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The President of tho United States, OF
necessity, owes his election to Office to the
suiiragcs and jealous labors of political
party, members of which cherish with ar.
dor and regard rs Of essential importance
the principles Of their party organization
but he should always be mindful of the fact
that he serves his party best who serves
the country best. In furtherance of the
reform We seek, and az in other important
respects change of great importance,
Recommend an amendment to the Consti.
tuition prescribing term of six years fol-
the. Presidential Office, and forbidding a
reelection.
With respect to the financial condition
Of the country ! shall not attempt an ex
tended history of the embarrassment and
prsstration which We have suffered, dur.
Ing the past three years. The depression
In All the varied commercial and manufac
turing interests throughout the country
which began in September, 1873, still con
tinues. Il Is very gratifying, however, &c
be able TO say that there are indications
all around us Of coming change to pros
porous times Upon
THE CURRENCY QUESTION.
Intimately connected as it is with thi'
topic, I may be permitted to repeat hers
the statement made in my letter OF accept
succ. In my judgment the feeling Of un
certainty, inseparable from an irredeem
Able paper currency, with it, fluctuations
Of values, Is one Of the obstacles to our re
turn to prosperous times. The only saft
p1r,er currency Is one which rests upon
coin basis. and is at all times convertible
into coin. adhere to the views hereto
fore expressed by me in favor of Congress
sienal legislation In behalf OF an early re
sumptioo Of specie payment. And an
saalsiied not only that this Is wise, blu
that the Interests q well - the sentiments
Of ne country imperatively demand It
PsssIne from thess remarks upon the con
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Blue Stone, for prevention of Smut !
Wheat.
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dition of our own country to consider our
relations with other lands. we are remind
ed by international complications abroad,
threatening the peace of Europe, that our
traditional rule of non-iEterference IN
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WAR NEWS.

Mukhtar Pasha, Turkish commander
in Asia, telegraphed on the 9TH that the
Russians had abandoned all their positions
parallel to the Ottoman lines. The enemy's
losses in the three days fighting are
estimated by Mukhtar at 10000; that
of the Turks is given at 1000. At Schipka
Pass the snow was two feet in depth, and
the troops were compelled to sit on frozen
trenches ankle deep in the mud.
The attempt of the Russians to cut
Mukhtar Pasha off from the fortress at Kars
was frustrated after three days battle. A
reliable correspondent says that the Rus
sian losses in Asia have been greatly eXag-
gerated by Turkish reports, and that the
losses on both sides are about equal. I'm
portant changes in the Russian command in
Europe are announced. The work before
Plevna continues. The massing of troops
indicates further active operations during
the autumn.
A Belgrade special of the 18th says
the Servian Cabinet has unanimously and
definitely agreed upon terms of agreement
with Russia. This probably refers to an
agreement concerning the subsidy of mill
lion roubles to be paid SerYia monthly from
the time her army is sent by Russia to the
frontier. Troops are continually marching
to the frontier, ready for any offensive
movement on the part of the Turks.
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TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

At Kansas City, Mo-, on the 9th,
Henry W. Mann, late Cashier of the Kansas
City Stock Yard Company, killed his 3-year-
old daughter by shooting her through the
heart, and killed himself Immediately after
ward by shot through the head.
Mann's wife died about six
months ago, and since that time
he had at intervals seemed to be not quite
right in his mind. He left letter stating
that the death of his wife and the love he
bore his child were the causes that impelled
him to commit the deed. The family re-
moved to Kansas City from Rome, Bradford
County, Pa.
Elijah Spencer and Willis James, the
former the brother and the latter the broth
er-in-law of Lewis Spencer, who with his
four children was murdered in Clark Coun-
ty, Mo-, in August last, have been re-arrest-
ed, fresh evidence having been discovered.
Both are in Jail.
A desperate known as Texas Frank,
who in company with two others, on the
9th, undertook to rob freighters' camp Il
miles south of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was
shot and killed by young man named N.Y.
ers. Histwo partners escaped.
AT Cleveland, Bradley County, Tenn,
on the 9Th, a man named Cooper cut his
daughters throat, knocked his grand
daughter in the head with a smoothing-iron
and then cut her throat, and finally shot
himself.
A terrific tornado, coming from the
northwest, swept over northeastern Texas
on the eth, causing great destruction of
property in various localities. At Plano,
Wills Point and Graham n number of
houses were blown down and other property
damaged.
The Pioneer Land and Loan Bank of
San Francisco, J. C. Duncan, Manager, has
been forced into liquidation. 1t is believed
that depositors will lose heavily. .
Fernandina, Fla, reported nine new
cases of yellow fever on the 9th, three deaths
on the 9TH, and five new cases and one death
on the Sth. Assistance from abroad is
urgently called for.
An official investigation of the origin
Of the Patent-office fire shows that it proba-
bly, resulted from CRATE fire kindled in one
of the basement rooms, the sparks from
which set fire to wooden grating covering
the gutter on the roof and lying immediate
ly against the flue.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg says
a terrible accident occurred to a railway
convoy of seven wagons, which was crossing
the River Don. The train contained large
number of Abchaeian prisoners who were
chained together, and were being transport
ed to Siberia. -Four hundred of them were
lost.
The boilers of Col. James w. Wealth
erford's s,eam-mill, about two miles from
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

Hon. ROBERT SMALLs (colOredD,
Member Of Congress from South Carolina,
was arrested at Columbia on the 9th, upon
charge of accepting brides while member
of the State Legislature. EX-Treasurer Car
dozo is also under arrest and n Jail charged
with malfeasance in office; and Senator Pat
terson was arrested in Washington on the
9th, upon a requisition of Gov. Hampton,
but discharged on habeas corpus.
THE Government suit against Gen.
John A. Mcdonald, of st. Louis, being his
second prosecution on account of Whisky
Ring frauds, has been terminated by de-
cision of the Court precisely similar to that
in McKee's case.
The Emperor Alexander of Russia
has conferred upon Mr.. A. t. Goshorn,
ex-Director- General Of the American Cen
tennial Exposition, the insignia Of the
Imperial and Royal Order Of st. Stanislaus
an honor never before bestowed upon an
American.
THE State Central Committees of the
Pennsylvania Greenback and United Labor
part es have united for the purpose of con-
GEN. MCMILLAN, who several years
ago presented credentials from Louisiana as
United States Senator, but was not admit
ted, will succeed Isabel as Pension Agent at
New Orleans.
WILLIAM A. STEWART, the Republi-
can nominee for Associate Judge of Law
renee County, Pennsylvania, is colOred
man, 43 years old. He was admitted to the
bar in 1853, but failing to achieve success,
owing to his color, returned to his trade of
barber. Later he studied medicine and
type-setting. He now owns a barber-shOp
in New Castle, Pennsylvania, and is the only
colored man ever nominated for n county
Office in Pennsylvania.
THE Government has commenced a
suit against Gen. John c. Fremont to re-
cover 5000, which it is claimed was erro-
neOusly paid the defendant on account of
salary and rations from May 10 to July %,
1861. The former was the date Of his APP
pOintment as Major General, but he did not
assume command until the latter date.
SENATOR EDMUNDs, of Vermont, has
published in the american LdU Rerie1o an
article advocating the establishment OF a
permanent judicial tribunal for the decision
of disputed Presidential contests. Senator
Edmunds, it will be remembered, was a
member of the Electoral Commission.
j. C. DUNCAN, Manager of the sus-
pended Pioneer Land and Loan Bank OF
San Francisco, and Lewis .Warne, Secreta-
ry, have absconded. An investigation into
the affairs Of the bank develops the unpleas-
ant fact that the assets have pretty much all
been cleaned out, and depOsito-s will get
little or nothing. The concern was man.
aged entirely as family affair, Duncan's
father being the figure-head President, one
Of his sOns-in-law (Warne) the Secretary,
and another Trustee.
Mrs. KATE MCGONERN, of Chicago,
who had been delivering series Of temper
snee lectures in saginaw, Mich, on the sth
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WIT AND WISDOM.


THE mosquito is sneaking cuss. He
never stands squarely up and faces q
man with a towel.-BsstoR Post.
TWEED says that an honest man is the
noblest work of God, but that there isn't
much work now-Detrot Free Press.
You've ladies, these evenings, give
more attention to the planet Mars than
they do to their own ma's.-Easton Free
Press.
woULDsr enjoy perpetual spring.
Then repair to the home OF the FARMER
who brings spring chickens to market
Worcester Press.
"a IT is well that mems faults are NOT
written on their foreheads," says st.
Louis paper, and it is right. Every
forehead in st. Louis would have to be
raised and additions built on.-Chicago
/ Journal.
AT recent sale of short-horn cows in
England one animal brought s22, 900.
/ That is a tremendous price, but it has
its compensations. To be kicked in the
stomach by COW worth s22, 900 must
be accompanied by a variety of ennobllng
sensations. Not every man can affordit.
-DaHbtry Ne'os.
"THERE is not" wrote the editor OF
tie Deadwood Champion, "a quieter,
more peaceful, well regulated, and or
derby community in the whole Western
country" And then, as the Office boy
entered to say that somebody wanted to
see him, he took his bowie between his
teeth, put Colts new pattern seven
shooter on the desk in front of him, and
said: slim, get out another coffin
plain pine one, this time-and let the
son of gun in!"-Puck.
; REcrNTLY man who looked as if he
would dare to do right if he had half a
chance, entered an oyster store on Mich
igan Avenue and courteously inquired
"Do you have oysters.here on the one
half SHELF" "Yes, sir, we do" was
5 the answer. (Which half of the shell
$ is the oyster onP" was the next inquiry
S The oyster man regarded the stranger
keenly, and after minute replied thai
I they were on the left half of the shell
= Ah-um-too bad" muttered the
man. al wanted them On the RICH
? half. Good day, sir. l can't go left
handed oysters no how.''-DetrOit Ere
}. Press.
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the French piece, which tore up the ground
in front Of the Nez Perces' works. II was
followed at long intervals during the day by
heavier reports from the other tield-pieee.
The musketry fire increased as the morning
advanced, but
THE FIRE OF THE INDIANS
had Stacked somewhat, and ii was only oc-
casionally that report was heard from their
works, and then only as an ineautious head
appeared above the Notifications. The bod
les OF the dead and some Of the wounded
were exposed on the battlefield during the
night, and although within reach Of the In
dams, they committed none of the ghoulish
deeds for which the Sioux and other North
ern tribes are noted. None ofthe dead were
sealped, and none Of the wounded were mu-
tilated. The throat OF one man, who was
known 70 have been wounded, was found
cut in 4 horrible manner, following the first
days battle, but It is thought that he COM
mitted the deed to end the pain brought on
by his wound and the exposure. little
after O'Clock in the morning the truce sig
nal was again displayed by the Indians. n
| second lul followed, and an interpreter,
\ who went through the lines reported that
| they desired to effect an exchange OF Lieut.
| Jerome for Chief Joseph. The matter was
arranged and Joseph left the white camp,
promising to return with his wife and child
and that he would also bring in his warriors
ifthev would consent to surrender. 1t was
learned through the interpreter that Whttt
Bird had fought against such course ano
carried the young bucks with him. JOSEPH
remained in his own camp three hours, dur
ing which time the flag OF truce was dis
plaved, and when Gen. Miles sent the inter
prefer to inform Joseph that he must hau
down the truce or surrender, he was .fireC
upon.
THE ROLL OF THE MUsKETRY
recommended and continued without cessa
ton during the day. The exact tightin:
force OF the Nez Perces can not be stated
The hostile camp numbers between 800 ant
600 people, which includes every body. TIL
number Of warriors is placed at about 30
The force under Miles opposed Is them
placed at about 800. No word has been re
ceiyed from Sturgis for more than a week
but he is moving north, and has undoubted
" reached the battle-ground, with eigh
companies of cavalry, before now. 1t is pos
sible, also, that Howard will be in at tn
death. The humanity displayed by the Ne
Perces during the fight was especially mark
ed. One wounded soldier lying on the iiel
was placed at the mercy Of one Of the In
dams. He made motion OF despair as th
savage approached, but the Indian spoke
, him in English. 81 will not kill you, yo
! are wounded" This incident is mentione
! and vouched for by the scout who brougt
; the first intelligence of the fight.
IThe final surrender of Joseph and his eI
. tire command has since been annOUnced.l
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The Magnificence of Moscow.

This is one of the richest and most
beautiful cities in the world. 1t seems
especially so as you approach it in the
distance. Standing on elevated ground,
it is seen from afar in every direction.
Its numerous towers-every church hav-
inc several besides the steeples-with
hundreds of domes and eupolas, either
gilded or painted green and splangled
with stars, together with many gardens
and trees intermixed with the houses,
give it quite an Oriental appearance, and
fill the traveller with wonder and admit
ration when it first breaks upon his
view. The River Moskva floats at the
base of he hill on which the Kremlin is
built. The Kremlin is vast citadel, or
city within city, enclosed by wall
from u to 1G feet thick, and from 80 to
so feet high, with many towers, embat-
Elements and beautiful gates. 1t con-
tains many magnificent churches, also
the Large Palace and Little Palace. We
entered with uncovered head, as every
one is required to do, from the highest
official to the lowest serf, through the
Gate of the Redeemer, over which hangs
a picture of the Saviour. l would like
to tell you of the eathedrals, and the
great bell, which weighs 10000 pools
or $50, 900 pounds English, now stand
ing with its broken piece on PEDESTAL
placed there by the Emperor Nicholas; ;
the Romansoff Place with its ancient
obelisk; the crooked streets and mixed
houses; elegant government offices in
close contact with huts and cottages )
the tolerably wide street, three miles
long, leading from the walls OF the
Kremlin to the st. Petersburg gate and
thence to the park or review ground ;
also to the Treasury, the Public Muse
um and Library, together with modern
improvements in gas-pipes, letter boxes
ETC., etc.-NeWark Advertiser.
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Anomalies of English Spelling.

One of the principal difficulties in
learning the English language is the in
explicible manner in which most of the
words are spelled, the twenty-six letters
of the alphabet wing with each other to
represent the forty or forty-twO sounds
of the language in the most bungling
and disorderly manner.
Be the capacity of a child ever so good,
yet he must spend years in learning
these "curiosities of literature" while a
foreigner can only master our noble
language by vast expense of labor, pa
thence and time.
The Protean nature of thevowelsounds
is familiar to all. A few amusing ex-
amples will show that the consonants
are nearly as bad:
B makes a road broad, turns the ear
to bear and Tom into a tomb.
C makes limb climb, hanged changed,
lever clever and transports a lover to
clover.
d turns bear to beard, crow to a
crowd and makes anger danger.
F turns lower regions to flower re-
gions.
G changes a son to song and makes
one gone.
H changes eight into height.
X makes now know and eyed keyed.
L transforms pear into a pearl.
N turns'a line into linen, crow to a
crown, and makes one none.
P metamorphoses lumber into plumb
er.
Q, of itself, hath no significance.
S turns even to seven, makes have
shave, and word sword, pear a
spear, makes slaughter of laughter, and
curiously changes having hoe to shaw
ing shoe!
Tmakes a bough bought, turns here
there, alters one to tone, changes ether
to tether, and transforms the phrase,
'sallow his own,n to "tallow his town."
w does well, e. g., hose are whose!
are becomes ware, on won, omen WON
en-, so SOW, vie view, it makes an arm
warm, and turns hat iuto-what?
Y turns fur to fury, Il man to many,
to to toy, rub to ruby, ours to yours,
and lad to ladyi
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BAKED TOMATO PUDDING.-TaSe
deep pudding-dish and butter the inside
of it well; first put in layer OF bread
crumbs, then layer or peeled sliced
tomatoes, then a small onion cut very
thin; dredge on little flour, pepper, and
salt; now begin with bread-crumbs
again, tomatoes, onions, and seasoning
till the dish is full; the top layer must be
bread-crumbs, with salt and pepper and
a few small bits of butter over it; put
this in the oven, keep it covered with a
tin plate for an hour, then remove the
plate and let it brown. 1t does not re-
ouire too hot an oven. 1t will take at
least 2 hours to bake. Those who wish
can add sugar to suit the taste. 1t is
better to send it to table in the dish 1t Is
baked-in.
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PRESIDENT HAYES is reported as say
ing that he is not surprised at the result
in Ohio; in fact, it was anticipated on
the ground merely that the State
for several years has been gradually
becoming more and more friend
" to the doctrine of imitation. Hard
times also had an influence; the
Workingmen's ticket helped to benefit
the Democrats, and this being an of
year there was much Indifference on the
part of Republicans. The election
could not be called a rebuke to the Ad-
ministration, because the Democrats
themselves claim to be in favor of civil
service reform and the Southern policy
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HustonvilIe, Lincoln County, KY, exploded
ON the 10th and killed his son, Job Weather
ford, Willis Eason and John Kaufman. Asa
Barlow and VIM. Kaufman were badly in
jured.
The Franklin Savings Bank of Alle
gheny, Pa, suspended on the 10th, with
liabilities amounting to about $4,000.
The Directors say that the assets are large
Iy in excess of this amount, but can not be
realized upon Immediately. Since the fall
ure of the Allegheny Savings Bank, which
occurred short time ago, there has been
continuous run upon the Franklin, and all
its available resources were exhausted. 1t
was thought that the panic had become so
general that all the savings institutions
would be forced into liquidation.
The German-American Bank at Quin-
CIV, ILL.,, suspended on the 10th. Liabilities
about $1,000 which it is said will be paid
dollar for dollar.
Allen C. Laros, the young man who
poisoned his father, mother and uncle near
Easton, Pa, last year, and who was SEN
fenced to be hanged on the 10th, has beer
pronounced insane by medical commission
and removed to an asylum.
James Berry, former resident Of
Galloway County, Mo-, has been identified
a, one of the Union Pacific train robbers
and a reward of.$500 offered for his capture
A telegram from Kars states that s
battle was fought on the 9th near Ala Dagh
lasting six hours, with losses very heavy oil
both sides. Mukhtar Pasha claims that HI
repulsed the Russians with loss of 1,20
men.
Forty lives were lost by colliery ex
plosion AT Pemberton, Lancashire, England
on the 18th.
The Spanish Government has jus
paid the American Minister $4,000 on &C
count of claims for losses incurred b
American citizens in Cuba through the rev
olution.
A destructive fire occurred at Ed
wards Depot, Kinds County, Miss, on tn
morning of the 18th.
Odd Fellows Block, one of the fines
: business blocks in Little Rock, Ark, wa
entirely destroyed by fire on the morning {
the 18th. Total loss over so, 600; about one
half insured.
At Braden's Station, Haywood Coul
ty, Tenn, on the night of the 9th, the hou'
Of Hal Anderson, colored, was burned IN
' three of his children persisted in the flam'
u while fourth was fatally burned. The chi
sren were left alone in the house.
Il At Chicago, on the 18th, a mysterioI
c case of murder and suicide occurred at
y boarding house on North Wells Street, Il
: murderer and suicide being Joseph W.Gla'
den, formerly of Oskaloosa, Iowa, and b
l. victim Mrs. Maude Bell, wife of Robert
: Bell, a railroad brakeman. When disco
e cred, both were in a dying conditio
S with their Threats cut. GLADDEN. held +
zor in one hand, and had his arms aroui
e the woman in death-like grasp. Gladd
1t was likwise married, but it was said that
and Mrs. Bell had been living together sin
i their arrival in Chicago.
d AT Washington, or the 18th, Jud;
5. Wright, Of Indiana, assaulted Columb
Delano, in the street, with stick, intiicti
" serious wounds upon his head. Wrigh
Il, grievance against DelanO rose out of que
~ ton Of Indian claims.
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REPRESENTATIVE ScHLIECHER, Of
Texas, according to Washington dis
patch, freely expresses the opinion that
the situation of affairs on the Mexican
frontier is extremely critical, the Rio
Grande border being liable any day, he
thinks, to be oyerrun by Mexicans. 1t
does not matter, he says, that the Diaz
Government is friendly TO the United
States, inasmuch rs Diaz is powerless
to force his own DEGREES upon
the border. HIS most trusted General,
Benavides, was compelled to make his
escape in the night, and is now in New
York. Gonzales and his other Generals
have also been forced TO retire to the
United States. The Government,
Schleicher thinks, will soon be COMPEL
ed to deal with the Mexican borderpop-
ulation, which has no more respect for
treaty rights than it has FOL its own Cen
trail Government.