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:::2VWE KKL Y ; ■ VoiVm W vnr. White & Go., lflcsnffie iKitfcklo JonruaL PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. I ERMS, - - 81.00 A YEAR. Adveriising' Kate^. N. tli-wt hi rt.OU >' I KV ? 7<*V. ••:’ qr • : St 7 ■ .*• 01 flu 10 < •> One square six months 15 00 One square twelve months 30 00 Quarter column twelVe months 40 00 Half column six months 60 00 Half column twelve months 75 00 One column twelve months 12; 00 'te lines or cim|idered a sgu^re Ait fractions of fift r, arc hounded as full u*res. B r S I X E s s c A R I) s. \\ ATSON & JOHNSON, Attorneys sit Law, THOMSON, GA. GiTOflice at the Court-house. PAUL C. HUDSON, .4 TTORNJBY A T LA W, Thomson, On. Will practice ji the Superior Courts of the Augusta. Northern and Middle Circuits, and in the Supremo 'Court, and will gtv*i attention to all cases in Bankruptcy. Aa*fc2;\r*r4. ’ • tf ALBERT RAPE, TV on-Xt oiclo n t Ofuitist, n \j AN still be found ready to attend to the wants of old and new patrons, if desired,'at their residences. Will also, as heretofore, practice in adjoin ing counties. Panic prices insured and all work warranted. Office t>4 of W* PlcaaeiaamoM by tetter, nt Tihofnsoh, Ga. PAVILION HOTEL, Charleston , S. C. 1 8, t. virn'RD <f- co. : . - ’’l’l'opriHtofcii-- Kivtes, $2.00, $2. "0 and SO.OO per day . .*-*■' *--- ‘ not easily earned in y||£) Jg jg j these t. nes, but it can be made in three months h\ any one of either sex. in and part <-£ the country who ii will ing to work htcudity t the iiiployineut that we furnish. $o! per week in veur own town. Yon net and not be aw ay from home overjaght, You c ■ i;;v.o your whole ti*nQ to Hie %-erk ifc ('tiff your spare uioliu nw. V.\ h v> ... ~4 .'.Us-, V :-r sß® per day. Ail who engage at once can make money fast. At the presort money cannot be made so easily an 1 raj i !y at any other business. It costs liothin*; to try the bus iness. Terms and $" Outfit free. Addr* . < at. on e H. & Cos., Portland, Main' 1 Isiii* < ’ it Blit* - —IN THE— LATEST AND MOST SCIEKTiFiE' MANNER, E. D. AMMONITTI, Arlist on Hnmnn Hair, (OFFICE EHDEH CENTRAL HOTEL,) AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. martl-lf SIN GEARING, Sliil M Balts, CHEAPER THAN EVER ' —AT THE— Forest City FoiMry -AND— Machine Works, am /r, lombard & co. Exoprietors., Augusta, (ia., C-#'Engines, Cotton Screw*, Mill Gear ing anil Machinery of every kind made awl repaired. may23-Ai; foot k Blacksmith S h © P, C. Wv ROBERTS Announces to the Dublin that he is prepared to do all kinds of V\ ood and Blacksmith work. Building arid re pairing Bnggies and Wagons a specialty. I defy competition in prices. Thanking tile public for past patronage I respectfully solicit a continuance of the same. I am also prepared to do all kinds of Plow work. Shop at Scroggins old stand, on Oreenway Street, near Shield’s Mill. Gire me a call. jan7-A§ G. W. ROBERTS. ~SL Mason k Son. Watchmakers and Jewelers, s , fsPPljSE|s| ff; " * At the old stand of V. ( ■ Jiruckner, Main St, Thomson, Go. Will repair Watches, Clocks, Jewelry. Ac., aheap for CASH, and warranted to give entire sitisfaction. We are :' o, agents for the celebrated Crown Bp< itaelfc*. C-vTWaalso have a complete „.oek of Sewing Machine Fixtures on hand, and are piepared to repdlr Sewfaig Mail ines at the lowest cash prices. Give u a call. jaclG-dm.' \ James Gordon Bennett is said to have made $60,000 on O'Leary’s walking vic tory. A Salt Lake Mormon has just married I a woman of sixty and her daughter of I eighteen. It is reported that tbe vidow of Com ißexlfcrq Y;ufdehilt will shortly \marry i again. , , k ; ThV pine forests of this country will j bo enlisted in 30 to 50 years if some I protection is not afforded. ■ Within two years about $10,000,(XX) of \ gold have been derived from the Black ! Hills, sayß a Chicago correspondent. £ A Stedivipins violin and dated : 1709 sold at auction in Paris a few days | ago for 21,000 francs (about $4200). Mrs. Ann Hopkins, of Cedar Creek, ! Tenn., is 117 years old. She has three ! ohh living, her “baby” being 90 years | of age. A citizen of New bury port, Mass., has now fattening for his table 500 frogs He keeps them iu a barrel and feeds them upon Indian meal. The oldest woman in the world is said to be Mrs. Perez, of Los Angeles, Cal., i who has attained the extraordinary ngt* of one hundred and forty. , Senator Spencer says that summer will'bring a larger Indian war than wo have ever had, and lie is iu favor of in creasing the army to 40,000 men. The Chinese never could use the tele graph because of their intricate alphabet, but the telephone is a God*send to them, and they already have it in nee. The Legislature of Virginia at its last acsatM making it a misde meanor lor any one to pay the poll-tax of another in order to get his vote. In the truck farms around Charleston, 8. G., about 1,000 acres are planted in Irish potatoes and 225 acres in strawber ries. TjtfLpdtatMSP. will render a gross income of $200,000. L ... ...... r - - Marriage is becoming very common among the Catholic priests in Germany. It may not be generally kuorvn that the civil law protects them. The venerable Mrs. Sarah J. Hale still writes for Godey’s Lady’s Book. She is i Uer <’ighty-ith year—a rare I of physical and mental preservation. The world can maintain sixty thousand millions of people. It has never bad more than two per cent, of that number living, at any one time on its surface. Lord Kinsate is .the only peer who e.iii remain in the presence of the British sovereign with his head covered on oc casions of state. The privilege was con ferred by King John in the thirteenth century. Sea fowls will smell a rain-squall at the distance of a hundred miles, and scud for it. Collecting under the rain cloud they open their bills and catch the drops, their only means of obtaining fresh water. A Chinaman fell info a flume in Flncerville, Cal., was swept with fright ful velocity through a tunnel 800 feet long, and dropped forty feet into a (ca blithe was notihnrt mqch. The Rev. E. E. Cummings, D. TANARUS)., a well-known Baptist minister of Concord, New Hampshire, celebrated a golden anniversary by delivering in the First Baptist Church, in that city, the same sermon which ho preached in that house fifty years ago, or on the last Snnday of March, 1828. ..i t—: The Ujoderjt sea steamer .plying be tween this country and Liverpool carries 'flfteen'iitnas its much freight as- the old steamers of 1840 at nearly twice the rate of speed. The consumption of coal was then nearly eleven times as great ns at present. When a man goes to the theatre for th first time, nothing surprises him more than the wonderfnl rapidity with which an actor writes a letter, unless it may be the suddenness with which the ; receiver ascertains its contents. One | glanco-aiid he absorbea it ail and clasps j his forehead with his left hand. Oysters have always been considered as forbidden food by the Jews,, the law of Moses forbidding the eating of fish without scales. In consequence, how ever, of Mr. Darwin’s theories, a learned Rabbi has arrived at the conclusion that oysters arc plants, and may, therefore, be eaten by Jews. An English paper reports that the problem will be submit ted to a grand council. The Ninety-six (8. C.) Guardinn chronicles the birth, of colored parents, of a very singular child. From the waist to the crown of the child's head, its skin is pare white, from the hips to tho knees the skin is of a coal black, and from there down the skin is white. Tho head is covered with hair as white as driven snow, and is unusually long for a child of that age. The child is large and healthy. Great labor and ingenuity are expen ded on (he production of the Bank of Bn*lrani cotes, They oro ;ntde- from ‘piftd new, win* liner, mid ft*'2oo years have been manufactured in the same family. The print*.* is done by a most curious process in the bank building. There is an elaborate arrangement for insuring that no note shall Vie like any other in existence; consequently there never was a clUniiof a Bank of Eng land note except by forgery. ‘A MAT OF BUSY ZIFF: ITS F Z IC*l UAT!O NS A NI) ITS I ’AST CONCERN'S." ME CAREFUL tVIIAT YOU SAY. In speaking of a person’s faults, Pray don’t forget your own; Remember those with homes of glass Should seldom threw a stone. If we have nothing else to do But talk of those who sin, Tit better wo commence at home, And froim that point begin. We have no right to judge a man Until he's fairly tried ; Should we not like his company, We know tho world is wide. Some may have faults- and who havo not ? The old as well as young.; Perhaps we may, for aught we know, Have fifty to (Loir one.^ I'll tell you a better plan, And one that works full well; I try my own defect* to cure, Ere I of other’s tell. And though I sometimes hope to be No worse than some I know, My own short comings bid me let The faults of others go. Then let us all, when we commence To slander friend c r foe, Think of the harm one word may do To those who little know. Remember, curses, sometimes like Our chickens, “roost at home,” Don’t speak of others’ faults until We have none of our own. TIIE STORY oFa GREAT PERIL. In the autumn of tho year 1806, business necessitated my leaving Hong-Kong, where I had for some years resitted, and proceeding to Swatow, one of tho ports upon the cast coast of China, open for foreign traffic. I arranged my affairs at that place sooner than I expected for some days, I determined to pro ceed in the Heather 8011, a hark rigged sailing vessel of about throe bust'red tons register. ! was well acquainted with her captain, but what perhaps chiefly induced mo to take passage iu his was tho fact of his daughter being ah ar . Lottie Moo e was a haired, blue-oyed darling, - upon whose fair head some seventeen summers had smiled. Upon her nut tier’s demise, she had quitted her homo in England to accompany her bereaved Hither in Ida wander ings from dime to dime. The 1 Rather Bull stilled from Swatow just ns day broke. On the evening of the next, day, a little before ten o'clock, 1 was silting with Miss Moore in the saloon, ad miring somd water-color sketches that young lady had executed, when the chief mate entered. “There’s a largo .junk coming right, toward us, sir. By the num ber ol sweeps she pulls, 4* reckon she carries a considerable crew," ho said. I knew what lie meant, and so did the skipper, just as well as if lie had spoken all that was passing in his mind ; moreover, .1 appreciated his motive for reticence, for if be had said plainly that he feared she was a pirate, it would have alarmed the fair girl, who, thoughtless of danger near, was chatting so vivac iously wit li me. Captain Moore ran upon deck; and witch 1 heard him shortly after ward toll the mate to call ail hands, I also proceeded to the poop, and found him gazing intently through a pair of binocular glasses at a Chi nese craft that was advancing, with furled sails, in the dcud calm, being propelled by bn array of oars that flashed and glittered in the phos phorescent water. “He’s an ugly customer, and no mistake. We shan’t have much of a show if l e attacks us, but I will let him sup that we are on the alert. Perhaps wo can maringe to intimi date him.” he said, as he stooped down and commenced casting adrift the lashings of a small cast-iron four-pounder that was only useful as a signal gun. Dire-’ 1 v I It is un formidable cannon was loaded ’ ith black cartridge an 4 discharged, the junk altered her course, and passed under our stern a ei nsidorable distance away. Captain Moore, when he noticed this movement, was inclined to think that she was a mere trading junk. At midnigh' I retired to my berth, and had just sank in the i sweet embrace of sleep, when I was startled to wakefulness by the boom ,of a heavy gun, while the crash of I falling spars, mingling with its | echoing thunder, told mo plainly : that our vessel was attacked, and ; that the first shot had taken terrible effect upon iter. I grasped my revolver and rushed | through the saloon toward tlie eqtn ! panionway, only halting for an in stant near the mizzen mast to glean a cutlass from tlic rack which sur rounded it, ere I ascended to the : deck. The scene that met my eyes on gaining it baffles all description. Tangled cordage, rent sails and riven spars lay in confused heaps I around, and from under the chaotic j ruins issued deep groans of agony THOMSON, QA*, MAY .8. 1878. from the -wounded and dying, while myriadsjof. torohos aboard a huge junk that had ranged al, ngside, shed across the sea a wiord, yellow glare, revealing only too plainly the dread effects of wanton carnage. As tho junk ran under our bows, a multitude of fierce demons, pow der grimmed and insatiable in their lust for blood, ’’clambered to our deck, and pressed their way aft i ho fallen spars and multifarious impediments effectually prevented any one passing along the portside ; so Captoin Moore,, three stsTman and myself, tho only' survivors, rushed into the alley-way to star hoard of the deck-house, and there stood resolutely' at bay. Our murderous antagonists pos sessed no fire-arms, but each one carried a short, ponderous • native sword, called apa Iceem ; those, however, were of littlo’uvail against tho winged messengers of death our trustworthy revolvers sent into tho midst of the advancing horde, until it became apparent to them and to us that o n- ammunition was giving out. / “Find Lottie, Mr. Carter. We have no chance; but, lor heaven’s sake, save her from those merciless wretches. 1 have my death-wound n w,” cried the skipper. 1 sprang down tho cabin stairway, and found the fair girl kneel ng at lire table, imploring succor from on high. 11 or face was glmslly pah - , and a tremor visibly convulsed her frame when she saw my blood s ained brow. “Are they' subdued? Where is my father?" she cried, hs site sprang to her feet. I caught her in my arms, 'lllll boro her bodily on dock. It had been my intention to place iter in the captain's gig, that hung in the quarter-davits, and lower it into the sea; hut- hardly ad we emerged from tlie companion hutch, when, above the da h of steel and the groans of the wounded, 1 hoard ring out from throe hundred throats a word of .dreadful import— “Hhiny !" (Victory !)—and knew that, niv bravo comrades had boon beaten down—that the pirates held undis puted possession of t he vessel. When in Swutow the ship's jolly boat, or dingy, had boon injur and ; and, since our departure, the car penter had been employed repairing her bottom, as site lay inverted on the poop. I knew that 1 should not have time to lower the gig when 1 hoard the war-cry change to it note of triumph ; and 1 instinct ively felt that our only chuneo of escaping deatii lay in concealing ourselves hcncat.li Lite little dingy, as the cabin and hold would ho thoioughly searched for pl.indcr “Crawl under quickly. i will follow you," i whispered in the oar Of the terrified girl, as I raised the stern of'tlie light craft. As if mechanically, site obeyed ntc; then, with much difficulty,] managed to creep under myself; and scarcely had J re-lowered our frail tenement to too deck ere it wits surrounded by a horde of mis creants, who were vociferating loudly. Even at this hour, 1 shudder when I remember the agony of sus pense 1 endured daring the ransack ing of the vessel. At length it became obvious that the piiuLes had accomplished their work of plunder, for 1 heard one direct his satellites to set fire to the ship, and burry back to their own vessel. Soon the sound of plashing oars told me that the piratical 01 aft was speeding away from the haples vessel she had destroyed; so, 1 cautiously uplifted the dingy, and crept from beneath hoa. A bright, glowing flame, shooting skyward from tlie fore-hatch, plainly indica ted how well tlie marauder chief’s mandate had been obeyed, and told j me in words of fire that I must im mediately bear Lottio from tlie Heather 8011, and trust to a less greedy el meat for safety. 1 quick ly lowered the gig, but site sank 011 touching the water; the pirates had stave f in her bottom. The in creasing roar o> tlie grasping flames, that twined like glittering serpents up the shrouds a id masts, inspired mo with extra energy. I uplifted tlie dingy and, when Lottie Crawled from beneath it, with her assistance boro it to tlie taffruil. “We have r;o time to lower it; we roust launch it bodily,", l said catching my darling in my arms. ‘Be not afraid, dear love,” l cried, then sprang with Iter into the seeth ing sea. Wo sank deep beneath the briny flood, hut I struck vigorously up ward, and soon gained tho surface. Then, drawing the loving girl's head upon my shoulder. I swam rapidly toward the drifting dingy. It was on its keel and floating bouyantly ; so I clambered in, drew Lottie after mo; ajtd then sank, weak and pros it rate from over-exertion, in the ; stern sheets. My fair eompan-on railed my head, and gently tended i me until l recovered my faculties— i r covered thorn just, in time to see 8-1 rot >’ Heather Hell sink, a hoi oeicst, to her grave in tho coral depths. Soon after, a vessel, which proved to bo tho Lily, rescued us from our position and carried us in ninety, to Tlong-Kong, in which city, six months subsequently, I led to the hymeneal altar the dear, brave girl who had shared my peril on that eventful night. *■'-'**. ——- ' A Youthful Thespian, A few days ago, young Gurley, whose father lives on Crcgh: n street, organized a t heat rial com pa nv and purchased tho dime* novel play of “II am Jett.” Tho company cojbsistod of three boys and a host ler. and Mr. Gurley's hired girl wa: to he tho Ghost if the troupe could guarantee her fifty cents per nigliL Young Gurley 8 ’d,denly bloomed out as a professional, and when his mo Iter asked him to bring in some wo ;<!, ho replied : ‘Though I am penniless thou Coijst not degrade me !” 1 You trot out after that wood or I’ll h vo your father trounce you !” she exclaimed. * “The tyrant who lays his lmiul til' ll mo shall die !" replied the boy, but ho got tlie wood. He was out on the step when a tmm canto along and asked him where Lay layette street was. “Doomed for a certain time to roti 111 (lie earth I" replied Gurley in a hoarse voice, and holding Lis rb.Tit arm out straight. ~*~l say-—you ! W here is Lafayette street I" called the man. “Al>! Could the dcud hut speak ali!” continued Gurley. The man drove him into the iotasc rind his mother sent hint to 1 tldr'jJTifliSrJi i.iu/l- po.aloes. 1 “I go, most noble duchess," lie said us lie took u]i the basket, “but my good sword shall some day avenge these insulin!” Ho knew that (lie grocer favored theatricals, and when he got there lie said: “Art thou provided with a store ol that vegetable known us tho 'later, most excellent duke?" “VVluit in thunder do you want?” growled tlie grocer as he cleaned tho cheese knife with a piece of pa per. “Don't try to got off any of your nonsense on me, or i’ll crack you 1 empty pate in a minute," roared the grocer, and “Ilatt.let" hud to come down from his high horse and ask fog a peck of potatoes. “WliaL made you so long?" asked his mother, as he returned. “Tliy grave shall lie dug in tlie cypress g'adel” he haughtily an swered. \Vlien his father came homo at noon Mrs. Hurley told him that she believed tlie boy was going crazy, and related what had occurred. “I see wlmt ails him,” mused the father; “this explains why ho hangs around Johnson’s barn so much." At tlie dinner table young Gnrley spoke of his father as tlie “illustri ous count,” and when his mother asked him if he would lnvve some butter gravy he answered. “flio appetite of a warrior cannot lie satisfied with such nonsense.” When tlie meal was over the fa her wi nt out to his favorite strode tree, cut a sprout, and ill hoy w.is asked to step out it.to the woodshed and seo if tho penstock was frozen up. He found tho old man there and he said: “Why, most noble lord, 1 had supposed tine far away!” “I’m not so far away but what I’m going to make you skip!" growled the father, “i’ll teach you to fool around with ten cent trage dies ! come up here I” For übouPfive minutes tho wood shed was full of dancing feet, flying arms and moving bodies, and then the old man took a rest and inquir ed : “There, your highness, dust thou want any more?' “Oli! no, dad—not a darned hit!” wailed tho young manager, and whilo tho father started for down town lie went in and sorrowfully informed the hired girl that he must cancel her engagement until the fall Boasu... Ono of Ihe most prominent men I spoken of for 1 fin liisliorjirie in too Metho list Kpu-eopol Church is Hr. Alliens l> j).i) mhhl, Fresidcnt < I ; Emory College. If elected, he will he the youngest n an ever in tho ’ office, ail lie will he also one of the I most worthy. TWILIGHT. I ntn sitting in tho twilight, In the moonbeam’k silver light, While around me, all around me, i There's a fairy land, to-night ; And the zephyrs whisper to me, Whispei to mo soft ami low, As they used to, ever used to, In tho long ami long ago. In tho twilight, golden twilight, I tun ever dreaming o’er All the sunny days of childhood, All the sunny days of yore. And 1 cannot now forgot them, While tho shadows come and go, As they used to, over used to, In tho long and long ago. CHAEMED BY A PANTKEP. A TEXAS STORY. I hud been three weeks in west ern Texas, when 1 went out, one hfi limn b f'<ip tr> n l>v t- iinj' X’l HUME OTI tiic prairie, in company with Karl Vanhorn, an exper cnccil hunter and woodsman, and a fine, good-natureo fellow. Tho givat prairie—one vast expanse of waving grass— seemed as devoid of till track or landmark as the ocean itself, so Karl directed me to stay with him for fear of getting lost. i did so until in the afternoon, when lined by a race after one of the curious mule-cared Texas tablets, (as big as a dog) I got separated from my companion, and soon \ was cut of sight of him, and wholly at, a loss which way to go. I was lost on the prairie, mid 1 galloped m aimlessly, consumed in the meantime by raging thirst. At last, l came to a grovo of trees, mostly meztic bushes, and to my great delight found a little stream of cool water issuing out from the side of a green bank. Kneeling down, I quenched my thirst, while my panting horse drank eagerly close hy mo. Weary and overcome with heat and anx iety, 1 concluded t> rest rtlyi elf and horse in this shade until it grow cooler; and throwing myself down at the foot of a tree, 1 soon li-ll asleep A terrible dream invoke me 1 opened my eyes bewildered mil agitated, and they encountered a pair of fiery, intense orbs that sent a thrill of horror through my veins. Crouching near me, with eyes fixed upon me, was a liugo brindled pan ther. As soon as he met my look lie began to waive his tail and creep nearer. Seeing my danger, the first impulse was to spring to my feet and recover uiy gun that, I had leaned against a tree at a littlo dis tance. But to my horror, l found myself unable to move. 1 was held spell-bound by those terrible eyes that I had found ti. ' 1 upon me at the instant of awaki nm.; •' .Ho my nerves were unstrung hr sleep and the terror of a warning dream. Witli all l e will at my command I strove to withdraw my eyes from the fearful orbs, creeping slowly, stealthily near me. Attain and again I made an effort to move, but my limbs refused to obey. I was charmed by this terrible brtilc — held p wcrless by the spell of bis eyes, as a bird is eliarine I by a eat, and a squi rcl fascinated bv a rat tlesnake, There I lay motionless, feeling my faculties every moment grow more paralyzed, though mem ory was heightened into unnatural vividness, and incidents of my boy hood rushed over mo one after another, anil I saw the face of my motlior arid sister ns distinctly as I ever saw them with actual vision. Nearer crept my horrible charm er; seconds seemed hours. If' 1 could onl}' move my eye lids or cry aloud to break tho spell ! Suddenly I felt that the panther was about to make the fatal leap lie was now in springing distance. I saw him gather his limbs togeth er; 1 saw tho movements of Ids muscles under liis bountiful skin. He crouched lower, flattening his head against the grass and then leaped forward to light upon my defenseless tody. For tlie space of a single breath, he hung suspended in the air; I tit in that brief half second my eyo took in tlie picture with fascii at and distinctness—tho broad, white breast, the I'the, strong limbs, every keen claw stretched to its fullest extent, the eyes burning like living coals, tlie glistening fangs, tho red jaws ! Great stars! can I ever forgot the sight! I thought it was my lust sight on earth, and strove to shut tny eyes upon tho horror, when suddenly the sharp crack of a gun sounded near me, the breast of tho descending boast was instantly dashed with blood, and with a shrill cry ho fell almost upon my body, shot through tlie heart. The spell was broken. I bounded to my feet in time to save myself from being torn by tho dying struggles of the H I*ll l Karl Vauhoru stood m ar me, his i smoking gun in his hand, “A pretty fellow you are to go to sleep by Panther Spring—the greai resort, of all tho animals hereabout i It was a mercy I saw your horse and came to you in time. Why the mischief didn't you jump up and go for your gun? Your eyes won wide, open.” ‘ I could not move, a muscle, I hough [ fell my life depended on it,’ I answered, all in a tremble, as I leaned against, a tree, too weak to stand. “Tho panther held me spoil bound hy his eyes; the fear nara lyzed me the moment I woke. Did you over know of such a case?” “Yes,” lie answered, gravely. “I know of a child who was charmed ! tho same way by a stump tailed cougar The father came them and jirioi—<—— k*A -mtssoil it, and tho child was so bad ly lorn it died.” “Thank God, and your good gun and steady hand, that made you aim surer, my boy. Como, let a go home; I vo had enough of the prairie for one day. ’ Beriegecl Twenty-Three Times. Constantinople has undergone more sieges than any other city in the world. It lias boon besieged twenty-three times; twice by the ancient Greeks; thrice by the Ho man emperors; once by tho Latins, t he Persians, the Avaros, tho Sclaves and hy one of its dethroned sever o'gns, Michael Palcologus; twice lay tho Bulgarians; once by ihe Byzan tine robclH; seven times by the Arabs, and tiirco times by the Turks. It was taken hut six: by Aloibiades, the Roman ciipcrors Septimus, Severus and Constantine, the Doge Dandolo and Count Bald win, the Emperor Michael Puloolo gus and Mnhommed If. In G 7-, under Constantino 11., it was be ieged for seven y ars by I he Arabs. They made the surround ing c, untry a desert, uprooting trees, levelling villages and habita tions, and converting tho flourish ing environs into a wa-te. Then came tho Crusaders in 1204. Tbe devastation commit ed by the Fiench ami Venetian champions of the cross exceeded even that of the, Arabs. They burned tho richest and largest quurler of the city, and inflicted such a blow on it that it never rocovcaed its former w alth and prosperity. They profaned the Cathedral of St. Sophia, broke into the tombs of the Byzantine empe r rs, dragged out their skeletons, md scattered their bones in tho streets. They fired tho public li braries, ridiculed the Greek religion by decking their horses witli the vestments of tho clergy, and their htsids with the pontifical tiaras. Were it not for tho inconipai able beauty and advantages of its situa tion, Constantinople could never havo risen again from its ashes and survived such terrible calamnities. Sun Spots. The phenomena of sun sp> ts tire now familiar; multitudes of people have seen them and oveiybody Inis read ithou them. It, is well known blint the surface of the sun is not that uniform disk of light Unit it w s formerly supposed to bo, hut abounds in gulls, dark chasms, up rushing streams of flaming gasos, and lurid prominences, sometimes 100,000 miles high. But these striking effects are not uniform; the sea of solar fire, like our own oceans, is sometimes quiet. The spots are varuble, being now many and enormous in size, and again few and small. This periodicity, mOreove , is proved to be regular. A son of tlie Emerald Itlo was observed one morning to look very blank and perplexed, and a friend asked bin what ailed him. “Fat,” said lie, “1 hud a dream.” “A good or a bad one?" inquired his Incud.— hie answered, “it wasa little uf both. Failli i’ll tell ye. 1 dreamed 1 was with the Dope, who was as gieiitu jin.lonian as any in the distnot, an no uxed me would 1 drink. Fuix, would adu It swim? And seeing the craythur an l 10 lemon, an the sugar on the sideb ard, 1 luld Inin 1 didn’t care it 1 ink u woe drap of the punch. ‘Gold or hot?’ asked the Pope. ‘Hot,yor holiness,’ 1 replied, and with that lie stepped down in to tho kitchen for tho bidin wathor, but before lie got hack I woke straight up ; and now its disthroos ing me that 1 didn’t take it eowld.” During some period of Mr. linn, dolph’s political career, he had tlie ill-lot tune to offend a eoxoombish young fellow, who determined to avenge himself by insultiug tlie It anoko orator oil the first oppor tunity that occurred. Al length the opportunity presented itself, when 1 lie young sprig, merlin itanduipli ou the pavement, walk'd up to mm . very impudently, and said: . - “J never give the way to a damn ed rascal.” Mr, Randolph, immediately pull ing off ills lull and making 1110 gem ! Ucman a low bo , replied: “V\ ■ 11, sir, l always do,” and gave him the pavement. fVnmber ID. Pr c*pi*i e loi\s. THE 01,1) KOt'.KS U OS E. The dear old folks,'we miss them ; | And the edrner over there, By the dreamy, dickering firelight, Looks desolate and hare. Ana we s ed the silent tear-drop On each precious, vacant chair. Some tender, sweet reminders* Of these, dear ones now we hold — Tlie Bible .ind the s-pectaclca Are worth thoir weight in goid. And we look, with heaitfeit, reverence On their garments every fold. Poor grandpa, wonk and tottering, Went first ;,.*s by a stroke He died while sitting in in his chair No warning; wonrhc spoke; I None knew it till dear grandma From her morning nap awoke. Then, oh ! what desolation For tbe fond and faithful wife, Who had been liis tme companion Through yuurH of joy and strife. And whose tender ir inis; rations — ——Had lengthened out his life. Poor ■' i„ ■ , And her white hair whiter still, Ak the roses bloomed and fa led On tho grave beside tho hill, Till one morn she lav, like grandpa, In her chamber, cold and still. Tho old folks, how we miss them 1 E’en the children at their play .Speak low in reverent whispers Since tho dear ones p.issed away From earth’s trials to the. blessings Hid beyond tue gates of Day. Don’t Call A Man A Liar. Never tell a man that lie is a liar, unless you arc certain that you can lick him; for as a general rule, when you say that, it means fight. I have an ived at this conclusion through sad experience. 1 know that it is not safe to giv tho lie to a muscular Christian. I did once. lam sorry fi rit nov as 1 never grieved for anything cl e in the wholo course of life. We were standing on the side walk in front of tho club, when 1 made the statement. We had been talking politics; and who got over it are—to put it mildly—lunatic- or. elso want aq,office. This man made an assertion touchihg- tho fame of my favorite candidate, which I' be lieved to he untrue. It is probable that if it had hem true ns it was false, I should havo taken tlw same course, because you understand how i got my ornamenta eye. 1 mildly suggested that a man who would make Such a statement us that was lost 'to all sense of shame and would bo guiity of any base erir- c. He disagreed with mo on that point. As for himself lie, never made a statement except upon tho m st ample proof. My candidate w-as the meane-t man ti at ever went unhung. I told him he lied. I have been kicked bp- a mule: Imvc fallcn fout of a second story window on a hard pavement; eaten persimmons; beard Miss Blow read 1 poetry for two limit's and a half; skated; hunted; mdo a sharp hack ed horse of mustang parentage, an ado] t in tlie ai l of “bucking," suf ferod grief of various kinds, and still clung to life—but a!! these me feathers in the balance, us compared wiih that little word, liar! Immediately after sa ing it I sat down—not, in the way people usual ly s l down. I sat on tit" rim of my right ear about ten feet from tlie spot where i laid beet) standing w hen I made übo of the exp.'essi n quoted above. I am not used to sitting in that position and do not think it agrees with mo. I lmvc heard of people who got up on their car, and walked off. I wish I know how to do it, I worn 1 have propelled mysof away from that spot immediately if 1 possessed this happy facility. 1 proceeded to bring myself away to ton perpen dicular fully intending to use tho means of locomotion nature had given mo; but when I came light side tip, something heavy run against my noise, and as 1 felt rath er tired I sat down on my other ear. I like a change —it is too monotonous doing the sumo tiling over again. , , a ,,„ .Somebody look my large friend sway anil l was quite pleased when ho was gone. ■ I have concluded to look twice at a man beforo I give ' tho lie again. My eye is in mourn, iiif;, my nose swelled to the vino of a citron \\dth Uio a cotor of a blush rose, and my stm-c o.othes took 1 kc they had been through a patent sausage machin®,-: l w utd not have that man’s temp-rfor anything in tho world. A north Mississippi man Mr. A. 11. iVlcAlliKtor, bus putontod a gun which he clsinwj,‘: : .'ti .b,e tired' one, thousuud.timoa a injnuiy. A biilv has boon introduced iu--Cong redact appropriating s2,Mhi to rest t##** gun, \rffVr-ilviy \f*t#f adopt fug it- in the afnty. ' ' ' I About lift) lowa editors are on an excursion through Texas to Galves- Uon. '