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Whewi And also Ughl During the period of twenty years, from 1867 to 1886, inclusive, there were granted in the United States 328, ,7I6 decrees for divorce. The number in 1867 was 9,937 The increase during the twenty years was steady and rapid, the number for the last year of the period being 25,535, an increase of nearly 157 per cent. in the twenty years.
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Tho Wonder of XonderA.

When Mr.. Loughton was Spanish con-
sui at Boston he was one day standing
near where some ballast-stone were be-
ing thrown overheard from vessel that
had recently arrived from a European
seaport. Among this rubbish was n
flint pebble somewhat larger than a
hens egg, which, when it struck some
of the larger stones, separated in the
middle. Mr.. Loughton stopped and
picked up the two halves. On each
half, i'll marks made by the natural
growth of the stone, were two perfect
human heads in profile, all of the out
lines of features and hair being perfect
ly distinct, the natural portrait being
much darker than the surrounding
stone. The most surprising part of the
whole incident is the fact that, even
though the two halves fit together cX
actly, one of the faces was clearly that
of a male, the other tnat of a female.
Even the putting up of the hair was ap
propriate to the sex; yet, in the stone,
they were face to face.-St. Louis Re-
prhlio
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FOREIGNERS OF NOTE.

Mr.. RoUNIER, the present French
minister of finance, began life as a
drummer for bookseller.
So FAR from being slothfnl, the sui
tan is one of the busiest monarchs in
Europe. He possesses wide l1nowl-
edge of geography, of international law
and of European politics.
THE duke of Edinburg is good fid-
d1er. He is also considered the hand
soonest man in London, being over six
feet in height, muscular in build, ruddy
complexion, and regular features
BARON OsTEN SACIIEN, n descendant
of Napoleon's field marshal. rich and
unmarried, committed suicide recently
in Dubbeln, seaside resort in 1.-Two
MIA, because ''life was too monotonous. :"
POPE LEO wisely utilizcs the big,
lofty, and airy room known as his
study as a summer bedroom and has
his dinner served there as we'll He
does not believe in stuffy state apart
mentS.
NINE. PATHS new thcater at her
Welsh castle is said to have cost $780,
900. Nicolini has been very much an
noyed because Patti would build this
place of amusement, which can never
be made a place to demand admission.
instead of investing in securities that
would bring her a steady income.
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AT THE ENGINE.
How the Brave Men Obey Orders With
out Flinchng in the Engine Room.

How the Brave Men Obey Orders With
out Flinching in the Engine Room.
The light from the electric lamps is
reflected in patches on the smooth steel
beams of the engine. In and out, in
and out like shuttles weaving, work
the rods, their perfect rhythm of mo-
ton and precision of movement giving
no hint of the great speed at which the
giant vessel is cleaving her way.
Days have passed without signal
from above, the engines throbbing
steadily. Everything is repose; the in
cessant motion of the machinery is so
common to the men that they do not
notice it. The deck may be ever so
noisy and these men, buried in the
bowels of the ship, would never know
it.
Suddenly the great signal gong
sounds upon the stiffness a single reso-
nant clang-stop. The engineer and
his assistants are at their posts in an
instant; the engines stop, This, the
first signal for hours, yes days, means
to them nothing, but that it must be
instantly obeyed.
1t may be man overheard; it may
be in another instant some vessels
Prov will cut the ship in two, or the
ship itself crash into an iceberg-they
only know their orders; the bell has
spo1en-stop.
With hands upon the wheels they
stood waiting, every nerve strained, in
utter ignorance of what the signal
means. Soldiers in action see the dan
ger; the officers on deck know what is
going on; but these men know nothing
but duty.
A moment passes without word in
that narrow room. Strong hands are
ready for the next order. 1t comes,
'clang, clang," reverse the engine. :"
The lever is drawn forward, the valves
open and obedient to the touch the
great piston rods move again.
The seconds seem ages, one, two
minutes and then-an awful crash. A
grinding and the vessel staggers.
'Clang" goes the great gong and still
at the posts quick hands stop the en-
CINE. Ting a-ling- a-ling,'' ting a.
ling-a-ling quit the engine" comes
the signal.
While confusion has reigned above,
these silent men have stood to their
posts until this order came. They rush
to the deck. The vessel is filing, a
great hole in her bow from the COLI
sion with the ice, and all hands turn to
the life boats.
In the depths of a steamer where
that great heart of mans construction
beats out the vessels life, true heroism
is to be found, firm, unquestioning
obedience to orders.-Henry Pacet, in
Short Stories.
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letter ;s not ;ssuad and Uncle Sam

letter is not issued, and Uncle Sam $
not pay for it if it is lost or stolc,.
The registered mail is put into a little
pouch, which is put inside of the regu-
lar mail sack When the road agent
gets hold of mail sack he rips it open,
either by running his knife around the
sack near the bottom, or by making
two slashes criss cross in one side of
the sack. Thanks to Uncle Sans kind
consideration and foresight, he isn't
obliged to ransaclk thousand letters,
but finds all the valuable mail sorted
out and neatly done up in an easily
portable pouch, which he takes along
to open at his leisure in the brush.
OF ali the devices and inventions for
the protection of treasure and the cir
cumyention of the road agent, the only
one that has stood the test of time and
experience is a big, ugly-tempered
man with a sawed-off shotgun on the
box. Of course, when the other fellow
has the dro p a shotgun is of no moro
use than a piece of lead pipe; but the
lone road agent can't watch a lot of
passengers and a driver. and at the
same time keep the drop on a man who
has been hired to shoot him full Of
holes, and only wants half chance
to do it. If the robber gets the drop
on the messenger and keeps it, and
contents himself with ordering the
The state capital., 1891-09-12
THE FINE ARTS,

ROBIN will make the statue of Balzac
to be put in the place of the Palais
Royal.
THE death of Marie Gordon, the once
beautiful wife of John T. Raymond,
recalls the fact that she was David
Meals model for his celebrated picture
of MARY, Queen of Scots"
FREDERICK FL. BRIDGMAN, perhaps
best known as a painter of Oriental
subjects, was among the American art
lists presented with gold medals at the
international art exhibition in Berlin.
A BEAUTIFUL piece of sculpture from
ancient Ephcsus has reached the Brit
ish museum. The relic forms part of q
marble bull, the head being exquisitely
carved, while the figure of a goddess
appears on the body. 1t is supposed to
be 1000 years old.
A PORTRAIT of George Washington by
Gilbert Stuart has been found in the
Isle of Man, says a cable to the New
York Herald. Its purchase for the ma
tional gallery is under consideration,
but Americans are trying to buy it. 1t
is a small full-length portrait.
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driver to throw out the box, he may
win; but, it is the business of the man
with the sawed-off shotgun not to let
him get the drop, but to blaze away as
soon as he shows up. The gun is sawed
off for the greater convenience of the
messenger in potting road agents. 1t
is loaded with buckshot and scaGters
like charge of bribery fired into a
California legislature. The length of
the gun is such that when the muzzle
rests upon the footboard the locks arc
level with the messengers knee, and
he can swing it up into position very
readily. If he gets it pointed any
where near the robber, some of the
buckshot are sure to hit.
An old Nevada drivers modification
of the messengers gun was a single
barreled shotgun worn in his right
boot, the muzzle protruding through
the bottom near the heel. When held
up he stuck out his leg toward the rob-
Der, as if he were feeling for the brake,
and pulled the trigger. But one hand
was required to work the gun and the
effect was something in the line of
painful surprisc.-San Francisco EX-
aminer.
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CENSUS MISCELLANY.

POLICE statistics are said to show that
there are 10000 paupers in Naples.
ACCORDING to expert figures, the per-
manent tramp opulation of the United
States numbers G0,000.
PRELIMINARY census returns at Hong
Kong show q population of over eco, 900,
an increase of thirty per cent. in ten
years.
THE first directory for New York city
was published in 1886 and contained $40
names. The directory for 1891 contains
379,971 lanes.
The census men found in the United
States 14,O56, $50 horses; 2,29G, 532 mules;
16,O19, sol cows; 81, ,S75, GAS oxen and cat
tie; 43, 431, 1856 sheep; 5O,625, 1O6 swine.
THE census reports the number OF
commandments of the Roman Catholic
church in this country at 6,25o,045, but
states that the seating capacity of the
churches of this denomination is but 81
735. 1872
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with the left hand tried to arrange the
tangled lines, while the bullets
whistled by in the dark. He got the
stage into Tombstone with the express
box safe, but two dead men were taken
from the coach.
That was not the work of a profess
sional road agent. The main purpose
of the robber is to secure plumber, and
if he does any killing it is either to
prevent somebody from killing him or
to insure the success of the robbery.
The attack upon the Tombstone stage
was the work of man-killer, who had
turned road agent for one night only,
and for that and other good reasons the
Job was generally attributed to Doc
Holladay, a man who left a trail of
blood across every state and territory
between the Mississippi and the Sier-
ras
A man who understands the art of
highway robbery can hold up any
stage without firing shot, unless a
fighting shotgun messenger happens to
be on the box, in which case he may
get into trouble and miss the trick.
The expert professional never fools
with stage on open ground or a steep
down grade. He selects his ground
with care and Judgment, choosing a
place where the stage must be driven
slowly, and taking such position that
he cannot be seen until he has the
driver covered with his shotgun. He
uses shotgun rather than the rife or
revolver, because the shotgun is the
most formidable weapon at short
range, its capacity tos scattering fre
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THE CELESTIAL EMPIRE.

THE emperor of China is afflicted with
insomnia.
SEVERAL thicknesses of paper pasted
together have from time immemorial
been found extremely serviceable in
China as soles for shoes.
A CHINESE bank note of the Ming dy-
nasty, about 1868, has been presented
to the British museum. 1t is 800 years
older than the first bank note issued in
Europe.
IT is said by q writer for the North
China Herald that fiction among the
cclestials is, and always has been, an
influence for evil, much condemned by
moralists of the Confucian school.
THERE is an immense garden in China
that embraces an area of so, 900 square
miles. 1t is all meadow land and is
filed with lakes, ponds and canals. AL
together it is rs large as the states Of
New York and Pennsylvania com 5ined.
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Tombst was infested by Doc Holla-
day and other people of that sort. The
Earps managed to hold things level in
Tombstone, but the road agents bossed
the highway, and in Benson man was
liable to be held up at noon on the
depot platform while waiting for a
train. Budd Philpot, brother-in-law OF
Charlie Foss, the king of stage drivers,
was driving the Benson and Tombstone
stage, and one night somebody tried to
hold him up not many miles from Tom b
stone. Philpot had had experience
with road agents, and when he heard
the order to halt came from the dark
ness little behind the off fore wheel
he concluded that the robber was a
green hand at the business, and instead
of putting on the brake he gave the
horses the silk and sent them ahead on
the run.
In nine cases out of ten the trick
would have won, as the robber would
have thought it hardly worth while to
fire at a rapidly escaping stage, and
the darkness would have spoiled his
aim if he did fire. But the crack of
Philpot's lash was answered by the
crack of Winchester, and Philpot
half sprung to his feet, dropped back
with a moan, and swayed in his seat.
The messenger, who sat beside him,
threw his right arm around the driver
and with his left seized the lines as
they fell from ilpot's'relaxed fingers.
The Winchester cracked again and
again, and a cry from the inside of the
coach told that one of the passengers
had been hit. The frightened horses
few over the road. The messenger
held the dying driver with one arm, and
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CRADLE SONG
Baby, let us both 90 sailing

Baby, let us both go sailing
In our fairy bark away,
With its sllken wings outspreadinT
To the country of Cathay.
Let the two of us make voyage
Where in other days have gon
Men and babies, dolts and sageS,
All in quest Of Prester John.
Baby, let us both go sailing
TO the Persian land await
Tbere to visit rosy gardens
T, At the dawning of the da:
AS the sun begins its journey
Wen begin the pleasing tramp.
Seeking Aladdin, the lucky,
And his genius OF the lamp.
Baby, let US both 60 sailing,
Where the calm Pacific lies,
With its sweep Of deep blue surface
Spread before our eager eyes.
Let us leave it's shores that gladden.
With their palm trees. fruits and flowers,
Till we come to Crusoe's island
BY this fairy bark OF ours.
Baby, let US both 60 sailing
Stormy seas Arabian DER,
Tili we find where Sinbad's valley
Has of diamonds countless store:
Then, with gems Of priceless value,
Joyfnlly returning here,
Sonc shall shine on baby's trinkets,
Some shall deck its mother dear.
Baby. let us all go sailing,
Sailing to the land afar,
Where amid the fourleaved shamrocks
Dancing nimbly fairies are;
Let us at their mirthful revel
Take a sly and curious peep
Abt the rogue has sailed without me,
Sailed and found the land OF sleep.
Baby by himself is sailing
In a shallop built of dreams,
Over lakes with blossoms circled,
Through the friths Of placid streams.
Crowned with poppies, robed with silence,
in his bark reclined at ease,
Who may know how far he wanders?
Who may tell what sights he sees?
Thomas Dunn English, in Harpers Young
People
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TOLD OF ANIMALS.

1T is said that the ape and the camel
are the only quadrupeds which cannot
swim.
AN Ohio man has colt that is jet
black save its manc, tail and feet,
which are milk white.
RED fox guards the barnyard of a
farmer in Butler county, Pa, and the
chickens and geese are perfectly safe
from thieves when he is around.
WHEN the owner of pet donkey in
jackson, Tenn, purchased rival and
installed it on his farm the jealous
original pet resented the intrusion by
braying so loud that it burst blood
vessel and died,
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A Fathers Foresight.

Speaking of Judge Calhoun suggests
good story about his middle name,
which is Ezekiel.
81 asked my father once" said the
Judge, why he ever put such thing
as Ezekiel in my name, as to the best
of my recollection no family precedent
or close friendship with any body of
that name warranted it.
"'My son. said he. L did it to keep
you from ever parting your name in
the middle" and the judge has never
parted it.-Atlanta Constitution.
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Good News from England.

THE MEDICAL REFORM SOCIETY OF LONDON
will lsend genuine information free of charge
to all who are bona fide sufferers fromChron-
ic Kidney and Liver Diseases, Diabetes or
Bright's Disease, or any discharges or de-
rangements OF the human body, Dropsy,
Nervous Weakness, Exhausted Vitality,
Gravel, rheumatism, Sciatica. Dyspepsia,
Loss of Memory, want of Brain Power The
discovery is a new, cheap and sure cure, the
simplest remedy on earth, as found in the
Valley Of the Nile, Egypt.
Send a self-addressed envelope at once en-
clio sing ten cents in stamps to defray ex-
penses, to Secretary, James Holland, s,
Bloomsbury Mansions, Bloomsbury Square,
London, England. Mention this paper.
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Gives Way With q Crashl

That's what happens to many a const!tu-
ton worn out with unrelaxed tagging al
the desk, the loom or any laborious occupa
ton representing excessive brain or ply
steal labor Recuperate when wearing out
with the finest of reviving medicated slim
ulants, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, fore
most among remedies for debility, dyspep.
sia, constipation, malaria, kidney and blad
der complaints and the intirmities of age.
The state capital., 1891-09-12

Syrup .

J. c. Davis, Rector of St. James
Episcopal Church, Eufaula, Ala. {:
my son has been badly afflicted
with fearful and threatening cough
for several months, and after trying
several ralprescriptions from physicians
which failed to relieve him, he has
been perfectly restored by the use OF
two bottles of b.
AnEpiscopal schee's German Syr-
up. I can recon-
Rector. mend it wit b o Ii t
hesitation" Chronic
severe, deep-seated coughs like this
are as severe tests as a remedy can
be subjected to. 1t is for these long
standing cases that Boschee's Ger
man Syrup is made a speciality.
Many others afflicted as this lad
was, will do we'll to make note OF
this.
J. F. Arnold, Montevideo, Mimi,
writes: I always use German Syrup
for a Cold on the Lungs. I have
never found an equal to it-far less
superior. @
G. G. GREEN, Sole Man'fr, Woodbury,NJ j.
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The Only One Ever Printed-Can You Find
the Word?

There is a 8 inch display advertisement
In chis paper, this week. which has no two
words alike except one word. The same is
true of each new one ap' caring each week,
from The DIR. Harler Medicine Co. This
house places a Crescent on everything
they make and publish. Look for it, send
them the name of the word and they will
return you book, beautiful Autographs or
samples free.
The state capital., 1891-09-12

The gentler sex often suffer from pecul-
lar weakness that gives them great distress.
Let them not suffer. "A use Of DR.. John
Bulls Sarsaparilla strengthens the female
organization, and they soon grow strong
and robust. 1t is woman's best remedy for
weakness and declining health.
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Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn eflectually, dispels colds, head.
aches and feyers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is tho
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 800
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
LOUISVILLE. xX AEW foax. xE
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Eyes. the ceremony has been per.

Yes, the ceremony mas been per-
formed and John and Mary are one Z"
sIndeed? Which one?" WELL" an.
swered the father of the bride, from
what l know of Mary's mother,
should say--hut, ah. here sac comes
detroit Free prass.
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A GENTLEMAN, who had just returned
from his annual sea side holiday, declares
that several mornings in succession, as he
took stroll upon the beach, he saw the sea
bathing.-Judy.
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The wash Of the ocean, of which we hear
90 much, is probably done on the seaboard,
though one need not expect to see it when
crossing the line. .-Baltmore American.
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"How EVER did you gceber to change her
mind after she rejected you onccl' II just
used Il little mild purse weigh sion l''-Bos-
ton News.
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I'm getting through a failure success
fully" said old Mr. Cumrox, "a good deal
depends on mans lie abilities. Wash
iugton Star.
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DON'T wait until you are sick before trying
Carter's Little Liver Pills, but get vial at
once You can't take them without benefit.
The state capital., 1891-09-12

THERE is native savagcry in every
breast that loves TO sit in tho dry itself and
watch those who are caught out in the
rain.-Ram's Horn.
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"CAN l sec Mr.. x this morningf'
"Mr. X went to q blowout last night
and is not yet preseutablc' y Indeed;
what kind of blowoutf' Gas Buffalo
Exnrcss
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MANY mothers would willingly pay dol
lar a box for Bulls Worm Destroyers if
they could not get them for 25 cents. They
are always safe and always sure.
The state capital., 1891-09-12

EVERY trace OF salt rheum is obliterated
by Glenn's Sulphur Soap
Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye, so cents.
The state capital., 1891-09-12

MANY reputed wag turns out to be mere
ly a scalawag Boston Courier,
The state capital., 1891-09-12

THE short haired woman must take her
cue from somebody else when she needs
Galveston News.
The state capital., 1891-09-12

Pain from Indigestion, dyspepsia and too
hearty eating is relieved at once by taking
one of Carters Little Liver Pills immedi-
ately after dinner Don't forget this.
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m0NEY-FOR ALL El-SLAvES Money
NEGRO PREACHERS AND TEACHERS Read.

Tell all eX-slaves to send
&4(money order)for gold
emblem badgc-Vaughan's
new book Containing let
ters from Negro Bishops,
Frederick Douglass Bishop
Newman, Senator Cullom,
Ex-Mayor Carter Harrison,
Judge Thurston. and many
others. 1G0 pages. illustra-
tedD, blanks. papers, etc.
fully explaining his EX-
SLAVE PENSION BILL.
Clubs are now forming ev-
cry where and are endors-
inp"Vaughan's bill ,ras in
troduced In the Fifty-frst
Congress in their behalf,
asking 600 cash and els per
month for some and differ
ent amounts for others.
Mayor Naughnn's new
book, that is the best his
tory of the race ever writ
ten, gives cogent reasons
WHY the Government
should mud must grant the
former negro slave q pen
sion. Write at once and get
your names, etc. in his pen
sion register. No charge
i'll becomes q law. Add. W. X.
ingtou, DC. +. o. l.. Box S17.
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THE best cough medicine is Pisos Cure
for Consumption. Sold everywhere. 25c.