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STRENGTH OF THE RUSSIAN AND TURKISH
ARMIEs.-The Vienna Presse states that the
respective forces of the Russian and Turkish
armies in Europe were, at the moment of
opening negotiations for an armistice, as fol
lows: The Russians Roumanians and Ser
yiaDs were divided into six separate armies of
Operation-lst the Seryians and R0uMlanians
operating against Widdin. 10000: I'd, the Ser
1900; Sd, Gen. Gourko's corps, numbering
$1,000: 4th, the Russian central army near Fir
noua, commanded by the Grand Duke Nicho-
las, consisting OF 10000 men 5th, the army of
. the LON, commanded by the CzarOwitch. and
numbering about 10000: 9th, the army of the
Dobrudscha,, commanded by Gen: thinner
mann. who has $4,000 men under him. The
Turkish army was also divided into six corps.
of which the two first, numbering about 10 00O
men each, hold Nsch and Widdin: while the
third and fourth represent; the forces which
army between Shipka. and AdrianOple COM
prises SO,0 900 men. covering the ground. between
Teke, PhillippOpOlis, AdrianOple, and Slivo.
The Turkish forces in the Quadrillateral,
amounting to about same number, form the
the sixth division. According to this estimate.
the allied forces Of Russia, Roumana, and
Servia number 100000 as against only l9O, 00e
TurkS-[ Pal Mall Gazette.
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CHILDREN's KILT SUITS, size to years,
at the Boys Clothing House of B. Robinson &
Co. 900 Penn. ave.
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A FOR CASH oNLY. ooSr

In order to reduce large stock Of MILL
merry and FANCY GOODS WE WILL -
SELL, for the nextTHIRTY DAYS, our EN-<
TIRE STOCK, eTcept KID GLOVES, AT COST -"
FOR CASH ONLY. Job Lot Hamburgs az -
25c. per yard the best ever sold at that price Lot
nets will also lie sold at cost.
@The extreme scarcity OF money necessitates
the GREAT BARGAINS OFFERED,
MRS. NJ. j. HUNT.
JanS-u 62I aud 683 ID sf.
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PECULIAR MEXICAN DANCE.-The Mexican
ladies dress in the most vivid colOrs and strik-
ing contrasts. They combine the handsOmest
articles of attire with the cOmmOnest and
poorest. In the intervals of dancing the
women retire to the dressing room and re-
fresh themselves with wine or beer and ciga-
rettes. Even the youngest girls smoke. The
slower. They only have one national dance.
which is called the DANA" This is danced
in the slOweSt possible manner. and is well
adapted for warm climates. A young lady in
describing it said sit was the easiest thing in
the world to learn-yOu only had to stand Still
and be Rugged" 1t seems to be a great
favOrite here.-[ A Lady in 81. Paul Pioneer
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Weather Indications To-day.

OFFICE OF CHEF SIGNAL OFFICER. }
Washington. Eehrmary 6 ISIS [
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HENRIOT q CO.
In introducing this Champagne. we are confident
that IT'S superior merits wiz insure permanent
popularity witt the lovers OF the delicious wines OF
France.
Per case, &c. 90 currency.
HALL a HUME,
tAn4-u SO5 Market Space.
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DEEDS IN FEE have been filed as follows:
Frederick May. ct al. to Henrietta ID. c. May,
Ti OF an undivided seventh OF lot s.
sell, $18i.T: part lots = and 8, So. ll6 James
o. Clephane TO Mary ID. Bddle. s2.S5997; lot y
and part q. sub lots and :, and parts and 9,
part north = 4, sI. III. G. A Sheckell to ThOs.
Bayne, 3; lot Il, So. 46s Alfred Gage ct al,
trustees, to E. e. Elmore, $500: sub lot 6, part
Kendall, 500: part lot 2, So. 795 S. b. Ellery
TO Helena Weeks. 81, 800: lot 76, So. 623 How
ard University to William Tyler, 500; part lot
A Prescott, 80; part lot 5, block q, of Smiths
farm in Howard University grounds.
The POLICEMEN INTRODUCED TO THEIR
NEW CHIEF-ln accordance with a notice
given yesterday afternoon, the entire police
force OF the District Of Columbia, with the ex
at police headquarters at six o'clock this morn
ing TO pay their respects to the new ma Or and
superintendent Mr.. A: 7. BrittOn, president
sent, and each member Of the force was by
captain Brock introduced to Mr.. BrittOn and
Major Morgan. The meeting was necessary,
from the TACT that many OF the men had no
| ACQUAINTANCE with the new major and super
| intendent. pleasant chat was held and the
men returned to their respective beats.
DAIRY MAIDS RECEPTION AT RYATrs-
| v!LLE;;-Editor Stdr:-A novel entertainment
! with above title, came off last evening at the
| residence OF Mr.. Guy: The tables were taste
! fully decorated. the Maids in the costume
| of the peaSantry of different countries, pre-
! sented beautiful appearance; while large
| audience listened attentivey to the choice
/ quartetteS by the Barker Family" and ex-
4uisite solos by Mrs. Morrison and Miss Evan.
! The reception is continued this evening, with
| another concert by other performers. B.
| Hyattsyille. Feb. s, 1873.
! SUIT FOR internal REVENUE TAX.-The
| United States yesterday entered suit against
/ J. Carter Marbury, Charles nj. Matthews and
| George S. Gideon on a bond of $4,000. The
/ first-Aamed gave bond as executor of the eS-
| tate of Edward Chapman. of Georgetown, and
| plaintiff claims that he has not faithfully dis
! charged that duty, as he has not paid over to
! the United States the sum of $1,000 due as
! United States internal revenue tax upon lega-
! cieS and diStributive shares arising from per-
sOnal property in trust Of the executor.
J TABLE LINENS cheap. towels cheap, sheeting
| cottOns at wholesale prices, blankets at cost,
/ carpets at cost, white counterpaneS cheap,
| black alpacaS, Is cents per yard: double
| width black cashmereS, . cents: Hamburg
edgings from auction, from cents per yard
! remnant dress goods at a sacrlhce. TowSon'S
see adyertiSement.-Adr.
! We ARE POSITIVELY preparing TO move
| Friday, February Is, 1878, closing out the
| balance OF our large stock. regardless OF cost.
| fure wool, white blankets, $50; excellent
| calico, AZ; beautiful wool dress goods, Is:
| black silk and black cashmeres very cheap.
4 Carriers Tn7 harkpt 1rf
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MOUNT VERNON NURSERIES,,
.M ESTABLISHED IS YEARS
FRUIT TREES ADAPTED TO THIS Pm.
GIOE A SPECIALITY
SNAIL TRUIT, ORNAMENTAL TREES,
c. GILLINGHAM A. co.
sep2e-ku Aecotnk Post once, Fairfax. Va.
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BUILDING PERMITS issued by Inspector Emit
wisle: j II. Happ repair a frame corner of
ON ana n streets northwest; $50. German
Flle insurance Company. build a shed on 9th
Slrett, between b and southeast s.. jill.
Lynch, repair a frame building. 40 n street
northeast; 80. Martha Murphy, repair a
frame on Sd street, between and + south
west; So
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INDUSTRIAL.

Oil made from peanuts closely resem-
bles olive oil.
In Germany the finest -four is being
made with millstones of glass
A society has been formed in Paris to
organize series of visits to all the chief mu.
seums, exhibitions, and public monuments,
under the guidance OF well instructed lee
turers.
In France architects and carpenters
are legally held responsible for period of
ten years after the completion of a structure
for total or partial loss occasioned by defec-
tive plans or work.
France, so fortunate in its wine yield
since the war, is now heavy sufferer. The
phylloxera has already appeared in "a de-
partments and done damage computed at
S2OO,OOOOO0. Burgundy has escaped as yet.
Ice machines are now made by which
ice can be manufactured at 81 per ton. A
cake weighing 40 pounds was exposed to a
hot sun five hours on street in Cincinnati,
recently, when the thermometer W as at 90,
and lost only about half an inch on each
side
To utilize feathers of ducks, chickens,
and turkeys, generally thrown aside as re.
fuse, trim the plume from the stump, in-
close them in tight bag, rub the whole as
ifwashing clothes, and you will secure per.
fectly uniform and light down, excellentfor
quilting coverlets and not a few other pur.
poses.
To restore the softness and pliancy of
leather which has become hard by having
been wet, apply neatsfoot oil and rub it in.
Castor oil is good substitute for neatsfoot
oil for softening leather belts, boots and
harness. The best oil for harness is one
quart of neatsfoot oil, four ounces beet tai
low and three tablespoonfuls lampblack;
adding four ounces of beeswax Tor use in
summer weather.
Wayne county, New York, produces
about two thirds of the peppermint crop OF
the country. 1t is grown on black ash
swamps, which have been thoroughly un-
derdrained, from roots which are planted as
hops are. When cut, it is partially dried
and taken to still where the oil is ex-
tracted. The oil sells from $1.50 to IS per
pound, and when it brings So the crop is a
paying one. About 20 600 pounds are used
annually in producing medicines, manufac.
turinp candies and making cOrdials
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About POrcupines.

a correspondent of the Philadelphia
Ledger says that he has killed pOrcu-
pines in western Pennsylvania and Ohio,
where they are quite common, and he
adds "The porcupine is nocturnal
depredator, and feeds on green corn,
pumpkins, and other vegetables 1t is a
great pest in the sugar camps, gnawing
the wooden sap-buckets stored for the
summer, attracted by the sweet that has
soaked into the wood. 1t is a sluggish
animal, and relies for defense upon its
armor of quills or spines, which it can
erect at pleasure. When attacked it
rolls itself into ball, and presents a
bristling surface to the adversary, like a
chestnut burr. Neither it nor the Afri.
can porcupine has the power to shoot or
throw its quills, as the credulous believe.
But the ambitious dog that assails the
pOrcupine, anticipating an easy conquest
from its non. n.combative appearance, will
retire from the conflict a sadder and
wiser dog. The quilts readily detach
themselves from the porcupines back and
pierce the dogs nose, aud will work
straight in the flesh. The writer has
hell ed to relieve dog trom those uu-
welcome intruders. Poor Ponto was
placed on his back, and pitchfork stuck
sstride of his neck and firmly held in the
ground, while friendly hand with pin
GERS extracted the quils, some OF them
having worked so far in as to afford only
slight hold for the instrument. 1t is a
very painful operation, and the dog an.
derg ling it utters mest fearful yel|s and
pit6ous whines Only dogs of peculiar
pluck and pugnacity will hazard second
encounter with this spiny animal.
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SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

Northern men are gradually getting
possession of the best landed estates in Virs
ginia.
1t is estimated that eight times as
many people have left Memphis during the
present as in the panic of 1873.
Vicksburg Herald: A moccasin snake
was killed at PascagOua twelve feet two
inches in length and one foot and seven
eights in circumference. 1t weighed 249
pounds.
The Charlotte Observer learns that
the Rev. Mr.. Hill, who shot his son in>law, is
so overwhelmed by remorse for the deed,
though it was done in selfdefense, that he
has determined to abandon the ministry.
New Orleans Picayune: Most all
towns OF any importance in Mississippi have
the presence of yellow fever. They should
pool their issues now and raise the senseless
quarantine. Trains should be allowed to
stop long enough to put off dsinfected
money sent for the use OF the poor.
A Bryan, Texas, special says: Relig-
ious services, consistingof preaching, sing>
ing and praying, were again held on the
streets here to-day, A large and orderly
congregation was in attendance, and much
good is expected to result from it, as people
are reached that have not been inside Of a
church for years.
Speaking of Mackenzie's raid into
Mexico, the San Antonio Herald OF Saturday
says: The greatest interest was manifested
on the streets yesterday to learn additional
particulars, and the prospects of war with
Mexico were freely discussed. Should such
an event occur, regiment of experienced
soldiers could be raised in this city and vi
cinity in few days.
Austin Statesman: Texas will soon
have greater Federal power than all the
Gulf states. The house, and not the senate
holds the purse, and thus the sword and
Texas's power in the house. before the cen
tury closes. will be greater than that OF New
York and Pennsylvania. The enemies, but
not the lovers, of Texas have therefore
sought to effect the subdivision OF the com
monwealth.
New Orleans Times Notwithstand
ing the quarantine restrictions declared b!
small towns throughout the state agains
this city, even extending to mail matter, thu
postofice authorities, with persistenc!
worthy of the cause, at every opportunit.
forward the mails. Once in great while
bag manages to get through, but in mslor
ity of cases the mail is sent back. Yesterda.
all the Red river mails were returned AM
placed with the rest to await the raising o
the quarantine.
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Fashion Notes.

Bonncts grow smaller, and the capes
on them grow larger. Some of the
recent imp0rtations in the capOte shape
have large capes made OF foundation
covered with shirred silk or gathered
lace ruffles.
Parasols with long walking-stick hans
dies are much used at foreign watering
places. Ladies who are fond of walking
find them service cable. They are called
duchess parasols. Those made of percale
are edged with wash laces.
Serviceable skirts of red flannel are
made of serge or Quaker flannel, and
have side plaitings edged with narrow
torchon lace. This plating is set up
about IN inch from the bottom of the
skirt. For mountain or sea shore walks
the dress is looped slightly over these.
A fayorite style of dress for young
girls iH the blouse" polonaise. 1t is
made loose to the figure, is held by
q belt and is sometimes fitted in
front by two darts. Thin materials
make up very well in this way. The
fronts of this style of dress are some.
times left open all the way down and a
puffed front inserted They have small
mantillas added for street wear. Many
pretty effects are given to the simplest
dresses by the present taste for EN-
broidery. A princesse dress for a young
girl, of dark blue linen, has front or
plastron OF light blue zephyr, embroid.
cred in darker shades. The hounce and
ruffies are also embroidered.
There i. new shape in bonnets for
those persons who like something little
different from the universal capote. lt
ia the creation of well.known French
house, and has been worn great deal at
the recent French races. ltis made OF
Italian straw. is in the shape of large
ssilor hat and il worn at the back OF the
head. There are three ways oftrlmmipg
| II One way il with wreath OF field
or wild flowers around the crown, and
another wreath inside the brim, on the
hair. Another way is to wind a scarf OF
siIk the same color as the straw around
the crown, with bunch of feathers of
thesame shade on the left, and small
bunch of flowers inside just above the
ear. The third way is to mingle scarIs
of velvet and long Amazonian plume,
which are held by buckle OF gold fill
gree.--1N. Y. Evening Post.
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AN honest failure is the rarest work OF
man
THE sweat of mans brow comes easier
than his daily bread
THERE is no humble bee but can be
distinguished when you sit down on
him.
A YOUNG man who is much given to
athletic sports would like to know when
the much ,talked-of Anglo-Saxon race is
to come Of.
GEN. PLEAsoNToN appears to have
departed entirely from public notice.
"Blue be the glass above thee, friend of
our early days"
THERE is no brighter moment in the
life of young lady of ton than when the
happy discovery is made that she can at
last balance pair of eyeglasses on her
nose without squinting.
"How SHALL we treat the tramps?"
asks the New York Sun. Oh, we'll
if you are going to fraterni5e with them
in that way, we believe they generally
take straight whiskey.
THE secret of war has been we'll defined
by an unknown Chinese author; "Sols
dier he come on, he come on quite near,
we 20 way. How can two men stand on
one spot, so?"
| TIIR seethinR summer days have come,
| The sultriest OF the year,
When moTtals turn from gin and rum
To lemonade and beer;
| When apple women sleek and lat,
| plague to poor or rich,
| ConspIe to keep our feeling at
| The chOlera.mOrbus pitch.
A JOHN BULL, conversing with Can.
adian Indian, asked him if he knew that
the sun never sets on the Queens domini~
ons. "No" said the Indian. ado you
know the reason why2" asked John.
"Because heaven is afraid to trust an
Englishman in the dark" was the saw
ages reply.
GEORGE" she said to the perspiring
young man, "I love you just the same.
but, as our city relatives are coming next
week, mother thinks you'd better stay
away, because your long hair and freck-
led face might make them think that
our acquaintances weren't very high
toned" The young man is staying
away.
THE following netice is posted verba-
tim by Frenchman in Peacham, VT,
as warning to persons inclined to tres
pass on his premises:
One mans come my place, fish
Une mans come on my place, trap;
One mans come on my place, hunt;
Ten dollars lose for him.
A CoCKNEY inquired at the post-office
the other day for letter for emery
Hogen" He was told there was none.
'Look ere" he replied a little angrily;
"You've hexamined hodd letter tor my
name. Itdon't commence with hatch;
Z it begin, with a no. L"ok in the 'ole
: that's got the hos"
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Bob Rurdette,s Reconstructed Letter.

| Reply toa Minneapolis Lecture Committee.
Ny DEAR SIR I'm reply to your note
of even date, demanding an immediate
exposure of the subject OF my alleged
lecture, | have the homer to say that l
have remodelled the "Rise and Fall OF
the Meustsche" to suit this climate and
the seasons business. The hull timbers
are entirely new and the siter.gusrd has
been painted red. have put Brussels
carpet on the quarter deck, and set blue
glass in the cabin windows. The 'scape
pipes have been set little aft, and on
her trial trip she behaved beautifulis;
wasn't hot box anywhere and she never
dropped ner exhaust but once. | am
going TO give the dome little white
lampblsck, and then it will be ready for
the bricklayers. People who have seen
and examined this lecture say they never
saw anything else like it. They didn't
like it themselves, even. james Ander- J
son writes that it is all he csn do TO be-
lieve some portions oft, and Mn. Jenks,
in mement OF impetuous confidence,
admitted to q friend that she believed ft
was the original Sherman letter. An
eminent clergyman of Chicsgo, who took
small dose of 1t, wss charmed with its
eloquence. and says that some OF the
finer passages sound like q base drum. A
bank president who boughta piece OF It
10 try, last evening, ssid-but 1 diRress.
Yours, ROBERT J. BURDETTR
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BALLADE OF TRUISMs.
FROM THE PRRrClI.

phoh lhh fhhroh
Gold or silver, every day
Dies TO gray,
Their are hanks In every skein.
Hours Of work and hours OF play
Fade away
Into one immense lane.
Shadow and substance, chat and grain
Are as vain
As the foam and as the spray.
Life goes grooming, faint and iain,
One refrain;
III lit could be always Mayl"
Tho the earth be green and gay;
Tho they FAY
Man is god-like in the main;
Though his little world to sway
He display
Powers superb OF heart and brain,
Autumn brings wind and rain
That cOnBtTaln
Him and his TO know decay,
Where uRdimmed the lights that wane
Would remain
II It coulo be always May.
Yea alas must turn TO Nay
Flesh to clay,
Every Chalnlet to a chain.
Men may scoff and men may pray,
But they pay
Every pleasure with pain.
Life may scar and Fate may deign
1oexpain
Where her prizes hide and stay,
But we lack the lusty train
We could gain
II II could be always May.
RNv0I.
Time, the pedagogue his cane
Might retain,
Bat his charge would be astray,
Mlcherins glad In every lane
Jack with Janet
IL II could be always May
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Saratoga has twenty-five different
kinds of springs.
Japan has opened at Toxic military
college similar 70 West Point.
1t calculated that APO, 900, 900 mum.
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A POLITICAL speaker accused rival of
"unfathomable ,meanness," and then,
rising to the occasion, said: 81 warn
him not to persist in his disgraceful
course, or he'll find that two OF US can
play at that game.
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work is done better by medical examin>
ers, at a large saving of money. Many
abuses have been checked.
The practice of filling up the holes of
mill-stones with mixture Of lead and
glycerine has resulted in producing seri.
GUS cases of lead poisoning in France,
Norway and England. The French
have prohibited the use of lead in that
way.
AS THE area of unimproved woodland
in Connecticut has been increasing for
many years, it is proposed to utilize it
by stocking it with deer, purcl lasing 100
to begin with, with private cs.pital, and
merely asking the legislature. to pass a
law to protect them for t.he uext ten
years.
So many people want to enjoy the free
baths in New York that. each bather is
allowed only twenty minutes in the
water. Strange enough, many decrepit
old women come tor their daily plunge,
and the other ex creme Of life is also we'll
represented. Two children, four and
five years old, are good swimmers.
Mr., w. s. BALDWIN, of Cincinnati,
has ST ,ecimen of itacolumite sent him
from 6urry county, N. @. 1t has the
p'perance of ordinary sand stone, but
will bend almost like piece of rubber.
Since the present owner has bad it, it has
been bent backward and forward hum
dreds of times, hut still its particles adj
here as well as ever.
OF Mammoth Gave costumes letter
to the Cleveland Leader says: The
ladies, as general thing, have their
suits made before they come here, though
suits can be rented at the hotel. The
neatest and most sensible suit, to our
minds, was that worn by party from
Lebanon, Ky. 1t consists of short
dress of gray flannel, trimmed with red
or blue, to suit the taste of the wearer !;
a cap, made like lady's dust cap, of the
same material; pair of Turkish trow-
sers, gathered at the ankles, and stout,
thick, solid shoes. Another very pretty
costume was made of black cloth
trimmed with scarlet, minus the trousers
but with scarlet hose. The gentlemen
borrow a pair of overalls and a knit
jacket, if they can, or go in whatever
clothes they have and brush up when
they come out"
The French government, it now def
nitely appears, is to discard its present
system Of bronze field guns, and have,
instead, guns of steel rings, puddled and
cast. 1t has been under the considera.
ton Of the French artilerists to adopt
the English method of built up wrought
iron coils, including the muzzle'loading
principle; but this would have required
new and extensive plant OF machinIry
whereas the transition from bronze to
steel presents the substitution of diff
terent metal as almost the only change.
The preference of the French for breech-
loading cannon is to be carried out by
the application to these guns of the
screw>relieve," or French system, and
two kinds of field pieces are to be pro-
duced--one rather larger than the Eng
lish nine-pounder.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-09-05

Boston has no coroners now. The
work is done better by medical examin~
ers, at large saving of money. Many
abuses have been checked.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-09-05

The practice of filling up the holes of
mill-stones with mixture of lead and
glycerine has resulted in producing seri'
GUS cases of lead poisoning in France,
Norway and England. The French
have prohibited the use of lead in that
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-09-05

In the case of broken phonograph,
the least said is soonest mended.