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Comic Journalism i'm Russia.

l am greatly surprised at the number OF
Illustrated papers published in Russia espe-
cially MOSCOW, The Muscovite taste running
very largely To papers with colored illustrs-
tons. L cannot say l think these papers
show great deal of what the French call
spirituality either in their illustrations or
the marginal comments that accompany
them. Evidently Russia has no Mast, no
Sham; but It is good sign, nevertheless,
that the nation should break out, so to speak
in these numerous manifestations of liter.
airy and artistic ardor. 1t shows that the
country is growing. There are at 81. Peters
burg two or more illustrated papers with
plain engravings and of more serious char
acter which, although inferior in execution,
correspond 10 our LcSlie's and RdTDer's; but
The great majority of these Russian publica-
mons (lllustratedI are purely comic, humor-
istic, burlesque.
The Russian is a great humorist. He likes
that which is droll; aud he has TO day a great
comic writer OF wonderful powers and un-
doubted excellence whom he would match
with the best man o.. Punch and Judy, and
put IN rivalry, If he could, with our dearly
beloved Mark Twain, fully confident that he
would carry off The palm. But for the life of
me cannot recall his name. 1t is an abom-
hear pronounced. OF course we all know of
Gongol (it is necessary to insert that little
proposition, for the evanescent, purely Rus
sian wit OF the great national composer can
not be translateti), and what esteem he is
held In. Probably, no comedian has a armer
enduring fame. But to speak OF the comic
illustrated papers-the best appears to be
the BO,OoiH5dk or Alarm Bel. This greets the
eye al present with front aud back page
illustration in gay colOrs bearing on the war
The English never and the Austrian rarely
q ridiculous light lNosc010 COrTes poadelce
Boston Journal.
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created in the surprised ard frightened camp
coulo be heard his wild yelis aud the tiger
hey could, sweeping q trail OF death forty
feet wide through the village. Hardly q shot
was fired In return, but one of the few sent
after them struck and MORALLY wounded a
bTonze-faced, grizzly haired veteran who
was three times hit at Antietsm. He fell
forward, chung to his horse, aud when the
oand halted on the prairie beyond the Will
age ne fell 10 the ground.
ain three minutes we shall have two hun
dred bowling fiends after us!' said Little
Dan, As be dismounted. ssThis man is IA
tally wounded, and he'll be dead in half an
hour. We can't take him along, and we
can't stop here"
While he was speaking he was busy search
ing the pockets OF the unfortunate rider.
Watch, money, photographs of loved ones,
revOlvers and sabers were taken aud dis
trihured among the party in thirty seconds,
and then the dwarf bent down and asked:
"Comrade, can you speak?'
al understandable all right" was the
whispered reply.
"Here's your rifie," said Dan. ssIf the In
dams rush upon you shoot yourself Ii they
don't find you for an hour you'll be deal
Good by. God forgive you and us, it's the
Leaping To the back of his mustang. he
turned for the ''White Horse Hills" lust as a
terrible wall of sorrow mingled with a cry
for vengeance, rose on the cool night air
from the village. The horses had not GAL
loped mile before they were pulled up. The
band was safe for moment, aud Zach heart
was ucdNy at the tDOuS1I OF me com rAle dy-
Ing among the trampled flowers. Each neal
was bent that way, and each ear heard the
rush OF Indians in that hi rectiOn. They rode
as straight for the dying man a. If IL had
been broad noon day. a sudden shout
proved that they had found him. but IL was
hardly raised before the report of rifle
echoed across the prairie.
che was brave man, whispered Little
Dan
God pity the poor ones st home." added
The Others, ard they rode forward at fall
speed, knowing that they had not one chance
in ten OF reaching Fort McKavette.
But they did reach IL after days Of riding,
starving and thirsting and the order was de-
liVered and Western Texas saved from the
horrors OF an Indian war
Before the wild winds OF winter swept the
bleak plains, a solitary hOrsemau role from
Fort Territ at night, dOdging Iadian scouts,
and never minding the gaurt wolves which
gallOped close behind with their red tongues
hanging from terrible jaws. He crossed the
ravtne, rode across the site of the Indian
village, and halting at a spot halfa mile be-
yond, he dug hole In the soft soil AMI firmly
embedded post and a cross. In deep-carye1
letters was the legend:
"A BRAVE MAN DIED HERE"
only that and nothing more. and the re-
cords of the frontier forts show. from infor-
nation furnished by the Indians them yes,
That seventeen redskins were killed and nine
wounded in that wild charge through the
village.
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Sale Of the Phil.se,,n,. crime, ;,

Col. Forney sold the PHILADELPHIA Press for
sIe9.eoo, sl3o,ooo for the paper and sSo.eDo for
sale, said:
''In November, 1874, the control of the Press
resented by Mr.. A. X. Mcclure, now OF the
Times: Col Forney was then In Europe aud
intended TO protract his stay two years long
consummated. The purchase at that time
was on basis OF s210,oO0 value for the news
paper property, exclusive OF book accounts
that amount. Col. Forney was TO receive
slli,co0 for a like amount OF the stock
$4,000 cash, and the residue in semi-annusi
was TO e ain 500 GOO OF the stock, and r.
ceive sn o. nual salary OF IS 600 while he re-
manned In Europe, and continue as associate
chief editor with Mr.. Mcclure on his re.urn.
The contract was made by cable, Mr.. Nc
Clure having sent out TO London by mail a
formal contract for Col. Forney's considera-
tlon ard acceptance, TO which he cabled the
"'LoNDoN, Nov. "a, Is74-McCs,ue. Phila-
delphfd Proposition accepted as stated. Can
NOT posiIlveiy be editor, but European cor
THE announcement that the Pres had
been disposed of TO new control created
considerable stir In political circles, AMI
some of Col. Forney's friends made vigorous
opposition to 1t, admonishing him by cable
That 1t would be disastrous TO his paper; and
some OF his sincerest friends, believing that
the independent and aggressive tone likely
10 be given 10 the Press under the new direc-
ton would depreciate its value as news.
paper property, appealed TO Mr.. McClure not
70 urge the contamination OF the contract.
Mr.. Mcclure answered that the parties he
represented were quite satisfied with the con
tract, but that Col Forney was entirely at
liberty 10 revoke or execute IL, without re.
gard 10 his agreement to sell Col. Forney
held the matter under sdvisement for six
days, when he answered as follows:
LONDON, Nov. 80. is74.-Mc Cure pbiiq-
o,fL ma: = AS You are satisfied TO revoke, |
agree. See letter 10 Weigley, Saturday aud
to-day. FoRSTYS
Thus ended the negotiations VIII ch cauSel
such ripple in political circles in 1874, and
immed iaIe steps were taken TO establish The
Times, the first number OF which was issued
the 18th of the fOllnufnur
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A NEwsBoy To BE RIG HrED AT LAST
The Titusville (Penn.) Herald of the 18th in
slant contains the following statement: 81.
j. Smith, q news agent on the Pittsburg, tt
tusville, and Buffalo road, in the employ OF
Riley & Sergeant, is likely soon to comsintO
handsome fortune, from which he has never
been able to realize any benefit, on account
OF the duplicity and injudicious investment
ofhis guardian, w. II. Richardson, OF Rich
mond, Va. WI. Smith, father of the boy,
was q prosperous merchant TAILOR in Rich
mond, and died in 1856, leaving his family in
comfortable circumstances. He carried
life policy in New York insurance COM
pany for So 900 In gold, or its equivalent,
which was paid over to the administrator
and guardian mentioned above. Toe money
was invested In Confederate bonds, which
had no par value after Lees surrender. The
widow was unable to make settler ent with
Richardson. and was compelled to sacrifice
her home, and came north with her boy to re-
side. Afterthe war Mrs. Smith brought suit
for the recovery of her fortune, bat the Case
was subjected to laws tortuous delays, and
death overlook her before 1t was decided. Her
counsel has reopened the itig alton 10 the
name of the SON and heir, and has written
and that, too, In his favor. The plaintiff Is
wealthy man, and win have TO pay not
only the original principal, but also aecumu-
lated interest or twenty years. Young Smith
has earned his own living since his mother
died, has Knocked Ground the country good
deal, and has learned the uses Of adv0rslty.
Tue intelligence that he u soon TO enjoy his
patrimouy, % long and unjustly withheld,
has not turned his head In tho least"
@When Taxns lapoe suNpends publlca-
ton the ofhGRB ~ n H. NWQ06 hfuGd.v
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THE TERRIBLE IMPULSE OF FATHER
CRAZED BY GRIEF.-Early this morning
word was received at police headquarters
that tragedy Lad been enacted in the wes-
tern part OF the city. Your correspondent
fastened to the locality, and found that H
W. Mann, for the past four years cashier for
the Kansas City Stockyard company. had
Killed himself. and before INJECTING his own
death wound, had shot his little daughter.
aged years, through the heart. When found
smoking pistol was graSped in the right
hand of the deceased, and the blood oozing
from little hole in the risht temple showed
where the ball bad been sent. The tile
golden.haired child, who was dead in the
same bed with her father, was lying on hes
back, with tiny baby doll in one hand aud
the other thrown carelessly over her head.
The little breast was blackened with DOW
der, showing that the muzzle of the pistol
had been placed directly over the heart be-
fore the trigger was pulled. Mr.. Mann was
from Oswego, N. Y. and has oeen located ia
this city for the last five years. He Was a
SON In. law of Mr.. q. w. Sedgwick of the
Kansas Pacific railroad company, and was
well-liked by his hundreds OF friends. The
death OF his wife, which occurred about X
months ago, is believed to have been the
immediate cause of the act. as since that
time deceased has been subject to spells of
temporary insanity.-[Special from Kansas
City, No.
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GOLDEN ROD.

Dear frighted summer, peering through the bouShs
Didst thou perceive FAR OF the coming foes
And, thinking 70 detain him and arouse
Hfs aysrlce, make haste 20 coin and throw
On hill and field dry upland and brown cane,
a lsvtshmeDt OF shining, yellow gold,
Nhich he, Ike pirate fierce and overload,
should clutch, thss le ting thee aud thine escape
All, cunning summer Well he knows the vile.
Already CLEANS he war red on his path,
The sunsch bleeds, the ma pies feel his wrath,
zach covering fern avoids his cruel smile,
He marks the oseprint where thy footsteps passed,
And, barring his sharp sword he follows fast.
lSVsda Coolsdge, tH the IsdspsHdsnf.
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to wonderfully romantic story 1 ever
heard. Col. Fleance Fitz Roy, there is some
ton of Tucson"
Now. don't deceive yourself there again.
put in the Colonel. "sMountain Joe' And
1neZ Romuldo are TO be married nexf veeE
and We will both 60 TO the wedding.~
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HINT FOR PovERTY-CURsED BELLEs.-
The other day q grocerymsn at Vallejo gave
q large party, at which the daughter of the
carriage painter who lived next door created
a decided sensation. u was not that she was
more handsomely attired than the other
ladies present, but that when she gyrated In
The 'dance of death" she was observed To
display the only pair of PINK silk stockings
IN The room She left the house for re W
moments al the expiration OF the dance, and
IN the next waltz exhibited q pair of light
blue dittoes. An hour later her crushed and
eXasperated female friends beheld these sup
piemented by further hose Of q delicate CHI c-
oiste shade And so Ii went on until her
miserable rivals determined to folloV her
the next time she disappeared. They traced
her 10 ner fatnef's paint shop in the back
yard, where she was discovered. brush in
hard. and about ornamenting her neither ex-
tremities Win nnal artistic coat OF light
salmon. The exulting spies rushed back
With the damaging news, but 1t was too late.
The men were all too tight to understand .
the music had gone home and the lights were
being put out. Thus Il 10 thai fraud and
duplicify triumph, while honest simplicity
walks around with . darn on its calf and Z
hole In its heel.-[61 Ersscisco Poet.
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~Alwaysput on tin to morrow what yen
can do to-day, 1Dr BY that means you will
nave Tine 70 think how % do it bet, and
win ne Least tnconvenisnee - youEsolf.
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WESTERN TEMPERANCE EXPERT
MENT.-A year and a hall ago the city OF
Rockford, III, gave up an admirable license
system, which had reduced drunkenness
from 163 arrests in 1866 (under no license) To
81 for the year ending May, 1876, Qicense
year.) Under this system Rockford had be-
come one of the most sober and orderly cities
In the state. Under popular excitement a
city government was elected which refused
To grant licenses. At first some stir was
made by the arrest and Imprisonment oftwo
or three saloon keepers, but that was about
all that was done: The saloons kept open
doors and sold in defiance OF law. The pres
ent mayor and city marshal have worked
hard to stop the traffic, but from the moment
the license was refused IL has been getting
further from their control, while saloons and
drunkenness rapidly increase. Sunday sell
ing, which was suppressed under license,
again fiourishes. AT a recent meeting of the
city government to consider the matter the
....,,:vor declared that he had done his ve.y;
best to control the traffic, but had failed, and
very frequently through the perjury of wit
nesses he had called into court. On submit
ting the question to q vote, the no-license
men had one majority, but public feeling
plainly indicates that license will be- re-
established next spring.
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A CALIFORNIA POMERoY BoY.-Sacra-
mepto. Cal has an apt imitator of BJston's
Pomt roy boy. youth OF 10 years. Recently
ne seized little girl, years old, nearly
Killed her, and finished by half burying her
with heavy clods of earth. His story is
thus: HE was sent TO market by his mother
he took short cut across the orchard and
met Elite there. She was crying. He slap
ped her face 10 make her stop. She cried all
the more. Then he threw a clod and hit her
In the stomach. She fell. Then, out of pure
animal fiendishness, and for no cause that
he can account for, he began to throw heavy
clods on her. AS he did so, the desire came
70 throw harder, and he cast the hardest he
put large clods on her feet and some on her
head and body, to keep her still, and went
and gave the alarm. He says he told his
mother all about 1t, but this the mother
st0utly denies, from the depths OF her grief.
Inc boy says he did not beat Ettie, because
ner cousin, a school mistress, had a few DAYS
before logged him. He says he never thought
or mat, but did ii because impelled to do IL
py sort OF irresistible desire TO hurt and
brrise her."
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Il Z NJ u II z.
SPECIAL NOTICE.

We have or wharf about $50 600 feet O. Prime
Heart "a Georgia B0s RpS. W hich we viii seIl for
Thirty DAYS, at $40 per ly9Q feet
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~In Pickens county, Alabama, n. +.
Pierce, In jail on the charge Of numbering
taken nom the prison By Q band Of armed
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DIR. DRAPER ON DARwINIsM-The evo-
lutionists have acquired powerful sup
porter in Prof j. w. Draper, OF New York
University, who in lecture delivered at
Springfield, Mass, on Thursday last, before
and at the invitation of an association of
Unitarian ministers. now in session there,
expOuDded Darwin's theory of evolution
and gave his reasons why Ii ought to meet
general acceptance. DIR. Draper does not re-
gard Darwin's theory of evolution as tending
TO promote the doctrine of the materialists
On the contrary he declared in summing up
that the adoption OF an hypothesis so com
piete and rounded in all its parts would lie ad
TO "nObler views of this great universe OF
which we form part; nobler views of the
manner In which IL has been developed in
past ages to Its present state; nobier views of
tie laws by which il is now maintained;
nobler expectations as To its future Above
all, our conceptions of the interchangeable
purpose; of the awful majesty of the Supreme
Being, become more vivid. Werealize what
is meant when il is said. with II IN there is
no variableDesS, no shadow OF turning
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SHE COULD NOT BE A SEGvANT.-A spe-
c1al dispatch states that in Council Blu RS,
Iowa, on Oct 4, q young girl died from the
eHects OF dose OF strychnine, taken with
intent 70 commit suicite. "Her parents were
formerly very wealthy, but her father failei
and died, and the daughter sought work as a
servant TO help support her widowed mother.
Her inability to do common homework
made her Respondent and tired OF life."
The poOrgirl evidently had enough flfal
devotion to make her wish to do her duty
but she had neither the paltry skill required
Tor domestic service nor the courage aud ca
pacity to acquire in later life the lessons
In cooking, sweeping, cleaning, busting aud
serving which she should have been taught
in childhood. She became simply the victim
of the fashion in which American children
Of wealthy parents are reared.
TArT0oING.-Dr +. F. Naury, of this city,
has been Ia Reading examining some twen-
ty-seven persons suffering from the effects OF
t0ftooing made upon their bodies by tramp
He stated that all the cases were of an incur
able and most aggravated disease. Almost
All the patients had been tattOOed on the arm.
The poisonous saliva mixed with the ink en-
cred the blood and affected the whole sys-
EN-. In company with DR.. Kugn, physician
At the prison, Drs. Maury and Marshall Wis.,
ited the tatl and found two seriou eases. AZ
another place man was found With his eyes
IN Q terrible condition; another had lost his
halr; another's mouth was Ia such q fearful
state es 70 entirely preclude the possibility
OF eaungi other patients had great lamps
back OF their necks, and swollen glands, to-
eHsner With blotches on their arms and faces.
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OUR NEW
Try LUMBER SHE'D,

Which has capacity for holding nearly ONE
MILLION FEET, fs filled with all kinds IL LIN.
bER, well seasoned. Always dry aad protected
from the weather.
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THE RUSSIAN GEAR AND SPANISH
GRANDEE ON A BEAR HUNf.-The Russian
Gar has great penchant for bear-hunting,
and the forests Of Gatcnina are mis- special
preserve for this kind of game. This funny
story OF days sport several years ago, par
ticipated In by the Emperor and diplomat
Is told by a cOrrespOndent:-TneS Spanish
ambassador to Russia at that time was the
Duke OF Ossuna, very pOmpOus, cOnceitei
grandee, well versed In all the rules of court
etiquette, but a small, weazened, dried u D
man, of no physical courage, and but an in
different sportsman. The Emperor had in
vited him TO one OF his hunts at Gatchina,
an honor which could not be declined; and
muffied up in costly sables, the duke
set out with the imperial party, aud
was consigned to a post of honor,
a tree next to the one b,hind watch
the Car awaited the coming OF such
game as the huntsmen might drive
up. a huge bear made his appearance, his
temper somewhat rolled by the unwelcome
noise OF dogs and horns behind him, and the
emperor made a sign To the am pas sai Tor To
shoot. The duke bowed deeply, and declared
his unwillingness to shoot before ais imps-
rial host. The emperor urged him To di5re-
ard etiquette for once, but the iitIie grandee
continued his pfofuse protestations until the
bear had drawn uncOm Portable close, and by
his fOrbiddiDg aspect caused the Spaniard 10
shake with fear and forget his polite utter
1Dgs- shot from the emperor, who was
laughing in his sleeve, interrupted the ant
mails progress, but the victim OF the joke,
bathed in perspiration, fell faintiny upon the
snow. and had TO be taken TO the palace on a
sfretcher.
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