1 have just received a laige .ni HOOTS, SHOES AND IIATS, nll«:ra<ies nml st vie usually kept :n a Im-t-claF-g Shoe store v/a y K T f oi!lr^r « SHOES hdfi been IL t ie expressly lor my own trade, and I will W AKUAJV I every pair to l*e as represented. 1 can otter extraordinary inducementa to Country Merchants and small Dea’er* ,y "■ ’■*»*='■> *" E 3 A.TNTIO ! PAIXTIC! ! I AM NOW SEI.LINO AT PAN’IU PRICES AIYLARGE AN D FASHIONABLE STOCK OF MILLIN E It Y , Comprising all the latest Novelties in the line of Trimmed and «nvo r Tni :lined au d Bonnets, Ribbons, Silks, Piowers, Ornaments, Velvets, &e. HAIR GOODS in all Styles, Jet and Immitation Jewelry MJE»S*S »• Mrs. M. E. HOV/ARD, November 21. eod&w RANDOLPH ST , NEXT TO STRUPPER’S.