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Latest COlOrS.
Philadelphia PROGRESS,

Spanish lace promises to he most fash.
ionable this spring, and will be used in
prefusion on msn,les and drsperies.-
Scarlet satin aud velvet will be employ
ed TO relieve the somber effect of dress
es of black gauze, and grenaiine Chene
silks have taken the place OF heavy bro.
cades. Watered silk combined with sat
in finished surah will he popular for wis.,
iting toilets. Short dresses are the un-
denlable favorites, and are worn on all
occasions, even by elderly ladies, tx-
cept for grand balls, and even then it is
quite appropriate for young ladies, es-
pecially those who dance, to appear in
skirts ankle length The latest colors
are coffee shade and mahogany color,
The latter dark and the former light
shade of brown.
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Dorsey Pleads Not Guilty.


WASHINGTON, April 18.--In the Grim
inal Court, the consideration of the S'ar
Route cases was resumed Ex-senator
Dorsey made his appearance in court
Williams, for the defense, filed a motion
calling upon the government to furnish
a hill OF particulars describing in detail
all the papers and petitions alleged to
have heen forged, false affidavits made,
and other information which the defense
claimed should have been included in
the indic,ments. 5- l5s71 :.
After some little argument, the for
feiture of Dorsey's recognizance was
stricken from the record. The prosecu-
tion resisted the motion for bill Of par
ticulars, abd-a long argument ensned -
At It's conclusion. Bliss asked that the
court. at an esrlv day as possible, say
whether the government wouil be re-
quired 10 furnish bill of particulars,
and then Merrick called for the arrsign.
rrent of Stephen W. Dorsey, who enter
ed plea of not guilty and the court adj
journed.
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A Kantuckian. 81 years old, was one
Of the participants in runaway mar
riagc last week te,
To Senator's Hoar and Dawes it does
seem TO make difference "whose OK is
gored" sfter all. - ''
A stock exchange Memberships in
Chicago. which started at $50 each, are
in great demand at $1,000.
Somebody has flippantlv remarked
that the Republican party in Oaio has
been struck with beer mug.
vi all m.n in President Artbur's Cab
inet Chandler comes the nearest to bav-
ing the qualifications of boss
A Judge ont in Wisconsin has just
decided that a man is liable for wha, his
wife saws Wives out in that direction
OF the country will now wesI muzzles
upon washing days.
Gen. Butler estimates that the China
men Of all classes on the Pacific Coas
make 81 so day over, the very small
sum they require for their supnort. This
surplus, amounting to S1b0,000 dae
is carefully boarded and sent or taken t.
China. In this way, $4,000 600 eacl
year is withdrawn from the live capita
of the Pacific Coast The results o
their labor remain, hut were the sam
llahor done by, Americans the S45, 900,
900 would also remain in the country.
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"Cutting the Key-Log."

The first thing TO be done is to find
out where the jam occurred, and then to
discover what is called the .'kev log"
that is to say, the log which holds the
base of the "jam." An old experienced
'stream driver" is soon on the spot, for
the news is soon carried up the stream
that there is jam" below. Every
minute is of consequence. as logs are
coming down and the "jam" increasing
in strength. The "key-log" being found,
there is cry for volunteers to cut it,
Now, when you consider that there are
some hundred big logs of timber form
ing dam, and the instant the kev-log
is cut the whole fabric comes rushing
down with crush, you will see that un-
less the axe man gets instantly away he
is crushed to death. There are usually
in a camp plenty of men ready to vol.
unteer; Tor man who cuts a key-log is
looked upon hy the rest of the loggers
just as soldier is by his regiment when
be has done any act of bravery. The
man saw cut away a log which brought
down the whole jam of logs was quiet
Young fellow, some twenty years of age
He stripped everything save his draw
e's; strong rope was placed under his
arms and gang of smart young fellows
held the end. The man shook hands
with his comrades, and quietly walked
out on the logs, axe in hand. / do not
know how the loggy-road one felt, but
shall never forget my feelings. The
man was quietly walking to what very
likely might be his death. At any mo
ment the jam might hreak of its own &C.
cord, and also, if he cut the key-log, un-
less he Instantly got out of the way. be
would he crushed by the falling timber.
There was dead silence while the keen
axe was dropped with force and skill
on the pine log Now the notch was
near half through the log, one or two
more blows, and crack was heard -
The men got in all the slack of the rope
that held the axe man; one more blow
and there was crash like thunder, and
down came the wall of timber, to all ap.
pearances on the axe man. Like many
Others I rushed to help haul away the
poor fellow, bat to my great joy / saw
him safe on the bank, certainly sadly
bruised and bleeding from sundry
wounds. but safe.-The Field tf'si =
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did. niece so unfinchingly brave the dis
pleasure of a thirty-thousand-dollar aunt.
as.dii Lefty Loundsherry the instant al
ter she had read the note.
"Brougham," she cried looking at him
with beautiful, beseechiug eyes II must
see Rick | must-I must. Yoa will
90 and bring him to me dear ?"
lit was the ftst time she had ever
called,him "dear," and, alas he felt that
it you'd be the last. For a moment he
pulled bis long mnustache nervously.
"We are not very good friends, you
know" at last he said.
ayes, know. But am to blame for
that too," said Lefty hurried!y "For-
give me, Brougham, but l must see
Rick"
And the good fellow, hesitating no
longer, turned from the imploring face
and, with tugging at his heart strings
went OF to seek his rival. He found
him and brought him back to the girI
they both loved.
And what do you think Aunt Emory
did Aunt Emory, who had declared
oyer and over again that only as Mrs
Broughsm Brown Lefty should inheri'
any of her money. LEFT the house in
passion!' Not bit of it. She laughed
and laughed until she could laugh nc
longer. Et..t- fis
"Now I shall have something new tc
tell folks" she said. "They must be
tired and sick of my old yarns. I'm SURE
l am. Love, gold pigs, jealousy and
marmalade all mixed up together. Its
one of the faunest things l ever heard
in my life"
"'m glad you think so," said Mrs
Lpunsberry. at don't strike me thai
way What are thev going to live on ?
"Oh, I'll look after tlem," said Aun,
Emory; and her remark makes yer,
good ending 70 this real sweet story.
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The Chinese Bill.--How the Senate
ssam Will Amend It.s-sw ma

WAsH1SGreN, April 1S.--Tbe Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations this
morning, agreed to report Certain amend
ments 10 the House tAntiChinese zbill,
instead of reporting new BILL, This is
dane TO facilitate the passage of the,
measure by avoiding having two differ
ent bills. The House bin was received
by the SenSte, this morning, and the
Senate Committee will. when ID comes
up, offer their amendments si One is Ito
require the President of the ,Unitsl
States, instead, of Collector Of Ports, to
enforce the provision for sending out OF
this country Chinese who c6me in vioia-
ton of this act. Another amendment
is TO strike out The fourteenth or fifteenth,
sections Of the House hill providing
that no State courts shah admit ChInese
to citizenship, and defining the words
"Chinese laborers" to mean hoth skilled
and unskilled laborers. and Chinese en-
plored in mining. There are 'other
amendments to be offered. but they are
verbal and do not, change the intent or
meaning OF the House bill. The Sen.
ate Committee leaves the provision sre-
lallng to the passport system as passed
hy the House and as they were in The
vetoed bill. - s-'s ( q
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The Retort Sarcastic

s'iai s1l- Clermont Courier q 81 % ~
Judge Tarbell tells the following good
joke on himself. -Asshe.t time after his
retirement from the bench. he i,appened
to meet an old friend whom he, had net
seen, for. some time. The judge, all
smiles and heariiness. effervesced over
his "dear friend" in such o way as to
provoke the inquiry: fatsob Sn'isi1s
''What Office are you candidates for
nov. .judge?"it ~ 80, bs,sf.,a =.
The judge made, a deprecatorv move
ment with an ou,ward-.urned palm, and
said: Ares 500
"For none at,'all.. my dear brother;
I'm simply a candidate for the kingdom
of heaven" ~ 71as fs.l l.ss.i5sh sSsi
Hlsfriendregarded him, sorrowfully
for an instant, and then with more wit
than poIiteness. and more profanity
than either, said: : e $500 ~ ssf
.s''I'll bet you don't carry a. d. "a
township.H7 sp ~ = 3cs rid ae4s
Doubtless the judge lost, sight ,efslhe
mans profanity in admiration ofx his
sublimely truthful candor.
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The Redlstricted Districts.

The Legislature of Ohio adjourned
on Monday, The 18th inst. after ses
sion of one hundred and six daysJ On
the last day of the session the bill to, re,
district ihe State for Congressional ,pur-
poses, giving the Republicans fifteen and
the Democrats six districts, became q
law, as follows: r.saes.
First and Second Hamilton
county as at present. no, is.'.-t
hird-Preble, Mama and Montgom-
cry. .4 ma
Fourth-Darke, Shelby, Mercer, Aug.
laise and Allen. - se...,1e Il .rrn
Fifth-Putnam, Hancock, Wyandotte,
Seneca and Crawford ss.7s- .s.-3e
Sixth-Wodd, Fulton, Williams, Hen
ry, Defiance. Paulding and Van Vert.
Seyenth-C'f6ene, Clermont, Warren
and BntIer.S Il, .74,
Eighth-Clarke, Pickaway, Champaign,
Logan aud Madison .l
Ninth Knox, Delaware. Morrow
! Marion, Union and Harden. se
Tenth-Sandusky, Ottawa, Lucas and
Erie.
E!eventh-Scioto, Adams, Lawrence
Gallis, Jackson and Vinton s IN.
Twelfth-Clnton, Highland, Fayette
Brown, Ross and Pike
Fairfield, Franklin, Hook
ing and Perry. ta..7H .6.. sef'-
Fourteenth--Richland, Ashland, Hu
ron AMI I, ,rrainp
Fifteenth Meigs, Athens, Morgan
Washington and Monroe
SiXteenth-Licking, Muskingum, Co
sbocton, Holmes and Tuscsrawas. A d
Seventeenth-,Belmont, Harrison, JEFF
ferson, Guernsey and Noble.
Eighteenth-Carroll, Columbiana, Ma
toning and Stark gqs.4srus Hso1S
Niueteenth-Po Portage, Lake, Geauga
Ashtabula and Trumbuli. s,e az
Tgentietll-The counties of Summit
Medina and Wayne, the townships o
Bedford, Chagrin Falls, East Cleveland
Euclid, MayGeld. Nswburg, Orange
Warrensville and Salon in Cpyahogs
county, and the l4th, 18th, 18Th and lStt
wards in the city of Cleveland. ~
r. Twenty y-frst-The rest of Cleveland
and Cuyahoga county. sr 81
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The New York Society Beau.
Indianapolis Journa

This is as he appeared in after -linner
costume to bid young lady good-by
before sailing for England: He is tail
and very slender, and his chestnut hair
is parted in the mid lie. His white vest
is cut low, ard his dress coat and trow-
sers are of the freshest broadcloth. On
the first finger of one large, shapely
hard sparkle diamonds, sapphires, ru.
bes and csts-e,es. His pstent-leather
ties show embroidered silk hose He
enters the drawing room with his opera
hat in his hand, jeweled match box
with hisnonogram upon it, and his cane
with large topaz in its head This lat.
ter he Is careful to keep in his hand, il
he is unattended by his valet, although
1t is usual for that functionarv to await
him in the hall, holding cloak and cane.
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w Mr.. Gladstone was seventy .tN


GF Mr.. Gladstone was seventy.two
in December last, vet this is how be
spent one day three weeks ago: In the
morning he went to Windsor, where he
had an audience with the Qneen. AT l
he attended the Council. At 3 he adj
dressed the Liberal caucus in Downing
street, speaking with no small force and
energy. At little after be was at the
House After answering question, he
moved the pos'ponement OF the orders
OF the day in a brief but vigorous
speech. Sir Stafford Northcote having
opposed the motion. Mr. Gladstone i'm
medlstely repliei. The House divided,
and, his motion b ing carried, Mr. Glai-
stone opened the debate on the main
question bv speech which friends and
foes alike declare was one Of his best
efforts He remsined in the House foi
several hours after, and did not return
home till after midnight. ff...asas
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That Little Hatchet.

Come heab, George Washington, vou
black apel" exclaimed Rev. Abinadah
Bleisoe. Of the Austin Blue-light Taber;
nacla, to Sunday school scholar, who
had just removed big wsd OF some
thing from his mouth. The boys trem
bling limbs carried him into the imme-
diate presence of the irate shepherd.
Yer was chawin' terbacker in de
house OBJ de Lawd" ' 'sH'1
Il owns right up, parson. was
chawin' terbacker, but I won't do 80 no
moah." 'a
"George Washington, chawin' terback
er am bad enough, I.awd knows: but
when yer has got so shameless yer don't
trv to lie out of it, hit am time to take
YOU in hand, so yer won't grow up and
disgrace de fadder oh his country -
Lean ober dat knee. George
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. NUMBER ! d..
THE BIBLE.

gratefully receive and rejoieein HE
light Of revelaiiop.-Le
rest The happiness Of ms soul oosao
one book, except The Holy Scrjpsures.-
Selden. - -. :
call the Book Of job one OF the
grshaest things ever written by humsH
pen - Carlyle
find mdre marks ocf adthsa,ieks in
the Bible than in any lofane history -
Sir Isodc NeDton.
The Bible is the onlyir real scementA OF
nations, and the only cement tbat'zbinds
religious hearts together RnhseHs Z
The Bible is amongst books what
the diamond is amongst stonks-ztds;
preciousest and the sparklingest.-
Boyle. ait..7 'is a's,hl'-N =
The relation Of geology, as we'll ss-
tronomy. to the Bible. when both are
well understood, is that of perfect har-
mouy.-Prof. B. Si1liman.
The reason why we find. so many dark
places in the Bible is, for the most part,
because there are so many dark places
incur hearts Thol,aek. ~
The Scriptures are wonderful with fe-
gard to the matter which they contain,
the manner in which they lare written,
and the effect which stheya produce
Home. .,ah-.
The mighty power OF these books and
hheir accounts have been tested and
proved They have conquered Pagan
ism They are on thefway OF conquer-
ing the world.-Goethe.ass
In pbeparing'a guide TO Immortality,
Infnte Wisdom gave not dictionary
nor grammar, but q Bible--s-book sof
heavenly doctrines, but with all of earth
ly adaptation. .--Js sHomilton.g iuL BsT
This volume, independent of its die
vine origin, contains more true sublimi-
~, more important history, and finer
strains, both OF poetry and eiequence,
than could be collected from all other
hooks. Sir, William Jones
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Profanity is habit easily formed
hard to get rid of, and one which de-
grades man even among indiferently
moral people.
, A man who is given 80 Struggling his
shoulders frequently does 1t because be
hasn't sense enough to express himself
in any other manner. f" -stt
Don't let Us return to loose trowsers
A After a man has got in the habit of greas
ing his legs, every morning, so as tc
make them slide into his trowsers, h'
rather gets to like it, ard doesn't wan
20 stopit Were al creatures of habit
anyway. a
Stanley has been heard from, far vi
the Congo river, wrestling with the bug
and fevers. He started on this. his thir,
expedition, in September, 1879, in tn,
interest of the Belgian Commercial Com
panv, with seventy men, armed with re
| pea,ing rifles He is exploring the rive
and surveying the falls and rapids. will
view of sscertaining tie practicabilitv
of placing line of stesmers on tn
navigable portions.
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A Professional Butterfy-Catcher.
Hamilton Journal.

Louis Bollsbon, young French gen.
tleman. a resident of Hamilton, Georgia,
and On artist, devotes some of his spare
time proitably to catching butterflies;
these he sells to correspondents at New
York, Paiadelphis, Boston and other
Northern cities, and occasionally he
makes shipment to London and Paris.
Those he ships across the water are
packed in saw dust. The average price
paid by his correspondents is about five
cents each, though rare specimens bring
much more, some of very rare species
that grow only in Spain being valued as
high as $40 a pair. Last year be real.
lied $50 or more from his sales, and he
expects to get Sl2 for his ca ch Of lsst
Monday. The great difficulty in the
wav of making the business very profit
able is the Iimi ed demand.
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EVA man-eatine shark, measuring
II feet l0A inches from tip to tip, was
recently caught off the Georgia coast
In his stomach were found II marbles,
l6 buttons, Z rusty nails, 10 pieces o.
string. table knife With half q handle.
a top, 5 crackers, s pieces of punk. 8
winter apples, horse pistol, yellow
covered novels. piece OF lead pipe, 9
revolutionary bullet mould, and pock-
ct flask filed With lemonade. If any
boy has run avay from home lately bis
parents NAV he interested in this item.-
PHILADELPHIA NeUs -.
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AN AvENG1NG BROTHER.
Frank James Organizing a Band OF
ia MurdererS. sg A

p .- murutfcfSs t'l H-t.
"CHNaao. April alS.-An Atchinson,
Kansas special saws: 1t is positively
known that Frank James is at the heai
Of a movement which has for its ain the
extermination OF all The parties whose
names are associated with the. death o.
his brother jesse. 1t is learned that
Frank passed through A,chison last
Friday, going southwest, having with
him four persons, ard that on the same
day Mrs. James went to Kansas. City
Yesterday Frank and party returned
The new gang will be composed of ms
terial taken from the country which
produced Polk Wells, Bill Norris, Jim
Dougherty. John Pomfrey and others
These death avengers are backed hy the
entire constituency Of Jesse James.
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Advertising Rates:

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of one dollar per square for first insertion, and
City cents for each Subsequent insertion.
Administrators or Executors. Attachment
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Local Notices, per line, first insertion. 10
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How to Entertain the Girls.

"What shall we do 10 entertsin our
girls says religious ex :hange A
man who needs advice as to how to en-
tertain his girls is not fit to edit relig-
ious paper. We suggest that he should
take one of them out baggy-r;iing in
the afternoon, tell her what daisy she
is, and how insipid and fixed up that
other girl IS. Then he should take that
other girl" out for ice cream after sup
per and tell her con6dentially how very
uninterestine and awkward the buggy
riding girl is When the two girls meet
the religious editor can depend on them
entertaining each other without bis per-
sonal assistance
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~ The Rev. Thomas K Beecher
says: THE Republican party uears Its
end But we wish it could die decently
under assault; and not ipdecently. by
its,- zealots rohbing the graves of its
great men, to pound each other with tine
thighs of dead heroes" -5aeea.,
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The Pond bill is being discussed con.
siderablv more now than it was before
its passage.
Never become an associate of a man
who hahitualIy carries badly soiled
handkerchief,
There may be large demand or gal
in this country, but the supply is greatly
in excess OF 1t.
The modern young man that fall;
PROSTATE on his cheek, can not rise with
out assistance.
Everything is possible to him who
wills, particularly il he's got the goot
hard cash to pay for it.
Every young man wasteiully spend
money which in few years be will sad
| ly need and wish for. #
The man who is continually abusinl
his fellows is human hyena and shoul
be studiously avoided.
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Why should a spider he good cor.
respondent2 Because he drops line
at every post. CO i.si 49, a-ple'sfsS
Some rema, kabIe lying, even bv 1901
called good people is, being done now
The Assessors are at work ~ vsrom
If some religious people would prey
on their neighbors less and their knees
more, the world would he better of.
One Of the finest and most difficult
tasks in modern life is to rear child 10
honorable aud admirable manhood or
womanhood. tneNi
A preacher, who had turned spscula-
tor and bought los'of hogs on arising
market telegraphed his agent, s'Hold, ,tlze
pork, for ] am coming. ."1--SsYf ed, sa
Mayor Cooper. Of ,Bellaire- fines. a
plain drunk $40 and Gusts, footing. up
SIS. This is the kind of drunk riis.
conrager he is.-&eubenvite Gasetts.o'
The railroad president who don't pet
mad and swearo once in while 10 rafity /;
and yet President Jackson, of the Maine
Central, writes hyrns which, according
10 the Boston Post. are. .eqlsl 10. any
thing Watts ever penned.
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NOTARY PUBLIC

1tHN undersigned, having been appointed
j Notary Public, would inform his
friends, and the public generally, that ne is
prepared to Gil Pensioners Blanks. admin
q. ,r Oaths, take Dispositions, acknowledgs
Deeds. Mortgsxes- and other instruments of
writing. JOHN JKFFERS.
sprls,7H sssllsvills. Noaros Co. Ohio
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An Old Epigran.

A satirical poet. who lived nearly two
centuries back, and had an evident spite
against womankind, wrote an epigram
on the fly.leaf of an almanac. His lines
ran thus: y"
women are books and men the readers be.
In whom oft-times they great errata see;
Here sometimes we blot, there we espy
A leaf misplaced at least a line away,
If they were books wish that my life were
An almanac-to change her every year."
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L. r. FARQUHAR. M. ID.
.(Pormerly of zanesyille, Ohio,)
! Physician and Surgeon,
once and residence In the Walton property,
DSFI E L D, D H 10.
Having located at the above place, offers his
Professional services, where he hopes BY
close attention to business to merit public
confidence and patronage
Chronic Diseases ~it receive specisl
attention. msy4.'!bY
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Rescued From, Death,

Williar, j. Coughlin of Someryil'e
Mass, say: In the fall Of l876t1s was
taken with BLEEDING Oh THE rUNastol.
lowed by,asevere, cough. ! lost my ap-
petite, aud flesh, and was confined to; my
bed. In 1871 was admitted to the Hos
pital. The doctors said / had hole ID
my lung as big as a half dollar. AT one
time reporwent roundthasI was, dead.
gave up hope, but friend told me ,of
DR.. WILLIAM HALLS, BALLSAM
FOR THE LUNGS. got bottle, when
to ny surprise, comm enced to feel BET
ter, and to-day Ifeel better than for thfss
years past
aI write tht hoping every one afflicted
with Diseased Lungs will take, DIR.
WILLIAM HALLS BALSAM, and be
convinced that CONSUMPTION CAN
BE CURED. lean positively say It has
done more good than all other medicines
/ have taken since my sickness. 5sid~ u