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Animals in Battle.

The use of the horse in battles dates
back to the earliest times, but not a few
curious substitutes have been devised
for him both in savage and civilized
warfare. Many of the South African
warriors formerly went to battle upon
oxen, and one Of their most formidable
chiefs met his death from q stumble,
which threw him forward upon the
horns Of his new war-charger. The
Spanish garrison at Panama. when at.
tackled by Morgan and his buccaneers,
let loose upon them Il drove of wild cat.
tie, which, however, were easily scared
away. Elephants, still used in India fol
dragging artillery, were SO essential a
portion Of an army in classic times that
one noted leader, who found himself
suddenly deprived of his, actually tried
TO conceal his want by Disgusting camels
in the skins of the dead elephants. The
night-battlc. in which the Romans final
ly crushed the Epirotcs of Pyrrhus, was
decided by the panic of the elephants,
who had on two previous occasions
secured the victory; and a treaty is still
extant between Rome and an African
king, binding:he Cetewayo Of the period
to give up all his elephants" Camels,
too, the uncouth appearance and dis.
agreeable odor Of which caused the panic
among the Lydian horses, by which
Cyrus triumphed over Crnsus, have con-
tinuod to figure in war down to u time,
In I'LL, their camel-mountcd riflcmer
did the Kalmucks good service against
pursuing Russians during the famous
exodus TO China. A regiment of came,
cavalry, known Us "~Djezanlis," held {
prominent placcin the army of the latt
ameer of Bokhara; and another OF th(
same kind figured conspicuously on more
than one occasion in the Algerian wars
of France, the canels being trained t.
lie down ut the word of command, while
their riders. knceling behind them, free
over the humps rs if. from a breastwork
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Newspaper Borrowers.

An exchange recently published a let
ter from a lady subscriber in which she
complained bitterly of the annoyance
she experienced from the habit her fe.
male neighbors had Of constantly Dor;
rowing her paper. The exchange failed
to advise her on the subject, and rs the
matter is q serious n we have ourselves
looked about for some method OF relief.
and now think we can offer the suffering
lady and all others similarly situated an
ADEQUATE means of succor. Here is our
plan: Let the lady Immediately upon re-
ceiving the paper carefully cut from it
some item-itm makes no particular differ
ence what it is-most any item will do,
only let it be neatly and carefully re-
moved from the paper. Then the fol-
owing proceeding will be sure to ensue:
In O. few moments the neighbours boy
will come after the paper-he will take
it home-within three minutes be will
emerge from the house-he will scoot
down Street and very shortly return with
a folded newspaper of the same date as
the one just borrowed. By the time the
clipped paper has circled round among
allthe female borrowers, the street will
be lively with hurrying boys. and the
revenue of the newspaper will be mater
tally increased. Not n woman among
them all would be able to sleep a wink
without knowing just exactly what that
cut out item was, The next day the
lady will pursue the same course, and
similar results will surely follow: In
an extremely obstirat neighborhood
these proceedings have to be repeated
three or four days, but not longer. By
that time the lady will be able to read
her paper in peace, and the newspaper
finances will be the gamer through seyeal
new subscribers. The rule is infallible
where the borrowers are femalrs. but it
can't be vouched for in the case Of men.
| There isn't that inherent curiosity. to
work upon, you know, and-and-,but
perhaps we are getting a little too deep.
Boston Courier.
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Tit for Tat.

A Persian merchant deposited with
his correspondent in another city one
hundred mans of iron (tour thousand
pounds), and went on his journey. On
his way homeward he asked for the re-
turn Of his deposit, and was told that
there was a hole in the store by which a
mouse had got in and eaten up all the
iron. The merchant knew that he had
been robbed, but dissembled and said:
"Thou speakest the truth, for mice have
great fondness for iron, and their teeth
have great power over such a juicy and
tender morsel." The other, looking upon
with surprise, set him down for y fool,
and feeling himself quite safe, invited
him to a feast, at which he should meet
some of the neighbors. The merchant
accepted the invitation, but rs he took
his departure he contrived to lnVelgle
away the son of the man who had be-
trayed his trust When the hour for the
feast had nearly arrived, the merchant
proceeded to the house ofhis entertainer,
whom he found distracted with grief at
the loss of his boy. The other inquired
what sort of a boy he was, and, on hear
ing him described. declared that he saw
u sparrow-hawk fly away withjust such
a lad. The father lost all patience with
such trifling, and called bis guest an
idiot-to suppose that a small bird could
carry of a big boy. The merchant re-
Joined: SIN a city where a mouse de-
yours a hundred mans OF iron. what
wonder if a sparrow-hawk should carry
off q lad?" Then the faithless trustee
saw that his roguery was discovered,
and fastened to assure the merchant
that his iron was quite safe, who in his
turn relieved the paternal mind OF all
further anxiety about the boy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-29
Lanpuape of the Broom.

We have the language Of the flowers,
the fan, the handkerchief and so on, and
now we shall give the language OF the
broom, which is intended more especial
ly for the ladies.
Taking it in the hand %properly-I shall
sweep the floor.
Bringing it up over the shoulder, brush
end foremost-Look out, it's loaded.
Holding it across the persona love
another. .,
Moving it along near the ceiling-1see
a cobweb in the distance.
Sweeping the floor very industriously
MY sweetheart cometh, and he will
consider my usefulness when he observ-
eth me busy. .
Striking viciously with the stick end
He is my husband, and he needs a cor
recting hand.
Handling very carefully and tenderly
-Brooms have one up, and you can't
get one for less than twenty-five cents.
Putting away in the corner brush end
down. don't know anything about the
care of brooms. .
Putting away in the corner brush end
up-I know very little about the care OF
brooms. ,
Putting q string to the handle and
hanging on a nail know all about it.
Throwing the old stub over the back
fence-A new broom sweeps clean.-
&eubenWNe Herald.
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A Terrible Suicide.

One of the most horrible cases Of self
destruction on record was that OF Frank
H. Lensing, IN old German, which oc-
CURED last week in Louisville, Ky.
For the past year Lensing has beer n
ill-health and unable to work. The
constaney of his sickness. together with
old age and q broken-doWn constitution,
had affected his mind, and OF late ne
gave evidence of softening OF the brain.
He was idown-hehrted. frequently ex-
pressed himself as being tired OF llVlng,
and had attempted, il is said, to n Ills
life several times before.
About 7:3O o'clock on the evening OF
the tragedy his wife left, at his request,
to Get some buttermilk for him. There
was no one save him at home after his
wife went away, and he took advantage
O finer absence to put into execution the
terrible plan that had been conceived in
his added brain. For this purpose no
went into a small room used as a kitchen.
where there was kept a small can OF coal
oil, This can he deliberately picked up
and poured it's infammable contents all
over his head, face and shoulders, until
he was completely saturated. This done,
he lit q match and set fire to his cloth
inc, which, or course, blazed up like a
powder magazine. .,,,
It is probable that he inhaled the
flames, and that death ensued shortly
after the torch was lighted, causing less
misery and preventing him from
screaming. While MI. Lensing was
up stairs killing himself, the people be-
low remained in blissful ignorance until
Mrs. Brumleve happened to noticesmoke
issuing from a back window, of which
fact she informed her husband, who
rushed up stairs expecting to find the
house on fire. He attempted to open the
door of the room whence the smoke is
sued, but found it fastened. Assistance
was summoned, and the barrier broken
down. "
The room was full of smoke, but the
miserable old mans body could be seen
| wing upon the floor with his clothes
still smonldering. A blanket wasthrown
over him, and the fire, extinguished; but
he was quite dead, and nothing could be
done. The spectacle vas certainly a
horrible one. The unfortunate creatures
clothes were burned off. his body
scorched to 4 crisp, and his features so
scared and burned as to render them
perfectly unrecognizable. In this con-
dition Ills family found him, and their
grief cannot be described.
The Jury returned a verdict OF suicide,
brought on by mental derangement.
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Send For Mother.

"Dear me! it wasn't enough for metc
nurse and raise a family of my own, but
now, when I am old and expect to have
a little comfort here, it is all the time.
Send for mother!" And the dear old
soul growls and grumbles, and dresses
herself rs fast as she can, notwithstand:
ing. After you have trotted her of, aud
got her safely in your home, and she
flies around administering remedies and
rebukes by turns, you feel easier. Its
all right now, or soon will be-mother's
comet In sickness, nc matter who is
there, or how many doctors quarrel over
your case, everything goes wrong some
how till you send for mother. In trou.
BILE, the first thing you think of is to send
for mother.
&, But this has it's ludicrous as well as its
touching aspect. The verdant young
couple, to whom baby's extraordinary
grimaces and alarming yawns. which
threaten to dislocate its chin; its won
derful sleeps, which it accomplishes
with its eyes half open, and no ~percepti-
BILE futter of breath on its lips, causing
the young mother to imagine it is dead
this time, and TO shrek out: "Send for
motherm in tones of anguish-this young
couple, in the light Of the experience
which three Or four babies bring, find
that they have been ridiculous, and
given mother a good many trots for
nothing. .,,
Did You ever send for mother and she
failed to come? Never, unless sickness
and infirmities ofage prevented her: AS
when in your childhood, those willing
feet responded to your call, so they still
do, and will continue to do as long
rs they are able. And when the sum-
mons comes, which non yet disrc.
gardcd. though it will be a happy day
for her, it will be a very sad one for you,
when God, too, will send for mother!
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News and Notes for Women.

Women have been admitted to the bar
in eight States.
Widows in Nevada are exempt from
taxation to the extent OF $1,000.
1t is said by a London correspondent
of the Chicago Inter. Ocean that cigar
cites are in common use by English
ladies.
Mile. Pauline Lucca, the singer, was
lately so seriously stung on the arm by
an insect that fears were felt rs to her
life, hut she is now recovering.
Carlotta Patti was born in ls4E;
Marie Sass, in 1888; Adelina Patti, l843
Nilsson. le47; Croizette. l848; Marie
Roze. 1s49; Jude, 1850; Hebron, 1852.
One hundred acres of wheat. cut with
4 reaper. keeping six binders going, was
the work of a Scotch lassie Of Lexing-
ton, Ind. She used three pairs of horses
in relays, but tired them all out.
Miss Helen Chalmers, a daughter OF
the great DR.. Chalmers, spends her life
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Slauehter on q Michigan Railroad.

One OF the most shocking disasters that has
occurred in the West since Ashtabula, and
one of the most irightiul in the history OF the
Michigan railroads, has befallen n train on the
Michigan Central Railroad, which lett Detroit
ut half-past ten p. ~, forty minutes behind
time. The train wns the west bound Pacific
express, and was composed Of fourteen cars
seven Wagner sloepers, four passenger coaches
and three mail and baggage cars. Next to the
mail car WINS an emigrant and second-class
car, nearly filled with passengers. At Jack
son, Mich, the train, while going at n high
rate OF speed, ran into q switch engine, tele-
scoping the baggage and express cars and
crushing the four passenger coaches. The
scenes which followed the collision were heart
rending in the extreme. When the baggage
car came in contact with the crushed coaches
there was a heap OF bruised, bleeding and
dying human beings, whose means and cries
OF distress filled tho air. Mutilated BODIES Of
the dead could be seen among the debris OF the
wrecked coaches. Under the shapeless mass
which was once the express engine were the
bodies of the engineer and fireman, which
were extricated as soon Us possible. Death
to them and many Of the other victims must
have been instantaneous The engineer and
iremun Of the switch engine seeing their peril
in time leaped from their places and escaped
injury. The lateness OF the hour and the
darkness OF tho night rendered the work OF ex-
Treating the victims necessarily a slow and
tedious one, but scores OF ready hands were
actively engaged in doing all that could be
done under the distressing circumstances
Many trying and touching incidents occurred,
and many acts of heroism were recorded. The
saddest case WIS that Of Willie Rice, a lair
haired and bright.eyed little boy, four years OF
age, whose father and mother and sisters were
all killed. He was found clasped in his dead
mothers arms, md so fastened in the wreck
that it took three hours with axes and other
implements to eHtricate him. His lett leg
was broken and his left arm n chin badly
cut. His family lived in Philadelphia, and
were Oh their way to some point in the West.
The news OF the disaster soon spread through
Jackson, and by daylight the crowds at the
scene OF the catastrophe were numbered ny
hundreds and greatly hindered the work OF the
rescuers, and required the constant efforts and
watchfulness OF the police. The rhilroad Off
GERS summoned hacks, omnibuses and what.
ever vehicles could be Obtained, and conveyed
the passengers and wounded TO the city and
provided Tor their immediate wants, while the
citizens did all in their power to mitigate the
horrors of the accident. More than twenty
persons were killed and about thirty wounded,
some fatally. Most OF the deed and injured
were taken out of the emigrant car, which re-
ceived the heaviest force OF the collision.
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The Armies Of the Powers.

A Vienna correspondent Of the London
Standard writes: The recent newspaper
war between Germany and Russia hav-
ing given rise to many s~peculations con-
corning the offensive and defensive power
of several European states ,some particu-
lars respecting various armies which
have been furnished to me on good au-
thority may be'read with interest at this
moment.
Germany has 2,55O,0OO soldiers, who
car be marched in t%wenty-four hours
after their being called out, as all the
quartermaster's arrangements are made
in time ..of peace to enable this TO be
done. From this total must be deducted
200, 900 for the fortresses, 10000 for the
coasts and against Denmark, and l00,-
900 tor depots; 80 that Q, 100, 000 men are
available for real warfare. and the last
of whom would only require a fortnight
at the most to be on the frontier. The
border Notifications on the French side
are completely finished, and are fully
armed. They are furnished with large
stores of provisions, and communicate
with the interior Of the country by
mean, of good railways. France has,
of course, good fortresses also on the
German frontier, and these are strength
ened by smaller barricading forts, but,
in addition to the fact that they will not
be completed and in thorough working
order before 1881, Germany has the ad-
vantage of q convex frontier which
would facilitate concentric attacks, such
as are regarded by military authorities
oc tho moot ounneooh11
The st1 ength of the French army is,
on paper, $500, 900, but Sir Garnet
Wolseley, as well as other authorities,
calculates it as only about 100000,
among whom are more than 900, 900 un-
drilled men. Besides, this, the state of
the territorial army and the Garde Mo-
bile is 80 doubtful that France is consid-
cred to have ready for the beginning of
a wal not more than 1000, 600, of whom
400, 900 must be deducted for garrisons,
etc., leaving 100000 really available for
action.
Russia's force, although given on paper
at I,6O0,0 600 men, cannot, as was ex-
planned at the beginning Of the recent
dispute, exceed 10000 men On the Ger
man frontier.
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Mine Vanity.

ny CHARLES FoLLEN ADAMS.
Dimbled scheek. init eyes of plue,
Mout' like id vas moisd mid dow,
Und leedle teeth shust pcekin' droo-
Dots der baby.
Curly head, und full of glee;
Drowsers oil oudt at der knee
He q reen blayia' horse, you see
Dots leedle Otto.
Won hundord-seexty in der shade,
Der oder day when she vas Weighed
She beats me 500 I vas avraid-
Dots mine Gretchen.
Barc-tooted head, und pooty stoudt,
Nit crooked legs dot will bend oudt,
Fond off his bier und sauer raut-
Dots me himself.
Won schmall young baby, full of fun,
Won leedle pright-eyed roguish son,
Won frau to greet when work vas done
Dots mine vanity.
Detroit Free Press.
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SieepY Tom.

1t is said that Sleepy Tom, the cele-
brated PAGER. is talked into his won
derful speed by his driver. The horse is
perfectly blind. and his driver seems to
regard him as having rs much sense as
the average man, and able to under
stand all that is said to him. At the
start Of the hea.s, the driver tells him
about how they got off, when he is be-
hind, ahead, or in the bunch; tells him
when he is on the back turn. and now
entering the home stretch, and there the
talking begins in earnest. He urges him
on with, go in Tom! 60 it! they're
crowding you, and you've gotto hurry
and in this manner he sends him around
the track Mt a locomotives speed.
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The wealthiest man in Kalamazoo,
Mich, was approached in the street by
an excited little boy, who said: Mister,
my sister is in the hume, over there; il
you'll get her out I'll give you a dollar"
The man rescued the imperiled child.
A few days afterward the boy entered
his Office and put on his desk a dollar in
small coin, having broken open a toy
bank and sold a hobbyhorse to raise the
amnI1nt
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in endeavoring to conquer the demon OF
intemperanco in the lowest haunts OF
the city of Edinburgh.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe Is President Of
three 'important organizations-the Bos.
ton Woman's Club. the Boston School
of Technology, and the Town and Coun-
try Club, of Newport, Rhode Island.
Mr.. Holloway, the prince Of English
pill-makers, has devoted Sl,25O.00O to
the erection of a college tor the higher
education of women, neal London, and
proposes to endow:i it with $500. 600, ex-
elusive of some land, which will proba-
bly, bring q great sum on building lease.
Mile. Rosa Bonheur has just presented
q picture OF a l~ife-size lion to the Span
ish government on condition that it
shall be hung in the Museum of Madrid.
The rule being that the work Of living
artists shall not be exhibited there, an
exception has been made in favor OF this
picture.
Nine. Lareau, who made many trans
lations Of works of Dickens. Mayne Reid,
Livingstone, Stanley and other English
authors, has just died at her home in
France. The last work was a collection
in ten volumes of travels, by various
writers. 1t was recently crowned by
the French Academy.
The wife of the bonanza king, MIR. j:
w. Mackey, has had her portrait painted
in Paris by Cabanel. She has a fair,
earnest face, and great, lustrous blue
eyes, with dark hair. The dress in
which the portrait is painted is of GRIM
son broeade. faced with pale pink satin,
bordered with lace, and without sleeves.
At the carnival in San Francisco in
honor Of General and Mrs. Grant, Mrs
Grant was presented with a bouquet
composed of the flowers indigenous to
the various countries she had passed
through in her tour around the world.
The flowers were placed in regular order,
starting from Philadelphia and ending
with San Francisco. The boquet-holder,
five inches long, was of pure California
GOLD and inlaid with quartz and a col
lection of other metals found on the Pa
cifc coast.
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Chew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobaec'
naupbters. Wives and Mothers.
g. RcGiSIl HTEnINE GATUULICON will pos.

t,veiy cure Female Weakness, such as Falling Of the
Womb, whites, Chronic Inflammation or liberation OF
the Womb, Incidental HemorThage or Flooding, Painlal,
reliable remedy. Send postal card for q pamphlet, with
treatment, cures and certidcates from physlcians ana
patients, to nOWARTH L Lila UTICA NJ
Sold nv All DfuCglsts-Sl.50 per bottle.
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Mavor Beatty's Pianos and Organs.

Mayor Beatty,s PIanos and
Your attention is called to the advertise.
ment of Hon. Daniel F. Beatty, Of Washing
ton, New Jersey. Mayor Beatty's celebrated
Pianos and Organs are so well known through.
out the civilized world that they require no
word OF commentator from us. Lowest
prices, superior workmanship and complete
satisfaction have brought this house promi'
nently forward, until to-day he stands the
only man in the trade who dares to ship his
instruments on test trial, and, Unsatisfactory,
refunds not only the price but all freight paid.
No tairer offer can ever be made, or even sug.
gested. His sales are now very large, and
when it is taken into consideration that q few
years ago he was only a poor plow-boy, it
must be evident to every reader that Mayor
Beatty il tho possessor OF rare talent in his
vocation.
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Jud0o for Yourself.

By sending thirty-five cents, with age, height
color of eyes and hair, you will receive by re
turn mail a correct photograph Of your future
husband or wife, with name and date OF MAJ
riage. Address W. Fox, P. O. Drawer 81
FuItonville. N. Y.
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Scarcely has the warm breath OF sanIncI
died away, WI ell coughs and colds, those avani
c%ouriers OF dangerous disease, show them
selves. DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup elways cures
| them, and most quickly too.
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Work on the Northern Pacific, west
of Bismarck, Dakota, is now progressing
ut the rate of Il mile o day.
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Perfect purity IS restored to the circulation,
when contaminated, il Scovilps Blood and
Liver Syrup IS taken. Scroiulous, syphilitic
and mcrcurial disorders are completely van
pushed by it, persistence in the use OF the
remedy being alone required to accomplish @
cure. Eruptions OF all kinds, sores, chronic
rheumatism, govt, liver complaint and goitre
yield to its remedial action, and it not only
~purines the blood but ~vitalizes the system
c,1d bv oil d,,1o0iefa