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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-12-21
Pears sometimes tho as il anything
'ud be better than the thinkin'.n

| Pears sometimes tho as il anything
'ud be better than the thinkin'."
Happily, it all came 10 an end one
afternoon. B.iee was at work on the
ditch again, preferripg the cheerful
companionship of Joel and Bert Fox to
bis own thoughts, and Mrs. Brandt
was alone in her kitchen. Two shad-
ows fell across the worn threshold, and
a weak, questioning voice brought the
good woman to her door instantly.
"Good day to you, ma'am. Is there
man named Brice livin' nigh here
anywhere?"
1t was a wcman's voice, a woman
with some bits of tawdry ornament
about her, and a round eyed boy cling
ing bashfully to her skirts.
Mrs. Brandt brought them into The
house, urging the stranger to rest a bit
and get her breath.
Thank you, ma'am; I'd like 70 be
movin' on. Do you know eff he's we'll
the man Bricel We're his wife an
boy"
The woman told her story presently,
when Mrs. Brandt had induced her to
wait until the men came home-told
it with no unnecessary words, and her
listener made no comment.
my brother come a week afore we
was leavin', and he helped us off and
come as far as Omaha. He'd done we'll
out in Nebraska, and he give me right
smart o. money when he left. / was
took sick on the road-I disremember
just where-and they left me at town
with woman named Dixon. She took
care of me. / was out of my head
long time, and when / come to | told
'em to write to Brice, and they writ,
and reckon they took the name of
the place from the ticket. / was weak
like fur long spell, and they KEEP
writin' and no word come, aud then i
recollected about the town-ie was Los
Angeles on the ticket-and then |
couldn't think of the place I'd sent the
letters to before, and the thinkin'
worried me. and the doctor said
mustn't try. So jest waited and when
l got to Los Angeles KEEP askin' tor
a man named Brandt, till one day
somebody said Brandt, B andt, pears
to me there's Brandt way over be-
yond the Mission And then it come
to me all at oncet that the place I'd
writ to was San Gabriel Mission. And
/ went there and they showed me your
house. Then a man give US a lift on
his team part of the way, and we
walked the rest. 1t didn't look very
fur, but they say mountains is deceiv
in. There's somethin kind q grand
about 'em, I reckon, it makes everF
thing pear sort O. small"
Mrs. Brandt told Joel about it that
evening.
81 just took the two of 'em up to the
shanty, and opened the door, and you'd
cried to see how pleased she was
with everything. Aud l told her to
kindle fire and l would fetch up a
bite of supper. And when I'd carried
it mp and left it, just come back and
stood on the step till saw Brice comm
home He was walkin' slow, as If his
feet was dead weight, and when he
took hold of the door he stopped a
minute, lookin' over the valley kind of
wishful and hopeless. | guess she
heard him come, for she opened the
door, and | turned around and come
in. Barbara Brandt says l, you've
seen your see. II God wants to look
at that 1 suppose he has right to; no..
body else has, that's certain"
MARGARET COLLIER GRAHAM.
November 13, 1877.
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A Card.

nifty at large for their kind and liberal pst-
ronage in the past, and hope by a strict and
careful attention TO the wants OF our cuSfom.
ers TO merit a continuance of the same. -
With the assistance of Mr.. E. ID. Snyder--
whose Diploma as graduate OF the PAfJs-
deiphia college OF Pharmacy. and .whose
large experienc as a prescription druggist
we feel assured in the statement that e.
curacy and despatch in dispensing .medi-
cines Will invariably be the rule. 60
SAM. HUBER.
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THE DEAD BEE.

Where honeysuckles scent the way,
1 heard thee humming yesterday;
Thy little life was not in vain.
1t gathered sweets for others gain,
And somewhere in dainty cell
L stored delicious hydromeL
o, poet in thy calm retreat,
FIR 1m JOY and grief extracting sweet,
Some day thy fancy's wings must fold
And thou lie motionless and cold,
Perhaps thy garnered honey then
May be the food of living men.
--F7etcherBdtes, ,ScTibner.
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A CARD.

To all " no are suffering nom the errors and
indiscretions Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss of manhood. .6c., will send
q recipe that Will cure you. FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was di scovered
By q mi i.sionary In South America Send q
% a tdrt s-ed envelope 10 the REV. JOSEPH
:. HxAx, Station ID, B'ote Hosse, Nss1 yovk
Ca 28
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THE firm heretofore existing under The
Il name of s. & j. NJ. Huber has this dey
been desolved by mutual consent. All Book
accounts and notes of the late firm pass int
the hands of j. N. Huber, who requests an
early settlement of the same. Books can be
found al the old place. - =
8. Huber, who will continue the business
at the old stand assumes the pay ment sf all
claims against the firm. sam. HUBER.
]. NJ HUBFE
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1 clasped hen tiny hand in mine; i
vowed to shield her from the wind, and
from the worlds cold storms. She set
her beauteous eye on me, and with her
little lips said she, "An umbrells viii
do a. WE'LL
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Ayers
Sarsaparilla

For Scrofula, and all
scrofulous diseases, ,Ery-
sipelas, Rose or st. An
thony's Fire, Eruptions
and Eruptive diseases
of the skin, Ulcerations
of the Liver, Stomach,
Kidneys, Lungs, Pim-
piles, Pustules, Boils,
Blotches, Tumors, Tet-
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Bank Of Discount, Circulate
Deposit and Exchause,
SANFORD'S
RADICAL Gu RE
For CATARRH,

INSTANTLY relieves and permanently y
Il cures this loathsome disease In All its va
rying stages II possesses the soothing and
healing properties OF plants, herbs and b3rk
in their essential form, free from every hb-
rous contamination. aud in this respect dill
fers from every other Enown remedy. In
one short year IL has found its way rom
the Atlantic 10 the Pacific coast, and wher-
ever known, has become lhe standard rem
edy for the treatment Of Catarrh. The pro
prletors have been waited upon by gentle
men of national reputation who have been
cured by this remedy, and who have, at con-
siderable expense and trouble. spread the
good news throughout the circles In which
they move. When you hear a wealthy gen.
tlemen of intelligence and refinement say
81 owe my life TO Sanfords Radical Cure, "
you may feel assured that Ii Is an article of
great value, and worthy to be classed among
the standard medicines of the day.
The benefit drive from Its daily use Is
to me Invaluable"
HENRY WELLS, of Wells, Fargo & Co.
at has cured me after twelve years OF Tn
interrupted suffering"
GEO. w. HOUGHT0N, Waltham.
Each pockage contains Sapford's Is Improved
Inhaling Tube, with full directions for use
in all cases Price 81 90 per package. For
sale by all wholesale and Retail Druggists
throughout the United States. WEEKS d
POTTER, General Agents and Wholesale
Druggists, Boston.
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F, w. FIRMIN,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON

OrFICE-on Main Street, over Baker q
tackhouse's Shoe Store.
RESIDENCE-On East HardiE street, 4tn
door East OF Presbyt- rian Church.
VIII respond promptly to calls in totgn
and country at all hours, and when not otn,
AT The office for consultation between the
hours OF A. NJ. and T. NJ. 10
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COLLINS '.
V0LTAIC
PLASTERS.

y Electro -Galvanic Battery, combined
n with the celebrated Aedicated Porous
Plaster, forming the grandest curative agent
in he world of medicine. and utterly sur
pas ing all other Plasters heretofore In use.
They accom- piish more in one week than the
old In a whole year. They do not palliate.
they CURB. Instant relief afforded III
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Paralysis, Cramps,
st. Vitus' Dance. Sclatica. Hip Com plants.
Spinal Affections, Nervous Pains and hri-
tations, Epilepsy CT Fits proceeding from
Shocks to the Nervous System, Ruptures
and Strains, Fractures, Bruises, ,Contusions,
Weak Muscles and Joints, Nervous and
Feeble Muscular Action. Great Soreness
and Pain in any part OF the Body, Weak
and Painful Kidneys, Great Tenderness OF
the Kidneys, and Weak and Lame Back
caused by Chronic Inflammation of the
Kidneys.
s, confident are the proprietors In the
great vaIue OF this Plaste over all other
PIasters that they do not hesitate to WAR
RANT IL to possess greater, far greater, cura-
tive properties than all others combined
while the price of each, viz. 25 cents, is
within the reach OF every sufferer In the lard d.
Insist, therefore, on aving what you call for.
Price, 25 cents. Sold by all Druggists.
Mailed on receipt of price, 25 cents for one
81 Is for six, or S225 for twelve, carefully
wrapped and warranted, by WEEKS POT
TEX. Proprietors, Boston, Mass.
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scherck,s Mandrake pills


will be found to possess those qualities neces
sary 10 the total e adication of all bilious
attacks, prompt 10 start the secretions of the
liver and give a healthy tome to the entire
system. Indeed, IL is no ordinary discovery
in medical science TO have invented a rem
edy for these stubborn complaints, which
develop all the results produced by here
to'ore Tree use of calomel, a mineral justly
dreaded by mankind, and acknowledged to
be destructive in the extreme to the human
system. That the properties of certain veg
etabIes comprise all the virtue of calomei
without its Injurious tendencies, is now an
admitted fact, rendered indisputable by
scientific researches; and those who use the
Mandrake Pills will be fully satisfied that the
best medicines are those provided by nature
in the com mon herbs anc roots of the field.
These Pills open the bowels and correct all
bilious arrangements without salvation OF
any of the injurious effects OF calomel OF
other poisons. The secretion of bile is pro
NOTED by these pills as will be seen by th'
altered colors of the stools, and disappearing
OF the swallow complexion and cleansing OF
the tongue
Ample directions for use accompany each
box OF pills. Prepared only by ]. II. Sch. nck
4 Son. at their principal Office, corner Sixth
and Arch Streets. Phi adelphia and for sa Il
by all druggists and dealers. Price 25 cent?
per box.
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Parents cannot be too careful in
guarding the health of their Babies.
Only q good and reliable medicine
should be given them DR.. Bulls
Baby Syrup is known not to contain
anything injurioua Price IS cents.
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COUNTY OFFICERS.

COUNTY OFFICERS.
t,zlDsoss Pleas Judge James Piilan.
auditor George b. Mosher.
OeTk of Courts Scott W. Preole-
TTedJureT- Peter Hosier.
RscoTder-Paul kemerer.
Probate judge -Samuei 3. Huffman.
Sherf1-Parlee c. Tritch.
Proseclttng Aaorney Henry Erown'
C0r0ner-D. r. Cline. n
Cona n,,sstoueTs- Ross W. Moore, JOh
bishop and John Edgington. n,
fa,Tnt1rV 0frectors-CampDeII Byal. Il. N.
Watson, and j. X. Bushong.
,sch gIE1a nstaers-W. I. Plat, K hSElh-
srIand, and Doriias MartZ-
TOWNSHIP OFFtC ERS.
T,.stess-SamueI Howard, John Larkies
and Job Chamberlin.
Igerk-Henry Ii. Louthan.
Tredsurer-Hugh Newell p.t,ar,
Juslices-D. q. Beandsiey and .. A. baiiaro.
Oonsfobles-Joe Markle and J. A. byAl'
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DR.. G. w. GALLO WAY,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON

OFFICE Over John Ruthrauff's Hardware
RESiDENCE-Main Cross street, 3rd house
East OF Head Quarters
viii attend TO all calls in town or country.
Can be found at his office. except Wnen pro %
Iessionally engaged from 7 A. NJ. until 10
p. NJ. AS
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To see q pretty girl putting on Q
postage stamp makes q fellow wish he
was the Father of his Country, oreven
Ben Franklin.
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issued Every Friday Morning.
rerrns of Subscription:
|! xsd Geuqfg Ailsffosu.

6-1111SI and Departure q Mails AZ riae
~~ Findiay Post Office.
DEPARTURE.
Carep Br6nch c. 8 d c. RR.. BIS g. N.
g. E6 4, RR. oosno Sosah, ll:l6 q. m
North. At p. m.
.ARRrvALe.
Cbrey Rranch C. 8. & G. RR., 500 p. m.
q Ef L. Rh. going South. ll:l5 q. m
North, 4.2e p. m.
DEPARTURE.
IN gur.a Portage. Mun0en and BotoisagG Green
raasday. Thursday and Saturday AT an :
~ HLI1chacd H0nckLoUn and EeotngS corner.
Wednesday and saturday; Al y; 10
zr,saosoa WiulamstoUn dad DtfTlkIrk-Tuesosy
and Saturday, at p- m: ,,1-
,,1t f,ifoe. OtLaua, Roanoke, Belnore, and 0ts-
Loa-Tuesdav and Friday, at 2 a. u:
Benton Ridge Stanley and PeadseI'''-f iiuN'' ~
Womb and Pert age Ceater-Daily al p m
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aoROucH OFFICERS,

NayoT-Jacoo Cart
Cterk-John A. Meeks-
Tredsurer-M. ID. Sours.
Mdrsh1l-James Wilson.
yoLfc.Lor-James A. Bope, ,
Oouncl-E. Palmer, P.Carlin, John fsrker'
= ID. Houpi, A. Brown and =: ~ i,arr n
-fo1rd OF Imp Cart' T. T.
Jones and ]. A Bope-
Cs,,.,srI, Director-Charles 3. Hall.
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.6imdlsu Businsss RirsrfoTg.
DR.. AsyER l.. DAVIS,

naysICIAN AND SURGEON, MI Blanch,
ard, OHIO, All calls promptly alIe6ueu
m. Ns@'
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CHU6 6CHES.

Melhoiist EptscopdI-Rev. Parker r Pope.
Pres,yteI1dn-Rev. e. X Sutherland
LuLherdn-Rev Z. 3. Sprecher
Congre0dtiOadL-Rev. D. r. Davies.
EoaageLioat ChUrch-Rev. A heusel.
United Brethren-Rev. I. ID. lngle.
tferalo. Reforn-Rev. A. konetzka.
church of God-Rev. j. V. Updyke-
fyrrman L,Ithcrda-Rev. N. Buerkle.
81 AichdeFs catholic Church.. b. Iouns.
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HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS and Sur
III seons FIndlay, Ohio. (Successors 70
DetwiIer & Tritch.) We Will be pleased 70
latWiler.
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DRs. TRIrCH a RICKErs.

nHYsICIAN and SURGEON. Ofice up
L stairs In Davis Opera House BLOCH, ino'
lay, Ohio. ei ~
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rroRNEY AND CoUNsELLoR AT
A LAW, Fiudlay, Ohio. once in Head
Snrfers5 BuiIdiug, Northeast of Court
House. Will attend promptly 10 business
entrusted TO his care. April 20. 1914.
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D. a. 0iLMER,
,IrR,lG,lN DENTIST.
". H. HAVEN,

Office ov~r A. Z. Cummin's GROCERY store
ona door North of Dr. Detwiler's old Once
!, est Side of North Main street, Findlay, U
ApIlI IA. lS76-6m
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r. II. DUNN,
Il. H. JOH NSON

ATTORNEY Att LAW.
once in New Bank Building, West SIDE OF
MAI street, No. ~ lSoN- <<-uI
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IaHN M HAMl.IN,

A rrnRyEY AT LAW, FISDLAY, OHIO.
Makes regular professional calls in sdjoin-
ug s3unties-
Sow. lstf.
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1.CoaR BUkKEr.

TroRNEYAND COUNSELOR AT Law,
a and HotaryPcblic. Will attend promptly
10 All business entrusted TO his re- Psrticn-
lar attention given Collections. tartltlonine
Once on Main street, in Rossmans BLOCK,
pezrly opposite the Court House. Msy q.
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#. G.. BALL AID,

nHYslCIAN AND SURGEON.
OFFICE On Main Street, over BAKERS
furniture Store Will respond promptly to
all calls from town or country. 10 81
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JAMES A. BOPE,
A TToRNEY AT LAW,
tlff,ce over W. L. Davis 4 Co.'S Store, Main
Styeet' sindlay Ohio. April II IL
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HENRY BRO wN,

I rTORNEY AT LAW. Once upsi airs, nrsi
~ Door Sonth oil Court Hose; Findlay,O.
November "A, ls7+u.
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AGENTS WANTED.
A Colossal Work Completed.
KNIGHTS
American Mechanical Dictionary.
PUBLISHED BY

PUBLISHED BY
HURD q HoUGRToN,ls AsToR PLAcE,N.Y
H.o, HOUo HTON & COMPANY. Boston
TIE ERIVERSIDEP PRESS, Cambridge.
rErou, the Scientific American
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nSACrICAL DRUGGIST, DIRECTLY Or
,,ostJe the Court House flndlay, Ohlo.
Fnysician's Prescriptions compounded care
fnIiy. FuIl stock of Drugs. Oils, faints, FER
in um sry, soaps. &c
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F. pHIFER,

CURyEYoR. ONCE in first block south OF
- Court House Atteniio Given 10 retrscing
r6a lines of old surveys. laying out. parting
off.and dividing up lands, ,levelips foi Pronies
of roads and bitches.
March 10 lS76-6m
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=. ". ADAMS
nARBER SHOP Is THE PLACE WHERE
% you can get the best Of WORK done IN lne
neatast possible style. Ladies' and Children 8
Gair Cutting nd Shampooing speciality.
Shop opposite Old White Corner. Two Chairs
aiWays found ready for business. Call and
sas MIN and get Good job. Ladies deslrfng 9
work doue by leaving word at the shop ne
will call at their residence. ~
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DISSOLUTION Notice.

SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS EvEnrwHxH
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-19

There is no other way by which friend
ship may be completely broken, or so
thoroughly or completely crushed out
of existence, as by GOODNESS Of manner; !;
hard words are no competitors at all,
for they are so often satisfactorily ex-
planned. 1t is frequently said that
" like begets like" and we believe that
it is often so. If we meet with an ac-
quaintance who grasps our hand cor
daily, and gives it a generous and hear
ty shake, and his countenance lights
up with cheerful smile as he utters a
pleasant and welcome salutation, If we
are feeling dull and moody, we are, or
at least should at once be, ashamed of
that feeling, and instantly put forth
our energies to disguise and Danish it.
If, on the contrary, we meet with one
who repels our every attempt to be cor
dial by a studied GOODNESS of manner,
we very soon become impervious to
any genial feeling for him, and larg-
er stock of pride springs to our aid
than we ever dreamed our heart posses
ed, and a gulf is then and there formed
over which passable bridge can never
be erected.
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The Accident Book.

The accident book of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad company is an interest
ing though, in some phases, a ghastly
study. 1t contains a record of every
person killed or injured on the road,
whether employe or otherwise, embrace
ing the nature of the casualty, whether
fatal or trivial-even TO the crushing of
a finger. Reference TO the index gives
the place of accident, the name of the
person injured, the nature of the in
jury, ETC., and the page in the general
record book containing all the details.
Besides being useful for reference, it is
also check upon impostors. Ere
quently, persons make application to
the officers for free passes, basing their
claim upon the alleged fact that some
relative was killed on the road while in
its employ or otherwise. Upon apply
ing to the record for the truth of their
assertions il is often found that their
story is false. This record runs back
to 1853, and is kept with the utmost
precision, as are all others, and it is
pretty risky business to attempt to i'm
pose upon the company. Those who
try it generally get tripped up.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-19

Horses and small children are often
most cruelty treated, and sometimes
killed by mismanagement when fright
ened. A child screaming from terror
at some huge dog, is rue ely shaken and
even severely struck by a mother who
herself is thrown into a similar state of
fear by mouse or spider. My indigna-
tion is often aroused by the sight of
some man, undoubtedly an arrant
coward, who is beating nervous horse
because he trembles at the sight of a
train of cars. Such conduct only
aggravates the difficulty. The terrified
one is not inspired with the confidence
which is essential to feeling of safety,
In the case OF the animal it is impolitic
and cruel; in the case of the child it is
outrageous beyond expression. A shock
to the delicate nerves of a feeble or a
sensitive child will sometimes cause
immediate couvulsions and fatal illness
and sOmetimes-a result quite as much
to be dreaded-will unsettle the nervous
system.
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ATnrkish Army at Prayers.

Each man takes his place in the ranks,
his hands hanging close by his sides.
Then he lifts them to his ears as if TO
shut out all worldly sounds. Then he
lays them on his knees, and bowling his
body forward, seems lost in contempla-
ton. After a few seconds he sinks on
his knees, and leans back upon his heels
and bowing with his forehead to the
eartn, exclaims or rather chants !:
Allah Akhbar" God is great.) Three
times he thus bows and chants, and
then he stands up, bowling forward
chanting three times, " La Allahail
Allan" (there is no God but God.) The
remainder of the somewhat tedious
prayers which follows consists, as far
as can make out, of long verses of the
Koran. In all his simple religious ex-
ercises, the Turkish soidieris devoutness
and attention itself, and it is, perhaps,
NEST in privacy that this is apparent,
j have frequently come upon some
rugged soldier in one of the wild, lone
ly ravines that cash the hill sides around
standing before the ragged overcoat
which served him for praying carpet,
and going through his rather active
religious motions with a zeal which
would do credit to the most self con-
scious Pharisee. The stranger who for
the first time witnesses the united pray
er of Turkish soldiers in camp is con-
siderably puzzled by the selection of
heterogeneous articles brought forward
to the place of worship when the Muzzin
call has concluded. Religious custom
requires that each man be provided with
praying carpet of one description or
another, and that he take off his shoes
as well. One man brings a jagged sheep
skin, another goat hide, a third the
saddle-eloth of his horse, fourth may
hap, his jacket; every one. has some
thing or other on which he may kneel.
To see some hundred men thus hurry
ing to the spot where the blue-robed,
white-turband Imaun stands, one might
be easily led TO imagine Them so many
persons eager TO dispose of super fluous
garments.-LoRdon Neacs.