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We are both interested. This soldier
shrewdly opened and copied the letter. !.
HE must be nm intellectual soldier"
$50 he is, and you know him."
II know him ?" echoed the Count.
"Yes; and you know his sister bet
ter" said General Paul, smile light
ing up his sad, handsome face.
"Who is his sister?"
"The beautiful Elizabeth.
"And the old soldier is Ivan Berger!"
exclaimed Count Orloff.
"Aye! Is it treason for me to pro-
tect the brother of the woman you
love?"
1T is treason to the Gear, but it is q
mercy to me. But there is price on
Ivan Berger's head. Should you see
him again give him money and tell
him to fly from reach of the Gar, as
he would fly from the plague. On,
heaven! has it come to this, that the
most loyal men in the service of his
Majesty must be false to him in order
to be true to their friends2"
1T IS even so, my dear Orlof, and
only heaven knows how it will end.
Now, goodnight, or rather good-morn-
ing, and success attend you"
Count Orloff went out, and General
Paul, as he walked back, suddenly
found himself face to face with the dis
guised Ivan Berger.
ITO BE coNTrNUED.1
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TURKISH STREET COSTUME.

white -fczzed and bearded priests, or per-
haps. if it were the days of the Bairam
festival, jolly company of Mussulmans
in gaudy robes enjoying their holiday.
Perhaps the most picturesque and at
tractive feature in the Ottoman capital to
a stranger, because the most exclusive, is
the women. The western European
gazes with curious eyes on the cloakcd
and hooded figures he sees on the streets,
and wonders how they would look if
garbcd like the wives and maidcns of the
Giaours. Some of the women one sees
are dressed with rare neatneSs, and their
fine, lustrous, vari-colored silks simmer
in the sun as they move by. They arc
from Broussa, the old capital, where all
their vanity is apparent in both dress and
walk, and it would also seem that the Sc
cluson attendant on the domestic life of
the Turkish ladies does not suppress the
natural tendency of the sex to coquctry.
The pairs of eyes that flash out from over
the top of the transparent yashmak are
we'll drilled and very eloquent.
In the household the Turkish woman
is a charming, simple creature. She is
not unlike the natives of Louisiana and
Florida. I observed the same dark, rich
complexion, regular features, and deep,
luminous eyes one finds in the Southern
States of America, with the finest of pen
ciled eyebrows and long, sweeping
lashes. II is a nature Of surprise to tho
visitor to some Turkish homes to find
the mistress and her daughters so fair.
skinned. Their compilations are OF that
rich. transparent type one sees in south
ern Europe, all the way from Madrid TO
Florence.
During our visit to the house Of Zen
Ali Bel, situated near the margin OF the
blue Bosphorus, we were introduced to
Fatma, the principal wife of the official.
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TURKEYS CAPITAL.
SOME PICTURESQUE FEATURES
OF ONSTANTINOPLE.
A Turkish Lady at Home-Oriental
Domestic Life-Dress of the
Poorer Classes-Odd
Street Scenes.

There has been a great change for the
better in Constantinople, says corre-
spondent of the Chicago Meos. Not many
years ago the streets were the worst of
any ancient city in the world. twas ex-
ceedingly difficult to navigate carriage
through their tortuous windings and
among the army of impudent sidewalk
venders, who claimed the right to block
ade traffic pretty much as they pleased.
With donkey and good guide you
might possibly have got through with
some delay; but on horseback, or afoot
unattended, such thing was out of the
question. Even the pashas had their foot
men to run ahead and clear the way for
them through the fezzed and turbaned
population. And then there were many
curious and purely Oriental sights to be
seen that are rare now. On the street you
would run across a cobbler mending the
shoes OF the pilgrims while the latter
waited humbly by; while over yonder
might be seen procession of long-robed,
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strong and odorous, with a thick sedi
ment-were most refreshing. Then We
drew up to the marble basin in the middle
of the room, and each took Whit o,
two of the narghileh; for the Turk neve,
considers you his guest till you have
smoked a pipe under his roof. Afte,
that you are his sacred charge. Such Is
the hospitality imposed by the Koran
Then candies were handed around on
curiously wrought trays of silver, and we
all fall to chatting again. The ladies o!
the household were not so shy at first
One beautiful girl-Zalve, the daughter
of our host-sat in graceful attitude on
the divan and chatted in an amused way
with my companion, who acted as inter.
prefer, casting occasional glances of curl
osity at the visitors--two Americans aud
a German-and was evidently interested
in the dress of our little party.
This Turkish demoiselle was rcbed in
a long, flowing house-gown Of silk that
reached below her knees. A jaunty,
tasseled fez of crimson plush sat on hel
dark hair, and in her left hand she held
the unfailing narghileh, or water-pipe,
which she had been smoking as we en-.
tered. All the talk was of the festivities
attending the visit of Emperor Wilhelm,
in which the ladies evidently took quite
as much interest as the men. The girl
was about fifteen, although she was as
we'll developed as an American miss of
eighteen.
On the street the Ottoman dame is less
distinctly Oriental in appearance than at
home amid her servants, and were it not
for the ever-preseut yashmak and the
nany-hued ribbons and trimmings, she
might pass in crowd of Europeans
without attracting much attention. In
deed, the higher class of Turkish ladies
dress quite la Parisienne. French
shoes, handsome Partisan parasol and a
long silk cloak gathered about the shoul-
der and reaching to the feet, entirely
concealing the dress beneath, complete
the costume. The white veil swathes the
face and neck and serves the double pur-
pose of modest concealment and cool
neckerchiet. It is only fair to say, how
ever, that the yashmak is gradually be-
coming more and more transparent, and
that every lineament, can easily be traced
through its gossamer folds. So light
face covering does not impose any re.
straint on conversation or breathing, and
in the dusty and unwholesome streets of
Constantinople is a positive benefit,
keeping the dirt from the lungs.
Among the wives of the poorer class
of Turkish citizens the yashmak is even
more of make-believe. 1t become SIM
ply meager square of muslin or some
gauzy stuff, generally white or grayish,
and is the merest shadow of its predeces-
sor, which was a formidable affair of
many folds, entirely obscuring the whole
face, with the exception of the eyes. The
bead-dress is usually white, and covers the
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hair altogether, leaving only the eyes free.
While among the ladies of wealth the
black cloak has been superseded by the
more fashionable dolman or pelisse, among
the middle class women and the poor the
somber garment still holds its own. One
meets baggy-looking creatures hidden in
it's folds from head to foot, and not a
feature visible except possibly a single
eye that shines out from the black hood
like dusky lamp. 1t will be many years
bsfore the ungainly cloak retircs before
the more fashionable garments of western
Europe, for all the Turks, except save the
official class, are very poor, and the big
cloak hides multitude of shortcomings.
Diaphanous wells, high -heeled shoes and
slippers, fine dresses and European styles
belong to the owners of palaces and villas,
whose mistresses never leave home unat-
tended, and whose Nubian girls trotting
behind remind the American visitor of
the custom of the Southern States in ante
bellum days.
A picturesque feature in the streets of
Constantinople and Pera is the wandering
musician. He is generally a bashi-bazouk
"a Moslcm from the Caucasus. Groups
of these odd-looking fellows, in their
queer, outlandish dresses, may be seen on
the street-corners and near the public
squares waiting to be hired to play for the
delectation of some officials household.
Carrying as many weapons as musical in
struments, it is puzzling to stranger to
decide whether they mean to play or fight,
for they look equally ready to do either.
They come from Asia Minor, and belong
to race that was at one time the terror and
scourge of the whole Ottoman Empire, but
they are subjected now. A Persian
head dress, u Turkish jacket, immense
sashes of many folds OF colored cloth, in
which arc stuck daggers and yataghans
and pistols Leggins like those worn by
Swiss mountaineers and coarse cowhide
shoes complete the uncouth garb OF
these wild looking men. Their music IS
as wierd as their appearance and can
only be endured by the Turks them
selves. 1t reminded me of the dis
cordant strains once heard in Chinese
theatre in San Francisco, or of a war
song among the Apache Indians.
Among other odd characters to be met
here are the candy seller, the Armenian
porter and the street scribe. The first IS
an institution especially favored by the
ladies, for the average Turkish miss, and
even the matrons, eat candy continually.
They are fondcr of swectmcats than the
chewing and bonbon' loving Amcrl-
can girls. The result of this is that,
what with fig paste, surgarcd almonds
and plums, the teeth of the fair subjects
of the Sultan are in a very bad way.
Not five per cent. among the Turkish
women have sound teeth at twenty, and
they paint them black with henna to dis
guise the designation.
The street scribe is person of i'm
portance. You can find him on every
other corner, writing to the dictation OF
some official, or, it may be, some veiled
and hooded female who wishes to send
message to her lover. Very few of the
population are able to either read OF
write, and this ignorance exists even
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it, but you may not even touch dog"
And it is true. There are still quarters
both here and in Pera where stranger
may not venture lest he be eaten alive by
the thousands of evil-looking ours whose
lives are held sacred. The dogs are pro-
tected by the koran. Some parts of the
city is fairly given over to them. Be-
tween dogs and dirt and begging der
wishes, who spring at you from hidden
corners, and who may be seen perform
ing in fanatical and frenzied way when
ever a crowd can be attracted, there is
little to attract a visitor to the thickly
populated sections of the town. They
are not quite so bad at Pera, but here
they are nuisance.
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4 PLEDGE FOR FIVE YEARS.

Last Monday afternoon. in the city OF
Brooklyn, an effort was made by some Of the
temperance men and women of that city to
inaugurate pledge-signing movement One
of the features suggested was a fye, years
pledge which we heartily endorse. The sup.
position is, that if you can get man or a
woman to abstain from into1icants for five
years the probability is that by that time
The habit Of total abstinence will have been
formed and will last the balance of the sign
er's life The new organization proposes to
be non-political and non-sectarian. One of
the chief advocates of this movement is MIR.
Albert Griffin, formerly Of Kansas, but at
present residing in the city of Brooklyn;
The Pioneer favors every effort to try and
sober up the people, and therefore wishes the
new organization success.-New York fto-
neo,>
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CHAPTER XVII.
A FIENDISH PLOT.


Tyranny is the mother of conspira-
.cies.
Nihilism could not exist in the
United States, where there is perfect
freedom of expression. 1t prospers
with oppression and flies before free
dom.
Despite all the vigilance of the Cars
countless spies, the spirit of discon-
tent and revolt permeated every grade
of society, from the splendid coteries
of the palace to the ragged peasants
croNhing in their cheerless homes.
Even the army, on which the infatu-
ated Emperor depended to uphold his
ever-tottering throne. had it's secret So
cieties, organized to overthrow the tyr
amy of which it was at once the tool
and the slave.
Colonel Orloff, though an officer of
high rank, was, as we have seen, Nj
hilist.
Into the ranks of that oath-bound
and bloody-minded organization there
poured not only the intelligent few
who yearned for a higher liberty, but
also the criminal classes. who had ev-
:erything to gain and nothing to lose by
0 state of anarchy.
There was also a smaller, and per
haps a more powerful class, who, like
Colonel Orloff, joined the Nihilists
because of blasted ambition or o
failure to receive consideration from
their masters in proportion to their
own exaggerated standard of merit.
Colonel Orloff was disappointed
man, and destructionist of the most
pronounced type. He believed that
The Gar had wronged him, in decid-
ing that certain estates belonged to
his cousin, Count Orloff, and SO he
entered into a conspiracy to put his
master and his kinsman out of the
way.
1t was midnight, and in the hall de-
scribed in previous chapters, the
Nihilists. disguised as was their Gus
tom, but yet we'll known to each other,
assembled to plot an assassination that
would set the world aghast.
The Gear had cruelty set at defiance
oil the edicts of Jehovah and all the
welI-recognlzed laws or humanity 10
accomplish the ends of his boundless
ambition; the day had come when
men, driven to msddening despera-
ton by the oppression of themselves
and of those they loved. were to retail
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The remarkable sample, a genuine one,
that cannot be matched, and shown in
the cut here presented, was dug by an
English gardener and originally photo
graphed by the Mark Lane Ezpress. This
is unlike most potatoes ir that it is per-
feet likeness of a mans head. In most
potatoes the eyes are well represented
too much so for the thrifty housekceper;
but in this we have the nose, mouth and
chin (double). The illustration is cor
rect reproduction of this sample of the
genus solanum tuberoslm, reduced about
one third in size.
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TEMPERANCE.
WHAT DOES 1T COST.
[To BE coNTNuED.1

How many of Gods gifts and mercies
Are changed from blessings into curses!
We make of all the food that grows
A part, the cause of human woes.
The grain with which He crowned the field,
The vineyards and the orchards yield
If used for food to hearts make glad,
Instead of drink to drive men mad.
Then could the hungry all be fed
And not a soul need want for bread.
Oh did you ever pause to think
How much this nation pays for drink,
In money, lands in fruits and grains,
In lives and souls, in hearts and brains,
And no return for all this cost
But crime and grief? Its worse than lost,
-Ed,pdrd CdrS,UeH.
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Not Well Acquainted.

She-"What do you think about the
worlds fair?" Hell think they are
adorable, and you are one of the fairest
of them, and I wish you to be mine."--
Boston Courier.
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A Remarkable Potato.

We have been called upon Of late to
notice some big potato stories, vouched
for by American growers, and now we
have an English contribution to swell the
list.
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The Bank of France has at the pres
ent $3.50, 900, 900 in gold in its cellars. !
The daily critic., 1890-10-11
Washington stock Exchange

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AS. $50 at I2l. Col. National Bank,
IOatI15l. West End National Bank %
a lol. Riggs lns. Co. at ~ az y.
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Trust Jo, 20 AZ 4E,
Miscellaneous Bonds = U. S. Electric
Light Isl, G's, log u. $. Electric Light,
"a, 6's, l50; w IS q. r.. B. I0-41 G.s,
RIOS 23, 1903, " * q. Convertible Us,
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Wash. Market Co.. lup.r usrl lia.z lnl.a y
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puliau, 1u5. Central, 500. Second, -aut
Farmers Iud Mechanics, -4fi Et-l4eH- lia,
Columbia, l15, Capital l2g, West Ea4, lHa,
Traders l-3a, Lincoln -l,
Railroad stocks Washington and
Georgetown 275. Metropolitan, '4,s l9-
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lU. Eekiugtgl and soldiers Home, u1.
Georgetown ana Ieuually ytuWu Bright
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Title Insurance Slaeks-keal Estate
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GasauI Electric Light stock Wazaiu-
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the same attention TO detail as always
characterikes a McCaull production.
The three scenes are al new, they be-
Ing painted by Arthur Nolghtlin aud
Meade and SChaeiler, The first being
a street in the city OF Stuttgart. The
second scene represents the wild noun
tainous coast nf the Fire Sea taken
from drawings from the celebrated pie
ture Of that name In the possession Of
the Royal Academy of Arts, Vienna.
The third being q meeting room al the
City Hall The costumes are eS
ceedingIy picturesque, they being faith
full reproductions Of those worn during
the sixteenth century IN Germany, The
cast will be as follows:
Count Otmar Won Mansperg. .Chauueey olcott
Johann stickel, Burgumaster of siutt-
gart.........,. ,...,... IarrJ Rattenbury
Katherine, his daughter F,.....-,...,Lilly Post
Emerand, young widow, bis niece, -
Bombastus Theophastus Paracelus,
an astruloser, alehemist and
magician +. RoChestFa
SpatZle, his famulus ...t..,. William blaisdel
Hannele, maid n the Burgomaster's
Nieodemus Zone. Alder CHARLES Cornell
Erasmus Jungle men. John Z. dudley
Allgauerle.s. o, .tharies turner
GelbfuSsleF.. Harry u, luase
knoephesehwab The -s....-J. Eiuney
spiegicschwab.. Seven -r.J, z, murphy
BiitZscbwab.... Suabians Z =. George Cerbi
kestiesrhWab - Charles Myers
Seehaas ....... Charles Jones
Dietrirh v Wei-senburg. ...... Harry L. Conley
mans y. stauHen Z. Dudley
Heinrich n Rolhsufels ls.......... James j Roe
10 Won EssliDgeu. Felix Cheng
{ lrieh n. OetUugen ...-. ..-.- j chm Bralth waite
} ernhard II. Eschen. ..,,,.....- ..t- II. r. tiaFh
" OF s. Gutliugtu. .,.ss..s..1ohu richardson
j INST v Trauteufels..,.- ...s.,. 4. w bellal
b ack Grete..... ......t-... Aainhdg toltEel.y
G.a... ........... Jessie Cgrlettg
) arbara. Cora Henderson
aunefte ................. Veronica covers
D eludel..,.s. .t.+-.... ono Prince
.heucher.. ............. John rs. Laurence
sngsturle. night Watchmau. Harry Meyer
? ilseuer, city clerk .--...a.-. tEauk buardnal
1 urt BOdonsteiHr messeu ger Of the
Duke................ ........... blanche Holt
soldiers, Ciiizsus, Maid Servants, etc.
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has established a reputation for artistic
merit and excellence which II fully
sustains this season. IL has provided
an entertainment that fairly sparkles
with bright ideas. Rich in elegant
wardrobe and magniG cent scenery and
scenic effects, the company with its
gifted vocallsts, sh apely queens, tai
ented artists aud matChless comedians,
can not be surpassed It's corps OF
vocalists will prove pleasant surprise.
Its first part, entitled 'The Isle OF
Red, by Harry Morris and Fred Solo
mon, Is original, amusing and beautiful.
The Isle, which Is 'located somewhere
between H. and B. on the b. 4 O. Rail-
road, represents an ideal land of mirth
and music, pretty women, luxuriant
scenery and rich sensations.
No greater novelty has ever been In
troduced than the great shadow Dance,
the latest transatlantic fad. The sec
ond series OF Living Works Of Art,
which this company exhibited last sea
son with unprecedented success, will be
presented These beautiful pictures,
which are accurate reproductions by
living models. posed by the celebrated
Matt Morgan, include "The Arrival of
NluOlduIt ht tlulldllou va ~
Anthony" Return Of the Prodigal
"The Judgment of Paris, Cleopatra"
and "IntCmperance There Is a racy
burlesque on the New York success,
entitled The O-C0unty Fair, by
Harry Morris and Fred. Solomon,
which introduces q realistic race.course,
with all It's exciting and amusing inCi.
dents, as well as great racers, merry
bookmakCrs, graceful Jockeys and
funny touts. May Howard, Agnes
Evans, Lizzie d Raymond Harry
Morris and Charlie Banks are among
the noted artists. Ladies' matinee
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
October 90. "The NIGHT Owls
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CRYER .-Ou Wednesday. october s. 1890.
Mrs. Lucinda a Crycr Of RhiiadClphia, vile
of the late Robert tryer,
CuppETT. AT Providence Hospital on Dc
tobcr 10, 1880, az $50 "a. m, Of typhoid fever
II u. CuppCtt aged 80 years, n months ond
% days,
Iuterme' c 40 New Paris Penn.
SEITX On Friday October 10, isau, Robert
Hunter spitZ. son of clinton A. lul MHl.ie r.
SCitl, aged months aud ~ days.
Funeral private,
KNIGHT Morning OF october lO, 100. of
pneumonia, Eugene q, knight, aged % years,
Funeral on Monday morning October 3
gs0a m. from his late residence, iaF rwen
tietu street northwest. thence 20 81 Mat
theW's Church. whore requiem mass VIII be
offered for the repose OF hts sugl Relative.
and friends Of the family are respectfully Iu
vited 10 attend, luterment at Mount uirei
Cemetery.
BITS. ON Friday, October 10 1sn
Francis /. Bits, Of pneumonia, IN The gan
year OF his age
lntermeut az Winchester Va,
POPE.-On October q 1880, AZ 1.ls a M
Matthew Nasgy, the beloved son Of Nd, and
NJ E Pope, aged months and 2 days.
Funeral from his parents residence ~
Fourteenth stree northwest, on sunday, uC
tubgr i2 ate p, M Friends % the family ar,
respectfully Invited 10 attend