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Advancement.

"The very air is luminous with the spirit Of sd-
vaneement"
When we consider the marvellous
+ achievements of this teeming age we
/ wonder if the end has been reached and
if limitation has not been placed over or
ipinality. But as the old and familiar
pass away, the new and wonderful con-
i tinually appear. The march of progress
since the world emerged from the dark
ages, was slow for centuries. But dur
ing the nineteenth century it has gone
forth with the rapidity of lightning and
with the forealbf giant. New applica-
ton has been made of old ideas In gov
ernment and in morals The spirit of
progress has breathed upon all of the
elements and converted them into new
factors IN life. Mediciie and theology
fisSs' paw been ane sI s eihaizea Even
/ professions, founded upon authority and
practiced by precedent, shows signs Of
evolution. Chemistry, geology, arch
zoology, ethnoiogy, have all been shower
ing upon the world the riches of their
wealth. The travellers have searched
every available nook and corner of this
planet for new objects of interest. As
tronomers have diligently swept the
heavens IN search of new worlds. Yet.
IN the face of all the positive advance
ment, we are asked by Tennyson to stop
and
IS Contemplate all this work Of Time,
The giant laboring in his youth"
The results of the last few years have
shown, is the Development of scientific
invention, an activity wholly unparalleled
N past ages. Some new and startling
scheme is thrown up at every step we
make. A writer says, Every man and
woman seems specially endowed for some
project, and grasping at the future as if
certain that it held some grand prize
that could be secured by individual or
combined, effort. We now only stand on
the threshold of mechanical discovery
and IN our infancy In the great world of
scientific development. The wonderful
results OF the past are only stepping
stones to the vast future that lies before
us. We certainly have been advancing
with rapid strides and with an increased
ratio during the latter part of the present
century. What may be the grand
achievements Of scientific discovery,
what wonderful developments of practl-
cal results may not be expected before
its close? We can easily surmise the
possibility Of some new and inexpensive
motive power, that viii displace ell of
the present methods. Perhaps it may
be electricity, perhaps a new cop'bina-
ton of gases, using the atmosphere, or
water, or both combined. 1t is possible
that we may navigate the air with the
same ease and certainty that we now do
the sea, only with an accelerated speed.
How anxious do we peer into the
future. These prophetic words are
quoted from one who even proposes 10
overcome friction. We have not yet
seen the great age. 1t is imbedded In
the future. Or it might be better to say
that 1t Is terminating in the present. and
viii arise in its splendor, to meet the
future. But in all the grandeur of this
physical Advancement of the world. let
no man be forgotten. He should stand
s as Ssa4sla sa 81 ssils. sss.
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A SoIdier's Daughter.

r.,a;ono,o1is has had a romance In
roai 1i 1;fe That is q wide departure from
+6a % ordinary line. During the war lit
tIn tLe airi ri the daughter Of an Indiana
soIfier slJ @ who fell II battle, was placed in
o Soldiers orphans Home. There she
i,ocoroa q c the friend and confdant of the
JoUgbter - of the superintendent, but in
ti-aa tIa ..o,,rse of time was transferred to an
o46er Ctfb ~ institution and lost trace of her
f.;and and also of her mother. When
- aIloI,t seventeen years of age she went 20
i've with family, who gave her pleas
ont home. Among the members of the
famiIv was a young man of good address,
Who fell in love with the girl and the
end nd was her disgrace. Leaving her home
She found her way to the Home FOL
relentless Women IN Indianapolis, and
was transferred to the City Hospital
rvbere her babe was born. Some weeks
later later lady visitor to the hospita
snruno s'rTr toward the girl, now an invalid
I;tb b. q crv,of recognition. She was thu
ol5 W friend and confidant of the Soldiers
GIo Home e. and through her efforts th'
rI o;rI's 1ootber was found and mother ant
55anebter Ia, united. Then came the lover
nd ond thew were married. A few hour
: : s,fie after her marriage, the young wife died
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A Miniature of Aaron Burr.

Burr lived until 1886. 1 remember
that as 1 was walking one day, in my
early boyhood, with my father in Maid
en- lane, he pointed out to me little,
shambling old man, with rumpled white
cravat, hair winter than his cravat, and
rusty black coat-a very forlorn and
doleful-looking creature. "When you
are Older" my father said, "the time
will come when you win remember that
you have seen that man; that Is Aaron
Burr. ."-Richdrd Grant White, IN The
Century Magazine.
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saws tIla St-I-----x1l ;5tan nbofil
Ars<s the slave trade~se 81
England. There assssB l.iis5ssz
deaiSsfeh one of tilorra Aarned
the other Kafedjioglu Reschid. L u
men buy and sell and keep always OF
hand a considerable stock, which Is open
TO inspection of bona tide customers.
These are principally in the upper ranks
of Turkish society, and the class OF goods
most In demand is youth, IN the form OF
neat lads of twelve TO sixteen, or maldens
of like age, or even younger, II blonde
and blue-eyed-fast- colored, so to say,
ms not liable to turn yellow or swart
with advancing years. Both Omea ana
Kafediioglu Reschid operate largely IN
refugees, and in so doing they have come
into collision with Ria Bey, the Presl-
dent of the Refugee Relief Commission
For there is an imperial trade which de-
clares all refugees free, and although
Ria probably does not care much about
slavery for its own sake, the subject De
comes interesting as soon as 1t presents
itself in the form of a lever OF yexatlon
against his neighbors. In the last fort
night five. or rather six, transactions III
meidens have come under notice. The
1 object of the first was Fatmeh, Turkish
/ girl from Philippopolis whom Omer had
/ picked up a bargain and whom ne nrst
sold Rassime Khanoum, widow OF one
Balmoumdii, lady in easy clrcum-
stances, who, however, returned Fatmen
upon Omer's hands, and she was resolo
| to Ayeshe Khanoum. Next came the
case of Emethale, girl from Soukhoum,
whom Captain in the Imperial Navy had
brought thence when she was OF too
tender age to be advantageously market,
able. Through the good Offices, OF
Omer, acting as broker, this young lady
has become the property of Ali Ehendi
a gentleman residing much at his ease II
Beshiktash. Following the case O
Emethale came that of Allestine. als'
from Soukhoum, who was bought iron
Omer by Kosah Reschid Bey for o'oo
piasters.
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EouaI to the Emergency.

A young women while going from her
home to postoffice, was accosted by one
of the la-da-da gentry, who asked if he
might accompany her down town. She
objected and commanded him to leave
her. The rowdy still followed her and
she sought refuge in neighboring
house. In afew minutes, thinking the way
clear, she started out for her destination.
When in the postoffice she recognized
her assailant, and he followed her out.
When on the sidewalk he stepped to her
side and inquired: Are you from
Canada ?"
mo" she replied, "I'm from Ire
land;" and with this last remark she
dealt him stunning blow In the face
telling him to the sidewalk.
"My God" cried woman who wit
messed the act, "have you killed him 2
81 don't know" answered the young
lady as she walked on. After reaching
her home she discovered that her han'
and sleeve were covered with blood, AM
she then concluded that she left mari
on the impudent fellows phiz.-Bdl
Citg Mich Tribune.
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GIT WAS THE PIE.,,

In the night-solemn night
! awoke in fearful fright
And my chest
Seemed oppressed,
As If lead-heayy lead
A ton or more Of dead
Weight was pressing-cruelly pressing
On my chest
And demon with pie-hot mince pie
Perched upon my bedpost high;
And blue devils
Held their reyels
Ger my brAiu-aching brain
o. Raeked With pain,
And kept daneing-madly prancing-
On my brain
Then / cry-wildly cry:
"Give me rest, or let me die;
Let me sleep-
Sweetly sleep
Bui the demon perched on high
Yes the demon with the pie
HOarsely shouted, " Never-nevert' y
Quoth the devils, +" Hardly everv'
Then the toke-heartless joke
Startled me, and I awoke-
Awoke in pain,
Half insane,
And said-simply satd:
" Do dream, or am dead2
Have l fallen out Of bed2n
From the gloom there came reply;
"Silent be,
II was the pie ~
Toronto Grip.
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BcHEroR JONES" The State would
be better off if every Chinaman was
klcAd out of it tomorrow" His mar
ried friend" Where would You get
you washing done then?" Bachelor
joins" Marry some nice girl and have
it dine at home. - Chorus by six eligible
youg ladies who happened to oyerhear
Jo1s and his friend talking" The
Chrese must go r.
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Deeidedly Tough Fs1ss. Fs,.s

I was much amused at many incredu-
-lous persons doubling the truth OF the
statement about duck-shooting pub
lished in the Richmond DiSpN<ch,
wherein a couple of hunters on the
Chesapeake shot a small dipper duck,
puttinp four loads of No. shot into 1t,
then ran it down with boat, caught 1t,
picked all the feathers from 1t, cut Its
head off and, after taking out It's en-
trails, let it into the water to wash 1t,
when il gave flop and got away, swim
ming so rapidly that it took them an
hour to secure it again.
Perhaps this does look little hshy,
but it can be readily believed by any one
that is acquainted with the tough nature
of Virginia fowls. In the fall of 1864
was member of the Thirty-fourth ONO
Volunteer Infantry, and we were camp
ing at Winchester, IN the Shenandoah
Valley. The whole country thereabout
had been occupied by both Union and
Confederate armies times innumerable,
and all the chickens, geese, turkeys and
pigs had long disappeared into the ca
pacious stomachs and haversacks OF the
hungry soldiers, except one old rooster,
whose long spurs and venerable appear
ance had saved him from the foraSers'
nimble fingers. He looked so tough
| that soldier whose courage would never
falter at charging an enemy's battery
| shrank from the more difficult task OF
boiling his carcass tender enough to eat.
We we're out of rations and hungry. My
mess got sight of that old rooster, whose
comb had been worn down by the storms
of many years, and bore slight impress
of the initials b. @. We were driven
to desperation by the cravings of our
hungry stomachs, and In few moments
we had him dressed and IN camp
kettle, boiling furiously, with a large
pile of fagots collected. We were 10 slt
up all night, by turns, and keep the tire
red-hot under him, hoping by this time
to ave him cooked for q dainty break
fa Nv turn came to fire under him
four o'clock a. m. / kept him boil
=, for over an hour, when sleep over
me me, and dropped off into doze
tzsS at break of day, imagine my surprise
being aroused by cry always sweet tc
ears of an old soldier. That rooster
h. ! jumped up, knocked the lid off th'
X. tile, and was sitting on the nm crow
ink for daylight, as if nothing had hap
pened to mar his comfort or pleasure
After arousing the camp with his clarlol
bugle notes, he few down and strutte'
off with the Importance of field office
of the day, and my mess had no break
fast. I merely make this statement I
corroborate the duck-shooter's yarn
Captains Hawkins was with me on tha
occasion, and can vouch for me, If an
, doubt that Virginia fowls are tough
j. II. s.. Locust Corner, Ohio.
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THE Murray Hill Publishing Company
received an order from gentleman In
the West whose letter-head shows that
he is Postmaster, Notary Public, Justice
of the Peace, undertaken, dealer IN
headstones, groceries, dry goods, notions;
hardware, tinware, saddlery, boots and
shoes and agricultural implements. we
would recommend our friend to study
veterinary surgery, finishing with a
course in human medicine, and with
these added accomplishments he will De
able to attend 10 every want OF MS
neiQhborhood,
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A COUNTRY girl at fashionable hotel
:, Nav York noticed that all the guests
,ised rs their forks only in eating their pie.
TInon TIo her return home she reported the
foct 70 the old lady, who comforted her
~ Iv observinQ, "You shouldn't mind EN-,
Jsmina: II it's all because they're toe
to-naI law to use their knives.
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ONE hundred and ffty-three mills In
Lowell. Mass. = Net0 York Nes0s.
That's nothingI We have twenty-do dol
lar gold piece which isn't anything NE IKE
as large as Lowell, and it contains ~, ouo
mills.
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wHrsxvEn people love sheep and
.,onav better thsn dogs and heas, then
legislative protection to sheep VIII 1ol-
iow-Anleric1n Cultiv0sor.
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Stories as Tall as a House.

The Western frontier of our country is
highly prolific in tall stories. Take the
matter OF hard blows. A man sitting in
ais house, eating a pie, heard a storm
coming, and ran to the door. The gale
arst blew the house down, and then
seized the man, carried him through the
alr hundred yards or SO, and landed
him in peach tree Soon afterward a
friendly board from his own house came
aoating by. This he seized and placed
over his head to protect himself from
the raging blast, and finished his pie.
Out In Nevada it has been told that
during gale, while boulders as big as
pumpkins were flying through the air.
ana water plPes were being ripped out
OF the ground, an old Chinaman with
spectacles on his nose. was Observed in
the eastern part of tho town seated on q.
knoll, calmly flying his kite-an iron
shutter, with n log chain for tail.
There was a man from Boston who
would not confess astonishment at any-
thing he saw in Nevada As he was
passing hotel in Virginia City the cap
blew from one of the chimneys. 1t was
circular piece of sheet-iron, painted
black, slightly convex, and the four sup
ports were like legs. The wind carried
1t down street, and it went straddling
along like living thing. The Boston
man asked what it was. ga bedbug
from the hotel, was the reply. "By
George, / never saw anything like that, "
be began, and then added, outside of
Boston"
A party of miners in the Black Hills
compared eyes and ears over a camp
fire. One said: "When I was coming
to the hills L looked for Indians until I
could see a mosquito a mile away. "
Another said that his eyes were weak,
but that he could hear gnats jumping on
the rocks four miles. The next man
had listened for Indians until he had
heard the mountain sheep light on their
horns In the Big Mountains, three hun
dred miles away The fourth. with his
head on his pillows, had strained his
ears until he heard the Chinese mailing
up tea boxes. The fifth, in crossing the
Rocky Mountains, had found petrifed
forest, the trees turned into solid stone
As he lOitered on the edge, deer started
across the valley and was transformed in
a moment into solid stone A bird flew
past him, and perching upon tree be-
gan to sing. Suddenly the bird was
changed TO stone. The song she was
singing was also petrifed, hanging
down from the beak of the bird-cold,
cold stone.
A Yankee who had settled in the West
having told an Englishman that he had
shot on one particular occasion nine
hundred and Dinety-nine pigeons. his
interlocutor asked why he did not make
it thousand at once. "No, said he.
" not likely I'm going to tell lie for
one pigeon. Whereupon the English
man, determined not to be outdone, be-
gan to tell long story of Il man having
swan from Liverpool to Boston. did
you see him?" asked the Yankee. "Of
course L did; was coming across and
our vessel passed him mile out of Bos-
ton harbor." "Well, I'm glad We saw
him stranger, COS yer a witness that I
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In PoMPEn, recently, a very beautiful
fountain was found among the ruins. 1t
is said to surpass in beauty any OF the
fountains hitherto dug up there. Venus
is represented as rising on a shell, with
Cupid In her arms. Other spirits OF
love are seen here and there IN the
waves, while in the background appears
a nereid, or water nymph, near a dol
phin, with her arm thrown around the
neck OF a Cupid In the foreground, on
the shore, are two draped women look
ing at the merry group in the water.
MISS CARPENTER was teacher In a
school, and John Davis was her "worst
boy" One day she said to him "Davis,
II you do not behave yourself, 1 will
box your ears p You're o carpenter, :"
said Davis, saucily, "and you might
hammer me, but it's plain you couldn't
box my ears r She did box his ears,
thought
No GLASS Of real property is appreciat.
ing In value so rapidly as forest lands OF
well wooded areas. They will also be
rich legacies to future generations.
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Ten hrs ago, one oppressive sun-
riaer PS+ a gentleman, who was then
Snalar IN teas and spices IL.
-.
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Slaves OF StambouI.

1.-THE traffic in household 81
SAYS tha t---I----zal i5tan1bo1i1
..hrss-seE-so the slave. tra6e-ee:s1
England. There asSesssE 4 IS
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Uas arobe Sqmorrhpibens6eil.

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angelpenbet baben, tperben bas ange=
nebme @efiibl augenblidli6er S6mer3~
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@att benMfe.

bab Der 3tped meiner idbrli6en &eiien
nod gtem Dorf fein anoerer 1T, ais bic
neuelten Moben in nleiner Bran6e unb
biejenigen 6abrifanten fcnnen au ler=
men, bic ibre @aaren bilig berfau=
fen. Sd mar bieies Sabr erfolgrei6er
i'm @infauf gu billigen Preilen, als in
friiberen Sabren, un6 fam baber allen
meinen Goncurrenten begesnen. Man
iiberaeuge fib bur6 einen Beiu9.
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Sipbtberie
berbiitet.
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So bei&einise Ste b5d6ft pprtreFihen Gisenidaften
BON prcf. DARIUS rprcpbplaetie Tlrtb.S Mls Dess
tnfietrunss= unb @eintsunssmtttet III eS ictrpbl
tbeoretti9 mte pratttf@ sprSnslter als anbere be=
tannte Mtttsl:-G. 2. auYt y. grof. her @emte.
Son. GleSanber 8. StepbenS, 6ecrgtd;
0fep. Gba8. s. Deem8, Gremblins8s atr&e, 0. A.;
of. &c Gpnte, Columbia, ilntrertt atsprcf., S.6.;
9tep. q. s. Battle, Yrst Wereer= 11ntperiitat;
Gurdams nctbtpemsie ttar feeem &amabaIt.
9Spltoinmen nni4aoli4. 3u tnnerfihem pber aubers
lidbem 0etrauh fur Menihen unb Wieb.
Das yTlutp1 1T Srlnhlt@ erprpbt mprben unb iris
bier ppn ibm bebauptet ,pirb. 3ur pputdnbtseren
@gsiunft laiie man iitb bei fetnem Mpptteter etn
Ggcmplar Der 9srri6are seben pber wenbe d besbalb
III re Giscntbdiner,
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daerisiseaee 6beniiter gbilabeIphte
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Cine beriib,nte ssraa pbme Gitcts
lMus benz nSciton @Ipbe.l

s,errrn Nesattenrc!
Das S6ise lit elm gutes Bills pen Sran 2ySia 6.
pintbam ans Spun, Mafl., be mebr aIs irgenb cine
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freanbn" ben uiete iDrer Gorreiponbentinneit ibr
70 sernc beiIescn, uerbient. Sic mibmet fG nit
benr gr6btel Ger brer glrbeit, ipeIbe Iettcre bas
9teinltat zines lebensldngIi6en Stubiums 1T, nnb
il. sespunsen feds stfiiitentinnen iit5 su baIten
bic i9r beIfen bic aussebreitete gorrefponben;,
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cine ieglic1e ibre fpeaicqe 2eibensIaft oSer ibre
Greabe SapOn befreit su fet, tunbsiebt, su beants
1uorten. Sbre gHansen qrdparation 1T elm 9eiI>
1nittsI tiir quite unb t,i5t fit b5fe 5pcde. Sd babe
qeriDnltt otcs ausgefunben rs bin Don oer gSa1r=
belt befien mas t9 jage, iberseu9t.
@egen b:eer mol l6erpieienen @igeni6aften ipi,t
1ie uon ben bete1t 2(ersten bes 2lnbes einpfo9Iei
lInb perf53rieben. Giner pon bieien faet: rDie
Sic firrt poadnbs bic i'd dIimnite art wiutterIeibs
Mbfaleft, Seneorree, nnre gelmdbise inS f6mera,
Hide monatlit3e @einigung, iebe 9rt Gamer s&ranfs
lsIl Asit, gntiiinDi,iG ,mb gei91vre, unmatirIien
9erben ytiiden4arfbefbserben, nnb ift befonbers
anwenbbar sur Bet bes aebenswe6ieIs."
Sic bnr9Srinst je5en SbeiI bes rtenfdIi6en
ssas e.h gapae JIa5ia I'll SrSna a na aa5 msiss sss
mitttln nnb Masenidpdte tpirb ieberseit babur9
abseboIfen.. Sic beiltAufd lansen, aopffbmers
SEN, nerpo1e Setoen, dugemeiite &Drpefidtpdcbe,
SblaHofigteit, Gbmattung nno nnperbauiiDfeit
Jenes UefubL g6nsIider GriG6pfung, ipeI6es
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tels eberseit riib inter lien ltntitdnbe ift bic
asirtnng in poitdnbige nebereittfonmen nit benz,
tem iueibli6en a6rperipfe geieb.
Der preistf hurst. q SIoide, s.. fir 6lafdem,
iinb tpirb pom allen Mpotbefern perfaMft. Sraenb
1peler 9tdtb fir ipesieHe Sale, unb bic giaten uon
Dielen bic onrd Mnmenbung bet 4ffansen Dsifd,una
1pieber oIdnbig 1ergefeIt 1por6en fann man poit
yrs. III i1rer 9tDat atorcfie, 2pnn, Ma, erbaIS
ten. Dan fiige 4oitnarfe 3nr 8cantwortuna BEL.
@egen Nieren 9ef6uerbeit BET beiben Oe59Iedbs
fern if bicfe Mii6ung rniibertreffbar ,pie ,abi>
reid,e SeugnffIe bcueifeit.
nYfrS. Ytntbam's 2eber 9iuen,H faat eli, Gore
ponbeit, st6 bte beiten in ber gBeit eIs 6eiIitteI
aeQeft yerftopfmngs @aHenbeihuerben NIB 2eber
Gritarrnng. sSbr 4lmt Reiiiiger brinat Wuis
BERG @erfe nf6 t6 aneifle ni6f ipirb baib eben{o
beriibntt Inb popular fein mic bic TFanscr Yrdpaz
ratioit."
Gin Seber tnuB 6iefe 5ra,t aIs enen Gnaben
Gngei anfeben, beren cinaigcr agnnfd lit gnbercii
pbiIaSeIpbia, asa. w m4s. 81. m.S.
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