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Sxtv&e&ome the Cows. Out of the clover and blue-eyed grass, He turned them into the river lane; One after another he let them pass, Then fastened the meadow bars again. Under the willow and over the hill He patiently followed their sober pace ; His merry whistle for once was still, 'And something shadowed the sunny face. Only aboy! and his father had said, He never could let his youngest go; Two already were lying dead Under the feet of the trampling foe. But after the evening's work was done, And the frogs were loudinthe meadow swamp, Over his shoulder he slung his gun, And stealthily followed the footpath damp. Thrice since that have the lanesbeeii white, ATKI the orchards sweet with apple bloom, And now, when the cows come back at night, The feeble father drove them home. For news had come to the lonely farm, That three were lying where two had lain; And the oldman's tremulous, palsied arm Could never lean on a son again. The summer days grew cool and late, He Went forthe cows When the Workwasdone, But down the lane, as he opened the gate, He saw them coming, one by one. Brindle, Ebony, Speckle and Bess, Shaking their horns in the evening wind, Cropping buttercups out of the grass,— But who was it following close behind? Loosely swung in. the idle air The empty sleeve of army blue, And from the pale and crisping hair Looked out a face the father knew. \For Southern prisons will sometimes yawn, And yield their dead \into life again ; And the day that comes with a cloudy dawn, In golden glory at last may wane. The great tears sprang to-their meeting eyes* For the heart must speak when the lips are ' dumb; And under the silent evening skies Together they followed the cattle home^ A STORY FOR ALL. Devoted to Literature, Hews of the Day, and Local Affairs. .Y>, )Cd, the Let Listen'! some ravine ! Didn't us so out and \Ella do put down-that book, and fin- ish the flannel wrapper you began more than a week ago for poor Widow Camp- bell ;. i t i s so cold today I am sure she needs it sadly.\ \O just let me read today, mamma, and I will finish the wrapper tomorrow. One day will not make so much dilFer- ence\^— and Ella was soon lost i n her book. \Sister sister!\' cried Gertie, running into the room with a pieces of gay velvet in her hand, \you said when I got some pretty stuff you would make a bonnet for my new doll, Susie May. See ! will you make it now ? I've got some velvet!'\ \I'm busy. Go away, child, don't trouble me now. I'll do i t to-morrow,\ Ella answered, without raising her eyes from her book. \That's what you always say,\ return- ed the Child, \but I'll ask Cousin Mamie, she wont say 'you trouble me' \-^-and Ger- tie trotted upstairs after Cousin Mamie. Scarcely half an hour had passed when the door was thrown open, and Bob tramped in, fluttering some strips of red and white cloth. \Here Ella,\ he said, \make me a flag for the 'Butterfly'! It's all done, and we are going over to Jones's Creek to sail her; she only needs the stars and stripes, and then won't she be a stunner TWand he laid the cloth on Ella's book. \I wish you wouldn't d o so, Rob,\ said EUa, in a vexed tone, as she brushed the pieces on the floor, \do let me alone.\ '^Won'tyou make the flag, PZlla— you said you would 1\ \Yes yes, tomorrow I will.\ '•0, fudge, tomorrow ! That won't do. I can't sail my boat then. I've got to go to school. Come Ella, you are not doing anything important. I want it now\^ and he drew her book away. \Ho I will hot. I think it of just as much consequence for .me to read now, as for you. to sail your boat '. (Jo away !\ exclaimed Ella. \I shan't deliver the ines.-a»e I have for you, then, Miss Orosspatch\-^- and he inarched Off, calling \Grandma Grand- mama, where are you \\ \Miss Ella,\ said Maria Jane, pu-ttmsr her head in at the dooV, \Mrs. Arlington's black Jake has just gone by, and says hell stop when he conies luck for the book you have of Miss Lnlu'-s. Gertie spilled ink o n the cover of it. and your mother says you must put on a new one before the book is sent home.\ . \Oh dear, how provoking '. cover it now! Tell Jake'I'll and send it home tomorrow !\ \Yes Miss'\ and Maria Jane retreated. \There's the dinner bell,\ said Ella, with a yawn. \I wish I needn't stop reading\-r—and she Walked slowly down stairs, reading on the way. \Ella.\ said her father, as he seated himself at the dinner-table, \I received a letter from your Aunt Lewis, in Phila- delphia ; she wishes to know if i t will be convenient for Fannie and herself to make us-a visit next week. I want you to answer the letter ; your mother will tell you what to say.\ \Yes sir. Will to-morrow do, papa '<\ \If you be sure hot to forget it then,\ he said. \To-morrow is going to b e a very long day,\ said Grandma, dryly, \if you think of finishing Widow Campbell's wrapper, make a bonnet for Gertie's doll, a flag for Rob, cover Lulu Arlington's book, besides writing to your Aunt, and\— - \Oh if that is the case, mother,\ inter- rupted Mr Alton, \I will answer the let- ter myself, for I see i t will stand a poor chance among so many duties !\' After dinner Ella told Rob she was going t o be busy, and did not want- to be disturbed that afternoon. Then she locked herself in her room, to be secure from interruption, and read\ until tea- time, and after tea till far iiito the night, and then when the last chapter had been read she crept into bed, half asleep and numb from sitting up so long in a cold room. She fell asleep with her head full of the gay scenes she had in imagination participated in all day, and dreamed her- self the heroine, and lived over the pleasures she had read of. But suddenly the scene changed from one of enjoy- ment to one of fear. She was walking alone, on a stormy night, through a lonely forest. She went on and on, she knew not whither. Finally, she stum- bled and fell—down, down—till, bruised in every limb, she Jay at the bottom of a deep ravine. She was stunned by the fall, and when voices aroused her she tried to call aloud for help, but could utter only a faint cry. \Hark!\ she seemed to hear some one say, \I heard a voice of distress ! Let •us climb to the bottom of this ravine; I think there is some one down there!\ \Nonsense !\ returned another voice, \it is only some wild beast-^we'll look to-morrow ; it is too stormy to tarry this cold cold night\—and they passed on. Presently the sound of carriage wheels drew hear. Ella tried in vain to cry out^sbe could, as before, make only a faint sound. The carriage s one lias fallen into you hear a crv J look.\ \Oil no'!\ was the answer, \it i s only the wind. I haven't time. I'll look to- morrow\—ami they drove on. \Oh will no one help me out.'\ thought poor Ella ; \why will they put it oil' till to-morrow !\ , Presently a sound at the opposite side of the ravine attracted her attention. \A wild beast!\ thought Ella, It came nearer ; she tried to pray—to scream-—- but her tongue seemed paralyzed,. The animal came nearer, and she felti some- thing cold touch her foot. She made a convulsive eilbrt to cry out, and with a start awoke, to find herself in her own bed at home. So vivid had been the dream, and so real the terror that Ella lay trembling for some time, and resolved again and again that the frightful dream should prove a lesson to her—she would over- come her habit of procrastination ; and having prayed to God to strengthen the resolution, she slept peacefully until day- light. *\ \Cousin Mamie,\ said Ella the next ni' vning, after .a frruitless search of more than half an hour for her sewing, \do you know where the wrapper is mamma told me to finish yesterday!\ \I do,\ returned her cousin quietly. ''Your mother finished it, and I went with her i n the afternoon when she car- ried it t o the widow. Poor thing ! she was so grateful for it, she has suffered so much from the cold, lately. She is oblig- ed to depend on the charity of neighbors- for almost the necessaries of life.\ \I thought mamma intended to go rid- ing with Mrs. Wilson yesterday after- noon,\ said Ella-. \She did,\ replied her cousin, \but de- nied herself the pleasure for the sake of poor Mrs. Campbell.\ \Gertie. I'll make your doll's bonnet,\ said Ella, turning to her sister, \O said Gertie, \Cousin May made it yesterday, and then Grandmamma took Susie May and me out t o Mr. Gould's. We bad lots of nibo tlvingn*\ \I think' Grandmamma might have told me she was going there ; she knew I wanted to finish my sketch of the front lawn,\ said Ella. \You didn't want to do anything until ty^mprrov.%\ Gertie said. \Ihen I lob, I'll make your flag.\ \ITivmph- \ said Hob, who was strap- ping his books fur school, '-Grandma made ij-iy flag. If you hadn't been so cross yesterday, I was going to tell you Fred Ellis and his sister Were- -coming, here after dinner ; but when, they came I said yon were busy, and didn't want to Letter from Constantinople. be disturbed. Whew ! you ought to have seen tbeni open their eyes'!\-^and Rob tramped off to- school. - \Oli Rob, how could you!\ cried Fila, ready to cry with vexation and shame. '•I shall be ashamed to meet the EJlises attain.\ ton C'MTl a. she lrn^t cover Lu- Arlirig- v'M'ed, iii a tone of des- I can not cover it, paw. '•No, •entered mi the i.\ said her g«vndn'iot'hcr, who room in time to-hear her re- mark, ''the servant took it home in the soiled cover; Lulu wanted die book im- mediately.\ '•(). dear, dear ! I would not have had it \o home in such.a condition for any- thing. They're so very particular.\ •\Let yesterday's experience prove a , lesson to you,, Ella,\ said Grandma. \ Your neglect of yesterday's duties might • have caused much disappointment and suilering«.if kind friends had not prevent- ed it. Ibit it will not be always so, my child. I tremble to think of the trouble von will bring upon yourself and others, if you do not cure this, habit you, have of putting <iff duties. There will not always be souit! one to finish what you may leave undone, that evil may not come. Begin at <,nee, Ella. Take for your motto, . \Never put off till to-morrow what ought t-> be done to-day.'' \— E.carnhi.cr <iwl Chronicle. ~^» ..<•» »j» jfra'bies sf Wisdom. NY-xt to faith in God is faith in labor. It is. the -mamier which- is better than all. There is a proud modesty in merit. Laws are the silent asses^m-; of God. Votes should be weighed, not counted. The fiowers swim at the top-of the bowl. The morjiing hour has gold, in its mouth. Mystery and innocence are not akin. Oppression is more easily borne than insult. Soft is the music that would charm for- ever. Passion is the drunkenness of the mind. Good-breeding is surface Christianity, No man's religion ever survives his : morals. A golden mask hides all deformities. No sword bites so fiercely as an evil tongue. •Every man is his own great dnpe. Speech is of time, -silence is of eternity. Nothing succeeds so well as success. No man was ever scolded out of his sins. Good taste is the flower of good sense* Our thoughts are heard in heaven. Time is a herb that cures all diseas- es. * There is none deceived but he that trusts. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 19, 1875. MR. HUMPHRIES :—It wa s m y privi- lege to spend the greater part of my Winter vacation in Athens, and ypu may be interested i n a -brief sketchof that visit. We started from the harbor of Constan- tinople, in the weekly French mail steam- er from Marseilles, and reached the port of Pirauis in about 36 hours. This is a beautiful little bay, and very secure. A railroad runs from Piraeus to Athens, the only railroad in Greece. But this must hot be the only index of civiliza- tion, or Greece, with her four miles of railroad would stand very low. Trains run at intervals of about half an hour. The appearance of Athens impressed us favorably. The buildings; are large and handsome ; the streets wide and clean. People ride in carriages, and bur- dens are carried in wagons., which is not the usual custom of the East. The Oriental dress seems less popular than the Frank. Now and then we saw the peculiar Greek dress—a fustiiiella, or skirt of many folds of white cloth, reach- ing nearly to the knee ; a short \round- a-bout coat.;\ the. red fez, with a long, blue tassel ; the feet encased in coarse, white stockings, extending above the knee, usually knit in some ornamental fashion ; and over these a pair of low shoes, turning up at the toes so much that a small tassel is sometimes hung from the upturned point. I noticed two or three ladies wearing a fez similar to those worn by the men, except that the tassel Was attached by a long piece of gold braid. The people look intelligent and Wide awake, but perhaps they would not have made this impression had I gone directly to Athens froin America. The first care of a visitor to Athens, is t o see the antiquities. In the southern edge of the city, stand sixteen Columns of the purest and finest marble. They are more than sixty feet high, and six and a half feet in diameter. One lies on the ground, having been over- thrown a few years since ; but the others show no reason, why they should not stand many years longer. They are the remains of the great temple of Olym- pian Jupiter. Its foundations were laid about 530 B. O, though nearly seven centuries, elapsed before the work was completed. Some idea of its vast size may be obtained from the fact that the temple was formerly adorned with one hundred and twenty-four columns simi- lar to the sixteen now standing. Within the enclosure of the Acropolis, or citadel of the ancient city, are ruins of two additional temples. One i s the Parthenon, or temple of Minerva ; 227 ft, long-, 101 ft. Wide, ami 6 5 feet high ; completed earlier than the temple of Olympian Jupiter, and foriuerly contain- ing that wonderful statue of Minerva, wrought in. ivory and gold. The roof, the central walls and pillars were over- thrown by the explosion of a bomb with- in the temple during the Turkish occu- pation of the city. But the columns and walls of the ends are still well pre-: served, and over one •end is an ornamen- ted ffeize, representing men, horses and chariots hi procession. The marble is, of course, discolored, but we cannot easily believe that it has been exposed to the storms of j^out twenty centuries ; for twenty yudr's exposure in, our own land would produce as much apparent effect. On the opposite side of the Acropolis are ruins of another temple, which, though smaller, was at least equally sa- ci od to the ancient Greeks, as it contained the image of their goddess, which they believed to have \fallen from heaven.\ The roof of a small wing of this temple Was supported by six female figures, ap- propriately draped, cut from the finest marble. They are really the most at- tractive feature of* the Acropolis, for the unknown workmanship is. superior : and the design is full of grace and bcauty # But the entrance to the Acropolis,, which contains these wonders, was no less remarkable, On one side was a ; porch, in which paintings were displayed; and On the opposite side was a similar porch for the reception of statuary. Many of the pillars are sow remaining in a good state of preservation, arid the plan of the whole may be distinctly traced. We may form soine idea of the extent and magnitude of this \gateway\ when we are told that its cost Was .£485,.- 500 sterling. All these things may have an additional importance to us, from the fact that Mars Hill stood hard by the Acropolis, and these were doubtless the \temples made with hands,\ to which Paul refers in his add re:-a to the Athe- nians. Still a fourth temple^-tlmt of Theseus —stood at a distance of three or four furlongs. This i.s now enclosed and used as a gallery for ancient sculp-, tures. We found several which ttiviht have been beautiful in their day, but nearly all have sufiered sadly,, not from time but from one or another of the con- querors of the Greeks. Excavations are now going oh which bring to light some, which have escaped mutilation by being covered by ear-th. On the southern side of the hill, On which the Acropolis stands, are remains, of a theatre; Seats were made by dig- ging into the side of the hill, and cover- in°' the earth with smooth, flat stones. Nearer the stage were chairs carved from blocks of marble, for the dignitaries, with the names of the officers occupying them. . About half a mile from the city, is the site of the ancient, hippodrome. The place was most admirably adapted by na- ture for this purpose, for hills rise o h three sidesat an angle of about 45°, to a height of thirty or forty feet. Seats were made in these banks as for the theatre, and it is estimated that 20^000 persons could be accommodated by tliein. At a little distance west of thje Acropolis was the puyx, or place of hold- iirg public assemblies, and the high stone platform, hewn from the solid rock, from which Demosthenes delivered his ora- tions. The marketplace, where the peo- ple were accustomed to gather in groups to pass away leisure time, to discuss the various questions of the times, or t o learn something from the teachings of the philosophers, (Acts xvn, 21,) was be- tween this and the Acropolis'. Here Paul encountered the Epicurean and Stoiq philosophers, ^and thence he was led to Mars Hill, a few yards distant. (Actsxvii, 17-19.) .* Mars Hill is merely an immense rock. Four or five stairs are cut i n the stone to facilitate the ascent on the south. The highest part is perhaps twenty feet above the surface on the south side, but three or four times that distance on the north. History says that the court of the Areopa- gus* which formerly sat at that place, was composed of four hundred members. T thought they must have sat closely to- gether if all had seats upon this rock. The Greeks guard all these relics of the past with great care.. The Acropolis and the theatre of Dionysius are preserved by guards. Mars Hill needs no senti- nel, and is the most enduring of all, not only from its structure, but from its associations. One afternoon we rode to • Eleusis, about ten miles distant, where stood a magnificent temple to Ceres, and where the Eleusiiiian mysteries were performed. Our road was by the old \sacred way,\ which \all Athens\ took on their way to celebrate their yearly festivals at that place. Wc found the ruins of the tem- ple all broken and lying on the. ground, butwealso saw the'scene of the battle of Salamis, and felt that the journey was profitable. Another day wo visited the battle- field of Marathon, interesting only from that battle, but that alone gives it an interest to the whole world. In my next I may give some account of modern Athens. , Yours, R. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 2, 1875. Mil. HriiPHRiES :—-This letter should contain, according to promise, -some ac- count of the modern city of Athens. Happily, it i s not on-the exact site of the ancient city, but adjoining it on the south and west. There is a gentle rise of the ground, from Pirams to Athens, a distance of four miles. The palace of the King is between two rocky summits —the Acropolis on the west, and Mount Lyccabettus oil the east—and • the city- stretches out toward the north,.in the di- rection of Pirams. The view extends, on the west, over the plain far out to sea ; oh the north and north-east, over \Plato's \Tove and other thousands of; olive trees, along the \sacred way\ to the : pass of Daphne,, toward Eleusis ; on the east along the narrow valley toward Marathon, taking in many mountain summits ; while on the south, Mount Hyniettus extends from the sea a s far the eye can reach to the east. We ascended . Mount Lyccabettus, where the ancient- Greeks Were accus- tomed to watch for their ships returning from battle, and again, for enemies, whose coming they feared. Ft Was a de- lightful view, which we obtained-—the valleys and plains dotted with hamlets or farm-houses ; g oot ' roads winding out from tire city in every direction ; and the two classic rivers, the Ilissus on the east, and the Cephissus on the West, which are of sufficient volume to indi- cate their course, though in themselves hardly more, important than the two creeks which flow through the; village of Mexico. The city has quite a modern iook, and the principal streets are very wide and clean.. ' Many of the houses are rich, but none are gaudy. There is also a pleading uniformity about them. The palace of the King is quite plain, but the finest structure we saw is a new building for the use of one of the educational institutions. Athens resembles Paris, in the mim= her of her coffeedioUses, and the multi- tude of people who frequent them, and sit on the walks and in the squares about them. I like the appearance of the Athenians. . They have an air of intelligence, and en- terprise, and 1 cannot but feel that the Greeks are yet to b e a leading power in Europe. We bad an excellent opportunity of seeing them oh.their Nov*' Year's Day- Jan. 13, as we reckon time-—Several of the Streets were brilliantly - decorated with flags of various nationalities. The \stars and stripes\ occupied a prominent place on two or three buildings. The King and Queen with all their retinue, and the ministers of the various nation- alities were to attend a service at the cathedral during the forenoon. The streets were lined with soldiers, and tire people crowded in behind them. Many carriages passed carrying the representa- tives of the various European govern- ments, glittering in gold lace and rich costumes ; and officers of the army in their showy uniforms, and others dash- ed through the streets with more bus- -^Ways streets. tie than if they were commanding in battle. At length the royal carriage ap- peared, surrounded by a small compaiiy of cavalry. The people raised their hats) we did the same, and the Queen, who sat oh our side, returned our salute by a polite bow. The King and Queen are a youthful and handsome couple, and enjoy a good degree of popularity. They dress sim- ply, and often appear inpublic, frequently without attendants; It seemed as if all the people must have been in the'streets that day. So it seemed on the Sabbath, and that is one of the sad remeni- brahces of the people, that they regard the Sabbath merely as a holiday. The fifty-fourth anniversary of Greek independence is celebrated this year. This circumstance may help its in judg- ing of Greek attainments. All they have accomplished has been within fifty- four years. This city of 50,000 inhabi- tants, is one thing. Let ns also see what has been done for the education of the people. \There are now 73,219 persons under instruction in Greece, at public establishments,\ and 7,978 at private establishments. There are• 1,14.1 primary schools, which are, afc tended by 52,943 boys, and 11,035 girla Then come grammar schools, and gym- nasia or academies or colleges ; and lastly the University of A thens, found- ed in 1835, with 50 professors and 1,244 students, and a thorough course of study. Greece has a population of only one and a half millions, and perhaps no country educates so large a proportion of its in- habitants. It is asserted that no man, or child born in the kingdom within thirty-five years, is unable to read and write. Something has also been accomplished in the way of journalism. Forty print- ing establishments and six type foundries find constant einpjoymeht! Twenty^ seven newspapers are published in the kingdom, and thirteen periodicals. There have been several translations of good European works, but few books by mod- ern authors. It may be expected, how- ever, that some who now write only for papers, and others who use their knowl- edge only for oral Instruction in the class rooms will, ere long* do something odeSi to meet this want of good books; It was our privilege to spend an even- ing at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Hill, missionaries of the Episcopal Church, from New York city. They are how sauce, about \four score,\ and have seen the present city of Athens grow up around them. Mrs. H. has been at the head of a school for girls, and aside- from what she has accomplished by direct influence on her pupils, she lias awakened an en- .^^ thusiasin on the subject of female ed'u- breath, cation, and the figures I have quoted will show how much importance the Greek attaches to the education of his daughters. Mrs. H. lias had some two> thousand children under her instruction. At present the school, under the Care of Miss Mtiir, from Scotland, has an attend- ance of about five hundred. A few other mission schools have been established, mostly for the poorer chil- dren, especially the Cretan refugees. Some of these have been suspended, for the law of Alliens requires that a priest of the Greek Church shall teach the cate- chism of the Church inevery school. Prot- estants could hardly consent to this, for while it contains much that is good, it also contains much which we regard as error. We visited one school sustained by that Missionary Society of which Mrs. Doremas of N. Y. i s President. Miss Kvle, at its head, commenced her work in Athens for the children of Cretans and others of the poorer classes. At length however, it seemed best and even neces- sary to change. The school would cer- tainly be closed if she continued in this way. She therefore established herself in the heart of the city, obtained superi- or teaeluu s, and tried to secure the^atroh- ageof influential men, by offering superi- or advaiitiges for the. education of their daughters. She has thus far been allow- ed to continue, and has secured friends at court, who will use their influence for her. The instruction of the school is thorough, and presents some attractions over the public schools. Miss Tv. gives each class a Bible-lesson every day, and this is a featuie of all mission schools. The attendance is now T09. I was ex- ceedingly interested in this, work, and re- gard it as eminently hopeful. American missions in Greece have had a singular history, and there has been much that was discouraging to such efforts. Dr. King has been most before the puh- lic, because of his trial and sentence of imprisonment and banishmentfor \speak- ing contemptuously of the Greek Church,\ ifcc, although the sentence was never executed. I need say little of this. Doubt- less Dr. K. was imprudent, and per- chance the entire people may not have sympathized in the proceedings against him. No very vigorous missionary ef- forts have ever been made in Greece for any length of time, as far.as I can ascer- tain. The Greeks are devotedly attached to their Church, as patriots. The Church is their national bond of union. The festivals of the •'Church contribute more to unite them than the games and con- tests of their ancestors served to remind them of their common origin and asso- ciated interests of the several States of ancient Greece. Here, in Turkey, the Greeks of this empire are not recognized by the Government as Greeks, but as members of the Greek Church. The Greeks are intensely patriotic. They are looking forward to the time when the territory winch was once theirs shall be restored to them, and they shall have control of the.Mediterranean, astheir fore, fathers once had. They try to cultivate the sentiment of patriotism and prevent all disloyalty. Under these circumstances, it is but natural that they should look suspiciously oh anything which looks like an attempt to draw people away from their Church. But, moreover, they have an attachment for their Church. They call it the \Orthodox Church,\ and pride themselves oh having kept pure \the faith once delivered to the saints.\ They claim to hold to the doctrines which were established by the earliest Christian councils,, before errors crept into the the churches. There is no dis- cussion Of doctrine, and little apparent thought in regard to religion, but to ob- serve the rules of the Church. So you see there are peculiar difficulties in the way of missionary labors among the Greeks. The American Board has with- drawn its missionaries from Greece, not .from the absolute hopelessness of the ef- fort, but because they had hot enough men for all their fields, and others were more promising. At present, all the missionaries are native Greeks, three of them educated in America, and two of them American citizens, and two at least have married American: wives* Dr* Kal* opadaky was educated at the University of Athens, and received the degree of M. D. He then spent four years in New York city; three of these at the Union Theological Seminary. He now sustains regular preaching services and meetings during the week, with the help of an as- sociate. I attended one Sabbath after- noon service, where I found an audience of about one hundred, many of them in- telligent young men from the Univer- sity and Gymnasia. The \Week of Prayer\ was also well observed by them. Mr. Constantine, a graduate of Am- herst College, is working in a similar Way in another part of the city, Dr. K. also publishes a child's paper and a weekly religious paper, both of which have a respectable circulation. I believe that light will spread through these and other instrumentalities, and that Greece will yet become a light to other nations. Yours, &c. It. Facts and Fancies. \--Music by'.hand-1'e-^a street organ. ----\A skin game\—the fur dealers. --^If your brain is Oh fire put it out. —A patient waiter--^, young doctor. —A distant- relation—your antip- that are dark--unlighted -A hot mcal--Crackers and pepper —A heavy business—-importing, ele- phants. -—The Worth of woman-—double ycu, O man. Published every Thursday Morning by Henry Humphries, EDITolt ANT) HtOPltlETOR. TERMS: $1.50 per annum, in advance ; if nut paid within three months,, §2. j»ar No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid unless at the option of the publisher. KATES OF ADVERTISING : lw. 2w. 3w. 3 m. 6 m. i y. 1 Inch, §0 75 SI 25 $1 50 $3 50 5(5 00 S10 00 2 inches, 125 2 00 3 00 5 25 9 00 15 00 I column, 3 00 5 00 6 0012001400 20 CO \ column, 5 00 3 00 10 00 15 00 25 00 40 00 1 column, 8 00 12 00 14 00 20 00 40 00 75 00 JOS\ Job Printing of all kinds attended to with promptness, its' Correspondence iniihtbe accompanied by a responsible name as a private guarantee of good faith. LAND SIJ1YBY0E, PROF. J. H, COCAGHE, Box 47. MEXICO ACADEMY. Reference, II. L. Cole, Esq. JOHNf. TAYLOR, \\\ \ \~\ Drug.-ist, 2vp. 2, Webb Block, Main Street. - li. L. ALFRED., Dealer in- Watches* Clocks, Spectai-le*, Jewelry, &c, &c, Thomas' Xew Building, Main St. useful thing in the lorig rUr.- --Vested interest—money inthewaif-t- coat pocket. —Ah inside dental expense^^having a tooth filled. —^-Why is a side-saddle like a four-quart j ug ? Because it holds a gallon. -—There are twelve Indian student\ in Drury College at .Springfield, Mo. —-An Englishman proposes to run- street cars by clock-work. Only two hands will be required, -^-The saving \Excuse haste and a bad pen\ has been attributed to a pig that ran away from home. ^A Frenchman;, intending to compll ment a young lady, by Calling her a gentle lamb, said, '-Sheis one muttonasissmall!\ —Candle says that his wife, at least, whatever may be the experience of ceiv sus-takers with others of her sex, is .al- ways ready to tell her rage. rr-^Meat mo at the spelling match at Muesie hall,\ was the invitation- written probably by one who stepped down and out oh the first round, -—The difference between a tale-bearer and sealing-wax is, that sealing-wax burns to keep a secret, and the tale-bear- er burns to tell one. J, D. HARTSON, Attorney and Counsellor at I.aw.. Office over Stone, Robinson & '(Vs Store, Main St. •(*'. E. HEATOX, M, D* Pli-ynicniiii and Surgeon. Office over Tlmnuf*' new Store. Special office d'ay* Saturday after- noon of each week. Residence—Pulaski St. Pit. GEO. P. JOILXSON, Physician and Surgeon. Office on Main Street, over S. A. Tuiler's Hardware Store,, where he may be_ found, both day and night, when iiot on professional business. Office Jefferson St'., opposite Post office,Mexico, N. Y. Residence corner of Main and Railroad streets. Chronic diseases made a specialty. All calls promptly attended, 25 J. A. ~~ \\ Dealer in ali kinds Street. J. K Barber and 11-air Dresser,ser, Particularr attention paid to Shampoonjiig.. and the cutting of ladies and children's hair.. Shop South end of Mayo's Hotel,. (Uiurch street. Edward H. Wadswortli, Ceneral Insur.une A went.. Office- o.verOoit & Castle's store,. Mexico,.??. Y. Mutual Life, of Kew. York, Assets •Sfii5,000 i 000, Hartford Accident, of Hartford, Conn., Assets §200,000 Amazon- (Fire) of Cincinnati, A««('ts ££50.000.. Oswego County Farmers, of Sandy Crock, J?. Y., Assets.8100,000; HOLBF.OOK'S Family Liniment, A Sure apd Speedy Cure for Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Influenza, Asth^ ma, Sore Throat, Toothache,Headache, Chilblains, Sprains, Cuts, Bruises, Bites or Stings of Insects, Sore- ness . or Pains in the Limbs, Feet and Joints, Pleurisy or Pains inthe Side, or Pains of any Kind. 'S Family LINIMEET Should be used internally for Coughs, Golfs, Bronchitis, Croup* Diptheria, Colic, Cranes, Asthma, Influenza, Soreness of Chest or Lunj-S, Sore Throat, Quinzy, Plurisy or Pains in tl e Sidej&c.,&c. Solbrook's Familv Liniment Should be iised externally for Rheumaticm. Sprains, Burns or Scalds, Bruises, Bites n Stings of Insects, Chilblains, Cuts, Pains, i the Limbs, Feet and Joints, Neuralgia, Tooth ache, &c.j &c. Solbrpofs Family Liniment, Exceh? all other Remedies in the Cure of the following Diseases in Horses and Cattle : Cuts--, Bruises, Collar Boils, (Jails of all kinds, Spav- ins, both blood and bone, Sprains, Lameness, (Jaked > Udder, Inflammation, and healing < f Sores and Wounds from any cause. Holbrook's Family Liniment - Is a positive Specific and relieves local Pain more promptly than any other Medicine in use. Testimonials are being constantly received which place its powers in this respect beyond a doubt. m~ Every Family should have a bottle of Hol- brook's Family Liniment at hand, in case of sickness or accident. J5?3\ Call on your Druggist and get a bottle of\ Z a &s\Holbrook's Family Liniment.\es GIVE IT A TRIAL. - Prepared by S. it. HOLBKOOK, No; 20 North Water Street, Ogdensburg, to whom ail orders should be addressed. DuGfglsts can be supplied by JOHN C. TAYLOR, Mexico, H. Y. 14-ly *\ CALDWELKS ~ UICKARI), ;if Furnrture, South Jefferson F. HALL, Particula i i3 s xs. i Surgeon Dentist. Office on Jefferson St., over the Post Office. All kinds of Dental work.oxe-.-uted in the best manner and. Warranted. Teeth extracted vyith- out pain-with Nitrous Oxide or Laughing (Jas. Chlo\oforiri or Ethei' civen if preferred. TAS Mim W MILNBr srRoiJox. FOR THE CURE OF Dyspesia, Indigestion, Kidney Diseases, LIVER COMPLAINT, NEIVOUS AFFECTIONS* CiRNERA L PR( )>STRATIOTC. As a Morning Appetiser, 'THEY- HAVE NO RIVAL. t a,') i i' I; •' .• ;i V'i'.i ' • t'i i-il. 1.11. ft <;; •-; lllv . . rectsull luorbi'lthali.;i-s in the blood. I t ]•••• fects digestion, r**ndering i t natural and ea-v - It iianishes tho.-e clogs upon pleasure v.J.i.•'. produce gloom, • It hi;proves the appetite, :;i..l removes all.disagreeable feeling after eating. PRICE,.' ONE DOLLAR PER POTTLE. CALDWELL'S GODOT COTE For Coughs, Colds, Croup, &c. CaldweffsMagneticOliIorolok], An.internal and' external remedy. CALDWELL'S Lily Balm, o i FOR BEAUTIFYING THE OM FLEXION REMOVING Freoliles, Eruptions, -Sunburn, Eou-sjhn-ess, Tan, &c. The Lily Palm will speeoily remove the bli-io- ish, and impart s.iftiiess, transparency, a roseate tinge and a.puarl like lustre to the oomple\i'.u. It contains no poison, it is the best and e'e-.-p- est Toilet'article ever offered to the public. I u\\ directions on the label of each buttle. Pri< • . \••' cents per lioltle. . V-,', d:irnifa emVe.t First Sti:. •.)-.()() to 10 :>,n :i. in. ^—\jemima said a fashionable miss to her friend, \I think Charlie Potts is per- fectly splendid ; he can fjet on thy gloves, and w-eiiTS spit cuils.\ -^Tbe boy, who ran away froin school to ''.j^o- fisbiiio; all alone,\ and can^btliirn- self in the lip. says-Ire's got <>np-u«ii off lrsbiug orr bis own J rook. —=-An instructor asked a Frehcli j?i 11 why beer in Frehcb vvas feminine. She replied that it was probably owinp; to the fact that the boys liked it so well. —An excliange says, \We'll ride two miles to see two brothers under twelve years of age go t o bed togetber without having a dispute about something.\ ' —From the number of complaints ap- pearing in the-! English newspapers, ston- ing railroad trains appears to be a very prevalent nuisance. .—.John- V. Farwell,. the rich dry goods merchant oi Chicago, has gone to Eng- land t o join Moody and Sankey the .reviv- alists. —^Intense beat prevailed oii-April 19 in the north of Scotland. Eighty detrrf es were registered at midday in the sun ; , and sixty-five in the ishade. T\vo deaths from Sunstroke -are reported. -—They attempted to give out an eight syllable word at one of the Rhode Island spelling matches the other night, but found that there wasn't roOin for it in the State. —A German bafOhess who paints pic- tures has married a man who has long been employed as a nioldel by the art students at 'Munich, and who had sat for her in that capacity. -—Among the presents at a wooden wedding in AHehtowil. Pa,, recently, was an immense cake. Tins was reserved for the last; and when they came to cut it, they found it was only a cheese box covered with icing. —-The women of a Colorado town got up a suffrage meeting the other day, no men being adhritted. Ho business of importance was transacted, however, be- cause some invisible miser eahtr let down a live rat through the skylight, and arhid shrieks and screams the assemblage sudW denly adjourned, —Mr. L. W. Cutler, of Denver, Col, recently declined to be city sexton, say- ihg : \The idea of groping among tomb- stones and communing with ghosts and goblins for. a livelihood, causes a cold chill to run. down my back. No, gen- tlemen, I must refuse. I would 'rather be a toad, and live xvpon the vapor of a dungeon/ than wait for my fellow-man to die that I might grow fat. Please leave me to pursue the quiet walks of private life,\ . Office, No Office hours, to 7.00 p. m. An appointment fi.r aii.v cured by malting the r««pa- ct-. OSWEGO. And from S.OO- other hfiin* can be sc- •t I'.v letter. TO PARISH DIREOTOlvY. _ .(!. V,'. 1. VV IX< - Tt >N & CO., Uealcvs in l)r y G'HIHIS. Groceries. Poots and Shoes. llanHvarc, Dni.'.j,. Medieim «, etc., etc. Corner of Main mul INilrnmT Kts.. Parish. ' EOV:'[X i-lAKKi'i, Attonicv andComisell.r at l.aw. Potter Plocfe. IViainSt. II G. LYNCH, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Ludd-ington- Bloc!,-, ilaiii Street. Proprietor aii-1 For sale !•-.' C. CALIHVELL. r-turer, ^iediha, X. 0. TAYLOH, Dealer i.i •'4r,-l'v ])rui> i'aints. .M;d>iStret : l>ve Stuffs. N. Y. Ill m. c CA m JL T*S 7& CS- O. OEEAf CLEABING OUT For sale bv K. L ALFItKDv .Mexico, K- Y. Of Cliina, ;ker .(xlass Ware Silver Ware, <§sc, -vW Gommencimg Dec- 1st, And Gontiniiipg Until the Stock shall be Sufficiently Reduced to ('onsoliilate two Stores in one. i The people of Mexico, and surrounding country are especially invited to come and look over this Immense Stock, which will be sold I ( JAMES MCCARTHY. JenersOh Block, 2G3 West First Street and 198 Water St, Oswego, November 2-1, 1874. Emporium of Fashions. Mme. Demorest's Reliable Patterns of all kinds and sizes, are for sale at 25 STONE, KOBINSON & Co ? s, . OU'l.t.Ai;K SAI.i;.—By virtue of a un.i1.^;i^e . ,\.*< 1 .Ni.veio: v v.'d, 1874, Valentine Gilc, i.'.ai I'liiljiui.iUiic, li!> witu, uf New Haven, Oswego• comity, >. S'., emivcjeii' to Henry J. Daggelt, of the KM-.W. ,].ihiec, c. rtitin jirci.iiseh tle.scribed in said indtnUire, a-j iii'.li.ws : A-li that tim-t or ])arcelof- land situate in- Uio liran of New' Hu - .IP, afmesaid, and part of lot No; !V, i:. tl.y I' , th-t. .^^ ii^!.'ji, Si:ribii%i patent. tii':nidvd ai.il ili- <i-l-il cd a>. 1II1!<I«H : Jieginnjng at a blaken/jivii ;\ a-t > ch:un- LC In.:.- fi-iinf the M.ut,h-WL-st corner of s:nd i\t jiii. TO,, llicneu north 4^ east along the West line of said li.t 11 chains 1*4.1 .links tint slake, thena' suutli t-7 v cist alum; the midillts division line of said lot 48 chains 4.'. hnkstii thcia.st l'ihn <f said lot, thence south H* 1 wes' iUii;i^ '-aiii east line tl thains l'li links, tlieme north t-7- west 4;;-chains t& links to the ]iiaee of bogfinnhi;:, ion taiuin^ (cxehiHvc'of one acre in the south-east nnm •• thereof, owned by Vincent lJani.-.), 47 and &S-100 aciis of land. • ALo all Uiat iract er j'arctl of land situate in t*...- town of New Haven, afmesaid, and ]«vrl of lot No. 7/, township No. liVScri! a*. ) atoiit, bouiidudaud desciRis.t!s< as follow*•: ISe^inlihir hi the centre of a highway, mi the cast line o{ wud lot No. 77, being the middle dhi-, 1 simi of said lot, thence north t;7H vvesl along- said midd';e' ilivti-ai Au the eent.iv of the highway, the \west line .•!' said lot,, tliei.o; ii'H'th 3\ east alongsaid'highway.and s-;i t vvrst line seveute;.ii chains 75 links, thence south ' r cast along lands owi.cd by Silas O. \viihnarU ), 0 .\. -.. . < b:) links .to a sUfl<c. thinco easteily along the • • u bounds of said Silas O. V/illmarth's lands to the ci i,t-» r of the highway',: first above described, theiice south- easterly along the center of said highway to the tast line of said lot, thence south 4V w«st aloiig said high- way and said cast line, to the place of beginning, ton- taiiiing, all within said bounds, fifty-one and tln\c- f ourtlis acres of, land,, nuire or less. Sail mortgage, with the power of sale therein, was re- corded in theottiee of the Clerk of Osweg-o County, oii tlie first day of December, 1B74, iu liiber 103 of inorl- gages, at page i250. . The amount claimed to be due thereon at the date hereof, is one thousand and eleven dollars and three cents; being the whole sum unnaid. And whereas, defatilt' has been made in the condition of said mortgage, by the non-payment of said sum n> due, and no proeeedjngs at law having beeii had to ie- oover the saiii^ or any part thereof^ said power to sell has become operative. Now, therefore, in pursuancy of the statute in such case, notice is hereby given that the said mortgaged premises will be sold at public auc- tion to the highest bidder, on the 9th day of July, lJ\7f.„ at 10 o'clock iii the-forenoon, at the \Empire House,\ m the village of Mexico, Oswego Co., N. Y.-^Datcd April' 15, 1875. : HENEV J. DAGSETT, Mortgagee. D, % G. PECK, Att'y, Mexico, K. Y. _ Gyrus Whitney, ATTORNEY & QOUNSELOK. AT LAW Neal Block, {East end of TiOwer Bridge), Oswe go, N, • Y, Special attention paid t collections, Foreclosure ' of Mortgages Adjustments of Titles, Qonweyanceiitg, Assigrif inents, I'.anlcruptey, Wills, Settlement o Estates, Kailrnad, Oonmiercial and Marine Law etc. CYrtUS WHITNEY, (Go Judge.) |^° jap, Cocoamit at Gibson's, g^° Jap, Hoiiey Cake at Gibson's. lyir Just received, at Gibson's, anew •' supply of superior candjjr, - 24
