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rCK SECRETARY CF 3172,
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THOMAS II. BEIT TON.
rCR ATTOR5ET GENERAL,
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AMMI B. TODD
FCR STRTETOR.
HERMAN SCHMIDT.
Gov. TfiATER has aeaia chailenzed
Iflr. McShase to a debate cf the issue? of
the day.
icrs out, Democrats"' is the header
cf as appeal jnt issued to all moss-back
democrats. That's -Just what the repub
licans prcpse to do to turn out demo
crat?. .
J jiiftUi1 MoRTOiThas tailed to
ceal his real stutiinents. as the democrat?
of th? first district hoped he would do:
and is deli7erlng pure free hade hninn
gaes to the people of the district. IIr.
Morton lack" the cdaptat ility ad the
changer.biiitj cf the successful demo
cratic politician. Geo Hcsiy Watter?.in
f-?r instance. A few liionth? ago h onid
that the prcteciijL.;5t was cut of place in
tLe democratic party, and that free trade
was the essence oi democratic Joctrij.e:
now he is cn the stump telling what a
geed protection party the demociatic
patty ii Then Mr. Ye;t siid that the
president's message w as a cLiulkiiv to
protection to be a fight to ihe death, now
he tri.-,s to squirm cut cf the rah sUte
ment cf Lis re..l feciigs. But ZL:
Morten, ence. a free trader is always a
free trader and doesn't sem to care who
fcnows it- It's hon;st but it; damniLg
Lincoln journal.
If OH' A1I THE 2,'
Does Fre3id3nt Cleveland happen to
recall the reason which he gave two
jear3 ago for suspending a United Gtatu
District Attorney I In his letter cf
ITovember 1C, i5Sc: to this public ser
vant he wrote as follows:
I do not think that such an cmciil (a
Federal official) can enter as a business a
political campaign and consenting to a
long list of engagements to address po
litical meeting widtljr separated and of
daily occurrence, 11 such engagements
without neglecting hi3 duty, if he holds
as office worth having, nor without tak
ing with him in the canvass bis official
power and influence.
if President Cleveland n.jant what he
ev.J in thus expressing himself, hew does
it happen that he has uc-t long before
this removed or suspended Dan. M.
Dickinson, Postmaster General of the
United States. Mr Dickinson, certainly
holds "an office worth hiring." lur.
Dickinson has certainly been generously
tising "his official power nnd ir.fiaence":
since the campaign opened for a purely
jjartiiia and 3elsh purple the re-elec-tioa
cf Grover Ckvtland. Mr. Dickia
ca: campaign labors hivs certainly been
pursued at tLe tzpense of his public
n-t:p fi-riJence multiplies cn all sides
showing thci the postal service cf the1
county is sericasljdera-.rfiid.
Te submit these considera;ior to
tbC3 nho are fond of referring to Mr.
Cleveland as a wO&i6?eoa3 efficiai. He
is aot cosrageon. He surrendered his
ocyiciiens : r-garj t? the ei:zibilit7 of
a president for re-election just as soon as
he discovered that he could secure a'. xe:
nomination. He surrendered his civil
service reform convictions just as soon as
the democratic leaders put the screws on
him the phrase of "Harper's Weekly-'.
WH1 that he had "yielded to the pressure."
He surrendered his convictions embodied
in the familiar "order" to ofuceholdei3
when the officeholders Lad made it plain
that they did not intend to obey it. This
i not the record of a courageous man:
It convicts ilr. Cleveland of ths cowar
dice hich goe3 with racrificing pr;nci
ple to expediency, the public welfare to
personal and party ambition.
Let us hear no more cf the courage of
the president. That virtue is made of
sterner stuff than his. N. Y. Tiibu ne.
HO V' THE SOLHER3 VOTED.
A OEXCCRATIC CATiFAiiri? LIE ITAIiED ST
crnciAX f:ct:re5.
Apropos of ths claims cf the democratic
press that there were as many, or more,
democrats in the union ranks as there
were republican?, it is well once in &
tile to refer to the ofllcial figure?.'
In 1SC4, there were eleven states which
passed laws to allow their soldiers in the
field to rcte at the presidential election,
r.nd thus express their party references.
McCleilan was a democratic candidate.
find he was a great favorite with the bojV
in blue. Many a republican soldier In
the Virginia camps voted fur "Little
Mac," because of a personal liking' for
his old commander. Yet with this advin
tage the soldier vote was tremendously.
large for Lincoln. Iter are the figures
Staz Lincoln. 2u4Cle:ja
-name 4,174
T41
e riarnFjh'.re
Vermont
Fcnusylvacla
Maryland
ileatncky
Oiiio
;.ilctUan
ce.Tii
S.853
41.410
2.9:3
II
icy...... , iS.JTS
Hljcoasta . ii.?7J
Kansas
California 2.:ca
Total
iiS.763
It may be of additional interest to
iecallthat in October, 1563, the ;:Ohio
troops voted at the state election, which
was the famous Ercugh-Vallacdingham
Muipain. ihe election was held in
October, shortly after the bloody defeat
of Rosencrans at Chicamanga. The Ohio
soldiers cast their votes thus:
trour'n 4i,4c:
Vau&uaiogcan '.
These are the official figures., and
know of no other trnstworthr 'way' cf
telling the politics of the men who com
posed the nnion armies than by the record
jf their votes. Until our democratic
brethren can invent one as satisfactory
we shall take the liberty cf disbelieving
ill their statements to the effect that
' democratic soldiers saved the union. ?:
The man who says so in cood faith is
r.ot menially above the capacity of a gil
bering idiot.Toleda Blade.
"T lost forty th cusand d.jilnii by
Lsiiodical attack of nervous sick head
ache." said a Chicago capitalist to
correspondent, pointing across the street
to a handsome corner lot ':ihat let
was sold for ten thousand dollars at pub
lic auticn five vears ago," and I intended
is buy it, brit was too sick with head
ache to attend the sale, and it i3 novi
worth fifty thousand dollars It he had
kaovn cf Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative
idiets they would have removed the
t'luse of his headaches biliousness and
hj would have made the money. Dr.
Hirers Fleasant Purrative Pellets curie
sick headache, L;lior3 headache, diizzi-
n.:s3, ccnitipation, indigestion and bil-"
iviu attacks: 52 cents a vial, by druggists".
Every wife and mother La the country
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ti ne. health, and strength, to the vital
organs, corrects all irreguhiiiti' s. find
expels impurities from the system. Young
and eld use it. Price i.
-5snd your job work to the
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Whet Am i Ta Ba?
The symptoms of biliousness arc un
h ippily but too well known: They differ
in xlifferent individuals to some extent.
A bilious man is seldom a breakfast eater.
Twio frequently, alas, be ha3 an excellent
appetite for liquid? but n.-ne for solids
ot'a morning. - Kis "tongue will hardly
ber inspection at any time;, if it is not
white and furred,' it is- rough, .at all
events.
The digestive system is 'wholly out ot
order and diarrhea'or constipation may
b.? a symptom or the two may alternate.
Th re are often hemorrhoids or even I023
of blood. There may he giddiness and
often headache and acidity or flatulence
and tenderness in the pit f the stomach
To correct all thisjf not eft'eit a cure try
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trine and thousands attest ita efficacy.
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FCAIL
LL$ IOcL cf January, li.i, utcut d
c J.ck in 1L3 nicruiug-, tha Eighty -third
ccttaiicn of the National Guard halted cn
il.: t-iir. -.vhich lies Ltweenilont Valei in
a. j the Liil cf Euzenvai. the men, thor
oughly ti.cd cut after a cclJ, siiovy ui,:ht
and tha morning march cvvr wretched
rc.iJ j, bent wearily -ander tho v.tirht cf
tL:ir heavy knapsacks and listened with
a tcv.ildcrcd ail to tho shrp rtllu cf
musket in their frcut from ths heights
cf Montratout and ia Joucherc. it had
rained, too, dating tho night, and thy
laud-cape 'which stretched buieath a cold,
leaden rray c-ky, was dreary tnough. The
red roofs cf the t cuiueuse faint, which
served fer a field hcipical, thd plain on
re?-;ve, tne trown huieiacs and tne uait
v.-jwdo above, over v.hich hung heavy
wreaths cf whits smoke. A Prussian shell
described its busing- course through ths
ciuii morning klr, aua Luist about a hun-
area leet rrcm tne tattauon. iUe men
who were under hrs for tha first time felt
a sudden narvcusncss v. hich batiaved
itsdr in the instinctive UeinUiiig of the
sncuiaeis tewed beneath knapsacks and
a decided wavering cf tha iins of bayo
nets.
"Sacres matins! keep steady I" ehcuted
the commander of the battalion, a short,
f it little man, with a Luge mustache Lris
tiinj like au angrv cat tind embroidered
pantaloons hidden n an iiniBenoo pair cf
boots. ! will break the head ot the f rst
man who dodges; the Eighty-third must
enter Paru victorious."
" i he commander is right," said Pierre
Manccau to the painter Se-iin, his neigh
bor in the-ranks ' the EUbty-thiid will
doubtless enter Fam nominally, but tha
men who compose it, your huuihle servant
in particular, are they sure of entering at
alii 1 never did pretend to be a hero ,T
Pierre Ivianeeau was a handsome relioT
of ab-at oi. tail, robust, with an aquiline
nose and roil red lips shaded by a droop
ing blonde mustache. Professor of phil
osophy in a lyceum, a jovial fliow, opti
mist by nature, with an undercurrent oi
arainbio skepticism, ho had entered the
naticnal guard froai a sense cf duty, but
without enthusiasm; and to tell tha
tiutb, under the conviction "that it did
net amount to much after ail, fcr thd
guard would never really be underfire "
As ha frankly confessed, his was by no
means tha military temperament. Ths
firing new extended alouj ths whole crest
cf tho hiiis; the bails rattled hetiy, and
every now and then came the tearing
sound of grape shot and the ioar cf can
non from Mout Valerian. Ou the right,
by la Jvuchere, the iin& of skirmishers
could 00 seen firing cn the e-dge cf th
woods, while cn the left ambulances car
rying the wounded w fcrfc fcloviy descend
ing the hill; the Muttering cf the gray
linen covers on the backs of the mules in
spired melancholy rerlecticns in the
breasts of the poor devils, who; leaning
on their markets, waited their turn to
form in line cf battle.
'Eighty-third battalion, for ward i" cried
ths stout httle eommaridcr, waving Lis
saber, lha battaiion moved up av.k
v.aidiy enough, and bea-au slowly to de
scend tho elope which led to ihe vii of
the park cf JLsuzcnval. Mauv u foot
slipped 011 the thick, wet graes, soaked
by the recent deluge. Trio men were,
siient. They had enough to do to Leep
their footing in the slippery mud. Only
eveiy now and then heads would cad-
aculy dodge as the balls wnizzed
sharply
ever tncm.
Piene ilanceau had
become very se; i-
cus, and tightly
thought to Eiinsei
his musket
zu in tor it this
time. We
are oLa:r into a battle in
earnest, and perhaps I shall never come
out again. What non-enoe to say that
only cna cut cf every ten baiio does any
mischief- It's all the same to mo if I am
pieked ou by the tenth; this is ccuicuni-
sdlv disagreeable."
He tried to think or death of tha his
beyend cr the friendi he would le-vo
bohizid, but it was impossible to ciiset
his. ideas, or to a them upon such sol
emn things: the weight , of the heavy
knapsack, the s;:rt necessary to mam
tain Li musket in cquUimium, uud ..ct
to pitch headleug down tho maudy siope
aii this forced his nana to rest entirely
cn purely material details. lie had net
even timo to be afraid, so completely vera
tis reulti03 absoiceJ m the encrt
march upright.
to.
At lart. the batcaiicn aiiivcd at tha
well or" the park. There thev were com
nu.ii.led ,to halt, i-icrre seated himself
exhausted and out of breath on the turf,
an i seizing Lis canteen swallowed a copi
ous -ir.-.nrLt cf rum, then cutting a thick
wedje of army bread ha breakfasted, with
an .ppetits which astonished himself
Some hat refreshed by this hurried re
past as weh' as by the fehelter afforded by
tho '.vail, he began to examine the novel
speeLacie befero tdm. lacing him on
Sloni Vaieriau a "eatery Lulled it 3 pro
jectues in tho direction cf Carches A
nt.L farther back a group cr three
mounted viiic-ers wcio eharplv denued
egainst the dark sky. One of them was
gaziug intently on tha lino of woods
where the firing w&3 Lucessaut. Below
on tho plain all around tho farm
houses were masse3 of troops sta
tioned in reserve. From time to time
Prussian shells tore through the air and
exploded in the midst cf the battalions
beyond the wall. "'Ti3 an ill wind blow
nobody good," thought our professor of
philosophy, "if we had remained oa the
piaki we would ha getting cur share cf
this Prussian manna. To be torn to
pieces by a shell is worse than being hit
b a bullet." At ths earne time he drew
closer to thd sheltering wall with a feel
ing cf egotistical satisfaction. The wind
w3 blowing sharply, ths Leavena re
mained Laden gray, and a few flakes cf
snow were wLn led through tha air. On
ths road v. hich runs alomr tho anzla of
th? frnk c-i'culaucss wsrs sjea slowlv I
T-t -jjt: - -
movlr.2. crosssi Ly monutcd curler,
'i ha firiue- in tL.3 park continued, but tha
detonation 8b.;uifi lays U tho tame
distance, fcTlie:Jly th trench troops
wcra net airaneing A cannon dravn by
four hcrss cam painfully down th
mcuntaiu sid. and I.ian.cau hjard o eta3
c'direr caii to ths gunner:;
If you hare only guns -1 tuhi u.liLci
vcu can go tue-!'.; tLd rouiia 1 too wt.j
jcu can do n-thmft v.itl f.ui LoiiS tn
con."
At these wcris Pione felt a g-uiliy tUiil
ct pleasure. "S-o much the better." L
murmured to Limsolf, in two hcura It
will be nightfall; then tm 114: h ting must
cease, and pel haps, after aii. our br.ituiica
may not Ls engaged." "vv'hiia consoling
Limself v.ith these very unhtroio rcuco
tions ho saw the sauio staff oiiieer sud
denly ride tcv.ard the commander of th
Eighty-third, with v. hem ha tichangi J a
Z2W hurried words.
Immediately tho latter, drawing hij
saber, cried "Stand upl Drtis ranksl
We are going to make- a di.sk fer tha
v.cods."
Fierro rose, with a strange tightening
in his throat. v'Liia tho colunn wai
forming Lo slung his knapsack across his
shoulders and mechanically ga;:ed at tha
officer, who from the height of hi sadals
rive a few bi ief directions to tho com
mander. Iio was a captr.iii ci thj Uards
Mobile, a hue, handsome' cu.ut i:now cr
23, with brcnecd ccnpf..;h.ii, p -hitci
mustache and an air of ui:tir.etkn ilii
military toilet w&s Irrcproachai-i. ikU
the closely buttoned gray cve.c,-;. v,;:h
its showily braided sleeve, t ; the e-lendcr
gloved hand v.hien carej;ei hi: horse's
neck. ' It's ail very weii you, yen
miiitarv coxcomb," gicv.l.d i-ieio ne-
tweeu his teeth; "it's the K-ar.u.- to you,
my fine feilov., whether cur h.;r. i3 arV
shot off cr not, wbilo ycu caper h.iur
that horse of youis like -aiWgra
coaeh wheel, i wish you1 '-'" , "
devii!'' The young tan;0...ut.-1
hishorss and 'pall-yJfTu X.'-'
- . ---.rei on mtv. the r-u
through a breach which dynamics Li
made in ths wail, iho battalion wore tj
follov,- throuah the same- opening. Z
lentiy, four ly tour, ths tighty-thhi
marched along a sandy path tor. aid ti.2
weeds. At the end cf a hundred poes,
where the road divided a shower 01 bal
lets suddenly scattered ths twigs in every
direction. It sounded like . v.l.iii.vini,
of gnats cn a summer evening. This cud
den and disagreeable music sent a p.nu
through the ranks, or iho novices in war,
who seainpf.rod through the v.-cods iiks a
nock of tcriihed sparrows. Instinctively
Pierre Manccau foiloT.ed the reet. Im
pelled by blind feui t3 iau atraight'ahcr.-i.
erery iide at once Uu ii-ht and left th.
bails whistled, catting cif biuncnes cf
tree3 and teaiing orr pieces of baik. Iio
ea.v them ' rccochei " and bury themrcl . es
in the soil befoie him, raising iittle ciouas
cf smd. He v.-as eoneciouscr rapid alter
nations cf shaveling and tuiuint The
incessant hail cf builets ueafened and
stupened him. He bounded from tree te
tree, no i-ngir reeling the weight A his
knapsack and musket".
lie presently found hnnsdr aio.e in the
wood, and continued towrtikon, trembling
violently at tne rusrhng of tno leaves
undei his feet, and having but cue idea
te find some opening through . hiJ. j
escape from this oursed pak.
He reached a winding path bordei-ed
with green trees, and foilo7,cd it tiindi,
when he suddenly stood still, thakin
from head to root, as if struck by an eiee"
tnc shock. Before him, ri;?ht across the
voad, lay the body of a garde mobile, his
head ttrewn back cn a heap cf d:i-a
leaves. His face was or a marbic paiicr,
his lips, half parted under a browa
mustache- werb violet hued. nu from
them trickled a tiny stream cf bleed
staining tho -..hiienti.. ot the resLiy
shaven chin.
tie was an officer, and cn tx
ing hinr
moio elOfcfcl ri.71a reoonuea Ike cup-
toLs. who haif an hour ago had order.' i
his battaiioii to enter th woods. Yes. it
was indeed the same race, with its aiisto-
craiio lines, the eame riuc nointed rnus
taehe, the same fauitkcsly cloved LaLdi
wnieh nad so exasperated our YUe-fessor of
philosophy. The gray overcoat had been
torn cpen violently and in haste acroso ths
breast, showing tho blood stained zar-
ments beneath. Whilst ho was galloping
thiough the woods doubtless a licii had
struck hi3 full in the breast, had Luiicd
him from his horse, who had taken (ught.
Manccau knelt by his side und e-iipped hi3
nana unac-r tne oiooa stained unileim to
feel if the heart sliil beat.
He shuddered at the chill whioh etru; k
him as his hand tcueh.;d the marbio
breast. That, bravo vuna life was in-
deed ended. As he dier.-his hand aw.-i-.-
hjs fingers were entani ied in a i'n-'ht chain.
to which was attached a medallion. lie
opened the golden circle. Oa cue cido
was a curl of golden hair, cn the ether
the lovely face of a young girl, whess
beautiful c-yes seemed to e.uile- back at
him as he gazed. "Ah, this wao his
sweetheart," sighed Pierre, as he rever
ently replaced the medallion on the liis
iess heart. . tor several minutes he stood
mournfully by this de-ad man, but haif an
hour ago so full of life and ardor, new
already stiff and chiii. It v.as the firei
time in his iife that ho bad ever stood ty
a dead body, and he ieoked cu it with
mingled compassion and shame.
"He died fuiiiiling his duty," be said
bitterly to himself; "nevertheless he was
younger than I, perhaps ho clunz to life
c , cn more fondiy, for there is somewhere
one beloved woman who at this very mo
ment is watching for news cf him her
heart torn by suspense and anguish, while
I, who have neither v, ire, sister nor sweet
heart to mouiu mv death, whoso oniy
mistress is my cold philosophy. I havo
feared to brave death. I fle-d igaomuu
ousiy at the first approach cf Sanger
uut u iaiseranio ccwara;
He rose, seized his gun and retraced tU
road. At the end of twenty paces he
paused near a sheet cf water cn whose
ede the dried reeds lus'tied mournfully
ana near which stool the ruius of a lodg
with battered waiis and empty window
sasncs. Qu the opposite ide cf this
sheet cf water a company of infantry
raitea under the shelter or a clump cf
saplings tor orders to open fire. At tho
eight cf this national guard in bis green
cverccat who ai rived scared and dis
ordered in their midst, th3 men iaughed
derisively. Pierre Manceau f eit the blood
mount to bis brow, "i deserve it," Lo
thought; "I look like a coward."
And as the lieutenant gave tho crd r
to his men to remount thu height. Pierre
approached him and begged permission to
join the company.
He wis no longer conscious of fear, bui
a mind rage seemed to possess hi.a as he
climbed with the company to tha treat of
the plateau, which swarmed with feharp
fihootera and was half hidden in a cloai
of smoke. Pierre had loaded his inusktt
and kneeling against a tree ho cave his
whole toul to fiuaiitug hij duty, regard
less of tha Call3 which rained around liim
Ha loaded and reloaded hia t basse L&t ln-
veaa-an, wilt no sense or ratig
dezay tt fiU rcmctLmz strike Lis t-i-fct
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