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An Audience of One.

Quite a number of singular things
have occurred in Bucyrus, o., and we
have the following to offer rs M of
them: Several years ago the Fosters of
Pittsburgh were holding theatrical en-
tertainmcnts there, and during their stay
a novel incident occurred. Nj. Foster
was sitting in the hotel Illuminating in
all probability upon the full house he
was to have that night, when w. $
entered the room with a bill for the eve
Mug performance in his hand. care
YOU the manager of the theater," asked
w. S.. 81 am, sir" replied Foster.
"You are to play Richard III to-
night?' eyes, sir" "Well, I nm and
always have been fond Of thcatricals, but
never had an opportunity of seeing
Richard I'LL" every well, sir, come
tonight" Unfortunately, I must 60
to Columbus tonight on the G.45 train.
Now, how much money would induce
your company to play Richard I'LL for
me this afternoon?" Foster, thinking
for a moment, replied that he would do
it for $50. "And what would you charge
extra for the Rough Diamond?' Eos.
ter replied $40. TO his surprise w.
S. counted out $35, and passed it
ovcr with the remark that he wanted the
performance to commence at two o'clock
sharp. Foster got the company together
and related the circumstance. The idea
of playing Richard" to an audience Of
one was excessively ridiculous, and SO
new i'll their experience that they all con-
sented Two o'clock came and W. s.
was on hand. Choosing al eligible po-
sition anil cooking his feet upon the back
Of the scat in front of him he waited for
the performance to begin. The bell
rang, up went the curtain and the play
commenced. Never did the actors do
better. They all exertcd themselves to
give their patron an entertainment fully
worth the price paid for it, and they
succeeded. W. S. ~applauded vigor-
ously at different points, and at times
demanding a repetition. At the close Of
the play, Richard Ill.," Mr.. Joseph
Il. F.mnin came before the curtain and
responded in a neat little speech. A
dance ana Il song followed, after which
the farce of the "Rough Diamond was
played. w. s. laughed, roared and
applaudcd, and left in time to take the
6.43 train.
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A Correspondent Attacked.

Jerome B. Stillson, special correspon-
dent of the New York Herald, tele-
graphcd the following to that paper
from Salt Lake City, Utah, under date Of
May 81:
Last Saturday evening, between ten
and eleven o'clock, !, who am acting
here rs your correspondent, was return
ing to my hotel alone in a buggy from a
drive. When four blocks east from the
Lion House I was fired upon by a mis-
creant who had posted himself behind q
tree about fifty feet away, on n cross
street. The speed of my horses doubt
less saved my life. Before I could turn
my assailant fled.
This attempt at assassination was sup
plemented by another holder one to-day.
While sitting alone in my room writing
a knock came at the door. 1t was opened
by a man strongly resembling the n
who had fired the pistol on the previous
night. He held his hat and n paper in
his left hand, and while bowling rested
his right hand on the bosom of his coat,
which was closely buttoned. He asked
my name. Being answered, he then OK
tended the paper, saying: "Hcre is al
affidavit which interests you"
He stood at a distance of some four
feet. Reaching out with my right hand
to receive the paper which he offered
with his left, he suddenly withdrew it;
at the same time he advanced, and pull
ing a short knife from his bosom struck
me a heavy blow on the left breast, say
ing: "Takc that, you -"
Unprcpared for such an assault, 1 was
knocked behind a table. The man in
stantly made his exit, supposing, no
doubt, that he had blood-atcned his vic
tim.
The point of the knife passed through
a portemonnaie and two photographs o
pasteboarl and glanced off from a sus-
pender buckle against which it struck
and which is badly bent by the blow.
Happily the only injury is a sore rib.
The man guilty o. these two assaults
has not been identified or ~apprehendcd.
The cause of them can only be c%onicc-
tured. 1t will certainly not be ascribed
by Mormon journals here to q member
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints.
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The Opening Scene of the War.

The review of the Russian troops at
Kischenetf on April q lasted nearly an
hour and was over at half-past eleven.
When the music ceased the soldiers took
off their caps and the great thrOng of
spectators on the hillside stood with
heads uncovered while the bishop of
Kischeneff recited q grand military mass.
4 murmur ran throughout the crowd =;
there was a dead silence for an instant !;
then a clear, strong voice broke the still
ness the bishop was reading the I'M
perial manifesto war with the Turk wa
being declared. Before the bishop had
finished reading the manifesto sobs were
heard, and people who were looking
about saw that the car was weeping like
q child and when they perceived low
much he was affected by it, there was
not n dry eye within the range of the
readers voice. Then there went up q
wild and universal shout-a shout of ex-
ultation, of triumph and of relief as
though a great weight of suspense were
lifted from the heart of the multitude.
1t spread through the army, and was
taken up by. the crowd outside and re-
pea ed over and overagain until the very
sky was full of it. The soldiers tossed
their caps high in the air and caught
them on their bayOncts and twirled them
round,and round shouting and yelling as
though they would burst their threats.
When silence was restored the bishop
addressed the army, the order of the
Grand Duke Nicholas wa read to every
battalion, squadron and battery, and
without Il moments pause a portion of
the army set out for the frontier, while
the rest made rapid preparations for the
march. This was the opening scene of
the war, as described by 4 correspondent
of the London Nctcs.
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Fitting Shadows.

While half a dozen persons were roll
ing along in a Michigan avenu car
yesterday a man leaned across the aisle
and said to another:
excuse me, but didn't a big bug
crawl down behind your collar"
Ooh Ouch! !" exclaimed the other, as
he lcaped up and hauled of his coat.
He looked the garment all over, but
there was no bug to be seen.
"Perhaps it crawled down under
yourvcst," suggested the man.
Off came the vest, and it was closely
inspected without making any discover
les. The attentive stranger then made
the victim turn around two or three
times to see if the bug was not hidden
under his ~suspenders, and when q
thorough search had been made the
stranger sat down and said:
"It was probably n shadow fitting
across yoar collar, but I felt sure it was
a bug. You can put on your coat and
vest again"
The more the victim thought about it
the madden he got, but before he put on
his coat the other man left the car and
slid down Twelfth street as if he had
grease on his heels.--Dctroit Free Press.
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An Interesting Relic.

There will shortly be offered for sale
at Lancaster, England, NJ article of
great interest to the American nation.
Mr.. Jos. Sly, of the Kings Arms and
Royal Hotel, Lancaster, has for many
years devoted himself to the collec-
ton of rare and valuable pieces of
furniture and antiquities of various
kinds, and among his collection which
he offers for sale, is one of the three
clocks invented by DR.. Benjamin Frank
lin, of Philadelphia. This clock strikes
the hour, and has only three wheels, and
on many occasions Mr.. Sly has received
tempting offers to part with it. The
dial is arranged to mark the time on the
system of the land watches in days gone
by. On the face is the inscription !:
CDR. Benjamin Franklin, Philadelphia.
Inventor" It is one of the three clocks
invented by DIR. Franklin; the others
are in the possession of the relatives of
the late Rev. George Whitefield, who,
along with Dr.. Franklin, conceived the
idea of making a clock, for which pur-
pose tho former found the money for
carrying out the invention.
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A Four Mile Race with q Fish,

The Mountain Pleasant Qnl.) Jourma
has the following: Fifty Dougherty is
the boss on fish. Last Monday night
while fishing at Oakland, something, he
didn't know what, took hold Of his hook.
1t gave q terrible pull. 1t "yanked 3"
Fifty from his place on the bank, and
started toward Webster's mills, dragging
the boy along with him. He had no
time to call Oh his comrade for assistance,
for the something" was carrying him
down the river about twelve knots an
hour. He stuck to it for four miles,
when the monster that was hauling him
let up, and near Webster's, by the as
sistance Of some parties who were there
fishing, he succeeded in landing a cat
fish weighing thirty-six pounds. Its
length was four feet, and across the
head it measured ten inches.
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AN ILLINOIS TOWN DESTROYED.
A Tornado Crushing Houses Like Nut.Shells
Terrible Loss of Life and Destruction of

ATOrnndo Crushing Houses Like Nut.Shells
Terrible Loss of Life and Destruction of
Property.
The following description is given Of
the storm of wind and rain which passed
over Mount Carmel, ILL.,, leaving a track
of devastation and death. Over twenty
persons lost their lives, and the destruc-
ton of property was immense. 1t was q
rainy day ; farmers couldno work in the
fields, and consequently the town was
full of country people. The session of
the county commissioners court also
brought many to town.
Men, women and children were blown
to a distance of 400 feet, rs if they were
feathers. The best part of the town is
destroyed. Not less than seventy fami-
lies are houseless and homeless, and
much distress is anticipated. The ap-
pearancc of the town cannot be described.
Two converging lines of devastation
provo that the tornado partook largely
of the character of a cyclone. The first
wreck was q frame farmhouse, which
was blown out at the sides, letting the
roof down upon the TO Lndation. Thence
the wind sweptover a small strip Of tim
Der, and was met by a commencement
of wind from the west which did no seri-
Gus damage, except to fences, II its
course. These currents met on Fourth
street, below Main street, in Mount Car
mel, with a force which is described to
have rescmbled tho crash of timber or
the tapping of sails, and in the space of
a few seconds the air was filled with the
dcbris of q hundred dwellings, public
buildings and business houses. Some of
the wreck was carried a distance of a mile.
The principal force of the storm was
spent on the line Of Fourth street, run
ming southeast to the woods west of the
river, where the wind was again raised
from the earth. Half o square above
Main street, on Fourth street, the furi-
ous eddying Of the storm carried the
Methodist church steeple in the opposite
direction, landing it 300 feet away in
front of a saloon. The bell was dropped
in the middle of a street near by.
Alittle boy who was coming from school
below Main street was lifted above the
houses and landed unhurt at his house,
half a mile south. Flo said he passed
over the church steeple MS it went the
other way.
The fury of the storm was spent in the
business portion of the town. In some
cases buildings were only unroofed, but
the demolition of other houses was CON-
plete. The Presbyterian church is RACED
to the ground. The loss OF property by
storm and fire is estimated at $500, 600.
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Dead Far From His Home.

A Washington paper of a late issue
says: "a young Japanese student
named Ichiku Kanroku died in George
town yesterday morning. He came to
this country in March, 1876, with his
uncle, General Saigo, the chief commits
sioner from Japan to the Centennial Ex-
hibition. Intending to enter the Naval
Academy at Annapolis, he was placed in
n preparatory school at East Hampton,
Mass. where he remained until Novem-
Der last, when, on account of impaired
health, lie came to Washington to recruit
his strength. he resided with the Japa-
nesc minister, Mr.. Yoslida, who took
the most tender care OF him, and had
some difficulty in preventing the am
bilious youth from o~vertaxing his physl-
cal energies by study. About two months
ago it was thought that his removal to
Georgetown would be beneficial, and the
Rev. Dr.. P. H. Sweet and wife were in
duced to take him in their quiet family.
Shortly aftcrward his condition be-
came alarming, and the best physicians
we're called in, when it was found that
he had the consumption, and ut the age of
twenty-one yearSEe diea,as above stated,
Mr.. Yoshida and several japanese friends
having been present at the closing scene.
He was q young man of the purest and
most refined character, and rs a student
OF mathematics he stood in the front
rank. DR.. Sweet says that he had never
known his equal in that particular. He
died without any suffering and i'll perfect
peace, retaining his reason to the last
moment, and his last words were :
Beautiful tree-mym mother p Not wen
in death could he forget his tilial piety.
That mother, when she hears the sad
news in her far-oif home will find conso-
lation in the thought that her boy was
happy in his death, and that the attcn-
tons he received from Mrs. Sweet dur
ing his ~protracted illness were all that n
mother could desire. His remains will
be buried in Oak Hill cemetery"
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A Lesson for the Times.

Few persons properly estimate the diff
ference between q high and low rate OF
interest, and therefore often borrow
money at ruinous rates that no lcgiti-
mate business can stand. But few have
figured on the difference between six and
eight per cent. One dollar loaned for
100 years at six per cent, with the inter
est collected annually and added to the
principal, will amount to $40. At eight
per cent. it amounts to 50, 203, on nearly
seven times as much. At thrccpercc cent,
the usual rate of interest in England, it
amounts to $19.25, whereas at ten per
cent, the usual rate in the United States,
it is $13, 800, OR nearly Il thousand
times as much. At twelve per cent. it
amounts to $S4, OTIS, or more than fouc
thousand times as much. At eighteen
per cent. it amounts to SIS, 4 5,007, and
at twenty-four per cent. (Which VIC some
times hear talked of it reaches the
enormous sum of 50, 551, 799, 404, or more
than the State of Ohio is worth.
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How They Used to nm the Business Twenty
Centuries Ago..

Centuries Ago.
The first Roman journal, published
over 1000 years ago, appeared only once
Il year. This paper. intended to be read
by the public, was known by the title
Ianalcs Ma1ims. The editor of this
paper was the "Pontifex Maximus,""
whose duty it was to chronicle all the
important events of the year. The news
was written on white wooden tablets and
attached to the residence of citizens. 1t
must have been q curious sight to see
the old Romans crowding around these
tablets to get n glance at the latest new
But the thirst after knowledge and the
curiosity Of the people grew rapidly and
in such a measure that the government,
the only issuer of a journal, found itself
obliged to issue d daily. tits interesting
to know that some of these journals,
having reached the age of 2,O4 years,
are still in existence. The name of the
first daily Journal IA Acia Populi
Romani Diurni. 1t appeared daily,
either as "Album," 1. c., the tablet hung
out in public, or the contents were writ
ten with red chalk on the walls of
Illc HOUSES. Lie COltcLto VI lllS JoNl ut1
comprised what would be classed rs daily
news in our modern papers. Doubtless
it would interest some of Il readers to
peruse Il verbal translation from the old
est journal extant, issued 16S years before
the birth of Christ: "Consul Sicinius
was the acting Judge to-day. There was
4 heavy thunder storm, and the lightning
split an oak at the foot of the hills of
Veil. In a hostelry 1T the foot Of the Hill
of Janus there was a fight in which the
landlord was badly wounded. Sicinlus
punished some butchers on account of
their selling meat which had not been
inspected. The money thus paid vas
used to erect a chapel to the Goddess
Levcrca. The broker Ausidius hedfrom
town to-day, taking money with him be-
longing to other people. He was caught
and had to refund the money. The brig
and Demiphon, who was captured by
Officer Nerva, has been crucifed to-day
1t must be of interest to journalists to
know that julius Cesar, the greatest of
all Romans, paid special attention to
journalism. He saw the necessity of in
structing the peoplein everything occur
ring in the State, and we find this quota
ton in Suetonius: "Julius Caesar. as
soon as he had entered his public office,
caused not only to be written but also
spread among the people, proceedings of
the Senate" This was the first political
paper, and, as it contained news about
buildings, births, deaths, executions and
anecdotes, it can be likened very much
to our modern papers. 1t seems incrcdi-
BILE, but it can be proved, already in the
olden times there were stenographers
who took down the speeches made i'll the
Senate or in public. They were called
"notarii," and we find q place in Sue
tonius where Augustus is angry because
the stenographers reported the speech of
Caesar for Mettullus in a very imperfect
manner.
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CbcerfuInc.. tho On.spring of Health.

That cquablc state Of tho mind which is I'M
ruflcd by tritiing Incidents, and looks on the
sunny side of things in general, is the result of
a healthful state of the brain and stomach.
The d~yspcptic and nervous invalid may-al-
though this is rare indecd-feign cheerfulncss,
and may bear the harrassing symptoms which
persccutc him with an assumption Of heroic
Indifference, but in reality he is the victim Of
dependency. To experience genuine cheer
its lost tone, the thinking organ its normal
quietudc. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters are the
best remedy for mental depression, since they
overcome the nervous debility and indigestion
which originate and foster it. Persons suffer-
ing from infrmities peculiarly incident to the
decline of life, ladies in delicate health, and
convalescents, derive solace and vigor from its
use. Drive away the blues and revive the droop-
ing energies with this grand stimulative tonic.
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Peruvian Syrup!
Peruvian Syrup!
Ernno q Marahont
From q Merchant.

NORTH SEAHsMoST. Me-, Sept. Q, 1870.
Dear Sir-It gives me very great pleasure to inform
you OF the benefit received from the use of PERUVIAN
in my own family. NJ wife. for the past ten
years, has been in feeble hcalth-veryI much debilitated
generally. Last spring shc concluded to try n bottle OF
PERUVIAN SYRUP. and WAS 80 we'll pleased with
the result continued its use until three or fonr bottles
had been, used, and she is now in better health than at
any time for ten years, and has increased in weight from
ITO pounds to la516. have employed physicians, and
used a great variety of patent medicines, to the extent
benefit from the PERUVIAN SYRUP than all the rest
together.
My sales OIL tho Syrup are very large and constantly
increasing and ! do not hesitate to recommend and even
warrant it TO give satisfaction. II you desire. you are Mt
liberty to uso this communication as you see fit. rs it
gives me pleasure to recommend so good IN article to
suffering humanity. Yours truly.
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OH the Sound steamer Massachusetts. He had
shot himself. 80. Lydia Sherman, the poisoner,
who escaped from the Connecticut State prison
n short time ago, was captured in Providence,
II. I..... George W. Uhler, a wealthy mer-
chant of Brooklyn, committed suicide while
laboring under depression OF spirits......A
large meeting in favor of rapid transit was held
i'm New York.
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AFTER all experience of over twenty
five years, many leading physicians acknowl-
edge that the Graeenbe'g MarshoNs Uterine
Catholicon is tho only known certain remedy
for diseases to which women are subject. Tho
Graefcnbcrg Vegetable Pills, the most popular
remedy Of the day for biliousness, headache,
liver complaint and diseases of digestion. Sold
by all druggists. Send for almanacs. Gracfen-
berg Co., New York.
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nF,gnI NF rs 7 shot $500, 70 styles. III. CIT. free.
H6HUkHE hwEsTEBN GUN WORKS, Chicago. III.

" EEP'S SIIIRTS-cnly one quality-The Bast.
N. Keeps Patent Partly made Dress SHIRTS
Can be finished ns easy rs hcnIminR Il handkerchief.
The very best, six for $500.
Keeps Custom Shirts-made to measure,
The very best. six for 5000.
An elegant set Of genuine Gold plate Collar and
Sleeve Buttons given with each half doz. Keeps Shirts
Keep's Shirts are delivered FREE on receipt of prico
In any part of the Union-no express charges to pay.
Samples with full directions for self-mensurcmcnt
Sent Free to any address. No stamp required,
Deal directly with tho Manufacturer and get Bot nm
Prices. Keen Manufacturing Co., {: Mercer St, NY
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Dyspcpsin---Whnt 1t Is, and How to Cure It,

First the stomach don't work right, then
comes bad feeling after eating, fatulency, head
ache, dullne.s and melancholy, sometimes
nausea and vomiting. The liver soop becomes
torpid, then biliousness, constipation or possibly
diarrhea, follows. Then comes the kidney af-
f%cctions, with pain in the back and more or less
rheumatism or neuralgia !; finally the nervous
system becomes affected, aggravating all these
and adding other symptoms, until it is all aches,
pains, weakness, d~ullness, irritability, bad tenn
per and n miserable feeling throughout. A
simple, pleasant and cheap remedy for all this
is Van Buskirk's Invigorant, only SO cents.
Druggists sell it. Van Bnskirk Il Co., proprle-
tors. 19 Yesey St., Now York.
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PIensc Benr 1t in Mind

PIensc Benr 1t in Mind =,
that if your grocer docs not have, and will not
get, Dooley's Yeast Powder for you, you can
send 20 cents for quarter, IS cents for half, or
60 cents for one pound can, direct to Doolcy d
Brother, New York, and you will receive it by
return of mail. Always use it for the delicious
Viennn rolls.
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nnIiuhfCuIIy cOuI.

Travellers visiting New York during the en-
tr, me,y warm weather, who were fortunate
enough to stop at, that superb among the best
hotels, the Grand Central. speak in the highest
praise Of its wide, commodious. halls, and
spacious, airy chambers. 1t is said to be the
coolest, as in other things the best, house in
New 70 k.
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A potato bug crawlcd out of his hole on a re-
cent fine morning and mounted a fence post to
sun himself. Piously and pensively he sat
there, and as he complacently watched the
farmer at his potato planting, he ever and anon
caroled thus. as if in mockery: "What shall
the harvest be ?"
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I sell more of Hatch's Universal Cough Syrup
than of all other similar preparations. I have
sold it for about six years, and my customers
would certainly not continue to buy it If it were
not q valuable remedy.
G. C. HIGGINS, Friendship, All. Co., N. Y.