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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-04

Z. w. WAsHRURN.
Committee.
On motion OF Supr. Euler the report
was accepted and adopted by the follow
ing yea and nay vote:
Ayes Buell., Crane, Cronk, Euler, Full
Ter, Harper, Hartshorn, Houghton, Ly-
man, Laverock, Martin, F. II. Morris,
F. G. Morrice, Parker, Peacock, Reed,
Rush, Scougale, Stanlake, Trowbridge,
Washburn, Young -22. Nays 0.
On motion of Supervisor Washburn
the Board took recess until this after
noon at one o'clock.
Afternoon session, June 20, 1896.
Board called to order by the chairman,
roll called by the clerk. quorum present.
On motion of supr. Parker the account
of Edith Marshall for $500 was taken
from the table.
On motion the account was allowed as
claimed by the following yea and nay
vote.
Yeas Buell., Crane, Cronk, Euler, Full
Ter, Harper, Hartshorn, Houghton, Ly-
man, Martin, Parker, Peacock, Reed
Young-14. Nays Laverock, F. II. Nor
ris, F. G. Morrice, Rush, Stanlake, Trow-
bridge, Washburn-7.
Supr. Harper from the committee on
Claims and Accounts submitted to the
Board without recommendation the &C
count of A. M. Kilbourn for 500 20.
Supr. Harper moved that the account
be allowed as claimed, which motion was
carried by the following yea and nay
vote.
Yeas Buell., Crane, Cronk, Euler, Full
Ter, Harper, HartsLorn, Houghton, Ly-
man, Laverock, Martin, f. II. Morris, +
G. Morrice, Parker, Peacock, Reed, Rush
Scougale, Siaulake, Trowbridge, Wash
burn-2l. Nays0
The chair announced that the hour
had arrived for the consideration Of the
special order of business by the election
Of representative to go to the State
Board of equalization
On motion of Supr. Washburn the
chair appointed as tellers suprs. Wash.
burn and +. G. Morrice. The whole
number of votes cast was IS, of which A
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-04

If you are anxious to find the most re.
liable blood purifier, read In Ayers Almanac
the testimonials OF those who have been
cured of such terrible diseases as catarrh.
rheumatism. and scrofula, by the use of
accordingly.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-04

L. M. EULER,
Committee.
On motion of Supr Parker the report
was accepted and adopted by the follow
ing yea and nay vote.
Yeas Buell., Crane, Cronk, Euler, Full
Ter, Harper, Hartshorn, Houghton, Ly-
man, Laverock, Martin, F. G. Morrice,
Parker, Reed, Rush, Scougale, Stanlake
Trowbridge, Washburn, Young. Nays O
The chair announced that the hour
had arrived for the consideration of the
special order of business, viz. the report
of the committee on equalization. On
motion of Supr Harper the report was
accepted and adopted by the following
yea and nay vote:
Yeas, Buell., Crane, Cronk, Harper,
Hartshorn, Houghton, Lyman, Laverock,
Martin, Parker, Peacock, Reed, Rush,
Stanlake, Trowbridge, Young-l6.
Nays, Euler, Fuller, F. H. Morris, F.
G. Morrice, Scougale, Washburn-6.
Supr. Harper moved that the commit
tee on apportionment retire to the COM
mittee room in company of Supr. Pea
cock, of Corunna, and Parker of Owosso,
and apportion the amount added and de-
Quoted from said cities by the committee
on equalization, which motion was car
ried.
Supr. Harper from the committee on
claims and accounts submitted the follow
ing report:
To the Honorable the Board of Super
visors: Your committee on Claims and
Accounts would respectfully submit the
following as their report, recommending
the allowance of the several amounts as
given below, and that the clerk be auth
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-04

For three years l suffered from Salt
Rbeum. IL covered my hands to such an
extent that l could not wash them. Two
bottles OF budocK Blood Bitters cured me-"
Libbie Young, Popes Mills. st. Lawrence
County, N. Y.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-04


Nlcnois.................. :.... 70 %
E.. W. WAsHBuRN,
Committee.
On motion the report was accepted and
adopted by the following yea and nay
vote,
Yeas Buell., Crane, Fuller, Houghton,
Lyman, Laveroek, Martin, F. H, Morris,
F. G. Morrice, Parker, Peacock, Reed,
Rush, Scougale, Stanlake, Trowbridge,
Washburn, Young-1S. Nays 0.
Supr. Laverock from the auditing COM
mittee submitted the following report:
To the Honorable the Board of Super.
visors.
Your Auditing committee would re-
spectfully report that we have carefully
compared orders Nos. 1104 to 1l45 both
inclusive, with the several amounts al
lowed by the Board, and find said orders
correctly drawn as instructed by the
Board. Signed,
j III. LAvERoCK,
+. G. MoRRICE,
Committee,
On motion the report was accepted and
adopted.
Supr Martin, chairman of the commit
tee on apportionment, submitted the fol-
lowing report.
To the Honorable the Board of Super
visors:
Your committee on apportionment
would respectfully submit the following
az their renort:
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-04

Dr. Woods Norway Pine Syrup seems
sent as special providence to little folks.
Pleasant TO take, prefectly harmless, alb
soutely sure to give instant relief In all
cases of cold or lung trouble.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-04

'visors: Your auditing committee would
respectfully report that we have carefully
compared orders Nos. 1883 to 1903, both
inclusive with the several amounts al
lowed by the board and find said orders
carefully drawn as instructed by the
board j. III. LAvERocK,
+. q. MoRRIcE,
Committee.
On motion of Supr. Lyman the report
was accepted and adopted.
Supr. +. G. Morrice from the commit
tee on Justices Constables and Coroners
claims and accounts submitted the fol-
lowing report:
To the Honorable the Board of Super
visors: Your committee on Justices, Con-
stables and Cofoners claims and accounts
would respectfully submit the following
as their report, recommending the allow
ance OF the several amounts as given be-
low, and that the clerk be authorized to
draw orders for the same
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-04

Owosso city ist ward.-sss.lis s7oss se5i2sa
Sd 3" So $4,000 1865 1896
Attn " 80 3s349O 4O7i 3S756t
corunna City st wd sszssso sISsss' s2ss 4 g
I'd " e. 127658 50s3 122569
sd (" e. 1885 1894 64961
JOHN j. MARTIN,
A. G: FULLER,
+. II. RUSH,
Committee
On motion of Supr. Martin the report
was accepted and adopted.
On motion of Supr. F. G. Morrice the
Board adjourned, sine die.
J. A. MoRRIcE, Chairman.
Countersigned, d. G. COOPER, Clerk.
OCTOBER SESSION, 1896.
At regular session of the Board of
Supervisors for the County of Shiawas-
see commenced and held at the court
house in the City of Corunna in said
county on Monday the twelfth day of
October, A. d. 1896.
Board called to order by Chairman
Morrice.
Roll called by the Clerk. Present.:
Suprs. Buell., Crane, Cronk, Euler, Full
Ter, Harper, Hartshorn, Houghton, Ly-
man, Laverock, Martin, Morris F. H.,
Morrice j. A., Morrice F. g., Parker,
Peacock, Reed, Rush, Scougale, STAN
lake, Trowbridge, Washburn, Young.
The clerk presented the following COM
youn;cotior from tho countv treaeurer.
CoRUNNA, Oct. 18th, 1896.
To the Honorable the Board Of Superuts.
Ors:
The following is statement of the
finances of Shiawassee County from
January LIST, 1896, to September 30th,
1896, inclusive. All of which is respect
submitted. RUDOLPH COLBY,
County Treasurer.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-08-21
UNION MARBLE
-AND-
11r:a.iiic Works.
GEORGE GEDDES.
s. $. l,lNDER, Nj. d.,

Will prd"lr" Medicine and Surgery in
al! It's ii"nrhrS. Oll;cc in room over
smith t!"tAin% Company; Residence on
Church street; Telephone. Il. Gm.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-09-03
New SOrl. I'm the Fold.

Upper Red Hook, n. Y, Special.-It
is pretty apparent here today that
Candidate Bryan $ plans TO spend some
time IN New York State campaigning
are not Objectionable TO the leaders / n
Democratic state politics, but that, on
the contrary, ne has their cooperation
III the movement. 1t is not hard to an
ticipate that the Democratic W.
ton in Buffalo will endorse his candi-
dacy. from several events of the past
two days. and Mr.. Bryan himself said
this morning. swilingly: Il am not
Dotherins about New York Democrats;
everything will be all right"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-09-03

rs a guarantee fund early in the season
and the success therefore Of the shoT
will not depend upon the income of the
association. The attractions, however,
are numerous and of such a variety as
to satisfy the most f~astidious. The
Arion band with Prof. Dale, baritone,
will give two concerts daily; the
Spencer Balloon Company will make
daily ascensions. Clara l.. Thompson,
who is playing the Chinook" with
such great success, will open the expo
sition by her first appearance in the
west. Bessie Lou Daggett, a leading
soprano; the Minneapolis Masonic
Male Quartet; Miss Syble SAINTS, now
with the famous Chicago Marine band,
and Miss Millward, solo coronetlst, will
all make their appearance during the
week, besides minor attractions and
the beautiful decorations of the interior
of the building in grains and grasses
and the exhibits of the products Of the
farm, workshop, etc. The dates are
fixed for October 5 to 10, inclusive, late
enough to accommodate everybody.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-09-03
MARKET REPORTS.
Latest Quotations From Grain and
live Stock Cemters.


Chicago. Aug. 29.-Close-Wheat-
August, 50 3-4c; September, 80 rSc;
October, - T-Sc: December, 80 LA
80 3-Sc; May. G4c. C~orn-August,
20 j-Sa2O Bic: September, 20 5-Sa
20 3-ic: October. u 3-Sa21 lie; De-
cember, % lie: May, - 3-Sc. Oats
August, II 3-4c; September. 10 3-4a
10 7-Sc; October, 10 7-Sc; December,
rs 1-2a16 J-Sc: May, Is Stalls I-Sc.
Pork-August, S5.5o; September. $3.50;
October, SJ.57 IL; January. $6.77 II.
L~ard-August. S327 1-2a3.30; Scptem-
Der, S3.27 1-2a3.30: October. $3.35a
3.37 II; December. S347 1-2a3.50 Jan
uary, S3.I5. Ribs-August, $500; Sep
TENDER, $500; October, S3.25a3.2T IL;
January, $3.42 1-2.
Chicago, Aug. 29.-Hogs- Market is
active and 5a10c lower han yester-
days average; light, S3.20a3.J 30; mixed,
S2.90a3.iO; heavy, ~S2.5Ja3.2O: rough,
S2.JJa2.75. Cattle-Best natives are
strong: others weak; beeves, S3.10a
4.20; COWS and heifers, S1.25a3.90: Tex
as steers, S2.4Oas.25: Westerns, S2.1Oa
3S5: stockcrs and feeders, S2.50a3.7 70.
Minneapolis, Aug. 29.-AuGust wheat
closed at - 5-Sc: September opened at
53c; highest, 53c; lowest. 81 La
81 lie; close. - 3-Sa52 7-Sc; Deem
Der opened at Sc 3-Sc: highest, 56 3-Sc;
lowest, - 3-SaJ5 1-2c; close, 50 3-ic.
On track-No. 1 hard, 30 lac; new,
81 1-4c: No. l Northern, "a lac; new,
53 Lie; No. > Northern, 53 Bic; new,
80 &c.
Milwaukee, Aug. 20.-Flour steady.
Wheat firm; No. > spring. - Sic: No.
l Northern, IS Lie; December, 30 lie.
Corn-Nlarket steady: No. " % LIE.
Oats lower; No. = white. ! No. 3
white, IL 1-2af9 Lie. Barley duh; No.
., Doc; sample, pc. Rye dull Mt - lie.
Provisions weak; pork, $J.45; lard,
$3.50.
South st. Paul, Aug. 29.-Receipts,
600 hogs, 100 cattle. 10 calves. and 70
sheep. H~ogs-Fairly steady on light
grades; heavy Sc lower. Representa-
tive sales: I hogs, averaging 293 lbs,
at 1922: 20 hogs. averaging 191 lbs,
ut $40; 6 hogs. averaging 2S3 lbs. at
$3.50; So hogs, averaging 80 lbs. at
81: i hogs. averaging BAG lbs, ut $3.50;
Cattle Steady; bot many good cattle
arriving, and common stuff is slow.
Representative sales: . stOckcrs. aver
aging 7GI lbs, at $3.50; l COW. 1.O30
lbs, at 81; 4 stockers, averaging $50
lbs, at 500; ; Gamers, averaging
1.62S lbs, at S1.15; > heifers, averaging
$50 lbs. ut $3.50; II cows, averaging
$40 lbs, at S2.3J.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-09-03
rELEsRApHIs DEByITIEs-
Items of General Interest 'ut -
ara Boiled Down.

Items of General Interest Cuf tp
ara Boiled Down.
The Avenue Savings bank, Il snlaii
private bank i'll Chicago, assigned 'iiS
morning.
Congressman Il. o. Crump was re-
nominated by the Republicans OF the
Tenth Michigan district today.
Thomas Duncan was to-day nom
mated for congress in the flrSt III
diana district by the Democrats.
The Republicans of the Fourth Mis-
sissippi congressional district to-da.S
nominated w. u. Frazee for congress.
Col. w. A. Harris, ex-congressman
of Kansas, has gone to washington
TO thwart what he claims is a scheme
of G.. Bateman, Pcpulist candidate TOT
governor of Maine, to noClty MI.
Bryan Of his nomination by the ST.
Louis convention.
Rabbi Krauskopf Of Philadelphia,
one of the most noted Jewish clergy
men in this country, ana MISS Slpyi
Feinaman, whose parents are among
Kansas City's Oldest citizens ana very
wealthy. were united in marriage at
Kansas City yesterday.
w. A. Faux. who says he is from
Valley Falls. Kan, has been arrested
in Colorado Springs on a charge or
having written letters TO w. 5. STRAIT
ton, the millionaire mine owner, threat
ening him with death and the destruc-
ton of his property unless he should
give him $1,000.
During the festivities following q
colored wedding in Pittsburg. early
this morning. Robert Scott, a former
lover, insulted the bride, and the
groom, George Hall. at once shot him
dead. A general fight was then pre-
cipitated, in which the bride was dan
gerously stabbed twice and the groom
injured.
Word has been received at Silver
City, y. NJ, that nine of the gang of
deSperadoeS who robbed the Scpar
stage and the Nogales bank and killed
II and wounded several members of
the party which pursued them, are
surrounded in Skeleton canyon, CochiZ
county, Ariz.. by a posse Of United
States marShalS.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-09-03
The Tri-State Fair at Sioux Falls.

The greatest array of attractions ever
presented in the northwest will be
found in Sioux Falls from September
81 to 20 next. The list Of attractions
already secured is most striking and
others are being added constantly. The
fair will last five days. On Monday
Buffalo Bills Wild West Show will ex-
hlbit and in the evening the fair man.
agement will give a grand banquet to
the editors of the three states. On
Tuesday the great feature will be a
speech by a silver advocate of national
reputation. In the evening there will
be a grand torchlight parade by the
silver men and more than two thous-
and torches are expected TO be in line.
On Wednesday the Elks will make a
grand parade. Thursday is travelling
mems day and the boys will make an
even more remarkable parade than
last year. There will also be a gor-
geous and wonderful parade by the
Mystic Shrine. Friday will be Repub-
llcan day and an address will be made
by a Republican leader OF national
reputation. IN the evening there will
be a grand torchlight parade of Repub-
licans. The Republican League of the
state will also meet here that day.
The exhibits will be full and remark
able. The county agricultural exhibits
will compete for 81 900 in prizes and we
have assurance of at least ten compel
itors. The creamery display will be
the largest and finest ever seen in the
state. More than one hundred compel
itors have already entered. In this
display will be all kinds OF creamery
machinery In operation. A large and
novel irrigation exhibit will be made
including a model farm with well and
growing crops. The art loan will in
clude the rarest and most beautiful OBJ
jects of art and decoration, curios and
relics lent by people of this city. The
Sioux Falls building will be larger and
more striking than ever. Other eX-
hibits will surpass those of former
years.
Each day will see two first-class
horse races and three bicycle races all
on the grounds. Entries are already
coming fast. Besides this the commit
tee has ecurad an arsrGy OF attractions
dazzling in their variety and fame. DR..
Carver, the worlds most noted shot,
will give daily exhibitions of his art
with his two shooting horses. The fa-
nous diving horse Powder Face, will
leap into n tank of water from a tower
as high as a three-story building. A
clown diving horse will make a fantas-
tic leap from the same height. A man
will dive from a tower more than one
hundred feet high. The wonderful BIZ
cycle sextette which raced the Empire
State express. will go against time.
N%lcolett, the famous trickster, will ride
his nine-foot wheel and do other start
ling tricks. There will be a balloon as
cension and parachute jump. Two
trottlng Elks. the only ones In the
world broken to harness, will race to
sulky. There will be a grand mystify-
ing maze. modelled after the renowned
Moorish ralace at the worlds fair. Ev-
cry evening there VIII be a grand cleo
trio end gas Illumination far surpass-
ing that OF last year. The music will
be furnished by the famous Fourth
Regiment Bard of Sioux City. assisted
by the Juvenile Band of Mitchell and
others.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-09-03
The sentence imposed upon DR.,

The sentence imposed upon DR..
Jameson and his fellow-raiders was
so light that it was suggested that
Lord Russell had purposcly made it so
in order to prevent an exercise of
royal clemency, which might cause a
feeling OF resentment in the Trans
vaal. But. after all. the queen has
found an excuse TO interfere, and in
stead of this noble band of guerrillas
having to subsist on prison fare and
sleep on the soft side OF n plank, they
will be treated as .'frst-class mis-
demants." and enjoy hotel life, with
the slight difference that they will not
be able TO take a stroll down Rond
street on in Rotten Row. There may
be some mild protests against the
granting Of these privileges, but that
will be all. DIR. Jameson and his COM
rades are almost forgotten now.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-09-03
nENUR.
Will Fight the Proposed settlement
of the Manitoba school Question,

OF the Manitoba schOol Question.
Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 20.-The Nah
itoha Catholics do not intend to ac-
cent the proposed settlement of the
school question by the dominion and
local governments without Il bitter
struggle. The Northy est Review, Rev.
Archbishop Langevine's paper, says
to-day.
we Learn from n dispatch dated at
Ottawa, Aug. y. that the ltoug men,
b"rs are in fear and trembling over
the school question. They say moth
ing but separate schools will satisfy
Quebec. The Geographic correspond
ent might have added, and Manitoba
Catholics Humors Of a settlement
which would restore 20 us only a ghost
of the shadow Of II rights have been
industriously circulated quite recently.
We are getting tired Of this nonsense,
If the so-called settlement is to be
merely q make-believe. a bar. permits
sion of the clergy to visit SCHOOLS and
teach the catechism there, it will be
found to be no settlement at all, and
the last error will be worse than the
first. TO put Il plaster over a fostering
sore only makes ii break out with re-
Dewod yirulence elsewhere"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-09-03

The riots at Barcelona, Spain, at the
time Of the departure of troops to rein
force the Spanish army in Cuba, are
significant. They indicate that the
people of Spain are not at all satisfied
that Cuba is worth the sacrifice of
life that is being made in the effort to
y the Instruction. The Span
ish losses in the field and in the hos
pitfalls have beer very heavy.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-09-03
A Maine Central brakeman says that

A Maine Central brakeman says that
tramps are not particular how they
ride or what they ride in as long as
they get a ride. Recently the night
freight out of Waterville conveyed Il
hearse in a fiat car TO Portland. Near
Monmouth. as the brakeman was go
ing over the train, he discovered the
feet Of a tramp ~protruding from the
hearse and the nan himself sound
asleep.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-09-03

Contrary to general belief, the Sa-
hara is not a barren and worthless
waste. Some time ago there were
1900, 900 sheep in the Algerian Sahara
alone. besides 100000 goats and 2G0,-
600 camels. On the GASES there are
100000 date palms.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-09-03

The Baroness Blanc is going to get
married again. She usually completes
her matrimonial orbit in about fifteen
months, but her course is sometimes
accelerated or decreased by the at
traction of other bodies she meets.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-09-03

The hopes % an excellent harvest in
some provinces of Russia are almost
destroyed. In the region Of the Black
sea it is stated that ven if the peas
ants escape actual famine they will
have to receive advances for seed corn.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-09-03

The gentler sex has firmly persisted
in ignoring the fact that a wasp
shaped woman is less attractive thar
n woman-shaped wasp, but we may
expect an era of more generous waists
if it is really true that an edict to that
effect has gone forth from Paris.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-09-03
TWO GREAT FAIRS.
inter. state GlanlIaIa. a, Aberoeen

The arrangements for the fourth
annual exposition, at Aberdeen, 5. d.,
If the Interstate Grain Palace Asso-
.iatlon, are now nearly completed. ).
". Narregang, the president, M
.saac Lincoln, director, are now in Chi
ago completing the arrangements for
abroad rates and excursion trains.
Over Sc, 900 was raised by the citizens
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-09-03

Printers Ink complains that the
S20,OO0,OO0 annually spent for chewing
gum is twice as much as is spent on
churches. The comparison is a queer
one, and suggests that if the people
who eat missionaries had more curren-
cy perhaps the expenditures would be
equaliZed.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-09-03

The woman who alleges that she
was married to Jay Gould in :
and who has been suing for a share in
his estate, is said to have sold her
claim to some lawyer for a dollar. 1t
seems to have been worth something,
after all.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-09-03

IL it is true that Bulgaria has been
able TO stand off Turkey for seventeen
years on a little matter growing out
OF the Berlin treaty, she ought to be
able TO work in a statute of limitations
before long.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-09-03

There seems to be a conspiracy
against the young sultan of Morocco,
Muley-AbdelAziz. Should that CON
spiracy succeed, the youth will here
after be referred to as Mley-Abdel-As-
waz.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-09-03

South Africa is preparing to adopt a
first-class postal system. The next
time a message Of recall is sem after a
raiding filibuster in that section it will
have a special delivery stamp ON it.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-09-03

shut your eyes and breathe deeply
and slowly is q Russian savant's
recipe against seasickness. He says 1t
is infallible-at any rate, it is lnexpen-
sive.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-09-03

The limit in postal rapid transit has
not been reached yet. Now it is pro-
posed to sort the mails in the collec-
tion wagons which go from letter box
to letter box.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-28
Arbitr Ition Short Gu. to Justice.

The ira Feler on the Riviera who ram
bles over the picturesque promontory
of Monac that puny principality of
less than TX square miles, with mill
tary band OF $50 musicians and a stand
ing army pr 30 mems struck with the
Iudicrous fess of finding on its ram
parts lot OF Spanish cannon of a past
age, bearing the inscriptions: Ultima
ratio reg{i m"-The last argument of
kings ToI man of reflection the senti-
ment seenfs as antiquated as the brass
on which It is engraved. Not that war
is practical impossibility; even as we
write the world seems to be torn anew
with wars pr rumors of wars. The i'm
possibility les rather in the revolt of
the mind against the retrogression in
civilization which is implied by war,
when there is at hand SO potent, Sc
tried, and so honorable substitute as
arbitratidn. With this short cut to
justice in<mind, it is inconceivable to a
civilized man that the laborious
achievements of generations of peace
should b given to the torch in one
mad hour through the revival of the
barbarous instincts of fighting.
tury.