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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-07-11

~ "UlSAy DTlnherS strange burial.
From the Dawson (Ga.) Appeal
In Dale county, only few miles from the
Barbour line, lived few months ago an old
gentleman who had given the best years of his
life to hard work and free living He was a
free eater and a free drinker. He was devoted
to his matutinal, antc-prandial, and evening
tod, and he did not hesitate to say that good
article of corn Juice was about the most salts
eccentric Individual and noted far and
wide In the neighborhood as being in
most of his WAYS quite peculiar. Well, de dis
covered less than two months ago that he was
approaching his end, ard began to make his
final arrangements. He called his family
around his dying bedside and made a last
request. He read how Bob Ingersoll had EN-
ployed secretary to take down his last words
when the end should come, SO that the SUNDAY
school and DOrcaS society books could not
forge, as he appears to thing they would, a
final retraction of his unbeiief The intern
perate old man would beat Ingersoll He
would determine that his last end should be in
Keeping with the past acts of his life, and not a
denial of his habits. Only the immediate fam
lily was to attend the funeral; Others were not
expected and did not attend. When the coffin
was ready to be lowered into the tomb the eldest
son drew the lid and exposed the face to view
He then mOistened the lips of the dead CLAW
with whisky from bottle provided for that
purpose, took drink himself, passed it to each
drank freely, when the death-dealing poison
WAS placed in the coffin with the dust of the in
temperate old man, and his remains laid away
to await the resurrection and Judgment. This
articulate request. II is not q newspaper eNag-
gerattOn, but the solemn truth. The reporter
has every assurance that 1t really did happen.
Possibly 1t Is the most singular funeral scene
the home of the red men and their papooses,
beads, bows, &c.
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British Solidity-American Grace.

John Burroughs, in the Critic.
When was in England, whether in lodgings
or in hotel, one of the hardest things to get at
table was a teaspoon to eat my dessert or sweet
meats with. They always brought a desser.
spoon, which usually seems large and awkward
to the American mouth. Neither were there
any small dishes, such as We have at home.
They brought you Jam, or preserves, or straw
berries ON plate as large as dinner plate In
England nearly all the arts and appliances of
life show, to american eyes, a superabundance
OF material There is more timber and iron in
the wagon, more bulk in the horse that draws
!. the wagon and more leather in the harness the
horse wears-yes, and more hair in the horses
coat. Our domestic animals, our tools, our
vehicles, our architecture and our women look
trim and slim compared with the English.
There is probably material enough in an Eng
lish van to make two OF our farm wagons. Easy
roads and heavy vehicles are the rule in Eng
Land and poor roads aud light vehicles with us.
John Bull does not know the virtues OF hick-
DRY, a tree native to this country. Hickory gives
us the most strength with the least bulk and
this is, no doubt. one reason of the hghtness
and SiendernesS Of our tools and vehicles. Com
pare an English axe with an American axe:
how crude and awkward the former looks be-
side the latter; how shapely our tool is! Our
tools suggest q more def and supple ana u
lighter race. The tendency in us to pare down
and cut away every superfiuous ounce is very
marked. We are great whittlers. Did we not
white away at the hulls Of our ships until we
made the swiftest sailing vessels in the world?
national trait, and is In keeping with the gen
eral tendency of all natural forms in this cOun-
try. Nearly all organic grOwths here show
greater refinement OF form than in the British
isles Our wild flowers are more graceful aud
delicate Our climbing plants, the foliage OF
our trees. the trees themselves, our grasses and
wild weedy growths are all more slender and
fluent in form than the corresponding English
species. English trees, English groves, have
wonderful expression of soidity and repose.
The leaves arc larger and SITTER and adjust
themselves with more ease to the fainter ligh
Even tle British bumble-bes is a coarser and
more hairy creature than ours, and the fog and
the squirrel, as well as the domestic animals
are less sleek and trim than with u.s.
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Across the Continent.
PEN PICTURE OF THE sHosHoNE FALLS, COL
ORAD0.

PEN PICTURE OF THE sHosHoNE FALLS, coll
oRADo.
From the Omaha Herald.
1t is the custom Of sishtseers to attempt to
portray the beauties of nature with cold type
In some instances it can be done to "a feeble ex-
tent. Or Shoshone Falls no man living has the
power to convey even the fantest conception.
Colorado probably affords scenery fully as
rocky, rugged and awe inspiring. but nowhere
on the e;,rths surface exists such a weirdly
grand combination of rock and water, of high
ledge and and tumbling cataract. The
moantan sSer and comes being from fed the Is "
the SHOWS which lie there the year around in
great volume is the coolest body OF fresh water
above the sea level, and it drains the whole
Teton and Yellowstone country. The scenery
along Its banks from its source to where it flows
into the Columbia is of the grAndest nature.
For 900 miles across Idaho and Oregon 1t has
Gu, a passage through basa!tic rock, leaving in
some places walls over 1000 feet in height on
both sides, forming deep canons
The first cataract on the river is the American
Falls, crossed by the Oregon Short Line, twenty
five miles west of Pocateuo. These falls are
forty ieet high, and We're 1t not for the others
would be considered very grand. Seventy miles
below the American Falls the rocky walls begin
TO rise, forming the great gorge which adds so
much to the beauty of the scenery.
Thirty miles down the river are the Twin or
Upper Shoshone Falls, a cataract with u leap
OF $50 feet. The rails even here exceeds that O,
Niagara by thirty-tWo feet, while the enormous
volume and great clearness OF the water gives
1t Il beauty not possessed by the eastern won
der The Twin Falls g.ts its name from !. rock
standing exactly In the middle of the river on
the brink which cuts the water as it pours
over, dividing it into two falls.
Three miles below the Twin Falls are the ShO-
shone Falls proper. The river flows along to
the brink without q decline, common in most
falls, and Is net over 600 feet wide, but very
deep and cold. Just before it leaps over the
great fails the water is broken into rapids. or
| cascades, by dashing down fifteen feet
over innumerable boulders and rocks.
Three great rocks rise out of the river
at tine entrance 10 the rapids and Cedar
! Island just below, with Bells, Walgamott's
ana Pui pit ROCK turn the waters into various
channels. One channel pOurs It's torrent over
what is known as Bridal Veil Falls. falling in
sltVery threads resembling u long veil spread
in rainbow from the spray. The main chan.
mel turns into an awful abyss 21O feet deep.
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The NJ ercurs rose from its little cell
And a tear shoae III its eye
As u "a" the sun, for IL X new fun well
That the hour o. WORK Was nign;
II bad hong oUeIi having an easy time
E.nI now II must start for a lofty climb.
l.SsShed. for the hours of leisure fed
As The Pri. Of Ice Went b.
Al, the latter - ~ "a Ju is way and said.
N J iTieni wliai that sigh:
] bear. yvu We're al Jine time ago,
14ie<d. believe Gu we,e very low"
"Oh, my hea,:h Is yood.' said the Mercury.
As Il wiped away q tear:
1t t-ni my health ina. troubles me,
BlIt my climbing lime - near,
and sigh 10 think, whed climb so high
shall De alone with no one stx h.
'Oh. psIaw said the rice Of Ice don't fret
But welcosne your climbing weather.
I ne'er wsn. back ON an oil friend yet,
30 we u b1tb climb together:
Climb as bsgn a. you ike. N climb with you
And stay b. your side al the ,aaisue~ Through
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rom the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
In the treatise on Therapeutics and Materia
Nedica.' by Prot. II. c. Wood, Of the University
OF PennsyIvania, is given account OF the re-
suits obtained by DIR. Roland q. Curtin, when
resident physician in the insane department
OF Buckley hospital, from the use Of suphuric
acid during the severe epidemic OF cholera in
1866. De. Wood writes as follows (Therapeu-
tics, Nateria Medica aud ToXicology, D. LOO:
The disease ceased in the insane depart
ment %iihia twelve hours after the
lunitics were ali tut upon the free use of the
sulpnurlc acid lemonade, the only new case
after this being i'll man who refused TO use
the prophyii,ctic. Two days tDr the use OF the
sulphurfc acid was stopped two new cases oc-
Cured, and the epidemic was again arrested by
tue Use of the acid. IN tie surgical wards OF
the hospital department the acid WAS used from
the beginning OF the epidemic, aud these wards,
although III no Way Isolated, were the only
parts vi the institution unyisited by the dis
ease.
Al the same time new cases of cholera were
Consistently being sent into the hospital from the
city, SO that the patients were greatly exposed
10 the disease. The method Of making the LEM
onade was as follows: About twenty drops Of
the dilute sulphuric acid were mixed with
iour ounces OF water and sweetencd with white
| sugar. some Oil oi lemon and few cut lemons
greatly assisted In the Disguise Every posi-
BILE means OF cutting snort the outbreak had
been tried previous to this without good effect
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A Phonetic Love Letter.

says: remarkable dialect letter will be pro-
duced in the divorce proceedings instituted by
John II. Behrehs, Of this city, a wealthy New
York druggist, against his wife. Mrs. Behrens
Is German, and her husband charges against
her an iifatuation for young Spanish student,
with whom she became acquainted In Hobo.
her to the student she says: II wischt hot
wings dis minet, wot fiei too you and skwis
dis hoi week till kud krai de hoi dly long.
kan not expresh mysolf ON dis pes ow paper
hope ct vii kOm thin wen kan be hnppy
no Barty will gloss my letter bygous ct mak
you thiret readfn speckt nexckst week some
letters OF YOU"
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SwOr1-Canes for Ladies'.

II guess Ill have to lay in a new stock of
sword-canes,' said a 9th street dealer In walk
fng-stichs yesterday. "That lady took the last
one had"
DO ladies buy sword-canes?" was asked.
do they? Well, should say SO. Young lady
artists are heavy customers in them. You see.
ihes 30 ABOUT the country sketching and paint
Ing. and they want something for protection"
against tramps?"
mo. against lizards and snakes-and cows
They tell me they can spit lizard every time
run him right through"
Are you sure they night cows with them?"
"Inat 5 what they say, but doubt it.. Be
t wv. en- you ana me, ifa girl saw a cow coming
n fence every time. That s none of nav busi-
ness, though. I'm selling canes, and if the
ladies' want 70 buy them I'm going TO encour-
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Oh! Was IL 1. or Was 1t your


Oh. was il /, or was tyou
That broke the subtle chain that ran
Between Us two. be,w cen US two?
Oh. was 1t /, or was it you:
Not very strong the chain at best,
Not quite compete from span to span;
l never Thought twould ST. nd the test
VI settled commoEpiace, at best
But oh! how sweet, how sweet you WERE
When things We're al thcir tirst and best,
and we were friends without d muir,
Shut out from all the sound and stir.
The little, petty, worldly race,
W ny couldn't we have stool the test
The little test of Commonplace
And Kept the glory and Lac grace
OF that sweet time when first we met.
On. was IL l, or was 1t Won
That dropped the golden links and let
The little rift. and doubt. and fret
Creep In and break tina, subtle chain:
Oh. was ii l. or was il your
Still ever Yet and yet again
Old parted friends " Ill ask with pain,
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CAvrAr Exr,on.

AN OLD MAXIM OF PRIME IMPORTANCE IN
GUARDING AGAINST IMPOSITION
AND FRAUD.
LET THE PURCHASER BEWARE
THE LAW SAYS TO HIM "BTwARE." AND
ADMoNfsHEs HIM TO GUARD AGAINST
BEING "FLEECED"
WITH FINE PHRASES AND sKTLLFUL MANrP-
ULATIoN A TRAINED TRIcksTER
OFTEN WARTS THrRETTkR
JUDGMENT OF PUB-
CHASER
THEREFORE,.
LET THE PURCHASER BEWARE
LEST HE FIND HIMSELF IN THE rorIs OF
THE PRINCE OF TRICKsrERs. WHOSE
HEAVY REDUCTIONS, ON PAPER
REMIND ONE FoRCIBLY OF
ALLADIN. THE WON
DERFUL SCAMP.
OUR PRINCIPLE OF DOING Business Ap-
Mis- OF NO REDUCTION In PRICE, AS WE
HAVE But
ONE PRICE AND THAT THE LOWEST
BLUE SERGE SUITS, strictly ali wool, faaelesscolor
S.ao.
MrN,s MIXED CASHMERE SUITS. strictly all
MEMS TIGER sILK-MIx SUITS. se75
sLATtR'S NAVY BLUE SUITS. $3.50 Two sets Of
buttons; warranted all WOOL faselsSs color.
BOYS SUITS, iron gray. all wool. si5o.
CHil.DREN'S SUITS. all wool. at -. %
GENUINE sEERSUCkER COATS AND VESTS
Sl.9s.
MoHAlR COATS AND VESTS. s315
PoNGEE COATS AND VESTS. s5 80
FEW LINEN HAIR-LINE VESTS 62c
y A
GENUINE DUCK VESTS, 81 80.
MEMS PANTS. sl5o and upward.
OFFICE COATS, CHECKS AND STRIPES 26o
SOLD ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY
NIGHTS ONLY. FROM
TOP O'CLOCK
AID L L RS
TEN PER CENT
CLOTHING HOUSE
STRICTLY ONE PRICE.
60. and s29 seventh street northwest
southeast Massachusetts avenue
Always be sure that you are In the Right Place See
ADLER" over the door.
Es- open evenings until O. Saturdays until IL. je2s
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THE CHINESE STILL POURING IN.-The San
Francisco BaGetfn print, a statement that
6.7O On iese have landed 1t that port be-
twee tn dates OF August LIST, 1852. when the
restri act went into effect, and July 9Th,
1854. @nsn the amended restrict ton act was
passed.. From the latter date until July 9Th,
more In one year under the amended act Than
during twenty-three months under the original
act This Il attributed by the HuUetin to the In
grease Of fraudulontly Obtained Certificates
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THE CELEBRATED

DYCKFRHOFF PORTLAND CEMENT
The slronses. and best known To the trade
III. l.. CRAWFORD
Sole Agent Tor District of Columbia
Oflice-I4ls r 81. NV
Warehouse-H. l. Biscoe's wharf foot OF 10Th St sw
orders promptly filled and deliveries made 70 any
part OF tue city.
PANEMENTS.
GRANOlITHIC, ARTIFICIAL STONE
ASPHALTIM. NEutHAIEL MASTIC.
Streets Sidewalks, Stables, Basement and Cellar
Floors, wherever a solid, smooth and durable
pavement or floor l. required.
Orders promptly attended 10, and ali work guaran-
teed for the term vi tive years.
NOTICE
All representations that the above work as per-
formed by me AN Infringement of rights of
others. or that any court has held, is incorrect
guarantee ali patrons Of my work against any
Claims or suits Tor damages.
III. L. CRAWFORD,
141S r 81
Telephone call No. Ssh. ap2e,sm
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Dyefug silk.

Dyeing is always hand process as the
color of a dyers hands suggest and here
machinery does not attempt to interfere. Long
trpughs fill the sloppy and steamy room i'm
which the great skeins of silky yarn are dipped
from cross sticks, by partly coiored human
beings who move them occasionally TO
and fro to make sure all parts have
fair chance. The muddy hues sug-
gests little of the briliancy OF color
that is to be the glory of the completed fabric
and we Will not enter into any secrets of their
com position. But there is good dyeing and bad
dyeing, honest dyeing and false dyeing, and a
his yarn take 300 per cent OF extra weight by
the use of metallic substances in the dyepot
This accounts for some OF the cheapaess as
well as the bad wear of certain foreign
fabrics which look well at first sight
as goods at a much higher price. Some
OF the foreign black silks are so highly
loaded with nitrate of iron 10 give color to
the BELIEF In spontaneous com bustion in silk,
which caused the North German steamship
company in 1879 to refuse the weighiier for
e1gn silks. The carbon o. the silk and the
nitrate make a compound closely parallel with
gun cotton, which is simply cotton fiber
soaked with nitric acid American manif..c
turers challenge consumers to test the purity
of their fabrics, which may he done by raw
loaded they will break easily, feel rough TO the
touch, because of the particles of dye, taste inky
to the tongue and burn smoulderingly into a
yellow. greasy ash instead OF crispiy into almost
nothing. These are tests lady buyers OF a silk
dress should not forget. The range of tint in
colored silks is remarkable, and the variety of
shade required from year to year by fashion
One dealer at the centennial showed a rainbow
in silk threads.
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SALvATIoN SoLpIERs IN JArL.-Capt. Nor
and John Re cola, leading men OF the salvation
army army, were Ln M S2 each, with costs, at Ply
mouth; "a. monday night. and they were
their street parades are abandoned. They re-
fused TO pay. and were sent TO Wilkesbarre
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SECURITY + ROM LOSS BY BURGLARY
ROBBERY, FIRE OR ACCIDENT
THE NATIONAL SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY,
Of Washington.

DEFIDSIT COMPANY,
Of Washington.
In its own building
CORNER 10TH STREET AND NEW YORK AVE
Perpetual oharter. act of Congress January ~ 1885,.
lac Company rents safes inside Fire and Burg
Prool Nanlts at prices varying from - St,a per
year according TO aud location Rooms aud Desks
adjoining vaults. provided for safe-renteEa-
VAULT DOORS GUARDED By THE SARGENT
TIMELOCk.
SECURITIES AND NALUABLEs of every descrip-
tion, Including BON DE- aud STOCKS, PLATE. JEW
ELRl. DE DS, &c, taken for SAFEK EEPIN3, on
SPECIAL GUARANTEE, at the Lowest Ratea
BENJAMIN +. SNYDER, President.
CHARLES Z. GLOVER, OF Riggs & Co., Vice PrssH
4. LA RASON RIGGS Treasurer
ALBthi L. secretary
{. l. Nyman Asst Sec'y
DIRECTORS:
benjamin r Snyder Charles C. Glover
Z. Lawrason Riggs Henry A Willard
Albert L. Sturtsvant, JDo. T. Rodgers,
je1U John q; Parke
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Natural Philosophy.
Harry ]. Shellman In Texas Siftings.

Harry ]. Shelman in Texas Siftings.
When things run smoothly and nv mental sky
Is Gear ofclouds, and the,e no caase Tor 81, his,
That Is when all Is lovely aud serene. then
Phil0sOphize
But when the little ills of life appear,
10 poster, worry, aud pile on care,
When mere existence Is sand -papered, AS Ii were,
Why, then / swear.
When on the right side is my bank account,
And great good luck my efforts seem 10 crown,
linen upward toward the sky my spirits mount
/ own the town.
But when misfortunes never seem to let
up on me, and each move appears "A blunder,
Ana lie seems one "denlnition grind" get
AS mad as thunder.
'Vis SO with most: we well can smile at strife
AT cares and trials from which we are free
Ana calmly reason ier the ills OF Lire
We never see.
But when the clouds obscure our daily skies,
ana evils nom Paudora's box ny thick,
AnsSead OF stopping 10 phiiosophZe,
We mostly Kick
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A German Princes Manners.

The Partisan newspapers were full of the
death of Prince Frederick Charles during the
few days following his death. They are any
thing but eulogistic. His address to his army
corps in 1870 is extensively cited. He then
said: ~ swear mortal hatred to those bri.apds
calling themselves French soldiers. 1t is neces-
sary for the repose oi Europe to break up France
and leave her powerless. We make war, not
bandits" Strategical genius is denied to the
late prince, who was not OF the school of Moltke
and Manteuffel, but OF Butcher and Zeipthen
He is accused Of having made war in Denmark
and France after the manner Of Atilla. Some of
his blographers however, admit that it was he
who rendered the Prussian cavalry such won
derlul instrument for masking the army behind
1t, reconnoitering for wide circuit round, and
terrorizing the invaded country. The Red
Prince was certainly man for effective in
timidation. but his bark was often worse than
his bite, his manners being grutf and coarse.
He stood out. for instance, against Mile. Dodu
being assimilated to spy for the patriotic use
she made OF her Geographic bureau after the
Germans were in possession of 1t, and con-
graduated her when 10 years later she was
decorated for her Quickness and courage. The
charming quality of sensibiiity entirely
wanting in Prince Frederick Charles. It was
difficult to believe that he was first cousin of
the crown prince, whose humane feelings were
easily aroused, and who did almost as much as
Prince George of SaXony to minimize the evils
of war. Prince George ordered his officers when
they were stationed above MOntmorency, to get
all the pianos tuned when they sent them back
Prince Frederick Charles burned choice
library in a chateau, where he established his
quarter general, because, the treWOod being
fresh, did not blaze fast enough.
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Freririka Gilbert, OF brooklyn, N. T.. were
drowned Sunday q Clinton Point While hath
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NoAHW ALKrR & Go.
CLOTHING lySl
FOR MEN. BOYS AND
CHILDREN,

The component part Of suit of Clothes have fixed
value and no firm can sell really frsclass article
for less than these values You would not be apt 10
sell dollars for iycent pieces Just think this little
matter over when You read OF slaughter sales
like and feel disposed patronize these so-caled
gain places
We do business upon solid principles. and give the
buyer all he possibly get anyw here and think
q little more.
NOAH WALKER & CO
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN READY
MADE CLOTHING AND FURNISHING
GOODS,
iel5 625 Pennsylvania Avenue NV
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Robert Swain was arrested in Salt Lake City
three wives. two OF them being sisters.
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SEE II TINS INTERESTS You.

We find in our stock several lots of BROKEN
SUITS chat Is the line Of sizes Is broken) In our
finest lIk OF 4-BUTToN CUTAwAY SUITS.
and for a dressy suit these are just the thing II
In need Of suit and know the size you want
Cast your eye over the following sizes and zee
If your size is among the lots
Lot 1850. sizes 30, 81 SO. price was S22; now So
Lot 1927. sizes "a. 3d. 3s. price was s25: now Sl8
Lot 1855, sizes 33. "a, price $50: now S22.50
Lot 956s. sizes "a, 35, 90, price Was SIS. now S2l
You should come and see these 81 once, Tor n
We sell them beforeyou get here. you an blame
no one but yourself
GEORGE sPRANsY.
je26 COZ SEVENTH STREET.
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"A PROPOSED Notwithstanding Fedora.
T1oN.-United States Consul kahlo presided al
q banquet at sydney, n. =. W., on the 4Ih in
slant Nr. DALEY. acting colonial secretary,
advocated a universal federation OF the English.
speaking peoples OF the world a guarantee
OF the world peace and the freedom OF man.
that Queen Victoria and President CleVe land
exchange visits as the first step in the move
ment. The Americans present heartily ap-
plauded the suggestions.
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Advtces from the Associated Press GORE
spondent at Yokohama state that the Japaneoe
government announces the rooumptfon "a -.
80 Payments = eAke paaee Januasy \ 11o2
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TIE CIVIL SERVICE Law IN NEW JERSEY.
At New Brunswick, n. J., the democratic ma
lor1ty In the common council and the mayor,
the Chief contrary to the state civil service law
the mayor and councilmen are cited to show
cause for their action in the state supreme court