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A Climb of Sneak Thieves.

A New York letter to the Chicago
Herald, says. The strangest street per-
sons, on the whole, are to be seenin Mott
street, GwheEe- The lslaineSa ccntg lize a3d Y
where all sorts of folks 90 to look i,
them. Cinnamon are not numerous
enough in this city, and those we have
arc too widely distributed in their lam
dries all over town to constitute much of
Chinese quarter. The nearest approach
to it is block or two in which their
stores, gambling houses, opium joints
and lodgings almost exclude other oceu.
pancy. However, it was in the upper
story Of one of these buildings. ram
shackle old two-and- -half-storv structure
over a Chinese restaurant, that the police
found and broke up sneak thieves club.
The members were a dozen hard Young
sters, reared in the squalor and vice of
the neighborhood and their highest am
bltion was to become robbers. But they
had methodical president, who intend
ed that they should be instructed in the
law and ethics of their trade; so he went
to broken-down shyster at the Tombs,
near by, and hired him for So to deliver
a lecture on the dangers and safeguards
of sneaktheiving. His first discourse was
on the penalties for different grades of
robbery, and especially he pointed out
the foolishness of taking big risks for
little Doodle. "Dont break into any
house, " he said 'unless you feel sure you
can capture heavy swag, because that
is burglary, punishable with as much as
twenty years Imprisonment. Don't use
force against persons, because that consti-
tutes highway robbery, with the same
penalty, no matter if you only take a
dime. But sneak into Railways, load
yourselves with coats from the rack and
scoot away, because a year in the peniten
tiary is the most you can get for merely
stealing less than $25 worth, and jury
will usually scale a coat down to that
figure" The enterprising thieves were
so well pleased with this lecture that
they applied to more conscientious ex-
pert for another, and he informed the
police.
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Croup.- Mothers Tribute.

"While in the country last winter my little
boy, three years old, was taken i'll with Group;
1t seemed as if he would die from strangu-
lation. One Of the family suggested the use
of AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL, bottle of
which was always kept in the house. This
was tried in small and frequent doses, and
to our delight in less than half an hour the
little patient was breathing easily. The doc
tor said that the CHERRY PECToRAL had
saved my darling's life. Can you wonder at
our gratitude? Sincerely yours, =,
159 West 12Sth ST., New York, May l6, 1882.
az have used AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL
IN my family for several years, and do not
hesitate to pronounce it the most etfectual
remedy for coughs and colds we have ever
tried. A. =. CRANE"
sIsuffered for eight years from Bronchitis,
and after trying many remedies with no sue
cess was cured by the use of AYERS CHER
nv PECToRAL. JOSEPH WALDEN"
Byhalia, Miss, April 5, 1882.
"I cannot say enough in praise of AYERS
CHERRY PECToRAL, believing as | do that
hut for its use | should long since have died
from lung troubles f. BRAGDoN."
Palestine, Texas, April %, 1882.
No case of an affection of the throat or
lungs exists which cannot be greatly relieved
BY the use of AYERS CHERRY PEcroRAL,
and it will allcays cure when the disease is
not already beyond the control of medicine.
PREPARED BY
Dr.J.C.Ayer& Co., Lowell Mass.
Sold by all Druggists.
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Why lie is Proud.

.erbere is one thing in my life, sa'u
vo+eron "that sends the blood throus"
nv veins in proud exultation to tnls Uss, ,
and tho thought Of it never comes 70 "s ~,
lint what want to step outside Of myself
and naf myself ON the shoulder ie'V
"n,' a,o hundreds Of things in my life that !
an ashamed Of, and that would glau'y
forget There are hundreds oil thins9
that I have done which never come y
INV mind without making Inc wish tha' !
had tbe mower to kick myself from one
end Of the street to the other. But tne
memory of this one thing that ! did Is /"
compensation for all the things that ''D'
ashamed of. ..t
ON one Of the squarest, fairest, herces'
battles Of the war, 500 men were thrown
forward TO check for a moment 'n'
furious charge of twenty times as many
Confederates., OF the 500 men IN Inc a.
the beginning of the charge, five stoou a.
the end by the colors. was one Oh 'il'
Give aud | never think of the hail oil ou'
lets of the hurricane swoop OF chargIhs
thousands that swept men to suddei
death or away before it like chait IN III
wind. but | see those five sullen, despei
ote whitehead, stubborn men gathere'
in a startled group about the torn am
blood stained flag that had been dow
and up good many times. Dazeo ''ie
were, half-crazed they were, by the over
wheIming catastrophe, but the INSTINCT {
clinging to the flag was there.
'My comrades were better soldiers Una
I They were men whose eyes hashe'
and whose nostrils widened when contll'
became furious, and it was a dellght
me in that minute to know that in tn
hour of trial my controlling impulse, n
instructive move had been the same
theirs, to cling to the flag. J had
: idea. then that we would live five mi
. utes, and yet exulted in the thoug
that when put to trial had done my II
q duty. We brought the flag out OF t
fight. Four of the men are living v
: but they have not met since the VIZ
They are all in humble walks Of life, a
4 not one of them is given toself-adulatiC
% but to all of them that incident OF bat
is precious memory. After that, as {
! Of the old codgcrs said in his own qua
# way, They were a leetle too proud e
IS to do cowardly thing again. "-Chi
40 Inter DC an.
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Senator Miller has introduced in the
United states Senate bill requiring all
manufacturers Of and dealers in oleomar-
parine. butterine, lardine and suine to
display signs ina conspicuous place at
their places of business indicating that
they manufacture or sell such articles,
imposing a special tax Of $500 on manu-
facturer., $3.50 on wholesale dealers and
800 on retail dealers in such products
and requiring them to take out annual
license TO carry on such business under
penalty Of fine and Imprisonment, and re-
ouiring all persons engaged in such bnsi-
ness to keep books and enter therein
an accurate and detailed account of all
imitation butter manufactured or sold by
them such books TO be subject at all
ines to the inspection Of the Treasury
officials
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The Wolf and the Kid.

A kid was one day browsing in a val
ley, while shepherd reclined on bank
hard by. Suddenly wolf, with hand
organ, came up and said:
'Let me play a merry air while yor
dance"
"AIl right" " replied the kid. "Fin
away"
The music began, and the shepherd
with his fingers in his ears, disappeared
and as soon as he was out of his sight, the
wolf seized the kid and devoured it.
Moral: This fable teaches the varied
powers Of music. Life.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-04-16

court. III " Daho'd
attorney. "oAeo Tue
Stage driver.n
J.. ,9ap5 9a@s' ariver-cr- well-don'tb believe
,oDa ~ hav. you said the judge. GLOW
i0ug ,Ira wave : you been at the businessp
years, off m on.n ' -' oou' 'nir'S
man WI who oI,s hs. court don't want you. A
osn't n,r1 tell ta nas driven stage thirty years
can 'eii the truth if he tries"
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AYERS
Cherry PectOral.

No other complaints are so insidious in their
attack as those affecting the throat and lungs:
none so trfled with by the majority of suffer-
ers. The ordinary cough or cold. resulting
perhaps from triiing or unconscious ex-
posure, is often but the beginning of fatal
sickness. AYERS CHERRY PEcToRAL has
well proven its efficacy in forty years fight
with throat and lung diseases, and should be
taken in all cases without delay.
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A Terrible Cough Cnred.

ain 1887 / took a severe cold, which affected
my lungs. / had a terrible cough, and passed
night after night without sleep The doctors
gave me up. l tried AYERS CHERRY Pee.
TORAL, which relieved my lungs, induced
sleep, and afforded me the rest necessary
for the recovery of my strength. BY the
continued use of the PECToRAL n perma-
nent cure was effected. | am now 81 years
old, hale and hearty, and am satisfied your
CHERRY PECToRAL saved me.
HORACE FAIRBRoTHER."
Rockingham, VT, July Is, 1882.
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NO. So.
The Evolution of States.

The curious process of evolution by
which States in the American Union are
made is aptly illustrated in the case Of
Dakota. 1t. was originally part of the
territory claimed by France, and styled
New France, including what is now Can
ada, the entire Northwest, and all the
territory west Of the Mississippi River,
4 throughout its entire extent from the
frozen North to the Gulf Of Mexico. As
a consequence of the European wars
from 1856 to 1868, and the defeat OF
France, that part of New France now
known as Canada was eeded to Great
Britain, and all west of the Mississippi
was cedcd to Spain. In 1900, during
the Napolconic wars, and as result OF
the French victories everywhere on the
Continent Of Europe, all Of the territory
that had been ccded to Spain was reced-
ed to France In 1903, during the adj
ministiation Of jefferson, the Louisiana
purchase. as it was called, was effected,
and the United States became the owner
of the territory. At the time when the
purchase of the territory was effected 1t
included Louisiana, Arkansas, Iowa,
Kansas. Minnesota, Missouri Nebraska,
the Indian territory, Colorado, Idaho,
Wyoming, Montana and Dakota, with
: shadowy claims to what is now Oregon
and Washington The claim of the I'M
= tied States to the territory west OF the
= Rocky Mountains was subsequently rati-
" fed by treaties with Great Britain,
I which had previously claimed the entire
! western slope and coast to the north line
y of Mexico, now the north line of Callfor-
y MIA Congress divided the territory INTO
y Orleans and Louisiana in 1901 In 1Sl2
= Orleans was admitted into the Union as
the State Of Louisiana, and the name OF
: Louisiana Territory was changed to Mis-
=" souri, Territory. In 1921 the State OF
Il Missouri was admitted to the Union and
~ Arkansas followed After that time the
almost boundlcss tract remaining was
- loosely styled the Northwest Territory.
, In 1884 all east of the Missouri River was
~ y. organized into the Territory of Michigan.
= In 1896 the present State of Michigan
" came into the Union, leaving the balance
= of the country as Wisconsin Territory Oh
''Ouiskonsan," as it was then called. II
on 1916 and 1S4S Iowa and Wisconsin wer'
80 made into States, and then the balance
"o of the outlying acres was called Mlnneso
en- ia Territory In 1853 Minnesota, wit
No' its present limits, came into the Union
lay and the balance of the tract was in lay
cry nameless, but was called Minnesota Tel
guy ritory, to distinguish it from the State
s5bpyS ssIsr r1tal tafels sfl 5lse o cias,
ptfsst@ss. rs Csmii.ris- atid J Bedding ot M
onoa Dakota, with its present boundaries, "
rn;n,, established by act of Congress. Such
scono the long process by which, through t
~ occupation of the country for scttlemer
~ : by pushing the frontiers farther aw
into the mountains and the wildene
,roto, and by the progress of civilization, Am,
100 lean States are made. 1t is a system
oon4s evolution and growth possessing gre
interest for the student Of politics a
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4
during the night the enemy abandoned
the salient and early the next morning
the Union troops could go over the scene
Oh the previous days carnage without
lear OF molestation. ''Piles of deadn is
often used as figure OF speech. but in
the works abandoned by the Confederates
piles Of dead literally and without exag-
gcratlon we're lying in the compartments
"nlch nave previously mentioned.
l"o' three and four deep, tangledup
with each other bodies and limbs inter
t"ined' actual heaps of dead, their black
ana pioated faces upturned to the sky in
all manner of positions, and decomposi-
tlon already polluting the atmosphere
WIN horrible stencil. 1t was sucb =
picture ofwar horried war, as few peo-
ple' even those who make a business Of
war arepermitted to witness If would
laho 'he pen Of a Victor Hugo to faith
luily describe such a scene Of death and
,'i"'se' such a hideous and appalling
holocaust Of human life. In the woods
immediately in the rear of the Confeder-
"'o iine ol earth-works one could see the
ieaiIui elect of the musketry fire from
'"' = ni0h me Swinton, in his history
says mat all the trees within the ranoc Of
Inc mesketry were killed, so blightino in
us eilects was the fire of leaden bullets
Pou'eo INTO the forest in the 20 hours the
firing. - H0'ei cease
on 'nat morning after the battle 1 saw
." !"o OAK 'rees of vigorous growth, about
- i'''-ies ~ diameter, that had been act
uallIu IN two, gnawcd off four or five
i''' rom the ground by bullets fired
! from 'as Union line in front the day be-
.9i' inis may give the reader some
laea OF the terrible fire concentrated on
'idte hne behind their earth
WINS ,a,' - una mat ncver-to-be-forgotten 18th
u = -aas' tbs ! ,0O4' BY the troops of the army
u 'l' rotomac. In the fall of 1865.
%@s s'lll in the army, 1 visited
y a'ni1s'on On official business. ASH
.u'si'" .'5s - :, 'ne War Department, on each
,iu9 5o. y 'ils ,s.l main entrance, in front and
luas. n.a st,,a ll''le projecting portico, saw
.';,,,o.a,, w. y ol trees, the same that had
,ania onfs'q rt on the battlefield of spottsyl-
--;aa .auia, ihey had been sawed off and
!, arFlgd p,t. to Washington as mementos lf Of
~ aord. DDOuiest = field of battle which history
ecoFds Of the late war,
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A man at Los Angeles, Cal, has com
menced the manufacture Of perfumery
out Of the flowers that Sta.c, and claims
GREAT success
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.one -lou = and Kate Carter have
Tgrl Prld an understanding, have you,
Fred-Yes, sir.
E1a'e.I.sealed it with kiss-eh, my
..tn.s r.s'' with wax, she ,erots her
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2POTTSYLIANIA.
incidents Of the Ron.
Federal Soldier.
Vivid Pictures Of the Horrors Of War
Drawn BY a Spectator.

'o'a - account Of thebattlc Of spott-
follows; '''' We copy "s
As such close quarters 50 many mon
were s'ruck In the head, as the result Of
deliberate aim. Although to one in the
line y "'u not seem as if many men were
Ialiing ABOUT him, but steadily all day
long 'ne lnng of the sharp,hooters ac-
compnsned its fatal work until the
grouiiu was literally strcwn with the
dead. The weather was warm. tbe men
gos 'i'so q lying SO long in positions of
cohs'if'n. to their bodies, they wanted
wates pd chance to stretch their wear
led : and, although knowing it was
alm9s rs'ant death, they would rise and
run ~ the rear, sure to be followed by a
yoiiey oi bullets from the rebel sharp
shooters. lneyer during over four year.
Of act'Ne service in the army witnessed SC
many individual acts Of daring and fool
hardiness on the part Of soldiers as OF
this day.
In the company which I commanded
out OF 81 men who entered the faht II
were killed and wounded, most of then
killed lnstanty, and half of that numbe
shot in Consequence of acts of foolhard,
daring uncalled for in the requirement
Of faithful duty. At the time | attribute,
much q this devil-may care spirit to tn
whiskcy IN the cantcens issued to us til
day before. There was a drunken arti
lery officer who rode up and down alon
our line Wiih gay uniform, mounted on
spirited horse, swinging his hat and cal
: ing on thenen to charge, who seemed /
possess charmed life, for ne escaped III
harmed. The man stopped and talkc
, with me ashort time, with the bullet, f.
i, ing all about him, when one of us did n
dare pokeup finger for fear Of having
! : shot OIL A cap on bayonet stuck ,
above the breast-work was sure to be pc
!. forated by Confederate bullets.
When the ammunition Of one caiss,
2 had been exhausted dozen men reckle,
y ruthed after another between the t,
lines iand dragged it back with tho
amid perfect hailstom of lead. n
less I ban a hundred dead bodies
!, close jarouud that brass piece of artillC
j captufed from the enemy when nig
dreuaAs. be curtain over The sanguil
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-08-26
A Peculiar Tree.

Fresno and the colonies surrounding
the town are we'll supplied with beauti-
full and attractive ornamental shrubbery,
in addition to the endless variety of
fruit trees and vines. Among the orna-
mental trees is found one peculiar to this
section, and at present found in no
other portion of the state in any num-
bers. We refer to the imported "um-
brella" tree, introduced by local nur-
seryman. This tree is shaped as near
like an umbrella as it is possible for a
plant to come, hence its name. There
are hundreds of them in this section, all
presenting most attractive appearance,
and several individual specimens in this
cty which are the pride of their owners.
One in the dooryard of f. H. Ball is a
beauty, and as shade tree is perfection
itself. 1t is now only 1-2 years old
from the seed, is eighteen feet in height,
twenty eight feet from tip to tip of its
branches, and its trunk is two feet and
eight inches in circumference two feet
above the ground Its shade is as dense
as Jungle, not a particle of the suns
rays ever reaching the ground through
its foliage. Fresno (Cal.) Republican.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-08-26
Half Cents Wanted,

There is a growing demand in New
York city for smaller coin than a cent.
The little red coin has Travelled West
until it has reached the shores of the
Pacific, where it may be said to meet
the brass cash of Cathay, and no smaller
coin is needed in the West. But here q
half-cent would tend to prevent waste
among the poorer people. Thus there
are plenty of toys which are retailed at
cent each which could be, and would
be, profitably sod at half cent. One
must buy an even number of pounds of
sugar and an even number of some kinds
of goods, or lose half cent 1t will
sound mean to ONE people to hear one
complain of the loss of half cent, but
the old Scotch proverb about wilful
waste and woful want cannot be ignored.
''The standard coin of France is the
frame" said Frenchman to me yester-
day, "and it is as big a coin there as a
dollar is here. That is because we have
also the centime-a fifth of your cent.
1t would make America richer to give
the people half-cent coin. Brooklyn
Eagle.
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The Highest Observatory.

The advantages of regular accounts
of what is going on several thousand
feet above the earth has been recognized
by meteorologists. To furnish data to
the scientists, the Tyrolese are going to
have the highest observatory in the
world. They have built two houses, one
made of logs and the other of stone, on
the summit of Somblick. As stone
house would be uncomfortably cold so
high up in the air, the weather observer
is provided with hut made of logs,
lashed, anchored and cabled to the top
of the mountain ;butno wooden structure
can be entirely secure, SO terrible are
the wind storms that sometimes rage in
the upper air, hence the stone refuge,
the observer will be able to communicate
the diary he keeps to the scientists on
the surface Of the earth by telegraph and
telephone. Another observatory will be
the famous tower, 1000 feet high, the
foundations of which are soon to be laid,
on the Champ de Mars, to be in readiness
for the Paris exposition, two years
hence. 1t will be one of the wonders of
the world. We have described its feat
ures in these columns already, but after
the exposition is over it will be used as
an observatory, and will be devoted to
forwarding scientific objects. -Dsmorsst.
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PRICE THREE CENTS.
Gossip About Diamonds.

eyes, there is ference between
gem and diamond" said State street
jewcler; "a gem is perfect diamond, or
aperfect precious stone of any kind
When diamond merchant speaks of a
gem he means something in which there
is no fault or tl;w, no imperfection of
color, shape or cut The difference be-
tween gem and diamond may be as
wide as that between plug horse and
a thoroughbred racer. One stone may
be worth $50, and another exactly tho
same SIZE may be worth 800, or even
more. Not one person in thousand
can tell gem from fairly good stone.
The weight, also, is small index to the
size of a diamond as it appears in set.
ting. A karat stone may appear as
small as this--o--or it may be nearly
twice as great in circumference, like
this-O. A gem must be cut so cor
rectly that a hairs breadth is far too
vide to measure the plane of the differ
ent facets by. Every facet
must be of precisely the same
size as every other facet of
like position. Its angle, too, must be
gcomctrically correct. The glory of
diamond is its rcfractive power. With
out light the diamond is as useless as a
pretty picture, though it is a very com
mon belief among people who have
never handled diamonds that the stones
have light in themselves, making them
brilliant even in complete darkness.
Another common error is that the dia-
mond cannot be broken or injured, and
| have known of fine stones being
ruined by foolish persons who hit them
with hammers in an effort to illustrate
the hardness of their gems. The da-
mond Is very brittle and is easily injured
by slight blow or fall. Diamonds will
burn, too, under a heat sufficient to melt
bar iron. They are nothing but pure
carbon, and they may be reduced to
graphite and finally to carbonic acid
gas. The purest stones arc highly trans
parent and colorlcss, but more generally
there is some tint, like white or gray.
Brown, blue, green, yellow and rcd are
very rare, while black is met with once
in a lifetime. In all of my experince l
have seen but two black diamonds. John
Rice of the fremont house owns one of
them. The other is in New York
Ehirnnl HernL