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Oniet Folks.

Quietness is sometimes assign OF bodily
heaIt h. The nervous man, who is
always stirring, is seldom strong, But
when man is thoroughly wrapped up
in himself and his own importance, per
fectlv satisfied with his position and prs
poets, the cut of his clothes, the length
of his whiskers, the attenuation of his
umbrella, and the luster of his hat, the
chances are that he is very quiet such
men are habitually well dressed; but, az
they get on in life, they cling TO old
fashions. They are not considerate for
Others, yet they give very little trouble.
They exact the utmost service, but make
no fuss about it. They are painfully
regular and punctual, but never seem
put out by other peoples want OF order.
They are bores at a dinner party, wet
blankets at picnic, mere sticks at ball;
but excellent as officers, admirable par
sOns, much sought after by matchmaking
mothe,s 1t is they who carry Oft the
heiressps; who always save money !;
who are never in debt or difficulty, as
.Other men are who are regular in their
devotions, aud invaluable oil commit
tee. where they always get their own
way, without trouble or fuss. They
habiju tly wait till every. une else has
SPOKE n. and then make the single re-
mark which concludes the Eistter, and
whicd seems rs il it had rifeh to the sur
face. like cream, OF ,self Strict order
is kept in their houses; tut they do not,
as 4 rule, make good fathers. Their
children are too much afraid of them
and too glad to get away from home
Strange to say, though they seldom
speak, they arc excellent correspond
ents, write we'll, clearly, and at great
length, and often turn into authors
especially novelists. They have observed
while others talked: and have passed
mental judgments which their seere-
tiveness enables them to store for use.
They areseldem deficient in humor tell
story in the fewest words, well and
quietly; and have generally s1me friend
in whose society they seem to take silent
and subdued pleasure, and with whom
they eaa sit ior hours without speaking.
They live respected by all who know
them. are trustees and guardians to in
Vulnerable wards, and are often more
missed when they die than better men.
II the world fails TO love them, it make
up by trusting them; and every lew
years one of them turns out TO have elab-
Grated some fraud, and goes away INTO
exile withouta word. -.,Sdtvyd1y PeUeW
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-20
Tomb of Peter The Great.

On an island of the Neva are the fort
ress and Cathedral OF st. Peter and Stl
Paul. The spire which is exceedingly
slender, is gilded and surmounted with
an angel and cross It is three hundred
and seventy-ene feet from the ground to
the top of the cross. Many readers will
recall the story Of the miraculous ascent
of this spire by Russian peasant in
1880, who undertook the Task TO repair
the angel with nothing but a rope aud
nail to assist him in the ascent, The
church contains the remains of several
OF Russia's sovereigns in marble caqkets,
among them being Peter the Great,
Catharine the Great, Alexander l., and
the late Emperor Nicholas The most
distinguished monarchs lie in the corners,
apparently the poorest places, but
according to the Russian ideas, the
position Of honor. Not far from the
above church is Peter the Greats cot
tage There the famous boat.--made by
himself--7is shown, together with the now
tattered sail. In the larger Of the two
rooms is the jeweled image Which Peter
had with him in the decisive battle ~
Poltava, where he conquered the Swe les
and established his greatness. The little
apartment was bright with the light OF
many tapers placed there by those who
have faith in the efficacy of the shrine to
prosper their undertakings. t.sN
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-20
StanIpy's EXnlOratiOns,

Mr. Henry NJ. Stanley has written q
letter to the Herald, in which he gives
the following sketch of the tribes in
central Africa: ain east central
Africa, the people are gathered under
powerful emperors and kings-the great
empire of Uganda, which has an esti'
mated population of five million; the
great empire of Rusanda, with an equal
estimated population; the empire Of
Trundi, with about three million; the
kingdoms of Usagara, the two Usuisl
Unyoro, Karagwe and Usongora and
Akerewe-all OF these empires and king
doms governed despOtically, subject To
the will of their respective Imonarchs,
In his worthy efforts for the moral i'm
provement of these benighted races the
missionary using discreet judgement
can soon secure the good will, assistance
and protection of the supreme powers OF
these countries. In west central Africa,
from Lske Tanganyika to the mouth OF
the Congo river, these people are
gathered in small, insignificant districts,
TOWNS aud villages, each governed by its
fesps ctive chiet. Aswe approach nearer
the west coast the explorer dares not
begin to classify the people after the
usual manner employed in Africa, as the
districts are SO small, the population 70
great, the number OF villages so conius-
Inc, that there are as many kings ruling
over hundred'acre plot as there are
officials in Greece, all animated by an
intense thirst fer trade and distinguished
for their idolatry hostility TO each other
and foolish pride, The love of trade and
barter is, however, universal, as | shall
be able to explain in another letter
OF his plaDs the explorer says: VI
reserve myself for the unknown west Of
Nysngwe, because | shall then have
something worth writing about--newi
virgin ground, of which not a whisper
has reached the world outside, about
which even everybody in Nyangwe is
ipnorant-a region which Livingstone
panted to reach, but could not, and
which Cameron promised to explore, but
did not. The region is all involved in
mystery; the intense superstition OF the
Africans has folded it with awesome
gloom. It is peopled by their stories
with terrible vicious dwsrfs, striped like
zebras, who deal certain death with
POISONED arrows, who are nomads and
live on elephants. A great forest
stretches on one knows how far north
certainly no one has seen the end of it.
through which one may travel days and
days and weeks and months without
ever seeing the sun; and the great river
Iualaba continues north, ever north
and it is possible, the Arabs and their
slaves say, the Lualabs may reach the
salt sea"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-20
What the sun is Made of.

A discovery of Importance to science
is announced by DR., Henry Draper, of
Hastings on -the-Hudson. 1t is well
known to students of the spectroscope
that while the black lines that indicate
the presence of metallic vapors are 40
abundant in the solar spectrum as to
leave no room for doubling that most, il
not all, the metals are lighted in the
sun. there is yet an absence of the lines
that characterize nearly all the non
metallic substances. Hydrogen is ex-
cepted from this sweeping rule, but
there are many reasons for CHASING that
gas with the metals. Various theories
have been put forward to explain the
absence Of non-metailic lines from the
solar spectrum, aud the fact has even
been used to throw doubt over the
nebular hypothesis, which necessarily
asstimes that the constituents OF the sun
can not greatly differ from those of our
earth. Dr. Diapers discovery if 1T be
confirmed, shows that at least one-anf
probably several--non-metalic substances
are present in the sun. In paper read
before the American Philosophical
society last month, he gave the details
of experiments which appear to prove
that oxygen forms one Of the suns con
stituents. It's presence is indicated IN
the spectrum, not by black but by bright
lines. To make this more apparent, Dr.
Draper has photographed with the spec
trum of the sun comparison spec
trum," of common air, the air beirg
jar. The comparison spectrum" gives
the bright lines OF oxygen and nitrogen,
aud also from the terminals OF the bat
terry used) those OF aluminium and irOr.
The lines of the metal serves to check
the accuracy with which the two specta
= OF the sun and OF air--are matched.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-20
India Cotton Crop and the India
Famine.

A correspondent writing from Mobile
asks us the following, which covers
points others of our readers may be inter-
ested in:
"Will you please inform us, through
your valuable paper, if the present tam
inc in India embraces any part, or all, Of
the cotton growing belt; and, il 80, how
far the plant is advanced at this time of
the year? G. &. & Co"
This inquiry appears to raise three
questions, and we answer them in the
order as they are suggested.
First-The famine referred to was last
year, and is this year in southern India,
and confined, we believe, almost il not
entirely, to the Madras districts. There
has been this year, during August, much
anxiety felt because of tie small rainfall
in almost the whole cotton section; but
the last week in August this was relieved,
as our Bombay cable dispatch of August
showed. During that week the country
around Kandeish, the Berars, Guzerat,
etc, the rain was heavy aud continuous,
and the cropprospects, therefore, in all that
region were, at our latest advices, excel.
lent. Other rains have fallen since, and
it is now, we believe, only in the Madras
districts that the drought prevails The
total exports OF cotton from Madras in
any average sea on, with lar prices,
would he IRON 100000 bales 10 ,23O,O
bales OF three hundred pounds average
weight In 1876 the imports into Great
Britain from Madras We're lG7 40 bales
Of course the famine has not destroyed
the production in this section, but only
curtailed it. Last yearis famine will
resHlt in decrease OF the shipment
from Madras during lS77, according to
the best authorities, OF about 100000
bales. DID,. ... -. ...n
Second-Ihe new season. in India be-
gins with the monsoon. which usually
breaks in the central provinces about the
18th of June, and continues, with inter-
Iuptions, tor about four months. 1t is
conside erably later in the Madras districts.
The cultivatOrs in the central provinces
prepare the soil early in June, by run
nng over it the burkhur,' light,
native grubber, ard sowing operations
begin Immediately alter, or on the first
subsequent break OF the weather This
is the case in the earliest India districts
elsewhere the planting is continued all
along to and into October, and sometimes
even later. ..... .....
Third-As result of the above facts,
the present stage of growth Of the plant
may be easily understood. In some
places the seed is not vet in the ground,
and in others the plant is well advanced.
The planting in the Madras districts
averages, we believe, about September.
But the shipments from that quarter are
already reduced to so low point that
the present iamine can not in any event
materially affect next years supply
Financial Chronicle.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-20

A letter TO the New York World from
Fort Walsh, Cypress hills, British ter.
ritory, Aug 25, says:
Major Walsh. the commander of this
post, mas Just returned from visit to the
camps of the treaty Indians in this region.
He has been advising them OF the Indian
payment to he made in few weeks, and
reports them we'll disposed and quiet.
He had long interview with Sitting
Bull the day before yesterday. The
Sioux chiefs force, now numbering about
!, 100 souls, is still encamped at the
Horse Buttes, forty miles this side OF
Wood mountain. Sitting Bull rode fifty
miles with Maj. Walsh and was more than
ordinarily communicative. He declares
he is very tired of fighting, but Walsh
says the "Old man" appears to be weak
enng in his desite to make terms with
the American commissioners and return
to the states. Had the commissioners
come here a month ago there is no doubt
he would have cheerfully returned
with them on sny reasonable terms The
delay, Walsh fears, will render their mis-
sion abortive. Sitting Bull hears all the
news from Fort Benton, and his runners
thence have carried back alarming stories
to the effect that if the Sioux are induced
to cross the frontier by the commissioners,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-20

Professor Bell's telephone is mostiro
with favor in England, It has been tricd
MN success IN some OF the Cornish mines
ihe' statenient is made that it will sneediIy
bnd its way into all the mines of Grea,
Britain. - "re"'
Large sums of money are being silently
withdrawn from the Partisan banks bv ma ny
OF the French families OF distinction NJ
are in dread Of another revolution or comU
detat before the winter sets in, The monor
Is for the most part being sent To England
After the czar and Prince Charles of
ROumania were whipped at plevna tbe,,
decorated each other. A Bucharest J;sno.ei oaos
says; "Prince Charles of Roumania has @ ,so,, haor
DECORATED with the Cross Of NJ JSssnrso Uee "'sI
the Emperor OF Russia has received tba
Grand Gordon Of the Star of ROumania y Wv
The statement is confirmed hv tho
leading journal Of Berlin that no alliance
has been concluded between Germany ana
ltaly It says that any negotiations which
may be pending would have no aggressive
significance, but would tend 10 secure The
cohesion OF Germany and italy should thov
hnd themselves after the Frehch electlons
confronted by clcrfcal, and consequently
aggressive France.
The princess Mercedes, to whom the
k'ng OF Spain is paying court, exacts from
her admirer all the litte attentions that tLe
bellies Of Seville and Grenada are accustomed
to'. One OF his duties is TO sing to the tinkIe
Of guitar under her balcony at night and
on these QccAsienshe ia accompanied bv .he
Duke. DE Sexto, who stands at q distance un,
Observed The marriage will probably take
place next February.
The Bedouins in Syria, have entered
upon life of brigandage. A recent letter
from Acre reports that two months ago thew
pounced down upon I'iberias and cot 81 ,5O1
from the people. The pasha went out with
every man he could muster, but was forced
to retreat, the Bed0uins numbering O0OI
horSemen. The people of Nazareth are in
panic, as the Arabs are stealing everything
IN and about that city. Owing to the war
there Rre scarcely any Turkish troopsin the
and the matauders are masters of
the place.
Olive Logan describes the princess of
Wales gushingly. She says Alexandra is ex.
dee1ingly gentle and pretty, and she smiles
as frequently As a'pleased schoolgirl, vet
occasionallJ lJy an anxious and nervous expires.
SION tlits across her countenanpe, as If she
were enduring sudden and acute pain. Her
hair is Of pretty chestnut brown, and is
very skilIfully dressed in a style that was in.
vented for her. A large false piece covers
the whele top OF her head and from the fore.
head backward is one niasa of tiny curls and
dainty pgfis; at the back the usual plaits or
puts flush the coiifure.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-20
THE CHERISHED DREAM.

Some day some day Of days, thread bg the street
With idle, needless pacr,
Unlocking tor such grace,
] shall behold your face
SOME day, some day OF days, thus may we meet'
Perchance the sun may shine from skies OF May,
Or winters icy chill
Touch Whitley vale and hill
What matteT2 | shall thrill
Through every vein vita summer on that day.
Once more llfc's perfect youth will all come back
Aud for a moment there
shall stand fresh and fair,
And drop the garment care;
Once more my perfect youth wilt nothing lack
shut my eyes now thinking twill bo,
How i8ce 10 face earb soul
wiz slip Its long contrel,
Forget the dismal dole
Oi drear! iate's dark separating, separating spa
And glance TO glance, ami hand 10 hand in greeting
The past with all its fe2rs
Its silence and its tears,
Its lonely yedrnng yeaH,
All vanish in the moment Of that meetinl.
--Eizabeth 4 Pfeips.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-20

Missouri and captured stock to the Yellow.
stone. would respectfully suggest that
Information be sent to the British autbori.
tles TO prevent any portion of the Nrz
Perces tribe crossing the line, or to disarm
them should they take refuge on English
soil Can supplies be sent up the Milk
river road for the Second cavalry? Please
send me any information or orders thai
should govern my movements. Very respect
fully, your obedient servant,
NELSON A. MILES
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-20
THG WAR THE EAST.

There is already two feet of snow il
Shpka Pass, Troops are obliged to sit or
the frozen trenches ankle deep in mud.
The Pesther Lloyd states under reserve
that the prince of Reuss, German ambassa
dor to the porte, has been instructed to de-
clare the Turkish blockade of the Black sea
ports insufficient, and therefore void
Correspondents hereafter will only be
admitted to the lines of active operations on
the days of engagements, At other times
they must remain at corps headquarters, in.
formation sent out by them having thwarted
the Russian plans.
A dispatch says Achmet EyOub Refat
Pasha, late chief of staff, two brigadiers and
several superior officers, are to be tried,
EyOub Relat is charged with dsobedience in
having refused to obey Mehemet Ali's orders
10 advance. The porte has seized Greek yes.
sci entering the gulf Of Arta with ammuni-
ton. Greece has demanded herrestoration.
A Vienna special says Constantinople
authorities intend that Raouf Pasha shall re.
tain enough troops at Shipka to maintain
the defensive All reserves collected in Rou-
melia have been sent across the Balkans to q
new position which the Turks seem to be pre-.
pairing at 0rchane tor Osman Pasha to fall
back on should he be obliged to leave Pevna.
The only question is, whether he will be able
to do So. The missing of Russian guards in
the rear of the line. at Plevna looks very
much as ii the Muscovites were preparing to
efleCtualy close the communication of
Plevna by sending large force across the
Vid to the rear Of the Turkish position.
Muhktar Pasha telegraphs the porte
under date of the 10th as follows: To-
day.the bulk Of the Russian forces fell back
to the loot Of Karatool, having only six bat
tslions entlenChed at kalak. They have
thus abandoned their positions parallel with
ourlines. There is no trace of the enemy at
BaldiBrau, Kisilran or Oghuzlu, they having
struck their camps. The enemys losses dur
inggtle three days battle Mt Yanilar, Gull
veran and8 Alad1srdagh are estimated. at
10000 killed and wounded !; our losses are
about 900. Grand duke Michael COM
manded the Russians person. Providence
,hah'happily frustrated the formidable plans
of our enemies,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-20
A FALSE GUIDES FATE.


An Incident loT C6IOneI DahIgreu's Bnld
Around Richmond.
We now learned we are about three
miles from Dover mills and ten mile,
below Columbia mills. Our guide, the
negro spoken of in the i6rst Of this nara
tive, and who had been assigned to thi'
expedition, misled us during the night
and to obviste the delayOf retraciDg oul
steps, Colonel Dahlgren, on the represen,
tatiOn of the guide that an excellent ford
was to be found at Dover mills, con
cluded to cross at that point. After two
hours halt we again moved on and soon
reached Dover mills, but only to meet
disappointment. The nogro had de.
ceived us; no ford existed at this point,
nor was there any means of crossing the
river He then stated that the ford was
three miles below; this was most obvi-
ously fslse, as the river was evidently
navigable to and above this place as we
saw scows and sloop going down the
river, and it would seem impossible that
he should not know that no ford existed
in the neighborhood, where he had seen
vessels daily passing. Colonel Dahlgren
mad warned him that if detected acting
in bad faith or lying, we would surely
hang him, and after we left Dover mills
and had gone down the river so far as
render prevaricati0n uuavailtng, the
colonel charged him with betraying US,
destroying the whole designs of the expe>
dition, and hazarding the lives of every
one engaged in it, and told him that he
should be hung in conformity with the
terms of his service, The negro became
greatly alarmed, stated contusedly that
he was mistaken; thought we intended
to cross this river in boats, and finally
said he had done wrong and was sorry,
etc. The colonel oIdered him to be
hung; halter-strap was used for the
purpose, and we left the miserable wretch
dangling by the roadside. His body was
afterwards cut down by the rear guard.
--Liem. R0bt. Black, in Philadelphia
Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-20

- - ANa
egarded coffee as poison,
ea' - p
Undertaken to pay Servia
.oies monthly from the time
Is sent to the frontier
government has paid the
YER hve hundred and seventy
on account of the claims
ga by the American citizens
the revolution.
y written a letter to prove
OF his native land could be
. government would give
good treatment, instead of
q | .ia isH u iiM aats
lIes ofthe 1lsh uit. 7say
Scteasingin the coasttowns,
vent IN the interior. Great
ea eYerywhere from famine,
crOps and ravagss Of lOcusts.
y ~ dog tax Of Paris is esti-
Vicr 1873, vIt has Increased
nlrty'five percent. While
s.us grows greater the Iowa
Ky y the revenue from shoot
haia 1sEfsid aas d
L eobgess mas authorized
70 expend SsQ0,OOO in the
laetory for manufacturing
W arms. The government
Or woo, ,O00worth Of Reniinr,
government has ordered the
IONS ~ Vera Cr 4 70 rerlit
vnlied States SO, ,O00 On
'ent Of tlIt AiHericsh tehI.
fIuoru
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-20

THE young woman who, being en-
paqcd. sighed in sentimental rhythm,
"Oh for some new.iOund name by which
to call him !" married ber lover about
ak months ago. and has now decided to
call him "Old Beeswax."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-20

THERE is a hint of nspoken pathO', a
hint of patient suffering and resignation,
in this Birth notice from the Marysville
Appeal: "In this city, Aug 9, TO the
wife OF William Lee, son, Not twins
this time.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-20

Kicking fallen man abaul the head is
called in london " che Yankee touch"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-20

Or Chicken Charley, a Salt Lake thief,
it is said He will steal nothing but
chickens. You can trust him anywhere
or with anything but chickens. If he
comes into the society of chickens, he is
bound to steal them He has served out
several imprisonments Tor this same
crime, the last year ia the penitentiary;
but he was no sooner q free man than he
was indulging his old passion
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-20


"Ay, thou art welcome heavens delicious breath
When woods begin to wear tue crimson Leaf
Aud suns grow meek, and the meek suns lgrow
brief,
4 nd the year smiles, as il draws near It's death;
Wind OF the sunny south oh sill delay
In the gay woods, and in the golden air,
Like to good old age released from care,
JourneyinE in long serenity, away.
In such bright, late quiet WOdd that
Might wear ont lie like thee mid bowers and
brooks,
And, dearer yet. the sunshine of kind lOckE
and music Of kind voices ever nigh
And when my last sand wrinkles in he glass,
Pass silently from men, US thou dosi pass"
The phenomenon of phosphoresence at,
sen has generally been supposed to be
caused by electricity. Scientists now as
sert that electricity has nothing to do
with the matter They claim that it is
due to miclozoa which exists far down in
tue sea depths, and rises at certain seasons
Of the year. There are different species.
The priucipol one, according to Pouchet,
is the military noctiluca. Their sub
stance is a dlaphamOus Jelly. In the
tropicol seas they are seen in perfection.
The whole broad surface of the sea is
blaze of light. Tongues of liquid fire
dart fiom before the PROV of the ship as
it plows along and the wake of the ves-
sci seems like line, somewhat whittier
and more beautiful than the normal con-
ditior of the sea before It was disturbed.