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COLUMBUS
ENQUIRER
STJOSTD^-Sr.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, JULY 19, 1874.
YOL. XY1.-NO. 168
STAY AFTER TEW.
BT DIMA LIB.
I've Just a wor l to iay to yon,
Whin MM yoa como to see,
You know Uut uoae in nil the world
*Ttl tk|8/would request of you,
Ttat When you e mo again
to mi aw in Ub I'T -ul g,
Tow wow’t stny affe r ten.
for alter tan no moment! fly,
I twill o'er ami o’er,
t piya’i visage I should tee
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w execute bil threat;
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■ Stayed to into again,
' ‘ j go home.
I down to breakfast go,
III frown at me,
" *iy child, that bean of youn
K to hear from me.
f thing I will not bare;
he comes again,
go in and show him out,
‘t go at ten.”
i, though yonr aociety
■ heart and puiau lluob warm,
■<gh o; vast relief
r rctr.uting lorm-
ir th.it you are wtIconic, ay,
I best beloved of men,
a scold.ug you have caused
laying after ten.
• Tor the Enquirer-Sun.
DYE;
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CHANGES AND TRIALS
or a. Ziira.
IlY MBS. M. B. NEWMAN.
CHAPTER I.
[Moore.
nild, pleasant day in spring, and
, clad in her vernal robe of delit
looks fresh and beautiful,
i its sanshino and Bhowers, em-
, of the changing fickleness of
opes and aspirations, has given
fay, in all its floral lovliness of
| bud and blooming flower.
pleasant day, in an elegant
litnated on a beautiful eminence
Ity of Augusta, Ga., was a young
| the balmy spring breeze, laden
l rich perfume of flowers, ooming
gh an open window fanned the
1 lifted the waves of hair that fell
bandon from her head as she half
Attitude of dreamy indo.
nd unconscious grace. Here was
t beauty of regular classio features
jgtlo ct i •ymmetry of form, bat the
n: g ont from the depth of her
>lu j eyes, their ever varying expres-
•vealiug far more eloquently than
ther hopes and fears, the confiding
and winning grace of manner, so
ably attractive, constituted charms
»potent in their power of fasoina-
an the f lutless beauty of a less en-
Ho, impulsive nature. Judging
pm the tender light, tho dreamy ex-
i of her eyes, and the smile play,
iind her half-parted, rosebnd lips,
Dghts are revelling in dreams of
liappiness. Fancy, in all her rain-
pes, has possession of her faculties,
ipve’s young dream” has wrapt her
i forgetfulness of all external ob-
pening before her mental vision a
i of corniug years, so replete with
i blissfuil in anticipating that
•s fade into insignificance in
be magio power of love, the first
eionate love of youth, when the
ntonched by sorrow and disappofnt-
ningles in blissfuil union those tri-
etiea of the soul, Love, Hope, and
[ refilling and elevating the heart by
weet, purifying it flueuce.
> emulated fr-^in the Divine Being,
i the ehsence that sweetens every
airing the joys of earth appreciated
|nlly, and mitigating its sorrows and
ointments. Love conoeived this
Hul world of ours, and peopled it
countless throng of human beings,
brough the .mediation of Divine
j offering up to Him the heart’s first
, can obtuiu through love, such a
[ ecstatic bliss, that only a soul pn-
1 refined from tho dross of eartb,
with that Divine essence of the
•ortr-tove to God—oan appreciate and en-
i°r
ive. Indeed, Is light frtin Heaven,
tot that Immortal Are,
r*ls shared, by Allah given,
from e.irth our luw desire.
_ion watts the soul above,
I Heaven Itself descends In love ;
A feeling from tho God-head caught,
To Uft from earth each sordid thought,
A ray of Him, who formed the whole,
A glory eireling round the soul.”
Leaving' our heroine in the ideal world,
*o which fancy had transported her, we
wrill take a synopsis of her life.
She is the only ohild of Mr. Dumas, a
man of high social standing and leputed
wealth; the one priceless treasure that he
bafl guarded from infancy with solicitous
care, shielding her from every sorrow and
4Jsappointment, and surrounding her with
•veryluxury that a lavish expenditure
supply. Her mother is a gentle, amiable,
little woman, mentally and physically too
wpak to direct the mental and ,mor d onl
oad mould into street and charming
ibood this beautiful gem. Bat the
of wisdom and purity of her head
•t, and the power to meet and
he eventful life, subsequent events
Her school days were passed
the tuition of the best instruct jrs,
ir natural love of study, and quick
igence made her a proficient in all
branches of education, both useful
rnamontal, necessary to the acoom-
tent of a young lady, who takes a
ion high in tho social ranks.
ie has just completed her eighteenth
and had, a few months since, made
debut into fashiouable life, where her
- -winning address and intellectual superior-
ity soon made her the magnetio centre of
circle of admirers, drawn irresistably by
r brilliant conversation and charming
Among the number of the devotees who
worshipped at the shrine of her youth and
lovlineaa, was a young man belonging to
***%lNh yittooratio family, handsome sod
•o femininely soft
persuasive power, when turned to the soft
accents of love. He was ever near Estelle
Dumas, accompanying her in her walks,
drives, and to plaoes of amusement, and
the devotion, the language of the epeak-
ing eyes, that followed her every move
ment with each a loving gaze, the tender
epithets of endearment, were evidence
that only a fitting opportunity was need
ed, when love, bursting from tbs barriers
of self-control, would find expression in
eloquent language.
The indifference she manifested to the
fawning syaophantH who incessantly fol
lowed her, the cordial smile, flushed
oheeks, and eyes that sparkled beautiful
ly, touchingly in their blue depths, as she
turned from all others to welcome him,
made the hope spring np in his heart that
his love conveyed to her understanding
by the magio electricity of the eye, had
touched the vibrating ohords of her heart,
aud he might some day claim her as the
angel of bis life, the guiding star of his
deBtiny.
If there was any other motive, save
pure disinterested affection, that actuated
him in his desire to win the reputed heir
ess ; entertaining for her a real and uoas-
sumed affection, he was soaroely conscious
of it, and meeting with the approval of
both families, he intended soon to receive
the assurance of his happiness from her
lips.
CHAPTER II.
An«l Heaven wash their leaves with its holi
est dew.—ISrrpont.
Living in blissful! expectancy of a more
perfect understanding, trusting her lover
implicitly, and building the fairy castle of
hope on a foundation, the shallowness of
which sho did not dream, Estelle is found
at the opening of this story. Up to this
time she had been the pet of that fickle
goddess, Fortune, and her life had been
all sunshine, without a shadow of suffi
cient length to cast a gloom or mar the
brightness of her existence. Her laugh
rang ont clear and sweet, proceeding from
a heart as gay and happy as the birds that
carolled their sweet songs around her fath
er’s house. Her faoe, though not remark
able for its beautiful contour or regularity
of features, was lit np by the large, lus
trous eyes—those windows of the soul—
reflecting from within the beanty of a
pare, jayous spirit. Sorrow hud left no
corroding lineB of sadness on her brow, or
disappointment chilled the buoyancy of
her spirits; but woman’s destiny is to
“buffer and grow strong,” to drain even
to the bitter drega the cup of sorrow, af
ter quaffing the nectar of unalloyed hap
piness ; and Estelle was yet to experience
this truth in*all its bitterness, for even
while she is wrapt iu sweet meditations of
joys yet to come, the flat has gone forth
that will change the whole current of her
life, aud is coming like a thunderbolt from
en apparently clear sky, blighting all her
prospects at one fell stroke.
Her father’s step in the hall aronsed her
from her revery, and going, as usual, to
meet him, the words of welcome died in a
muruier on her lips, for his haggard ex
pression indicated great suffering, and he
was reeling like a drunken man. Before
she could reach hiui, with the words “all
is lost—lost,” proceeding with great effort
from his lips, he fell forward on-the floor.
With a shriek for help, she lifted his head
to her bosom, and calling him by every
endeariDg name that love could suggest,
she plo tded with him to speak 1o her once
more ; but the lips that had ever respond
ed iu the soft accents of love, are now
closed to h<‘r appeal, and all that remains
of that fond parent, v.ho had guarded her
from infaucy with solicitous care, is inan
imate clay, the spirit having shaken off
the fetters of mortality that euvironed it,
and hecomo one of the immortal throng
in that world from whence oar tears and
prayers cannot rocall them. The panic-
stricken household gathered around, while
some, more thoughtful than others, ap
plied rostoratives and went to snmmon a
physician. Whut a picture of woe! Es<
telle clasping the inanimate form of her
father ; her mother kneeling in speechlet-s
agony over the prostrate body, and the
servants standing around, wringing their
bands, in terror and grief. So Dr. Bard
well, enterii g iu haste, found them. He
knew in a moment that heart disease bad
finished its work, and life was already ex
tinct.
With hearts almost breaking from the
intensity of the anguish they suffered, the
new made widow and orphan resigned
the body to the care of friends, and retir
ed to the privacy of another room. Bat
wo nil draw the veil of seclusion over
tho subsequent scenes of this death and
burial, trusting that the effiioted ones will
turn to the great Consoler, and receive
s reugth to help them to endure patiently
the trials of this brief existence, knowing
that life is only transitory, and that a rich
harvest of happiness is girned np for the
sorely tried and tempted one, who passes
through the ordeal of affliction patiently,
tho heart becoming purified and refined
from the dross of earthly desires, faith
pointing to the unfading joys of eternity.
A week has passed—a week of such
weary sadness, that language can give no
legitimate conception of the deep and
poignant sorrow of the bereaved ones,
who wept over tLe new-made grave, and
could not stifle the weary longings of the
heart to clasp once more the beloved.
Floating rumors reached them that Mr.
Dumas’last grand Eldorado scheme, which
the syren hope whispered to him wo&14
bring untold wealth, had failed, and his
restless, uneasy manner a few days before
his doth, and his last words, were sad
proof to them of the truth of the report.
Mr. Dumas, though a kind, indulgent
husband and father, had a grasping, spec
ulating nature, and was ever scheming to
add to bis wealth. He had always been
successful till within the last few months,
when he lost heavily and became involved,
and seeking to retrieve his loesee, he en
gaged in a grand foreign speculation that
resu|ted in the loss of all his property,
•ad this knowledge, coming to him like a
dealb kaall to all hope, hastened to a ter
mination the disease that had preyed up
on him for years.
Oh, the falleoy of human hopes and as
pirations. Man often pursues that glit
tering bauble—wealth—-even to old age,
through labyrinthian mazes of doubt and
despair, and often as he exults in the be
lief that he has attained it, like ignis fa-
tuna, it elndes him, leaving him groping
in darkness and despair, till death comes
and doses his oareer. Happy it the man
who, by honest industry, attains a com
petency, and with a contented mind en
joys it.
As yet the mourners had been left un
interrupted in their grief only by the sym
pathizing friendship of a few kindred
hearts, who, with the generosity of sincere
affeetion, attempted to soothe and cheer
them. Minnie Oarleton, the oompanion
of Eitelle’n childhood, school mate, and
her confidential friend, never left her
side during the days of her first deep grief
and despondency, but with her untiring
devotion and warm, earnout sympathy,
lingered near her, making the laging
hours of grief less bitter.
The three—mother, daughter and friend
—wore sitting quietly, eaoh indulging in
her own reflections, when the servant
brought in Mr. Hasting’s card—a yonng
man who had boen but a abort time a res
ident of the oity, and of whom Estelle
had heard as a rising yonng lawyer, pos
sessing unusual ability in his profession.
Fearing unpleasant disclosures about
her father’s estate, and desiriug to shield
her mother, who was really indisposed,
from the consequence of first hearing un
welcome news, she arose and went to re
ceive him.
A tall, dignified, yonng man, preposses
sing in appearance, and of noble bearing,
arose on her entrance; introduced him
self, handed her a chair, and, with quiet
composure, stated the objeot of his visit.
He said he had heard the circumstances
of her father’s death, the manner in whieh
his property was involved, and that in all
probability on the ensuing day they would
be notified of the sale of their entire pos
session, and believing it to be the duty of
every true man to espouse the cause of
innocent and helpless woman, he had
come to ask permiasion to thoroughly in
vestigate all the claims on the estate, to
dispute them if possible, and retain a suf
ficiency for their future maintenance in
ease and comfort.
“I aecept your proffered aid in behalf
of my mother, who is physically too weak
to see yon, and thank you sincerely for
the noble generosity that prompts yon to
aot in defence of those who know not bow
to defend themselves; but if, after exam-
nation into my father’s business, yon find
that the entire property is involved in just
debt, I have no desire to retain that which
is not rightfully toy own, but, like thou
sands of women who, after having led a
butterfly existence, learn that life is not
given them to be spent in idle pleasure, I
oan go forth and become one of the busy
workers in the great fiive of humanity. I
have been a nonenity, a useless lumber
er of the earth,’ and it is high time to
awake from roy apathetic state and find
some noble purpose in which to employ
both heart and brain. In this wide world
there is need even for me, if I can only
learn the particular talent God has given
me for cultivation. Time and circum
stances will develop that talent, and till
then I mnst do whatever my hands fiud
with all my heart.”
T admire yonr integrity, and the senti
ments yon express, bat assure you a life
of labor, when stern necessity compels
yon to continued exertion, is not to be
coveted, for however heroic the spirit that
oontinnes the struggle, there are times
when hope deserts its hold on the heart,
and despair holds the energies in such a
vice-like grasp, that the future becomes a
blauk, without one cheering ray to make
it look less dark and gloomy. But it is
useless to discuss this subject, as in all
probability you will not have an opportu
nity of testing your powers of endurance.
The insight you have this morning given
me into yonr pare, elevated, beautiful
oharaoter, assures me if, in the decree of
destiny, stern necessity compels you to
linqnish the life of case aud luxury to
whieh yon have boen accustomed, and la
bor mentally and physically for a support,
you will endeavor with all the energies of
a superior, cultivated mind, and a brave,
hopeful heart, to attain success. In fu
ture, if you should ever need a friend, it
will be my greatest happiness to serve
you; at present I am here to serve you to
the best of my ability.”
“I thank you, and accept your services,
but warn you not to entertain suoh an ex
alted estimate of my character, ks future
developments may disappoint you. I have
but little confidence iu my untried pow
ers, but I believe the future cannot have
in store for me greuter sorrow than I have
endured the last week, in the loss of my
dear father.”
“I trust not, and I hopo that time will
heal the wounds that death has made, and
again bring peace and joy into your life.
Did yonr father over give you reason to
suppose be was in debt, or was risking
his property in speculation ?”
“A few days before his death ho looked
restless and troubled, aud mother and
myself tried to learn the cause of his low
spirits. He always replied, T have no real
cause for blues, and in a few days I will
be perfectly at ease in mind.” Then he
would banish all caro from his faoe and
look so cheerful onr fears wore relieved.
He was always reticent in business af-
fairs, bnt occasionally spoke of his ex
pectation of realizing an immense sum
from some recent investment. The fate
of that brilliant scheme in which he ven
tured so largely I have heard, and know
what to expect. For my mother’s sake,
who is too delicate to undergo the ohanges
and trials of adverse circumstances, I
would, if possible, without injustice to
others, retain a sufficiency tor her sup
port in comfort and happiness. As for
myself, I am tired of being a useless waif
of vanity, and, with or without money, I
intend to be of some use in the world.
Bnt I am detaining you when probably
yonr time ia valuable. You will pleaae
walk into the Library, and I will collect
all my father’s account books, for you to
commence your investigation.”
She aroae and proceeded him into the
library, and as she collected and placed on
the table the numerous papers, memory
opened the flood gates of the soul, and
thick, gushing teArs, that had been pent
up, and controlled by a strong will, now
fell in blinding torrents from her eyes,
and the sorrowing soul, mourning ovor
the loved and lost, was soothed and com
forted. The young lawyer, with rare del
icacy, feigned to be examining the pa
pers and allowed her to weep, knowing
that tears (those amber drops of the
heart) by their potent, poryfying influ
enee, would relieve her aohing
heart; but the wish to guard and shield
that young life from all care and aorrow-
beoame a strong desire in his soul.
But it is unnecessary to give a detailed
aooountof the unsuccessful efforts made
by Mr. Hastings to retain even a small
part of the proporty, without entering
into a long and uuceriaiu lawsuit, whioh
Mrs. Dumas and her daughter would not
permit, so we will pass over the sadness
and desolation consequent upon a remov
al from a home And scenes endeared to
them by association, and their establish
ment iu a little cottage in r quiet part of
the city, where Ebte’lo boou commenced
her life of labor.
[to BE CONTINUE!). J
MITi:\TIFIC NOTE*.
—Someh dy calls locusts insect Gotha
and Vandals.
—Fifteen centuries before the Christian
era, the Egyptians appear to have been
acquainted wjth the preparation of three
distinct kinds of blue pigment, prepared
from mixtures of sand, soda, and lime,
with oxide of copper.
—M. Plateau has improved on the old
method of blowing soap-babbles by find
ing ont tbe best kind of soap and the best
proportion of water, aud then by mixing
Lis soapy water with glycerine. Babbles
formed of this liqaid will last for hours
and even days.
—Dr. Fitch estimates that New York
lost $12,000,000 of wheat in one year by
the wheat midge and llessiau fly. 100,-
000 bushels of wheat could be raised an
nually in Maine, bat for these insects. It
would seem that science might fiud the
means of protecting onr crops from these
ravages.
—Dr. Von Oscar Pesohel, in his new
work on ethnology, makes the most un
qualified assertion that the higher civiliza
tion of America, es^ejiaily of Mexico and
Pern, was of dr*.ive growth, without any
elements borrowed from other parts of
the world. But it will be remembered
thut Humboldt m.iiutaiuod the opposite
view on tho ground of the similarity of
ealcudurs of cycles of j ears iu Mexico and
Asia.
—One of tho universal plagues in gar
dens is the wire worm. It is omnivorous
iu its tastes, feeding on the roots of grain,
lawn grass, various flowers aud vegetables,
uud in some cases attacking fruits and
flowers. They occur in nil sorts of plaoes,
but more abundantly than elsewhere un
der the bark of trees uud stumps, where
they feed ou decaying wood, end thus are
uot harmful. There ure between one and
two huudred species of this destructive
worm iu tho United States.
—According to Dr. Edward Jarvis, iu
Anciuut Home, iu the period 200 to 500
years alter the Christian era, the average
duration of life iu the most favored class
was 30 years. Iu the preseut century the
average longevity of persons of tbe same
class is 50 years. Iu th»j rixteenth centu
ry tbe average longevity iu Geneva was
21.21 years; between 1411 and 1833 it
was 40.08, and as large a proportion now
live to 70 as lived to 43 three huudred
years ago. This ia au oucourugiug show
for the next thousand years.
—On the western side of the Atlantio,
at all lim actions south of the Bermuda
and Azores lines, the bottom wuter is
colder thau that on the oast side, whioh
shows that the Antarctic cold current ea
ters the North Atlantic, runs to the north
westward through' the channels between
St. Paul’s rocks aud the Brazilian coast,
and gradually expends itself as it circles
round to the north-east ward, iu the same
manner as the wurni equatorial curreut
does on the surface, considering that cur
rent us including the Gulf Stream, which
it undoubtedly helps to produco.
—Different nations will study the tran
sit of Venus in different ways. America
sud Germany will use telescopes of long
focus giving a large image of tbe suu ;
England and Russia, on the other hand,
will rely ou a secondary magnifier with a
short telescope to give a picture of prop
er size, whilst Franco will have a tele
scope of moderate focal length, trusting
to being able to magnify afterwards the
rather small imago ou the daguerreotype.
The French alone propose to use daguer
reotypes, aud though the delicacy of tbe
results is undoubted, the difficulty of ma
nipulation is so great that other govern
ments have prelerred the more modern
oollodiou process.
—Muscle, like every other living tissue,
is the seat, so long as it lives, of chemical
ohanges, wnicb, if the tissue is mature,
consist entirely in the disintegration of
chemical compounds and tho dissipation
of the force stored up iu these compounds
in tbe form of beat or some other kind of
motion. This happens when tbe muscle
is at rest, but much more actively when
contracting, in which condition it not
only produces more heat thau it produces
at other times, but ulso may do—uud, un
der ordinary circumstances, do as—me
chanical work; these effects of contrac
tion of muscles are, of course, depended
in quautity on the chemical disintegra
tion which go -H ou in its interior.
—A writer iu Nature f-cys : If tbe brains
of different individuals uro compsied to
runuiog streams, iu which the waters ex
hibit different degrees of clearness, as
brains give evidences of differences in
quality, their thoughts may be compared
to the reflections of surrounding objects
on the surfaces of the streams, different
in intensity according to tbe clearness of
tbe water or the quality of the brain cells.
Upon this analogy it is evident that the
relative intensity of different reflections
is not dependent at all on the stream it
self, but on the iliuiuinatfag power of the
objects reflected; in like manner we can
not oonceive that the amount of nerve
tissue disintegrated by the greatest minds
at tho t urn that they are evolving their
mightiest
whieh U '
the most commouplace member of every
community. Thought is as intimately
connected with the reception of external
impressions by the healthy human brain
as reflections from water aro with the il
lumination of tbe surrounding objects;
they are involuntary when cause for their
delopment is present.
He presses klatM on my brow,
As softly as tho rsln-drop's fall:
Llko fragrant blossoms of tbs Spring,
And swaetsr, sweeter than them all I
And fTether, purer than the winds
That lifts the petals of tha Sowsas;
They gladden all my fevered life
With now and renovating powers.
Sweet kisees from the Ups I love,
Strong on the heart’e most tender chorda,
Like pearls, that tremble with my Joy,
Too beanttfnl for human words I
So press them on my brow,
They soothe the pain that*# throbbing there,
They are tbe richest diadem
My woman's soul aspires to we ~
[Helen M. Choke.
elTplemiurk IX-
CURIION.
Mark Tnala-laraam-Tke Ceant.
New York Harold, July §.]
[We have received the following ad
vertisement, but, inasmuch as it concerns
a matter of deep and general interest, wo
feel justified in inserting it in onr read*
ing oolumns. Wo are confident that onr
oondnot in this regard needa only explan
ation, not apology.—Bd, Herald.]
ADVERTISEMENT.
This is to inform the publiothat in con
nection with Mr. Barnum I have leased
the comet for a term of years; and l de
sire also to solicit the publio patronage in
favor of a beneficial enterprise which we
have in view.
We propose to fit up oomfortable, and
even luxurious, accommodations in the
comet for as many persons as will honor
us with their patronage, and make an ex*
tended excursion among the hoavenly
bodies. We shall prepare 1,000,000 state
rooms in the tail of the comet, (with hot
and cold water, g is, looking glass, para
chute, umbrella, Ac., in each,) and shall
construot more if no meet with a suffi
ciently generous encouragement. We
shall have billiard rooms, oard rooms,
music rooms, bowling alleys and many
spacious theatres aud free libaries; and
on the main deck we propose to have a
driving park, with upwards of 10,000
miles of roadway in it. We shall publish
daily newspapers also.
depasture of the comet.
The oomet will leave New York at 10
p m. on the 20th inst., and therefore it
will be desirable that the passengers be
on board by eight at the latest, to avoid
confusion in getting under way. It is
not known whether passport* will be
neoessary or not, but it is deemed best
th it passengers provide them, and so
guard against all contingencies. No doga
will be allowed on board. This rule has
been made in deference to the existing
state of feeling regardiug these animals,
and will be strictly adhered to The
safety of the passengers will in ail ways
be jealously looked to. A substantial
iron railing will be put all around the
oomet, ana no one will be allowed to go
to the edge and look over, unless accom
panied by either my partner or myself,
THE POSTAL BEBVIOB
will be of the cornpletest oharaoter. Of
course the telegraph, and the telegraph
only, will be* employed, consequently,
friends occupying staterooms 20,000,000
aud even 30,000,000 miles apart will be
able to send a message and receive a re
ply inside of eleven days, night mes
sages will be half rate. The whole of this
vast postal system will bo under the per
sonal superinteudenoo of Mr. Hale, of
Maine. Meals served at all hours. Meals
served in staterooms charged extra,
Hostility is uot apprehended. from any
great planet, but we nave thought it best
to err on the safe side, and therefore
have provided a proper number of mor
tars, siege guns and boarding pikes. His
tory shows that small isolated communi
ties, such as tbe people of remote islands,
are prone to be hostile to strangers, and
so the same may be the case with
THE INHABITANTS OF STABS
of the tenth or twentieth magnitude. We
shall in no case wantonly offend the peo
pie of any star, but shall treat all alike
with urbanity and kiudness, never con
ducting ourselves toward an asteroid af
ter a fashion which we could not venture
to assume toward Jupiter or Baturn. I
repeat that we shall not wantonly offend
any star; but at the same time we shall
promptly resent any injury that u>ay be
done us, or any insolence offered us, by
partios or governments residing in auy
star in the firmament. Although averse
to the shedding of blood, we shall still
hold this course rigidly and fearlessly, not
only toward single stars but toward con
stellations. We shall hope to leave a
good impression of America behind us in
every nation we visit from Yeaiih to Ura
nus. And at all events, if we cannot in
spire love we shall, fat least, compel re
spect for our country wherever we go,
We shall take with os, free of eharge,
A GREAT FOBOE OF MISSIONARIES
and shed the true light upon all the celes
tial orbs which, physically aglow, are yet
morally in darkuess. Bunday schools
will be established wherever practicable.
Compulsory education will also be intro
duced.
T he comet will visit Mars first and then
proceed to Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and
Baturn. Parties connected with the gov
ernment of the District of Columbia and
with tho former citv government of New
York, who may desire to inspect the
rings, will be allowed time and every fa
cility. Every star of prominent magni
tude will be visited, aud time allowed!for
excursions to points of interest inland.
THE DOG STAB
has been stricken from the programme.
Much time will be spent in the Great
Bear, and, indeed, in every constellation
of importance. Bo, also, with the sun,
moon and the milky way, otherwise the
Gulf Stream of tjie ikies. Clothing suit
able for wear in the suu should bo provi
ded. Oar programme has been so ar
ranged that we shall seldom go more than
100,000,000 of mi'es at s time without
| stopping at some star. This will neces
sarily make tbe stoppages frequent and
preserve the interest of the tourist. Bag
gage checked through to auy point on the
route. Parties desiring to make only a
part of the proposed tour, and thus save
expense, may stop over at any star they
choose and wait for the return voyage.
After visiting all the most celebrated
stars and constellations in oar system and
personally inspecting the remotest sparks
that even tho most powerful telescope can
now detect in the firmament, we shall
proceed with good heart upon
A STUPENDOUS VOYAGE
of discovery among tbe countless whirl
ing worlds that make turmoil iu the
mighty wastes of space that stretch their
solemn solitudes, their un imaginable vast-
planets on the route, will be charged at
the low rate of $2 for every 50,000,000
miles of actual travel. A great redaction
will be made where partios wish to make
the round trip. This oomet is new and
in thorough repair, and is now on her
flrat Toy age. Bhe ie confessedly the latest
on the line. Bhe makes 20,000,000 miles
a day, with her present facilities; bat,
with a picked American orew and good
weather, we are confident we can get 40,-
000,000 out of her. Btill we shall never
push her to a dangerons speed, and we
shall rigidly prohibit racing with other
oomets. Passengers desiriug to diverge
at any point, or return, will be transfer
red to other oomets. We make dose con
nections at all prinoipal points with all re
liable lines. Safety oan be depended np-
on. It is not to be denied that tbe heav
ens are infested with
OLD BAMSHAOXLR OOMETS
that have not been inspected or overhaul
ed in 10,000 years, and whioh ought long
ago to have been destroyed or turned into
hail barges, but with these wo have no
oonueotion whatever. Steerage passen
gers not allowed abaft the main hatch.
Complimentary ronnd trip tickets have
been teudered to General Butler, Mr.
Shepherd, Mr. Riohardeon, and other em
inent geutlemen, whose public services
have entitled them to the rest and relaxa
tion of a voyage of this kind. Parties
desiring to make the round trip will have
extra accommodation. The entire voyage
will be completed and the passengers land
ed in New York again on the 14th of De
cember, Mill. This is at least forty years
qnioker than any other comet oan do it in.
Nearly all the back-pay membefa contem
plate making the round trip with ns in case
their constituents will allow them a holi
day. Every harmioaa amusement will be
allowed on board, bat no pools permitted
on tha rnn of the comet; no gambling of
any kind. All fixed stars will be respect
ed by ns, bnt such stsTs as soeiu to need
fixing, we shall fix. If it makes trouble
we shall be sorry, hut firm.
Mr. Coggia having leased his comet to
ns, she will no longer be oalled by his
name, bnt by my partners.
N. B.~Passengers, by paying doable
fare, will be entitled to a share iu all the
new stars, sans, moons, eomots, meteors,
and magazines of thunder and lightning
we shall discover. Patent medioine peo
ple will take notioe that
WE GABBY BULLETIN BOARDS
and a paint brush along for use in (be
constellations, and aro open to terms.
Cremalionists are reminded that we are
going straight to—some hot places—aud
are open to terms. To other parties onr
enterprise is a pleasure, but individually
we mean business. We shall fly pnr oom
et for all it is worth.
FOB FUBTHEB PARTICULARS,
or for freight or passage, apply on board,
or to my partner, bnt not to me, since I
do not take charge of the comet until she
is noder weigh. It is necessary, at a time
like this, that my mind should not be bur
dened with small business details.
Mark Twain.
PREMIUMS.
Lawyers.
joiiFH r. rotj,
AM.fl.? 1 tow.
nd W Coaaty Onrt.
PractlcM ia .11 stk.r Oran..
OSi. ow .ton «f W. IL IMnrt. * 0*, Brad It.
J.1A
Psntlsts.
w. r. TIQMW,
Opposite Btrnppsr's Iralldtai, BaaJolph It,
- •tttatlon given to the taaertioa of ArU.
fioial Teeth, as well se to Operative Dentistry.
... . -i . . nets billions upon billions of miles away
.. .lights 11 in excess of that }>e y 00( j t ) J0 farthest verge of telescopic
sled during the same time by tm by comparison the little spark
ling vault wo nsed to gaze on at Earth
shall seem like a remembered phosporea-
cent flash of Hpangles which some tropi
cal voyager’s prow stirred into life for a
single instant, and which ten thousand
miles of phosphoresent seas and tedious
lapse of time had sinoe diminished to an
incident utterly trivial in his reoolleotion.
Children occupying seats at the first ta
ble will be charged full fare.
FUST-CLAM FARE
from the Earth to Uranns, inoludiog vis
its to the Boa sad Moon and all prinoipal
—Dr. Mary Walker denies that a yonng
Treasury Clerk recognizes her as his long
lost father.
—The Academy of B*. Lake,
school at Rome, now mI nits women pupils
on equal terms with m.-n
—Mrs. Dr. Baldwin, who has been
missionary at tho Bandwioh Islands for
forty-four yoars, died there recently.
—Kate Blauchard, tbe actress, who for
merly rode as Mszepps, now “rules the
roast” as cook iu a Chicago hotel.
—It is reported that a number of ladies
are to enter (he Theological School of tbe
Boston University (Methodist) this fall.
—A female student has carried off the
scientific honors at tbe Indiana Btate Uni
versity this year.
—The budding Eves of Adams Female
Aoademy at Derry, N. H., are undergoing
examination.
—A Mrs. Chase pays throe hundred dol
lars a week for tbe privilege of liviug in
the rooms onee occupied by Boss Tweed,
at Greenwiob, Conn.
—It is the fashion for ladies at Newport
this year, to carry kittens in their laps,
when they go out riding, instead of lap
dogs. The boys iu tbe vicinity are ex
pecting a lively oat trade.
—The young lady graduates are begin
ning to part their names in the middlo.
The valedictory at the. commencement of
the Louisville High School was delivered
by Miss F. Emma Davit.
—Mrs. Corbin, of Evansville, 111., has
discovered that women succeed better at
everything else than at motherhood. Bhe
says that of all the children born iu Chris
tendom only one-half reach the age of six
years.
—An EvAnstille damsel witnessing a
foot ruce between a number of young mou
a few daya ago, became disgusted with
tbe performance, and pulled off her «»>oe«,
challenged and beat the whole crowd.
—Abby Smith and sister, of Connecti
cut, have suffered another uuctioii sale for
taxes, out of whioh i<* likely to become a
lawsuit. Tbe autboritiea sold real estate,
wbeu the law requires them to take mov
able properly first.
An old lady with a largo family, liv
ing ueur a river, was asked if hbe did uot
live iu ooustaut fear that some of her chi -
dren would be drowned. “Ob, uo,” she
replied, “we have only lost three or four
iu thut way.”
A truly happy day—“Well, Leonora,
what have you aud Harold been doing at
Aunt Mabel's to-day V” “Had dinner.”
“And what did you do after dinuer?”
‘Had tea.” “But what did you do be
tween dinner and tea?” “Had some
cuke!”
—Co-eduoation of the sexes in tbe Wes
leyan University, Middletou, U. I., is re
ported by the government to have been
successful. Four women just closing their
Sophomore year have maintained the best
of scholarship.
—The Bcheueotady Star is responsible
for the statement that a June bug, buzz
ing around in a dark Watertown parlor,
blew against a young lady's face with such
force as to become hopelessly eutauglod
iu her beau’s moustache.
—A young fellow of Redwood Falls,
Mino., last week prevailed upon a damsel
there to marry him on the sly. The young
man went to his home, aud the young la
dy to hers. Bhe declares she will stay,
having repented of her folly.
—The wife of Rev. Henry W. Hale has
taken, with her husband, the entire course
in tbe Baptist Theological Seminary at
Newton, Mass.,and received the usual do
greo—the first over conferred on a woman
t»y that institute. Both sre under ap
pointment ss missionary.
—We don’t want to add to tho mum a
—Dr. Cnlyer wants sll young ladies to
band together and HAy: “No lips shall
touch my lips that have touched a bottle.”
Rather rough this on the fellows that were
brought op by hand.
mother-in-law; but Ibis little item par
takes of s newsy character, besides hav
ing the flavor of novelty an to tbe rnodo
of spiting s daughter's husband : “A wo
man of forty-three drowned her w
grandchild in the Thames at London to
revenge herself upon her aon-in-h-
tbe jury, in her receut conviotb
the verdiot “Guilty, but rooomtm
mercy on account of her age. ” Bhe was
sentenced to death, but the recommenda
tion goes to the home secretary.’' j
SAMUEL B. HATCHRR*
Attorney at Law*
Ja20 Ofloa over Wlttleh A KiaeeTe.
J. R* MaKULL,
Attorney and OonseUor at Law.
Practice# In court# of Georgia aad Alabaaut.
Office 1M Broad 8t n (ovor Uolatead A Oo.'s.
Special attention given to coUoetioae. Jail
Funk imu. IiM i. Cuwmw.
laaoumi.
IBOBAM * CMAWFSBMS,
AMnari at law,
VIU prnctlo. la tk. Put. .nd PwUral Onrl. ol
Unorpt*.
Offiee over Proer, lllgee 0 Co.’e store, aorthwest
cor nor Broad and St. Clair Sts. JatS
A. A. ROSIER,
Attorney and Oennseller nt Law,
Practices in Stats'and federal Oonrto la Georgia
aad
Office 126 Broad at., Oolambua, Ga. Jet
Mare U. Bunnroae. Lama V. Qma».
BLANDrOBD A GARRARD,
Attar nay a and Cawnnallwrn at Law.
Office No. 67 Broad etroet, ovor Wlttleh A Kis
sel's Jewelry Store.
Will practice la the Btata aad federal Courts,
sept
Jail M. Bciaxu. Chas. J. swift.
RVBBRLL A SWIFT,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, Will practice
in the Courts uf Georgia (Chattahoochee Circuit)
aud Alabama. Office over 0. A. Madd A Oo.'s store,
Broad street, Oolumbue, Ga. Jal
L. f, DOWN IB«,
Atttraty and Ballafttor.
U. S. Coin'r aud Register la Baakruptoy. Office
uov'JUJ over Brooks' Drag Store, Columbus, Ga.
l k BA BODY A DRAM MON,
Atiaraeyi at law.
Orrics eves J. Kami* A Co.'s Breus, Broad it.,
bovtsj Want Bids.
Ra 3. ROBBS,
Attornay nod On«monitor nt Lnw,
Georgia Home lasaraaeo Company baildlagi
oc.i7 ly | oad story.
Doetora.
DR. COURT.
Residence aad Office ooraer of it. Clair aad Ogle-
thorjie ate. Office hours—7 to 9 A. M., 1J to X F. M.,
7 to U P. M. aepYT dtt
DR. S. B. LAW.
Offico corner Broad aad Randolph streets, Burras'
building.
Residence on forsyth, three doors below It. Clair.
JeO
DR. J. A. URRV MART,
Office at 0. J. Moffett’s Drug Store, Broad street.
Residence on Bt. Clair, between Broad aad
eepft front bis., Columbus, Ga.
DR. J* C. CtiOH,
Offico over Kills A Harrison's Commission Mouse,
sopu first door to loft.
DruKSElSta.
3. I. ORIfflK,
Imported Drag* and Choasleala.
Proscriptions carefully prepared.
jaltt No. 106 Broad etroot*.
JOHN L. JORDAN,
Drwfffflnt,
Two doors below Gao. W. Browu'a,
Brood Btroot, Oolumbue, Ga
Night Bell right of aonth door. s«p&
A. U. B1ANNON,
Wut Bibb, Bboab (run, Oounuvi, Ui.,
Whuleaala ud Natali Baalar la
Drait ud Madlalaaa,
Tallat Artlelaa ud Faaftiaaary.
sepli *
Cotton Factories.
OOLUMBUK MANUFACTURING CO.,
Manufacturer* of
Hhaetlnys, Shirtings, and Sawing and
Knitting Thrnod.
Cards Wool and Grinds Wheat aad Corn*
Office iu rear of Wltticb A Klaeel'e, Randolph si.
JaU H. 11. CHILTON, President.
MUSCOGEE MANUFACTURING CO.
Manufacturer* of
6UKMT2NOB, SHIRTINGS,
YARN, ROPR. tie.
COLUMBUS, GA.
0. r BWIFT, President.
W. a. SWIFT, Secretary A Treasurer. octtl ly.
Watchmakers.
C. SCHOMMURG.
Practical Watchmaker nad Jeweler,
Successor to L. Outowuky,
106 Bread street,
J el 1 Columbus, Oe.
C. H. LKQUIN,
Watehmakar,
U»4 Broad street, Columbus, Ga.
Watches and Clocks repaired Iu tke beet man
ner uud warranted. Jail
Tobaooo, Clears, Uo.
HAIER DORR.
If you want to enjoy a go 4 smoke, go U his
Cigar Manufketory, •
between Georgia Hons aad Maaeogee Hons^
c. urn,
Dealer la aad HuafNcMrar af Fla.
m*w,
Jwt Near Bm4 IUM DtpM.
Barber Shops.
LOUIS WELLS' BRAVING SALOON
(Buoceeeor to U. lien#*,)
Uuder Georgia Uomo laoaroaoo BoJIdJag.
Prompt and polite barbers in attendance.
ALEX A MAM,
1*8 Bassbiis, Bf. Clair Btrbrt.
ED. TERRY, Barker,
Crawford fit., under Rankin House, Columbus, Ga
derlK
Dress-Making.
MIM R. A. HOLLINGSWORTH,
Driiss-Haking, Cutting aad Fitting. Terms cheap
Residence and shop iu Brownsville.
uovlO
Feed Store.
JOHN FITMIBBON*,
Wholeul. ..4 Hat.il De.l«r 1. May. 0>t>. Cut"
Bacuo, he., Oyletburpe .t, ojipu.lt.
Jal Temperance Hall.
Confectioners.
I, d. HTKI/rPEB,
Candy M.nufkelarar
... DIALS. 1.
1 All Itlad. af Caalkatlananr aad Fralte.
Stick Candy U aaata.
Full weight guaranteed In each box.
1 i*24
Hotels.
Dentist*
Over Joseph 4 Brothnr'n ■tom.
BOVtt]
W. T. NIL,
Dentist,
101 Breed 8t., Colombia, Oe.
J*L.
w. j. rofiu,
Dentist,
eopfl] Ooetsto Home Building, Oo nkse. On.
Soots and Shoos.
WELLS * CURTIS,
Mo. 78 Brood (tract,
Bn. .Iw.jr. . foil .took of
Boot! and Mho.., Uppn, Mo oad Mar.
ora. Lrathor oad Flodla*.
of ell kioda.
tellable good* I lUeeonable prlooo I
0 0 ettesfios to ordera by Ssproo,
Builders and Architects.
J. «. CHALBBBS,
Jobbing done et abort notioe.
Plsae sad apecidoationa foraiahed for all atylae
af bnildinge
Broad Street, next to O. W. Brown's,
Jett Columbus, He.
Painters.
**. 8MOW, JU., * OO*
Honra and 8I*M Balaton,
Old OgUtkorp. corner, (Ju.t north of poiloSo.)
Columbus, Georgia.
reasonable prices, end guarantee satis
‘ ‘ rtoWa. anow.Bi
A. DARREL,
livery sad Mle HtnMes,
OouTBoari 8» , Cold nans, Ga.
Particular attention given to feeding a^d Sale
Horses and Males boarded in sublet tar* tbs
month or day. oetw
Mast to Cehnbei ReafcRalMfe*
Portor. •* -I <jnuu, WWrto.
Livery ant
BOBEB T IHOIFMI,
LlYorjr, Bata ud hekun Itsklao,
Ounaoira, Now. op Etnoui Bra,
Colombo., Op.
Reatauranta.
UAMB1S eoUBTY BBETAVBAHT,
Ie. til Breed Street.
The beet of Foreign and Domestic Liaoors aad
-. Meala at ell hours.
J. J. BLAKELY, Prop'r.
doolt
Fresh Meats.
J. W. FATB1CK,
Mali. No. ludll, Market Mow.
fresh Meats of every kind and best qeality,
1. T. COOK,
Free* Reals ef j
1 stalls Nos tft and IT.
Cun and Lookamiths.
PHIUP EIFI.ES,
and Locknwith, Crawford street, next ti
Johnson’s corner, Columbus. Ga. jab
WILLIAM &CHOBKU,
aud Locksmith aud dealer iu Guuuiug Ma
terials. Opposite Enquirer Office.
Plano Tunlnu.ec.
E. W. BEAU,
Repairer end Tuuer of Pianoos, Organs aad
Accordeons. Sign Painting also done.
Orders may he be left at J. W. Pease A Norman's
Book Store. ,ep6
Grocers.
DAN*L R. BIBB,
Dealer in family Groceries, on Bryan street, be
tween Oglethorpe A Jackson streets.
Af No chargs for dray age. dec7
J. H. HAMILTON,
Whelesale and Retail Ctreeer,
IBHAM COOPER,
family Grocer and Dealer in Country Produce,
•*p5 next to "Enquirer'' Offiee.
Tailors.
O. A. KOBHNEt
Rereheat Tailor and Cutter.
A full stoek of french end English Broadcloths,
Casslmeres and Vestings.
epr!6 No. 134 Broad Street.
J. G. MONTHS,
Faahlonable Taller.
No. —, Broad Street, 1st door above Rankin
House.
N. B —Cuumixo amd Kipauixo a Specialty.
fob 18]
HRNRY SELL MAN.
Catting, Cleaning and Repairing
Done In the best style.
aprt4] Comer Crawford and Front Its.
Boot and Shoemakors
WM. MEYER,
Boot and Shoemaker.
Dealer iu Leetbor aud Findings. Next to C. A.
Redd A Co.’s. Prompt and strict attention given
to orders. jail
Tin and Coppersmiths.
WM. FEE,
Worker !■ Tin, Hkeot Iran, Carper.
Orders from abroad promptly attended to.
JaT No. IT4. Broad Street^
LAWYERS.
W. A. Farley,
Lttornoyat'IjaW
UUSSETA, Oh attauoouhki Oo., Ol.
IS-Spflolul atieutlon nlv.n fo .ftH.etlont-
DOCTORS.
Dr. J. H. CARRIGER,
SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN.
O FFICE up .I.lr. 8.E. oor or Broad kK*“-
tiolph Streets, where be m»y ho found day
or night when not professionally engaged.
Oofumhus, Apr 1 8s 1874,
HINES DOZIER*
Attorney at L ttW *
HAMILTON, «M.,
W ILL practice in the Ch.tt.licochc. Cirralk
or >n; where .toe. All kmJ of
rumcd. “P.y mo or run .tray.' niwl * "
MILLINERY
•PRINC MILLINER]
W l kntr In,l receiver! .fall Mw"* •
ANB BVMMEM M1LLIS
II the NOVais.YIJ.Sol ‘ “ “
ING AM> HI.BACll
l at the shone | n«
below the W>;» fo
•etlfr-ly mart