,RVING*S C O L U M B U S . n e ro n the fire line. This is n very |„ . I e n n sltk rn te tig er. „„,1 ..nnse» »“ J * * honor. “ i . • k . ^ ! * n ‘P° rtlxi in '■ ”« vour There stands in fro n t o f th e govern- his m tw o tim es he spoiled my ; .¿t house at N assau, th e B ah am as, a w ork, com »¡ng and shouting like tinnì- tue of Columbus th a t h a s h ad its tier, and p tttiin g tn i'n p T ta - e .a n d ,„aU. ttwhles. H istorically th is s ta tu e is i in g me behave like an insect, 1 am not ' ‘alusble from th e fa c t t h a t \ \ a sh in g to n ab le to clim b w ith agility ow ing toi < tue T h a t H a s S to o d In S ixty Y e a rs . N assau fo r HURD & DAVENPORT. We have Just Received Our W inter Stock Of Boots and Shoes Has m , ¡»Yd. l ine assortment for U>th ladies and gentlemen. Do tint tail to ask for our famous Jaik and Jill children school shoe - all sizes. i f . . . ’ l,,e »»»arks it stooc -before supply is exhausted. ¡KVI1 token the s ta tu e w ould u n d o u b te d ­ hoofs anil his nails on the p a th ’” ly have been destroyed. T h a t w as in I.ovcU Hl« n „ ff. ¡he days when th e hom e g o v e rn m e n t An old colored man w ent to jail in , trying to abolish slav ery o n th e is- W ashington last week f,-r the sake of „,1. Gov. Sm yth w as s e n t o u t to th e h is dog. ’ Bahamas to p re p a re th e p ro p e rty - license to lie had neglected to pay for a ' keep th e animal, for kill the i v.ners for this ch an g e and p u b lic senti- dog h e w ould not. His explanation I Groceries, ment was a g ain st him . Gov. S m yth A nice line of } was captivated by b e a u tifu l N assau. w as th a t th e dog belonged to his child, an d ab o u t the time he was giSing to get Groceries, Groceries! ami he presented to th a t c ity th is s ta tu e Glass, th e ta g io r th e dog his child died I ,,f Columbus. T he d o n o r’s u n p o p u la rity 1 >> 1 • Fresh stock til wavs on hand. took every cent th a t he could beg or * -.asforseveral y ears reflected on h is g ift. J ^ iro w to pay the funeral expenses. Slavery was abolished, how ever, public And, he said, “ I keep the dog for the citiinent in the B ah am as ch an g e d , and, W ell Selected Tin and sak e of th e dead child.” lie promised according to the N ew Y ork Sun, this to g e t th e ta g if the judge would give Stock ol Hats, In this line wee\- EARTHENWARE same statue of C olum bus is n ow consid­ linn fu rth e r time, but. as the old man ered one of the greatest, tre a s u re s of cclJallpMunpetitors. bad n o t w recked a bank or done any- Nassau. (< raggon. an a r tis t of som e local ALWAYS ON HAND th in g in th e lirst-elass order of crimes, reputation, modeled it in L ondon he had to go to jail. ; in 1831. W ashington Irv in g w as in Sm all, Hut I’erlect. England at th a t tim e, an d he b ro u g h t toGraggon’s aid th e re s u lts o f liia ow n In sour paste, vinegar, the m elt of extensive research in th e lib ra rie s anil codfish, o r even in w ater in which de­ galleries of Spain in q u e s t o f m a te ria l cayed vegetables have been infused, the fir his “Life an d V oyages o f Colum ­ m icroscope reveals anim alcules (little bus." lie displayed m uch in te re s t in anim als) so sm all th a t millions of them this work, and th e d esign is s tric tly in Would not equal a common g rain of accordance w ith Irv in g 's co nception of w heat in hulk. And y e t n atu re, with Columbus. T he s ta tu e w as b ro u g h t sin g u la r prodigality, has supplied many out from London by th e B ritis h b rig o f these m inute creatures with or, ans Rose Hill, and w as lan d ed a t N assau on as com plete and perfect us those of a May V, 1832. It w as in te n d e d to e re c t w halo o r un elephant. In a single it in front of the public b u ild in g s oppo- ' ounce of such m atter there are more site Rawson square, b u t th is idea w as i living creatu res than th ere are hum an ibandoned on a cco u n t o f n u m e ro u sj beings on th e face of the globe! threats to destroy it. T h e w o rk of j erection was com pleted d u rin g .June. : FROM THE BATTLE FIELD. 13S8. l’he unveiling an d p re s e n ta tio n of I the statue were accom plished w ith ap- j T he G atlin g gun was invented by pmpi iate cerem onies a n d w ere follow ed G atlin g in th e y ear 1801. by a ball at the g o v e rn m e n t house. T he N orm an arm or had breeches and HARDWARE, TINWARE, BOOTS & SlIOlB, ja c k e t in th e same piece. THE PH EN O M EN A O F LIG H T. E very av ailab le foot of the field of A Puiillng P rob lem fo r S c ie n tists or A ll W aterloo is now under cultivation, HATS & CAPS, MEDICINES, N ITS & CAN Dll 8, Albert. m ostly devoted to w heat, oats and rye. Several theories h av e b een advanced T he b a ttle -a x w as originally a Celtic by the scientists to a cc o u n t fo r th e fact weapon. fi KNisiiiNo <;oone. T h e ancient Irish carried (K iA US. TOBA( ’( O, I that we have th e e v er-p re se n t phe­ axes as th e men of other nation scur­ nomena know n as “ lig h t.” T h e tw o ried swords. ! principal of the m any reaso n s th u s set N early every s ta te in th is country forth by tin« learn ed g e n tle m en w ho w as represented in th e one hundred old Prices W ill bo found Rononible. have devoted th e ir lives to such inves­ arm y nurses th a t w ere present a t tin- Goods ?s Represented. tigation are the em ission o r e o rp u re u la r la te g ran d arm y encam pm ent at Wash­ tuccryand th a t know n a s th e u n d u la to r v ington. henry. The p rin cip als of th e em ission A portion of th e tim bers of Gen. theory originated in th e fe rtile b ra in o f B enedict A rnold's flagship C ongrest- MAXAGEI1S. the philosopher, D escartes, w ho w as su n k in O ctober, 1770, in Lake ( hum- way back in 1690. B ut little at- p la in —h a s been raised by »apt. C. W. entioa was paid th is p e cu liar th e o ry a t Adams, of W est Addison, V t. '1 he tim­ ’ at time, and it an d D escartes w ere u bers are of oak and are sound. f "si almost fo rg o tte n w hen, a b o u t I I enry P ackard , of lt.x-kland. Me., a wxty years later, S ir Isaac N ew to n ap- v eteran of th e w ar of 1813, in which he • • • • [ varwl upon the scene an d e n u n cia te d served as a drum m er-boy, has just re­ ’be same doctrine. •hvonlingto th ese e m in e n t m en, lig h t ceived from th e General Society of t .1« Dealer in t'■onststs of sm all p a rtic le s e m itte d by ' W ar of 1813 a bronze medal. Mr. Pack­ a rd is lam e to th is day from a wound Junnons bodies, th e velocity of its «nsmission m ainly re g u la tin g th e he received in a skirmish. Ex-Gov. H enry N. II oyt , of Pennsyl­ l | ors. t ¡,e u n d u lu to ry th e o ry , th a t v an ia, w hile leading a charge into Tort n"" most g en erally accep ted by th e i F ish e r tw en lv -eig l.t years ago, "a.- '' ' ltoic world, te ac h e s t h a t th e space I GliisMwarp, c ap tu red and disarm ed. He has now " Wv*'»i the c elestial bodies is occupied Gents’ received his sword hack again through (inwpiTPS, '.'jui im ponderable e th e r; an d th a t th e th e courtesy of the confederate lieut. n- Fiii’iiisliiiii? ‘‘ moMty of a laxly is suppoacd to be a Etc. Etc. SI iops . £Pi«l vibratory m otion p n x ^ H n g from to w hom ho surrem leredl lu Hoods. HURD X D A V E N P O R T. Crockery, HURD & DAVENPORT. ..ORDERS BY MAIL SOLICITED. THE SEATON STORE [Keeps a full lint» of Extra Quality DRY GOODS « GROCERIES. Knowles & Cettys, I LEAD, BUT NEVER FOLLOW!” Friendly RY Q OOP, AND C lothinc , CrtrjMds, Roots mid *eb°d.v m q u estion to th e eye. T he Abm** ' l,r,x‘*‘ed in all ilirections Loya» In I.a hr Has«-, j »' cry lum inous p o in t in s tr a ig h t! j n one sm all way, if not in others. ’’¡l^.s.,i o f itx P a rticle s lx-ing C an. id a is loyal to flu-m other country. . d to u n d u la te in a tra n sv e rse s h e spells th e English language in u* ... , " ■ 1 ,c l’nes *n w h ic h th e lig h t lon g and ro u n d ab o u t w ay a* the nmc- ¡r-if t! . lu velocRy o f lig h t is KO te e n th cen tu ry permit*. (anadian rra.ii. '-1' l ’U> lu ,n ,an m ind c a n n o t school-teachers and some Cana lian ed- ‘ I' • idea of th e ra p id ity w ith w hich ito rs arc still w ritin g of “colour. la- s. A ccording to th e b e st au- lxm r” and “ candour," and if l,n ” ' he ha* a tta in a b le to th e w rite r, th e fen d er is locked up they »raveled by a beam o f lig h t in gone to “g a o l.” “RlcMH ond of tim e is one hun d red Ua ni-nints c o u n try are ab o u t to import Chinese “• earth ’s surface. i coolies to do th e work of common la­ borers. T he English, who have trted A St«n •• i ¡i a 11, , . ■ Th» folk " « W p a ra g ra p h 1» p r in t ,,1 th