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Neither Bull Nor Rear.

correspondent of the Buffalo Courier has
found out that there is no place that can take
the conceit out of a man simultaneously with
cleaning out his pockets quicker than Wall
street. He Says 'The legend of the dabbler
who found out what he really was is apropos.
After he had been through the mill he was
asked, Were you bull?' No. 'Were you q
BEAR? NO What in thunder were YOU.
then?' MY friend, was an ass; that's what
1 was, an ass And that's the conclusion
they nearly all come to at last. After such a
tremendous decline as thousand millions it
might be supposed that present prices would
be considered low. Perhaps they are. A
great many Wall street wiseacres say they
are And yet hardly any one wants to buy.
except for quick turn. Most of the stocks
bought one day are sold the next, if not
u of 1 per cent turns the buyer into a
seller. Holding for a rise seems to
be a thing of the past. Two-thirds of
the brokers have orders to sell just as soon as
any trlfie over commissions can be made. It is
the same on the other side of the market-the
bear side. The orders are to cover shorts the
moment that even a small profit is shown. All
this means that there is no confidence in the
market. Low as it is no one can tell how soon
1T may be lower. On the other hand the bottom
may really be touched, and it may not be safe
to go short for any length Of time So the
market goes see-saw, see-saw. day after day.
and has no snap in 1t at all. All the brokers
complain that the outsiders who were so badly
feeced after the boom can't be coaxed back.
One reason for this is that they have nothing to
come back with. It was mostly their money
that went down the Niagara rapids when the
thousand millions disappeared. But the brokers
have hope. They feel it in their bones that
even If all the shorn lambs stay away another
lot of lambs, who will also be shorn, will soon
come along in their stead. No doubt they are
right. 1t was SO many times before. and it will
be so again. Wall-street lessons are good for
only one lot of lambs at time"
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Why. Oh. Whyl

bob" Burdette, in the Cincinnati Inquirer
There are some unsolted mysteries in the
great problem of life that give me cause for re.
lection and anxiety. If were rich believe
would build me lonely cell somewhere In Gilt
ton or some place like that, worth about 800, 600
with stOre-rOOm like wholesale grocery.
where might have plenty of help in studying
there intricate problems in our daily economy.
or extravaganza. as the case may be. For often
and often wonder and wonder:
Why you always put teaspoons into the vase
upside down?
Why the pantaloons of a goddess atheist. who
never said prayer in his life. bag at the knees
Just as quickly and decidedly as the breeks of the
saint who spends half his days on his knees?
Why 1t is wrong to eat pie with knife?
What Washington said to General Lee at the
battle of Monmouth?
Why 80 many generals in the army have been
privates ever since the war?
How the directory of a railroad company can
get rich, while the stockholders gradually starye
to death?
How a receiver prospers and grows fat on q
business that ruined the merchant?
why the man who ''has gone out of politics.
never misses convention, and always keeps
IN the hands (and also the pockets) Of his
friends?
What the state would do for penitentiaries if
all the rascals should suddenly step up and con-
TESS?
why woman TAILS like flash not two inches
from the banana skin she steps on, while man
falls like cyclone half way round the block,
bowling like demon at every plunge and at
last climaxes with crash under peanut stand
on the other side of the street?
Why ''pure bears oil'' is always cheaper when
pork is away down. and booms up like balloon
in the cholera years?
Why, when spring chickens are so small you
have to eat them by the dozen to taste one, the
price is so high you have to buy them by the
Why man frequently tries to makes himself
necessary when he would serve humanity much
better by making himself scarce?
why ny it is so much easier to lose half dozen
Why Tom Thumb was always billed as GIVEN
ty-three years old" until the day he died, when
he made jump Of more than his lifetime?
Why some people remember the Sabbath
day" as though it was only parlor-car porter,
and give it quarter in full for all demands?
Whatever became Of the "blue-glass rem
edy?"
And what went with all the archery clubs7
don't believe in philosophy wasting its time
on trlfles If the wise men want something use
full and practical to ponder over, here are their
problems.
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A Comet We May Yet Behold.


Some weeks ago the announcement appeared
In the newspapers that new comet had been
discovered but as it was only to be seen with
telescope no general interest was awakened
by the news. It is still telescope comet and
very faint one at that. but the astronomers
have discovered some facts concerning it which
give it an interest altogether out of proper
ton to its apparent size
Itappears from their calculations that the comet
Is probably three or four times as far from the
earth as the sun Is, and, as its orbit seems to
be nearly perpendicular to that Of the earth, its
distance from the sun is about as great as its
distance from the earth. But it is surprising
thing for a comet to be discovered when so far
away from the sun, and unless there is some
serious error in the calculations it will take
this comet until the beginning of next summer
to reach its periheliOn
During all that time these astronomers will
be able to watch the approach of this singular
visitor from outer space, studying its develop
ment and the changes which take place in its
appearance as it draws nearer and nearer to the
sun.
According to the same calculations the dis
lance OF the comet from the sun when it is at
periheliOn will be about equal to the earth's dis
lance from the sun. In that case it will ap-
prOach very close to the earth's orbit and 1t is
possible that the earth and the comet may be
very near together either before or after it's Pc
rihelion passage. There is chance. then that
next year we shall have another celestial visitor
as brilliant, perhaps, or even more brilliant than
the wonderful comet of 1882.
But astronomers make their greatest mistakes
when they are trying to calculate the orbit of a
new comet, and the very next series of obser-
Vations may yield results entirely inconsistent
with those just announced, so it would not be
wise for anybody to build too great eXpecta-
lions on the future career of the coming comet
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History Repeats Itself.

History Repeats Itself.
From the Atlanta Major
Down at the Kimball house, one Of party
remarked:
Il see that Gath has discovered the curious
fact that at the close of the Revolutionary war
there were but very few mules in this country"
lis that so7" asked an old ex-confederate.
$50 It says here in the paper"
"Well, now. do you know discovered the
the siege was over?"
81 believe you had to eat mules ont there7"
''Yes, and that was one Of the worst blows
ever dealt to southern progress"
'.Why so?"
"Cause them mule steaks started a breed Of
kickers that We will never get rid of inside Of
three generations. And it hurt the cause Of
music, too"
"HOw was that:"
"The mule shank soup ruined every tenor
voice in the army"
After that the mule question was dropped
from the conversation.
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ssBury Me with NV Hu.band.,,


On Monday man walking through Forest
Hill cemetery, at Napoleon, O., found the life
less body of Mrs. Frances German. aged seyentv-
five years: beside her husbands grave. The old
lady was friendless and alone in The world, her
husband having died some time ago. Her only
c consolation was in visits to the grave of her
night she started out, telling her neighbors that
she was going over the river, and would hardly
De back till morning. On the way she met
Undertaken Musser and stopped HIM, saying:
u am going to die. and want you to bury me
with my husband" Mr.. Musser thought it was
the raying of childish old lady. and he prom
Used her he would, assuring her that he hop ed
It would be long time yet before she died.
Where she stayed all night is not known as it is
hardly possible that she could have lived
through the long, cold night in the open
country, and the doctor gave it as his opinion
that she had been dead but half an hour when
found, and the cause was heart disease.
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within few minutes after rendering their
YER, the Frank James Jury paid their board
Oils and vanished. Their sympathizers disan-
peared with them. and the inhabitants of Gala
TIN, No.. became an indignation meeting.
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n IRIS. HELEN A. McCRARY, WIFE OF THE Ex.
SECRETARY OF WAR

adds to our long List Of testimonials the following letter.
KEoKUK Iowa, May 30th, 1883.
tits with genuine gratitude bear testimony to the
efhcacy OF Cooks Balm Ct Life" BESIDES being =
great sufferer with DYSPEPSIA ia it's many forms
the stomach which lasted from three to seven hours
and We're followed by very distre sing and alarming
SINKING SPELLS. and for which could find no rem.
edy until called upon Dr. Dexter, OF Washington d.
e. who told me that the best medicine he knew Of for
thst sym tom and one he often Ercscrbed for his pa
cured bottle. add after taking three doses my stomach
was relieved, and before had used half the con.
tents OF the bottle that particular condition Of my STONE
ach was overcome and after five years and having
nae no recurrence of the trouble saying
mat thas tne BAN CURED for it is the first and only
value l. other directions also. and consider it ONE OF
ME VERY BEST FAMILY MEDICINES IN THE
WORLD, and bnink myself unfortunate when i am
without it. Hoping that others may be as much bene.
netea Dy lts use as have been, sincerely yours
HELEN A. McCRARY
p S.-Pease send me by express one dozen bottle
marked CO. d., and much obhge, etc.
Mandatory Long Branch, NJ
v Sod in w W%ashi biz D. C., by sToTT, CRoMs
gists. sen5- i'm
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English and French Women.
From the London Standard.

From the London Standard.
The French are very fond Of decrying the wo-
men of our country as fat-chested, long
membered, large-f0Oted race, awkward In gait.
addressed or Over-dressed, unlearned in the
elementary rules of that important matter. the
dressing of the hair, and incapable of harmonic
ing cOlors. These criticisms are ill-natured and
exaggerated, but nevertheless q good MANY
grains of truth underlie them. Take London
and Partisan shopgirl as an example, The
former has generally the advantage over the
latter in clearness OF complexion and in come
illness. yet she loses by the comparison. She is
neither so becOmingiy dressed nor so careful to
suit the color of her dress to her complexion,
nor so neatly shOd; and, above all, she seems to
be ignorant of the resources an abundant
head of hair affords her, as frame to an at
tractive, youthful cOuntenance. The horrible.
barbarOus fashion of cutting the hair short.
which obtains no favor in France, prevails. 1
observed with real regret, to considerable ex-
tent in London. and when the scissors have not
been ruthlessly applied to masculnize the fe-
male head there seems to be deplorable want
OF taste displayed in the arrangement of their
tresses by London girls. Those 1 met out
those l saw behind the counter, ap-
peared to have peculiar penchant tor screw
knots, sngularly ungraceful-so thought,
at all events. fresh from the sight of
Parisienne heads. The appearance OF the
London nursemaid also c0ntrasted unfavoraby
with that of the French bonnie do not refer
to the elite of the calling in either country but
to the ordinary mddle-class nursegirl or bonnie
such as one meets with in Kensigton gardens or
In the Tuileries Perhaps the tasty cap worn by
the latter, with it's metre and a half of broad
RIBBON streamers behind, gives her an advan-
tage; perhaps she holds herself better, or pays
more attention to her general appearance
Whatever may be the cause. the result undoubt-
edly is that the eye rests with more pleasure
upon group OF French nurses gathered to-
gether with their charges in a public garden
than upon similar group in London Park To
sum up my impression concerning London
women of the middle or lower classes, they
seemed, as Frenchman would put it, vetues,
not hUblueeS-clOthed NOT drocuod
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Gen. Phil. Cook, of Georgia. contradiets the
story that he is a candidate for clerk of the ma
tional House Of Representatives.
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ca. RUPERT.
NOS. 4oa AND 4o5 7TH STREET NORTHWEST.
HEADQUARTERS FOR THE WHITNEY CHILL
DkENS CARRIAGE COMPANY.
THE CHEAPEST FOR BEAUTY, COMFORT AND
DURABILITY IN The MARKET.
Lawn Tennis, Croquet. Bicycles velocipedes Arch.
cry. Fishing Tackles Wagons. &C.
Call and examine the Goods. Prices to suit tho
tunes. jy2l
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A Roy Bitten by . lHalf.Breed spitx
Dog Nearly q Year Ago Dies In Ter.
Iible Agony.


Wassy Alberson, aged ten years, died at the
residence of his father, George Alberson, Phila-
delphia, last Friday, Of hydrophobia On the
18th Of October last young Alberson. while play
ing with q half-breed spitz dog belonging to
one of his fathers neighbors, was severely Bit
ten in the hand. The dogs teeth penetrated
the feshy part Of the palm. and their withdrawal
caused severe laceration of the wounds they
had made. As soon as possible after the biting
the boy was taken to DR.. F. F. Meeser, of south
18th street, and the wounds were cauterized
with lunar caustic. or nitrate of silver. When
his father heard of the biting he demanded the
killing of the dog. being actuated by the popu-
lar delusion that the death of the dog is SOW
ereign protection against hydrophobia, and the
owner killed the animal the next day.
This precautiOn, and the cauterization OF the
wounds, fully satisfied the father, and the little
boys wounds soon healed and lett scarcely q
scar. Throughout the months that interviewed
between the biting and the appearance Of the
dread disease that took his life. young Alberson
was always in good health and spirits until last
Wednesday. Then he became unusually nervous
and showed signs Of increased intellectual
power. He was unusually bright and talkative,
and astonished his parents and his playfellows
by the brilliancy of his remarks and his unusual
talkativeness. That night at supper he tried to
drink his tea, but could not, and subsequently
when water was offered he refused it, and said
that he could not swallow 1t. Later that night
water was offered him again and he tried to take
it, but the effort to swallow threw him into q
CONFUSION, during which he had sharp bark
ing cough. His sufferings increased until his
death in horrible agony on Friday.
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LADIES, LIST.

FRANK B. CONGER. Postmaster.
LADIES' LIST.
Allis on F Mrs Mason Emels Mrs
Anderson Ella Miss Middleton Kate Miss
sA sls M. Mn M MSrsI K.9s Es. Mrs
Baan Mrs Norman Maggie Miss
Bowen Natiie i Miss Psnnel K .te Miss
hsry MIS- P agle Hinq Mrs.
Brown F Mrs Pelham Cstharine Mrs
Bryan Bena Mrs Perry Martha Miss
BRYANT Mrs Petersen Agnes Mrs
Ga9eem Bettie Mrs Proctor Lethea Mrs
Cady Mrs, Qubeck El.zsbeth Miss
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Davis Jennie Miss Robson Bette Miss
D Jersey LIZZIE Misc, hoe Lucy Miss
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Bruce Henry Johnston RV
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Greene Jonothan Stevens F a
Gorden James Scott Frank
a aIsm NJ Jas M s s.1lr 1as James
Giilham Rich'd Shea James
Holmes sF s soost k as%ip "
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Harrison Howard TScfer Dr. McKendris
H HSP@en!Sf j.. qe0M W XiHhs5sG S.n5i,
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Harding John Williamson hn
Hannah Mr. Zeeier Grape
Hallway Robt Zerbie J s
MISCELLANEOUS.
Ohio State Aren't
LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN EAST
CAPITOL STATION.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER Is, 1883.
LADIES' LIST.
h,sn MI nc. GsrS sIo Nine, Mary Mis,
G Gr;s Catherine nn;a Re Mrs PHerson Low Mrs
Hayward Mrs Skinner Josephine Miss
Aariss cafa l Miss s fatam M MRS
Gid .ings Chas Mrs White Emma Miss
Lee Mary Mrs Wood Josephine Miss
Lofty Rose Mrs. col
GENTLEMEN's LIST.
Barrett Riano James Walter
Chapman Raymond Johnson James r
Dangerfield Peter. Lewis George
Frances Walter
LIsToF LETTERS REMAINING IN THE GEORGE
TOWN. D. c., POST OFFICE,
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER Is. 1883.
LADIES' LIST.
Caldwell Mrs George johnson Mary
Hill Rosy Woods Mrs MI
GENTLEMEN'S LIST
Bourne Sd Henderson Benz
carlson John Moore Robt
Halloran John Veuessay WmJ
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I IST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN THE
- WASHINGTON CITY POST OFFICE
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER Is. 1888.
To obtain any Of thee Letters the applicant must
call for "ADvEnrfsEp LETTERS"
" not called for within one moatf they win be sent
to the Dead Letter Ofhce.
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'NoTE.This lot lie required for the construction a
the valve chamber, ano2 ana
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GUINNIP l. CO.,
auI8 404 AND 4O6 SEVENTH STREET NV.
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'sii'P was reported OF from four
10 I'VE thousand over last years report. The
island now has about % 900 membersin its Sun
day schools. 10 '"A-
Inc "oman's Foreign Missionary Society
OF the NJ T.. Church has 40 missionaries in tho
Held, l3a day schools, IL boarding schools 2
orphanages and 1000 scholars There are oaa
auxiliary societies, and last year the income
was 100000.
st. Alphonsus (Catholc) church, Baltimore
was crowded at the services commemorative Of
the death of Father Alexander, during whose
pastorate the present edifce was erected. A
catafalque. surrounded by numerous candles
stood IN the center aisle. and choir accom-
mass.
KEY DIR. Samuel o. Wylie, for thirty-five
years pastor of the Second Reformed Presbyte-
''an church, Philadelphia, recently died at the
80 oI siNty-iour years. He was fOrty-oue wears
:. me ministry. and for twenty years Chairman
VI tue ooard OF foreign missions and filed sew
ea' other important positions in the boards of
- The basement of the new cbono, a. G.
JOseph's Passionist Monastery On Tho Eroaa-;o,.
road, Baltimore. opposite Loudon part co,,o
terry, mas been finished. and a fair is heinz hold
there to raise funds for furnishing II The oh.
pei. the exterior Of which has been nearly cow
pleted. is an imposing building of granite a. hv
loo feet. About So eco Will be required To com
plete it.
"A New Hampshire paper speaks Of place
m which there are three churches. but no
preacher. and gives as a reason for such a state
OF things. that 3. Geo minister is wanted for
ABOUT three hundred and he must be married.
20 as not TO h!rt with the girls. and must take
Ms pay In beans. potatoes, chickens. ETC. In
sae.. ne must be too spiritual to eat and live
keep. on the eloquence which he delivers to
me multitude. Any minister answering this
aesef!ption VIII be gladly welcomed there
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THE SOUTH.
Virginia,

Highway Duel-TwO Candidates for
Office Fight to the Death.
RICHMOND, June 9.-From the mountains
of Patrick county comes an account of a
highway duel between Sheriff Donekling and
Colonel Waller. Politics was the origin and
the recent election the immediate cause of
the resort to the deadly weapons. The usual
formula of the code was dispensed with.
Neither seconds nor surgeons were present.
The sheriff was mounted on a horse and Col
onel Waller rode in buggy. They ap-
preached from opposite directions at point
within few hundred yards of Colonel Wal
ler's house. Upon sighting each other each
drew his pistol. Colonel Waller fired first
from his buggy seat and Sheriff Donekling' IS
horse fell with a ball in his head. The val.
liant sheriff quickly disengaged himself from
the wounded animal and blazed away at
Col mel Waller. One of the bullets from the
weapon took effect in the stomach of Colonel
Waller. The latter continued to fire until
his cartridges failed to explode. He then
called out to the sheriff that he was wounded
and unable to return his fire. Upon this no
LITIGATION the chivalrous Sheriff Donekling
lowered his pistol and hostilities ceased
Colonel Waller, though severely wounded,
drove rapidly home without aid. He is re-
ported to be convalescing. Donekling'
horse is dead and the principals are now said
to be good friends.
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THE OLD WORLD.
Great Britain.

The Fighting in Albanta-A Battle in
Which the Turks Lost Heavily.
LONDON, June S.-The fighting in Albania
continues and may result in an intense con-
test for the independence which has been SO
long demanded and so often denied or evaded
by the Porte. Constantinople dispatches an
nounce another battle in the Kastrati hills,
with an enormously heavy Turkish loss.
The mountaineers seem to have had every
advantage of position, SO that their own
losses would indicate terrible fighting. The
Turkish troops were under the command of
Assym Pasha, an experienced general in
mountain fighting, who took the offensive
and undertook to drive the Alba
mans back beyond any probable
base of supplies. In this he failed
and after being repulsed was obliged to
retire, leaning over three hundred dead
amongst the hills. carrying away many hun
dred wounded soldiers with the greatest diff
Guilty. The extent of the Albanian losses
cannot be estimated with any accuracy, but
the Turkish officers believe that their dead
will exceed five hundred. The Turks are
being reinforced by detachments from seve-
raj points under orders from Constantinople
and fresh advance toward the south and
west viii be made at once.