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A ROMANTIC AND RATHER
PROFITABLE BUSINESS.

For hundreds of years, as every one
knows, the scourge of Spain has been "ro-
mantie' brigandage. 1t died out partially
as civilization advanced, but not long since
there was remarkable tidal wave of kid
mapping which swept over the whole
country, devastating many homes of wealthy
members, who bought their freedom only
at the price of large ransom and silence.
One man, who to-day walks the streets of
Malaga, was taken from his summer house,
his eyes bandaged, and was marched
through the mountains. He lay for days
in cave, eat well and was couHeouly
treated, and at the end of five days was re-
Stored to his anxious friends, under the
solemn promise of sending to a GER
tain place before the end of the year
$4,000.
The promise was scrupulously kept,
and he told no one of his adventures.
"He must have taken a great OATH"
said gentleman, in speaking of it.
eyes," said another, "and it must have
been sealed with great fear"
1t was true. 1 learned from a person
more conversant with the intricacies of
political life that the ransomed man knew
the impotence of speech and the almost
certain Imprisonment which would be its
reward, "because," added my informant,
Che was well aware that the brigands are
only tools in the hands of some one much
higher"
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Well, I don't live in the country, or I
would not breathe word but, in secret,
Canovas is blamed everywhere, if not for
directly countenancing brigandage, at least
for leaving in Office Minister at whom all
the world points the finger (under the
cloak you unierstand) as its virtual head.
Now, that little sentence might cost me my
liberty if it were repeated in Spain."-
Baltimore News.
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isle proceeded to examine their con-

Lisle proceeded to examine their con-
tents.
Goldl gold! pure, shining gold, in
nuggets and in shining dust-Tom gave
great yell of delight as he gazed at the
differing treasure.
'Heapee much nice!" Red Pine grunted,
enjoying the hunters surprise. "lIe 60
for Lily-white miners girl"
And when the Indian returned with
Lillian GrayeL Tom thought he had some
how gotten into wonderland. She was, he
found after further acquaintance, rough,
uncut diamond-a Wild flower grown up in
the wilderness, unframed and uncultivated.
She was beautiful of face aud form, with
sunny nature; quick to comprehend,
studious.
And all that she licked was education,
which Tom LiSle has given to her in the
last two years. And this New Years Eve
will see them united in matrimony
as happy couple as fate ever brought to-
gether. With their marriage may the
Money Maniac no longer visit TOMS
dreams.
The novelty of the happy occasicr
will be the groomsman, who will be nc
other than the aged and faithful Rec
Pine:
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-17
WANTED MORE,

The old saying that some men would
want more if they had billion was exem-
plifed yesterday when Windsorite and a
Detroiter got into dispute at the ferry
dock. Said the Canadian:-
"You ought to be well pounded, and Tn
the man who can do it However, don t
understand the laws over here and dvn't
want to be locked UP. If you will come
over to Canada I'll pay your fare both
ways On the boat, buy your dinner, treat
you to CIGARS lick you till you can't squeal
and send you home with beef on your
eyes !"
The American thought of the proposition
awhile and then asked:-.-
"If go over with you will you buy me
new overcoat 2"
M-I-yes by thunder, will" re.
piled the mad Windsorte.
"And a suit of clothes 2"
"No I won't. That's asking too much ~
"Well, those are the only terms I wal
ever licked on, - calmly replied the other;
and your rejection of them shows that you
are all blow and no fight"
They took it out in jawing.-Free
Press
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IT is manifest to a close observer that
the moneyed interests of Great Britain
are not as eager for serious war as the
dominant party seems to be. The vast
number who draw their subsistence from
the semi-annual dividends paid by the
Bank of England on consols are very SEN
sitive to any depreciation of their prop
erty or any prospective reduction of their
inoomes, With nothing but a bare pos
sibiIity of war ahead, Great Britain
emerges from the last fiscal year with a
deficit of $97 100000. In any event
most extraordinary measures must neces-
sarily be resorted to to prevent large
increase of the balance on the wrong side
of the ledger for the current year. If in
time Of peace this is the case, what must
the result be from long and desperate
conflict with Russia? Before the 'tug of
war" comes, it is probable that the tug of
paciiication will prove successful.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-17


PETER R1TH's REAM-Fell's Point has
another sensation. On the night of Tues
day last Peter Rith, residing in an anti
quated dwelling at the corner of Wolfe
street and Canton avenue, had dream, in
which he declares that he heard voice
| telling him to have the sink attached to the
dwelling cleaned He replied very bravely
that he would do so when it suited his
pleasure. On Wednesday and Thursday
nights the same dream occurring he de-
termined to accommodate the persevering
spirit, and on Friday a number of workmcn
were engaged to clean the sink. When they
reached the bottom one of the men struck
his shovel against hard mass, which, upon
further examination, proved to be sack
of Haytien coins, apparently composed of
copper and platinum. The discovery caused
considerable excitement in the neighbor-
hood, and large number of people gath
cred around the house in the hope of seeing
some of the supposed treasure. Mr. Rith
SAYS the workmen took away the largest
part of the COINS, which he will proceed to
recover legally. He has now about nine
pounds. The coins are supposed to have
been hidden by old Henry Middleton, a
boss mason who lived in the house many
years ago and was known to be very mi
serly, though long engaged in profitable
business, and was reported to be wealthy
man. At his death he left nothing, how
ever, of much value to his children.
Soon after Mr.. Rith bought the house he
had some Improvements made, and it is
reported that one of the workmen then
found tin box of valuable coins which he
carried of, and has since been in comfort
able circumstances. The floor of the cellar
consists of heavy hewn boards, which have
not been removed for over fifty years. Mr..
Rith says he intends to take them up and
examine the ground underneath, believing
that other coins were probably hidden there.
] baltimore Gazette.
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Are You Afflicted,

and wish to orecover the same degree of health,
strength, and energy as experienced in former
years? Do any of the following symptoms or
class of symptoms meet your diseased condi-
ton? Are you suffering from ill-health in
any of its many and multifarious forms, con-
sequent on lingering, nervous, chronic, or
functional disease? Do you feel nervous, de-
bilitated, fretful, timid, and lack the powet
of will and action? Are you subject to los
of memory, have spells of fainting, fullnea
of blood in the head, feel listness, mopinss
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-17

Oil has been struck at the Black Hills,
100 miles south Vt Deadwood. The
oil wells of California are rapidly increas.
ing in number, and the production be.
gins to be of Importance. The oil il
claimed to be, in many respects, bettel
than that Of Pennsylvania; in one instanc.
it can be used for lamps just as it Gomez
from the well 49,,
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A Victim to Youthful! FoIIies,

or carried the marital relation to excess in.
later years? Have these 'indiscretions and
excuses left you in weak and debilitated
condition? Are you timid, nervous, and for
getful, and your mind continually dwelling
on the subject? Have you
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-17
Broken Down in. Health

and spirits from disorders peculiar to their
sex, and who, from false modesty or neglect,
prolong their suntrings. Why, then, further
neglect subject so productive OF health and
future happiness when. there is at hand, a
means of cure? Why not throw off the yoke
altogether, and seek a remedy that has
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-17
Unfit for Business

or pleasure, and subject to fits of melan.
choly? Are your kidneys, stomach, urinary
organs, liver or blood in disordered condi-
ton? Do you suffer from rheumatism, neus
ralgia, or aches and pains? Have you been.
indiscreet in early years and
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-17

AT bit of fire in Toxic, Japan, last
week, four thousand houses were de-
stroyed. As these japanese houses are
constructed chiefly of bamboo and paper,
it is not likely that "the boys who run
with the machine" would stand much OF
a chance when the flames once began tc
lick them up.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-17

On recent Sundayall the house num-
bers on certain street in Paris were
changed by the officials. When residents
who had been absent returned there was
great confusion and CONSERVATION, and
many poor, mistaken wretch was kicked
out of the house which did not belong to
him.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-17
Lost Confidence in Yourself

and energy for business pursuits Are you
subject to any of the following symptoms:
dreams, palpitation of the heart, bashfu!ness,
restless nights, broken sleep, nightmare,
confusion of ideas, aversion to society, dizzi-
ness in the head, dimness of sight, pimples
and blotches on the face and back, and other
despondent symptoms? There are
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-17

AUSTRIA, like the United States, is
overrun with tramps. The officials of
that country have a happy faculty, how
ever, of tracing the itinerant beggar back
to the town from which he originally
started, and he is thus compelled toply
his vocation on his native heath. As
there is not much honor in his own coun-
try for the. tramp, it will be readily seen
that he will thus labor difficulties
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Science and Common Sense

to commend it?-a remedy of indisputable
efficacy, and the most certain means Of re-
storation to health and pristine vigor?
There are many diseases of an acute and
febrile type that we do not propose to cure
by means of Electricity; but from all that
Electro-Physiology teaches us, in regard to
the modus operandi of the
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-17

A GRAPPLE FOR LIFE WITH A WILDCAT
On the 10th of last month the father of a
family who live in the mountains above
Quicksilver, Cal, was aroused from the
table at which he was sitting by the cries Of
seven-year-old child from barn in the
rear of the house. When he arrived at the
barn he saw an immense wildcat attack
ing his little boy. Not having time to re-
turn for his gun, he seized a crowbar that
was lying near by and ran to the rescue.
The animal on seeing him approach,
loosed his hold upon the child and sprang
upon the rescuer Thc?man, seeing the ami
NAL was too close to admit of the use of his
weapon, dropped it and seized the cat by
the neck After severe struggle, in which
the man was horribly bitten and lacerated,
he succeeded in killing the cat by choking
it to death. The child was also severely
bitten.
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Thousands of Young Men,

middle-aged, and even the old, who suffer
from nervous and physical debility. There
are also thousands of females
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-17

ALMOST twenty-seven thousand arrests
were made in Brooklyn by the police last
year, and of those arrested only one was
O. preacher and two were journalists.
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'I am q madman, but gane enough at
times to know what I am about. Years
ago went to California and acquired an
immense fortune-lmmense because IL ID
counted by millions. I went mad, and
fearing should be robbed, buried it in a
lonely portion of the wild West. I sta
toned a guard to watch ia faithful
Indian who was my slave from choice.
'I have child-a beautiful girl of
eleven now; this fortune must go to her.
''Ten years from this New Years Eve,
60 to the spot where is buried my gold.
You will find there my Indian slave, Red
Pine, or, if he is dead, another guard, COM
missioned by him, who will know all.
"Show him these gold bullets and here
the Money Maniac placed in the youths
hand three rife-bullets of gold, packet
of paper and gold ring; "show him these
bullets, and he will give you the gold. He
will then take you to my child, and you
will show her this ring. By this she will
behold in you the man I have chosen for
her husband. The packet of paper is q
map of my treasure-trove.
"Now go! leave mel go, and in ten
years do my bidding. Go no sooner, no
later -then-New Years Eve, ten years
hence. Hurry depart for I feel it
coming on--the madness; I'm then fero-
cious."
"What and leave you here to perish !"
Tom Lisle demanded, in horror.
"Yes; want to die. Don't touch me,
or I'll scratch and bite you; and you'll go
mad, too. Leave me your flask, then get
you gone. And my curse of gold go with
you'll"
The flask was given over without mur-
mur and after last look of horror and
sympathy upon the suffering maniac,
the trapper-boy turned and mounted his
pony, and set out over the white-shrouded
plain.
And the bowling wind pursued him and
rung in his ears the cry that ever after
haunted his life:
"Gold gold oh it's all mine!'
Five years later Tom Lsle was standing,
one summers afternoon, upon the bank of
the Missouri river, idly watching a steam
boat that was putting along on its way south
J ward, when suddenly his eyes became
riveted upon man, who, from an upper
deck, was wildly gesticulating to him. A
) man in tattered garb, and with wild, stream
ing hair and beard, and burning sunken eyes
Tom Lisle, now man, recognized him,
: even though five years had passed since
} that wild clustering night on Big Flats
plain.
/ 1t was the Money Maniac
Or was it his apparition
That was not the last time the borderel
saw the frightful face, be it dead or alive.
Once he beheld it pressed to win,
dow-raa.n eesroaa the outside, while he wa:
: sitting in st. Louis hotel; again il
, glared at him through the window o.
, his own cabin, away out on the fal
frontier.
And ever was the hideous face q visitan'
to his nocturnal slumber it haunted him
night and day, as the years rolled by
\ prosperous to him, and the world wag
ged on.
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THE STAR,
roof Einninnati q

THE European situation appears much
less pacific.
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Mrs. TILToN's confession has changed
no ones opinion of the matter.
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THERE will be no reign of bummerism
at Longyiew.
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External Remedies are the
Safest

and best that can be applied in diseases, on.
account OF the facility which We possess of
watching their action and their results /;
and OF these remedies Electricity, in the.
form of mild, continuous, and prolonged
currents, as realized exclusively by
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Curative and PreserVative

effects of Voltaic Electricity, we may most
reasonably infer that all those chronic all
ments and all diseases dependent on de-
pressed condition of the nervous forces, ex-
haustion of nerve power, or the diminished
energy of vital functions, as treated upon in
our publications, are happily most suscepti-
BILE OF cure by means OF
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PULVERMACHER.
ADDRESS!

To the WeaE, Nervous, and
DebilitGted, sCAo Suffer from
NJ- Health consequent on
Lingering, Chronic, Nerv-
Oess or Functional Diseases.
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Learned Physicians and Sci
entific Men

in Europe and this country. We also DEM
onstrate why relief and cure result from
their use after every other plan Of treatment
has failed. Reader,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-17

The expiration of ten years from th"t
eventful New Years Eve, when he had
found the maniac upon the plain, discov-
cred Tom Lisla riding along in the mellow
moonlight, through broken piece of
country contiguous to the North ForE of
the Platte river. He was a man of six-and-
twenty years, nova brawny, stalwart
knight of the West, handsome, brave and
fearless.
Well mounted, armed and provisioned,
he appeared at home upon the trail-for
he was following trail, which was
outlined upon pen-map held in his
hand.
Nor was it far he had to go, for snow
covered cabin loomed ahead, during the
next hour. and he reined in his horse be-
fore the door.
80 this is the treasure troye, ell ?" he
muttered, glancing sharply around. "sure-
ly it is lonely enough, if thems all the re-
quirements. Hello! there, inside; dye
keep stragglers ?"
In answer the door swung open, and a
grim, stolid-faced Indian stood upon the
threshold, rifle in hand-a burly old fell
low who showed his age in every Inca
ment.
"Wagh! what does the white hunter
want?" was the query, and the savage
never let his eye leave the horseman.
II want the money of one who called
himself the Money Maniac !" replied Tom
Lisle; "see am the right man." and
he laid the three golden bullets in the palm,
of bis hand.
Good the hunter is right. Red Pin g
will give up the white miners gold, and
lead the way to where the white maiden
dwells in the .squatter's cabin !" was the
reply. "Let the hunter come with Rcd
Pine !"
So saying the Indian turned back into
the cabin, and dismounting from The horse
that had borne him many a mile, Tom
Iisle followed suit. Inside were warmth
and rude frontier comfort, to which Tom
; Lisle was used.
"White miner Red Pines friend" the
old savage went on; 'sonce saved Rec
Pines life. an Injnn no forget it. He
stay here fifteen years W watch gold
Wagh!"
Fetching forth pick from among
other implements in the cabin; he pried ar
log in the floor, and rolling it to, one
side, hole in the ground was revealed.
Out of this the red-skin fished dozer
or more buck-skin pouches of various
! sizes, aud with fast beating heart Ton
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PULVERMACHER'S
ELECTRIC
B I: |. 7 I S
AND AM NDS,

has been found the most valuable, safe, sim
pie, and efficient known treatment for the
cure of disease. In our descriptive PAM
phlet we review the manifold benefits to be
derived from Pulvermacher's Appliances,
and bring forward testimony in their favor
from the most
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fuIvermacher's Electric
Belts and Bands.

These conditions they will cure, while drugs
will not; and we offer the most convincing
testimony direct from the afflicted them
selves who have been restored to
Health, Strength, and Energy
after drugging in vain for months and years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-17
FROST IN 1871 MINOR.
What nm English Correspondent Felt and Saw
at ErzerOum.


TLLrDJE near ErzcruumO. Jan. . II would
bc hard to ilnI u more Iauland-iikr srno than
thHt which spreads around ni"--ibc vnN ulnin
uf Erzrruin binding white with the dnzzln II
snow; TIA" ghu,llv white hills scarcely d-in-
guishahu from tn" tuw-fiaughi cuuu, around
and above them. and lar oil the dom rarl min-
nrd- uf Erl"rOum. booking III If oilisol'rd from
PHrnn marble. Men Nud women. luuaiug Ike
animated bundles Of dirty sirrpehiu-. uiOl
about anklc-d"rp IN snow. draR{'ng after them
The little wundon slrlgcs which at tli- -"a"uu
Replace the block wheeled curtis ui -tln!ilrr.
Before on" hns been i've minutes in tn "prn
air hs beard and hair are frozen stiff. aud in
point Of color assume most r'vcrrnt appear
incr. Stand II III for two minutes. ana Nuu nrr
litrrnlly FROZEN tothcrfnund Notwithstanding
the voluminnus shcrrskin conts served out to
tho soldiers, especially the cavalry, cases 81
irostbiir needing alnputalion are exceedingly
II is not easv 10 write undor such rirDum-
stances AZ those in which find myself at the
moment. For want Of anything oven bordering
on table or chair. am compelled 80 lie Hat On
the bnss mating which covers the daWp earth
floor vi the wrctchcd Armenian mir inhnhi;.
write hy he light " n iron lnmp OF aniiqle
place of OIL and the ruir cotton wick l"nn5
slantingly IN the spout 1T the saur"-Iug- shaped
utnsil Cutie grnau and muittt at my rl-
bow. and some industrious rats. burruwng in
tue thick. Hat. carthcn roof above. ur" Kicking
n1wl Whole handlns OF sand a94 ,tiri ~ my
INK bottle and over NY paper. y block ot dung
fuel shoulders Ia d hole in the wf,li hes ld' 'lc.
lnd from time To- time storm gust whlrwg
down the low chimney sends the gray, inpa-
uahly powdered aah into MY eyes
AscHKALr 80 hour. from Erzrroumi. Jan. H.
was chased out 81 Hide last night hv the Cos
sarks. and had to maze my way here in She
dark. my horse sinking mid-lrg t"op in the
snow Mt every st"p. the cniira Turkish cav-
airy force retired NJ the sam time. iEd are now
Watching the passes If the lSer mountains.
which omen toward III. village. Tho post. which
WIS unable To- icayc Erwrpum Yesterday. has
managed to come through ;hiS evening. II will
in all likelihood br tlc l1s.i. unless the sort,
ahout 10 be uaic from Erwroum succeeds in
forcing the liu~sians out al range of the Trch-
zpnd road. This. however. believe to y" worry
unlikely. Us ilr Eussinn conNcrEing movement
would tax" their aS~allnnis in front and rnur.
Tomorrow the alton l. expected to take place.
and Will telegraph an" silt. unless the Rus
SLAMS push ON amt destroy the wires
The cold paSse- all belief. In the Odd whore
passrd thr night a cavalry soldier WAS frozen Ia
death. aud horses and haggagc mules strcw the
way The number If carca~r- -. tucs" animals
j. 50 great ~ 10 have attracted an immense
nupt"r NJ wolves and foxes I" the plain. and
ih"ir iuntprini~ marx the snow in every ture"-
ton. My servant. whom despatched with let
ters to 4 npigllhrrlng village. WIS attacked uy
two wolves. ana had to gaiiup tor his life.