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A 'rEEQuiEN."

My health is bad, don't improve,
" hat makes my nose 50 red
"Old Rye" and me cannot agree,
think IN 20 to bed,
SO place nc on my PILLOW, boys,
And let the Doctor sec
Is there any use to try and Savo
renegade like me.
Be quiet, no don't make noise,
Nor draw n hcavinS sigh,
You laugh and talk, but 'tis no use,
For sure I'm bound to die.
Just loose my collar, unstrap my rants,
suffer rs lie :;
a brich pat underneath my head,
Nor raise it very high.
Now give Inc somc cool water boys,
tell you that's The stuff.
Far bet; CT than old '.Bakcr's Rye"
OF which I've had enough.
Say what you please about my faults,
. One virtue pretend
never yet have Shirked II drink,
When invlIed by u II Iicnd.
And at the great and final day.
When III. our work is through,
When all the druukards of our town
Account for what they do;
The God above who knows all things,
viii be as kind TO me
AS any olEcr drinking man,
SO with him "lct il be-"
But o I'm getting weaker, hoye,
My eyes are growing dim;
There's something in the air, too,
Sly head begins to swim.
Pour out glass of whiskey, now,
suffer awful pain,
Don't think I'm about TO leave,
Twill give me life again.
But should it prove to much for me
When I'm about to die,
inst rniso my hend onco morv 10 say,
q How is this for High
SNYDER.
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The Famine in Bengal.

Tho latest reports from Bengal nre
anything but encouraging. The
famine seems inevitable. The recent
failure of crops involves tho sub
sisteuco of somo thirty millions OF
people. s'In some villages OF
DInageporc, saysa a correspondent OF
tho London Times, "the people are
eating jungle produce aud tho pith
of the plantain tree, while they give
q sort of tamarind stew to their chill.
dion"
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The Poor Indian Again on the War Path

OMAHA, Feb. 1.-THE excitement
over the Indian news is Incoming
great. There is no doubt but that in
consequence of the failure of agents
to provide for them, the Indians arc
leaving their reservations to them
selves ut the expense of the settlers,
hcrders and ranchmen. The follow,
ing is officially received by Gen. Rug
gies, from the commandant ut Sidney,
Seb. "Wheclcr and Merchant, ro
liable ranchmcn, state that IL party
Of Indians drove them six miles last
night. They abandoned their herd
and came to Sidney: This rauchc is
near Court House Rock, and I an
authorized to send cavalry to drive
these Indians across the platte. No
news from Morton's. party, the com.
manding officer at Sidney was direct
cd by telegraph to send out all his
available cavalry to Lawroncc's Fork
as far as Rcdington, rancho. Gen.
Reynolds, commanding Fort De
kussel, has been instructed by tcle
graph tc send two cavalry companies
under reliable officers TO the SINE
place, thence to thoroughly scout the
country and drive the raiding Indi.
ans within reach of,North Platte and
to take sixty days cooked rations and
sixty rounds of ammunition with
them" ......
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A Child with a Tail.

Wo aro Informed that q child was
born of colored persons about week
ago, in Caswoll township in this
county having tail. 1t is q proli.
CATION of spinal column about six
inches in length. The name of the
father is Henry Bagely. Our infor.
nation of this extraordinary con.
firmation of Darwinism is rather
meagre, but we will endeavor to get
more particulars for our readers
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CIltlCkles.

A dog with two tails was seen in
Germantown tho other day. One
belonged to an OK and was carried in
the mouth of tho canine.
A orusty old bachelor says that
love is wrotohed business, consist.
ing of n little aighing, little crying,
little dying and deal of lying.
GLOW greedy you arc p' said one
little girl to another, who had taken
the best apple in. tho dish, 81. was
going to take. that.'
A friend writes to an editor for
four dollars, "bcaausc Lc's.,so very
Short" and gets in reply the hoar,less
response, "Do as l do stand upon q
chair" -
"I should have no objection To my
wife's reigning," said an ufcotionate
husband, "if it were not for the fact
that when she rcigns she is 80 apt
to storm also"
Some thoughtful person says "It
is unkind to ridioule those items in
tho papers about contenarians. 1t
is no casy thing to become cen.
tenarian several have failcd.'
"Experimontal philosophy-osking
a young lady to marry you. Natur.
al philosophy-looking. Indifferent,
and saying you wore only in fun when
sho refuses you."
A Massachusetts, clergyman is re-
1uested to resign because he used
severe Language in forhidding some
young lambs in his flock to gambol in
the "kissing game" called "drop tho
handkerchief" It has ended in their
dropping him. - :,
G. l.. King, State Deputy Of tho
! Oranges writes that the number of
oranges in Michigan now exceeds 200,
and that the applications come in
thicker than ever. Tho calls on the
National Grange for charters now ex-
cccd 100 per day.
A man in Fayctte county, Penn,
read in nm almanac that his foot could
bo kept warm by lining his boots
with cayenne pepper. Ho doesn't
feel much like walking now, but ho
says he would like "to find the man
what put that in the almanac"
At~an"Alabama fire, the other day,
tho ladies turned out and carried
water and helped tho merchants to
remove. goods. Nineteen newspapers
in the North will copy tho foregoing
item, ana say something smart about
"fire belles.'
Ia The most artful dodger is married
man who lives in this city. Ho points
with pride to tho shattered wall op.
posite his seat at the brcakfast-table,
whore the tea"cups, salt.ccllars and
slop bowls that she heaved at him
struok.-[Brooklyn Argus.
"Thero is nothing,' 'says u Boston
journal, "wbich viii kill a man 80
quick as whiskey." Then, whiskcy
must be even more deadly than
nicotine, of which. it is said by n
Western paper that q single drop on
dogs nose will kill man in three
minutes. :.
It is said Il 5 q hand.organ has
been dug up at Pompeii. We can
stand the organ, but If an attempt is
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81 ho Gilded Age" Of Mark Twain
and Charles ID. Warner meets will,
scant praise from the English press.
The AthenWum is divided betw cen
its wonder at the prcpostorous polygot
notices at the head of tho chapters,
aud the washing Of SO much of the
dirty linen of American sneculativo
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I'nOd for Infant Minds.

| We have received the first num-
Of II new Sunday school paper just
issued in Chicago. 1t has for its
motto "Onward to Heaven" and it
| contains a request for a notice from
other papers. One of the most prom =
inent Of tho items in it is the fol-
towing
cold Bangs was little too fond
If his bittcrs, aud one day, after
takinr Il snillcr or two too loany, he
tay dawn by the roadside to sleep.
y hpxzard observed hi ii, aud think
Ing he was dead, alghted on his
beast and pccked him in the face.
Whvrtnpou old B ,ngs looked up and
sad, 'Ivu're Il lret!e bit TOO smart !;
| ain't dead yet"
We do not profess to know much
about the best methods of instruc
ing children, but this seems to US to
be Just tho kind of intellectual food
to fiji the infant mind with yearn-
ing for pure religion, and to dispose
it TO seek to fnd peace in holiness.
The child whose tendency to yield
to the impulses Of original sin, impels
it to walk in the path of ickcdness,
naturally would embrace the truthes
ot Christianity with impe'uous ardor,
immediately after reading about the
sniiters Of old B,ngs, and if tho
illusions TO bitters did not convince
such an evil disposed babe Of the
Instability Of all earthly happiness
certainly the conversation between
Bangs and the bnzzard would create
an i'rcsprcssible longing for celestial
joys. We can cordially recommend
sAch Il paper as this.-Erchange.
y war on the liquor dealers has
been wagcd and won in Washington
Ohio, hy the wcmen. Eighty Of thcm
organized for the conflict. While
some remained in the villiagc church
aud tol!ed the bell, others went to
the saloons in squads of dozen or so
and argued with the prcprietors. All
but one capitulatod at once. The
exception was Pat Slater, who said
that his business was his own bust
ness aud nob"dy's else. and lie would
sticl; to i: in spite of all tho womon
in Washington. lie sworc at the
youngest and prctticst of his oppo-
ncnts, and was utterly impcrvious to
soft words and coaxing. While they
held prayer meetings in his barroom
he sold drinks 10 the few men whose
cravings were strong enough to make
them bold. The conflict went on for
week, The women relieving each
other and Occupying the saloon, sing
ing and praying from early every
morning until late every night. One
bitter cold day Pat sprinkled the
floor witt water and opened the
doors and windows. The women
bnilt bonfire in the streets, and by
going out occasionally to warm
themselves, stood it like little men.
They all got sore throats, however,
and for the use Of the next days
detail n booth was fitted u cross the
sidewalk with stove in it. Finally
Pat incaufiously sold liquor to n
minor in vioiat ion Of Ohio law, and
w"s prosecuted so vigorously that he
cnpi.ulatcd. There is not
drinking place open in the village.
The property owners have signed
pledge not to rent premises for liquor
selling, the druggists to sell none cx-
ccpt on physicians prescription,
and the physicians not to prescribe
it except in cases where it is absolu-
frl r., l.,
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4 Race of DWarls.

The Geographical Society of Italy
has received from Alexandria, with
the ncss # ,ha death of the cxplor..
er, Mia" !, aud various cthnoloeical
objects, $50 living Individuals whom
he had forwarded Of tho tribes of tho
Aka or Tikku ,Tikki, and whom the
learned traveller had bought of the
King Mnnza. These individuals,
says the London Medical Rccord-of
whom one is eighteen years old and
forty inches in height, and the other
sixteen years and. thirty-one inches
high-are stated by Miami to belong
to the race of dwarfs described by
the German explorer Sci wcinfurth,
who described them carefully. They
arc pot-bcllied, very thin limbcd and
knock knced, with spherical and
prognathous crania, very long limbs,
copper skins and crisp, tow-likc hair.
General Grant thinks tho Repub-
lican party has too much dead
weight to carry, and that it is time
to Tighten the ship, whereupon the
Boston Post mildly suggests that
she should jump off,"
The sudden departure from tho
town of Ncwberry Of Auditor Hay
ward has planted thorns in the breasts
nf covorol nf nur o;t;,onc Ar,,,Io..,,
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| 1t is said IL 5 o hand.organ has
been dug up at Pompeii. We can
stand the organ, but If an attempt is
made to dig up th grinder and mon.
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j "rhero is nothing,", Booton
journal, (which win kill n man 80
quick as whiskey." Then, whiskcy
must be even more doadly than
nicotine, of which it is said by q
Western paper that q singlo drop on
a dogs nose will kill man in three
minutes. .....
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CA lass, n lass 10 exclaimed nm old,
bachelor, who wanted to ,marsyA
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-09-05
MEMPHIS.

MEMPHIS, Sept 4.-From the passen-
gers who arrived from Greenville, Miss.,
late last night tho following particulars
concerning the destructive fire at That
place early Wednesday morning are OBJ
tained:' w 'sA'H'- Az
The fire which was supposed to have
been incendiary, originated 10 the grocery
store Of Morgan & Platt and then crossed
to Mulberry going east and Main street
west, destroying the entire portion of the
town from Mulberry street to the river,
embracing nearly all the business houses
OF the place, in all seventy.three houses
valued at over one quarter million dollars,
With about one hundred and fifty thouSt
and dollars insurance, e on which the
planters Of Mississippi and the planters Of
Memphis bad p large amount. There will
oe considerable suffering as nearly all the
provisions In the town were DESTROYED.
The house in which the fire originated
had been previously set on fire four differ.
ent times: A man named Major Thomp.
son has been arrested on suspicion Of being
concerned in the incendiary work.
Mrs. DR.. Hart, aged 65, residing on Ex.
change street near front, was partly burn.
ed last night blythe explosion Of q coal oil
lamp which che was carrying. |
!. The officers Of the Planters Insurance
Company in this city states that the
whole amount Of insurance held by that
company in Greenville was ten thousand
and the entire loss in The business portion
cannot exceed one thousand dollars. n,
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ENGLAND.

LONDON, Sept. 4-The members Of the
Austrian Polar expedition, for whose
safety Tears were felt have been heard
from. They were shipwrecked, and took
to the sleighs, In which they succeeded
after a long journey, in reaching the Nor.
wegian Island of Wardot.
LONDON, Sept. 4-Further details Of the
Austrian Polar expedition have been re-
ceived. After abandoning their ship, the
party Travelled Tor seven months in sledges,
and two winters were passed on the Ice
The highest point reached was in latitude
W degrees. A large tract OF land was
discovered TO the northwest of Nova
Zembla. The expedition arrived at War.
doe on q Russian boat. Only one death
occurred during the entire voyage.
LONDON, Sept. $3.50 4. M-The
Standards Dublin correspondent saws :
The coming Irish.American rifle match
excites the greatest interest. The Irish
team will embark at Queenstown on Sun.
day morning. The Lord Mayor Of Dub.
lin and lady will escort them to
Queenstown, and they will be accom-.
panied to America by Viscount Mssser.
eene and Mr., Bsguallas, extra members
OF the team. Also several ladies and rep.
resentatives Of the Irish press.
at meeting of the Cotton Spinpers OF
Manchester, yesterday, it was decided
that circulars should be sent to the Lsnca.
shire Mills, advising that work be lin.
lied TO four days a. week.
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Denies the Imnnnchment.

SHREVEPORT, La, Sept 4.-The KVsn.
ting Telegram, Republican, IN an editorial
on the Coushatta troubles, speaking OF
Governor Kellogg's proclamation, says !:
The document implies that Shreveport
furnished the murderers. This we most
positively deny. That a body Of armed
and mounted men left Shreveport on Sat-
urdsy, the Goth Of August, was patent TO
all. They left here for the purpose oil
aiding their friends, who were reported to
be in great danger and overp0Bered by
overwhelming numbers, and the men who
lett hero on that, afternoon returned
home the same night, having been in
formed by q courier that all danger 10
those whose assistance they were hurry
ing was over. We again repeat and iIs.
tice demands free circulation OF the de.
nial that the Shreveport men were moi
concerned in the brutality, The Iele-
grams view Is held by all men Of all par.
ties here, and there seema to be no doub,
that Ike Governor has been rnislnformed
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OHIO Tobacco Market.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 1st, 1S74.-We have
to report very active market for Ohio
Tobacco for the month Of August at
gradually improving prices, which to-day
show further advance of50 cts, per 100
lbs. over those ruling a month iago, and
are now from 50 TO $3 higher on common
to fine grades than at the lowest period
OF the season. ..ar .i.r..l !
The sales amount TO about 4, 900 hhds.
and include some / 200 hhds. to Specula-
tors. who have taken principally lots oil
nondescript and dull.colored coarse
grades, which are not in demand for
shipment since the French Contract is
filled or very nearly 60. The principal
demand continues from regular shippers,
who are ready buyers ot all grades Of
light red and spangled, Of which they are
laying In additional stocks this year so as
not to be compelled to buy any or but
very little next season. Air cured, If un-
mixed with fred, has also been in very
good request at full prices, to substitute
the lighter grades Of Kentucky Tobacco.
From the different markets in Europe
an advance in prices has been reported;
quotations, however, are still considerably
below s-pariIy with those ruling in Amer.
ican markets. - - a -ez
Although.the weather was reasonable Of
late all over the Western States, the pros.
poets regarding the new crop, in Ohio
have not improved 10 any extent; q Quan.
tity Of 5000 hhds. will, with favorable
weather from now on, be raised, however,
il not more. lapG 50 I
The most reliable authorities now place
the Western crop, to be produced in Ken.
lucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois and
Missouri, at one filth to one.iourth of last
year, or about 10000 hhdS,; Virginia and
North Carolina, which produced $4,000
hhds last year, will have about 10000
hhds., and Maryland some 10000 hhds
against %, 900 hhds. last year. au}
The inspections Of Ohio tobacco up tC
date are about 900 hhds. against 81 SOC
last year. OF Maryland they are 2OOC
hhds. against %, 900 hhds. last year.
y.,.gU.. GIRsKR & NIEMANN.
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Balloon Ascension.

CLEVELAND, o., Sept 4-The balloon
Buffalo assembled from the Public Square
at ten minutes past II o'clock this morn
ing. The weather was bright, and an
immense crowd of spectators Witnessed
the departure. Prof. King was accom-
panied BY Luther L. Holden, Of Boston,
Dudley A. Cozad, Ut Cleveland, and rep.
resentatives Of the daily Herald, LEADER
and PEdiadealSr. The balloon went of in
Q northwesterlyI direction, travelling very
slowly. Alter being up half an hour il
reached q southwesterly current, changed
It's course, and when last seen was travel,
ing over the lake in a southeasterly direc-
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AN ORDER FOR Box OF SALvR.-
The correspondence Of business houses d
not always as wholly and severely senten.
tious and practical as some might fancy
There Is occasionally something very
amusing in their correspondence. For
instance, the house Of McCabe, Kraft &
Co., twholesale druggiSts) received the
following letter from the interior Of West
Virginia few days ago:
AeSsrs. AeRaJe, Rratl &CO:
GENTLRMRN:-In an advertisement In
the American ChrtStidn Revitv II Is said
that Henrys Oarbolic SalVe Is the most
powerful healing agent ever discovered,
price 25 cents. Sold everywhere. want
box Of that ointment. Enclosed you
will fipd q quarter and Q stamps. On the
fist day Of March in 1855, was 10 miles
from home, and on getting Of the horse
l rode, 1t kicked me on the left side, on
constructiveness. fell into the hands OF
8 II. DIS. They trephind me and took a
number Of spalls out Of my head, and
think treated me badly. In consequence
Of the wound l forgot everything for 0
days. Ny son that waited on me tells me
l called him by name on the 9th day.
I came home on the iirst day OF April.
This trip cost me $50. Before was hurt
l was one Of the strongest and supplest Of
men. II Is now anything else but that.
Last March was 2 years the hernia came
on me. l sent TO Henry Howe, Des
Moines, Iowa, for truss, He said l got
It at half price. II fit like garter OF fiBt
but 1t Is pretty well worn out. lam now
In the Goth year Of my lie and the 10Th Of
my aflliction: l have been at much ex-
pense and am still no better but rather
worse. l am light headed all the time
when erect. l have q sound in my eft
ear all the time. There Is such q tightness
at the wound. 1t Ia unexplainable by
me. cannot tell where my muscles will
be sore next. Bed is the place for me.
l always was an early riser. I have not
felt alike two mornings for l cannot tell
when. Ny son Is q kind OF Doctor. He
says might Rs well put Spanish flies on
my wound as Oarbolic 6alve. He Is not
friendly TO my using it. lam determined
TO try 1t. II you have not got II, be
pleased TO try and get 1t for me. l want
you after you read this over to consider
it. Then please write 10 me.
N. B.-I desire the prayers Of all
good people. / had pimple on my left
| brow for 3 or 4 days that troubled me
much. 1t has got better today. My
wounds is all on my left side, excep:
one on my right side and one on my foot.
In the 4sh year after l was hurt my hair
all come out. 1t was as bare on my head
as my hand. II Is so In sort Of way
now. / fused nostrums for my hair. am
an afflicted man. II Is OF the Lords
mercles that l still live. My memory Is
very poor 10 what 1t used to be. May
ornof ur,nrneu atfnnd fhtu, H..'
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FOREIGN.
FRANCE.

PARIS, Sept. 4.-The official report Of
the Commissioners appointed to inyesti-
gate the circumstances Of the escape of
!bazAine, duplicates the iailors and states
mat they were instigated by Col. Villette
bszaines AID de camp to facilitate the
priaoners flight, but acuuits the garrison
OF the tort Of completely In the affair,
a meeting ofthe Permanent Committee
OF the National Assembly was held yes-
terdsy. Buffet, President Of the Asscmb.,
~ presided. NJ. D. Mahy, deputy Of the
left, complains OF the continued rigorous
treatment by the government Of news
papers In municipalities, he also called
particular attention to o speech oil Cant.
Mum at a meeting In La Vendee In which
he advised his hearers 10 follow the ex-
ample Of the inhabitants of that depart
ment at the time OF the first revolution
and draw their swords against their enc
mics. Chaband La Tour, minister 10 the
interior replied that the government
would make inquiries into this matter,
NJ. Tierard, another Deputy Of the Left,
complained OF the unequal treatment OF
newspapers by the Government. Some.
he charged, were favored and Others op-
pressed. BE also made complaint against
the restrictions placed on the introduc-
lion and circulation Of foreign journals,
and OF the suspension OF a newspaper in
Bordeaux because 1t stated that McMahon
was coldly received during his recent
Journeys. BE declared that, notwithstand.
ing these proceedings, the Paris Figaro
was allowed toincite the citizens TO hatred
Ot each other. He demanded the ces.
sation Of these rigorous measures.
Chabaud LsTours justified the action OF
The Government in suspending the Jour
nal IN bordeaux, and in prohibiting the
publication Of eight other Bonapartist
papers, because Of the reproduction in
their columns Of attacks which were OF a
serious nature. He stated, however, that
le regretted the necessity for such pro-
'eedingS. =
NJ. Picard asked the government TO en-
orce the decision Of the Assembly
1ooltshing the empire. He said that NJ.
3erger, the Bonapartlst candidate for the |
Assembly in the Department OF Main Et
Loire, had issued q circular to the elec-
ors ignoring this decision.
Chabaud LaTour said he dlsappfoved |
u this circular, but was unwilling 10 In
eriere because II would be an invasion Of |
electoral liberty. =. s -
Several members Of the Extreme utter |
d their protests against the recognition |
y Marshal serrano's government in
spain because 1t was opposed 10 the in. |
erests Of France. q. ....T ~" |
Chsbaud LaTour replied that France
lad acted in harmony with the other
'oWers. BE added that large bodies OF
roops had been dispatched to the frontier
o preserve strict neutrality. "
PARIS, Sept Ale Ben Pu6!Is SAYS
Marshal Bazaine has gone to England.