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0SMAN PASHA.

While less than century ago the Turk
were the best fighters in Europe, it seems nov
to be the impression that they have no militia
ry leaders Of any account among them, ant
that, if any general appears among them who
shows anything like true skill or ccneralship
he must be some foreigner, and not Turk
Thus when Suleiman Pasha began to show
true gencralship he was at once made out L
be Dutchman, and when Osman Pasha ex
hibited his generalship in whipping the Rus
SLAMS at Plcyna, the cry was that surely he
cannot be Turk but must be the Frenchmar
Bazaine, who was imprisoned for surrenderina
Metz in 1871, afterwards escaped, and has moi
been heard from since, Men who know both
Bazine and Osman, however, say there is not
the rcmOtest resemblance between them, and
If not Turk Osman must belong to some 9th
er nation than France This lets in a CORES
pondent of the Louisville Couter-Jounal
who knows and at once tells us all about Os.
man pashas nationality and earlier history, as
follows:
Osman pasha is an American, and a native
of Hawkins county, Tenn. His name is X.
Clay Crawford, and he was Colonel in a regi-
ment of artillery during the late civil war. He
afterwards entered the service Of the Liberal
Government of Mexico, and was made General
of a division. He finally quarreled with Presi-
dent Juarez and returned to the United States
with large fortune. He resided for several
years at a beautiful country seat on the Della
ware, near Philadelphia. His restless dispo-
stion caused him to seek excitement, and he
entered the service Of the Khedivc Of Egypt,
was soon after transferred TO the service Of the
Sultan, and commanded the Turkish army at
Plevna CrawtOrd's father was a school teach
or in Rogcrsvillc, Tenn, where Roberts boy
hood was passed. Andrew johnson, aboutthe
year 1S49, gave young Crawford an appoint
mcnt to West Point. There he resisted an ar
rest for dereliction of duty, and was expelled
A few years later he was sentenced by the
Federal Court of the District of Virginia for
robbing the mail, and in few weeks escaped
from confinement.
And II Chicago dispatch adds:
CHICAGO, Sept. 5.-The Post learns that
Gen. Joseph +. Reynolds, lawyer of this city,
was intimately acquainted with II. Clay Craw
ford, who joined the Gath regiment of Illinois
volunteers at Wilmington, ILL.,, in which Mr..
Reynolds was lieutenant. Crawford rose
rapidly in rank on account of bravery and
merit. Gen. Reynolds has correspondent with
him since the war, and in 1873 had letter
from him stating that he was in the employ of
the Egyptian government, and was called Os
man Bcy. He heard of him subsequently ms
being in the Turkish service under the title of
OSman pasla.
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CphIr and Vicinity.

y short hut stirring speech was delivered il
the Walham church last Wednesday evening
by Mr.. Ham. King. Subject; True Cultur,
Of our Natural Life. The speaker handled hi,
subject very ably for young beginner, and il
is hoped he will favor Us with an another lee
ture before he departs for school again.
Mr.. Jno. Wylie, Willie Wylie and Charli,
Jones have gone to Galesburg to attend col
lcge.
William Cuthbertson is happy again. IT,.
a boy.
The chicken law seems To be made for town
sports alone. Early on Tuesday morning W,
saw no less than four city teams and all
crammed full of hunters trying to see whom
they might devour, and the worst of 1t was
they all got here before breakfast. That's
right, boys; sponge your grub off the farmers
Our farmers are wearing smiling faces again
grain is on the rise
Chas Zorn. our Homer restaurant nan. is
about 10 leave us and is going to Sterling, IN.
am sorry To chronicle the death Of Mr.. ia.
cob Abrahams, of Homer. He had been clerk.
ing in the clothing house of /. Heiter & Co.
Of Mendoza until death overlook him.
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And u Chicago dispatch adds:
Americanlzlng One hundred and fifteen
Chinese boys.
From the New York Sun.

HARTAoRD, Conn, Sept. IA thick-set
short man, broad featured, and of a bilious com
pleNion, attircd in the latest style, is dali,
passenger ON the morning and evening train.
between Hartford and Avon. He might b,
taken for Spaniard, but, except for the broad
nostrils, would never pass for a native of China
Such, however, he is, and the head of the Chi
ncsc Educational Commission, whose head
quarters are in Hartford and who have in lhciI
charge one hundred and fifteen of the brightest
lads in all the Chinese Empire.
Thirty years ago this man, then lad in an
interior Chinese village, was picked up by an
American missionary, and the stories he heard
OF the wonderful land across the Pacific Undue
ed him to run the risk that Il native of China
then incurred who left his country, and com,
To America. After his arrival several gentle
men Interested themselves in him. He wa.
put TO school, and at length he was graduated
at Yale College. He was the first native Of
China to take collegiate degree
lung Wings ten years in this country thor
oughly AmerlcaniZed him, and he decided tC
make 1t life work To pry open the eyes Of
his sleeping fellow countrymcn, and show
them what their real condition is, and wha
they must do To put themselves ON an equality
with other nations.
~ "'A' ''''N w illllst anu itHdl TIE Work
He was too Shrcwd 10 tell the mandurins M
first that China is far behind the rest of the
world. He said nothing for some wears I'm,
made himself 50 valuable by the use of certain
knowledge and suggestions thgt he had ra,h
cred in the United States, that lac soon bccam,
a person of some influence Then he bcgau
ISlyly To drop hints rs to the way in which
things were done i'm America SO he went an
Icautiously-fOr the mandarns are very bigotcd
until at last he suggested. and, as his inlu
cnce grew more powerful, urged his plan. and
in 1863, nearly twenty years after his return "a
China, the Emperor consented. He was al
lowed Ia choose one hundred and hftcon boys
from seven Ia fourteen years of age and Il
bring them Ia this country and give them >ucl,
training rs he saw ft For this purpose the
Chinese Government appropriated Sl,5O0OOO
and in 1872 the first party Of boys arrived in
Hartford, followed in 1873 and 1874 by others
With them came lung Wing and four as
sistantS and their servants, and these al iheir
home in this city make with the boys a Chi
nese colony not only - peculiar ~ the Chinese
but unlike any other Chinese people in the
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Is rhe Cow Queen ?

Cotton has had the name of king on account
of the magnitude Of its value to the country
the crop being worth more than any other OF
our agricultural productions, but our dairy in.
terest now rivals, if it does not surpass in mon
ey value, the time-hOnored monarch of the
South. Mr.. Sherman Tracy, in an address to
the Western Reserve Dairyman's Association
at Garrettsville, Ohio, said that in 1915 there
were in this country about 100000 mich
COWS, which, at $40 per head, represented a
capital of $45OO0000O. In the same year there
were manufactured 203,GG9,3S4 pounds OF
cheese, G55, l91 ,2l9 pounds of butter, and 326,
500, 500 gallons ofmilk were sold. Besides this
an enormous quantity of milk was consumed
in families of which no account can be taken.
but evidently four times the quantity noted as
sold, which would make the total quantity
consumed and sold 1,j02, 002 1856 gallons. This
would make the probable yearly yield of the
COW in butter, cheese, etc, as follows: Cheese
2O3, $685. 1884 pounds, at ~ cents per pound, S24
44O326; butter, G25, l9l PIG pounds, at % cents
per pound, $l37,542, 04S; milk, 1902, 0O2 1896
gallons, at cents per gallon $s4 0G0, l0l GS and
100000 calves at 81 per head, 100000
Total, S2,5, l425S5, as the annual product OF
our dairy interests. The value of the cotton
crop for 1915 was scarcely more than 100000,
OOO so that the COW must wear the crown.-Er
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They call him Urah Key lieep. OF course III
crrng brother is very humble, but he had bette
Key Ieep still.-N, o. Pic.
Pennsylvania tramp in a moment Of woah
ness accepted job OF splitting wood.
The motto of the BRuben, the Mormon Scand
navian newspaper published in Salt Lake,
"helliget."
Motto for lawyers: Where there is vii
there is Il way'-to break it,. IicdyInc.
COL. GIBSON TO GOV. POTTS
We've had hard fight,
And I'm sorry to say
They've whipped us out quite,
Aud the devils To pay.
! wait at Biz Hole
For an answer from you,
And confess, on my soul,
don't know what to do.
GOV POTTS TO col. GIBSON.
Licked again, Your command
Nearly turned inside out
Did Chief Joe take a hand,
Or was Howard about?
Your dispatch, trusty soul,
| answer this minute:
If you're near big hole,
You'd better crawl in it.--Soa.
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For the FREE TRADER.


The fractional currency is being rcdeeme
very slowly, and $l5,000,0O0 is small estimat
of the amount which will never be presente,
| for redemption. OF the first two issues, amount
! ING to S1,400000, not q dollar was presente,
for redemption in the last month In theney
issue, amounting to over S3,O0000O, less THAI
81 100 was redeemed, and of the two last is
sues, amounting still to S5.300,O0O, only tho
sum Of 100000 was redeemed The silvc,
coin substituted for fractional currency cos
the government S2,22j,OO0 interest on til,
bonds issued in exchange for the silver, all O
which comes out Of labor and goes TO the bond
holder, while the paper money is worth moro
in the money market than the silver coin, bur
dening labor for deprecated silver coin annu
ally 50 22j, 900, which amount would be saved
and Sl5,OOO00O also saved by the wear anC
losses Of fractional currency. Total-S1 ,22j
600; with the prospect Of a large percentage
OF the SIG, 600 not redeemed, the silver coir
costs too much. 1t should have been bougl.
with grcenbacks not bearing interest and WORT
as much in the money market, thus saving
millions of money TO the over-taxed and IN
employed producers of this govern
mcnt john :. ARMSTRONG.
Sheridan, Sept Q
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] had often heard of horses and mules run
ming away, but never Of a wheebarrow; We
one Of our neighbOrs' barrows got away witt
a colored gentleman, spillng the contents o
butter and eggs. He was going down hill q
the time.
Mr. William Wylie has bought the farm oc
|cupicd by Mr.. Erbs-considera,io S53 a.
acre UFRCrrrs
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The most rapid waste of fortune on record
is that accomplished by John Taylor John,
ston. His father, in the course of long life
accumulated a million for his son, and the lat
ter sank the whole of it in two years. He had
become president of the New Jersey Central
road, in which he embarked his entire fortune
The failure of this road ruined him in IA com
plete and hopeless manner. Never before has
Il million been SO rapidly thrown away by a
man who had no bad habits, and was making
every honest effort to increase his wealth
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The Springfield RepuJlicdn says: The re
turn of the slipper to the feet of the ladies, sup
planting the closely. buttoned boot Of the las,
few years, is assurance that the next generation
will show an improvement in manners and
morals The degencracy OF the young men
and women now coming on tie stage is atri
butable, more than to anything else to the lack
of the handy slipper in the maternal outfit dur.
ing the youthful and impossible years. A.
the regulator OF the family nothing ever
equallcd the slipper of the grandmothers, and
now that it is being restored, after long demon.
alizing absence there is new hope for the race
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syadSnIy in tleir .faidss st1od a man
:. .IanlYgdiYaatAd hf cnhf =


a!Tea2y Sdtyeatad Of his coat. : : r
"Fasten the rope around me-" he said.
quietly. II am strong swimmer, and
perhaps can do It."
At the sound of his voice MAY Isprang
forward with cry.
"Tom-Tom Mildmay," che exclaimed
"Oh, no, no-not you."
de smiled epconragingly upon her,
watched for tile resting wave, and the
next instant was battling through the
billows in that stormy sea- To follow his
course was impossible. They only knew
his progress by the teling-out Of the
rope.
1t was terrible suspense--to none 80
much as to May, who leaned half iainting
yet too anxious to lose entire conscious.
meas, upon her fathers arm.
a quarter Of an hour and the signal
was given TO pull in. Rapidly it was
obeyed. But each haul found the weight
heavier, until it was evident that the
swimmer or swimmers were no longer
able to assist themselves.
So it proved when by one moro haul
they were landed. The two were found
senselesss. claspcd in each others arms
with grip like death.
Anxiously the crowd gathered round,
and murmur of surprise burst from
many as in the preserver end preserved
| they recognized Thomas Mildmay and
the supposed murdered man, John West.
macott.
Little remains to be told. John West.
macott, on recovering, heard with con.
! siderable emotion who had been his
rescuer, and eagerly he explained the
mystery of his disappearance on that
eventful night.
Maddened by passion, after striking
Thomas Mildmay down, he set off to walk
to y neighhoring seaport, resolving never
to place foot in the rectory again.
A vessel, when he arrived, was on the
point Of starting for Norway-a place he
had long desired to visit-nnd he too1
passage in her, hoping by travel to find
distraction from his misery.
| In Norway he had remained until q
week back, when chance had thrown into
his hands an old newspaper containing
Thomas Mildmay's trial.
| Shocked and overwhelr-e ed with re.
morse, he had not lost moment in re.
turning to Scotland by the first ship that
sailed, which, by singular chain of cir
cumstanccs, happened to be wrecked on
the very portion of the coast he wished
to reach. sE ,J I'D
"You have saved my life, Tom," said
he, warmly pressing his friends palm,
"and l am here to prove your limo.
cence. Forgive the past, and" taking
Mays hand, and himself placing it in
the others, II pray you may be hapny
Ii your guilt was not proven, your devo-
ton is. and fully merits the reward OF
May Westleigh's love-"
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Gh9 ' HIst Ht thing chat d man tsa5.5 10
In life is milk, and the last thing is his
bier.
Albany penitantiary has j, ,20a IRIS
oners and only one has escaped in the
thirty years since it was built.
IA oofRespl EFT eutii IN the suburb
wants to kneW s'ths best may to make a
hot bed" IF you are married man,
crawl into bed rather late, with your
boots on.
l, - Pat, MaginniA has very stubborn
mule, which he calls s'Oid 9I1slEet." !" On
being asked Why he gave the 'iplio slat
name, he said: Because the stubborn
beast Won's 60 without o Eck." -5yT
- A stable-keepef, who invaYiEbly
cautions his patrons against driving FAST,
repeated the ::sajjSnction TO q gentleman
who was hiring team of hin the oGner
day, and received the following response !:
II am going to faneral, and must keep
up with the procession if il kills The
horse" He was permitted 10 drive on.
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TAPPING CUT-WoRMs IN GARDENS.
1t is very annoying, after having set
out @ nice lot of sweet potatoes or cab
bage plants, to SEQ them cut down, one
by one, by cut-worma. We have tried
ashes, lime, SCOT, and, in fact, everything
we have ever heard OF, but never found
anything offectual until, by accident, We
found three or four worms, one morning,
gathered under q small board, which had
been left by some children on {. sweet
potato hill. Acting upon this hint, we
81. F,: ,.cS email :.;eees of koa.A lesse ci;:>.
ETC., oil through tho patch, and we trap
ped. them by hundreds. The boards
must be lifted. early. in Inc morning,
and, on very warm days, again about
noon.
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LAZY FARMERs.s-Iasiness prevents q
man from getting off his horse to put on
the tirst rail- tinat gots Knocked On ssa5
fence, and through this. lazy neglect q
led og corn il seriously damaged.
Ld&i1S keeps a man from diving one
nail when one would do, and finally coats
q t1rpenter's bill for extensive repairs.
LazlDesg allows agate 10 DO OFF the hinges,
to lie in the mud, or stand propped by
railaAa stable or barn to leak and DAM
ago rhppdgeds of dollaFs' worth of prov
eeder. Laziness in abort "a, the proper
name for nine.tanths Of the excuses Sor
bad farming. fBnt far stlfe most prolific
Of the many wastes that are due to lazi-
ness is the waste Of ignorance.
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RELIABLE EVIDENCE.

MIR. II. II. SrEvES5:
Dear Sir-I will most cheerf lily add my testi.
mony to the great number you have already re-
ceived In favor Of your great and good medicine,
VEGEriNE, for do not think enough can be said
In Its praise, for WAS troubled over thirty years
With that dreadful disease, Catarrl, and had
such bad coughing spells that it would Seem h5
though could never breathe any more, and
God all the time that there is so good medicine
rs VEGErISE, and also think It one OF the best
medicines foy coughs and weak sinking feelings
ct the stomach. and advise everybody to take tho
vEGETISE, for can assure them 1t Is one OF tho
best medicines that ever was.
Mrs. l.. GORE.
Corner Magazine and Walnut streets,
Cambridge. Mnss.
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WHAT | KNOW ABOUT vEsETIHE.
.oura Bos1oN. Nay 0. 1870.

SoUrH BOSTON, Msy 0, 1910.
II. II. STEVENS. ESQ:
Dear air-I haTo aad considerable expaTieneo
with the VEeETTsE. For dyppep5ias general
debility an. impure s!ccss The yEnErINR L. On.
perior TO anything which have ever used: I
commenced taking VEoETINE about tho middle
OF last winter, and. after using Sel! bottles II
never was In 90 good condition as as the present
time. 1t will afford me pleasure 70 give any
further PARTICULAR relative TO what / know
about thls good medicine to any one who vii
call or address me at my residence, $50 Athens
street. Very respectfully,
MONROE PARKER,
386 Athens 2treet.
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RULES FOR SpELLING.-The following
rules should be carefully committed to
memory, as the knowledge of them will
| prevent that hesitation about the spelling
of common words, which is frequently
! experienced even by the we'll edncated :.
All monosyllables ending in /, with a
single vowel before it. have double at
the close; as mill, still.
All monosy.lables ending in !, with q
double vowel before it, have one only
ut the close MS wall, sail
Monosyllables ending in |, when COM
pounded, retain but ono each; as fulfil,
skilf'l.
All words Of more than Que syllable
ending in ], have one only in the close |;
as faithful, delightful; except recall, be-
fall, unwell, etc.
All derivations from words ending in
have one ! only Us equality, from equal !;
except they enc ;n y, oF y, as small,
All participles in ing from verbs ending
in e, lose the tinal-as have, having
amuse, amusing except they come from
verbs ending in double c, and then they
ing. Si{9
Adverbs in ly, and nouns in ment, re-
tain the final of the primitives-
brave, bravely; refine, refinement; ex.
cept Judgment, acknowledgment.
All deriyations from words ending in
err, retain the before the r, as refer,
reference; except hindrance from hinder,
remembrance from remember. C,isestrons
from disaster, monstrous from monster.
wondrous from wonder, cumbrous from
cumber. etc.
.il compound words If both end not
i'll !, retain their primitive parts entire
rs millstones, chargeable, graceless; ex-
cept always, although, almost, admirable,
etc.
All ni0nosyllables ending in & conso-
nant, with single vowel, before it, dou-
bic that consonant in derivatives as sin.
sinner; ship, shipper; big, bigger; glad,
gladder. etc.
Monosyllables ending in consonant
%ith double vowel before it., do not
double the consonant in derivatives; as
sleep, sleeping, troop, trooper.
All words of more than one SYLLABLE
ending in single consonant, preceded
by single vowel and accented ON the
last syllable, double that consonant in
derivatives; as commit, committee COM
pei, compelled; appal, appalling distil,
Nouns Of one syllable ending In y,
| change y into les in the plural and verbs
ending in y, preceded by o consongnt,
| change y into les ii the third nefsori sin.
gular Of the present tense, endlsdsisi tise
past, tense and pafticiple; as fly, Aies-; I
apply and he applies I replied or have
replied, or ne replied. II they He prece-
ded by vowel, this rule is not applica-
pie, as key, keya;. play, he playe; We
Compound words whose primitives end
in y, change into i; rs beauty, beauti
full !; lovely, loveliness-Journoi of Edu-
cation. 'I.AtfT' s5TfIsy
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- s:e-s-...'.' y .|s-O q itUao 7viio U1 tWU
inches in diameter, according to the girth
of the stump, vertically in the centre of
the latter, about eight inches deep. Put
into it one or two ounces of saltpetre, fill
the hole with water and plug up tight.
In the ensuing spring take out the plug,
pour in about one-half gill of kerosene
and then ignite it. The stump will
shoulder away without blazing, the very
extremity of the roots leaving nothing
but ashes"
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DyDpepsfes

SYMPTOMS Tant Of appetite. r,sing Of food
ach, heartburn. dryness and whiteDess Of tho
tongue In the morning, sense of djStension In tho
stomach and bowels sometimes ruInbliDg and
rupted by diar.hHa; paleness OF the urine. Tho
mouth Is clemmy or has a sour or bitter taste.
Other frequent symptoms are waterbrash, palpi-
tation Of the heart. headache. ard disorders OF
eral debility. languOr and aversiOn to motion;
detection OF the spirits. disturbed slecp, and
FRIGHT tful dreams
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Gained Fifteen Ponds Of Flesh.

i'orTH BERWICK, Me-. Jan. II, 1872.
IL. H. STEVENS, Esq.:
Dear Sir-I have had dyspepsia In it's worst
form for the last ten year5, and have taken
hundreds Of dollars worth Of medicine without
menced taking the VgGETISE, since which time
my health has steadily improved. My food d.
gests we'll. and have gainei fifteen pounds OF
flesh. There are several others in this place
taking the yEGEriNE. and ell have obtained
THOMAS r.. MOORE,
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overseer OF Card Room. roIifmouth CO.'S Mills
FEEL myself A MEw mAM.

NATiCK, Mass, June ], 1877.
Mr. II. II. SrHvESs:
I,oar Sir-Throu:h tho advice and earnest
persuasion Of the Rev. i. >. Best, Of tb.S place,
have L3en taking VgGETfSE for dyspepsia, OF
which have suffered for years.
have used ~ two bottles. and already feel
mJsois iic- Kan. Respectfully.
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How TO DESTROY STUMps.-We find
in an exchange the following directions
for effectually destroying stumps, which
is worthy Of q irial: Il. :, ..l.i,.s-s',a
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Boots and Shoes.

TF you want to huy a good saoe or poo' -
Il a low price for cash, call on nl,ou,rRa
March %, 1877
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APPRECIATION.

CHARLEsTowN, Mass, March 10, 1860.
II. r. STEVENS:
Preparation" (VE0ETINE) in my family for
several years, and think that, for Scrofula OF
Cankerous Humora or Rheumatic affections, It
cannot bo excelled; and az blood purifier and
spring medicine 1t IN tho best thingT have ever
usedi and have used almost everything. can
cheerfully recommend 1t to any one in need Of
such q medicine. Yours respectfully,
Mrs. a. A. DINSMORE,
10 Russell street.