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ro,o,+;,o,lo d;opotrh usv that Ar6a.

.....A Coastantinople dispatch says that Arda-
ban. which was taken by the Russians, has
again fallen into the hands of the Turks. Fiji
teen million dollars in aid of the war have
been raised by voluntary contributions in Rus
sia . Another revolution against the govern
mcnt Of Peru is in progress 800. Ine New Cr-
leans custom house is to be investigated by
a commission IA bnsc attack was made upon
Mrs. B%ollengcr and her daughter by seven
masked men near Waverley, N. -. The
eminent historian, John Lothrop Motley, Is
dead. He was at one time minister to Austria
from the United States, and was tho author OF
q "Historv of the United Netherlands and
other wcll-known historical works on kindred
subjects ...... Fletcher Harper died in New
York. He was the last of four brothers,
founders of the publishing house Of Harper
Brothers, which was started in New York IN
1917. ..... Four laborers on q hand car near
Hackensack, N. j., we're run into by a freight
train, and three of them were crushed to death
and the fourth was badly hurt ...... Sixty-nine
persons died of smallpox in London, in one
week. .....A detailed account of the shlpWreck
of the steamer City of San Francisco, belonging
to the Pacific Mail steamship company, shows
that the vessel struck a rock when five days out
from Panama, and was Immediately headed tor
the beach and run aground on a sand bar. The
passengers were all taken ashore in safety, but
lost their basgage.... The queen Of England,
others of English nobility have extended invi-
tations to ex-President Grant to dine with
them. ... The United States consul ut Iquique,
Perturbation C. +. Powcll-dicd there of fever.
..... The report that he was about to settle IN
Colorado was denied by Benjamin I. Butler.
...... Gov. Van Zandt, of Rhode Island, was
inauguratcd in Providence.
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He Wanted to Exchange Wives.

When Sir Samuel Baker, the African
traveller, was taking leave of Kamrasi,
king of Unyoro, that potentate asked
him, as a particular favor, to leave Lady
Baker behind. This cool request raised
Sir Samuel's ire, and in high indigna-
ton he told the king that if eve he
made such a request again he would
shoot him. Lady Baker, too, who over
heard and understood the offer, felt that
q word from her would not be out OF
place, and gave the monarch q piece of
her mind in the strongest language she
could command. His majesty for a
while was greatly astonished, being IN
conscious of having given any of1ense.
At last, seeing that his guests were real
ly angry, he said, in a deprecating
voice: "Don't be angry. I did not
mean to offend you by asking for your
wife. I will give you a wife if you
want one, and I thought you would have
10 objections, to give me yours. 1t is
my custom to give my visitors pretty
wives and I thought you would like to
exchange. Don't make 4 fuss about it
if you don't like to do as others do
there's M end of it,"
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Titous DutI Mrn.

Blessed are the meek, cxclaims the voice
of inspiration, but can a man he meek with the
consciousness that 4 dreaded monster Is con-
sunling his vitals. We are not a race Of Tltans.
A Promethcrs might stand claiacdto the tortur-
ing rock with q vnlture pcrpctually gnawinS his
liver. and ms face ever wear an expression OF
heroic and even meek endurance. But Promo
thcuS has left no descendants. With v~ultures
(discasc) CONSUMING lis liver. the modern nun
makes himself and every one around him
miserable. Frctful, gloomy. hypcchondriacal,
lie sees the world and life all Oh the wrong side
the dark silc-and whoever dares to assert
that there is a sunny side, lie regards as all
enemy. or at the best a mockcr of his imaginary
woes. Unlike the mythical Titan, the victim
of disease is not snccorless. There il Al arm
to rescrlc-a balm to cleanse and heal. As
remedies for this most depressing of all
diseases-''Livcr Complaint '-nono are more
efficient or popular than Or. Piercc's Colder
Medical Discovery, and Pleasant Pursative
Pellets. The Pellets effcctually remove the
escte and poisonous matter while the Medical
Discovery imparts strength and health to the
entire system. They are sold by druggists.
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. Mill Site That Proved a Gold Mine.

Afew months ago Harrison Gray pur-
chased the wooden shell of the old Union
mill in Gold Hill for S $1,000. The mill
having been dismantled and the ma
chinery all taken away the owners
thought they were getting a good price
for the rotten lumber, and probably
laughed in their sleeves at MIR. Gray's
greenness. The purchaser Immediately
put some mel to work at the south end
of the mill, taking up the hues and
%sluices, and came upon the hole in the
ground where the waste had been allow
ed to run when the mill was in opera
ton. This hole had been made Mt this
place because a tunnel was known to
pass within q few feet, and the refuse,
being in Il liquid state, would flow OFT
through the tunnel. The fumes had no
sooner been removed than the presence
of quicksilver was made apparent.
Closer examination revealed the fact that
q space Of ground about four by five
feet was permeated with small globules
of pure quicksilver, carrying a heavy
percentage of gold and silver. This
ground was all dug up and sluiced until
a shaft twenty-five feet deep and six
wide had been dug, when n connection
Was made with the tunnel, and a large
deposit of quicksilver was found in such
purity that it can be raised to the surface
by shovelfuls.
The only preliminary work necessary
is to carefully skim the surface ground
and put it out the way, when there lies
revealed a genuine quicksilver and gold
mine. How much of a deposit there is
has not been ascertained, as the parties
at work there are very reticent, but 1t is
known that between IS, 900 and SO, 900
has already been taken out and sold. A
great part of the amalgam carries Il
higher percentage of gold than Of silver,
be cause the mill was running i'll the early
days of mining on the Comstock, when
the ores were worked for the gold alone
and the silver was allowed to flow oil.
There is no doubt but that the deposit
will be found to continue to the bedrock,
which is probably fifty feet deeper than
has yet been obtained in the tunnel.
For about three months there were five
men employed there, and the yield was
about sixty pounds of amalgam per day,
but since connection has been made with
the tunnel two men have been employed,
who take out about forty pounds Of
quicksilver per day OF al average. Par
ties who arc anxious to get old mill sites
off their hands will probably be more
careful in future and examine them well
before disposing of them.- Virginia
(Ncu.) Chronicle.
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A Murderer Guili0tined.

Billior, the man who killed his mis-
tresS, cut her body into pieces, and threw
them into tie Seine, was guillotined on
Roquette, Paris. Thousands of people
must have been anxious to witness the
execution. According to the observance
in such cases, however, the authorities
kept the date of the event strictly secret,
and only those who were adventurous
enough TO remain on the famous place
all night, III the hope of seeing some
thing ut daybreak, were privileged with
the melancholy satisfaction of Witness
ing the horrible sight. Billoir to the
last was confident that his long service
in the army would have Influenced the
marshal. On his last afterl Doh the
prisoner ate his dinner quietly and with
a good appetite, and in the evening
played q few games at cards with the
keeper who remained in his cell. At
one o'clock in the mornsng the fatal
truth was made known to the convict by
his companion at cards, whom the muir
derer regarded at all times with special
disfavor. Billoir's answer was simply a
sheer. 81 thought it would be You who
would convey that information" Then
he retired to bed, and slept TRANQUILITY
until the arrival Of the public execu-
toner, och. About half-past two the
crowd was cleared off the spot where the
scaffold stands, AMI the gloomy machine
was wheeled ont anl fixed. 4. small de-
tachment OF geuiumorie on horseback
were stationed below the guillotine.
The prisoners last words before stepping
on the platform OF the guillotine We're
Goodbye, my iatler,' dressed to
the priest. Dealt! seemed to be ILL
Simultaneous.
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None Like Him.

At the Detroit and Milwaukee depot
rs a lady was about to get aboard the
down train, she said to the man who was
loaded down with her parcels:
"Now, while I'm gone you must take
up and beat all the carpets and lay them
again"
"Of course" he replied.
"And polish all the windows, rub off
the furniture and repaint the front steps,"
"I will, dear"
"And you must rake off the yard, make
some hower-beds, fix the alley fence and
black all the stoves before you pack them
away"
"Of course, darling" he smiled.
"And you must send Inc 500 per
week, write to me daily, and the neigh
bors will watch to see if you are out
after eight o'clock in the evening. Now,
then, good. bye"
ooh ! darling, how can I spare you -
he sighed, the engine groaned, and away
she went, and as he turned to 60 out his
mental distress was so great that he fell
over n trunk, barked his shins and rubbed
half the skin off his nose.-DetrDH Free
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4 Fooled Ihicf's Dilemma.

A pickpocket, who was out at heels as
we'll as ont at elbows, recently entered a
basement shoe store on Broadway, New
York. took off his boots, and directing
that they should be resoled forthwith,
proceeded to select and try on a new
pair. While the shoemaker was at work
at the old boots the customer attempted
to bolt with the new ones, but not being
SO light footed as he was light fingered,
he was caught by the irate s~hopkeeper.
The latter not only forced him to take
off his new footgcar, but, having already
removed the sole from Il of the old
boots, ~stoutlv refused to sew it on again
until he was literally paid therefor.
Having nothing in his wi pocket, and
having no onc c!sc's Immediately avail
able, the discounted pickpocket had to
tie the severed sole to the upper with
his handkerchief, aud limp home as best
he could. The woHld-be freebooter had
become a footpad.
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The Sweetness of Home.

He who has no home has not the
sweetest pleasures OF life; he feels not
the thousand endearments that cluster
around that lmllowed spot to fill the
void Of his aching heart, and while away
his leisure moments in the sweetness OF
life's joys. Is misfortune your lot You
will find a friendly welcome from hearts
beating true to your own The chosen
partner Of your toll has Il smile OF ap-
probation when others have deserted, Il
hand OF hope when all others refuse, and
il heart to feel Your SORROWS, as if they
were hcrown. Perhapsa smiling cherub,
with prattling glee and joyous laugh,
will drive sorTow from your care.
worn brow and enclose in it the wreaths
of domestic bliss. No matter how hum
bic that home may be, how destitute its
stores, or how poorly its inmates are
clad, if true hearts dwell there it is yet
q home. A cheerful, prudent wife, ODE
dent and atfectionate children. will
! give their possessors more real JOY than
bags Of gold and worldly honors. The
home of a temperate, industrious a4d
honest man will be his greatest joy.
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4 Marsha!'S Encounter with a Gambler.

Erickson is q city marshal and Wood
lief a gambler iD Houston, and their re-
~lations, one being an enforcer OF the law
and the other a breaker of it, have not
been pleasant. 1he following descrip-
ton is given Of one of their recent street
encounters Woodlicf was angry at the
marshal for eau ing his arrest the day
before, and was just ont on bail, when,
meeting the object of his ire Oh Main
street coming toward him, the gambler
drew his five shooter and fired, but miss
cd. Erickson, perceiving his danger,
drew a pistol, but the weapon caught in
his clothing. In the meantime Woodlief
obtained his second shot, the ball strik-
ing Erickson in the thigh. He fell, but
succeeded in drawing his pistol. The
first time the weapon snapped. For the
next few seconds one shot followed
another. Erickson, although PROSTATE,
fred four shots, three Of which took
effect in the person of his assailant.
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4 Raleigh Girls Slp;Ght.Of.Hee!.

Not more than twenty-seyen blocks
from the capitol hlildins, on Hillsboro
street, says a Raleigh correspondent,
- couple Of young lalieS elegantly cos
tuned in visiting parapheInal!a emerged
from q residence and entered the street
inst ahaal of IL. El"h had IL trail us
long as a peafowl'a tail, trailing i'll the
dn3t, am they must needs be taken up.
The elder of the two followed the revolt
ing custom Of the day by reaching down
and taking up hers. by hand, but the
Younger one didn't 10 that way. Plant
Ing her left foot square Oil the ground
she gave a sudden kick with the heel of
the ri int foot, and the trail wae instan-
taneo lsly elevated to It's position in the
right hand, extended to receive, 1t was
done so quick that the motion was hard
lyperceptiblo, ii factit was the "cntcst y
trick we ever remember to have seen,
and the first sleight-of-heel performance
we ever heard of.
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OF all the efforts that have previously

OF all the efforts that have previously
been made for portraying portraits Of
our Savior, none has ever received such
universal appreciation as that which the
above beautiful picture commands. II
am the true vine, and my Father is the
husbandman," are thu words upon which
the sublime subject is allegorically
approached. Our blessed Lord is repre-
sented in the engraving demonstrating
the truth of this Holy Word, and seeking
for examples to illustrate His parallels
from the bountiful gifts. Of beauteous
nature which surround him. Encircled
by a vine, His right hand grasps a
tendril of the plant, while the left is
outstretched in the act OF illustration.
The artist has depicted with IL master
hand the overlooking look OF ineffable
and yearning love upon the Divine
countenance, surrounded by the Heav-
emily halo. The vine on the left of our
Lord, has an Ak cleft in the root thereof,
symbolical of the words of John the
Baptist in Matt. iii, yer. 10: "And now
also the ak is laid unto the root Of the
llcc, luClc1olc cFtlf tlcf WHlCll DIillSelA
not forth good fruit is hewn down, and
cast into tic fire" Thus the anthesis of
the picture is given. Our Lord holding
in His right hand the growing, Or true
vine, unto which He likens Himself,
while on the other hand is Swallowed
forth the destruction OF the Stree
which beareth not good fruit" In the
background the short twilight Of an
Eastern evening is descending upon the
mountains, at the foot Of which grow
spreading palms and other Oriental
trees.
None can look upon this picture with:
out taking to heart the lesson inculcated
by the Divine Teacher, which is illustra-
ted in so soft and beautiful a manner by
the present subject.
The above beautiful engraving may be
seen, free of charge, at the Offices of the
London Fine Art Association, 1893 Broad
way, New York, between the hours Of
ten and five o'clock.
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Goodness and COrlialitY.

There is no other way by which friend
ship may be so completely crushed ont
of existence, as by GOODNESS of manner {;
hard words are no competitors at all, for
they are so often satisfactorily explained.
It is frequently said that "likc begets
like" AMI we believe that is often so.
If we meet with an acquaintance who
grasps our hand cordially, and gives it a
generous and hearty shake, and their
codntenance lights up with a cheerful
smile as they utter a pleasant and vel.
come 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 Il energies to dis
guise and Danish it. If, on the con-
trary, we meet with n who repels our
very attempt to be cordial by q studied
GOODNESS of manner, we very soon be-
come impervious to any genial feeling
for him, and q larger stock of pride
springs to our aid than we ever dreamed
our heart possessed, and a gulf is then
and there formed over which a passable
bridge can never be erected.
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4 Curious l'rONhCcY.

Just before the defeat of Nh. Greeley
for the Presidency, several gentlemen
were congregated on a piazza at New
port, r. l., says the New Bedford
glass; Mercury. Among them was
Chief Justice Chase. Another was II
of the first conyersationalists i'll the
world. The latter repeated not an
anecdote, but y prophecy, which had
been made by a hermit in Bavaria many
years before; and this prophecy was not
only delivered, but printed by a number
OF the Aliycmrinc Icit"ny of about1S3I.
The Austro- Pruss:an war was correctly
predicted, as we'll as the Franco-Prussian
war and the taking of Paris. Now for
the future. In 1876. the pope is to die,
which will cause Il general European
WIZ. Next, france and Prussia are to
have another conflict. France will be
defeated and Paris taken for the second
time. There will bea partition of France.
The Iberiaa powers (Spain and Portugal
are TO have a large share, as a'so Italy.
Belgium gets the northern part. Hol-
land is celal to Prussia. All that Will
remain Il France will be the old Gle de
France" of which Paris is the capital.
These results having been obtained,
there will be q general acknowledgment
Of the folly and :utility of excessive
arnam2nt>. All the powers will agree
to disarm. Swords will be beaten into
plowshGres.
The hermit's prophecies for 1866 and
1870 were fulfilled. 1t seems as though
the rest might be. The pope is in bad
health. The chances Of a general war
growing out of the Eastern question are
excellent. Should France think the
moment favorable to attack Prussia, and
be defeated, the ccnQueror would show
no mercy. France would be rendered
harmless, and her territory divided. The
partition of republican France is the
dream OF the Prnssian bunker party"
The general reduction Of armies is less
probable. Il is easier to change the map
of Europe than human nature.
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ENRAGED TURKS.

Dangerous Condition of Affairs in Bulgaria.
The Rustchuk correspondent of the
London Times writes rs follows The
twenty old thousand troops of this gar
rison are the perfection of soldiers.
They are brown, open-faced, big-shoul-
dcrei follows, perfectly resigned to any
fate Allah may have for them, with per-
feet faith inthe bankrupt government, for
thcchiei OF which they shout and sGtnum
every evening at sunset. The disordcrly
MoSlcm element is i 7 state of great
fury with the Bulgaria.. nd foreigners
generally. The Christians are frightened
to death lest some imprudent member of
their faith should provide the spark
which might light up such a glare as
would throw Batak into the shade COM
rletcly. Even the consuls lave to be
careful for their lives. Proofs OF the
extreme aud dangerous tension of the
relations between Moslem and non-Mos-
lem could be given without end. Mr..
Richard Reade, the English and Ameri-
can consul here, who has never been
accused throughout the. late troubles of
being in any way preiudiced against the
Turks, but who has been suspected of
leaning the other way, thinks that mat
ters are as serious as they can be, and
his urgent warnings are ignored both at
Downing street and Constantinople. 1t
is believed by some here that Russian
influence, in the form of money, is art
fully planning a dreadful outbreak, and
that these are no friends to the Turk
who do not insist upon 4 stop being put
t, Irregularities the firm repression
of which would give satisfaction
to decent Mohammedans and non-
Mussulmans alike" The CORE
sponIent explains M incident re-
Gently reported from C~onstantinople
about the British consul striking q Turk
ish officer. 1t seems this correspondent
with one companion crossed III a small
boat from Giurgevo and was arrested by
Turkish naval officers. They were
seriously threatened by a Moslem mob.
The consul calne to the rescue and push
cd the captain out of his way when the
Litter tried to stop him. The correspon-
dent thinks that the consul's vigorous
measures alone prevented them being
thrown into the Danube by the mob.
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This Presentation Picture will be sent
free to any part of the United States or
Canada securely packed, upon receipt of
the Coupon found below, together with
One Dollar in currency, to pay cost of
case, transmission, copyright, import
duty, and other charges.
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From Hon. David Speaker, of Canajoharic, N.
Il have used DR.. Wistar's Balsam of Wild
Cherry myself and in my family for several
years. and take great pleasure in recommending
it in preference to anything ..of the kind for the
purposes for which it is intended. In cases OF
have never met with anything equal to it" 81
cents and 81 n bottle. Sold by all druggists.
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Birthstone and t~reacle, md milk and sulphur,
are administered on every change Of season in
families in the old countries to fortify children
against attacks of eruptive fevers. Additions
with Glenn's Sulphur Soap supply an armor no
disease can penetrate. Sold everywhere: Depot,
Crittenton's, No. 7 Sixth avenue, New York.
Hills Hair & Whisker Dye, black or brown, SOC.
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rheumatism 0uici,!y Cared.

"Durang's Rheumatic Remedy" the great
Internal Medicine, will positively cure any case
Of rheumatism OIL the face o: the earth. Price,
81 q bottle. six bottles, -. Sold by all drug
gists. Send for circular to ~Helphcnstinc &
Bentley. druggists, Washington, ID. {.
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1T IS IMPORTANT THAT
Early Application Should be Made for
1.-THE TRUE VINE"

by those who wish to become possessed
of this Splendid Picture, as, after the
date mentioned below, it will be too late
to send for copy Of the above celebrated
work.
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BunSErr's CocoASE.-A perfect dressing for
the hair. The Cocoaine holds in q liquid form
a large portion of deodorizcd cocoanut oil, pre-
pared for this purpose.
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Iiobt. WeIl.Ruiscd Biscuits, Rrcnd,

Light, WeII-Ieniscd Biscuits, Brcnd,
Cakes and pastry digest easily and condllce TO
good health. Coed health makes labor of all
kinds easier, and prolongs life. Doolcy,s Yeast
Powder will always make all these productions
light and wholesome. 1t is warranted to make
better, lighter, swccter, more toothsomc and
nutritious biscuits, cake, bread, etc, than any
other baking powder.