--. wr -" r 10 TIIE SORANTON .TRIBUNE- HATUHDAY MORNING, MAY 8, 180T. 19f ". Che Rome Reading Circle nTjijDrau M'"'1- 3 -R. ny GILBERT 'ARKER IWTHOR or TtlE SEATS (Copyright, 1897, by SYNOPSIS. The story tnkes placo In the summer of 1759, whllo the 3nKllh army nnd lleet Is besieging CJUebec, Just before the taking of the city from the French. McOllvray Is tho bindmoMer of Anstruthar'n ret?! jnent. Ito Is a rollicking, reckless nnd nentlmcntiil Irishman, ever rendy for ail venture In love or war, nnd when a sen try tells him that a French fflrl had kissed her hand to him from across the river uml winjr In laughlnK Insolence "Maltiroulc n'en va t'en RUtrre," tho adventurous Me. Ollvrny resolves nt once to cross tho Mont morencl anil seek the fair maid on hoso heart ho fancies ho must have made un impression. After crossing the stream at preat peril, he Is seized, bound nnd car lied to a cabin by two French soldiers. Tho bandmaster makes frlendr with the Frenchmen by means of some tobacco nnd lliiuor ho has with him, and they promise to releaso him, but in such n way that they will not bo gtispcclt 1. They leavn him, therefore, and McOllvray Is nlone until near midnight, when the lock turns in the door nnd a nlrl steps Inside. PAIIT II. "Malbrouk s'en. vn t'en RUcrrc," said Bhe, and nodded her head to him hu morously. Hy this McOllvray knew that this was the maid tlint had got liltn Into nil this trouble. At first he was Inclined to say so, but she came nearer, nnd one look of her lilnck eyes cluing id nil thai. "You've n way wid you, me darlln'," said McOllvray, not thinking that she might understand. "A leetla wuy of my own," she an swered In broken Hngllsli. McOllvray started. "Vheio did you )enrn It?" he asked, for he bad had two purprlsea that night. "Of my mother at St. Mnlo," she re plied. "She was half Kngllsh of Jer sey. You are a naughty boy," she ad ded, with a little gurgle of laughter In her throat. "You nre not a good sol dier to go n-clinse of the French girls 'cross of the river." "Shure I am not a good soldier thin. Music's me game. An' the band of Anstruther's regiment's mine." "You can play tunes on a drum?" Fhe asked, mischievously. "There's wan I'd play to the voice nv you," he said, In his softest brogue. "You'll bo unloosln' me, darlln' 7" he udded. She stooped to undo the shackles on Ills ankles. As she did so he-leaned over us If to kiss her. She threw back her head in disgust. "You have been drink," she said, and she stopped her work of freeing him. "What'd wet your eyes no more" he answered. She stood up. "I will not," she said, pointing to the shackles, "If you drink some more nevaro some more nov nre!" "Dlvil a drop thin, darlln', till we lly our llarr yander," pointing towards where he supposed the town to be. "Not till then?" she asked, with a merry little sneer. "Ver" well, It Is comme ca!" She held out her hand. Then she burst Into a soft laugh, for his hands were tied. "Let me kiss it?" he said, bending forward. "No, no, no," she said. "Wo will shake our hands after," and she stooped nnd took off the shackles and freed hla nrni3 "Now, If you like," she said, and they shook hands as McOllvray stood "DIVIL A DKOP THIN, DAKLIN'. up and threw out his chest. Hut, try as he would to look Important, she was still an Inch taller than he. A few moments later they were hur rying quietly through tho woods, to tho river. There was no speaking. Humphreys' No.io strengthens the Digestive Organs and cures Dyspepsia, WcnkStomacli known by loss ol appetite, coated tongue, bad taste, ycneral depression and low spirits. Indigestion or Bilious Condition caused by too heavy a meal, or fat, rich, indigestible food; the tongue Is coated; bad taste; head ache; bowels constipated. 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"Hero Is a boat, nnd I must noddle you would go to splash! Sit still and be good," "You're goln' t6 row mo over?" ho asked, Incredulously, " 'Sh! get In," ihe said. 'Shtrlko me crazy, no!" said Mc- V "t v-. '" -et- . j, V A tf 4- , VJ - - "A MINNIT! A M1NNIT, ME DAItLIN!" Oilvray. "Dlvil a step will I go. Let me that sowed the storm take the whirlwind" and he threw out his client. "What is it you come here for?" she asked, with meaning. "Yourself nn' the mockln' bird In yer voice," he answered. "Then that Is enough," she said; "you come for me, I go for you. Get In." A moment afterward, taking advan tage of the obscured moon, they wore carried out on ,tho current diagonally down the stream, nnd cante quickly to that point on the shore wheie an Eng lish picket was placed. They had scarcely touched the shore when tho click of n musket was heard, r.tiil a "Qul-vn-lu?" came from the thicket. McOllvray gave the pass-word, and presently ho was on the bank saluting the sentry he had left three hours be fore. "Malbrouk s'en va t'en guerre!" said the girl, again, with a gay Insolence, nnd pushed tho boat out Into the stream. "A minnlt! A minnlt! mo darlln'," said McOllvrny. "Keep your promise," came back softly, "Ah, come back wan minnlt!" "A flirt!" said the sentry. "You will pay for that," said the girl to the sentry, with quick anger. "Ho you love me, Irishman?" she added, to McOllvray. "I do! Aw wurru, wurra, I do," said MrOUvray. 'Then you come nnd get mo by ze front door of zo city," said she, and a couple of quick strokes sent her canoo out Into the dusky middle of the stream and she was soon lost to view. "Aw, the lolke o' that! Aw, the folne nv her aw, the tip-top lass o' the wide world!" said he. "You're n fool, an' there'll be trouble from this," said the sentry. And so there wns trouble, for two hours later tho sentrj was found dead; picked off by a bullet from the othev shore when he showed himself In the moonlight; and from that hour nil frlcndllncEF between the pickets of the Knglisb and the French ceased on the Montmorencl. Hut the one witness to McOilvray's adventure was dead, and that was why no man knew wherefore It was that McOllvray took an oath to drink no more till they captured Quebec. Prom Mny to September McOllvray kept to his resolution. Hut for all that time ho never saw "tho tip-top lass o' tho wide world." A time came, how ever, when MeOllvruy's last state was worse than his ilrst, nnd that was tho evening before the day Quebec was taken. A dozen prisoners had been cap tured In a sortie from tho Isle of Or leans to tho mouth of the St, Charles river. Among these prisoners was tho grinning bergeant who had captured McOllvray and then released him. Two strango things happened. Tho big, grinning sergeant escaped from captivity the same night, and McOll vrny, as a non-com said, "cot blind drunk." This Is one explanation of the two things. McOllvray had nssiated tho grinning sergeant to escape. The other explanation belongs to the end of thu story. In any ease, McOllvray "got blind drunk." and "was going large" through the camp. The end of It was that he was arrested for assisting a prisoner to escapo and for being drunk and dlsordejly, The band of An struther'B regiment boarded II. M, S. "Leostaft" without him, to proceed up the river stealthily with he rest of tho lleet to Cap Houge, from whence the last great effort of the heroic Wolfo to effect a landing was to bo mnde, Mc Gllvray, still intoxicated but Intelli- gent, watched them go In silence. As Ocncrnl Wolfe wns nbout to enter tho boat which was to convey him o the llagshlp he saw McOllvrny, who wns waiting under guard' to bo taken to Major Hardy's post at l'olnt Levis. The general knew him well, nnd looked at him half sadly, halt sternly. "I knew you were free with drink, McOllvray," ho paid, "but I did not think you were n trnltor to your coun try too." McOllvrny saluted, nnd did not nn-mvor.- "You might have wnlted till nfter to morrow, man," said the Oenernl, his eyes flashing. "My soldiers should have good music tomorrow." McOllvrny snluted again, but made no ntiHwer. As If. with a sudden thought the Oen ernl waived off the oftlcers nnd men nenr him nnd beckoned McOllvrny to him. "I can understand the drlnk'ls a bad soldier," ho said, "but you helped a prisoner to escape. Come, man, wo mny both be dead tomorrow, nnd I'd like to feel that no soldier In my nrmy is wulfully nn enemy of his country." "Ho did tho same for me, whin 1 waB taken prisoner, ycr Kxcclllncy, nn' an', yer Kvcefllncy, 'twas a matter of a wo man, too." Tho General's face relaxed a little. "Tell me the whole truth," said he; and McOllvray told him nil. "Ah, yer Kxcclllncy," he burst out, nt last, "I wns no traitor at heart, but n fool I nlwnys was! Ycr Excelllncy, court-martial and death's no matter to me, but I'd like to play wan toon ngln,' to lend tho byes tomorrow. "Wnn toon, yer Excelllncy! an' I'll be daclntly shot AJ ? g&ASk beforo the day's over ah, ycr Excel llncy, wan toon more, and to be wld the byes followln' the GlneraJ." Thu Oeneial's face relaxed still more. "I take you at your word," said he, and he gave orders that McOllvray should proceed at once aboard the llagshlp, from whence he should join Anstruther's regiment at Cap Houge, The General entered the boat, and McOllvray followed with some non com olllcers In another. It was now quite dark, and their motions, or the motions of the vessels of war, could not be seen from tho Flench pncnninmont i or tne citauei. uney neareil tne nag ship, and the Oenernl, followed by his olllcers. climbed up. Then tho men In McOilvray's boat climbed up also, un til only himself and another were left. At that moment the General, looking down fom the side of the ship, said sharply to an ofllcer beside him: "What's that, sir?" He pointed to a dark object floating near the ship, from which presently came a small light with a hissing sound. "It's a fire orcan, sir," was the re Ply. A Ore .organ was a raft, carrying lor.tr tubes like the pipes of nn organ, and filled with explosives. They were Ued by tho French to send among tho vessels of the llrltish lleet to disorgan ize nnd destroy them. The little light which the geneinl saw was the burn ing fuse. The raft had been brought out into the cuncnt by French sailors, tho lusc had been lighted, nnd It waa headed to drift towards the British ships. Tho lleet was now In motion, and apart from the havoc which tho bursting fire-organ might make, tho light from the explosion would reveal the fact that the English men o' war were now moving towards Cap Rouge. This knowledge would enable Mont calm, the Fiench general, to detect Wolfe's purpose, and he would at onco move his nrmy In that direction. Tho west side of the town hnd meager mili tary defenses, the great cliffy being thought Impregnable. And so th'ey were safe at one point, nnd at this point Wolfe had discovered u narrow path up a steep cliff. McOllvrny had seen the fire-organ at the pamo moment as the general. "Get up the side," he salu to tho remaining soldiers In his boat. The soldier be gan climbing, and McGilvray caught the oars und was Instantly away towards the raft. The general, looking over the ship's Idc.understood his dar ing purpose. In the shadow, they av him near it, tliey taw him throw a boat-hook and catch It, and then at tnch n rope; they saw him nit down, and. tnklng tho oars, laborously row up stream toward tho opposite shore, the fuse burning softly, somewhere among tlictf reat pipes of explosives. McGilvray know that it might bo im possible to reach tho fuse there was no time to spare, and ho set about to row the devilish machine out of range of the vessels which were carrying Wolfe's army to a last forlorn hope. Fcr minutes those on deck wutched and listened. Presently nothing could bo wen, not even the small glimmer from the burning fuse. Then, all at once, there was a terrible report, and the organ pipes belched their hellish music upon tho sea. With' In the circle of light that the explosion made there was no sign of any ship, but, strangely tall in the red glare, stood McOllvray In his boat. An In stant hf stood so, then he fell, and presently darkness covered the scene tho furious music of death and war was over. There wns a silence on the ship for a time as all watched and waited. Prea ently an ofllcer said to the general: "I'm nfrald he's gone, 'sir." "Send a boat to search," was the ro- ply. "If no Is dead ' the geneml took off his hat "we will, please God, bury him within the French citadel tomorrow," Hut McOllvrny was nllvc, nnd In half nn hour he wns brought aboard tho ling ship, safe, nnd sober. Tho. general praised him for his courage, and told him that the charge ngnlnst him should be withdrawn. "You've wiped nil out, McOllvray," said the general; "Wo seo you nre no truUor." "Only n fool of a landmnstcr who wanted wan toon more.yer Excelllncy," Until McOllvrny. "Hcwnre drink, beware women," an swered tho soneral. Hut advice of that sort Is thrown away on such ns McOllvrny. Tho next evening nfter Quebec was taken and McOllvrny went In nt the head of his men playing: "The Men of Harlech," he met In tho streets the woman that had nearly been the cmilo of his un doing. Indignation threw out his chest. "lt'r. you thin," ho said, and ho tried to look scornfully at her. "Have you keep your promise?" sho said, hardly above her breath. "What's that to you?" he nsked, his eyes firing up. "I got drunk Inst night oft her I sot your jiuslmnd tree afther ho tould mo you was his wife. We're even now, decaver! 1 saved him, nnd tho dlvil give you Joy ot that salvation and that husband, bay I!" "Huusban'l" she exclaimed, "who was my hoosban'7" "Tho big grinning sergeant," ho an swered. "He Is shot this morning," she said with a touching sigh, "and he was nevaro my hoosban'." "He said ho was," replied McOllvray, eagerly. "He was alwny n linr," she nnswered. "He decaved you too, thin?" nBked McOllvrny, his face growing red. She did not answer, but all nt ance a change came over her, tlto half-mock-log sinllo left her lips, tears suddenly r.iii down her checks, and without a word she turned and hurried Into a little street, nnd was lost to view, leav ing McOllvray amazed and confounded. It was days before ho found her again, and three things only that they said are of any moment here. "We'll lave the past behind us," ho said "nn' the pit below for me, If I'm not a good husband t' ye!" "You will not drink no more?" sho nsked, putting a hand on his shoulder. "Not till the Frcnchles take Quebec again," ho answered. That evening nt the citadel McOil vray's band played. "It wns their Wedding Morning." THE END. moor or his sixckhity. How nn Army Olliccr Stood tho Test of His Itclicf. From tho Cincinnati Inqiilrcr. In the days of the "old army" on the frontier, when military posts were sometimes hundreds of miles from any civilized place, there was a little to do In the wuy of amusement In the win ter time when tho post was snowbound, nnd It was then that the reputation the nrmy has for card playing nnd drink ing was gained. And it Is true that a great deal of both was done at that time. It was in these days that an event transpired that showed that the princi pal actor hnd the courage of h'ls con victions, and that he was most certain ly born under a lucky star. It was afttr a very "wet" stag dinner party, and all had partaken most f f aly of tho wine nnd, strange as It may seem, the subject that came up for discussion was the Mohammedan religion. The MusFUlmans believe in fate. To them a man'p fate Is written above, and the time of his death is set nnd nothing can ndvancc it. Well, this belief had been discussed long and earnestly. The . pros and -cons had been gone over at length, till one oillcer wanted to know of what use was reason If everyone wns Uol' ""'" " lfif Of destiny at luciipu, ui.u uiucer unauy arosa aim said there was no use of discussing the matter any further; the only way was to make a practical test of tho ques tion, and that he would give himself n3 a subject. Could a man willfully dispose of his life when th'o fatal mo ment had been chosen at his birth from above? He could get no one to try the experiment on him. Finally a wnirer was made. 'Who will pay you it I lose?" said tho subject, as he drew his pistol and showed that It was loaded. He placed the pistol against his temple and pulled the trigger. The pistol missed tire. "A joke!" yelled the crowd. The fatallht smiled, and, recocking the pistol, aimed it with a steady hand at the clock on the wall. He fired nnd the bullet crashed through the center of tho dl.il. "Apologize to mo now," iio said. "I have won the bet. I always believed in fate." . i .-... ai . ,,- SYJIPA'I IIKTIC. "Wo are in nn era of restlessness nnd doubt,' oxclulmed the man who gives hlm felf much uneasiness about remote mat ters. "Aro wo?" rejoined his wife, apprehen sively. "Unqucatlouubly. Wc llnd ourselves mys tified In connection with matters which onco appeared simplc. And ulmost In variably, when a problem Is solve!, wo find that we havo gotten back to some old familiar principle." That's perfectly true. I realized that this very afternoon." "Jn what way?" "I spent twenty minutes In front of a scda fountain studying over tho new-fat.h-ioned llavors they aro advertising, and then, In sheer desperation, took vanilla." Washington Star. Wo in nil's Wny. "You women," said he, In the peculiarly exasperating way a man has of saying thoso two words, "you women buy bar gain things because they aro cheap." "Wo do not," eald she. "Wo buy cheap things because they aro bargains." The .distinction w.M almost too subtle for tho blundering ningcuttsve Intellect, but It was there. Indianapolis Journal, You Can't Go Amiss if you get a package like this. It contains the genuine duST Washing Powder It cleans everything and cleans it quickly and cheaply. Largest package greatest economy. THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, Chicago, St. Iouis, NCW y0rk, llostou, PliUadcl.pula. THE LAST GREAT EUROPEAN WAR Review of (lie Struggle Between Russia and Turkey In 1877. TIMELY IN VIEW OF PRESENT WAR Itussln's Jllutiilcr nt tho liegliinlng nml Turkey's Tmvnril thu Clone. Military Operations Around IMcvnn. The Trcnty of Snn Stefano nml tho Hcrlin Congress. Fom tho New York Sun. On April 23, twenty years ngo, the Emperor Alexander II. of Russia, after reviewing his nrmlcs at KlschencfC nnd Unghenl, on tho plains of Ressearnbla, proclaimed war upon the Turk. It had been the desire of tho emperor to make the war the previous autumn, Imme diately nfter the closing of the Con stantinople conference that met nt the termination of tho Servian war; but the uncertainty of being able to keep open tho communications of tho army ncross the Danube during the winter caused It to be deferred to the spring of 1877. From the declaration of war to midsummer the preparations for the passage of the Danube went on unin terruptedly. Tho neutrality ot Aus tria had been secured by tho consent of Russia to her occupntlon of Hoa nla and Herzegovina after the war, and the promise that tho Russian movements In Roumanla, which was used us a base against the Turks, should not extend westward of the Alutn. Hy the first, Austria secured tho tlmhcrlnnd of Dulmutla nnd the road toward Salonlca, nnd In tho sec ond the superstitious nniong the diplo mats discerned the eventunl boundary between Russia nnd Austria north of the Danube. The Turkish nrmy in Hulgarln. that was assembled to meet the Russian In vasion was divided Into two separate armies, the western force under Osman Pasha, with headquarters nt 'Wlddln on the Danube, close to the Servian frontier, nnd the eastern, under tho personal command of Abdul Kerlm Pashn, Sirdar Ekrem, or generalissimo of tho whole Turkish nrmy In Europe, In the Quadrilateral, with Shumla ns headquarters. The principal fortresses along the Danube from Wlddln to the Ulack sea were strongly garrisoned, and an Egyptian contingent under Prince Hnssam held Varna on the Rlack sea. The Turkish plan of de fence had bben drawn up by von Moltke, subject to the contingencies ot the Russians forcing the passage of the Danube on a Hank or the center of the line. The facilities afforded by the railways through Roumanla decided the Russian staff to make the passage to the river in the center. The plan that had been drawn up for the Turks was to offer only a faint resistance to tho passage of tho Danube, but so soon as the Russian army had taken ground on Turkish teritory to close In on It from both Hanks. A few days before the crossing took place several Russian ofllcers found their way to Plevna In the disguise of Hulgarian peasants, made these reconnolsances of the neighborhood and found their way back Into Roumanla. At that moment the Turkish force nt Plevna was but one company of Mustahflz or territo rial militia, and there was not a symp tom to show that old Sirdar, Abdul Kerlip, had destined the quiet little town surrounded by a horseshoe of hills opening on the Wld to take Its place among the battle grounds of history. PASSAGE OF THE DANUBE. The passage of the Danube by the Russians toward the end of June was effected without resistance from the Turks, nnd nlinost Immediately the blunders of the Russians began. In stead of pushing out at once for Plev na, they wasted precious days waiting for the reduction of Nikopolls, which was commanded by Hassan Pasha, a nephew of the Sirdar Ekrem. Hy the time. that was effected and a Russian brigade sent forward to Plevna, the advanced guard of Osman Pasha's ar my that was advancing from Wlddln had taken up Its position on the sites selected for the defences of the place, nnd was engaged in throwing up the temporary redoubts Into the formidable lines before which the Russians threw away much valunble time and sacri ficed tens of thousands of valiant sol diers. The attempt of the Russians to drive off the Turks was repulsed, and tho rapid arrival of reinforcements en abled the Turks to complete their de fences before the Russian general had sulliclent forces in hand to carry them by assault. While Osman Pasha, nbly seconded by his staff, carried out In the most admirable manner his part of the Turk ish plan, the execution of the part of It reserved for himself by tho Sirdar Ek rem was nullified by the refusal of the sultan to send forward the reinforce ments which had been culled for until he had divulged his plan of campaign. Abdul Kerlm as obstinately refused, being well aware that the Information would soon llnd Its way to the Russian camp through agents in the palace. The sultnn, In a moment of passion, or dered the old pasha's disgrace, nnd he was oent a prisoner to Lemnos, where ho died n few years after. During the confusion that ensued the .Russians prattled by the Turkish Inaction. They pushed a strong body of cavalry across the Halkans, under General Oourkho, by the Haln Hoghaz, a pass to the east ward of the Shlpka. Swinging round to tho right after descending Into the valley of the Tundja, Gourkh'o passed rapidly to the westward through Eskl Saghra nnd through Kezanllk, from which ho turned north up tho Shlpka road nnd established himself firmly on the summit of the pass. From there the Russians never were dislodged dur ing the rest of the war. Tho Russlnns north of the Shlpka lost no time In es tablishing their connections with Caught While mmig m Clung to Him VJhilo a Commercial Traveler in tho Hiddl ) West, Notwithstanding all Efforts to Get Rid of ,it. Hot Springs of Arkansas, of no Avail. . From the Ctironicle, C7Wtfl0, 771. Mr. Wllllnm Clement, of 1'rccport, 1111 noi", Is a uell-knowii commercial traveler, nnd represents the large Chicago house ol Heed, Welsh ,t Lange. In hWcnrly life Mr. Clement mlsmted to the breezy we&t nnd be came a cowboy In Colorado. After doing ns much nt cow punching us lie desired, he turned his attention to mining, the exposure Irniu which nnd his life on the plalnx under mined n onco Ftrong constitution, nml rlicii mutism, liver nnd kidney trouble nnd dropsy lnndo their unwelcome appearance. The Hot Sprlnes of Arknnas were visited in the hope of relief, but he Mas disappoint ed, and so ho took up.lits residence In Illi nois, nnd obtained employment ns a drum mer for a large houe in Chicago Unit 1ms long fcincn gone out of business Physicians were consulted both at homo and while nn the road, with only pecuniary benefit to the doctors, Air Mr. Clement grew worse instead of better, nnd coiiitaiitly had to lay up for weeks ut a time. It was then Hint the sufferer conceived the Idea of trying Dr. Williams' l'lnlc l'ills lor l'ale People, uml did pn. "I thoiicht," Mr. Clement Mild to the re. porter, "that fifty cents would not ba much expenditure, so I liouuht n box of the pills nml began taking tlicin according to direc tions, "I did not have many days to wait before. I found a marked improvement In my condi tion, so, I kept on with the treatment. First my kidneys bejian to do their work thorough. Oourkho through Tlrnova. and Gabrova, which the Turks mnde several efforts to break, without success. The sultnn, terrified with the turn afCnlrs had tak en, called Mchemet All Pasha from Novl Hazar, where he was watching fhe Servian and Montenegrin frontiers, and Invested him with tho supremo command of the army In Hulgarln, and at tho same tlmo ordered Suleiman Pasha, who had succeeded Mehemet All In his command, to advane by forced niurches to Shlpka, Mehemet All, Immediately on hi.rival nt Shumla, proceeded to organize the nrmy, which had now received the required rein forcements for a forward movement. The corps of Ahmed Kyoub Pashn, which acted as a covering force t-i Rustchuk. had several minor engage menls with the corps under the Ccsare wltch, afterward Alexander III., which was guarding the Russian left and hnd pushed Its posts up the valley of the Lom toward Shumla. From these Mc hemet AH drove them back, In a series of minor uctlons ut Karaharsankeul and Katzelcvo, oft the plateau Into the valley of tho Yantra, but received a check at Tchatrkenl, and from want of transport and provisions was compelled to fall back on his original lino run ning from Rasgrud.ou the Varna-Rust-chuk railway, to Eskl Djuma and Om an Bazar In the Halkans. AT PLEVNA. Meanwhile the Russians had been repulsed In two succeslve assaults on Plevna with terrific loss, and the Rou manian army was called to the rescue. Hero as elsewhere throughout the cam paign the enormous superiority of the Martlnl-Peabody rllle, with which the Turks were armed, exhibited Itself over the transformed Krlnkn rllle that was In the hands of the Russians. The su periority of the Turkish arm over the Russian was about as seven to three In point of rnnge Mehemet All, hav ing reorganized his forces and formed n new plan of campaign, sent Instruc tions to Osman to evacuate Plevna nnd retire either on Orkhanlch toward Sofia or on Lovdsha, Immediately south of Plevno, as he thought most expedient. Osman replied that as soon as ho hail sent away his sick and wounded ho would uct on Instructions. At the same time Mehemet All telegraphed to Sule iman, who wns wasting the flower of his nrmy In Ineffectual attempts to carry Shlpka, to leave a force sulli clent to hold the Russians on the pass In observation and move around to Os man Hazar by forced' marches to Join him. The outcome of these orders that the sultan telegraphed Mchcmt All that Osman had received ordeis from him self to hold on to Plevna, nnd Suleiman to remain at Shlpka, and that hence forth they were detached from his or ders. The intrigues against Mehemet All, because of his German origin, end ed In his ultimate supercesslon by Sule Imnn. 'With the change of command ers In thu Turkish army and the arrival of the Russian reinforcements, armed with the Herdan rllle nnd Todleben as commander, the fortune of war turned. The efforts Suleiman made, first round Rustchuk and then In the Halkans to ward Tlrnova, to break In on the Rus sian communications were repulsed at every point. Osman succumbed to the blockade Todleben had established round Plevna, and his attempt to cut his way out was frustrated by the Rus sian general, to whom he surrendered with the whole of his army. Tl'RKS IN RETREAT. With the collapse of the defence of Plevna the campaign north of the Hal kans wns over. The retreat of ,the Turks over the Haitian and Into Rou mella degenerated ilrst Into a flight and then Into a general overthrow. A portion of the army found Its way, hav ing lost Its artillery and throw away its arms, to Adrlanople, from Where It was conveyed to the Tclmtaldja lines before Constantinople. Other portions reached the AEgian roast over the Rhudope mountains and were picked up byTurklab warships, and part re formed at Galllpoll under Sabrl Pasha undei&tho guns or a llrltish squadron. The rSst went on to reinforce tin army covering Constantinople, which was placed under Mehemet All. The arrival of the Russian army at San Stefano and thu negotiations of the treaty of peace folowed In due cuursc. Tho Turkish commissioners. Safutt and Server Pachas, signed It only un der the threat that If their signatures wero not attached before tho sun had gone below the horizon the Russian nrmy would advance at dnybrenk next morning to the assuult of Constanti nople. They signed Just as the lower limb of the sun touched the horizon. General Ignatleff, the Russian com missioner, who had In the treaty crent ed nt Bulgaria that embraced all Mace donia, throwing down his pen after signing the treaty suld, "nnd now let the Greeks swim to Constantinople." The treaty of San Stefano won not to be allowed to stand In Its lutegilty, and the intrigues sot on foot by General Ignatleff to create a pretext for an oc cupation of Constantinople In violation of the pledges given by the Emperor Alexander led to an understanding ho tween England nnd Austria for com- I blned notion of the Austrian army and mmm I. ly nnd well, nnd nil lilo.it left me. Thcnth rheumatism nml pain in the, region of tlia heart went, my liver Is cured, nnil I mny my I urn ns well ns ever 1 wis, If I had only known of Dr. Williams' Pink l'ills u hr years before, I fhoiild be a kowI many thou sand dollars richer." As usual, when such testimonials nro re ceived nt the oflico of Dr. Williams' Mcdl elnc Co., they arc nent for verification to tlia leading druggists of tho vicinity or other persons in good rtiinriiiig. The above wn not un exception, notwithstanding Mr. Clem ent's excellent reputation, nnd the returned reports certified that all of the loregoltip Miitcmcnti mnde to tho reporter wero strictly true. An analysis of Dr. Williams' rink Tilli shows that they contain, in u condensed form all tho elements iicecsMiry to give new life and richness to the blood nnd restore shattered nerves. They nronn iinftillltig specific for Mich diseases ns locomotor ntuxin, partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, bciaticu, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous licndaehe, the nfter ctlects of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, pain nnd hallow complexions, rill forms of weakness cither in male or female, and nil diseases resulting from vitiated humors in tha blood. Pink l'ills uru sold by nil dculers, or will ho sent post .paid on receipt of price, CO cents a box, or t- x boxes for J'.'.oO (they nre never sold in hulk or by the. 100) by address ing Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Sche nectady, '. Y. Urlllsh squadrons. Two Austrian corps were order to be moblllzel on the Rus sian southern frontier, and tho Urltlsh lleet wns held ready to pass Into tha Hlack sea. The Russian army was withdrawn nnd the Hcrlin congress met. East Roumella was detached from Hulgnrla; Servla and Montenegro received uccesslons of territory; Greece, nothing. The part of Hessarabla Hint wns given to Ruumanla in 185C, after the Crimean war, was taken back by Russia, nnd the northern part of tho Hobrudja was taken from Bulgaria and given to Roumanla as compensation. All Macedonia was restored to Turk ish rule, and Armenia wns withdrawn from the effective protection of Rus sln. Austria was placed In a privileged position north of Macedonia; but no one was satisfied. Tho results of the policy of the powers need not be re capitulated here; they are patent In the events of tho last two years In Ar menia, and tho tragedy now being played In the land of the Greeks, Tho responsibility for it nil may not bu easily understood by the present gen eration, but history will have no dlfll- i eulty In apportioning to each his due. ;q for r.rrnr.n hf.x. o ThN remedy lielnir In jected directly to the sent of thoise dlsicnueH or tho Gcnlto-llrlnnry MrniiiiH, ronulroH no ennnge or uioi. Cnro sunranlccd in 1 to a 'tny.. Small plain pncu dT TT 335 TC ne. by uiall, SI. OO, Ltf U JCfc.Jii3.Sold only by Win. (1. Clark, 316 Pern Ave., Scranton, Pr. THIRD NATIONAL Ml OF SCRANTON, Spcciul Attention Given to RiisW ness unci Personal Accounts. Liberal Accommodations Kx teiuleil According to Balances and Kesponsibility. 3 Per Cent. Interest Allowed on Interest Deposits. Capital, Surplus, -Undivided Profits, $200,000 329,000 88,000 W3I. 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