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depends on the uses made of them. The great
uphesvsl was not caused By any special conn
dence in the Democratic party, bat by an entire
want OF confidence in the Republican party.
1t showed that honest and patriotic Republic
cans were disguised with their own party;
that they looked with alarm upon its grow
ing corruptions, and tina, the public safety
demanded a change. The people vote
want of confidence in the Republican party
and TO give the Democrats a trial, as they had
everything to make and nothing to lose by
change. But the country will suffer still
more by the change if the result shows that
the old swarm of plethoric flies have been
supplemented by new brood still more ra-
pacieus. The Democrats must show 10 the
country that they understand the grave re-
sponsibilities which their triumphs have i'm
posed. This can only be done by wise and
energetic advocacy of safe measures and the
exhibition of an honesty, and that their love
of country is stronger than their love OF
party, which they regard as the means fer
accomplishing righteous ends. Honesty is
the best policy. 1t is the only policy that
pays in the long run. The idea of Demo-
Gratis during the present Congress voting
against reform measures for fear the BE pub
licans will receive the credit and win the next
presidential election by stealing Democratic
thunder is a poor commentary on the In
telligence Of thu people. -DeunOS--ts -i1~ve
ndore to apprehend from opposition TO the
passage of Democratic measures than Repub-
ieaps. To succeed, Democrats must stand
squArely up 20 the issues on which they
triumphed in the last election. Any other
course will turn the tide of public sentiment
back in favor of the Republican party. The
people are determined 10 have reform. They
have shown a readiness 10 trust the Demo-
cratic party. But the Republicans who
voted with the Democrats last November
will return 10 their old love il they find
Democrats voting against their own cher
ished measures of reform because proposed
by Republicans. Democrats dare not,
in the present temper Of the country, delay
action in order to reap the credit Of reform
to themselves. The Democratic party
stahds before the country pledged to reform,
and it must prove itself worthy of the vic
terry i, has gained. 1t must show to the
country that it is in reality what it pretends
to be-ths party of reform, of honesty,
economy. OF devotion TO peace, progress and
the great material interests of the country.
II must show tina, it is a degradation of
politics TO run party for its own sake and
for the sake of putting its members in Office.
This is just what the Republicans have
been doing for years, and which induced the
people TO destroy it in disgust. II the
Democratic party is true to its mission and
its opportunities during the pexttwo months,
its success and the prosperity of the country
are both assured for years to come.
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the minstrel stage has yet produced. His
la.e wife il The daughter OF Capt. Jim
Homer, of Cincinnati, and the sister of the
= most equally well known Nat Homer.
Maggie Homer was one of the most
beautiful women OF Cincinnati when Mr..
Emerson married her, and her hand had
been sought in marriage by many
very eligible parties The minstrel boy
captured her, and for a time their married
life was very happy, but sfterward it WAS
much clouded. For several years they were
apart, and now the court has sundered them
forever. Billy at present is managing
minstrel troupe in San Francisco, aud is re-
ported to be doing quite we'll. While he
was East few years ago, Mrs. Emerson ran
iheater in San Francisco on her own &C
count. Last fall she was in New York for
quite a season, having AS her companion
Mrs. Frank Robinson, nee FrapkIe Baillie.
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respect, your honor" Miss Matzen's counsel
said. THE poor girl here was singer oil
repute in Germany, and was engaged TO De
married to Huber. He wrote TO her some
months ago, asking her 10 come TO thus city
and become his wife. She came, and, finding
that he would NOT marry her, she tried to nd
herself of life that was hateful TO her:
suggest that juror lie Withdrawn, and that,
being acquitted IN this way, she may be al
lowed to marry the msu of her heart"
81 have not the slightest objection, SAID
Mr.. O'Byrne.
Judge Gildersleeve ordered that juror be
Withdrawn. The Interpreter told Miss Mat
zen that she was acquitted. She turned
smiIingly toward Huber. He advanced
step, and then fell in an epileptic fl, brought
on BY excitement. He was carried into Judge
Gildersleeve's chamber, and physician al
tended him. Mis- Mstzen followed and
endeavored to be OF assistance in caring Tor
Huber. When he was restored to conscious
ness he asked to have the ceremony per-
formed at once. He was supported into
Judge Gildersleeye's private room and msr-
ried there. Then he and his wife went away,
hand in hand.
Mr.. Lexow said that Huber called upon
him yesterday, and asked for assistance In
recovering his lager-bser saloon, which, he
said, had been taken from him by means OF
a fraudulent device. Mr.. Lexow told him
that he could not expect any help until he
righted the wrong he had done 10 Miss Mat
zen. Huber tbereupon said that he was will
ing To marry her
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How earaeIa,s Frse.s. ,.,.,

A special to the Cincinnati Commercial
from Washington says: "The action of ex-
Senator Dorsey 10 publishing his campaign
correspondence with Gen. Gssseld. Marshall
Jewell and other prominent Republicans
does not disturb Gen. Garfelds friends here.
Gen. Swain said, to day, that potbino wss
ever written from Mentor that Gen Garfield
or himself could have any desire 10 conceal
Garheld's letters were careiully written.
Gen. Swain said that Dorsey rendered useful
service in the campaign, and ia a man of
marked ability. He (SWaim) thinks the ex-
senator is making mistake 10 publishing
these letters. His purpose is to aid himself
in his present difficult situation. Gen
Swain thinks the publication viii not have
this effect. Dorsey was used, az others were.
to help in the work Of carving
the election, but the plans we're laid
By Others. Gen. Swain noted that
Dorsey had not published the let
ter which conveyed to him from Mentor
disapproval of the New York dinner. which.
as everyone knows, was INTENDED 10 give
Dorsey the whole credit of mmaeing the
campaign, and TO leave Marshall Jewell
altogether out of account. Gen. Swain ia
in possession of the archives of Mentor. and
should any occasion arise ne will publish
what he knows of Dorsey's relations 10 Gar
field. He does not think that any occasion
has arisen, or that any discredit is cast upon
the late president by anything that Dorsey
has published.
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Garfield Was DOrsey's FRIEND apd In
tended 90 Pr0tecf Him.

A special from Washington to he New
York World says that the publication Ia the
World to-day of such Of the letters Of Gar
field and other Republican masnates 10 Dor
sey as were needed to refute tbs late intima-
tions that Dorsey was not the mzin,av OF
the Republican campaign, and G,i5sid's
close friend AID adviser, created prgnund
sensation here. Little else is talked Of to-
night, and although the letters meFely CON
firm what all persons fairly inforphed knew
before in general way, they havelopefated
as proof conclusive of such power and infi-
macy, and have already destroyed the eject
OF the needlessly cruel shafts aimed zkDor-
sey since his recent card. Even Dozsy's
enemies will now not dare TO deny that Gar
field trusted and honored him. Former dis
patches in the World have urged this, a The
basis of claims of continued good feeling be-
tween the two men after the Inauguration.
Then it was, as has been claimed ia these
dispatches, that MacVesgh's sch mes begin,
and that Dorsey submitted the csse 10
Garfield, which MacVeagh and james fall
ing to conlrovert, opened Garfield's eyes 4
their game. Skeptics will probably be less
ready alter to-day's disclosures to forestall
with denials the representations made On
Dersey's behalf or how Garfield determined,
as president, 10 stand between Dorsey aud
the malice of his enemies. Proof exists Of
this quite as specific and convincing as was
published TO day of prior relations, and
whenever il may appear then will be incou-
trovertibiy shown the animus of the move.
ment that has resulted in Dorsey's appear.
ance at the criminal bar
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RUINED
ny Investing BIS Money I'm a Marriage
Association.

LOUISVILLE, December 21.-Apropos of
the order OF the Pos;master-General prohib-
Ting the carriage IN the mails OF the "leaf-
lets" of those robbing and swindling associa-
tons known as matrimonial" and "birth-
day." the Courier Journal gives this story as
told by a Louisville business man: you
would be surprised to know how
many business men in this cily-men
who are reputed 10 have good judy
ment in the reliability of such corporations
were taken in by these marriage associa-
lions. Many young fellows who ought TO
know better invested quite largely in them,
and, with few exceptions, lost every penny.
heard this evening story, which there is
every reason to believe as true, which illus
trates this: A few weeks ago, you remember,
a dry goods firm on Market street went TO
the wall, after being in business a couple of
months, and an assignee is now settling
up its debts, at a small percentage
on the dollar. Well, the part
ners were both young men, without
much capital, though both were enterprise
ing. They drew up their articles of part
nership and the firm was TO commence busi-
meas with 5000; each of them putting up
$500. The senior member of the firm had
his cash, but the junior partner lacked $1,000
of the required amount He was engaged
to pretty girl, and, misled by the specious
promises of one OF the marriage associations,
be concluded to venture on what seemed 10
him a shrewd stroke of enterprise. He put
up mis- $500 against his partners $500,
and took out q policy in the mar
riage association. Within month after the
store was opened, and just when the bills be-
gan to pour in from the jobbers and whole
salemen he married. the firm was rather
close run at the time and needed the third of
It's capital that was unpaid. Notice of the
afr al a
pany, and the remittance of $1,000 waited
ior 1t never came, and failure was the
result. This is only one instance of the kind
that could relate, but il shows what the ex-
perience of Louisvillians was with the mar
risge associations.n
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RIGHT

The Mississippi river is an insolyable
problem TO all who have not had long and
continued opportunity for observing its re-
markable phenomena, and tracing up and
analysing their causes. Tina. analysis re-
quires some knowledge of scientific princi-
Pfcs, and the consequence OF that requisite
is that frequently the "river men" them
selves are wholly at loss to account for
those phenomena, and are unable to under
stand the steps taken to obtain that control
of those phenomena that the interests of
commerce render desirable. Some corre-
spondence, copied into that s'first-class inca
pable" in Mississippi river matters, the Gin
cinnati Commercial, is case in point. The
writer is represented to be ga distinguished
citizen of New Orleans" and he says that
God dug the only receptacle for the foods,
the Gulf of Mexico; that we must get the
water out of the Mississippi river into the gulf
by the nearest, shortest and cheapest route;
that Lake Borgne is fifteen feet lower than
New Orleans, and that by cutting five miles
the water can be lowered fifteen feet at New
Orleans. He also says: 81 have tried this
process in draining my plantation, and know
the truth of what 1 tell" River overfows
are in this way to become impossible, for the
effect Of the lowering would be felt at Mem
phis and Cairo, and there would be no use
for levees. Red river be would divert TO the
gulf by shorter route. The whole job
could be done for S250,000. and this true
yoke-fellow and brother in river knowledge
HI II l.
wants TO know why this is not done? The
simple ignorance here exhibited is most
amusing. Slraighten the river, give it the
nearest and shortest course to New Orleans,
and then lower its level fourteen or fifteen
feet, and the river would pour down the
straight channel, aided by the increase
of declivily gained by cutting off the
curves. and it would rush on with
an impetus that would materially |
lessen, probably. prevent, foods. When |
all that was done, and floods at an end, Whist |
would be the case when the dry summers re-
duced the supply of water? What would be |
left for navigation? Would not another |
s250,000 be wanted to restore that rather |
feature, navigation, to the river2 |
If the writer will visit East Tennessee, with
a Commercial editor in company, he will see
channels there that have a very favorable
rate of descent without fifteen feet descent
AZ New Orleans; the water runs off 6rayely
when the freshets come, and the rush and /
impetus save from dangerous flooding. But
in the fall i steamboat load of cotton would
be enaPhatisAlis IL q ca, AZ badly Pa..lsa 10
know how 10 get on as the Cam n1ezciaI il |
10 understand the Mississippi river problem.
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IN A NEW ROLE.
He Turns Up at Oxford as Assistant
United States Attorney 10 Prose
cute Alleged Election Frauds.

Special to the Appeal
OXFORD, MISS, December 21.-Gen. Chal-
mers turns sp here in new roie-that of
assistant United States attorney TO prose-
cute parties charged with election offenses
under the election laws. In his opening
speech here yesterday, in prosecuting the
Lafayette County Board of Election Com
missioners, for failure to erase certain names
alleged not to be legal voters, he announced
that he had been regularly retained by the
government to assist District-Attorney Chan
dler 10 prosecuting such cases. The granl
jury, just discharged, it is claimed, did not
at the late election. The petit iuries are
similarly made up.
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AYERS CATHARTIC PILLS.
ByUniversaI Accnrd


AYERS CATHARTIc PILLS are the best
of all purgatives for family use. They
are the product of long, lfDorious, and
successful chemical investigation, and
their extensive use, by physicians in
I1their practice, and by all civilized ma
trons, proves them the best and most
effectual purgative Pill that medical
science can devise. Being purely veg
etable no harm can arise from their
use, and being sugar-coated, they are
pleasant to take. In intrinsic value
and curative powers no other Pills
can be compared with them; and every
person, knowing their virtues, will
employ them, when needed. They
keep the system in perfect order, and
maintain in healthy action the whole
machinery of life. Mild, searching and
ehectual, they are especially adapted
70 the needs of the digestive apparatus,
arrangements of which they prevent
and cure, if timely taken. They are
the best and safest physic to employ
Tor children and weakened eonstitu-
tons, where a mild but effectual
cathartic is required.
For sale by all druggists.
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Fits and Marriages. New York 10.

NEW York, December 21.-The first pris-
oner ever tried in the General Sessions upon
the charge of feloniously attempting to COM
nit suicide, was arrsigned Tuesday. She
was Dorothea Christina Ma!zsn, tall Ger
man girl, with blue eyes and wavy haxen
hair. Her face was pale, and it was said
that she was still suffering from the effects of
the poisez she had swallowed.
Distric-Aitorney OByrue said that she
had been living with Franz Huber as his
wife. She asked him on December 9Th 10
marry her, and be refused. Then she STEPPED
a bunch Of matches in a cup of water and
drank the water. She was taken to the New
York Hospital, and her life was ir danger
for some days.
The next witness had been called, when
there was 4 stir nesr the door. A short,
stout, heavily bearded man pushed in, with
Charles n. Lexow, counsel OF the German
Legal Aid Society. Mr.. Lexow said:
I.This is Franz Huber, your honor, for
whose sake this poor girl has attempted TO
take her life. He desires 10 save her from
Imprisonment and to marry her."
There was a hum of interest among the
spectators.
~This is an extraordinary case in every
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n,..,,~ ,1nxr,e He,ueck..

MILWAUKEE, December 21.-A man call
Jog himself McCallum, and claiming to be a
deputy-sheriff from ] Jacksonville, Fla, came
10 the city to-day and consulted with the
chief of police regarding Maggie Hennecke.
Both remained in close consultation for some
time, but nothing definite can be learned
about the matter under discussion. Mccall
lum claims having been active in the Char
ley Ross case. and having been on the right
track when his efforts were frustrated by one
of the abductors being shot on Long Island.
He will not vouchssfe whether he has any
clew to the Hennecke girl, but his coming a
great distance on his own expense is thought
to be significant. The father of the girl
refuses to give any information regarding
McCallnn,s visit
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THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
what Lee Crandsii, Secretary OF The
Rational Committee, Says.

ST. LOUIS, December 2l.-The National
Committee of the Greenback party adj
iourned sine die shortly after / O'CLOCK this
morning. Lee Craudall, secretary of the
committee, authorized the statement that the
meeting was called 10 look over the ground.
consider aay Propositions which might be
made, and take such action as seemed TO be
for the best interests of the party. He says
there was a strong fusion element in the
meeting; but after fall discussion of all
the questions beariss on the welfare Of the
party, all propositions for fusion with either
Of the old parties, or the organisation of a
new party were squarely beaten, and all
members Of the COMMITTEES were directed 10
return home, 20 TO work, and still further
build up the party under It's present organi-
cation, that being deemed as perfect a. il
can be made Tseniy-tso States were repre-
sented at the meeting
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Daring Forgery.

CLEVELAND, o., December 21.-A daring
forgery perpetrsted primarily on the Ma
tional Bank of Commerce of this city causes
losses to the Manhattan Bank of New York.
A man giving the name of III. I. Watson
bought draft for SIT IS on the Manhattan
Bank. few days later a draft for $5679 As
was cashed in the Buffalo Traders Bank,
which proved to be this same $17 draft most
skillfully altered. Watson had done some
business with the Buffalo bank, which dis
armed suspicion, and when the big forged
draft was presented and paid he fled. The
draft was forged. not raised.
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s.S"MEE are but sorry witnesses in their
own cause" The praise Of Kidney Wort
comes from the mouths of those who have
been made strong and healthy by il. Listen /:
Kidney Wort Is the most popular medicine
we sell" 1t should be, by right, for DO
other medicine has such specific action on
the liver, bowels and kidneys.
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p.eIne BANK 0mcer. 70 be Proseeut.d

BosToN, December 2I.-A large and ex-
cited meeting of the stockholders of the
defuuct Pacific Bank was held to-day. A
resolution was adopted urging that suits be
brought against the directors of the bank.
If the receiver or comptroller refuse. the
United States attorney will be requested to
inquire into and criminally prosecute all
persons responsible for the disaster to the
Il. IL
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Hor.rord's Acid Phosphate
In INEBRITY,

DR.. Z. $: Ellie, Wabash, Ind, says: 81
prescribed II for a man who had used intoxi-
csnts 10 excess for fifteen years, but during
the last two years hiss entirely abstaiued,
de thinks the Acid Phosphate is of much
benefit TO him.
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Assconded win the Cash.

DALLAS, TEX December 21.-Cum mings,
the mansger and treasurer OF John White
ley's Hidden Hand Dramatic Company, is
said to have absconded Tuesday night.
Whiteley claims that the compaDy's cash
account ia over $500 short. He was
formerly postofice clerk at Musoatine, Ia.
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LACROSSE, WIS, Dscember 2I.-Lawrence
Brosky, watchmsn on the bridge here, in
attempting to board an engine last night.
slipped and fell a distance of 223 feet
breaking his neck, crushing his head, and
killing him instantly.
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WHE APPEAL FOR 1888.

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