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asf fcorjimt, T w *> PUBLISHED EVERY • - FRIDAY JtlORWIJVG, JtY T. W. & T, L. GANTT, AT — S-2 PER ANNUM ATHENS BUSINESS CARDS, fault i« (hi* Column, $12 a year )*r sqr. j iMAUCO 'B. A. S. ERWIN, HOWELL COBB COBB, ERWIN & COBB, attorneys at law, ATHENS, GEORGIA. fjgJ” Office in (he Deupree Building. SAMUEL P. THURMOND, olttorney at law, ATHENS, GEORGIA. •»* Office over Barry'* Store, Broad Street. *WB BONE PROPOSES TO DO ALL KINDS 1. of Painting-^-lIoasc. Carriage and Furniture work-in too neatest, cheapest and most durable »tylo. Al^e imitation work anl glazing and paper hanging tf'iiic at short notice. Prompt attention given to all orders left at the Drugstores, or at his Shop on Clayton street, 2d door S. K. Episcopal church, Alhen,Cia. ful.7—1y. UNIVERSITY HOTEL R. H. LAMPKIN TTAVING OPENED. A HOTEL 1 -L on Wall street, offers to our citizens*and the travelling public, select BOARD and Lrelgings if desired. Table always furnished with the best the market affords, and served up in a superior manner. (live iuc a call. feb2i-:t * DU. J. E. POPE E ESPECTFULLY offers his Pro fessional Service* to the Citizen* of Athens »n.l Adj.iecnt Country. i) vujres the office formerly occupied*!))* Dr. IT. II. Carlton. At night he can ho found at the resi- pe ice of Dr. J. A. Huiinicutt. febl Dtf Livery Stable J HAVE A LIVERY STABLE On Thomas Street, #hcre llorses will be FED and cared for. Also, WAGON YARD. YOL. 1. ATHENS) GEORGIA, NfAROH 31, 1873,. NO. 26. A STRANGE STORY. Hr»Tir»-ly .j: z. cooper. M. STERN' tVo. 4 College • ! venue. Has Just Received, Direct from the Agents,’ a full Stork of the PUREST and BEST BRANDS of Whiskey, Wine, Brandy, Ale, &c. r brought to this market. Als< •tantly on hand, FRESH from the CINCINNATI LAGER BtEP, Pure and Genuine. I have also, the ChoicestBrnnds of Cigars. Epicures will find, too, those Genuine BOLOGNA SAUSAGES. Good Fires, Comfortable Seat, Pleasant Company, and U **1 Drinks always to lie found. TCdtseiHAU CHARLEY HILL At the old established BARBEE-SHOP,. V n Street, over the store of Messrs. J. R. A L. C. Mathew*:, have the l»est and most attentive workmen and ull the modern appliances for Sharing, Shampooing, Hair dressing, etc., Indies and children waited on at their residences, when desired. Post mortem cases will receive prompt and careful attention. Oct. 11, 1872. Livery, Feed and Sale Stable, ATHENS, G-A. GANN & REAVES....PROPRIETORS W ILL BE FOUND AT THEIR «>id stand, nar Franklin Housebuilding, i nomas street. Keep always on hand good Turn- Amts and care mi drivers. Stock well eared for when entrusted to our care. Stock on hand for sale at all times. detl3-tf BOO'IH <Sc CHAPPIN, Market Street, near Court llonse. Family Grocery and Bar Room. Keeps constantly on hand choice Family Groce ries, of all kinds, and the best brands of Wines Liquors and Cigars. ’ Give us a cal], and you will find everything in our line of the best, and prices as low as iue lowest. A 8 MANDEVILLE jjfr. mLE#,s (ipiM aai fatnim faiidlu, Clock*, Jewelry, Silver & Plated Ware, MUSICAL INSTRUM ENTS, Sjwirting Equipments of all kinds. REPAIRING AND ENGRAVING Done with care, and warrantod to give satisfaction Opposite the College, A I liens, «n. OLD GOLD AND SIL VER taken in exchange. »*OLK AGENTS FOR PRATT’S ASTRAL OIL A WPJAXOXD SPECTACLES. r Surveyor, Architect. ' H -’ : , having _L. idete navmg a COni- ons **- and Droftini" i,, *11 description* of Lumpkin f ” U “ J Bt ,h * Law Omcoof Captain E. P. Jan;;,-If L. K. LUMPKIN. County Surveyor. Athens Foundpy &. Machine W oiks. N Gr h B^ FOUNDERS AND 'y'Miriu;, Havlne^l 1 *™ 'Vork, flmlthlng and l*tu.ra.; mi”.ill?^ r ^ n «***»»iv* collecUon of BRASS CASTINGS JV. Steam K n rJ?^ B «s Sinijm and Mill Machine- Lt«hter Sere** 5„i <!' Hoisting .Screws, >»ftin» r Mi JA». Cotton Seed Crush- The Amherst Student contains a letter from Prof. J. H.' Seelye, dated Allahabad, India, November 25,1872. detailing a strange fact which came under his observation in his recent travels. The Professor’s story recalls the tradition of Romulus and Re mus, and suggests that Darwin’s the ory of the descent of man may he uperseded by another, taking the ground that the lower creation is man’s descendant rather than his aucestor. The letter is os follows: “ Not far from Arga, in northern India, is a mission station of the Church Missionary Society, connected with which is an orphanage with several hundred children now under -the efficient care -of-the Rev. 'Ey Q. auj h wolves, by which, every year, -of ohuttreD.are OBJfyed, off and devoured.' But in two instances, at least, instead of being killed ami eaten, the children have been kept alive and nourished with, if not by, these 1 leasts. Whether the story of Romulus and Remus be a myth ornot, this is an actual reality, for the chil dren themselves have been captured from among the wolves and brought to the orphanage above mentioned. They were both boys,- and apparently of some seven or eight years of age when taken. They were found at different times, the last one in March 'of the present year. Some hunters, smoking wolves out of a cave, were startled when the wolves appeared by the appearance among them of a crea ture looking strangely human, hut running rapidly along on all fours like the wolves, though not so rapidly as they. He was caught with difficulty, ami there was no mistaking that he was a child of human parentage, hut with the habits and actions and appetite of a wild beast. The hunters brought him to the orphanage, where lie was received and cared for. “Though his physical form and features were sufficient to show that he was a Hindoo child, there were noothir indications -about him of anything human. In all other respects, in the language of Mr. Erhardt, a perfect animal. He had no speech but a whine. He would wear no clothes, tearing from him everything ot the sort whenever put on. tie would eat nothing hut raw flesh, and when he drank he lapped the water with his tongue. Left to himself, he would hide in some dark spot during the day, from which he would come out at night and prowl about the inclosure, picking up bones if any were to be found, and ravenously gnawing theni. It ai first seemed impossible for him to walk ereet, but after much diflicul y he was taught to do so, ai d also to u -e a fork and knife, and to drink like a human being. Though treated with the utmost care, and with great pati ence and kindness by the Christian hands and hearts which received him, he pined away and died after he had been in t*>o orphanage a little over fouremonths. In all this, time he could not be made to utter a word ; lie was never seen to smilt, nor show any signs of joy or shame or gratitude. “ But Mr. Erhardt, who gave this account, assured me that he looked more intelligent than the average of Hindoo childien, and that his color" and features indicated that his parent age must have been ia a family ol high caste. The other b„y I mvself saw a few days since at the orphanage, where he was brought about six years ago, having been then captured, much as was the first mentioixtd boy,- and having shown precisely the same hab its as belonged to him. tie has not yet spoken a word, but has exchanged the whine, which was at first his only utterance, for sounds expressive of pleasure, and apparently also of grati tude. tie no longer prefers raw flesh for food, hut eats bread fruits with ravenous avidity. He walks erect, hut with a strangely awkward gait, throwing out his hands with every step. His hands are perfectly formed, but lie uses them awkwardly. A piece of bread tossed to him from a little dis tance, which he was eager to get, he could not catch, hut let it fall clumsily to the ground. He wears clothes, to which he was at first as averse as the other boy. His forhead is low, hut his face would hardly be called dull, and certainly not idiotic. His eyes have a wild and restless,, hut not inquiring look. His jaws are not pro truding, and his teeth are well formed and thoroughly human. On his left check are scars bearing plainly the marks of teeth, where he must have beecn fearfuly bitten. He has taught to do some kind of work, but not faithfully. He seems to have lost nil desire to escape, he mingles freely with the other children, among whom he has his favorites. When the boy first mentioned was brought to the orphanage, this one was made to un derstand that he gnust teach the other how to eat and drink and walk, and much of the improvement of the younger one in these respects seemed due to the older one. The inference from these extraordinary instances is strangely at variance with many affir mations now current. It does not point in the least to man’s derivation from the lower creation, but exactly to the reverse. If we only look accu racy and think closely we shall find more evidence, both in nature and history, that the lower creation is man’s descendant rather than his ancestor.” BILL AR1’ON THE IMCK-IIE PLEADS ALDERMANIC DUTIES AT 2 IN THE HORNING. Bill Arp, editor of the Rome Com mercial, has been swimmiug around to the Council Cliamber e-v-e-r-y night during the inundation of his city, and here’s what comes of his being— OUT E-v-e-r-v night 1 Here it is half past 1 o’clock! It’s a wonder you come home at all! What—do—you think—a—woman—is—made—for? I do believe if la robber was to come and carry me off you wouldn’t care a cent. What is it you say ? “City Council business must be attend ed io r j_i (Ho^r do I know you Council 7" Doe*i<h» : Oit v e-v-e-r-y night? They jon’tf meet but once a week in—New York. But I suppose R-o-m-e is a more important place. Oh yes—out e-v-e-r-y night. Twelve o’clock —1 o’clock—2 o’clock. Here I stay with the children all alone —lying awake half the night waiting for you. “Couldn't come home any soonerl” * Of course you couldn’t if you did not want to. But I know some thing; you think I don’t hut I do. That I do. I wish I didn’t. Where were you Monday night? Tell me that. The Marshal told me the City Couucil did’nt meet that night. Now wliat have you got to say ? "Couldn’t gel a quorum !" Well, if you couldn’t why didn’t you come home? Out e- v-e-r.y n ight—h nntingl) —for—a— quorum. Bet you wouldn’t hunt for me this late if I was missing. Where were you Thursday and Friday nights? There was a show in town, wasn’t they ? What did you buy that liottle of hair oil for, and hide it? "Oil for your hone,” indeed ! Wiio ever heard of hair oil for a whetstone! So you think I didn’t see you in the other room brushing and greasing your hair and looking in the glass at your pretty self? "A man o g\t tobe decent!” He ought, ought he 1 Yes, indeed, a man ought to, and a descent man will stay at home with his wife sometimes—and not he out e-v-e-r-y night. How comes it that the City Couucil didn’t meet hut twice a month last year? “Trying to work it out of debt!” Yes, that’s probable—very—laughing and joking, and swapping lies, will work a debt off, won’t it? Now—I—want—to— know— how— much —longer—you— are— going— to— keep —up—this— night—business ? Yes, i want to know. Out e-v-e-r-y night. City Council, Free Masons, shows, lmir oil—and its brush and brush and brush until you’ve nearly wore out the brush and your -head,-too. What is it you say? -~"Jt helps your business to keep up your social relations!” Ah, indeed! You’ve got relations here at home, sir. They need keeping up some I should think. What did you say about "catching it” the other night at a whist party ? “Fel lers, it’s 11 o’clock, hut let’s play a while longer—we won’t catch it any worse when we get home.” A pretty speech for a d-e : c-e-n-t man to make! •‘C atch it!” “Catch it!” Well, I in-' tend you shall catch it—a little. What di I you say? "If I wouldn’t fret you so yoa xcould stay at home more!” Well, sir, do you stay at home first a few nights and try it. Perhaps the fret ting would stop. Out e-v-e-r-y night because I fret you so. What’s that, sir ? " You know ladies who ain’t always scolding their husbands /” You do, do you ? How come you to know them ? What business have you to know them ? What right have you to know whether other women fret or not ? That’s al ways the way. You men think all other women are saints hutyour wives. Oh, yes—satnts—s-a-i-n-t-s. I’ll have you to know, sir, that there isn’t a woman in this town that’s mdre of n saint than I am. I know them all, sir,—a h-e-a-p better than you do. You only see the sugar and honey side of them, and they—only—see—the—su gar—rside—of—you. Now, sir, I just want you to know that if you can’t stay at home more than you do, I’ll leave these children here to get burnt up, and Til go out c-v-e-r-y night. When a poor woman get’s desperate, why, sir, she is—she is desperate, that’s all. »!>pro?ed Turhi.k,*"' 1 -Agents for, the most and rt " ,a !" ed there n,e *- **- _ ' mother came to the rescue. IL NICKERSON, N. n.~y m Fia4l Agent and Superintendent- ter • price... 9la * 5 at roanufsctu- A Faithful Doo.—The Nashua (N. H.) Telegraph, relates, that not long since a Newfoundland dog belong ing to a family- was left for a few minutes in a room with an open grate, in which was a child just old enough to creep. The child crept toward the fire, aud the dog, who appearently saw and understood the danger, at once laid down between the child and the until the The hair was burned from the dog’s side, and hia body was blistered, and yet, noble dog that he was, he did not budge. GRUXBLERS AT NEWSPAPERS. Horace Greeley,in speaking of grum blers at newspapers, thus hits the nail on the head: “It is strange how dose men* read the papers. We never say anything that anybody don’t like, but we soon hear of it andyeverybody tells us of it- If, however, once in a while. we hap pen to say a good thing, we never hear of that; -nobody seems to notice that. We may pay some man a hun dred compliments, and give him a doz en puff, and he takes it .ill us .a tribute to his greatness, and he nev£r thinks- of it; never thinks it does - him any good. But if we happento say things this nmn don’t like, or something he i nng'njs is a reflection on him or his ;o the City c’mracter, see how quick he flares n ' ll|ft iMB-inad about k. AU .snr evi’ * *—‘‘areduTy charged to us.liut we never, apparently, get any credit for what good we do. One of our exchanges, in speaking of newspapers, aud what is expected of them, very forcibly remarks that “there is no business in all the wide world so subject to sponging as the art or trade of printing a newspaper. It really seems to us that public corpora tions, societies and associations in gen eral, have peculiar ideas about printers. They-think we ought to print, puff and publish all for nothing, i. e., ‘free grat is ;’ in other words, they seem aston ished if we ask half-price only for obit uary notices, cards of thanks, tributes of respect, personal communications, or anything else that only i nterests a few pere ns, and not the general read er. They think it costs no money to advertise, puff, etc. And thus one and another will sponge. They forget that this business makes them known ; they forget that printer’s iuk makes nine-tenths of their immense fortunes ; they forget that it takes money to pay .compositors—to buy ink,, typo and paper; and lastly, they forget even to thank you for gratuitously puffing their busiuess or serving the public. Not only do country editors suffer from these inflictions, but they are also com pelled to listen patiently to the dull nonsense of some fellow who wants to introduce Kamschatian baths, agricul tural insurance pills, or sugar-coated double back-action washboards. We feel sure that if we were a provincial editor we would live very cheap, be cause we should get ‘bored’ for noth- ing.” Western Justice.—A telegram mentioned sometime ago an attempt to hum the little town of Arrow Rock, .Mo. The fires were a mercantile ven ture. Being liquor dealers, the incen- dieries wished to destroy i*H competi tion ; so the town was set on fire at such places as would he most likely to insure the destruction ot obnoxious sa loons. The men engaged were the landlords of taverns outside the limits of the town, named Coiner, Swimey and Elder. Coiner was first arrested. He was bound, but struggled desper ately, and at one time tore the rope from his hands and the bandage off his eyes, but was brjught to terms by a grip on his throat that brought him to his knees. The eiiect was to extort a full confession, Swimey was then cap tured and marched to the ice-bom d river. An open place was cut throngh the ice. He was thrown in three times and three times drawn out, still refus ing to confess. By way of variety, Elder, a negro, was strung up and low ered three times. He, too, was, as a paper expresses it, “as stubborn as a mule.” Then these two worthies was confronted with Coiner, who acknowl edged all,and the “three glared at each other like wild animals.” Coiner and Elder was'then sent to jail. Swimey still remained. Silently the spectators drew lots and five men separated from the crowd, took Swimey in their midst and departed. At dawn he was found hanging in" the woods—dead. The Pledge ol Safety. AN ELECT* c AL GOVERNOR’S HAN- aSION. The St. Louis' Democrat has this strange stofv to tell of the Executive Mansion, it throws Surrency in to the shade.alfAgcthert For some time past the- Executive Mansion Sere base been' palpably leaded with electricity. . At first it was regarded as .preposterous, but at last vthe imports became so numerous ■ami imperative that and investigation was ordertkjf. If a visitor should touch his finger te a picture frame ora door knob r a ”^ark * of electricity would blaze away <6 nd cause the guest to jump. IiLpassipgover the elegant carpets, e]ectrical{?f»ar'..s would stream over the _ called by the friction. The GoverncpL family have been annoyed by tliesef'-.-iu). Testation, and on yester day Prof. , Morse, an eminent scientist -or St. 'Louis mdcle rin" "extebslve examination, and gives it os his opin ion that the mansion is built upon au immense loadstone, which generates this electricity, Not satisfied, however w th the result of his invetigation, Prof. Pumpelly, the, learned geologist, and other scientific notabels, have been sent for to unraval this mystery, which is creating a local excitement here unknown in town gossip. TheLatestSwindle.—Mrs. Bella Thompson, young beautiful and sty lish, has been stopping at the Newark Hotel, Newark, N. J., for a week. She told the proprietor that she was from Georgia, and was watting for friends from that State. On Friday she showed the clerk and several ladies a set of diamonds, saying that they cost her $5,000. In the presence of the ladies she put them in her trunk. On Saturday she charged that her trunk had been broken open and the diamonds stolenl She demanded that the proprietor pay for them. Suspic ion was directed toward a gue3t of the house, and he was about to be arrest ed, when a letter was received at the hotel addressed to the woman. The detective opened it and, “Can't you send me $10, I am d—J hard up.” The arrest was delayed ; and it was found that the woman had obtained the diamonds from a Broad street jew eler, exhibited them, and sent them back telling the jeweler she did not wish to buy them. She acknowledged the swindle and, after paying the bills, quit the house.—N. Y. Sun. The Currency Balance.—The currency balance in the treasury con tinues to decline, under the depleting influences of the appropriation, pension fund and numerous relief acts passed by CongreK. Within three days the currency balance lias decreased over $1,000,000, and the legal tenders out standing increased to a similar amount. In meeting the “immediate demands” upon him the Secretary of the Treas ury lias been obliged to draw upon the legal tender reserve fund, but it is not anticipated that there will be any very large draft on that resource. The amount so far taken from the reserve fund for immediate purposes is $1,- 550,000, which, curiously enough, is almost exactly the amount of the extra pay for two years which Congress voted for itself afr- the close of the session. The Secretary expects, it is understood, to draw further on his reserve, but says he believes two millions will cover all such drafts that are to be made, and that the regular currency receipts will soon replace that amount after the rush subsides.—Baltimore Sun. For OTer Forty Year* this PURELY VEGETABLE; LlTer Medicine ha* proved to be the GREAT UNFAILING SPECIFIC . forLiter Complaint and the pai D ful offspring ttfcgfctorwtt; HI fiPKpjfflA, CONSTIPAllO^ .Tatinrlio- Dllllnn. w BICK HEADACHE. t>OUB :BTQM ACI) *or careful experiments, noW p * o4u " ftu “ THE PREPARED A Liquid form of Simmons' Liver Regulator, con- taining all its wonderful and valuable* properties, ana otter it in ONE DOLLAR BOTTLES. St br.umT:. p .Fi ce .. a5 .. b . e . for . < ::.;;;* ] 1 ;^ pcr OAXJ TIoitsT. Buy no Powders or Prepared Simmons’ Recula- tor unless in our engraved wrapper, with trade mark, «tamp and signature unbroken, Xoneoth* cr is genuine. J. H. ZEILIN & CO., Macon, Ga., and Philadelphia SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. P j:inS-6m Is Certain # Prompt BED TWICE A WEEK, IT •PREPARED TJY DR. WM KING And for sale br Merchants generally, and by BARRETT, LAND A CO., Augusta, Wholesale Agents. febj]-6ra quick for $10. R. square, New Ycrk. y in a L. W foleott. 181 Chatham others to sell a new article, indis]>cas:ib]c to merchahts and manufacturers, Address with stamp, Ee B. Smith & Co., 93 Liberty^st., N. Y. Kev Check outfit. Circulars free. Stafford Man’g Company, 66 Fulton-st, N Y BUST’S GARDEN SEED! BUIST’S ONION SETS. Cabbage, Beans, Beets, Lettuce, Radish Seed, $*c., IN GREAT VARIETY AT Rales of JLegal Advertising Citation for Letter* of Guardianihlp C*! Citation f.r Letter* of Administration A 00; Application for Le-tors of Dismission Adm’r.. 4 0ft. Application for Letter* of Dism’oit Guard 8 00 Application for Leste to Soil Lands............. 5 00" Notice to Debtor* and Creditor*... S 00 SalcaofL-nd, Ac., per square.. 5 00 Sate* Periahab'e Property, todays, per an 1 80' Eatny Notices, 30 dny*. j 00 Sheri ITSales, per levv uf 10 line* or lest 2 80' Sheriff Mortgage fl. fa. Sales per square — 6 00 Tax Collector's Sales per square .. 5 tr) Foreclosure-Mortgage per square each time I 00. Exemption Noticta (In atvanee} . 2 00. Rule Xisi’s, per square, each Urn* I OO Georgia Railroad Scheduler NOTICE OF CHANGE OF SCHEDULE" OK Tlie-i-^. GEORGIA and MACON and AUGUSTA RAMjRODS. Superintendent’* Offer, V Georgia and fearon * jiwrasta Railroad, X Avgusta, G .,JnnuS,IS72. > O N AND AFTER- WEDNES-' DAY, Jutoc 5th,- t«>7S, ihff Pasuenjjvr Train* on the Georgia and ,Macon and Augusta Railroads will run as follows: GEORGIA RAILROAD. Day Passeitgcr Train iciip '''* Leave Augusth fct...^i..;..,. WK%.vi^ Leave Atlanta at ...._& 13 a.m. - Arrive at Atlanta at i.0 40 p. m. Arrive at Augusts at. 8 SOp. m. - Nfyht Itasenger Train. - v , tefciis Day Passenger Trains Leave Augusta at......:.. M ..ll 00 a. ro. Leave Macon at«....«« 6 30 a. m. Arrive in Augusta at 2 45 p. ni. Arrive in Macon at........... 7 40 p. in/ Night Passenger Train. I-care August* at 8 1.1 p. m.' Leave Macon at 10 001». m/ Arrive in Augusta at 6 00 a. m/ Arrive iu Macon at 4 13 a. id. Paszcngers from Atlanta, Athena, Washington,* aud stations on Georgia Railroad, by taking tho’ Day Passenger Train will make connection at male with the Train for Macon. , tf ijr Pullman 1 * (First-Class'! Sleeping Cara on all. Night Passenger Trains on the Georgia Railroad;* and First-Class sleeping Carson all Night Trmiua ou’ the M&*t\i nod Augusta Railroad. S. K. JOHNSON, SupL THE EOL^PS E* LONGS & BLLUPS. We offer them Very Client) to Merchants and Families NEW FIRM & SEW GOODS The undersigned having formed a part&eygLlp*.^md@r tlra.n^pxe ujnl stylo of mmmmr & Georgia’s Gallant Senator.— General Gordon. Georgia’s new Sen ator, is deservedly admired by the people of that great State for his true manly character. His real integrity, modesty, ability and natural nobleness of soul are spoken of by all parties in Georgia with enthusiasm. In these degenerate days, when the party mis called Republican, has brought the once honored Senate of the United States down to its present lamentable condition, and filled the places of states men of other days with a mob of iu- tringuing and corrupt men of fourth- rate ability and ninety-ninth-rate mor ality, the election of a true man like General Gordon, is a circumstance well calculated- to revive the waning hopes of ‘he lovers of their countryf.and re awaken a faith which seemed to be dead.—N. Y. News. Increased their capital and established themselves at Rarrv’s old stand, corner Broad and Jackson streets, will be pleased tef ffee their customer*and sell them G«»ods at tl*e LOWEST PRICES ever before offered in the city. The old “Lamp Man,” Mr. J. W. BROWN*, superintends the department of rockery, Glassware, Lamps and Looking Glasses, • J- n i.Tv- i ? ,l / an I )e r11 tho Latest and Best styles of Good*. Also, a beautiful assortment of FANCY CHINA, for the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. • IN THE AUCTION and COMMISSION DEPARTMENT \Ve have received tho largest consignment of HOLIDAY GOODS ever received In Athens, consisting ill part of DOLLS, of all norts aud sizes; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, aud a TOY to please each and every one. And a fiuo lot of OIL PAINTINGS and CHROMOS. . Will keep constantly on hand, at wholesale and retail, a full line of Candies, Nuts, Raisius, Lemons, Oranges, Crackers, &c. CIGARS /ANT) TOTAAJJOO. JAY O. GAILEY. A Cat’s Birthday. — A unique birthday party was recently given by a childless Boston couple to their cat" Tom was adorned witn ribbons and furbelows, and his portion of the feast consisted of a game supper and plenty of catnip. The rest of the assemblage sat sat down to a collaton, of which the centen-piece was a cake covered with sugar cats. Tom excused himself eary in the evening, as he had an engagement with some of the felines, and just before the party broke up he came round with a set of iollv fellows and serenaded the party. A ship had been wrecked off an island in the South Seas. To the horror of the sailors, they found it was the same island where a ship’s crew had been killed and eaten by the natives. Weary with the struggle in the storm, their clothes dreuene- J they hid themselves as best they could, with the scanty stores, in caves along the shore. When they could endure no longer, they crept stealthily up the hill between them and the town. Every crackling limb and rustling leaf was a fearful telltale to their minds, and, when they reached the summit, the terrors of death came over them, and they dared not go on. But one of their number, more har dy than the rest, kept on, and at the very point where they expected his courage to fail, and that returning ho would bring upon them the man-eaters, just then he rose from his knees, and swung his hat and shouted, “Safe, safe, all safe 1” He had not seen a band of soldiers from a Christian land, nor a troop of his own countrymen, iior even a single living soul; but he had seen a little church spire which rose from the vill age, and among their rude homes was pointing toward heaven. The Christian missionary had been there, and God’s work among the peo ple was the pledge of safety to all the world; and so the worda came true— “The beloved of the Izord shall dwell iu safety by him.” 09-Some femals. medical students at Owosso, Mich., havegot into trouble though beingfoupd in possession of a t four hundred to six hundred tons per body of a girl stolen from a grave-J month, employing in the working of Where the Nickel Comes From; —Do you know where the nickel, from which our smaller coins are made, comes from ? From one siqgle mine, which is the only one-in the country that is now being worked. This mine is situated in Lancaster coimty, Penn sylvania. It has been worked for sev enteen years, and developed to a depth of two hundred feet. The length of the lode is between two and three thousand feet, and it produces from Almost Buried Alive.—A color ed girl was found dead in her bed in New York op Friday morning last at 4 o’clock. She remained, to all ap pearances, deaa until 4 o’clock in the afternoon, when the undertaker, who \Vas about to place the body in a coffin, discovered signs of life. Efforts were made to restore complete animation, but with no* effect. At 5 o’clock on Saturday morning she awoke to con sciousness with convulsions of an epi- lectic character. She was much surprised and fright ened when she observed a coffin lying at her bedside and the people about her preparing to 1 place her thereiD. -She rapidly recovered strength, aud in the evening went to the Colored Mission, where she remained* for a short time, and then went to Brooklyn to visit some friends, apparently as full of life and vigor as she ever was. She had been subject to epileptic fits. Gifted Printer. — The roll of bright name of the many men— prin ters by profession — who have risen from the" ease to prominent places in journalism, politics, law and literature, is too long a one to be even hinted at. Every one knows that Horace Greely was apractical printer ; so Was Schuyler Colfax; and the Senate and House of Representatives have upon the flo-'r many typo3. Quite a number have hoporbly worn the judicial ermine. National and State Conventions are crammed .with - them. In the wide field of journalism they are literally as thick as bees. In the ministry they „are not rare. On the stage they are numerous; and now and then they have even vaulted into profes sors chairs.— Printers' Circular, The Inauguration Ball a Bad Speculation.—A Washington tele gram says: “The great inauguration ball has proved an immediate loss to the managers of -about twenty-five thousand dollars. A desperate effort is being made to make up the deficit by having concerts, etc., in the great barn of a building .that was erected near the District jail in order that ten thousand persons might dance in honor yard, 1 one hundred and seventy-five men. JOSEPH M. BARRY. GRIFFETH & CRANE BEG LEAVE TO ANNOUNCE TO THEIR CUSTOMERS THAT THEY ARE READY TO SERVE THEM AGAIN WITH THE LARGES1 STOCK OF. Staple Dry Goods, Hoots, Shoes Hats and Groceries THAT WE HAVE EVER OFFERED. We are ready to receive all money due us. No customer hall be turned away who wishes to pay his account, as we have plenty of time to serve them. Ktl>tr thousand persons mtgni of Utysseffssecond inauguration. Two of these concerts have been held, but the debts increosarather than diminish. The last resort is a grand Union ball, to be given by all the State associations, on the 25th instant.” George Eliot received £8,0(R> for “Middlemarch,” the highest sum ever paid for a work of fiction, the English papers say. The Backwoods paid it. ALARGE AND WELL SELECTED STOCK OF HARDWARE. CUTLERY, STOVES and TIN-WARE. Which we are offering at very low prices. We will alsu keep during thesearon a full stock of those famous Summey & Newton AXES, at reduced prices. JACKSON WAGON •I SPECIALITY. 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And in connecting warerooms, White Goods," Linens, Embroideries,* Laces, Netts, Collars, Setts, Handkerchiefs, VoilliiR, Head Nets, Ac., 4c. Xos. 237-anU 239 Raliimore Street* BALTIMORE, MD. C®- These Goods aro manufactured by us or bought for Cash directly from the European an* American Manufacturers, i-oilo-aclug all the latest novelties, unequaled in variety and cheapness la" •any market. Orders filled with care, j-romptness • nd dis patch. " feh28-lm "Absolutely tho Rest proteefon Against l'lro." Over ISOO Fires put nut with It. $10,000.0011 00 worth of Poperiy taVed frtto 1 the flames. THE f. v. FARWFLt, Secretary. VT! Hr indVay, New York. In dally use by the Fire Department* of Gy* •inctj-al cities of the Union. z*he Government The leading Railways u*o it. feb21-ly Has adopted" if.'. Send for Its Keeonl. 1. A SANDERS & SON, WHOLESALE and RETAIL ■ AND DEALERS IN Brandies, Wines, Gins, k, &; . 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