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i THE MODERN KINGDOM OF GREECE.

Bayard Taylor, the distinguished American traveller,
in late letter from Greece to the New York Tribune
describing the extravaganza Of its government says In
the navy there is just about officer to every two
half men I; in the army, which numbers nine thousand,
all told there less than seventy generals 7! He
further remarks that the royal palace at Athens cost two
millions Of dollars. For this sum the Greeks have
immense ugly pile of Penelic MARBLE large Buck
ingham or the Residenz at Berlin. One-fourth of the
money would have built beautiful structure proper
toned to the size and of the country The King
has salary of million of drachmas $l66 1861 per
annum, which, to his credit he spends In and about
Athens The court alone swallows up about onetwelh
Of the entire Then there Is list Of saared
aud pensoned oicialscvil military, and nayal-such
country in Europe relatively, exhibits. Some fen
lures OF the ancient still preserved they
vain talkatyc fond Of arguments, and fond of display
Their appreciation of art, however, has utterly persisted
Most OF them profess leaning toward democratic prnc
pies yet they pleased children at the tady pomT
which surrounds throne They passonntely fond
of gain yet with the most elastic temperament in The
world, dislike manual labor. sgHimt y.esse
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This policy ana a both hat 1d this pqnfp stAblh

this policy and both that and this cqnspue 10 establsh
the soundness OF my counsel,
One thing more not The least important but the last
IN this letter No woman. without piey In her heart is
fit to DO the companion Of any You may get, ia
your wife, beauty aniabity sprghtlinsss VII accom-
pishmens and learning but IL that wife have NO higher
love than herself land yourself she Is poor creature
She cannot elevate you above aims and objects she
cannot educate her children properly she cannot in
hours of adversely sustain and comfort you she cannot
bear with patience your petulnnce induced by the tolls
and vexatiois of business, and she will be safe
against the seductive temptations of gaiey and dress
Then again, man who has the prayers of pious
wife, and knows that he has theni-uphcld by Heaven,
or by refined sense of obligation and gratitude can
rarely become very bad man. Aaily prayer from the
heart Of pure and pious wife for husband engrossed
in the pilrsuits Of wealth fame is chain Of golden
words that links his every day with the name OF
God He may snap 1t three hundred and sixtyfye times
in year, for many years but the chances that In
time he will gather the sundered aenis, and seek to
re-nnite them in an everlasting bond tepls
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THAAsrkl pkrARr4sSr, + ~ 4
sst Ri 81 .t Jane 2eth, 1885 y
SEALED PROPOSALS will received this Department until IL
O'Clock % Mondsy the 9th August for millions
stock Of the United States issued under tbs
ssnt Said stock will be neen from the LIST
OF January and i've per
annually tho h days Of January and July Of each
No Ind viii Ne received below aud for frsccn Of
thousand dsisrs. bid will be unless
Of the deposited subject the order the Secretary the
Treasury with dsp.<ry Of the United States whose certificate OF
the accompany the bid In all the bids be
conditional and Without reference bi u others
the premium onered therein. 4iHlHsf ttatr f4
The sealed proposals should BIO
yecp Proposals for Loan 1895 aud be addressed
tay the Treasury, Washington, d. C. The which
ceptcd from bidder win required paid sr.ly
OF tho Uns States his residence
vensent by him. sheaid bids be accccd from parties residing
within the United states, they will required
pal aud euu with the assistant Iessuers Boston
philadelphia, or New Orleans. ~ ~ itNt
Crhcates Of stock thousand
To tbs successful bidders bearer with coupons
rest from ihe 1T January next ao payable to bearer attached
thereto will be issued for the Of tho bids the
certificates dcrose TO the credit OF the Treasurer Of the United
States with the dosarics tho United The win in all
bear Interest FROM tho date epe The
sha date TO tho lot Of January viii DO paid 70 bidder
his attorney by bc depoary where the deposs made
Successful bidders will be required depos prucpa and
MUM Of their areted bids 1day Scpsemer
next The preliminary deposo Of will be Immediately
directed returned bidders ~
ig4ld AisH3l4tI IN HftSEb ] aai howell COBB D
June 21-lawtAngs INTEL Secretary Of the Treasury
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HYMN TO THE ATLANTIC CABLE


f[From the N, Y. Courier aud Enqurerl
Bow, Science bow thy bead IN awe,
With Iightning chain In hand,
Be still, us though tbs oceans depths,
thou bindest land TO land;
For thou hast wrought miracle, Btt' 'ls
y Next 10 the Son OF God w F4tN
Thon walkest down on sea 8 dark floor,
High on its waves He trod 4H
Z He holds tho lightning in the cloud, pfl-
And thou within the wave,
And wind and wavo, which yield 10 Him,
Thou hast had power to brave;
Then tremble thou before thysolf
So near TO God akin,
Tint TO tiny hand His power comes
And seems 10 dwoll therein;
And hushed and trembling thank tho Lord,
FOR favor ON thco shod,
THAT thou, through sea with lightning chain,
Two continents hast we'd
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though TAncrcd, the New Crusade vent Aroy mon
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Henrissta Tsmpae- A Love Story, Vivian Grey,
For sale a - TAYLOR Il MAuRYs,
July 20 fStates6Starl 1884 Pom.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-09-23
9(tbs, ddlit ana Sentiment.
Prepare TO Laugh.

Squire G. tells the following gool
Hoosier yarn, demorstrative Of the
power Of music over the human mind.
Some years ago, a tall, gaunt, knock
kneed, red. headed, cross-eyed, Ium.
mex Of a Hoosier, who was a hunter
Of making a visit TO the home of his
progeniture in old Kaintuck. He did
so-ranted round among the girls
some, and was Of course, from his ma.
tive imprudence and unearthly ugli-
ness, the observed OF all observers
One morning the whole neighborhood
was astonished with the news that the
ugly Hoosier had eloped with Mrs. B.,
an amiable, good looking woman, wife
of Mr.. B. and mother to half.a-dozen
little BIS. For two long years the
disconsoiate husband mourned over
his untoward bereavement; at the end
of that period, however, to his utter
astonishment one day, in popped Mrs.
b., looking as bright and rosy as ever.
After the first joyful greeting was
over, the injured B. thus addressed
his truant spouse:
"NancY, how could you take up
with thatt onairthly ugly Hoosier,
and leave me and the children all for
lorn, as you did?"
"Well, JOSH" said Nancy, "That
thar tarnal ugly critter from Indianny
was a leetle the best whistler / ever
heern tell on. You know | was al
ways fond of good whistl;n; l used to
think you could whistle some, but /
never heard whistlin as is whistin till
| met that ar Wabash feller. lie just
whistled my senses clean away, and l
follere6 him off on that account. A
short time ago, however, he caught the
measols, and they split his whistlin for
ever-the charm was broken, and so |
concluded to come back to you; but,
o Josh! that Hoosler was the awful
est whistler that ever puckered!-
PLacerWHe Mden.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-09-23
Bank Taxation.

Whether the Banks shall pay their
share of taxes according to their prop.
erty, or not, is one of the most promi
nent questions to be decided in Ohio
this fall. If Judge BARLEY be re-elec-
ted the Banks will have to pay taxes
like the rest of US, but if Judge Peck
be elected, the law of taxing Banks
will not be sustained, and the burden
of their taxation will be thrown upon
others. The Ohio Patriot says on this
subject:
"Although there is no Legislature
to be elected this year, the question of
taxing the property Of Banks the same
as that of individuals is practically in
volved in the results Of the campaign.
William V. Peck, the Republican
candidate for Judge, holds that a bank
charter is a contracts ,and that banks can
not be taxed otherwise or to greater
extent thar specified in the charter
Judge Peck was the bankers candi-
date for nomination, ,and through their
influence he was successful before the
Convention. Bankers and their friends
will vote for him to a man, for the
purpose of procuring judicial decis'
ion to annul wholesome and just law
of the State. Judge BARLEY, the
Democratic candidate, has declared in
favor of the validity of the law, and
would so decide in all cases arising
before the court, involving the iSsue.-
1t may turn out that the power to an
nul or sustain this important act ofthe
State Legislature to tighten the take:
of the people and throw a greater bur
den on moneyed corporations will hang
on the opinion Of one of those candi
dates. The people have fair chance
at this question. Let them decide
it."
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-09-23
Water as Food.

Tell the first man you meet that
water is, on the whole, more nutritious
than roast. beef, and that common salt
or bone.ash is as much an edible as the
white Of an egg, and it is probable
that he will throw anxious glances
across the street to insure himself your
keeper is at hand. Make the same
statements to the first man of science
you meet, and the chances are that he
will think you very ignorant Of or,
ganic chemistry, or that you are play
ing with a paradox. Nevertheless, it
is demonstrably true, and never would
have worn the air Of a paradox, if
m len had steadily conceived the nature
of an alimentary substance. That is
an ailment which nourishes, whatever
we find in the organism, as a constant
and integral element, either forming
part Of its structure, or one of the
conditions Of vital processes-that,
and that only deserves the name OF
aliment. If "to nourish the body"
mean to sustain its force and repair
its waste-if food enters into the liv-
ing structure--and if all the integral
constituents OF that structure are de-
prived from food-there can be moth.
ing improper in designating as nutri-
tious substances which have an enor-
nous preponderance among the inte-
grail constituents. People who think
it paradoxical to call water food, will
cease their surprise on learning that
water forms two.thirds of the living
body.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-09-23
Extraordinary Deceptions.

The Paris correspondent of the
New Orleans Plcayune, writing un.
der date of May Goth, says that q
singular fraud has been discovered at
Versailles. A lady known by every
person in that decayed city, and hon
ored tor her name, position, and piety,
died four or five days ago, and when
she was shrouded it was discovered
she was a man! This pseudo lady
who has played her part for forty-two
years-eVer since 1S16-pretended to
be the Countess de Solege de Lange,
and the last member of that noble fam.
lily. Having been the superior of O
con vent suppressed at the first revo-
luton, she wore a monastic costume
which singularly favored her deceit,
and she enjoyed pension of 81 200,
which seems to have been the princi-
pie motive for this bold imposition
Is it not strange that this impostor,
who took possession OF all the papers
Of the true Countess (who, as it is be-
lieyed, died abroad as an emigree,)
should have played the part for forty.
two years without exciting the least
suspicion, anu without being exposed
for knave by any accident! The
pretended Countess lived in great re-
tirement, and visited only the Fau-
bourg Saint German families, who
treated her with marked attention, and
sent her the earliest vegetables and
fruits Of their gardens.
The police are endeavoring to as.
certain who this adventurer is, but a
mask worn forty-two years is likely to
prove impenetrable. This is the most
extraordinary imposition | have ever
heard of, though the adventure Of the
Count ofSaint Helena is more dramat-
ic. You may rely upon it, this story
| is no hoax. Versailles is in q fever
about it.
Something like it occurred q few
years ago at BRUSSELS. On the death
of chief clerk in the ministry of For
eign Affairs, it was discovered that he
was woman. lie had entered the
public services as supernumerary
clerk and had gradually risen from post
after post to the chief elerkship, whose
duty it was to manage the political cor
respondence, which he did with extra
ordinary ability.
And it is not long since an old sail
or at the Hotel des InvalidCs, having
fallen violently sick, was discovered
to be a woman; she had served as an
artillerylnan through most of Napole-
on's battles, from Egypt to Waterloo.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-09-23
Thus it will be perceived that bu

thus 1t will be perceived that but
one out of the entire delegation, was
content with taking that only to which
he was fairly and legally entitled. A
person would naturally suppose that
the giving Of FORTY CENTS MILE, in
this day Of rapid and cheap travelling,
would be sufficiently liberal to satisfy
the most rapacious; but 1.-THE Opposition
members from this State did not con-
slider it Sc. Let us take Cincinnati
for example. That city is distant
from Washington 57S miles, which
can be travelled in thirty hours, at a
cost of $25 or less. For this trip a
member of Congress is legally enti-
tied to receive 1921 20, a clear profit
of over taco hundred doIlarS;--thus
in thirty hours ride making as much,
if not more, than the hard working
laboring man can make in a q0hOIe
gear. But yet, this did not satisfy
the members from Cincinnati, and
they each took more than they were
entitled to receive. So it was with
all the other Districts in the State
save one. As we have stated, the
aggregate amount illegally and dis
honestly taken from the Nationa
Treasury, by the Opposition members
from this State dnrino the Oath Con
gress: toots up to within fraction o
five thousand five hundred dollars, o.
on an average, for the 81 members
of $261 III each. Now, suppose
every member Of that Congress haf
taken as much ertra, as did our Ohic
members, and it would have amount
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-09-23
gt(isttlIanrous SrtitIrs.
A Trade, A Fortune.

Not many years ago, Polish lady,
of plebian birth, but of exceeding
beauty and accomplishments, won the
affections of young nobleman, who,
having her consent, solicited her hand
from her father, in marriage, and was
refused. We may easily imagine the
astonishmcnt of the nobleman.
"Am | not Of sufficient rank to as.
pire to your daughters handw
You are undoubtedly of the best
blood of Poland"
"And my fortune and reputation,
are they not"
"Your estate is magnificent, and
your conduct irreproachab!e."
"Then, having your daughters con-
sent, how should expect a refusal ~
"Ihis, sir, is my only child, and
her happiness is the chef concern Of
my life. All the possessions of for.
tune are precarious; what fortune gives
at her caprice she takes away. | see
no security for the independence and
comfortable living of a wife but one;
in a word, | am resolved that no one
shall be the husband of my daughter
who is not at the same time a master
of trade"
The nobleman bowed, and retired
silently. A year or two after, the
father was sitting at the door, and saw
approaching the house, wagons laden
with baskets, and at the head of the
cavaIcade a person in the dress Of a
basket'maker. And who do You sup
pose it was! The former suitor ofhis
daughter; the nobleman had tgrned
basket-maker. lie was now master
OF a trade, and brought the wares
made by his own hands for inspection,
and certificate from his employer in
testimony of his skill.
The condition being fulfilled, no
farther obstacle vas opposed to the
marriage. But the story is not yet
done. The Revolution came, fortunes
were plundered, and lords were scat
tered as chaff before the four winds Of
heaven. Kings became beggars, some
Of them teachers, and the noble Pole
supported his wife, and her father in
the infirmities of age, by his basket,
making.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-09-23
4oetrg.
From the Athens Appeal.
NELLY VAN.

There S lone, still village on the old Hook
hooking shore,
Where I've lied full many an hour away
A sitting aud writing at the Old niger
door.
For which, I've always had my pay.
Oh! my poor Nelly Van, you're a badly used
up nun,
And you'll never see your money any
For your star is too red, and you, sir, are
And the people have discovered this before.
When you had climbed The sapling-by the
niger humbug. too
Ard was seated in our Legislative Hall,
You claimed Mig. to be our equal-polti.
cally so,
And you thought your pay discouraging ly
small.
Och! poor Nelly Van, you're an abolition
man,
And you'll never draw your money any
mOre
For our Martin he is Gair-without the kinky
hair,
And The people have discovered this before
Your canoe is under water and your banjo
is unStrung,
For the darkey games 'aint winning any
more;
Your eyes will then look downward, and
your songs will be unsung,
And you'll never get in office any more.
Oh! poor Nelly Van, you're nigger-loying
man,
And you'll never get in office any more;
For the whites have firmly said, "we're as
good as wooly-heads,"
While we live upon the old Hockhocking
shore.
Your eyes are getting blind, and you cannot
see your way,
Hark! there's Martin knocking at The door;
Oh! hear the ireemen calling; to you they
plainly say,
You've disgraced the old Hockhockng
shore.
Oh! little Nelly Van, you're an up Salt Riy-
er man,
And you'll neer misrepresent us any more;
You are going, going, gong-fareTeIl poor
Nelly Van;
Can't you take your little Charley star
before? G.