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MACOSf, FRIDAY, APRIL 8Q, 1880.
VOLUME LV—KO. 18
UNFINISHED STIFF.
A baby’s boot, and a skein of wool,
Faded and soiled and soft;
Odd thing, you say, and no doubt yon re
Round aseaman’s neck, this stormy night,
Up in the yards aloft.
Most likely it’s folly, but, mates, look
here;
When first I went to sea,
A woman stood on the far-off strand, ,
With a wedding ring on the small, soft
hand
Which clung so close to mer
My wife, God bless her! The day before
She sat beside my foot;
And the sunlight kissed her yellow hair,
And the dainty fingers deft and fair,
Knitted a baby’s boot.
The voyage was ovei; I came ashore;
What, think you, found I there?
A grave the daisies had sprinkled white,
A cottage empty, and dark as night,
And this beside the chair.
The little boot, ’twas unfinished still—
Tlie tangled skein lay near;
But the knitter had gone away to rest,
With the babe asleep on her quiet breast,
Down in the churchyard drear.
Aunt Hannah Discards the New
Hymn Book.
Uncle Tony never once thought that
the new hymn books he was distributing
to his congregation would ever impair his
usefulness as their pastor. About the
closing of the morning service, he says
“Brederen and sistern, uese are ae new
liime books, I wants yer ail ter lam to
sing wid the spirit and wid de understand
ing, and yer gits ter raslin ; wid some of
dese new fashun tunes, and is ’bout to be
overeum, jest follow sister Hannah, she’ll
tote yer through level. Her smoove vois
is always heerd away down on the home
stretch when the other nags is jes roundin’
de bend wid their rackit. Wien I calls
for de mourners dese here himes -ill fetch
uin if yu ingineers dem correct on the
skedule. I takes dee noon ’freshments at
sister Hannah’s, and is to converse wid
Miss Lizebeth on de lookout of her feel
ings, and I dismiss dis meeting to de
evenin’ service when de csftidle am lit.”
Aunt, Hannah pushed ahead toward
home, to take up the chicken pie, and to
set her house in order for the “noon
’freshments.”
On her way, with hymn book in band,
she came across some bad white boys
playing marbles in the road.
One of them said: “Why, Aunt Han
nah ! What are you carrying that book
for? You can’t read?”
Aunt Hannah replies: “Dis is de new
Lime book; jes read dis ritin on de fust
leaf Mars Jo, please sah.” v
Joseph reads: “Dis book am presented
to my lovin sister Hannah by parson Tony
Skot de minister.”
“Dat souns purty, but you orter jes
bear some ob de himes in dat book.
Dar’s ‘When I can read my titles clear,’
Cross ober Jordan,’ and way down to
‘Hark from ye toom.’ Dere’s lots ob new
fashun himes in thar, cause our cul
ler is getting edicated, but dey sticks to
de good ole doc’r’n, jes a new way ob
wearin’ de garment; like as.I go and buy
a bolt of calliker and make my dress de
ole fasliun way, den my darter Lizzybetli
cuts off her share and makes Iier’n wid de
shoe fly and dolly vardin and de snatch-
back, ain’t it all de same calliker? Mars
Jo, jes read for my edifyin’ a few of those
himes, please sah.”
Joe winks at the other boys and reads:
“I saw Esau kissing Kate,
Axd she saw I saw Esau,
And Esau saw she saw it,
And I saw she saw Esau.”!
“That’s a queer hymn, Annt Hannah,”
said Joe.
“Dere’s a mighty heap of saws mixed
np in dat tune, and I is afeerd de hesaws
and de shesaws will sesaw dat to pieces.
But its got the right doctrine in thar; it
ludes to Esau on de mount a viewing de
promise lan’ wid de eyes of faith. Our
preacher is a mighty pius high larntbrud-
der, he looks through the spectacles of
faith clean ober de trubals and trials of
dis life to de other shore.”
“Try a nudder one, Mars. Joe.”
Joseph reads—
“0 is an aught, d
5 is a figure, ,
Multiply the white man,
Subtract the nigger.”
“How do you like that one, aunty ?”
“I uster think dat wasn’t a ligious hime
when I lieerd it sung at de termination ob
de free school. I rudder brudder Tony
had left that out. Got no use for multi
plying and subtraction in de pulpit. Let’s
hear a few marc of’em, dere’s boun to he
some real good ones in thar.”
Joseph turned over a few leaves and
read—
“Beggars did the ni"gers fool
"With forty acres and a mule,
And to make ”
“Stop, Mars Joe, right thar, I don’t want
no politics mixed up in my ’ligion dat
way. Why folks will think we ain’t not
better’n yaukees. I don’t see what Tony
let dat git in de hime book for, he hadn’t
orter done dat. Move ober toards de mid
dle ob do book, I spec it gits better. n
Jo obeys and reads—
“Nigger in the woods,
Sitting on a log.
Finger on the trigger
, And eye on a bog.”
“It pears to me dats getting was and
wus. What business ole Tony got saying?
He’s nothing bisseif? What he means
busing his culler dat way ? You recon he
ludes' to my son Sain a shooting at de
peckerwood and killing de hog?”
Jo thought it possible that the parson
aVuji'n d to Sam’s case.
* “Sam’s case? Sam’s case? Like ther
wasn’t any Tony case; yes a half a dozen
ob 'em. Dat cle-Tony nigger is de big
gest rogue in dese parts. Didn't lie bring
back de yaller puliit I sole to de store
> 'U nlay, afore day dis niornin’, an’ got
me to cook her for his breckfhs? and. no w
makin’ small ob' my folks afore dinner.'
Here’s many a hog whose light has gone
out cause ole Tony was 'lowed to run in de
same woods. Sam’s case! Ise a gettin’
tired of such times, and Mars Jo, if you
will jes read ‘Ilark irom ye toom/ to
repose my feelings, I’ll go and ’spostulate
wid dat ole sinner man Tony.”
‘•Hark from ye toom, ye doleful sound,
Old Beeve is trailin’ roiin’ and roun’s
Lookout niggers: shore as yer born
Ole nannahis in de new groun’ com.” ”
“The lor’preserve us! Sakes alive!
Danner in de new groun’, is she? Mare
Joseph, I’ll tell for a fac’, Hau-
u<-r ain't been in dat new groun’ but once
His year, and dat was when ole Tony
tome to my house and called liissell
courtin’ me, and ole miasus gib me per
mission to get some roastin’ years for
him. He tells lies rite' dar in dat him.”
Joseph now called Hannah’s attention
to the reported engagement of Unde
Tony and Mias Elizabeth—Hannah’s
youngest daughter.
“Dat news unfits me to sarve de Lord
wid all my heart jes at dis time present.”
About this time Miss Elizabeth and the
parsou with the m^or portion of the con
gregation arrises. Aunt Hinner pro
ceeds: ’I niff y s in
“My darter Elizzybeth ! jes a young gal
about twenty gwine to marry dat ole crip
ple up nigger ? IS]
to Say ’bout dat.
ince meetin’ eber he was in. Well, I de
clare he’s got to be a regular ole Beeche
He’s got two—five wives in dis settlement
now, exc’udin’ dem he leff back in Geor
gy. Tony, ole slack britches Tony, l’se
talkin’ ter yer. You’s been a preachin’
’bout John de Baptis and John _de Bun-
yan and Blow Gabrll and do Nigger de
mits dat was bom agin, and a prayin’ for
de Lord to take sister Hanner
home to glory, and a shoutin’
yer ole Tennessee jack bass, and it’s git-
tin my time now to preach, and I takes
my tex. “Hark from ye toom, ole Tony,”
and I tell you afore dis tex is ended tbar’l
be weepin and masnin ob teeth and rattle
ob de hones and scratchin when dat ole
buggy trace starts to poppin’ and de skil-
lit’s a turning wrong side ontards cross
yer heads, and de yeartbquakes and fallin
stare ar a darning afore yer vishun, and
de wash tubs of consecrated ly ar a splash-
in over your soul,and de yearth is a buckin
under you like a young mule and yer day
of grace is gitten dark—Tony, den
you’ll wish you saw what Esau saw. Den
you’ll kr ow dat ort without de Agger ob
speech and when you subtract de nigger
from the forty acres and de mule, he’s
got no time leff to see whose a settm on
de log nor who’s to thin out de new
giound com, den you’ll want to ’scard yer
new doctrine hime book and be bom
again before Blow Gabrillgits de dirt
dobber nest out of de bom, Tony you
hear mo? You ole scattering talking
nigger; there’s a sboamuff hell, and Ise
gwine to see dat my darter Elizybeth
don’t trable dat downward direcsbnn wid
you—Here’S yer hime book; it ain’t to
git inside o’ my house. I scards it.”
ACilLD IN COURT.
THE POWER OP TRUTH.
The following beautiful illustration of
the simplicity and power of truth is from
the pen of S. A. Hammond, formerly ed
itor of the Alabama State Register. He
was an eye-witness of the scene in one of
the higher courts:
A little girl, nine years of age, was of
fered as a witness against a prisoner who
was on trial for a felony committed in her
father’s house.
“Now, Emily,” said the counsel for the
prisoner, upon her being offered as a wit
ness, “I desire to know if you understand
the nature of an oath ?”
‘•I don’t know what you mean,” was
the simple answer.
“There, your honor,” said the counsel,
addressing tin court, “is anythin" further
necessary to demon3tate the validity ol
my objection? This witness should be
rejected. She does not comprehend the
nature of an oath.”
“Let us see,” said the judge. “Come
here my daughter.”
Assured by the kind manner and tone
of the judge, the child stepped toward
him, and looked confidently into his face,
with a calm, clear eye, and a manner so
artless and frank that i6 went straight to
the heart.
“Did you ever take an oath ?” inquired
the judge. The child stepped hack with
a look of horror, and the blood mantled
iu a blush all over her face and neck, as
she answered: •
“No, sir.”
She thought Le intended to injuire if
she had ever blasphemed..
“I don’t mean that,” said the judge,
who saw her mistake; “I mean, were you
ever a. witness before ?”
No sir; I never was in court before!”
was the answer.
He handed her an open Bible.
“Do 5 on know that book, my daugh
ter?”
She looked at it and answered, “Yes,
sit; it is the Bible.”
“Do you read it?’ 1 he asked.
“Yes, sir; every evening.”
“Can yon tell us what the Bible is ?”
inquired the judge.
“It is the word of the great God,” she
answered.
“Well, place your hand upon this Bible,
and listen to what I say,” he repeatet
slowly and solemnly the oath usually ad r
ministered to witnesses.
“Now,” said the judge, “you have
sworn as a witness; will you tell me what
will become of you if you do not tell the
truth?”
“I shall he shut up in State prison,’?
answered the child.
“Anything else ?” asked the judge.
“I shall never go to heaven,?’ she re
plied.
“How do you know this?” asked the
judge.
The child took the Bible, and turoinj
rapidly to the chapter containing ike com
mandments, pointed to the injunction;
“Thou shalt not bear false witness against
tliy neighbor.” .
“I learned that before I could read.”
“Has anyone talked to you about yeur
being a witness in court against this man?”
inquired the judge.
“Yes, sir,” she replied. “My mother
heard they wanted me to be a witness,
and last night she called on me to tell
lier the ten commandments, and then we
kneeled down together, and she prayed
that I might understand how wicked it
was to bear false witness against my neigh
bor, and that God would help tae, a little
child; to tell the truth as it was before
Him. And when I came up here with
my father, she kissed me and told me to
remember the ninth commandment, and
that God would hear every word that I
said.” *
“Do you believe this ?” asked the judge,
while a tear gliJtened in his eye, and his
lips quivered with emotion.
“Yes, sir,” said the child, with a voice
and manner that showed her conviction of
the truth was perfect. /
“God bless you, my child,” said the
judge, “you have a good mother. This
witness is competent,” ho continued.
“Were I on trial for my life, and innocent
of the charge against me, I would pray to
God for such a witness as this. Let her
be examined.”
‘Nothing but Compound Oxygen
Saved We.*’
“Compound Oxygen has certainly done’
wonders in my case,” writes a gentleman
from Eufaula, Indian Territory. “Before
I commenced taking the Oxygen I had ta
ken in the way of medicine about every
thing that was recommended for. con
sumption, tv no effect. I had beensick in
bed about thirty-eight months in all, and
in lvss than three months from the time I
began taking the Oxygen, I was up and
getting about. Had been given up by the
doctors to (lie time and again; bufcfstill
live, and believe that nothing elg but
Compound Oxygen saved me.” A letter
received five months later from a brother
of that gentleman," says: ‘“Your Com
pound Oxygen has in the case of my
brother performed suck a miraculous cure
—for we attribute it to nothing else—that
have concluded .to test it myself.” A
treatise on Compound Oxygen, its nature,
action and results, sent free by Doctors
Starkey & Fallen, 110b and 1111 Girard
street, Philadelphia. apr27-wlt
—At the time that railroads were com
ing into operation in England many per
sons imagined that horses would become
in a great measure useless, and a Mr.
Gray, .one of the most active promoters of
railroads, wrote to a leading London peri
odical in 1830: “Every horse requires as
much land for the production of its fig I
as would yield comfortable substance to
at least three human beings.” Mr. Gray
proceeds to calculate that railroads would
throw 3,000,000 horses out of work, and
A FOLDED LEAF.
A folded page, old, stained and blurred,
I found within your book last night. _
I did not read the dim, dark word
I saw in the slow-waning light;
So pnt it back and left it there,
As in troth I did not care.
Ah! we have all a folded leaf,
That in Time’s book of long ago
We leave; a half relief '
Falls on us when we hide it so.
We fold it down, then turn away,
And who may read that page to-day?
Not you, my child; nor you my wife,
Who sit beside my study chair;
For all have something in their life
That they, and they alone may bear—
A trifling lie, a deadly sin,
A something sought they did not win.
My folded leaf; how blue eyes gleam
And blot the dark brown eyes I see!
And golden curls at evening beam
Above the black locks at my knee.
Ah me ! that leaf is folded down,
And aye for me the locks are brown.
And yet I love them who sit by,
My best and dearest—dearest note.
They may not know for what I sigh,
What brings the shadow on my brow. -
Ghosts at the best; so let them he,
Nor come between my life and me!
They only rise at twilight hour;
So light the lamp and close the blind.
Small perfume lingers in the flower
That sleeps that folded page behind.
So let it ever folded lie;
’Twill be unfolded when I die!
—Chambers’ Journal.
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
EDITED BY
General Wm. M. BROWNE,
Professor of Eistory and Agriculture in the
University of Georgia.
LARGE
GOOD FARMS, RATHER THAN
FARMS.
What fanners want is not so much
large crops as profitable crops. A hun
dred dollars’ worth of cotton or corn
which cost a hundred dollars to produce,
is practically equivalent to no crop pt all.
Before farmers generally can become
prosperous, that is, make a profit on their
investment of land, labor, seed, manure,
implements, they must recognize and act
upon tills truth, and learn that it does not
pay to work a large number of acres for a
small number of bales of cotton and bush
els of com. It is far, better to have
good farms than large farms, and to con
iine onr planting operations to such num
ber of acres as we can prepare, cultivate
and manure thoroughly, and leave the
rest of our land to take care of itself. .The
profit of planting is wholly derived from
the surplus of production over and above
its cost. This varies, somewhat, hut in
an average of years it is nearly a fixed
quantity. It is certainly in the aggregate
as great in raising meagre crops as in
raising large crops. If 500 pounds ofseed
cotton per acre will repay the outlay,
1,000 pounds will yield a clear profit equal
to the value of 500 pounds. There are
thousands of clay farms in our. country
which possess a sufficient quantity of the
element of fertility to produce good crops
with the addition of moderate artificial
manuring, in which, from the want of
draining, those elements are una
vailable. They are wet and cold
and compact as putty in the spring and
early part of the summer; in July and
August they were as hard as a briclrfloor,
and whSn the fail rains come return to
their condition of putty. No amount of
labor or manure can make such lands
productive without draining. It is a very
common error that low lands alone need
drainage—that lands which suffer from
drought do not need it, whereas, it is of
ten true that lands suffer from drought
just because they need draining. Let
the stagnant water flow out, and let the
air and warmth flow in, and they will
not suffer from drought.
SELECTION OF SEED.
The closest observers and experimenters
have arrived at the following conclusions
as the result of many years’ experience:
(1.) Every fully developed plant, whether
of grain or cotton has one ear or boll su
perior in productive power to any other
on that plant. (2.) Erery such plant
contains one grain or seed, which, upon
trial proves more productive than any
other. (3.) The best grain or seed iu a
grain plant is found in its best ear or
lole. (4.) The superior qualities of this
seed are transmissible in different de
grees to its offspring. (5.) By repeated
careful selections the superiority is ac-
cnmnlated and the improvement main
tained.
WHAT IS PROGRESSIVE AGRICULTURE ?
A writer in the New-York Observer
aptly and comprehensively answers this
question as follows:
Under its influence spring up tasty and
convenient dwellings, adorned with shrubs
and flowers, and beaHtifuI within with
the smiles of happy wives, tidy children
in the lap of thoughtful age—broad hearts
and acts, as well as words of welcome.
Progressive agriculture builds bams and
puts gutters .on them, builds stables for
cattle and .•aises roots to feed them. It
sets out new orchards of choice fruit trees,
and takes care of the old ones. It drains
low lands, cuts down bushes,shelters tools
and wagons, keeps good fences, and soils
cattle. It makes hens lay, chickens live,
and prevents hogs from rooting up the
garden or the meadow. It plows deeply,
sows plentifully, harrows evenly, and
ways for the blessing of heaven. Finally,
t subscribes for good, religious, agricultu-!
ral and family journals; and pays for them
in advance, advocates education, and al
ways takes something besides the family,
to the county fair.
WHAT IS PLANT FOOD ?
All that plants consume in their growth'
is plant foot'.. But there are other things
which cause them to grow. There may
be sufficient nourishment within reach of
the roots, but it may be in an unavailable
condition. The soil must be light and po
rous so that air, warmth and moisture can.
easily penetrate it, and produce the chem
ical changes of the mineral and vegetable
matters, that a gracious providenco has
furnished as plant food so as to make it
digestible.
THE MOST EFFICIENT AID
to agricultural advancement is the diffu
sion cf agricultural newspapers and books,
It will be seen from the fore
going that in the nitrogen (the
ammonia forming constituent) the
soluble organic and inorganic matters, and
potash and soda salts, there is a loss in
the exposed manure which renders it half
the money value of that which is shel
tered.
GREEN MANURING.
Whether the land has borne a crop of
oats, wheat, barley or rye, is to be sown
again in the fall for another grain crop, or
is to be left fallow, to be planted in corn
or cotton next spring, there- is no better
or more economical way of enriching it
than by sowing it broadcast in peas, at the
rate of two or two and a-half bushels per
acre, immediately after the grain has been
cut and removed, plowing the peas and
stubble under, with a good turn plow.
“In no other form,” says Professor
Johnson, “can the same crop convey to
the soil an equal amount of enriching
matter as in that of green leaves and
stems.” Professor J. is- decidedly opposed
to leaving the vines to decay in the open
air, by which, he says, “there is a loss
both of organic and inorganic matter.”
IN ANY WEATHER.
When the weather is wet
We must no't fret;
When the weather is cold
We must not scold;
When the weather is warm
We must not storm,
— But
Be thankful together,
Whatever the weather. ~
TheFarm.
BARRETT’S CERTAIN PREVENTIVE OF
THE POTATO ROT.
Sow unleached ashes over the field
once a week for six weeks, commencing
soon after the second hoeing. Apply two
or three bushels to the acre, usiug care
to dust, the tops well. It has never
been known to fail, where faithfully test-,
ed.
TO DRIVE EATS AWAY.
Fill the rat-holes with new slacked
lime; repeat it a second time if necessary.
It affects them In such a manner that they
will soon leave, very seldom requiring a
repetition of the dose.
TO KEEP ICE.
Make a double pocket of strong woolen"
cloth, no matter how coarse and faded it
is. Have a space of two inches or so be
tween the inner and outer pockets, and
pack the space as full as possible with
feathers. You have no need to use geese
feathers, hen’s feathers are just as good
With a jiocket thus constructed and kept
closely tied at the mouth, a few pounds of
ice may be kept a week.
AT MILKING TIME.
At milking time we do not want
much talking and running around the
“pound” or yard. We want all those who
arc not milking to either stay away or act
quietly and sensibly. We do. not wan!
the cattle chased all around the yard with
a stalk or a heavy stick until they are
“tired enough to stand still now, are
you?” But by being unifoimly kind we
want each cow to know that we come to
relieve her of her milk, which we intend
to do quietly and quickly. We want her.
to understand we are her best friend, and
never intent on injuring her in any way.
By having only quiet, experienced milk
ers, you will, reader, he surprised at the
great difference in the daily yield of milk,
It is scarcely necessary to caution clean
liness at milking time,for all should know
its great importarce, but- we must speak
of the habit of moistening the cow’s teats
to make the milking easier. This may
be the case, but when this: is persisted in,
the teats are apt to harden and crack.
The best plan is to sponge them off just
before milking with pure water—warm in
winter, cool in summer—and when they
have dried off, do the milking, and the
teats will be nice.—Kansas Fanner.
AN ACRE OF LAND. .
The number of square feet in an acre
is 43,500. In order to have this area the
piece of land must be of sucii a length and
breadth that the two multiplied together
will produce the above number.
Thus an acre of land might be 43,500 feet
long by one foot broad; 21,780 feet long
by two feet broad; 14,520 feet long by
three feet broad, and so on. If the acre
of land is to he exactly square, each side
must be as nearly as possible 208 feet 5|
inelies. The nearest you can come to an
exactly square acre with an even num
ber of feet in the side, is to make it 220
feet long by 10S broad.
Georgia Baptist Convention.
From our own Correspondent.]
The Geoigia Baptist Convention, which
ended its session at 1 p. m. on Monday
last, was the largest that has met for many
years, and its spirit was, in a high degree,
harmonious and kind. Not a single un
kind" word marred the proceedings.
mittee, in Atlanta, of which Hon. J. H. [ stature, with a well-knit frame, an elastic
James is chairman, to wind np the in-1 step, and a kindly expression of determi-
stitution as soon as possible, sell the I nation in eveiy line of his face. In mau-
“Home,” and turn over the. remaining I ner he was inclined to be somewhat
funds to Mercer University, perhaps for j brusque. He wa3 always at war with
the benefit of the same class of persons. | some party or man, and entered into t h
The board, by which the convention | contest last summer with the Keamey-
- T . has for years been collecting funds for in- I Kalloch party with a bitterness which
— . .. -H 0 ® 8 ,' ic digent superannuated Baptist ministers in I soonmade him the nrominent obiect of at-
was a convention, too, noted for the large the State, was discontinued by the adop-1 tack. He rented the scandalous record
wbo attended, ap<l tion of a report requesting tfie district as-1 of Kalloch. then running for mayor, who,
whom the Central railroad was consid- I sociations to take up collections for the I in turn, made speeches assailing 1 the ante/
erate enough to return home free. For purpose, and send their collections to the cedents of the DeYoungs, and S pronounc-
the delegates/as did, also, SSUISS I St? ^ board at I ing them “two bastard sons ofa prosti-
cured the favor. The convention was I N ext morning after this
Baptists, a larger sum having I elg® boarihof the Southern Baptist Con->, , , , *• ,, ^
been collected for missions and I vention, has written a large and splendid j **“*? ***”!; 10 o clock, just as Kalloch
benevolence during the last year than has book on the foreign mission work of the into a carriage witH Carl
been collected since the war—-nearly Southern Baptists, which was highly com-1 y!®™’ s former secretary. De
$20,000. Our State board reported $17,- mended by the convention at Savannah, j 8ei f lt a messenger boy to Kalloch
000 contributed for mission purposes dur- The same may be said cf Kind Words, j |® 1 !f y tbat a lady washed to see him. Rail
ing the past year, it being a 1 remarkable the Sunday School paper of the Southern the coupe, and, m he
fact-that eacliof the Boards, as well as | £ a P^jublished^ the |
wa3 about
the Southern
nary, got from
sSiSMkK5s I ram cmdK.'aSf 'i1
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary I nounced that Rev. M. B. Whar- ™^ded Kalloch m the left
and, although the seminary had asked for ton, D. D., had purchased a large
and obtained $45,000 from tlie Geoigia interest in the firm, and had been ceased
Baptists and had obtained it, through the made business director and associate ed- to me ha weapon he kept the crowd off
efiiciencyofitsagent,Dr.B.M.Wharton,of itorof the paper. Many were glad to I tbe l wUc ®\- Hq revived
Macon, yet Dr. Boyce asked for $3,500 as learn that a leading Baptist was now a | L ,nY CVer ’ a , nd -£ 1S cou P e ,?’ as
an annual quota of Georgia as aSustenta- member of that firm, and would now
tionfund for the seminary; and it was lend his eminent business qualifications I 1 w CO /. Crj . from 1,13 wounds was
granted by the convention?Sl,000 in cash | topwmotog the Interests and circulation |
and
Dr.
the
JEFFERSON’S DUSK,
upon which lie wrote the Declaraticn of
Independence, was the attraction in Con
gress yesterday, and the inspiration of
some Congressional eloquence considera
bly above the average. In the House
the honors were fairly carried off by Mr,
Randolph Tucker, of Virginia, who spoke
conamore. His heart like that of every
other Virginian, stands always full to the
brim and bubbling over with love and ad
miration lor Jefferson. It was theft a la
bor of lore for him to speak, which he did
in a most eloquent aud felicitous manner.
A Massachusetts icicle named Crapo
spoke for the donors of the desk. He
called the United States the Nation—
with a big N—which is the latest and
most correct thing in loyalty’s lexi
con, and seemed rather unhappy at -
not being able to get a few licks
at “rebels” and “traitors” but
remembering how awful a sinner in both
respects Jefferson was he had to forego
the luxury. Over in the Senate the
dreary Dawes and Johnston, of Virginia,
did the talking, which was quite prosaic,
and tried to I not to say soporific in its character.
Mrs. Partington at the Sociable.”
There was no mistaking the costume,
and the fact that the venerable dame led
a small hoy by the hand confirmed the
impression that Mrs. Partington was in-
deed in the assemblage. There was a
momentary lull in the buzz of conversa
tion, and the party gathered around the
newcomer, eager to shake her by the
hand. “Bless me!” said she, with a
beaming smile, .which played over her
face like sunshine over a lake. “Bless
me! how salutatory you all are 1—just as
you ought to he at a time like this, when
nothing harmonious should be allowed to
disturb your hostilities. You are very
kind, I’m shure, and I am glad to see you
trying; to enjoy yourselves. TVe had no
church sociables in my young days, butwe
had huskin’ bees, and quailtin’ bees, and
apple bees, and—” “Bumble-bees,” said
Ike, breaking in like a boy on thin ice—
“and though we had good times, and so
ciable enough, goodness knows, when the
red ears were round, they were nothing
to the superfluity of this.” There was a
slight disturbance in the circle, as Ike in
his restlessness placed his heel, on a cir
cumjacent toe, hut it was stilled as the
master of ceremonies came up to intro
duce the minister. “Glad to see you,
madam,” said the minister; “I hope you
may find the hour spent with us a happy
one.”“I know I shall, sir,’’replied she,“for
happiness depends very much on how we
enjoy ourselves, and enough of anything
always satisfies me. How could I help
enjoying myself in a scene of such a life
and animosity as this?”. “Very true,
madam.” “And then tlie lights, blazing
like, a consternation, and the music and
flowers make it seem like Pharaoh land.”
The minister was called away, and the
master of ceremonies asked Mrs. P. if she
would like “an ice,” which she faintly
heard. “A nice ?” she replied,
looking at him and hanging on to the
, as if it were the top bar of a gate,
“oh, very.” ' J A rash by the contestants'in
the increase of the number of good schools a game hero broke in between them, the
xriili mvul anti tliA ! haiwl fruro a nracVi tvlnnli conmnd tn cfr,>+
missions, and it was voted; and so was I South. j
$5,000 voted for home missions, to be dis- miscellaneous. wardS VjfS, f
pensed by the Home Mission Board, at The hospitality and kindness of the adt f r d .^"
Marion, Alabama. people of Savannah were unbounded, and m. „ , -
u-rxrp rmufiu -pt a v ” I received the warmest eulogiums from all f? aac Kalloch, who figures
‘ I those in attendance, and will long make ff/f°n? 1 nen ^y in t l da feud, and who is
It is# great pleasure to the Georgia the conveil tton a “memory” of pleasure °£ 1 D ^ Y ?? Dffs “ urd <;. rer » ***
Baptists to witness the success of their with many> 1 doubt if a State convention bom m E°cW a nd, Me., where his father
plan of collecting missionary money was ever J etter managetl or more hos iti . wfts a preacher. He began to preach m
through the secretary of a State board, I bj y entertained 11* 031011 when ha was twenty-seven, and
whose duty it is to act mostly through the In bidding for the next convention a ******* ™> ted for the plainness and bold-
agency pf^the pastora: themselves; but it is a Dew species of tactics was developed, to ?!? 8 f. lan p a S e m the pulpit. In
greater pleasure still to note tlie increased w bich special attention is invited. ’ A1 . ms character was called m question,
Uberality in our denomination, as evidenc- bany and Athens were applying for the E* ,^ r , ch foluld r innocent,
ed by the amounts contributed. During the convention and each nut m its claims cl Shortly after; however, Mr. Kalloch WB!
past year $0,000 were raised in Georgia for ^n?& 1 fe P thaf pfece whi^ tndijtadfor adultery,, the jury disagreed,
our foreign board, an amount about equal emulates Savannah, and allows the ladies w° r and ? ur fo f
to that of “the good old days” of the past, tbe pleasure of attending,” exclaimed !f$£ ttaL Kalloch afterwards want
and nearly as much was collected for oar onp T)p Mell nrnmntlv to Lansas, where he started a farm, and
Home Board Dr. William H. McIntosh, ^fedf “I would stare (hat we not onlj t was * ™ll kno wn ch aracter at the coan .
Secretary of that board, who was present, w £ nt the brethren to come to Athens, but b . eca ™ e a _ la >"
expressed gratification at the Georgia col- we want them t0 bring their wives.” Up P. rea ^er and settled in San Fran-
lections for his board in the last twelve rose j ud „e o.^vason, of A Ibany, and , cisco " En , terlD S the political field,
months, and was made happy by a bal- exclaimed: “I wish it clearly underetood ¥„ n \ as ,, e ] ected . ma y° r , of ® an . F /an-
anceof So00 turned over to him by the that m not only want the brethren t0 cisco by the workingmen’s party in bep-
secretanr of our State mission board. briug their 9toea t0 A i bany but we want ^ lU Llm , made
This board has kept about twenty State | tbei £ to briD „ tbeir children, too.” The by Charlcs DeYoung having made him
first vote was a tie, and on the second itJ ?-P°P ll ar -? iai ^ r ' Having recovered from
stood, Albany 49, Athens 50.
missionaries in the field, and will be able
to pay~yp all their salaries in full. The
exhibit -«5afte by Dr. J. H. DeVofie,
secretary of the State hoard, in his re
port was exceedingly gratifying, not only
as regard the collection of funds, but in
wu uiiuau xAiucua h>s wouifds, Mayor Kalloch entered ac-
A night was devoted to-the interests of| ^ duties of his office, and took
- a - - — *• 1 a leading part m the turmoil which the
anti-Chinese crusade has occasioned. His
the ■ Georgia Baptist Historical Society,
and excellent speeches were made by Mr. 1 ... ,
- -i . . J l , , J. C. C. Black and Rev. W. W. Landrum J < ”g tn ~
regard to missionary and Sunday-school bo .h of Anmista The formpr mw »n in nation, and recently the judiciary corn-
work done. The labors of the State Sun- teresting historical acJunt of the Augus- 130 t rd ° f sn P e . rv ! i > or3 ° f
day-school evangelist, in the employ of ta Baptist church. He was also elected ^ b ?® n «onsidenng whether
the State hoard, were productive of large president of the society, Dr. J. H. Camp- 5? ayor EaUock or dld not U3 « “cen-
and greatly beneficial results, in consti- be ii 0 f Columbus bavins' resigned Thp d,ary language in bis recent public
tuting Sunday-school conventions, organ- | efficient secretary of t.lds° ocicfvis Rev I speeches. _/ Atlast;accounts they were con-
izing Sunday-schools
Sunday-school
necessity of economizing space, only, pre- j cords of Baptist history in the Sate. I «- •,
vents the presentation ot figures to exhibit, 0 ne of the incidents^ tbe convention' T. T „ An t J nC1 f d ® nt fi a 3ff ° raL ,,
in itemized form, the actual amount of was the collection (iu cash and pledges) than fo F ty -, five yeara a S° there
work done and good accomplished by our I C170 to nnrehase a level for thp riw of I was a bar-room in the northwest comer of
State board, injts missionary and WISSEESSCSSSTte SSf
day-school work, during tbe last year, bv .w nr ince of beware Dr 1? I nal1. Behind the counter stood a ynun;
thanks, mainly, to the faithfulness, effi- Wharton a worthv feat which lie accom- cler ^» whose business it was to deal out
cieney and untiring labois of three men, a few minutes accom fire brands, arrows and death to those
Dr. J. H. DeVotie, Rev. G. A. Nunnally 1 Dr J H DeYotie made a touchim? an- I wbo came " He did not tben tlllnk about
and Rev. T. C. Boykin—the first, Secre- L ea ] ‘' a i so 'for a verv worthy and/vell I tlie moral character of his business, thou^
taiy of the board; the second, a member [known Baptist minister, who felaid aside hl8 A eart was achin . g with a f f nstt .°£ 3i . n
of tlie board and editor of the Church and bv an afflictin" nrovidence and succeeded and by 110 means m sympathy with his
School; the third, State Sunday-«*ool I I surroundings. He would not now engage
gelist,and, also, editor of the Khurch 0ne brother with a larce body, made on m sucb bns “** for * "'orffi. One day a
young man, tall, erect and of command-
£vangeiist,and, also, editor 01 tne.LTiure/i. 1 Q n(} br other with a large body, made on
and School, a missionaiy and Sunday- purtK)Sa by the Almighty to contain a 1 i vuus miUi ’ 01 .command- at reasons for holding fast, to that faith in
school paper pubiished by Harnson & Lg*e soul", threw into fhe hat a twenty m minus boots, bis emL f.tness to represent them to the
Co., of Atlanta. dollar bill | hat, coat and vest, with a maniac’s stare ... i'
ll Is in place, here, to remark that the The followin'* brethren were elected as ou bis coante “ ancfi ' & few loung-
Convention sanctioned and encouraged e P^ent, mdi a. are alwaja' found
I **» following year, all ol whom, it .ill be | 2K?
Mean
missionary magazine, by Rev. G. A. Nun- Ljerceived reside in Macon •
nally.-and that it will be soon launched 1 1 E W. Warren M B Wharton, s p 1 time the facts of his history were brought
An fLa ran r\V innunoliani in flm inf Onoctu I _ *" * _* * , w * .* *_
on the sea of journalism, in the interests
of missions in general, and of the mission
work among the Baptists in the Southern
States in particular.
visitors.
Among the distinguished visitors present
Wharton S P I kuc ma lnsuwy were orougui,
Sanford. L W. flun f V Powers’.Tamps I out- was tbe son °f a highly respect-
McBride and J. E. Willet. ’ I able ma ? a ?1 mini ster of the Gospel, a
The preaching on Sunday was generally ?'°, UDS P bysician , bad married a young
reported as highly creditable to the Bap- j Jj' dy /^ l ‘ a |’ y f 3
jtists. - Dr. Tucker preached a grand ser-1 t ia l be came to the city well mounted on
Among me nisiinguisueu visitors present | i n t i,„ nantist phnreh nnthatovt l a “ ne horse, saddle and bridle, well
were DrTJas.P. Boyce, of Louisville, and “Yeare b^ueht withamfee” th ? *“*» dressed, with $250 in his pocket. All
Dr. J. W.Lathrop, of Massachusetts. The I it is'said that two of thp. defecates whn I this—money, horse, saddle and bridle,
former made an excellent speech in favor {preached in the Lutheran church officia I bat ’ boot3 » coat and vest—was gone. He
of the Southern Baptist Theological Sem- f ed j n robes according to the custom 0 f| seemed insensible to the insults of his
inary. The latter, at the missionaiy meet- tbat nu i D j t to which no sDecial obiection tormentors, until one.of them decided that
Innrn 'Tbririav wiiri.t o,iim,v>in,i .i™nin I lEat P U1 P IC > to wniQn no special objection | wa , tnn mp«n to live and he would
forward his cruel
ably conducted by Dr. T. J. Robert and I feg theBaptbfbrothS semmn^fth the | raffled fb^ drelvoff the greeifba'ize covert
Dr-D. Shaverat AtlantaGa Under the SSnganSt ° I and commenced prepiWms to aim!
auspiecs of the Home Society of the North- J J T ^. EX curs IO n
er 2,-baptists. . . . . ’ . I down the Savannah river, merits special I ?
, There. a » now one hundred students in mentioll) „ it was a delightful tripTand ± A
that institution, and it is doing a great a most grateful and unussal treat to man v !owed by the
work, and destined to do a much greater,. of the d£i e <»ates^nd attendants unon the upoa b,m with the fury of an enra ged ti-
in the education of colored Baptist minis- j conation! The BrWectoniefMhe^v I g *f> saymgmstentorian tones, that he
was “not afraid of heaven or hell, of God
poor victim looked at all
at first unmeaningly, then
gleam of intelligence, fol
the look of a demon, and rushed
ters.
convention. The Bridgeton ieft the city
about 2 o’clock, with four or five hundred
... . _ ... Jon board, and sped seaward until the roll-
BvpfwATp^Pr'rfnfJwS?. .‘TS&’ l ing wav ? 3 of old ocean tossed the steamer
MERCER UNIVERSITY.
however, is Mercer University, at Macon,
iresided over by Dr. A. J. Battle, who
up and down with graceful and undula
ting motions, threatening serious in-
tsra *ress, «
stitution tobeina healthy and flourish- Memorable Fort Pulaski, the quaran-
nor the devil, and it shall never be said
that the son of—(calling his father’s
name)—was afraid of a gun.” There v, as
no fun in this. The gun was put away,
he was pacified with a drink of brandy,
and in a short time was lying on a cellar
door, just across the street, in a pitiable,
shameful and disgusting plight. Some
finift offiipwartlg nrvf rnrr Inner !io of
While it is a pleasure to he able to state 0n board were S some who had neverbeeii I The fonner bartender is now an honor-
that the funds in the hands of the treas-. j nsucba situation before and whiwif I ^deilgyman of the Baptist denomiMtion,
urer of tbe convention will allow the. edu- , hVt and i* «t present in the city as a delegate
cation in the University of several more'| saw> ’ Sala oSold brother from the inte- State Convention.-Saran-
rior, “Well! This is the biggest creek I' JSews '
ever saw.” And noticing the buoys here
and there, alongside the channel, he was
students of that class who need financial
assistance, yet it must not be inferred the
Mercer is sufficiently endowed at
Wuhington Correspondence.
Washington City,
April 23d, 1880.
MB. STEPHENS’
spec I’ll hab siunthin’ I
, _ l’s gwine ter take dat j that consequently there would be food for
Oie sinner nigger through de wust sper- 9,000,000 more people.
with good teachers, and the multiplica- band gave a crash which seemed to start, than aught else, has lifted U16 denomimu .{y~r^r®!' 3 . a £ say, teach Mr. Stephens one or two Jessoas
finn nf factories, crist and saw mills, wnrlr- ! Hip roof, the ma«snf npnnlo wivoi! tn tinn in tl,o fitnto tn tlio lnflw .. cuse ui suiiug ou lire i«si. seat iu tue mna-1 1
tion of factories, grist and saw mills, work
shops and railroads.
TRUE.
Horace Greeley once said that “the
darkest day in any man’s career is that in
wherein he fancies there is some easier
way of getting a dollar than by squarely
earning it.”
SHELTER FOB MANURE.
If the manure from the staDio* ad peas
were always gathered and pUcA ^Bder
shelter from the washing rain ancTseorcb-
ing gun, its value as a fertiliser would be
increased twofold as compared with tbe
same balk exposed to the weather. The
Boston Journal •/ Chemistry, publishes
the following result of an experiment as
to the relative value of sheltered and ex
posed lot manure:
Exposed. Sheltered.
Nitrogen 1.35 1.88
Soluble organic matter. 1.78 6.22
Soluble inorganic mat
ter . , .... 2.67 3.98
Phosphoric acid . . . 0.20 0.29
Potash and soda . . . 0.70 2.00
the roof, the mass of the people waved to
and fro, Ike started off with a new crony
in quest of some suggested peanuts, and
Mrs. Partington backed into a scat. She
looked pleasantly upon the - moving
spectacle through her own paraholia, her
fingers beat time to the music, and her
oil-factories inhaled tbe breath of
flowers and the smell of coffee from an
adjacen* room, till she was becoming
“lost,” when she realized that a figure was
standing before her, and a cold spoon was
being thrust into her right band. It was
the attentive manager, again, with an ice
cream which he invited her to take. “Yon
are very surprising, sir,” said she, smiling,
“I was unconscionable at tbe moment.
Thank you; I will. I am very partially
fond of ice cream, and this is manilla, too,
which is my favorite.” She ate with a
sense-of enjoyment caught from the scene,
when Ike had joined her, with plethoric
pockets, bidding, the manager convey a
a good night from her to the party, saying
she had enjoyed a real sociable time.—B.
P. Shiilaber.
towpolot . MJW for ttlM; SESLjS? P 8
varsity, whose efforts shall be directed This was about on a nar with the I exErius.>3
to the completion of the. endowment Lfan exteedinelv rural vounlhrotW I last Jetter Gener al Gordon has reached
fund; and by universal consent, Rev. G. b visited the S German Scheutzen Dark bere ’ and excites almost universal pity for
A. Nunnally is considered to he the man writer. It is regarded as even more
for the place. I feel warranted In saying d river “Do they caH' i^Scheutzen Dark weakly spiteful and sick-womanish than
that he will be unhesitatingly appointed, ® a V ^S?” <W is “ u *H y tbe nowadays with
if he will consent to accept the position. e ]Sb2 “ill uS to it that gentleman’s effusions, and hue for the
The times are auspicious for the success e frobcold-Blooded venom that kins all through
cf such a work, for not only is the condi- “fraTmmmari nera freshfrom *• not ' at a11 worthy furtber BOtice -
tion of our people improving, but a ^J^^ a d^“ a ^ e ne ” f ^ b iL 0 “ General Gordon’s friends think the time
mighty impetus .was given to the move- , h d , h ^ nrmnUed for 1143 now 001,16 f * r him to close this contro
ment in Savannah, and the Geoigia Bap- the Sanford “level ’ ,y “This w theworat versy by dealin S wit h his assailant as he
tists seem more than ever inclined to rally .. t e ’ bad » He u ^ deserves, and as any other one of the same
^totlgon w^ch, more OHMi ^““om the railroad conductera a^ I class wouW be^dealt with. He can, they
tion in the State to the lofty position it j
occupies.
OTHER SCHOOLS.
Besides the University, the Crawford j
High School for boys, at Dalton, the
Georgia Female Seminary,for young ladies
at Gainesville, Rev. Wm. C. Wilkes, Pres
ident, and the Hearn School, for boys, at j
most car that he may save the interest on
his money just so much the longer.
S.B V
that he ought to have been taught long
ago, and force him either to he silent, or
if speaking, to do so with some respect
for the amenities of decent controversy,
and regard for facts. This is their
deliberate judgment, and they insist
that Gen. Gordon shall adopt such a
policy.
But they and everybody else should re-
Charles DeYoung and the Father
of His Slayer.
Charles DeYoung was tbe most noted
Care Spring, all of which belong to tlie I journalist of the Pacific slope, though not
convention, were reported to be m a high- the greatest ornament to his profession. | member the fact that Gen. Gordon was,
ly prosperous condition, With a large Charles DeYoung was the eldest of three I once upon a time, preferred by the people
number of students in attendance. The 1 brothers, was a native of Louisiana, of 1 of Georgia through their representatives
Shorter Female College, at Rome, the I Hebrew descent, and bis parents had j in thyGeneral Assembly, to Mr. Stephens,
Southern Female College, at LaGrange, I resided in New Orleans, Baltimore and [ as their Senator in the United States
the Georgia Female College, at Madison, Cincinnati. The brothers began life in I Congress. That tv as the unpardonable
the Monroe Female College at Forsyth, San Francisco as newsboys. Charles be- j sin. It has never been condoned, and
the Female College at Perry, and the came a printer, and in 1859 started a j never will be, either by Mr. Stephens or
High School at Hepbzibab, were all re- dramatic newspaper, which ultimately some others who came to similar grief at
ported prosperous and flourishing. I grew into the San Francisco Chronicle, j tbe same time. It has fed the fires of
orphans and aged ministers. in the publication of which he was asso- j malice, and kept them at a white heat
The Baptist Orphans’ Home, at Atlan- dated with his brother MicbaeL j ever since, and will continue to do so
ta, which is the property of the conven- Tbe building which' it occupies to-day is ] while life lasts. Let no one wonder then,
tien, and which, during the last ten years, | regarded as a model newspaper offlos, { hereafter, why A. H. Stevens hates and
has maintained, educated and provided and the value of the Chronicle is esti- j pursues John B. Gordon with such per-
homes for many poor orphans of both I mated at $250,000. Charles De Young ‘ sistent malice and perennial spite. There
sexes, was placed in the hands of a com- had a dark complexion, was small of is the explanation in a few words.
The desk is an old fashioned mahoga
ny affair about two feet in length and six
indies thick. The top is lined with green
baize, and being thrown back, cau be
readily utilized for writing purposes. It
also contains a drawer for writing mate
rial. I should think it would bring about
two dollars and a half at a fair auction.
I was glad to see there was one man in
Congress who "noticed, in this connection,
and rebuked the new fangled loyl slang
of speaking of the United Slates as “na
tion.” It was Senator Beck, of Ken
tucky, who did that righteous thing,
and he ought to have had a found
of applause for calling attention
to this latest and most nauseating exhibi
tion of latter day “loyalty.” Whenever
you hear a man in Washington, whether
in or out oi Congress, speak of this repub
lic of ours as a “nation,” you know exact
ly where to place him. He belongs to the
crowd whose creed is: “In the name of
God, amen! Let us steal something J”
KELLOGG.
The case of this miserable creature who
sits in the Senate as one of Louisiana’s
representatives, will probably consume
much time in tkat body for several days
to come. I presume there will be an uu-
sual number of “greatest efforts of their
lives,” and that among the number Mr.
Hill will stand conspicuors. All the same
I am stupid enough to stick to the
opinion heretofore expressed that the
whole business is a blunder, as we will
clearly find out before we are through
with it, I mean the present considera
tion of it, Are we going into the next
race riding so light that this handicap is
desirable or necessary? Kellogg'is doubt
less all his enemies paint him;.'and cer
tainly has no right to sit where he does
now; but can’t we, having endured him
this long, stand him untii after the next
election ? I have no doubt that Mr. Hill
will make a inaguificeut speech on the
ease—one that will stand as a monument
to his splendid talents and forceful elo
quence for all time—but will that com
pensate the Democratic party for any
probable loss of vote3 at the November
election on account of this expulsion of
Kellogg ? The Lord knows we' have
none to spare that I have heard of.
* MR. BLOUNT’S
management of the Indian appropriation
bill which passed the House a few days
since was the subject of general remark
and commendation. He fought it through
the committee of the whole with a tact,
energy and ability -that would by itself
have put him among the foremost men of
the House, and, better than all, he saved
the government more than half a million
dollars by resisting and defeating amend
ments with which it was sought to load
it down. If Mr. Blount’s constituents
could have dropped in on him that day
they would certainly have found addition-
next Congress which I hear is so univer
sally anu warmly entertained by them..
NO GO.
It is understood that Mr. Hill, a day or
Cwo since, made a strenuous effort to have
the injunction of secresy removed from the
proceedings of the Senate while in execu
tive session on the nomination of Sim
mons for census supervisor of the fifth,
Georgia district. His proposition, I hear,
was summarily sat down upon—squelch
ed, as it were, iu the shortest of short or
der. I regret the fact, myself, for I should
have immensely enjoyed the speeches of
both our Senators on that occasion. They
were on their metal and must have had
the keenest of edges on their respective
blades. I suppose, however, we will nev
er know what exactly was said. I should
think it would be very interesting reading
to parson Simmons. By the way, how is
the parson ever going to get even now
with those “cowardly secession traitors”?
A. W. R.
Thf Digging Up of Troy Comple*
ted.
The St. Petersburg Golos says: We
have received a letter from the famous
arcbaiologist, Sclilieman, dated Athens,
March 14. We print this extract:
“I have just returned from Asia Minor,
where I have at last finished that digging
out of Troy which I began in 1870. Dur
ing ten years I have struggled with great
difficulties, among which perhaps the
most troublesome has been the large
amount of debris under’which the an
cient city was buried. It has been neces
sary to dig down and dig up the ground
for more than sixteen yards below the
surface. But I atn fully recompeused for
all my trouble. I found the remains of
seven different cities; the last of them was
the Ilion of. Homer. t That city was
built by the ^Eolians, banished from
Greece by the Dorians in the eleventh
century before our era. In one of the
buried cities I found many statues of
Minerva with the owl’s head, whence her
name of Glaucopis.
In another city were found many images
of the divinities. But the most important
of all discoveries is, of course, the city of
King Priam. Every article found in the
ruins of that city bear unmistakable signs
of having been destroyed by fire and in a
There were discovered many re
mains of human bodies in full armor. I
dug out and cleared away the debris from
the entire wall that surrounded the city,
and also from all principal buildings. Now
I am finishing a large volume in England
describing with full details all my discov
eries and containing 200 illustrations of
the most important of the discoveries. My
Trojan collection is now in London, but
at tbe end of this year I shall take it to
my villa in Athens, which is fire-proof,
built only of marble and iron. I have re
ceived large offers for my collection from
the Unitea States, England, France and
Germany, but I cannot part with
any money in the world.
—Tbe little town of Haltern, near
Munster, in Prussia, has been recently
celebrating the singular good fortune of
its inhabitants. Owing to tbe value ac
quired by the town property, the citizens
are able not only to defray the whole
communal expenditure out erf the annual
returns from the property in question, bat
also to distribute a large surplus each year
among themselves. On March 31 and
April 1, this yea-’s surplus, amounting to
14,000 marks, was thus divided among
the Inhabitants of this enviable par
ish.