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ENQUIRER.
STJ3STID-A.Y.
?RANK WESSELS,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1874.
YOL. XY1.-NO. 179
TVOMVIll.
,i> lover* by a mon-frown spring;
[ They leaned tort oheeka together there,
Mingled the dark and sonny hair
Hid heard the wooing thrushes sing.
O budding time,
O loves'* blest prime t
so wodded from the portal stept:
(he bell* made happy carolling*,
(he air was soft as fanning wings,
bite petals on the pathway slept*
O pore-eyed bride!
O tender pride!
Thoee watched a life that love had saut*
O solemn hour I
O hidden power!
Two parent* by the evening fire;
The red light fell about their knees
On heads that rose by slow degress
L t I«ke buds upon the Illy spire.
o patient Ilfs !
Otendet strife!
I The two still tat together there,
The red light shone about their knaes;
But all the heads by alow degrees
pad gone, and left that lonely pair.
Ovoyage fasti
O vanished past 1
red light shone upon the floor,
And mad* the epnoobetween them wide ;
, .. They drew their chairs up side by side,
i Their pale cheeks joined, and said, l *Onee
expeofc of any man, especially of one
who felt himself fitted in many ways to
shine in sooiety, and who was sooial by
natura. Sociality in that county at that
time meant conviviality. Edward did not
care for wine, and vet he was obliged to
drink—and by-aud-by he grew to piqne
himself on his character as a judge of
unreasonable feeling of awe; but there it wine. His father by this time was dead;
was, notwithstanding. He bad Wed ‘dead, happy old man, with a contented
ward Wilkius made his debut oil these
boards. He had boon at many splendid
assemblies abroad, but still the little old
ball-room attached to the George Inu in
his native towu wan to him a place gran
der and more awful thin the most mag
nificent saloons bo had seen in Paris or
Borne. He langhed at himself for this
dining at the house of one of the leaner
gentry, who was under considerable obli
gations to his father, and who was the
parent of eight “tuuokle-mou’ed” daugh
ters, so hardly likely to oppose mu:h
aristocratic resistance to the elder Mr.
Wilkins’ clearly implied wish that Edward
should be presented at theHamley assem
bly-rooms. But many a squire .glowered
and looked black at the introduction of
Wilkins the attorney’s son into the saorod
>reoinets; and perhaps there would have
men much more mortification that* plena- attorney, a very good sort of fellow,” as
BARK MIGHTS WORK.
BY MBS. OASXHiL.
Arranged frees aka Xagllah.
CHAPTER I.
In the county town of a certain shire
there lived (about forty years ago) one
Mr. Wilkius, u conveyancing attorney of
oonBideruble standing.
The certain shire was but a small coun
ty, and the principal town in it eontaiued
only about four thousand inhabitants; so
in saying that Mr. Wilkins was the prin
cipal lawyer in Hamley I say very little
unless I add that he transacted all the
legal business of the gentry for twenty
miles round. His grandfather had estab
lished the connection; his father had con
solidated and strengthened it,and indeed,
by his wise and upright conduct, as wall
as by his professional skill, had obtained
.for himself the position of confidential
afriend to many of the surrounding fami
lies of distinct ion. He visited among
them in a way wbioh no mere lawyer had
■aver done before; dined at their tables—
he alone, not accompanied by hie wife,
ibeit observed—rode to the meat occa
sionally, as if by aooidsnt, although be
was as well mounted aa any squire among
them, and was often persuaded (after a
little coquetting about “professional an-
gagemeulS|” and “being wanted at the
• office*’) to nave a ran with bis clients:
nay, onoaot twice ha forgot bis usual
caution, was first in at tbe death, and
: rode homa witn the brush. Bat in general
lie knefftti place—as his plaoe was held
fto be iti Umt aristocratic county and in
those dayjg Nor let it be supposed that
; way a toad-eater. He
elf loo mnoh for that. Ha
bo most unpaiitable advice,
would counsel an unspar-
of expenditure to an ex-
would reoommeud snob
f family pride as paved
or two happy marriages
s; nay, what was the
of conduct of all to
give oMJjB^Dforty years ago, he would
speak ubMP 0 uujustly-used tenant, and
that witWgfruch temperate and well-
timed irljH and good-feeling that ha
e gained bis point. He had
jjrard. This boy was the
pride of bis father’s heart,
i was not iu the least ambi-
1 cost him a hard straggle
i that his own business was
1 brought in too large an
i away into the haude of a
Would do if he indulged his
son by giving him a
pn, and making him into
^is determination on the
tide of the argument took
(ward was at Eton. The
fps, the largest allowance
/of any boy at Bohool; and
Doked forward to going to
ltoug with his fellows, the
>64, his father's employ,
•vere mortification to him
destiny was ohanged, and
tetnrn to HacMtt to be
nre in this assembly to tho young mnn
had it not been for un inoident that oc
curred pretty late iu tbe evening. Tho
lord-lieutenant of tbe eouaty usually
came with a large party to the Hamley
assemblies once in a season; and this night
he was expected, and with him a fashion
able duchess aud her daughters. But
time wore on aud they did not make
their appearance. At last there was a
rustling and n bustling, and in sailed the
anperb party. For a tew minutes dancing
was stopped; the caroled the duchess to
a sofa; some of their acquaintances came
up to speak to them; aud then the quad
rilles were finished in rather a fist man
ner. A country danoe followed, in whioh
none of the lord-lientenaut’s party joined;
then there was a consultation, a request,
an inspection of the dancers, a message
to the orchestra, and (be band struck up
a waltz; tbe duchess’ daughters flew off
to the music, and some more young ladies
seemed ready to follow, but, Alas! there
was a lack of geutlemen acquainted with
the new fashioned dance. One of the
stewards bethought him of young Wilkins,
only just returned from the Continent.
Edward was a beautiful dancer, and
waltzed to admiration. For bis next
sartner he had one of the Lady —s; for
he dnehess, to whom tho shire
squires aud thoir littlo county politics
and contempts were alike unknown, saw
no reason why her lovely Lady Sophy
should not have a good partner, whatever
bis pedigree might be, and begged the
stewards to introduce Mr. Wilkins to her.
After this night bis fortune was made
with the young ladies of the Hamley
aBsechblies. He was not unpopular with
the mammas; but the heavy squires still
looked at him askanoe, and tbo heirs
(whom be had lioked at Eton) called him
an upstart behind bis back.
CHAPTER II.
It was not a satisfactory situation. Mr.
Wilkins had given his son education and
tastes beyond his position. He could not
associate with either profit or pleasure
with the doctor or the brewer of Hamley;
the vicar was old and deaf, tbe curate a
raw yonng man, half frightened at the
sound of his own voice. Then, as to
matrimony; for the idea of his marriage
was hardly more present in Edward's
mind than in that of bis father’s, — he
could hardly fancy bringing home any one
of the young ladies of Haiuley to the el
egant mansion, so full of suggestion and
association to on educated person, bo in-
appropriate a dwelling for an ignorant
uncouth ill-brought up girl. Yet Edward
was fully aware, if his fond father' was
not, that of all the young ladies who
were glad enough of him as a paituer at
the Hamley assemblies, there was not one
of them but would have considered her
self effronted by an offer of marriage
from nu attorney, tbe son and grandson
of attorneys. The young man had per
haps received many a slight and mortifi
cation pretty quietly during these years,
which yet told upon bis oharaoter in after
life. Even at this very time they were
having their effect. He was of too sweet
A disposition to show resentment,as many
men would have done. But neverthleas
he took a secret pleasure in the power
whioh his father’s money gave him. He
would buy an expensive horse after five
minutes conversation as to the price,
about wbioh a ueedy heir of one of the
proud county families had been haggliug
for three weeks. His dogs were from the
best kennels in Eugland, no matter at
what prioe; his guns were the newest and
most improved make, aud all thoso were
expenses on objects which were among
tbe objects of daily envy to the squires
heart— hie affairs flourishing, his poorer
neighbors laving him, his richer respect
ing him, his sou »vd daughter-in-law the
most affectionate and devoted that ever
man lmff, and his healthy conscience at
peace with his God.
Lelftce could have lived to herself and
her husband and children. Edward daily
required more and more tbe stimulus of
society. His wife wondered how be could
care to aocept dinner Invitations from
people who treated him as “Wilkins the
told him that half an hour or so before | sum which Mr. Ness expected with a
the earliest time at whioh he could be ox- pupil. The good-natured old squire was
peoted home in the eveuiug* Miss Elliuor ! rather rremed for ready mouey, but
began to fold up her doll’s tliiugs and lull j soouer (nan listen to an argument instead
the inanimate treasure to sleep. Then i of taking his nap after dinner, he would
Hamky to
tther, and to mMm the
ervient position to lads
ked in the playing-fields
irning.
1 to compensate him for
ntby every indulgence
lid purchase. Edward’s
1 finer than those of his
tastes were kept up
i father’s permission to
) library, for which pur-
I was added to Mr. Wil-
. . live house in the sub-
. And after his year of
don his father sent him
tour, with something
w nohe as to expenditure,
to lodge from fcbk packages which were
sent hoot, ttommtou* parts of ths Con
tinent. • • • •< • - . . ,
At la*t h. oats* home, oatna back to
settle aa his fathsrt partner at Hamley
He woe a eon to ho. proud of, and righi
down proud ws» ol* Hr. Wilkin, of hia
bandaome, scdompUihed, gentlemanly
lad. For Edward was not one to be
spoiled by the couraa of indulgence ha
bad posaed throogb; a» least, if it bad
done iiiut an injury, the effeots ware at
present bidden from view. Ha bad no
vulgar vices; be waa, indeed, rather too
refined for tbe sooiety he waa likely to be
thrown into, .von supposing that aooietv
to consist of the highest of hia fathers
employers. He waa well read, and an
artist of no mean pretensions. Abova
all “hia heart waa in the right plaoe,"
M bis father Med to observe; nothing
oould eioeedl tbe .deference be alwaye
showed to bis father. Hit mother bad
long bean dead.
I do not know if it was Edward’s own
sunbitioc or his proud father’s wishes
that had led him to attend the Hamley
assemblies. I should eonjeotnre the
latter, for Edward had of himself too
mnoh good taeto to wish to intrude into
any sooiety. In the opinion of ell the
shire, no society had more reeeon to con
sider itself aeleot than that whioh met
at every fnlioMOg in the Hamley eeaem-
blr-room -—ML .Mcresoenoe built on to
the prinninJmn in the town by the
i ointenbea|SiH»'»t all the oonntry faai-
laa. Into thou choice and mysterious
preoincU uotSVhe-person wse ever allow
ed to enter; ww profes.ionsl man might
aet hia foot theteln; no infantry officer
MW the interior of that ball or that card
room. Tho old original subscribers
would fain have had a man prove hie
sixteen quartering^ before he might make
hia bow to tbe queen of the night; bat
the old original founders of the Hamley
•eeembliee were dropping off ; minnete
had —-‘-hid with them; oonntry danoee
away; quadrilles were in high
one or two of tbs high mag-
shire were trying to intro-
», as they bad seen it in
bad come in wilh the
end squires’ sons around. They did not
mnoh cere for the treasures of art, which
report said were being accumulated in
Mr. "Wilkins’ house. But they did covet
tbe horses and bounds he possessed, aud
tbe yonng man knew that they coveted
and rejoiced in it.
By-and-by he formed a marriage, whioh
went as near as marriages ever do to
ward pleasing every body. He was des
perately in love with Miss Lamotte, so he
was delighted when she consented to be
his wife. Hia father was delighted in his
doligbt, and, besides, was charmed to ro-
member that Miss Lamotte’s mother had
been Bir Fraok Bolster’s youngest sister,
and that, although her marriage had been
disowned by her family, as beneath her
in rank, yet no one could efface her name
out of tbe Baronetage, where Lettioe,
youngest daughter of Bir Mark Holster,
born 1772, married H. Lamotte, 171)9,
died 1810, was duly chronicled, bhe had
left two children, a boy and a girl, of
whom their uncle, Bir Frank, took charge,
as their father was worse than dead—an
outlaw, whose name was never mention
ed. Mark Lamotte was in tbe army;
Lettioe had a dependent position in her
uucle'a family; not iutentionnlly made
more dependent than was rendered nec
essary by circumstances, but still depen
dent enough to grate on the feelings of a
sensitive girl, whose natural susceptibility
to slights was redoubled by the constant
recollection of her father's di-grace, bir
Frank was considerably involved, aa Mr.
Wilkins well know; but it was with very
mixed feelings that ho listened to the suit
which wonld provide his penniless niece
with a comfortable, not to say luxurious,
home, and with a haudaotuo aroompijshod
young man of unblemished character for a
hoabuud. He said cue or two bitter and
insolent things to Mr. Wilkins, even while
he was giving hia consent to the match;
that was his temper; his proud, evil
temper; but be really and perma
nently was satisfied by the connec
tion, though he would occasionally turn
round on his nephew-in-law, and eting
him with a covert insnlt as to his want of
birth, and the inferior position which he
held, forgetting apparently that bis own
brother-in-law and Lattice's father might
be At Any moment brought to tbe bat of
jostioe if he attempted to re-enter his
native country.
Edward was annoyed at all this; Lattice
resented it. Bhe loved her husband
dearly, and was proud of hiai, for she
had discernment enough to see how* supe
rior be was in every way to her cousins,
tbe yonng Holsters, who borrowed his
horses, drank his wines, and yet had
oaught their father’s habit of sneering at
his profession. Lettioe wished that Ed
ward would content himself with
they introduced him to strangers who
might bo staying iu the country, but who
had no power to appreciate the taste, the
talents, tbe impulsive srtistio nature
which abd Meld so ddhr. She forgot that,
by accepting such invitations, Edward
was occasionally 'brought into oontnot
with people not merely of high conven
tional, but of high intellectual rank; that
‘when a certain amount of wine bad diazi-
pated his sense of iuferiority of rank and
position, he was a brilliant talker, a man
Lobe listened to>and admired even by
wandering London statesmen, profes
sional diners-out, or any great? authors
who might find themselves visitors in a
shire country-house.^ What she
would have had him share from the pride
of her heArt, she should have warned
him to avoid from (he temptations to
sinful extravagance which it led him into.
He had begun to Mod more than be
ought, not in ioWllcotuul— 1 though that
wonld have been wrong—but in purely
hcnHUn) things. His wines, his table,
should be such as no sooire’s purse or
palate could command. His dinner par
ties—small in number, the viands rare
and delicate in quantity, and sent up to
table by »n Italian cook—should be such
os even the London- 1 stars should notice
with admiration. He would have Lettioe
dressed in tbe richest materials, the most
delicate lace; jewelry, be said, was be
yond their menus; glancing with proud
humility at the diamonds of the elder
ladies, and the alloyed gold of the younger.
But he manage^ to spend as much on his
wife’s laco as wonld have bought many a
set of inferior . jaw airy. Lettioe well
became it all. If, os people said, her
father had hoen uothiug but a French ad
venturer, sho bore traces of her nature in
her grace, her delicacy, her faoinatiug
And elegant ways of doing all things.
She was made for society, and yet sho
hated it. And one day sho went out of
it altogether, and for evermore. She
had been well iu the morning when fid-
ward went down, to his offioe in Hamley.
At noon he won ddfit for by hurried trem
bling metoengere. When he got home,
breathless and uncomprehending, she wee
past speech. One glance from her lovely
loving black eyes showed that she recog
nized him with the passionate yearning
that had been pne of the characteristics
of her love through life. There was no
word passed between them. He could
uot speak any more than could sho. He
knelt dowu by her. bhe was dying; she
was dead; and he knelt on, immovable.
They brought him his eldest child, Elli-
nor, in utter despair as to what to do to
rdose him. They had no thought aa to
tbe effect on bsr, hitherto shut op in the
nursery during this busy day of confusion
and alarm, iho child bad no idea of
death, and her father, kneeling and tear
less, was far less an object of surprise or
interest to her than her mother, laying
still and white, and not turning her head
to smile at her darling.
“Mamma, mamma!” oried the ohild, in
shapeless terror. But the mother never
stirred, and the father hid his face yet
deeper iu tho bod-clot Uob to stifle a cry as
if a sharp knife had pierced his heart.
The ohild forced her impetuous way from
her attendants aud rushed to the bed.
Undeterred by deadly cold or stony im
mobility, sho kissed the lips and stroked
the glossy raven hair, murmuring sweet
words of wild lovo such as had passed
between tbe mother and child often and
often when no witnesses were by; and
altogether seemed ho nearly beside herself
in an agony of love and terror, that Ed
ward arose, and softly taking her in his
arm*, bore her awny, lying buck like one
dead, so exhausted was she by tho terri
ble emotion they had foroed on her
childish heart, into bis study, a little
room opening out of the grand library,
into which on happy evenings, never to
come aga n, he aud his wife were wont
to retire to have coffee together, and
perhaps to stroll out of the glass door,out
into the open air, tbe shrubbery, the
fields—never to be trodden by these dear
feel. What passed between father and
ohild in this seclusion none could tell.
Late in the evening EUinor’u supper was
sent for, aud tbo servant who brought it
in saw the child lying os one dead in her
father’s arms, and before he left tbe room
watched his master feeding her, the girl
of six years of age, with as tender care as
if she had boen a baby of six months.
CHAPTER III.
From that time the tio between father
and daughter grew very strong and tender
indeed. ElUnor, it is true, divided her
affection between her baity sister and her
papa; but he, curing little for babies, had
only a theoretic regard for liiB younger
child, while the elder absorbed all his
love. Every (lay that he dined at home
Ellinor was placed opposite to him while
he ate his late dinner; she sat where her
mother had (lone during the meal, al
though she had dined and even supped
some time before on the primitive nurse
ry fare. It was half pitiful, half amus
ing to see the little girl's grave, thought
ful ways and inodes of speech, as if try
ing to act up to the dignity of her place
as her fathor's companion, till sometimes
the little head nodded off to slumber in
tho middle of lisping some wise little
speech. “Old-fashioned" tbo nurses
called her, and prophesied that she would
not livo long in consequence of her old
fashion. But instead of the fulfillment
of this prophecy, tka fat bright baby
was seized wilh fits and was well, ill and
dead in a day! Elllnor’s grief was some
thing alarming frotq its quietness and
concealment, ftha waited till she was left
—as she thought—ulone at nights, and
then sobbed and oried her passionate cry
for “Baby, babv, comeback to me—oome
backtill every one feared for the health
of tho frail IfWle glri whoee childish Af
fection had to stand two such sbockB. Her
father put aside all business, all pleasure
of every kind to win his darling from her
grief. No mother could have done more,
no tenderest nurse done half so much
Mr. Wilkins then did for Ellinor.
If it had not been for him she would
have just died of her grief. Ab it was,
she overcame il, but slowly, wearily, ha:d-
ly letting herself love anv one for some
time, as if sho instinctively feared lest all
her strong attachments should find a sud
den end in death. Her love, thus damn
ed up into a small space, at last burst its
A purely domestic life, would let ' banks, aud overflowed on her father. It
himself drop out of the company ' was a rich reward for him for all his care
of the shire squirearchy, and find of her,aud he took delight, perhaps a sei-
hit relaxation with her, in their luxurious I fish delight, iu all the many pretty ways
library or lovely drawing-room, so foil of she perpetually found of convincing him
white-gleaming statutes and gems of pic-1 if he had needed conviction, that he was
she would sit aud listen with an Intensity
of attention for his footstep. Onoe the
nurse hod expressed some wouder at the
distance at wnioh Elliuor could hear her
father’s approach, saying that sho had lis
tened and could not hear such a sound,
to which Ellinor had replied:
“Of course you con not; he is not your
^ Then when he went away in the morn
ing, after he had kissed her, Ellinor would
ran to a certain window from whioh she
could watch him up the lauo, now hidden
behind a hedge, now roappearing through
an open spaoe, again out of sight, till he
reached a great old beech tree, where for
an instant more she saw him. And then
she would turn away with n sigh, some
times reassuring her unspoken fears by
saying softly to herself,
“He will oome again to-night."
Mr. Wilkins liked to feel his child de
pendent on him for afl her pleasures. Ho
was even a little jenkma ad nj m who
devised a treat or conferred a present the
first news of whioh did not come from or
through him.
At last it was necessary that Elliuor
should have Rome more inHtrnotion than
her good old nurse oould give; her father
did not care to take upon himself the of
fice of teacher, whioh he thought he fore
saw wonld necessitate occasional blame,
an occasional exercise of authority which
might possibly render him less idolized
by biB little girl; so he commissioned La
dy Holster to choose out one amoug her
many proteges for a govornoss to his
daughter. Now Lady Holster, who kept
up a sort of amateur oouuty register of
fioe, was only too glad to be made of use
iu this way; but when she iuquired a lit
tle further as to the Bort of person requir
ed, all she could extract from Mr. Wilkins
was:
“You know the kind of education a la
dy should have, and will, I am sure,
choose a governess for Ellinor bettor than
I oould direot you. Only pleuse choose
some one who will not marry me, and
who will let Ellinor go on niuking my tea,
aud doing pretty much what she likes, for
she is so good they neod not try to make
her better, only to teach her wuat a lady
should know."
Miss Monro was selected—a plain intel
ligent quiet wornau of forty—and it waa
difficult to deoide whether sho or Mr.
Wilkins took the most pains to avoid each
other, acting, with regard to Ellinor,
pretty much Tike the famous Adam and
Eve in the weather gloss: when the one
came out the other went in. Miss Monro
had been tossed about and overworked
quite enough in her life to value the
privilege and indulgence of her evenings
to herself, her comfortable school room,
her quiet cosy teas, her Look or her let
ter writing afterward. By mutual agree
ment she did not interfere with
Ellinor and her ways aud occu
pations on the evenings the girl had not
her father for companion ; and these oc
casions beoatno more and more frequent
as years passed ou, and the deep shadow
was lightened which the sudden death
that had visited his household had oast
over him. Ho was always a popular mnn
at dinner-parties ss I have said before.
His amount of intelligence and acoom-
f ilishment was rare in shire, and if
t required more wine than formerly to
bring his conversation up to the desired
point of range and brilliancy, wine was
not an article spared or grudged at tho
couuty dinner-parties. Occitsiounliy his
business took him up to Lond n ; hurried
as these journeys might be, he never re
turned without a new game, a new toy of
some kind, to “make homo pleasant to
his little maid,” as he expressed him
self.
He liked, too, to see what was doing in
art or in literature; and as he gave pretty
extensive orders for anything be ndmired,
ho was almost sure to bo followed down
to Hamley by one or two packages or par
cels, tho arrival and opening of which be
gan soon to form tbe pleasant epochs in
in Ellinor’s grave though happy life.
The only person of his own standing with
whom Mr. Wilkins kept up any inter
course in Hamley was the new clergymnn,
a b&ohelor, about his own age, a learned
man, a fellow of his college, whose first
claim on Mr. Wilkins' attention was tbe
fact that ho had been traveling-bachelor
for his university, and hod consequently
been on the Continent about the very
same two years that Mr. Wilkins lmd been
there; and although they had never met,
yet they had many common acquaintances
and common recollections to talk over of
ibis period, which, after all, had boon
about the most bright and hopeful of Mr.
Wilkins’ life.
Mr. Nors had an occasional pupil—that
is to say, be never put himself out of tbe
way to obtain pupils, but did not refuse
tbe entreaties sometimes made to him
that be would prepare a young man for
college by allowing tbe said yonng mail
to reside and read with him. “Ness’
men” took rather high honors ; for tho
tutor, too indolent to find ont work for
himself, had a certain pride in doing well
the work that was found for him.
When Ellinor wus somewhere about
fourteen, a young Mr. Corbet cinro to he
pupil to Mr. Ness. Her father alwuys
called on the young men reading with the
olergymen, and asked them to his house.
His hospitality had in comae of time lost
its recherche and elegant character, but
was always generous, and often profuse.
Besides, it was iu his character to like tbe
joyous, thoughtless company of the young
better than that of tho old—giv**u the
same amount of refinement and education
both.
Mr. Corbet was a young man of very
good family from a distant county. If his
character had not been so grave and de
liberate his years would only have entitled
him to be called a boy ; for ho was but
eighteen at the time when ho oumo to
read with Mr. Ness. Jiut many men of
five-aud-twenty have not reflected so
deeply as this young Mr. Corbet already
had. Ho had considered and almost ma
tured his plan for life; hvid ascertained
what objects ho donirod most to accom
plish in the dim future, which is to many
at his ago only a shapeless mint; aud bad
resolved on eertain steady courses of ac
tion by which such objects were most
likely to be secured. A young( r son, his
family connections and family interest
prearranged a legal caroer for him, and it
was in accordance with his own tastes and
talents. All, however, that bis father
hoped for him was that ho might make
an income sufficient for u gentleman to
live on. The eldest Mr. Corbet was hard
ly to be called ambitious, or, if he were,
his ambition was limited to views for tb<-
eldest son. But llulph Corbet intended
to be a distinguished lawyer, not so much
for the vision of the woolsack, which, I
suppose dances before tho imagination of
every young lawyer, but for tho grand in
have yielded anything. But this did not
satisfy Ralph; his father's reason must tie
convinced of the desirability of tbe «teg> ee
well as his weak will give way. The
squire listened, looked wise, sighed;
spoke of Edward’# extravagance and the
girls' expenses, grew sleepy, and said,
“Very true,” “That is but reason
able, certainly,” glanced at the door,
aud wondered when bis eon would
hAve ended his talking end go into
tbe drawing-room; and at length
found himself writing the deeired letter
to Mr. Ness, consenting to everything,
terms and all. Mr. Neee never had a
moro satisfactory pupil—one whom he
could treat more as an intellectual equal.
[TO B1 OOSTIZCXD.]
BCIENTIFIC MOT El.
—The English Royal Geographical So
ciety has 2,900 members.
—A new planet has been discovered by
Mr. Perrotin, of Toulouse.
—Russian Lapland is to be explored
next suQitnerfor traces of ancient glaciers.
The Dutch Geographical Sooiety will
send a scientific expedition to explore Su
matra, at an expense of two thousand
pounds.
—Many legends from different conn-
tries go to show that iu the earliest times
birds were especially regarded as abodes
of departed spirits.
—Science gets a million dollars by Jas.
Lick’s munitiuence, and $700,000 for a
more powerful telescope than has yet been
made, aud $300,000 for a school of me
chanic arts.
—An English Ann has made a straw-
roof sewiug maobine, whioh can tarn oat
of hand from l,S0Q to 2,000 square feet of
water tight roofing in an hour, requiring
only two assistants to aooomplisb its task.
—The Amerioan Association for the Ad
vancement of Science holds its twenty-
third meeting at Hartford, Conn., the 12th
of August. Dr. Le Conte is the President
for the year, and F. W. Putnam, of Sa
lem, Mass., is the permanent Secretary.
—Aooording to Mr. 0. Muratori, of Lon
don, a compound of almn, glue, and aaw*
dust offers a convenient material for orna-
monting furniture or other wood-work. It
is easily moulded, and by drying beootuev
so hard that it readily takes a high polish.
Carp were caught at Fontainebleau
by tho German soldiers, it is said, that
they carried bits of silver that were at
tached to their gills 300 years ago, iu tbe
time of Franois I, and Henry if. At the
risk of being obarged with oarping oriti-
oisin, wo aro inclined to suspect that this
is a fish story.
—Nature praises Field Ornithology, the
latest work of Dr. Elliot Cones. It knows
of no other work whioh will prove eo ser-
videable for those beginning this interest
ing study* Dr. Ooues is still a young
mau, a surgeon in the United Btates
Army, and it stationed at Fort Randall,
Dakotoh.
—It is quite certain that the Tasmanian
aborigines need stone hatchets without
handles; in short, they merely used sharp-
edged stones as knives. These were made
sharp, not by grinding or polishing, bat
by striking off flakes with another stone
till the required edge was obtained.
—Leuz, in l84fi r said that there is at
and near the equator a belt of water cool
er than the waters to tbe north and eontb
of it Of this striking phenomenon, he
said tho explanation flows directly from
the form of the isothermal enrve which
represents it. This view has since been
substantiated by Dr. W. B. Carpenter.
—A moans of provonting the spread of
tbo vino-pest, is said to have been found
in the spreading of a layer of fihe sand on
the ground round tbo stems of tho plants.
The saud is said to be too loose for, this
insect to pass through, and the conse
quence is that it is intercepted in its pass
age from one plant to another.
—A rapid dryer for oil piants and var
nishes is prepared by dissolving twelve
parts of best shellac and four parts borax
in one hundred parts of water by the aid
of heat. This solntion, after beating, in
poured into bottles, and should be well
corked. If mixed with some oil of tur
pentine and then added to the oil paints,
it will oanse them to dry very rapidly.
—Prof. Helmholtz has oared the bay-
fevor, from wbioh he is sn annual suffer
er, by throwing a weak solution of qui
nine up his nostrils—one part to 800 of
water. This destroys oertain minute vi-
brionea which appear in the nasal secre
tions, and which, if not tbe oanse of the
complaint, appear to aggravate it. This
remedy has been tried by several persons
with great benefit.
—A man's first care should be to avoid
the reproaches of his own heart, hia next
to escape the censures of the world. If
the lost interferes with the former, it
ought to bo entirely neglected; bat other*
wise there cannot be a greater satisfac
tion to an honest mind, than to see those
approbations which it gives itself second-
ed l >y % the applause ^ the public.—Addi
tion.
—To be satisfied with the acquittal of
the world, though accompanied with the
sooret coimuenoAtiou of conscience, this
is tho murk qf a little mind; but it re.
quires a soul of no common stamp to be
satisfied with its own noquittui, and so
despise iho condemnation of the world.—
C'ollon.
—When I meet with uuy that write ob
scurely, or converse confusedly, I am apt
to suspect two things: first that snob per
sons do not understand themselves, and
secondly that they are not worthy of be
ing understood by others.—‘Colton.
—Consult your friend on all thing*, es
pecially on those which respect yourself.
Jlis counsel may then be useful, where
your own self-love might impair yonr
judgment.—Bonita.
—All that nature has prescribed must
be good, and ns death is natnaal to ua, it
is Absurdity to fear it. Fear loses its pur
pose when we aro snre it cannot preserve
ns and we should drew resolution to meet
it from tho impossibility to escape it.—
Steele.
—Despair makes a despicable figure,
and descends from a mean original. 'Tin
the offapring of fear and laziness and im
patience; it arguee a defect of spirit and
resolution, and oftentimes of honesty too.
I would not despair unless I saw misfor
tune recorded in the book of fate ahd
signed and sealed by necessity.
—Whosoever is afraid of submitting
any question, civil or religious, to the
test of free discussion, is rnoro In love
with his own opinion thau with truth.—
J tin hop Wateon.
—He who thinks he can find in himself
tho means of doing without others is
BOVIIIM VP A »I*»W ITU 11 TER.
[Itneka (Cal.) Cupol.]
He immigrated from Virginia Oity aud
arrived afoot. Through motives pecuni
ary this waa done, and boots having been
sacrificed on the way, his advent was
made in feet enossed in ouuvaa of texture
oottrse and strength prodigious. An bum
ble men wsa he who learned his trade in
Ban Fraoeiaoo, and who during hours of
idleness and relaxation whiled the dreary
hours away, duriug his early manhood,
by running with the “tuashoen” aud im
proving his mind and innaole by perfect
ing himself in the use of modern slang
and the cultivation of the art of striking
from the shoulder. A mighty mau wuh
he, who, in prosperous days, wore a long
tailed, black cost, a white handkerchief
around his neck, and pantaloons turned
op at tbe after part of the extromitieR,
exposing a dainty stripe of red morocco
lining; bat his glory bsd departed, and,
as was hereto remarked, his hogira was
aooomplished independent of horse or
looomotive. His onca gorgeous ward
robe was disbauded, and bo entorod the
l H)«eeo of the Ea*t" like the maid who
milked the cow with the cramplod horn,
all forlorn. Upon his entrance into town,
and before his attire was rouovated iu
any marked degree, ho skirmished around
among the different saloon'*, receiving a
snbouuueous application of much strong
drink, and was as happy and contented
as is customary under snob blissful cir-
cnmstauoes, until some of tbe boys con
ceived the unfortunate idea of joshing
him. They oritioised his raiment, scoffed
at his general appearance, and oast reflec
tions upon his immediatedesueut by asser
ting that hejwas au example of the theory
of evolution. He bore it all with stoical
fortitude and Ohristinn resignation until
one of his tormeutora suggested fight,
sod then his eyes twinkled aud his mouth
twiohed as if with pleasurable anticipa
tions, and be requested an adjournment
to (he sidewalk. Tbo coogregatinu ad
journed. When outside, this man from
Virginia drooped his head, and in quiet
bat sabdued tones, bat partaking stioug-
ly of the ancient Jackey intonation, ho
spoke: “Mister, yer a stranger to mo
and I ain’t had no introduction, lint jist
hit me ono for lack, kindur yon know,
for tuy future happiness dopeuds upon
it,” and he reooived it juHt under tho ear;
but it faxed him uot, aud without auy ap
parent portubatiou be agaiu spoke, saying:
“Mister, please thump mo, and thump mo
good, for its sorter blissful and makes n
fellow think of old times when *»’ run u full
rope and carried a fox tail; ” and ho got it tbo
seoondt ime, with tbo same result as the
first. “Now,” oontinued the Uurd-headed
oitizen, “justgimme one more and make it
a lifter;” but the striker wbh a-wonry and
refused to do the bidding, whereupou the
solicitor softly remnrkud in a monotonous
sort of way: “Well, if yor won’t I guess
I’ll mash yon,” and he did it in a manner,
too,that made him revolve like a fly-wheel,
and when the recipient landed tho Wes
tern Weston was atop of him. They
were separated, but tbe gentleman from
Virginia has not been “josbed" to ony
great extent sinoe Sunday night.
Whale* at Bay.
As soon ss all had taken their seats,
says a writer describing the sceno in tbe
St. James Magaziue, we rowed off silently
with double-banked oars. Five large
boats were all we oould man, as many of
the fishermen bad gone to fho bunks in
the morning; though thoir brown Bails
were in sight, time did not »Uow of their
recall. Our armament was rnoBt ludi
crous; besides guns, we carried ux«m,
lances, old awords, and several kottlos for
making a noise with. Heveral were busy
improvising a formidable weapon by fast-
eumg scythe blades to short poles; one
man, called while mowiug, sat in the bow,
holding bis scythe. As wo loft tbe oovo
tbe womsn kept calling nftur us and
wishing good luck, and then hurried to
tbe cliffs, where they watched tbo pro
gress of the chase. Making a loug do
tour, the boats were quietly formed iu a
semi-circle to seswsra of tbo dark group,
wbioh appeared unconscious of onr up-
proaob; as soon ss ail were plaaed, the
leader fired a gun, aud we hore down
upon the whales with all speed, shouting
and splashing the water. A movement is
seen among tho whales, dark forms disap
pear and presently emerge ngaib; they
move slowly at first, then increasing their
ipeed, rush in a foaming crowd toward
be shore. We follow at our utmost
speed, regardless of the spray that dashes
over the boat. Suddenly tbe fi*di pause,
feeling, perhaps, by inntinct, that they
are gettiug into shoal water; they turn,
seem to deliberate end solect tho weakost
spot for a charge; our speed is slackened,
and all prepare for a atuggle. After u
momenta pause, headed by tho largest
of the herd, they rush ut my boat which
happened to be iu the centre of iho lino.
Ou th«y came, raising a wall of foam, be
hind whioh are dimly seen arohtd bucks
and agitated finn; we shoot, fire our guns,
throw stones and dash the oars iu the
water. They himUute, a fow plunge under
the boat; I feel their backs scrape against
the keel as wo are throwu over and half
filled with water; the next is received
with h blow of un ax from a gigantic
fisherman; terrified aud spouting blood,
the whale rashes baok into tho herd, and
heads for the shore in hia blind agony.
We redouble.onr exertions, and tho fish
finally yielding, follow their wounded
companion and fling themselves on the
shore, where they ho wallowing iu the
shallow water. With a cry ot triumph
borne back from the woman who stood
on the cliff, dancing und waving their
arms in doligbt at the prospect of an
abundant winter supply of fond, fill the
boats rowed for the shore, each striving
to bo firnt to commence the fight. With
a final cheer the men drove the bouts iu
moug the fish, leaped out and began to
strike right and left. Quite satisfied with
my exertious, I sat in tho boat and
watched tbe strange combat, already
olosing, as the poor stupid fl'di, ignoraut
of their strength, fell easy Victims to
their determined enomies. Tho sight
was strange aud strikiug, tbe cloudless
sun was shining on the waves of the bay;
blue, cxcopt over a largo patch, many
yards in extent, dyed rod with blood.
Each wave showed a streak of crimson,
os it washod oyer the glistening bodies,
rejoicing that it could insult the strange
forms that bad lately swam lords of tin
deep. Behind a narrow beach rose the
steep cliff, down whieh were running the
women and ohildren, their shrill crie-
riaing above the shouts of the men and
roar of the waves. Gradually the tumult
Ceased, except whore a whale in tho lust
throes wrapped himself in a cloud of
bloody spray, and deluged the men who
stood by watching for another blow.
Lawyers.
JOSEPH r. POU,
Attorney mt Law,
end Judge of Oouuty Court,
Practice* In afl other Court*.
Office* over store of W. If. Hobart* k Co., Broad St.
ja’25
SAMUEL Bt HATCHER,
Attorney ut Law.
JoXO Offlo. oyer Wtttlck k Ilnfe
J. M. McNKILL,
Attorney and Counsellor ut Luw.
Practice* in court* of G«or|la and Alabama.
IIUBAI d CBAWrOBM,
AtUraeyu ut Luw,
Wilt practice in the Itat* and federal Court* ol
OeoTfia.
Office over Preer, Illgo* k 0o.’* store, northwest
comer Broad ami tit. Clair 8u. jot
▲. A. HOSIER,
Attorney and OMsieller mk Lew,
Practices in State and federal Ooart* In Georgia
and Alabama.
Office 186 Broad Oolnmbna, Oa. jaO
Mark II. BtAimronD. Leon f. CUniunn.
ULANDFORR d HARRABR,
Attorneys end Counsellors mt luw,
Office No. (17 Broad street, over Wittlch k Kin-
■el's Jewelry Store.
Will practice iu tbe State and federal Court*.
sept
J AS. M. ftlMMU. Ona*. J. awivv.
RUSMELL d 0WIFT,
Attorney* nml Cuuu*ollor* at Law. Will practice
in tho Court* of Ooorgia (Chattahoocheo Circuit)
ai.il Alabama. Office over 0. A. Redd A Co.'* store,
UroRil street, Columbus, Oa. Jal
L. T. DOWN I MU,
Attorney und ttolftettov,
U. R. Com’r and Register Iu Pnnkruptcy. Office
novZ’M over brook*' Drugstore,Oolmnhu*,Oa.
PEABODY d BRANNON,
Attorneys nt Luw.
Qvviux ovin J. Kiwi* ft Co.'* Btoan, Bnoiu Bt.,
R. JT. HOMES,
Attorney und €onnuollor nt Lnw,
ieorklit Home Insurance Company buildiug, ■«<
Doctors.
DR. COLMEY.
Resilience and Office corner of 8t. Clair and Ogle
thorpe nt*. Office hour*—7 to 9 A. M-, 13 to 2 P. n.,
7 to (J P. M. *ep37 dtf
1)R. M. MU LAW.
Office corner Broad and Randolph streets, Burras'
building.
Renldence on Forsyth, threo door* below fit. Clair.
J*<» _ .
DR. J. A. (IB4UHART,
0, J. Moffett’* Drug Blare, Broad street.
RR. A. C. COOK,
Dentists.
W. F. TIONBR,
Dentist,
Opposite Strapper’s building, laaftelph fit.
T. W. RENTE,
Dentist.
Over Joseph ft Brother’s storo.
W. *. POOL,
DentUt,
101 Broad St., Colombo,, 0*.
W. JT* POOLS,
Dcmllat,
jyiSJMOjorjI^Hom^oildlos^oIjiibMjl^
Builders and Arohltoots.
J. «. CHALMERS,
Uewue Cnrpenter und Bnflldur.
Jobbing done at short notion.
Plans and specifications fnrnUhed fbr nil *tylw
of building*
Brood Street, next to 0. W. Brown’s.
CVdmahn*. Oa.
Boots and Shoes.
WELLS A CURTIS,
Mo. 73 Brand Street,
Haro always a fell stock of
Boots und Shoes, Upper, Sole und Ber
ness Leather and Findings
of nil kinds.
Rellnbls goods I Reasonable prloso I
N. B.—Special attention to orders by Express,
0.0. D.5li
Livery and Sale itablaa.
ROBERT THfiimi,
Livery, Mule end Eiekang* Mteblee,
OauTHonra, Norm or Razmlps five,
ectao Columbus, On.
A. OAHMEL,
Livery und Mule Stefclee,
0(i lit u or pi St., Columbus, Oa.
Particular attention given to feeding and fials
month or day.
oetM
Restaurants.
UAMII COUNTY lUTtCUar,
Nu. 89 Broed Mtroot.
The best of foreign and Domestlo Liquors and
Cigars. Meels at afl hours.
deo1» J. J. BLAKBbY, Prop’r.
Fresh Meats.
J. W. PATRICK,
Stulls No. 9 end 19, Mnrket House.
fie*h Meats of every kind and best quality,
Jill always ou hand^
J. T. COOK,
Fresh Meets of All Klmde,
*ep6 Hull* Nos 1ft and IT.
Drunnlsta.
J. I. GRIFFIN,
Imported Drugs end Chemlcels,
rcKcrlptlous carefully proparod.
tlH No. 106 Broad street.
JOHN L JOKRAM,
DnwIM,
Two doors bolOw Oeo. W. Brown’*,
Brood Street, Columbus, Oa.
AA* Night Bell right of south door. _ *ep6
A. fii. BRANNON,
Wist Bid*, Broad Hr hr it, Oolumsui, Oa.,
Wholesale usd Retell Denier In
Drugs und Hedfteftwee,
Toilet Articles sod Ferfuusery.
Cun and Lookamlthf.
PHILIP EIFLEB,
i nud Lock,with, Crawrord street, asst Is
Johnson's corner, Columbus, Gn. jnd
WILLIAM 8CHOBEB,
Gun and Locksmith aud dealer In Gassing Ma
terial*. Opposite Knquirer (Mo*.
JaHi
Plano Tuning, So.
B. W. BLAU,
Hcpairor and Tuuer of Piano**, Organs and
Acoordeons. Sign Paintlug also dons.
Order* may he be left at J. W. Pease ft Mortnau's
Cotton Factories;
COLUMBU, MANUFACTURING CO..
Manufacturers of
Bheetlngn, Shirting*, end Sewing end
Knitting Thread.
Curd* Wool and Grinds Wheat nud Corn-
Offii i’ in rear of Wlttlrh ft Kintal's, Randolph *t.
Jal 8 R. II. CIIILTON, President.
HUM OGEE MANUFACTURING CO,
Manufacturer* of
PHKKTINOff. 81IIRTIN08,
YARN, ROPE, fte.
COLUMBUS, OA.
U. P. 8WIPT, President.
W. A. SWIFT, Rerretnry ft Treasurer. octffl ly.
Watchmakers.
C. 8CHOMBUBG,
Practical Watchmaker end Jeweler,
Successor to I-. Gntowsky,
100 Broad street,
Jail Columbu«, Go.
C. H. LEQU1N,
Watchmaker,
Crooara.
RAN’LEBME,
Dealer in family Groceries, on Bryan street, be*
twoeu Oglethorpe ft Jackson streets,
^Nocharg* for rirayngn. decT
J. H. HAMILTON,
Wholesale and Retail Grueer,
1MHAM COOPER,
family Grocer and Dealer in Country Prodeoe,
sopA next to "Knquirer" Off!os.
Tailors.
G. A. KOEHNE,
Merchant Tailor and Cutter.
A full stock of French a.id Knglisk Broadcloths,
~ Mi mere* aud Voetlogs.
No. 134 Broad Street.
aprlO
HENRY SKLLMAN.
Cutting, Cleaning and Repairing
Done in the best style.
*pr24] Coruer Crawford and front fit
Boot and Shoemakers
WM. MEYER,
Boot and Shoemaker.
Dealer in Leather aud Findings. Next to 0. A.
Redd A Co.'s. Prompt and strict attsnllon given
to order*. jell
Tin and Coppersmiths.
Tobacco, Cigars, Sc.
nAif.K UORN.
enjoy a go /d smoke, go to his
me.
C. LOPES,
Denier In tend Manufacturer mt Fla
Clgava,
j*9 Near Broad Btreet Depot,
Barber Shops.
LOU IS WELLft* SHAVING KALOON,
(r'tutortsor to II. lleo« >,)
Under Georgia Home Insurance Building.
Prompt and polite barbers In attendauce.
JaSiA
ED, TERRY, Barker,
Crawford Ht., uuder lUukiu House, Coin
Dress-Making.
MINS M. A. HOLUNC.WOSTH,
Drees-llftklug, Cutting .md Fitting. Tvru»*vlu«p
Koiidniice nud .hop In Brownevllle.
WM. FEE,
Worker In Tin, Mheet Iran, Cogger.
Orders from abroad promptly attended to.
Jn7 No. 174. Broad Street.
PainterM.
WM. SNOW, JR., A CO.,
Bonne nnd Sign Painters,
Old Oglethorpe corner, (Just north of pastoMee)
Coiambus, Georgia.
Will contract for llou«e aud Sign Painting st
reasonable price*, aud guarantee satisfaction.
“ ' to Win. Hiio *
LAWYERS.
W. K. Williams.
Culm. H. Willumi.
Feed Store.
IMPOfcMf Til C>iimmL mVELEEs.
,0TW*igat—whM Ed- tarn. Bat p.ih*p« tbi. tu too maoa to ! .vet tb. first object with her. Th. none
tellecm.1 «m- , uufi■ consoq... it power j muob miBluUon . but tle who think. th»t
over ni.ukmil that dintinguljliod lawyer. , othorK ca[mot do wilhu ut him iaatUl more
m.y alwraya iiotusa if they choune, A seat mUtaken ._ /xI JtorJufo.uauld.
in Parliament, HlatosiuanHhip, and all tbo . . ......
great acope for a powerful aud active arn ro many ill ft man
mind that lay on oach Ride of *nch a 1 I few in hmi, that 1 begin to
career—theso wero tbo objects which , * UH po°t that bebftft a real battroablonome
Ralph Corbet act before bimholf. To Uke ! went, oh being likely to ocltpHC thftt of
high honor** at college was tbe first step i "then*. Lallruyere
to be accomplished; and in order to i - With the vulgar and tbo learned
achieve this Balpb bad not porauaded— namex have great weight; the wise use a .......
perauuion wu> a we.lt ioalrumeot which ] writ ot inquiry into th.ir legitimacy when "hM ** Tl **’ ool^fgKano"',
he despised—'hot gravely reasoned his they are adrauoed aa authorities. — aim- ?. howeU *««., tl Park Ku*.
father into consenting to pay the large i nurnmn.
nd who travel iu any section, by mil ui
aoat, sailing auy cla*s of go<»d». nr* n quested to
•sad their Buainoa* and Private Addr ns, a* be
low, stating class of good* they sell, and by whom
employed; alio Ibwse who aro at prosuut undor tn
engagement. This matter I* of grrat Importance
Individually to *a'eam«n of this class, or men so
liciting trad* lu this manner. It i* therefore
especially Attired that tht* notice m»y meet the
eye of all Commercial Traveler* and RalMiuou iu
this oonntry and that they will at ont o give It
their attention. Those who comply with »' oy
request will be conffdentiall;
I carsu
jfll «*!•
JOHN EITZGIRBONM,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer la Hay, Oats, Coru
ILtcon, ftr., Oglethorpe Rt , opposite
*Tmtiper'
• Ilell.
Confectioners.
1. U. RTUUI'PEK,
Cuudy Munufhotnrrr
AHD DEALS# I»
All kinds of Confectionery and Frnlts.
Stick Candy IS cent*.
Full weight guaranteed iu #*ch box.
Hotel*.
PLANTERS' HOTEL,
Next to Columbus Bank Building.
Portor* at all th* train*.
J*13
MU. W. F. fiNIOKR, Propr’s*.
WILLIAMS ft WILLIAMS,
Attorney* at Law,
COLUHBU8, DA.
•IP Office over Abell's ators. JylT 3*
W? A. Farley,
A,ttoraeyM*«*D»W
cusseTA, UaaTTAMoooasa Ua, Oa.
jra-HiiMialjiiMilonaWTO^W^lart^^^
~ “doctors.
Dr. J. H. CARRIGER,
SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN.
O FFICE Up stalra S.E. cor of Broad k BM£
<iolph .Streets, where he m »y bs found ony
night whsu not professionally eogagaft.
•,aa
HINES DOZIER.
Attorney at LftW,
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