Show THE PERSIANS the dla dib trebs trees in persia is unabated none are better informed as an to the facts respecting it than the anve Anfe american rican nican misi mis i aries arles w who ho have bave been at work there for thirty jears year these men some of them widely known in this coun country try iry write in earnest appeals to america to send forward aid rev nev J H shedd irl in many places half the population have ed in isfahan are officially fici ally reported as aa having died in shiraz and vicinity whole families have died oft andin and in some instances the corpses have been devoured by ahie abie the survivor thousands more must die in the towns and villages unless Yell relieved eved from abroad among the pastoral tribes numbering over a million the direst miseries are experienced the pastures baye bave dried up the flocks and herds have perished their dependence for boodis food IB gone jhb grass may revive in the spring but it will be three years at least before the flocks and herds can be renewed and one year at least before there can be a harvest to supply them with bread bready multitudes are fleeing from the fam ine stricken provinces to the province where our missionaries are located and eu encamping camping h hundreds u n d reds of them within sight of the mission premises prem isea mome small contributions havo have been placed in the hands orthe of the missionaries by the e english churches and from germany and they have been able accordingly to distribute some little aid and a most powerful indorsement endorsement indor indo bement it is of christianity in that land of mohammedanism me not only tle the refugees who are flocking to them but tens of thou sands in the famine stricken districts themselves thein thern benes seNes our countrymen tell us ua they could reach and save them from dying what better relief committee could we ask sak for than this band of self seif dicing men who have proved their unselfish 8 love for these people by devo devoting funk fing their lives to their welfare they will distribute our gifts mediately immediately ioa to men who are sta starving alons an any e contributions 0 n sent to wm win rancid rankin bankin N no 0 23 centre street new york treasurer of the presbyterian board of foreign missions will go at oude to persia to the missionaries we aie ate fortunate in having such a committee of our own countrymen right on the ground why should we not all over the country take up contributions for these poor wretched persians the greatness of the ba lamity calamity has hitherto apparently paralyzed the christian world let chicago lead the way for help certainly we can sympathize as no othi others eia can with those thase overtaken by uch such an immense catastrophe freely have we received freely let iet us give glye 1 I although mention menti on Is s made of the mis mia slon sion arles aries of the presbyterian church it will be understood that this is only because our countrymen there happen to be of that denomination the sufferers whom it is sought bought to relieve have n no 0 connection whatever with that or any other christian denomination they are simply our fellow creatures dying for want of bread while we are in abundance they number hundreds of thousands the actual bunn buff sufferers ebers their misery xi appeals f to every human heart chrls chris christians uns and philanthropists of every name are all equally interested in their relief and the utmost exertions exert esert ions lons of all such is the extent of the calamity are needed to save these multitudes from starvation it is to be hoped that i a general committee may he be formed of laymen from our different denominations eions to carry forward this project for the aid of persia but meantime all do immediately whatever they can do every day saved Is 18 salvation of human ilves any sum contributed by chicago can be made immediately available by telegraph to supply these wants will not the churches of every name in the city take up collections for thi this object contributions kiy be sent to any of the subscribers or to toj J V farbell co B R W patterson L D boone 0 H fowler A E eldredge KL dredge clinton E locke david hwing wm win A bartlett arthur atthur mitchell bell beil W W everts E P goodwin good win chicago temes times A young kentucky physician who had been regularly educated for his profession bession fes sion slon was called to the bedside of a patient that chehad he had been attending with his best care for sometime but obstinately grew worse woree an and d worse until now his bis end seemed very near doctor it said the siok blok man af 1 I am dying I 1 aa am certain I 1 am dying and I 1 believe you have killed me the doctor seemed ti to think very earnestly for a moment or two and then quite gravely and seriously replied yes I 1 see that you are dying and ou on reflection I 1 believe that you are right I 1 believe that I 1 have killed hilled you but I 1 have taken my oath that it if god will for forgive givia me for having baving y murdered you I 1 will never murder another vill wiil never give another dore dose of physic as long as I 1 live hive live and he kept his oath he at once quit medicine entirely turned his attention to th the a study of law obtained license in due course nd after a few years successful practice became one of the most eminent circuit judges of the day in kentucky now tiow nearly forty years ago frankfort ky yeoman the american journal of pharmacy kays gays that infants are killed every year by the opium contained in the various kinds of soothing syrups which they are allowed or rather forced to drink WHAT SHALL HONEST hoest MEN mun do the new york nation ration one of tho journals which was most influential in producing the cincinnati convention in its issue of th the e dinst arrives at the following conclusion what are honet honest men to do now well if there is nothing else offered if the democratic convention commits iho tho absurdity of raising the old white hat as its ita standard at baltimore the only thing for republicans of our way or of thinking to do is to choose the less of the two evils and vote for general grant we expect no improvement in the administration from him we do not look to his hands for the removal of any of the existing abuses we know of no answer to any of the weighty and reasonable objections made to his administration but we do know as near as may be ba what he will do the probabilities are that the temptations connected with over be will on many points change for the getter better betten Blore moreover over and this is the most important point of all if he is reelected elected re there will bo be no general redistribution of offices and no financial disturbance what greeley will do and what the motley crew whom he would lead to washington would do nobody knows A MYSTERY SOLVED about once in four or five years the duesi ion wan morgan m murdered redby ty tuo tue freemasons Free masons comes comnes up in the newspapers and is dis with as mut mui much h fervor as aa if the transaction it refers to was a matter of yesterday it will sadden those who delight in mystery to 0 o know on so good authority aa as that of 0 morgans son bou that the supposed victim of 0 the mystic matic tie was neither tied to a stone and sunk had hla his throat threat cut cui nor was torn asunder accor according dag to the general custom in such eases cases on the contrary he lived jived until nearly thirty years after his abduction and finally ended his days in corpulence and contentment at hobart town van Dl Dieman emans 8 land where he for borne years yeara published a newspaper the advertiser which is still in 14 existence according to the statement ent of the son referd d to mo morgan was released on condition of his leaving the country forever for oon ever he was accompanied to bueb quebec c where ho he entered the british D navy av Y and was placed on a shi p which left soon after for england Eo gland giand later he accompanied a government vessel to australia and his period of service being ended he chose to take up his residence in that quarter of the world his son is a resident of san francisco and is responsible for the sta state temen teben men meu here given boston globe A correspondent of the prairie farmer writing from clinton county ohio may alay 26 h bays rays farmers Far merb mera generally are done planting corn homme home have to plant over ou on account of the cut worms which are very bad men nien and horbes horses had to work harder this spring than for several years before ground wm wab frozen solid until after the of mareb march farmers then put in their oats and on the esth of last month there was the bigert freshet for several years washing bridges fences turnpikes very bad it stopped the trains for several days A little tornado about a hundred yards wide passed through here tearing everything before it the measuring worms are thicker than ever eating all or of the foliage of the fruit and forest trees A great many look aa a it if they had been burnt by fire cherry and peach trees do not stop them they eat great holes in the apples I 1 hope they will come domo no more the seventeen year locust is on hand the colorado potatoe bug is very thick I 1 fear the potatoe crop will be very short 1 liens fens in place of dogs there is hardly a family that does not throw away enough table to feed foed half a dozen bens hens and many that keep a nuisance nuis nui ance sauce in the shape of a dog that hat does no good and costs more inore than a dozen good hens complain that they cannot aff ord to ke keep epheus hens one dog ina inn in a neighborhood lp i generally a greater trouble to the neighbors than a flock of hens would betor if hens henr are well fed at home they wll wil gilvery very rarely go away but who ever saw a dog thae that wm wag nota not a pest running across a newly mado made garden and sticking hta nose in everything kill all the curs hind bind give the food to the heng heno a and you lil lii ill I 1 nind find d pleasure ag well wa profit lu in ao d doing we wish there vas way a tax of on very every dog in the county those that are of value as watchdogs watch dogs could be retained while the boat of snarling dirty curs would give place to some bome more useful eind tind less lees troublesome pet ex |