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JOHN H* HODGES, Publisher.
Devoted to Homo Interests and Culture.
TTVO DOLLAKS A Year in Adv .nee,
VOLUME X.
PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, ISSO.
NUMBER 15.
NEW HA NESS SHOP.
L, S, TOUNSLEY.
TO TEACHERS AND PARENTS-
OF HOUSTON CO.
PERRT, OA,
j F pHtiMPHREra wi: hLS Tounslbt
tjpbolstering of all kinds.
Due satisfaction guaranteed.
Will ‘tfuike and repair Harness and
verythingin that lino in the best style.
Also moke Mattresses. Exchange New
Harness for old, or for Hides, Tallow
Beeswax &c.
‘•Cheapest and Best,” is my motto.
A PFLICATION FOB DISMISSION.
GronoiA—Houston Coo sty:
D. Brown, administratoi of Mrs. Lucaslia
Brown, deceased, has applied for dismission from
his trust;
This is therefore to cite all persons < -ncerned to
appear at the June term 188J, of the Court of
Ordinary of said county and show cause
Wyha '
i any
rhav'e. why said application should not be
^W tuoas my official signature this Feb,.23th, 1880.
to, A-. S. GILES, Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Houston County.
L. D. Rnmph, administrator of John 0. Rumph,
deceased, applios for dismission from his truin':
This is therefore to cits all persons concerned to
appear at the Apr il term 1880 of the Court of
< irdiuary of said county and show cause if any thoy
have, .why said application should not be granted.
Witness my official aiguiture this Decombor 31
1879. A. S. GILES, .
3tui Ordinary,
1 I would invite your attention to the
| following popular School Books adopted
I by your Conntj’ Board of Education for
the Public Schools of Houston County,
viz; N
New Graded Readers. Ca.Heart’s Liters
ary RendersRobinsou’s Arithme
tics, Alge ras. etc., S win ton's
Spellerb, Histones and Ge
ographies, Spencerian
OoppyBioks, Web-
sters Diction
aries.
Bryant and Strattons’s Book-Keepiu.t?
Messrs. Ivisou, Blakeman. Taylor, &
Co., N. Y., Publish in addition to above,
Kerl’s English
Grammars and Rhet
orics, Dana’s Geologies,
Fasquelle’s French Course,
Woodbury’s German, Course.
Well’s Scientific Works, White’sln-
dustria! Drawing books, Gray’s Botan
ies. and nearly 300 other Text Books, for
schools and colleges. These books can
be obtained of the booksellers and lead
ing merchants of Perry, or can be pur
chased direct of.
ROBERT E. PARK,
General AgeDt,
Oct. 23d. Macou Ga.
WHY THE DEMOCRATS DESIRE
THE NOMINATION OF GRANT
CREAM-
BOOK WALTER ENGINE
A pplication Foil dismission.
GeoantA, Houkti k Ootjntt:
James W. Bolvin,executor of Josso T. Brewer, of
sai.l county, deceased, has applied for dismission
from bis trust:
This ts therefore to cite ail persons concerned to
appes: it tlio June form 1880, of t' 'e C-iurt of
i irdiuary of said couuty, and show cause, if any
they have, why said application should not be
granted.
Vitnesa my official signature tliisFeb. 3th. 1830.
3m. A 8. GILES, Ordinary •
A. C. RILEY
Attorney at Law,
FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA.
Collections will receive immediate at
tention, and prompt returns made.
Compact, substantial, econom
ical and easily managed. Guar
anteed towork welland give
full power claimed. The engine
and boiler eomjilete, including
governor Dump, etc. (and box
ing) fcttbe low price of
CHorse Power, - $215 CO
- 245 PC
6)i " “ - 315 00
JAMES LEF1EL & CD., Spring
field, Obio.
-arid
Reference, Samuel Hal?
<Sa OX7XR.XJ,
IVIACON, GAi
uaroE runs and dealekb in
'Hardware, Iron and Steel,
. Agricultural Implements, Carriage. Materials.
Tainta, Oils, etc. Agents for MaSsey’s Excelsior
Cotton Gin, Disston’s i ircular SawH and ,-Fair-
bauka’standard Scales. Apl 10,—lyr.
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NATIONAL HOTEL.
Mbs. W. F. BnUws; Proprietress, (formerly of the
Brown Bouse:)
noun L.PORTER, ...Manager
Would respectfully inferrii the traveling public
that our rates of board will remain as heretofore:
Commission Merchants,
and dealers in
Produce, Provisions Ml
Staple Groceries,
CSfifrEMY,
LATHES AMD
PLASTfc?n&CHAIR
CORNER COTTON AVENUE aud CHEEKY ST.
MACON:, GA. ;
W E AGAIN present our card to the people ol
Honston. Macou and Dooly counties, and
return onr thanks for the patronage heretofore ex-
t-nded to us. anil ask a contiiiuaoce of the same,
and solicit new customers. Guaranteeing to all
Satisfaction.
WHE.-T,.
BTE.
OATS, AND
BARLEY.
J0N£8 & GOOK,
MACON, GA.
T- T. M'ARTIH
MASTUJ ACTUREu AND DEALER IN
TC>i kradl
paa Wap@e
PERRY, - - GEORGIA.
IT AS NOW CN HAND 2 NEW AND COilPLET*
IX Slock of
TIN WARE OF ALL KINDS.
W HICH HE WILL SELL CHEAPER THAN
ever Defore offered in Perry.
At Wholesale, Macon Prices will be
Duplicated.
4^-Rooftng, Guttering, etc., done \o order in
he most approved style. A>1 3 lyr-
Is a perfect Blood Purifier, and is the
only purely Vegetable remedy k-nown to sei-
enoe, thaflias made radical and Pebjlanent
Cures of Sykulis and Scrofula in all their
stages.
It thoroughly removes mercuiy from the
system; it relieves the agonies of mercurial
rheumatism, and speedily cures all akin dia
ler Sale by C E. Mass, Perry, Ga„
dt ug_s's.
It is noticeable, remarks the Wash
ington Post, that none of the advocates
of a third term for Grant point with
pride to his administration daring the
eighth year of his incumbency of the
Presidential office. This is the more
important because, if there conld be
any argument that would tend to moli-
fy the anti-third term feeling, it would
be a good record of the two preceding
terms. No man would apply for re-em
ployment as coachman, footman, gar
dener, clerk or any of the ordinary pnr-
snits of workingmen, if he had'former
ly held the same place eight years and
Lit it in bad odor. Iu ali kinds of
business from the humblest to tbe
highest a man’s record iuttkat occupa
tion is tbe gauge of * his fitness for it.
Ii determines the question of employing
him and the uincunt of his compensa
tion. Bur we find the third term advo
cates coming forward, with a proposi
tion to violate the most revered of our
national precedents, a proposition to
repeal that unwritten law which, in the
langaage of Simon Cameron’s State
Convention, “forbids the election of
any .citizen to the Presidency for more
than two terms,” and W6 see these men
studiously ignoring or lamely apologiz
ing for *.he grpssness, the corruption,
the shameless degradation of the' public
service which characterized the two
terms insthe man for whom they ask a
third trial. They dare not even sa
that Grant improved by experience, so
that his administration became cleaner
and more reputable as the years wore
on, for the reverse of, this is the admit
ted truth. Beginning on a low plane,
taking that high office as a personal
requisite, naming for cabinet positions
men who had previously presented to
him large sums of money, disposing of
patronage as if it were his private prop
erty to be used iu enriching his innum
erable host of relations, lie "developed
like a co tv’s tail—downw ird,” until all
the dt'parlmebts were honey combed
with fraud, and the foul odor of corrnp-
ttou was a couiiuu.oiis and vilhuucns
stench iu the nostrils of the people.
Grant’s managers do well to igm re
this record. It is Jioo fresh in public
memory to be dei ied, too infamous to
be defended. But it is because of these
historical facts, because nil the world
knows the shameful story of the Grant
era, becnii: e, these things eau’t be ig
nored iu tiie campaign, nud becaute,
even if there were no objection to a
third term, this record must be fatal,
that the Democratic party is a uuit for
Grant as the Chicago nominee.
Housekeepers are often troubled by
the long time it takes the cream to ful
ly rise on the milk. It has been ascer-
PROFITS OF COTTON CULTURE- ! ROASTED
TO DEATH BY
SUN.
THE
A South Carolina correspondent of the i
New York Bulletin, a planter himself, Dr. Schweinfurth, in a lector* which
.. has been faquiriug amongst his neigh- ; i' e Gently delivered at the Berlin geo-
tained that all such delay is avoided by I borsjin regard toitbeir acreage in cotton
THE VICTIMS OF DELUSION
keeping the milk at an even tempera- j f° r this year as compared witli 1879.
tare. Many have thought that the de-1H® sa J 3 that he finds that they are
lav is caused by cold/others....that heat j planting nearly fifty per cent, more in
is the cause, bat experiments have 11880 than was grown last year, and adds
shown that the delay is caused neither that “lrc»i» the best information obtain-
by heat or cold, but by an uneven tem
perature, It will invariably rise soon
if the thermometer stands at 45 de
grees, or over 100 degrees, if a uniform
ity of temperature is main tained. The
cream ought to fully rise in 12 hours.
If for instance it is at 45 degrees;and
remains so for 12 hours from the time
the milk is set away, all the cream wiil
asceud to the top and the same resiilt
will occcur if the temperature is at any
degree between 45 and even 125 de
grees, if it remains the same. But if
the temperature is, say, 40, 20, 75, 100
or 125, and after the milk is set away
temperature varies, by rising or falling,
(he time of rising will be delayed and
less cream willbe obtained. Numerous
experiments have demonstrated this
fact beyond all doubt. The theory is,
the changes of temperature produce
currents of air iu the milk sometimes
causing portions of the.civam .to fall,
some, jf which, after a long lime, will
rise again and other portions will mix
wilh the milk aud not rise at ull. One
experiment showed that milk kept at a
temperature of 40 by occasionally add
ing a little ice to the water in which the
vessel containing the milk was placed and
ull'kept covered, yielded all its cream to
the top in 12 hours, and the same r«-
sult at a high temperature by keeping
it up in a warm room. With a little
care and trouble house-keepers can al
ways have their cream fresh and pure
and get it with absolute certainty in the
usual anil proper time alluded to. But
one thing must be kept iu mind and
that, is, to get the greatest possible
quantity of cream the milk must not be
shaken. If one desires to have no
cream at all, but simply to liuve tbe
whole of the. milk rich, they have noth
in': to do l nt simply shake the milk
soon after it ts taken from the cow, and.
at intervals of thirty minutes, shake it
again for three or four limes anil all the
cream will become perfectly incorpora
iu the milk and will ueyer ascend to the
top. To obtain the cream soon, all the
plans, of slightly scalding, &c., are to
tally unnecessary, the.object willbe
perfectly effected by keepingup an even
temperature for about 12 hoars.
BRASILIAN ENTERPRISE-
Take a Taper.—Nothing presents a
sadder commentary upon the present
condition of society than the ln.ge num
ber of families, both in town and coun
try, but more especially the litter, that
subscribe to no paper of any kind Hun
dreds and thousands of families aiv
thus growing no utterly iguors’nt of
what is transpiring in the world around
them—ignorant of the mighty events of
the dav. But who Jun tell the vast
.-unonut of injn»y that is being inflicted
on the rising generation—those who|are
to take our places in the busy world at
no fax future day—growing up without
any kDowlidgebf the present or the
past; this igubfahee, too; being imbued
into them by the sanction of those who
should, and doubtless do. kuow better,
did thev only think of the injurious ef
fects of their insane course. Let the
head of o-ery family think, rf this, and
(dace iii the hands of those for whom
he is responsible the means of acquiring
some knowledge of the moving pano
rama in which wo act onr diflerent
parts.
Some wood choppers working near
Stcret eanyon, Nevada, being attracted
the ■ -tiler day by screams and groans iu
a gulch close by the trail ou which they
were going to work, came to where a
squaw was fouud securely tied to a tree.
Upon a closer examination they found a
dead pappose strapped to her hack.
Upon untying the ropes that bound her
the squaw explained that the Indians
charged her vith killing he> papoose to
get rid. of it, and had tied her, with the
dead body on her back, to the ‘ tree,
where she would have been left to-die
bad it not been for the arrival of the
white meu. This is considered a hje-
nons offense among the Indians, except
in the ease of twins, anil the killing of
a male papoose was what caused this
punishment to be inflicted on the
squaw.
The Bio ifeirs, published at Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, m its issue of Eebrnary
24th, gives an account of the successful
survey of San Francisco river, from its
mouth to the headlof navigation, by an
expedition under charge of Colonel
Roberts, which has been engaged six
months at the work. The expedition
reached a point 1,300 miles from the
sea. The News thinks that while
it cannot be claimed that this expedi
tion nttained'anything like the glory of
a Stanley, in achieving a world wide
celebrity by bis clear cut and distinct
discoveries in Africa, yet a deservedly
well kno vn gand highly estaemed Afri
can explorer. Captain Richard F. Bur
ton,: gave to the world two ponderous
volumes onjkis descent of the Rio San
Francisco, a task muoh more easy than
it3 ascent, to sny nothing of . the care
ful observation made by the chief re
garding the future navigation of the
river aud all its practical possibilities,
The Ne^s also s'ates that the Empe
ror Dum Pedro is heartily seconding
aud sustaining Col. Roberts, as tbe
head of the hydraulic commission, in
improving the rivers and the harbors of
tiie.empire. With such a liberal-mind
ed, and enlightened ruler as the Empe
ror Dom Pedro there is no good reason
for a want, of prosperity in the Brazil
ian empire, and we are inclined to be
lieve that the speedy development of
commercial relations with this coun
try, on a scale commensurate with its
importance, will solve a problem in
which the people of both nations ar.e vi
tally interested.
able I am disposed to place the increase
m South Carolina at not less than thir
ty-five per cent, over that of 1879; and
the increase is more likely to exceed
this percentage than fall below it.”
The same causes which operate in
South Carolina are at work all over the
South to foster the increase in the sur
face planted in cotton, and thi3 increase
is in addition to the taking up of new
lands and the natural extension of culti
vation bn the Southwest. Thus it is
fair to infer that the cotton crop for
1880 will be very large.’ Tbe secret of
this renewed stimulus to the growth of
the great staple is that cotton cultiva
tion is more profitable than ever, even
at Dresent prices. It is the only cash
product of the country, and practically
all the crop made is sold. The average
estimated'cost of raising, ginning, bal
ing and delivering- the crop at the rnil
road is about §11 per acre, and the av
erage yield of the South is 191 pounds
per acre; that is to say, the cost of rais
ing cotton at 5} cents per pound. Ihe
planters have reoeived an average of
about Hi cents per pound for it deliv
ered at the railroads, thus making a
profit of abont 5J cents per pound on
at leust five million bales of 450 pounds
each—2.250,000,000 pounds—or §124.-
000,000 clear profit, This is very good
business, and it suffices to explain the
constant and rapid recuperation of the
South under its influence aud opt^-a-
tiou. Yet the exhibit seems rather
rosy.
The Philadelphia limes, in an article
on the deluded black mau, says: “Thou
sands of colored men who were mnuli
more •omfortatde iu the South tlr. n
they can ever be iD the North,; ev< u
under the mo3t favorable uirennis'an-
oes, have been deluded fiom their
, , _ . , homes and crowded into kurs is m-id
the great and powerful D]our people. i udianflj wbere th
The malefactor condemned to die is
is bound to a pest firmly driven in the
gtound in some open place where there
are no trees to afford a shade, aud is
ea, gave his hearers a thrilling account
of the mode in which capital punish
ment is inflicted upon criminals by the
Al-Quadjis a small tributary, off-shot of
14«4
STARTING A
VINEYARD.
W. H. P., SaudersviUe, Ga: “I
planted ont 600 vines in December List,
anil prune 1 (hem in January, leaving
one or. tw; shanks from one to
three inches long above the ground, for
vines this year—vines now budding—
Fould you run ihcm this ’•ear to one or
two vives? Is it important to leave the
topmost or the lowest bn<l for vine
stock, or dues it make any difference?
Would yon stake them next (the second)
year, or run them on trellis wires.”
We would run them to two vines that
year in order to have a belter basis to
-tart ou next year. Select the two
strongest buds to retain and rub off all
ihe otbeis.
Train these two to a stake this year
and bttild your trellis next winter, be
fore giving the winter pruning, having
tne top wire six feet from the ground.
In cold climates where the summer is
short they train low and summer prune
to hasten maturity We need ventila
tion and hence we should train high
and protect the frnit by the foliage of
the vise.. No. growth should be alioved
this year except the two buds left for
tne production of wood. Should they
show signs of blooming clip off the em
bryo buncliPS. Tbe first and second
year look to the development of a vigo
rous vino with fresh, strong growth.
A few bunches, of grapes may bo .grown
on the most vigorous vines the second
year. We prefer the fan shape for train
ing to the top wire where horizontal
training of the two vertical growers
Sill afford shade for all below.
In our climate we need shade and
veififlation. We cannot follow the
practice of Northern and Eitropean
viueyaruists. Our practice must be
suited to our climate.—Southern Enter
prise,
there slowly roasted j.to death—not by
any artificial means involving a waste of
fuel, but by the natural heat of the
sun’s rays as they reach our earth in its
equatorial regions. To protract his suf-
f. rings and to avert his too speedy end
by sunstroke, the ingenious Al-Q nuljis
cover their erring corn-patriot’s "head
with fresh green Laves, which effectu
al! shield his brain from Pboabn’s daris-
No such protection is, however, accord
ed to his body, which gradually dries
up, Shrinks up together, and ultimately
becomes carbonized One chauce'of
salvation is open to the ^roatting man,
while as yet he is not completely “done
to death,” If a cloud passes between
the snn and his place of torment he is
at once cast loose from tbe’post and be
comes tbe object of popular reverence,
a3 a mighty magiciau in v/bose behalf the
super natural powers have designed di
rectly to intervene. But oloiulsjseldom
interfere with the administration of jus
tice on the days chosen for public exe
cutions by the Al-Q'uadjis- authorities;
at least, thatnppears to be Dr. Schwein-
furth’s experience of African weather^as
far it bears upon the judicial roasting
of malefactors.—London Telegraph.
?J would have perish
ed in large numbers but for the gc-ner-
ous.’contribntions of sincerely hnmnno
people who have had no part in entic
ing them from plenty to want. The re
cent official publication of the contri
butions for the relief of the colored
suflerers in Kansas shows (hat the pol
iticians of New England who huve been
persistent in then* clamor for the nr.-
gro eXodus didn’t contribute nn aver
age of a penny each to feed their staiv-
ing victims. It is no longer a disputed
proposition in intelligent circles that
one of the most atrocious and heartless
crimes perpetratnd against the culorea
lace was the systematic .organization of
the exodns by the systematic falsehood
of political adventurers and the embel
lished tales cf colored idlers, given out
by the same class of reckless partisans.-
have ceased to be regarded in any oili
er light than as the regulation Louisia
na lying. When there are disturban
ces and murder in any Southern State
the news will get to the world long be
fore a fugitive black man gets to Wash
ington to tell it. The colored race has
suffered much both in slavery and free
dom, bnt their most heartless foe to’
day is the political adventurer who lives
by tbe distre.>-s he inflicts upon tbe linn-
less people Le pretends to serve.”
Miracle Trough. Frayei*
The city of Buffalo, N. Y-, is greatly
exoited^over the marvellous recovery to
health of Miss Carrie F. “Judd, after be
ing confined to her bed ffor.two years
from the effects of an inju -y to her
spine, caused- oy a full. The cure is at
tributed to the effects iff prayer,
patient had -bcen in"i-L..rge of sever.!
physicians, who were unable t,/effect
any relief, though'two thousand dollars
were ax pended, Application was at
lnst.made to a colored woman iby the
name of Mix, of ? Wolrotttville,
Conn., who had been - instrumental in
effecting many wondei fnl cures. With
ont leeing tl.e patient she advissd aban
doi.iug all medicine and trust)alone in.
power of prayer. She appointed a cer
tain time for commenci meut of this new
treatment,,.and presided at a prayer
meeting of females, wuen the case was
made a subjeetjof prayer. "-This was
done, and before half an hour bad elaps
ed the patient tnrued over nnd raised
herself np, and with assistance walked
a.short distance. Tu four weeks from that
time she was able ti.walk down stairs.
She now walks long distances, teaches
her clas3.'-in Sunday school and looks
better than ever before in her life. Re
cently she traveled forty miles to attend
the marriage of her brother.
A tebbible wind and hail storm visit
ed Dalton Saturday night, about 10
o’clock, and lasted three or more hours.
Large trees were uprooted anil blown
some distance. Hail stones were verv
Luge. Ihe slorm followed the moun-
tniu range. Tho'/olloiviug damage uas
done by the storm last Satnrday'night:
A Mr. Yaughu’s family were a’l mote or
less seii-mriy hurt—some with Lauds
J ' n ; t broken un! limbs badly brained. All o f
■ 1 L > f nrei, h’ees and buildings were
bl->wu do-.vn, Pink Miller’s house and'
Mrs. Miller’s houses and barn torn
down and stock injured. Mr. Aver’s
house fell upon him aud broke liis hip.
El s daughter had her nose broken. A
Mrs Baff,spending tbe night with them,
had her neck broken and was killed in
stantly. Mr. Ayer lost all his buildings
aud several hogs; had a fence rail blown
through one hog and pinned to the
ground. A Mr. Tyson lost all his build
ing and effect-;, hogs, a horse and two
cows. John Fruker and wife were seri
ously burt;also Mr Bonds.a renter. Tl.e
following were hurt more or less: Mr,
Beck, Mr. Dunu, Mrs; Bell, Mr. Adair-
and family, George McCLine, Ike Mo.
Clane and Doe Hol-aud. The honse pf
Mr. Price fell upon himself and family,
and when taken from beneath all were
unconscious. Mr. John Wilson had a
child killed and * was very badly hurt
hiruself.
Am' Old-Burial Vault Opened-
Tribute to a Motlior-
IRONBITTERS,
.A' Great Tonic.
Highly recommended
to the public for all die-
easeerequiringacertaln 1
A “new” cereal,said to be more nutri-
ons than either corn, oats or rye, isfind-
IRGNBiTTERS,
A Sure'Appetizer.
IRONBITTERS,
" . A Can;plat* S£r£ng?h*s«r.
ttaseti requmnjia c»nam 1 - .. - v»r . T — _
and efficient Toik’JCf . in c? favor iu Western Kaasas and
especially in ludigms- ... , r T , - ,, .. „
tion. iMumjtepaia, ! -New Mexico ±t is called L<jvpfian corn
Jmtermutent JF®-
£271 ' or ! >ami ' :ia rice - 11 nd
Strength, Ixietc of
Energy, eta. It an-
riches the bloo*. . ,
strengthens the mns- 1 tar it inis been
trength, T-arA of i Lronglii; from Sonthern Eu^ssf
IRMWfERS,
■'■ 'A VG-osble MedicSce.
BITTERS,
originally
Time
unaffected by dronghj,
worm-, grasshoppers an4 ofhpr pests,
atJoo^tKta^tSriiSjJ ! Gjrd it can be cultivated with lass care
—team: fe<0^ any other
exaggeration in the ae
#f
There remains no lunger any doubt
in Michigan of the validity of Sunday
promises to giye money for the aid of
churches and o.herveligonsinstitutions.
The Supreme Court of ihe State has de
cided unanimously that 1 the laws which
declare all Siaday contracts void exr
cept those for works of charity and ne
cessity, do uot apply to a subscription
made on Sunday in the aid of a pur
chase of a church. It holds thftjt the
support of public worship is a work of
charity and that promises mule ir. sup
port of ;t can be enforced in courts of
law.
Children, look iu those eyes, listen to
that dear voice, notice tbe feeling ot
even a single -touch that is bestowed
upon you by her gentle hand! Make
much of it, while you have the most
precious of ad gifts, a loving mother.
Read the unfathomable love cf those
eyes; the kiud anxiety of that tone and
look, however slightly your pr.iu. Iff
after l’fe yon may have friends —dear
friends—bnt never wi:l you have again
the inexpressible love and gentleness
lavished upon you. which none but a
mother b. stows. Often do I sigh in mv
struggles wilh the dark uncaring world,
for the sweet deep secariiy I fell, when,
of an evening, nestling in her bosom,
l listened to some quiet tale suitable to
my »ge, read in her tender and nntir
mg voice; Never can I forget bei
sweet glance cast upon me when I ap
peared asleep; never her kiss of peace
sjt night. Years have passed away since
ws laid her beside my father iu the
churchyard, aud still her voice whispers
from tbe grave, aud her eye wa dies
over me, I visit spots long since hal
lowed li/the memory of mv mother.
highly- retoWfoag,
IlwTsf
on the dlj
teasi
meals will
. , would be y fft
A«« <*reab bo t suqt, ^ ^ff-himsclf tjj*
Frinee Jerome Nap'deou 1ms publish
ed a teftar in ^regard to the decreeg
onajtHiorized A K j? of Chinese at Yenping-foo
nro-i-off t- saw
A C.origtti if he show
Geq'v of religion. He
pently attacked fee Rev.
an American Metoc
The arches of the old burial vault o'
Y/esley Chapel, iu Attorney street-, New
York, gave way^Fiiday. and almost the
eutire top and one of the.side war. o!
the structure fell in, making a great gap
about twenty feet in the ground, which
is about half the area of the yard. Sat
urday a ladder was pi • e i ag tin t
the edge,' nud many persons gratified
their curiosity by going down into the
vault. At one side, where the arch still
remained standing, eonlu be seen heaps
of mouldy fragments of boards. There
were also several coffin-shaped box -s,
some of which retained their lids par
tially fallen to pieces. The skeletons
of the dead were exposed to view—dis
jointed and decaying—with no v. s'igc
of a shroud except a yello w mould that
would dissolve at a touch. Some of
the broken coffins contained only a frag
meut of a bone. Among the many
fragments of loose boards ne traces of
ihcfb-. dies once coat 'ne' n fchec.dn s
they composed con'd be discovered.
The vaults weje known as epidemic
vaults, and contained upward of five
thousand bodii s, the interment, dating
oack as far as tno cholera epidemic of
1849, when over two thousand people
were interred. Twenty years ago the
vaul's were ordered closed, at which
time they were full.
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Ihe Eldie Bennett on Newspapers!
—When James Gordon Bennett was
running the New York Herald the pu-
per contained five columns to the page,
or one column less '.ban the Daily Post-.
He was of the opinion that it was pre
ferable to run a.small paper, will filled,
and says in the piquant and pertinent
way; “A word on the size of my paper.
For years past the people have been anr
uoyed by immense sleets—bungingly
ma e np—without concert iff action o ‘
nlividoality of charac'e —reservoirs ofj
crude thoughts from different perso
who were knocking their heads togeth
without knocking anything remarkub
gi doff of them. I baveavoide 1 the in-i
. onveuieuce, l shall give my leaders
the cream of current events. My sheet
is mederat; size, but neatly printed on
good paper with legible type. When
an overflow ol patronage shall demand,
more room as it will, I will enlarge, but
I avo.d as Lyonld a pestilence those
enormous shsets—the pine barrens of
intelligence and taste, which have un
doubtedly been sent into the world as r,
punishment for its growing wicked-
The Bibls'speaks of our anc.vt >rs as
iiaviug been much longer iivvil than
ourselves. It is certain, however, that
there has bee.n a gradual aud steady in
crease in t :e average leught of liumun
df’e in the past three hundred years,
iu the sixt euth century the averugr-
•was only eighteen years, while to day,
iu civilized c -utitries, it is forty-four.
It is^hown at tffe same tim--.j hat w al
thy people average twelve years more
of life than the poor.
John. Archbishop of-Tnam, Ireland,
ha j n en'e:idhi3 ninit ethyear, and
is b lieveff to be the oldest bishop iu
Gat olic Christendom now officiating.
He is still able to sail about the
wild i.-diu Is in his ibocase on business
pertaining to lus office, preaching m
the native tounge,and engaging more or
less in politics. His l.fe lias been an
uxtremely active one, and he is said ;p
have lived and participated in more
clmpteis «f Irish history Hum any oth
er man now alive. He is engaged i’l
arranging his papers in such a to m
that when he is gone bis. mmaous can
easily be written.
It gi ves
W;
iran t^?fiZnoch pleat-
lee atCariP® 01
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pr can
Tq? Mountain Signal states that f. n>*-
Voung blonds of D.ih’oo' 1 ?-;, s'a'v'p 1 ont
on up egg earing mutch a L w a-Voujegs
xbhje. The one eating the aniai'p-i
uumher waf tft pay fey the eggy. Two
ate twenty-one * piece, ope twet tv two
" th* fourth thirUronc,
ion;nud
tie on the smaller
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