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Newspaper Page Text-A-InTID COLUMBUS v mm suisnDjLrz:. ENQUIRER. WESSELS, iJtsnanm-M I THE PROPRIETOR. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1874. YOL. XVI.—NO. 185 A MESSAGE. BY EBBN B. BKXrOKD. , rising fair through at m he mldt v hills which the sanshlne eternal has kissed. You You are going away, will meet, on the shore that will flu your new life Dear friends who sailed outward and left us behind; You will know them, and clasp them, and kiss them unco more, Grown young again there on the Beautful j Shore. V Oh friend, if you meet The worn n 1 loved, on the shore far away, BWttyou give her the message I tell you to- YoRpill i'now her, I’m sure, by her faoe that lair I face of an angel, and long shining hair. drifted over my "•biff, When the' ways that were severed on earth shall be one. I shall dome to her then, o’er the great solemn Andolasp hor and claim her—that tell her for me. Bcmember, my friend, YoUV bark Id already afloat on the tl >e That Shall boar you out o’er the sea wild and ling you’ll see her, and tell her for me her and miss her this side of the i DIRK NIGHT’S WORK. BY MKH. OA8KILL. Arranged from the English. CHAPTER III. [continued.] Mr. Gorbct, as Ralph was always called in Harnlov, was resolute in his cultivation of himself, even exceeding what his tu tor demanded of hiui. He was greedy of information in the hours not devoted to absolute study; Mr. Ness enjoyed giving information, but most of all he liked the hard, tough arguments on all metaphysi cal and ethical questions in which Mr. Oorbut delighted in engaging him. They littd together on terms of happy equali ty, having thus much in common. They wave essentially different, however, al though there were so many points of re- •Mkblance. Mr. Nobs was unwordly as ffcV as tho idea of real unworld!mess is oompatible with a turn for self-indnlg- enoe and indolence; while Mr. Oorbet was deeply, radically worldly, yet for the uooompli'hment of his object could deny - * elf all the careless pleasures natural * one frequent relaxation—that of Mr. Wilkins’ company. Mr. NeRs would stroll to tho office after the six hours* hard reading were over—leaving Mr. Oorbet still bent over the table—book hoatrewn—and see whut Mr. Wilkins’ en gagements wore. If ho had nothing bet ter to do that evening, ho was either ask- •d to dine at the par.-ouage, or ho, in his careless hospitable way, invited the oth er two to dine with him, Ellinor forming the fourth at table, as far as seats went, although her dinner had been eaten early with Md-h Monro. She was little and Might of her uge; her father never seera- ed to nnder.stund how she was passing out of ohildhood. Yet while in stAture she was like a child, in intellect, in force of character, in strength of clinging affec tion she was a woman. There might be much of the ttin.plicity of a child about tj there whs little of the undeveloped aryingjfrom day to day like an April ' ireless ns to which way her own i tending. So tho two young maople Hat with their elders, and both rel ished the company they were thns pre maturely thrown into. Mr. Corbet talked •a much as either of the other two gen- tlsmgn; opposing and disputing on any Mdflt ns if to find out how muoh he could urge against received opinions. Ellinor eitMlent; her dark eyes flashing from > time in vehement interest, some- in vehement indignation if Mr. riding a tilt at every one, ven- i attack her father. He saw how thMoonrsc excited hor, and rather liked pursuing it in cobequeuce; he thought it only amused him. Another w ay in which Ellinor and Mr. Gorbft.were thrown together occasionally was this: Mr. Ness and Mr. Wilkins ■hared the same Times between them; and it was Ellinor’s duty to see that the paper was regulurly taken from her fath er's house to the parsonage. Her father liked to dawdle over it. Until Mr. Cor bet had oonie to live with him, Mr. Ness had not much cared at what time it was passed on to him; but (he young man took a strong interest iu all public events and especially iu ail that was said about them. He grew' impatient if the paper was not forthcoming, and would Kct off ihimself to go lor it, sometimes meeting Abe penitent, breathless Ellinor in the long lane which led from Hamley to Mr. Wilkins* house. At tirot he used to re ceive her eager “Oh! I am so sorry, Mr. Corbet, but papa has only just done with it,” rather gruffly. After a time he had the grace to tell her it did not signify; and by and by ho w ould turn back with her to give her some advice about her garden or her plants, for his mother snd sisters were first rate practical gardeners, and ha himself was, us he expressed it, “a capital consulting physician for a sick ly plant.” All this time his voice, his step never xaiaad the child's color one shade the highary never made her heart beat the least quicker, as the slightest sign of her father's approach was wont to do. bhe learned to rely on Mr. Corbet for advice, for a little occasional sympathy, and for muoh condescending attention. He also gave her more fault-finding than all the Teat of tho world put together, and curi ously enough, she was grateful to him for It, rorsbe really was humble and wished to improve He liked the attitude of su periority which this implied and exercis edright gave him. They were very good friend* at present. Nothing more. All this time I have only spoken of Mr. Wilkins’ life as ho stood in relation to his daughter. But there is far more to be uaiaaboutit. After his wife’s death, he Withdrew himself from society for a year Of two iu a more positive and decided manner tbnn is common with widowers. It was during this retirement of his that rivited his little daughter’s heart in way as to influence all her future i he began to go out again,it might i perceived, had any one careato , how much the different characters father and wife had influenced him t him steady. Not that he broke immoral oondoot, but ha had hitherto been only occasional; they now became habitual, as far as the sea sons permitted. Ho shared a moor in Scotland with one of the Holsters one year, persuading himself that, the bracing air was good for Ellinor’s health. But the year afterward he took another, this time joining with u comparative stranger; and on this moor there was no house to which it was lit to bring a child and her attendants. He persuuded himself that by frequent journeys he could make up for his absences from Hamley. But jour neys cost money; and ho was often away from his office when important business required attending to. There was some talk of a now attorney setting up in Ham- ley, to be supported by one or two of the more influential country families, who had found Wilkins not so attentive ah bis father. Sir Frank Holster Rent for his relation, and told him of this project, speaking to him at the same time in pret ty round terms as to tho folly of the life he was leading. Foolish it certainly wus, and as such Mr. Wilkins was secretly ac knowledging it, but when Sir Frank,lush ing himself, began to speak of his hear er s presumption in joining the hunt, in aping the mode of life and amusements of the lauded gentry, Edward tired up. He knew how much Sir Frank was dipped and comparing it with tho round sum his own father had left him, ho said some plain truths to Sir Frank which tho latter never forgave, and henceforth there w*as no intercourse betweon Holster Court and Ford Bank, ns Mr. Edward Wilkins had christened his father’s house on his first return from the Continent. The conversation had two consequences besides the immediate one of the quar rel. Mr. Wilkins advertised for a respon sible and confidential clerk to conduct the business under his own superintendence, and ho also wrote to the Herald’s College to ask them if he did not belong to the fumily bearing the same name iu South Wales—those who have since renssumed their ancient name of DeWinton. Both applications wore favorably an swered. A skillful, experienced middle- aged clerk was recommended to him by one of the principal legal firms in Lou don, and immediately engaged to come to Hamley at his own terms, which were pretty high. But as Mr. Wilkius said it was worth any money to pay for the re lief from coustaut responsibility, which such a business as bis involved, some peo ple remarked that he had never appeared to feel the responsibility very much hith erto, as witness his absences in Scotland, his various social engagemeuts when ut home; it had been very different (they said) in his father’s day. The Herald’s College gave him hopes of affiliating him to the South Wales’ family, but it would require time and money to make the re quisite inquiries and substantiate the claim. Now in many a place there would be none to contest the right a man might have to assert that he belonged to such and such a family, or oven to assume their arms. But it was otherwise in shire. Every one was up in genealogy and heraldry, and considering filching a name and a pedigree a far worse sin than any of those mentioned iu the command ments. There were those among them who would doubt and dispute even the decision of the Herald’s College; but with it, if in his favor, Mr. Wilkins intended to be satisfied, and accordingly he wrote in reply to their letter to say tliut of course he was awaro that such inquiries would take a considerable sum of money, but that still ho wished them to be made and that speedily. Before the end of the year he went up to London to order a brougham to bo built (for Ellinor to drive out in wet weather, ho said; but us going in a closed carriage always made her ill, he used it principally himself in driving to dinner parties) with the Do Wiuton Wilkinses arms neatly emblazoned on panel and harness. Hitherto he had always gone about in a dog cart—the immediate de scendant of his father’s old-fashioned gig. For all this the squires, ;his employers, only laughed at him, and did not treat him with one whit more respect. Mr. Punster,the now clerk, was a quiet, respectable looking muu; you could not call him a gentleman iu manner, and yet no one could say he wus vulgar. He had not much varying expression on his face, but a permanent one of thoughtful con sideration of the subject in bund, what ever it might bo, that would have fitted as well with tho profession of medicine as with that of law, and was quite the right look for either. Occasionally a bright flash of sudden intelligence light ed up his deep sunk eyes, but even this was quickly extinguished as by some to ward repression, and the habitually reflec tive, subdued expression returned to the face. As soon as he came into his situa tion he first began quietly to arrange the papers, and next the business of which they .were the outwurd sign into more methodical order than they had been in since old Mr. Wilkins’ death. Punctual to a moment himself, he look ed his displeased surprise when the infe rior clerks camo tumbling in half an hour after the time in tho morning; and his look was more effective than uiiiny men’s words; henceforward the subordinates were within five minutes of the appoint ed hour for openiug the office; but still he was always there before them. Mr. Wilkins himself winced under bis new clerk’s order and punctuality; Mr. Dun- ster’s raised eyebrow, and contraction of the lips at some woeful confusion in the business of the office, chafed Mr. Wilkins more, far more thun any open expression of opinion w’ould have done; for that he could have mot and explained away, as he fancied. A secret respectful dislike grew up in his bosom against' Mr. Dun- ster. He esteemed him, he valued him, and he could not bear him. Year after year Mr. Wilkins had become more un der the influence of his feelings, and loss under the command of his reason. He rather cherished than repressed his ner vous repugnance to the harsh, measured i tones of Mr. Punster’s voice: tho latter spoke with a provincial twang which grated *on his employer’s sensitive ear. He was annoyed at a certain green coat ! which his new clerk brought with biin, . and he watched its increasing shabbiness , with a Rort of childish pleasure. But by i and by Mr. Wilkins found out that from j some perversity of taste Mr. Punster al ways had his coats,|Sundny and working j day, made of this obnoxious color: and this knowledge did not diminish his se- cret irritation. The worst of all, per- ! haps, watt that Mr. Punster was really in valuable in many ways—“a perfect treas ure,” as Mr. Wilkins used to term him in speaking of him after dinner; but for all that he came to hate his ‘perfect treasure’ as he gradually felt that Punster had be come so indispenable to tho business that his chief coulu not do without him. The clients re echoed Mr. Wilkins’ words, and spoke of Mr. Punster os in valuable to his master, a thorough treas ure, the very saving of the business. They had not been better attended to, not even in old Mr. Wilkins’ days; such a clear head, such a knowledge of law, such a steady, upright fellow, always at his post. The grating voice, the drawling accent, the bottle-green coat were nothtog to them; far less noticed, in fact, than Wil kins’ expensive habits, the money he paid for his wine and horses, and the nonsense of claiming kin with the Welsh Wil- kinoes, and setting up his brougham to drive aboat shire lanes, snd be kaoakad to pieoea over the rough round ••JjRdojMiUnriof. »e«sasfca did not oome near n. Hi nor to trouble her life. To her her dear father was tho first of human be ings; so sweet, so good,so kind, so charm ing in conversation, so full of accom- E lishment and information! To her oalthy, lmppy mind, every one turned their bright side. She loved Miss Mon ro—all the servants, especially Dixon, the coachman, lie had been her father’s play fellow ns a boy, and, with all his re spect and admiration for h»s master, the freedom of intercourse that had been es tablished between them then had never been quite lost. Dixon was a fine stal wart old fellow, and was as harmonious in his ways with his master ns Mr. Pun ster was discordant; accordingly, ho was a groat favorite, and could say many a thing which might have been taken as impertinent from another servant. He was Ellinor’s great confidant about many of her little plans and projects, things that she dared not speak of to Mr. Corbet, who, after her father and Dixon, was her next host friend. This intimacy with Dixon displeased Mr. Corbet; he once or twice insinuated that he did not think it was well to talk so familiarly ns Ellinor did with a servant, one out of a completely different class, such as Dixon. Ellinor did not easily take hints; every one had spoken plain out to her hitherto; so Mr. Corbet had to say his meaning plain out at last. Then for the first timo he saw her angry; bin she was too youug, too childish, to havo words at will to ex press hor feelings; she could only say broken beginnings of sentences, such as “What a shame! Good, dearDixou, who is as loyal and true and kiud as any no- blemuu. I like him far better than you, Mr. Corbet, and I shall talk to him.” And then she burst into tears and ran away, und would not come to wish Mr. Corbet good-bye, though she knew she should not see him again for a long time, as he was returning tho next day to his futhor’s house, from whence he would go to Cambridge. He was annoyed at this result of the good advice he had thought himself bound to give to a motherless girl, who had no one to instruct her in tho proprie ties iu which his own sisters wore brought up; ho left Hamley both sorry and dis pleased. As for Ellinor, when she found out the next day that he really was gone, —gono without oven coming to Ford Bank again to see if she wero not penitent for her angry words—gone W’ithoutsayiug or hearing a word of good-bye, she shut her self up in her room, and cried more bit terly than ever, because anger against herself was mixed with hor regret for his loss. Luckily her father was dining out, or lie would have iuquired what was the matter with his darling, and she would have L td to try to explain what could not be explained. As it was she sat with her back to the light during the school-room tea, and afterward, when Miss Monro had settled down to her study of the Spanish language, Ellinor stole out into the gar den, meaning to have a fresh cry over her own naughtiness aud Mr. Corbet’s depart ure; but the August evening was still und calm, and put her passionate grief to shame, hushing her upas it were with the other >ouug creatures who wero being soothed to rest by the serene time of day and the subdued light of the twilight sky. There w as a piece of ground surround ing tho flower garden, which was not shrubbery nor wood, nor kitcheu garden —only a grassy bit, out of which a group of old forest trees sprang. Their roots were heaved above ground; their leaves fell in autumn so profusely that the turf wus rngged and bure in spring ; but to make up for this, there never was such a place for snow drops. The roots of these old trees were Elli nor’s favorite play place; this space be tween these two was her doll’s kitcheu, that its drawing room, and so on. Mr. Corbet rather despised her contrivances for doll’s furniture, so she had not often brought him here; but Dixon dolighted in them, and contrived und planned with the eagerness of six years old rather than forty. To-night Ellinor weut to this place, aud there were all a now collection of ornaments for Miss Dolly’s oitttog room made out of fir-bobs, in the pret tiest and most ingenious way. She knew it was Dixon’s doing, and rushed off in search of him to thank him. “What’s tho matter with my pretty ?” asked Dixon, ns soon ns the pleasant ex citement of thanking and being thanked wus over, and ho had leisure to look at her tear-stained face. “Oh! I don’t know! never miud,” said she reddening. Dixon was silent for a moment or tw’o, while she tried to turn off his attention by her hurried prattle. “There’s no trouble afoot that I can mend?" asked bo, iu n minute or two. “Oh no! it’s really nothing—nothing at all,” said she. “lt r s only that Mr. Cor bet wont away without saying good-bye tome, that’s all." Aud she looked as if she would have liked to cry again. “That wus not manners,” said Dixon, decisively. “But it was my fault," replied Ellinor, pleading against tho condemnation. Dixon looked at her pretty sharply from under his rngged, bushy eye-brows. “Ho had been giving mo a lecture, and saying that I did not do what his sisters did—just as if I wore to bo always trying to be liko somebody else—and I was cross aud ran away.” “Then it was Missy who would not say good-bye. That was not good manners iu Missy.” “But, Dixon, I don’t like being lectur ed!” “I reckon you don’t get much of it. But,indeed,my pretty,I dure say Mr Corbet was in tho right; for you sec muster is busy, and Miss Monro is so dreadful learned, und your poor mother is deud aud goue, and you have no one to teach yon how youug ladies go on; and by all accounts Mr. Corbet comeH of a good family. I've heard say his father hud the best stud farm in all .Shropshire, and spared no money upon it; and tho young ladies, his sisters, will have been taught tho best of manners; it might be well for my pretty to hear how they go on.” •'You dear old Dixon, you don’t know anything about my lecture, and I am not going to tell you. Only I dare say Mr. Corbet might be a little bit right, though I am sure ho was a great deal wrong.” “But you'll not go on a fretting—you won’t now, there’s a good young ludy; for master won't like it, and it will make him uneasy, and lie’s iu enough of trouble without your red eyes, bless them.” “Trouble—pupa, trouble ! Oh, Dixon, what do you mean?” exclaimed Ellinor, her fuce taking all a woman’s intensity of expression in u minute. “Nay, I know naught," said Dixon eva sively. “Only that Dunster fellow is not to my mind, and I think he pesters the master sadly with his fid-fad ways.” “I hate Mr- Dunster,” said Ellinor, ve hemently. “I won't speak a word to him tho next time he comes to dine with papa.” “Missy will do what papa likes best,” said Dixon udmonisbiugly; and with this the “pair of friends" parted. CHAPTER IV. The snmmer afterward Mr. Corbet came again to read with Mr. Ness. He did not perceive any alteration in him self, and indeed his early matured char acter had hardly made progress during the last twelve months, whatever total* leotual acquirements he might have made. Therefore it was astonishing to him to see the alteration iu Ellinor Wilkius. She had shot up from a rather puny girl to u tall, alight young lady, with promise of great beauty in the fuce, which a year ago had only been remarkable for the fineness of tho eyes. Tier complex ion was clear now, although colorless— twelve months ago ho would have called it 8h11ow—her delioato cheek was smooth ns marble, her teeth wore even and white, and here rare smiles called out n lovely dimple. 8he met her former friend and lecturer with a grave shyness; for she remember ed well how they had parted, aud thought he could hardly havo forgiven, much less forgotten, her passionate flinging away from him. But tho truth wus, aftortho first few hours of offended displeasure,ho had censed to think of it at all. She, poor child, by way of proving hor repen tance, had tried hard to reform her bois terous tom-boy manners, iu order to show him that, although she would not giveup her dear old friend Dixon at his or nuy one’s bidding, she would strive to profit by his lectures in all things renson- ble. Tho consequence wus, that she sud denly appeared to him as an elegant, dig nified young ludy, instead of tho rough little girl he reuiembored. Still below her somewhat formal mnnuers there lurk ed the old wild spirit, as ho could plainly see after a little more watching; and he begAn to wish to call this out, and to strive, by reminding her of old days, und nil her childish frolics, to flavor her sub dued manners and speech, with a little of tho former originality. In this he succeeded. No ono, neither Mr. Wilkius, nor Miss Monro, nor Mr. Ness saw .wiint this youug conp’e wore about—they did not know it themselves; but before tho summer was over they were desperately iu lovo with each other, or perhaps I should rather say Ellinor was desperately in love with him, ho ns pussionately as he could bo with any one; but in him the totel lout was superior iu strength to either affections or passions. The causes of tho blindness of those around them w’ore those: Mr. Wilkins still considered Ellinor as a little girl, ns his own pet, his durltog, but nothing more. Miss Monro was anxious about her own improvement. Mr. Ness was deep iu a new edition of Horace, which he was going to bring out with notes. I believe Dixon would have been keouer- sighted, but EllRor kept Mr. Corbet and Dixon apart for obvious reasons—they were each hor dear friends, but she knew that Mr. Corbet did not like Dixon, aud suspected that tho feeling was mutual. The only change of circumstances bo- tween this year aud tho pievious one con sisted in this development of attachment between the young people. Othowise every thing went on apparently as usual. With Ellinor the course of the day was something like this: Up curly and into the garden until breakfast time, when she made tea for her father aud Miss Monro in the diniug room, always taking caTe to lay a little nosegay of freshly gathered flowers by hor father’s plate. After breakfast, when tho conversation had been on general and indifferent sub jects, Mr. Wilkius withdrew into the little study, so often mentioned. It opened out of the pnssngo that ran between tho dining room and the kitchen, on the. loft hand of tho hall. Corresponding to tho dining room, ou tho othor side of the hall was tho drawing room, with its side win dow serving us u door into a conservatory, and this again opened iuto the library. Old Mr. Wilkins had added a semi-circu lar projection to tho library, which was lighted by a dome above, und showed off his son’s Italian purchases of sculpture. The library was by far tho most striking aud agreeable room iu the house; and tho consequence was that the drawing room was seldom used, and hud tho aspect of cold discomfort common to apartments rarely occupied. Mr. Wilkins’ study, on the other side of the house, was also an after thought, built only a few years ugo, and projected from the regularity of the outside wal 1 ; a little stoue passage led in. to it from the hall, small, narrow and dark, and out of which no other door opened. The study itself was a hexagon, ouo side-window, ono the-place, and the re maining four being occupied wutU doors, two of which hnve already been mention ed, another at the foot of tho narrow winding straits which led straight iuto Mr. Wilkins’ bed-room over the diniug room, and tho fourth opening into a path through tho shrubbery to the right of the flower-garden as you looked from tho house. This path led through tho stable- yard, and then by a short cut right into Hamley, and brought you out close to Mr. Wilkius’ office; it was by this way ho al ways went to and returned from his busi ness. He used the study fora smoking and lounging room principally, although he always spoke of it as a convenient place for holding confidential communi cations which such of bis clients us did not like discussing their bu-inehs within the possible heuring of all the clerks iu his office. By the outer door ho could also pass to the stables, and see that all proper care was taken at all times of his favorite and valuable horses. Into this study Ellinor would follow him of u morning, helping him ou with his great coat, mending his gloves, talking mi infi nite deni of merry fond nothing, and then, clinging to his arm, she would ac company him in his visits to the stables, going up to tlio shyest horses, and pet ting thorn, und j utting them, and feed ing them with bread all tho time that her futher held converso with Dixon. When he was tiua’ly gone—and sometimes it was u long time first—she returned to the school room to Miss Monro, and tried to set herself hard at work at her lessons. But she had not much time for steady application. If her father had cored for her progress in anything, she would and could have worked hard at that study or accomplishment; but Mr. Wilkins, the ease and pleasure loving man, did not wish to make himself into the pod igoguc, as ho would have considered it, if lie had ever questioned Ellinor with a real steady purpose of ascertaining her intellectual progress. Itwasquito enough for him that her general intelligence and variety of desultory and miscellaneous reading made her a pleasant and agrcoublc com panion for his hours of relaxation. At tw elve o’clock Ellinor put away her books with joyful eagerness, kissed Miss Monro,asked her if they should go a regu lar walk, and was always rather thankful when it was decided that it would be better to stroll iu tho garden—a decision very often come to, for Miss Monro hated fatigue, hated dirt, hated scrambling, and dreaded rain; all of which are evils, the chances of which aro never far distant from country walks. Ho Ellinor dunccd out into tho garden, worked away among her flowers, played at the old games among the roots of the trees, und when she could [ seduce Dixon in tho flower gulden to , have a little consultation as to the horses j und dogs. For it was one of her father’s 1 few strict rules that Ellinor was never to | go into the stable yard unless ho were j with her; so these tete-a-tetes with Dixon I were always held in the flower garden, or bit of'forest ground surrounding it. Miss l Monro sat and basked in the sun, close to I the diul, which made the centre of the gay flower-beds, upon which the dining i room/and study windows looked. 1 At one o’clock EUinor and Miss Monro ; dined. An hour wah allowed for Miss 1 Monro’s digestion, which Ellinor again ■pent oat of doors, and at three lessons began and lasted until five. At that time they went to dress preparatory for tho school room teant half past live. Aftor tea Ellinor tried to prepare her lossons for tho next day; but all tho timo she was listening for her father's footstep—tho moment she hoard that she dashed dowu her book, and flow out of the room to welcome aud kins him. Soven was his dinner hour, lie hardly ever dined aloue, indeed he often dined from home four days out of soven, and wheu ho had no engagement to take him out ho liked to havo some ono to keep him company. Mr. Ness very often, Mr. Corbet along with him if he was in Hamley, a stranger friend, or one of his clients. Sometimes, reluctantly, aud when ho fancied he could not avoid tho attention without giving of fense, Mr. Wilkins would ask Mr. Dmi ster, and thou tho two would always fol low Ellinor iuto tho library at a very early hour, as if their subjects for tete-a-tete conversation wore quite exhausted. With all his other visitors Mr. Wilkins r.at long —yes, and yearly longer; with Mr. Ness because they became interested in each other’s conversation, with some of the others, because the wine was good, and tho host hated to spare it. , [to be continued. ] SCIENTIFIC NOTES. —A wiiter to Nature says the timo is passed for the publication of simple state ments of the commonplaoe facts of oste- ology ; tho subject is more than over loaded with them already. What is now wanted is the application to thorn of some methods by which, like the doctriuo of evolution, or the vertebrato theory of the skull, those at present on hand may bo turned to better account in determining tho true affinities of different animals, or the means by which the proRcnt state of things lias been arrived at. —Mr. Loiseau, of Philadelphia, has in vented a uiachiuo which, with the holp of two men, will produce cue hundred and titty tons of artificial fuel in a day. The materials are of ninety-five per cent, of coal dust with five per cent, of clay, sprinkled during the mixiug with milk of huio. Tho pastry mass is then monldod into egg-shaped lumps; these are dried on belts of wire gauze, aro dipped iuto n solution of resin and benzine, to render them damp-proof, and aro ready for the market. In this way, it iH hoped, a menus of utilizing the prodigious heaps of coal- dust at the Pennsylvania mines has been discovered. —OyBtors are senreo iu Englaud, und tho celebratod bods of Arcachou aud Con- curneau iu the west of France, are less productive than formerly. People have made more progress iu eating than in raising thtsu bivalves, aud notwithstan ding the millions eaten every year, very little is known of their habits and the condition of their growth. It is now ascertained that oysters will not grow in certuiu localities where the conditions aro apparently exactly similar to other locali ties whero they will thrive; and tho gradual change wrought by the sea in certain pnrt.s of the coast may account, quite as much as overfishing, for the grnduul extinction of oysters. —A paper has been read before the British Meiorological Society by W. Gal loway, inspector of mines, which showed beyond the possibility of a doubt that the escape of tire-damp is related unduly to the conditions of atmospherical pressure, aud tliHt a careful watch over the harome- tor is, above all, necessary iu oneh colliery, though one such record would suffice for KuVt iul adjacent mines. The paper gives some instances of explosions which might all have boeu prevented by proper Venti lation und by the use of safety-lumps, and slutes how pressing the need is that -nfe- t.v lamps only should be used in all places where fire-dump may accumulate, when ever the atmosphere is in u disturbed condition, as shown by tlio record of the barometer and thermometer. —Three different velocities concurring Id' produce iu an open organ-pipe the one fundamental tone, which we call its pitch, the super-nodal wave having ono veloci ty, and the sub-nodal wave having for its course aud recourse two different rates of progression. The motiou of vibra tion is an activity tempered by rests. In every wind-instrument wo perceive in'i- luutmiiH that the period of rest is origi nally governed by ihu special structure of each, and experiment shows that we can arbitrarily limit or prolong it; this variable ratio of rest to activity is to be taken into all calculated times und veloci ties. In forming a true conception of the behavior of musical reeds, and in tracing out the process of tone-making in organ- pipes and other wind-instruments, the modifying influence of tho “rest” be tween the vibrations announces itself as of vital importance. The uction of the heart furnishes u parallel instance—con traction, dilution, pause—tho three mak ing up the rhythmic period of the heart’s bout, und their relative duration varying with tho individual organization. —The mass of water in the tropics, says Leuz, warmed dowu to a certain depth by the sun's heat, cannot maintain its equilibrium with the colder water of the middle and higher latitudes; a flow of the warmer water from the equator to the poles must necessarily take place on the surface, aud this surface-flow must In- supplied at the equator by a flow of colder water from high latitudes, which would at first flow in an almost horizontal direction but wbichiiuderlhe equator must rise from below to tho sur'ace. In this manner, in the northern hemisphere, a great vertical circulation takes places in the oeoun, which lias its direction above from the equator lo tho pole, and below from the pole to tho equator. Sines these flow-, moving in opposite directions, are distinguished by their different tempera- turn*, we observe in tho submarine isoth erm an indication of the dim tion of tho lower portion of this flow. A corns ponding flow, but movitig in 'he opposite direction, takes place in tho southern hemisphere; so that in a zone surround ing' the equator, where tho two flows meet, tho water flows almost in the direction from below up to the surface. —A memorial for woman suffrage s'gu- ed by women, was presented to Mr. Disraeli. Tho list is beaded by Flor ence Nightengale, followed by Harriet Mnrtineuu, Mary Carpenter, Lady Anna Gore Langton,Miss Frances Power Cobbe, Miss Thackeray, Miss Anne Hwanwick, and many other ladies eminent for their inte.lloctuul at twin merits and social posi tion. The Premier, in his reply, express ed himself as much honored by such an offering. Vet wheu the moment came for helping the oauso in the House, ho forgot all his fine sontimeuts and complimenta ry professions. A politician makes a ►orry sort of philanthrooist at the bed. Reynard is a poor wutcu-dog for his master. —Tho Is tost device for preventing In dian raids iH to abolish the Indians. To steal their borseH. and then shoot whoever tries to recover them is the programme. It is simple as hrfads I win and tails you lose. — When Chicago was burning, tho Mayor of Boston telegraphed an offer of assistance iu case of need. Boston knows bow to sympathise with Chicago. Sympa thies, like honey-suokle, thrive wouder- f ally under a treatment of aahes. Why Dickens and Ilia Wire Farted. Thu Loudon correspondent of the New Yook A endian says of Dickuu's domestic unhappiness: “In the last American papers which have come to hand I see that Wilkie Col lins’ drama of The Frozen lhcp has boon performed in Boston. You ure perhaps aware that Collins lias recently boeu en gaged in turniug this play iuto a novel. The Frozen Deep awakens many sad re flections in my miud, ns that piece was indirectly the means of bringing about much of Dickous' domestic unhappiness. Tho whole story of his separation from his wife has never yet been properly told, and iu all probability novor will bo, hs his widow is resolved to maintain tho silence she has so long kept. But it is generally known that the family is dissat isfied with Forster's book. Your readers may have heard of the grand umatcur performances given in 18.V.1 at the Freo Trade Hall, Mauchoster, in nid of the Douglass Jerrold Fund. Dickens, Collins, Shirley Brooks, Mark Lemon, and many other celebrated writers took parts. The ladies' characters wero interpreted by professional uctresses. Among these wi«b Miss Ellen Ternan. Sho w*s then n fresh, ploasant-lookiug girl, not especially pret ty, but possessing a good figure ami an extiemely Agreeable muuiier. If over the German poet's doctrine of elective affini ties was proved to bo true, it was wheu Dickons and Miss Ternan mot. It was evident to nearly all that the two were mutually infatuated. Dickens was con stantly at her side, though his manner was carefully guarded. Mrs. Dickens was with the purty, but did not appear to notice tho iutimaev. Very soon after these performances Miss Ternan, at Dick ons’ wish, left the stage. His affection for her was Raid to havo been purely pb- tonic, and I have never mot nuy ono who was disposed to dispute this belief. But, nevertheless, it was this intimacy which was the final causo of tho rtjpturo be tween Diekins and his wife. For many years prior to 185!) their mutual rein ions had been anything but happy, although I do not think that Mrs. Dickous hud pie- viously had any well-grounded cause for jealousy. A short time after tho pur'y returned from Manchester, Mrs. Diok.-ns weut into a fashionable jeweler's n» the West End, whore she was iu the Inh't of dealing,and was asked by ono of the firm, who kuew her well, how she liked her new bracelet. Hhe said that she did not understand him, as she had not received any such urtiolo. The gentleman then explained that it wasoue Mr. Dickons hnd ordered for his wife, with a likeness and some hair in. This of oourae opouod Mrs. Dickens’eyes, and a separation speedily followed. Hines that time Mrs. Dickens has lived very quietly in a pretty little house near the Regont’s Park, wlicro hor children, whose respect aud affection she has always enjoyed, have ever been fre quent visitors.” Dentine In Tigers. Two dealers, Mr. Jamrach in London, and Herr Hagcnheck in Hamburg, have almost a monopoly of tile trade iu wild uuimals. The former recoutly gave some of liis experience with tigorH. He says: When the young tigers are accustomed to intercourse with men, they ure always tame, but you must not go near them at feeding timo. My assistant took a largo tiger, two years old, to Londuu in n sail ing vessel from Culcutta; ho pluyod with every ouo on bonrd, and was ouly shut up iu h s cage at night. His groat friend was a dog, a rut catcher, and they were tnkou together iu the same cage to America. 1 havo often tried to bring up tigers wi h other uuimals, and havo succeed id beat with common Indiuu jackals; 1 believe the scent of this auiinul prevents tlio tiger from nttaching it. The tiger's greatest enemies next to man are monkeys It j N interesting to see the courage und dex terity of a monkey when he < annul es cape an encounter. I once put a groat baboon with a nearly full grown tiger. The baboon leaped upon the tige 'h back and look firm hold with his teeth. Tho t ger could not shake him off, und it was with great difficulty that we took tho Im- lioon out of the cage. Ho seized the ti ger by tlio neck through tho burs, and vented his rage by biting them. I never made the experiment again. I bad great difficulty in getting tigers between the years 18(55 ’(57, as tho Indian jewelers would give five or six rupees a piece for claws,which wero used for orna ments. The sliikureos, therefore found it auswered better to shoot tigers than to capture them. A good skill is worth two or three times us much in India or it iH in Europo. You may get 120 to 150 rupees fora handsomely marked skin. There is now but little demand for living tigers, so that the Hhikarees devote themselves chiefly to killing them. And, although hundreds are killed every year, there is still un immense number of them. It is almost incredible bow many human be ings are devoured by them. A tiger gen erally only becomes a man-eater when other food fails; but when he 1ms once taken to killing men, he keeps at it. 1 be lieve that all tlio tigers in Singapore are man-eaters, for there is no other food for them. It lius been proved that one Chi nese wood cutter disappeared on an aver age every day. I havo seen many tigers from Singapore, old |nnd young, but they were none of them tunic. At Ma dras, on board n steamer, my assistant wus frightened out of his berth one night by a tiger having gnawed through the roof of his cabin. This was ouo from Singapore. Before tho opouing of the Suez canal there was a great difficulty about the transport of tigers. 1 once had seven tigers on board a ship, and twenty two oxen for food, of which seventeen died in one week of u pestilence. Tho tigers hud to content themselves with two pounds of meat per day until moro could bo procured ut Cape Town. There have been many cross breeds between lions und tigers iu English menageries, but the cubs are never rearod.” —Ouo of the best modern specimens of tho hero is George Builbymer, who, while uboad a Mississippi steamer with his hands manacled for larceny, leaped into the river after a little girl who had fallen from the deck. He caught up the child and raised her to tho surface, lint the rapid current swept him under and oariiod the child from his sehacklcd hands; again he came to the surface, and again ho caught tho child, and again ho began to struggle to keep the child above water, wliilo scores of men and good swimmers stood by and waited for the Hmall bout to reach tho struggling man und little child. They wore saved. —The Louisville Courier-Journal says there was an accident opposite its office the other day; aud as an illustra tion of journalistic enterprise, it men tions the faot that within ten minutes of the occurrence a reportor of every daily paper in the city whs at the spot with note-book iu band. This is well for Louisville; but had it occurred in Now York the reportor of the Sun would have got the start of the uociilont by a couple of hours, and tho Herald would havo had a special dispatch giving all the particulars the night before. —Mr. Barton finds that trying to teach the daily paper* to tall the truth is worse than lover labor lost. They do not be lieve so much in lying as in stickiug to the lie when onoe it is told. There is nothing like oonriattnoy unless it be mucilage. Lawyers. JOSEPH F. POU, Attorney at Law, and Judge of County Court. 1'ractlcos In all other Courts. Ofllco over store or W. II. Roberts k Co., Broad 8t. MAMIIKI. H. HATCHER, Attorney at Law. JttHO Office over Wittlch k Ktnsel's. J. M. McNeill, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Prsctic os in court, of Georgia und Alubauia. Office ia» Broad at., (over llolntcud k Co.'s. j 1 i" , ‘> : ‘l attention given to collect ion*. Jail Martin J. Crawford. tWFORD. INGRAM St URAWFORDM, Attorneys at Law, Wilt practice in tho State aud Federal Courts of Georgia. Illgcs & Co.'s Htore, uorthwest Jtt8_ A. A. DOZIER, Attorney aud Counsellor at Law, Practice, in Htuto and Federal Courts in Georgia JsO Mark II. Ulandford. Louih F. Garrard. RLANDFORD * GARRARD, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law. GUIco No. 07 Bread Rtroet, ever Wittich k Klu xer. Jewelry Htore. Will practico In tho Stato and Federal Courts. sep4 Jas. M. KurtMKLt. Char. J. Swift. HUMNELL St MWIFT, Attorney, und Counsellor, ut Law. Will practice iu tlio Court, of Georgia (Chattahoochee Ciroult) u..d Alabama. (Hike over C. A. Hedd * Co.’, .tore, Broad street, Columbus, Ga. jal L. T. DOWNING, Attorney aud Nolleltor. II. 8. Com'r and ltegister iu Uaukruptcj. Ollke nov‘iO| over Brook.' Drug Htore, Columbus, Ga. PEABODY St BRANNON,~ Attorneys at Law. Gffice ovf.r J. Knnis k Co.'h Storr, Broad St., m.vlHJ Wist Side. R. J. MOHEN, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Doctor*. tliorpe Hts. Office hour.—7 t DR. COLXEY. a mid Office corner of Bt. Clair and Ogle- 12 to 2 p. M., «ep27 dtf DR. U. B. LAW. i corner Uroud and Randolph street., Burrin' building. leuco on Forsyth, three door. !>elow 8t. Clair. DR. J. A. UBRUHART, • at C. J. Moffett's Drug Htore, llroad street, hwldeuca on Bt. Clair, between llroad and ift Front 8ts., Columbus, Ga. DR. J. C. COOK, Dru&^ists. J. I. GRIFFIN, Importrd Drug, and Chemicals, Prescription, carefully prepared. JalH jNo. 100 Uroud .treat. JOHN L. JORDAN, Drufffffat, Two doors below Goo. W. Brown's, Uroud Street, Columbus, Ga. 4«r Nit>f Ibdl right of .oiitli door. st-pf, A. X. BRANNON, Wmt Side, Broad Strew, OoumsuH, Ga., Wholesale and Retail Dealer In Bruits and Medicinal* Toilet Articles and Perfnniery. Cotton Factories. COLUMBUM MANUFACTURING CO., Munulacturer. of Shm'tlngtt, Shirtings, and Hewing and Knitting Thread. Curd. Wool hikI Grinds Wheat and Corn- Office in rear ol Wittich A Kinsel's, Randolph at J.il8 R. II. OllILTON, President. MUNCOGEE MANUFACTURING CO. Muiiiir.vctnrers of bllKP.TINGH, SHIRTINGS, YARN, HOPE, Ac. COLUMBUS, GA. G. p SWIFT, President. W. A. SWIFT, Secretary k Treasurer. octal ly Watchmakers. C. MCUOMIttJKG, rriK tlual Wnlehnmker and Jeweler, Sliereahor to L. Gutowvkv, 105 Uroud .tr o t. Jail Columbus, Oa. C. II. LK4JUIN, Watchmaker, Tobacco, Cigars, &c. MAI UR DORN. ;U Homo aud Mmu« • Ho C. LOPEZ, 1 In and Maniifneturer of Fine Cigars, Near Broad Street Depot. Barber Shops. LOUIS WELLS' SHAVING SALOON, (SiL-cosHor to II. Hours,) Under Georgia Home Insurance Iluilding. Prompt and polite harhoi. iu attendance. ALEX A HAM, a, Sr. Clair Strmt. ED. TERRY, Rurbar, Crawford St., under Uankiu House, Columbus, Ou Dress-Making. MINN M. A. HOLI.INGMWORTII, Dress-Making, Cutting aud Fitting. Tcrmscluaj Residuum und shop in Browneville. Feed 8tore. JOHN F1TZGIBBONN, Wlu.U-.tiUi ttnd ltet.ll iu liny, 0«u, Corn iUcon, Ik., OnlotlioriH) St., o|iiio.il. Jal Tom,H-rni.ro ll.ll Confectioners. I. G. kTItUPPEK, Candy Manufacturer AND DEALUR IN All klndit of Confectionery and Frulia, Stick Candy 18 cents. Full weight guaranteed In each box. 1a24 Hotel*. PLANTERS* HOTEL, Neat to Col ambus Bank Building. Porters at all tba trains. jalS Builder, and Architects. 1. «. CHiLMin, Monte Carpenter and 1 Jobbing done at short aotlss. Plans and specifications furnished for til so 1st of buildings llroad Street, next to 0. W. Brown's, itesjla. Dentists. na!S!i W. F. TIONBK, Dentist, Opposite Btruppsr's building, Baadstph Ik Special attention siren to the inssrtioa of Art!- tctal Teeth, as well as to Operative Dentistry. T. W. HENTS, Dentist. Over Joseph Jt_Brother'a store. W. T. POOL, Dentist, nov23] 101 Broad 8t., Columbus, Oa. J*L W. J. FOGLE, Dentist, aepftl Onorsla Home Building. Oo'rahm. <U. "" ■■■nn—i Boots and Shoos. WELLS A CURTIS, No. 78 Broad Street, Hare always a full stock of Boots and Shoes, Upper, Sole aa4 Rep, ness Leather and Find lags of all kinds. Reliable goods I Reasonable prlots I Livery and Sale Stabloa. IUIIIT THOIMM, i.lvcrr, .«!« ami Ea.haaca Mablas, OouTiiosri, Notts or Ransolm 8«a, vi’KiO Columbus, Os. A. GAMMEL, Livery and Mala MaMaa, OuLRtnotri 8t., Colombo*, Ga. Particular attention given In Fitting sM Bsls of Mtock. Horses amt Mules boarded Is stables hf tbs month or day. ^LfS Restaurants. MM. W. f. IKIBH, rmyrt*. 11ARR1H COUNTY RESTAURANT, Na. SS Broad IlnM. Thu best of Foreign and Domestic Lienors sad Cigars. Meals at all hourm J. J. BLAK8LT, Prop's. Fresh Meats. J. W. PATRICK, 8tails No. 8 and 18, Market Reass. Fresh Moats of every kiud und best qsslity, BUHs Nos. M sad IT. Cun and Loeksmlths. PHILIP EIFLEB, Gun and Locknwith, Crawford street, sent t# Johuson'o coruer, Columbus. Us. jal WILLIAM 8CHOBRB, Gun and Locksmith and dealer in Usssisg I Julfl torlals. Opposite Enquirer C Piano Tuningffte. E. W. BLAU, Repairer and Tuner of Planoes, Accordeons. 8igi “ * Orders may be bo left Grocers. DAN’I, ] Dealer in Family Groceries, ou Bryan street, be tween Oglethorpe A Jackson streets. Air No charge for dray age. — v J. H. HAMILTON, WbslMsIl Md Rota il Uro jsr, Junction of Frankllui Warren A No charge for drayag 0 -, * eapll ■SHAM COOPER, Family Grocer and Dealer In Country Produce, *e|di next to “Enquirer" Oftlee. Tailors. G. A. KGCHNE, Merchant Tailor and Cutter, mstly A full stock of French und English Broadeld*sMl HENRY 8KLLMAN. Cutting, Cleaning and Repairing . Doijo in the boat etyle. «|»r24J Corner Crawford aod Frost BlOOf Boot and 8hoemak#ra htMl WM. MEYER, Root and Hhoemaker. Dealer in Leather aud Findings. Nest to 0. J Redd A Co.’s. Prompt aud strict attention fire Tin and Coppersmiths. WM. FEE, Worker In Tin, bheet Iron, Copper. ci ders from abroad promptly attended to. No, 17*. Broad Street. Painters. WM. 8NOW, JB., A CO., House and Sign Painter*, Old Oglethorpe corner, (Just north of | Columbus, Georgia. Wilt contract for House and Sign Painting at reasonable prices, aud guarantee satisfaction. LAWYERS. w. r. William,. Cuu.IL Wiuum. WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS, Attorneys at Law, COLUMBUS, UA. es- Oflce over Alwiirsstonn JylTAns^ W. A. Farley, A. ttornoy-»t-IJ»W UUSSETA, Ohattauoouui Oa, o*. DOCTORS. Dr. J. H. CAKRIGEB, SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN, O FFICE up it.lr. 8. E. cor of Bro»£a*»«- dolph Streots. where he may tefMWiGOf or night when not professionally engs§*G» iSotuuabus, April 2% 187*. HINES DOZIER, Vttorney at Law, HAMILTON, UA., yy IM. practice to,the Cli.<Ub<wchw..Ctw«lt iMutucu iii ......—r any where else. Alt kind of pusnxn. "I'ay me or runaway. novH M MILLINERY. SPRINC MILLINERY, A K have lust received a foil line of . ^ AND MIMtRSIUI»aV,HsT cluJIn* .11 IIID NOVItoTlM Of «bc «—«*. “•KlSilNO *ND MJUCHINU Com to IS* l.»>.t .1 tli. «h«to>ljwllcj. , ”