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FOREIGN.
China,s Position.

LONDON, Aug. 22.-The Pail Mall Ga
zetis this afternoon says that China will
not issue declaration of war, bat will
inform France and the neutral powers
that she will regard repetition of the
keluag incident or an attack on Chi
ness territory as ipso fucfo declaration
of war. China will ask the other pow
ers, and especially England, to be strict
ly neutral. The English colony at
Hongkouo has been q base OF opera
tions against Tonquin, and China ex-
poets that, in case the French attack Ia
renewed. Enelish Consnls will be warned
of their duties as neutrals. IL Is certain
that the Chinese will Immediately cross
the southern frontier and invade Ton
quin
From Pekfa..
A dispatch from Pekin tn the Times
says: The French legation left Pekin
yesterday. A telegraph station has
been opened here today, and this is ths
frst message wired.
Preliminary Action 81 the French
Feeces.
PANS, Aug. p. Admiral Courbet was
instructed 10 lombard the arsenal at
Foo Chow this morning, and to land q
detachment of troeps and destroy the
var material and stores accumulated
there, which are OF immense value.
This action 10 intended "a reprisal for
the action Of the Chinese at Lanesoa.
At the same time. the French at Keluu2
have been ordered 10 occupy the port
and coal mines as security for the in
demnity demanded by France.
The Persecused Salvation Army.
BEsxE. Aug. 2-The Canton of Berne
forhids the Salvation Army holding
meetings within its territory. on the
ground that the meetings are not reli.
gious.
started for SHANGHAI.
LoSpox. Au0. PA dispatch from
Shanghai 90 Reuters's telegraph agency
SAYS that yiscomte Dessmable, French
representative a. Pekin. Immediately
after lowering the French flag st the
Legation, started for Shanghai
Victoria Notes.
vrcrozrA, d. c., Aug. 22.-British and
American tugs watch each other eli the
hArbor 20 pick MP tows- There 10 q
strong feeling here against the Ameri
can tugs being allowed 10 TOW IN Britisk
waters. privilege which 10 denied Brit
| ish tugs in American waters.
The representative Of the Chimes
government leaves tomorrow for Port
land. He says be dnds tho Chinese her,
happy, prosperous and oontcnted.
An American milling frm fron Mich
iean. are purchaaine large tracts Of
timber land In British Columbia
Festivals gsshsadea-
RosxR, Ang. 22-OuinR 10 the prsva
lsncs Of cholera the holding Of fsirs
markets and public festivals and pro
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A sIx-YEAR-OLD STEER, RED.
"A with white spots. end Of ear cut Oh,
. chain around his neck, with small bell
attached, was lost from my plAceon Mad
suitable reward win be paid for his return.
sn3odwim MRS JOHNSON.
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RoxE, Ang. 22-Ouine TO the prsva-
lencs Of cholera the holding Of fsirs,
markets and public festivals and pro-
csasions - Forbidden throughout Italy.
Troops guard ell the outisa1 10 the
ehoisrA rAvaesd dissrisfA
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Attention, Buckeyes !

EVERY NATIVE or OHIO REsID-
IL ing In this Territory b earnestly re-
Quested 20 se nd his or her name % DIR
O. II. MERRICK. Seattle. Wash- sa1
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AN ESTABLISHED BUSINESS
n viii suit energetic parties. or man
aud wife the business 10 well establi shed
strictess Investigation reasons for sell
ing ; low rent with long term cash price
Sll0o; all liabilities paid up TO Sept. list.
Several other good Investments for sale.
Telephone No. il9.
1876 PICKERING q CO., Agents.
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For Sale.

A BOILER AND AN EN0INK exR
n with ocmplefe machlnegY fnr . gxist
'. nuxDY,
spas dv osu>r TN s.1 Ok; -
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ALBION, N. Y, Aug. 22.-The vault Of
the FIRST National Bank will probably
not be opened for three or four days.
Bank Examiner Williams is positive
that the depositors will all be paid in
full. Cashier Coan is also of the same
opinion. Williams states that no au-
thentie list Of dspositors can be given
out until he knsws where the bank
stands. County Treasurer Wall has
5000 in county and trust funds in the
bank
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Naval Affairs.
TON. Aug. Pins
forwarded to Col
the Greedy relief ex
20 all the enlisted m
nd who wish to lesv'
vessels composing
q in commission at I
or orders.


East TowAs. Mich. Aug. 2.-Foresi
fires started on the plank road and then
crossed TO East Towss, and have done
great damage TO the crops. burning the
standing grain and hay IN the stacks,
baking potatoes In the ground and burn.
inc several miles OF farm fences. A
number of farm buildings and much
timber land have been burned, and
vet marshes and cedar svamps DRIED
up. II ia reported that an old lady va.
suffooated while trying 20 escape, oui
,he report b doubted. 10 IL estimated
that $1,000 acres are an fire and burned
over.
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Frsns Pekia.

A dispatch from Pskin to the Times
says: The French legation left Pekin
yesterday. A telegraph station has
been opened here today, and this is ths
frsf message wired.
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Nxw YoRx, Aug. 22.-The executive
COMMITTEES Of the National Union
I,easue met today in response N cir
cular issued by General James L. Neg
Law. The object of the meeting, which
vas a priyste one. was said 10 be TO fur
ther the interests of the Republican
candidates for President and Woe
Presideus. Az the conclusion OF the
meeting ID was said that nothing I'm
portaut had been done. After adjourn
mani a number OF the committee VS.
tied the headquarters OF tie hepooiican
National COMMITTEES.
Mean joke en- the Democratic Gen.
grcsssenat Cemmtssee.
WAsursarox, Aug. 2.-Secretary Posi-
NJ The Democratic Congressional Cam
pa;gn Committee discovered today that
the COMMITTEES was inadvertently help
inc along the Republican campaign By
dlstribating Republican dccumenss-
Ths Democrats Committee has been
ending out as its principal campaign
aocu ment the speech delivered BY SEN
.Dtor Voorhees, on she Imprisonment OF
McSveeny. an Irish suspect. by British
ossiciaIs during the Garfield adminisfra-
tiou. and copies Of the speech are 90
s.ined by the committee BY Q reqaisi-
lion upon the senate folding roeas.
Thev are delivered 20 the COMMITTEES
In large quantities, several thousand AZ
a tine. already folded and In Wrappers
and are addressed By the COMMITTEES TO
emplosss and put In the maiis- 10 APP
nesrs TO have been the custom OF tie
sommittee 20 rely altogether apon the
Integrity and carr OF the senate folding
roon officials and 20 mail the doou-
msuts received from them vithoat ex-
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BxxNE. Aug. 2.-The Canton of Berne
forhids the Salvation Army holding
meetings within its territory. on the
ground that the meetings are not rcli-
eious.
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Heavy Storm.

TRoY, N. Y, Aug. PA heavy hail
and rain storm oicurred here and IN
this section yesterday afternoon. Sew
eral houses were struck by iightnin2,
and q number of persons were iajured
BY electric shocks. Oae WAS killed and
another probably fatally hart az Cam
bridge. Several hoases we're unroofed.
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KALAMAZOO, Aug. 22.-Commander
Schley, OF the Greedy relief expedition,
stated privately that the resains OF tine
late Edward Israel, of Kalamazoo,
Msteorologist OF the Lady FranklinBay
expedition, we're intact. The relatives,
accordingly, did not allow them to be
exhnmed.
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Herman Perlet Musical Conductor.
NorK.-This 10 without Q doubt the
largest and most complete company ever
visiting Seattle.
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poosa's crew, however, would tend *
show a different set of movements The
general opinion among the sailors Il
that the schooner wss wrong. - be-
duty was 10 leave the Tallapoosa thu
optiea of passing astcrn or across bel
bows. The Tallapoesa chose the latte
course. and in endeavoring TO glide II
front was run into by the schooner
The navigator and mate say the sehoon
er's light, but IL 10 disputed whether !
was q green or red light. Finally
| the Captain exclaimed, Well, dc
somethino: turu her one val
or the othsr,r and then she struck
One man nc the wheel declares that the
cave orders "hard starboard" vheI
thew ought 70 have been -'hard port.
| Wherever the fault rested. certain IL !
that the schooner plunged full head int
| the sfarboad bow and cut clean througl
| ,he tiubers OF the vessel opening a
| immense hole for the water 20 pour IN
About Is men we're seen on the deck
| the government boat. being the wate
On deck, but according 10 the statemen
| Of several OF the watch. they and mos
| of their Comrades we're asleep forward
The men Of the Grew below were rudei
i NWHK&WEd DIV t0H t6Atst11 n1NSA 1&3
sprune hastilyt from their hammock
| The water flooded the berth deck an
instantly the sailors abandoned ever,
thing and rushed on deck through Ia
debris. They found confusing nois
sounding 20 as 10 drown all the word
Of the officers. caused by the escaI
inx steam through the whistle. III
steam wasquickiy cut OF and then onl
the order Of the hour was heard. " Ma
the boats. Abandon the ship Ths'
was no confusion. and by great q
gree of haste some 20 or 30 tesk 10 q
water instead Of the boat& All IN
happened in littis over hve minute
The Tallnpoosa had already begun
settle, and in q few minrtes hsr hu
vas completely submerged. Not one
the head o<Iioers had ieft the Graf
Captain Merry. Lisutsuans Everest
Engineer Touue, Msstsr Mech4r1'
Stsarns and Walker and foaf sailo
took 60 the rigging. surmising that q
dspsh Of water vas mos suiusssns |
| snsmsrgs The Daintop. tnaaan VA
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time Precautions.

CINCINNATI, Aug. 22.-Pollock. Wilson
4 Sons establishment, at Sixth and
Carr streets, for the manufacture Of
saddIery, hardware and chairs, was
eoapIetely burned early this morning.
CluIy the active work of the firemen
nrsysnted q IN 1st disastr Dus Are, as q
arps mum Der OF valuable aud COM
bustible property adioined. The total
las Is $4,000; insured.
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Afraid OF the Truth.

II rs apprehended that this is gong
to.be a campaign of scandal: that this
Presidential year will be signaliZed by
an Trnuslsal amount of mud singing
These apprehensiens are induced by the
free manner in which the public re ord
OF the beading candidate on the Repub-
lican ticket is made the sub Get of COM
merit and exposed to critical examine
ton. His supporters deprecate the de-
rogatOrv remarks that are made about
the fav0rite of the Star-routers and
land-gran. jobbers and condemn as 4
scandalous procedure the analytical
process to which his practices as n
statesman are subjected
But what may ordinarily appear as \
scandalous way of treating Il candidate
can not be avoided in Biaine7s case
When the facts connected with his ca
reer are plainly presented delicacy in
handling his case would be unfairness
to the people who are asked to elevate
him to the highest office in their gift
by the Use o. harsh ne tns it would be
iueXcusable weakness to allow a deli
eacy as TO the mole of treatment TO in
terfere with the obvious duty requiring
its prevention. When a candidate for
sn important public trust is presented
to the people, the extreme nicety that
would regard the exposure of has de-
merits as scandalous is not the kind of
sentiment to be relied upon when the
public welfare is IN question.
This no doubt was the view taken by
the many intelligent and reputable Re
publieans who previous to the meeting
of the Chi ago Convention plainly
stated and published their OBJ ;ections to
the nomination of James e. Blaine In
taking this position. to which they were
led evidently by conscientious motives.
4 plain statement Of the ground OF their
opposition to him was proper and I'M
avoidable. and whe0 it neceSsitated the
exposure of record closely identified
with the corrupt politics that constitute
the greatest danger to the Government.
it is preposterous TO charge them with
mud-slinging-
Ii will be well to bear in mind that
when the Democrats join in the indiet-
ment of the Republican candidate they
are in accord with the best Republican
1t is an anomaly in the
politics of the country that the severest /
arraignment of the character of a can.
didate should come from the best ele- |
ment of his own party and the fact that |
James G.. Blaine comes from such |
source entities it to be regarded as
above the level of ordinary |
criticism.-Harrisbarg pa. } |
Patriot.
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OUR MEXICAN NEIGHBORS.
The Presidential Northumberland Dian
Neglected by AN Overwhelming Majority
--Phe City of New Laredo in Default
Loose Financial Methods


Neglected by an Overwhelming Majority
--Phe City of New Laredo in Default
Loose Financial Methods
NEW LARED0, MEXICO. July l.
The National election for President
passed off quietly throughout this por-
ton Of Mexico General Porfirio Diaz
had no opposition, and was Overwhelm-
Ilngly elected to the Presidency of Mexico
for the second time. The elections which
lately occurred correspond to the primary
elections in the United States. Yester-
days election was by popular suffrage.
The electors will meet at the capitols of
their respective States en- July IL and
cast the ballot for President.
The city defaulted this month ia the
payment of salaries to its employees and
Officers. 1t is Claimed by the anti-ad-
'miniStration party that a large SUM of
money belonging TO the city Is unac-
counted for and that the revenues of the
city greatly exceed the expenditures
1t is believed that the Federal Govern
ment has by some means succeeded in
absorbing the surplus revenues, not on
ly OF this city, but of Gnany others. The
general Government is in arrears three
months of salaries and pay due officers.
So dierS and even the judicial and legal
officers of the Central Government are
without salary for two months.
Eleven Thousand dollars worth of sil-
yer bullion, shipped from this point to
Carbon, on the american side twenty-five
miles above, was to-day seized by the
United States Deputy Marshal Us contra
band goods
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Becky Jones Receives Proposal.

A tall, raw-boned individual, wearing
= broad brimmed felt hat, from which
the traditional hay-seed forced itself in
an untidy mass, glided into the Ludlow
Street Jail Yesterday morning and soft
ly inquired for Miss Rebecca Jones. In
few minutes he was ushered into the
little room of the silent-torgued spins
ter, who welcomed him with her usual
gracious smile. After looking around
rather nervously at the many-tinted
flowers and the long row of slippers
and shoes which turned their well-wOrn
buttons toward him from the wall, the
stranger let his gaze rest on Miss
BeCky's beni%nant face and dark brown
eyes. 81 have heard of you, Miss Jones,
and have come to show you the great
esteem with which | have regarded you
since your confinement here" he said.
Miss Becky's response was smile
and an encouraging, Inquiring ''Ah?"
Il have also come to make you an
oiier-and well-you know-I want
t. made it now more than ever since
I've seen you-and still-well, the fact
is, Miss Jones, have come to make you
a proposal
"A look of virtuous Indignation be-
gan to mount to Miss Becky's checks
at the strangers audacity.
Sir, how dare YOU ?'' she exclaimed.
Why do you think I'd marry such "a"
Marry who said anything about
.arrying % exclaimed tie astonished
,tranger. "Why, 1 was going to make
proposal that you should lecture
lroughout the country. I'll be your
anager. l will advertise you-your
me will draw the crowds; and the
,Oney We'll make Great heavens :"
The strangers enthusiasm was cut
ort as Miss Becky rose to her feet,
1, placing her arms akimbo, looked
at him with wrathful scorn.
We'll, | do declare Do YOU think
am Il museum curiosity? You horrid,
npudent man! Do you see that door?''
But I'll give you $50 a night"
ulged the stranger, as he picked up his
hat
s"No; ger and Miss Becky pointed
the doc With dramatic gesture
And the tn:comfited stranger went
T. Times.
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HgliSh Bulls.

OF bulls in the sense of blunders pure
and simple, have heard as good speci-
mems in England as l ever heard in
Ireland. Take, for instanesathe three
following:
An English peer, when speaking some
years ago in the House of Lords on the
necessity of passing some coercion bill
for Ireland, and reproaching the Gov
eminent of that day for their delaying
to do so, observed that this delay
might be very convenient for the min
listers, but that it was not quite so con-
venient for those Irish landlords who
were meanwhile being frequently muir
dered."
An English clergyman. pleading
earnestly with his parishiOners for the
construction of a cemetery for their
parish, asked them to consider 1.-The de-
plorable condition OF thirty thousand
Christian Englishmen living without
Christian burial.
Another English clergyman, waxing
sarcastic in the pulpit over the enormi-
ties of the age, exclaimed: And these
things, my brethren, are done in the So
called nineteenth century,
Here are three prize bulls, and all of
them of pure English breed-not drop
of ''Hirish" blood in one of them
London Spectator.
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,Enforcinr the sunday n.,w.

MILWAUKEE, WIS, july 1.-The Cit.
.zeHs' League has decided to attempt the Ell
fforeement of the Sunday Saw, which de-
;inands that all saloons be cIOSdtl on tina,
day. The move will necessarily include a
.dOzen large parks under the management of
the beading brewing companies. and the
Germans will resist the move together with
LEGO saloon keepers now licensed. The
law has heretofore been utterly ,Gisregarded,
every form of the liquor interest running
wide open. The first and test case will be
that,0fa~ saloon called the ~ NJ &C. A.
Whidh,Opened last week next &aGr to the
Young Mems Christian Association and took
that name. The association nlenshefS were
strenuous in their opposition 10 granting
license tOrthis saloon, but the Council ,sidea
with the saloon keeper
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CURE OF CHRONIC CosrIvENEss.


BULLY BUENo MILLS, ARIZONA TER.
January "a, 1873.
For the last two years l have been
greatly troubled with costiveness, often
ten or twelve days elapsing without any
movement of my bowels. l have tried
many remedies, but none with success, I'M
til l used your VEGETABLE Frustrating
three pills and increasing one each night
until l took nine, then decreasing one each
night. Since then my bowels have con-
tinued regular each day, and my head
ache, sour stomach and general lassitude
have left me, and | feel like another man
which is entirely owing to your pills
and would not be without them in this
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Impurity of Blood, however generated,
is always present in the body when pain is
felt; it spreads and ferments wherever a
weak spot or low vitality exists.
BRANDRETH's PILLS are the one great
and unfailing remedy, because tsey take
hold and expel only what is hurtful; so
when sick, have pain, dizziness, rheuma-
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hours or so, take three or four more. They
cleanse the bowels and circulation from
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life. BRANDRETH'S PILLS preserve the vigor
of youth, and for a long period keep off the
debility of age.
Sold in every drug and medicine store,
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A PLCCKY GIRL,
VIII Took a Man Who Had Insuited Her
ut Ets Word, and Shot Him-A Case for
P~blic Sympathy.

ut Ets Word, and Shot Him-A Case for
Peblic Sympathy.
BRADFORD. PA, July g
Three men entered the bar-room of a dis
reputable house on Globe street, in a Sec
ton of the city known as "Pig Island"
The house is kept by Frank Meadows,
who has a daughter about twenty years
of age, OF whom he is very proud. She
Is a beautiful girl of modest demeanor,
and has always been kept from inter.
course with the people visiting tfH
saloon. As il happened, howeVs :,
ehe was IN the bar-room yester&;s
when the men entered, and one of them,
jacob Head, aged tairty-fve years, began
TO Use insulting language to her. Miss
Meadows at firstIbroke into tears, over
come with shame and anger. Bet recoy-
eIing heT self-possession she ordered the
men to leave TIE place. Head repeated
his Insulting expressions and closed by
saying in way of Jest that ii
the gsrl felt her honor wounded
she could revenge herself by shoot
ing him. Quick as thought the girl
sprang behind the bar, seized revolver,
which was ia a drawer, and pointing it
at Head pulled the trigger- The bullet
struck the man in the lett side, penetrat-
ing a lung. He threw up his hands, stag.
gered out on the sidewalk and fell dead.
The girl was arrested, although public
sympathy is entirely with her. Head
formerly lived in Middletown, \. Y.
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A WOuld.be Pcnsiener.

At 4 club dinner in New York re-
Gently, an examining surgeon related
the following incident, showing how
the Arrears act developed pensioners
out of sound and undeserving men.
During the war he was surgeon of an
infantry regiment. When the regiment
first went into battle he observed, sit
ting behind big tree, at a safe dis
lance from the fighting line, the Captain
OF one of the companies.
--What are YOU doing here. Captain?"
asked the doctor.
''Pm not feeling WE'LL" replied the
officer, in doleful voice.
The surgeon was too busy looking
after the wounded to stop and inquire
as to his complaint A few weeks later
the regiment again got under fire. and
the surgeon found the same Captain
skulking behind a barn.
Hello. sick again?' he exclaimed.
-'Well. the fact is, doctor. I'm not
exactly sick. | may As we'll own up
that L m a coward There's no help
for It 1t must be constitutional. Now,
doctor, what : the use of my stavino in
the army? Won't You help me get
discharge"
The surgeon thought ne was doing
the country service when. few DAYS
aftervard, he recommended that the
nan be discharged on the ground of
general disability. He heard nothing
of the Captain until sixteen wears later,
when ne received letter from tie
Pension Office informing him that Cap
tain Blank had applied for pension
from the date % his muSter-out. and
that as he, as surgeon of the regiment.
had certified to the disability, would he
kindly inform the Government as TO the
nature of the disease from which the
officer suffered? The surgeon replied
that the Captains complaint was
chronic and incurable cowardice, not
contracted in the line of his duty, but
constitutional. The Captains name
did not 60 upon the roll, and his plan
for getting some four thousand dollars
for arrears and twenty dollars month
for the rest of his life came to grief.
How many schemes no less dishonest
have succeeded through the compIai-
sance of examining surgeons, less
honest than the narrator of this Incl
dent. could only be ascertained By a
thorough over-halling of the whole
Pension List and a re-exsmination OF |
The entire army of pensioners.-E. "
SnaGtley, IN the Century.