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A Successful Humbug.

A gentleman at Spa, a fashionable
watering place in Belgium, writing 10
his sister in Paris, relates an amusing
feature Of the place. There is the big
gest thing in the way Of a travelling
charlatan dentist here now (September)
I ever saw. He comes into the town
every day at 8 2. n. and stays two hours
on the "Place," selling his powders,
etc., and bidding for work. He extracts
teeth for nothing, standing on his
chariot in the open street, and does it
wonderfully well, pulls them out with a
click and says he don't hurt a bit, and
don't draw blood. How is that account
ed for? he comes in with q brass band
of eight men, all dressed in a splendid
Chinese costume, then comes his grand
car, he driving four horses, and two
grandly dressed footmen alongside.
The car or wagon is like a circus one
only grandor, all gold and plate glass.
His name is "Ernault," and he comes
from Paris. He says he made 100, 900
francs last year and built a house in
Paris. He is an elderly a Alto
gether it is the biggest humbug of the
kind ever known here. He sells a pack
age lot for two francs fifty confines
(ffty cents), a box Of powder, a bottle
Of elixir, which is q wonderful styptic,
and toothache drops, and a book on the
teeth and other things.
If this man sold these things in q sem
sible manner for twenty-five SOUS, his
bottles and his boxes might 60 begging
for purchasers.
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$50, 900. 900. The returns from all the counties
In Indiana have been received, showing
Tlden's majority to be 1884,. Returns
from four hundred cities and towns In Maine
give Hayes 4,s4s; Tiiden, 49, ss Republi-
oan majority, 1851. 900. The Democratic msr
jority in North Carolina ranges from 1000 to
IS, 600. There will be no change in the Con-
gressional delegation The official returns
Of 299 towns in Vermont give Hayes II, 407
aud 1ilden 49, ESQ. Hayes majority in the
State is about 23, 1000. 80. Peter Cooper received
26G votes in New York city. .... More than
twenty thousand people persisted in India in
consequence of the recent cyclone.
Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, head Of the
English judicial system, has thrown out the
charge against the captain OF the vessel which
ran down the Strathclyde and caused loss OF
life, within three miles Of the English coast,
for want Of jurisdiction-thas overturning the
commonly accepted Interpretation Of the law
on that subject. ....Avery, now in Jail for
completely in the whisky frauds, has been par
doned by the l resident. Francis Grsppotte,
convicted Of murder in the second degree in
WatertoHn, N. Y, hanged himself in his cell
the next night. BY q fire in the yard Of the
Georgia Central railroad at Savannah, $500
bales Of cotton, twenty loaded and twenty
empty cars were consumed, together with .
warehouse containing fertilizers.
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Trouble Over q Trial.

In Chicago one Sullivan was tried for
the murder OF q MI. Hanford. It was
shown on the trial that the killing was
done in a momentary passion after Han
ford had struck SLllivan's wife and as he
was about to strike Sullivan. This gave
color to the %latter's plea that he Aredthe
pistol in self defense, without intending
to kill Hanford, ;'ut to disable him be-
foro he could il dict further injuries up
OH either tbc defendant or his wife. The
jury were unable to ugree, eleven stand
ing for acquittal and one for conviction.
But the particular evaporation of Obi.
cago people arises from the rulings OF
Judge McAllister during the trial and
his charge to tho jury at it's close, which
are said to have been 80 manifestly one
| sided and favorable to the defendant
that they rendered hie conviction i'm
possible; and a large number of promi.
nent citizens have signed q request to
the Judge to resign.
The one juror who stood out for con
viction asserts that he was assailed by
jurymen during their deliberations in
the vilest manner; that threats were
made against his life if he should per.
sist, and that he dared not sleep in the
iury-room.
The Chicago Tribune adds: They
first bullied, then cursed and blasphemed
and blackguarded, then openly threat
ened, and finally capped the climax by
one man making a desperate effort to as
sault and throw Barry out OF the win
dow because the latter was not ready to
send Sullivan forth guiltless Of all crime
or wrong. Indeed, some Of the other
jurymen were brought under the lash,
for they stood originally eight for &C.
quittal and four opposed to acquittal
three of these four were dragooned into
an abandonment Of their honest convic-
ton that Sullivan ought to be punished,
and MI. Barry alone resisted at the peril
Of his life.
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Asiatic Doctors.

The first care OF the Sart physician is
to study your general appearance and
ask you about your temperament. He
has learned in the "Tukhpatul Mum
iniu," the most common medical book
here, that you must belong to one OF
four classes, and his treatment Of your
malady is governed accordingly. When
he has combined your symptoms with
your temperament, he will pull a bag
out OF his pocket, or unite the scarf
which serves him ..or a girdle, and open
an assortment of drugs in twisted bits OF
paper, perhaps tasting and smelling to
find the right ones, and having chosen
the proper medicine, will give you the
usual directions about doses and diet.
The medicaments employed by central
Asiatic physicians are, in general, very
simple, being in most part, vegetable
substances; but few animal matters and
minerals being used. They are usually
taken simply in the form of powders
and decoctions, and when a mixed medi-
cine is used, the physician delivers the
substances to the patient and allows him
to mix them for himself. This not only
saves the physician trouble, but, In .
certain way, soothes the suspicious feel
ings of the patient, who might imagine,
in case he did not Immediately improve,
that he had been poisoned by the doc
for.
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The Butter Sculptress.

An exhibition of modelling in butter
was given in the commissioners room,
in the rear of Judges Hall, on the Cen
tennial grounds, by Mrs. Caroline 8.
Brooks. The modelling of a fac sirntle
Of a human face was executed by the
artist in the presence of several com
missioners and representatives of the
press, the sculptress giving a practical
demonstration of her method of taking
casts in plaster of works of art. A guam
tity of butter, probably ten or fifteen
pounds, was placed in q graniteware
dish, and pressed down as compactly as
possible with q small wooden, spoon
shaped implement, which, with another
of like pattern, are the only tools made
use of, and Their deposited for some five
minutes in a refrigerator in order to
give the material the proper elasticity.
The work was then begun, and as the
outline Of a human head began to
develop itself the artist occasionally
consulted a mirror, and by noting the
lights and shadows iu the reflection of
her own face was enabled to apply these
in the sculpturing of the face before
her. The successful completion of the
tas!< WAS heartily spplauded by the
audience.
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'' Home, Sweet H0me.o

"Clari, or the Maid of Milan" pro-
duced in 1928, contains one piece thai
is known in every English speaking
country" Home, sweet home" Clari
is a beautiful peasant girl, who has e1-
changed her fathers lovely cottage for
the splendor of the dukes palace and
become his bride. But she pines for
the simple life she has led, and as she
enters, fatigued and melancholy, she
sings this song. The words are by John
Howard Payne, an American, and though
the music was called by Bishop o
"Sicilian air." it snow generally agreed
that it was really composed by him. "It
is the song," says Clari, "of my native
village-the hymn Of the lowly heart,
which dwells upon every lip there, and
like q spell-word brings back to it's homo
the affection which e'er has been be-
trayed to wander from it. 1t is the first
music heard by infancy in its cradle /;
and our cottagers, blending it wish I'll
their earliest and tenderest recollections,
never cease to feel its magic till they
cease to i've" The air is heard again
during the play ; a chorus Of villagers
sing II when Clari revisits her home.
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Sports liz Nevada.

A local paper tells how they enjoy life
in Nevada when time hangs heavily on
their hands. The scene was a race
course, when the people were waiting
for the racing to begin, and the hiatus
was filled by an old man with a trained
duck. He began operations by sinking
a candle box in the ground until the top
was about two inches above the level Of
the earth. In this he placed a duck,
which protruded its head through a
hole in the lid.
"Now, gentlemen, three throws for a
quarter, and the Teller what hits the
duck gets half a dollar"
A man stepped up to throw, and be-
ing furnished with three light sticks,
each consisting of half q broom handle,
slammed away at the birds head. With
becoming modesty, the retiring duck
withdrew into the candle box, and al
lowed the stick to pass harmlessly over,
amid the applause Of the crowd. In a
few seconds he popped it up again with
a loud quack of victory, and the man let
fly his second shot, which went some
what astrsy, and planted itself in the
capacious stomach Of the journalist Pat
Holland, while the duck, seeing no
special necessity of withdrawing its
head, gave a sympathetic quaok while
Mr.. Holland was carried to the house to
be refreshed. The third missile also
few wide of the mark, and hitting a
horse in the head, came very ear start
ing a runaway. Several more enthusi-
asts joined in the game until about two
hundred men were standing about the
boz in a furious state Of excitement, vo-
ciierating wildly, and laying heavy odds
Oh the duck, while the old man was reap
ing a harvest Of quarters at q most as.
tonishing rate. Finally q man who had
made everal close calls on the duck, laid
aside his coat, and, as he grabbed the
sticks, there was a fire in his eye which
evidently meant business. Carefully
gauging the distance, he waited until
the duck (somewhat emboldened with
it's successful escape) was looking to one
side, and then let fly a stick, the butt
end of which hit the fowl square in the
head, causing him to hang his neck over
tn side OF the box and die.
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Paradise Of Money Lenders,

The Pail Mall Gazette says Indis
must be the paradise Of money lenders,
Some years ago a Christian capitalist
advanced the sum of G5 on the persona!
security of q Eurasian coreligionist en-
ployed as q writer in a government
Office. The interest was originally only
seventy-fve per cent. per annum, but as
nothing had been paid at the end Of two
years the debtor gave a promissory note
for the amount then due, and undertook
to pay 120 per cent. for the future,
Three years went by without any pay
ments being made, and then afresh CAPT
talizing operation was effected. About
that time the debtors salary was in
creased, and he at once set aside a mole
ty Of his pay for the purpose Of reduc.
ing his debt. In this he succeeded 80
perfectly that at tho time OF his death, O
few years later, he owed no more thar
s1O0. Quite recently, no further back
indeed than last August, q Hindoc
money lender successfully sued anothe,
mild Hindoo for "a, being the balance
due on q sum Of se, the outcome in two
years Of an advance Of s2, the inter.
est being calculated at the rate Of seven
and one-half farthings per rupee pei
diem. These two cases illustrate the
general poverty of India. and the in
fnitesimal character Of it's internal and,
80 to speak, popular trade. In some Of
the remote hill districts coined money il
still regarded as q curiosity to be worn
about the person, business being con
Quoted on the old principle Of barter,
1t is not very surprising that in a coun'
try where every ryot is in debt, an6
where the interest on personal loans
varies from seventy-fve to two hundred
per cent, the land should be rapidly
passing into the hands OF money lenders
and usurers. Though not matter fol
surprise, it is certainly matter for re
rrok
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Going Softly.

She makes no moan above her fade flowers,
She will not vainly strive against her lot,
Patient she wears away thu slow, cad hours,
As if the ray they had were quite forgot;
While stronger fingers snatch away the sword
And lighter footsteps pass her on the ways,
Yielding submissive to the stern award
That said she must 60 softly all her days.
She knows the pulse is beating quickly yet,
She knows the dream is sweet and subtle
still,
That struggling from the cloud OF past regret,
Ready for conflict live hope, joy and will;
So soon, so soon to veil the eager eyes,
To dull the throbbing ear to blame or
praise,
So soon to crush r%ewakening sympathies,
And teach them she goes softly all her days.
She will not speak or move beneath the doom,
She knows she hsd her day and flung her
cast
The loser scarce the laurel may assume,
Nor evening think tho MONDAY glow can
last.
Only, oh, youth and love, as in your pride
OF Joyous triumph your gay notes you raise,
Throw one kind glance and word where, at your
side,
She creeps who must go softly all her days.
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Sad Case Of Shooting.

An inquest was held over the dead
body of John A. Howard, at the resi-
dence of the deceased, in the town Of
Marion, MINI.
John Mayhem, the young man who
shot MI. Howard, was the first witness
sworn. He confessed he had shot the
deceased. He further stated that while
on his way to Rochester the evening
previous, he was hailed by q couple Of
men who sprung from the brush at the
roadside and told him to stop, as they
wished to talk with him. He did not
stop, but came on to the city, he two
men following him as far as the ball
grounds. de thought they meditated
some crime. When he returned home
he took another route. Arriving at
Mr.. Towards, he called Arlington, a
son of the deceased, and requested him
to 90 with him to his -witness'-father'
barn and stay with him that night, as he
I was afraid their horses would be stolen.
Arlington went with witness to Mr..
Mayhew's, and went into the house.
They saw strangers there. Witness ad-
vised his father not to let the strangers
stay over night as he thought they in
tended to commit some theft. Witness
and Arlington then went to Mr.. May
hew's barn, witness being armed with a
Spencer rifle. They intended to stay
in the barn night to watch for
horse thieves. After being there a short
time, Arlington suggested that they re-
move the horses to his fathers barn,
and that they both 60 there and stay, as
there was more room and greater conve-
nience for them than in Mr.. Mayhew's
barn. Accordingly the boys took Mr..
Mayhew's two horses to MI. Howard's
barn. and then prepared themselves q
place to sleep or some straw near the
horses. They closed the door and sat
q neck yoke against it to keep it shut,
the boys lying down on some straw with
in a few feet Of the door. About twelve
o'clock, the boys being about half
asleep, the neck yoke was pushed away
and the door opened. Witness saw no
person nor heard any n speak, but
supposed that horse thieves were COM
ing into the barn. Witness then was
much excited, and, raising to bis knee,
pointed his gun toward the place where
the door opened and fred. Mr.. How
ards feet were just within the door, and
as he was shot he fell outward. As soon
as he had fred, witness put his head
out Of the door and called as loud rs he
could for MI. Howard. When Airing
ton came out of the door he said: cit
is father |" Immediately after witness
called for Mr.. Howard, and tho latter
said: "What did you shoot me fort"
Mr.. Howard laid where he fell until the
doctor came, which was about two
hours. The wound inflicted on Mr..
Howard by the shot fred by witness
caused his death.
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A FeDian Convict Dead.

William Foley, an e1-Fenian convict,
died in st. Iincent's hospital, New
York. He has had rather a remarkable
career. He was born in Tipperary, Ire.
land, in 1886. In 1858 he entered the
service Of the East India Company, and
served in the Bombay horse artillery till
the close Of the Sepoy mutiny in 1853.
Returning to Ireland, he remained ct
home for a few months, when he again
enlisted, this time joining the Fifth
dragon guards, IL Of the crack q v
airy regiments of the British army. In
1864, in company with most Of his regi-
ment, which was almost exclusively
Irish, he joined the Fenian movement in
Dublin, and from that time till his ar.
rest in 1866 was IN active propaganda
OF the revolutionary movement in the
ranks OF the British army. Sir Hugh
Rose, afterward Lord Strathnaien, hav-
ing been sent to Ireland to quell the ex-
pected instruction, Foley was selected
az his orderly, and while in this posi-
ton rendered most effective service to
tho Irish cause. From his position he
was enabled to give important informa-
ton to the leaders, and often ran great
risks in doing so.
In February, 1866. he was arrested on
suspicion OF completely in the conspir-
acy, the explosion Of which had been
delayed by incompetency and disunion
in America, and a few months later was
tried by court martial and sentenced to
seven years penal ~servitude. The
greater part Of the military prisoners
were sent to western Australia, where
Foley completed the term Of his SEN
tence, and came out of prison a broken
and shattered man, il-trcatment, insult
Acient food and hard toll had done
their work, and he suffered from heart
disease, till finally he succumbed.
When Breslin arrived in Freemantle to
effect the rescue Of the military prison
ers Foley was made the medium OF COM
munication with the men inside through
Underground channels well knownto
him, and the result is we'll known.
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His Compass.

An old hunter in Michigan, when tho
country was new, got lost in the woods
several times. He was told to buy O
pocket compass, which he did, and a
friend explained its use. He soon got
lost, and laid out as usual. When found
he was asked why he did not travel by
the compass. He stated that he did not
dare to. He wished to go north, and he
"tried hard tomake the thing 60 north,
but twas no use; 'twould diddle, did
die, diddle right round, and point
southeast every time"
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rheumatism is more common and
distressing, especially in this country,
than almost any other disease !; and, at
the same time, it may be asserted that it
is as little understood and as u%nsuccess-
fully treated. Physicians, in many
cases, are unable to cure it. even in their
own person ; yet such are tho unr"r
alleled virtues OF the celebrated Mer-
chants Gargling Oil, that tho most oh.
stinate cases at nee yield to it,
Springfield (Mass.) Daily Union. =
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Success Deserved.

Few mon have the courage or nerve to invest
the princely sum OF $500, 900 in furnishing o
hotel. Mr.. II. l.. Powers, OF tho Grand Central
Hotel, Broadway, New York, is one Of that
few. The hotel is tho largest and best con-
conducted In the metropolis, and the business
shire dness aud foresight Of Mr.. Powers is
evinced by reducing the prices to %. so and
IS. 90 per day, thus keeping pace with the de-
mands of the times and filing his house.
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The Rev. Matthew Bonner, MD. late
medical missionary to China, is curing thou.
sands Of cases of dyspepsia, ladies' "morning
Sickness" foul breath, and all disorders Of the
stomach and liver, by the use Of Ching" 1t
is the Chinese sovereign remedy for these dis.
orders. Send 81 for q box, or q stamp for q
circular, to post-ofice box III, Troy, N. Y.
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II there is any victim Of an erupt;ve
malady who despairs Of relief, let him absn-
don his dependency. 20 long as it ia possible
for him to obtain GLENN's SULPHUR Soar he
need entertain no doubts respecting the posi-
bility Of his being cured. Depot, Orittenton's,
No. Z Sixth .venue, New York.
Rejuvenate yourself With Hills Instan.
taueous Hair Dye.
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BuRNETT's F1AvoRNa EXTRACTS
The superiority OF those extracts consists in
their perfect purity and great strength. They
are warranted free from the poisonous oils
aud acids which enter into the composition OF
many OF tho Fictitious fruit fsvors now in the
market.
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We often see q largo stock Of cattle
"spring poor" all for want Of something te
start them in the right direction. One dollars
worth Of Sheriddn'S Cavalry Condition Po1o.
ders, given to such q stock occasionally during
the winter, would be worth more than an extra
half ton Of hay.
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GROUP.

From MR. JAMES GRIMES, Of Mt. Pleasant. Colam,
bis Uouaty, Pa
About t..rcs ye.ts ago our daughter, now twelve
year. oi ago, VAS reys rely afflicted with Group. a gen
sr.I irrit lti,4 Ct I >luvgs followed. producing . hectiI
coaru, ~ ca te. ano almost constant, and her lilo Wal
dsepaired Ut , Lvr physlciau. At this critical monen,
VIZ we,e ioduce1 70 give DIR WIerAk'S BALSAA OF
WILD UHERkf a uial, aud after she had t.ken oae
h,,.s ~, fcn ii her 30 mush relieved that We uisvUn
timed II. IS"
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CONSUMPTION
r.oH AnnRsw ARCHER. ECO, OF F.lraeld, Bic.

From ANDREW ARCHER, ESQ OF Fairfield me-.
About eight years sinos my son. Henry A. Aroner:
n,tseted With .pi,tins Of blood, cough, weakness Of
lungs, and general debility, 30 much 90 th't eur ,sMuJ
Es IN, under medical treatment for . r-'noer OF
months. but rereived no benefit from It. At 'nhtn'
f TN The = ,llcIt lion OF himself and others, Was iE:
dncod IN r,;cta.c on. b tti- Of WISTARS BALStM
OF WILD CHERRY, which benehted bin 90 much !
,oht ,ined sno, h-r hoi tie, wnIch In . h 1rt time res.o ed
him B., bis u nal state of heath. think can 'af.ly
rscommend his remedy TO Others In Ike condition, ior
A. ia. I think, all & purp,r to be-the Great Lurs
Remedy for til. times! Thu above statement Is voluu'
txfy, and IL at your disposal"
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In consequence of the many inferior
limitations, the manufacturers Of the celebrated
"Matchless" brand Of plug tobacco have been
compelled to protect themselves by . trade
mark. Every plug now has the words "Matoh-
less P. T. Co." thereon. The Pioneer Tobacco
Co., 1924 Water st., N.Y., are the msnufactur "a.
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Chapped hands, face, pimples, ring
worm, saltrheum, and other cutaneous affeo-
tions cured, and rough skin made soft and
smooth, by using JUNIPER TAR Soar. Y:e care
full to get only that made b. c., So, Hazard d
Co.. Now York, a. there are many limitations
made with common tar, all Of which are worth
losa - nofn.
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Collins Voltaic Plaster is q gentle and
constant electric battery closely and oontinu-
ously applied to the skin by tie adhesion Of
the Plaster, and ia capable at al times Of
sfording the most grateful relief in rheuma-
tism, neuralgia and ~sciatica.