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as compared with 241 in the preceding week
and 166, % and log respectively in the cor
responding weeks of 1SS3-S2 and Isl Canada
had %, a decrease of l.
At miles City the coronor's jury decided that
Austin the Goat, was justified in killing Demp-
sey.
Assistant Postmaster Camp of Boston, sum
moned to Atlanta, Ga, to participate in the
trial of Chief Postofiee Inspector Myler,
charged with embezzlement while in charge OF
the Atlanta postofice, was arrested himself on
arrival on the same charge.
The Wyoming supreme court has ordered
prosecuting attorney of Cheyenne county to
file an accusation against Melville c. Brown
for asssiling the integrity of certain judges Of
the court and for alleged unprofessionsl con-
duct Brown Is a prominent lawyer and for
meTly United States attorney for Wyoming
anil appointee of President Hayes.
Gen. Hatch, in company with Adit Gen
Finley and the inspector general OF the interior
department visited the PAYNE camp at Rock
Falls, Indian territory, and, after reading the
presidents proclamation to HIM and his as
sembled followers, directed them to leave the
territory Payne refused and the soldiers
raided and destroyed the settlement and drove
the settlers away.
During the exhibition of Buffalo Bills Wild
West show at Charter Oak Park, Conn, Maj.
Frank North of Nebraska, interpreter of the
Pawnee Indians, was thrown from his horse
by the breaking Of his saddle girth One horse
placed his fore foot on his side and back and
five or six ribs were broken Maj North is as
comfortable as could be expected but his con-
dition is very serious
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THE CIVIL SERVICE.

Annual Meeting of the National Associa-
ton, with an address by George Will
liam Curtis.
The fourth annual meeting of the National
Civil Service association was held at New York
George William Curtis delivered the opening
address.
Mr.. Curtis gave a lengthy review of civil
service reform legislation in congress from the
time the subject first claimed popular attention
until the defeat, at the last session, of the bill
to repeal the four-year tenure of office act
He then referred to the civil service law passed
by the New York legislature, and enumerated
and explained its provisions. Mr.. Curtis high
" commended the work of the
present civil service commission,
and praised President Arthur's
course in regard to this branch of government
al reform The speaker then urged to com
pletion the repeal of the four-year-law, and
concluded: ''Ihe greatest and most beneficial
reform in methods of administration which
has ever been proposed in the country, a re-
form of abuses which were subjugatlng legit-
innate party action, destroying the moral au-
thority of elections, demoralizing the public con-
science degrading official character, excluding
able and upright men from public life and
disgTacing the American name has been begun
and has thus far effectively accomplished
and out of office of different political conyen-
tons strongly attached to different parties,
anticipating political careers, yet cooperating
with sincerity and enthusiasm, not as Repub-
licans not as Democrats, but solely as Ameri-
cans; before all, proud of their country; above
all, resolved that the national name should be
unstained and national politics raised to con-
troversles of principle and policy. In all the
proceedings of our associations and of this
league. in all our appeals and arguments,
there has been no word and no thought
of party Both houses of congress passed
the national reform bill with
practical party unanimity. a democratic legis-
lature in New York, a republican legislature in
Massachusetts,, passed state reform bill, a
Republican president, Democratic governor
have been the two most conspicuous and eff
fectiye executive agents in enforcing the re-
form. II in the mad tumult of party passion,
in the storm of hatred, falsehood and malig-
nant injustice which a presidential election
whirls oyorthe land some ppalledcitjzen should
be ready To despair of his country and to be
ashamed of his kind let him take heart again
and be prouder than ever that he is an Ameri-
can and anticipate with surer confidence the
gleatcr glory of his country as he reflects that
civil reform, thus far, has been tn lumph of
patriotism in the midst of party Iyaliicts and
DESPITE the ferocitv of party spirit
4 business meeting was subsequently held
at which remarks were made by representatives
of various cities setting forth the progress made
in civil service reform in each of said Corpo-
rations Resolutions were unanimously adopt
ed congratulating the members upon the work
already accomplished
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Mo Room for Discomfort.

One night the Marshal was walking
about the camp, as he often did, and
heard dispute setween two zouaves.
One said, what dogs life! l have
been wet through three days and not a
chance to dry myself; if only we had
a little bread and drop of brandy
there would still be a chance to sing
Mere Godishon.' But there is nothing
at all, and, into the bargin, those rascal
Iy Arabs, whom we cannot catch to pay
off our ill humor on their back ks" An
old soldier answered, "Conscript, you
have no business to grumble. If you
had been as / was yesterday, on duty
at the Casquette's Ga pet name among
the soldiers for the MARSHALL tent, you
would put away your complaints
Marshal of France and Duke that he is
listen, conscript-I saw him with my
own eyes, all alone, making no com
plant as he gnawed at bit of biscuit
and drank a cup of water after it.
When God has nothing, what do you
expect the saints can have?" The squad
cried out, 1.-THE old one is right. Shut
up, conscript Down with the con-
script" When the marshal told this
little story he felt as pleased as he had
ever done in his life. Memoirs of Mar
shall Bugeaud.
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sCINTuLATIoNs OF SCIENCE.
Curiosities and Discoveries in the World
of Progress.


of Progress.
1t is said that the rate of the filtra-
ton of the water supplied by the vari-
Gus water companies to London does not
in any case exceed $40 gallons per square
yard of filter bed in twenty-four hours.
In paper by Professors Ayrton and
Perry, read lately before the Physical
Society, London, there is prediction
that before long gas engines will be en-
ployed in the propulsion of vessels.
Soap bubbles which will last very
long time for laboratory experiments
are generally made of this solution:
Dissolve one gramme of dry Marseilles
soap 100 grammes of warm water; filter,
and to every 100 cubic centimeters of
the liquid add forty grammes of white
sugar.
To produce pure black upon wood the
following receipt is given: Pour four
quarts of boiling water upon one ounce
of powered extract of logwood, and
when the solution is effected add one
6rachm of yellow chromate of potassium,
and stir the whole we'll. Repeat the
application of this mixture until the
wood is dark enough.
During the fractional distillation of
huorine Mr.. w. r. Hodgkinson noticed
the formation of an orange-red sub
stance, which he considered likely to be
an oxidation product. Its isolation,
however, is extremely difficult, and it
decomposes when distilled in a vacuum,
and is equally soluble with the hydro
carbons which accompany it.
Silveroid is the trade name given to
a new, close grained, brilliant white
alloy, regarding the composition of
which little is known beyond the fact
that cadmium enters into it. 1t is in
tended to take the place of the brass,
bronze and gun metal classes of alloys,
and if all turns out to be true which is
spoken in its favor it will soon do SO,
especially in the manufacture of arti-
cles which must be strong and capable
of taking fine polish.
A contemporary believes that the
largest locomotives in this country are
those of the Central Pacific Railroad
Company-cylinder 10 inches diameter
by 80 inches stroke; 8 driving wheels,
81 inches diameter; weight in working
order, 1913, 900 pounds; built at railroad
shops. There are now building at the
shops of the same company engines with
cylinder 81 inches diameter by 36 inches
stroke; 10 driving wheels, 81 inches
diameter; weight in working order,
146,0 900 pounds.
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Power of Music.

It is true that most persons are more
impressed by what they see than by
what they hear; SO thsk it has became a
maxim that one le&.rs more readily
through the eye than through the ear.
But nature is compensating mother.
If the eye begets the most lasting I'M
preston, the ear imparts the most ac-
tive stimulant. Few artists who appeal
to the eye have SO aroused the vital ac-
ton as those who seek the ear. An illus
tration of the power of sound, expressed
in fitting music to fitting words, is
given by Ben Perley Poor in the Bos-
ton Budget. He says:
Jenny Lind's ballad-singing carried
her Washington audiences by storm.
Without in the slightest degree COM
promising its character of single bal
lad, she infused into every line of 1T
more of the poetic spirit and meaning
than the words, upon the mere read
ing seemed to contain.
1t was often the outpouring of the
soul of a Scottish peasant lassie, yet it
was one of the most sparkling pieces OF
vocalization ever listened to.
What wonderous versatility was here
From Bellini to Burns-from the high
est reach of italian art to the most
homely simplicity Of Scottish minstrelsy
and the same effects produced by
each!
At the close of her singing Of the
"Last Rose of Summer, on one occa-
sion, Mr.. Webster, who occupied a
front seat, joined in demanding its re-
petition, and when Miss Lind came on
the stage again he rose and bowed low
thrice, his swarthy features CLEAN
ing with qualification. The audience
indorsed the compliment with
vociferous applause.
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Record of Casualties.

The Grand Trunk railroad repair shops be
yond the southwestern city limits of Chicago
were burned recently. Loss $4,000.
Two Chinaman fought Tuesday night at
Portland Ore, over a courtesan. Both were
MORALLY shot One, a very desperate fellow
barricaded his room and refused to surrender
to the police lie threatened 70 kill any officer
who approached The building was sur
rounded, the room flooded with water and the
wounded man drove ont
Edward Lynch, boiler maker at the Michigan
Central railway shops at Jackson Mich, while
underneath locomotive repairing the boiler
tive was carrying forty pounds at the
the full blast of steam on his back and arms.
Flesh fell out in flakes. He has wife and five
children.
AT Eau Claire, Wis, fire was discovered in
the rear Of the old Dan White livery stable
owned by NJ J. Argard and ex-Mayor Bailey
The flames spread rapidly, and it was with
difficulty that the horses and portion of the
carriages were rescued Minck's wagon and
blacksmith shop ON the west and large frame
warehouse owned by the Empire Lumber com
pany were totally consumed; also the meat mar
ket and feed store of NJ HaIver ON the east, to
gether with frame barn in the rear The
total loss, based upon careful estimates made
by owners of the property, was Sll, $50, and
the total insurance $3.50
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olden Time Political Animosities.

Men complain of the craftsmanship
of our politics, and predict that it will
iniure the national life. But as Ameri
can politics have always been marked
by intense feeling, this view is little
more gloomy than the facts justify.
The political campaigns of our grand
fathers and our fathers were fully as
exciting and bitter as those of the pres
ent, yet the Republic still lives. Our
Presidential campaigns are disgraced by
fierce assaults upon the private charac-
tiers of public men. But disgraceful as
they are, they are equalled by
the calumnies which Wing and Demo
crat hurled at each other fifty years
ago, when Clay and jackson were III
walls. An amusing story illustrates the
violent feelings which then swayed the
partisans of these political leaders.
In Daviess County, KY, at the time
when Henry Clay was leading the OPP
position to Gen jackson, who was
candidate for the Presidency, there
lived plain, industrious farmer. He
was an ardent politician, noted for his
hostility to Clay and his party.
But his interest in politics did not
make him Indifferent to his wife's hap
piness. While in town one day, he
thought he would surprise the good
woman by presenting her with new
set of dishes. He selected apretty pat
tern, and being in a hurry, did not ex
anime them closely, but had them
packed and placed in his wagon. His
wife was delighted with the gift, but no
slight examination satisfied her feminine
curiosity. In turning over a dish, she
discovered on the under side portrait
of Henry Clay. Every piece was thus
marked. Thinking to tease her hus-
band, she asked if he had looked closely
at the dishes
no." said he. Anything wrong
with them?"
ooh moi But was little surprised
at your sudden change of politics"
Change of politics What do you
mean?" shouted the husband, as excited
as if he had been charged with a crime.
Picking up plate, he saw the por-
trait. AS promptly as if he were pun
ishing robber he gathered up the
dishes, and carrying them to the door,
broke them in fragments on the stone
steps. He purchased another set of
dishes in a few days, but not until he
had ascertained that there was no polit-
ical heresy painted on them. Youths
Companion.
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Mrs. sharon sues the Alta Californian for
s5p,TN ioT li!ol
B,atl~tiet, says there is but little betterment
OF tho lJ~iuss utboa-
Thomas < NcMaais, eoufec'toaer, St Paul
departed this hte by prussIc acid
RAYMOND. arrested in Minneapolis for the
murder Of Coo and released reappeared at
Bird Island
In the Fifth Iowa congressional district
ssTama~ Wilson was badly bea.cn by d. T.
Smith, of lynn
John Hulling 4 Co. dealers in Is, os, Cha
cage, assigned. Liabilities, $4,000; assets
nearly the same
Ono Of President Taylor's sons died last
week in the salt lake assessors Office. An
other son. Moses, takes his place
Altman, DemcIman 4 Fuchs wholesale liquor
dealers of Boston, have failed Liabilities.
s7500o-lalgeiy due in the west
Andrew Lewis, a Bersyville, Va, negro, was
given 1Oo lashes on the bare back for follow
Ing Miss Erskine and frightening her
William Eiusley of Randolph, Mass, became
convinced that by divine commsnti ne must
sacrifice his right hand, so he thrust his wrist
bsnesth the blade Of a cutting machine, sever
ing the hanL
G T. NightingaIe's shoe factory at Esston,
Pa. is closed, and thirty hands thrown out Of
cork J. A. Nightingale, father Of C, T. Night
;ngale. has S15GO0 against his son, and other
persons hold nearly as much more
There were 275 failures in the United States
reported to Bradstreets during the past week
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sA IA TO ~. M 1. A.. AssIN.H.

DTIT NC For self measurement and price list sent
IL Y LEIC free by BIG BOSTON, Minneapolis.
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BORN LUCKY.
The Memphis Man who Got SIS, 900.

Fortune seems to favor this neighborhood,
for hardly Louisiana Lottery drawing takes
place without singing out some lucky fellow in
Memphis or this vicinity. At the last drawing
ticket No. 81, $50 drew the fourth capital prize
of ST, 600 and one-f1fth was collected by the
German National Bank for Chris. Hettinger an
honest and industrious carpenter. Mr.. Hettin-
ger was looking over the morning Avalanche,
when he came to his number. He hastily re-
marked to friend: 'By Joe, believe have
struck this time" and rushed off for his ticket
He was overjoyed to find that it was tally.
Ticket No. Il, 333 drew the first capital prize
of $75. 900, and one-ffth was held by well to-
do farmer living III the quaint and picturesque
little town of Canadaville, Fayette, county,
Tenn. An Avalanche reporter paid visit re-
Gently to Canadaville and was introduced to the
lucky farmer His face was all aglow with
good nature He said that his good fortune
enabled him to make some improvements in
his place that he had been long wanting to
make, but felt unable to do SO. He said he
had begun life with nothing, but had accumu-
lated and acquired a good farm His 3d.
600 would enable him to live comfortable and
serenely the rest Of his life. He remarked to the
reporter that now ne would have W indmill--
something that his heart had long been set up
on The farmer drew his money through the
Bank of Commerce of this city. Memphis
CTenn.) Avalanche, July 20
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What there is in a Bottle.

Sufficient to stop in five minutes the
smarting, stinging pain of 100 burns or
scalds. It will stop the pain as soon as
applied.
Abundance to cure score of colds and
the coughing that often leads the way to
Consumption. IT WILL POSITIVELY ease
a Cough in fifteen minutes.
More than enough to save dozen
children Choking with GROUP. One
minute after the first dose the hardest
attack of Group will be relieved.
Plenty to relieve the oppression and
wheeling of the most severe case of
of Asthma. The direct cure of Asthma
by this medicine is proof that DIR. Thorn
as Electric Oil has no equel as an Asth-
ma cure.
In the above cases DIR. Thomas Eclec.
tric Oil can be relied upon. 1t has Civ
en- relief to thousands. Keep it in your
house. There is hardly week of the
year it will not be useful.
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Market Reports.

ST PAUL-Wheat No. l hard, g5(G95c.
No. l, SIC; No. hard. SEC: No. 2, 76c.
Corn. No. :. sic. No ), 46to4Sc-
Oats. No. ; mixed. 2Sc; No 8 mixed, 26c
No white 29c No 3 white, sc.
Barley. No. . SIC. No s extra, 4Sc. i: No. 8
acc
RYE. No. ?, sc.
Baied HAY, wild, saO0; timothy s12,OU
Eggs, 16(Gl6l5c
MILWAUKEE Wheat No 2, $50
Corn. No. :, SIC
Oats No. ,, white SAC.
Rye No. 1, 63iSc
Barley. No , 55c
Mess Pork, $1,000.
lard s7.30
Butter, choice creamery, iaalse; fair 10
good, 16(1l7e; best DAIRY 14al5o
Eggs, 1S(1l51Sc
CHIcAeo-wheat, No 2 Chicago spring
S4tdS5SSc.
Corn. 55(d56e
Oats. 30dei0lSc
Rye. 62lse
Barley. 64td66c.
Flax Seed. 81 33(as133
Pork, SIG 00t6s1I00
Lard, S7.I5(6S7.A.
Butter, creamery, .1781 81 SC; dairy, 149l451So
Eggs, 159l51sc
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WHAT rs AsIATIc cHoLERAq
Its proper and Improper Treatment, with
Hints to Its Prevention.

Or. John G. Peters, in the New York Herald
"What is the distinguishing feature of
Asiatic cholera, Doctor?"
1t is this, think, that the poison or
germs of cholera invaribly destroy the
epithelium or soft skin lining the nue.
Gus membrane of the bowels, and lay
it bare as if it had been fayed. Hence
the redness and CONGESTION of the nue.
GUS membrane From the red surface
the serum of watery portion of the
blood flows in large quantities, just as
it does from an ordinary blister on the
skin. Previous to 1866 there enormous
discharges were attributed to weakness
and relaxation of the bowels, and / was
the first to point out that they were due
to the destruction of the epthelium.
This is not theory, but fact, amply
proved by post-mortem examinations,
and destroying the germs, and not alone
of restraining the discharges and sooth-
ing the raw mucous membrane.
"Here 1 may mention that much mis-
chef has been caused by a popular
medicine largely composed of red pep
per, ginger and brandy, and which,
though useful in cases of cholera morbus,
is among the most injurious that could
be selected in cases of real cholera.
The reason is that the GOODNESS of the
surface of the body, or what is Collapse,
is caused by the tremendous irritation
of the bowels, and that any further ir-
ritation naturally increases the collapse.
Strange to say this medicine has been
largely used for the past years No
skiIlful doctor, however, would dream
of Recommending it. Henceforward the
scientific treatment of cholera will be
based on the use of rye micides. o
these sulphate of iron, suggested by m
in 1866, gallic acid and all the dilute
mineral acids, especially the sulphuric,
are also astringents. The dilute sui
phuric acid, especially the aromatic
tincture, has attained the highest repu-
tation as a preventive and cure of Ash
attic cholera Corrosive sublimate,
which would probably be used by scien
tific physicians is not alone poisonous
but very dangerous, since it can only be
used in minute form. One particle
would kill 10000 germs. Still it is the
most efficient germieide known at pres
ent. Koch recommends picnic acid,
which is the same as chemically pure,
carbolic acid. Chemically pure, mind,
for the chemically impure has signally
failed, since it has been proved that bac-
terra will live for long time In strong
solutions of it, Among the domestic
preventiyes, the best to my mind are
common table salt and vinegar, used
separately and in fairly large quantities
as condiments of food A strong solu-
ton of chloride of soda, OF table salt,
would be as effectual as chloride Of zinc
or even chloride Of mercury, which is
the same as corrosive sublimate. Ii
nurses and doctors washed their hands
regular in vinegar while attending
cholera patients, feel sure they viii
escape the disease.
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The Criminal Calendar.

Franklin Este late town treasurer of South
borough, Mass, was held to the grand jury
for embezzelemeut
James Abbott, alias Francis Stevens, alias
David H. King, was arrested at Bridgeport,
Conn, for forgery, bigamy and theft
Elk Prosecuting Attorney Drew, of Cincinnati,
has been arrested charged with embezzling
SS,CUU from Mrs. Cox, while acting as her
agent
Frank F. Everett, the late cashier of the
Golden bank, Denver, committed suicide about
three weeks ago. A shortage of 500 900 is
now said to have been discovered
James Holland of St Louis, United States
deputy clerk and the best known stenographer
of that city, was accidently killed at Spirit
Lake, Iowa, by the discharge ola gun in the
hands Of his son
Henry A Frederick and DR. J. B. Weida of
Philadelphia, surrendered to the authorizes of
Norristown, Pa, recently and admitted that
they had stolen from the graveyard the body
ofJohn MAY the murderer
Private W W ILL., of the signal corps, hus-
band of a pretty wife and the father of three
Interesting children has eloped with Wash
ingtOn Young lady whose father Is a retired
officer Of the army Hill was under arrest in
Fort Never for forgery, but escaped from the
guard house and eloped with the girl
Emma Bruener. the sixteen year old daugh-
ter of Theodore Bruener, a saloon keeper liv-
ing seven miles west of Dubuque, was found
hanging TO the rafters of her fathers barn,
having committed suicide. She left letter
explaining that she was seducei by q young
farmer and could no longer carry her shame.
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Rough on paxne,s sauattsrs.

A Dispatch says that Gen. Hatch moved his
headquarters from Caldwell, Kansas, Wednes-
day, his camp being twenty-five miles south
east, on the Chickaskia river, where six com
panies of the Ninth cavalry are concentrated
Operations will probably continue until the
last intruder on the Indian country has been
expelled The impression prevails at Rock
Falls, a few miles below, that HONEYWELL will
be raided first the printing press and belong
ings confiscated and the contents of the noto-
rious drug store destroyed, and that Payne and
his ring leaders will be marched to Fort Smith
to answer numerous indictments in the fed
eral court The valley settlement will prob
ably be cleared up next by detatchments of
troops striking simultaneously from numer-
GUS camps along the Cimarron and the
north fork of the Canadian river. All I'M
provements will be destroyed The best infor-
nation attainable places the number of the
boomers at 1000