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THE WAY OP THE WORLD.
There are beautiful songs that we never sing,
And names that are never spoken,
There are treasurers guarded with jealous care
And kept as a sacred token.
TL -<■ are fhded flowers and letters dim,
With tears that have rained above them,
For the fickle words and the fbithless hearts
That taught ua how to love them
There are sighs that come in our joyous hours
To ohasten our dreams of gladness,
And tears that spring to our aching eyes ,
In hours of thoughiess sadness.
For the blithest bird that sings in spring,
Will flit in the waning summer,
And Ups that we kissed in fondest love
Will smile on the first new coiner.
Over the breast where lilies rest
In white hands stilled forever,
The roses of June will nod and blow.
Unheeding the hearts that sever.
And lips that quiver in silent grief,
All words of hope refusing.
Will lightly turn to the fleeting joys
That perish with the using.
Summer blossoms and winter snows.
Love and its sweet elysian;
Hope, like a siren diui and fair,
Quickening for Hunting vision;
Drooping spirit and failing pulse
Where untold memories hover,
Eyelids touched with the sesl of death
And the fitful dream is Over.3
—D. if. Jordan .
A Crime and Its Sequel.
It was through sheer luck that I was cho
sen District Attorney of a remote backwoods
district. There was but a slender stock o(
legal timber to select from, and small dif
ference in the quality. We were all in that
callow, downy state in which it was impos
sible to tell which of us might turn out
game, and which might prove to be of the
common, barnyard breed. We might ail be
chrysalitic Clays or Websters, for aught we
knew, or the public either, or might be des
tined to plod through inglorious lives in the
humble walks of nuipriui
As one appears as well as another in the
dark, so it was with us in onr obscurffy. It
was not, therefore, because they deemed me
gifted with any peculiar fitness for the post,
that the people chose me for their prosecu
ting officer, The post had to be filled, and
the lot fell to me, which, I now bethink
me, was all that needed to be said by way
of introduction to my story
My district was large, embracing several
counties, in each of which I was obliged to
attend court, and, for that purpose, to take
long and frequent journeys.
On one of them, toward the approach of
night, I found myself in the neighborhood of
an old friend's house, to whose hospitality 1
knew I should be welcome. It was on the
opposite side of a large river, but I should
doubtless find some settler with a canoe or
other craft, who would ferry me over.
Stopping at a cabin at which I had taken
quarters before, after arranging with the
proprietor to have my horse taken care of
till morning, I inquired as to the best means
of getting over to my friend's where I pro
posed passing the night.
‘Take that path,’ said the settler; ‘lt’ll
take you out to Jim Drake's shanty on the
river. He’s got a dugout, an’ kin take you
’crost, an’ show you the rest o’ the way.’
I thanked the old man, and followed the
direction given till the path branched into
three. Taking the one which seemed to
lead in the right course, I pushed on, for the
shadows were beginning to thieken, and it
was a wild spot to be belated in.
It wasn’t a mile, the settler told me, to the
river and Jim Drake's shanty. I had cer
tainly walked twice that without seeing a
sign of either. It had grown quite dark,
and the conviction was coming over me that
I had lost my way, and might be forced to
pass the night in the woods, instead of en
joying the comfort of a friend's fireside.
I slackened my pace, hesitating whether
to go on, or risk finding my way back over
a path already become invisible, whep a
crackling of bushes ahead, followed by a
low sound of voices, attracted my attention.
‘Hello!—who goes there?’ called out one
of them.
‘A stranger who has lost his way,’ I an
swered.
More murmuring of voices followed, and
then the dim forms of two men approached.
‘Wbar be you goin’ to?’ one of them ac
costed me.
I briefly explained the situation.
‘Wall, you see, you're consid'rable out o’
bearin’s,’ the man replied. ‘Jim Drake’s is
more'n three miles from here, an’ you’ll
never find the way in the dark. Howsever,
we've got a skift over yonder, an’ wouldn't
mind takin’ you ’crost au’ settin’ you in the
right way ourselver, efyou paid us a trifle.’
‘l'll reward you liberally and thank you
besides,’ I returned.
A short walk brought us to the river,
where we found a small skiff moored to the
bank.
•Jump in,’ said one of the men, who, as I
obeyed, sprang in after me and shipped the
oars, while the ether untied the rope and
lottowed.
The boat shot out from the shore, and no
words were exchanged during the passage,
except a question and answer between the
oarsman and myself.
‘Ken you swim. Stranger?' he asked.
‘Not a stroke,’ I replied.
■And now what shall I pay you, my friends?’
1 inquired, when we had all safely landed.
‘That’s a question we're jest a goin’to
settle,’ returned the former spokesman.
X was rudely grasped on either side. The
purse I had taken out fell from my hand,
but my pocketbook was soon in the posses
sion of my assailants, one of whom hastened
to open it, and after fumbling a roll of notes,
said to bis companion:
Guess thar’s enough here, Bill; let’s be
off!’
As they leaped into the boat and shoved
off, one of them called out, derisively:
‘Ef you want to git to your friend's to
night, you’ve no time to lose, for the river's
risin’, an’ you’ll soon hav wet feet thar.’
As he spoke, I felt the water coming over
my ankles. There had been heavy rains
above, and seveial of the river’s largest trib
utaries were pouring down vast torrents,
caused by the melting of the mountain
snows. It was the beginning of one of the
spring freshets which often inundated that
region, carrying terror and destruction far
and wide.
Whither to bend my steps I knew not, but
to remain there was impossible. I turned
and groped my way a few paces, when the
roar of the angry flood again confronted me.
Whichever way I turned 1 heard it. A storm
was gathering, and every moment the dark
ness grew thicker and thicker. A flash of
lightning blazed from the heavens, lighting
up a scene before which I recoiled with hor
ror. By the lurid glare, 1 saw that I was
standing on alow, flat island, every portion
of which, if the rise continued, would soon
be many feet under water! I understood
now, the purport of the villain’s question,
‘Can you swim!’
1 shouted for help—prayed for it—but no
deliverance came. The only answer was
the sound of the rushing, mighty waters, or
mightier thunder which seemed to rend the
very sky.
The rain fell in torrents. Faster and fas
ter the waters rose. Step by step I retreated
before them. At every returning flash 1 saw
my littla spot ot ground growing smaller
and smaller.
I sought in vain lor some tree or bush
into which I might climb, but found nothing
strong enough to bear my weight. The is
land, at last, was reduced to a speck, and the
next flash revealed but a waste of waters.
Soon I stood waist deep in the surging
flood, which threatened every instant, to
sweep me down. Once more I cried out in
agony, but my voice was drowned in the
din of the elements.
The waves had reached my shoulders.
Strength and courage were fast failing. It
would be impossible to hold my footing a
minute longer, and I was on the point of
yielding, when some dark object floated to
ward me. I put out my hands eagerly. An
exclamation of joy escaped me. It was a
small boat that had drifted within my reach.
1 know not how I managed to climb into
the trail craft without overturning it, but,
in another moment, it was bearing me safely
from the spot on which I had suffered ail
of terror which death has in his power to
inflict.
A month afterward it became my duty to
prosecute two prisoners charged with pass
ing counterfeit money. The case had been
prepared by an assistant, and I knew noth
ing of the particulars till it was called for
trial.
My assistant was putting in the pioofs—
among other things the forged notes passed
by the prisoners while in company, and nu
merous others of the same stamp found in
their possession— when I took up one of
them, and after briefly examining it, glanced
at the others.
‘May it please your honor,’ 1 said, rising.
‘1 desire to enter a nolle in this case.’
‘Why so?’ inquired the Judge. ‘The case
seems clear enough.’
‘Because I do not believe the defendants
guilty,’ 1
‘Not guilty!’ exclaimed his honor. ‘You
have surely forgotten which side you are on,
Mr. Payne.’
‘I have not forgotten,’ I replied; but I
recognize these notes by a private mark.
They were in my own possession lately,
having been taken from a gang of counter
feiters, arrested several months ago, against
whom I held them as evidence. lam satis
fied the prisoners now on trial thought them
genuine, in which case, ot course, there can
be no lawful conviction under this indict
ment.’
‘Of conree not,’ the Judge assented.
‘Then I move the prisoners be discharged,'
said their counsel, rubbing his hands glee
fully.
‘And I move their recommitment,’ I an
swered.
‘On what charge?’
‘That of robbery,’ I replied, proceeding to
recount my late adventuie, and explaining
that the roll of bills taken from my person
were the identical ones then in court. Of
course I did not recognize the piisoners as
my assailants, for it had been too dark to
distinguish features, but the subsequent find
ing of the stolen notes upon them was suffi
cient to establish their identity.
‘But,’ urged the counsel, with professional
persistence, ‘to constitute robbery, the pro
perty taken must he of some value, and
those notes have none.’
‘Granted,’ I replied; ‘but my pocketbook
was taken along with them, and that cost
exactly fifty cents, and was as good as new.’
The prisoners were recommitted, and got
ten years each before the court adjourned.
A correspondent of the NewYork Tribune,
writing from Constantinople, states that the
Turks are greatly impressed with some dis
mal prophecies in regard to the extinction
of the religion-ol the Koran:
The Moslems have borrowed just enough
from the Old and New Testaments to get
matters into worse confusion than Dr. Gum
ming and the Millerites on the subject of the
latter day. Many years ago some of their
prophets issued a sheet containing dire pre
dictions of the latter day signs and omens.
It is called Kelebel Jefr—the Book of Jefr—
and contains nonsense enough to set up a
new Mormon prophet. It declares that
“the Turkish dynasty will end with a Sultan
named Murad; that after thirty battles by
land and sea the Turks w ill go down. The
Christian religion will grow lukewarm in
1845. It will have no shepherd until 1806,
when all men shall believe in Christ, and in
1890 anti-Christ will appear, and tften the
sun and moon will be blotted out.” The
book is full of obscure and absurd astrolog
ical allusions, all in rhyme, and large por
tions of it are familiar to the people, who
repeat it in the coffee-houses and in their
gatherings. The Moslems, who are grossly
superstitions, are full of forebodings about
the Sultan Murad, and delare that he will be
the last, or among the last, and many of
them believe that these are “the last days”
of the Koran and of Islam itself.. In many
places they are downcast and despairing,
and the impression is almost universal
among them that they are on the eve of
great changes. It is one of the fixed tradi
tions of their failh that before the last days
the “Koran itself will be swept away.”
The Buttle (Ground.
New York Snn.l
In spite of all that the Republicans can
do by bayonets and bribery in the South,
and by brazen falsehoods on the stump
and a large corruption fund in the North,
it is certain that Hayes will be defeated
unless he can carry either New York or
the three States of Connecticut, New Jer
sey and Indiana. Now though it is quite
porbable that the Democrats three weeks
ago were so weak in Indiana as to place
it among the doubtlul Slates, yet the re
cent election has proved that it is as Bure
to go for Tilden in November as Kentucky
is. This fact therefore, makes New York,
Connecticut and New Jersey the battle
ground for the remaining two weeks of
"the campaign.
The friends of Hayes and corruption
will struggle desperately to capture New
York and the two adjoining States. It is
a case of life and death to their cause, and
they will fight with the energy of despair.
Nevertheless, we are confident that the
supporters of Tilden and Reform will put
forth such energy during the coming two
weeks as to make sure ot the fifty Elector
al votes of those States, thus saving the
country from another term of Grantism,
won by false professions and pretenses.
COLUMBUS, GrA., SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 29, 1876.
THE TURKISH SITUATION.
Londox, Oct. 28.— The Post, receiv
ing the situivtloD, says It only re
mains (or all the powers to concur in
the recognition of a six weeks ar
mistice, with prolongation as pro
posed by the Porte.
All correspondents concur in a pa
citlo change in Russian attitude, but
Russia's motives are variously con
strued.
London, Oct. 28.—The Times’ dis
patch (rom Belgrade comflrms the
statement that self-wounding is
again becoming frequent among the
Servians. The dispatch says, during
the light at Krovitu a distinguished
officer brought half of a Russian bat
tallion to the front, saying ho was
compelled to have the other half be
hind to prevent the Servians from
running away.
A dispatch from Vienna states that
Prince Averspeng’s reply in liech
staeh yesterday to interpolators on
the Eastern question is not satisfac
tory. There will probably bo ani
mated debate on the subject in that
body.
The feeling that was is staved off
at least for the winter, bocomes
much more prevalent and inolines
stock operators to look for a rise.
Belgrade, Oct. 28.—The Servian
cabinet difficulty is’in a fair way of
being stilled. It is probable that
Nicolicn will consent to return to his
post.
A telegram from the Minister of
tholDtorior ut Delgrade to Prince
Minister Restlch, in reply to an in
quiry, says the Turks have not taken
D’junis.
London, Oct. 28.— The Post says, if
the armistice is agreed upon, then
comes the question of a conference.
Russia objects to Turkish participa
tion therein. It may be assumed
that this refers solely to the position
of a power arbitrating on its own
case obviously, if the six powers
meet to discusss recommendations
to be made to a seventh, there is
something anomalious in giving
the latter the casting vote iu
their decisions. But it is improba
ble for a moment to consent to this
exclusion of Turkey from this Eu
ropean system, of which, in virtue of
the treaty of Paris, she forges a part.
It ought to be practicable to find a
method by which a representative of
the Porte may get in a confer
ence, so as to obviate this
difficulty. Before a conference is
gr&nted, the assertion of the basis
and objects which might occasion
a protracted and dangerous debate,
should by unanimous agreement be
reduced to the simplest terms, which
may be stated thus: The basis of the
conference is the maintenance of the
independence and integrity of the
Ottoman Empire. The object is the
amelioration of the condition of the
Christian subjects of the Sultan.
This basis could not alarm Turkey
regarding her sovereign rights; the
object is one which Russia professed
alone tojhave in view. We are not
without foundation for the hope that
the solution heretofore shadowed
may bo happily effected.
The Pall Mall Gazette, iu a leading
article to-day, takes quite a hopeful
view of the peace prospect.
Constantinople, October 28.—An
extraordinary Council of Ministers
was held Thursday to consider the
armistice.
The Gorman, Russian, Austrian
and Italian ambassadors conferred
together Friday.
Gen. Ignatleff, Russian Minister,
had an interview with the Porte to
day.
Ragusa, Oct. 28.— Dervish Pasha
has withdrawn from Poligoritza to
the district in the rear of Polotka.
The surrender of Wedun to the
Montenegrins has produced a strong
impression in Albania. „
The Montenegrins have liberated
the Albanian prisoners taken during
the recent fighting.
A TERRIBLE MISTAKE.
THREE METHODIST MINISTERS SHOT BY
ILLICIT DISTILLERS.
St. Louis, Oct. 28. —A special to the
Globe-Democrat from Little Rock,
says; Three Methodist ministers,
riding circuits in Polke county, were
shot by Hughes and Hale from
the brush. They are illicit distillers,
and supposed the preachers were Rev
enue officers coming to arrest them.
One died in two hours, the others are
dangerously if not fatally wounded.
Theye are a large number of illicit
distillers in that section, seven of
whom were convicted this week.
Coal Companies Stopped Work.
Bethlehem ,Pa., Oct. 28.—The Dela
ware & Hudson Coal Cos. have stop
ped work, and over 13,000 employees
are about stopping.
New York Bank Statements.
New York, Oct. 28.— Loans decrease
2& millions; specie decrease 1| mil
lions; Legal tenders | millions; De
posits decrease six millions; reserve
decrease $65,000.
Anew way that cures Throat and Lung
diseases, Dr. J. H. McLean’s Cough and
LuDg Healing Globules. Thousands cer
tify, that they cured Coughs, Colds and
Consumption. Trial Boxes, 25c. by mail.
Dr. J. H. McLean, 314 Chestnut street, St.
Louis.
BRITISH POLAR EXPEDITION!.
No Chance to Roach the Pole.
| INTENSE COLD—SUFFERINGS OF SOME OF
THE PARTY.-
London, Oot. 27.—The Alert and
Discovery left Port Poalke, on July
29th, 1875, and entered the ice off
Cape Sable. • After a severe and con
tinuous struggle they reached the
north side of Lady Franklin Bay,
where the Discovery was left in win
ter quarters. The Alert pushed on
and reached the limit of navigation
on the shore of the Polar Sea. The
ice varied in thickness, being in some
places 150 feet deep. Land docs not
exist. The Alert wintered in lat.
82:27. At this point the sun was visi
ble 142 days, and temperature the
lowest ever recorded, was experi
enced. A detachment with sledges
was dispatched northward. It was
absent seventy days, and reached
lat. 83:20. Another party rounded
Cape Colombia, the northuiost point
of America, and traced 220 miles
westward from Greenland, and also
explored far to eastward. These
sledge parties met with no game and
suffered from scurvy. Hans Peter
son died from frost bite. John
Porter, of the Alert, and Jas. Hans
and Charles Paul, of the Discovery,
died on the sledging expedition. No
Esquimaux were seen, nor were any
ice-bergs met with beyond Cape
Limon. The expedition encountered
great difficulty in returning. The
Alert’s rudder bolt was damaged.
The vessels left Smith’s Sound Sep
tember 9th. They signalled the
Pandora October 10th, all well. Tho
Alert parted from tho Discovery in a
gale on October 19tb.
London, Oct. 28. During tho
winter rich collections of natural
history and science were obtained,
and observations made. Excellent
coal was found where the Discovery
wintered. Cold of 59 degrees below
zero was encountered; once it reach
ed 104 below. Peterson, the inter
preter, died forty days after an am
autation of both feet from frost bite.
’"All the members of the expedition
declare the impossibility of a closer
reach than theirs to the North Pole
—4OO miles.
London, Oct. 28.—Oapt. Nare’s re
port to the Admiralty contains the
following additional particulars:
The Polar Sea is never navigable.
The average thickness of the Ice is
eighty feet. Animal life apd the
northerly migration of birds
ends South of Cape Colombia.
Esquimaux traces cease on the west
ern shore in latitude 81 deg., 52 min.
they cross to Greenland. The itnprac
calbility of reaching the polo is
proved.
DISURACEFUL IP TRUE.
Heavy Charges Against Americans Re
ported to be Made by a Frenchman.
Judgei und Police at the C'entennlul
<'lurgfd with Theft and
Conspiracy.
WE HOPE THE LETTER 18 A FORGERY.
New Yokk, Oet. 28.— The Herald's
special from Paris says the Figaro
pretends to give a letter translated
from a German newspaper, written
by M. Dusomorad, Phila, to a friend
in Germany, which says: ‘‘Accounts
transmited [to me from my deputy
are of the most grievous character.
The Americans themselves set fire
to the building containing the empty
cases of French goods, hoping to
destroy French merchandise and
articles for exhibition stored in the
galleries. A second attempt of the
same kind has been made within the
last month. More than all this, the
police employed by the Centennial
Board are purposely chosen from the
worst and most demoralized ele
ments in the United States. The
keepers are thieves, without excep
tion ; they steal openly from exhibit
ors in the French Department and
all others. There exists an under
standing between these knaves and
the Judges; the Judges call up the
rolls for a hearing, when complaints
are made, at hours unknown to the
complainants, and as a result, no
witnesses of the guilt of the criminals
being present, they are acquitted.
Even worse than this, if such a thing
bo possible, the thieves count on the
Judges themseves to give them sig
nal when the discreet moment has
arrived to begin their pillages.”
The correspondent says the article
concludes with an attack apon the
virtue and manners of American
women.
Charge Against an Insurance Cos.
New York, Oct. 29.— An insurance
agenoy has brought suit against the
United States Insurance Company
in the Supreme Court of Kings coun
ty, before Judge Gilbert, alleging in
his complaint great and various
irregularities, chiefly against Jno, E.
Dewitt and Jas. Buei. They are
charged, too, with conspiring to
transfer the reserve fund of the
Company to other companies for
their own advantage. Judge Gilbert
granted a temporary injunction, and
an order for examination for trial by
a referee.
—A young lady in Troy has sued her
father for $5,000 damages for kicking her
beau out doors, and she means to fight
him to the bitter end, and make him pay
her lawyer as well as his own.
ALABAMA STATE OUA.VME FAIR
rioivitl Yctcrd*l*-Bl|nftl Muticru.
Montgomery, Oot. 28.—Tho Alaba
ma State Orange Fair closed to-day.
It was a success in every particular,
Tho largest display of Reid and gar
den products ever seen in the State.
One Grango exhibited three hundred
and fifteen different garden and field
products.
The prizes offered by the Mont
gomery Shooting Club, amountnig to
twenty-five hundred dolli*s, was hot
ly contested. The silver tea service
was won by E. O. McClung, scoring
38 successive birds, tho entire num
ber. The diamond badge of cham
pionshionsbip of the United States
was won by AV. E. Delony, of Chatta
nooga, scoring nineteen out of a pos
sible twenty.
Exhibitors were present from twen
ty differout States.
TLLKLUAI'IIIC SUMMARY.
Edward S. Stokes’ sentence expired
to-day, and ho was released.
Tho officers of tho United States
Life Insurance Company denounce
the injunction proceedings against
them as an attempt to black mail
them.
Six inches of snow, thunder and
lightning at Quebec.
Mudge Ames’knitting mill burned;
loss $04,000. A hundred operatives
ousted.
Quimbo Appo, who killed John
Kelly in New York has been admit
ted to bail.
Tho Report of a proposed Fenian
raid into Canada from St. Albans, is
pronounced false.
An easterly storm, accompanied at
the beginning with a slight fall of
snow, set yesterday in New York.
The Weather To-Day.
Washington, Oct. 28.—For the
South Atlantic and Gulf States,
slowly falling barometer, southeast
to southwest winds, and warmer,
clear or partly cloudy weather will
prevail, with probably rain areas in
North Carolina and the southwest.
Antl-Tuuimity Coquetting with Republi
can*.
New York, Oct. 28.—Anti-Tammany
heard the report of the course of con
ference with the Republicans, who
would not compete with Anti-Tam
many unless they threw Green off.
The report was received with indig
nation, and a resolution was adopted
deciding to hold a conference with
the Republicans.
Uynamltc Explosion In a naircaxe Car.
New York, Get. 28.—A trunk said
to have been loaded with dynamite, ex
ploded iu the baggage-car of a Phila
delphia train last afternoon, com
pletly destroying the trunks, and set"
ting lire to other baggage. About three
hundred dollars worth of baggage
was destroyed. The train was stop
ped to prevent the possible destruc
tion of other cars, which were fill
ed with Centennial pasengers.
Indian Commission Successful.
Washington, Oct. 28.—Chas. M.
Headly, Secretary, telegraphs from
Yankton that the Indian Commis
sioners have accomplished their mis
sion and adjourned to meet in Wash
ington December 9th.
The Poor Clerka Who Caa’t do all (he
Work.
Washington, Oct. 28.—Tho clerks
living in the far Westand Northwest,
left for their homes to-day. Those
living nearer, will leave Thursday.
They go to vote.
best home to tote.
THE 42REAT SIIIPWUECK U THE
ARCTIC SEAS.
New Bedford, Mass., Oct. 23.— The
effects of the disaster will be to re
duce the Arctic fleet next year to a
very small n umber of vessels, the busi
ness being prosecuted only by the
most enterprising merchants who are
willing and able to run the great risk,
as Insurarico offices will not dare to
take it. There are only two or three
vessels now in port suitable to
send to thoso seas. Two vessels
are now on the way out, and a mer
chantman on the way to San Fran
cisco from this port is fitted to go
north if it is deemed advisable, and
with thoso which escaped may form
the entire fleet. Some ships now at
sea may also bo ordered north.
This disaster is only paralleled and
exceeded by that in 1871, the news of
which reached this city on Sunday
evening, November 5, 1871, announc
ing that of the Arctic fleet of forty
one vessels, thirty-two had been
abandoned, only nine being sved.
Of those vessels twenty-two belonged
to this port, valued at $1,097,000,
mostly insured in local offices. The
catch on board tho abandoned ves
sels at that time was 965 barrels of
sperm oil, 13,665 barrels of whale oil,
and 100,000 pounds of bone.
—A little Swedish girl, whilo out walk
ing with her father on a starry night, be
came absorbed in contemplation of the
skies. Being askd what she was thinking
of, she replied: ‘I was thinking if the wrong
side of heaven is so glorious, what must
the right side be?” Exactly so. If the
glimpses that wo catch here of the sum
merland unseen, afford us such glory and
joy, what must It bo to be there?
New Goods.
Sqiir Kraut.
Pickles by the gallon,
Spiced Pig Feet,
“ Tripe,
New Buckwheat,
Fulton Market Beef, by
aug!s tf G. W. Bbown.
LADIES’ COLUMN.
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( Someone says; “Learn this lesson. No
one cares about tho size of your foot ox
copt yourself; theroforo bo oomfortablo."
But a young man who goes to see a girl
who has an eccentric futhor cares more
about tho size of her parent’s foot than ho
does his own.
Lacing wil 1 bo one of tho caprices of the
winter, and will not be merely simulated,
but real, so that the waist of a dross will
be closed in the bock or front by means of
lacing-strings. Not only waists will be
lacod, but also sleeves, ana even overskirts
and polonaises.
A correspondent of the Richmond En
quirer at Greenbrier AVliito Sulphur
Springs, thus relieves ai aching bosom
and a crushed heart: “The flirt is the
painted hyena ot society; tho larnb
fleened-disguised ravening wolf f the af
feotional fold. Her fangs drip with tho
gore of the foolishly fond and true. Like
the hidoous spectre bat of the Orinoco, she
drains tiro purple drop from the veins of
her spell-bound victim, while her soft
b'andishments lull him to rest and fill his
dreams with dazzling scones of beauty
and felicity. More cruel ttian the groat
war god of tho Aztecs, she feasts upon the
torn and bleeding hearts of her own most
fervent worshippers. With savage feroc
ity she cruuches the tenderest of feelings
and emotions of the human soul.”
"Weil, wife, you can’t say that I over
contracted bad habits.” “No, sir, you
generally expand them.”
It Is not a broach of etiquette for a lady
to look at her watch when calling upon an
acquaintance, provided she apologizes for
taking the liberty.
Ere long the landscape will bo arrayed
in tho graco of forost charms decayed
and pastoral melancholy, and the women
in new bonnets Boston Post.
It is possible that we may return to the
simple dress and cloak; it would boa
groat relief to many minds now torment
ed every timo tho dress question comes
up, with how to arrange tho looping and
tho drapery—the “drapery” consisting for
the most part of a mass of puffod and
wrinkled material, or of napping, useless
ends; or of ends arranged as folded scarfs
or as bows: but whatever tho style, to be
pulled and sat upon, and torn and jerked
out of place, and made a constant source
of misery and torment.
Paris letters report a fancy for trim
ming cloth dresses with fringo vf con
trasting colors, light blue upon wine be
ing one combination mentioned.
Corsages now present a sorles of ele
gant curves, while the fit is effected rather
by judicious cutting to the lines of, than
compression to, tho figure.
An amusing feature of cold weather in
Italy—and it is extremely cold there at
times—La the meuna the women ot the
middle and lower classes take to keep
themselves warm. You soo them go
ing about the house, walking in the
streets, holding au earthen pot filled with
hot ashes and live coals under their
aprons, and, when sewing or knitting,
they rest their feet upon them. The name
given to this article of female comfort is a
rich satire. “II vxari to (the husband) they
call it. Poor things! as far as one can
judge, this novel husband gives them
moro comfort than their blacked hand
some spouses ever pretend to.
The names of tho new materials are
more perplexing and difficult to remem
ber than ever. Indeed, tho difference In
tho texture between two fabrics bearing
entirely dissimilar names Is frequently so
slightly as to bo almost Imperceptible.
Velvet cloaks are being revived.
Black lace collarettes are fashionable.
Basket ribbon still continues In favor.
Fish scale brocade Is very fashionable.
Close coiffures are going out of fashion.
Cardinal red cashmere net is in demand.
Moss trimming Is used for heading
fringes.
Seal skin turbans will bo worn this
winter.
Sky blue is tho new color In merino
stockings.
Navy blue and cardinal rod are worn
together.
Littlo or no trimmings are worn on dress
skirts.
Miss Middlerib sat down at the piano
yesterday afternoon and sang, “Where
are the dreams of the dawn ?” And hor
younger brother, coming out of an adjoin
ing room from an interview with his
father, sobbed out the refrain, “Under the
bending willow!” And he meant It, too.
A newly-invented boot Is called the
“Centennial,” and is considered the novel
ty of the season. It is a sandal boot rath
er after tho fashion of a Roman sandal. The
straps beginning at tho toe, and are con
tinued on above the ankle, four stras being
Connected in clusters together, caught by
a steel bucklo. These handsome boots
are especially adapted for the exposure of
the exquisitely embroidered white and col
ored silk stockings, now seeing for $25 a
pair.
A School for ladies has been opened In
Berlin on a plan decidedly novel, but very
practical. The building contains lodging
rooms for forty girls, school rooms, work
ing rooms, an immenso kitchen and a per
manent bazaar. In the school rooms
every branch that will fit the girls
for situations in banking, commercial, or
mercantile establishments Is taught. Va
rious trades that ladies can follow are ex
emplified by skilled operatives. Tho kitch
en is, perhaps, the chief school room, for
all work done there is done under the super
vision of one of the best cooks in the city.
This featured has become so populur, from
the largo number of betrothed maidens
who flock thitherto to obtain good domes
tic educations, that the managers have
begun to charge for instruction in cookery,
and the receipts generally pay the expen
ses of the other departments.
The Russian leather belts, with their
large and curiously wrought buckles and
their many unique accompaniments, are
still very much worn.
A New London lady has taught her
large Newfoundland dog to hold up her
train when she is crossing muddy or
dusty streets.
“Any offers?” says Miss While t to Mins
Wriggle, both home from the country;
“None," says the Wriggle girl, laughing
hysterically, “but I’m good for another
seasou 1”
NO. 196
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE MILT TIDES.
MONEY AND STOCKS.
PARIS, Oct. 28. Komi—Rentes 105f. 20c.
NEW YQJIK, Oot, 28.~Jfoon—Gold opened 9%.
LONDON, Oct. 28.—Noon—Erie 108.
NEW YORK. Oot. 28.—Noon—stocks active
and unsettled; gold 9%; money 2; exchange,
long. 4.84%; short. 4.84%; Governments dull;
State bonds quiet and strong. \
NEW YORK, Oct. 28.—Kvenlng-r-sfbney active,
3%a4; sterling weak; gold V%; Governments
dull and bettor; new s's 14%; State* quiet and
•trong.
COTTON.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 28.—-Noon—Cotton firm;
middling uplands 6d; Orleans 6 3-l Gd.; sales
8,000; speculation and export* 1,000; receipts
4,800; American 1,200. Futures steady; uplands,
low middling clause,, * shipped November and
December, per Mil, 5 31-32d, new crop, shipped
December lid. January and February delivery 5
31-3’Jd, February and March Ud, March and April
6 1*164.
1:30 p. m.—Uplands, low middling clause,
shipped November and December, per sail, 6d,
Bales American 4,300.*
2:30 p. m.—Futures firm; uplands, low mid'
dling clause, new crop, shipped October and No r
vember. per sail, 5 31-32d, January C l-16d.
NEW YORK, Oci. 28.—Noon—Cotton steady;
uplands 11 1-16; Orleans 11% -.sales 1,205. Futures
opened steady; November 11 l-32a11-16;{January
11 15-32a%; February 11 23-32*%; March ll%a
15*10.
NEW YORK, Oct. 28.—Even lug—Cotton steady,
sales 1,205; middling 11 1-16*%; consolidated
net receipts 28,201; exports Great Britain 5,788;
Continent 225. Net receipts 918, gross 4,264.
Futures closed barely steady, sales 16,600; Octo*
her ll'3-32a%;November 11%, December 11 5-lGa
11-32;, January 11 17-32*9-16; February 11%*25-
32, March 11 31*82, April 12 5-32*3-16, May 12 11-32
a%; June 12 17-31*9-16, July 12 11-16; August 12 26-
32*13-16.
GALVESTON, Oct. 28.—Cotton ' firm, mid
dling 10%; net receipts 13,984, gross 3,987 ;sales
3,175, exports coastwise 225.
NORFOLK. Oct. 28.—Evening—Cotton firm;
middling 10%; net receipts 4,731; sales 2,611;
exports coastwise 1,741.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 28.—Evening—Cotton quiet
and firm; middling 10%; net receipts 106; gross
575; salus 460; exports coastwise 140; spinners
240.
BOSTON, Oct. 28.—Evening—Cotton quiet;
middling 10; net receipts 391; gross 1,947;
sales 270, exports to Great Britain 800.
WILMINGTON, Oct. 28.—Evening Cotton
nominal; middling 10a%; net receipts 902, sales
287.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 28.—Evening —Cotton
firm; middling gross receipts 447.
SAVANNAH, Oct. 28. Evening Cotton
firm: middling 10);; net receipts 3,204; gross
2,266; sales 3.000; exports Great Britain 3,788,
coastwise 1,200.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 28.—Evening Cotton
strong; middling 10%; low middling 10%, good
ordinary 9%; net receipts 7,112; gross 8,660;
sales 6,000.
MOBILE, Oct. 28.—Evening Cotton firm;
middling 10%; net receipts 702; sales 2,000; ex
ports Continent 225; coastwise 1,654,
MEMPHIS, Oct. 28.—Cotton firm; middling
10%; receipts 4,123; shipments 3,102: Bales 3,606.
AUGUSTA, Oct. 28.—Cotton firm; middling
10; receipts 2,168; sales 922.
CHARLESTON, Oct. 28. Evening r- Gotten
firm; middling 10%‘; net receipts 5,151; sales
2.000| exports Great Britain 1,200, coastwise
600. t
f
PROVISIONS. AsO.
NEW YORK. Oct. 28.—Noon—Floor quiet aud
unchauge. Wheat dull. Corn quiet and ateady.
Pork firm, mess $17.50. Lard heavy $9.09.
Freights steady.
ST. LOUIS. Oct. 28. Evening Flour
quiet and lower; scarcely anything done; family
$6.75a5G.00. Wheat lower; No. 2 red fall $1.23%;
No. 3 do. $1.12. Corn firmer. No. 2. mixed, 40%a
41. Oats dull and lower, No. 2, 32 for strictly
freah. Rice 8%. Barley dull and drooping,
prime to fancy Minn. 75a51.05. Pork dull aud
easier, $17.00. Lard quiet and nominal, new
9.76; kettle 10,‘„al0%. Bulk meats eaeler, shoul
ders 7; clear rib sides 8);; clear sides 8%. Ba
con easier; shoulders 7%. clear rib sides B%a
9, edear sides 9j;a%. Whiskey dull. Butter
dull; choice Wosteru reserve 20a21; Central
Ohio 20a21.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 28.—Evening—Flour easier;
family $5.65a90. Wheat steady, red fall $1.15a26;
Corn in fair demand 47a48; new 31. Oats Inactive,
No. 2, 30a38. Rice quiet and unchanged, Bar
ley dull and nominal, No. 2 fall I.OSaIO. Pork
firm, $16,60a75. Lard in fair demand, prices
stoady; new steam 9.50; old nominal; kettle
10.25. Balk meats In fair demand, at 8%, 7%
aud 8%a% for ahonldera, clear rib and clear
sides; loose boxed meats in fair demand; salea
in salt treats ten to fifteen days at 8%a%, 8% and
8% for shoulders, short rib middles and short
clear middles. Bacon easier; at 7%5%, 8%a%
and 9a9% for shoulders clear rib and clear sides.
Whiskey dull and weak, 9. Butter dull and un
changed.
NEW YORK, Oct. 28.—Flonr dull, prtcoa in
buyers favor, $5.30a6.60 for common to fair, ex
tra Southern $6.85a8.75. Wheat quiet without
decided change; closiug little ,more steady.
Corn a shade firmer, moderate export and home
trade domand; 68a60 for ungraded Western
mixed. Oats without decided change, mainly
export. Pork higher, new SIB.OO bid, $13.20 ask
ed. Lard, Bpot, dull, futures closed steady,
far prime steam, 9,95 for old. Coffee quiet and
very firm. Sugar firm, not mnch offering. Bico
steady. Molasses quiet. Turpentine and rosin
steady. Freights a shade firmer,
LOUISVILLE, Oet. 28.—Flour , firm, extra
$4.5a54.75; family $6.00a55.60. Wheat stronger;
red $1.15a51.20; amber $1.20a51.25; white $1.16a
1.30. Corn ateady; white 48, mixed 48. Rye
steady and firm 68. Oats dull, white 36, mixed 34.
Pork nominal. Bulk meats, shoulders scarce and
wanted, clear rib aides 8%a%, clear sides 9.
Bacon quiet, 7%, 9 and 9% for ahonldera, clear
rib ana clear aides. Sugar-cured hams 16a%.
Lard dull, tierce Ua%, keg U%al2, Whiakey
in fair demand and steady 11. Bagging in geod
demand, 12%.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 23.— Evening—Oats dull.
Rye quiet. Provisions dull and heavy, not quo
tably lower. Coffee strong and quiet, buaineia
restricted for want of stock, Whiskey dull 14%.
Sugar active and higher 11%a%.
‘THE OLD BELIABLE.’’
Wo make our annual bow to the public,
and beg to announce that we are again
prepared to offer the best
. WINES, LIQUORS and CIGARS,
at whosale and retail at the lowest cash
price.
In addition to LIQUORS, we have
SMOKER’S MATERIALS OP EVERY DESCRIP
TION,
and at prices to suit the times.
RESTAURANT.
The Restaurant Department of our
house will be kept to the usual standard,
and with that our friends have heretofore
been satisfied.
Birds, Fish,'Oysters, and all game
of the season kept on hand.
' Chas. Hetman <fc Cos.
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Public Speaking— Come and Hear.
Hon. Jere N. Williams, the Democratic
candidate for the Third District, and Hon.
Wm. H. Barnes, of Opelika, will address
their fellow-citizens and the public’ gen
erally at Girard, at 7 o'clock P. at.. Thurs
day, second day of November proximo.
While anything remains to be done noth
ing has been done; and on the heels
of the present political campaign let the
good people of Girard rally, and hear
what of the night.
E. Herndon Glenn, '
Oh’n Dem. and Con. Ex. Com.,
Russell County, AJa.
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—An exchange asks if the smallness of
the Havana tobacco crop will not affect
the price of cigars. Not so long as the
cabbage crop holds out.