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$1,000 REWARD FOR A BABY.
Stolen from the Sidewalk In Front OF a Store
In New York.

NEW YORK April 10.-Seigel & Co. run
dry goods store at Seventy seventh street
and Third avenue. Yesterday afternoon a
stylishly dressed woman left her fifteen
months old baby in its carriage on the
sidewalk for a few minutes while she went
into the store to make purchase. When
she returned to the sidewalk, baby and car
r1age had disappeared. Detectives were at
once engaged, and the following advertise.
ment appeared in the morning papers:
Zone thousand dollars reward and no
questions asked for return of baby stolen
April o. S1EGEI & Co.,
"Seventy-seventh Street, Third Avenue"
a strange feature of the case is that the
names OF the parents are not made public
a representative of the firm of Segcl &
20. was s.Ied today it he knew who they
were. His reply was:
On. yes, of course; but that is a matter
that cannot come out yet"
"Why2
well, they are people Of wealth. They
have put the matter in the hands of pri-
Vate detectives and have authorized us to
oner 81, 600 reward. The detectives, how.
ever, have advised that all names be sun.
pressed for the time"
Is IL not rather strange that the parents
40 not want the newspapers to be placed
childP" 'i'0''
well, don't know. All can tell YOU
is that they live between Seven:y-tifth and
Etghty.sizth streets and are wealthy,
Further, If the baby Is not found. a still
larger reward will be offered "--Special To
the Philadelphia Times
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A Bit of Porcelain.

1t is while examining a collection OF
Japanese, Chinese and Corean porcelain,
pottery and faience that one realizes thu
fact that no hard work illuminated by
taste or genius perishes from the world.
The original designers Of a certain form
of porcelain may be forgotten these
thousand years, and SO may the men whe
discovered this color and that, and those
who found out the secret Of under glaze
and over; the way to heat just so much
at one stage of the painting and just SC
little at aAothcr; the inventor of har.
monious blending Of all that his prede.
cessors had discovered. But all their
work told, and here is the rcsult-a bit Of
porcelain that when examined at leisure
and in the sympathetic frame of mind il
found to rank itself with great poetry,
great music. great sculpture. Now Yorh
Cor. New Orleans Picayune.
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4 LESSON to HOrSomcn.

A Canadian writer draws attention to
the fact that many horses are subjected
to much pain by the bits being put into
their mouths on very cold mornings with
out precaution being taken to free them
from frost. He makes the following re.
marks on tho subject, which arc certainly
worthy of consideration: "The bits should
be carried into the house and thawcd out
by the kitchen stove, or dipped into d
pail of water. If you want a lesson you
will not soon forget in regard to this
matter, put your tongue against Il bit
that has been exposed all night to a zero
temperature. 1t will stick fast, and YOU
will not get it free without leaving some
Of the skin behind" Giving horses ice
water ie also cruel, and not calculated to
conserve the health of the most useful
helper man has on the farm. Chicago
Times
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The Deadly Jungle Fever.

Slams great teak and ebony forests
arc several hundred miles from the coast
These are SO dense that the superintend-
ent Of the construction of telegraph, Mr.
Fritz-an American-consumed two OF
three months in cutting way for line
through q forest of siXty-five miles.
There was an advance party of some
500 natives cutting the trail, and q sec
ond party of ITO putting up the poles
and wire. Elephants were used for all
carrying. So terrible was the Jungle
fever that in that one jungle some $50
natives died within two months. If q
dose of twenty grains of quininc failed to
break the fever death almost immedi-
ately ensued.-Carter Harrison in Chi.
cago Mail.
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THE EMPRESS WINS.
After Long Conference with Bismarck She
Retlres Smiling.

BERLIN, April lin regard to the
crisis there is only one important event
The Empress had q two hours conference
with Bismarck today. The high spirits
displayed by the Empress after her return
from The interview We're hardly compatible
with rumor that the projected marriage
is to be deferred to some remote future
time. The whole affair is mysterious, and
one Is tempted to believe that some great
surprise is pending. The rumor is still
circulated that Bismarck intends TO resign.
While the name of Count Munster, Ger
man Ambassador at Paris, is mentioned as
his successor 1t Is stated that the Emperors
choice is Baron Won Roggcnbach, long
ana intimate friend of the Emperor. The
Baron Is 69 years of age.
There now seems no longer any doubt
that the betrothal incident was only a pre-.
text employed by Bismarck to bring mat
tiers to crisis today. The Emperor, who
Is somewhat better again and took an
hours drive today, had long conference
with Bismarck. Roggcnbach is said to
have attempted to arrange matters between
the Empress and the Chancellor. The
Post, the National Zeitung and other pa.
pers publish this evening, probably on a
hint from the Government, articles advis.
Ing people to give up sending addresses to
Prince Bismarck.-Special to the Phiadel,
phia Times.
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1t has been postponed indefinitely. Tho
body remains warm, the color Of the face
natural, limbs relaxed, and the expression
OF the eyes when open bright, forty eight
hours after apparent death.
at Dennison between II and 10 o'clock
Wednesday night party of railroad men
were out on a lark. Policeman Quillan
attempted to arrest one of the party and
was knocked down and kicked He drew
his revolver and shot Panhandle engineer
named John G. Gen, killing him instantly,
another shot took effect in the bowels of
Panhandle conductor named Thomson,
who it is believed will also die. The officer
is now under arrest.
Mary Smith who has kept house for John
and Henry Hill, farmers near Jamestown,
KY, came to q neighbours yesterday and
said she had fled from them for her life.
Three weeks ago they had killed two ped
dlers, forcing her to hold them. BY threats
of death they had kept her silent. Now
they were talking of killing her anyhow to
be entirely secure. Two weeks ago hogs
were found eating human remains near the
Hill farm and later the remains of the
peddlers were discovered in a cave. The
Hills were lodged In Jail at Jamestown.
w. Alston, a farmer living near Weather
ford, Texas, killed his daughter Monday
the daughter, but Alston threatened to kill
Turpin If his daughter married him. On
| the night of the I'd inst. Turpin, with two
companions, drove up to Alston's house.
The two men held Alston while Turpin
| placed the girl in Il buggy and drove off.
| The next day they were married Alston
| went to see them Monday, and his daugh
| ter told him that she had planned the
| elopement Alston, who was greatly an
| gered then stabbed her fourteen times in
the breast, face and neck, killing her in
| stantly.
| The Supreme Court of the United States
yesterday decided that State Legislature
| can legislate upon matters pertaining to the
public health, even though such legislation
may destroy what has hitherto been consid-
| cred legitimate business. The decision
was upon the validity Of the Pennsylvania
statute making it unlawful for any person
to manufacture or sell any imitation of
| buttet or cheese. The court held that the
act was valid; that the Legislature has an
undoubted right 10 suppress the sale or
| manufacture of any article 1t may regard
as prejudcal to the health Of the public
| Judge Harlan, who read the decision of
| the court, held that it was not necessary to
| inquire whether the act was wise or other
wise. That is matter for the people who
elect legislatures to determine. Whatever
may be thought Of the wisdom or propricty
Of the legislation in dispute, there can be
no question about the right Of the State
Legislature TO enact it and the decision of
the court is in line with many others up
holding the power Of the State to regulate
its own affairs. irs.--Philadelphia Times, 10th.
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The EMPRESS VICTORIA.
She IL Everywhere Greeted With EnthusiEsm
on Her Sympathetic Nlission.

BERLIN, April 9.--Emperor Frederick
passed a good night last night He arose
early this morning and bade farewell to the
Empress previous to her departure for
Posen, with Princesses Victoria, Sophie
and Margaret, to inquire a5 to the condition
Of the sufferers by the floods.
The Empress arrived at Posen this after
noon. She stopped at other places besides
Landuberg. where she was received by the
municipal and other officials, and was every
where greeted with enthusiasm. The Polish
leaders have issued manifesto asking the
Inhabitants Of Posen to sink their national
disputes and unite In welcoming the EN-
press. A reply to the deputation which
met her at the station In Posen Empress
Victoria said that the Emperor, regretting
his inability to come himself, had sent her
to examine as to the condition of affairs and
to report to him. The persons who have
been prominent In helping the sufferers by
the Hoods We're presented to the Empress
who thanked them for their efforts to
alleviate the distress among the people.
The Governor of Posen met the Empress
OF kreuz. Burgomaster Mueller received
the Empress at the Posen station and pre-
sented to her the leading officials of the dep
utatlon and the relief committee, composed
OF officers OF the Second Hussars. Arch
bishop binder and a number of Protestant
aud Catholic clergy were also present The
road from the station to the town was lined
with trade guilds, carrying flags and en-
Dlems, the Landwekr associations and
school children. The Empress drove slowly
and was necessarily cheered by the people
She hrst visited the asylum, q large school
mouse where the homeless are temporarily
iioaged, and thence went to the Governors
house, where she took lunch. Addressing
councillor Jacobs, the lEmpress said II
commission you to express to all taking a
helpful part in the present danger the
thanks Of the Emperor and myself. The
calamity that has befallen you arouses our
deepest sympathy and we hope to alleviate
the suffering as far as human help can
alleviate them"
Speaking of KIitsing, the Empress said:
The old steadfastness of the people of the
Mark has once more been tried and proved,
The Emperor is especially thankful for
their conduct"
1t Is stated today that Prince Bismarck
has abandoned his Opposition to the mar.
IMAGE of Prince Alexander, of Battenberg,
ana the Princess Victoria, having gained
certain other concessions, and that all the
differences between the Emperor and Prince
Bismark are now settled.
The Emperor today conferred decorations
on Drs. Howell and Mackenzie.
Prince Bismarck and Herr Won Bcnnigsen,
leader of the National Liberals, had a con,
terence today which lasted two hours.
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PoWDERLY AND HOURS OF WORK,
He Urges the knights TO Perfect a Practical
Plan.


Plan.
New York, April 1O-Genera Master
Workman Powderly has written letter to
the Knights of Labor throughout the coun.
try in regard to hours Of labor. lie advises
Knights to discuss the eight-hour plan dis
passionatcly with their employers. lie SAYS
that an immediate change cannot be insisted
on, but that practical plan should be per
feCted.
lie says that the workingmen and COM
mon people generally rule cities and towns
and they should vote for mer who favor
shortening the hours Of labor of municipal
employees. The order, he says, must not be
dragged into partisan politics, but the mem
bers should take an active part as citizens
in the movement. He continues:
begin at once to perfect a practical plan
of operations looking to the inauguration
of the eight hour day. Pass no resolutions
of any kind, but work on the plan and
when the times comes to put it in Ope:rtion
1t can be done without resolutions.
Consult employers, get their views, ar.
range with them for meetings to perfect
plans and make an attempt to bring about
better feeling between the workingmen
and employers than has existed for some
time back.
1T is true that many employers will not
condescend to meet with or talk to their
employees. Purse proud worms, who are
TO be classcd among the ignorant rich
will live to stand in their own and the com
munity's light for ages to come, but the
world does not move around them. The
day is coming in this land when the en-
ployer who has the manhood, the patriotism
and the sense to talk In a straightforward
way to his employees will be entitled TO
and will receive more honor and wealth
than the selfish fellow upon whom fortune
has showered riches and nothing else. Our
members should not miss an opportunity
to discuss some plank in our preamble at
each meeting during the coming year
Take up the eight hour plan and discuss it
side by side with the one which calls for
the establishment Of governmental tele-
graph "A
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a Youthful Murderer,

Lancy Walker has just been lodged in
the union jail for the murder of Sibby
Ashe. L9ney Is a negro boy only years
Of age. Sibby Ashe was negro Girl u
years of age. The difficulty in which
Sibby met her death occurred in Gowdcys.
vile Township. A negro woman was
washing clothes down at spring when a
dispute arose between the two children
and as the arguments of each had reached
that stage when the debaters had exhausted
their reason, they appealed to brute
strength and struggle ensued. The girl
apparently got enough and fled to the
woods. The boy pursued, and, overtaliinp
her, plunged his knife into her side. From
the effects of the wound she soon after
wards died. The boys age may save his
neck. 1t is reported that he killed another
child last year.
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The Festive Knight OF tho or,u.,

Do you know that there are about
SO, 600 commercial travellers in the United
States? Surprised to hear it? Yes, most
people are when they are told of it, but
iS's fact, nevertheless. You may also
be surprised to learn that every one of
them spends on an average SO, 900 o
year, or total of $s240, 100000. If you
add to this their salaries, averaging at
least 81, 200, you have total expendi-
ture by commercial travellers of $780,
Coo,0O0 year. This is naturally spent
In all parts of the country, but the hotels
and railroads get the lions share of it.
During the last ten years there has been
q great change in the character of the
commercial traveller. The old Bohemian
type has almost entirely disappeared
from the road, and drinking men are
much more rarely met with there than
formerly. Weekly.
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DRkC-A-BRAC.
AN AFTER THOUGHT.

AL inc SlaTS are Angels eyes,
Filled with heavens light"
Mused the poet; and the skies
Seemed fairer still that night.
But it knocked the poetry out
When he stopped to think:
How could angels pure, dcvOut,
Ever stOop to wink?
OverwOrk is waste of capital
The secret of thrift is knowledge
a last resort-The shoemaker's shop
What is the longest voyage recorded in
the Bible? The widows cruise.
Many broadcloth husband owes his
prosperity to the fact that he married
gingham girl
Notwithstanding that it is leap year there
will probably be as many hops as usual
this season.
Witness, did you ever see the prisoner
| acquainted with him"
Rich people who are cOvetous are like
the cypress tree-they may appear we'll
| but are fruitless.
Help others whenever you can; you
would yourself be grateful for a helpful
hand in moment Of need
Conviction is in itself a power. The
| man who is sure of what he says gives as
| surance to those who hear him
The London Lancet tells chow to lie
when asleep" If it will teach some people
how to keep from lying when awake it will
| do public service.
4 worn-out society belle is like old maple
sugar. 1t has a certain kind of sweetness
but has to be laid on the shelf when the
new crop comes out.
There are more ways than one of killing
| cat, and there ought to be, in view of the
| fact that the cat has nine lives.
1t is now the season Of sackcloth and
ashes; but society wants the sacIcloth made
! up becomingly, and the ashes must be ashes
| of roses.
A newly rich woman, being asked how
she liked her new house, replied, with an
air of supreme delight, ii like it very
much; it Is so very contiguous and highly
adjacent"
A lazy fellow who was idling away his
time was asked by minister where he ex-
pcCted to go when he died. 81 shall not
CO.. was the reply; Il expect to be
carried"
lie was giving more attention to the food
at dinner party than to the lady to whom
he had been assigned to take in, and she,
annoyed, turned to him and sweetly said,
You breakfast carly, do you not?"
He who is anxious to tie his tongue in
knots will do well to attempt the following
exercise in pronunciation: A day or two
ago, during lull in business, two little
bOotblacks, one white and the other black
were standing at the corner doing nothing
when the white bootblack agreed to black
the black boOtblack's boots. The black
bootblack was, of course, willing to have
his boots blackcd by his fellow bOotblack,
and the bootback who had agreed to black
the black bootback's boots went to work.
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A BUsINEss.LIKE DOG,
He Compels HIS Master, tho Doctor, to
Call Upon u Patient,

He Compels HIS Master, tho Doctor, to
Call Upon u Patient.
(From the Gridley, CAL, Herald)
DIR. Harris, of this city, is the owner
OF dog whose remarkable intelligence
is worth recording in the historical an
nails of marvels peculiar to this age.
"Don" is q thoroughbred bird-dog,
spaniel and pointer combined, and al
ways at his masters heels when that gen.
tleman is at home. About six weeks ago
the doctor was called to Siskiyou county
and did not return until last Saturday.
"Don" was compelled to stay at home,
and stuck very close to the house. When
parties would call and inquire for the
physician the dog would invariably in
terrupt the conversation, and, taking
hold Of the callers coat or dress, en-
deavor to lead them to the depot, at the
same time barking vigorously. He
would also be at the depot regularly
every morning when the train arrived
from the north, apparently looking for
his master. The last week of the gen.
tleman's absence "Don" was at the depot
upon the arrival Of every train from the
north, hence when the doctor got off he
was met by gentleman who seemed too
much astonished to speak. "How in
Tie Worlu uld you Know That L wanted
you2 Did you come purposely to see
me?" he said as he greeted the physi-
cian. eyes," replied Harris; "but /
shouldn't have come here if the dog
hadn't almost forced me to-" Harris
then ascertained that the gentleman had
been at his house the previous night and
left word for him to call as soon as he
arrived homo. In rs much as DR.. Far-
ris had not seen any person and acted
as he only to please the dog, the logical
conclusion is that "Don" heard and un-
derstood the conversation the previous
night and did that which his dog sense
dictated. That the canine has pretty
near as much sense as a great many
human beings is further evidenced by
the fact that he will, at his masters
command, traverse the town in search
little Joe Harris (aged years. and COM
pei him to come homo.
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Tho TanRIer TangIe.

WAsHINGToN, April 10.-The Navy De
partment has received long report from
Commander McCalla, of the United States
ship Enterprise, respecting The Tangier
affair and the strained relations between
the Moorish Government and United States
Consul Lewis.
The communication, which is dated
Tangier, March 2l, says the present unsat.
lsfactory situation is due to the unsettled
condition Of certain SO called mosque i'm
proved real estate, which is leased by Amer
lean citizens or their proteges, and to the
circumstances attending the case of El
llotir, protege Of Leon Rot1l, citizen of
the United States Hofr is now imprisoned
at Rabat.
Commander McCalla thinks that our pov
ernment is at disadvantage in Morocco,
because it has only consul there, while
authe other powers except Sweden are rep
resented by ministers resident.
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A Fatal Accident.

A fatal accident occurred near Smiths
Mills, about thirty-five miles from George
town, few days ago, by which colored
man named Ben Davis lost his life. 1t
seems that Davis, accompanied by two
young white men named Perry, went into
the woods in pursuit of turkeys early in
the morning, and that one of the Perrys
initiated the yelping of a turkey 20 closely
that Ben mistook him for the genuine bird
ana undertook to creep up on him. Perry
mistook the negro for turkey and fred
away at him and killed him. Davis is said
to have been a very deserving man. He
leaves large family.
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CHARLOTTE FEMALE INSTI rUTE

The current session of this Institute
closes January 2lst 1883, when the
Spring Session begins, which ends June
9th, 1883.
The present session is one of the most
prosperous in the history of 3he Insti-
t@to. There is room for only d few more
boarding pupils. The health of the
school, the accommodations of its board
ing department, and the efficiency of its
corps of teachers arc unsurpassed any
where in the South. The first of January
is very convenient time for entering.
Pupils are charged only from date of
entrance.
Rey. VIM. II. ATKINSON,
Principal.
Charlotte, N. @.
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PRIVATE BOARDING

ON THE FIRST OF OCTOBER, the
undersigned opened
FIRST CLASS BOARDING HOUSE
in Charleston, for the accommodation of
both Transient and Permanent Boarders.
The Building, located on the northeast
corner of Wentworth and Glebe streets,
is conveniently near tho business portion
of King street, yet ;reo from the noise
of the thoroughfares. It is within easy
reach from the Academy of Music and
from Churches of all the different de,
nominations.
The house has been thoroughly re-
paired, and fitted up in good style with
new furniture and fixtures.
Terms reasonable.
For further information address
Mrs. T.. T.. HASELI,
or Miss s. S. EDWARDS,
LIT Charleston, S. O.
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"I GAVE UP TO DIE"

KNOXVILLE, TENN, July 2, 1887
I have had catarrh of the head for six
years. / went to q noted doctor and he
treated me for it, but could not cure mo
he said. wac over fifty years old and /
gave up to die. I had q diatresgino
cough; my eyes were swollen and I en9
conhdenS GOULD not have lived without
q change. Z sent and got one bottle of
your B. 2. B., used it, and felt better.
Then I got four more, and thank Godt
it CURED me. Use this any way you NAV
wish for the good of sufferers.
Mrs. MATILDA NICHOLS.
az Florida Street,
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THE LILY OF THE NILE.

You know that great white lily
That stately cup OF creamy snow
That rears an alabaster lamp, -
With broad green blades belowH :.
-
Madge has, within her chamber III e a.
This scion Of Nilotian race
To typify the purity
That reigns about the place. 'H-'>'
One day bud, fresh opened,
Shone out q flower, fun bloom and fair,
And Madge-it was n way OF hers
Bent down and kissed it there.
Her ripe, rcd lips touched softly
Upon the cup OF creamy snow
Ohlwould that q lily were
That Madge might kiss me sol
George Arnold.