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A friend who read the epitaph prepared for his
own tomb by the lat ■ Prof, cliff >r i, was primpt
od to compose two others, which, w.th that of
the Processor, we give below:
atheist,
I was nut and I was conceived;
I lived and did a li t!o wo. k;
i am not and I grit-va n t.
—Clifford.
A drop of spray c-ttf from the II fl >ite
•I hung an fu» ant there and thro* my ray
To iii»k« the ainb <w A microcoa m 1
lieflectiug K. 'J hen back I .'ell again,
And, though I perished u-,t, I uav no more,
CBfiISTIAK,
God willed: 1 was, What ho had planned I
wrought.
That done, he called and I now dwell with
him.
AN UNCONSCIOUS THIEF.
BY L. D. FUBBEB.
Last summer I bad occasion to go
West. In passing through Illinois, busi
ness took me to the southwestern part ol
tbe State—somewhat out of the general
route of travel- and found myself one
August evening, at tbe close of a day’s
journey, in the village of C , an in-
mate of tbe solitary house ot accommo
dation for travelers the nlace could
boast. The Washington Hotel—such
was its dignified appellation—was simply
a small country tavern; and tbe only
apartment at the service of its guests
throughout the day was tbe bar room,
which served alike for parlor, dining
room and reading room.
I was tired and somewhat indisposed,
and the noisy discussions of several of
the village politicians, who congregated
round the bar, were anything but agreea
ble to me. The landlord perceiving this,
hud the civility to invite me to spend the
remainder ot the evening in the sitting
room reserved for the female members of
his family. Weil satisfied to escape
from the dense atmosphere of tobacco
smoke which filled the place, and the din
and confusion 1 have spoken of, 1 readi
ly accepted his offer, The only occu
pants of the apartment into which 1
was shown were a middled-aged woman,
the wife of the landlord, and two girls,
her daughters—one almost seventeen,
and the other a couple of years younger. !
Both were quite pretty, but tbe eldest,
who had rather wild-looking eyes, was •
somewhat pale, and did not appear to
enjoy good health.
I very soon discovered that, so far as
quiet was concerned, 1 had not gained
much by the change of rooms; lor when
the mother found that I was from New
York, she evinced so much curiosity with
regard to the great eity, and commenced
such a steady stream of questions about ;
it—in which, after the first reserve had
worn off, she was joined by her daugh
ters —that I was not sorry when I heard ,
the clock strike ten, at which hour I pro
posed to retire. I drew out my watch to
compare the time, and then proceeded to
wind it up. As 1 did so it attracted the i
attention of each member of the family, i
but especially of the eldest daughter, i
whose eyes became rivited to it. It was, ;
indeed, a very pretty trinket, the face ;
being engraved with much taste,while on <
the dial was a representation of a bultei- i
fly, inlaid in enamel and encrusted with .
diamonds. It was, in fact, a lady’s i
watch, and belonged to my sister, who ,
had lent it to me tbe day I left New ;
York, to replace my own, which I bad |
carelessly let fall, breaking the crystal (
and spring, tbe very same morning—a
misfortune which I had not time to re- ,
pair before my departure. '
Observing how much the young worn- ,
an I have spoken of admired the watch, ,
I banded it to her I hat she might examine ,
it at her leisure. Tbisshe proceeded to 8
do; and apparently would not have ,
wearied of looking at it had not her
mother, in a few minutes, desired that it t
should be returned to me. The girl re- t
Inctantly replied; but 1 could see that a|- .
most uncontrolable desires, which some- ,
times exercise an influence over young (
persons, had taken possession of her, and ,
it was with manifest effort that she re- (
placed the watch in my hand. As she t
did so she inquired the value of it, and (
when informed, a deep sigh escaped her’ ,
as she possibly reflected upon the im
probability of ever being able to com- ‘
mand the means of obtaining the covet- ‘
ed article. I really felt moved by her
evident distress, and regretted that I had,
although unvoluntarily, been the cause of
it. ‘
I retired soon after to my chamber,
ann did not awake till broad daylight
the next morning. My first impulse
was, as usual, to 1 >ok at my watch to as
certain the hour. I stretched out my
hand to the table by the side of the bed,
on which I had placed it the night be- '
fore, but to my astonishment it was no
longer there. Jt had disappeared. But 1
how? That was a puestion which I im- ‘
mediately sought to determine. I ex- I
amined the door which led into the hall;
the lock was still fast, the key in it, and ■
the bolts remained exactly as I had left
them. The windows were nearly twenty !
feel from the ground, and of course, in
accessible, except by means of a ladder. ;
Even then it would have been impossi
ble for any one to enter by them, as they 1
were crossed by wooden bars(ihe rooms i
had doubtless, at one time been used as a <
nursery for children) firmly nailed to
the wood-work on either side, at inter- i
vals, which precluded the passage of a
human being. At the other end of the i
chamber was a door, similar to the one
which opened into the passage, commu- <
nicating with the next room. I exam- I
ined it carefully; it was fastened on the I
other side, and from the dust which had <
accumulated round the lock, appeared i
not to have been used for some time, i
fcstill I was forced to tbe conclusion that ■
whoever had obtained access to my ,
apartment had done so through that en
trance, since, so far as I could see, it was i
a physical impossibility for any one to
enter by any other means. I resolved,
therefore, to ascertain immediately
whether the adjoining room bad had an
occupant the previous night.
On descending to breakfasti commus
nicated my loss to the landlord, and was
instantly convinced by the manner in
which he received the news that he, at
least, was totally innocent of complicity
pf the affair. Indeed, he appeared much
distressed, and eyen more perplexed
than I was, to conjecture how the theft
could have been accomplished. I thougnt
it advisable to make some inquiries, cau
tiously, before I informed tbe landlord
of my suspicions, and the event proved
the wisdom of my conduct. I therefore
asked him, as carelessly as I could, who
occupied tffe room next to mine.
? -'“Why, my two girls,’’ he replied;
“them as you seed in the parlor last
night. Mary Jane—she’s my eldest
gal was almighty took with that ere
watch of yours. Rer sister, fletsey, was
saying this morning that she talked about
it most an hour last night, after they went
to bed. She’ll be real sorry to hear you
have lost it.’ !
Before “mine host” had finished speak*
ing I had pretty well made up my mind
that 1 was indebted to the Baid Mary for the
loss I had experienced; and there was. to
me, something almost touching in the un*
conscious simplicity with which her lather
furnished details which tended to confirm
my suspicions. It was clear that no idea
of the possibility, even, of her being sus
pected had. or could, enter his mind, 1
saw the affair was one in which 1 must
proceed wi h caution. To accuse the
young woman on no better evidence than
I possessed, would have been the extreme
ot folly, and would, most probably have
exposed myself to the indignation ot her
friends, who might, perhaps, express their
sense of the falseness of Hie accusation, by
quietly lynching me. Nevertheless, to
submit to so sei J »us a loss (the watch was
worth at least three hundred dollars) with*
out an effort to recover it, was not at all a
thing 1 was disposed to do. My principal
reliance was upon a hope I entertained,
that the girl, having yielded in a moment
of weakness, to an almost irresistible
temptation, might already have repeated of
her error, and be anxious to restore my
property, it she could do so without detec
tion. To afford her such opportunity, I
caused a notice to be put up in the bar
room, stating that fifty dollars reward
would be paid for the recovery of the
watch, and adding a pledge that, in case it
were returned, no steps would be taken to
ascertain the name of the culprit.
1 have always piqued myself upon my
skill in physiognomy, notwithstanding
Shakespeare has declared that
“Ibat in no art to read tbo mind's constru tlon
in the face,’’
and I sought an early opportunity of put*
ting my ability to the test, by discussing
the subject of my loss in the presence of the
the young woman to whom 1 attributed it.
Nothing could exceed the coolness with
which she listened to lie conversation. Il
was impossible to delect the slightest man*
ifestation ot guilt, or even embarrassment,
in her manner; and 1 was compelled to ar
rive at the conclusion that my suspicions
were unfounded, or the object ot them
possessed a most extraordinary power of
dissimulation—in either case, the chances
of my reco /ering the watch were slender
in the extreme. 1 concluded, however to
remain a couple of days more at the house,
with a more faint hope, though very slight
expectation, that I might obtain some ciue
to the matter. That night I again retired
to rest in the same chamber. 1< am, and
always nave been, a very light sleeper; and
I was awakened some hours afterwards by
the sound of a door creaking on its hinges,
which was succeeded by some one walking
with bare feet across the carpetless floor.
1 sprang up in a moment, grasped with one
hand the revolver which lay beneath my
pillow, and with the other reached out to
me table, seized a match and lighted the
lamp. When I had done this, which scarce
ly occupied ten seconds, I saw, at a few
paces distant, a female figure clad in a
wh te night dress, which 1 recognized as
that ot Mary Jane. Her eyes were wide
open and fixed full upon me; in her hand
she held my watch, and advancing slowly
to the table, placed it upon it. She then,
after pausing for a siiort time before the
mirror, retraced her step toward the door
which communicated with her own apart
ment.
My first impression, when 1 recognized
the figure, had been that the girl had, on
reflection, become conscience-stricken, and
riad adopted this means of restoring my
properly; but I almost instantly became
aware, irone her evident unconscousness of
my presence, and the peculiar glazed iook
her eyes presented, that she was in a state
ot somnambulism, and it was now) clear to
me that tbe intense desire felt by the young
woman to possess the watch had impressed
itseii so strongly on her sleeping thoughts
tbe previous night, that she bad—being
then in the same abnormal condition ot
mind in which I now saw her—carried
away the coveted article; and, on waking,
as is frequeut in such cases, the proceedings
of the night had completely passed Irom
iier mind—not having even the impres
sion ot a dirnly-remembered dream. But
this night, on again returning to the same
mental condition, sne had resumed the
train ol thought at the point where she had
left it, and hence her presence in my cham
ber.
I was aware that it was considered dan
gerous to awaken persons when in this con
dilion; 1 was careful, therefore, not to move
until she had quitted the room. I then, for
fear she might again possibly attempt to
visit my apartment, placed the bureau
against my door, and resumed my inter
rupted repose.
Tbe next morning I sought a private in
terview with the landlord, and, to bis in
tense astonishment, displayed the watch,
and detailed to him the particulars with
respect to its recovery. I concluded by
cautioning him not to mention the matter
to his daughter, as tbe effect ol the revela
tion that she was subjet t to the disease
might have an injurious effect upon her
nervous system. I also suggested the ad
visability of consulting some physician
about her immediately. That noon I re
sumed my journey, not a little pleased
that 1 had been so fortunate as to escape
the loss I had anticipatad, and which, but
lor the lucky accident which impelled the
sleeping girl to enter my room tbe second
time, 1 should not have Hone.
A Woman’s Ideas on Stocking and
Pretty Feet.
“Next time you visit a bath resort,” says a
lady contributor of the San Francisco
Chronicle, “look at the dozens of different
limbs splashing around and you will real
iz.e that to properly study the stocking
question you should begin at a watering
place,
“When Miss Slimshanks goes in bathing
she wears ringed stockings. This is not
because she is a belle, but because those
kind make her legs look larger.
“Longiudmal stripes, on the contrary,
are the especial property ot women of forty
who are lair and lat; aud streaked and
specled hose are generally worn only bv
those who do not understand the real pow
er of a pretty leg
"Tbe girl with a pretty limb encases
it in a plain tint—flesh, rose or light blue.
That shows tbe fuil contour and outline
against the water back-ground.
“The same rule that applies to bathing
custom and costumes applies to everyday
lite. For this reason: A girl when she
bathes dresses her leg for show. So she
does in ordinary every day life. The only
difference is that in one she shows it and
in the other she doesn’t. But accidents
will happen, and most women like being
prepared tor them.
“A girl who wears black stockings is
either decidedly wicked or so old that she
knows her legs are not of interest to an ob
serving public.
“Plain white are the most seductive. A
glimpse of a dainty black boot capped by a
tew inches ol snowy stocking vanishing
amid mysterious and rustling masses of
white skirtings more enthralls men than
the glance of a'flirting eye or the tremor
of a ruby lip.
“Neglected wives, let me give you a
point: Encase yourselves in a dainty
wrappar, and leave it open six inches at the
bottom, so you can show your feet. Pul
on a pretty low-cut slipper, and spend more
taste upon the stockings you wear than
you do now upon the the ribands in your
hair.
“Show those same feet unontenlatiously;
in fact bashfully, to the lord of the house,
keep them before his eyes, dress yonrseit
so on every opportunity, and keep it up,
and then mark my words, no other woman
can ever touch his fickle heart.
“When poets like Swinburne. Tennyson
and Oscar Wilde sing about kissing the
‘dainty, swilt, white feet,’ of the women
they love, they betray their sex. lien do
like pretty feet and legs, and will to the
end of the world.”
COLUMBUS, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 80.1882.
DEATH IN LOVE.
There camo an image in life's retinue
That had 1 >v»>’s winys ami bore hia gonfalon;
Fair watt the wot) and nobly wrought thereon,
O roul aequ stored face, thy lor.ii and hue!
Bewildering such as 'prliig wa» oua to
Shock its folds; and through my heart its
power
Sped tracklesH as th Hmmeinorable hour
When birth’s dark pot tai groaned, and all
was new,
But a veued woman followed, ami Rhe can ht
Tbe banner round it< stuff, to furl and cling-
Thtu plucked a fovtiiur irom the bearer’s
wing,
And I eld it to his lip« that stirred it not.
And said to •e. “aehold, there is no breath;
I and ihis love are eno—end I am death.”
—ROSETTI.
Widow Appledore’s Romance
BY ELIZABETH CUMMINGS.
“A man that thinks of nothing but
pep’mint oil and the price of wheat!
No! Emma Jane; m» lie has been
humdrum enough without my ending
it with Deacon Bliss. 1 shan’t have
him!”
“Well, well. Risetta, if you won’t I
don’t know’s anybod’s woiu’ ter try
an’ make you,” chirped plump, rosy
Mrs. I’liiox, looking up from tue
stout blue woolen sock she was knit
dug'. “I s'pose the deacon thought
he’d a right to ask you, seein’ it’s a
free country. Caleb Appledore w<s
a awful nice man, but so’s the dea
con. Lone wimmen are put on.
Job Whittamore neglects your gard
ing, an’just see what work you have
with your fires winters an’ keepin’
rods broke out.”
“I’m not going to marry just to
have some one to tend tlie garden
and do the chores,” said Mrs. Apple
dore, “I've never found fault with
them that’s dead and gone, but I
know what it is to live with a person
who does not care two pins for the
things I do. and if I ever do marry
again it will be some one who can
sympathize with me. 1 can’t say I
swallow all ’Las Bradshaw says
about the marniu’ of souls and
and affinities, but there’s some truth
in it you may depend. Besides, I’d
like a little romance in mv life before
I die.”
"Romance is all well ’nuff,” sakl
Mrs. Pillox. you’re thirty-nine next
March. Rosetta, an’ sech a man as
Deacon Bliss don’t grow on every
bush. Bein’agood provider, an’ a
splendid farmer, an’ a deacon, ttu’ a
piller in the church may n >t be ro
mantic.but they're good recommends
iu a man you’re thiukin’ of marryin’.
I hope you’ll think twi •?.”
“1 have thought, and I shan’t mar
ry the deacon,” said Mrs. Appledore,
deci.-ively; “and if that’s being ro
mantic, I’m not ashamed of it.”
The little widow did not look ro
mantic. Iler complexion was a dull
white, and her hair was a dull
brown. Dull, too, were her large
gray eves that blinked behind short
sighted glasses, but her form, though
meagre aud devoid of cu ve, was not
without grace, and she had a clears,
sweet soprano voice which, t’u ugh
it was untrained, she could use with
taste and feeling. The Harmonieum,
tlicDixvill musical as lociation. made
11- r the h ad of all their committees,
ind relied upon her to sing all the
solos. Indeed, wi hout her it couid
not nave existed. The wheezy tn •-
lodeon, which was a dozen years old
before it became the prope ty of the
society, had at last collapsed und r
the energetic fingers of Professor
Jackson Jones, who did the accom
panying, and they were trying to buy
a piano. They had given c mcerts
and had oyster suopers till Dixvill
was tired, when Dr. Ollapod sug
gested a lecture. It was winspered
that ihe doctor had expect d the
ccmmittee to invite him to re id one
of his pap rs on the Semitic tongues ;
but if he did tie was dissappointed.
They correspond-d with many
popular lectureis, who all declined
to visit Dixville on the plea of en
gagements, andttie committee at last
invited a certain Professor St. Clair
Smith, about whom they knew noth
ing save that he had lectured m the
neighbotingvillages with acceptance,
to address them. The Professor had
suddenly appeared in Dixville
mounted on a fine gray horse. The
i ext day he was seen to enter the
Post Office with a green bag on his
at m, and the gossips immediately
reported that he was wealthy and
had come fi om Boston. He at once
accepted tne invitatian of the Har
rnonicum Committee, and announced
that his lecture would be ou ihe
“Philosophy of Art.” The meeting
house was Mrs. Appledore
with a sele< t few began practicing
some music for the occasion.
It was the afternoon before the lec
ture, and Mrs. Apoledore had invited
her sister to spend the day with her
Domestic duties seems to be just
a hat Mrs. Phlox was made for. Her
husband and sist -r usually did all
her thinking. In return she served
them w,th her hands; but the few
notions that did creep in o her round
head sue clung to pertinaciously.
“Tne worst kind of a fool is a beetle
hi aded one,” she said, after a long
pause, “an’puttin’this an’ tha to
gether, Rosetta, I think you’re pre
parin’ with your romancin’ to be just
that kind of a one.”
‘ I don't see how sisters can bs so
unlike,” and Mrs. Appledore drum
med a barsti accompaniment to. her
words on the middle C of her piano.
“ i’o be sure, you are the oldest; but
ag“ need not make one’s soul a clod.”
“It would be well for you to re
member that all the advantag s are
not on your side,” cried Mrs. Phlox,
rising with dignity. “There are bod
ies, yes, and dispositions that are
clods,” and Mrs. Phlox jerked on
her calash and went home.
The meeting house was full, and
tbe next day the Dixville limes de
clared the lecture to have been a
most soulful and eloquent disserta
tion. but Mrs. Appledore’s attention
wandered, and she only knew tnat
the entertainment was about to be
concluded by Dr. Ollapod’s sonorous
CaII for “inoosic,”
“I am delighted,” said Pro'essor
St. Clair Smith, bowing low before
her as soon as possible after the
‘moosic,” “I never heard such a de
licious voice.” .
Mrs, Appledore coughed behind
her hand to conceal her flattered em
barrassment, and turned a question
inn look on Professor Jackson Jones,
who stood near.
“You always sing splendid,” said
the gentleman, drawing himself up.
“I dare say I put you out. That
flute obligato is a deuced hard thing
to do. I didn’t do myself justice to
nigHt.”,
“You ve always dragged,” satd
Karl Leopold, who took every op
portunity to criticise the Harmoiti
cum doings.
Professor Jackson Jones, pulled at
his cravat, and Mrs Appledore’s face
was full of resentment.
“I never heard anything finer in
Boston,” said Professor St. Clair
Smith, coming to the rescue, “and I
suppose youknow what that implies.’
The night after the lecture was a
very stotmy one, and Mrs. Apple
dore whs slowly twisting her hair in
crimping-pins when the door-bell
rang, “I could not endure the lone
liness of the hotel, dear Mrs. Apple
dore,” said Professor St, Clair Smith,
making a courtly bow, “and have
come to beg for just one song.”
The professor was, so far as out
line and coloring go, a handsome
man. His head was what is com
monly called dome-shaped. His
wavy hair and silky beard were a
bright yellow red, and his rather
large eyes were blue. He sat down
in a big rocking-chair, and taking a
twin on each knee, "1 renew my
you h in children,” lie cried, giving
them a squeeze' “Do you know the
song,‘The old times were tl. ■ b st
times when you and I were y mg.”
“Oh, yes,” said the widow, nerv
ously turning over her music, “but I
can’t say that I feel so very old,”
“Dear me, what a blunder L am,”
cried the professor. “I was thinking
of my boyhood. I’ve aways hated
being grown up. A man ha- so much
to fetter his imagination. You must
have lost your husband in the first
flush of your youth,”
“I did,” murmured the widow,
forgetting that she was tiiirty live
when the event occurred. “The twins
were babes.”
Song succeeded song till the proles
sor proposed duets, and Mrs. Apple
dore enjoyed the music so much that
it was midnight before she knew it.
Two months pas ed awav. The
professor came almost every even tig.
He had hired a small house a little
out of town that, he might be undis
turbed he explained, and a r-lative
had come ta keep house for him He
did not know how long he would re
main in Dixville. He was preparing
a book for publication and wri ing
several new lectures. When his li'-
erary labors were over he was going
to take a trip somewhere and re.-t,
though friends of his influ utial at
Washington were anxious for him to
accept a consulship at an important
point.
The widow's neat white cottage
stood bv itself on the coniines of the
▼allage. De icon Bliss’ti Ids of dark
green peppei mint and nodding wheat
stretching -d ng the country ro>d f >r
nearly a mile joined 'he garg“U. Be
fore her abrupt refu-al of him, the
deacon had been accustomed to drop
in for a little visit or to bring a neigh
borly offering of apples of fresh vege
tables. But these calls had ceased
ai.d cut off from all her s urces of
news and p easure Mrs. Appledore
stayed closely at home, practiced her
music and entertained the professor.
But one sun-hiny afternoon Mrs,
Pulox came blushing up the t rim
graveled walk.
“Rosetta Appledore,” she charped
like an angrv olue jay, as she opened
the door, “though a clod, which
there are folks that think diff rent,
I’ve come to ask you if you know
you’re the town talk?”
“The town talk?” echoed her as
tonished sister.
“Yes, the town talk,” repeated
Mrs. Phlox, with wonder ul ernsha
sis. “Anybody would be who had
spent two tdessed months philander
in’ with a married man..’
“Who is married?”
“Your Professor Smith!”
“I don’t believe it.”
“I s’posed you wouldn’t, but I’ve ,
seen his wife.” said Mrs Phlox, vyith
evident satisfation. “Miss Merrills, i
she ’twas Pearly Ann Truesdale,
wouldn’t miss a lindin’ out anything
if she bad to walk te i miles, an’ she
called on her and told me, I’hat
night I sez to John, ‘John,’ sez 1, ‘a
sister’s a sister, ’specially if she’s
young r an’ a widder, an’if Ibe a i
clod I’m goin' to the bottom of thisi
‘an’,’sez he,'Emma Jane, I think
you’d bet er,’‘an’the ti-.st thing lie
did the next mornin’was to hitch up
an’ take me over on the mile-stripe
where that fel.er lives, in Tony Ale -
ton’s cottage, He wa n’t in, but she
was, an’she was washin’.
"I’m Miss Phlox,” sez I, “and I ■
corne t< call.” “Thank you,” s z
she, “I’m Miss Smith,” and she set -
out the only chair there was in the
room for me and set herself down on
the wash bench.
“Air you Miss St. Clair Smith, wife
of the professor,” sez I 1
“A sort ot smile twinkled over lr-r i
mou h and she sez, ‘Yes. Miss St. .
Clair Smith, though I didn't know :
Mr. Smith had adopt d the St. Cl dr
name. That’s my family name.’
An’ then she went on aud spoke of i
her husband, an’ of how ambitious he
is, an’ how tie tee s ids spear in pub
lie life, an’how she is wi lin’ to do .
any thing to help him. An’then she i
inquired if I thought she could get I
sewin’ in Dixville when she was able
to do it.”
Tears of shame and anger gither
ed in Mrs. Appledore’s eyes as her ;
sister spoke. “Is Mrs. Smith good I
looking? Is she an interesting worn- ,
an?” she asked.
“I can’t say how in’eresting she is.
She seems kind of trod on, so to
speak, As for looks, she ain’t any
piettier’n you’d be if you worked
hard an’ didn’t have half enough to
eat,” said Mrs. Phlox, calmly'.
Mrs. Appledore sobbed aloud.
“What do people sty about me?
Wbat shall I do?” she cried.
“They don’t say nothin’ yet, on’y
that you’re dreadful foolish,” chirp
ed her sister, rising and putting on
her calash, for it was almost supp-r
time. “I can’t say as I know of any
thing for tou to do except to tell Mr.
S tilth to stay’t home. ’Taint likely
Deacon Bliss will give you a chance
to say yes a second time.”
There had been a great deal of
pleasurable excitement in receiving
tne visits of the proses-or. To dress
herself in her b st mourning, and to
sing her favarite songs to an appre
ciative listener had been something
to look forward to during the hum
drum work of the day. The thought,
however, of what tier acqu .intances
were saying about her embittered
her life, and when the prose sor
again called one gLnee at her face
told him that she knew all.
Dear Mrs. Appledore,” he began,
but. she checked him.
"You had better go home to vour
wife, Mr, Smith,” she sai I co dly
Tears, real tears, came into the
professor’s big blue eyes. “But I
love you.” he cried, “and she has al
ways been an incubus upon my
soul.”
“But she’s your wife,” persisted
Mrs. Appledore.
“I know it,” moaned the professor,
rubbing his brow distractedly. “It
eats out mv vitals wtien I think of it.
She don’t feel as I feel. There’s no
wings for me as long as I am tied to
her. We’ve no affinity.”
Mis' Appledore gazed at him in
dull wonder. These were almost the
words she had used to her sister, but
they did not sound pleasantly now.
"I love you, Rosetta,” went on the
little man, approaching her; “and
I want to ask you just one question .
Were I single man would youtnarry
me?”
“I might,” admitted the widow,
smoothing down a fold in her over
skirt with a trembling hand.
“Enough!” and the professor flung
his arm about her and pressed a rap
turous kiss upon her forehead.
“Bless you, my darling!” and before
she could answer him he was gone.
The next day ; when she was
taking down her washing from the
line sne was suddenly clasped from
behind by a pair of strong aims.
"You will soon be mine,” said the
voice ot the professor. “I’ve offered
my wife SSO to leave me aud she has
accepted.”
Accepted!” thewidow cried,
wrenching herself free.
“Yes, and as soon as I can sell my
book she will go. I’ve lived in soul
isolation long enough. My heart
has found its mate.”
AH the men tbat Mrs. Appledore
knew were quiiut of speech and
somewhat rustic in manner, but what
they considered duty controlled their
lives. “You wretch!” she cried,
i dashing the dothes pin basket at
I him. "Eitty dul ars! You ain’t
! worth fifty cents. Go home and nev
er dare to speak to me again!”
''Hear me,” ha pleaded, catching
hold of her j, wn,
“Iciu’tstay out here and listen to
phimn eriu’ talk,” sho answered
resolutely, ana .witching her dress
from his grasp sheeutered the house.
B,t the pio t-ssor’s hand was upon
the latch. Like most of the women,
tile widow was a curious mixture of
timidity and courage. She flung the
door upon. “Don’t you dare 11 come
in!” she cried. I’ll throw hot water
on you I I’d—l’ll kill you!” Theo,
slamming the door in his face, sho
bolted it secure.y.
All tn-: even' ig the protesor paced
up ami (town Mte. Appleilore’s buck
veraud*. Tn- ucx evening he again
appeared, and the m-xt, an.l the
widow thoroughly aitumed emt tue
bravest twin <.mt toe liout way with
a note to her b.other-iti law.
Mr. Pul x ieigh.ot in anything
th.a cutlid be c i!leU procee lings, an t
m a tew uiiuut. she had the deputy
sheriff ami two constables and went
marching down tue prmcipil street
aitti ttu m to the great delight of all
the small buys of the village.
It wai impossible tor trie profes
sor to t scape. The office; s crept
roun i the iiutue noheitssly, Tue
she; iff collate ; nim, the constables
pinion 'd his ar.-.is, Mr. Pulox grab
bed him by the coat-tail aud away he
was walked to tae vi lage lock-up.
Mrs. Aupltd re passed a sleepbss
uigut. She im gme.l the whole town
was wide awake aud discussing her.
aud long b> so o daybreak site had
resolv a t> s :.d mr home and Dix
ville bank st ck aud move West.
“I’ve got my comeupance,” she
groaned. ‘ I’ve always been roman
tic and wanted a romance such as
i’ve read about, aud I’ve had one.
Oh, dear 1 Oa, leu ! ’
About 8 o’clock in the morning
there came a 1 v<ly rap at the kiehen
tluor, and, tins’rung by excitement
and loss of sleep, she shrieked
al Old,
“O’ny me; on’y Deacon Bliss,”
ciied a pleasant voice turuugu the
Keyhole.
Mrs, Appledore slid back the bolt
with tremuling lingers, “How ttiauk
ful I am,” she taid, uoluiog out her
Hand; “I feel so la need of eome
hody.”
"’Twas fortia 11 come along jest'
as I din, then,” said the deacon, tak
ing off liis straw nat and slowly rub
hiug his f ace with bis ample ban
danna. It v.t ■c. sinewed tuougli be
nevolent i'ac run-1 in wavei ot
rou-gray hair. I see ye kinder
peaked. Tue ./eather has be.m try
m’. I’ve’el i myself and ached in
myjintstli. vustway.”
It’s my .o il Dsacon,” wailed
the widow, -.ir. ping into a chair and
covering nor free with her apron,
"I’ve always ieiedkered after a ro
mjnoeaudl’>' had one, and I wish
1 was dead u.»d laid beside Oaleb.”
• On, no ye don’t, Miss Apple
dore,” said the ■ inac.m in tins caress
ing t me in wh,” 1 he would addiess a
sobbing child. ■ ruts world’s a poo
ty good place, an’with a few excep
tions f dks are "ooty goo I. I come
over to felcti a v ot' mv sweetius’
aud to tell ye tl.u'. the offer I made
ye a spell ago holds goo 1 yer. I
rally wadi ye'.l .-ousidur it agin.”
Mrs. ippledei.-rem d ied silent be
hind her apiOo
“Et ye’d he / me,” repeated the
deacon in a Io . - voice. “I know I
ain’t hut good ’miff and thet I’m
kind uv an old fellow, bur. I’ve got a
eomt’able place an’ comf’able things
in it, an’ I’ve been sot on ye this long
-pell, as ye know. Idaresiyl wa,
’tached o Lucy more’u I shall ever
be to anybody agin. We sort uv
giowed together like, but so do you
and Oaleb, aud I’ll try ter make
ye happy, aud yer two little gals, as
sweet as two pinks, ’ll be to me jess
like the little gal I lost.”
Mis. App.e lore di I nut remove h-r
apron, and after a pause the deacon
t'ulterinqly continued :
“I s’pose ’taint no use ter anger.
Folks hez their own ideas or such
things; but anyways I’ll stand yer
friend.”
The widow rubbid her eyes and
slowly let fall her apron. “I’ve al
ways had tbe greatest esteem for
you,” she said with a little shake in
her voice, “but I never knew how
good—how much I think of you. I
will I —.”
The deacon started up. “Will
ye?”
Mrs. Appledore had taken refuge
in her apron.
■'Will ye really, Rosetta?” he re
peated.
The bowel head covered in the
blue gingham nodded.
“Ye shan’t regret, it,” said the dea
con, solemnly, and awkwardly lay
ing his big hand, coarsened by labor,
on her shoulder. “Lord bh ss the
little woman-—in our hotn i. Oar
home,” he spoke softly, as if to him
self.
“P’rhaps now,” he continued after
a minute, “I’d better prop in and see
him, an’ in tellin’ the news I might
mention casual like we’re goin’ ter
be marrieJ soon. An’thet nobody’ll
trouble anybody that stays t’ hum.
an’ tbet I’m able to help an eddiea
ted man to a good place, real neigh
borly, ’cause my brother Eben.out in
Kmsas, wants a clerk.”
Mrs. Appledore said nothing, but
the deacon seemed satisfied with her
alienee, tor he did just as he had pro
posed. Professor St. Clair Smith
was discharged from jail, and iu
thoee days he ami his pale little wife
had left Tony Allerton's cottage on
tne mile strip to return no more.
In about a fortnight Dr. Ollapod
attended a quiet wedding. “You’ve
nad a r imeuce at last, Rosetta. I
might better say two of ’em,” whis
pered Mrs Phlox, as she gave the
bride a sisterly kiss. “The adoration
of the professor was like things in a
novel book, marryin’ a man whose
goodness an’farm can’t be parral
l-led iu the country is a romance
that h'S sense in it, an’l wish you
joy.—Our Conlinent.
A Texas Wedding.
San Antonio Express.
Elwards keeps a restaurant at
Monroe’s Camp, or Tunnel No, 1,
near the Pecos. Adair is a Brackett
saloonkeeper. Edwards has a
daughter, who is also the bride of
Adair. The wedding took place
clandestinely Monday evening last,
the bride returning quietly to her
home after the ceremony. Thursday
Adair desiered to claim his wife, but
the old man had heard of tbe wed
ding, and was waiting around tbe
premises with a Winchester rifle,
which rather complicated the situa
tion, Dating the day, however, the
bride eluded the vigilance of tbe old
gentleman, and joined her hnsband,
who was waiting near by with a bug
gy, and the two started away; but
the irate father-in-law was close af
ter them —so closa that one shot
from his Winchester laid tbe horse
in his tracks, another embeded a
bullet in the buggy, aud two others
whistled uncomfortably close to the
happy couple, who started to run
away on foot, the groom firing a
salute at the old man as ha retreat
ed, The young lady was finally
captured, and Elwards vamosed,
and Adair retreated with the consol
ing thought and determination to get
even with the old man through the
medium of a charge against him of
assault with intent to kill.
A Suggestion as to the State Conven
tion.
The Hon. L F. Garrard, ot Mus
cogee, in reply to a letter requesting
it, furnishes the following views on
the Democratic S ate Convention :
Columbus, Ga , April 11,1882 —Edi
tors Coiiiililution: The alleged causes
of Inuep -ndentism in Georgia, as 1
undeTß'aud them, are that lamina
tions are made by caucuses, cliques
and tings which do not properly rep
resent the people for whom they
c aim to act.
I believe this charge is often made
without reason, and at other times
on very slight and tiivial grounds,
and sometimes, perhaps, sincerely
with good reason.
But it is a seiious charge against
the Democracy ot the State or Geor
gia, and whether true or not deserves
consideration when it is urged by
gentlemen who claim to be true
D mocrats.
Tne question that naturally arises
is; Can a better system be adopted
wnieh will remove tans cause of com
plaint? It is a maxim ot law that
“when tbe reason ce .ses the law
ceases,” iftid it is presumable that
when the cause of complaint is re
moved, the complaint will cease, and
tbe main ground and argument ol
the Independents will be removed.
VVuatl would propose is this: That
the St rte Executive Commit ee meet
and consider the question of appor
tioning delegates aud fixing a bisis
ot representation tor the several
counties in the State in the
nominating convention. Let the ex
ecutive committee take the returns
ot some general election, in which a
Democratic and Republican were
voted for, aud ffnd out how many
votes were east tor the Democratic
candidate in each county, and then
apportion to each county, on the
basis of Democratic voters, ths num
ber of delegates to which it is enti
tled, say one delegate to every two
or three hundred voters and fractions
’hereof, over half the number so Us
ed. This would be fair and ixact
justice,and nobody could complain.
Tbe basis of representatives to
which a county is entitled by law.
Now, no county can have less than
one representative, however small
said county may be, and none over
i hree, however large they may be.
Therefore the small county is now
entitled to two delegates, though it
may not poll over four hundred
democratic votes, while the largest
county is entitled to six delegates,
though it may poll four thousand
democratic votes, and it may on the
other hand happen that, the large
county may be largely Republican,
aud the sm ill county may be laigelj 7
Democratic; therefore I say the true
basis of representation iu a Demo
cratic eouV' ntlou should be the
number of Democratic votes in each
county.
When a convention is assembled
we may see the spectacle of a dele
gate representing two hundred votes,
cancilliog by his vote the vote of a
del gat'j representing six hundred
and sixty-six votes thus it might hap
pen that a minority iu a convention
might lie so constituted as to repre
sent a large majority of the Demo
cratic votes.
This is wrong, and if possible
ought to be remedied, The old anti
doie fur this evil was the two third
rule, but tue inclination seems to be
to abolish this rule, and it it is
not done away with, tue basis of rep
resentation should certainly be
changed.
One great advantage to bs gained
by making the number of de moeratie
votes, the bases of representation, is
that, even in an election, where
there was no opposing candidate the
stiength of tue party would be
polled, for every democrat would
teel that it wrs his duty to maintain
or increase the representation ot his
county, aud this would prevent the
danger ot an opposing candidate be
ing quietly brought out a lew days
before the election with a view of
surprising the party.
Another alleged grievance is the
improper use of “proxies,” Now, if
the ballot is for a particular man, or
set of men, no one of them lias a
right to assign, as he would an old
stock of goods, his right to represent
iree men to some other person who
imy, or who may not carry out
iheir wishes, and perhaps may not
live in the same county or feel any
accountability to tne people so rep
resented .
If more than one delegate is select
ed by a county let those who are ac
tually present in the convention CKst
tbe votes of the country. The coun
ties could select alternates, aud, in
this way insure being represented
by some one that they actually se
lected.
I would further suggest that the
Executive Committee name a day for
tue Democrats ot each county to se
lect a delegates in order that each
county might act without outside in
fluence, and the general result would
be Known at once, and not have an
agitation kept up throughout the
Stale for a modth or six weeks.
The question of whether the coun
ties would nominate by a mass meet
ing or by a primary ballot, .1 would
leave to the wisdom of the people of
each county to determine for them
selves, lor my observation has bten
that tne people are pretty well able
to take cure of themselves.
It public sentiment in a county de
sired a primary election for dele
gates, the Democrats of tbat county
could easily have a meeting before
the day named by the Executive
Committee und determine the mode
and manner of holding tbe same.
By navieg tne delegates all select
ed on the same day it will prevent
the charge being mado tbat political
tramps go from country to country
to fix up the primaries, and as it may
now happen when nearly all of tlie
counties have acted, it will not be
possible for the charge to be made
tnat the “visiting statesmen” were
“swarmed in” to carry the few re
maining counties that may hold the
balance ot power.
Ido not admit the truth of these
charges, but when it is so easy, 1 do
say “avoid tbe appearance of evil.”
These are mere suggestions tbat I
throw out to be acted on or not, as
the wisdom of the party may dictate
it they are not thought worthy of
consideration, 1 shall conclude that
perhaps I have commuted an error
in conceiving them. At any rate I
snail not set my opinion up as infal
lible and conclude tha; the balance
of the party are wrong, and I do not
believe that any appeal to tne young
men of Georgia can lead them away
from a party that redeemed the State
from worse than Egyptian darkness,
and in whose hands it will certainly
be safer than any heterogeneous muss
that can be collected to secure the
State and Federal offices.
The Democratic party in Georgia
is a great party, and has been tne
party of progress, under the rule of
which Georgia has obtained and
maintained a front rank in the sis
terhood ot States, and it it ever falls,
and God grant that it may not, it
will fall from its own weight, and the
Insidious designs of men who prefer
office to the public welfare.
I believe that if proper steps are
taken, and safe guards are thrown
around it, that it can and will live iu
Georgia and that the tempting bau
bles in the shape of federal offices
may serve to capture a few men but
not the masses.
Lot us show to the world a party
'that will attack wrong in its own
midst as quickly as if discovered in
an enemy’s camp, and that will puri
fy itself, if need be, and present a
solid, organized front that will be
invincible. Very truly.
L juis F. Gabbard.
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The New York'ZZeraW says that the
bill now beloreC ingress, known as
the bill "to amend the laws relating
to the entry of distilled spirits in
warehouses,” etc., contains the big
gest steal of any one measure ever
passed by Congress, not excepting
the pacific railroad or credit mobil
ler. The bill was reported frotn the
committee of Ways and Means, aud
Mr. Dunnell, wao offered it, sta’ed
that it did nothing more than extend
the period for the retention in ware
houses of distilled spirits. Mr.
White, if Kv., rose to debate it.
The Speaker decided that ir, was not
debatable. Mr. White demanded
the yeas and nays, and again asked
to be heard. The Speaker again rul
ed him down, an t the bill passed
without debate. The Herald says
that the effect of the Dill, if it passes
the S-nste and becomes a law, will
be to keep in the warehouses 75.000,
OdOgillons of whisky now stored
there (chiefly in Kentucky) and en
able manufacturers to realiz- at pres
ent much higher prices than th, v
could obtain if thi-i lipuor was now
thrown upon the market: ami if a
repeal or great reduction of the tax
should bs made, they could cheat
the government of titty millions ot
dollars of ri venue. It thinks that
this is the object of the bill.
The mast sensible remedy, and the only
safe, sure and permanent cure for all dis
eases ot the liver, blood and stomach, In
cluding billions fevers, fever and ague
j iundlee, dyspepsia., ete., is Prof. Guil
mette’s French Liver Pads, which cures
by absorption. Ask your druggist for this
noted cure, and tske no other, and if he
has not got it for you, -end $1.50 to
the French Pad Company, Toledo, <>.. and
they wills-nd you one post-paid by re
turn mall. z
Dyspepsia anti Liver Complaint.
Is tt not worth the small price ot 75
cents to free yourseli of ever; .symptom
ol these distressing complaints? li you
tiink so call nt om tore nil get a bottle
of Shiloh's Vitalize.'', i vory bottle line a
printed guarautee on ir, uss aecordlngly
and tr it does 5 ;u no good It Wil! co.-t you
nothing oi lby M. I.’. Hoed & Co., and
Brann, n & Cer-on.
I have been a areat bufferer for 15 years
with Bright’s disease < f the kidneys. For
weeks at a time was unable to get out of
bed; used various internal remedies, but
they gave me no relief. I wore two of
Prof. Guilmette’s Kidney Pads six weeks,
and 1 now know I am entirely cured.
CilY TAX ORANGE, 1882
Ordinance to levy and assess taxes aud ,
raise Revenue ti.-i the city • f Coiumbu?,
Ga.. lor Hie year A. 1), 1882:
Section 1, Be it ( ixiaiiied by the Mayor
and Council of the Cil\ of Columbus, and
it is hereby ordained by virtue ot author!’
ty vested in the sauv, that for tlie pur
pose ot defraying the necessary expenses
ot the city, and sustaining the credit
thereof; for paying the interest on tbe
bonds i-sued under authority of ordi
nance adopted Muy 1, 1876, an<l amended
June 5, 1876, and on tbo bonds i-sued
under authtirity ui an ordinance adopted
Julyl, 1878, and amended December 2,
187«. lor the pui pose of i ed<' miug all out
standing bonds ot ine city, hi <i f< r the
purchase of bonds authorized in said or
dinance; for supporting and maintaining
the public schools, and (or other purposes,
ordinary and contingent, the taxes and
revenue heremaiter memioned shall be
levied and cc llecta d for t he y ear 1882.
1. On all taxable real estate within the
corporate limits of the city, up >n the
assessed value thereof, thvio shall be
levied and collected lor the ordinary cur
rent expenses of said city, a tax of one
half per cent; and lor tbe purchase of
bondsand payment of the said coupons
tailing due during tne year, one-half ol
on per-cent, payable on and ail er the
first day of April: and upon the whole,
or any other portion of such tax pala
before tbe Ist of May, proximo, there
shall be allowed a discount of 4 per cent.,
and upon tbe amount psitrf between the
Ist of May and Ist of July, 2 per cent.,
and for al! taxes unpaid on the Ist of
July.
2. Ou all household aud kitehen furni
ture, and on jewelry, silver plate, musi
cal instrumenis, horses, mules and other
animals, and on nil vehicles kept for use
or pleasure, by physicians or others, on
the market value thereof, one per cent.,
to be apportioned and applied as the tax
upon real estate, tc-wit: one-halt per
cent, for ordinary current expenses, and
one-halt per cent, for purchase of bonds
and payment ot coupons falling due as
above.
3. On all gross sales, credit and cash, of
all goeds, wares, merchandise aud pro
duce sold, except nt public outcry, inclu
ding all eeininssiou sales, except of
cotton! 4-10 ot one per cent.
4. On all gross sales by manufacturers
ot articles ol their own manufacture, %
per cent., bat when retailed, ixcept to
tneir own operatives or sold to others
than merchants, 4-10 ot one per cent.
5. On gross receipts of warehousemen
for storage and delivery of cotton and
other merchandise, 4 per cent; aud on all
sales of merchandise, 4-10 of one per cent.
G. Oa gross receipts tor premiums In
1882 of Insurance companies or agents, 2
per cent.
7- On gross receipts of gas companies, 1
per cunt.
8. Ou gross receipts of any business not
mentioned In tile above, including bar
rooms, billiard saloons, bakeries, livery
stables, wagon yards, mai ble yards, lum
ber dealei s, restaurants, printing offices,
sewing machine agents, wood and coal
dealers, and butchers 4 10 ot 1 per cent.
9. On tne gross sales of all goods, wares,
merchandise, or produce sold in tne city,
by transient or itinerant traders or specu
lator, not including those who bring pro
duce lor sale tn wagons from the country,
but including such transient or Itinerant
traders or speculators as deposit their
goods, wares, produce, or other articles
for sale In the caos, depots, warehouses,
stoics or other places io the eity, whether
sold by licensed auctioneers or other per
sons, 2 per cent. One-half of the net tax
so collected from such parties shall be
paid to any person who shall give notice
to the Treasurer ot any sale by such par
ties upon which they have not paid tax as
herein prescribed. All persons, resident
or otherwise, doing business of any kind
without a permanent place of business in
the city, and who have not registered and
paid such special tex ae is provided in
this ordinance, shall be held and deemed
itinerant traders. The above tax does not
apply to sales to merchants by samples.
10. Horse or cattle drovers or dealers
shall pay a tux ot % per cent, on all sales
made by them.
All iranelent or itinerant traders in
stock, bringing the same to the city f >r
sale, shall be required to report to the
City Treasurer on arrival the number of
slock on hand, and make a deposit of one
dollar per head, or give other satisfactory
security for the payment of the tax on all
sales made by them.
Any person or persons violating this or
dlnance shall be lined for each day's de
fault, in the discretion of the Mayor.
11. On each and every male inhabitant
of tbe city, between ihe ages of 21 and 60
years, excepting active firemen, as re
ported by the secretary of each company
by the ist ot April, tbe einn ot $2 ae a
commutation for street tax: provided,
however, that such persons may be re
lieved ot said tax by laboring three con
secutive days upon the streets ot the city,
under the direction ot the Street Commit
tee, between the present date and the Ist
ot July.
Section 12. If any person, firm or cotpo
ratlon shall tall or retuse to make a return
ot their sales, earnings or receipts, as re
qulred above, within 10 days alter the Ist
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• day ot January, April, July and October,
they-hall be summoned before the May
or’s Court and ehall be liable to a line of
$lO for each day’s default; there
after in the discretion of the
Mayor: and If any person, firm, or
corporation shall make a return that in
the Judgment of the Finance Committee is
considerably less than should be returned,
the Committee shall assess such amount
as they may deem just, and if the party
so assessed shall object to said assess
ment, they may produce their books, and
the whole matter be referred to Council
for their determination.
SECTION 3—SPECIAL OB BUSINESS TAX.
Auctioneers, and 1 per cent, on all
gross sales, to be given In and
paid quarterly 50
Apothecaries as merchants.
Agencies, (not specially mentioned)... 25
Banks or bankers, or any corporation
or individuals doing a banking
business 250
Brokers 75
Billiard tables 20
Pool tables 50
Bagatelle tables 10
Bowling saloon 30
Blacksmith ship, (one forge) 2)4
" It more than one
forge 5
Berber shops, each cnalr 5
Bakeries 25
Cigar manufacturers 20
Commission merchants, cotton sac-
tors aud shippers 40
Cabinet shops 10
Merchants whose annual sales exceed
SIO,OOO 40
Mei chants whose annual sales exceed
$3,000 and do not exceed $10,000.. 30
M i chants " hose annual sales do not
exceed $3,000 20
Manufacturers of soda water and
other drinks 20
Marble yards or marble merchants.. 25
Coul yards 25
Carriage buggy and wagon reposito-
Ues 25
Colton or produce exchange or buck-
et shop 200
Clothing or underwear, persons tak-
ing orders for J 25
Cotton or woolen factories or flouring
mills 40
Circuses, per day 25
“ each sideshow 100
Dancing masters, per quarter 150
Dye houses 25
Exoress companies 10
Eiting houses, restaurants, or sa- 10
loons of any kind—first ciass.... 200
do. second class
Foundatles aud machine shops 12
alone 6
Machine shops or planing mills alone 60
Factories, sash and blind and planing 30
mills 30
Furniture manufacturers
Gascompanies 100
Gun and locksmith 10
Gin agents, or persons selling gins on
commission—in addition to all
other taxes 10
Gift enterprise, with any game of
chance connected therewith 1,000
Hotels, first class 50
• second “ 25
Hucksters, subject to market toll ad -
dltional, per quarter 1
lee aud fish dealers 0s
‘‘er “ “ £5
loteligenee offices 12
Fertilizers, on each guano or fertili
zer company doing business in
tlie city, whether by agent or
otherwise.
Insurance companies, local or for- 50
sign
But ii receipts of premiums for the
year shall be less than SSOO, a re
bate ot $25 will be allowed.
Junk strips 100
L it terries, or any game ot chance. ~1,400
L ittery agents, or sellers of lottery
tickets ...
Labor brokers or emigration agents 25
Lightning rod agents, or dealers.... 5
Livery, sale and feed stables 25
Lumber dealers, whether delivering
from yards or depots 25
Organ grinders or street musicians
per mouth 40
Oyster dealers 20
Printing, (publishing, or job) offices.. 50
“ offices (Job and Binding). . 45
“ “ (“ alone 50
Public halls, first-class (2
“ “ second ciass 2
Pawnbrokers 15
Produce brokers, selling by orders to
merchants or others 20
Peddlers ot patent medicines, i£c., per
day, or at the discretion ot the
Mayor
Pistol gallery 25
Paint shops 10
Real estate agents 25
Repairers of watches and jewelery... 10
Soda fount or fee cream saloons. ... 10
Skating riuk or dancing halls 25
Telegraph companies 200
i'eu'phoue companies 75
tailors 5
Warehouses 200
Wagon yards 25
street peddlers, per quarter 15
Sewing machine agents 40
Wagou yards with livery stabel privi
leges 40
Wood yards 10
Wheelwrights 5
Merchants or manufacturers not
named lu above list 50
Each and every contractor or build-25
er, master mechanic or architect,
taking contracts amounting to SIOO
or mors, or civil engineer 10
Each person exercising the vocation ot
street drummer for the sale of mer
chandise, (the party to be confined
in his operations to the sidewalk
immediately in front of the store
employing him) 100
Transient traders in goods, wares and
merchandise of any dessrlptlot),
who sell to merchants, ou actual
delivery, not by sample or order,
also such as sell to consumers
whether by sample, on order,
or actual delivery 40
Any special tax or business mer tioned
in section 3 shall be paid annually
iu advance, unless otherwise speci
fied
Ferelgn peddlers with 4-10 of 1 per
cent on all sales 40
Section 4. The Mayor shall have full
authority to impose such taxes as he may
deem just aud equitable upon ail local
or Itinerant traders or agents not spe
cially mentioned in these ordinances.
Section 5. Transient traders in goods,
wares and merchandise of any descrip
tion or any article whatsoever, before ex
posing the same, shall each pay such
special tax as is fixed in these ordinances,
or by the Mayor—also agents tor the sale
ot any article whatever, itinerent physi
cians or sellers of proprietary articles.
Section 6. Any person or persons sub
ject or liable to pay’ a special tax above
prescribed, and failing to do so before the
Ist day ot April, shall on conviction be)
fore the Mayor, be liable to a fine ot S2O
tor each day’s default thereafter, and in
default of payment ot fine, such other
punishment as the Mayor may in his
discretion, impose.
Section 7. This ordinance shall be sub
ject to alteration and repeal, in whole or
in part, at any time during tbe year 1882,
should it be deemed advisable; and no
such amendment or repeal in any part
ticular shall be construed to Impair tbe
right ot Council to assess and levy a tax
for tbewhole of said year 1882, wheneve
made.
DRAY AND BETAIL LIQUOB LICENSE.
Beit ordained by the Mayor aud Coun
cil ot the city or Columbus, that the fol
lowing rates of license for the year 1882,
shall be charged, viz:
One-horse dray, express or hack S2O
Two-horse dray, express or hack 30
Nhree-horse dray 35
Four-horse dray 40
Two-horse omnibus 30
Four-horse omulbus 40
License shall be payable semi-annually
in advance, from January Ist and July Is
respectively.
Section 2. Drays or other wagons run
by any person or firm In their own busi
ness or otherwise, and hauling any article
whatever(as lumber, wood, coal, dirt, etc.
and charge drayage therefor, shall pay
the same license as is charged other
drays.
section 3. Be itiurther ordained that
the rates of retail liquor license for 1882,
ehall be
For first-class license *l5O
For second-class license 100
Payably quarterly in advance.
Second 4. Any person or firm who shall
sell any spirituous or malt liquors in any
quantity, and allow the same to be drank
on their premises. Shall be required to
take out second-class license in addition
to such special tax as may be otherwise
liable for.
Adopted in Council Feb. 1,1882.
CLIFF B. GRIMES, Mayor.
M. M. Moore, Clerk Council.
Flies and Mos quitoea.
A 15c.box of "Rough on Rats.” will keed
a house free from flies, mcsqultoee, rats
and mice, the entire season. Druggist.