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THE MASDOLIN4TA. The nfsht is still, the windows are open, The sir with odors i« sweet ; Hark ! some one is humming the Mondoli nata Along the open street. The Msnolinats! Ah. me! ns I hear it, Before me yon seem to rise From the other world, with your gentle presenee. Your tender and smiling eyes. JTow we jested together, and hummed to gether That old and threadbare song, With forced intonations and quaint affecta tions. That ended in laughter long ! How oft in the morning, beneath your win dow, I framed to it hnntoring words, \ And heard from within your sweet voice an swer With a flute-tone like a bird* 1 * 1 And yon opened your shutters and sang, “flood morning, O, Troubadour, gallant and gav !" And I chanted, “0, lovely and lazy (ady, I die or this long de'av 1 O, hasten, hasten 1” “I’m coming, I'm com ing, Thy lady is coming to thee And tk.en yon drew back in you* chamber, laughing— 0, who were so foo!i«h as we ? Ah, me! that vis ; on comes up before mp ; ' How vivid and yonng and gav ! Ere Death like a snddpn blast blew on you, And swept life’s blossoms away. Buoyant of spirit, and glad and happy, Aed'gentle of thought and heart ; Ah! who wnnld believe you were mortally wonnded, So bravely you played your part ? We veiled our fears and onr apprehensions Withliopeg that were all in vain ; It was only a siidden cough and spasm Betrayed the j»w»rd,pnin. In the midst of oup jesting and merry laugh ter We turned aside to sigh— „ Looked out of the window, and all the land scape Grew dim to the brinirajr<g eye. ' s '-> 4* ' if And at last* one pleasant snmmer morning, When roses were nil io bloom, Deuth gently name with the wandering breezes * To hear yonr spirit home.' A smile on your lips—,t tender greeting— And ad that w*a once soarav Wns still and ealfo; with a perfect *ndneS9, And you had passed away. * * «* * * * Through the easement the wind is moaning, On the pane the Ivy crawls, The fire is faded to a shea, * ■» And the black brand, broken, fulls. The voices are gone, bnt I linger, And siiienee is over all ; * Where once there was music nnd laughter Stands Death in the empty hail. There is only a dead rose lying. Faded and crushed on thr flnor ; And a harp whose strings are broken, That Love will play no more, —lf m. IV. Story. Tlie Emperor of Germany in Old Age. The Puke ol Wellington in Imp most pop ular dnvs was not more familiarly known ami beloved than the Emperor William. Hid laureled bust, flanked by the famous Paladins of his Conrt, is in every honse ; his photographs in every album ; the proprietor of the meanest village ale-house in the conntry thinks it as necessary to preeuro and hang up a painting of the Kaiser ns to purchase a license for the sale of liquor. Without the one he wouh! not he permitted to receive customers, and without the other his customers would desert him. The corn flower, now the rational emblem of Prussia, has supplanted nil the (air inhabitants of the garden in the efT-ctions of the people. The ladies wear it in their bonnets, and em broider it on their dresses. Publishers nre sure a hook of poems will sell if hut the cornflower is last* fully worked into the bind ing. It is placed in the centre of these gigantic bouquets of the rarest flowers which are being forever pressed on the acceptance of the Emperor. But bouquets form a verv small part of the gifts wh’ch struggle and jostle for admission into the Palace, and the Emperor has occasionally to issue an edict commanding the cessation of this flood of popular generosity, lest it m i g |,t appear he had come to live on the bounty of his sub jects. Of nil Engbsh sovereigns King Henry V. was probably most popular, htenuso he hud subdui*d France and flattered the military instincts ol his countrymen, and for the voty same reasons the Emperor William is the idol of bis people. Before all things he is a soldier. His army never goes ont to tight but he places himself at its head ; ai d the spectacle of so old a man enduring all the toils and hardships of the tented field prob ably does more than anything else to inspire bis helmeted legions with that courage and endurance which enable them to conquer wherever they go—which nerved them in the teeth of a deadly iron hail to pour triumph antly into the redoubts of Duppel, to strew the ground with the flower of Austrian mnn hood at Sadowa. and to scatter to the winds the fairest chivalry of France on the ensan guined plain of Gravelotte. The Emperor is a sovereign of the type of Saul—a very leader of bis flock. His cherry Guten morgen, mehie Kinder, as he rides along the line of his guards calls to mind the enthusi asm created by Royal Harry among the English archers at Agincourl as he walked from tent to tent and “bade them good morrow, with a modest smile calling them brothers, friends and countrymen." Even in the palace his Majesty's babes smack o( the camp, being both regular and simple. He sleeps on-a bed which for hardne-s of bot tom and lightness of covering would have even satisfied the Duke of Wellington. He smokes oot. neither does he snufl but he is fond of flowers and fresh air. ‘Alehr Lu/t, mehr Lufi’’ is a delicacy be is ever inquest of. tits Majesty jg most temperate in the use of wipe, one glass of Burgundy or so oemg all the stimulant a day desires : but on the piker baod. he iss’ill gifted with an has always been an early riser, nnd a enp of enff'e with a hispoit, placed on his writing desk in his favorite corner-room looking out on the Linden, is sufficient to sustain him through the working part of the dav. His Majesty’s midday meal is taken as if he had suddenly dismounted at a wayside inn and desirpd to snatch a morsel of nourishment before pressing on to pngage the enemy On the ledge of a honk-ease hearing the inscrip tion “Kriegsgeschiehle" the Emperor’s frugal lunch is placed, which he always takes alone, not even sitting down ti e while, bnt won dering about the room opening a volnmp or examining the various ohjepfs of art nnd beantv stored in perplexing profndon around. Anil this soverp •dnpiioitv of life is the secret, doubtless, of his unimpaired pnnsti. tntion At an age when physical frailties make cruel burden to most men, his Majesty is JtitJ in the enjoyment of lusty IteaMh and vigorous power of work, nor does the weight of over 82 years perceptibly bend his tall and stalwart frame. He scorns to be thought on the wane, nnd the considera tion which would occasionally offer him an assisting arm or sympathize with a passing adment is not always entirely welcome. His Majesty is never happier than when receiv ing repnrls of his Ministers nnd Generals, never more eoplenled than when reviewing his guards. Every day almost of the last few weeks has seen him for spypral hoars in the saddle, and upright in it, too, sometimes beneath n scorching sun, cantering across the parade-ground with a firmness of seat unrqualed try the youngest General on his staff - . Berlin Corr. London Timet. Texan Manifestation of Friend ship. A friend gives us the following little anec dote ns illustrative of the neighborly love of the people of Texas : He and n Texan, who wns contemplating the purchase of a rancho somewhere in Tmekee Meadows, were out on horseback looking at the farms nnd cattle ranges along the river. As they leisurely followed the meanderings of the stream they presently saw two horsemen on the opposite bank. As the two parties approached each other the Texan with our friend recogn zed in one of the men on the opposite bank of the river an old friend and a man who was one of his nearest neighbors at home. The two mpn hailed each other from the opposite banks of the stiearn and, exchanging greetings, many friendly questions were put nnd an pwered. The men were evidently delighted to meet each other, and their only regret appeared to he that they encountered one another in a place where it wus impossible for them to clasp nnd shake hands, the river not beirg fordable on account of its swiftness a> d the rocky and treacherous nature of its channel, while the nearest bridge was five miles above. Both men lamented these un tortunate circumstances very much, but at length u way of getting over the difficulty suggested it pelf to the drover, whose pt t name was “Broncho Bill.” “I sny, S im !” crie.l Broncho, “it’s a littto rough tor old friends and n< ighhors to meet away out here thousands of miles Irom home, and then have to part in this way. Got yt-r pistol with ye? - ’ “1 hev !” cried Snm, “I allers carry her !” ‘•Good ! That’s soiu" comfort ; el wo cun’t I get across this stream to shake hands, why tliArlfi nothin’ to pievent us ftotn tnkin’a I shot at each oil er. Jist ride np to yer l< ft • thar a rod or two. Now. then, jist one good | old neighborly home shot.” The men rode aside, and bang ! bang ! went their pistols. ■•Yer smashed the pommel of my saddle," cried Broncho; “yer fire the cussed horse shied o little jut as yer turned loose, or yer nvght r plumped me good ” “You done better. Bill ; you got into the i flesh of my left arm ’bout half an inch. Good mornin’ to you ; a safe journey to yei, and tell the folks at home we met and Imd a good sociable tints together.” • Thank yer, an’ the same to you—bet I'll give. ’em a good account of yon.” Sam then turned to our friend and, with tears in his eyes, said : “God bless him ! It iH a great comfort to meet an old friend and neighbor like him away out here in this wilderness place. A kinder, more accom modative and agreeable gentleman never I ved. I would not a missed seeing him for s">oo.” —Virginia [Ncv.) Chronicle. Oue of flie Lovers of Catherine of Russia. Of the numerous lovers or favorites of Catherine 11., the most celebrated and dis tinguished, was Prince Potemkin. Tie is said to have been Ihe only man whoh'd ever dared to make love to her before sht had given him the signal to do so, and that he was truly and romanthnMv captivated hv her. But this is very difficult to believe ; for she was 45 when be first rose to favor. She bud grown very stout ; the graces of youth had long taken flight ; her life had been one of personal pn fl gacy, unparalleled, except perhaps by that of the Empress Elizabeth. She was’horoughlv cold-hearted, cruel, hypocritical, and selfish. Her vanity was inordinate, and the grossest flattery acceptable to her. She may therefore have believed that Potemkin, who was 17 years her junior, was enamored of her rather than of the wealth and honors she so lavishly showered on the ineo who obtained her favor. Potemkin wn» poor, and of an humble fain ily of Smolensk But he was six feet four, extremely handsome, ambitious of wealth and fame, and as audacious, unscrupulous, and unprincipled os his Imperial mistress herself. He was accustomed to present ihe Empress with a plate of cherries every New Year’s day. obtained at an enormous cost. He sent couriers into all countries for nose gays or 100 miles for a melon, or to the Urimea for grapes. The Prince de Linge said “there is something barbarously romnn tic iu his character.” His victoii-s increased the celebrity of the Empress, "I'admi ration fut pour elk." says Segnr, “rf la haine pour son Ministre. ” His death was as extraordi nary as his life. He had spent a whole year in the most degrading dissipation, Irom which his health suffered. Hoping to regain it by retiring to Nicolaieii, he set out with his niece, the Countess Branicka, for an es tate he had there. On the journey he be came worse, and desired to be lilted from his carriage and placed under a tree on the road sde. Scarcely bad bis servauts laid him there than, heaving a deep sigh, but without uttering a word, he expired. He was in his tony- seventh year ; his death took place on favorites, Gregoire Orloff, became insane frorne the effect >, it is reported, of powerful drugs administered by Potemkin, who was jealous oi his continued credit with the Em press.— Temple Bar. Ancient Memphis. A traveler in the East gives the following interesting Recount of his visit to the re mains of ancient Memphis, founded by the first known Egyptian King—Me nos : “But wlnit d'd we see of this wonderful city? Only a succession of mounds.” says the writer ;“a few pieces of ancient statues ; and far down below the present level, with its face in the centre, a magnificent figure of a woman in Egyptian dress, with noble feature and finely modeled form, almost perfect,although prob ably 4,000 years o!d. As a matter ot course, we lingered nnd looked as long as we thought sentiment r< quired, then pushed on to the remarkable ruiqs of the cemetery, which w«9 connected with this city, or I should say, magpifieent city of the dead to the very confines of which Memphis extend ed. It is now bnt a little more than a vast mountain of sand, being just on 4he precincts of the African desert. There are so many tombs everywhere peeping out, and so large a number p! pyramids— 81 in »iik— scattered about, ihAt the interest is keenlv>X“lted at once ; and at every step some new develop ments take place. When we remembered that old Memphis was 17 miles in circuit, and was occupied with -villas, gardens and sacred groves, we'can realiz'* more than in any other way ihe wondrou-ness nf the scene which remains to us to-day, After passing the largest pyramid, considered the oldest monument of antiquity in the world, we de scended rapidly to the one little house of refuge standing in the midst of the sand, dis mounted and lunched—thus securing a good resting season, and after about an hour started out with our guides to the two spec ial points of interest here, the mausoleum of the Bacrr-d Bull, and the tomb ol the priest Till, the latter built about ,‘IOSO I! G. These were uncovered in 186(1 by the Egyptian authorities, who first noticing mounds in the sand bearing Ihe appearance of heads, ap pointed a commission, and after a labor of 16 months, an avenue of sphynxes, 600 feet long, was laid open, the pedestals or statues being perfect in all eases. This was paved and It’d to the mausoleum of the Sacred Bull, where these objects of worship, had been en tombed for several dynastic*. There were found three separate chambers of temples, the latest where dates were found—<sfro B C —being the only one open One cannot hdp feeling an interest in every detail of such u place. There are the, long avenues, broad and high, hewn in the solid rock, while all along the sides are deep recesses where ate now standing the sarcophagi of the bulls. 'Twenty-five perfect ones stand in one ar chive, each weighing forty lons, uDd many of them fully engraved with figures, repre senting life, death and immortality. Rut it is no more wonderful to see them where they are than to understand how they were put there. One which was presented to the French had been abandoned «Ua moved some little distance, as too heavy to be taken away. They are 13 feet long, 11 feet high, and 7 feet deep, and, although many of the covers have been removed, nothing wus found in any ol them. Above ihe Sarcophagi are inscriptions relating to their burial, and in whose reign they died. Muny tubiets were found upon the walls, which were placed there as offerings to the god; these, how ever, were ail allowed to be taken to Paris. llow Ilia Trousers Got Short ened. A certain gentleman purchased a pair of pants a few days ago, which, upon being tried on at home, he found to be ton long, 'that night he remarked to his wife that he wished her to take ofl about an inch from each leg. which would make 1111111 the de sired length. Being fond of teasing her husband, she told him that she shouldn’t do anything of the kind, and he retired without having obtained a promise from her that she would attend to the mutter. Soon after he had left the room, however, she. as a matter ot course, clipped off the superfluous inch, as she had been asked to do. The family is composed cf six lemale members, and each one of the five, who were in adjoining rooms, heard the dispute be tween man and wile, and after the latter had taken off the required inch and retired, the old lady, desiring to “keep p<ace in the fam ily." and not knowing what her daughter in-law had done, cautiously slipped into the room and cut off another inch. In this way did each of the five Indies, unknown to the other, and all with the praisworthy object ot preventing any mis understanding between the couple, clip an inch from the legs of the gentleman's tiou sers. The following morning, all unconscious of what had taken place during the night, he rolled up his pants itt a piece of paper, and took them to the tailor to be shortened to the desired length. Upon a hasty glance the latter ventured ihe opinion that they were already short; but the oyt er insisted that they were Tolly an Inch touching. The tailor had no more to ray. at $ mar ftiend retired. Ou the following Saturday he calkd for the pants and took them home, and was supremely disgusted at finding that the legs reached only a trifle below the kuce. lie straightway accused the tailor, but his wife heard him, and came to the rescue, explain ing that she had taken au iueh from each of the legs, and her acknowledgement was fol lowed by that of each of the other five ladies, when i, was d'seoveieu ih-t alto gether the legs bad been shortemd to the extent of e> ven inches. —Allentown Chronicle. A principal of Vassar college stepped suddenly into one of the recital rooms, and said : “That persou who is chewing gum will please step fotward and lay it on the desk.” The whole school stepped forward with one accord toward the desk, while the teacher slipped Imr qu d beneath her tongue and said : “Leady, guls, I'm surprised!” “Do the dying sufLr pain ?” is u question that is being Considerably discussed by scientific men. We don’t know about the dying, but we do know that the living sufier payin’, particularly if it is payin’ a subscrip tion to a newspaper. In after years a yonng lady graduate may forget the title ol her essay but she aid al ut her while “nekay" dress NEW FIRM! Copartnership Notice. I HAVE this (lay “old n half interest in my hu-inesH to D. F. Turner. and the name and style of the firm will be known in future as Harper & Turner. R. T. HARPER. Janu iry 9th, 1879.' We respectfully solicit a share of the pub lie patronage, believing we can show as fine and well assorted stock of goods as will be found anywhere. Our stock of DRY GOODS Is complete in every particular, and includes a fine assortment of Ladies’ Dress Hoods, Linens, Bleoehings, Domestics, and Fancy Notions of all kiuds. ClotHing ! A new and elegant lot of Dlothing, of i very style and quality. Dents’ Underwear a spe cialty. HATS AND CAPS To suit the tastes of the mosses, and at prices thut will meet the requirements of the trade. BOOTS AND SHOES! Our stock of Boots and Shoes, having been bought at a bargain in the Northern mar kelp, we can afford to sell cheap, and are pre pared to offer extra inducements to the trade. Furniture 2 We have also a large lot of Furniture—Bed steads, Bureaux, Washstands, Wardrobes, Tables, Chairs,,’ etc —which we will sell at extremely low figures. Bed-room Betts a specialty. GROCERIES. Special attention is called to our stock of Groceries, which is quite large, and com prises every article kept iu that line. Our 9tock is being constantly replenished with Goods that are carefully selected by ex perienced buyers, and are bought lor cash trora first hands, thereby enabling us to sed to advantage—both to ourselves and customers. W ith all these facilities we are prepared to ex hibit at ail times a complete general stock, aud parties wishing to buy can always fiud some specialties at very low prices at our siorti Give us a call. This important organ weighs but about three pounds, and ail the blood in a living person (about i three gallons) passes through it at least once every [half hour, to have the bile and other impurities strained or filtered from it. Ilile is the natural j purgative of the bowels, and if the l.ivcr becomes | torpid it is not separated from the blood, but car [ rieu through the Veins to al) parts of the system, I and in trying to escape through the poror. of the skin, causes it to turn yidfow or a dirty brovn color. The stomach becomus diseased, and Dys [pepsia. Indigestion, Constipation, Headache, lliii ousness. Jaundice, Chilis, Malarial, Fevers, Tiles, Sick and Sour Stomach, and general deb-JUy fol low. MrRUKi r's llkpatinr, file great vegetable discovery for torpidity, causes the l.ivcr to throw off from one to two ounces of bile each time the blooduasses through it, as there is au ex cess of bile ; and the a few doses upon yellow complexion or anrown dirty loohing skin, will as toy is n all w.ho try it—they being th , first syinptomslo disappear. The cure of-ali bili ous diseases and Liver complaint is made certain by taking llbpaTinu in accordance with direction-. Headache is generally cured in twenty minutes, and no disease th.-tt arises from'the Liver can exist if a fair trial is given. SOLD AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR PILLS BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Pries 25 Cents and SLOP INIXVdIH The fatality of Consumption or Throat and Lung Diseases, which sweep to the grave at least ‘| one-third of oil death's victims, arises from the I Opium or Morphine treatment, which simply stu , I pefies as the work of death goes on. SIO,OOO will * be paid if Opium or Morphine, or any preparation I of Opium, Morphine or Prussic Acid, can dc found I in the Globb Flower Cough Syrup, which h:;s. j cured people who are living to-day with but one ' j remaining lung. No greater wrong can be done | than to say that Consumption is incurable. The Guoub Flower Cough Syrup will cure it when IJ all other means have failed. Also, Colds, Cough, 1! Asthma, Bronchitis, and all diseases of the throat [and lungs. Read the testimonials of the Hon. I Alexander 11. Stephens, Gov. Smith and Ex-Gov. Brown of Ga., lion. Geo. Peabody, as well as I (those of other remarkable cures in our book—free j to all at the drug stores—and be convinced that ii you wish to be cured you can be by talcing the j Globb Flower Cough Syrup. Take no Troches or Lozenges for Sore Throat, 1 when you can get < Ilobh Flowed. Syrup at same price. For sale by all Druggists Price 25 Cents and $1.09 l Grave mistakes are made in the treatment of all diseases that arise from poison in the blood. Not one case vf Scrofula, Syphilis, White Swelling, Ulcerous Sores and Skin Disease, in a thousand, j is treated without the use of Mercury in some form. Mercury rots the bones, and the diseases it pro duces are worse than any other kind of blood 01 skin disease can be. •Dr. Pem burton's Stillin gia or Delight is the only medicine upon which a hope of recovery from Scrofula, Sy philis and Mercurial diseases in all stages, can be reasonably founded, and that will cure Cancer. | SIO,OOO will be paid by the proprietors if. Mercury, j or any ingredient not purely vegetable and harm less can be found in it. Price by all Druggists sr.oo. Globe Flower Cough Syrup and Mrrrkll’s Hepatjne for tuk Liver for sale by all Drug gists in 25 cent and SI.OO bottles. A. F. HEBF.EIL ft CO., Proprietors, ' PHILADELPHIA, PA. •<mHAS H2i&OT£ SHOTO •VIOHITE'IIXS Gullett’s Improved Cotton Gin. Pr.ANTKttg are respectfully invited to ex amine this Dm before luiving I will keep sample Din. with Feeder, Condenser and Oollett’s Double Revolving Cotton Dress (dispensing with a lint room.) jilwavs on hand lor exhibition. We guarantee the most per feet satisfaction to purchasers, in every par ticular. The price will be reduced next s a son from $4 to §3 SO per saw on the Dins and from SI 25 to SI on the Fredas. I refer all to the accompanying certificates of our cotton buyers and planters of last year, and to the certificates of well known planters who are using Dullett’s Dins, as to the extra prices obtain'd lor cotton ginned on them. J A. PEEKS, Ageut. Griffin, Da., March 10, 1879. Gpifftn. Da , March 1,1879. We, the undersigned, are using theDullett Improved L'ght Draft Cotton Din The Din is of superior workmanship For fast ginning, safety in running and light draft, (to do the same work,) we think it has no equal; but the nvrst importa.it feature is the attach inert for opening and improving the sample. The best cotton is improved by it so as to bring from % to %■ cent, aod stained and dirty cotton from % to 1 cent per lb. more in the Driflin market than on other Dins (Signed) W J Bridges, T W Manley, J T Manley. Driffix, Da , May 17. 1878. To J A Bcek s, Agent for the Gullctt Gm Man’f’g Co, Griffin, Ga :—At your re quest, we, planters and dealers in cotton, give to the public our opinion of your Did. We lake pleasure in saying to all in need of new Dins that it is now a well established fact that cotton ginned on these Dins brings a higher price in our market than any other, and the Dins are growing in public favor. Cotton ginned on them sold last season at from to 1 cent per pound above the mar ket price. Mr. Dullett’s attachment for im proving the sample of cotton, we are satisfied, is wbat lie claims lor it. The Din appears to have reached perfection in gin machinery. (Signed) A C Sorrel, 1’ J Brooks, R P McWilliams. S B McWilliams, I) W Pat terson. R H Sims. T .1 Bloodwortb. I am also agent for the celebrated Eclipse Portable Engine, manufactured by Frick & Do, for the counties of Butts. Spakling. Fayette and Clayton. J. A. BEfc-KS. niai2B;3ui i OFFICE N? 177 W. 4 T : S T jbINCINJNATI, O. - L C- NEBINGER Manager I For sale by U. E. Wise, tiuuipiou, Da. eep!3-ly. .Job W oik. solicited and executed with neatness. Sense kibe for Tins Wekkly. Reduced to HU! / f .-4 * ' r - - _ -Y r'V •4 - rj. A * ■ THE •’ , * . - * *• PIENRY % > COUNTY WEEKLY. PUBLISHED EVKRY FRIDAY AT Hamilton, Henry County, Ga. A DEMOCRATIC PAPER , SOUND IN PRINCIPLE AND UN SWERVING FROM t PARTY LINE/' Confident that Democratic supremacy can only be maintained in the State by strict adherence to the cardinal principles of Dem ocracy. and unfailing courage in their sup port,'l HE WEEKLY will never be found remiss in its duty, either by departing in the slightest degree from Democratic doctrines, or lulling to maintain them to their full ex tent at all times. Believing it also to be a fair assumption that a large proportion of the readers of weekly newspapers see no other, special pains will be taken to present each week, though necessarily in a condensed form. ALL 'THE NEWS OF EVERY KIND, AND FROM EVERY QUARTER / <4 / - V SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One year 81 o© Six months 75 Three nionihs 10