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proper method OF appointing persons TO II,
was derived mainly from others and they

proper method OF appointing persons 10 u, |
was derived mainly from others and they |
were persons who had large experience, and
through long lifetime of political action
had convinced themselves that the system Of
examination and the exclusion Of politics
from ouch appointments was romantic and
fantastic All of these preconceived notions
have abandoned. ] have observed the
influence OF The system In Us applications TO
other departments, aud have learned from
others who have enjoyed It's benefits enough
| to convince me that it will he n serious mis-
take to revoke the law and readopt the old
method And Secretary Folgcr puts the
whole thing In nutshell when he says
"Thn merit OF tho new system is thie-,hat,
whereas, under the former system, the I'D
| plonnt was brought TO the notice OF The ap
pointing power by the special application
of someone having q special interest In him,
nov It is opened to everyone, on his owl
motion, without any favor sought, to offe
himself as a competitor, and, II meritorious
to succeed.
All thi', to use n slang phrase, Is "bual
ness The opponents Of civil service re
form nave bren won't to scoff at Mr.. Curtis
Mr.. Eaton aud tAcii associates as "doctrn
aires" "dreamcrs," "AngIo-naniuos, and s
forth and s. on. Now Mr.. Chandler an
Mr. Teller are neither doctrinares nc
, drcamtrs, nor, 50 lar as We are aware, wa
he painful word Apglo-mauiac hurled at tber
GA the contrary, AS sharp, practical polite
lars they have few equals aud no superior
III the Republican party. Nor would All
g sane man call Mr.. Folger, Mr.. Lincoln, NJ
S Gresham, Mr. Frelinghuyscn doctrinaire
; They are all sansiblp, practical men. The
r are 10 d position 70 know how the reior
works, aud they all declare that it worl
well. son any one declares civil servic
[ reform TO be a dream of idealists, he may
( ref, rrcd 10 Mr.. Chandler aud the rest
, those whom we have cited and We think
i | will he Silenocd.
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A Yaniiee for u Bargaiu, Every Time

"Whre's thtt d'g?" yelled Mr.. Picker
ing OF Ncwfanr dIsnluL into the house, aud
leaving a LONG h'ue sirenk If profanity h'ai-
my f,or he tcrlt d,or cleat mo thc kltch-
en-.
What do.?n asked his wife. sadly gazing
arouud upon half dozen cauin's slumber-
ing in all sorts of attitudes upon the flo r.
THAT dog paid twenty-five c,n's Tor,
day before Yesterday" cried her irate hus.
baud, singing out the most AFFECT looking OF
the cannes, and hauling it out into the shed
by the ear. -
"What are you going to do with it ?" in
quired the good lady, raising her voice
above the shrlil yelps Of the unfortunate
animal.
'Do with it I'm going TO kill it! Do
you think look like man that would pay
four.dollar tax on twenty-five cent do-i'
"Wcl, what did you want TO buy 1t Tor,
them"
"Wen, darn It, don't know. I-somc-
how ar other. c4ut never Ii; 4 good bar
gain ike that - by, you know. l. sort o
looks ike fyn' IN the face Of Providence.
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! pproxchabIe and Popular


Nov that the one term plan for Governor
is to be observed THIS year "a It ha' been
the custom for many years aud Gov. Bar
stow is not likely to he re elected, there Is a
decided cxprcss - ia favor OF DR.. Nichols,
orr popular Secretary of Sale.fot q vern'r'
DR.. Nichols is n man OF alhl'y Thoroughly
posted ON State affairs and is 10 every way
lifted for the position. The duties OF Sec
rotary Of State have been performed by the
Doctor to the satisfaction, we believe, OF
all. lie Is man Of digniiod presence OF
the old school order courteous AID consd-
crate n ready speaker whose words always
command attention. He is one Of the most
annroachabe and popular men Of the State.
Members of the old 1911, Vt, of which
regiment DR.. Nichols was surgeon during
The rebellion. remember him with pleasure,
az the standby OF the entire regiment. The
state Of Vermont should honor itself by
makipg DR.. Nichols of Mortified, Governor
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Eow TO avoid Breach OF Promise.
From the 81. Adams Messonssr.l

A IS. Abans young man has recently
proved himself equal 10 an emergency in
dlsposing Of threatened breach OF promise
oase--or something II a similar nature.
Soon after the young man's marriage inten-
lions were published il church, q girl who
thought she had a right 10 interfere in his
marriage with another, on the ground of al
legged previous promises made TO her, inter.
viewed the priest and rehearsed the young
mans conduct towards her. When the day
fixed for the wedding arrived the clergyman
refused to lie The knot until some salisfac-
tory arrangement had been made and tAe
lacrrated feelings Of girl number one duly
attended TO. Whereupon the young mar
escorted girl humber two 10 her home and
proceeded 10 the abode OF Number Oos.
There he suggested that as Number One OBJ
1scted 10 Number Two, she might 90 with
him to the church aud marry him herself
This proposition was duly rejected and, q:
Number one had committed herself 10 such q
manner as TO leave her no further excuse fol
in eriering with the young lnan's marital In
| teptlons, he returned TO Number Two, escort
cd her ~ church and married Der by fw
O'Clock OF the same day.
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Interesting RemtDiscs noes Of Tie Fam
lily OF the Aero Vt Barotrs Ferry.

InterestinK NefntbisCs nC'S Of lie Fam
lily OF the Aero Vt Harn,rs Ferry.
Charlettown wv. Va Letter IN New YORK Teis.
u ml
Mrs. Brown, the v d1w of John own.
was born in April IS, 1916, and waa there
fore G9 years old ut the time Of her death last
week. 1t vas in New EIbi, N Y, that she
first met John Brown. She became his wife
in 1882, his first wife, Dinnthc Lusk, hav-
ing been dead two years. He was then 30
years old aud she only 16. She WAS the con
| bdant Of oil her husbands plans and sympa-
thbed with his efforts. She carried uut his
last cnrimands aud buried his remains at
| New Eliza. Four \,n's If err his dca h she
| settled with her sln salmon ~ Red Blutf IN
| California from here .hev went 10 ROhrer-
| VILE, lIumQoldt county. whore they resided
| Ten ycArs. Mrs Ir, VIII then moved to Euro
ka. Out OF thirteen children by John
Brown, only four are now living. Two
of the sous were killed while engaged
with their father in his troubles IN Kan
sac, while the orjheis died by accident and
disease. The eldest son, Salmon, is extern
sively engaged 10 wool growing in humboldt
county, and is highly esteemed as u man of
energy, sterling integrity and good business
capacity. He is AZ years OF uge. sandy COM
, plcxion, reddish brown hair, six feet high,
aud full of lie aud vigor. lie participated
in all his fathers agiiatIons aud anti slavery
a battles in Kansas, and bad some narrow
y escapes Annie the next oldest child, IS al,
and married to sch ,ol teacher. Sarah
called the old maid, is 81 years Old, and
3. highly esteemed as pure minded Christian
p lady aud dcvot' d, successful school teach
. err. Ellen, the youngest, is 30 years OF age
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ALosS TO THE TUisE.
George y. Lori,lard Is About to Sell his
stables.

All the thoroughbreds belonging to George
L. L1rilarl and his country seat, with the
Westhrouk training stables and track at
Ishp, L. |. are to be 5 Did. Mr.. Lprilard's
determination to retire from rae n5 IS Guc To
his health, which has been bad Tor many
years. Mr. L,rard's retirement From the
American turi vii. he aL.osi a serious Il
blow as the retirement Of l. ri Fam 'u.h
will prove to hat ct EnLl,ni. NJ men on
ilher side # III ocean nave done more tha1
Lo.d Falmouth and Ge"rgt l.. L'rllatd
to sustain the best interests Of racing,
no color have been more popnltf Than
~" -. and NJ owners have had batter
orsss Among tile conqW rors thtt nave
orus ne iaull a. blue Mud orange OF West
bro a to uulliart irlumphs have been Tom
OchitGee, Duke of Magenta, sensation, SPIN
away, GlrmdA Lpul nicr, Danger ttrtod,
Fcrdn, Moultornnd Louis tie. For the last
thrtr y,srl tie many sue e-scS IT ih D"yer
mn,H,ls have n lilllc dinmcd tn glnrieS OF
Wc.tbrouk. hu', uclrc Lux BhCShurn,
llir,io uad Miss We Of RI hld shown
thru>, Ives suVcrl,rtr aN rivalry, III p ST.
luu at c. re l.. Lorl!rd us the lender ot
the AultrlCiu tat aud The winner al more
nix stakes Hu1 ht'ulrHf than any o'u'r own
n sreue uups>ail tnr Nj J. Hard is ~
ucmcly lame nom Tin disctsr, arl tIh'r y
ucq5, cane ur a.tru en- is always i'm Us". 1t
lllru hnppcr.d ln3t h. wa.s' wax JAl he
was uul ulc Iu :. uui 81 Ills carr NJ aud
ne h;l, s,tn siln, I'll the hc-t rtr,o al- TO SECS
.vrJ rau whdr hardly ub'r to ~ cj,ct ga the
cushions. MI Llull,rd's Wts bro k farm
a ,ius that ct ". X. Vanderbilt Il cou-
ull~ 1000 acre., but up' m re- than 'nt-N't
uf this i clrareu. All ihr s'a.'ts, buildings,
orchards and gar,l ar, in a!urlhI' con-
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gnor ruce and eupcr-ulion. This FAC points
nut the main remedy.
When | read that within about eleven
years more than SOL 900, 0U0 have b en- tiveD
to promote higher education iu, this country
and look out upon the highs and think oi
that wretched delnsipn that is blightng 30
many lives way over behind these mountains,
aud away in the North also, aud The South,
and that is throwing dark shadows in our
own State, even within thirty minutes ride
t our young college, 1t seems clear that 1t Is
high time for large gifts TO cross the plains
TO work against this evil through Christian
in.tlutions planted fimiy In this great area
whero its growth and its grip are most start
| ling and ominnns.
Colorado Springs, Colorado, Feb. /, 1884
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Judge Poland has introduced resolution
10 amend the rules OF he House to provide
thlt culogics - deceased members shall be
published in tie RccoyG without being DO.
liv,red. Dul Why moi omit The eulosies a.
togcth,r? And why not restrict the Rcoord
to what it ought to be truthful sud exact
report Of the Proceedings Of Cohgrcs,2
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A controlling interest ii the New York
C0mmeroial .Adrsytise,, owned b. tie widow
OF the late Hugh Hastings, hos leen sold for
SEQ 600 to Mcssrs Parke Gpdwir Henry
G. Marquand Henry Sedley and Robert
Sewel Edi;or.n Chief Bromley has re.
.gocl, aud it is tciicv, will be succeed
by Mr.. S d!ey; aud il Is said that the paper
will I've an anti administration organ.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-03-14

Abiding to the proposition o. some indie
pendent Republicans to nominate candidates
for President and Vice.Prcsidenf, The New
York T1i6urc asks
Is 1t an Ednlunds boom II 20. ought not
they TO take pains TO find out beforehand
whether II is or is not true that Mr.. Edmund,
isas much IN favor Of President Arthur't
nomination as be was In favor Of that OF
General Grant 10 1880, and whether Inc spe
cial friends of each are prepared, If iht
emergency arises, to turn over ell the vote.
they can control TO the otheri
The 1rt6unes obvious desire to help Mr.
Blaine TO the nomination, makes it excessive
lyspprehenslve and csptious as regards apy
thing likely 10 interfere with that gen, lenan'
chances The Tribune has apparently for
gotten that Gen Grant got 20 help, not
single vote, on any ballot, from Vermont 1,
the las National onvention-whloh coult
not vel have been the case, II Mr.. Ed
paads bid lifted finger r written word
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-03-14

Since the civil service reform las went In
TO effect 7S4 persons have been examined for
the depa tnleutal service at Washington, Of
whom $50 passed and So were appointed.
The average aye # the succ, ssful applicants
was 81. The Oldest was AZ. OF the 9l7 ap-
plicanls examined for entry into the customs
service 46o passed, at G5 PEI cent, o. over,
aid GO were appointed. For the p sal SCI
vice there were 1,0il cXsmiuali rs; 1,1l9
applicants passed, aud 372 were appointed ;
Al in Chicago, 20 in Cincinnati, 10 in C!eve.
LAM. II in Detroit, 8 in New Orleans, 1OS
10 New York, q in Philadelphia, 20 in San
Francisco, 90 in ST Louis and IA in Wash.
ipgton. One woman has been appointed ir
the customs service, and eight IN the posa
service.
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The Mexican / ension i'll as it passed the
House pensions only tnoac who served sixty
days in the Mexican Wgs-Jen Davis except
cd. There were only iouy-hye votes against
the measure, which will TAX several millions
Of dollars 90. vi .uo Na'iulal treasury,
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The report OF tne experiments .. the Asri.
cultural department affords Lu; cold comfort
to the adVocates Of sorahum cultivation.
These experiments have for some time teen
in process on tledepanmenl's sorghum plan
tation, nsar Washington, with q view OF in.
creasing the yield at diminished cost OF
production, and ofsinpiifving the processes of
extraction. The department has at Ia come
to the conclusion that alcohol and alcoholic
liquors are, after all, about the only profit.
able production Of this species Of cane
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VERMONT NEWS
Trains Abandoned on the 81 Johns-
hury and Lake Champlain Road

ST. JoANsyvEy, Vt, March lo.-E'gh'
iuches OF snow fell last night and to-day and
1t Is drifting badly The west bound ex'
press trsin on the 81. Johnsbury aud Lake
Champlaia rad which left here at O'CLOCK
this morning stuck in the sno" ous wa'
shoveIed out and returned here 10. night
There has been no train from III east on
that road owing to the blockade l. he "hi!t
Mountain Notch
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Matthew Arnold sailed for England on
Saturday, after visit here The Iesults Oh
which were far from successful. He will
not write book about las, uul viii disposed
of us in a magazine Article.
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to carry the Vermont delegates over c Gen.
Grant We venture to say that he all leave
the Vermont delegation 10 the uexl Conven.
ton rs free to take thcir own course, &c
cording to their own hest tudg cult The
Tr'6anCs jealous aurmi.o that trade has
been arranged, between Mr.. Edmuuas's
friends AMI those Of any o!her r3ssible can
ddl'e, Is wholly without foundaliou--and
We venture 10 say will continue to bo 90.
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IL waa - 30 expected, iin d.iDsud for
postal cards has largely decreased since The
reduction OF loitor postage. Third Assistant
Postm22ttr-Gcreral lla5c8 haa sem T., the
Speaker Of tho House q Liter ia which he
states thai since July tho lss1- # postal
ca'do has decreased to such au ,xtlnt that
he feels lIs'iacd il g,qlcsiut thu The ap.
propTlai'ous committee .trik9 $4,000 from
tie estimate originally submitted ior tic man.
u'scLdro Of postal card-, The amount orig
inally asked for was S9GSCOO Tas dc.
maid for postage stamps has iacruAsed lS
per cent over last year. aul the lctd nd for
stamped envelopes has inctcasyd - per cent.
From these lSures Mr. ll4lsu does not an
,icip-'c larger d tlciencY haa that ner
toned ID Lis estimate AMI Ll- p-5totlcc De
partmeot he thinks b. next July may cntei
again upon grll-sustaining or paving career
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dos'oI a. niehmosd ssys that n people viii
ihke oath II bot WHISKY aud rock sal; twice q
year lney VIII never calch cole. Until SOMEBODY
me- osd ana fel,ab!e Dr.. bulps Cough Syrup,
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lFron tue LaEsl'g (Mlch) Republican, March IL
The New York Times notes the TACT that
Senator EdmUnd's strength usa candidate for
Precedent Is rnnidly growing in the State of
New York. The same statement il appli-
cable to .lichiCau.
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PREsl0LNTIAL CURRENTS.
In New York.

A leading ex-State Senator, was asked at
Albany, last week.
"Who is your candidate p
"Gau. Hawley of Connecticut is the maa
l would like to sec nominated
GLOW would Gen. Sherman suit you?"
every well; think he would make a
good run, but they say he won't have it,
"How about E1munds?"
'Edmuuds would make good candidate,
| the Republicans of my district would be
entirely satisfied with him; in fact, any
good Republican would answer, and l think
would carry the State; but not Arthur or
Logan
| The Tines Albany correspondent says:
There is abundant testimony from other
sources that the feeling among Re-
publican voters Of The Stale is wide spread
and pronounced against President Arhur's
nomination.
Even those who are kindly disposed to-
ward the President and would cordially sup
port HIM, If nominated, are often cOnstrain.
ed to admit that his nomination, under the
circumstances, would he highly inpultc ii
not fatal TO the success Of The par y. r..
publican sentiment In the interior Is evident
ly gravtaling toward Eimunds aud Luc Dir
AS the ticket most likely TO p Ill The largest
vote In hi, S a'e which all admit Is iplis
Lensable TO to the success OF the party.
In Nevada.
A Nevada correspondent Of the ". Y
Times says; Logan is the only candidal,
who seems 10 be- at work. Edmuuds ha
fliends here, and some Of the politicians ar,
coming to the conclusion that he is an idea
candidate, no! only because Of his inlegrit,
and great ability, but also because there is L,
one who s more ''avtilabr." "He CONF
from small aud sure State" said one, ''bu
r what of That? Gao we tind a candidate IN
large and doubtful State who will lutte fac
tious and satisfy Independents? Mr.. L
munds is q strong aud positive kepuDli
: can. He IS Slal1art, but he ha
) never Offended the Half-brecds. He reprr
sents in earning, experience, integrity AM
Independence the Lest tendencies Of hl
! nominate Blaine or Logan or Arthur Ia t
{ invite defeat In that State but where IL III
Z RepublICau or independent who would refus
to vote for George f. Edmundsf He woul
poll every Republican vote ard every indie
pendent nnh scratchrr would vote for mir
4 with pleasure.
oil An michigan.
r lFroM tue LaGsllg ,Mch) Republican, March !
: The New York Times notes the TACT ths
c Senator Edmunds strength asa candidate &c
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PUBLISHED ~

rorms-s9.ooa nr,s.wnys i'll advance
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Malta, Gibraltar, Hindoostau,, Austrls,
Sam, Ceylon, China, Chlla, Guinea, The
West Indies, the Sandwich Isles, New Ze.
| land, Iceland, on the banks of the Nile, and
even in the Holy Land. Twenty seven
natiunalities were represented in one of their
recent public celebrations. More converts
were sent to Utah in the past Two seasons,
siuce the passage Of the Edmunds bill, than
In any four years previous. Rural districts
| in the Ciroinas, Georgia aud Tennessee nave
Welded many. The book Of Mormon is no"
printed 10 many tongues, ard periodicals arr
issued in a, least eight languages. Mormon
land is much more than Utah land. Shrewd
lly, systematically, large areas have beer
| secured IN the great ccutral plateau Of this
continent, and ore being c1lonized for re
lligious and political control. Some Of lh'
best portions OF Arizona, Wyoming, New
Mexico, Idaho, aud Colorado, are unde
mormon control.
All the Protestant evangelical churcl
members in Wyoming do not numerically
equal one sixth part Of the Mormon churcl
members OF the territory, Arizona ha
thirty times as many Mormons as Protest
ant evangelical church members. Here II
Colorado, only one denomination, the Meth
odists, exceeds the Mormons. In Idaho tn
leading evangelical denomination IS To-
HreSDytcrlhD, Out IUI tNGIf
there are fifteen Mormon church members II
that territory. Congreg- lionaIists have il
Arizona two churches, Mormons have thirty
1--WE. In Colorado Congregationalists hsv
twenty -four churches; Mormons have thirty
three. In Wyoming the proportion is fou
to thiriy-two, while 10 Idaho ia one Con
gregationsl church over sgainst forly-tw
Mormon churches. 1t will surprise many I
learn that Mormon high priests outnumhe
the Congregational ministers IN the Unite
States, ard THAI in the lift OF torty-tou
religious denominations nsmed by the cepsu
oplv seventeen exceed the Mofmoms i
membership, while, it measured by tho nun
Der OF priests or ministers, only fou
d.pominstions 4 In the country exceed th
MormWs.
! These ssossllrg facts are gathered tfsI
Omaha daily bee., 1884-11-26
COUNCIL BLUFFS
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
WRATRY WOMEN,


There was q lively and bloody row in a
little house ia the rear Of Broad way,
east of Pearl atteot yesterday morning
The house bears bad uamc and the
participants in the row are evidently cf
the s5iled dove clasr. When the police
arrived to acttlo tho row one Of the
women, Alice Burke wa found t, bc in
"a badly battered condition. Hey head
was badly cut mp, apparently by broken
beer glass which lay near by, and she
had been pounded until pho could not
see out Of either eye, whilo there was
la great swelling ON the
bacl, Of her head showing where another
blow had been given her. The woman
WAS delcrious. but whether from drink or
from he blows it was difficult to tell.
Two women, Belle Smith and Pearl
SNOW, were arrea.ei as being tho assail.
ants of tho woman They, too, wore
drunk, and ono OF them was very ugly,
aud attempted to resist the ollr,rS, but
we're finally locked up in q cell at the
city Jail. The jail has n accommoda-
tions for women in cold weather, the up.
per rooms having no fire, and 80 they
are locked in the same room with the
men, separated only by a
grated door. In the same
room were also yesterday two boys,
fourteen or fifteen years of age. Such
a manner of huddling men, women and
children together in Jail is certainly
demorsl2ing to the prisoners, and really
a disgrace to city which pretends to be.
long to civilization. 1t is to be hoped
that the city authorities will take some
steps toward providing for separation
of the sexes, and separation of the
younger and less vicious children from
tho hardened criminals of mature
years.