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AFGHANIsTAN.

The defeat of Ameer Abdurrahman by
Ayoob Khan has not yet been followed by
any further important results, but the pre-.
sumption is that the former will find it i'm
possible to hold his own, and that Ayoob
will shortly be virtual master of the whole
of Afghanistan. In that event the prob.
lem for England to solve will again be per.
picking. Ayoob Khan might have been
secured as an ally some time ago, and since
he was the most able chieftaln in the field
it would have been sound policy to secure
his friendship. Now, however, he knows
himself to have hopelessly alienated Brit
ish sympathy, and therefore he will natur-
ally throw himself into the arms of Russia.
The latter has defeated and probably
broken the strength of the Tekke Turco.
mans, who constituted the main defense of
Merv, and therefore of Herat, which is
the key to British India, and it is
scarcely to be doubted that Russia
would, if she had an understanding with
AJooo hhait uO III d poSitiOH 10 Jake ana
occupy both these places. 1t was long
ago said by men like Sir Henry Rawlinson
that England ought to secure both Merv
and Herat, but that if Russia occupied
the former, she ought instantly to seize
the latter. The Gladstone policy in Cen.
trail Asia has for some time put the Raw.
linson school of Indian counselors out of
Court. They have been pooh-poohed as
alarmists and Limoges, and it has been
the fashion to laugh at the idea of Rus.
sian policy of aggression in that direction.
It is probable that in short time the wis.,
dom of the Gladstone programme will be
tested severely. for unless internal troubles
paralyze the arm of Russia completely.
it must be expected that she will signal
ize her appreciation of Ayoob Khan's
successes by making an advance
upon Merv. Even now something could
be done to check movement of this kind
by extending help to the Turcomans, who
are desperate and determined fighters, and
who have recently built new stronghold |
for themselves not far from Merv. But |
the policy which flung away all the pos
sible advantages of Beacons6eld's occupa-
ton of Afghanistan, and which thus
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sHspBERD cowLEY.


This man, who was convicted of brutal
ties of the most atrocious kind towards
little children intrusted to his care as the
manager of the charitable institution called
the shepherds Fold at New York, has
recently been liberated, having served out
his term of Imprisonment, and has, TO the
amazement and disgust of the public, been
rehabilitated by his church. The latter
pretended to hold an investigation of his
conduct, and reached the conclusion that
the evidence which satisfied civil Court
and the entire public of his guilt, was in.
sufficient to base serious charge upon.
and that therefore he should be restored
to all his clerical functions as before. It
is needless to say that this brazen
attempt to whitewash a scoundrel
is a complete failure. Shepherd Cowley
has been branded, and the brand cannot be
washed off. There is no possibility of non.
est doubt as to his guilt, and his crimes
were of kind to utterly incapacitate the
perpetrator for any religious Office. In
fact this attempt to restore him to useful
ness in the church is really worse than the
somewhat similar endeavor to restore
Colonel Valentine Baker to his former
position in English society for whereas
Bakers was only lay case, this is one
into the consideration of which the gravest
religious principles unavoidably enter. The
only rational deduction. from the Cowley
case is that his church thinks more of the
reputation of its cloth than of the morals
of the men who wear that cloth and that
is very discouraging kind of conclusion to
be forced to.
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ILLUMINATE OF SILVER.

We observe that it is said that the in.
fernal machines recently found in Liver.
pool could not have been intended to
explode on board the steamer, as they
were packed too carefully. But it is also
said that the fuses were composed of full
inmate of silver, which is the most tire.
mendous explosive known TO science, after
chloride of hydrogen. illuminate of silver,
WHICH is used in small quantities to charge
percussion caps, explodes under the very
slightest conclusion. 1t is exceedingly
dangerous to handle, and under the cir
cumstances given it seems quite possible
that it might have endangered the lives of
al or board the steamer.
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ing party in sham battle has no right to
advance farther than would be permitted
if the opposing guns were firing real shells,
canister and grape. 1t will not do to pro.
coed SO impetuouslyas our gallant troops did
the other day, nor should the defenders of a
battery undertake to hold it when, accord.
ing to the laws of war, it has become un.
tenable. Unless these conditions are OBJ
served in maneuvers of this kind it must
be difficult to prevent any such sham at
tack from degenerating into real one, and
in the case under notice the tendency that
way evidently went far enough to render
things quite serious for time. A little
less zeal, and a little more attention to
military rules, is probably about the right
prescription for this complaint.
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CUTTING Across. three months
past General Williams has had large
force OF men at work making cut through
Lone Tree bend, near Wakefield Landing,
six miles from this city. Considerable
difficulty has been experienced since the
commencement of the work in procuring
the proper kind of machinery and in get
ting suitable and responsible contractors.
Two of these contractors, after laboring
some little time, abandoned the work. and
several dredgers were used before one
capable of doing what was required was
obtained. The bend is in the narrows.
where the large steamers find it difficult to
navigate IN low water, and it was thought
that the cut would remedy the evil The
distance around the bend is at least half a
mile, and the cut is only 300 feet in length:
1t is probable that the cut will be opened
this evening, or tomorrow at the latest,
when the water will be turned into it from
the river. On account of the. very low
water IN the narrows this morning the
steamer City of Stockton was DELAYED
three hours, and had this cut been open.
one hours time would have been saved
This cut will no doubt be of great adj
vantage to navigation in the future, and if
it proves success other cuts will be made
al an early date. Stockton Herald.
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TOO MUCH ZEAL.

Our gallant militia up at Camp Brown
appear to have become so saturated with
martial ardor during the sham fight the
other day that they nearly converted it
into real one. In fact, judging from the
reports, the charge upon the battery re-
suited in larger average Of bayonet
wounds than often occurs in real engage.
ments, and it is matter of congratulation
that the combatants on both sides were
supplied with blank cartridges only. In
making charges upon batteries, however. it
ought to be borne in mind that the attack
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PASSENGER LISTS.

CARLlN, August 5th.-Passed here TODAY.
| TO arrive in Sacramento tomorrow: ]. Bell
| McLuhrs. wife and daughter, @. F. McDer-
mott, W. Layzant, P. G. Dickinson and wife,
| +. Dorhmann, j. Stanford and wife, J, w.
Stanford, j. z. Flint, Miss Eva Flint, Albert
Son, j. Frankenthal, Miss Georgia Stewart.
| Louis M. Dinkenteld, San Francisco: V.
Warner, Vim. Toothe, Miss R. Wiener,
Mrs. j. Murphy, Mrs. j. K Read. r.
Wiener, Miss Flora King. New York; +,
Houston. Ballyclare, Ireland; Miss Fulton.
Doagh. ireland; Mrs. Houston, Ireland
Rev. Q. Watson and wife, Toronto. Can:
Rev. E. Chappell, Portland, NIB: Ella
Myrick, Miss d. i. Buell., Oakland; DIR. G..
81. Martin, Boston; Phil NARCOTIC, Salt
Lake; Mrs j. T. Prington, Lewiston. Ne:
L. Tcheteherine, Russia; Thomas Morley
Brooklyn, N. Y; E. P. Vaudeville, e. J.
Bowels, Terrace G. Hunt Swan, Iowa
Mrs, Fowler and son. Pittsburg, Pa; Miss
F. Brown, Wheatland, Iowa; William Jen-
kins, n. St John. Ogden; L. NJ Mann, Los
Angeles Henry Cooper, Santa Barbara +.
p. Cowles, Massachusetts 1O1 emierants
passengers, including 70 males, to arrive in
Sacramento August 7th.
NEwHALL, August 5th.-Passed here to-
day, to arrive in San francisco tomorrow
ii. Mayberry, San Jose w. w. Dence. Los
Angeles; II. M. Sale, Kansas L. G. Hughes,
Tucson Fl. B. Underhill Oakland; W. S.
Lisle, A. S. Ferguson, Alfred Cook, San
Francisco; j. J. Signes, Denver; j. P.
Kimball, w. w. Mcfarland, New York;
Sol Lewis, Miss Minna Bush, Oakland j.
Rich, Mexico; Fl. W. Coffin, New York:
John r. Dunn, D. K. Waldron, Massacha
sets John Munroe, New York; Colonel
w. W. HOLSTER, Santa Barbara.
OMAHA, August 5th.-Left here to-day. TO
arrive, in Sacram ento August 9th: Miss Cog
hill, New Yo,L; DR.. G. G. Strong. w. Con-
worth, San Francisco h. H. Moore and
family, Stockton; D. NJ. Terry, Painted
Mrs. George NJ. Halsey and two children
Dutch Flat. CAL; Henry T. Bowman, Bnf..
falo, L, 81. Judson, Milwaukee James
Joslyn, Cincinnati; E. B. Gordon, Pittsburg.
Twenty-seven through emigrants left on last
nights emigrant train, to arrive in Sacra-
mento August 18th.
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does not teach more than two hours day
is merely to show that the critic has no
understanding of the duties of professor.
He might not teach more than one hour
day, and still he might be an invaluable
instructor, and be more than earning his
pittance. 1t is shame that members of
the Board of Regents, who ought to know
better if they do not, should have sounded
the keynote for this unintelligent and
contemplate line of attack upon a body of
gentlemen who have quite enough to con.
tend with in being compelled to do their
work under TIE supervision of such author
tiles,
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deliberately threw all the opportunities
into the hands of Russia, is not likely to
be frightened by such CLEAN of CON-
prehension as this would imply, and if the
Liberals remain in power it seems possible
that nothing will be done to stem the
Russian advance until her troops are
actually in the passes of the Hindoo
EnoSb
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SECOND EDITION.

second edition Of the REcoRD-UNIoS is issued
ach day at P NJ, bringing the Eastern and coast
news up to tina; hour. BY this arrangement the
RECORD UNION will present the latest news obtain
able at all points east and north of Sacramento.
The regular morning edition Of the RECORD UNION
is carried by morning trains, and is ahead of all
competitors far north Chico, on the California
and Oregon Railroad west to Benicia, and south to
Stockton, and east to Colfax, Folsom and Placer
vile and all intermediate places.
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tended the hunting grounds of the class of

tended the hunting grounds Of the class of
men who have "plenty brains and no
money" and this is one reason why go
many colossal fortunes have been made by
what is euphemistically called "specula-
elton, in the present era. To swindle
an individual IS criminal. To swindle a
crowd is merely speculation and law
full Take the stock market of San Fran.
cisco as an example of this kind of thing.
There the persistent creduiity of the
community enabled few men to monopo-
lie the earnings of years, and at the
same time to withhold the only in
formation which could have justified
or guided investment. Take the present
railroad mania for another Illustration.
It is not ten years since blind investment
in unnecessary railroads brought ruin and
loss to multitudes of people all over the
world. Yet precisely the same blind in
vestments are now being made, and under
circumstances which are really far more
discouraging than those of ten years ago.
Yet it is perfectly useless to warn the
public in this connection. They will fol-
low the bent of their inclinations. Their
ignorance and credulity make them the
easy dupes of plausible knaves, and moth
ing seems to teach them better sense. In
this way the diffusion of improved means
of communication has directly operated to
hinder progress, by organizing and extend
ing the field Of wholesale swindling, by
vastly enhancing the rewards of adroit
speculative dishonesty, by increasing the
facilities for deceiving distant communities,
by enabling even the most worthless enter
prises to be represented as sound. And
it is evident that popular education has
failed to keep pace with the extension
OF dishonest speculation. The rapid
additions made by expanding trade and
manufacture to the worlds wealth only
serve to swell the boards of those bold and
inscriptions men-the pirates of com.
merce, as they may be styled-who traffic
upon the folly of the masses, and who fitch
from the pockets of these simple persons
the profits of industry and the rewards of
skill. And it is evident that before the
normal ratio of progress can be established,
and before the discoveries of science can
produce their most salutary effects, it will
be necessary to combat this prevailing
credulity far more seriously and earnestly
than hitherto, and that education must
be SO reorganized as to impart to future
generations at least enough intelligence to
avoid epidemics of calamitous error such as
at present periodically check all progress,
aud paralyze the movements of all civilizing
apencies.
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GIVE Trask's Ointment one simple trial for
those sore eyes. tt will give you new
lease of life. For piles, aches and sores, it
excels everything.
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Yes; most certainly they would. :" was
the old mans reply. ''if they had been
left to themselves
What narrow escape / felt I had had
But for the refuge of that solitary tree my
life would most certainly have been sacri-
feed. When at length reached my cous-
ms house the reaction consequent upon
the excitement of the past few hours had
begun. and / had to betake myself to bed,
where a raging fever detained me for a
few weeks. During all that period my
thoughts occupied with the fearful ex-
periences of that day on the moor; and
even now, though restored to my former
health and vigor. it is not without a
shudder that am able to think of that run
for NV life.-Chamber' Journal
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nnDD0llAne MORFHTNR Habit
uUnuuU cured IN 10 to days. Ten years es-
tabHShed; 1000 cured. Write stat
~ ~ UUuinG case D. xAasa, Quincy. Mich
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Notice Of Foreclosure.

"HEREAS Thomas Graves Of Litchfeld in the
w County Of he nebec, on the eighteenth day of
October A. u. 1877, BY his deed Of mortgage of that
date recorded in kennebec Registry Of Deeds, Book
3l5, Page S2e conveyed 10 Alden Noulton of Wakes
in the County Of Androsc0ggin, and State OF Maine
certain piece or parcel Of land with the buildings
thereon situated in said town Of Iitched
one hundred and thirfy-two or less. Said
premises arr fully set forth and described in said
mortgage deed. to which reference may BE- had. said
mortgage deed given to secure the payment OF i've
certain notes Of hand therein Described. and
the conditions Of said mortgage have been broken.
I, Alden Moulton. claim . foFeclose of the same
according to the statutes In such made snd pro-
ved and do hereby give this notice for that purpose.
ALDEN NOULTON.
Wales, April q, 1881. swlg
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FARM FoRJ SALE.

miles from Augusta ~ acres Of land. Il Of woodland,
the rest divided into pasturaee and tillage Story
house and at stAbie. good oschard mostly young
tires all gSafted ehancs for good crop the coming
season; plenty Of dressing; year old colt; wagon;
two cows and farming tools: said farm cats about
10 tons q good hay. Any oae wishing to psrchase
please call innsdiately ~ With 70 seI o. account
g por heakh. REUBEN WING.
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PROF. EDlS0N'S
POI,YPORM.

Amer much persuasion Pref Edison ias oee"
r-~v.;,.d unon give to the world Lis tr- iy Won
derful discovery Cor aIleviating pain For cars no
suffered from ne 1ralgic pains, unable to ID any
remedy among the hundreds which be tri.a tnA'
would eivehim pr manent ease. Finally D. teeAme
convinced that he nus. become his own p! z'ciao
and seek BY expert ,ents Tor the desired relief lie
Rad tsken All the vel known seda;ives, which gave
only Temporary .elisl and produced nervousness
los Of appetite, &c. he now sought for a eoaoin-
atom of such remedies a. would by osesura aPpii-
-..ioo eu-e him of his distress and at same tine not
b injurious to his system
Trial. and experiments followed THIS oetefln'n-
.t;on until he at las. produced a compound which,
By application entirely subdued all pam ana a.io"eu
ii. syste to rscuperate, and throw Of the disease
To his discovery Prof. Edison gave the name
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rheumatism Permanently
Cured.

hr. DANIEL b. Dodge, Edeecomb, Me-, testifies that
ne contracted Rheumatism in the army and To-
we've long years suffered, he thinks, as much as
man could suffer; was treated by some Of the b.,t
fnysicians in the State, and afterwards in Roston
viinont benefit was cured by six bottles CLARKE,S
nhEU MAIiC ELIXIR ana has had no return OF fhe
Sisesse, For sale BY all DruRgists-Sl0o Der botte.
~" WV weoW421y.
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Gr.tiAed with the result upon himself, be tested
his discovery upon others who suffered from nervous
rain. and in every case the relief was perfect
The cures performed by his gifts Of Polyform be-
came 90 celebrated and the demand upon his time
and attention 90 great Prof. Edison finally yielded
to the solicitation Of those WI, -ew the merits OF
his preparation and allowed ITO be forne1
fox the manufacture and sale form under his
supervision.
The number Of remarkable cures, md the suffer-
ing Poyform has saved, attest the wisdom and phil
antrophy of this course.
No higher testimony could be adduced than the
certificate Of Prof. Edison, who authorizes the =
LEGATION of the following
MEMO PARK, n.
\ yRTIFY THAT THE PREPARATION
KNOW. AS EDISON'S POLYFORM Is MADE
ACCORDING TO FORMULA DEvI ED AND
USED BY MYSELF.
THOMAS A EDISON
For many other complaints beside Neuralgia.
such q Rheumatism, Headaches, Sci
atica, Govt, Pain in Back or Side, or
wherever pain exists, without abrasion OF the skin.
Polyform will give prompt relief.
Price 800 per Bottle.
PREPARED BY
The Menlo Park Manufacturing Co.
NEW YORK CITY.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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So 100000.
TONTINE PLAN,

or upon the principle of accommodating profits for def
mite perio ia hic was frs: introduced by this Socie
IT, and ma been recommended and endorsed by emf
nent experts in Life Insurance. and by leading bust
ness men. Forty Four per cent has bee earned and
accumulated the premiums paid on its Tontine Life
Policies. and forty per cent. on its Tontne Endow
ment Policies issued within the last five years.
The Directors of the Equitable Life Assurance So
ciety represent exclusively the interesO the Policy
holders and in presenting the Society TO notice, they
feel that it has strong claims upon public confidence
pecause Of the strict and conservative principles by
which its various departments are governed In the
assets and in the administration of the Society, per
feet security is given for the future, which is of great
importance to those depending upon their insurance
policies for the ultimate support of their families.
No Life Insurance Company has such large annual
Transactions as the Equitable; none is more prom
nd just in lite dealings.
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For Sale.

An 80 acre farm in Lisbon II miles from FarwelI.
MI Is, 5 miles from Androscoggin Mills, Lewiston
on a good road; good two story house, painted anf
ed and painted; also hog house, sheep shed. etc
rienfy Of wood and timber, and well wafered: cut,
10 tons Of good hay, all moved BY MACHINE lars
orchard, Old and young trees, also pears, peaches
pums, grapes and cramberries inc shade trees. and
very pleasant location. ees' anu
NATHAN BUCHANAN,
.u.., Proprietor, Lisbon, Me
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Notice.

Notice is hereby given that my wife, Martha Jane
Smell has LEFT my bed aid board Therefore forbid
any pcrso sharboriuG o. trusting her my sccount
China Nay ID 1881. C.WAI.rER SMELL
The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1881-04-16
Jay Gould on Oranges and AIIigators.


For 800 miles south from Jacksonville
along the st. Johns River, and still further
north and east the country is dotted over
with orange groves of from twenty to
twenty acres in extent. 1t takes about
five years for an orange grove TO mature so
as to produce fruit for the market, but
nevertheless new groves are constantly
planted. and are looked to as a sure source
of revenue When an orange grove begins
to bear fruit it apparently never wears out
/ heard of one tree which bears annually
from 5000 to 5000 oranges, but that is above
the average"
"What is the cost of an orange grover
Gas | said" replied Mr.. Gould, they
vary in extent from twenty to twenty-five
acres. and are worth from $4,000 to $780,
900. But they yield a handsome percent
age. For instance, Mr.. Hart who lives just
above me here, owns a grove of about
twenty-five acres. and he informs me that it
yields him a net income of from $4,000 TO
$4,000 year"
rs this interest growing"
DECIDEDLY So and think that within the
next five years Florida ought to be able to
supply the entire demand of the United
States for oranges. / believe that the sweet
orange is not native of Florida, but has to
be grated upon the tree which bears the
sour orange. On one tree you sometimes
see oranges, lemons and lines growing to-
gether OF course the several fruits have
been grated; but il is interesting and pecu-
liar to Northerner to see these fruits grow
ing in happy family on one tree 1t sug-
gests horticultural paradise"
"Is orange-growing the chiet industry OF
Florida%'
''By no means. Not to speak of cotton
and live oak and the like, you must not for
get the alligator" said Mr.. Gould, smiling
and evidently thinking of his alleged ''alli-
gator farm"
But is the alligator sufficiently valua-
BILE animal TO make his cultivation remuner
ative?'
NO; his hid is the valuable portion OF
him. and even that is worth comparatively
little, though believe they make it into
boots in England"
"But does Florida cultivate these rep
tiles?'
THAT is not necessary. The alligator cul
| tivates himself and produces quickly and
numerously. The whole swamp and river
| country is filled with them.'
"And are they dangerous
"Well," said Mr.. Gould, ut is as we'll no
to get in the way of their tails. / think they
| Nevertheless, the eleven.inch Jaws of som,
of them are not attractive My son killed
one which resembled whale on four legs
| Our party killed over thirty of them
| Whether / killed any or not myself is diff
cult question for me to answer. l. saw som
live ones just before fired, and some deat
ones just afterward; but several rifles wen
off at the same time, can not assume tina
it was my gun that killed an alligator. Blu
| alligator shooting was not what intereste,
me in the South; the blossoms, our weddin
blossoms of the North, you know, were o.
the tree, and yet the ripe, golden fruit wa
there too