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MIR. stookslager,s Troubles.

Washington Special to Cincinnati Enquirer.
The present complication. no doubt, Is embar-
RAISING to Mr. Stockslager. He feels in view of
President Cleveland's executive order that If he
is geing to be a candidate for Congress he ought
to resign his position as Deputy Land Commits
sioner. He knows that the President prefers he
should do so, but while doubt exists as to his
title to the nomination he hesitates to act fit
should be decided that he is the Democratic nomi
nee in his district there will be no question
about his election. The district has been repre-
sented in Congress by Democrat for forty
years
It is stated on good authority that the Presi-
dent has been considering Mr.. Stockslager's case
and that it has been the subject of conversation
between himself and Secretary Lamar A promi-
nent Indiana Democrat in conversation with the
Enquirer representative said that the President
had asked Senator Voorhees, few weeks since
If Mr. Stockslager was a candidate for Congress
The Senator answered in the affirmative, and ex-
planned the situation of affairs in the district.
The President plainly intimated that if Mr..
Stockslager was candidate he must leave his
present position. In fact, the exact language
credited to the President is said to have been:
He must get OUT
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pointing or nominating officer. or any other per-
son, to have possession of or have copy of any
eligible register not to permit the appointing
or nominating officer TO inspect or see any eligi-
BILE register, or a copy thereof. For reasons
already herein stated this order will be almost
nugatory If Rule 8 remains unchanged. Under
Rule 8. as it is now written, the appointing
or nominating officer can obtain information of
the political opinions and affiliations and of the
grading of applicants and he is the person on
whom the friends of applicants exert partisan
and personal influence TO induce the selection by
him OF the applicants In whom they are inter
ested. In this way the appointing or nominating
officer may be led, without intention on his part
determinations in favor of or against applicants
on account OF their political opinions or afilia-
tons Under Rule 9, amended as herein above
set forth. an appointing or nominating officer
would not be furnished, as he now is, in an APP
parensly legal manner, with information con-
corning applicants which he should not possess.
Under this rule, if amended as suggested. all ap-
plieations would be made to the boards of exam
iners and applicants would have no good reason
for calling on either the board or the appointing
or nominating officer after their standing had
been ascertained, and notice of it had been given
to them. The Commission has observed that
members of the boards of examiners, as well as
appointing and nominating officers furnish blank
forms for application TO personal and political
friends, not for their use but for distribution
among persons whose friends they desire TO
please. Thus many persons who have no desire
70 enter the civil service are induced to become
applicants for admission, and in this way, to the
great Inconvenience of the Commission and the
disappointment Of many hundreds Of persons
who do desire admission, the number of appli-
cants is increased much in excess of the needs Of
the service. For the purpose of preventing in
terested parties from thus using the blank forms
of application in this injurious manner the Com
mission proposes to have rule so amended that
requests for blank forms of application to Gus
toms and postal boards of examiners, must be
made IN writing by the persons desiring exam
ination, and so that no blank forms shall be
furnished to any person who does not request it
for his own use. In view of these facts and con-
siGerations. the Commission respectfully ad
yises that Rule be amended as above set forth.
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Jules Simon is reported dangerously i'll
The marriage of Nine. Nilsson is denied.
The British Cabinet has decided to recall the
Afghan boundary commission at once.
The Cleveland iron masters have decided to
reduce the output Of pig-iron 90 per cent
The successor of Marquis Tseng as Chinese
ambassador in Europe will be M. Lioninifen
who will also be accredited to the Vatican.
Mr.. Gladstone is in London. busily engaged.
preparing for the new session of Parliament
Count Adolph Decken Ringelheim is dead. He
was eighty years of age and was q bitter
Guelphite.
Fire in the theater at wilma, Russia, last night,
caused panic in which many people were Sc
verely injured =
The Irish Times (Lovalist1 reiterates the state
ment that Mr.. Parnell viii shortly become q
Roman Catholic.
The Duke OF Cambridge on the invitation of
Emperor Francis Joseph, will attend the Aus
trian army maneuvers
Mr.. Gladstone has written to the Mayor of
Cork, saying he cannot visit Ireland. He hopes
for al short holiday on the Continent
Matterson, the Australian sculler, beat Per-
kins. yesterday. in . race over the Thames
course. from Putney to Mortlake. The stake
was EGO a side.
The Queen held council, yesterday morning,
at Osborne CASTLE with the members Of the Min
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SENATOR GoRmAN,s REMEDY.
He Carries a Nutmeg at His Neck as q Sure
Cure for Neuralgia.

National Republican.
The following story is told as coming from
Senator German himself, and giving his expe-
rience in securing cure for neuralgia: For
many years he has been q sufferer from regular
attacks of neuralgia On some occasions he has
been confined to his home day or two, so In
tense was the pain. An old lady friend once
called upon him while he was suffering from one
of bis attacks. She displayed so much sympa-
thy that she almost forgot to name the reqUest.
she had to make-but she did not Upon learn
ing that the Senator was troubled with neu-
ralgia, she volunteered to give him an infalhble
remedy, provided he would promise not to laugh
at her or accuse her Of being believer in con-
jurations, spells, etc. The Senator, Ia o good
natured way informed her that he was under
treatment from eminent physician, who
sometimes afforded him temporary relief. The
old lady finally prevailed upon the Senator to
give her remedy fair trial. whereupon she sug-
gested that he should get an ordinary nutmeg,
such as is used in cooking, drill hole through
it, attach it to piece of string or ribbon, and
wear it round his neck continually. The Sena-
tor, while suffering one day. determined to give
the nutmeg remedy trial. He followed the
old lady's directions, and in few hours felt
greatly relieved. He has worn the nutmeg ever
since, and Is seldom troubled with neuralgia.
He has consulted several physicians on the sub
ject, and they state that the nutmeg possesses
certain virtues which may have effect on nenl
raigic pains.
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General and Personal.

WASHINGTON, Aug. i6-The issue of standard
silver dollars from the mints during the week
ended Aug. IA was $50, 427 The issue during the
corresponding period of last year was 300 46l
The shipments of fractional silver coin since
Aug. amount to 1913. 039
First Assistant Postmaster-general Stevenson
Is detained at his home in Springfield Ill.,. by
time Second Assistant A. Leo Knott will act as
REIMBURSEMENT
Judge e. e. Bryant, Assistant Attorney gen
eral for the Postoffice Department, left to-day
for bis home in Madison, Wis He will join the
Postmaster-generale en- route
1t is learned at the Treasury Department that
the new silver certificates authorized at the last
session of Congress. will not be ready for issue
before November. The ST. certificate contains
vignette of Martha Washington; the So certificate
vignctte of Major-general Hancock, in full uni
form, and the $40 certificate a vignette of Vice.
president Hendricks. The device for the So
silver certificate has not yet been selected. 1t is
said that either General Grant or General Nc
Clelan will be selected as the vignette
A rumor prevailed here tonight that Senator
Hearst, of California, was dead. Topographic
inquiry brought the reply from Charlotte, N c.,
that Senator Hearst was there, ard not dead,
but trying to buy gold mine near there
The President made the following appoint
ments before he left the capital John T. Doyle,
of New York, to be secretary of the Civil service
Commission; II. A. Eppinger, of New York, to be
United States Consul at Cienfuegos, vice VIM. p.
Pierce suspended.
Daniel Magone, the new collector of customs
at New York, called at the Treasury Department
this morning and filed his bond.
The demand for l and cent pieces has been
greater for some time past than the Treasury
could supply, but arrangements are now being
made for meeting all orders
The Treasury Department to-day issued a war
rant for nearly ST. 600 900 to meet deficiencies in
the postal revenues in the last three years.
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THEY WILL DRINK.

An Illicit Distillery Found In q Georgia
Jail.
! Atlanta Constitution.
An illicit distillery is being run in Fulton
county Jail.
1t is rude get-up, but 1t furnishes corn whisky
for three prisoners.
A Constitution reporter was in the Jail yester-
day, and while rambling around in the cells I'M
earthed the distillery in one of the cells.
s'What is thisa" he asked as he pointed to q
small oil stove.
well, as you have caught up with u.s. re-
piled one of the inmates, 81 might as we'll tell
you. That is part of our illicit distilery."
illicit dstilleryF"
Eyes; we made as much corn whisky in here
as we want, but I'll give you point right now
thas we don't sell any of it."
"How do you make corn whisky2'
easy enough. You see this box here. Well,
when we want to make run we place a lot Of
corn bread in the box and pour boiling water over
over it. This makes what we call mash or beer
Try some of itg and suiting his words he dipped
up cup full of stuff and handed to the reporter
which tasted something like a mixture Of red
liquor ana Chinese tooth wash. "Well, when
we put this in the little boiler that oistove,
we stick in n rubber pipe, which connects with
this large coffee pot. The rubber tube goes I'M
der this stream Of water here, and this generates
a certain temperature which makes the liquor.
The glucose is separated from the other stuff by
the boiling process, and this stream brings out
the pure liquor"
'How much can you make dayg
II don't know. expect if we would work all
the time could make gallon. but we only
make enough for our own use, and there is not q
nalfdozen other prisoners in the jail who know
we make it."
'How do you keep them from it,"
'By saying nothing and drinking our own
liquor"
'.Ain't you afraid the revenue marshals viii get
youl"
mo. I don't think any of them are mean
enough to report us. We make it for our own
use, and no one in here has had drop of it.n
SIS it real good whisky"
Just as good any you ever tasted. We
don't want to let every body know what we are
doing, but We get plenty to drink"
None of che prisoners dropped on to it9"
mot one. If they had wei would have been
worried to death by them. We will not sell OF
give it away"
''How long have you been running it,"
"FOur or five weeks"
1.-THE jailer hasn't caught up with 'you3"
'tNo. when we know they are coming we shove
everything under the bed and look as innocent
as lambs when they come in"
"Do you get enough bread to run you?p
Eyes, you they dish out three or four
pieces to each prisoner. aud il you want more
you ask forit There are three of us in this cell
and we generally have six or eight pieces of
bread left over when we get through eating"
"And it makes good liquorp
Just as good ever you tasted. / wish
had some made for you.n
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istry. The terms of the Queer's speech to be
read at the reassembiing OK Parliament. were
agreed upon, Lord Salisbury returned to Lon
don after the council.
The election in Sir Richard Asheton. Cross's
constituency resulted in the return of Mr. Leigh,
Conservative, by 4,062 votes to 1856 for Mr..
French. Gladstonian.
Central Russia, especially the Moscow dis
trict, has been devastated by tornadoes and
water-spouts. Many buildings and bridges and
whole crops have been destroyed.
The heart of the late King Ludwig of Bavaria,
in silver urn. was deposited at Neuotting yes
terday with great pomp The requiem mass was
attended by thousands of persons.
General Boulanger, French Minister of War,
has prohibited the publication of pamphlet
giving his biography. and referring to scandal
with which his name was connected
The London Times says Lord Randolph
Churchills proposed Irish measure will depend,
in some degree. upon the attitude of the Irish.
statutory Parliament will not be included
in it."
A spring from which flows petroleum of a ine
quality has been discovered at Ferrand, Au-
vergne on the estate of Alfred Arbaux This is
the first petroleum discovery that has been
made In France
The London Times says: 'aThe decision of
the Chicago convention, whatever it may be,
cannot settle the Irish question, for Irish patri-
always
for its fssiparous Developments
At the special desire of Emperor William,
there will be no public official observance to day
of the centennial anniversary of the death of
Frederick the Great beyond a solemn service in
the garrison church at Potsdam, which members
of the imperial family will attend.
Count Lubienski was recently arrested at
Thorn. while sketching an old building. AL
though he gave full account of himself he was
kept in custody for twelve days on suspicion of
being spy, and was then released. It was ex-
planned that his imprisonment was the result of
misunderstanding. The affair has caused a
sensation
Count Won Wedel, an aid of Emperor William
and military attache to the German embassy at
Vienna, has been appointed to succeed General
Won Werder as military attache to the embassy
at st. Petersburg. This shows that General
Won Werder was not recalled on political grounds
and that Germany's relations with Russia are
unchanged.
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MINOR MATTERS.
THE President, His Wife and Mother-in-Law
Start for the Mountains.

THE Presiden His Wife and Mother-in-Law
Start for the Mountains.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-The President left
Washington this morning at $40 o'clock for his
summer vacation in the Adirondack mountains
He was accompanied by Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs
Folsom and Colonel and Mrs. Lamont When
the President appeared on the portico of the
White House to take his carriage he was con-
fronted by small party of tourists from Ken.
lucky. They recognized him at once and asked
permission to pay their respects. The President
was willing. and shook hands with each of them
as he made his way toward his carriage. Mrs
Cleveland and Mrs. Folsom had already entered
the vehicle, and as the coachman cracked his
whip and the carriage rolled away the people on
the portico, most of whom were ladies, waved
their handkerchiefs and shouted hearty good
bye The party occupied special car rendered
by the directors of the Delaware & Hudson
Canal Company 1t was attached to the rear of
the New York limited express.
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FRrFfers Talk in st. louis.
Did you ever notice the pleasure horse seems
to get from elevating his forelegs9 Leave your
horse tied in front of your house Ave minutes,
and he has his fore feet on the pavement and bis
hind ones in the gutter.
| asked a local horsepan Why that was, andha
told me it was an action perfectly compatible
with the build Of horse.
"a horses shoulders he said, s'notwithstand-
ing their strength, are very delicate and very
apt to become strained. The raising of the fore
feet rests them, and throws the weight on the
hind legs. In the stable a horse will always
kick out hole in which to put his hind feet,
and those who study the comfort of their horses
always make the front part of the stall higher
than the back. Besides, this has perceptihla
effect on the beauty of horse and the prettiest
shoulders are always found on horses whose
stalls are constructed in accordance with the an
mails instinct
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Affairs in Samoa.

BERLIN, Aug 16.-The Politische Nachrichten
says: The three treaty powers agreed not to alter
the status quo in Samoa unless all concerned
concurred. There can therefore be no question
of the establishment of German protectorate
over Samoa without the consent of England and
America The change in the consular staff of
the three powers at Apia, advocated by Ger
many, and already set afoot by America, meets
with obstacles, owing to the refusal of England
to make change. With view toward paving
the way for defnitive settlement the three
powers, in conformity with Germany's proposal
have dispatched special commissioners to Samoa.
The fact that they were not concerned in the
late disputes affords guarantee OF an impartial
report.
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A CURIOUS WRECK.
A Shadow that Caused a Smash Up-Moon-
light Nights the Eana of Enginaars.

Shadow that Caused a Smash Up-Moon-
light Nights the Bane of Engineers.
Pittsburg Chronicle.
moonlight nights-they are the bane of rail
road engineers" remarked head official of the
Baltimore g. Ohio railroad last night in CONVEX
sation. He is a gentleman who knows every
branch of railroading.
81 would have thought that the trainmen
would be glad to have moonlight nights" inter
posed the writer.
mo, sir. All engineers dread moonlight
nights. They try the nerves of engineers to
their utmost. Engineers like to run on dark
nights. On moonlight night the trouble with
them is no trouble at all-shadows An
engineer, looking out from his engine. sees
before him all manner of shadows. He is
sure that the dark shadow across the track
he sees is q man, or rock. some kind of an
obstruction. He don't know, aud he is kept in
a state OF nervous excitement all the time Go
ing around curves, along hillsides, many curious
shadows are outlined on the track, and very
often an engineer is SO worked up over nights
ride that he is scarcely able to perform his
duties"
Some years ago, when I was going over the
main stem Of the Baltimore & Ohio one night,
there was a freight wreck ahead of They
were running freights in conveys then, or, as we
now call them, in sections. Our train was
stopped, and went forward to see what was the
damage Lying in cut was about the worst
freight wreck have ever seen. went forward
to see what the trouble was. 1t was a moon-
light night, and when l got forward 1 saw tbs
engineer. He was shaking all over with excite
ment He was one Of the lest and best en-
gineers on the road. and was surprised to sea
him so nervous, as he had escaped unhurt
"'What is the trouble, Tomp asked him.
could see nothing wrong.
"'It was a rock, replied Tom. I was coming
round the curve when saw it. It was big
one-big enough to smash o whole train. re-
versed the engine to save a smash-up, and the
cars coming down the grade just piled up in the
shape you see Them
II looked around, but could see no rock any
where The wreck was cleared away that hight,
and there wasn't sign of obstruction near
the locomotive. We all were curious to find out
what had caused the trouble. The next night q
railroad man went to the cut, and there, in the
moonlight, he saw perfect image of big rock
lying right across the track. He looked up on
the hillside and there was big rock throwing
its shadow down the track. That was the
shadow that caused wreck that cost the COM
pany thousands of dollars. No, sir, if an en-
gneer wants things to suit him, he don't want
moonlight by which to run his train"
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Business Reverses.

Boston, Aug. 16.-McKee, Minchen g. Tay-
lor. manufacturers of furniture and mirrors, No
% Portland street, have failed. Their failure is
due to the complications of p f. Williams Al
len e Noble and others
john j. Hogan, manufacturer of parlor furni-
ture. No Is Charles River avenue, Charles
town district, made an assignment to day He
has been in business about three years His
failure is due to connection with firms who failed
last week.
NEW YORK. Aug. lev. s. Abbey, jr, &
Co, wholesale grocers. have failed. The liabili.
ties are estimated at $4,000; preferences, $l3,-
000 assets, unknown.
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Eccentricities of the Cholera.

LONDON. Aug. Is The geographical area af-
fected by cholera exhibits the capricious be-
havior of this mysterious disease Thus, it is
worst in Barietta, which is far away to the SOUTH
where the coast distance between Monte Gar
gano and Brindisi is more or less affected
Thence it makes a clear leap of 300 miles to Ra-
VIENNA and Bologna, then turns northward, ex-
tending, though in less virlulens form. through
out Venita. including the Island of Chioggia,
and reaching as far east as Verona and as far
north as CasteI Franco, at the foot of the Alps
1t is q noteworthy fact that the places most seri
ously threatened lie in the center on the edge
of marshy plains, formed by the alluvial depos-
its Of rivers the sitting of the sea- which al
ways induce more or less malaria at this season
OF the year.
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A Fine lowe Fisb. .storv

BEDFORD. Ia. Aug. 16-All the ponds near
here are dry, nearly so. and the small bows are
gathering up by fifties and hundreds the fish in
the ponds whore there is little water left
Horseshoe pond, which now has about four
inches of water in it. is about two yards from
the creek. A party of hopefuls who went down
there one Of these fishing expeditions, the
other day, found the grass between the pond and
the creek filed with catfish, great and small
some of them still laundering, and the creek
bank, which is quite steep, was covered with the
fish all the way down to tho water. Some of
the liveliest ones work their way to the edge
of the bank, tumble down into, the creek, and
swim off.