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CARLEG

CHAILEMEL LACOUR has refused an offer
Of decoration Of Commander Of the Legion
OF Honor
\ FIAT has been applied for 10 carry the
appeal in the Tichborne claimant case to
the House of Lords.
4 VIENNA dispatch reports that Greek
officers on leave of absence. and now in
Russia. have been recalled,
ATruBER-RAFT with forty Russians on
board, has been dashed to pieces in the
rapids If the Dneiper. All persisted.
4 DISPATCH from Constantinople reports
a rupture of the relations between the
porte and Montenegro.
TINS chamber of deputies of France
will vote a credit of 100000 francs for
the construction of the Sahara railway.
1T IS stated that Jesuits expelled from
France intend to settle in Wales, and have
leased st. Louise At Bordvey, in Merionet-
shire tor twenty-one years.
The annual report of the Local govern
meni board states that although there has
been exceptional distress in Ireland, no
case Of death from starvation has occurred.
The English steamer khalitas. of the
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American people since the Sth day of May,
1873, announcing that the following prop
ositions were proven concerning myself.
That ] never agreed even to take the
stock of Mr. Ames that | never subscribed
for it, never did take ii; never received
any diyIdends from it, and never was in
any way made beneficiary by il. Seven
thousand copies of that pamphlet have
been distributed throughout the United
States. Almost every newspaper in the
United States has had a copy mailed to it.
Every member of the Forty-secoud con-
gress-democrat and republiean-had a
copy, and there is not known to me man
who, having read my review, has denied
its conclusiveness of these propositions. |
have seen no newspaper review of it that
denies the conclusiveneSs of these PROPOSE
tions. 1t is for these reasons that great
public journal, the New York Ereaing
Post, said a few days ago that on this point
Gen. Garfeld's answer had been received
as satisfactory. Applause. under
stand that Mr. Tuttle of gainesville,
said here on this platform few nights ago
that either the committee of investigation
of the house of representatives or Mr..
Garfield had committed perjury in regard
TO this Credit Mobilier matter ! wonder
if he ever heard of two men making their
statement of case differing materially
from each other without one or the othe.
of them being a perjurer. If / were in
the habit of calling names it would not he
difficult to find a name for man whose in
tilectual visions leads him to such a con-
clusion. If there is any gentlemen in this
audience who desires to ask any questions
concerning the Credit Mobilier | shall be
glad to hear it. No response.l If not,
would it not be about as well to modify
the talk on that subject hereafter? APP
plause
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ACCIDENTS.

Az elevator at Omaha, owned by Me
Cormick 4 Co, containing 50.0G0 bushels
of oats, burned last night.
Chicago kilograms state that there were
30 eases of sunstroke in that city on the
18th, thirteen of which proved fatal.
l. Il. GEORGE, leading Baltimore mer-
chant, fell out of fifth-story window in
his store building, and was instantly killed.
FRED NJ. GUERTEN, young man 20
wears of age was drowned at Madison,
Wisconsin on the l4th inst, while in bath
ing
Is New York city, on the 14th inst,
there were reported III deaths of which
Il were children under one year. The
latter were wholly from the effects of
heat.
Miss SUSAN HUTsELL, highly respect
ed Young lady, was thrown from buggy
near Dayton, Tenn, and kicked to death
by mule
TIE explosion of boiler in an iron mill
at Pntsburg, killed the second engineer
and or , of the tremen land damaged the
property to the extent of $1,000.
NYMpHUs BAssIrr, farmer, was killed
by lightning at Shelbyville, Ind, on the
18th inst He was fifty years old, and
leaves a wife and four children.
JosEpH HEACoCK, employed by the
Buckeve Engine Co., ofSalem, Ohio, while
unloading machinery was struck on the
head ny a heavy plank and instantly killed.
lie leaves a wife and four children.
Tue north-bound mixed train on the
Fort WAYNE, Muncie and Cincinnati rail
road ran into drove of cattle mile
north of Muncie. Four fine steers were
killed, the engine thrown from the track,
and the train badly wrecked.
JONI MILLER, young son of Samuel
Miller of Decatur, ILL.,, while swinging
high in swing, grew suddenly dizzy and
fell headlong to the ground, crushing in
his breast bone and causing instant death.
H,RrwELL Il MISSIONS planning-mill
and saw-mil, belonging to the Mutual
Life Insurance Company, at Plattsbnrg,
New York, burned on the l4th inst The
fire Was the work of an incendiary. Loss,
$40,01.
THOMAS Boothroyd, a wealthy farmer of
Howard township, Ontario, was attacked
bv boar, which threw him down, bit him
IN the side and throat, completely severing
the ing.Ilar vein, and doing him other
serious injury, from the effects of which
he died in fifteen minutes
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TUEoTuBU~ JONES married the daugh-
ter OF his employer. ut Clinton, Ohio,
twenty years ago. He was then an
ambitious. spirited. and moral young
man For while he realized expecta-
tions by prospecting in business and be
coming Il representative man in the
place; but lattcrly he lapSed into drunk
enness. robbed his father-in-law and
abused his wife She obtained a di-
yorce and lived by herself with her
children. while he became an outcast.
One day he presented himself nj her
house. ragged and hungry, and begged
to he taken in She refused to see him
and sent out her son to tell him that he
must 90 away or she would set the dog
ON him The boy delivered the mes
sage and returned to the dinner table,
where the family were eating a hearty
meal. Jones sat down ON the porch
and rote the following TO his wife: Il
have refrained from committing suicide
rs long as | could have done every
thing to obtain employment but have
failed. Ihave no money, and am in a
starving condition. | have now made
up my mind II die When this reaches
You l will he in another world. Take
care of my dear children. God bless
you. Try and teach them to forget any
faults l had. May God bless you.
Then he fired a bullet through his
heart
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Twenty.Eight Years Absent
Norwich Conn Bulletin

Norwich Conn., bulletin.
Mr.. John II. Dawson, of this place,
sailed from New York twenty-eight
years ago, with young male compan-
ion to seek his fortune, assuring his
people that he should not return until
he had attained n competence. He
weathered Cape Horn and brought up
i'll Australia, where both men have
since labored with varying luck; but it
is evident that III locating and selling
claims they at last struck it rich. They
left Australia early i'll 1880, took tour
through Europe, sailed upon the Red
and Mediterranean Seas, returned to
New York by way of London, and ar
rived in Norwich last week unbeknOwn
to Mr. Davidson's parents. In the old
house where they lived when he left,
h. found an oyster saloon, and the two
went in and partOOk of sea food in the
old spot. They then wandered over
Central Wharf, whey they espied they
sign, "W. 7. Dawson, shoemaker"
which indicated that Mr.. Davisons IA
ther still lived He entered the place,
bargained for pair of boots, and talk
ed about the old mans son, whom he
claimed to have known in Australia.
The old gent was delighted to meet
a man who had seen his long-absent
boy, and talked vivaciously of him as
he used to be; and when the middle
aged man declared himself to be the
son, the father was not at first ready
to believe it; but the proof was posi-
tive, and to-day he is enjoying vaca-
ton with the boys. and is as happy and
jolly as he used to be quarter of a
century ago.
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mems efforts are concerned their works
are completed. As they left them so
they remain. No man has yet appear
ed who can equal what they have done,
much less improve upon it. As far as
We know, they reached the limit of
mans power in the direction in which
they taught. The child must Il istake
the road just as the parent mistook it,
and learn which is the right road only
when too old and weary 70 walk in it.
and perhaps, it is well that it i so.
The wisdom of age and the form of
youth cannot be joined in beauty.
Could the young know their true
strength, and foresee the difficulties
they have to encounter, they would
not.fall 10y the way, but would faint.
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Young Mems Manners.
VS 1VIr . IN
From Andrews American Queen.


A certain brutality of manner, ad-
opted from the English, is affected by
some of our young men. They an
swer harshly, affect not to see a lady to
whom they owe ciyilties, and try to be-
come Doors, even if they are not. This
style is seen much in men of mixed
blood, perhaps the half Germans, half
French, half English. 1t is II very poor
style and betrays the snob. 1t is not a
common American fault, still it exists.
1t shoul be frOwned down; tits the fault
of mediocre men. But, as Houssaye
says: . Young men are moderate nova
days, even in their follics They are
afraid Of excess; they cut grooves for
geoise, who carefully avoid fatiguing,
much more exposing themselves"
Houssaye does not believe, evidently
that there are Sir Philip Sidneys, lad
mirable Crichtons," in these days, but
he is wrong. A shipwreck, battle
field, field day in Wall street, brings
them to the front Men are as noble
as ever; there are as many heroes.
The occasion finds them, and in every
newspaper office, every merchants
counting room, in all the walks of the
professions, are the silent heroes What
hero is the young doctor who works
by day and night succoring the
wounded, helping the sick, tending the
dying What hero the young soldier
who had first thoroughly conquered
himself What hero is the young
bank clerk, preserving his honesty
while there is temptation all around
himl What hero the young man do
ing honest work anywhere! He shames
the pouncet-boX hero; he is the Hot
spur of the field of honor.
Women love these heroes. They are
the men to marry The other kind do
very well for the leadership of the Ger
man, but the true women do not care
for them. One real man entering II
drawing-room with his record of work
behind him will scare away the fops as
ghosts retire at cock crow.
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Not to be Fooled With.
Chicago Tribune.

"G'wuffum heah, chile, g'wuflitm
heah, | tole yer" was the caution given
boy vending Chinese torpedo-bombs
on Madison street, yesterday, by an
aged negro shufiling up from the Hi
nois Central depot; 'doan' yer drop
any mo- dem jimcracks roun' dis ole
hoof of mine, or dere'll be fune'l out
yo' house befo' sunup termorrer, shuahl
Ise talkin -yo'd better hoe anudder
row-g' wutfum head.
Hi" said the boy, derisively, inn
prOvising the symptoms of a tumOr in
his left cheek, and winking with often
sive rapidity, whose scarecrOw re you
you old knockemstifi-hey?" And with
this he loaded up again and dropped
the thing as near the venerable feet US
caution and the length of the string
would allow. "Who yer goin' to vote
for?" he then inquired, jerking the
bomb back
Whose scar crow-Whose--who4e
locker heah, honey, rs sour persim-
mon from de Yallerbam-Ps a bull
dozer from de swamp-an' I'll frow
whole gohs O sunlight froo yer in de
cackle CD spring pullet, if yer doan
quit dat foolin' roun' my oonfield "
And with a movement as rapid as it
was unexpected, the boy found himself
in chanoery between the patriarch )
knees.
"Whoofw he continued, laying down
his grip-sack and splitting on his hands
as a preliminary to active measures.
"What'll yer gimme now eff ! let yer
Off"
In this exceedingly delicate strait,
the boys judgment came exeellently
into play, and his.promises were brief
but golden.
Cow" said the ancient, lifting tie
boy up, and resuming his grip-sack and
wonted serenity, mex time yer want
ter fool roun' an GIT yo'sef inter a muss
drappin' dufliggels on cullud toes, jes
bar in min ter keep well outen de
reach of dis niggah's habees cappus---
OATS all-yer heah my ho'n?'
And then the "sour persimmon from
the Yallabam' moved on"
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CRIMINAL.

a MOB of white strikers refused 10 per-
nit a gang of colored laborers to work
at East Atchison, Kan, on the 18th inst.
BAKER Mann, desperate, living near
Mock mill, Virginia, was shot and kill
ed by some unknown person on the 18th
inst.
Four burglars who camped outside the
city and made nightly raids into Milwau-
kee, have been captured by the police of
that place.
Two negroes were hanged at Osceola
Ark, ON the 18th inst, in the presence of
three thousand spectators, for the murder
of man of their own race.
Two boys. II ane ~ years of age respect
lively, have been found dead in Mendocino
county, California. One was shot through
the head, and the other through the heart.
They are supposed to have been murdered.
Mrs. BRowN, of indianapolis, has been
found guilty of the murder of her husband,
and sentenced to death Wade, her para
mour, who assisted in killing old man
Brown, has been under 4 similar sentence
for several weeks.
c. Epson, section boss on the Burlington
Southwestern railroad, while under the in
fuence of liquor, laid down on the track
near Milan, Mo, and slept. The result is
he is minus leg, with probabilities of
death.
Az old inmate of the Kenosha county,
Wisconsin, poorhouse, with long and
keen knife in his hand crept into the room
of another ancient pauper against whom
he bore grudge, and undertook to kill
him. The fight was a long and bloody
one. but assistance arrived in time TO pre-
vent murder.
A New YORK dispatch to the Chicago
Journal, of July 18th, says, Chastine Cox,
the burglarious murderer of Mrs. Jane de
Forest Hull, was executed in the prison
yard few minutes before 8 O'Clock this
morning He was game" to the last.
After the moose was adjusted his lips
moved as if in prayer, and a moment after
the spring was touched and he was
ierkcd into the air. lie died com
paratively easy. The crime which Cox
expiated with his life was the
murder on the night of June TO- 1879, OF
Mrs. Jane l.. de Forest Hull, wife of DIR.
Hull, while she was sleeping in her cham.
Der at the Hull residence, l40 West Forty
second street On the trial. Cox counsel
admitted that Cox by sudden impulse, de-
termined to rob Mrs Hull's house while
passing by, that he attempted to open the
front door but that his key broke in the lock.
He then clambered along the stone coping
on the front of the house, and finding the
window of Mrs Hull's room unfastened
threw it up and entered the room. He
had secured the iewelry and was about
leaving as he came, when Mrs. Hull recog-
nized him and tried to raise an alarm.
He stihed her cries with the pill
low and the polonaise. When he
found or thought that she was dead, he
threw water over her face in the hope OF
reviving her. He then passed the candle
he had before her eyes. Seeing that she
was dead, he put the candle in his pocket,
passed out by the window, and fled in the
darkness of the night Cox fled to Boston,
where he was arrested chiefly through the
fundamentally of Mr. Balch, reporter OF
the Boston Her0id
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POLITICAL POINTS.

A NASHVILLE dispatch of the 18th says;
Hon. w H. Whitthorne was nominated
for congress, to-day, by the 9TH congression-
al district democratic convention on the
18th ballot.
A DUBUQUE special of the 18th says:
Hon. \. {. Deering, of Usage, Mitchell
county, was this afternoon renominated by
the republicans of the fourth district, for
congress. The convention was held in
Mason City.
AN indianapolis special OF the 18th says:
Hon. Goodlove Orth was nominated for
congress by the republican congressional
convention OF the ninth district, at Lee
bannon, to-day. on the 42d ballot.
The -lEacon ca. Daily ktreports
that the meteor seen in the city has
been found in the forks of tree, it
says, that it had to be cut out with an
axe. The meteor is about the size Of
a mans head, and of an amalgamation
of iron and stone.
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THF projected tunneIng of Mont
Blanc Is engaging the serious attention of
French engineers, and, contrary to
common opinion, they characterize it
rs an easier undertaking than that of
the Simplon route The estimates of
cost for executing such work are. in
the case of the Simplon, about $27 ,000,-
600, and in that of the Mont Blanc only
100000. Furthermore, it is claim
cd that the Mont Blanc tunnel will
make the journey from Paris to Genoa
some ninety-seven kilometers shorter,
and from Paris to Milan forty-four kilo-
meters shorter than by the Simplon
route. The htion Of the tunnel is Il
point which has given rise to various
opinions. but that which meets with
special favor from the advocates of
the enterprise is from Chamounix to
CaurmaVcur
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GnHooLY rolled into his grocer's es-
tablishement yesterday just as that dis
tinguished statesman was opening a
keg of golden-tinted oleomargarine
THAT looks nice It's genuine butter,
suppose; none of your bogus stuff"
queried Spillkins. Now, this was a
leading question. The grocer wanted
the worst in the world to sell some of
that oleomargarine to GilhOoly, so he
spoke up mt once: "Of course it is
butter. Just look at the beautiful gold
en- hue only found in dairy butter. 1t
makes one think of cows and butter-cups
Just to look at it-don't it, now" "But
is it butter?" rs it butter? Why, of
course it is. Some people are so sus-
picious they wont believe butter is but
ter unless they take it out of the churn
themselves. Man alivel just smell it.
Don't it make you think you are rolling
in fresh mown hay2 You can just taste
the buttermill1 if you try" But is it
butter?" He had to lie or lose Gus
toner. When that issue was squarely
put it would have been commercial sui
eide to have hesitated, so he came right
out like u little man and said it was
butter. Butter from cows milk?"
Eyes" ''Then," said GilhOoly, as a
sad smile passed over his features,
"Then | don't want it. Cows butter is
no longer fashionable | wanted some
of this oleomargarine, made up, you
know, Of axle-grc Use, secondhand tai
low and mucilage, that looks, like but
ter but contains organism Of a new
kind of tapeworm. l don't say like
that kind of jelly, but am going to
keep up with the procession, anyhow.
So you haven't got any oleomargarine?
Sorry, for l thought you kept first
class establishment" and he passed out
like beautiful dream. The grocer
was silent for moment, and then he
spoke confidently to himself: next
time I'll tell the truth if it bursts me
wide open"
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Chicago Market.

CHICAGO, July Flour-Steady and in
fair demand Wheat--Quiet but steadv; No. 2
red winter, 90; No. 2 Chicago Spring, 95 for
seller cash; 943t for seller seller July 90i4 for
seller August; SS5s for September; No g. Chicago
spring, S20S3. Com-Declined active and
advanced prices; 36s, for seller cash; 36ai for
seller July; }jA a 35Ts for seller August; 3j5a a
353i for seller September. Oats-Easier; 24a{
for seller cash; 1928 Q22ls for seller August; 225s
for seller September. Rye irmer; 65c. Barley
Steady and unchanged. Pork-Active, firm
and higher l3.j0a 1875 for seller cash; 1890
GIBBS for seller July; 1895 for seller August;
1890 for seller September. Lard-In good
demand, prices shade higher; 6.75 for seller
cash. 6.01e Q6.S0 for seller August 6.S2G6.S5
for seller September. The Droyers' Journal
reports: Hogs Receipts, $4,000; shipments, s.
O00i active and firm; all sold; mixed packing,
1909 40; light, 4.40d $50; choice heavy, 400
q4.S5. Cattle-Receipts, 1900; shipments, s.
500; active and firm: common to fair shipping,
d4.35; good to choice, .60Q4 400; grass fed
Texans, steady; 2.65a3.0O; bulls, 2.O0G2 80;
butchers, firm 2.30a2.4O. Sheep Receipts. 500;
active and firm 3.50G460.
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WHY do well-brcd people place the
hand before the mouth when obliged
To cape? The answer to this will
doubtless bc that good manners make
such conccaIment Of the gaping
mouth necessary But it is said that
the habit is thus accounted for:
should il Moslen, when praying, feel
himself disposed to cape. he is ordered
to suppress the sensation as the work
of the devil, and to close his mouth,
lest the Father of Iniquity should enter
and take possession of his person 1t
is curious that this opinion prevails al
81 among the Hindoos. who twirl their
fingers Close before thor mouths when
gaping, 10 prevent nm evil spirit from
getting in that way.
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HOUSES on wheels for the use Of har-
vest hands arc quite common sights
in California. The house consists of
a light frame, twcnty-four feet long,
covered with cloth, and consists of
two apartments. One is used as a
kitchen, the othcra dining room. These
travelling boarding houses accompany
each threshcr in the grain fields of
Colusa. Tchama, Suffer and other coun-