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OMAHA DAILY BBfl-MONDATt jflfft 28 , THE OMAHA BEE Omthft Omoo , No. 010 , F rnMn Be. Council BlufromooNo. : 7 Fcarl St , troouNcnr Bron lw y. | I Offloo , Koom 08 Tribune Building _ mbltahed crerytrprnlnR/ < * pt The oal ) Monday morning dally. emus IT UAIU Year . JiaoO I Thr..Wotilhl Tn WBtttT Mil rDBUSBRD VitS.l' VBDHMDAT. . BlxXtontha. . 1.00 1 One Month. . . . to American Keivs Corapvir , Sol . .A ontf. K etllnthoUnltoJSUtc3.a . o. All ttxamunleallons rcMlnj ; to Now and KJItorla Cu rs houldb4addrc s d to the Kmroa or Tin p-All nmtnosi Lottin ani ItomltUneM > houldb ! Hressod to Tni BBS ronwinma Oo > cpAJ r , OMAHA Pnfti , Chocks ani Postofflce orders to bolmado pay Able to the order o ( the company. I -L HE BEE PDBLISDINQ CO , , PROPS' ' B. ROSBV7ATBR. Editor. A. H. Fitch , Mwiffcr Dally circulation , r. 0. Box . Neb. Tun next tirao the ilromon have a tournament they ought to hold it la Sop- to mbor. . Mn. CLEVELAND h.\s boon ntteckod by Buffalo gnats , And hU friends arc trying to protect him with n pitoiit fly not. 17 will not hu walk-nwuy for Jim L ird this time , even if the gravel trains at fall apocd during the primaries. IF the hiniaoiuo BJO. Butler doesn't -como to the front very soon , the ladies will all flf to the bosom of St. John. " "SluTFREWKN wanto to make a British proviuoo out of Wyoming , without as much aaying"By your leave , m'am. " St , JOH has accepted very promptly. Ho Till not aland on ceremony , and has no clump upeeah to palm oil & a letter of eaccntance. 7 > UK Omalm waterworks company ia corking its p traps too much. Can't iho ocmpany give us more gravitation tnd UC B direct pressure ) Mr. BAUHUII agaiu appoara before the jpubllc na manager of the national ctemo- cratia monegorio. The roads to Indiana -aro being cleared for a heavy shipment of mules. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . IT is a cold day when Ohio does not got an olEco. It was an Ohio man that carried off the pri/.a in the Minneapolis raco.for comraandor-iu-chicf of the Grand Army. Till ! rights of the American not ; iiuvo boon entirely overlooked in all the plat- iorms and letters of acceptance. The American hog must now look to Bon. Butlor. BEN BCXLBK'S two-legged stool does not stand steady. Ho wanU one more nomination. Helena ( M , T. ) Indepen dent. dent.Ho Ho is bound to got it when the laboi reform convention tnoota in Chicago. IF Mr. Blaine can only induce the Joyces , the McDonalds , the Elkiuses , the Dorsoys and the Sponcera to keep in the "background , and let the honest republi cans make tho'ficrht ho will have a walk- away. The ox-whisky crooks and star- routers are too numoaous. ' Tin : ox-contodoratos are a great doa moro grateful to their veterans than the loyalists of the north are to the men whc fought to aavo the union. The domocrati of Missouri propoao to make Gon. Mar maduko governor. His nomination almost a foregone conclusion. IT was just as wo prodlctod. Mr James 15. Boyd was represented in tin national democratic committee by Dr > George L. Miller. That accounts for the enthusiasm of the Qmib JIcrald. How mil Jim Boyd do for n democratic can didate for governor , doctor ? TUB effect of the last revision of hoe tariff ia plainly nhown in tho'matorial reduction duction of the income from imports which during the last fiscal year IDd ' $10,022,7-15 loss'than during the preceding do ing fiscal year. The reduction of the to : bacco tax has caused a decrease of eve $16,000,000 during the corrospondiiij period , while the income from manufac tured liquors allows an increase of nearl 83,500.000. THE now commandor-ln-chlef of th Grand Army of the Bcpublio , John ft Kountz. ia the youngest man ovorolocto to that honorable position. Ho has boo twice before a candidate for plac Commander Kountz was born in Tolcdc Ohio , in 1840. Ho entered the eorvlc of the United States in 1801 , when enl fifteen years of ago , enlisting in th Thirty-seventh Ohio as drummer boy. I this capacity ho served until the battle c Mission Hid go. During the moat oxcil ing period of that battle ho throw oaid his drum and grabbing o musket h fought bravely until wounded , whic caused him the loss of a log. When h fell ho was the nearest union soldier t the confederate lino. His bravo conduc Las been celebrated in several pee ins , nd has become a matter of history , Upoi his return homo , being still a youth , ho attended school a year or two , a nd tliw launched forth into local politics inwhich field ho was successful jl.m Commodore Kountz lias always boon on active and influential member of thi Grand Armyof the Republic , and has hole all the important positions in the ordoi in Ohio , from post adjutant to depart' mont commander. While ho was com mander of Ohio ho organized 159 posti and increased the membership from 1(70C to 8,750 , Ills election ai commandor-iu- chlot is undoubtedly a deserved recogni tion jof Us valuable cervices and of hit ability for the iinportan position. TJIkT GREAT FRAUD. Tun choice of Thomas A. Hondrioks M the candidate of the democracy for the second place on the naUonal ticket is chiefly , if not ontiraly , duo to the pretense - tense that Honaricks has boon a martyr of the "groat ftnud" of 1877. At thof great ratification mooting hold at Indianapolis - apolis immediately after the adjournment of the national domocratio convention BJr. , Hondricks sought to arouse the holy wrath of the democracy and the nympa. thy of tender-hearted republicans by pointing to Uio htg > handed r > T- ' potralod eight yeara ftgo against Tildon and himself , which is to bo avenged now by the election of Cleveland and Hen- dricka. It seems ts us that it is high time that the line and cry about the "great fraud" is the most unmitigated boah that lias over boon raised in American politics. The loss the democracy has to Ray about that "great fraud" the bettor it will bo for iU own reputation and the Candidajy of Thomas A. Hondricks. "What is tfoo history of that "groat fraudl" In i ; o the people of the United States fteJd presidential election. In Eovora' * < the states , notably iu Louisiana n J South Carolina , the right of suF.ropo was abridged and popul'.ir sovereignty destroy ed by ornnniccd mob rulo. . Democratic campaign clubs , metkctl , , mocntod nnd armed , perambulated the country with the aolo object of fcoopiug colored repub licans away from the polls by throats and criminal violonos. Where they did dare to oxorciao their rights in the fnco of shotguns nnd revolvers , ballot boxes were stuffed or deritroyod , to prevent an honest nnd ( air count. order to raalco their election tmro the great reformers , Tildon and Hen- dricks , through their accredited political , agonta entered into n conspiracy to pack the electoral college by bribery. Ono of the objective points of attack was the state of Oregon. In the face of the fact that Oregon had booncarriodby anavorago majority ofovor 1,000 forovory republican elector , an attempt was made to bribe ono of the doctors and have his vote cast for the domocratio candidates. Under the management of that Inlonso reformer , Dr. George L. Miller , who was a member of the ox- executive national committee , and an tip ir A tit to a cabinet position , Omaha was made ono of the great distribution centers of Samuel J. Tildon'a "bar'l. It was fro 21 Omaha that opccial ngont . Patrick was dispatched to the Pacific coast , and right here , in Omaha , nogo- tations were entered into for the vote of the late General Strickland. The villain- - ious plots to capture doctoral votes in Nebraska and Oregon proved A failure , . but the record of that "groat fraud" is indelible. Wo need only oito ono of the cipher dispatches to show the arrant hypocrisy of the tail-end of the Tildon klto , whc now poses before the country as a mar tyr to the "groat fraud. " PORTLAND , November 28 , 1870. To W. T. PKI/TO.Y , No. 15 , Gramoroy Pirk , Now York : "By vizier association innocuous noq- ligonco cunning minutely previously road unit doltish to purchase afar act with cunning nfar sacristy unwoighod - afar pointer tigress cattle superannuated - syllabus dilatoriness iniuapprohonsioti contraband Kountx bisulcuous top ushoi spiniforious answer. answer.J. . N. H. PATUICK. "I fully endorse this JAMBS K. KKM.Y. " [ Ofiicial translation. ] IB Poim.ANi ) , November iJ8,1870. To NV. T. PKLTON , No. 15 Gramoroi I'ark , Now York : IB ' 'Certificate will bo issued to ono dom ocrat. Must purchase a ropublicai elector to rooognizo and act with democrats . ocrats und sociuo the vote and proven trouble. Deposit $10,000 to my crodi with Kountz brothnrs , Wall street r. Answer , .J. N. II. PATKIUK. I fully endorse this.JAMES JAMES K. KKLI/V. When the question of the dhputoi doctoral returns came before congrcs the democrats controlod the lower hous by a vote of 181 against 107. No olcctc o- ral bill could have boon on acted withou the concurrence of the houso. The dom : ocratio loaders put their heads togotho d- nnd with the assent of both Tildon nin o- Hondricks they agreed to abide by th oor or findings of the electoral commission That commission was an extra constitu - tionaldovico Congress alone had the righ ; and duty to canvas the doctoral return and declare the result. The republicans being in the minority in the house heed sought a way out of the dilonim through the commission , and the demo od crats , confident of controlling n majiritj : of the jcommission , became n parly ti this "groat fraud. " Oitonsibly a patri , olio effort to prevent anarchythocominis ice sion was a game of draw between polili cal gamblers In which the republican ho drew the jokor. It is a matter of his In tory that Alien G. Thurman Inof of Thomas F. Bayard , Henry 13. it- Payne , and Stephen J. Field , all of then presidential candidates , were member ho of the doctoral commission and psrtio to Its findings. The great statesmen am ho wily politicians were outgeneraled by ai to unforaoon accident. They had countoc noses on the supreme bench and conoid orod David Davis safe for Tildon am' Ilondricks. With Davis the vote on ho commission , which the democrat pledged themselves should bo nonpartisan , san , was regarded as bound to stam . eight for Tildon and Hondricks and sovoi * for IJayoa audWhoolor. By a coinbiimtioi between the democrats , greonbackors and disgruntled republicans John A. Logan was defeated for ro-oloction to < the United States senate , and David Davis was elected in his placo. Thi democrats were jubilant , but they were jellifying at a funeral , David Davh resigned from the supreme bench ant Joseph P. Brady , his successor , became the eighth man. By beating Logan foi senator the domocratio gamblers lost the joker , and the jig was up with Tildon ' nd HondrickB. The "groat fraud' was oflicially consummated by and with the consent of Thurman , Bayard , Payne , Field and Randall. And now Mr. llondricks \jrought forth to avenge the terrible orient which was permitted by the loader * of hia party and by himself , ami by * ' . expected to como out wformr _ nonndrlcklj was willip.2 to BO county , n by { rnud perpetrated throng , ] Qmocrat50 Bhot- guns , bull-dovjrs , nnd tissue ballots. Iloudricks w aa Billing to bo counted in by 1 purchu olcotoral votes , gotten through t1.10 most infamous of conspira cies , but his great soul revolts at the terrible riblo crmo / which the doctoral commln- sion p irpotrated when it refused to go bohi ) ud the returns. DESERTION. 'Tho man who , as a confederate , fought or the destruction of the Union , is ! cast entitled to respect for his bold and pen attitude and for fighting for what io boliovcd to bo right , but the man who n esorted from the union ranks in the , our of the country's greatest peril , do- orvcs the contempt of all mankind and merits a punishment a thousand times moro severe than the person guilty pen treason and armnd assault upon the ation's Hag. Neither the union nor onfcdorato soldier , who was faithful 10 cause for which ho fought , has ono word of sympathy for the deserter. In [ 10 ftoo of all this it scorn trango that congress , by lll oneidorcd legislation , has actuallj rovidod for the payment of a reward csortors. This has boon done by th iaesago of an act "to relieve certain sol iers from the charge of desertion. - . Under its provisionn iho secretary of wai is ompoworcd to remove charges of do , sortion now standing against moro thai 110,000 mon. it During the war of the rebellion 277 1 > M mon deserted from the Unioi Armies. The "relief" net practt.allj rehabilitates those who by any possibility might have boon classed as unavoidably . or unintentionally absent , estimated above stated at 110,000. The charges . desertion may bo removed upon satisfac ory proof in the following cases : 1. When u soldier , within a reasonable time afte ; the charge of desertion , returned to hi command , and served faithfully to thi " end of his term of service. 2. Whcro sicl , or wounded soldiers absent without prop t or authority voluntarily roturnct to their command and scrvcc - . faithfully until discharged , died of wounda or disease , while so absent - sent , and before their commands won in mustered out. Where furloughed sol diora abacntod themselves and died wounds , injuries or disease received o contracted in the line of duty before thi OSy muster out of their commands. Whoi lo the charge of desertion shall have removed the soldier or his legal ropre sontativoa shall receive the pay am bounty duo such soldier. The wordu ' 'ii the volunteer service1' occur in the firs section of the act , but not in the seconi - section , whcro the description is in th words "any soldier in the late war. " is claimed , therefore , that deserters fron regular army will also have the Done fits of this act It is estimated that th or amount of money that will bo paid theao deserters , under the pension lawi will aggregate from § 10,000,000 , to $50 000,000. The contry has boon exceedingly libon in pensioning ita bravo defenders , bu oy the act of congress relieving and rowarc ing deserters is going altogether toofni The now law opona the way for n wholi sale raid upon the surplus in the trca ury , about the disposal of tthich thei has been BO much trouble. This meihc would Bcom to solve an important prol lorn. If the army of cowardly dcsortci nnd bounty-jumpers ia not iiumcroi enough lo Bwnllow the cntiro surplus , v would suggest that congress at ita no session order the balance to bo distribu , cd nniong the confederate soldiers , wh certainly nro moro worthy of it tha duuortcrB from the ranks of the unto nrinv. A COWJJOl' REVIVAL. The American cowboy has of lain bee : coming to the front with a whoop-la. was the cowboy who recently introduce the Spanish bull-fight upon America soil , and this grand nnd ennobling spori if not suppressed by Henry Borgh , mn ; possibly become a popular America amusement. The cowboy has appeared upi on the theatrical stngo aud in the arena i out-door sports to give realist ! ? oxhib tiona of western lifo. It wi . the American cowboy from tl . rowdy west that stormed the oxpositio ] building and nominated the Plume isKnight and the Black Eagle , and later o , the cowboy raided Chicago and painto . the city a blood-rod color , Nov comes another cowboy sensation All the way from Big Stone City , in tli laud of the Dakotas , comes the ohoorin Intelligence that the "cowboy preacher , 0. E. Hurray , of Pierre , is stirring u an unprecedented religious revival. lis dgroat specialty is music , and as rausi ' hath charms to looth the savage broaul it is no wonder that the cowboys of tha hitherto benighted region are rapidly be- . coming converted. The singing evangel 1st is aaalstod by a boy preacher nanici Webber , who has charge of the tarter work in the grand camp-mooting undo : the direction ot the Methodist ISpiucopa . church. In the grand round-up of sin nors , Murray steers the cowboys on nho right trail , and Webber applies the brani of Christianity upon their brows , They are performing a good work , nd woaru glad to note the fact that they ire meeting with marked success. Thcsi : missionaries have chosen the right field 1 and wo hope that the day is not distaa , when they shall have converted ovcrj cowboy in the vaat . of the country ' 8 * wS& regions and from > m > j to Texas It , , ! ' Nebraska to Arizona. , " indeed ba gratifying to 10 hcar the cowboysf M they joyfnlly 1 " ° 'und the ' ' oror bu'jalo grass , singing Moody and Sankoy ' hymns and "Ilosan- nabs to the Lord , ' > Instead of indulging in profanity thf.t stroaka the very air blue with oatta. Lot the good work go 1 on. T.'bo cowboy preacher , with hta - molliflu.ous voice , ia destined to play an . ImporSnnt part la the great missionary field of the wild wcat. The generous nature - turo of the cowboy insures to him an attentive audience , respectful treatment , and liberal support. The seed that ho - aows will bring forth an abundant har to vest among the ninnors of the plains who will hail with delight the opportunity offered thorn of abandoning their evil ways. The cattlo-kings , in all proba < it bility , will encourage the cowboy at preacher iu his efforts to tame and id christianize the cowboys , by offering it premium for every convert , 10 lo CITY WALKS AND TALKS. 3- "What time is it , TroxolU" asked 3d a gentleman of Mr. B. F. Troxoll , who 38 pulled out n handsome gold watch , and of replied that it was 2:30. : "By the way , 10 there is quito n story connected with thai or watch and chain , " added Mr. Troxoll , as to ho opened jt and showed the inside casa 10 on which was engraved the following : 10n "This watch and chain were mudo from gold lilinga as found Juno 15th , 18G8 , by 11- W. L.Troxcll , in an old juwolry factory , 11ly No. 13J , Liafayotto avenue , ly Lrooklyn , N. Y. " tc "My brother bought the property described lie scribed on this wntch case for § 15,500 , ' jl- resumed Mr. Troxoll. "It was known as ' the Douglas property. The person fron whom it took ita name had boon deac ar aomo time when the purchase was mado. lo Douglas was a manufacturing jeweler , loan and his factory was located in that build ing. For seventeen years gold wedding rings were manufactured there , and ft rV the quality of the gold used for that pur on pose is always of the finest description Ily ono would naturally suppose that Doug las would have used every means to ty preserve what in the jowolcrs trade arc ly called 'savings. ' Ho evidently didn't dc as thishowovoras was afterwards diacovoruc of by my brother , but carelessly allowed tin filings to accumulate from year to yea 10- between the walls and ceilings of the ire different rooms , in all the crevices of tin er cracked plaster walls , among the rofua lit ) thrown out from the furnace , and in fau hook in every place where dust will collect i allowed to do so. It was boliovnd tha ok when died ho Douglas was penniless ip. Ho was soon followed by his wife , and i ip.cd was not known that any members o cd the family remained. When my brother or purchased the property ho little 1m or aginod that ho really was buying a qol < ib- mine. But such proved to bo the fact ire Ho idotcrmiucd to convert the factor ol- into a dwelling house , and while super olof intending the laying of gas pipes undo : of the ho found flooring lying amongst th or dust which had accumulated there , s ha diamond valued at § 00. The ciroum on stance first drew his attention to the yellowish lowish tinge of the dust under the iloor on ing , and remembering the purpose fo re which the building had boon used , ho wn nd induced to take a small quantity of th 'in dust over to Now York , for the purpos of having it assayed or tested. The re sult'moro than exceeded hia most sanguine nd guino expectations. Ho had actual ! ho struck gold and ho than wont to work i It a very practical manner to mak the best possible use of his unoxpocto Dm good fortune. Ho turned th 1C- gas-fitters , bricklayers and others wh iho were at work on the promises out a to t doors , and aided by a number of oxporl from Now York ho wont through th , house from roof to basement. Th 0- , building was dismantled , every flee taken up , every wall taken down and rol every inch of apace carefully scrutinized. , The result of this minute and thorough overhauling was shortly apparent in the rd- shape of a 'golden dust heap' which was i 'ar. far moro valuable than the dust heaps of 'Our Mutnal friend.1 Ho realized over § 10,000 from the gold filings. No ono ios- ; - claimed the property and to make sure ere of it , ho consulted the best lawyers in i led Brooklyn who assured him that ho had 1 ob- an undoubted right to whatever ho found l on the promises. My brother built n ers private rcsidonco on the lot and after ous wards an elegant drug store. IIo died in wo 1874 and loft mo this watch and chain , ext which ho had had mudo to commemorate ut- his good fortune. " * * * Frotwcll , the auctioneer , who re cently returned to Omaha from an ox- 011 tended trip through the eastern states , where lie was engaged in selling jewelry , tolls some good stotioi about the ideas which Homo eastern people have concerning - on ing Omaha. It J "In soiuo of the smaller towns of Now ed York where I or Pennsylvania regis an tered from Omaha , " said Mr. Frotwoll , "I at oneo became an object of curiosity , my and thn loungora in the oilico would can quietly ask the landlord who this man up- ] from Omahs was , and what his business of was. Once I was in a hotel which was ibi- crowded , and a now guest was told that ho had to occupy a bed in the same room with mo. When ho learned that I was the : from Omaha ho eaid , 'Excusa mo ; I'll ion try the other tavern. ' After staying in u led town two or throe days , I would get ac on quainted with some of the people who would bora mo almost to death with all ted sorts of ridiculous questions about Oma ha. I romomb r , in ono small town , a . follow asked , 'Bow many people has the Omaha ) ' 'Kiity-fivo thousand i I replied. 'Don't you have a good deal of trouble ing out there with the cowboys ? ' 'Oh , yes , " wo have to kill off a few every week erse up so , ' replied I , 'How about the Indians ? How do you keep thorn out ? " 'Wo have to keep a patrol around the town. Homo , times they come ia and kill a few people , t , but wo don't notlco it much. Wo bnry them outside the city. ' 'Don't ' you have - any burying ground ) ' 'Somo of the churches have their own burying - grounds. ' 'Thon you have some churches. ' 'Oortoinly. ' 'Is the town growing ? ' ' ( rowing ! I should say so. Ono day you can drive over a vacant block in the ouUkirts , and the next morn ing you willlinil thirty or jjprty houscaboing - started on it. ' 'Mostly ; , clioap houses in Omahn , I pupposo. Any fine residences ? ' 'Scores of 'em worth from $75,000 to § 100,000. ' Another young man , who wanted to como west and go into the newspaper business , asked how many pa * pura there were in Omaha and if there were any dailies , and what advertising rates , 'Tho advertising rates run from , 81.25 to $1.50 per line , and they are so 1 nuhod with business that they frequently i refuse advertisements , 'llow about ' locul writers ? What do they got a wook1 ? 'A good sensational writer gets from $125jto $150 A wook. ' 'Do you have varie ties and shows ? ' 'Finest varieties in the world , every nitwit In the year , and sacred consorts every Sunday evening. ' I told this follow and some of his com panions some big stories about Omaha , and they took everything in earnest. They were surprised to learn that the Paxton and Millard were greater hotels than the Palmer , that four or five steam boats , loaded with passengers , arrived hero daily from Now Orleans and St. Lous , that Florence lake was the great est summer resort-in the west , that our Union depot was the Rropte t curiosity in Iho world , and so on , I venture to say that Omaha will bo vieit-d by eomo of hose men , who have never been outside of their native towns , for I convinced hem that it was ono of the greatest places on the continent aud that no man hould bo willing to die until ho had soon it. " * * * The "fifteen puzzlo" at the Intorscc tion of Farnom and Fifteenth streets has sot about half the town crazy In trying to solve it. Every man who has been attracted to tha spot has given his opinion upon the matter and made suggestions as to how to work the puzzlo. Some claimed that the castings were wrong others maintained that the plans were in- incorrect ; Bomo asserted that the riglv starting point had not been found ; others declared that the tracks could not bo laid without adding on and cutting off , and ono of t , cso gentlemen offered to give the BEE Man About Town a fine silk hat if the tracks could bo put down without such patching. Several civil engineers also gave their opinions and said that if called upon they could solve the rid dle in a few hours. Ono of them offered to bet $50 that ho could do it in two hours , finally , Mr. Sinond , a Uuiom Pacific civil engineer , was called on , and ho wont to work in n scientific manner with his compass and other instruments , Ho found the central point of the inter section of the etroots , and then strung his chalk-linos for the tracks. Ho laid the cross-pieces at the central point , and then laid the other pieces from this center. The puzzle was solved at last , and everybody exclaimed , "I told you so. " Like all puzzles it was as plain as A. B. O. , when you see how how it is dono. Joe Toa- hon now offora a prize in the shape of an illustrated book on Texas to every man who says ho kno.w that was the way to do it. Ho has ton thousand of these books at the Wabash cornor. Richard O'Kcofo will please aond that hat to TUB BEE office. * * * It has boon a lively week in Omaha. The firomon's tournament , the circus , boao ball , brass bands , and par ades , have made it one continued round of pleasure and oxaitomont. The red- shirted firemen paraded the streets daily , hardly an hour passed by without a brass band being hoard , the shouts of the base bailers rent the air every after noon , and the circus added to the va riety of entertainments on Thursday. Omaha can now take a rest until the state fair. L1TERAR Y NO TJES. "Iho Democratic Party ; Its Political History and Infiuonco , " written by Prof. J. H. Patton , and published by Fords Howard & Hulbort , Now York , is a very timely political work , and ought to have n wide circulation , as it undoubtedly will. To these who know the democratic organization only by its recent plat forms , campaign battle-cries , and press utterances , this little book will como as a revelation. No adequate conception can bo formed of the real policy and principles of the democratic party , as a party , without study of its attitude on economic and state questions when it was at the zenith of its power and influence as well as since it has been "in the oppo sition. " It will surprise many to know that it first came into exiatonco through a disposition to meddle in European politics and wars iu opposition - sition to the conservative policy of Washington , which policy , like pretty much everything else that the democrat io party has opposed , has become the settled and recognized policy of the coun- try. This volume contains the rcmark- assertion ( which the author claims to ; have proved ) , that in epito of ita having had control of the government from Joff- orson's time down to the rebellion , al most without interruption , the demo cratic party has instituted but ono men- turo or policy which through success has boon accepted by the nation and harden ed into permanency. The book contains many forgotten und interesting facts For these facts the author challenges denial nial ; and for hia fairness and calmness of statement ho loaves every reader to judge for himself This spirited mid at tractively written piece of natural history is printed in cluar open typo ; it is on excellent paper and in excellent binding , nnd is u book that ovcry voter ought tc possess. "A Country Doctor , " Miss Jowntt'a now novel , or rather her only ono , since her previously published volumes have boon made up of short sketches , is a very delightful book. Miss Jowett knows how to depict New England provincial life in a singularly truthful and charming manner , and she has never before done hotter work of this sort than in the pres ent volume. The story is that of a young girl , left an orphan in infancy and cared for by her grandmother , who grows up to entwine herself equally in the affections of thoeo who knur her and those who read about hor. Upon the death of her grandmother she goes to live with the village doctor , her guardian and a kindly man , who treats her as his daughter , and whom wo como to love as much as wo do his ward , So in this quiet Now England village these two grow up together , and that is abonc all there is to the story , so that lovers of the thrilling will not find much satisfac tion iu its perusal. For our heroine grows up with the determination to bo herself u physician , and the little romance which an admirer seeks to weave into her lifo acts upon her as a lets powerful motive than the desire to follow in the footsteps of her Moved guardian. On the throshhold of this now lifo of activ ity wo take leave of her na she looks hopefully to\r\rdtfho ( \ , future , which is so full Hr \ \ rif the p'ronfiao'of , usefulness. IlbiiRhton , Mifllin & Co. , of Boston , uro the publishers. 7'an Atworp , Br gg & Co. , of Now York and Cincinnati , have published a very useful little volume , "The Eclectic Pjimnry History , of the United States , " by Edward S. Ellis , superintendent of the public schools ol Trenton , Now Jersey. It is elegantly printed and . beautifully illustrated. It is the aim of , this \7ork to give concisely the story of I our country from Hi discovery to the present timo. The olomonUry education of every child should include a knowl edge of the loading events In the hUtorr of his native land. This volume is in tended mainly for pupils whoso opportu nities will not permit n mastery of the larger and moro elaborate eclectic history. The author claims , therefore , to chronicle - clo in simple language only the moat im portant events , to explain the cautcs of national movements , and to show that the wonderful progress of the United States is duo far less to the conquests of war than to the triumphs of peace. "Tho Labor Question , " by Wendell Phillips , nnd published by Leo & Shepard - ard , Boston , is a little phamplet contain ing the platform of the Massachusetts labor reform party that convened in Worcester cestor in 1870 , with Wendell Phillips' remarks marks in presenting it , nnd two addresses ho delivered , ono on "Tho Foundation of the Labor Movement , " nnd the other on "Tho Labor Question , " during the subao quont campaign , when ho stood aa the candidate of the organization for gov ernor. They are well worthy of poruaal as containing some of the brightest thoughts and noblett sayings of the greal agitator. James W. Stcele , the brilliant author of frontier army sketches , has written for Jansen , McClurg & Co. , of Chicago , n little brochure , entitled "To Mexico by Palace car. " It contains an excellent discriptinn of the journey thither one its interesting features , as well as mud valu.'tblp intormatinn about the Mexicans and their pcculiaralltica and their princi pal lions. It ia attractively illustratoc und is a capital lit lo book. "Domestic Problems,1' by Mrs A. M Diaz , nnd published by 1) Lotorop Co. , Boston , is a little volume that deserves servos a permanent place in every house hold. It ia not a series of theoretical co says ; but n plain oand to hand discussion of the questions which como up over day in every homo in the country , par tieularly in these homos whcro it Is necessary cossary to keep nu eye upon the expanse of living ; where much of the burden am brunt cornea upon "tho women folks ; ' where there nro children to bo fed clothed and educated , and where an ntn bltion oxista to live in respectable fitylo Mrs. Diaz bolievoa in Rotting out of life what is best worth having , and she show in the various chapters of the book how i - can bo done. But Mrs. Diaz only uses n sharp pen in writing about her own BOX ; she em ploya it with equal foico in touching uj the weaknesses nnd shortcomings of mo : as connected with household carea am management. She aayo that the womai who marries a farmer often goes into workhouse , sentenced to hard labor fo lifo. Many farmers who are amply nbl to have the drudgery , at least , of the household , done by a hired servant , nl low their wives to do it nil , oven , some times , to the milking of several cows nf - tor n hard day'a work. It ia not from intentional tontional cruelty , but from ahcor igno rauco. If an overworked nnd nervous ! broken down vroman compltins , the ; consider ailments as being natural to women , or aa afflictions sent upon her b ; the Lord. She is a kind of machin which ia liable to run down , but whicl may bo wound up by n little raodicin and sot going again. If the medicln does not sot her going again , ho bring the minister to pray for her , and if sh dies ha says , "Tho Lord haa taken he . away. " Thia ia one of the problem , which needs working out and explaining nnd there are more which are just a thoroughly and feelingly diacosaod. If n million of these hooka could bo circu litod throughout the country ihoy woul ( do a missionary work now bitterl needed. WEST KNI > , LONO BIIAHCII , N. J. , July down hero to a season half of toil and half of pleasure. A visit to him thb mornincf found liira in neglige toilet , surrounded with lettcra and legal documents , and intensely engaged with his private secretary iu reviewing the notes of hia testimony in the star route cafes. Ho was nveree to being interviewed on tha delicate question of politic ! ) , and slid thit the statements purporting to como from him on that mibject were unauthorized and as a rule misrepresented him. Ho had refrained from uxpro-slng his views for publication BO far , ha continued , out of regard for the w'shes of l're ident Arthur , wluliad requested all the inemlerR of his cabinet to resist the temptation to talk politics through the news. papers , and to conduct their affaird iu n quiet , hiuino'i-liko way. "JJut it is not to b" In ferred from thi" , " ho uddod , ' that the presi dent or his cabinet nro cold in Uipcaiuoof Mr. lilaine. All the reports tending1 to ach an impres'ion nro u holly witnout foundation , Tlio president nnd his cabinet aru staunch republicans nnd earnestly desire to see Mr. iihmo _ elected. Tlio president in the dispatch nhich lie sent to thu candidate itmnc. iM.vely aft < r the convention had declared lU choice embodied Aithur'sMnccro feelings , and thcru lias been no chaiijo in them n'nco that time , The cabinent desired to see the oxccn- tivn rorioaiinatud , but they novwtuelfsa cheer fully accept the will of the mnjority , , nr.d there I'M not it sir/Rlo / member who will not earnestly and actively assist to accompli Mr. lil.iino election. All factions HO-called will bounitocl in that cause , I think that .Mr. lilaino is u man of preat ability , rino oxpc-rFencn , and a thorough American. His letter of acceptance wns an null ) , judlcloui , nnd EtatoMnanhico review - view of thu country' * nff.u'w aud republican principles. It should go far in commending him to the suifrflgea of the people , " "What dojou think of ' the outlook1 was asked. ' ' It Js intenao'y ' encouraging , " he answered. J " , , , , , "Wothall make n strong firht and I have no , fear for the result. "What do you think of the Independents ? " "They are political dudes. The platform of principles that they adopted in New York yesterday was idle vaporing. They have little weight , and no ioflenco over any votes but their own. " Mr. Brewster immediately after tho- con vention adjourned congratulated Mr. lilaino and offered his services In the campaign. "Aa soon as the national committee slmll have laid down its plans of procedure , " Mr. UrewBtcr concluded , "I ehall tettle any doubt as to where the administration stands by mak ing a , speech for lilaino and Logan , nnd I iholl continue ) to bo actively engaged in tha cam palgutill election ! CAMPAIGN IN VIRGINIA. AN ISirAHTIAI. VIEW , ' July 23. The presidential cam paign will bo at wblto heat In Virginia In a short timo. Both tides have already com inenced tha work of reorganization on the can vass despite the combinations sought by tilt Mahoucitcs to bo placed iu the way. The ejuvass will bo opened by the democrats in thu most vigorous stylo. As nil offset to the Jllatno and Logan ratification meeting held by tha Muhona republican ! nt Hartigonuurg Monday , thu democrats will hold n ron bg Cleveland and Hendricks at Augusta f\t Monday , Among the cpoaktrs will bu uiuuy prominent democrats outside ot the state , Many express the hope that fotno of the prominent Independent republicans at the north mny bo induced to como duwn hero and million ) the ixioiile. The repuolloans ulll hold another liUIue and Logan ratifica tion meeting in the \.illey acton , Some of the leading ropubllcaus say Senator Logan ulll bo Invited to bo presrnt nt thid ono , CJol. II. O. pUHinf , onn of Dlulno'tf moat personal nnd . intimate friends h re , has prcs3od him to coinu i out nnd take the stump in th-s cainpai n , It I I h uot believed that ho has given Mr. I'drsnim | I I any reason to hopa that ho will follow the nd - DR. THOMAS' Eclectr c Oil ! MTU ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD ! A Medicine with curative pro perties as iiiiuossible to counter eit as the PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT and which is now having an en ormous sale throughout the Uni ted States and Canadas , BCIUNTON , PA. I LOWELL , ItASS. Dm Ing the put two I wan bkdlr unilcted CAM I lmuied bottles with Bronchitis and an ( Dr. 'Ihotn&s' Boloctrlc flection of the throat Oil ( or fpralns , brulsce , Dr. lhamas'Kclcotrlo 01 cuts , burns , and Ilhcu cured me Oliver J. Hell nitlCT. It hvay cures. Isle , 23 EMt Ucnlmack St -M. 1 nialr , Aid. Filth Ward , Nor. 8,18i3. QRAYVILLB , ILL3. DAVENFOIIT , IOWA. In casca ol Croup Thorn As a remedy for Catarrh ' Kclcctrlo Oil never Dr. Thnrnas' KclccUlc Oil a'ls ' to euro. 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