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CHANGES IN THE OFFICES.
Promotions, RssiEna.
lions, Etc.
INTERIOR DEPARrxENr.

INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
The following changes have been made
among the employees Of the Interior depart
ment during the past week: Secretary's Office
Promotion: Miss Hannah n. Robinson, Of
massachusetts,, 5000 to 1900. Resignation:
J. Edwin Ferguson, Of District Of Columbia, to
take effect August 8. Appointments: Edward
a. towers, OF Dakota, and Robert w. Hunter,
OF virginia. special inspectors Of the public land
service, 80, 500.
General land Observation-Disclosures: Fletcher
johnston, Of Kentucky, chief Of accounts divi
special inspector. Promotions: Frank Cor
99n, OF Georgia, principal clerk Of surveys,
xa,soO, to law examiner, $4,000; VIM. Q. Con-
law o. District Of Columbia, clerk, $3.50 TO
Patent of1ce-Promotions Daniel ]. Kelly,
Oi new YORK, second to first assistant exami.
district OF Columbia, 81, 900 to 81 200. Trans
Iers from clerkship Of class to fourth assist
ant ant. examiner, 81 200 same salary; Miss Dora
Ray, District of Columbia; Geo. g. Browning,
District Of Columbia; Robert E. Grant, of New
Weston ' Hn District q Ceia%hia
ISL ChlsaricS OF Columbia; Thos. Neigan, NewYork;
N M Rhodes, Ohio; Seymour w. Bunyea.
Pension Omce.-Appointmentso Of special ex-
aminers at 81 400: Henry c. stiff, Of Illinois;
Harry %: Perkins of Vermont; Sullivan c. An
JSremlah +. Pittman, OF Indiana; James w.
Walton, OF Ohio; Harlow E Bundy. of New
i Iork: PROMOTIONS: Miss Mary F. Weeks, OF
louisiana, and Louis Meyerhardt, Of Georgia,
$1,000 to $1,000. Resignation: Samuel G..
Davis, of Maine, $1,4OO.
Once OF Commissioner of Railroads.-Trans-
FER from clerkship of class to assistant book
Keeper, $1,000. same salary, William NJ.
thompson, Of New York.
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
MISS Lizzie P. Cunningham, Of South Caro-
lima, clerk in the dead letter Office has re-
signed.
The appointment of Miss Harriet A. And
rews, OF Massachusetts, who received an appoint
ment to position in the Post Office depart
ment, has been revoked owing to her failure TO
report for dutY.
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A Buggy Riding Hobgobltu.
kELIABLk CITIZEN TELLS A woNDERFr
STORY Oh HIS IAPERIENCE

~ hELiAbhh eIiiHtN TELLS WONDERFUL
STORY Oh HIS EXPERIENCE
The citizens OF Cheshire, Connecticut, are ter.
rioly excited over the adventures OF Patrick
hagan, worthy citizen OF that town. Thurs
day night.as he was driving alone along the road
near the old Jenny Hin Rarytes mine his horse
suddenly SHE'D and almost upset the bugry.
suddenly from the side of the road came up AN
understandable goblin, which climbed into the
buggy seat beside him. 1t neither rcscmhled "A
human being nor anything lac had ever seen or
nearu OF. III rode with him for half "A mile
when 1t as suddenly disappeared. lie SAYS lie
was not afraid, put ielt incapable oi making
any protest, ana he adds thai $50 would not
tall. e'
MT Eagan Is one OF the most responsible and
Neraclous men In the town. and no amount of
argument Will induce him to believe that he Is
aNlctlm Oh an optical Illusion or that he IL la
noflng under mental alteration. His neich-
DOTS are convinced that he is sincere and that
he did actually see the hobgoblin.
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RIelEI,.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BY the Rev. DR. Adj
olson at Trinity church. Friday evening Aupuss
9th. 1856. q bu. L. BRA DS Rect, u Iioysltou NJ
To "a RAH p. CUSHING. of Detroit, Mich. !.
oIT-LANGIEl. ON the 9th day OF August, 1SSe,
al Christ church, West Washington, by Rev Alberr
X Stuart, ID, ID, THOMAS OFT and Miss EMILY
AAoLEl, both VI Norfolk. Va
PERRY-oLIVER ON August 5, 1855, n the
parsonage of the Mount Vernon church by the Rev.
Mr.. HaddaNay. HARVEY PERRY, Of Leesburg.
Va, TO LIZZIE r. OIsIN EIi, OF Washington
lLeesburg. Va. papers please copy.l
WAGNER HELM EG. AT Baltimore, July Do
1856. by the Rev. Henry Scieib. HENRY WAGNER
OF Washington, u. g.. 10 ELISE uELLWFl, OF salti.
more. Md
a cards
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UTES KILLED BY CowBOYs.-The 500 In
dams at the southern Ute agency are greatly
excited over the killing by cowboys of two Of
tnelr number while on the reservation. The
Otes have been discontinued for weeks
month ago "A party numbering about 100 left
the agency for the country To the west and
south, which Is occupied by the cattlemen
Their depredations i'm the way oil killing cattle.
burning grass, DC, have been reported, aud a
collision between them and the COWBOYS has
been expected daily. The Utes the agency
are in "A deplorabe condition. Disease Is fast
diminishing theiI ranks. Three years ago they.
numbered 100. Now they are only SUI strong
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Washinxton Stoek Exchanre.

The following changes from yesterdays quotations
On the Washington Stock Exchange noted to-day:
y. s; 4,2s 1921, coupon: 11dss bid. l12 asked.
U: IS, coupon. l27 bid l27ls asked. q. s. A. reg
1 ls1 h27 BID aa71s asked D. per imp S.
asa currency 116s. bid. 117a asked, 5O-year
Metropolitan X. 4. stock 1O7 bid 10 asked Coium.
eia r. r. stock. 42la bid Columbia 1ns.. 1874 bid.
Did. 2Oas sskea. Washington Market bonds, los bid
Citizens National Bank. 1lO1a bid GreaI Falls
Ice. $50 bid. lao asked. Real Estate Title Insur.
ance; lO6 bid. Chesapeake and lot. Tel. Co., Slls
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Collector Hetlden's RumOred Resigna.
tiOn.


DEAsY TO TAKE LEAMYS PLACE.
LONDON, August 7.-Mr. John Deasy will at
tend the league convention at Chicago in place
OF Mr. Edmund Leamy, who cannot co. Messrs.
OBr1en, Redmond and Deasy, the three dele
gates to the convention, will 60 to New York
on the steamer Servia, which leaves Liverpool
for New York to-day.
MAKING WAR ON THE CROFTERS
LONDON, August THE Duke OF Argyll is
prosecuting his warfare against the crofters on
Three. To-day six Of the crofters under arrest
were removed from TREE to Oban, all hand.
cuffed. The populace displayed their feeling
oy encouraging the prisoners with enthusiastic
cheering and hooting the Duke Of Argyll.
IDDESLEIGH RECEIVES THE FOREIGN MINIS
TIERS.
LONDON, August THE Earl OF Iddesleigh,
the new British minister for foreign affairs, to-
day received the resident representatives of
foreign governments. United States Minister
PhelPs did not attend. being absent on a visit
70 the Right Hon. George j. Goshen, at his
country seat in Kent.
GERMAN AUTHOR DEAD.
BERLIN, August 7.-Prof. VIM. Scherer, the
German historian and author, is dead in his
fOrty-StXth year.
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Refused to EnjOin a Newspaper.
THE CHARGES OF CORRUPTION MADE AGAINST
ENGLISH G0YERNMENT nrrIcIA1a

ENGLISH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
LONDON, August THE Sir William Arm
strong Arms Manufacturing company is resort
ing to extreme measures to estop the military
corruption OF government officials to secure
contracts for the supply OF ordnance
Recently the company applied TO the
Capt. Armit from continuing to publish in the
Admiralty and Horse Guards Gazette, as he has
been doing every week, fresh allegations Of
corruption OF ordnance officials by the Arm.
strongs, pending the result of the action for
libel brought by the company against the
captain for his original allegation OF cor
ruption. In tho succeeding exposures
Capt. Armit has described in detail alleged
eral distinguished percentages with corruption
and conspiracy with having formed among
themselves ring for systematic robbery OF the
government. The court Of queens bench has
just rendered its decision upon the petition Tor
Injunction. The court refuses to grant the in
junction and bases the refusal upon the ground
that the alleged libels fall within the class of
"privileged communications"
'If these libels are true" says the court sit Is
of the utmost importance that the country
should be made aware OF the knowledge they
convey"
Capt Armit's object, 1t Is believed. is to force
the government to grant royal commission Of
inquiry into his charges.
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OranGemen against Navvies.
ANOTHER SKIRMISH In THE STREETS OF REL
EAST TODAY.

BELFAST, August IA riot took place this
morning between the Orangemen en-
pIoyed in the Queens Island shin
yard and the Catholic navvies employed
by the harbor commissioners. The lighting
was very severe for time, and resem6ied in
character that which occurred between
the same elements on the Attn of
June, when the Orangemen, greatly
Outnumbering the navvies, Overpowered
and beat them and drove them into the water,
where one was drowned. A number of men on
both sides were SO badly injured in to-day's
fighting that they had to be removed to hos
pitfalls.
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, chief secretery for
Ireland, has written to Mayor Harland, of Bel
fast, saying that that the lords justices are ser-
ously concerned about the condition of affairs
In Belfast, and consider it imperative that the
most energetic measures be taken to "termi-
nate the disorders which are bringing discredit
and disgrrce upon the town."
The inspector general Of the Irish constabula-
larry has been ordered to proceed to Belfast as
promptly as possible. large meeting OF
the magistracy was held to day. II
appointed an executive committee to
AXE charge Of the town, and to assign the
troops ana police to various points. All the
taverns in the city have been ordered to be
closed at 8 o'clock this evening, and To rem ain
closed until Monday morning
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DIED.

ACkER. At Broad Ran, Fauquier county, Virginia.
NELLIE BLAKE ACkER, daughter Of Mira n.
Notice of funeral hereafter
BAKER departed this life August 9Th. 1855, as
C. BkKER aged u years and II MONTHS ss'S
Funeral from the Residences OF Mr. b. Nette. lOlO
| attend. Ss
Funeral wal take place from the residence of his
Son-ln-iaw, w. A Nicholson, 6Os Tenth SOUTH
east. Monday, August 9h al 3 O'Clock y. N. Friends
and relatives invited 70 attend.
CLARKE AT her residence No B street north
west, Friday, August q. 1856 al 2 10 a m, JEANET
v. CLARKE daughter OF the late MIS- I. Hamilton
Friends are invited to attend the requiem mass "a
St AIoysius church Monday August 9TH at eleven ..
EATON. Thursday morning. August 9Th, 1855 at
e'clock Am CAROLINE. beloved wine OF Alex
ander w. Eaton, and second daughter Robert l.
Teachum, in the forty-sevenlh year of her age.
No isas Third street southeast On sunday %aeSs;
9Th. at four o'clock pm Relatives and friends
EVANS On Thursday morning. August 9th, 1885,
MARGARET LOUISA, wlie Of Alexander T. Evans
thirty seven wears and three months. A"A
Funeral from the residence No. si6 Eleventh street
southeast Sunday August sth at hapast iour O'Clock
HoDosoN. on Friday. August 9Th. 1885 at two
ELYN, younges. Daughter Of Katie = aud Charles q
Hodgson, aged nine months and eleven days
Funeral Al three O'Clock p N Saturday. Angus
LEE on August 9Th, 8 .. m, 1885, MARGARET,
ness Of six weeks which She bore with Ghr,sAn sor
tude aged seventy nine years
residence. 1902 4 street q O'Clock p n. Friends
MURPHY, On August 9. 1885, at l:3o q NJ
NARY MURPHY tnee BEAM wife Of Lawrence
Funeral from 748 seventh street southoast Sunday
the 6th instant II O'Clock pm %
OFENSTEIN. On Friday, August 9Th 1886 n two
o'clock q NJ. at 1O22 street northeast WILLIAM
H beloved son Of Mary h end the late leopold O6oa
stein. In the nineteenth year Of HIS age
Dearest mother, do not weep.
am not dead. but am aaleep:
was not your boy alone,
Christ loved me hest aud took me- hona.
Angel ever bright and fair.
Take. oh. take him 70 your care
Funeral VIII take place from hb mothers residence
q half past eight O'Clock sharp. on Monday. Augua
mass viii be held for the repose Of his soul
OREILLY. On Saturday, Angus z, 1885, Ct 2ls
O'Clock am. ANN VkE1LLY. In me ssvsnfistb
Funeral VIII Jake place rom her lase reujdepcs ana
3 street northeast, Monday, Angus osh. e $50
SMITH. On Saturday, August TIN, 1854. n seu
minutes post three O'Clock, GEO w. SMITH, beloved
husband Of Matilda smith, aged sixty-one yesn
tend the funeral from his late rssidence No lOii
s,r Get southesst, Monday afternoon August 0th q
lBa,ssmore papers plsass copy.l
eTEUAkT On Fr,dsys August 9. 1850. q ESQ
etsuart and daughter Of the lass james Kahn in hsf
TSnsssi HSsdsy. q 80 pm. non hsr l.ss 49,
dsncs. cO'anAbaA roads NJ fasasanI Nc
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11111 Ell HS1 01< TIE ID u 1-Sf"ss OF THE CITY.
CHICAGO, August THE Daily News to-day
pubiishes the views OF large number of the
retail merchants of the city upon the effect of
the eight-hOur movement and the strikes grow.
ing out OF the same upon the distributive bust.
ness OF the city. It is found that in all lines of
business and in all the divisions of the city the
year opened with bright promises and that the
situation improved up to the time the eight
hour agitation began, when trade sloughed off
and then became dull. This decrease In bust
ness was most noticeable ON the West and
North Sides, where the demand was purely
local. The South Side, benefited by the large
and steady trade of strangers. suffered less and
shows very little diminution in the volume OF
business transacted. The North Side mer-
Chants felt the depression less than those of
the West Side, whose customers were, perhaps
8 q less thrifty class.
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A Well Rulered Country.

There are at the present time, including the
Carlist dynasty in partibus, no fewer than nine
kings and queens OF Spain. First, there Is the
infant king upon the throne and his mother
the queen regent; then come the ex-Queen Isa-
bella and her husband, King Francis; thirdly
the ex-King Amadeo, brother of the king Of
Italy; and lastly, the four Carlists-Don Juan
Ill and his queen, Dona Beatrix OF Este, the
former of whom abdicated few years ago in
favor OF his son, Don Carlos, who, with his wife
Dona Margaret, makes up the total. An aneo
dote Is told of the ex-King Amadeo paying q
visit TO the ex-Queen Isabella in Paris few
years ago. when Don Carlos was announced
whereupOn Amade0 took his leave, observing
with smile, 81 don't think three sovereigns OF
Spain ought to be in one room"
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From the Cincinnati Commercial August s.
Within 10 months all the democratic can.
oidstes for the Presidency since the war, with
the exception Of Cleveland, have died.
Gen. Mcclellan died Oct %, 1855.
Gen. Hancock died Feb. 10, 1856.
Horatio Seymour died Feb. IL, 1885.
samuel Jones Ttlden died Aug. 4, 1856.
And Thomas A. Hendricks died Nov.
IS, 1885.
There are two democrats living who have
been candidates for the vice-Prcsidency-
Pendleton and English
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A baltimore Bark Wreck ed.

BALTIMORE, August 7.-Advices have been
received by the owner, in this city, that the
bark COdOrus was cast away last night on Hat
teras shOal and will prove total loss. She was
on the voyage from Rio JaneirO, with cargo Of
S,556 bags of coffee tor this port, valued at
S6I ,OOO The vessel is only partially insured.
The cargo is fully insured. The Codorus was
launched here one year ago, and registers 641
tons. She was on her third voyage. The crew
and officers are supposed to be safe.
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The LATEST CANADIAN OUTRAGE.-Consul
Henerai Pheian, at Halifax, has received Official
Gloucester schooner Rather at Shelbourne by
the cruiser Terror. He regards this rs the most
Migrant outrage yet perpetrated on American
vessels by Canadian officials, and says he cam
not conceive how 1t can be Endorsed by the
dominion government. Said he: "Che Rather
ran into that port for q few hours shelter TO
escape the fury OF the storm raging outside. She
- Immediately treated as pirate craft and
armed men from the cruiser placed on board.
She prefers to risk the dangers OF the deep to
the insulting treatment received in proiesSed
friendly port and preferred to continue her
voyage In the teeth of the storm, when addi-
tional armed men board her at the point of the
revolver, and compel her TO remain In port all
night. never heard OF such an outrage" The
tary Bayard.
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CLAIMED To BE FROM WAsHINGToN.-Ad dis
patch from Jersey City says: A young couple,
Washington, u. c., hired q room in Taylor's
hotel there on Saturday. They had plenty OF
money, and lived in good style. Yesterday a
well-dressed man, who declined to give ms
name, called at the hotel and asked to be shown
to the room occupied by the couple. When he
and the woman met there was a scene. The
woman, 1t is stated, was the mans wife, and
she had run away week ago. Husband and
wife effected q reconciliation. The paramount
was allowed to leave the hotel unmofested. II
is believed ali three came from New York, and
not from Washington.
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FINED FOR AssAULTING AN OLD MAN.-The
ense OF Peter Heinbrook, the man employed at
tally beating Louis Overhouse, an old man EN-.
pioyed at the same place, as published In THE
STAR at the time, was called for trial in the
Police Court this afternoon, and the defendant
last Saturday he went to Schreider's saloon.
near the cemetery, and had some words with
the defendant, who gave him q severe pound
ing about the head and face. Mrs. Schneider
Overhouse came in he put his axe in the corner
and did not have it In his hand during the
hight. Dr. NaylOr testified that after the fight
ne found Overhouse with his face terribly
in the saloon eating lunch when Overhouse
came In and they had some words about their
work, when Overhouse raised the axe to strike
him. Defendant then knocked him down and
the old man three or four times The court Inn
posed fine OF $40 or so days.
GRATEFUL LIGHT INFANTRYMEN:-Seyeral
Charles c. NJ. Loefier and ]. HI. Cruger, repre-
senting committee OF the Washington Light
Infantry. called upon Mr.. Allison NailOr, jr.,
and In behalf OF that organization presented an
engroSsed copy of resolutions thanking MF.
Major for many services he had rendered the
corps. The presentation was intended to be q
surprise, but the recipient OF the compliment
nad got wind OF the design, and the event
champagne, terrapin, cigars, etc.
TIE CINCINNATI BRICKLAYERs.-The locked
new course. They intend to apply to persons
now having buildings erected tor permission to
nntsh the work themselves, thus cutting out
Inc contractors altogether. The men, It II
stated, are SO enthusiastic over this scheme
that even IL the contractors come to terms ct
once toey Will endeavOr 70 secure but. ding con-
Tracts t0r themselves In the future.
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The werra Broke Her sbart.

Boston. August THE tug Ida N. Daily has
Hull with mails and several passengers One
OF the passengers states that on July 80 at IL
?. NJ, during heavy weather, the steamer
vessel laboring heavily at the time She
driited until the following day. when she was
taken in tow by the steamer Venetian and
brought to this port. The Vera brings ITO
cabin and $50 steerage passengers, who will
be transferred to New York by rail. 1t is not
known whether the steamer will be repaired
here or lowed to New YORK.
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Thousands ut a Camp Meeting.

CHICAGO, August 6.-The Daily News, Oak
land, ILL.,, special says: Over twenty thousand
We're In attendance at the Murdoch camp meet
Ing to-day, and there was speaking from six
stands. The religious fervor is very great.
Women shout themselves hOarse, and the ex-
element of old men and boys is SO great that
for the accommodation OF $4,000 people on
SUNDAY.
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ADDITIONAL PRIvATES OF FoLrCE.
MAJOR walker has issued circular to the
have had police powers conferred upon them BY
the commissioners Of the District 70 do duty a.
adoitonai prtyates In the precincts. He says
The authority or those whose names am
checked in blue has expired. and you viii
therefore have them surrender such policl
equipments as they have. or provide at once FOL
those whose missions are In force Will b
enrolled and the list corrscted from time II
time.
ASKS THAT THEY BE ANNULLKD.
Major of Police walker has recommended
that the licenses of the following wholesale
liquor dealers be annulled, the holders having
violated the terms OF their agreement: Fred
erfck Werlich, Thomas Howard, Daniel
Ryan, Mary McNeal, William Fitzgerald
Thos Tackery, Ella Malkerns, Mary A. Corn
Thos. Carberry, Caroline Roth and John Pisin
ger. No action has been taken by the Commits
EiOnerS.
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1u01Bu
We have to give 1t up. The toughest mosquito
yarns come from down the river. It is told OF
one OF the crew Of the steamer Rockledge, that
after they got into the inlet, when night came
he went to sleep in q stateroom, the window 70
which was protected by . screen. He had
scarcely fallen asleep when he was awakened
by q sense Of suf1ocation-the mosquitoes had
the meshes till they had excluded every par
ticle OF air. He frantically kicked out the
screen and now he does not know whether he
would rather die Of suff0cation or mosquito
bites. Another. veracious statement from below
IL that q young man went TO work for the first
a good sandny netting bar The frst night he
pitched tent, hung his net, and went 70 bed.
For three days and nights he did not stir. The
mosquitoes had % thickly covered his net on
the outside that 1t was perfectly dark inside he
did not know when daylight came.
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Mr.. TtDEN's PlCrURE.-Wm. o. Mcdowell, OF
Newark, n. J., has in his possession an oil
painting OF the late Samuel j. Tilden painted
by Matthew Wilson about seven years ago. The
picture was presented to the present owner by
the dead statesman with the request that Ii,
pictures they should be taken from this oil
painting. In compliance with this request Mr..
Mcdowell has placed 1t at the disposal OF the
public.
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OPPOSED TO PENsIoNING THEM ALL-At
the third day session of The National Epcaiuu "a.
ment, u. A. r. at San Francisco Yesterday a
represen tative OF the department OF Massachu.
setts offered a resolution favoring the passage
py Congress OF the Lowering bill, which pro-
vides Tor pension OF s. month 10 every snn
Siving soldier or sailor OF the war, whether dis.
abled or not, The committee on resolutions IN
Wnlcn the matter was referred, reported adj
versely. Mr.. Bennett, of Indiana submitted a
minority report favoring the measure. A vote
was nrst taken on The latter ana IL was defeated
by 81 To S8.
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CURIOUS FREAK OF NATURE.-Mrs. William
Masser, the wife OF welI-known citizen OF
Tuesday night. Two OF the babies were con-
nected by u strong ligament exactly similar TO
the bond uniting the Siamese twins. The liga-
were dead when horn
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Democracy Of the EnSlish Royal Family.
From London Letter.

From London Letter.
Taking it for granted that all the sons OF
princes inherit the title ad inflnitum, people
frequently express surprise that England is not
overrun with princes Of the royal family. This
is altogether an erroneous superstition. The
grandchildren OF the younger sons of the SOW.
ereign have no claim to the prefix OF royal
the exception of the eldest son, become mere
commoners. Thus the present Duke OF Cum
berland' who Is great III, Of George III.
England, and his younger son, who was born
last year, is q commOner who merely bears the
dukes younger sons. HIS SON win be plain MI.
Guelph, without any title At all. In no other
reigning family OF Europe do 80 democratic