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The steamship Rhein arrived at her:
dock soon after three o'clock with all the
passengers and crew Of the steamer Mas
dam. Hundreds OF the relatives AMI
friends OF the lost ship awaited them.
Captain H. c. vandexee, OF the i'll tated
vessel, said to reporter: ave had s
cabin and 1888 steerase passengers, and a
crew OF % men. For several days prior
TO October q, complaints had been
made to me :. that the oil
tank situated under the bridre
on the npper deck was leaking. That day
one OF my seamen went with light into
the oil room to make examination. 4
moment afterward an explosion was heard,
and me sailor with 4 burned face and
beard rushed back on deck crying, '.tire.''
We put into use all ourappliances for the
extinction Of the flames, but they gained
headway. Then We took to bouts. We
sonll save nothing OF the>cargo or private
property. .EtrFr' -t-5 lirss-tft 81 n
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STEAMER BURNED,


Sehrly Two Hundred snuis Rescurd From
mi awful Death In Mid. Ocean.
New 1onx, Oct. 3l.-Captaia Wander
zee, of the burned steamer Maasdan,
makes the following statement: 1--WE lett
Rotterdam October 18th with eight cabin
anu 1873 steerage passengers, and u crew
OF forty-iive. All went well until the
I'D, when We encountered violent cu,e
from the northwest during which Il petro-
eum tank begun to leak slightly. The
next day, at 9 o'clock, one OF the crew, in
trying to discover the leak, placed light
Ell ianp, near the tank, which explode,l
with Il loud report, the coutaasta- liking
hire aud setting fire to the ship. We
made every effort to get control
OF the flames but it was useless. At 4r.
N. ordered all hands to the boats which
We're safely launched. We remained there
IN the vicinity OF the burning vessel until
w ~, when all hands were rescued bv
the Rhein. Not one OF the passengers or
crew was lost or injured in: the slightest
manner. When picked up We were in
latitude ~ 451 longitude 81 AZ. Neith-
er passengers nor crew saved any of their
effects whatever" - i73,,g's -"
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His Stsrentyped Specch-rhs Camden Clan
Against Him.

B.
S1ocia! Correspondence u he Iste!iiqs:cr.
SALEM, Oct. 30.-Judse Brannon had his
first comparatively Large crowd in this
canpaign at this place tonight. By dint
OF extensive advertising and great person.
al solicitation: m audience OF nearly three
hundred and hHy persons was collected.
Before the meetinga torchiighc procession
Of quite respectable proportions paraded
the streets. The persons composing it
were on foot, in wagons. in bugsies and in
Ill other vehicles that the resources Of
Hnrrison county could furnish. Those in
the procession did the cheering, yells for
Cleveland, Brannoh and Jeff Davis alter
mating with delightful i,npartiality and
with equal vigor It w.s c: i'giHoG;ne old
Virsinny gatherin'," one OF those histori-
cnl Gatlerins OF the ha!cyon Days OF
lS1R4i0.
Col. Ben. Wilson was down for n speech
but as usual some railroad business in
Marion. county was imperative and the
"kunnel' dciaulied. That Marion county
road, while it has carried no ears thus fur
in its existence, has been freishted TO its
carrying capScity-with EXCUSES for the
political fidelity OF its ii!ustrious protector
this fall. 1t has had upon occasions run
specials to relieve him. "
TIRE tSrEBfLEFEtS 4 ADBEgss.
The Judges Salem spcecl, presented no
novel features. twas that Confederation
OF Democratic petrcfuctions ancient US the
sun and rock ribbed as the hills, that has
been my suIorilic, by day aud soporifc
by night iar the. lazt two weeks. He
genuhecteA before the shrine OF the consti-
tu.ion rs it "wuz." Two decades Of lnot-
LITIGATION and decomposition OF that corpse
make no difference to the apostle of Cal
hoNn, Observation-Disclosures him or ifitdoes
give an occasional smell he condones it by
recalling its before the war fragrance.
From the corpse OF the constitution the
Judge turned to some junior matters.
These matters were "Protligacy; poly
Gamyi the Fourteenth amendment with
collaternls OF manacles and unlawful mr.
rests, dungeon cells with no telephone
communications to the nearest saloon and
other incidental ontrases; the se9aestra-
tiGn o! the government lands by rii!rouds
that Thos. Jefferson had bou.htand traded
for; the scarcity Of gunhoats importation
OF ioreign labor; obstructing the right of
citizens to vote; and tariff There were
also stxty.throe nthercolnts and spec;ica-
tons which I have slvnt TOR reproduction
in my official report Of "a Tour OF the
First District" Under the head Of pro.
tlgacy the Judge urged thevoters Of Har.
rlson county to4md him in his versatile
efforts to o.dislodge Hadical;sm and Gofism
from the district. go with me-. be said,
"and you will have funeral in this dis.
trict:N This admission staggered some OF
the listeners as they had not expected it
SO early In the address. a
THE TARIFF. TALK.
Tariff and its relations to labor was and
has been the most prolific source Of misery
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\ Cousin of Gots's Assaults Judge Hrannon'

WESTON, ". Va, October es,-[Exclu-
sive. I'M. $. Holt, editor OF the Weston
Republican, dispatched. to the- Iateii.
geacer yesterday charging me with hav-
ing assaulted ali ex-Coniederate for his
support OF GoR. It Is an Infamous lie.
The assault was made upon me- by one OF
COTS ignoblr cousins.
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Ght qotslhqe',lctr.
- -" nv.


On, yes, we'll carry New York and Ohio
and Indiana and several other promising
States. '.4-'. '-a
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EDITORIAL poodle" did you say, Judge
Bannon? You blooming isocelcs tri,
angle, you rare and radiant parallelopipe,
don, you bucking pons asinorum from the
rolling prairies of Lewis county, you
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THE TARIFF TALK.

f. . .
Tariff and its relations to labor was and
has been the most prolific source of misery
to the Judge. No one can listen to his
remarks on this subject With any degree
of attention and ignore his nervousness.
It is very plain ut first sight that he is
either talking about something which
Ieyep in the matters Of detaill he il pro.
ioundly ignorant, or that he is trYins TO
talk CT both sides OF . dangerous subject.
He af'!rms In unequlyocal language that
he is a protectionist and in tho same
breath and with Il .yolubility perfectly
wonderful demonstrates the discrimina.
'iens. harlships aud inequalities that free
traders Urge aeaipst protective system.
One sentence will be denunciatory OF
Frank Hurd and similar free trade
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a very enthusiastic demonstration which
lasted several minutes. When silence
Has restorpd he snid gspa s'fsl- -.

BUSINESS MEN or NEw YoRx: Ideem /,
an honor to follow Senator Sherman
Applause. deem itan especial honor
to follow Secretary Sherman, applause, ]
for can say that in our financial history
he takes the rink among the really illustri
ous men who have administered the
Treasury Department OF the United States.
[Renewed applause.
1t was the good fortune OF Mr.. Hamil.
ton TO organize that department with his
iuasterly ability, and to place the credit Of
the yonng Republic upon an enduring
basis. 1t was the good fortune OF Alex.
ander J. Dallns to carry tho fpances Of tho
Government through the embarrassments
resulting from the war Of 1872. It was
the good fortune OF William Fl. Crawford,
after the great depression that followed
our victorious struggle, to revive the
National credit by the protective tariAf
OF 1924. i Applause. 1t was the good
fortune OF Thomas Ewing, after tho
great Wing victory Of 1910, to initiate
those measures which gave us the pro.
tective tariff Of 1907 It was the good
fortune OF Salmon P. Chase (applause) to
carry the Government through nll the ex.
traordinary crises which were precipi.
tated by the civil war, and it
was the good fortune Of third
eminent citizen Of Ohio, John
Sherman [Applausel to lead the. mutton
back to the sound basis OF specie pay.
ment Renewed applauseL / ami it was sin.
sularly happy in the career OF Mr.. Sher-
man thut in the legislative department he
was permitted to shape the resumption
act and in the Executive department., to
administer its provisions and carry it to
successive issue. Applause -"
When Mr. Blaine sat down there were
calls for Mr.. Evarts, who responded in
short and humorous speech. Then Gen.
Fremont was called out and spoke briefly.
From the hall, Mr.. Blaine returned direct.
iy to his hotel, where he received callers
until dinner time. Later he reviewed Il
great torhlight procession.
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+ how much longer will the liquor deal
ers bank on Democratic promises? They
have been bled and hoodwinked in every
possible way, and what have they sc-
cured The Supreme Court has had two
whacks at the Scott law, and 1t has
finally been snuGad Quit Is no longer on
the statute books, but the right OF the
Legislature to Tux the liquor trailic is still
IN unsolved problem so fur Us the Supreme
Gourtant General Assembiy yareconcerned.
lhe money that the liquor interests have
expended to test the right OF the Lecisla.
ture to tax the traffic has been worse than
thrown away. 1t has gone into the bands.
OF Democratic committees and TO pay high.
priced attorneys, such rs the Governor of
the State, and tlIeir votes have been
thrown for three years with the Democ-
racy, and all tho saloon keepers have to
show for it is the recovering Of the 500
tax that they have paid in onIer to comply
with law that eau be placed on The
statute hooks aIry:day the Legislature sees
tit to do SO. But they will not even
get their 5000 back. 1t has J cost
them so apiece to have the case
Drought IN the Supreme Court, and the ut
to3irneys to receive twenty-five percent Of
al the money recovered. Add to this
the amounts that have been paid into the
Democratic campaign funds, aud the
llq'lor dealer will have but little left. und
at the same time he is confronted with the
same old question of taxation, anG he is
no nearer tie end than when be first be.
s'ln. This is the result OF building hopes
on Democratic promises and becoming a
tail to the Democratic kite. S.,loon-keep
ers a'ld liun0r dealers generally should
ask themselves the question whether the
decision IS III their favor or in i.,yor OF the
attorneys who had cases before the Court.
There is one thing in favor OF the Scott
law decision that is worthy OF more than
passing notice. The !Nqie Journal this
morning. Is =" clear and comprehensive
on this point that the editorial is given in
. .
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simply guessed that II the Legislature had
khown that the lien clause would have
been eliminated IRON tho enactment
known rs tho Scott law, the aforesaid
legislature would not have passed i law
taxing the liquor traffic. Simply this and
nothing more. Now, what was this done
fort Can any one doubt hut that /, was
done with the hope Of catching the saloon
vote /? II the Democrats had carried thr
State in October, does any one believe that
the majority Of the Supreme Court would
haves rendered decision in the Scott law
cases before November? That is the way
1t looks. II the Democratic managers did
not ieei thas It was necessary for them to
do something in order to s1sell their ranks,
would they have demanded anything in
the premises? Hardly. ~. $S5 .,I
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To be continued on Wednesday morn
iHg next, 7e
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And now it becomes necessary TO prove
the facts, whicl, ! do by the following
aiiiduvits to-wit. ...z4 E1t E
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THE DEMOCRATIC scANDAL MILL,

r.r.. WE Ht-"'0Nh'N Wv NhS.stdtLeNiLLs
Yst after all, the voting ut the ballot
box is the great moral fact, and I would
not be surprised to see all these parasites
of the sufrage-the rotten editors, tho
rotten specAsators and the rotten moralists
-=laid out together, as il a snow-storm next
Tuesday had covered the world. The
scandal mill has accompanied the per.
iormance to its very close. To begin with
the Mulligan letters and other insirna-
tons against Mr.. Blaine. and the general
charge that his public policy would be
dangerous to business, the campaign has
now got away from the Blaine
scandals, and Cleveland is the most
tatooe,t candidate within my experience,
This morning Maria Haipin comes out
with an affidavit and tat,ooes him on the
back. Henry Ward Beecher, as his friend,
undertaking to paint him gold, hardly laid
on the colors any better in front. The
preachers OF the Gospel have been apply
ing the color all over the limbs. keppler
has been driven out OF the tattooing field
The democrats exclaimed that this is
shameful. Blaine stands up and reviews
the procession. Mr.. Cleveland, however,
acknowledged at the beginning that he
had a liaisou vii the Halpiu woman,
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. BR.iNSOS A'rSALEM.

'e@on, ". Ia, OFT. 80.
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-1-Il-- T-.--- ? 5-NOlI!V FIDI!E, .
. The charges preferred by the itinerant
correspondent from Weston, US the rcli-
able y Register dubbs him, can all be
sustained by both affidavit and records.
Next. u. 5. HpLr.
q lEe&Qn. II. Ia. Oct. 70. - n = =. ~
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wALD0's EVIDENCE.

Personally appeared before the uuder-
signed, Notary Public in and for the
county and State aforesaid Gibson Gri.s-
by, and made oath that he witnessed the
difficulty between Bland, Brannon and l.
+C. Waldo, which occurred Gn the eth
inst, and that lie saw Blund B.annon as
sault and strike the first lick at Waldo.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-17
The Missing Link.

A keeper in the Geological Gardens,
while kneeling on the floor OF the cage,
was suddenly attacked by a fierce ba-
boon. A little American monkey, which
was warm friend of the keeper, lived
in the same compartment with, and was
dreadfully afraid of, the great baboon.
But as soon as the poor little fellow saw
his friend, the keeper, in peril he rushed
to the rescue, and by screams and bites
so distracted the baboon that the man
was enabled to effect his escape, not,
however, without having run great risk
of losing his life, according to the opin-
ion of the surgeon who attended him.
Monkeys have long memories, and
some of them can infict cruel punish
ment.
Mrs. Lee tells of having greatly an
moved one the in Jardin des Plantes, at
Paris, by tapping him on the hands for
ill-treating one of his fellow-prisoners,
and he never forgave her. Whenever he
when he heard her voice, he flew into a
passion and rolled about in rage, in one
instance seizing her gown through the
bars of his cage and tearing piece out
of it, although it was of stout material.
Of another monkey, whose place OF
exile was in the West Indies, crueler
revenge is known. This individual, kept
tied to stake, was often robbed of his
food by the crows. This was how he
revenged himself. He lay quite still on
the ground and pretended to be dead.
By degrees the birds appr -ached and re-
peated their thefts. The artful little
fellow never stirred but let the crows
steal to their hearts content until he was
sure of them. When he was sure that
one was within reach of his fingers he
made a grab at it and caught it. When
he had got hold of the luckless bird, he
sat down and deliberately plucked the
feathers out of it and then flung it tow
ard its screaming comrades. s.-DarWin't
latest 1UOTk
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-17
A Hearty Welcome.

In the fall of 1860 Stephen A. Douglas
was q Democratic candidate for Presi
dent. He made tour of New England,
showing himself to the people wherever
possible, making several speeches, and
being received with almost universal
enthusiasm. The Mayor of Bangor was
a Republican and he was induced to
preside at the meeting. The Mayor
could never make much of aspeech. He
was business man, staid, respectable
citizen, and a good Mayor, but did not
shine as an orator. His duty, however,
was to present and welcome the re-
nowned Senator from Illinois, and he
did it in very nearly this fashion, hest
tating and stammering:
sHoNoRED SIR-We cannot show YOU
the magnificent prairies of your-oI
your own native State; we cannot show
you the magnificent architecture o.
your-of the nations capital; we cannot
show you the agnifcent-m magnificent
railroads and-buildings and-steam
ships and-the business of the nations
metropolis; we cannot show you th,
grand and magnificent mountains-anC
rivers-and lakes; but we, the Republi
cans of Bangor, welcome you withou
distinction of party"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-17
"SaIt Horse - in the Navy.
HOW RECRUITS ARE STARVED AND ROBBED
on THE RECEIVING SHIPS.

HOW RECRUITS ARE STARVED AND ROBBED
on THE RECEIVING SHIPS.
''Do you know that sailors in the
United States Navy are half starved p
remarked q recruit of few months to
reporter.
"What do you mean ?" asked the re-
porter.
81 mean simply what I say. They
are starved and also robbed, and if their
treatment was generally known there
would not be one recruit where there
are now ten."
"Of what do you chiefly complain p
"Of the food. For breakfast we
have hard tack which has to be broken
with hammer and so.called coffee.
decoction more nearly resembling burnt
sawdust and hot water. Once week
roast beef is served, and while it is of
the poorest quality it is really the only
meal we get. At other meals we are
given cuts of salt pork with five inches
of fat, and of twenty pounds OF 1t we
have only about one pound of lean. 1t
is impossible to eat the fat, and the men
throw it overheard One day in the
week we are dealt out so-called boiled
beef which is as tough as piece of can
vas. But of all the stuff served TO us
sailors the worst by far is the alleged
corned beef, known among us as salt
horse. This is our Friday dish. 1t IS
simply impossible to eat it, and the
chief duty of the cook on that day is to
throw the stuff overheard. This is the
bill of fare of the receiving ship, Yer
mont, and on seagoing ships it is even
worse. Each man is compelled to pay
81 month into the mess to buy little
extra food in order that he may be able
to live. There ought to be no trouble
about feeding the recruits on the re-
ceiving ships if the men had their rights.
"The men receive SO month, and
many of them spend it all rather than
eat salt horse, but after their money is
gone they must eat it or starye. The
starvation and privations to which Q
sailor is subjected prompt many to
desert. That is why the Powhatan can
not obtain recruits. No man will enlist
in the navy if he can get anything else
to do, or unless he knows nothing about
the way recruits are treated"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-17
HUGE ELECTRIC BATTERY.
CARE EXERCISED IN KEEPING THE
"DETAILS APART.
BarthOIdi's Statue of Liberty and Some
PecuIiRrities of il.

In erecting the great Statue of Lib
erty, two things had to be considered
that seemed very trifing, and yet, if
neglected, might destroy the statue in
one day, or cause it to crumble slowly
to pieces. One is the sun, the other is
the sea breeze. Either of these could
destroy the great copper figure, and
something must be done to prevent such
disaster. The heat of the sun would
expand the metal and pull it out of
shape, precisely as it does pull the
Brooklyn bridge out of shape every
day. The bridge is made in four parts,
and when they expand with the heat of
the sun they slide one past the other,
and no harm is done. The river span
rises and falls day and night, as heat and
cold alternate. The great copper statue
is Likewise in two parts, the framework
of iron and the copper covering; and
while they are securely fastened togeth-
er they can move one over the other
Each bolt will slip trife as the copper
e&phuCS Ill IuS uOG aug uo0 oudohInC, thuo
slide back again when the freezing
winds blow and the vast figure shrinks
together in the cold. Besides this, the
copper surface is so thin and elastic
that it will bend slightly when heated,
yet keep its general shape.
The salt air blowing in from the sea
has thin fingers and a bitter, biting
tongue. If it finds crack where it can
creep in between the copper surface and
the iron skeleton, there will be trouble
at once. These metals do not agree to-
gether, and where there is salt moisture
in the air they seem to quarrel more
bitterly than ever. 1t seems that every
joining of points of copper and iron
makes a tiny battery, and so faint shiv-
ers of electricity would run through all
the statue, slowly corroding and eating
it into dust This curious, silent, and
vet sure destruction must be pre-
vented, and so every joint throughout
the statue, wherever copper touches
iron, must be protected with little rags
stuffed between the metals to keep them
from quarreling. 1t is the same where
ever two different metals touch each
other. Imagine what tremendous
battery the Liberty would make, with
its tons of copper surface and monstrous
skeleton of iron. However, little
care prevents all danger, as provision
will be made, of course, for keeping the
metals from touching each other.-st.
NichOInS for JatlG.
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Dealing in Stocks.

One of the most unhealthy effects of
this mania for stocks is the dem moraliza-
ton it has wrought of private credit.
No legitimate business can afford to pay
such profits as are now and then re-
corded in stock transactions. The fuc-
tuations of the market are frequently
ten, twenty, sometimes fifty or more
per cent. in month-perhaps a day.
The man who was able to forecast all
these fluctuations correctly might legiti-
mately make profits which would render
the fictitious gains of Grant & Ward al
together insignificant. 81 noted" said
an old friend who has watched the ebb
and flow of values in Wall street for
many a day, ''the fluctuations of GER
tain fancy stock for one year. If man
had bought always when it was lowest,
and sold when it was highest, he would
have made more than thousand per
cent. on his money during that time. :"
"Was there any real change in its
value during that time ?" we asked.
"Not cent" was the disgusted re-
ply. sit was just played like jews
harp for the benefit of few big hold
ers."
"The value of the property bears
what relation to the amount of the stock
in this case ?" we asked.
'A grain of wheat to two measures OF
chaff, he answered sententiously.
"And dealing in the stocks is about
equal to betting on which measure the
kernel is in %
Exactly, only, in that case, man
would be sure to win half the time. In
the other he is likely to lose when he
buys, and lose again when he sells. -
| Our Continent.