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Newspaper Page Textanthem Manner. 1*1'iimsIIKU ITKKKLY, by s. a. atkinson, AT THREE HOLLARS PER ANhTM, STRICTLYIX ADVASCB. Office, Broad st.,overJ. H. Huggins. RITES OF ADVERTISING. » iTsrti-smcnU will be inserted at One Dollar and Fifty Cebu par S piare of 12 lines, for the first, and Sa.-entv-flre Cents for each subsequent Insertion, for tnr'iime unlurone month. For a longer period lib -si contracts will be made. % Jamils Journal—itboWf: to iF Miscellaneous. E.E.JONES, DEALER IK STOVES, JAY 0. BAILEY TNVITES ATTENTION TO HIS NEW FALL STOCK - ■■■ OF- 1 ali.au conn. a. s. erwin. iiowri.i. conn COBR, ERWIX & COBB, A TTORNEYS AT LAW, j.X Athens, Georgia. Office In the Denpree bulldinq. e , K- r. LUSIPKlV HENRY JACKSON Lumpkin & Jackson, \ TTORNEY9 AT LAW. will practice In the «T S.iperiarCourt, of Clark couiuy, the Supreme Court of the State, an>l the United States Court • for the Northern District of Georgia. fob. 9tf SA ULIEL r. TIIU RMOXD, v\ TTORNEY AT LAW, f-Athens, Ga. Office on E.-rad street, orer Barry A Sun's Store. Will giro apeoial attention to eases in Bankruptcy. Also, to the collection of all claims entrusted to his care. 1. J. k J. J^EALERS t *■> CHIMNEYS AND PURE KEROSENE OIL. Cell and examine his (toak before purchasing. aept!5>tf. ALEXANDER, IN HARDWARE, Iron Steel, Nail*. Carriage Material, Mining nipteiuanui, ate., White hall it., Atlanta. M. VAN ESTES, A ttorney at Homer, Hanks County, ,Ga. L A W PITTMAN & HINTON, A ttorne.ys at law, Jefferson, Jackson county, .(Ja. nNOTICE OF CHaSfiE OF SCHEDULE ——ON •SUM.- ,GEORGIA and MACON and AUGUSTA RAILRODS. Superintendent’* Office, Georgia aad Huron A tijradt Uailroad Augusta. Qj. t June 5,1872. j 'CAN AND AFTER Wfc.bNES- \J DAY, Juno 5th, 1872, the Paswenger Trains on the Georgia and Alacyn and Augusta Railroads will run an follow* : GEORGIA RAILROAD. Da;/ Passenger Truin will I-eare Augustant. ...... 8 20a.m. I.e»»e Atlantaat ... ...A 13a.m. Anitf at Atlanta at — <l 4Up. m. Arrive at Augusta at .5 3op. in. Night Passenger Train. Leave Augustaat ..S 15p. in. Leave Atlantaat A 00p. m. Arrive at Atlanta at 6 43a. in. Arrive at Augustaat 6 00a. m. MACON AND AUGUSTA R. R.. Day Passenger Train. • lacive Augustaat .11 00 a. in. Macon at. — 6 30 a. in. Arrive in Augusta at 2 45 p. m. Arrive in Macon at - 7 40 p. in. Night Passenger Train. . 8 15 p. m. Ml. .. 4 r> a. m. Leave Augusta at AYilve'fir'.tWiro at. :. .. x Arrive in Macon at — Passengers from Atlanta, Athens, Washlngt* , and slat Iona on Georgia KaiLoad, by taking the • Dav rodsangcr Train will make connection at Ca- msk with the Train for Macon. •W Pullman'S iFirat-CUasl bleeping Csrs on all Night I'assongnr Trains on the t.eorgla Railroad ; and First-Class sleeping Cars on all Night Trains on , the Macon and AugusU IUllroaiL S. K. JOHNSON, Supl. TIN- W A RE, AND HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, T HAVE STILL ON HAND -L tho Largest Variety of -Stoves /*■ ■** P 1 . ib'Atheqs, which I will furnish at the Jcurjf fir- inp pricer. w mi -17 . . . ' THJiMARION, IjargeetOvea Sjfp Stone Manufactured I Hundred, 6f the Marion have been sold ia Ath ens and vielnlly, arid Without" an exception have given unbohn|lqdMsfqe%*, To parties wishing a good 3LOVC at» sipaU ptitc,. Ij cl\n jafuly say that IhcTjfarion is th he Stove. J . 1 THES UTH-itM H ME, An entirely new stove in design and construction. Ilya most novel arrangement, the part of the oven directly under the fire box is protected from the strong heat of the lire in this particular place, and a uniform heat is obtained. In allparts or the oven, thus securing the most desirable thin? in any stove, viz: liven baking and roasting. This stove has l*een In the market but a short time, and the large sales since its introduction warrants the conclusion that it will soon be the LEADING STOVfrithCOUNTRY I ALSO KEEP THE remtooii carpets. Something New! A DISCOVERY has recently been made by which Velvet, Brussels and In grain Carpet, can be thoroughly cleaned and reno vated, without removing them from the floor. It aim destroys and prevents moths. It thoroughly cleanses all covered furniture, such as Plush Chain, Sociables, Dlrans, Rockers, etc. It is the acknowl edged cleanser for clothing of all descriptions, re moving crease spots and restoring their original colors. For silks, ribbons and lace there ia noth ing that equals it, and can b« used without the •lightest injury to the finestfitbric. It contains no acids, and ia a pure Renovating solution. This is entirely a new process, and commends Itself when ever used. We will cleauyourcarpets, etc., or ftir- nlsh the solution, with directions for using. Atbkxs, April if, 1872. This certiflos tbst Mr. Max M. Myerson has cleansed for me e very much toiled carpet, remov ing all grease spots and, where not too much worn, restoring the original colon. I cheerfully recom mend him to the citlxensof Athens who may need his skillful service. II. HULL. The undersigned has purchased the receipt for the shore eolation from Mr. Mix M. Mverson, and will promptly attend to all orders Icftat hil Palot Shop, on Jackson street, near the Nat ontl Bank, aprfl 19-tf - JOHN POTTS- Win. A. Talitfadge, ^ OP. POST OFFICE, COL. AVENUE, ATHENS “ Euough, girls. He has taken 0 oath. Lower away. ” The “ professor” was soon care* ly and safely landed on terra ®h na > greatly to his relief, greatly to the joy, no doubt of the other party to the compromise, and he ived.up to his oath. In after years,- iwever, when time had absolved H __m from it, and the lover, whose The matin hour would bring Um p4»> t? . “ “"nORplizfd" on that Nor wrap in solemn grief my heart, ■ eventful night, had, a* the Btory Si ! • firoea.Wtwrrifld th« rri.i w fc, /0n that Oh conld the dreams which slumber! gi 1 And weaTe around the sleeping Bnbetantial prove, or, waking live, How near would be life's bliakfel Ob, then at night, when alombers 80 gently o’er my drooping'-eyes, And visions bright my fancy wake • t- Thongh blissful realms 'neath skiea.— i if i '*> e.VuftnyJ When the delusive visions wave Apd ail sleep’* gilded joys dejtarfc. f Last night, when kindly Morpheus avfead His mystic mantle o’er my dre ,£ns i While starry Hope delusive fil*d j For one short hour his Airest beams. Then disappointment’s hitter gloom Was dissipated by- its light: Grim Woe was hearsed within the tomb, And fled the dismal cloud of night I knelt methought, before thy shrine, And read in rapture’s golden trance; Reqiting love shone forth divine From Beauty’s soft, bewitching glance. You loved me in my dreams, Jennie, Although by morning’s waking hour Lovfe’slmgh'tcst garlithdslade for meT" And sbttered lies Hope's - budding flower. i‘v»a»'*6 ; “ ftV above' him” —the professor vised to tell the ads venture to his particular friends, and laugh over it till the tears ran down his cheeks, as the most ludi crous scrape he ever gor into in all his college life, and as the only one he was let out of under oath ad ministered.— Schuyler County (A. Y.) Democrat Coronation of an African King. VOL. XLI1.--M lt-flgW SKKIEmUcNfl,#: vVBIvvUvwonM* * CA SSILL 2 A 7DAMS, DBSIO-NB R, #asft feagmw and friater, ” electrotypino, • 8. W.Conu Fockth sndWsli.pt Stkkkts Cincinnati, Ohio. Lock Box 220. iFall and Winter Clothing. J.KRITCH I NVITES the attention of his friends sod the public to his large ssd carefully ael«- v tc4 RWck <A Ready Made Clothing AND Cient’s Furnishing Hoods. * His stock era hire. French, German „d English -Bruadeloths, a variety of colored cloth*, faaey eas- •iuierea, beavereloths, castors, melton^la l*»rers, Loudon sud Scotch coating-, silk velvet£d Stacy Vestings, Ac. My stock of Furmshiug Oej 8Cm . Syrtd, Collars, Ties, Suspeiulers, Oder- Shirts and Drawers, Half-Hose. Gloves in great variety, etc. apis j. E. ritch. ■Oct. le-tf FOREST CITY, QUEEN OF TnE SOUTH, FIRFSIDE, CAPITOL CITY, And Muny Ollier Lending Stoves. I ha^e on~Haira ll Ill unisa a large stock ot Tin Ware of allKinds The success thatJO.YJJS’ TIX WARE has uiet with since its introduction, U a auffleieut guarantee for its excellcnco. ROOFING, GUTTERING, AND JOB WORK, OF ALL KINDS, attended to promptly. The manufactory Is still in chaige of .Mr. W. H. JCNES, who wUI be pleased to see his old friends and customers. Orders from the country for work or goods will meet with prompt attention. E. E. JONES, Corner Broad and Thomas sts., ATHENS. R. T. BRUMBY & CO., and Pharmacists of Family Medicines, And DL*i W Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver-plated Ware, Musical Instruments, Speotaclcs, Guns, Pistols, Sporting Equipments, Ac. Ac. A Select Stock of American and Im ported Watches, Doable Guns with 40 inch barrel, excellent for long range. Pistols ol all kinds. Penetration of ball 6% inches into wood. With n desire to please nil, will sell tbe'shovagood at very reasonable prices. REPAIRI3STG. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Onns and Pistols, promptly attended to in n satisfactory manner.— Call and sec for yourselves. apr 4 TEACHER OF MUSIC. /'AFFICE corner of Lumpkin and ' * Clayton streets, near the Epispocal Church. Pupils living out of town can take their lessons and practice at the office. Pianos, Organs & Sheet Music for sale, on the moat reasonable terms. All Instru ments of the best makers and fully warranted.— Person, desiring to purchase can have an instru ment placed in their house, which, if not satisfac tory alter fair trial, can be returned or excham * Bar pianos and Crgmia sold on Monthly t incuts, and old iostrumantstaken in put payment, if in good condition. [ott 27-tf FREE! FREE!! FREE!!! SINGLE COPIES OF tOOLMAN’S RUSAL WOULD, A WEEKLY Agricultural Journal that has been published twenty-three,ears in St. Louis, having the Largest Circulation and I the best Corps of contributors of any Mf 1c . ul S™ 1 mtper published In ike valley of Uie Mississiipi. Sdffbe sent free te all ajmlicits. Send for acow eras—t* peranum*. Address Norman J. V ■ an, Publisher, sLuniSt.. Mo. doe 291 Dispensers OULD respectfully call attention to their elegant preparation of effervescing solution of Citrate of Magnesia, or lasteless Salts, Aperient Seitlidz Powders, Crab Orchard Salts. This article is man a far tu red from the waters of the celebrated springs ai Crab Orchard, Ky., and is a complete substitute for cathartic Pills, Epsom Salt, Blue Mass, Calomel. Ac. It exerts a s|«eifie action upon the liver, exciting it when languid to secre tion, and resolving Us chronic engorgements. ROSE TOOTH POWDER A superior sud well selected stock ot -PERFUMERY, FANCY ARTICLES, FINE SOAPS, FINE SPONGES, Ad Pliarnnccatii al Specialties. R. T. BRUMBY & CO. Druggist* and Pharmacists. w im STANB5BD. 0 RCESTER’ DICTIONARIES. s A Southern Novel. I7HTZ HUGH SINCLAIR-1 T South Carolina Rebel Bor ; or. It is no Cri to be Born a Gentleman. By Mrs. Sallie F.C - ' 1 Elegantly illustrated BURKE'S BOOKSTORE The Savannah Republicai Established in 1802. TTAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY J—L the State Boards of Education of ^ Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, and ' • Arkansus. In nse in the cities of Richmond, Va., Norfolk, Va., Mobile, Ala., Savannah, Ga., Atlanta, Ga., &e. The standard in Orthography and Pronunciation in Washington and Lee University, Ihe University of Virginia, The College of William and Mary, Ihe University of Georgia, Ihe Wesleyan University, Alabama, &e., &e. BREWER & TILESTON, 17 Milk Street, BOSTON At June 14-2t BIG HOMINY, ENGLAND & ORR’S. BY HARDEE & SCUDDER. C. S. UXKDKK. H. W. SCCDU TOB PRINTING neatly and quickly tl executed at the B.anner Office. ) i y MARY A. EDWARDS, lerms : Invariably in Aivance : Sff3Ste=r- —*>•“ Monthly 5 00 Tho Weekly Rwiinucaii' u 'MKLLK^ Faturday, at S2a year; *l tor tor three menths—invariably inla“^j* • ' Rates of AduertUiun: One square, fistst insleriion, ll. Each quent insertion, M els. A square U lfi lin^„ pareil. All advertisements urde-cd in»ern»l.,eww • in dally paper will lie charged *1 per square e»ch iinerliHR, unU’wcithorwise r»*nfra* t«*il. T*ik li trai:.i t* l hr p ijk'r in t>»s* ft l is uniitslijr aletotel u> her iutrnssu ft rant eioa theUiest new* bv telegraph and hy let. Mr, on all •ubje-'t* of general ioicrtMt—commercial. Agricultural, ncientific and mlscrllanrou*—thereby adapting it to every cIam of the rendiog public. No pun* or expense will be spered lo maintain its rep- utaiion as » Aral class paper in every respect. Sillicatc Book Slates. r PHE LATEST improved marking L and erosive surface, for bad and abb pencils —including Memorandum and Calendar Hooka, Office Slates, Merchants' Book Slates, Gentlemens' and Indies' Wash Lists, ate., at prices ranging from five cent, to ft. For aaleat “*r22 BURKE’S BOOK STORE GLOBE HOTEL, A W: OrrnerefBnadanAJacksonets., AUGUSTA, GA. *. *- S' JdCRSAlr, Frsprlrter. Libel tor Divorce, in Franklin Sup’r Court, ril Term. 1872. IIENBY EDWARDS. J April Term, 1872. It appearing to the Court that tha Defendant, enry Edwards, cannot be found in thi* county, id it further appearing that hi* residence is un- m it is ordered by the Court that service of Libel be perfected by publieutlon of this order a month for tour mouths previous to the next i.if this Court in the Southern Banner, a p*- ' Wished in Athens, Ga. ' ' _ e extract from the minutes of Franklin Sn- ’ourt. June 11,1872. _ . THOS. A. LITTLE. Clerk. Picture Frames, ETO ORDER, of any size, in various styles of moulding, at BURKE'S BOOKSTORE. CALVIN W. PAIIB TTS 8o PARR. PL AMAND ORNAMENTAL P4NTERS, st Door above Nat. Bank, NS, GEORGIA. prompt attention to all House, Sign and Fancy painting i. Furniture cltanod, paint*, iort notice. Ordara from th# filled. Mixedpatnta^nadyte •Hand Plano Enquire at the ofl ee Banner. DLAOKSMITHING. A Mid-Air Compromise. Not many years ago, and not far from the city of Elmira, at a locals ity known as the “ Female College,” the circumstances we are about to relate took place. It seems that the principal of the college overheard a pian among a numbed oU his young lady students for drawing a young gentleman up to' a third- story rooms “ in a basket at night,” as no gentleman suitor were per mitted to visit their college lady loves, and see them alone, under strict rules of the institution. The principal acted accordingly, and at the appointed time was on the de~ signated spot, and when the basket n on .cUiun u, LUUtt tU6 lUVer s place, gave the “signal switch,” and com menced going up toward heaven, hy a trinity of angels. When two- thirds up, the angel expectant, on looking from the window, discover ed, to her terror and dismay, that instead ofJxer lover, she had anoth er man in the basket, and, nearly frightened out of her wits, made the fact kown to her faif helpers in mischief, with the pertinent in* quiry qf “What shall we do?— What shall we do'? -Oh 1 girls, girls, what shall we do ?” Wheres upon one of their number, noted for her coolness and presence of mind in trying emergencies, said: “Here! you hold on to this cord; now, do just as I tell yon, and I’ll take care of the man, no matter who be is, or where be comes from." Then taking out her pocket knife and opening it, she leaned out of the window, and in a low voice said, “ Who are you there in that basket?” No respouse. “ I say, who arc you there in that basket? Do you hear?‘I have a knife in my hand, and unless you answer this in less than ten seconds, I will cat this rope ? “ Why, it’s your principal—don’t you know me? Don’t, for mercy sake, cat the rope. Keep your knife lurther away from it!" “ Well, you are in a pretty tis, professor, a pretty fix indeed, and hanging between heaven and earthy The Levant Times gives a long ac count of the corouatiou of Prince Cas- sa, the new King of Ethiopia, which took place at Axum on the 14th of January. The solemnities lasted a fortnight, and the first step in them was Prince Cassa’s departure from Adoa on the 4th of January for Axum, which was reached on the 12th. On the 13th a grand review took place, at which 3,000 Abyssinian priests were present ns spectators. On the 14tb, Cassa made his solemn entry into the cathedral of Axum, where the corona tion ceremony was gone through. At the termination of this he repaired to a palace which he had specially; built for the occasion, and mounted the throne, leading up to which were twelve steps, wearing the crown upon his head. At this moment the com pany were so overjoyed as to be una ble to restrain themselves, and began discharging firearms in the throne- room, much to the delight apparently of the monarch, but to the detriment of the ceiling if not to the nerves of any delicately, organized Ethiopians, i no close ot the rejoicing, however, atones for the somewhat barbaric na ture of the previous proceedings. The eating and drinking lasted three conse cutive days, and during the whole of this time the King remained in the room. The people entered by relays of 400 at a time, and carnival did not end until 4,000 head of cattle and 500 hives of honey used in the preparation of hydromel had been consumed. Eating Hithont an Appetite. A lady, writing from Vlehtii, says i I- have had opportunities since I came here, of entering the homes of the wealthiest, and the attics of the poorest, and in every phase of human life I find much to admire. There ia none of that naUeiA extravagance in house-furnishing, or in dress, and in all externals, as in America. A young married couple suit the number of flights they are high to their means, and no one thinks of cutting their ao> quaintance because their snug little (Eulfig-ioom aiittpanS^^hirth^ay occasion is one oi the pleasantest of events to witness in a German family. Days before, the brothers and sisters bring together their accumulated pen nies, and eaoh invests the amount of the same in some love-token, however trifling. If the morning is pleasant, the table is spread in the garden, and on it are placed the gifts—practical ones from the parents; some simple delicacy, pleasing to the juvenile pal ate is added to the usual meal; flower- offerings are sent, and relatives come to present their congratulations.” The Way to Keep Sunday. I'tuii The LordV day is a good day in which to learn to love yottr neigh-, bor as yourself. I do not think it is a great rin if yonr neighbor has his side door open .on the Sabbath day for yon to walk across the lawn and sit on his porch, and talk with him of things seemly. I think the Lord likes that I do not think that if your household is more ra diant and your children wake np and say (as I never did,) “ Thank jBnd, iitia SiindnwffiU?, that m you.make t$ tho best day of the week, nod yonr - children are good-natured, and joyful, that-they are any the worse I believe in letting oat the harness a little, t believe in making the holes for the buckle a little lower down. Let our Lord’s day be a chureh .lay in the morning, and a family ifcy the rest of the time, I think that we preach too much. I think that we overteach and over tax in the Sab bath school. I [From tha WnrM, A of, • IX) .IIOKMUt,! MOW • Among the letters redejYfet^ ifa the city yesterday . one from Brid Clark) of Conaaerienk in which he gives a list Of somo of the W# important Bepi^UGW* * n , the State whohRve come out in favor of Mr.-Greeley, v He says: , h n I To show you that wft h*ff- g<»y tlemen of the highestcba?»etex wub us who‘have bdea Bepublleaps ft«f» the forinaQpt* 1 f* 1 -.* w rr:*“"**r U*’*’* aae f them.;. ^ ^^0 - e.v Judge .pfaqypopisipoCqpftjyic* ejp-Miiistba'er'Aastml ter, Norwich Courts® ri and e.x-VicePreaiddnf Vftbo United The Famine In Persia. Attention, the Whole! rpHE UNDERSIGNED edU eon- JL. tinum thembive basinets nt fait old stand, the BRICK SHOP, mi Prince Arcane, where all classej of work In fait «ne will fee faithfully ecn.- »d. Particular attention gt~en to korsc-sboeipg. Those in want ol the genuine HEMPHILL PLOW, o popular, will <lo wall to call ajqd Id m: hlch la no bu; from the ol I man himself. His superior will also be kept on hand. Thankful for past patronage, be n*pectfaUy tor licit* a continuance of the nine. w. s. hemprill. dee 29 IT $iif<v)fcdMAteI j W* at do yon ihink ought to be done with you? A principal of a female col lege, yrhQ thus endeavors, at night, to clandestinely reach the room of a lady student, ought to be severe ly punished and also exposed.” “ Oh ) t beg of you not to harm me nor expose me; but let me down again carefully, and don’t let ty^sUp/ “Professor, said the shrewd beauty, “ on one condition, only It is wrong to eat without an appe tite, for it shows that there is no gas tric juice in the *toranch, and that na ture does not need food; and dot need ing it, there being no fluid to receive and act upon it, it remains there only to putrify, the very thought of which should be sufficient to/deter any man from eating without an appetite for the remainder of his life. If a a tonic is taken to whet the appetite, it is n. mistaken course, for its only result is to cause one to eat more, when already an amount has been eaten beyond wbat the gastric juice is able to pre pare. The object to be obtained is a larger supply of gastric juice, not a larger supply of food ; and whatever fails to accomplish that object, fails to have any efficiency toward the cure of dyspeptic diseases. The formation of gastric juice is directly proportioned to the wear and tear of the system, which is to be the means of supplying, and this wear and tear can only take place as the result of exercise. The efficient remedy for dyspepsia is work—out- "jtoor work—beneficial and successful in direct proportion as it is agreeable, interesting and profitable. — Halls Journal of Health. Paternal Instinct, The paternal instinct has seldom had x finer development than in the follow ing, told by a party who calls himself “ one of that class styled drummers commercial tourists, excursionists, etc; 1 As the cars stopped at a small town in Minnesota, an honest‘ looking Ger man and family came on r bo*rd the train. The V family” .cpntiejed of numerous bandies, a wife, amha quan tity of children of assorted sixes, from THE MODEL MiOiZISE OF AMERIC.V The Largest in Form, Vie Largos, in CircuLon^dOie only origUd. FASHION MAlxAZHIF. T~\E MO REST'S ILLUSTRATED AJ MONTHLY contains origin^ storira. new music, household matters, general, and artistic lit erature, and tr *- Size Patterns. dM Chranato' quest" “ Name it! name it j" “ You mast solemnly promise that none pf us who b*ve been en- in this little romance shall disciplined for it, and that you no mention of it to a liv- the dillrge, with the understanding LANDRETH'8 rftAiBsiumin aaiaiDD TUST. RECEIVED, a Mk ^ipplj .^"newdrttg store. are to observe the solemn ' Wbatwy jQar iao stiolemnly well wp you\ will faithfully keep and will we qocnply . with jonr re- kabe in arms up to a hdy of twelve. Thq German, after storing his bundles in the forward seats of ttie smoking (Mir, proceoeded to place his wife and ofikpring near them. This acconu {dished, he seated himself for a smoke. All at once, as the signal whistled for starting, he dashed out of the car into the 8tatiqn;‘ returning' with another bandy catching the train before it tnov. ei ’ As he passed, one of the passen The details which still continue to arrive by letter and telegraph of the famine in Persia are almost too horri ble for belief. The scenes related by Josephus as having taken place daring the last days of the seige of Jerusalem can hardly parallel those which are de scribed by eye-witnesses as of daily oc currence. The whole nation seems smitten with a curse, and from every part of the land comes up a wail of desDair and agony that nothing can still but death. Strong men perish by hundreds. Tender women clasp their infants in their arms and so die. The corpses of little children cumber the streets. The sickening ordor of the decaying dead taints the air and breeds pestilence that hastens the work of starvation. Water and food alike are wanting, and the entire extinction of the Persian nation seems imminent.— The heart of the world is moved, but tlin aid it fiiin would render is neutral ized "by the vast extent of territory wrkirfl th* oofleraitg to Spread Slid the total lack of means of transporta tion. Persia, in ancient times, was one of the most pewerful states of Asia. It was renowned for its advancement in civilization and the wealth of its miner- apd agricultural products. Here wetie raised and supported the vast armies of Cyrus and Cambyses and Xerxes. Even as late as the four teenth century, the country furnished ample means for the subsistence of the army of Tamerlane, numbering over a million of men, which marched with out baggage or commissariat, through its entire breadth. Now, it is little more than an arid wilderness. The forty million inhabitants have shrank to less than ten million. Its noble forests have fallen, its fountains and rivers dried up; its broad meadows and once fertile hills are sere and bar ren ; the angel of desolation has passed over the land, making dear the way for the angel of death. think we are mak> ing the Lord's day laborious. I d*> tbipk that we use ; Sunday enough to make 1 the famil yi finer, sweeter, more compact, more homogeneous, more social, and so more'feligfoue. I see many, many men. wtio cprqe to church stern and stiff. They would not for ail the world ride in a street car on Sunday—no; nor go over the terry on Sumkry—no; nor do anything at home that made them agreeable—no I I do not hold up their way of keeping the Sab bath as a model. Sunday ia a day of household love. It is a day of family reunion. It is a day in which the children ought to feel that their father and mother never were so handsome before, and never so good. It ia a day in which every part of the household should, at the going down of the sun, be able to say, “ Thank God for this open door of heaven, which ha9 poured out so many happy hours on os 1"—Hen ry Ward Beecher. For the Last Time. There is a touch of pathos about doing even the simplest thing “ for the last time.” It is not alone kissing the lips of the dead that gives you this strange pain. You feel it when you have loved—when you stand in some quiet city street, where you know that you will never stand again. The actor, playing his part for the last time, the singer whose voice is cracked hope lessly, and who after this once will never stand again before the sea of up turned faces disputing the plaudits with fresher voices and fairer forms, the minuter who has preached his last ser mon—these all know the hidden bitter ness of the two words “ never again.” How they come to us on birthdays, as we grow older. Never again young —always nearer and nearer to the very last—the end which is universal, the “ last thing” which shall follow all last things, and turn them, let us hope, from pains to joys. We put away our boyish toys with an old headach.--- We were too old to walk longeron our stilts—too tall to play marbles on the sidewalk. Yet there liras a pang when we thought we had played with our merry thought for the last time, and lifers serious grown-up work wna wait ing for us. Now we do not want the toys back. Life has other and larger playthings for ns. May it not be that these, too, shall seem in the light of some far-off day as the boyish games qtOOLto our manhofid, and we shall learn that death is but the opening of a gate into anew land of promise? “I’m afraid I’m sitting on,yonr crinoline, ma’am.” “ Oh! never mind, mr, it’s of no consequence; you can’t hurt it” No mam’am, it’s not that; but the confoupdfid thing hurts me.” While the people of the Uni ted States are making prep irations to celebrate on the . Fourth of July, 1876, the one hundretb anniversary of American independence, the Norwegians all over the world, on the 18th ot July of the present year, celebrated the one thousandth an niversary of the consolidation of that country. The ceremonies in Norway were, nianjr of them, of an imposing character. Perhaps the most notewor.hy of these was the unveiling of a monument seventy feet high to the memory of King Harold Fairhnir, which took place at Haugesund, on the spot where tradition says King Harold was buried. The story of King Harold is this: In the ninth ceilUlfy.Nor? way was divided .into twenty-fQQr petty kingdoms. Harold; ,yrho ruled, over one of them, asked the band of Githa, the daughter of another iinMlt** uanun j— ja* ir w ich. 'Jft4gi!q44h^S Vice President’Of thl States; David A. W*Ua,^Y>f 1 Nor- G. Perkins, State ^ena|p|jii#;n.. Morris, late Gtewml. to. Haviret^n*- eral William H. Bridgejj^; Thomas Greenman,, Jlystic,' th* largest ship buiidcrjini th* Statr r and who hplp^d jfi givelifrtfiitokhc Ally*, HnnfifflLaMmuTvAf* gentleman of immense wealth- inch influence r'^htynM Belknritty ^.JEL Browley, of H*rtfofd SMBS*- Clark, West Winsted; ^Whiting Hayden and hirf edn, ’ WrUimat&Mi,. among the largest ia: Eastern. ConneotieptvWiHifWMH. Chollar, West Ktllinjgly^Albert Austin, of Suffield^rS-StateSefr^toc and railroad comnjiasjopeff^Ttl.f L. Send, ot Danbury; obdi C-aU&ifV of Mystic Riyer^membera of the- present legislature,‘arid many other- gen deroen of prominence!; Hugh Harrison, one of the prinoipaUlUU*- agers of Colt’s Fireariro ..QotapaAy, and 4,500: other ReptU>licflh* rthP -have heretofore' voted) tbd Repub lican ticket are now ardent .support ers of Greeley and .’Brown. • l am happy to Bay. tbAl An* rcecr*tit«i*re flocking to oUr standard-. tjailyvf- W rite Connecticut dowftf<wG*aelerv and Brown at least: 10,000.! majori ty in November next. i..'j b..r. In a postscript 2tfr> -Qlatko **J*l*t.. If the Secretary)of„^*ivoir.Gfip- eral Grant wiR publisfew letter» General Howard (each hav* a. ,po*- py) it will furnish A^eyjq.mjf con versation with General., Hoprard, and these other facts which I have will show who is right. P» . the mat ter. . ’ f *.:! .’■ .1 Oy aw rwra; Another lettefi W« AteCWted fr°m a gentleman in; Mftdi^W^who. at the present/; time holds ^«spqp- sibld position. in; tlw:Stete»I wdd* recongnized asacQmpe.t?nt iudgqpf political 1 affairs. <a SfinWRilt*uA 1 * follows'. lo Je-jTjJni odi ni The Liberal mpvemfcl)*dsf,te)M*ig h<dd here heypcd <• and with pivpe«:Prgsn)pq40n. 1 h ere is no dotjbt wevwn cnrrr this State for Greeley, tfffe (jernian vote will; be almosfsolid. >: :I . thinkT we shall receive ninety percenL: .-Of.the Irish yote we shall keabte tohchh the regular* Democratic.portion.,,Qf the Norwegian vote, ath*: nominal tion of M. Anderson as elector-at- large will draw.'largaly^kfctbere is considerable feeling among them for a change. 1 think we, will be able to redace this vove bhfout ten per cent Among.rthtt.~iEnglish, Scotch.and Welsh: nhsnras.iLfteohg feeling for Greeley? capctejh* among tho Scotch. AmaaglAf&Atymeotu I think itsafe tocalofiIal*nM>tvf*gSy- nine por cent of the regular Rcpub licitn vote. The Demoorate.'*fl.-aN most a unit v Wbstiytevneedi is thornough or^mization.’i,*!/. tiesirc to bdve an oigamzatiooJ in fvftVXry . Assembly district in thofilatei and petty prince. He received for reply , fortbU pilrpo3et 80infr . mca that when he hnd_conquered sH.lghoaiibe setit to evefy condtv. ■ Norway Githa should be. hjs., Not 1 • , , , at all daunted by ti ts onerous coin- ! dition, Harold pimply went to Yhe Democratic majority 'In the Products of Texas.—Judging from an addroea mado by Colonol W. H. Hatch, of Missouri, before thtrTex as State Fair, at Houston, the Lone Star State is one of the most produc tive in the Union. In 1859 the State produced 1,250,000 bushels of wheat, which, turned info flour at, $10 per barrel, would be worth $3,500,OCfO.— In 1870 and 1871, the State produced 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 of bushels of wheat. The Colonel claimed that when the State became as populous per square mile as that of Illinois, she will raise 100,000,000 bushels of wheat every year. Nearly 200,000, new set tlers, black and white, had emigrated into the State daring the past twelve months. 1 ‘ via tui> ni territory o UUK "i*. . . work and brought kingdom ’after kingdom under his rale, corhple^- ing his underataking by 3 mcarts of a blbbdy sea fight, which beciftTe^f in 872,‘ after which his sovereignty over the Whole of Norway Wks' ac-1. knowedged. Harold wasan trareru- pious tyrant,'and drove many norse- clitic men to emigrate to other countries in order to escape his intolerable op pressions ; bot hi# name* hr* cherii ished he TfLv v- establuhed the nauonal nxuty.^ ' v * .An oldf agricultural laborer in bt L»/v. uiuv j ^.r the tlte \^wrifiory , wtd 15 oemtic ■evangelizing bis fentihr.. ;Bem£ r£ f morstratod with bv tjre paster .'tor ^ repUgd the cust^mfUf. i\ot bringing up' his boys as he T^O’Wa^lvote «Pfrf , of‘^ J Betno. rn mIv England tried a singular; merited bfi pf.tba/ari?cl^hie B^rcjiaa^l of —-t;,;— Ui* n„: /bvtn^h^y befqra^^pn^doubt “Then j - -> r. . geggest thatypalceep tho sir; I” ofdfcir’era dbwit to pray, night and raomin” jrnd wheb they won’t gtHtaWP, I fcnocl 9 i,’.niden f o —and yet they ain’t good l" , 0Qt safely dodged a bread tin.