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Newspaper Page TextYOL. XVI. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1874. NO. 274 T1IE LOOK OF FATE in iuh myniwi mum oi iuy: And the bright thread* Hath their radiant glow In the face of a maiden ooy, Who sweetly smile* at the splendor bright, And the weaver's subtle strain; As the golden threads flash in and out, Flash in and out again. And the maiden joins In tha wearer’s song, Her soul is wrapped in the splendor rare, And her heart grows proud and rain, As the golden threads flash In and out, Flash In and out again. Ah! a shadow falls on the weaver’s brow, And his song grows sad and low; For the wondrous thread «t>ems changing now— It has lust 1 s radi int glow; And the web grows dark, and darker still, With the blighting sorrow stain; As baok and forth the shuttle flies, Still baok and lorth again. Breaks forth a sign ol pain ; ks baok and forth the shuttle flics, Still back ana forth again. And the weaver, Fate, sits stern aud grim Beside his shadowed lo m. * To break the mystlo thread so dark His subtle skill Is vain, As baok and forth the shuttle flies, Still baok and forth again. THE OLD VIOLIN. Frederick Graham had betrajed a de cided talent for music at an early age. His father was a stock-broker, and in a dark aud dreary office in the darkest part of the city of London had scraped up sufficient money to purchase a house at Brlxton, and to establish for himself s respectable name as church-warden. He was punctual in his payments, and rigid in exacting the same punctuality from others; he loved business, and looked upon skill in stock-jobbing aa the sum mit of human wisdom. Mr. Graham be ing thus constituted, it is not to be won dered at that Frederick, from his cradle, should have been destined to follow in the successful footsteps of bis father. With these gentlemen, sons are merely pieoes of machinery to be put in action at a certain age—invested capital for which they calculated upon a good percentage in after years. But Frederick had be trayed a decided talent for musio; the fact is curious, almost unaccountable; but even to the dim perception of the elder Graham,' it was too evident to be doubted. In vain would he read to him the oity ar ticle from the Times, as they sat at break fast. Frederick’s soul was not in the money market; and whilst his father was loudly extolling the power of gold, his hearer was silently contemplating the power of art. Day after duy would he ait absorbed iu the poetical creations which the great composers have left for the enjoyment aud refinement of man kind. lu the interpretation of their works ho felt a kindred spirit rise within him, aud he resolved to devote his fchole life to tbe art of which they bad proved such noble ornaments. Our youthful enthusiast had read of Germany, and formed to himself a pleas ing picture of the manner iu which genius is there recognized. Of the state of the profession in England he knew nothing. He felt, that to be happy, he must live in the atmosphere of music; that ho must think with, and speak with, those who love and appreciate the art. Frederick’s father was not remarkable for thinking of anything but business, nevertheless one eveniug, having com fortably seated himself in an arm-chair, he began to ruminate on his son's fatal taste for musio. He could not understand it. Frederick had been dutiful in every thing but this, apd why he should obsti nately insist upon liking music better than stook-jobbing was totally beyond tha father's comprehension. Of one thing, however, he was certain, either his son should take to business, or he would turn bis back upon him at once, and for aver. Frederick dated bis love for musio to a very simple oiroumstance. In bis bed room hung an old Cremona violin, which, from a child, he had looked upon with interest. A mere passion for a pretty toy had now grown into a reverential love for an intellectual companion. He had taught himself to play, and by degrees had so inasterod many of the difficulties of the instrument, that he could perform, with pleasure to himself, many of tbe finest compositions of the eminent mas ters. Having studied the pianoforte when young, he now applied himself to exam ining the scores of our noblest oroheatral works, and impelled by a muiioal organi sation whioh could not be controlled, he very shortly removed himself as effectu- Ally from the matter-of-fsot life whioh his father had designed for him, as if he had inhabited another world. Mr. Graham, Frederick’s father, after a short attack foil a victim to a virulent fever, and died, leaving oar young musi- cisn with but fifty pouods iu his pocket, yet his altered circumstances did not dis hearten or discourage him, and he de termined to pursue his favorite study. Five years from this time he was seated alone in an attio, no longer tbe yonng and enthusiastic musician we have bith- arto seen him, for ho had undergone se vere privu^pns. He leaned bis head upon Bis band and appeared buried in medita tion. The old violin huDg before him, M it had done from his earliest child* Bood, and in looking towards it, from time to time, he almost felt a return of that buoyant and hopeful spirit with which it had inspired him of old. But the gleuin was transient, and he quickly relapsed into his former state of despon dency. Let us endeavor to divine his thoughts. A few years ago be had entered the pro fession full of hope and enthusiasm. Be ing a good violiuist, he imagined hie services would be valuable aa »n oroheatra player; and being also a pianist of no mean ability, he had little doubt of estab lishing himself as a teacher until be oould develop his talents as a composer, and appeal to the ordeal of public opinion. The painful reality was now before him. It was true that he had been •ngaged in several orchestras daring tbe season; but this was the “dead time of tbe year," and orchestra playing bore no value iu the market. Cheap concerts were then unknown ; music was kept for the aristooracy, and to play to au audience who had been admitted at a shilling eaoh was considered degrading in the extreme. The idea was flattering to the rich, and musicians were to be found who loyally supported it and loyally starved upon it. He had three or font pupils, bat they had all quitted town, or-die- penaed with his services for some other raaon. He had written many composi tions, bat the supply, he was told exceed Ad the demand. Tha misery of bis situation was now ap parent to him, but reflection came too He plainly perceived that hia talents m — ot mtu ms unless there existed tot oould uot bobawd, ■Mni!r M oould get but few pupils. He wes a vio linist, but orchestral players were only engaged in “the seanon, and no band oonld be organised out of “the season, ” because it would ruin musio to let it be heard under ten shillings and sixpence. Thus he found that the people upon whom he bad fondly relied for sup- >ort bad, in fact, very little to do with be matter, an1 os he had no interest with any music published, he had as litlle hope of success in the creative as in the execu tive part of the ert. He had nobody to blame, having freely ohosen his profes sion; the error was his own, and he must suffer for it. Frederick Graham was startled from his reverie by a loud tap at the door. Scarce ly had he time to recover from his sur prise, when the door suddenly opened and his landlady stood before him. She was evidently bold and determined, for she put her hands on her hips and stood in the doorway, as if resolved to defend the entrance with her life. “Mr. Graham," said she, “you’ll excuse tho liberty I’m a-takin’, but if my calcula tion is right, two quarters is up oome next Friday.” Frederick sighed, bat made no answer. “And if I must say what I means," con tinued his landlady, “I’ll thank yon to pay me." “Leave mo to myself this week,” said Frederick, “and yon shall positively re ceive payment on Monday. Don't oppress by unnecessary violence, I entreat you.” “Oppress!” almost screamed the land lady, “oppress, when I ask for my right ful earnings! Gome, air, sinoe yon put me up, I wouldu’t say you're any better than you should be, arter all. I know tuy duty, sir, as a hard working Christian woman; and if I have brought up six children, and always paid my way, which I’m sure nobody oan say I ever owed them a halfpenny, I suppose at this time of dsy, I’m to be preached at by such as you.” “The truth must be told,” said Fred erick, “I have not the money. If you will uot wait, therefore, at leaat relieve me from the necessity of further humiliation, and tell me so frankly.” “Well," said she, seeing that nothing was to be got out of him, and arranging her cap, whioh had been deranged by e*tl, sundry shakes of the head during her last speech, “well, Mr. Graham, Io sure I I don't want to be hard with you; I never was with any lodger afore you, and I’ve mostly been praised for my temper, bo if yon oan’t pay, why I suppose I meet wait a little.” Now had the worthy landlady quitted the room at this moment—had she been attraoted down stairs by a noise in the kitchen, or had any one knocked at the door to inquire the terms of the ground- floor—all would have been well: but as ill luck would have it, she accidentally cast her eyes toward tbe spot where hung the old violin. No sooner had she done so than a change came over her counten ance, and she advanced toward Frederick with a firm and determined step. “Mr. Graham,” said she, “I have my ideas on what’s good and proper, but I won't be put upon, so don't think it. You see that old fiddle. I don't know much about them things myself, but they say you can often sell an old fiddle for a great deal of money. Now I stand before you as a lone widow woman and says pay me my lawful rent for the lodging, and I’ll forgive you for tollin' me just now that you had nothin’ to pay me with.” Frederick felt as if he had received an electric shock. To part with his violin— the earliest friend of hia obildhood, and the only reminiscence which oould ever awaken within him one spark of his form er ambition, was an idea whioh had never even entered bis mind. He started to his feet, and his landlady was about to ap proach the instrument, he detached it from the wall, and held it firmly in bis his hand. “Very well,” said his enraged landlady, “very well, Mr. Graham. You won't sell it then?" “Not if I were compelled to quit your house this moment, said Frederick, firmly. “Then I just tell you, onoe for all, air," said she, “that if you don’t pay me every farthing yon owe me by next Friday, off f oes the fiddle, or off goes you. And now 've told you a bit of my mind, I wish you a very good morning, Mr. Graham." No sooner had his landlady closed the door than Frederick Graham felt a new mac. Roused to active exertion by tbe mere thought of being compelled to part forever with hia oldest and dearest friend, he resolved to brood over bis prospects no longer. At various music publishers compositions of his in manusoript had been left for perusal, but he had never been able to muster sufficient resolution to ascertain whether they had been ac cepted or rejected. He now determined to know his fate at once, and depositing his violin in a place of security, he left tbe house, resolved to call at every place where compositions had been left. It was one of those lovely autumnal days when the spirits almost insensibly partake of the freshness and cheerfulness of the surrounding scenery. Frederick, for the five long years, had not experi enced so much elasticity of feeliug as now animated his footsteps; and as he passed along the orowded thoroughfare, he felt that every person looked in a friendly manner toward him, and be oould not help thinking that the tie which naturally existed between I he musician and tbe people was too strong to be much longer disregarded. The true poet, thought he, writes for the sympathies of the hninau mind, and any artificial obstruction to tbe universal appreciation of his words must be but temporary. Frederick Graham entered the first publisher’s with a faltering step, and was introduced to the principal. He was ex tremely sorry to say he feared the specu lation would not do—tho sale of music was very limited—the name unknown— he was much obliged for tbe offer—and he wished him a good morning. When be left the bonse he became somewhat dejeoted, but he thought of tbe old violin, and felt he would encoun ter any difficulties than part with it. He oalled npon a second ana third firm, but without any better success. All were ex tremely sorry, and shook him very ten derly by the hand at parting. On any other occasion he would have been com pletely crestfallen by these repeated dis appointments, but the thought of parting with bis dear old favorite, the violin, ani mated him to fresh exertion, and he en tered a fourth house as cheerfully as if he had just entered on his mission. Now it so happened that the gentleman who owned this fourth establishment was one of those who was desirous to help forward a young composer, and at tbe same time benefit himself iu tbe event of any pubUo acknowledgment of the au tbor’s genius; be, therefore, usually ex ercised a little discrimination in tbe pe rusal of the works committed to him. “Mr. Graham,” said he, “1 am exceed ingly happy to see you. The songs you left with ma the other day I like very Frederick's heart beat rapidly. “But," continued he, <4 you are, of course, aware that you are a stranger to the publio, and that if I purchase your maoMcript I cannot Afford to give you Frederick tried to appear indiffereut, and stammered out something about his particular wish to publish with him. “Well," said he, “now I’ll tell you what 1'il do, Mr. Graham. I will give you twelve guineas* for the six ; we will pub lish them in a volume, and see whether your name will not oommand better termB the next time we have dealings to gether." Frederick oonld have seized him by tho hand—almost have bogged him in bin amis—in the rapture of the moment; but, iu commercial speculations, transports are dangerous, and he contrived, there fore, merely to signify his ready acqui escence. The publisher gave him a check; and Frederick bounded, rather than walked, from the shop, so light was his heart. Io a quarter of an hour he hud got tho check cashed, and as he put the amount of his lodging-money into the hands of his landlady, she blessed him a thousand times, and said that she “always considered him to be a true gentleman." And the old violin, which had nerved him to aotion—whioh had restored to him a portion of that euergy with which he had at first embraoed musio as a means of living—was kept, as it had ever been, near him. But he shortly changed his attic for a drawing-room, aud then hiB drawing-room for a house, and many mnsio publishers began to find, in the course of time, that bad they purchased the compositions of Frederick Graham when they were first offered to them, it might really have been a very good speo ulntiou. As there are many Frederick .Grahams at this moment residing in back attics, lot us hope that the development of their talents may not dopend upon such trifling accidents as have beeu here related. Had tbe old violin never existed, or had his spirits failed him five minutes earlier, our tale might have ended very differently, perhaps too tragically. ♦Sixty dollars. Chinese Domestic Life* They have a large screen before the door-way, whiflh gives privacy snfflciently for their need. The window saBhea are closed either by a sort of jalousie or thin matting. They do not surround their do mesticities with the same mystery and secret precautions with whioh we envelop these proceedings in Europe. Human nature, they argue, has to sleep, snd hero is the mat upon whioh it stretches itself. Why conceal it ? It also wants to eat, and it satisfies its appetite no matter how many eyes are gazing. Tell a Ohineese cook yon are hungry, and he will immedi ately fetoh his fire, his cooking utensils, his provisions, and cook under your very note. He has no idea of concealing his operations in some far-away back region, yolept kitchen. He squats down any where, makes a fire on or in anything; a basin, dish, pan, or pot—there is no limit to his invention. He will cook in the middle of tbe street, or in the centre of his guests in a restaurant. Upon one occasion, when on board a junk, I ob served a man cooking bis own and his neighbor’s food for days together in a tub, and an earthenware saucer containing the charcoal. Wonderful creatures they are, those despised Chinese, with a deft ness of finger and ingenuity and patience unsurpassed by any nation under tho sup!—Temple Bar. # Rattan. This peculiar product comes from the East Indies, principally from Singapore, Pedang Penang, Samarang and St. Si mon s Bay. The United States consumes three-qu&rterR of the total products, the imports amounting now to something more than 0,000,000 pounds. The Cala mus llotany belongs to that peouliar species of palm which secretes in its cu ticle a very considerable amount of Hilica, while its inside is made up of tough and fibrous filaments. The outside, with the smooth and natural varnish, when stripped off by particular machinery, is used for seating chairs. The inside of the rattan is employed iu a variety of ways. It is shaped by machinery either round or fiat, snd so worked up into innumerable ar ticles. Baskets, brooms, mats, matting, are all made from the inside of the rattan, and an immense quantity of it is worked around demijohns. Split rattan in modo np into some half dozen sizes, and is then sold by the thousand feet. Tho finest quality of rattan is used by whip makers. This largo and constantly in creasing business may be estimated by tho fact that one factory in New England alone employs 1,000 operatives, and that the total number of people working ju rattan (the Rchoolroasters excluded) jis fully 1,800. Tbe copital used in tbe man ufacture of rattan is about $2,000,000. Politeness. One cannot bo polite and well-mannered without kind feelings and a good heart. AU the rules for etiquette, all the hand books and “Guides to Society" in the world aro worthless, if you have nothing within your soul which teaches you to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Yon may learn to bow and to shake hands according to tho boat rubs of deportment; you may make calls at ex actly the right time, and understand tho oornera of your visiting cards thoroughly; but if you have spite in your heart, and envy in your soul, yoa will never bo truly well-mannered. If you desire to boast, to he conspicu ous to monopolize attention, to hurt the feelings of innocent people, and to sow dimension between friends, you cannot make u lady or goutlemuu of yourself by any number of airs and graces. But if you aro kind and good, and wish people well, and prefer to say pleasant thiugs when you can, you will be polite without trying to bo, aud only silly people will criticise any form of hearty welcome, any effort to make them comfortable that may occur to you. Twenty Impolite Things. 1. Loud and boisterous laughing. 2. Beading when others are talking. 3. Reading aloud in company without being asked. 4. Talking when others are reading. 5. Spitting about the house, smoking or chewing. <1. Gutting finger nails in company. 7. Leaving church before worship is closed. Whispering or laughing in the house of God. y. Correcting older persons than your self, especially parents. 10. Leaving a stranger without a seat. 11. G«zing rudely at slrangors. 12. A went of respect and reverence for seniors. 13. Receiving a present without an ex pression of gratitude. 14. Making yourself hero of your .own story. 13. Laughing at tbe mistakes of othors. 13. Joking others in company. 17. Commencing talking before others have finished speaking. 18. Answering questions that have been put to others. 19. Commencing to eat as soon aa yon get to the table. 20. Not listening to what one is saying in oompany. —The body grows aocording to what it feeds on; so does tbe mind. It has been notioed in several cases that when one-quarter of a grain of mor phine would uot produce sleep, if ten graius quinine were administered a short inie previous to administering the mor phine, the morphine would almost inva riably act efficiently. —A gentleman who has recently visited the Miuing Academy of Frieburg, says : “Students of every nationality are fouud hero, and there is no doubt that if a man liken to work he can learn a great deal, as some of the most celebrated professors in Germany aro teachers. The only requi site for a student eutering the Academy is that he should kuow a little Gerniuu. This rule is not very strictly observed, aud any one of ordinary intelligence ought to pick up the requisite amount in a mouth, or six weeks at the outside. There are different courses open to the option of tho student, suoh as an essaying course, ohemical course, surveying aud mining course." —The habit of breathing through the month instead of the nose, tends to wenken the whole respiratory apparatus, diminish the capacity of the lungs, and when commenced iu early infanoy, to dis tort the jaws and deform the teeth. Many of the tribes of Americau Indians—as ex- S tained by the eminent artist, tha late [r. Colton—are peculiar never to allow a child to sleep for a moment with its month open, and uusyuimetrical teeth aro unknown among them. Whenever a ohild is inclined to open its mouth dnriug sleep its watchful mother or nurse pressi h its lips together, holds them closed, and perseveres iu tho corrective process until the abnormal habit is overcome aud breathing the natural way established. The eggs of turtles are considered a great luxury by bears. Dr. Frank Fox, a well-kuowu huuter of New Smyrna, says ho onoe saw a bear take his stand behind a turtle on the nest. Bruin caught the eggs in alternate paws as they fell, and devoured them with a smack of the chops that oould be heard at tho distance of 100 yards. Bears have been known to watch turtles for hours, aud then tour them to pioces because they showed no disposi tion to lay. The eggs are deposited at a depth of from 15 to 18 inches. They ere not oval but round, aud noarlv the size of a hen’s egg. The shell is flexible, and white assnow. It is an elastic as rubber. Dent an egg with your thumb, and tbe in dentation will last for hours. Egg hun ters always oerry a bag, in whioh they drop the eggs. A bag of eggs oan he thrown across a horse, tbe horse ridden at a full gallop, and not an egg broken. At a recent meeting of the Hociete de Medicine of Paris, M. Lunier cited tho a young woman, a maniac, who had several times tried to commit suicide. On tho first occasion she took a decoction of two or three packets of tobacco, which ahe had boiled for half au hour. Another time she swallowed two quartors of a hundred of pins, and buried a quarter of a hundred in hor scalp. Fiualiy she procured two hectogrammes (nearly a half a pound) of guupowder, set fire to it and placed horself over it. Howover, none of these attempts rosulted in any thing but. making her ill. She passed a great number of pins per annum, and it was only at tho ond of two or three months those in the scalp were discov ered, and thirty nf them removed. At tbe end of thren month* she was com pletely cured. This fact tends to coufirm the relative immunity from suffering whioh is peculiar to the iusuue. —The physicians oppose tho suppres sion of vivisoction by law. Tho Medical liecord ot this city says : “There dooH not seem to be any doubt that during the next State Legislature tho President of tho Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Auimals will leave nothing undone to accomplish his purpose of preventing vivisection in future. Absurd as it may seem, there is a possibility that he may iu tho end succeed, unless some definite stand is taken against him by the profes sion ah a body. The Medical Society of thio county has taken the proper initia tive iu the mutter, and its example should be followed by every similar organization throughout tho State. L“t suitable reso lutions be passed protesting against any legal interference with our rights as ex perimentalists and investigators. If that bo done and such protests bo communi cated to tho parent society, tbo profession can speak to our Legislators in a manner not to be misunderstood." —Prof. Pritchard, of Oxford, and a clergyman, recently read a paper before & Church Association in England, in which lie suggests that it would be a good thing “if iu tho study of every manse through out England thero wore found a well-used microscope, nud on the luwn a tolerable telescope; and, best of all, if those who possess influence in our national universi ties could see tholr way to tho enforce ment of a small modicum of tho practical knowledge of common things on the minds of those who are to go forth and do battle with the ignorance and failings of our population, and to spread light throughout the land. A little knowledge of tho ancient elements, fire, air, earth, and water, would save many a yonng clergymuu from the vanity of ridiculous extremes, and from tho surprise of tho more wisely and widely educated of his Hock." “Depend upon it, whatevor may be our suspicions or our fears, the pursuit of tho knowledge of the works of nature will increnso, and increase with an accele rated velocity; and if our clergy decline to keep pace with it, nnd to direot it into wholesome channels, they and their flocks will be overtukcu; though from opposito directions, by the inevitable Nemesis of disproportion." —A recent traveler says : Laplanders are by no means so ignorant as they are supposed to be, only it is genersily al lowed that their capacity is limited. At Koutokeino, thero is a school, supported by government, aud conducted by a Lapp, who also fills the offices of parish clerk aud interpreter to the parsou. Bmoking and drinking brandy, however, appear to have more attractions than learning. Be fore drinking they take the precaution of warming, or ut least taking the chill off their corn brandy, aud at one sitting they will out an extraordinary quantity of food. This food is chiefly dried reindeer flonh, and a kind of bread mado of chaff’, which is best compared to crambling mortar in appearance and taste. During si journey the mountaineers carry all their property with them. Their silvor coin is alono ex cepted. Distrust even of bis wife snd children, the principal feature iu the Lap lander's character, prevents bis risking his idol’s safety in his migrations. It is, therefore, generally buried in some unsus pected spot. Their immoderate love for silver coin is notorious. Heldom does a piece that has fallen into their hands •gain find its way into circulation. In the selection of • wife the charms of beauty have little power in comparison with tho size of tbe herd or the number of silvor coins she brings as • portion. PBENHIXSS. A gentleman found himself change- leas while ridiug iu a horse car. A lady politely relieved him of the embarrass ment by loaning him a quarter, but re marked, “I must have intercut." The next duy he culled aud hauded her a new stamp and a couple of bottles of porfume, saying, “tho two cents are for interest." Those of our roadora who havo slopped at n hotel in waiting will appre ciate what Dou Piatt, writing from a se cluded retreat says: “Wo have here a piuuoforte forty-horse power. An acci dent delayed tho passenger train two hours hole, and eighteen women took turns at the piano. We iuttnd to serve this piano with uu ounce of uitro-glyce- riue." — “I ntu nil old fellow," says Cowper, one of his letters to Hurd, “but I had once my dancing days, as you have now ; yet I could never find that I could learn half so much of u woiuun’s character by dancing with hor, t.s by oouversing with hor ut home, whore I could observe her behavior unobserved, at the table, at the fireside, aud in all the trying ciroumstun- oes of life. Wo aro all good when we are pleased; but she is u good woman who wnnts no fiddle to Hwccton her." —A curious Frenchman has lately boon making a calculation, which is, that a man talks on an nverago three hours a day at the rate of about twenty-nine octavo pngos an hour. This would make eighty- Bevm pages a day, about <500 a week, which would amount to fifty.two good- lized volumes every year. And then, multiplying this, by tbo number of year* iu a muu’s life, what a library he would have if it should all bo priutud! But it is something to be grateful for that words are uot caught up and printed that way. —According to Prof. Johu Fisko tho slow alteration of physique which is going on in this country is only an exaggeration of that which modern civilization is tend ing to bring about everywhere. It is cuused by the premature uud excessive strain upon the mental powers requisite to meet the omergoncics of our complex life. The progress of events has thrown tho work of sustaining life so largely upon the hrniu that wo uro bogiuning to saori- flee tho physical to tbo intellectual. Wo are growing spiritual in appearauoe at the expense of robustness. ’’ —Some very observing poraon has re- fluotsd that the devotion ot womau is al ways something bountiful. Ou the last rainy day tlio dovecote uinn might have boon seen dragging his portable aviary through orowded streets to a pluee of shelter, and his wife trudging behiud, in mud ankle-deep, anxious to bear bur share iu advauciug his fortunes. This was touching. But theu there goes Mrs. Mo- Shoddy, whose devotion is equally pro nounced, though of a different nature. It is dovotiou to shopping, ami no elomental rage will prevent that worthy woman, any more than the first named, from putting thnt Paris hat aud most of the jewelry her husband hus succeeded iu Ncouriug for hor, and trudging uhout iu tho rain to bear her share in securing his fortune in silks aud laces w hich will be a real credit to him. Live Witln Tour Menus. We don’t like stinginess, we don’t like economy, when it cornea down to rngs and starvation. Wo havo no sympathy with the notion now prevalent that the poor man should hitch himsolf to a post and stand still, whilo the world moves forward. It. is no muu’s duty to deny himsolf overy amusement, every recreation, every comfort, that ho may get rich. It is no man's duty to make, uu iceberg of himself, to shut his eyes and to the sufferings of his follows, and to deny hiuiHolf the enjoyment that suits from generous actions, that ho may honrd wealth for his heirs to quarrel about. But thore is au economy whioh is overy man's duty, and which is especially commendable in the man who struggles with poverty—an economy which is con sistent with happiness, and which must lie practiced if the poor man would secure independence. It is almost every man's privilege, and it becomes his duty, to live within his meaus; not to, but within them. Wealth does not iniiko tho rnuti, we admit, and should never bo token into account in our judgment of men ; but competence should always bo secured, wlion it can tie, by the practice of economy and self denial only lo a tolerable extent. It should be secured, uot so much for others to look npon, or to raise ns in tuo es'imation of others, ns to secure the consciousness of indepen dence ; and the constant satisfaction which is derived from its acquirement aud possession. —Bayard Taylor Hays it is not generally understood (hut womau iu ancient Egypt was honored and r< spooled equally as tnuu. Thero was among the Egyptians a lofty Appreciation of tho m.rriage tie. The wile’s name was often placed boforo that of tho hu-baml, and the sons often hour the names of the mother'-, instead of those of the fathom. Women oft* u sat upon the throne and adijinis'ered all the affairs of tho government. The assertion wo so often hoar in these days that womau lias ulvrayn occupied u position of subjec tion to man is glaringly false. In ancient Egypt ho possessed no important right which was not equally shared with hor. And i-he says, just us we might expect, that it is impossible to look upon the statues of that period, and not feel what a high degree of culture was fairly chim ed by tho race. The very household fur niture is such as one might buy this day. We find, among oilier things, boards for checkers, paint-boxen, knives, needles, pomatum-boxes, straw-baskets, a child’s Dell for playing uiado of clastic palm fibres, dried fruits, line cakes of bread, such as wo use to-day, uud many of the surgical instruments are quite identical. In other words, tho more woman the more civilization. THE “AWFUL** YOUNG LADT. BT AW. In glancing over the column* Ofa (tapir the other day, I read of the "awAil” young lady Who’* la each an “awflil" way; Bln) lives with her “awful" father, In an “awful" ttrand .ton* hmoe, And in aometiincn “awfully" frightened Uy ■ruing an “awful" mouse. The tuauhrr ‘s “awful” homely, And, thuruforo, an “awful” fool. Mary Smith in an “awful” nice g'rl, Ai d ahe in her “awful" gixfll Irlund : They took an “awful" nice walk ooo day, llut it earn * to au “awful” end For they mot an “awful” rroe* dog, They were “awful" afraid hu would bit* V Aud they ran houiu “awful" fa*t, And eo forth, ad infinitum. The wrltor was troubled In •pirit, i kind avd fatherly friend, That If they don’t stop *ayln^"awful,’’ They will cotnu to an -‘awful" end. Lawyers. JOSEPH F. POU, Attorney at Law, and Judge of County Court* Practice# in all other Court*. OBoe over itore of W. II. Hobart* A Co., Broad 8t. JaStf SAMUEL B. HATCHER, Attorney at Law* Ofloe over Wtttlch A K Inset's Cotton Factories, COLUMBUS MANUFACTURING CO., Manufacturer* of •hectlage, Shirtings, and flowing and Knitting Thrond* Cord* Wool and Grinds Wheat and Corn- Office in rear of Wittich A Klnael's, Randolph at. J»W K. H, CHILTON, President* J. M. M elf BILL, Attorney and Counsellor at Low. Practice* In rottrU of Georgia and Alabama. Office 12* Broad fit., (over C. A. Rudd A Co.'s) Ppccial attention given to collections. Jail Postal Ingram. Ki INGRAM A CRAWFORD!, Attorneys ut Low, Will prnctloe in the State aud Federal Oonrt* of Georgia. Freer, lllgea A Co.’* atore, nortliweat ■VKCOGKK MANUFACTURING CO. Manufacturers of S11KKTINGB, aaiAXlMQI, TARN, HOPE, Ac. COLVMBV8, GA. • A Treasurer. oct31 ly. JaH —At a recent prayer mealing of colored people ut Erie, the decency und good or der of tho mooting bong disturbed by a negro named Brown, whoso prayers in publio were only incoherent ravings, tho pastor inquired; “What fool nigcur's dftt proyiii down dar no a’ tho do’ ?" A dozen people replied with one voico ; “It Brudder Brown, Bah.” “Den," re plied tho pastor, “llruddor Brown, sub side. and let some one pray dut’s better 'quaintod wid do Lord." —A pensive young man in Wisconsin, while singlug “Comelovr, come," beneath h'.M Dulciuua’s window *ho other night, hud love, musio, wind and everything else knocked out of him bv a something in a long white garment that fell out of a chamber window. It proved to be nobody but his girl, who, in her anxiety to know who whs serenading her, leaned too far over tho window-sill; hence tho result. He savs when ho sings “Como love, come,” again, ho will keep away from un der the window, os his system can't stand many such shocks. —With regard to manner, bo oareful to speak in a soft, tender, kind, and loving way. Even whou you havo occasion to rebuke, be careful to do it with manifest kindness. The offeot will ho incalculably bettor. —Owing to a lack of patronage, the owner of a hearse in Vermont has altered that melancholy vehicle into a milk cart. He is dead, but he pays just as well as he egpr did,” was the reply s newspaper publisher received to a dunning letter. —A printer in setting up “We are but parts of a stupendous whole,” by mistake of a letter made it read, “We are but partR of a stupendous whale.” —An innkeeper observed a postillion with only one sour, and inquired the reason. “Why, what would be the nso of another?” said the postillion, “if one side of the horse goes, the other oannot stand still.” —V petrified negro was lately found in a garret over a law offloe in a pillage in Mississippi. It was supposed he under took the study of tho law, and became eb- Korhed in Blaokstone. Chignons are really of service to the wearers in Virginia. It waa only tbe other dsy that an eagle pounoed down upou a young lady there, and fixed hia talons in her head. All the noble bird got was hair. —What relation ia bread to a sawing- machine ? The mother. Why the mother! Because bread is a naoeasity, and a saw- ing-tuaohina is an invention, aud naoaaai- ty is the mother of invention. —Tho editor of an Illinois paper thinks fishing, as a general role, doesn't pay. “We stood it all day in tbe river last week,” be nays, “but caught nothing—un til wo got home." A contemporary writes of an individ ual who was too poor to have his boots blaoked, and “traated ha waa too muoh of a gentleman to black tham himself so they wont dirty. “You’d bettar look out for your boss's feet above here, mister,” said a ragged boy to a traveler. “Why,” said the trav eler, nervously pulling up. “Goa there's a fork in tho road there/' was the oandid reply. —“My ohild,” laid a iteiu parent to » lively little girl, “tbet w»y too hav* got into • swallowing yonr food *o hafttily ia a very bad habit, of wbioh yon timet be broken." “Would it not b* batter to mend nte than to break me, pep* ?" uk*d the ehild. —“Do yon think, my dear,” mid n do ting mother to her buibend, “thnt oar Adolpbn* hu * gleet talent for laying thing* wbioh nobody *U* my*?" “Yea, and *leo for uying thing! whioh nobody elu onght to aaj,” wu the unfeeling re- eponsa. —“And eo they go,” said ■ member of * New York literary olub ; “our greet men ere fut deputing. Firat Utanton, tben Chase, tben Howard, snd now Sumner— sud I don't feel very well myself.” —Hosroely * wuk psaeea without the reoord of some wonderful ourgionl opera tion. Holly Brown wu reoenUy token In baud, had s broken knee snd dislocated rib taken out, snd nsw onu pnt In, snd eke is now good u ever. It may not in jur* the etory muoh to add that Belly is n esnsl boat. —“I cannot imagine,” said an alder, man, “why my whiskers should turn gray ho muoh sooner than the hair on my hoed." “Beoause,” observed s wag, “you have worked much harder with yonr jaws than with your braiua." —“I wouldn't bs a cook for tha whole world!” esolaimed a fuhionabla young lady to her betrothed lover. “Of course not," ho replied. “If you were the oook for the whole world, yon would never get through yonr work; bat you’ll be able to manage it nioely for oar little family.” A cue of extreme hardship lately overtook on Indianapolis man. Ha had nobieved iu the abort life of thirty years five divorcoa, aud the sixth wu pending, when sickness put him on hia daatb-bad. To hear that man’s prayers for lift to lin ger till the sixth decree oonld be entered wu truly heart-rending. Six divorces had been the limit of Ills ambition—tbe aim of bis life; but the fell destroyer re- leuted not; the Booster died married, and wu compelled to knock at tha pearly getoa with only five divorcee for bis pass port. ■ An Induktsious Husbsnd.—“Arrah, Jimmy, wbv did 1 marry yaf jnat tall me that! for its myaalf that a bad to main tain ye, over ainee tbe bleued day that Father O'Flanagan unt me home to ye're bonse.” “Hwate jewel,” replied Jimmy, not relishing tha charge, “end it's myself that hopes f may live to no the day when ya'ra a widow, weeping over the cold aod that eovsta me—then I’ll nee bow yon'U like to get along without me, honey!” —A writer in the Medical Journal, In apeaking of tbe adulteration of the vari ous artiolaa of food, apenka of a repatable deaeon who kept a grocery store, and who discoursed daily with hi* apprentiot, somewhat after the following funion: “John have yoa eanded the sugar >” "Yu, air." “llav* you watered tha mm and the moluMB ?" “Yva, air.” “Then come up toprayert." A Dbuckhbt's Mistaxs.—A story ia cir- colating whioh tells how a young lady wont to a chemist and told him to make np one dose of cutor oil, and to mix it with something to take tbe tuts away. The man told har to wait. In a few mo menta he asked her if eha would like to taka a glue of soda water. Hbe acoepted the invitation, and drank the beverage. Presently ahe uked tbe roller of pilla wby he didn't give her the cutor oil. The man smiled a triompbant smile, and said, “Madam, yon have token it. I mixed a fearfel dam with that soda.” Hbe Inroad pale; ahe unk into a chair; abe guped, “Orest Heaven•' I wanted it for my mother." —A sympathy with tbe palna aod plau- ure. of other, is* the foundation of oar once over Freer, Illsea corner flrootl and St. Olair Sts. A. A. HOSIER, Attorney sad €ssss*llsr at Law, Practice* In State and Federal Court* Id Georgia Mask II. IIlandforii. Louis F. Garrard. RLANDFORD A GARRARD, Attoraeyn and Counsellors at Law. Office Mo. 67 Brood Rtreet, over Wlttlcli k Kin- ■el'fl Jewelry Store. Will practice In tbe Btate aud Federal Court*. *ep4 Ja*. M. Russkm.. Char. J. 8wipt. RI7MRLL 4k EWiFT, Attorney* and Counsellor* at Law. Will practice In the Court* of Georgia (Chattahoochee Circuit) and Alabama. Offlco over C. A. Redd A Oo.'* atoro, Broad street, Columbus, Qa. Jal I*. T. DOWNING, Attorney and Nolleltor. U. 8. Oom’r and Register In Bankruptcy. Offloe nov20| over Drook*' Drug Store, Co'umbUM, Ua. BRANNON, Aitov nay n ni Law. Onion ovss J. flam* A Oo.’* Ivons, Broad Bv. novlfij Ws*t Bids. R* J. MORE!, Attorney and Cannaallor at Law, Georgia Home Insurance Company building, ■» :t7 ly) ond *tory. Builders end Architect*. J. G. CHALNER!, Hanna Carpantor and Rnlldar. , Jobbing dou* Rt abort notice. Plana and specifications furnished for all style* of bnlldlng* Broad Street, nest to 0. W. Drown'*, let Crtlnmbw*. fla Boots end those. WELLS A CtfBTIfl, No* 78 Broad Bt., Sign of the Big Boot, UBAUtM IN Boot* and Shoos, Leather and Finding* Olvn prompt and oarofal attention to orderi >y mall; pay tho highest market price lot lidos. N. 11.—Plasterers’ Hair always on hand Boot end Shoemakers - WM| MEYER, Boot and Shoemaker. Dealer In Leather and Findiug*. Next to C. A ledd A Co.’*. Prompt and strict attention glvon oord.r*.|q|l Tailors. G. A. KQDHNE, Merchant Tailor aad Cutter. A full stock of Freucb and English Broadcloth* HENRY BELLMAN. Catting, Cleaning end Repairing Done lu (he beet style. •l»r*24|Corner Crawford end Front fit*. Dress-Making. ■■a. M. A. MMUIOIWOITH, Drilf;ll!to|, Cuttlny and fitting. Term* cheep, novli * donee and shop In llrownevllle. Tin and Coppersmiths. WM. FEE, Warker la Tin, Shoot Iron, Capper. Orders from abroad promptly attended to. Confectioner*. I. G. ATKUFPKR, Oawdy Manufacturer AND DSAJtM IN All klndc of Confectionery end Fruits, •tick Gandy 18 canto. - Full weight guarauteed iu eech box. |a‘J4 Hotels. PLANTER,' HOTEL, Maut to Colombo. Rank Bulldlnc. Porter* at all the train*. jalfi HKB. W. F. 8NIDKH, Propr’ss. Livery end Sale Stables. ROBERT TUOXPMOI, Livery, Halo and Exchange t»tables. OOLITNONPS, NOETH Of KaNDOLFU 8VS., ectao Columbus, Ua. A. UAMMEL, LI vary aad Halt XtablM, OoLatuoert Bt., Cotouaua, Ua. ^Particular attontlon glvon to toadlng aud Bali IloraM aud Uulo. boarded In itebU'. by lilt month nr day. ftrt2U Fresh Meats. J. W. PATRICK, •tolls No. 8 end 18, Market House. Fresh Meats of evory kind and bust i|iiallty. jell alw.ye on bund. J. T. COOK, Freeh Msnto of All Kltide, sept Stalls N»s. lfi aud 17. Cun and Locksmiths. PHILIP EIPI.ER, Uuu and lauckswitb, Crawford streut, uuxt t< Johnson's corner, Oolumbus. tia. jati WILLIAM BCHOBER, Gun and Locksmith and dealer iu Gunning Ma terials. Rest of Strapper’s Ooufuctionery. JeW Grocers. DAN*L R. RISK, Dealer In Family Groceries, on flryae street, be- tw.cn Oglotburpe A Jackson streets. IF No charge for drayag*. m 1 Plano Tuning, No. E. W. BLAU, Repairer and Tuner of Pianos*,* Organa and Accordeons. 8ign Painting nloo dono. Order, may be be left at J. W. i* eAM g Norman’s Watchmakers. C. BCHOSIUUKG, Practical Watchmaker and Jeweler, 8accessor to L. Outowaky, ... 105 Broad street! J* 11 Columbus, Qa. C. H. LEQUIN, Watchmaker, 134 Broad street, Columbus, Go. Watches aud Clocks repaired in tho best man- per anil warranted.j„u Doctors. »*. J. A. IBQVIIA.T, Oflloo removed to tho Drug Store of E* O. Hood A Brother. Sleeping apartment at loriuef residence, on the oornor ot Randolph and Molntosh streets, opposito the residence of Air. Wm. Beach. Office corner Broad and Randolph streets, Banns* building. Resldenoe on Forsyth, three doors below Bt. Olair* Dentists. W. F. TIGNKR, Dentist, Opposite Strapper’s building, Randolph St. « •tonlton «toon to tbo insertion of Artl- flc J»*T»eth, as well as to Operative Dentistry, febatt daw columc. dental ioow, „ W. T. Porn- Prop'r, Qeorgla Home Building, Uvlumbw (iaoffla. Painter*. WM. SHOW, JR., * OO., House and Sign Painters, Old Oglethorpe corner, (just north of postoBos) Columbus, Oeorgla. . Hnow, 8r. faprfi Barber Shops. LOUIS WELLS’ SHAYIMC IALOOJT, (tiu.cu.or to U. lleau,) Under Ororgla Bum. Inaurauco Building- Prompt and pulfte barber* in attendanu. Ja» Ja* ALEX * .AH, Baaaaaa, Br. Cl*i* tivaaav. EC. TERRY, Barber. Crawford tit., undar Rankin Uoum, folnmbua, He. Tobacco, Cl«ara, Be. MAIER DORM. If you want to enjoy a good smoke, go ts hlg Jlgar Manufactory, Between Georgia Home and Muscogee Hon*. Ja* O. LOPEZ, Dtolflr In and !nnnfkelarsr *r Ft! Clgarfl, J*fi Near Broad Street Depot. RESTAURANTS. THE AHBOIt. M r. oeoroe w. lips has 001 pletoly renovated and Gttod up tba we known “ARBOR" .tend na a Saloon and B< taurant. Ho la now prepared lo fuiulrb Ma* Uholoe Liquors and clgara, and ourtomerv m ba aa.urod svarytiUng will bo tbe boat t Reich’s Restaurant No. 112 Broad St. ( \ Just boon opined, and is n »Icy before Its guests and p •W BILL OF FAR* TO snts In the largest cities oi the Union. ‘ Prompt attention end reasonable re tec. i at all hoars. oca DC SAN3 80UCI Bar, Restaurant! Ten PinAllej. B est of wines, liquors agio am. OYSTERS, FISH, GAME, and OhMto (Is served at ell hours, at reasonable prince, md private room* when donired. THE TEN PIN ALLEY Is the best 0VW instructed In Oolambus. Mr. JAS.CFORAlt us charas. oct24 tf A. J. ROLAND, Proprietor. druccists. , Eagle Drug Store, Wo. 08 Broad SRfe M. t).HOOD, Kerosene Oil a sp< October 7th, 1874. WRelwl* HMdWfeHt. Blue Drug Store. KEAN. j Manat I AMD RETAIL. -J PUT ipaelal attention t aADE, and oifbra great la dry Marohanu. Ha he.pt AND RELIABLE UBUUI -—laudh* him at Ui Broad Strait. Erem this data oaak la required fbr aU ,