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WAR.

Three infantry divisions of the Rus
sian Guard reached Dela on the 25th, one Of
which will remain in that neighborhood
while the others will be dispatched to Plevna
II is stated that the Russian and Roumanian
losses before Plevna exceed 5000 killed and
wounded. The Turks have succeeded in
rcvicmaling the garrison at Plevna.
Dispatches of the 9th state that Me-
hemet Ali, whose forces recently met with a
disastrous repuse bythose Of the czarowitch,
has commenced a retreat to his former po
sition on the Kara.Lom A Russian official
dispatch admits tine further reinforcement
of Plevna by 10, 900 Turks with artillery from
Sofia, who broke through Russian cavalry
posted to intercept them. Accounts oil the
extensive prevalence Of discomfort in the
Russian army are conGrmed. \ Bucharest
dispatch says the Roumanians have failed
in their attempt to capture the Griviiza re-
doubt ut Plena, having suffered severely 4
telegram from El1eroum reports that hosilll'
ties are imminent in that quarter.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13
sun Spots aud Famine.

1t has been surmised that some rclA-
ton exists between sun spots ami p,cya
lent weather on the earth, and the
theory has been proposed that periodic
variations in climate bear some relation
in recurrence TO the cyclical periods when
the sun spots are most or least numerous.
DR.. Hunter, official director.g general eI
statistics, has recently directed the atten-
ton of the government of India to this
alleged connection between the period.
of maxima and minima sun spots and the
amount of rainfall at corresponding time;
in the Madras presidency, where grea,
famine is now impending Genera
Strachey, however, in recent cO,nmu'
nication read before the royal society,
aftera careful examination of the recorded
rainfalls in Madras, Calcutta, and Bom-
bay for the past sixty four years, comes
to the conclusion that no real connection
has been established between rainfall
and sun spots, and shows that, even il
such were apparently the case as regards
Madras, the same would be true in Cal
cutta and Bombay, whereas the rain table
of these localities show no such cOinci
dence. Scientific Amtrioan.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13
GRIMES,

The Indians have murdered all the
white inhabitants, 35 in number, IN Cook,
canyon and on Whites ranch, between Silver
City and Fort Yuma, Arizona,
Frederick A Sawyer, ex>assistant
secretary Of the treasury, Frank W. Brooks
Philip O Roddy, and Others charged with
conspiracy to defraud the government Of
$,76lS, have been tried before Washington
court and found gull, An appeal will be
taken,
Frank Wait, prominent citizen OF
Memphis, was shot and Allied on the 30th
by Alexander Woodbridge, formerly Of Her.
nandc, Mississippi. The shooting was pro,
rokcd by some insulting remarks m0dc by
Wait regarding Woodbridge, -
Sidney Myers, president of the defunct
Merchants Farmers and Mechanics bank
Of Chicago, has been indicted for the embel.
element Of S200,0O0in in funds of the bank, and
held to bail in the sum of $20,000 The cash
assets Of the bank are S5e in gteenbacks and
So in mutilated currency, while large por.
tion Of the securities are Of little OF no value
The late officers of the Protection Life
Insurance company of Chicago have been
indicted by the grand Jury for misappro.
prilton of funds President Hilliard and
Secretary Edwards were released OH $4,000
bail, but Sawyer, the cashier, was unable 10
obtain boudsmsp, ard so went 10 Jail,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13
About Women.

VERY stout ladies always look best in
black. , -,
THE costume should not falsify the
natural form of the wearer
THE retention of the Princess style
enables ladies TO make over their old
dresses.
OLD FASHIONED reticules, with strings
to draw, and worn. swung over the arms,
will be revived.
GOLDEN bugs and butterflies, STUDDED
with Jewels, make fine but expensive
ornaments for the hair.
LACE is comparatively cheap in Lon
don. Real Valenciennes edges an inch
wide may be bought for 20 cents a yard
"GoNE to my husbands funeral;
back in thirty minutes" is the notice
recently found ON the office door OF
lady lawyer in Oregon.
AN old bachelor explains the courage
of the Turks by saying that man with
more than one wife ought TO be willing
to face death at any time.
A NOVELTY for ladies' oyer-dresses is
called French cord, and 50 clearly RESENT
bles the corduroy worn by gentlemen
that it is likely TO be known as SUCH
No ARTIST, however skillful, has ever
vet been able to catch the expression OF
mothers face while carving her infant
home from babyshow at which the
little darling failed to get the prlze'
THE brecaded velvets in coloIs have
the figure in chaugeable hues olive greens
and tilleuls blending with old gold, DARK
blue centre, showing when the hgnts
change. Others have gray hues, IN
changeable tones, on a dark ground.
LONG, shaded ostrich plumes, in all
the new shades of brown, bronze, marine
bLe and maroon, are shown for dress
hats. They are shaded from the darkest
tints of color at the stem te, pale sea-l0am
green, tilleul, rose color and water blue,
at the tip.
LORD DERBY recently said in a banquet
speech: "Itisnot known what men in pub
lic positions owe their wives. If the wives
do not choose to go into the arena them
selves. they exercise verysound judgment
.,.they prefer supremacy to equality.
THE Rev. Mr.. Robbins, an English
divine, recently explained TO his congre-
cation that the reason why he hau -
iew lady communicates was, that the
nrT-ent fashion in dress caused th"m to
be tied back 20 tightly as to render At
impossible for them to kneel at the altar
railsl This implies belief on his part
that with Abandonment ofthe puH-backa
religious zeal would increase again,
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enough, in resentful moment, to call
+" band-box puppy. He was reassuring
poor terrified Lena in the most winning
phrase he knew, and apparently he sue
ceeded in a very fair degree.
Never, in the days of his most happy
crthrallment at the feet Of the beautiful
Geneyieve, had he so exercised himself to
entertain He scarcely quilted the side
of his timid companion the whole even
ing, and Miss Geneyieve had no oppor-
tunity, consequently, to whisper her
threatening anger in poor little Lenas
ear.
Wonps she give it to me, though,
when we get home ?" sighed the child.
She caught occasional flashes from her
queenly cousins black orbs.
Whatever the wonderment might be at
Frank Dupon's odd flirtation with Gene
We've Mobiles ulgy little cousin, nobody
dared so much Rq lank antthinf Of the
sort in his presence, g .or Frank, upon
the principle, perhaps, that a good act
is its own reward. he discovered sudden,
ly that ne was enjoying himself very
| much, 1t was something Of a triumph
to be able to charm this frightened child
into forgetiulness of the situation and
her own awEwqtdness Bit really she
seemed to lose her ewn awkwardness
with her self forgetfulness, Frank dis
covered too that she had the loyeliest gray
ewes tbey were like wells of LIGHT when
she laughed, and her laugh was as sweet
AZ a chime of bells She had perrect
mass of silky brown hair twisted in an
urly knot at the back of her head, and
dancing ittumbled down. Such a ripping
shower of shining wavelets as it was, and
such apretty color flashed into Lena's pale
cheeks, as with both little ungloved hauds
size tried TO reduce II TO order again her
belle cousin mentally resolved that that
hair should come Oft the next day, every
lock OF it.
But in gong home, Miss Genevieve's
attendant, who was not much oil driver
managed to have runaway, and tipped
her into a snow bank. 1t was about as
soft snow. bank as there was, but Gen
evieye Noble found di5Iocated shoulder
in it, and was in no condition, for some
days after, to see to the tultiliment of
her threat concerning poor little lena's
luxuriant locks. To her amazement,
when she did signify her wishes, the
child obstinately refused to have them
cut of.
Genevieye Noble was conyaIcscent,
1rV l., Il han lE4a
morning.robe, with the dellcacy OF bert
complexion heightened by the coniine-
,n,lent to her room. She ascertalned that
fact by G;iissIce N her dreeSslng-gIass, Just
before she went doNn to the parlor, whele
Frank Dupont was waiting 70 see hor
She met him statily. They nn&d not
seen each other since the sleigh-ride. ana
Anticipating his reproaches, the beauty
resoled TO torestall them by her own
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13
VOLUME XVIII.

Its rise in misunderstanding. Col. Fo,ney,
who was present when the Interview in
question was held, SAYS that both President
Grant and himself believed that Senator
Sumner intended to support the 5 IN Do,
mlngo scheme, and the COZ SO wrote to nj,
papers. This did not disturb the cordial
relations between the latter and Mr.. Sumner,
who explained that he had been misunder
stood. The Col. adds that there was no bad
laith aDoNt the senator's course in the mat.
ter ant that with little more moderation
on both sides the two men could have been
recnnciled
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13

My child Is lying on my knee
The signs OF heaven she reads;
My lace is all the heaven the sees
Is all the heaven she needs,
And she Is we'll, yen, bathed IN bliss,
II heaven is In my face;
Behind 1t il all tenderness
And trnthlu'ness and grace.
mean her well so earnestly,
Unchanged In changing mood
My life would go without a sigh
Io bring her something good
alsO am child, and
Am ignorant and weak;
gaze upon the starry sky,
And then must not speak
For all behind the sta ry sky,
Behind the world g. broad,
Behind mems hearts and souls doth lie
The infinite OF God.
Aye, true TO her, though roubled sote,
| can not choose but ue
Thou who art peace iorPgernOre
Art vcry trtte TO ne,
Ii am low and sinful, bring
More love where need is rife,
Thou knowest what an awful thing
II is TO be life,
hast Thou not wisdom to enwrap.
My way wardness about
In doubling safety on the lap
Of love that knows no doubt2
LOl L'ri, I sit in Thy wide space
NY child upon my knee;
She loOketh up into my face,
And / look up to Thee.
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next day { Wednesday was brilliantly
repulsed and tho enemy driven as tar as
the outer line of their camp. The Rus
sian loss here ia three hundred killed
and wounded" From these conflicting
statements it is apparent the Judgement
was not Ofany Importance, the subsequent
assault by the Turks only resulted in
being driven to the outer line Of their
camp. Finally the Turkish bulletin
concluded; owe have gained a brilliant
victory and inflicted loss of over five
thousand on the enemy" The Russian
bulletin concludes "To. day, Thurs
day, our right flank will withdraw from
the positions occupied by them on Tues
dav on account Of the difficulty in OBJ
tanning A supply Of water"
The Turks estimate the Russian .'orce
engaged against their lett at thirty five
battalicns O. infantry and nine regi-
ments of cavalry. Little Yagni was five
times assaulted, taken and retaken and
the movement against the Turkish right
hank came 20 near succeeding that
Mukhtar Pashas communication with
Kars was one time actually severed.
Eventually, however, the repulse along
the whole line was complete, and the
Turks remained in possession of the field
which was covered with the Russian
dead. Grand Duke Michael commanded
in person.
A Berlin dispatch says the imperial
ukase sanctions the conversion of the
share-captal OF five of the principal
Russian railways from metallic 10 paper
standard, at the same time reducing the
guarantee OF annual receipts to the same
standard measure This inAicts serious
loss on the shareholders and creates ap-
prehension. The measure is to be ex-
tended to other lines, and even to
government bonds. It is said that the
shares subscribed abroad, and in foreign
gold, will not be exempted from the
operation Of the ukaSe.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13
Don't Drink.

The New York correspondent Of the
Boston Journal gives the following salut-
ary advice
The short run of players, riflemen,
billiard champions, and men of sporting
life generally, is remarkable feature Of
New York life. Drink is at the bottom
of this. Men who indulge in the cup
can't control their nerves, and men who
can't do this 60 to the wall The bad
shooting of some men, of whom so much
was expected, resulted from their cup
indulgence. One of the best marksnen
in the city said yesterday that Gin rife
shooting the variance Of hairs breadth
made the difference at the muzzIe of one
foot in one hundred yards; and a man
must have absolute command of his
nerves. A man who would win must
SS6f steam" Dan Mace, when he was in
his his min, ii;e on the ford, drank only lemon
aJe heor1 him say: " A single glass
Of whisky effects inIyy nerves nerves @ Men VINO
drink on the road would nj. trust tnelf
valuable teams to me if l was not ". ,n tne
driving 1ason a teetotaler." When the
billiard congress was in session the cham
pion player said "We can't drink and
Do anything. We have to abstain totally
from all stimulating beverages while we
play. We have season of preparation.
We have to be clear and keep cool or we
fail. The reason that 80 many eminent
players pass out of sight is--they will
drink. Then the nerves grow unsteady
and the eye fails, and all is up with the
player. The drinking goes deeper and
the PLAYING worse.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13
RELIGIOUS,

There are now one hundred and sixteen
women regularly employed in India as mis-
sionaries. Besides these the wives and
daughters of missionaries do a great deal of
excellent service,
A writer in the Independent makes a
startling exhibit of the cost of teaching the
ology to Presbyterian aspirants for the min,
istry. He demonstrates that the annual cost
Of teaching for the term OF seven months is
$56267 for each student. There are fourteen
Presbyterian seminaries, which this writer
says could wisely be reduced to three. He
insists that the surplus seminarics ought to
be sold, or given away TO any body who can
make good use of them. The worst of it is
that these costly Semiuaries are hike those of
most other denominations, crowding young
men into \ greatly oyerstocked profession.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13
Primitive Man as He Is.

Cameron's "Across Africa says that
on the death OF a Urna chief it is the
custom to divert the course Of stream,
and in its he'd to dig an enormous pit, the
bottom Of which is then cOverd with
living women At one end woman is
placed ON her hands and knees, aud upon
her back the dead chiei, covered with his
beads and treasures, is seated, being sup
ported on either side by one of his wives,
while his second wife sits at his feet.
The earth is then sheveled in on them,
and all the women are buried alive, with
the exception ofthe second wife. TOher
custom is more merciful than to her
companions, and grants her the privilege
of being killed before the huge grave is
filled in This being completed, mum.
her OF male slaves sometimes forty or
fifty-are slaughtered and their blood
poured over the grave, after which the
river is allowed to resume its course.
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PERSONALITIES,

el N'Johnson, whom Alexander
us recommends for IL supreme
ge is Sixty-fve.
Hunt hasn't made much
"i'h his great picture of Jeru-
has been built near Brigham
rave and a guard kept there night
nnle Chambers Ketcham, the
Oetess, s, IS the author OF a volume
called Lotus Flowers"
pder II. Stephens favors the
enc IN, railroad, regarding II MS the
.he Pacific ocean, which would
" only the south, but the whole
ehlbald Forbes, the great war
1ent aao oil the London Daily News
o,VVo year, whether he is EN-.
0ston Golden Rule states that
Sankey are paid fixed salary,
Du "y several wealthy gentlemen in
parts Of the country.
oWn princess of Germany and
Sl husband will send their eldest
- william, to England for long
mat being "the only country"
rlncess, "where he can learn how
a gentleman"
q Lux, a California firm, own
res in allan area nearly equal to
aoue Island. They own about S0,-
ana last year their newborn
noered $4,000, They have a vast
sneep, as well as Of hogs, and
sn the largest share of fresh meat
u francisco market.
llers has lett an unpublished
men he attempts to refnte, on the
Oh history, the doctrines of Oar.
lte, Littre, Renan, and Spinoza,
was, in his last days, eminently
~ MS principles. He is reported
sfr,,a, IN one OF his latest conversa,
1e fundamental truths of the ex
Ted and the soul are not only in
y lrcm the point Of view OF rea
ls9 indispensable in social life :
So Soe1' II have abdiCated philOso
Il Nrant'a charge, that Mr.. Sum
uhtmlhiul In the matter Of Ia,
;" OF San Domingo evidently hat
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13

A PERSON in the course of some re-.
marks in prayer meeting, having sew.
eral times observed that he should never
forget the dying words Of his brother,
the pastor suggested that it might be
well for him to repeat them whereupon,
with some hesitation and scratching Of
his head, he said that they had slipped
his mind.
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RELIGIOUS.


Nae sOe's vac worn and wary,
Nae are gangs dark and dreary
! the fu ava land.
Nae frien' frae ifien Ia pairtCd,
Nae thokin' tear Is STARTED
Naeane is broken. halrlci,
i the tar avn hD
Nae BARNS greet their deid mitheT,
Like lamnifs 4 could weather,
/ the lar ava Ian,
Nae guide wife there will oicken,
Nah 5, ang man down he stricken,
Nae sky iii IL .;fk v ~ thIckAu
/ the isr ava lair.
The heights ae crowned ia simmer,
l,e burns 20 glad IN glimmer
the fsr ava Ian.
As birds WIN til their Dss:ie,
AS to its dsn ilk heas.ie
Wen win tin GUIDE IS own breagtie
j the far ava Ian.
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lENCE AND INDUSTRY.


'ieSI crop OF raislns ever pro
NalIIornla Is promised this fall.
are not growing so large as in
ears owing to dryness, but their
oe''ef'
4neapols miller asserts that Aour
bred from the new cron Of whoat
forty rounds mnre bread w. , tho
Y -four from last years wheat.
6gle-mill at Nlanistee Mich 20.
d ,222 0lO shingles IN ono Dool,
isws. Itis claimed to he tho Iarn
i work ever done in Micb;gon VIII
ID. "''"
Ar,brr w VIII
'anI. ,ni.',o w. rlght, OF 1ale
1,imi ,r''g T. an Important discovery IN
unS. IT is founded on the volatiI.
& of it mirrory .'1U','' oan Ea current, rent "nG
n, and other metalq '''"'' VI
H.,
'utorldge, IN the Philadelphia
Iobtained, by experiments in elec.
'ry llmS of gold so thin that
ould be required to make an inch
r. yet the films, when examined
ee ,a microscope, are seen to be con.
They are transparent, and OF a
fen color but by reflected light
le the true gold color.
8re an imnortant claimant IN
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VS. SUMMARY.


received nine hundred bales
N The lst instant
4 II n. stephens has educated
,iEty young men and boys
..,,kee Indians have been sent
sitentilry in North Carolina.
If cotton with four hundred
!. On exhibition at Augusta, Ga,
bIL Thornton, first secretar.,
Alabama, died at Eutaw rece atly.
meadows has been sent anoed to
.rtonsas for throwing A tFsis from
md killing a frem "a.
llackey, of South Carolina,
BE- condltl'. .no oE the public roads
be civl .,ratlon of n country,"
Se ,undred and seventeen con-
Sorth Carolina penitcntierv, but
are yswning tor many more.
Matte Davis, aged twenty. one,
l",,,C ''nsort win n piStol in Wynnton
p ro.Io,, o,,,o..l A.
i Jehl d. Noiuoii In.eleu ehe
\ e, SS'''''
u" NJ l,o ,,,,-,l,,tu
Neely btISn, 'ne VIC '9uuueI Vi VHe
city ol pallas, uiTu ~ tne asyiuM
Spne al AuS'ih' ieASs'@ q ie" ""ys
iaTietta (Ga, J Journal says that
sear that place raised hinety.three
corn last year per acre, and says
better tt'S year.
Nh Carolina carries out all the
Projects now agitated, future maps
In will look like they had been
ihe face with p big gridirOn,
an; North Carolina Teppoosoo
pPJ ~ AVA :" -, ,La 49,, it 70
! in thcjrrespective penitentiarics;
. g ten from niue hundred and fifty
I.l,ons nsIta A hodv nf tb;rtv
t" ta.'n nhorc,s arrival haro ~,
"a, ,a'iT VIin~oyota '" and w., ,vrJ 'no
4 y o"' u .maar !" manhattan nm tbo n Tnntn W.
" ROM r" Worcan Citv ''ie'
eS 1t '''' 'i"' ~ '
lI5~nton su1'% that Iayes bs" l"9 nro,n N
aontPern tour dnring tbe "u .,s .iseu
| Sit Sayannah. Augusts. Cb T'h'er'
/ New Orleans oud other ,,S,I ,Ht'es'on'
w. o.n ooo '1ueS'
Pas l,ooo,ooV people,, and Louis
about '3o'ooo' then the war
pislana was "a, the. mbre populous
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13

"THE funeral was all that could be
expected" says an aged lady who looks
upon these events with an artistic eye.
"The display Of flowers was grand, and
the widow wept like a born apgelp--
Rochester Democrat
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13

"Along the roadside like the flowers OF gold
That tawny lncas for their gaIdeaS wrought,
Heavy with sunshine, droops the golden rod
And the red pennons OF III, caldlnal flower
Ian. motioniess upon their upright staves"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13
Thou are bearing hence thy roses,
Glad summer, fare thee well
Thou art singing thy last melodies
In every wood and dell"
In one of Alice Carey's songs of th
days, she writesthat;

Summer from her golden collar slips,
And strays through stubbe-heldsr and moans
aloud
Save when by fits the warmer air decetyes,
And, stealing hopeful to some sheltered bower
She lies OH pillows Of the yellow leaves,
And tries the old tunes over lor an hour
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13
Comparisons,
OF the condition of the treasury, October
I 1876. and October |, 1877.

s. 1876. 1877.
..... sl!,5H,gij n sna6.llf =
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1877-01-18
Steam Printers.

before they have become acquainted with
the vicissitudes of life in exchange for
gin, sardines, and chewing gum. But as
the shades OF evening approach, these
butterflies retire from the street, some of
them to re-appear soon at the theater,
others to go to the dancing club, literary
society, or church, according to their pre-
elections; but the larger number remain
at home solitarily, or to receive the visits
of disreputable U. S. Senators, or honest
livery stable clerks, as the case may be.
"Such is life" 1t is happy thought
precarious existence. Independence is
no less sweet to women than to men. The
sense of being able to pay for ones own
bread and butter, without the humiliation
OF asking husband or father for the mon
ey, is deliciously exhilerating. Neverthe
less they will surrender their indepen-
dence, on prOvocation, at least they sub
NIT to the form and ceremony. They
are not averse to marriage, and they make
famous wives, but this is only a truism
applicable to the sex; famous" is inten-
tionally broad and nonspecifc. Some of
them marry senator's and members of
congress, and some do not. Occasionally
one ranks in an attache who may be
count or baron. A title which can be
translated by the American synagogue
"dead-beat." Senator Christiancy, of
Michigan, it will be remembered, married
bxom young counter of fractional cur
rency, and "the old mans darling" rose
to take her stand among the highest of
the land the peer of cabinet ladies, with
true, genuine instinct, cutting her former
associates. This winter Mrs. Christiancy
remains in Michigan, and the Senator
pals the rooms of his boarding house
alone. On his way here, while in sleep
ing car, his pantaloons, containing three
hundred dollars, and his trunk check was
stolen, and the thieves presented the
check and secured the trunk also. On
arriving at Washington he replenished
his exchequer with the money due for
mileage and months pay, but this was
also stolen from his room the same eve
ming The Senator lost about thousand
dollars in all.