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As vet had not seen Party's pepper;
but on the fourth day of dalliance, a
gentleman of fifty, looking very green,
indeed, about the gills, was introduced
to me by Parthenia as that dear rela-
tive.
Party's pepper was evidently a gen.
tleman; he was very quiet, he dressed
unobtrusively. he did not talk politics,
and he spoke particularly well, throw
ing in an occasional archaic word or
two, which gave a certain special flavor
and picturesqueness to that clear, cold,
genuine English of his.
Twas rather sorry to see Party's pop
per. No more moonlight walks on the
saloon deck, / thought; the days OF
dalliance are over. Perhaps he would
ask nv intentions. did not mind that
particularly, for my intentions were
strictly honorable; but-and it was a
very big but, indeed-I had no idea in
the world of the position in life OF
Party or Party's pepper. That is the
difficulty about travelling Americans; II
is impossible to Judge of their position
by their clothes, or their luggage, OF
their talk. Of one thing alone you car
be certain: If an American man Oh
woman sports jewelry, save at bal
or big dinner, then you may be sure
that he or she is ''shoddy." There was
nothing ''shoddy' about Persimmon OF
his daughter; the father sported
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Few people will wonder at the degra-
dation and poverty of the Turkish peo
pie, and the provinces under Turkish
rule, when they understand the manner
in which the government and the sultan
derive their revenues. In an article en-
titled, 1.-THE Druse War;" in the Even
ing Post of February IS, which describ-
ed the revolt of people in Palestine,
known by the name of Druse, against
the attempted Turkish domination, the
writer gives description of the fiscal
policy of the sultan's government, that
is worth reading. The Druse, who
have so far managed to prevent the
Turks from subjecting them to their
expressions, are certainly to be con-
graduated The writer says:
So far as know, everything in Tur-
key is taxed as much as it will bear,
and most things have been taxed out of
existence. The land tax on public land
is SO per cent. of the crops raised, on
land held under private title 10 per cent,
and, believe, in certain cases or GER
tain regions 20 per cent. There is a tax
on every sheep, goat, camel, and, be-
lieve, ON every domestic animal So
high are these taxes that have known
the price paid for sleeps wool in
some regions to be less than the annual
tax chargeable on each sheep. There is
a tax on each palm tree, and, believe,
on other productive trees There Is g
heavy tax on each fish caught. There
is duty on all goods brought into any
city. There is duty of per cent. on
all goods carried by water from one city
in the Turkish empire to another.
There is uniform export duty on all
goods of any sort sent out of the coun-
try, increased at some if not all ports
by arbitrary generalization, against
which there is no redress. There is a
uniform import duty of s per cent on
all goods. There is a heavy road tax in
the form of toll on all of the few miser>
able roads existing in the empire, and
in many cities further tax on each
beast of burden arriving at that city.
Boats, houses, almost all objects of any
commercial value, also pay taxes. Min
ing, including salt fields, has been taxed
and bought into the hands of the privy
purse and the government Tobacco is
a monopoly, paying large revenue ia
the government, for which the people
receive very poor and dear cigarettes
and cigarette tobacco. Speaking gem
orally, it may be said that in Turkey
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While in all of our cities the value OF
land, which increases not merely with
their growth, but with the expectation
of growth, thus operates to check
building and Improvement, its erect u
manifested through the country IN
somewhat different way. Instead OF
unduly crowding people together 1t nm
duly separates them. The expectation
of profit from the rise in the value OF
land leads those who take up new land.
not to content themselves with what
they may most profitably use. but 10
get all the land they can, even though
they must let a great part of 1t lie idle;
and large tracts are seized upon by
those who make no pretense OF using
any part Of it, but merely calculate 10
make profit out of others who in time
will be driven to use it. Thus popula-
ton is scattered. not only to loss OF all
the comforts, refinements, pleasures
and stimulations that come from neigh
borhood, but to the great loss OF pro-
ductive power. The extra cost OF con-
structing and maintaining roads and
railways, the greater distances over
which produce and goods must
be transported, the difficulties
which separation interposes to
that commerce between men
| which is necessary even to the ruder
forms of modern production, all retard
and lessen production. While just as
the high value of land in and about
great city makes more difficult the erec'
ton of buildings, so does the increase in
the value of agricultural land make inn
provement difficult. The higher the
value of land the more capital does the
farmer require if he buys outright; or,
if he buys on installments, or rents, the
more of his earnings must he give ur
every year Men who would eagerly
improve and cultivate land could 1t be
had for the using are thus turned
away-to wander long distances and
waste their means in looking for better
opportunities; to swell the ranks OF
those seeking for employment as wage
workers; to go back to the cities OF
manufacturing villages in the endeavol
to make living; or to remain idle, ire
quently for long periods, and some
times until they become utterly demon
allied and worse than useless trampk-
Social problems
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hands of America, of it's dreadful
climate, anil of its dreadful people.
do not want to be ungrateful; but the
whole of my time in America had been
passed in Firetail canyon, and the peo-
pie had met in Firetail canyon were
decidedly dreadful; and when 1 turned
my back on Firetail canyon and, meta
phorically speaking, shook off the dust
of my feet against America, / was de-
lighted; for was tired of the brutal,
uncivilized,. sordid life, and the exceed
ingly brutal, uncivilized, sordid people
whom it had been my misfortune to
have to associate with in Firetail city.
The fact is had been engineer to the
Uncle Dudley silver mine. and having,
so to say-speaking in quite an humble
way, You Enow--made my pile, /. was
coming home to England on six
months leave, with the intention of
lettering myself if possible, and of not
returning 10 America, Firetail canyon,
nor the Unsle Dudley mine, if could
help it. carried my little fortune of
six thousand pounds sterling on my
person ia tl,ousand-dollar notes. 1t was
stupid thing to do; I did it to avoid
loss on exchange.
had had four delightful days on the
BithyEia. need not describe the
Bithynia-you ell know the Bithynia.
Those four days were peculiarly de-
lightful, BECAUSE they were passed in
the society of Parthenia Persimmon.
Parthenia was eighteen; she had lips
ruddier tina a cherry and ripper than
the berry they were arched like
Cupid's bow and on her cheek the lily
and the rose, and innumerable dear, de-
lightful implies. struggled for mastery.
Her luxuriint hair was a delicious
golden broIvn-but need not say any
more; it wi ! save your time and mine
If state that Parthenia Persimmon
was q duck of diamonds. You know
what I mean? Exactly so.
II you ash me how Parthenia and
employed cur time during those four
days, fear must reply: In delicious
sdalliance," which is a poetic phrase and
expressive. We had never seen each
other in our lives before, and my Party's
pepper was lying in his stateroom very
seasick indeed (Parthenia is such a
mouthfu1. you know, and she had bid
den me to call her Party ON the third
day Of dalliance.) Pepper always calls
mo Party" she had observed. l may
explain hare that pepper is American
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All Yet "Britons Never Shall be
Slaves"

This is clear-that in Great Britain
to-day the right of the people as q
whole to the soil of their native country
is much less fully acknowledged than it
was in fe1dal times. A much smaller
proportion of the people own the soil,
and their ownership is much more abso-
lutte. The commons, once so extensive
and so largely contributing to the indie
pendence and support of the lower
classes, have, all but small remnant
of yet worthless land. been appropriate
ed to individual ownership and enclosed;
the great estates of the church, which
were essentially common property de-
voted to public purpose, have been di-
verted from that trust to enrich individ-
uals; the dues of the military tenants
hare been shaken of, and the cost Of
maintaining the military establishment
and paying the interest upon sn i'm
mense debt accumulated by wars has
been saddled upon the whole people. in
taxes upon the necessaries and comforts
of life. The crown lands have mostly
passed into private possession, and for
the support of the royal family and all
the petty princelings who marry into it.
the British workman must pay in the
price of his mug of beer and pipe of to.
bacco. The English yeoman-the
sturdy breed who won Crecy, and
Poictiers, and Agincourt-is as extinct
as the mastodon- The Scottish clans
man, whose right to the soil of his ma
tive hills was then as undisputed as
that of his chieftain, has been driven
out to make room for the sheep ranges
and deer parks Of that chieftain's de-
scendant; the tribal right of the Irish
man has been turned into tenancy-at-
will. Thirty thousand men have legal
power to expel the whole population
from five-sixths of the British Islands,
and the vast majority of the British
people have no right whatever to their
native land save to walk the streets
or trudge the roads. To them may be
| fittingly applied the words of Tribune
of the Roman People: men of Rome, y
said Tiberius Gracious linen of Rome,
you are called the lords of the world
yet have no right to square foot of it,
soil! The wild beasts have their dens
but the soldiers of italy have only wa
| ter and ARP
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you," blurted out the colonel, his eye 3
almost starting from his head.
You'd better post the money" said
Mr.. Persimmon, blandly.
'sYou don't object, mister, take it?''
said the colonel to me, piteously.
81 object to everything" replied;
'the laws of poker, like those of the
Modes and Persians, alter not"
quoted, appealing to the well-known
American diplomatist.
THAT is So" remarked that gentle
man, sententiously.
Col. Jaclxpofts saw that it was no use
making scene. He gave one vindictive
look at Mr.. Persimmon and then the
colonel saw that that gentleman's hand
was in what in America is termed the
''sly-pocket of his pants" Tin Amer
ica, when gentleman's hand is in this
position, it is generally grasping re-
volver).
"Then, darn me blue said the
colonel, If you haven't busted me be.
tween you. Cuss you'll" Then, in his
rage, he swallowed his quid, and his
language became unprintable.
/ carefully packed up all the money
on the table in the note-case of Party's
pepper.
"You might like to see that there are
only five cards in my hand" re-
remarked, triumphantly. l exhibited
my five worthless cards face upwards
/ had 'sbluffed" Col. Jabez Jackpotts.
There is no more to tell. l married
Parthenia- Party's pepper is very
wealthy man. am not anxious t<
meet Col. Jackpotts.-St- James Ga
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A FEAST OF ALL NATIONS.
LOUInAM

A fdast, have read,
ThcFe was recently spread
Where this novel arrangement existeo
Each fortunate guest
When his choice he expressed
10 his faJorite dish was assisted.
said Mickey Mcguire,
AS Ne sat by the fire,
Faith, thin. but it's warmin'. the hate isl
An shure, far parity
Av dppetoite hearty,
There's nlothin' quite ayqual to praties"
"AchE Bonner and Blitz"
erich fat little Fritz,
Regarding his neighbor so bony
"Dotpoy vas so droll!
Ivohld gif der whole bowl
For Won l4edle bite of Bologny"
The|fair oumi San
wated her beautiful fan,
AS she smiled his enjoyment to sea
Shei would taste Of no dish
Savb an entree Of fish,
But she newer once stopped drinking teal
In q serious mood
HANS, the Eskimo. chewed
Some stripl Of what might have been rubber;
ButIwhen they inquired
Whfther aught he desired,
He said he wished nothing but blubber.
"Me Jelly honglee!"
Said the guileless Chung Sc,
With an evident yearning for rice
He kmiled and he sighed,
And his chopsticks applied.
And was feady for more in q trice.
Car9ssima miar..
Cridd little Maria
'Nothing:4 20 lofely as deser'
And she fondly surveyed,
On dhe table displayed,
Her beloved macaroni and cheese.
"Awgel an aweel."
Said Jamie MacNeil
90 whimsfys an freaks there's q mony
Butnaethin' know
Likb the oatmeal 1 lo'e
To make p Draw lad an bonnyl"
"oh, nonr' cried Helene
With a shrug OF disdaln4
L wish buf morcsaa petit.
Nothing hot, ell rous plat,
Butisome water sucree,
And botbon. - rous rtn'srcieF
Quosh brave Johnny Bull,
Vita his mouth rather full,
And his v aist with napkin begirt:
"Of dainties the chief,
Is tile noble roast beef,
With plum pudding, Of course, for dessert!
Mustapha, the bland,
With wave Of his hand
Declined 10 partake Of the feast,
Tillthe coffee was served;
With he visibly swerved
And drank twenty cups, at the least.
"Jes'hab yo' own way
Said George Washington Clay,
AN go long with dose fbs 20 s a-tellun'
Darts nuffin' lax dist"
And chuckling with bliss
He extineuished himself in q meloni
"Wal mebbe you're right"
Observed Jonathan Bright,
With wink in his merry young eye;
Butlfor all you're so KNOWN,
The dish amt agoin'
Can come up reckon, TO pie.
Margaret Johnson in ST. Nicholas.
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Pretty strong
reasons for trying DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy. In the first
place. it cures your catarrh-
no matter how bad your case,
or Of how long standing. It
doesn't simply palliate - it
cures. If you believe it, SO
much the better. There's
nothing more to be said.
You get it for so cents, from
all druggists.
But perhaps you won't be
lieve it. Then there's another
reason for trying it. Show
that you can't be cured. and
you'll get $500. It's a plain
business offer. The makers
Of DR.. Sage's Remedy will
pay you that amount if they
can't cure you. They know
that they can you think
that they can't. If they're
wrong, you get the cash. II
you're wrong. you're rid OF
| cafarrh.
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German
Syrup :

Martinsville, N. J., Methodist Par
sonage. my acquaintance with
your remedy, Boschee's German
Syrup, was made about fourteen
years ago, when I contracted a Cold
which resulted in a Hoarseness and
a Cough which disabled me from
filing my pulpit for a number of
Sabbaths. After trying a Physician.
without obtaining relief cannot
say now what remedy he prescribed
| II saw the advertisement of your
remedy and obtained bottle. I
received such quick and permanent
help from it that whenever we have
had Throat or Bronchial troubles
since in our family, Boschee's Ger
man Syrup has been our favorite
remedy and always with favorable
results. / have never hesitated to
report my experience of its use to
others when I have found them
troubled in like manner" REV.
w. H. HACCARTY,
of the Newark, New A safe
Jersey, M. E. Confer
ence, April IS, go. Remedy.
G. G. GREEN, Sole Man'fr, Woodburv.N.
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Have ~staying qualities. That =, c"~s
netition does not discourage them: foremoss
n the race for popular favor, H9s ,ass, 4
6tomach Bitters took the lead ane ny i,e
;rha s,eoule Of America recognize ~ ~ e.D
.h.rp po winner in all contests with those
Vicious nags, malaria, dyspepsia, nSe sn,c cu
niaint. constipation, rheumatism ana kidney
trouble. 1t always wilma
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PArv from indigestion, dyspepsia and TOO
hearty eating is relieved at once by tsking
one OF Carriers Little Liver Pills .E"euS
ately after dinner. Don't forget tms'
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..IS practioing the banjo" writes a the
teacher. ssdon't get discouraged" nay ~
wise You can safeiy leave 70 '' Sou.~N. 7.
Recorder.
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FREsHNEss and purity are imparsso 70 s''s
complexion by Glenns sulphur e0aP'
HiIi,s Hair and Whis.xer Dye, bOc
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PARTHENIA'S "COPPER". >
An Englietaman's Idea Of the Game
Of Poker.

HATE roughing
it, simply be-
cause l h a d
known w h a I
really roughing
it meant for five
years, and after
five years ex-
perience, rough
ing it to use
q n American
isn-had come
to kinder pail.
/ was not sor-
ry to wash my
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81 SEE that you have shaved your w ta
kers' - said Biykens." No." replied Smanty,
~ have shaved my face''-" ashins'o"
Post
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RExEMBER that you are not game lust
because some big man makes you quail
Detroit Free Press.
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you must for all things and all occs.
SONS pay taxes Or give bcckshsssh' ana
generally YOU must do both.
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A Dangerous Proceeding.

A workman at the Davenport Ua.)
gas works concluded the other day that
he would clectrocutc IL troublesome cat
Hc placed the feline in tub of water
ana turned on the current. 1t was
found that The tub had to be moved
slightly, and while moving it the cxecu-
tioncr rot his finger in the water end
nearly clcctrocutcd himself. After he
was brought to, with desire for vcrgc-
ancc, he renewed the experiment. There
was no hitch in the proceedings this
time, for just rs the cat opened its
mouth for the forty-ninth yell after it
had been placed in the tub, the current
was turned on and it died with its mouth
OPEN
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Tombstone epitaph., 1891-04-26
ABOUT THE ZODIAC.
Wise Men 0! O.l r iovod Our Lives to
 I.e AI,ctai by It.


 The ancient astronomers gavo the name of Zodiac to an i'n> >ginary belt ex- tending around tho beavcns, having for it's middle line the ocliptic, which is tho line of the earth 8 orbit, or the apparent path of the sua through tho h;avens. The eel pic forms tho centor of this belt, which is about Is degrees in width, which in ancient times included he orbits Cf all tho known rian ts, but llvc in number, as well as the sun.
 Thc oightocn-dnr"cc belt Of tho old .imc as:ronom"r will not now contain .be orbits of ;.ll gently discovered plancls and asteroids, which are now echnicauy known ai uit.a.Zoli ical planets. The stars iY tho itc I belt were grouped into tw Two con ito!l :tions, to each of which wa3 q ,signol ono. twcl! D of the c.scun, n,ference of the cir clc, or 3, degrees This arrangement mado it poSGibin to reality Lciino at any time the rOsi ion of tnc sun and the pl nets.
 The old timo stlr,Gaz"rs regarded these points as fixed aas immovable, and, therefore, ihr one a wI.ich the sun crosses yae eguinrcfiai iinc from south to north wus fixed upon a; thc first point in tho first division of thn 2;sliac, tho sign Aries. Aiscr thc sun hal travelled 50 degrees eastward i,i this djvi,ion he entered the stc9nd sign. r, 'irus. and thus continued his coursp through all the signs crossing ;hc inc from north to scutb, when Le passed taom the sign of Virgo into ib D: Libra.
 Tic cQuinnc;isl pl,dts aro not sta. tionary, bat B, vc slow iy in tho heav- cns thus ,ho fist dili6ioa cf the Zodiac has been alHIost entirely separated from the cons iciia;Ion cf Arcs, and now corresponds more cxactl.J with that of Pisces AncicnilY the signs of the Zodiac were supposed to have nn abnor- nal effect upon all animal and vegeta. ble life. but this is now looked upon as -ankest superstition. The constellation of tho Zodiac wCro arranged by the astronomer Hipparchus in tue year 3OO A. O, or whereabouts. Chicago Tribune.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-04-26
Election Proclamation.
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,l EXECUTIVE DEPAKTMENT.} To aH to Whom tt May Concern;

To aH to Whom tt May Concern;
 WHEREAS, Section g, of an act of the Six evnta L gi,lative Assembly Of the Territory of Arizona approved March 19 1891 entitled an act ito provide for the holding ot convention for the purpose of framing a stare constitution to be sub mitted to the people for their approval or rejection" makes it the duty of the Governor of the Territory of Arizona to Issue proclamation calling special election for the election of delegates to constitutional convention as provided .n sad act, (which proclaim 4tion shall be issued not les than forty days before the second Tuesday in May A D 18ol." Now, therefore l, John N Irwin, Gov ernor of the Territory, in pursuance of the duty enioined upon me in said act, oi the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of A:lzona, do hereby order a general election to be held in the several counties of this Terr tory, on the second Tuesday in May A. D. 1891, to select delegates to a convention, appointed by said act of the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Arizona, to be held in the city of Phen,x on the first Monday m September, 1890, for the purpose of framing constitution 10 be submitted to the legal voters of this Territory tor their approval or re- jection.
 The number of delegates to be chosen according to said act at said election m the several counties is as follows:
 Two delegates shall be el' cted by the voters of the county of Apache.
 One delegate shall be elected by the voters of the county of Coconino.
 Three delegates shall he elected by the voters of the county of Cochise.
 Two delegates shall be elected by the voters of the county of Graham.
 One delegate shall be elected by the voters of the county of Gila.
 Three delegates shall be elected by the voters of the county of Maricopa.
 One delegate shall be elected by the v,ters of the county of Mohave.
 Two delegates shall be elected by the voters of the county If P'nal.
 Three delegates shall be elected by the v,ters of the county of Pima.
 One delegate shall be elected by the voter; of the county of Yuma.
 Three delegates shall be elected by the voters of the county of Yavapai.
 And do hereby offer reward of $50 tor the ares, and conviction of any and every person violating any of the provis- ions of title IA. pa, l, of the Penal code. In witness whereof, have hereunto set
 my hand and caused the great
 seal of the Territory to be af- [sEAL fixed. Done at Phenix. the cap
 ital March A. A D 1891.
 JOHN N. IRWIN, By the Governor. Governor
 N. 0. MURPHY,
 Secretary of Territory.