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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-24
THE WAR IN ECUADOR.

IDY THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERiCAN CABLE.I
GUAYAoUIL, via Galveston, Tex, June 23.-
Very neayy firing was heard last night from TO IL
o,coc and for sdOrt period about o'clock this morn
ing IL IA reported that many killed on Veinte-
,ntita
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-24
TnE ALBANIANs REBELLIOUs.

LONDON, June 23.-1he Illness correspond
ent at Constaniinopc says that Notwithstanding the Of
cia denias seriousness ofthe troubles in Albania
the agitation there Is gaming ground The attitude Of
eyen the MOslem tribes disquietng The comma nder
~ te Turk Albania Hahz Pacha notorious
for his connection with the Batak affair.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-24
ASSISTING HER III HUSBAND IN CRIME.

WATERBURY,, Conn, Jule 23.-The arrest
OF "Bll" Davis, OF this city, and Ills alleged wire Is
leading TO curious Developments The woman Is scarcely
overten wears old The police think that SIZE assisted
Davis in mia schemes for the ruin OF young girls she
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-24

herself having frst been one OF his victims. His wife
is believed to have attended him his expeditions
dressed In male attire. The police believe that they
have cew to the recent numerous crimes in this part
OF the State.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-24
DISLOYALTY IN RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBURG, June 23.-.It is stated that
the of General Gourkas transfer from Odessa to
Warsaw was his report OF want Of patriotism among
the inhabitants of the district, owing TO worthless
officials who oppressed the people. He Acknowledged
his inability TO remedy this state OF affairs. Tho En-
perOr wrote over the report Very dscOuraglngp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-24
MEXICAN REyoLUTfONIsTs KILLED.

CHICAGO June 23.-A dispatch TO Inc Ddty
Yetcs from Matamoras, Mexico, says:
One hundred and fifty reyoutonists attacked
Chiantla, Mexico, aud carried OF two
officials. body OF cavalry pursued them, and the
revolutonists being pressed assassinated their pH
oners. They finally Overtaken by the troops aud
cut 10 pieces thirty OF them being killed"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-24
ILLNESS OF BISMARCK.

BERLIN, June 23.-Ihe North German Gazette says
that Prince Bismarck has been suffering from q
violent cold which settled in the stomach. He has
also had attack Of jaundice Though improving,
he is still confined to his room.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-24

PARIS, June 23.-It is reported that t
Pope's protest to President Grevy rega rdiI
Church matters in France took the form OF pc
sonal letter. and is regarded as warning OF &
highest Importance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-24
JAMES CAREY LEAVES DUBLIN.

DUBLIN, June ga report is current that
Iaues Carey the iuformer has gone % the north OF
ireland aud that the Cove rnmeDt will eventually send
him Canada.
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ATTACKS ON THE JEWS.

ST. GALL, Switzerland, June 23.-The rioting
against the Jews resumed here to-day Unmounted
dragons dispersed the mob.
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opinion. It is probable that there will be majority
and minority reports signed by nearly equal num-
bers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-24

WIINoo 'tOI NVIsIh'
PITTsBURG, June 23.-'rhe regular summer sus-
pepsion factories IN this city will begin June
30 Nineteen factories will stop work for two months and
fifteen hundred employees will be tn own out OF work.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12
Trimming Currant Bushes.

How to trim currant bushes so as tc
secure the best results, like almost every
other operation on the farm is an I'M
settled question:; SO each cultivator
trims according to his own peculiar
ideas. The most common method is to
permit quite a number of stalks to come
from each root, then an effort is made
to keep them trimmed so as to leave
only strong, healthy stalks. In this way
the bushes are kept in condition to
produce good crop of fruit every year,
but to keep an acre of bushes trimmed
in this way requires considerable time,
so much, that many fail to carry out
properly the system they have adopted,
and finally fall into another system,
which is to let the stalks come up as nu-
merous as they please, and after grow
ing until most Of them get beyond the
condition which is necessary to produce
good fruit, all of the stalks are cut close
to the ground, thus causing an entire
new set to come up. This does very
well if the bushes were set deep enough,
so the roots do not grow out of ground.
The natural tendency of a currant bush
is to rise up so the roots near the stalk
will be above ground, therefore if they
are expected to be kept in good condi-
ton many years, they should be set
quite deep; then they may be renewed by
cutting down so as to be equal, or better,
than newly-set bushes, but if the bushes
have raised so that the roots can be seen
above ground, whatever the method of
trimming may be, the best way is to set
new bushes.
Another method of trimming is TO
permit but one stalk to grow from each
root, and shorten the twigs back every
year: in this way very strong wood may
be obtained, which will throw out very
large leaves in numbers which will in
sure crop of fruit of the best quality.
There may be question if this is the
best way to grow large quantities of
currants for the market; but if size of
berry and weight of bunch is the object,
there is but little doubt it is better
method than to permit numerous stalks
to come from the same MaSsd-
chusetts PlouQhmdn.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12
Dangers from Impure Water.

Too much reliance is placed on the
sense of taste, sight and smell in deter
mining the character of drinking water.
1t is fact which has been repeatedly
illustrated that water may be odorless,
tasteless and colo rless, and yet be full of
danger to those who use it. The recent
outbreak of typhoid fever in Newburg,
n. Y, is an example, having been
caused by water which was clear and
without taste or smell. 1t is also fact
that even chemical analysis sometimes
will fail to show dangerous contami-
nation of the water, and will always
fail to detect the specific poison if the
water is infected with discharges of an
infectious nature. 1t is therefore urged
that the source of the water supply
should be kept free from all possible
means of contamination by sewage. 1t
is only in the knowledge of perfect clean
illness that safety is guaranteed.
The local European Volunteer Health
Commission in Alexandria, where the
cholera has been raging along back. is
unearthing. according to the Sanitary
Netos, some very unsanitary conditions
in that city. They have found large
native cemetery. underneath which runs
q canal, with which communicates a
well, the water of which is used to wash
dead bodies A drinking fountain adj
joins this well, and the canal is the wa
ter supply of crowded portion of the
town. In the mosques are stagnant
pools of water used for additions pre-
scribed by religious belief, the water in
which. being unchanged, gets indescrib-
ably foul. Such nuisances are difficult
to abate because of religious prejudices.
is it any wonder, adds the Nescs. that
pestilential disease attacks such local
itya-Scientifc american,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12
The Struggle for Existence.

The intensity of the struggle for ex-
istence in England is well set forth by a
magazine writer, who asserts that 800, 900
families in London alone are in the
habit of pawning small articles, and
that more than 10000 unredeemed
pledges are sold every year As many
as 10000 are taken in pledge yearly
throughout the country, and, although
a certain proportion of these arc stolen
goods, it is estimated that only one in
$4,000 can be counted as such. In no
country in the world is the same relat-
i've poverty possible, not even in ST. Pc
tersburg, where the extremes of poverty
and riches are as marked as they are in
London, for there there is no interme-
date class to answer to the English
middle class, from which and the better
class of lower orders the pawnbrokers
profits are most derived. In Paris the
Mont de Piete is comparatively little
frequented, except by those who have
been driven to poverty by excuses,
whereas in London really respectable
people relieve temporary pressure in
this way.-N y. MaiI.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

John Cockerell, of the ST. Louis
PoSt-Dfspdtch, has finally settled down
IS managing editor of the New York
World
1t is said that Charles Reade the
English novelist is engaged in writing
series of lives of the patriarchs Of
Scripture.
General Grants life has been pub
Iished more times than that of any
other President except Washington .
Chicago Herald. s.
MIR. b. p. Shillaber GIrs. Parting
tOn) is said to be much imnroved in
health since the beginning of the sum-
mer. He has returned home to Chel-
sea.-BoStOn Post.
MIR. George w. Childs, of the Phila-
delphia Ledger. has recently added to
his already large and remarkable col
lection of clocks one that used 70 be
owned by the first Napoleon. and for
which he paid $1,000.
-Ex-President Folks widow was re-
Gently made the recipient of a large.
Hat bouquet, skillfully arranged with the
figure eighty in the center, on the eight
ieth anniversary of her birth. II was
from her neighbors in Nashville, Tenn.
MIR. L. N. Fowler, one of the origi-
nal phrenOlogists who could tell from
the bunions on boys head whether he
was to be hanged or to be a missionary,
has arrived in this country and will
lecture during the winter.-N. Y
Herald.
Mrs. f. Lynn Linton, the English
story-writer, is pleasant-faced lady of
sixty years, with gray hairs and specta-
cles. She spends her winters in Rome,
and is general favorite in society be-
cause of her brilliant conversational
powers.
Arab Pasha is devoting his hours
in exile to literature. He writes beau
tiful style, and although his manuscripts
look like fly-specked wall paper, they
read as smoothly as the flow of sorghum
molasses from a two-inch spigot = Chi
cdgO NeIcs.
The widow of the late Phillip Speed,
of Louisville, died recently at Coburg,
Ontario, having survived her husband
only few months. She was the daugh-
ter of George Keats, a brother of the
poet, whose name is familiar to all read
ers of Lord Houghton's Life" Mrs.
Speed herself wrote poetry, which she
refused TO have published during her
lifetime, but which is to be given to the
world as a memorial of her by her
family.
The Chinese Minister recently cele-
brated the event of his little daughter
reaching the age of four weeks, accord
ing t. n Chinese custom, by dinner
served in American style. Covers were
laid for twelve, and all the Chinese Le-
CATION in Washington were present and
toasted the youthful heroine. Miss Mi
Ju is the first Chinese child born in
Washington. She receives the name
Mi, which means America, as a compli-
ment to this Government WASHINGTON
Post.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12
Plenty Of wild Land in the East.

NJ doubt many of our readers resid-
ing in the Western States think that all
the arabic land in the East, and especial.
ly near our larger cities, was long since
cleared of its forests and broken up
with the pillow. But the truth is there
are hundreds and thousands of acrel
all along our seaboard awaiting the ak
man and plowman. There Is nearly
half million of acres on Long Island
alone IN the primitive state. except
perhaps that portion of the best trees
have been cut and put to practical use.
but the land itself has never been dis
turbed by agricultural implements.
What Is true Of Long Island is also true
of New Jersey, and while both are SO
near the greatest city on this continent
that the sound of its church bells may
almost be heard in the depths of theiI
great forests, young and old men 90
West in search of new lanls that they
might find near home, ut a price not
much II any above what is asked for
Wild prairie within railroad Iimits.-M
u. San.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12
Insulting an Agent.

When DetrOiter removed to Denver
eight or ten years ago and went into the
grocery business he naturally bethought
him of insurance. One morning he
called at the office of the Great Con-
solidated Insurance Companies" and
asked of a dapper little man who sat
reading a paper if the President was
in.
Eyes, am the man." was the reply.
'And is the Secretary here?"
81 am the man, also"
Perhaps you are likewise the Treas
urcr?"
II am, sir. And to prevent further
loss of time will add that l am also
the board of directors, actuary, adjuster
and CASHIER
Then you are the whole company"
Certainly, sir. We have tried it
both ways and we find that these West
ern people want some one to shoot at
when an insurance company doesn't toe
up. BY consolidating everything into
one man it makes a great saving of am
munitiOn."
What are your assets and liabili-
tiespr
WHAT
The question was repeated.
See here, stranger" said the aston
ished agent, '.you must be tender
foot! When it is known all over Col
orado that I'm raking in about $1,000
per week from my three saloons and
two poker-rooms, the idea of asking
about liabilities is an insult. / don't
want your risk, sir! Good-day, sir"
-DetrOu Free Press
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running along the floor, and escau;nc
as If by a miracle the obstacles in its
path. II there is lamp or gas let IN
the room it will be gradually attracted
toward it, and, carried by the upward
current of hot air, will dash toward the
ceiling, as if bent on committing suicide.
But bounding on the cushion of dead
air, which always lies on the surface Of
every solid object, it bends at right
angles, and darts of, escaping as if by
some inward power the fate into which
it was apparently plung.ng headlong,
and again circles round the room, till
drawn a second time into the current OF
hot air.
The ingenious reader will be able to
work up the hints above given into a
variety of amusing and beautiful expert
ments. The last described will perhaps
afford most amusement in various
ways, which will readily occur TO his
mind while using the novel toy. The
true secret of success in these expert.
ments, as in everything, is carefulness.
If the soap solution is prepared with
care, there is no reason why the reader
should not be entirely successful in the
experiments that follow.
Bubbles are most curious and lovely
things. There is neither time nor space
to go into their connection with science.
and the deep natural truths which they
are used TO prove. The reader can at
least admire their gorgeous coloring
and airy grace, and find moral in theiI
short but lovely lives.-I9eu. @. g.
Chitd. in Hdrper'S Young People.
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The ROmances OF a Millionaire.

There were three romances in the life
OF the late Joshua Sears, the million
aire grocer of Boston. The first was
when he was poor young man. He
started Irritation with a wealthy
beauty on a railroad train, called on
her afterwards, and finally found that
his suit was in vain, because he was
poor and she was rich. He became en-.
gagged to a dashing young widow. One
OF her friends asked her: "What are
you gong to be married to that old
fellow for ?" 'For his money. of
course, said She Sears heard of this.
"For my money, eh ?" he sailed mot
by a-blessed-sight-" He went to his
lawyers. and was told she would have a
good case in a breach-of-promise suit.
He didn't want a lawsuit, so he handed
a confidential friend $4,000 and told
him to 60 and see the widow and FIX
things up" which was done. she ac-
cepting the bride and giving him his
freedom. The third was when he was
an old man. He found himself enor-
mously rich, but thought when /
am gone, as I soon shall he, who viii
enjoy 1t all ?" So he went to his friend
Alpheus Hardy, and said. Hardy, I'm
thinking of getting married. What do
you think about it?" Hardy thought
ne knew a lady who would Just suit.
" We'll. then. Hardy. you 60 and ar
range it." So Hardy conducted the ne
gotiations and Sears was accepted. On
his wedding morn the bashful bride
groom called Hardy aside and said /:
Hardy, L don tknow anything about this
ceremony and you do. So 1 want Won
to stick close to my side and coach me.
so won't make any laundering mis-
take" Hardy did so and all went well.
Boston Globe.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12
A FOx.Hunt.

Mr.. Mulkittrick, of the Queens Couu.
ty Hunt, was presented with a splendid
hound and he determined to try IL. He
purchased fox and let il loose i'm the
woods. Then he mounted his horse,
''unleashed" the hound. and started in
pursuit. The chase was n long one, and
it led him over the fields and far away.
He ruined field after field of cabbages,
potatoes, and other garden stuffs,
doubled three or four times, and finally
came up in farm-yard.
He saw the dog rush through, but
could see no fox. Finally the fox
darted into sight in. close pursuit
OF the dog, and a domestic cat was
chasing both. The dog rushed under
the farmers stoop, with the fox good
second and the cat third.
just then the farmer came out with
a gun and blazed away under the stoop.
The three animals made a break and
dashed into the hennery.
When the farmer and Mr.. Mulkittrick
arrived the dog, cat and fox were en-.
gagged in tussle for the possess on of
sturdy old rooster. Mr.. Mulkittrick
blazed away and shot three chickens
that were on the other side of the barn.
Then the farmer pulled and shot the
hound. Then the fox pulled and ear.
ried of the chickens and the cat. The
farmer was about 10 give the other bar.
rel to Mr.. Mulkittrick, but he consent.
ed to swap of the horse for the absent
but not forgotten fowl, and he threw in
the dog to boot. AS the dog was too
dead to boot the farmer booted Mr..
Mulkittrick. and all hands went away
satisfied.-N Y, World,
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a feast such as that sleepy old town
occasionally noticed that the old man
weakened when some ancient chum
took him by the hand TO bid him good
by. Then / would say: ''Dear daddy,
it, your grandchild that claims you.
How the deuce do you expect he will
ever be a good shoemaker : without
your teaching him?" That was an all
powerful argument. The blessed old
man made the trip with me across the
ocean without much fatigue. How glad
my wife was TO see her husband and
father, aud, as TO the baby, he went at
once into his grandpapa's arms.
OF course. father was too old to work,
but still he insisted on having his bench.
As he grew feeble the stitches became
more uneven, and we were often
alarmed about the awl, which might
have pricked bin. He lived, though,
happily with us for some years. He
grew more unsteady day by day and
wandered n little, but still he would
spend an hour or two every day at his
bench. lie made goat-harness for the
little boy and quite number of pretty
things in leather.
One day heard him in his room tap
ping, tapping away on his lap-stOne
with more than ordinary vigor. Then
] listened to him. He said: "A good
job; very good job. Capital, though
ought not to praise myself. There
never was but one man who could equal
me, and that is my dear. dear son, and
his son, my grandson, shall also be a
first-class shoemaker, if the good God,
whose name he blessed, only let's me
live little. very little longer aud
then heard the rattle of hammer as
if it had dropped on the floor, and
went into his room. and the dear old
man had passed quietly away, with a
last prayer on his lips. There are no
shoemakers nowadays like in the old
tir1ne
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12
HUMOROUS.

"A nipping air-The one the mos
quito sings before he bites. -IhilaoteL-
fhid Herald.
When a hen retires for the night,
it is quite proper to speak of her as a
rooster.-ROcheSter Post Express.
Colorado has no "Sleepy Hollows,"
but has plenty of material for such
place. Its mountains are full of Can
yawns.
Philadelphia ladies are learning
baseball; one of them has caught her
husband out several times already
Boston BUlLctin.
-" Well" said Amy, after patiently
trying for an hour to drown worm in
Horse Greek, without being rewarded
by even a nibble; "well, fishing isn't
what it's cracked up to be- "More
slangr' exclaimed the high-school girl;
'you should say: Fishing is not pull
verified according to the original inten-
ton. '"-Ou city Derrick.
How is it you can tell such whop-
pers?" asked caller, addressing the
editor of the fish-story department.
well. You see," replied the editor,
Oui Is AIlId. w nat
has that to do with it?'' "a great
deal. When we are writing fish-stories
we usually have Anna nigh us to help
us" The caller was carried to the hos
pital. Chicago Times.
The old gentleman met him at the
door, almost before Hernandez hand
had left the bell-knOb, and with one
courtly gesture of his paternal hand
waved the young man in the general
direction of the front gate. Hernandez
Obeyed, with infinite tact and courtesy,
remarking as he moseyed down the de-
serted street, that he knew the signal
service had predicted a cool wave from
the northeast, but he had no idea it
would get along so soon.-Detroit Post.
Five or SIX couples had been invited
in 10 play cards and listen to music,
and peaches had been passed with other
refreshments. The party was just
ready to break up when the terror of the
family entered the parlor and called
ont: There, pa. what did ma tell you?''
The governor" probably knew what
was coming, but before he could get the
voungster out of the way he shot off the
other barrel with: ''Ma said if we
bought clingstone peaches we'd save at
least halt, and we have. Detroit Free
Press.
Little Mary, who is very much in
terested in studying 1.-The laws of
health since school began, had been
asking Mr.. Rather all sorts of questions
about diseases and their remedies.
Now, papa" she continued, IF you
neglect a bad cold you lay a foundation
for the consumption, don't you?"
yes" answered her father. land
consumptives are thin and pale, ar'n't
they?" eyes" what other signs
are there in. well, in quick consump-
ton, papa?" Five minutes for refresh
ments, posted in railroad stations" re-
sponded r. The examination closed.
Boston Courier.
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A Friend i'm Need.

A mans best friends are not always
those of his own household. Jake Boly-
bug is in very reduced circumstances.
He is likewise in bad health His
clothes are in such sad condition that
he has often been mistaken for a men,
Der of the press. Jake Bolybug used to
go to school with Samuel Sandy, who
is known to be exceedingly economical.
Jake called on Sam the other day, and
begged him for quarter of dollar,
not as subsidy, but merely as a loan.
IL haven't got any money for you,"
was the rude response.
TN pay you, Sam, before very
long,
I've got no money, I tell you. 1t
takes every cent I've got to support my
poor old mother and my bed-ridden
sister," and the voice of the supposed
hard-hearted man grew husky, and q
pearly tear trickled down his unaccust-
omed cheek, so to speak.
"But, Sam, l happen to know that
you make your old mother chop wood
and do the house-work, and you don t
contribute q cent TO your bed-ridden
sister, for you had her cafted over the
hill to the poor-house last week, so
neither of them costs you a cent"
You know that, do you?"
81 do"
well, If that's the way treat those
nearest and dearest to me, what chance
do you suppose you have of squeezing a
quarter out of me, when you are not
even a brother to me-eh?" Teras
svttngs.