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CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
"a Continuance of the Spells Syste
Would Breed ReVOIufiOn.',


WASHINGTON, June 24.-The longer
the administration lasts the more con-
frmed its members, from the President
to the last Cabinet officer, are of the alb
solute necessity and extreme importance
of the civil service law and Of all which
IL implies. A Cabinet officer said to
your correspondent a few days ago
But for this law and the public senti-
ment which opposes merely partisan, use
of public placd and denounces the spolls
system, we should, | am convinced, have
a revolution after or before every Presi-
Dental election, in very few years
The hunger for office, while 1t is singu-
larly limited in one way, comparatively
few people being infected with 1t, is as
tonishingly vehement and furious. Ii
you could see and know all the applica-
lions for office that | know OF you would
be amazed. | no longer wonder that
poor Garfield was shot He unfortu-
nately was persuaded into the fatal course
of rewarding his and some other people
friends, and Furnishing his and their enc
mics. | am convinced that this admlnistra
ton, had it pursued that course, would
have flung the country into turmoil anC
fury in six weeks after the 4th of March
We should have seen a repetition of the
wild excitement of four years ago, which
eliminated in poor Garield's assassina.
ton. The country and the Democratic
party as we'll owes deep debt OF graft
tude to President Cleveland foT the firm
ness with which he has adhered to hii
engagement in regard to the public serv,
ice. l can say to you that he has beer
the master of us all in this matter; and
will add that while believed in civil serv
ice reform before, L never saw the absolute
necessity of it for the safety of the coun
try, for its peaceful and orderly cOntin
uance, as l have learned to see it since
have been Cabinet officer. The coUn
try has become too great and popnloul
fol a continuance of the spoils system. L
would breed revolution
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IS rorRcInN nEAnr

As result of the agitation that bas
prevailed in England the last few weeks
it is declared that coercion in England
is dead" Most earnestly we hope it is,
and also that the crimes that have been
made the excuse for coercion are dead,
never to be resuscitated, and that the dis
position that incites to coercion as a sub
stitute for justice is dead also. 1t is
a fault Of the English that they love to
drive Where a smooth word would
answer every purpose that people too
often prefer a rough one. To one who
understands French, to hear young Ea-
glish clerk address one Of the timid-
looking, submissive habitans in lower
Canada, who Is under his Or
ders, the dominating, dietatorial, driving
disposition of his nation is amply demon
strated. The native papers Of India
complain Of the same disagreeable trait.
Yet as conquerors the English owe
much 20 their unpleasant disposition to
domineer. They have assumed as a right
that id foreigners should obey them,
and have enforced that assumption with
ont scruple, and often without mercy.
IF, chatting under this domination, or
driven wild By acts Of injustice the love
Of domination gives rise to, any who are
subject to the English resist, before any
plea IS heard punishment must be in
dicted, what justice nay demand must
await consideration until after that is
done. When the occasion is passed, al,
though the punishment has been
inflicted, the justice that was to
follow has been too often forgotten.
So it has been with poor ireland, the
Niobe of nations" Quick and high
spirited, her people have resented with
violence the naughty assumption ana in
tolerable insolence Of the selfish Briton,
and the return has been coercion, not
justice. Under the able leading OF Par
nell and the support rendered him by
self-respecting Irishmen, down to the
poorest, the lordly Englishman is at last
brought TO bay. Parnell and his follow
ers demanded that the coercion act, Just
about to expire, should not be renewed.
On the 7efusal Of the demand they I'M
seated the government, such is the power
to which Ireland has attained. Another
government has authority now, and an
opinion Is prevalent that, il the hurly-
burly Of recent events, the coercion act
the crimes act, it is called
will quietly lapse, and they proclaim.
Coercion is dead. Fit be SO the VIC
tory for Ireland is a great one. Glad
stone in principle was opposed to coer-
cion, though himself coerced by some Of
his colleagues into countenaneing it.
The Tories who succeed him have always
been. its supporters and abettors. Within
the pest year their great organ, Bloek-
qgood's Magazine, has had articles cali
ing for coercion and the hsngman's rope
in Ireland, with the gusto Of Spanish
inquisitor and the feroeity Of Chicago
pork butcher. If coercion is suffered to
die under Tory ministry, then ireland
has achieved a victory indeed. and tie
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CROP REPORTS.
Special Returns from the W neat Belt
The Corn Outlook.
RocHEsrFR. NY. june 25.-SpeciI

ROCHESTER, n. Y, June 25.-Special
crop reports from Dakota, Minnesota,
Iowa, Nebraska, Indiana, Ohio, Michi-
gan, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky
and Tennessee to the american Rural
Home, of this city, gathered by CORES
pondents in every county, show that the
very best wheat-producing areas do not
promise more than bread and seed in
winter wheat The first twenty one days
in June were exceedingly trying, aud
areas that were thought good for half a
crop are now turning out largely cheats
All estimates of the spring wheat yield
at present are idle conjectures The
most conservative estimates point to 10
per cent. decrease as compared with 1884
Corn is doing fairly. la no State, how
ever, are the prospects above the average.
West of the Mississippi the whole season
has been wet; of the Missouri, cold and
dry. The oat crop is much larger than
that of 1884, because large amounts of
wheat lands were put into oats. On the
whole the season is an average one.
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PARIS, June 25.-In the Chamber Of
Deputies to-day committee was elected
to examine the Franco Chinese treaty
submitted on Monday by NJ. de Freycinet
the Minister for Foreign Affairs. This
treaty defines the rights of France ove1
AMMAN, fixes the boundary lines between
China and the French dependencies, and
determines the conditions upon which
the commercial relations of France and
China are to be maintained. The COM
mittee chosen is favorably disposed to-
ward the treaty, and its election only
means that the Chamber of Deputies re.
quires to have explained some vaguely
Worded commercial clauses.
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BRUFALLY CLUBBED.
A quiet citizen beaten 10 Death by "A
CIfcasO Policeman.

CHICAGO, June 25.-Uharges have
been preferred against Policeman John
O'Brien, of tic Twenty second Street
police station, that without provocation
he beat a citizen named William Saren-
son nearly to death Sunday evening and
dragged him off to the station. Sarenson
thinks the reason of the clubbing was
that few minutes before he had bailed
out prisoner arrested by o. Brien. He
says: 70 Bgien caught me and began
beating me with his club. He knocked
me down and dragged me. with his
Come alongs.' and when on the street he
beat me constantly, knocking me down
three more times. The distance from
here to the station is i've blocks. He
beat me every step of the way. The last
time | was knocked down l was rendered
inseusible / offered no resistance, and
only begged him to stop, bat he merely
replied with blows and curses"
DR.. Lackner, who attended SarensoD,
said last night that SarensOn has sus-
tanned severe internal injuries in the re-
gion Of the kidneys, and that he feared
one rib was broken. Attempts to find
o Brien have been unsuccessful.
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THE INSIDE TRACK

BE came to the bower Of her love
Twanging his sweet guitar;
lie called her in song his snOw-white dove,
His lily, his fair, bright star,
While l sat close by the brown-eyed maid
And helped her enjoy her serenade.
He gang that his love was beyond compare
lHis voice was sweet as his sOng);
lie said she was pure and gentle and fair,
And told her he WASH far wrong.
/ don't know whether he heard me or not,
For his e string snapped like a pistol-shot.
He told how he loved her Ger and Ger,
With passion in every word,
In songs that never knew before,
And sweeter ones ne er were heard.
But the night dows loosened his guitar-strings
And they buzzed out oftune like crazy things,
lie sang ana he played till the moon was high,
Oh, sweet was The love-borp strain
And the night caught up each tremulOus sigh
And echoed each sweet refrain:
But laughed when beetle flew down bis throa
And choked in a snort his highest note.
She liked it; and I did-just $3.50;
was glad to hear his lay;
J ever echoed him, soft and low,
When lie sang what wanted to say,
Till at last leaned from the window, and then
L thanked hi N, and asked him to call again.
And then he went away.
RI. BuRDETTE, IN Brooklyn Eagle.
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DISSOLUTION.

THE fran Of CROOK & CO. is this day dissolved
L by mutual c nsent. Geo; W; Crook having
Crook is authorized to collect all indebtedness
and assumes all liabilities.
viii continue the Commission Business at 242
Front street, and solicit the PATRONAGE of my
friends. GEO, W CROOK.
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Grand Army OF the Republic,

PORTLAND, Me, June 25.-Several
morning for sail down the harbors
others took the train for Old Orchard,
and still others have gone to the White
mountains. IL is not thought likely that
a ballot for commander inc will be
taken before tomorrow.
Itwas voted that the next annual en-
campment be held some time between
October and May, aud the ecommenda-
ton That memorial day he observed on
the Sabbath was adopted.
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The French republic still holds its
OVID, and its enemies decrease in power,
and it evidently will do so if the repub-
lcan- citizens preserve order and main
tain the authority of law and the govern
ment acts with prudence and discretion
Many realaants Of the old monarehies,
kings and emperors, naturally. still lin
ger, and republicans feel that it is neces-
sary to bring all parts of the system into
harmony and consistency. Seventy mem
bers Of the Chambers have adopted a
programme with this view that is likely
to arouse agitation. That programme
demands a revision of the constitution.
That instrument was adopted at time
of turmoil and excitement, and is in sew
eral points inefficient But as a reconsid-
Grafton Of 1t would not be con
fined to those special provisions, much
danger is apprehended from the effect
that would result from contending views
and Earring interests, and calm minds
generally prefer that attempts to amend
should be delayed until more experience
10 the new order of things, and more
settled opinion in the country, should
insure that what changes are made shall
be really valuable in order that they may
be permanent. A second demand in the
programme is that every Frenchman
shall serve three years in the army. As
this provision is intended to include the
clergy, it is easy to see that such de
mand arouses great prejudice, andits dis
cussion cannot fail to provoke heated
feeling, and probably dangerous discus
sion. A third demand is that there
shall be cooperation of Church and
State To our minds it seems strange
that any republic should be constituted
without so essential provision. To the
French mind the proposition presents it
self in very different light. 1t is an
incongruous thing that in France, where
there is so much skepticism and indiffer-
ence TO religion, large portion of the
people should consider the union of the
Church and State necessary, while the
thoroughly religious founders of our own
republic regarded separation as necessary
for the welfare of both. But so it is, and
this proposition is sure to arouse bigotry'
and animosity, such as the religion that
is of this world abounds in. The fourth
demand is one that shows returning good
sense in France. 1t is that remote
military expeditions shall be abandoned
To this proposition, under the light of late
expenditures in Tonquin and Madagascar,
without any corresponding gain, the
French people as a whole can scarcely
protest. a constitutional guard against
ambitious individuals in the French gov
ernment, involving the country in wars
Of conquest, could not but be valuable,
and, if faithfully carried out, would con
duce not only to the peace of Europe, but
would decrease the danger of any mill
tary adyenturer assuming despotic power
and oyerturning the republic. As re-
public that has boldly launched its bark
among surrounding monarchies bitterly
iniraical to republican principles, the
United States cannot but feel warm in
terest in the progress of freedom in
France. and the result of the four propo-
sitions at present announced viii be fol
lowed by ourselves with absorbed atten-
tion
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REAPPRAISEMENrS.
Another Committee OF Merchants Pre-
sent n Report TO Mr.. nauniDg.

sent q Report TO Mr.. Manniog.
WASHINGTON, June pa committee
of importers of New York and Philadel-
phia waited on Secretary Manning to-day
and presented memorial in regard to
naturalization and reappraisement, OF
which the following is a copy:
Having seen the report of meeting
of importers of foreign dry goods, OF
which Mr.. DeForrest was chairman, and
that the said meeting appointed COM
mittee to proceed to Washington and
state their objections to the proceedings
of the New York customhouse in relation
to AUTHORIZATIONS and reappraisements,
and as the undersigned consider that the
above committee do not represent the
class OF merchants who suffer most by
the system of undervaluatioHs, but, on
the contrary, is mainly composed of gen
tlemen who are representatives here OF
foreign manufacturers and act as con-
signees of foreign firms, and not as own
ers of the merchandise they import;
therefore We respectfully call your
attention to this fact, and the I'M
dersigned, as importers of foreign
merchandise actually purchased in
open markets abroad and invoiced at the
prices OF purchase, desire to be heard
In our own behalf. We earnestly advo-
cate the present system Of reappraise-
ments and the reforms so recently adopt
ed by the government, and we most heart
lily approve the efforts of the government
in its attempts to protect honest import
ers in their legitimate business. Should
you desire to hear US on this matter we
will appoint committee to give all in
formation needed"
The paper is signed by Marshall, Field
& Co., John V. Farwell & Co., H. B,
Clahin & Co., E. S. Jeffrey & Co., Bates,
Reed & Cooley, Lord & Taylor, Lee,
Tweedy Il Co., Pepps, Wells Il Co.. and
Herman Il Co.
Mr. Constable, of Arnold, Constable &
Co., says they are in accord with the pa
per, but do not think it will do any good
The committee were informed that it was
not necessary for them to present any
oral arguments to the department on this
subject, but that they could submit THEN
views in writing with the assurance that
they would receive due consideration.
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Mr.. D. H. BarUaby. Of Owego, n. Y ,
Gays that his daughter MAS taken with a
violent cold which terminated with pneI-
rnonia, and all the best physicians gave the
case up and said she could live but few
hours at most. She sss IA this condition
when a friend recommended DR. VIM.
Rails Bslsam for the Lungs and adj
Weed her 10 try IT, she accepted it as
last 7 sort, aud was surprised to find
that it produced marked change for the
better, and by persevering q permanent
cure was effected.
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The ReHoIf i'm Koriofan.

LONDON, june 25.-The Rev. Luigi
op n0 ohs at m aa oapve IN tRe ess a& Of
FL Mahdi, has made his escape and ar
rived at Dongola, Father Bonomi re-
ports that all the priests made prisoners tT
march of FL Mahdi are in good health.
The magnitude of the revolt in KordOfan
has been very much overrated, says
Father Bonomi, but he confirms the
truth Of the report that the forces of FL
Mahdi have been repeatedly defeated by
the garrison of Senaar. Father BoIomi
states, however, that famine and disease
are rayaging and making a waste OF
Kordofan.
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Manhood Restored
UNIVERSITY or VIRGINIA.

REMEDY tREE.-A victim of youth ful inprudence
Manhood &C. having tried in vain every known
renedS hAs discovered simple means OF self-oure,
address, J.A-REEYES,z g Chatham st, NsE XoEass
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EIGHT MEN HANGED TO ONE TREE
short work Made of "a Gang % Texas
Outlaws.

DALLAS, Juae 25.-News reached here
last night that yesterday the citizens
posse from the Texas and iadian Terri
tory side Of the Red river in the neigh
borhood of Delaware Bend, who have for
several weeks past been chasing the gang
Of outlaws who have been numbering and
stealing horses and stock in that section
so'long, overlook the gang and captured
eight Of them and hanged them to one
tree. They proceeded few miles fur
Their and captured four others, whom they
killed in a similar manner. The news
was also confirmed last night from Bur
lington and Gainesville. About three
weeks ago three horse-thieyes we're
lynched, making a total Of fifteen dead
outlaws to the credit Of the posse. Fully
twenty members of the gang have been
slain since last spring, and half dozen
good officers and citizens have lost their
lives.
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TORONTO, June 25.-Four or five
thousand men are now involved in the
builders laborers strike. The Brick
layers Union met in Dufferin Hall last
night, and decided to call out every man
to day who is being served by ''scabs. y
The men will not even accept material
from apprentices, and they are called out
of the sewers, where they are being
served by corporation laborers or sewer
contractors laborers. This has never
before been done here, and the strike is
hard on the municipal contractors and
corporation employees. 1t is believed
that this action will end the strike.
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The ol.incI,. Hag In IIIInoIs.

CENTRALIA, Ill, June Zs.-The
ehinch- bugs which played havoc with the
com crop in this section four years ago
are appearing in some localities, and the
is looking good throughout the entire
county, Will fall a prey to the peso again.
Should the corn crop be destroyed in this
belt Of country this year there will be
many wrecked farmers and great suffer
ing during the next winter.
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wreeA ed By ConducsOT's Careiessness

ST. LOUIS, June PA collision occurred
between a freight and accommodation
tram on the Wabash railroad, at
Wood5tock, eight OF ten miles fran this
city, about noon to-day, caused BY the
watch OF one Of the conductors
being behind time. Engineer Stewart
Of the freight, and Conductor Mann,
Of the accommodation, were killed. Three
passengers were wounded, but not seri
ously. The engines of DO h trains were
badly wrecked. Il is said the accident
was caused by the gross cGIelessness of Che
conductor OF the freight tIain.s
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NATIONAL BANKS EXTENDED.

The Comptroller of the Currency to-
day extended the corporate existence of
the following named banks for period
of twenty years: The First National
Bank of Portland, Ore; the National
Branch Bank of Madison, Ind. the Har-
rison National Bank OF Cadiz, O.. the
Mich.
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A Secretion that CaafasaInates the
RIOOH

When the bile is diverted from its proper chan
psls into the blood, which is always the case in
liver complaints, II ceases to be n healthy seere-
ence in the Greg latiOn and stomach is indicated
by the sufusion Of the skin with hideOus saffron
ftnge, BY headaches, vertigo, nausea, pain IN TIE
right SIDE and under the right shoulder blade, by
Indigestion, obstruction Of the bowels, and other
minor symptoms. Order may be substituted for
by using the beneGcent Alternative and tonic,
H0ststter's Stomach Bittergs which, by relaXin g
tho b0Eels, promotes the escape from he circula-
ton Of bilious impurities besides rendering the
action Of the liver regular, and removing every
trace q dysPePsla. Inns pleasant ana purely
fnitsly more effective than any form of mercury,
bat It Is account Of its freedom from hur full
properties, inf nitey to be preferred 70 that pOis-
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MEXICAN FINANCES.
A Bad state OF Affairs Growing Oaf of
the EcceEat LRW-Tbe National Banks
Involved.

A Bad state OF Affairs Growing Oaf of
the Recent Law-Tbe National Banks
Involved.
Cry OF MEXICO, June 25.-There
was a protracted meeting last night
of the directors OF the National Bank
of Mexico, at which Senior Dublan,
the Minister of Finance, was pres
emit and Intercepted as to whether an
arrangement could be made with the gov
eminent, whereby Che bank might be
exempted from the operations of the
law decreed on Monday last, synopsis
of which has been telegraphed in these
dispatches. The Minister of Finance re-
piled that nothing could be done, as the
law had been decreed by the full Cabi-
net, presided over by the President Of
the Republic. The National Bank is
badly embarrassed, and it is predicted,
cannot survive the shock. The London
Bank is quite unaffected by the law.
There is talk that the National Bank, the
Central railroad aud the National rail
road viii join in common protest TO the
government, but not until their attor-
Deys meet eau it be decided upon what
grounds this can be accomplished. The
National Banks capital is largely held in
France, where it is backed by the Franco
EgyLsian Bank, and to-day rumors have
been current that the French govern
ment might make diplomatic protest in
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Arsentc for Baking Powder,

PLYMOUTH, Wis, June 25.-The
family Of John burst, living about two
night, accidentally poisoned by eating
cake in which arsenic had been used tor
baking powders. a twqryear-old child
others are now in very critical cond1-
ton.
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= Saage sued for manages.

CINCINNATI, June o. = Judge
Timothy QConnor to-day brought suit
for $50, 600 damages against Judge James
Fitzgerald, of the Police Court, for Ian
guage spoken from the bench yesterday
upon the trial of women arrested for
keeping houses of i'll fame. Judge Fitz-
gerald, having been informed that the
houses were owned by Judge 0'Connort
spoke harshly Of persons who rent prop
erty for such purposes. Judge O'Conno1
claims that the facts do not warrant cen
sure in his case, and that he has been
greatly damaged by such use OF his
name
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Dixie and Chamberlain WaFaed TO Keen
Out Of Ireland

DUBLIN, June Is United ireland
warns Messrs. Dixie and Chamberlain
members of the late Gladstone Cabinet,
to keep outside of ireland. 1t denounces
their tour as an electoral maneuver,"
and says that it only adds insult to in
jury" The speeches of Mr.. Chamberlain
are characterized as cynical hypocrisy.
% As long as the House of Lords exists,
exclaims United ireland, only a Tory
government can pass an effective home
rule scheme"
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THE CENTRAL AMERICAN TROUBLE.
CABINET MEETING.

The Cabinet meeting to-day was short
and unimportant. Secretary Endicott
was the only absentee. Contrary to ex-
pectation, the case of Minister Kelley
was not mentioned. 1t is understood that
no action will be taken in the matter I'M
til the wishes of the Austrian govern
mnnt are officially communicated