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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
STATION CORNER OF SIXTH AND STREETS.
In EFFECT AIRIL q, 1895.
1880 AN. PENNSYLVANIA LlMlrED.-Pullman
HARRISBURG to Chicago, Cincinnati, indianapolis,
81. Louis, Cleveland and Toledo. Buiiet larlor
1880 AN. FAsI LINE.-Pullman Buffet Parlor
Gar to harrisburg parlor and Dining Cars, Har-
$40 PM. Chicago AND ST. LOUIS EXPRESS.
r iI Builet Parlor Car TO HARRISBURG Steep
Cincinnati, Louisville and Chicago.
1:lO Pm. WESTERN EAPkESS.-Pullman Sleep.
ing Car to Chicago and Harrisburg TO Cleveland
7I0 Pm. SOUTHWESTERN EXPRESS. Pullman
Sleeping a and Dining Cars to ST. LOUIS and Sleep
1910 Pm; TACTIC EApkESS.-pullman Sleeping
Car 20 PIttsburg.
1850 AN. for Kane, Canandaigua, Rochester and
Niagara Fails daily, except Sunday.
1880 AN. Tor Elmira and Remove, daily, except
SUNDAY For Williansport daily, 3:4U Pm.
1:l0 PAL for Williamsport, Rochester, Buffalo and
Niagara Falls daily, except Saturday, with Sleep
Ing Car Washington to Suspension Bridge VIA
1O:4o PM. for Erie, Canandaigua, Rochester, Buff
ialo and Niagara Falls daily, Sleeping Car Wash
FoR PHiLApELPH1A, NEW YORK AND THE
400 PM "CoNGREssioSAL LIMITED" all Par
,or Cars, with Dining Car from Baltimore for
Regular at s:o5 Dining car,. 42o s:ee. 100
piainS Sar,s ane 20 Dining Ing. GaE An lsl5
Carr AN, 12:i5, ais, 4:2O. $40, 1000 and
II :35 PM For Philadelphia only, Fast Express.
I;5O M. week days. Express, 2:Ol and $40 p.
NJ. daily.
For Boston, without change. 1850 AN. weekdays
For Baltimore. e:S5, i:os. 72o. 7;5o. 900. 1900
$40 GOO Limited. 4:2o. 4:$s. SD, sos $40.
I:10. 1890 10:4o, 11:15 and II :35 Pm. On Sun
day, 7Oo, 7:2O, 300, 9:O5, 1880, IL 100 An,
12l5, 1:15, 2:Ol. 3:15 $40, (4:OO Limited, 400
6:40, sos, $40, 7:1O, 1000, 10:4O and II :35
For Pope's Creek Line. 1920 AM. and 4:3s PM
daily, except Sunday.
For Annapolis, 7:2O, 800 and II 80 AM, and 400
PM daily except Sunday Sundays, 300 AN.
Atlantic Coast Line Express for Richmond, Jack
sonyille ard Tampa, 4:3O AN, $3.50 PM. daily.
Richmond and Atlanta, $40 Pm. daily. Rich
mond only, 1857 AN weekdays.
Accommodation for Quantico, AS AN. daily and
4:2o Pm. weekdays.
For Alexandria, 4:3O. 6:35, 7:i5, $40 9:45, 1851
IL so AM, 1859. 1:40, 800, 4:25, 500, $751;
6:15, SOP, 1910 and ii 33 PM. On Sunday ut
4:30, 7:45. s:4o AN. 2:i5. 6:15 SOP and 1910
Pm.
Leave Alexandria for Washington, sos, 6:a3, 7:o5
500, 9:10 le:15, 10:2S AN, loo, 2:15, $780,
1913, 500, $50, 6:13, 700, 1920, 9:1O, 1882
and II 0S PM On Sunday at 6:43, 9:1O, 1928
Ticket office4 northeast Of 18th street and
Pennsylvania avenue, and at the station, 9Th and
Il streets, where orders can be left for the check
Ing of baggage to destination from hotels and
licences.
General Manager. General Passenger Agent.
apo
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A fast freight train on the Lehigh Valley
Meadows, near Elizabethport N. j., Sun
day. William Kester. engineman, was
caught under the locomotive and roasted
to death.
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satisfactory Test.

From the Chicago Record.
DO you think, sir" said the girls
mother, that you have the patience and
forbearance to be a kind-hearted hus-
band?'
Madam" replied the young man, in
earnest tones. Il can put 14lz stand-up
collar on No. Is shirt without saying a
single strong word"
And she consented to the match at once
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Sylvester Cox John Lubahn, Albert Laem-
menringer and Bias Rococomch We're killed
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company at Sopris,
Saturday.
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POTOMAC RIVER BOATS.

Z. 5. RANDALL POTOMAC RIVER LINE
Steamer Harry Randall leaves River View wharf.
an, landing at ali wharyes far down as Mad
dox creek, including Chapel Point and Colonial
Fridays, 8 pm. Passenger Accommodations first
class Freight received until hour of sailing Tele-
Agents t Alex c PfoprieT9r and I'd Manager.
my6-tf Washington, D. O.
THE STEAMER MArTANo LEAVES 7rh STREET
wharf Mattox creek and intervening landings
Returning leaves Mattox creek Mondays, We'd
nesdays and Fridays at noon. -,
Phone l14. mI-tp u. L. JONES' Agent.
THE WEESlS STEAMBOAT COMPANY.
Steamer Potomac Will leave Stephenson wharf,
baltimore and river landings. Freight ior river
landings received on Saturday.
Special rates given on baltimore freight.
STEPHENSON u BRO, Agents.
Telephone I45.
OFFICE, 91O Pennsylvania avenue. mh7-6mo
STEAMER WAKEFIELD"
From T,h St. Terry wharf. at am.
On Mondays and saturdays For river landings, to
Nominl creek, thence 10 Leonardtown and St. Glenn
and Sundays. ON WEDNESDAY, Tor river landings
Smith creek, Coan and Yeocomico rivers Return D.
lug. leaves Nomini Thursday evening for Wicomico
swans, Sluarts, Sths and Liverpool PIT. arriving
drift c. W. RIDLEY. Gen. Mgr.
NORFOLK AND WASHlNGION SIEAMBOAT CO.,
DAILY LINE BETWEEN WASHINGTON.
ID. c., FORTRESS MONROE AND
NORFOLK, VA.
The New and Powerful Iron Palace Steamers
WASHINGTON AND NORFOLK,
SOUTH BOUND.
Leave Washington daily at pm. from foot of
18th st. wharf, arrive at Fortress Monroe at $50
Am. next daY. Arrive Norfolk at 1870 am
where railroad connections made for all points
south and southwest, and with the Old Dominion
steamers for New York, Merchants and Miners
steamers for Boston, Prov idence, Savannah, Ca
and Jacksonville. TIa., making elegant sea trip
for tourists and invalds
NORTH BOUND.
Leave Norfolk 'aily at Clio pm. Leave Fortress
Monroe at 7:l0 pm. Arrive at Washington 6:30
a IN. next day.
Through tickets on sale at 3d. 619, 1421 Penn
ave-, I0I 18th st. w., and on board steamers ut
wharf, foot of It'll st.
Telephone No. 100.
JNO. CALLAHAN.
d13-tf Gen. Supt.
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FOR SALE-BICYCLES.

For SAIIE-SENERAL SECONDHAND LIGHT
pneumatics; very cheap; instalments II desired
Also, "Libertys.' $50 to 500; new; free trial
w. ID. HADGER, SO7 9th st. my14-tf
FOR SALE-LIGHT-WEIGHT VICTOR PNEU-
matte bicycle; good new; cost SIPS; will sell
to quick buyer $4S; tools, etc IDS kerby St.,
opposite Homeopathic Hospital, I'd and SITS.
NV IT.
FOR SALE-MODEL 81, COLUMBIA; HARTFORD
clincher tires; weight, "a lbs; good new; cost
$50 last year; sacrifice for S65 cash; $40 time.
]. b. NJ, HOS ST. NV. (upstairsJ. my13-tf
FOR SALE-'95 CAPITALS" LIGHT WEIGHT
pneumatics, 500. Ladies', $50. SIS and $50; all
fully guaranteed. A few of former years make
reduced to $50, with 95 trimmings. Good Sec
ond-hand overhauled machines from $50 up. II.
S. OWEN MIG. CO., 1923 ". Y. ap3O-tf
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PIANOS AND ORGANS.
A Great Bargain.

Handsome San Domingo Mahogany Upright Piano;
fitted with the famous LOCK PRACTICE PEDAL;
entirely separate and distinct from the soft pedal
Your children can practice and bang the piano
much they please without disturbing you or
without injuring The instrument Adds at least ten
years durability to the piano. We have but few
of these celebrated planes left. They listed at
$4Oo. As special inducement to make you buy
tomorrow you take your choice of them at
$40, on terms of $40 down and IS monthly. DTNO
dealers need apply
+, G. SMITH, l.25 Pa, ave. 1t
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BY using Halls Hair Remover gray, faded OF
disc olored hair the natural color Of you'll
and grows luxuriant and strong. pleasing everx
body
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Anchor Lime

Anchor Lime
UNITED STATES MAIL STEAMSHIPS,
SAIL FROM NEW YORK EVERY SATURDAY FOR
GLASGOW VIA LONDONDERRY.
Rates for Saloon Passage:
By S. s. CITY OF ROME, $50 and upward.
OTHER STEAMERS, Cabin, Si5 and upward.
Excursion tickets at reduced rates.
Second Cabin, $25 and $50. Steerage, sic.
DRAFTS AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES.
For further information apply to
HENDERSON BROTHERS, Bowling Green, NY,
or q. w. MOSS. 921 Pa. ave. NV, EDW. +.
DROOP, 925 Pa. ave-, Washington. my33m
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COUNTRY REAL ESTATE.

FOR SALE+ON EASY TERaiS-COLONIAL BEACH
cottage; s rooms all modern improvement water
Closet hot and cold baths gas; electric FANS;
large lot; summer house; stable.
my1l-3t' X. H. EVANS, 1921 F at.
FOR SALE-17 ACRES GOOD GARDEN LAND; g.
house; large barn; high; water; wood; 2
miles from station 81, 400. DUCKETT, DENT
& CO., $50 + ST. my113t
WILL SELL FOR $1,000 ON EASY TERMS OR
will exchange for city lot good lumber fertile
farm of 97A acres in Va; good house and out
buildings. ALLEN w. MALLERY & CO., GA B.
myS-Id
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f21-6nn,12

THE POPULAR KRAKAUER PIANOS, UNSUR-
passed in and durability; the Packard organs
tuning and regulating first-cass. At kuHN'S
TEMPLE OF MUSIC, 1909 G st. Est. 1872
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Net erHamdS Line

From New York to Rotte rdam via Bouogne Sun
Mer; 81. hours from Paris or London
SIS. Spaarndam, Saturday, May Is. at ! pm.
SIS. Veendam, saturday. May 70, at ! pm.
First cabin, $55 to $40; second cabin, SIS. For
information apply to Gen. Pass. Agency, - Broad
way, New York city, or to &. W. MOSS, 921 Pa
ave- and L. +. DROOP. 925 Pa. ave-. CRANE,
PARIS & CO., Ebbitt bldg. mh2-eo6m
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STEAM CARPET CLEANING

BOSTON ELECTRIC CARPET RENOVATOR-CAR.
pets cleaned in the best manner without tearing
drop postal. THOMAS PEARSALL Jr.,
myS-6ts 919 la. ave
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OCEAN TRAVEL

==''SH@5''==
for s3day tour through Europe, embracing all
points of interest The lowest-priced frstclass
tour. of this year. W. Z. VAN WlCkLE ticket
agent for all steamship Ines, 1225 Pa ave.m13 Sd
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Amer,ca,s FrostIe.s pe,t

What is supposed to be the only frost
less belt in the United States lies be-
tween the city Of Los Angeles and the
Pacific ocean. It traverses the foothills
of the Cahuenga range and has an ele-
vation of between 200 and 400 feet. In
breadth it is perhaps three miles. The
waters of the Pacific are visible from it,
and the proximity of the ocean has of
course something to do with banishing
frosts During the winter season this
tract produces tomatoes, peas, beans and
other tender vegetables, and here the
lemon fourishes, tree that is peculiar
ly susceptible to cold Tropical trees
may also be cultivated with success,
and in connection with this fact it is in
teresting to know that part of the fa.
vorite territory has been acquired by Los
Angeles for park purposes, and it is
only question of time when the city
will have the unique distinction of pos
sessing the only tropical park in the
United States Strange to say, only the
midway region of the Cahuenga range
is free from frost, the lower part of the
valley being occasionally visited. New
York Post.
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Enll Of Wonder.

Mrs Patton, the Scotch missionary e
wife, In one Of her letters from the
New Hebrides humorously describes the
simple hearted astonishment Of the ma
tivee at some of the wonderful things
shown them by their new teachers:
Two rooms have been added TO our
island home, one little study, which
has to serve also as a drawing room.
The Aniwans call this the Great House
and are perfectly lost when they get in
side, four rooms being quite too much
for their comprehension. And although
they saw them being built they ask in
each room, with bewildered faces,
whether they are north, south, east or
west.
Sometimes we have to take them
through the house several times in q
day, and it is genuine fun to watch
them--a perpetual play. Some of the
scenes are truly dramatic. One fellow,
the other day, got so Enthusiastically ex-
cited when / set the sewing machine
going that he performed war dance in
the middle of the floor, flung his arms
all about and called lustily for his dead
father.
A skeleton timepiece, under glass
shade, comes in for o large amount of
interest. They will stand and watch the
pendulum go for ever so long and ask
all sorts of questions. 1.-THE path of the
sun" was what they called it, after we
had explained how the hands and fig
ures indicated the suns course in the
heavens
Yesterday I tried to explain that it
was the earth and not the sun that was
going round, but was promptly inform
ed that was liar
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nfapie.on.s Ruse.

= When Mapleson was on tour in Dub
lin, Miles. Salla and Anna de Belocca
were in the company. On arriving at
the hotel both ladies chose the best suit
Of rooms in it, each saying, "These
will do for me. F" II shall have them, {"
said Salla II am prima donna. {"
There are two prima donnas, I" return
ed Belocca, myself and Patti" This
began furious quarrel Mapleson went
to the hotel keeper and ascertained that
there were some other roStns nearly as
good. He enjoined tlN man to declare
that they were for Lady Spencer, wife
OF the viceroy, and stand to the state
ment. He then called him up and said
loudly; both these ladies must have
equally good rooms. Where are the 9th
ersf" THE only others as large are re-
served for the Countess Spencer, re-
turned the hotel keeper. "But we could
see them?" exclaimed both singers at
once. "Oh, yes, said the man, leading
the way. Belocca instantly few up stairs
past him into the suit, and locking the
door in their faces shouted through the
keyhole that Lady Spencer must get on
as best she could, leaving Mapleson to
congratulate himself ON the effect of his
strate1em.
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Tn. Origin Of B,,,,.,d..

In letter dated 1860, which has been
presented to the Bibliotheque Nationale
in Paris, highly ingenious account is
given Of the origin of billiards. The
writer declares that billiards were in
vented in England about the middle of
the sixteenth century by a pawnbroker
named Bill Kew This man, it is al
legged, used in his leisure moments TO
play on his counter with the three brass
balls which he hung up as sign. For a
cue he had yard measure, whence the
term bill-yard, or Bills yard, corrupted
into billiards. This etymology will
hardly satisfy MIR. Skeat, but it is at
least curious as showing to what length
the speculative etymologist is apt to 60.
The most astonishing thing about it,
however, is the fact that it is the work
Of Frenchman, who might have seen
at glance that billiards is merely a
corruption of his own word billiard,
from "bille," ball, the termination
"ard" being perfectly regular and nat
ural in the composition Of word in
tended to designate the table upon which
the balls are used. London Telegraph.
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The smoL.r,s Paradise.

The whole Philippine archipelago is
the smokers paradise. Quantities Of TO.
bacco of the finest f1avors grow in tropic
luxuriance ON the uplands, and every
one is an adept at smoking. Boys and
girls of 10 use the weed hourly and roll
their own cigars with the deftness of
their parents. 1t is common sight to
see in the streets Of Manila father and
mother sauntering along with enormous
cigars in their mouths and followed by
five or six children, varying in ages
from 10 to 20, all smoking. At the lit
tie theater in Manila, where few per-
formances are given in each winters
season, every one smokes, and the roof
is so arranged that the smoky air can
pass quickly away. In every home,
whether in the country or in the heart
Of Manila, there are always heaps of
dried tobacco leaves, tied in bunohes,
upon the floor or in shed near the
house, and the provident Tagal lays in
a stock Of tobacco for household pur-
poses several times year as carefully
as the American does the family supply
of potatoes or flour. Strange as it may
seem, very little tobacco is exported,
and the reason given is that the Span
ish, for their own reasons, have dis
couraged and ruined the expectation of
the weed. New York Times.
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But Wales Did Not Die.

The dangerous illness of the Prince OF
Wales in December, 1871, was the cause
of events-curlous and amusing-which
will ever find place in the history of
British journalism. The death of the
prince seemed inevitable, for the doctors
had begun to despair One day the an
nouncement went forth that his royal
highness could not survive many hours,
and accordingly every daily newspaper
in the kingdom had its obituary Of the
prince "set, or put into type.
But the expected telegram announcing
the death meyer came, and SO at mid
night, when the hour for going to press
Yas close at hand, many newspaper
editor who had relied on his biogaph.
ical sketch of the prince filling six or
eight columns of his paper was COM
PEELED to fill up the blank columns with
Standing" matter of all kinds, such as
old advertisements and older news. The
principal newspaper editors subsequent
ly sent the prince, at his own request,
: S..nofs" Of the obituaries, and pasted,
in a bulky scrapbook, they now form
one of the strangest and rnos. -1r,61aob.
+;jeots to Be seen sE MaTlb5frongh House,
Chambers Journal
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Animal Humbugs.

In military stables horses are known
to have pretended to be lame in order
to avoid going to a military exercise
A chimpanzee had been fed ON cake
when sick After his recovery he often
feigned coughing in order to procure
dainties The cuckoo, as is we'll known,
lays its eggs in another bird IS nest, and
to make the deception surer it takes
away one of the other birds eggs. Ami
mails are conscious Of their deceit, as
shown by the fact that they try to act
secretly and noiselessly. They show a
sense of guilt if detected. They take
precautions in advance to avoid discov-
cry. In some cases they manifest regret
and repentance. Thus bees which steal
hesitate often before and after their ex-
ploits, as if they feared punishment. A
naturalist describes how his monkey
committed theft, While he pretended to
sleep the animal regarded him with
hesitation and stopped every time his
master moved or seemed ON the point
of awakening. London Exchange
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o,ConneII,. Legal wit.

O'Connell once defended a man Of
the name Of John Connor on charge of
murder in Cork, and the principal wit
ness for the crown was a policeman who
found the prisoner IS hat, which he left
behind him in his fight from the scene
of his guilt After travelling backward
and forward, as was his habit in cross
examination, from the all important
question as to the identity Of the hat he
thus continued, "Now, then, you swear
that the hat in my hands is the hat you
found--in every particular the same?"
Witness-"I do" O'Connell-"And
inside the hat was written the prisoners s
name" docking into the hat and SPELL
ing the name very slowly, "'J-o-h-n
C-o-n-n-o-rf' Witness - "Yes. {"
O'Connell (holding up the hat in tri-
umph to judge and jury)-"My lord
and gentlemen of the jury, there is no
name in the hat at all " This made a
sensation, and ultimately the prisoner
was acquitted
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CarIyle's Hero Worshipers,

Here is another Carlyle story, told by
Mr. Nicholas: 1.-THE people about Chel-
sea, he said, "did not pay much atten-
tion to him, but good many persons,
mostly Scotchmen, used to come down
here. They used to ask me when he gen,
orally came out and would wait for a
Chance q seeing him. l seImethber a
Scotchman who said Ire would give e1O
for five minutes talk with Carlyle.
Then there was a young fellow / heard
of, clerk in Glasgow, who came in his
holiday (it was only few days. and
waited about here till he saw the old
man, with his slouch hat and big cloak
and long stick, come out leaning on his
niece's arm. Carlyle was very fond of
children. There are good many young
people in the parish who are very proud
of the fact that he used to take them on
his knee, and he had always pat on
the head for them when he passed. -
Westminster Gazette.
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First Water Diamonds.

What do 1 mean by the express
sion first water?' The expression first
water when applied to diamond de-
notes that it is free from all traces of
color, blemish, flaw or other imperfec-
tion, and that its brilliancy is perfect
1t is, however, frequently applied TO
stones not quite perfect, but the best
that the dealer has, and they may be of
only second quality. 1t is almost i'm
possible to value a diamond by its
weight only. Color, brilliancy, cutting
and the general perfection of the stone
have all to be taken into account. Of
two stones, both flawless and of the
same weight, one may be worth 5000
and the other $4,000. Exceptional
stones often bring unusual prices, while
off color stones sell from $50 to 800
cafet regardless of size. The poor
qualities haYe deprecated so much in
value that SOME are worth only from
one-tenth to one-fourth what they We're
worth 20 years ago. This is specially
true of large stones of the second or
third quality. Chicago Record.
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According to the opinion Of superin-
tendent Barker of the arms factory at
Sparkbrook, England, and prominent
expert in that line, the possibilities Of
the industrial use of high explosives for
generating motive power are a at sub.
ject Of study. OF the gunpowder engine
he thinks only slightly, as such an ex-
plosive merely develops in combustion
about $50 volumes of permanent gases,
while the solid residues are very consid-
erable, soon clogging any machine. New
ertheless one pound Of gunpowder is ca
pable of developing 40, $50 foot pounds
Of energy. The new smokeless powders
are capable of developing still higher
energy and are also more under control
while giving off nearly 1000 volumes
of permanent gases and leaving no solid
residue. Though the temperatures de-
veloped by all these propellants are
high, he thinks It very possible to over
come this difficulty in the same way as
1t is done with gas engines, or even by
making use of the energy of the water
30 employed when converted into steam.
AS English "cordite" develops 1880
calories per gram the possibilities of its
in some form of powder
gas" engine is remarked upon as not
without attractiveness to engineers Of
speculative turn. The temperature of
ON explosion is about 1000
degrees F., and that of the smokeless
powder is believed to be considerably
higher, though this has not yet been
fully determined. New York Sun.
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Turkish and Russian Soldiers.

The Turkish army is perhaps the only
one in the world which has invariably
behaved better in the field than the
peace conditions Of both nation and
army led critics to anticipate. The Rus
sian army, so far as the war Of 1877-8 is
concerned, belongs undoubtedly to the
category Of armies which have not full
filed expectations
The average Turkish soldier is phys
ically, morally and intellectually supe-
rior to the average Russian soldier, for
three reasons---first, because he is total
abstainer; secondly, because he is re-
hgious--that is, intellectually religious,
whereas the Russian is ignorantly re-
hgious, /. g., superstitious; thirdly, be-
cause elementary education is better in
Turkey than in Russia These plain
facts should be borne in mind when the
next campaign becomes imminent. =
"The Defense of Plevna," by w. ".
Herbert