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Judged by the results. That very night
doctor came to the widows cot, and
with him came a nurse who was to re-
main. On the next day large sum OF
money, and many articles of comfort,
were sent in. Ere long Paul was taken
into the family of wealthy mechanic as
an adopted son; and ere the SHOWS OF
winter were gone the widowed mother
was well again, and was gladly taken
into the same family with her son, where
she passed the bappiest hours of her
woman's life.
1t is a simple story, but where will
you find braver boy than was Paul
Lavere? Think you he was brave when
he faced those two men for his mother
protection So he was. But that re-
quired not a moiety of the stern, calm
herOism, which sent him, pale, feeble
boy, into that sacred temple; there to
face the multitude, and, in defiance of all
precedent, to pour cut the story of his
mothers's sufferings. But his soul was
strong with filial love, and he conquered.
People honored him for this strange in
dependence, and as he grew up a noble,
steady, virtuous youth and man, he was
respected by all who knew him. Yet the
smile and the loving embrace of his
mother, with her fearful blessings upon
him, were by far the dearest return he
met for his work.
OF Mr.. Notworth we will only say he
died unwept and unmourned, and a
spendthrift son quickly squandered his
property.
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The Turkish Troops on the Danube

al do not wish," writes a correspond
ent to the London Telegraph from Rust
chuk, " to boast of our troops here; their
fighting hereafter will tell its own tale ::
but l may remark that those who believe
them to be emaciated, ragged, and miser-
able, are terribly deceived. / am aware
that it is the fashion to imagine them
underfed and ill-clothed; that it is popu-
larly supposed that the Turkish soldier
lives like Bushman--upon what he can
grub up from the ground, and that, if
ever he gets full meal, it is after having
gone on for long time with very poor
meals indeed. But let me give you an
idea of how they are kept. l will take the
amount of food served on the last night
for to-day's rations to the battalions of
infantry here. There were 55, 900 pounds
of bread, $1,000 pounds OF meat, $500
pounds of rice, 700 pounds of butter,
and 5, 200 such like delicacies. To every
horse, too, was served out 8 pounds of
barley and II pounds of hay, and this,
he it remembered, was no extraordinary
ration. The fact is that for the present
we have plenty and to spare, though how
long it will last is of course not for me to
say. All / wish to remark is that at
this moment we are in excellent fighting
trim, and if we have no vodka to wash
down the excellent bread which is served
out, it is because the Turks are teetota-
lers of the strictest sort, and need no
stimulant to make them fight well.
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VOL. XIII. NO. 9,

his horse, and it appears, a real pride in
his profession.
There are DO studs as in Russia for the
supply of horses to the cavalry. Each
regiment has remOunt officer, who has
the duty of buying young horses and OF
taking charge of the remount depot,
where thirty-six men Of the regiment are
stationed to look after the youngsters.
The remount officer buys horses between
| the ages of one and three years. He
has all Russia to select from; but the
horses for the most part are brought by
owners and dealers to the depots, which
are located chiefly in the governments of
Tambof and Narousin on the Nolga,
since in these governments horses suited
for cavalry purposes are more plentiful
than in other parts of Russia. The limit
of price permitted 10 the remount officers
is 133 rOubles for horses destined for the
cavalry of the line for the liberal impe-
| rial guards the limit rose to 300 rOu-
bles. AT the age of four the young
horses, which have previously been
| handled but not broken in, are drafted
into the reserve squadron, where they
remain for year, during which time
| they are broken in; and at the age of
| five join the re9iment and service. A
horse is supposed to last seven years from
the date of his joining the regiment, 80
that the remOunt officer has to furnish
young horses nearly to the amount OF
one seventh of the total service strength.
The reserve squadron in peace time is
about one hundred strong, but in war
time it is increased to twice or thrice
this strength to meet drafts made upon
it to supply vacancies of men and horses
~ la ffaI Irtr 10
who come from all parts of Russia, but
are chiefly drawn from little Russia, the
people of which are extremely good
hOrse-masters and fond of riding, are sent
direct to their respective regiments, and
are considered fit to be dismissed from
recruit drill in three months. Formerly
the period of training was nine months,
but now they work harder, it seems, and
are sent to duty sooner. | think man
is likelier to be a good duty-soldier at
the end of nine months fair training
than at the end of three months forcing
but then it appears tuition is sedulOusly
kept up after the dragoon is sent into the
ranks, and the accelerated training is of
course a desideratum in war, or when it
is desired quickly to increase the strength
of the army. The cavalry soldiers term
of active service is nominally ten years,
with five years in the reserve; but in
practice he is sent home after having
served four or five years, with liability to
be called from this long furlough at
days notice. Non-commissioned officers
may 90 down or remain with the regi-
ment at their option; if they engage for
a second term of service they receive
additional pay. Private soldiers are not
allowed to re-engage.
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American Volcanoes.

Since we now have an active volcano
in the United States, the subterranean
disturbances of our neighbOrs will begin
to be of some interest to us. Many of
the Mexican volcanoes have been silent
ever since the discovery of America, and
others are on record as having famed
out for the last time shortly after the
Spanish invasion. Among those that
have been the longest quiet was the
mountain CebOruco; but in 1870 it broke
forth after sleep of centuries. 1t has
been noticed that earthquakes, formerly
frequent in its vicinity, have not taken
place since it's last eruption, and there Is
a notion that the vent given by the
volcano has served as a relief TO pent up
gases and materials that otherwise would
have caused disturbance. If this theory
holds good, California may be saved from
another earth-shaking by the activity Of
the vet unnamed volcano in her south
western corner. The eruption is said TO
have taken place. about sixty miles
north of Yuma. That place always had
a queer reputation. There is a story Of
the ghost of dead soldier being interrO-
gated by the spirit-rapping process as to
whether his present abode was hot
eyes" was the reply, otis awful hot;
but it isn't any hotter than Fort Yuma.
-NeJr YOrE Tribune.
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Alcoholic AnmstIIesia.

Some interesting experiments made in
Germany in the production OflOcal an@,
thesia, show that if the hand be immersed
for short time in ice-water, severe Tain
is caused, but that no such pain Is pro-
duced on immersing the hand in the cold
alcohol, not even when the temperature
of the alcohol is as low as five degrees
cent. Glycerine was found to possess a
similar property. Either occasioned
pain, and quicksilver more acute pain
still, causing the speedy withdrawal of
the finger when plunged into this liquid
at temperature OF three degrees. 1t was
next ascertained that, on the finger being
held for long time in alcohol having a
temperature Of five degrees cent, no
pain was experienced, and. although the
finger perceived the faintest touch, sharp
pricks gave no pain. This seems to show
that the application OF cold alcohol, one
OF the most simple as well as safest pro
cesses, has the effect of depriving the
part OF the special sensibility to pam
without, however, mpairing the deilcacy
of the general tactile sensation when az
is we'll known, resides in the superficial
integument.
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SUMNER.

Lo! lazy Summer, swarthy, in the sun
Lies painting, with bare breasts, upon the hills,
Swathing her limbs in hazes warm ana dun,
Where splendors into dusky splendors run
And sultry glory all the heaven O'eTfiIls.
Not a white dimple stirs amid the corn,
Not a low nipple shivers through the leaves
Since wrapped in gold and crimson gleams unshern
Came flashing through the east, the regal morn:
No thrOated twitterings gurgle round the caves.
Flooded in sunny silence sleep the kline;
In languid murmurs brooklets float and flow;
The quaint farm gables in the rich light shine,
And round them jasmined honeysuckles twine,
And close beside them suuflowers burn and blow
Amid the growing heat lie me down,
And into visions swarms the NOTED air;
Cleans up before me many famous town,
Pilared and crested with regal crown
Outshimmering in an orient purple glare.
Lo! lowly Tadmore burning in its sands
Baalb:ck and Babylon see slow streams
Giiing by mosque ana minaret-see CLEANS
of seas in sunset-slips of strands
And drowsy Bagdad buried deep in dreams;
See swarthy monarchs flushed in purple rings
OF silken courtiers: through hali-open doors
c. itch the spice OdOrs, snd cool OF Springs
leaving forever in maze OF wings;
See light forms dancing over pearly floors;
Sleeping seraglio's s5ire and tremulous dome
Winking in drowsy splendoT all the day.
See forest haunts where thick the lions roam,
See thirsty panthers splashed in bloedy foam,
Leap terrible as lightnings on their prey.
Or stand with COrteZ on mountain peak
Above the Aztec city-see unrOlled
Gem-threaded shores of MOntezuma weak,
See the white temples swarmiug thick and sleek
And sunny streets stretched up by towers Of gold;
See sIlken sails float by, ambrosial
Laden with spices, up Persian geH;
Or stand on Lebanon, mid cedars tall,
Or hear the soft aud silver fall
Of water down jut of Darien.
But lol a waking shiver in the trees,
And voices mid the hay-cOcks in the glen;
The sun is setting; aud the crimson seas
Are shaKNn into splendOr by the breeze,
And all the busy world is up again
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Mt. PLEASANT, TENN.
Great Hebrew Bankers and the Silver
Question.

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Graphic outlines new and
curious theory broached in Washington.
He says:
A combination to depreciate silver has
been projected by the great Jew bankers
of the world. These people have studied
the whole question of currency in a very
practical way, and understand it not only
much better that the community at
large, but better also than the Christians
associated with them in business. They
realize that the demonetization Of silver
means an era Of low prices. In other
words, the artificial enhancement of the
price of gold reduces the measure of
prices all over the world. BY their di-
Scandinavian states, Germany, and the
ceeded in partially demonetizing silver.
The low price which has resulted, and
the destruction to the trade of the world,
they have taken advantage of in the
purchase of all manner of staple proper
ty. When they have secured enough
they will again become converts to the
desirability Of using silver, which will be
remonetized all over the world, where
upon prices will rise, and these gigantic
operators expect to sell out at extrava-
gantly high prices. These rich Jewish
capitalists find it necessary to influence
only few people in each administration.
As bankers they have direct access to
secretaries and treasures and finance
ministers, and the people who manipulate
the press of the world. Upon various
plausible pretexts they get laws passed
demonetizing silver; which being effected,
they take advantage of the ruinous fall
in prices which occurs all over the world.
From this they know there will be a re-
action in favor of the two metals; and
they will profit, by the addition in the
market value of what they bought at
low figures, and sell out. 1t will be
noticed that the Syndicate represents an
immense Jewish interest, who have been
the most active monOmetalistt since the
beginning of the controversy.
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SYMPTOMS oF WORMS.


THE Ecountenanceis paleand leaden-
Acolored, with occasional flushcs, or
a circumscribed spot on one or both
cheeks the eyes become dull the pu
pills dilate an azure semicircle runs
along the lower eyelid; the nose is ir-
ritated, swells, and sometimes bleedS
swelling gothic upper lip occasional
headache, with humming or throb-
bing of the ears ; an unusual secretion
of saliva; Shiny or furred tongue;
breath very foul, particularly in the
morning; appetite variable, some
times voracious, with a gnawing SEN
sation ofthe stomach, at others, entire
lygone fleeting painsin the stomach;
occasional nausea and vomiting vio-
lent pains throughout the abdomen;
bowels irregular, at times costivc;
stools Shiny not unfrequently tinged
with blood; belly swollen and hard;
urine turbid respiration occasionally
difficult, and accompanied by hic-
cough cough sometimes dry and con-
vulsive; uneasy and disturbed sleep,
with grinding of the teeth temper
variable, but generally irritable, &c.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
DIR. G. MCLANE'S VERNIIFUGE
will certainly effect cure.
1T DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
III any form it is an innocent prepara-
ton, not capable Of doing tie slight
est injury to the most tender infant.
The genuine DIR. McLANE's YER
MITUGE bears the signatures of G.
MCLANE and FLEMING Bros. on the
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1877-07-27

The grand chancellor of the legion Of
honor has had list drawn up of the
members belonging TO the legion on the
first day of this year. At the date there
were 70 wearers Of the grand cross, 267
grand officers, ! ,3l7 commanders, 6,431
officers, and u ,l2O chevalicrs or COM
panions, i'm all ~, pos members. A GER
tain number Of these are in receipt Of
annual pay; II wearers Of the grand
cross receive 5000 each, or S21 900 lS5
grand officers receive $I0O each, or ST.
600; 932 commanders receive 5000, or
$1S62OO; 6 officers receive $500 each, or
81 200 4Sl7 officers receive 500 each,
or S4S1 700; 146 cnevalicrs receive $40
each, or SlO,22O, and 1888 chevalierH
receive $50 each, or Tf,49I,GjO. Thus
there are in all 3G,O2O members of the
legion who receive annual pay of 10 the
amount Of 81 272, 40; while there are
%, 1SS civilian members who receive
nothing as pay is only granted to those
who have served in the army or navy.
The law pissed five years ago to the effect
that only one nomination should be
made for every two vacancies has already
began to take effect, for on the lst Of
March, 1872, there were I3 wearers Of
the grand cross as against 40 now; BOZ
grand officers as against 2bI 4; l,58I com
manders as against ,3l7 S,S76 officers as
against G,434, and So. .33j cheyaliers as
against 81 ,12O. The total number Of
members at that date was 90, l76, so that
the extinctions have exceeded the nomi-
nations by 1860 during the five years.
Since the downfall of the empire the
increase in the number Of members has,
however, been very considerable, for be-
tween the publication of n decree by the
government of national defense for the
exclusion of civilians, and July, 1873,
there were nominated IS grand crosses,
II grand officers, 800 commanders, 2,1l6
officers, and 1870 chevaliers. The
military medal, which is confined TO non
commissioned officers and privates, is
worn by 50, 900 persons, and entails an
annual expenditure of 81 100000.
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Aliens Liver Pills.

Pei fectly tasteless, elegantly coated. For the
of all disorders of the Stomach, Liver, Bowels
Kidneys, Bladder Nervous Diseases Headache,
Constipation, CnstiveneSs, Indigestion. Dyspepsia,
and all Bilious Diseases, such Constipation, In
ward Piles Fulfness of Blood to the Head, Acidity
of the Stomach, Nausea Heartburn, Disgust for
Food. Fullness or Weight in the Stomach, Sour
Eructations, Sinking Futtering at the Pit of the
Stomach, Swimming of the Head, Hurried and Dlf-
icult Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart, Choking
or Suffocating Sensations when in a lying posture
Dimness of Vision, Dots or Webs before the Sight
Fever or dull pain in the Head, Difficulty of Per-
spirPtion, Yellowness of the skin and Eyes Pain in
the Side Chest, Limbs, and Sudden Flushes sf
Heat Burning of the Flesh, etc.
Aliens LirPr Pills may always be relied
on ns safe and effectual remedy, and may be taken
bv both sexes at ali times with beneficial results.
Bv their use the weak made strong Distress
after eating, inward Weakness LanCuOr, Want Of
Appetite are at once removed by dose or two OF
these Pills. Thousands of persons who have used
these Pills we have vet to hear the hrst com plaint
from one who has tried them. They always give
II
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Engineering Moving Water.

We have some idea of the amount of
water that must pass through corn
plant, a wheat plant and cotton plant,
to organize pound of each of these i'm
portant staples; and we regard with
lively interest the waterworks with which
cities are supplied with water as throws
ing light on agricultural engineering and
the future supply Of fertilizers to the
country. An enormous engineering
work is in progress to supply Baltimore
with water, the present supply being
bad in quality and Inadequate in guam
tity.
The new source is the GunpOwder river,
nine miles from the city, and the water
is to be brought through a tunnel seven
miles long, cut through a mountain. This
will be the longest tunnel in America,
circular in shape. and twelve feet in dia-
meter. Five miles of the distance is
very hard rock, and the drilling is done
by manual labor, power drills being i'm
practicable i'll such small space. The
rest of the way will he bricked. Fifteen
shafts have been sunk. The cost is esti-
mated at $3,000,000, about 800 men
are employed, and the tunnel will pro-
badly be completed in three years. The
employees are mainly negroes, who live in
miserable log cabins; and the contractor
says that his greatest difficulty is not of
an engineering kind, but comes from
drunkenness among these men. Liquor
dealers infest the temporary villages with
portable bars. and sell vile whisky so
cheap that the laborers buy extensively.
Few have any conception what moving
water will do in this country in three
generations from this time. If congress
will do nothing else for agriculture, it
ought at least to establish one institution
to teach agricultural engineering as
thoroughly to 300 pupils as military
science is taught at West Point. We do
not object to the scientific education of
cadets and military officers, but we do
affirm that engineering skill applied to
irrigation will be quite as useful to man
kind as il can be in war. Educated Off
GERS often make superior farmers, and
one of the greatest lawyers in the city of
New York is doing a creditable work by
improving old fields in Virginia. When
shall we learn that knowledge is power?
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ALIENS LIVER PILLS

Regulate the organs Of the system, restoring func
tOnal harmony and securing the secretion OF the
proper constituents of each organ BY their action
the liver secretes its allotted proportion of hiethe
lungs carbon, the skin sweat the kidneys urine
etc, and are always reliable purgaIive.
The aged, and persons subjected TO Constipation
Paralysis, and Weakness of the Bowels, Kidneys
and Bladder, ETC. that have resort to Injections
by taking two or three Of Allen't Liver Pills. will
enjoy natural discharges, and by the occasional use
of them have regular operations. In these cases
their strengthening and nutritious principles are
exhibited every dose will add new strength to the
Bowels, Liver, Kidneys, etc, that may be worn or
dep!eted by age.
In these Pills, a want that science has ever failed
TO supply is secured and this is a thorough purga-
tive that be given in safety in OF eruptive
fevers as Smallpox, Erysipess, Yellow Fever
scarlet and Typhoid Fevers. When the Mucous
Membrane becomes liberated these Pills act thor
oughIy vet heal liberated and eNcoTiated parts.
They are made from ext acts-trOm new ingredients
entirely vegetable, superior IN every respect to the
ordinary powders and substances OF the common
advertised Pills, and have safe, certain aud uni
form action.
Price 25 cents box, SIX boxes for Sl.25. II
your druggist or store-keepsr does not have them,
Fs will forward half dozyn boxes to any address
on receipt OF the price. Prepared only by
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ALIENS Pile OINTMENT,
THE ORIGINAL IND GENIINF2
PREPARATION.

The reputation OF this Medicine Is now well es-
tabliShed that liberal minded men in tie medical
profession throughout the Union recommend il 10
their patients the very best Of all remedies for
Piles. Huudrcds of the most painful cases of Piles
have been cured by its use in a very short time.
No medicine has ever obtained higher or more
deserving reputation than Aliens Pile Ointment.
Aliens Pile Ointment is remedy of universal
usefulness whenever oil ccrate salve ointment or
embrOCation is required, in of Burns, Scalds,
BlisteTs Sprains, Bruises, AhTasons, Cuts, Ulcers,
Salt Rbeum, letter, Eczema, Ring Worm, Barber s
Itch, Frosted Limbs, Chilblains, Chapped skin,
Fever Blisters, Bed So e., sore Feet, BuniOns,
Vegetable Poisoning, Bites Of Insects etc.
There is no known remedy that gives such lasting
relief Allen Pile Ointment. 1t is a new, de-
lightful and wonderful remedy, designed and war
ranted to supersede all other Ontments yet dis
Aliens Pile Ointment is entirely different from
any other Ointment in the whole world perfectly
harmless for the infant aged il is cooling and
grateful To the burning brow, throhbing temples and
fever -parched system il will banish pain and alay
inflammation more rapidly than any curative COM
pound in this or in any other country.
Price so cents box, six boxes for 81 co. Ii
YOUR druggist store-keeper doe not have il, we
win forward half dozen TO any address receipt
of price,
Prepared only by
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Turkish Cavalry in 1928.

The horses, especially those of the
Asiatic Spahis, were small but fiery, well
broken, capable of enduring fatigue and
privations. The Kurdish and CappadO-
clan horses were accustomed to be pick.
eted, and TO bear the midday heat and
the midnight cold. They were only
watered once a day, and kept in condi-
ton without barley, when fed on the
coarest fodder. The light and easy
fitting palanu or saddle, made of felt, re-
mained on their backs day and night, 80
that the borseman was ready at any
moment 70 mount. The bit was very
severe for so well broken an animal, and
was intended TO stop the hOrse suddenly
in mid career, or TO wheel him round in
a moment. The bar of the bit was often
five or six inches long, and instead of the
curb-chain that was a ring. The round
shoe was admirably suited 10 its purpose.
The steel was forged cold was thin and
light, lasted five or six weeks, and pro-
tected the hoof admirably on stony
ground. Although thoy use no cruppers
the Turkish hor4eman rides down the
most precipitous places, covered with
brushwood or trees, at full gallop.- Rot-
,geIin IN 1S26--29.- Won MOlfbe.
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The Chicago Inter publishes it's
financial experience. 1t was established
in March, 1872, and during the rest OF
the year it lost S62, 2,57l75. In 1873 1t
lost S34 ,847; in 1874 there was a balance
of 500, $40 on the wrong side. In Octo-
Der, 1875, it was sold to new company.
but not until it had lost, in less than ten
,nontbs the sum OF SOL, ,116, and in the
rest of the year it added $l4,005, making
SS5 122 for the whole year. In 1875 the
loss was S59,5l3. This makes a total in
less than FIVE years of 1902, sos, in which
is not included by deterioration of ma
chinery and fixtures.