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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-09-26

DY virtue of an order and commission
ID from said Court. there will DO sold, at
public auction, at the town oil Welsh, in said
p arish, TO the last and highest bidder, by the
administrator of said success
sion, or by duly qualified officer, on
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-09-23
EXPLAINED.

The Tribune this morning gives its
reasons for saying that had Secretary
Manning been at the head OF the Treas.
ury in 1865 he would have repudiated
the national debt. These are its reasons
TEE DEIooRAT is anxious to know why we
think that had such men as Secretary Man
nlng and Ex-Secretary McCulloch been in
charge of the Treasury in 1865 the national
debt would have been rupudiated. Simply
Tor the reasons that, first: At that time g
great many people thought it would be i'm
possible to ever pay the debt and advocated
Repatriation, and 1t required immense pluck
TO 5egin the fearful task. Second: because
Wild with treasury groaning with money and
with millions being added to the pile
monthly, the present Secretary, as the eY-
Secretary did, refuses to buy bond
That is no reason at all, and because
many men were in favor of repudiating
the debt in 1865 is no reason in the world
Tor believing that the present Secretary
OF the Treasury would have been smong
the number. Nor is it any reason ior SO
charging him because he refuses to buy
any bonds. The Secretary seems to have
some pluck even in these degenerate
days, and the probabilities are that he
would have had it in 1865. We are not
quite certain that the Treasury is being
run in the interest OF the national banks.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-09-23

but if it is, it is wrong, no matter whether
it is SO run by Democrats or Republicans.
We fail to see wherein there is any con-
nection between one of Yice-President
Hendricks speeches of last summer and
the charge against Mr.. Manning. Mr..
Mr.. Manning is responsible for himself
and not for the Vice-President. The
Tribune's explanation is very clear and
satisfactory to it, but not to us.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-09-23
NoTICE.


NJ H.. Z. WALLACE, RECEIVER op prrp,,,
- M haoneys for the Territory Of iitsh ~ S51dC
oi the H vested In me. and b
sAe 1on' secretary OF the Inferior. viii ss1i
AT PUBLIC AUCTION. -,
dsv o. sc9bneld, ,b Emery county. Utah ON ws,,n.s
a ~ 'ns In day Of October. 1855 at no o'eIonr
property 'na' day. the following Described
to the d. = ot a 1l NJ lumber now lying adjacent
at sis nsr iest e Of plank and boards. snnraiasg
about s feet and two lots coptainiee
plank bossas AND lss9 fee.
n4S lying at the sawmiIi Of SVEN M PEI io ieet
bidder ppefiy win be sold to the highest essh
of the Spprsised ss such bid shall be fwo-thirds
Dated sa,,r H.G. WALLACE. Receivsr
'"'e" SAT- Lake City. utah, Sent. 8 isSsssr' isss
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-09-23
Wells, Fargo & Co.'S
B a M *
SALT LAKE, CITY ssp.u
UTAH.

General Bonkang Busiasss Transoeted.
sold. M"
Special attention given to the purchase and
sale OF ores and bullion.
rent rates.
Telegraphic transfers made and commercial
end travellers credits Issued, available In the
principal cities of the world
ents, an Express Agency in almost every
Town west OF the Rocky Mountains, afords us
special facilities for making collections and
executing commissions
and manufacturing. firms, corporations, min
ing companies, stock growers and individual
received on favorable terms
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31

WEDDING PRESENTS A SOURCE
OF REyENUE.-The Chicago Her
aid quotes a resident Of that city as
saying: 81 am getting tired of this.
| like to be courteous to n~eighbers.
and don't mind helping a young mar
ried couple to a lift, but | guess III
quit. Here is an invitation to an.
other wedding. Hundreds ofpeople
who barely know the couple will at
tend and carry gifts just because it
is to be a fashionable event, and they
like to have their names in the
papers. Twice within the last YEA
have gone tojewelery or furnishing
stores kept by acquaintances of
mine, and there found for sale arti-
cles which my wife or / had given
the %proprietors at their weddings.
or course they were the duplicates,
and no. household needs 20 pickle
dishes or Is spoonhoIders, but I
guess | won't go to anymore we'd
dings outside Of my own family.
| DOM object to helping set a young
couple up 10 their house, but I draw
the line on setting them up in bust.
ness.r
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31

and over and over again; ana tne more ns
read it the less his understood why Artemus
Wards writings should be popular. while
his pieces had fallen stiilborn from the
press. He made up his mind taat it
was the bad spelling that had lent
wings to Artemus Wards >humor and
made him famous aud that it was
his own loyalty to Webster's Una
bridged that had weighted his hui
NOR down. SO be TOOK his essay
ON the mule. THE mules a fayorite ami
NAL with me- Josh once said. he has
treated me pretty rough, and rve treated
him pretty rough; we understand each
other"-and without changing a word
"he slowed round the spelling as he ex-
prescott, and sent it toe weekly paper ofnot
large circulation at ths time. Before mail
ing it he signeirit "Josh Billings" Josh
was in honor Of an old comrade Josh Carew1
OF his western life; Billings cana by in
spiratioa as it WERE The misspslled "Essa
on the Muel" was printed and instantly
went the rounds OF the press" and the
name Of Josh Billings became famous
$3.50 was his pay for the first essay he
offered to a newspaper. Then a New York
paper gave him $i00 a week for a half
column Of squibs As a lecturer be also
commanded large audiences and good prices.
His lecture on "Milkp will be long remem-
berei. Indeed, it matterei little what the
topics wers to h. treated of in his lectures
his title was generally "Milk.n
In 1871 he began the publication Of his
Farmers AlmInax," which in its second
year had a sale of l27. 600 copies and netted
the author and publisher SO, 900 each.
Mr.. Shay looked like a very melancholy
man. HIS strong features and long gray
hair attracted attention every where As a
story teller he was inimitable. His faculty
OF serving up homely truths with a dressing
Of bad spelling and a sauce Of Yankee wit
may never DO equaled.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31
"Jo.h BiIlinr...,

..Josh BILLINGS is dead nm opnor,cn
ment which brongbt ragrets 70 This whola
land for thara IVES sco rcalv a b.n,iot 49,
onaa nd ~ the co,,ntrv totb othan -.La.aSn
mates were not familiar with The name or a..
a,s;ntsJ 18th tha rraintsav;no. - H. = az ~
nor;st nh;Iosonhsr Dssth end ,,;rth asa ~
far d;sassociated that tbs .rno,ncanoon.
carries with II : recnlisr shock The tho,,nht
that .Iosh who has ani;vensd thousa,dsh ~
his wit cheered mn many ! s;nIin@ ha.ry
and brourbt sunsbine into numerons bon,as
who seemei to possess a Fountain If lon
Observation-Disclosures iov and vat he mnst ~
swar The s,mmons Iika the rast 81 ma Will,
nm lacturinc tour ba died s,,ddanlv /, t,a4aI
at Monterey. California an Oct IA
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31
KING AND QUEEN OF GREECE

Greece, too, is preparing to reach her paw
into the beehive IND draw out such chunks
of honey as she may. Greece did not get
what she considered her just dues at the
treaty of Berlin but she did not make much
fuss about it at the time. chiefly, becauseshe
could not help herself. She acquiesce1 out
wardly, and bide1 her time. 1t looks now
as though possibly she might get her inn
ings She can muster an army of 146. 00)
men. Like the other states mentioned, the
moment the Roumelian rebellion took place
Greece began to prepare for war. If Macedo-
MIA rises IN an effort 10 throw off thu Turkish
woke. what moro natural than that Greece
should join in and help her ancient prov
ince, in the hope and expectation of get
ting it hack?
George l is the present King of Greece.
He is a son of the King of Denmark, conss-
quently brother of the Empress of Russia
and the pretty Princess Of Wales. Here
again Russian and English competitions are
doutlel and twisted. Georges wife, more
over Queen Olga, is a cousin OF Car Alex.
ander Ill King George il 40 years old; his
wife is "a, and they have a large and in
teresting family.
Tho one dream of Greece is Hellenic ex-
tension We may be sure she will loss no
shadow of a chance 60 impress hsr ilea on
the powers.
Finally. tie ona o ha- party chiefly in
terestel in thu R~ouriI.in question is the
ruler of the sublime porte.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31

KING N QUEEN OF ROUMANIA.
The estimated population of Roumania i.
somewhat less than 5, 800, 900, though the
total number of Roumanians is about
100000. They are scattered through tbs
~neighboring states in large numbers.
Bucharest is the capital, a shabbily built
tow of 250,03l. In. Tina OF war, Rou
muufa can muster an army of 100, 009.
In 1851 the two provinces of WaliachiG.
and Moldavia were unite1. The new stats
was given the name of Roumania. The
present ruler, whose portrait appears in
the illustration is King Karl or Carol l..
He was born in 1889, elected prince in 1866,
and crowned king in 1881. He is of German
descent. His wife, the queen, was Princess
Elizabeth Won Nemvisd.
Roumania owe its present independent
position to its friendship with Russia
When the war broko out between that
country AMI Turkey in 1877, Roumania
yignei an agreement with the cars govern
ment, granting free passage to Russian
troops through Roumanian territory. Then,
while Turkey had her hanis iull, the
government assembly proclaimed tn, indie
pendsnce of Roumania at Bucharest. Toe
Roumanian army went into the war on
the side of Russia, and fell upon tn. Turk
tooth and nail They distinguish them
selves before Plevna. When in 1873 tho
Berlin congress met to straighten things
out, it cgreel to recognize the independence
of Roumania. So that the kingdom Of
Roumania too is a creation Of the treaty of
Berlin.
The Roumanians speak a language which
is a direct descendant from the ancient
Latin, mingled with many Slavonic words
In blood the inhabitants are as mixed as a
mince pie. There are 200, GOO gypsies among
them, and 400, 600 Jews. By the treaty Of
Berlin it was settled that no mans religious
belief should abridge his civil rights.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31

money. Next he hired himself out to drive
cattle. and WA again unfortuna ate. Having
obtained the place Of master Of o small
steamboat On the Ohio, he navigated the
river for two years, having I'm that time
sunk three vessels and lost, according &c
bis own calculation, 5000 or $40, 900.
which was all thu more deplorable as hs
had no money to begin with Teaching
was his next enterprise, and later banking.
He had neithsr capital nor credit, and soon
suspended As a failure In life he was
thus far . succssz
Finding himself at tia aga of 40 with
three growing daughters he cams east with
the intention Of securing an education for
them He settled az Poughkeepsie, on tho
Hudson, In the business of auctioassr.
Among his various callings this was ons in
which he bad some previous experiences and
In which his natural hufnor aijei him
materially. His luck seemed to change. Ho
actually made money bers. His real; wit
on the auction stani attracted tho ntten-
ton Of q newspaper editor ia the village.
and he invited him to contribute to BIS
paper. Hs dill 50 to tia extent OF abo1t
forty essays which atsract,l little attsn-
tion. though It needsd but q sight change
m them to bring their aathor fortuna
which they afterwards did. Oas day Mr..
Shaw read ons Of the squibs OF Artemas
Ward on a subject that he had treated in
Of his short essayz He real It ovsr
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31
MARTINsBURG, w. VA, SATURDAY, OCT. 81, 1885.


1t is not healthy to be sultan OF Turksy.
Consequently they never live to be very
old. An accident IS apt to shorten THAR
lives. Abdul Hamid II was born in 1874
His brother Murad v was sultan before
him, but in 1875 the council Of ministers do
clared Murad to be suffering from idiocy, 80
they deposed him and put Abdul Hamid in
his place. We cannot give Q picture Of the
sultana or empress, from the fact that there
are $50 many of her. $ Artemus Ward
would say. Other wise we would be glad to
do so. Quite as an aside IN this question. y
it really worth while to p~erpetuate in CIV
ilissd Europe such q barbarism and anach-
ronism as Turkey, with its savage cruslties
Of government and the morals and tanners
Of King Solomon's timet To the uupreju-
dicial eye it really seems small business for
Christian England and Germany TO be
bolstering up harems and polygamy, and
eunuchs and b~astinadoing and other abomi-
nations.
The porte appeals to the powers to re
that Che provisions OF the Berlin treaty.
giving it the sovereignty over Eastern
Roumelia, are carried out.
But the porte has lived long enough
Better let it go. 1t is q blot on Christian
Europe, anyhow. JOHN SrETsoN.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31
KING AND QUEEN OF srRv1A.

Il King Of Servia, was born in 1854 In
1915 Milos Obranovich, a peasant, headed
an instruction Of Servians against the
Turk, and was acknowledged b. the Sultan
Prince OF Servia. Milan Is tho descendant
Of this brave peasant, and the fourth Of the
dynasty. He became prince by the assas-
sination Of his uncle in 1888 There is con-
siderable more excitement than quiet salts
faction in hung ruler of one Of these bloody
little states h the Balkan peninsula. A
king or princs never knows what day his
head may not come of. Milan was crownsd
primes at Belgrade in 1872. TIL map in the
beginning Of this letter shows the Afstribu-
ton Of territory for tho Balkan FaninsuIa
by the treaty of Berlin. By2th1 treaty
Servia became independent Of EH<key IN
1878 Then Milan becams k6ns and
was solemnly proclaimed such. Bel
grade is the capital Milan,s queen is
Natalie, a daughter of Col. Ereschko. Of
the Russian Imperial guard Sc that Servia
tool IS closely in sympathy With Russia. At
once the news of the Roumelian revolution
reached Servia the army Of that little king
dom moved toward thu southern frontier.
1t is 60, 600 strong. The pretsnse was that
the boundary of Servia must be protected
in case the adjoining Turkish provinces of
AZ 6AADdALd 1850 IL AOfOAaA
King Milan said in such a case he would be
forced to act with the insurgents or be de-
POSED. Certain it is that all Servia is wild
for war in some shape.
Being himself Of peasant blood, not many
removes, King Milan il very popular
among his subjects. You will observe that
the kings and princes of these half barbar-
GUS little states are well made and hand
some fellows, looking to be man OF power
and presence. They are young. too. in the
flower OF their age. and cultivated and
ambitious to a man. Nobody knows
what yet may happen. King Milan is
strongly built AMI swarthy. He is a ins
linguist, Of a free handed, frank nature.
In some respects he resembles the late
Victor Emanuel OF Italy, being passionate
ly fond Of hunting AMI averse to appearing
in public. He likes to play cards and his
favorita reading is military WORKS and
novels. Beautiful Qus,a Natalie Is now
only 26 years old, though she has been ten
years married. Her proclivities are Eng
lish. She speaks that language we'll, and
prefers its literature. Shs is q tall brunette
with faultless features and winning ways.
She, too. knows many tongues, speaking al
most equally well French, English, Rus
sian, Roumanian AMI Servian. But eiu-
Gated Russian; always are greai linguists.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31

THE BALKAN PENINSULA AS IT Is NOW.
They parceled ont the peninsula this way
and that Servia, Roumania and Bulgaria,
all ancient dominions of the Turk. were
erected into provinces to themselves. Bull
paria was tributary to the Turk. Between
Bulgaria and Constantinople the iittie prov
ince of Eastern Roumeiil wa ) established. 1t
was meant for a safeguard between Tur-
key and Russia, a sort OF neutral ground, as
it were. Eastern Roumelia at the same
time was a semi independent province.
The sultan appointed the governor, though
tie little state was supposed TO govern it.
self. Its subsection to Turkey consisted
chiefly in its paying taxes to the porte, to-
erably stiff taxes, too. ~Philippopolis is the
capital.
That was in 1873. All vent smoothly a.
far as outside knowledge went, till sud
denly. on the 18th OF this September. with
out q word or warning, the inhabitants CT
~Philippopolis rose and proclaimed tina They
no longer belonged to Turkey, but to Bu-
garia. They seizsd til, Turkish governor
and officers n imprisoned them. Then
they put their own men in the places of
these, and a provisional government was
formed. 1t and the Roumelian soldiers
swore allegiance to Prince Alexander, of
Bulgaria, On the spot.
That was all there was of it. A reyolu-
tion that may shake the thrones of Europ,
before it is done with was accomplished
without a drop of bloodshed.
Prince Alexander of Bulgaria accepted
the plucky little state thus made a present
to him, in q manner SO cool and quiet a; to
hint that he knew all about it beforehanl.
He appointed at once M. Strausky, gov
erior of the province, and him self pro-
ceeded to P~hilippopolis at his leisure.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31
when In The wrong enamel

The bile wreaks grievous injury. Headaches,
constipation, pain In the liver and stomach,
Jaundice, nausea ensue. A few doses OF Hos
letters Stomach Bitters wiilreform these evils
and prevent further injury. IL Is a pleasant
aperient. its action upon the bowels being
unaccompanied by gripping. The liver is both
regulated and stimulated by 1t, and as Il Is
very impolitie TO disregard disorder Of that
In dangerous congestion and hespatic abcess,
the Bitters should be resorted To at an early
with the malady more protracted, Fever
and ague. rheumatism, kidney and bladder
troubles, are remedied by this fine medicine,
and the increasing inhrmities ofage mitlgated
by IL. II may be also used in convalescence
with advantage. as ii hastens the restoration
of Vigor.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31

any dear" implored a husband,
" will you be kind enough to sew
some buttons on my overcoat 7
They are nearly oil off. +" ~ am very
sorry, " replied the wife, with a look
of real regret as she fastened her
bonnet OH, .'but the heather are suf-
fering and / haven't a moments
time to spare. / am late for the
sewing society as it is.n
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31

Mr.. Myers is a native of Rick. mond, Va,
and 81 years OF age He is nearly 8 feet
8 inches tall, and weighs but l10 pounds.
With a good education he came to New
York and obtained a clerkship in a drug
house. Being considered a good runner
from toyhood he naturally took an intere5 IT
IN our athletic club races, and in 1878 tried
bis pace with their best runner, whom hs
beat easily. This attracted some attention,
but the following season he created a sen ,a-
ton by his sped, and he has proved him
self more and more q marvel since. His
style is SO easy and graceful, his step so
light and elastic that he appears to accom-
plish his wonderful speei with perfect ease.
When running his strides measure seven
feet. and here again the reader can make a
comparison by measuring OFF a few foot
prints that distances apart and then try and
step into them. s. II. H.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31

The prince is a fine, manly looking fellow,
son of Prince Alexander of Battenberg.
He is brother of hat Primes Henry of Bat
tenberg, who recently married the queens
daughter, Beatrice. The little B~attenberes
may yet make a great figure in Europe.
Thesympathies of Bulgaria are emphaticaily
Russian. The prince himself won his
spurs by fighting on the Russian side
in the last Turco- Ruz sian war. lie was
at the famous siege OF Plevna, and
crossed the Balkans with Gen. Gourko.
He was elsciei by the Bulgarians them
selves, in 1879, hereditary prince of the
state. Consequently, unless tlsa c are some
more revolutions, his son viii sacceed to
his title. But nobody can tel. He is yet a
young man, having been born IA 1851.
The war strength of Bulgaria is 50, O10
The province was captured by the Turks as
long age as the year 1892 The people are
Sclavic in blood and Christians Of the
Greek .hurch in religion. In the six cen
turies during Which they have been subject
to Turkey their history has been enc record
Of oppression at the hands Of Their Moham-
medan ruler. The people of East Roumelia
were taxed to death and oppressed fright
fully, it is claimed, and they rose in revolt
Now, an endless chain of war and diplo-
macy hang on this question of whom East
Roumeiia is peruistei to belong to. The
boundary lines of Greece, Roumania,
Servia and several othes states were
sharply defined by ths Berlin treaty. Ii
Bulgaria is permitted to pocket the lttls
province, Sarvia IS en- ambitious nsigh5or
that WI insist on having another slice of
something too SO will Greece, SO will
Rouman.a AM the resi-.
As a matter of fact, the army of Servia
is already III fighting trim. Servia's hand
is against both Balg tria and Turkey. It
is almost safe to predict that by the tine
this reaches ecu / ere viii be fighting along
tie borders Of Ss-via an Bulgaria It will
be a three eornered fight
Bulgaria is only a p-,ncedosn. Servia
and Roumania are already kingdoms Milan
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31
LETTER FROM LONDON.
WHAT THE FUSS is ALL ABOUT
WITH RouMELlA AND TURKEY.
Portraits Of the Sovereigns Interested
in the Question-Turkey Ought
to Pack Up and Get Out
OF Europe.
Especial Correspondence

jSpeciA CoffespoHdence.I
LONDON, Oct. What the map of south
eastern Europe is to-day can be made out
with some painstaking attention. What it
will be year from now he would be q reck-
less man indeed who should undertake to
predict. There is a curious toy called Prince
Ruperts tears. 1t is a pretty-Iooking bit
of glass blown into shape with such tension
upon it that a touch at ono part will shiver
it into atoms. That expresses the present
status of the part of Europe known az the
Balkan peninsula. A good many worthy
people about this time will glanca at the
dispatches headed the Uprising in Rou-
melia," and say to themselves: ssWhat in
the name of fury is it all aboutY" A few
words here will probably make it clear to
them-that is, as clear as it is to anybody.
At tie close of the last war between Rus
STA and Turkey the great powers Of Europe
met at Berlin, and settled the question be-
tween those two ancient enemies for the
time.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31

"What is the origin OF motion ~
asked a celebrated preacher. Well,
there are many origins. A call to
come up and have a drink will bring
80 e to their feet in a second, and
a spider down a girls back is the or
igin Of some of the liycIiest motion
the world ever saw.