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From Peon to President.

A San Francisco artist WAS showing
CaU reporter some portraits of Cen.
trail American presidents. One shown
was q dashing military man with sufli-
cient African blood to tell even in pic
t,lrc. 1t was the late President Guardia
of Costa Rica of such uncnviable fame
the samo who died owing England mil
lions for the famous Costa Rica railroad ;
the same who never paid even his per-
sonal debts whenever he could avoid it.
"IIc was the little Napoleon OF Cen
trail America" said the artist. He made
himself president. lie was barcfooted
peon who was picking cc-tcans with
his wife Dona Amelia" and the artist
put next to Guardia's portrait the like
ness of tine,looking lady, exceedingly
white, but with sad expression. "Hc
became first soldier and then prcsl.
dent, through coup d'ctat. lie gained
the adhesion of eleven patriots, who,
having procured sufficient pistols and
machetcs dong knivcs), hired man for
the purpose, who drove them in wagon
all covered up with zacate or green
grass. When they passed by the Guar
tel or barracks, the driver called the
sentinel and told him to ask
the commandant if lie would
not buy some zacate; that he,
the driver. would sell it at half-prlcc on
account of his having to ride far out
into the country. The sentinel having
inquired of the commander, who re-
piled in the affirmative, the gates OF the
cuartcl were thrown open, the mozo
drove in, the men jumped out, and by
killing the commandant and every ono
who opposed them, they obtained pos
session of the barracks, and Guardia
proclaimed himself president of Costs
Kica."
Three Georgia weeklics are edited bJ
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WISE WORDS.

The weakest and lowliesr persons are
often instruments of great good.
When a man has no desire but to speak
plain truth he may say great deal in
narrow space.
Some peoples hearts are shrunk in
them like dried nuts. You can hear 'cn
rattle as they walk.
1t argues poor opinion of ourselves
when we cannot admit any other class OF
merit beside our own, or any rival in that
class.
There is in oil of US an impeachment to
perfect happiness; namely, WEAKNESS o
the things which we possess and desire
for the things that We have not.
1t signifies little what we say Of our &C.
quaintanccs, so that VIC do not tell them
what others say against them. Tale
bearers make all the real mischief.
Prosperity, they often say, is more try
ing than adversely. AS with man, so it
is with meat; in adverse weather it will
keep sweet for long time; but only let
there be long season of sunshine, and
sec how quickly 1t goes to the bad.
That which we are we shall teach, not
voluntarily, but involuntarily. Thoughts
come into our minds by avenues which
VIC never left open, and thoughts go
ont of our minds through avenues
which we never voluntarily opened.
Character teaches over our head.
There is no subject or proposition that
should not be investigated by the mind.
If it be of evil investigation will deter
mine the fact and give us an opportunity
to avoid it; if it be of good, mcntal in
vcstigation will apprisc us of the fact
and permit lis to entertain or favor it..
Among the many arguments, while
others have been refutcd, this alone re-.
mains unshaken, that we ought to be.
ware of committing injustice rather than
of being injured, and that above all q
man ought to study not to appear good,
but to be so, both publicly and private
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The Reception Ceremonies.

The New York Board of aldermen and the
members of the American committee started
for Gra.vcsend from the foot of Wal! street -
9Lrioi K A. N. OH the nth. After formal
grcctil gs OH board of the lscre, procession
formed under command Of Commodore
Chandler. ,f the Brooklyn navy yard, con-
sistinS of tie United States vessels Powhatan,
Omaha and Minnesota, the committees bont.
the Isere and the French frigate In Flore.
When Betlloe's island was reached the COM
mandcr of tho lscro landed for tho purpose of
making preliminary formal transfer OF his
charga. lie then followed in the Frencl,
ulmlral's yacht the rest of the flotilia to the
landing at the Battery. The Seventy first,
the Twelfth and the Sixty-nintl regiments
were at the Battery to receive the
visitors There We're also in waiting there
force Of mounted police, number
of representatives Of French societies
anil detachmentS Of tho Guards Ro'
ciambeau and Lafayette. The procession
marched up Broadway to city hall, At one
o'clock there We're addresses in the governors
room by Mayor Grace, Mr. Frederick r.
Coudert and General Stone. An address
adopted at the last meeting of the New York
board of aldermen was also presented to the
French officers. At two o'clock there was
luncheon in the governors room.
The governors room and common council
chamber were decorated, and the window:
and picture frames draped with French ant
american flags.
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ONLY ONE SURVIVOR.
Tie Sad Fato OF a Once Wealthy
Ea nailx al Alle0llonY C.lY

The sad Fato OF a Once Vca!thy
Family Of Allegheny CITY.
A Pitt,burg PENN dispatch says that
"thers is now only one survivor Of the oncs
highly respected and wealthy family, the Nc
Geary's of Allegheny City. The father died
years ago in mad house. His widow soon
followed him, leaving large estate to eacn
IF four sons-Harry, Marsh, Abbott and
Frank. Abbott died from delirium trsmens;
leaving considerable property in the care OK
Harry, as executor. A woman, who state1
that shs was Abbott's wife and haa
been recognized as such by many, parties
here and in other cities, produced O
will by which all Of his property
went M to her. Harry McGeary pronounced
the pap,r forgery and contested ie IN co9iS
The trial ended on Saturday with verdict .,iiss
for the woman Harry was CONSIDERABLY
worried over the verdict, and did not sleep
last night nor Oil Saturday night. Anoue D
A. N. to-day lie persuaded his VIE 70
leave tho room for bottle of meolcne.
AS soon as the door clossd McGeary went TO
a bureau, drew out revolver and shot hin.
self in the head, dying in few minutes. IL
IL said that be had squandered the major por'
ton of his brothers estate, and was unaole 70
satisfy the verdict of Saturday. His lawyers
deny this. Marsh McGeary shot himself
dead In q Cincinnati hotel III November.
Frank is the sole survivor Of The family"
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The TurkOnlans.

The 'Turkomans are nomadic people
occupying Armenia and the center Of
Asia Minor. aud our knowledge of them
has recently been increased by the mar
rativc of a Russian traveller, whose book
is published in St. Petersburg. Proverbs
are a good irdex to the character of q
nation, and that Of the Turkomans, read
by the light of the following sayings, is
certainly formidable:
''IIc who has seized the hilt OF his
sword does not wait for prctcXt."
"a mounted Turk oman knows neither
father nor mother"
"NYherc there is town, there are no
wolves; where there arc Turkomans,
there is no rcace."
mo Persian crosses the Atrcck, ex-
ccpt with a rope round his neck"
"Thc Turkoman needs not the shade
of trees nor the protection Of laws"
1t is needless to add that people with
such proverbs are not always agreeable
ncighbors. The Turkomans have nc
town worthy of the name. Even Mcrv,
the Queen of the World, rs it is called,
is but a conglomcration of huts, and
is more of an agricultural dis
trict than what we arc usually accus-
toned to call town. The inhabitants
of these townlcss stcppes live in carts,
each cart containing a family, and lead
wandering life somewhat like that OF our
own gypsies, only incomparably more ro-
mantle. Their women are industrious,
possess much more independence than
Mohammcdan women of other nations,
and wear no wells. The men are not
smart in appearance, and their national
costume does not approach the splcndol
of the Circassian dress, or even that OF
the Cossacks. They treat their horses
very atfectionatcly, and though they are
not graceful in the saddle, and cannot
perform any feats of horseman>hip, they
are indcfatigablc riders. This quality
of endurance their horses share with
them. and Turcoman thinks nothing
of galloping twenty miles at q stretch
AS the Turkoman's horse is his most
valuable possession. he bcstows more
than ordinary attention on 1t. lie, his
wife, and his children may be in rags,
and starving, but his dear steed must
want for nothing, and he richly capari
soncd and wrapped in several horse
cloths. Iouth's Companion.
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WE TWO.
All, yes, It was years and years agone,

All, yes, It was years and years agone,
When life to us had no care OF blight,
That we watched the white ships come an
90,
AS we sat together each summer night.
We climbed the hillsides hand in hand,
With not a shadow of i'll in view,
And drank from Natures sweetest spring,
WeTwo!
My swain he was noble, brave and strong,
With love as boundless Us is the sea,
And so I was all the world to him,
And he, too, was all the world to me-
Though clouds obscured the glorious blue,
With joy within we knewit not,
We met when the breath of morn was sweet
In the shady lane where the robins sung;
And one blessed dawn We pledged our troth
In little nook where the hluebclls hung,
Where the roses blushed as the winds swep
And lilies bowed meath their weight O.
dew,
We walked and talked till the sun was high
WcTwo!
Ah, yes, it was years and years ago
Since the wedding bells rang sweet anc
clear;
And our boys and girls are gone--all gone
Some far away, some buried here!
Now we sit with thin and whitened locks,
And our days below we know are few,
But we love with a deep unchansing love,
We Two
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THE NATIONAL GAME

# "a a close race between New Y ork ano
Chicago for the League championship
TIE St. Louis club seems to be the coming
chornnion OF the American ASSOCIATION.
vrcE-PaEs1pENr HENDRICKS attends near.
10 ali the Indianapolis club games when a.
home. -, n...,
Tur American association and Nauon1
,ooo,,e will hold q conference meeting Au
gust l.
coySoR, Of New York, leads the league 10
,ottinc and O'Rourke, OF the same club, IN
ns-getting.
PRESIDENT YOUNG Of the National league
bas notified all clubs that rule " had been
Changed and that hereafter pitchers Will nave
co restrictions on their delivery.
AT the opening game played by the Chr
caros on their new ground their opponents
being the st. Louis club-there was Presen'
1O3S7 people The Chicagos won easily.
TIE greatest distance that baseball has
heen thrown Is 1873 yards foot IL incnes,
by John Hatfield, in Brooklyn, l.. l., uceooer l
x 1S52 Cranes throw is not authenticated
Tur League club Of St. Louis has paid
Hneh Daly's $500 fine, and he has been rem
stated, and has signed to play with tne oe;
In,is team. Daily is the noted one-armeo
pitcher. c..au;,h
THE ball season in Honolulu, Sandwlcn 9I
Islands, opened by game between tSe irGnV, r,
inin cinh and nine from the U. 5. s. darS
ford then at that port. Score, Honoiuu, i0'
Hartfords2
BALDWIN, the Milwaukees left handed
pitcher, is a Michigan farmer; IN m aa',.Uu a. nauu
beng most excellent asd pscnsrd is sd to netSes
drink, smoke or chew.
AIrAD of five or six runs doesn't decide O
80 hkHi this - year M nor unnerve the players.
snrh s leads are overcome nearly every day
oo,v Time was when lead Of three runs
was almost certain to settle game
The championship record up to recent oa'0
is as follows:
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The Muse Of Song.

The loving genius of the more scnsi-
tive of mankind once appeared before
Jupiter and prayed: "IIcavcnly Father,
Give thy poor people a better language
for they have words only with which to
express how to mourn. how they rejoice,
how they love-" "llavc | not given
them the tear" asked Jupiter, 1.-THE tear
of Joy, the tear of sorrow, the tear OF
lovc!'
The guardian angel answered, "Not
even the tear gives sufficient expression
to the heart, Heavenly Father give thy
people bette: language when they wish
to say how they feel the infinite longing
the remembrance Of the little morn
ing star Of chlldhood; the glow OF the
golden aurora OF youth, and the con-
temptation in mature age, Of the golden
evening clouds of future life, as they
appeared bright and high above the
vanquishcd sun.
Give the heart new language, my
Fathcr?'
Just then Jupiter heard within the
realm of spheres, the approach OF tn!
Muse ii Song. TO her hc bcckoncd ami
said:
.Desccnd to earth, oh, Muse, and
teach mankind thy lnnguage.'
Then came the Muse OF Song to us
here below, and taught lis the tones
and since then the human heart CAR
speak. .--Lta.1 Pum.
f,,I 10
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special train from Saratoga, WHITTIER ne had
come on the first train from New York. DR..
Douglas met him at the little station, and
they walked arm-in-arm up the hill, will
Colonel Grant beside them. DR.. Sands had
brought no instrument case with him. DR.
Douglas explained to the reporters that nc
operation had been contemplated or would
be performed. He had only sent for Dr.
Sands so that his assurance, added to his OWL
might aid in reassuring the family. Up tc
this time the general remained ir his room iI
n depressed state Of mind. Drs. Sands ant
Douglas examined him together, and after Q
long wait came out Of the house together
DR.. Douglas said:
1--WE have examined General Grant.
throat and found that there has been NJ
change since last SUNDAY, when DR.. Sands
last saw it, Neither DR.. Sands nor myself
regard him as in any Immediate danger. HI
is better now than he has been for many
rraaks y
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Total $500

lOtal .......... .............'..' S""o
This he divides by yield of sixteen
bushels to the acre--a low estimate
giving the cost of a bushel BIT cents.
Adding to this the cost of threshiag,
Z cents bushel, and hauling to the
elevator, It cents, gives total of 30d
cents. Valuing tine land and improve,
ments at $15 an acre, with interest at s
per cent. gives $1.20 an acre per annum,
which divided by q yield of sixteen
bushels, equals y cents. Therefore, if
the wheat was sold at Al cents there
would still be net increase from the
lands of s per cent. But the average
price received was much greater than
IL per cent. and a yield of twenty
bushels to the acre was quite general
last year. Mr.. Adams concludes that
when the day comes that northern Min
nesota and Dakota farmers cannot grow
wheat at the market price with profit,
that day will sec those States whose
lands arc worth 500 or even $50 an
acre entirely out of the running. If any
part of the United States can afford to
grow wheat at low price it is the
Northwest; there wheat growing is the
cheapest, according to Mr.. Adams de-
ductions, and there will the largest
profits be.-BraaStreets.
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OLEOMARGARINE,
The Law Against it In New York
Declared CncOns titufiOnaI.

Tho New York court Of appeals has
given decision in the casa of tho People
agt. Morris Marx, which was prosecuted
as test OF chapter 2O2, Laws of 1854.
This act was to prevent deception
in sales of dairy products and section 6 pro-
hibitcd tbs manufacture out of oleaginous
substances of any compound except that pro-
duced from unadulteratod milk or cream, de-
signed to take the place of butter.
The defendant, who was arrested i'll New
York for selling olcomargarine, proved on his
trial that the commodity was rs wholesome as
dairy butter, hut this evidence was stricken
out This dsalowance of testimony and nj
legged unconstitu:onality of the law, as oppres
sive interference with iegitimative trade. were
the bases of appeal. The judgment of the
general term of the supreme court, affirming
the defendants conviction under the law, is
reversed by the court of appeals, and the
above section of the act is declared unconsti
tutional. Judge Rapello is the writer of the
opinion, in which the whole court concurS.
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KILLED AND EATEN,
H0rri:le Fate of Nine Hostages In
WCAt Africa.

Horrible Fate of Nine Hostages In
West Africa.
a sensation has been caused hy the arrival
at Liverpool of private mail ndviccs from
West Africa which report horrible outrage
nv natives. A small war has been i'll prog.
ress for some time between certain tribes
on the Brass river in Guinea. anu nine prls..
oncrs who had b,en captured during one of
tEc fights were held US hostages to secure the
pay,nrnt of IL certain number of pounds or
ivory by their friends: The ransom not being
Forthcoming ut the stipulated time, the hos
tases were killed, cooked and eaten. their skulls
being sent to their tribe rs warning OF what
the next prisoners might expect. The chief
of the cannbalistic tribe has a great reputa-
ton for courage and feroci.y, but was be-
lieved to have been converted by English
Baptist missionaries who have been laboring
in the valley of the Niger.
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PROFESSOR PArsEs assertion ,HomeD aeoas as ,ps ms
considerable part playea py n T the collation. OF
es ;; s%s hss Tfigsf ss q e i3S
the tites f o. witch we're written by women,
tae a,FI Isw AZ, cantatas and operettas, but cor,
ana o,,,en, i who aids in bringing to light the
ref Vcry numerous examples, adds, in com.
,'uricai nUr ion to the Boston Transcript: lhete
i.', !. Nothing which can be brough forward 10
= - ,mtraye6tion of Professor Paine's assertion,
md think l am safe in saying tnas .h ho
woman is entitled to rank even ~ Aou'n
rate composer" -----
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IT is stated in notices Of Sir Julius Bene
diets death that of recent years he has been
save Liszt the only musician Of emlnence
who had the personal acquaintance OF Bee
thoven Sir julius, as Il youth Of twenty
saw Beethoven at Vienna, but ferdlnunt
Hitler, who died but a few weeks ago, was u
we'll acquainted with him.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Fastcrn and Middle stnte..

OLIVER Bros, the largest iron firm ir
Pittsburg who employ 4,WD men, have sgnc"
the scale. This, q Pittsburs telegram says
virtually ends the strike in favor Of the iron
workers
AN explosion Of gas has ruined the Dor
rance coal mine ut Wilkesbarre, Penn. The
pecuniary loss is $40 900, and $50 men art
thrown out Of work.
THE wife OF The lato President Rutter, o
the New York Central railroad, died at Sing
Sing on the 18th, two days after her lus
bands death.
ANTHONY MURPHY was fatally, and twL
other workmen seriously injured by the fall
irg of insecure walls at Pittstield, Mass.
A BILL exemptins soldiers and sailors from
civil service examination was beaten il: tbs
Massachusetts senate by tie vote.
THE great strike of ironworkcrs in Pitts.
burg, Tenn, is ended, all the manufacturer;
having signed tho wagc scale. The Cincin
natl, Wheeling, Mahoning Valley and
ChenanSo Fal,oy manufacturers on the wage
committee refused to sign the scale.
LIGHTNING struck the lard oil refinery OF
Washington Butchers Sons in Philadelphia
the large building caught lire and was quick.
ly consumed. Tho total loss is about $3.50, 800
CHAUNCEY NJ. DErEw has succeeded tho
late James H. Rutter as president of the
New York Central and Hudson Riyor rail.
road
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Cincinnatus received the notice Of his
election TO the Roman dictatorship whcr
he was plowinc-os Elisha did his com
mission to be a prophet. In each case
the choice was worthy ono, and the po.
sition in which the news surprised these
great men was nothing against their dig
nifty.
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The pendulum of the new clock in the
Chicago Board of Trade building weigh.
$50 hounds. The dials are ten feet ten
inches in diameter.
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Cost of Wheat Growing.

Some interesting statistics on wheat
growing in the Northwest have been fur
nished the press by Mr.. Cuyler Adams,
of Spiritwood. Oak. His operations on
the Spiritwood farm have been conducted
on quite an extensive scale, but he be-
lieves equally good results can be OBJ
tanned by smaller farmers, because,
though they pay more for machinery,
they do away with superintendent, cooks,
aud other men necessary in large cstab'
lishmcnt. This may not be altogether
correct, but Mr.. Adams statistics are nc
less valuable. lie estimates the total
cost of growing an acre Of wheat to be
five dollars, divided as TO lows:
Interest on outlay for horses and ma
chinery an aero at ~ per cent. ....... Sill
Cost of seed at 81 cents n bushel, SOW
ing ~ bushels to the acre. ......... 1.2C
Cost of stubble plowing the previous -.
FALL an acre e...................... O.
Cost of seeling an acre. .............. e
Cost of cutting and shocking, including
cord, an acre. .......... u
Cost Of ofsuperintendencc, watering stock, 1.
etc., all acre.. ...............".... VI
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South and Wc1f.

A MOB ut Os5coI Ohio. shot down Turner
Graham, q colored barber, and his wife, as
they Were returning to their home. Mrs.
Graham was killed, but her husband will re-
cover The sheriff arrested three mon for
the crime
y CYCLONE has swept through Iowa. carry.
ing death aid destruction i'll its track. The
village of Pulaski was wrecked, not house
remaining whole, and four per5ons-Nlrs.
Myers and her two children and a man
named Tutewiler-were killcl The town of
Nicola was also badly damaged and large
number of farm houses in its vicinity de-
stroyed. FROM numerous other points through
out the State come similar reports OF devastn-
ton, and the pecuniary loss will reach many
thousand dollars. Five persons are known
to have bccn killed, AMI several fatally in
jured
OWING 10 tine exhaustion Of the corn supply,
and a meagre wheat crop, the people of the
border countic; in Southwest Virginia arc
greatly distressed for food, and are threatened
with starvation.
A PORTION of Minnesota has suffered heav.
lily from n cyclone Two entire townships
were dcsClatcd, two or three lives lost, large
numbers of stock killed, the crops destroyed
and many buildings leveed to tho ground.
HENRY A. MEYERS, found guilty in Balti-
more of brutally betting his wife, was sem
fenced to receive twenty lnshes, to pay fine
of $40. and be imprisoned for one year. This
is the first instance in which n white man has
tcen sentenced to the lash in Maryland.
Only ono coored man has BEN whipped for
wife beating, though the law was passed
more than three years ago.
THE casualties of the tornado in Iowa reach
seventeen killed and sixty wounled. The
damage to property amounts to moro than
$l,000,0o0.
JAMES W. NEsMITn. Democratic United
States Senator from Oregon during the war,
died the other day at his country residence in
Derry, Ore.
lance committee in the Indian Territory and
summarily hanged to troc
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A woman is seldom merciful to man
who is tiluid.s ~~---
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Three Georgia wceklies are edited By
Indies. &c., ----
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Washington,

A WASHINGTON special says that Frank
Hurd, of Ohio, the prominent Democratic
free trade member of the Inst Congress, will
opponent at the last election, in tho next
House. The contest will be made by Hurd
OH the ground of fraud in the election.