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The Wilmingtonian., 1885-04-18
ASIAN STEPPES.
ANCIENT BATTLE GROUND OF
HISTORY.
nritfsh and Russian Troops Treading
the Footsteps of the Soldiers
of Antiquity.

1t is strange and interesting develop.
menr of history that two of the mightiest
empires of the modern world should meet
IN clash OF war in the ancient battle ground
OF the earlier empires. Here, in these step.
pes of Tartary, in the immediate neighbor.
hood of Bokhara, Herat, and in all the coun.
try south towards the Tigris and Euphrates,
'heir basin and the intervening country
northward, the Medes and Persians, the
Babylonians, Assyrians and Greeks waged
the greatest wars. This was the battl,
ground of Asia, many centuries before the
christian era, where spears and bows and
Parthian horsemen or the Greek phalanx
won the day. To-day, Gatling guns the
breech-loading rifle easily picking its man a
mile away, the trim hussar and .iaunty Ian
Ger with tall fluttering pennon, the thunder
Of cannon and the hurtling screeoh of shells
as they go sailing into the sky, might all
well dismay the ghosts of the ''retreatinp
ten thousand" But probably, as in the
days of Aufungzebe and Haroun AL Ras.
child, the great Mogul, the English will find
1t very convenient to follow oriental GUS
toms. Elephants will be found to be very
good pack animals. In the last century
when Lord Give was wrestling Hindostan
from the French he found those large brutes
very useful artillery aids. In the Sepoy re.
bellion in 1867 they were extensively used.
But Northwestern Afghanistan being a
series of steppes or plateaus, the country is
better suited for cavalry tactics. Here is
the native land of the horse. The clear air
OF the highlands, the open plains, stretching
np north towards Turkistan, the home OF
the Turcomans, is vast expanse of pampas,
where herds of wild horses roam freely
among the long waving grasses. As the
warm weather of midsummer advances the
plains quickly become parched and brown,
and herbage is found only near the infre-
quent oases or upon the banks of those
streams that have not dried up. This will
BE- the great difficulty of summer cam
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-04-18

4 = SnI not be an aggressive one, at least
uot in Asia. Ii England can hold the Al
CHAN frontier line intact she will do amaz-
.ngly well. 1t will take a larger army Of
only Englshmen can be expected to stand
lace to face with Russians, to keep a con-
tlnuous chain Of defence of over 1000 miles.
Russia must be the aggressor, she MARCHES
into an enemy's country, it is incumbent on
ner to carry her supplies many hundred
miles along She must keep open long
line of communication with her base, for the
Eastern shore of the Caspian is near as far
from Pepjdeh as Wilmington from Chicago.
There is railroad two-thirds of the way,
along which the supplies for Russa's 1Oo,-
| 900 soldiers which she proposes throwing on
the frontier as an invading force, must be
carried This road would be in daily peril
from the Afghan horse. The Afghan
storm Bird is famous horseman. In
regular warfare against Sheridan's cavalry,
| the German UhlaDs, or the Don Cossacks,
they would not make much headway, but as
light cavalry, rushing from point to point,
for capturing conveys and for guerilla work
they are Invaluable.
In America however, the main interest OF
an Anglo Russian war would be directed
towards the sight of English and Russian
cruisers coming in contact upon our Allan
tic or Pacific coast-lines, The Alaska, Ore
gon, Servia, City of Rome and other trans
atlantic steamships, with some of which
rnany of us in Wilmington have an acquain.
tanoe, are to be transformed into iron cru
isers.
These "greyhounds of the sea-" for the
next two or three years, may be destined tt
experience stirring history. They cannot
be used for fighting at close quarters, bul
will probably be lightly armor-plated, ant
furnished with long lapge guns, ''to tigh
and run away" their tremendous speed en-
} abling them to out-steam the fastest ship
Of the line of any navy in the world.
These armed cruisers would be Of i'm
J mense service in overhauliug blockade run
, ners, phase of sea-service Of which th
Q likelihood is that there will be great dea
attempted in this war. England will prob
l ably undertake complete block ads of al
4 Russian ports in the Baltic and Black Seas
and will greatly strengthen her Paeiti
/ squadrons. Petropaulovsk will be bombar
ded and the whole Kamschatkan coastlin
t as far as Saghalien will be watched by he
g men-of-war. An American merchant wit
s a cargo of canned meat which he propose
i to run into Odessa on the risk of gettin
4 past the blockading squadron, will have a
interesting time, Suppose he gets acros
IS the Atlantic all safely, which lie can readil
10 do unless he has contraband Of war aboart
IT the first visit paid him most likely will be {
d Gibralter. A gunboat will run out frol
IN under the fort, and in the presence of EN-
lish and American naval officers the astu
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tiOn showed that he had developed diabetes

tion showed that he had developed diabetes
which ended fatally.
DR.. Mills believes that the cause of the
sudden disease in in this case and the cause
of sudden death in great many others, are
to be found in extravasations into the vital
regions of the medulla. He has examined
many cases of scleross, paretic dementia,
and epilepsy, to discover, if possible, the
immediate cause of death, and invariably
found recent coDgestive and hemorrhagic
areas in the floor of the fourth ventricle
containing widely dilated vessels, filled with
freshly coagulated blood, and at times sur
rounded by extravasations. These obserya-
tions agree with those made by Won De-
Kolk and Others, and indicate the line of
treatment which should be followed.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-04-18
TO ONE IN THE SPIRIT LAND.

Three times, pet the roses have ''blossomed
And faded our faces between;''
Three tunes DER your still heart my darling
The grass on your grave hath grown green,
And my lips wear the smiles that taught them,
And your name without weeping speak;
Ahi I've learned in these long, weary years. love,
What the poor heart may bear and not break.
Do you know, pet, sometimes I'm so weary,
And stumble where duty would guide
AS the flowers on your grave seem to mock me,
And tell of the beauty they hidef
Oh, darlingi ask God to forgive mel
He never would answer my prayer,
When daily murmur againBt him,
For calling my angel up there.
To-day as / gazed on your picture,
In likeness SO faithful and true,
Did you see how my poor heart was weepingl
And how 1T was calling for your
AM that moment knew the dark angels
Missed you from your own holy place,
For felt you were bending above me,
And leaving kiss on my face.
A sound like the sweep of wing,
And note trembled down through the silence,
Like the music, love, you used to sing;
While the peace that is given the angels
Seemed wrapping me up in its fold,
It'll the clouds of my sorrow were lifted,
And their edges were bordered with gold.
When the fingers of twilight are closing
The dim, weary eyes of the day,
And the meek lovely heads of the flowers
Are bowedin the silence to pray,
Oh, come to me then, love, and Danish
The dust and the darkness Of care,
And tell me a story of heaven,
And tell me you're LOVING me there
And pet, when reach the dim river,
WIN you come to me, close to my sides
Shall hear the sweet words of your welcome
Above the low lull of the tide
And say, shall you mind If my garments
Are dusty and worn with thestrife7
For you know can bathe in the river
10 the waves of the "River of Life"
And then---can kiss you in heaven,
And tell you how lonely I've beenT
Shall find your tue heart and your arms, love-
Wide open to gather me in
Alasl am growing impatient,
/ feel but the stroke of the rod;
help me be faithful to drty,
TIL we meet in the ''mansions of God"
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-04-18
Inconstant Spring,

The shiverlng cold days Of the early part
of this week, and the statement that the
match on the New York Polo Grounds, be-
tween the Metropolitans and New York
Base Ball clubs, on Saturday last, was
given up at o'clock in the afternoon, Oh
account of binding snow storm, brings t.
mind the touching refrain of Harper,
Monthly-
The first bird of Spring
de tried for to sing,
But ere he had uttered note,
He dropped from the limb,
A dead bird was him,
The music had fiiz in his throat.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-04-18
An Anomaly,

Coal at the Pennsylvania mines can be-
supplied at 81, Is per ton. This is lust one
fourth part of the price of the cheapest coal
sold.
The simple question is who pockets the
So ASP We may not BIZ presuming too
much inthe assertion thato our coal merchai -
in Wilmington do not get even tho odd d
ty-hve cents for retailing it supposin
that it cost 81 to get the ton of coal fror1
t5e locality OF the mines to Wilmington
per cent to be accounted for. This ~ pen
ton is a clean harvest to some party Cd
parties, a royalty for which no exchange on
advantage is gained whatever. 1t can bAl
shown plainly and clearly that this priss|
is fictitious and the result Of combination
of the coal monopolists to maintain an extor&
tionate price. If it were not for this
protective tariff, coal could be delivered
from the mines in England Cover three
thousand miles away in Now York aud
Boston cheaper thani is now supplied by
the Pennsylvania mines at those points, and
this too, Notwithstanding the fact, that in
English mines, coal is now brought from a
thousand feet beneath the ground.
There is no objection to good round sum.
or even an excessive sum being paid for an
article of such daily necessity as coal, but
when extortlonate prices are uuwarrantedly
heaped up, and maintained, outside of all
fair, or even profitable relation to the orig
inal value of the article, it is time to look
around and inquire If these transactions are
not robbery, and to inquire whether there
do not exist in the pre-supposed enlightened
statutes of this land some resource by which
legal halt can be called against such
avarice.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-10
GIisIel1
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EAST GREENWICH, CONN.

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 Complete courses in Literature Music and Art First-ciass Commercial College. Easy of access; located on Narragansett Bay, one and one-hat hours ride from Boston, on Stonington route to New York Influence homelike and religious. Fall Term begins Sept. l, Winter Term Dec. {, Spring Term March 23s 'S6. Send for cata A RfCkR IL ID. PrinciDal.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-10
The Now York English Girl.


 was very much amused by the antics of would be English girl and an unquestionably British bull terrier, on Fifth avenue, yesterday afternoon. She came out of the front door of her house with a good deal of swing tall, slim, wsll-formed and composed. Her costume was of white and black material have dim sort of suspicion that it was either silk or satIn-and she wore small square toed boots, and rather refined "horsey' look in general She carried g
 riding>whip in one hand, and clutched g silver chain in the other. To the other end
 of the chain was reluctantly attached a
 black-muzzled and supercilious bull-pup, with bad eye His fore-legs were bowed his tail and ears stuck aloft, his chest was broad, and he had almost no nose at all. His under-iaw was held forward, and his mouth
 had the particularly insolent look of pup of thoroughbred blood. The girl had an inde- scribable starched appearance, was extreme ly straight, and her manner was naughty. She descended the steps with an admirable afec- tation of careessness, considering that at least score of men were staring at her, ana turned up Fifth avenue. At all events the manouvre was not success. The dog sud denly shot around in another direction and wound the tall girl up in his chain. She struck him smartly with her whip and he growled, then struck him again, and the brute started to jump at her, when man who was passing shouted at him sharply. The girl went at him pluckily again, whipped him into perfunctory obedience, said, '1 am
 greatly obliged" to the man who had attempt ed to rescue her, and started up the avenue Even during the excitement her accent was | irreproachably English, ,and she was altogeth- | CT as full blown and complete a specimen oi | an Anglomaniac as have ever seen. The | girls here have peculiarly English walk, ol one that passes for English now, and thif particular beauty practiced it to perfec tion
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-10
THE COURT RECORD,

Court of Common Pleas Judge
 Studley.
 This court came in yesterday morning at 10 o'clock.
 The case tried was that of William Hull & Son. of this city, vs Patrick McMahon, of Farnington, an action to recover for ale sold. The defense claims tho statute or Illn- itations on part of the bill and on the other part that at the time the goods were sold Pennington was no license town and the plaintiffs had no legal right to sell thel1 goods in said town while the law was ID foroe The evidence was concluded and the aror1ments will be heard this afternoon at o'clock.
 There will be no bar meeting of this court this afternoon, there being sufficient num- Der of cases assigned to occupy the attention of the court all of next week should they be brought to trial. The attorneys show de cided aversion to trying cases this hot weather and business drags in consequence City Court - Criminal Side - Judge Deming.
 July Civilian Smith, drunk July o judgment suspended; w. H. Burns, habitua drunkard, 30 days in jail and $6.18 costs; Alfred Swords, drunk, $5 fine and $5.3 costs; James Joyce, breach of the peace against William Wallace July 8, discharged Esther O'Rourke, breach of the peace July 8 judgment suspended; Rudolphus and Louise Seabury, breach of the peace against each other July 8, judgment suspended; Thomas OKeefe, drunk, contin ued to July 10; Edward Courtney, drunk, Sl fine and $5 39 costs; Frank Kennedy, plac ing Instructions on the railroad track, ,nolled ames Stanford, John Hatton, Richard Hat ton, John Flannigan and Francis Kelley bathing within the city limits July s, judg ment suspended.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-10
STATE NEWS.

At the annual meeting of the Charter Oak Life Insurance company on Wednesday the following directors were elected: w. |. Squire. J. A. Shepard, Clapp Spooner, .. G. Mnnyan, George H. Day, Ralph H. North and William H. Talcott.
 Peter Welsh, John Murphy and Francis Sweeney, three boys claiming to be from Brooklyn, N. Y., were locked up at the nart, , ford station house Thursday evening, charged with breaking into freight car of the Con
 solidated road.
 Hartford letter carriers begin having their vacations at once Last year the vacations
 did not begin till August and as only @ few
 carriers can be off at time and each mas
 two weeks, those who came last had their va
 cations very late in the season. Beginning fine vacations now will bring all into the
 heated term, when they are far more senjoy-
 able and when the service is lighter and the
 nlaces of experienced men more easily filled
 satisfactorily.
 At the meeting of the railroad commls- sioners at New London to consider the loca- tion of the depot there were present George H. Watrous, president of the Consolidated road; E. M Reed, vice president; O. M Shepard, superintendent of the Shore Line division; D. J. Babcock, president ot the New York, Providence and Boston railroad J. B. Gardiner, the superintendent; Rooer' Colt. president of the New London Northern Superintendent Spaulding, Mayor Starr, Al dermen Tinker, Hammond and Dunford c. A. Williams, Ralph Wheeler, John C. Crump and others interested in the location of the new depot There was long discus sion as to the eastern boundary of the site ' the dispute being as to the question Of wharf age rights and the width of the land to D' taken. MT. Reed thought there should b. ! room enough for three or four tracks, taking 1855 feet. There was also question of th' mode of approach to the water. A last ad iournment was had to August 4.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-10
Friday, July 10, 1885.
WIn.tea,n Yenael.

The new steamer on the lake, of which we have said several hopeful things, was launch ed the other day. Only one trouble was found with her; that was, she would not float. This is a serious fault in steamboat. We have never dwelt on the beauty of her lines or the probability that she would be fast, yet we have built strong hopes that she would swim around some when they cut her loose. But she didn't. She went straight for the bottom, it is said, and got safe there, too. This, however, is not desirable trick in a steamboat so they pulled her up. Then they discovered the reason why she would not float Tell it not in Gath; whisper it not in the skating rink, but the fact is they forgot to put on her legs. This defect they remedied, and, tied fore and aft to the bank, there she literally stands. We suppose that she will eventually run on land and chmt trees, and when they get thirty ty-horse-pow' CT engine and big steam boiler and several tons of coal into her we suppose she will float.-W insted Press.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-10
DR. M. SOUVIELLE
92S CHAPEL STREET.

All Chronic Diseases and diseases of the head heart throat and lungs scientifically treated CATARRH and BRONCHITIS speciality.
 Dr. Souvielle for many years taught electricity III the hospitals of London and Paris.
 He has an institution in Jacksonville, Florida and gives consultation free for the purpose of mak ing his Southern home known. Jy0
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-10

Vegetine is the great health restorer, com posed exclusively of barks, roots and herbs' Pleasant to take; children like it.
 ie23eodeow&wtf
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-10
New Haven & Northampton Ee

The Saratoga Express with through cars and Par Tor Car will commence running on July 6, leaving New Haven at 1104 a. nn., arriving at Saratoga at 5:15 D. Leaving Saratoga at 945 a. nl, arrlylng at New Haven at 4:50 p. m. Ask for small Time Table at any station. s. B. OPDYKE, JR, Supt; l EDWARD A. RAY, G. T. A. Je2O
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-10
wr E. M. Gallaudet,s Purchase.

MI. E. M Gallaudet, president of the Ma tional Deaf Mute college at Washington, bought yesterday lot on Woodland street, where he is to build, with the intention of finally taking up his residence again in this city. MT. Gallaudet has now been twenty seven years with the college he founded and may not unnaturally look to retirement from the active conduct of it's affairs at no very distant day. Two of his children have been educated here and two more are to be in the High school next year. The lot he has chosen is at the extreme west end of the town farm property and has frontage ot 150 feet on Woodland street and running
 back 300 feet on the yet unopened Ashley street. It is very desirable situation. The price agreed on was $20 front foot.-Hart- | ford Courant.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-10
VOL. LII.
9AisreII IIa11ent1s.
Listen tn Your Wife.

AEBLGn LO OuE The Manchester Guardian, June sth 1885, says AL one of the
 'tWindows"
 Looking on the woodland ways. With clumps of rhododendroms and great masses of May blossoms. There was an interesting group. It included one who had been cotton spinner, but was now so ParalyzedI
 That he could only bear to lie in reclin- ing position.
 This refers to my case. was attacked twelve years ago with "Lo- comoter Ataxy, to my business.
 Two years ago I was voted into the Home for Incurable, near Manchester, In May, 1882.
 And made many objections to my dear wife's constant urging to try Hop Bltters' but finally to pacify her
 Consented.
 am now at my own house, and hope soon to be able to earn my own living again.
 JOHN BLACKBURN. Manchester, Eng, Dec. A, 1855. ROCHESTER, June l. 1882. "Ten Years ago I was attacked with the most Intense and deathly pains in my back !. and Extending to the end of my toes and to my brainl - (which made me delirious ''From agonyl!!! "It took three men to hold me on my beo at timesl tThe Doctors~tried in vain to relieve me but to no purpose.
 Morphine and other opiates "Had no effectl
 "After two months I was given up tt die!ul
 ''When my wife heard neighbor tell what Hop Bitters hae done for her, she at once got and gave mt some The first dose eased my brain anc seemed to go hunting through my system for the pain.
 J. J. BERK, Ex-Supervisor. .&N None genuine without a bunch of green Hop on the white label Shun all the vile, poisonous stuff
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-10
FAIR HAVEN HAPPENINGS.

Many Sick People-Others Who Are
 ont of Town-Itoms Of Gen eral In-
 terest.
 Grocer G. M. Clark, who keeps store on Exchange street and one on Chapel street, has returned from his trip to Belfast, Name fine picture of the late Chief Charles 5. Brown has been presented to Chief Hen drick vb Photographer Frank Bowman. It will be hung in the fire department room.
 An item in yesterdays paper should have said Walter B. Hurd is visiting his mother here, and not Walter B. Hood.
 Mrs. T. Mccormack and son, of this place, are visiting Rev. Father Mccormack, ot Kan sas City, Mo. cn:-.o, ayenue. formerly in the distillery business here, qualified yesterday as trustee ot the ln- solvent estate of Schleipman & Splttle T, the brewers. and will assume control of the
 firms affairs to-day. It is thought that Mr Konold will be able to adjust matters satls- torily to all concerned.
 been very sick for a long time and yesterday morning was not expected to live the oay out. .,,
 Sylyanus Butler, city engineer, will de liver a temperance address at the rink next Sunday afternoon.
 Deacon Lucius Rowe and wife will leave for Saratoga Springs next week.
 The TuDDlSH WulCA ID c@AOAA A~. ments of the late Tomlinson bridge IS dumped near the wire mill dock, much to the disgust of many of the boatmen.
 Lloyd Salisbury and Ellie Bradley have ie1t for two weeks camping out trip in the Ad- irondacks D. Thurber Salisbury, Lloyd's brother, will manage the store in his ab- sence. Dr. James G. Barnett, the composer ot oratorio music and for some time organist at the Second Congregational church, is very i'll with dropsy around the heart at his home on Center street, and fears are entertained for his recovery.
 An excursion party went from Northford to Morris Cove yesterday, and very enjoy able time is reported.
 Frank Smith and Henry ConneH went tc Washington, D. O., yesterday to see tht President in the interest of 8 Fair Haver man. They will return as soon as their bus mess is completed. , Eighteen schooners are anchored in the river at present engaged in loading witt oyster shells This is the greatest number \ of vessels that have been in the river at ont Y time for year or more.
 Some time ago Arthur B. Norris separated \ from his wife and considerable talk re \ suited therefrom Soon after the difficulty ' he went to Long Island to live, and accord \ ing to reports was doing well. Much to tn \ surprise of many he came over to Fair Ha | ven yesterday and left last night with hi \ wife and household goods for his new hom on Long Island,
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-10
Rose Cold and Hay Fever

Are types of catarrh having peculiar symp-- toms. They are attended by an infamed condition of the lining membrane of the nos trils, tear-duct and throat, affecting the Inngs. An acrid mucus is secreted, the dis charge is accompanied with burning sensa- tion. There are severe spasms of sneezing, frequent attacks of headache, watery and inflamed eyes. Ely's Cream Balm is reme, dv founded on a correct diagnosis of diseases aud can be depended upon. 50 cents at druggists, or by mail. Send for circular iv7 eod&w