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Advices from Panama state that successive
shocks OF earthquake are reported from Saliva
dor, and that it is generally supposed that the
capital, San Salvador, has been kveled to the
ground.
y By a vote of 230 to 10 the Spanish senate
has passed a bill providing Tor the bolishment
of slavery in Cuba.
Serious inundationsand damage to property
are reported in Holland and Poland.
Floods in the Cauca valley, Central America,
have caused a loss exceeding 81, 900, 900.
Several villages were totally destroyed and a
number of lives lost. Cocoa turner's who
visited their haciendas in boats, trying to
Gather their crop, which had been left on the
trees, had to go armed in order to protect
themselves against the immense snakes that
had been driven down the valley by the force
of the water.
General Grant was cordially received by
the Spanish officials on his arrival at Havana,
Cuba, and the government palace was placed
AZ his disposal. On the day after his arrival
a grand official reception was held and a ban
quet given in his honor.
Terrib Q distress prevails at Adrianople,
Turkey. Fifteen persons were found dead
from hunger there in one day. In some cases
pieces of wood were found in the mouths Ct
the corpses.
On the twenty fifth anniversary Of the Cars
accession to the imperial throne Of Russia the
Prince OF Wales and German princes related
to the Emperor will visit st. Petersburg with
their numerous suits. All the German regi-
ments OF which tho Car is honorary COM
mander will send Populations to st. Peters
burg. The event, which takes place March 2,
is to be made the OCCASION of an extraordinary
celebration throughout Russia.
The island of Cuba has been visited by an
earthquake which shook up the buildings in
Havana and created great alarm. At San
Christobal all the public buildings were laid IN
ruins and seventeen members OF the CIVIL
guard were injured by falling walls.
The Lord Mayor OF Dublin has t~elegraphed
to an American banker that the needs OF the
famine stricken Of Ireland grow every day
more pressing.
A cable dispatch says the strength of the
British forces on tho Afghan frontier has been
greatly weakened by losses in battle and
from sickness. .
The Car of Russia will create a ministry Of
commerce, and has finally resolved to reor-
ganize the police, placing it also under a
separate ministry.
The English newspaper at Constantinople
has been suspended by the Turkish authori-
ties, tor criticising recent honors bestowed
upon The Turkish minister OF police.
Francisco Gonzales, the would.be assassin
of King Alfonso, OF Italy, has been adjudged
insane by physicians appointed to examine
him.
General Garibaldi has Just been married to
Donna Francesca at Caprera.
Large petroleum wells have been discovered
in Hanover, and a dispatch says the existence
there of a basin as large and rich rs the one in
Pennsylvania is regarded as beyond doubt by
mining experts.
Six internationalists have been arrested at
Barcelona, Spain, and a number OF revolu-
tionary papers haye been seized.
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An ArtfuI Dodge.

I once knew an old fellow, Billy w.,
who confined himself to a particular
species oftrickery for many years, until,
indeed, he retired from active life to
take command of q clearinghouse of his
own. He was q little tight-limbed tel.
low, with a face perfectly innocent OF
whisker. Looking at him in his or
dinary attire, when the days work was
over. there was no telling his age, which
might have been anywhere between
thirty and sixty Tor aught that could be
seen. Billy would 90 out about ten IN
the morning, dressed in a suit of shabby
black, looking the picture of genteel
poverty. Getting into a busy quarter
he would involve himself in a crowd OF
rushing vehicles, and tumble under the
wheels and the horses feet as if knocked
down. He was little and 1.-the, and 80
alroit in this particular performance
that he could-and dida thousand times
over-go within o hairs breath OF de-
struction without sustaining any more
damage than he wanted, az q bleeding
nose, a crushed hat and a few rents in
his garments These last, it may be re-
marked, were prepared beforehand, so
that a certain number of seams were
almost sure to be open on very slight
pr~ovocation indeed. Billy would be
hauled out of his predicament quite ex-
hausted and helpless-a pitiable looking
object in fact-and be carried to the
nearest tavern. Here he would receive
u restorative, and revive when the crowd
was thickest to tell some affecting story
of family distress, the thought of which
urging him along the streets. oblivious
of their perils, had brought about his
accident: Sympathy being thus excited,
q collection would be made, and Billy
would limp off, when not sent home in
a cab, very much the better of his dis
aster. Three hours later he would re-
peat the performance somewhere else,
this time in the guise of an elderly wo-
man; and once again, as night grew
dark, in the character Of a %newsvender.
or something of that sort. His make
ups" indeed were infinite, and included
all sorts of limitations, from that OF the
seedy preacher down to the shoeblack
and flower girl.-L0ndon Standard.
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An African Empire.

The Paris Figaro has just published q
further installment of Count de Semelle's
report of his travels III Central Africa.
He was highly delighted with the Sui
tan Aprou, who resides in a fortified
city, and who can place in the field 50,-
600 horsemen and 100 1000 foot soldiers.
The greater portion of this force, how
ever, is only armed with bows and
arrows. the rest having only flint mus
kets. The sultan, says the count. exer-
| ciscs absolute power, and treats travel
ers with the greatest hospitality. He
found his majesty aware that there was
another country as powerful and rs rich
as England-France-and adds: BE
sides, Amrou is tired Of that English
policy which tends to restrain his
power, and he is very willing
to welcome the French and to ia
cilitatc their commercial relations with
his people. Before my departure he
gave me q letter for the president Of
the republic (the great warrior who had
almost finished the conquest of North
! Africa), and which on my return l
handed to NJ. Grevy." The sultan
possesses to a high degree the eenti-
ment Of equity, and his empire is ad.
mirably administered" Theft, we are
told, is almost unknown in Nuppe-
! probably owing to the matter in which
it is punished. The accused are brought
before the sultan, in presence OF the
people. and the prisoner found guilty Of
q first offence has his hand cut off and
is paraded through the empire; asecond
offense is followed by the gouging Of
the left eye, and the third conviction
entails the pain of death without sepul-
turc. The following anecdote respect
ing this well-administered country
makes heavy demands on the readers
faith. All the sultan's police come
from y place called Haoussa, and these
Haoussas parade the empire in small
detachments, "arresting evil-doers and
inquiring after people afflicted with con-
tagious maladies. When any such are
discovered they are seized, put to death,
roastedsand svoured. Such is the ex-
ample reserved for lepers, which are
numerous enough in this part ofAfrica."
In connection with the police the count
tells another %anecd0te, more easily &C.
copied than the last. The market, he
says, is close to the sultan's palace, and
forms an immense square, m center OF
which is occupied by the police and the
BARRIERS. The reason is that the BARRIERS
of Bidda are rs talkative as those of
Paris; and that the Haoussas, by keep
ing their ears open while shaving is 60
ing on, acquire plenty of useful informa-
ton. There is a wonderful chapter on
the horses of the country, some of which
reach the price of 100000. Sultan
Amrou made the count a present of such
an animal, and he rode him one day ITO
kilometres; he galloped four hours ut a
stretch, was contcnted with very sober
fare, and only drank once a day, at sun
cot
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Hone In the Charley Ross Case.

There has recently TRANSFERRED at New
Orleans 4 curious revelation in regard
to the abduction Of a boy nearly nine
years ago. which, as it ended in the re-
union of father and son, gives ground to
the hope that the Charley. Ross mystery
may yet be solved in 4 like manner The
New Orleans kidnapping case occurred
in June, 1871. when a boy eight years
old, the son of DIR. Toro, was stolen by
Mrs. Borne, his step-daughter.in in law,
in order to get possession OF the old mans
property. She carried the boy away to
st. Landry parish, where she gave him
to Mr.. Evariste Navarro, an estimable
citizen, who ad%opted.the waifand raised
him as his own SON. MI. Navarro was
told that the boy,was an orphan, and
that his name was Julius Poncho. DR..
Toro, lin his anxious search for his boy.
neglected his practice. spent all his time
and all his money, selling the roof over
his head, the clothes from his back, and
even his trinkets, in vain. He barely
saved money enough to provide scanty
food for himself and a remaining son,
and for nearly nine years neither the
skill OF the detectives O the alertness
of the father had been keen enough to
discover any trace of the boy. Mrs.
Borne, though she saw the doctor re-
duced to poverty by the consequence of
her crime, looked on with indifference.
The doctor at last had lost all interest
in life, and was standing in a little corner
grocery on Port street, in which locality
he lived when the child was stolen,
when he was approached by Mr.. A.. B.
LeBesque, who had just been told that
; he was the parent of a son who had been
! kidnapped. Some conversation ensued,
! and the father could with difficulty be
! persuaded that his long search had
! ended. He was told that not only was
, his boy found, but that he was we'll and
happy; had grown almost to mans es-
! tate, and was in love with 4 pretty girl
living about forty miles from Opelousas,
, where Mr.. Navarro, his adopted father,
resided. Mr.. LeBesque met the young
, man while on a visit to St. Landry in
| October. and lie related all that he knew
of his history-that he had been stolen
from New Orleans. where he lad lived
in Port street with his father, whose
name was Poncho. He insisted, how
ever, that his father was dead, as he had
| doubtless been told by his abductor.
Mr.. LeBesque made inquiries in New
! Orleans, but misled by the different
names, was unsuccessful until he heard
! of DR.. Toro, and met him. There was
a happy reunion when the son and
; father met after their long separation.
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Timely Word.

A celebrated author has politely said,
"No woman is ugly though one may be
less favored than another" There is
some consolation to the LESS favored
in knowing that good taste in dress.
and the harmless appliances ofthe toilet,
Gun in Il great measure compensate for
want in personal beauty. We desire,
however, to warn u readers not to at
tempt to produce by artificial means
those graces which nature has denied
them. They will derive no real Sdvan-
tage in making Clark hair golden, in
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-02-11

An old physician, retired from practice, having hat
placed In his hands by an East India missionary the
formula Of q simple vegetable remedy for the speedy
and permanent cure for Consumption, Bronchitis
also q positive and radical cure FOR Nervous Debility
and all Nervous Complaints, after having. tested its
wonderful curative powers IN thousands OF cases, has
Actusted by this motive and q desire TO relieve human
suffering, I will send free Of charge to all who desire H.
mia recipe, in German, French, or English, with full
directions for preparing and using. Sent by mail by
addressing with stamp, naming this paper. W. W
lIInAI. 10 PoRers'B Block Rochester. \. Z.
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DR.. Richardson says that the body
should be in its best physical condition
at forty years; for thirty years after the
organization should heroine more per
feet; at seventy old age should begin
and last for fifteen years. when from
eighty-tivc to one hundred there shonld
be ripe old age, without disease or pain,
but marked by a general subsistence OF
the vital. functions.
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a Wonder

In most of the papers may be seen an an.
| nouncement Of a new rubber boot mado by
the Candee Rubber Co., OF New Haven, Ct
This notable boot marks a new era in the
manufacture OF rubber goods. The boot is
called the 1895 Per Cent. Sterling" to denote
its high quality, and is covered by no less
then seven patents, all owned by the Candee
Co.! One of the boots split to show its exac,
character, is on exhibition at the stores, and
shows an article OF genuine service, that is
seemingly indestructable. The company war.
rants these boots three months, although
there is abundant testimony that the boots
will stand six months hard wear every day
The "Candee" is the largest rubber goods
company in the world, and its warrant is
equal to a bond. One of the patents referred
to covers a binding for the top OF the leg, in
which are engraved spaces for every day and
month in the year, 10 that the storekeeper
can punch out the date of sale, and so fix be.
yond dispute the duration Of The three months
warrant. Altogether, it is the most wonder.
lul boot that has yet appeared.
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Little Franky's mother was very
pious, but she was an invalid, and SO
his auntie. who was also pious, looked
after his religious instruction, and let no
occasion pass to enforce some precept.
One day Frankly suddenly said: "Oh,
dear! / wish l had wings" This an
gelic aspiration was regarded with great
10y by the two sisters, and they eagerly
asked why he wished for wings. "Oh,"
said Frankly, "Id fly up into the air
and take Aunt Susan. with me, and
when couldn't 60 any higher I'd let
her drop"
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Work i'm the Good Time Now,

The world Is strong with q mighty hope
o. 4 good time yet to be,
And carefully casts the horoscope
of her future destiny;
And poet and prophet, and priest and sage,
Are watching, with anxious Dyes,
To see the light Of that promised age
On the waiting world arise.
Oh. weary and long seems that time to ONE
Who under lies burdens bow.
For while they wait for that time 20 come
They forget lis u good time now.
Yes, a GOOD time now-tor we cannot say
What the morrow will bring to view;
Sut we're always sure OF the time to-day,
Aud the course we must pursue;
And no better time is ever sought
BY a brave heart under the sun
Than the presen, hour, with its noblest thought,
Aad the duties to be done;
lis enough for the earliest soul to see
There is work TO be done, and how,
For he knows that the good time yet to be
Depends on the good time now.
There is never a broken link in the chain.
And never a careless haw,
For cause and effect, and loss and gain.
Are true to a changeless law.
Now is the time TO SOW the seed
Eorthe harvest OF future years;
Now is the time for Il noble deed,
While the need 0 fthe work eppears.
You must earn the bread of your liberty
By toll and the sweat OF your brow,
And hasten the good time yet to be
BY improving the good time now.
IT'S as brish, a sun that shines to-day
As will shine in the coming time;
And truth has as weishty a word to say
Through her orncles sublime.
There are voices in earth, and air and sky,
Tina, tell OF the good time here,
And visions that come to faiths clear eye,
The weary in heart to cheer.
The glorious fruit on life's goodly tree
Is ripening on every bough,
And the wise in spiri, rejoice to see
The light OF the good time now.
Then up, nor wait tor the promised hour
Fol the good time now is the best,
And the soul that uses its gift OF power
Shall be in the present blest.
Whatever the future may have in store,
With will there is ever O way;
And none need burden tho soul with more
Than the duties OF to-day.
Then mp! with a spirit brave and free,
And pat the hand to the plow,
Nor wait TOR the good time yet to be,
But work in the good time now.
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preparations to render the eyes lustrous,
in artificial bloom for the cheeks, nor in
abundant use of powder; allthese arti-
Giles have a rather CHASTITY effect in the
light .of day, and should be left to the
stage. It is n part of the profession OF
the actress to understand and avail her
self of all such cosmetics as art places
at her disposal; but this Geesnot in any
way excuse young ladies for having re-
course to them. The best means to pre-
serve the charms of youth are abundant
use of the bath; quiet, regular living;
plain, wholesome diet; cary hours; a
proper amount of.exercise in the fresh
air, and sufficient of useful occupation
both for body and mind.
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Near-sightedness in children should
be early detected and corrected, not
only for the sake Of the eyes. but also
because poor sight retards their mental
development and deprives them of the
eniovments which are so keenly appre-
ciated by children. DIR. Foote's Health
Monthly.
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Answer This.

Did YOU eve7 know any person to be
i'll, without inaction of the stomach
liver or kidneys, or did you ever know
one who was well when either was OBJ
structed or inactive; and did you ever
know or hear of any case of the kind
that Hop Bitters would not cure?
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One Box or Six Bottles.

f you are suffering from a combina;;
zion Of liver or kidney diseases, and
constipation, do not fail to use the cele'
brated Kidney-Wort. tits a dry com,
pound, as easily prepared as a cup q
coffee, and in one package is as mucn
medicine as car be bought in six dollar
La4tlon nf 9th Or Rinda
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Seventeen lawyers are engaged in d
suit over the will of an 1ndianian, who
boasted shortly before his death that
he had got his affairs into such a shape
tj,at when he died the lawyers couldn't
make a penny out of his estate.
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Sherman & Co., Marshall, Mich, want ah
aren't in this county ut once, at a salary oil
500 per month and expenses paid. For full
,ort;rrlars address az above.
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Bysenaing thirty-five cents, with age, height,
color OF eyes and hair. you will receive by re-
turn mail a correct photograph oil your future
husband or wife, with name and date OF mar.
riuge. Address W. Fox, 2. O. Drawer 81,
tultonville, N. Y.
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In this moist and variable climate colds are
the rule rather than the exception. DIR. bulls
Cough Syrup is just the remedy for every ono
to take when suffering from a cough, cold or
any throat trouble.
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For one cent purchase a postal card ant
send your address to DR.. Sanford, 1852 Broad
way, New York, and receive pamphlets BY
return mail, from which you can learn whethe,
your liver is out OF order, and il out OF order
or in any way diseased, what is the best thing
in the world tn take for it,
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A Pretty Purse.

Now that gold and silver coin are so
freely used, the old-fashioned purses are
in demand again, and are considered
very elegant gifts. The following is
easily made and is very pretty: Three
punches Of gold beads and two knots
of pure twist are required. Make a
chain Of sixty-eight stitches, having
previously strung the beads.
First row-A treble crochet into every
loop, and take up the beads thus: Put
the silk over the hook and push up Il
bead; finish the stitch in the usual way.
You have thus used two beads to your
treble.
Second row-one treble, one chain;
every row is alike. but in coming back
work into each hole. If preferred use
only one bead; that is, put the silk over
The needle. draw through the lower
loop then through two loops; now push
up the bead and draw the silk through
the last. Put gold rings and gold ~tassels,
OF instead of the latter a bunch of gold
beads. This makes n long purse.
Green silk and gold OF steel beads, or
blue and steel are particularly admired.
The following definition of treble"
may be of service to some readers:
Treble" is to put the thread over the
hook and insert the latter into a loop;
draw the thread first through the loop,
then through two stitches, then again
through the last two stitches.
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Counting In China.

Ar Shove, an intelligent Chinesl mer-
chant, doing business in Boston, was re-
Gently interviewed, and gave to the re-
porter the following account OF the way
marriages arc brought about in China:
There is no such thing as counting
among young people in China. The
bride and bridegroom never see each
other until they are about to. become
man and wife. Their counting is all
done by their parents. Let US suppose
that you have q son and "a danfhter of
manageable age. and we are friends.
You tell me you want to get your son
married, and ask if / am willing to give
my daughter to him. l say yes. 1have
seen your son and like him, but you
have not seen my daughter. But you
hire u female broker to go and inspect
my daughter. " hich she does for q con
sideration. Indeed, this is q regular
business. and many make a good living
out of it. She visits my house. sees and
talks with my daughter, finds that her
feet are SO small that she can hardly
walk-that absurd custom of deforming
the feet is still very prevalent in China
and returns and makes a most flatter-
ing report. Then you and I come to-
gether, and / give you a written paper
embodying my consent to the union,
while you, in like manner, signify your
approval, and give a paper signed by
you, and the engagement is completed.
You then cause great number Of sweet
cakes to be sent to my daughter from
your son, and these are given around to
our friends as an announcement of the
betrothal Of tour daughter. The marriage
itself may not take place for II month,
six months or a year after the engage
ment according to agreement. There IS
no religious ceremony of marriage in
China. A friend of the brideeroom's
family-usually a man of responsibility
and ~position-is chosen. who reads the
marriage ceremony from 4 book, which
binds the couple, who, before that time,
had been strangers to one another, to
live together during life"
Are there not frequent instances Of
unhappy marriages in this way?"
mo, indeed. On the contrary, such
marriages are nearly always happy.
The young couple soon learn TO love
M another, and live in harmony to-
gether."
"Do men give bowers to their daugh-
tiers in marriage?"
"Quitc often; but if a parent dies
without giving anything to his daugh-
ters, his property all goes to his son
The daughters get nothing. The father
of the newly-wedded young mar fur
nishes his house, though if he is poor,
the father of the bride does 10 secretly, so
as not to expose his poverty. The bride,
however. is expected to furnish her bed
room and bedding.
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THOUSANDS SPEAK. -VEGETINE is acknowl
edged and recommended by physicians and
spothecaries 10 be the best purifier and
cleanser OF tho blood yet discovered, and
thousands speak in its praise who have been
restored to health.