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Opssfv goark - The pc~mber trrm q
shs tH,e.ie rtjc,d County Court will %egsu -
ssofrow uorn<ok. yerv few cases are ~
Slocktt for this term pbe follcS Ing sps
~Isl sraea 1ururs haVe been drawn: Is z
Esrsser ana +. 4. wpckcocE from Dale
dsssrtcis JoAu w. Jones. from Bermuda
Jsnes &. Cs1nis sod Il FL. OohL NON
Noto&cas 4. L. Adnmun AND Williusi y
TsxScr. iro<h Maachester; J. A. Bailey
Clovrv NiR aud ". W. Pace, from Midlc
thjap~
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Last week negro girl about eleven years
old in drawing water fell to the bottom OF
tue well at Mrs. C.'s, in this county, and
climbed out 10y the rope before she was
missed. She suffered no injury.- Meckten-
buf1 Democrat
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AUCTION sALE.-pv,.-.n.---
by Robert u. Lyae,
Real Estate Agent and AuctIoneer.
1919 Main street

| COMMISSIONERS SALE OF TN, -
~ LARGE yHRFR-srOkY. DETArmmal
SEVENTH AND BROAD STREPTs Myn;N1Y-
LONG THE REsiDFNGr 81 nfs"TTiIs,ppSi .ASD
gEgRGE W; BeiGGs, AND A VAfhIE
WEsf, AND FRoNTiSg TpgUIgTy eDtN THE
B.UAn oIkEEr: AND ALSO A yACAXTi ~
On THE WksT sIDE OF TWENTY rrtn ih;g9r
BETWEEN q AND r sTRRFTs. AM" u
OF TWENTY-sTXTH BaTWEtS g. rSShh ,riyL
ABLE STREETS. At PUBLIC Ai-lIiDD>' ~
vir iue OF decree ut tie pirculf Com, - ny
mon1 county pronounced at The Oc,ots, 49,. -
10 y, 10 ebanc,ry ,nit styled hIeg and VII. W.
Briggs ~ ats. thereto pending, the nude, =
appointed special commissioner thereby wii ,e'
for sale, upon the premises beginning w1n,b ~, r
perry corner OF Tweniy.styenih and Broad ,,,
on -
THURSDAY. DEcrMBPR ~. 1sso
at az O'Clock r. NJ. The PROPERTY al.
scriJed. The DIV ELLiNG contains atouttra b. ~. ..
and has gas. water, anG large brick s'a Ole , u,
premises and j. In very good 0roer. Ttr iri,i,-le
hood IS neof me best IN that part 81 ihe cifr ,
10 any one wishing 10 purchase good If0ra,t. ,i
presents an unusual opportunity .'i'
immed attls after the abOye-sa, az ( o..i,.t q
VIII sell The LOT on Tweniy-sixth street ai.,,rt
scfibed, fronting 81 feet 9 inches ana afierr,r,
fronting 35h feet.
TERMS: One.ihird cash: he residue ln s,,,t.
stain entS at six, twelve. and 6igh'een month. ~
lego interesl thereon from the day ~ sale q, rc5
by bonds Of tie purchaser. The puroha.pr I'D 3D. -
improved property will also no reauir d r., i,, ,
the same for the benefit Of the COMMITS lo,- ,@,
the whole burchase-lnonsy = paid, the 'ie ., ,itc
properly To be- retained uaiIl tie Wh0.e Of tt ,.,
chase-moncy Is paid aud = cOHNcylncr ord, t,,, b.,
the Court. JOHN "A Wptttit' Wy
ue ~ fpeci1l tpmmi.. .on-r
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IS bushels sold at Al 20 for common.
Flour.

Flour not VERY brisk. Zine. S3dS3.50; extra,
$3.50: suoerGne, $4 506$4.75; common family.
S5.75ds6; choice or patent family, S7.50@sS ;
Stsuntou ina D-c,iOn, exlrI, 1913.
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NOTICE TO PoLIcY.HoLDERs.

TLE LiFx-INsuaANcE COMPANY or y1R.
GlNl4 y preneftd 10 prepay any Of rs tndow.
ment PrIIe5es uhirfrmstufc In sDe Ensuing twelve
month, le current bank rafas 500
Apply ~ ine once II the company, No. 8 Tenth
Mfs1a; JAMES ". gEGRAM, Secretary.
D. rAuLs Prskh3nr- de- 6-1m
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BY Robert b. Lyme,
Real Estate Agent aud Auctioneer,
1912 Main street,

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF VALUA-
~ BILE AND WELL LOCATED MAIN.STREET
STORE PROPERTY; WITH LARGE DWELL
ING ATTACHED. IN FI.ST.tfASS ORDER
10 pursuance Of decree OF the Chancerv Court OF
the city OF Richmond entered Oh the 30th day OF
November. $50. in the cause Of Moseiy cs MoseIy
and ais Will proceed 10 sell by public auction, on
the premises, on
TUESDAY, DECEMBER IA, 1880,
ut the hour Of l O'Clock =. NJ, the above centrally
located and desirable STORE AND DWELLING,
No. 1924 East Main STREET, being In the very midst
of all tDe who eae trade said property has front
on The north iLe OF Main street between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets of % feet and extends back
a good depth. The whole premises baye been re-
Gently put in good order. and will make good stand
for any business. This sale offrs great opportunity
10 parties having money winch they wish 10 invest
in good Main street property. Special attention IS
called In the sale.
THE TERMS. under the decree. will be one third
cash: balance upon credit of SIX and twelve
months with six per cent. interest .dded 10 The ne
gotiabIe notes. 4. NJ CONNER.
de q Special Commissioner.
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DIVIDENDS.

OFFICE VIRGINIA MANGANESE CoMPASY.l
BALTIMORE. MD. December 6, 1850. !
THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTORS
Il or THE VIRGINIA MANGANESE COMPANY
have this day declared dividend OF per cent. !,
PAYABLE at the compsn,'s Office, No. 1 Commerce
street, on or after the Is h tn'tant.
De I2-1t L.P. BAYNE, Secretary.
RICHMOND AND DANxaLLE RAILROAD CO,)
TREAsCRER's OFFICE.
RiCuMoSp, VA. December Z. 1880. }
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
Il THIS COMPANY HAVE THIS DAY DE-
GLAZED A DIVIDEND OF THREE 49, DOL
LARS PER @s9AHE on the capital STOCK OF the
compsay. payable on demand at The Office of The
company ON aff.r Janusry 3 ISL. 10 The stock
holo'fs ~ record on the books OF he company De.
ceinber 10 lSS$1. w. TURNER.
de s-9tawtd Treasurer.
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Rein ruSag "a give Us the Coolest Day
or the Season.

DIscoNY0RTs ADDED BY Dust AND wiND-..PEo-
PIE WHO SUFFERED M0ST--PoLAR BEARS IN
THE PARK CRYING FOR yoY-FREEzING IN
THE sTREET-CARs-s SKATING.
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hLfXaNDER a. SANDS.
de l.S,4,G.s.9.Il, l3,l4,l5 Iln,e.--,

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF \ VAIL
" ABLE TRACT OF LAND on TN
NATION RIVER ABlUT TWO AND hALrr
Mills FROM MATToAX DEPOT On
RICHMOND AND DANNli.LE RAiLkVAp'
AMkLIA COUNTY, NA-By virtue OF d'St,' , ~
tue Circuit Cour OF Amelia county enlslSI y IA
sepien Der term. 1850 IN The sal ~ Farmer ~, ~
NJ. chanies Bank us. witism No'gi," ne unu u
sigaea, special commissioner VIII orr iof ID" ~
pubIic auction, nj Amt iia iourtb0n'c. ~
WEDN ESDAN. DECkMBtR ~ lsSu'..,
(court. DAY \ AZ 2 t'clock NJ, ia front ir cur,
honse, that ya'uah,e TRACT OF LAND, %. "
perty og William NOigi, cOniainlns SOV f,n,,
Ling ana b. lug imme 'iaIelN on the App9wa.,toSs
river nj t;euito Mills s,sout 81 mites roh n,
dspo, ON the RichMond aud iiauNiHe tht' ~ a.
Amelia county. We. and adJninlnE me a.uf" ~ ~
A. Ml'eSton. j. l.. SistoF. sud o'h'rs ntlnN i,t,
IN. tract Of land forlDefls owne by 4. B. bo''''''
and known as " LOCUST tiiil." ,t..n,.
sneciai attention Is cath d TO ihls and. a.
posess 10 contain iarsc deposit OF mica. .idue
,ffpNs. Cash as 10 Que third asJ lhe ~ ,,,r-
unon saDai credits ~ one aud Two ,tsis ~,
chaser 10 ex cute bonds foi toe teerrea ,hsrson
OF The puret ase monty. inelodns lnl.sN ~ whole
nom dsv OF sal and title rstsined snn' wv Vance
OF the purcs sse-noosy Il Psso M nAsKiNs.
oraered BY The Cours. MrNpp .ra.missioueI,
DC IL siS,'"
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By w. Goddin Aucti0neer,
-, o,-apP Rank and Eleventh ,trtet-

TRUSTEES SALE OF VAIL ABLE
MOND. EXTENDING FROn ThE sol ~ >lpE
OF WATtR STREET TO 1iiE sblP.lo,
AND 70 JAMES RIVER. AND NEARLY NJ
JOINING THE WHAisNtS OF IRE OLD 10
MINION STEAMSHIP COMPANY BY ''riur 'i
deed Of trust executed To us bN Colputi u. D.
recorded m edmond Chancery Court 'hg iN az
cOrcaIce with decrces OF Lichmnnd 'uib,til
COuri entered on the 6fb Ma Ch, lS~n' an ID IA
November. lSS0-lie las decree nrd'iiug lN' fi.'
OF The "prOprrlY for the bigh'st bii ina J, h'''
Their, for IA The ease al C,X's cN eat -, l Dc
&C.. We shall proceed 10 sell ior ca'h az ruDii' ""e
lion, on the Dremi es. on
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER IS. lsS0,
M ~ O'Clock w.. ar fair: II no. the hr,i ii.r Jay
thereafter the following VA lABLE fkoff -
TY-yiz: A LOT fronting 30 feat GA rae p. w a
side OF Water street, rum Hg bick between pil'l
lines 900 feet (TOre or lessl Ia james river hltt
haunted on the west bV the ltud Of AOlalh
aud on The east hy Mrs An l)aie. Afo 1tv' .'t
LOT on The south side OF Is alter NfttL rohW,i iN-
AZ the intersection OF lie vest Inc 81 Am I't't
land with Waier street aud nDing pteN 'a,l 80
Water street 03 feet more or ltssl Z" r'4,'t =
Gently condemned: thence along the vi ,t'iu '',e
of aid sueet 40 feet, thence east"afui' s''t -,
Wharf street As feet, thence a Hght au&,,'
James river, on which II b front OF iVV l''''
and on the east by Mrs. la''e's lot. ,,,.
30 OF sails lois are subject 20 ibe ilh'' i =
James River and kautwra tpmnAnl 10 tu' W..
privileges acquired 10y said company bb tVhntio''
ton sn assignment ,, g., ,,. 4.
this property IL lOcaie on the dock, near opl-,t
10 The dcpOt IL the York River Railroad toni1g,
(which COMPANY Is coing an immersc fait '", .t
attract the special attention OF cap'Al''' '"'
''"''' ~ '"'' JOHN HOWARD,
kI.kxANDER "A. SANDS.
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ALLAN LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS
WIN pef,earsw sse following tegyise axrinr winter
DAY NOVEMBER iDfH. aud EVERY ALTER
HAIE TUESDAY, fer LIVERPOOL ria 0urrNs
S1Wk; rem BDrTON EVERY THf5RSDIy
fnr LIVERPOOL via tosDoxbERRY, Yhis i1ne
ons'a superb fsbIn accommodations, nnd cpakes :
srn34LTY ~ 10 ktcd ire&l nent n siffiaee passcn
Ssrs Males fo sieersHe ana iustrmt dise 4, low "a
ny ans etSt.elsss iins. For outward and preraid
Ifktis apply 70 a. w. CARRIER, $50 east Main
st,stls seeu< q kicbplond. or 10 LEVE 3 ALDEN.
xssk i0s seaih fiftA ssrtet, piiIhdsp6ia; stsis
sssses' nos'ohss n0yIeod6m
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COMMERCIAL.
GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE
RICHMOND, December l, 1850.
SALES

WHEAT White, "a bushels at 81 g and Sl.24
for common and goo Lancaster, 10 hnshels ~
81 30 ard 81 .22 for common and fair. Hi1ed SAG
bushels at &1.17. 1928. and Sl.25 for common,
and Al lG for common and good, aud Sl.lS and
81 30 for very good.
CORN-Vh Re l.24S bushels sold 81 so and bic.
for very goon and pfixee. Mtred $40 busbe sold
at 40 and soc. for for very good aud prime.
RYE.-54 bushels sold ri 80 al 92c. for Rood
ard very good,
REANs-6 bushels sold at 81 90 for common.
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BY FurmaD ruDpe.

UCTION SALE OF TWO FRAMED
N TENEMENTS ON DUVAL STREET Bf-
TWEEN ~. JAMES AND CLARKE SrREETS.-
| shail sell by auction on
TUESDAY, DECEMBER Ia, 1850,
on the premises. at 4 O'Clock y. NJ. COMPARE.
lively NEW STORE, with DWELLING at
tached, No. 3. conisiniug five rooms. The lot
fronts "a feet and runs hack To alley. npon
which there is NEW SMALL BRICK DWELL.
ING with two rooms. | will also sell No. 9. y
SMALL FRAME DWELLING The lot fronts ] Z
feet. and extends back good depth TO an alley. All
of Ihis property is yielding good rental, and wi
be sold low.
TERMS: Easy, and at sale.
FURMAN TUPPER,
dec Auc;iGneer.
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uIGH.CONSTABLEs sALE.--I will
HI sell Ut pnbIic auction. on
TUESDAY, DEoEMBEB IA. 1880,
nt 1Ok O'Clock A. NJ. Ut No. g10 west Broad street,
The following PROPERTY to satisfy d distress
warrant in my bsnds In favor OF w. r. Lawrence
~. William PsaIe:
~ 49, / MEAr-c0UNTER,
z MEAT-RACKs,
I TtE-BOx.
2 MEAT.BLOCKs.
Part barrel CbBNEp BEEF,
2 WINDOW. CURTAINS,
4 I.pOR-CURTAIN,
1 MIRROR,
TRUNK.
woOD-sAw, TOOLS,
MEASURES.
sAUSAGE.GRINDER. &r., &c.
TERMS: Cash. r.. H0LZIN6ER.
de IL IL. Z. &. X.
TOR RENT, AT AUCTlON.-Tbe To-
II BACCO WAREHOUSE. well known TO the
public for several years past as PLANTERS AND
MERCHANTS WAREHOUSE. c0rn"r Of Cary snd
Fifteenth Streets running down 10 Dock street. wiz
be offered for rent at pubic auction, on the preini-
se5, on
MONDAY, DECEMBER go, 1880,
at / O'Clock r. ~, for the torn OF oge year. COM
mencing January /, 1881.
TERMS Made known on day OF auction.
OWNERS OF PLANTERS AND MERCHANTS
WAREHOUSE. DE l2-dtD2O
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rAruKpAy. Deeemicr IL, 1880.
RALES.-1 share OF n. und ID. r. n. stock at 81,
10 ditto at s7s. 10 ditto AT S71, 10 diiso nj STA
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- sA ssA ~ rs. Oa skEAaE.s
DOR NEW YORK.-The Old firm
II Dominion stsamship Company 81 ~
sicamstzp uLD DOMINION Captsfn WALKEB-
T.. N.
Freieii. received until O'Clock p. NJ.
usrded With dispatch 10 II points north SOUTH east
and west: $50. 10 foreign ports.
paegeaEer accommodations unsurpassed.
%.
For ffeixht ~ passage. apply 10
q. W.AlLEN CO., Agents,
DC l2.2t coueosny's Wharf. Rockets.
CxOOD MEMS FOR TRAVEL <(fDFs
" LERs TO OR FRUE EUROPE. skkx&
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~ Richard on q Co..
neal Estate Agents and Auctioneers'
lila Main street.


<yoMMIssIONERs SALE OF vALlu.;
Janr,t Rf1lf.DlyG.L LOTS IN THE TOW ', " -
FULTON by AUCTlUS.-By virtue o. o y ~ ,be
The CircuIt Cuurt Of uenreo county enfereo y. ~
Isl day OF November $780, IN The suit o. Is com
naulnstrasrix Us. Murphy, shall, as spee.ass
missioner appointed py said decree, sell os A'>''
OF the premises, on
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1850. - .
nj AZ O'Clock r.. NJ. the REA .ro
Of the defendant, Psui Murphy. IN inc pr "f
ceed,nss mentioned. situated tn the COUNTY s y,
HeGrco hear the city OF Richmond. in W.
or Fulton fronting on the north line OF anon
street $40 feet inches. aud running pssn Inc
ms eastern line 1921 feet aud on lis wes'e'" '''
Iz5 p ~ feet, upon The following =, IT, and
TRIMS one third cash the balance ~ s'x notes n.
twelve months. purchasers to nye negctiauw
with good endorsers for the deferred pasxs,,,ed
with interest added, and the title 10 DC re'a'''ee
pntI payinenf rs fur her security. ~
80, naS n anrs s''"'N w. w. HENRY,
Special Commissioner
RICHARDSON Co, Auctioneers.
POsIPONFMENT
The above sale was postponed, in con5eguencr, vi
the iuclemeuf weai her. until MONDAY Dece'n'e'
io' ioo0' - ''N De 7-Tu&su2t
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NEW YORK, December ! -Cotton-Net recetn,s
I.lo7 bales: gross. 4.560 bales: futures closed
I'm; sales, 10000 bales; t,Icember, siI.7e@
March, siS asia.sa AlriI. e sisHias az ~
Mas; slS: s5@tizsS7;I June. 81 2a6ts sl2.cT; Jn.
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DUBLIr AUCTION SALE OF BLOOD.
i ED STOCK FROM EnGEWOpD sT"CK
RM-HfRKSHlHE Hogs. j D. R~FY AND
AYRSHIRE COWS. BRON/. TURK y. pl.
KIN DUCKS " hit r. RABBITS. ANu FLY
MOUTH ROCK CHICKENS --llrfiring Ia JisD.l.
tinue stock brcedlng ana also 10 reduce ny ilff.
Iug operations. viii ssll on
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Chat being court day.i AZ he Piautcrs War house.
iu the own 81 Farmyile. NULtS. 2 HORSE.
UNREGISTERED JERSEY COWS. ono long
the winner of irst premium for bet dry COS Ht
state Fat: | TWO.YEAR AIRsItBt Bull.
ard NEARLING UEttfR-pu.h clu o. regis
tered. and both Won premiums az he a-l Far.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-04-17
Fishing in Guiana.

1t ID strange journey up the broad
deep current of the Essequibo. The
fish-cartabac and pacu-have even
rows of teeth like the incisors of mann
mails, and, like the very odd fish called
ssheepshead', are Justly esteemed q
luxury on New York and New England
tables. The teeth of the Essequibo fish
are employed not in grinding up the
molluscous food which gives such de-
lightful flavor to the sheepshead, but in
browsing upon the aquatic plants which
grow In the swiftly running water. All
Is strange In this oldest Of countries.
The cartabac and pacu are not caught in
nets or landed by rod or line, but are
shot with arrows made of lorg
straight reeds--the hower-s.alks OF
the wild cane, fitted with
movable arrowhead, to which the shaft
is attached by piece of cord In such
way that when the point pierces the
fish the barbed head comes of the ar
row, but still remains attached to it by
the cord. Fish are not only shot but
poisoned, and 80 cleverly poisoned that
their flesh is none the worse. Pad
ding up the great rivers under the
overhanging boughs. the traveller Is sa-
luted by the fall of an occasional igua-
ma, two or three feet in length. q good
ly animal to eat, albeit hideous lizard
in outward semblance. The iguana.
whose flesh when well cooked Is like
that of chicken, has two awkward hab-
its-one of biting fearfully, another of
when seized letting go its tail at the
base. leaving il in the hands of the
captor, and making off tall
less to its burrow.-AH the Year Round.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-04-17

HERR BEBEL, Socialist, complained
in the German Parliament the other day
of the manner in which Socialists are
treated. His colleague, Herr Fritsche,
is followed everywhere. He went into
tailor shop to order q coat, and de-
tective entered as soon as he went out
and insisted upon the tailor's telling
everything that had been said. Herr
Hasselmann, another Socialist, walking
in the Thier Garten, noticed man dog
ging him. He tried for an hour and q
half to escape. and then suddenly
turned round and confronted the spy,
who confessed himself and his business,
and showed the document authorizing
him to act as he was doing. A boy of six
teen, the son of Socialist, was ordered
to attend police Office, and then. after
being piled with liquor, was closely ex-
amined as to his fathers conduct. Herr
Bebel accused the detectives of even
worse offenses. Some of them entered
the houses of banished Socialists and in
suited their wives and daughters. In
one case a woman saved herself by
seizing broomstick and threatening
to use it IN the officer II he did not 60
away at once.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-04-17
Tea In Scotland.

In 1743 there was quite an anti-tea
agitation in Scotland, where it was
pronounced by the famous Duncan
Forbes to be ''in many respects an inn
proper diet, expensive, wasteful of
time, and calculated to render the
population weakly and effeminate."
During that time there was a vigorous
movement all over Scotland for abol-
ishing the use of tea Resolutions were
passed by town councils and the inhabit-
ants OF villages condemning it and adj
vocating beer. Sir William Fullerton s
tenants in Ayrshire entered into the
following bond: eve, being all farm
ers by profession, think it needless to
restrain ourselves formally from in
dulging in that foreign and consump-
tive luxury called tea; for when we
consider the slender constitutions of
many Of higher rank among whom it
is used, we conclude that it would be
but an improper diet to qualify us for
the more robust and manly part of our
business; and therefore we shall only
give our testimony against it, and leave
the enjoyment of it altogether to those
who can afford to be weak, indolent
and useless"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-04-17
The HIstory Of WRITING.

The Ashmclean Museum at Oxford
contains one of the oldest monuments
of civilization in the world, If, indeed,
1t is not the very Oldest. This is the
lintel-stone of tomb which formed the
last resting-pla of an officer who lived
in the time of King Sent, of the second
dynasty, whose date Is placed by M.
Mariette more than 5000 years ago.
The stone is covered with that delicate
and finished sculpture which distin-
guished the earliest period of Egyptian
history, and was UNNECESSARILY superior
to the stiff and conventional art Of the
later ages of Egypt which we are ac-
customed to see in our European muse
ums. But it is also covered with some
thing more precious still than sculpture,
with hicroglyphics which show that
even at that remote epoch Egyptian
writing was . complete and finished
art. with long ages Of previous devel-
opment lying behind it. The hero
glyphic characters were already used not
only pictorially and geographically.
but also to express syllables and alpha
bette letters, the name of the King, for
instance, being spelled. alphabetically.
In the hands Of the Egyptian scribes,
however. Egyptian writing never made
any further progress. With the fall of
what is called the Old Empire (about
B. C. 5000 the freshness and expan-
sive force of the people passed away.
Egyptian life and thought became fos-
SLICED. and through the long series of
centuries that followed Egypt resem-
bled one of its own mummies, faithfully
preserving the form and features of a
past age and of q life which had ceased
to beat in its veins. Until the introduce
ton of Christianity the only change
undergone by Egyptian writing was the
invention Of running-hand, which in
its earlier and simpler form is called
hieratic, and in its later form demotic.
Rt,afeaaor 21uce IN Nnkure
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-04-17
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The Army Appropriation bill was
further considered in Committee in the
House, on the 10th. The Republican mem
pers endeavored to force general debate
upon the amendment prohibiting the use OF
troops at the polls, but the Democrats reso-
lutely refused to respond.
ENOCH MAssLANDER, a rich bachelor
farmer, who lived alone three miles from
Bellaire, o., across the West Virginia line,
was the other morning found burned to
death in his house. It is believed that he
was tortured to death by robbers in order to
make him disclose where his money was Sc
GREETED.
JULES STRAssER, Cashier of the
Rothschilds at Vienna, has been arrested for
embezzling 100000 forms, lost in private
speculations.
THE second contest for the O'Leary
belt resulted in the triumph of the negro,
Frank Hart, who scored 565 miles, nearly
twelve miles better than any previous record.
THE House Committee will report
favorably the bill appropriating $1OO. 900 for
public building at Jefferson City.
JOHN POWELL and Robert Taylor
were killed and several other quarrymen
injured by an explosion Of dynamite at
Reading, Pa, on the 10th.
PETROLEUM CENTER, Pa, was near
ly wiped out by conflagration ON the 10th.
Both sides Of Main Street were swept Clean.
Gov. WILLIAM A. HOWARD of Da-
kota died at Washington on the 10th, aged
CT. He was o leading Republican of Mich
igap and had served three terms in Congress.
THE Purcell House at Norfolk, Va,
was partially destroyed by fire on the 10th,
causing a loss of about SIC, 900. The fire oc-
cas!oned panic among the guests, some of
whom escaped with difficulty.
A DISPATCH from Rangoon re-
ports that 700 men, women, boys, girls, priests
and foreigners have been burned at I've, I'M
der the towers Of the city walls, as a sacrifice
for restoration of the Kings health. The
panic in Mandalay is frightful, and
hundreds Of people are leaving the
city. The Kings illness is said to be
leprosy.
GLADSTONE has declined public re-
ception in London.
KING ALPHONso has signed the death
warrant Of Otero, his would-be murderer.
j. Fl. RHoRER, the defaulting Cashier
of the late Savings Bank OF Louisville, KY,
indicted for embezzling $4,000 from the
bank, has been sentenced to the Peniten-
tiary for one year. The venerable prisoner
throwing himself on the mercy of the jury.
As the verdict shows, they decided upon the
lightest punishment the law permits.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-04-17
AT HER GRAVE.

have STAYED too long from your crave, ii
seems.
Now come back again.
Love, have you stirred down there in your
dreams
Through the sunny days or the rainp
All no, the same peace. you are happy so;
And your flowers, how do they grown
Your rose has q bud; Is II meant for mc7
An, little red gift put up
30 silently. Ike child's present you see
Lying beside your cupi
And geranium leaves-l will take. II may,
Two or three to carry AWAY
went not far. In yon world of ours
Grow ugly weeds With my heart
Thinking OF you and your garden of flowers
went TO do my part,
fiucking up where they poison the human
Ehe weeds OF cant and deceit.
rs hideous thing have seen. and the toll
Beeefs few thanks. much hate;
And the new crop only will find the soil
Less foul. for the old it's too late
come back TO the only spot know
where weed will never grow.
Arthur o. Shdslghncssv, In AfhsnUum.