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APACHES' RAID IN MEXICO.
CHOLERA PANIC IN ALEXANDRIA
RlSH NATlONALlSTS AND ORANGEMEN,
END OF THE CARROLL DIVORCE CASE


southern Spirifualists i'm Convention,
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Oct. g.-The spiT1tualt
OF the south. after fortnights session, consisting
OF daily lectures, Seances &C, held a general con-
Eentlon yesterday, and have completed permanent
orgahRatlon 10y the election OF samuel Watson
ID. d., OF Memphis. president, Chattanooga is MADE
lile southern headquarters The literature of Spir
ltuailstS viii he distributed broadcast throughout
the South rrom this city. A southern camp meeting
association VIII also he nrrnnilpd
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General Foreign New. by Cable.

CRoaTlAN INSURGENTS SENTENCED
VIENNA. Oct 2e.-ScyeD OF thirteen persons on
ulal Tor being concerned I'm the recent rising In
southern Croatia have been convicted They wpnn
sentenced 10 prison 1or terms varying from one
Week 10 one year.
SUSPENSION OF ANCHOR LINE SERVICE
,LoNnoS, oct s'.-At,er the sailing OF the steamer
ftitlSSla from LNcrpOOl,On October 81 the Anchor
Line VIII suspend its service between Liverpool and
New York FOR the winter.
CHOLERA PANIC ~ ALEXANDRIA
ALEXANDRIA oct. 2.-The reanDearance of
cholera causes panic among the people. PasSSen-
gers from European ports have returned without
landng. The best authorities say that the epi-
denic VIII not last long.
IMPENDING CONFLICT IN IRELAND
Dublin. oct "a national meeting which was
announced 10 be held near LDughrea. County Gal
way, has been proclaimed The nationalistsS an
nounce their intention To hold meeting near Rel
leck, County Fermanagh. This has caused great
excitement among the Orangemen. who have issued
MANIFESTO calling upon their order 10 assemble in
thousands. and bidding the nationalists to beware
OF thelr just anger meeting OF nationalists
which was TO oe held at Castle Lyon, Cork, to-mor-
row has also been prOclainpi
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HURRICANE ON ITS TRAvELS.-The signal
corps furnishes the following: The hurricane re-
ported yesterday afternoon and this morning Is
moving westward, south OF eastern Cuba It's
course cannot at present be determined, but ii
will probably reCurve west OF Cuba and move
northeasterly. Vessels along the south Atlantic
and gulf coasts and vessels proceeding to gull
nOrtS are warned
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rsSSNO MEETING OF THE BOSS BAKERS WILL
1@ he held n'Zt MONDAY NIGHT, October 29. BY
order of the III, sIieut
G1G-2ts John MILLER
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THE KILBOURN CAsE.-The case of Hallet Kill
bourn against ex-Sergeant-at-Arms of the House
John G. Thompson, claiming s35O,OOO damages for
false imprisonment, by order of the House OF Rep
reSentativeS is set for trial in the Circuit Court
next Monday. After the award Of 100000 by a
jury last year was set aside by the court, Mr. Kill
bourn amended his BILL fixing his claim at $3.50 OGO
sent Mr.. kilbourn, and MeSsrS. Corkhill, Sheabar-
ger and Wilson the defendant. Preliminary to the
Judge Cox, who will try the case that plaintiff pro-
duce, for defendants Inspection all ledgers of the
frn OF klbOurn & Latta for the years 1873 to 1876
inclusive as also balance sheets showing the busi-
ness OF the firm at that time. Judge Cox granted
the motion and made the order. - =
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~ UNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. CLA-
= ba'igl Hall, 1850 l4th street northwest Rev G.
b PATCH, pastor.-Sorvices Preaching Sunday MORN
in at II O'clock Sunday School Sunday afternoon at
o'clock A are welcome IL
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QUEBEC. Oct. 27.-rhe Laval university has con.
ferred upon the Marquis OF Lorne the degree OF
doctor OF laws and languages in recognition OF his
services in the cause of Canadian education.
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such force that two of the fellows dropped
like stones. The stock of my rife glanced
off the hard head of my antagonist and
crushed against the rock. With a stlfied
cry he turned but in an instant my hand
was upon his throat, and the sound died
in his gullet while with the strength OF
desperation I dashed his head against the
wall-like rock; and after struggle-ln
which he wounded me with his dagger
he fell from my grasp, apparently hfeiess'
"Now," said the captain, "where are the
donkeys Come, Greeky!' he cried to
Themistocles, ''bear hand y and looking
around we espied our four animals just
as we left them, but with a brigand sitting
by them. Here was an unlooked-for re-
contre! He was fully hundred yards OH,
and to get at him we should have to cross
small plateau.
"Leave him to me p cried jenkins, pre-
pairing to rush forward But under the
advice of the supercargo he stopped We
could have picked him off easily, but dared
not, for the noise of the rifles.
"Hang itr' impatiently muttered Jen-
kins, 'we shall be trapped again after all, "
and without further parley the impetuous
fellow started off, running on the tips OF
his toes, with drawn cutlass in one hand
and pistol in the other. just as he was
within few yards of the brigand the lat
ter turned round, and seeing how matters
stood made for his rife, which was leaning
against tree few feet off but revolv-
er hurled deftly by Will Johnson-for we
had all followed catching him directly in
the face, so effectually stopped his pro-
gress that he fell stunned to the ground.
"You persist in doing all the work, " said
Jenkins, as we came up to him. "But
quick, lads; off we gol" and in a moment
we were on our asses, and, under the guild
ance of our Greek companion, were making
with breakneck speed for Athens. Up
hill, down dale, on we went for couple of
hours without stopping or meeting human
being then, just as we were about to cross
the summit of mountain at which we had
arrived, Misunderstanding peasant wished
us 'sgood-day," and was about to pass on.
'Seize him !' cried Themistocles Che s
a scout.
So seize him we did, for cautions sake !;
and as there were no trees near, we tied
his hands and legs together, and left him
begging for mercy. But there was no
mercy in us, more especially as Themisto-
cles explained that there was such a curl
GUS and mysterious connection between the
brigands and villagers that it was by no
means unlikely-had we allowed him to go
free-he would have hied to the nearest
village and reused a swarm Of semi-brigg-
ands about us.
Having travelled for four hours, and as
our asses could scarcely get along for
fatigue, we called halt and after resting
ourselves and watering our animals we
continued our journey until, late at night,
we reached Athens, where, round the
hospitable board of our host, we soon
| forgot our troubles.
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Our Timber Supply.

A correspondent of the american Agri-
culturist, writing under the caption Of
"Our Waning Forests" laughs at the
prognostications of an exhaustion of our
timber supply and the consequent untold
evils. He says;
at is undoubtedly true that there has
been great decrease of forests in the old
seaboard States since the first settlement
of the country, for that has been neces-
sity, without which there could be no agg-
riculture, and not much increase of popu-
lation. 1t took at least hundred years in
these States to remove so much of the
forest as was an obstruction to agriculture.
Not more than one-ffth of the area of a
country need be left in wood, to secure its
highest productiveness in farm crops.
This point has not yet been reached in
some parts of the seaboard States, yet in
other parts it has been somewhat passed,
and there is a deficiency of wood for fuel
and timber The alarmists overlook the
most important fact that very much of the
timber land that is cleared in the older
States is very soon renewed by natural
agencies. There is regular system of
growth and clearing, and timber and fuel
are as much reliable money crops as corn
and potatoes On fair, average soil, for
est will renew itself once in twenty-five
years. 1t would probably pay better to
stand thirty or forty years, but it is avail
able, and can be turned into ready money
every twenty-ffth year. A farmer with
twenty-five acres of forest can clear an acre
every year, with no diminution Of wood
land"
He then argues that as coal is increas-
ingly taking the place of wood for fuel,
and iron is displacing it for ships, bridges,
machines, houses, and public buildings,
timber is not likely to be permanently
dearer than now.
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SHE KNEW BEsT.-A Boston man
besought his wife for the privilege Of a
latch-key. "Latch-key!" she exclaimed,
in tones of amazement, ''what use can men
have for latch-key when the Women's
Emancipation League meets on Monday
night, the Ladies Domestic Mission on
Tuesday, the Sisters of Jericho on Wednes-
day, the Womans Science Circle on Thurs
day, the Daughters of Nineveh on Friday,
and the Woman's Progressive Art Associ-
alton and the Suffrage Band on alternate
Saturday nights. You stay at home and
see that the baby doesn't fall out of the
cradle"
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Fast Trains.

Through trains on the Belgian road run
at the rate of AZ miles per hour.
Switzerland and Russia have no railway
trains that run faster than q miles per
hour.
The Shore Line express from Boston to
Stonington makes over 46 miles per hour.
A train from New York to Boston, via.
Springfield, takes, including stops, 6 hours
and minutes to run the 234 miles, the
running time being 425 miles per hour.
On the Berlin -Potsdam- -Magdeburg
Railroad, part of the through line between
Berlin and Paris, 24i miles have been run
in 80 minutes, and so miles in hour 9
minutes. .
In Italy the only fast train is the mail
which goes from Bologna to Brindisi, Az
miles, in IA hours Sc minutes, which, In
Guiding three stops, is at the rate of BIB
miles per hour.
In Germany the fastest train is from
Berlin to Hanover on the Magdeburg- Hal
berstadt Railroad. It makes 1854 miles
in 3 hours 48 minutes, including stops.
The actual running time is 44.2 miles pei
hour. Some miles are run at the rate Of
| 50 miles an hour.
On the Orleans line, from Paris tc
Bordeaux, 359 miles are run in 8 hours IL
minutes, including II stops, being an aver
age of over 80 miles per hour. From Paris
to Marseilles the distance of 536 miles il
covered in Is hours. From Calais tc
Paris on the Northern Railroads trains
run at over 80 miles per hour. One run
of 27 miles is made at the rate of 45.5
miles per hour.
Probably the fastest train in this country
is the New York and Philadelphia express
on the Pennsylvania Railroad, which makes
the run of 88.4 miles in / hour and 81
minutes, including three stops, or at the
rate of 478 miles per hour. From Jersey
City to Germantown Junction, S4.2 miles
the run is made in / hour Al minutes, in.
Guiding one stop, or at the rate of 5O.5
miles per hour.
The train known as the "Flying Dutch
man. of the Great Western Railroad runs
from London to Bristol, a distance of 1183
miles, in 2 hours 36 minutes, or at the rate
of 45.3 miles per hour, including two stops
amounting to IL minutes. Excluding these
stops the speed is 40 miles per hour. The
distance from London to Swindon, 77f
miles, is made in hour and "a minutes,
without stopping, or at the rate Of 53-3
miles per hour, i
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mit aud 8unaor,
A Thief Caught.

The following anecdote is related of Mr..
James Sheaf, who years ago was leading
grocer in Biddeford, Maine. 1t appears
that a man had purchased some wool Of
him, which had been weighed and paid for,
and Mr.. Sheaf had gone to the desk to get
change for note. Happening to turn his
head while there, he saw in glass which
swung so as to reflect the shop, stout arm
reach up and take from the shelf heavy
oak cheese. Instead of appearing suddenly
and rebuking him for the theft, as another
would, and thereby losing his custom for
ever, the crafty old gentleman gave the
thief his change as if nothing had happen
ed, and then, under pretense of lifting the
bag to lay it on his horse for him, took
hold of it, and exclaimed:
"Why, bless me, must have reckoned
the weight wrong"
''Oh, no, said the other, ''you may be
sure you have not, for | counted with you.
"Well, well, we won't dispute the mat
ter; it is easily tried, said Mr.. Sheaf, put
ting the bag into the scales again.
"There,' said he, II told you so. L
knew 1 was right. 1 made a mistake of
nearly twenty pounds. However, if you
don't want the whole you needn't to have
it; will take part of it out"
"No, no" said the other, staying the
hands of Mr.. Sheaf on their way to the
strings of the bag, II guess l will take the
whole"
"And this he did, paying for his dishon-
esty by receiving the skim milk cheese at
the rate of forty-fve cents pound, the
price of the wool.
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gelect poetrg.
THE FLIGHT OF TIME.

NV days are swifter than weaver's shuttle"
The bell rings out the hour of nine
An hour that was, no more is mine;
The minutes worth so much
Have vanished like a swallows flight
or as the sinners dream ofright,
or like spirits touch.
cannot call an hour my own
For. when clasp it, it has hoWn
What riches have then?
The little moments, ticks of time,
I sit and weave them into rhyme;
And now the clock strikes ten.
Two hours. and then the day is done:
The day so thoughtlessly begun
And lightly spent by me,
Has slammed some mark, or word, or sign,
ON this enduring heart ofmine,
Which ne'er effaced can be.
Those hours have passed; the hands that pla
Around the clock face all the day
Are pointing heavenward now;
\ round ofperfect work is done,
Another days swift race is run:
To heaven they pay their vow.
And shall those hands upon the clock
Nv own free hands and fingers mock,
And point to heaven alone?
MOL will raise mine own and pray
That that bright world of endless day
May this days sins atone.
The days go out, the days come in
They fly and whirl like tops that spin
Upon the kitchen floor;
Thus have they spun since Time began
Tins will they spin for boy and man,
Till Time shall be no more.
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LITTLE Folk DICTIoNARY.-A writer
in the School-day Magazine has gathered
together the following dictionary words as
defined by certain small people here and
there:
Back -biter-A flea.
Bed-time-Shut-eye time.
Dust-Mud, with the juice all squeezed
out.
Fan-A thing to brush warm off with.
Fins-A fshs wings.
Ice-Water that stayed out in the cold
and went to sleep.
Monkey-A very little boy with tail
Nest-egg-The egg that the old hen
measures by to make new ones.
Pig-A hogs little boy.
Salt-What makes your potatoes taste
bad when you don't put any on.
Snoring-Letting off sleep.
Stars-The moons eggs.
Wakefulness-Eyes all the time coming
unbuttoned.
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VICE VERsA.-"Sam," said an old col
ored man down at the post-ofice to another
old codger, "what's the meanin' of versa
versa p "It means tother from which, y
answered Sam, with great dignity. "I
dunno" said the first one; II think it
means up side down" "No," retorted his
friend "Ise done suah it means hind side
defoah." A third old fellow came by just
then, and they appealed the question to
him. II cannot desplain pezactly," he
said, ''se to meet wild your compredehension
but wiser-wersa am preparation from the
Latin, and means wuss and wuss and mo-
oh it. members stumblin' ober it at col
lege. 1t am hard word to pernounce, "
He ambled along with his buck-saw, and
the two who had referred to him looked
after him with respect and admiration,
wondering that 'sone small head could carry
all he new."-Detroit Free Press.
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The term spoiled cattle" is applied to
those breeds of cattle which are hornless.
1t is, however, among the cattle breeders OF
to-day more particularly applied to the
Galloway and the Angus, or Aberdeen
breeds. The Galloways, which take their
name from locality in Scotland where
they have been raised for centuries, were
not assigned to separate classes until 1867
They were first brought into the United
States by the Michigan State Agricultural
Society in 1865, and several herds are now
held in that State, raised from this stock.
In 1870 they were introduced into Wis
consin, and year later Robert Culver OF
Boulder county, COL, brought pair into
that State from Canada, full-blooded de-
scendants of imported cattle of the purest
blood. There has been constant advance
in the price of polled cattle since their in
PRODUCTION, until at the breeders sales In
1882 they excelled all others, the HerefOrds
and Short Horns not excepted.
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"Think of the Dog"

At Cassville, Ga, we had just taken
seats on the veranda for the usual smoke
and talk when up came two colored men
who were evidently greatly agitated. One
of them made inquiries for the justice of
the peace, and, being told that he was
out of town, he turned to the other and
said
"Ill leave dis case to any of desc
gem'len to decide on. What do you say?"
''I'll do the same
1t was case where one owned a dog
and the other owned four sheep. The
sheep didn't care for dog meat, but the
cur hankered after mutton and got it, kill
ing the whole four 1t was now a ques-
ton of damages, and when a referee had
been chosen the owner of the sheep re-
marked:
"De value of dem sheepses was three
dollars apiece jist as dey stood, sayin' nuf-
fin bout de increase for next yeah.
eyes; 1 reckons dey was wo'th all OF
dat, replied the dog owner.
"Then why don't you settle at that
figure? ?" asked the referee.
''Bekase, sab, bekase ize got damages
too. I own up dat de dog killed de
Sleeps, an I allows dat $12 am fa'l
price, but you orter seen dat dog when he
cum home! Why, he was all ober blood
an wool an mud an hurts, an de hull
family had to work ober him all night to
pull him frew. 1 claim, sab, dat he should
knock off fo' dollars fur de way my dog
had to cripple hisself to git at de mutton!
The referee couldn't see it in that light
and the dog man turned away with the
remark:
"Werry well, sab, dis case will be tooker
into law, an if de law of Georgia doan
sympathize wild dog who had fits an
shakes an shibers fur eighteen straight
hours, den ize gwine to pack right up ful
Tennessee "-Free Press.
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A JOKE ON THE DocToR. There wa

A JOKE ON THE DocToR.-There was
an eager and excited, as well as anxious,
throng of heirs gathered in the mansion of
an old French lady recently deceased. She
had left to her physician, "whose enlight-
ened care and wise prescriptions had made
her live SO long" the contents of the old
oaken chest. The heirs were naturally in
dignant; the doctor much elated at the
thought of the treasures contained in the
quantity carved old chest. They gathered
about it, waiting for the lawyer to come
with the key. At last he arrived and
handed the key to the doctor. He un-
locked the chest and opened it. The sun
light fell upon its glistening contents, con-
sisting of the unopened bottles OF medicine
which he had prescribed for her the pre-
vious twenty years.
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He is very small boy, just beyond the
limits of babyhood. His precociousness is
well recognized by those who know him
and sometimes people try to corner him in
logical way.
The other day some one took him up
and asked him if he was not papa's boy.
He answered, eyes"
"And are you mammals boy, too"
eyes," replied Charlie.
"Well, how can you be Papas boy and
mammals boy both at the same time ?" was
asked him.
"Oh," raplied Charlie, indiferently
"can't wagon have two horses ?"
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Il Iknowed right of; you were Christian
sab. No man in de drug biziness 'cept a
follerer of de Lord would hang out such a
sign as you has got. Hit shows you am a
Christian fust, and pizen-mixer after
wards. I was jest spellin' it out. Hit am
de best advice eber got in drug store. "
"What sign are you talking about
Uncle?" asked the somewhat bewildered
druggist.
"Dat ar" said the old man, pointing to
placard on the wall, which read "Taste-
less Medicines" "Dat ar am de best ad-
vice in de world -"taste less medicines;
I never had tasted no medicines, nohow
and dat am de chief reason Use alive and
kiekin' yet. But you am de fust Chris
tian druggist eber I struck"
And the old man strolled out just il
time to avoid stopping with his head
package of hair restorer that the infuriated
druggist hurled after him.
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"Only one mother" read Jimmy Turf
boy, as he glanced at the headline in a
newspaper. 81 should think that was
enough. Golly, how fellow would catch
it if he had two mothers. Two lickings
where get one now, both ears pulled at
the same time, go without my supper
twice in one day, sent on two errands in
two different directions at the same time.
Well can't be too thankful dad amt a
Mormon"
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He Prayed Hard.

An old man in Georgia named Jack
Baldwin having lost his hat in an old dry
we'll the other day, hitched a rope to a
stump and let himself down. A wicked
wag named Neal came along just then, and
quietly detaching bell from Baldwin's old
blind horse, approached the well, bell in
hand, and began to ting-a-ling. Jack
thought the old horse was coming and said:
"Hang the old blind horse; he's coming
this way sure, and he amt got no more
sense than to fall in on me-whoa, Ball =
The sound came closer. "Great Jerusa-
lem the old blind fool will be right on top
of me in a minit-whoa, Ball-whoa, haw,
Ball" Neal kicked little dirt on Jack S
head and Jack began to pray: "Oh Lord,
have mercy on--whoa, Ball-a poor sin
ner; I'm gone now-whoa, Ball-Our Fa-
ther who art in-whoa, Ball !-Hallowed
be Thy-jee, Ball, jee! what'll I do?-
name. Now I lay me down to sl-jee
Ball (Just then in fell more dirt.) Oh
Lord if you ever intend to do anything
for me-back, Ball, whoa THY kingdom
come-jee, Ball Oh, Lord you know
was baptized in Smiths milldam-whoa
Ball ho! up! murder whoa" Neal
could hold in no longer, and shouted big
horse laugh which might have been heard
two miles, which was about as far as Jack
chased him when he got out of the well
The characters in this episode are pretty
old by this time, and they have travelled 8
long way since the prank was first said to
he Dlayed.