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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-16
AN UNWELC0ME VISITOR.
a Pennsylvania Mountain Farmer Has
Desperate Tussle With n Panther and
Succeeds in Killing the Brute-A 1Iys-
terry Solved by the Contents of the AMI
maPS Stomach.

Desperate Tussle With n Panther and
Succeeds in killing the Brute-A AIys-
terry Solved by the Contents of the AMI
maPs Stomach.
PHILADELPHIA, PA, October g.
Peter Bear, living at Browns Mountain,
Clearfeld County, was awakened shortly
after daylight Friday morning last, by q
noise in his barn. Seizisg an axe he rar
to the place and discovered a large
mountain panther dragging off cali
which it had Just killed and Mr.. Bear
shouted, when the panther, dropping the
cead calf, turned upon him. He
struck it with the axe, but infilct
ed a slight wound, only engaging
the beast. 1t sprang upon him and
fastened its teeth in his right shoulder,
but he succeeded in freeing himself, and
dealt it a terrific b oW with an Ak,
compelling it to retreat. a large and
powerful bloodhound be,onging to Mr.
Bear ran from its kennel and attacked
the cougar. While its attention was en-.
gagged " the hound Mr.. Bear split its
skull with blow from the axe, stretching
il dead at his feet. The puma was an old
one and bore marks OF number OF bullet
and knife wounds. L measured eight fe ct
ten and halt inches from tip to tip. In
its stomach was found a large hunting
knife, with the following on the blade:
Cha--s Fost-r. The intermediate letters
are indistinct. Some time early in Sep
TENDER hunter by the name of Charles
Foster, who IS supposed to have resided
in Kensin2ton, Philadelphia, visited
Browns Mountain on 4 hunting eXpedi-
ton. Some tOys, while passing near a
wood-chopper's hutyeSterdaY, found some
human bones. These they carried home,
and the curiosity aroused by the discov-
ely induced an Old woOdman, John Y.
Miller, to make further investigation.
He visited the spot where the boy found
the bones, and found additional bones.
Miller by this tim was within sight of
the old cabin, which he entered aud found
| fragments OF mems bioOd-StaIned cloth
ing scattered around the premises. He
found also letters and postal card
addressed 10 Charles Foster. One
Of the letters was addressed to a man
1t Altoona, Pa, one at Dubois, Pa, and
the postal card at ConneISviile, Pa. 1t
seems man named Charles Foster eitner
lied or was murdered i that vicinity and
his body subsequently deyoured by wild
beasts, or he was hi led by some fero-
:iOus animal. A possible ciew to the
IDENTITY OF the murdered man was found
1t No. S5i East Thompson street, Phila-
1elphia, where Henry Fisher resides
Said Mr.. Fisher: "a man named
Charles Foster used TO live here. He is
l ship-carpenter by trade, an adventurous
.ellow. He is a widower and left here
lbOut q year ago, leaving Il daughter,
who is now in Baltimore. Two or three
noatls elapsed without his answering
etters- His address is, or was, 80 Grand
street, Brooklyn, \. Y. Six weeks ago
wrote 30 hin, but have not received 4
-epiy. His mother wrote NE from Will
nington about three weeks ag1 inquiring
Is Charles wherea 90 utS"
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Partial Loss OF Memory.

Sick persons have been known to
lose all remembrance of what has hap
pened to them during their sickness.
and sometimes, stranger still, of the
period Immediately preceding their
sickness, while easily realizing what
went before and followed after. The
brain plays odd tricks with US at times,
especially when it has been subjected
to sudden shock; and scientific men
who think that its various convolutions
are the seats OF various faculties of the
mind derive some confirmation of their
theory from the fact that the powers
of memory may fail without any fail
ure of general intelligence, and NAV
fail in part without being altogether
impaired. A notable instance of this
aforementioned popularity occurred
about dozen years ago A lad in the
country was accused of throwing an
other into a pond, and ne was put on
his trial before bench of magistrates.
His elder brother, who bore q high
character in the village both for con-
duct and mental shrewdness, had seen
the previous struggle between the lads,
and he was called upon to give evidence.
He declared his belief that the fight
was perfectly fair throughout, aEdthat
the immersion in the pond was All ac-
cident. Questioned as TO what took
place aftcrward, he could not speak to
a single circumstance. Ibid the priS-
cner attempt to rescue the deceased"
the chairman asked him. He could
not say. The bench understands that
yoa leaped into the water and recovered
the body" They tell me so,' he
said. ''but l have no recollection of it. y
1.-The constable has told us that you
diyed twice, brought out the body, and
carried it to the parents house. Il
have not the slightest remembrance.
| only know that was at home in bed
at eight o'c,ock"-six hours later
land the last thing could remember
was seeing poor Smith fall over the
edge" There could be no doubt that
the witness was speaking the truth; and
he could have no object in doing other
wise. The shock which he had received
on seeing the fatal result of his broth
er's quarrel had paralyzed his brain:
the memory was interrupted By those
few hours, though in all other respects
he acted like man in the full posses
| sion of his senses. GtOJc.
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CHICAGO. October IL.
HOrR-Sfnadr


WHEAT-Market dull; October, 75ssG77c;
November, 7Sls@7Sssc; December, 7974GS0l4c:
January. S9aa@SIc; No. = spring, 765i6l17c;
No 3. 6SlJG3tsc; No. = red, 1914c; No. red, Csc.
CORN-Fair demand; market steady; closed
higher; cash. 54lsGl55c; October, Gl4G55c;
November, 5l2sQ53c; the year. 425sG43lic;
May, 40I.@4lc.
OATS-Strong; cash 21Is021ssc; October,
27I4d274c: November, 275sd2Sc; December,
?7%@2Sc: the year. 27Ic; May, 30is@Dl4c.
RYE-Quiet and steady at 54isc.
BARLEY-Steady at 62Hc.
PRovISIONS-POrk. demand active. but ir.
regular: cash and October, sl6.59; the year
Sl2.55Gt 1851; January, Sl2.60Gl Il. 12r!. Lard
fair demand; market easier: cash, $40; Octo-
Der, .S750d1.15; November. S1-39eIT.4j; Decem-
Der, 1926; January, S1.2iz9T.42i.. Bulk
meats steady; shoulders, $3.50; short ribs,
sos; clear. Sl0.25.
PRODUCE-Butter easy; choice creamery,
2Sa,29c; extra fine, 2J62Sc. Eggs firm at Ia
EIlc.
CATTLE-Prime cattle firm: low grades Ion
I5c lower; exports, S6-15G7-10; good TO choice
shipping, S5.Skfy6.50: common to fair, 1880
80: Wyoming, IS 6jG4.50; Wyoming Texas.
1910; Montana. 1876.
SHEEP-Inferior to fair. s201d2.I5: medium
70 good. S3.01fL3.50; good to choice, S3.15s 42,;
lambs. S3.OO74. 90.
I HOGS-Market strong; quality better: rough
packing. S4.gDd5l0; packing and shipping,
f5.50d5.90; light, S4.9O(g5.55; skips and grass
ers, S3.50G4.J0.
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Humorous Definitions.

A smart, pithy or humorous defni-
ton often furnishes happy illustra-
ton of the proverbial brevity which is
the soul of wit. A boy once said that
''dust is mud with the juice squeezed
out" A fan, we learn from another
Juvenile source, is "a thing to brush
warm off with and q monkey, "a
small boy with a tail;'' .'salt, what
makes your potatoes taste bad when
you don't put any on" ''wakefulnesS.
eyes all the time coming unbuttoned;"
aud ''ice, water that staid out too late
in the cold and went to sleep"
A schoolboy asked to define the WORD.
''sob," whimpered out: at means
when Teller don't mean to cry and it
bursts out itself" A youngster was
asked to give his idea of the meaning
of responsibility" so he said: well,
supposing l had only two buttons on
my trousers, and one came off, all the
responsibility would rest on the other
button"
TO hit off a jury as "a body of men
organized to fad out which side has the
smarteSt lawyer" is 80 satlriZe MANY
of our Intelligent fellow-countrymen."
The word suspicion" is, in the opinion
of jealous husband, ga feeling that
compels you to try to find out some
thing which you don't wish to know"
A good definition of ..Pharisee'' is "a
tradesman who uses long prayers and
short weights of ..humbug. one
VINO agrees with everybody" and of 4
''tyrant, the other version of some
body's hero" Thin soup, according to
au Irish mendicant, IS "a quart of water
boiled down to 4 pint, TO make it
strong"
OF definitions of 2 bachelor-'.a un-
altered man." "a singular being" and
"a target for MISS" are apt enough.
A walking-stick may be described as
1.-THE old mans strength and the Young
mans weakness" and an umbrella As
50 fair and foul weather friend who has
had many ups and downs in the world"
A watch may be hit of as a second
hand affair, y and spectacles as second
sight, or ..friendly glasses" Fash
ion" has been cleyerly hit of as IAN
arbitrary disease which leads all geese
TO follow in single file the one goose
That sets the style. ''-Boston Herald.
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Children's Day.

81. LOUIS, MO. UCtOber O.
This was children'S day at the St.
Louis Fair, and the extensive grounds and
spacious buildings were thronged with
thousands of little ones, happy in their
holiday from sch O., and especially SO in
being permitted to spend it so pleasantly
on green grass under she!teriug trees with
wonders natural, artificial and mechanical
al around them. The proverbial gen.
erositv of the management in throwing
open the gates to the school children OF
The city without money and without
price is evidently appreciated by them.
Crowds are arriving by every train &c
witness the VeLed Prophets pageant
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MARKET REPORTS.
Grain and Provisions.


ct. LOUIS. OcJODer IL.
FLOUR-Unchanged.
WHEAT-Lower; No. rcd, 7sl4a7Sssc cash;
7Sisc October; SJl4G1S0lsc November; SEQ
S2ssc.December; g2asGi92Iac May.
CORN-LOwer and slow; 493z@50lEc cash;
49%c October: 401s6401sc November; $500
35ls &c the year; 81 G83i1ac January; 5T1sOSIEc
May.
RYE-Quiet at 50G15G14c.
BARLEY-Steady at G0d71l.c.
PROvIsIoSs-Pork, firm at sIG.506I6 rs
Bulk meats, higher; long clear, 500; short
ribs $3.50; short clear, Sl0.20. Bacon, higher;
long clear, sos; short ribs, $l0.S0Gll.G0;
short clear, Sl1.75. Lard, quiet at S1.jQ.
PRODUCE-Butter unchanged. Eggs quiet
at I5c.
CATTLE-Market firm at full prices; exports.
S64O06.75; good to choice shipping, $3.50
$50; common to medium, S4.JJft5.JO; Colo
RADIO steers, $4.OOG54 .G5; Texas and Indians,
$3.50 4.25.
SHEEP-Market steady: common to fair,
S20GG2.75: good to choice, So GO6l;}.15; ex-
ira, 500: lambs, S2.00d400; Texas, Sl.I5d;5.25
HOGS-Markct active and firm: Workers.
s500d5-25; packing, S4.S0d5.45; butchers, s5.2j
05O.
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They Ea.led to Get The BoodLe.

MANASSAS NIIH, NJ, CctODcr Q.
Excitement reigned AZ Independence,
NJ, when it became known that some
time during Saturday night an attempt
was made to OBJ Chesman & Sawyer'S
bank, one of the richest institutions in
Missouri. It holds ali the county funds,
and Saturday night the vaults contained
over $500, 600 IN cash. The robbers
gained entrance into the bank by rear
cellar door, aud then proceeded to find
the most available place to make the at
tack, From some cause, however, they
were scared off, leaving burned candles
and tools behind. The whole town was
reused, but the robbers escaped.
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Government Sheriff,

Mr.. Edward L. Green, Sheriff, Auckland,
New Zealand, writes: GO received an in.
Jury to my shoulder in June, 1882, and
from that date until July, 1883, [ could not
use my arm. 1 applied to medical men
and used all sorts OF liniment, without any
benefit. have great pleasure in stating
l had occasion to use st. Jacobs OIL for it,
and had not used it more than ten min
utes before felt the beneficial eject, and
can work with my saw or spade as well
as ever did, and recommend tito any one
suffering pain"
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Wharf.-The market to-day on change was
about steady, with cash 20. rcd nominal;
while October sold JG;. a56ssc: November sold
N 51sfc; December and January were NOM
inaI: Nav sold at 6Szic; 20. red and No. =
soft were nominal.
CoRN-The market was stronger on change
to-day. with sales of cash No. > mixed AZ +21
i25sc: October. first half sold AT 4S5sc; 0cto-
Der was nominal and November sold at .,i=sc;
the year. January and May were nominal; No.
2white mixed was entirely nominal
OATs-NO. cash no bids nor offerings. DC
tcber &c bid. PC asked: November and r.
jected cash. no bids nor offerings.
RYR-No. cash. car at 42c. October and
November. no bids nor offerings: rejected
cash. BIC bid. no offerings
BUTTER-Market active: creamery. choice,
Se3c; fair 70 good sc: fne dairy. PC; store
packed. I3g16c; sour and poor. Gf1ssc.
EGGS-Market firm al lec per dozen. can
died.
PRovIsIONs-Prices are for Sob lots: Car
lots &c lower Dry salt meats-ShOuiders.
&c: Clear sides, 10slc; long clear sides, l0glc;
clear rib SIDES 19-sc.
CATTLE-narket steady and firm: prices
ranged at about yesterdays quotations
HOGS-Market showed little change: pics
ranged from s5.g0g5.65.
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A Crazy 9Ia;i's Crime.

FINOLNNLS, ND, UCIUUCI 0.
Monroe City, near here, wa, ii a
niga state OF excitement last night. Joe
Barnett one of the leading aud Influential
citizens of that'pla~e, in lit OF Insanity,
shot and morlaity wound MS old, gray
h2ited father-!n-iaw who bad just come
20 his HON on 4 visit. itlS said that the
bid gentleman preferred some advice TO
bic son-in-law, out the later Regarded
the advice as an insult rather than rs d
iavor, and he deliberately took out his
qua and shot the old gentiem II in the
back as the latter was leaving.
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EUMHROUS.

Chips buzz when they fly from the
tree that q wood-chopper is telling.
Hence the expression: TO whirr is
hew-man.-N 7. Journal.
-Callow youth before looking glass,
as he stroked his chin: Il think L must
get razor" Sister: do, Will. Get
q beard-raiser. "-GoIlers Days.
-.'What are The elements of y SEN
tence?" asked the teacher of little
Irish girl. 81 guess, num-" was the
reply, Its thirty days and a stone
pile. "-ScjSSOrS.
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NEW YORK, October IL.
FLOUR-Dun.

FLOCR-DuI.
WHEAT-A shade higher; No. ? spring. Sic;
1ngraded red. 64GtS9c; No. 3 red. e;s;.c No. :
red. So 2S6IS1l4c; No. = rel October, SGJhS6i &c:
November. 81 = assoc; December, 95s@:J1 sc;
January. 9fizeI92c.
CORN-Cash, quiet and firm; ungraded, i11
ifG0c; No. >, &c; No. , October. Cos GS15sc:
November. 59KNG0@sc; December, 5224 ly53z. C {;
January. 4S7sGt5Cc.
OATs-Higher, mixed Western, 3lG3 c.;
white, 34d3c. ~
PROVISIONS Lard firm at $500.
PRoDUCE-Butter, dull and scarcely so firm.
Eggs. easier ct PIC.
CATrLE-Native steers. $5s0Q ..00; Texas,
s3a56455: Colorado. 81. sea $40. s,7-
SHEEP-Harket firmer; sheep, S3.9oG500;
lambs, $4.2565. -.
HoGs-Market firm at sj.75G6.2).
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DIR. Ernest Hart, editor of the
British Medical Journal, has been lee
turing Londoners about turning their
efforts TO the abatement of smoke and
fog. He thought It rather foolish for
them to have 1.-The cholera fright, "
when they knew that the increased
death rate in London in some foggy
weeks was as great as during the
prevalence of heavy cholera cpl.
Gemic."
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-16

There is one people who may be
called "a nation of rascals" without
SANDER. In Morocco every man is re-
garded as thief. The respectable ele-
ments of society are those who do not
seek opportunities for pilfering, but
@erely Improve casual chances.
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A RICKETY wagon, with loose tires. on
the wheels, was passing down the street,
when John said TO Phillip: 90 That wagon
must have come from distance" "How
do you know that?" asked Phillip. "Be.
tause it is terribly tired" replied John.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-16

VHAr is the difference between a crowd.
ed house when procession is passing and
the people in the waiting-roOm of dem
tis.s In the first instance there is a face
in every pane; in the second pain in ev'
cry face.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-16

FA Pint of the Finest Ink for families
or schools can be made from q 10c. package
of Diamond Dyes. Try them. All drug
gists keep them. Wells, Richardson & CO..
Burlington, VI. Sample Gard. 81 colors,
and book of directions for &c. stamp. c
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THE best salve used in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Piles, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheurps
letter, Chapped Hands, Chllblains, Corns
and Pimples. Be sure you get HENRY'S
CARBoLIc SALvE, as all others are but
limitations and counterfeitS.
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THE young man who was Tilted remarked
facetiously to a friend that be Guessed
he had caught a ta-ta that time. "-BuFttRg-
ton Free Press.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-16

In 1850 "Brolc8'S BronchiGl TrOcheS"
were introduced, and their success as a
cure for Colds, Coughs and Bronchitis has
been unparalleled. Sold Oaig IN bo1eS.
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WHAT is q dude? asks an exchange
Whenever you see a fifty-csnt head WITH
q five dollar hat on il, grab it.--Ioa nave
a dude.-LGS Vegas Optic.
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"PA, why does a man break promise
SO readily:' Because, my sou, it is so
easy to make another one. "-BuritRgtoa
H0lCkeye.
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"YEs, my boy" said Mr.. Malaprop to
his son, ''animais that eat meat are car
boniferous, while those like ourselves,
that eat both meat and vegetables, are
called amphibious."
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EYES," said a henpecked husband,
s'there truly is 40 place like home, and
that's why keep away from it SO much"
-Burlin1tOR Free Press.
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He ian old hand)-They have dropped
their anchor. She Ia beginner) Served
them right! 1t has been hanging over the
side all day long
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MEM. for the Legal Quidnunc: Is it law
full for blind man to sue on bill payable
at sight.-LUe.
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THE advertisement of the future: Want
ed-A woman to teach school and lady TO
wash dishes.-PhilGdelphia Call.
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SITTING BULLS real name is Tatankahy-
otanka. l. is hardwood that would can
. great chief ''tank."
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SINGLE gentlemen are called bachelors
AMI single ladies must not be called old
maids any more, but bachelets.-CaIa-
bridge Tribune.
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WHY is it that girls named Lille are az
wavs dark brunettes and weigh a hun-
dred aud sixty-seven pounds:-Ot Cttg
Derrick.
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HERE are two frogs that never croak,"
said a railway man, pointing to the
switches on tie track.
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GIepn's Sulphur Soap

Is infallible when the scalp IS annoyed
with dandruf. HIPS Hair Dye, Diack or
brown, soc.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-16

THE most absorbing business - Tbs
sponge trade.
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SPEAKING of spots on the SUM-" said
Mrs. Partington, my sons lace is falrly
covered with frecklesW
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m0cN a MONTH. Agents Waited. 30 nest
Mini selling articles I'm The world sample FREE-
UkUU AddrrssJAY BRONSON. DETEoIT, MICH.
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IT makes bad work with spelling when
the 81" is out of sight and out of mind
Nelo York Journal.
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WHEN did George Washington take his
f-st ride9 When he took a hack at tho
cherry tree.
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If afflicted with Sora Eyes, use DIR. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. Pc
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"How SHALL sleep:" asks a correspon-
dent. Try to stay awake 10 eaten some
t-ain-liLtOR NeIUS.
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PISo's CURE for Consumption is not only
pleasant to take, but It is sure to cure.
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FnEE a handsOme.BOox Of 100 pages OIL TIVE
fHEF & COurtsIip,YOrth SO sent free. ~ =
sk4s Address Union Pub. Co, Newark. y. ) &.
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SIS AHE4 JiGs q WoUes sent CO y. anywhere. Whole
70 "a e sale q Retail Price-lis free. GOOdsguaran-
ReAsssteed B.C.STgEnL- l57 Wabash ay-Ohicag0-
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GkEHM bRLM
Causes no Pain.

Relieves at Once.
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n,ent will Cure.
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Thorough Treat
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BRYANT G STsATT0g'S Business .;:a s. and

ST. LOUIS No go stuGeits yearly Young men taush
keeping, Shorthand penIanshp, and assisted TO posllons
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Not o Liquid or
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KANSAS CITY. October II
FIOrR-Dun.

is-Market firm at sj.15G6.21.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-07-10
ONE OF THE WEAK POINTS OF
The OPPOSITION.

EDITOR BULLETIN The argument
taken up by the Ministerial Party,
that out of the fifteen hundred
honorable and influential men who
signed the petition against the Min
listers, only a minority in reality
were voterS, strikes at the weakest
point of the Opposition Party.
OF course none but voters, that is
to say men who have the legal right
of taking part in the political life of
the Kingdom, ought to be expected
to exercise any preston on the con-
Quoting of the Government. Now,
among the white residents, there are
scores of men who talk very loudly,
who positively take greatly to heart
the good of the country, and whose
pulse beats at every political mis-
take, all the more so as their own
interests In money ana property
here really entitle them to moral
right of expressing their opinions
and of exercising their share of in
fluence. But these men, whose
weight in the matter would be i'm
mense, purposely deny to themselves
the legal power of assuming any
part in the national politics, by
obstinately refusing to become citi-
zens.
This, l consider the greatest of
mistakes, and although it may be
inspired by the honorable and APP
parently patriotic views of not wish
ing to lose the glorious privilege OF
! belonging to nation much more