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THE DAILY TIMES. -,■■■■■■■■■ - Illi - I ta th • Vljaeeut i»» and T» tdia nt Coin i« <’4»lut»bu*. tteorsria. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 25, 18815 g-l-! Thb "diamond field” ta a big field, but the dlamondathat become visible to the average eyo is araall. We pro fer(tbat the diamonds should be larg< and the field small; that is our part ot them. Mb, Rasdall tblnka there will be no extra session of Congress. No good reason appears why there bo. if members will now set earnestly to work and dispose of matters that have been so long de layed, Da, Cabvkb In match shooting with Bogardus at New Orleans is beating him. A late contest resulted 108 for Oarver to 100 for Bogardus, But In what Is the public benefited by the performances of experts In trick shoot ing? If these champions will throw their traps away and try the fields and swamps and take chances as they come, we think both of them oan be beaten by Columbae sports men. Wi do not know whether Professor Proctor said anything about it or not, but it is nevertheless given out from scientific sources that the Star ot Bethlehem can be seen now,of clear mornings, in the East at about three o’clock. When it disappears from this visitation to our system it will not appear again for 300 years. 8o those ot us who would know it at the next "advent,"should rise early and make its acquaintance. A reform saloon keeper in New York has opened a temperance "in stitute,” where he gives for five cents a drink of whisky, a sandwich of beef and bread, and a cup of coffee. He sells, 1,500 "takes” a day and rnaki H SIB clear profit. He says after taking a drink of whisky, eat ing a lunch and tupping off with a cup of coffee, a man goes along and never thinks about repeating on whiskey. Hie reform comes in be tween the last cup of coffee and the next drink of whiskey. What next? FIIBI.IC UUILIMNM* FOR MACON. The Hon. Jas. H. Blount,telegraphs from Washington to Macon that he has succeeded in getting the appro priation bill a claim giving Macon $195,000 for public buildings. This is a good thing for Macon and wo con gratulate our sister upon her good fortune in securing this "output,” and also Mr. Blount upon the suooeui ot bls efforts in that direction. Wo suppose now, tne Telegraph and Messenger will be in a good humor for a while and quit slashing the ’powers that lie” so promslcuouely. Bomb Northern milk slope are still writing to Southern men,generally editors of newspapers, to know If Northern people are welcomed in the South? Those men know instinct ively that if they are honorable and industrious citizens they will be re cieved here and treated as such, They way not be received with brass bands un i marched in processions to pis nice, but they will be treated po litely and as well as strangers from another part of our own South, until they give occussion for a different course. It is said that the Cincinnati En quirer has sent a good looking, dash ing young scullion to the South just to snoop around among young bloods in respectable circles of society to gather up all the dirty scandal in Southern cities to bo published, with proper names given, in the Enquirer, "just to bring about libel suits.” That shows what "newspaper enter prise” descends to, to feed a corrupt public appetite and to make money. The wretched little skunk has writ ten up an Atlanta scandal over a month old, and Is now on bis travels to other cities, Macon, Savannah, and Charleston are said to be on his ticket, and the dirt of those towns may be expected to be stirred up right soon. The fellow carries with him the name of Fred Brown and every young man whom he ap proaches socially in this region ought to give him the point of a well pointed boot. Buch a thing as Brown and such a paper as the Cincinnati Enquirer oan do infinite harm, if per mitted. Will the world never get credit for honesty? A writer in the Augusta News says the city treasury is run by a ring, and that prudent men want to sell their property, and other pru dent men won’t buy. The tax gath erer is the only party that the ring feels interested in, and only in that because it tarnishes the pabulum to run on. We know nothing of the facts stated and Intimated in the Augusta News by "Citizen,” but the cause of it ail is not confined to Au gusta, but is common to most cities, States and central governments, and is because the people waive a super vision of their own puplic concerns and leave them in the hands of the very men who delight in abusing their confidence. The only cure for one ring, in these days, is to form a more voracious ring to “bite ’em,” and so on. ad infinitum. Rings are a fungus but strong and vigorous growth, and it is the duty of the peo ple, upon whose substance they sub sist, to destroy them, ven though in throttling one they may have to raise up another. "The fittest may sur vive.” But it would seem that hon orable and intelligent communities might, with a little watchfulness and firmness, protect themselves from the wrongs that th .se vampires are constantly inflicting and are ever seeking to Inflict. Why the failure' i THE SOUDAN. History of the Present of Oper ations of the English Soldiers. N. Y. Journal ot Ooiaraoice, Metemneh Is ninety-five miles be low Khartoum, and 115 miles ab ve Berber, It. has some houses built of uoburned brick, with floors and c fil ings. Tbi se are not numerous, nor very skillfully made, Metemneh is a large collection of mud huts. There is not much civiiizttion in the Soudan. There are some Egypt lans along th>- Nde who have brought up there the semi-civilization ot the Egyptian fellaheen. But the vast native population la in general sav age. The name “Arabs ’ applied to these people tn the news dispatches is a misnomer. There is little Arab blood in this part of Africa. It is by no means easy to determine from what race or races the various tribes In the Boudan are decended 'l here is a theory that, at a period more or leas ancient, inhabitants of Egypt, the old Copte, migrating or driven by invasion into the upper lountry >n the Nile, Intermingled with the Ethiopians, and thus gave birth to a mixed race, whose dec.mdants are spread from Dongola to theShtllook country. Intermixiure h-is gone on ever sines. Ethiopian slaves have for centuries been held among these people. Ethiopian tribes make duves one of unoth ’r. Toe Nile after leaving the Lake Al bert Nyanza, flows through a tropical country of Vast luxuriance. Its course is winding, and It receives many tributaries on both sides. The inhabitants of this upper country are Ethiopian blacks, divided into num erous tribes. The pretended govern ment of Egypt has never extended to this country. It has reached from Khartoum up the Nile only as far is military stations could be made to pay by t.he extortion ot plunder from the natives, under the name of taxes. The great African and Arabian deserts, which are on the two sides of the lower Nile, do not extend into the upper country. The old-time D -sert of Sahara was much of a myth. Above the great bend of the Nile, from Abou Hammed to Kiiorti. where the river’s course Is to the south of west, the country begins to change in character. Rains occur, md in the rainy summer season, are heavy. The dry season is excessively dry, and agriculture is carried on through that season by artificial irri gation. Along the banka of the Nile the people are agricultural, but away from the river they mostly live as keepers ot sheep and cattle. There are no cities, or towns, or villages, except collections ot huts. The advance position of the British near i\l>-temn h, is ninety-live miles trom Khartoum. The river is navi gable over this stretch at all seasons The channel changes with mud and deposit trom year to year. Islands, covered with splendid vegetation abound. At oue spot near Marnad, the river course is broken up by so many Islands that it in called the Ninety Islands. There is above these a narrow pass of the river at Babiook. between lofty rock cliffs. Above this pass the river is navigable for steam ersut all seasons, without cataracts, not only to Khartoum, a few miles, but for more than 1,500 miles into the heart of Africa. Nearly oue hundred miles below Metemneh, on the east side, the At bara river pours in annually its great floods, filled by the rainfall on the mountain country between the Ri d Boa and the Nde. A’ Khartoum the Blue Nile comes down from the Abys sinian hills,another flood in the rainy season, but very low in the winter. These two rivers contribute perhaps more than the White Nile to thean nual rise of the river below. Khartoum, on the point of junction of the Blue and White Nile, is a modern city, the creation of the Egyptian invasion of the Soudan. Being the centre of the so-called government, it became the centre of trade. Arab traders came first. These w< re followed by adventurous men from Germany, Italy and other European countries. The trade con sists lu gi m arable, hides, ivory and senna, but those would not support Khartoum or the Egyptian occupa tion. The great trade has been in slaves. Ths object of Egypt in seiz ing on the country was the profit to be made out of the slave trade. Every Viceory or Khedive of Egypt from tho days of Mohammed All to the iate Ismail Pasha, has encour aged and protected this slave trade. The Arab slave traders organized their expeditious in Khartoum, fitted out their fleets of boats with provis ions and more or less fighting men, according to their means, and as cended the Nile to the coun try of the Ethiopian blacks. Here they collected slaves by force, or bought, them of tribes who cap tured them from other tribes. Some times they attacked a tribe and seized their cattle, which they ex changed with others for slaves. Re turning to Khartoum with boats loaded with slaves, they paid the Egyptian authorities a head tax on every slave, and then sent their mis erable captives, some to Egypt, others toßuakim or elsewhere on the R -d Bea coast, and across the sea to Arabia, where slaves are always wanted at good prices. When Ismail Pasha was pretending to be anxious to suppress the slave trade in the Soudan, the only change made in the system was to stop the loaded slave boats on the river above Khartoum, collect the taxes there, and allow the slaves to be carried around Khar toum and sent to the Red Sea in the usual way. When, a few years ago, the inter ference of England on the Red Sea, and her management of Egyptian finances in Cairo made it impossible any longer to connive at this trade and share in its profits, the Egyp tian government found the Soudan a costly possession. Legitimate trade would not makeita paving province. Robbery and plunder, under the name of taxation, would not extract enough out ot its uncivilized inhab itants to pay for the men and arms used in the oppression. England ad vised Abandoning it. Gordon went to withdraw the pretense of govern ment with which Egypt had cursed It. Times Job Office BinL HEADS, SHIPPING TAGS, 1 ETTER HEADS. SHIPPING BOOKS NOTE HEADS, RECEIPT BOOKS, ■JIBOULAiiS, BUSINESS OARDb HAND BILLS, POSTAL CARDS, POSTERS, VISITING CARDS, INVITATIONS. 11CNIC TICKET FANCY SHOW CARDS, And everytumg else In ttie Job Printing line executed with neatness and dispate. Will duplicate New York orders with ex press charges added. Bring us your ’oh Print!and we will irive you eatteiactlou in prices and style WVKS’- V APDI7U S*-n<l cents for pos»ge. snd in IL*, i receive free, * oeatly box o. goods which will help you to more money right away than anything else in this world All of either sex succeed fiom hrat hour The broad road to fortune open before the workers absolutely sure At onoe address Tbuk A 00, AngusU.’M*ioe decß-dbmwwly DAILY TIMES: COLUMBUS. GEORGTA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25. 18*5 CAPITAL PRIZE, $75,000. Ticket* only •S. Shares in Proportio». B3M Louisiana State Lottery Company. •'We ao hereby certify that we sapervi ie tfc< arrange men ts for all the Monthly and semi inuuai Drawings of Ila Loulsuna Stale Lui tery and in person manage and con trul the Drawings tbeinaeivea, and that tn< daluo ar , conducted with honuety, lalrm.as, anc la good faith toward all parties, and we*utbor ize the Jompany to use thia certificate, with faO'Hlm es of our signatures attached, Il Ha ad - artlSM. 'eats ** CsniailMiMen. Incorporated In IMt tor 26 years by tbe JoegU lature for Bdnoatlonal and Charitable purposai -with a capital of 11*600,000—to which a reserr# fund of over 1660,0'0 baa since been added. By an overwhelming popular vote its franchiM ▼as made a part of the present Htate Constitu tion adopted December 2d, A. D„, loft. The only Lottery ever voted on and endorsed ‘ay the people of any Htate. It never soalea or postpones. Its Grand single Number Drawing* take pl are monthly, A MPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIS A FOHTIM THIRD GRAND DRAWING. JLA.HB O, IN THE AC ADEM 1 OF MtJBIO, NEW JKLEANH. TUESDAY, March 10, 1888-178th Monthly Drawing. CAPITAL PRIZE, £73,000. 100,000 Tickets at Five Dollars Mach Fractious, lo l ifltaH in proportion. lut ovvaias* 1 O£Fl7-AJLPKIZJK..~~~*.~. - Tt,W 1 do du ...... 26, ’Ait 1 do do 10, OG 2 PUIMIWOY fOUOO 12,0 U I do 2GOO. 10, W 10 do 1<XW...... lO.OCt 20 do W 0...... do SOO 20,t0t 400 do 100... . 80,011. 100 do fiO.. 26.0C0 1000 do 20 M/XX- APPBOXEMATIOX VMXZM, • Approximation Frlaes of 9 do do 600.... GMK. V do do LOG/ Prises amountlnic t0......|2f16.5ut Applications for ratea io clubs should be oaad* July to lha olfloe of the Company In Nev Orleans. For further Informatics write clearly, giving ran address. PO-» IAL NOTfc*, Express Money Orders, or New York Kxoiisnge in ordi nary letter, jurrenoy by JttxpresH (all sama o |6 und up «<ro« at uur expense) address M. A. DAUPHIN, New Orleans, La. jr M. A. DAUPHIN, UU? Kevrath su. Wash in a tan U. < Make I. □. Monuy Orders payatik and sddresi. Registered letters io NKW OKL&ANM NATIONAiS NA.MK, New orrcuus lua WESTERN R. R. OF ALABAMA. The Quickest and Most Direct Eoute to Nev» York, PiiHudelpbia, Bal timore, aud Washington. Trains leave as follows: TIME TABLE NO. *J<t, TAUNU KVITBOr Sl'Nulk, JA J. IS. Mkg. ■JiA BTWfIBE~~ MO. si SvTm yo.i Lv Sow Urleatm... 10 <»op tu h."O. di Lv. Mu? tgomer , V.’OO a m D» p m Arr Columbus .... 1.02 , m 6 46 4 ml Lv Uolumbcs ... 8. Uam »jO6 f. mi A rr West rclht ... i 2,19 a nr| 427a. m Arr Atlanta ... ... 3 .MJ v w| «-Di. ml i._- IW ABI, < d - ‘ Lj. Leave Atian'.a. 2:OU put Ui4o » m West Poiut 6:Uo p m 3:b7 a m Arr UoJuinbufi. ... 7siy p a. m Lv (JulumbUa ..... 2.3opm*J.Oj pin Arr. Montgomery.. 8:lop m 6:Boam arr Mobile 2}Q5 a n;|J:UU p m Air Now Orleans . 7 ;gl ail |. .3 ip m North. Mouth. NO. 51 NO. 5» NO. 50 NO. »- ——— —iiwm 1— —• —I f IM p niilO:Js » m W»»h'gt’n ! lOHO b m 9:10 pa: ll;i)6 pm Uuo « m Baltimoreans a m|-iW p m liW a m 11:10pm PMU4el'a;rl.Ul a m «:45 pm S;30» ui|o:D pm Naw York! B:<oamjJJiOO J> u- Pulltnuu Sleeper* on all train* AS between Mon I g oilier y .and Washington without Change. Western Kai I road Sleeper* on trains Afi anal 53 between Montgomery and Atlanta. Tralne 50, 61, 62 and 68, maka close eonuectlom with train? to and trom Mobileaud dew Orleans. Train 62 uounocLi at Montgomery with trains foi Solms and Eufaula. Connections made si Opelika with Ea*it Alabiiaa and Ulncinuall, aud the Columbus and Westaxu Railroads, All iralm oxoept 62 and 63 connect at Ohehaw with Tuske gee railroad, Tralud No. 6 end <i run dally except Snudays LUAS, 11. LKOHWLLL, General Passenger Agent. CARPETINGS. “ W. &J. SLOANE HAVE MADE A GBKAT REDUCHON IN THE PRICES OF ALL GRADES OF GOODS. MOQU E TIES, from $1 25 upward BODY BRUSSEL trom »supward lAPESIKY BRUSSELS, trom W upward INGRAINS, from 40 upward CHINA Al ACTING, from $5 per roll of 40 yntd« upward Oil Cloths, Mats, Rugs, In Great Variety. Samplesaent by mall whenever desired. Ail correspondence will receive prom pt at tention. Broadway and 19th Street, NI.W YOBKCITY. j anSOeow-d&wSm Valuable Plantation for Sale or Rent. I offer my plantation for sale or rent, lytag In Talbot county, three miles north ot Box Springe. Ptrtiea that wish to look can call on he undersigned. M. W. HOLLIS NOTICE 1 Georgia, musuogke oocnty.—i Jacob Brods, buabsnd of Boes Broda, ol said Oounty and State, hereby give notiM to the public of my consent that my said wits. Boss Broda, shall be and beoouse from and after this date a public or free trader, with all of the rights and privileges under tbe Statute in such eases made and provided JaOOB BKOD2L January •. lib*6. . )sd>-1u JOHN 8. STEWART =Jol) Her. RANDOLPH .STREET, NKXT T 0 GKOBGU STEAM AND GAB fTPB COMPANY. J obi *id tinge Every desert pilon executed Neatly and Promptly.' audMß S. H. TIGNER. DEALER IN REAL ESTATE BA RTOW, POLK COUNTY, FLA. Will Buy or Sell Real Estate. Gorree poQdeuce t ollclted Any information given in regard to health, climate, Ac. janlßwtt ; in. imi foi on’ mill THIS WEEK, And must collect all the Money we vlf can before starting. Now is the time to bu y Goods for the Cash and get fl I A Genuine Bargains. Price our Clothing, £1 a Hats and Furnishings, t y ffe MW Have We Money ill | Our Spring Fashion-Plates have |r /II I arrived, and we are now making J I Goods to Order for Future Delivery. H. J- THORTON, Merchant Tailor. NOW OB NEVER I COME WEAL OR WOE, OUR POLICY IS INFLEXIBLY DETER- MINED. DEFIES THE FATES THEMSELVES, ORGANIZES HIS VAST RESOURCES AND MEETS THE COMING TIDE OF COMPETITION WITH A BARRIER OF Yet Unheard of Prices. MiiHimiinM m UNDER THE HAMMER. ()— 30,000 Yards Hamburg Edgings, at 5 cents, Value 10 cts, 20,000 Yards Hamburg Edgings at 8 cents, Value 15 cts. 25,000 Yards Hamburg Edgings at 10 cents, Value 20 c’s 13,500 Yards Hamburg Edgings at 121-2 cts. Value 25 cts 40,000 Yards Hamburg Edgings at 15 cents, Vs.ue 30 cts 27,000 Yards Hamburg Edgings at2o cents, Value 50 cts. 5,000 Yds. Satin Check Aainsook al 10c Worth 20c. 2,540 Yds. Satin Checks al 15 and 18ccnts. Best value ever seen in Columbus. Stripes and Plaids at Unheard of Prices for this Week. These Goods Must Be Sold. From the Great Embroidery Sale in New York Jan. 16 <>ui«T irFri-zi i POLITE AND COURTEOUS ATTEN 1 ION GIVEN TO EVERY VIBI toil WHETHER PURCHASER OK NOT. TRADE PALACE 159 and 161 Broad Street, Opposite Harkin House. COLUMBUS, GA., SAVANNAH, GA , AUGUSTA, GA. NEW SPRING GOODS —at KZIZR/VEJXr’S. Wool Combination Suitings, Choice Colors in Cashmeres, Good All-Wool Cashmere at 50 cents. Choice Btock Ginghams and Calicos, Table Lint ns and Napkins. Now is the time to buy these Goods, Handkerchiefs, H and kerchiefs, Good Handkerchiefs, Fast Colors, at 3c. up to the Pe t Grades 10.000 Yards More ot tboee HAMBURG EMBROIDERIES at Astouiabiogiy low prices. Ladies* Underwear Depart men Just opened. All tne Stock Freeti and at Popular Prices. J. ALBERT KIRVEN IMMENSE STOCK OF Furniture,liCarpetings, Curtain-Goods, Window-Shades, etc-, REGARDLESS OF COST 1,000 Chairs, from 50 cents to $lO 00 I Mcquet Carpets $1.50 pr yd. best qual 500 Bedsteads from $1 75 to 40 00 j Tapestry Oarpets 65c to SI.OO pr, yd, 100 Imitation Wai, Suits,slß to 40 00 | Body Brussels " 85c to $1.35 pr. yd. 100 Walnut Suits,trom $25 to S2OO 00 I Rugs 7Bn to SIO.OO 15 Parlor Suits from S4O to $l5O 00 |Straw Mattings 10c to 40c. Oil Cloths, 40c to $1 25 per square yard. Art Squars (Druggetts) including best Kiddemuster, ali wool $8.50 to sls Will duplicate prices ot any Market. Upholstering Goods at your own Prices. Up Stairs, 83 and 85 Broad St., Columbus, Ga. ELEVATOR ALWAYS READY. fels-wßm, SSiHinS his Old and Reliable Georgia Company oontinuas to take Fire risks of ail kincs Charter perpetual. DIVIDEND No. 26 FOB 1884, 83H per cent. The PHCENIX, of Hartford, Conn., ROCHESTER-GERMAN, of New York, All solid Companies, represented.in this Agency, hates’ low. Lessee promptl adjusted, R. B. MURDOCK,:A«»ent. TIMES LOT OFFICE in min - nirMi-ii'rTiimriMMmh run Can Supply Business Men With Cards! Cards! Cards! CARDS! CARDS! CARDS! BILL HEADS 1 Bill Heads I Bill Heads I Bill Heads I NOTE HEADS I Note Heads! Note Heads! Letter Heads ! Letter Heads ! Letter Heads! STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNT 1 STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNT ! STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNT PROGRAMMES! PROGRAMMES ! PROGRAMMES I POSTERS 1 POSTERS! POSTERS i POSTERS and HANDBILLS! HANDBILLS! HANDBILLS’ WORK hEATLY AND PRBMTLY DONE —AND AT I_,ow FETICH’S Times Office Job Rooms