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THE OLD BARNS TENANTRY.
BY B. F. TAYLOR.

The rooster stalks on the maneer's ledge,
He has tail like scimeter's edge.
A Marshal's plume on his afghan neck,
An Admiral s stride on his quarter deck,
He rules the roost and be walks the bay
With a dreadful cold and Turkish way.
Two broadsidts fires with bis rapid wings
This Sultan proud, Of line Of Kings
One cultural laugh four blasts of horn,
Five rusty syllables rouse the morn
The Saxon lambs in their woolen tabs
Are playing school with the a, b, abs:
A, l, o! All The cattle spell
Till they make the blatant vowels tell
And a half laugh whinny fills the stalls
VIII en- down in the rack The clover falls.
A dove is WalIzing around his mate
Two chtvrons black on his wings Of slate.
And showing off with wooing note
The satin shine Of his golden throat
1t is Ovid's "Art of Love" re-tod
In binding fine of blue and gold
All the buxom girls that helped the boys,
The uObler Helens Of humber Troys-
As they stripped the husks with rustling fold
From eight-rowed corn as yellow as gold,
By the candle light in pump kin bowls,
And the CLEANS that show ed fantastic holes
In the quaint old lanterns tattooed tin,
From The hermit glim set up within;
By the rarer light in girlish eyes
AS dark as wells, or as blue as skies,
hear the langh when the ear is red,
see the blush when the forfeit paid.
The cedar cakes with the ancient twist,
The cider cup that the girls have kissed,
And STE the fiddler through the dusk
AS lie tWangs The ghost Of \ Money Musk r.
The boys and girls in double row
Wait face TO face till the magic bow
Shall whip the tune from the violin,
And the merry pulse Of the feet begin.
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The Country Gentleman gives the
following simple mode Of testing coal
oil: Place little of the oil in a saucer,
and if on applying lighted match the
oil can be made to take fire, even on
hot summer day, it should be consid-
cred unsafe. 1t is unnecessary to say
that great care must be taken in ap-
plying the test, and all vessels con-
tanning the oil removed to safe dis
tance. A book or pamphlet should
also be at hand to place over the sau-
Ger to extinguish the fame, in case
the oil ignites.
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Il tell you, Pete, if dat var pumpkin
what's hangin' over yo' head was to
grabitate dar'd be change OBJ wege-
table natur in no time" "How's dat.
Pomp?' "Why, de fall would squash
it " Then they grappled, but the
hearer, being unprepared for the fun,
had been too much affected by it, and
had to yield Konkers Gazette.
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An Iowa woman wanted a divorce,
because, as she said, her husband didn't
provide her with the necessaries of life.
She was asked to enumerate them, and
the first two things she mentioned were
a seal-skin sacque and diamond ring.
Cincinnati Saturday NSoht.
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An exchange, in giving recipe for
making tea, advises people to take
soft water and boil it hard before pour
ing upon the tea. This may be all
right but it would probably do just as
well to take hard water and boil it
soft.-ROme Sentinel
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An authority in social matters says
there are few occasions where ceremony
may not be easily dispensed with. A
wedding seems to be one of them.-
Keokatk Gate City.
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When Mrs. Sillibus was asked by
the usher if she would have a seat in
the parquette, she replied: "No, in
deed, l don't want no seat in parro-
quet, but if you have a bronchestral
cheer or a seat in the dressed circle it
will be exceptable, = Wheelinq Leader.
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Advice to young ladies who con-
template exercising their leap year
prerogative: Look before you leap
-Sandie Stone.
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II directions accompapv each box.

Full directions accompany each box.
Sold in Drug, Feed and General Stores at
The very low price Of One Pound box Is cts
Three Pound box 5Oc.; Six Pound box 80 cts.
The English Manufac' ring Co.,
8 s. Holiday st., Baltimore, Nd,
Sole manufacturers for the United States
N7ANTED-One Agent for each county.
Wv Liberal advertising furnished free and
commission on all sales. Dec6-Iy
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BALrIyoRE. Mp.. August Il. ls79.

BALTIMORE, MD., august II, 1879.
used one pound box Of your English Con-
dition Powders on q mare which was so poor
and weak she had 10 be raised when she laid
down. She is now in perfect health and good
flesh, and credit it all to the Powders.
GEO R. HEBBELL,
Pennd AUenue and ClittUa S.
AND THOUSANDS OF OTHERS.
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ASHLAND HOUSE, 24rh St 4 an Ave

New YORK CRY. March 10, 1879
have used the English Condition Powders
and can recommend them 10 the turf profess
sion as heing pure and similar to the import
ed, and would use no other For purity and
quality tney are anegaatted and Invaluable to
horsemen.
Signed: HARRY HARTMAN,
Late Manager Budd DoJLe's Turf Stock.
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Neighbors are great convenience,
for some Of them always know more
about your business than they know
about their own. Besides, they are
handy when you are just out of tea
Go1anda Enterprise.
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There are over $4,000 post Offices in
this country, and John Smith gets his
mail from each one of them.-Phsla.
Sunday Item.
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English CONDITION POWDERS,
The tollo'oing TESTIMONIALS speak Of their
BALrIMoRE, June l7. ls7e.

BALTIMORE, June II. 1879.
We tave been handling your English Con-
dition Powders for some time past, and find
that their merits, rs compared with similar
compounds, meet a want seldom (if at ALL
found in goods of similar class With Pa
irons OF Husbandry they are growing inro
favor rapidly. Signei: H. D DEVRIES,
Agtnt Maryland State Grange
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StlistelGanrous 9du's.
ELLIOTT, JOHNSON g CO.,
Bankers aid Broker

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.
CPECTAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO TELE-
~ graphic orders in Stocks, Bonds, &c,
which are bought and sold on commission
only. either on margin or for investment in
New York or Philadelphia We have DIRECT
PRIVATE WIRES running from our Office to the
New York and PhiadslphiA Stock Exchanges,
enabling us to furnish quotations simuIrane-
ously rs the sales are made.
Government Bonds bought and sold Mort
gaqes carefully negotiated. ie2l-tf
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IMPORTANT NOTICE !!
No More Sick HOrSeS or Cattle!
The introduction of the
English Condition Powders


10 our American market, exempt from duty.
freight, &c has proved to The thousands who
are daily using them that they have been
long felt want.
For the past half century they have grown
in public favor and general use in all quarters
of the Globe, until their name and fame is
worldwide.
There IS not an ailment (knoWn in Veterin-
ary praciice) Of the Horse Cow Sheep or Pig,
but WELD to their miraculous influence.
Their rare balsanic prop rites are conveyed
10 every part of the brute creation, and imme-
diate relief is given.
They heal Internal Ulceratons, Danish all
arrangements, and give to the stomach proper
tone
No stock-owner need despair cure, whilst
this 5fditing remedy can be obtained and
the reputI ton they hear from all quarters of
the Globe is fully horne out BY the success
they have attained-corroborated by testinlo-
malls of all classes and countries.
They hare cured ThouSdRds of Gases conceded
LncuTd6le
The many ailments of each class of animals
and their various forms are 100 extended to
discuss. But we guarantee in each case a ten
old remuneration for the small investment
that places Them within reach of the most
humble who oflen have TO rely on their stock
Tor support.
The majority are more directly interested iG
Horses, and to them We say one trial will con-
Since , ou that they work wonders and no
matter how doubtful the case is, yon will in
variahly be benefited, and your animals made
and kept healthy by their use.
English CONDITION POWDERS,
are certain and speedy remedy no matter what
the disease is, or how complicated They are
not a temporary but have invariably proved to
be radical cure
They restore health and produce fesh milk
and butter They aid digestion and sssimIla-
ton. and thor jughlV renovaie the system, and
will be found invaluable and remunerative 10
every stock-owner
TO CONSUMERS.-They are only one
third the price of all others. and are as snpe-
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Curran, and places Conkling at the head of the
parliamentary gladiators of the age.
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION.

Our record of the proceedings OF the Rcpub.
lican National Convention at Chicago last
week left the body on Friday night fighting
over the contested delegates from Illinois. That
contest resulted in the expulsion of the dele
gates regularly elected by the state convention
from nine of the Illinois districts and the adj.
mission to their seats of delegates alleged to
have been selected by the delegates to the state
convention from those districts. A similar
disposition was made next day of the contested
delegates from Kansas, West Virginia and
some other states. THIS preliminary skirmish-
ing occupied all day Saturday and until late
into Saturday night, when the report of the
committee of credentials was finally disposed
of, the preliminary organization made perma.
nent, the platform adopted and the convention
brought to that point where it was ready to
proceed to ballotng, upon which it djourned
to 10 O'Clock On Monday morning,
On rc.assembling on Monday the ballohng
was commenced without unnecessary delay,
and was kept up all that day and most ofTues-
day. 1t is needless to detail the incidents,
though often amusing enough, of the various
ballots. The following table gives the vote re,
ceived by the various candidates from the OPP
I'M ha1l al Va ho al
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WHO is ARTHUR?

The Chicago Times says truly that "in the
history Of American parties there was never
NOMINATION for vice president of the sgnif-
canoe which attaches to the selection OF Ches-
ter A. Arthur" Usually the nomination OF
vice president has been made TO soothe party
anmoslties; in this case 1t was made to in
crease them. A splendiuy engineered and tri-
umphant majority IN the convention had just
defeated proud and aggressive minority-.a
minority which in Its leadership had been es-
pecially marked by It's undsguised contempt
for Hayes and his civil service reform hobby
and the convention, apparently with no other
object than further to goad and irritate this
Inundated minority, added insult to injury by
endorsing Hayes and his civil service non
sense 1t was then that the minority, by its
approved leader Conkling, rose to the might
ness of the occasion. and compelled the con-
vention to go down on its knees IN humiliation
and swallow dirt by the bag full. Surely un-
der the circumstances 1t could never have en-
tered into the imagination of man to conceive
a more biting, singing, audicious insult TO
the convention than the proposal involved
which Conkling then spring upon 1t to nomi'
nate Chester A. Arthur for vice president Of
all men he was the very personihcation ofhos
tility to Hayes and his civil service reform
nonsense. 1t was he whom Hayes had dis
missed from the New York custom house for
so conspicuously showing his contempt for
his civil service rules, and 1t was he who had
from. that dav forward allowed no opportunity
to escape OF showing his contempt for Hayes
himself Never was an indlgnity, such as the
convention meant to put upon Conkling, SO
promptly, completely and triumphantly resent
ed. II was a stroke unsurpassed in brilliancy
by ANYTHING in the history Of Sheridan or
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FoREIGN.-Maria AleXandrovna, empress OF
Russia died at st. Petersburg on the Sd inst
after a long and painful illness, and was bur
led on the 9th inst. at Petropolovsk fortress,
near that city, with great pomp and ceremony.
She was the daughter of the Grand Duke
Ludwig of Hesse Darmstadt and married Al
exander, then heir apparent of Russia, April
2Sth, 1871. She was the mother Of children,
six sons and one daughter all Of whom except
the oldest son survive. Rumor says her mar
red life, especially during the later years, was
anything but happy
Mr. Goshens the new British envoy to Tur-
KEY, arrived at Constantnople last week and
was formally received by the sultan. He in
formed the porte that he would have the honor
to submit certain English propositions for re-
forms in the administration of the Turkish
empire in a few days, an announcement which
was received with no remarkable expression
of satisfaction.
Mr.. Gladstone on Thursday submitted to
the English commons various financial propo-
sitons involving a radical Encouragement Of
taxation. AS the change implies an attack on
the policy of the Beaconsfied ministry it will
of course excite heated discussion.
Henry Rochefort, a sort of French Dennis
Kearney, was wounded last week in duel
with the NJ. Koechlin, brotherin-law of the
French project of police, whom Rochefort had
assaled for alleged illtreatment of his son.
The duel was fought with swords and Roche
fort received a dangerous wound, of which
there Is some prospect of his dying.
| The Irish Ian league relief committee pro-
pose to set aside $4,000 from the relief fund
| for the assistance of evicted families, provided
the principal American committee will as
sent
The Lord Mayor of Dublin has telegraphed
the mayor Of all the principal cities Of the
United States and Canada as follows: Il re-
greet to say that funds are still needed for the
relief of distress IN Ireland. In many districts
the pinch is now equal to any previous time
The distress is much felt by farmers, who
dread the workhouse, but can get nothing else
until their crops come in. While deeply CRATE
full for the generous contributions already re-
ceved, can not help asking further assist
ance for the Mansion house fund committee
during this trying period"
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Washburne, during the progress of the Chi.
caro- convention, was unable to contain him
sell IN the corner in Maine to which he had
fed and where he proposed to hide himself
out of sight and reach until the convention was
over. On Saturday he arrived at Detroit end
took apartments at the end of a telegraph
wire in the Russell House. lie dared not
however, show himself in Chicago, ana when
the nomination of Garfield was announced, lie
is said to have skunk back to Maine profound.
ly disguised. Wsshburne, somehow, has come
out Of the republican squabbIe over the presi
Dental nomination with any thing but laurels
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Garfield having obtained majority OF all
the votes cast on the thlrty-slxth ballot, was
declared the nominee, his nomination having
been brought about by combination Of the
Blaine, Sherman, Edmunds and Washburne
men. On motion of Conkling the nomination
was made unanimous. Logan, Hale of Maine,
Foster of Ohio, and others made speeches
heartily endorsing the nomination.
The convention next proceeded to nominate
a candidate for vice president. The candidates
proposed were Washburne, Jewell, Maynard
and Arthur, and the vote on the first ballot re-
sultng in 46S in favor of Chester A. Arthur, he
was unanimously declared the nominee.
Beyond the appointment of committee OF
one from each state to inform the candidates
of their nomination, no further business was
done, and at about O'Clock p. NJ. on Tuesday
the convention adjourned sine die.
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nion-all rebels at heart--everything in fact
that was mean, and though there we're many

nion-sll rebels at heart--everything in fact
that was mean, and though there we're many
gaod, honest fellows among them, he could
never consent to entrust such a party with pow
er in the natlOn--never. What, never"
shouted dozen Of voices in the audience.
Henry saw the utter righteousness OF his po-
sition, and lodged out of sight amid screams
of laughter.
Then d. b. Snow was forced to take the
stand He was the first Of the speakers that
had the courage to name Garfield ana arther'
About the latter he confessed he knew very
little, but as to Garfield there could he no
doubt of his being all right Why, he was
from Ohio, and Mr.. Snow himself was from
Ohio,-that settled it.
And then, to wind up the joke, William
Cullen was called out He modestly express
ed his dlflldence about longer OBTAINING the
audience after having been entertained by such
able speakers, but he would "heavc in few
remarks" about the convention and its work.
He was glad the unit rule was settled, though
it had killed off his favorte candidate Grant.
But he could swallow Garfield all the same.
He had received college education, had made
a popular Campbellite preacher had served
in the army and in congress-in both places
at the same time IN fact, Illegally drawing
double pay, Out MI Cullen didn't say that.
And he was the right sort Of man to elect to
put down the gunshot policy Of the South,
Mr.. Cullen regarding, after all, the bloody
shirt as the trump card OF his party, which he
proceeded briefly to wave, and then proposing
three cheers for the nominees, dried up and
the meeting adjourned.
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ILLINOIS DEMOCRACY.

The Illinois Democratic State Convention
met at Springfield at 1880 A. NJ. on Thursday
and transacted all It's business and adjourned
on the same day.
Hon. S. 8. Marshall was chosen temporary
chairman, with suitable corps OF vice presl
dents and secretaries, and afterwards the TEN
porary organization was made permanent
Forty-two delegates and as many alternates to
the Democratic National Convention at Gin
cinnati were appointed, the delegates Mt large
being Melville w. Fuller, John A. McClern
and Sam. s. Marshall and w. T. Dowdall
The delegates from this congressional district
are VIM Reddick and Andrew Welsh No
other instructions we're gwen the delegates
than to vote for president and vice president
as unit, but as large majority of them are
for Seymour for their first and Davis for their
second choice, no doubt the vote at Cincinnati
will be unanimously for Seymour first, and il
his nomination fails then for Davis
The convention nominated the following
state ticket:
Governor-Lyman Trumbull.
Lieut.. Governor--Lewis B. Parsons.
Secretary of State-John III. Oberly.
Auditor of State--Louis c. Starkel.
Treasurer-Thomas Butterworth.
Attorney Gcneral-Lawrence Harmon.
The platform adopted Is very brief and de
clares against a protective tariff; against q
third term; in favor of civil service reform
IN favor of honest money; in favor of equal
rights for the states and no federal interference
with their Legitimate functions; in favor OF
laws to protect laborers in the prompt collec
ton Of their wages; and against land grants
to monopolIes.
The convention was jubllant, noisy, harmo
NOUS, nearly all It's nominations being made
on the first ballot and its motions and resolu
tons carried by reclamation. We shall en-
deavor to give the proceedings in detail in our
next.
| The state ticket nominated is splendid one
and gives the highest satisfaction in this par
! of the state.
| The Tribune finds fault with the nOmina
tions because they were nearly all made by &C
clamation, inferring that they were made with
out due care and deliberation. We are assured
however, by returning delegates, that every
name had been thoroughly and carefully can
yassed the night and morning before the con
vention, and never before in point of fact, were
selections made with more careful deliberation
1t was only in appearance, therefore, on &C
account of the novel method adopted, and by
no means in fact, that there was any want o
the calmest deliberation.
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THE PLATFORM.

On another page we give in full the plat
form adopted by the recent republican con
vention at Chicago, and we ask attention to il
mainly on account of the singular revelation
it embodes that the republican party has nc
political opinions to express The only prin'
lciple that underlies the structure is continued
hatred of the South, for which Grant, whose
nomination was urged but month ago as the
embodiment of that hatred, says there no Ion.
ger exists any justification. The resolutions
take large credit to the republican party for car
rylng the country safely through the war of the
rebellion, but as a present, living, active or
ganization, the question naturally suggests
itself what excuse is to be drawn in favor OF
giving power to a party to-day III gratitude for
what was done by previous generation? The
rest of the resolutions are rs vague and gener
al as it is possible for language to make them
and can have no other design than to serve as
a fool trap The Chinese plank, though weak
ly worded and eminently double.faced and de-
ceptive, is intended as trap to catch votes on
the Pacific slope, in the face of Garfed's
fierce opposition to the antLChlnese emigra
ton bill in congress. In the light OF Gar
fields nomination, IN fact, the resolution is a
square Insult to the Pacific states. The plank
in favor of protection is but a repetition OF the
stereotyped, meaningless dodge on that sub
ject found in all republican platforms and Is
mainly intended rs trap for Pennsylvania
votes The plank in favor of popular educa
ton is fustian Who opposes popular educa
tom The platform denounces polygamy
What party don't? ltre-asserts the obligation
OF the country to the soldiers and sailors. Has
our present democratic congress been chary OF
pensionss And to end Oft and round up the
thing with OUTLAW it commends lIayes's ad
ministration and declares in favor of civil ser
vice reform, and then insults Hayes and in
dgnan,y brushes his civil service reform pre-
tensions under its feet by nominating Arthur
for Vice President-Arthur, the very man o.
all others in the republican party who Ia,
shown most conspicuously his contempt fol
Hayes and his civil service reform humbug
cry and upon whom Hayes sought to put his
foot on that account. Hayes, Arthur and civ
service reform-what a mixture!
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A national convention of the greenbackers
and another of the socialists met IN Chicago
on Wednesday, the two being attended by
some 700 delegates. The first day they met in
separate halls, the greenbackers in the Expo
sition building and the socialists in Farwell
hall On Thursday morning the two united
in one body at the Exposition building and
occupied most of the day in talking. \ plat
form was at length adopted embodying mix.
turc Of the doctrines Of the greenbackers and
socialists; and then it was proposed to nomi
nate candidates for president and vice presi
dent Among the names presented were: G
b. Weaver of Iowa, Alexander Campbell OF
Illinois, Benz. +. Butler Of Massachusetts, w
s. Booth Of New York, Scion Chase of Maine,
and Hendricks b. Wright of Pennsylvania
The convention was IN session until after