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TIE SITUATION AT c-ASDAnAR-
LONDON, Aug. 7.-An official dispatch from
the British commander at Candahar, dated
the Sd, says: Beyond slight skirmishtng
between the country people and the troops
covering working parties, nothing has oc-
CURED in the past three days. Ayoob Khan
Is reported intending to reach kohkaran,,
four miles southwest Of Candahar, to-mor-
row or Thursday. No news has been re-
ceiyed from Chaman-Choki OF Khelat-i-GhiI-
zai since We shut ourselves up.
Defensive preparations are proceeding sat
isfactorily. The entire Patllan population
have left or been expelled. The wounded
officers are doing we'll The accurate num-
ber of our loss i'll the fight with Ayoob Khan
is not yet known, but the former estimate Is
not far wrong. About 1,10o are killed and
missing out of 1850.
AYooB KHAN.
The following from Quettah Is dated the
9th inst: Ayoob Khan is said to be within
one march Of Candaha1, but is doubtful
whether his force is sufficiently Strong to
make the attack. Large numbers Of Giazis
aru collecting around Candallar. There is
no regular rising near klsojak Pass, but con-
voys are attacked by thieves.
cABUL TO CANDAnAE-
4 Cabul dispatch OF the 9Th says: There
arc some gatherings in Naidnn ana Fardak,
bur Gen. Roberts will pruDauly not be seri-
ously opposed this side OF Ghuznee. Mushki
Alum's son will preccdc the force to concili-
ate the tribes and arrange for Supplies. Alb
durrahman Khan has moved six 1uiies nearer
Cabu1, anu will enter the city On the depart
ure Of the British.
Another Cahul dispatch says: "The march
OF the force to Candahar is delayed Until
, 1880-08-08

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. THE report
Of the Masters in the suit Of Taylor. vs. The
Philadelphia Il Reading Railroad C Coal d
Iron Company, upon the proposition Of the
Receivers to Issue certificates in payment Of
wages and supplies furnished previous to thel
failure, was filed with tao United States CTR
cult Court this morning. The Masters de-
clare: We see no objection to giving to
tie class OF creditors specified the certificates
asked for, and report that from the evidence
before us the amount due and maturing for
materials and supplies by the Philadelphia "a
Reading Railroad is about S1,265,0o0 to the
24th of May, 1850, aud that the amount due
pilia & Reading Goa. / Irof: Company to The
same date is about $3.50, 500" Judge McKen-
nan approYes Of the report OF the Masters.
, 1880-08-08

THE MURDERED AMERICANS

THE MURDERED AMERICANS.
CoNs1ASI1S0PLE, Aug: 7.-Dr. Parsons,
the American missionary, who, with his serv-
ant, was murdered near Ismid, was making
tour in the mountains and encamped on
the roadside in the vicinity of some ZuFuk, a
senli-nomadic tribe. Two Zuruk shepherds
confessed that they shot two travellers as they
slept, and robbed them of their money,
amounting to less than SIS. AS Parsous did
not reach his destination at the expected
time, and cs his horses were found wander
ing about the hills, his friends instituted
search, and the bodies we're discovered under
some bushes The authorities, hearing ads
patch on the subject had been sent to tho
British Embassy, Showed mole than usual
zeal, and by threatening wholesale arrests in
duced the Zuruk to surrender the criminals,
who are now imprisoned.
NOT DUE TO FASA71c1sM.
During half century Of American mis-
sionary enterprise in Turkey this is only the
third case of the murder of missionary,
and il is only just to the Turks to state that
none Of the crimes proceeded from religious
security. does not, proceed from fanatical
feeling, bur from wholly different causes, for
which the Government is mainly RESPONSE
bic. Among these may be mentioned the
system of sending Cjrcassians. Lnzes, and
other warlike refugees into peaceful dis.
Circassians and Laxes landed in the Gulf of
lsDlid, near the spot where Dr.. Parsons was
murdered. As it is pretty certain that no
measures will be taken TO give these lawless
11!mm'sranls 1!ls the means Of gaining an honest
eases Of robbery and murder.
RUSSIA AND ENGLAND.
LONDON Aur 1.-THE nff1t:ia[ corrpsnond-
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ne Prince Of Roumanla to the heads Of tha
governments Of the: United States and
o1azn' ana nave 10 political significance.
THE DoRY LITTLE WESTERN
Is no" being exhibited at Westminster Aqua
rum. Her crew propose to visit Antwerp,
Brussels, Rotterdam, Amsterdam. Hamburg,
a1o l!a st. petersburg, sailing from here to the
alnereht ports. and returning home by
steamer from ST. Petersburg.
SENTENCED.
Pleasance Louise Ingle, tho Grey Hospital
nurse who caused the death of patient by
CRUEL treatment, was sentenced to three
months imprisonment without hard labor.
Prospects Of the wool clip in Australia are
very favorable. Rain is much needed.
, 1880-08-08

| frETE pDTNTE 1NpERT
~ i.1t>~ ~c 1h1i IEsAAh'
coNMESTs or THE FRENCH PRESS ON TIE
REFUSAL OF PARLIAMENT TO ERECT A
A0NuMESr TO H1A IN WESTMINSTER
ABBEY.
PARIS, July e2-The Republican papers
exprcss a sober satisfaction at the success Of
NJ pr;,es, ,,n+;or 1vha 1e-,,.,. -.r,sr,.,
-. .1.hHs sso . 1S.e s"'p. lea4 ~
taa1' al'housn rance mas Deen quite nncon-
cer1cd, she will none the less appreciate the
feeling which has influenced the House of
Commons and all i ,;heral Fnc,,nd aT,,oe:.
s,.r,'.la- 49,. ~ ,.',;I;,ass ~, IT,. ,, s
diiee' e'' t 1a.s ~ H'oias a.. ena1 conIo
two peoples, cannot but draw closer thu
bonds unitina our yo1,ne Rpnuhtic to tIe
ancient English Nonarch,: >, ,Cha Dat,,ts ,,ad
,.I ,u, 'tui".ens' - Luz De4'us i'o
always regarded ehe proposed memorial as
purely designed to honor the memory of a
young foreign Prince killed in fighting fo,
Fnu1snd ,nd +borar,ro .c :. r,,,,1u En,t;s,
It =. A0' 's4s,..I ' 11s'
.iat 4:..e ~ ~ ses.'eu 14onl An s@e!usisay na@
Glads,one:s scruples @ F as to p; Parliament mt En- en-.
croachinp m the Dean,s nreroeatjyps, Still
~ .a;rf. y" s;st,., s..o ~ o4.ls
fricnseh;m an,i goei ~;li oue, fo Francsa ~. U
the En9iisb ' peoDle IeG and Sriiamnt ~ os
Nooouy ean ueny tliat tne mnnliestasloh
VI taese sentiments was qulle spont1neous,
ana II Wouio elgafiy pc ~ u1Eracious ler Us
~ uUs + TSt W tnusu ns T., e Ilofe so ugsaust
aclive synpathy TOR uh1aupy ana dlsmenl'
neleu fLallce al l'nlf wllen II was dllhcul
70 qesect l' any trace OF sympathy on the parf
u eiteir uoYtr1il'fent.
tFays, describes ue resolution asa scandalQus
ih1ustlce, collaemns the government f0l
iukewarmneSs IN allowing it to be carried,
rep1IqEaenes sp1 E me Englisn lol EIndgmg tune
ana dwells on the Inconsistency OF bgwaiiinR
ms tate aud contollng with his mother, and
now practically indorslng the Insulting and
apomlnaple expression OF an English mei!l-
OF adventure: n: dc Cassagnac roundl,
asserts that the English Government has
, 1880-08-08
SUICIDE.

DENVER, Colo, Aug.7.-Au old man, named'
Matthew Dowhig, living on Cupb Creek,
twenty-five miles southwest Of Golddepa
hung himself in celler yesterday. The.
celler was not high enough to allow him to
hang clear. lie, therefore, looped the ropo
around lis neck and held up his feet, Or.
leaned forward till tie was dead The de-
ceased was quite wealthy, Domestic trouble
Was the cause Of 1t.
, 1880-08-08
CUBA.

HAVANA, Aug. 7.-Gen. Calixto Garcia and
other revolutionary leaders, recently capt
ured, have been sent TO Spain.
The home Government has temporarily
fixed the import duty on agricultural impIe-
ments at per cent sd yaloren1.
The municipal dues on imports into
Mayaeuez and Porto Rico will henceforth be
an additional per centon the Custom-House
tariff. Flour viii noY pay tho municipality
dues Of tx cents per barrel, bacon Is cents
and candles 2S cents per GENITAL, and petroleum,
Of 10 degrees test ~ cents per case.
, 1880-08-08
AN IMPORTANT DECISION,

SAN Francisco, Aug. 7.-Judge Sullivan
o-day rendered decision oyerrulinc the de-
murrer in. the case of John II. Burke against
James c. Flood ct al, and allowing defend
ants twenty days to answer plaintiffs conf
plaint This action was commenced eighteen
months ago to recover S1o, A.9, 600, the value
Of Consolidated Virginia stock alleged to
have been appropriated by the defendants
while Directors of the Consolidated Virginia
Company. The demurIers inteIposed by the
, 1880-08-08
LOCAL CRIME,
TIE .T{;G'TTCF4-


The case OF N. 3. McDonough, the ex-Con-
stable CHARGED With pcrsouatiug ait officer In the
suit Instituted by the Trask gang against Mrs.
Mary L. Wagner, BY which she was robbed Of
her property, came up again before Justice
Meeca yesterday morning ut II o'clock. 4 de-
fault was entered aHainst ti.e surety, George s..
PopptsS,us a1cDonouEh was not present on TING.
His absence, however, w9s Involuntary, he be-
ing confined In jail on the conspiracy charge,
bis honds1nan having given him up. The Court
fixed Friday morning ut IL O'Clock Is tho time
when he will hear motion to set aside tho de-
fault. =
Justice Walsh: Ida Rourkc, years Of age and
destitute, sent to the Seryite Sisters; Alexander
TheriHn, the West Lake street barber charxed
with Aesaultinx Patrick Mcdonnell, who still lies
In precatious conaitton at the County Hospital,
to the 11th: LOUISA Goodman, larceny from
John Schnac5, OF No. l33 Van Buren, street,
$aaDo to the Criminal Court; Denis CallaEhan.
John Dotan, and Edward Burke. reseuin9 .
pickpocker uu.'er arrest, to the 1lth; RlchArd
Doyce, <;H0 t. The Criminal Court Justice Wal
lace: .1amea fairfax b1utaily aseaultlng Beuta-
sooG mn eS1orsa in Sps ! msfshats
HuEnii. II years OF a-e. a RUNWAY from home,
sent to the I|o';s: 1T the Good Shepherd; Frank
N:::utleu. q pclt-boy at tho Commercial Hotel.
frtsiui chtrge, thought to get oven by stealing
valise f,1sl Of clothing from the room of guest,
During the past few days the following Of
Tending saioonkeepers have been prosecuted M for
violation of the minor lhw9: Michael FieYel, No.
!: Ffunt street, selling liquor to minors. held TO
1.-The Criminal Court under bonds OF Sc, by
Justice Morrison Christopher Douse, Sixty
nrs1 and Stute streets tEngleWood,. .xo charges,
selling t,auor to minors Ano allowing minors to
play with pool balls in bis saioon $2oo in each
case to the Criminal Court by Justice 1nxersoli.
William Fruutz, No. 53s Jefferson street, selling
liquor to minors at Silver Leaf Grove picnic;
continued under bonds OF 5000 Until
the 11th inst. BY Justice 1ngersolt.
Joseph Oragcbs. Is Clayton street. selling lhuor
to minors at silrer-Ieaf Grove picnic; contln-
ued until the 11th inst. llud:r bonds ut 500. By
juetice Ingersol- A. Sabbich, 93 West Madison,
seit.ag Hquor to minors; continued until the
ing liu,l<'r to minors; continued until the 11th
Inst The Cia;1ens League prosecuted In all the
cuae9.
, 1880-08-08
OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS.

QUEENSTOWN, Aug, 7.-Arriyed, Baltic,
from New York. :.
uAvRE, Aug. 7.-Arrived, Canada, horn,s
New York. !;
FATHER Po1ST, Aug. 7-Arriyed, Circ1s~*
sian, from Liverpool.
NEW York. Aug. 7.-Arrived. Henry 1dco
alld Mcfarland, from Antwerp; Brittanie,
from Liverpool
LONDON, Aug. THE Ohio, from .Balti--
more; Lake Winnipeg, from Montreal; and
rived out Il
, 1880-08-08
THF PAYNE INVADERS.

A dispatch vas received at military head
quarters yesterday announcing that "Capt"
Payne and his five associates, who attempted
to lead an invasion OF the Indian Territory,
had been turned over to the United Statea
Marshal of the Western District Of Arkan-'
sas for trial. Those captured with Payne
who did nos belong to the first party Wefe
released.
, 1880-08-08
SPORTING.
THE OAR.

HALIFAX, Aug. THE scull-race between
Smith, Mann, and How for the championship
OF Halifax harbor was rowed this afternoon,
Mann coming in first and Smith second, hut
owing to Smiths turning. boat having been
removed the race will be rOwed over again.
, 1880-08-08

tations, laches, acquiescence, aud want IT "a
pacity ~ the plaintiff to sue. judge Shit
van decides all-these points against tha d.
1endants and III favor of the plainfiT. TIM
case n0w rests on questions OF fact,
, 1880-08-08

MONTREAL Aug. IA game Of lacrosso,}
for the championship Of the world between j;
the Shamrocks, of Montreal, and Torontos
was won by the Shamrocks in three straight{
games. Tine, 9, l2. and minutes
, 1880-08-08
FRANCE.
THE RECENT ELECTIONS.

| PARIS, Aug. 1.-THE immense Republican
| victory at the elections of the Councils Ge1l-
era1 dominates all other events. The Reac-
tonis:s are dismayed. Maynard, the
! FiyaTo's political director, asks that jour
| nals supporters whether it would not
| be wiser to accept the Republic and
| modify it, rather than by opposing
it remain utterly ilnpotent The Conserva~
tives joined issue on the execution Of the de-
crees and Gambetta's amnesty speech. The
| Government is greatly strengthened by the
result of the elections, and Gambetta's Unfit
ence is at tho same time consolidated
Effective steps are threatened against the
religious congregations, and, tc prevent the
Jesuits from erading the law by placing their
schools uominally in the hands of civil dis
ciples, the Republtq1Ic Franclise demands
policy of frmness and energy, so as to de-
priye the Jesuits Of the control of higher
education, and it advocates the repeal Of the
Falioux law Of 1850.
The Left Centre, which conspircd with the
Rothschilds for the Orleauist restoration, is
nowhere.
Leon Say, taking every opportunity to get
close to the victor, was with Jules Ferry and
Gambetta at the distribution of the prizes
at Sarbonne. If. Ferry announced there
an important innovation. University
pupils are henceforth released from
spending years M M1abilcathg oao Latln compo-
sl1Nnts, anu y ~ leatn !no"a" i ~ leaa natin
the n'nthers nresenf to render i,,nior coilaoes
attracfive and hr9lthy-
%''~. ,-.1r. ,..-1, ~. ,r1',, ,.v...,,-, ~, .r
toward the Government at tho prize distribu-
ton in their schools was ironical and defiant
High, society was brilliantly represented,
alG was sympatnetlc- :n
cher6oarg, viii halt at Coreaux and CANON
to receive addresses from the Mayors His
wife ana daughter proceed lncognlto 10 VIII
ness tne maa,me 'a,hnr 1eLe Gasd - tne ana ~ "a
6e Roaa a. Of y!
was veneratsa by hcr sYn' VINO meyer 1ai!sd
to visit her daily when she Was in Paris. He
also spent nls evenings Win ncf when ne
had social or literary engagements
PRINCE NAPOLEON,
with his Sous, is travelling along the Loire
through Brittany, ostensioly to VISIT histor-
n;fn ID dnrinr % her husbands ah>ence. 's
RochefoTt's articles are ID with avid
inv in mouarchical circles. With scarcely
an exception they brislle with attacks on
and mur. indecisiye, Rochefort has hired
a him, mansion. which NAV be described as
tne haunt Uf artists. Tx: Stevens studio Is
next door. Kochetorrs daughter anu his
family are to live Will nlm.
MA1:su.H. MAcMA1loS.
Certain statements regarding Marshal
MaeM1o WnI9 WIS wsre reoGn and He to tSe
A. ,.,r;, . M u..t.Snaners ere ct,urradicted. Not
i 1 thn M ~, prvs s;rinnr trmDlatnd
, 1880-08-08

6Ay FRANCISCO, Aug. 7.-The annual re-!
gatta at the San Francisco Yacht Club to-;
day was won by the sloop Annie, beating thol
SCHOONER Chispa forty-nine seconds on times
allowance.
, 1880-08-08

TOLEDO, O., Aug. "a special to the
Blade from Bettsville, Seneca County, o.,
says fire broke out in that place at ; o'clock
this morning, destroying nine business houses
and one dwelling before the danies were SUBJ
dued. Loss, $a), 900; insurance, $4,000.
, 1880-08-08
AT EVANSVILLE. IND

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Ang. IA fire this
morning destroyed Herr1ann's dry-bouse, In
volving loss Of $S0, 600; partly insured.
, 1880-08-08
A WARM RECEPTION PROMISED.
S,.rto1 n{,notrh IN 4ns chicago TS4buns-

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Aug. THE move
mcnts of the filihustets, styled tbs Army
, 1880-08-08

organ remarks that he Is, ther fore, .dynas-
Queathed to him BY the Prince Imperial.
, 1880-08-08

Lucrative weakuesse, and ebffitAtiu9 huNsg44
II fenalex cured hx Ealt RitseS4. :,
, 1880-08-08
FOREIGN.

EohIl0Ns
nrominent Points in the
Field of English Pol
itics.
INV the Defeat Of the Compensa-
ton Bill Has Affected
Parties.
rne British Actively Fortifying
their Works at Can
dahar.
English Papers Discuss the Pro.
prietY OF Abandoning
CabuI,
And Look upon the Undertaking
As One Fraught with
Peril.
chambord Flaunts His Periodical
Manifesto Before the French
People.
Hak sill Looking AnxiouslJ for Some
Fortuituus Political Turn
ing-Up.
Austriia Fearful Of Losing Her Prestige in
tbs Danubian Commission.
Facts Concerning the II rider Of Mis-
sionLry Parsons LII Turkey.
, 1880-08-08

Tnrr1o 20 uss Hest<rn ASSOCIATED I'rtss- =
cornstsS; aug. THE Times Bucharest
kn ntSnrnuent announces that the Rouman~
nescn ~ eM!nlnent Mne Is about to send Col. Yer
conntegSn ~ nashins!ou OIL special mission IN
manisn mani@;a Z: with the recognition Of the Rou-
nissinnn Independence N ~ After fulfilling his
ku ~ a. 81 Washington, Col. Veruesco viii
Both ~ ,;1:!o no janeirO on a similar elTand.
s4slts are simple acts OF courtesy from
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The Stupidity Of Servants.

I have in my household, writes q
correspondent Of the London Times. an
under-nurse, who, upon the family's
leaving town for a short holiday. was
enJoined to see that the birds In the
nursery (canaries) were well supplied
with sand. When we came back we
found them all starved to death. She
had given them sand, but. alss. no
seed. This was a girl from the country.
who. one would think, would have
known what birds fed upon; otherwise
one does not expect much intelligence
from Arcadia. When our last importa-
ton Ian under-housemaid) ssturned on
the gas" in the upper apartments, as
she was directed to do, but omitted to
light 1t, / thought it very excusable;
she had not been accustomed to gas.
On the other hand, when her mistress
told her to ''iook to the fire. of a GER
tain room, / contend we had a right TO
expect that that fire should be kept in.
1t was not 80, however, and when the
lady inquired: "Why did YOU not look
to it, as l told your" the girl replied:
" Well, did, mum; the door was open,
and | looked at the fire every time /
passed" She appeared to attach
some sort OF igneous power to the hu-
man eye.
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The Child,s Gift Of Imagination.

Into the life of every child, y says a
recent essayist, no g matter in what class
of life it is found, imagination enters
with all the freshness and beauty of a
pure spring of water. Their games and
sports take them into some mysterious
dreamland Of delight; their play is fully
charged with fancy, and to make be-
lieve' that they seem to be what they are
not comes as comfort to the imprisoned
children of our crowded cities. They
have no sands on which to. build their
castles. and their little feet are seldom
freshened with the salt Of the oceans
waves; they can only live in grassy
meadows and lowered woodlands when
they get passing peep at : picture
shop; the din of the city and It's wheels
is forever in their ears; but the servitude
OF unromance to which they are born
does not dull or deaden sweet Natures
gift Of Imagination which makes mimic
soldiers and sailors OF the children whose
Is the pavement, snd whose
toys are but too often the refuse of the
Streets
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The Apple-Tree Borer.

Even where the borer is common but
comparatively few understand its histo.
ry. The perfect insect of the apple tree
borer is one of the Iong-horned beetles:
it is about three-quarters of an inch
long, and has pair of feelers more
than half as long as itself; its body is
brown, with two broad, nearly white
stripes, hence it is called the two-striped
superda- The beetle is seldom seen. az
it is dormant by day but flies and works
at night. The insects begin to appear
this month, and next month the female
lays her eggs on the bark near the
ground. The young grubs soon bore
through the bark, and enter the tree.
where they live upon the sap wood. lust
beneath the bark, forming a cell or ex-
cayation the size of half dollar. 1t
lives, eats and grows here for about a
year; then, having stronger jaws it in
the second summer bores upward to-
ward the center of the tree, making a
hole three or four inches long, which it
then curves outward until its upper end
reaches the bark again and, at the be-
ginning of the third winter, it makes a
bed and rests, in the next spring. be-
coming pupa, and soon after changing
to a beetle which bores an exactly round
hole through the bark at the upper end
OF its gallery, and comes out into the
world to lay eggs to produce more
borers. This is the life history of the
insect. Any remedy" must be of
kind to keep the young borer out, or to
kill it after it is in. Soap is found to
keep off the parent insect. The base of
the tree is kept clear of weeds and the
lower part of the trunk is rubbed with |
soap; the application is repeated during |
June If washed off by rains. Young |
orchards are to be examined late in july
Or early in August. Weeds, trash, and |
about an incn of soil are removed from |
around the base of the tree. The bark
8 carefully examined, if chips are found, |
'r the bark looks dead and dark, cut
INTO it with sharp knife and cut the
,orer out. If the insect has bored up-
ward, it is to be followed by wire; a
'iece OF whale-bone, or twig, and
1illed.-American 4Agriculturist.
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IF Mr.. William Mckee, of Keokuk,
in the State OF Iowa, had not got drunk
ne would not have strayed into the
wrong house and been mistaken for a
burglar, and had his skull fractured
with . billet of stove-wood. Similarly,
II Mr.. Peter McDermott. of Brooklyn,
In the State of New York, had kept
sober he would not have been wander
ing about the suburbs in the small hours,
and the honest farmer of whom he asked
ride would not have mistaken him for
a foot-pad, and knocked him senseless
with the butt of his whip.