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propor,,ona, Representa- I. on.

An Illinois correspondent OF the
New York World says in . recent let
ter: 81 cannot afford to pass over in
silence the result Of the experiment
tried at this election in, the. matter of
cumulative voting, The State contains
fftv-one districts, each. returning one
State Senator and three Representatives.
Each voter for Representative has three
votes. He may either plump all three
for one candidate, or give, one to each
Of three candidates, one and q half to
each Of two, or two to one and one to
smother. The working Of the exreri
ment was unsatisfactory in sons cases,
as where the minority cast more votes
than were needed, but in general the re-
suit was more satisfactory In this
county the Republicans carried six OF
the seven districts, but the Democrats
carried eight of the twerty-one Repre-,
sentatives, when under the old system
they would have secured three. Again,
in the State the Democrats carried sev-
'enteen districts, equivalent to, fhy one
Representatives, but elected sixty nine
Representatives, which is, almost pre-,
cisely what one might expect, namely,
two in each district Of the, seventeen
where they had majority, and one in
each of the sixty four where they were
in q minority. The SUCCESS Of this plan
for securing dye representation OF mi.
norities may, therefore, .be considered
established. fil,,.r.3
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FRONTIER LIFE.
Fun In Arkansas as Descrlbed 10
= q aPrivate Letter.
@ DoypR. October 3. 1872, 3

N.Y. Dearsboy ! The double barrel
that you sedf came safely TO hand, and
I Was only Shot at once while l was car
rying it home. Bll Slivers popped at
me from behind the fence as l was pass.
ing his house, but had loaded the two
shooter as sooa as got it,and he didn' t
jump from behind that fence but once. ;
Lam glad that one Of the barrelssis a
rife, as needed 1t for long ranged
practice. The other l can fill with buck.
shot and riddle man nicely at close
quarters. mean TO try both barrels
on those Jets when I meet them. You
see old man Jett stole mule from us
in the war, and pap laid for him and
killed -him.-=Then- Niger Tom Jett, as
we called him-the black faced one-he
laid for pap and plugged hip.y Them
picked q fuss with Tom and cut him all
to giblets, and since that his brother
Sam has beenlayings for me.A I$know
it is his turn, but 1 think my double
barrel will prove too much for him.
If you want to see fun come down for
q while and bring rife. 1t don't make
any difference which side you belong to,
and it isn't very necessary to join the
militia. 1t is easy to get up a grudge
against somebody, and all you have to
do is to lay for your man and knock
him over. Z Below my pig peni onevot
the sweetest hiding places I know. Of,
and it's so handy. A good many peo
pie come within range in the course of
a week and man can pass his time
right pleasantly. asssr s.s-ss j.
1wish you would send me a cats.
losue'of Sunday school books with the
prices, II there are any in St, Louis. II
we. can get them on time we will take 8
big lot Of books. I am superintendent
| of the Baptist Sunday school now; and
am running it under full head OF steam
Gid man Bpels, who was turned but, is
right mad about it, and swears' that HI
will ci,aw me up but he4 win chaw leat
if be, don't keep cleaE Of me, , .-,.i, 3
MY wife wants to Know if you can,
fsends her a set of teeth, without lher. get
ting measured for them. Her S25 Sc
was eustethallF to- flinders 'bs "a pisto
shot that went through her mouth bu
it didn't hurt her tongue. Write soon
Your friend and pard, 60,
P S.-That sneaking, ornctv cuss
Sam Jett, crept up last night and FREE
at me through the window, hut h
didn't happen to eill anybody, except
I niggef gif mean to 60 for him
though to-day. and l will be glad of
chance to try the double barrel
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The Colunbus CoSrereuce,

The conference of Democrats and
LiteraIs held in Columbus, on the 18th
inst, labored and produced an address,
One very great error, ;in the address
Ia that 95. per cent. Of tho Democrats
voted for GRrElrr. Our opinion is that
the final casting up Of the total vote
will not show to exceed so per per cent
But that 10 of no consequence.
. The main question is: Shall the Dem
ocratic psrty continue in the old ruts
OF the past-to defeat, or advance, un.
der the principles adopted at Baltimore
to victory Ia future contssts' Ths
lenders Of the party eyince . desire to
go back TO the principles taught them
in their nurseries. Those principles
we're good. then, but the stamp Of an
tiquity has been placed upon them.
III the leaders cannot forget theil
and antiquated ideas, they
must step aside. The Democratic party
is the party Of progress, and must not
be Aampeyed in its movements by dead
issues, and politicians Of the old school
Let Democrats inscribe PROGRESS
upon their Bannsrs, close mp tleil
ranks, invite all the opponents Of Cen
tralization to fall in with them, end pas.
the word along the lines: "Lst the dead
past bury its dead" Forward to bat.
tie for Civil Service Reform Universal
Amnesty, Reconciliation and Puri0ca
tion n 80 - 5sf.
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The Doesel Railroad Law.

The Columbus correspondents of the
Cincinnati Commercial furnishes the fol.
lowing tables showing the amount of
bonds issued under the Boesel Railroad
Law and deposited with the Treasurer-of
State. The aggfegale exceeds two mil
lions Of dollars. The heaviest issues
have teen Scioto County, OO,OOO;
City Of Columbus, 100000; Marietta,
$50, 900; city Of GAINESVILLE, 100000;
Norwalk, $4,000. In nearly every
case the bonds have long periods to run,
averaging from ten TO twenty years at
eight per cent interest.
The following table by counties will
be interesting to those who would trace
the progress of this Indebtedness
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A New Feature In the Horse DIS.

From the New York World, November 13l
Within the last few days the horse
disease, which has caused 80 much
trouble in the thousands of stables in
this city, has developed a. new phase,
especially in the city railroad stables
and among those horses which had the
least discharge from the snostrils. The
general supposition is that the mstter,
instead of being discharged, passed inte
the system, and now produces species
of dropsy, the animals legs and body
swelling to an enormous size. Several
animals have already died in great pain
from this new development of the dis
ease. The treatment adopted is rub
bing the swollen parts with 1iniment
composed Of comphor, 'tartshorn, and
sweet oil, and light doses of physic -
Several valuable horses which have had
the disease: and to all appearances had
recovered from it, have, on being taken
out and driven with some speed on the
road, Teen taken with q relapse from
which they have died sU .i..gH I7 = 80
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FIRE IN BOSTON,
Another COuflagralion Threaten
q ed. 0uSiness Bloch In State
Street Parity Burned Out..The
s. L0Rer6s M ~ l. p

q ed. 1usiness Bloch In State
Street Parity Burned Out..The
s Losers, H FL h
BosToS, November Is Ill 2. NJ
A fire broke out in the middle of a
State street block, at the foot of State
street. about ten o'clock. and it now
looks as II the whole block will be de-
stroyea The Fire Department has just
called for the engines from Charlestown
aud Chefs. 4 4s.,-. -.
Later-The fire has been confined to
one store, and is now under CONTROL
Only the north end Of the block will
probably be destroyed.
Tho tire is now confined to the store
of Carter, Mann 4 Co, grocers, 2O7
State street
Midmight--rhe FIRE has been extin.
guisl,ed. The loss is estimated at from
Sl00, 900 to, 100000
The following are the, losses by the
fire in State street block tonight, as
near as can be ascertained: Carter,
Man Il Co Nos. 205 and 207, whole
sale dealers in tea, coffee and spices
stock valued at about .S35, 900; partial
loss; fully insured. The two upper
stories were uccupied for storage pur.
poses, where the FIRE is SUPPOSED to. have
originated from crates Of crockery
stored there from, the burnt district. j
ard W. Bird occupied The three lower
floors of Nos. a02 and 2l1, with paints
and oils; loss not ascertained.
d. Webster King l. Co., manufactur-
ers, had just moved into the fourtl
story, having been burned out at the
great fire. Loss, 81 400; no insurance
The Boston Dye wood and Chemica
Company, also burned out by the big
Gre, occupied the fifth floor, with new
stock, which was badly damaged by wa
ter. No, insurance, s.,-ld ~ .'s(.
| Danford, Scudder d Co., wholesal,
grocers, occupied four floors of 20l
| and 203. Stock badly damaged by wa
ter Fully insured, S. S, Pierce uset
the fihh hOor for the storage of tea
and cofees, which was badly damaged
by smoke and water. Insured.
There was considerable exci,emen
for some time, aud large crowds hasten
ed to the scene Of the fire, but the fire
men and engines were promptly OF
hand and soon had everything thei
own way. Lines of military aud po
lice we're thrown across the streets t
keep, back the crowd.
/ NEW YoRK, November 1S-Th
Worlds Boston special reporting tn
| FIRE in the State Street block says: 9TH
preservation OF the remaining twent,
or thirty warehouses in all, was due &
the fact that the roof of the buildin,
was practically fire proof, and the stor
of Carter Mann & Co., 207, burned on
like chimney without igniting contig
/ uouS stores. 'f
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The Tefesraph,cs move.

One Of the big jobs that will receive
the Recommendation of the President
and Postmaster General, when Congress
assemblies, is the telcgraphic scheme
It's proposed to place the entire tele
Sfaphy OF the country under the man.
sgemsnt Of the Postoffice Department.
This would place the people completely
in the power Of Tire Administration
All dispatches would undergo the scru-
Tiny of inpudent officials OF the Gov,
ernment At every telegraph office in the
country; and any matter of q private
nature teleg,aphed, political or other.
wise, would finally find it's way to Wash.
ington City, to be used by the Central
lied power there. The Cincinnati Com
mercids says Of this scheme:
ave want the Government to be in
the hands OF the people, not the people
in the hands. ofthe Government. There
fore we are against giving the Postmas-
ter General thirty thousand additional
subordinatss, and giving up to official
supervision the necessarily open cor.
respondence of the people. The Gov.
ernment management OF the Post Office
is chaos Of blundering. 1t is not self.
sustaining. The people in one part OF
the country are taxed to carry the mails
in anotherpart- = The honest toilers are
taxed to make up the deficiencies caus-
ed by blockhead management and dead
head privileges. We are against The OK.
tension of the system. We object to
being taxed 10 pay fofsthe dead:
kilograms Of the swarms ofzpetty dem.
agesaes throughout the, land, and for
the maintenance OF Offices ,shere there
10 no business. The appropriation Joi
the business OF teleefdphing by the
Postoffice Department would be rs pre-
posterous ~ for the Interior Depart
mint TO undertake TO rIii the railroads
or for the State Department to furnish
the people newspapers. % Congress must
hear from the people on this question
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FRANCE: ,


The Asaensbly.-M Of on TO Censure
Gambetta for Hts Speeches In
the -PrOSIuceS--Excited Debate
.-President Theirs In Defense
or the Government. as
VERsAILLEs, November 1S--ID the
Assembly to-day, there was an exciting
debate over motion of Deputy Chan.
GARNER censuring Gambetta for his in
fammatory speeches in the provinces
On making his motion, Changarniel
complained of the increasing .audacity
Of the Radicals and the laxity of the
Government In dealing with them. FL
accused Gambetta OF entertaining and
seeking to spread socislis,ic ideas.
This charge created much excitement
in the Chamber, and the speaker was
called TO order. b..
The Deputies on the right tried to
provoke Gambetta to reply, but he de.
c!ined, and only shrugged his shoulders
President Theirs mounted the tribune
in defense Of the Government. lie
protested against being placed at tho
bar as criminal, and threw out an in
timstion that lie might appeal to the
country. He admitted that the speech
made by Gambetta At Grenoble was OF
fensive, but clsined that the Government
was not responsible. 2" e
The President concluded by demand
ing a vote of confidence from the House
Deputy Mc:teial moved that a vote o
confidence be immediately taken.
The Assembly stubbornly refused tc
give priority to Mettciai's motion, bu
after four divisions OF the Chamber or
other motions, q vote of conildenct
came up, and was adopted by 267 yeas
to III nays Half Of the Deputies ab
stained from voting.
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.y The Wool Market.

Since the great fire in Boston there
have been strong fluctuations nKshe
wool market, the advance being mainly
upon the fine and medium grades of do
mestic 1eeces and upon pulled WOOL
In our, Inst report, SAYS the Boston
Globe. the prospect of the wool trade
looked more, encouraging than at any
time for six months, the sales Of the
week amounting to, 2-49S,3OQ pounds.
By the sweeping fire, however, the
stocks and warehouses OF almost every
dealer. in the trade were destroyed
Mr.. George ". Bond whose statistics
in this branch Of trade are accepted as
authority everywhere, estimates sthe loss
OF wool by the fire at fully 100000
pounds wsEsa .sEsan .anamss!lc. S c.aasssfHmAIE
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From the Marietta Ohio Register, Nor. ell
+ jfrr.l Missing, .Ga. -s

Mr. William Johnson, ofsW arrep. in
forms us that Mrs. Elizabeth Stumpf,
near Tunnel Station, left home. Mon
day, the llth of November, and has not
beeu seen since. Mrs. Stumpf has been
widow for about four years, and has
frequently shown signs of mental dis
ease for much longer period. Her
home has been with her daughter. On
different occasions she has declared her
intention to drown herself, and has ad-
mitted going to the Ohio river for that
purpose, but has lacked the courage to
carry it out. 1t is feared this time she
has made the fatal plunge, as she has
been traced to the river at Hutchinson 3
landing, and nothing further known of
her Her age is 68; she wore a calico
dress somewhat faded, and gingham
bonnet. Her feet were dressed in pair
of wooden stockings, which had been
cut off for footing but which she had
sewed together again. and in pair OF
shoes worn considerably. Any infor-
nation will be thankfully received BY
her friends. "1. .Iai a. z
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> Comparisons with Chicago,
from the, Tribune


In comparing the Boston, and Chicago
fires the following details of the latter
will prove interesting: The Chicago fire
begun at 8 O'Clock Sunday evening (Oc-
tober s, 1917 and burned ill midnight
Monday. lasting twsnty-seven hours
The value OF the property destroyed, in.
Guiding buildings, merchandise and
household property, was S193,000,0
The fire burned over an area Of about
four miles in length and an average 0ot
about two-thirds Of mile in breadth de,
stroying l7,450 buildings, and rendered
600 persons houseless. The property
destroyed was insured for sl0o, ,000, 900
the losses claimed > amounting to about
81 100000 less. Of the sum due S37,-
100000 has been paid, Land thereIis a fair
prospect Of $4,000, 600 more, if some
companies are not overwhelmed by the
great fire in Boston. The loss Of life
WAS happily small in Chicago and the
generosity of the world enabled the lo-
cal committees to disburse more than
100000 in relief.
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A Surgical opera,ion.

Here is something for all surgeons to
read and admire. 1t comes to US, like
gold and great pears, from California
In 1869, Luther Corey, in Santa Cruz
Coanty, had his arm broken in two pla
ces above the elbow One Of the frac
lures knitted ard. healed; the other,
owing to splint Of the bone being be-
tween the ends of the fracture, did not
After suffering, great pain, Mr.. Corey
went to San Fl ancisco. and the surgeons
there opened tue flesh on bis arm, and
cut The callous part from off the ends
|, OF the bones, pressing the ends togeth-
er and binding the arm in splints. SO
they remained for eighteen months, but
still the bones did not knit, and the
muscles OF the arm became sbriyeled
mp and useless. Then Mr., Corey ap-
piled to DR.. Lane of San Francisco, who
forthwith performed the prettiest little
LOB of surgical workmanship conceiva
lie He opened the arm. sprung out
the end of the bones, and cutting OH
the callous parts, he, beveled the ends
of the bones, so that each wonld lap a
little over the other. He then riyeted
them together with silver wire, and SET
tie arm in a case The bone then knit
and healed, leaving the arm two inches
shorter. Mr. Corey now uses his arm
at his work, and, with the limb useful
again, is once more a tip top sawyer.
EF1he New York Tribune welcomes
the Presidents resistance to the Penn
sylvania ring in behalf of the admins
tration Of the civil service upon correct
principles, as follows: -
| "We' note with cordial satisfaction
thererassl OF The President to give heed
to the claims Of the politicians. for the
succes sion to the Post office in Phila-
lSelphia For years past We Shave criti-
teised with freedom appointments which
seemed to us to violate every principle
| of Civil Service Reforms. With equal
! & eedom nov, and with far greater pleas.
IRE, We commend the promotion OF the
Deputy Postmaster in Philadelphia, WHO
is said to be a deserving aLd capable
man, a. an act in. keeping with the spir.
it Of Civil Service Reform and verify
Of the professions made IN the Phila.
delphia platform. II the President will
enforce similar policy throughout the
United States, he Is sure Of receiving
no more cordial approval from any
qnartsrit than that which will be awarded
him by those who lately strove to pre-.
vent his re election" - p4lis !a9d
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Brierwsod Pspes. +

! Over 100000 Of pipes. made from
different varieties of wood alone, are
yearIy manufactured in America The
wooden pipe is probably more distinct
" nstional than any which 6nds its way
into the market Ranging in cost be
tween the aristocratic mecrschaum and
the plehian clay, is rarely expensive,
while at tie same time its manufacture
calls into existence considerable in
dustry. The root Of the ia,rier ivy" is
the snbstance most genefsity used for
pipe making, 1t heibg selected for the
purpose on account of its durability,
hardness. and the bright polish which it
is capable of. taking. 1t is found
throughout the sotithern States general
ly.-the best qualities growing in Vir-
ginia-and is sent to the market in large
pieces. which varyin size from that Of
a mans fist TO the dimensions Of q
goo i7sizc,l keg 1t costs the manufac
.turerl from, $50 10 $40 per tun, the
price depending upon the quality Of
ROOu, " i4ra ssIt-,a ~ su-5ts54h IL, 4 -
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Industrial Notes.

It's intended to erect alargeFf fax mill
in augusta, Maine. 81
Superior wooden blankets mad in Cal
ifosnia, are now displayed in Bfoad hny
+ British carpet manufacturers have
largely secured patents for their designs
in this country.
K bee. sugar factory was recently com.
pleted at Freeport, Ill, which cost $780,
900, aud will employ 23Q hands. =
The Delaware, Lackawaaa, and West
ern Railway Company, are at present re
laying their entire road with steel rails.
A Tennessee company won the prizes
for the best cotton manufactures at the
Cincinnati and New Orleans Exposi.
tons.
is proposed in Lynchburg, Va, TO
exempt factories from local taxation, in
order to induce, manufactures to settle
there. = ht go 4 q U6
Four railroads, in all 125 miles in
1 len 9th, are constructing In New Zealand,
and will cost .32sH0,00 ,4or rather less
than SlS, Deeper miie. - zgzl
Ashland, Ky,,, on the Ohio RIVER, is
about to have q nail factory, and a fhrhate
which will have acapacity of-5Q, ,tuas ol
pig iron perday:O Il A&AaI000W
Iron sand yielding 50per cent Of phrt
iron of, the finest kind is said to be, found
in enormous quantities within 40 miles OF
! San Francisco. .r-etsh h=s h.sr ,sJ-bN's.
! A British firm is rolling Iron bars of the
enormous wei eht of $40 pounds peryafd
of thespecial quality used, in the manu-.
factre of Armstrong guns oi,ceiio2 as.l
! TaeFrench Gosernmentrecently inyi
ted tenders for the sole right to mautffac
ftufe matches in France, and awarded i
EproyisYisenally y oneeoppany, " Z
4 A railway bridge is about to be bull
over the Rhine at Vessel, which viii have
with It's Vviaddcts On the right and ref
blanks, atotal length Of Of about a mile aas
q Aall.s -fi;t - k"st.ka.tU n U0aa stFT
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Wholesale champagne dealers pro;
pose to advance prices, owing to the
bad condition of the vintage in France.
TbeDhehs atProriaeHee hsabdsad&as,
are suffering from the horse disease, ,hav-
ing CONTRACTED II bF bi feeding op theerpppa, hetp y;
nqre heaps. - a : l. ! =
A st. Louis beer ggzzler has gone to
San Francisco to idfink a hatch With a
man who can drink fifty-eight mhgsS 6f
beer in tye hours hours xays.w.s
The entire wool product Of the COIN
try is 100, 100000 pounds, and some TO-
100000 pounds arepinported. About a
third of the clip Of last spring is still
heldqback. sHoitoE .zinp1l "
DR.. Edward Mason reported, at lsfe
meeting of the Emore NJ edical and Sur.
gical Society, Wetiimpka, Ala, d case in
which "a lady bore II children in II
years. tTicegivihg bipthi 10 ltviass snd
once producing four children at birth.
The latter died. but all the other thir.
teen survived. s'7a3eTsF f's'@ : sf'se'
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HAddress iiletssrs: = ~ :
IS ssTrE srlRr4 Or .prstocrAer,s' .
Ncodshsids "a .sstos sss,.i lJ sag
+a.l - Menroe, County. {: ~ "a
ssF ao1 siA 7sm Ohio.
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.cspasr,e.sa isaa.shea.


stsRAsr a.nhhed.C CAHsRex, HARrKASK1
md tkats c,lier Pebnsyivsnia politician.
last week. They called q have him sp'
poinl ,sAf;r man POST Master OF rhila-
asiphis. No rrfuse& and Informed them
thst he proposed to follow the rules
adopted bythe Civil Service Commits.
s;on, castses and bis squad left in,
had humor. The election is over, Mr.
CAAtRos. sYour aid is not required fur
thes, Il tie suhstanoe OF GaAxr's refu.
90. tfet 1slsr cut issse from the 9th.
z, bsfnscles That have fastened upon hi'
Adninistssiop. sa lsaess. -as7
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A NIons.cr 0sspesas.on.I

Thc Pennsylvania Railroad Company
is name which includes q number OF
subordinate associations, making alto
p.ther one of the NEST powerful cor.
poralions in the world, ,if,7 indeed, lit is
not the most powerful orle IN the world
1t controls not only tie 'Penns, leania
Central road, hut the various northern
branches OF it that rum through the
Pennsylvania coal districts, and through
Northwestern New Yoik2to Lake Erie !;
line from Philadelplia through Bal,i-
more and Washington TO Richmond; a
line renching from Pit,sbutgh to Chi
cago; line from Pittsburgh to St.
Louis: an incomplete line reaching
from Illinois ,o Texas and through
Texas TO the Pacific and line reaehI
ing from St Louis towards che Pacific
Some OF these lines il controls entirely,
others il owns large inttfest in, aud
partially directs 1Theee lines are H..
s73 miles in length, and involve an AZ.
erssa;s &apital Of e&7s, ,e97 sea 'r,i'. ~.