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PIXIES OPERA HOUSE

FOR THIS WEEK ONLY.
MARSH TROUPE OF JUVENILE COME.
DIANS,
Numbering forty talented performers
Benefit of LITTLE GEORGE MARSH. and last
night but one of the celebrated Marsh Troupe.
THIS lFriday) EVENING, September Is, will be
presented the grand fairy extravaganza of
FORTUNIO AND HIS SEVEN GIFTED SERV-
ANTS.
, After which, Pas do Trios Mazourka Imperale,
by Annette, Charlotte and Annie
To conclude with the comical pantomime of
MONSIEUR DESCHAtUMEAUX.
BD-Doors open at 7A o'clock; performance to COM
mence Mt IN. -I - = = =.
Prices OF FADMIssIoN.-Parquette Circle, Parsuette
and Balcony 60c Children under 10 years half price,
Gallery, 25. q .El- -IIF'- - r.
B50fico open from 10 to 4, where seats may be So
cured ......n ]. Il. HERBERT. Treasurer.
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la1~ Thomas G.. Kearney, police officer in
New Orleans, died last week from an injury
received while diving. Ho dived into tho
water only about FIVE feet deep, and from an
elevation of some ten feet above the surface of
the water. lie was seen to go perpendicuIary
down, with his feet straight up in the air, and
came up perfectly senseless and paralyzed
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M9-Second Lieutenant Charles J. Lynde,
of the fifth regiment of infantry, was recently
tried by court-msrtial in Utah for insulting
and striking Lieutenant Wharton, and for DISC
bedience of orders. lie was found guilty and
sentenced to be dismissed from the army. The
President has approved the sentence. Il
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FROM RUSSIA TO PEKIN.

A French traveller communicates to
the North China Herald, a rambling ac-
count Of an overland trip from the Rus
sian frontier to the city of Pekin, in China,
which furnishes some interesting, though
not altogether satisfactory information,
concerning that region Of country, and the
great Chinese capital. The writer Sc
lected Kiakta, which lies due south from
Lake Baikal, in Russia, for his point of
departure, instead of Nertchinsk, some
distance to the north east, where the
postal road from St. Petersburg termin-
ates, but for what reason does not appear.
From Kiakta to Urga, the capital OF the
Chinese province of Mongolia, and which
| is located near the northern border of
that province, the country is very noun
famous; from Urga to the frontier of
China proper is level, hard, sandy
desert, without drop of water or a house,
but peopled by hospitable Mongols, who
live in tents, furnish horses, camels, NUT
ton and water preserved in cisterns, and
will divide all they have with the weary
traveller. Here the cold in winter is ter
rifle, the wind blowing in hurricanes,
while during the short summer the heat
is quite African, and the sand storms will
! tear the skin off and blind the traveller
OF the way thence-forward to the impe-
rial city, and of the city itself, we have
: the following animated sketch:
AT the frontier of China proper, 900
miles from Kiakta, the desert stops shor
in such an extraordinary manner as tt
, make this one of the most remarkable
} spots on the earth. After gradual as
: cent of2000 feet from Urga, it is suddenl,
? broken like cliff facing the south; al
r immense amphitheatre of mountains, riv
E ers, trees, farm houses suddenly burst
: upon the view, all bathed in sunlight an,
: smoking, as it were, with heat; at a grea
: depth below, but twenty miles off an
: not yet visible, lies the great town Q
e Ciouan Hua-fou, called Callgan' by tn
r Russians, and beyond it, bounding th
r horizon on the south, fourfold range {
1 precipilous mountains rise far into tn
e air; the first range is of chocolate co
# or, the two next have violet and seal
r let hue, and the last, scarcely visible, an
, overhanging the plain Of Pekin on tn
north, is Of light and hazy blue. Herr
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FRANK BLAIR's SLAvEs.-When
Frank Blair was stumping Minnesota, at
the close of one of the meetings, the fol-
lowing scene took place: A gentleman
in the audience rose and said that it had
been charged by the Hunker press that
Frank Blair himself held slaves, and if
he would not consider it an impertinence,
the audience would like to be enlightened.
Mr.. Blair replied that he was embarrsass-
ed to find that the Democracy would not
permit him to form and regulate his
own domestic institutions in his own way,
subject TO the Constitution Of the United
States. Laughter. But while it was
painful to him to be called out upon mat
tiers so entirely personal to himself, there
was nothing in that record which he
wished to conceal. Cheers. He said
be inherited slaves from a kind and mer-
cifu1 father; that he had purchased slaves
himself, but only to prevent the separa-
ton of families, and ultimately to free
them. Great applause. That he had
emancipated more slaves than he now
owned Echeers]- ]-and that he now only
owned such as he was forbidden to eman-
cipate by the laws OF Missouri, they being
either too old or too young to take care OF
themselves, Here the audience rose
and gave him three hearty cheers. He
said that for four long years he had fought
the slave power upon its own ground
carrying bis life upon his sleeve for any
ruffian to pluck off; that all his power:
were consecrated to the emancipation o
his native South from the chains Of deg
relation that bore her down, and that HI
expected to live to see Missouri free sol
the peaceful and prosperous abode o
free men.
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CAUGHT IN HIS Own TRAP.-Once
two ministers of the gospel were convers-
ing on extemporaneous preaching.
Well said the old divine, waxing
warm, you are running yourself by
writing your sermons and sending them
of. Your congregation cannot become
interested in your preaching; and if you
were called upon to preach unexpectedly,
unless you could get hold of an old ser
mon, you would be completely confused
The young divine used all his elo-
qCence, but in vain, to convince the old
gentleman that the written sermon ex-
pressed his own thoughts and feelings,
and if called upon, he could preach ex-
temporaneously.
As we are of the same faith, said the
young minister, suppose you try me next
Sabbath morning. On ascending the
pulpit you can hand me text from
any part of the Bible, and | will con-
vince you that l can preach without
having looked at the text before L stood
up. Likewise, must be allowed the
same privilege with you, and see who
will make the best Of it.
The idea seemed to delight the old gen
tleman, and it was Immediately agreed
upon.
The following Sabbath on mounting
the pulpit, his senior brother handed hin
a slip of paper, on which was written
And the ass opened his mouth anC
spake; ); from which he preached gIo
Irious sermon, claiming the attention 0
his delighted hearers, and charming hi
old friend with eloquence.
In the afternoon, the young brother
! who was setting below the pulpit, hand
ed his slip. After rising and opening th
Bible, the old man looked sadly around
Am | not thine ass? Pausing a fe'
minutes, he ran his fingers through b
hair, Strengthened his collar, blew b
nose like the last trumpet, and rea
aloud Am not thine ass?' 'Anotht
pause, in which deadly silence reigne'
, After reading the third time-Am ! N
thine ass? he looked over the pulpit
his friend, and in doIefuI voice, said
l'Ithink / an, brothsy.'
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BATHING IN TIE DEAD SEA.-The
Dead Sea has nothing Of the desolation
which it has been the pleasure Of travel
ers TO- describe, and it seems to smile at
the secret dread it inspired ], of course,
took battle here and for a swimmer
who has fancy TO keep bis legs as well
as his head out Of water, can imagine it
must be quite pleasant. My French
friend, who is not little inclined 10 cor
pulency, complained that he could not
get down into water, and foated about,
now one side up now another, for all the
world like an inflated bladder. On
emerging from the water, it was evap-
GRATED by the sun and the salt, erystalliz-
ing on our bodies, gave US the appearance
Of animated rock-candy, Or a family re-
semblance 10 Lots wife. with a sensation
upon our skin as If we had been picked
for family use, and with taste in our
mouths compounded Of glauber salts and
assafetida. We concluded that one bath
in the Dead Sea was enough for lifetime.
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They proceeded for another hour, and
found the rocky path less steep the mist,
however, was thicker than ever. They
now began to suffer severely from the
extreme rarefaction of the air. They
breathed with difficulty, and what was
still more disagreeable, felt like vomiting.
Their heads SWAN, their lips and gums
bled profusely, and their eyelids and eye
balls were charged with blood.
From time to time great birds, proba-
bly, condors, came swooping down the
terrible pass, sailing grandly away and
little winged insects, resembling flies,
iuttered gayly around. 1t was impOssi-
BILE to catch them, owing to the narrow
ness of the ledge; but Humboldt judged
that they were Dipteras. Bonpland
saw yellow butterflies, a little lower
down, flying very near the ground.
Finally the belts of cloud parted,
and they saw on the sudden, the vast
dome of Chimborazo. 1t seemed near
them, so near that in few minutes they
might reach it. The ledges, too, SEEM
ed to favor them by becoming broader.
They hurried onward for a short dis
tance, excited with the hope of soon
standing on the pinnacle. All at once
the path was stopped by chasm, 400
feet deep, and go feet broad. There was
no way by which they could cross it: the
difficulty was insurmountable. To tan
talize them still further, they saw that
the path went forward on the other side
of the ledge, evidently reaching the sum-
nit. If they could have but crossed
that chasm!
1t was l o'clock in the afternoon, and
they were benumbed with cold. They
were 19,200 feet above the level of the
sea.
The belt of clouds closed again, and
the peak was lost. The mist grew thick
er and thicker, and everything indicated
storm. There was nothing left then
but to descend. Hating long enough tc
collect few specimens of the rock they
retraced their steps. A storm of hal
overlook them, but as they descended
into lower atmosphere it changed int
snow. When they had reached the lit
tie lake of Yana- Cocha where they lef
! their mules, they found the ground GOV
, cred with snow several inches deep
! Before dusk they reached the Indial
I village of Calpi, and were entertaine,
e that night by the priest.
q So ended the attempt to scale the sum
8 nit of Chimborazo.
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ca The mad attempt of Ossawattomie
Brown to incite "a servile insurrection in
the slave States is everywhere condemn
ed by the Republcan'Press. The follow
ing extracts from two of the most radical
of these presses show how general is this
feeling:
Old Brown is in many respects re-
r.4a,.l-al man IIa ,Has quo. saiila-
II Kansas until the border ruman ouTages
forbade anything there TO be quiet.
Robbed and outraged by the rufiians, who
in the course of their operations murder
ed one of his sons, he gave himself up TO
the business of vengeance. He had al
ways been a strictly religious man and,
after forming the band which he led
against the invaders of Kansas, religious
services were established in the camp
He argued that if was religious duty to
exterminate the border ruffians and he
fought them with wonderful energy aud
activity; for his combative impulses were
powerful, his viii indomitable, and his
temper implacable. But he is not man
of large intellect, and the result was that
he gradually became monomaniac
The fear of him came upon the border
rufians like nightmare. Lately he has
been crazed and the madman is so evi-
dent in all he has done at Harper's Ferry
as to leave no room for mistake or doubt
II Worcester Spy.
There will be enough 10 heap execra
ton on the memory Of these mistakes
men. We leave this work to the lit hand
and tongues Of those who regard the fun
damental axioms of the Declaration 0
Independence as " glitering generalilies
Believing that the way TO universal eman
cipation lies not through insurrectlon
civil war and bIoodshed, but tlroug
peace, discussion, and the quiet difiusio
Of sentiments Of humanity and justice, W
deeply regret this outbreak but, remem
bering that, if their fault was grievout
grievously have they answered it, We wi
not, by one reproachful word, disturb th
bloody shrouds wherein John Brown am
his compatriots are sleeping. The
dared and died for what they felt TO b
the right, though in a manner which seen
to as fatally wrong. Let their epliapf
remain unwritsen until the no distant da
o whes no slave shall clank his chains
:, the shades Of Monticello, or by the grave
= of Mount Yernon.--Nev York Iribun
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"a The names mentioned for the Ohio
Senatorship are those of Gov. Chase,
Mr.. Corwin, and Mr.. Schenck. But it
is reported that Gov. Chase, if he desires
it, will have the place rendered him.
The Columbus Gazette says:
In regard to the United States Sena-
-torship, we will not venture an opinion
but the result ofthis State election insures
the nomination by the Republicans of the
Chase and Bates ticket for the Presi-
dency and Vice Presidency, beyond q
peradventure-in our opinion
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PRoTEsTANTIsM IN A UsTRIA.-
Strange as it may appear, it is stated that
it is probable, among the other reforms
which the Emperor of Austria sees that
it is absolutely necessary to make in his
government, it is intended to place all
forms Of religious worship upon an
equally free basis, and that all the restric-
tions placed upon Protestants and Prot
estantism will be removed. There Is a
greater number of Protestants in Austria
than is generally supposed and this ACT
ofthe Emperor will of course be hailed
with delight by them. There are in the
Austrian dominions about three millions
of Protestants, divided as follows In
Hungary, 2,196,816, or about one-fourth
of the people of the kingdom; in Tran
sylvania, 543, ,634 in the Servian Vovo
dine, 1885; in Croatia and Sclayonia
1881; Silesia has 60,783; Bohemia, 80,
900 Moravia, 50 ,140; Upper Austria
18, 511; Carinthia, II, 5000; Lowe
Austria, 10000; Styria, $500; in th'
Tyrol there are but 122 in Salzbourg
l76; in the other provinces of Galici'
there are "a. $50; in the Bukovina, 1885,
in Senetia, 400, and in Dalmatia, l5.-
Paris Letter Ia Journal Of Commerce.
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"a The Washington States (Douglas)
in its comments on the Harper's Ferry
riot, having tried to instigate mob pro-
ceedings against the two Republican pa
pers in that city, one ofthem- the Ma
tional Bra-thus significantly replies:
This is not the first effort Of the kind
which the Douglas organ has made
against its republican neighbors. 1t is,
doubtless, desirous of giving practical
illustration of popular sovereignty
The destruction Of this printing establish
ment by Washington mob viii be the
worst days work which the people of this
city have done in many day.
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THE HEAD OF OLIVER CROMWELL

A writer in the New York Observer
claims that he has seen and handled the
head of the renowned Oliver Cromwell,
which is in possession of a daughter OF
Hon. Mr.. Wilkinson, an ex-member OF
Parliament, residing at Bromley, Kent,
near London. The documentary and
Evolutionary evidence of its genuineness
is said TO be conclusive, although nearly
two centuries have elapsed since the
death of the republican king. Crom-
wells body was enbalmed and buried
with great pomp in Westminster Abbey.
After the restoration Of the Stuarts, the
body was disinterred, tie head cut off,
and pike staff thrust through the neck.
1t was then placed on Westminster Hall.
1t remained there a considerable number
of years, until either blown down by the
wind or carried off by STEALTH. 1t was
secreted for long series of years, and
handed down from generation to genera
ton among the descendants of Crom-
well, until it now rests in tle custody Of
the lady above mentioned. The remark
able relic has been kept concealed from
the public, and only occasionally exhibit
ed private, so that as yet little or moth
ing is known of IFS existence IN London
even among men of position and inhu
ence. 1t is thus described:
" The head having been embalmed
retains the flesh in shrivelled, dry state
but the features are distinct and the hal
almost as perfect as at its burial. The hug
wart over one of the eyes, so historical
ly true, is clearly distinct, and the re
semblance to bust, copied from rea
life, which is near by, carries conviction
to the identity of the head beyond
misgiving. The iron pike which wa
thrust through the throat and came ou
at the top of the head, is rusted in. ii
age and exposure have consumed the uE
per part, and only couple of inches {
the iron remain above the head. Th
wooden part of the pike was broken Of
just below the throat, and the fractur
} shows that it was severed by violenC
and not CUT asunder ny .-~:---------4-
Altogether, this singular memorial {
another age is in better state of pre-;
ervation than any of the embalme
Egyptians, and so well preserved al
the features, and the shrivelIed skin S
entire, that it has little that is hideous {
repulsive. Flaxman, the e min n
sculptor, who has examined it with car
in connection with contemporaneous bus
! and portraits, unhesitatingly expresst
entire confidence that it is the head
Oliver Cromwell"
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O. The official returns from 48 coun-
ties OF Pennsylvania show an Opposition
majority for Surveyor General, of 1910
On joint ballot of the two houses, the OPP
position majority viii be 80. That will
do for this year.
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e. Kindness makes sunshine wheF-
ever it finds its way into the hidden cham
Der of the heart and brings forth treasures
Of gold harslness, On the contrary. shuts
thom up forever
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THE CAPTURE OF sCHAMYL
lie Nora contains the following letter
from st. Petersburg of Sept II:

A<c 4FNf0 C0AttlAAto NAiG AbktQhitiA tGtANt
from st. Petersburg of Sept IL:
Lieutenant Colonel Grabbe, who has
just returned from the Caucasus, has
brought details of the capture Of SchamyL
He has made no written report. but has
verbally communicated to the Emperor
what has taken place which is as follows :;
After a series of defeats, Schamyl, find
ing no other means of safety, was obliged
to shut himself up in the fortified village
of Gonnib, with 500 Murides who re-
manned faithful to him. This place was
considered by the Russians as completely
impregnable, and so strong that a single
company of well trained soldiers nigh;
have defended it for months against
whole army. The only approach to it
was steep path, so narrow that only two
men could walk abreast. In presence of
these difficulties Prince Bariatinski de-
termined to make the attack by means of
having the surrounding rocks scaled, and
several hundred men volunteered for this
desperate service. The assault to- k
place on the 9TH. While one column ad-
vanced by the narrow path above men
toned, which the Murides had prepared
to defend to the last extremity, the vol
unteers bravely scaled the rocks on the
opposite side of the fort, and, in spite OF
all the difficulties which impeded their
ascent, suddenly appeared in the rear OF
the small band, and a desperate struggle
took place. The Murides saw that re-
treat was impossible and fought with
fury. Out of the 400 men forming the
garrison, only AZ remained alive, and five
pieces of cannon fell into the hands of the
Russians. As to Schamyl, he had shut
himself up in one of the houses cut in the
rock. All the ground before it was GOV.
cred with dead bodies; the Russians had
: 100 men killed. Prince Bariatinski soor
after arrived and gaye orders for the
firing to cease. He then summoned Scha.
myl to surrender. The Imam, showing
himself at the opening cut in the wall o
the house, asked what condition would bt
him. eJ,.-ro.rtlu. ,.rivunditiurr
f ALL said the Prince, and he came for
= ward, the officers round the general ad
/ vising him to be on his guard, and not ex
e pose himself to the danger of being vic
> tim tothe treachery of Schamyl. Wher
r the chief advanced, the Prince said
t Are you Schamyl?' Yes replied th,
;, Imam. Well, then,' said the Prince
S your life shall be saved; you shall keeI
s your riches and your wives. l shaI
# send you tomorrow tC St. Petersburg
for it is on the Emperor that your fat
will depend Schamyl bowed his hea
without speaking a word. The Prime
added, l have long expected you q
Tifis, where I had hoped you woul
come Of your own accord to make you
: submission, but you have compelled m
:, to come and fetch you Then, turnin
: to Colonel Grabbe, the Prince said, 81
:, off Immediately for St. Petersburg, an
. report to the Emperor all that you hay
= witnessed. A detailed report win be SCI
i, tomorrow at the same time with Scham,
o. himself Such has been the denoueme1
Ia of the sanguinary drama which has bee
so long going on
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GO The Isl Of October, 1853, occupies
an important place n tie meteorological
history Of San Francisco ia night was
the first sultry one known to the Oldest
inhabiiant. Never before had night
passed without blankets being necessary
for a comfortable sleep.
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O. A lady said 10 her sister,
wonder, my dear, you have never made
match; think you want the brim-
stone" To which she replied, No
not the brimsione-only the spark ?
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G. The State Of Kentucky claims the
north bank Of the Ohio river, below high
water marx, and suits have been brought
70 recover the landings IN front Of the city
Of Cincinnati.
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The CoISAGg or SocfETr.--seandal
Is BIT Of false money, and Iae who passe.
It frequently Is as bad as he who origin,
ally utters il.