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DEMOCRATIC TICK Ell.

For President:
GROVER CLEVELA ND, of New York.
For Vice-P. esident:
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS, of Indiana,
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CueIF lives III QeIenSe or the " Ion.
l entered Congress in 1868, aud in u
somewhat prolonged service, l never
found it expedient to request or rec
Ommend the removal of u civil officer
except In four Instances, and this Tor
nOn-polltical reasons which were in
stantly conclusive with the appoint-
ing power. The officers in the dis.
tr'cts appointed by MI. Lincoln in
1861 upon the recommendation of
my predecessor, served, AS a rule,
until death or Resignation. I adopt
ed at the beginning of my serv &c the
test of competitive examination for
appointments to West Point and
maintained it so, as / had the right
oy law to nominate a cadet. In the
case of many officers I found that the
present law which arbitrarily limits
the term of commission, offered a
constant temptation to changes for
mere political reasons. 1 have pub
llcly expressed the belief that the
essential modification of that law
would BE- in mauy respects advanra.
My observation in the Da-
partment II State confirmed the con.
of my legislative experience
impressed me- with The conv,co
that the rule of imoartiai an.
po ar;th, miyht with advantage te
carried beyond any existing pr1vis0
of the civil service law 7,
should be applied to appointments in
Inc consular service Cunsrls sho,ia
Ne commercial sentineIs encircI;nu
me me globe with watchfulness fu5
I ,,taI, c"un.ry,s Interests, and their
therefore matters OF great public nne
, &c an M man should be appoint.d
- au American consulate w:.o is n"t
%eIr Instructed ~ t: in the history and u re-
V u%ire.nsn ot MS his tcouotry and the re-
nerce of the country to- wh,nh coui-
en-, EN-; The same rule should he ne Is
'Tu even more rigidly to secret #. ap>
Th Legation CATION in u diplomatic rS,ass
most las e ef8eie,t nave ave-. the right to The the
AGENTS in the discharge
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publican party to power. The period
between 1860 and to-day has no; been
one of material prosperity only. At
no time in the history of the United
States has there been such progress in
the moral and philanthropic fields of
religious and charitable lnstitu-
lions. Schools, seminaries and COL
leges have been founded and endowed
far more generously than at any
previous time in orr history.
Greater and more varied relief has
been extended to human suffering
and the entire progresso of the countrv
in wealth has been accompanied aud
digniied by a broadening and el.va-
ton of our national character "a a
people. Our opponents find fault
that our revenue system produces a
surplus, but they should not forget
tnat the law was provided a specific
purpose to which all Of the surplus
Is prot1tably and ho~norabIy
applied to the reduction of the public
debt, and the consequent relief of the
burden oftaxation. Not a dollar his
been wasted, and the only extrava-
gance with which the party stands
charged, Is the generous pensioning
OF soldiers, sailors and their families.
an extravaganza which embodles the
highest form of justice, in the recog-
milton and payment of a sacred aebt.
When q reduction of taxation is to
be made, the Republican party can
be trusted to accomplish it In such a
form as will most effectively aid the
of the nation.
OU2 FOREIGN COMMERCE.
A frequent accusation by our oppo-
aents is that the foreign commerce Of
he country has steadily decayed un-
Ter the influence of the protective
;ariG. In this way they seek to
fray the importing interest against
republican party. 1t is q com
non and yet radical error to con-.
Ound the commerce of the country
With Its carrying trade; an error
'ften committed innocently and
deaignedly, but an error
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prectate the value of every acre of
illable land in the United States.
U INTERNAL COMMERCE.
These facts touching the growth and
consumption of cereals at home CIV.
us some slight conception of the vast
ness of the International Commerce of
tne United States. They suggest also
IN that addition to the al 7aucaxe
which the American / eople enjoy in
protection against foreign competl-
lion they enjoy the advantage of ali.
solute Free trade ove a larger area
ana with greater population than
any other nation. The internal
Commerce of our thirty-eieht States
aud nine Territories il carried on
without let or hindrance, without
tax or governmental interference Of
any Kind whatever. It spreads freely
owe an area Of three-and>a-haif
million square miles, almost equal in
extent to the whole continent If
Europe. lts profits are enjoyed to-
Jay oy o6.OOO,OO Of American free
men, and from this enjoyment no
monopoly IS created. According to
Alexander Hamilton, when he dis
cussed the Same subject in 1890. the
lnternal competition which takes
place e away with everything like
monopoly aud by degrees refugees the
prices of articles to the mini mum of !
reasonable profit on the Capital en-
ployed: 1t Is impossible to point to !
. single monopoly in the United
States mat has been created or fos.
tered by the industrial sya.
EN- which is upheld by the
party. Compared with
our foreign commerce these domestic
exchanges are iDconceivably great in
amount, requiring merely as n in.
strameltallty as large a mileage of
as exists to-day in all other
nations of the world confined.
These internal exchanges are esti-
mated ny the statistical bureau of the
'reasury department to be annually
many times as great an amount as
'ur foreign commerce. It is into
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The Siege ofSaragossa.

every convent, every house, holds
out like citadel, and every one has to
be besieged by itself The whole is
disputed foot by foot, from the cellar
to the loft, and it is not until every one
is killed with bayonet thrusts or thrown
out of the window that we call our
selves masters of house. As soon as
we have conquered one there come up
on us from the next house. through
holes made for the purpose, grenades,
shells, and ram of musketry. 1t Is
necessary to rails barricades and cover
ourselves very speedily till measures
are taken for attacking this fresh fort,
and that can only be done by piercing
the walls, for traversing the streets IS
impossible: the whole army would
perish in them in a couple of hours. 1t
was not enough to make war in the
houses, it is carried on beneath the
earth. An art no doubt invented by
devils leads the miners beneath the
buildings held by the enemy. A large
quantity of powder is laid there,
fired at given signal, and the wretch
es fly into the air or are buried beneath
the ruins. The explosion makes the
enemy evacuate the neighboring houses
in fear of the same fate. We are
posted very near and rush into them as
quick as we can. This is how we make
our way in this wretehed city. -
Memoirs of Marshal Bugeaud, Count
H. 1 deyille.
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Foreign Flashes.

On July IL Mr.. Gladstone had been prime
minister for years and 147 days, one day
longer than Lord Palmerston
Sir Laurence Peel is dead in London. He
was cousin of Sir Robert Peel, and born in
1899. He wrote life of Sir Robert Peel
Many of the chief physicians of London have
given warm reception to DIR. Durant The
doctor has given numerous conferences, in
which he explained his methods of treating
cancers without knife,
The great German shooting festival, which
has just been concluded at IIepsic, is admitted
on all sides to have been the most imposing
event of the kind in modern times. All the ar
engagements were on a colossal scale, far ex-
ceedlng those of any previous schuuetzenfest,
and even dwarfng the great prize meeting for
British ritlemen now in progress at Wimbledon.
The number of visitors almost equaled the per-
manent population of Liepslc, being estimated
at100,000.
The excitement in Quebec in apprehension of
the cholera is great The government is being
almost daily asked to take further precautions
In regard TO quarantine and system of inspec-
sson A French barque will arrive in a few
days at the small port of Decoumaines, below
the Saguenay river, IN the St Lawrence from
I Marseilles, where cholera is raging, and
there is no quarantine at the place. The gov
eminent will give orders not to allow the boat
| to land until thoroughly disinfected
Truths Paris Gable: The official report
gives the number of deaths from cholera at
Marseilles during the past twenty hours
at A, and at Toulon 81. Unofficial reports
place the number of deaths at Marseilles at III.
The convent at Marseilles has been compelled
to close its doors, and the nuns TO the number
of eighty, have fled. The lady superior has is
sued an appeal, for prayers on their behalf,
that they be preserved from worldly tempters.
Twenty thousand persons have fled from Aries.
There is difficulty in procuring enough collins
in which to promptly inter the dead
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Crimes and Criminals.

George A. Rich, editor of the Mohawk N. Y,
independent, a weekly newspaper, committed
suicide by hanging while temporarily insane.
Kate R. Merrills, beautiful young widow of
Mobile, Ala, was found outraged and muir
dered, and her body concealed In the grass in
the suburbs.
Ed T. Sperry, son County Treasurer Sperry
of Mavyille. n. Y, devoted $40, 900 of the coun-
ty fonds to his own use, while the treasurer is
short 800, 600 and has fled the country.
W. s. Cavett ex-sheriff of Simpson county,
Nv, and now constable of Middleton, KY, has
been arrested on warrant charging him with
raping his daughter Sallie. The warrant was
sworn out by his daughter.
A negro was found suspended to "a tree close
to an iron bridge across the river at Cameron,
Tex. He recently robbed the residence of Rev.
Lightfoot, and attempted to outrage Mrs. Light
foot He was captured and hanged. He con-
fessed the crime.
At Maysville, KY. Thomas r. Calvert was
shot and killed by Robert Farrell. Farrell
surrendered himself He claims he shot
Calvert in self defense, Calvert was an old,
respected citezen and Farrell is a horse trainer
and sporting man.
While temporarily insane, undoubtedly from
the effects of liquor, Benjamin Foster of Sey-
mour, Wis, heavily loaded an old-fashioned
army musket with Buckshot and proceeded TO
look for his brother His intended victim, by
entering into conversation with the crazy fell
low, managed to seize the musket, but was
slightly wounded in the shoulder before he
secured it
Somebody stole into the back kitchen at the
house of William Fritz, Muskegon, Monday
night and put some trough on rats" into the
teakettle On drinking coffee made from the
water at breakfast four persons were poisoned
William Fritz his two daughters, aged five
and seventeen, and boarder named John
Sprick woman named Mollie Mulligan, sus-
pected of the crime, has been arrested
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ceip but it is understood that the resignation
was result OF pressure His successor will
be nal ID Wednesday
EXEC John p St John of Kansas, being
| interview at Rochester, N Y. said:
While at L Reside recently, where / deliv-
cred temperance lecture, received a tele-
gram from friend at Pittsburg informing me
of my unanimous nomination by the Prohibit
fact of my unanimous nomination feel that
must accept The temperance cause is gain
ing steadily throughout the country, and we
are as certain of final victory as that God is
just The campaign will be earnest and ag-
gressiye We viii not however, indulge in
abuse of men or parties, but will appeal to the
reason of intelligent voters
Oliver Gibbs, Jr, United States commissioner
from Minnesota to the worlds exposition at
New Orleans, states that over $50 leading lines
of railway are under contract to carry passen-
gers on season exposition tickets at a uniform
rate of one cent per mile, and that the cost of
the round trip will be about $40 from Chicago
and S25 from ST Paul State collective exhib-
Its are expected to go free, and competitive
private exhibits, stock, etc, at half rates
ganized by the board of management A reg
lister Of rooms and boarding houses will be kept
at head quarters, with description of location
their price, means of reaching them etc, for
the benefit of strangers. Prices will be brought
down to reasonable limits, and everything done
TO facilitate the comfort and pleasure of WISH
tors.
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General News Items.

Reyivalist Harrison made one hundred con-
verts at Lode Bluff, Ill, on Wednesday.
Suits will be begun against 1900 Cincinnati
saloonkeepers who have failed to take out Ii
censes under the Scott law.
State Statistical Agent Young of Mime
sofa estimates the state wheat acreage at q
757, 2lS and the probable yield at ,OoC
bushels
Aug. 20 has been fixed as the date of the
convention of the lumbermen, who will decide
whether or not Northwestern sawmills will be
shut down after Sept ID.
Charles Croker ore of the Central Pacific's
''bg four millionaires, testified in the Cotton
case that he began his business life at the
age OF nine in Troy, n Y, where he ped
died oranges and sold newspapers on the
street
1t is stated that notes of the National Rubber
company, r. l., have been protested 1t is de
MED. however. that the company has failed
the annual statement showed liabilities of $751;,
| 294, and assets, 81 ,520,11f. Gov. Bourn, treas
! urer of the company, states the outstanding
paper July was s491,Oon
Regularly every year Thomas Couroy, an in
| dustrious shoemaker of Tanners Falls, Pa, re-
eeives official notice from Dublin, Ireland, thai
/ fortune of 45,NOu- with the accommodations OF
| twentv-slx wears is in bank there awaiting his
order. aud regularly every year he sends bach
word that he will never touch penny of the
money until he has had justice done him in an
other way, an apology from his uncle, who ha6
wronged him
The extensive dry goods house of Wear
Boogher L Co, at the corner of Sixth and st
| Charles stress :, St Louis, assigned to Nathan
Cole The assets of the firm are given a
about s62a0o0, embracing goods and mer-
ehandise, SAC, 600; open accounts and bills re
| eeivable. s173. OOO: other matters, 5000
| TIE liabilities are not definitely known, but
viii aggregate about s450,oO0.
John c. s Harrison, resigned as receiver OF
the Indiana banking company, Indianapolis
| which failed last August, for s75O,00 This
| action is the result of the suspension of Harrl
| sons bank Nothing positively is known con
4 eeiving the condition Of his accounts az re-
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Personal News Notes.
anptry has sailed for England.

Idngtfy mas Salleu LOT EuSlaIu
Henry A Elkins, well known landscape
painter of Chicago, died of mountain fever at
Georgetown, Colo.
Emma Abbott denies the truth of the report
that she wanted to manage the New York Ac-
ademy of Music next season.
Ex-Congressman john Hill of New Jersey
died at Morristown, that state, recently He
was member of the Forieth, Forty-first, For
ty second and Forty seventh congresses, and
sixty three years old.
Prof. George H. Darwin, son of the celebrat-
ed naturalist, was married at Erie, n Y, on
Tuesday, the 22d, to Miss DEpuy of Phlladel-
phia, daughter of Charles Dupuy, president of
the American society of Hugenots
An inventory of the estate of the late Cyrus
H. Mccormick shows stock and, bonds aggre-
eating s3000,000, an interest of 81, $40, 900 in
the harvester company, and real estate produc-
ing an income of SIPS, 775, beside vast amounts
of other property.
In the United States court at Wilmington,
Del, on Thursday Moses Thomas. forty years
of age, jet black native of the British DEEPEN
dency of Sierra Leone, ON the western coast of
Africa, appeared and took the oath of Ameri-
can citizenship. Moses is believed TO be the
first negro naturalized in Delaware
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Washington News.

Internal revenue receipts last year fell of
nearly s.3, 900, 600 from the year before.
New offices-Henry Bpayton, Brayton
county Oak Postmasters Commissioned
George Arnold, Cornell, Oak; William p,
Reynolds, Oak Hollow, Oak
Col Ike Hill, assistant sergeant at arms OF
the house of representatives, is not expected 70
live He returned to Washington from the
Ohio state convention about three weeks ago,
and was taken with Bright's disease. He was
removed to his home in Newark, Ohio, few
days ago, where he is now lying very low.
The president has Apo inted G. H. Heap. Of
Pennsylvania secretary of legation at Constsn-
tlnople. and Webster Flanagan collector OF
internal revenue, Fourth district of Texas A
circular has been issued by the treasury de.
partment promulgating the Chinese act, and
inviting customs officers attention to Its pro-
visions.
The first report of the commissioner of in
ternal revenue since the new law went into eff
feet is instructive. There is an increase in the
revenue from all classes of spirits and the de-
crease of s23, 100000 is divided between the
item of tobacco and articles upon Which the
tax is now repealed The indications of the
returns is that trade in all the taxed articles
has increased
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Mr. Ferd Zuenkeler, Druggist, No. $50 Vine
St, Cincinnati, o., writes under date April 18th,
1884, / have obtained four additional verbal
testimonials for THE Big Four" Peerless Pa
pillon Remedies, from my customers. Mr..
Louis Crater says, ''Papillon Blood Cure works
like charm Geo. G. Hasenfels, of Bethle-
hem suburb, says: "Papillon Blood Cure is a
great relief to him. and is glad that no has at
last found something that will do him good
Miss G. E..Relshark, No. 302 McMicken Az
enue, praises Papillon Skin Cure very highly.
She has used three bottles. Mr.. Adam Kiefer,
cor 3rd and Martin Sts., has used two bottles
of Papillon Catarrh Cure, and says, ''he is posi-
tive it will cure him if he keeps it up" which
he saws, 81 will do" Mr. Reule, of whom
wrote in nv last letter. said to me this evening
that your ''Papillon Catarrh Cure il good
remedy, because he has given it a fair trial and
has obtained most excellent results therefrom.
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The last day of the grand meeting at Mime
apolis the officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows:
Commander, John s. Kountz, of Chic Sc
Nor Vice Commander, John p Rea of Minneso-
Ia Junior Vice Commander A. NJ WAY Chap
lain in chief,J w Shannafel., Mich. Surgeon
general, William b. Hail. Pa.
John S. Kountz, who succeeds Gen. r. b.
Beath as commander is the. youngest
man who has thus far occupied that high posi-
ton. He was born at Toledo, Ohio, on the
25th of March, 1876, and enlisted as drummer
boy in the Thirty seventh Ohio when AMY tif-
teen wears of age He was with the regiment
in every battle in which it participated, until
he received his desperate wound at Missionary
Ridge where he was left for dead on the field,
and was subsequently rescued by his comrades
the incident being the inspiration OF Mrs
SherwoOd's poem, 1.-The Drummer Boy OF Mis-
sion Ridge.
The following were elected as the coun-
ell of administration:
Arkansas-Th Thomas II. Barnes, Fort Scott.
California-W. II. Holmes.
Colorado-C d. Haskins
Connecticut-Fred A. Spencer
Delaware-W. II. Purnel-
Illinois--W. w. Berry
Indiana--P. p Hammond.
Iowa--John X. Peal
Kansas-H s. Millard,
Kentucky-Samue T. Jenk.
Maine-F w Haskell.
Maryland-W O. Laville.
Massachusetts-H b. Pierce.
Michigan-Samuel Wells
MInnesota-W. p Roberts.
Missouri S. Sterritt.
Nebraska. O. West
New Hampshire-D. b. Newhall
New jersey. r, Vansyckle.
New Mexico. j. Fitzgerald
New York-Herman X. Fox.
Ohio-J. j. Sullivan.
Observation-Disclosures Harper.
Potomac-,John Cameron.
Rhode Island-W. J. Bradford.
Vermont--I4 +. TerrilL
Yirgnia-H. De B. Clay.
Wisconsin-Phil Cheek, Jr.
Washington Territory-H. v Daniels.
Oregon-B b. futile
Dakota-John 3. DENNIS.
Tennessee-E s. Jones.
An interesting incident of the day was mo-
ton to pay from the general funds the sum OF
$500 to John f. johnson the first Minnesota
veteran who had his leg crushed by horse
car while hailing a comrade. This was
passed with shout and in few minutes vol
untary contributions from various states i'll
creased the sum to So COO
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The other day, after dinner in Eaton
square, London, much TO the amuse-
ment of the neighborhood, a young
nobleman in full evening dress, rode
for bet a racer up his steps into the
hall, thence t6'his dining room, and out
again. Those exploits used to he con-
fined to the old castle squander, Sir
Toby Rackrent, six bottle, fifteen-paces
era in Ireland A gentleman there,
STYLED Jerusalem Whaley, rode one of
his coach horses up the grand staircase
of his residence in Stephens Green,
Dublin, and into the dinner room,
where his guests were assembled.
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A correspondent of the San Francis
co Chronicle tells funny story of how
he used to go visiting with Joaquin Mil
Ter in Washington. That was before
joaquin cut his hair. and then he car
ried it all carefully fixed up with hair
pins. They would reach the house and
ring the bell. If the lady was out, they
would go away. If she were at home,
joaquin would take off his hat, careful
ly take ont the hairpins. let the hirsute
mass fall over his shoulders and march
into the drawing-room with the poetic
stride of Walker of Nicaragua.