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Who Are the Gypsies?
Charles G. LELAND ia the April Century {.

Charles g. LELAND ia the April Century.
In conclusion, ! NAV briefly answer O
question which many psrsons have PIT !;
Who and what are the gvpsies I,
this reply they are OF q mixed Aryan
and non Aryan stock from Northern In
dia, where they have been known since
prehistoric times In their own language
they call ,hemselv.s Rom, meaning hus
band, but the word may also have some
affinity with ramna meaning to roam or
wander. ! believe that l have been the
first TO prove that there is at the presen,
day in India, among the 100 kinds OF
wandering castles in that country, which
are all gypsies, one in particular which
is there regarded as specially gypsy, and
which calls itself Rom, and whicn uses
words not collected in any other Indian
dialect, but which are used by the gyp.
sizes of Syria, Turkey, and Europe
This tribe is alluded to, and is, most
probably, only more widely wanier
ing branch Of the Rom, who are also
known as outcasls and gypsies. When
speak Of 80 many kinds OF wanderers
as gvpsies, and yet not identical with
our own, | may make nv meaning clear
by saving that as all the tramps. ped,
dlers, &c, who roam In our roads are
still not Romany, 50 Of all the Indian
nomads there is but one which in every
particular, especially that Of language
exactly corresponds to those whom ]
have described.
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Winding Up the Clock.

When the Weary Wheels Were Al.
most Still. A Lucky Accident
Reveals the Lost Key.
"How long did you say you had itf".
"Twenty. five years."
"What! bad cough, with occasional at
tacks Of hemorrhage, for twenty Eve yearsf
Why, man, lisa mercy that tha. there's q
dozen pounds left of you"
Abraham Orner, of Highspire, Dauphin
county. Pa, stuck to his statement, and
when the sxelamations Of wonder ceased, ha
added:
"Rxactly. You're right. It is a mercy.
But the greatest mercy Of all is that, before
actually coughed myself out Of existence.
got hold OF PARKsR's GINeER ToSIc and q
few bottles of it cured me-"
"CURED you? Relieved you, you meant"
IL mean what say; it cured me-" said Mr.
Orner, simply. 81 feel like another man."
Please take especial notice: PAaKsR's GIN.
GER Tonic is not mere essence of ginger; not
mere stomachio. The ordinary prepara-
tions Of ginger are beneficial for transient
aches, but at that point tn cir value ENDS
PARKER's GINGER Tonic covers q far wider
and totally different field. 1t attacks and
dissipates radical and chronic diseases of the
Lungs, Kidneys. Liver and Nerves, It's as
delicious to the palate as it is prompt and
effective in operation. Ginger is only ONE
AMONG MANY powerful curativss which the
Toxic holds in combination. Test its virtue
for that cough Ct yours, or for any of the
ills which require an invigorant for the
whole system.
And above all, de not permit yourself to
be misled. PARKER's GINGER Tonic stands
alone. Nothing else is lust the same" or
"just as good" Prices so cents and ST..
ECONOMY in buying the larger size. HIscox
4 Co., New York.
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A $4,000 Biblical Reward.

The publishers of Ratledges Monthly
offer twelve valuable rewards in their
Monthly for April, among which is the
following:
We will give $4,000 10 gold to the
person telling US how many verses there
are in the Old Testament Scriptures by
April 10tn, 1883 Should two or more
correct answers be received, the reward
will he divided The money will be for
warded to the winner April 18th. 1888
Persons trying for the reward must send
20 cents in silver (no postage stamps
taken) with their answer, for which they
will receive the May Monthly. in which
the name and address of the winner ni
the reward and the correct answer will
be published, and in which several more
valuable re yards will be offered Ad-
dress, RUrLEDGE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
Easton, Penna. -
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When ARMIES Fought Hand to
Hand.

Athenaum.
In the days of hand to hand lighting,
when missile weapons we're employed by
comparatively small portion of the
combatants, the vanquishel we're gene
rally almost annihilated, and the victors
suffered enorm nuslv At Canne 40. 900
Romans out of $4,000 we're killel. Al
Hastings, the Normans, though the vic
tors. lost 10000 out OF 10000, and a,
Crecy 10000 Frenchmen out OF 100000
we're, it Is asserted. killed, without reck-
oning the wounded When the flint lock
reigned the average of the proportion OF
the killed and wounded 10 ten battles
beginning with Z,rndorf in l75S, AMI
ending with Waterloo, wsa from one
fourth to one.fth of the troops present
on both sides. TIE hesviest loss was
at Z,rndo,f, where 80 9l6 ,men out OF
1900 were killed or wounded. 1t was
also very heavy at Eylau, being $4,000
casualties GU. of 100000 men. Ia the
campaign in Italy in 1859 riaas were
used on both sides, and We find that the
proportion OF casualties to combatants
was at Magenta and Solferino one-elev-
enth. In the Franco-Prussian war OF
lS70-71 when both sides were armed
with breech.loadine rides, The average
proportion OF killed AMI wounded at
Worth, Spicheren. Mars-le Tour, .G-sv-
elotta and Sadan, was oas-ninth, the
heaviest loss being at Mars-le- roar F,
where it was one-sixth, and the smallest
at Sedan, where it was one.twelith.
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CIVIL SERVICE LAWS.
Interesting Questions Which the
Commission Must Decide.

VAsHINGroN, March 80 The Civil
Service Cpm mission is about to settle
some interesting questions that arise ont
of provision In tire act creating the
Commission, TO the effect that the num-
ber OF appointments from each State in
the Executive Departments shall he in
proportion to the States population.
The Commission will have to decide
whether this applies to past or future ap
pointments II il is construed so as TO
apply to past as we'll as future appoint
ments, some States and territories, nota-
bly, the District OF Columbia, will have
to wait century before their contingents
in the departments come within the quo
tas allowed them bY law. The proba-
bility seems to he that the Commission
will decide that the law applies to future
appointments Even then troublesome
questions will arise on the basis OF pop
ulation. New York, Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois would
get "a per cent Of the appointments
Pennsylvania would get 8 per cent, or
as much as all New England, while Ne.
vada would get one out of every 10000
The first question to arise would be: II
the New York quota is not full, will q
Nevada man who hest passes the exami-
nation be appointed The probability
is that the Commission will retain di.
cretiou as 10 it's action on individual
cases.
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Sunset tor Speaker.

WASHINGTON, March "a new name
Is added to the list of candidates tor
Speaker of the next House in the per-
son of Samuel S Cox Mr. Cox says
his candidacy is no ike, and tha: he ex-
pects the support of the solid New York
delegation. This will not elect him,
however, and he may lin I before he gets
through with his contest that it prove a
big farce. il it isn't joke. Randall ,
Carlisle, Blackburn, Springer and Hol
man are each very sure that Mr. Cox
would never do in the world for Speak
er For that matter they are each unan
imously Of the opinion that none Of the
other. would fill the bill. II Mr.. Cox
desires to amuss himself little b. q
race for the Speakersbip. however, there
is no law against it. He is such a ge-
nial philosopher that when some other
man is elected. as he will he, Mr.. Cox
will crack joke at the lucky mans ex
pense and thank heaven that he is well
rid of the thankless position.
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FROM ALL POINTS.
About Things Generally.

Ruthschild's Credit Austalt has under.
taken Immediately to negnliste the con
version of $500 10000 of the new
Hungarian rente.
There is a cre-k several miles from
Way nesboio', Ga, which is 80 highly i'm.
pregnsted with lime that it will take the
hair eff horses legs in passing through
! it.
The Tu kish Ministry has resigned In
CONSEQUENCE Of charges made that they
had been guilty ofreceiving hrihes. The
Sultan refused to accept their resigns
lions.
Mr.. Gunther, member of Congress
from Wise 'nsin, came as an immigrant
from Germany sixteen years ago. He
now ahou. to visit the Falberland for
the 6rst tilrs since bis arrival in Amer
ica.
The order removing Gsneral Go =.
Fl Thom.s from command just before
the b,tlle Of Nashville, afterward re-
s6ked, and the ex stencs Of which has
been denied, has been found among Gan
Halleck's papers.
The remains Of George Long, we'll
known farmer of Allen county, were
found under haystack on the morning
OF the 26th inst where he ha crawlei
ta die after taking m 'rphine for .he pur.
prse of committing suicide.
A private letter from Pt0 Xix, Arizo-
na, says they have been cutting hay there,
for the past two weeks; the mercury
stands at llGs rising to 1lS' in July
and August but no one has ever been
sun stroke.-Ohio Talloy Ne,cs.
Prof. Lsitz OF Vienna, is devising
electrically lighted instruments for ilu-
minsting thu throat, nasal passage and
other internal pats OF the system Hav-
ing been obliged recently to make an
incis,on in the cavity of the liver OF a
person suffering With cyst. he lighted up
its interior surface with one OF his in.
struments and obtained clear view OF
its condition.
The island of Foula. about 20 miles
west of Shellani, and containing about
800 inhabitants, has been issolated by
continuous storms from the mainland
during the whole OF the year until two
weeks ago, when boat managed to
reach it with provisions. The people
we're found In terrible state of destitn-
ton. and many of them must have been
starved to death but for this neighborly
succor.
A Telegram from Sierra di Falco, near
Cal.anisetta, ip Sicily, where diphtheria
is at present epidemic. says that the in
hahi,ants are in great state OF excite
ment. superstitiously helleving-as the
Mianese did during the great plague
three centuries ago--,hat the malady Is
being disseminated by prisoners An
unfortunate ped Tier, suspected Of being
one OF these evildoers, has been seri-
ously maltreated, and barely escaped
with his life.
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LEGAL NOTICE.

KATHARINE BURKHART and George Burk
" hart, her husband and Jacob A. Worlsy,
whose postofice address Is Bsllsville, " ood
county, West Virginia. will take notice that
on the goth day Of March, 1898, Edward
Okey, as Administrator Of tas estate OF
James ,Worlev, deceased. filed his certain
petition against them and others in the Pro
bate Court Of Monroe county. Ohio, the object
and prayer Of which is to obtain an order to
sell the premise, of which James Worlsy
died seized and apply the proceeds to the pay
ment of the debts Of said decedent. Said
real estate is situate in said Monroe county
Ohio, and Is described as follows, to wit:
The southeast quarter Of the southwest
quarter Of section twenty Ave. township Ave
OF range six,
quarter ef the southwest quarter of same
section township and range, except two and
a half acres of OF the vest side Of said last
mentioned tract sold by said James Worley
to Eushronius Pryor.
Also, the following described tract, to wit:
Commencing for the same at the southwest
corner of the southeast quarter Of section
twenty avs. township five Of range six run.
ming thence east with the section line sixty
two rods; thence north one hundred and
twenty rods; thence west sixty two rods;
thence south with the quarter section line to
the place Of fbeginning,in all one hundred and
three and seventy ave hundrsdth sores,
You are required to answer on or before
the 10th day Of May, 1888.
EDWARD OKRY,
Admir- Of the estate Of James Worlsy, decd
moha7, ,'S3w7.
srRiccs L DRieas, Attys.
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Kelfer's Court.
On the Naval Steal Bill.

The report Of the conference commit
tee on the naval appropriation bill was
then introduced by Mr.. R,beson. The
Senate increased the appropriation for
the completion Of monitors by the sum
of $3.50 900 and the conference report
accepted the Senate amendment. Tue
report was adop.ed During the discus
sion, the speaker overruled every point
Of order adverse to the passage OF the
bill with the greatest promptness.
Mr.. Bragg, Of Wisconsin, who is a
combativs man of brains, came down in
ron: of the speakers chair and said :
"Mr. Speaker, rise to poirt OF or
der " s
The Spesker-"The point OF order is
overruled."
Mr.. Bragg-"Do / understand that
the chair overrulea my point Of order
before it is made7"
The Speaker with a savage rap OF the
gaveD -"Tae gentleman an from Wiscon'
sin will take his seat"
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John Brown and bis father. POO

w John Brown and his father. poor
but worthy cotters OF the Dee Valley,
we're taken into the royal service dur
ing one of the late Prince Consorts
earliest visits to the Scottish highlands,
and, after the elder Browns death, John
became the favorite "gillie" and con-
slant attendant of the Prince. He was
al bis heels on al his tramps among the
bills anl hunting expeditions on the
moors. and served his royal master so
we'll that upon the Iatter's death, the
Queen appointed him her chief retainer
That position he has ever since occupied
to the entire satisfaction Of Her Majesty,
and to the discomfort Of many Court
followers, who envied the special favors
snd privileges bestowed upon him. He
always stood behind Her Majesty.s chair
at the table, occupied the box seat Of
her carriage when she rode out, and on
her many visits to Scotland was always
invaluable as guide, waiter and pro-
tector. He was large, finely prooor-
toned man, and generally dressed in full
Highland costume.
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Inspiration of Great Men.

Mark Twin finds tw, glasses O.
cham oaign ad'nira5'e TO. losening the
tongue ld ha ipy insplra'o fur an
| after-ilnncr speech; but his experience
has been that wine clogs the brain for
mental work, AMI he can never write to
his own salts faction after drinking even
one glass. He like, tobacco as a stim-
ulant Oliver Wendell Holmes prefers
an entirely undsturhed and uncouled
brain Tor mental work, unstimulated b,
ANYTHING stronger than tea or co lee, un
affected by tobacco or other drugs. His
faculties are best under his control in
! 'he forenoon, hatween breakfast and
lanch. The only intellectual use he can
find in simulantq is the qrickened men
tai action they produce wen taken in
company. He thinks ideas which thus
reach the br.in NAV remain after the
stimucus has ceased. W D Howells
never uses tob,cco, exc,pt "a sel'-de-
fensiVe cigarette where a great many
other p rsons are smoking, and when
he takes wine it weakens his work and
his working force next morning. Ly
man Abbnlt uses neither a'cohoI nor TO-
bscco Matthew Arnold drinks clar, t
habitually, and it suits him The late
George N. Beard found ale ,hol benu,u-
hing and stupefving, bat tobacco, opium,
lea and cOtf4e had an effect exac " the
reverse. PrrI B'a,kie takes wine to
sharpen his apprt;te, bat nsver as stim
ulant for inte c'u,' W rk. Wilkie Co.
lins says tina he is nerved and com os.
ell by tobacco. Thomu A Ed Ism is
TOO violently inc tel b. sm)King or
drinking, but gets in>piration from chew
Ing tobacco Glsds one regards wins,
In m nderate quantities, as necassa y to
him at tie TIM NJ ii. greatast intellect
ual .x1rtion, bu' he d,test tobacco.
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Dayton Democrat.

The Washington Sentinel, whose ar
ticle attacking Senator Pendleton, the
Cincinnati Enquirer parades with all the
importance of double leads, in its special
telegrsphic columns. is even more OF 3
guerilla sheet than the Enquirer. Like
The Enquirer. it. too. processes to be
Democratic, but in close fight. always
manages to give aid and comfort tp the
enemy. by bamstrineing or abusing
Democratic leaders and then having
itself quoted as Democratic { y news
paper. The trick is being played too
often. The Enquirer used to be good
Democratic paper, hut the Washington
Sentinel never was! There are lots OF
Democrats who are not specially friendly
to Mr.. Pendltton who condemn such at
acks upon him!
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Is the White House Hattnted7
Washington Critic.


"Yes, this building is haunted" said
an st'ache OF the Presidential Mansion
To the Critic this morning. "and It is said
that snpPrna'ural sights are not u1fre
qrantly witnessed In these large. oIi-
fashioned rooms and airy halls. Several
weeks ago the President changed the To-
cation of his bedchambar nv removing
from the East TO the North Room, and
it was vaguely whispered then that his
slumbers had been disturbed hy a noe
turnal and weird visitor. the same that
one of our chamhermaids said that she
had seen walking stately and erect
through the up stairs railways on seve.
raj occasions.
Yes, the ghostly visitor Is a man."
confined the attachP, "b cause I remem-
ber we'll of'hearing the chambermai say
that he had long, flowing white hair and
very much re|emhled the statesmen Of
long ago. whose pictures We see printed
on the pages of history A. anv rate,
sir, ! know that the Presi lents rest is
often disturbed at night. because have
heard him time and time again moving
stout long after midnigh. and sometimes
| have listened to his continued and
steady pacing across the f>or when
every one else in the house was slumber
ing, and wondered what was disturbing
him."
"His CREST responsibility or dyspepsia
might have been the AGENT" suggested
the Critic.
oh, no." quickly replied the attache;
"neither OF them, I'm sure. 1t was the
White House ghost, and I'll bet on it
This ghost is The same one that made
Gen Grants nigh's here so scarce aud
suggested his frequen' trips through the
country, as have heard the attendants
who we're here With him frequently say;
and / will tell You candidly that think
the ghosts frequent appearance, OF late
have put the notion into President Ar
thurs head OF going of on his promised
trip" Concluding, the Presidential in
dividual left to answer call from up
stairs.
The Critic subsequently got the fol-
lowing description from one who Gains
to have seen the white spirit Of the White
House: He is an aged and bent hack
old man, with long phosphorescent white
beard and hair, ghastly AMI wavy. bright
and glaring eyes and long, scrawny fn-
gers His walk is noi.eless but stately,
anil his presence is always indicated by
a peculiar electric sensation which per.
wales the surrounding air The elec-
tricity Is what breaks the Presi lent up
and makes him perambulate."
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Every Letters Contents,

WARSAW, JEFFERSON Co., Pa.
The swelling is all gone. l am as well
and natural as ! ever was before / was
enlarged. l am delighted with Peruna
and Mdndlin. S. P SaAFER.
Ny sou is still improving in health
Your Psrun1 is just the thing for him
w. BAUER, St Mary's, Pa
The large Clronic Ulcers, of Is
mon'hs' standing, are entirely healed
Ire swelling, pain and itching have all
subsidized, the leg is healed, anil am per-
fectly we'll. Perana is wonderful rem
edy. w. NJ GRIFFITH, Ashland, KY
II you desire health and to save mon-
ey. ask your Druggist for Hartman's
ellis OF Life"
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For His Mother.
n. Y. Truth.

A poor little newsboy. while attempt
ing to jump from CITY car the other
afternoon, fell beneath the car and was
feariully msngled. As soon as the
child could speak be called pitsously for
his mother, and messenger vas at once
sent to bring her TO him. When the be.
reaved woman arrived she hung over
the dying boy in an agony OF grief.
"Mother," whispered he with a painfaI
effort. : / sold four newspapers-aHd
the money is in my pocket With the
hand of death upon his brow the last
thought of the suffering child was for
the poor, hard working mother. whose
burdens be was striving TO tighten when
he lost his life. 3,
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PROHIBITION IN IOWA.
The Validity of the Amendment to
be Reviewed.


DAVENPORT, Iowa, March 30-The
question of the validity of the prohibi-
tory amendment to the constitution { {
Iowa, adopted last June, will again come
bciore the Supreme Court, in this city,
next Tuesday. There has been much
discussion by the press of the State as
10 the exact status Of the case. il having
been decided by the Supreme Court only
last January. Hon. John c. Bills, of
this city, leading counsel for the plain
tiff and against the aGandm2 2nt. said to-
day: The new statute gives the party
applying for a reheariug a right TO oral
argument upon his application for re-
hearing, and If the party applying has
an oral argument the opposite side has
right TO reply orally. When they are
done, strictly speaking, the court can de.
eide whether rehearing will be granted
hut under the new statute upon this ap
plication for rehearing the entire merits
of the case may he gone into, 80 tha
1t virtually amounts to q rehearing
Theoretically it is an application, hu,
practically under the new statute, it is {
rehea-ing." This gives the matter Z
very important significance.
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Death of a Centeninarian.

GREAT SARRINGroN, MAss March %.
james Bennett died in Housatonic
Yesterday evening at the age Of l0l
years, 2 months and Is days. He was
born In Kewsiock, England, and moved
TO Albany in 1929 He afterwards went
to Palmer, Mass and in 1858 to the vii
laee where be died. His wife died in
1868 at the age of 90. Bennett worked
on a farm and at SO cut wood for his
family. He was an intimate friend o.
Sidney Dillon, counsel for the Union
Pacific Railroad. Bennett was once
worth property, but lost it all through
the dishonesty OF others.
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HT The Washington correspondent
OF the Boston Traveller says that an an.
tiouc furni'ure store in The District con-
tains very ingenious brass breech-
loading cannon made by Frederick, q
well-kno Wn gunner of the wartime -
1t will shoot two-ounce ball a distance
of q mile. This cannon was once the
property of little 1Fad" Lincoln. 1t
was one of pair made for the boy ny
the gunner, the second cannon being a
perfect model Of the celebrated Dahl
erep gun This second piece was bought
by Mrs Dahlgren the other day, but not
until after Secretary Lincoln had called
at the store and verified the property ss
having once belonged TO bis brother
"Tsd," Mr.. Lincoln saws that bis moth
or would not let little "Tad" keep them
because she regarded them as altogether
too dangerous weapons to be used fol
playthings. She gave them away to the
man who subsequently, placed them on
sale in the antique store.
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WASHINGTON, March 27.-The grand

WASHINGTON, March 27.-The grand
jury this afternoon returned indictment
against VIM. P Kellogg for receiving,
while Senator from Louisiana, a prom
issory note on April II, 1880, for 800.
600, from j. B Price, mail contractor.
Also an Indictment against Thomas
Brady, while Second Assistant Postmas.
ter General, OF receiving on July 13,
1880. S5, 900 from j. B. Price, mail con.
tractor. Mr.. Brady is further presented
on the charge Of receiving on April II,
1880. drafts to the value of $4,000
from j. B. Price. The witnesses are
John A. W alsh, J. B. Price, j. W. Bra.
dy and Joseph Cocbrane.