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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1874.
YOL. XVI.—]
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w,rli hungry and nrted me for bread.
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By worhing held all day,
•JRKB.be> the time, were bad, elr,
’iadtbe work all fell away.
I could get no more employment;
lb. wither waa bitter eold,
•b. young onw cried and ahlyered—
1 lUtUe Johnnie’, but four yean old)—
«o wh.t wo. I to do, .Irl
i .m guilty, but do not condemn.
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Ik. bread to giro It to them.
„ry man In the court-room—
(Iriybeurd and thouglitloe. youth—
i;a. be lonk d upon her,
iliitt (hi prisoner spake the troth.
Oui fr <m their pocket* oame kerchiefs,
Out from their tjais sprung tears.
And out from old faded walleta
Treasure* hoarded for years.
The Judge’s face was a study—
The strsogeet you ever saw,
Ai he cleared bis tbroat and murmured
Something about the law.
«r one so iesrnod la »u h matters—
go w se in dealing With men,
• lat-med, on a simple question,
gorely pusaled Just then.
at no one blamod him or wondered
When, at U*t, thee# words they heard—
••7 he aenttuce of thie young prleoner
"guilty” child.
—Hume Journal.
THORNTON;
OB, THE
1SB OF OKEiCHOHE
A ITOIT
IF THE EARLY DAYS Of FLORIDA I
v the AUTHOB OT “ DUNCAN M’lNToan,
LOUIS MACON," ETC.
Britten r*r the Inmday Ungnlrer
OOPYBIOHT nnccutD.
CHAPTEB Xirt.
in BACKED IILE A LAMMED.
Wa can no longer keep from our read
er! the foot that the old white man in the
Stored Island waa none other than Oap-
tiin Thornton, the father of Julia end Ed-
wird. Arlxteh, the Prieet of the Son, in
relntiug the white man’a etory, virtually
told how be escaped after being con
demned end apparently executed by hia
implacable enemy. Captain Colgate, the
pirafe.
As will be remembered, the moment the
prieet oeased speaking Jnlie end Lonah
entered the little pleas, and when the eyes
of the old white man rested on the former
he fell fainting to the earth. Jalia recog
nized him, end, like one in e dream, to
the anrpriseof her companion she rushed
forward and threw her arms around the
neok of the prostrate man, exclaiming as
she did so,
“My father! oh, my father 1”
Azoal entered the plaza, and hastened
to lift Julia and her father from the
ground and seat them side by side on the
bench which the old white man had form
erly ooonpied. It was some time before
either seemed fnlty restored to’ooneoious-
neas, end then they oonid not talk, bat eat
with hands clasping, looking into each
other’s eyes with the half-pained, holf-
yearaing expression of people mode sud
denly happy, yet uncertain that their hap
piness is not a dream.
Arlztah alone seemed cool end un
moved, and was therefore the first to
break the silence:
“It is even as I told yon; bat, as wise
men, let ns now daoide whet is best to be
done. Azcal will eondnet the maidens
btok again, and then we can talk.”
Captain Thornton poshed back the
brown hair from bis daughter's brow,
kissed her, end drew her again to his
heart, as if to be oonvinoed of her physi
cal reality.
“Do not part us now, I beg! Let me
be sure, by feasting my oil ej es on the
face of my ohild, that ahe still lives. Oh,
Arlztah! yon whose whole heart has been
absorbed in yonr religion—yen who have
never been separated a moment from
thoee who love yon—yon cannot appreci
ate my feelings and the long void in my
heart, whioh you. through God, have filled
with my child. Let her stay with me yet
e while, then return; my heart will have
ceased its exn'tant throbbing, and my
brain will have become cool."
A ring of moistnre gathered about tliu
old priest's eyes, end be said in a lower
and more emotional tone than he had ever
been heard to nse before,
“The love yon bear yonr child is like
unto the love which God bears the world,
end the fire in yonr heart is bat kindled
from the holy fires in God's home, the
enn. I will leave yon for a time.”
Leaning on the shonlder of Azcal, tho
old nun walked out, leaving the wuuder-
ing Lonah in company with Jnlie and her
fether.
The two men walked ailently to e round
building that rose from the eastern side
of the houses surrounding the little island.
Opening e door, they passed down a long,
dark passage, end stopped in e cironlar
room, in the centre of whioh wee raised a
whits altar, on whose summit a fire burned
with a steady, even glow. Arlstah and
advanced with bowed heads, and
the alter on whioh burned the se-
flres that were never extinguished,
themselves, with their
hands olasped to their foreheads. So for
some minutes they remained, absorbed in
devotion.
The old priest was the first to rise, end
going to a recess in tho most eastern part
of the temple, he retained with a crystal
vase containing oil and a bundle of
straight, knotless sticks, that glistened
with a peonlior brillianoy in the light of
the fire.
Azool rose, and taking ths sticks he
bowed again before the altar, then placed
one on the fire, the priest first embalming
it with oil. A bine smoke, emitting a rich
iqcense, rose straight for the opening in
the summit of the temple. Stick after
stick was bo placed on, with prostrations
and prayers, and aa the sun went down
the inlanders on the bills and lake Raid,
“The heart of Arlztah is exoeeding
glad; his prayers are aseending in thanks
to God. See, the son touches the column
of smoke with fire, and heaven holdsoom.
mnnion with the temple.”
The two men, without nttering a word
one to tho other, remained in the temple
till the san went down, and through the
opening above the stars looked in ; then
silently, and with their faces kept turned
to the fire, as -subjects retreat from the
presenoe of a sovereign, they went down
the long passage till they-emerged in the
plaza, where myriads of birds ware twit
tering, and the water in the basin fell
with a musical, monotonous plash.
“Have yon decided, my father ?” asked
Azcul, breaking the ailenoe.
“No. My heart is very heavy. Let us
wait. It is time the maidens were taken
to their apartments; then I will talk with
the white man."
They entered the little plaza, and by the
uncertain light of a lamp that bnrned on
the opposite side they bsw the old white
man sitting between Julia and Lonah, and
bolding the hand of eaoh.
“Yon must part for the night,” said the
priest, advancing.
“Yes, for the night." Captain Thorn
ton emphasized the last three words, as it
he wished to understand the prieBt os say
ing the parting would be no longer. He
learned from Julia about Lonah,'and now
felt as if be had another ohild to fill his
heart. He kissed them, and murmured a
benedietion to the God who controls the
san and stars.
Jnlia and Lonah were too excited by the
day’s adventures to sleep soon. So they
Isy awake for honrs, talking over again
the remarkable events that had followed
their escape from the village of the Mika-
sankees.
“My father will never own me again ;
but yonr father calU me daughter, ” said
Lonah, throwing her arms about her
friend
“Yes, from this time forward he is yonr
father; you and I have long been sisters,"
replied Jnlia, returning the affectionate
embrace.
The old priest and the white man sat
together in the darkness.
“My heart is very heavy. You are a
man, and could ever live in the temple;
but the maidens cannot stay beyond three
days. What think yon would be wise ?”
“It would break my heart to be sepa
rated from my child, now that I have
found her, and deeply would it sadden me
to leave you, who have been to me so no
ble and good. I see that our remaining
may cause you trouble. Let me, I pray
yon, leave the Sacred Island with these
children and try to find the abodes of
white men on the shores of the great wa
ters.”
“No. Men would demand where you
came from, and then they would learn of
our island, and seek us out to capture and
destroy our beautiful home; and equally
bad to yon, they might kill you and the
maidens long before you reached the great
waters.”
“If you give me a canoe and let me de
part, I will never tell where I oame from.
I will raise my baud and swear to my
promise; and if I die by the hands of
cruel men, I will bless yon with my latest
breath.”
“Yes, but if cruel men kill you, they
will spare the maidens, though it would be
better in that case they were dead. No.
I have decided on a plan. Back near the
shores cf the lake there is a beautiful lit
tle vulley, with the houses of some of our
people, who go there to.cultivate fruit at
certain seasons. This valley I will give
you. My people shall beautify it and at
tend to all your wants. Will you agree ?"
“I must agree to whatever the good
priest advises,” said Captain Thornton.
“Then it is agreed.”
Arlztah went out and communicated his
plan to Azcal, and the young priest’s hoart
grew lighter at the thought that Jnlia was
to remaiu.
The morrow’s sun was bright and clear,
and again Azcal and Tonto and thdir two
friends went to examine the shores of the
island.
Again messengers came running back
to the beautiful valley, and this time the
alarming intelligence was given to the
priest that a fleet of canoes, filled with
armed men, was approaching that part
of the island where J ulia and Lonah had
landed.
CHAPTEB XXVII.
THE LAftT ACT.
Manuel, the Mikasauk'ee, or, as Koano
called him, “the renegade,” knew every
cove and islet in the great lake; so that
under his guidance the canoes advanced
to the Sucred Island by a more direct
route than had Julia and Lonah in their
littlo craft. The snn waa rising as they
neared the sloping shores, which w ore mir
rored like emerald banks in tho placid
depths of the lake. It looked so like the
land of peace that the rough soldiers low*
ered their tones and spoke in whispers as
they approached it. All held their arms
ready as the canoes struck the graveled
beach, but they saw no foe approaching
with weapons poised to contest their land
ing-
“It is the land of peace!” exolaimed
young Thornton, the first man to leap on
•bore, adding, when he stood on the solid
eertfe, “end no aot of ours will disturb
the peace we find here.”
“No aot of ours, Captain. Let the in
habitants, if there be any, but aid us in
gaining the object* of our search, and by
my faith we will return, as muoh to our
own delight as theirs. But are there any
inhabitants here ?'* asked Valdez, glanc
ing around, aud restraining with that
glance his men, who showed a disposition
to ascend the hill.
“Yes, there are inhabitants. See, here
come two.” As Thornton spoke two young
men, Azoal and Tonto, descended to where
the soldiers and sailora were standing.
There was such a grace and dignity in
their bearing, and each an air of peace
and security in their stately, unarmed
forms, that, as they approached the place
where Thornton and Valdez stood, eaoh
man, imitating their commanders, uncov
ered. Azcal, acting as spokesman, bowed
as he neared Thornton, and said,
“Why come yon with arms in your hands
to a peaceful people, the dwellers in the
Sacred Island ?”
“To bear arms is our calling, and we
carrjf them with us wherever we go. We
came not hore, however, to stir up strife
or to harm in any way the good people
living on thin island,” said Thornton.
“Then why, com o you here?”
“We come not from idle curiosity or
selfish gain, but to Beek a white maiden,
my sister, who fled from the hands of bad
tnen, and found in this island, as we un
derstand, protection. Can you inform us
if this be true V”
“Did she escape alone?”
“No; she was accompanied by an In
dian girl of the Mikasaukee tribe.”
“How am I to know that you are not
the men who held her captive, and from
whom she escaped ? Remember we are
unacquainted with the world from which
you come.”
“That I understand, and my heart ap
proves your caution."
Thornton then, in a voice subdued with
emotion, wont* on and related his history
briefly, and as he spoke the face of the
young priest bore the expression of one
listening to a revelation. When Thorn
ton had concluded, Azcal said,
“I learn that in the world where the
whites dwell you can talk at a long dis
tance by black signs which messengers
oarry. If this be true, mark signs saying
who you are, aud I will bear it to the
white girl, who is now in the protection
of our temple iu the heart of tho island.”
Thornton comprehended what was
wanted, and rejoiced at the information
that Azcal gave him, and, convinced of
the honesty of the splendid youth before
him, he sat down and wrote to his sister,
stating briefly where he was, and how and
why he came. This done, betook a chain
from about his neck with a locket attached,
and handing it to Azcal, he said,
“Show this to my sistor; it is my
father’s picture.”
Thornton opened the lids, that the
youfig priest might gaze on the manly,
bearded face within.
This your father!” asked Azcal, in
amazement.
“Yes, my father, who was murdered by
the human demon you see lying wounded
in yonder cauoe,” said Thornton, pointing
to where Colgate lay writhing with pain
and anger.
“The island of peace has become the
island of wonders; but stay you here,
nor permit your men to move further, till
I return.”
“They shall not move inland another
yard. To this I pledge the word of a
sailor.”
Azcal but littlo comprehended the sanc
tity of this vow. Without waiting to
have it explained, ho turned and, with
another graceful bow, ascended the hill
with Tonto, and then directed their fleet
steps to the island’s heart.
“Think you they will carry off tho white
girl ?” asked Tonto, as they hurried on.
“I know not, my brother; but it would
be better that they should, for our com
mon peace. The young white mnn is the
brother of this beautiful girl, aud the old
white man is their father.”
“They should be satisiled with taking
him away,” said the innocent Tonto, who
was fast forgetting his vows of celibacy.
The bland's heart was in commotion,
and a black smoke rising from the Temple
of the Sun called all the people together
from the lake and the valleys. The old
priest, as ho received tho news from Ton
to, looked distressed, but he sought coun
sel at once with tho old white man before
communicating with Julia.
“Con you decipher this ?” asked Arlz
tah, as he handed him the letter.
The old captain staggered as he breath
lessly read and re-read the lines. Then he
gasped, “Yes, yes, it is the handwriting
of my son! He b s come for his sister,
and he kuows not that I live !”
“This, too, he sent as a token of his
truth.”
The old man looked at the locket, and
the tears flowed dawn his bronzed, fur
rowed chocks as he saw the picture of his
own face before care and suffering had
left their traces there.
“You are convinced ?”
“I am. Oh, thank the Great Father,
who doeth all things well, lam!”
“Now, then, deeply os it grieves my
heart to part with you, go take yonr daugh
ter and.depart to your own land with your
son, nor ever mention to the world the
Sacred Island.”
The old man clasped and kissed the
small red hand of the priest, and cried,
“No! no! I can do naught to break up
this heaven of peace, but forever your
goodness aud that of your people will
abide in my heart!”
Tho little hand was soon ready, and
Azoal, like one who does a painful duty,
led tho way to the lake. He aided Julia
and her fath% over the rough places, and
at last they stood on the hill that looked
down on the canoes and the armed men.
“I can go no further. May tho God of
the Sun over lighten your life paths.”
The young priest saw the old man lead
ing down the two girls. He saw the young
white man with a cry of joy olatping his
father and aisterto hia haart. He aaw
tham kneeling with bowed heeds on the
shore. Then they entered the oanoee, and
he watohed them till they could no longer
be seen from the Sacred Island.
I might lengthen out this reoord, but
the vital part of the story is told. Col
gate died on the return, and was buried
by the shores of the great lake. Kosuo
disowned his daughter, but she had a
home with her friends. On reaching
Tampa, groat was the delight and amaze
ment of all at finding the Julia and Her
cules in port, tho latter captured by tire
valor of Castillo, though not till the gal
lant Morton was slain.
Six months after the oofiimandante,
with his family and friends, returned to
the Old World, Costillo in command of
the Hercules, with Lonah as his bride.
From the first inslaut they met Valdez
and Julia decided eaoh other's fate, aud
they were married tho day that young
Thornton made the Senorita his wife.
Many years of peace they had in tho
older world, but they kept secret their ho
liest thought—the memory of the Sacred
Island.
[the end.]
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.
—A physician in n certain village had
attained a great reputation for weather
wisdom. However, ho was often heard to,
suy, “The only infallible sign of rain I
kyow, especially after a drought, is one I
leai no l from an Indian : dirlc all around
and pouring down iu the middle.”
—Some one has recently published the
following data in rogard to the growth of
men and women : “Average weight of
boys at birth, <»$ pounds; average weight
of girls at birth, pounds; average
weight of males at tweuty, 1 ill pounds;
average weight of females at tweuty, 120
pounds. Men acqniro greatest weight, on
an average, at thirty-five, weighing 152
pounds; wornou at fifty, weighing 128
pounds.
—Bread, butter, coffee, tea, wine,
pickles, sugar, and, in fact, almost every
thing wo use on our tables, is, or is likoly
to be, adulterated. But America has not
yet quite reached to tho English standard
of adulteration. British butchers adul
terate their turkeys!—an i lea which we
fancy will be entirely now to Americans
in the same lino of business. They inge
niously stuff them with pork, under the
impressiou that oousumors will not know
the difference botweeu turkey and pork.
Perhaps some of them do eut tho com
pound in innocent credulity, but other in
dignant purchasers have raised a breezo
about such frauds.
—In bis recent address ns President of
the Glasgow Geological Sooiety, at the
annual meeting of the association, Sir
William Thompson said that he could not
adopt the opinion that changes of climnte
have been produced by changes in the po
sition of the axis of tho earth. In curly
geological times, when tho earth is sup *
posed to have been plastic, a change m
tho position of the earth’s uxis might huvo
occurred; but such a change is impossi
ble in the present rigid condition of the
globe.
—The observations of different astrono
mers do not agree with one another in the
time assigned for tho rotation of tho
planot Jupiter upon its axis. A compari
son of tho results obtained by Cassini aud
other observers has boon made by Profes
sor Schmidt, of Athens, who finds a dif
ference of six minutes between the maxi
mum and minimum. Professor Schmidt’s
own observations, made lust year, show u
period of rotation of !> hours, 5G miuutes,
7.2 seconds.
—Since tho earthquake of November
last at Mendoza, in the Argentine Repub
lic, a curious phenomenon bus been no
ticed in connection with a well at that
place. This well is about one hundred
and ninety-three foot deep, and from it
there issues a strong current of air, so
that fragments of puper thrown iulo its
mouth are at once borne aloft ns though
by a brisk wind. The phenomenon had
never been noticed before the earthquake.
—A case of poisoning by carbolic acid
has occurred iu a Gorman hospital. A tu-
blespoouful of a solution, consisting of
six parts water and one part carbolic acid,
was administered to tho patient by mis
take, aud produced death. On post mor
tem examination, tho stomach was tho
only jgtrt of tho system iu which the pres
ence of tho poison could bo detected.
—A surprising statement concerning
coffee has been made by tho Abbo Moigno
in Lea Mondea to the eff ct that nutritious
as coffee and uulk are known to be when
taken separately, a mixture of both pro
duces a compound which cannot be di
gested or assimilated.
—Manufacturers of guupowder are in
troducing tools, locks and koj h made of
phosphor-bronze into their works, for the
reason that this new alloy does not emit
sparks when struck.
8NAUEB AND NNAKE BITES.
The following curious medical recipes
for the treatment of suake bites are
extracted from a Siamese manual of
medicine. The author begins by btuting
it as an important fact, to be taken
into consideration in forming a diag
nosis, that a bite from a venomous
serpent on tho left side of a female nnd
right side of a male are unfavorable to a
euro, and that the reverse is favorable;
and, furthermore, that there is a differ
ence in the curative capabilities of all
wouads according to the day of the week
on which they wero inflicted, as there is
also in the timo of day, the morning be
ing much rnoro propitious than the eve
ning. One of tho prescriptions comprises
nineteen ingredients, among which is a
portion of the jaw of a wild hog, one of
a tame hog, and one of a gout; a piece of
a goose bone, a piece of peacook’s bone ;
part of the tail of a fish, and part of the
head of a venomous suake. These being
duly compounded aud inixod, are excel
lent for use in all cases when the poison
has produced tetanus or lockjaw. Another
prescription is c died a general sternuta
tory one, to be blown into tho nose of the
patient. This contains seventeen ingre
dients, as wood, bark, nutmeg, camphor,
flowers, and the bile of four sorts of ven
omous reptiles. A third remedy, and this
is to bo swallowed, is made of the bile of
four sorts of buffaloes, of two kinds of
hogs, of • goat, of a sheep, of a fresh
water alligator, of a Drge tortoise, a
swordfish, and a shark. To all this must
be added four descriptions of stone,n’uin
and rutsbaue, seven kinds of flowers und
fruit, and seven of medicated waters, sev
enteen different leaves, besides gums and
resin, andiron of five qualities—174 sepa
rate ingredients iu all. Three dost s of
this mixture arc to be taken. Then fol
lows a third recipo, which is not to bo cm
ployed till a special form of incantation
has been rehearsed over it thirty-seven
times. Hero is u paste or poultice for ex
ternal application, aud tho mothod of ap
plying it: Take tho eyes of vultures,
crows, and cats, together with three sorts
of animal deposits found on trees. Mix
all these together, then ptaoe nine wax
candles (great stress is laid on three, five,
seven, and nine, and the combinations of
thtse mystic numbers,) on as many floats
made of plantain-stalk, each ornamented
with flowers. After this let the doctor
make an offering of nine silver coins, nine
handfuls of rlcA, nine cori leaves, and
nine betel nuts, placing a sot of each on
the several floats, iu houor of tho TeachcT
of Mediciue.
Then he is to launch the floats into tho
river, mould hia paste composition into
slugs, gild tho slugs »nd, after all this hat;
been done, he may apply thorn to the
wound. Lastly, we find an enohantiueut,
for tho purpose of calling tho snake which
give the wound to suck the poison out,
viz : Fill three bottles with proof spirits,
then let the doctor repeat the form of in
cantation, drinking ono of the bottles of
spirits up, while he enchants over it. - If
the snake do not come ho is to drink a
second bottle, proceeding in the* same
way; and if on consuming the third bot
tle the serpent still declines to appear,
tho patient must die. But should the
snake present himself, let the doctor take
three cowries in his hand, and seven times
rehearse a set form of inoautatiou, till he
charm the snake to come to his left side.
If it come to the right side a contention
will ensue. Then the poison is to bo
brushed from the wound with a handful
of meyon leavos seven times, and the pa
tient, if he ean be got to eat betel, wilH
recover. Many deaths from snake bites
are said to ocour in Siam. This is doubt
less the case in the country, for the peo
ple paddle about with naked feet in the
watery rice fields, aud often troad upon
serpents; but in tho city of Bangkok a
medical man, who has lived there for more
than thirty years, has not met with half a
dozen instances. .Tliffiro aro more than
thirty kinds of snakes, well kuowu to the
natives, about half of which are venom
ous. A few iufliot deadly wounds only
with their tails. One of the moHt fatal is
from five to six cpbits long, and has the
power of reflecting prismatic colors. Tho
cobra is also abun lunt. Besides theHO,
boa constrictor is common, and often does
mischief to the heu-toosm louud Bang
kok, but never much huriu to man. The
writer once purchased a live one there
sixteen feet long for two do lara. It died
six months afterward, but it was found
impossible to save the skeleton, as the
Siamese use the boues for medical com*
wands
>y one.
The natives also firmly believe that in
the great rivers there lives a monstorwith
the body of a snake and the herd of a
woman or monkey. Its size is said to be
enormous, and i s bite fatal. Whenever
a person is lost in the river and cannot be
found, it is supposed that he has been
seized and dragged down by one of these
beasts. The fact is, there are strong un
der currents in some pnrts of the river,
even where the depth is by no means
great, and bathers are ill consequence
sometimes sucked down and drowned, in
spite of their hoing excellent swimmers.
A friend of the writer, a European of
rank, some few years back deliberately
stripped in tho presence of his servants
and others, and dtvtd off the landing steps
into tho river. Ho was nover se ii agniu
till four days had elapsed, when his body
was discovered flouting milon away down
stream. Hen je the above superstition.
THE DIAMOND BKAUEEETN.
It was during the palmiest days of tho
empire. Neyer was Palis so guy; in
fact, it was the fete day of the Emperor,
the lust flickering blaze < f his greatness
eriNiis glory depurltd forever. All Paris
knew that ho would grace the opera that
night, and ad 1 to its usual lustre the glit
tering pomp and circumstance of power.
Accordingly, a11 that portion of Parris who
had the necessary number of francs went
to the opera, and, in houor of ho groat an
occasion, Mons. Blauvuis, the director,
was to produce “La Prophete.”
The overture was over; tho Emperor,
accompanied by the Empress, radiant in
her beauty and glittering with jewels,
had just entered the royal box ; hi., suite,
uniformed in every color of the rainbow,
stood grouped in the hack ground. In
another moment the bell would tingle and
the opera commence, lint in an instant
of time, when every sound was hoard, the
second box to the right of the Emperor
was opened, nnd the curtains wore draw n
aside, and revealed the lovely wife of the
Russian ambassador, Duke Metzkerwilch.
No wonder that the bell tinkled unheani
and the curtain went up unnoticed; no
wouder that every ejo was fixed with u
fascinated gaze upon the woman who had
just taken her seat sud was calmly and
w ith well-bred nonchalance glancing uhout
the house; for upon her arms, blazing
like beacons, sparkled the diamonds of
w'hich Paris had heard so much, aud which
royalty in vain had long sought to pur
chase. A hum of aduiiru’ ion ran through
the house, and then for. the first time the
enchanting strains of the chorus were
listened to.
When the curtain fell ujK>n the first aot,
and Milord This ogling Milady That, u
servant wearing the imperial livery pre
sented himself at the Russian umbas-.u-
dor’s box, rapped only us an imperial
flunky could rap, and thou entered the
box.
“Her Majesty lmd noticed tho bracelets
and was dumb with admiration; would
Milady be so gracious as to allow the Em
press to make a personal examination of
one of the bracelets ?”
In an instant the fair arm was shorn of
its gems, und with a smothered ejacula
tion of delight the man wearing the im
perial livery bowed himself out of the
box, bearing the bracelet that a million of
francs could not nuichase.
The curtuiu fed upon the third net, ns-
conded again on the fourth, the notes of
the finale rolled through the house, the
curtain fell for the lust time; und still,
with well-bred politeness, the wife of the
Russian ambassador waited for the return
of her priceless jewels. Tho imperiul
par y roue and departed, and yet the
bracelet was not returned. Then tho
Duke, with a terrible frown of impatience,
rose and drove nq4 by to the Tnileiies
and demanded the ietu. n of the diamonds.
Explanations followed, and the Duke
was at lust convinced that the Empress
had never sent for tho bracelet, and that
the man wearing the imperial livery was
one of the daring thieves who infested the
capital. He hade his ooachuiun drive to
the office of the prefect of police, and ere
daylight a hundred of the shrewdest offi
cers were searching Paris for the gems.
The Duke, filled with anxiety, remained
at the office for tidiugs, while the Duchess
restlessly awaited the recovery of her
bracelet at home.
Tho great clock had just tolled (he hour
of six when the bell of the DnkeV hotel
rang violently, and an officer of the police
was ushered into the presence of the
Duchess.
“Was the bracelet rejovored?” and
“would they imprison the scoundrel for ,
the rest of Lis eftys? - ’ eagerly demanded
tho Duchess.
With a gruvo bow th>> off! er * tided that I
the fhief was taken, sml upon fin, person
was found the bracelet. But tho fellow
stoutly insisted that he was not a thief,
and that tho bracelet iu his possession had
been in his family for many years. Would
mndiime intrust to him the mute to the
missing bracelet, that the identity might
be complete ?
Madame, the Duchess, without a word,
unlpcked her casket and placed in the
hands of the trusty officer tho second
braoelet. The officer, with a profound
bow, left the apartment, and madaiue re
tired once'more—this time to sleep and (o
dream of her precious diamonds. When
the bell tolled the hoar of nine the Rus
sian ambassador, haggard and disordered,
entered his wife’s apartments and threw
himself in despair into a chair. Madame
opened her eyes, and with a smile of de
light asked for the bracelets.
“(Satan!” exolaimed the Duke, “wo can
leuin nothiug of them.”
“What!” shrieked the madams, “have
you not recovered it ? The officer who
came for the other bracelet said the thief
had been taken aud the bracelet found.”
The Duke, with an exclamation of
amazement, sprang to his feet, and in a
husky voice besought his wife to explain.
In a few words she told him; and then,
with a groan, the Duke dropped into a
seat.
“I see it all,” snid he; “the rascals
have robbod you of the second bracelet.
There was no messenger sent for the
braoelet. The nmn to whom you gave it
was uo officer, but a bolder thief than he
who robbed you first.”
And so it proved. The bracelets were
never returned, and the Russian smhiwaa.
dor recalls the last fete day of the fallen
Emperor with a sigh, for it made him a
poorer man by many millions of franos
than ho wns when he handed his charming
wife into his carriage and bade his ooaoh-
muu drive to the opera.
Gm* en Pea Sour.—Four pounds of beef,
out into small nieces; half peck of green
pous; one gullou of water. Boil the
empty pods of the peas in the water one
hour before putting in the beof; strain
them out; add the beef, and boil slowly
for an hour and a half longer. Half an
hour before serving add the shelled peas,
and twenty minutes later half aFoop of
rice flour, with suit and pepper. A little
chopped parsley is an improvement. After
adding the rioe flour stir frequently, to
prevent scorching. Strain into a hot tu-
reeu.
9 —Osage orange wood is said to be rich
iu tannin, aud experiments in Texas, it is
suid, have resulted in tuuuing bides
quicker with tho wood of this tree than
with oak bark. A decoction of this wood,
carefully evaporated, forms a bright yel
low extract called aurantine, which may
bo used iu coloring fabrics.
—A conundrum iu the Cincinnati
Times: “Do you worship the jugger
naut?” is supposed, we are kindly in
formed, to havo some slight reference to
tho crusade business.
REAL ESTATE ACENT8.
JOHN BLACKMAR,
No 81 Broad 8treet,
Real Estate Apt and Broker.
{ WILL give proper attention to all matter*
plucol in my Immltf relating to Renting anil
bulling of Ileal Kht.ito, lluying itnd Selling Block*
and UouUh, und Negotiating Louu*.
REFCR, BY I’KRMIMHION,
To Merchant*’ and Mechanics’ llnnk, thirf city,
aprlti it
ELLIS & HARRISON,
Real Estate Agents
AND AUCTIONEERS,
W ild. ATTEND rUOMI'lLY TO
KENT AND PL’RCHABK or REAL ESTATE
in tho illy und country, and will.udvortiHe tin
mum (at private *.»!«; VRE*’ OF CHARUK, milcuri
lliu property fa aold.
For Sale.
VACANT LOT OV LAND, Udng tlie went por
tion of tho ‘‘.Niinctt lot," ou Rrynn it rcet, adjoining
tho i MHidence of Hon. M. J. Crawford. Call no j
if you wain a bargain. lohli tf
CITY LOT No. 001, on McIuto*’i ntreot, with
three dwelling* on tho Hitnm. Will tie *olo
together or copulate, at a low figure, for cuali.
J«27
uteicHt on the invuUuiout.
A DKBIRARLE IIOUSK AND LOT, with ton
cm* grotimi, in Linwoud, one mtlo from 8. W. R.
s. depot; a vary comfortable and dutdruhlu home
For Rent.
A STORE IIOUhE in tho valley of Talbot county
DOCTORS.
Dr. John H. Carrigor,
C1URGE0N ANI) PHYSICIAN. Office southeast
O corner Urnd und JUndolph ntrocta, o'
('hiHe'* grocery *toro. Kcild< /ic« at Mr*. Te
dale’ij, two dour* below Uoetchiu*' planing mill*,
ocll ly
Dr. W. R. Skinner
O FFERS 1(18 PROFESSIONAL HKKVI01B TO
tho public in the practice of M idicluo and
Surgery An experience of eighteen year*
with thulr patronage.
D?v Office—Northwest corner of Oglethorpe
and Tliomua atr ct*. Night office on west aide of
Og'ettiorno Ntreet, hotwm u Thomas and BclJwin.
mh22 dim
NOTICE.
ttu Broad 8t., Columbus, •
J. H. BRAMHALL, Agent.
Singer Sewing Machine* last a life time
with but v.ry little expeu*e, If properly aired for.
P. 8.—I won’d further H»y this: The office doe*
not hold Itself ronpon*ild» for the behavh
Machine* wh« n worked • y a> v or tiik many rxu
hon* that claim to tiudernfaiid rU-wing Machine*
UNTIL TUB MaCUIN** ARM AGAIN ABJl'nrKD AT THIS
orrics.
apr15 eodliu J. II UIUMUALL, Agent.
DOORS, SASH, ETC.
Our Seventy Page lllustra*
. ted Catalogue of
DOORS,
SASHES. BLINDS,
STAIK BAILS, NEWELS,
FANCY GLASS, Ac.,
MuMi-d to .ny one InU-reatod iu building, OB
rvc ly.t of olurcj.,
KEOGH & TEOENE,
201 A 2Att CANAL olitEbT,
JylI dAwly NEW YORK CITY.
DRE88 MAKING.
Dress Making.
M KB. FOGARTY und Mrs. UALL0U reipectf
notify the I.adJ’-* of Columbus aud vici
that they have takeu room* In Strupper’s b«U<
over Pea**’* book stors, where they ar.
CUT, FIT AMD MARK
CWUMBIHI
nth* latsst gad lust sty!
Ins lor lahroWirv, F~-
lak* Q—H——Vsswlt
«•» m.
Tobacco, Cigars, Ac.
* NAIEK DOE*.
* ■*—**«•••«*
ll.l«wn u.uigi. Horn, .n,I Mite.0(*n.Hon..
«J. LOPES,
Barter Ii art ImlMam -f P<m
views,
in Hear Bru-1 tnrwt Depot.
Lawyers.
JOSEPH r POU,
Attorney at Law,
aad Judy, of Coaaty Oaart.
Practical iu .11 utl..r Court..
OHu. urer .tor. or W. U. Uob.ru * Co , Brood 81.
j»U6
SAMUEL B. HATCHES.
Attoroey at Law.
Joav unco ncr Wltllck » Kiawl’..
J. m. mcneill,
Attorney aad CoaaoaUor at Law.
ProcttoM la court, of Uaor(!.i aud AlobalMk
OtUoo 1UB broad et., |ovor UoliUud t Co.’ll
Spool.! .ttouilon glvou lo collection,. jail
Poona linn. M.arix J. Caawrota.
„ HSUS CSAWVURD.
INUBAM * GKAWrOKDE,
Attoracya at Law,
WIU practice Iu the out. aud tacnir C'uilft. of
Georgia.
(Mice over Prwr, III,- . Oo.', .tor., uorthwMt
corner Broad and m. ulair 8u. jug
A. A. DOSIEK,
Atftwrasjr mmd UssMlIsr ul Law,
Fraction* ip Bute aad Federal Conn* >u Georg!*
anJ il.lwHiu
JaO
and AUbanm.
Otto* 126 Broad > t., Uolutubus, On
Mask U. Blandmrd. Louu F U aurabs.
BLAXDFBBD A UABRAHD,
Attoiwaya awd MaaatUtn M Law.
DEo. Hu. «T Brtwd it.w t, otor Wlttlek * Klu-
•el'* Jowriry Store.
Will practice Iu Ur. uuu and t'edml Ouuru.
lept
Ju. M. Evaiou. Cau. J. bwm.
BUSSELL * EWirr,
Attorney, and OouoMlIon at tow. M ill praetlc.
IU ths Court, ol Usoril. (Uh.IUhuo.hn Ulrwill,
Bod AUhamn. When our U. A. kodd a Co.'. »a.E
Urujrd.tn.1, Colombo., tie. Jut
L V. DOWEIEU,
Attoraoy aad toUilUf.
U. 8. Cuui'r aud lUgteter la bonkruptoj. IMn
tiuvdoj over brooh.' Drug .tore, cuturuou., ur.
PEANM * BRAHE**,
Onioa uraa J. burn * Ce.'t enaA eaurtu It.
hoTli] Watt Hina.
M. J. MMEA,
Attorney aad Uwaaaellar at Law,
I'HAI. H. WILLIAMS,
Attaraajr at Law, t'alf hag, da.
Will pruotio. Iu any Ouort.
Office ever Aon A UurdooU’i .tor., [uotrlU
Doctors.
DL VOLSKY.
UefeJdenc* sod Oflic* cor Dvr of H, Clair nui Ogle-
thorpo at*. Office hour*—7 to tf A. If , 12 to i t. M.
7 to tf F. M. **P2? Stl
ffift.ff.ffi. AAW.
Gffic* corner Broad and Baudolyk itmU. Burnt*
building.
Residence on Vonytk, three doors below Bt. Clair
Je*
DR. J. A. VlffVMAftV,
Office at 0. J. Moffatt’* Drug tftwre, aroud street.
lvtt*h«euue on St. Glair, between breed un4
■op6 (rout at*, Columbus, Uu.
Dm. J. C. C«OM,
Office over Bills a herrisoa's Commit*!#* Utilise,
■t’pfl flrat dour to left.
t JUI'i
Druggists.
J. I. GRIFFIN,
Imported Drugs ssd dismiss!*,"
Prescription* carefully prupared.
JaU oo tus Broad street.
ffiffi* I. Is. CURB BY ft ftDJf,
BrugcUu eud Preeoriotloulets.
A Urge ueeurtmtnt of Binst's Uardeu Reeds.
tusNsr'* cores Mvssr.
Crawfuru tiit-ei, uudor nuitkta Home,
decltf
€. fi. PALMER, Uftnisd Apstbsmj
Cue door above Virgin!* Grocery.
SiF" Physicians’ Fr. a ripth.n* made a ipuc.elty,
dec 17 j Nigui l* ii to hilt of Uouf.
JOHN L. JORDAN,
UranlBt,
Two door. I-clow On. W. Brown'.,
Urcad bUn),CulualM^.du.
■ Night Bell right of nulb door. np&
A. R. BRANNON,
War Biuk, Biui 8nan, Ootuuuu., tit..
Wholesale aad Retail Rerter la
eras* aad Med let lues.
Toilet Articles aad nrftuaery
Iftfl
Cotton Factories.
COLVMUUI MANDFAOraUMQ OO.,
Menafscturers of
ShMtings, Shirtings, nnd Sewing and
Knitting Thread.
Curd* Wool sn i tiriud* Wheat m>d Corn-
OOTod in roar of Witticli A Kluxers, Randolph st.
ju!8 8. U O11LT0N, rrseidfate
MUttCOGKE lAMUPAOTVIIKi CO.
Manufacturer* ot
SULETINGH, ROlBTlhUR,
YARN, ROPB, to.
COLUMBUS, GA.
«. P. SWIFT. President.
W. A. SWIFT, becteUry A Treasurer. octHI ljr.
Watchmakers.
V. BOHOMBDRO.
Practical Watchatokcr aad Jewclar,
goccoMor lo bp Ootow,ky,
, H. LZpUIN,
Watchmaker,
134 Brood .trot, OUloaba., do.
tt'.ioliM and Clock, ruatrad I. lb, bat aa.
it ...I w.,rr.otto.
J. H. PALMER,
Practical Wrtehooakcrowd Jeweller,
building, Srood 8b, Oolnwto.^Oa.
01
TRlt
£aTi
ieiehaat Te
A fan .took brVnnoh i
.«
oprie
J. O. MQ
Tallt...
Catting aad outlay la tho (atari
lug tod dunuluK nrutly (lorn, at
Lbll| OnrJ.H. John.Mu'.!
Builders and
a.«. ORA
Xa V*!$
Jobbing l
Plan* and specification* i
sf tending.
Brand Street, next to fi
Jh>
Feint
WM- WOW, •
■««H Md S
Old Oglethorpe oerner, i
.. _ Columbus
Will contract for House j
NMoneble prices, nnd |
Refer to Wm, snow, £
Feed
JOHN rn
d. aad Jtot-i
Boom, Ae., uyl.tl
soM
Conf
~L «. I
Oaaiiy
in buUh n
All klada af
Stick Oaady 1
No cknrge for bosos.
Livery and
LIverjf. *rtd i
L«4
Livery aad l
Oouiunri ■
Particular at Mo lion ,
of Block.
Home art Mala I
month ur day.
KARRI* COUNTY
Ae. SE I
I'bo bat of__«ur, i«u
Stull
Tin and Co*
fftfktfr Is Tflm, I
Orders firem abruad |
Freeh I
j. w.
■toils No. S aad 1
froh Muon of .r.rj
jolt el
a. t. <
Dept
OppoclM Strapper’, I
(pwial otuaiivu giro
letal Taih, a. w.U aa i
aortl] 101 Broad I
W.J.I
apt) Oawgle Hugo I
Cun end I
PHILIP 1
Bun and Lock.with, L'n
Wild LIAM I
dsn and LoukamUb i
teriai*. Opposite I
Dress-
MIM >. A.
noTia
Ido. to. *
m2£
Beet and SI
*;**•#!
Repairer and Tuner
Acoordeons. Riga
Orders may he he left a
Vsffiflx
teen Oglel
tween Oglethorpe I
TTbllsisI* AMI MM
