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DISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS REV.
ENUE OF THE GOVERNMENT.

Mr.. Wharton Baker, of Philadelphia,
will endeavor to get the Pennsylvania
Republican Convention to adopt res
olution favoring the distribution among
the States of the surplus revenues of
the National Government. He elab-
crates his proposition in an interview in
the Philadelphia Press" There are
only four ways, he says, of disposing of
this surplus. These are :: First, spend
the money in jobbery second, reduce
the tariff third, repeal the remaining
internal revenue laws fourth, distribute
the surplus among the States, and the
last he believes is the safest and most
practicable method. The States could
use it in paying off State, county and
municipal debts, and in sustaining pub
lie schools and making improvements.
As the General Government has left to
the States no means of raising a reve-
nue. except by direct taxation, Mr..
Baker is persuaded that his plan would
not only be popular but also just. 1t
differs somewhat from the plan suggest
ed in the Tribune" some months
since. The latter proposed that the
General Government should assume
the debts of the various States, coun-
ties and cities, and issue bonds for
them at low rate of interest. These
bonds could then be made the basis for
continuing the present admirable Ma
tional banking system.
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THE customs receipts were S220,410,-
$50 during the fiscal year 1882 and only
IS, $40, 400 less during 1888, and no one
seems to think that the new Tariff law
will cause much if any further decline
The total receipts of the government
during 1882, were s407, 527 $50, and the
total expenditures were $257, 9S1, 1885,
leaving 4 surplus of S145, 543, $50. 1t is
believed that the national finances are
now on basis of 500, OOO,O 600 or more
annual surplus. Evidently grave prob
lem is before Congress in deciding to re-
duce the revenues or in making a salts
factory disposition of the annual surplus.
The plan of dividing the surplus among
the States for the payment of public
debts thereof and other purposes is advo-
Gated, Mr.. Wharton Barker being the
chief supporter of this idea. He thinks
that no check whatever should be put
upon government revenue, but it should
be allowed to grow as great as it will,
and the surplus used as above indicated.
This, in our view of the matter is i'm
practicable. Were there no other obsta-
cles to its adoption, the temptation to
extravaganza and corruption offered by
such an excess of revenue would be suf-
ficient to condem it.
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Entertainments at Cape May.

The effort to provide Cape May with
such attractive entertainments as shall
make it Il summer residence to be desired
and thoroughly enjoyed, is seen in the
exceptionally fine and artistic musical
programme covering the entire season.
This programme in.ludes three monster
musical festivals the first Of which will
occur on the 2lst and cast inst at the
Stockton, the rehearsaIs being now il
progress at Philadelphia Institute, in
Philadelphia, and Il series of sacred con
certs on every Sunday afternoon and
evening of each week during the summer
at the same hotel,
These concerts are & wen by the cele.
brated Germania orchestra, of PhiladeI.
phia, Mr.. Charles NJ. Schmitz, leader.
The initial concerts OF the series were
given on Sunday, the Sth inst, in the
grand pavilion just erected on the Stock
ton lawn. and were of the highest must
cal excellence. Tie programme was
selected from the riches of modern mas.
ters, Mr.. Schmitz drawing freely from
Mendelssohn, Auber, Haydn. Rossini,
Weber, Donizetti, Wagnes, Beethoven,
and song.
Assisting in this magnificent entertain
ment, and giving distinguished ..eclat by
their presence were the prima donna
Mile. Zelie de Lussan, Signor Ferranti,
Max Heinrich, baratone, and George ID.
Woodil!. cornetist, Thousands gathered
at the Stockton to listen to and enjoy
this musical, feast, ard departed with
regret as the last notes of Gungl's /" En-
Aoamt' tloated out upon the air. The
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A Sporting Boom for Oregon.

An enthusiastic sportsman writing of
sport in Oregon says: There is literally
no end to the fishing in Oregon. And as
for hunting! Well. in some sections the
farmers have to run cords around their
gram fields and hang bells thereon to
scare the deer away, and in the coast
range are huge herds of elk. and in Eas-
tern Oregon are slathers of antelope and
mule deer, and if one can't find deer he
can always find mule. Why, up on the
headwaters of the Santiam there is a
little-valley almost surrounded by mac
cescible mountains. The cougars of that
section have for years herded deer in this
place, one or two keeping watch at the
mouth to prevent the deer from escaping.
Whenever a cougar of the band gets
hungry he walks into the valley, like a
butcher into corral, and picks out the
latest deer he sees, and dimes off his
carcass. When the herd of deer grows
small the cougars hold ''rodeo," and
collect few score more and drive them
into the valley. Now, all man has to
do is to kill off the cougars and then 60
for the deer, and there is just fun alive.
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PosrMAsTER-GENERA JAMES perform
ed great public service by the exclusion
of swindling correspondence from the
mails, and Postmaster General Gresham
has earned the gratitude of the nation
by his efforts in the same direction
The Louisiana Lottery Company is
sanctioned by State authority, but the
act of Congress to exclude all lottery
business from the mails is nevertheless
constitutional. The company had at
tempted by crafty trick to avoid a
confirmation by the Supreme Court OF
the United States of the decision
against its traffic, securing the admis-
sion of lottery correspondence under a
technically, and but for Judge Gres-
hams frmness the device might have
succeeded. His decision not to allow
the payment of money orders or the
delivery of registered letters to the lot
terry company is an important victory
for the enemies of vice, among whom
there will be much satisfaction over the
exhibition of purpose on the part Of
the Postmaster General to exclude all
infamous matter from the United States
mails.
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ANTI-pURLING LAW IN VIRGINIA

In no State are the legal safeguards
against dueling greater than in Vir-
ginia. Not only is dueling Itself illegal,
but the mere sending or acceptance of
a challenge places a man under the
ban of the law. Before the late duel
between the Richmond editors, war
rants were issued for their arrest by so
many justices Of the peace that it was
almost dangerous for any man to carry
a pistol anywhere in the southeastern
part of the State. The impending
meeting was advertised in all the news
papers of the country. There was no
apparent concealment of the purpose
of the principals. All the circum-
stances favored the execution of the
law. What is the result? One of the
men was arrested only to get free
again, the duel was fought, one of the
combatants was dangerously wounded,
and the man who shot him has made a
sort of triumphal progress through the
State. He has made show of giving
himself up to the authorities, and was
anaigned for having intended to fight
a duel. But there was "no evidence I"
of the fact presented to the court, and
Mr.. Beirne was discharged and received
the congratulations of his friends.
This is only new illustration of the
futiiity of any law that is not backed by
public sentiment. The people of Vir-
GINA still believe in the "Code," and
honor man who murders another un-
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KARLSRUHE. Ills. July 4li. 1883.
Mr EDITOR: Please find enclosed
amount due tor Your valuable paper tn
Feb. 1884. Your paper has brcome Il
welcome visitor la our house.
This is the Curious 4th and am en-
joyins it ut home dealing out ice cream
and strawberries. have sold IA half ton
Of ice already this morning To our fellow
towpSmtn, aud they are sill coming. |
have sold this season ahnUt one Thousand
boxes of straw berries had they not frozen
SD badly in May | wuIId have sold duu
hle that amount. gnt i sir price. II
nents per quart.
My rasphrrries are just coming in hit
the crop will be very light. My straw
berries have lasted II days now. Every
thing was ii half month late with Ia this,
year.
The prospect for crops promises good
at present. Harvesting has lust com
menced with us. We have had great
deal of rain this season, but it is getting
dry now and we want rain.
The torladoes have been in our vicini-
ty this season and in some localities did
much damage. Some loss OF life and
great destruction to property.
like to hear from the old Sth District
that is my old stamping ground and birth
place. Wishing the Wig deserved sue
cess, am very respectfully yours,
J. +. II.
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WERE not the consciences of the
great rum manufacturers and dealers
exceedingly elastic, it might be sup
posed that Attorney General Brewster's
endorsement of the decision of Solici-
tor-General Philips as to the exporta-
ton of whisky with the intention Of
bringing it back to the United States
would thwart the scheme to evade the
tax on whisky now in bond. But if
the distillers declare that they intend to
export the whisky for sale abroad, and
then when they bring it back explain
that they were disappointed in the for
eign market, how will the officers of the
government compel them to pay the
tax7 An opportunity for the exhibition
of ingenuity will be offered in the pre-
vention of the evasion, but persons who
desire to see the distillers receive mer-
CHESS treatment will do well to wait be-
fore congratulating themselves that the
almost ruinous tax on the whisky held
in bond must be paid if the vile stuff
is to be sold to consumers in the
United States.
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Rector Richie Creates Another Sensation

A dispatch from Chicago says: The
Episcopal Church controversy which has
grown out of the High Church tenden-
cies of Arthur Richie. pastor of the
Church of the Ascension, and which has
already served to draw out a letter of
protest from the bishop of this diocese,
had another sensational feature added to
it yesterday. Rector Richie, at the
morning service. announced that at the
conclusion of the service requiem mass
would be said for the soul of Daniel
Fountain, who was drowned in Lake
Michigan in the latter part of May The
announcement of the requiem mass was
apparently such pronounced step toward
Romanism as 10 cause even the parish
toner's of the Church of the Ascension to
rebel, who had hitherto stood by the
pastor, and one half the congregation
left the church. In the meantime, at the
request of the widow of Daniel Fountain,
the celebration of the mass has been
postponed for 2 few days.
1t is believed new that the Bishop will
be compelled to order the trial of the
pastor for Infringement of the church
rules.
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We ask careful reading, by the Re-
publicans of the county, of the article
in to-day's ISSUE" Timely Words to
Republicans. The writer describes
exactly the condition of affairs in Elk
ton, and which, if the hopes of certain
men, claiming to be Republicans, are
realized, bodies no good to the Repub-
hcan party in this county. To be
warned in time is to be forearmed.
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FATAL. SHOOTING ARRAY.
A TRUCK GARDENER KILLED by \ BOY 7.
BALTIMORE COUNTY.

The Baltimore Sun of "Wednesday
says: John Richard McGuire, aged 27
years. 4 truck gardener. residing near the
intersection of the Western Mary;and
Railroad and the Liberty turnpike. in
Baltimore county, was shot and killed
yesterday bv James Clinton, aged Is
years. son of Mr. VIM. s. Clinton. No.
174 Lafayette avenue, Baltimore city.
About ten O'Clock yesterday morning
three TO- $, James and Edward Clinton,
brothers, and Harry Gaskins, son of DIR.
James II. Gaskins, No. 22l North Car
rollton avenue, went out the Western
Maryland Railroad on foot to gather
mulUerries. When they reached the
point where the railroad crosses the Lib
erty road over a high bridge, they heard
frogs croaking in pond in the ravine.
and went down to shoot at them. James
Clinton carried fine nickel plated IS
caiibre Remington five chamber revolver
belonging to young GaSkins. Mr.. Me
CURE, who lived near, was in the field
picking peas. When he saw the boys at
the pond shooting he ordered them away.
Gaskins and the younger Clinton boy
obeyed at once, but James Clinton lin
gered behind. Mr.. Mcclure approached
him and threatened to llse force if he did
not leave the premises. Clinton then re-
turned to the railroad tracks, which are
on high embankment. and Mr.. Mcclure
was about to resume his work. when two
shots were fired. Mr.. Mcclure fell to the
ground wounded. 'Hhe shooting took
place in full view of the house and was
witnessed by the family. Mrs. Mcclure
saw her husband fall, and ran to him,
arriving just i'll time to hear him say,
''My God | am killed ~ which were the
last words he spoke. With the assis-
lance of a colored woman she bore him
to the house, and dispatched n messen
ger for Drs Frank ]. Flanery and J. III
Houck. Mr.. Mcclure died in about ten
minutes. The physicians, who arrived
after death, found that the ball entered
the back and passed through the spleen
and lower lobe of the. Liver. 1t was cut
out of the abdomen, near the front
Clinton was arrested, and admitted
the shooting, and said he buried the pis
tol on the roadside, near the intersection
of the Calverton and Liberty roads. 1t
was subsequently found there, with Il
box of cartridges. On Clnton's person
were found q bundle of rope and three
penknives, one 4 large combination affair,
with numerous blades and other tools.
The deceased is Il son of John Mcclure.
and leaves widow and three children.
the youngest aged six months and the
oldest five years. They are spoken of by
the nrighl,nrs as Industrious, worthy
people. Mr.. McGuire rented twenty
acres of DIR. Frank SIngluif's country
place and carried on truck gardening,
selling his produce in the city markets.
James Clinton is a bright, intelligent
lad. His father, Mr.. William $. Clinton,
is in business in New York. and is home
on vacation. lie is an intimate personal
friend of DR.. Slingluif, ON whose place
the tragedy occurred.
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der its provisions. Would-be duelists
understand that they may violate the
law with IMMUNITY, and its presence on
the statute books only adds spice to
the adventure by making pretense of
secrecy necessary. There is no likeli-
hood of decrease in the number of
Virginia duels until there is a change
in the sentiment of the people of that
State as to the proper method of main
tanning ones "honor."
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All for Nothing!

Why the Doctor WIS Disguised, aud what
Might have been Done without Him.
Well wife" said Dr f.. rs he entered his
house. which was situated in cosy village IN
central New York, :" have got back from Il long
and all to no purpose whatever. The messenger
said the man wouldn't lIyetill morning. when the
fact is he had only an ordirary attack ui collie.
Ii the SimpletUns had only had sense enough To
put II BkNStJN'S CAI1INE POROUS PLAS
TER On his stomach he would have been all
! right in mn hour two. But some i"lks are slow
| to learn added the old physician. swallowing
poured Tor him.
/ Durlor + was right yet people do learn. even
| though slowly. The rapidly increasing ol
BensOns plaster proves this beyond question: u nd
the good doctors certain to be saved much ul
their needless toll In all diseases capable ui
| being affected by plaster Bcnsuns acts ,if:ient
| ~ ami at once. The genuine have the word CAP
OH cut in the centre. lrice - cents.
Seabury Johnson. Chemists. New York.
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Witnesses of the Virginia Duel.

The Station Valley Eirginian says that
warrants have been issued for the princi-
pals in the late Beirne- Elan duel, and
that the Commonwealth Attorney has
secured witnesses of the affair. David
Wood, the colored driver of Beirne's
carriage, is under bail as witness, hav-
ing heard Beirne state. after retul ming to
the carriage. that he had shot Elan.
Several other colored men. going-as
they say-to the harvest field, were at
tracted by the report Of the first ex-
change of shots, and placed themselves
in position to see the last round, in which
the wound was inflicted. They give a
very minute and circumstantial account
of the whole affair, and are positive in
asserting that they were witnesses of it.
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In the NnrH impriran Rrrtrn for July
President Julius II. Sreleye writes of
"Dynamite as Factor in Civiliza-
ton taking of the subject the reaSur-
ing view that dynamitiSm being merely
4 mptom of present discomfort. is nee
essarily Il transient social phenomenon
which will quickly disappear as the in
situations of government are brought
more into harmony with the interests
and aspirations of the MASSES of the
people. In The Last Days of the Re
bellion" Lieutenant General p. III. Sheri-
dan reeountS the operations of the cav
airy divisions under his command during
the week preceding the surrender of Lee
and offers i highly important coutribu-
ton to the history of the late war
William 5. Holman. VI G. makes 4
striking exhibit of "Thr Increase of
Public Expenditures. and insists upon
the necessity for unceasin- vigilance on
the part of the people. lest the burden
of governmental administration become
intolerable.
Democracy and Moral Progress. Ivy
0. Il. rockingham is phiI"soplic fore
cast of the probable outcome OF 'g,vr,r-
ment by the people themselves" Il H.
Brockway. Superintendent Of the Rector
mato"y at Eimira, \. y, points out some
" Needed Reforms in Prison Manage
mems Thomas Sergeant Perry writes of
Science and the Imagination Gr" T..
Warning. Jr., Of Sanitary Drainage;
Eldrid9e L. Gerry of "Crurlty tn Chill
dren and finally there i u Symposium
on " Church Attenl..ncr" the question
whether The churches ai,. grow nu IT, lie
less of Il power for g',nI n,w than in
former times-the symp'siaStS being :" \
Nom Church G""r', Rev. DR.. Wm
Hayes Ward, Rev. Or. Jane, NJ. Phil
man. and Rev. b J. H. kyL.nne. Pub
lished at 30 Lafayette Place. New York.
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THE louisville Medical

) The louisville Medical News -
gives the following answer to the ques-
ton, "What will become of the 1890
graduates from our reputable medical
schools this spring." Some will die ;
not few will marry rich and grow
idle; some will become druggists,
some drummers, some street car driv-
ers; others will marry doctors daugh-
tiers, and thus get business Others by
church or Sunday school interest will
secure practice; some by solid merit
and honest work will advance the sci
ence of medicine, will augment the
welfare of their kind, and will besides
fill their purses with worthily won gold
and so the world will wag on, brother,
and the good God will take care of all.
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NOTICE.

rINtlE 9Th ANNUAL MEETI Nc of the
Farmers and Mechanics Mutual Insurance
Association I'll Cecil County will he held ut Cal
vert, on 81 triay. the :sth instant, 1T p. NJ. The
Board ul VI Iuu2erS will meet at Cal, ert. at A.
NJ same day. 10 Prepare their Annual Statement
To meet several losses by hire aud lightning an
assr S>iurnl al - cents the SlU0 un the lowest
rate. has been ordered hy the Munapcrs. The
Treasurer Will r"'lc''; the tax in August next
Motto" I n,~ uinr> aud places al meeting the
meIni"rs VIII IN published the next week alter
thIs A niIiil AIcciIn..
III" ttA viii he due ami payable within 90 days
iiuin ihis Il lie.
Is, "rirr. II. II. kIMBLE.
Appleton, July II Nv Secretary.
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A Specimen Texas Duel.

William Turner overlook Mr.. Tilleney
on the highway. The latter was accom-
panied by a lady. Riding up Turner
said, "now is good time to settle our
matter" and drew revolver Tilleney
reached for his Winchester rifle and both
men opened fire. Five or six shots were
exchanged. Tilleney was fatally shot
through the bowels and Turner was shot
in the thigh and hand, but it is thought
he will survive. The cause of the diff
Guilty is not known.
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Up to the California Standard.

Miss Lizzie Frazier, a blooming and
pretty young lady, who lives between
Nevada City and Blue Tent, has been
engaged to take her fathers moving
machine over to Getchell's slickens
ranch and cut seven or eight acres of
alfalfa. Miss Frazier left school last
year, having obtained a good enough
book education for all practical pur-
poses, and since then has been helping
her father on the farm. She is worth q.
ten acre lot Of lab de-dah girls, and the
young man who gets her for wife will
get something worth having.
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NOTICE.

OFFICE OF THE
MUTUAL FIRE lNSIRA NOE Go OF CECIL Co.,
EIKr"N, MD, July Il. 1919.
I'VE ANNUAL MEETING of the
4 members OF the Company viii he held at
tn II E'e il. Flhtun nn SATJ RDaI. the 4:h
day ui August next. 1T which meeting AN tLEt'-
TlON will he held Tor NINE MANAGERS to
serve tor the ensuing year
At this meeting there will be due from each
member "r polio, holder premium pay mcnt Of
per cent. On lii or her premium lIuie.
by order ui the Board
July l4-"w +. A. ELLIS Secretary.
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the lawn. The entire arrangements for
all these musical entertainments. at the
Stockton, are in the hands Of Professor
Gosche, famous as the maestro who dis
covered and developed the genius of
Theodore Thomas. His name, therefore,
is sufficient to insure their success, finish,
| and brilliancy
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ON THIRTY DAYS TRIAL

The Noltaic Belt Co Marshall. Mich, will
send DIR. Dyes Celebrated Electro Nultaic
Belts and Electric Appliances ON trial for
thirty days to men (young or old) who are
afflicted with nervous debility, lost vitality
and kindred troubles guaranteeing speedy
and complete restoration Of health and man
ly vigor. Address as above. X R-Nn
risk is incurred. As thirty days trial il nj
lowed
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Our Neighbors.

The MeihndiStS ut Dover are in Grief
over the fact that Presiding Ehler MILKY
is about to remove the Rev. V. :. Col
Inns, the junior preacher. from his c'iarge
and send him to other fields of labor.
Last May he was selected Superintendent
of the Sunday School. which place he has
filed with credit not only To himself, but
to the school also.
Andrew Curran. John VI. CroSSen and
Michael keegan. arrested Oh July Sd,
charged with r"hbing train on the Phil
adelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Railroad. were on 4 final hearing before
Magistrate Findlev. OF Philadelphia. ON
Tuesday held in $500 to appear at court.
4 Philadelphia capitalist is negotia-
ting for the purchase of the Hotel Rich
ardSnn at Dover. 1t is understood that
he has offered $50. 900 for the house, and
only tritling difference exists between
the owner and would-be purchaser.