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AyTI.REpuBIIcAs OR DExooRy

ASTIaREPuBIIcAs OR DExooRATIc.-
Every county, all townships have
laws that provide for the mainte-
nance OF people, who through the
Of III health, etc, cannot
maintain themselves. Yet with that
provision for the unfortunate, there
are men found In every county, in
every township, who are willing to
ask Congress to pass q general law
to provide for the settlement Of every
man out Of employment on tho pub
lie lands. There has been no we'll
defined plan as yet proposed, but
enough Of the mind Of certain citi.
zens is known to make it clear that
they would gladly receive their main
tenance from the government. The
rules and regulations, or laws that
were in force during sFeudel days,
were nothing more than such CEN
tralization OF power that certain mea
-Nobles--maintained all the people
who lived on their estates. To be
sure, no one proposes Q return to the
government OF Fudlal days, but IL
were best to look we'll into ell pro-
posed legislation with Q scrutiuizing
look, 90 that the government be not
turned in its motion toward princi.
Piles that are anti Republican or anti
Democratic.
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n appeara IN be almost i'm

IT appears TO be almost impossi-
BILE to get correct reports from the
seat Of war in Europe. The news OF
to-day will be contradiated by that
Of tomorrow ; 90 that it is difficult
to form an accurate opinion OF the
situation. The reports which come
by way OF Constantinople, it is evil
dent, are generally unreliable aud
although the Turks prove to be bet,
ter fighters than was expected, they
also maintain their reputation as
first-class liars. The mode of war;
fare practiced by both parties is not
quite In harmony with the civiliza-
ton of the age, while the Turks have
committed outrages in several in.
stances, which would disgrace the
worst forms of Indian warfare. All
the indications point to long and
bloody war, for it is impossible that
any treaty Of peace can be concluded,
until one of the belligerents is hu.
inflated. The cause of christianity
he's nothing to hopo for from Turk
ish success.
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BOB ISaERsoLL offered TO bet--wa-
ger perhaps would DO less harsh--
the New York Observer that no proof
could be presented that either Tom
Paine or Voltaire recanted the doc
trines they advocated during their
life time. The Observer has accept,
ed the challenge, and, according to
report, each party has deposited
$1,000 in bank to be given to the
party in whose favor the judges de-
eide. Ninety days will be allowed
the Observer TO collect evidence,
ninety to Ingersoll to submit his
side OF the case, and then thirty days
to the affirmative to put in rebutting
testimony. I 3.
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A LEADING Lancaster cigar maker
has come to grief through O legal
tochnicality. He manufactures and
retails in the same room, aud by
some accident 1000 cigars were laid
beyond tho line separating the fac
tory from the store, without being
stamped. A detective happened in,
contiscated the whole lot-the law
being very stringent upon the SUBJ
ject. Those who manufacture and
retail cigars in one room, should take
warning and be careful where they
place their unstamped cigars.
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the Democrats, for that party has
been most given to heresies on the
currency and labor issues. The
Democrats have pursued q zigzag
course to catch votes, while the Res
publicans have been straightforward
and manly in utterance and conduct
The people have not been slow to
take knowledge of these things, and
respecting the truth and abhoripg
the shams OF Democracy and the
thin disguises Of modern reformers,
will vote the Republican ticket as o
most cheerful and pleasing duty.
The outlook is for an old'fashioned
Republican victory it is in the air.
-Aitoond Tribune. ar i
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A LETTER received at Washing ton
from Kemper county, Mississippi,
furnishes the information that the
grand Jury Of that county has out.
rageously followed the advice given
to them by the presiding Judge in
his charge on the opening Of the fall
term OF tho court. The grand jury
returned no less than thirty,one in.
dictments against the parties con-
cerned in the Chisholm and other as.
sassinations.i Six OF the indictments 8
are for murder and twenty ;fve as
accessory thereto. It is stated that
30 far as the officers Of the law are
concerned, there is determination
that Ijustice shall have its due
course.
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some of the Democratic

Some Of the Democratic journals
pretend TO have discovered that an
effort has been made by certain Re-
publicans TO capture the Mollie Ma
guires. This is an old electioneer-
ing dodge, aud is too transparent to
deceive any one. Tho Mollies like
tho masses Of their co.religionists,
have uniformly voted the Democrat
ic ticket But because Barr, aPa-
pist vas defeated by Noyes, il is in.
timated in certain quarters that the
Roman Catholics intend to show the
leaders Of the Democratic party that
they cannot get along without the
Roman Catholic vote. Some Of
Bars supporters for the uomins ton
allsgs that Barr wss slaughtered by
The Democratic Con ventiou because
he was q Pspist. That's the troub-
ls. And hence the silIy story that
the Moiliss are 10 bs transferred in.
70 ths Republican column.
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OUR faith in the election OF the
Republican State ticket this fall in
creases as the campaign progresses
Our ticket gives better satisfaction
to the masses than that of either the
Democratic, Labor Reform, Green
back or Prohibition. The platform
is clearer in it's onunciation OF priu-
ciples they suit wants Of the whole
people, aud tend to general welfare
Of the entire country. The side
shows will draw most heavily upon
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TnE late toll-gate riot in tho Mar
rows went through the Union county
court at Lewisburg, last week.
There were somo 40 witnesses pres
ent. Mr.. fotz was fined $75 and
costs Of prosecution John Stoner
was fined $25 aud the rest Of the
party each 81 fine. Tho costs in the
case will sum up several hundred
dollars. Mr.. Motz has had Hollo-
way, the gate keeper, prosecuted for
embezzlement. and tho grand jury,
We are informed, has found q bill
against him.
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A FEW days ago q fire broke ont in
an upper room Of the Patent Office.
which resulted 10 the destruction OF
the valuable models and records of
the Office. The land Office was also
damaged and many valuable papers
were wet and destroyed. II is fear
ed the fire will cause much trouble
and expensive litigation. The fire is
supposed 10 have originated from q
defective fue. The loss is variously
estimated at from 100000 to $780,
600. n
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r Democrats of Penns

TnE Democrats OF Pennsylvania
seem to be very much demoralized
and out Of working condition. Their
State Committee was called to meet
at Harrisburg, recently, and out of
the fifty members but seventeen put
in an appearance, and they even
were anything but harmonious. The
Democracy of this State are a great
deal cut up by factions.
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CHICAGO is a great place for Banks
to collapse. The Fidelity Savings
Bank is among the last lot to sus-
pend, with liabilities Of 81, ,000, 900,
and assets Of Sl,000,000 number
of depositors 1900. Chicago seems
to be able to bear up under any a
mount Of destructive fires. and also
under ON indefinite number Of insol-
vent Banks. Great place is Chica-
20.
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TIE Hollidaysburg Standard tells
OF Q lady residing in that place who
received BY mail the other day o
gold chain which was stolen from
her thirty-fve years ago, evidently
by one Of her youthful schoolmates,
while pupil at Mt. Joy Seminary.
A case Of conscience long drawn
ont.
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GEN. HowARD aud Gen. Sturgis at
last accounts were in active pursuit
OF the Nez Perces Indians, driving
them before them. and striking them
at every opportunity. There had
been several fights in which tho In
dians were worsted, abandoning their
killed. Over 600 ponies had been
captured. ~
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Caution.

NOTICE y hereby given that ths fol.
lNlowing articles have been purchased
by ne sueSssisasd. ct oosstsbies sale, snd
len them IN Pos.ss,.slon Of James Erdly, du ring
70 iitsrisse or msddls With the sane Wis
mars tep buggy, J sow, sslyss " Aegs,
bsdding. sst Of chairs. y yards carpet, table,
e.ePecsfd. Olsek, 4 o. 2 seres grsin q Iroupd,
Iov, piov, xriAd-stons, ,Jbaiislo .ote, gun, Iroa
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IT is The duty OF the Republican
party TO bring about a state Of peace
and prosperity in the South as far
as lies within its power, 1t did not
war against the Confoderacy to crush
any class its object was 10 crush
out the new government, and place
all classes on an equality before the
law.
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Two Of the highwaymen who re-
Gently robbed the express car on the
Union Pacific railroad were overtak.
en- near Wallace, Kansas, by o posse
The robbers made stand and were
both killed, and 10000 in gold coin
recovered. 1t is expected others
will be captured.
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The next house of representa-

The next house Of representa- tatives,
according to the list prepared by
Mr.. Adams, tho clerk Of the last
house, stands Democrats 145, re,
publican, 100, with the following dis.
tr;cts contested First and Fourth
districts OF California. Second dis
trict of Florida, Fourth and Sixth
districts Of Louisiana, and the single
district Of Colorado.
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DIR. SAMUEL A. MUDD, the physi-
clan who attended Wilkes Booth and
set his log after Lincoln's assassiua.
ton, and afterward was sentenced
to the Dry Tortugas and pardoned
by President johnson, has been nom.
mated to the Legislature by the
Democrats of Charles county, Md.
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DISSOLUTION.

T'HE cospart nership heretofore ex.
snydsf, doiuT Su.ius:s under Il. arn M ns%s % n oi
Msinee Snyder, at salem, Pa, has bean Is.
solvsd by mutual consent. The books OF ths
setttienent and al balls not set tied fmm sdiat
" will bs placed In proper he ads for collsstion
WILLIAM HAINES,
WILLIAM II. SNYDER,
Salem. Snyder Co., Pa. Sept. ssth, irIy.
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TIE General Election will be held
on Tuesday, 9th November (not the
18th, as we in common with many
other papers gave it,
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Hon. JouN b. PACKER, Of Sunbury,
and DIR. T. &. Harrison, sons-in law,
are tho executors named in the will
Of VIM. Cameron.
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The followins gentlemen constitute the
Standing Committee for the ensuing year
Adams- Robert smith, N. n. MidIcswarth.
fsaver--L ]. Manbeck, DIR. l. ID. Conrad.
Beaver West-A. A. UIsh, A. a. Romix,
Cewtrs-Peter Hartman, John r. Spansier.
Chapmau-J. b. Hall, IA. a. shaefer.
franhlin--C, A. Boisudsr, Il. Eissnhossr,
Jaehson-Dr. p. Hsrmsu, Henry Meyer
Middleburs--J. n. Arnold, feo. %. smith.
Middiecreek-J. Robert Keeler, A. II. Keck.
Mooroe--J. p. Trexier, T. Y. Hummsi.
Pcun-Jos, n. Hendricks, Hsnry NJ oyer.
persy-Cci. WIN. Harding, Ell. n. Moyer.
Perry West-l. b. Winey. W. u. winoy.
ling.
upioo.Col. W. q. Hsrrold. Capt. Thomas "
HOFFMAN.
ws.hinston-John A. Hiioi.b Henry B.
Moyer.
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Stray Mare.

A Bay Mare about 10 yrs, old and II
~. "A h.nds high and nov in po:ssss!cs q David
requested 70 come, and prove property, psy
chsryss, and take her swsy Or shs tiliS - dis.
posed Of eseoFdias 70 lsy. sYie.s ssssdSssiSe,d.
. Jsiy u. is1T. - 70 t7.i nv u .
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T,lesdtru No,ember ctb 1877
'oo""y' "ooo"'oeT oet, 1911,
for the purpo,e OF o,ec.,uu the ,.v,,., n.,,on,
as;.an n.%ss ,o, 60 q!
''s On. person for Auditor a.u.r., Of ,p...,v,.
ps One person for state Treasurer ofP..n.,,.
one person for Surveyor OF snyder county.
Ore person for Associate Judge Of snyder
county
that the place Of holding the aforesaid slsction
IN the several townships and boroughs within
tho county sS!Ss, s 81; =, follows, TO vi,
4, az Ts.,. ., n.,,., u. ., A., q,
township. '','.''''' = -''' -''''
.nS hsaso samS,h, ~ DAVID Horro in and for
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tp.n.hir:
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and tSr @ Beaver ,i .syn;n,Pg !. ma ,g,r..
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township ~. ui 80 Z g
Troileviiie, 10 al and iof' Adams SwnSSip. '" u
At all elections hereafter hold andsc tho laws
Of this Commonwealth. the polls shall 30 open.
Cd u seven O'Clock q. N. and closed at ssveh
Every person, excepting tho Justices OF tho
Peace and Aldermen, Notariss Public snd per-
shail hold or shsli within two months Nave held
any ctsGs 2. u!~snt q p,ont er gsst an:
or corporatsd district, whether ace,nuiissionsd
oinesr or etherwi,s, ? subordinsts otheer or
L:si'i:tSsr:, Executive or JS,dIsi.ry s,,E Depart
corpers,sd @ distiiss, and also, tSsI every mem. M
herol oesg'sss and Of the state Lsglslature.
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CAUTION.

NOTICE 10 hereby given thst the
IN following artieles have been .pvrakA4Ad by
tho sndersl.nsa y yo2asthls2 ssis Snd Is!it
pleasure. All persons are csutiopsd pot 70 In
tsrfess or msddls with the same. Wis; One Gow /,
two Hogs. 4. 3. aELf8lOH,
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B. q PARKS, oFs F.3.- On /, s,''' h
q. .ArroRNEY AT Law, !. oltl.,
ssLlssaRovs. ssYDEA Copsgx p
~ ga@ -. lasps.Is 'e1ss <
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General Election ProoIa nation

I, DANIEL EISENHART, Hixh Sh eria o.
Snyder county, Commonwealth OF Pennsylva.
MIA, do hereby make known and give notice to
the electors OF the county Aforesaid, that an
election will be hold In the said county Of
Snyder, on r
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COMMENTS ON THE VAR.

The effect in England of reported Rus
sian successes has been to renew the dis
cussion about British interests, and Rus
sian newspapers like the Daily Telegraph
and Morning Post, greatly excited, call for
instant preparations to protect the inter-
ests and honor of the country, which lie
under most direct menace. They find
the Cars proclamation revolutionary
manifesto, manifesting a determination
to annex Bulgaria. They add to this
the reputed intention of Russia to claim
Armenia and the Turkish ironclad fleet
as indemnity, and force the passage of
the Dardanelles, and declare such changes
would rob England of her real rampant
for her Eastern empire. But it is noticea-
BILE that papers of quite different class
are beginning to exhibit uneasiness
The Economist calls attention to the
probability that if the Dardenelles are
to be kept closed against the Russians by
force, England must do it alone, because
the other powers are not sufficiently in
terested in that result to justify the
anticipation of their cooperation. The
Observer declares the time has arrived
when the government should know itself
and be prepared to enforce its views
when necessity demands, and the Turk
ish papers are very guarded in their COM
ments and devote attention chiefly to
discussing the Austrian position, and at
tacking the ministry for not taking the
to make further declaration
Of policy
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by the internal injuries will not prove

by the internal injuries will not prove
fatal.
Three barns were unroofed north of
Gettysburg, Ohio. The celebrated sugar
camp of E. D. Kincains was damaged to
the extent of thousand dollars. Great
destruction of trees east of New Paris, and
several barns and three houses were un-
rooted, and some stock killed. J. McDaugh's
saw-mill was unroofed and otherwise dam
aged. The estimated loss in Wayne County,
Indiana, and Preble County, Ohio, as far as
New Paris, is $4,000
The storm also visited Ohio, Pennsylvania
and was felt in Missouri.
ST. PAUL, IND, July IA tornado passed
within two miles of this place between nine
and ten o'clock last night, doing immense
damage to crops, fencing, timber and stock.
Several barns, churches, school-houses and
dwellings were destroyed. An old wealthy
German named Michael Meheslich was
instantly killed, Mrs. Kicker fatally injured,
c. Juppenlatz injured internally and John
Lewiss collar bone broken.
COATESvILE, Pa, July IA severe wind
storm passed over this section this after
noon. At Ercildown, small town three
miles from here, the damage wasivery heavy.
Twenty families were made homeless in
few minutes, their dwellings being razed to
the ground. The fine new seminary of
Richard Darlington was also destroyed, and
nothing remains but the bare walls. A
woman, named Hopkins, was instantly
killed, and five persons injured, two fatally.
A meeting will be held here to extend aid to
the sufferers.
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A Vegetarian's Experience.

Speaking at vegetable banquet at
Leeds, in England, the other day, the
Rev. G. III. Collyns said he was descended
from long line of equity ancestors. He
had been sufferer from gout, but hav-
ing more than ten years ago become a
total abstainer, and having, not long
afterward, become vegetarian, he had
gradually driven the gout out, and could
give no other reason for it except pure
and wholesome living-total abstinence
from alcoholic liquors and from flesh
meat. The teeth of man showed that he
was not carniverous, but frugivorous
animal, and the stomach, he contended,
also showed that he was intended not
to re ceive flesh, but the fruits of
the earth. He would not go back to his
former mode of life for anything that
could be given to him. Vegetarian diet
agreed with the delicate as well as the
robust. 1t was wholesome and enjoy
able, and to it he owed new issue of
life.
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Turkish Cavalry in 1928.

The horses, especially those of the
Asiatic Spahis, were small but fiery, well
broken, capable of enduring fatigue and
privations. Kurdish and Cappadocian
horses were accustomed to be picketed,
and to bear the midday heat and the
midnight cold. They were only watered
once a day, and kept in condition
without barley, when fed on the coarsest
fodder. The light and easy-ftting
palanu or saddle, made of felt, remained
on their backs day and night, so that
the horseman was ready at any moment
to mount. The bit was very severe for
so well-broken an animal, and was in
tended to stop the horse suddenly in mid
career, or to wheel him round in
moment. The bar of the bit was often
five or six inches long, and instead of
the curb-chain there was ring. The
round shoe was admirably suited to its
purpose. The steel was forged cold, was
thin and light, lasted five or six weeks,
and protected the hoof admirably on
stony ground. Although they use no
cruppers the Turkish horsemen rides
down the most precipitous places,
covered with brushwood or trees, at full
gallop.-Roumelia in 1S2S-29.- Von
Moltke.
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A LIFE INSURANCE DECISION.

Life insurance law has been enriched
with another decision of interest to both
insurers and insured. In 1870 Regina
Mansbach took out policy on the life
of her husband in the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company of New York. In
1873 the company refused to take the
premium then due, and Cancelled the
policy, claiming that Mr.. Mansbach (who
is still living) was guilty of misrepresen-
tation when taking out the policy in
saying that he had no chronic disease,
when in fact he was suffering from
bronchitis in a chronic form. Suit was
brought to compel the company to re-
store the policy, and on the trial two
physicians who examined Mansbach in
1873 testified that in their opinion the
disease was chronic three years before.
The court expressed the opinion that it
was extremely doubtful whether any
physician could predict the condition OF
any person at a given time from an ex-
animation made two years afterwards,
and held in addition that the examina-
ton in the case was so cursory and
superficial that its result could not be
followed as against the examination of a
physician made at the time the insur-
ance was effected and Mansbach's posi-
tive denial that he was afflicted as
charged. He holds further that the
plaintiff has an interest sufficient to
maintain the action, and that, after the
company's refusal to receive the pre-
MUM, it was not necessary to make
further tender. He therefore gives judg-
ment for the plaintiff that the company
receive the premiums and restore the
policy
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EARNING INTERESTS.

The Department of Agriculture
reports oats in q superior condi-
ton in New England, in most of
the Southern States, in those of
the Missouri Valley and Oregon, and in
fair to high condition in the remaining
States except California. The South is
finding immunity from loss in their red
rust-proof oats. The indications are fa-
vorable for a good yield of barley, though
a decrease of area is reported in the
Western States. The condition is high
est west of the Mississippi. There is an
increase of clover, especially in the
South, and very marked in Texas.
Spring pasture has not been abundant in
Northern New England, in the West, in
Virginia and Texas, and in Oregon. 1t
has been injured in Southern New Eng
land, and in the Middle States, prior to
the recent rains, by dry weather
Drought has reduced the condition ir
portions of the South. The injury from
this cause has been great in California
Pasturage has been generally good in thu
Territories. An investigation into th'
losses of sheep during the past yea
shows a total of nearly three milliol
of sheep and lambs destroyed by dogs ant
wolves and various diseases, and an ag
gregate money value of nearly eight mil
lion dollars. The average of loss is nearl
eight per cent. The proportion is high
est respectively in North Caroline
Florida, and Louisiana, and ranges fror
seventeen per cent. in the former Stat
to three and seven-tenths in Nebrask,
The rate is the highest in the Soutl
and lowest in the States having do
laws.