H ARGUMENT UPON ARGUMENT.

H Ml Brought About by the Workings of the"H Sew Railroad Late.H Washington dispatch : A telegram hasJB been received by tlio intor-Htato cotnmercoill conuniHBion , from tho manager of tlioy quicksilver inino at San Jo mo , Ciil. , regardVlHf ing present transcontinental ratcii , shutrHI ting out their products from New YorkHj tnnrkols entirely , which will have a disa-sH

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trouH effect on this industry. Several tolo-

grams-

H| .- luivo been received from Pacific

H[ conBt fruit interests , Betting forth disafliH ters threatened by now transcontinental

M rak'H.H Charles IL Tweed , of New York , ad-

dressed-

the commission thin morning in-

behalf of the Southern Pacific Railroa-dS\ company , for Busponsion of the fourth Bee-

) tion or tho inter-Btate commerco law. The5 "? Northern Pacific will file a like petition this

'J afternoon. A. T. Britton addressed the[ J tornniiHS on on behalf of the Atchison , Toll

pokn fc Santa Fe Itailrond company.,

* C. M. Wicker , representing tho board offcrnde and merchants of Chicago , telo-

M graphed nsking tho commission to with-M hold ith decision until argument can bom submitted in favor of tho long and short

haul chuiBO on tho Pacific const traffic ,H provided rates from the great lakes andB MissiBaippi valley be mado proportiontK ntely less than from tho Atlanticseabo'ard ,M na has been tho case in the past.M Telegrams signed by W. T. Garrett, pres-

ident of the Manufacturers' Association of9 California , and a committee of San FranPH cisco merchants , wore received , sayingjH memorials have been mailed containing aSJ potent argument against tho super-K vinion of the fourth section of thoJ net. Tho chamber of commerce of San

H Francisco telegraphed favoring tlio excep-Hj

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lions from tho operation of section 4 inH special cases requiring rapid transit.HJ A petition against the fourth section wasH presented in nn address by tho attorney ofHj 1he Atchison , Topekiwfc Santa Fo railroad ;

B nlso by General William Belknap , reprePH wonting the St. Louis and San FranciscoH roads. The eompelition or steamshipB • tonics was tho principal occasion of theseB petitions. Mr. Tweed gave notice thatB Judge Dilloii , representing tho Union PaciVB fie, would be hero to-morrow.B George Gray , attorney for tho Northernfl Pacific railroad , addressed the commission.B lie Baid that in an examination of thoB "fourth section he had reached tho conclu-B

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sion that railroads should not take it upffl on themselves .to determine what consticI Luted "similar circumstances and coml-ifl

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tions ,* * and filed a petition substantially

fiimdnr in purport to those presented by-

the Southern Pacific.-J.

.. E. Scarlcs. of New York , representing-

tho sugar refiners of tho East , including St.-

v

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Louis refiners , entered a protest against_•" the granting of the Sun Francisco refiners'-

petition. .Mr. Toft , representing the Clipper line of-

Sutton it Co. , said the railway companies-were now engaged in trying to havothe lawsuspended. If they knew that the law-would not bo suspended , they would bo en-

gaged¬

in carrying out its provisions in a-

way to make them successful. lie askedthat the law be not suspended in the genjcral way asked for , but that roads be made-to- fix fair rates , and he would like the priv-ilege

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of examining witnesses to show what-would bo fair rates.

Further hearing upon the Pacific linos'•petitions was then postponed until tomorT-OW.

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HERE AND THERE.A New York dispatch reports the death of-

t Alexander Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell was borr\ in Aberdeen , Scotland , in 181S. He came tc/ this country and settled in Milwaukee in 1S39.

Ho at once became identified with the Wiscousin the , marine and insurance bank , ol-

which he was president. In lS 'J he became-connected with railroading and later was made-picaidcut of tho Chicago , Milwaukee and Sf1'aul railroad.

Mr. Parnell , from his seat in the house ol-

commons- , intends to deny that hewiote thi>* letter charged to him in relation to the Phoenix

J3 park murders , which has created intense ex-jj <atcnient throughout Great Britain. It if

B stated that the editor of The Times will beB summoned to the bar of the liouse to explah.B the authorship of the letter. Mr. 1'aruell hasB notet decided to prosecute the paper.ii The leading shoe manufacturers of NewI York city have formed an association for thej iiettcr protection of their business and to re! sist unjust demands from their employes.

A Boston dispatch reports the death of John-Loid Hayes , LL. D. , secretary of the NationalAssociation of Wool Manufacturers.-

The.

strike at the Union steel works , Chi•cago , 111. , has been settled in a victory for "themen.

J The lower house of the Delaware lcgisla-lure

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has passed a bill grading liquor licenseSrom §4iX ) to S203 , and limiting drug stores tosales by prescriptions only-

.General

.

Lucius Fairchild , commander of the-G. . A. R. , has instructed posts not to complv-with any request for their opinions as a poston any subject

I The machinists in all the tube works ofPennsylvania have made a un ited demand foi.50 per cent , increase in wages for night worli

, after May 1.

The strike against the St Louis stove patterns in thejthird district has thrown 15,000 menout of work. They arc now being sent to New-York and New England.

' General Master Workman Powderly has-

warned the Detroit stove moulders to remainat work for the present as he hopes for settletmeet of the present dispute.- .

L AnSOKBED IX JUS JiOOICS.Coluairus (0. ) dispatch : A dispatch

from this city to a New York paper quoting-Judge Thiirinan as gaying that he wouldaccept the democratic nomination for ge> v-

ernor-

of Ohio if the convention made itunanimous , was shown the Old Romanthis morning by a reporter. To him , tho-

exsenator' - unbosomed himself as follows :

"To say that I would accept the nomina-tion

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for governor at the hands of the Ohio' -democracy at the forthcoming convention

would be equivalent to becoming a catidi-elate

-, which most positively 1 will not. I-

appreciate- the fact that the new generationof men men now on the stage of politics areequal to all emergencies. Among ouryounger chieftains in Ohio , J recognize manymen of proven courage , splendid attain-meats

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. ami who possess the confidence of\ the people. Under the leaelership of such

men the party in Ohio will have a future of-

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# "which we may all feel proud. I am now-engaged in my books and in writing letters-in behalf of ambitious young democrats ,

II "who seek to advance themselves , all of_ which affords me pleasure. A tranquil life

will afford me more satisfaction than any. I -office , however great the honor or emolu-I

--' - meuts. This a8 a matter of course should

I J be sacrificed for the good of one's countryl * . - •* or for fhe good oT the citizei-s in a case of

'great emergency ; but that emergency does

!J- . not in my opinion exist so far as is appli-*

j.- cable to myself. "

I- " In the Dominion parliament , Mr. WeldonSj'v said the Canadians relied not upon their mlll-|a - tary strength for a settlement of the fishery| | / dispute , but upon the good judgment of theifr people of the United States. Mr. Blake , leaderIf- • of the oppositioncensured the government for| . keepingthe country iu the dark as to negotia-K

-tious iii prosress. * 1

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t iCIEW RAILROADS INVESTIGATION.-

The

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Commission Soon to Mert and Map OutTlielr Plan of Action.-

Chicago.

dispatch : Tho Hon. D. T. Lit-tier

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, of BpringfioJd , one of the members ofU10\ newly appointed commission to in-

tho affairB of tho Pacific rail *

( , was in tho city to-day and left forWashington this afternoon.

"When does your commission expect to|begin investigation ? " naked a reporter.

"I hardly know yet. Tucaday I expect( meet Pattiaon and Anderson , the other

members of tho commission in Washingnton. when we will call on tho president andmap out our plan of action. "

"WillyoureHinneyourlegislativoduties ? ""If possible I will , but must be governed

,by the president's wishes and action of thocommission. Tho Sangamon county peo-pie

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aro opposed to my resigning my legisla-Uve

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duties , and under the law ftis unnecests ' ry. and if I did so there would hardly b

for a new election before tho adjournjinent. I took tho oath of office as a mem-ber

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J of the commission on Friday , andJbefore doing so satisfied myself by consulta-tion

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with prominent lawyers that therowas nothing to prevent mo holding bothofiices. "

"How long do you expect it to take thepommisHiou.' to complete tho investigaj

? ""Tho bill under which we aro appointed

directK nn iiivcstigation on so many pointsthat it hardly seems possible to completeit-by December , yet tho bill requires ua to ro-

by the time Congress meets. I prejj•mine we can get an extension of time , andit appears to me that we will have to makeKluch a recpiest. Congress certainly desiresa thorough investigation ; still , the demo-era tie members or the commission will have-to' decide that point. The investigationought certainly to be thorough. I am in-

favor of having every man before us thathas ever pretended toknownnythingnboiitho management of the Pacific railroad af-

fairs.-

' . No one ought to be able to com-when we get throughthat he was not

given an opportunity to be heard. Promjcinent YBishington newspaper men thathave' ' investigated the Pacific railroad af-

fairs¬

ought to be examined first. They ap ¬

to have given the matter considerable-research , and ought to be able to give usimportant clues. I think it will be neces-sary

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to employ an expert accountant to-help us go through the books. A consider-able

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clerical force will certainly be required.llsuppose we will elect Governor Pattison

. Ho is the beat known to thecountry at large. We will defer , of course ,

to the president's wishos in the matter. "

FLA SUES RY THE TELEGRAPH-

.Fifty

.

West Virginia families lost their allin tho cyclone.

Biigadier GeneralWTiIcox has been placed *

on the retired list.-

A

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number of those implicated in the PanHandle robbery cases made voluntary con-fcssions.

General Bragg denies that the clerks olthe inter-stato commerce commission areto be selected under the civil service rules ,

Alexander R. Lawton , of Georgia , hasbeen appointed envoy extraordinary and-minister plenipotentiary to AustriaHunTgary.

Charles F. Renne ,- the Chicago defaulter ,

confessed that he forged checks to theamount of 3000. He was held to thegrand jury.

. The English government ordered the cus-

toms-

officials to keep a strict watch overall vessels arriving from American andEuropean ports for dynamiters.

Th'e governor of Colorado issued a quar-antine proclamation against the importa-tion

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of cattle of Illinois , Kentucky. Dela'jware , New Jersey and New York.

Generals Miles and Crook are both np-plicants for the position of commander ofJthe department of the Missouri , made va-

cant-

by the retirement of General Wilcox.The autopsy on the body of Chief Jus-

tice-

Cartler , of the District of Columbiasupreme court , was performed by Dr.Lamb. It showed that death was du ? tocancer of the stomach.

Captain Sclfridge of the United States-steamer Omaha , had an interview withSecretary Whitney to-day , regarding the-

disaster caused by the explosion of a shell-

fired from his vessel at the Japanese is-

innel-

of Ikeshima. The matter has been-

referred to the Judge Advocate General of-

the navy department for examination andupon] his report will depend the action ofthe secretary.

The long and vexatious war of steerage-rates to and from continental points haabeen settled by the reorganization of thecontinental steamship conference. The-

low rates for steerage passengers , which-have] encouraged large immigration , havebeen advanced 25 per cent. All of tho-English lines are also to aelvance steerago-and intermediate rates , while the Star line-

lias taken the lead and advanced the rates55.

a mtrxKEXor..Macox , Mo. , April 19. Several hundred-

men at work at LaPlata , north of here, onnew Atchison , Topeka and Santa Fc-

branch , were paid off j-esterday, and therewere many drunken rows among them , and-the constable and his assistants could do-

nothing as the men prevented them from ar-

resting¬

any of their number , and shootingand cutting scrapes were quite frequent.-

At.

length the larecst citizen who could b2-

found was deputized to arrest two laborers-who had been making much trouble. With a-

big1 hickory club he marched into the crowd ,but soon beat his retreat and was followed-down the street by twenty or thirty of thecrowd-

.Three.

officers succeded in securing the two-parties who were wanted and locked them up-iu the calaboose , but they were released withiin an hour by their comrades, who brokedown the door.

Between 11 and 12 o'clock last night a gen-eral

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row took place and twelve pistol shots werefired , rocks were thrown and knives used , butno one, so far as known , was killed , though-several are thought to have been badly hurt-and it is known that many sustained slighti-njuries. . The authorities have no control-whatever. . _ __ _____

A FATAL CYCLONE.Suffolk, Va. , April 19. Last night a cy-

clone-

visited this section with fatal and dc-

structive-

effects. Its tract was about a bunIdred vards wide.

The house of John Wricht six miles north j-

of here, was completely demolished. Mr.Wright and his wife and young sister andJames Luke were in the house at the time ,and, Mrs. Wright and Mr. Luke were killed ; 1

the young girl fatally injured , and Wrightseriouslyhurt-

Much other damage was done to property-along the path of the cyclone-

.Several

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Soudan Arab tribes have revolted-from the Mahdi's authority , and proclaimed-one of their sliiekhs sultan.

The cz&rhas abandoned his projected Tialt10 the Cossack capital , Nova Tcherkask , ow-lug to reports of Cossack disaffection.

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TUB PARNELL LETTER.-

Tlte

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Times Claims to have Proof of Its Genu-incurs

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London cablegram : In | the lobby of the-

house of commons this morning prominent-liberal members had an informal meetingon the affair of the Pamell forged letter.ClThe government having reconsidered theintention to summon the editor of tho-

Times to tho bar of the house to substan *

tiate the authenticity of the letter , it was-

resolved to invite Mr. Parnell to move the-

summons or havo the entire matter sub-ted to a committee of the hoiiHe ns he-

might elect. Mr. Parncli being absent at-

the timo leading members of the national-ist

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party wero consulted. After a brief dis-cussion

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these rejected the proposal. TheTimes repeats that it has procured speci-mens

-or Mr. Parnell' * signature , written

about the time of the letter , in.nddition to! previously mentioned , and again

challenges\ Mr. Parnell to an investigationjin tiie law courts or elsewhere-

.Lord.

Salisbury speech delivered in A-lbert

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j palate to-day has aroused 'tho indig-nation

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of the Parnellites , some of whomtallcBtrongly or bringing his remarks to-the\ notice of the liouse of commons. It is-

reported that as a result of the reiteration-of its charges by tho Times , an effort will-

bej made to bring the editor and publisherof the paper before the bar of t lie house-of commons and require them to prove thetruth of their accusations.

Sir William Vernon Harcourt , speaking-at East London this evening , confirmed

recent assertion of Earl Spencer thatthere existed no evidence that the Par-nellitea

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were ever associated with criminalsor countenanred crime. In view of the-fact , he said that Mr. Parnell had deniedthe accusations , it. remained for his ac-cusers

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to substantiate their charges-.Managers

.of the Press associations as-

Bert-

Jhat they havo seen signatures writtenjby Parnell inlSTJl , and others in 1883 ,

showing Borne of the characteristics notice-able

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, in the Times.but all differing from oneanother somewhat , so that a definite opin-

cannot bo formed from comparisonof them.

IT IS DEA li A XI) B URJED.

. tthe Red Flag a Thing of the Pasiin theGarden City.

Chicago , III. , April 19. The Daily Kewx- will say : "An event which a year

ago would have been considered of startlingimportance happened in Chicago a few daysago when the formidable organization whichfilled the history of Chicago for the year 1830with terror and e'xeitement drew its last-breath and was buried the anarchists groups-of the International working people's associa-tion

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disbanded. There was no particular ex-citement

-about this occurrence. None of the-

once influential and powerful leaders attendedthe funeral.

"The burial of the International workingpeople's, association took place at No. C-3Emma street in the presence of about fiftymen who still remained in the various groups.They were members of the northwest , south1west and south side groups of the Interna-tional

-working people's association of the

general committee, the Central body of theInternationalists and of the Lehr and Wehrvercin-

."Jacob.

Gruneberg , who was chosen chair ¬

, in a lengthy speech announced the ob-

ject¬

of the meeting. "It was called to considerthe advisability of disbanding our organiza-tion

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, ' he saia. 'Many stories have been cir-culated

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, as we are to'.el that spies were in our-midst and that 'agents provocateurs' hud beeniinstructed to incite us to miscnievous deeds.Although I persouallv take no stock in theseghost stories' 1 would suggest that we give'iir conservative fiieud'au opportun.ty to-

ijuak. . '"'J he conservative friend to whom Mr.

Gruneberg alluded was one of the leaders of-

the central labor union. His speech , which-was muck the same tenor as the chairman's ,but more lengthy and impissioucd , made-quite an impression on the scared crowd.

* looked \\ ith suspicion at each other , as-

ifj

' trying to discover spies , and for a fewmoments nobody dared to open his mouth.The silence was finally broken by a manuameil Mcnzel , who moved that the organiza-tion

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lie disbanded."Several speakers made a faint attempt to

oppose the motion. The conservative friendagain made au earnest appeal. 'You have nooigan , ' the speaker coneiudjel. 'Yonr nameis mentioned with horror anil contempt even-by workmen. If the lives of the eight con-jictcd

-men now in the count\-jail are dear to-

wi\ , disband , and let all experience bs for-gotten

-forever. '

The motion was finally submitted fo a vote:

and was carried without a dissenting voice.'DESI'EltAI/OES CAPTURED-

.Indianapolis.

special : Michael Hammerand James Fox , late Kentucky despera1Iocs and counterfeiters , were captured b}'

*United Slates officers to-day. YesterdayCapt. Bower , of the secret service depart-ment

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, arrived in the city , and to-day , ac-

ompanied-

• by a force of deputy marshals ,

the house at 129 Patterson street was!mrrounded and entered , both from thefront and rear. Fox elaslied past the ofli-ers

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, but was captured after a desperatestruggle. Hammer was taken by surprisemd 8ecurel3r held before he could use a• ouple of revolvers which lie elrew from his-oat pockets. This afternoon they wereiotli taken to a photograph gallery , wheremother struggle ensued. Hammer man-ged

-to kick over the camera and break it

o pieces. Tho picture was finally taken.-vith. a deputy marshal on either side hold1ng him in the chair. The picture of Foxwas taken with an officer standing by hold-ng

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a cocked revolver to his head. Both-nen are desperate characters , and aremder indictment at Cleveland , O. , for

counterfeiting-

.Washington

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dispatch : It is said at tliinterior Department that the order of thecretary directing the commissioner of theneral land office to approve of contract.f one Green for the survey of a portion e >

he I utile mountain Indian reservation , i

ound to be regular , and to order its perormance , practically settle the questionohe risht of settlers to about 1.00000 <

icres of valuable land , now claimed by tin'hippewas. This band now numbers lest

i ban 300. Secretary Lamar is of the opinurn that the claim of this band is too vagmto warrant the ousting of the 20,000 hel-

lers who have located thereon ; that ilthey have a valid claim , congress shouldbe called upon to settle it-

.LEA

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Till WANTS DAMA GES-.Chicago

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dwp-itch : IIe--m-ii Levy , gener-ally

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called Harry Loa\itt , who turned in-

former¬

at the Haddock murder trial at-Sioux City , began a $30,000 suit for libelin the superior court here to-day against

Hattcm , Clinton A. Snowden , Jas.J. West and Jno. Flynn , publishers of theChicago Mail , on account of an articleTueselay commenting on Arensdorf's ac-quittal

-, and describing Levy ns a disreput-

able¬

person , blackleg , confidence man ,loafer and thier . Leavitt claims that he is-

a reputable theatrical manager at Chicago.-

A

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DEADLY COMBAT-.Chattanooga , TgnnApril 20. .John Ray-

and William Carson , near neighbors , living inlames county , were on very friendly termsuntil yesterday afternoon , when they quar-reled

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about a piece of land , when both elrew-pistols and fired simultaneously , and both-were instantly killed , Carson being shot in the-temple' and Ray receiving a bullet in his heart-

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A DEATH. DBA LING TORNADO-

.Several

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Towns in Mlsnaurl and Kansas Sufferin Loss of Life and Property.

IN MIHSOUlCI.A dispatch from Nevada , Mo. , aays : A

terrific' eyclono swept over this (Vernon )

last night about 8 o'clock. Theclouds wore plainly visible here , passingonly about eight miles from this city,

Tho cyclone seomed to como down Marina-ton

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river from tho Kansas line , dealingdeatli and destruction wherever it struck.So far as can be learned tho first place ibtouched was in Metz townBhip , passing-through Metz , Osage and Bluo Moundtownships. Fences , houses , barns andeverything in tho lino of the storm , whichwas about a half a mile wido , were picked-up , rent into splinters and cast down bun-dred * of yards away. Trees wero torn upby tho roots. Over thirty houses were do-

stroyed-

and about fifteen persons killed.Only a partial list of the dead bus as yetbeen obtained as follows :

Mrs. K. Shrout. Miss Shrout. daughter ofMrs. Shrout , May Stover , J. C. Hawk ,John Miller , Mrs. John Miller.

There were five members or the Millerfamily , lour of whom were killed.

A baby aged two years was playing inthe yard , and was found unhurt this morn.1ing.

Parts of the Miller house and furniturewere found Btrewn over the fields one mile-fromj , where the house formerly Htood-

.Reliable.

news lino only been received-from| Osage township , and it is thoughtthe death roll will be swelled to overtwenty-five. A heavy gale passed eiver-this city , damaging tlte Methodist churchand otln-r buildings , but none were seri-ously

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injured.IN KINSAS.

Ft. Scoltdispatch : The Monitor's specialfrom Prescott. this county , reports a ter-rible cyclone Thursday evening at about0:30 o'clock. There were seventeen killed-at different points throughout the county ,

unci an incalculable damage was done toall kinds of property. Prescott was liter-ally

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wiped out of existence , not a singlobuilding being left standing to mark tlio-site of a once prosperous and thrivingjplace. The following list or the casualtiesfrom the cyclone aro given : The killed as-

reported arc fifteen , namely : ConstableJake] Stephen. Will McCale. Mrs. Sarah-Crone , P. Flynn and three children , JacobBiocach anil wife. Mrs. Richard Harkness ,

Mrs. Douglass Walter and infant , an in-

fant-

01 S. P. Denning , one of .loo Duncan's!

McCale.childrenj and the 0-year-old child of Will

IN ARKANSA-S.Little

.

Rock dispatch : About 3 o'clockthis morning a tornado originating in thoIndian territory and moving almost due-east p issed through tho country four miles-north and along the line of the Little Rock&( Ft. Smith railroad. Further east , near-CoalJ:

Hill and Clarksville , Johnson county ,

the damage was very serious and many•persons wero injured. Four miles fromClarksville this afternoon Turner , John

' child , G. D. Roby's daughter , and-the child of Mr. Petty were killed. TheIloss to farmers in buildings , fences , stocks-and growing cropB is very heavy , but it-

cannot now be estimated.

FOUR YEARS OF 1IORKAXD WORRY.

This is Enough for Cleveland and He Will-Not Seel: a Renominalion.-

St.

.

. Louis ( Mo. ) dispatch : A special fromWashington to the St. Louis Republicangives the startling information , based uponJPresident Cleveland's declaration tondem-ocratic

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senator from the west , that hejneither wishes nor will accept a renoinina0tion. The senator in question is on termsof especial intimacy at tho white house , andthe| president is represented as making thisdeclaration with so much deliberate earn-estness and studied emphasis that the sen-

ator¬

is certain that there is no reason to-

question his perfect and entire sincerity.-The

.

president said he had notgiven any in-

timation-

I of his feelings to representatives-of, the press , for the simple reason that hejfelt nothing he might say about not wish-jing to take a second team would be believed.-The

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president said : "Everything I do ,

every appointment I make , they think it isto secure re-election. On the contrary Iam counting the days that remain until-my' release from office just as if Iwero a pr'soner in confinement. "Apparently , to make it plain thatho had taken no half-hearted resolution ,

the presdent proceeded to speak of the ex-

acting-

and laborious duties which fall to]the incumbent of the presidential office ,when thfunctions of the presidency areadministered with scrupulous and minifte'faithfulness. No man , he said , could endurethe severe strain of such labor at once physricnl and mental for a longer period than|four years without risk of permanent injuryto his health. For this reason he couldnot think of a continuance of his term be-

yonel-

: the four years he has now half com-pleted.

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] . Nothing , lie said to his senatorialvisitor , would persuade him to alter I11-

3resolution' , which he had deliberatelyIformed. The senator , who has repeatedthis significant conversation to his friends ,

jsnys that while the president was not talk-ing

-i for the purpose of getting bis view-sabout re-election before the public , there-was no intimation that he desired his-words to be regarded as confidential. Tho-senator has spoken freely of the interviewto personal friends , without any injunctionto secrecy , and it is not unlikely this pri-vate

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discussion of the matter will eventu-ally

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i provoke some formal and public ut-terance

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by the president.NOT SO WARLIKE.-

I'n TH , April 21. At a meeting of the cabi-net

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today, Emperor Joseph presiding , it was-resolved not to claim the unexpended balanceamounting to 2S000.030 florins of the extra-militan', credits aggregating . .OJI.OOO florins-which the delegation voted last winter for the-purpose of enabling the government to put-the country in what was deemed a necessary-state of defense. The rrsolntion declares that-thej adoption of the extreme measure then-thoughtj advisable" is no longer necessary , ow-ing

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j to the peaceful aspect affairs have assum-ed. . The nrnisterial action is regarded as an-importanti svinptoni provided that the inter-national

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question has improved , as in Februa-ry

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, during the discussion on the extra credit ,Count Bvlandt-Rheydt , the imperial minister-of war , declared that the government contem-plated

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expending the whole credit.2

R I IS !

Lancaster ( Pa. ) special : Ambrose Single-

ton-

and his brother keep a store at Me- j' • hanics Grove , and the building is infestedwith rats. "They have heretofore been

jlooked upon only as a disagreeable pestbut now a war of extermination is beingwaged because one of the rodents at-tacked

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and nearly killed a two-months- j.

old child. It forced its head into thechild's mouth , thus preventing its crying ,• md eat away its flesh from the roof of the-

nouth and thelower jaw. The physicians1have some hripn of " -ivImthe child's life.

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MRS. . HOWE SAFE IX CANADA.St. John , N. B. April 19. Mrs. Sarah Ilowe

who fled from Boston in the early jwrt of lastweek after swindling her lady depositors out'of $50,000 , had been living here for several t-

days. . On Saturday she engaged a fashionablelresidence , adjoining the house of PresidentMcLellan of the suspended Maritime bank ,whose furniture and effects she proposed to-

purchase. . Her identity being discovered ,however , she was seized with fear , and tooklast night's train for Caaadfc I

T

. JOINED TIIE GANG IN CANADA-

.Montreal.

special : Tho boodlo colony-hero' has been reinforced by tlio distinguished-presence or ox-Alderman Sayles , of Now-

York city, whoso sudden flight to Europe-after tho Broadway surface railway Htealwub unearthed , will be remembered. Sayles-arrived hero a few days ago , and , unlikehia brother boodlcrs , Keonnn , Denipseyand-Delncy , who luxuriate at the Windsor tothe tuno of SG a dny. has taken up modest-quarters1 at tho Richelieu hotel , awayamong tho French people iu then stand.Sayles lias come to Montrual to stay. Ho-and Dempsey are now negotiating to pur-chnwe

-\ tho "Niche , " a fatuous restaurant

ami resort for crooks , gamblers and wardpoliticians. Sayles , Hinco his advent here ,lias been drinking and gambling heavily ,and it is an open secret that his boodlo isalmost exhausted. Dempsey has been bor-rowing, money from brokers and shaverson tho local Wall Htreet hero on notes in-

domed-

by Keenan. and so has Mnlonoy ,who hitH been staying at the St. Lawrence ,

recently allowed his bill to run up to000.llogau , tlio proprietor , told him he niiist,pity tip or git. Moloney pleaded for time.Mine host was inexorable. 'and gave himthree days to settlo the bill. Ultimately a-check from New York was received for theamount , signed , it is said , by a crony of

Sharp. All the boodleis excepting-Keenan are hard up. and unless somethingturns up there is iioing to be trouble.-

CORRIGAX'S

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WARNING.New York dispatch : The Mail and Ex-

press-

says : "Archbishop Corrigan has{

launched another bolt at the friends andsupporters of Dr. McGlynn. Tho CatholicHerald has been a staunch supporter orDr. McGlynn and has directed some fierceassaults upon tho archbishop ami Mon-

siguor-

Preston. Now the archbishop has-

struck back. He has addressed a letter tothe editor of the Herald in which ho callsattention to the fact that as the Heraldassumes to be a Catholic paper it mustobey the injunction which the third ple-

nary council placed on all Catholic writers-toJ refrain from attacking in public the-

nianncr in whicii any bishop inay rule his-diocese. . He concludes his letter in the fol-

lowing-

j significant clauce : 'For some time-past the utterances of the Catholic Herald-havo{

been shockingly scandalous.As this-paper1 is published in this diocese I hereby-warn you that if you continue in this-course of conduct it will be at your peril. * "If this warning is not obeyed the journal-in question will be publicly denounced-from every Catholic pulpit in the city. Aa-

this is the lir.st time for many years that-any American Catholic journal has been-condemned this case will cause wide com-ment.

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A REPENTBNT REBEL.-Chicago

.dispatch : Joseph Grucnliut , who-

established a wido notoriety by reason or-

his;

connection with socialism , tendered his-resignation as tenement inspector today.-He

.accompanied his resignation with a long-

statement to the effect titat " 'ho party-who elects its ticket has a right to fill the-ollices.

s

." When the health inspector sub-milted

-Mr. Gruenhut's letter to Mayor-

Roche] the latter remarked : "Tell Mr-.Gruenhut

.that ho can consider his resigna-

tion¬

( as going into effect from this day.-

l.V

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.- IXFERXAl. MACHINE-.Kent

.

, O. , April 20. A small box was left-Inj the hallway of the residence of Prof. Thom-as

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Sandford of this place to-day. It was pe-

culiarly¬

constructed , with a knob at one end-with which to open 1 small drawer. Being-suspicious , he shook the box and a few grains

gunpowder fell out, and upon closer ex-amination

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discovered several matche * so ar-ranged

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as to be ignil 'd whea the drawer wa-opened.

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. H * threw the box into the yard ,v\ lieu an explosion occurred which shattered-the widdows of an adjacent ho i e. There is-

no known motive for the diabolical deed-

.Fair's

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Sarrow Escape.-

A

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number of years ago , when Senator Fair-was engaged in actively superintending one-

f his mining properties , he directed the boss-

in, one of his mines to have a wroughtiron-crank made at a certain angle. Mr. Fair then-vent into the works at the mouth of the mine,

)put on a workman's apron and cap , and began-he work of making the crank himself at the-ingle at which he had described. The fore-nan

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in that room , comingaiound , saw a work-nan

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, as he supposed , disobeying orders in-

casting property in trying to make what had-already been declared to be an impossibility ,ifie picked up a piece of iron and knocked the-unateur workman down just as he was com-pleting

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f the piece of work which his foreman-liadI said was impossible *. The blow fractured-Fair'sI skull. His life was saved only through-treplanning. . Mr. Fair to day has a small sil-ver plate in the top of his head. After he had-recovered he felt very uncomfortable. He felt-ymptoms of a brain trouble. After a time he-

wentJ back to the surgeon and said : "lam-certain that that job was not well done ; there-s a splinter leit in that wound I can feel the-prick( of it. " The surgeon at first would not-listen| to Mr. Fair , but he insisted upon having-t done over again. The surgeon then dicov-rcd

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that there was a splinter , and if the sen-ator himself had not discovered the cau e of-

his1 trouble his brain would have been affected-ini a short time beyond the hope of recovery.-Cor.

.< . Detroit T ibune-

.How

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lug-alls Won His Wife.-

A.

Washington corespondent of Tht-Providence Star writes : When Ingalls first-went

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to Kansas he was supposed to be-

in irreclaimable bachelor. He paid10 attention to the girls of the fron-'ier

-, and the pretty maidens of the West cast-

heir eyes at him in vain. He met , however,it a reception one night the daughter of aN'ew York merchant , who had ju t come to-Uchison. . Her name was Mis3 Anna Checse-Mirough

-and she was very fair to look upon.-

le.

talked to her and found her conversation-ts bright as her eyes , and he rode back to-umnerfull of ; >ossibilitie3 which his soul had-mt dreamed of heretofore. Shortly after this-me of his friends was married and Ingalls-as asked to be his best man. To his delight-

ie found Miss Anna (Jheeseborough was one-f the bridesmaids. After tiiis the courting-cut on rapidly and his marriage was the re-

ult.. The Mrs Ingalls of to-day is the Miss-Vnna Cheeseb rough of the past She Is one-f the brightest women of Washington societys well as one of the best looking. She liasad a large family, but the cares of maternity

10 not weigh u * ou her, and she enters asullv into Senator Ingall's political career ashough she had no domestic matters to bother

* r-

.President Harrison and. the Farmer.Gen. Harrison , during his month's sojourn-

at the white house , made. himself very popu-lar.

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. He arose every morning with the sun ,

took a long walk , often returning through the-market On one of these occasions he pur-chased

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a new milch cow from a neighboringfarmer and requested him to drive it to the-president's house. The general was there to-attend' to the.animal , and invited the farmer-in to take some refreshment , procured a bowl-of hot coffee , h.im and eggs , and continued-conversation with him about farming.-

The.

farmer, having finished his breakfast ,remarked to the general : "You have bought-my; cow and given me §2 more than I asked ,

a good breakfast besides ; but if it-wouldn't be too mticn trouble I would like to-have a look of the president before I go. " "I-am! the president. " replied the general. The-farmer at first looked incredulous , havingtaken his hospitable friend for the steward ;

, convinced of his mistake , with much-frankness observed : "Well , general , 1 voted-against you at the election , but 1 didn't know-you then. " lien: Derley 1'oore.-

.Nine

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. socialists ol rosen , Germany , havebeen convicted of belonging to illegal secret-societies. .

zi..l.-r - ** MlB

_ _M __JM M .

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A TURKISH PALACE-

.Charming

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iand Klcxiuit Decoratlontt-

A Jfcmttirui tliUh Kooui ?

Our American tnini.sttir k'.inlly obtain-ed

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v. "linnan" from-thu govurnmutiL tc : i-

allow a part }' of ns to visit tiiu pahicus-treasury , ott . . writes a Constantinople-correspondent of 'The Sua ranctect JChronicle. He also guvo tid tho use ol |

]his steam launch , and sent his cuvuss |and nid-de-cemp of tlio snlitan's to-

guideI and guard n.s properly. Wo met ;

iin the early morning in front of the \]largest palace on the llosportis , "Dolma-Batehe] , " and entered by the wator-gate.I . It opens into a garden , not very j

jlarge , and consisting mostly of shrub-bery.

- :I . But we had seen gardens b-jfore , ]and not pahicus , so we hurried on to \jascend the marble steps. After a little |vestibule , wo found ourselves at once ?

in a largo reception-room. The high-ly

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' polished iloor.s of diU'erunS woods i-

were as smooth as glass , and strips ol i

Turkish carpets wero laid for us to walk-upon. . Man} ' apparently strong mar-ble

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pillars supported the lofty ceiling-.Marble

., wo thought , but upon examina-

tion- f

, we found them to be only the |best of imitation. The walls , too , had |(disigus in the same material. Each cor-net

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] * was ornamented with catullestitcka-of, about thirty candles , with cutglass-retleclors] that .showed forth bril-liant

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] lights. All •th-rest of the room-seemedi grand in its emptiness. OH*

it-

aroi small reception-rooms , whose walls-are: hung with line * pa ntuigs and tapes-try

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work. One wall is entirely taken-up with a piettuv of a pilgrimage to-

Mecca.] . Each detail is wonderfully-brought| out nn I wo can imagine our-selves

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in the coiisrr. ihre: represented ,

r.iltng one of iIiomi.h - h camels , or in-

the* train ofvor. .- h u. . . ... 'following some-notable ' s carriage. Beautiful tables-of inlaid work ami mosaics are in theae-rooms ; indeed even thing is the perfec-tion

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of elcg.inee. From the large cen-tral

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hall laid those renowned stairs-whose balustrades are of glass , and-whose flights wind around each other-in so graceful a manner. Looking up , as-

we near the top , we see a room brilliant-again with the reflectors of numerous-caudles. . This is very similar to the-large room below it , but oil * from it the-rooms are larger and furnished as par-lors

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or.drawingrooms. .We were surprised to find no bed-

rooms-

, but it seems that the Turks bc-

lieve-

in getting along without all thatfurniture , and so they simply have their-bedding brought in and placed upona divan for the night. The more intel-ligent

-people are getting now to use

bedsteads , and probably when the Miltar-occupied th s palace they were used ;

but now , since it is shown to the pub-lic

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, the * effect is supposed to be better-without them. Of cour.-c , these rooms *

appear much alike , yet all differ in the-richness of the silken hangings , heavy-curtains , and handsoinelynplioistercd-chairs and divans. Many of the fire-

places¬

are of the most exquisite marble ,

and some are even of glas. . Yet more-wonderful in workmanship are the

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mosaics , flowers matched so perfectly-as to look like natural one?, and figures-as to appear like natural ones , ami fig-ures

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so plain as to appear liie finepaintingWe passed through a long-corridor containing over one hundred-oil paintings most of them represent-ing

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battle scenes , laudscajies , and an '-inals , and some of them are quite line-.This

.lon < >' hall leads into the harem ,

but that wo were not permitted to en-ter

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, and were guided up a short flight-of stairs into the sultan's room. Tit is-

is richer I ban any other in its furnish-ings

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and opens into what was once a-

conservatory that overlooked tiie whole-garden. . It is now entirely uncared for /and looks desolate enough. From-here was v sited the thorne-room. that-mu t be the entire width of the build-ing

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and tho whole heiirht as well. The-dome seems so far. far up ; and how t-

the figures 111 the paintings stood out |as thev looked down upon us. From J

every part of that large room it looked \the same. At one end is a space for \the : tliron" , that is placed there onlv-when needed. The room is seldom-used except on certain fete days or tc-

receive some noted visitor. What-wealth is displayed in the heavy silver-candlesticks that stand fully ten feet-from the iloor. They are solid , and-their peculiar tinge siiows the pur.ty of-tho material.-

Not.

far from th s room is the irem of-

all bathrooms for it s of pun * Egyp-tian

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alabaster. The walls and ceiling-are beautifully carved , while the floorand basins seemed the purer for theirs niplicitv. As tiie sun shone throughthe skylight and showed th-j pink-transparency of the stone , it eemedlike a precious stone indeed. We vi ?

ited more drawing-rooms , and might '

hare continued to do so for hours, but-our guide hurried us on. *

.I *

The Dear, Innocent Creature.-

"S.ill.

van made a great deal of mou-ey

-by Irs slugging match. * ' remarked *

Mr. Svnd cate , as he laid down the 1-

morning paper which he had been read-ing

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at tiie breakfast table-."How

.is that ? " inquired Mrs. Syndi-

cate¬

' , wiio is not well posted about-sporting matters.-

"I.

was reading about Sullivan's slug-ging

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match.-Who

. "' - is Match ?

* '"Pshaw ! I mean his boxing match-

es¬

' , " replied the impetuous Mr. Syndi-cate.

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"Boxing matches , is he ? Well , I am-glad to hear that he has at last gone-into some respectable business. " 1'cz-as

-'tiijling-i. „

About Salt.-

A

.

morning hand bath in cold salt-

water is delightfully invigorating.-Warm

.

salt water inhaled through the-

nostr Is will cure catarrh.-A

.pinch of salt taken frequently will-

stop a cough or throat irritation.-A

.glass of salt water, warm or cold ,

taken on ris ng in the morning will-cure constipation-

.Bathing.

the eyes when tired or weak-in warm salt water will soothe and-strengthen them.-

Salt.

, plentifully sprinkled on the icy *

doorstep will have a bettpr and clean-er

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effect than ashes. Good Housekeep-ing.

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