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Containing the elements of ransic, with easy
and progressive exercises to perfect the player
in the art Of music, (either Piano or OIganl to
winch is added over sixty Waltzes, Polkas,
Marches, Gallops, Operatic Melodies. Dauces,
etc, by DANIEL +. BEATTY, Washington, N.
j., one of the best works of its kind ever in.
troduced, should be in the hands of every
Piano and Organ player. Sent post paidt any
part of the United States or Canada for only
fifty cents, the price having been reduced to
init oduce it everywhere. Address
e DANIEL f. BEATTY,
Washington, New Jersey, u .SA.
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DANIEL f. BEATTY,
Washington, New Jersey.
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SCRANTON.
LIVERY STaHLE,
rASCAGOULA DEPOT

BE-. Picket Informs his friends and the
travelling public that he has established his
livery Stable at the Depot, where he is pre-
pared to furnish horses--saddie or 10 harness.
With vehicles. at any time OF the la, or night.
Also, har ling of all kinds done at short notice
On reasonable terms. With prompt and sare'
tuI attention, aud moderate charges, he trusts
10 merit the patronage OF the public.
dec2l.ly
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PosToFFICE DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE SECOND ASST. Pm. GEN,
INSPECTION DIVISION.
Il. 4 Al. q O1Z


Congress at its last session incorpo-
rated, in IAN act making appropria-
tons for sundry civil expenses of the
government for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1878, and for other purposes,
approved March 3, 1877, the following
clause:
"That the sum Of three hundred and
seventy-five thousand dollars, or SO
much thereof as may be necessary, be
appropriated to pay the amount due to
mail contractors for mail service per
formed in the States of Alabama, Ar
kansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Ten
nessee, Virginia and West Virginia, in
the years 1859, 1860 and 1861, and be-
fore said States respectively engaged
In war against the United States; and
the provisions of three thousand four
hundred and eighty of Revised Statutes
OF the United States shall not be aP-
plicable to the payments therein au-
thOrlZed prOrided, that any such
claims which have been paid by the
Confederate States government shall
| not DC again paid"
All persons having claims for mail
service covered 10y the provisions of the
above act will be governed in the prep
aration and filing of their claims by
the following rules:
l. The application must be made to
| the Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
| eral by the contractor, if living, or by
Nfnr o.l haa
contractor be dead. the appropriation
is made to ''pay the amount due to
mail contractors, and not their assigns.
The application must show the charac-
ter and extent of the service, the length
of the route, and how much of it is in
each State, il it ran into or through
more States than one, and the periods
| for which the CLAIM Is made. Any
evidence in writing or PRINT which the
applicant may have in regard to the
contract must be exhibited with the
application.
?. The fact alleged in the application
must be verified by the testimony of at
least two credible disinterested wit.
nesses, who were postmasters on the
route, or at its terminal points, during
the time for which the pay Is claimed
buc in case it is impossible to obtain
such testimony-to be stated in the ap,
| plication-then the fact may be verified
10y the testimony of any other two dis.
interested and credible witnesses who
received their mail matter at either OF
the terminal points of the said route on
which the service was performed fol
which payment is claimed. The appli
cation aud statements of the witnesse:
must be made under oath, and the
credibility of the persons making the
oaths must be certified to by the per.
sons before whom the oath is made.
Whom the oath is made before justice
of the peace, his official character and
signature must be certified to by the
clerk OF court of record of the county
in which the justice of the peace re,
sides. Respectfully,
THos. ]. BRADY,
Second Asst. Pm. Ger.
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Take Care OF Their Brains.

Not long ago q student at Cornell
University, who had previously held
rank in his class, committed suicide
because his overstrained mental powers
failed him. More recently a youth Of
nineteen. who took the first hopors in
the Indianapolis High School last sum-
mer, likewise ended his existence with
his own hand. The brain that had
carried him successfully through the
struggle for a foremost place in school
was exhausted with the effort, and in
sanity ensued. And, inasmuch as
catastrophes of this kind usually hap
pen In groups, We may expect to hear
OF others like them in the course of a
short time.
The constant Danger of overwork to
which American school children are
exposed, either by their own ambition
or by want Of judgment of their teach
ers, has often been pointed out. A
few years ago, some remarks which
were made on the subject by the Sun
brought US numerous letters from par
ents, detailing the length OF time that
their boys and girls were compelled to
labor at their lessons in order to satisfy
the requirements of the institutions in
which they were getting their educa-
ton. In nearly every case no space
whatever was left for recreation and
exercise, the hours out of school being
all devoted to study, while those in
school were occupied with recitations.
The result of the exposure was a par
tial reform in the public schools of the
city, but the evil is far from having
been eradicated. Within our acquaint
ance four fathers have recently, under
medical advice, withdrawn their sons
from school or college through appre,
hension, not of suicide, indeed, but OF
serious injury to their brains and ner-
vous systems, from excessive mental
eXertiOn.
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Home ana Farm.

The BLACKBERRY Industry in Geor-
giA, North Carolina and ether South
ern States is about TO open, and the To-
cal papers are showing what a bonanza
IS IN danger of running TO waste. The
little town of Selma, North Carolina,
containing only about 1000 inha bitants,
has shipped during three years over
5000, 900 pounds Of dried blackber-
ries, for which nearly half million
dollars were received. This was equal
to over 5000 bales Of cotton at ten cents
q pound, and is a resource certainly not
to be despised.
WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE PooR.-Sll-
yer spoons are used to scrape kettles
coffee, tea, pepper and spices are left
open to stand and lose their strength.
Potatoes in the cellar grow, and the
sprouts are not removed until the po
tatoes become worthless. Brooms are
never hung up and are spoiled. Nice
handled knives are thrown into water.
The flour is siftcd in a wasteful man
ner, and the bread pan is left with the
dough sticking to it. Clothes are left
on the line to whip to pieces in the
wind. Tubs and barrels are left in the
sun to dry and fall apart. Dried fruits
are not takea care Of in season, and be-
come wormy. Rags, strings and paper
are thrown into the nre. Meat or bits
of meat, vegetables, bread and cold
puddings are thrown away, when they
might he warmed, steamed and served
as good as new. Waste not, want nat.
-Cottd9e Health.
WHIPPING HORSES. Wagner,
IN writing upon this subject, says:
Many think they are doing finely, and
are proud of their success in horse
training, by means of severe whipping,
or otherwise arousing aud stimulating
! the passions, and then crushing the
will through which the resistance is
prompted. No mistake can be greater
than this, and there is nothing that so
fully exhibits the ability, judgment
and skill of the real horsemen as the
care displayed in winning instead of
repelling the action of the mind. AL
though it may be necessary to use the
whip sometimes, 1t should always be
applied judiciously, and great care
| should be taken not to arouse the
passions or excite the will to obsti-
macy. The Legitimate and proper use
of the whip is calculated to operate
from the sense of fear entirely. The
afTectionate and better nature must be
appealed to in training horse as well
as in training child. A reproof given
may be intended for the good of the
child, but If only the passions are ex-
cited the object is depraving and in
furious. This is vital principle, and
can be disregarded in the management
of sensitive and courageous horses at
the risk of spelling them. l have
known many horses of naturally gen.
tie character to be spoiled by whipping
once, and one horse that was made
vicious by being struck with whip
once while standing in his stall.
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The news of the death of Col. John
Forsyth, for many years editor of the
Mobile Register, which is announced in
dispatch from Mobile, was not I'M
xpected, as his health has failed
Thin the last three years, and his
.,sends have long had reason to fear
the worst. Col. Forsyth was a native
fVt Georgia, and was about sixty-six
years of age. He was the son of that
moro celebrated John Forsyth, who
was successfully Attorney General and
Governor Of co gia, Representative
in Congress, S nas)r and Minister to
Spain, in which latter capacity he car
ned on the important negotiations by
which we acquired the territory Of
Florida. The elder Forsyth was the
=. ardent friend of jackson, and was dis.
inguished alike fer his eloqueuce, dig
nifty and strength OF character. His
son bore his name with honor. He
Inherited much of his fathers ability,
and in the latter part of his public ca
reer welded even moro power, although
he was less prominent in merely official
life. He was appointed Minister 70
Mexico by President Pierce in 1856,
but Withdrew from the post in 1858.
He reselutely supported Douglas in
1860, and since the war he has been
the leading editor of the South. His
Aaoprse throughout all the difficulties
md dangers with which that section
has been called TO contend was always
consistently wise and conservative.
No man did more than he at the South
70 hold stogether the Democratic party
and to secure the triumph at critical
moments Of calm counsels. His lost
wlll be seriously felt; but he lived TO
see the victory Of justice and law, and
70 know that the land he loved was
Sreaping the harvest Of his unfaltering
Fidelity to her best interests. In pri-
vate life Col. Forsyth was greatly and
eservedly esteemed for his genuine
Aanliness and-simplicity of character,
Wssl IS for his cultivated tastes and
bis rare social qualities.
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DR.. Townsend's OK
ygenated Air will pur-
lily the blood in one
third the time that any
other known remedy
can Why; because to
inhale Oxygenated Air
it goes direct to the
L u ngs and passes
through the ii s 8 u C s
and comes in direct
contact with the blood
as it is forced iRto the
Lungs by the action OF
the heart. All the
blood in our veins re-
turns to the heart every
{ UT minutes II the
blood is good, and
forced from the heart
to the lungs, and the
more Oxygen you in
hale into the lLngs the
more you purify the
blood. When Oxygen
comes in contact with
the impurities in the
b lood it carbonizes
and burns, causing
the blood to be heated
so that it warns every
/ part OF the body, as IL
| goes on its revolurion'
| through the system,
II your blood is pure
' YOU cannot 6a SICK
1 We drive Mercury snC
al other impurities
ont of the blood. We
| guarantee to purify
the blood in one-thrrC
/ the lime of any othel
Known remedy.
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q 4 a day at home. Agents wanted. Out
D I fit and terms free. TRUE & CO., Angus
TO
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The Sanjdk sd if, or sacred banner
of the Msnammcdans, which the Sui
tan Abdul-Hamid threatens to RAISE, if
invasion should prove Intellectual, is
more commonly known as "the Stand
ard of the Prophet" 1t is said to
have been originally Of a white color,
and was composed of the turban of the
Koreish captured by Mohammed. A
black flag was, however, soon substi-
tuted In its place, consisting of the
curtain that had hung before the door
of Ayesha, the favorite wife OF the
Prophet, whose affection for her YVES
so strong that he was wont to say that
she would be the first of his wives to
whom the gates Of Paradise would be
open! The SdHjdk- SkeriT' is regarded
by the Mohammedaus as their most
sacred relic. 1t first came into the
possession Of the followers of Omar,
the second Caliph OF the MusIems, and
generally regarded as founder of the
Mohsmmedan power, as from a mere
sect he raised it TO the rank of a con-
queripg nation. aud left to his success
sor an empire greater than that which
Alexander of Macedon had made and
ruled in the olden time. 1t was this
Omar who assumed the title of Com
mander of the Faithful" (Eair al
naHmeaid), by which, as the readers o.
the Arabian Nights Entertainments
will remember, the Caliph Hsroun-al-
Raschid, who was contemporary with
Chsrlemagne, was always addressed.
The tag of the prophet passed from
the followers of Omar, At Damascus,
into the hands of the conquering Alb
bssides, in the middle of the eighth
century; next into those of the Caliphs
OF Ba2dad and Kahirs. Il was brought
into Europe towards the close OF the
sixteenth century, by Sultan Amurath
LII, with whom Queen Elizabeth made
= treaty of commerce in 1879. Il was
carried to Constantinople, where, COW
cred with forty-two wrappings Of silk,
Il was deposited in chapel in the in
terror Of the SeFaglio, where it is per-
petnally gusrded by several Emirs
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DR.. Schliemann talked about Troy
and Myken9 on April IL to the edif-
cation of Lord Houghton and the Brit
ish Archaeological Association. He re-
minded them that the heroic towns
were very small. The first Trojan city
had no walls, and it must have been
several times destroyed, 50 as to form
twenty-feet-deep accumulation of
rubbish. Homer mentions that Troy
had been destroyed by Heracles long
before the destruction by the Greeks
under Agamemnon, and this legend
may refer to the destruction of this first
city. But identical with the HomeriC
Troy, which was captured by the Greek
army, must be the city in succession
from the virgin soil, because here are
the great tower, the huge walls, whose
construction Homer attributes to Nep.
tune and Apollo; here are the most
evident proofs of great wealth and q
sudden destruction by the hand of the
enemy. The extent of Troy, as encom,
passed by Its walls, is very small, and
it cannot possibly have contained more
than 1000 or 5000 inhabitants; but,
small as it is, 1t is still larger than the
City OF Athens under the Kings, which
was confined to the Acropolis until
Theseus added the twelve surrounding
boroughs to it. The royal City Of
Mykene was originally confined to it,
very small Acropolis, since only part
of the lower city had a circuit wall
by far the larger part of the lower town
was merely a suburb. At the close o.
his address DR.. Schliemann remarked
that as the Turkish government haG
granted him a new frman for the con
tlnuation of his excavation at Troy. b,
would soon leave London with Mrs
Schliemann and finish what he had IN
| dertaken to do.
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The British ship Fleur de Lis, lately
arrived at San Francisco, reports sin
gular experience on the voyage. When
off Cape Horn, the ship encountered
school of whales, which seems to
hive resolved itself into an escort to
attend her on the remainder of her pas
sage. The whales kept in close COM
pany with the ship through this long
stretch of thousands of miles, and did
not leave her until she arrived off the
port and put in for the shore, when
they departed with series of lively
founders and an occasional spout to
assure the master that they were taking
in bumpers to his health.
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You can always tell gambler by
me way be shuiiies his feet. - CiAein-
|Pati Saturday Might. But not by the
.Fay he cats his Observation-Disclosures
8lrald You can't mistake him, be-
lse he always favors his ''ante. ~
y City Derrick. You fellows seem
know deal about this man.
hiladelphia 3ulietin. Oh. yes. We
equently pass him. CaadsR Post.
pd always fluid him going il alone. =
lRebeck Gdseits. Except when he
iea mp drinks for the crowd
|akcrs Gascffs. Is this the way 10
ive as your bsstG''-Nse York Hsr-
yeu can always know him by his
kpg a. old slsdge.
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with constant prayers. If the Sultan
should conclude to carry out his threat,
and unfurl this dread symbol to in
fame and madden 'the Faithful
throughout the East, the war just be-
gun would probably become the most
cruel and relentless struggle of modern
times,
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THE STATE OF TEXAS
To the sheriff or any constable of Travis county

To the sheriff or any constable Of Travis county
greeting:
Whereas, Oath has this day been made before
me by David Strickland that Charles T. Calvin
is either absent from the ate or secreted IN
szch manner so that the ordinary process Of
law cannot be served upon him; you are hereby
comm ,nded that you, by making publication Of
his writ in some Newspaper printed in Travis
county, Texas, for Ihree successive weeks before
the return day hereof, summon the SAID Charlie:
I. Calvin to be and appear before me. at my OF
fee. in the town OF Oatmanville. Precinct No. 5
Travis county, Texas, on the hrst Monday in
June, A. ID 1877, TO answer the complaint OF
count
Herein fail net. but make due execution and
re urn hereof as the law directs.
Given under my hand this ninth day OF Nay
A. ID. 1877. JAMES p. MACARTHUR.
mall w3t J. p. 7. Ct, T.
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Can be cured. Why :
b 4 c a sc we have
cure d hundreds of
cases, some OF them
being given over to
die by all physicians OF
other schools of prac-
tice. Consumption is q
disease of the Air pas
sages, and over ,wo-
thirds of the causes are
caused by Catarrh.
We guarantee q cure
II you will come in ST a.
aAn
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One of those pathetic tragedies that
touch the human mind deeper than the
most vivid pictures drawn by the pens
of skilllul novelists, has just eliminated
In Ohio. About fifteen years ago there
appeared at Shaker settlement, in
that State, a young mother with an in
FAINT daughter in her arms. The mother
lad been deserted by enc of those cold
blooded Williams who throw aside u
woman's priceless love as the plaything
of day. The Shakers adopted the
mother and child. The mother and
daughter passed an uneventful life in
their quiet Quaker home until few
months ago, when the daughter, bud
ding into womanhood, developed a
buoyancY of spirits that disturbed the
calm Shakers, and caused a spirit of
uneasiness in the circles. This feeling
grew, and the young Shaker evinced
determination to shun the society of
the elder members, and seek the com
paRy of younger and more agreeable
companions. The elders informed the
mother that she must send her daughter
into the world. This the mother re-
fused to do. They were then turned
adrift, with few dollars in their
pockets. After vainly looking for
situations where they could live to-
gether, mother and daughter engaged
q room in hotel, where they partook
of deadly drug, and both persisted.
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NOR SALE.

81 acres OF land, and Improvements, IL n
west of Georgetown, on the South Gabriel; or
will sell five acres with the improvements;
dwelling house with rooms aid hall, cistern,
out-houses, and a crib that will hold 500 or 6O0
bushels OF corn; 40 bearing peach trees. The
place is well inclosed, mostly with stone. MI.
James Knight, OF Georgetown, will take great
pleasure in showing the property to anyone that
will call on him, or apply to.
oc8 NJ. b. SWEENEY, Austin.
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EOR SALE.

Five hundred and fifteen acres Of land with
the ImI rovements 4 miles east of Georgetow
in Williamson county; BOO acres til able land ;
crops; plenty OF wood and water and in a good
neighbOrhoUd. If you want to buy good farm
go and see it. MIR. j. L. Rucker, of Georgetown,
any person wishing to purchase, or apply to
NJ B. SWEENEY, Austin Texas.
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Whyg because Asthma
is u contract on 81 the
rome HAL Tubes.
caused by iniiamms
ton and irritation OF
the mucus meHb ane
lining the Bronchial
Tubes. Use Oxygen.
atei Air as we Will di'
/ rect, ana we will war
rant a cure. We have
cured cases OF 20 years
standing.
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nor SALE.

LNOR SALE.
farm of 255 acres, with all the improve
mepfs, in Hays county, one mile east OF Inc
Blancr river. This place is well inclosed with
stone and Cedar fence, frame dwelling mouse,
with euthouses and cistern; plenty OF timber
and fine pasture, 200 acres divided INTO Two
pasturee; 4 nice Young 0rchRrdl and spendld
range for sheep. Call on NJ. B. SWEENEY.
1916 acres, 800 acres farming-land with I'M
prOvemcnts, plenty Of wood and water, nne pas
Travis county
1850 acres OF land, with stock and improve
ments, in Guadalupe county, six miles IRON
kingsbury railroad station, near TO church and
school house; fine forstOck-
1904 acres, with all the improvements, two
miles from Elgln, on the Central Railroad, In
Bastrop county. Call and get bargain